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If we cannot define and quantify Ecosystem Services consistently and systematically – we might be lost!
Imagine that every industrial sector, firm, municipality and state reported and classified their production using different definitions and units - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) would be impossible to calculate! This is precisely the difficult situation in which we find ourselves as we try to construct a "green" GDP that accounts for ecosystem services. Organizations such as the World Bank, the United Nations, the EU and others are working to quantify and classify ecosystem services but without common definitions, solid conceptual foundations or broad acceptance. Progress is difficult to observe.
We can all agree it's time to take full account of ecosystem services in the multitude of daily decisions society makes. To do so we need to address both the supply (biophysical) and demand (human well-being) side of the issue. Final Ecosystem Goods and Services (FEGS) is a concept that appears to negotiate many of the sticky issues that have stifled progress to date. FEGS connects ecological goods and services to human well-being and focuses on what beneficiaries directly use, consume or appreciate from nature (biophysical features, quantities and qualities with clear relevance to human well-being). Moreover, by working from the beneficiary perspective toward the FEGS, attributes can be identified, metrics and indicators of nature that relate to these goods and services can be measured consistently by ecologists, related to human well-being by social scientists, and valued by economists.
This is an unprecedented, trans-disciplinary approach – just as developing a green GDP is an unprecedented challenge. We need a system to quantify ecosystem services that is definitive, nearly complete and non-duplicative. What is the most appropriate approach to take?
I choose to focus on "might"
I choose to focus on "might" as the operative word in the title of Dixon's stimulating argument. Though the points made are well-reasoned, there is a danger in the assumption that quantified characterizations are inherently more important, more useful than some other constructs. All too often, in my view, we become seduced by numerical information at the expense of what in many situations may be more informative qualitative appraisals. We should be cautious in this effort to make sure we are not eliminating otherwise useful perspectives. For example, in a recent document prepared by the Treaty 8 First Nations of what is today northern Alberta, speaking about landuse planning activities they argue:
- "Exclusive use of 'science' (western scientific knowledge) can silence the voice of First Nations' rights, interests and concerns.
- Embedding the sole use of 'science' for the purpose of informing land and resource decisions is a politically motivated manoeuvre and tool used by non-Aboriginal governments to maintain the status quo, which keeps non-Aboriginal societies in a dominant position and Aboriginal peoples in a subordinate position."
We should quantify those aspects of the ecological-socio-economic landscape that is amenable to precise measurement, but we ought not do so at the risk of marginalizing other legitimate ways of knowing.
Here are my thoughts, what if
Here are my thoughts, what if there was a way to minimize the effect globally on the deterioration of the ecosystem without fully compromising the current "services and goods" that science has evolved into humanity. There is a way, and its not reinventing the wheel, but by redirecting the current formulas, multimillion dollar monopolies use as their tool to promote easy accessiblity to a better,simpler way of life.
Now I know I might be confusing you, but just think of the things we are really using that is currently altering the ecosystem in an alarming capacity. Our wild life is being severely crippled by modern science, only we are too conformed with the up and coming that we don't see the benefits we do have right now .
We cannot and should not stop evolving to the new decade of what science could simplify, but we can redirect the way we use the "formula" of science to promote a better eco safe global economy.
If anyone is interested in creating a dialogue with me and really evaluating what I am writiing about please let me know by e-mail. email@example.com
Adding an ecological
Adding an ecological dimension to the economy is how I view the emerging green economy. Our economic system is not wrong, nor does it need to be replaced, it is just incomplete to address the full economic needs of the participants. From that perspective we do not need to panic to ensure every ecocommerce effort in the world is aligned, but that these efforts can progress toward recognizing this absent economic dimension. There will be points of contention and moments of exasperation such as turning points similar to beta-VHS, or establishing the QWERTY keyboard - and then things move forward again. As I build my QWERTY keyboard, I am doing so from the common denominator of contempory natural capital wealth; soil. It may fail or it may prevail, but it will also influence. As we venture into ecologizing the economy, we must at least have faith in the ecological model, that billions of traits, decisions and events, conducted in an open ecosystem ultimately results in the best, robust system for the time. And if evolution is still the best model to employ, I will put my money on the discreet efforts that are mobile, innovative, highly reproductive and focus on the fundamentals. While these are not the traits of ruling dinosaurs, they are the traits that take down ruling dinosaurs.
The problem with classifying
The problem with classifying ecosystem services, particularly final ecosystem services, is that they are a social construct, not an ecological / biophysical process that can be measured through a positivist methodology, because how they are described and defined is imbued with a subjective sense of meaning which will determine in what way and to what degree they are valued. As such, who should classify them is not only an epistemological issue. If we are moving to valuing FEGS by beneficiaries, then the beneficiaries must also be the ones that do the classification. That makes value comparisons between different social-geographical contexts complicated, but then that hooks into questions about the nature of value and values. I think this is what the point about indigenous people might be about. Certainly epistemological assumptions can and are used in unethical ways on a regular basis.
And then aside from this epistemological issue, the idea of a green GDP where ecosystem services are taken into account still has many other obstacles. For example, it only makes sense to value marginal changes of ESG, because valuation of non-marginal changes can takes us beyond uncertain ecological tipping points which impact on ecological production functions in such a way that we can expect very different value outcomes.
