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Favorite Movies - This is a hard one. There are so many good ones and I don't own a lot. Donnie Darko, Sin City, Tank Girl, Labyrinth, The Fountain, Princess Mononoke, Push, Scott Pilgrim, Hedwig and the Angry Inch... this could go on for a while. I love sci-fi, adventure, old black and white movies, indie, documentaries, movies that have some kind of message or make you think or feel something. I don't like most horror (some are okay) or generic action-packed blockbusters by Michael Bay. There are a lot of times where I want to go see a movie but can't get anyone to go with me. So if you like to go see movies hit me up!
TV Shows - Anything and everything by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dollhouse, and Firefly), Futurama, Scrubs, Parks and Recreation, Xena, Doctor Who, The Walking Dead, Ugly Betty, Venture Bros, How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory. Anime: Full-Metal Alchemist, Bleach, Trigun, FLCL, Sailor Moon.
Music - I like a lot of things. Mostly anything except country and gangster rap. I like oldies like The Kinks and The Zombies. I like newer stuff like Young the Giant, The Naked and the Famous, Beach House, Lupe Fiasco, The XX. And everything in between: The Killers, Samantha Crain, The Pillows, M.I.A., La Roux, Lady Gaga, Interpol, Under the Influence of Giants, AFI, Gaslight Anthem, etc. Some rap and old skool hip-hop is really good. David Bowie is my life idol. I like Jazz and played in a jazz band for about 7.5 years.
Food - SPICY! The hotter, the better. If it's not hot enough, I'll douse it with Sriracha sauce. Mexican (or any other Latin American country), Indian, Chinese, Japanese is all good. I'm a vegetarian so anything that has a good variety of non-meat options is great.
2) My friends and family who help support me
3) The ability to laugh and have fun
4) Not to sound materialistic, but the internet
5) Human interaction
6) My kitty!
It's just the idea of getting to that level of comfort with each other that you stop planning something fun and setting aside time to hang out with each other and you start just being with each other through all the mundane things in life. You start including your partner in your day-to-day activities and in your life rather than making time to see them. That is just super romantic to me and that's what I want.
You want to see where things could go for dating.
You think I'm just an all around cool dude and think I'd be fun to hang out with.


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To the extent that New Year's resolutions are the triumph of hope over experience (how did last year's go?), we are modern torch-bearers for time-honored human hopefulness. I rather like what that says about us!
The ancient Babylonians practiced the resolution craft, and according to historians often made a new year's pledge to return borrowed farm equipment. Where is that darn plowshare, anyway?
The Romans, who named January for us after their forward-and-back-facing god, Janus, often took stock of their past behaviors, and vowed to make improvements in the year ahead. We are told they frequently sought forgiveness from enemies -- who doubtless had close encounters with the Roman sword.
David Katz, M.D.: New Year's Eve 2011: The Average Lifespan of a Resolution, and How to Make Yours Stick
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By clicking Submit, you accept the Adobe Terms of Use.
You should be knowledgeable about building processes in LiveCycle Workbench ES and understand how to get forms to render in LiveCycle Workspace ES.
In many cases users want to be able to render a PDF form (with advanced functionalities) inside of Adobe LiveCycle Workspace ES, but they are limited to using Adobe Reader to view the form. Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES enables form designer to extend the use of Adobe Reader to allow for any advanced functionalities that they put into their forms. In this article I will show you how to extend your forms for use inside of LiveCycle Workspace ES.
When a user-based process is created, the process creator will declare an input variable that is used to hold the inbound transmission when the user clicks Submit. This variable also will contain a pointer to the location of the template file that will be used to show the form to the user as well as a link to a special process (sometimes called an orchestration) that will tell the system how to combine that data and template together to show the form to the user. This special process is called a renderer, because it tells the system how to render the form to the user. Different renderers will be used depending on the type of template (XDP versus PDF), data format to be merged, and type of form being generated (PDFForm, Guide, or HTML). Adobe provides numerous samples and standard renderers for your use. Figure 1 shows an example:
All of the renderers follow the same format. They start with a SetValue service, which will modify parameters that are fed into the render operation. This is followed by the RenderForm operation, which is the actual call to LiveCycle Forms ES (which creates the form). Finally, there is an optional step (if the form is being used with LiveCycle Workspace ES) that will inject the FormBridge code into the form to enable it to communicate with the workspace application.
Now that you understand how to render a form, you can create your own renderer. A number of excellent examples ship with the product that you can use as a base. In this case, I will assume that you are starting with an XDP form template and will use the renderPDFForm service that is in the Samples/Forms category.
The properties should look like Figure 5:
Save your process and activate it. Note that if you do not reference the correct Credential Alias or you try to turn on rights for which you do not have the associated server product (for instance, 2D Barcode), then your process will fail and an error message will be written to the application server log file.
Now that you know how to render your forms, how do you call it in your process? When designing your process, you need to create a variable that will hold the data that is merged with the form. If you are using XDPs from Designer, then you need to define a variable of type
xfaForm. The
xfaForm variable gets associated with a particular template that is in the repository. This association is held in the definition of the
xfaForm variable's template
URI parameter. You can create the variable by hand and associate the template by browsing to the appropriate template (using the Browse button), or you can simply drag the desired template onto the variables view and it will create the variable and make the association for you (see Figure 6).
If this is the variable that will be used as the first step in your process, it must be set as an input variable. Now that you have defined a variable to hold your data and associated it with a template, you must tell it how to render this form and associate it to a renderer. This is done under the Advanced Settings button.
The ability to customize renderers is not limited to adding LiveCycle Reader Extensions ES. You can modify the renderer to certify forms before delivery to the user. The beginning of the renderer can also be modified to get additional data to merge onto the form (database lookups, web service calls or LDAP queries, to name a few).
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Newsround's Helen is joining Blue Peter as a presenter.
The 25-year-old, from Cumbria, will be one replacement for Zoe Salmon and Gethin Jones, who both left in June.
Helen said she was thrilled to get the job, and has just returned from four weeks of filming with Blue Peter in the wilds of Alaska.
She said: "It's a dream come true to get the best job in telly and to join the series in its 50th anniversary year is a massive honour."


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Scottie Reynolds passed up his chance to jump to the N.B.A. Jay Wright never seriously considered leaving the Wildcats for the Philadelphia 76ers' head-coaching vacancy.
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Stephen Powers, better known as ESPO in the art world, is set to open a solo exhibition at Alice Gallery in Brussels. The show will feature several picks from Powers' already classic body of work, including new renditions of pieces from his 'Metaltations' series. The 'Metaltations' are inspired by the artist's frequent epiphanies, and as such are painted quickly – though meticulously – in Powers' signature pop art-influenced style. Look for the "Visual Blues" exhibition, premiering at Alice Gallery on May 16.
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It's not too often that a high school boys soccer team starts a season 0-3 -- losing all three games at home, to boot -- yet still wins a South Jersey championship. One would venture to say that's a real understatement.
