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For immediate release
February 3, 2004
(SPRINGFIELD) Downstate schools could see more than
$210 million and the Chicago metropolitan area could net more
than $400 million in additional state funding under the Illinois
State Board of Educations budget recommendation for
the next school year.
State Superintendent of Schools Robert Schiller Tuesday walked
members of the House Appropriations-Elementary and Secondary
Education Committee through the ISBE proposed Fiscal Year
2005 education budget, stressing that the budget is aimed
at keeping the doors open and the lights on at
Illinois nearly 4,000 schools.
Month after month as we crafted this proposal we heard
from members of the education community that the state should
concentrate funding on the areas where districts can get the
best bang for their buck, Schiller said. Increased
funding of General State Aid and the mandated categoricals
will allow elected local school boards with the resources
and flexibility to control and address their individual needs.
Schiller illustrated to members just how far and wide a $616
million general funds increase can be spread over Illinois
102 counties. ISBE ran projected estimates of how each school
district would fare under the proposed budget, based on their
current Equalized Assessed Value and other factors that affect
the funding formulas.
If effective today, the budget proposal would have the following
ISBE forecasts that out of the 888 school districts statewide
there are 13 school districts that may not see estimated increases
of GSA funding under the proposal as a result of a large growth
in their local EAV or a large decrease in their average daily
attendance (ADA).
Of the $609 million in additional funds recommended over
FY 04, $576.6 million alone will support adequate basic education
and full funding of programs that the state requires districts
provide. The additional funds will provide a $250 per pupil
increase of general state aid, which equals $396.5 million;
restores the School Safety and Educational Improvement (ADA)
Block Grant to its FY03 level of $66.9 million, an increase
of $24 million; an additional $139.1 million to fully fund
the state Mandated Categorical grants including special education
and transportation; a $13.3 million increase for the Bilingual
program to increase the pro-ration from 64% to approximately
The proposal also includes restoration of $19 million for
Gifted Education; $30 million for Early Childhood; $23.7 million
for Bridges Extended Learning Opportunities (formerly known
as Summer Bridges); $2.6 million for Reading, $6.2 million
for System of Support, $3 million for Career and Technical
Education, and $4.5 million for Truant and Alternative Learning
Schiller reminded House members that Moody's Investor Service
recently indicated that the Illinois school district sector
remains challenged with widespread structural imbalances,
declining liquidity and expenditure growth that is outpacing
revenue growth.
Schiller added that more than 99.99% of the $7.6 billion
FY04 education appropriation goes directly to the state's
locally controlled school districts. After continued reduction
of personnel and operations, this proposal includes no increased
administrative costs at the Illinois State Board of Education,
he said.
Schiller also dispelled the 46-cents myth, noting
that the charge includes the costs related to paying a teacher
and teachers aides and some related supplies, but excludes
countless other expenses that support instruction.
Essentially 46 cents buys a teacher, with an aide waving
a book or two in thin air without a classroom or students,
Schiller said. The truth is only six cents covers administration
not 54.
An accurate account of school expenditures supporting classroom
instruction is closer to 94 cents and includes, the 48 cents
that pays for the teacher, teacher aide, some classroom supplies
and tuition; 22 cents for the cost of the building and maintaining
the four walls that make up the classroom; 3 cents to feed
the children; 4 cents to bus them to school; 10 cents to support
them with books and libraries to help them to read, counseling,
psychological services, and other direct services that support
and enhance instruction. The charge also excludes debt service
and community services that together add up to a grand total
of 94 cents.
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Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL 62777


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In the June 11 City Council meeting, Kristi Shaw (HDR representative) stated that the city has five wells – one in the Jasper and four in the Evangeline.
There's lot of double talk by Ms. Shaw on water and no real information about the four wells in the Evangeline in the City of Beeville.
HDR report is considering only the Chase Filed water... why? With a limit of 10,000 acre-feet per year, who paid for this report – the city or Chase Field?
Ms. Shaw talked about the cost of bringing those wells online depending on leases with property owners. What wells? She only talked about the wells at Chase Field; she never mentioned during the meeting the other four wells in the city limits.
Ms. Shaw stressed that the test wells were to cost the City of Beeville residents from $300,000-$400,000 each. These are high priced test wells. What kind of tubing will they be lined with? Or who's pocket is going to be lined? There are local water drillers who can do the test wells and production wells for a lot less, who have been drilling in the area for years.
One of the last questions on the well subject was on the operation and maintenance. Ms. Shaw's answer to the question was the cost for O&M was included in the package. That cannot be true because, if you cannot have a definite cost of the project, you cannot project the cost of operation and maintenance for the future.
The water committee is going to be hobbled by the incomplete information. On one side, the HDR report is rooting for Chase Field (wells); Norris and Leal for the RO operation that was voted out by the voters. Who is going to stand up and present the complete report of the river water and the five city wells that were mentioned?
A protege of Milton Friedman must have been hired to run a Chicago School shock operation on the water situation, or are they greasing the skids for future political agenda?
Carlos Perez

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Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is typical: it has hundreds of billions of stars, enough gas and dust to make billions more stars, and about six times as much dark matter as all the stars and gas put together. And it's all held together by gravity. Like more than two-thirds of the known galaxies, the Milky Way has a spiral shape. At the center of the spiral, a lot of energy and, occasionally, vivid flares. are being generated. Based on the immense gravity that would be required explain the movement of stars and the energy expelled, the astronomers conclude that at the center of the Milky Way is a supermassive black hole.


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You may now change your home address yourself on LORIS. It is the student's responsibility to provide correct and current address information to the Office of the Registrar. In cases of emergency it is imperative that we have the most up-to-date information for both your local and permanent address and telephone numbers on file.
If you live in residence, it is crucial that we have a phone number listed on your record.
Invoices are mailed to the Home/Permanent Address. Hard copy correspondence during the academic year is mailed to the Local address. Note that the official means of communication with students is your Laurier email address.
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WOODSTOCK – The Tom Smith Retirement Tour has officially started.
The first gift was nothing extravagant. It was just a picture of Smith's coaching colleagues after the Fox Valley Conference Cross Country Meet Saturday at Emricson Park … most of whom were donning "Coach Smith is my Homeboy" T-shirts.
"That's a career highlight right there," said a beaming Smith, the only cross country coach Dundee-Crown has ever had for boys and girls. "That's special. I started to notice the shirts, but didn't realize how many or who all had them."
Tom's wife Robin handed out shirts to FVC coaches in the morning. The D-C runners broke out the shirts a few years ago during the track season. Then, after the awards ceremony, all the coaches were called up for a group photo with Smith in the middle.
It was a sign of what Smith has meant to others.
"To have a guy, in our district, who's always willing to help, always willing to be there is so nice," Jacobs boys and girls coach Kevin Christian said. "I look up to the guy. I've wanted for years for my program to be even close to what he has. It's tough to see a guy like that leave, but it's great they're doing something for him on the way out."
Smith came to Crown High School in 1980 as an English teacher and cross country and track coach. When Dundee and Crown merged in the 1983-84 school year, Smith became coach for boys and girls cross country and boys track. He is 59 and will retire at the end of the school year as teacher and coach.
Several FVC coaches ran against Smith's teams. Most consider him a mentor for their coaching careers.
