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Intel Corp. has promised to release a new firmware for its 320-series solid-state drives (SSDs) that will fix the issue with the devices. Intel stressed that only a small percentage of SSDs are affected by the problem when BIOS only recognizes 8MB of storage capacity of the drives.
In certain circumstances, after an unexpected power loss, a small percentage of SSDs may experience this error on the next attempt to boot the system. In this situation, the system's BIOS reports an SSD as an 8MB capacity drive. After about a week of investigation, Intel admitted the "Bad Context 13x Error" as seen on select Intel SSD 320-series drives.
In certain situations, mainly after the PC losses power or fails due to other reasons, capacity of SSDs lowers 8MB, 6MB or other inappropriate number. Some end-users manage to restore capacities of their solid-state drives, but the data naturally gets lost inevitably. The problem exists on systems running Microsoft Windows or Apple MacOS.
Intel has reproduced "Bad Context 13x Error" utilizing strenuous testing methods. This "Bad Context 13x Error" can be addressed via a firmware update and Intel is in the process of validating the firmware update. A future update will define the schedule to deliver the firmware fix.
"The Intel SSD 320 Series continues to be shipped and is available for purchase. If you experience this error with your Intel SSD, please contact your Intel representative or Intel customer support via web or phone," said Alan Frosty, a spokesman for Intel's NVM solutions group.
Intel recommends owners of 320-series solid-state drives to backup data regularly, follow system's standard shutdown process and minimize unplugging the SSD while the system is powered.
Available in 40GB, 80GB, 120GB, 160GB, 300GB and 600GB versions, Intel SSD 320-series offers sequential write speeds up to 220MB/s, sequential read throughput at up to 270MB/s and produces up to 39 500 input/output operations per second (IOPS) random reads and 23 000 IOPS random writes on its highest-capacity drives. The SSDs are based on Intel's own proprietary firmware and controller. Intel uses spare area to deploy added redundancies that will help keep user data protected, even in the event of a power loss. The SSDs also include 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard capabilities on every drive, to help protect personal data in the event of theft or loss. The Intel 320-series SSDs use Serial ATA-300 interface and 25nm NAND flash memory.


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Monday, October 1, 2012
Texas DPS Receives Ceremonial AS350
The Texas Department of Public Safety's newest AS350 B3e has entered service. The helicopter is the 200th AS350 manufactured in the United States at American Eurocopter's facility in Texas. The AS350 B3e, delivered in April, went into service in September. Eurocopter first introduced the variant in 1977.
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The 5 Dumbest Things on Wall Street This Week: Nov. 16
5. Lockheed Goes Loony
Poor, poor Christopher Kubasik. Lockheed Martin's (LMT) next CEO just couldn't keep his weapon of self-destruction in his pants.
Last Friday, the defense contractor ousted Kubasik, the company's president who was scheduled to take the top job from the retiring Robert Stevens in January, over an improper relationship with an employee. Lockheed said an ethics investigation confirmed that the married executive had a close personal relationship with a subordinate, violating the company's code of ethics and business conduct.
"I regret that my conduct in this matter did not meet the standards to which I have always held myself," said Kubasik in a statement.
Well, clearly that wasn't the case, because if Kubasik held himself, and not his underling, then he would still have his job right now.
That said, Kubasik's womanizing did have one positive outcome in that it opened the door for another woman to break through the executive glass ceiling. The company said Marillyn Hewson, a 29-year Lockheed veteran, will take Kubasik's spot in the corner office just in time to navigate the so-called fiscal cliff. Since 82% of Lockheed's sales last year came from the U.S. government, any fiscal cliff-related defense spending cutbacks will surely hit Lockheed where it hurts.
And speaking of getting hit where it hurts, what we want to know is why Kubasik didn't heed the warnings of other CEOs recently booted for improperly mingling with the help. It's not like the dismissals of Brian Dunn from Best Buy (BBY) or Mark Hurd from Hewlett-Packard(HPQ) were kept confidential or anything. These were well-reported terminations and should have been warning shots for any CEO engaged in such fireable offenses, not just ones with firsthand access to F-16 Falcons.
Who knows, maybe the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus will finally teach these overly randy CEOs a lesson about the dangers of simultaneously holding a mistress and a powerful office. If America's top mole can't keep a secret under wraps, then these morons should simply give up trying.
4. Penney's Apoplexy
Congratulations JC Penney (JCP) CEO Ron Johnson. You win. We here at the Five Dumbest Lab tried as best as we could to keep up with your maniacal pricing maneuvers and ever-shifting sales strategies, but you simply proved too much for us to handle.
Like your stock, which sank to 52-week low of $17 this week, we bow down to you.
So what finally made us submit? Why throw in the towel now after weathering all these weeks and months of Ron's recklessness?
Believe it or not, it wasn't the humbled retailer's rotten third-quarter earnings report last Friday. The Plano, Texas-based company said it lost 56 cents per share, or $123 million, in the quarter, compared with a loss of $143 million, or 67 cents per share last year. Revenue dropped 27% year-over-year to $2.93 billion. Wall Street was looking for a loss of 15 cents a share on revenue of $3.27 billion.


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In short: A 'must-run' event for fell runners and cross-country enthusiasts alike!In full: Still one of the hardest races around - with better weather than last year, which in some ways made it even hard - because the course was now so irresistibly runnable throughout! A great variety of runners of all abilities in attendance, with a clockwork starting gun, and excellent marshals throughout the course. Without a doubt, 12 miles on this course is like 24 on any other. A 'must-run' event for fell runners and cross-country enthusiasts alike!Date of review: March 18, 2014
In short: mud, hills, wind and rain yet somehow enjoyableIn full: This is a cracking little event. My second year and so far all I've seen is mud, hills wind and rain. Fortunately I knew what conditions to expect as this is home turf.Really good value and well organised, don't go looking for pbs, survival is the name of the game.Date of review: March 8, 2014
In short: THE BEST half marathon training runIn full: 12miles Almost on the button. Very boggy, very hilly, some very steep, some gradual climbs. descents are brilliant if a tad dangerous.....just let yourself go! +95% off road. Decent XC trainers required.If you have the distance in you, you have to try this race, its brilliant. I've done a lot of similar events but this one is the best I've taken on so far.Excellent marshals and exceptional cake.Date of review: February 11, 2014
In short: Tough but well worth the effortIn full: Fantastic race, great marshals and a really good atmosphere. It was tough going and the terrain is pretty unforgiving but would definitely do this race again!Date of review: February 10, 2014
In short: hills, mud, more of those, excellent marshals & great cakesIn full: will be back next year for another fabulous eventDate of review: February 10, 2014
In short: TOUGH!!!!!In full: Tough, Muddy, Tough, Hilly, Tough, Boggy, Tough, Fell-Over-Twice, Tough, Ran-into-a-Tree, Tough, Tough, Tough!!!!That pretty much sums it up!Not done it before and the lashing rain on the day and weeks of rain and snow previously made conditions underfoot horrendous. Was glad to get round unscathed, sore hip for a few days after but no lasting damage!I would consider the weather before running this again next year, 2 falls on my a**e hard and massive bruise on the precipice, it was like an ice rink but on a vertical hill!Great organisation, great people, tough course!!!Date of review: February 17, 2013
In short: Hills, mud, more mud....the great outdoorsIn full: First time for me and not disappointed. Great fun! Big thanks to the marshalls who endured wind & rain to keep us on track.Date of review: February 12, 2013
In short: (Hill, mud, muddy hill) and repeatIn full: A real test of strength and stamina. Great scenery but you'd've had to stop to look or risk slipping over. Great organisation, cheerful wet marshals, never a dull moment. I'll be back next year.Date of review: February 12, 2013
In short: At least it wasn't too hot, or flat, or dry......In full: An absolute classic event but not for the faint-hearted, or those who like to keep clean and dry. Conditions were horrid, sleet/rain and high winds on the top. All credit to the Organisers and the unsung heroes - the Marshalls, stood freezing, but always encouraging, top people. Next year is 25th DD, will be entering early!!!Date of review: February 11, 2013
In short: Challenging, due to inclement conditions and rivers of mud LOL!!In full: Date of review: February 11, 2013
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Debates of Dec. 6th, 2002
House of Commons Hansard #40 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was firearms.
