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Variability and change in the Canadian cryosphere
AbstractDuring the International Polar Year (IPY), comprehensive observational research programs were undertaken to increase our understanding of the Canadian polar cryosphere response to a changing climate. Cryospheric components considered were snow, permafrost, sea ice, freshwater ice, glaciers and ice shelves. Enhancement of conventional observing systems and retrieval algorithms for satellite measurements facilitated development of a snapshot of current cryospheric conditions, providing a baseline against which future change can be assessed. Key findings include: 1. surface air temperatures across the Canadian Arctic exhibit a warming trend in all seasons over the past 40 years. A consistent pan-cryospheric response to these warming temperatures is evident through the analysis of multi-decadal datasets; 2. in recent years (including the IPY period) a higher rate of change was observed compared to previous decades including warming permafrost, reduction in snow cover extent and duration, reduction in summer sea ice extent, increased mass loss from glaciers, and thinning and break-up of the remaining Canadian ice shelves. These changes illustrate both a reduction in the spatial extent and mass of the cryosphere and an increase in the temporal persistence of melt related parameters. The observed changes in the cryosphere have important implications for human activity including the close ties of northerners to the land, access to northern regions for natural resource development, and the integrity of northern infrastructure. Copyright UKCrown: Environment Canada; © Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2012
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Vancouver Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider is the latest locked out National Hockey League player to head overseas, as the 26-year-old will join HC Ambri Piotta of the Swiss League from now through December.
Because Schneider is a dual U.S./Swiss citizen, he doesn't count as an import.
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Farnborough: Cathay Pacific named world's best airline
New Zealand air travellers have direct access to three of the world's top four airlines.
The 2014 Skytrax World's Best Airline awards have been announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in England.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways was selected the best based on 18.85 million customer surveys collected between August 2013 and May 2014.
Two other international airlines serving New Zealand, Singapore Airlines and Emirates, were placed third and fourth.
Second was Qatar Airways, which flies only as far as Australia from its Doha hub.
Air New Zealand was placed 16th behind Qantas (11th) and Virgin Australia (15th). Malaysia Airlines, operator of missing Flight MH370, was in the top 20 at 18th.
In other categories Air New Zealand was eighth for its inflight entertainment system, with Emirates top and Singapore Airlines second.
Singapore Airlines was top for its first class cabin and third for business class.
Cathay Pacific was second for its cabin crew and business class, as well as fourth for its first class and fifth for economy..
Cathay Pacific also scored third for both its first class and business lounges.
Jetstar was voted fourth among the world's low-cost carriers and top in the Australia-Pacific region.
Qantas was top full service operator in Australia-Pacific, ahead of Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand, Jetstar and Fiji Airways.
The 2014 World Airline Awards survey involved more than 105 nationalities and covered 245 airlines. The surveys measure standards across 41 key performance indicators of airline frontline product and service.
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Having only flown Cathay Pacific economy once recently, I vowed never again. I thought I was back in the '70s. So, this accolade is a real surprise to me.
I agree that Qantas has overtaken Air New Zealand on international flights.
Spot on Can't believe it! Cathay Pacific definitely on my 'never again' list. Together with my wife we experienced atrocious service and other problems on both forward and return flights to HK and interestingly the issues were different each way which confirmed to us that their slackness is endemic. Final straw was trying to deal with them after our return and lodging formal complaints.
Perhaps the very pompous, cost-slasher-price-gouger Air NZ md will now realise that he's not as smart as his PR people tell him he is and the locals aren't prepared for his retailing ways -- esp since their loyalty counts for ZIP.
It's one thing to be behind Qantas, which has been struggling, but United and BA cannot be far away if Virgin is ahead of us too!
You are correct - BA comes in 17th after Air NZ but no US airline makes the top 20 in this Euro-centric survey. Turkish and Garuda are 5th and 6th, which may surprise some, while Etihad 9, Lufthansa 10, Swiss 13, Thai 14 are a few that Kiwis regularly use.