"When I started, that was the guy I looked at and thought, 'I want to be that guy.' " Cary-Grove girls coach Mark Anderson said. "I want to coach as long as he did. You can look at him and tell, 'That guy's a coach.' He looks the part, he acts the part, he leads the conference in that way. I don't know if he can ever really understand the influence he had on me and what we've been doing at Cary-Grove. I'm genuinely sad to see him leave."
With the cold, dreary, wet day, most coaches kept their "Coach Smith" shirts under wraps until the end of the meet. After the awards were handed out, they gravitated toward the tent where results were recorded for the group photo.
"He's legendary," Crystal Lake Central boys coach Bill Eschman said. "He epitomizes everything that's right about doing what's right for the kids, coaching the right way and caring about the kids and the sport. Most of us, that's what we look up to."
Smith just grinned when the mentor thing is brought up. He sees it as paying it back.
"It's very special. It means a lot," Smith said. "That's because I've had that experience and been around a long time, but I had all those guys who mentored me when I came in. I remember all those coaches. Then, it was my turn [to be a mentor]."
Anderson said the term "dean of conference coaches" was never more fitting than when applied to Smith. He suggested if the FVC ever needed a commissioner, Smith would be the ideal man.
It was an emotional week for Smith, whose stepfather Wayne Cross, passed away in Michigan after a long illness. He attended the funeral of the man he knew as his father, then came to his last FVC Cross Country Meet.
"I knew this day was coming," Smith said. "This year has been different than any other year. I feel blessed. I've had a great career. I've had so many great runners and parents, I feel really lucky. And the highlight to it all is I got to coach my two boys [Paul and Ryan]. That's icing on the top."
There will be other ceremonies and presents and notes of thanks to Smith throughout the school year, but none may get a bigger smile than Saturday's group photo.
"He is something special," Eschman said. "He is the face of the conference really."
And on Saturday, that wasn't just figurative, it was literal.
• Joe Stevenson is a senior sports writer for the Northwest Herald. He can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com. You also can follow him on Twitter @nwh_JoePrepZone.


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When Hollywood's biggest stars take to the red carpets for the 86th Academy Awards on March 2, one of the many perks they will be enjoying is the high-end Israeli vodka made by Aviv613.
At each year's ceremony, attendees and participants receive various "swag bags" filled with pricey goodies that have been put together by marketing companies catering to celebrities.
This year's Oscar nominees and host Ellen DeGeneres will each receive a basket which includes items like fine chocolates, high-end watches and Aviv613 Vodka.
According to Aviv613's news release about its inclusion in the event, each basket will include somewhere in the neighborhood of $55,000 worth of goodies, including donations to animal shelters, weight-loss foods and skin care accessories.
"We are very excited to share AVIV with Oscar-nominated actors and actresses," Marc Grossfield, founder and chief executive officer of Aviv613, said in a statement.
Unfortunately, Pennsylvania residents won't be able to raise a glass of the vodka to toast the Oscar-winners. The state Liquor Control Board does not currently carry the vodka, which sounds delicious: It is made with wheat, barley, olives, figs, dates, grapes and pomegranates.
The company makes its product in the spiritual town of Tzfat, a city that is located in the north of Israel.


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Degree planning and progression checks
Information to assist students in planning their unit of study selections is available in the Business School Handbook or from the SIO at any time. Students can also obtain a formal progression check by submitting a completed Degree planner to the Staff and Student Services.
You can use this form if:
- You are a current student in a Business School degree or award course; and You have completed at least half of your award course.
- You have completed at least half of your award course.
You will need:
- To know what major you intend to complete;
- To list all the units of study you have already completed, including core units; and
- To draft a plan for your enrolment for the remainder of your award course.
The SIO will review your plan and email you with comments and an amended plan (if required). You may complete one progression check each year.
Please check the Business School Handbook before submitting your degree planner. If you commenced your studies prior to the current year, you should consult the Handbooks archives link on the left of the handbooks page for the handbook of the year you commenced your studies. Students are generally obliged to follow the rules and resolutions of the year they commenced their degree.
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Motorized Awnings
The awning motor's power cable can be severed while the awning is opened or closed manually, posing a risk of electrical shock to the user.
For additional information, contact Somfy Systems at (800) 637-6639 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm's website at www.somfysystems.com
About 4,600
This recall involves the Sunea CMO RTS motor used to operate retractable awnings. The awning motor heads are silver and black-colored. "Somfy" is printed on the motor head. Motor heads that are entirely black in color are not included in this recall. The Sunea CMO RTS model numbers included in this recall are 525A2, 535A2 and 550R2. The model number is printed on a label on the motor tube.
None reported.
Consumers should immediately stop using recalled awning motors and the awning's manual crank and unplug and/or pull the circuit breaker to protect against anyone using the awning. Contact Somfy Systems to receive free installation of a replacement awning motor.
Awning dealers and retailers nationwide from December 2009 through September 2010.
Somfy Systems Inc., of Dayton, N.J.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/56644
- Title
- Optical and near-infrared observations of the peculiar Type la supernova 1999ac
- Author(s)
- Phillips, Mark M.; Krisciunas, Kevin; Suntzeff, Nicholas B.; Abraham, R. G.; Beckett, M. G.; Bonati, Marco; Candia, Pablo; Corwin, T. Michael; Depoy, Darren L.; Espinoza, Juan; Firth, Andrew E.; Freedman, Wendy L.; Galaz, Gaspar; Germany, Lisa; Gonzalez, David; Hamuy, Mario; Hastings, N. C.; Hungerford, Aimee L.; Ivanov, Valentin D.; Labbé, Erika; Marzke, Ronald O.; McCarthy, Patrick J.; McMahon, Richard G.; McMillan, Russet; Muena, Cesar; Persson, S. E.; Roth, Miguel; Ruiz, Maria Teresa; Smith, R. Chris; Smith, Roger; Strolger, Louis-Gregory; Stubbs, Christopher
- Abstract
- We present 39 nights of optical photometry, 34 nights of IR photometry, and 4 nights of optical spectroscopy of the Type la supernova 1999ac. This supernova was discovered 2 weeks before maximum light, and observations were begun shortly thereafter. At early times its spectra resembled the unusual SN 1999aa and were characterized by very high velocities in the Ca II H and K lines but very low velocities in the Si II λ6355 line. The optical photometry showed a slow rise to peak brightness but, quite peculiarly, was followed by a more rapid decline from maximum. Thus, the B- and V-band light curves cannot be characterized by a single stretch factor. We argue that the best measure of the nature of this object is not the decline rate parameter Δm15 (B). The B - V colors were unusual from 30 to 90 days after maximum light in that they evolved to bluer values at a much slower rate than normal Type Ia supernovae. The spectra and bolometric light curve indicate that this event was similar to the spectroscopically peculiar slow decliner SN 1999aa.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Astronomical Journal, Vol. 131, no. 5 (2006), pp. 2615-2627
- Publication year
- 2006
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- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences; 020110 Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems
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- Astronomy; Cosmology; Near-infrared photometry; Optical photometry; Supernovae; Type la supernova
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- University of Chicago Press
- 0004-6256
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Dordt College News
Volleyball Hosts Dakota Wesleyan Wednesday
October 8, 2013
WHERE AND WHEN… Dordt College will host Dakota Wesleyan on Wednesday, October 9 with the junior varsity match starting at 6:00 and the varsity match at 7:30. The match can be heard on KDCR 88.5 FM and there will be a live video webstream available at www.dordt.edu/athletics . Results will be posted to www.dordt.edu/athletics and https://twitter.com/dcathletics and also at https://www.facebook.com/dordtdefenders .
