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Lead The Charge1 Nov, 2010 By: Thomas Haire Response
Ken Derrett and A.G. Spanos have made good use of DR marketing as part of the mix that has supercharged San Diego's NFL brand.
"Our use of direct response gets down to communicating with our customer," says A.G. Spanos, executive vice president/executive officer of the National Football League's (NFL) San Diego Chargers. "In any business, that's tremendously important. We're constantly looking at how to communicate better with our fans, our ticket holders."
Adds Ken Derrett, the team's senior vice president/chief marketing officer, "It's about communicating with them and hopefully building a relationship with them. If you want to be a season ticket holder, that's a relationship we like. But building a relationship with someone sitting in Bakersfield or Wyoming, using unique offers and messaging during a TV or radio broadcast, using chargers.com or using Facebook, is just as important. It's not a price point message. We're selling a brand. We're selling fun. We stage 10 games a year here. We view each one like a mini-Super Bowl."
Both Spanos (son of team owner Dean Spanos) and Derrett joined the Chargers in 2001, with the franchise coming off a dismal one-win, 15-loss season. Though the franchise had been to a Super Bowl six years earlier, its marketing efforts were just about as troubled as its play on the field. In the intervening years, Spanos and Derrett have teamed to turn the franchise into a marketing powerhouse, while the Chargers have now won five of the past six AFC Western Division championships.
"We were here at the times of 1-15, 4-12. And fans always said, 'Give us the product!'" Derrett says. "We've been able to do that. We've had record-breakers, Pro Bowlers, MVPs, great TV ratings in L.A. and San Diego. We're stretching our tentacles now. People know about the Chargers' Bolt in stores in New York City. They know our players. Last year, the 50th anniversary was a great branding opportunity for us. We've been able to communicate that history and tradition beyond San Diego."
A key to spreading the word has been integrated direct response marketing for both ticket and merchandise sales. Prior to the 2010 season, the Chargers had sold out six consecutive seasons worth of home games. And the team's Web site, chargers.com, has become a huge profit center, selling Charger tickets and merchandise.
With the help of its advertising and marketing agency partners, the Chargers launched this season's ticket and merchandise theme — "Lead the Charge!" — in April. Spanos and Derrett say the campaign has been successful in a tough economy, and has helped galvanize the team's merchandise sales efforts, especially since late summer.
Combining Histories and Opportunities
While the Chargers have been to just one Super Bowl in their 51-season history, the team has plenty of successful tradition to fall back on — from its American Football League (AFL) powerhouse days in the 1960s, to the high-flying success of its potent passing attack in the late 1970s and early 1980s, to its current status as the four-time defending AFC West champions. And, with the departure of the St. Louis Rams and Oakland Raiders from the Los Angeles market in the mid-1990s, the Chargers are the lone NFL franchise in the massive Southern California market.
Spanos, who was elevated to his current title in 2008 and is in charge of all of the team's business operations, is familiar with the Chargers' history, having grown up around the franchise owned by his father. He leads the team's public relations, sales, marketing, community and ticket relations departments.
"I'm in my 10th season now, but I really started before that," he says. "I was delivering mail when I was 16 to the on-field staff. I've always been around the organization; I grew up in San Diego. It gives me a native's perspective on the team."
After graduating from the University of Southern California, Spanos worked for NFL Europe's London office, analyzing market research for the entire league.
"I definitely learned a lot in NFL Europe," he contends. "That was a great experience. I worked for the director of strategic planning, and he was able to break down the different European markets we were in — why some markets were doing better than others, and they really had to be creative over there with how to market a new game."
Derrett, on the other hand, has a long history in both marketing and the sports world. He ascended to his current title earlier this year and is charged with "building the brand and building relationships with corporate America and all of Southern California."
He began his career with a 10-year stint in the Canadian Football League (CFL) from 1978-1988, developing the annual business and operations plan for the league's Grey Cup championship game. But it is his stint at Labatt Breweries of Canada that Derrett credits for his biggest career boost.
"Working with a packaged goods company like Labatt gave me some good background in the world of brand management," he says of his role as manager of sport and entertainment properties, including relationships with the NFL, Hockey Canada and the Toronto Blue Jays, among others. "It helped me understand branding, marketing, advertising. Certainly, you never stop learning, but that was a great opportunity. And it touched the world of sports and entertainment."
His next stop was the National Basketball Association (NBA), from 1995-2001. In 1996, he became managing director of NBA Canada, and from 1999-2001, served as senior vice president for global marketing partnerships. "The NBA was a nice opportunity as well, working in the league office in a global position," he says. "You begin to understand building strategic relationships with major organizations around the world."
He adds the experiences in large national and global organizations "gave me the background to come in here and do that on sort of a regional basis, but in a very significant region. Southern California is pretty large, pretty vibrant. It's a great opportunity."
A Direct Charge
Both Spanos and Derrett recognized that opportunity early in their time with the Charger organization. From ticket sales to merchandise sales, from getting fan feedback to creating a community around the Chargers, direct response marketing was a natural fit as part of the mix. "At the end of the day, we're all about results," says Derrett.
According to Spanos, DR across all media has been crucial to ticket sales. "Since we started, we've always — save for 2007, when season tickets were sold out — been in a position of needing to push season tickets," he says. "Sometimes there is a misconception that there aren't tickets available, and Ken and I have talked about this. How do we communicate better with our fans? Our newsletter, Web site, TV, radio and other ways to get our messaging out there — they all tie together. They have to work cohesively."
And cohesion in the team's marketing efforts was missing prior to Spanos and Derrett working together. The Chargers' "Bolt" logo was not being utilized well, according to Spanos, and the team's uniforms were outdated, leading to many fans on game day not wearing team gear. So, cleaning up and creating a true look and logo for the franchise and its marketing efforts was the first step.
