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Today, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer pledged to fight to secure all possible aid for counties throughout the Hudson Valley in light of the flooding caused by Irene. The storm dumped record amounts of rainfall and high winds caused over one million New Yorkers to lose power. In the coming days and weeks, federal, state and local emergency officials will be conducting damage assessments and likely applying for federal aid to help towns, businesses, farmers and homeowners recover and rebuild after the storm. Schumer today announced that he will do everything possible to help secure all of the necessary federal aid for the Hudson Valley.
"The Hudson Valley should receive every possible type of federal aid to help rebuild and recover from Hurricane Irene," said Schumer. "I am going to fight as hard as possible to secure every last dollar, to help our communities get back up on their feet again. As we survey the damage in the coming weeks, I encourage local leaders and officials to make their needs known so that we can get to work bringing the resources and tools that we need to the counties to get the recovery effort underway as quickly as possible."
The storm wreaked havoc all across the Hudson Valley causing major problems including flooding, power outages and major infrastructure damage causing many road closures. 80,000 residents in Dutchess and Ulster counties, 96,000 in Orange and Rockland counties and an additional 136,000 residents in Rockland, Putnam and Westchester counties were left without power after the storm hit.
As the full extent of the damage becomes clear in the coming days and weeks, counties throughout the Hudson Valley may be eligible for a variety of federal aid including:
- Aid to individuals and households
- Temporary housing, where homeowners and renters receive funds to rent a different place to live
- Homeowners get grants to repair damage not covered by insurance
- Under rare conditions homeowners get money to replace a disaster damaged home
- SBA Loans (technically SBA loans fall under IA) – loans are made to replace disaster-related damages to home or personal property, to business owners to repair damaged property
-USDA financial and technical assistance to help farmers deal with on-farm damages and compensate for production losses
- Aid to public and certain nonprofit entities for emergency services and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged public facilities
- There are seven categories of public assistance:
Category A: Debris Removal
Debris Removal is the clearance, removal, and/or disposal of items such as trees, woody debris, sand, mud, silt, gravel, building components, wreckage, vehicles, and personal property.
For debris removal to be eligible, the work must be necessary to:
· Eliminate an immediate threat to lives, public health and safety
· Eliminate immediate threats of significant damage to improved public or private property
· Ensure the economic recovery of the affected community to the benefit of the community-at-large
· Mitigate the risk to life and property by removing substantially damaged structures and associated appurtenances as needed to convert property acquired through a FEMA hazard mitigation program to uses compatible with open space, recreation, or wetlands management practices
Examples of eligible debris removal activities include:
· Debris removal from a street or highway to allow the safe passage of emergency vehicles
· Debris removal from public property to eliminate health and safety hazards
Examples of ineligible debris removal activities include:
· Removal of debris, such as tree limbs and trunks, from natural (unimproved) wilderness areas
· Removal of pre-disaster sediment from engineered channels
· Removal of debris from a natural channel unless the debris poses an immediate threat of flooding to improved property
Debris removal from private property is generally not eligible because it is the responsibility of the individual property owner. If property owners move the disaster-related debris to a public right-of-way, the local government may be reimbursed for curbside pickup and disposal for a limited period of time. If the debris on private business and residential property is so widespread that public health, safety, or the economic recovery of the community is threatened, FEMA may fund debris removal from private property, but it must be approved in advance by FEMA.
Category B: Emergency Protective Measures
Emergency Protective Measures are actions taken by Applicants before, during, and after a disaster to save lives, protect public health and safety, and prevent damage to improved public and private property. Emergency communications, emergency access and emergency public transportation costs may also be eligible.
Examples of eligible emergency protective measures are:
· Warning devices (barricades, signs, and announcements)
· Search and rescue
· Security forces (police and guards)
· Construction of temporary levees
· Provision of shelters or emergency care
· Sandbagging
· Bracing/shoring damaged structures
· Provision of food, water, ice and other essential needs
· Emergency repairs
· Emergency demolition
· Removal of health and safety hazards
Category C: Roads and Bridges
Roads (paved, gravel, and dirt) are eligible for permanent repair or replacement under the Public Assistance Program, unless they are Federal-aid roads. Eligible work includes repair to surfaces, bases, shoulders, ditches, culverts, low water crossings, and other features, such as guardrails. Damage to the road must be disaster-related to be eligible for repair. In addition, repairs necessary as the result of normal deterioration, such as "alligator cracking," are not eligible because it is pre-disaster damage.
Landslides and washouts often affect roads. Earthwork in the vicinity of a road may be eligible, but only if the work is necessary to ensure the structural integrity of the road.
Road or bridge closures resulting from a disaster may increase traffic loads on nearby roads. If diverted traffic causes damage to a road, FEMA may pay to repair this damage if no alternative is available. Restoration of a damaged road may include upgrades necessary to meet current codes and standards, as defined by the State or local department of highways. Typical standards affect lane width, loading design, and construction materials.
Bridges are eligible for repair or replacement under the Public Assistance Program, unless they are on a Federal-aid road. Eligible work includes repairs to decking, guardrails, girders, pavement, abutments, piers, slope protection, and approaches. Only repairs of disaster-related damage are eligible. In some cases, FEMA may use pre-disaster bridge inspection reports to determine if damage to a bridge was present before the disaster.
Work to repair scour or erosion damage to the channel and stream banks is eligible if the repair is necessary to ensure the structural integrity of the bridge. Earthwork that is not related to the structural integrity of the bridge is not eligible. Similarly, work to remove debris, such as fallen trees, from the channel at the bridge is eligible if the debris could cause further damage to the structure or if the blockage could cause flood waters to inundate nearby homes, businesses, or other facilities.
When replacement of a damaged bridge is warranted, eligible work may include upgrades necessary to meet current standards for road and bridge construction, as defined by the State or local highway department. Typical standards affect lane width, loading design, construction materials, and hydraulic capacity. If code requires, and if the Applicant has consistently enforced that code, FEMA will permit changes in the bridge design from one lane to two lanes to include access modification for a short distance (i.e., within area of damage). This does not apply to other expansions of capacity (e.g., from two lanes to four lanes).
Permanent restoration of a road or bridge that service USACE or NRCS levees and dams, private and commercial roads, and homeowners' association roads or fall under the authority of the Federal Highway Administration is not eligible for public assistance.
Category D: Water Control Facilities
Water control facilities include dams and reservoirs, levees, lined and unlined engineered drainage channels, shore protective devices, irrigation facilities, and pumping facilities.
