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We waited in eager anticipation for an explanation from Fed Chairman Bernanke at Jackson Hole, Wyo., for his intentions as to somehow fix the labor situation, the European financial crisis and the U.S. economy. Unfortunately, the best he could muster was that he has more he can do but all we heard was a possible intention to purchase bonds.
I personally feel he is firing blanks. When you have a wound that is dripping blood on your nice floor, you do not first get a mop to clean up the blood. You get sutures to patch the wound. The sutures for our situation could be attracting major corporations that have transferred their manufacturing offshore due to beneficial tax structures and seducing them into bringing those jobs back to this country. It is the job situation that must first be cured that would allow consumer consumption to accelerate, and that would start the healing process.
Once again, for those who think the mop is the answer: "An unemployed consumer does not consume and the manufacturers of those (unconsumed) products will be next to lay off workers." What part of that statement goes unaddressed in Washington? The country is turning into a welfare state where the government will take care of you rather than provide the ability for small businesses and people to live the American dream and take care of themselves. Thomas Jefferson is credited with the statement: "A government big enough to give you everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything you have." According to President Reagan, the most feared words are "I am from the government, and I am here to help you."
The markets this past week or so have experienced some of the lightest volumes recorded in anticipation of some action by that government, but be it as it may, nothing was forthcoming of any substance and we are now facing additional complacency in the coming days. Now for some actual information albeit lacking in any substantive suggestion...
Interest Rates: September Treasury bonds closed at 150 and 16/32nds, up 28 ticks after Fed Chairman Bernanke stated the Bank could buy additional government bonds to "help boost the U.S. Economy", something we disagree with. Without his "firm pledge" to do so and with his continued assessment of a "mild economic recovery" we doubt his resolve. With China, the second largest consumer of the world in economic "contraction" we remain concerned after their manufacturing unexpectedly shrank for the "first time in nine months" on reduced orders and diminished output. Our previous suggested range for the Treasury bonds of 145 to 155 came about as prices declined to 145 03/32nds before recovering. We continue to view treasuries as in that predetermined price range. We continue to favor bond option strangle spreads.
Stock Indices: The Dow Jones industrials closed at 13,090.84, up 90.13 points on pre-holiday weekend trading but still lost 0.51% for the week. The S&P 500 closed at 1406.58, up 7.10 points but for the week lost 0.32%. The Nasdaq closed at 3066.96, up 18.25 points but for the week lost 0.9%. For the entire month of August however, the Dow gained 0.653%, the S&P 500 1.98% and the Nasdaq 4.33%. The weeks action was moderated by the expectation that Fed Chairman Bernanke would seriously address the economy and provide direction. His speech "calmed" some nerves as he approached the problem with the expected "bond purchase" and determination to do whatever he deems necessary. That rather "mild" statement did manage to provide some optimism and the markets rallied on Friday. We continue to believe the Fed has in fact done what it is mandated to do, and that is to lower rates, which has been done. To expand their 'stimulus" attempts and purchase bonds may have a minor effect on economic stability, but in our opinion it is "too little, too late" without immediately addressing the manufacturing, small business, and tax situation. The ongoing :"fear of small business" to expand and hire is a result of the ongoing "confusion" tied to Obamacare costs and taxes. We once again suggest strongly the implementation of hedging strategies for those with large equity portfolios.
Currencies: The December U.S. dollar closed at 8153.5, down 49.3 points after Fed Chairman Bernanke reiterated his intention for additional quantitative easing to grow the U.S. economy. He failed however, to indicate specifics and the dollar investors were disappointed and decided to liquidate some longs in front of the holiday weekend. The dollar closed at its lowest since late May. We continue to favor the dollar on the basis that while the U.S. economy is "growing" slower than desired by the Administration and the Federal Reserve Chairman, based on the more disconcerting European debt crisis, the U.S. is faring better on a relative basis. Stay with the dollar. Gains were posted in the December Euro closing at $1.2596, up 72 points, the Swiss Franc 63 points to $1.0501, the Japanese yen 012778, up 49 points the British Pound $1.5878, up 95 points the Canadian dollar up 73 points to $1.0123, and the Aussie dollar gained 27 points to close at $1.0228. Stay with the dollar.
Energies: October crude oil closed at $96.47 per barrel, up $1.85 tied to the U.S. Federal Reserve chairman'' "optimistic" statement that could produce increased demand for energy products as economic conditions "improve" through his efforts. We disagree with any idea that the Fed can alter the current direction and lackadaisical performance of the U.S. economy. Our reasons are clearly stated in the Overview. Hold put positions. Fridays action to a great extent was shortcovering in front of the holiday weekend in the U.S.
Copper: December copper closed at $3.46, up 1c in late trading and as with other commodities, was tied to the Bernanke statement on providing additional "stimulus" for the U.S. economy. Shortcovering also a factor after copper weakness over the recent 12 week period. Stay with put positions and add on any strength. We see no signs of increased demand and with the China economic and manufacturing contraction, we could see increased selling pressure for copper.
Precious Metals: October gold closed at $1,691 per ounce, up $36.20 on heavy shortcovering after the Bernanke speech at Jackson Hole Wyoming. His indication of increased bond purchases could lift demand for metals as an inflation hedge. We tend to disagree with any inflationary trend during what we see as an ongoing recessionary trend. Some concern over high commodity prices also a factor in the "inflation" expectation. December silver closwed at $31.79 per ounce, up $1.3440 tied to the same expectations. We prefer silver to gold but after the heavy shortcovering of Friday, would retreat to the sidelines for now. October platinum closed at $1,5409, up $37.20 per ounce while December palladium closed at $629.90 per ounce, up $13.50. On Friday platinum managed a gain of 2.47% against palladium's 2.19%. We continue to favor long palladium against short platinum.
Next page: Ags and softs
Grains and Oilseeds: December corn closed at $7.99 ¾ per bushel, down 8 3/4c on profittaking in front of the holiday weekend. The drought conditions across the country have caused heavy buying across the board in grains and soybeans and concern persists related to supplies going forward. We prefer the sidelines in corn. December wheat closed at $8.89 ½ per bushel, down 13 1/2c on profittaking as with corn but with the added negative that Russia does not plan any export restrictions allowing Russian wheat to compete more favorably against U.S. exports. We prefer the sidelines in wheat as well. November soybeans closed at $17.56 ½ per bushel, down 7c on profittaking in front of the U.S. holiday weekend and on trader "taking profits off the table" after prices gained to record highs. We continue like soybeans but as we suggested recently, take some profits, wait for the pullback, then add to call positions.
Meats: December cattle closed at $1.2865 per pound, up 2c as beef processors pay higher prices in front of the holiday shortened weekend. Better than expected demand could push prices higher and we like the long side of cattle from here. The previous concerns related to animals pushed to market and creating supply due to higher feed prices may have abated. The period for rebuilding those herds prompting some shortcovering and new buying in futures. December hogs closed at 72.4c per pound, up the 6c limit on heavy shortcovering in front of the holiday weekend as selling due to higher feed prices and increased slaughter may have been overdone for now. We like hogs from here but use stops.
