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The diet can wait until January, because Christmas is the time for indulging in lots of good food, and lots of good drink. Here, we've rounded up the best collections of the stuff, all packaged up and ready to be delivered directly to your front door.
We've got all bases covered, from classic Christmas fare (think mini Christmas puddings and brandy butter) to the more unorthodox, including all-vegan selections and those with a Mediterranean twist.
Whichever you choose, make sure to check delivery dates to avoid disappointment. Our advice would be to get in early, as many of the products included will save until the 25th if they remain unopened. Hampers containing perishable products will be delivered closer to Christmas Day, but you can reserve your slot much sooner.
1. Abel & Cole The Really Big Christmas Hamper: £175, Abel & Cole
If you prefer your food organic, you can't go wrong with this bumper hamper. There's everything you need – bar the turkey – for a Christmas feast, from sliced ham to truffled salami, smoked salmon, generous portions of Godminster vintage cheddar and Cropwell Bishop blue stilton, plus chutney, oatcakes, and basil and garlic olives. Finish the meal with Christmas pudding, mince pies, brandy cream, shortbread stars and delectable Booja Booja truffles. The contents is top quality, with tastefully selected wines – Chablis and Crozes-Hermitage. There's 10 per cent off if you order before 18 November.
2. Forman & Field Christmas Essentials Hamper: £134.95, Forman & Field
IndyBest's food writers consider Forman & Field's smoked salmon to be some of the very best out there – and, as luck would have it, you'll find some of it inside this wicker hamper. There are some Christmas classics in there too – the brandy butter goes beautifully over mince pies, while the Christmas pudding is big enough to feed to whole family. The Artisan du Chocolat truffles are an ideal after dinner treat (if you've got any space left), and a special mention goes to the Cropwell Bishop Stilton, which was delicious.
3. Harvey Nichols The Crowd Pleaser: £300, Harvey Nichols
Harvey Nichols' smart black hampers are the utmost sophistication and this has the stylishly-packaged contents to match: green olives with garlic, roasted nuts, Fine Cheese Co crackers and a generous box of chocolates. The Crowd Pleaser lives up to its name; it's packed with treats to please the entire family, and friends – so packed, in fact, that the wine arrives in a separate box. There are chocolate coins, hot chocolate and toffee for the kids, and there's plenty of partying to be had with the array of alcohol – Mozart chocolate liqueur, vintage port, damson gin, Champagne, Chablis and a Portuguese red. There's every condiment you could need for the meal with brandy butter, cranberry sauce, chutney, mustard, plus Christmas pudding and panettone. The Charades box is a nice touch, too.
4. Belazu Christmas Hamper: £45, Belazu
British brand Belazu supplies Michelin-starred restaurants with its delicious antipasti, pastes, oils and vinegars, so you know this hamper is going to be full of appetising extras that will make your dinners that little bit more special. Ideal for those who love to cook, there are 11 ingredients including tagine paste, chilli-infused extra virgin olive oil and Beldi preserved lemons (great in couscous). The packaging gives you handy hints on what to use each one with and there are plenty of recipes on the website too. Our favourites were the Rose Harissa, as a chicken marinade, and the balsamic pearls dropped into a salad. With the products valued at over £60, you're also getting value for money.
5. Prestat Christmas Pleasure: £105, Prestat
There are enough goodies packed into this gift box to make any chocoholic slip into a state of cocoa-induced bliss. Prestat is a London institution has been chocolatier to the queen on no less than two occasions, so there's an understandable sense of luxury to the collection. We particularly enjoyed the tangy, just-chewy-enough Florentines, while the milk, dark and white truffles were delicious. Mini mince pies and a bauble full of milk truffles add a dash of festivity, while the hand-dipped orange slices, the chocolate spread and chocolate lollies are certainly welcome additions.
6. The Goodness Project Vegan Snack Attack Hamper Gift Box: £45.95, The Goodness Project
While this box lacks the sheer indulgence of, say, the Prestat or Cartwright & Butler hampers, it makes up it for in sheer variety. It's literally packed to the brim with snacks, from chocolate chip flapjacks and juicy fruit bars to chocolate almond fudge and flavoured cashews. What's more, everything in the box is entirely vegan – which is refreshing at a time of year so much food-wise is geared towards non-vegans. You can leave a personalised note inside, too.
7. Cartwright & Butler Taste of Christmas Hamper: £125, Waitrose
Cartwright & Butler specialises in high-quality produce and this hamper doesn't disappoint. It's full to the brim with tasty biscuits, chutneys, preserves and flatbreads. There's even some English breakfast tea and rich-flavoured coffee for those who can't wake up without a brew. The treats are delivered in a large, pale pink picnic hamper, which can easily be used after you've polished off what's inside (although that may take a while). Our favourites were the cheddar cheese crumbles – you could easily eat them in one sitting, they're so moreish – and the wholegrain mustard with its strong, rich flavour. Enjoy.
8. Fortnum & Mason St Nicholas Hamper: £300, Fortnum & Mason
This hamper is the ultimate festive decadence. The stunningly packaged buck's fizz marmalade and shimmering strawberry preserve comes alongside unusual fare, such as marmalade vodka butter, all of which will make breakfast on the 25th very lavish indeed. A spectacular selection of sweet treats include a cognac and cranberry cake, mincemeat shortbread, pink Marc de Champagne truffles, rose and lemon Turkish Delight and divine dark Chocolossus biscuits, best enjoyed with the rich 2013 Chianti. There's also a bottle of Sancerre to accompany the turkey, cream sherry for the Christmas pud and reserve Louis Roederer Champagne.
9. Brindisa The Gastronome's Box: £115, Brindisa
For something a bit different from the usual Christmas pud, mince pies and condiments offerings, opt for this hamper's selection of the best – and most typical – food and drink from the upmarket Spanish brand. The savoury contents will suit the less sweet-toothed, and, for the price, it's laden with items including rich, creamy Torta Canarejal cheese, manchego, hand-carved jamon Iberico de Bellota, chorizo, nuts, anchovies, tapenade and olives. Wash it all down with Rioja Crianza, white wine and Manzanilla sherry. And it comes in a box rather than hamper which means more produce for the money.
10. John Lewis Winter Warmer Hamper: £75, John Lewis
You can always trust John Lewis when it comes to finding gifts and this reasonably priced hamper will certainly impress whoever you're buying for. The theme is "winter warmer", so there's Belvoir mulled winter punch and Little's Christmas-flavoured ground coffee to keep you toasty on a cold night, but there's also a dose of Christmas cheer with the mini crackers, fruit cake and Christmas pickle. For anyone with a sweet tooth, there's a selection of delicious shortbreads and fudge too. If you're after a real mix of tempting treats, then this one is worth considering.
11. Aldi The Exquisite Hamper: £98.37, Aldi
Positioned as a budget alternative to other luxury hampers on the market this Christmas, the German supermarket has come up trumps with its hamper – which, unlike a lot of its products, you can buy online. Aldi wine is renowned for it's quality and value for money, and there are three bottles of the stuff here, along with a delicious bottle of vintage Blanc de Blanc champagne. We also enjoyed the posh-looking truffles. You get nine pretty pieces in subtle but distinct flavours ranging from cranberry to coconut, as well as some boozy offerings like Marc de Champagne. There's also space for all-butter biscuits, crackers and flavoured chocolate slabs.