Or, we have a high degree of certainty around the value of conventional GDP, but we have a lot of uncertainty about ecological production functions - how do we deal with that?
Because of these many different issues around aggregation, in my view it makes more sense to use ecological indicators on a large scale (what's happening to ecosystem function, and what are the likely impacts on ecosystem service provision), even while economic valuation can be very useful at smaller scales (project appraisal etc.)
I believe Jasper Kenter makes
I believe Jasper Kenter makes an important point. As ecosystem services depend on socially-defined meanings and values (perhaps particularly true for cultural ecosystem services), and hence it cannot be assumed that a measure and value ascribed to an ESS in one place can be reliably generalised to other place/context. In addition to his points, I'd add that it is not even clear whose judgements /values should count when trying to assess services delivered: for example, perhaps a community local to a resource gives low ratings of services X,Y and Z, but visitors but perhaps delivery of X,Y and Z is deemed of global importance and value.
I appreciate the desire for standardisation but I worry that in the drive for standardised methods and generalised maps of services, we will end with some things measured inappropriately, partially, or not at all, perhaps with easy to measure things (e.g. those relating to provisioning) dominating decision-making (as, it could be argued, they do now). This has equity implications.
Could using standardised a 'toolkit' methodologies could go some way to ensure that all types of ESS are always measured and used in decision-making (even if the details of how they are measured and the values ascribed to them will vary according to context)? If comparability is desired, could such an approach be sufficient? This perhaps could give qualitative comparability though not quantitative comparaibility.


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A centimetre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; symbol cm) or centimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length. Centi is the SI prefix for a factor of 10−2.[1] Hence a centimetre can be written as 1×10−2 m, 10×10−3 m (engineering notation) or 1E−2 m (scientific E notation) — meaning 10 mm or 1 m/100 respectively. The centimetre was the base unit of length in the now deprecated centimetre-gram-second (CGS) system of units.
Though for many physical quantities, SI prefixes for factors of 103—like milli- and kilo-—are often preferred by technicians, the centimetre remains a practical unit of length for many everyday measurements. A centimetre is approximately the width of the fingernail of an adult person (between 3/8 in and 7/16 inch on an English inch ruler).
Equivalence to other units of length[edit]
1 centimetre is equal to:
- 10 millimetres
- 0.01 metre, which can be represented by 1.00 E-2 m (1 metre is equal to 100 centimetres)
- about 0.393700787401575 inch (1 inch is equal to 2.54 centimetres) [2]
1 cubic centimetre is equal to 1 millilitre, under the current SI system of units.
Uses of centimetre[edit]
In addition to its use in the measurement of length, the centimetre is used:
- sometimes, to report the level of rainfall as measured by a rain gauge [3]
- in the CGS system, the centimetre is used to measure capacitance, where 1 cm of capacitance = Farad [4]
- in maps, centimetres are used to make conversions from map scale to real world scale (kilometres)
- to represent second moment of areas (cm4)
- as the inverse of the kayser, a CGS unit, and thus a non-SI metric unit of wavenumber: 1 kayser=1 wave/centimetre; or, more generally, (wavenumber in kaysers)=1/(wavelength in centimetres).
Unicode symbols[edit]
For the purposes of compatibility with Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) characters, Unicode has symbols for:[5]
- centimetre (㎝) – code 339D
- square centimetre (㎠) – code 33A0
- cubic centimetre (㎤) – code 33A4
They are mostly used only with East Asian fixed-width CJK fonts, because they are equal in size to one Chinese character.
See also[edit]
- 1 E-2 m
- Conversion of units, for comparison with other units of length
- Reciprocal centimetre
- Orders of magnitude (length)
- ^ BIPM - SI prefixes
- ^ Inch - from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
- ^ Rain Measurement, Rain Gauge, Wireless Rain Gauge, Rain Gage, Rain Gauge Data
- ^ Capacitance - from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
- ^ [1] CJK Compatibility excerpt from The Unicode Standard, Version 4.1.
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Converting the grand lobby of an early 20th century landmark building built in 1908, into a lively Italian open market and a learning center, required the flexibility and management of a world-class contractor. The 100-year old building presented some unique challenges to the team. As areas were demolished and prepped for construction layers of history from the old building were exposed. The unique features of the era were preserved and incorporated into the design, including:
- marble columns and walls uncovered were restored, refinished and cleaned
- the existing floor, which varied in height more than 16 inches in some areas was leveled in order to incorporate the hand-laid mosaic tiles, create a safe walkway throughout the shop and properly install the equipment
- folding iron gates at the entrance of the building were reused
- original bronze moldings were repurposed to frame a group of interior show windows
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The new 50,000sf restaurant brings the taste of Italy to New York. The management is working with small, local farmers and hand-made, quality products to bring the finest flavor to its patrons. The space features
- La Piazza—the heart of the T-shaped floor is an open Italian plaza for guests to stop and enjoy the food and wine
- Manzo—a steakhouse restaurant with a formal dining room that seats 50
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Abbas admits 'difficult times' await Palestinians after the Palestinian Authority's statehood bid [Al Jazeera, Qatar]
Presenter, Male #1
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Israelis to recognize the state of Palestine and not waste the chance for peace on the basis of the two-state solution.