Coffee, Cocoa and Sugar: December coffee closed at $1.6475 per pound, up 1.35c on shortcovering and technical buying after trading as low as $1.6250 during the session. With a three day holiday traders squared their books since the Monday holiday is limited to U.S. trading and Europe will be open. With Columbia expecting an improving harvest we could see additional hedging pressure and would avoid coffee for now. Our longer term view however is positive. December cocoa closed at $2,610 per tonne, up $9.00 on supply concerns from West Africa, the world's top producing region. We could see further price gains on continued speculator buying tied to lower output expectations from Ivory Coast. October sugar closed at 19.78c per pound on light shortcovering in front of the three day U.S. holiday and on suggested oversold technical condition. We prefer the sidelines.
Cotton: December cotton closed at 77.26c per pound, up 32 points on pre-holiday shortcovering. The USDA report of low U.S. cotton exports and a lack of fresh fundamentals puts us on the sidelines but after recent lows, with a bullish bias going forward.


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Friday, July 2, 2010
This tutorial is actually inspired by my love of thrift store shopping. You see, I always end up picking up random things like these metal zippers (note that I don't really sew) and then wonder what I am going to do with them once I've gotten them home. Well, I think I've come up something pretty cool and I'd like to share it with you...zipper flowers.
You will need a zipper (length doesn't really matter), scissors, needle
and thread.
1. You'll need to start by cutting the zipper from the hardware, so you end
up with one long strip of teeth.
2. Fold one corner down...
...and begin to roll.
3. Once you have one complete roll add a couple stitches to keep it
4. Then take a few running stitched along the bottom edge.
5. Gather these stitches and roll then stitch to hold in place.
6. Continue stitching, gathering and securing until the flower reaches the
desired size.
7. To finish it off, trim the remaining length of zipper from the flower,
tuck the end under and stitch to secure.
8. Simply glue to your project to embellish!
Here is the first card I created, using the yellow zipper flowers.
Supplies: (all GCD Studios unless noted) Patterned Papers: Melody Ross Artsy Urban, Sheer: Melody Ross Artsy Urban, Scalloped Scissors: Fiskars, Ribbon: Offray, Zipper: Thrift store find
Size: 5x5"
I just love the detail the zipper edge adds!
I used papers and a beautiful bird sheer from the GCD studios Melody Ross Artsy Urban collection. I love how these funky flowers go with the fun homemade feel of these papers! The sentiment was cut from one of the patterned papers.
I also created a flower from a red zipper that had slightly larger teeth.
Supplies: (All GCD Studios unless noted) Patterned Papers: Melody Ross Artsy Urban, Chipboard frame: Melody Ross Artsy Urban, Sheer butterfly: MelodyRoss Artsy Urban, Ribbon: Wrights, Border Punch: EK Success, Rub-ons: Doodlebug Designs, Zipper: Thrift Store Find
I did a bit more gathering on this one, so it is open a little wider. Who knew zippers could look so elegant!
I hope you give this technique a try, it's pretty easy and I love the results!
Hope all my fellow US residents have a fabulous fourth! We are having family come and stay. My brother and SIL have kids close in age to ours, it should be a great weekend!
35 comments:
- Eveline said...
OH WOW, that's fun! I love the zipper flowers.
Eveline. - July 2, 2010 at 8:02 AM
- ~amy~ said...
♥♥shut up♥♥ You are a GENIUS!!!! I LOVE those blooms {sorry that I'm screaming..LOL}...happy friday sista and thanks for the fabbie inspiration!!!
- July 2, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- ~JulieH~ said...
Oh these are fabulous such a creative idea ! Thanks so much for the great tutorial I must try them!
juliexx - July 2, 2010 at 12:00 PM
- Ginny said...
love it heidi! such a great idea... they look so fabulous on your cards. i appreciate your genius in putting these things together--it gets my creativity going :D
- July 2, 2010 at 12:21 PM
- Eva said...
Heidi....you AMAZE me with all your creativity...I LOVE these cards made with zipper flowers, something I have been wanting to try and now you just inspired me!!!! LOVE it!! Hugs...
- July 2, 2010 at 12:36 PM
- Jaclyn Miller said...
That's just plain genius. I'm in awe.
- July 2, 2010 at 12:58 PM
- Courtney Baker said...
Love these! I actually have a shirt with them all over it!
- July 2, 2010 at 12:59 PM
- Daniela said...
Wow, awesome idea!!!! How did you come up with that???
- July 2, 2010 at 1:17 PM
- Dayna said...
Gorgeous flowers!!! What a fun idea, and thanks for a wonderful tutorial!!!
- July 2, 2010 at 1:20 PM
- Karolyn at Paper Therapy said...
Shut the front door!! Girl, you never cease to amaze me with your creativity. I am in awe of these zipper flowers, especially the last one. Mmmmmmm . . . please send some of that creativity my way, would you?!! LOL Brilliance, I tell ya - sheer brilliance!
- July 2, 2010 at 1:25 PM
- Tiffany Heilman said...
OMG girl! You Rock! Love that Zipper technique. I feel the need to visit a craft store and buy zippers!
- July 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM
- Michelle aka Otomon said...
OMG! You are so clever! Who would think a zipper could be so pretty? Love them!
Michelle :) - July 2, 2010 at 1:31 PM
- Ida said...
Totally in AWE of these fabulous zipper flowers. What great embellishments on your wonderful cards.
- July 2, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- Agata said...
Excellent! i've already seen some zipper flowers on dresses in a shop but thanks to your tutorial I'll try to make some of mine... Thanks! Your cards are beautiful!
- July 2, 2010 at 2:18 PM
- Kathy Martin said...
Very cool! I gotta go find a zipper! From back in the Junkitz days! So clever! LOVE it! :)
- July 2, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Alice Wertz said...
you are a genius, Heidi! LOVE those zipper flowers! fabulous cards! love them!
- July 2, 2010 at 7:16 PM
- Deanna said...
Love your zipper blooms!
- July 2, 2010 at 7:48 PM
- annieambriel said...
oh my oh my.. this is super cool and super gorgeous. i love the way the zipper metal adds elements to the flower.............. woWEE .. Gorgeous.. totally HEART it. Thinks for your wonderful sharing :D
- July 2, 2010 at 9:04 PM
- KimCreate said...
UN-Freakin-beleivable! Gorgeously creative. Love them and the papers you used!
KimCreate - July 3, 2010 at 6:10 AM
- Irena said...
Ooo this is great idea. Your cards are very beautiful.
- July 3, 2010 at 11:36 AM
- dstandard said...
Wow fabulous and what a creative idea!
- July 3, 2010 at 12:25 PM
- Terrie B x said...
Heidi these are fabulous!!!Zips will never be the same again!!!!
Have a fab weekend:)xxx - July 3, 2010 at 12:29 PM
- Michele Gross said...
Get out!!! Zippers?! These are spectacularly fantabulous!!!! Thanks for the tutorial- I can't wait to try these :)
- July 3, 2010 at 6:49 PM
- jan said...
Genius and Gorgeous!!!
- July 4, 2010 at 6:31 AM
- Peet said...
These zippers flowers are Fabulous, Heidi...absolutely FABULOUS!!!
- July 4, 2010 at 8:28 AM
- Cindy Lee said...
You are always full of creativity!! Love your zipper flowers!
- July 4, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- DonnaMundinger said...
LOVE this Heidi! You know Marc Jacobs did a whole bunch of shoes using zipper flowers several years ago and I've always thought they were just FAB! On cards they're even more beautiful! xxD
- July 5, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Charlene Austin said...
