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Ted Simons: An ASU sustainability scientist says in order to achieve a sustainable future we must account for both the nature of wealth and the wealth of nature. But professor Ann Kinzigs: so far, we're only about half way there. Kinzig is the chief research strategist for the global snout of sustainability and also a professor in both the school of sustainability and the school of life sciences. I recently spoke with Ann Kinzig about her ideas on wealth and nature. Thanks for joining us tonight on "Arizona Horizon."
Ann Kinzig: Thank you for having me.
Ted Simons: And the idea of measure measuring the nature of wealth but not the wealth of nature. Talk to us more about this.
Ann Kinzig: So I connect this had notion of wealth to sustainability, and if you look at the definitions of sustainability, they are all basically focused on enhancing or delivering the wellbeing for future generations, our obligations to the future. And one of the most popular definitions was given by the bruntland commission report, and it says that sustainable development is development that meets the needs of current generations, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, and on the face of it, that sounds great. It's an appealing, ethical principle that we should do that, that we cannot enhance our wellbeing by undermining the wellbeing of our descendants, but the problem is we cannot possibly know whether we're meeting that go goal. And how do we know whether our actions, or decisions today are enhancing or undermining the wellbeing of the future generations? The definition of sustainability that I like focuses on, on the concept of wealth. And now, the word for wealth, actually, comes from an old English word, wheel, which means wellbeing. And so, our wealth actually is the sum total of all of our assets. That contribute to our wellbeing. The problem, is we tend to focus too narrowly on particular aspects of wealth. So if we look at societal wealth, I think that we know that it includes the money that we have in the bank, this stocks, and Etc. And we know that it includes the things that we produce. Buildings and roads and cell phones and, and this table. So, we have that under control. We measured it perfectly. But, it also includes human capital, and it includes this notion that there is wealth in people's skills and knowledge and their creativity. And, and most importantly, and most overlooked, it includes the wealth and nature, nature provides us with a whole series of goods and services that deliver human wellbeing. And we don't tend to account for that wealth and nature very well at all.
Ted Simons: How do we account for that wealth?
Ann Kinzig: Well, so the closest that we have to wealth accounting, in this country, and in most nations, gross domestic product, everyone has heard of that, and what gross domestic product measures, is the, the value of marketed goods and services produced in the economy in a given year, that's what it measures. It is an imperfect measure of wealth. That's the goods and services that our assets can produce but not measure of the assets themselves. And so, we tend to assume if gdp is staying constant, or rising, that the value of the assets, that give rise to those goods and services is also rising. But, that does not have to be true. I could be creating the economy, the economy could be creating these goods and services by eating into the asset base, as it were. And I could create an income for myself this year by eating into my savings, but I cannot sustain that. So, we need a more direct measure of the asset base, that's one problem with gdp. But at least we are getting some measure of the value of goods and services produced in the market. So, for anything that we market, we look at prices as some measure of the value. The problem is, a lot of nature's services are not exchanged in the marketplace, so, we're only beginning to create measures for how we would value nature.
Ted Simons: And, I think you have given an example to where, you can measure the wealth in a tree, when you have cut it down, and you can use it for products, but, how do you measure the wealth of a tree still standing?
Ann Kinzig: Ok, so the value, I'm not an economist but let me tell you a bit of economics as I understand it. The value of any asset is what they say is the discounted stream of benefits that asset can provide. So, what we have to do for tree or for lake or riparian system, a whole forest, is ask what services that can provide to us over time and when the value of those services are. And now, those services fall into three basic categories. From our perspective. And one set of services of nature is the provisioning services, things that we use or consume. So, food, fiber, fuels. Actually, because those are marketed we have pretty good measure of their value. Not perfect, but pretty good. And the second set of services are what we call cultural services so these are the opportunities for recreation, the moral, satisfaction we might get from being good stewards, and a chance for spiritual renewal from being out in something that's beautiful and for the people of Arizona, and many other places, a cultural identity that comes with particular landscapes. And we account for some of those services reasonably well, and we pay money for recreation for instance, and others we don't do as well at, and the real category of overlooked service this is nature are what we call the regulating services, these are the protection that nature offers, so, for instance, the eco-systems can regulate the mosquito population and is they can carry diseases, so it can offer disease regulation, and a vegetated watershed, can reduce erosion or reduce the likelihood of flash floods. And nature offers protection in a variety of ways. We don't have a good handle on the, on that value of nature.
Ted Simons: I was going to say it, almost sounds as though you would have to look as far as to accommodate nature?
