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Committee Membership Information
Study Title:
America's Climate Choices
Primary Board:
Study Director:
Dr. Albert Carnesale
- (Chair)
University of California, Los Angeles
Albert Carnesale is Chancellor Emeritus and Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He was Chancellor of the University from 1997 through 2006, and now serves as Professor of Public Policy and of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. His research and teaching focus on public policy issues having substantial scientific and technological dimensions, and he is the author or co-author of six books and more than 100 articles on a wide range of subjects, including national security strategy, arms control, nuclear proliferation, the effects of technological change on foreign and defense policy, domestic and international energy issues, and higher education. He chairs the National Academies Committees on Conventional Prompt Global Strike Capability and on Nuclear Forensics. In addition, he is a member of the FBI Director?s Advisory Board on National Security and Higher Education; the Mission Committees of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory; the World Economic Forum?s Global Agenda Council on Terrorism, Proliferation and Weapons of Mass Destruction; the Board of Directors of Harvard University?s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; and the Advisory Board of the RAND Corporation?s Center for Global Risk and Security. Prior to joining UCLA, he was at Harvard for 23 years, serving as Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Public Policy and Administration, Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Provost of the University. Before that, he served in government and in industry. Dr. Carnesale holds bachelor?s and master's degrees in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Dr. William L. Chameides
- (Vice Chair)
Duke University
William Chameides is the Dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University, as position he has held since 2007. Prior to joining Duke he spent 3 years as the chief scientist of the Environmental Defense Fund, following more than 30 years in academia as a professor, researcher, teacher, and mentor. Chameides? research focuses on the atmospheric sciences, elucidating the causes of and remedies for global, regional, and urban environmental change and identifying pathways towards a more sustainable future. Specifically his research helped lay the groundwork for our understanding of the photochemistry of the lower atmosphere, elucidated the importance of nitrogen oxides emission controls in the mitigation of urban and regional photochemical smog, and the impact of regional air pollution on global food production. He has led two major, multi-institutional research projects: the Southern Oxidants Study, a research program focused on understanding the causes and remedies for air pollution in the Southern United States; and CHINA-MAP, an international research program studying the effects of environmental change on agriculture in China. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, fellow of the American Geophysical Union and recipient of the American Geophysical Union?s MacElwane Award. Chameides has served on numerous national and international committees and task forces and in recognition was named a National Associate of the National Academies for ?extraordinary service.?
Dr. Thomas J. Wilbanks
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thomas J. Wilbanks is a Corporate Research Fellow at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and leads the Laboratory?s Global Change and Developing Country Programs. A past President of the Association of American Geographers, he conducts research on such issues as sustainable development, energy and environmental technology and policy, responses to global climate change, and the role of geographical scale in all of these regards. Wilbanks has won the James R. Anderson Medal of Honor in Applied Geography, has been awarded Honors by the Association of American Geographers, geography's highest honor, was named Distinguished Geography Educator of the year in 1993 by the National Geographic Society, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Co-edited recent books include Global Change and Local Places (2003), Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism (2003), and Bridging Scales and Knowledge Systems: Linking Global Science and Local Knowledge (2006). Wilbanks is Chair of the National Research Council?s Committee on Human Dimensions of Global Change and a member of a number of other NAS/NRC boards and panels. In recent years, he has been Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC?s Fourth Assessment Report, Working Group II, Chapter 7 (Industry, Settlement, and Society), Coordinating Lead Author for the Climate Change Science Program?s Synthesis and Assessment Product (SAP) 4.5 (Effects of Climate Change on Energy Production and Use in the United States), and Lead Author for one of three sections (Effects of Global Change on Human Settlements) of SAP 4.6 (Effects of Global Change on Human Health and Welfare and Human Systems). Wilbanks received his B.A. degree in social sciences from Trinity University in 1960 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in geography from Syracuse University in 1967 and 1969.
Mr. Robert W. Fri
Resources for the Future
Robert Fri is a visiting scholar and senior fellow emeritus at Resources for the Future, a nonprofit organization that studies natural resource and environmental issues. He has served as director of the National Museum of Natural History, president of Resources for the Future, and deputy administrator of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Energy Research and Development Administration. Fri has been director of American Electric Power Company; vice-chair and a director of the Electric Power Research Institute; a trustee and vice-chair of Science Service, Inc.; and a member of the National Petroleum Council. He is active with the National Academies, where he is National Associate, vice-chair of the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Marion E. Koshland Science Museum. He has chaired studies for the National Research Council on the health standards for the Yucca Mountain repository and on estimating the benefits of applied research programs at the Department of Energy. He currently chairs a study to evaluate the nuclear energy research program at DOE. Fri received his B.A. in physics from Rice University and his M.B.A. from Harvard University, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi.
Dr. Marilyn A. Brown
Georgia Institute of Technology
Dr. Marilyn A. Brown is an endowed Professor of Energy Policy in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, which she joined in 2006 after a distinguished career at the U.S. Department of Energy?s Oak Ridge National Laboratory. At ORNL, she held various leadership positions and co-led the report, Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future, which remains a cornerstone of engineering-economic analysis of low-carbon energy options for the United States. Her research interests encompass the design of energy and climate policies, issues surrounding the commercialization of new technologies, and methods for evaluating sustainable energy programs and policies. Dr. Brown has authored more than 200 publications including a recently published book on Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths and a forthcoming book, Climate Change and Energy Security. Dr. Brown has been an expert witness in hearings before Committees of both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and she participates on several National Academies Boards and Committees. Dr. Brown has a Ph.D. in Geography from the Ohio State University, a Masters Degree in Resource Planning from the University of Massachusetts and is a Certified Energy Manager.
Dr. Donald F. Boesch
University of Maryland, Cambridge
Donald F. Boesch is a Professor of Marine Science and President of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. He also leads the University System's Environmental Sustainability Initiative as Vice Chancellor for Environmental Sustainability. Boesch is a biological oceanographer who has conducted research in coastal and continental shelf environments along the Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico, eastern Australia and the East China Sea. He has published two books and more than 85 papers on marine benthos, estuaries, wetlands, continental shelves, oil pollution, nutrient over-enrichment, environmental assessment and monitoring and science policy. Presently his research focuses on the use of science in ecosystem management, and he is active in extending knowledge to environmental and resource management at regional, national and international levels. Boesch has served as science advisor to many state and federal agencies and regional, national and international programs, and has chaired numerous committees and scientific assessment teams that have produced reports on a wide variety of coastal environmental and climate change issues. A native of New Orleans, Boesch received his B.S. from Tulane University and Ph.D. from the College of William & Mary. He was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Queensland and subsequently served on the faculty of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. In 1980 he became the first Executive Director of the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, where he was also a Professor of Marine Science at Louisiana State University. He assumed his present position in Maryland in 1990.
Dr. Peter H. Raven
Missouri Botanical Garden
Peter H. Raven, President of the Missouri Botanical Garden, is one of the world?s leading botanists and advocates of conservation and biodiversity. He received the National Medal of Science, the highest award for scientific accomplishment in the United States, in December 2000. Raven has also received numerous other prizes and awards, including the Society for Conservation Biology Distinguished Service Award and the Peter H. Raven Award for Scientific Outreach, which was created to honor him. He also received the prestigious International Prize for Biology from the government of Japan; Environmental Prize of the Institute de la Vie; Volvo Environment Prize; the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, the Sasakawa Environment Prize, and has held Guggenheim and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellowships. Described by Time magazine as a ?Hero for the Planet,? Raven champions research around the world to preserve endangered plants and is a leading advocate for conservation and a sustainable environment. For three decades Raven has headed the Missouri Botanical Garden, an institution he nurtured to a world-class center for botanical research, education and horticulture display. He is also the Engleman Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis, Chairman of the National Geographic Society?s Committee for Research and Exploration, and previously served as President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and as a member of the President?s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. He served for 12 years as Home Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences, is a member of the academies of science in Argentina, China, India, Italy, Russia, and several other countries; belongs to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and was inducted into the American Academy of Achievement. He was first Chair of the U. S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, a government-established organization that funds joint research with the independent countries of the former Soviet Union. Raven received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1960 after completing his undergraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley. He has received honorary degrees from universities in this country and throughout the world.