- An Act to Amend the Criminal Code (Cruelty to Animals and Firearms)and Firearms Act
- Queen's Jubilee Medal
- Halifax Harbour
- Violence Against Women
- Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay Byelection
- Quebec Byelections
- Member for LaSalle--Émard
- Violence Against Women
- Nunavut
- Aquaculture Industry
- Religious Celebrations
- Violence Against Women
- Charitable Organizations
- Quebec Byelections
- Violence Against Women
- Firearms Registry
- Agriculture
- Firearms Registry
- Terrorism
- Violence Against Women
- Terrorism
- École de médecine vétérinaire de Saint-Hyacinthe
- Government Contracts
- Health
- Finance
- Job Creation
- Persons with Disabilities
- Kyoto Protocol
- Agropur Plant in Chambord
- Kyoto Protocol
- Public Service of Canada
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Kyoto Protocol
- Official Languages
- Softwood Lumber
- Kyoto Protocol
- National Defence
- Human Resources Development
- Fisheries
- Employment Insurance
- Airline Industry
- Points of Order
- Naming of Member
- Government Response to Petitions
- Federal Electoral Boundaries
- Committees of the House
- Petitions
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Question No. 39
- Questions Passed as Orders for Returns
- Question No. 26
- Question No. 30
- Question No. 31
- Question No. 32
- Question No. 33
- Nuclear Safety and Control Act
- Kyoto Protocol
Quebec Byelections
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Georges Farrah Bonaventure—Gaspé—Îles-De-La-Madeleine—Pabok, QC
Mr. Speaker, the byelections underway in Quebec raise a very important question: the relevance of the Bloc Quebecois.
The public, sovereignists, journalists and regional stakeholders are seriously wondering. Let me quote a few.
First, Marc Beausoleil, a militant sovereignist, said "I wonder if it is still appropriate for the Bloc Quebecois to be in Ottawa".
Jacques Brassard, a former PQ minister, said, speaking of the Bloc "This is a party that was born to die. Perhaps its time has come".
In Berthier—Montcalm and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay, we do not want the opposition anymore. It is time to stop blocking issues, and start focussing on the development of these ridings.
Next Monday, vote for your Liberal candidate. Vote in your own interest.
Member for LaSalle--Émard
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
James Moore Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam, BC
Mr. Speaker, Karl Marx once noted that history's great events happen twice, first as a tragedy, then a farce.
A modern case in point is the second leadership run by the former Liberal finance minister, the member for LaSalle—Émard.
Why a farce? Once he was opposed to free trade, then he flipped and not only supported free trade but expanded it. Once he was going to abolish GST. Not only was it not abolished when he was finance minister, but it was further entrenched by the creation of the HST. At first he said that Kyoto did not go far enough, then he said that it was a bad plan, then he said that we should consult the provinces and now he is going to vote for ratification by Christmas.
While campaigning he said that we needed to invest in our armed forces but he was the guy who gutted our armed forces for almost a decade. He says that we need to eliminate the democratic deficit but he does not even allow the free sale of memberships within his own party. The last time he ran for the leadership he said that he supported an elected Senate. Now he says that he is opposed.
He says that the accounting scandals of Enron must be noticed and that we must have truth in accounting. Where is the truth in accounting for EI?
About corporate responsibility, perhaps the former finance minister could tell Canadians why his company, Canada Steamship Lines, does not have its ships registered to pay taxes in Canada.
There is a credibility gap and this man should not be trusted.
Violence Against Women
Statements By Members
11 a.m.
Gurbax Malhi Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale, ON
Mr. Speaker, while many of us were affected by the tragedy at École Polytechnique in Montreal 13 years ago, the real pain was and always will be felt by the families and the friends of the victims.
Violence against women touches every Canadian community. It takes away their dignity, breaks the strength of our communities and fosters unacceptable social attitudes and behaviours toward women.
I call upon all my colleagues and all Canadians to join in National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women to end the cycle of violence against women.
Violence Against Women
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Pauline Picard Drummond, QC
Mr. Speaker, 13 years ago, 14 young women from l'École Polytechnique in Montreal were tragically killed because of their gender. Fourteen young women shot in cold blood, hundreds of lives shattered, and everyone in Quebec shaken.
On this Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, the Bloc Quebecois is joining all the organizations dedicated to the advocacy and support of battered women in taking concrete, visible action against violence against women.
We also want to pay tribute to all the victims of such unacceptable violence and urge men to mobilize in support of women's action to eliminate violence against women and girls.
We in the Bloc Quebecois hope that the federal government will respond to the World March of Women demands and make the necessary money available, so that the many obstacles in the lives of women can be removed.
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Nancy Karetak-Lindell Nunavut, NU
Mr. Speaker, the Nunavut Association of Municipalities held its annual general meeting in Ottawa in April. Many of my colleagues met the mayors of Nunavut and participated in the fundraising auction.
Today Mayor Keith Peterson of Cambridge Bay presented a donation cheque on behalf of NAM to Tungasuvvingat Inuit, a local Inuit organization that works hard to help Inuit here in Ottawa.
Earlier this week I presented a wall hanging to the National Press Club made by the students of Kiilinik High School, thanking the National Press Club for the very generous and successful book drive it held for its community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut.
I thank all the generous people who have taken the time and effort to lend a helping hand, and I wish every one season's greetings.
Aquaculture Industry
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Andy Burton Skeena, BC
Mr. Speaker, the aquaculture industry contributes over a billion dollars to the Canadian economy through its production and sale of nearly 120,000 metric tonnes of farmed salmon and other products yearly. It has the ability to harvest the product and sell it as fresh 365 days a year.
In my riding of Skeena there is much interest in expanding the number of aquaculture sites as a means of sustainable employment for remote coastal communities. This interest is also growing among some aboriginal groups.
I have always advocated for more development on the north coast of B.C., be it offshore oil and gas, grain shipments through the port of Prince Rupert or aquaculture. Development must be done in an environmentally sustainable manner, following clearly defined government regulations, and must benefit the local economy.
This is something myself and the Canadian Alliance have always supported.
Religious Celebrations
Statements By Members
December 6th, 2002 / 11:05 a.m.
Mac Harb Ottawa Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, Muslims all over the world began the celebration to mark the end of the month long fast of Ramadan. On the same day, Jews all over the world are celebrating the last day of Hanukkah. It is a time to focus especially on families, on sharing, on values and on community building. It is a time to work toward peace and harmony. What a powerful symbol for these two religions.
I would like to offer my best wishes to Canadian Jews on the end of Hanukkah and my best wishes to Canadian Muslims on Eid Mubbarak.
Violence Against Women
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Libby Davies Vancouver East, BC
Mr. Speaker, on this day, December 6, we mark and remember the anniversary of the 14 young women who were brutally murdered at Montreal's École Polytechnique.
I want to recognize the leadership of Dawn Black, former NDP member of Parliament, who brought forward this day as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Thirteen years later we remember the horror of what took place and the ongoing suffering and grief of the families.
The case of the 66 missing women in Vancouver's downtown east side, 15 of whom are known to be murdered, is also evidence that violence against women, particularly poor and aboriginal women, is increasing.
Governments have failed to act on every level. The federal government must bear responsibility as women suffer ongoing cutbacks in services. The government must demonstrate that ending violence against women is truly a priority. It must be reflected in the laws, programs, services and community supports so that women can live without the fear and abuse of violence. Nothing less will do.
Charitable Organizations
Statements By Members
11:05 a.m.
Robert Bertrand Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle, QC
Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday this week, I went to Quyon, a small municipality in Pontiac County, to deliver a cheque for $1,000 to Linda Gagné, coordinator of The Angel Tree, a charitable organization that distributes Christmas presents to underprivileged children in the region.
The money came from the Quebec association of federal Liberal assistants, who started a program a few years ago to make donations to various charities in Quebec recommended to them by their members. This year, four charitable organizations in Quebec received $1,000 each to support their charitable activities.
On behalf of my constituents and everyone who has benefited from the great generosity of the Quebec Liberal assistants, I would sincerely like to congratulate them and thank them for their generous donations to organizations helping the less fortunate.
