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WEBSTER COUNTY, Ky. (5/1/13) - Webster County School Board officials heard from Dan Douglas of Western Kentucky Junior Achievement (JA) Monday night in a board meeting at the Webster County Area Technology Center.
Douglas was on hand to urge district officials to partner with JA by allowing them to introduce their program into Webster County schools.
"40 percent of employers nationally say that high school graduates aren't prepared for entry level jobs," Douglas said. "JA is designed to help students make the connection between what they are doing now, and what they'll be doing in the workplace."
According to Douglas, JA, founded in August of 1916, is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs. The Western Kentucky region, based in Owensboro, is the fastest growing region in the state.
"Since 2005 we have grown from one county to 16," Douglas said of the region. "We're now in 100 different schools. We've been in Henderson for years, and we're currently talking with Union County. Hopkins County will be joining soon as well."
He explained that JA programs help prepare young people for the real world by showing them how to generate wealth and effectively manage it, how to create jobs which make their communities more robust, and how to apply entrepreneurial thinking to the workplace. Students put these lessons into action and learn the value of contributing to their communities. Many of these skills are those that are required by the Work Ready Program recently launched by the County.
Douglas said that Junior Achievement is the 2nd lowest cost program of this time in the country, only falling behind one run by the city of Chicago. It costs roughly $18 per student, and there is no money required by the school.
"JA is typically funded by the business community," Douglas said. "All programs are taught by local business volunteers that we train."
"I've had this program in other school districts," Superintendant Dr. James Kemp told the board. "The students who participate have an understanding of how this will help them in the future."
The board made no decision, but agreed that the matter needed to be looked into.
The first item of old business was the future of Board Attorney Amealia Zachary. Board policy says that the board will hire an attorney for a period of one year, and then have the ability to resign them for two additional one year terms if they choose. Zachary is up for her final renewal.
At the last board meeting it was discovered that there had been no contract between the district and its attorney since Zachary was originally hired almost a decade ago. At that time board members instructed Dr. Kemp to either find a copy of the old agreement or produce a new document before they proceeded.
"I know we tabled this at last month's meeting," said Chairman Jeff Pettit after reviewing the new contract, based on one used by Crittenden County. "Personally I would like the board to take a look at this contract and make sure we're comfortable with the language. I want both the board and the attorney to be clear on what we expect of each other."
The board plans to address the matter at its next meeting scheduled for May 6, 2013 in the board office.
Next the board approved a scheduled payment of $350,640 to TRANE and Dr. Kemp reported that he had made no progress on getting an estimate for moving playground equipment from the former Slaughters Elementary to Sebree Elementary. Some of the equipment would have to be repaired to code before this could be done.
The board then approved SBDM allocations for the 2013-2014 school year. At a meeting earlier this year the board approved changes to the formula used to determine allocations. Under the old formula, when dividing the number of expected students by the cap size, the resulting number would be rounded up.
For example, Clay fourth grade has a cap size of 28, but expect 32 students next year. The equation would work out to 1.14. With the old formula this would necessitate hiring an additional teacher, but under the new formula the board rounds to the nearest whole number. One in this case.
The reason for the change is that despite limited changes to enrollment, the old formula would have necessitated hiring an additional 8 teachers at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars.
The new formula actually cut the number of teachers district wide by 7. To alleviate any hardship to the schools the board will grant an additional teacher for each position, keeping the number exactly the same for next school year.
With a 5-0 vote the board accepted bids to improve the cafeteria at Sebree Elementary. New equipment will be purchased from C & T Design of Evansville for a cost of $37,290, and the physical improvements will be carried out by Glen Stone Construction of Henderson for $14,000.
In other business, the Green River District Health Department has notified the board that they are increasing the cost of the three school health clinics it maintains at Sebree Elementary, Clay Elementary and WCHS/Dixon Elementary.
Currently the district pays $65,000 to maintain the three clinics. The increase would raise the cost to $105,000 per year. The health district offered a second option of having one nurse cover the district's four effected schools for $45,000 a year.
"It's a bitter pill to swallow," said Dr. Kemp. "If we go with a single nurse they will be running back and forth from one end of the district to the other. I would recommend paying the additional $40,000."
"With me being in the health field, I think we need to keep our quality of medical care as good as possible," said board member David Higgins. "I don't think stretching one person that far is a good idea."
"I see no end in sight," said Jeff Pettit. "We went through this last year. Now we're doing it again."
"If they're having trouble collecting their billing, why would it be any different next year?" board member Leland Steely asked. "It could cost us an additional $30 or 40,000 next year."
Board member Mickey Dunbar suggested they table the discussion and schedule a work session to discuss it further, stressing that he wanted to take a look at the big picture. The board agreed.
The school board's next meeting is scheduled for Monday May 6, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. in the board office.
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Q&A on the New High School National Invitational |
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The three tournaments – Boys Single-School, Boys High School Club, Girls High School Club – were switched to an invitational format, whereby teams applied to be considered, and then received invitations. The invitations went out March 1, and all of those teams are expected to provide a $1,500 deposit, which they receive back when they arrive at the championship event. Certainly some leagues and teams around the country don't like the new format. Critics say it's not a true championship. Others are unhappy about being excluded, or wonder why other teams didn't make the cut. RUGBYMag.com is right in the middle of this. RUGBYMag.com Editor-in-Chief Alex Goff was asked to sit on the NHSC Invitational Committee, and did indeed serve, helping other committee members when needed, providing research, and working closely in developing the invitation list for the Boys High School Club division. After the invitations went out, we sat down with USA Rugby's head of Youth and High School, Kurt Weaver, to discuss the new format. RUGBYMag: How did you feel about the work the committee did and the process? RUGBYMag: Our own experience was that, for the most part, it was an apolitical group. RUGBYMag: That doesn't mean there wasn't disagreement, right? RUGBYMag: Some might say you didn't get the best teams – they might see that Highland isn't in the High School Club Boys division, or Jesuit isn't in the High School single-school division for boys, or Summit isn't there on the girls side. RUGBYMag.com: In fact, Jesuit is not allowed to apply because of an off-field incident with the team which forced the school to step in, and Summit plays only in the fall. RUGBYMag.com: Some very good teams didn't get invited, for example Belmont Shore on the boys side and Mother Lode on the girls side. RUGBYMag.com: Speaking from the experience of organizing a trip to the national championships when you have only two weeks to plan, it can get expensive quickly, and favorable hotel rooms, van rentals, everything, can be snapped up. Being able to plan far in advance makes the entire process easier. RUGBYMag.com: How will the deposit of $1,500 be handled? RUGBYMag.com: Some would say an invitational is not a true national championship. RUGBYMag.com: There's been talk in the Committee about adding a 2nd Tier in 2013, so making the decisions on those top eight would be easier. Do you foresee any other changes? |

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Double Down, But Only On The Right Hand
Last weekend, we watched Casino Royale on the beach in Slovenia, just up the Adriatic coast from Montenegro, where the story takes place. I love the scenes at the poker table, particularly the one where Bond goes all in and loses all his money.