Spanos says, "The feeling was, when you look back at Chargers history, there are three defining eras. There were the '60s Chargers that had their look. The '70s and '80s Chargers, with Dan Fouts, had their look. There was the Super Bowl team, with Junior Seau, that had that navy look. And we were still using that into the 2000s. This was a new team, we needed a fresh new look. That's what drove it. Let's give these guys a look they're going to be remembered by. We've paid homage to the past, while still looking forward."
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SAN DIEGO -- The Chargers' preseason victory on Saturday came with a cost.
Kick-returner Darren Sproles suffered a fractured fibula andwill be lost for "multiple weeks" according to coach MartySchottenheimer.
Sproles underwent surgery Monday and Schottenheimer was evasive in how long Sprolesis outand how the Chargers will handle it. In any case, it's doubtful Sproles will be fit the season opener Sept. 11.
"We are going to sit down and talk about it," Schottenheimer said. "We haven't made any judgments."
The team hoped Sproles could build on his rookie year, when averaging 24.3 yards on kickoff returns. He faltered on punt returns -- he had difficulty fielding them -- but averaged 6 yards before being replaced by Eric Parker and Keenan McCardell.
Sproles, a former Kansas State standout, is also the team's third running back. But Schottenheimer wasn't concerned with that role as much as Sproles' special-teams contributions.
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Michael Turner could replace Sproles on kickoffs, with Parkerand McCardell on the punt-return duties. Although Parker's 6-foot,180-pound frame isn't built to be an integral part of the passinggame and take the punishment of punt returns. McCardell is theoldest Charger, and they would prefer saving him for receivingpasses.
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Wide receiver Vincent Jackson will also miss practice time afterbruising his chest against the Packers in Saturday's win.
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Wide receiver Malcom Floyd, who is slowed by a sprained ankle,should return this week.
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BAYTOWN TOWNSHIP — The calendar says the dog days of summer are near, but there is plenty of fun to be found during the 142nd Annual Washington County Fair Wednesday through Aug. 4 at the County Fairgrounds in Baytown Township.
The five-day event has a variety of exhibitions and shows of all interests, as well as a carnival. Exhibit buildings are open 10 a.m.-10 p.m. daily. Admission is $7 for persons 16 years and older, $4 for children ages 6 to 15 and free for children 5 years and under. Season passes are available for purchase from 9 .m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Fair Office in Building "B." Prices are $18 for adults 16 and older, $6 for children 6-15 and free for children 5 and under.
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Bob Rafferty of Stillwater and Linda Simkins of Woodbury, will be honored as the fair's outstanding male and female volunteers during the Senior Citizens Day event.
Rafferty volunteers with several groups, including the National Alliance on Mental Health/Washington County, the county's local Mental Health Advisory Council, BRIDGING Program and support group facilitator in Mahtomedi.
Siblings Margot and John Rheinberger of Stillwater, nominated Rafferty for his more than two decades of working with and advocating for those with mental illness along with their families.
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Monday, February 18, 2002
ISU plan calls for 14 judges, end of 6.0 scale
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SALT LAKE CITY -- Perfection isn't so perfect after all.
The magical 6.0 mark -- the figure skating equivalent of a grand slam, hole-in-one or 300 in bowling -- could soon disappear.
The sport is heading for a revolutionary overhaul of its scoring system to avoid a repeat of the judging misconduct that rocked the Salt Lake City Games.
The 6.0 would be its biggest casualty.
"It is time to find something new," said Ottavio Cinquanta, president of the International Skating Union. "This is a total revolution."
The plan Cinquanta outlined Monday would replace the judging system with a far simpler way of grading jumps, spins, footwork and other elements based on their difficulty.
It's similar to how other subjective sports, from diving to snowboarding, are scored.
The proposal also calls for 14 judges, rather than the current nine, but only the scores from seven of them would count. A computer system would randomly select the seven marks so the judges wouldn't know beforehand whose scores would be used.
"I promise this system will reduce to a minimum the prospect of bloc judging," Cinquanta said.
There was a "consensus" to approve the plan when Cinquanta presented it to the ISU council Monday morning. But that is only the first, small step in a long process.
The ISU first has to hold workshops to explain the proposals, and allow judges and committee members to make suggestions that would fine-tune the ideas, said Claire Ferguson, the U.S. representative on the ISU council.
After the workshops, the plan would have to be approved by a two-thirds majority of all member federations, but Cinquanta said he wasn't sure it would be ready for the agenda at the next ISU Congress in Kyoto, Japan, in June.
The Canadian skating federation declined comment until it saw the entire proposal. The U.S. Figure Skating Association said it wanted to review the plan, too, but added it "fully supports any initiative that will increase the opportunity for all athletes in all disciplines to compete on a level playing field and be fairly judged."
"Great! Hooray! We're finally putting something together that may make us all feel will benefit figure skating judging," Ferguson said. "It will take a while for everyone to learn the various aspects of it, because it is very technical. But I think it has wonderful potential."
Figure skating's subjective judging system has long been criticized because it leaves room for improprieties. Skaters start with a base mark of 6.0, and deductions are made for mistakes and missed elements. Skaters also can be marked down simply for the aesthetics of their programs.
U.S. ice dancer Naomi Lang said the current system is just not fair sometimes. "It's very frustrating to us that judging has to be like this," she said.
Under Cinquanta's proposal, every technical element, such as jumps and spins, would have a certain point value. A double axel, for example, could be worth two points and a more difficult jump, such as a triple axel, could be worth three.
Skaters would get points for those required elements, as well as for execution. All of the judges' scores would be added up and the winner would be determined by the total points.
"Anything to improve the system and the confidence people have in the system is admirable," said veteran coach John Nicks, who works with American Sasha Cohen.
"I think it is encouraging and refreshing that these suggestions were made."
But there's something sad about getting rid of the 6.0 mark. For more than 100 years, it's been universally known as the mark of perfection, just as a 10.0 is in gymnastics.
It's a cherished score, so much so that one of the enduring memories of the Sarajevo Olympics was the string of 6.0s across the bottom of the scoreboard for Torvill and Dean's "Bolero" free dance.