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Greg's New Game 'What Is This?' – Week No. 4
This is a cropped picture of a famous and very important historical event. The game is to guess what the picture is before you see all of it. There are a few hints along the way.
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One is feted as possibly the finest director working in American cinema today- an all-time great in the making. The other, is accused of being an accountant, a derivative hack who is a byword for loud, brainless blockbusters. One is considered an auteur, the other more of an oh-dear. With both The Master and Resident Evil: Retribution in cinemas, Sky Movies investigates which director Paul Anderson deserves the best of our love.
Paul Thomas Anderson [henceforth PT] is a 42 year old Californian who, with only six films completed, can well be considered a genius. He is renowned for eliciting stunning performances from great actors, and miraculously, with Punch Drunk Love, somehow making Adam Sandler engaging and likeable. Extraordinary.
His last film, There Will Be Blood, was nominated for eight Oscars, winning two, including a best actor gong for Daniel Day-Lewis. His current film, The Master, sees Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix produce career best performances in a film about trust, belonging and power, through the prism of a movement not unlike Scientology. Like all his films, it features damaged characters struggling with the challenges and expectations of the 'normal' world. The Master is a rich, deep and profound piece of work. A slight story dominated by theme and nuance and personality. Influenced by Kubrick and Altman, PT is a worthy successor to these giants. He is a cineaste and an artist.
Paul WS Anderson [henceforth WS] is a 47 year old Geordie with a love of popular culture. Whereas PT's films are influenced by literature, history and ideas, WS' films are influenced by film, television and computer games. PT's films trust their audience, WS's movies pander to theirs. PT's films are controlled, concentrated and erudite, WS's movies are as a subtle as a knee to the balls. He rips off other directors shamelessly, substituting performance for style. A style that's not his own. Paul WS Anderson added the 'WS' to his moniker in 1999 in an attempt to avoid confusion with PT. Wishful thinking, some might say.
PT's films often require at least a second viewing, WS's don't 'require' a single viewing; one watch of the respective trailer should contain every highlight the movie has to offer. PT's films are dense, epic and challenging, WS' movies are safe, shiny and predictable. Both are synonymous with 'their' type of cinema, both are considered a 'safe' pair of hands.
If only it were that simple. These two namesakes represent the inherent tension in the film industry. Working at opposite ends of the movie spectrum, theirs is a symbiotic relationship.
After making an impact with the controversial film Shopping with Jude Law in 1994, Paul WS Anderson moved to Hollywood to make Mortal Kombat, a martial arts fantasy based on the hit computer game. As of 1995, video game adaptations had been largely unsuccessful. Super Mario Bros. was a huge critical and commercial failure, as was Double Dragon. Street Fighter had made money but had been panned. WS succeeded where others had failed. With a budget of $18m, Mortal Kombat went on to make $122m, proving that computer game adaptations could be enjoyable, well received and hugely profitable.
WS' follow ups Event Horizon, and Soldier, were both significant flops, though the former has become something of a sci-fi cult classic. Two disappointments of this magnitude would have broken most directors, killing their career. Many would never have been employed again. Despite these two major setbacks, and after a well-received TV movie, WS returned to his video game roots to write and direct an adaptation of Resident Evil. It was a smash hit that was to spawn four successful sequels. The five movies he has directed since 2002 have all been profitable. His films have grossed over $1bn. He has become an expert in managing medium budget action films, those between $40m-$70m that cannot buy success through the attachment of a star name. These are the films that fill studios with fear.
Paul WS Anderson is exactly the kind of director the British film industry should nurture and cherish- slick, competent, profitable and one with a populist touch. He is not a cynic; he genuinely understands and enthuses about science fiction and video game culture. His achievements from an industry perspective are hugely undervalued.
It is an immutable fact that films like The Master cannot be made without the films of WS. Resident Evil: Retribution alone has grossed more than the six films in Paul Thomas Anderson's oeuvre combined. PT needs the films of WS to keep the current studio and distribution system afloat and is fully aware of this fact. As should we be.
The world of Magnolia and Death Race are poles apart. It's film vs movie. Art vs commerce. The same medium but a very different product. It's not like comparing apples with oranges, more like comparing skateboards and hot air balloons. Form and function are completely different.
