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Secretary Clinton hosted the State Department's first-ever Global Business Conference February 21-22, 2012. The event was very rewarding for both the U.S. government and the over 200 private sector representatives who joined us from more than 120 countries. Last Wednesday's robust discussions focused on regional issues and how we can move forward together to seize opportunities, grow the global economy, and create American jobs.
Here's are just a few of the key themes discussed during the sessions hosted by our regional bureaus:
Western Hemisphere
A key topic was the collaboration in the western hemisphere to address shared goals of expanding economic opportunities, increasing citizen security, and improving education. I was pleased to hear that our productive regional partnerships. such as the Pathways to Prosperity and the Energy and Climate Partnership of the America (ECPA), are having a significant impact as frameworks to share best practices. An example highlighted by the regional business leaders was the recent ambassadorial road shows and export promotion tours, which have been valuable in highlighting economic opportunities in the region for U.S. companies. Participants also noted that more progress is needed to expand the benefits of trade and economic growth to people historically excluded: women, youth and minority populations.
Middle East and North Africa
Participants from the Middle East and Africa urged the U.S. government to become more aggressive in facilitating U.S. trade and investment in the region, as Chinese and European businesses are viewed as "outflanking" the United States. My interagency colleagues shared our ongoing support to promote U.S. exports and assist American companies in the MENA countries, through trade missions, feasibility studies, and corporate matchmaking. Private sector representatives emphasized the need to better exploit existing FTAs and Qualifying Industrial zones, broaden the adoption of American standards, and increase trade through vertical integration between North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, in addition to horizontal geographical integration across the region. We also received other concrete recommendations from business representatives, including easing visa procedures; obtaining better tax treatment for U.S. exports; engaging U.S. and foreign media to report on opportunities rather than on negatives; and helping small and medium size enterprises to find more financing and business opportunities. We invite companies to continue to submit ideas and help us expand our commercial presence in this important region.
Sub-Saharan Africa
The U.S. business associations representatives noted that they are ideally positioned to engage diaspora communities in the United States to "spread the good word" about the tremendous opportunities in this dynamic region and advocate for African economic engagement. These important outside partnerships are valuable in bringing technology, training, expertise, and equipment needed for sustainable economic growth. Many business leaders also pointed out that American companies succeed in Africa by "following the customers" and cultivating long-term investment relationships that can be sustained beyond political transitions and economic cycles. It was exciting to hear that the World Bank's "Doing Business" report found that 80 percent of African countries have made progress on reforms, a significant increase from a decade ago.
East Asia and the Pacific
Regional business leaders advice that we should look at ways for American businesses to provide goods and services like information and communication technology, health products, and educational services to support connectivity in Asia and U.S. economic growth at home was well received. As ties between the United States and Asia deepen, participants pointed out that connectivity in the region's developing countries must be viewed more broadly than just roads and bridges. Increased and sustainable energy supplies in East Asia have pointed to a vital area for future growth. Initiatives in APEC on good governance, transparency, and regulatory harmonization were seen as providing the opportunity for companies from Asia and America the opportunity to innovate, to collaborate, and to contribute to economic growth throughout the region -- and in the United States as well.
South and Central Asia
Some participants noted that South and Central Asia have challenging markets, so facilitating trade and investment may require more "heavy lifting." They pointed to the need to do more with financing and government-to-government dialogue to highlight the resources available to companies of all sizes. The group also discussed how competition from state-owned enterprises creates an unfair advantage for companies with state subsidies. Despite having superior products and technologies, U.S. firms felt they often could not compete since state-owned enterprises often do not "play fair." Secretary Clinton was quite clear during her remarks at the conference that the U.S. government will continue to fight for a level playing field. Also, U.S. officials noted that the U.S. government and businesses view the "New Silk Road" vision for regional economic integration as an important factor in promoting growth and development in the region as well as an opportunity for increased U.S. trade and investment in South and Central Asia.
Our discussions with our European colleagues encompassed trade, investment, energy, and overall economic cooperation. One interesting point was how the private sector can help to stimulate growth and innovation alongside governmental efforts to reduce trade barriers that can inhibit our competiveness. On energy, U.S. government representatives emphasized our commitment to efficiency and conservation and a clear, science-based regulatory environment, while continuing to promote a dialogue with Europe on diversified strategies for energy security. It was clear that U.S. leadership is vital in promoting appropriate international regulatory regimes for diversified energy sources (natural gas, nuclear energy) as well as creating incentives for private sector innovation and new green technologies.
A Successful Conference Concludes
We were thrilled to have this opportunity for a rich and substantive dialogue with the private sector. I wish to thank all participants and assure all participants that we will be following up on the ideas and recommendations. This conference marks the beginning of even stronger collaboration between the Department of State and the U.S. domestic and international business community.
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no diplomacy can support Business Aboard in today reality :
What you are experiencing economically and financially today is nothing new. Just study history all the precedence is there. The bankers and their willing helpers do the same thing over and over again. As we have said often what these banks represent is corporatist fascism and monopoly. Through their great wealth they control most governments and their court systems. That is why your elected representatives do not listen to you. They have already been purchased by Wall Street and banking. These are the same people who have financed most wars on both sides for centuries
Just a King is needed to stop them
These bankers and denizens of Wall Street and the City of London control our societies and in particular, business, finance and economics - almost every event within society is controlled by these elitists; as we saw in the stock market dotcom bubble of the late 1990s and the real estate bubble that began in 2003 and ended in 2006. We exited the stock market in the second week of April of 2000 and then again at 14,000, calling for a Dow 6,600 bottom. We believe we have been in a secular bear market in stocks since 2000 and we haven't as yet seen the bottom by any means. Markets are not longer free and are under constant manipulation by elitists behind government.
No trades no Business aboard unless this lobby is fought and won
The media is filled with one fraud after another. The residential real estate market continues to fall trying to find a bottom. Banks throughout the US, UK and Europe are temporarily saved from insolvency by central banks printing money. In country after country we see runaway deficits. Economic progress is frozen. Inflation grows with each passing day as gold and silver move relentlessly higher. At the same time the poor get poorer and the middle-class is being destroyed. We are witnessing the deliberate destruction of an empire.
Never do we hear a comment pertaining to free trade, globalization, offshoring and outsourcing. It is like it didn't exist. America has lost 11.7 million jobs and 440,000 businesses over the past 11 years, but Congress evidently is ignorant of the fact that keeping jobs at home is easier than creating new ones. The jobs lost are high paying and the replacement jobs are at the bottom rung. All that has to be done is for Congress to pass legislation
implementing tariffs on goods and services and to rescind corporate tax breaks for transnational corporations. It is just that simple. Unfortunately, 95% of Congress is bought and paid for by the very interests that perpetuate this stripping of America. We as well hear nothing from economists or market commentators regarding what passes for free trade. We learned as a nation in the late 1700s that British mercantilism does not work. We then found, on our way to greatness as a nation, fair and equitable tariffs work very well. Not what we have seen for the past 30 years; the deliberate destruction of our nation and our jobs.
W.W. writes:
No Diplomacy Part II
Every answer to the job's problem or meeting competition is a subsidy of one form or another. We know such socialist solutions do not work, but government uses them and business welcomes them. Very simply, nothing has been fixed and the palliatives haven't worked and that is why we are about to enter credit crisis II, with assistance from Greece and the rest of Europe. The US, UK and Europe are headed for default and nothing can be done to stop the inevitable crack up, all America now specializes in is financial fraud and corruption. We have a country run by a crime syndicate and even when caught the companies are merely fined and among the connected, no one ever goes to jail.
Our system has deliberately been programmed to fail. It has taken $4.3 trillion just to keep the system afloat until the characters behind the curtain decide to pull the plug. Greece could be the catalyst along with warfare spreading throughout the Middle East. Is this the diversion? The war that we predicted? It could be and we'll shortly find out. The Bilderberg planners in Europe have been stunned by Greece's refusal to commit national financial and economic suicide. It is all planned .