"The judging system was possibly a bit archaic ... but we've all learned to live with it one way or another," said Robin Wagner, Sarah Hughes' coach.
But the scandal over the judging of the pairs final Feb. 11 is proof change is needed.
"The judges and others are asking for something, too," said Ferguson, a judge for 40 years. "We get weary from being criticized all the time."
Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze won the pairs gold medal by the slimmest of margins, defeating Jamie Sale and David Pelletier despite an obvious technical error. But French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne said the next day that she'd been pressured to put the Russians first, implicating her federation.
After an outcry -- and accusations of vote-swapping among ice skating judges -- the ISU and International Olympic Committee awarded the Canadians their own gold medals. Le Gougne was suspended indefinitely.
"In an Olympics, which is so important, all of us want to see the right result," Wagner said. "So it certainly brought some things on the table, some things that need to be addressed. If it helps, I'm all for it.
"I'm not sure if it'll ever be perfect. But if it can be better, that's a step ahead."
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Our awards ballot
If you're a subscriber to the newspaper you've already seen this list, but we're aware not everyone on here gets the paper. Damian is a member of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association. As such, he has a ballot in the various NHL awards and honors voting. This is a look at his ballot, which had to be turned in after the conclusion of the regular season but before the start of the postseason.
Hart Trophy, MVP
1. Alex Ovechkin, Capitals
2. Evgeni Malkin, Penguins
3. Martin Brodeur, Devils
4. Jarome Iginla, Flames
5. Evgeni Nabokov, Sharks
Norris Trophy
Best defenseman
1. Dion Phaneuf, Flames
2. Nicklas Lidstrom,
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3. Zdeno Chara, Bruins
4. Brian Campbell, Sharks
5. Sergei Gonchar, Penguins
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1. Tobias Enstrom, Thrashers
2. Patrick Kane, Blackhawks
3. Nicklas Backstrom,
4. Peter Mueller, Coyotes
5. Carey Price, Canadiens
Lady Byng Trophy Sportsmanship
and gentlemanly
1. Pavel Datsyuk, Red Wings
2. Paul Stastny, Avalanche
3. Daymond Langkow, Flames
4. Brad Boyes, Blues
5. Brad Richards, Stars
Selke Trophy
Best defensive
1. Pavel Datsyuk, Red Wings
2. P.J. Axelsson, Bruins
3. Henrik Zetterberg,
Red Wings
4. John Madden, Devils
5. Eric Perrin, Thrashers
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Center: Evgeni Malkin, Penguins; Joe Thornton, Sharks; Pavel Datsyuk, Red Wings
Right wing: Jarome Iginla, Flames; Daniel Alfredsson, Senators; Marian Gaborik, Wild
Left wing: Alex Ovechkin, Capitals; Henrik Zetterberg, Red Wings; Rick Nash,
Blue Jackets
Defense: Dion Phaneuf, Flames; Nicklas Lidstrom, Red Wings; Zdeno Chara, Bruins; Brian Campbell, Sharks; Sergei Gonchar, Penguins; Scott Niedermayer, Ducks
Goalie: Evgeni Nabokov, Sharks; Martin Brodeur, Devils; Henrik Lundqvist, Rangers
All-Rookie team
Forward: Patrick Kane, Blackhawks; Peter Mueller, Coyotes; Nicklas Backstrom, Capitals
Defense: Tobias Enstrom, Thrashers; Tom Gilbert, Oilers
Goalie: Carey Price, Canadiens


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WORLD Cup winner Kat Merchant says missing out to New Zealand four years ago makes her England triumph extra special.
The 28-year-old Worcester wing, who grew up in the Evesham area, was part of the team that defeated Canada 21-9 to lift the Women's Rugby World Cup in Paris.
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Merchant attended Sedgeberrow First School, Bredon Hill Middle School and Prince Henry's High School as a youngster.
She then gained a degree in sport and exercise science at the University of Birmingham.
Merchant intends to finish her playing career with Worcester.


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By ziggy
Oct 21, 2009
|This route is not bad. If you decide to get on it and 10b is at your limit then the onsite will feel tough.
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Oct 5, 2010
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|People either like this route or hate it. Lock-off strength a plus for the cruxy roof section.
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Apr 28, 2011
|Some thought is required for this route as it is not obvious. After the short roof section the route is pretty sustained, making a tough onsight.
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Feb 4, 2013
rating: 5.10b 6a+ 19 VII- 19 E2 5b
|"2nd pitch" of 5.9 crack (medium cams) is definitely worth doing and can be linked together with the first into one long pitch
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JERUSALEM (Mar. 22)
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has returned from his successful visit in the United States only to face a barrage of challenges at home, ranging from the worsening security situation to new political crises in his ruling coalition.
The need for Rabin to regain control over security was re-emphasized by the latest attack in the current wave of violence when a Palestinian stormed into a Jewish schoolyard here on Monday, wounding five students and a teacher.
On the political level, the prime minister faces fierce criticism from opposition parties as well as bickering between the left-wing Meretz and the Orthodox Shas parties within his coalition.
And finally, on the diplomatic front, Rabin has little to show with regard to progress on the peace process.
Although Rabin was able to point to the unusually warm tone of his talks with President Clinton, the Americans were unable to assure him that the Palestinians would return to the next round of peace negotiations, scheduled for next month in Washington.
In the Knesset on Monday, Likud members spearheaded a bitter assault on the government, flaying Rabin in a debate on no-confidence motions submitted by all the rightist factions.
Rabin, who also holds the defense portfolio, was blasted for his handling of the current spate of violence, which has claimed 10 Israeli lives this month.
Former Likud minister Ariel Sharon also lashed out at the government in a newspaper editorial in which he said the army was signaling weakness, impotence and disorder to the Palestinians.
Rabin, both in Washington and back home in Jerusalem, has asserted repeatedly that ultimately the real solution to the terrorist threat is a political settlement between Israel, the Palestinians and the Arab countries.