The Master is yet another stunning piece of work from PT Anderson. Layered, sumptuous and profound. But if it's a Saturday night, a beer is open and your pizza has just been delivered, you might just want to enjoy a beautiful woman kick a baddie in the face in slow motion. And we know just the guy.


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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Students You Should Know: Sarah Ormsby
Many students start college unsure about what major to pursue. Junior textiles and apparel and marketing major Sarah Ormsby was one of those students.
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Inspiration just around the river bend
Ben Hoksch has always had a love of the outdoors. His dad grew up in rural Iowa, and as a child, Hoksch and his father would often spend time fishing and hunting along the Mississippi River. His love for nature has had a large influence on his life.
Monday, May 20, 2013
UNI choirs: Music to our ears
Being in a UNI choir is like joining a family. Some of the members of the Varsity Men's Glee Club would go out to eat every Wednesday for a group dinner. Women's Chorus has been known to leave voicemails singing "Happy Birthday" to friends and relatives.
Monday, May 20, 2013
A new chapter for President Allen
During his time as president of the University of Northern Iowa, Ben Allen presided over seven spring and fall commencements, attended countless athletic and performing arts events, shared words of praise and encouragement with students, and most importantly, "elevated UNI in the eyes of the citi
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Student success: Spring 2013 gradsMeghan Orr – Sioux City, Iowa
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Students You Should Know: Monzurul Russel
As Americans, we often hear about people coming to this country in pursuit of their dreams. Monzurul Russel, a computer science major at the University of Northern Iowa, is one student who made his journey from Bangladesh for that very reason.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Student success: Spring 2013 grads
Approximately 1,644 UNI students graduated this spring. A few are giving us a sneak peek at their next adventure...
Monday, May 13, 2013
Staff You Should Know: Kathy Green
Because of her love for living a healthy and active life, Kathy Green, director of health services at the University of Northern Iowa, has a unique connection to her work.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Students You Should Know: Erica Hill
What is it like to be the only female in a class full of guys? For senior manufacturing technology major Erica Hill, it serves as motivation to prove that women can succeed in the male-dominated field of metal casting.
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Student success: Spring 2013 grads
Approximately 1,644 UNI students will graduate this spring. A few are giving us a sneak peek at their next adventure...


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Recently I have teamed up with Rasner Dyer of Rasner Right Now to create her new personal Tumblr theme for her fashion and lifestyle blog! Check out her blog at rasnerrightnow.com for a closer look at the theme, and some of her lovely outfits!
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The American HIV epidemic is still concentrated primarily in gay men, and is growing rapidly worse among young black gay men, a new report revealed. For most risk groups, infection rates are stable, with 61 percent of cases contracted through gay or bisexual sex, 27 percent through heterosexual sex and 9 percent through drug injections. But because of the plateauing and rising rate of infection in gay black men, AIDS activists say this proves that government prevention policies are a flop.Read more from the New York Times here.
Two new studies done in three African countries have shown for the first time that AIDS drugs taken daily can cut by more than half a person's chance of becoming infected with HIV through heterosexual intercourse. Read more here
An older class of antiretroviral drugs, known as zidovudine, used to treat HIV can cause premature aging, a new study published in Nature Genetics suggests.Researchers examined muscle cells from HIV patients and found that antiviral drugs like zidovudine damage DNA in mitochondria, the energy factories in cells. Read more here.
By the close of 2008 there were 1,178,350 people in the United States living with HIV, 20 percent of whom don't know they are infected, according to researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Read here
More than 30 percent of all those with HIV are 50 years old or older, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2008, the most recent year for which data is available. That's up from 26 percent in 2006. Now, geriatricians are incorporated into the care of HIV patients. Many face the natural physical decline of old age along with the cumulative effects and symptoms of living with AIDS.
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Disappearing Packaging Imagined for Popular Products
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In other news, Google launches note app Keep, and check out a 3D house that makes more 3D houses. See the headlines after the jump.