While the drama in Europe plays itself out the Fed creates money and credit to gobble up 80% of US Treasuries. This causes inflation to continue its relentless climb just as it has in other countries. The money and credit creation by central banks exposes the US, UK and Europe eventually to hyperinflation. We are now also entering the war phase as insolvency becomes more visible. This is as we have predicted over the last 11 years. Most major banks in the US, UK and Europe are insolvent, and are made to look solvent by keeping two sets of books and via accounting ledgermain. Their situations are going to become worse as time goes on as real estate heads for the bottom and stays on the bottom for some time to come. Unbeknownst to most the bank nightmare of commercial real estate is being financed by the Fed. When and if that stops the banks will have a new set of insurmountable problems. The banks are trapped in a dilemma of their own making and there is no way out. That is in spite of government, the BIS and the FASB allowing them to keep two sets of books. If you do that you will go to jail. Almost 30% of Americans have negative home equity and in Las Vegas it is 84%. By the end of 2011 those figures will be lots worse. Those who have home equity loans are close to 40% upside down. In another two years we envision dreadful conditions for both homeowners and banks. Making matters worse these banks have to hold more funds in reserve because the BIS believes speculation has to be reduced, because these funds may be needed to absorb more bad debts.
W.W. writes:
no diplomacy in today reality part III
As we mentioned in previous issues the federal government is using federal pension funds to fund government operations until August 2nd, when presumably Congress will pass a new short-term debt limit. If we remember correctly government will need $250 to $300 billion by that date. We mentioned last week that government might use this opportunity to commandeer 401Ks and IRAs, and replace them with government guaranteed annuities. This threat is very real and if you do not cash in now you may not get the chance to later. Pay the tax and possible penalty and get out. Most workers are trapped in IRA's and the only way they can get funds out is to borrow against them. Some 30% have already done so to live on having been laid off or to invest in gold and silver related assets. There is no political will in America to cut spending and any cuts will be in budget increases over the next ten years. In addition, the President has been given marching orders for war by those who control him to cover up what they have done to the country and to make ever more profits for the connected Illuminists. There has been no way back for America since June of 2003.
The debt is beyond payable. The problems are all still there and they are not going to go away. Even if by some miracle a solution to the financial crisis was found, the system is still yet to be purged, so that the banking system could be allowed to go bankrupt, along with many others that have engaged in malinvestment. Then there would be the end of market manipulation, the prosecution of the common criminals on Wall Street and in banking. The end of the Fed, lobbying, campaign contributions, Patriot Acts I and II, Homeland Security, the TSA and many other government agencies. We also have to find out if we really have any gold. The list is copious if not endless. With all of this comes devaluation and default and probably a BBB debt rating. This is why all investments should be in gold and silver related assets. In addition, probably at the top of the list is the criminal prosecution of those on Wall Street, in banking and government who have committed fraud and treason. They should be tried, sentenced and their families relieved of all of their wealth. That should also be applied to those who committed treason and they should forfeit their lives.
it s all a business no trust faith only
Ashim C. in India writes:
With nearly 1/3rd of Indian population in poverty in South Asia, high capacity of technology absorption India a market with many niches which US can access. Energy & gas exploration, renewable energy, mini food processing, cheap and eco-friendly alternative building materials and construction technology, biotechnology research and health services, health insurance and related services and needless to say the entire gamut of infrastructure in a developing country like India is large enough to huge job and value creation in US. One understand a big delegation led by Commerce Secretary is coming to India soon. It would be interesting to see what and how much opportunity cost US would be willing to pay. India is still a largely domestic maarket driven economy. Therefore, US firms has opportunities in setting up shops in India and participate in inclusive growth of India. As a bigger economy and a technology power US diplomacy should be more forthcoming rather than being bogged down by issues like compensation in case of accidents in US nuclear power plants.
Ashim C. in India writes:
Unless US diplomacy and business offer specific solutions to individual countries given their needs and developmental demands, things may not work out. US small and medium business must have more space in US government initiatives vis a vis developing countries of South Asia.
W.W. writes:
Economic Diplomacy BY Vlad Putin
Economic diplomacy
In December of last year, Russia finally concluded its marathon accession to the WTO, which lasted for many years. I must mention that, in the finishing stretch, the Obama administration and the leaders of some major European states made a significant contribution to achieving the final accords.
To be honest, at times during this long and arduous journey we wanted to turn our backs on the talks and slam the door. But we did not succumb to emotion. As a result a compromise was reached that is quite acceptable for our country: we managed to defend the interests of Russian industrial and agricultural producers in the face of growing external competition. Our economic actors have gained substantial additional opportunities to enter world markets and uphold their rights there in a civilized manner. It is this, rather than the symbolism of Russia's accession to the World Trade "club", that I see as the main result of this process.
Russia will comply with WTO norms, as it meets all of its international obligations. Likewise, I hope that our partners will play according to the rules. Let me note in passing that we have already integrated WTO principles in the legal framework of the Common Economic Space of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Russia is still learning how to systematically and consistently promote its economic interests in the world. We have yet to learn, as many Western partners have, how to lobby for decisions that favor Russian business in foreign international forums. The challenges facing us in this area, given our priority of innovation-driven development, are very serious: to achieve equal standing for Russia in the modern system of global economic ties, and to minimize the risks arising from integration in the world economy, including Russia's membership in the WTO and its forthcoming accession to the OECD.
We are badly in need of broader, non-discriminatory access to foreign markets. So far Russian economic actors have been getting a raw deal abroad. Restrictive trade and political measures are being taken against them, and technical barriers are being erected that put them at a disadvantage compared with their competitors.
The same holds for investments. We are trying to attract foreign capital to the Russian economy. We are opening up the most attractive areas of our economy to foreign investors, granting them access to the "juiciest morsels," in particular, our fuel and energy complex. But our investors are not welcome abroad and are often pointedly brushed aside.
Examples abound. Take the story of Germany's Opel, which Russian investors tried and failed to acquire despite the fact that the deal was approved by the German government and was positively received by German trade unions. Or take the outrageous examples of Russian businesses being denied their rights as investors after investing considerable resources in foreign assets. This is a frequent occurrence in Central and Eastern Europe.
All this leads to the conclusions that Russia must strengthen its political and diplomatic support for Russian entrepreneurs in foreign markets, and to provide more robust assistance to major, landmark business projects. Nor should we forget that Russia can employ identical response measures against those who resort to dishonest methods of competition.
The government and business associations should better coordinate their efforts in the foreign economic sphere, more aggressively promote the interests of Russian business and help it to open up new markets.
I would like to draw attention to another important factor that largely shapes the role and place of Russia in present-day and future political and economic alignments – the vast size of our country. Granted, we no longer occupy one-sixth of the Earth's surface, but the Russian Federation is still the world's largest nation with an unrivaled abundance of natural resources. I am referring not only to oil and gas, but also our forests, agricultural land and clean freshwater resources.
Russia's territory is a source of its potential strength. In the past, our vast land mainly served as a buffer against foreign aggression. Now, given a sound economic strategy, they can become a very important foundation for increasing our competitiveness.
I would like to mention, in particular, the growing shortage of fresh water in the world. One can foresee in the near future the start of geopolitical competition for water resources and for the ability to produce water-intensive goods. When this time comes, Russia will have its trump card ready. We understand that we must use our natural wealth prudently and strategically.


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SNOWMASS VILLAGE — Like a bolt of lightning, climate change clearly divides candidates in the Third Congressional District.
U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, a Republican, and his Democratic challenger from Pueblo, Abel Tapia were asked about it at the Colorado Water Congress summer convention.
"We all agree that climate will change," Tipton said, quickly launching into campaign talking points on all-of-the-above energy policy.
But Tipton criticized the way some have politicized the issue and complained of governmental overreach by the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal departments.
"Anyone who doesn't believe in climate change is fooling themselves," Tapia said later in the day. "When you look at the forest fires and floods we have experienced, something has added to that."
Tapia said the country has the ability and obligation to discover ways to overcome the effects of climate change to keep the county and world secure.
Tipton also stressed his record in Congress on water issues, citing his efforts to stop the National Forest Service from tying up water rights in federal contracts for ski areas and ranch land.
He said the EPA's Waters of the West policies are dangerous to agriculture.
