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It's official. I booked my flight to Las Vegas for the Right Online conference. In case any of you protestors want to show up, it's an morning flight. If you're going to get up that early you could try being a productive member of society instead.
Looking at the agenda and my flight schedule, they could have booked the conference for Omaha. There won't be a lot of time for betting on the ponies and somehow the seminar on "election odds for bookies" got cancelled.
For those of you who remember, I attempted to go to this conference two years ago. Then a storm hit. Lake Mighigan decided to replenish itself all at once and flood Milwaukee, cancelling all flights at Mitchell kinda International, including mine. I barely made it back to Waukesha with the kids intact.
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Residents in Talmadge have filed a lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court to try to block the installation of stadium lights at Hoover High School.
The lights, which would enable the school's football team to play home games on Friday nights, are to be paid using funds from Proposition S, a $2.1 billion bond measure passed by voters in November 2008. A hearing date has not been set.
The attorney for a group calling itself Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending claims the San Diego Unified School District duped the public before the election by burying the issue in the bond language. A school district spokeswoman disagreed.
The 18-page complaint, filed Feb. 10, seeks an injunction to prevent the school district from starting construction before the case is adjudicated. The district approved construction of the new lights at its Jan. 11 school board meeting.
The suit claims there is nothing in the bond language that indicates it would be used to pay for stadium lights at Hoover High School. District spokeswoman Cynthia Reed-Porter pointed to page 96 of a 97-page official bond document outlining every project. It indicates "field lightning" as a possible site improvement within the district.
"There is a reference in the bond measure to lights," Reed-Porter said. "It's in the voter guide that went to all voters."
Residents believe the school district circumvented the issue to avoid controversy and then revealed its plans only after Proposition S passed.
"The bond measure was billed as a renovation and rehabilitation act," said Craig Sherman, the attorney representing Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending. "This isn't repairing and renovating. This is additional unstated construction of new facilities. That was not the intent of the bond."
The suit also accuses the school district of being in violation of the California Environmental Quality Act by sidestepping an Environmental Impact Report.
Reed-Porter referred questions about the Environmental Impact Report to Andra Donovan, the school district's general counsel. Donovan did not return a call seeking comment.
Residents near the school, at 4474 El Cajon Blvd., have been fighting the proposed installation of lights for the last two years. Residents are concerned the field, on the opposite side of El Cajon Boulevard and facing a residential area, will be used throughout the year, not just for high school sporting events but also for independent leagues that can potentially rent the facility.
"It's not the light itself. It's the night events," said Ronald Anderson, president of the Taxpayers for Accountable School Bond Spending. "You're talking about bringing thousands of people into a residential community that is landlocked between two canyons. With all those people, and all those cars parked on our streets, it causes an environmental and safety risk."
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Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey is one of the few soloists on the international music scene who is as comfortable with gut strings playing baroque music as he is with steel strings playing a concerto just written for him.
He grew up in Santpoort in the Netherlands, where the pursuit of early music seems almost to be a national pastime. He has lived in Amsterdam since he was 19, and regularly performs around the world with all the great symphony and chamber orchestras.
He is touring Australia for three months, starting with his these performances at the Musica Viva Festival of 2013 with chamber music of Mendelssohn and Schubert at the University of Sydney's Conservatorium of Music.
Wispelwey will also direct this year's Australian Youth Orchestra Chamber Player's program, as well as continuing around the country for recitals, concerts and masterclasses in Sydney, Hobart, Canberra (where he will play all the Bach cello suites and the Elgar cello concerto as part of the Canberra International Music Festival), Brisbane, Adelaide Melbourne and Perth.
He will also visit Armidale and Coff's Harbour in New South Wales. As part of this enormous tour, he will also play the concertos written for Rostropovich, including works by Lutoslawski, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.
He is one of the few cellists brave enough to perform all the Bach suites in one recital (which I have witnessed him do). In fact, his Bach playing is charismatic and enthralling. As Britain's Guardian newspaper said, his playing is "at once supremely lyrical and furiously intense".
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THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Please have a seat.
Over the past few weeks, I've been talking about what I believe should be our number-one priority as a country — building a better bargain for the middle class and for Americans who want to work their way into the middle class. At the same time, I'm focused on my number-one responsibility as Commander-in-Chief, and that's keeping the American people safe. And in recent days, we've been reminded once again about the threats to our nation.
As I said at the National Defense University back in May, in meeting those threats we have to strike the right balance between protecting our security and preserving our freedoms. And as part of this rebalancing, I called for a review of our surveillance programs. Unfortunately, rather than an orderly and lawful process to debate these issues and come up with appropriate reforms, repeated leaks of classified information have initiated the debate in a very passionate, but not always fully informed way.
Now, keep in mind that as a senator, I expressed a healthy skepticism about these programs, and as President, I've taken steps to make sure they have strong oversight by all three branches of government and clear safeguards to prevent abuse and protect the rights of the American people. But given the history of abuse by governments, it's right to ask questions about surveillance — particularly as technology is reshaping every aspect of our lives.
I'm also mindful of how these issues are viewed overseas, because American leadership around the world depends upon the example of American democracy and American openness — because what makes us different from other countries is not simply our ability to secure our nation, it's the way we do it — with open debate and democratic process.