• What It Would Look Like If Tide, Glad, and Nivea Ditched Product Packaging | Co.Exist
• Google Launches Evernote Competitor Google Keep (For Real This Time) | Fast Company
• It's Alive! This 3-D Printed House Builds More Houses | Co.Exist
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I LOVE the idea of doing away with packaging for these types of products. Reducing waste is always a good idea in my opinion!
That is awesome! So, if it is possible to do this and still be fully branded, these companies should surely do this! I know that I would be more apt to purchase these products if they were respectfully packaged in this way!
Of course, a lot of the most annoying packaging is to limit theft. Little things like flash drives or batteries or pens could easily be sold by the unit, with no packaging, but then they could easily be pocketed, too. And to prevent that, more people would have to be watching, so things would be more expensive (at least in stores. Maybe not online.)
Also, even the biodegradable packaging would need to be shelf stable. The plastic bags would need to STAY rolled and not slide around, etc.
I am totally supportive of reducing or eliminating packaging where we can, but there are usually reasons for what happens now -- it costs money to package things, they wouldn't do it if they didn't think the costs/benefit ration was positive. So those reasons need to be addressed.
I hate to break it to this poor student but in Belgium where I live, they already sell trash bags like this.
Water soluble ink would need to be able to withstand condensation and high humidity to be useful. If I had red ink smearing all over toilet paper/paper towels, I'd be pretty upset.
I like his thinking out of the box ideas! Yes, someone had to say it. Move on.
Many of the in-house brands of bags are sold in a plastic bag. The idea of pulling the bag out from the middle is intriguing, as it keeps the bag size readily available. The tea bag idea poses a problem: where is the tea bag? The water soluble ink on the OXO container will force me to wash it before I use it. Maybe.
While these packaging ideas are great, they underestimate the corporate world's obsession with putting out the brand. I see the Pods-on-a-sheet packed in a hard plastic clamshell, the Twinings still packed in a box. OXO may still need to put a piece of cardboard inside the container so you can read only one side of the container (they do that now with their products, but with printing on them).


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Just announced! Coming next season to LCT3: VERITÉ, a new play by Nick Jones, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel.
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Just announced! Coming next season to LCT3: VERITÉ, a new play by Nick Jones, directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel.
THE WHO & THE WHAT has been extended by 2 weeks! Now through July 27!
Wishing the cast and creative team of THE WHO & THE WHAT a happy opening tonight!
"I waited so long to connect to myself as a writer that I can't think of anything I'd rather be doing anyway."
Read more about THE WHO & THE WHAT author Ayad Akhtar, his writing process and the ideas "pouring out of him."
THE WHO & THE WHAT author Ayad Akhtar and cast member Nadine Malouf talk about "the who and the what" of her character Zarina.
THE WHO & THE WHAT is now in previews!
Bernard White, who plays Afzal in THE WHO & THE WHAT, has written a blog about his personal journey with the show:
tuesday april 22, 2014 6:23
in the am.
the Jewish people are the chosen people.
Jesus Christ is the son of God. Jesus Christ is God.
there is no God but God and Muhammed is God's messenger.
Brahma is creator, Vishnu is sustainer and Shiva is destroyer.
Ganesha removes obstacles.
Ganesha provides obstacles.
Mary is the Mother of God. yes, God has a Mother. a woman gave birth to God.
in the beginning, before God was born, a woman, with no man involved gave birth to God.
so who's the Father? who cares?
the Great Spirit blesses us with the rivers and the fish and the corn at harvest.
everything is illusion. we are all one.
we are not the same.
there is no god.
only God.
we are ourselves alone we are not here.
monday may 19, 2014 6:44
in the am
so why do I get mad when I don't get my way?
why am I so afraid that this is all not going to work out?
and why do I continue to fall back into the bottomless pit of believing this shit is all up to me?
in short; Oh Great Nothingness, why am I such a selfish, hypocritical, weak and lazy idiot?
what is the greed behind this self-flagellation? what is the game?
Ayad said something, quoted somebody, saying something about trauma having to do with an inability to articulate the traumatic event.
