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by Carolyn Classen on Sep. 01, 2011, under Life, PoliticsThe Pima County Board of Supervisors created the Redistricting Advisory Committee at its April 19, 2011 Board meeting. The Committee is made up of five members. Each was appointed by a supervisor.
After several meetings and public hearings, the committee adopted a map on July 14, 2011, to recommend to the Board. On September 6th the Board is tentatively scheduled to hold a public hearing and tentatively approve a map. Final approval by the Board would then be scheduled a week later – September 13th.
Pima County Board of Supervisors meets at 130 W. Congress St., at 9 a.m. in their first floor hearing room. There is a Call to the Public for certain agenda items and public hearings, as well as at the end of the meetings. This item is 7 B on the September 6 agenda (click here).
To view the proposed redistricting map of changes click here. Maps in hard copy are supposed to be available at all Pima County branch libraries for the public to view. I did ask to see the map at the Martha Cooper Branch Library last night and it was posted on the wall near the items on hold.
For questions/comments/information log onto the Pima County Redistricting Advisory Committee website: http://www.pima.gov/redistricting/committee.shtml. I wrote about this process when the public hearings were announced back in June (click here), and attended two of the public hearings, in Vail and in South Tucson.
There did not appear to be a lot of public interest in the proposed changes, which are still subject to U.S. Department of Justice approval for the 2012 elections.


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Fall River pool where woman drowned reopens
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FALL RIVER, Mass. (WHDH) -- The Fall River pool forced to close early last year after a woman was found dead at the bottom is reopening to the public Saturday at 10 a.m.
The drowning victim was at the bottom of the pool for two days before she was found.
Officials have made changes to make sure that never happens again.
The Fall River pool marred by a drowning tragedy one year ago is about to reopen a much different place.
"This pool has seen about $600,000 in new investment. The agency has taken pretty significant actions including some physical improvements here to the pool, but also some staffing changes, some operational changes," said Ed Lambert, DCR Commissioner.
The DCR showed off new mechanical, deck and lifeguard stations -- as well as things that are no longer there like springboards and slides.
But can these changes be enough to prevent the kind of tragedy that allowed 36-year-old Marie Joseph to drown and her body to go undiscovered for days?
"Certainly with the rules and protocols in place and the training that we have in place, there is no reason why there should be any concern on the part of the public that we cannot keep them safe and protected at these particular facilities," said Lambert.
The depth of the deep end where Marie Joseph drowned has been reduced by more than half -- at 5 feet 6 inches -- and that's about to become standard at all DCR pools in the state.
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Robbie Keane scores twice in Celtic's 2-0 win over Falkirk
Posted on Sunday, March 07, 2010 at 07:11 PM
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Robbie Keane netted twice for Celtic in their 2-0 win over Falkirk on Sunday, but the Bhoys still languish ten points behind Rangers in the SPL.
Celtic had three Irishmen in the starting eleven (Keane, Darren O'Dea and Aiden McGeady) and in the 34th minute the on-loan Dubliner opened the scoring with a neat finish after being put through on goal by Morten Rasmussen.
Ireland's top goalscorer doubled his tally in the second period when quick thinking from Crosas sent him through on goal. Keane made no mistake with the finish.
Interestingly, manager Tony Mowbray admitted he was going to drop the Irish striker before the game, but I bet he is happy he didn't go with his gut instinct.
"He showed against Brazil the talented boy he is - he's scored a few goals for us - and he showed it again today, taking the two opportunities which came along. Hopefully we can keep him fit,'' said the manager afterwards.
Hope is a great thing, but some divine intervention from St. Jude might be needed if Celtic are to win the SPL this season.
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LilPaddy | Mar 08, 2010, 01:07 PM EST
So pleased for "our" Robbie..... But oh how I miss seeing Spurs without him; which would not have happened if his Spurs "teamate" (Def*c*) had not been such a GLORY HUNTER!!
Actually, it's a double blow
because I don't get S.P.L. games here in Norco Ca.
Miss you Robbie, but you always make this Hometowner proud!!
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A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law. The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought.
Law firms are organized in a variety of ways, depending on the jurisdiction in which the firm practices. Common arrangements include:
- Sole proprietorship, in which the attorney is the law firm and is responsible for all profit, loss and liability;
- General partnership, in which all the attorneys who are members of the firm share ownership, profits and liabilities;
- Professional corporations, which issue stock to the attorneys in a fashion similar to that of a business corporation;
- Limited liability company, in which the attorney-owners are called "members" but are not directly liable to third party creditors of the law firm;
- Professional association, which operates similarly to a professional corporation or a limited liability company;
- Limited liability partnership (LLP), in which the attorney-owners are partners with one another, but no partner is liable to any creditor of the law firm nor is any partner liable for any negligence on the part of any other partner. The LLP is taxed as a partnership while enjoying the liability protection of a corporation.
Restrictions on ownership interests[edit]
In many countries, including the United States, there is a rule that only lawyers may have an ownership interest in, or be managers of, a law firm. Thus, law firms cannot quickly raise capital through initial public offerings on the stock market, like most corporations. They must either raise capital through additional capital contributions from existing or additional equity partners, or must take on debt, usually in the form of a line of credit secured by their accounts receivable.