But the still-to-be-resumed peace process has shown no signs of an imminent breakthrough.
The Palestinian delegation to the peace talks, and its leadership in Tunis, the Palestine Liberation Organization, were sending mixed signals on whether they were prepared to resume negotiations before a satisfactory resolution to the deportees issue is reached.
The 400 or so Palestinian activists deported by Israel from the administered territories are still encamped in south Lebanon and continue to reject Israel's offer to repatriate 101 of them at once and the rest before the year's end.
Rabin has acknowledged that his pre-election campaign promise that an autonomy accord would be signed within nine months of his election was overly sanguine.
Regarding the negotiations with the Syrians, Rabin himself has spoken in terms of a three-to-six-month "feeler" period before Israel and Syria are ready to enter nuts-and-bolts bargaining over a land-for-peace deal on the Golan Heights.
Rabin's difficulties on the security and diplomatic fronts have inevitably sapped his strength to deal with recurring problems in his coalition.
While Rabin was off in the United States last week, the Knesset voted to remove the parliamentary immunity of Rafael Pinhasi, deputy minister of religion and a leader of the Shas party, so that he could face charges of corruption in dealing with party finances.
The upshot was a surge of resentment within Shas focused on the Labor Party, several of whose Knesset members voted in favor of stripping Pinhasi's immunity.
Some Shas leaders were calling for the Sephardic Orthodox party to withdraw from the coalition.
"The day Rabbi Ovadia Yosef (spiritual mentor of Shas) instructs us to walk out will be the happiest day of my life," said Interior Minister Arye Deri, head of Shas.
But political observers insisted that Deri's statement was merely rhetoric and that the interior minister, who is facing a rigorous police interrogation over alleged financial improprieties, has no interest in having Shas quit the government.
Nevertheless, Shas is under heavy pressure to leave the government both from its own mainly hard-line constituency and from rival Orthodox parties.
Deri has called on Rabin to broaden the base of the ruling coalition by adding additional partners. Deri argued that if more parties joined the coalition, pressure on Shas would be eased.
Given the current coalition's slim majority, the government would fall if Shas withdrew its support.
However, Rabin's other partner, Meretz, opposes the addition of either the National Religious Party or the right-wing Tsomet party.
Meretz might accept United Torah Judaism, another Orthodox party, but that party's rabbis have demanded the removal of Meretz's strident and outspoken leader, Shulamit Aloni, from the sensitive education portfolio.
One compromise solution would be for Rabin to shift Aloni to head another ministry.
For the time being, Aloni refuses to switch positions and her party colleagues are supporting her.
Commentators have suggested that Aloni might be willing to become foreign minister, but that would mean shifting Shimon Peres, who currently holds that position.
This in turn would only work if Rabin were prepared to name Peres defense minister, something Rabin appears loath to do.
The stability of Rabin's coalition was to be tested March 24, when the Knesset was scheduled to choose Israel's new president, a largely ceremonial post.
Labor has put forward as its candidate former minister Ezer Weizman and asked its coalition partners to vote for him.
Shas sources were rumbling about voting for the opposition candidate, former Knesset Speaker Dov Shilansky, as an expression of their dis-gruntlement.
Some observers believe that if the coalition held together to ensure Weizman's election, then Rabin will have shown he is still in control, despite his many pressing problems.


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Each week, we'll ask questions about the Sixers to our resident basketball analysts and see what they have to say.
Running the Give and Go this week are CSNPhilly.com columnist John Gonzalez, CSNPhilly.com producer/reporter Matt Haughton and CSN anchor/reporter Marshall Harris.
Which Sixer had the best 2013?
Ooh. Tough question. Evan Turner, Thad Young and Spencer Hawes are all having career years. But I'll take Michael Carter-Williams. He's exceeded all expectations. During the Orlando Pro Summer League, he looked quick. He showed an ability to get to the rim, distribute the ball and disrupt passing lanes on defense. His shot was the question. And while that still needs work, he's performed much better on that front than some people, including me, expected. For him to play this well, this soon, is very encouraging. The kid has a bright future, but the present has been really good, too.
It's one thing to be presented with an opportunity. It's a completely different thing to take advantage of that chance. Turner has done just that in the latter half of 2013 after finally being set free to play his game. The swingman has increased his points (13.3 to 19.4), rebounds (6.3 to 6.7), field goal percentage (41.9 to 44.1) and free throw percentage (74.0 to 82.3) under Brett Brown this season. Whether he gets dealt at the trade deadline, sticks around in the offseason or heads to another team, Turner has finally shown the promise the Sixers saw when they drafted him with the No. 2 overall pick.
The answer to this question isn't even close. The Sixer who had the best 2013 isn't on the roster anymore but that hardly matters. Jrue Holiday was an All-Star as a Sixer and averaged 17.7 points and 8.0 assists. It's not necessarily just that he was the team's leading scorer but that in his fourth season he made the leap the Sixers' front office probably envisioned when it took him with the 17th overall pick in 2009. The fact that Holiday was the piece that got the Sixers another potential lottery pick in his trade to New Orleans (in addition to Nerlens Noel) means that his 2013 is still paying forward for his old team.


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Michael Griswold, a senior from East Lincoln High School, has received a four year undergraduate, two year graduate, paid scholarship to Clemson University.
Included in the $100,000 scholarship are at least two summer trips abroad, a laptop computer and $3,000 a year for spending money.
Griswold was picked out of 14,000 students who applied for the Clemson National Scholars Program. From that number, 40 finalists were chosen and 10 to 15 people received the award.
"I was really excited to have the opportunity to come for the full ride,†Griswold said.
The 18-year-old was also chosen as a finalist for the Park scholarship at N.C. State University but had to choose between the two schools since the interviews were on the same weekend.
He was also a semi-finalist for the Morehead Scholarship award from UNC Chapel Hill.