I am having trouble articulating these days.
my brain is failing me. as is my body. as are my good looks.
surely, there must be something lighter to turn to. something more solid.
something more to do with nothing.
surely, there must, at least, be Nothing.
it's monday morning. my day off. in the last half hour, I am hearing the city waking below me.
the light brings all this activity.
this agreement to work.
it's really quite fascinating.
"grace and gratitude go together like heaven and earth."
all the good words; love. mercy. humility. courage. patience.
and why am I so prone to anger?
I think I have this belief that every time anger rises up in me, I am Jesus trying to expel the money changers from the Temple.
my house is a house of prayer and you have made it a den of thieves.
where does my arrogance come from?
that I have the audacity to identify myself not as one of the thieves but as Jesus.
the righteous one.
when it is crystal clear that I am just one of the greedy, frightened, desperate, ambitious thieves.
just another bozo on the bus.
oh Mother God, help me to participate in your creation.
to be what I am.
amidst all the controversy to be good.
I know nobody cares that I am at the center of the universe.
way up high on this island at the center of the world.
still buried in my arrogance, 37 floors up from 56th and 8th.
Carnegie Hall below. also a Chipotle with high ceilings.
some fat and sullen door men. dressed like monkeys from the wizard of oz.
time to go say hello.
wednesday may 21, 2014 11:13
still am.
seriously, what are we fighting for?
we are 3 days shy of moving in to the theater.
the changes to the script are significant and good.
such an unique experience to have done this play (a form of this play) on a different stage with different people.
in a different time (2 months ago).
the essence to thriving in the theater is in the letting go.
true you can never step twice in the same river.
this THE WHO AND THE WHAT is a different river.
Allahu Akhbar.
and love,
"You can do something in the theater that you cannot in any other art form and that is to reveal the face of the divine in a way, to reveal the collective energy of some source that unifies us all."
Read more about THE WHO & THE WHAT author Ayad Akhtar in this interview from HowlRound.
Bernard White, who plays Afzal in THE WHO & THE WHAT, has written a blog about his personal journey with the show:
saturday, may 10, 2014 8:47
in the am.
of the who and the what.
Bismallah ar-rahman ar-rahim.
c'mon. let us welcome the bloody convert. why not?!?
Nadine sent me a debate between Zeba Khan and Maajid Nawaz versus Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Douglas Murray.
the topic is IS ISLAM A RELIGION OF PEACE.
it's a debate between the who and the what. the spirit and the flesh. the "story" and the "facts".
that black woman, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and that witty goyim, Douglas Murray are obsessed with the what, the flesh, the facts.
in my humble opinion.
Zeba and Maajid embody the who. you can see it in their eyes.
I'm somehow reminded of the song my family would sing in church.
"and they'll know we are Christians by our love, by our love and they'll know we are Christians by our love."
oh what we muslims have to put up with by way of judgement and prejudice and ignorance.
such ignorance.
"and they'll know we are Muslims by our love, by our love and they'll know we are Muslims by our love."
Islam does not need a fake "reform movement" under whose banner the sheep can hide.
the reform takes place in the heart of the individual. it's an inside job.
perhaps a little messier without a pope.
no need to go ruining beautiful church or mosque doors with nails and new laws and decrees mandating tolerance.
Martin Luther was overrated. just another one of those power hungry egotists playing God like the rest of us.
the real reformer in the Catholic Church was St. Francis of Assisi. who stayed a Catholic. as Thomas Merton did.
they are quiet Muslims. (so quiet they called themselves catholic) they liked birds and sang the sensuality of the sunrise. peaceful Sufis.
Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) is the Muslim Reformation in action, in spirit and in the flesh.
Hafiz, Rumi, the Sufi's are the Muslim Reformation.
the millions and millions of devout Muslims who believe truly that there is no god but God and Muhammed is (one of) his messenger(s) are the Reformation.
but I get it. religion is a flawed broken down vehicle in which we attempt to carry the word of God.
and the wonderful secular elite (obsessed with the what) in what seems to me to be loud cynicism want to show we faithful how addicted to the opium of the masses we are.