In the United States this complete bar to nonlawyer ownership has been codified by the American Bar Association as paragraph (d) of Rule 5.4 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct and has been adopted in one form or another in all U.S. jurisdictions,[1][2] except the District of Columbia.[3] However, D.C.'s rule is narrowly tailored to allow equity ownership only by those nonlawyer partners who actively assist the firm's lawyers in providing legal services, and does not allow for the sale of ownership shares to mere passive nonlawyer investors. The U.K. had a similar rule barring nonlawyer ownership, but in recent years law firms have been able to take on a limited number of non-lawyer partners.
The rule was created in order to prevent conflicts of interest. In the adversarial system of justice, a lawyer has a duty to be a zealous and loyal advocate on behalf of the client, and also has a duty to not bill the client excessively. Also, as an officer of the court, a lawyer has a duty to be honest and to not file frivolous cases or raise frivolous defenses. A lawyer working as a shareholder-employee of a publicly traded law firm might be tempted to evaluate decisions in terms of their effect on the stock price and the shareholders, which would directly conflict with the lawyer's duties to the client and to the courts.
Multinational law firms[edit]
Law firms operating in multiple countries often have complex structures involving multiple partnerships, particularly in jurisdictions such as Hong Kong and Japan which restrict partnerships between local and foreign lawyers. One structure largely unique to large multinational law firms is the Swiss Verein, pioneered by Baker & McKenzie in 2004, in which multiple national or regional partnerships form an association in which they share branding, administrative functions and various operating costs, but maintain separate revenue pools and often separate partner compensation structures. Other multinational law firms operate as single worldwide partnerships, such as British or American limited liability partnerships, in which partners also participate in local operating entities in various countries as required by local regulations.[4]
Structure and promotion[edit]
Law firms are typically organized around partners, who are joint owners and business directors of the legal operation; associates, who are employees of the firm with the prospect of becoming partners; and a variety of staff employees, providing paralegal, clerical, and other support services. An associate may have to wait as long as 11 years before the decision is made as to whether the associate "makes partner." Many law firms have an "up or out policy" (pioneered around 1900 by partner Paul Cravath of Cravath, Swaine & Moore):[5] associates who do not make partner are required to resign and join another firm, go it alone as a solo practitioner, go to work in-house in a corporate legal department, or change professions (burnout rates are very high in law).[6]
Making partner is very prestigious at large or midsized firms, due to the competition that naturally results from higher associate-to-partner ratios. Such firms may take out advertisements in professionals publications to announce who has made partner. Traditionally, partners shared directly in the profits of the firm, after paying salaried employees, the landlord, and the usual costs of furniture, office supplies, and books for the law library (or a database subscription). Partners in a limited liability partnership can largely operate autonomously with regard to cultivating new business and servicing existing clients within their book of business. However, many large law firms have moved to a two-tiered partnership model, with equity and non-equity partners. Equity partners are considered to have ownership stakes in the firm, and share in the profits (and losses) of the firm. Non-equity partners are generally paid a fixed salary (albeit much higher than associates), and they are often granted certain limited voting rights with respect to firm operations. The oldest continuing partnership in the United States is that of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, founded in 1792 in New York City. The oldest law firm in continuous practice in the United States is Rawle & Henderson LLP, founded in 1783 in Philadelphia.
Termination of one's partnership[edit]
It is rare for a partner to be forced out by fellow partners, although that can happen if the partner commits a crime or malpractice, experiences disruptive mental illness, or is not contributing to the firm's overall profitability. However, some large firms have written into their partnership agreement a forced retirement age for partners, which can be anywhere from age 65 on up. In contrast, most corporate executives are at much higher risk of being fired, even when the underlying cause is not directly their fault, such as a drop in the company's stock price. Worldwide, partner retirement ages can be difficult to estimate and often vary widely, particularly because in many countries it is illegal to mandate a retirement age.[7]
"Of counsel" role[edit]
In the United States, Canada and Japan, many large and midsize firms have attorneys with the job title of "counsel", "special counsel" or "of counsel." As the Supreme Court of California has noted, the title has acquired several related but distinct definitions which do not easily fit into the traditional partner-associate structure.[8] These attorneys are people who work for the firm, like associates, although some firms have an independent contractor relationship with their counsel. But unlike associates, and more like partners, they generally have their own clients, manage their own cases, and supervise associates. These relationships are structured to allow more senior attorneys to share in the resources and "brand name" of the firm without being a part of management or profit sharing decisions. The title is often seen among former associates who do not make partner, or who are laterally recruited to other firms, or who work as in-house counsel and then return to the big firm environment. At some firms, the title "of counsel" is given to retired partners who maintain ties to the firm. Sometimes "of counsel" refers to senior or experienced attorneys, such as foreign legal consultants, with specialized experience in particular aspects of law and practice. They are hired as independent contractors by large firms as a special arrangement, which may lead to profitable results for the partnership. In certain situations "of counsel" could be considered to be a transitional status in the firm.
