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Tom Haberstroh of ESPN Insider: "This HabersTrophy is a little twist on the Most Improved Award, which no one actually understands. For this, I looked at the player who had the greatest jump in PER before and after the All-Star break. And that honor belongs to Westbrook, who went from 20.2 PER before to 28.7 PER after (plus-8.5). It's amazing what some time off and not playing on back-to-backs will do for a player's efficiency. And guess what: no back-to-backs in the postseason. Buckle up, y'all."
Anthony Slater: "The Thunder, though, cause problems, too. But Memphis has some solid counters. Westbrook is a nightmare for anyone, but Conley can be a defensive pest. Durant is playing the best offensive basketball in the world, but the last time we saw him in a series against Memphis, he looked a bit bewildered. Without Westbrook, Durant struggled to fight through the physical and frantic Grizzlies defense, led by Tony Allen. But this time Durant will have Westbrook. And this time the Thunder will be looking for payback."
Zach Harper of CBSSports.com with a quick look at OKC-Memphis: "This time, the Thunder are healthy and this is a different Durant than we've seen in the past. Who on the Grizzlies is capable of keeping him in check? Who will be able to score at a relatively similar clip to keep pace with this Thunder team? Which role players will step up and provide some outside shooting? Grizzlies need to answer these questions to advance past OKC again."
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Tom Penn of ESPN says Russ and KD lack synergy.
Matt Moore of CBSSports.com on MVP: "He is unguardable. He is unstoppable. You don't shut down Durant anymore. You just try and live with what he does. He's a better defender this year, a great one. He's a better rebounder. He sees the floor better. He knows the veteran moves. He leads his team and talks to the young players to make them better. LeBron James is the best player on the planet. Kevin Durant had the best season, and is your MVP."
LeBron tops in jersey sales this season, KD finished No. 2.
Watch Patrick Beverley and Russell Westbrook fight in NHL 14.
Rob Mahoney of SI.com: "Still, the Grizzles have the caliber of defense necessary to slow down a team as explosive as the Thunder. Marc Gasol's ability to contain pick-and-rolls and wall off the basket could be pivotal in the series. Players like Tayshaun Prince and Tony Allen might wind up as a valuable assets in defending Durant or a wholly exploitable pieces for their lack of offense. Mike Conley might be one of the few guards in the league that can keep track of Westbrook, though that in itself might not be enough with Durant now capable of running the show as needed. Bottom line: There's a lot of fun tension in play between the workings of a hyper-athletic, highly efficient offense and a hunkered-down, incredibly formidable defense. It's a stress test for both teams carried out over seven games."
Really interesting stuff about late shot clock possessions.
Zach Lowe of Grantland: "After a change of possession favoring Oklahoma City, you'll sometimes hear the Thunder public-address announcer shout, "Whose ball is it?" And then the crowd chants in response: "Thunder ball!" For some reason, this annoys me. It seems like a kid's routine."


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More than 500,000 people with student loans will face higher repayments, and student allowances will be harder to get under changes to be announced before the May 24 Budget, Prime Minister John Key said yesterday.
More pressure will be placed on borrowers living overseas - who together with domestic borrowers owe about $11 billion - to repay their debts to the Government.
The cost of the means-tested student allowances is $620 million a year.
Mr Key also confirmed there would be greater targeting of assistance to early childhood education to get greater participation by Maori and Pacific Island children.
He said that at the margins some people might be worse off "but it wouldn't be significant - it would be fairly mild".
Savings on the student loans and allowances would be reinvested into improving teaching and research in tertiary institutions, Mr Key said in a pre-Budget speech to Business New Zealand in Wellington.
At present, people with student loans in the workforce must pay 10 per cent on income earned over $19,084 in repayments.
Tertiary Education Minister Steven Joyce would not say whether the threshold would be lowered or the percentage increased but either way repayment will be higher.
He would not spell out just yet the changes proposed to tighten eligibility for student allowances but he indicated in a speech at the weekend he wants to tighten the definition of income, focus student allowances on the first years of tertiary study and on students who could least afford to study.
Under the current rules, students qualify for a full student allowance if their parents' combined income is lower than $55,026. It abates above that up to $83,449.01 for students who live at home, or $90,554.74 for students who do not live at home.
* Students and their partners can earn up to $206.73 a week before tax.
* The average student allowance is about $6000 a year.
* The average amount borrowed in a student loan in 2010 was $7300.
* Interest-free student loans came into effect on April 1, 2006.
Mr Key said he would describe the changes to student loans as modest. "Effectively they will be asked to repay slightly quicker and that will be good news in fact for them because they will be able to pay off their student loan faster. It's good news for the Government because its liability reduces."
Business New Zealand chief executive Phil O'Reilly told Mr Key that business wanted interest-free student loans ditched.
But Mr Key said later too many borrowers had factored in repayments and to apply interest now would have a dramatic impact on the time it took to repay loans.
He said that while any new spending would be funded from savings elsewhere, the health sector would get the biggest increase in the Budget and education would get a sizeable increase.
The final forecasts for the Budget had not yet come through from Treasury, but there was enough headroom to be certain the Government could post a surplus in the 2014-15 year.
"While getting back to surplus by 2014-15 is a challenge, it's an achievable target and it's achievable without any great dramas."
Voters, however, are not as wedded to the surplus target as the Government, according to the latest Herald DigiPoll survey, with 50.6 per cent saying the target date should be pushed out if things got too tough. However, 45.9 per cent thought the Government should keep the plan even if it means things are tight.

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1. Roger Staubach - My Passion Is Football radio host Warren McCarty is at it again. He has landed another whopper with Dallas Cowboy legend Roger Staubach expected to appear at 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the popular football talk show (1440 AM).
2. Tom Watson - If the 59-year-old doesn't win the Associated Press and Sports Illustrated Sportsman of The Year Award for his British Open runner-up performance the awards are a joke.
3. Ralph Ellis - I called this great local golfer out a few years back for dropping out of the Bud Partnership after losing in the first round. Ellis and partner Ty Cox lost in round one last weekend of the Bud championship flight. They then battled back to claim the consolation bracket. Nicely done.
4. The Dusters - I was rough and fair on you guys last week. Nice job of not mailing in the season with that win over Stockton after being eliminated from the playoffs the week before.
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1. All-Star Game - No way the winner of the MLB all-star game should land their division home field advantage in the World Series.
2. Really good golfers - who curse like crazy during the Bud Partnership.
3. Mike Vick haters - He served his time on his crazy crime. It's a no-brainer. He's earned a second chance to play in the NFL.
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My project focuses on the contribution of the cell-surface receptor Tim-1 to helper CD4+ T cell function. Tim-1 is expressed by activated CD4+ T cells, dendritic cells, and B cells. Tim-1 polymorphisms in mice and humans have been implicated in allergic immune responses. Blocking antibodies to Tim-1 have been shown in mice to decrease airway hyperreactivity in a model of Th2 T cell-driven airway hyperreactivity. However, the role of Tim-1 as a general costimulatory molecule has also been postulated, and antibodies to Tim-1 have been shown to decrease disease in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, a Th1/Th17-driven disease. Several groups have also demonstrated that Tim-1 may bind phosphatidylserine, a membrane lipid exposed on apoptotic cells. Impaired clearance of apoptotic cells is implicated in the development of autoimmune disease, further expanding the possible role that Tim-1 may play in immune system activation and regulation. Our goal is to characterize the role of Tim-1 in immune responses.
Curtiss ML, Gorman JV, Businga TR, Traver G, Singh M, Meyerholz DK, Kline JN, Murphy AJ, Valenzuela DM, Colgan JD, Rothman PB, Cassel SL. Tim-1 regulates Th2 responses in an airway hypersensitivity model. Eur J Immunol. 2012 Mar;42(3):651-61. doi: 10.1002/eji.201141581. PubMed PMID: 22144095.
Curtiss ML, Hostager BS, Stepniak E, Singh M, Manhica N, Knisz J, Traver G, Rennert PD, Colgan JD, Rothman PB. Fyn binds to and phosphorylates T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-1 (Tim-1). Mol Immunol. 2011 Jul;48(12-13):1424-31. Epub 2011 Apr 21. PubMed PMID: 21513984; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3109159.
Collins M, Tremblay M, Chapman N, Curtiss M, Rothman PB, Houtman JC. The T cell receptor-mediated phosphorylation of Pyk2 tyrosines 402 and 580 occurs via a distinct mechanism than other receptor systems. J Leukoc Biol. 2010 Apr;87(4):691-701. Epub 2009 Dec 22. PubMed PMID: 20028775.
Curtiss M, Colgan J. The role of the T-cell costimulatory molecule Tim-1 in the immune response. Immunol Res. 2007;39(1-3):52-61. Review. PubMed PMID:17917055.


