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United States 4 - Canada 5
Matchup: USA 4 vs. Canada 5, 3:30 p.m., MTS Centre | IIHF Summary
By Lucas Aykroyd
The opening game of the Playoff Round at Winnipeg's MTS Centre on Saturday was a true see-saw struggle. To the delight of the sell-out crowd, a pink-clad Canadian squad rallied from a 4-2 second-period deficit to earn a 5-4 shootout victory over the archrival USA. Hayley Wickenheiser scored the decisive goal.
Shooting fourth after Natalie Darwitz and Julie Chu had failed to score for the USA and Sarah Vaillancourt likewise for Canada, Wickenheiser skated in with a series of dekes and then beat USA netminder Jessie Vetter five-hole. Gigi Marvin missed her chance to keep the Americans alive by firing the puck over the crossbar.
"I think it was a great game for the fans, but from our standpoint, it wasn't our best game," said Wickenheiser, Team Canada's captain. "We came out of it with a win, but we still have a lot of work to do. Sure, you gotta score to win, but I don't want to be 'winning games' for us. I want [all] four lines to be rolling. I think it's always a team effort, but when you get into a shootout, anything can happen."
It was the first shootout in a non-elimination or non-placement game in the history of IIHF women's competition.
This was the most anticipated game of the tournament to date, and if it was a preview of the gold medal game, women's hockey fans are in for an action-packed doozy.
"I thought our defence handled the pressure well," said Head Coach Melody Davidson. "They did some good things, but it wasn't so much about our defence. Sometimes it was our wingers on the wall, just making better decisions. We had our ups and downs, but overall, I was OK with what we were doing."
Under the new IIHF three-point system, Canada receives two points for this shootout win and the USA gets
one point for the loss. The result is an important step toward a gold medal game berth for Canada, but much
still depends on what happens between the USA and Finland on Sunday and Canada and Finland on Monday.?
Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell had a goal and an assist apiece for the Americans, while Jenny Potter and Gigi Marvin added singles.
"It's a huge rivalry, and we have work to do," said Potter. "We can't come out flat like that. We have to come out and be all over them to win battles. They're a good team."
The first IIHF World Women's Championship meeting between these two teams since the 2005 final featured a youth-on-youth matchup of goalies, with Canada's 24-year-old Charline Labonté versus the USA's Vetter, age 21. Final shots favoured Canada 31-29.
"Playing the US is always a good game, always good times," said Labonté. "Those are the kinds of games we want to play. But this was a weird game. It was either garbage goals or beautiful goals. I don't think I gave up any bad goals, and I don't think [Vetter] did either."
The American power play, which entered this game clicking at a tournament-best 71.4 percent, managed one goal on three power play opportunities.
The attendance at the USA-Canada game set a new IIHF single-game record of 15,003.
The teams started off skating at a tempo previously unparalleled in this tournament, and tape-to-tape passes and ramped-up physical play were also on display.
Canada jumped into a 1-0 lead at 1:21 when Kelly Bechard went hard to the net and tipped in a feed from Katie Weatherston past Vetter's left skate.
At 3:19, Labonte showed she was ready to play, flashing the leather to thwart Jenny Potter when the American forward broke into the Canadian zone and snapped a quick shot on goal.
The USA went to the power play a minute later after Gillian Apps was nabbed for hooking, but the best opportunity went to Canada shorthanded, as Sarah Vaillancourt got a step on USA blueliner Angela Ruggiero and nearly got a full breakaway, with Gina Kingsbury following up unsuccessfully on the rebound. Ruggiero's hooking minor on the play nullified the American advantage.
At 7:49, Jenny Potter created the USA's 1-1 tying goal off the rush, as she fed the puck left to Kristin King and then cashed in the rebound with a half-empty net after Labonté made the original stop.
The teams traded quality chances past the midway point of the period, and both goalies came up big. Hayley Wickenheiser raced down right wing and fed a trailing Tessa Bonhomme in the slot for a chance Vetter stopped, and the Americans came right back, with Erika Lawler setting up Natalie Darwitz and forcing Labonté to slide across.
The Americans grabbed a 2-1 lead at 17:47 when Darwitz circled into the slot and unleashed a high wrister that was tipped by Krissy Wendell and beat Labonté high over the glove through traffic.
Canada drew even early in the second period on a two-man advantage, as the USA ran into penalty trouble with three consecutive minors. Wickenheiser's blueline drive was stopped by Vetter, but she couldn't control the rebound, and Vaillancourt batted it high into the net at 3:21.
At 6:52, the Americans made it a 3-2 lead when Meghan Duggan fed Gigi Marvin in the faceoff circle to Labonte's left, and Marvin zinged a wrister high past the Canadian goalie on the short side.
Just over two minutes later, it was 4-2 when the Americans stormed the Canadian net during a man advantage, and Darwitz and Wendell were the catalysts again. Darwitz fed Wendell cross-crease, and Labonté barely stopped the puck with her glove as it trickled behind her, but Darwitz was able to tuck in the rebound.
Canada could have collapsed, but it didn't. The crowd's chants of "Go Canada Go" seemed to inspire the host team.
At 12:23, Canada cut the deficit to 4-3 when Gillian Apps caused an American turnover in the defensive zone and fed Wickenheiser perfectly on a 2-on-1 down low, enabling the captain to hesitate and then fire a perfect shot glove side. Then at 14:57, the Canadians tied it up when Wickenheiser's shot from the faceoff circle to Vetter's right deflected to Apps, who had the open side of the net to bang in the puck.
Labonté made a brilliant save on an American shorthanded 2-on-1 late in the second period. Erika Lawler backhanded the puck across to Gigi Marvin, and the Canadian netminder flung her arm down to block Marvin's attempt.
The physicality, stickwork and pace really picked up in the third period, with almost no whistles in the first half. Canada went to the power play at 8:20 when Darwitz illegally creamed Wickenheiser inside the American blueline. Vetter foiled Daniele Goyette on a good close-in chance, and deflected away a Colleen Sostorics blast from the line.
The USA had a great chance to get the go-ahead goal when Apps was sent off for hooking, again, at 16:08. Canada's plight worsened at 17:23 when Bechard pushed Darwitz into the sideboards from behind, putting the Americans on a two-man advantage.
The Americans called a time-out to formulate strategy, and their power play subsequently exerted enormous pressure. But Labonté proved equal to the test, stoning Darwitz by her right post, Molly Engstrom from the blueline, and Wendell in close by the other post. The teams skated furiously as regulation time wound down.
Canada couldn't capitalize on two big chances in overtime. The USA's Jenny Potter stopped skating and hooked Caroline Ouellette in the neutral zone at 3:25 of the extra frame. During the ensuing man advantage, Vetter made her best stop on Jennifer Botterill after Jayna Hefford's cross-crease feed. With 1:08 left in the 10-minute overtime, Potter took a kneeing penalty, but Canada couldn't get anything going.
Following the first period, 16 members of the gold medal-winning 1990 World Championship team were introduced to the crowd (excluding Vicky Sunohara), along with Scott McMaster, whose father Dave (now deceased) coached that team, and members of the 1990 staff. A big-screen video montage of 1990 highlights got a big round of applause.
The Player of the Game for Canada was, naturally, Hayley Wickenheiser, while Natalie Darwitz was chosen for the USA.
