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By Mick Krever, CNN
Peter Greste, the Al Jazeera journalist who along with two colleagues has been jailed in Egypt since the end of December, suffered such boredom that reading food labels was his only refuge, Greste's parents told CNN's Fred Pleitgen, in for Christiane Amanpour.
"Up until a couple of weeks ago, they weren't even allowed reading material," Greste's mother, Lois, said in an exclusive interview. "So to keep themselves occupied, they used anything – off labels, off plastic bottles, and off food containers."
"They made a mural on the wall, which said 'Freedom Now.' Unfortunately, that had to be pulled down because the prison authorities considered that as a slogan."
"But instead he's got more creative, and out of foil made a sun with rays that go out to a meter wide. It's arranged so that the sun hits the foil and lights up the whole of the room. So I think that's wonderful."
Monday marked 100 days since Greste and his colleagues were arrested in Cairo. They are charged with collaborating with a terrorist organization, which is the designation the government gives the Muslim Brotherhood.
Greste and his colleagues – Baher Mohamed and Mohamed Fahmy, who has worked for CNN – vigorously dispute the charges. Journalists around the world, including Christiane Amanpour, have campaigned for the journalists to be freed.
Juris Greste said that his son has taken real encouragement from the support.
"What keeps Peter going is knowing that people like Christiane and other international media are taking an interest in it."
Just before their interview with Pleitgen, the Grestes spoke with their son on the phone. It was the first time they had spoken, Lois said, in more than a month.
"He sounds good. He sounds bright. He said they have their down days and their good days, like we do. We have had down days and good days too."
"He was asking about the family and what we had been up to and just a general catch up and chit-chat."
"And I was very thrilled to hear his voice," she said with a deep sigh of relief, "and very happy."
Juris said he was very buoyed to hear his son laugh.
"Anybody who can do that on the eve of a very unpredictable next court case obviously must have it reasonably well together, and I feel very thrilled and very proud about that."
Greste, Mohamed, and Fahmy are due back in court on Thursday. In past court sessions, prosecutors have presented some evidence against the journalists but did little to explain why everyday broadcast equipment and the defendants' personal belongings would implicate them in any crime.
"My impression is that unless you are disciplined in a physical sense, in a mental sense, in a spiritual sense, it can be very difficult to see it through," Juris said. "You can easily capitulate and crumble."
"And we are pleased to know that Peter is certainly very disciplined and strong, and keeping himself very well together."
For the parents, the months-long ordeal has not been easy, either.
"Really there isn't a most difficult or an easy day," Juris said. "And so we are sometimes living not only from day to day, but from moment to moment. And that can be very wearing."
It took them nearly a week to put themselves "back together again" after being "shattered" by the last court appearance.
"We hope in our hearts that of course it will be all over and Peter will be free. But in our heads we are trying not to expect too much."
It is as if Tahrir Square never happened ...
You right , Tahrir Square was United States sponsored event , and brought nothing except suffering and destruction to Egypt .
Coup leader is not blamed because he is idiot. But, west is blamed for supporting the coup.
Well Al Jazirah was warned several times for reporting false information. Me as a foreigner living in Egypt was actually in general surprised and shocked by the reports I was following on TV. Many western channels including CNN where reporting misled pictures and reports and I was really surprised by these false reports from previously in my opinion respectable reporters which I liked to watch. Feeling bad about the parents of the Australian reporter but he should stay behind bars for a while, may it will put him on the right path later.
Frank, you might have been "in your way", Following on TV, but i was living it & as a native i am sure i have better understanding to what was going around. What you are wrongly assuming as " false reports", in my dictionary is called Brown Noseing the local authorities,for reasons you only know! Hey, dont bank on that,trust me. It is more honourable to live as a "free man" ?!
Dearest friends Lois and Juris. I send my love to both and to your whole family.I dont know how to express my sympathy for Peteris and anger toward the egyptian ' alegal' and state justice system.
I pray that very soon there will some change and release is forthcoming. Aleksandrs Mellins, Sel! melbourne. Ar Dievu Draugs.


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Pinterest Gets More Personal: Time to Choose Your Own Board Covers
Pinterest released Thursday a much-requested feature: the ability to choose the pin that appears on the cover of your boards.
The update gives you greater control over the appearance of your profile page. For addicts like me, it's an opportunity to more extensively obsess.
You can now edit a board cover by hovering over it with your mouse. An "Edit Board Cover" button will appear (see below, left); click on it and you'll be able to rotate through all of your pins to select a cover image.
It's also possible to adjust the position of the thumbnail for a better fit, although you can't crop or resize it. Click "Set Cover" to finish. And you can choose board covers within each board by mousing over your pins.
Click on "Edit Board Cover" (left) to change the image.
Board covers were introduced as part of a big redesign Pinterest rolled out last month. Between then and now, users had no control over their board covers: by default, the latest pin served as the board cover.
Personally, I'd often find myself seeking out new images to pin if my board covers didn't look right. That's probably not normal behavior, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who did it. Did you? Let us know in the comments.

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Today I'm writing up the results of research into tree bast and flax fibres. These fibres were common during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Europe. I am interested in them through my research into prehistoric textiles and basketry.
Since I found out about tree bast fibres, I've been curious as how you get fibres from trees and what they're like. They come from the inner bark of species such as lime, oak, poplar, elm and willow. Over the years I've learnt how to extract the fibres and process them so they can be spun into thread. It's exciting making string from part of a tree!
Beyond processing, I want to find out the properties of these fibres. For this I work with material scientists at Manchester University. Today I'm surrounded by books and papers that I need to write up our research. I also have the graphs of our results on my computer screen.
I'm a Research Associate at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London. Some of my papers can be downloaded here. There is a list of my publications and contact details here. If you have any questions, get in touch.


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(Relaxnews) - A massive project is underway in South Korea that would bring the Will Smith movie "I, Robot" to life with the opening of the world's first theme park devoted to robotics and artificial intelligence.
Slated to open in 2016, Robot Land will include a family-friendly amusement park with rides and attractions, waterpark and hotel, but will also be home to a graduate school for robotics, research and development lab, as well as residential complex, retail centre and condominium.
Spanning 387,505 square meters in Incheon, 30 km from Seoul and 15 minutes from the Incheon airport, Robot Land is a tri-level investment from national and local governments, as well as private developers, and is estimated to cost $625 million USD.
Though details remain scarce, one of the main mandates will be to offer more "Asian and Korean content" in order to differentiate itself from other theme parks.
The park will also be a mix of high-tech entertainment and educational attractions.
Robot Kingdom, for instance, will feature a Robot Gaming Arena as well as a pavilion that will demonstrate how robots may be used in the year 2030, particularly when it comes to assisting seniors with housework, medical check-ups, and dementia prevention.
At Robot City, visitors can take a spin on water rides and go-karts as well as take in a completely robotic fish aquarium, which will replicate marine life such as jellyfish, fish and lobster in robot form.
And attractions at the Kidbot Village will include a flying robot coaster, Ferris wheel, Bot Bounce jump ride, merry-go-round of robot animals and education centre.
Meanwhile, the city of London also transformed the site of the 2012 Olympic games, Olympic Park, into a community that will house 8,000 new homes, miles of commercial retail space and the tallest sculpture in the UK by the time it's completed. The 115-meter steel ArcelorMittal Orbit tower opens to the public April 5.