Ann Kinzig: You do need -- well, you cannot always -- not all commodities lend themselves to being put into the market. There are these things called public goods. National defense is one of them. We would never try to provide our national defense by asking individuals to buy aircraft carriers in the marketplace. So, by definition, you need Governments to provide public goods. That's going to also be true for some of nature's services, so, while we say that we have to pay for the things that we value, we don't always have to pay in the marketplace. We can pay by deciding to set land aside. We can pay by creating regulations that prevent certain erosion of natural capital. And so, yes, in a sense, we do have to commodify, we need to understand the value to us, and make sure we are securing it relative to that.
Ted Simons: Are we, we ready, though to, understand the natural capital, and to appreciate natural capital, and then to do something tangible to have that capital increased?
Ann Kinzig: Yes, we're ready. It's not going to be perfect when we first start so there are groups trying to calculate what they would call inclusive wealth. The sum total of produced in financial capital that we understand reasonably well, human capital that we have something of a handle on. We understand the value and labor and innovation, for instance, and natural capital, and they are starting to create the methods that would allow us to calculate inclusive wealth. They are not complete yet but we have a lot of scholars, economists and other people who have been working on that, this, they have preliminary measures of inclusive wealth, and if we start now, and improve those methods, it will get better, and it will give us much better understanding of the assets that we're managing, that support human wellbeing.
Ted Simons: If we do head in that direction, or at least appreciate where that direction is, but with that in mind, my last question, what kind of response have you and other people working in this field and on these ideas, what responses are you get something.
Ann Kinzig: Some positive and some, I think, more guarded. It's always hard to change the way that we do things. I think if you just talk to people logically and say, shouldn't we understand our are wealth? Shouldn't we understand whether the decisions we're taking today enhances or undermines that wealth? They would agree. The devil is always in the details. How do you do this accounting? And that's where people get bit less comfortable. It might alter the way that we have to do things, it might alter the way that we have to think about progress. Again, I think that the world in many ways is ready for that. I think that the latest recession tells us that maybe we should be rethinking the way that we think about progress in human wellbeing, and I think that, that ideas like inclusive wealth are sense be way forward for delivering sustainability.
Ted Simons: It's fascinating information, a lot to think when there. Thank you very much for joining us. We appreciate it.
Ann Kinzig: Thank you for having me. And that is it for now. I'm Ted Simons. Thank you very much for joining us. You have great evening.


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Recently, I went to Clifton's Cafeteria...More like I went back, after a seven year absence. I remember going here almost every Sunday, as a kid, and I guess that somehow stopped...
(I don't know who Clifton is...I'm sure he was nice)
(The second floor...Filled with facts about this place...Lots of reading to do...)
I used to probably pig out (and maybe oink) on chicken, and dessert , but as a vegan, there's not many options.... Vegetarians have a lot of dessert options... Maybe someday they'll have some vegan dessert?
All I could really get is fruits and vegetables.. Pineapple chunks, strawberries, salad, onion, and beets... Yeah, it might seem boring, like my Friday nights, and my childhood, but it was still good. My family says their other stuff is good too, and I remember I used to like everything...it's worth checking out.
(Cafeteria style. No mean lunch ladies here...Unless you make them mad!)
It still feels like the same Clifton's from seven years ago. The interior looks like a forest. There's animated raccoons, and other "animals"... May seem kind of creepy and fun. The cafeteria-style everything is still the same. You choose and get your own food (except for the meat and chicken stuff...there's ladies there to help you out...) and it all seems similar to when I was in school. Except, these ladies aren't yelling at you to hurry up.
(What I got....I forgot to photograph the ketchup bottle...my favorite? thanks Heinz)
Overall, this place is fun, and if you've been here before, it always feels the same. If you haven't been here before, check it out...you'll probably be entertained by the raccoon near the entrance/exit.
Hopefully the new owner keeps a lot of the same stuff...or else...I'll probably go and take that raccon ...and name it Pumba.
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WINTER PARK, Fla. - Saint Leo junior forward Chelsea Williams has been named Sunshine State Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week presented by VALIC, it was announced Monday by SSC Commissioner Jay Jones.
The award is the first time a Saint Leo women's basketball player has been selected Player of the Week since Dominique Daniels collected the accolade on November 17, 2008.
Williams led the Lions to a 2-0 weekly mark, including a conference upset victory over No. 17 Nova Southeastern. Despite logging just 45 minutes in both games combined, Williams averaged 22.0 points, 10.5 rebounds, 1.5 steals, 1.0 block, and 0.5 assists per game.