"If the EPA can come in and tell us how to use water, we're going to be stripping our farmers of their ability to make a living," he said. "We need common sense in federal regulations."
Tapia said his own life experiences as an engineer, school board member and state lawmaker give him a unique perspective that would serve the state in Congress.
"I'm a problem solver," he told the Water Congress. "I know that when you need to know something you go to the experts. You are the experts on water."

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The men's 4 x 400-meter relay team won a gold medal Friday and Brianna Rollins added another in the 100-meter hurdles Saturday to help the United States finish the 2013 IAAF World Championships as the highest-scoring country and ranked second in total medals earned.
The United States won the scoring title with 282 points, 100 ahead of second-place Russia. Overall, Team USA won 25 medals (6 gold, 14 silver, 5 bronze).
David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Arman Hall and LaShawn Merritt combined for a 4 x 400-meter winning relay time of 2:58.71.
Rollins won her title, the first world crown in the event by an American woman since Michelle Perry won in 2007, in 12.44 seconds.
"I feel great," said Rollins, who turned 22 on Sunday. "I have two great things to celebrate."
Matthew Centrowitz and Brenda Martinez added historic medal-winning efforts Sunday, the last of nine days of competition in Moscow.
Centrowitz took silver in the men's 1,500 meters and Martinez became the first American woman to earn a medal in the women's 800 with her bronze. Centrowitz joined Bernard Lagat as the only U.S. men to win world championship medals in the event.
Both U.S. 4 x100 relay teams finished second Sunday. Jeneba Tarmoh, Alexandria Anderson, English Gardner and Octavious Freeman made up the women's team, while Charles Silmon, Mike Rodgers, Mookie Salaam and Justin Gatlin formed the men's team.
Will Claye, a 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the triple jump, earned the bronze medal at worlds. Defending world champion and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Christian Taylor placed fourth.
Ryan Whiting lost out on a chance to win a gold medal when an official ruling was reversed during the shot put. Germany's David Storl was red-flagged for a foot fault within the circle on his fourth throw of 71.29 feet but officials reversed the decision.
Allyson Felix missed out on a chance at a record fourth straight 200-meter dash title Friday night when she suffered a torn right hamstring midway through the final.
"It is a serious injury, but I don't know exactly to what extent," she told reporters.
Felix, who is tied with Michael Johnson and Carl Lewis with eight world championship titles, was also trying to make history by becoming the most golden world track champion.
Sam Mikulak and Simone Biles won senior all-around titles Sunday at the 2013 P&G Gymnastics Championships in Hartford, Conn.
Mikulak, a two-time NCAA all-around champion at the University of Michigan, also won the parallel bars and horizontal bar.
Biles used consistency to win the title. She was second in all four events. Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross was second and Brenna Dowell third overall.
McKayla Maroney, a member of the Olympic gold-medal winning "Fierce Five" team in London, won two events, the floor and vault.
2012 U.S. Olympic Team alternate Alex Naddour finished second, while 2012 Olympian and 2013 AT&T American Cup champion Jake Dalton was third. Defending all-around champion and 2012 Olympian John Orozco, who has been making a comeback following major knee surgery, finished fourth. He had an impressive second-day showing by posting the second-best all-around total (90.400 points). Danell Leyva, the 2012 Olympic all-around bronze medalist, placed seventh.
After seven days of competition, the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships came to a close Sunday in Montreal. Team USA wrapped up the final night of competition by winning five medals (3 bronze, 2 silver), and in fourth place in the medal tally with a total of 33 (11 gold, 13 silver, 9 bronze).
Among the big winners at the event were Cortney Jordan, who medaled in all six events she entered at worlds (3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze), Jessica Long, who finished with two gold medals and a silver medal, and Ian Silverman, who capped off a strong week by earning a bronze medal in the men's 50 free S10, and also set a new American record with his time of 24.52.
Silverman finished with four medals, a gold in the 400, a silver in the 100 and two bronze medals (200 IM, 50 free).
Rebecca Meyers, competing in the S13 class, also earned four medals, with two gold (200 IM, 400 free) and two silver (100 fly, 100 free).
Complete results can be found here.
Sam Dorman won gold medals Saturday and Sunday to finish as the only person to achieve that feat at the AT&T National Championships in Iowa City, Iowa.
Dorman combined with Zac Nees to win the men's synchronized 3-meter title Sunday. He won the men's high-point award with the help of his win Saturday in the 3-meter after taking the 1-meter title earlier in the week.
"It's a dream come true," Dorman said of winning his first three national titles. "Before I came here, I thought about it, but I never expected this would actually happen."
Deidre Freeman, Steele Johnson and Samantha "Murphy" Bromberg won their second gold medals of the week Sunday.
Freeman won the women's 3-meter. Johnson defended his men's 10-meter title. Bromberg combined with Cheyenne Cousineau to take the women's synchronized 10-meter.
Eric Hollen, a 2012 Paralympian, won his first career gold medal Sunday in falling target pistol at the International Paralympic Committee Shooting World Cup in Bangkok, Thailand. Mike Tagliapietra finished third in the event.
McKenna Dahl took fifth in the R4 10-meter air rifle standing mixed SH2.
The U.S. women won three weekend matches in Sendai, Japan to finish the preliminary round of the FIVB Grand Prix with an 8-1 record.
The United States, which has won six consecutive matches since a loss to Brazil, advances to pursue its fourth straight title at the Grand Prix Final Round Aug. 28-Sept. 1 in Sapporo, Japan.
The United States defeated Czech Republic, 25-20, 25-20, 25-23, Friday and Japan, 25-17, 25-19, 21-25, 25-18, Saturday. On Sunday, the United States defeated Bulgaria, 16-25, 25-23, 20-25, 25-15, 15-8.
Elsewhere, the U.S. Women's Sitting Volleyball Team defeated China in tournament play for the first time to win the championship match of the Moscow Open Cup in Russia, 25-21, 25-20, 25-22.
Tournament Most Valuable Player Heather Erickson led the United States back from an early 8-1 deficit in the first set. She finished with a match-high 19 points on 13 attacks, five blocks and an ace.
The Men's Pan American Cup begins today in Mexico City and will continue through Aug. 25.
Fabien Lefevre nearly earned his second world cup medal of the 2013 season, this time in canoe, at the ICF Slalom World Cup event in Ljubljana-Tacen, Slovenia, Saturday. The two-time Olympic medalist for France finished fourth in the C1 final.
Lefevre, who earned a bronze medal earlier this season in kayak, also finished 12th in the K1 semifinal Saturday with a penalty-free time of 106.45.
Casey Eichfeld and Devin McEwan finished 14th in men's double canoe Sunday when competition concluded.
Kyle Snyder won the 96 kg/211.5-pound title and Alex Dieringer added a silver medal at 74 kg/163 pounds Saturday in men's freestyle at the Junior World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The United States finished fifth in the team standings when competition concluded Sunday.
Jennifer Page earned a bronze Friday, the final day of women's freestyle, at 63 kg/138.5 pounds.
The United States recovered from Friday's quarterfinal loss to Italy to win its final two games and finish 5-2 for fifth place in the FINA Men's Junior World Championships in Szombathely, Hungary.
Chancellor Ramirez, Alec Zwaneveld, Bret Bonanni and Alex Bowen scored two goals each in a 9-7 victory against Spain Sunday in the fifth-place game.
The U.S. men fell to Canada, 27-9, Saturday in Charleston, S.C., in an IRB World Cup qualifier.
Saugatuck Rowing Club of Westport, Conn. finished as the top team with 20 gold, 26 silver and nine bronze medals at the USRowing Masters National Championships in Sarasota, Fla.
Wade Waddell and Henry Fernberger edged Jack Parkin and Florian Eenkema van Dijk in the International 420 class, the most closely contested at the U.S. Youth Championships, a four-day event that concluded Friday in Corpus Christi, Tex.
Other winners were: Club 420, Nicholas Sertl-Elizabeth Pemberton; Radial, Luke Muller; Laser, Mitchell Kiss; 29er, Duncan Williford-Matthew Mollerus; F16, Ravi Parent-Nico Schultz; and RS:X, Pedro Tomas Pascual.