Dr. George C. Eads
CRA International
Dr. George C. Eads is a Senior Consultant of CRA International. Prior to joining CRA in 1995, he held several positions at General Motors (GM) Corporation, including Vice President and Chief Economist; Vice President, Worldwide Economic and Market Analysis Staff; and Vice President, Product Planning and Economics Staff. Before joining GM, Dr. Eads was Dean of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he also was a Professor. Before that, he served as a Member of President Carter's Council of Economic Advisors. He has been involved in numerous projects concerning transport and energy. In 1994 and 1995, he was a member of President Clinton?s policy dialogue on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from personal motor vehicles. He co-authored the World Energy Council's 1998 Report, Global Transport and Energy Development -- The Scope for Change. Over the past four years, Dr. Eads devoted most of his time to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Sustainable Mobility Project, a project funded and carried out by 12 leading international automotive and energy companies. Dr. Eads is a member of the Presidents' Circle at the National Academies. He is an at-large Director of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He received a Ph.D. degree in economics from Yale University. He is currently participating in TRB study on ?Potential Greenhouse Gas Reductions from Transportation? and recently completed service on the TRB study on ?Climate Change and U.S. Transportation?.
Dr. Dennis L. Hartmann
University of Washington
Dennis L. Hartmann is currently Professor in the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Senior Fellow and Council Member of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean at the University of Washington. His research interests include dynamics of the atmosphere, atmosphere-ocean interaction, and climate change. His current research includes the study of climate feedback processes involving clouds and water vapor, which is approached using remote sensing data, in situ data and models, and attempts to take into account radiative, dynamical, and cloud-physical processes. Dr. Hartmann is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has served on numerous advisory, editorial and review boards for NSF, NASA and NOAA, and on multiple NRC committees, including the Committee on Climate Change Feedbacks (chair), Climate Research Committee, and Committee on Earth Sciences. He currently serves on the Board of Reviewing Editors for the magazine Science and is co-editor of the International Geophysics Series of Academic Press. Dr. Hartmann received his Ph.D. in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics from Princeton University.
Mr. Charles O. Holliday, Jr.
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Charles O. Holliday Jr., is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of DuPont. Prior to becoming DuPont?s CEO on February 1, 1998 and chairman on January 1, 1999, Mr. Holliday, rose through manufacturing positions; led DuPont?s global Nomex� and Kevlar� businesses; and, from 1990 until 1997, served in a series of leadership positions in Asia culminating with his appointment as chairman of Asia Pacific. He was elected president of DuPont in 1997. Mr. Holliday started at DuPont in the summer of 1970 at the company's Old Hickory site after receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee. He is a licensed Professional Engineer. Mr. Holliday is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, and he is past chairman of: the Business Roundtable's Task Force for Environment, Technology and Economy; the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); The Business Council; and the Society of Chemical Industry ? American Section. Mr. Holliday serves on the board of directors of Deere & Co. and is chair of the board of directors of Catalyst. In addition, he is chairman of the U.S. Council on Competitiveness and is a founding member of the International Business Council. He co-authored Walking the Talk book which details the business case for sustainable development and corporate responsibility.
Dr. Philip R. Sharp
Resources for the Future
Philip R. Sharp became President of Resources for the Future on September 1, 2005. His career in public service includes ten terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana, beginning in 1975. He was a driving force behind the Energy Policy Act of 1992. He also also helped to develop a critical part of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, providing for a market-based emissions allowance trading system. After leaving Congress, he served on the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Institute of Politics at Harvard University from 1995 to 2005. Sharp was Congressional chair of the National Commission on Energy Policy (2004), the National Research Council's Committee on Effectiveness and Impact of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards (2001), and chair of the Secretary of Energy's Electric Systems Reliability Task Force (1998). Sharp is co-chair of the Energy Board of the Keystone Center and serves on the Board of Directors of the Duke Energy Corporation and the Energy Foundation. He is also a member of the Cummins Science and Technology Advisory Council and serves on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and on the MIT Energy Initiative External Advisory Board. He served on the Board of Directors of the Cinergy Corporation from 1995-2006, on the Board of the Electric Power Research Institute from 2002-2006, and on the National Research Council's Board of Energy and Environmental Systems (BEES) from 2001-2007. In addition, he chaired advisory committees for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studies on the future of nuclear power and the future of coal. Before accepting the RFF presidency, Sharp was senior policy advisor to the Washington law firm of Van Ness Feldman, and a senior advisor to the Cambridge economic analysis firm of Lexecon/FTI. Prior to his service in Congress, Sharp taught political science at Ball State University from 1969 to 1974. Sharp graduated cum laude from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in 1964, and received his Ph.D. in government from Georgetown in 1974.
Dr. Susan Solomon
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Susan Solomon (NAS) is a Senior Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder, Colorado. She made some of the first measurements in the Antarctic that showed that chlorofluorocarbons were responsible for the stratospheric ozone hole, and she pioneered the theoretical understanding of the surface chemistry that causes it. In March 2000, she received the National Medal of Science, the United States' highest scientific honor, for "key insights in explaining the cause of the Antarctic ozone hole." She is also a recipient of the Blue Planet Prize, the Lemaitre prize, the Rossby Medal of the American Meteorological Society and the Bowie Medal of the American Geophysical Union. Her current research focuses on chemistry-climate coupling, and she served as co-chair of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which seeks to provide scientific information to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Solomon was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1992. She is also a foreign associate of the Academie des Sciences in France and the Royal Society of London. She received her Ph.D. degree in chemistry from the University of California at Berkeley in 1981.
Mr. Bjorn Stigson
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Bjorn Stigson is President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. He began his career as Financial Analyst with the Swedish Kockums Group. From 1971-82, he worked for ESAB, an international supplier of welding equipment, in different positions, being responsible for finance, operations and marketing. In 1983 he became President and CEO of the Fl�kt Group, a company listed on the Stockholm stock exchange and the world leader in environmental control technology. Following the acquisition of Fl�kt by ABB, in 1991 he became Executive Vice President and a member of ABB Asea Brown Boveri?s Executive Management Group. From 1993-94 he ran his own management consultancy. In 1995 he was appointed President of the WBCSD, a coalition of some 200 leading international corporations. He now serves on the boards of or on committees advising the Chinese government, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, the Clinton Global Initiative and the Global Reporting Initiative. He is a graduate of the Gothenburg School of Business Administration, the Swedish Management Institute and Harvard Business School.
Mr. Jonathan Cannon
University of Virginia
Jonathan Cannon is Professor of Law and Director of the University of Virginia Law School's Environmental and Land Use Law Program. Prior to joining the Law School faculty in 1998, he was at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), where he served as General Counsel from 1995 to 1998 and as Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management from 1992 to 1995. He also held senior management positions at EPA from 1986-1990. Prior to his work with the EPA, Cannon was in the private practice of environmental law. He has written widely in environmental law and policy, with an emphasis on institutional design and adaptive management. He received his J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Law School and his B.A. from Williams College.