And that scene was in my mind when I was reading my friend Jason Calacanis' wonderful post, Yahoo committed seppuku today. Jason can be an amazing writer and this is one of the best things he's written in a while. I particularly loved this part:
Jason is a great poker player and he is right that you need to double down on your best bets. But I think he's wrong about Yahoo! and search.
You need to double down on the right hands and the way Yahoo! was playing the search hand wasn't going to end in a win for them. I believe that Google has won the "web search version 1.0" game and the only thing that is left is second place. Yahoo! and Microsoft essentially agreed to share second place instead of fighting each other for the spoils.
We lost a search engine last week but we also gained one. And that's a promising sign. There are new veins to mine in search and that's where you want to make your bets these days. You don't want to compete with Google head on. You want to find a new angle of attack.
Jason goes on to talk about the videogame market. He says:
But Nintendo announced a terrible quarter this week. Sales of the Wii dropped to 2.2mm from 5.2mm in the second quarter last year.
The vector of competition in the videogame market has moved from consoles to mobile and social nets. Bing Gordon spent 26 years at Electronic Arts and joined Kleiner Perkins as a General Partner in 2008. Bing knows a thing or two about videogames. His first two investments at KP were Zynga, the leader in social gaming, and ngmoco, the leader in iPhone games. Those are going to be two great investments. Bing picked new vectors of competition and bet on them. That's how you double down on videogames.
So I agree with Jason. Throwing in the towel is not how great companies are built. But competing with an entrenched market leader without a differentiated strategy is also not a winning hand.
Of course, Jason knows that and his Mahalo Answers is yet another vector in the search game, a vector that Yahoo! has a winning hand in. And so that's where Jason's poker game is being played. It's going to be fun to watch it.
Disclosure: The Gotham Gal and I have a small personal investment in Mahalo and the Gotham Gal and Jason were partners in Silicon Alley Reporter back in the 90s.


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Wells Fargo, the premier corporate sponsor of the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL) named Emily Rikkola of Cloquet High School to the Class A Girls Soccer All-Tournament Team.
The award recognizes student athletes who demonstrate exceptional sportsmanship, team commitment, athletic ability and leadership during the state high school tournaments. Athletes are selected to the Wells Fargo All-Tournament Team by a panel of coaches attending the tournament. Sixteen awards are presented in Girls Class A Soccer.
Rikkola is a senior at CHS and the daughter of Cathy and Ray Rikkola. She played midfielder on this year's team.


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Updated: 10/11/2013 - I'm SO CLOSE to being able to do a pull-up. So my trainer introduced something new into my training.
Saturday was a busy day at the Pueblo Reservoir. Boaters were out enjoying the sunshine, and the water. But the water level is still below normal.
But, despite the lower water level, one state park ranger says it will still be a good boating season. And he adds, the park is actually encouraged by the current water level since it is up from last summer.
Though there are some hazards, like trees, above the water, many of the ones that caused problems last year are covered again.
Right now, all the boat ramp at the lake are open, and are expected to remain open all summer.
Officials say because the ramps at Pueblo lake are some of the longest in the state, the water level doesn't affect boating there as much as at other places. They allow boaters to enter the water at almost any level.
Park officials say, even the low water levels last year didn't really affect the turnout of boaters at the lake. The park still saw its normal number of visitors, which is more than a million. They say they expect as many, if not more, this year.
Updated: 10/11/2013 - I'm SO CLOSE to being able to do a pull-up. So my trainer introduced something new into my training.
Posted: 08/06/2013 - Even if you don't plan to workout on your vacation, you may be surprised at the calories you're burning without even trying!
Updated: 06/18/2013 - We did a quick helicopter tour of the Black Forest burn area. Someone asked why the video looks shaky.
Updated: 05/20/2013 - Two weekends left to catch one great show!
Updated: 05/14/2013 - I'm still focused on meeting my goal of doing a pull-up. And I'm almost there! But I'm always getting this question:


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The 2012 Willits Independence Day Parade had something in it for everyone, from babies and grandmothers to veterans, sweethearts and cowpokes. After the renewed running of the Willits Street Mile, The Black Bart Gunfighters kept the crowd entertained while waiting for the parade to start.
The parade kicked off with a flyover by a helicopter towing an American flag and the National Anthem, sung by Joey Kroh.
Following recent tradition the lead car was the Shifters Car Club's 1954 Ford Willits police car driven by Willits Police Chief Gerry Gonzalez.
In a serious display of firefighting horsepower, local fire departments followed with engines and equipment. Little Lake Fire Department led off with a procession of its operational engines including a ladder truck and water tender along with antique fire trucks packed with volunteer firefighters and their families. Brooktrails Fire Department engines followed, with CalFire crews bringing up the rear.
The Willits American Legion Post 174 honor guard marched next, carrying Old Glory. A trailer followed carrying a group of American veterans, the oldest having served in World War II. Youngsters representing the Willits-area Boy and Girls Scouts marched between the veterans and authentic camouflaged military vehicles, complete with machine guns.
This year's parade Grand Marshal was the Willits Chamber of Commerce. Current Chamber President Ron
The 2012 Heritage Award winner Bud Garman sat in the back of a bright red Toyota Cruiser.
The rest of the official Frontier Days honorees followed with Top Hands Fred Barry and Art Cooley along with the current Frontier Days board.
Former WFD President Jack Tharp (who just celebrated his 80th birthday) was honored by his great granddaughter riding with the honorees, young Sierra Mayfield Unangst.