Restoration of the carrying capacity of engineered channels and debris basins may be eligible, but maintenance records or surveys must be produced to show the pre-disaster capacity of these facilities. The pre-disaster level of debris in the channel or basin is of particular importance to determine the amount of newly deposited disaster-related debris. Such a facility must also have had a regular clearance schedule to be considered an actively used and maintained facility.
Restoration of reservoirs to their pre-disaster capacity also may be eligible in accordance with the criteria for debris basins described above. Not all reservoirs are cleaned out on a regular basis, and evidence of pre-disaster maintenance must be provided to FEMA. In addition, removal of debris that poses an immediate threat of clogging or damaging intake or adjacent structures may be eligible.
The USACE and NRCS have primary authority for repair of flood control works, whether constructed with Federal or non-Federal funds, as well as authority over federally funded shore protective devices. Permanent repairs to these facilities are not eligible through the PA Program.
Category E: Buildings and Equipment
Buildings, including contents such as furnishings and interior systems such as electrical work, are eligible for repair or replacement under the Public Assistance Program. In addition to contents, FEMA will pay for the replacement of pre-disaster quantities of consumable supplies and inventory. FEMA will also pay for the replacement of library books and publications. Removal of mud, silt, or other accumulated debris is eligible, along with any cleaning and painting necessary to restore the building.
If an insurance policy applies to a facility, FEMA will deduct from eligible costs the amount of insurance proceeds, actual or anticipated, before providing funds for restoration of the facility. FEMA will reduce public assistance grants by the maximum amount of insurance proceeds an Applicant would receive for an insurable building located in an identified floodplain that is not covered by Federal flood insurance. The reduction in eligible costs will be the larger of the two reductions just described. The owners of insurable buildings can expedite the grant process by providing FEMA with policy and settlement information as soon as possible after a disaster occurs.
FEMA may pay for upgrades that are required by certain codes and standards. Examples include roof bracing installed following a hurricane, seismic upgrades to mitigate damage from earthquakes, and upgrades to meet standards regarding use by the disabled. For repairs, upgrades are limited to damaged elements only. If a structure must be replaced, the new facility must comply with all applicable codes and standards regardless of the level of FEMA funding.
If a damaged building must be replaced, FEMA has the authority to pay for a building with the same capacity as the original structure. However, if the standard for space per occupant has changed since the original structure was built, FEMA may pay for an increase in size to comply with that standard while maintaining the same occupant capacity. A Federal or State agency or statute must mandate the increase in space; it cannot be based only on design practices for an industry or profession.
Category F: Utilities
Typical Utilities include:
· Water treatment plants and delivery systems
· Power generation and distribution facilities, including generators, substations, and power lines
· Sewage collection systems and treatment plants
· Telecommunications
The owner of a facility is responsible for determining the extent of damage incurred. FEMA does not provide funds for random surveys to look for damage, such as TV inspection of sewer lines. If disaster-related damage is evident, however, FEMA may pay for inspections to determine the extent of the damage and method of repair.
While FEMA will pay for restoration of damaged utilities, FEMA does not provide funds for increased operating expenses resulting from a disaster. Similarly, FEMA cannot provide funds for revenue lost if a utility is shut down. However, the cost of establishing temporary, emergency services in the event of a utility shut-down may be eligible.
Category G: Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items
Repair and restoration of parks, playgrounds, pools, cemeteries, and beaches. This category also is used for any work or facility that cannot be characterized adequately by Categories A-F
Eligible publicly-owned facilities in this category include: playground equipment, swimming pools, bath houses, tennis courts, boat docks, piers, picnic tables, and golf courses.
Other types of facilities, such as roads, buildings and utilities, that are located in parks and recreational areas are also eligible and are subject to the eligibility criteria for Categories C, D, E, and F.
Natural features are not eligible facilities unless they are improved and maintained. This restriction applies to features located in parks and recreational areas. Specific criteria apply to beaches and to trees and ground cover.
Beaches. Emergency placement of sand on a natural or engineered beach may be eligible when necessary to protect improved property from an immediate threat. Protection may be to a 5-year storm profile or to its pre-storm profile, whichever is less.
A beach is considered eligible for permanent repair if it is an improved beach and has been routinely maintained prior to the disaster. A beach is considered to be an "improved beach" if the following criteria apply:
· the beach was constructed by the placement of sand to a designed elevation, width, grain size, and slope; and
· the beach has been maintained in accordance with a maintenance program involving the periodic re-nourishment of sand at least every 5 years.
Typically, FEMA will request the following from an applicant before approving assistance for permanent restoration of a beach:
· design documents and specifications, including analysis of grain size;
· "as-built" plans;
· documentation of regular maintenance or nourishment of the beach; and
· pre- and post-storm cross sections of the beach.
Permanent restoration of sand on natural beaches is not eligible.
Trees and Ground Cover. The replacement of trees, shrubs, and other ground cover is not eligible. This restriction applies to trees and shrubs in recreational areas, such as parks, as well as trees and shrubs associated with public facilities, such as those located in the median strips along roadways and as landscaping for public buildings. Grass and sod are eligible only when necessary to stabilize slopes and minimize sediment runoff.
This restriction does not affect removal of tree debris or the removal of trees as an emergency protective measure. FEMA will reimburse for the removal of tree debris and the removal of trees as emergency protective measures if the removal eliminates an immediate threat to lives, public health and safety, and improved property, or if removal is necessary to ensure the economic recovery of the affected community to the benefit of the community-at-large. However, FEMA will not reimburse for the replacement of these trees.
- Funding for measures designed to reduce future losses to public and private property
- These are sustained measures enacted to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to people and property from natural hazards and their effects
- If a major disaster declaration is approved, every county in the state is eligible to apply for mitigation funds
- Eligible mitigation measures include relocation of property located in high hazard areas, elevation of flood prone structures, seismic rehabilitation of existing structures, strengthening of existing structures against wildfire, and dry floodproofing activities.
If a private business or nonprofit organization has suffered physical damage or sustained an economic injury after a disaster, it may be eligible for financial assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration. If the business, regardless of size, is located in a declared disaster area, the owner may apply for a long-term, low interest loan to repair or replace damaged property.
Even if the property was not damaged, the business owner may apply for a working capital loan from the SBA to relieve the economic injury caused by the disaster.
Physical Disaster Loans
Businesses of all sizes and private, nonprofit organizations may apply for a Physical Disaster Loan of up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged real estate, equipment, inventory and fixtures. The loan may be increased by as much as 20 percent of the total amount of disaster damage to real estate and/or leasehold improvements, as verified by SBA, to protect the property against future disasters of the same type. These loans will cover uninsured or under-insured losses.