Heidi Heidi Heidi!! You rock. I especially love that you like to thrift store shop. That's one of my fav things to do. I saw a huge bag of zippers there recently and now I want to go back to see if they are still there!! AWESOMENESS!!!
- July 5, 2010 at 7:13 PM
- Kay said...
Oh my, girl! How do you come up with such amazing new and creative ideas!! You rock! These zipper flowers are beyond fabulous and look incredible on your marvelous cards! Thank you for the tutorial.
♥♥ Kay - July 14, 2010 at 10:00 AM
- Sabbyscrap said...
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I've been eyeing these zipper flowers for some time and didn't know how to make them. I'll give it a shot now thanks to you!
Best regards,
Sabbyscrap. - August 15, 2010 at 3:39 AM
- donna mikasa said...
Fabulous zipper flowers! Thank you for sharing! Can't wait to try these, too!
- August 15, 2010 at 11:39 PM
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- August 15, 2010 at 11:39 PM
- Sue Lelli said...
Heidi, LOVE this zipper flower! Thanks for the tutorial! Can't wait to try it and give you a shout out!
- October 5, 2010 at 8:38 PM
- many said...
Merci c'est génial, c'est une formidable idée. Gros bisous
- January 10, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- Cynthia said...
Thanks so much for the tutorial, Heidi. I've seen these on cards, but wasn't sure how to create them. I have zippers that NEED to be used!
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Rebel Love Song - Black Veil Brides
Not a favorite band, but I enjoy this song.
The television show Overhaulin'.
Sade - Your Love is King
Metallica - For Whom the Bell Tolls
This song.. like.. \m/
Simple Plan - Addicted
"I heard you're doing okay
but I want you to know
I'm a-dic...
I'm a-ddic-ted...to you
I can't pretend I don't care
when you don't think about me
do you think
I deserve this?
I tried to make you happy
but you left anyway
I'm trying to forget that
I'm addicted to you
but I want it
and I need it
I'm addicted to you.
Now it's over
Can't forget what you said
and I never
want to do this again
Since the day I met you
and after all we've been through
still a-dic...
I'm a-ddic...ted to you..."
Wait And Bleed - Slipknot
Soundgarden - Fell On Black Days
Steel Panther - Community Property
Stone Temple Pilots - Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart
Big Empty - Stone Temple Pilots
Plush (acoustic) - Stone Temple Pilots
Joey - Sugarland
Wow. Haunting.
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I think I've shared (classily? psh) on enough social media mediums that, due to my Crohn's disease, which has hit severe levels, I had to leave my internship at Newsweek and I'll be returning to Arizona in a few days. Don't expect any graceful writing today, because this is all just a plain bummer. I just turned 21 in March. I had started feeling better at the end of last summer. But this flare up (some Crohn's terminology for ya') is remarkably worse and it's time to go home.
There's a lot I want to write about. My parents, who are flipping out. The fact that I feel like a 90 year old. That I can't date. That I'm terrified I'm ruining my career. Then again, this might be my last update in a year. Right now, still in New York, I'm struggling to process most of my situation. I joke, but this has been one of the worst weeks of my life. I'm focusing on what I need to eat, if I'll be able to and what said meal's after-effects will be. Also, the mountain of Laundry that appears to be Kilimanjaro and the one duffel bag I've allotted myself. I [...] continue the story


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As the central control unit for audio, navigation and communications, the optional PCM is multifunctional and ergonomic to operate.
The main feature is the 6.5-inch colour touchscreen with a durable, easy-to-clean coating. Functional, innovative and easy to use, you will find the display very clearly presented and a maximum of five list entries per page enable you to operate the unit quickly and safely. Alternatively, you can choose to operate the PCM using the rotary pushbutton on the right.
Radio functions include up to 42 memory presets and an FM dual tuner frequency diversity with RDS, which continuously scans in the background for the best signal. The integrated single CD/DVD drive supports the MP3 format and – in combination with the optional BOSE® Surround Sound System – is able to play back music from audio and video DVDs in 5.1 digital format. An integrated six-disc CD/DVD autochanger with MP3 playback is also available as an option for PCM.
The GPS navigation system included with the optional PCM has an internal hard drive containing maps for most European countries. A touchscreen enables rapid destination input and instant viewing of traffic information and points of interest (POIs) by simply allowing you to touch the symbols on the map. Route diversions, e.g. the nearest service stations, can therefore be incorporated quickly and easily into the current route guidance.
When viewing a map, it is possible to select between a 3D perspective and the 2D display. At motorway exits, graphical turn indications are displayed for better orientation. In splitscreen mode, you can choose to display not only the current map overview, but also a list of icons that represent dynamic route guidance.
The optional electronic logbook enables automatic recording of relevant driving data. Once you have downloaded the logbooks via Bluetooth® or the optional USB interface, you can evaluate them on your home PC using the software supplied (software complies with all statutory requirements for automatic logbooks as specified by the German revenue authorities).
The TV tuner, available on request, is capable of receiving free-to-air analogue and digital television broadcasts (DVB-T) to provide entertainment between journeys. For your safety, the TV picture is switched off while the car is in motion.
Almost all of the functions of PCM can be controlled using the optional voice control system with word-by-word input. The menu item is read aloud exactly as it is displayed on the screen and the voice control system recognises commands or sequences of numbers, whoever the speaker. It then gives an audible acknowledgement and carries out the functions you request. There is no need to 'train' the system.
Available as an option, the GSM telephone module offers convenience and excellent reception. By inserting a SIM card directly into the PCM's integral SIM card reader, calls can be made using the hands-free facility. For even more convenience, the Bluetooth® capability of a mobile phone can be used to make calls through the SIM Access Profile (SAP). Once automatic pairing is complete, the mobile phone's aerial is switched off to conserve battery charge and the phone operates via the car aerial. Depending on the type of mobile phone, this gives access not only to the numbers on the SIM card, but also to the phone's internal memory. A selection of mobile phones can be controlled entirely using PCM, the optional multifunction steering wheel or the optional voice control system without the phone ever leaving your pocket.
In addition, the telephone module enables you to establish a Bluetooth® link with those mobile phones that only support the Handsfree Profile (HFP). In this case, the GSM connection is always established through the aerial of the mobile phone. The PCM acts as a hands-free system and you can leave the mobile phone tucked away. On request, a cordless handset for the telephone module is also available. However, the handset cannot be used for Bluetooth® links established using the Handsfree Profile (HFP).
* Mobile phone preparation: The use of a mobile phone inside a car may cause an increase in the interior electromagnetic field strength and,
accordingly, in the electromagnetic radiation to which passengers are exposed. The use of the telephone module for PCM via Bluetooth® SAP
connection or with inserted SIM card prevents exposure to electromagnetic radiation as only the car's external aerial is ever used.
For information on compatible mobile phones, please contact your Porsche Centre.
Telephone module in HFP mode: The use of a mobile phone inside a car may cause an increase in the interior electromagnetic field strength and,
accordingly, in the electromagnetic radiation to which passengers are exposed. The use of the telephone module for PCM via Bluetooth® SAP
connection or with inserted SIM card prevents exposure to electromagnetic radiation as only the car's external aerial is ever used.


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ESSP Glossary
Adaptation: strategies, policies and measures designed to reduce the current and future impacts of global environmental changes.