The Verdict: Christmas hampers
You can be sure of a Christmas feast, whichever of these hampers you opt for. If it's sheer indulgence you're after, then the Harvey Nichols hamper will go down a treat. For the more budget conscious, the John Lewis offering is a fine choice. But our top pick goes to the Abel & Cole hamper, thanks to its delicious contents and variety.
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By Elizabeth Gaskell
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'Wooed and married and a'.'
'EDITH!' SAID MARGARET, GENTLY, 'Edith!'
But, as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep. She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawing-room in Harley Street, looking very lovely in her white muslin and blue ribbons. If Titania had ever been dressed in white muslin and blue ribbons, and had fallen asleep on a crimson damask sofa in a back drawing-room, Edith might have been taken for her. Margaret was struck afresh by her cousin's beauty. They had grown up together from childhood, and all along Edith had been remarked upon by every one, except Margaret, for her prettiness; but Margaret had never thought about it until the last few days, when the prospect of soon losing her companion seemed to give force to every sweet quality and charm which Edith possessed. They had been talking about wedding dresses, and wedding ceremonies; and Captain Lennox, and what he had told Edith about her future life at Corfu, where his regiment was stationed; and the difficulty of keeping a piano in good tune (a difficulty which Edith seemed to consider as one of the most formidable that could befall her in her married life), and what gowns she should want in the visits to Scotland, which would immediately succeed her marriage; but the whispered tone had latterly become more drowsy; and Margaret, after a pause of a few minutes, found, as she fancied, that in spite of the buzz in the next room, Edith had rolled herself up into a soft ball of muslin and ribbon, and silken curls, and gone off into a peaceful little after-dinner nap.
Margaret had been on the point of telling her cousin of some of the plans and visions which she entertained as to her future life in the country parsonage, where her father and mother lived; and where her bright holidays had always been passed, though for the last ten years her aunt Shaw's house had been considered as her home. But in default of a listener, she had to brood over the change in her life silently as heretofore. It was a happy brooding, although tinged with regret at being separated for an indefinite time from her gentle aunt and dear cousin. As she thought of the delight of filling the important post of only daughter in Helstone parsonage, pieces of the conversation out of the next room came upon her ears. Her aunt Shaw was talking to the five or six ladies who had been dining there, and whose husbands were still in the dining-room. They were the familiar acquaintances of the house; neighbours whom Mrs. Shaw called friends, because she happened to dine with them more frequently than with any other people, and because if she or Edith wanted anything from them, or they from her, they did not scruple to make a call at each other's houses before luncheon. These ladies and their husbands were invited, in their capacity of friends, to eat a farewell dinner in honour of Edith's approaching marriage. Edith had rather objected to this arrangement, for Captain Lennox was expected to arrive by a late train this very evening; but, although she was a spoiled child, she was too careless and idle to have a very strong will of her own, and gave way when she found that her mother had absolutely ordered those extra delicacies of the season which are always supposed to be efficacious against immoderate grief at farewell dinners. She contented herself by leaning back in her chair, merely playing with the food on her plate, and looking grave and absent; while all around her were enjoying the mots of Mr. Grey, the gentleman who always took the bottom of the table at Mrs. Shaw's dinner parties, and asked Edith to give them some music in the drawing-room. Mr. Grey was particularly agreeable over this farewell dinner, and the gentlemen staid down stairs longer than usual. It was very well they did—to judge from the fragments of conversation which Margaret overheard.
'I suffered too much myself; not that I was not extremely happy with the poor dear General, but still disparity of age is a drawback; one that I was resolved Edith should not have to encounter. Of course, without any maternal partiality, I foresaw that the dear child was likely to marry early; indeed, I had often said that I was sure she would be married before she was nineteen. I had quite a prophetic feeling when Captain Lennox'—and here the voice dropped into a whisper, but Margaret could easily supply the blank. The course of true love in Edith's case had run remarkably smooth. Mrs. Shaw had given way to the presentiment, as she expressed it; and had rather urged on the marriage, although it was below the expectations which many of Edith's acquaintances had formed for her, a young and pretty heiress. But Mrs. Shaw said that her only child should marry for love,—and sighed emphatically, as if love had not been her motive for marrying the General. Mrs. Shaw enjoyed the romance of the present engagement rather more than her daughter. Not but that Edith was very thoroughly and properly in love; still she would certainly have preferred a good house in Belgravia, to all the picturesqueness of the life which Captain Lennox described at Corfu. The very parts which made Margaret glow as she listened, Edith pretended to shiver and shudder at; partly for the pleasure she had in being coaxed out of her dislike by her fond lover, and partly because anything of a gipsy or make-shift life was really distasteful to her. Yet had any one come with a fine house, and a fine estate, and a fine title to boot, Edith would still have clung to Captain Lennox while the temptation lasted; when it was over, it is possible she might have had little qualms of ill-concealed regret that Captain Lennox could not have united in his person everything that was desirable. In this she was but her mother's child; who, after deliberately marrying General Shaw with no warmer feeling than respect for his character and establishment, was constantly, though quietly, bemoaning her hard lot in being united to one whom she could not love.
'I have spared no expense in her trousseau,' were the next words Margaret heard.
'She has all the beautiful Indian shawls and scarfs the General gave to me, but which I shall never wear again.'
'She is a lucky girl,' replied another voice, which Margaret knew to be that of Mrs. Gibson, a lady who was taking a double interest in the conversation, from the fact of one of her daughters having been married within the last few weeks.
'Helen had set her heart upon an Indian shawl, but really when I found what an extravagant price was asked, I was obliged to refuse her. She will be quite envious when she hears of Edith having Indian shawls. What kind are they? Delhi? with the lovely little borders?'
Margaret heard her aunt's voice again, but this time it was as if she had raised herself up from her half-recumbent position, and were looking into the more dimly lighted back drawing-room. 'Edith! Edith!' cried she; and then she sank as if wearied by the exertion. Margaret stepped forward.
'Edith is asleep, Aunt Shaw. Is it anything I can do?'
All the ladies said 'Poor child!' on receiving this distressing intelligence about Edith; and the minute lap-dog in Mrs. Shaw's arms began to bark, as if excited by the burst of pity.
'Hush, Tiny! you naughty little girl! you will waken your mistress. It was only to ask Edith if she would tell Newton to bring down her shawls: perhaps you would go, Margaret dear?'
Margaret went up into the old nursery at the very top of the house, where Newton was busy getting up some laces which were required for the wedding. While Newton went (not without a muttered grumbling) to undo the shawls, which had already been exhibited four or five times that day, Margaret looked round upon the nursery; the first room in that house with which she had become familiar nine years ago, when she was brought, all untamed from the forest, to share the home, the play, and the lessons of her cousin Edith. She remembered the dark, dim look of the London nursery, presided over by an austere and ceremonious nurse, who was terribly particular about clean hands and torn frocks. She recollected the first tea up there—separate from her father and aunt, who were dining somewhere down below an infinite depth of stairs; for unless she were up in the sky (the child thought), they must be deep down in the bowels of the earth. At home—before she came to live in Harley Street—her mother's dressing-room had been her nursery; and, as they kept early hours in the country parsonage, Margaret had always had her meals with her father and mother. Oh! well did the tall stately girl of eighteen remember the tears shed with such wild passion of grief by the little girl of nine, as she hid her face under the bed-clothes, in that first night; and how she was bidden not to cry by the nurse, because it would disturb Miss Edith; and how she had cried as bitterly, but more quietly, till her newly-seen, grand, pretty aunt had come softly upstairs with Mr. Hale to show him his little sleeping daughter. Then the little Margaret had hushed her sobs, and tried to lie quiet as if asleep, for fear of making her father unhappy by her grief, which she dared not express before her aunt, and which she rather thought it was wrong to feel at all after the long hoping, and planning, and contriving they had gone through at home, before her wardrobe could be arranged so as to suit her grander circumstances, and before papa could leave his parish to come up to London, even for a few days.