Griswold said he is looking to double major in Computer Science and Math.
He will be allowed to reside in Holmes Hall Honors Dorm, or he can live in an apartment and receive the equivalent of the expense for Holmes Hall for the apartment.
Jane Parker, guidance counselor at East Lincoln said out of the 160 seniors this year, he is the only one who has received a scholarship so far.
"It's unusual for us to see a scholarship of this caliber-it's unreal,†Parker said. "They are basically paying for him to come.â€
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text: From Little Dickie Bedtime Story #5: It was 1980. We were at the international base in Hemet California and we had recently completed building a studio for making training films. It was considered that the training films could make the difference in whether the group would "save the planet" or not. With no time to waste, we had worked day and night to build the studio to shoot the films in. That winter there was a lot of snow in the mountains. A large storm came, dropping heavy rain for days. At the same time the temperature rose, causing the snow in the mountains to melt. There is a large river bed running through the valley that divides the international base from the city of Hemet and the farms and properties that surround it. In the summer the river bed is bone dry, now it was a raging river about 75 yards across and a few feet deep and it was threatening to break through its banks. The Army Corp of Engineers brought in huge bulldozers to built up the banks to prevent the river from flooding the city of Hemet. On our side, we had a couple small pieces of equipment and about 60 male staff with shovels desperately working through the day and into the night to prevent the river from breaking through as it would flood our buildings including our new studio. During the night, as it continued to rain heavily, it became obvious that despite our efforts, the bank on our side would give out within minutes. One of our most senior staff members (who, by the way, had joined the Business Association and other groups in Hemet as a PR function) went around to the other side of the river and covertly popped a hole through the river bed. The river broke through and flooded out the city of Hemet and the surrounding area causing MAJOR damage. The Army Corp of Engineers had two bulldozers buried so deep in mud they couldn't dig them out until the summer. Downtown Hemet had a foot of water and mud wash through its buildings and shops. Acres and acres of farm land was flooded and covered with silt. Our little team of "flood-fighters" never brought up what had happened. We had zero remorse. ----- There is a news story and photograph or two here. The opening paragraph says, "SAN JACINTO - When the San Jacinto River breeched [sic] its banks in 1980, the resulting flood inundated 11 square miles on the north side of town and left homes, businesses, schools and Mt. San Jacinto College under water." Plus it is easy enough to Google and find other photos and stories. My question is: What would have happened to Hemet and the flooded area if Gold had been flooded first? Would it have made any difference? From the photo linked, that was an awful lot of water, and maybe it wouldn't have made any difference to the local area, although it would have made a considerable difference to Gold. I don't know the answer to my question; just curious. Paul


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Italian superstar Del Piero's run with Sydney FC may be nearing an end after the A-League recruit told reporters this week that contract extensions with the club have stalled.
Del Piero has a player-option for a second year on his Sydney FC deal worth $2 million and he has indicated that he would like to remain with the club, but The Australian is reporting sources close to the 38-year-old is "frustrated by the lack of action by Sydney."
Late last month an unnamed source told media outlets that Del Piero was committed to Sydney FC and was willing to sign the extension. That now appears to be on the rocks.
"We have been talking. We are waiting (for) what it (the club) decide … they wait (for) me. Everybody is waiting," Del Piero told reporters before a individual training session on Monday.
"We have discussed things. We have a good relationship, but at the moment we have to think day by day. First we (the team) have to make a good position on the (A-League) standings, then we can talk with tranquillity and calm about next season. We have time to decide the future."
Injuries have limited Del Piero in recent weeks and Sydney have also faltered to the point where they now find themselves dead last in the league standings.
Del Piero has missed multiple games due to a hamstring injury, as well as fatigue, and is currently in doubt for this weekend's derby against Western Sydney at Allianz Stadium. This isn't European football where player agents in the UK make more money than some Australian clubs; Sydney has the right to have legitimate concerns over the health of their marquee player.
The former Juventus star is also said to not be a huge fan of some of the A-League tackling. He was the victim of some heavy punishment a fortnight ago against Melbourne Heart and has been quoted as saying the tackling Down Under "is not good".
Del Piero's impact on the A-League has been nothing short of positive; attendance and television numbers skyrocketed earlier in the season and the league nailed a huge broadcast deal in part because of his presence. If healthy and playing, Del Piero will do only good things for Australian domestic football.
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2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo.
In an attempt to reinvent his career, actor Dax Shepard makes the rash decision to abandon comedy in pursuit of his true dream: to become an internationally renowned martial arts star. With no formal martial arts training or adequate funding for his "blockbuster" action movie script, Dax enlists the help of his buddies including producer Nate Tuck and actors Tom Arnold and Bradley Cooper. Together, they fight to realize Dax's true passion while facing rejection at every turn. With maniacal conviction, Dax journeys on a bizarre but hilarious path that becomes increasingly nonsensical and destructive, all at the expense and exploitation of his personal and professional relationships.
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- Starring: Dax Shepard, Bradley Cooper, David Koechner, Michael Rosenbaum, Tom Arnold
- Format: Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: Well Go USA
- Release Date: 07/12/2011
- Run Time: 80 minutes
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State-level clean energy funds (CEFs) are a growing source of investment in nascent clean energy markets, according to a new report from the Brookings Institution Project on State and Metropolitan Innovation. The paper, co-authored by Post-Partisan Power collaborator Mark Muro and the Clean Energy Group's Lew Milford, highlights the leading role key states have taken in America's energy transformation:
State governments led the nation's initial responses to the challenge of energy system transformation a decade ago and since then have developed a broad array of cleantech development tools, ranging from financial support tools and net metering to incubators, cluster supports, and workforce training.
Among the states' initiatives, meanwhile, the nearly two dozen state-side clean energy funds (CEFs) stand as one of the most important clean energy forces at work in the nation–yet they remain little-known.