Yet that's what the Hammonton Blue Devils accomplished Thursday with a 1-0 win over host Timber Creek in Erial, Glocester Township. As a No. 5 seed in Group III, the Cape-Atlantic League school was seen by many observers as a huge underdog against the Olympic-conference-based Chargers.
But Hammonton coach Dave Thompshon never allowed his team to buy into the mindset that CAL teams are in any way weaker than their counterparts throughout the rest of southern New Jersey. And with that kind of leadership from the top, the Blue Devils players went out and took the game to Timber Creek from the opening whistle.
It also helped significantly that hundreds of Hammonton students made the trip to the game, complete with vuvuzelas and drums in hand. Their non-stop cheering lifted their fellow classmates on the field, and when sophomore Jimmy Lamp'l scored on a header with less than three minutes left, it set off a celebration rarely seen at scholastic soccer matches.
Hammonton athletic director Mike Gatley was beaming afterward, and with good reason. His student body had shown tons of school spirit, and his boys soccer players -- and their coach -- were in the midst of collecting a sectional trophy.
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How do you pronounce your name? Jem Youksell
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I am an assistant professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah and the founder of Cyber Radiance LLC, a computer graphics software company. Previously, I was a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, under the guidance of Doug James, after receiving my PhD degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University, advised by John Keyser and Donald House.
My research interests are in computer graphics and related fields, including physically-based simulations, realistic image synthesis, rendering techniques, global illumination, sampling, GPU algorithms, graphics hardware, modeling complex geometries, knitted structures, and hair modeling, animation, and rendering.
Future Courses
Fall 2017-CS 6620- Ray Tracing for Graphics
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Stitch Meshes
Stitch Meshes provide a new way of representing and modeling knited garments with yarn-level detail. We used Stitch Meshes for modeling full sizte knitted garments as well as various knitting patterns. This work will be presented as a technical paper at SIGGRAPH 2012.
Hair Meshes
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Deep Opacity Maps
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Wave Particles
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TUCSON (AP) Scales that failed to accurately weigh luggage at Tucson International Airport have been temporarily shut down pending repair and recertification, according to the Arizona Department of Weights and Measures.
The 15 scales are used by United Airlines and Delta Air Lines to weigh luggage, and extra fees are charged if bags are overweight.
The two airlines were the first chosen as part of regular but rare state testing last done in 2004.
The results were disturbing, said Weights and Measures spokesman Steve Meissner, because every scale tested failed.
"United failed because security seals on the scales were missing and Delta workers had put wood and foam rubber pads under its scales," Meissner said.
How much each scale was off was not released.
United charges a $125 fee for luggage weighing more than 50 pounds. Delta charges $25 for bags from 50 to 70 pounds and $80 on luggage weighing between 71 and 100 pounds, according to information provided by Meissner.
A spokesman for Delta in Atlanta said the weight discrepancy was minor and likely did not affect many passengers, but added the company will fix the problems.
"We apologize if anyone was improperly charged by scales that were out of line," said Anthony Black, a Delta spokesman.
United certified its Tucson scales in June and will investigate to see what went wrong, company spokesman Jeff Kovick said.
"We're working now to quickly correct the problem with the scales," Kovick said from Chicago.
Each inaccurate scale means a fine of at least $300, Meissner said.
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X-Clan, one of the genre's most powerful and influencial hip-hop crews ever, have returned after nearly a decade-long hiatus. Making its debut in 1990 with the classic To The East Blackwards, X-Clan was at the forefront of hip-hop's cultural movement. With hits like "Funkin' Lesson," "Head The Word Of The Brother" and "Raise The Flag," X-Clan secured hip-hop as a vehicle to advance the science and math of upliftment, popularizing the ideas of Malcolm X, Sonny Carson, Huey Newton, and Clarence 13X, while keeping dance floors packed. Led by Brother J, the Clan's founder and original lead MC, X-Clan is ready again to move your mind, body, and spirit.
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|2010-11:Recovering from off-season, hip labrum
surgery has made his status unclear…could redshirt…if he does play,
he will give the squad another skilled performer at the four spot…a
very solid rebounder and defender…possessing fine hands and good
length, he is most effective with his back to the basket…can step
out and shoot the three.
2009-10:The junior transfer gave the squad a viable, low-post option off the bench, averaging nearly 12 minutes an outing…was very effective at the offensive end, converting nearly 60% of his shots…started the first three games of the campaign and came through with a pair of double-figure performances, including a season-high 14 points vs. Southwestern of Arizona on 11/20/09 when he went 6-7 from the field…hit all five of his shot attempts in an 11-point effort at Holy Names on 12/18/09…equaled that total vs. Pt. Loma Nazarene on 2/27/10 when he also hit a pair of three-pointers.
Palomar College: A two-year performer for the Comets, he played in all of the team's 57 games over that period…in 2007-08, he averaged 6.9ppg and 4.6rpg while shooting 54.5% from the field…he followed that up a year later by almost doubling his scoring output to 12.9ppg and leading the squad in field goal percentage (61%), rebounding(5.8rpg), and blocked shots (13)…scored in double figures 22 times and tallied a career-high 21 points vs. Grossmont on 1/10/2009.
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The Lord Our Shield (Psalm 3:1-8)
Nathan Currey, November 20, 2005
Part of the Exposition of the Psalms series, preached at a Morning Worship service
Since our salvation belongs to the Lord we can face our foes with confidence
I. The Foes
A. How They're Rising
B. What They're Saying
II. The Lord Who Answers
A. Our Shield
B. Our Glory
C. The Lifter of Our Head
III. The Peace for God's People
A. Sleep Granted/ Life Sustained
B. Salvation Provided/ Enemies Struck
C. Blessings Abound
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Psalm 3
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
3:1 O Lord, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
2 many are saying of my soul,
there is no salvation for him in God. Selah
3 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.
4 I cried aloud to the Lord,
and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
5 I lay down and slept;
I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
who have set themselves against me all around.
7 Arise, O Lord!
Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.
8 Salvation belongs to the Lord;
your blessing be on your people! Selah (ESV)


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Chisholm Middle School
Newton, Kansas
Chisholm Middle School works in partnership with the broader community, including Our Lady of Guadalupe, a Catholic church nearby, which assists with homework classes for Hispanic students two nights a week. Recent data show the school's Hispanic students have improved their grades and homework completion 50 percent since the implementation of the program. Parents are richly involved at the school: Every parent/guardian is automatically a member of the PTO, and all parents are encouraged to step forward as candidates for the school's site council, for example. Despite having nominal financial resources, the school has made consistent yearly progress and has been awarded state recognition for its academic achievement.


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Update at 2 p.m. ET: Election workers in Alaska have begun counting write-in ballots. Supporters of both Sen. Lisa Murkowski and GOP challenger Joe Miller are in the room. Miller's supporters are already challenging the state election division director as she reviews ballots that have different variations in the spelling of Murkowski's name.