SISTER TO SISTER BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EVENT…The Dordt College volleyball program and Promise Community Health Center have joined forces to create awareness of breast cancer and its impact on northwest Iowa at the Dordt-Dakota Wesleyan volleyball match.
Planning for the event began in Spring 2013 as the coaching staff and the Dordt volleyball team became aware of the impact breast cancer has in northwest Iowa. In 2011 the national incidence of breast cancer was 118.7 cases per 100,000 women and in Iowa the incidence was 120.1 Lyon County has a rate of 147.7, Plymouth County a rate of 145.7 and Sioux County 122.
Promise Community Health Center is in its second year of funding from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Siouxland Affiliate for the project Sister to Sister. Sister to Sister has increased access to breast cancer screening, by providing affordable breast exams and mammograms to women in the community.
The Defender volleyball program encourages you to pray for and remember those who have battled and are battling cancer and for those families affected by the loss of loved ones due to cancer.
THE OPPONENT… Dakota Wesleyan is 0-7 in the GPAC and 6-17 overall. The Tigers have won two of its last three matches with victories over Presentation and Valley City State. A two match winning streak ended with a loss to Mayville State on Saturday. The Mitchell, South Dakota based school has a pair of wins this season over both Presentation and Valley City and they have also beaten William Penn and York.
The Tigers average 10.49 kills per set and get to 15.05 digs per outing. Dakota Wesleyan also averages 1.35 blocks and 1.08 ace serves per outing.
Sarah Kruse puts down 2.44 kills per set and Mallory Jark is putting down 2.36 per contest with a .287 kill efficiency. Taylor Spence averages 1.94 kills and 2.64 digs and Hannah Hammer is putting down 1.39 kills and Elizabeth Humiston is averaging 1.24 per outing. Briana Jung and Rebecca Garcia have handled most of the setting chores with Jung averaging 5.87 assists and Garcia 3.30. Jung leads the team with 18 ace serves, sharing team honors with Mackenzie Stevens. Maggie Stehly leads the team with 3.64 digs per outing and Taylor Spence gets to 2.64.
THE DEFENDERS… Dordt is 15-4 this season and 6-2 in the league with eight matches remaining in the regular season. Dordt has won four matches in a row since suffering back to back losses to Northwestern and Nebraska Wesleyan in late September.
Three of Dordt's four losses have come in matches that have gone to five sets. Dordt is 7-1 in matches that have been swept and they are 7-0 when matches are decided by a 3-1 margin.
The Defenders average 13.39 kills with a .298 kill efficiency and they get another 2.13 points per set on blocks and 1.49 on service aces. The Dordt dig average is 16.06. Brooke Wolterstorff is averaging 3.15 kills with a .288 kill efficiency and she gets to 2.63 digs. Lindsey Floen's kill average is 2.81 and she leads the team with a .414 kill efficiency and her block average of 1.04 is also tops on the squad. Jenna Horstman's kill average has surged to 2.72 and she has a .292 kill efficiency.
Kayla Gesink has a 10.26 assists per set average and she puts down an average of 1.1 kills per outing with a .404 kill efficiency and her dig average is 2.56. Kayla Broekhuis leads the team with a 4.85 dig average and she has 19 ace serves. Jocelyn Bousema's dig average is 1.76 and she has 19 ace serves. Celaine Haan leads the team with 25 aces and she also gets to nearly a dig per set. Meghan Krausman and Elizabeth Kiel are averaging 1.9 and 1.51 kills per outing with Krausman getting to 1.38 digs per contest.
LAST ACTION… Dakota Wesleyan lost to Mayville State on Saturday 25-10, 25-16, 25-16. The Tigers had as many kills as errors to flatten out their kill efficiency at .000. The Tigers totaled 41 digs and scored three points on blocks and one on an error. Mayville State took advantage of nine points on blocks and another four service aces and hit for a .310 kill efficiency. Hammer had eight kills and Kruse seven and Garcia put up 14 assists. Stehly accounted for 10 digs and Katie Lindow had the lone service ace for the Tigers.
Dordt turned away Doane 25-11, 25-15, 25-20 on Saturday at the De Witt Gym as the Defenders hit for a .422 kill efficiency and committed just five hitting errors for the night. Jenna Horstman had 14 kills and Brooke Wolterstorff eight and Elizabeth Kiel six. Kayla Gesink had 28 assists and had seven digs. Kayla Broekhuis got to 19 digs and had Dordt's lone ace serve.
HISTORY… Dordt is 26-0 since 1998 against Dakota Wesleyan. Dordt won last year's meeting Sioux Center on October 23 by scores of 25-17, 22-25, 25-20, 25-10. Floen and Danae Geels each had ten kills and Gesink had 38 assists. Sam Sandau had 12 kills to lead Dakota Wesleyan and Jung put up 43 assists. Dordt won the match at the Corn Palace on September 12 by scores of 25-18, 25-16, 25-21. Floen had 11 kills and Geels seven with Gesink putting up 28 assists and Broekhuis had 11 digs. Rachel Tinklenberg had eight kills and Sandau seven in the loss and Jung was credited with 25 assists.
WHERE WE GO FROM HERE… Dakota Wesleyan is scheduled to host Morningside on Friday and will travel to Briar Cliff on Tuesday, October 15.
Dordt has a rare weekend off before returning to play on Wednesday, October 16 when they travel to Morningside.
Volleyball Standings (Tuesday, October 7)
School GPAC/Overall
Northwestern 7-0/23-1
Hastings 6-1/15-8
Midland 5-2/23-2
Dordt 6-2/15-4
Nebraska Wesleyan 5-2/15-4
Doane 3-4/9-10
Concordia 3-6/12-8
Briar Cliff 3-4/13-8
Morningside 1-6/9-10
Mount Marty 0-5/9-11
Dakota Wesleyan 0-7/6-17
GPAC Scores and Schedules
September 4
Hastings def. Concordia 3-1
September 11
Midland def. Concordia 3-0
Nebraska Wesleyan def. Morningside 3-1
September 14
Dordt def. Briar Cliff 3-1
Doane def. Hastings 3-1
September 17
Hastings def. Nebraska Wesleyan 3-0
Doane def. Concordia 3-0
Briar Cliff def. Dakota Wesleyan 3-0
Northwestern def. Mount Marty 3-0
September 18
Dordt def. Morningside 3-2
September 20
Concordia def. Dakota Wesleyan University 3-0
Northwestern College def. Morningside College 3-1
September 21
Midland def. Briar Cliff 3-0
Concordia def. Mount Marty 3-0
Nebraska Wesleyan def.Dakota Wesleyan 3-1
Dordt def. Hastings 3-1
Northwestern def. Doane 3-2
September 24
Midland University def. Nebraska Wesleyan University 3-1
Northwestern College def. Dordt College 3-2
Morningside College def. Dakota Wesleyan University 3-0
Briar Cliff University def., Mount Marty College 3-1
September 25
Hastings College def. Concordia University 3-1
September 27
Midland University def. Dakota Wesleyan University 3-0
Hastings College def. Briar Cliff University 3-0
Nebraska Wesleyan University def. Dordt College 3-0
Doane College def. Morningside College 3-0
Northwestern College def. Concordia University 3-0
September 28
Concordia University def. Morningside College 3-1
Dordt College def. Midland University 3-1
Hastings College def. Dakota Wesleyan University 3-0
Nebraska Wesleyan University def. Briar Cliff University 3-2
Doane College def. Mount Marty College 3-2
October 1
Nebraska Wesleyan University 3, Concordia University 1
Dordt College 3, Mount Marty College 0
Northwestern College 3, Dakota Wesleyan University 0
October 2
Midland def. Doane 31
Briar Cliff University def. Morningside 3-0
October 5
Northwestern def. Midland 3-2
Dordt def. Doane 3-0
October 8
Mount Marty @ Morningside
October 9
Hastings @ Midland
Doane @ Nebraska Wesleyan
Dakota Wesleyan @ Dordt
Briar Cliff @ Northwestern
October 11
Morningside @ Dakota Wesleyan
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Bonnie Plays Along
Would you rather dress androgynous or ultra-feminine?