Mergers and acquisitions between law firms[edit]
Mergers, acquisitions, division and reorganizations occur between law firms as in other businesses. The specific books of business and specialization of attorneys as well as the professional ethical structures surrounding conflict of interest can lead to firms splitting up to pursue different clients or practices, or merging or recruiting experienced attorneys to acquire new clients or practice areas. Results often vary between firms experiencing such transitions. Firms that gain new practice areas or departments through recruiting or mergers that are more complex and demanding (and typically more profitable) may see the focus, organization and resources of the firm shift dramatically towards those new departments. Conversely, firms may be merged among experienced attorneys as partners for purposes of shared financing and resources, while the different departments and practice areas within the new firm retain a significant degree of autonomy.
Law firm mergers tend to be assortative, in that only law firms operating in similar legal systems are likely to merge. For example, U.S. firms will often merge with English law firms, or law firms from other common law jurisdictions. A notable exception is King & Wood Mallesons, a multinational law firm that is the result of a merger between an Australian law firm and a Chinese law firm.
Though mergers are more common among better economies, slowing down a bit during recessions, big firms sometimes use mergers as a strategy to boost revenue during a recession. Nevertheless, data from Altman Weil indicates that only four firms merged in the first half of 2013, as compared to eight in the same period in 2012, and this was taken by them as indicating a dip in morale regarding the legal economy and the amount of demand.[9]
Law firms can be small or can be huge. The smallest law firms are lawyers practicing alone, who form the vast majority of lawyers in nearly all countries.[10][11]
Smaller firms tend to focus on particular specialties of the law (e.g. patent law, labor law, tax law, criminal defense, personal injury); larger firms may be composed of several specialized practice groups, allowing the firm to diversify their client base and market, and to offer a variety of services to their clients.[12]
Large law firms usually have separate litigation and transactional departments. The transactional department advises clients and handles transactional legal work, such as drafting contracts, handling necessary legal applications and filings, and evaluating and ensuring compliance with relevant law; while the litigation department represents clients in court and handles necessary matters (such as discovery and motions filed with the court) throughout the process of litigation.
Anglo-American development[edit]
Boutique law firms[edit]
Lawyers in small cities and towns may still have old-fashioned general practices, but most urban lawyers tend to be highly specialized due to the overwhelming complexity of the law today.[13] Thus, some small firms in the cities specialize in practicing only one kind of law (like employment, antitrust, intellectual property, telecommunications or aviation) and are called boutique law firms.[14]
Virtual Law Firms[edit]
A 21st Century development has been the appearance of the virtual law firm, a firm with a virtual business address but no brick & mortar office location open to the public, using modern telecommunications to operate from remote locations and provide its services to international clients, avoiding the costs of maintaining a physical premises with lower overheads than traditional law firms. This lower cost structure allows virtual law firms to bill clients on a contingency basis rather than by billable hours paid in advance by retainer.[15]
"Megafirms" or Biglaw[edit]
The largest law firms have more than 1,000 lawyers. These firms, often colloquially called "megafirms" or "biglaw", generally have offices on several continents, bill US$750 per hour or higher, and have a high ratio of support staff per attorney.[16][17] Because of the localized and regional nature of firms, the relative size of a firm varies.[18]
"Full service" firms[edit]
The largest firms like to call themselves "Big-Law" firms because they have sections specializing on each category of legal work, which in the U.S. usually means mergers and acquisitions transactions,[19] banking, and certain types of high-stakes corporate litigation. These firms rarely do plaintiffs' personal injury work. However the largest law firms are not very large compared to other major businesses (or even other professional services firms). In 2008, the largest law firm in the world was the British firm Clifford Chance, which had revenue of over US$2 billion. This can be compared with $404 billion for the world's largest firm by turnover Exxon Mobil and $28 billion for the largest professional services firm Deloitte.[20]
The largest law firms in the world are headquartered primarily in the United Kingdom and the United States. However, large firms of more than 1,000 lawyers are also found in Australia (Minter Ellison (1,500 attorneys), China (Dacheng 2,100 attorneys) and Spain (Garrigues, 2,100 attorneys). The American system of licensing attorneys on a state-by-state basis, the tradition of having a headquarters in a single U.S. state and a close focus on profits per partner (as opposed to sheer scale) has to date limited the size of most American law firms. Thus, whilst the most profitable law firms in the world remain in New York, four of the six largest firms in the world are based in London in the United Kingdom.[21] But the huge size of the United States results in a larger number of large firms overall – a 2003 survey found that the United States alone had 901 law firms with more than 50 lawyers, while there were only 58 such firms in Canada, 44 in Great Britain, 14 in France, and 9 in Germany.[22] There is an increasing tendency towards globalisation of law firms.
Due to their size, the U.S.- and U.K.-based law firms are the most prestigious and powerful in the world, and they tend to dominate the international market for legal services. A 2007 research paper noted that firms from other countries merely pick up their leftovers: "[M]uch of the competition is relatively orderly whereby predominantly Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian firms compete for business not required by English or American law firms."[23]
As a result of the U.S. recession in 2008 and 2009 many U.S. law firms have downsized staff considerably, and some have closed. The Denver Post reported that major law firms have cut more than 10,000 jobs nationwide in 2009.[24] On February 12, 2009, Bloomberg reported that 700 jobs were cut that one day at law firms across the country.][25] Among the firms closed included Heller Ehrman, a San Francisco-based firm established in 1890[26] and Halliwells of the UK.[27] Among those that survived, law firm layoffs became so common that trade publications like American Lawyer produced an ongoing "Layoff List" of the law firms nationwide that cut jobs.[28]
Law firm salary structures typically depend on firm size. Small-firm salaries vary widely within countries and from one country to the next, and are not often publicly available. Because most countries do not have unified legal professions, there are often significant disparities in income among the various legal professions within a particular country. Finally, the availability of salary data also depends upon the existence of journalists and sociologists able to collect and analyze such data.