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If you are one (or how many) who wants to stand up for women's rights SAVE THIS DATE: September 8, Nollen Plaza – 9 am for WOMEN STANDING UP FOR FREEDOM - DANCING: WILPF member Penny Furgerson, Director of the Gateway Dance Theatre will be directing a Global Dance Action (think the end of Slumdog Millionaire) sponsored by the Women's Int'l League for Peace and Freedom, DSM Branch. Planned Parenthood and American Friends Service Committee have signed on and we are expecting co-sponsors from a myriad of other like-minded organizations. Be on the lookout for more information and get prepared to raise your feet and the people's consciousness - WE ARE NOT STANDING STILL FOR A BETRAYAL OF OUR RIGHTS!!!! Global Dance Action Committee WILPF Des Moines Branch
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His parents, Kristin Oliver and David Wilson, discovered the best treatment option was just down the road at Arkansas Children's Hospital.
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She is an active board member and has volunteered for more than 30 years.
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Lots of children have a piggy bank. Some have even started a small business!
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Two vehicles flee after race causes accident on I-10
At least one person was taken to the hospital Wednesday morning after a silver Honda hit another vehicle, flipped, and rolled onto the roadside just after 6 a.m.
The accident occurred on the eastbound I-10 just west of the Bob Hope Drive overpass.
A witness at the scene said the speeding Honda was trying to pass between a big rig and another vehicle when the accident occurred.
Officers learned that the silver Honda had been racing with a red Honda and a green Honda at the time of the accident, but those two cars fled the scene and have not been located.
Injuries caused by the accident were said to be non life-threatening.
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|Gene Chizik: One month on the job
``I'm not spending time on the guys who are not here,'' Chizik said Friday.
Several players from the 2008 team are no longer around, it was reported Thursday. We have a Q and A with Chizik in the blog entry below from today's Birmingham News, but he touched on other topics Friday. Here's a video and some words:
Defensive end Raven Gray, who never played for Auburn, is not enrolled this semester, it was reported. He participated in fall practice, was injured and was not in school when the season began. He joins wide receiver Chris Slaughter, linebacker Tray Blackmon and defensive back Ryan Williams who did not return for the spring semester.
On enlisting current Tigers to help him recruit official visitors this weekend:
``I told them it's like game day. We have three weekends, and we've got to treat it like a home run. I'm excited.''
Chizik said he expected 10 or 11 official visitors this weekend.
``We have to recruit difference-makers at certain positions.''
On reaction to Auburn from recruits:
``Very positive.''
On where Auburn will recruit:
``Real simple. We'll start in this state first and work and work our way out. We're going to start in Alabama.''
On positions needed:
"Offensive line, wide receivers...and one great quarterback.''
On spring practice:
``We'll back it up. It will be later.''
He offered no date.
On who'll coach linebackers, Ted Roof or James Willis, both of whom coach that position:
``I haven't made any decisions.''
From our friends at AuburnSports.com.:
Two of the top uncommitted prospects expected to take an official visit to Auburn this weekend have rescheduled for later dates.
Bastrop (La.) five-star receiver Rueben Randle and Seffner (Fla.) Armwood linebacker Petey Smith will not make it to Auburn this weekend, but both plan to reschedule the visit before Signing Day, Feb. 4.


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Well, like Pa Kettle, Tony finally got around to getting everything in order for the permit and we got it!
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By Madeleine Ignon | March 28, 2011
As I think I have made clear in my posts thus far, food for me is inherently connected to family.
As I think I have made clear in my posts thus far, food for me is inherently connected to family.
Happy New Year! Usually I don't make resolutions for fear of falling short of my goals. However, for 2011, I have a resolution that seems doable. My New Year's resolution is to keep up the Meatless Monday regimen, and I encourage you to do the same.
To celebrate 2011 and the first Meatless Monday of the year, I will be making this easy and decadent vegetarian meal. It's one of my favorites: mock cheese souffle with salad and roasted pears.
You don't need much time or skill – let alone professional culinary training – to make a rich and light souffle-like dish. Similar to bread pudding, this sumptuous dish is reminiscent of a meal at a French bistro that doesn't rely on meat for great flavor.
Adapted from the New York Times Magazine, February 2, 2003 issue.
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The trafficking of human beings is not just a global concern. For the United States, it's a domestic concern as well.
Last month, congressional lawmakers looked at creating new legislation aimed at helping victims in the U.S. and stopping the criminals who buy and sell them.
Former Rep. Linda Smith, R-Wash., testified before Congress as the founder of Shared Hope International, an anti-sex trafficking organization based in Vancouver, Wash.
According to its website, Shared Hope International exists to rescue and restore women and children in crisis. For over a decade, the group has served the world's most destitute. They work diligently across the world, partnering with local groups to help women and children enslaved in the sex trade by providing them with shelter, healthcare, education and vocational training opportunities.
Smith discussed the proposed anti-trafficking legislation on the Oct. 8 edition of the CBNNewschannel Morning News. Click play to watch.
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The 12th annual Women's Golf Tournament, held in early June at the Williamsport Country Club, raised more than $45,000 to enhance services at Susquehanna Health's Kathryn Candor Lundy Breast Health Center.
This year, 102 women took part in the golf event to support the Breast Health Center and the women who have battled breast disease.
Since 2002, the women's only Breast Health Golf Tournament, in conjunction with the annual Honoring Women Fund Drive, raised more than $500,000.
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The 12th annual Women's Golf Tournament for the Candor Lundy Breast Health Center was held in early June. Shown, from left, are Gross winners Barbara Pagana and Sis Ertley; Dr. Susan Branton, Kathryn Candor Lundy Breast Health Center medical director; Net winners Lorraine Forer and Cathy Rusk.
The Breast Health Center plans to acquire a 3-D mammography machine called Tomosynthesis. This latest technology will enhance the ability to detect invasive breast cancer by 40 percent. Proceeds from past tournaments assisted with the purchase of a specimen radiograph unit, ultrasound systems, biopsy devices and additional imaging equipment.
These tools help breast physicians and radiologists make the most accurate breast disease diagnoses while providing appropriate treatment for the best outcomes for their patients.
Susquehanna Health's Kathryn Candor Lundy Breast Health Center provides a comprehensive range of breast health services including screenings and evaluations, digital mammography, breast ultrasound, minimally invasive breast biopsy, genetic testing and education.
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For more information, call the Kathryn Candor Lundy Breast Health Center at 326-8200 or visit SusquehannaHealth.org/Breast.