Androgyny all the way. One of my favorite thing about dressing is being able to mix super girly pieces with more plain and masculine ones. It makes for endless possibilities.
Would you rather emulate Ashley Olsen's style or Mary Kate Olsen's style?
Oh this is a tough one! When it comes down to it, I would have to say Mary Kate. Although I am a huge fan of Ashley's refined and elegant style, MK has such an interesting way of dress that is truly something else. I am constantly in awe of what she puts together.
Would you rather wear modern, structured pieces or flowing hippy clothes?
Modern pieces. On the right day I can throw on a flowy and bright dress, but for the most part, my eye is drawn to simplistic clothing.
Would you rather work for Italian Vogue or French Vogue?
French Vogue! I think it is safe to say that everyday there is an inkling in me wishing to be in Paris. I am absolutely amazed by the style and beauty of the French. I swear they have the ability to make anything look like a million dollars.
Would you rather wear tights or knee socks?
People tell me I don't wear pants enough. People tell me that they haven't seen me wear the same pair of tights twice ( totally not true). So I would definitely have to say tights.
Would you rather wear a mini dress or a maxi dress?
A mini dress. I am dying to find the perfect gray maxi dress for the summer, but I feel like my 5'4 stature cannot handle it. Knowing me, I will probably end up trying it anyways.
Would you rather shop in a mall or purchase items online?
Online, most definitely. It is so much easier to have an agenda of what to buy and to actually follow through with that agenda when shopping online. In the store all focus on what I really want is gone and I end up buying something like a scarf that I definitely do not need.
Would you rather be limited to wearing one color in your entire wardrobe or all combinations of black and white?
Black and white. I do not think I have liked only one color that much since I was five. And that was Crayola tickle-me-pink.
Would you rather meet Coco Chanel or Yves St Laurent?
Another tough one! I would have to stick with Coco Chanel. She is a major inspiration and idol of mine.
Would you rather wear patterned pieces or solid color items?
Solid color items. I always find that the pieces of clothing I get the most use out of are solids.
Would you rather carry a clutch or a messenger bag?
A messenger bag. Hands-free!
Would you rather wear a sack dress or a wiggle dress?
A sack dress. Can I belt it though?
Would you rather wear stilettos or wedges?
Stilettos. I love how they can make anything look elegant.
Would you rather buy six vintage pieces or one designer item?
Six vintage pieces. There is nothing better than finding the perfect vintage item.
Would you rather dance all night in ballet flats or six inch heels?
…Dancing? …ALL night?! I would definitely have to say ballet flats. Plus I love feeling like a ballerina/wish I was one.
Would your rather have front row seats at Milan Fashion week or London Fashion week?
London Fashion week. I dream of going to it someday, I have a huge admiration of English fashion designers. Who knows, maybe next in the Fall when I am abroad in London, I will make it to one.
For more of Bonnie visit her blog, Flashes of Style
52 comments:
- yasemin said...
you really find good bloggers to interview,thanks!
- April 6, 2009 at 11:24 AM
- Kate said...
This was such a great post, thank you (:
- April 6, 2009 at 11:30 AM
- corrie said...
She's adorable. Great questions, too.
- April 6, 2009 at 11:33 AM
- Juliet said...
She looks so adorable!
juliet xxx
- April 6, 2009 at 11:41 AM
- Shin said...
I love her style from Chictopia! I enjoyed the interview and her answers are great! xxoxoxoxo
- April 6, 2009 at 11:42 AM
- copperoranges said...
what a great new (to me) blog!
- April 6, 2009 at 12:15 PM
- Parapluie said...
I adore her blog :)
- April 6, 2009 at 12:17 PM
- amanda said...
She has a great style!
Maxi dresses can be surprisingly awesome on short girls. I'm a 5' wonder, and I have a maxi dress that I absolutely love. It makes me look taller and leaner. It's all about the cut.
- April 6, 2009 at 12:49 PM
- Diana said...
Bonnie!!! I love her!!!
- April 6, 2009 at 1:13 PM
- lisa said...
Keep it up with this feature! It's always a fun read.
- April 6, 2009 at 1:18 PM
- Emz said...
Bonnie does have fantastic style- I love her outfits!
- April 6, 2009 at 1:27 PM
- Cassiopeia said...
Great interview - love the picks of pictures... so sweet :D
- April 6, 2009 at 2:07 PM
- elyse said...
love this :)
bonnie, i'm 5'3" and found an amazing grey jersey maxi dress from elizabeth&james on sale. it needs to be hemmed about 3-4" but shockingly, it makes me look tall instead of short. it can be done!
- April 6, 2009 at 2:10 PM
- janettaylor said...
so inspiration! Great interwiew!
xoxo: Janet
- April 6, 2009 at 2:18 PM
- Wanderlusting said...
Love the pics of her with the red lipstick on. Wow. She can really pull that off!
Great read, as always :)
- April 6, 2009 at 2:28 PM
- Rebecca said...
Love all of her outfits! :) I'll have to check out her blog...
- April 6, 2009 at 2:55 PM
- WendyB said...
Funny, I'm 5'4" and have a gray maxi dress that I adore!
- April 6, 2009 at 3:06 PM
- FashionXJunkie said...
I love all her styles! I'll definitely check her out right away! Thanks for introducing her! <3
- April 6, 2009 at 3:15 PM
- Trisch said...
She looks great! I do have to disagree with her on one thing - I'd rather chill with YSL than Coco.
Trisch xo
- April 6, 2009 at 3:25 PM
- pretty face said...
Aaah, the would you rather game. A wonderful way to pass several bored hours.
Oh and in continuation of our school related conversation, I've never been to a private school but I go to a grammar school. You wear uniform for the first five years and then non-uniform for the last two years, called 'sixth form' which are technically optional. Although I don't think anyone in my school is not going to 6th form, although they may be moving - and I think the govt. is on the brink of making 6th form compulsory.
I've always found the huge differences between educational systems in different countries fascinating - different attitudes to holidays, uniform, paying for education, single-sex schools, etc etc etc!