Presenter, Female #1
His statements came shortly before his arrival to New York this morning in an attempt to request full membership for the state of Palestine at the UN General Assembly.
Presenter, Male #1
On the eve of the Palestinian bid, donor nations to the Palestinian Authority concluded their meeting and called for resuming negotiations with the Israelis.
Reporter, Female #2
All eyes are focused on New York on the eve of the Palestinian statehood bid that has generated escalating controversy. President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in New York, calling on Israelis to recognize the state of Palestine at the United Nations and not to waste the chance for peace. However, he also expected the Palestinian people and leadership to encounter difficulties that may not only be political, but also economic. And that was the focus of the discussion during a meeting by donor nations to the Palestinian Authority at the United Nations. The long discussion that took place at the meeting was attended by Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon. Following the meeting, the chair called for resuming negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis. He said the current deadlock in the peace process threatens the economy of the future Palestinian state.
Guest, Male #2 (Jonas Gahr Stoere, Norwegian Foreign Minister)
The final status issues are not being dealt with. The meeting's message is that it is imminently necessary, in our point of view as the donor nations, to resume the political negotiations so we can move towards the goal of having the two states of Israel and Palestine living side by side in the two-state solution.
Reporter, Female #2
The Israeli deputy foreign minister responded to these statements with more threats. He warned the Palestinians that pushing for their venture at the UN may close the door to any peace process.
Guest, Male #3 (Danny Ayalon, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister)
If the Palestinians do not step up and sit at the table to discuss all the issues in seriousness, in mutual respect, then we cannot, and we will not find a solution. Therefore, the Palestinians' heading to the UN is a renunciation of their responsibility, and I call on the Palestinian leadership not to let down its people.
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The Israelis say that negotiations come first. The special envoy of the diplomatic Middle East Quartet, Tony Blair, tried to find another formula for the Israeli position.
Guest, Male #4 (Tony Blair, Middle East Quartet Envoy)
What we should aim for this week is to have a significant advancement of the Palestinian statehood and the negotiation restarted, because that then allows us to combine strong support from the international community for Palestinian statehood with a re-launched and revitalized new negotiation.
Reporter, Female #2
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also affirmed the international consensus on negotiations in her talks with EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton. The outcome of all these international positions and pressure will be evident after Abbas' anticipated speech at the Security Council, where the American veto will most likely be used. Heading to the UN General Assembly will be the next step, where Palestine may be given a non-member UN observer state status.
Israeli ambassador:Palestinian statehood issue vastly exaggerated [IBA, Israel]
Back to the top story of the day, top story of the week for that matter, IBA's Eli Wohlgelernter spoke this morning with Ambassador Alan Baker, who had a different take on the Palestinian Authority's push for recognition at the UN. Baker: I think that the whole thing has been vastly exaggerated and pushed out of all proportion. I think so much so that Abu Mazen is ringing his hands in joy at the fact that Israeli ministers are calling this a political tsunami and the Israeli media is calling this a fateful week for the history of the area. I think this is all vastly exaggerated and whilst we can't ignore that there will be something happening at the UN we have made it into what it is because of our own excitement and fear that have no real reason.
Killing of Syrian protestors continues as France slams UN silence [Future TV, Lebanon]
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Five people were killed in Homs today, including a female student and a child, raising the death toll to 16 individuals killed by security forces in the past few hours. This comes as the UN human rights office said that over 2,700 people have been killed. Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe renewed his accusation that the Syrian regime is committing crimes against humanity.
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Yemen's revolutionary forces urge an end to the 'carnage of peaceful protestors' [Dubai TV, UAE]
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Security is deteriorating in Yemen, coinciding with the arrival of the United Nations special envoy to Sanaa, along with the Gulf Cooperation Council secretary-general. Abdel Rahman al-Shumari reports from Sanaa.
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Unprecedented security deterioration and tension are persisting over the Yemeni capital Sanaa and other cities, following what has become known as the "massacre of Hay al-Qa'a and Kentucky." Yemeni security forces and gunmen disguised as civilians have opened fire on a peaceful protest, killing or injuring hundreds of young protestors.
Guest, Male #3 (Tareq Neeman, Field hospital Surgeon, Change Square)
The regime fired live ammunition. They didn't use tear gas or batons. They fired heavy artillery and live ammunition.
Reporter, Male #2
While the ruling regime held the opposition responsible for the incidents, the National Council of the Popular Revolutionary Forces are demanding the international community take practical measures to help end what they referred to as "the regime's crimes." The military forces loyal to the youths' revolution have vowed to legally pursue and try what they referred to as "remnants of the Saleh's regime."
Guest, Male #4 (Jamal Jaberi, Yemeni Journalist and Writer)
The murder of peaceful protestors yesterday has killed the Gulf initiative. The silence of the international community is the price to be paid for the regime's cooperation in the so called "war on terror."
Reporter, Male #2
This bloody day comes days after the release of a report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, condemning the Yemeni regime for ordering the killing of peaceful protestors. These recent developments seem to be dimming any opportunity for optimism raised by Washington, which said a political settlement may be reached within a week. Despite the rising number of dead and injured, the youths of change vow to push ahead with their revolutionary escalation until the downfall of the regime. All signs are warning that the coming days may witness further violence, especially as the military option takes precedence over a peaceful solution. Abdel Rahman al-Shumari, Dubai TV, Sanaa.