In other words, it's not enough for me, as President, to have confidence in these programs. The American people need to have confidence in them as well. And that's why, over the last few weeks, I've consulted members of Congress who come at this issue from many different perspectives. I've asked the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to review where our counterterrorism efforts and our values come into tension, and I directed my national security team to be more transparent and to pursue reforms of our laws and practices.
And so, today, I'd like to discuss four specific steps — not all inclusive, but some specific steps that we're going to be taking very shortly to move the debate forward.
First, I will work with Congress to pursue appropriate reforms to Section 215 of the Patriot Act — the program that collects telephone records. As I've said, this program is an important tool in our effort to disrupt terrorist plots. And it does not allow the government to listen to any phone calls without a warrant. But given the scale of this program, I understand the concerns of those who would worry that it could be subject to abuse. So after having a dialogue with members of Congress and civil libertarians, I believe that there are steps we can take to give the American people additional confidence that there are additional safeguards against abuse.
For instance, we can take steps to put in place greater oversight, greater transparency, and constraints on the use of this authority. So I look forward to working with Congress to meet those objectives.
Second, I'll work with Congress to improve the public's confidence in the oversight conducted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, known as the FISC. The FISC was created by Congress to provide judicial review of certain intelligence activities so that a federal judge must find that our actions are consistent with the Constitution. However, to build greater confidence, I think we should consider some additional changes to the FISC.
One of the concerns that people raise is that a judge reviewing a request from the government to conduct programmatic surveillance only hears one side of the story — may tilt it too far in favor of security, may not pay enough attention to liberty. And while I've got confidence in the court and I think they've done a fine job, I think we can provide greater assurances that the court is looking at these issues from both perspectives — security and privacy.
So, specifically, we can take steps to make sure civil liberties concerns have an independent voice in appropriate cases by ensuring that the government's position is challenged by an adversary.
Number three, we can, and must, be more transparent. So I've directed the intelligence community to make public as much information about these programs as possible. We've already declassified unprecedented information about the NSA, but we can go further. So at my direction, the Department of Justice will make public the legal rationale for the government's collection activities under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The NSA is taking steps to put in place a full-time civil liberties and privacy officer, and released information that details its mission, authorities, and oversight. And finally, the intelligence community is creating a website that will serve as a hub for further transparency, and this will give Americans and the world the ability to learn more about what our intelligence community does and what it doesn't do, how it carries out its mission, and why it does so.
Fourth, we're forming a high-level group of outside experts to review our entire intelligence and communications technologies. We need new thinking for a new era. We now have to unravel terrorist plots by finding a needle in the haystack of global telecommunications. And meanwhile, technology has given governments — including our own — unprecedented capability to monitor communications.
So I am tasking this independent group to step back and review our capabilities — particularly our surveillance technologies. And they'll consider how we can maintain the trust of the people, how we can make sure that there absolutely is no abuse in terms of how these surveillance technologies are used, ask how surveillance impacts our foreign policy — particularly in an age when more and more information is becoming public. And they will provide an interim report in 60 days and a final report by the end of this year, so that we can move forward with a better understanding of how these programs impact our security, our privacy, and our foreign policy.
So all these steps are designed to ensure that the American people can trust that our efforts are in line with our interests and our values. And to others around the world, I want to make clear once again that America is not interested in spying on ordinary people. Our intelligence is focused, above all, on finding the information that's necessary to protect our people, and — in many cases — protect our allies.
It's true we have significant capabilities. What's also true is we show a restraint that many governments around the world don't even think to do, refuse to show — and that includes, by the way, some of America's most vocal critics. We shouldn't forget the difference between the ability of our government to collect information online under strict guidelines and for narrow purposes, and the willingness of some other governments to throw their own citizens in prison for what they say online.
And let me close with one additional thought. The men and women of our intelligence community work every single day to keep us safe because they love this country and believe in our values. They're patriots. And I believe that those who have lawfully raised their voices on behalf of privacy and civil liberties are also patriots who love our country and want it to live up to our highest ideals. So this is how we're going to resolve our differences in the United States — through vigorous public debate, guided by our Constitution, with reverence for our history as a nation of laws, and with respect for the facts.
So, with that, I'm going to take some questions. And let's see who we've got here. We're going to start with Julie Pace of AP.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. I wanted to ask about some of the foreign policy fallout from the disclosure of the NSA programs that you discussed. Your spokesman said yesterday that there's no question that the U.S. relationship with Russia has gotten worse since Vladimir Putin took office. How much of that decline do you attribute directly to Mr. Putin, given that you seem to have had a good working relationship with his predecessor? Also will there be any additional punitive measures taken against Russia for granting asylum to Edward Snowden? Or is canceling the September summit really all you can do given the host of issues the U.S. needs Russian cooperation for? Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Good. I think there's always been some tension in the U.S.-Russian relationship after the fall of the Soviet Union. There's been cooperation in some areas; there's been competition in others.