United States[edit]
The U.S. is presently the only country with enough lawyers, as well as journalists and sociologists who specialize in studying them, to have widely available data on salary structures at major law firms.
In 2006, median salaries of new graduates ranged from US$50,000 per year in small firms (2 to 10 attorneys) to US$160,000 per year in very large firms (more than 501 attorneys).[29]
Many large firms in major markets such as New York City,[30] Los Angeles,[31] Washington DC,[32] Boston[33] and Chicago[34] compensate new associates using the following pay scale:
Year | Salary (US$) |
First | 160,000 |
Second | 170,000 |
Third | 185,000 |
Fourth | 210,000 |
Fifth | 230,000 |
Sixth | 250,000 |
Seventh | 265,000 |
Eighth | 280,000 |
Other markets such as Texas[35] start at US$160,000, but the annual increases are much smaller than the above scale.
With a few exceptions, markets such as Atlanta,[36] Philadelphia,[37] New Jersey,[38] Florida,[39] Denver,[40] and Seattle[41] generally start at US$35,000-US$50,000 for small law firms to US$130,000 or US$145,000 for large law firms.
With a few exceptions, most other U.S. markets start within US$20,000 to US$100,000.
As a result of the current recession, many firms froze salaries (no annual salary increases in January 2009), reverted to the early 2007 pay scale shown below, and/or cut salaries.[42]
Year | Salary (US$) |
First | 145,000 |
Second | 155,000 |
Third | 170,000 |
Fourth | 190,000 |
Fifth | 210,000 |
Sixth | 225,000 |
Seventh | 240,000 |
Eighth | 255,000 |
NYC bonuses (the highest in the U.S.) in 2007 were as follows:[43]
Year | Bonus (US$) |
First | 45,000 (35,000 + 10,000 special bonus) |
Second | 55,000 (40,000 + 15,000) |
Third | 65,000 (45,000 + 20,000) |
Fourth | 80,000 (50,000 + 30,000) |
Fifth | 95,000 (55,000 + 40,000) |
Sixth | 110,000 (60,000 + 50,000) |
Seventh | 115,000 (65,000 + 50,000) |
In 2008, several firms reverted to the 2006 bonus structure (e.g., no special bonus) or creating a new scale as shown below.[44]
Year | Bonus (US$) |
First | 17,500 |
Second | 20,000 |
Third | 22,500 |
Fourth | 25,000 |
Fifth | 27,500 |
Sixth | 30,000 |
Seventh | 32,500 |
Larger markets outside NYC typically match the base bonus without the special bonus. Smaller markets and/or smaller firms pay $5K to $20K bonuses, if any at all.[45]
Some prominent law firms, like Goodwin Procter and Paul Hastings, give generous signing bonuses (e.g., $20k)[46][47] to incoming first-year associates who hold JD/MBA degrees.
Most law firms are located in office buildings of various sizes, ranging from modest one-story buildings to some of the tallest skyscrapers in the world (though only in 2004, Paul Hastings was the first firm to put its name on a skyscraper).
In late 2001, it was widely publicized that one personal injury plaintiffs' firm in the state of New York has been experimenting with bus-sized "mobile law offices."[48] The firm insists that it does not "chase ambulances". It claims that a law office on wheels is more convenient for personal injury plaintiffs, who are often recovering from severe injuries and thus find it difficult to travel far from their homes for an intake interview.
As legal practice is adversarial, law firm rankings are widely relied on by prospective associates, lateral hires and legal clients. Substantive rankings typically cover practice areas such as The American Lawyer's Corporate Scorecard[49] and Top IP Firms. Work place rankings are directed toward lawyers or law students, and cover such topics as quality of life, hours, family friendliness and salaries.[50] Finally, statistical rankings generally cover profit-related data such as profits per partner and revenue per lawyer.[51]
In an October 2007 press conference reported in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, the law student group Building a Better Legal Profession released its first annual ranking of top law firms by average billable hours, pro bono participation, and demographic diversity.[52][53] Most notably, the report ranked the percentages of women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, and gays & lesbians at America's top law firms. The group has sent the information to top law schools around the country, encouraging students to take this demographic data into account when choosing where to work after graduation.[54] As more students choose where to work based on the firms' diversity rankings, firms face an increasing market pressure in order to attract top recruits.[55]
In popular culture[edit]
A number of television shows have revolved around relationships occurring in fictional law firms, highlighting both public fascination with and misperception of the lives of lawyers in high-powered settings.