Libya's opposition forces hit by fierce resistance in Bani Walid and Sirte [Al-Alam, Iran]
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Fierce battles are raging in the city of Bani Walid, south of the Libyan capital Tripoli, where a large number of revolutionaries were able to enter this morning. Meanwhile, chief revolutionary negotiator Abdullah Kenshil, said that the fighting is intense and the liberation of the city will be decided over the next two days. He added that talks with Gaddafi's battalions are underway in an attempt to evacuate additional families from the city, whose population is 50,000. The revolutionaries have retreated from the city of Sirte due to fierce resistance by Gaddafi supporters.
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Fierce battles are raging south of the Libyan capital Tripoli, particularly in and around the city of Bani Walid, where a large number of revolutionaries were able to enter. The sounds of explosions and gunfire are echoing across Bani Walid due the intense fighting raging between the two sides in a bid to gain control of the city. Forces loyal to the National Transitional Council suffered from a lack of organization and failure to follow orders, which made them an easy target for Gaddafi's battalions and ultimately lead to their expulsion from the city. The revolutionaries were unable to conquer Sirte, the main stronghold of the former regime, due to intense resistance by Gaddafi's battalions. Dozens of NTC's fighters have been killed since the launch of the attack on Sirte last Thursday. The revolutionaries announced they have postponed an operation to storm the city to protect the lives of civilians, who continue to flee in large numbers.
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The situation in the city is very tragic. There's no electricity or fuel. The storages are empty of supplies.
Reporter, Male #1
At the heart of the Libyan south, the city of Sabha is still under the control of Gaddafi forces. Meanwhile, the revolutionaries are massing in nearby villages in preparation for the launch of an imminent attack, amid fear that the war may turn into a long term conflict.
Guest, Male #4
Today, the liberated cities have been secured, thank God. Some of the cities were peacefully liberated, such as this Qutba city.
Reporter, Male #1
Politically, NTC members have postponed the announcement of their transitional government after failing to agree on its makeup. In the capital Tripoli, far from the sounds of artillery and raging battles, celebrations are underway to welcome two fighter pilots who fled to Malta seven months ago after refusing to shell revolutionary positions. Dozens of residents greeted the two pilots at the Maqeta military airport in Tripoli.
Guest, Male #5 (NTC Spokesman)
We would like to express our gratitude to the Maltese government. As I said earlier, Libya will be like paradise. However, this paradise will be empty of people if we don't receive support. The Maltese helped us, and this is why I continue to thank them.
Reporter, Male #1
Until achieving military resolve, Libya and its people will continue to wait for the launch of a new chapter in their lives here at home and abroad.
Violence against Bahraini protestors rages on [Press TV, Iran]
And not to Bahrain, where Saudi-backed forces have charged thousands of protestors on the streets calling for the downfall of the regime. Government troops fired teargas to break up the protests. There are also reports that live rounds have been fired as well. The clashes happened in the eastern oil-rich region of Sitra. Protestors have been taking to the streets on a daily basis trying to bring down the ruling monarchy. The revolution in the Persian Gulf sheikhdom began in mid-February. Since then, dozens of protestors have been killed and hundreds more injured.
Sudan and South Sudan sign border deal [BBC Arabic, UK]
Presenter, Male #1
The two states of Sudan and South Sudan signed an agreement to set up ten border crossings to ease travel and trade between the two countries. These ten crossings will be located in a demilitarized zone that extends along the 2,000 kilometer border.
Reporter, Male #2
This is the first agreement on border security signed between Sudan and South Sudan since the South announced its independence from the north this past July. The two countries' defense ministers announced their respective governments' determination to set up ten border crossings in the demilitarized zone along the border. The border has been closed for several months due to the eruption of clashes in border provinces in northern Sudan. A conciliatory tone dominated the highest-level bilateral meeting in Khartoum since South Sudan's independence. The two governments affirmed through their defense ministers that the two countries have overcome their disputes.
Guest, Male #3
Sudan and South Sudan are two countries that have good relations and we strongly care about having good security at the border.
Reporter, Male #2
The two sides exchanged accusations about the clashes witnessed in the provinces of South Kordofan and the northern Blue Nile between the Sudanese army and members of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement, the SPLM. Khartoum refuses to recognize the SPLM as a political party in the north, and shut down its bureaus and accused the government in the South of supporting it. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005 ended the civil war that lasted decades and killed one million people. However, no agreements were reached on the disputed region of Abyei or on the issue of sharing oil revenue, which is considered the main source of income for both countries.
The regional aspirations of the Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood [New TV, Lebanon]
Presenter, Female #1
The Muslim Brotherhood is the fuel for the Arab uprisings. More about the brothers of the Brotherhood in Lebanon in the following report by my colleague Riyad Gilaisi.
Reporter, Male #1
The green flag has its reality. The descendants of Hassan al-Banna are resurfacing after decades of oppression, returning with the awakening of the Arab revolutions, bringing the spring of promises. For a long time, regimes used the Brotherhood and scare tactics to prolong their reigns. Now their time is up. The Brotherhood has a branch in Lebanon.