Opening the week with a 92-43 win over Warner, Williams tallied 19 points, nine rebounds, two blocks, and a steal. In the 73-69 victory over NSU, she tallied a double-double with a career-high 25 points, 12 rebounds, two steals, and an assist. Williams shot the ball with tremendous accuracy, nailing 83 percent (19-for-23) of her field goal attempts and all six of her free throw attempts.
In total, 14 Saint Leo student-athletes have earned SSC POW considerations in 2012-13
The Lions will return to action on Monday, December 10 when they travel to Palm Beach Atlantic University. Game time is slated for 6 p.m.
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Lady GaGa is at number one in the charts with her song Bad Romance.
The American singer climbed two places to reach the top spot after appearing on the X Factor show last week.
Her album The Fame is also the UK's biggest selling album of the year so far.
But it's likely that Susan Boyle's debut album called I Dreamed a Dream will be the most popular of the year after topping the album charts for three weeks in a row.
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Federal forecasters don't expect an extreme winterNovember 21, 2013 by Seth Borenstein in Earth / Environment
The weather forecast for this winter is mostly a shrug of the shoulders.
For most of the nation, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration predicts equal chances for unusual warmth, cold, snow, rain and even average weather. That's because certain global weather factors, like El Nino, aren't big and apparent.
NOAA's Mike Halpert said Thursday that the winter isn't likely to be too memorable or unusual, except in the South where drought should deepen in the southwest and develop in the southeast.
Forecasters expect unusual warmth from Arizona to Alabama and also in New England. The extreme U.S. north, around the Dakotas, is likely to be colder than normal.
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The Santa Fe Concert Band continues one of Santa Fe's oldest traditions, of free public concerts by volunteer musicians. This tradition dates back to 1865, when Francisco Pérez, after serving as a Confederate Army bugler in the ill-fated invasion of New Mexico by Texas forces during the Civil War, returned to Santa Fe and formed La Banda de Santa Fe. This musical tradition continued under various names and directors, including Los Conquistadores from 1909 through 1940, the latter part of which was under the highly-respected and popular Dan McKenzie. The Santa Fe Concert Band was formally incorporated in 1983 under the directorship of Greg Heltman.
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Tuesday Aug. 15th, Kingston Performance 6:30 pm, Kingston Residence, Santa Fe
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The Ride for the Band is set for May 21, 2017 to raise awareness and funds for the Santa Fe Concert Band (SFCB). Cyclists ride 25, 50 or 100 miles in beautiful Old Santa Fe.
The century loop will start in Santa Fe and take you down the ancient Turquoise Trail through the old mining towns of Madrid and Golden, across the mineral rich Ortiz and San Pedro Mountains, across the Estancia Valley through the villages of Cedar Grove and Stanley and on to the very old village of Galisteo and, 100 miles after you start, wheel back into Old Santa Fe. In addition, there is a 25 mile "out & back" route and a 50 mile loop.
Riders who are registered with the SFCB are riding to support the Santa Fe Concert Band (SFCB) and its programs. The minimum pledge for Ride for the Band is $100.00 which includes optional fitness training, bike advice, maintenance, etc. to prepare cyclists for the rides.


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Women are more likely than men to seek treatment for osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has found.
The report, Population differences in health-care use for arthritis and osteoporosis in Australia, shows that when it comes to managing their osteoporosis and osteoarthritis, the level of inaction is significantly higher for men than women.
'This inaction includes not visiting a health professional, taking medications or making lifestyle changes,' said AIHW spokesperson Dr Adrian Webster.
The report suggests that a lack of action early in the disease progression is resulting in men then requiring more drastic interventions (such as joint replacement).
Despite the tendency for the disease to be more severe in women, the rate of joint replacement surgery among those with osteoarthritis or osteoporosis was lower for women than men.
The report found no difference in levels of treatment action for rheumatoid arthritis. Women with rheumatoid arthritis had a higher rate of joint replacement than men—consistent with a tendency for women to experience more severe disease.
The report also shows that rates of treatment varied depending on socioeconomic status.
'Complementary medicines are a common element of treatment for osteoarthritis but use of these medicines was 32% lower in the lowest socioeconomic group than in the highest. This suggests that cost may be a barrier for some people. Similar results were found for rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis,' Dr Webster said.
A second AIHW report also released today, Use of antiresorptive agents for osteoporosis management, examines the supply pattern of antiresorptives—medicines which can slow down the bone loss associated with osteoporosis—between 2003 and 2007.
The report found that in the first 12 months of therapy, 2 in 5 patients did not receive enough medication to receive the maximum benefit from the therapy. One quarter of the patients had stopped receiving antiresorptives by 6 months and 1 in 10 only received the first supply. This suggests that a large proportion of patients are not receiving the full benefits of this type of therapy.