Adaptive Environmental Management: managing resources under uncertainty to reduce it. AEM's management experiments involve both people and institutions affected by the management strategy in designing the experiments and in interpreting the results.
Aerosols: A collection of airborne solid or liquid particles residing in the atmosphere for at least several hours. Aerosols may be of either natural or anthropogenic origin. Aerosols influence climate in two ways: directly through scattering and absorbing radiation, and indirectly through acting as condensation nuclei for cloud formation or modifying the optical properties and lifetime of clouds.
Agenda 21: a program of the United Nations (UN) related to sustainable development. It is a comprehensive blueprint of action to be taken globally, nationally and locally by organisations of the UN, governments, and major groups in every area in which humans impact on the environment. The number 21 refers to the 21st century.
Agrobiodiversity or Agricultural Biodiversity: all crops and animal breeds, their wild relatives, and the species that interact with and support these species, e.g. pollinators, symbionts, pests, parasites, predators, decomposers, and competitors, together with the whole range of environments in which agriculture is practiced, not restricted to crop lands or fields.
Albedo: The fraction of solar radiation reflected by a surface or object, often expressed as a percentage. Snow covered surfaces have a high albedo; the albedo of soils ranges from high to low; vegetation covered surfaces and oceans have a low albedo. The Earth?Äôs albedo varies mainly through varying cloudiness, snow, ice, leaf area and land cover changes.
Anthropocene: a term used by some scientists to describe the most recent period in the Earth's history, starting in the 18th century, when human activities first began to have a significant global impact on the Earth's climate and ecosystems. The term was coined in 2000 by the Nobel Prize winning scientist Paul Crutzen, who regards the influence of mankind on the Earth in recent centuries as so significant as to constitute a new geological era.
Anthropogenic: effects or processes that are derived from human activities, as opposed to effects or processes that occur in the natural environment without human influences
Atmosphere: the gaseous envelope surrounding the Earth. The dry atmosphere consists almost entirely of nitrogen (78.1%) and oxygen (20.9%), together with a number of trace gases, such as argon (0.93%), helium, and radiatively active greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (0.035%), and ozone. In addition the atmosphere contains water vapour, whose amount is highly variable but typically 1% volume mixing ratio. The atmosphere also contains clouds and aerosols.
Biodiversity: the Convention on Biological Diversity defines biological diversity as ?Äòthe variability among living organisms from all sources including... terrestrial, marine and other aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of which they are part: this includes diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems?Äô. Biodiversity is an attribute of life, distinguished from biological resources which ?Äòinclude genetic resources, organisms or parts thereof, populations, or any other biotic component of ecosystems with actual or potential use or value for humanity?Äô.
Biogeochemical cycling: natural processes that recycle nutrients in various chemical forms from the environment to organisms and then back to the environment.
Biogeophysical processes: a term used to encompass all of the naturally occurring materials, processes and relationships operating in an area; the natural ecosystem. The word biogeophysical was constructed so that all the natural objects and processes operating in an area can be classified as either biological (plant and animal species, ecological interactions), geological (rock types, soil types, sedimentation, erosion) or physical (heat, light, electrical, gravitational, etc.)
Biosphere: the living and dead organisms found near the Earth?Äôs surface in parts of the lithosphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere. The part of the Earth system comprising all ecosystems and living organisms, in the atmosphere, on land (terrestrial biosphere) or in the oceans (marine biosphere), including derived dead organic matter, such as litter, soil organic matter and oceanic detritus.
Carbon cycle: the term used to describe the flow of carbon (in various forms, e.g. as carbon dioxide) through the atmosphere, ocean, terrestrial biosphere and lithosphere.
Carbon dioxide (CO2): a naturally occurring gas, and also a by-product of burning fossil fuels and biomass, as well as land-use changes and other industrial processes. It is the principal anthropogenic greenhouse gas that affects the Earth?Äôs radiative balance. It is the reference gas against which other greenhouse gases are measured and therefore has a great global warming potential.
Climate change: climate change refers to a statistically significant variation in either the mean state of the climate or its variability, persisting for an extended period (typically decades or longer). Climate change may be due to natural internal processes or external forcings, or to peristent anthropogenic changes in the composition of the atmosphere or in land use.
(Climate) Impacts: consequences of climate change on natural and human systems. Depending on the consideration of adaptation, one can distinguish between potential impacts and residual impacts. Potential impacts: All impacts that may occur given a projected change in climate, without considering adaptation. Residual impacts: The impacts of climate change that would occur after adaptation.
Climate model: A numerical representation of the climate system based on the physical, chemical and biological properties of its components, their interactions and feedback processes, and accounting for all or some of its known properties. There is an evolution towards more complex models with active chemistry and biology. Climate models are applied, as a research tool, to study and simulate the climate, but also for operational purposes, including monthly, seasonal and interannual climate predictions.
Climate prediction: a climate prediction or climate forecast is the result of an attempt to produce a most likely description or estimate of the actual evolution of the climate in the future (e.g., at seasonal, interannual, or long-term time-scales).
Climate variability: climate variability refers to variations in the mean state and other statistics (such as standard deviations, the occurrence of extremes, etc.) of the climate on all temporal and spatial scales beyond that of individual weather events. Variability may be due to natural internal processes within the climate system (internal variability), or to variations in natural or anthropogenic external forcing (external variability).
Climate: climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the ?Äúaverage weather?Äù or more rigorously as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. The classical period is 30 years, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). These relevant quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate in a wider sense is the state, including a statistical description, of the climate system.
Coupled human-environmental systems (e.g. Land systems): changes in the interaction between people and their environments, and the ways these have affected, and may yet affect, the sustainability of the Earth System.
Cryosphere: the component of the climate system consisting of all snow, ice and permafrost on and beneath the surface of the earth and ocean.
Drought: the phenomenon that exists when precipitation has been significantly below normal recorded levels, causing serious hydrological imbalances that adversely affect land resource production systems.
Earth System: the Earth System is the unified set of physical, chemical, biological and social components, processes and interactions that together determine the state and dynamics of Planet Earth, including its biota and its human occupants.
Earth System Science: is the study of the Earth System, with an emphasis on observing, understanding and predicting global environmental changes involving interactions between land, atmosphere, water, ice, biosphere, societies, technologies and economies.
Ecological Economics: cross-cutting discipline aiming to understand the interrelations between people and their environment, for indicators of sustainability, and for ways of bringing individual human behavior into conformity with collective human goals. This disciple uses ecletic methodologies.
Ecosystem functioning: collective term for biogeochemical and biotic processes operating in an ecosystem.
Ecosystem processes: the biogeochemical processes that transfer energy and matter within and between ecosystems (e.g. primary production is the process that fixes solar energy into ecosystems via photosynthesis).
Ecosystem services: benefits derived by humans as a result of ecosystem processes and functioning. Ecological goods are typified by the production of food and fiber. Ecosystem services include carbon storage and the reduction of greenhouse gases, the maintenance of water quality and soil fertility, resistance to climate and other environmental changes, or the maintenance of ecological conditions favorable for human health. Ecosystem services can be classified in four categories (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005):
- provisioning services: food, fiber, fuel, genetic resources, biochemicals, fresh water
- cultural services: spiritual and religious values, knowledge system, education and inspiration, recreation and aesthetic values, sense of place.