So where does the Lebanese group fit into the Brotherhood's aspirations? The Islamic Group is the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, established by Egyptian Hassan al-Banna. The Brotherhood in Lebanon began when Mohammad al-Daouk founded the Ibad Al Rahman Association in 1949. In 1962, Fathi Yakan called for its transformation into the Islamic Group because of the civil war's affects on the group and its contribution to the resistance against the Israeli occupation. With Sheikh Faysal Mawlawi as leader, the group overcame many hardships, from the Taif Agreement to the Lebanese crisis in the aftermath of Premier Hariri's assassination. The crisis affected the group, especially after Preacher Fathi Yakan left and established the Islamic Action Front under the pretext that the group is biased in a number of positions in favor of the March 14 Alliance. Today, after the demise of both Yakan and Mawlawi, the Lebanese Brotherhood is at a new crossroads in light of the recent actions taken by their brothers in the Arab world. While the Muslim Brotherhood is considered to be a fundamental part of the uprisings, the group was directly accused of conspiring with the US and the West during the counter-revolution.
Guest, Male #2 (Ibrahim al-Misri, Secretary-General of the Islamic Group)
For example, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is sometimes accused of having relations with the US. That is ridiculous. The Muslim Brotherhood announced that it rejects any dialogue, even for the sake of just holding a dialogue. In the past, there has been no dialogue between the Brotherhood and the US, either because the US does not want to open a dialogue with what it says to be fundamentalists; or because the Muslim Brotherhood doesn't wish to open a dialogue under the pretext that the US's presence in the region is hostile and in support of Israel, oppressing the Islamic movement everywhere.
Reporter, Male #1
Turkey, a country aspiring to regain the prestige of its Ottoman ancestors, represents one of the axes of power for the Brotherhood in this era, especially in light of the ruling Turkish Justice and Development Party, which has roots extending to the Brotherhood. However, the momentum gained by the Renaissance Party of Tunisia, Hamas in Palestine, and the Islamists in Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon is setting the stage for accusing the Brotherhood of being dependent on the new Ottoman Sultan.
Guest, Male #4
It is a natural right for any country to act within its authority and strengthen its ideologies in the region. This is Turkey's right. The important thing is that this right is not practiced at the cost of the people in the region, their freedom, or their sovereignty. What I want to affirm is that there is no means of coordination between the Turkish government and the Muslim Brotherhood in any country. It is true that there may be consultation, like there is between many officials in other countries. But there is no coordination mechanism so that the Muslim Brotherhood can become a medium through which Turkey consolidates its ideology to expand its presence in the region.
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The Lebanese group stresses its independence and the independence of its brothers.n Furthermore, it denies that there is any Gulf influence and complains of a lack of Gulf support.


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Interfaith Alliance president Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy issued the following statement on the passing of Nelson Mandela.
"Nelson Mandela was a citizen of the world and a hero to all who cherish freedom. For people who care about social change, racial justice and equal rights, and for all those who hope for a better future, Mandela embodied the quiet courage, the confident patience, and the passionate persistence needed for such work. This remarkable leader humbly projected a seldom seen propensity for being able to alter ugly reality through the simple, though never easy, practice of forgiveness."
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"Nelson Mandela has been unique among humankind. Indisputably, he was the kind of individual who comes along maybe once in a century. With profound compassion and a soft voice of comfort, Mandela informed us, challenged us, inspired us, and demonstrated for us how best to change the world. It is an honor and a source of gratitude simply to have been able to live as a contemporary of this moral giant and learn the ways of wisdom."
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Agatha Christie on the Big and Small Screen
Even though Dame Agatha may not have enjoyed adaptations of her mysteries, audiences have been loving them for decades
- By Daniel Eagan
- Smithsonian.com, May 16, 2011
(Everett Collection)
Dame Margaret Rutherford, a fixture on the British stage, starred in this adaptation of 4:50 From Paddington, the first Miss Marple book to have such an honor. Rutherford's dithering detective raised hackles of some purists, but was popular enough to star in three sequels, one of them, Murder Most Foul, based on a Hercule Poirot mystery. Christie famously disapproved of the casting, having her secretary comment that while "Miss Rutherford is a fine actress, she bears no resemblance to her own idea of Miss Marple." Nevertheless, the author chatted with the actress on the set of Murder at the Gallop, and dedicated her 1962 novel The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side "to Margaret Rutherford in admiration."
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David Suchet is the best Poirot. I especially enjoyed his tour of the current Orient Express, followed by 'Murder on the Orient Express'. Although his supporting cast was good, it's a shame that he couldn't have had the cast Albert Finney had. As for Miss Marple, Jean Hickson is the best. She exactly fit my image of Miss Marple from the books.
Posted by Dorothy Burke on August 31,2011 | 01:41 PM
I thought Peter U. was a wonderful Poirot, until I witnessed the work of David Suchet in the role! He has the character down pat. The 2010 Murder on the Orient Express, was staggering in the emotion Suchet was able to render as Poirot!
After seeing it, I re-read the book, and Suchet (along with the production crew) absolutely hit it on the head!
Posted by anne on June 23,2011 | 08:32 PM
I have every book, audiotape, and video available of Agatha Christie's output. I never get tired of reading/hearing/seeing them again and again. Margaret Rutherford's Miss Marple may be a travesty of the original, but she sure is fun to watch. David Suchet IS Poirot!