Our original post begins here:
Republican Joe Miller is invoking the landmark Bush v. Gore case in his lawsuit to stop Alaska from using discretion in counting write-in ballots in the state's hotly contested Senate race.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski launched a write-in campaign to keep her seat after losing the GOP primary to Miller, a Tea Party favorite. The lawsuit comes a week after Republicans won several U.S. Senate seats and narrowed the Democratic majority.
In election returns so far, Miller has 35% of the vote and write-ins account for 40%. Murkowski, a member of an Alaska political family, believes most of those write-ins are for her. Democrat Scott McAdams has already conceded.
Miller is asking a judge to prevent the state from making a judgment on a voter's intention. Alaska's election law calls for write-in ballots to have the oval filled in and either the candidate's last name or name as it appears on the official declaration of candidacy written in.
But Lt. Gov. Craig Campbell, who is responsible for Alaska elections, has said he will accept minor misspellings of Murkowski's name if the "voter intent" is clear.
Voter intent goes to the heart of Bush v. Gore, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that ultimately declared George W. Bush the winner of the 2000 presidential contest after a lengthy -- and nasty -- recount in Florida. Miller's complaint cites the case by name.
The high court ruled that the Florida Supreme Court violated the Constitution's equal protection clause by failing to adopt uniform standards for determining voter intent.
Kevin Sweeney, Murkowski's campaign manager, said that it "appears the Miller campaign will do everything they can to stop Alaska votes from being counted."
Miller's legal team includes Ben Ginsberg, part of the Bush-Cheney legal team in 2000.
Edward Foley, who directs an election law institute at Ohio State University, said Miller could be trying to raise the same points as in Bush v. Gore by filing his complaint in federal court.
But Foley noted there's a difference between being legally correct and not having enough ballots in your favor.
"Even if you can say the legal theory is correct, he may not have the numbers," Foley said. "He won't win an election if the numbers aren't there."
(Posted by Catalina Camia with reporting from the Associated Press)
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
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Hi everyone, my name is Jack and I'm 22 years old. For some reason I'm truly fear of dark.
I'm truly afraid of dark. Whenever I sleep alone, I sleep with all the lights on. It's not just a little night light, but majority of the lights in the apartment has to be on. Otherwise I couldn't sleep.
For some reason, when it's night time, I'm afraid. When I lay in my bed in the dark, I have fearful thoughts. All the alines, ghost stories, bloody scary movies comes into my mind. My heart starts pumping fast, my hand starts to sweat, and I became really really afraid. I know it sounds funny and stupid, but I just can't sleep in the dark. (I can sleep in the daytime, and not being afraid.) No matter how tired I was, I just can't sleep in the dark. Because of this, I no longer watch any tv shows that's relates to alien sighting, murder stories, or anything graphic topics.
However, if there was somebody else in the apartment, I can sleep in the dark. (ex, some friend sleep on the couch.) I still have hard time to get to sleep, but I wouldn't be as afraid when I'm sleeping alone.
I could watch any scary movie or graphic tv show and not have any feeling in the daytime. But at night, these images comes into my mind and scares the crap out of me.
I know some kids can't sleep at night because of "monster in the closet." But I"m an adult, and this are images in my mind.
I really didn't have this kind of problem when I was a kid. It developed over the last 2 or 3 years.
How do I fix this? Why am I so fearful of dark?


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Kanye West Sex Tape Emerges With A Kim Kardashian Look-A-Like
Word on the street is that rapper Kanye West is absolutely terrified about a sex tape that is currently being shopped around for purchase to the highest bidder. RadarOnline clearly notes that the video is clearly West doing the deed with a Kim Kardashian look-a-like. In the tape, the young woman clearly states that she is 18 years old and married, and the reason she was "there" is because she and her husband "don't have sex anymore."
According to RadarOnline:
"The tape is nearly 20 minutes long and appears to have been shot in a hotel room with an unidentified female who clearly states at the beginning of the video that she's 18 years old.
The tape was supposedly filmed before his Kardashian days, but the website states that it is definitely Kanye West in the video.
Radar also states:
"With her bodacious curves, dusky skin and long black hair the woman is a definite dead ringer for Kim Kardashian."
This should be interesting to see what company actually buys it and if people really want to see Kanye getting busy.


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|Food Labeling; Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods; Public Meeting
|FDA Comment Number :
|Submitter :
|Ms. Laura Moore
|Date & Time:
|08/15/2005 05:08:58
|Organization :
|Ms. Laura Moore
|Category :
|Individual Consumer
|Issue Areas/Comments
| 1-Gluten free on a food label should mean the food has no wheat, rye, barley, or oats, or have anything closely derived from these grains. I get sick eating foods that contain these items.
2-I constantly have to read ingredient labels, when I grocery shop. I spend about 3 hours a week in the store doing my weekly shopping. And then I sometimes get food with hidden gluten and wheat ingredients, making me miserable the next day after consuming this.
3-You should take a look at the United Kingdoms way of labeling their food products. I spend about 3 weeks a year there and I eat better there and can safely buy food there, because everything is labeled, such as-gluten free, wheat free, dairy free, egg free,etc., etc. Learn something from across the pond. Only food that I buy from the internet or from the health food stores are marked gluten free. Regular grocery store shopping is a nightmare!!!!!!!!!!
4-I would purchase products labeled gluten free only after reading the ingredient label first for hidden wheat by-products. Please, please get the manufacturers of food products help Celiacs be able to shop like normal people and not be afraid of the food we buy. Also your saying that 1 per cent of the population has celiac sprue is totally wrong!!! It is about 1 in 133 people in the U.S. We should be testing for this on everyone. Since being diagnosed with this, 4 people that I know have also been diagnosed. I can say that since being diagnosed, I am eating healthier because I am not eating processed foods that are loaded with all the preservatives, addatives, food colorings, and all the rest of the garbage that is affecting the human population every day!


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Triumph - OK but not great: Carnival Triumph Cruise Review by eguiney
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Triumph - OK but not great
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Galveston
We sailed on the Triumph's 5-day, 1/27/14 sailing. We like to take a post-holiday cruise in January and have done the Progresso, Cozumel route twice before on the Ecstasy and enjoyed that ship. I feel the Triumph experience is a step down. We did have fun on the trip, but mostly in spite of Carnival and not because of them. We typically find a way to have fun where ever we are and whatever we are doing, and that was the case on this trip. I think that there may be an increasingly poor product that Carnival is offering. It may be focusing on the masses or lowest common denominator.
Below are some random thoughts, opinions and comparisons on the cruise. They are not meant to anger or offend. Each of us is different and these are my thoughts. Take them as such.
We did FTTF and were More in our cabin by 11:15. You do have to go thru the closed door to get there and not all the cabins/suites are available that fast. Our luggage however did not arrive until after 4.