It is true that in my first four years, in working with President Medvedev, we made a lot of progress. We got START done — or START II done. We were able to cooperate together on Iran sanctions. They provided us help in terms of supplying our troops in Afghanistan. We were able to get Russia into the WTO — which is not just good for Russia, it's good for our companies and businesses because they're more likely then to follow international norms and rules. So there's been a lot of good work that has been done and that is going to continue to be done.
What's also true is, is that when President Putin — who was prime minister when Medvedev was president — came back into power I think we saw more rhetoric on the Russian side that was anti-American, that played into some of the old stereotypes about the Cold War contests between the United States and Russia. And I've encouraged Mr. Putin to think forward as opposed to backwards on those issues — with mixed success.
And I think the latest episode is just one more in a number of emerging differences that we've seen over the last several months around Syria, around human rights issues, where it is probably appropriate for us to take a pause, reassess where it is that Russia is going, what our core interests are, and calibrate the relationship so that we're doing things that are good for the United States and hopefully good for Russia as well, but recognizing that there just are going to be some differences and we're not going to be able to completely disguise them.
And that's okay. Keep in mind that although I'm not attending the summit, I'll still be going to St. Petersburg because Russia is hosting the G20. That's important business in terms of our economy and our jobs and all the issues that are of concern to Americans.
I know that one question that's been raised is how do we approach the Olympics. I want to just make very clear right now I do not think it's appropriate to boycott the Olympics. We've got a bunch of Americans out there who are training hard, who are doing everything they can to succeed. Nobody is more offended than me by some of the anti-gay and lesbian legislation that you've been seeing in Russia. But as I said just this week, I've spoken out against that not just with respect to Russia but a number of other countries where we continue to do work with them, but we have a strong disagreement on this issue.
And one of the things I'm really looking forward to is maybe some gay and lesbian athletes bringing home the gold or silver or bronze, which I think would go a long way in rejecting the kind of attitudes that we're seeing there. And if Russia doesn't have gay or lesbian athletes, then it probably makes their team weaker.
Q Are there going to be any additional punitive measures for Russia, beyond canceling the summit?
THE PRESIDENT: Keep in mind that our decision to not participate in the summit was not simply around Mr. Snowden. It had to do with the fact that, frankly, on a whole range of issues where we think we can make some progress, Russia has not moved. And so we don't consider that strictly punitive.
We're going to assess where the relationship can advance U.S. interests and increase peace and stability and prosperity around the world. Where it can, we're going to keep on working with them. Where we have differences, we're going to say so clearly. And my hope is, is that over time, Mr. Putin and Russia recognize that rather than a zero-sum competition, in fact, if the two countries are working together we can probably advance the betterment of both peoples.
Chuck Todd.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. Given that you just announced a whole bunch of reforms based on essentially the leaks that Edward Snowden made on all of these surveillance programs, is that change — is your mindset changed about him? Is he now more a whistle-blower than he is a hacker, as you called him at one point, or somebody that shouldn't be filed charges? And should he be provided more protection? Is he a patriot? You just used those words. And then just to follow up on the personal — I want to follow up on a personal —
THE PRESIDENT: Okay, I want to make sure — everybody is asking one question it would be helpful.
Q No, I understand. It was a part of a question that you didn't answer. Can you get stuff done with Russia, big stuff done, without having a good personal relationship with Putin?
THE PRESIDENT: I don't have a bad personal relationship with Putin. When we have conversations, they're candid, they're blunt; oftentimes, they're constructive. I know the press likes to focus on body language and he's got that kind of slouch, looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. But the truth is, is that when we're in conversations together, oftentimes it's very productive.
So the issue here really has to do with where do they want to take Russia — it's substantive on a policy front. And —
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THE PRESIDENT: No. Right now, this is just a matter of where Mr. Putin and the Russian people want to go. I think if they are looking forward into the 21st century and how they can advance their economy, and make sure that some of our joint concerns around counterterrorism are managed effectively, then I think we can work together. If issues are framed as if the U.S. is for it then Russia should be against it, or we're going to be finding ways where we can poke each other at every opportunity, then probably we don't get as much stuff done.
See, now I've forgotten your first question, which presumably was the more important one. No, I don't think Mr. Snowden was a patriot. As I said in my opening remarks, I called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before Mr. Snowden made these leaks.
My preference — and I think the American people's preference — would have been for a lawful, orderly examination of these laws, a thoughtful fact-based debate that would then lead us to a better place. Because I never made claims that all the surveillance technologies that have developed since the time some of these laws had been put in place somehow didn't require potentially some additional reforms. That's exactly what I called for.
So the fact is, is that Mr. Snowden has been charged with three felonies. If, in fact, he believes that what he did was right, then, like every American citizen, he can come here, appear before the court with a lawyer and make his case. If the concern was that somehow this was the only way to get this information out to the public, I signed an executive order well before Mr. Snowden leaked this information that provided whistleblower protection to the intelligence community — for the first time. So there were other avenues available for somebody whose conscience was stirred and thought that they needed to question government actions.
But having said that, once the leaks have happened, what we've seen is information come out in dribs and in drabs, sometimes coming out sideways. Once the information is out, the administration comes in, tries to correct the record. But by that time, it's too late or we've moved on, and a general impression has, I think, taken hold not only among the American public but also around the world that somehow we're out there willy-nilly just sucking in information on everybody and doing what we please with it.