The U.S. Under-17 Select Team defeated Germany, 9-2, Saturday and Slovakia, 3-1, Sunday to finish 4-0-0-0 while winning the Under-17 Five Nations Tournament title. Brock Boeser scored two third-period goals Sunday.
Aki Kaepeller scored the only goal for the United States when it lost to Trinidad and Tobago, 3-1, in the bronze-medal game of the Men's Pan American Cup in Brampton, Ont., Canada, Saturday.
The United States has already produced multiple medal-winning and record-setting efforts at the U-15 Pan American Championships, which conclude today in Shreveport, La.
Kyle Tucker, an outfielder from Florida, and Kyle Molnar, a pitcher from California, were selected for the 2014 18-Under National Team Trials after their performances in the USA Baseball 17U National Team Development Week that ended Friday in Cary, N.C.
The U.S. women defeated Canada, 8-1, in five innings Sunday in San Juan, Puerto Rico to win the Pan American Games qualifier. The United States went unbeaten in the tournament and beat Cuba, 5-0, in Saturday's winners' bracket final.
Marc Shaw won the masters men overall title when the GOODE Water Ski National Championships concluded Saturday in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Todd Ristorcelli, last year's champion, finished second at the Nautique Big Dawg World Slalom Tour event in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday.
Also, Makayla Haw, Erika Lang, Lauren Morgan and Dylan Schaffer were named to represent the United States at the sixth Under 21 World Championships Sept. 12-15 in Winter Garden, Fla.
The World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championships have begun in Henderson, and run through Aug. 30.
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Tom Robinson is a freelance contributor for TeamUSA.org.


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Fanny Fern 1811-1872
Pseudonym of Sara Payson Willis Parton. American journalist, novelist, essayist, and short story writer.
Writing under the pseudonym "Fanny Fern," Willis Parton was both the first woman newspaper columnist as well as the most highly-paid newspaper writer of her time. Among a minority of women writers in the mid-nineteenth century who disturbed both male and female readers with "unfeminine" and "vulgar" writing, Fern in her weekly columns addressed such issues as women's economic independence, children's rights, birth control, prostitution, and venereal disease—all topics considered unseemly for a woman to be discussing publicly. But it was the release of her first novel, the anonymous and largely autobiographical Ruth Hall (1855), that gained for Willis Parton widespread attention. Soon after its publication, a fellow journalist, so angered by his fictional portrayal in the novel, publicly revealed Willis Parton's identity, leading many readers to criticize her candid disclosure of her family's misbehavior—however egregious it may have been. The resourceful and independent title character also drew scathing commentary from critics, many of whom insisted that the heroine exhibited behavior that was grossly unfeminine. Modern critics, however, tend to view Willis Parton as being ahead of her time both in terms of what she considered important societal concerns and her commentary on them.
Biographical Information
Willis was born in Portland, Maine, the fifth of nine children, and moved with her family to Boston at an early age. Her father, Nathaniel Willis, was the editor of two Boston newspapers, while her brother, Nathaniel Parker Willis, eventually became a noted journalist and poet within the New York publishing industry. Willis attended several female seminaries before finally graduating in 1829 from Catharine Beecher's Female Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut, where the young Willis was noted for her spirited writings and mischievous behavior. In 1837 she married Charles H. Eldredge, a bank cashier, and they had three children, all girls. When Eldredge died in 1846 from typhoid fever, he left his wife and two daughters (the eldest had died in 1845) penniless. Willis appealed to her father and father-in-law for assistance, and though they each gave her a small allowance, they advised her that remarriage would be her best means of support. Willis acquiesced to her families' demands and married Samuel Farrington in 1849, a widower with two children. The marriage ultimately failed; taking the children with her, Willis left him in 1851 (a shocking move for a woman) and Farrington obtained a divorce in 1853. Willis's family was scandalized and refused to continue to support her.
Willis then tried the traditional course for women—taking up sewing and teaching to earn money—but was unsuccessful at both of these. In desperation, she tried writing. In the summer of 1851 the Boston Olive Branch published one of her essays and paid her fifty cents. Willis then sent some samples of her writing to her brother in New York, but he sent them back with scathing criticism, deeming her work inappropriate and indecent. She persevered without his assistance, and was able to make ends meet by writing for various Boston newspapers under the pseudonym Fanny Fern. She became so popular that her columns were pirated by other newspapers nationwide, and in 1853, a New York publisher released Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio, a collection of her columns and short stories, which was wildly successful. Two more popular collections soon followed, and Fern decided to move to New York after earning ten thousand dollars in royalties.
After the publication of Ruth Hall, Fern was hired by Robert Bonner of the best-selling New York Ledger as a weekly columnist. By 1855, Fern was the highest paid columnist in the country, earning an unprecedented one hundred dollars for each installment of a serial novel titled "Fanny Ford," which eventually appeared as part of a collection entitled Fresh Leaves (1857). She published another novel, Rose Clark (1856), as well as other collections of stories, and continued to write popular weekly columns for Bonner. One of her columns included a review of her friend Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, in which she took the unpopular stance among critics of praising the book. In 1856, she married editor and writer James Parton, eleven years her junior. Parton was familiar with Fern's publications and supported every aspect of her writing and work; he signed a prenuptial agreement specifying that all Fern's property belonged to her. Fern died in 1872 from cancer, missing only one column—the week before her death—in seventeen years of journalism.
Major Works
In most of her work, Fern wrote as a social critic, exposing what she saw as societal wrongs and sometimes proposing ways to right these wrongs. She was deeply concerned with injustice as it affected women, both at home and in the marketplace, which is why she never ceased urging women to secure financial independence from men. While Fern's female contemporaries were writing what was called "sentimental," "delicate" literature, deemed appropriate for women writers, Fern was wrestling in her weekly columns with such topics as equal pay and more employment opportunities for women (her brief stint in the sewing industry made her sympathetic to the plight of underpaid seamstresses), divorce, children's education reform, and the sexual double standard. In her best-selling, largely autobiographical novel Ruth Hall (which was originally intended to be anonymous), Fern made private matters public by exposing her own life's trials (in her family's mistreatment of her) and documenting her ultimate success despite their abandonment. This was shocking reading for that time period—genteel women were not supposed to be maligning their families in public and celebrating their personal victories. And, unlike other novels of its generation, Ruth Hall does not end with the heroine's marriage and the end of her career. Ruth is an assertive, independent businesswoman in a male-dominated environment, but she is also a devoted mother—it was for her children's benefit that she began writing in the first place. Fern's second novel, Rose Clark (which also sold well), contains autobiographical elements as well, but this book centers on the difficulties of her second marriage. After Rose Clark, Fern stopped writing long fiction; Joyce W. Warren, a respected Fern scholar, speculates that the "rules" for women novelists of the 1850s were too constricting for Fern, leading her to focus instead on the essay form, which allowed her the opportunity to express herself much more openly and freely. In all of her writings, Fern also decried hypocrisy, pretension, and conformity and urged individualism for both men and women.
Critical Reception
Until recently, Fern has been lumped together with other women writers of the mid-nineteenth century, perhaps in part due to the "sentimental" pieces contained in some of her collections of essays and short stories. One critic has commented that these were likely included in her early collections so that her work might be published at all. When Ruth Hall first appeared, Fern, who was praised by the British press, was generally castigated by the American review media, who cited the baseness of the novel and the fact that Fern had "demeaned herself" with its publication. She did, however, have her American supporters. Nathaniel Hawthorne, for example, found her writing refreshingly different from the writing of her female contemporaries, noting that when, like Fern, women writers "throw off the constraints of decency … then their books are sure to possess character and value. …" Elizabeth Cady Stanton praised the novel for its debunking of the myth that women can always depend on men for economic, legal, and social protection. Modern critics have reexamined the importance of Fern's life and writing. Ann Douglas Wood, for example, argues that Fern "challenged the preconceived ideas about why women should write and what kind of literature they could write." Commenting on the fact that the public and emotional expression of anger was perceived as a direct threat to traditional nineteenth-century gender roles, Linda Grasso notes that Ruth Hall was at the center of a heated debate over whether a woman could reveal her ill-will toward men in a public forum and yet still retain a respectable position in society. Joyce W. Warren, who has written extensively on Fern, writes that Fern's "ideas and writing style were far in advance of her day." Warren finds that Fern advocated individualism, independence, and rights for women when the American individualist was thought to be exclusively male and the "American Dream" solely his. Focusing on the dualistic nature of Ruth Hall, Susan K. Harris, too, considers Fern to have been a forward thinker. According to Harris, Fern mixed sentimentalism with cynicism in the novel, thereby consciously manipulating the conventions of sentimental literature in order to cast doubt on prevailing nineteenth-century notions of womanhood, equality, and economic independence. Another critic, Nicole Tonkovich, also points out, though, that Fern viewed the process of writing as closely related to a woman's domestic role. According to Tonkovich: "Although writing and domesticity mutually efface each other, they are for Fern inseparable. Women writers cannot be separated from their maternal function; that maternal function … differentiates their practice of literacy from men's."