Dr. Robert H. Socolow
Princeton University
Robert H. Socolow is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, where he teaches in both the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He was the Director of the University?s Center for Energy and Environmental Studies from 1979 to 1997. His current research focuses on the characteristics of a global energy system that would be responsive to global and local environmental and security constraints. His specific areas of interest include the capture of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels and its storage in geological formations, nuclear power, energy efficiency in buildings, and the accelerated deployment of advanced technologies in developing countries. He was editor of Annual Review of Energy and the Environment from 1992 to 2002. He is a National Associate of the U.S. National Academies and a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was awarded the 2003 Leo Szilard Lectureship Award by the American Physical Society and received the 2005 Axel Axelson Johnson Commemorative Lecture award from the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden. Socolow earned a B.A. in 1959 and Ph.D. in theoretical high energy physics in 1964 from Harvard University.
Dr. Richard L. Schmalensee
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Richard L. Schmalensee is the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Economics and Management. He served as the John C Head III Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management from 1998 through 2007. He was as a Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1989 through 1991 and Deputy Dean of MIT Sloan from 1996 through 1998. Professor Schmalensee is the author or co-author of 11 books and over 110 articles in professional journals and books, and he is co-editor of volumes I and II of the Handbook of Industrial Organization. His research has centered on industrial organization economics and its application to managerial and public policy issues, with particular emphasis on antitrust, regulatory, and environmental policies. His recent work has focused on two-sided, platform businesses. Professor Schmalensee is a member of the International Academy of Management and the National Commission on Energy Policy and a fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a Director of the International Securities Exchange and the International Data Group, and Editor in Chief of Competition Policy Internationals. Schmalensee received his S.B. and Ph.D. in Economics from MIT.
Dr. Pamela A. Matson
Stanford University
Pamela A. Matson (NAS) is Chester Naramore Dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University. She is also the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Professor of Environmental Studies and senior fellow in the Woods Institute of Environment and Sustainability. Her research focuses on biogeochemical cycling and biosphere-atmosphere interactions in tropical forests and agricultural systems. Together with hydrologists, atmospheric scientists, economists and agronomists, Matson analyzes the economic drivers and environmental consequences of land use and resource use decisions in developing world agricultural and natural ecosystems, with the objective of identifying practices that are economically and environmentally sustainable. With her students, she also evaluates the response of tropical forests to nitrogen deposition and climate changes. Matson joined the Stanford faculty in 1997, following positions as professor at UC Berkeley and research scientist at NASA. She is a past President of the Ecological Society of America, currently serves on the board of trustees of the World Wildlife Fund, and until recently was the chair of the National Academies? Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994. In 1995, Dr. Matson was selected as a MacArthur Fellow, and in 1997 was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2002 she was named the Burton and Deedee McMurtry University Fellow in Undergraduate Education at Stanford. She earned her B.S. at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, M.S. at Indiana University, and Ph.D. at Oregon State University.
Ms. Peggy M. Shepard
West Harlem Environmental Action, Inc.
Peggy M. Shepard is executive director and co-founder of WE ACT for Environmental Justice. Founded in 1988, WE ACT was New York?s first environmental justice organization created to improve environmental health and quality of life in communities of color. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her leadership and advocacy, including the 10th Annual Heinz Award for the Environment and the 2008 Jane Jacobs Medal for Lifetime Achievement. She is a former Democratic District Leader, who represented West Harlem from 1985 to April 1993, and served as President of the National Women?s Political Caucus-Manhattan from 1993-1997. From January 2001-2003, Ms Shepard served as the first female chair of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and is co-chair of the Northeast Environmental Justice Network. She is a former member of the National Advisory Environmental Health Sciences Council of the National Institutes of Health and a member of the Environmental Justice Advisory Committee to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Ms. Shephard is a former journalist, and was a reporter for The Indianapolis News, a copy editor for The San Juan Star, and a researcher for Time-Life Books. She has served as an editor at Redbook, Essence, and Black Enterprise magazines. Ms. Shepard began a career in government as a speechwriter for the New York State Division of Housing & Community Renewal and Director of Public Information for Rent Administration. She served as the Women?s Outreach Coordinator for the New York City Comptroller?s Office. Ms. Shepard is a board member of the national and NYS Leagues of Conservation Voters, Environmental Defense, NY Earth Day, Citizen Action of NY, the Children?s Environmental Health Network, and Healthy Schools Network, Inc. She is an advisory board member of the Bellevue Occupational and Environmental Medicine Clinic; the Harlem Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; and Mt. Sinai?s Children?s Environmental Health Center. She is a graduate of Howard University and Solebury and Newtown Friends Schools.
Dr. Peter Zandan
Public Strategies
Peter Zandan is chairman of EarthSky, a digital media company advocating science as a vital voice in 21st century decision-making. He is also senior advisor for Public Strategies, Inc., where he directs strategic initiatives and the research practice group. Peter has helped to launch, lead and fund numerous business and nonprofit ventures including: IntelliQuest Information Group (IQST NASDAQ), the world?s fastest growing market research firm in the 1990s; Zilliant, a venture-backed software company; and Evaluation Software Publishing, a K-12 education data analysis software and consulting firm. Peter has also served as a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a lifetime member of the advisory board of the McCombs Graduate School of Business. He has been selected by Interactive Week as one of the ?Unsung Heroes of the Internet? and awarded Ernst & Young?s ?Entrepreneur of the Year.? He also serves on the management committee of the Explorers Club in New York City. He has been active in community organizations including Austin?s public television station, St. Stephen?s Episcopal School, and Austin?s 360 Summit. For his community activities, he has been recognized by the Austin American Statesman as a ?Hero of Democracy,? by the Austin Chronicle as ?Best Local Visionary,? and by Austin?s leading environmental group as ?Soul of the City.? Peter received his M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Thomas Dietz
Michigan State University
Thomas Dietz is Assistant Vice President for Environmental Research, Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program, and Professor of Sociology and Crop and Soil Sciences at Michigan State University. His current research examines the human driving forces of environmental change, environmental values and the interplay between science and democracy in environmental issues. Dietz is also an active participant in the Ecological and Cultural Change Studies Group at MSU. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and has been awarded the Sustainability Science Award of the Ecological Society of America, the Distinguished Contribution Award of the American Sociological Association Section on Environment, Technology and Society, and the Outstanding Publication Award, also from the American Sociological Association Section on Environment, Technology and Society. He has chaired and served on numerous National Academies panels and committees, including the Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, and currently sits on the Steering Committee for the Climate Change Exhibition at the Koshland Science Museum. He holds a Bachelor of General Studies degree from Kent State and a PhD in Ecology from the University of California at Davis.
The Honorable James E. Geringer
ESRI, Inc.
James E. "Jim" Geringer was the 30th Governor of Wyoming. From 1967 to 1977, he served in the United States Air Force. After retiring from the Air Force, he worked at the Missouri Basin Power Project's Laramie River Station from 1977 to 1979. During that time, he went into farming and cattle feeding, eventually buying his own farm. In 1982, Geringer successfully ran as a Republican for a seat in the Wyoming House of Representatives. After serving there for six years, he won a seat in the Wyoming Senate. In 1994, State Senator Geringer was elected as Wyoming's governor. Geringer was generally a conservative throughout his political career. As governor, he helped pass laws that regulated class action lawsuits, reformed bankruptcy laws, toughened crime laws, legalized charter schools, and lowered taxes. However, he broke with the Republican Party in supporting environmental rulings and the Equal Rights Amendment.After serving as governor, he joined Redlands, Calif., Environmental Systems Research Institute as director of policy and public sector strategies. Geringer is one of the founding governors of Western Governors University (WGU) and is currently chairman of the WGU Board of Trustees. He has a bachelor?s degree in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University.