That's not the case. Our laws specifically prohibit us from surveilling U.S. persons without a warrant. And there are a whole range of safeguards that have been put in place to make sure that that basic principle is abided by.
But what is clear is that whether, because of the instinctive bias of the intelligence community to keep everything very close — and probably what's a fair criticism is my assumption that if we had checks and balances from the courts and Congress, that that traditional system of checks and balances would be enough to give people assurance that these programs were run probably — that assumption I think proved to be undermined by what happened after the leaks. I think people have questions about this program.
And so, as a consequence, I think it is important for us to go ahead and answer these questions. What I'm going to be pushing the IC to do is rather than have a trunk come out here and leg come out there and a tail come out there, let's just put the whole elephant out there so people know exactly what they're looking at. Let's examine what is working, what's not, are there additional protections that can be put in place, and let's move forward.
And there's no doubt that Mr. Snowden's leaks triggered a much more rapid and passionate response than would have been the case if I had simply appointed this review board to go through, and I had sat down with Congress and we had worked this thing through. It would have been less exciting. It would not have generated as much press. I actually think we would have gotten to the same place, and we would have done so without putting at risk our national security and some very vital ways that we are able to get intelligence that we need to secure the country.
Major Garrett.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. I'd like to ask you about this debate that's playing itself out in editorial pages, in the blogosphere, even in the Senate Democratic caucus, about the choice you eventually will make for the next Federal Reserve chairman. There is a perception among Democrats that Larry Summers has the inside track, and perhaps you've made some assurances to him about that. Janet Yellen is the vice chair of the Federal Reserve. There are many women in the Senate who are Democrats who believe that breaking the glass ceiling there would be historic and important.
THE PRESIDENT: Right.
Q Are you annoyed by this sort of roiling debate? Do you find it any way unseemly? And do you believe this will be one of the most important — if not the most important — economic decisions you'll make in the remainder of your presidency?
THE PRESIDENT: It is definitely one of the most important economic decisions that I'll make in the remainder of my presidency. The Federal Reserve chairman is not just one of the most important economic policymakers in America, he or she is one of the most important policymakers in the world. And that person presumably will stay on after I'm President. So this, along with Supreme Court appointments, is probably as important a decision as I make as President.
I have a range of outstanding candidates. You've mentioned two of them — Mr. Summers and Mr. Yellen — Ms. Yellen. And they're both terrific people.
I think the perception that Mr. Summers might have an inside track simply had to do with a bunch of attacks that I was hearing on Mr. Summers preemptively, which is sort of a standard Washington exercise, that I don't like. Because when somebody has worked hard for me and worked hard on behalf of the American people, and I know the quality of those people, and I see them getting slapped around in the press for no reason — before they've even been nominated for anything — then I want to make sure that somebody is standing up for them. I felt the same way when people were attacking Susan Rice before she was nominated for anything. So I tend to defend folks who I think have done a good job and don't deserve attacks.
But I consider them both outstanding candidates. My main criteria — I've stated this before, but I want to repeat it — my main criteria for the Fed Reserve chairman is somebody who understands they've got a dual mandate. A critical part of the job is making sure that we keep inflation in check, that our monetary policy is sound, that the dollar is sound. Those are all critical components of the job. And we've seen what happens when the Fed is not paying attention. We saw, prior to Paul Volcker coming into place, inflation shooting up in ways that really damaged the real economy.
But the other mandate is full employment. And right now, if you look at the biggest challenges we have, the challenge is not inflation; the challenge is we've still got too many people out of work, too many long-term unemployed, too much slack in the economy, and we're not growing as fast as we should. And so I want a Fed chairman who's able to look at those issues and have a perspective that keeps an eye on inflation, makes sure that we're not seeing artificial bubbles in place, but also recognizing, you know what, a big part of my job right now is to make sure the economy is growing quickly and robustly, and is sustained and durable, so that people who work hard in this country are able to find a job.


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VERNON - The RCMP want to return various stolen items and keys to their rightful owners recovered during the arrest of a 29-year-old man wanted on an outstanding warrant for uttering threats.
There are 22 sets of keys amongst the items siezed by police February 18. Also seized was a small quantity of drugs.
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guide for teachers, most suggestions for improvements
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teaching support. In particular teachers asked
for small activities and assessment ideas that
could be integrated within existing classes to
help embed sustainability within the curriculum.
This gave rise to the latest stage of the initiative,
producing a teacher supplement for each of the
three modules. Looking back at the evolution of
these materials there have been many contributors
and reviewers (see acknowledgements below) without
whom the initiative would not have been possible
- thank you.
in mind that we come from an engineering, tech-heavy
background, we hope that the modules inspire with
their rigour and the accompanying fun activities
for the classroom. We have intentionally left
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the 21st Century we need citizens who can
innovate and creatively address impending
social, economic and environmental challenges.
Schools play a crucial role in developing
these strengths in students, who can then
move into careers designing and delivering
sustainable solutions for society. Moreover,
our students are calling for schools to
do so. This set of materials for Grade 10-12
provides a flexible tool for teachers to
thread sustainability content into the final
years of student learning, systematically
building on earlier years of education.