We can only hope that the commendable efforts of the Quebec association of Liberal assistants will inspire other organizations in the community to follow suit.
Quebec Byelections
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral Laval Centre, QC
Mr. Speaker, the theme of the Liberal candidates in Berthier—Montcalm and in Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay is that they can get money for their region because they will become government members. According to them, constituents must vote the right way.
What does this really mean? The riding represented by the most powerful person in Ottawa for the past 10 years, the Prime Minister of Canada and member for the riding of Saint-Maurice, continues to have one of the highest unemployment rates in Quebec.
By contrast, the riding of Sherbrooke, which is proudly represented by a Bloc Quebecois member, can take pride in the fact that it has one of the highest employment rates in Quebec.
This should come as no surprise, since we know that it is for their friends that Liberal members are really good at getting money.
While Liberal members from Quebec are working for western Canada's oil industry, Bloc Quebecois members are fighting for softwood lumber workers, farmers, the unemployed, the most disadvantaged of our seniors, young families, the sick and local businesses. In short, they are working for Quebeckers, and they are proud to do so.
Violence Against Women
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Progressive Conservative
Rick Borotsik Brandon—Souris, MB
Mr. Speaker, 13 years ago a lone gunman walked into a classroom in Montreal's École Polytechnique and viciously murdered 14 young women. The victims were chosen, not because of something they had said or done, but simply because of who they were and what they aspired to become.
Today we mourn the passing of those 14 young women who were taken away from their loved ones at a tragically young age. However our reflections must go beyond the brutal acts that took place in that classroom.
Today we mourn all the women who have suffered in silence at the hands of a stranger, a father, a brother, a husband or a boyfriend.
The unthinkable act of December 6, 1989, must serve as a cold reminder of the countless acts of violence against women that occur every day. As individuals and as members of this House we have a duty to do everything we can to put an end to that violence.
Violence Against Women
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Diane Ablonczy Calgary Nose Hill, AB
Mr. Speaker, today has been marked as a day of remembrance, not just in memory of the horrific murder of 14 young women at École Polytechnique, but to remind us of our collective responsibility to protect the innocent and vulnerable.
Violence against women also devastates the lives of those who loved them: their partners, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers, grandparents, friends and neighbours. The circle of sadness and grief is infinitely wide.
The ugly echos of violence against women sound in the lives of far too many children. Violence against women is violence against us all because members of a society are interdependent.
On this day of special remembrance, I urge parliamentarians and all Canadians to renew their resolve to make the protection and safety of every member of our society a matter of utmost importance.
Violence Against Women
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
Raymonde Folco Laval West, QC
Mr. Speaker, today, December 6, is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Surely, there is no need to demonstrate that violence against women is unacceptable.
However, the various types of violence of which women are victims are specific manifestations of a broader social issue that requires unique attention and solutions. Violence can stand in the way of full equality for women in our society, and it remains a problem in Canada.
It is important that all Canadian men and women recognize that violence is unacceptable, regardless of whom it is directed against.
This recognition should also not end when the sun sets today. It should be apparent every day of the year.
Violence Against Women
Statements By Members
11:10 a.m.
The Deputy Speaker
I invite members to rise for a minute of silence.
[Editor's Note: The House stood in silence]
Firearms Registry
Oral Question Period
11:15 a.m.
Canadian Alliance
Grant Hill Macleod, AB
Mr. Speaker, yesterday the government was asked over and over how much it would cost to complete the firearms registry and how much to maintain it. Either unwilling or unable to answer that question, it has had 24 hours to go through its advisers and strategists, so I will ask the question again.
How much will it cost Canadian taxpayers who are paying the bill to complete the firearms registry and how much to maintain it?


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H.E Michel Joseph Martelly (L) president of Haiti and the Minister of Environment Haiti (R)offer the Haiti White Book of Environment to Achim Steiner (C), UNEP Executive Director
Macaya National Park, a lush forest in Haiti's Département du Sud (South Department), is one of the few remaining bastions of primary forest and biodiversity in the largely deforested Caribbean nation. It is a main site of the Côte Sud Initiative, a UN coalition aimed at supporting the Government of Haiti in the sustainable development of the South Department of Haiti.
Speaking at Macaya National Park today on the heels of World Environment Day, President Martelly reiterated his commitment to including the environment as a pillar of his political agenda, with a focus on sustainable socio-economic development in the Département du Sud and in the Grand'Anse.
Mr. Steiner said: "A new phase of collaboration is beginning between UNEP and the Ministries of Environment and Agriculture, with the aim of reducing threats to the ecosystems of the Département du Sud - including from inappropriate agriculture, forest fires, the production of wood charcoal and firewood and the wood plank industry. The work by UNEP in Haiti has been made possible thanks to generous financial support provided by the Government of Norway, for which I am deeply grateful."
"It is crucial to protect both the livelihoods of those that currently rely on resources from the Macaya Forest, as well as the stunning array of biodiversity and ecosystem services that exist within it. This can only be done by creating green jobs and promoting sustainable agriculture practices," he added.
In particular, he said, the field project will work to strengthen the management capacities for Macaya Park; establish a network of marine and coastal protected areas connected to the Park by biological corridors; and develop sustainable economic opportunities in agroforestry that will enable a green economy in the Département du Sud.
The effort directly supports the government's 2013 decrees on a set of protected areas for the Grand Sud region - the Park Macaya and nine marine and coastal protected areas, the first of the country.
Macaya feeds the two principal irrigation systems of the Département du Sud and is the source of many rivers.
"In practical terms, it is both the regulator and the water tower for Haiti's southern peninsula," said Jean Georges Ernest, the Ministry of Environment's Director for the Département du Sud. He also emphasized that the initiatives linked to Macaya will decrease the vulnerability of the residents of the park's buffer zones.
The project in Macaya Park is aimed at improving the living conditions of the population around the park, as well as assuring the protection and regeneration of Macaya's natural resources.
"It is fundamental to promote economic development to break the harmful dependency of the population towards the park's resources, while reinforcing supervision to avoid these resources feeding the demand for wood charcoal and the wood for large urban centers," said Paul Denis Caton of the Management Group for Macaya Park.
Elsewhere in Haiti, other activities were organized by the Ministry of the Environment to mark World Environment Day. In the coastal town of Port Salut, for example, UNEP, the Ministry of Environment and the local municipality organized awareness-raising activities and a drawing competition for children on the role of marine and coastal ecosystems in human well-being.
For more information, please contact: Peleg Charles, Communication Officer for the United Nations Coalition in the South - Côte Sud Initiative, +509 4891-6327
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The Macaya National Natural Park is one of the last reserves of biodiversity in the country and the last primary forest of Haiti. Its biodiversity has a global importance, principally because of the presence of endemic amphibians. It has been proven that the density of endemic amphibian species units per surface in the Park is the largest on earth.
Among many other components of the Park's exceptional biological diversity are: 141 orchid species, of which 38 are endemic, and 367 flower varieties of which 55 are endemic. Most of these plants have medicinal properties known by the local population as well as scientists.
Also found in the Park are two endemic terrestrial mammals - the Zagouti (Plagiodontia eadium) and the nocturnal insectivore the Nez Long (Solenodon paradox) - as well as 65 bird species of a total of 230 for Haiti, including the Kanson Wouj, (Tenmotrogon roseigaster), and the Kat Je Sid (Pterodoma hasitata).
Today the Macaya forest is threatened by subsistence farming and forest fires linked to inappropriate agriculture practices, the production of wood charcoal and firewood as well as the wood plank industry. Thousands of people use the park's natural resources as a source of economic survival.
Each week an average of 200 trees are cut by a population that is threatened with starvation and often unconscious of the danger that their activity represents to the ecosystem. The need to develop sustainable economic alternatives, as well as a strong surveillance corps and management system, are priorities for the management of the Macaya National Park.


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Indeed... managed to do a "first stage bottling" tonight -- transferred the liquid from the original containers to new ones to sit another 2 days w/o the SCOBY in it before final rebottling and into fridge. Got a nice fizz when pouring. SCOBYs were not as gross as I thought, and came out well in a disc-shape.