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- ^ See Rule 5.4 of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
- ^ Krause, Jason (July 1, 2007). "Selling Law on an Open Market". ABA Journal. Retrieved October 4, 2010. See also: American Bar Association Commission on Multidisciplinary Practices, Final Report, Appendix C, Reporter's notes, July 2000
- ^ See Rule 5.4 of the District of Columbia Rules of Professional Conduct
- ^ Johnson, Chris (7 March 2013). "Vereins: The new structure for global firms". The American Lawyer. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
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11 May 2008 [MEDIAGLOBAL]: If developing countries don't adapt to climate change they could face serious setbacks to achieving poverty elimination goals. "Developed countries are much better prepared for climate change even if they have less risk of being impacted by climate change. In developing countries, the needs for adaptation are overwhelming," Cecilia Ugaz of the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme, told an audience at the UN Secretariat today.
Last week, the Economic and Social Council's President, Leo Merores, said that finding solutions to climate change would make achieving the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) easier.
Adverse climate change continues to plague nations. Salvano Briceno, Director for the Secretariat of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR), recently delivered stunning figures: In 2007, 190 million people were affected by natural disasters. In 2006, the figure was 134 million. If this trend continues, a bad situation can only become worse.
"Increased frequency, intensity and unpredictability of extreme weather events, rising sea-level and temperature, increased societal vulnerabilities such as stresses on water availability, agriculture and ecosystems is becoming a new reality and making disasters more devastating than before," Briceno said.
"The poor are the ones who are suffering the most," said Ugaz. The countries of South Asia and Southern Africa could be particularly vulnerable. A 2008 study released in the journal Science reported that climate change could damage crops in these regions in the next 20 years: Africa could lose more than 30 percent of its maize by 2030, and South Asia could lose more than 10 percent of its rice, millet and maize.
David Lobell, the lead author of the study, highlighted how these projections were calculated. "To identify which crops in which regions are most under threat by 2030, we combined projections of climate change with data on what poor people eat, as well as past relationships between crop harvests and climate variability."
Increasing agricultural output is a serious concern. Kathleen Abdalla from the Division for Sustainable Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs addressed the issue of future of agricultural potential and food security in Africa Friday at the UN, saying that although Africa has achieved satisfactory economic growth, there is little agricultural productivity. Increasing agricultural output is a very important consideration when working towards achieving the anti-poverty MDGs.
A 2008 World Development Report notes that "the world will need to increase agricultural production by 40 percent by 2015 to achieve the MDG targets on tackling hunger." Peter Hartmann of the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, an organization that tries to improve food security in Africa, admitted that the "productivity issue is a big challenge." He told MediaGlobal that "the key word is access to finance, but the potential is there."
In the South Pacific, the nine islands that make up Tuvalu are already showing signs of being particularly vulnerable to climate change. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has predicted water levels will rise a half meter. This has disastrous consequences, as the highest point of the islands reaches just 4.5 meters above the waves.
Friends of the Earth, an environmental group, believes that developing nations can better adapt to climate change and tackle poverty with the help of the developed world. "There's a close relationship between climate change and poverty. The wealthiest nations burn the most fossil fuels and are the cause of the problem. We must live up to our responsibilities, and help the poorer countries," Nick Berning of Friends of the Earth told MediaGlobal.
The group claims that the World Bank puts around $1 billion into the oil and gas industries, while only six percent of the World Bank's Energy Program goes to renewable energy. The Bank's plan to utilize a Clean Technology Fund (CTF) does not significantly encourage developing countries to build low carbon economies, according to Friends of the Earth.
"There needs to be international efforts to fund CTF. But, should the World Bank be the one to oversee the money when in the past the World Bank has caused climate change and is friendlier to corporate interests?" Berning asked. Friends of the Earth takes the position that funds given for the purpose of adaptation to climate change should not go to the World Bank Climate Investment Funds, but should instead go to the UN Adaptation Fund.
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Erie Pennslyvania sportscaster Craig Smylie became Craig SWEARY when he TV-14'd up a live spot on the news. Wait, did I just type Craig Sweary? That was just awful. Let's start this post over. Ready? In 3, 2, 1...
Craig Smylie just wanted to give a quick tease on the WJET news about the powerhouse program that Stan Swank and the Fighting Scots have built at Edinboro University. Instead, this hilarious screw up of his has been bouncing around the web like a beachball at a Nickelback concert. I absolutely love how it seems like he's doing decently and then all of a sudden boom goes the dynamite and he's swearing and asking to run it back.
I'm still not sure if someone just put the wrong tape in from Smylie recording this segment earlier or if he really just didn't know he was live. Ultimately it doesn't matter because the bottom line is that the DVR and Youtube has caught another gem. Sorry Smylie, it looks like you're destined to join the grape stomp lady and the keep f'n that chicken guy as clips the internet will not soon forget.


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This is one of the classic must-do moderate routes. It almost always has someone on it or in line (sorta like Supercrack at IC). And it's definitely worth the wait. Expect a sustained climb with three definite parts, and good rests in between each - it's harder than it looks, and the cruxes are pumpy. Reach the climb about 350 feet (less than .1 mile) past a large break in the otherwise solid wall of Wall Street. If you pass a long (several hundred feet) section of lower angled slabs, you've gone too far. Lieback and jam a left-facing corner (with a couple of face features for variety) at the right end of a 3-car turnout for 80' to good anchors on the facing wall. Rap the route.