The Ship
I was expecting a ship that had recently been through an extensive remodel to be in better looking shape than it was. Nothing horrible more troubling. We saw a lot of rust, dirt, worn varnish/stain on wood work, warped boards on deck, things like that. We had rust in our shower and several items in the stateroom did not work and maintenance had to come fix them. On other cruises we have seen the crew constantly painting or cleaning. Don't recall seeing one paintbrush on this ship. We also experienced a ship wide total power failure including propulsion on the last sea day. Thoughts of last year ran though everyone's mind but I will say the crew did a fantastic job of handling the situation which was minor and we were back underway in about an hour. I have to wonder if what appears to be a lack of maintenance is contributing to these mechanical failures.
The traffic flow on the ship is ridiculously bad. The locations of the Guy Fieri's and the Blue Iguana Grill, the deli and Chopsticks limits the flow through aisles on lido greatly and makes it especially difficult if you are trying to navigate while carrying food, and even more especially since there are no longer any trays to carry your food and drinks on. There were drink stations set up so that people in line for drinks were lined up out into the traffic flow. It was just ridiculous. The other ridiculous traffic flow area was on Promenade during the evenings when they sit up all of the photo op stations. It limited the flow through area to a corridor about the size of a normal hallway. Throw in people stopping to look at the photo backdrops, 20-something guys trying to bull their way through, etc, it just made for an annoying trip down the Promenade.
The Stateroom – Cabin 7400 Balcony on Empress Deck
The cabins are small. There is only about 12" from the end of the bed to the wall and about the same from the side of the bed to the balcony wall. Makes it difficult to get into that side of the bed. I will say there is plenty of storage space however. There is no fridge in the room. The safe is strange in that you have to use your room key to lock and unlock it. That is fine, but if you wife locks it then she has to unlock it. It has to be the same key that locked it which at some point could be an issue. The older number system was better.
The location near the rear of the ship was convenient as it made for easy access to the MDR, the Alchemy bar and deck five as well as the rear pool on deck 9.
Cheers and bar service
The Cheers package is $49.95 a day. BUT, everyone in the stateroom has to buy it. Since my wife drinks very little I knew this would not work. Also on port days I see no way to make this be a value. I was not aware of the 15 drink max and really don't see where this might be an issue unless that is per stateroom.
We enjoyed the Alchemy Bar and it staff. They make some interesting and tasty concoctions and are very friendly. Service at the other bars was also very friendly.
Food to me was a big disappointment. The food in the MDR varied from bland to tasteless to not edible. Several of the dishes, I either did not eat or ate only part of. They had frog legs one night that were drowned in congealed garlic butter. Completely not edible. Most of the other foods to me were of a lower chain restaurant quality. The exception would be breakfast in the Paris dining room. The omelets were very good and being able to sit down and not fight the hordes in the buffet was a plus. We had a couple of Guy's burgers. They are good burgers but they aren't better than Fuddruckers or any other land based burgers. They are just good for cruise ship burgers. The burrito from the Iguana grill was OK. The tacos not so much.
We seldom go to the theater shows. We did make the comedy club shows and they were good. Music around the ship is also nice. But the one complaint would be that in every venue and anywhere there is a sound system the volume is so high as to make it uncomfortable. The band playing in front of the casino bar was good, but was so loud we could not stay and listen.
When we have done this route before we did the Uxmal excursion. This time we did not want the 5 hours on the bus so we took the tour around town on the double-decker bus. It cost $5 pp and I thought it was worth it. We then went back to the shop rather than fight all of the street vendors.
We have been to Cozumel so many time most of it is been there done that. We now just go to a beach called Nachi Cocum where we get lounge chairs, a palapa, all we can drink, and a 4 course lunch. It makes for a relaxing day.
Final Thoughts
Did I have fun – yes, but that is because of my DH, who did things like decorating the room while I was in the shower complete with a bubble machine, and because my main goal for this trip was to be able to get some sun, read a couple of books and relax and I got to do those things.
Would I cruise Carnival again – I'm not sure I'm going to cruise again at all. We have a big land vacay planned for Hawaii later this year and next year we may do the Florida Keys. But for sure if we cruise again it will not be with Carnival. Now that RCCL is sailing year round from Galveston and NCL and Princess will both be sailing from Houston, we will have more local cruise options. We did a NCL suite from New Orleans last Feb and you can't beat those suite perks.
Would I recommend Carnival to someone else – It depends. If my son's friends wanted to go and they were really only looking to drink and party on a limited budget, I might recommend Carnival as an acceptable option, especially if they were first time cruisers. However, I will no longer recommend the line to my friends. Less
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Cabin review: 7400
Very small. Only about 12" from foot of the bed to the wall and the same from the side of the bed to the balcony wall making it very difficult to get into that side of the bed. Plenty of storage space though.
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"Screw things up" in what way? The PW is an excellent reader, to my mind.
What were these "bad things", may I ask?
I would never ever consider buying PaperWhite, Aura is the only with 6.8" screen, so I had no choice but to get it.
The bad things:
1. Lack of buttons. There is not even "next page" button.
I am currently reading with Aura HD and I hate it so badly because of that.
E-reader is a specialized device for reading books, not a general-purpose tablet.
It should have at least the buttons to turn pages.
There is still touch screen for those who don't want to use buttons.
On Sony T2 I have disabled in CR turning pages with touching screen, though.
There are two things:
- the lack of feedback when turning pages, sometimes I don't know if it worked correctly, if, perhaps I turned two pages instead or in the wrong direction.
- the terrible feeling each time when I need to touch the screen with a finger and leave a greasy fingerprint on it without any need.
Besides, I might scratch it.
I would never ever buy a phone without hardware buttons, that's for sure.
2. The glowing screen. It cannot even be switched off on PW.
And at the minimum setting it is probably still glowing a bit?
The real printed books do not glow in the dark. E-ink was invented for that purpose - so that the screen were not glowing.
All their fairy tales about the difference between back lit and reflected light are just a pile of BS.
The glowing screen certainly cannot be used in the dark, as in tv commercials they try people to use it. It is very harmful for the eyes, just terrible.
I tested on Aura, and Aura has better glowing screen than PW - absolutely even light and warmer at that. Still eyes hurt terribly at any setting.
Using a clip-on light with a longer neck is much better but still not good.
For reading e-books a good external lighting is needed, just as for reading printed books.
The only possible usage: to set the glowing level to < 5%, select a semi-bold font and read at a slightly away from perpendicular angle in a pretty well but not too well lit room - then you can have an effect when you don't yet feel that the screen is glowing but it becomes much whiter and contrast is increased. Still, the same effect can be achieved by reading outside in the sun or by having a proper lighting for reading books without any glowing screen.
On Aura, the screen glowing can be set to as low as 1% or switched off completely. Still there ar two other things to consider:
- the light distributing layer is not 100% transparent and the contrast would be better without it, when the lighting is not used. Although it is difficult to notice the difference, you need to compare identical screens with and without the light distributing layer, and even then the difference is barely noticeable. So not a big deal, but still.