USA: With 13 consecutive losses to Team Canada, the Americans can't be feeling overly cocky as they head into this key Playoff Round encounter. However, their last win came right here in Winnipeg on New Year's Day 2006, and they are the defending world champions from 2005. In addition, Mark Johnson's squad has performed admirably so far in back-to-back victories over Kazakhstan (9-0) and China (9-1). With skilled forwards like Natalie Darwitz and Sarah Parsons leading the charge, the USA's most dangerous weapon may be its power play, which has clicked at a whopping 71.4 percent so far (five goals on seven man advantages). Top defenceman Angela Ruggiero has demonstrated that her remedy for getting booted off The Apprentice is to rack up points versus opposing hockey nations, as she's picked up a goal and three assists to go with her +5 plus-minus rating. Fellow blueliner Caitlin Cahow isn't far behind with two goals and an assist, and ditto for Molly Engstrom (a goal and two assists). Canada will have to watch out for the American defence's ability to join the rush and pinch in from the point. There's really not much to judge about the quality of the goaltending so far, since veteran Chanda Gunn and newcomer Jessie Vetter have only faced 14 shots apiece in their individual starts. It would seem logical for Gunn to get the call today, since she's the one who backstopped the Americans to the 2005 title with a sparkling 0.52 GAA. She also has something to prove after being outdueled in the semi-final shootout versus Sweden at the Turin Olympics.
Canada: The Canadians have been excellent so far, but there's still a sense that they can take their game to another level. Scoring 17 goals in two games on 133 shots is nothing to complain about; still, Head Coach Melody Davidson knows those results came against lower-level competition, and the Americans aren't going to hand out any freebies. The duo of Hayley Wickenheiser and Danielle Goyette, ranked 1-2 in tournament scoring, has done everything that could be expected so far. Wickenheiser may have a shot at equalling her 2006 record of 17 points in one tournament (the Turin Olympics), and she has been beautifully relentless in her pursuit of the puck and determination to find the holes. With two goals and an assist, Jennifer Botterill has also clearly fed off the energy of playing in front of family and friends in Winnipeg. Whether you're talking Meghan Agosta, Katie Weatherston, or Jayna Hefford, there's offensive potential on every Canadian line. The defence has been impeccable to date, helping the team surrender zero power play goals, and Delaney Collins, Colleen Sostorics, and Tessa Bonhomme have been particularly impressive. Canada's goaltending will be tested for the first time after giving up a paltry 22 shots on goal through two games. Getting up for this game emotionally won't be a problem. Really, in the last couple of days, players on both teams have bandied about words like "hate" and "enemy" more freely than your average NHLer does prior to a playoff series. The pro-Canadian crowd will ramp up the intensity. It'll be a classy, skillful battle, but a battle nonetheless. Unless the Finns can pull off an upset, the winner of this game will probably end up topping the group.
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June 3, 2013
The Gold Country Broadband Consortium is one of 14 regional consortia in the state funded by the California Advanced Services Fund Rural and Urban Regional Broadband Consortia grant program to leverage regional, state and national resources as an investment in improving and expanding broadband access.
The goal of the consortium is to provide choices for affordable Internet service. In order to do that, the consortium is in the process of mapping out demand by rural homeowners, neighborhoods and business owners and conducting community meetings that bring various Internet service providers to these meetings. It needs the assistance of rural residents and businesses, who can take a speed test and send the results to email@example.com, with a physical street address, to be included in the mapping process.
To conduct the speed test, visit the FCC site http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest. This website is used to record the results of all speed tests and are reported to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The goal is to get service to those who don't have it and to upgrade service that doesn't meet the state standard of 6 mbps down and 1.5 mbps up.
The consortium is also looking for neighborhood advocates to notify their neighbors of upcoming community meetings. Send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com if you would like to serve your community as a neighborhood advocate.
The next broadband community meeting is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m., May 29, at the Madelyn Helling Library, 980 Helling Way, Nevada City, in the Community Room. This meeting will focus on the broadband needs of the Washington Ridge and the residences along the north nsSide of Highway 20, from Pioneer Grove to Washington Road. Admission is free. The meeting will allow local ISPs to describe their services and what they can provide by means of Internet service.
The Sierra Economic Development Corporation (SEDCorp) is the facilitator of a CPUC grant to launch a public-private partnership aimed at increasing digital access and use in Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Sierra and eastern Alpine counties. Additional information and announcements will be posted on the GCBC blog: http://goldcountryconsortium.wordpress.com/ Bookmark this blog as the go-to-place for the latest GCBC updates and maps. For more information on SEDCorp or the Gold Country Broadband Consortium, contact Brent Smith, CEO, at 530-823-4703 or at email@example.com or visit http://www.sedcorp.biz.
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There is mounting evidence that giving people more responsibility for making decisions in their jobs generates greater productivity, morale, and commitment. Yet, in spite of the substantial economic returns to decentralization and delegation, many American managers resist such practices in favor of traditional command-and-control approaches to managing people.
Stanford GSB's Jeffrey Pfeffer believes this problem stems in part from a contemporary obsession with leadership. "There is a cultural, socially learned belief in leadership," says Pfeffer, the Thomas D. Dee Professor of Organizational Behavior. "At Stanford, for instance, we have a speakers series called the 'View From The Top,' not the 'View From The Middle' or the 'View From The Bottom.'"
Many studies have examined how decentralization and trust affect the people who are subject to these management approaches, but Pfeffer has recently examined the effect of control, or its absence, on their bosses. With Arizona State University social psychologist Robert Cialdini and Stanford GSB doctoral candidates Kathleen Knopoff and Benjamin Hanna, Pfeffer looked for some of the social psychological reasons why employee empowerment techniques aren't more widely or easily used.
The researchers conducted an experiment in which 282 MBA students were recruited to play the roles of managers or subordinates who were designing a new wristwatch advertisement. In actuality, all subjects played a managing role. The data showed that the more involvement and control a manager felt he or she had over the task, the more favorably the manager judged the final ad and the more favorably the person evaluated his or her own managerial ability and the subordinate. "It's a common cognitive bias motivated by the desire for self-enhancement," explains Pfeffer. "If you've been actively involved in producing something, it's going to look better to you. Conversely, something in which you have been less involved looks worse."
Pfeffer and his colleagues also found what they termed a "faith in supervision effect." Even observers not involved in the experiment thought the final ad was better to the extent they believed it had been produced with more supervisory control and involvement. Ironically, says Pfeffer, this faith in supervision is often misplaced, because creative and intellectual activity can be undermined by close supervision.
How can this overvaluation of work produced under more supervision be overcome? The researchers found that simply using the language of teams — phrases such as team leader and team member rather than supervisor and subordinate — ameliorated the tendency to overvalue the advertisement.
Because of the tendency to inflate the worth of work produced with one's direct involvement, it may be necessary to "force" delegation. "You put managers in a situation where they have to delegate," says Pfeffer. "Give them a large number of direct reports and thereby force decentralization."
Effective organizations put people in groups that manage themselves while leaders develop and nourish the corporate culture and promote an atmosphere that values learning, innovation, and accomplishment. Instead of telling people what to do and breathing down their necks to make sure they do it, good mana-gers train and support their people and give them the resources to make their own decisions.


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"We are happy to announce today the graphic redesign of our Call Tracking tool. As of yesterday, all Take The Road users have been transferred to the new interface. The tool will now be available under the 'Reports' menu.