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When it's cold in the Midwest, warm up with a getaway to spots like Alabama, Arizona, Texas, Florida and New Mexico.
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Perdido Beach Resort. Photo courtesy of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Tourism.
[post_ads]The sun-drenched beaches along Alabama's Gulf Coast invite snow-weary Midwesterners to play along the shore (or explore moss-draped forests). The sister cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach (58 miles southeast of airport-hub Mobile) stretch along 32 miles of beach on the Gulf of Mexico. Southerners know Gulf Shores as the destination for unpretentious, outdoors-centric getaways. Pedal a bike along a backcountry trail, try your hand at fishing or just relax along the sandy beach.
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Tucson's sunny skies and 68-degree average high in February offer the perfect winter escape. Northerners homesick for snow find their powder (and the Mount Lemmon Ski Valley) in the Santa Catalina Mountains northeast of town. But most visitors enjoy the mountains as backdrops to afternoon hikes, rounds of golf (Tucson has more than 20 courses) and dinners at the high-end resorts in the foothills on the edge of town.
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Naples beach. Photo courtesy of the Naples Marco Island Everglades Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Warm up with a trip down I-75 to the sugar-soft sand and azure blue waters of Florida's Naples and Marco Island. In Naples, tropical umbrellas line the streets of downtown, where pastel stucco buildings house art galleries and boutiques. A few miles south of the multimillion-dollar homes lining Naples' waterfront, the wealthy on Marco stay at the sprawling Marco Island Marriott. But visitors staying at budget spots can enjoy the hotel's lavish spa, inventive restaurant and shelling cruises.
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Warmed by world-class art and nearly constant sunshine, Santa Fe offers a bright midwinter escape. An arts community launched by Wisconsin native Georgia O'Keeffe has grown to more than 200 galleries and a dozen museums. There's rarely a bad day for painting—or anything else, really—in Santa Fe, which sees 300-plus sunny days a year and enjoys the crystalline atmosphere of a 7,000-foot elevation. Take guided walks to learn about the area's history, debate red vs. green chile sauce on your enchiladas, and shop for art finds on the Turquoise Trail.
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To some Midwesterners, Texas may come across as big and brash. But out in the Hill Country, 70 miles west of Austin in south-central Texas, the area that was home to Lyndon B. Johnson resonates with travelers eager to explore a side of the Lone Star State that somehow feels familiar. A getaway to Fredericksburg (population: 10,530), known for its carefully preserved Main Street, includes German heritage, fields of wildflowers, family-owned wineries, fine dining, and a Smithsonian-quality museum about World War II.
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Lined with twisty, moss-draped oaks, the historic district of Savannah, Georgia, offers romantic inns, chic cafes and stirring glimpses of our nation's past. Tour the First African Baptist Church, a stop on the Underground Railroad; bite into ethereal crabcakes at Chef Joe Randall's Cooking School; breathe in the fresh sea air at Tybee Island beaches; and learn about the founder of Girl Scouts at the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace.
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Deep in the heart of Texas, winter visitors find sunny days, one seriously big capitol, an unrivaled live music scene and proof that locals continue to "Keep Austin Weird." An average February temp of 55 degrees pulls people outside to enjoy golfing, wildflower walks, strolls around the lake and alfresco dining. Among the must-see stops: the Bullock Texas State History Museum, Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.


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Nothing compliments the strawberries like the cream-cheese icing, and you can enjoy this taste even off-season with strawberry jam! :-) You can skip limit the calories in this recipe by using lighter strawberry jam, or pulverized strawberries, and using half of the sugar in the cupcake part if you want the cupcakes less sweet.
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Traditional-made doughnuts are made with yeast dough, and deep-fried to make a fluffy, delicious spongy cake. It requires a lot of work to cook them, though, but for quick snacks (Sunday breakfast maybe?) the easier way are the baked cake doughnuts—which are spongy, fluffy and delicious too! You can enjoy them bare (like cakes), or glazed (like traditional yeast doughnuts), or stuffed if you overfill the form by any chance! :-)
Marshmallows for hot drinks
While the standard marshmallows are cooked to be large and sturdy on their own, the ones for hot drinks should be creamy and melting easily. Try my recipe, although similar to the basic one, to enjoy beautiful and tasty hot drinks marshmallows! :-)
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Herb Beighley from the North Shore, Wauwatosa, Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Fox Point, Bayside, Glendale, Brown Deer, Downtown, Granville and Northern Milwaukee area is on a mission to see more families share sit-down Sunday dinners with their senior loved ones. The reason? New research shows that 50 percent of surveyed families living near senior relatives feel they do not share enough meals with older loved ones, losing an important family connection.*
"For seniors, it's not what's on their plate that matters most at mealtime - it's who is at the table with them," said Beighley, owner of the local Home Instead Senior Care® office. "When seniors share meals with a companion, they have a better mealtime experience - both nutritionally and emotionally."
Almost 75 percent of the people surveyed said they only sit down for a family meal with senior loved ones for special occasions, events or holidays. They say a big part of the problem is time - both not having enough of it and conflicting schedules.
To encourage families to make time for these meals, the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation® will donate $1 to Meals on Wheels America (up to $20,000 total through July 31, 2015) for each person that commits to regularly scheduling family dinners at SundayDinnerPledge.com. Pledging to have a sit-down dinner with loved ones will help to ensure other seniors will have a quality meal, friendly visit and safety check by Meals on Wheels programs across the country.
"We hope families will make the pledge to either revive or begin new mealtime traditions with their senior loved ones," Beighley said. "This small commitment can have a big impact on a senior's well-being."
To help families across the country host their own Sunday dinner, Home Instead Senior Care has partnered with celebrity chef and mother of four Melissa d'Arabian to develop easy, nutritious recipes. Additional resources include tips for how to involve seniors in meal planning and preparation, pre- and post-dinner activities and meal plans for healthy, inexpensive meals that all generations can enjoy.
For these free resources and more information on how you can bring back the Sunday dinner and reconnect with your senior loved ones, visit SundayDinnerPledge.com or call Home Instead Senior Care at 414-259-9820.
* Home Instead, Inc. completed surveys with a random sample of 1,000 households in U.S. and Canada between February 10 and 15, 2015. Participants were 50 percent male and 50 percent female, with 900 households in U.S. and 100 in Canada.
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Founded in 1994 in Omaha, Nebraska, by Lori and Paul Hogan, the Home Instead Senior Care® network provides personalized care, support and education to help enhance the lives of aging adults and their families. Today, this network is the world's leading provider of in-home care services for seniors, with more than 1,000 independently owned and operated franchises that are estimated to annually provide more than 50 million hours of care throughout the United States and 15 other countries. Local Home Instead Senior Care offices employ approximately 65,000 CAREGiversSM worldwide who provide basic support services that enable seniors to live safely and comfortably in their own homes for as long as possible. The Home Instead Senior Care network strives to partner with each client and his or her family members to help meet that individual's needs. Services span the care continuum - from providing companionship and personal care to specialized Alzheimer's care and hospice support. Also available are family caregiver education and support resources. At Home Instead Senior Care, it's relationship before task, while striving to provide superior quality service.
About Meals on Wheels America
Meals on Wheels America is the oldest and largest national organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based senior nutrition programs across the country that are dedicated to addressing senior hunger and isolation. This network exists in virtually every community in America and, along with more than two million volunteers, delivers the nutritious meals, friendly visits and safety checks that enable America's seniors to live nourished lives with independence and dignity. By providing funding, leadership, education and advocacy support, Meals on Wheels America empowers its local member programs to strengthen their communities, one senior at a time.