Using a variety of funding mechanisms — including tax revenues, electricity surcharges, pollution charges, bonds, and others — states have committed $2.7 billion to support renewable energy markets over the last decade. That funding, according to the report, has leveraged an additional $9.7 billion in federal and private investment in some 72,000 projects, including solar, hydro, wind, and other clean energy technologies. (Click the above map for state-level information.)
CEFs clearly constitute an important tool in the effort leverage the public and private investments necessary to transition to a low-carbon economy. That said, at an average of $270 million annually, state investment via CEFs is minor compared even to underfunded federal clean energy R&D efforts, which total $3-4 billion per year, and total federal clean energy expenditures averaging roughly $40 billion in 2009 and 2010. What's more, as the Brookings report notes, state CEFs "have tended to engage primarily on individual project financing and deployment through the use of rebates, grants and performance-based incentives that have directly subsidized the installation of clean energy technologies." States may be ideally suited for project finance and particularly electric power installations, but this focus still leaves a vacuum for other phases of critical clean energy investment, including applied R&D, demonstration and commercialization of next-generation technologies, and support for advanced energy manufacturing.
Ultimately, state clean clean energy investments will prove critical to decarbonization and advanced energy innovation, and Muro and Milford offer important recommendations to leverage this funding for maximum impact. As the Brookings report emphasizes, recent developments in state-funded projects show that the "next era of of state clean energy fund leadership is coming into focus thanks to existing fund experimentation." This is a good sign, and stakeholders should work to improve the scale and effectiveness of state-level investments. Considering state government relationships with regional and local utility power purchasers, and the leverage of state public utility commissions (PUCs), state investment can add to the still much-needed federal investment in research, demonstration, innovation, and deployment of next-generation clean energy technologies.


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OMG! Today is Friday the 13th. Just for safe measure, don't walk under any ladders, avoid black cats at all costs, and whatever you do, don't shatter a mirror!
All of these things are just legends and myths of course, so you don't need to panic. But you know who is panicking over Friday the 13th? The animals that are totally freaking out in these hilarious GIFs we found!
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|EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Classified: Overclocked
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|Written by Austin Downing
|Thursday, 17 November 2011
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DX11: BattleForge
BattleForge is a free Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) developed by EA Phenomic with DirectX-11 graphics capability. Combining strategic cooperative battles, the community of MMO games, and trading card gameplay, BattleForge players are free to put their creatures, spells and buildings into combinations they see fit. These units are represented in the form of digital cards from which you build your own unique army. With minimal resources and a custom tech tree to manage, the gameplay is unbelievably accessible and action-packed.
Benchmark Reviews uses the built-in graphics benchmark to measure performance in BattleForge, using Very High quality settings (detail) and 8x anti-aliasing with auto multi-threading enabled. BattleForge is one of the first titles to take advantage of DirectX-11 in Windows 7, and offers a very robust color range throughout the busy battleground landscape. The charted results illustrate how performance measures-up between video cards when Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) is enabled.
Based on newegg reviews owners got 900-920 mhz at default volt. I'm hoping to get the same. Extra 20 to 40mhz for a 0.2 volts extra is too much. Did toy try to oc without volt tweaking?
Can't wait to bench mine.
More seriously, I doubt you could get to 1000 watts without those liquid-He/Ni cooling ideas. Still, if you could get it to 600 or 700 watts using air or water, that would be amazing. It's already drawing more power than most people's entire systems - it'd be both humorous and educational to see if it could outdraw most enthusiast systems.
Anyway, another enjoyable article. You guys run an excellent operation here at BMR.
I can not test for anything over the power draw I had on during this test due to thermal constraints. Even so during our test I was drawing almost 500w just for this card.
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Nice to see an unashamedly "enthusiast" review.
Seems a little late to the party ( evga ). I can't see getting the classified when Kepler is around the corner now ( the first round of consumer cards and then the enthusiast cards soon after )
FYI Even if you wants to buy this gpu you can't it has bin sold out since launch and available in limited quantaties. Meaning when kepler hit I should have no problem selling the thing due to the limited quantities and demand @ a good price. Besides how would I play skyrim with all the hd mods out there already as well as bf3 @ max!
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OC is like over speed limit.....if ya going 10% over the 60 mph peed limit, that's 1.10 x 60 or 66 mph ....66/60 = 1.10 or 10% over speed limit
% Overclock = 100 x (OC Speed / Stock Speed - 1)
100 x (940/772 - 1) = 21.76%
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Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 | 10:06 a.m.
Injury Crash
One person was injured today in a collision between two sport utility vehicles that caused one of them to roll over on Interstate 15 South.
The Nevada Highway Patrol responded about 9:25 a.m. to the accident on I-15 at the Cheyenne Avenue on-ramp to the interstate in North Las Vegas.
One of the SUVs rolled onto the shoulder of the ramp, Trooper Jeremie Elliott said.
One person was transported to University Medical Center with nonlife-threatening injuries, Elliott said.


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The 2012 college football season was a fun one. We got to see Johnny Manziel emerge into "Johnny Football," we followed Manti Te'o's path from "Notre Dame linebacker and Heisman candidate" to "running joke" and we watched Alabama win another National Championship to add to their mantle. But the biggest crime of this college football season was that we didn't get to see Tyrann Mathieu compete for a single snap.
Before the LSU football season started, their star slot cornerback was kicked off the team for a violation of team rules. It was since reported that violation included failing multiple drug tests. Instead of transferring to an FCS or Division II school, Mathieu entered rehab and then continued attending LSU, even if he couldn't play on their football squad. That looked like a good, mature decision until Mathieu was arrested on Oct. 25 for possession of marijuana.
Mathieu says he hasn't touched the drug since that arrest. He says getting arrested was what finally forced him to turn his life around. He's been staying with Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson's family since the arrest, and he has kept his nose clean. Apparently he's also been working out, since he had one of the best combine performances of 2013 back in February.
But now NFL teams face a challenging question: do we risk all of Mathieu's past faults off the field for his playmaking ability on it? And is he even good enough on the field to be work that risk? Teams that have talked to Mathieu can answer the former, but I can answer the latter with a resounding yes.