I made a new batch that I'm waiting to cool a little bit more before putting the SCOBYs in -- this one I made using 2 TBS Gunpowder and 2 TBS Keemun Rhapsody (for the tea brew, I mean). This one should go a lot faster now that I have fully formed SCOBYs...!


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Complex projects often must comply with regulations from several federal, tribal, state, and local authorities. These authorities have different missions, areas of responsibilities, and areas of expertise. Inviting these different agencies to participate as cooperating agencies allows the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to more accurately encompass all of the needs. According to A Desk Guide to Cooperating Agency Relationships (2005), Cooperating Agencies help the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) achieve several objectives:
By accepting Cooperating Agency status, the agencies accept obligations to contribute staff to the EIS team and develop analyses for which they have particular expertise. Although the EIS is ultimately a BLM document, the BLM agrees to use the analyses, proposals, and comments of the Cooperating Agencies to the maximum extent possible.
Cooperating Agencies for the Kane Springs Valley Groundwater Development Project EIS:


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Skip to comments.Why Modern-Day Prophecy Theorists are More Dangerous than Harold Camping
Posted on 05/23/2011 7:20:22 AM PDT by topcat54
How is it possible that most evangelical critics of Harold Camping are more dangerous than the failed prognosticator? For the simple reason that its no longer May 21, 2011, and Harold Camping will be relegated to the dust bin of prophetic history, but prophecy prognosticators will continue to abound by claiming that Jesus is still coming soon even if we dont know the day and hour. In nearly every article Ive read by evangelicals denouncing Camping, they still claim that all the signs are in place for Jesus soon return. Here are some examples:
Even though Tim LaHaye denounced Campings prediction as not only wrong but dangerous . . . not only bizarre but 100% wrong!, he still claims that the recent earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan are signs of the apocalypse just as he laid out in in his fiction end-time Left Behind novels.[1]
(Excerpt) Read more at americanvision.org ...
"For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled." (Luke 21:22)
But he does not say what it does mean.
He also gives no clue as to why evangelicals are "dangerous".
The stand-ups will be feasting on this anti-Christian feed-bag for months and months.
I don't blame an obviously demented 89 year old for delusions of godhood and bizarre proclamations. I can hear those from any homeless guy on a park bench, or from an Alzheimers patient who insists his parents are still alive and it's WW2.
What I blame is the media that gives this kind of ranting a forum!
First- nobody knows( and not everyone on the planet believes) in the return of Jesus. You are free to guess every year and, eventually , someone will be right; but giving every guess or delusion press is criminal.
Second- in our current media climate- if Jesus returned during football season, He would be ignored or maybe mentioned as a postscript after post-game shows.
Thank you! THAT is the reason all this made the press, IMO.
We should all remember, also, that the world 'ends' for tons of people every day. Check the obituaries.
What about Globull Warming predictions?
Emphasizing the inevitability of judgment is not a mistake. But picking a specific day is a fool's errand.
Matthew 24
21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elects sake those days shall be shortened.
Joel 3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.
Zecharia 14:4 And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
There are many, many more such prophetic passages which have yet to be fulfilled.
When? In the words of Jesus Himself in Matthew 24:36 ...
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only."
Attempts to predict these things are not only futile, but reject the authority of God Himself who made it clear through His Son that nobody would know.
DeMar has written several very interesting articles and books on eschatology. If you go to abebooks.com you can get a copy of one of the books for very little.
As Christians it is our job to spread the good news of salvation through the sacrifice of Jesus to anyone who will listen.
It is not to create FUD.
I can't really imagine why any Christian would want to be "raptured". When the world is at its worst, who else will stand and proclaim Jesus, to those who still live, if not us?
Christ said he would return. He never said He was going to "rapture out Believers." That is a dangerous false doctrine that has only been around for about 130 years.
People like LaHaye should be ashamed for spreading these falsehoods and making piles of money from it.
You may remember the folk remedy for a bad LSD trip — take another dose, of 10 times the potency.
Gary DeMar must be a bitter and small minded man if he feels the need to ceaselessly harp on this topic. DeMar has his own bizarre interpretation of the end times that is perhaps even more out of step than Harold Camping.
As for Harold Camping, we shouldn't be surprised that the adversary would push him and other to unbiblical extremes - for the very purpose of smearing the truth with a "guilt by association" argument. In the 1st century, Paul's gospel of grace was mimicked as "sin as you please".
Here's a little common sense (at least to me) about God speaking to and through people in general, and God does do both.
When God speaks to you, that message is for you, and you alone. It is essentially meaningless to others, however deeply felt it may be to you.
When God speaks through you, the more you think about it, (or add mixed case, mixed font blinking highlights to it), or repeat it, ...the less of the real message gets through.
Just my .02 FWIW
Jesus's message, "repent and reform," applies regardless of when the Second Coming takes place.
These guys are only dangerous if they have an audience. I think those who believed it was the end of the world were only wishful thinkers.
please think about your conclusion. Does the world end when
someone dies, or does someone die to the world? Is reality
external(apart, different) from us, or based only on our internal mind?
What kind of Bible do you read that has 1 Thessalonians 4:17 omitted?
Sola Scriptura is what I say it is fails.
You're right that Jesus said "no one knows the day or the hour," but he DID say that his coming would be in his generation, did he not (Mt. 24.29,34)?
How do you read "generation"?
Thanks for reading and considering
Nothing I said contradicts this verse. The Lord is coming back. I believe I said that.
What Bible do you read that says there will be a "rapture" where believers will disappear while the world will continue to go on as usual?
> How do you read generation?
I read it that He meant the generation that would experience the Great Tribulation.
I agree with you that it would be the generation that saw the great tribulation.
But he also said THIS generation. Was that not the generation of folks then living?
When Jesus read the riot act to the rebellious Jews in Mt. 23.36 and said, "All these things shall come upon this generation." Do you think that was the generation that were listening?
What does the word "this" mean to you?
Thanks for your response.
"this" as in, "On this day in history" or "on this day in the future" or "this generation that suffers the Great Tribulation".
"Generation" can also mean people group or race, and it's possible that He was referring to the Jews as a people group.
Do you believe that the things described by Jesus as the Great Tribulation have come to pass already?
Without getting into deep existential debates, and 'certain point of view' arguments, for the person who dies the 'world', physically, as they have known it, ends.
If you believe in spiritual immortality and the afterlife, that is 'another' world. Not this one.
How intermingled, and interactive, the two realities are is something with which science and religion wrestle.
Speaking in 'every day' language, the 'world' is what we physically experience and that reality ends for people every day.
This preacher is just one more deluded nut job. 89!! How rational he is likely to be?
The fundamentalist lust to predict the future is the canary under the carpet, the problem that just won't go away, no matter how many careers are wrecked and lives are short-changed by those who proclaim as absolute truth the notion that God has already decided to take a dive.
[this as in, On this day in history or on this day in the future or this generation that suffers the Great Tribulation.]
You might look at the five times the term "this generation" occurs in Matthew (11.16, 12.41, 12.42, 23.36, 24.34) and see if your assertion fits any of those except your take on 24.34. I doubt that you will.
[Generation can also mean people group or race, and its possible that He was referring to the Jews as a people group.]
So I've heard, but see if it fits any of the 10 times the word occurs in Matthew. I doubt that you'll reach for your supposed meaning in any other passage in Matthew, or the New Testament, for that matter. Can you find a passage anywhere in the New Testament where "generation" refers to a race?
[Do you believe that the things described by Jesus as the Great Tribulation have come to pass already?]
What I believe isn't important. We ought to be concerned with what Jesus said. Let's see if we can agree on what the word THIS means first, where Jesus said, "THIS GENERATION" shall not pass away until all these things be fulfilled."
Thanks again for your response
"The fundamentalist lust to predict the future is the canary under the carpet,"
The fundamentalist desire to see Christ return as he promised is the dynamic of their faith. Much like the early Christians, "They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the deadJesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. "
"and the certainty of the gospel's victory within history."
Sounds like you've chosen to take your seat with the Christians-Socialists of last century's Europe.
Good luck with that Pollyanna!