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5'7'' 127 lbs, primal since August 2011
My journal:
You will eat much more salted butter than unsalted one. So, as an appetite suppressor per se you need to use unflavored fat. Unpalatable foods >> palatable foods to satiate.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Water for me, or soup, anything that fills stomach space.
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Fat IMO is not very satisfying. Case and point - 1,000 calories worth of bacon, cheese, nuts or sausage vs 1,000 calories of chicken breast, broccoli or shrimp. See which is more difficult.
If you want to feel fullest on the fewest calories, focus on three things:
1.) Protein
2.) Water content
3.) Fiber
These are the things that really fill you up as they are typically high volume per caloric density. Great options are:
1.) Leaner meats with high water content and protein per volume - chicken breast, pork loin, eye round, london broil, eggs, brisket.
2.) Low-calorie roots and starches - white potatoes, squashes, carrots, parsnips, turnips. These things fill you up fast. It's like eating concrete, especially when boiled and mashed. Baking them into fries and such will greatly reduce the satiety because you cook the water out and you're now eating dense starch. Mix white potatoes and turnips - cube them, boil them and mash them for a low calorie, high satiety side dish.
3.) High water content/high fiber vegetables - broccoli, celery, cucumbers, watermelon, cantaloupe. You can pack in huge portions with little caloric impact.
Great foods to cut weight on - eye round, mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, minimal added fat. It'll keep you full for a long time quality quality fat, protein and carbohydrate.
Great primal foods to sabotage weight loss: chicken wings, bacon, sausage, cheese, nuts, bulletproof coffee, fried starches. These are high calorie/low volume foods.
Don't put your trust in anyone on this forum, including me. You are the key to your own success.
What ChocoTaco said, listen and learn primal kids...
If I eat a big, buttered steak, I'm good until the same time the next day, easy. n=1.
But I don't mind having some broccoli with it.
Also I've done the low fat boneless skinless breasts, steamed veg, with rice thing before... and though my stomach was technically full I still felt deprived and like something was constantly missing... and that made me want to "cheat".
What Choco is talking about is CW dieters mentality... eat low caloric foods and eat MORE of them for satiety. To that I say "Phooey". Not what I want at all.
The ability to eat fatty meats, and also plenty of veg, negates that feeling. I am satisfied with LESS food, and I like that.
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ReFashioner turns swapping into shopping
If you think your walk-in closet has eventually turned into a high-class garbage bin for couture that you've promised you'll never wear another time, think again. And if you are under the impression that swap meets (the only event where you could dispose of them in exchange for different clothes) now only apply to Tupperware parties and Louis Vuitton knockoffs, then we'd have to ask you to reconsider that opinion.
Word has literally gone around the world about US-based ReFashioner, a curated, invitation-only fashion swapping site which is planned to go live online very soon. La Moda Editor-in-Chief Jim Joquico rendezvoused with Kate Sekules, President of Refashioner, to chat about the concept and the inspirations of yet another stab at digitising age-old fashion traditions – this time it's recycling.
How does Refashioner work, exactly? You get your own "closet" upon joining, to which you can upload your clothes. All items that have been uploaded to your closet are subject to approval from our Fashion Police, who accept or reject them, and then set a price on your clothes. Once you accept the prices that we have set, the clothes then go into your closet and become viewable for other members to shop.
You get half the value of your spend which you spend as you shop around other closets on Refashioner. The other half will be released to your accoun when someone gets your piece. You pay an administrative fee of $5 everytime you purchase something from our website.
How is an online "swap meet" going to be different from a traditional real-life one? Using our system, swapping gets transformed into shopping. (I gotta admit, shopping does sound more fun.)
What inspired you to set up Refashioner? I was Editor-in-Chief of a magazine that folded. I thought my industry's dying, and I need to do something else. I also like turnover in my wardrobe, but have to stop shopping. I have so much great stuff that should get worn by someone.
In addition, trying to get enough of the relevant women into the same room at the same time for a live swap was a losing battle.
Why is this is an invitation-only "club"? What criteria do you base acceptance of applications on? The ReFashioner appreciates great design and invests in her wardrobe. I feel there are plenty of ways to recycle your H&M, but this is for the pieces that are too fabulous or valuable to just give to the Goodwill. If you're applying without an invitation, tell us a little about yourself – and your wardrobe! Which designers do you collect or adore? What kind of pieces do you want to rehome?
So you are going to accept only high-fashion items? It's about quality and good design. Fashion is fickle; directional looks date fast. We're looking for a range – classic, vintage, avant garde – even the best of Topshop might qualify. Each garment is rated on its own merits.
Would something like this work on men too? Absolutely! I'm constantly getting pestered by men (about clothes swapping). We have a thousand plans for the future; this is a big one. Personally, I know a lot about women's fashion, but I don't get menswear detail enough to get it right. We'll be hiring a menswear maven in due course.
Since you're initially going to cover just the US and the UK, how long do you think it will take before fashionistas in Dubai can join in on the fun? I hope not too long! In the meantime, please pop an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with Dubai in the subject line and tell us why you need us!


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Two hours into trading, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC ) is up by 1.41%. The June jobs report could have sent the markets in either direction today, but so far, the Big Four banks, and the three major indices, are all in the green, or very close to it. A happy ending to the week is far from a foregone conclusion, however.
Good news, or is it?
This morning, the Department of Labor reported that the U.S. economy added 195,000 jobs in June, trouncing analyst expectations of 165,000. To boot, revisions to the previous two months added another 70,000 to the job rolls.
The rate of unemployment was expected to drop to 7.5%, but instead, stayed at 7.6%, as more of the jobless are trying to get back into the workforce. This is all unquestionably good news, right?
Foolish bottom line
That depends on how you look at it. For those who fear that good economic news means the beginning of the end of quantitative easing, that's not necessarily so. And that's the through-the-looking-glass mentality that's been driving market volatility over the last few weeks, ever since the Federal Reserve announced it might begin tapering QE later this year if economic data kept trending in a positive direction.
But even more strangely, perhaps, than the markets not being down so far today is the fact that Wells is easily beating it's Big Four peers. Citigroup is up by only 0.8%, and JPMorgan Chase is up by only 1.1%, while Bank of America is up by 1.1.%.
Whether the markets are up or down, Wells typically lags behind its peers. I chalk this up to the type of investor who's typically drawn to Wells: a person or institution more interested in steady, long-term performance than the kind of sometimes thrilling, sometimes terrifying kind of performance you get with a Citi or B of A.
But there's nothing in particular driving Wells exceptional performance today above and beyond the market wave. All the more reason to stop checking in on your stocks every day, and take the long-term view of investing. Tune into the fundamentals of the companies you're invested in, and tune out the market noise: In the end, your portfolio will thank you, even if your broker won't.
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UNIDO, GEF, UNEP and FAO Publications Assess Biofuels Sustainability
12 March 2014: The UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has announced the release of two publications that investigate the social, environmental and economic sustainability of biofuels production, with the aim of promoting investment in increased biofuels production.
The first publication, titled 'Biofuels Screening Toolkit: Guidelines for decision makers,' evaluates 74 liquid biofuels pathways in developing countries and offers guidance to decision makers on the sustainability of biofuels projects. The toolkit contains criteria for decision making on, among others: greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; biodiversity; soil protection; land productivity and resource management; food security; land tenure; gender; labor conditions; cost-benefits; and life-cycle costs.
The second publication addresses the 'Impacts of Biofuel Production Case Studies: Mozambique, Argentina and Ukraine,' and considers sustainability impacts of scaling up production of biofuels for transport in contexts of varied industrial development. It investigates land availability as well as environmental, social and economic impacts of biofuels projects, and offers best practice recommendations in over a dozen areas.
The publications were developed as part of a Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded project, titled 'Global Assessments and Guidelines for Sustainable Liquid Biofuel Production in Developing Countries.' They were written in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and three German research institutes, namely IFEU Heidelberg, Utrecht University and Öko-Institut. [UNIDO Press Release] [Publication: Biofuels Screening Toolkit: Guidelines for Decision Makers] [Publication: Impacts of Biofuel Production Case Studies: Mozambique, Argentina and Ukraine,]