- however, the other thing is more serious: we all know stories about scratches appearing sooner or later on that light distributing layer (about Nook Glowlight, especially, PW is perhaps too new still).
When the scratches appear, you no longer can use the lighting (on Paperwhite you can't even switch it off!) but the non-100% transparent layer remains, and some scratches might be even visible with lighting off.
So all the time I am waiting for the scratches to appear - there is no comfort in reading with that stupid glowing light.
Again, there should be a choice - if you are reading while commuting perhaps you need a glowing screen, but PaperWhite does not give that choice. Only one model.
Neither does Aura HD.
For me - glowing screen is a deal breaker, I would not buy a reader with a glowing screen given a choice.
I got Aura even with the glowing screen and without buttons because I wanted to experience the difference of 0.8" in the screen size.
I consider it a temporary reader, until normal readers with buttons and without glowing screen appear with the same screen. But will they ever?
3. PaperWhite went back from IR touch screen to capacitive touch screen.
It adds another non-100% transparent layer on top of the e-ink screen.
That was the reason why IR was used in the first place - to get rid of an additional layer. Now they are making a step backwards.
I have nothing against inductive touch screens where the additional layer is not on the top.
I guess, with two additional unnecessary layers on top of e-ink, the designers of PaperWhite felt they cannot afford to allow to switch off the glowing screen - they needed it always to look having more contrast than it really has.
I could mention another thing I don't like about PaperWhite, but it is not new, I don't like any Kindle for that - a lack of a slot for an SD card.
In all my readers I have 32 GB class 10 cards (except that in Aura it may be less useful, with its slow book indexing).
On hacked T1/T2 it is possible to switch off the native book indexing and large SD cards work fine.
For example, I have 10 GB of dictionaries and 20 GB of books on a card.
BTW, T3 still has buttons!!! So this is great. But T2 is so good already that I don't know if T3 can be any better. A higher resolution screen may give no noticeable advantage when using small 20 point font as I do. And until it is hacked - it is useless to me.
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To unravel these remains possibly dating back to the Gupta period (8th century AD) or earlier, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) undertook excavations in the early eighties and again this year.
Situated amidst the Khudar and Kutni rivers besides
the larger river Ken, the region around Khajuraho was blessed with much
of the resources required to sustain a vibrant population. The Ken river
facilitated the transportion of men and materials from other parts of the
country. This helped in the import of ideas and craftsmen from distant
lands. However, conspicuous building activity in the tract around Khajuraho
started from as early as 200 BC, particularly at Bharhut in Satna district
and during the Gupta period at Bhumra, Nachna and Deogarh. Talent was also
available in the region. With these antecedents it is no wonder that 84
temples were reputedly built at Khajuraho in a period spanning from the
8th to 12th century AD.
Intensive Excavations
To unravel the mystery of the 84 temples, the ASI initiated an intensive survey in 1980. The finding of 18 mounds and other associated structures with definite evidence of the remains gave some credence to the common belief that the remains of many more temples could be found outside the ambit of the 10 kms. diameter.
In 1981 the ASI started excavating the largest of
the Satdhara mounds located to the east of the Western Group of Temples.
The excavations provided a rare insight into the cultural sequence of the
place. The remains showed clear evidence of Pratihara and Chandela periods
( 11th &12th century AD) . One of the most interesting find was the
presence of a triple shrine with a common Mandapa (porch) and Pradikshina
Path. (path of circumambulation). Significantly, the earlier structures
were now known to be made of bricks. The continuous occupation of the site
is evident by the superimpositons of all the three periods on the brick
Archaeological Finds
Several sculptures including that of Mahishasur Mardini, Vamana and Yamuna were found. Other significant finds include various beads, terracotta pendants, figurines of bull, gamesmen, disc and iron objects . Among the iron objects , some remarkable ones included the arrow heads, fragmentary blades of dagger , leaf-shaped spear head besides nails and other miscellaneous artefacts.
The excavation was resumed in the main mound of the Bijamandal group of mounds during 1998-99. The mound located about 3 km. south-east of the Western Group of Temples is approachable by a metalled road till Chaturbhuj temple. From there, a short travel on an unmetalled road towards the old Jatkhara village would lead one to the site.
Also known as Vaidyanath, this mound on pre-excavation reconnaissance was thought to be remains of a big temple, at least comparable with the Vishwanath temple at Khajuraho, in dimension.
Thus the mound with Shiva Linga was taken up for excavation in order to expose the extant remains of the temple at its base. The actual digging which started in early this year was undertaken at the highest levels of the mound excluding the Shiva Linga and Yonipatta. First the topmost layer consisting of stone chips came into view. This layer also had much cobble and broken architectural fragments and mutilated pieces of sculpture. Beneath the first, layer huge block stones were found. These colossal stones perhaps formed the foundation of the pillars supporting the Mahamandapa (large hall).
Excavations were continued on the sides of the mounds so as to expose the extant mouldings. From the maze of partly-hidden and exposed strutures of entire architecture of the Garbagriha ( cell containing the image of the presiding deity), Mahamandapa (large hall),Mandapa (porch) and Ardhamandapa ( narrow sloping roof) were constructed. The extant remains belong to the basal part of the temple. The lowest of these are resting on coarsely-dressed blocks which apparently were below the soil.
A study of the moulding revealed that the highest one was about 2.25 metres. At places, particularly in the northern half ,the mouldings were very few as these may have fallen down and rolled away. The Antarpatta mouldings show scenes of portly men being attended by male and maid servants to the accompaniment of dance and music. Other scenes include warriors on the move along with horses and elephants. A preponderance of elephants has been noticed. Most interestingly, in-situ depiction of Jain Tirthankaras is seen . Curiously, whereas one of the Tirthankaras has been carved to full detail including Swastika the other one at the opposite side was yet to be carved. In this panel the carving done from left to right has been lucidly shown by the fact that the attendant on the left of the viewer has been finely carved whereas the central deity and the attendant to its right was in the process of being given finishing touches.
The sculputures at this site belong to three distinct phases. The earliest one has simpler sculptures with lesser attributes. These are more or less rotund in nature. The second phase is represented by sculptures with full elaboration in iconography. The third phase sculptures are slender with typical ornamented head dress. Many of the sculptures of divinities are either lacking in depiction of their attributes and Vahanas (vehicles) or else the attributes are different from those generally associated with them.
For instance, the comparatively intact figure of Saraswati does not show her Vahana ,i.e. ,swan. Incidentally, this figure was also not given the finishing touches like combing of hair or carving of particular outlines of gems on the jewellery. Similarly, another in-situ figure apparently of Shiva as understood by headdress holds flower buds in its upper hands.