About EVOLIO Call Tracking
This tool generates different telephone numbers, allowing for an analysis of marketing campaigns' performances. If you would like to know how many calls your destination page or your display banner generates, ask us for a unique telephone number and you will have access to these statistics in real time.
EVOLIO Call Tracking also records every call, allowing for an analysis of your representatives' performances and ensuring improvement in your level of customer service.
Graphic redesign: the first of several to come!
This new interface is a first step toward the redesign of all tools available on Take The Road. Each tool will be re-examined in order to improve our users' experience online.
These improvements will focus on three areas:
Renewal of the design:
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Perched directly above Lake Bonavista with large glass windows overlooking the lake, The Lake House is home to one of Calgary's finest and most creative restaurants as well as a unique setting for weddings. Exuding rustic elegance, the interior is illuminated with ornate elk antler chandeliers and accessorized with a bronzed longhorn sculpture as well as a grand fireplace.
Catching your eye when you enter the restaurant, a brand new 130 square foot glass encased wine cellar as well as a refurbished 21 foot bar from the 1800's, previously housed in a mercantile shop in Montana, speak to the recent renovations. The outdoor patio provides the perfect opportunity to savour sips and enjoy delicious Rocky Mountain Cuisine.
The Lake House features CRMR's renowned and distinctive Rocky Mountain Cuisine. This is interpreted and presented by Chef Thomas Neukom. Chef Neukom and his team have heralded numerous culinary awards showcasing the regional flavour of Western Canada. Our locally inspired menus are complimented by a diverse wine list offering global selections authored by CRMR Wine Director Brad Royale.
The Lake House is owned and operated by Canadian Rocky Mountain Resorts and the CRMR family of properties includes Buffalo Mountain Lodge in Banff, Emerald Lake Lodge in Field, B.C., Deer Lodge in Lake Louise and The Painted Boat resort & marina on the Sunshine Coast, B.C. Other Calgary restaurants include; Divino Wine and Cheese Bistro, Bar-C & Cilantro. CRMR at Home, our specialty retail & catering division opened its doors in 2010. Bin 905, our boutique wine & sprit outlet has been a Calgary mainstay since 1997. The company is acclaimed across Canada and throughout the world for its superb luxury alpine accommodations and its commitment to exceptional world class dining experiences.
Please visit www.crmr.com for information on any of our sister properties.
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Unable to relate to people. Please help.
I joined this forum minutes ago because I would like to act on an issue I seem to have.
In a broad sense, I would describe it as being unable to relate to people. However, I am uncertain whether that may be a symptom of something else.
Above saying that I am unable to relate to people, it might be more accurate to say that I either do not want to, or generally dislike people.
I by no means proclaim to be perfect myself. I can laugh at myself, am humble, and openly admit my faults and mistakes. I can also take and give praise easily. I can get along with people.
However, I do not feel that I WANT to get along with most people. I have little to no desire to associate. It is unintentional. It is not a cry for attention or to be different, it is more so that I have difficulty respecting people. I see people as being content with too low a level of sophistication and development - which I see as being terribly important.
Athletes, for example, I can not appreciate them. I can not like them. I can not respect them. I respect their self-discipline and devotion, but I can not respect them as a whole given that I can not agree with their unproductive objectives.
I care greatly for the community. Though personally I am not currently doing much for the community, it irritates me to see people devoting the majority of their time to unproductive activities. Unproductive in the sense that no development or sophistication derives for the community/humanity.
I am well aware that my perspective does not appear to be the norm. Masses of people spend much of their time appreciating sport whilst enjoying excessive amounts of alcohol. How can they do so? Are there not a million more intellectually, physically and emotionally stimulating matters one could concern themselves with? It need not be humanity. It could be anything, such as the deforestation of the Amazon. How can people be content to devote so much of their time to TV and sport?
I don't mean to offend anyone. I accept that one is free to live as one wants. I am not criticising. One can choose one's own way to live. I just mean to say that it is disappointing that we all are not aspiring for greater prosperity.
Personally, I see development for humanity as an obligation; one which I am currently failing at greatly contributing to, but nonetheless devoting myself to. Please note that I am not devoting myself to development for humanity to make up for past misconduct, recognition, praise, etc. What others think of me does not concern me. The motive is simply that I sincerely feel that it is something we are all socially responsible to devote ourselves to.
Coming back to the original point, I find it difficult to respect and thus sincerely like persons who do not have similar aspirations. This is causing a lot of trouble for me because it means that I can not sincerely appreciate the company of even half of my own family.
I would much like to be able to relate to other people better. To appreciate them for who they are. To not constantly be blinded by imperfections and be disappointed by almost everyone around me - whilst simultaneously being aware that they have done no wrong! Simply an insufficiency of noble activity.
I realise I have probably offended many people here and for that I offer my apologies. Please believe me that my intention was not to offend. I thought it necessitated to state the true extent of my perspective.
The closest thing I have found to a 'solution' for my 'problem' is to only associate with those I can respect - whilst distancing myself from everyone else. However, this would be a lonely and socially unhelpful path so I am disinclined to accept it.
If it would not be too much to ask, I would earnestly appreciate any comments which may lead to altering my perspective so I may be more appreciative of those around me
Thank you kindly,
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Re: Unable to relate to people. Please help.
Hello honeymocha! Welcome to pc. It just sounds like you know what you like and what you don't. I think we all struggle with that. If you don't mind me asking why did you choose this forum to post in? Do you think you have a personality disorder?
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Hello honeymocha and welcome to PC! I actually understand your aversion to associating with certain people and I do believe you posted in the right forum to get feedback on it.
I really don't like talking to people either, but not for the same reasons that you do. My problem is I have a hard time trusting people...and myself sometimes. It's kinda stupid, and although I don't feel antisocial all the time more often than not I really want people to just leave me alone...people I don't know, anyway.
I understand your viewpoint as well, though. I suppose some might be offended by your post, but since you apologized and stated your reasoning then that's the most you can do. While we're entitled to our own opinions and ways of life, so are you! You have a right to associate yourself with those you feel comfortable with. If people can't handle that, oh well.
However, isolating yourself doesn't seem the best path. Athletes are quite disciplined and many of the professional ones contribute to lots of different causes and charities, donating their time and money to help those less fortunate than themselves (NBA Cares, hehe). Not that that should help change how you feel, and I'm not an athlete so it really doesn't bother me. Giving them a chance (or anyone else, for that matter) is entirely up to you.
Good luck with getting feedback! I hope you find PC helpful in your quest for answers.
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Re: Unable to relate to people. Please help.
thank you for your post!
I can relate in that about respecting certain persons/values.
It sounds like you know waht you want/don't want and need/don't need, out of the world.
I certainly respect that.
The idea of a soul mate is an ILLUSION. In reality, we must learn to be our own best friend/partner. Then if love comes to us, we will already be whole. All that love can do, at that point, is enhance our wholeness!
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I can respect your level of sophistication and intellectual development and certainly admire you for trying to fulfill your humanitarian obligations. Maybe it would help some if you realized that while we all appear unequal, each of us has special talents or even needs that allow others to fulfill their humanitarian obligations. The handicapped and the retarded, even the unsophistated have hidden strengths that we cannot outwardly appreciate, we can only take on faith. We need not associate with a begger in the street, but we cannot know what brought him to that place, and we can appreciate his strength in sleeping under a newspaper on a chilly evening. I think you will find many people you can associate with comfortably, and you should find inspiration in reading Ann Rand's books. Caring about You - billieJ
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Hi Honeymocha regarding the unable to relate to people you are not alone. We are all unable to relate in some way or other for different reasons. But I applaud you as you can define what it is that you want from people. I find myself laughing at myself about responses to questions and how I could have answered differently . . . but then again thinking,"its OK." You mention that you associate with those of a similar thought and that meets your need.