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The US Embassy in London is currently located at Grosvenor Square in the Mayfair area of London. It is planning to move in the near future to a new, purpose built, site in Nine Elms near Vauxhall and Battersea in South London. This is still a few years off however, so no need to start worrying if you'll actually be able to get there.
The US Embassy deals with visa applications for most visas for visiting or immigrating to the USA. However most people going on tourism trips or business travel can simply use the US Visa Waiver programme which means they don't have to visit the embassy. Another going for longer than this would need a B1 or B2 visa if they are not planning to emigrate.
If you want to emigrate to this USA you need to choose what visa is appropriate. Spousal visas are the most common route as thousands of transatlantic couples move to one side of the Atlantic together yearly. The process for this is quite long winded though, and you need to allow the best part of a year for it all to complete. Even then the visa you get won't give you everything and things like citizenship take years to achieve. Typically having the American partner emigrate to the UK is a faster route.
Others go across to the US to work. There's a few routes to do this. If you're working for an international company and have worked there a while being relocated to the US is the easiest way of going there to work. Your visa will be restricted to working for your existing company however so you've got to make sure you don't lose your job.
Another route is if you're considered of special use in the USA. These visas are limited and come available only once a year, the vast majority (although not all) go to IT sector jobs, often in software engineering. If you're in this career the visa could be great for you as the US has a real shortage of software engineers and wages are high and jobs often involve lots of other perks, especially in Silicon Valley.
If you're going over to the US for university you'll need a student visa. You'll typically be helped by the university for going to (or if you're on a one-year or one-term exchange by your British university) in applying for this. The visa is pretty good, but there are restricted on what you can do over there and you need to ensure you keep your grades up to make sure your not thrown off your course. University in the states is typically more expensive than in the UK unless your from a low-income family when you can get, at some universities, grants that will make it cheaper than studying in the UK.
For those wanting paid summer work who have just finished university there's visas designed especially for this. You'll have to work, but don't worry it's not all Camp America if that isn't your thing, many people go over and do things like graphic design or theatre production for a few months while living in New York, a great way of getting experience in an industry while exploring one of the world's coolest cities in blisteringly hot temperatures. Make sure you've got your job sorted before you arrive though as border agents like to ask about this.


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"You shouldn't dream your film, you should make it!" ~ Spielberg
Filmmaker IQ offers an extensive variety of free online courses, articles and tutorial videos for aspiring filmmakers. Their image gallery is also fun to browse through. [more inside]
"...somewhere where no one was asking me for anything."
Daniel Radcliffe's Next Trick Is to Make Harry Potter Disappear (slnyt profile, via) [more inside]
"You can't get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can't get un-famous."
James Lipton interviews Dave Chappelle. Dave Chappelle interviews James Lipton. And while we're at it.... [more inside]
Jeff Victor Redux
The Evolution Series, by artist and animator Jeff Victor. (Previously) [more inside]
"Something so intensely nerdy that it we can't help but dedicate some serious time to it."
Every Thursday, Film School Rejects posts things "learned from the commentary tracks of an iconic movie": Commentary Commentary [more inside]
RIP, Lucille Bliss: Voice of Smurfette and Crusader Rabbit
'TV historians will tell you that "Felix the Cat" was one of the first images ever broadcast on television (when RCA broadcast a Felix doll in 1928 on experimental station W2XBS) — but it wasn't until the late '40s that the first animated character was created expressly for TV. Crusader Rabbit appeared for the very first time on KNBH (Los Angeles) on August 1, 1950, and featured a Don Quixote-like title character aided by his friend Ragland T. "Rags" Tiger as they pursued adventures in serial (i.e. cliffhanger) installments.' On November 8th, the voice of Crusader Rabbit, Lucille Bliss, passed away at the age of 96. Ms. Bliss may be more familiar to younger fans as the voice of Smurfette, from The Smurfs, or as Ms. Bitters on Invader ZIM. [more inside]
Actor James Gammon Dies
Gravelly-voiced character actor James Gammon has passed away of cancer at the age of 70. His career spanned more than 50 years in television, (with roles from "Gunsmoke" to "Grays Anatomy",) film and theater, but most will probably remember him as either the cantankerous manager of the Cleveland Indians in the 1989 comedy "Major League" or as Don Johnson's crotchety, retired longshoreman father on the television show Nash Bridges. [more inside]
Beloved Herring Maven, RIP
Actor, Playwright, Artist, Comedian, Magician, "Man of A Thousand Voices" (including Mighty Mouse,) "Beloved Herring Maven"
Veteran character actor Robert Culp has passed away
"Those of us who are the firstborn always dream of that imaginary brother or sister who will be their protector, the buffer, the one to take the blows. I'm a firstborn, and Bob was the answer to my dreams. He was the big brother that all of us wish for." ~ Bill Cosby on his I-Spy co-star Robert Culp (79), who died of a heart attack yesterday after a fall outside his Hollywood Hills home [more inside]
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Mintage: 4,645,000 (both In and Below Wreath Varieties)
Obverse Dies: 10 In Wreath and 7 Below Wreath Known
1875 Carson City dimes will be found with the CC mintmark "In the Wreath" and "Below the Wreath". A common date and variety in all grades. The In Wreath variety is much more available than the Below Wreath variety though the Below Wreath is still fairly common in the lower circulated grades.
Plate Coin: Fortin 106, CC Mintmark In Wreath, Light Blue and Rose Toning Over Magnificent Surfaces, Wonderful Gem in Second Generation PCGS Holder


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3G Coverage
Which UK Network Offers The Best 3G Coverage?
Every major UK mobile network offers a 3G signal to the majority of the UK population, in terms of population percentage. However, reception can be highly variable, particularly to parts of the countryside and coast.
We've gathered links to the coverage maps of EVERY major UK network - as well as for the larger virtual mobile operators (who use the network of one of the larger ones).
Note: a 2G signal will allow calls and texts, as well as slow Internet access. A 3G signal offers the same, plus a much faster Internet connection. Mobile broadband will use either the 2G, or 3G connection - whichever is available.
3G Network Coverage Maps
So Which 3G Network is Best?
Judging by the numbers supplied by the networks themselves, 3 coverage is the most comprehensive, along with Orange, and T-Mobile. Each claims to service over 90% of the population of England, Scotland, and Wales with a 3G signal.
However it's often impossible to know whether 3G reception is good enough in the exact spot where you need to use your phone or mobile broadband modem.
3G Coverage Tips
- Borrow a friend's 3G phone to see what the reception is like in a particular spot (like your home or office)
- Different phones are better or worse than others at using the available signal. Don't automatically assume that because one phone model gets good reception, a different model will also work properly in a particular spot.
- Buy your phone online! Due to distance selling regulations, you get a 7 day cooling off period when you buy online. Buy your phone and check the reception where you are the same day you receive it. Bad reception? Simply send the phone back and cancel the contract. You may not be able to do this if you buy in a shop.