About Melissa d'Arabian
Food Network star, best-selling author, writer and mom of four Melissa d'Arabian is an expert on affordable and healthy family home cooking. Well known for her "Ten Dollar Dinners" show and best-selling cookbook, she also hosts the Food Network web series "The Picky Eaters Project" and serves as a lead judge on "Guy's Grocery Games." Her new "Supermarket Healthy" cookbook is available now. www.melissadarabian.net.
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Walton City Council candidate Robert McDonald learned the value of democracy the hard and very literal way: when he tied with another candidate for election because his wife didn't vote.
From Cincinnati.com:
Each candidate captured 669 votes, but one ballot McDonald is sure would have gone his way was never cast. His wife, Katie, who works nights as a patient care assistant at Christ Hospital and is finishing nurse's training at Gateway Community and Technical College, didn't make it to the polls yesterday.
"If she had just been able to get in to vote, we wouldn't be going through any of this," McDonald said. "You never think it will come down to one vote, but I'm here to tell you that it does."
IT DOES. They should teach this story in elementary school to underscore the importance of voting. And perhaps in couple's counseling sessions — where, incidentally, the McDonalds will likely end up if Bobby loses the coin toss that will now decide the election.
Kidding, kind of. How is Katie doing, by the way?
"She feels bad enough," McDonald said. "She worked extra hours, goes to school and we have three kids, so I don't blame her. She woke up about ten minutes before the polls closed and asked if she should run up, but I told her I didn't think one vote would matter."
Famous last words.
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The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (also called the Nicene Creed, the Symbol of Faith, the Pistevo, or simply the Creed) is that creed formulated at the First and Second Ecumenical Councils. It was defined by the Holy Fathers of those first two councils (held in Nicea and Constantinople, respectively) to combat various heresies: notably Arianism, Apollinarianism, Macedonianism (also called Pneumatomachianism), and Chiliasm.
Some scholars believe that the Creed promulgated by the First Ecumenical Council was based on an earlier baptismal creed used in Palestine (the Apostles' Creed), while others regard its more likely origin as being a creed issued early in 325 A.D. in Antioch, a so-called "Syrian Creed."
The Creed as it now stands was formed in two stages, and the one in use today in the Orthodox Church reflects the revisions and additions made at the Second Ecumenical Council. Some centuries later, the Roman Catholic Church attempted a unilateral revision of the Creed by the addition of the Filioque, thus being one of the causes of the Great Schism between Rome and the rest of the Church.
The Coptic church has a tradition that the Nicene Creed was authored by St. Athanasius of Alexandria, whose theology was instrumental at the Nicene council, despite his being only a deacon at the time.
The Creed of Nicea (325 A.D.)
We believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of all things, visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten from the Father, only-begotten, that is, from the essence of the Father, God from God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten not made, of one essence with the Father, through Whom all things came into being, things in heaven and things on earth, Who because of us men and because of our salvation came down and became incarnate, becoming man, suffered and rose again on the third day, ascended to the heavens, and will come again to judge the living and the dead;
And in the Holy Spirit.
The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed (381 A.D.)
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We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible;
And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the Only-begotten, Begotten of the Father before all worlds, Light of Light, Very God of Very God, Begotten, not made; of one essence with the Father, by whom all things were made:
Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary, and was made man;
And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried;
And the third day He rose again, according to the Scriptures;
And ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of the Father;
And He shall come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, Whose kingdom shall have no end.
And we believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, and Giver of Life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke by the Prophets;
And we believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one Baptism for the remission of sins.
We look for the Resurrection of the dead,
And the Life of the world to come. Amen.
In Greek:
Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα Θεόν, Πατέρα, Παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων.
Καὶ εἰς ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων· φῶς ἐκ φωτός, Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί, δι οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο.
Τὸν δι ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ σαρκωθέντα ἐκ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς Παρθένου καὶ ἐνανθρωπήσαντα.
Σταυρωθέντα τε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου, καὶ παθόντα καὶ ταφέντα.
Καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρα κατὰ τὰς Γραφάς.
Καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ καθεζόμενον ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Πατρός.
Καὶ πάλιν ἐρχόμενον μετὰ δόξης κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς, οὗ τῆς βασιλείας οὐκ ἔσται τέλος.
Καὶ εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, τὸ κύριον, τὸ ζωοποιόν, τὸ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον, τὸ σὺν Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον, τὸ λαλῆσαν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν.
Εἰς μίαν, Ἁγίαν, Καθολικὴν καὶ Ἀποστολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν.
Ὁμολογῶ ἓν βάπτισμα εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν.
Προσδοκῶ ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν.
Καὶ ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος.
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Ke mana'o'i'o nei mäkou i ke Akua ho'okahi, ka Makua Mana Loa, ka mea näna i hana i ka lani a me ka honua, a me nä mea a pau i 'ike 'ia, a i 'ike 'ole 'ia ho'i;
A i ka Haku ho'okahi 'o Iesu Kristo, ke Keiki hänaukähi a ke Akua, i loa'a i ka Makua ma mua o ka honua a pau, ka Mälamalama o ka Mälamalama, he Akua maoli nä ke Akua maoli, i ho'ohua 'ia, 'a'ole i hana 'ia; i like ke 'ano me ka Makua; näna i hana i nä mea a pau:
'O Ia kai lilo mai i ho'öla no käkou no nä känaka, a iho maila ma ka Lani mai, i ho'olilo ia i i'o e ka 'Uhane Hemolele ma o Malia Pu'upa'a la, a lilo a'ela i kanaka;
A ua kumakaia 'ia no käkou ma lalo o Penetio Pilato, ua ho'omanawanui 'o Ia a ua kanu 'ia ho'i;
A i ke kolu o ka lä ala hou maila 'o Ia e like me kä ka Palapala Hemolele;
A pi'i aku la i ka Lani a noho iho ia ma ka lima 'äkau o ka Makua;
A hele hou mai ana 'o Ia, me ka nani, e ho'okolokolo i a po'e ola a me ka po'e make, a 'o Kona aupuni, 'a'ole loa e pau.
A ke mana'o 'i'o nei mäkou i ka 'Uhane Hemolele, ka Haku, ka mea näna i Hä'awi mai i ke Ola, i puka mai mai ka Makua, 'o ia pü me ka Makua a me ke Keiki, ke ho'omana 'ia nei, a ke ho'onani 'ia nei ho'i, näna i 'ölelo mai ma o nä Käula la.
A ke mana'o'i'o nei mäkou i ka 'Ekalesia pa'a a 'apokolika ho'okahi.
Ke ho'oia nei mäkou, ho'okahi Bapekiko no ke kala 'ana o nä hala.
Ke kali nei ho'i mäkou no ke ala 'ana o ka po'e make,
A me ke ola o ke ao e hiki mai ana. 'Ämene.''
Note: The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed as it is recited in Orthodox worship today uses the first person ("I believe..."/"Πιστεύω") rather than the first person plural as it was enacted at the councils.