Standard rack to #2 camalot, small to medium TCUs and chocks, and a pink tri-cam is useful off the ground.
Very fun route, you can stem the thin section pretty easy without have to layback.
This is one of the best introductions to Wingate climbing in southern UT. Awesome, and it was my first trad lead ever.
Fall of 2003. I found this to be a great first desert lead. In fact it was the first crack I ever climbed in the desert and the first real ( I think ) hand/finger jams i've done. Next time I'll use tape. I'm starting to understand the OW! Anyways, there's excellent protection all the way up and plenty of places to rest and fiddle with gear. Would recommend this to all first time leaders.
The crux is at the bottom and protects well on a few med/large stoppers or TCU's. Take a #3 camalot, contary to the rack advice to a #2. You can do it with nothing bigger than 1.5" but why? You can sew it up if you take a little more. Good fun, but not a classic. 1.5 stars in my opinion. A little harder than most 5.8's.
Sucks there isn't more than one pitch. I felt the curx was the first few moves and it got easier the higher I got. TAKE A #3 Camalot, you can keep moving it up with you from about halfway until you need a number 2 (I think about 20 feet). There were other, more difficult placements, but why? My rack(from what I remember): a big stopper for the beginning, a yellow Alien for the next move group, a #3 Camalot, a #2 Camalot, 2 #1 Camalots and another yellow Alien. I think I sewed her up good, but I could be wrong. Most all placements bomber. I also remeber there may have been another stopper or two in there. Great moderate route, it seemed like there were tons of rests and stances. Fantastic roadside beer sippin', camp chair sittin', enjoy the sun and the semis route. No trucks on the weekends. Enjoy!
Since there is little else on wall street in this range and because the route is so much fun... this climb is often crowded. Lots of good rests and plenty of pro make for a great moderate route.
Two #3 Camalots are recommended to really sew it up. Of course, I only had one!
good climb, two obvious cruxes....i managed to put the #3 in low- ran it out so far, i might as well have soloed the damn thing....
Awesome climb! It helps to have either a standard rack to #3 Camelot or doubles of #2 Camelot...
Awesome! The crux is definitely low, and is semi reachy. The rest sews up well, and agreed that it"s good to be doubled up on bigger camalots, as I placed #s 1 through 3 up higher.
I hate lay-(lie-)backing and found this desperate for a 5.8. My mate also fell off the start several times, so I think it's a case of hard moves close to the ground being under-rated. UK hard 5b. Or maybe I'm just getting too old.
Rope soloed this climb on 4/2/10 and found it to be harder than Flakes of Wrath. Even on TR after I led it seemed hard for an .8. Better have your crack skills down for this one! Gear to #3 Camalot
This is a great climb! The bottom crux is the most difficult. Takes good pro, it's got pretty secure stances to place from, and a #3 cam would be nice here!
Great climb! I felt like it was made for me (175lb 6ft dude). Perfect hands almost the whole way up. There was always a good stance for placing gear as well. If you can handjam and foot jam properly, then this route is a lot of fun and not too bad. The hardest move is the start b/c it is now pretty slick (from so many attempts), that's the only part I really had to lie-back. You can figure out the other parts without lying back if you're tall enough. Wish I could have done it twice!
I found this to be harder than a 5.8. Seems more like an 5.9 or 5.10+. Maybe I'm just weak. Used Camelots .75 to #3, and a large stopper for the 1st placement, almost lost it. Apparently a lot of nuts get stuck in this obvious taper.
Great climb but harder than 5.8. More like 5.9+. Takes good gear and never run out. Kicked out a stopper on the lie back and was glad I had placed a back up cam.
Does anyone know what the bolted line to the right of 30 seconds is?? It felt really hard.
It's called Rynomight or something close to that.


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Nuremberg –Groga Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH of Nuremberg has sold its shares in LEONI AG. Via Groga, the Westphalia-based automotive component supplier Hella KGaA Hueck & Co. and Nürnberger Lebensversicherung AG held a total of 19.9 percent (5,917,500 shares) in the subscribed share capital of LEONI AG. The shares were sold to a wide circle of institutional investors. As part of the transaction, Nürnberger Lebensversicherung acquired 891,000 shares and will thus in future directly hold a three percent stake in LEONI. Based on assessment of LEONI's Management Board, the increase in the free float to 100 percent will have a positive effect on the liquidity of LEONI shares and thus further strengthen the Company's position in the MDAX.
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The GOP Budget: More of the Same
Let's see here, Repeal all of the stimulus spending that just about every economist in the world says we need, makes the Bush Tax cuts for the rich permanent, and the worst plan for health care since the employer based system we have now. It also puts another nail in the coffin of the GOP, as it illustrates hwo unrealistic and out of touch they are.
The Republican blogosphere is having a heyday about Michelle Obama touching, yes, touching the queen, and calling it a major political faux pas (and probably calling for Obama to resign amid the growing scandal). The tale of the tape, however is quite different, and I want to use this to illustrate how quickly anything gets taken out of context in Washington, and to be fair, both sides do it.
Now, long ago, I remember a commoner hugged the queen. Gasp! A Commoner? Off with her head! The media had a tittering about it, and the incident was mostly forgotten.