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You have a lost credit card on file for auto payment. I no longer wish to use ANY card. I buy an X Box Live pre paid card. I have around 10 or 11 months left since I used that card. I can't access my account. Even getting a code from X Box will not get me to where I can get help. I get You found a glitch! Why was my pre paid card dumped? Keep it simple, I'm an old geezer.
Mitch Lollar
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oh Jenn -- you're in tough place and I'm so sorry you're faced with this decision.
I know Brady is young - but have you talked with him about how food effects his behavior? Not the details or the stuff that he wouldn't understand - but the basics. "when you eat X it makes your brain go into overdrive and that's when you have trouble following the rules" ............ he might be more willing to work with you in making changes if he was made a part of the process. If you truly want to go the dietary route and avoid the meds -- then I think the whole family needs to be on the same diet. Its a horrible thing for a little guy to be watching others eat ice cream and he can't have any. You could at least control the environment at home that way. The rest would be up to the other adults in his life.
That being said............. you are his mother - and you have to make this decision based on what you know you and brady and the rest of the family can handle. You're a good mom and you'll do what is best.


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Simon Quperlier
Son Don'T Compare Yourself With Them - Poem by Simon Quperlier
Mom where did my daddy go to
Why does my best friend have a daddy
And why do we feed on plants everyday
Are we of the same species as the cows
At the back-yard
You only serve me with a cup
Of milk as a beverage
Why are their beverages bottled
His mom is healthy
You always complain of Kidney problem
Why mother?
Son is it a contract that you signed
A contract that you are obligated
Of a posh life
Look at my C-section scar
I was on the verge of embracing dimentia
Your father died as a strong but poor man
He was shot because he wanted
To save your innocent life
The only fortune he left were
The two cows that you see
Should we slaughter them
So you can have the beef
Remember my child
The milk is our only source of income
And about my deteriorating health
My dear you had a kidney transplant
And I had to give you one of my kidneys
So child always live your life
And accept your condition
And most importantly don't
Compare yourself with them.
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In the winter of 2011, fresh off a World Series title, St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak faced a monumental decision. Albert Pujols, his franchise's cornerstone, was a free agent, and Mozeliak reportedly stretched his budget with a 10-year offer worth more than $200 million.
Mozeliak wouldn't budge. Pujols departed for the Angels.
The Cardinals moved on.
In the summer of 2012, in the midst of a disastrous inaugural season running the Boston Red Sox, GM Ben Cherington faced a monumental decision of his own. His predecessor, Theo Epstein, had saddled the franchise with a series of expensive contracts that appeared to have curdled.
When a lifeline emerged in the form of the Dodgers, a team seeking to acquire talent at any cost, Cherington had to choose between forging ahead with his current group or decimating his roster and rebuilding.
Cherington made the deal. High-profile players such as Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett departed.
The Red Sox started fresh.
From these two separate decisions emerged the two teams that will compete when the World Series opens tonight at Fenway Park. These are the two best teams in baseball this season. Each won 97 games during the regular season, and captured the League Championship Series in six. But the methodology behind their arrivals diverges.
The Red Sox benefited from one of the best winter spending sprees in recent memory, doling out a series of short-term contracts to veterans and banking on rebound seasons.
The player-development machine in St. Louis — the best in baseball, by most accounts — continues to power the Cardinals, who refused to divert from their strategy even when negotiating with an iconic player like Pujols.
Mozeliak shifted the money allotted for Pujols and signed former Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran. The team also received the 19th pick in the 2012 draft as compensation for Pujols. The Cardinals selected starter Michael Wacha, the MVP of the Cardinals' National League Championship Series victory over the Dodgers.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers freed Boston of more than $260 million in salary, providing much-needed relief for a suddenly wayward franchise. Seven of the players on Boston's 25-man ALCS roster this year were free agents signed in the offseason, including ALCS MVP Koji Uehara, slugging first baseman Mike Napoli and outfielder Shane Victorino.
The Red Sox were lampooned for the three-year, $39 million deal Victorino received. He responded with the best season of his career, according to Baseball-Reference's version of wins above replacement, and launched a game-winning grand slam in the ALCS clincher.
As the Red Sox developed into a monster this summer, the quality of Cherington's offseason became apparent. Assembling a team through free agency is a dicey proposition, as teams like the Angels and Marlins have learned.
Boston experienced the opposite result, with the new additions bolstering a core of Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz and Jon Lester. Some of this is luck; but Cherington deserves praise for deducing the proper targets.
"I'm just amazed at what Ben was able to do," said one league official, who requested anonymity so he could speak freely about another organization. "He put together an amazing team. Just the at-bats, the way they work."
St. Louis made just one big-money splash heading into 2013 — and it was on one of their own. They locked up starter Adam Wainwright to a $97.5 million deal that extends through 2018. The previous spring, they spent more of the money that would have gone to Pujols on an extension for Yadier Molina, baseball's best two-way catcher.
As Pujols flounders in Anaheim, the Cardinals roll on.
For that, they can thank their farm system. During the NLCS, the Cardinals rolled out a roster featuring 17 players they drafted. Only one, lefty specialist Randy Choate, was signed as a free agent for 2013.
The presence of Oscar Taveras, rated the game's No. 3 prospect by Baseball America before this season, will perhaps allow the organization to lose Beltran in free agency — and likely recoup another first-round draft pick in return. At times, the Cardinals make this process look simple. Those around the game understand it is not.
"If there was a secret, everyone would do it," one league official said. "Right?"
A look at how the Cardinals' and Red Sox's rosters were put together:
John Axford trade 2013
Randy Choate free agent 2013
Joe Kelly draft 2009
Lance Lynn draft 2008
Seth Maness draft 2011
Carlos Martinez free agent 2010
Shelby Miller draft 2009
Edward Mujica trade 2012
Trevor Rosenthal draft 2009
Kevin Siegrist draft 2008
Michael Wacha draft 2012
Adam Wainwright trade 2004
Tony Cruz draft 2007
Yadier Molina draft 2000
Matt Adams draft 2009
Matt Carpenter draft 2009
Allen Craig draft 2006
Daniel Descalso draft 2007
David Freese trade 2007
Pete Kozma draft 2007
Kolten Wong draft 2011
Carlos Beltran free agent 2012
Matt Holliday trade 2009
Jon Jay draft 2006
Shane Robinson draft 2006
Craig Breslow trade 2012
Clay Buchholz draft 2005
Ryan Dempster free agent 2013
Felix Doubront free agent* 2005
John Lackey free agent 2010
Jon Lester draft 2002
Franklin Morales trade 2011
Jake Peavy trade 2013
Junichi Tazawa free agent 2008
Koji Uehara free agent 2013
Brandon Workman draft 2010
David Ross free agent 2013
J. Saltalamacchia trade 2010
Xander Bogaerts free agent* 2009
Stephen Drew free agent 2013
Will Middlebrooks draft 2007
Mike Napoli free agent 2013
David Ortiz free agent 2003
Dustin Pedroia draft 2004
Quintin Berry trade 2013
Mike Carp trade 2013
Jacoby Ellsbury draft 2005
Jonny Gomes free agent 2013
Daniel Nava purchased** 2008
Shane Victorino free agent 2013
**Purchased from Golden Baseball League