Now she had got to love the old nursery, though it was but a dismantled place; and she looked all round, with a kind of cat-like regret, at the idea of leaving it for ever in three days.
'Ah Newton!' said she, 'I think we shall all be sorry to leave this dear old room.'
'Indeed, miss, I shan't for one. My eyes are not so good as they were, and the light here is so bad that I can't see to mend laces except just at the window, where there's always a shocking draught—enough to give one one's death of cold.'
Well, I dare say you will have both good light and plenty of warmth at Naples. You must keep as much of your darning as you can till then. Thank you, Newton, I can take them down—you're busy.'
So Margaret went down laden with shawls, and snuffing up their spicy Eastern smell. Her aunt asked her to stand as a sort of lay figure on which to display them, as Edith was still asleep. No one thought about it; but Margaret's tall, finely made figure, in the black silk dress which she was wearing as mourning for some distant relative of her father's, set off the long beautiful folds of the gorgeous shawls that would have half- smothered Edith. Margaret stood right under the chandelier, quite silent and passive, while her aunt adjusted the draperies. Occasionally, as she was turned round, she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror over the chimney-piece, and smiled at her own appearance there—the familiar features in the usual garb of a princess. She touched the shawls gently as they hung around her, and took a pleasure in their soft feel and their brilliant colours, and rather liked to be dressed in such splendour—enjoying it much as a child would do, with a quiet pleased smile on her lips. Just then the door opened, and Mr. Henry Lennox was suddenly announced. Some of the ladies started back, as if half-ashamed of their feminine interest in dress. Mrs. Shaw held out her hand to the new-comer; Margaret stood perfectly still, thinking she might be yet wanted as a sort of block for the shawls; but looking at Mr. Lennox with a bright, amused face, as if sure of his sympathy in her sense of the ludicrousness at being thus surprised.
Her aunt was so much absorbed in asking Mr. Henry Lennox—who had not been able to come to dinner—all sorts of questions about his brother the bridegroom, his sister the bridesmaid (coming with the Captain from Scotland for the occasion), and various other members of the Lennox family, that Margaret saw she was no more wanted as shawl-bearer, and devoted herself to the amusement of the other visitors, whom her aunt had for the moment forgotten. Almost immediately, Edith came in from the back drawing-room, winking and blinking her eyes at the stronger light, shaking back her slightly-ruffled curls, and altogether looking like the Sleeping Beauty just startled from her dreams. Even in her slumber she had instinctively felt that a Lennox was worth rousing herself for; and she had a multitude of questions to ask about dear Janet, the future, unseen sister-in-law, for whom she professed so much affection, that if Margaret had not been very proud she might have almost felt jealous of the mushroom rival. As Margaret sank rather more into the background on her aunt's joining the conversation, she saw Henry Lennox directing his look towards a vacant seat near her; and she knew perfectly well that as soon as Edith released him from her questioning, he would take possession of that chair. She had not been quite sure, from her aunt's rather confused account of his engagements, whether he would come that night; it was almost a surprise to see him; and now she was sure of a pleasant evening. He liked and disliked pretty nearly the same things that she did. Margaret's face was lightened up into an honest, open brightness. By-and-by he came. She received him with a smile which had not a tinge of shyness or self-consciousness in it.
'Well, I suppose you are all in the depths of business—ladies' business, I mean. Very different to my business, which is the real true law business. Playing with shawls is very different work to drawing up settlements.
'Ah, I knew how you would be amused to find us all so occupied in admiring finery. But really Indian shawls are very perfect things of their kind.'
'I have no doubt they are. Their prices are very perfect, too. Nothing wanting.' The gentlemen came dropping in one by one, and the buzz and noise deepened in tone.
'This is your last dinner-party, is it not? There are no more before Thursday?'
'No. I think after this evening we shall feel at rest, which I am sure I have not done for many weeks; at least, that kind of rest when the hands have nothing more to do, and all the arrangements are complete for an event which must occupy one's head and heart. I shall be glad to have time to think, and I am sure Edith will.'
'I am not so sure about her; but I can fancy that you will. Whenever I have seen you lately, you have been carried away by a whirlwind of some other person's making.'
'Yes,' said Margaret, rather sadly, remembering the never-ending commotion about trifles that had been going on for more than a month past: 'I wonder if a marriage must always be preceded by what you call a whirlwind, or whether in some cases there might not rather be a calm and peaceful time just before it.'
'Cinderella's godmother ordering the trousseau, the wedding-breakfast, writing the notes of invitation, for instance,' said Mr. Lennox, laughing.
'But are all these quite necessary troubles?' asked Margaret, looking up straight at him for an answer. A sense of indescribable weariness of all the arrangements for a pretty effect, in which Edith had been busied as supreme authority for the last six weeks, oppressed her just now; and she really wanted some one to help her to a few pleasant, quiet ideas connected with a marriage.
'Oh, of course,' he replied with a change to gravity in his tone. 'There are forms and ceremonies to be gone through, not so much to satisfy oneself, as to stop the world's mouth, without which stoppage there would be very little satisfaction in life. But how would you have a wedding arranged?'
'Oh, I have never thought much about it; only I should like it to be a very fine summer morning; and I should like to walk to church through the shade of trees; and not to have so many bridesmaids, and to have no wedding-breakfast. I dare say I am resolving against the very things that have given me the most trouble just now.'
'No, I don't think you are. The idea of stately simplicity accords well with your character.'
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(Reuters) - New York State's $150-billion public pension fund has sued Qualcomm Inc., seeking to force the chipmaker to reveal its political spending, according to the state comptroller.
The suit was filed late on Wednesday in Delaware Court of Chancery, after Qualcomm refused the request by the New York State Common Retirement Fund -- a Qualcomm shareholder -- to inspect records detailing the use of corporate resources for political activities, said state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who oversees the fund.
"Without disclosure, there is no way to know whether corporate funds are being used in ways that go against shareholder interests," DiNapoli, a Democrat who is up for re-election in 2014, said in a statement.
The suit opens a new front in the fight over corporate political spending, which has risen dramatically since the U.S. Supreme Court's 2010 ruling in Citizens United.