The 2012 Sweetheart Rachel Belvin rode next, wearing her tiara, sash and spurs. 2012 runner-up Ashley Persico, followed riding a paint and waving to the crowd.
The past sweethearts riding on horseback and on the hay truck
Seven-year-old Danielle Barry, riding in her fifth WFD parade, this year appeared as a little gypsy, dressed all in purples and pinks.
Four generations of Persicos rode together in a color guard mounted group. Dink Persico was the first WFD Heritage Award winner.
The Persicos were followed by some of Willits' youngest residents, riding in strollers with the Willits Play Group.
The 1000 Grandmothers for Peace, including the Emandal Chorale, came next, with some riding in the trailer followed by an entourage of walkers. The group sang the song, A Thousand Grandmothers by Holly Near, as they marched along.
Third District Supervisor John Pinches along with several members of the Mendocino County government and their families came later riding in a pickup.
A group of riders, including Rodeo Queen Rebecca Pierachini, were sandwiched behind a cattle truck advertising the August 11 WFD Ranch Rodeo and the Good Neighbor Bear.
The Willits Rotary Club sponsored the next flag covered float with all this year's Rotary Club scholarship winners aboard and music by the Bassics.
A pair of muscle cars led by a 1968 Camero, revved engines as they proceeded at a sedate pace down South Main Street in front of Julya Morganti and Thea Grusky-Foley riding Lily and Brady.
Stefanie Standley and Briana Lawrence and their horses were dressed in camouflage as a show of support for America's troops.
The Amazing Grace float showed a small single room church.
The first Roots of Motive Power float was a 1918 Ross lumber carrier hauling three pieces of redwood timbers.
One of the musical offerings was a Sparetime flatbed truck used by the Willits Brass, including Mendocino County Sheriff Tom Allman on the tuba, Dan and Jim Church and Jim Dooley.
Another batch of youngsters bedecked in red, white and blue took part in their first parade representing the Early Head Start parents. Some youngsters were carried by dads, others were pushed along in strollers and one even pushed himself along on a scooter down the parade route.
Shanna Gayski rode the Mendocino County Breast Cancer Awareness Horse.
With outriders Mara Morratti and Tia Ford riding mules in front, Gary Ford Ranch kids rode in buckboard pulled by a pair of mules.
The Willits Horseman's Association brought a troupe of riders. This year the Horseman's Association marked its first year in its new home on Hearst Willits Road.
The Frank R. Howard Memorial Hospital parade entry honored Emergency Room Dr. Charles Hott.
The Mendocino County Museum featured a Model T truck, celebrating 40 years of making history.
The Roots of Motive Power 1924 wood-fired steam roller helped clean up after the horses preceding it.
The Vaqueros Mexicanos led off with a band riding in a pickup followed by two large puppets dancing in front of the vaqueros riding their dancing horses.
The Willits Pathfinders float was followed closely by the Mendocino County Search and Rescue Team. Some of the SAR volunteers were on horseback and others rode on all terrain vehicles.
A group of vintage cars from the Willits Shifters provided a change of "horse"power to the parade.
The Imagination pre-school families rode on a colorful "train" float.
The R-Horse Ranch family group rode their highly trained quarterhorses in the parade.
The last Roots of Motive Power entry was a 1926 Mack 5-ton dump truck, with volunteers riding in the cab and truck bed.
Young Charros Originales de Pacifico were led by young ladies dressed in brightly colored traditional dress. The ladies and the vaqueros on their horses danced to the rhythms of a traditional Mexican band.
Willits Shakespeare Company took the Yesterday, Today and Forever theme of the parade to heart, with youngsters dressing up as futuristic robots.
Scott's Tanks showed off its large tanks decorated for the 4th of July as it preceded the Willits City Council riding in a pickup.
The last group in the parade was amongst the youngest, featuring Willits ballet students as young as 2 years old performing in their tutus as they walked along.


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Engineers troubleshoot Curiosity computer glitch
Space radiation may be to blame for corrupted memory used by the Curiosity Mars rover's flight computer, resulting in software glitches that interrupted the flow of science data Wednesday and prompting ground controllers to switch over to a back-up computer Thursday, NASA officials said.
Engineers are reviewing telemetry and diagnostic tests using ground systems to figure out what went wrong and how to restore the original computer system to normal operation.
"We were in a state where the software was partially working and partially not, and we wanted to switch from that state to a pristine version of … Read more


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Burrito Lasagna Recipe
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 2 cans (10 ounces each) enchilada sauce
- 1 envelope taco seasoning
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 package (8.8 ounces) ready-to-serve Spanish rice
- 12 flour tortillas (8 inches), warmed
- 1 can (15 ounces) refried beans
- 4 cups (16 ounces) shredded Mexican cheese blend
- Optional toppings: salsa, sliced avocado, shredded lettuce, taco sauce and/or sour cream
- In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in enchilada sauce, taco seasoning and cumin; heat through.
- Heat rice according to package directions. Spread each tortilla with about 2 tablespoonfuls beans. Spread 1 cup meat mixture into a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Layer with 4 tortillas and a third of the rice, a third of the remaining meat mixture and a third of the cheese. Repeat layers. Top with the remaining tortillas, rice and meat mixture (dish will be full).
- Cover and bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Sprinkle with remaining cheese. Uncover; bake 10-15 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving. Serve with toppings of your choice. Yield: 12 servings.
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This has quickly become a family favorite. I am on a low sodium diet and my husband I'd on a fat restricted diet. It is easy to modify this accordingly with low fat tortillas, rice, enchilada sauce, and fat free cheddar cheese. Even with the adaptations, even those without dietary restraints find it tasty and delicious with its wonderful southwest flavor....Yummy!!
This is delicious. My family loves it.
Sounds good and has great reviews....but it sounds incredibly high is sodium. I think I will adjust recipe to reduce prepared seasoning to cut down on sodium numbers. I am going to try adding onions, garlic, extra cumin, chili powder, etc. to keep recipe tasting great. Looking forward to trying new recipe.
I made this using 2 packages of Mexican rice with corn and peppers and cooked onions with my ground beef. My family really loved it and, best of all, there was enough to freeze for later.
This was good, but not great. It depends on the enchilada brand you use. I have been trying to find a good one. Have used La Victoria and Las Palmos, but neither are REALLY great sauces. Will make again.