In Matthew 11:16, "this generation" could easily be referred to as the Jews as a people group, as does "the men of Nineveh shall rise in judgement with this generation", which likely does denote people groups. I don't find these things to be a logical squeeze at all. Are they the correct interpretations? Don't know. What does the Holy Spirit tell you (1st John 2:27)?
Good advice to focus on what the Lord says. Now see if you can determine whether the things he describes in Matthew 24 have alread taken place.
As for me, I don't go by "systematic theologies". I only go by what I see.
I remember approaching a preacher with an obscure piece of Scripture and asking him what it meant. He asked me, "Are you going to live that passage today?"
I answered with another question, "How can I live it if I don't even know what it means?"
He replied with the best answer I've ever gotten to such a question. "Well, there's plenty enough in the Scripture that you can plainly understand. Why don't you work on living those things. Maybe if you're successful at that, the Lord will reveal to you what these more difficult passages mean."
So have you gotten beyond the Sermon on the Mount? I mean, it's pretty plain and easily understandable. If you've gotten all that right, then you're a much better Christian than I am.
Thats called solo Scriptura.
Solo Scriptura. LOL
There was only one chronological generation of Nineveh that heard the preaching of Jonah, just as there was only one chronological generation of Israel what was personally preached to by the Lord Jesus Christ. The parallel Jesus was making is unmistakable and renders your alternative interpretation unsupportable.
You have to deny the plain words of the Bible to come to some other conclusion on the meaning of this generation.
The Jews are not an evil people group, which is the way you are forced to interpret Matt. 12:39.
Gentlemen, I don't argue that generation cannot refer to a "people group," as I think it does in every case. However, "this generation" refers to the "people group" of the context (the Jews in Matthew) all living at the same time.
The dictionaries say that the adjective "this" refers to something NEAR in time or place, as opposed to something far away.
Jesus didn't give the day nor hour of his return, but he did say it would occur in his generation.
Let the casual reader notice that we're not arguing about what the Bible says here. Westbrook and I agree on what Jesus said. We don't agree on the meaning of the term "this" in Mt. 24.34, tho we do agree on the other four times it's used in Matthew.
Thanks for your responses, gentlemen.
> The Jews are not an evil people group
Not any more so than we are.
Jesus referred to them, and by extension to all mankind, as evil. A "wicked and perverse generation", is among the epithets He used, as well as "generation of vipers."
Are you straight-jacketed by a systematic theology that requires you to believe something happened that plainly has not yet happened?
Or do you have an open enough mind to say, "Well, I don't really *KNOW* for sure what that means, because the Holy Spirit has not revealed it to me, but here's what I think."?
***What Bible do you read that says there will be a rapture where believers will disappear while the world will continue to go on as usual?****
How about the Vulgate.
2Cr 12:2 scio hominem in Christo ante annos quattuordecim sive in corpore nescio sive extra corpus nescio Deus scit RAPTUM eiusmodi usque ad tertium caelum
2Cr 12:3 et scio huiusmodi hominem sive in corpore sive extra corpus nescio Deus scit
2Cr 12:4 quoniam RAPTUS est in paradisum et audivit arcana verba quae non licet homini loqui
1Th 4:17 deinde nos qui vivimus qui relinquimur simul RAPIEMUR cum illis in nubibus obviam Domino in aera et sic semper cum Domino erimus
The socialists of last-century Europe thought that the State was "God marching through history." Frieiderich Ernst Daniel Schleiermacher, "the father of modern protestant theology," started the trend of redefining the faith, and God, in terms of some other something. For Schleiermacher God was "a feeling of unconditioned dependence," a subset of Man's evolving experience. Thomas B. Altice asserted that Christianity was really just Heidegger's existentialism in drag. Liberation theologians asserted that Christianity was really just Marxism in drag. As post-mil scholar J. Gresham Machen pointed out 80 years ago, liberalism and Christianity may use the same vocabulary, but they are actually two different religions. We use our words to mean what we have always meant for them to mean. Liberals eviscerate the Gospel words of their messy entrails of factuality, and pack them with some preferred payload. Like the lady who used a baby's hollowed-out corpse to smuggle cocaine ...
I enjoy sitting with Augustine and Athanasius and Calvin and Luther, all of whom, with varying degrees of faithfulness, believed in and proclaimed the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. Unlike you, when I call Jesus "Lord," I do not cross my fingers behind my back and mutter, "Well, by 'Lord' what I really mean is 'Guru,' a domesticated, neutered, ineffectual personal spiritual adviser." The Jesus adored by sane Christians in all ages is the Eternal Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, the One who has overcome death, hell, and Satan, the one in whom we are more than conquerors, the One who makes us competent agents of His will, agents of His Kingdom.
Now, if you view Christianity as a form of emotional masturbation, have at it, whack away at your precious subjective feelings. If, however, the King is at work today, and has something to say about every aspect of life, then come on in, the water's fine, and there's plenty for everyone to do.
Unlike the prognosticators, sane (ortho-dox, right-thinking) Christians have better things to do with their time than creating imaginary maps of futures that never happen.
BTW, this book was written in 1881; you wouldn't believe how accurate it is!
In the late nineteenth century, Father Charles Arminjon, a priest from the mountains of southeastern France, assembled his flock in the town cathedral to preach a series of conferences to help them turn their thoughts away from this lifes mean material affairsand toward the next lifes glorious spiritual reward. His wise and uncompromising words deepened in them the spirit of recollection that all Christians must have: the abiding conviction that heavenly aims, not temporal enthusiasms, must guide everything we think, say, and do.
When Father Arminjons conferences were later published in a book, many others were able to reap the same benefitincluding fourteen-year-old Thérèse Martin, then on the cusp of entering the Carmelite convent in Lisieux. Reading it, she says, plunged my soul into a happiness not of this earth. Young Thérèse, filled with a sense of what God reserves for those who love him, and seeing that the eternal rewards had no proportion to the light sacrifices of life, copied out numerous passages and memorized them, repeating unceasingly the words of love burning in my heart.
Now the very book that so inspired the Little Flower is available for the first time in English.
Let the pages of The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life fill you with the same burning words of love, with the same ardent desire to know God above all created things, that St. Thérèse gained from them. Let them also enrich your understanding of certain teachings of the Faith that can often seem so mysterious, even frightening:
Jesus commands us to be ever-watchful for his return, and ever-mindful that we have no lasting city on earth. The End of the Present World and the Mysteries of the Future Life is an invaluable aid to inculcating in your spirit that heavenly orientation, without which true human happiness cannot be foundin this world or the next.
I'm sorry, you are the one twisting the words of the Bible and making the entire race of Jewish people wicked and evil because you refuse to accept what happened in that day was the fulfillment of Matt. 24:4-34.
Jesus was addressing those Jews who conspired with the Romans and nailed Him to the cross. Not modern Jewish people. Your views are what led to persecution, pogroms, and the Holocaust.
> I'm sorry, you are the one twisting the words of the
> Bible and making the entire race of Jewish people wicked
Yada, yada, yada ...
This is not even worthy of a reply.
> and evil because you refuse to accept what happened in
> that day was the fulfillment of Matt. 24:4-34.
Yes, of course. There were great earthquakes in diverse places, the sun and the moon were darkened, the seas turned to blood, one third of all the vegetation in the Earth was destroyed, one third of all human life was destroyed, all the nations of the earth came up against Israel, the water became undrinkable, and if God hadn't intervened all flesh would have been destroyed, all this happened before the people standing in front of Jesus passed away.
Ok, if you say so.
The phrase this generation (and its related uses) in the gospels always refers to the generation of Jews then living at the time of Jesus. That's the plain sense use.
We find a similar language which was surely the model for Christ's words in Deuteronomy:
'Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land of which I swore to give to your fathers, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and his children I am giving the land on which he walked, because he wholly followed the Lord.' (Deut. 1:35,36)This was spoken of the generation who disobeyed the Lord and wandered in Sinai for 40 years till the guilty died off. They did not receive the blessing.
The LORDs anger burned against Israel and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation of those who had done evil in his sight was gone. (Numbers 32:13)It is not speaking of the entire race of Jewish people.