Dr. Diana M. Liverman
University of Oxford
Diana Liverman holds joint appointments between Oxford University (as Senior Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute - ECI) and the University of Arizona (where she co-directs the Institute of the Environment). Her research has focused on the human dimensions of global environmental change, including climate impacts, governance and policy; climate and development; and the political ecology of environment, land use and development in Latin America. She has current projects on climate vulnerability and adaptation, climate impacts on food systems, and carbon offsets, and has interest in connecting research to stakeholders and climate science to the arts and creative sector. She has led or coordinated major research programs for the Tyndall Center for Climate Change, the James Martin 21st Century School at Oxford, the Global Environmental Change and Food Systems project (GECAFS), the UK Climate Impacts Program, and the Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS). Her advisory roles have included the NRC Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (chair) and the scientific advisory committees for the InterAmerican Institute (IAI) for Global Change (co-chair). She has a BA in Geography from University College London, an MA from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. from UCLA.


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What: Sweet Orange oil is the volatile oil obtained by expression from the fresh peel of the ripe fruit of the sweet orange, Citrus aurantium var. dulcis, Rutaceae. It is composed of mostly (greater than 90%) d-limonene, which is what gives the oil its familiar citrus aroma. Limonene is an effective, environmentally-friendly, and relatively safe solvent, making it a popular choice for a variety of stain removers and household cleaners (Wiki).
Origin: Sweet orange oil is a by-product of the juice industry produced by pressing the peel. (Wiki).
Products Found In: Sweet Orange oil is used as a flavouring of food and drink and for its fragrance in perfume and aromatherapy. (Wiki). It is also used in moisutrizers, facial cleansers, body cleansers, exfoliants, lip gloss, anti-aging skincare, bar soap, lip balm, bath oil/salts/soaks. (EWG).
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Abstract: This paper aims to take stock of the concept of New Public Management (NPM) to see what has happened with the concept, and to consider recent concepts and ideas that challenge NPM. The reason is that there is still much talk about NPM, although many now seem to think that we have gone "beyond" NPM or are in a "post-NPM" public management situation. The second part of the paper will deal with self-styled conceptual alternatives to NPM. These began to appear in the last decade. With "self-styled" I mean that they explicitly present themselves as alternatives to NPM and address the shortcomings in NPM to promote other conceptualizations. Combined, these alternatives approach a coherent research agenda. To be able to discuss these matters, the argument is presented through a theoretical approach that views public management reform as institutional change. This approach is now common in public management reform studies (Pollitt & Bouckaert 2004; Christensen & Lægreid, 2001, 2007, 2011), Knill (1999) and Barzelay (2001) and colleagues (Barzelay & Gallego 2010). The analytical framework comes from theories of public policymaking and theories of historical institutionalism in political science. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8548
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by Len Lear
My wife and I and two other family members had dinner at Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant on Germantown Avenue, just off Gravers Lane, in mid-March, when a gentleman came up to the table to schmooze. Bill DeVinney, 49, is a very friendly, personable chap, and the more questions I asked, the more I realized he and his background would make a fascinating article for the Local. Bill DeVinney, a senior assistant general manager for Iron Hill, will soon be opening the 100th restaurant of his 26-year restaurant career, mostly with national chains. To call him peripatetic would be an understatement. He has been to more countries than most whales and at one time was CEO of a company that owned 42 Irish pubs in several countries. I thought the article about Bill would work best in the question-and-answer format.
Q: Did you always want to be in the restaurant business?
A: I started cooking with my mom in St. Paul, MN, at age 5. At age 8 I was the one cooking for my family. It progressively grew into working at restaurants. When I was in high school, I worked for an Italian restaurant, and the owner, Rose, would chase me around the kitchen while I was washing dishes.
Q: Did you go to college to major in culinary arts?
A: No. I went to the University of Minnesota, where I was the "closer" on the school's varsity baseball team. I was pre-med and ultimately planned to be an orthopedic surgeon but realized there was no way I could do 10 more years of school. In four years as closer, I had an ERA of about 2.00. I had a fastball that reached 98 mph, but I had no other pitch I could get over the plate.
Q: Did you ever play baseball professionally?
A: I tried out for the Cincinnati Reds. I signed a contract and went to their team in Billings, Montana, the Billings Mustangs, but did not make the roster. In two games I threw 12 pitches. I got one save and one loss, but I had a rotator cuff injury that basically ended my career. My total career was eight weeks. Of course, if I was in a bar talking to women, I'd suddenly be Alex Rodriguez (a New York Yankee superstar). The Reds training camp was in Tampa, Florida, and my brother lived there. I just couldn't go back go school, so I stayed in Tampa and got a job as a manager of a Ruby Tuesday restaurant. I worked hard and wound up opening 12 of them in D.C., the Carolinas and Virginia.
Q: What were your other duties besides opening the restaurants?
A: I was the new store kitchen coordinator. My job was to train the whole kitchen, and my passion for food came out. I have steered many people to work for the restaurant chains because their training programs are great. I worked for Ruby Tuesday from 1987 to 1989. Then I moved to Louisville and worked for Italian Oven, another chain. I was general manager and moved into director of operations. I opened six of them 1989-95, all in Kentucky. I like moving around, Cannot stay in one place. Why? Because it's hard to hit a moving target.
Q: How many restaurants have you opened?
A: All told I have opened 99 restaurants. About July of this year I will open an Iron Hill in Voorhees, NJ. That will be number 100 for me. In 1995 I was co-founder of Boulder Creek Steaks & Saloon on Long Island. I was v-p of operations. I had a one-year contract. A great experience, but I'm a mid-Westerner, not a New Yorker. Too busy, crowded, rude, noisy, etc.
Q: How did you get involved with Irish pubs?
A: After New York I moved to Nashville to Seanachie, the biggest Irish pub in America with 400 seats. I was managing partner. Probably the greatest Irish pub anyone has ever seen. An unreal stage with performers. People loved it. The second one was in Huntsville, Alabama. Eventually there were 42 of them after just four years. I became CEO of the company, which was called Delta Concepts We put seven in Australia over two years, nine in Ireland, seven in Hong Kong, five in the U.S. and a few in Spain. Selling an Irish pub is not hard. You can have a Guinness with a guy who has a lot of money and persuade him to buy one.
Q: Why did you leave the Irish pub company?
A: In 2000 I sold my part and went to Houlihan's to have more stability in my life. It was based in Kansas City. The restaurants were in five states. I was with them for two years, and then they went bankrupt. We had 10 units in five states. We closed seven, and the other three are still in business in Missouri.
Q: Did you then go with another chain of restaurants?
A: In 2002 I started with Pussers, a British company that makes rum but which also had seven restaurants and three hotels in Tortola, the British Virgin Islands, and five restaurants in the U.S. I was v.p. in charge of food and beverage. My job was to take the restaurant concept and make it cookie-cutter. It was paradise living in Tortola. Diving, sailing, etc. I went to their five U.S. restaurants to work out the kinks. I'd go to Miami, where it would take me a day to get used to the fast way of life again.
Q: You also did some cooking; didn't you?
A: Yes. Gourmet magazine in April, 2004, named me one of the best chefs in the Caribbean. Our food was awesome, but my position was eliminated. My friend, who was CEO of Pussers, said, "Let's do a Caribbean concept restaurant," so we built a beach bar in Tampa called Coconut Bay Bar & Grille. It opened in mid-2006. I was the only owner. No partners. I planned to use it as a franchise model. I was the chef. Lots of seafood. I'm entrepreneurial. But Coconut Bay only lasted one-and-a-half years. Wrong location. I would have had more satisfaction if I had driven down the highway throwing $100 bills out the window. My ego got in the way, but I did meet my wife, Sandy, at Coconut Bay. She is a recruiter for the life science industry. She's the smart one in the family. We have a son, Tyler, 6.