The majority of people using antiresorptive therapy were women aged 65 years and over.
The AIHW is a major national agency set up by the Australian Government to provide reliable, regular and relevant information and statistics on Australia's health and welfare.
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Phoenix police have stepped up patrols around Kyrene del Milenio Elementary School in Ahwatukee Foothills after a fourth-grader skateboarding to school Aug. 11 reported that a man tried to get him into his car.
"We take this very seriously. If anyone is aware of anything or sees anything suspicious, please call us," said Lt. Mark Tallman with the Phoenix Police Department.
Erica Kreiner said her 9-year-old son was skateboarding from his home to school by himself when a car pulled up and a man got out, according to the boy's account. The incident happened on Frye Road between 44th and 46th streets, she said.
The man proceeded to put his hand on his shoulder and began pulling him toward the car, Kreiner said.
The boy said he hit the man in the head with his skateboard and ran away, she said. He reported the incident to a teacher at the school.
"His friend's dad had taught him some self defense," Kreiner said.
Trent Crump, a Phoenix Police Department spokesman, said the boy described the man as a white male between 30 and 40 years old, with a balding head of brown hair and a goatee. The man is reported to be between 5 feet, 10 inches and 6 feet tall, and 160 to 180 pounds. The man's vehicle is described as being a silver or gray older model sedan.
Police have not received any other reports of similar incidents in the area, Crump said.
"At this time, we don't have anything to corroborate (Wright's account), nor do we have any witnesses," Crump said.
School principal James Verrill sent a letter home with students Thursday warning families about the incident.
"Whenever things like this occur, it's always a good time to remind our students about stranger danger," said Kelly Alexander, Kyrene School District spokeswoman.
Crump said it's safer for children to travel to school in groups.
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Luis Suárez is keen to stay with Liverpool despite mounting speculation over his future in English football. The Uruguay striker, who has courted controversy since signing from Ajax in January 2011, recently served an eight-match ban for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra and has been linked with a move Paris St-Germain.
"I want to stay. Despite everything that happened, I am very happy here, on and off the pitch," Suárez told ovaciondigital.com. "Liverpool is one of the biggest clubs in Europe, with a history. As a child I saw them play and loved it. And the club are happy with me and want me to stay.
"I have a contract until 2016 and already want to renew. The manager remains confident in me and that is very important, especially after being out for eight games."
Suárez compounded his racism charge by refusing to shake Evra's hand before Liverpool's 2-1 defeat to United at Old Trafford on 11 February, and the 25-year-old admits he still harbours a sense of injustice over his treatment at the hands of the Football Association.
"In the case of suspension of eight games I think I was a victim," he said. "What hurts me most is that I was in court and there was no concrete evidence. It was just my word against another player and they believed him. That hurt a lot. I do not think I deserve to be treated like I was treated."
Despite being prolific during his time in Holland, Suárez first came to wider attention at the 2010 World Cup when his handball on the goalline against Ghana ultimately was pivotal in Uruguay booking their place in the semi-finals at the expense of the African nation.
It was an action for which Suárez was widely criticised, but he says both that incident and his clash with Evra are moments that he refuses to dwell on. "Obviously, if you read on the internet and newspapers, you think I'm going through something very difficult, but the truth is that I'm fine," he said. "It's similar to what happened with my hand in the World Cup. But these things happen in football. Some day they will be anecdotes and I try to forget them today."


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An NBC insider says there are still no discussions about ending the show after the sixth season despite Baldwin's statement.
The end of "30 Rock" is perhaps not as close as Alec Baldwin says. Contrary to his claim that the show will be off the air after the sixth season, an NBC insider says, "We have had no conversations about '30 Rock' ending next season."
"I will tell you one thing. And that is our show next year is our last year of the show," Baldwin previously told New York Magazine's Vulture." He added to provide the reasons, "Our contracts are expired [in 2012], and Tina [Fey] is gonna have a big career directing films and writing. She's going to be the next Elaine May. She'll be great."
Neither NBC nor Fey, who stars on and created "30 Rock", has released a statement regarding this report.
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BEMIDJI – A coin flip cost the Bemidji volleyball team a top seed in North Sub-Section 8-3A and could force the Lumberjacks to travel to Monticello on Tuesday instead of staying home and hosting a section semifinal.
The Jacks and Fergus Falls tied for first in the sub-section tournament coaches' seeding. Each team received three first-place votes and a pair of seconds.
Because the teams didn't face each other this fall, a coin flip was conducted by section official Dave Hartmann.
Fergus Falls won the flip and was awarded the North's top seed. BHS was relegated to the second spot.
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This is a reference post I've been meaning to write for some while.