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In case you missed it in the news, J.K. Rowling wrote another book under a pseudonym to see how her writing would fare without the hype of her very own name attached to it. But the secret was leaked, and the book immediately jumped to the top of the bestseller's lists. The war veteran's charity, to whom Rowling committed all of the proceeds because she was touched by their plight while researching the novel, is laughing all the way to the bank. The main character in the story is a wounded war veteran, and the same charity also received a tidy sum from the lawyers who leaked the info, by way of apology to the author. All of this is beginning to sound like a plot for yet another story!
'The Cuckoo's Calling' is a nice little crime novel, complete with the requisite characters: 1) the struggling and troubled yet sharp private eye who despite his shortcomings, is still very loveable; 2) the 'more than a pretty face' assistant whose intelligence and quick thinking saves the private eye's backside more than once, and enjoys working for him more than she thought she would; 3) the glam victim who 'had it all' but also had some reason to commit suicide; and 4) of course a whole host of dark and shady characters who all might have had a motive to commit murder in case it wasn't suicide at all. At any rate, a crime novel ensues with a far higher vocabulary and complicated sentence structure than I have ever experienced in a book of this genre before. The Latin in the chapter headings should have been the biggest clue!
When the leak first hit Twitter, an expert at Oxford was consulted to use his algorithm program to do a little sleuthing work of his own. He submitted for testing, a Harry Potter book, her other non-Harry novel 'Casual Vacancy' and a number of other crime novels. The results were conclusive. This book had the same writing style, word usage, and sentence structure as the other books by Rowling, with less resemblance to the other crime novels. Busted!
Aside from all the hype, 'The Cuckoo's Calling' actually was a good read. I especially liked the characters who were believable and well drawn. I do not think that this is Rowling's best work though. A crime novel should have a bit more suspense and a bit less character development to satisfy the die-hard lovers of the genre. The genius she was capable of in the Potter series has, in my opinion, never been repeated in her other works, but I don't blame her at all for trying. If Cormoran Strike reappears in a sequel, (and it has already been leaked that 'Galbraith' will produce a second in the series) I will definitely want to see what he and his indispensable assistant are up to next!


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Randy Houser Coming to the Lucky Mule for Valentine's Day [VIDEO]
Looking to do something different for your Valentine this year? The Lucky Mule Saloon has a solid option. Buy your sweetheart tickets to see country star Randy Houser. Along with special guest Bri Bagwell, the 'Boots On' and 'How Country Feels' hit maker is making his way to Abilene to celebrate the February 14th holiday.
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Bri Bagwell
Bri Bagwell grew up on a large animal farm in Las Cruces, N.M., with older twin brothers. Throughout her childhood, she performed alongside her musician brothers as part of the trio Bri Bagwell and the Band of Brothers in a specially-built music studio on the side of their farmhouse. Her musical influences include Miranda Lambert, Patty Griffin and Johnny Cash. You can check out our review of her CD, 'Banned From Santa Fe' here.
Here's Bri Bagwell performing on the TV show 'Texas Music Scene', hosted by Ray Benson:
Randy Houser
Randy Houser is a man refreshed. "I don't know how it happened, but everything in my life has started lining up," says the Lake, Mississippi native. "I must have done somebody right in the past."
Houser's own past contains no shortage of achievement, including multiple nominations for ACM and CMA Awards, a #2 single in the form of "Boots On," and songwriting credits for major names such as Trace Adkins, Justin Moore and Chris Young. In 2008—mere months after the release of his debut single, "Anything Goes"—Houser was even asked by David Letterman himself to appear on the Late Show. The singer's first full-length, Anything Goes, came out later that year, followed in 2010 by They Call Me Cadillac.
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Other new tracks echo the single's sunny self-assurance, including "We're Just Growing Younger" and "Along for the Ride," which Houser co-wrote with Zac Brown. "We were playing a festival and I just had this song rolling around in my head," Houser remembers of the latter. "I stayed up till about 5 in the morning but then got stuck. So I called up Zac and we went on his bus and knocked it out of the park."
As for the album's sound, Houser says it's shaping up as his most expansive outing yet, with more bells and whistles than he's used in the past; it also showcases the remarkable voice that led Vince Gill to call Houser "one of the best in the new crop of country singer-songwriters" and caused his pal Jamey Johnson to say, "I watched a blind man jump to his feet and drop his crutches the first time he heard Randy Houser sing.
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Mad Catz has debuted a new line of gaming headsets for the launch of Call of Duty: Spec Ops. Coming in varieties for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC commandos, the headsets feature 5.1 Dolby Digital sound and detachable microphones.
Mad Catz will be selling the console versions in both true or virtual 5.1 setups, for $US249 and $US199, respectively (the true 5.1 edition come with light-up ear cups!). The PC cousin will offer true 5.1 for $US149 (since your existing sound card will be doing the heavy audio lifting). Look for these to arrive in time for the holiday shop fest. [Mad Catz]


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Type II diabetes mellitus - Reference pathway
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Insulin resistance is strongly associated with type II diabetes. "Diabetogenic" factors including FFA, TNFalpha and cellular stress induce insulin resistance through inhibition of IRS1 functions. Serine/threonine phosphorylation, interaction with SOCS, regulation of the expression, modification of the cellular localization, and degradation represent the molecular mechanisms stimulated by them. Various kinases (ERK, JNK, IKKbeta, PKCzeta, PKCtheta and mTOR) are involved in this process. The development of type II diabetes requires impaired beta-cell function. Chronic hyperglycemia has been shown to induce multiple defects in beta-cells. Hyperglycemia has been proposed to lead to large amounts of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in beta-cells, with subsequent damage to cellular components including PDX-1. Loss of PDX-1, a critical regulator of insulin promoter activity, has also been proposed as an important mechanism leading to beta-cell dysfunction. Although there is little doubt as to the importance of genetic factors in type II diabetes, genetic analysis is difficult due to complex interaction among multiple susceptibility genes and between genetic and environmental factors. Genetic studies have therefore given very diverse results. Kir6.2 and IRS are two of the candidate genes. It is known that Kir6.2 and IRS play central roles in insulin secretion and insulin signal transmission, respectively.
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Next generation Corvette to debut in Detroit in January
Chevrolet confirmed that the seventh-generation Corvette will debut the evening of Sunday, January 13, 2013 in Detroit. To kick off the countdown to the debut, Chevrolet debuted the new Crossed Flags logo for the new, 2014 Corvette.
"The all-new, seventh-generation Corvette deserved an all-new emblem," said Ed Welburn, GM vice president of global design. "The new Crossed Flags design reflects the character of the next Corvette. The flags are much more modern, more technical, and more detailed than before – underscoring the comprehensive redesign of the entire car."
The new Crossed Flags logo was unveiled at Road Atlanta, as Corvette Racing celebrated a sweep of the 2012 production-based American Le Mans Series GT championships.
Chevrolet secured the manufacturer's championship, Corvette Racing secured the team championship, and Oliver Gavin and Tommy Milner captured the drivers' championship, with four wins in the nine races preceding Petit Le Mans, the 2012 ALMS season finale.
These championships make Corvette Racing the most successful team in ALMS history, with a total of 77 class wins, eight drivers' championships, and nine manufacturer and team championships since 2001. The team has also taken seven class victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 2001. Corvette Racing will campaign the C6.R for the 2013 ALMS season, as the C7.R is expected to make its racing debut in 2014.
"Winning the ALMS championships with the Corvette C6.R, against prestigious competitors from Ferrari, Porsche, and BMW is the perfect send-off for the sixth-generation Corvette," said Tadge Juechter, Corvette chief engineer.