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Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit
Strong: Focus on Food, Emergencies, War, Refugees
In the Secretary-General's Report (PC/41) Maurice Strong has called on the Preparatory Committee to go beyond the current agenda, and address four critical issues that are "very much within the mandate of the 1992 mandate", as defined in General Assembly Resolution 44/228. Food: "The current emergency in Sudan and Ethiopia provides dramatic evidence and reminds us that the problem is far from solved. Certain dimensions of this problem are dealt with in the deliberations of the Preparatory Committee on the issue of poverty as also in the issue of agriculture. However, it is perhaps desirable if the issue of food security ... is taken up as a specific item for programmatic action by the Preparatory Committee. It is a matter of great concern to a large number of countries particularly in Africa. The roots of food security at the household or at the local or country level lie both in environmental and developmental factors." Emergencies: "Many other environmental emergencies ... require concerted international action. Some of these may be in the nature of natural disasters like the recent tidal wave which caused havoc in Bangladesh, or the volcanic eruption in the Philippines. Some of these environmental emergencies, however, are the result of human activities like chemical accidents, radiation leaks or oil spills. A certain amount of capacity has been built up for international action in response to such emergencies. There are also several proposals for strengthening the response capacity at the national and international level. It would be worthwhile for the Preparatory Committee to consider this issue of environmental emergencies not just in relation to specific items but as a generic problem which requires an integrated response. War: "Environmental security ... has two dimensions. The first is the possibility that security conflicts could lead to environmental threats and environmental degradation. The impact of the recent war in the Gulf on the local and regional environment has clearly shown that this is an issue of major concern. The other dimension of this is the possibility that environmental degradation and the economic pressures that it generates could become a source of potential conflict. Both of these are matters which require systematic discussion in the Preparatory Committee." Refugees: "An area of concern closely linked to the issues that have been referred to above is that of environmental refugees. It is an issue which is linked to food crisis, to environmental emergencies, and to the links between environment and conflict. This issue deserves greater attention within the broad mandate of this Conference which is considering both environment and development." (The quotes are from PC/41, The Secretary-General's Report. The report is available on-line on the en.unced.documents conference)
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Laptops, E-mail & NGO Nomads
For the NGO nomad endlessly traveling from meeting to conference, from one city, one country to another, with all too many hours in an airport or hotel, a laptop or notebook computer with a modem can be the key to increased productivity and to inexpensive, reliable communications with his or her office. The steadily increasing power -- both in processing speed and in disk size -- and the decreasing cost, of laptop and notebook computers makes it possible to carry a whole library of documents and an extensive address, phone, fax and e-mail directory with one at all times. Time that otherwise might be wasted can be fruitfully spent writing and reviewing correspondence, reports and proposals. The icing on the cake is the ability to receive mail from wherever you are, as well as to communicate with colleagues via electronic mail or faxes. A home office doesn't even need to know where a key person is in order to keep her posted on urgent matters, and can tell her exactly what she needs to know, rather than "Mr. Strong called, please call him." -- all that is likely to be written on a phone message. A little calculation will quickly show that any organization with a director or executive who spends a lot of time traveling to meetings and conferences would find it very profitable, measured in terms of time, productivity and accessibility for key decisions, to provide him or her with a laptop, a modem, and some basic training in computer communications.
Patience is still a virtue
The enthusiasm that some visionaries exude about the power, speed, dynamics and opportunities of electronic communications can leave a listener breathless -- or with eyes glazed over. And sometimes that enthusiasm is not sufficiently tempered with the reality that there are still quite a few unresolved problems. For all the wonders that electronic communications can bring, it is still in its infancy -- or at least in its childhood. The "user interface" is not necessarily as friendly or convenient as you might want; there are new commands to learn. The success of the technology depends on other people using it, and others are still learning. Not everyone checks their electronic mail every day. People are not necessarily any better at replying to electronic mail messages than they are at replying to conventional mail, or at returning phone calls. It is possible to find yourself stranded without a phone jack that fits the local variety. In theory, communication takes "no time" when you use electronic networks, but you will from time to time find delays -sometimes one of the APC networks is "down" for a day, or perhaps you can't find a conference that you have been assured exists (it might not have been networked). More than one electronic communications enthusiast has been known to use the phrase snail mail to characterize the slow pace of conventional postage. Perhaps it would be wiser to call it turtle mail, in remembrance of Aesop's fable of the turtle and the hare.
Production: Technical Information
On The Line is available on the en.unced.binary conference on the networks of the Association for Progressive Communications as a typeset WordPerfect® 5.1 document file, and on the en.unced.news conference as a text file. Since WordPerfect documents files are interchangeable between IBM-compatible and Macintosh computers, On The Line can be printed using either of the two most widely available types of microcomputers. On The Line is typeset using fonts created with Bitstream® FaceLift 1.5 that provide a uniform appearance on Hewlett Packard Laserjet (or compatible) printers and on the most popular ink jet and dot matrix printers -- including inexpensive 9-pin printers. Alternate "style libraries" are available so that On The Line can be printed either in 8.5 x 11" format or on A4 paper. Retrieving an alternate style library is a straightforward process, and instructions are provided on-line. A WordPerfect 5.1 printer driver with the FaceLift fonts installed is available on line in the en.unced.binary conference, so that those who do not have the FaceLift fonts can preview the typeset document on screen, and can determine the font types and sizes in the newsletter.
Conceptual Framework & Technicalities
Underlying a transition to the use of electronic communications is the emergence of a fundamentally new conceptual framework to guide our understanding of our relationship to information, and of the nature of our communications with each other. The image of a "global brain" through which we are all connected is one such concept. On The Line will be including a Concept Corner to highlight some of the key elements that have been contributing to the development of a new conceptual framework. There are several levels of concepts that are building blocks for this framework. While some of these concepts fall into the category of general ideas, many involve technical aspects of the structure of information, and of the form and dynamics by which information can be communicated electronically, coupled with an understanding of the dynamics with which information is integrated into individual and collective knowledge and behavior. If the power of electronic communications is to become available on a broad basis -- and not remain the privilege of an elite -- it is essential that a general understanding of the technical elements and processes -- and of the language to describe them -- be widely disseminated, and that as we do that, we don't get lost in an exclusive jargon.
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Speaking Truth to Power -- Voice of the Children
"There are five billion people in the world today, about two billion are children." That opening sentence from the description of the Voice of the Children campaign (posted on en.unced.general on 7/25/91) should in itself be sufficient reason for everyone involved in the UNCED process to take very special note of this campaign. So should the admonishment from the Great Law of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy that: "In our every deliberations, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." Our children may not be the seventh generation, but it is they, not our elders, who will be living with the consequences of the environment and development policies and decisions that emerge from UNCED. And the eyes of a child tend not to be clouded by preconceptions as to what is "politically acceptable" or "profitable"; what is "right" and "wrong" tend to loom much larger. Voice of the Children, with its theme of Speaking Truth to Power, was initially organized in conjunction with the Bergen meetings in May, 1990, and culminated in a presentation by Norwegian children -- mostly aged 10-16 -- to political leaders in Norway, including Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. The success of the Bergen event led to the development of an international campaign -- there are presently national campaign eum hno atsss nom ,de r r-c e srton th f yr t cir od ia t e the likes of Maurice Strong, Gro Harlem Brundtland, and James Grant, Executive Director of UNICEF. Voice of the Children organizer Kristin Eskeland, however, is clear that no matter how much support there is from "grownups", the key to the success of the campaign depends on children taking the lead. Perhaps ultimately more important to her even than a deeply moving presentation in Rio in the presence of many Heads of State is the prospect of children -- in villages, towns, cities and national capitals -- coming to terms with the issues of environment and development and creating ways of letting their voices be heard in communities around the world. Contact: Kristin Eskeland, Voice of the Children International Campaign, Langes Gate 4, 0165 Oslo 1, Norway; phone +47 2 36 20 35; fax +47 2 36 14 54; e-mail: pns:roestlie, or Raul Montenegro, FUNAM, Casilla de Correo 83, Correo Central, 5000 Cordoba, Argentina; phone: +54 51 22 62 52; fax: +54 51 52 02 60. o o o o o o
We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
UNCED Conference makes the Top 20
Since the UNCED conferences got off the ground in April 1990, there has been a steady increase in the use of the Association for Progressive Communications networks for UNCEDrelated information -- with peak activities occurring around the times of the PrepCom meetings. In May 1991, the en.unced.general conference just made it into the Top 20 conferences on the Institute for Global Communications -- the only APC Network for which statistics are presently available -- and in June, the last month for which figures are available, en.unced.general moved up to 19th place. While the level of activity in the en.unced.general conference has been impressive, the statistics look even better when you begin to examine the extent of usage of the entire family of on-line UNCED-related conferences.