Economic Injury Disaster Loans
Small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and certain private, nonprofit organizations of all sizes suffering substantial economic injury may be eligible for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan of up to #2 million to meet necessary financial obligations – expenses the business would have paid if the disaster had not occurred.
Interest Rates
The interest rates on both these loans will not exceed 4 percent if the business owner does not have credit available elsewhere. Repayment can be up to 30 years, depending on the business' ability to repay the loan. For businesses and nonprofit organizations with credit available elsewhere, the interest rate will not exceed 8 percent. SBA determines whether the applicant has credit available elsewhere.
Emergency Loan Program (ELP) – This program is triggered when a quarantine is imposed by the Secretary, a natural disaster, or a natural disaster or emergency is designated by the President under the Stafford Act. FSA provides emergency loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine. Emergency loans may be made to farmers and ranchers who own or operate land located in a county declared by the President as a disaster area or designated by the Secretary of Agriculture as a disaster area or quarantine area (for physical losses only, the FSA Administrator may authorize emergency loan assistance). Emergency loan funds may be used to: restore or replace essential property; pay all or part of production costs associated with the disaster year; pay essential family living expenses; reorganize the farming operation; and refinance certain debts.
Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE) - SURE was authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill and covers crop revenue losses from quantity or quality deficiencies only those counties and contiguous counties declared disaster areas by the Agriculture Secretary or in cases where the overall production loss exceeds 50 percent. This program requires a natural disaster declaration by the Secretary for production losses.
Emergency Watershed Protection Program (EWP) - The NRCS EWP program helps protect lives and property threatened by natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires. The program provides technical and financial assistance to preserve life and property threatened by excessive erosion and flooding. Owners, managers, and users of public, private, or tribal lands are eligible for EWP assistance if their watershed area has been damaged by a natural disaster.
Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) - ECP provides funding for farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by wind erosion, floods, hurricanes, or other natural disasters, and for carrying out emergency water conservation measures during periods of severe drought. The natural disaster must create new conservation problems, which, if not treated, would: impair or endanger the land; materially affect the productive capacity of the land; represent unusual damage which, except for wind erosion, is not the type likely to recur frequently in the same area; and be so costly to repair that Federal assistance is or will be required to return the land to productive agricultural use.


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My new house with Mr Mode is going to be ready in a few months and I am SO EXCITED to be moving in with him, starting a new journey together, and having our own home!
When I have my own house I would LOVE to host parties. I will make roast chicken and super salads, make fancy Chinese food like Hongkong style steamed fish and hong zao chicken mee sua and cereal prawn, and bake my own cupcakes and pastries.
$15.00 (from S$25.00) is a small price to pay for such a pretty cupcake stand!!
I've always loved to have friends come over to play, but I don't like to impose on my parents and make things inconvenient for my siblings. When I have my own home, I'm gonna host as often as I can!
When there's a special occasion, some party deco like pom poms add cheerful radiance to the space and immediately transforms a room into a beautiful setting for a party.
Only S$20.00 for 5 HUGE pom poms! I went to do some research on pom poms available on some other websites and for the size of these pom poms sold on SINGSALE, these are one of the cheapest, if not the cheapest, on the market!
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Baja SAE team takes second place at national competition
The Ohio Northern University Baja SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) team finished second overall at the Tennessee Tech Baja SAE Collegiate Design Series held April 18-21 at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn.
The event featured approximately 100 colleges and university teams and was sponsored by Tennessee Tech.
ONU's Baja SAE team.
In addition to its second-place finish, the ONU team garnered third place in the four-hour endurance race, sixth place in the suspension and traction category, ninth place in maneuverability, seventh place in acceleration, and seventh place in cost report.
"Going into the competition, we knew we had a good car. But it wasn't until dynamics day that we realized how good we really were," said Sean Rutt, a senior mechanical engineering major from Apple Creek, Ohio, who serves as SAE president for the ONU chapter. "Competing with the likes of Cornell and Rochester Institute of Technology was thrilling, and I knew we were right where we wanted to be. After a successful endurance race, I knew we would place in the top three. A second-place finish is incredible, and I am very happy. This success has been a culmination of the last seven years of ONU's Baja team, and I would like to thank all of the past Baja members and the University for providing us with the resources to be as successful as we have been."
In this SAE collegiate design competition, engineering students design and build off-road vehicles that must survive the punishment of rough terrain and water. SAE student teams compete against one another to have their design accepted for manufacture by a fictitious firm.
ONU finished second overall and garnered a third-place
trophy in the endurance category.
The winner of Tennessee Tech competition was Cornell University. Northeastern University finished third.
In addition to Rutt, the ONU students who traveled to the competition were David Cramer, a senior mechanical engineering major from New Washington, Ohio; Kyle Smith, a senior mechanical engineering major from Kirtland, Ohio; Cory Spelman, a senior mechanical engineering major from Canal Winchester, Ohio; James Crawford, a sophomore mechanical engineering major from Seville, Ohio; James Mong, a sophomore civil engineering major from Macedonia, Ohio; and Kyle Mapel, a freshman mechanical engineering major from Heath, Ohio. Bill Kanzig, ONU machinist, serves as the team's adviser.


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Ellen DeGeneres to host Oscars
Published: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 2:03 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 2:03 p.m.
NEW YORK — Comic and daytime television host Ellen DeGeneres was picked to host the Academy Awards for the second time.
Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced DeGeneres' selection Friday. The movie awards show will air on ABC on March 2.
"There are few stars today who have Ellen's gift for comedy, with her great warmth and humanity," the producers said in a statement. "She is beloved everywhere.
DeGeneres quipped, "I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say — the third time's the charm."
Last year's host, "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane, drew mixed reviews for an edgy performance that included a song-and-dance number, "We Saw Your Boobs," about actresses who had gone topless on screen. He had already taken himself out of the running for a return engagement next year.
Academy Awards organizers had hoped to attract a younger audience with MacFarlane, and the ratings showed they succeeded.
With DeGeneres, they went for a star that Hollywood and television viewers were familiar and comfortable with.
About her first hosting role in 2007, television critic Frazier Moore of The Associated Press wrote that "like her, the evening was easygoing, comfortable and relatively unsurprising."
DeGeneres was nominated for an Emmy Award for her last gig. Her daytime talk show has won 45 Daytime Emmys during a decade on the air.
The Oscars, with 40.3 million viewers this year, is very often the year's most-watched television event after the Super Bowl.
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A prize-winning boar named Major has a dream that he shares with the other animals of Manor Farm one night after the drunken farmer who owns the farm, Mr. Jones, has fallen asleep. Major advises the animals to reject misery and slavery and to rebel against Man, "the only real enemy we have." The rebellion, on Midsummer's Eve, drives Mr. Jones and his men off the farm.