Taiwan's Constitution is a mess. As someone who strongly supports the idea of further reform, I get frustrated by the knee-jerk "Constitutional reform equals a move towards independence" reaction which usually drowns out any serious discussion. Clearly though, there are areas of the constitution which, if changed, would signal a move towards independence – so it's worthwhile to have a proper look, and identify what the constitution actually says about China and Taiwan.
For reference, the original Constitution is available here, while the amendments are here.
What's not in the Constitution
An important first point: The national boundaries of the Republic of China are not defined by the constitution.
The constitution defines how to change the boundaries – but not what those boundaries are. In fact, these rules were changed in last year's constitutional reform with hardly a comment from China, pro-Independence or pro-Unification advocates, which shows how uncontencious this is.
It should also be mentioned that the territory of the ROC has never been altered – which leads to the slightly embarassing fact that Taiwan is officially not part of ROC territory, while Mongolia (and bits of Russia and Burma) are.
Other issues which aren't covered by the constitution include the national anthem and the capital (which is still officially Nanjing).
Symbolic Changes
The biggest possible issues in the Constitution relating to independence are purely symbolic. In particular:
- The name of the country. Changing the name from "The Republic of China" would of course be a major step, which I've written about before. Note that the 'Republic of China' is mentioned a total of 17 times in the original constitution, and another 11 times in the ammendments – making it a messy thing to change with ammendments (as opposed to a completely new constitution). Anyone intent on expunging anything Chinese from the constitution would also have to take care of the three references to 'overseas Chinese' in the original constitution.
- Article 6 defines what the national flag is. This is another (less explicit) link to the past – and so to China. It's also a link to the KMT, which causes some angst in democratic circles.
- Sun Yat Sen's 'three principles of the people' are defined in Article 1 of the Constitution as the basis for the ROC. Clearly the link to the 'Father of modern China' has important symbolism. The actual content of the three principles is less important (aside from the fact that the details are a load of discredited junk, they don't really touch on the Taiwan-China question).
- The Constitution itself. A heavily ammended constitution still has links to the original document written in China in 1946 – a completely new constitution wouldn't have that link.
Clearly, a change to any one of these four issues would upset China enormously, without changing the way Taiwan is governed one iota. However, given the strict rules on constitutional ammendment there is zero chance of any of these happening – whoever controls the Legislature.
Practical changes
There are also some substansive areas of the constitution whose change would be controversial:
- The preamble to the ammendments reads "To meet the requisites of the nation prior to national unification, the following articles of the ROC Constitution are added or amended to the ROC Constitution…". Obviously, this implies that unification is a goal of the ROC. Changing this to be conditional (i.e. 'If unification occurs, these ammendments cease to apply') or removing it completely would be a step away from unification.
- The ammendments introduce the concept of the "free area of the Republic of China" to describe the area of effective control of the ROC. All national elections refer to electors in the free area. However, there is no mention as to how or where this 'free area' is defined. Given that this is a pretty practical way of allowing democratic elections in Taiwan it's unlikely that anyone could change this.
- Article 11 of the ammendments: "Rights and obligations between the people of the Chinese mainland area and those of the free area, and the disposition of other related affairs may be specified by law." This is the only area of the constitution which explicitly talks about mainland China.
- Although the two remainging provincial governments (Taiwan and Fujian) are virtually powerless, the amended constitution still has several articles defining their powers. There have been calls to completely remove the provincial government – from both sides of the political spectrum in Taiwan.
- Article 9 of the ammendments explicitly mentions Taiwan's provincial government: "The modifications of the functions, operations, and organization of the Taiwan Provincial Government may be specified by law." This is the only place where Taiwan is mentioned in the whole constitution.
- Bizarelly, two articles from the original constitution which haven't been removed are these:
Article 119
The local self-government system of the Mongolian Leagues and Banners shall be prescribed by law.
Article 120
The system of self-government in Tibet shall be safeguarded.
- Another two Articles which, against all logic, are still on the books are articles 168 & 169 – which deal with legal protection for 'the various ethnic groups in the frontier regions'. Removing explicit protection for the Uyghurs in Xinjiang would have little effect on day-to-day government in Taiwan, but could (at a stretch) be considered another step away from China.
In the above paragraphs, I've listed every element of the constitution which could conceivable be taken to identify the constitution as a Chinese (rather than Taiwanese) one. You can see that there isn't really that much which is related to independence: a set of symbolic issues, one comment about unification, a couple of pragmatic laws to handle the difference between official and actual boundaries, and a set of redundent articles about places like Tibet. In a document containing 175 articles (plus 12 ammendments) that's not a lot.