Posted by Ginny on June 19,2011 | 02:10 PM
David Suchet is perfect.
Posted by cbenson on June 13,2011 | 09:59 PM
My all time favorite is Peter Ustinov as Poirot. I also enjoy David Suchet in that version, but dismissed Albert Finney from one of my favorite sleuths. He just doesn't cut it. But watch and read all of Agatha Christie. I may be journeying to her seaside town Of Torquay in 2012 can't wait!!
Posted by marianne rutka on June 6,2011 | 10:37 AM
David Suchet is the absolute best Poirot. Think I may have watched every one of the shows.
Posted by sue moore on May 30,2011 | 06:10 PM
"Judge" Wilfrid Roberts? Didn't Laughton play a counsel for the defense? He would have been a barrister, not a judge. Unless "Judge" was a nickname, or an honorific used to recognize a former judgeship. It has been a time since I've seen the film, but I'm sure Laughton was at the bar, not on the bench.
Posted by Ed Cash on May 25,2011 | 10:24 PM
Haven't seen this yet- looking forward to it!
Posted by nc on May 18,2011 | 03:06 PM
Dame Agatha seemed to have been a bit of a prissy pringle. THe mustache gave Mr. Finney a bit of dash. It is one of my favorite Christie movies and perhaps on one of my top ten lists for composition. It is a great movie to watch and enjoy.
I wish I could do interiors like Mr. Lumet.
Posted by JP on May 18,2011 | 12:30 PM
I love Agatha Christie. We watch her stories on PBS when they are available. After reading this, I want to look into more of the Dame's works.
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Top we have #5 and bottom #3 - how beautiful does #5 look! Swatch's are further down in the post
Yes it's a gimmick, but I love it! The LED lights coupled with a cute mirror on the side provides perfect application when the lights are low. Now some of you may be aware of the MEMEME range who also have a lipgloss with exactly the same feature. I'm not sure if there are any high end brands that have this gimmick - I think there are 1 or 2 in the US but I have not seen any in the UK, if I am wrong could someone please correct me!
The GOSH lipgloss has the same style brush as the dazzleglass, whereas the MEMEME product (in the middle) has a sponge tip applicator, which I find harder to use and also means you have to pump the stuff like mad to get a decent amount of product. Now I'm not going to compare the MEMEME lipgloss to the dazzleglass because the formula is completely different; it's far stickier with a lot less glitter, which of course some of you may prefer. MEMEME is available is most larger superdrugs so do go check them out, they have some great high end dupes!
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I am totally in love with GOSH #5 (top right), in fact heres a (slightly blurry) picture of it on the lips...
Nice, huh? The purple glitter really stands out.
So being the dedicated beauty addict I am, I did a road test of each product this evening while I was watching the footie at the pub, for the first half of the match I tried the GOSH lipgloss and the second half I tried the MAC (I'm not into football, I went along with my housemates. Luckily testing out lipglosses was far more exciting than the footie :-) )
So back on topic, how did each product compare? Well the MAC is more pigmented, and there is more glitter in the GOSH lipgloss but unless you put both products on the lip at the same time (which I did - all in the name of research) you won't notice any difference in effect. Both make lips look plumper and the glitter reflects beautifully.
However the light and mirror did really come in useful when applying. Yes you do get some odd looks when you are applying a lipgloss with LED's in the lid (especially in a pub full of drunken Mancunians) but it saved me having to root around in my bag for my mirror and a decent lit area.
So check out this GOSH product. I am pretty impressed with a lot of their items; the lip jams and extreme art eye liner are fantastic. Plus it's 3 for 2 in superdrug right now so head a long and grab yourself a bargain. And if anyone else has tried this product then let me know, I'd love to hear your thoughts!
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(Justin Hoch / Wikimedia Commons)The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), one of the most prominent Israel lobby groups in the US, accidentally let slip what it really thinks of the 1.5 million Palestinians who are nominally citizens of Israel, but face multiple forms of legal and social discrimination and ongoing expulsions from their land.
A 15 June press release on the ADL website carries the title, "Poll of Israeli Public Shows Overwhelming Appreciation for the U.S., Mixed Views of November Presidential Election."
Here's a few snippets from the text, with emphasis added:
The Israeli public has a strongly positive attitude toward the United States and continues to perceive the U.S. as a loyal ally of Israel, according to a new poll of Israeli public opinion issued today.
The comprehensive poll of Israeli public opinion was released today by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies ("BESA Center"), the Bar-Ilan University Center for International Communication ("CIC"), and the Anti-Defamation League ("ADL") and queried Israeli citizens about a number of issues affecting U.S.-Israel and Israel-Diaspora relations.
"Israelis" support military action against Iran
And here's one of the poll's key findings:
If diplomatic efforts fail to stop the Iranian drive towards a nuclear bomb, two-thirds (66 percent) of Israelis would support an Israeli military strike on Iran. Of those supporting Israeli military action, 71 percent would continue to support such action even if the American government opposed an Israeli strike.
It would seem this poll is part of Israel lobby groups' propaganda efforts to put pressure on the US to escalate its confrontation with Iran, on behalf of Israel.
Who are the "Israelis"?