Major draws up Seven Commandments of Animalism to govern the newly named Animal Farm, stipulating that "whoever goes on two legs is our enemy," that "all animals are equal," and that they shall not wear clothes, sleep in beds, drink alcohol, or kill any other animal. The pigs quickly assume a supervisory position to run the farm, and two of them, Snowball and Napoleon, become leaders after the death of old Major. Factions develop, and Napoleon conspires against Snowball after the animals defeat an attempt by Mr. Jones and the neighboring farmers to recover the farm at the Battle of the Cowshed.
Snowball is a brilliant debater and a visionary who wants to modernize the farm by building a windmill that will provide electrification. Two parties are formed, supporting "Snowball and the three-day week" and "Napoleon and the full manger." Meanwhile, the pigs reserve special privileges for themselves, such as consuming milk and apples that are not shared with the others.
Napoleon raises nine pups to become his guard dogs. After they have grown, his "palace guard" drives Snowball into exile, clearing the way for Napoleon's dictatorship. Napoleon simplifies the Seven Commandments into one slogan: "Four legs good, two legs bad." With the help of Squealer, his propagandist, Napoleon discredits Snowball's bravery and leadership in the Battle of the Cowshed and claims as his own the scheme to build a windmill. Every subsequent misfortune is then blamed on Snowball.
Thereafter, the animals work like slaves, with Napoleon as the tyrant in charge. Gradually the pigs take on more human traits and move into the farmhouse. Before long, they begin sleeping in beds and consuming alcohol. Napoleon organizes a purge, sets his dogs on four dissenting pigs who question his command, and has them bear false witness against the absent Snowball. He then has the dogs kill them, violating one of the Seven Commandments, which are slyly emended to cover the contingencies of Napoleon's rule and his desires for creature comforts.
Eventually, Napoleon enters into a political pact with one neighboring farmer, Pilkington, against the other, Frederick, whose men invade Animal Farm with guns and blow up the windmill. Working to rebuild the windmill, the brave workhorse Boxer collapses. He is sent heartlessly to the glue factory by Napoleon, who could have allowed Boxer simply to retire. All the principles of the rebellion eventually are corrupted and overturned. Finally, the pigs begin to walk on their hind legs, and all the Seven Commandments ultimately are reduced to a single one: "All Animals Are Equal, but Some Animals Are More Equal Than Others." The pigs become indistinguishable from the men who own the neighboring farms, and the animals are no better off than they were under human control.
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In a recent Nippon Professional Baseball game in Japan, Kazuhito Tadano threw a slow, arcing pitch that caught the batter by surprise. Video of the play quickly went viral on the Internet, but the pitch has a history — and a name: the eephus pitch. Paul Dickson, author of the Dickson Baseball Dictionary, offers more details.
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The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Virginia on August 23 wreaked a bit of damage nearby: the tip of the Washington Monument was cracked. But its vibrations were felt as far away as Detroit and Canada. That's according to information from the U.S. Geological Survey's feature called "Did you feel it?" located at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/se/082311a/us/index.html [1].
Here in the Upper Delaware Valley, a lot of people felt it, and others didn't. At 93 Erie Ave, in the building that houses The River Reporter, three staffers felt a slight bit of movement, but several others did not. An upstairs tenant indicated that the movement set her rocking chair in motion.
Rowena Lohman, an earthquake scientist with Cornell University, said that whether or not a person felt the earthquake is related to what they were doing at the time. She said, "I felt it, and 'm about 300 miles away [in Ithaca], but that's in part because my window faces southward, and I was sitting at my office quietly at the time basically looking toward the earthquake, and I felt 'boom, boom,' and other people in my building didn't feel it. People on the ground floor often don't feel it as much as people higher up. We had people on the 11th floor of this building on campus who actually felt the building swaying, so they really felt it."
Lohman said that when such large earthquakes occur on the East Coast, it's not unusual to have them felt across a much larger expanse of land than earthquakes on the West Coast of comparable size. She said the earth's crust in California is much younger and hotter, therefore "it absorbs energy much better; it's mushy in a way," whereas on the East Coast the crust is "much older; it's cold, so when you hit it with something like an earthquake, it rings like a bell."
She added that in the east, judging not only by modern seismic readings but also historical records of such things as where church steeples fell, there had been five or six earthquakes of this size over the past couple of centuries.
Locally, some people wondered whether this event could be connected in any way to hydraulic fracturing.
Lohman said, "There's not any reason right now to draw that sort of conclusion. I think you're right that people are going to look at that just because the stakes are so high. But these earthquakes have occurred for a long time. There was a similar one almost in the same place where this earthquake was in 1897. So we know that they happened long before we did hydrofracturing.
"When we do anything to the earth such as mining coal, making dams, anything where we're moving mass from one spot to another, we do cause earthquakes; that's been observed for a long time. But they're very, very small, and they're restricted to a very small area. In California, for instance, there's a lot of extraction of oil and ground water, and there are earthquakes associated with each of those, but it hasn't resulted in the sort of thing that we saw in Virginia."


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In Greece and Rome, it was very common for the actors on stage to wear masks. By wearing a mask, the actor could hide his true identity and portray the hero or villain the role called for. Most people don't realize that our English word "hypocrite" comes right out of the stage plays of Greece and Rome. The actors were called hypocrites, which could best be translated by our English word "actor."
So when Jesus called out to the scribes and Pharisees, addressing them as hypocrites, He was literally calling them actors or pretenders. He was pointing out a fact that was obvious to everyone except the "actors" themselves. "You are not real. You are living your life pretending to be something you are not. You are only playing a role." And as Jesus pointed out, they were not succeeding at it.
Jesus sternly warned His followers not to be like the actors. "They love to pray, standing on the street corners in their decorative robes, to be seen by others. I tell you the truth, they already have all the reward they will ever get." Their reward: To be seen, recognized and honored by men.
We love to wear masks as well. We want to convince others that we are something we are not. We want them to believe that we are better than we are. So we put on the mask. Our mask is painted on to either convey something we don't feel or to hide something we are feeling.
Our happy face. We can be dying on the inside, living on the edge of personal despair, someone will ask us, "How are you today?" and we'll say, "fine."
Our proud face. We love to wear this one with the appropriate costume (clothing). This mask says, "I'm successful. I'm prosperous. I don't need anything. I'm better than you."
Our religious face. "I have it all together. You know that whole 'sinner' thing? Well, I've put all that behind me, and I'm a good person now. When you get your act together, you will look and sound like me!"