An Electronic Newsstand -en.unced.news
One of the newer UNCED-related on-line conferences that is steadily growing in popularity is en.unced.news. Many who visit the conference regularly are finding that it serves as the equivalent of an electronic newsstand, where you can pick up an edition much earlier than you can get it on the street. In addition, the information on en.unced.news tends to be better organized than on many other conferences. In a striking example of the difference in delivery time, the printed copy of the June 1991 issue of Network 92 arrived in Baltimore on the very same day that the July issue was available on-line.
North-South Dialogue -unced.dialogue
The Canadian Council for International Cooperation (CCIC) is administering a "North-South Dialogue" program to strengthen dialogue between NGOs in developed countries with those in developing countries. Funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the North-South Dialogue program was launched with a series of meetings with a small group of representatives from Northern and Southern NGOs during PrepCom II. The use of electronic communications was central to the planning of the North-South Dialogue, and the unced.dialogue conference was set up as the forum for the participants in this project. After a fairly slow start -- it often takes a little while for dialogue in a conference to get going -- there has been a steady flow of papers, notably those from Maximo "Junie" Kalaw of the Philippines Green Forum (see separate article) and Sanjit Roy from India.
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Do set your conference priorities -- see the article on "Getting priorities straight" for how to do this.
On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit #1, August 12 1991 Editor: Robert Pollard; Guest Editor: Ida Kiss E-mail: igc:rpollard, gn:rpollard, firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com
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UNCED & The Gulf War -- Damage Control or Prevention
As the preparations for war in the Persian Gulf began to escalate, many in the environment and development community expressed deep concern at the impact of the war on the Gulf environment, and on development in the area, as well as its indirect effects on many other developing countries. At the outbreak of hostilities, Ian Peter in Australia contended that the UNCED agenda would be seriously flawed if it were not amended to address the impact on environment and development of the international framework for resolution of conflict. (See "SERIOUS AGENDA FLAW", posted 1/16/91, in the en.unced.general conference). Meanwhile, a Global Environmental Alliance on Peace in the Gulf had been formed in response to the prospects of the massive oil spills and oil well fires that were predicted to be an almost certain consequence of the war. A resolution on January 23 at the annual conference of the Society for International Development in Washington DC, urging Presidents Bush and Hussein to make use of win-win conflict resolution processes instead of military force, drew wide support. The Norwegian Yearly Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers) adopted a minute -- subsequently supported by many other Quakers -- inviting all Friends to call on Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland, Chair of the World Commission on Environment and Development, to raise the issue of peace, environment and development on the UNCED agenda. And the impact on climate and air quality of the Kuwait oil well fires is a major focus of discussion in the en.climate conference. With the publication of PC/72 -- Environmental Assessment of the Gulf Crisis, posted on en.unced.documents on 7/26/91, prepared in response to a request from the second session of the PrepCom, the presence of an official UNCED document provides a clearer context for addressing concerns on the impact of war and conflict resolution processes on environment and development, especially given Maurice Strong's recommendation that the issue of environmental security be given a clear place on the UNCED agenda. However, many will be disappointed unless UNCED takes a far broader view of than the scope of PC/72. For its recommendations are limited to ways of improving international response to the damage that has already been done in the Gulf, and fail to speak to the challenge of developing processes and institutions for resolving conflict in ways other than the use of force, so as to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war which ... has brought untold sorrow to mankind" (Preamble to the United Nations Charter).
Coping with Information Overload -- en.unced.infox
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of UNCED-related information? Take a deep breath to relax, and know that the flood of information is not likely to slow down until after June 1992. Relaxation is a valuable tool to respond to the stress that can be induced by information overload. So relax again and know that you are not alone. The en.unced.infox conference was created in recognition of the problem of information overload, and the challenge of helping people find the information they need. It has been a forum for discussion of strategies to make the mass of UNCED-related information more readily available, especially to those who do not have access to computers and sophisticated communications resources. Much of the discussion leading to the NGONET '92 project took place in en.unced.infox. (see NGONET article).
UNCED-related events -en.unced.readit
Funded by the Dutch and Norwegian governments, and administered by the Environment & Development Resource Center in Brussels, the READIT project -- Rapid Environment And Development Information Timetable -- is compiling and disseminating a master directory of the growing number of UNCED-related events. An updated READIT schedule will be posted in early August, on the en.unced.readit conference, in a format that will make it easier to find out details about what conferences and meetings will be taking place, on what topics, and who to contact for additional information. Printed copies of the READIT schedule can be obtained from EDRC at 26 Boulevard Louis Schmidtlaan, 1040 Brussels, Belgium. Phone +32 2 7368050; fax +32 2 735-8895; e-mail gn:edrc or geo2:edrc.
"Why can't I find it?" Archived topics
At least one of the APC Networks has begun to "archive" some of the earlier UNCED topics, especially topics that people have not been reading much. If someone has told you there is a particular topic on a conference, and you just can't find it in the index, try typing "a" for archive, then "i" for index, and there is a good chance you will find what you are looking for. You can read an archived document just the same way you read any conference topic; the only difference is that you can't write a response to it.
By finding the right place to stand, I can move the world. Archimedes
On The Line: Interactive Preparations for the First Earth Summit #1, August 12 1991 Editor: Robert Pollard; Guest Editor: Ida Kiss E-mail: igc:rpollard, gn:rpollard, email@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com
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Overview of PrepCom III Documents
All of the principal documents for PrepCom III are now available in English on 'en.unced.documents'. For those who are hesitant at the prospect of reading the thousand pages or so that make up the documents, the following, referred by their topic title on 'en.unced.documents' -- might be a good place to start. Topic numbers are not given as they are different on some networks (e.g. GreenNet has archived some of the earlier topics on en.unced.documents). PC/39 Provisional Agenda (66kB) PC/41 Sec. Gen's. Report (53kB) PC/42 Agenda-21 (22kB) Provisional Document List (12kB) PC-3 Documents Summary -1 (45kB) PC-3 Documents Summary -2 (49kB) (see box below for a note on the meaning of "kB") PC/41, the Secretary-General's Report (see lead article for some highlights) may be the best place to start for an overview on what is happening, as seen from the perspective of the UNCED Secretariat. PC/41 gives a review of regional activities, national reports, NGO participation, and a substantial section on the role of information -- in the PrepCom, and on an ongoing basis beyond UNCED -- and a broad overview of the documentation, and the state of preparations in the three Working Groups. PC/39, the proposed agenda for the Geneva meetings, is important reading for anyone who plans to attend the third PrepCom. It gives a fairly detailed overview of the agenda, and identifies when and where the substantive issues and corresponding documents fit on the agenda. The Provisional Document List is not detailed, but it does gives a little more insight into the documents than could be gained from just recording the index of the new topics on en.unced.documents. PC-3 Documents Summary is especially useful in that it gives a summary -- between a half page and a full page in length -- of each document. The first part covers PC/42 PC/54, the second from PC/55 - PC/80. It is not currently possible to download the summaries separately for a given document. If you are interested in recent developments with Agenda 21, you might want to begin by looking at "PC/42 Agenda-21 (22kB)" which describes the Agenda-21 Structure and Orientation, and at the document summaries of PC/42/Add.1 through PC/41/Add.10 in "PC-3 Document Summaries -1". The full text of the addenda to PC/42 were posted on 7/25/91. Some of the PrepCom III documents have associated tables which could not readily be put into text (ASCII) format. These tables have been posted in a WordPerfect 5.1 format on the 'en.unced.binary' conference. Finally, it may be useful to review the decisions and reports from PrepCom II. There are seven parts, with a table of contents and a mostly pro forma overview, the decisions (in two parts), reports from Working Groups I through III, and a listing of the official documents associated with the Second PrepCom session. These are titled on-line as PrepCom-2: Report; Decisions/A; Decisions/B; WG-I; WG-II; WG-III; & Documents respectively.