But keep reading and you discover this:
The survey of Israeli opinion was prepared for the international conference on "American-Israeli Relations," June 17-18, 2012 at the BESA Center. It was conducted by the Maagar Mochot polling agency between May 28 and June 1, 2012. 540 adult Jewish Israelis were surveyed. The poll's margin of error was plus or minus 4.5 percent.
In other words, this supposedly "comprehensive poll of Israeli public opinion" is a Jews-only affair.
It is ironic, because Israeli law doesn't recognize anything called "Israeli" nationality. Instead, Israel categorizes citizens by ethnoreligious designations, with Jews being the most privileged group legally and socially.
But there is supposedly such a thing as "Israeli" citizenship – Palestinian citizens of Israel, unlike those in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, carry Israeli ID cards and passports and can vote in Knesset elections, even though their elected representatives are systematically excluded from running the country (rare tokens excepted).
Inherent bigotry in ADL poll
Elsewhere on its website, the ADL apparently does recognize the existence of Palestinian citizens of Israel – calling them generically "Arabs":
Today, Israel's Arab citizens are accorded full civil and political rights, entitled to complete participation in Israeli society. They are active in Israeli social, political and civic life and enjoy representation in Israel's Parliament, foreign service and judicial system.
Leave aside the ADL's ludicrous claims that Palestinian citizens of Israel enjoy full rights and equality, why isn't the ADL at least practicing what it preaches? If Palestinian citizens of Israel are fully active in Israel's political life, how come they're excluded from the ADL's "comprehensive poll of Israeli public opinion"?
It's simple: The ADL's poll is very much like a "comprehensive poll" of American public opinion that interviews only white people, or only Christians.
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So are Bahraini's fall under the "not set"? Certainly we had some traffic from them. Interesting how the site got better viewed from the UK, would that also include people with a UK proxy set to be able to get BBC's UK only internet content?
United Arab Emirates: 0.3
I thank you. :)
Any nothern english man here?
Born in South Africa, moved to Leicester in England when I was 7 (1991), have lived there ever since.
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@fer-no65 We beat Finland too! :D And they have an F1 driver on the grid!
Go Pilipinas!
Now Finland has 2
wow I honestly didn't expect that many differnt nations to read this website :p Supprised that there are so many smaller nations having a biggish percentage, F1 Fanatic is on the up!
It is incredible to see how many people read the sight. I am glad you are getting such international exposure Keith, you have earned it!
I'm also quite pleasantly surprised that my fellow compatriots have made the U.S. number 2 among visitors!
Time for an update on this – here's where site visitors have come from over the past month (as %):
A few points to note:
*The largest single group, users from the UK, has fallen by almost 5%. *Finland has gone up a massive 30 places to fourth. Welcome back Kimi Raikkonen!
United Kingdom 35.52 United States 10.79 Australia 5.02 Finland 3.85 Canada 2.91 Germany 2.72 Netherlands 1.9 Spain 1.88 India 1.85 Italy 1.83 Brazil 1.67 Russia 1.6 Poland 1.48 Japan 1.47 France 1.38 (not set) 1.36 Sweden 1.22 Greece 1.17 Malaysia 1.09 Ireland 0.99 Belgium 0.98 Hungary 0.98 South Africa 0.81 Romania 0.76 Singapore 0.7 Portugal 0.68 Croatia 0.63 New Zealand 0.61 Indonesia 0.61 Slovenia 0.54 Denmark 0.54 Austria 0.47 Mexico 0.45 Czech Republic 0.44 Switzerland 0.44 Ukraine 0.44 Philippines 0.43 Bulgaria 0.41 Turkey 0.4 Argentina 0.4 Slovakia 0.39 Norway 0.37 Taiwan 0.35 Hong Kong 0.33 Serbia 0.33 Estonia 0.32 China 0.26 Latvia 0.26 United Arab Emirates 0.25 South Korea 0.19 Lithuania 0.19 Malta 0.18 Thailand 0.17 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.14 Macedonia [FYROM] 0.14 Cyprus 0.14 Venezuela 0.11 Vietnam 0.11 Pakistan 0.11 Dominican Republic 0.09 Colombia 0.09 Belarus 0.08 Lebanon 0.08 Saudi Arabia 0.08 Chile 0.07 Egypt 0.07 Jersey 0.07 Israel 0.06 Uruguay 0.06 Luxembourg 0.06 Jamaica 0.05 Kenya 0.05 Peru 0.05 Sri Lanka 0.05 Bahrain 0.05 Moldova 0.05 Trinidad and Tobago 0.05 Isle of Man 0.04 Albania 0.04 Guernsey 0.04 Jordan 0.04 Montenegro 0.03 Bangladesh 0.03 Ecuador 0.03 Botswana 0.03 Qatar 0.03 Gibraltar 0.03 Morocco 0.03 Iran 0.03 Barbados 0.03 Iceland 0.03 Brunei 0.03 Costa Rica 0.03 Tunisia 0.02 Uganda 0.02 Macau 0.02 Puerto Rico 0.02 Kazakhstan 0.02 Algeria 0.02 Nigeria 0.02
This is just the top 100. The following places each had a single visitor over the past month: Congo [DRC], Cape Verde, Faroe Islands, Saint Lucia, French Polynesia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. So if you're reading this in one of those places, you're extra-special!