Ayad Akhtar, in his next play, addresses the issue of the real opium of the masses.
yes, there's a part of me that believes the Vatican should be destroyed.
I am invested in and inspired by Jesus's advice to the Samaritan woman in John 4:21;
"believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem."
Jesus continued;
"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship Allah in the Spirit and in truth…"
the who.
the evolution from the what.
out of time.
the time is coming. is here.
we don't need no stinking reformation.
I am a proud Muslim. Islam is my faith.
Islam was already the reformation. as Christianity was before it. they are reform branches of Judaism.
Jesus and Muhammed were just good Jews; individuals just trying to get it right. trying to purify themselves in the faith.
succeeding in some areas, failing in others.
Allahu Akhbar.
al hamdulliah.
B'ezrat Hashem.
and love,
Bernard White, who plays Afzal in THE WHO & THE WHAT, has written a blog about his personal journey with the show:
monday may 5, 2014 7:35PM
yesterday, Jackie and I recited e.e. cummings poems to a small crowd gathered under the Arch in Washington Square.
afterward, we heard a woodpecker. we followed the sound and saw the woodpecker.
about 100 yards from the cherry blossoms, where we sat on the carpet of petals and read more e.e. cummings.
sound too precious?
it was just precious enough.
James Lecesne seems to always have good people around him.
salat al magrib.
sunset on my mother's birthday.
thank you mom.
the view from the balcony of our beautiful apartment where Lincoln Center is housing me includes the Hudson River and Pier 88, where 54 years ago on May 3, 1960 my family arrived in America from Sri Lanka.
the 9 of us stepped off the Queen Mary. still high from seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time.
well actually 8 of us stepped off. at 10 months old, I was carried off by my sister, Dawn.
I was still high from being born.
Dawn passed away during the run of THE WHO AND THE WHAT at La Jolla.
I am grateful my father brought us all to America.
it's good to be back where we landed.
this is Lincoln Center around the time we arrived.
Bismillah. we begin rehearsals in the morning. continuing construction.
continuing on with my father and mother and Dawn. without my father and mother and Dawn.
my new family begins rehearsal in the morning.
ready to do battle with the devil king of the 6th Heaven.
I welcome the 3 obstacles and 4 devils. I thank them in advance.
Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, help me stand…
and so we begin in continuance
and love,


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For Immediate Release:Louisville Metro CouncilContact: Tony Hyatt 574-4137/526-3622 Stephen Haag 574-1204/645-1752 The second and final public hearing on the Mayor's proposed FY2009 Budget will get underway at 6:00pm on Wednesday, June 18th.
"I want to make sure everyone has an opportunity to come before the committee and let us know how they feel about the Mayor's spending priorities that he has set for the coming year," says Councilwoman Cheri Bryant Hamilton (D) 5 who chairs the committee.
Persons wishing to comment before the Budget Committee can sign up between 5:00pm to 6:00pm before the hearing on the 3rd floor of City Hall. Signups will be on a first come first served basis. Speakers will have three minutes to comment and must be prepared to answer any Committee member questions.
For the public hearing, speakers must use the Jefferson Street entrance to City Hall which is located near the TARC bus shelter. Signs will direct the public to the hearings.
If you can not attend either hearing but would like to comment on the budget, simply go to the Metro Council webpage at www.louisvilleky.gov and click on the link: email all Members of the Metro Council.Sponsors:Cheri Bryant Hamilton (D) 5Kelly Dowanard (R) 16


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A lot's been going on since Sweetheart's Day! We've had company, we've been working, I auditioned for a play, I didn't run a 5k (oops), we've started using the Cesar Millan philosophy in an effort to become pack leaders with our dogs, and today, we went to Smiley's Flea Market.
This Fletcher flea market is a WNC treasure, and my dad pretty much demands a trip every time he comes to visit us. We saw flowers, fresh fish, video games and video tapes, extreme couponers, probably hoarders, and old men who we're pretty sure only rent booths to shoot the breeze every weekend. The sun was shining, the weather was perfect, and the morning spent walking around, browsing through trinkets and toys and pocket knives was a perfect end to a hectic month.