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Bytes & Kilobytes (kB)
When referring to the size of a document that is available on-line, it will usually be described in terms of kilobytes, abbreviated as kB. Each byte corresponds to one character -- an "a", "b", or "c" etc. As a rule of thumb, there is an average of five or six characters per word, so a "5 kilobyte" document would typically contain between 850 and 1,000 words. Another way of assessing document size is that about 3 kilobytes makes up about one page of text.
To search a conference for a specific title, first go to the end of the conference by issuing the ">" command at the Conf? prompt. Then issue the command ",st" (search by title) and type in the name of the topic exactly as it appears. Don't spend time reading the documents when you are on-line; it doesn't cost anything to read them after you have logged off. Don't hesitate to write to "support" or to the conference facilitator if you have some questions or need help. A little help at the right time makes a lot of difference. When you visit a new conference, look at the (i)ndex of topics. Save it on disk, print it, and browse through it when you are offline. When you see a topic that interests you, log in again and then download that topic.
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A quick guide to the UNCED conferences on-line
If you can not find one or more of these conferences on the Association for Progressive Communications network you use, send a note to "support" on your network, and request they be made available. ax.unced -- Spanish and Portuguese language public conference cnu.ethics -- U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED Working Group on Ethics cnu.information -- U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED Clearinghouse and Communications Committee cnu.steering -- U.S. Citizens Network on UNCED Steering and Executive Committee (private) cnued.documents -- Official UNCED documents in French cnumad.documentos -- Official UNCED documents in Spanish en.unced -- introduction and orientation to the UNCEDrelated conferences en.unced.binary -- Binary files, including "typeset" documents and program files en.unced.documents -- Official UNCED documents in English en.unced.general -- General discussion and NGO documents en.unced.infox -- Discussion of NGO information strategy en.unced.news -- UNCED-related newsletters and publications en.unced.readit -- Extensive schedule of UNCED-related events en.unced.schedule -- Official UNCED Schedule & some UNCED-related events en.unced.topics -- Overview of UNCED organized by substantive topics unced.agenda21 -- Open discussion on Agenda 21 issues unced.canada -- Forum for Canadian NGOs and official Canadian documents unced.dialogue -- South-North dialogue, with a focus on Poverty, Development and Environment issues unced.earthcharter-- Open discussion on Earth Charter issues unced.usgovt -- Dissemination of US Government documents, including the draft US National Report Some related conferences inc.climate -- Official documents from the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Global Climate Change (INC) climate.news -- Newsletters on climate change, including the ECO newsletter produced during the INC meetings en.climate -- general discussion of climate related issues en.energy -- general discussion of energy issues
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With quilting madness happening in my studio, I'm burning through my fabric collection pretty fast. That only means one thing… fabric shopping! In my opinion, fabric shopping is more dangerous than shoe shopping. Those $3 fat quarters can really start adding up once you start throwing them in your digital shopping cart.
The kid in me loves Japanese and illustrative patterned fabrics. Jared bought a bunch of fat quarters for christmas a few years ago which went into my first quilt. With that supply depleted, I have been shopping around to replenish my stock. I thought I would share some of my favorites today.
Pictured Above: Sunshine Garden Floral from The Hey Day Shop
Click here to see the link list for all of these amazing textiles.
- Dragon & Bats Cotton from FreshModernFabrics
- Cotorienne Oasis in Pink from FreshModernFabrics
- Black Biplane Cotton from MasonCottage
- Robot Cotton Linen from JolinTsai
- Swan Lake Ballet Cotton Linen from Himenana
- Woodland Wonderland in Red from FABITAT
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- Quiet Cats from Maigocute
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Love, Sweet LoveHendra & Angela by Paulus
If there is one thing I remember most about this lovable couple, it's "Ping, Mama tui senk ha" which is "Medanese" for "Ping, Mama's gonna go". Angela said this to me after every meeting and I found it simply hilarious! She is a chatty, caring woman, and she is covered with all sorts of motherly nature. She calls them as she sees them, straight forward and to the point. And I found that a charming side of her. Hendra on the other hand is the fun and witty one. He brings all the playfulness into the relationship, and the chemistry they have is what makes them such a joy to shoot for.
Hendra works at Cititrans, a shuttle bus service. Angela was a passenger of one of the shuttle bus en route from Jakarta to Bandung. The bus broke down somewhere along the way and she just won't hear of it. She called the company and gave them her thoughts on buses breaking down in highways and a thing or two about service. Hendra was sent to do some "service recovery" and it was love at first sight. The story continues. Isn't that sweet?
Congratulations again to this sweet loving couple.


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Political firestorm rages over Canadian census
By Allan Dowd
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - The political firestorm surrounding the Canadian government's plan to change next year's census grew more intense on Thursday, fanned by the abrupt resignation of the country's chief statistician in protest.
The seemingly unlikely national debate over how statistics are collected, has pitted the minority Conservative government against groups ranging from the businesses community, to social services organizations and local governments.
Even the Bank of Canada was drawn into the debate on Thursday, with Governor Mark Carney saying the central bank will monitor what impact the census changes might have on data that it uses from Statistics Canada.
Opposition lawmakers asked Statistics Canada's former chief statistician, Munir Sheikh, to testify next week before a committee that will examine the government's plan to make answering the so-called long form census voluntary.
Sheikh abruptly quit on Wednesday over the government's decision to stop making the long form questionnaire mandatory. In the past it has been sent to about 20 percent of the population, seeking detailed demographic information about families and households.
Most citizens are required to fill out a mandatory, shorter census form that seeks basic, less detailed information.
Industry Minister Tony Clement, whose department oversees Statistics Canada and the census, has said the long form was made voluntary because people had expressed privacy concerns.
Sheikh's resignation came as a surprise -- with Statscan posting his letter on its website -- after the government said agency staff were satisfied with the changes. Continued...


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Blier has mellowed in middle age. A heartless wheelchair gag is about as enfant terrible as he gets, and even that is presumably meant as homage to Los Olvidados. Indeed, and yet again, Buñuel is the key reference in this lightly linked series of absurdist sketches after the manner of Le Charme Discret. Arditi, Balasko, Belmondo, et al, play actors named Arditi, Balasko, Belmondo... enabling Blier to engage in a mostly playful game of tag with movie reality and reality reality. The tone shifts between poker-faced teasing (Depardieu as a drunken motorcyclist, Brialy defending himself when called 'an old queer') and equally poker-faced deference (Claude Brasseur then Blier himself getting a phone call from 'Papa'). Mildly unsettling, mildly provoking - the Blier agenda, after all - and slightly tiresome.