The straight-forward and flexible structure
of the resource will allow integration with
existing curriculum that is sensitive to
the diversity of school and classroom needs.
1: Sustainability & Really Cool Technologies (Energy,
Water, Waste)
Teacher Supplement provides additional information
to the Subject Supplements, including an activity
pack for each lesson. The content has been structured
to enable a wide variety of teaching methods,
from lecture-style teaching, to problem based
learning. Teachers may choose to fully explore
all of the material, or just take parts of the
content as they support existing materials in
the learning program. The Teacher Supplement
also addresses the National Curriculum cross-curriculum
priority 'Sustainability'.
aim of this lesson is to provide a general introduction
to the following three lessons on energy, water
and waste. Additional Readings are provided
to introduce students to key topics, in case
they do not have prior learning in these areas.
This introductory package provides the context
to sustainable development through identifying
a number of key challenges for the 21st Century.
We consider the definition of sustainable development
to be where technologies, processes and practices
can reduce our environmental impact while still
meeting the needs of the world's growing
population. We highlight the specific role technology
plays in addressing climate change and sustainable
aim of this lesson is to provide an overview
of climate change and 'peak oil',
and introduce ways of reducing our greenhouse
gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels like
oil as an energy source. In particular, we will
consider using energy more efficiently in everyday
places like our homes, and using different forms
of fuel and technology to power vehicles.
aim of this lesson is to provide an overview
of the challenges that Australia and the rest
of the world are facing with maintaining our
most precious resource: water. This lesson will
introduce various ways we can use water more
efficiently, clean water more effectively, and
help major users of water, like agriculture,
reduce their reliance.
aim of this lesson is to introduce the significance
of waste that comes from our everyday practices,
and the extent to which waste-to-landfill impacts
on the health of our society and the environment.
This part will introduce the benefits of reducing
and eliminating waste, and highlights some examples
of what companies and governments around the
world are doing to achieve 'zero waste'
2: Electricity – Innovative Technologies for
Sustainable Development
aim of this lesson is to describe the key components
of solar cells and wind turbines, and the processes
used by these technologies to generate electricity
from the sun's energy.
aim of this lesson is to describe the key components
of steam turbines and electric generators, and
the processes used by these technologies to
generate electricity from steam.
aim of this lesson is to describe the key components
of hydroelectric power plants and ocean power
plants, and the processes used by these technologies
to generate electricity from flowing water.
aim of this lesson is to describe the key components
of fuel cell systems and the process that fuel
cell systems use to generate electricity from
gas without combustion.
3: Green Chemistry – Innovations for Sustainable
aim of this lesson is to introduce the topic
of 'Green Chemistry' and to set
the context for the following three lessons.
This lesson introduces a number of key Green
Chemistry principles that scientists and engineers
can use to move towards sustainable development.
lesson aims to highlight the potential role
of Green Chemistry in helping to mitigate climate
change through innovations in: 1) reducing greenhouse
gas emissions, and 2) removing (sequestering)
greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The lesson
briefly discusses the types of greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions and some exciting chemistry
innovations in sequestering GHGs and reducing
GHG emissions.
lesson aims to introduce the topic of reducing
toxicity and the concept of 'benign by
design', where products and services are
designed so that they don't use or produce
toxins in the first place. The lesson provides
examples of companies and organisations that
are successfully applying this concept to their
products and services.
lesson aims to introduce students to the issues
and possible opportunities within the field
of batteries, as well as the role batteries
will play in enabling sustainable development.
In particular, this lesson highlights the opportunities
in hybrid-electric and electric vehicle applications,
biodegradable batteries, and batteries that
can support reliable renewable energy supply.
The development of the 'Sustainability
Education for High Schools: Year 10-12 - Subject
Supplements' was supported by a grant from
the Port of Brisbane Corporation and developed
by in partnership with Griffith University and
the University of New South Wales as part of the
Sustainable Living Challenge. In particular the
authors would like to thank the support and mentoring
provided by Ms Nikki Owen, Mr Rick Morton and
Mr Brad Kitchen (The Port of Brisbane Corporation).
Content was peer reviewed by Mr Cameron Mackenzie
(Queensland Department of Education), and Mr Ben
Roche (National Manager, Sustainable Living Challenge,
University of New South Wales). The development
of this publication has been supported by the
contribution of non-staff related on-costs and
administrative support by the Centre for Environment
and Systems Research (CESR) at Griffith University;
and the Fenner School of Environment and Society
at the Australian National University. The material
has been researched and developed by the team
from The Natural Edge Project.
development of 'Sustainability Education
for High Schools: Year 10-12 - Teacher Supplements'
was supported by a grant from the Queensland Division
of Engineers Australia. In particular the authors
would like to acknowledge the support and mentoring
provided by Mr Ian McEwan (Executive Director,
QLD Division), Mr David Finch and Mr Geoff Haig
(Education Linkages Group, QLD Division). With
thanks to the teachers of South East Queensland
to gave their time and contributions to refining
this resource in March 2011. The following team
members also provided support in the review of
the resource: Mr David Sparks, Ms Angie Reeve
and Mr Matt Sorenson.