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Need ideas for painting stripes on, wall examples and inspiration? Then here are the most popular stripe varieties:
The decorative effects you can achieve when you combine latex paint and painter's tape are limited only by your imagination!
Vertical Paint Stripes - that's usually the first image that comes to mind when we think about wall stripes.
They stretch the apparent height of the surfaces painted, so use them on the walls whenever you need to create an illusion of higher ceilings.
Horizontal Paint Stripes make a room seem more expansive - similar to how a sweater with horizontal stripes makes a person appear broader.
You can use this effect to your advantage in small, shoe-box rooms - but remember that horizontal bands look rather casual and are usually not appropriate for formal spaces.
Diagonal Paint Stripes look most at home in contemporary decors. And because they create an illusion of movement (because of their direction), these stripes are best used only on small surfaces such as accent walls, columns or furniture.
In fact, the effect of these stripes is so powerful, they can even make you dizzy and disoriented if used on all the walls in a room.
Vertical and Horizontal Stripe Combination - yes, they can be used together at the same time!
For example, in this photo, a light green paint was mixed with a glazing liquid to produce a delicate plaid design on the walls that looks like sheer gingham.
Basketweave Stripe Patterns - this type of stripes usually requires no taping. It is an imperfect, imprecise, criss-cross paint striping technique that is supposed to imitate natural fibers.
Depending on the color combination used for the technique, the finish may show more texture than stripe definition.
Pinstripes - these are usually created by using a special squeegee tool.
But in this example, these charming double stripes were hand-painted over the pensil marks.
No taping needed here either, but you do have to have a steady hand.
Blocks and Grids look like squares and rectangles, but the instructions for creating them remain the same: measure, plan, mark, tape and paint.
The width of the grid lines is determined by the width of the tape you use; the color of the grid lines comes from the color of the base coat.
Zigzag and Chevron are the most advanced stripe patterns of all - not for beginners.
They usually require 3 times as much time to plan, measure, outline and paint than most other stripe types. But the end result is impressive indeed!
Decorative Finish Stripes - painting stripes on walls using a faux finish instead of regular solid paint colors is definitely not for the faint of heart.
But this option is the ultimate when it comes to adding personality and individuality to a room. Wall stripes just don't get more custom than that!
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Vincent has been volunteering with Special Olympics Hawai'i since December, the first time he was old enough to help out. He has volunteered in the Holiday Classic winter games, the 'Aukake Classic statewide summer games and the Cop-on-Top fund-raiser at Safeway stores around the island.
The Punahou School fourth-grader's mother suggested he volunteer for Special Olympics, but it was his decision to stick with it. "I tried it out once and decided it was nice to help people and it was also fun to do," he said. "I thought it would be a good thing to do to help the community."
Because of his age, Vincent can't help with keeping score or coaching, so he helps out with hospitality and merchandising, and has become a stickler for folding shirts neatly.
While his duties keep him pretty busy, he was able to watch some soccer and bocce. "It's kind of nice to see them happy while they're playing," Vincent said.
During the Cop-on-Top fund-raiser in August, Vincent had fun collecting money, especially since his mother recruited a few of his friends to help out.
Vincent plays golf, tennis, baseball and basketball, but said he manages to keep up with school by doing homework at school or before practice, sometimes finishing at night.
His academic performance last year earned him a nickname: "The Professor."
Although he is an aspiring historian, Vincent said his favorite subject is math, in part because history classes will start when he's older.
Vincent recognizes how important it is to continue volunteering. "Special Olympics wouldn't be there if it wasn't for volunteers," he said.
"It's so great to see this type of dedication to community service at such a young age," said Sue Ping Kuo, volunteer coordinator for Special Olympics Hawai'i.
"With Vincent, you can tell that he really wants to help out, purely out of the kindness of his young heart," she said.
Who helped you? "My mom told me about it." Kuo also helped him to find things that he can help with.
Do you have any advice for other kids who might want to follow your example? "It's a good thing to help with. It makes you feel good and it's fun sometimes."


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"There's nothing left in having a drink for me," Lohan, 27, says in the sneak peek of Lindsay, which premieres Sunday on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
"What's left in that feeling? Nothing. There's no party that I haven't gone to, there's no person that I haven't hung out with, there's no situation that I haven't, you know, been exposed to."
But when asked if the actress is actually staying clean, her sober coach hesitates and sighs.
Lohan was one of the hottest rising stars in Hollywood before her party-girl reputation squandered her career. After six stints in rehab, she is attempting a comeback, inviting the cameras of Emmy-nominated filmmaker Amy Rice along for the ride.
Yet, at first glance, Lindsay suggests that's easier said than done.
In one scene, Lohan confronts her troubled father, Michael, telling him through tears, "You weren't good for me for a long time in my life." She also deals with paparazzi following her every move, and her signature tardiness threatens to ruin the documentary's filming.
.@Oprah; Ready as I'll ever be. Thank you so much. Here we go!! #lindsayonOWN— Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan) March 5, 2014
"You need to cut the [bleep], Winfrey tells Lohan during an intervention. "You really do."
As the video ends, Lohan voices what everyone is thinking: This is her final chance at resuscitating her career.
"I know this is my last shot at doing what I love to do," she says.
See how it all unfolds on the season premiere of Lindsay at 10 p.m. ET Sunday on OWN.


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Summary: This is a perfect little trip for the kids. It offers two covered picnic tables and a chance to learn about Native American history. The trip is just a short walk up a mound of black basalt rocks, but the Petroglyphs are the real draw of this outing.
Trailhead: From north Tucson, follow Ina Road west through Picture Rocks to Sandario Road. Turn left on Sandario and drive south until you see Golden Gate Road
on your left. Turn left onto the dirt Golden Gate Road and follow it to the Signal Hill picnic area/trailhead. (Lat:32.28993 Lon:-111.20994)
Trail Guides for Signal Hill Trail:
Best Hikes With Children in Arizona
by Lawrence Letham (The Mountaineers)
Best Seasons: Year-Round
User Groups: Hikers,
Ranger Contact: Saguaro National Park, (520) 733-5158
Localhikes Reporter: This hike was submitted by Jeff Branscum, who has posted 27 other hikes on this site
Trail Reviews Submit your own review
Reviewed by Brittany on 6/26/2011
We did this hike in April, Very Easy trail, Petroglyphs are awesome. Great family hike/picnic area.
Reviewed by Annette on 1/10/2005
Nice family hike. Beautiful scenery. Lots of picnic tables and a bathroom but no water. If you follow the directions from this web site, when you go west on Ina to Picture Rocks, the cross road is actually Wade Road which turns into Picture Rocks. It is a long road that will take you out of the park then back in. Another way you can go is over Gates Pass. Turn right on Kinney then right on Sandario.
Notice: Traveling in the backcountry can be hazardous. You are responsible for informing yourself about these hazards and taking necessary precautions. Information on this web site comes from volunteer reporters and may contain errors or omissions. A current guidebook and proper equipment are essential for safe enjoyment of the hikes posted on this site.
Keys: Arizona Hiking, Arizona Trails, Arizona Hikes, Pima County Hiking, Pima County Trails, Pima County Hikes