- April 6, 2009 at 3:31 PM
- teenfashionista said...
I religiously read both of your blogs, and I always thought you two could be great friends. Great Q and A!
- April 6, 2009 at 3:34 PM
- Winnie said...
Oh I love both your blogs so this was a rather nice read!
- April 6, 2009 at 4:10 PM
- ohphilippa said...
she's gorgepus, thanks for letting me know about her blog - i've just added it to my bloglovin!
- April 6, 2009 at 4:31 PM
- Chester said...
I love your interview sessions!
- April 6, 2009 at 4:37 PM
- K.Line said...
I absolutely love this series!
- April 6, 2009 at 4:48 PM
- The Voguette said...
she's a lucky one! her glasses are fantastic - i do love them dearly!
- April 6, 2009 at 5:36 PM
- Amelia said...
I love her! Her style is so cute. I can't believe all the amazing combinations she comes up with.
- April 6, 2009 at 6:00 PM
- Ruta said...
i love this girl. amazing.
- April 6, 2009 at 6:18 PM
- Flashes of Style said...
thanks so much for doing this rebecca :) I had quite alot of fun with it!
- April 6, 2009 at 6:42 PM
- Alecca Rox said...
good choice! love her posing.
- April 6, 2009 at 6:56 PM
- EternalJade said...
I love the interview. Bonnie's so versatile, and her style is so unique.
- April 6, 2009 at 7:05 PM
- Brigadeiro said...
Great Q&A's! :)
- April 6, 2009 at 7:56 PM
- platformshoesandwintercoat said...
- April 6, 2009 at 9:24 PM
- UberOriginal said...
She is great, I'm going to check out her blog right now. Love her eclectic taste in clothing. xx
- April 6, 2009 at 11:53 PM
- Robynne said...
I agree with all the answers! Haha too funny.
-Fashion on Edge
- April 6, 2009 at 11:59 PM
- Diane said...
Aw, Bonnie's cool and I love her blog.
I love the questions!
- April 7, 2009 at 12:07 AM
- catherine said...
great questions/answers. Pics are fine.
- April 7, 2009 at 12:46 AM
- Helen said...
I love her blog, this was a great interview! I love would you rather questions - I ask them all the time to my boyfriend but it drives him crazy. But I ask stupid ones like 'would you rather i had no legs or no arms?'.
- April 7, 2009 at 1:59 AM
- Tina { Luphia Loves... } said...
she's so cute, great interview!
- April 7, 2009 at 2:46 AM
- Linnéa said...
love this post!!
She have a great style!
xoxo L.
- April 7, 2009 at 3:18 AM
- sueper said...
nice interview
- April 7, 2009 at 4:48 AM
- jordana said...
Love her style and am excited to check out her blog. Like the creative spin you put on the interview.
- April 7, 2009 at 8:12 AM
- Heyla said...
i love her outfits!
cool section :)
- April 7, 2009 at 8:51 AM
- rudi said...
those were some brilliant questions :)
(and brilliant answers!)
- April 7, 2009 at 9:18 AM
- Sassy said...
I love these posts, they are always interesting to read! And that girl has style!
- April 7, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- ZombieLace said...
She's wonderful! I agree with all of her answers... definitely adding her to my blogroll!
- April 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM
- Ambroisine said...
Nice post, I love to discover new blogs, she has a great sense of style !
- April 7, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Eyeliah @ stylesymmetry.com said...
Great interview! Added her to my google reader! Thanks :-)
- April 7, 2009 at 10:38 AM
- dapper kid said...
Oooh what a wonderful would you rather interview :) And she has the most incredible style, love her blog!
- April 8, 2009 at 10:26 AM
- Lydia said...
Bonnie is a great blogger! Always has the most interesting combinations =D This was a great interview! Thanks <3
- April 12, 2009 at 5:22 PM
- Anna Pope said...
She is so freaking sweet! :)
- April 15, 2009 at 1:12 AM
- Story of a Grl said...
This was really great! I really enjoy reading both your blogs
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A Clovis Little League baseball manager said he was forced to choose between forfeiting a game and playing in unsafe weather conditions on Friday night in Portales.
Teddy Marez, manager of the 10-12-year-old Zia Astros, said his team was ordered onto the field by tri-county league officials even though lightning was in the area. When Marez refused to allow his team to take the field, the game was forfeited to the Portales Diamondbacks.
But Mike Harris, the tri-county's district administrator, said the game's umpire and two district representatives all agreed the playing conditions were safe before Marez was given five minutes for his team to take the field.
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Both sides agree the tournament game was postponed more than 30 minutes when a storm moved in. Portales was leading the elimination game 7-5, with three innings to play when the game was halted because of the storm.
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Marez said he voiced his displeasure to Portales district representative Steve Adkins and others.
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"It wasn't just the umpire," Harris said. "We had a district representative (Adkins) and an assistant district administrator who was in charge because I had to work and all three said play ball. They said lightning was not anywhere close by."
Marez said he wanted to play the game, but thought officials should wait another 30 minutes or so before resuming play.
"Sometimes I wonder who we are out there for, our own egos?" Marez said. "My kids are sitting out and can't win this tournament now because a group of men had to flex their muscle and tell me what I'm going to do. They never were thinking about the safety of the kids."
Bent Wachter is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. He said the best way to measure a storm's distance is to count the seconds between a lightning flash and the sound of thunder.
"If you see the flash and then count five seconds (before hearing thunder), then that lightning bolt is five miles away," he said. "Lightning can shoot out at a diagonal, so you want a little grace period. If a thunderstorm is five miles away, there's a possibility lightning might hit a couple miles closer.
"I think most events, you start hearing thunder then people come out of the pools and they stop the ball game, take shelter and wait for the (storm) to pass. But it's kinda up to your comfort level."
Wachter said storms can move as quickly as 35 mph.
Marez said he could still hear thunder when officials wanted play to resume, but Harris said the storm had clearly passed. Harris said the league has no rule about when play is called, but generally games are halted when lightning is within 10 miles.


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By Dennis Roach
As the state Legislature deliberates over New Mexico's budget shortfall, I have frequently heard the statement, "Every program must take its share of cuts."
This statement assumes every program is of equal value, and has an equal return for our future benefit, an idea which is far from the truth.
On the contrary, public education is a constitutional requirement and an essential government service. It deserves to be fully funded before we even think about spending our hard earned tax dollars on non-essential services.
Our schools have already suffered cuts of more $200 million in general fund dollars over the last two years, a decrease of more than 10 percent.
Because such a large portion of school funding is in personnel, cuts of this magnitude compel schools to eliminate positions, resulting in larger class sizes and causing student performance to suffer. As someone who has taught both high school and middle school and now serves as a district-level administrator, I have seen firsthand how teacher funding affects education.
Colleagues of mine who were excellent teachers have sought other professions that compensated them more fairly for their education, skills, and experience.
I have seen students who were once energetic and passionate about their studies become disenchanted or frustrated because they were not getting what they needed in order to succeed.
So where did the $200 million that was cut from education go? Shockingly, it was diverted to such non-essential programs as the Spaceport. As of last year, the state had spent $198 million on this project, one for which I don't see any requirement in the state constitution. I called on my colleagues to suspend expenditures on the Spaceport, both in this session and in last fall's special session. Both times, my efforts were thwarted in committee.