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You begin by saying that you can get along with people but generally dislike them and do not want to associate with or get along with those you do not respect. You do not respect people who do not share your passion and sense of duty to make the world a better place.
Despite your disappointment with those who do not aspire to be more socially responsible, you seek insight into how better to appreciate those around you, notwithstanding their imperfections.
Let me say I respect your sense of duty. Perhaps you might assemble a group of like-minded people for the purpose of advocating for noble causes. The idea would be to educate people of the need to be more socially conscious. Those not part of the assemblage could be viewed as potential cohorts, and not civic deficients.
Thomas Jefferson said, "Every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle." As Jefferson intimates, those who disagree are still entitled to respect. You may want to keep that in mind.
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Interesting conversation but I do not think you all relise that this forum is for the discussion of APD better known as a psychopath. I doubt anyone here wants to run into one of those. Look up the symptoms of APD
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I found honeymocha's point of view interesting. So I responded. If what I said here has no validity because I was inattentive to the disorder the forum was intended to address, I suppose two weeks of remedial reading is in order.
In the meantime, someone who notices this unfortunate circumstance might want to talk to a moderator about moving the thread to its appropriate venue. I will be busy avoiding running into a psychopath.
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Yes, that was my only concern. Not saying posting here is wrong, its just that well...it is kind of confusing to those dealing with someone who has a diagnosed psychopath in their life. Plug this url into your browser: hare.org
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Step 3 in the Eco Machine™ at the OCSL is the anoxic tanks. Two 5,000 gallon tanks are located underground, right next to the constructed wetlands at the OCSL. Here, naturally occurring microbial organisms use the wastewater stream as food. They begin to digest ammonia, phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, and many other substances in the water. This process happens with very little oxygen (called either anaerobic or anoxic) and produces a modest amount of methane gas, though not enough to harvest and use as an energy source.
When it's time for the water to move to step 4 of the Eco Machine™ process at the Omega Center for Sustainable Living, the constructed wetlands, a splitter box evenly divides the water in half and distributes it between the upper two wetlands.


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Network Security Perspective: The Threatening Three
When McAfee Labs publishes its Threats Report each quarter, I tend to struggle with a combination of excitement and anxiety. I get excited to learn about the latest discoveries that plague cyberspace and anxious about whether the technology we continue to develop and hone can adequately protect our business customers. It's critical information that we use to both fuel our product development efforts and persistently communicate to our customers in order to create awareness and increase education.
In keeping with its usual quality, the Q3 Threats Report is filled with pages of new discoveries, trends, and forecasting. I would, however, like to share three threats that were uncovered this quarter that I believe are the stealthiest and possibly the most dangerous to overall network security.
1. Ransomware: Scary at home, scarier at work
Last quarter, McAfee researchers discovered nearly 100,000 new malware samples per day – which is incredible growth. This quarter, we see malware slowing, but we've already topped 100 million samples. While there are many classes of malware and attacks, however, I think we need to pay particular attention to ransomware. As you know from last quarter's report, ransomware is a family of malware that takes a computer or its data hostage to extort money from its victims. According to McAfee researchers, the number of unique ransomware samples grew by another 43 percent last quarter, making it one of the fastest growing classes of cybercrime.
With ransomware, many don't even recognize they have become victims of a crime or that they can actually report it as a crime. Not only is ransomware particularly disturbing to consumers with its sophisticated use of social engineering tactics, but it is a huge risk to the corporate network as the line between employee-owned devices and company devices begins to blur. It can start with a seemingly innocent click in a streaming video or "pay per install" action, and lead to control by botnets and further infection – actions that pose huge risks to the corporate network. The ramifications of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) are making it clear that organizations must deploy a combination of best practices, process controls, and advanced security – from the network all the way down to the application level.
2. Data Breaches: Databases are serious targets
In my conversations around network security, I often get asked about database security and the prevalence of data breaches. This quarter's Threats Report discloses that while the volume of data breaches is not exceptionally high, the total number of data breaches from the beginning of 2012 has already surpassed what we uncovered during the full year of 2011. What I find as equally interesting as I do disturbing is that McAfee Labs is predicting an increase in volume and sophistication of data breach attacks in response to an increase in new defensive technologies like biometric and multifactor authentication.
It's a vicious cycle. While my network security team is currently integrating the most advanced defenses into our various security offerings, McAfee Labs is trying to determine how stolen data will be used in future attacks and if that intelligence can somehow be used to prevent future attacks. Although there are still so many unknowns, there is one thing I know for certain: organizations that deploy a data loss prevention solution have far greater protection no matter what the future holds.
3. Websites: Bad reputations, bad actors, bad news
At McAfee, we are relentless in our search for bad or malicious websites/URLs – those websites deemed to have malicious reputations because they host malware, potentially unwanted programs, or phishing sites. According to the Threats Report, by the end of September, the total number of suspect URLs tallied by McAfee Labs surpassed 43.4 million, which represents a 20 percent increase over the second quarter. In the case of suspect URLs, we're seeing incredible volume – over 2.7 million per month – with most of them host to malware, exploits, or codes that have been designed specifically to compromise computers. Packing a punch in this website category is phishing. McAfee Labs discovered a trend around financially-focused phishing attacks in the third quarter touching on five main areas and hitting some high-profile financial institutions like Wells Fargo, eBay, the IRS, and Amazon.
When I read these reports, I am always blown away by the massive volume of malicious sites developed by malicious people with equally-malicious motives. At the same time, I am incredulous that a business could survive in this environment without a layered web protection solution in place backed by protection equal to McAfee Global Threat Intelligence and McAfee Labs. It seems unthinkable.
I cannot stress enough how critical it is for network security providers to stay one step ahead of the threats and I'm grateful that we have a brilliant team of researchers at McAfee to ensure that we can and that we do. Without the collective data from our quarterly Threats Reports, it would be impossible to develop new defenses and bolster our current defenses to ensure that our enterprise customers are protected from the seemingly innocent website to the highly-calculated network infiltration.
Read the full McAfee Labs Q3 Threats Report, here: http://www.mcafee.com/us/resources/reports/rp-quarterly-threat-q3-2012.pdf


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This is known as close air support, or cas, in military jargon.
"Lack of forward firing ordnance in a cas supporting aircraft is a major handicap," he added.
Another variety of lover's extravagance is the lavishing of terms of endearment, as we find in cas.
The beautiful coast about cas Catal had a herbage of its own.
The root caps, or cas, does not appear to have any Teutonic correspondent, and may merit a philological investigation.
"Yes, and if we had a torpedo we could sink her," said cas Temple from the hatch.
A mile beyond the car terminus is cas Catal, where there is a delightfully situated hotel.
Indeed, ordinary light never has the effect of causing luminescence in the same sense as it causes phosphorescence of cas.
Nine hundred years ago the tribe of cas was one of the most powerful of the many Irish clans.