Hideous isn't it? Jesus never wore a mask and was totally intolerant of those who did. You see, part of repentance is taking the costume and mask off and finally admitting to ourselves, others and to God who we really are. Our world needs to see Christians who are real, not some painted, decorated, caricature. It's time to take off our masks and costumes. Until we take them off, the world can't see Jesus. The world needs to see someone who has the same problems and needs they have, yet real on the inside because of the real work of a real savior.


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During the final presidential debate, nearly 60 million of us got a good look at why Barack Obama has not been able to accomplish anything in four years.
It's his patronizing, me-me personality.
Did you see how condescending he was toward Mitt Romney, not to mention downright rude at times?
Obama's more-presidential-than-thou attitude, which he did little to hide or dial back at the debate, should have reminded us of what happened in the first two weeks of his administration.
Remember when he met with congressional leaders and said he wanted to come up with a bipartisan solution for the country's economic mess?
It began with a spirit of compromise and mutual respect. But at one point, when Obama became displeased at the Republicans' ideas for a recovery plan, he turned to House Minority Whip Eric Cantor and arrogantly said, "Elections have consequences and Eric, I won."
The president spoke condescendingly to Cantor, and guess what? Nothing got accomplished in Washington. For nearly four years.
But Obama's arrogant, condescending attitude to those mere mortals who are not rock-star politicians (or "eye-candy" for the women who watch "The View") didn't start with his presidency. It's how he acted when he was a community organizer and it's how he's acted at every stage of his political life since then.
He doesn't look at people and speak with people. He speaks down to people. And when you do that, you rarely succeed in getting anything done in politics or anywhere else.
Even Obama's friends in Congress won't cooperate with him. They're tired of being talked down to, too. Democrats have not given him one positive vote for any budget he has put forward.
Compare Barack Obama to Mitt Romney's way of working with people. Mitt's been successful at everything he's tried. It's because he speaks with people. He embraces people. He works with people. He doesn't patronize or speak down to them.
Ronald Reagan, in order to get all the things done in Washington that he did, also knew how to treat people. He embraced people -- both his friends and his enemies. He never talked down to anyone in his life.
My father also knew something about sharing credit that our Me-Me President clearly doesn't understand.
My father had a plaque on his desk that read, "There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit."
Ronald Reagan knew that when you're in Washington everyone wants to take credit for anything and everything that gets done. Not being willing to share the credit is another reason you won't be able to accomplish anything.
But this president has a real problem with giving credit. If he had a plaque on his desk, it'd read, "The credit begins and stops here -- with me."
Did you hear how many times the president said "I" or "me" during the last debate? Did anyone hear a single "we"?
I don't know if anyone counted, but during a 25-minute stump speech in Ohio in July Obama said the "I" word 98 times and the "me" word 19 times. (A few weeks later first lady Michelle's total was 83 times in 25 minutes, so maybe it runs in the family.)
As long as the president is going to use the words "I" and "me," "we" are never going to accomplish anything in Washington if he's in charge.
All I can say, America, is that "I" can't vote Obama out of office on Nov. 6. But "we" sure can.
MICHAEL REAGAN is the son of President
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Aside from the bad karma that comes from being discourteous to well-meaning salespeople, your rude attitude might actually cost you special deals and discounts. "If customers treat me badly, I'll withhold information that can give them access to discounts," says Freeman Hall, author of Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store.
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"It's nice when people hang dressing room items back up, but please do it right-side-out! Otherwise, why bother hanging them up at all?" asks Brooke, a former retail associate from Los Angeles. Instead, return items neatly to the fitting room attendant so she can properly hang or fold them to ensure they get back on the floor faster.
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Strolling into a store minutes before it's scheduled to close is fine, as long as you browse quickly and leave. But if you know the clock is ticking, "Do you really need to try on seven outfits and keep the staff waiting?" asks Rachel, a sales associate from Joplin, Missouri. "Like you, we have lives and families to get back to."
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According to Freeman, the minute he says "hello" to shoppers, many snap back with: "I'm just looking!" "I'm like, well, I'm just saying hello," he says. "So many people will automatically assume that every salesperson is aggressive." And as Heather, a retail associate from Joplin, Missouri, puts it: "If you want to be left alone, shop online."
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Happy Easter. Happy Opening Day
I was like a kid awaiting the games at Dodger Stadium. We have a new shuttle bus that takes us from Union Station to our happy place that is Our Lady of Chavez Ravine, Dodger Stadium! I found out from Josh Rawitch, Dodger Vice President of Communication that indeed the shuttle bus started on Thursday when the Dodgers met the Indians in the first exhibition game.
Here are my friends Oscar and Jesse (Azul4life) posing infront of one of the busses. So good to see you guys again this year!
It was great greeting security guards, ushers and just everyone that works at Dodger stadium and of course my fellow Dodger fan friends!
Thursday night, Matt Kemp signed my copy of Maple Street Press Dodgers 2010 Annual! I highly recomend the magazine!
The second game was at Angel Stadium Friday night so I just watched it on TV. Took this picture from the TV
Saturday's game was back at Dodger Stadium at 1:p.m. Here is Tony Jackson who used to be the Dodger beat writer for the Daily News. He now works for ESPN Los Angeles! I am so glad you are back covering the Dodgers Tony!
Here is Josh Rawitch, Dodgers VP of Communications.
Here is Ken Levine, the other part of the duo of Dodger Talk.
And here I am with the Chipmunks!
We lost the exhibition games, but we had fun! Erik and I greeted Vin Scully!
During the game, my friend Erik asked me if I wanted to go to the LA Cathedral for Easter Vigil so after the game, I dropped him and one hour later went to pick him up.
While we were wating for the Easter Vigil to start and while enjoying a cup of coffee, we scanned donors names here. Notice you can see the freeway below and that building across is a high school.
We ran into Sandra and Vin Scully as part of the names of donors!
See the name before Vin? Eli Broad was in the running to buy the Dodgers when the McCourts were buying the team.
Here is also Mr. & Mrs. Peter O'Malley.
Did you know that Gregory Peck final resting place is the Los Angeles Cathedral Mausoleum?
The lighting of the Easter candle and the blessing of the fire at the Easter fire hearth on Cathedral Plaza.
The oldest one being baptized was this 83 year old man.
Although I am Catholic, that was the first time I attended an Easter Vigil. It is a wonderful ceremony that I hope to attend every year.
Happy Easter everyone!
Happy Opening Day!
I am super excited to start another season! Now is for reals! Let the games begin!
Let's go Dodgers!
Let's go Vicente Padilla!