So while school funding is threatened, the state pays for a third chef at the governor's mansion, a Rail Runner that loses $34 million a year, a jet for Gov. Richardson and Lt. Gov. Denish, and university lobbyists with staggering six-figure salaries — paid for with tax dollars to lobby for more tax dollars.
While all of these extravagances continue to receive funding, some have even suggested a 2 percent cut to teachers' salaries. This proposal comes after these same employees were hit this year with a mandatory increase in their retirement contributions, reducing their wages by another 1.5 percent.
Then, on top of all this, there is now talk that educators' health care deductibles could nearly double next year, increasing their out of pocket expenses and further decreasing their take-home pay yet again.
Trust me, shortchanging education has dire consequences for New Mexico's teachers and students. So before buying the line that, "Every program needs to be cut," consider how the loss of even one excellent teacher compares to the loss of the governor's jet or his third chef. There couldn't be a stronger case for protecting our teachers.


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By Bob Huber
When Independence Day — the holiday, not the movie — rolls into town each year on a Wal-Mart truck, I always remember the launching of America's first intercontinental ballistic missile. That singular event established once and for all that children should never play with matches.
It began one summer when my friend Smooth Heine and I left a movie matinee all squinty-eyed and patriotic because of a Buck Rogers saga that showed us what Hollywood scenario writers could do with the 25th Century.
"Boy, that Buck Rogers," Smooth said. "He inspires me to greatness." I nodded, but I knew better.
To understand my apprehension you should realize that within the confines of our 11-year-old limited partnership Smooth had involved my tender body in a dozen life-threatening schemes. Still, I remained an official camp follower, a reluctant grunt who should have stayed in bed.
That said, picture Smooth as he grabbed my arm and pointed at a store window. A poster there said, "July 4 Fireworks Show, Bring the Family, 8 p.m., Sponsored by the Local Volunteer Fire Dept. and Your Friendly Merchants."
"That's it!" Smooth said. "We'll give their show a little bonus in the form of a giant, get-to-Mars, Buck Rogers rocket. When the firemen take a breather to reload, you'll set her off."
"What do you mean, I'll set her off?"
Smooth ignored me. "We'll become heroes, depending on our survival rate."
Anyway, during the next few days we gathered rusty rain gutters and bailing wire for a Rube Goldberg launch mechanism, and on top of that we manufactured a three-stage rocket out of steel irrigation pipe. Directions for the rocket came from a tattered edition of "Dell Comics," always our project Bible.
For initial phase fuel we used black powder from old shotgun shells that Smooth's father kept in his work shed, and we stuffed gunny sacks soaked in gasoline between the rocket's two remaining stages. Then after dark on the night of July 4 we began our final countdown in the boulders overlooking my hometown.
I huddled behind a makeshift bunker of brush and held a long snakeweed torch. Smooth, meanwhile, leaped on his bike and rode away. He explained later that he wanted a better vantage point, because he was planning a first-person account of modern rocketry for "Popular Science" magazine.
The volunteer firemen, meanwhile, began their fireworks show below. Pop! Zing! The crowd sighed, "Ooooh, aaaah." I mumbled, "Boy, are you guys in for a surprise."
Then came the predicted pause while firemen reloaded, and I thrust the burning snakeweed at our rocket and closed my eyes. It was a good thing, because the resulting explosion eliminated my eyebrows, my elaborate pompadour, and most of my clothing, and I was tossed ruthlessly backward in a cloud of acrid smoke and bunker debris.
Our rocket didn't lift slowly like Buck Rogers' craft. It roared away in a blinding flash, turned a figure eight, and descended like a smart bomb on the crowd below. Ovations from the crowd turned from "Ooooh, aaaah," to "AAAEEIIIIII!"
Both the second and third stages erupted simultaneously a moment later and directed the nose cone into the fireworks left behind by the panicked firemen. That in turn caused a blast that illuminated the night sky in 50 directions.
The crowd stopped running, and they sighed, "Ooooh! Aaaah!"
Needless to say, it was the grandest July 4 fireworks extravaganza ever witnessed in my hometown. I might add it was also the shortest. The firemen, some of whom didn't stop running until they reached the summit of Lookout Mountain, might have had other thoughts, but they received so many accolades over the display that they kept quiet.
To this day my eyebrows are a little sparse, like new growth after a forest fire, and my pompadour never did come back. When I got home that night, my mother looked up and said, "Go wash your face and get to bed. That is you, Robert, isn't it?"
I suppose I could have had eyebrows tattooed on later, but my incinerated pompadour presented a deeper problem. I thought about training a squirrel to sit up there and look pompadourish, but all in all, it seemed like too much trouble.
Bob Huber is a retired journalist living in Portales. He can be contacted at 356-3674.


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Illinois Institute of Technology
Building Community and Fostering Diversity
IIT's commitment to diversity is affirmed in the following institutional statement: Illinois Institute of Technology is a community that values and respects its members. We appreciate that our faculty, staff, students, alumni/ae and trustees come from many backgrounds and many parts of the world. We embrace the contributions that differences offer. We are committed to providing a working and learning environment in which all students and all members of the faculty and staff are able to realize their full potential.
Building community—one that includes students, faculty, staff, visitors, partners, and tenants—and embracing diversity requires action at the institutional as well as the personal level. From an institutional perspective, it means committing to hiring practices that result in faculty and staff who better reflect the composition of our student body. It means partnering with our neighbors and taking a leadership role in community engagement. And it means holding each member of the IIT community accountable for doing his and her part to move this agenda forward.
At the personal level, it means recognizing that some of the things we do on a daily basis also can strengthen our community and make others feel welcome, included, and valued. The following is not meant to be a comprehensive list of suggestions but rather starting points to build community and foster diversity and respect—one person and one day at a time.
Ask rather than assume.
- And names are a good place to start. For example, "Do you prefer Timothy or Tim?" Then remember the preference; use the name in conversations and email; and, if necessary, apologize for mispronouncing or forgetting it.
Don't forget the please.
- Or the thank you, I'm sorry, and it's good to see you. Being polite goes a long way to making someone feel welcomed and included. Sometimes all it takes is saying hello.
Give people the benefit of the doubt.
- Assume people have a good reason for saying what they are saying—and doing what they are doing. Think the best before you assume the worst.
The difference between hearing and listening is understanding.
- Communication is complicated. But it gets easier when we move from hearing what is being said to listening to the person who is saying it.
Face it. There are times when you need to pick up the phone or deliver the message in person.
- But if you decide to go electronic, at least think before you hit that send button.
Acknowledge your baggage.
- Some of it is worth carrying with us. Some of it should be checked. And sometimes we may not even realize we're taking it with us. So try not to leave your bags unattended—and be aware when it may be weighing on your perceptions, actions, and responses.
Consider when it's a good thing to act—and when it's better to watch from the sidelines.
- Don't be content to look the other way when something unacceptable is happening.
Take advantage of "talking moments."
- Sometimes people are just unknowing rather than insensitive. And most of them will thank you for gently pointing this out. But don't call it a teaching moment.
Perception is reality.
- Keep in mind: What I hear may not be what you said. What you conclude may not be what I meant. So, asking for clarification is better than assuming.