This structure has been found to be longer than the
largest temple of Khajuraho, namely Kandariya. Whereas Kandariya measures
about 30 metres in length the extant remains of Bijamandal temples have
a length of 34.60 metres. It is however slender in comparison to Kandariya
by about 75 cms. Another technological finding was the lime coating especially
over the Jain figures. The full grandeur of the marvels of Khajuraho is
apt to come out once the excavation work is complete.


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Dr Roger Bezdek is in Australia for a series of lectures on the theory of peak oil - the idea that we have arrived at or are about to arrive at the high point of oil production ahead of a terminal decline.
He called for the government to create an independent body to study peak oil and create solutions ahead of a "liquid fuels crisis".
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But Dr Bezdek warned it may already be too late to address peak oil, which was first mooted in the 1950s.
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Someone recently told me I changed 5 years ago, for the worse. I wondered what could have happened that would have turned me into a horrible person, when it dawned on me- 5 years ago I had a kid!
That was the end of sleep/sleeping in/getting enough sleep, having nice things, cleaning only your own poo, leisurely meals, peaceful car trips, etc. The lack of sleep alone is enough to make people irritable and irrational, never mind the crying. I think most parents would agree that having a kid was a profound, and possibly irreversible, life change.
Et voila! Science proves it.
It turns out parenthood is worse than divorce, unemployment — even the death of a partner
Life has its ups and downs, but parenthood is supposed to be among the most joyous. At least that's what the movies and Target ads tell us.
In reality, it turns out that having a child can have a pretty strong negative impact on a person's happiness, according to a new study published in the journal Demography. In fact, on average, the effect of a new baby on a person's life in the first year is devastatingly bad — worse than divorce, worse than unemployment and worse even than the death of a partner.– The Washington Post
Parenthood is, in its way, worse than getting divorced, losing your job, or the death of a partner. Read it and weep (or perhaps I should say keep weeping if you're already there).
I can't imagine being a single parent, or not having the choice whether or not to have a child. Even at the lowest points, at least Mac and I could fall back on, "We got ourselves into this mess."
It may be a choice to procreate, the end result may be positive, and parents may not choose to change anything, but parenting is freakin' hard. Especially that first one.
So, on behalf of parents everywhere, apologies that we couldn't be sunshine and roses when sleep-deprived and devoid of free time. Sincere thanks for folks who tolerated us and supported us during that transition.
The image of 3 year old Aylan laying face down in the sand. It broke me. I saw my 3 year old son. I imagined the desperation of his parents to flee.
I watched the videos of families laying in the streets of numerous cities with nowhere to go. I wanted to climb through the screen, find a displaced family and bring them home with me. Keep them safe. Give them comfort. Instead, I immediately went online and looked for ways I could help.
I signed this petition urging the British government to act. I signed this petition urging the US government to act.
I made a donation to the UN Refugee Agency, and another to the Migrant Offshore Aid Station. I filled out the paperwork to ensure my employer matched my donations.
It did little to quiet my conscience. It did nothing to erase the image from my mind every time I looked at my own son.
This morning I saw this poem.
Just heartbreaking. See below for info on more ways you can help the migrant crisis in Europe.
This morning Nemo woke me with this book in his hand, asking me to read it. He climbed in, snuggled up, and we read.
We usually reserve reading for bed time, but perhaps because I was out last night and wasn't home for bed time, he thought this was a good make-up session.
I do love reading to my kids. The cuddling, the funny voices, the read-alongs to the books they've mostly memorized, love it all. Even after an ordeal to get them ready for bed, we can set aside our differences and enjoy a story together.
Later in the day I read this interesting article from the NY Times Well Blog about the benefits of reading on young minds:
The different levels of brain activation, he said, suggest that children who have more practice in developing those visual images, as they look at picture books and listen to stories, may develop skills that will help them make images and stories out of words later on…
Dr. Hutton speculated that the book may also be stimulating creativity in a way that cartoons and other screen-related entertainments may not.
"When we show them a video of a story, do we short circuit that process a little?" he asked. "Are we taking that job away from them? They're not having to imagine the story; it's just being fed to them."
So enjoy reading to a kid! You get the quality time, the laughter, the snuggles, and they get all that and some brain development too.
Encountering a lot of people who 'believe' the science on global climate change, but reject the science on GMOs. Not sure what the disconnect is. There is no 'belief' in science- either the data support the conclusion or it's not true.
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Cannot believe I haven't updated this blog in so long. My life has kind of been taken over by a fight.
My home, my children, my community is being threatened by a huge energy company's plans to expand a natural gas pipeline that runs near our home. They want to make it so large that an accident would destroy our house. Neighbors homes may be torn down to make way for the construction. They want to build a new section adjacent to the elementary school where Mabel will start kindergarten next year, so close to it, that a blast would kill any kids playing outside. They want to emit hundreds of tons of additional pollutants into the air we breath.
Our local officials oppose the project. After months of orchestrating call-in campaigns, our Federal officials are barely lifting a finger to help.
The system is so broken. Our safety, health, and well-being are being ignored so a huge energy company can export natural gas for a profit.
I feel anxious, angry, hopeless, relentless, scared all at the same time. On one hand I cannot give up knowing the risks. On the other hand, I just want to know my fate. We've been fighting for over a year. We're tired. The physical, emotional, and financial toll is nearly unbearable.
This fight to stop the pipeline has cost me time with my kids (Mabel now plays "Pipeline Meeting" and Nemo screams "Pipeline!" from the back seat when he spots a yard sign), time with my husband (we take turns attending hearings, meetings, protests, etc), and so many hours of sleep (I now have chronic insomnia, I wake in the night feeling anxious, I've been having panic attacks). It's horrible.
The only upside is that I've met so many wonderful people- neighbors, activists, local elected officials.
It's ironic. This threat to my community has made me appreciate it more, feel more a part of it, and it may all be lost if this energy company has its way.
So, forgive my absence. I'm fighting for my life, my children, my home, my community. It's scary and stressful. It leaves little time for anything else.
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Martyn Smith was honored with the 2014 Alexander Hollaender Award by the Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EMGS) for his contributions to the field of environmental toxicology. The award recognizes outstanding contributions in the application of the principles and techniques of environmental mutagenesis and genomics to the protection of human health. Smith is a professor of toxicology in the UC Berkeley School of Public Health and director of the Superfund Research Program.
Smith's research focuses on the mechanisms by which a variety of environmental agents—such as benzene, pesticides, and arsenic—exert genotoxic effects relevant to cancer. Many of the major advances in understanding the adverse effects of benzene have been derived from his group's research. According to the EMGS Awards committee he has been a pioneer in the use of genomic, proteomic, and epigenomic approaches to more fully characterize changes occurring in people exposed to environmental toxicants. His work has also advanced the field of molecular epidemiology by identifying critical pathways involved in carcinogenesis.
In addition to his research contributions, including more than 300 publications, Smith has served as president of the local Genetic and Environmental Toxicology Association, and serves on the editorial board of several journals. He is also involved with health-protective organizations around the world, including the Scientific Council of the International Association for Research on Cancer, that is part of the World Health Organization, and serves on the Advisory Boards of numerous large Centers and Projects in the U.S. and Europe.