The parallel is obvious to what happened in AD70, when the generation who killed the son of the landowner were punished in the sack of Jerusalem and destruction of the temple. As we read:
Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. (Matt. 23:36)
For these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. (Luke 21:22)
Yes, if you read the Bible Biblically, and simply evaluate the prophetic vocabulary the same way you do everywhere else in the Bible where it is used.
Post-mil folks tend to home-school their kids, and arrange their lives so that their grandchildren will be better off. One mother influenced by Camping took a knife to her throat -- after doing thus to her small daughters. A less spectacular, but even more devastating, crisis is upon us now -- and we have our heads so far up our prophetic fundaments that we can't read the writing on the wall. 80 to 90% of evangelical young people jump ship soon after leaving home. There is a remnant that stays the course -- home-schooling Calvinist families see 95% of their kids grow up to walk with God -- but the evangelical subculture is in a Gadarene nose-dive. And doesn't seem to care.
The disasters Jesus described, and those described in His Revelation, are to be world wide, not local.
Do you believe the flood of Noah was local, too?
I don't.
The Olivet Discourse (Matt 24, Mark 13) makes it clear, at least to me, that these things are world-wide, and that they occur over a long, but undefined, period of time. "And the gospel must first be published among all nations" (Mark 13:10) clearly had not happened yet when the temple was destroyed in 70 AD. What does "all" mean?
We homeschool our children, nine of whom are still at home with us, and we are hoping to make better lives for our grandchildren, of which we already have ten, so far.
I have no idea when the Lord is returning. Could be today. Could be hundreds of years from now. Jesus said, "No man knows." Jesus said, "As a thief in the night." That's good enough for me.
We believe that, at the end of the World, the Lord will provide for His Church, either leading them into safety or pulling them out before things get really bad. I don't pretend to know which, nor when.
But I'm not about to sell everything God has given me and give it to some huckster. If a man does not provide for his own family, he is worse than an infidel (1st Timothy 5:8).
I am impressed, and very glad, that our teams are on the same side. All of our kids came by short cut (C-section), so we had to be content with four. The world will be a better place because of the children God has entrusted to us, and the grace He lavished upon us to raise them in His fear.
I think you will enjoy THIS SUMMARY of my MS thesis, which refuted the socialization myth 19 years ago.
I believe that the time claims of our Lord's prophecies make better sense if he ge is translated "The Land" (i.e. -- Israel) rather than "The Earth" (i.e. -- the whole globe). I take the first three verses of Revelation literally. If by "soon" and "at hand" and "quickly" Jesus meant 2,000+ years, I'd not send Him out for pizza!
Seriously, though, you are already operating in terms of a longer time horizon than the Camping folks. Give some thought to the possibility that God's Kingdom, Grace, and power are indeed able to progressively transform all of life as the Gospel is preached and lived -- and godly folks who take the Bible literally can rejoice in bigger hopes than Satan wants us to have.
Regardless of our differences in eschatology, we are definitely on the same side.
There's an old saying. "The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world."
There is also, "The meek shall inherit the earth."
Thanks for the thesis on socialization.
When people ask us the inevitable, "What about socialization?", I respond, "It depends on what kind of socialization you're talking about."
My kids are clearly socialized, but not with the same socialization practiced by the kids in the government school collectives.
This is a stupid article. As I understand this, everyone who teaches grace is guilty of causing sin...because there are those who abuse the teaching of grace.
TC, if you're gonna post anti-premillenial material can you at least try to post something from someone with a brain?
Don't tell me: without looking, I'm guessing it's another lame attempt to link amill solipsist Harold Camping to folks with an actual, consistent, Biblical hermeneutic?
Not just a linking, but they say that the consistent bible hermeneutic is WORSE than Camping. Somehow, you and I are at fault for his idiocy. Sort of like banks are at fault for bank robbers.
Listen to Camping's debate with Walvoord, available online. He was just a garden-variety amill at the time; but you can draw a straight line from Camping's handling of the Bible then to his handling of the Bible now.
Walvoord, though perhaps not the sharpest scalpel on the tray, comes off pretty good so far (I've listened to around 3.5 hours ot of around 6).
You clearly misread the article if you got that from it. Only those who abuse something, whether it be the doctrines of grace or eschatology, are responsible for their own sins.
TC, if youre gonna post anti-premillenial material can you at least try to post something from someone with a brain?
Given the quality of the responses, or lack thereof, nothing more is really needed.
Besides, (speaking of using your brain) the issue is not premillennialism per se, it the highly aberrant form of dispensational premillennialism that teaches two separate Second Comings, one secret and one visible. In the dispensational scheme, anyone with a calendar who can count to seven can figure out the timing of the Second Coming part deux. Its a date-setters delight.
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AMCEN at a glance
The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN) was established in December 1985, following a conference of African ministers of environment held in Cairo , Egypt . Its mandate is to provide advocacy for environmental protection in Africa; to ensure that basic human needs are met adequately and in a sustainable manner; to ensure that social and economic development is realized at all levels; and to ensure that agricultural activities and practices meet the food security needs of the region.
AMCEN has continued to give guidance in respect of key political events related to the environment, including multilateral environmental agreements. AMCEN has also led the process for the development of the action plan for the Environment Initiative for the New Partnership for Africa 's Development (NEPAD). AMCEN is currently guiding the process for the implementation of the action plan for the environment initiative of NEPAD, including its work programme for the biennium 2005-2006. The Ministerial Conference prompted and encouraged the preparation of the comprehensive regional report on the state of Africa 's environment, Africa Environment Outlook (AEO) , by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The AEO process has been adopted by AMCEN as its instrument for monitoring and reporting on the environment. Additionally, AMCEN successfully facilitated the revision of the 1968 African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Algiers Convention). Measures are being taken to strengthen the linkages between AMCEN and the region's two marine and coastal conventions, namely, the Convention for the Protection, Management and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the Eastern African Region (Nairobi Convention) and the Convention for Cooperation in the Protection and Development of the Marine and Coastal Environment of the West and Central African Region (Abidjan Convention).
AMCEN has continued to pay particular attention to the implementation of environmental conventions established in furtherance to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit) in 1992, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity and its Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol.
The main challenges facing AMCEN are twofold: namely, gross financial difficulties and the rather complex organizational structure adopted by the Ministerial Conference.
Institutional arrangements
The Conference is the highest organ of AMCEN. African ministers responsible for the environment are members of the AMCEN Conference. The Ministers decided at the first session of AMCEN that the Conference would meet every two years, and that a Bureau would be established to act on its behalf between meetings. UNEP has served as the Secretariat of AMCEN since its inception. The UNEP Regional Office for Africa serves as the secretariat to AMCEN.
Since the first session of AMCEN, a number of programmes and initiatives have been developed to facilitate the effective implementation of its mandate towards environmental protection in Africa . Of particular note are the establishment of the regional scientific and technical committees and the network of national focal points, which worked with mixed results on various thematic issues to advance the objectives of AMCEN in the region. In addition, the decisions taken at various meetings of AMCEN were implemented successfully when resources were available.
AMCEN is currently holding discussions with the African Union Commission (AUC) on issues related to the harmonisation and linkages between the Ministerial Conference and the AUC. It is expected that AMCEN would ultimately become a Specialized Technical Committee (STC) of the African Union Commission in line with the AU Summit's Sirte Declaration of February 2004.


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Take it from Meatball: "You only have a certain amount of time to do things in life."
Meatball is Olympic track cyclist Mike Friedman, and his carpe diem attitude is exactly why he took a leave of absence from Penn State and broke up with a serious girlfriend at age 22 to throw himself back into his teenage passion full-time.
"My parents were really against it," he said.
He didn't want to disappoint them, but he wanted even less to disappoint himself.
"There's a lot of pressure with that.
"You just know you only have a few years [to excel] in sports. You have to take a gamble," he said. "I figured, no matter what, you're going to learn something. I pushed, and I'm glad I did."
In 2005, Friedman was a biology major at Penn State-Lehigh Valley and was essentially living out of an old red van because he and his roommate, Bobby Lea, didn't get along. Friedman was midway through his junior year when he dropped out of school.
Although Friedman considered himself a road cyclist, he decided to pursue track cycling partly, he said, "because of my body physique. I'm short and round, and low to the ground" - like a meatball.