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Josh Richardson pitched a complete-game shutout, Friday evening.
Pitcher Josh Richardson pitched a complete-game shutout and catcher Trey Wimmer hit his third home run of the year, leading the Liberty Flames to a 4-0 victory over the VMI Keydets in a Big South Conference contest, Friday evening at Gray-Minor Stadium.
Making only his second start of 2013 and the third of his career, Richardson was in command throughout the contest. He faced the minimum 21 batters through the first seven innings, as the only hitter to reach, Keydet left fielder Jordan Tarsovich, was thrown out trying to steal in the fourth inning. The right-hander evens his record at 2-2, shutting out VMI on three hits in pitching the first complete game in his career. He struck out a career-high eight batters and did not walk a batter.
Wimmer gave Liberty a 1-0 advantage in the game's opening inning. With two outs, Wimmer belted his third home run of the season off the scoreboard in left-center field for an early Flames' lead.
In taking the first game of the three-game series, Liberty moves to 9-7 in the Big South action and 24-20 overall. VMI drops to 5-11 in conference and 19-27 overall.
The Flames added to their lead in their next at bat with three runs. First baseman Alex Close led off the top of the second inning with a single to left field. Two batters later, third baseman Jake Kimble lined a double into the left corner, plating Close with the first run of the frame.
Shortstop Dalton Britt followed by ripping a triple into the right field corner to give Liberty a 3-0 edge. After the second batter of the inning was retired, Britt scored on a single by second baseman Bryan Aanderud for what proved to be the final score of 4-0.
VMI starter Connor Bach falls to 2-4 on the year. The left-hander gave up four runs on eight hits over seven innings. He walked three and did not strike out a batter.
Liberty had nine hits during the contest. Aanderud paced the Flames with three hits, extending his career-high hitting streak to 14 games. His hit streak ties Wimmer for the longest consecutive game hitting streak by a Flame this season.
Liberty and VMI will meet again tomorrow in a doubleheader due to rain in the forecast for the area on Sunday. First pitch for game one will start at 2 p.m.


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Herbed Chestnut Stuffing
Chestnuts lend a bit of crunch to every bite of this moist, buttery stuffing. One taste and you'll understand why it's a family favorite. —Tammy Nordberg, Caledonia, Illinois
Total TimePrep: 45 min. Bake: 20 min.
Makes12 servings (3/4 cup each)
- 2-1/2 cups chestnuts
- 1 celery rib, chopped
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 1 cup butter, cubed
- 1 package (12 ounces) unseasoned stuffing cubes
- 2 cups chicken broth, divided
- 2 tablespoons dried parsley flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed
- 1/2 teaspoon rubbed sage
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- With a small sharp knife, score an "X" on the rounded side of each chestnut, being careful not to cut through the nutmeat.
- In a Dutch oven, bring 8 cups water to a boil. Add chestnuts. Return to a boil; cook, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Drain and return chestnuts to the pan; cover and keep warm. With a kitchen towel or pot holder, remove one or two chestnuts at a time. Peel and discard outer shell and inner skin. Slice nutmeats.
- In a large saucepan, saute celery and onion in butter until crisp-tender. Add chestnuts; saute 5 minutes longer. Stir in the stuffing cubes, 1-1/2 cups broth and seasonings.
- Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish; pour remaining broth over top. Cover and bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.
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Mike Davis is an astronomer. To practice his hobby away from the light pollution of cities, he bought some land in a remote part of Arizona. But there was a problem: No electricity. But he's a resourceful fellow. He built some solar panels using inexpensive blemished and damaged solar cells from eBay!
Read on for more photos and some technical details to give you an idea of how he did it. (The following is quoted from his website, with edits as noted.)
I bought a couple of bricks of 3 by 6 mono-crystalline solar cells. It takes a total of 36 of these type solar cells wired in series to make a panel. Each cell produces about 1/2 volt. 36 in series would give about 18 volts which would be good for charging 12 volt batteries. (Yes, you really need that high a voltage to effectively charge 12 volt batteries.) This type of solar cell is as thin as paper and as brittle and fragile as glass.
A solar panel is really just a shallow box. So I started out by building myself a shallow box. I made the box shallow so the sides wouldn't shade the solar cells when the sun comes at an angle from the sides.
Next I cut two pieces of masonite pegboard to fit inside the wells. These pieces of pegboard will be the substrates that each subpanel will be built on. [...] To protect the solar cells from the weather, the panel will have a Plexiglas front.
I laid out the cells on that grid pattern upside-down so I could solder them together. All 18 cells on each half panel need to be soldered together in series, then both half panels need to be connected in series to get the desired voltage. [...]
I used a low-wattage soldering iron and fine rosen-core solder. I also used a rosen pen on the solder points on the back of the cells before soldering. Use a real light touch with the soldering iron. The cells are thin and delicate. If you push too hard, you will break the cells.
Here's what the solar panel looks like from the front.
Here I am testing first half panel outside in the sun. In weak sun through clouds the half panel is producing 9.31 volts. YAHOO! It works! Now all I had to do is build another one just like it.
I drilled a hole in the back of the panel near the top for the wires to exit. [...] Each solar panel in a solar power system needs a blocking diode in series with it to prevent the panel from discharging your batteries at night or during cloudy weather. [...] I added a polarized two-pin jones plug to the end of the panel wires.
Here is the finished product, producing 18.8 volts and 3.05 amps in the sun.
How much did it cost?
Not bad, though of course there's a lot of labor needed to actually build the thing, and you need the skills in the first place. Not a project for everybody, but those with the courage will certainly have a lot of fun.
This is just a quick overview of the project. If you want more, please visit Mike's website, which has a lot more details and more photos about how he built his inexpensive solar panels.
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A major grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help enable Hope College to continue to provide its students access to highly sophisticated and modern equipment while expanding its educational reach through cyberspace.
The NSF has awarded Hope $416,767 to purchase a new nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer, which is a powerful tool for studying the structures and dynamics of chemical compounds. The new instrument, which the college plans to install during the spring semester, succeeds a predecessor that was itself sophisticated when it replaced another of its kind a dozen years ago - such is the difference that advances in technology make, according to the grant proposal's lead author.
"There have been significant changes in technology since we purchased our current NMR 12 years ago," said Dr. Jeffrey Johnson, who is an assistant professor of chemistry and is co-directing the grant project with Dr. Moses Lee, dean for the natural sciences and professor of chemistry. "The primary benefit of this instrument to our program is that it has greater sensitivity, which will enable it to test smaller samples and to work more quickly. It will also have an auto-sampler, allowing us to set up 30 or more experiments to run automatically overnight."
Multiple research groups at Hope use the college's NMR spectrometer. It plays a role in projects ranging from monitoring of phosphates in the bed of LakeMacatawa, to analyzing molecular structures that aid the design and synthesis of polymers for electronic and biomedical applications, photochromes and novel medicinal agents. It will also enable the determination of the structure and conformation of biomolecules, such as proteins and nucleic acids. The current instrument's benefits across the past 12 years have included providing data for 56 peer-reviewed publications that have included 197 undergraduate co-authors.
In fact, with the instrument also used by more than 150 students in laboratory-based classes as well as the 25-30 students involved in the research activity, Lee estimates that it affects more students in the natural and applied sciences division than any other single instrument of its complexity at Hope.