Put diversity into your daily routine.
- Add a new colleague to your committee. Seek out someone with a different point of view. Get to know someone in another office. Ask someone about his or her country. It all starts with you.
To give further context to and to facilitate thought and discussion regarding the principles contained inBuilding Community and Fostering Diversity, IIT's Diversity Committee has created a document entitled Building Better Communication. This document provides additional information and examples for each of the 10 principles. View the Building Better Communication document here.
It's time to move forward, stand up, and be counted. Let's build community, embrace diversity, and foster respect at IIT—one person and one day at a time.


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This has resulted in widespread environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity, affecting an estimated 23 per cent of global soil.
Agriculture currently consumes more than 30 per cent of the world's land area, and cropland covers around 10 per cent of global land.
Between 1961 and 2007, cropland expanded by 11 per cent, a trend that continues to grow.
The report, entitled Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply, was produced by the International Resource Panel: a consortium of 27 internationally renowned resource scientists, 33 national governments and other groups, hosted by UNEP.
UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said, "The findings of the International Resource Panel show that the world has witnessed an unprecedented sharp decline in terrestrial ecosystem services and functions during the past decades. Forests and wetlands have been converted to agricultural land to feed growing populations but at a cost that is not sustainable."
"Recognizing that land is a finite resource, we need to become more efficient in the ways we produce, supply and consume our land-based products. We must be able to define and adhere to the boundaries within which the world can safely operate to save millions of hectares by 2050," he said.
"Recommendations from the report are meant to inform policy and contribute to on-going discussions on targets and indicators for sustainable resources management as the world charts a new course for sustainable development post-2015, " he added.
The report outlines the need and options to balance consumption with sustainable production.
It focuses on land-based products, such as food, fuel and fibre, and describes methods to enable countries to determine whether their consumption levels exceed sustainable supply capacities.
At the same time it distinguishes between gross and net expansion of cropland.
Under a business-as-usual scenario, the net expansion of cropland will range from 120 to 500 million hectares by 2050.
Shifts to more protein-rich diets in developing countries and a growing demand for biofuels and biomaterials, especially in developed countries, are increasing the demand for land.
A Safe Consumption Level
The report attempts to answer the question: how much more land can be used to serve the growing demand for food and non-food biomass while keeping the consequences of land use change (e.g. deforestation) at a tolerable level?
The report builds on the "Safe Operating Space" (SOS) concept, which underpins the notion that once human activity has passed certain thresholds or tipping points, defined as "planetary boundaries", there is a risk of irreversible and abrupt environmental change.
The International Resource Panel uses the SOS concept as a starting point to understand how much more land use can occur before the risk of irreversible damage - in particular through biodiversity loss, release of carbon dioxide, disruption of water and nutrient cycles and loss of fertile soil - becomes unacceptable.
It calculates that the global cropland area available for supplying demand could safely increase by up to 1,640 million hectares.
But warns that under business-as-usual conditions the expected global land demands by 2050 will overshoot this safe operating space.
Monitoring global land use of countries and regions for their domestic consumption gives an indication of whether they have exceeded or are within their safe operating space.
For the European Union, for instance, 0.31 hectares per person were required in 2007. This is one-fourth more than what is domestically available in the EU, is one-third more that the globally available per person cropland in 2007, and is well above the 0.20 per person SOS target for 2030.
The report says that the key causes of our global challenges are linked to unsustainable consumption levels, but in high-consuming countries only a few policy instruments address excessive consumption habits and the structures that encourage them.
At the same time, with an expanding global population and a worldwide trend towards urbanization, up to 5 per cent of the global land (around 15 billion hectares) is expected to be covered by built-up areas by 2050.
In many cases, built up areas expand at the expense of agricultural land, and agricultural land expands at the expense of forests, particularly in tropical regions.
In addition, in the past five decades, deforestation has occurred at an average rate of about 13 million hectares per year.
Reducing Land Demand
While the world's average agricultural yield growth is slowing, the opportunity to increase productivity in regions with lagging yields, like sub-Saharan Africa, seems promising.
Capacity building on best management practices, integrating scientific and local know-how and investing in the remediation of degraded soils offer strong potential for maximizing yield.
In high-consumption regions, more efficient and equitable use of land-based products is required.
Up to 319 million hectares of land can be saved by 2050, if the world follows a combination of measures designed to keep cropland expansion within the safe operating space.
These measures include:
More Findings from the Report
Towards More Sustainable Land-use
The report makes a number of cross-cutting recommendations, which taken together could help limit cropland expansion to an additional 8-37 per cent by 2050, allowing the world to stay within its safe operating space.
These include:
For more information, please contact:
Shereen Zorba, Head of News and Media, United Nations Environment Programme, Tel.+254 788 526 000 or Email: email@example.com/ firstname.lastname@example.com
Moira O'Brien-Malone, Head, Communications, UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, Paris. Tel +33 1 44 37 76 12 or mobile +33 6 82 26 93 73. Email email@example.com
Notes to Editors
About the International Resource Panel
The International Resource Panel was established in 2007 to provide independent, coherent and authoritative scientific assessment on the sustainable use of natural resources and the environmental impacts of resource use over the full life cycle. By providing up-to-date information and best science available, the International Resource Panel contributes to a better understanding of how to decouple human development and economic growth from environmental degradation. The information contained in the International Resource Panel's reports is intended to be policy relevant and support policy framing, policy and programme planning, and enable evaluation and monitoring of policy effectiveness.
About UNEP
Created in 1972, UNEP represents the United Nations' environmental conscience. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, its mission is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations. UNEP's Division of Technology, Industry and Economics - based in Paris - helps governments, local authorities and decision-makers in business and industry to develop and implement policies and practices focusing on sustainable development. The Division leads UNEP's work in the areas of climate change, resource efficiency, harmful substances and hazardous waste.
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Did Freedom Win?
Democrats won big last week. So government will continue to grow. Individual freedom will yield.
At least some people with records of supporting liberty were elected: Sen. Jeff Flake in Arizona and U.S. Reps. Justin Amash and Kerry Bentivolio in Michigan and Thomas Massie in Kentucky.
Also, Washington and Colorado voted to allow any adult to use marijuana. (But users beware. Your newfound freedom may be short-lived thanks to that extraordinary human being in the White House — you know, the one who smoked pot when he was in school. Despite promising that he wouldn't, he has cracked down on pot dispensaries far more often than President Bush did.)
And voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington said yes to gay marriage; Minnesota defeated a proposed constitutional amendment that would have outlawed it.
That's the good news. But overall, the results were bad for freedom. As P.J. O'Rourke says, we need to "fix" government. By that, we mean "fixing" government the way we neuter a cat or spay a dog.
When it comes to foreign policy, we must teach our politicians to stop making messes in other people's yards. At home, they should stay out of our bedrooms.
Term limits would be good. When we give politicians power, they should know they don't get to keep it forever. They have to bring that power right back to us and drop it at our feet. "Good boy. Now go back outside!"
Sadly, President Obama's swooning fans don't want to tame politicians. They don't even seem to think much about freedom. We attended Obama's victory party in Chicago (we go so you don't have to) and asked his supporters what Obama's reelection means for freedom. People reacted as if they didn't understand the question.
"Freedom?" one asked.