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Again Emma….you are a Dodger magnet! Wow…lol…only you would find that at the LA Cathedral!
Great to see Tony as usual….always a class act, and a kind word.
I am SO ready for Opening Day….like the kid on the night before going to DisneyWorld… " I'm too excited to sleep!"
Go Blue!
Beautiful pics from the Easter Vigil – and of the exhibition games. Happy Easter and say hi to Josh Rawitch, whom I met at a game last season. Nice guy.
LOL Rob!
We started going thru all the names and then there it was! Vin Scully's name starting at us!! And Peter O'Malley!🙂.
I was so glad that Tony was back covering the Dodgers!
Isn't wonderful! We should have "T'was the night before Opening Day! Hey! that is an idea! Maybe for the Home Opener!
Let's Go Blue!
Thanks! I always carry my camera everywhere. I guess is like you with the flix which I want to get me one!
I want to hate you but you're such a good baseball fan. I still wish your team many defeats and pulled hamstrings.
Happy Opening Day. This is my favorite day of the year.
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Emma – terrific pics… love the chipmunks visit to the stadium… it all counts from here and we can official say our teams have a better record than the Yankees…..:-)
Trust you had no ill effects from the quake last night…
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Ahhh sweet! Thanks for sharing again, Emma. Looks like someone is READY for the season to start!
Is healthy to hate between a Giant fan and a Dodger fan! Grrr….
Is my favorite time of the year too! We can agree on that!
Happy Opening Day!
I got dizzy from the earquake. It was weird 'cause it usually makes noise but not this time. It was a swaying back and forth. Just kept seeing a chandelier sway back and forth. Thanks for asking!
Is the most wonderful time of the year!
Happy Opening Day, Emma! I am not religious, but that looked like a beautiful service. Is that a Dodger snuggie I spy?
Is not a snuggie but an overall. I don't know if is handmade or you can buy them that way. The Angel fan is also wearing one. I thought it was hilarious.
Our Lady of Chavez Ravine….I like that!
You lend a lot of class to those Chipmunks.
That's pretty cool. The Easter vigil mass is amazing!! It's hard to explain the magic to those who have never been to one. Matt Kemp is a great ballplayer and that's cool that you have his autograph. As for Alvin and Co… I gotta say they looked good in LA blue!!
I was at two churches on Saturday. At Our Lady of Chavez Ravine and at the LA Cathedral!
I am so glad that I attended the vigil mass. From now it will be a tradition for me to go every year. I usually just do the Sunday mass.
Kemp was sweet that day. Well, he is always sweet. the kids at the stadium were so happy there posing for pictures with the Chipmunks!
Yeah, we are getting beat again by the Pirates. I wonder if Padilla's forearm was bothering him again.
Hope you had a great Easter. Sounds like you did.
I don't know which pic I love more. The one of Kemp's signature (I admit, I got a little man-crush on the guy–fantasy baseball wise, of course!) or the one of you with the Chimpmunks!
The chipmunks? Sure those weren't the Jonas Brothers in disguise?🙂
I hope you had a great Easter, Mine was great, but one thing I did not mention in my post is that while holding my candle inside the Cathedral, I did not noticed that the paper that goes in the middle caught on fire. Once I noticed it I started to try to blow it off but the flame kept getting bigger, then I tried to put it off with the program and it started catching on fire too. I panicked so I threw it on the floor and stomped on it until the fire was off. It was embarrassing. Luckly it was dark so not many people saw me, only my friend that was helping me put it out.
Oh and Raysfanboy, I wish I had Kemp in my baseball fantasy team. I do have Ethier though.
who knows who was underneath those masks. I know they had to hold on to them while they were going down the stairs.
Really!?! Heading that way Lady Jane! Thanks!
What a crazy game yesterday! Did you get a chance to watch it? I never ever thought the Pirates were going to win 11-5! It was a very nice belated bday present and a great opening day game for the city of pittsburgh. Stinks for everyone in LA though. Wed and thurs should good games as well!
I did not get a chance to see it since I was at work, but I was following a game thread and gameday. crazy, crazy game. I'll be listening Wednesday and Thursday. I wont get home until the games are over.
I was surprised as anybody about our offensive surge yesterday. the Dodgers have become my second favorite NL team. the players and tradition are simply great. me and a buddy went down to the dodgers dugout pregame in the hunt for autogrpahs. i came away empty handed but my friend nabbed James Loney on a ball. it was pandomonium but Loney took time to sign for a lot of people. Eitheir and Manny just walked by as little kids (and myself) shouted for their attention.
i hope the rest of the series is exciting!
I am so glad that James Loney was nice and signed for a lot of kids and your friend. He is really nice, just shy. Sorry about Ethier and Manny.
Looking forward to Wednesday's game.
I am on board to get that W with Kershaw on the mound!
Let's go Kershaw! Let's Go!
Hi Emma – just catching up here as usual. Good for Metro to resurrect bus service to Chavez Ravine! I remember the old bus that ran along Spring Street to the stadium. It was one of those 1950's GM buses without air conditioning – a bad choice for going there in the summer! Then, getting home, we slept on the 35/424 from running after it on Hill Street. Good times, indeed!
And, wait, is that a chipmunk donning Manny's bandanna and braids – with glasses?!? Ay!
Here's to a great Home Opener in Chavez Ravine!
I watched the exhibition game from my tv😀
haha that is a very interesting onesie😉 Very daring to wear it to a ballgame too haha. Definitely made me laugh. Ooh chipmunks! So cute! I watched both movies with my cousins
Hey Randy!
Opening Day tomorrow! I am so excited!!!
The Metro service is going to help so much! In the summer is quite a hike going up the hill from Sunset and Innes.
haha The chipmunk with the Manny bandana and braid looked great! I can tell you that all the kids enjoyed the chipmunks and they had their opportunity to take pictures with them!
there was an Angel with a onesie and he walks to the Dodger fan with that onesie! That was so funny! Yeah, very daring.
I have not watch the chipmunks movie yet but I can tell you all the kids were having fun and they were being patient posing for pictures.


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For the eighth year in a row, Dodge is sponsoring the Million Dollar Challenge, a seven-day, 620-mile bike race up the California coast beginning October 12. The ride from San Francisco to San Diego is dedicated to raise more than one million dollars for the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF), which funds grants to give disabled athletes sporting equipment to get back in the game.