Principal Works
*Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio (short stories and essays) 1853
Little Ferns for Fanny's Little Friends (juvenile short stories and essays) 1854
Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio, Second Series (short stories and essays) 1854
Shadows and Sunbeams: Being a Second Series of Fern Leaves from Fanny's Portfolio (short stories and essays) 1854
Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present (novel) 1855
Rose Clark (novel) 1856
†Fresh Leaves (novella and short stories) 1857
The Play-Day Book: New Stories for Little Folks (juvenile short stories and essays) 1857
The New Story Book for Children (juvenile short stories and essays) 1868
Folly As It Flies; Hit at by Fanny Fern (short stories and essays) 1868
Ginger-Snaps (short stories and essays) 1870
Caper-Sauce: A Volume of Chit-Chat about Men, Women, and Things (short stories and essays) 1872
Ruth Hall and Other Writings (novel and essays) 1986
*Many of the selections included in this volume were originally published in various periodicals, including the Boston True Flag and Olive Branch and the New York Musical World and Times.
†Fresh Leaves includes the novella "Fanny Ford: A Story of Everyday Life," originally published serially in the New York Ledger, 1855.
Ann D. Wood (essay date 1971)
SOURCE: "The 'Scribbling Women' and Fanny Fern: Why Women Wrote," in American Quarterly, Vol. XXIII, No. 1, Spring, 1971, pp. 3-24.
[In the following essay, Wood discusses women's writing in mid-nineteenth-century America, with particular emphasis on Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall and how the novel deviated from what was considered "appropriate" writing for women.]
In January 1855, Nathaniel Hawthorne penned a protest which was to be often quoted in later years, against the "d———d mob of scribbling women" who were, in his opinion, both capturing and corrupting the literary market. In a subsequent letter to the same correspondent, his publisher...
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Susan K. Harris (essay date 1990)
SOURCE: "Inscribing and Defining: The Many Voices of Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall," in Nineteenth-Century American Women's Novels: Interpretative Strategies, Cambridge University Press, 1990, pp. 111-27.
[In the following essay, Harris argues that Fanny Fern had a deliberate strategy in mind while writing Ruth Hall:according to Harris, Fern subverted the constructs of sentimental literature in order to express her own ideas about women's independence and to challenge the very notion of the "ideal" nineteenth-century woman.]
Fanny Fern's (Sara Payson Willis) 1855 novel Ruth Hall1 is the story of a woman who, losing her economic security...
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Joyce W. Warren (essay date 1991)
SOURCE: "Text and Context in Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall: From Widowhood to Independence," in Joinings and Disjoinings: The Significance of Marital Status in Literature, edited by JoAnna Stephens Mink and Janet Doubler Ward, Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1991, pp. 67-76.
[In the following essay, Warren explores how Fern's own experience as a vulnerable and powerless widow served as the basis for her novel Ruth Hall and caused her to urge all women—married and unmarried—to secure economic independence for themselves.]
When Fanny Fern's novel Ruth Hall was published in 1855, it created a sensation. In this largely autobiographical novel,...
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Joyce W. Warren (essay date 1992)
SOURCE: "'Fanny Ford' and Rose Clark," in Fanny Fern: An Independent Woman, Rutgers University Press, 1992, pp. 195-210.
[In the following essay, Warren evaluates two of Fern's works—her serialized novella "Fanny Ford" and her second novel, Rose Clark. Warren argues that one of the most significant aspects of the novella is its social criticism—Fern confronted such issues as the need for educational reform, the plight of women workers, the necessity of improved child-rearing methods, and the unjust conditions in a patriarchal society. According to Warren, the most valuable aspects of Rose Clark are the insights it affords into Fern's second marriage; its...
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Nancy A. Walker (essay date 1993)
SOURCE: "Sentiment and Satire: Fern Leaves," in Fanny Fern, Twayne Publishers, 1993, pp. 23-39.
[In the following essay, Walker provides an overview of the prevailing themes and topics of Fanny Fern's newspaper columns, including those reprinted in Fern Leaves and Shadows and Sunbeams (the title of the reprinted version of Fern Leaves, Second Series).]
The twentieth-century newspaper, with its clear distinction between the objective reporting of news and the opinions expressed on editorial pages, is the product of a long evolution in which columns such as those of Fanny Fern played an...
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Linda Grasso (essay date 1995)
SOURCE: "Anger in the House: Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall and the Redrawing of Emotional Boundaries in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America," in Studies in the American Renaissance, edited by Joel Myerson, University Press of Virginia, 1995, pp. 251-61.
[In the following essay, Grasso argues that Fern's Ruth Hall was part of a larger mid-nineteenth-century debate over the public expression of anger by women, and whether this type of public expression could be considered appropriate "female" behavior and whether it posed a threat to existing gender roles.]
[I]n view of this entire disfranchisement of one-half the people of this country,...
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Claire C. Pettengill (essay date 1996)
SOURCE: "Against Novels: Fanny Fern's Newspaper Fictions and the Reform of Print Culture," in American Periodicals, Vol. 6, 1996, pp. 61-91.
[In the following essay, Pettengill examines newspaper and novel writing in the mid-nineteenth century and shows how Fern's work in these two genres at times blurred the distinction between them.]
To The Reader
I present you with my first continuous story. I do not dignify it by the name of "A novel." I am aware that it is entirely at variance with all set rules for novel...
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Nicole Tonkovich (essay date 1997)
SOURCE: "Fatherless Daughters: Sarah Hale and Fanny Fern," in Domesticity with a Difference: The Nonfiction of Catharine Beecher, Sarah J. Hale, Fanny Fern, and Margaret Fuller, University Press of Mississippi, 1997, pp. 26-46.
[In the following excerpt, Tonkovich explores the influence of Fanny Fern's home life, education, and the community on her literary efforts. Tonkovich also argues that Fern never considered writing and domesticity as mutually exclusive.]
… Grata Sara(h) Payson Willis Eldredge Farrington Parton (who also used the pseudonyms "Tabitha," "Olivia," and "Fanny Fern") is a figure whose multiplicity of names marks the difficulty of...
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Further Reading
Adams, Florence Bannard. Fanny Fern; or A Pair of Flaming Shoes. West Trenton, N.J.: n.p., 1966, 30 p.
Focusing on Fanny Fern's journalistic writing, particularly for the New York Ledger, discusses how her family and domestic life influenced her stance on a variety of contemporary events and issues.
Eckert, Robert P., Jr. "Friendly, Fragrant, Fanny Ferns." The Colophon: A Quarterly for Collectors and Lovers of Books, No. 18 (1934).
A short but thorough biography of Fanny Fern, focusing for the most part on her personal life (as opposed to her literary career) and personality.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 2, 2012) – U.S. beach volleyball teams won seven out of eight matches played on Wednesday at the Shanghai Grand Slam in China, the first grand slam event on the 2012 FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour.
The U.S. men's beach volleyball team of Brad Keenan (Westminster, Calif.) and John Mayer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) won two matches in the qualifying bracket on Wednesday to make it into Thursday's main draw.