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This piece, and the comment, makes me smile. My mother isn't particularly graphically creative, but as I think about it, her creativity with words, especially oral twists and turns, the ones she means to make (and, she doesn't make any she doesn't mean to make, yet) has increased and is delightful. In this area, she actually keeps me on my toes.
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After seeing Her the other day I realized that it felt a lot like Lost in Translation and dealt with the same themes: isolation, loneliness, and finding solace in someone (or something) else.
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How fitting that one of the final sessions at the 2012 CSCMP Global Conference would be a session that looked forward to 2025, and explored the mega trends predicted to shape our global supply chains over the coming years. For those of you were fortunate enough as I was to find a seat in this standing room only crowd, you were able to join a session that really needed a bigger room to accommodate the obvious interest in the topic. The panelists certainly didn't disappoint, as I heard many people comment that this was their personal favorite session – quite the compliment given the number of quality sessions at this event.
The sessions panelists were selected not only to provide a depth of supply chain expertise, but also to provide a breadth of experience that ensured a variety of different perspectives. Kevin O'Marah (Senior Research Fellow, Stanford Global Supply Chain Forum) did an excellent job moderating and providing his own insights into the topic. The three panelists were Beth Ford (Executive Vice President, Chief Supply Chain and Operations Officer, Land O'Lakes), Frank B. Jones (Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group, General Manager, Customer Fulfillment Planning and Logistics Group, Intel Corporation), and John Lund (Senior Vice President, Disney Parks Supply Chain Management, Disney Destinations, LLC); and they were able to provide commentary from very divergent perspectives that somehow managed to converge on alignment on the issues that we face.
The session started with a thought-provoking video—a graphical perspective on individual health (lifespan) and wealth (income) in each of the world's countries. It started with a rear-view mirror perspective, depicting the data from 1860 to the present, and then projected forward to predict how the various countries around the world would progress. Particularly interesting was the breakout of China into the individual provinces, showing the disparity between those that have benefited from their coastal position, versus those further inland that have not progressed at the same pace. Those of us that have spent time in China were not at all surprised by the data we saw, but it definitely helps to partially understand the dichotomy that exists in China today. The look forward was based largely on an extrapolation of the current improvement, and showed China catching the US within the next decade. However, it also recognized the reality of opposing forces that would slow this development. While none of us can definitively predict how China will react when their growth inevitably stalls, there does appear to be a view that this represents a risk to many of our existing supply chains.
I know that this introduction really set the stage for what was to come, as the panelists discussed a number of different topics that would influence our global supply chains. The discussion of environmental responsibility went beyond simple discussion around corporate responsibility to reduce green-house gas emissions, as Beth Ford presented data around the reality of water availability and how it would influence supply chains in the future. This was a bit sobering for the closing session, but framed this topic with more urgency than I have seen in the past. Having spent 14 years in environmental engineering consulting, I am not usually surprised in this area.
Probably my greatest take-away though was around the subject of automation. As a supply chain professional with a leading global provider of supply chain management solutions, I am well aware of the many factors that influence our decision-making regarding the optimal location for executing manufacturing and distribution activities. We are well aware of the trends in labor rates, raw material availability and costs, fuel prices, location of consumer demand, degree of localization, etc.; and we routinely consider these variables as we make recommendations regarding the optimal location for execution of these services for our clients' supply chains. The trends affecting costs provide an objective metric that is already beginning to point towards more manufacturing near the consumer. Risk management and requirements for increased differentiation in final product configuration are contributing to this trend as well, although in a less easily defined way (from a pure economic perspective). The increasing consumer demand in locations that were previously viewed as simply low-cost labor locations is a competing influence in this analysis. While we currently employ some automation in our sites, I had not previously seen the significance of this megatrend.
I learned during this session that compared to the 5 billion mobile phones that have been sold globally, there have been only 700,000 robots. However, the capabilities and utilization of robots is expected to grow significantly, as they become more economically attractive solutions to manufacturing. The implications of this trend to our supply chains will be undoubtedly significant, as it shifts the impact of labor costs, and makes manufacturing closer to the point of consumption a much more attractive solution.