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Jackets fall on Hagerstown rally in 8th
Ex-Braves are keys in Giants' win
Jordan driving force in Braves lineup
Should a resume include a salary requirement?
Rural areas stand to gain in phone deal
Textile industry beset by economy, illegal imports
With the upturn delayed, time to consider other economic issues
Planning keeps back-to-school purchases in line
Bunting hopes rigid training works for UNC
Mississippi State's success linked to Madkin's reliable QB leadership
Richt moves David Greene to top of QB depth chart
Richt moves Greene to top of QB depth chart
Engler to fire last shots as an amateur
Verplank, Azinger selected for Ryder Cup
Toms denies Mickelson in a PGA thriller
Officials investigate airplane crash
House fire leaves debate over blame
Man is sought in grocery robbery
United Way kicks off revamped campaign
Water returns for McIntosh County residents
Man arrested in child-porn case
Lowcountry trails link up through greenway plan
Woman sentenced in boyfriend's death
Boy survived crash that killed father
Vote offers end to tax dispute
Panel says officials violated zoning law
Bus wreck in Tennessee kills Augustan, injures 45
Analysts predict partisan struggle
Man arrested in child-porn case
Aiken college campuses welcome back students
Lewis, Weinke may see expanded roles against Ravens
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UNFCCC Releases Submissions on QELROs
14 May 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released the submissions from Belarus, Iceland and Nauru on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), containing information on Annex I Parties' quantified emission limitation or reduction objectives (QELROs) for the second Kyoto Protocol commitment period (FCCC/KP/AWG/2012/MISC.1/Add.1).
These three submissions are in addition to the seven submissions contained in document FCCC/KP/AWG/2012/MISC.1.
The submissions were made in response to a request in Decision 1/CMP.7 by the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP 7) for Annex I Parties listed in annex 1 to the decision, to submit information on their QELROs for the Kyoto Protocol second commitment period.
The submissions will be considered by the 17th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP), which will take place from 14-25 May 2012, in Bonn, Germany. [Publication: Submissions by Belaurs Iceland and AOSIS] [IISD RS Story on the First Seven Submissions]


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Yesterday, quite by accident I stumbled upon a Facebook group dedicated to a friend that had passed many years ago, just before his 23rd birthday. We had dated briefly just before he had gotten sick and discovered that he had cancer. Oh how I adored him! Greg had the biggest, brightest smile and he had this way of making everyone around him feel good. Even during his cancer treatments he would make jokes and lighten the energy of the situation. He was simply amazing, as everyone sharing stories on the tribute page will agree.
It got me to thinking about all the people in my life who have made a positive impact on me just by being who they were. Have I ever told them how they've made my life better? Do they even know?
You make the world a better place just by being you. Do you know what your best qualities are? What would your family and friends say about you? Well, maybe you should ask.
I'm working on Marie Forleo's B School this year and we have an exercise on this topic. The assignment is to ask at least 25 people what our three best qualities are. According to my friends and family my three best qualities are creativity, compassion, and vision. These do ring true with my heart and how I want to share myself with the world. It feels good to know that people see me and feel my true intentions.
I encourage you to do the same, find out how the people in your world see you, what they appreciate about you. I can guarantee you do impact the lives of others, probably in ways you are unaware of or take for granted. Your best qualities are unique to you and the world needs to be lifted by your presence. Embrace your greatness and let it shine.


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Davis Bertans inks 3-year deal with Laboral Kutxa Vitoria
After a couple weeks of uncertainty, Spurs draftee Davis Bertans has found a new home. Laboral Kuxta Vitoria, also known as Saski Baskonia, announced early Saturday they've signed Bertans to a 3-year deal (H/T Sportando). Baskonia didn't make the terms known, but Sportando is reporting it's for a little less than two million Euros with NBA outs after each season.
A lot of people might freak out because this is the club that the Spurs had so many problems negotiating buyouts with Tiago Splitter and Luis Scola when they were known as Tao Ceramica, but those were two of the best big men in Europe. Bertans is a very promising player, but he's not what Splitter and Scola were when the Spurs were trying to bring over. Having said that, this is a big step for Bertans. He's moving to the second best league in the world and his shooting ability should allow him to get some minutes right away. The total money in his contract also suggests his buyout shouldn't be any larger than the $600,000 NBA teams are allowed to contribute to international buyouts.
Additionally, a separate Sportando report said the Spurs specifically asked Bertans to be paired with new Baskonia head coach Marco Crespi. It's clear San Antonio played a part in this move and we should take this as the next step in him coming to the league, whether it be next summer or a little farther in the future. I had a conversation with a scout for a Western Conference team and he said he thinks Bertans is going to be a good NBA player and has the potential to be really good.
Bertans and 2013 first round pick Livio Jean-Charles have been in Las Vegas all week working out with the Summer League Spurs. It's Bertans' third summer in the United States with the team. Bertans will also join fellow 2011 draft pick Adam Hanga, who will be entering his second season with the team.
Ryan Richards headed back to Austria
Another European prospect, Ryan Richards, was not with the Spurs during the last half of Summer League. That's because he's agreed to a deal with BC Zepter Wien in Austria. This is a team Richards has played for in the past and had some success with, so hopefully it'll bring some consistency to his career. Unless something drastic happens, however, I wouldn't count on ever seeing him in a Spurs jersey. Stranger things have happened though.