The U.S. women's beach volleyball teams of Misty May-Treanor (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Kerri Walsh (San Jose, Calif.), seeded fourth, and fifth-ranked Jen Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) both won their first two pool play matches in the women's main draw on Wednesday.
The U.S. women's team of Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Brooke Hanson (Woodland Hills, Calif.), seeded 15th, finished 1-1 in pool play, which will be completed in Thursday.
Keenan and Mayer, ranked 25th in the qualifying bracket, opened play with a 21-18, 21-19 victory in 41 minutes over France's eighth-seeded Andy Cès and Kevin Cès.
In the second round, Keenan and Meyer defeated Australia's ninth-ranked Christopher McHugh and Josh Slack, 19-21, 22-20, 15-10 in 50 minutes.
"Fortunately my partner took control," Mayer said in an FIVB press release. "I was already contemplating when to pack my bags because we were in trouble, but he took over completely.
"It's really good, especially a Grand Slam like this because the field is so good. It was a class field and good to come through it."
On the women's side, May-Treanor and Walsh began Wednesday with a 21-9, 21-14 victory in 30 minutes over Italy's 29th-ranked Gioria Daniela and Giulia Momoli. They followed that with a 21-16, 21-13 win in 36 minutes over Germany's 20th-ranked Jana Köhler and Julia Sude.
On Thursday, May-Treanor and Walsh will play Australia's 13th-ranked Louise Bawden and Becchara Palmer. The first round of elimination will also be played on Thursday.
Kessy and Ross started Wednesday with a 21-17, 21-11 victory in 30 minutes over Austria's 28th-seeded Doris Schwaiger and Stefanie Schwaiger. They followed that with a hard-fought 12-21, 32-30, 15-9 win over Greece's 21st-ranked Maria Tsiartsiani and Vasiliki Arvaniti in 1 hour, 6 minutes, the longest match of the day.
On Thursday, Kessy and Ross will complete pool play against Belgium's 12th-ranked Liesbeth Mouha and Katrien Gielen.
Fendrick and Hanson lost their first pool play match on Wednesday to Canada's 18th-ranked Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney, 21-12, 21-15 in 36 minutes. The U.S. pair came back to defeat Georgia's 31st-seeded Cristine Santanna and Andrezza Martins das Chagas, 21-17, 21-11 in 33 minutes.
On Thursday, Fendrick and Hanson will complete pool play against Brazil's No. 2-seeded Talita Da Rocha Antunes and Maria Antonelli.
The men will begin main draw pool play on Thursday.
Top-seeded Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) will start with China's 32nd-seeded Shun Zhou and Jian Li. In their second pool play match, the U.S. pair will face Latvia's 17th-seeded Aleksandrs Samoilous and Ruslans Sorokins.
On Friday, Dalhausser and Rogers will play Germany's 16th-seeded Hase Klemperer and Eric Koreng. The first round of elimination will also be played on Friday.
Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Nick Lucena (Santa Barbara, Calif.), ranked eighth, will open pool play against Austria's 25th-ranked Alexander Huber and Robin Seidl. The U.S. team will play its second match against Kazakhstan's 24th-seeded Alexey Sidorenko and Alexandr Dyachenko.
On Friday, Fuerbringer and Lucena will face China's ninth-seeded Linyin Xu and Penggen Wu.
Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.), seeded 14th, will begin pool play against Germany's 19th-ranked Sebastian Dollinger and Stefan Windscheif. Their second match will pit them against Great Britain's 30th-seeded Steven Grotowski and John Garcia-Thompson.
On Friday, Gibb and Rosenthal will finish pool play against Netherlands' third-ranked Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil.
Keenan and Mayer find themselves seeded 29th. They will have to open pool play on Thursday against Brazil's fourth-ranked Ricardo Santos and Pedro Cunha. Their second match will put them up against Czech Republic's 13th-seeded Premysl Kubala and Petr Benes.
They will finish pool play on Friday against Latvia's 20th-seeded Martins Plavins and Janis Smedins.
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On the bright side, Jay predicted the outcomes of all three games against the Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs, and Oklahoma City Thunder this week. Unfortunately he predicted all losses. We summarize the very poor weeks the Knicks had and then lighten the mood with a fun interview with Justin from KnicksGM.com
One thought on "Episode 30: The Streak Continues"
Great win last night for the Knicks. They finally looked good on offense again but maybe that is just because the Washington Doormats are not very good.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (303 votes).
In short: Muddier, wetter and longer (?)In full: This still rates as one of the biggest smile makers of the year. The mud section seemed longer, the hills seemed steeper and I'm sure it felt longer than last year.I'm also sure the size of the field is growing . . . Fantasticly quick to get results publishedBig question is, did the ambulance ever get out of the mud?Date of review: December 5, 2009
In short: Wetter and muddier than last yearIn full: Some new bits put in which add to the variety. Very crowded this year and some people seemed to walk from the start! After recent rains the water features were more challenging than previously. Top t-shirt as ever.Date of review: December 5, 2009
In short: If it looks bigger than a puddle then it probably isIn full: The autumn/winter rain that has settled on the course will add 3-5% to your time. But at least it wasn't Baltic like last year. A good, fun,challenging course (because the weather was perfect today). The start would benefit from timing pens and it looks like Scrooge got the contract again for the "goody bags".Date of review: December 5, 2009
In short: very challenging /water so cold my feet were numb ,second time for me will be back for moreDate of review: December 5, 2009
In short: Not as bad as I thought it might be...but still sore!In full: First time at Grim for me and thoroughly enjoyed it. I was expecting worse as I had watched my partner complete TurboX 2 weeks ago and thought it would be more similar. By mile 2 I was still wondering where the 'long slow hill' promised at mile 1 was...not that slow or long to be honest! Good organisation, really grateful of the changing areas. It would have been nice to get a goody bag like at most other events - a tshirt and a bottle of water was rather stingy (and the help yourself to schoolbars was pointless if you finished after 1hr 20 as all gone!) A good mix of terrain, from tank tracks, to long flat paths to lose-your-trainers-mud, I would recommend to others, but think I'd rather do TurboX even though it's longer.Date of review: December 5, 2009
In short: Not as bad as I thought it would be!In full: 1st hill is murder, a few bottle necks but what ever the problems it's all just a bit of a giggle really. Booked to do it again in 2009!Date of review: September 12, 2009
In short: fab and challenging race, lots of mud and very cold water, i loved every minute of itDate of review: January 20, 2009
In short: Loved every minute of the Grim.Date of review: January 4, 2009
In short: Muddy!Date of review: January 4, 2009
In short: mud where i did not see anyIn full: hmm this race is playful considering i had done the Salomon Turbo the 2 weeks beforeDate of review: December 20, 2008
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Skip to comments.New York lays out $20 billion plan to combat effects of climate change (NOT Bloomberg's loot)
Posted on 06/11/2013 4:34:48 PM PDT by Libloather
(Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels and hotter summers expected as a result of climate change in the coming decades.
The plan, which follows widespread destruction wreaked by Superstorm Sandy last year, included about 250 recommendations ranging from new floodwalls and storm barriers to upgrades of power and telecommunications infrastructures.
It coincided with a report updating projections of the impact of climate change, saying that over the next 40 years the number of sweltering summer days could double or even triple and that the sea level surrounding New York City could rise by 2 feet (0.6 meter).
The aim of Bloomberg's plan was to ensure that the subway, transit, sewer and water, energy and food distribution systems would continue to function for the city's 8 million people.
(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...
So now we have a cooling problem, and that's proof that we have to do something about global warming?
Given what Sandy did, this is a prudent course of action but NOTHING to do with global warming.
when you build on an island or along a coast, you take your chances with mother nature and you pay through the nose for insurance because of it. Blaming the atmosphere won't change that.
Not unlike building on an ever moving coastal sand barrier island.
Typical LEFTIST DEMOCRAT. Supports funding of a problem that does not exist. That about sums up the whole SOCIALIST DEMOCRATIC AGENDA
For a cool million, I could be an instultant. I mean consultant.
Got briefcase?
I was listening to this report on the radio here today. The group made a statement that temps will be 4 to 6 degrees higher on average by 2050. I call BS.