"The seventh-generation Corvette will build on that success," Juechter continued. "With the new Corvette, we set out to build a world-challenging sports car with design, refinement, efficiency and driver engagement that is second to none. The result is a truly all-new Corvette. There are only two carryover parts from the C6 used in the C7 – the cabin air filter and the rear latch for the removable roof panel."
The Crossed Flags logo has been a hallmark of the Corvette since its 1953 introduction. It has always incorporated a pair of flags, one a racing checkered flag and other featuring the Chevrolet "bowtie" emblem and a French fleur-de-lis. The design has evolved over the years, but has been featured on more than 1.5 million Corvettes built between 1953 and today.
For the seventh-generation Corvette, the Crossed Flags design is a more technical, more angular, and more swept appearance – a proportion that echoes the new car. It is also a more detailed representation, showing greater depth, color and attention to detail.
More than 100 variations were considered before the final design was selected.
The new Crossed Flags design will be featured on the all-new, 2014 Chevrolet Corvette, which will debut the evening of Sunday, Jan 13 in Detroit. The Corvette debut will be reserved for credentialed media. Chevrolet will offer a limited number of tickets for Corvette enthusiasts, with proceeds benefiting the National Corvette Museum, in Bowling Green, Ky. Interested parties can contact Roc Linkov (firstname.lastname@example.com) for more details.
Over the next weeks more information and video content about the seventh generation Corvette will be unlocked on www.one13thirteen.com. Enthusiasts can join the conversation about the next generation Corvette, as well as keep track of any new announcements, on Facebook (facebook.com/corvette) and Twitter @Chevrolet(#Corvette). Fans who follow the #one13thirteen hashtag on Twitter will soon learn more and can look forward to exclusive updates.


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ASPO-Australia updates its Peak Oil Summary from time to time. The current update (January 2015) is available here.
In November 2014, Wally Wight and Bruce Robinson were invited to speak at the NG Oil & Gas Summit in Cairns.
was first, followed by
Bruce also provided a briefing to some staff from the Cairns Regional Council suggesting an updated Oil Risk Strategy to build on the earlier FNQ Peak Oil study
A proposal for an Oil-Risk Strategy for the Great Southern region Kojonup October 8th 2014
POSSIBLE FUEL SHORTAGES: an overlooked factor in risk management in the resources industry. An article published in National Resources Review, July 2014 issue. "Australia's oil vulnerability is very high, and future fuel supplies cannot be guaranteed. Already 91% of our fuel is imported".
Rail line closures will worsen our serious Oil Vulnerability The WA Government is closing rail lines used for grain transport, without considering oil vulnerability implications.
"Peak Oil and Oil Vulnerability: What are the implications for industrial agriculture and communities" Monash Masters thesis by Donald Coventry
The Government is to be congratulated on starting to tackle the sacred cow of fuel taxes. (Download news release)
NRMA Fuel Security report 2014 (full report)
Courier Mail article (5th-April-2014)
AUSTRALIA would grind to a halt within three weeks with almost no deliveries of food or medicine if its overseas oil and fuel supplies were cut off
Article in The Australian 28-February-2013
NRMA report and summary NRMA infographic
An Oil Risk Strategy for Margaret River? Slides for a presentation on 29th April Bruce Robinson (22MB)
Perth's phantom mailout enthusiast. ASPO-Australia has been getting quite a lot of letters returned by Australia Post. However, we did not send them. Some enthusiasts have been sending Peak Oil information around with ASPO-Australia logos etc on the envelopes. These letters are sent anonymously, so we can't get in touch to thank them for their efforts or to encourage them to include their names and addresses when sending out Peak Oil information. We would like to touch base with the poster(s), please. Bruce Robinson, Convenor, 9384 7409
2014 Energy White Paper first submission
Main Submission Appendix
We hope that this time, oil vulnerability will be taken seriously. However, there are no signs from the issues paper that this will happen. For information about the current unfortunate line of thought see
http://ewp.industry.gov.au/ for the EWP Issues Paper
National Energy Security Assessment (2011)
Liquid Fuels Vulnerability Assessment (2011)
Inexpensive oil vanishing at alarming rate. Toronto Globe and Mail, Dec 13 2013
An oil crash is on its way and we should be ready
New Scientist 4th November 2013 Jeremy Leggett
Five years ago the world was in the grip of a financial crisis that is still reverberating around the globe. Much of the blame for that can be attributed to weaknesses in human psychology: we have a collective tendency to be blind to the kind of risks that can crash economies and imperil civilisations
US will always remain a crude oil importer.
US shale oil has so far replaced 2 mb/d of its crude oil imports which peaked at around 10 mb/d in 2005. If this effort can be doubled the US would still need to import around 6 mb/d. Matt Mushalik in Resilience.org
Eureka Report on Peak Oil. The prominent investors' "Eureka Report" ran a detailed report (20th September 2013) on Peak Oil by Matt Mushalik
Will Global Oil Shortages Occur in the Short-Medium Term? 10MB presentation to the Next Generation Oil & Gas Summit, Perth, 5th September 2013, Bruce Robinson
Oil Security Index International comparison
The Oil Security Index is an analytical tool designed to be an intuitive tool for policymakers, business leaders, and the general public to easily measure and compare the relative oil security of more than a dozen countries around the world
Economic vulnerability to Peak Oil
Important paper by Kerschner, Prell, Feng and Hubacek in Global Environmental Change (2013)
Peak Oil and Energy Independence: Myth and Reality Prof James Murray and Jim Hansen, succinct important paper published in EOS American Geophysical Union 9th July 2013
Supply Chain Oil Vulnerability: Mitigation and adaptation (10MB PPT) an invited presentation by Bruce Robinson, Convenor, ASPO-Australia to the big Supply Chain and Logistics SmartConference, Sydney 26th June 2013
Australian Oil Vulnerability Risk Management Conference Brisbane June 4th 2013 The conference was very successful, and ASPO-Australia is grateful to Griffith University and Sunshine Coast Regional Council for support. Programme Media Release
Peak Oil, Climate Change and Global Sustainability - The Case for Emergency Action, Ian Dunlop Slides, Audio (100MB)
City of Stirling Oil Risk Strategy Ross Povey Slides, Audio (45MB)
Oil Vulnerability in Australian Cities: Transition and Challenges Jago Dodson Text, Audio (50MB)
Oil Vulnerability Implications for Planning Wally Wight Slides, Audio (40MB)
Peak Oil Preparedness and Parturition Dr Kirsten Small Slides Audio (53MB)
Planning for Post-Carbon Mobility: How to Successfully Manage Coming Transport Revolutions Prof Antony Perl Slides Audio (70MB)
The panel discussion at the end of the Symposium was recorded and was broadcast on ABC Radio National "Big Ideas" on Monday 10th June at 8pm. Available online at the ABC Big Ideas programme.
"A recent report by Air Vice Marshall John Blackburn for the NRMA warned that governments have allowed us to become too dependent on foreign supplies for our liquid fuels," says Mr Robinson. "85% of our transport fuel is now imported, either as crude oil for Australian refineries or direct as refined fuel. The report warned that Australia would grind to a halt within three weeks with almost no deliveries of food or medicine if our overseas oil and fuel supplies were cut off."