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Darn (the other word I can't us), is there no limit to the self-serving hypocritical of you lefties when it comes to social issues? At the present tine you don't have you way with firearms, so now you want a re-write of the Constitution! Incredible and very telling about the way you guys think and operate ... I would also add dangerous as well.
What is more practically evident and dangerous is the growing number of gun deaths (32,000 per year and rising) that correlate with the ever increasing amount of guns and firepower in our homes and on our streets.
The Second Amendment isn't working out the way it was intended. The Founding Fathers would have been shocked at the violence and the fear instilled in our communities at the hands of unsavory or unstable gun-owners. The United States has to be compared with countries in states of civil unrest or war to generate an equivalent social comparison. Among other industrialized nations, we are in a league of our own when it comes to blood on our hands and on our trigger fingers.
What is dangerous, and what I find somewhat delusional, is the notion that any individual would consider himself a militia of one for the purpose of defending themselves from their own government. If the federal government proved to be so loathsome as to necessitate the taking up of arms in resistance to its tyranny, there would have to be COLLECTIVE AND ORGANIZED resistance for such measures to have any effect. This can only be accomplished through a "well-regulated militia" as the Original Framers specified in the Constitution that you claim to venerate. There is nothing well-regulated about guns in this country given the present influence of the NRA and our pusillanimous politicians.
I would dare you and others to consider my previous post and decide what portions of it you find dangerous or subversive.
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Illyrian movement
The Illyrian movement (Serbo-Croatian: 'Ilirski pokret', Slovene: Ilirsko gibanje) was a pan-South-Slavist cultural and political campaign with roots in the early modern period, and revived by a group of young Croatian intellectuals during the first half of the 19th century, around the years of 1835–1849 (there is some disagreement regarding the official dates).[1] This movement aimed to create a Croatian national establishment in Austria-Hungary through linguistic and ethnic unity among South Slavs.
Aspects of the movement pertaining to the development of Croatian culture are considered in Croatian historiography to be part of the Croatian National Revival (Hrvatski narodni preporod).
Early modern period[edit]
Illyrism first arises in the 15th century in Dalmatian communes, before reaching its first apogee in the context of the Counter-Reformation. This "Counter-Reformation Illyrism" or "Early Modern Illyrism" was the first revival of the notion of a realm or nation of Illyria since the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. This idea, harking back to the Byzantine Praetorian prefecture of Illyricum, was a crucial factor in the re-emergence of a national identity in the Balkans. Illyrism constructed a Christian identity, in opposition to the Muslim Ottoman Empire.
An expression of this were the armorials compiled in the late 16th and the 17th century, which collected historical coats or arms predating the Ottoman conquest. The Fojnica Armorial goes as far as constructing a fictional "coat of arms of Illyria" and attributing it to the 14th century. The fiction of an "Illyrian Empire" begins with the so-called "Illyrian Emperors" who once ruled the Roman or Byzantine Empire and who originated on "Illyrian soil". The number of such emperors given in period sources fluctuates between 25 and 59.[2]
Two early representatives of humanist Illyrianism were Georgius Sisgoreus (1444–1509) and Vincentius Priboevius (late 15th century – after 1532), who took as their model humanist Italian historiography.
Blazevic (2010) distinguishes four types of Counter-Reformation Illyrism in the later 16th century:
- Interconfessional Illyrism, represented by the Ohmućević Armorial (1595), which postulates an "Illyrian Empire", commissioned by Petar Ohmućević, a Spanish admiral of Ragusan origin. Another example is The Kingdom of the Slavs by Mavro Orbini (before 1611).
- Franciscan Illyrism is represented by the foreword to "The Flower of the Saints" by Franjo Glavinić (d. 1652), and by the Latin poem "A short account of the glorious nation of the whole Illyrian tongue" (Breve compendium nationis gloriosae totius linguae Illyricae) by Martin Rusić (d. 1660).
- Curial-Habsburg Illyrism is represented by Ivan Tomko Mrnavić (d. 1637), who wrote about "Illyrian saints" and "Illyrian Emperors".
- Dalmatian Illyrism arose in the 1660s in the "Illyrian Congregation of Saint Jerome" in Rome, due to Jeronim Paštrić (1615-1708).
19th century[edit]
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The Illyrian name was revived officially during the Napoleonic Wars, when the French gave the name Illyrian Provinces to the Adriatic possessions acquired from the Austrian Empire in 1809. After 1813, when the territories were again included into the Austrian Empire, the Austrians kept the denomination and formed the Kingdom of Illyria, which comprised mostly the Slovene Lands.
In 19th-century Europe, liberalism and nationalism were ideologies which came to the forefront of political culture. In Central Europe, where the Habsburg Empire had long asserted control over a variety of ethnic and cultural groups, nationalism appeared in a standard format. The beginning of the 19th century "was the period when the smaller, mostly Slavic nationalities of the empire - Czechs, Slovaks, Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, Ukrainians - remembered their historical traditions, revived their native languages as literary languages, reappropriated their traditions and folklore, in short reasserted their existence as nations."[3] This revival of national heritage encompasses the Illyrian Movement in Croatia.
In 1813, the bishop of Zagreb Maksimilijan Vrhovac issued a plea for the collection of "national treasures" (Poziv na sve duhovne pastire svoje biskupije), thereby heralding the national revival movement.
Just as Croatia felt nationalistic stirrings at this time, so did its larger neighbors, Hungary and Austria. Croats were uneasy with rising Hungarian nationalism, which pursued reduction of the Croatian autonomy and increased Magyarization. In order to preserve their autonomy, Croats pursued a deepening of their culture and a revival of their heritage.
In the beginning of the 1830s, a group of young Croatian writers gathered in Zagreb and established a movement for national renewal and unity of all South Slavs within the Habsburg Monarchy. The city of Zagreb had become an important center of political, economic, and cultural activity, so it was the center of the movement. Count Janko Drašković published his Dissertation in 1832, a pamphlet that later came to be considered the political, economic, social and cultural program of the movement, as it promoted the native language as official, more autonomy from central government, and better education and enlightenment for the common people.