- supporting services: primary production, provision of habitat, nutrient cycling, soil formation and retention, production of atmospheric oxygen, water cycling
- regulating services: species invasion resistance, herbivory, pollination, seed dispersal, climate regulation, pest regulation, disease regulation, natural hazard protection, erosion regulation, water purification.
Ecosystem: dynamic complex formed by the community of plants, animals and micro-organisms and by their non-living environment and their interactions, which together form a functional unit.
Energy balance: averaged over the globe and over longer time periods, the energy budget of the climate system must be in balance. Because the climate system derives all its energy from the Sun, this balance implies that, globally, the amount of incoming solar radiation must on average be equal to the sum of the outgoing reflected solar radiation and the outgoing infrared radiation emitted by the climate system. A perturbation of this global radiation balance, be it human-induced or natural, is called radiative forcing.
Environmental Economics: this discipline addresses how environmental problems arise, how market mechanisms can be used to improve environmental quality, and the level of quality that most efficiently balances preferences for material goods and for environmental services.
Ex-situ conservation: literally means, "off-site conservation". It is the process of protecting an endangered species of plant or animal by removing it from an unsafe or threatened habitat and placing it or part of it under the care of humans. Zoos, botanical gardens and arboretums are the most conventional methods of ex-situ conservation, all of which house whole, protected specimens for breeding and reintroduction into the wild when necessary and possible. Endangered plants and animals may also be preserved in part through seedbanks or germplasm banks.
Extreme (weather) event: an extreme weather event is an event that is rare within its statistical reference distribution at a particular place. Definitions of ?Äúrare?Äù vary, but an extreme weather event would normally be as rare as or rarer than the 10th or 90th percentile. By definition, the characteristics of what is called extreme weather may vary from place to place. An extreme climate event is an average of a number of weather events over a certain period of time, an average which is itself extreme (e.g. rainfall over a season).
Freshwater habitat: all continental waters and terrestrial habitats that receive ?Äòsubsidies?Äô of water from surface and groundwater flow systems, such as groundwater-fed wetlands, river-fed floodplain forests, karst aquifer springs, and so forth.
Global Environmental Change: the set of biophysical transformation of states and flows of land, oceans and atmosphere, driven by an interwoven system of human and natural processes; these are intimately connected with processes of socio-economic and cultural globalization.
Global Warming Potential: an index, describing the radiative characteristics of well-mixed greenhouse gases, that represents the combined effect of the differing times these gases remain in the atmosphere and their relative effectiveness in absorbing outgoing infrared radiation. This index approximates the time-integrated warming effect of a unit mass of a given greenhouse gas in today?Äôs atmosphere.
Greenhouse gas: greenhouse gases are those gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and emit radiation at specific wavelengths within the spectrum of infrared radiation emitted by the Earth?Äôs surface, the atmosphere, and clouds. This property causes the greenhouse effect. Water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), and ozone (O3) are the primary greenhouse gases in the Earth?Äôs atmosphere. Moreover there are a number of entirely human-made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as the halocarbons and other chlorine- and bromine-containing substances, dealt with under the Montreal Protocol.
Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: global environmental change has many anthropogenic causes. At the same time, it affects the quality of human life and sustainable development on a worldwide scale. Global environmental change is driven by and takes influence on processes of socio-economic, political and cultural globalization.
Human Security: is achieved when and where individuals and communities: have the option to end, mitigate, or adapt to risks to their human, environmental and social rights; have the capacity and freedom to exercise these options; and actively participate in attaining these options.
Hydrosphere: the part of the Earth composed of water: clouds, oceans, ice caps, lakes, etc. The component of the climate system comprising liquid surface and subterranean water, such as: oceans, seas, rivers, fresh water lakes, underground water etc.
In-situ conservation: literally means "on-site conservation". It is the process of protecting an endangered plant or animal species in its natural habitat, either by protecting or cleaning up the habitat itself, or by defending the species from predators. The benefit to in-situ conservation is that it maintains recovering populations in the surrounding where they have developed their distinctive properties. Wildlife conservation is mostly based on in situ conservation, involving the protection of wildlife habitats.
Institutions: clusters of rights, rules, and decision-making procedures that give rise to social practices, assign roles to participants in these practices and govern interactions among players of these roles.
Integrated assessment: a method of analysis that combines results and models from the physical, biological, economic and social sciences, and the interactions between these components, in a consistent framework, to evaluate the status and the consequences of environmental change and the policy responses to it.
Land change scienceSystem: an abbreviated term for the coupled socio-environmental terrestrial system that includes land use, land cover and ecosystems.
Lithosphere: the upper layer of the solid Earth, both continental and oceanic, which comprises all crustal rocks and the cold, mainly elastic, part of the uppermost mantle.
Mitigation: strategies, policies and measures designed to stop detrimental environmental changes.
Ocean acidification: the name given to the ongoing decrease in the pH of the Earth's oceans, caused by their uptake of anthropogenic carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Ozone layer: the stratosphere contains a layer in which the concentration of ozone is greatest, the so-called ozone layer. The layer extends from about 12 to 40 km. The ozone concentration reaches a maximum between about 20 and 25 km. This layer is being depleted by human emissionsof chlorine and bromine compounds. Every year, during the Southern Hemisphere spring, a very strong depletion of the ozone layer takes place over the Antarctic region, also caused by human-made chlorine and bromine compounds in combination with the specific meteorological conditions of that region. This phenomenon is called the ozone hole.
Ozone: a form of oxygen containing three instead of two atoms joined together. Ozone in the upper atmosphere protects life from the sun?Äôs ultraviolet radiation. CFCs and other chemicals can damage this ozone layer. In the lower atmosphere, ozone is a pollutant.
Radiative forcing: the change in the net vertical irradiance (expressed in Wm-2) at the tropopause due to an internal change or a change in the external forcing of the climate system, such as, for example, a change in the concentration of carbon dioxide or the output of the Sun. Usually radiative forcing is computed after allowing for stratospheric temperatures to readjust to radiative equilibrium, but with all tropospheric properties held fixed at their unperturbed values.
Resilience: rate at which a system returns to its former state after being displaced from it by a perturbation.
Resistance: capacity of a system to remain in the same state at the face of perturbation.
Scenarios: a plausible and often simplified description of how the future may develop, based on a coherent and internally consistent set of assumptions about driving forces and key relationships. Scenarios may be derived from projections, but are often based on additional information from other sources, sometimes combined with a ?Äúnarrative storyline?Äù.
Sink: any process, activity or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor of a greenhouse gas or aerosol from the atmosphere.
Stratosphere: the highly stratified region of the atmosphere above the troposphere extending from about 10 km (ranging from 9 km in high latitudes to 16 km in the tropics on average) to about 50 km.
Sustainability: the development of systems capable of ensuring that future generations will have coupled human-environment systems capable of providing goods and services without degradation of structure or function.
Sustainable development: development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland Report, 1987). Sustainable development uses biological resources at a rhythm that does not entail their impoverishment, even their depletion but, on the contrary, that preserves their potential over the course of time. On an even bigger scale, a development is "sustainable" when decisions aim to preserve the maximum choice possible for generations to come.
Sustainable use: the use of components of biological diversity in ways and at rates that support their long-term availability. Emphasis is placed on maintaining biodiversity?Äôs potential to meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.
Thermohaline circulation: large-scale density-driven circulation in the ocean, caused by differences in temperature and salinity. In the North Atlantic the thermohaline circulation consists of warm surface water flowing northward and cold deep water flowing southward, resulting in a net poleward transport of heat.