Casual; acceptable (1980s+ Teenagers)
(also caj, cazh) Casual; informal; laid-back: It's gonna be a very mellow night; laid back and cazh (1980s+ Teenagers)


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The complexity of interactions in socio-ecological systems makes it very difficult to plan and implement policies successfully. Traditional environmental management and assessment techniques produce unsatisfactory results because they often ignore facets of system structure that underlie complexity: delays, feedbacks, and non-linearities. Assuming that causes are linked in a linear chain, they concentrate on technological developments ("hard path") as the only solutions to environmental problems. Adaptive Management is recognized as a promising alternative approach directly addressing links between social and ecological systems and involving stakeholders in the analysis and decision process. This "soft path" requires special tools to facilitate collaboration between "experts" and stakeholders in analyzing complex situations and prioritizing policies and actions. We have applied conceptual modeling to increase communication, understanding and commitment in the project of seven NGOs "Sustainable Regional Development in the Odra Catchment". The main goal was to help our NGO partners to facilitate their efforts related to developing sustainable policies and practices to respond to large-scale challenges (EU accession, global changes in climate and economy) to their natural, economic and socio-cultural heritages. Among the variety of sustainability issues explored by these NGOs, two (extensive agricultural practices and "green" local products) were examined by using Adaptive Management (AM) as a framework that would link analysis, discussion, research, actions and monitoring. Within the AM framework the project coordinators used tools of systems analysis (Mental Model Mapping) to facilitate discussions in which NGO professionals and local stakeholders could graphically diagram and study their understanding of what factors interacted and how they affect the region's sustainability. These discussions produced larger-scale Regional Sustainability Models as well as more detailed sub-models of particular factors, processes, and feedback loops that appear critical to a sustainable future. The Regional Sustainability Model was used to identify a subset of key interacting factors (variables). For each variable, several sustainability indicators were suggested. The growing understanding and acceptance of the AM framework and systems analysis created a momentum both locally and within the region, which makes continued successful use of these indicators quite likely. In contrast to expert-driven projects that inject outside knowledge into a local context, this project established a broad basis for stakeholder-driven discussion that is articulated into goals, objectives, conceptual models, and indicators. The ability to learn and adapt in the AM framework increases the capacity to innovate and find policies and practices that enhance resilience and sustainability in a world in transition.
The complexity of interactions in socio-ecological systems makes it very difficult to plan and implement policies successfully. One of the main reasons for this is the uncertainty emerging not only from complex interactions within different sectors (for example, academia, government, business), but also from the tangle of relations
Coping with uncertainty requires the sustained capacity to learn and to flexibly manage. For thirty years a decision making process has been evolving to address the challenge of learning while managing. This process, Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management (AEAM), also known as Adaptive Management (AM), offers a framework to integrate research, policy and local practice that has been developed over three decades of experimental applications to understand and manage crises of collapsed fisheries, agriculture, forestry and rangeland grazing [
The AM learning cycle usually starts with an
In this article, we describe the modified Adaptive Management Framework that we used in the Barycz Valley, first from the conceptual, and then the practical point of view.
In our approach we have adopted the Adaptive Management Framework (AMF) and enhanced it using advances in conceptual modeling and sustainability indicators practice (
An open, participatory and recursive process both for policy formulation and indicators selection is used instead of top-down control.
Systems analysis including many feedbacks between sectors is performed, instead of narrow technical analysis.
Conceptual, qualitative modeling is used instead of formal, quantitative modeling.
Conceptual systems thinking techniques have been developed as a reaction to the failure of quantitative systems analysis to cope with the so-called "messy" problems, where it was difficult to identify a clear goal to attain. Different methodologies have been developed to tackle these problems [
Bell and Morse [
There are however some drawbacks. The main problem they encountered with the soft approach was that it was not "easily reportable or demonstrable to auditing authorities" [
We tried to avoid or mitigate these weaknesses in two ways. Firstly, we used a structured and recursive learning process within an AMF to identify and address errors in a transparent way. Secondly, the same framework allowed us to integrate different phases, using them to challenge and reinforce one another. For example, we meshed the phases of bounding and then measuring the problem by linking the results of the conceptual modeling phase with the process of defining indicators. As conceptual modeling provides the "big picture" of the problem and helps to overcome human information processing limitations, it also makes the process of indicators selection more rigorous and leads to more comprehensive results.
We have adapted the general AMF to suit the needs of the project (
In this first step the group identifies, discusses and agrees on the issues of most concern, such as crime, education and the environment. Conflicting opinions and uncertainty are used as valuable signals as to what areas need investigation most. Because Adaptive Management is designed to review and revisit every phase, it is not necessary to deal with every possible issue, but simply make a good start that unites participants in what they agree that they know, and what they understand that no one knows.
Identifying Variables and Interrelationships. Here conceptual modeling is used to map the underlying assumptions about the linkages and causality in the system. We have used the
Assessing Major Uncertainties and Unknowns. Disagreements reveal gaps in understanding. Uncertainties are pondered to the point when they can be clearly stated as hypotheses.
Identifying Key Variables. Using the conceptual model developed in 2a, most important (key) variables are selected by considering the number of interactions and/or delays as well as employing a conservative rule that each feedback loop should be represented in the set of indicators by one of its variables.
Deriving Indicators for Each Variable. Each key variable should be represented by at least one indicator. Often multiple indicators are needed to capture the range of values and qualities associated with a variable.
Scoring Indicators with Three Sets of Criteria. The scoring process must be streamlined and simple enough to be easily understood and relatively rapid to accomplish. Criteria should also help one examine what makes an indicator useful and convincing. To meet these goals a set of three criteria was employed: importance (work group's perspective), compellingness (stakeholders' perspective) and measurability.
Selecting a Final Set of Sustainability Indicators (based on cumulative scoring).
Plausible competing policies are formulated (treated as hypotheses) aimed to achieve objectives chosen by stakeholders and to achieve targets identified in the process of defining indicators. Based on a common agreement regarding prioritization of needs, only a few policies are chosen (a subset that is small enough to be practically and thoroughly applied) for further implementation.
Actions necessary to realize the chosen policies are planned and implemented.
Information is gathered to further review the appropriateness of the indicators chosen in 3. The output and impact of chosen policies are measured and evaluated as to whether action plans and management interventions have achieved the targets specified in policies.
The Barycz River, with a total length of 133 km, is one of the largest tributaries of the Odra River, which in turn is the second largest river in Poland. A basin topography that combines a flat lower valley with steep slopes in the surrounding hills results in diversified habitats with a mixture of forests, meadows and ponds, which occur both in the form of large and small complexes. The total river valley covers an area of 2600 km2 and it is administratively divided among 17 local communities (municipalities). The hydrological system supports Europe's biggest fishponds – the Milicz Ponds. Large migratory flocks of birds concentrate seasonally in the whole Barycz Valley. As many as 276 bird species (166 breeding) have been recorded in this area.
Changing political and economic conditions resulting in rising unemployment pose many threats to biodiversity in the Barycz Valley. The challenge is to preserve biodiversity and at the same time improve the local economy. To this end a broad coalition of NGOs active in this region has been established to explore a range of policies and practices to promote biodiversity and environmental quality in the Barycz Valley. The specific challenge arising from this is to help organize and integrate such a variety of organizations pursuing a diversity of different objectives and activities in a way that different projects individually contribute to progress toward sustainability.