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Earlier this year, young WA Labor tyro
Wyatt's support base turned to custard though, once dominant right faction union boss Joe Bullock effectively disassociated himself from the handful of Wyatt's remaining backers.
Peace has prevailed in the kingdom since. Sort of. This week there were whispers among Labor ranks about a rental deal between the party and the state's dominant left wing United Voice union.
Like the HSU, United Voice – how appropriate – represents low-paid workers such as hospital orderlies.
The WA Labor secretariat has just moved into United Voice's offices after leaving its expensive Perth CBD digs.
We're certainly not suggesting any impropriety here. It is simply another boring sign of how, if you don't work in the mining industry in WA, things are, well, bloody expensive. All above board, nothing to see here.
What is intriguing though is that some in the Labor camp are trying to make the link between that deal and one struck by the HSU.
Amid the terrible Thomson misunderstanding, the ALP National Secretariat ran the 2010 federal election campaign from the HSU's office in Sydney that was leased from the HSU, which reportedly involved about $79,000 in rent concessions.
Given WA has effectively only two, at most, three dominant unions, their rental deal struck some of WA Labor's comrades as a little too close for comfort.
United Voice secretary and all-round nice guy Dave Kelly explained it thus. "I was wondering how long it was going to be before someone was going to try to make that link," he said. "And it is the [supposedly] quality papers." (The Prince is blushing now.)
Kelly said that United Voice's limited budget demanded it be a commercial arrangement and wondered at the timing.
"I'd hate for you to link us with the HSU. We work hard to ensure our good name. That would be a cheap connection." Quite.
While others in Labor are calling for reform and distancing the party from union influence, not so Ripper.
"The party is given ballast and strength by affiliation with strong unions, and a contact with the real world which parties like the Democrats with individual membership lacked."
We know how that ended.
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Korea anti-virus software maker AhnLab CEO Huang Xiaoxuan recently said that AhnLab's court date with Yahoo China has been pushed back from August 25 to mid-September, reports CNET News. Yahoo China sued AhnLab's China branch for listing 3721 as spyware. Huang said that many anti-virus companies have labeled 3721 as spyware, but Yahoo China only sued AhnLab. AnhLab provided online anti-virus services in partnership with 3721 in 2003, which helped AnhLab reach two million monthly pay views. The report said that AhnLab plans to establish a China R&D center in the next two years.


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BERLIN — The recluse German collector who kept a priceless trove of art, possibly including works stolen by the Nazis, hidden for a half century says he did so because he "loved" them. Now he wants them back.
Cornelius Gurlitt told German magazine Der Spiegel in an interview published on Sunday that he wanted to protect the collection built by his late father, Hildebrand, an art dealer commissioned by the Nazis to sell works that Adolf Hitler's regime wanted to get rid of.
Bavarian authorities suspect the elder Gurlitt may have acquired pictures taken from Jews by the Nazis — and this may lead to restitution claims by the original owners or their heirs.
In his first extensive interview since the case was revealed two weeks ago, Gurlitt told Der Spiegel that everybody needs something to love. "And I loved nothing more in life than my pictures," the magazine quoted him as saying.
The death of his parents and sister were less painful to him than the loss of the 1,406 paintings, prints and drawings by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Henry Matisse and Max Liebermann that authorities hauled out of his apartment last year, he told the magazine.
Der Spiegel said a reporter spent several days interviewing the collector while he traveled from his home in Munich to visit a doctor in another city last week.
Officials are investigating whether Gurlitt may have "misappropriated" the pictures or committed tax offenses in connection with them. However, a spokesman for Augsburg prosecutors, who are handling the case, said last week that Germany's 30-year statute of limitations may prove to be a stumbling block.
Hildebrand Gurlitt died in 1956, and his wife, Helene, died in 1967. Officials were unaware of their son's huge collection until a chance customs check three years ago led them to the Munich apartment.
Authorities in Bavaria and Berlin kept the find secret for more than a year and a half. But since the case was revealed by the German magazine Focus two weeks ago, they are under pressure to find a solution that will prevent legal obstacles from standing in the way of rightful claims to the art — particularly if Holocaust survivors or heirs of those persecuted by the Nazis are involved.


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Man Charged With Attempted Murder For Nearly Beating Off-Duty Cop To Death
(Christopher Robbins) The man accused of severely beating an off-duty NYPD officer in Queens this weekend has been charged with attempted murder. According to a criminal complaint, 29-year-old Hayden Holder had "a verbal dispute with the victim," off-duty Sergeant Mohammed Deen, before repeatedly punching Deen to the point of unconsciousness and "picking the victim's head up and slamming it onto the pavement and shattered glass that is on top of the pavement."
The complaint references the video taken by a man who cheered on Holder's actions before urging him to stop beating Deen, whose wife was sitting in their car a few feet away.
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Japan may backpedal on its pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by a quarter, an official said Wednesday, dealing a further blow to already deadlocked global warming talks in Doha.
In 2009, Japan promised it would slash its planet-warming emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 — provided other major polluters, including China and the United States, also make sharp reductions.
The target was one of the most ambitious of any industrialized nation and won plaudits from environmentalists.
But officials say with a huge rise in the use of fossil fuels since the Fukushima nuclear disaster left the nation's atomic energy program in limbo, the pledge will be difficult to fulfill.
"Japan is discussing how to achieve its pledge of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020, including the possibility of revising it," said Shuichiro Niihara, an Environment Ministry official.
"The goal was set before the nuclear accident last year, but even with nuclear power generation, it was going to be very difficult to realize," he said.
The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami sparked a triple-meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, generating widespread distrust of a technology previously used to provide around a third of the country's electricity.
The compulsory goal of cutting emissions by 6 percent by 2012 is, however, likely to be reached, Niihara said.
Average emissions between 2008 and 2010 were 10.9 percent lower — if carbon trades with developing countries and forest sinks are taken into account.
Carbon trading is a system in which caps are put on emissions from a company, an industry or a country. Unused pollution allowances can be sold to those wishing to exceed their allocation.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon urged negotiators at climate talks in Doha on Tuesday to put aside their quarrels and act with urgency to find the money and agree on mechanisms to tackle the global warming "crisis."


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The Docklands Authority could face insolvency if a slump in Melbourne's apartment market worsens. A leaked letter from authority head John Tabart to Major Projects Minister Peter Batchelor says the authority may be unable to pay its debts, now estimated at up to $184 million.
The Opposition says the letter vindicates its claim that the Government wants to prop up the Docklands Authority by a merger with the cashed-up Urban and Regional Land Corporation, creating a new mega-agency.
The authority is overseeing the $8 billion transformation of under-utilised waterfront areas into an upmarket residential and commercial precinct.
The main role of the government-owned URLC is to deliver affordable housing to young families on the suburban fringe. It made a $34 million profit last year.