Of course, this shouldn't be surprising: A Consitution is simply a set of laws to define how a country should be run – not what that country is. So, the more interesting question is what the real problems are with the current constitution, and how they might be changed. In a future post, I plan to cover this.


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"We saw that poll, combined with all the other polls and we had run out of money a couple of months ago," she said in an interview with The Globe and Mail Tuesday. "It was at the point where everyone else was coming on strong with advertising and we realized we had to do what is right for Toronto."
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SUMMERTON, S.C. – Allan Glasgow is going to the 2012 Bassmaster Classic.
Coming from behind on the final day, the Ashville, Ala., angler won theToyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series National Championship, operated by American Bass Anglers.
Glasgow caught 9.35 pounds on Saturday, less than half of what he had in posting the biggest bags each of the past two days. He probably came to the weigh-in thinking his dreams were dashed, but leader Mike Jackson of San Mateo, Fla., stumbled, opening the door by not weighing in one fish.
With a 65.10 total, Glasgow held off Wade Grooms of Bonneau, S.C., who finished second with 64.37 after he caught 14.63 Saturday. Day One leader Kenneth W. Heckel of Lamar, Ind., had 17.27 on Saturday to total 64.32 and finish third. Jackson's zero left him fourth with 58.69.
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NEW ORLEANS — Arrogant. Radical. Socialistic.
A parade of Republican critics assailed the Obama administration Friday, vowing to reverse the president's accomplishments — starting with his health care overhaul — after taking control of Congress in November.
Addressing more than 3,000 GOP activists from across the country, Saran Palin, the vice presidential nominee in 2008, seized on President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign slogan and gave it a twist: "When they say, 'Yes we can,' we stand up and say, 'Oh, no you don't!' "
The Southern Republican Leadership Conference was the first large GOP gathering since enactment of the president's sweeping health care plan — which passed without a single GOP vote — and speakers seemed to strive to one-up each other in voicing their anger and disgust.
"A socialistic time bomb," said Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council.
"The definition of arrogance," said Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.
"Grotesque," said former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who opened the session Thursday night by calling Obama "the most radical president in American history." Gingrich said a Republican Congress can — and should — fight back by refusing to fund the program until a Republican president repeals the health care law in 2013.
The quadrennial meeting of the Southern Republican Leadership Conference has become a showcase for the party's possible White House prospects.
SUPPORT FOR STEELE: Embattled GOP chairman Michael Steele got a boost Friday from a majority of state party chiefs after a controversy over spending hit the Republican National Committee. "We stand behind Chairman Steele as he continues to lead us on the path to victory in November," said a letter of support signed by 31 GOP state party chiefs. Steele has vowed to remain in his post.


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An upgrade to Boeing's Laser Avenger (read our original post here – Boeing's Laser Avenger) allows the vehicle-mounted laser to shoot down moving enemy targets for the first time.
During rigorous tests at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Laser Avenger successfully tracked and destroyed three unmanned aerial vehicles with its high-powered directed energy beam.
In 2007, the Avenger, a 1kw solid state laser mounted on a Humvee, successfully destroyed several grounded mortar shells and two stationary UAVs in tests conducted at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
At the time, the Laser Avenger was unable to destroy moving targets, nevertheless the compact build of the Avenger marked a critical breakthrough laser weaponry.
After one year of further developments, the Laser Avenger now meets its original specification as an off-road anti-aircraft vehicle.
Lee Gutheinz, Boeing's program director for High-Energy Laser/Electro-Optical Systems, said:
"We doubled the laser power; added sophisticated acquisition, tracking and pointing capability; and simplified the design…
"Boeing developed and integrated these upgrades in less than a year, underscoring our ability to rapidly respond to war-fighters' needs."
Existing weapons struggled lock onto and shoot down small, light UAV's often made of plastic rather than metal. Such devices are becoming more common on the battlefield, for this reason the Laser Avenger is begin hailed as a a revolutionary weapon for future warfare.
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Attention Fantasy Baseball Owners: Corpas Out, Fuentes In as Rockies Closer
It's not the first time manager Clint Hurdle has flip-flopped his closer and set up man. He did it last year when Brian Fuentes was out and Manny Corpas was in. Now, it's time for another reversal of roles only this time its Corpas who will be pitching the eighth inning.
Manny Corpas has blown 4 of his 8 save opportunties this season for the Rockies. In 11 appearances, the Panamanian has a 7.50 ERA and has been tagged with one loss. His velocity is down and his location is suspect–neither good things for any major league hurler. Some in the Rockies' organization wonder if Corpas' early season struggles have anything to do with his having not pitched in winter ball this year; this is the first time that Corpas has not thrown in the off season.