In this case, the Queen touched first. Maybe she was feeling overawed at the Obama mystique, or maybe she was feeling like Han Solo talking to Greedo, either way, don't think this is a gotcha moment.
After all, it isn't like she gave the Queen a backrub, or tried to leave a press conference through a locked door, or, threw up in the prime minister's lap, or made up insulting nicknames for other heads of state, or got snubbed for a handshake at a world summit, or walked off with a "goodbye from the world's largest polluter!" or using a racial slur for hispanics in reference to the Italian delegate, or……
Really, we need to grow up over this petty bullshit. There's an economic crisis on, and the people throwing the shit are largely responsible.
Gay Marriage in the Heartland?
Suddenly Iowa is hipper and more progressive than California?
Iowa's gay marriage ban "is unconstitutional, because the county has been unable to identify a constitutionally adequate justification for excluding plaintiffs from the institution of civil marriage," Cady wrote in the 69-page opinion that seemed to dismiss the concept of civil unions as an option for gay couples. "A new distinction based on sexual orientation would be equally suspect and difficult to square with the fundamental principles of equal protection embodied in our constitution," Cady wrote. The ruling also addressed what it called the "religious undercurrent propelling the same-sex marriage debate," and said judges must remain outside the fray. "Our constitution does not permit any branch of government to resolve these types of religious debates and entrusts to courts the task of ensuring that government avoids them," the opinion says.
Lou Dobbs everybody, Lou Dobbs.
US Spy Agencies still Plagued by the problems that led to 9/11
You mean like Republicans who want to put their agenda on shaky data?
The Dirty dozen of the financial apocalypse
Rolling Stone's list.
These guys are getting charged for hoaxing
Of course they did point out the gullibility of humanity.
Peter Orszag, the author of the budget on the Daily Show
Funny how a comedian can ask the hard questions that newsmedia can't.
How compromised can a politician get?
Chris Dodd can tell you. First he got a special mortgage from Countrywide. Then he has been underreporting the value of a home in Scotland to get out of some interesting investigations into his relationships with the witness to the sale. Now he was having a $1,000 dollar a head fundraiser with the head of Hedge Fund manager John A Paulson while being Senate Banking Committee Chairman. Of course he had to move it because it was at a club that excluded minorities. Can we not vote this guy back in during the next election in 2010.
And there's others for the whackadoo set.
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So why don't the Republicans?
The Trouble with the Obama stance on lobbyists is a lack of qualified people
I'm quite a bit more supportive of Obama than this commentator, so this is kind of a contrarian viewpoint to my own. Lobbyists are compromised by money, how many have lobbied for say, petrochemical companies, then gone to work for, say the Bush Administration EPA, then gone back to lobby for big petrol? Far too many. It's a double edged sword, to skewer a cliche. Then again, the rate that he is appointing people is awfully slow…
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Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 6:00pmThe "Writers Talk" Reading Series will host a poetry reading by Waterloo native Sandy Longhorn, author of the poetry collection Blood Almanac. This book won the 2005 Anhinga Prize for Poetry. Longhorn teaches at Pulaski Technical College and lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in poetry from the University of Arkansas in 2003. This event is free and open to the public.
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education Student Book Reading Group
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 5:00pmDiscussion of Ismael Beah's A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, a 2008 memoir about the 11-year civil war in Sierra Leone and the scourge (and rehabilitation) of child soldiers.
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Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 11:00amCurt Hanson, chemistry & biochemistry, will present "Mass spectrometry: It's not just for m/e anymore" Please bring your lunch; cookies will be provided.
UNI/AEA 267 Regional Physics Competition
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 8:00amThe UNI/AEA 267 Regional Physics Competition (formerly known as Physics Olympics) is a series of six competitive physics events for high school students in grades 9-12. The competition stresses creativity and ingenuity as well as understanding of physics related principles and is intended to stimulate interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Events include: self-propelled catapult, mousetrap car, bridge building, soda straw arm, challenge problem and material recovery facility (MRF). The MRF is sponsored by the Iowa Recycling Association. Regional winners and runners-up advance to the State of Iowa Physics Competition held on April 11, 2012 at the McLeod Center.
Film Screening: "Reel Bad Arabs"
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 6:00pmThis groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged from the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs--from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists"--along the way offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images, their development at key points in U.S. history and why they matter so much today.
Lecture Capture Using Panopto
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 11:00amPanopto is a classroom capture software that allows you to create, save, search and share rich media presentations instantly with your students.
Annual Juried Student Art Exhibition
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 03/18/2012 - 11:00pmA competition showcasing outstanding recent works by students in the Department of Art. The juror this year is Gilbert Vicario, senior curator at the Des Moines Art Center. The awards ceremony will take place Monday, March 19 at 7 p.m. in room 111, Kamerick Art Building; opening reception will follow.
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Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/16/2012 - 7:00pmDirect from the world famous Apollo Theatre in New York City, Dreamgirls comes to the Gallagher-Bluedorn in a brand new, sensational stage production. Dreamgirls features the unforgettable hits and virtuoso diva songs "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going," "One Night Only," and "Listen." Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, Dreamgirls tells the rags-to-riches story of a 1960s Motown girl group and the triumphs and tribulations that come with fame and fortune.