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When Severus Snape woke he could smell the sea, hear birds singing, and feel the warm breeze on his face and a weight on his chest. It was, however, the feeling of being watched that caused him to open his eyes. Hermione was lying with her arms crossed across his chest and her chin resting on the back of her hands.
Smiling she said, "Morning".
He groaned, "Please, tell me you are not a morning person," And closed his eyes against the sun that seemed horribly bright for as early as he knew it to be at Hogwarts.
"No, not usually, but according to the sun it must be about ten, maybe later." She laughed.
He opened his eyes, reached up and stroked her cheek with his finger, "we are not in England." He smirked, "do you even know where you are, Caramia?"
Hermione blinked and looked around a slight frown creasing her brow. They were lying on his teaching robes next to a large driftwood log. Trees, sand, sea, birds all pointed to some where on the Mediterranean. But she wasn't sure that was what he meant. Looking back at Severus she grinned, "I'm on the beach, in your arms, what else do I need to know?"
Severus Snape outright laughed, which had Hermione rearing back to see him better. His smile was very attractive, she had never seen him so unguarded and animated.
He pulled her close and rolled them over, "Indeed, there is a bit of a time difference between England and Greece." He then leaned in for a kiss, which heated up quickly. He pulled back slowly panting trying to maintain control, the urge to simply take her was strong and he had already frightened her once. He had no wish to do so again.
She was looking at him curiously when he opened his eyes. Severus smiled slightly and kissed he on the tip of her nose and growled, "You tempt me," a kiss on the cheek, "to take," kiss on the forehead, "/things/," the other cheek, "you are not offering". He proceeded to kiss a trail from her chin to her ear and was starting down her throat.
Her voice was breathy sending waves of desire through him, "Severus, I freely give myself to you." His head popped up to stare at her. "With no hesitation or reservations, I give myself to you." Her hands caressed his back and shoulders. "I make you /mine/, as I give myself to you."
They both felt, and ignored the magic that crawled over them from the repeated phrase and his reply.
"I am yours as you are mine. Hermione, I give myself to you. With no hesitation or reservations, I give myself to you. I make you mine, as I give myself to you."
The magic once again crawled over and threw with her answer, "I am yours as you are mine." Again neither of then took notice of this, except to note that their clothes had disappeared, they did not know nor care how this had happened.
Hermione's cry of pain with his first thrust shocked him, as the magic coursing through him could not. He was able to still himself and wait for her to become use to him and soon she was meeting his thrusts and crying out in pleasure. As they came to completion the magic once again flared, exploding through and around them like one of the Weasley twins fireworks.
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After 16 years of non-stop biotech bullying and force-feeding Genetically Engineered or Modified (GE or GM) crops to farm animals and "Frankenfoods" to unwitting consumers, Monsanto has a big problem, or rather several big problems. A growing number of published scientific studies indicate that GE foods pose serious human health threats. The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) recently stated that "Several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food," including infertility, immune problems, accelerated aging, faulty insulin regulation, and changes in major organs and the gastrointestinal system. The AAEM advises consumers to avoid GM foods. Before the FDA arbitrarily decided to allow Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) into food products in 1994, FDA scientists had repeatedly warned that GM foods can set off serious, hard-to-detect side effects, including allergies, toxins, new diseases, and nutritional problems. They urged long-term safety studies, but were ignored. http://www.responsibletechnology.org
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On July 5, 2002 – Monsanto's Neotame molecule was approved by the US FDA over formally registered objections of the Aspartame Consumer Safety Network and others. (Long term effects on humans are unknown.) Read the full release on The Aspartame Consumer Safety Network. The food labeling requirements required for aspartame have now been dropped for Neotame, and no one is clear why this was allowed to happen. Neotame has been ruled acceptable, and without being included on the list of ingredients, for: 1. USDA Certified Organic food items. 2. Certified Kosher products with the official letter k inside the circle on labels.