The most important focus of the new Illyrians was the establishment of a standard language as a counter-weight to Hungarian, and the promotion of Croatian written literature and official culture. Ljudevit Gaj was instrumental in providing the foundation for the flourishing of the Croatian literature. Gaj was in fact the leader of the movement as a whole in the beginning for eight or nine years, at which point the leadership changed hands.[4] Gaj was largely responsible for writing the Croatian orthography and grammar (Kratka osnova horvatsko-slavenskog pravopisanja – Brief basics of the Croatian-Slavonic orthography), which was necessary before a literary movement would be successful.
The most influential writers within the movement were Ivan Mažuranić and Petar Preradović.[5] Mažuranić contributed his epic Smrt Smail-age Čengića during this time, and Preradović published love lyrics.
Other notable literary contributions were made by Antun Mihanović (notably Horvatska Domovina which later became Our Beautiful Homeland), Stanko Vraz (satiric lyrics), Ljudevit Vukotinović (romantic lyrics), Dimitrija Demeter (prose, notably Grobničko polje, and drama), Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski (prose), Antun Nemčić (prose and itineraries). There was also the first notable itinerary Pogled u Bosnu by Matija Mažuranić.
After the government allowed the publishing of newspapers in Croatian in 1834, the new Illyrians issued the first Croatian newspaper, "Novine hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinske", in 1835, establishing Croatian journalism. The paper was edited by Ljudevit Gaj and it also had a literary magazine "Danica" attached, both of which printed in Gaj's "National print" (Narodna tiskara). Each issue of Danica began with the motto "A nationality without nationalism/Is like a body without bones."[6] These literary successes "ultimately won intellectual, linguistic, and educational...independence for Croatia."[7]
In 1836, the papers were renamed to use the Illyrian name (Ilirske novine, Danica ilirska). In 1838, Janko Drašković helped found a reading room in Zagreb which served as a meeting place for the first "Illyrians".
In another cultural success, in 1846 the composer Vatroslav Lisinski wrote the first opera in Croatian, "Ljubav i zloba" (Love and malice).
The Illyrian movement, while concentrating on Croatian lands, was quite nationally inclusive, as it included many non-Croats. For example, Petar Preradović was an ethnic Serb, as was Josif Runjanin, Stanko Vraz was an ethnic Slovene, and Dimitrija Demetar was either ethnic Greek or Aromanian.[8] [9]
In 1840, the Illyrian movement suffered an internal setback when Stanko Vraz, Joakim Rakovac and Ljudevit Vukotinović split off from the movement due to creative differences in poetry. In 1842 they started publishing their own literary newspaper named Kolo.
More importantly, the movement was not well received by Hungarians and pro-Hungarian nobility. In 1843, the use of the Illyrian name was banned.
Political disputes in the Croatian Sabor were so fierce they caused unrest on Zagreb streets. On July 29, 1845, violent clashes erupted at St. Marko's square, the casualties of which were to become known as the "July victims". Notwithstanding these events, Hungarian officials were unable to crush the movement.
Speaking in front of the Sabor on 23 October 1847, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski advocated Croatian as the official language instead of Latin and the deputies subsequently voted unanimously in favor of said proposition.
The movement practically ceased to exist due to the Revolutions of 1848. In 1849, the Emperor Francis Joseph imposed a new constitution, all political dissent was censored, and the Danica went out of print.
The movement's plea for unity among the Slavs, particularly South Slavs, also found supporters among prominent Serbs of the time, most notably Vuk Stefanović Karadžić, the reformer of Serbian language. Ljudevit Gaj had, in fact, appealed to Serbia (along with Dalmatia and Russia) for moral and financial support given their ethnic and cultural connections.[5]
In 1850, a small group of Illyrian and Serbian representatives signed the "Vienna agreement" which in effect proclaimed the southern Shtokavian dialect to be the standard, common language of Serbs and Croats, with Serbian Cyrillic and Croatian Latin alphabet as equal letters. The agreement was the basis of standardizing the Serbo-Croatian language.
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The Illyrian movement was the first and most prominent Pan-Slavic movement in Croatian history.
The Illyrian movement was successful in its goals for culture. "Where there was no precedent for nineteenth-century concepts like Czechoslovak or Illyrian nationhood these projects failed. Nationalism took hold insofar as it built on existing realities, historical, linguistic or social."[10] The period of the Illyrian movement is today referred to as the "Croatian national revival".
The movement formed the basis for a common Serbo-Croatian language, and it fostered support in Croatia for the later creation of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1918. However, in its ultimate goals of creating an Illyrian state, the movement failed. This failure of the idea to achieve Serbian-Croatian unity was apparent with the occurrence of the bloody Yugoslav wars. Furthermore, increasing Croatian nationalism back-fired on pan-Slavic ideals because a Croatian identity evolved and superseded the "Illyrian" hopes.
- ^ Despalatovic, Elinor Murray. Ljudevit Gaj and the Illyrian Movement. New York: East European Quarterly, 1975.
- ^ Blazevic (2010), p. 213.
- ^ Sperber, Jonathan. The European Revolutions, 1848-1851. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. page 99.
- ^ Despalatovic, Elinor Murray. Ljudevit Gaj and the Illyrian Movement. New York: East European Quarlerly, 1975
- ^ a b Eterovich, Francis H. and Christopher Spalatin, ed. Croatia: Land, People, Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1964.
- ^ Despalatović, Elinor Murray. Ljudevit Gaj and the Illyrian Movement. East European Quarterly, 1975.
- ^ Eterovich, Francis H. and Christopher Spalatin, ed. Croatia: Land, People, Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1964. page 245.
- ^ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Dimitrija+Demeter++greek+aromanian&btnG=Google+Search
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?um=1&q=Dimitrija+Demeter+greek&btnG=Search+Books
- ^ Ingrao, Charles W. The Habsburg Monarchy 1618–1815. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. page 110.
- Tanner, Marcus (1997). "Illyrianism and the Croatian Quest for Statehood". Daedalus (MIT Press) 126 (3): 47–62. ISSN 00115266
- Zrinka Blazevic, 'Indetermi-nation: Narrative identity and symbolic politics in early modern Illyrism', chapter 6 of: Whose Love of Which Country?: Composite States, National Histories and Patriotic Discourses in Early Modern East Central Europe, Balázs Trencsényi and Márton Zászkaliczky (eds.), BRILL, 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-18262-2.