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by William Eggleston
A tall, dark, Southern gentleman of independent means, William Eggleston drives around taking color photographs—blizzards of them—that are as similar and as individual as snowflakes. Eggleston, 50, shoots everything and nothing—a display of tools outside a hardware store in Mississippi, a slice of sunlight brightening a patch of floor on an airplane, a boy in an orange T-shirt studying a pistol advertisement in a magazine.
Wherever he aims his camera—through the window of a red coffee shop in his native Memphis, at a construction site in downtown Dallas, at a radiator on a tiled wall in Berlin—he creates scenes of arresting beauty and mystery. From the colors and shapes that everywhere besiege the eye, Eggleston crystallizes an uncanny order—layered, kinetic yet serene. His pictures make the world that humans have created seem outlandish and haphazard and prodigal and burdened—and at the same time wondrous.
Since Eggleston became a cult figure with his show at New York's MOMA in 1976, commentators have overlooked the balance of feelings in his work. He photographs vulgarity, decay and sterility. But his pictures aren't hip dismissals. Though their emotional pitch is cool, their palette is too sensuous, their form too lively, to be a surrender to dread and atomization.
Eggleston is out to transcend the common chaos without denying its omnipresence. One way he does this is by embracing the world—or rather by valuing and organizing each little piece of it that enters his viewfinder, making each picture a democratic forest (as well as a tree in the democratic forest that is the book).
He may have inherited this leveling aesthetic from photographer Lee Friedlander, a master of composition as conundrum, but he has given it a spiritual, not just an intellectual, dimension. The Democratic Forest, a project Eggleston began in 1983, numbers 10,000 prints and is still growing (the book's 151 images are a triumph of selection and sequencing). Its size is not so surprising. Eggleston is tuned in to the sublime harmonies that swirl within cacophony. Driving along with his ever present Leica on the front seat, he can't help but see beauty and magic everywhere. (Doubleday, $50)
Picks and Pans Review: The Democratic Forest
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A 21-year-old Birmingham man has been charged with murder after police said he shot a man last week in a fight over an iPod.
Devin DeJarnett was arrested Tuesday night by Jefferson County deputies in the Feb. 9 slaying of Wardell Eugene Moss, 21, of Hueytown.
Witnesses told police DeJarnett and Moss were arguing over the device in the 7700 block of First Avenue South, said Sgt. Sam Noblitt.
"The suspect hasn't admitted to anything," Noblitt said.
DeJarnett is being held on $250,000 bond.
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My daughter-in-law was stocking up at the Members Only Humongous Food and Everything Else store when she was struck with the worst possible shopper's experience – her bank card was refused at the check-out.
She had been shopping for 45 minutes, and the cart was full. With no way to pay, she was faced with leaving the cart and going to a bank to get cash, which might mean everything would be put back and she would have to shop all over again.
"She called me to make sure I hadn't spent the day at the casino gambling away all the money," my son joked after it was over, but it wasn't funny at the time. If there was money in the account, why wouldn't the card work?
After phone calls to the bank, she learned the problem was not with her account, but with the bank's computer system. It was corrected, the card cleared, and she was on her way, delayed by about a half-hour.
It has happened to me, too. On two occasions, it was because telephone lines were down, which meant bank computers could not be accessed at the store. More often, I've arrived at the checkout, scanned my card, and then couldn't remember my PIN number. Now when that happens, I just switch the purchase to credit and it's all right, but it used to be pretty stressful to stand at the front of a long line of impatient shoppers, digging through my purse to find the scrap of paper where I wrote down my PIN numbers.
Paying by check is a bit more secure – if you are the kind of person who remembers to put a new pad of checks in your wallet before the last one is written. I am not that person. Just last month I was at the farm market and had to leave my peaches and broccoli behind because I was out of checks, I had about 32 cents in cash, and the vendor doesn't take plastic. Who can blame them, with the possibility of system crashes so imminent?
Every Friday night when I was growing up, my mother would get her paycheck from the electrical parts manufacturing factory where she worked, ride with her carpool to the IGA store, cash the check, and spend a few dollars on groceries – usually one bag full, about $5. Other bills were paid in cash at the bank or with money orders through the mail. I was in high school when she finally opened a checking account. I'm not sure she ever trusted it completely.
Occasionally, I find I have cash in my wallet. It's kind of fun to hand over a twenty for a gallon of milk and get change back. There's a certain satisfaction in handling money that just doesn't happen with lines on a spreadsheet at some web address. Paper or plastic? Plastic is easier, paper is more folksy.
I have a theory that cash will make a comeback, not as a widespread practice, but as an art form, like quilting or calligraphy. Cash clubs will start where members will compare how many pennies they have hoarded in coffee cans or ceramic pigs, or how many times they have put a certain dollar bill through the laundry. But dues will probably be paid by credit card on the website.
Now you can like Mother Lode on the Grand Valley Advance Facebook page every Monday.


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Design engineer
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Larson Design Group announces Mark Mummert, Ph.D, has joined its Williamsport headquarters as a design engineer in the energy division.
Mummert, according to a news release, has more than 12 years of experience in environmental health and safety, having served manufacturing and industrial service centers in more than 20 states. He comes to Larson?Design Group from Penn General Energy, where he was environmental manager, responsible for all aspects of their environmental program.
He brings experience in air permit applications, emission inventories, annual reports, and auditing compliance with state and federal regulations, the news release said. He is an expert in industrial hygiene with a background in air sampling and noise monitoring.
Mummert earned bachelor's and master's degrees in agricultural engineering at Penn State University, and a Ph.D. in soil and water engineering from Cornell University. He is an avid trainer of sporting dogs and lives in Mechanicsburg with his wife.
Larson Design Group is a multi-disciplined brand architecture, engineering, and surveying firm with 10 offices in Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, and Texas,
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Renee Carey, executive director with the Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy, presented a session, "Easements for Source Water Protection," at the Pennsylvania Rural Water Association's Conference in early April. The Association works cooperatively with the industry to support water and wastewater utilities, the news release said.
"Easements for Source Water Protection" focused on how conservation easements can be used to help implement source water protection plans. Participants learned more about conservation easements and how to partner with their location land trust to implement a conservation easement program.
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Terri Kio, warehouse logistics supervisor of North Central Sight Services, Inc. was named Employee of the Year for 2012 at the agency's annual dinner meeting held in mid-April. Kio, a New Columbia resident, has been employed at North Central Sight Services, Inc. since 2002.
According to the news release, she supervises 21 associates in the agency's Industry Program, which provides employment opportunities for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
Kio manages the finished goods inventory and production of more than 350 products in the agency's distribution program for the federal government and AbilityOne Program. She also oversees order processing and fulfillment. On average, North Central Sight Services, Inc. ships 1,200 orders per month with an overall schedule attainment of 98.8 percent.
In February of 2013, Kio received trainer certification for the operation of forklifts from the Equipment Depot. She also is an active member of North Central Sight Services, Inc.'s Safety and Wellness Committees.
'Employee of the Month' selected
Ken Bair, maintenance services engineer, has been named the state Department of Transportation district office Employee of the Month for March 2013.
Bair, a news release said, was instrumental in analyzing the benefits of and developing an implementation plan for two district-wide seal coat crews versus the previous process of each county completing its own annual seal coat program. He led and coordinated the efforts of all the district's county maintenance managers to study the potential benefits of district-wide seal coat crews. Through the analysis, which included communication with other districts that have implemented such district-wide crews, they found that two such crews would improve the productivity and quality of the district's seal coat operations, free existing county staff to complete additional general maintenance activities - such as pipe replacement and shoulder cutting - and reduce equipment costs by an estimated $430,000 annually.
Bair, a 12-year PennDOT employee, lives near Mifflinburg with his wife Megan and their children Ainsley, Jake and Reid.


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More charges filed in Erie burglary probe
The list of targets in a police probe into residential burglaries in Erie has grown to at least 15 with the filing of new charges.
The latest burglaries revealed were listed in criminal complaints filed Friday against 19-year-old Pablo A. Mendez, of Erie.
He is accused of committing burglaries at residences in the 1100 block of East Ninth Street on Oct. 17, 2011; in the 600 block of Hess Avenue on Nov. 12, 2011; in the 300 block of West 26th Street on March 17; in the 1200 block of German Street on April 6; in the 400 block of Huron Street on April 8; and in the 600 block of Hess Avenue on Oct. 17, according to the complaints.
Mendez was placed in the Erie County Prison on $15,000 bond in each case after his arraignments before Erie 2nd Ward District Judge Paul Urbaniak on Friday morning.
Mendez was charged earlier this month with taking part in burglaries in the 600 block of West 22nd Street on Nov. 16 and in the 600 block of West 23rd Street on Nov. 17.
The apprehension of two suspects in the West 23rd Street burglary launched an investigation by Erie police that led to charges against Mendez, two other adults and a teenage boy.
Deshawn L. Peters, 19, of Erie, has been charged with taking part in eight burglaries. Juan G. Cartagena, 18, of Erie, has been charged in six burglaries.
Investigators said Friday that the probe continues, and that more charges are forthcoming.
TIM HAHN can be reached at 870-1731 or by e-mail. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/ETNhahn.