Chrysler Group LLC employee Marc Henretta will be participating for the third year as one of 12 physically challenged athletes, along with more than 100 other cyclists. "It's an epic week," says Marc as he prepares…Read More


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We recently had our second child. She was born at ~34 weeks, and spent 2 weeks in an NICU/Special Care Unit, and is now 37 weeks old and at home. We were lucky that she never experienced cardiac or respiratory issues. While in the hospital we had to fight nearly tooth and nail for what we wanted, but she was allowed to suckle on her first day of life (after we had smuggled her some colostrum when the nurses weren't looking), and latched like a champ.
We haven't had any problems with her taking well more than her minimum advised feeding quantities. Now that we're at home (and she is allowed to be with me 24/7) she rarely goes 3 hours without demanding nursing, and if she does, we change her diaper and then she's rarin' to go.
Her birth weight was on the low side (1800g), dipped for 4 to 5 days, and then started climbing. Since she's been home she's accelerated her growth rate.
Our current issue is with the advice of the neonatalogist to be feeding her expressed milk fortified with Similac Human Milk Fortifier. Once we went home, we discontinued use of the product (she eats plenty, and is growing well, and she seems to have significant gastric discomfort from the HMF).
I'm now starting to feel some guilt pangs as the doctor advised that the HMF was not just for calories, but also for extra calcium and phosphorus. In our own amateur literature search it looks like HMF for calcium and phosphorus boosting is primarly used in VLBW babies (below 1500g), and not advised beyond 2000g (which she now is).
Are we being reasonable or reactionary parents in our discontinuation of the HMF? Would it be reasonable to ask the docs to test her calcium and phosphorus levels, and supplement them directly rather than with all of the other stuff that is in the HMF?
I don't want to be a neglectful parent, but she just seems so much more comfortable and happy without the HMF, and is growing at a good rate.
PS I don't worry too much about the fact that she's small for age. My husband and I are both petite people, and our very healthy and intelligent (I don't think I'm being too biased in saying that) 4.5yo son breasfed for over 2.5 years, and has spent his entire life hovering just below the 3rd percentile curve.


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The Refugio Bobcats dug in and defeated Danbury 42-13 in a game that was a step up for Quarterback Travis Quintanilla. And it was an area championship for Refugio.
Quintanilla broke the all time touchdown passing record despite the cold and slippery rain.
Next week's game for Refugio as it advances in the playoffs will start at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 29, against Rogers at Cy-Fair in Houston.


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Since Nintendo seldom makes big splashes at TGS, it's Sony's show to lose, year after year. Although Microsoft has made some strides on the Japanese market thanks to exclusive Japanese role-playing games like Star Ocean: The Last Hope, PlayStation 3 still has more of the mindshare of the Japanese market -- that is, the part of the market that hasn't been swept away solely by the Wii. It'll be a curious year for Sony. One could argue that the publisher has Western audiences' attention with games like Uncharted 2 and MAG, but what can the publishing giant do for its home audience?
We'll know more on Wednesday night (that's Thursday afternoon in Japan), once Sony unveils some of its plans for 2010 on the first press day of TGS. Since I've been asked to break out the crystal ball and fake my worst Miss Cleo voice, here goes:
Don't be surprised if we get more details about Sony's motion control plans. A non-gamer friend told me on yesterday's subway ride that the tech buzz around Tokyo is that Sony is also planning some 3D content for games, but until Kaz Hirai shows up onstage with fugly glasses, get those grains of salt ready. Motion controls should be on display prominently, and hopefully, we'll see something with some universal appeal for worldwide audiences. How crazy would a God of War tech demo look if you could use the hand sensors as virtual Blades of Chaos?
Hopefully, we'll see some more information, or a new trailer for The Last Guardian. Although Team ICO's efforts have often seen critical acclaim, but limited sales success, hopefully we'll see something mind-blowing at the show that'll get more people interested in the developer's efforts. A new God of War III level would warm the cockles of my heart as well.
Also, it's a year of "home stretches." There's first-party games that we saw back in 2006 that are finally nearing release.
I also expect a full bombastic display for Gran Turismo 5. It's a popular series in the US, but it's huge around the rest of the world, and I anticipate some good stuff out of Polyphony Digital's game at the show. Brian Leahy mentioned that he thinks Microsoft will break out Forza 3 to counterattack GT5's presence at the show. I wouldn't be surprised if you see some ridiculous booth setups for both games, especially with each game getting close to the finish line.
The other big first-party game that we've seen seeing for years is White Knight Chronicles. Level-5's last PlayStation-exclusive JRPG was Rogue Galaxy -- a game I'm personally fond of -- so I expect a big show for this one. There's lot of big buzz around White Knight's potential, so look for a decent final push for it.
Quantic Dream promised that it would reveal a new character from Heavy Rain at E3, GamesCom and TGS. It's time to finally learn some more about the characters we'll all inhabit when this new evolution of adventure game comes out next year. I'm personally curious how the Japanese audience will respond to this style of game.
And then there's PSP. Monster Hunter has the same cultural impact as World of Warcraft, minus the $15 per month subscription. Why? You can pick up a raid while commuting to work in the morning. There are a lot of PSP owners in Japan, and with PSP Go coming soon, look for more information regarding Sony's wider strategy regarding its handheld platform.
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Ministry of Labour Blitz Targets New and Young Workers
Jul 21/15
The Ministry of Labour has developed a compliance strategy called Safe at Work Ontario (SWO). The primary focus of this strategy is to reduce workplace injuries and illnesses, improve the health and safety culture of workplaces and reduce the overall burden on the healthcare system. This strategy involves "focused enforcement programs" that include monthly inspection blitzes on sector-specific hazards which are designed to raise awareness and increase compliance with health and safety legislation.
Laurier is considered an Industrial Establishment which falls under the Education Sector.
From May-August the Ministry of Labour will be performing unannounced inspections around New and Young Workers in workplaces within our sector.
- Between 2006 and 2010, 34 young workers aged 15 to 24 died in work-related incidents.
- The highest number of lost-time-at-work claims for on-the-job injuries involved young workers employed in occupations such as sales and service, transport/equipment operators and labourers in processing, manufacturing and utilities.
- Since the launch of Safe At Work Ontario in June 2008, the province's team of more than 400 health and safety inspectors conducted more than 160,000 proactive and 66,000 reactive field visits, issued more than 360,000 compliance orders and conducted 25 proactive inspection blitzes.
Help Protect New and Young Workers
Health and safety inspectors from the Ministry of Labour will check that employers comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The blitz will ensure young workers:
- Are protected by required safety measures, equipment and procedures to prevent injuries
- Are properly instructed, trained and supervised on jobs
- Meet minimum age requirements.
For more information on New and Young Workers click here.