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- Scrinia Slavonica Vol.6 No.1/2006 Role of Slavonian Franciscans in the national movement of the Danubian Croats during the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century


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Memorial Day: For the pop-culture fanatic, it means more than just parades and barbecues. Memorial Day is the unofficial start of the big summer movie season (though it creeps up earlier and earlier each year, hence The Avengers' early-May release and even John Carter's March debut). As the blockbusters start to roll out, movie studios want to make sure that their big, splashy trailers for upcoming flicks go out with them.
Most notable to our area: The trailer for Hyde Park on Hudson, which takes place in the Hudson Valley and stars Valley resident Bill Murray. I saw this one in front of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom (also starring Murray), which broke limited-release box office records. Anyway, check out Murray's FDR accent below:
(My favorite part of the whole thing? "They just left Beacon!") The trailer had Moviefone.com wondering if an Oscar is in the cards for Murray, but I'm not sure if his performance seems showy enough. Still, he hasn't been nominated since 2004's Lost in Translation — his only nomination so far, and he lost to Sean Penn in Mystic River — so he might be due. What do you think?
Our next big trailer doesn't take place in our area, but rather, a New York suburb to the southeast. If you feel like taking a trip to Jazz Age Long Island, check out Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of The Great Gatsby (which I saw paired with, of all things, Men in Black III).
It's often said that it's impossible to make a good movie adaptation of The Great Gatsby, but I think this one might be over-the-top enough to come close. (I mean, is that a zebra in the pool?) I regret not springing for the 3D screening of Men in Black so I could see the confetti spray out at me in the audience. What do you think — too much?
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-- still deciding what to get your mom or -- your wife for Mother's Day yes.
Our resident tech -- Clayton has some great gadget ideas -- -- you're gonna -- these first -- I think I -- targeted right for you out you know you need to get an iPhone -- Michael -- has come out with these really really gorgeous.
IPhone case clutches of all these women are talking about -- have to get did you were just saying this might be gift on your plans for your wife I love it so -- -- read it different colors you open it up and inside.
It specifically designed to hold an iPhone right in the center visit slide an -- get your hands off balance.
Plug your iPhone right aside hold your credit cards all that other stuff and also protects your fall.
They also make a beautiful iPhone case that looks exactly like that really nice to know that I tend to pocket things you do because I -- how you operate.
And I also for your iPad I was talking about that study that came -- that didn't 91% of moms would want an iPad over flowers well they also want a stylish case this is something we wanted to get my mom's for Christmas this year because she got the iPad which he didn't have a good case for it.
If patent leather cases for your iPad and also let's use that the camera hole here.
-- pulls up nicely so you can turn it into a bit of the -- who can't really do want to -- and I'm glad it's not -- kids should note these -- from -- by the within a whole -- you see the -- when your -- and a bunch of different -- okay so this very cool concept for the -- yeah Belkin came up with something because a lot of people are using ipads in their -- to cook -- using recipe books and so maybe you've -- -- -- iPad here's her book -- her staff.
As with many recipes -- -- her iBook right itself.
Belkin came up with the stand here where they actually have a stylus.
And you can actually -- -- your screen all dirty when your cooking a different recipes you can check off the ingredients that you've -- just by using the stylus you've got -- is all of your hand sugar flower you wanna get it all over your iPad.
What's this great -- -- if you wanna watch videos while you're cooking about forty bucks and it's very stable now there's a big a group of the scrap Booker is today this is a huge portion.
-- so we have all the scrapbooking moms out there who don't want to just take and cut out old photos that they happens you don't wanna ruin them Petraeus is I've met this beautiful family here.
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And boom seems it is a G paid you're able to them printed right out and put it your scrapbook just by just scan in all these photos that only -- that they had their model in general he's here this is Alison excuse.
I'm not -- -- -- to any proposal put us from playing on a great idea now what -- you web site guys we have some video website called canvas pop now you -- all those photos you take on your iPhone -- your Smartphone.
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-- in print some of them out you can use your instant Graham photos just about anything you can thing of all your FaceBook photos.
And get them printed out to look like this underneath this black.
Tar appeared mysteriously in the studio -- -- -- -- this was an iPhone photo that we took all my -- color photo of my wife and my son on Easter Sunday.
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That was I -- excellent ideas like all Americans new moms out there you have a new mom in the house -- mind about to have an open mind my wife is about to give birth of course -- -- and getting.
Now and one of our producers the hottest voicing the biggest frustration you have with the strollers are holding -- up it's pouring down rain all -- is nuts for moms for moms came up with the strollers the origami stroller from the company for moms and they said you know we're gonna do it -- -- -- -- -- right.
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To normalcy and moms know this will save -- -- -- handle it better get frustrated intend to bring it up there are very few gadgets that make my jaw dropped watch -- -- -- the turn it on.
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And it all full back up again it's fully lit you can charge your cell phone of course a caveat any cheap.
Well no it is 800 dollars but it's actually cheaper than some of the other -- and -- that the bugaboo stroller and some of those other ones and this -- hit with one flick of a button.
And it folds right back up again all my gosh you know what.
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Well it -- it really knew the anymore that the racy -- fifty shades of gray as a runaway best seller twenty million copies at least but this is new.
We're getting reports that some timeless classics like pride and prejudice and JD here are now going to get a fifty -- style make our.
-- Trace Gallagher what are they doing to -- -- the so called mommy porn -- really has become this big industry thanks to fifty shades -- grace and out adult fiction publisher.
Is taking some of the classics as you said pride and prejudice Jane air.
And given them kind of an erotic -- make over right Dracula 101000 leagues under the Siena -- make that sexy but they're gonna try.
Here's the classic cover by the -- next to the Jews -- cover on the right the publisher says they are not re writing the classes just kind of adding some missing scenes I mean who know that Sherlock Holmes had a thing -- doctor Watson.
Apparently he wasn't kidding when he said it's elementary Watson these online methods -- that's got.
Here's the deal.
You do says they're thinking they can get a lot more of the new age bands for example in weathering -- Katherine earned -- -- clip are now into.
Bondage and and here's a new passage from.
At once I saw he meant to kiss me once again.
His lips would be relentless and ruthless and the taste of him this smoking it's of his cigar combined I'm not I'm not civilized Allah.
Would god do me helpless.
Yes it might be offensive to some.
Of the original.
Fans of the book but they're doing it anyway.
I don't get -- rebirth for you get sober they're gonna go gay was Sherlock Holmes and mr.
Doesn't wanna say that but yes the other and -- it's yet.