Traditional knowledge, indigenous knowledge, and local knowledge: generally refer to the matured long-standing traditions and practices of certain regional, indigenous, or local communities. Traditional knowledge also encompasses the wisdom, knowledge, and teachings of these communities. In many cases, traditional knowledge has been orally passed for generations from person to person. Such knowledge typically distinguishes one community from another and becomes their "identity." It can also reflect a community's interests and some communities even depend on their traditional knowledge for survival. Subsequently, communities argue that traditional knowledge warrants respect and sensitivity.
Troposphere: the lowest part of the atmosphere from the surface to about 10 km in altitude in mid-latitudes (ranging from 9 km in high latitudes to 16 km in the tropics on average) where clouds and ?Äúweather?Äù phenomena occur. In the troposphere temperatures generally decrease with height.
Vulnerability: the degree to which a system, subsystem or system component is likely to experience harm due to exposure to a hazard.


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Tag Archives: hideo kojima
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 22:28 GMT
Here's how the Xbox-exclusive Raiden mission ins Metal Gear Solid 5 will work
Early this morning we got some details on and a trailer for the bonus mission that Xbox family editions of Ground Zeroes will include a bonus scenario set in in same location as the main game except you control Raiden in a fight again the body snatchers. Explanations for this inside.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 17:27 GMT
Kojima confirms he will not make Metal Gear Solid games for eternity
Confirming long-held suspicions that Hideo Kojima will not live forever while continuing to make Metal Gear games in perpetuity until humankind becomes extinct, Kojima himself told Xbox Wire that at some point somebody else will be in charge of making new entries in the popular stealth franchise.
Tue, Dec 10, 2013 | 02:28 GMT
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes star Kiefer Sutherland helped raise bar, says Kojima
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroe's Snake is voiced by 24 star Kiefer Sutherland, much to the annoyance of many David Hayter fans. Kojima has explained that the demands of the role needed someone like him, and helped raise the bar in terms of expression and performance.
Tue, Dec 03, 2013 | 11:12 GMT
MGS 5: The Phantom Pain has "enormous volume," says Kojima, will take time to finish
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain has "enormous volume," and as such, will take some time to complete. Creator Hideo Kojima has also explained why the game will take so long, and why he chose to split the title into both Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain segments.
Tue, Nov 19, 2013 | 15:56 GMT
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes website updated with plot synopsis, more
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes publisher Konami has updated the game's site with an official plot synopsis and all of the screens and trailers so far. Check it out here.
Fri, Nov 15, 2013 | 17:05 GMT
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes was almost released on PS3 or PSP
Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes, the prologue to The Phantom Pain, was almost released right after Peace Walker and according to Hideo Kojima, it could have been either PSP or PS3 title.
Thu, Nov 14, 2013 | 08:36 GMT
Metal Gear creator teases 'mind-blowing' PS4 news
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has teased some sort of PlayStation 4-related news to be revealed tomorrow.
Tue, Nov 12, 2013 | 01:12 GMT
MGS 5 likely to have "small inconsistencies", Kojima says
Meta Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain may have some small canonical inconsistencies with the rest of the series, something creator Hideo Kojima sees as somewhat inevitable.
Wed, Nov 06, 2013 | 11:49 GMT
Metal Gear Solid 5: every rumour & fact here
Metal Gear Solid 5 is coming. We're compiling every rumour, fact, screenshot, tweet, trailer and sniff of information about the project from now until launch. We must be mad, but you know you love it.
Thu, Oct 31, 2013 | 13:38 GMT
Kojima aiming for photorealistic visuals in Metal Gear Solid 5
With the FOX Engine, Metal Gear Solid 5 looks great both on current-gen systems as well as the new ones, but "great" isn't the goal — Kojima says they want "photo-realistic graphic quality."
Fri, Oct 25, 2013 | 08:40 BST
Metal Gear Solid 5 may be "open-world" but it has a clear path, says Kojima
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain creator Hideo Kojima has said while the game is "open-world", don't expect Snake to "fish all day or change jobs and pursue a different life."
Fri, Oct 18, 2013 | 15:49 BST
Metal Gear Solid 5 can be played "on whatever you want, whenever you want," says Kojima
Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima has made comments that allude heavily to Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain being a gameplay experience that will extend well beyond consoles. In typical fashion he wasn't terribly specific, but he has in the past hinted at second-screen functionality.
Wed, Oct 02, 2013 | 11:58 BST
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance PC "looking good" says Kojima, posts gameplay image
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is still in development on PC, and it's looking good, according to Hideo Kojima. He's also tweeted out an image of the PC build in action. Check it out here.
Wed, Sep 25, 2013 | 11:46 BST
Kojima: Metal Gear Solid 5 'betrayal' might be a good thing
After a half hour gameplay showing at TGS last week, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain's prologue Ground Zeroes has attracted ire from a section of fans who are worried that certain elements of gameplay, such as the introduction of regenerating health, are too far removed from the series' previous iterations. Hideo Kojima took to Twitter to respond.
Sun, Sep 22, 2013 | 01:39 BST
Kojima totally dodges question about replacing Hayter as Snake
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Metal Gear Solid 5, Ground Zeroes team shooting for 60 fps on next-gen, 30 fps on current-gen
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Kojima has no plans to license the FOX Engine to schools, smaller developers at this time
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Halo 4 designer calls out Kojima's recent 'sexy character' quotes, brands them "disgusting"
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Unfortunately, most Baton Rouge business owners don't have control when it comes to their business finances. Often, this is because no one ever taught them anything about the subject. You do not have any need to worry. This article will give you the advice you need to avoid financial disasters with your business.
When you are out and about, bring an envelope with you. You can store all your business receipts in one place with this envelope. Saving these will provide you with a record of items purchased. It may be helpful to use them when going over your business credit card statement every month, especially if you are charged for something twice.
Don't trust any organization that guarantees success in repairing your business credit. A lot of credit repair organizations will make broad, general statements about what they can do for you to clean up your business credit. This is a total lie, since everyone's credit situation and different, and some are easier to address than others. It's simply not a case of 'one size fits all' when it comes to credit repairs, so there can be no guarantee of success.
Consider having an automatic transfer monthly that will put money in your savings account from your business account. This great technique forces you to save a little money each month. It's extremely helpful if you have an expensive life event that you're saving money for, like a vacation or a wedding.
Patience can save you a lot of money when considering your business finances. It is very common for many business owners to go out and buy the latest electronics immediately. The costs of such gadgets tend to drop both rapidly and significantly, though. It goes without saying that the extra money saved on these purchases can be more wisely applied elsewhere in your business.
Create a yearly plan of your business finances. Having a solid plan is an effective motivational tool, as it helps you to keep a reward in sight, which is more satisfying than pointless spending.
If you have employees, this can become more labor intensive to keep track of your books. Consider investing in Baton Rouge payroll services to help keep your books in order.
Prepare your business finance with the right insurance policy. You never know when you will need a doctor. This is the main reason in which having a good health insurance plan in place is very important to your life. Very quickly, hospital and doctor bills can add up to $20,000 or more. If you have no health coverage, then it will cost you a lot of money out of your own pocket.
Again, and again, everyone has the same concern. Now that you have learned this, you probably won't have to deal with what they have to deal with anymore. Use these tips to better control finances and to live a little more relaxed.