In May, Parliament passed a bill to merge the two bodies into the Victorian Urban Development Authority, to trade as VicUrban.
During debate, Opposition major projects spokesman Phil Honeywood said the two organisations were incompatible, a view also held by some in Government ranks. At the time, the Government said separate funds would "firewall" the URLC and Docklands finances.
Writing on behalf of the Docklands Authority board on May 2, Mr Tabart said the new board of VicUrban "will be exposed to the risk that, in the event of a significant property market downturn, the Docklands debt may not be fully repaid from revenues".
Mr Tabart, who will head VicUrban, says new members of the VicUrban board "will require assurances that VicUrban can continue to operate on a solvent basis under changing market conditions".
"As it is not certain that the Docklands project will be able to meet its debts as and when due, Government will need to confirm that the assets of VicUrban as a whole are available to meet the authority's liabilities."
Last night, Opposition Leader Robert Doyle said the letter proved that "if the Docklands CEO gets his way, the debt of the Docklands Authority may send the entire new entity down the financial gurgler".
Docklands Authority spokeswoman Sally Gibson played down the letter and the threat of insolvency. "The letter is simply a letter to a minister by a diligent board giving advice on some actions he might consider for the formation of a new board."
Ms Gibson said the authority had sought a Treasury guarantee that it would not be held personally liable in the event of a significant property downturn.
The letter raises questions about the extent of the property slowdown and how close Docklands already is to insolvency.
Docklands revenues come from developers who pay the authority for the right to develop the land. In the past fortnight, the authority has been at pains to counter reports that the Docklands apartment market is in trouble.
Mr Tabart assured The Age that the Docklands debt would be paid. "Land sales already existing in Docklands provide for the repayment of our debt over seven to nine years."
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Cory McGee is a prodigy on fast track
Clarion Ledger - Four years ago, FBI special agent Jim McGee of Pass Christian went out for his daily four-mile run on the beach along Highway 90. Cory McGee, his nine-year-old daughter, asked if she could come along.
Jim said, "Sure thing," and took off jogging. Cory went with him. After a mile, Jim asked Cory if she needed to rest. She shook her head. They ran another mile, same thing. Three miles, same thing. Four miles, they were back home.
"That was fun," Cory McGee said.
She has been running ever since. Fast.
Her goal is to win gold in the Olympics. She just might.
Cory McGee, with her brown hair in a pony tail and smiling through braces, was on the gold medal stand three times Friday at the state high school track meet at Pearl High School. She broke her own state Class 4A record in the 1,600-meter run. Not bad for a 13-year-old who won't actually start high school until August.
And this was small potatoes for Cory McGee, who stunned U.S. track and field experts by winning the national high school school indoor mile championship two months ago in New York, running the distance in 4 minutes, 49 seconds. Think about it: She won the national high school championship, and she's not even in high school yet.
Without question, young Cory was genetically predisposed for athletic success. Jim, her father, was a halfback at Florida under Doug Dickey back in the mid-1970s. Her mother, Shawna McGee, was a sprinter and long jumper in high school and junior college in California. Jim and Shawna met 20 years ago at a health club where he was training as a powerlifter and she was teaching aerobics.
"Cory has a lot of natural talent, but she works so hard at it," Shawna McGee said. "She is very mature for age, very dedicated and very, very competitive. She really does not want to lose."
Cory McGee looks like your basic, pretty 13-year-old - 5 feet, 5 inches and 104 pounds - until the starter's gun goes off. And that's when you know she's different. She runs in long, bouncy strides and she runs away from everyone else. She started lapping the competition in the seventh lap of the 3,200-meter run Friday. She crossed the finish line in the 1,600-meter run when the closest runners to her were still making the final turn.
She ran the 1,600 meters in a meet record 5 minutes, 21 seconds. That was utterly without competition.
And here's the kicker: She was conserving energy in both those events because she still had two more events to run and she has been sick for the past two weeks with bronchitis and strep throat. On Tuesday, her pediatrician told her she wouldn't be able to run in the state meet.
"I got pretty hysterical there for a while," she said.
On Wednesday, the doctor relented.
To say Cory McGee's eighth grade year has been eventful would be akin to saying she's a little bit talented.
Her school year began with Hurricane Katrina, which left a slab where Pass Christian Middle School once was. The storm blew away her grandmother's home on Highway 90. It ruined many of her friends' houses, too, and damaged the house where she lives with her mom, dad and three sisters. Still, she won the state high school cross country championship last fall as a one-person team.
"She kept right on training," Shawna McGee said. "What was neat was that because it wasn't safe for her to be running the streets alone, her friends would go with her. They'd ride bikes, she'd run."
She does much of her track training in Hattiesburg partly because the track at Pass Christian was all but destroyed but mostly because her coach, Yousri Elmejdoubi, a native of Morroco, lives and trains there. That's hardly the only sacrifice. Cory has had to give up soccer - a sport she dearly loves - because of all the travel and time consumed by her budding running career.
A busy summer lies ahead. Cory hopes to train this summer at high altitude in Colorado. She will compete in the national junior championship at Indianapolis in June. Depending on her finish there, international competition will follow. She'll begin high school in August.
Yes, and later this month, she turns 14.
Sun Herald - Cory McGee was in a panic just days before the MHSSA Class 4A State Track meet. She wasn't obsessing over breaking the state records in the 3,200-, 1,600- and 800-meter runs.
She wasn't even sure she could compete in the state meet on Friday afternoon.
"My throat was so bad Wednesday that I had to go to the (emergency room) because our doctor was closed," the Pass Christian distance runner said. "They told me I couldn't run in the state meet. I was hysterical!"
The running phenom was fighting the last stages of mononucleosis, which she didn't know she had. McGee continued to train despite feeling ill.
"She's got that determination," said her father, Jim McGee.
That determination pushed her to ease her way to three state crowns Friday afternoon at Pearl High School, including breaking the Class 4A 1,600-meter record with a time of 5:20.82. She beat the record by exactly two seconds. It was a record she already had her name next to, as she had broken it at the 2005 meet.
The eighth-grader took control of the 3,200- and 800-meters from the get-go to stand atop the podium, but she said her goal was to crush all the state records. Although by glancing at her qualifying times it wouldn't appear as the favorite, the rest of the field and the onlookers knew McGee had the events in the bag.
One parent told his child before the 800 meters to not even worry about McGee, but to focus on the rest of the field. That's the respect she has already earned at the age of 13.
"I wanted to break the records, but I knew I wasn't going to today," McGee said. "But I have four more years to do it."
Her doctors have told her that she needs to hold off on her training for a few weeks so her body can recuperate from mono. It's something she doesn't think she's ready for.
"It's been such a big part of my life," she said. "The time off is not by my choice."
Last year, she won the 3,200- and 1,600-meter races. Her father said that adding the 800 meters to her forte can only help her in her future national and international competitions.
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