Johnson and Lee are especially pleased that the new instrument will extend that reach even farther. The new NMR spectrometer has remote-access capability, meaning that the instrument can be operated and the data can be read live through the Internet. While that capability will prove useful in classrooms at Hope, Johnson and Lee note that it will be especially useful in enabling the college to reach out to other schools seeking to develop research programs of their own.
"Through some existing partnerships as well as some new ones, we'll be able to make the instrument available to a number of community colleges that don't have such equipment themselves," Lee said. "We're excited at the opportunity to work with them to enhance science education by adding research-learning experiences to their programs, and also hope that the relationships will help make Hope an attractive option for their students who wish to continue their education after completing their two-year degrees."
The West Michigan institutions include Grand Rapids Community College and Muskegon Community College, both of which have already been partnering with the college through an NSF grant that provides scholarship support and research opportunities to students from the schools who choose to go on to Hope. Hope will also be partnering with Harold Washington College and William Rainey Harper College in the Chicago, Ill., area, with which the college has already been working through an NSF grant to City Colleges of Chicago to extend science-education opportunities to students at two-year institutions.
While the new instrument does much that its 1997-era ancestor can not, Lee noted that the older NMR isn't going away. Given the demand in the sciences for NMR spectroscopy, the college will be upgrading it and continuing to use it as well.


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- Near the end of the semester or after a significant event/lesson, ask students to reflect on their learning experience(s) in the format of a letter.
- Provide students with an explanation such as the following: Please reflect on the learning you have done on teams this semester using the format of "A Letter to The Teacher". I have provided you with the first line to your letter, Dear (your name).
- Also, explain why you want them to write you a letter and indicate what kinds of information you would like. Indicate the length you would prefer and any other restrictions.
- Reinforce that the grade will be based on completion only and that completion will be based on answering the questions that you pose.
- After you have had time to reflect upon their letters, follow up in kinds with "A Letter to the Class," sharing what you learned from this letter and what changes you plan to make based on their feedback.
- Students tend to speak more freely because they are using their own voice.
- It provides students with an opportunity to reflect on their own learning.
- It provides qualitative feedback, not necessarily obtained from evaluation forms.
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NSWP supports the call for the Global Fund to review its policies on human rights, particularly in relation to programming for key populations.
A workshop was recently held in Geneva that brought together leading experts in health and human rights, technical partners, representatives of networks of key populations and people living with HIV, donors, grant recipients, civil society organizations, scholars and Global Fund board members and staff. Recommendations contained in the workshop report centred around the need for better management of the risks of human rights violations in Global Fund programs, including the urgent need to stop any funding going to health programs in rehabilitation and detention centres for any key population.
Some of the key recommendations related to key populations in the report:
- Create a Global Fund policy on not funding programs in drug detention centres, as well as sex worker and LGBT "rehabilitation" programs
- Consider speaking out publically on issues of human rights violations and the need to protect key populations from these
- Issue policy statements in line with recommendations of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, including on the areas of treatment access and intellectual property
- Increase the human rights capacity and expertise on the Technical Review Panel
- Review concept notes to check they are in line with international standards for rights-based HIV programming
- Develop operational guidance to address human rights and include clear guidance on what types of programmes constitute human rights violations and the process for redress should rights violation take place by grantees
- Increase funding for data collection and support community-based organisations to gather data (we need data to make the investment case for key populations and this must be collected in partnership with the community to avoid rights-violating data gathering practices)
- Work with key population networks and other civil society groups to coordinate investigations and complaints into human rights violations
You can download the full 37page report in English here: http://www.theglobalfund.org/documents/humanrights/HumanRights_2014-05-22-Meeting_Report_en/
Participants recommended that the Global Fund not support any programs that include compulsory "rehabilitation" of sex workers or lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual persons; and that the Fund ensure that it does not support or promote mandatory HIV testing. NSWP is engaging in discussions on the best way to ensure rights-violating programs are not funded and the procedures in place for redress are effective and can be accessed by sex workers and members of other key populations.
Continue this discussion by posting a reply to this thread, and voice any concerns and opinions on recommendations that can be made to the Global Fund from sex workers. As one of the biggest health donors, we must hold the Global Fund to account and ensure that key populations are not left behind and not subjected to rights violations in the name of health!


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Lisbon, the capital city of the Portuguese Republic, is situated at the mouth of the Tagus: it is the westernmost capital of a mainland European country.
The city occupies an area of 84.8 km2, and its city boundaries, unlike those of most major cities, are narrowly defined by historical center.
Lisbon's public transport network is extremely far-reaching and reliable and has its metro as its main artery, connecting the city centre with the upper and eastern districts, and now reaching the suburbs. A traditional form of public transport in Lisbon is the tram. There are four commuter train lines departing from Lisbon.
Places to visit:
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• National Coach Museum
• St. George's Castle
• Jerónimos Monastery
• Alfama
Lisbon enjoys a Subtropical-Mediterranean climate, with mild winters and very warm summers. Lisbon is very close to the ocean and that brings windy and fast-changing weather, so you'd better bring a jacket or an umbrella with you, at least in winter, spring and autumn.


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DETROIT - Miguel Cabrera underwent muscle repair surgery Tuesday and the Detroit slugger is expected to be ready for spring training.
The Tigers revealed after the season that Cabrera had been limited down the stretch by a tear in his groin. He still hit .348 with 44 home runs and 137 RBIs during the season. Cabrera batted .262 with two home runs in 11 post-season games before Detroit lost to Boston in the AL championship series.
The operation was performed by Dr. Bill Meyers in Philadelphia and the team said Monday that it was successful. Cabrera faces 6-8 weeks of rehabilitation.


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The Sony RM-VL710 Universal Remote is an IR universal remote control that can all control of up to five devices. The remote contains a learning function which allows it to figure out your old remote codes without the need of looking them up, as well as up to nine system control macros, which give you the ability to control several functions on multiple devices with one push of a button, and non-volatile memory back-up so that you don't lose your settings when changing batteries.
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The Sony RM-VL710 has exceptional infrared code learning capabilities. Not only is there room for a learned command on every possible button – that's 204 commands in total – but the remote also features Sony's robust learning recipe. Instead of controls that can only capture frequencies of perhaps 32-50KHz and code lengths of 20 or 30 bits, the RM-VL710 works with signals all the way up to 500KHz and lengths of 250 bits. This makes it ideal for brands that stray from the norm, as well as other speciality applications like micro macros. As long as you have the original remotes to learn from, you'll be able to put any command from any device onto any button, even merge the controls for multiple devices under a single component mode. The packaging acknowledges that use by calling it a "5+" device remote.


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The header file(s) for the unit(s) still contain the PACKAGE keywords that are required when the actual package is being built. This has never caused any problem with 32-bit packages in XE or earlier versions, and is still not a problem with 32-bit packages in XE6.
However, when building the test case in 64-bit mode, a strange thing happens. If the test case is a VCL application (with a form), then there is no problem. However, if the test case is a console application (specifying the VCL as target framework), the linker complains bitterly about multiple occurrences of the object modules from the part of the package under test.
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Global Market Perspective
The final quarter of 2013 saw a revival in risk appetite with US equities making new highs whilst, after an initial rally, bond markets generally sold off. Fixed income yields began to rise as optimism about the global economic recovery increased and, not insignificantly, politicians in the US reached an agreement over the debt ceiling and brought an end to the shutdown which had paralysed government. It remains to be seen how long the new spirit of compromise will persist in Washington, but the signs are good that an agreement will be reached over the debt ceiling ahead of the February deadline.
We would expect more volatility as the year progresses as we see the US economy gradually normalising, putting pressure on the Fed to do the same with monetary policy.