Workplace Safety and Prevention Services - Turn young, new worker blitz results into a 6-point prevention strategy
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Fantasy Guru Daily: 4/27/11
While the NFL Draft begins tomorrow night and gives us a nice break from lockout talk, the whole event has been overshadowed by the endless labor battle that gets more confusing each day. For a few hours, we can actually talk football, but for now, we bring you more news on the labor front.
The most confusing day in NFL history … And on April 26, 2011, media members were forced to stand on street corners and count how many players chose to show up at "work," only to not work out and leave 20 minutes later. Some players showed up at their team facilities, many didn't, some were able to use equipment (the New York Giants), and others weren't. What does it all mean? Great question.
We're still waiting a ruling from Judge Susan Nelson on granting the owners a stay, which would allow the lockout to continue until the appeals process has played out over the next couple months. The NFLPA filed a motion in opposition, and it came in at 23 pages. Things are changing by the minute, but for now we'll point you to ESPN's detailed summary. Essentially, the players argue that a stay should be denied because [...]


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Not Wanting to Say Anything About Marcel, 1969
John CageAmerican, 1912-1992
Silkscreens (8) on plexiglass set in a wooden base
14-3/8 x 20-1/8 x 10-5/8 in. (36.5 x 51.1 x 27.0 cm)
Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Mrs. Judith Thomas, 1970
© 2010 John Cage Trust
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Irwin Hollander was the first trained master printer to leave Tamarind and start his own workshop. In 1964, the New Yorker moved back to his native city and established Hollander Graphic Workshop, where he brought the newly invigorated process of lithography to a number of artists, as June Wayne had envisioned. Among them was the avant-garde musician John Cage, who produced his first work of fine art with Hollander. The artist had just performed a musical piece for which 50 slide projectors were directed on screens while harpsichords played in the distance. Cage became inspired by the layering and floating screens, which is how he and Hollander came to use Plexiglas. The entire work consists of four of these plexigrams along with a lithograph, an ensemble that incorporates traditional lithography as well as more experimental printmaking.
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The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will strengthen
the international response to climate change. Adopted by consensus at the third session of the
Conference of the Parties (COP-3) in December 1997, it contains legally binding emissions targets for
Annex I (industrialized) countries. By arresting and reversing the upward trend in greenhouse gas
emissions that started in these countries 150 years ago, the Protocol promises to move the
international community one step closer to achieving the Convention's ultimate objective of
preventing "dangerous anthropogenic [man-made] interference with the climate system".
The developed countries are to reduce their collective emissions of six key greenhouse gases by at
least 5%. This group target will be achieved through cuts of 8% by Switzerland, most Central and
East European states, and the European Union (the EU will meet its group target by distributing
different rates among its member states); 7% by the US; and 6% by Canada, Hungary, Japan, and Poland.
Russia, New Zealand, and Ukraine are to stabilize their emissions, while Norway may increase
emissions by up to 1%, Australia by up to 8%, and Iceland 10%. The six gases are to be combined in a
"basket", with reductions in individual gases translated into "CO2
equivalents" that are then added up to produce a single figure.
Each country's emissions target must be achieved by the period 2008 - 2012. It will be
calculated as an average over the five years. "Demonstrable progress" must be made by
2005. Cuts in the three most important gases – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane
(CH4), and nitrous oxide (N20) – will be measured against a base year of
1990 (with exceptions for some countries with economies in transition). Cuts in three long-lived
industrial gases – hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphur hexafluoride
(SF6) – can be measured against either a 1990 or 1995 baseline. (A major group of
industrial gases, chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, are dealt with under the 1987 Montreal Protocol on
Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.)
Actual emission reductions will be much larger than 5%. Compared to emissions levels projected
for the year 2000, the richest industrialized countries (OECD members) will need to reduce their
collective output by about 10%. This is because many of these countries will not succeed in meeting
their earlier non-binding aim of returning emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2000, and their
emissions have in fact risen since 1990. While the countries with economies in transition have
experienced falling emissions since 1990, this trend is now reversing. Therefore, for the developed
countries as a whole, the 5% Protocol target represents an actual cut of around 20% when compared to
the emissions levels that are projected for 2010 if no emissions-control measures are adopted.
Countries will have some flexibility in how they make and measure their emissions reductions.
In particular, an international "emissions trading" regime will be established allowing
industrialized countries to buy and sell emissions credits amongst themselves. They will also be able
to acquire "emission reduction units" by financing certain kinds of projects in other
developed countries. In addition, a "clean development mechanism" for promoting sustainable
development will enable industrialized countries to finance emissions-reduction projects in
developing countries and to receive credit for doing so. The use of these three mechanisms is to be
supplemental to domestic action.
They will pursue emissions cuts in a wide range of economic sectors. The Protocol encourages
governments to cooperate with one another, improve energy efficiency, reform the energy and
transportation sectors, promote renewable forms of energy, phase out inappropriate fiscal measures
and market imperfections, limit methane emissions from waste management and energy systems, and
manage carbon "sinks" such as forest, croplands and grazing lands. The methodologies for
measuring changes in net emissions (calculated as emissions minus removals of CO2) due to
the use of sinks are particularly complex.
The Protocol will advance the implementation of existing commitments by all countries. Under
the Convention, both developed and developing countries agree to take measures to limit emissions and
promote adaptation to future climate change impacts; submit information on their national climate
change programmes and inventories; promote technology transfer; cooperate on scientific and technical
research; and promote public awareness, education, and training. The Protocol also reiterates the
need to provide "new and additional" financial resources to meet the "agreed full
costs" incurred by developing countries in carrying out these commitments; a Kyoto Protocol
Adaptation Fund was established in 2001.
The Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention will also serve as the meeting of the
Parties (MOP) for the Protocol. This structure is expected to reduce costs and facilitate the
management of the intergovernmental process. Parties to the Convention that are not Parties to the
Protocol will be able to participate in Protocol-related meetings as observers.
The new agreement will be periodically reviewed. The Parties will take "appropriate
action" on the basis of the best available scientific, technical, and socio-economic
information. The first review will take place at the second COP session serving the Protocol. Talks
on commitments for the post-2012 period must start by 2005.
The Protocol was opened for signature for one year starting 16 March 1998. It will enter into
force 90 days after it has been ratified by at least 55 Parties to the Convention, including
developed countries representing at least 55% of the total 1990 carbon dioxide emissions from this
group. Political disagreements in late 2000 and 2001 over how to implement the Protocol have slowed
down the rate of ratification. In the meantime, governments will continue to carry out their
commitments under the Climate Change Convention. They will also work on many practical issues
relating to the Protocol and its future implementation at their regular COP and subsidiary body
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