I watched every snap that Mathieu played in 2011 that I could get my hands on. That didn't include LSU's games against Northwestern State or Western Kentucky, so my stats will only include the 11 FBS games he played that season.
LSU faced 394 total passing plays during those 11 games (360 passing attempts and 34 sacks). Mathieu wasn't on the field for all of them, but it was extremely rare for him to come off the field in passing situations, even late in games. We can likely take out 14 snaps that Mathieu wasn't on the field to make it an even 380. Mathieu allowed 25 receptions on 51 targets for 288 yards. He intercepted two passes, allowed zero touchdowns and forced four fumbles. He also added a sack and 65 tackles.
The website Pro Football Focus has specific slot cornerback stats, cover snaps per target, yards per cover snap and cover snaps per reception. Based on the above snaps, compared to 2012 NFL slot corners, Mathieu would rank tied for first in cover snaps per reception with 15.2, second in yards per cover snaps with .76 and third in cover snaps per target with 7.5. His 50.1 NFL quarterback rating and 49-percent catch rate would rate him second among slot cornerbacks.
Obviously it's tough to compare NFL cornerback stats to a college player's stats, but you won't find better numbers than that in the college ranks. Mathieu was truly an elite slot cornerback at LSU.
Mathieu nearly shut down his opposing slot receiver in every game he played. His best games came against Mississippi State when he allowed just one receptions on one target for negative four yards, Kentucky when he didn't allow a reception on two targets, Florida when he was targeted twice, allowed one reception for negative seven yards and picked off a pass, Arkansas when he was targeted once and didn't allow a reception and Georgia when he was targeted twice and didn't allow a reception. Games against Ole Miss, West Virginia and Oregon weren't half bad either.
It seems like most of the criticism Mathieu gets as a player comes from Alabama fans. And that's understandable. He wasn't as good against the Crimson Tide. He allowed five receptions on five targets for 65 yards in their first matchup and three receptions on five targets for 54 yards in their second matchup. His worst game of the season came when he was matched up against Da'Rick Rogers in Tennessee. He allowed three receptions for 92 yards on five targets. That included receptions of 38 yards and 44 yards.
Mathieu lacks elite size and strength, but he's physical at the line of scrimmage. His best trait, other than the fact that the ball seems to gravitate toward him, is his closing speed. Opposing running backs and wide receivers catching screens need to watch out. That's how he allowed negative four yards to Mississippi and negative seven to Florida. Few players can break on a play like Mathieu, and his speed in short areas is hard to match.
Mathieu is also an exceptional special teams player. He returned 25 punts for 429 yards and two touchdowns.
In the combine, Mathieu ran an official 4.50 second 40-yard dash, though it was hand timed at 4.43. He had a 1.51 10-yard split, 6.87 3-cone and 4.14 short shuttle time. There were questions coming in if he was an elite athlete and he did all he could to prove those critics wrong.
Recently Mathieu said his toughest interview at the combine came from the Patriots. He said they repeatedly asked him about his marijuana addiction and why he wouldn't change. I have been told there are scouts within the New England organization that love Mathieu's game. Mathieu is set to visit New England before the draft.
He would be a nice fit in Foxboro. Mathieu may not be able to play outside in the NFL, but he can be among the best slot corners in the NFL. He could also project as a safety or primary special teamer. Mathieu's likely to go in the second or third round, and he'll be well worth the risk. Removing himself from the enabling lifestyle he had at LSU has already gone a long way. And if he joined the Patriots, he'd have veteran leaders like Devin McCourty, Kyle Arrington, Steve Gregory and Adrian Wilson to look up to, even with Aqib Talib and Alfonzo Dennard around.
After all, how many supposed character issue players actually burn out of the NFL? For every JaMarcus Russell that fails, there are two Aldon Smith or Cam Newton-type players who stick around and succeed.
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My hubby is leaving for deployment soon :(
January 1, 2012 at 10:12 PM
princesaportugu Been there, done that. Make sure you send him a letter every single day....even if it's just a short note so he can smell your perfume. I actually had a Gunny who's last name was Lozano LOL Praying for hubby's safe return and praying for you to stay strong as well :) January 1, 2012 at 10:22 PM
MLozano Thank you. It isn't his first deployment but last time he was deployed I was with him because I was in too! But thank you for your thoughts and prayers :) January 2, 2012 at 1:57 PM


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The Illinois republican nominees for comptroller and treasurer have a plan that could save taxpayers more than $10 million.
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They are traveling across the state this week to gain support for consolidating those offices.
They say efficient office operations and improved investments could save Illinois tax payers more than $12 million a year.
"Now usually people ask, 'well what about oversight? If there's only one office how are you going to keep track of each other?' Actually, better. Because now we'll be under one roof," said Topinka, nominee for Illinois state comptroller.
To make this a reality a state constitutional amendment is needed.
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OverviewThis is the north ridge of Slater Peak. We named it the Bumble Bee Ridge because on our trip there were more bumble bees than we had ever seen. Every flower had 2-3 bumble bees on it!
The route follows the Prospector Trail to the saddle between Slater Peak and North Slater Peak after which the steep north ridge of Slater Peak is followed to the summit. The round trip distance is only about 3.4 mile with 1500 feet elevation gain, but with a steep off trail scramble for the 2nd part of the route.
Getting ThereFrom Steamboat Springs, drive to the north end of town and to where County Road 129 leaves Highway 40. A sign marks "Clark" and "Hahns Peak". This is the same road heading to the airport. Drive north on CR 129 for approximately 30.8 miles.
Turn left (east) on FR 129 (gravel), marked for Hahns Peak Lake, to another junction after 2.1 miles. Turn right and follow the road for 2.3 miles, around a bend to the trail marked as "Prospector Trail". A small parking area is just beyond the trail sign.