Efforts to use external experts to inject knowledge into local situations may add valuable experience from similar situations elsewhere, but the full practicality of such information is seldom realized if it is paternalistically handed down to "clients". Frustration over failures for local people to accept or utilize such expert knowledge, let alone innovate, has led to the deeper question - how to empower local professionals and stakeholders to better use their own experience to create their own policies and practices, to measure their own progress, and to continue to learn and innovate in this regard in order to adapt to a world of changing climate and economy? People thus empowered might be better prepared to adapt ideas and experience from abroad to their local reality, because they are capable of detecting failures and improving them. In short, they can learn by themselves and, once secure on the local level, can responsibly interact with higher levels in ways that will sustain development without violating their heritage. Our project was supposed to provide local professionals and other stakeholders with tools and methods that would help them solve these problems.
This project pursued the goal of establishing a framework for different NGOs to discuss their diversified visions and approaches and develop their own indicators and targets by which they could measure their progress toward sustainability. In this way they can share and enrich each other's experience and continue to develop a common vision that unites actions in the region. Adaptive Management has been used as a general platform to link discussion and research during the whole project. It created the red thread through the steps of the project and helped participants to answer the question "where are we?" whenever they felt lost. Within our AMF, Conceptual Modeling has been used for mapping mental models of participants and stakeholders. Together with the project participants, we came up with an initial list of Sustainability Indicators to demonstrate to participants their use and potential effectiveness. The indicators can be improved in the ongoing process of formulation, measurement and revision.
The project proceeded in a series of workshops with NGOs. Local stakeholders and students occasionally joined the project group meetings and discussions. Professionals in local NGOs are good contributors to the start of an adaptive discussion framework, helping initially to absorb new ideas and methods, and subsequently to act as bridges of understanding to local stakeholders with whom they have established trust over the years. The NGOs were then responsible to pass the new knowledge on to the local people and thus, also involve them in the project. Direct involvement of stakeholders would make the project far more costly and time consuming.
At the beginning, a common language was established (with variables, and links between the variables, as its basic elements) and was used to develop mutual understanding shared by all participants. This graphic language enabled us to successfully join diverse participants' experiences and backgrounds into a common model exploring regional sustainability issues. First, a list of potential variables was elicited. Secondly, the initial list was winnowed to narrow it down to a practical range (< 25) of key variables. Finally, we used causal loop diagramming [
In summary using the model disciplined the group discussions in a positive sense as follows.
Differences (and agreements) in opinions were articulated much more precisely.
Gaps in understanding were discovered more efficiently.
The conceptual model of regional sustainability issues (
We assumed that Environmental Quality depends on the level (intensity and extent) of Environmentally Friendly Practices. In order to achieve the appropriate level of Environmentally Friendly Practices (EFP) we need to introduce Environmental Standards. In this top-level model the term "environmental standards" can represent both legally enforced regulations and/or standards voluntarily chosen by the producers to increase competitiveness. Success in establishing EFP depends on what Perceived Environmental Benefits are evident to the community in the region. All of these parts are heavily interconnected, and for each of them a detailed sub-model was developed. As an example, the
The final version of the model was used for choosing key variables, which constituted the first step to choosing sustainability indicators.
Based on our understanding of regional sustainability issues gained in developing the conceptual model, steps were taken to obtain the instruments for measuring progress – sustainability indicators. The regional sustainability model was the basis to identify the most important variables (marked in red color in
Systems concepts and methods, such as the analysis of mental models and causal loop diagrams, are impressive for their power to clarify complexity but can be intimidating when first encountered. While the outcome is a useful simplification, along the way one must face and digest far more complexity than when filtering the world through the lens of a single discipline. Systems science rigorously engages and integrates multiple disciplines and experiences, and it takes years of training and application to master. However, with the help of experienced systems scientists such methods can be practically employed by both professionals and lay people to develop regional sustainability strategies and indicators. For this to happen, much attention has to be paid to clarifying the basics, including the specific language of systems analysis, and to providing the participants with an opportunity to use the knowledge they acquire during exercises. Also, causal loop diagrams have to be discussed gradually, starting from a single loop and building the whole diagram around it.
Systems methods help people see what they normally do not consciously think about or discuss in an open forum: feedback loops with complex interactions and delays that create long and medium-term impacts. The transition to sustainability requires that stakeholders grasp the structure of systems. These methods help in that transition by exposing counter-intuitive links between natural, economic and social processes and by showing how delays distort our understanding of change. Stakeholders in the Barycz Valley approached by the NGOs directly participating in the project, as well as the NGO representatives, found these methods and ideas powerful in opening new ways to capture values, qualities and relationships related to the sustainability of their community and environment. They also felt that systems science methods were good complements to traditional verbal descriptions of sustainability. Briefly, stakeholder-driven processes that use graphical maps of sustainability engage a far wider group and build broader acceptance of novel ideas than do words alone.
Professionals in local NGOs are good contributors to the start of a discussion within the Adaptive Management Framework, helping initially to absorb new ideas and methods, and subsequently to act as bridges of understanding to local stakeholders with whom they have established trust over the years. Once an Adaptive Management Framework has established an open, trusting exploration of ideas among such professionals, the discussion can much more easily be extended to include (and be challenged to improve by) the experience of the wider community of concerned citizens.
Conceptual modeling involves parallel efforts to examine regional as well as local sets of processes associated with individual variables and/or feedback loops. These processes complement one another in improving the view at one scale by adding perspectives from other scales. The process of starting at a regional scale and then focusing down to specific questions led to a much-improved regional model applicable to a range of sustainability questions.
The essential point of the AMF is to use the insight gained in assessment to act, then monitor the impacts of action and then start the cycle again by using the results for reassessment. Collaborative re-assessment of policies and practices will require closer cooperation with local authorities, professionals, NGOs and concerned citizens in future projects, because such processes cannot be forcibly applied by administrative rulings. They must be understood and accepted by a majority of stakeholders such that an AMF process is voluntarily engaged by society. The engagement of NGO professionals is crucial for success because their work has established the trust that will bring local stakeholders into such a discussion and help them fully contribute to the discussion, to monitoring impacts and to subsequent reassessments and new actions. University education cannot teach how AMF should be applied and cannot create the basis of experience by which to advance its concepts and methods. Only through application in the real world can broad coalitions of lay people and professionals successfully learn how to use AMF and the project described in this article provides a good example of how this can be carried out. That wide stream of experience will provide the foundations to devise new concepts and methods through which AMF dialogues can evolve.
Adaptive management process as a structured learning cycle that iteratively links four phases: starting from assessment, through policy formulation to implementation, and monitoring used as an input for the assessment phase in the next cycle.
Adaptive Management Framework used in the Barycz Valley. Conceptual Modeling was incorporated into Assessment phase (steps 1 and 2).
Regional sustainability model with four main parts aggregated.
Variables and causal links in the Environmentally Friendly Farms sub-model. Variables in red are the key variables, which were used to find sustainability indicators.