Subject Supplements: Desha,
C., Hargroves, K., Smith, M. and Stasinopoulos,
P. (2008) Sustainability Education for High
Schools: Year 10-12 - Subject Supplements,
The Natural Edge Project, Australia.
Supplements: Desha, C., Hargroves, K. and
Farr, A. (2011) Sustainability Education for
High Schools: Year 10-12 - Teacher Supplements,
The Natural Edge Project, Australia.
Resources suggested by Ms. Svensson's and Mrs.
Baranowski's 12th Grade Science Students (Thanks
to Casey, Kailey, Jared, Markus, Andrew, and Selena)
1) Greenworks:
"Here are some links where you will find
expert info on a range of green related topics."
2) African
American Environmental Association: "Although
recycling has been a part of society since the
beginning, we have only recently started to realize
how much of an environmental impact our industrialization
is leaving on natural resources".
EPA: This page contains a range of resource
for students K-12 along with Educators and Parents.
4) Natural
Resource Defence Council: "Smarter
Living - Actions you can take in your Daily Life"
5) WorldWatch
Institute: "10 Ways to Go Green and
Save Green"
6) The
Water Page: "Water is one of our most
important resources, as every living thing needs
water to survive."
7) The
Story of Stuff - Project: "The Story
of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled
look at the underside of our production and consumption
8) Flex
Your Power: "We all know that recycling
is necessary to reduce waste and save natural
resources, but did you know it also saves energy?"
Resources suggested by Ms. Hayes' 5th Grade Students
1) U-Pack
Moving: Saving Money & the Environment:
A Kid's Guide to Recycling
Resources suggested by Ms. Ward's Students
3) Afforddable
Lamps: Lighting Recycling Guide
4) Sewell:
Living Green: A Guide to Recycling Electronics
1) Modular
Homeowners: How Do Green Modular Homes Help
the Environment?
Natural Edge Project Engineering Sustainable Solutions
Program is supported by the Australian National Commission
for UNESCO through the International Relations Grants
Program of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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Between 2007 and 2010 TNEP was provided in-kind administrative hosting by Griffith University and the Australian National University, previously by Engineers Australia. From 2011 onwards TNEP has been co-hosted by QUT, Curtin University and the University of Adelaide.
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It would be pointless to start this recap with anything else other than the fact that they went to Montana and not only that, but it was, to quote, "the most beautiful place Sean has ever seen." And that's how we know he's poor. Seriously though...Montana!? Is ABC losing money? Or did their sponsor just change from Neil Lane to Caitlin's Way? This state hasn't gotten so much publicity since the Oregon Trail passed through.
In the beginning when Daniella was like "yay!! I'm going to Montana to see my boyfriend!" I immediately thought like, wait aren't they gonna kick her off f
or having a secret boyfriend in Montana but then I realized she means Sean. So clearly we're at the point where everyone calls him their boyfriend even though they chilled like two times.
"This is my dream come true, holding hands with Sean in Montana"
What the fuck is an army brat?
Lindsay says she "doesn't even know how she got here." I'll tell you exactly how you got here. You signed up, and went through an intensive application process. They must not teach you that in substitute teacher school. Substitute teachers are glorified babysitters.
Obviously the entire town of White Fish is here to see Sean and Lindsay dance slowly and awkwardly. This is probably the most publicity any city in the history of Montana has gotten.
Sean describing his relationship with Lindsay like it's PB & J. Lindsay's the peanut butter and I'm the bread and my dick is the jelly.
What's with all the fucking flannel? Are lumberjacks known to be privy to canoeing?
"Whichever girl can fill the jar with goat milk to the predetermined line
the fastest, she will be my wife."
"I don't think having one arm's gonna hold me back today" - Sarah
Chris B Harrison narrated this race like it's the fucking Super Bowl. The red team slowing down and the blue team doing worse wood sawing than a tampon commercial. Talk about an epic match of red vs. blue.
"Maybe my wife is on the blue team!" More romantic words have never been spoken.
Then the girls get so pissed about the blue team coming back. Desiree's like "Oh hell no I did not down goat's milk for this." And Sarah's like "What the hell? I gave an arm and a leg for this team."
When Selma gets angry…Selma goes after the infidels.
How to win a rose on a group date: act insecure and cry. Sean will literally give a rose to anyone who cries. He's gonna make the biggest pussy dad.
What is this weird line in your forehead? What are you writing down? Confessions of a call girl? A very sad handwritten book?
"I need to see the guy I'm dating. I came all the way to Montana to spend time with you!" Okay Tierra this trip was both mandatory and free.
She reminds me of Isla Fischer in Wedding Crashers. "Don't ever leave me. 'Cause I'll find you!"
Tierra pulls the last minute hail Mary with this 'my ex boyfriend was a junkie and now he's dead' card. And Sean proves that he is a dumb southern idiot by picking crazy cakes Tierra who is basically a less hot version of Courtney.
Sean: Desiree is confused which makes me confused about our confusion. We're in a weird place.
"If I want to get engaged I can easily go get engaged." Jesus Tierra it's not like picking a nail color.
SEAN IS SO FUCKING DUMB. "If I don't know something Tierra's done that affects me directly then someone should say something." Um hello Sean did you not just speak with Jackie like 2 hours ago and she told you exact details of Tierra being a backstabbing bitch?