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|Bertrand Blier
|Bertrand Blier
|Pierre Arditi
Josiane Balasko
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Dominique Blanc
Claude Brasseur
Jean-Claude Brialy
Alain Delon
Gérard Depardieu
André Dussollier
Sami Frey
Michael Lonsdale
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Michel Piccoli
Claude Rich
Maria Schneider
Michel Serrault
Jacques Villeret
Jean Yanne
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Dos Santos became the first fighter to defeat Velasquez at the inaugural UFC on FOX 1 event in November 2011. Dos Santos knocked out Velasquez in just 64 seconds to become the new UFC heavyweight champion. He defended the title once before Velasquez regained the title from him at UFC 155 in December 2012 with a dominant unanimous decision victory.
The UFC Primetime shows are usually reserved for highly anticipated fights and this one is no different as it features the two best heavyweights in the world today. The show will take us behind the scenes as each fighter puts the final touches on their training camps before doing battle on October 19.
The first of three episodes will air on October 2nd on FOX Sports 1 at 8:30 p.m. ET. You can find more information on the UFC 166 fight card here.


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|Asarco Inc.; CH2M Hiill, Inc.; Black & Veatch.; United States. Hazardous Site Control Division.
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|Remedial planning activities of selected uncontrolled hazardous waste sites-Zone II"--Cover.
"Environmental Protection Agency, Hazardous Site Control Division"--Cover.
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"EPA Work assignment no. 68-8L30.0" ; "Contract no. 68-01-7251"--Cover.
"May 1987."
|vii, 206 pages ; 28 cm
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Now it's no longer difficult to coordinate your pet's bedding with your own decor! Custom printed pet bed matches an entire line of duvet comforters, shower curtains, shams, rugs, indoor/outdoor pillows and even tote bags. Thumbprintz knows that because busy people are on the go, pets are too and this stylish, yet durable bed can now go wherever you both do. Use indoors in the bedroom or living room, outdoors on the deck or patio, camping, on the boat, in the car, or inside the kennel. Top of generously-sized, 30 x 40-inch bed features a custom printed design on weather resistant polyester fabric. The bottom is a waterproof cotton "duck" fabric, similar to conventional canvas. Zippered, removable and washable cover encloses an insert filled with quick drying polyester fiber.
Features of Thumbprintz Indoor/Outdoor Pet Bed, Sidecars
- Custom designed pet bed with weather resistant polyester fabric top and waterproof cotton "duck" fabric bottom
- Generous 30 x 40-inch size is great for dogs, cats, pot-bellied pigs and more
- Printed and sewn in the USA
- Brush stroke abstract design with traditional Japanese color and newspaper reference to Little Tokyo and Sunset Boulevard - art by Janet Bothne
- Coordinates with an entire line of duvet comforters, shower curtains, shams, rugs, indoor/outdoor pillows and even tote bags
Specifications of Thumbprintz Indoor/Outdoor Pet Bed, Sidecars
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|8 x 30 x 40 inches ; 1.2 pounds
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|6 pounds
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24 Wolf Pack student-athletes receive degrees today
Two former student-athletes return to finish their studies.
Gipson named to Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list
Second preseason watch list honor for Gipson
Record number of Wolf Pack student-athletes set graduate at University Commencement ceremonies this week
65 Wolf Pack student-athletes to earn degrees
Blue tops Silver in the spring game for the Wolf Pack football team.
Defense has the upper hand with specialized spring game scoring format.
Pack scrimmage highlighted by strong defense early, offensive surge late
Silver and Blue Spring Game set for April 25
Notre Dame 39, Nevada 10
The Wolf Pack fall to Notre Dame, on September 10, 2016.
Nevada vs. San Jose State
Nevada vs. San Jose State
Nevada 30, Fresno State 16
Photos from Nevada @ Fresno State on Nov. 5, 2015.
Nevada vs. Hawaii, 30-20
NCAA Football: Nevada squares off against Hawaii at MacKay Stadium.
SENIOR (2016) – Played and started in all 12 games his senior year … Finished his career with 44 starts, 25 of which were consecutive … Caught 80 passes in his four-year career for a total of 758 yards and had 10 touchdown receptions in 49 career games played … Hauled in 19 receptions for 162 yards and one touchdown … His lone touchdown catch of the year came in the Wyoming game (10/22) … Caught a season-high seven passes for 38 yards in the game against San Diego State (11/12) … Posted a season-high 47 yards receiving in the Wyoming game (10/22) … His season-long reception of 27 yards also came in the game against Wyoming … Made a reception in first five games of the season and caught at least one pass in 10 of 12 games … Also helped pave the way for James Butler to eclipse 1,000 yards rushing for a second consecutive season and earn an All-Mountain West honorable mention … Helped Nevada rush for 200 yards or more in a single game four times and over 300 yards twice … Began the year on the preseason watch list for the John Mackey Award and the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award … Letter winner.
JUNIOR (2015) - Started in all 13 games at tight end, helping lead the Wolf Pack to a winning record and a victory in the Arizona Bowl … Earned All-Mountain West honors for the second straight season, earning honorable mention accolades … Caught 19 passes for 247 yards and five touchdowns … Also played a key role in blocking as Nevada averaged 210 rushing yards per game and ranked 25th in the nation … Helped pave the way for James Butler and Don Jackson to reach 1,000 rushing yards, marking just the third time in program history a running back duo has eclipsed 1,000-yards rushing in the same season … Tied for the team lead with five receiving touchdowns … Was one of 10 players on the team to start in every game on the season … Caught a season-high five passes for 57 yards and one touchdown in Nevada's win over Hawai'i … Caught a game-winning 11-yard touchdown pass in overtime in Nevada's win over San Jose State … Also caught touchdown passes against UC Davis, New Mexico and Wyoming ... Had 48 receiving yards and a season-long 33-yard reception at Texas A&M … In the preseason, was named to the watch list for the John Mackay Award and was named to Phil Steele's Preseason All-MW Second Team … Letter winner.
SOPHOMORE (2014) - Earned his first-career conference honor, being named to the All-Mountain West second team … Tied for a team-high four receiving touchdowns … Posted 33 receptions and 291 yards on the season … Tallied multi-touchdown games against Arizona and Boise State … Caught a career-high eight passes at Pac-12 foe Arizona … Registered a career-high 74 receiving yards against the Broncos … Caught a season-long reception of 28 yards against Boise State … Played a big role in blocking for Nevada's run game, allowing the Wolf Pack to average over 200 yards rushing per contest … Letter winner.
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2013) - Played in 11 games with eight starts as a redshirt freshman … Caught nine passes for 58 yards on the year … Became one of the starters after Kolby Arendse went down with a foot injury at San Diego State … Caught a career-high four passes in that overtime loss to the Aztecs … Career-long 14-yard catch also came against San Diego State … Letter winner.
FRESHMAN (2012) - Joined the team as a true freshman and redshirted his first season at Nevada.
HIGH SCHOOL - A graduate of Cypress Creek High School in Houston, Texas … Was a multi-sport athlete who lettered four years each in football, basketball and track and field … Earned all-district honors as a return specialist and a tight end in 2009, 2010 and 2011 … Was part of a team that won three straight district championships
PERSONAL - Born Jarred Jamal Gipson on Jan. 1, 1994 … Son of Laticia and Johnny Gipson … Has a younger sister, Kaylyn … Majoring in community health science and wants to be a pharmacist … Enjoys music and plays piano, guitar and drums … Sports hero is Andre Johnson.