Even as a kid, he said he had "upside-down bowling pins for calves, short fat little legs, and a big ass." He had been quick on a bike, but he also had endurance so he ran 800 meters and the mile in track. Wrestling was his other high school sport, but the wrestling-cycling combination was unusual and the truck-driver's son who shaved his legs was not always understood by his Pittsburgh peers.
Someone finally took him aside and said, "Friedman, it's like that everywhere. Let it roll off your back and laugh."
"I learned to be carefree. It's hard to embarrass me," said the 5-foot-9, 170 lb rider.
With complete focus, 2006 turned into a banner year for Friedman. That summer he won two prestigious track races, and in October, at the USA Cycling Track National Championships, he won three gold medals (individual pursuit, team pursuit, and Madison) and a silver in the points race.
Track racing led to a professional contract in road racing, and road racing led to starts in classics that many cyclists only dream about, such as one-day events like Paris-Roubaix where riders' thin-tubed tires meet cobblestone streets. His road work, in turn, complemented his track racing and as Friedman continued to excel on the velodrome, track cycling opened the door to the Olympics.
To get to Beijing, however, he needed a little help. Friedman didn't qualify for an automatic berth, but his ex-roommate Bobby Lea did, in the two-man Madison event, and USA Cycling's selection committee was letting Lea choose his Olympic partner.
"They told me I had the majority say," Lea said.
His options were: Colby Pearce (who held the national record for the hour ride, covering 50.191 km), Brad Huff (a two-time national champion in the Madison) and...the Meatball.
Ultimately, Lea picked Friedman because of their 10-year history of racing together.
"In this event, it helps to know how your partner is going to react," Lea said. "It's a 55-minute yard sale. You've got riders going slow, fast, up and down the walls, some hanging at the top of the track, some at the bottom. It looks like everyone's on the verge of crashing the entire race. It's the scariest event to watch - even for me."
The Madison features 18 teams (36 riders) on the track at once. The winner is the pair that completes 200 laps (50km) first. After the winner crosses the line, other teams are ranked based on how many laps they've completed. In case of ties, the higher rank goes to the team with the most points earned from intermediate sprints held very two laps.
Teammates take turns circling the track and when they want to switch out, exchanges are done with a swooping hand sling. It takes precision to communicate and coordinate correctly - especially on bikes with no brakes. Riders must also read whether their teammate is ready to attack or is in danger of fading.
"I know his body language," Lea said.
But Friedman can still be unpredictable.
"Sometimes someone will yell at him and he'll go off on a suicide mission and end up winning a race because of it," Lea said.
Not only anger propels him; sometimes it's irrational exuberance.
At a Thursday night track practice in Trexlertown, Penn., Friedman came out of a presentation and realized he only had 20 minutes to get to the track. Half of his equipment was at home. But he drove to the track, took off his blazer, threw on his helmet and shoes, and rode around in his dress shirt and business suit, tie flapping in the wind.
There was also a little incident at the While House. On July 21, Friedman was one of 22 athletes invited to the Rose Garden for an intimate Olympic send-off by President Bush.
It was 90 degrees and humid, so it wasn't long before Meatball's royal blue shirt was splotched with sweat. When the athletes were unexpectedly invited into the Oval Office, Friedman realized he wasn't looking too good so he dashed into the East Wing and ran his shirt under a faucet (presumably to even out the sweaty areas). By the time he rejoined the team, his back was still wet, his front was half-dry, and his underarms were soaking. President Bush took one look at him, and before he could comment, Friedman said, "Mr. President, it's just water." Bush exhaled and said, "Oh - I was going to say; I thought you might have a problem."
Everyone has a "Meatball story" - even the President, now - but one Friedman incident left nobody laughing.
It was 2006, Friedman was 24 and feeling invincible after scoring six wins in both road and track, but all year, he had been bothered by a saddle sore. After track nationals, he had surgery to relieve it. Two days after the operation, he drove a bee-line cross-country back home to Pittsburgh. Along the way, he developed a severe cramp in his right calf. Two weeks later, it went away. Then he noticed severe pain in the middle of his back, but he assumed it was from pedaling out of his saddle during the month since his surgery. On November 17, while Friedman was on a date and lying face-down on his date's bed watching the animated movie "Cars," the pain shot up to his neck. He went numb, couldn't breathe, and thought he was having a heart attack.
"Emily! Get me the computer!" he sputtered. He wanted to look up his symptoms, but there was no time.
His condition was life threatening, but it wasn't a heart attack. Branches of his pulmonary artery were being blocked by two blood clots in his lower right lung. Genetic testing revealed that the pulmonary embolism was due to an anomaly called Factor 5 Leiden, passed down from one of his parents. As a result, he has an eight percent greater chance of forming a dangerous clot than most people.
He was treated with the blood thinner Coumaden for six months and the clots dissolved. But scar tissue made it painful as he weaned himself off it 10 days early (with his doctor's permission) so he could ride in the Four Days of Dunkirk, a multi-day road race in May of 2007.
"I was stoked," he said. "It was the most famous, prestigious race I'd ever done. It was windy, rainy, it was made for me. Plus, he his legs were fresh. Taking 2000 mg of Ibuprofin a day to alleviate the pain in his lungs, he put on a show. In the second stage, he was sitting 10th in a lead-out train of riders, when another cyclist came out of a blind spot on his left side, causing Friedman to crash. Had it happened 10 days earlier while he was taking the blood thinner, Friedman likely would have bled to death. Instead, he finished the stage.
The Slipstream team director Jonathan Vaughters was so impressed that he offered Friedman a contract for 2008. "That was the race that convinced him," Friedman said.
On July 1, when Friedman was officially selected for the 2008 Olympic team, he was given free rein to focus on the track but he still did six-hour rides on the road. He said it not only helped his endurance for the Madison in Beijing, but when the Games are over, he expects to return to the road until the end of October - at least.
It's been a long season and a harrowing ordeal, but Meatball knows life is too short to sit on a dream.
Aimee Berg is a freelance contributor for teamusa.org. This story was not subject to the approval of the United States Olympic Committee or any National Governing Bodies.


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Join an Alumni Group
Why join one of more than 300 Penn State alumni groups?
- Watch Penn State football games at one of the many "TV Tailgates" organized by chapters across the country. They'll understand why you have to watch a football game even if it means a 9:00 a.m. kick time on the West Coast or as early as 6:00 a.m in Hawaii.
- Contribute to projects that preserve Penn State history and the Penn State experience. Both the Blue Band and Collegian Alumni Interest Groups have published books in recent years: The Penn State Blue Band and The Collegian Chronicles.
- Give back to your local community and the broader Penn State family. Groups organize everything from highway clean up days to THON–related fundraising galas to golf tournaments that support scholarships for Penn State students from their area.
Whether you're in Seattle or Miami, Maine or San Diego, Austria or Venezuela, chances are there's a Penn State chapter nearby. If not, consider starting one. For a list of chapters, click here.
Alumni Interest Groups
From African American Alumni Organizations in 4 major cities to RVers who gather for home and away football games, AIGs give alumni a creative way to stay connected with the people they knew during their student years at Penn State. For a list of AIGs, click here.
Affiliate Program Groups
APGs include alumni or friends of Penn State who have a common interest in a particular academic, professional, or extracurricular activity that is related to a specific college or campus program. Some APGs are the Finance APG, Architectural Engineering APG, and Dairymen APG. Find APGs here.
Societies connect alumni to an academic unit such as the College of Agricultural Sciences, the Graduate School, and Penn State Altoona. There is a society in place for every college and most of the Penn State locations. For more on societies, click here.
Affiliate Group Endowments
All of the Alumni Association's affiliate groups—chapters, societies, interest groups, and program groups—do amazing work on behalf of alumni and Penn State. And they are equally committed to helping students succeed. Among the best evidence of this commitment is student scholarship support. Check out this Affiliate Group Endowment Report, which details in real dollars the amount of endowed scholarship giving that Alumni Association groups have achieved to date.