Robyn Hood...OUT.
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We had thought the promotional material for the Feb. 28 Design Currents on Power Management was clear where the articles' focus would lie: "Managing Power on Miniature Hard Drives."
We had thought the promotional material for the Feb. 28 Design Currents on Power Management was clear where the articles' focus would lie: "Managing Power on Miniature Hard Drives." The material said nothing about custom IC design. Yet, we received dozens of e-mails and phone calls on behalf of EDA tool vendors, IP vendors and ASIC vendors even programmable logic makers saying, "we do 'power management,' " and recommending interviews with company principals.
We would never underestimate the role careful chip design plays in minimizing the current consumption of a cell phone or other battery-powered handheld device. But the ability to simulate IR drops across the surface of a chip and to recommend routing patterns that minimize those drops is a fundamentally different technological focus than those of the voltage regulator and power component makers who try to make 3.0 or 2.85 volts out of 3.6, without dissipating anything along the way. To call both engineering activities "power management" is ecumenical but also confusing. If EE Times has a voice in the matter, we would recommend that the EDA and analog IC industries evolve different terms to describe what they do here.
On use of the term "power management," the interests of Synopsys, Cadence and Mentor Graphics, as well as Xilinx and Altera are now pitted against those of National Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, International Rectifier, Linear Technology and Maxim. But for system-level functions (who controls the distribution voltage in your cell phone or MP3 player), the analog companies have the right to say "power management." The voltage regulator guys have even partnered with Intel and the ARM Consortium on voltage- and-frequency scaling, on regulator-induced sleep and standby modes for those CPUs. The EDA companies, consequently, are really niche players in power management and late to the game, too. Rather than "power management," we suggest the term used by John Miklosz, former editor and publisher of Computer Design magazine, on his SoCCentral.com site, "Power analysis and optimization."
We believe, too, that many Wall Street research firms are using "power management" with reference to the IP of analog companies (Maxim and Linear Technology). But some would say Wall Street isn't that sophisticated; that, when Intel has a bad day on the stock market, our entire industry EDA vendors and chip makers alike takes a hit. "Power management," those voices say, "is what happens when Carly Fiorina gets walked to the door." If that's so, expect the term to fuel debate and confusion for some time to come.
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My Mum & Dad had a slightly more modern version than this from 1949 to the mid 1980's in a small village. Dad was also the baker & we had a wood fired oven out the back. I had a wonderful childhood growing up behind the store. We knew everyone - farmers & good country people! Our family went back for the school's 150th Anniversary 2 years ago. Thanks for the memories chookie!!
Great one chookie. Nothing like a good old fashion general store.
Of this set, I'm glad this one is not abandoned. :>)
....and I'd like to sit there all day long with yu, Robbie, and listen to all the tall tales of how BIG the fish was and......!!!!
Oh I could sit there and listen to lies all day long chooks, maybe even tell a few myself!! Thanks for the fun, good party going on.
I see no reason why we couldn't chew tobacco and have a spittin' competition, tex, 'cause the old fella inside sells the stuff!! Hey, why not, could be a lota fun!! See you there shortly!!
Chooks, you meet me there in an hour and we'll rock on the front porch and drink Cokes. Too bad we can't chew tobacco & have a spitting contest!
Very good set chookies like those old buildings, bet many stories could be told from them :)
You just missed them, they were there a minute ago, lyndee! Inside buying ciggies I guess!!
What's missing? The old men.
I'd like to step inside and hear that screen door slam behind me.
fodus, you can find the most interesting things inside these old stores too! Sometimes it's like stepping back in time!!! The store owner's can be interesting characters too!!!!
Ank, I understand fully. Not all of us can sit all day on jigidi as much has to be done. It sounds as if your week isn't going to be a pleasant one but you will be in my thoughts, and others, and hopefully we'll see you back soon, as bright as a button!! Of course I'll miss you, stay safe, my friend!! Hugs
There must be some pretty interesting items, too...maybe posters, metal ones, advertisements, etc.
Lovely Chook. I had an other bad day for my backlog. Terrible, I could not solve more as about 10 (incl. my own). And this week it will be worse. 2 funerals, driving a small 1000 km. So there will not be much Jigidi time. I hope you will have a beautiful day, Monday morning I can't post. If you miss me, just know that it's a (dirty word) week.
These old stores can still be seen in our small country towns - they still sell ice and they still have a chair or two out the front where the old timers can sit and chat about the good ol' days - and it seems as if every store sold coca-cola back in those days!!Thanks for your input, Angelbender, punkin and shirley:)
Love it, reminds me so much of the shops in my old home town, many years age. Thanks chookies.
Anglebender-Once you get that sandwich (on that chewy white bread, of course) and that cold RC cola, you can sit on that porch, savor your treat, and have a chat with the proprietor. The stories she/he must have to tell!Thanks, Chookies! This is a great one!
I love those double screen doors. It is nice the aqua chair is color-coordinated with the tin roof. Real designer touch.Bet they can make you a cheese and baloney sandwich with mustard and find a cold RC Cola to go with it, too. Thanks, chookies.