Key variables and indicators that describe them
|Environmental Quality
|Biodiversity – number of species
|Water quality
|Percentage of viable habitat (green area)
|Environmentally Friendly Farms (EFF)
|Ratio EFF/Total (Number)
|Ratio EFF/Total (Area)
|Conversion rate
|Revenues from Agri-Environmental Programs
|Percentage of maximum subsidy
|Percentage of minimum yearly income
|Green Local Product (GLP) Production
|Sales revenues as percent of total sales per firm
|Number of people employed
|Number of firms
|Profits from GLP
|Total amount earned in region
|Average profitability from GLP per firm
|Profits from Environmentally Friendly Crops
|Total amount earned in region
|Average profitability from env. friendly crops per farm
|Profits from Green Tourism (GT)
|Total amount earned from GT in region
|Average profitability from GT per firm
|Organizational Support for Environmentally Friendly Farms
|Hours of work on projects
|Perceived support by farmers
|Brand Attractiveness
|Brand awareness and acceptation
|Support for Green Local Products
|Hours of work on projects
|Perceived support by green local producers
|Social Support for Environmental Standards
|Percentage of population that supports environmental standards
The research was realized within the project funded by DBU (Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt) and WWF Germany: "Sustainable Regional Development in the Odra Catchment" (Grant Number: DBU AZ 18902). Collaborative research in the field requires generous commitments of time, experience and good will over long periods. In particular, we wish to thank Peter Torkler (WWF Germany), Dorota Chmielowiec (Lower Silesian Foundation for Sustainable Development) and Andrzej Ruszlewicz (Green Action) for sharing their rich knowledge of the region and its people. Their insightful comments and questions are at the heart of the understanding built by this project within the region.
Regional Sustainability Model was developed using Causal Loop Diagrams. This qualitative system dynamics approach emphasizes the system structure described in terms of balancing and reinforcing feedback loops. Interactions between loops and shifting dominance provide the explanation for the complex system behavior. Here we describe one of the diagrams,
When Environmental Quality deteriorates Social Support for Environmental Standards increases as people, seeing the poor state of the environment, are more eager to support some standards to improve it. This support enables the introduction of better Environmental Standards, which in turn raises the level of Environmentally Friendly Practices. After some time (delay) it leads to improvement of environmental quality. These relations create the balancing loop (B2 - Rescue Environment) which operates to keep Environmental Quality in a good state.
So far we have assumed that better Environmental Standards increase the level of Environmentally Friendly Practices. However, this is true only if we keep the number and area of Environmentally Friendly Farms unchanged. The immediate result of introducing new Environmental Standards may be the decrease of Profits from Environmentally Friendly Crops, which may discourage some farmers and decrease the number or area of Environmentally Friendly Farms. This shows that introducing new Environmental Standards can affect the level of Environmentally Friendly Practices in two different ways and one cannot be certain whether this level will raise or fall. In effect this may cause the loop B2 (Rescue Environment) not to operate in a desired way.
When Profits from Environmentally Friendly Crops go down Perceived Environmental Benefits (any benefits coming from environment perceived by community in the region) will also go down. This will lower Social Support for Environmental Standards and in turn will make more difficult to keep Environmental Standards which is our main tool for improving Environmental Quality. This describes another balancing loop (B1 - Environmental Standards Raise Costs and Lower Crops, as a consequence of lower productivity), which operates to keep Environmental Standards at low level. This loop describes the resistance, which environmental NGOs quite often encounter. The source of this resistance is the mental model, which states that good environment means poor economy. The further loops in our model show why this does not always have to be true, however in the short term it quite often happens this way.
The above analysis shows that in order to start the process of improving Environmental Quality through increasing the number of Environmentally Friendly Farms the impulse from outside is needed. Such an impulse can be provided through Organizational Support for Environmentally Friendly Farms. This in practice is mostly done by environmental NGOs but it can also be done by local or regional authorities or other institutions. Usually these stakeholders decide on the target – Desired Level of Environmentally Friendly Practices and then execute the pressure until a gap between the actual level of Environmentally Friendly Practices and Desired Level of Environmentally Friendly Practices disappears. This process creates another balancing loop (B3 - Organizational Pressure for Environmentally Friendly Practices), which is extremely important for achieving environmental goals. It is aimed to make the system operate without external support, which means that ultimately environmentally friendly farms should be economically self-sufficient. But in order to achieve it, there must be a certain period when sufficient support is provided to those farms. It should be emphasized that institutional support for creating environmentally friendly farms, as well as producing and promoting green local products and developing green tourism is one of the crucial factors of success in this process. Recent research on innovation implementation [
The first reinforcing loop (R1 - Revenues through Agri-Environmental Programs) connects Environmentally Friendly Practices with Profits from Environmentally Friendly Crops. The Environmentally Friendly Farms become more profitable, which encourages other farmers to increase Environmental Standards and generates more Environmentally Friendly Practices which finally makes possible to obtain even more Revenues from Agri-Environmental Programs. It should also be noted that increasing Profits from Environmentally Friendly Crops makes it easier for people in the region to perceive environmental benefits, and raises Social Support for Environmental Standards. We have seen that short-term drop in Profits from Environmentally Friendly Crops is corrected through longer-term Revenues from Agri-Environmental Programs.
The other long-term process is connected with "green tourism" opportunities, which are only possible, when Environmental Quality is sufficiently good. Improving Environmental Quality influences Touristic Attractiveness of the region but after significant time delay. Raised Touristic Attractiveness makes possible to obtain additional Profits from Green Tourism, which raises Perceived Environmental Benefits. This process closes another reinforcing loop (R2 - Nature Attracts Tourists). It affects also the balancing loop B1 (Environmental Standards Raise Costs and Lower Crops) making easier to keep Environmental Standards.
Environmental Standards not only define the standards for farmers but also can be used to introduce the local brand for "Green Local Products" (GLP). If GLP Production brings profits the part of it can be reinvested to increase or diversify the production bringing even more Profits from Green Local Products. These links create the reinforcing loop R6 (GLP Growth through Reinvestment). Profits from Green Local Products raise Perceived Environmental Benefits so it also contributes to better environmental standards.
The relation between production and profits from green local products is obviously influenced by many factors such as: Attractiveness of Green Local Products to Consumers, external Support for Green Local Products, Regional Food Processing Capacity and Local Cultural Identity. Brand Attractiveness constitutes another important factor as the successful introduction of a brand may greatly help in marketing and sales of Green Local Products.
Environmentally Friendly Farms and Green Local Products are tightly connected. GLP Production is mainly based on crops from Environmentally Friendly Farms. Increased demand on crops from environmentally friendly farms leads to bigger Profits from Environmentally Friendly Crops. This makes being an "environmental farmer" more attractive and leads to the growth of Environmentally Friendly Farms. This process creates another reinforcing loop R5 (Environmentally Friendly Farms and Green Local Products Reinforce Each Other).
Green Local Products are also connected with tourism. Many Green Local Products will be sold through green tourism facilities. In this way Touristic Attractiveness affects Profits from Green Local Products. This link closes another reinforcing loop (R3 - Revenues from Local Products Sales to Tourists). Touristic Attractiveness also improves the Region Image, which makes the local brand much more recognized and attractive. These links close reinforcing loop R4 (Revenues from Local Products through Green Image).
To sum up, the balancing loop B1 operates in the short term hampering the introduction of Environmental Standards aimed to improve Environmental Quality. In the long term, reinforcing loops R1 to R6 make environmental benefits much more obvious for the community in the region. This means that introducing Environmental Standards is the process which requires patience – it is necessary to wait to overcome the initial negative economic effects. The model helps to understand that "environment or economy" is a false dichotomy if we look at the situation with sufficiently long time horizon.
For a historical review of community indicators, see:
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How EXCITED are we!?!?!