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PwC has identified the characteristics that define the leaders, laggards and mainstream practitioners of software transaction pricing management. Laggards typically lack defined processes and chains of command for making decisions about transaction pricing, and, as a result, they have little data on which to base market predictions and pricing trends. Leaders, however, have create a closed loop in which they create formalised processes for capturing data about every aspect of the transaction, then use that data to further refine the processes for optimal pricing strategy.
The key factor separating industry leaders in transaction pricing management from the pack is a fully integrated, cross-functional approach that captures and leverages data about past deals to inform future deals.
A structured approach to building a transaction pricing management frame for the software industry requires four key elements:
By investing time and effort up front to carefully design a transaction pricing management framework, software vendors can turn transaction pricing management into an engine that preserves or expands margins, encourages future revenue growth, increases the ease of doing business and ultimately provides a differentiated customer experience.
Click here to read the full article and learn how to create an effective transaction pricing management framework to transform your company for laggard to leader.


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by Anton Shilov
Rambus, a memory technologies licensing company, on Thursday announced that it had received notification from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ordering the rehearing of arguments to take place on October 7, 2010. This follows an initial hearing held in April 2010 in the cases with Hynix Semiconductor and Micron Technology.
Back in the year 2000 both Hynix and Micro alleged Rambus of illegal monopolization of the memory market since Rambus did not notify JEDEC, memory standard setting organization, during its presence at the meetings about its patent-pending technologies and of patenting technologies that it heard about during discussions at JEDEC. In addition, memory makers accuse Rambus of destroying documents that could share the light on the company's intentions regarding memory technologies, patents and royalties.
The district courts ruled in favour of Micron in January '09 and in favour of Rambus in April '09, as a result, Hynix appealed the verdict. It was expected that the rehearing would took place in April '10, but it takes the court more time to investigate the materials and the hearing will take place only in October, which is not a good sign in general and analysts along with investors claim that it is not a good sign for Rambus in particular. At press time Rambus stock was down nearly 17% to $18.19.
"In spite of this delay, we remain confident in our position. We will vigorously argue our right to defend and be fairly compensated for use of our patented innovations borne of years of work by Rambus scientists and engineers," said Thomas Lavelle, senior vice president and general counsel at Rambus.


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Dear Editor,
We all live in the same country, but there are literally two Americas. One America is flowing with the milk of prosperity and the honey of equality. That America is home to millions of people who eat fine food and have material luxuries. They enjoy culture and education for their minds, freedom and human dignity for their spirits. That America is full of young people who grow up in the sunlight of opportunity.
Unfortunately there is another America. One that is ugly, one that trades hope for despair. In this America millions are forced to live in inadequate, substandard, and often dilapidated housing. These homes don't have swimming pools or new wall to wall carpet. Too often these homes have wall to wall roaches, bedbugs, and rats.
In this America, many people have lost hope and motivation. They've had so many doors closed in their faces that they feel defeated. They have come to feel like life is a long dark hallway with no exit sign and they've given up.
You might ask; Why don't these people get a job? Sadly, many of them work full time jobs for part time wages. Most poor Americans work every day, but they're making wages so inadequate that they cannot even support they're families. You know where they are working. They're working at fast food chains, temporary services, gas stations and retail stores.
Why should those who are making a contribution to society be living in poverty? The social safety net would be less expensive on U.S. taxpayers if low wage workers were making a living wage. 28 percent of workers in America get paid at or below poverty line wages, even when accounting for those who work in states like Ohio where the state minimum wage is higher than the federal minimum wage. 66 percent of minimum workers live below the poverty line.
It is easy to take other workers for granted. But after a long and tiring day at work, it is fast food and workers and housekeepers who fill peoples bellies and provide them with a clean place to relax.
I pray that people of justice and goodwill come to see the dignity of ALL LABOR, that they will come to see that person serving food at a restaurant or janitor cleaning a bathroom and realize that they are just as significant as a doctor, because their job is just as important to our health as the doctors.
We look around and see thousands and millions of people making inadequate wages everyday, but no labor is menial unless you make inadequate wages.
Over 200 years ago, our nation signed a document that said: "We hold these truth's to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." It didn't say some men; it said all men. It didn't say rich men; it said all men. It didn't say white men born on American soil; it said all men. And then it said something else. That every man has certain basic rights that are neither derived from nor conferred by the state. They are God given!
But God also expects us to do for ourselves. The main function of labor unions is to bring together workers on a job site, in an industry' trade, or profession into one bargaining unit, so they have the strength to speak and bargain with management with one voice.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed!
Ben Lofton


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Human Rights
Human rights policy
Germany's human rights policy has a very concrete goal: to prevent human rights abuses and protect fundamental freedoms.
Special topics
Article 1 paragraph 3 of the Charter of the United Nations commits to "... promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion". moreSpecial topics
The UN Human Rights Council
The Human Rights Council reviews the human rights situation in the UN member states and issues recommendations on rectifying human rights violations. moreThe UN Human Rights Council
Project work of the Federal Foreign Office
Strengthening and promoting human rights abroad – to achieve this goal the Federal Foreign Office works together with German missions abroad to provide targeted project support. moreProject work of the Federal Foreign Office
New Human Rights Report of the Federal Government
The German Government is working hard to see human rights universally respected. Its 11th Human Rights Report covers the main developments in this area from 2012 to 2014. moreThe German Government's Human Rights Report
Commissioner for Human Rights Policy
Bärbel Kofler is the Federal Government's Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid. moreCommissioner for Human Rights Policy


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Hello Rocketeers, I'm writing this blog from 30 something thousand feet in the air. We're flying down to Atlanta for a show we have with our good friends in All Time Low tonight then we all fly back home tomorrow morning.. which means Harry Potter, I hope everyone's going to see it! I can't wait, I have a feeling that I'm gonna get a little teary eyed, so what?? anyyyways, I stopped by Warped Tour in MA yesterday to say hello to some friends that are playing and working on the tour. Got a chance to take the place of my cardboard cutout for the afternoon and took some pictures and met a lot of fans (even though I kept telling them that the cutout was a lot cooler... they didn't agree with me.) We've had the summer "off" you could say. As far as touring goes at least.
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BEIJING (AP) A British boxer accused Olympic judges of favoring his Chinese opponent Tuesday, a few hours after the Ukrainian team lost its protest of a decision in its fighter's loss to another Chinese boxer.
British bantamweight Joe Murray left the ring incensed after his 17-7 opening-round loss to China's Gu Yu. Murray beat Gu at the world championships in Chicago last fall, but fell behind early and never caught up at Workers' Gymnasium.
"I thought it should have been a lot closer after the first round," said Murray, who trailed 4-0 after the first two minutes.
"I think the score was bad. I think they were giving him a score for anything, and I had to work to get all of my points. I knew going in that the only way I could win this fight is don't let him hit me."
British coach Terry Edwards echoed his fighter's complaints, calling the scores "absolutely stupid."
"The judges took it away from him," Edwards said of the early rounds, when the score deficit forced Murray to change his style. "I'm not saying he won, but when you're chasing the bout, you do things you're not comfortable with. ... I'm not grouching here. We lost fair and square, but you saw it for yourselves."
AIBA spokesman Richard Baker confirmed the Ukrainian team filed a protest over lightweight Oleksandr Klyuchko's 10-8 loss to Hu Qing on Monday night. The protest was reviewed and denied, Baker said.
"I thought the Chinese opponent was not very good," said Klyuchko, who beat Hu 26-13 at last year's world championships. "I'm very sad. I thought I would be the winner. I already beat him once before."
Judging controversy is as synonymous with amateur boxing as headgear. The sport's points-based punch scoring lends itself to wide interpretation, and Olympic history is full of loud protests over boxing results both before and after the sport switched to a computer scoring system in 1992 to make the results more transparent.
But the new complaints at the sport's biggest event could cast doubt on its progress over the last 18 months, when a slate of remarkable reforms in the international boxing association (AIBA) seemed to begin a cleanup of the sport.
Computer scoring was introduced at the Olympics four years after American Roy Jones Jr. lost the championship bout in Seoul to South Korea's Park Si-hun, a decision still considered one of the great travesties in Olympic history. Park even apologized to Jones, and one judge eventually acknowledged his decision was a mistake.