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Mobile Matters: How Financial and Insurance Firms Can Optimize Mobile Experiences
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Lorenz Jakober
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Lorenz has a wealth of experience in Web and mobile application design, performance optimization, usability, and delivery. Prior to joining Akamai Technologies, he drove mobile product marketing strategy for Compuware Gomez. In past positions, he focused on customer acquisition, retention, and market research at mobile application delivery platform and media companies. He is an avid spokesperson and blogger on the topic of mobile and web performance and has recently been featured in industry publications including Mobile Commerce Daily, VentureBeat, InformationWeek, PC World, Digiday and MediaPost.
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For ages, Gugo has been used by our Filipino ancestors as their staple hair care regimen. They take out a bark from the big woody, climber Gugo tree and soak them in cold water for about an hour and squeeze out the juice out of the Gugo barks which they will then use as their shampoo. Our Filipino ancestors also rubbed the soaked Gugo barks on their scalp.
Entada Phaseoloides, or simply Gugo, is a very large forest vine plant found throughout the Philippines. It grows wild in Mt. Banahaw and is extensively used in the Philippines for washing hair and for hair treatments. When soaked and rubbed on the hair, it creates a lather that effectively cleanses the scalp and hair.
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Economic woes pinch Iditarod, inspire new aid
By Yereth Rosen
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - In hard economic times, even the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the famed long-distance trek across frozen Alaska starting on Saturday, has had to scratch around for a little extra assistance.
Sponsorship and business woes have cut race revenues by nearly $1 million over the past 15 months, forcing deep cuts in administration and prizes awarded to mushers who make the 1,150-mile (1,851-km) sled-dog journey from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
This year's total prize purse is about $590,000, a $52,000 decrease from last year's purse and significantly less than the $925,000 paid out to mushers in the race two years ago.
Race managers are hoping merchandise sales, subscriptions to online video and other revenues will pick up as the race gets underway and, over the longer term, the economy recovers, said Iditarod Executive Director Stan Hooley.
"We're certainly having to work harder in these challenging economic times to raise the revenue that we'd like to raise to restore that purse to the levels we had a couple of years ago," Hooley said at a news conference in Anchorage on Wednesday.
To help out, four-time champion Jeff King -- who has said he intends to make this year's Iditarod his final run -- has chipped in $50,000 to bolster the race's finances. The city of Nome, for which the Iditarod is a major annual event, has contributed a similar amount.
Other organizations, including government entities, are stepping up their involvement to keep the race running smoothly. The U.S. Coast Guard, which has decided to throw some financial support to top Fairbanks musher Ken Anderson, is a new contributor to the event.
Iditarod involvement is a way to showcase the Coast Guard's growing presence in the Arctic, made necessary by increased vessel traffic as sea ice disappears, said Petty Officer First Class David Mosley. Continued...


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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Harper Clearly Lies...Again
He might try to say he never actually made a concerted effort to form a government, and just reminded the Governor General that she could call on him to form a government. Unless he wants us to believe that he had taken to the habit of writing letters to the Governor General reminding them of their powers, this defense is worthless. He clearly had the intention of having a good shot of forming a government, despite having "lost" an election.
The worst lie he uttered today came when he reminded us that the "other guys" tried forming government despite having lost an election, and that "more importantly, in this election, they say they will." Someone needs to buy him hearing aids and new glasses. How could he have missed Michael Ignatieff's clear refusal of this option? Although the other parties have not ruled it out, they most certainly have not said that they WILL try to form government in a coalition.
It stands to common sense that he could not have possibly missed this. It stands to common sense that he could not legitimately believe that the other guys have said that after this election, if the Conservatives win the most seats, they will try to form government anyway. Instead, he has taken to repeating lies for the benefit of his base, and to instil some vague sentiment of fear in the Canadian electorate. Never mind that this fear is completely unfounded. As Harper himself has recognised, coalitions are legitimate forms of government under our system.
Today, Harper lied. There is no other way to put it. There is no room for such euphemisms as "he misled the people", "he didn't tell the truth", "he ommitted certain facts". If he has fallen to lying to the Canadian people to secure our support, what more reason do we need to kick him out? Recommend this Post at Progressive Bloggers If you liked this post, please vote for my blog at Canadian Blogosphere
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- Michael HarkovMarch 30, 2011 at 4:16 AM
That letter from 2004 had nothing in it regarding a time frame of coalition co-operation, cabinet seats to be delgated, or any other terms of coalition cooperation.ReplyDelete
In addition, during that press conference in 2004 after the letter in question, Layton said it wasn't a coalition, Duceppe said it wasn't a coalition, and Harper said it wasn't a coalition. Shall I bother posting a video link from CPAC to that effect that we both know exists?
On the other hand the one in 2008 expressly used the term "coalition", and had all the terms of such expressed therein. The Liberal leader at the time expressly said no to a coalition before hand, and then promptly tried to form one anyway after the election. Ignatieff has flip-flopped back and forth several times support/non-support since signing his name to indicate support for a coalition. So how can we possibly be expected to believe anything the Liberals say in this regard? We simply can't.
Michael, I never said that the 2004 letter suggested a coalition. I said that it did suggest that Harper would form a government, with the support of the opposition parties. That is not a coalition. And, according to Harper's criteria for losing an election (ie not having the most seats), he had lost the election. He has tried to form government when he had "lost" an election. No way around it.ReplyDelete
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I would think imaging would be compromised with this setup. Perhaps I'm wrong. Any comments?
Imaging is good no doubt due to the long ribbon midrange units.
I've heard Jerry's setup. It's an incredibly dynamic musical experience. Literally a wall of sound.
The ONLY fault I found with it was due to the steep slopes and mega-multiway system, some instruments (bass guitar in particular) would appear to jump from speaker to speaker. Just a small nit though.
I think I'd find that a bit irritating actually...
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Fashion Fix: Big Names in the Big Apple
Today marks the official start of the best week of the year. With a few shows already finished, the week is just beginning. Of course we will be covering some of the most interesting collections and the crème-de-la-crème of designers. You will find special coverage tomorrow on select shows. Taking the runway in just a matter of minutes are:
Carmen MarcValvo 1:00- The Tent
Dennis Basso 2:00- The Promenade
Child Magazine 3:00- The Salon
Donna Karan 3:00- 711 Green wich Street
Zang Toi 4:00- Showroom
Charles Nolan 5:00- The Promenade
Costello Tagliapietra 6:00 -The Salon
Chado Ralph Rucci 7:00 – The Tent
Perhaps the more anticipated events of Fashion Week are the parties. From 6-8 pm at Barneys, the Vionnet launch will take place. The first peek at the French label will be a must-see for Victoria Bartlett, Sophia Kokosolaki, Gilles Bensimon, and Valerie Steele.
Rock & Republic will be having their after party at the Hiro Ballroom and the Maritime Hotel at 10 pm. Mark Ball and his savvy models will be in attendance and Lady Sovereign will also perform at midnight.


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123 Corridor Meeting Tonight in Toccoa
A meeting later today will focus on the U.S. Highway 123/Currahee Street corridor in Toccoa and StephensCounty.
The meeting is tonight at 6 p.m. at the StephensCountySeniorCenter on Rose Lane in Toccoa.
A light dinner will be served.
According to organizers, the primary purpose of this meeting is to initiate discussions between business owners, local government officials, and volunteer organizations such as the Citizens Advisory Panel on Litter and Blight on practical ways to possibly work together to beautify and revitalize the U.S. Highway 123/Currahee Street Corridor.
Organizers said that this type of corridor improvement effort has not been done before on this section of roadway and if successful, organizers feel that it could benefit both businesses and the entire community.


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