Was 50 of us planing to go and I am the only one who ended up with a ticket! Crazy! Since I will be riding it solo, some company would be great. Taking the train from London to Brussels and will be camping this one out. Inbox me if interested coming along.
Also, does anyone knows when the waiting list will become available for the tickets? The rest of the group aren't giving up that easy...
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Washington (AFP) Jan 19, 2016
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the White House, saluting Canberra's role in the fight against the Islamic State group.
"We are going to talk about how we can strengthen our cooperation both in Syria and Iraq but also countering violent extremism globally," Obama said.
The deadly attacks on Thursday in Jakarta that were claimed by the IS group shows that Southeast Asia is "an area we have to pay attention to and watch."
Australia, with six fighter jets deployed, takes part in US-led air strikes against IS targets, and is heavily involved in training Iraqi security forces.
Last week, Australian Defense Minister Marise Payne rebuffed a US request for a larger military commitment, saying its contributions to the anti-IS fight were already "substantial."
But she said Australia would offer more transport aircraft for humanitarian missions.
Stressing their "strong and steadfast" alliance, Obama also highlighted the role of the two countries as the "driving force" in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a vast free trade zone encompassing 12 Pacific Rim countries, but not China.
"It is going to be good for our economy, for our workers and our businesses," he said.
"For us to thrive in the 21st century, it's important for us to be making the rules in this region and that's exactly what TPP does," he said.
Turnbull, who was making his first visit to Washington since taking office in September, noted his "very productive" discussions with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter, adding that the US-Australian partnership in Iraq and Afghanistan is "very, very strong."
"We have to constantly lift our game in the way we engage with and tackle these extremists, particularly ISIL -- but there are many others -- as they operate in the cyber sphere," he said, using an alternate acronym for IS.
"And so I'm pleased that we're going to be working on even closer collaboration there," he said.
On TTP, Turnbull said it was lifting the standards for a rule-based international order, and adding to its security by integrating the region's economies.
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Recipe by Kittencalrecipezazz
These are really good! you can adjust all amounts to taste. Prepare the ranch/salsa mixture well in advance and chill to blend the flavors.
Top Review by Kate57
These are so good. I did chunk my peppers and added them to the blender with the eggs and cream and made quick work of the chopping and mixing. I have come to like the pre-cooked bacon strips and I'm sure bacon bits could work too. I saved half of my serving for lunch at work the next day - warmed in the microwave it made a very tasty meal.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 7 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream (or use 18% cream)
- salt and pepper
- 2 medium green onions, finely chopped
- 1 small bell pepper (red or green, seeded and finely chopped)
- 5 pickled jalapeno peppers, slices chopped (or to taste)
- 3 tablespoons butter (or to taste)
- 3⁄4 cup ranch dressing (I use Hidden Valley ranch for this)
- 3⁄4 cup prepared salsa
- 1 pinch salt (optional)
- shredded cheddar cheese (you will need about 3 cups or to taste, or use a Mexi-blend cheese)
- 4 (10 inch) flour tortillas
- 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
- 1 cup diced cooked ham
Directions See How It's Made
- In a small bowl stir together the Ranch dressing with the salsa; mix to combine then season with a small amount of salt if desired; cover and chill.
- In a bowl whisk together the eggs and whipping cream until well blended; season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add in the green onions, bell pepper and chopped pickled jalapenos; mix to combine.
- Heat butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add in the egg mixture; cook without stirring.
- Lift the eggs on the bottom using a spatula to allow more batter to run along the sides of the pan to cook.
- Cover the skillet and continue to cook until the eggs are thickened and set but still moist (do not stir and make certain not to overcook the eggs).
- Slide the eggs onto a large glass plate; set aside.
- Sprinkle about 1/3 cup grated cheese over each tortilla, then top with a fourth of egg mixture.
- Sprinkle with crumbled cooked bacon and then cubed ham.
- Top with about 1/4 cup shredded cheese, then fold the tortilla in half over the filling, press gently to seal.
- Heat a small amount of oil over medium-high heat in a skillet or coat with cooking spray.
- Using a large spatula carefully add in one or two quesadillas at a time and cook for about 3 minutes on each side, or until light golden brown.
- Serve with the salsa mixture.
- Delicious!


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Are there any general rules when deciding which weapon goes into MH and which weapon goes in OH as a DW Frost DK?
Are there any general rules when deciding which weapon goes into MH and which weapon goes in OH as a DW Frost DK?
As a point of clarification, the MH weapon should be that which has the highest damage per second, which is usually the weapon with the highest ilvl.
Also, you should put Razorice on the MH and Fallen Crusader on OH.
Okay, seems clear enough, although I've seen people say that using that the best combo to go for is Elegon Axe in MH and Sha Touched Sword in OH, why?
sha touched is lfr one perhaps? (and hence lower ilvl compared to normal one from elegon).
The best combo is kil'rak in one hand and scimitar in the other. Once gemmed, the scimitar is better than the kil'rak if you ignore the 500 str gem, so you don't want to just get two kil'raks. The elegon axe has a lower itemlvl than either.
If we get to put prismatic sockets on two kil'raks then double kil'rak will be better, but hopefully that won't end up happening.
Yeah that is highly unlikely.
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I could, except that would be a damage loss.
I'd rather just have a 500 strength gem and prismatic socket in the same kil'rak and a scimitar in the other hand, that offers the most overall stats if we only get to use one extra prismatic socket.
"Do not lose time on daily trivialities. Do not dwell on petty detail. For all of these things melt away and drift apart within the obscure traffic of time. Live well and live broadly. You are alive and living now. Now is the envy of all of the dead." ~ Emily3, World of Tomorrow
Eye of the Black Prince Issue
There's currently no way to obtain an additional Eye of the Black Prince, and we're aware it can create a situation where people are deterred from wanting to upgrade their items. That's not the intent, we want you to use it and enjoy the upgrade then and there, and so we're looking into a way for players to obtain additional sockets similar to how you can purchase additional legendary gems.
http://i.imgur.com/7HvLb.jpg stolen from that thread
Last edited by bals; 2013-01-09 at 07:07 AM.
Well, the +500 gems are still Unique-Equipped, so that definitely lowers the overall value right there. I dunno what the questline will be pushing us for this time, but one would have to assume it would be upgrading the weapon, as a whole, to something better... otherwise it will be getting benched pretty damn inevitably in 5.2's raid tier. And I bet that the upgraded weapon will be Unique-Equipped, just for that reason too: to prevent dual-wielders from having to concern themselves with getting double legendaries and having to pay extra gold just to be "on-par".
Games are not necessarily "easier" today. You are just a better player.
It takes more now to impress many gamers than it did 2-5 years ago, because so much has already been seen and done.
Many players expect to be wow'd with every release of a beloved franchise.
These are generally NOT the fault of the developers, but the fault of many players over-hyping and/or setting expectations too high.
Kilrak is itemized as not having a socket, so it has higher base stats than Scimitar (80 str, 80 secondary stats).
Because of this it has even better stats when upgraded, +86 str and +86 secondary stats difference.
However, with the gem socket, Scimitar is better.
If we can add a prismatic socket to two Kilraks, then Kilrak/Kilrak will be better.
Last edited by bals; 2013-01-09 at 09:09 AM.
eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/anachronos/Rhiannon/simple Yes (shamelessly stolen from the thread linked earlier, lol)


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