You're welcome, goingsilver and Gladstone - thanks for stopping by:)
The chairs are still waiting for someone.
Love it! Thanks chookies.


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Mark R. Krosch
Funeral services for Mark Ripley Krosch of Morris will be held Monday, Feb. 23, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. at Federated Church in Morris. Reverend Hilda Parks will be officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the church on Monday. Burial will be on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 at Riverview Cemetery in Elmore, Minn.
Mark Ripley Krosch, a long time resident of rural Morris, departed this life on Feb. 17, 2009 at the Minneapolis home of his daughter. He was 96.
He lived those years with courage, dignity, strength, and wit. He taught us by example that material things can come and go but to give generously of one's love and time. That is how he fulfilled what he considered his most important roles - those of father and grandfather. For many years, summer vacation at the farm meant going fishing or for tractor rides with "GPop", eating apples he so precisely peeled, cored, and sliced or trying to decipher how it was possible for him to get all the aces when challenged to a game of rummy. Always he could be counted on to read or tell a goodnight story or recite from memory the poems of Kipling, Longfellow, Stevenson and others. In return he received undying respect, love, and loyalty. All of us gathered around him during his final weeks.
Mark was born on Nov. 13, 1912 to John Henry and Bessie Adelia (Ripley) Krosch at their home near Elmore. He was pre-deceased by his parents, sisters Alice Farrow, Marjorie Dickman, and brothers Harold and John. He was survived by his sister, Helen Farrow, of Spirit Lake, Iowa and sister-in-law Delores Farrow of Ledyard, Iowa.
By the age of twenty, he had hitchhiked to California. He was to work at a variety of jobs during the Depression. His grandfather, W.B. Ripley, was a Union veteran of the Civil War and had instilled a love of country in his young grandson, so Mark was fulfilling established family precedent when he enlisted in the Army during World War II. He served with the Army Corps. of Engineers Company C, 139th Airborne Engineering Battalion. He fought in the battles of Rhineland, Ardennes, and throughout Central Europe.
After his discharge on Oct. 26, 1945 he settled for a time in Jerome, Ariz., where he worked for Phelps Dodge. After a determined courtship, he was married on Oct. 21, 1947 in Albuquerque, N.M. to Erma Lillian Farrow. In Jan. 1949 they moved to Ledyard, Iowa, to run the family farm until March of 1953 when they moved to their own farm near Morris. Mark called that home for nearly 56 years.
It was there they raised their four daughters who also survive: Lillian (Ram) Mittal, Leota (Greg) Brucker, Mary (Patrick) Rockhill, and Nola Krosch. They celebrated 54 years of marriage before Erma's death on Jan. 22, 2002. Mark continued to spend his summers on the farm in the company of his children, grandchildren, and a retinue of their friends who had become like family to him. Until this year he had been able to winter in California. Although his health was declining, his grandchildren made it possible for him to spend one last summer at the farm.
These grandchildren, Mark (Tiffany) Mittal, Monica (Daniel) Stanghelle and their son Erik, Adriana and Alarica Mittal, Kyle and Krista Brucker, Roland, Nadine, and Max Miller, and many nieces and nephews are also left to mourn his death.
There is no more fitting epitaph for this good and gentle man than that which he spoke shortly before his death, "Adieu, Adieu, kind friend, Adieu." We could have had no better father nor kinder friend. We shall cherish his memory. The world was a better place for his presence in it.
Pallbearers for the service are: Kyle Brucker, Mark Mittal, Roland Miller, Daniel Stanghelle, Onur Zilelioglu and Mike White. Honorary pallbearers are all of Mark's grandchildren. Cheryl Rempel will serve as organist for the service with Rosanne Halloran serving as soloist. Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris is in charge of the arrangements.


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Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel may have massaged the rules a bit when it came to his own eligibility to run for the city's highest office, but when it comes to altering the current residency requirement for police and fire personnel, he's steadfast.
"While I understand it's their desire, for the city they are more than police and fire. They are anchors in the neighborhood... That's an investment I'm not ready to turn my back on," he said Tuesday.
In a Fraternal Order of Police questionnaire Emanuel completed during the campaign, he made mention of being open to changing the requirement. He said Tuesday that he's since heard what police and fire officials have to say, and while he respects their position, he's not about to change the 92-year-old rule.
"My perspective how important the individual members and then the group as a total play into the city's neighborhoods and anchoring them and the middle class and that family and that neighborhood, and keeping them -- making sure that anchor exists," said Emanuel during a stop at Google's regional headquarters at 20 W. Kinzie St.
His firm position didn't come as a surprise to Mark Donahue, the outgoing president of the FOP, which endorsed Gery Chico in the race for mayor.
"It's a position that his predecessor has had for years. That position is not shared by many [FOP] members. All we're looking for is an opportunity for discussion at the table. It's not something that's negotiable at this point," said Donahue, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Emanuel, of course, was dogged by questions of his own residency during the campaign. Lawsuits were filed and many people contended that Emanuel wasn't eligible to run for mayor. It was argued that Emanuel gave up his local residency when he leased out his Chicago home and moved his family to Washington, D.C. while he served as President Obama's chief of staff.
The Illinois Supreme Court put the question to rest at the end of January.