Enter Brian Fuentes. Fuentes, who has been an all star the past three seasons, is 2.25 with one save on the season. Fuentes knows how Corpas feels because usually jovial skipper Hurdle did the same thing to him last year after the Rockies returned from a 1-9 road trip that saw the southpaw Fuentes blow four straight saves. Fuentes ailments ultimately put him on the disabled list and gave the job to Corpas.
Corpas excelled for the resurgent Rockies last year. He converted 17 of 20 saves and 5 of 6 in the postseason. Included in Corpas' domination was three straight saves over the Phillies in the NLDS.
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Friends of a man who was shot to death by police earlier this week on the city's north side told 10TV News that he was not violent, and may have been fatally wounded while trying to break up a brawl.
Francis Owens, 21, was shot by police after firing shots in the air to allegedly help control a fight, according to witnesses, 10TV's Danielle Elias reported.
Police said they were trying to control the crowd when one of the officers got into an altercation with Owens. Another officer opened fire and Owens later died at a hospital.
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"He was faithful to the ministry, faithful to his family, hardworking man," said Sanderfer. "This mother lost her son, we lost a friend, a 3-year-old lost his dad, so there's no hero here. It is not in his nature to hurt anyone or harm anyone; it is in his nature to help."
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Lee Westwood said his hard work to rid himself of the putting blues may finally be paying off after he found a perfect touch to snatch the joint lead at the WGC-HSBC Champions on Saturday.
The former world number one was in electric form at southern China's Mission Hills as he shot 11-under-par 61, matching his lowest round on the European Tour, helped by the timely return of his hot putter.
Westwood, 39, holed putts from 30 feet, 20 feet and two from 15 feet on the back nine to catch Louis Oosthuizen at the top of the leaderboard -- after also carding a 61 at the World Golf Final in Turkey, where he reached the final.
Together with his performance in Europe's Ryder Cup victory, recent weeks have seen a surge by the Englishman who sacked his long-time coach Pete Cowen in August after missing the PGA Championship cut, his 59th Major without a win.
"Over the last month, month-and-a-half, I've been working hard on my putting and I've started to see a few more go in," Westwood said.
"But today I felt really confident on the greens and actually looked at 20-footers thinking, yeah, I'm going to make this one."
Westwood now has a shot at his 11th win in Asia and his second on the European Tour this year -- and the biggest pay-day of his career, with $1.2 million going to the winner.
"I'm starting to hit the ball where I need to hit it. So it's easier to judge which way the ball is going to break and what speed the ball is going to come off the putter," he said.
"I've been hitting it out of the toe a lot and that puts a bit of spin on it and it's difficult to get a true roll. Now I'm starting to get true roll. I've never had any problems lining up, it's just a case of picking the right line."
Westwood also hopes his impending move to the warmer climate of Florida would cure his bad habit of starting seasons slowly. He tends to finish strongly and has enjoyed four wins in Asia in the past two seasons.
"Quite a few tournament victories have been in Asia, and it's generally pretty hot here and it was quite steamy out there today," he said. "Obviously the conditions suit me.
"Other than that, I don't really know the reason for playing well," he added. "Must be the nasi goreng or rice or something like that." – AFP


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9/11 Contradictions: An Open Letter to Congress and the Press
David Ray Griffin, writing specifically for members of Congress and the media, has presented the often incredible but true details of 25 major contradictions in the Bush administration's accounts of 9/11. This book, based on careful research but written in a fast-moving, readable style, blows apart the notion that The 9/11 Commission Report presents an accurate account of what happened on September 11. It makes crystal clear the need for a new investigation."
Bill Christison, former senior CIA official
"So who cares that the 9/11 Commission chose to believe that Dick Cheney did not enter the White House bunker until "shortly before 10:00, perhaps at 9:58," twenty minutes after the strike on the Pentagon. Surely the vice president would not fib, so the Commission threw out the testimony of several eyewitnesses, including Norman Mineta, the transportation secretary. Mineta must have been making it all up when he testified that he joined Cheney in the bunker at about 9:20 and heard Cheney reaffirm an apparent stand-down order just before the Pentagon was struck. Such conflicting testimony is typical of the many serious "9/11 Contradictions" documented in David Ray Griffin's highly readable book. We need a truly independent investigation to put Cheney and Mineta under oath, along with the still unidentified "young man" who, Mineta reported, kept coming into the bunker and, after telling Cheney "the plane is ten miles out," asked Cheney whether "the orders still stand"—-about 12 minutes before 125 people in the Pentagon were killed. What were those orders?"
Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst and presidential briefer
"When the smoke finally cleared from the pile of rubble on September 11, 2001, we were left with a host of burning questions. The 9/11 Commission did not provide the answers, despite their extensive mandate. 9/11 Contradictions is a work that needed to be written. With characteristic clarity and focus, David Ray Griffin masterfully lays out the most critical of these questions. Now the challenge is to finally get real answers."
Lorie Van Auken, widow of Kenneth Van Auken, killed at WTC 1 on 9/11/01, and member of the Family Steering Committee for the 9/11 Commission
"According to St. Timothy, 'God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.' In 9/11 Contradictions, David Ray Griffin, demonstrating once again what a fearless spirit and powerful mind can do, shows the official account of 9/11 to be so riddled with contradictions as to be essentially worthless."
Catherine Austin Fitts, assistant secretary of housing in the George H. W. Bush administration
"Because the 9/11 attacks became the excuse for myriad disastrous changes in U.S. foreign and domestic policy, unraveling the true history of those events is the paramount exigency of our times. By virtue of pointing out an astonishing number of irreconcilable contradictions in the official story of 9/11, David Ray Griffin's 9/11 Contradictions is a must read, not only for the Congress and the press, but also for any American concerned about the truth, because those contradictions suggest that we have not yet been told the truth about 9/11."
David L. Griscom, research physicist, Fellow of the American Physical Society, retired from the Naval Research Laboratory
"David Ray Griffin is America's bulldog on 9/11. His demand that the amazing contradictions in the story be explained resonates with millions of people."
Paul Craig Roberts, former associate editor of the Wall Street Journal and assistant secretary of the US Treasury during the Reagan administration
"No matter how you feel about who is responsible for the 9/11 attack, at least we need a through independent, unbiased investigation. In this book, Griffin provides 25 useful questions—-contradictions worthy of honest answers."
Jim Hightower, author of Swim against the Current and editor of The Hightower Lowdown
"The Congress and the press may not pay attention, but this scholarly yet accessible analysis is must reading for Americans concerned about good government and effective democracy. Every reader will reach the only logical conclusion: 9/11 truth is not yet known."
Joel S. Hirschhorn, former official at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment and author of Delusional Democracy: Fixing the Republic Without Overthrowing the Government
"This book describes in very straightforward and non-technical terms some major inconsistencies in the government's official story about the events on September 11, 2001. It points out many attempts in the 9/11 Commission's report to cover up evidence . . . . As an engineer, I am especially troubled by the cover-up of evidence relevant to the collapse of the three major World Trade Center buildings. I hope that Congress and the public will heed this call for a full and impartial investigation to determine what really did happen on that fateful day."
Jack Keller, Emeritus Professor of Engineering at Utah State University and member of the National Academy of Engineering


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"Tim is a consummate artist with a range of physical abilities that simultaneously impress and connect with his audience. Whether it's the use of stilts, rollerblades or a folding chair, Tim leads students to identify new potential in the world around them."
-Margaret Pastel, Parent Teacher Committee,Saxe Middle School New Canaan, CT
Is it theater? Dance? Circus? It's all of these and more. It's a performance for now. A new way of looking at creative thinking and how we can use it in our daily lives- in schoolwork, interactions with peers, building self esteem, respect, confidence and tolerance.
At Lattawork, we believe that everything and everyone around us has a story to tell and the potential to teach us something. Sometimes, though, it's hard for us to slow down, let go and see or hear what is happening around us. In Motion 360, Tim Latta (former Pilobolus, Momix, Faustwork Mask Theater) demonstrates how we can, literally, stumble over everyday objects and use them to unlock our creativity, look at the world with new eyes and help us discover anew the stories within us all. He creates dance/theatre pieces using objects that range from the ordinary- rollerblades and chairs, to the extraordinary- stilts, masks and rolling milk cans!
While entertaining the audience, Mr. Latta is also teaching a whole new process of exploration. We learn that simple objects in the world around us can be used as tools for creative problem solving. In the best case scenario, we learn that they can be used to explore our dreams, aspirations and ambitions as well as different sides of our personalities. This process can be used in a classroom, a workplace and throughout our lives.
Entertaining and enlightening, Motion360 will leave audiences saying, "I can". (All ages)
"It's an anti-bullying show (without ever mentioning anti-bullying!)"
-8th grade teacher
"Tim's commitment to teaching and nurturing creativity in young people is obvious and infectious. His approach to the work has an over-arching element of fun, yet at the end of his show, people of all ages realize they have been learning and are inspired to apply the lessons they have, unwittingly, witnessed."
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Director, Faustwork Mask Theatre