Meanwhile, investors are focussed on the implications of the Federal Reserve's (Fed) decision to start tapering bond purchases. So far the reaction has been benign, although this owes much to the earlier sell off in bonds and emerging market currencies which dominated last summer. We would expect more volatility as the year progresses as we see the US economy gradually normalising, putting pressure on the Fed to do the same with monetary policy. This will have implications for sectors and markets and suggests some rotation in leadership as investors begin to re-focus on expansion and growth rather than yield.
At the global level the picture is complicated by the divergence between economies as the rest of the world is lagging behind the US. For example, Europe will be pre-occupied with banking reform whilst Japan must withstand a severe tightening of fiscal policy. As a result, monetary policy is likely to remain easy or ease further in these regions, resulting in a divergence with the US. Meanwhile, as highlighted in the last global market perspective, the emerging markets face a number of on-going structural challenges to revive growth.
Along with a summary of our asset allocation views, we discuss the implications of these developments in the Strategy note after a review of market performance during 2013. We also take a closer look at forward guidance and bond market volatility in the research note.
We wish all our readers the very best for 2014.
Keith Wade, Chief Economist and Strategist, Schroders
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United Nations logo. [Source: United Nations]The United Nations is formed. Article 51 of the charter states that a country has the "right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a member of the United Nations," but otherwise prohibits the use of force in international affairs. [United Nations, 6/26/1945]
Entity Tags: United Nations
Timeline Tags: US International Relations
During a National Press Club Newsmakers luncheon, outgoing Defense Secretary William Cohen says: "Well, Saddam Hussein's forces are in a state where he cannot pose a threat to his neighbors at this point. We have been successful, through the sanctions regime, to really shut off most of the revenue that will be going to build his—rebuild his military." [US Department of Defense, 1/10/2001; Jordan Times, 2002]
Entity Tags: Saddam Hussein, William S. Cohen
Timeline Tags: Events Leading to Iraq Invasion
Secretary of State Colin Powell travels to Cairo and meets with his counterpart Amre Moussa. Following up on his statements from the day before (see February 23, 2001), Powell says sanctions against the Iraqi government: "[F]rankly they have worked. [Saddam Hussein] has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbors. So in effect, our policies have strengthened the security of the neighbors of Iraq…." Powell adds, "[H]e threatens not the United States." [US Department of State, 2/24/2003; Mirror, 9/22/2003; Associated Press, 9/25/2003] Some nineteen months later, when Powell is asked to explain why his assessment of Iraq had so drastically changed over such a short span of time, Powell will say, "… I did not say he (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein) didn't have weapons of mass destruction…. He was a threat then. The extent of his holdings were yet to be determined. It was early in the administration and the fact of the matter is it was long before 9/11 (the date of the 2001 attacks on the United States)…. A lot changed between February 2001 (and the invasion), but I don't find anything inconsistent between what I said then and what I've said all along." [US Department of State, 9/25/2003; Associated Press, 9/25/2003; Washington Post, 9/26/2003]
Entity Tags: Saddam Hussein, Colin Powell, Amre Moussa
In an interview broadcast by BBC Radio 4's Today Program, Condoleezza Rice says: "This is an evil man who, left to his own devices, will wreak havoc again on his own population, his neighbors and, if he gets weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them, on all of us. There is a very powerful moral case for regime change. We certainly do not have the luxury of doing nothing…. Clearly, if Saddam Hussein is left in power doing the things that he is doing now, this is a threat that will emerge, and emerge in a very big way…. The case for regime change is very strong. This is a regime that we know has twice tried and come closer than we thought at the time to acquiring nuclear weapons. He has used chemical weapons against his own people and against his neighbors, he has invaded his neighbors, he has killed thousands of his own people. He shoots at our planes, our airplanes, in the no-fly zones where we are trying to enforce UN security resolutions…. History is littered with cases of inaction that led to very grave consequences for the world. We just have to look back and ask how many dictators who ended up being a tremendous global threat and killing thousands and, indeed, millions of people, should we have stopped in their tracks." [Reuters, 8/15/2002; Guardian, 8/15/2002; Daily Telegraph, 8/16/2002; London Times, 8/16/2002] Interestingly, Rice does not say Iraq has chemical, biological or nuclear arms. Instead, she speaks of the danger Saddam would pose, "if he gets weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them." [USA Today, 8/15/2002]
Entity Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Saddam Hussein
Aerial photo of Iraqi chemical munitions facility. [Source: CIA]Secretary of State Colin Powell appears on "Fox News Sunday," and asserts that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons stocks and that Saddam Hussein is intent on building a nuclear weapon. He cites a recent article in the New York Times by Judith Miller and Michael Gordon (see September 8, 2002) as evidence of Hussein's nuclear ambitions. "There's no doubt that he has chemical weapon stocks. We destroyed some after the Gulf War with the inspection regime, but there's no doubt in our mind that he still has chemical weapon stocks and he has the capacity to produce more chemical weapons. With respect to biological weapons, we are confident that he has some stocks of those weapons, and he's probably continuing to try to develop more. And biological weapons are very dangerous because they can be produced just about in any kind of pharmaceutical facility. With respect to nuclear weapons, we are quite confident that he continues to try to pursue the technology that would allow him to develop a nuclear weapon. Whether he could do it in one, five, six or seven, eight years is something that people can debate about, but what nobody can debate about is the fact that he still has the incentive, he still intends to develop those kinds of weapons. And as we saw in reporting just this morning, he is still trying to acquire, for example, some of the specialized aluminum tubing one needs to develop centrifuges that would give you an enrichment capability. So there's no question that he has these weapons, but even more importantly, he is striving to do even more, to get even more." Tony Snow, the program's host, asks Secretary of State Colin Powell to respond to comments by former UN Chief Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter in a speech he recently made to Iraq's parliament, in which the former weapons inspector stated: "The rhetoric of fear that is disseminated by my government and others has not to date been backed up by hard facts that substantiate any allegations that Iraq is today in possession of weapons of mass destruction or has links to terror groups responsible for attacking the United States. Void of such facts, all we have is speculation." Powell responds: "We have facts, not speculation. Scott is certainly entitled to his opinion but I'm afraid that I would not place the security of my nation and the security of our friends in the region on that kind of an assertion by somebody who's not in the intelligence chain any longer… If Scott is right, then why are they keeping the inspectors out? If Scott is right, why don't they say, 'Anytime, any place, anywhere, bring 'em in, everybody come in—we are clean?' The reason is they are not clean. And we have to find out what they have and what we're going to do about it. And that's why it's been the policy of this government to insist that Iraq be disarmed in accordance with the terms of the relevant UN resolutions." [Fox News, 9/8/2002; Associated Press, 9/8/2002; NewsMax, 9/8/2002]
Entity Tags: Michael Gordon, Scott Ritter, New York Times, Colin Powell, White House Iraq Group, Tony Snow, Judith Miller, Fox News
Timeline Tags: Events Leading to Iraq Invasion, Domestic Propaganda
Arab League ministers meeting in Cairo pass a resolution declaring the war on Iraq to be a "violation of the United Nations Charter (see 1942)" and a "threat to world peace." They demand an unconditional withdrawal of US and British forces from Iraq. The resolution is adopted unanimously by the 22-member League except for key US ally Kuwait. [BBC, 3/25/2003] The Bush administration has repeatedly claimed that one of the reasons for invading Iraq was because Saddam Hussein's alleged arsenal of weapons of mass destruction posed a threat to its neighbors (see January 10, 2001, February 24, 2001, August 15, 2002, and September 8, 2002).