Full media release
Vale Dave Kilsby
We are very sad to have learned recently that David Kilsby, the founder of ASPO-Sydney, died in May 2012. He was a very skilled urban and transport planner aware of the serious implications of Peak Oil. He compiled the ASPO-Australia Urban and Transport Planning Working Group submission to the 2006 Senate Inquiry and appeared in person with Ali Samsam Bakhtiari in Sydney. (Hansard report) He also prepared the Cairns Oil Vulnerability Report for Queensland Transport in 2007. He had been handicapped in recent years by a degenerative neurological disease. and his website with copies of a lot of Peak Oil papers and others.
Energy Watch Group Update of world oil, gas coal and uranium forecasts. An invaluable independent assessment from Werner Zittel in Munich. March 2013
Bruce Robinson met some peak oil people in NZ in February 2013. Susan Krumdieck, U Canterbury, and Gareth Hughes, Green MP. PPT for NZ News Release
Selected videos on ASPO-Australia's Youtube
Also very highly recommended. Prof Susan Krumdiek Confronting the Status Quo Please look at the beginning of the presentation at least
NG Oil & Gas Summit, Cairns 8-Nov-2012 "Peak Oil: Will Global Oil Shortages Occur in the Short-Medium Term ?", Presentation (22MB), news release.
Stirling Oil Risk Strategy
The City of Stirling is Perth's biggest local government. The Oil Risk Strategy, adopted in July 2012, is the result of long and patient work by Council staff over some six years. It is a major achievement and sets a standard that we can only hope State and Federal Governments will follow, to actually accept and discuss Peak Oil and its implications
ATRF Workshop 27-Sept-2012 Peak Oil presentation (18Mb) Bruce Robinson and Peak Car presentation, (58Mb) Peter Newman, Workshop Summary (1MB) Ian Ker Australasian Transport Research Forum, Perth
Richard Heinberg's tour of Australia
A transcript of the energy section of his Canberra talk and Canberra Times article. He spoke Curtin University (CUSP Fremantle) and the University of Western Australia Business School on 27th September News release
onbiot says he was wrong on peak oil but the crisis is undeniable
Many within the fossil fuel industry are sounding alarms. Society ignores such warnings – and listens to potential bubble-backers like Monbiot – at its peril. Jeremy Leggett, Guardian blog 4th July 2012
Peak Oil and Global Governance Invited talk to Curtin University students 22-May-2012 (20 MB)
Oil Vulnerability of WA's Health System Dr James Barson, Convenor of ASPO-Australia's Health Sector Working Group Seminar at Curtin University, Fremantle 16th May 2012
Energy White Paper Submission
Comments on the inadequate coverage of the risk of future oil shortages in the draft Energy White Paper
The coverage of the real risks of future global oil shortages in the Energy White Paper is very seriously inadequate and displays a common but unfortunate tendency in Government and business to overlook or discount crucial risk factors.
"Predictable Surprises" is the title of an essay published in the Harvard Business Review and a subsequent book. "Why do leaders consistently ignore looming signs of crises even when they know the consequences could be devastating? Most events that catch us by surprise are both predictable and preventable, but we consistently miss (or ignore) the warning signs
Another analogy is "The Optimism Bias", where only the most positive and favourable outcomes are considered in planning. This is an unconscious bias. However, the associated "Strategic Misrepresentation" is a related deliberate deception towards an unrealistically optimistic outcome.
A number of documents were included as appendices Predictable Surprises, Optimism Bias, Peak Oil Summary, Economic explanation of Peak Oil, Megaprojects approach , Nature-Peak Oil , Aleklett-IEA-review and BITRE 117
A number of documents were included as appendices
Predictable Surprises, Optimism Bias, Peak Oil Summary, Economic explanation of Peak Oil, Megaprojects approach , Nature-Peak Oil , Aleklett-IEA-review and BITRE 117
Anaesthetics, Peak Oil & Complexity:
A poster by James Barson, our Health Sector Coordinator.
Prof Aleklett's book is available from Amazon.com
ASPO conference Vienna, 30th May-June 1st 2012
Vienna hosted the 10th annual ASPO Conference, a gathering of international top experts on the depletion of fossil fuels and energy availability. The conference provided attendees the latest updates on a wide range of energy issues including fossil fuel availability, short and long term economic consequences of increasing energy prices, and energy supply and demand scenarios. Our wide ranging audience of decision makers, scientists, the business sector, public authorities and NGOs ensured discussions and networking opportunities on an international in-depth level.
This year´s International ASPO Conference took place at the medieval "Palais Niederösterreich" in Vienna´s beautiful city center during May 30 – June 1, 2012.
Govt should release 2009 "Peak Oil" report The Federal Government has been accused by a Sydney newspaper of hiding a valuable "Peak Oil" report which forecasts global oil shortages by 2017. The Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) prepared a valuable 400 page report in 2009 "Transport Energy Futures: Long-term oil supply trends and projections which models future oil production from very detailed data. The report concludes "The modelling is forecasting what can be termed 'the 2017 drop-off'. The outlook under a base case scenario is for a long decline in oil production to begin in 2017, which will stretch to the end of the century and beyond".
Copies of the report are available on the Australian Institute of Energy website here ,and via other links on ASPO-Australia below News Release
Peak Oil on "The Project". 11th January The popular Channel Ten current affairs programme ran a good short light-hearted overview of Peak Oil featuring ASPO-Australia
From the Energy Bulletin, a review by Ugo Bardi (ASPO-Italia) "One of the most interesting talks at the recent meeting on Energy organized by the Club of Rome in Basel, was the one given by Ian Dunlop, of ASPO Australia. It was not so much on energy, but on the interconnection of energy with climate change. It was up to date and saying the things that needed to be said. That is, Ian Dunlop didn't shy away from saying that climate change is threatening the very existence of our civilization and that we must do something quick about it. It was an excellent talk, give a look to the slides if you have a moment, here is the link " Also available at ASPO-Australia here
"Labor has tried to hide the evidence" Jan 20th article in the DailyTelegraph here. The article is a bit muddy, muddled and sensationalist, but it has brought BITRE 117 to the public attention
Peak Oil - Environmental Implications and Policy Options. Slides of a presentation to the Office of the WA Environmental Protection Authority 30th Sept 2011 (27MB)
An economic explanation of Peak Oil. Chris Skrebowski. Sept 2011
WA Energy Summit, Perth, 25th May 2011. Peak Oil: Probabilities, timing and possible impacts (27MB) Invited presentation. Bruce Robinson News release
Peak Oil Policy Options for Australia. Invited written paper for ASPO-Brussels conference, 27-29th April 2011. Bruce Robinson Slides of the presentation (28MB) Watch full video of the presentation and slides (26 min)
The ASPO9 conference presentations and video are available at www.ASPO9.be I recommend watching those by Aleklett, Skrebowski, Rubins and Murphy first, but there are lots of interesting talks.
ABC TV Catalyst Nationwide Peak Oil programme Thurs 28th April. or Watch on You-Tube
In just a century, we've become entirely dependent on cheap oil. We rely on oil for just about everything, from the food we eat, to our transport systems and even our economic stability. So what would happen if we ran out? There's a growing fear amongst petroleum experts that it's happening much sooner than previously thought – that we are hitting Peak Oil now. So how soon will demand outstrip supply, and will we be able to avoid the global economy collapsing when it does? How prepared are we for the Oil Crunch?