The road can be slightly rough near the end, but is usually good for all vehicles during the summer season.
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Route DescriptionFrom the trailhead, follow the well-marked Prospector Trail up the hillside. Unlike most trails in the Elkhead Mountains, the Prospector Trail is well marked, well used, and easy to follow. Be aware that the trail is also open to motorcycles.
After just over a mile, the trail reaches the saddle between Slater Peak and North Slater Peak.
To climb Slater Peak, head south along the ridge. The ridge quickly steepens and becomes rather tedious in places. Continue along the steep ridge, but stay left of the big talus slope. There are some game trails to help you along the way, but the route is still very steep.
Eventually the ridge tops out at a false summit. The true summit is to the south and across more forest and around a small boulder field.
Enjoy the fine views from the summit before returning the same way. The route is very slippery on the return, especially if it is covered in pine needles, as it was on our trip!


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Firsts are the most memorable moments of our lives. Firsts could be anything, from a first drink, first day at college, first car, and what not. Remembering our first experience with anything can either bring joy or a feeling of devastation. One thing which no one ever forgets in life is first love.
A person can fall in love many times in his/her life, but how one's first love makes him/her develops a rush in them, is unique. No matter how long our first love happened, thinking about it will always make you go through some wild emotions. There are reasons that why do we remember our first love always.
- Power of First Love
The first time you fall in love can make you go through so many emotions at once. You realize you care about someone in a way which never seemed possible. The first time you experience love in a romantic sense, lets you look at life with a different perspective. It is unlike anything that you must have felt before, and this is the reason why it gets inscribed in our memories forever.
- Heartbreak is Powerful
The only thing that matches the force of first love is first heartbreak. Often, these feelings make you think about the same person. The ones who didn't end up with their first loves for life, the ending for them is very painful.
The amount of effort required in overcoming the pain of a heartbreak is immense.
- Innocence of First Love
First love is always innocent and pure. It is not something that you try to do, it just happens. This makes us seek the same innocence and purity in every relationship we have in future. This is the reason why first love is hard to forget.
- First Love Triggered some Other Firsts
The feeling of love was not the only first for you in case of your first love. It brought along many other first with it too. It may be the first sensation of understanding that how can people support each other and make each other a better person, it may be a first kiss, or loss of virginity. All these are divine feelings which can purely be experienced through first love.
- Your First Love Was Part of Your First "Us"
Your first love is often the first time you actually feel like you were part of an "us" or a "we." You make decisions in life depending on what makes sense to you as a couple. It also probably is the first time when you prioritize another person even over yourself.
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- It Ended Due to Circumstances
It is common for first loves to get separated due to circumstances, as we depend on our family's decisions before reaching adulthood. Going to different universities to study, getting a job somewhere far off, are some of the common factors that may end one's relationship.
- Your First Love Represents Your Youth
As time goes by, the thoughts of your first love are not just about the person, but also about that time of your life, your youth. This gives you a feeling of reminiscence and you wish to go back to that time when life was simpler.
- It Reflects Possibility
Your first love may also remind you of the seemingly endless possibilities life has to offer. This feeling is hard to get after one gets out of that first love as it changes him/her in many ways but one.
- Your First Love Changed You
Relationships help shape you in who you are today. They have a lasting effect on your mind and you do a lot of new things when you experience first love. It was probably the first time you let yourself open to someone and let them impact you to the core.
- First Love Can Happen Only Once
Your first love can happen only once. No one can take that away from you. Any first event can happen only once and that makes is exclusive. No matter who you end up with in the end, your first love is always going to remain your first love.
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Panama Climate Talks Signal What's Ahead in Durban
The last major climate conference before UN Conference of the Parties 17 (COP17) begins next month wrapped up in Panama on Friday. Decisions and unresolved issues from the conference are indicators of what might be expected in Durban.
The main concern is the extension of the Kyoto Protocol. Australia and Norway have drafted a plan that would include all major emitters, excluding least-developed countries, leading to a legally binding deal in 2015. The plan includes:
· Standardizing targets at Durban, including 2020 emissions reduction targets.
· Formalizing and updating targets annually until 2015, ensuring transparency in emissions reductions.
· In 2012, updating targets and establishing rules for international verification.
· In 2013–2014, national reporting of emissions reductions.
· In 2015, a legally binding deal that includes developed country targets and actions by developing countries.
The European Union, seen as one of the only actors that could save the Kyoto Protocol, said that conditions for a second phase of the Protocol need to include all major emitters, such as the United States, China, and India.
"What's the point of keeping something alive if you're alone there? There must be more from the 89 percent," EU Environment Commissioner Connie Hedegaard told Reuters.
Meanwhile, the United States (which did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol) remained firm in its stance that it will not sign an agreement unless all major economies are included in reductions.
"We do not see a meeting of the minds on these issues," U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing said. "We do not want to launch negotiations on an agreement we would not be able to join."
India, which backs the extension of the Kyoto Protocol as it stands, has long expressed concern over an agreement that requires legally binding commitments from developing countries, throwing a wrench into ideas for a new commitment period. (However, as I have said previously, this is probably only a negotiating tactic since India is reducing emissions domestically.)
Not all parties may be needed to move forward, however. UN Climate Chief Christiana Figueres said that the United Nations may be able to extend the Kyoto Protocol excluding those who refuse to sign it, such as Canada, Japan, and Russia. But even that vote will require an agreement from all countries attending the conference in Durban.
Still, there are some areas where Figueres said "good progress" is being made on the technical issues. The draft text for the confirmation of the Adaptation Committee has been teed up for completion in Durban. Details of where to host and how to conduct the selection process of the implementation arm of the Technology Executive Committee are also set to be finalized in Durban, leading the Technology Mechanism to become fully operational by 2012.
In regard to finance, fast-track finance for adaptation and mitigation in developing countries now has a clearer picture of committed funds and how they are being dispersed. Long-term financing—the commitments for 2020— has draft text that will also be ready for Durban.