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Warning: This blog entry may contain spoilers about the Mass Effect trilogy. About four weeks ago I was bored, really bored. It was a Saturday night and like the loser that I am I was at home bored. I had recently finished Batman: Arkham Origins and wanted to play something else. I...
MLB 07 Screenshots
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
Developer: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., San Diego
Platform: PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system
Genre: Sports
Players: Console: 1-2 Players (single console)
Peripherals: DUALSHOCK®2 analog controller, memory card (8MB)
(for PlayStation 2), Network Adaptor (Ethernet/modem)
(for PlayStation 2), USB Headset (for PlayStation 2), USB Keyboard, EyeToy™ USB Camera (for PlayStation 2)
Launch Date: February 27, 2007
Cover Athlete: TBA
Target Age: 18-34
Rating: "RP" for Rating Pending
In 2006, MLB 06 The Show™ dominated the MLB-licensed category with more than 60% market share on the PlayStation®2. Moreover, despite publishing exclusively for PlayStation® platforms, sales for the franchise led the category for all baseball games across all gaming platforms. This year,
MLB 07 The Show™ looks to continue its reign as the most valuable player in the category by incorporating an all-new feature set and innovative gameplay enhancements.
Already widely considered the most authentic baseball simulation available, the franchise now introduces the all-new Road to The Show mode, enabling gamers to play both offense and defense from the created player's perspective. Providing an even more realistic experience from the mound, the all-new New Pitch Command System (PCS) delivers unsurpassed strategy to pitch selection, as a pitcher's "pitch comfort" will be predetermined based on a best to worst pitch scenario. It is up the gamer to decide if he/she should try to "work on a pitch" or just go with what is working. Additionally, with the Adaptive Pitching Intelligence (API) feature, catchers will call the game based on the individual strengths and weaknesses of each pitcher as well as analyze tendencies of batters. Gamers will now have the ability to either trust the pitches called by the catcher or shake them off.
As more and more gamers are seeking quality online competition and content, MLB 07 The Show adds to its already robust online feature set and delivers Online League Play, which offers the ability to set up customizable leagues with up to 30 teams, complete with full stat tracking, point benefits and rewards. Additionally, the My Sliders feature allows users to create their perfect game settings and upload them to the MLB 07 The Show server for others to try out.
Due to hit stores this spring as the only officially licensed first party videogame exclusively for the PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system, PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, MLB 07 The Show is set to deliver an unrivaled experience for baseball fans.
• New Road to The Show – Along with Classic Career Mode, MLB 07 The Show introduces an innovative new option. Road to The Show enables gamers to play offense and defense from the created player's perspective for they plays in which they are involved. The game will automatically fast forward to the next user-integrated sequence with some events occasionally triggering situational goals form coaches or managers.
• New Adaptive Pitching Intelligence (API) – Catchers will call the game based on individual strengths and weaknesses of each pitcher and analyze tendencies of batters. Gamers will have the ability to trust the pitches called by the catcher or shake them off. (The catcher's recommendations are based off of thousands of actual MLB® stats.)
• New Pitch Command System (PCS) – Delivering unsurpassed authenticity and strategy to pitch selection, a pitcher's "pitch comfort" will be predetermined based on a best to worst pitch scenario. It's up the gamer to decide if they should try to "work on a pitch" or just go with what's working. The more a player works on a pitch, the better it becomes, and the more a gamer neglects a pitch, the harder it becomes to work the zone.
• New Online League Play – MLB 07 The Show provides today's sports fanatics with the ability to set up leagues with anywhere from 6-30 teams with full stat tracking, point benefits and rewards. Gamers can customize the league including choosing players, teams, length of schedule and much more. (Note: There are no cross platform leagues available.)
• New Umpire Personalities – Providing even more realism to the diamond, MLB 07 The Show features umpires with unique tendencies and animations. Each umpire will have his own definition of the strike zone, and it's up to the gamer to figure out if the umpire is calling the zone high, low, or giving the corners.
• My Sliders (Up/Downloadable) – The My Sliders option gives users the ability to create their perfect game settings offline by adjusting game sliders. Gamers can then save these adjustments to memory and, when online, upload them to the MLB 07 The Show server for other users to try and let the online community be the judge on finding the perfect game for offline users.
• King of the Diamond – A classic playground duel from childhood where a pitcher and batter from opposing teams will square off head-to-head. This innovative mini-game showcases the challenging intensity of the batter versus pitcher duel, while an inning clock increases the pressure in this Over-The-Line style challenge.
• Rivalry Mode – For those with a competitive nature, Rivalry Mode allows baseball fans to set up and maintain multi-game rivalries between multiple gamers or versus the Artificial Intelligence (AI), and keeps track of the stats throughout the rivalry.
• Online Mode – Providing users with a complete package of unprecedented online options, the Online Mode features include head-to-head gameplay in Exhibition and King of the Diamond Modes, downloadable rosters, live sports tickers, message boards, buddy lists, and more.
• Career Mode – The Career Spotlight underscores all of the accomplishments and failures during a career and showcases them in the limelight. Gamers still need to call the shots, but now the ramifications of actions are documented.
• Franchise Mode – Extending the experience of running a team, performance and player morale are tracked on virtually every level – salary, playing time, batting slot, team performance, and much more.
• All-Star Game – Lets gamers take the virtual road trip to San Francisco early to see who prevails for home field advantage in the 2007 Fall Classic.
• Home Run Derby – Lets gamers pick the lineup and set the rules for the traditional homerun contest of Major League All-Stars. Complete with its own animation database for the most realistic aspects of the event.
• Exhibition Mode – Choose any match-up with 33 teams to choose from.
• Season Mode – Grind out the162 game season and deal with day-to-day match-ups, refining the lineup and play for the championship just like the pros.
• Playoffs Mode – For those who don't have the patience for a full 162 game season, or don't necessarily like to play unless a title is on the line, this is mode is for them. Gamers will be able to bypass the full season, then play or simulate the Divisional Series, the Championship Series and take shot at a World Series ring.
• Simulation Mode – Allows gamers to track games on a pitch-by-pitch basis as you watch the game unfold in front of your eyes. If the outcome is looking uncertain, jump into the game and take control of your team and their destiny.
• Multi-Branch Fielding – Branch Point Technology goes to a new level as gamers you can now take full control of fielders and break out of any animation in the process. Change a fielding decision and branch out of any animation after the first branch point. With Branch Point Technology, MLB 07 The Show provides unbelievably smooth, fluid transitions for seamless double plays and relays.
• User Controlled Slides – Fans can control base runners in attempts to advance and/or score.
• 40-Man Roster – Provides the ability to take full control of a team's roster and manage all 40 players for each and every game.
• Game Time Decisions – Bringing more depth to Franchise and Season Modes, MLB 07 The Show provides gamers with the scenarios in which they need to take full control of their team and decide who to place in the line up at critical times.
• Release Point Pitching – Taking video game pitching to a whole new level, gamers must utilize a timing mechanism to learn and realize each pitchers pace and release point, which varies from pitcher to pitcher.
• Pitching Confidence Meter – The ultimate pitcher/batter interface returns. Additionally, Pitcher Confidence plays a role in a gamer's ability to hit release points in the all-new pitch meter, while frequency of mistakes will impact the confidence level of a gamer's hurler, making it more difficult to paint the corners of the strike zone.