"Um, yes, I have no idea," said another.
It's not on their radar, and that's upsetting. Some wouldn't know freedom if they fell over it. To many, "freedom" means getting the government to force women's employers to pay for birth control.
Sorry, that's not freedom. That's force.
Obama's supporters seem to think it's enough to put this extraordinary man in office. After that, he will take care of everything. Spare us the details.
"Obama is a classic example of this cult of the presidency," said David Boaz of the Cato Institute. "But the idea that any politician can just fix the problems in society — that there's some magic there — that doesn't start with Obama. It goes a long way back."
Leader-worship is unbecoming a free people. But are we a free people today? I mean psychologically. Years of government impositions change people. At Obama's celebration, people didn't mention freedom, but they sure mentioned handouts, like taxpayer-financed higher education. It's as if their attitude is: What can government give me? They don't realize that "free stuff" only seems free because the real cost is hidden.
"When you have a $3.6 trillion federal government, that money will absolutely benefit some businesses. That's crony capitalism. It takes money from all of us and gives it to some," said Boaz. "Maybe a clean-energy or green-jobs company that has not already gone bankrupt might get that money. Similarly, if you're a defense contractor, you'd be in favor of Mitt Romney getting elected, because that would be good for your business. But it's all bad for the American economy to tax some people and then dole the money back out."
My hope for now: gridlock. People say they like bipartisanship, but bipartisanship usually means politicians conspire to take more of our money and freedom. Bipartisanship gave us the Department of Homeland Security, TSA, PATRIOT Act, Import-Export Bank, war on drug users, ethanol subsides, TARP, No Child Left Behind, foreign wars and an ever-rising debt. When Democrats and Republicans come together, they put us deeper in debt.
Let's have some gridlock!
The outcome of this election is a sea of government with a few islands of freedom. Gay people are freer in a few states, and marijuana consumers in a couple more. But sadly, most of us will be victims of the ever-growing government spider web of higher taxes and freedom-killing rules.
John Stossel is host of "Stossel" on the Fox Business Network. He's the author of "Give Me a Break" and of "Myth, Lies, and Downright Stupidity." To find out more about John Stossel, visit his site at: www.johnstossel.com.
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AL Divisional Series Game Three
Athletics 6, Tigers 3. Brandon Moss, Josh Reddick, and Seth Smith each homered for the A's over a two-inning span. Meanwhile, Oakland's bullpen allowed zero runs in four innings. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
NL Divisional Series Game Four
Cardinals 2, Pirates 1. Michael Wacha put himself on the national radar with a one-hitter to keep the Cardinals alive. Pedro Alvarez's home run proved to be the lone Pittsburgh hit of the game. Matt Holliday's two-run homer provided the Cardinals with their only runs. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
AL Divisional Series Game Three
Red Sox 4, Rays 5. Alex Cobb performed well enough to exit the game with a lead. But Fernando Rodney allowed the game-tying run in the ninth. It took Jose Lobaton's walkoff home run against Koji Uehara for the Rays to secure their first victory of the series. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
NL Divisional Series Game Four
Braves 3, Dodgers 4. Juan Uribe's two-run homer in the eighth inning against Dan Carpenter swung the score in favor of the Dodgers. Los Angeles started Clayton Kershaw on short rest to ensure the series would end early. The plan worked, and the Dodgers advanced to the NLCS. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)
AL Divisional Series Game Four
Athletics 6, Tigers 8. A wild game that saw the two teams combine for eight runs over the final three frames. Max Scherzer's relief work helped seal the deal for the Tigers, who forced a Game Five. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
AL Divisional Series Game Four
Red Sox 3, Rays 1. The Rays went to their bullpen early and often, and almost pulled it out. Alas, a few costly mistakes allowed Boston to regain the lead late. Jake Peavy and the Boston bullpen shut down Tampa Bay's lineup. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
NL Divisional Series Game Five
Pirates 1, Cardinals 6. Adam Wainwright spun another gem and the Cardinals advanced to the NLCS. It's worth noting Gerrit Cole outpitched his line and, were this the regular season, probably would've pitched beyond the fifth inning. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
AL Divisional Series Game Five
Tigers 3, Athletics 0. It was Justin Verlander's turn to come up big in an elimination game. The former MVP threw eight shutout innings while fanning 10 and allowing two hits. Oakland made things interesting in the bottom of the ninth, but it wasn't enough to prevent Detroit from advancing to the ALCS. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
NL Championship Series Game One
Dodgers 2, Cardinals 3. Carlos Beltran came up big, again, not only throwing out the potential go-ahead run at the plate, but bringing in the winning run later on. Beltran also drove in two other runs throughout the game, further building upon his postseason reputation. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
NL Championship Series Game Two
Dodgers 0, Cardinals 1. Michael Wacha added to his postseason reputation with another good start. The righty out-dueled Clayton Kershaw, even if he allowed more than one run this time. Jon Jay delivered the game's only run on a fifth-inning sac fly, which plated David Freese. The Cardinals extended their winning streak to four games. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
AL Championship Series Game One
Tigers 1, Red Sox 0. Anibal Sanchez left the game with a no-hitter in tact, and the Tigers bullpen carried it into the ninth. It wasn't to be, however, as Daniel Nava tallied a single with one out in the ninth. The Red Sox' rally fell short, pushing Detroit's winning streak to three games. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
AL Championship Series Game Two
Tigers 5, Red Sox 6. This one appeared all over entering the eighth inning. But the Red Sox rallied, capped by a David Ortiz grand slam, and tied the game entering the ninth. A sloppy defensive inning allowed Jarrod Saltalamacchia to plate the winning run and tie the series. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
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Thanks for the great tips - especially on the allergies. I didn't see the comments on the allergies until after I had bought a whole bunch of stuff at the health food store. I started using a combination pill called, "Lactate Support", which had fenugreek seed, fennel seed, red raspberry leaf, blessed thistle, and marshmallow root. I thought it would work, but I started having skin issues (rashes on my face), which is typically my first symptom of an allergy. Turns out that I really shouldn't have used this stuff because I do have an allergy to peanuts and react to hayfever (among my many, many other allergies). So, I stopped the stuff immediately.
I called a lactation consultant and she advised that I should just keep pumping and eating properly. Turns out I wasn't eating enough since I was so stressed out. I have been pumping/nursing every hour and a half during the day and have continued nursing on demand in the evenings. I've been doing this since Thursday 2/2 and yesterday, finally noticed a change. I went from barely 4 oz pumped during the day to 9 oz! I'm going to follow the lactation consultant's advice and do this for at least a week to get my supply back up.
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Autumn Leaves Pre-Made Scrapbook Album
It's a Girl scrapbook! If my sister finds out she's having a girl I'm getting it!! 🙂
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I can't choose between the Baby Girl Pre-Made Scrapbook Album…. we are expecting a baby girl this Summer or the Upcycled Travel Journal… it is just so awesome and I would love to put all of our adventures in it.
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Frazzled Mom of Five says
I love the Bundle of Joy Baby Shower Invitation Set- so adorable! She does amazing work:)
McMasters Family says
Love the Writer's Block Upcycled Journal!
Jessica McMasters
hwscutie says
Baby Girl Pre-Made Scrapbook Album
The Zoo says
Love this!
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