Guest Artist Recital: University of Iowa Faculty Piano Quartet
Submitted by music on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 9:00pmThe University of Iowa Faculty Piano Quartet will visit UNI to present a recital. This guest ensemble features University of Iowa faculty artists Scott Conklin, violin, Elizabeth Oakes, viola, Hannah Holman, cello and Rene Lecuona, piano. This event is free and open to the public.
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Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 8:00pmPlanetarium shows at 7 and 8 p.m. lasting about 30 minutes each. Free and open to the the public.


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NAME: Charlie SPECIES: Burmese Python (Molurus bivittatus) AGE: 14Charlie is a beautiful female Burmese Python that has just entered into our breeding program to hopefully fain Australia Zoo some more of these fabulous snakes. You may have seen the Burmese Pythons in and around the Zoo being used for things like snake photos. Due to their beautiful and gentle nature they are the perfect snake for people to get up close and personal with, however with their ever growing popularity we need more snakes! This is a great thing to see as finally people are seeing snakes as beautiful creatures – Charlie's friends are sure doing a great job spreading the word. So make sure if you're in the Zoo stop in at one of the photo sessions and say hi to Charlie's brothers and sisters to experience the majesty of these amazing reptiles.


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Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi should have thought "seriously" about professional help before their marriage reached crisis point, according to a senior judge. "No-one can fail to have been moved last week by hearing Mr Charles Saatchi in a public court bemoaning the break-up of his marriage to Nigella Lawson," Sir Paul Coleridge will tell a conference today. "His cri de coeur, that he did not want things to end up this way,and that he still adored his wife, must have chimed with many who had been exposed to the rigours of the break-up mill." Sir Paul, a High Co
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Folding only as needed, the flexible protein p27 (green) can wrap around many different partners, something that proteins with a unique 3-D structure cannot do.
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- According to conventional wisdom, proteins must fold into rigid shapes to perform such tasks as binding to specific target molecules. But recent work suggests that one third of the types that exist in humans are partially or completely unstructured.
- Although lack of folding was long considered a pathology, it need not hamper functionality—and it is in fact often crucial to a protein's workings.
- Unstructured proteins may have played important roles during evolution, and a better understanding of their true nature may also lead to the design of novel drugs.
Proteins are the stuff of life. They are the eyes, arms and legs of living cells. Even DNA, the most iconic of all molecules in biology, is important first and foremost because it contains the genes that specify the makeup of proteins. And the cells in our body differ from one another—serving as neurons, white blood cells, smell sensors, and so on—largely because they activate different sets of genes and thus produce different mixtures of proteins.
Given these molecules' importance, one would think biologists would have long figured out the basic picture of what they look like and how they work. Yet for decades scientists embraced a picture that was incomplete. They understood, quite properly, that proteins consist of amino acids linked together like beads on a string. But they were convinced that for a protein to function correctly, its amino acid chain first had to fold into a precise, rigid configuration. Now, however, it is becoming clear that a host of proteins carry out their biological tasks without ever completely folding; others fold only as needed. In fact, perhaps as many as one third of all human proteins are "intrinsically disordered," having at least some unfolded, or disordered, parts.
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Dave inspects the the 200th Figma, and of course, it's Hatsune Miku.
There are many ways to get your anime fix when digital TV and the internet allow for content to be released at a much greater rate. So, we have decided to start listing what's on week by week, to give you an idea of what you can watch and where.
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Millage is a renewal, not increase
IRON RIVER -- On August 6, Iron River area voters will decide on a millage proposal for the Windsor Center.
The 1928 historic building, which was part of the Iron River school system, known now as the Windsor Center, is a place for people of all ages to perform, create, and learn. The building is open for rental space for small business or organizations.
"I look at it as a cultural and recreational center for the community, being the whole west-end community, not just the city," said board member, Rick Commenator.
But maintaining the building as a business and recreation center requires funding. "We went to the people two years ago and asked them for some funding to help us continue the recreational aspects and the cultural aspects of our operation, and they were very generous in approving that," Commenator said.
The millage from two years ago is now expired, which means a renewal millage is what's on the ballot.
"To keep the doors open, this millage is basically necessary. We can operate probably another year without the millage and then we will have to close the doors," Commenator said.
If the millage for the Windsor Center does pass, it will allow quilters, like those who meet regularly, to continue doing their charity work.
"We had the opportunity to rent this and like I said, I was dead-set against it, but to me, it's home now," said quilter, Jean Lindbeck.
The group of quilters who rent space in the building meets two times a week, making handmade creations for charity.
"All of this fabric is only for charity," Lindbeck said. "We certainly hope that this millage passes again because this is a marvelous building, available for all kinds of activities, particularly children's programs."
Some of those children's programs include cooking classes that gives kids an opportunity to try their hand at culinary art.
The millage is a .50 renewal; 50 cents per 1,000 dollars in taxable value. In simpler terms, it would mean anywhere from 20 to around 50 dollars a year, but it's not additional taxes, it's simply a continuation of what was voted on two years ago. All municipalities, including Stambaugh Township, Iron River Township, Bates Township, and the City of Iron River, need to pass the millage in order for it to be in effect.
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