• Guess Pitch – Baseball fans can attempt to master the ability to knock one out or hit the grounder to advance the runner by checking the pitch history and correctly guessing which pitch and the location that the pitcher will throw next. If the correct pitch is selected, the power attribute is increased in attempts to leave the yard in a hurry.
• PlayMaker Fielding – The fielding interface brings the player attributes together with the user's skill level. With the Fielding Zone Marker, the fielder's fielding attribute rating will determine the size of the zone that surrounds the ball and its eventual landing location. With highly ranked fielders, the ball marker will be displayed sooner and smaller, making it easier to judge fly balls.
• Unassisted Fielding Control – Gamers can take advantage of more realistic barehanded flips and the ability to dive with the ball in the fielder's bare hand for the putout.
• Double Switches – Helps effectively manage the lineup and put the weakest stick in the nine-slot when taking advantage of double switch opportunities.
• Hot / Cold Streaks – Link together three or more hits in a game and the player will be in the zone with increases in batting attributes for contact and power. Or, if struggling, attributes are decreased.
• Player-Scaled Strike Zones – MLB 07 The Show is the only game with scaled strike zones proportionate to individual hitters.
• Interactive Hot / Cold Zones – Takes hot and cold zones one step further with the ability to alter them. Turn cold zones hot and vice versa with the performance at the plate or from the bump.
• Wind Effects – MLB 07 The Show features a wind display showing wind speed and direction. Depending upon the severity of the wind, the ball will drift according to the speed and direction. Wind effects will force the player to take the proper route to the ball and make adjustments on the fly.
• MLB® Player Motion Captures – MLB 07 The Show features dozens of professional athletes including David Wright, David Ortiz, Eric Chavez, Roger Clemens, Shawn Green, Tony Gwynn, Trevor Hoffman, Tim Hudson, Darryl Hamilton, Troy Percival, Brett Tomko, Mo Vaughn and more.
• Thousands of Personalized Animations – Authenticity: featuring personalized player animations for everything from walk-ups, rituals, stances and swings and even emotions.
• MLB Authenticity, Subtleties & Nuances – MLB 07 The Show features drag bunts, wild pitches, broken bats, check swings, off-line throws and much more.
• Unique Stadium Ambiance – Every MLB® team features their specific stadium with coordinated crowds, team colors and audio that catering to each team and specific players.
• AAA / AA Minor Teams – MLB 07 The Show features 60 teams from the Minors.
• Old-Time Players & Stadiums – Unlock and play with Silver Era and Golden Era players like Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, then play in old-time stadiums like Forbes and Polo Grounds.
• Unrivaled Player Creator / EyeToy™ Functionality – MLB 07 The Show provides infinitely possible options for creating players including everything from gamers putting their face into the game with EyeToy™ functionality, to personal rituals, swings and even emotions.
• 3-Man Booth & Progressive Commentary – Rex Hudler, Matt Vasgersian and Dave Campbell provide the most comprehensive commentary heard in any baseball videogame. MLB 07 The Show sets the bar high with the Progressive Commentary that changes as the user progresses throughout the game by adapting to current actions and situations.
• Online News Service / MLB.com Headline News – Sports fanatics can receive all the current happenings in sports today. Information will be updated a few times each hour with news, trades and events from 31 different feeds, each containing 25 unique items. Users can select general MLB® headlines or updates from all 30 teams. New for 07, MLB 07 The Show offers an enhanced Live MLB Ticker, which shows live status of all MLB games going on around the league – with updates several times a minute. This new view will be complete with who is on base, pitching, batting, on-deck and full inning-by-inning box scores.
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The sixteenth-century Basque whaling complex at Red Bay in southeastern Labrador is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It joins the geological wonders of Gros Morne National Park and the 11th-century Viking village at L'Anse aux Meadows in being awarded this prestigious designation.
RED BAY, Newfoundland and Labrador -- One archeologist called it "the race car of the 16th century."
For Lawrence Hill, a frequent guest at Writers at Woody Point, it's partly about the whales that parade by in Bonne Bay. For Michael Winter, it's about swimming in his birthday suit in the sea or under a waterfall, once at dawn with a musician with whom he had been singing and dancing all night. For Michael Ondaatje, it's a "wild and swirling event" that breaks down the barriers between performers and the audience.
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26 Jul 2013If Labrador is on your bucket list, local company Tour Labrador now offering tours of well known attractions in the Labrador Straits.
'Steer by the inn," says Captain Ane Emberley, at my shoulder as I take a brief turn at the wheel of his tour boat, the Ketanja. I line up the prow with the Fogo Island Inn. It's easy to navigate by; its intersecting white rectangles rear from a jut of granite on the treeless shore.
You've never seen true summer excitement unless you've been to St. John's, NL. Flip-flops are brought out as soon as the Canada Goose jackets are in storage, barbecues are fired up even before the last icy lump of snow has disappeared, and cafés set out their sidewalk tables according to the sunshine, not the official start of the season.
"Listen," my sister said, leaning close to my ear munching a crispy chunk of fried cod at the Anchor Café in Port au Choix, Newfoundland, "that's what fish and chips should sound like." For someone who's worked for 36 years at an iconic West Vancouver fish and chippery, that's a mighty big stamp of approval.
St. John's of Newfoundland
22 May 2013The most impressive aspect of this charming city is its architecture. St. John's has a distinct style from that of the rest of Canada, and its major buildings are remnants of its history as one of the first British colonial capitals. Starting as a fishing outpost for European fishermen, it consisted mostly of the homes of fishermen, sheds, storage shacks, and wharves constructed out of wood.
Welcome to the mindbending Rock, where otherworldly geology is the backdrop for a heady mix of words + music during the Writers at Woody Point.
Happily stranded in Rigolet
8 May 2013It's shortly after 6 p.m. early in September. I'm walking on a 4.4 km (2.6 mi.) boardwalk along the coast in Rigolet, the oldest Inuit community in Labrador. This region is part of Nunatsiavut—"our beautiful land"—and is only accessible by ship or plane (dog sled and skidoos in the winter.)
The surge and surface current slosh me around like laundry in a spin cycle. I'm scuba diving on Gadd's Wall, a precipitous dive site in Bonne Bay, in Western Newfoundland's Gros Morne National Park, that just may be one of the top dives on the Rock.
Travelers seeking unspoiled places and culturally authentic experiences now have a valuable new resource in a comprehensive "Geotourism MapGuide" and website for Canada's Eastern Newfoundland region. The landmark project has taken two years to plan and execute and is a historically significant asset for everyone who visits or lives in the region.
From fabulous food to trendy hotels and jaw-dropping scenery, Travel Editor Jim Byers' offers up great things to do in St. John's, Newfoundland.
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Forget the Rockies. Winter blahs melt away as you hit the gas on a snowmobile and blast along ancient mountain ridges or wander through pristine woodlands in Newfoundland and Labrador.
A vast network of trails sprawls across more than 5,000 kilometres of natural beauty. It spans the former Canadian National Railway route, follows the foothills of the Long Range Mountains to a glacier-cut fjord in Gros Morne National Park, and crisscrosses Labrador's rolling tundra.
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The Labrador Winter Games began in 1983 and has grown to become a sporting event, and a family event that every Labradorian wants a ticket to. Communities come together as one and select their finest athletes to represent them in what is also known as the 'friendship games.'
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