I'm so tired of that name ... 80 mph winds and a 9' storm surge. Katrina was 125mph with a 25' surge and Ike was 110mph with a 22' surge. Sandy was a bitch of a storm because of population density .. It was completely over hyped because it distrupted the lives of people in the MSM .. and God knows they are more important than people in flyover country.
Use resources to prepare for the inevitable climate change. Throughout Earth's history the only constant in climate is CHANGE. Where ever you are living right now has at one time been part of the ocean floor AND covered in hundreds of feet of ice at some other time in history. Long before man as we know him walked the Earth, the climate changed on this Planet hundreds of times.
Maybe they could tap Al Gore, he's got lots of money.
Tropical storms and hurricanes have been hitting the eastern coast of North America for ages. More than a few have hit NYC since I was born.
There are no real alternatives to the tunnels for the trains and motor vehicles under the East and Hudson Rivers, IMHO.
Pissing on yer head, and telling you it's snow-melt.
You can fool most of the people some of the time.
To paraphrase Palladin: Have briefcase, will travel.
The El and bridges?
I hear that Booze-Allen has openings.....
clapper? Oh clapper. Are you there?
>> $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels
How's the largely conservative borough of Staten Island doing?
I never heard of a superstorm. Is this a new invention of mother nature?
Both have very expensive tradeoffs. Let me guess. You have never been to NYC, or just passed through it.
The infrastructure for elevated trains consumes a lot of roadway surface and seriously restricts roadway traffic by height clearances. Bridges that span the Hudson have to allow for ocean going ships that want to go to the Port of Albany, NY. Bridges that span the East River demand an infrastructure almost as great. We're talking about premium real estate, and a population with a big segment in love with gaia. Any change to NYC estuary gets fierce opposition.
(BTW, my parental units lived just south of Central Park for a few years.)
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Bloomberg AGW Nanny State PING!
Probably one of the most expensive PR campaigns to promulgate a lie in history.
Probably not a bad idea whether or not you believe in AGW. But in a tax-burdened place like NYC, you can escape the blame for raising taxes by blaming it on AGW.
What a bunch of Sheeple.
Thanks for the ping!
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I was recently asked about cold brewing since I have been a bit of a cold brewing nut as of late. Maybe a bit of a "Mad Scientist of Loose Leaf." As a result, I have written a blog post about my experiences and how you can replicate them. Of course this information is based on my personal preferences, but I have had consistent delicious results. Your personal tastes may be different but what I have provided may be a wonderful start. At least I hope it is… Here you go…
http://iheartteas.teatra.de/2011/07/my- ... ew-method/
Thank you and Enjoy!
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Most cell phones reviews are done by analyzing hardware specs, running a few applications and speculating how the device's features are evidence of the legendary iPhone killer. Very rarely are reviews done by someone actually switching from their preferred handset to the new device that is the object of their scrutiny.
This is more than a review, it's a journey, a story if you will, about what it really means to switch from the iPhone to a new Windows 8 Phone.
Why Windows Phone?
In researching this decision, I found similar statements to, "If something is working well for you, then why switch?" To be honest, I feel the same way. I love my iPhone and have been an iPhone user since version 1; having every intention of upgrading to the new iPhone 5. So this post isn't about any Microsoft vs Apple fanboy business.
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This week Microsoft released Windows 8, it's *13th Operating system, and with it the 10th version of Internet Explorer. Win8 promises to be an OS that works and looks the same across multiple devices. So you might be surprised when you try to interact with your HTML5 site/app/game in IE 10 on a tablet. Moving your finger around the page does not register, scrolling or dragging horizontally actually moves the browser window or creates a new tab; depending on the direction.
Luckily there's a simple fix, when preparing your HTML5 web app for IE10 on tablet, remember to add the "-ms-touch-action" css property to the Canvas tag and set the value to "none".
<canvas id="html5-canvas" style="-ms-touch-action:none;"></canvas>
This property lets IE10 know that the Canvas app is not static content, allowing all those gestures to be picked up by the app or game.
Learn more about -ms-touch-actions, as well as other IE css tags.
As a side note, I've been very impressed with the speed and snappiness of Windows 8 on a tablet. It screams and is super responsive to touch.
Disclaimer: This Article was written while the author was employed by Microsoft.
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According to CNET, there were about 1.2 billion mobile broadband subscriptions in 2011, mobile computing is quickly becoming the primary computing platform. As a developer, mobile is an exciting place to be and the technology and landscape is changing every day. So what do we make of products like Google TV?
With so many companies trying to shoehorn every possible online service onto a tiny screen, do we really need to think about a technology that is stuck in one place, where people spend very little time these days? Web TV came and went in the 90s, with little success at bringing web services to the sofa; but, is cramming everything into a mobile device the right way to go either?
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The internet is like a massive well, brimming with video entertainment, but can it provide enough quality programming to replace your current cable provider?
Many have already cut the cord with their telephone company, opting instead for an internet based service that has put a few extra dollars in their pocket every month. With the average cable bill at around $75 per month, the prospect of doing the same with your cable company has the potential of even greater monthly savings. Online video services, such as Hulu and Netflix, are currently offering free and low cost, legal alternatives for viewing some of the most popular cable and network shows begging the question, "Why am I still paying for Cable?"
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This tutorial is the third part in a series on game development with AS3. We will pick up where we left of in the last tutorial which can be found here: ActionScript 3 101 : Game Development part 2
In the previous tutorial we made a MovieClip of a ball move back and forth by pressing the left and right arrow keys on the keyboard. We accomplished this through the use of a variables, functions and events. In this tutorial we will continue to modify our existing code by adding a couple new functions and create something that will begin to resemble an actual game.
The Swap:
The first thing we need to do and swap out the ball artwork with a spaceship graphic. The graphic included with the source is the same dimensions as the ball, which was 72 x 72 pixels. You can use the one in the source code below ( just copy it into your project and delete the ball) or build your own.
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Ever need a class, but can't remember if it is in the flash, mx or spark package, even drilling down further, was it in data, net or utils? There are so many classes in so many locations there is no way to remember them all or the properties and methods associated with them.
A quick tip I use often is typing "new", then tapping the space bar. If code hints are working, the code hint window will appear listing all the possible classes. Typing the first and even second letter of the class name will filter the list, once you select the class you are looking for, that class will automatically be imported at the top of the file, if it's needed.
This works almost anywhere and on any class, even static. I use it when I don't feel like typing out long class names like StageDisplayState or TextFieldAutoSize. Type "new [space] stag" then click on the correct class. Boom!, it's imported and completely typed out for you.
For a quick reference to which properties and methods are available in the class, remove the word "new" from before the class name that was just selected, then type a "." right after the class name. This produces another code hint menu listing the public properties and methods.
Code hinting will also import classes automatically when a colon is added after a variable name, but just typing "new" and a space, is indeed the fastest.
Just remember to remove the new [Class] you just used to trigger the code hint window, if you forget, the compiler will let you know.
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Artists through the ages have pushed the limits and innovated new mediums to communicate to the world. Color has always played a huge roll of how art was received. In this chapter in the Illustrating with Illustrator series, we will discuss color and the different ways to apply color to our work.
Color Schemes:
Color schemes are two or more colors that are used to identify a message or reinforce a brand. A color scheme normally consists of at least a primary and secondary color. Not to be confused with a painter's primary colors red, yellow and blue, a primary color is the dominant color in the color scheme and can be any color.
There are many methods to developing strong color schemes, from collecting paint chips at the local hardware store to using applications such as Adobe Kuler. Most of the time we are given a brand identity that contains a complete color scheme or becomes a starting point for developing a new one. Illustrator's Color Panel is a great tool to create limitless combinations of hue and saturation providing the perfect mood and tone of our message.
more color ideas @ http://dynamicgraphics.com/.
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We are pleased that our latest application, Pyramix, was listed in the New and Noteworthy section of the iTunes Store for iPad word games.
In the last couple months we have released 7 of our own iPhone, iPad and Android applications. Here's the rundown.
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This tutorial is part 2 of the ActionScript 3 101 : Game Development series. For part 1, go to ActionScript 3 101 : Game Development part 1
In part 2, we will continue animating a ball on stage, but this time we will setup keyboard controls so that a user can control the animation of the ball's x property.