Science Show ABC Radio, 23-April. Long interviews with Chris Skrebowski, Fatih Birol and Jeremy Leggett (interviews by Jonica Newby as part of her Catalyst preparation)
Oil supplies are rapidly dwindling and demand is increasing leading analysts to warn of an impending oil crunch. The global oil supply has lost the equivalent of the volume of the North Sea oil reserve in 15 months. By 2014, supply is expected to fall short of demand. Other factors could bring that forward. Fatih Birol says the age of cheap oil is over and we all need to prepare ourselves for higher oil prices. Further he says no government is prepared for what lies ahead. Jeremy Leggett describes the oil crunch, when global supply fails to meet demand.
Submission to the Prime Minister: 30th March 2011. When the PM was opening the National Trust property, the home of Australia's wartime prime minister, John Curtin, I took the opportunity to introduce myself, and to request a "Garnaut-style" independent inquiry into Australi's oil vulnerability. I handed her the submission. I also gave a copy to Defence Minister, Stephen Smith, and Cabinet Minister, Senator Chris Evans. It was informal, and the PM had been chatting to our neighbours over the back fence just before I talked to her about the future oil shortages.
News Release: "Australia will soon not be able to import enough oil to meet demand because of Peak Oil"
Tour of Australia: Prof Kjell Aleklett, Global Energy Systems group, Uppsala University 2010
Public events:
Excellence in Oil & Gas Sydney, Feb 28 – March 2, 2011
The 6th annual Excellence in Oil & Gas summit is Sydney's largest event which stimulates investment in the oil and gas sector, by connecting the finance and investment communities with oil & gas companies.
"Peak Oil-What is it, and what does it mean for investors" Invited presentation by Bruce Robinson 1st March 2011
An Oil Vulnerability Assessment for the Albany region. 3rd Nov 2010 Bruce Robinson News release and recommendation, Peak oil summary and Presentation for the City of Albany, Great Southern Development Commission and Denmark Shire Council
Oil depletion expert, Bruce Robinson, has recommended to the Bunbury City Council that it should start preparing an Oil Vulnerability plan. (recommendation, and Peak Oil summary)
Peak Oil is almost sure to hit Bunbury people much sooner and much harder than Climate Change, but all the current planning is for Climate Change and none for increasingly severe oil shortages.
Vale Matt Simmons: One of the great pioneers of popularising Peak Oil died August 9th 2010. Matt Simmons was a Republican investment banker who could communicate with the big end of town and advise George W Bush on energy matters. His many presentations were a valuable tool for us. They are now archived on the Ocean Energy site.
Matt gave a paper at the first ASPO conference in Uppsala in 2002. He is pictured (right) being interviewed for Swedish TV at the time. See the Energy Bulletin tribute
Australian Financial Review "Peak Oil Threat Becomes Harder to Ignore" (full article) 13th July 2010.
An Oil Vulnerability Assessment and Risk Management Plan is needed for Geraldton. See the recommendation and the background summary (July 28th 2010 ) GWN TV coverage
from the Economist, June 17th 2010
News release. Henry Tax Review
Expressions of interest are invited to make use of Prof Aleklett's expertise infuture world oil supply scenarios and to help arrange his visit. Details here
Oil reserves 'exaggerated by one third'
Sydney Morning Herald March 24, 2010
The world's oil reserves have been exaggerated by up to a third, according to Sir David King, Britain's former chief scientist, who has warned of shortages and price spikes within years.
The scientist and researchers from Oxford University argue that official figures are inflated because member countries of the oil cartel, OPEC, over-reported reserves in the 1980s when competing for global market share.
Business calls for urgent action on "oil crunch" threat to UK economy
London, 10 February, 2010: A group of leading business people today call for urgent action to prepare the UK for Peak Oil. The second report of the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security (ITPOES) finds that oil shortages, insecurity of supply and price volatility will destabilise economic, political and social activity potentially by 2015.
Peak Oil and Public Transport. ABC TV Stateline (WA), Dec 4th 2009. Story featuring Dr Jim Buckee, past President and CEO of Talisman Energy, ASPO, public transport, WA Minister for Transport
Brisbane Courier Mail summary of Macquarie and Guardian stories below (21 November 2009)
The UK Guardian: Nov 9th 2009 The world is much closer to running short of oil than official estimates admit, according to a whistleblower at the International Energy Agency who claims it has been deliberately underplaying a looming shortage for fear of triggering panic buying. The senior official claims the US has played an influential role in encouraging the watchdog to underplay the rate of decline from existing oil fields while overplaying the chances of finding new reserves.
The IEA World Energy Outlook 2009 was released in London 10th November. It offers nothing much new about oil production, and repeats the unsubstantiated claims made in WEO-2008, that are refuted clearly and simply by the Uppsala Global Energy Systems Group (above). They do provide free the chapter from WEO-2008 about global oil field decline rates. (here)
Maribyrnong City Council's Peak Oil Contingency Plan. A first for Australia
Prof Kjell Aleklett heads the Global Energy Systems group in the Department of Physics at the University of Uppsala, and he is President of ASPO-International. He and his colleagues have published widely about Peak Oil and future oil supply forecasts, and about the rate of decline of giant oil field production. He was in Australia as a plenary speaker for the Supply Chain and Logistics Conference, SmartConference, in Sydney, June 10th 2009.
A highlight was the SmartConference workshop,(details below)
Sydney Morning Herald article "Highly vulnerable to oil shortages" (11th June)
Media alert here Media contacts welcome via Bruce Robinson 0427 398 708
( or Bruce dot Robinson at ASPO-Australia dot org dot Au )
His plenary lecture was entitled "Future Transportation Fuels: Business-as-usual is not an option" (download)
University of Adelaide public seminars: 10 am June 5th , and 5pm June 5th
Canberra June 9th. Departmental briefing at BITRE (download ) and a public Senate committee inquiry hearing (investment in public transport) download , Hansard transcript
Recent papers and articles from Prof Aleklett and the Global Energy System group
IEA output forecasts are 'outside reality': In a direct shot at the most widely followed estimates of future oil flows, a leading peak oil proponent said the International Energy Agency's supply projections are significantly inaccurate. Platts Conference, Geneva 28th May 2008
Peak-Oil and the Evolving Strategies of Oil Importing and Exporting Countries:
Facing the hard truth about an import decline for the OECD countries (actual OECD PDF version)
European Conference of Ministers of Transport,
Joint OECD/ECMT Transport Research Centre September 2007
Fossil motor fuels around 2050
Abstract of paper to be presented at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences international energy symposium, Energy2050, to be held on 19-20 October 2009
Giant oil field decline rates and their influence on world oil production
Mikael Höök, Robert Hirsch & Kjell Aleklet Energy Policy, June 2009, 2262-2272
Oil production limits mean opportunities, conservation
Oil & Gas Journal 21st August 2006
In the face of looming oil production shortfalls, all individuals as well as nations as a whole will have to use less oil. And now is the time to begin developing programs accommodating the need for less oil. The coming shortage could provide excellent opportunities for those able to identify them and act strategically.
Mikael Höök (completing a PhD with the Global Energy Systems Group) gave a valuable presentation to the "Managing Risks in Oil and Gas Exploration Forum", Amsterdam, 4th June.
The Senate inquiry into Public Transport has been holding hearings around Australia.
Details of the inquiry, lists of submissions on the Senate website etc here.