I think it's only right that Finland, over-represented in F1′s history in terms of both drivers and champions, punches its weight in terms of F1 Fanatic visitors too. I'm doing my bit to keep it high on the list – though I started coming here long before Räikkönen announced his comeback :)
Latvia !! Yes! 0.26 :D that's what I'm talking about. Latvians,where you at?
Wow, fascinating figures Keith. Interesting to see that 10% of the traffic comes from the States, I imagine this will increase towards Austin. Is there any concern that the UK proportion has dropped, or is it just a reflection that you're overall traffic has increased and widened?
@bleeps-and_tweaks Not at all, this is just normal fluctuation in the figures. The UK proportion figure has been in the 33-39% range. Although I like to see the traffic go up, the breakdown between different regions doesn't really matter.
The reason I list the figures here is some people tend to make inaccurate assumptions about the site's demography – there seems to be a minority that assume that a '.co.uk' domain suffix means 99% of the site's readership is from the UK.
I really have to start to publicize F1F here in Portugal. A lot of F1 fans here have a good command of English and they don't know what they have been missing!
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Conservative bloggers for some time have known about SWATing. SWATing is the favorite tactic of certain liberal extremists. They fake a 911 call to the police claiming a violent incident has occurred at a home and then the police show up with guns drawn.
It can be very dangerous.
From Fox News:
Conservative bloggers are on heightened alert following a string of so-called "SWAT-ing" incidents and are taking precautionary measures to ensure they don't fall victim to the potentially dangerous prank as the political blogosphere prepares for a heated election season.
"SWAT-ing" refers to a hoax in which an anonymous prankster falsely reports a violent crime at an unsuspecting person's home, prompting a police team to respond to the location believing a dangerous situation is at hand.
The illegal practice has in recent months targeted well-known conservative writers and commentators, including Erick Erickson, founder of the blog RedState.com -- who claims he was eating dinner with his family in May when a SWAT team surrounded his home following such a false 911 call.
The growing trend, which some say could one day prove deadly, had conservatives on edge at the annual RightOnline conference of right-wing bloggers and activists in Las Vegas this weekend.
"What they're clearly trying to do is dampen down free speech, but it goes beyond that -- it's putting people's physical safety in jeopardy," said Ali Akbar, who heads a group called the National Bloggers Club made up of conservative online writers.
Akbar told FoxNews.com that he believes he is a target after he claims his mother's home address in Texas was posted on various Internet sites to "incite someone crazy on the fringe left to do something absolutely awful to one of us for what we're talking about."
Finally, the media is talking about this.
It is a good thing too.
Perhaps the media pressure will finally force the Department of Justice to get involved. Former DOJ lawyer J. Christian Adams said that if Eric Holder gave the word for the Feds to get involved, SWATing could be shut down in 48 hours.
Holder nor Obama are going to voluntarily do anything.
They do not care if conservatives are threatened. They want conservatives silenced.
This is just another reason why Obama must be gone after this election. We need an Attorney General who will stop this type of activity.
As long as the Obama Regime is in power, conservative bloggers will remain in the crosshairs.
You are right Brother......We are the "Body of America" ! We Are The People that Signed The Declaration of Independence, formed The Articles of Confederation, Formed & Signed The United States of America "Constitution", formed the "Rule of Law", enforced The Rule of Law, worked and Built the infrastructure and Paid the Taxes to Sustain this "Constitutional Republic".
We are Not the Left or Right "Wings"....Our Only Agenda is "Reestablishing the Rule of Law rather than "The Rule of Man" and The USA Constitution as "The Only Standard by which We The People Shall follow" !
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Eugene, I always look forward to your posts. You are absolutely correct about this. We are the center and there's nothing hateful or extreme about the rule of law or basic freedoms.
I will continue to avoid "red state" (CHINA and CUBA are Red states!) and make an effort to avoid Captialism, references to wings of parliament, and I'd even like to avoid "conservative"... conservative compared to what?? Encouraging homosexuality in kindergarteners, with federal grants?
OK, Eugene, let's vet our terms! What is your take on bad/ better/ best phrases?
Only if the system is "Enhanced" 911 (E911) will the address appear for the operator, otherwise, the caller must identify the address (verbally).
Doesn't Holder hold some office in this administration?
Eric gets a paycheck each month for being the Director, The Department of "Injustice".
This has been going on for some time now.
Typical liberals. They don't care who they hurt as long as they get what they want! What if someone is in REAL Danger? Now the cops are on a false call when there is a REAL Liberal Commiting a crime! Now someone is DEAD!! So like the liberals! They are just not right at all!! I am glad that we have ripped the Media to the point that they are finally calling some things OUT!! Maybe if we keep on them, we can get them to do the right thing all the time! I fear for the Conservative Bloggers, but here is what the useless liberals dont' understand about us Conservatives. We are not weak like the liberals are and the more nasty things that you do to us, the worse it will get for you. We are no longer going to back down. We were silenced in the past, and we ended up with Obama!!
Liberals are a joke. Use of law enforcment to scare Conservatives is an outrage. One of these days when some one is killed over this then the Unjustice deparment may look into it.
After someone or their family is harmed or suffers a fatality, the MSM will have to take notice; It only serves to fabricate a Conservative martyr. Stupid Liberals!
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