Before we move into the keyboard event listener, we should structure our code to be more organized and flexible. The top of the actionScript is where I like to put all my variables and things that configure how the game runs. As a general rule, any values that are used more than once or could change should be stored as a variable. Notice the left and right bounds for the ball ( 20 and 455) are used more than once, we should change them to a variable to make our code more flexible. Later in this series, we will move some of these variables from the top of the code to an external xml file, this will make your game very tweak-able without republishing from Flash. The secret to flexible code is lots and lots of variables.
New Variables:
var boundsLeft:Number = 20; var boundsRight:Number = 455; var maxSpeed:Number = 10;
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This series has been taught to a few students over the last couple years with the intention of making it into a video tutorial series, but due to the lack of time and fear that it will never happen otherwise, we are going to have to do this old-school.
The series was originally taught in Flex / Flash Builder, but with so many Flash AS2 developers still learning AS3, this is a great program for new and old developers who want to develop Flash games using actionScript 3. This tutorial series will be focused on the Flash IDE, if you want a Flash Builder version of this series, please request it in the comments below.
Getting Started:
The foundation of any game is providing a way for users to control elements on the screen. At our game's core is these 4 lines of code.
// 1B function frameHandler(ev:Event):void{ ball.x += 10; } // 1A addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, frameHandler);
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ArtCamp at the Triton Museum of Arts
Quality of Instruction & Participant Performance
The goal of the ArtCamp program is to provide a series of exceptional week-long immersion programs in art education for children between five and fifteen years of age in support of the mission of the Triton Museum of Art. The ArtCamp program at the Triton Museum of Art was launched in the summer of 1997 and is now expanding into the school vacation weeks.
The ArtCamp Educators are academically trained artists and credentialed art educators who introduce their students to the history and techniques of art through a series of lessons based on the concurrent exhibitions in the Museum and the visual arts framework of the state of California.
Program Design & Creative Content
ArtCamp sessions are offered on-site at the Museum, with hours that extend from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. We provide a safe, engaging, educational environment with an excellent minimum ratio of one educator to every five students. Designed to provide intensive, exhibit-based art instruction, the five-day camp involves four components: 1) the exploration of art history and appreciation through inquiry-based dialogues and gallery tours; 2) the development of visual literacy through looking exercises and the introduction of art-related vocabulary; 3) extensive instruction and practice in the technical use of a wide range of art materials; 4) the creation of artwork using the contemporaneous exhibitions of art at the Museum.
Creativity of the Program's Approach Toward Engaging Youth Participants
At ArtCamp, the students learn about the history of art, the contributions of specific artists, the basic elements of art and design, and special art-based vocabulary words. Each lesson culminates in a hands-on art activity that ties together all of these concepts, focusing on the creative process and artistic problem solving. The Triton Museum of Art, City of Santa Clara 1999 Nomination/Christina Mattin Award program objectives are: 1) to provide opportunities for guided reflection, analysis, and discussion of artworks both in the museum and in the art classroom; 2) to provide opportunities for personal skill development, with emphasis on the creative process as well as the product; 3) to foster visually literate citizens with a lifelong commitment to the arts; 4) to develop students' appreciation for and understanding of the artworks of many cultures and periods in world history.
The integration of support services, prevention strategies, and child development components with arts/performing arts programming.
ArtCamp participants come from all social and economic backgrounds with scholarships available for anyone demonstrating financial need. Over 10% of the scholarship money is reserved for students from the Santa Clara County Children's Shelter. These students participate in regular ArtCamp sessions, providing a new environment away from the shelter and allowing integration with other students of the same age. ArtCamp's small class size and open atmosphere gives students many opportunities to interact with their instructors and other students. All students are expected to follow the same rules of behavior, with emphasis on teamwork and respect and consideration for everyone involved in ArtCamp.
Evidence that the program is making a positive impact on the attitudes and development of children and youth through improved school grades, improved school attendance, increased knowledge of regarding at-risk behaviors, etc.
The ArtCamp Program is evaluated an ongoing basis using on-site observation and written evaluation instruments developed specifically for the program. ArtCamp does not evaluate student art or student performance with grades or other similar measures. Student accomplishment is judged on an individual basis, with achievement and growth over the week taking precedence over one project. Students and instructors work together on artistic problem solving Triton Museum of Art, City of Santa Clara 1999 nomination/Christina Mattin Award and guidance is provided at every step of the way. Students are also encouraged to work together and to learn from each other. On the final day of ArtCamp, a graduation ceremony is held with parents, care givers, counselors, and Triton Museum staff in attendance. Each student receives a certificate for completion of the program, and teachers speak of something special and unique about each student. In this way, students receive special recognition and acknowledgment for their personal achievements. Educational research affirms that a positive correlation exists between regular art instruction and many important attributes, including high self-esteem, confidence, motivation, problem-solving skills, and reduced drop-out rates due to a heightened interest in school. Our goal is to provide a program through which each participant is empowered with the background and technical skills needed to express him or herself freely and successfully using artistic media.
Role of the Mayor & City Government In This Program
The Triton Museum of Art is honored to have the full support of the Mayor and City Council of Santa Clara. The city's involvement goes beyond annual financial support ($316,100 in the 1999-2000 FY City budget and $250,000 in the 1998-1999 FY City budget) to include active participation in Museum events, programs, and fund-raisers. Mayor Nadler has been an active supporter of the Triton, serving as a City Council liaison to the Board of Directors. She also served as a member of the board of the Arts Council of Silicon Valley from 1990 to 1994. The city of Santa Clara owns the land and all the buildings that make up the Triton Museum of Art, including the ArtCamp classroom. They maintain the property and buildings, which the Triton Museum leases from the city for $1.00 per year. The city assists with museum promotion and also funded ($100,000 in the 1998-1999 FY City budget) the reinstallation and redesign of the Austen D. Warburton Collection of American Indian Art and Artifacts which served as the basis for the 1999 ArtCamp curriculum. Triton Museum of Art, City of Santa Clara 1999 Nomination/Christina Mattin Award
Demonstration of Community-Wide Support and/or Involvement
ArtCamp is offered to all children in the Santa Clara community and throughout the Bay Area. Scholarships allow for students of all economic and social backgrounds to attend the program. ArtCamp has grown steadily every year since 1997. Because ArtCamp is outside of the regular school curricula and regular school day, it allows for children from different schools and different backgrounds to interact in a safe, open environment outside of normal school parameters.
A Description of Financing Mechanisms For The Program
Please include general formation about the financing provided by your city government as well as specific information about any other sources of funding. Scholarships are available for children from lower income and disadvantaged situations. Funding for these scholarships in 1998 and 1999 have been provided by the Silicon Valley Charity Ball Foundation. Other students pay a tuition fee which is affordable, yet covers the costs of instruction and materials. General overhead for Triton Museum staff and Education programs come from a combination of city support and corporate and foundation grants.
J. Thomas Cochran, Executive Director
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Sandhill cranes a problem for some farmers
Reedsville farms claims cranes caused $90,000 in damages
REEDSVILLE, Wis. - Sandhill cranes were once nearly extinct but have rebounded so well in Wisconsin that they're becoming a headache for farmers in Manitowoc County.
Jim Knickelbine, the director of nature center in the area, tells the Herald Times Reporter that there were 390 sandhill cranes in Manitowoc County in 2012. They typically return to the area in March and eat corn seed out of the soil in the early part of planting season.
An official at Blue Royal Farms in Reedsville says the operation racked up more than $90,000 in damages largely caused by having to continually replant in areas where the 6-inch tall birds eat the corn seeds.
Wisconsin lawmakers introduced a bill for a short sandhill crane hunting season in 2012 but it did not get a vote.


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How to improve efficiency and reduce TCO with a professional LAMP Stack
Oracle Linux + MySQL + Zend PHP
The LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) became the leading web platform during the past decade, with major web properties worldwide relying on it to scale their operations. Numerous startups and large organizations leverage the LAMP stack to improve operational efficiency and reduce costs, deploying applications either on-premise or in the cloud.
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