ASPO-Australia made a main submission, one from ASPO-Sydney and one from the Defence and Security working group. We were invited to appear at the Perth hearing (Hansard)
As well there were individual submissions from Dave Kilsby, Garry Glazebrook, Alan Parker and Matt Mushalik (with the prize for the biggest submission, 18MB), and from the Cycling Promotion Fund and Prof. Peter Newman amongst the 142 published so far
Download the full report: Peak Oil and Australia's National Infrastructure: Submission to Infrastructure Australia.
The Executive Summary is reprinted below.
Executive Summary: http://www.iea.org/weo/docs/weo2008/WEO2008_es_English.pdf
Key graphics: http://www.iea.org/weo/key_graphs_08/WEO_2008_Key_Graphs.pdf
Press release: http://www.iea.org/Textbase/press/pressdetail.asp?PRESS_REL_ID=275 .
As a result of all the leaks and pre-release publicity, the actual release has not attracted as much notice as it deserves.
The New York TImes had covered the pre-release of the Executive Summary of the IEA World Energy Outlook 2008 :
The global economic slump that has curbed energy demand and pushed oil prices down in recent months may provide only a short-lived respite for consumers, according to the world's top energy forecaster. The International Energy Agency, which advises industrialized nations on energy policy, warned on Thursday that the supply shortfalls that pushed oil prices into triple-digit territory this year are far from resolved, and could lead to a new period of high prices.
The IEA asked us (10th November) to remove our copy of the Executive Summary which was released on Thursday 6th November but not made publicly available in spite of media reports to the contrary. The formal release for the full report was Wed 12th November (links above)
Jeremy Gilbert, previously Chief Petroleum Engineer for BP worldwide, visited Australia. He gave a presentation to the Municipal Association of Victoria, (1st October) and the keynote address to the Fuelling Food conference at the University of Western Australia (3rd October). He gave a seminar at UWA on 6th October, "Reserves Growth, the Myth in the Peak Oil Debate".
ASPO-Australia has written to Prof Garnaut, suggesting that much more consideration be given to oil depletion in the lead-up to the 2009 Copenhagen conference.
The purpose of this letter is to draw your attention to growing acceptance of oil depletion in the scientific community and even by the IEA in its revision of the energy forecasts and emissions scenarios in the forthcoming World Energy Outlook 2008, a document intended in large part to inform negotiations in Copenhagen. Our view is that this will substantially improve the prospects for an effective agreement around a target atmospheric CO2 concentration of 450ppm."
The full detailed letter to Garnaut (written by Stuart McCarthy in Brisbane) is available here.
Pedro Prieto, of ASPO-Spain, has written to say the final program of the seventh ASPO conference is available at www.ASPO-Spain.org/ASPO-7 20th-21st October 2008
The theme of the conference is "From below ground to above ground" and more detailed information is available from the conference website above, and in the letter from Pedro Prieto below
Peak oil - the trigger for global sustainability Ian Dunlop, Deputy Convenor, ASPO-Australia, (etc) ABC Radio "Ockham's Razor" presentation 27th July. Transcript and Audio available
Future oil shortages prominent in Customs forward planning document.
Main Trends to 2015 Availability of oil and oil-based fuels will become a critical issue http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/strategic_outlook.pdf
The Sydney Morning Herald, one of the nation's leading papers, sums it up in a perceptive cartoon
CSIRO Future Fuels Forum released its report "Fuel for thought - The future of transport fuels: challenges and opportunities" at GM Holden, Melbourne on 11th July 2008.
Media coverage naturally focussed on the $8/litre scenario, examples below
Phil Hart on ABC Stateline, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk1HyUnZAgk
ASPO-Australia contacts for further comment, if needed
Phil Hart 0438 037 567
Convenor, Bruce Robinson 0427 398 708 08-9384-7409, Perth
Sydney David Bell, 0413 594 154 Ian Dunlop 0412 586 798
Brisbane Stuart McCarthy 0447 095 141
Adelaide Sam Powrie 0414 307 413
Preparing for the Petrol Droughts. An evidence-based approach
Peak Oil, and what we can do, a review. Bruce Robinson 11th July 2008
Global oil production is quite likely to halve by 2030, with the decline possibly starting very soon. A Federal Office of Oil Vulnerability and a National Oil Vulnerability Mitigation Strategy (as being prepared in Queensland) are essential urgent first steps for Australia. We need to collect and analyse the evidence on which to base future policies to reduce our oil vulnerability across all portfolios.
ASPO Australia spokesperson Phil Hart gave this speech at the launch of the report:
The Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil congratulates CSIRO for leading the Future Fuels Forum and thanks all the participants for the constructive dialogue that led to this final report. We have all learnt new things along the way. I have been personally encouraged to hear of the many changes businesses have been making – there are more pro-active changes under way than even I realised.
2007 began with oil prices falling back to near $50 a barrel – because the speculators got it wrong. Many forum participants would have choked on a prediction of $8/litre early last year, but tight supply and the rapid increase in prices since then have given them courage to accept these dramatic model outcomes now. No one can know the precise future of oil prices, but such high figures reflect how hard it is to transform our cities and economies built on cheap oil when we are faced with declining oil production.
ASPO is concerned that the threats that Peak Oil poses are being systematically ignored and there will be chaos if oil shortages hit Australia. We should plan well ahead for petrol droughts and oil crises, just as we do for cyclones and bushfires. Oil vulnerability assessment should be a routine risk management feature, not a rarity. The most probable date for Peak Oil is 2012 (+/- 5 years)
ABARE's determined forecasts of falling oil prices have been consistently wrong for five years, as it is geological limits that control oil production not economics. Economists do not realise that geological forces are more powerful than market forces. A random number generator would perform better than ABARE's forecasters. See graph at www.ASPO-Australia.org.au/References/Bruce/abare-mar-08.jpg
Transcript of an address given March 4 to the Brisbane Institute by the Honourable Andrew McNamara, Queensland Minister for Sustainability, Climate Change and Innovation.
I'd like to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the land on which we gather this evening.
I want to thank the Board of the Brisbane Institute for the invitation to address this gathering.
Tonight I want to talk about capital S Sustainability.
By that I don't mean the usual narrow environmental concept of sustainability in agricultural production and land use.
I mean the future of our society, our economy and our environment; the
structure of our cities, their energy and water sources and demand
profiles; the treatment of these sources of our wealth; the imminent
peaking of world oil supplies; our use of finite resources like gas and
coal; and the way we dispose of those resources when we're finished
with them.
I will begin by considering what sustainability means to me.
Ms NOLAN (Ipswich—ALP):
On Monday night in Ipswich two local engineers, Steve Posselt and
Stuart McCarthy, in conjunction with the Ipswich Chamber of Commerce
and Industry and Ipswich Green—an organisation of which I am a
cofounder—ran an Ipswich leaders forum to outline to the community the
serious challenge of sustainability.
Their timing could not have been better. Today the price of a barrel
of West Texas crude oil passed through the $US110 mark. This is the
highest price oil has ever reached, either in current or inflation
adjusted terms.
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Dwayne Evans had 18 points and nine rebounds for Saint Louis, which also has lost to No. 10 Wisconsin. Tekele Cotton had 10 points and 10 rebounds for Wichita State.
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St. Louis honored Rick Majerus during a halftime ceremony on the anniversary of his death. Former players Luke Meyer and Paul Eckerle gave tributes and athletic director Chris May gave Majerus' A-10 championship ring from last season to Angie Kvidera, the coach's longtime girlfriend.
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