There is no evidence of that -- -- I listen here's what -- now it does this mean I get to have Colin Firth.
Who is of course the real mr.
Darcy from eighty to be beside version and I didn't like it to see him and in some sort of compromising position like is -- easy getting operated just.
And it's a disease go to -- you absolutely will see that because it's going to be that I didn't read the top your parts because I can't on television but it gets much worse.
That's not my -- -- actually Barnett you know it's one of those things like fifty -- -- didn't know yes.
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Lynn University has scheduled a week of community service events to honor the memories of four students and two professors who were killed in the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
Starting Monday, students, faculty and staff at the Boca Raton school will volunteer in food drives, a beach cleanup, a tree planting, house painting and other service projects.
In March, the school dedicated a memorial plaza to the students and professors who were on a mission trip in Haiti when the earthquake struck. Eight other students on the trip were not injured.
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- Wichtiger Teilerfolg in der Gentherapie : Interview mit Dr. Marion Gabriele Ott und Dr. Manuel Grez (2006)
- Die Septische Granulomatose (CGD) ist eine seltene Erkrankung, die auf einem genetischen Defekt bestimmter weißer Blutzellen beruht, die darauf spezialisiert sind, in den Körper eingedrungene Pilze und Bakterien aufzuspüren und zu vernichten. Frankfurter Ärzten und Wissenschaftlern um Prof. Dr. Dieter Hoelzer vom Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität und Dr. Manuel Grez vom Chemotherapeutischen Forschungsinstitut Georg-Speyer-Haus gelang es, eine intakte Kopie des defekten Gens in Blutstammzellen von zwei erwachsenen CGD-Patienten einzuschleusen und so die Funktion der Fresszellen teilweise wieder herzustellen. Eine vollständige Heilung gelang jedoch nicht – ein Patient verstarb zwei Jahre nach der zunächst erfolgreichen Behandlung an seiner Grunderkrankung. Im Gespräch mit Dr. Anne Hardy berichten Dr. Marion Gabriele Ott (Arbeitsgruppe Hoelzer) und Dr. Manuel Grez (Georg-Speyer-Haus) über die Höhen und Tiefen ihrer gentherapeutischen Forschung.
- Trichostatin A induces 5-lipoxygenase promoter activity and mRNA expression via inhibition of histone deacetylase 2 and 3 (2012)
- The 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) is the key enzyme in the formation of leukotrienes. We have previously shown that the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor trichostatin A (TSA) activates 5-LO transcription via recruitment of Sp1, Sp3 and RNA polymerase II to the proximal promoter. To identify the HDACs involved in the regulation of 5-LO promoter activity isoform-specific HDAC inhibitors were applied. 5-LO promoter activity and mRNA expression were up-regulated by the class I HDAC inhibitors apicidin and MS-275 but not by class II inhibitors. Knockdown of HDAC 1, 2 and 3 revealed that HDAC2 and HDAC3 but not HDAC1 is involved in the up-regulation of 5-LO mRNA expression. To analyse the chromatin modifications at the 5-LO promoter associated with HDAC inhibition, the time course of 5-LO mRNA induction by trichostatin A was investigated and the concomitant changes in histone modifications at the 5-LO promoter in HL-60, U937 and Mono Mac6 cells were determined. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis revealed that trichostatin A increases acetylation of histones H3 and H4 at the 5-LO core promoter in HL-60 and U937 cells whereas no significant changes were observed in Mono Mac6 cells. The appearance of H3 and H4 acetylation preceded the 5-LO mRNA induction whereas in all three cell lines, induction of 5-LO mRNA expression correlated with histone H3 lysine 4 trimethylation (H3K4me3), a marker for transcriptional activity of gene promoters.
- Post-transcriptional regulation of 5-lipoxygenase mRNA expression via alternative splicing and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (2012)
- 5-Lipoxygenase (5-LO) catalyzes the two initial steps in the biosynthesis of leukotrienes (LT), a group of inflammatory lipid mediators derived from arachidonic acid. Here, we investigated the regulation of 5-LO mRNA expression by alternative splicing and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD). In the present study, we report the identification of 2 truncated transcripts and 4 novel 5-LO splice variants containing premature termination codons (PTC). The characterization of one of the splice variants, 5-LOΔ3, revealed that it is a target for NMD since knockdown of the NMD factors UPF1, UPF2 and UPF3b in the human monocytic cell line Mono Mac 6 (MM6) altered the expression of 5-LOΔ3 mRNA up to 2-fold in a cell differentiation-dependent manner suggesting that cell differentiation alters the composition or function of the NMD complex. In contrast, the mature 5-LO mRNA transcript was not affected by UPF knockdown. Thus, the data suggest that the coupling of alternative splicing and NMD is involved in the regulation of 5-LO gene expression.
- Optimization and antiviral analysis of peptide ligands for the HIV-1 packaging signal PSI (2006)
- Oral presentations Background: We selected peptide ligands for the HIV-1 packaging signal PSI by screening phage displayed peptide libraries. Peptide ligands were optimized by screening spot synthesis peptide membranes. The aim of this study is the functional characterization of these peptide ligands with respect to inhibition of HIV-1 replication. Methods: Phage displayed peptide libraries were screened with PSI-RNA structures. The Trp-rich peptide motifs were optimized for specific binding on spot synthesis peptide membranes. The best binding peptide was expressed intracellularly in fusion with RFP or linked to a protein transduction domain (PTD) for intracellular delivery. The effects on virion production were analyzed using pseudotyped lentiviral particles. Results: After positive and negative selection rounds, phages binding specifically to PSI-RNA were identified by ELISA. Peptide inserts contained conserved motifs of aromatic amino acids known to be implicated in binding of PSI-RNA by the natural Gag ligand. The filter assay identified HKWPWW as the best binding ligand for PSI-RNA, which is delivered into several cell lines by addition of a PTD. Compared to a control peptide, the HKWPWW peptide inhibited HIV-1 replication as deduced from reduced titers of culture supernatants. As HKWPWW also binds to the TAR-RNA like the natural nucleocapsid PSI-RNA ligand, the effect on Tat-TAR inhibition will also be analyzed. Currently T-cell lines are established which stably express HKWPWW as well as a control peptide, which will be infected with HIV-1 to monitor the ability of HKWPWW to inhibit wild type HIV-1 replication. Conclusion: The selection of a peptide ligand for PSI-RNA able to inhibit HIV-1 replication proves the suitability of the phage display technology for the selection of peptides binding to RNA-structures. This enables the indentification of peptides serving as leads to interfere with additional targets in the HIV-1 replication cycle.
- ErbB2/HER2-specific NK cells for adoptive cancer immunotherapy (2013)
- Poster presentation: 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Significant progress has been made over the last decade towards realizing the potential of natural killer (NK) cells for cancer immunotherapy. NK cells can respond rapidly to transformed and stressed cells, and have the intrinsic potential to extravasate and reach their targets in almost all body tissues. In addition to donor-derived primary NK cells, also continuously expanding cytotoxic cell lines such as NK-92 are being considered for adoptive cancer immunotherapy. High cytotoxicity of NK-92 has previously been shown against malignant cells of hematologic origin in preclinical studies, and general safety of infusion of NK-92 cells has been established in phase I clinical trials. To enhance their therapeutic utility, we genetically modified NK-92 cells to express chimeric antigen receptors (CAR) specific for tumor-associated surface antigens. Such CAR were composed of a tumor-specific scFv antibody fragment fused via hinge and transmembrane domains to intracellular signaling moieties such as CD3 zeta chain, or composite fusion molecules also containing a costimulatory protein domain in addition to CD3 zeta. For development towards clinical applications, here a codon-optimized second generation CAR was constructed that consists of an ErbB2-specific scFv antibody domain fused via a linker to a composite CD28-CD3 zeta signaling domain. GMP-compliant protocols for vector production, lentiviral transduction and expansion of a genetically modified NK-92 single cell clone (NK-92/5.28.z) were established. Functional analysis of NK-92/5.28.z cells revealed high and stable CAR expression, selective cytotoxicity against ErbB2-expressing but otherwise NK-resistant tumor cells of different origins in vitro, as well as homing to ErbB2-expressing tumors in vivo. Furthermore, antigen specificity and selective cytotoxicity of these cells were retained in vivo, resulting in antitumoral activity against subcutaneous and intracranial glioblastoma xenografts in NSG mice. Ongoing work now focuses on the development of these cells for adoptive immunotherapy of ErbB2-positive glioblastoma.
- Die Gentherapie kommt aus den Kinderschuhen : über beeindruckende Erfolge und die Beseitigung von Stolpersteinen (2013)
- Rückschläge werfen eine neue Technologie um Jahrzehnte zurück – besonders, wenn Menschenleben zu beklagen sind. Bei der Gentherapie wird aber oft vergessen, dass sie nur bei Patienten angewendet wird, für die es keine konventionelle Therapie mehr gibt. Nach der Euphorie und den Rückschlägen der Anfangsjahre können Forscher nun die ersten Erfolge vorweisen.


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PARISIAN PROCESS: At the UNESCO building, seen here ensconced between the Eiffel Tower and typical Parisian apartment buildings, scientists and diplomats are hammering out the final wording of the global consensus on climate change
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PARIS (January 31, 2007) — Beneath the twinkling lights of the Eiffel Tower, scientists and diplomats are working until midnight tonight to produce a global consensus on climate change. The process is at times contentious, but mostly painstakingly slow as every line in a 14-page "summary for policymakers" is scrutinized word by word.
After presentations by lead authors of the 11 chapters of the final report—due to be fully released this fall—governments peruse the text of the final summary, probably the most read section of a 1,600 page document. In it, scientists attempt to convey in accessible English the most up-to-date findings on climate change, from forecasts of temperature sensitivity to global average sea level rise. As the report is displayed on a giant screen, various countries raise their flags to be recognized so they may comment or make suggestions—or question why previously submitted comments were not included, of which there were 30,000, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "We are talking about nothing," jokes Arthur Petersen, senior policy analyst at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (MNP), and part of that country's delegation. "We will never get perfect, so we should be satisfied with good as long as the science is okay."
Adds Yoshiro Tanaka of the Japanese Meteorological Agency: "Whether wordings or expressions are right is hard for a non-nativer speaker to say. ... I am worried whether it will be finished or not."
Particularly contentious issues thus far have included the effect of global warming on hurricane activity and intensity as well as the role of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a driver of climate change, according to participants. These issues are dealt with by banishing them to smaller working groups, where interested countries negotiate final language that is then resubmitted to the larger session. In the case of CO2, while the U.K. pushed for stronger language on its overall role, other countries debated the relative contributions of deforestation and fossil fuel burning to CO2 levels. "It was resolved in the group but it still has to be presented to the plenary," says one participant, who asked not to be quoted by name. "Some were not enthusiastic about the final language and may try to block it again."
"One thing to note is that scientists can object to any rephrasing they find not supported by the technical chapters of the report," says Gabriele Hegerl, a research director at Duke University and a coordinating lead author of the chapter on "Understanding and Attributing Climate Change." "For me as a scientist, it is fascinating to watch how our findings are of interest to countries, and reassuring that the wording has to stay consistent with the science, so we can object if we think its not."
Hegerl and others have been leading the effort to marshal all the peer-reviewed science on climate change to date into succinct chapters for this fourth iteration of the IPCC report as well as extract the work's refined essence in a clear summary. But the end result is a worldwide consensus: "The soon to be released report is not the IPCC's opinion. Rather it is the IPCC's assessment of what the peer-reviewed scientific literature, reporting on results of reproducible analysis, indicates," says Thomas Peterson, a climate analyst with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and lead author of the "Historical Overview of Climate Change Science" chapter. "That is a far cry from opinion."
The effort, despite its slowness, is progressing more cooperatively than in the past, participants note, with some countries relaxing their opposition to certain basic science. "The U.S. is very much more constructive," says another participant who asked not to be identified. And while Canada, China and Saudi Arabia have all shown concern over particular wordings, according to a participant, "the spirit is cooperative," says MNP's Petersen.


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With a new look to the Pac 12, here is a quick breakdown of a must see game this season.
November 11 vs. Vanderbilt (Nashville)
If the Ducks are going to make the leap into the top tier of the Pac 12, let alone the top 68, a victory against John Jenkins, Jeffery Taylor, Festus Ezeli and the rest of the Commodores would go a long way.
Hit me back Ducks fans. How do you see them doing in 2011/12?