Retired Marine General Anthony Zinni, formerly head of the US Central Command, criticizes the Bush administration's occupation strategy for Iraq, saying that the administration has never put together a coherent strategy, never created a plan for achieving its goals, and has not allocated the resources needed to achieve those goals. "There is no strategy or mechanism for putting the pieces together," he says, and so "we're in danger of failing." Speaking to several hundred Marine and Navy officers and others, Zinni, who was badly wounded in Vietnam, says: "My contemporaries, our feelings and sensitivities were forged on the battlefields of Vietnam, where we heard the garbage and the lies, and we saw the sacrifice. I ask you, is it happening again?… We can't go on breaking our military and doing things like we're doing now." A focus of his criticism is the choice by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to have the Defense Department, and not the State Department, oversee postwar efforts in Iraq. "Why the hell would the Department of Defense be the organization in our government that deals with the reconstruction of Iraq?" he asks. "Doesn't make sense." Another area of criticism is the Bush administration's cavalier treatment of the United Nations, particularly in failing to secure a UN resolution that several nations said was a prerequisite for their contributing to the peacekeeping force (see October 21, 2002, October 27, 2002, November 8, 2002, December 31, 2002, February 5, 2003, and March 25, 2003). "We certainly blew past the UN," he says. "Why, I don't know. Now we're going back hat in hand." Zinni is given a warm reception by his audience, some of whom buy recordings of his remarks to share with friends and fellow soldiers. [Washington Post, 9/5/2003]
Entity Tags: United Nations, Anthony Zinni, Bush administration (43), Donald Rumsfeld, US Central Command, US Department of Defense, US Department of State
Timeline Tags: Iraq under US Occupation
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I remember in the early '40s, back there, when I was a kid working on the city desk in the Detroit Free Press. It was Sunday, four o'clock in the morning, somebody phoned in a story, and I had no way to check it out.
It was either print the biggest story of the century and beat every paper in the city by hours — or kill it. I was a gutsy kid, so I decided to print it.
You want to know what that story was? I'll tell you what that story was. The Japanese had just bombed…San Diego.
—Lou Grant, "WJM Tries Harder," The Mary Tyler Moore Show
If Jose Reyes becomes a Miami Marlin, we'll know for sure. We'll know because multiple reliable sources will report it and we'll know because you'll hear me yowling in agony.
But until then, take with a pound of salt any breathless bulletins that exclusively confirm "a done deal," considering Jose's only just begun to shop his services — no matter what protective headgear he may don when visiting construction sites.
Which doesn't make this process and its array of unfavorable potential outcomes any less of a nightmare.
Thanks a lot, Wilpons.


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Lucky number 13 for Tiger Woods' PGA Tour gaming series has been unveiled on Facebook. As EA Sports wrote on their page, "The 1st time in franchise history where ... YOU , the FANS, decide who should be on the cover with Tiger."
There are a few versions of the collector covers, one with Rickie Fowler, another with Rory McIlroy and another for the Masters' edition.
In-game features include a green jacket ceremony for users who win the Masters and five additional courses, Augusta National's Par-3 course and a "world-class Tournament Practice Family."
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Shotgun start ... here's the press release from EA Sports:
EA SPORTS™ revealed today cover art for both the standard and collector's editions of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 13 with artwork that showcases the great golfers of today while also commemorating the Masters Tournament's historic legacy. The standard edition of the game features superstar golfers Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy alongside Tiger Woods in the US and European editions, respectively, while cover art for Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13: The Masters Collector's Edition features the famed Green Jacket. Cover art for both editions can be viewed at the Tiger Woods PGA TOUR Facebook page.
"The dream of winning a Green Jacket has inspired golfers for many years, so we are very proud to provide our fans the only game that allows you to compete in the Masters and attempt to win golf's ultimate prize," EA SPORTS Marketing Director Craig Evans said. "In addition, Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy are two of the most exciting young golfers in the game today and we're thrilled to put them alongside Tiger Woods on the cover of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13."
Since first being awarded to Sam Snead in 1949, the Green Jacket has become one of the most revered prizes in all of sports. The collector's edition cover also includes an image of the Calamity Jane putter made famous by legendary amateur golfer and Tournament co-Founder Bobby Jones. Headlining the in-game features of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13: The Masters Collector's Edition is a new Green Jacket presentation ceremony that was developed for winners of the Masters.
This comes in addition to every course and feature available in the standard edition, five additional golf courses, Augusta National's Par 3 course and world-class Tournament Practice Facility, and much more. In October, for the first time in franchise history, EA SPORTS provided fans the opportunity to choose who will join Tiger Woods on the cover of Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13.
Similar to previous EA SPORTS cover athlete votes for Madden NFL and NCAA Football, community reaction to the Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13 Match Play cover vote was overwhelmingly positive as more than 250,000 votes were cast from over 35 countries during a three-week period that saw debates amongst golf enthusiasts and campaigning by the world's top golfers through their personal social media channels.


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Here's how to turn just minutes of meal prep in the morning into a tasty dinner at the end of the day.
Sometimes it's exhausting just thinking about preparing a hot meal after a long day. But that's when a slow cooker can come to your rescue! By doing just a little meal prep in the morning, you can have a delicious dinner waiting for you later—all you'll have to do is set the table. Here are easy ideas to help you enjoy a hot dinner on even your busiest evenings.
Maximize morning minutes. Of course, most people's mornings aren't exactly leisurely either. That means that you need slow cooker recipes that you can put together fast. That's why our recipes use some great shortcuts in terms of prep work. For instance, our Easy Slow-Cooker Beef Stew gets its flavor from KRAFT Italian Vinaigrette Dressing and KRAFT Original Barbecue Sauce, instead of a lot of individual herbs and spices. This means fewer ingredients and fewer measuring spoons to wash. (Every minute counts!)
Minimize prep work. You can also speed up prep time by looking for ingredients that are already cut into bite-size pieces, such as bagged julienned carrots or cubed stew meat. Canned legumes like black beans or lentils are easier to use than the dried kind, as are frozen chopped veggies like green beans.
Savor easy soup. Another way a slow cooker can save you time: You don't need to precook pasta. In our Zesty Minestrone recipe, you add the uncooked macaroni shells about 10 minutes before serving the dish, and the pasta cooks right in the broth. In the meantime, you can go change out of your work clothes or send an e-mail to a friend.
Flex family dinner when needed. If your household eats in "shifts," the slow cooker will keep everything nice and hot until the last family member is finished. So you can stay on your eating schedule—no matter what everyone else's schedule happens to be.


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A small continent
Spain: a country of great and varied landscape and geographical wealth.
Spain is geographically divided into very distinct territories. Its average altitude is high at 660 metres, in other words, two times the European average. Its highest peaks are Teide (3,718 metres), on the island of Tenerife; Mulhacén (3,478 m), in Granada; and Aneto (3,404 m), in the Pyrenees. The coasts have very diverse outlines, as they belong to different climatic systems and are surrounded by different seas and oceans. The overall structure of the Peninsula could be described as follows. A great central high plateau (the Castilian Meseta) cut into two sub-plateaux (north and south) and divided by the Central and Toledo mountains. This plateau is surrounded by other mountainous structures on its periphery: the Galician massif, the Cantabrian mountain range, the Iberian Mountains and the Sierra Morena. Three exterior ranges define the mountainous structure of the Peninsula; they are the Pyrenean, Andalusian and Catalan mountains. The Canary Islands is the region with the longest coastlines (1,546 km) and its land rises up over volcanic accumulations. The Balearics, on the other hand, have a varied relief composed of the Tramuntana mountain range in Majorca, the low lands of the island of Minorca -where the land level does not exceed 300 metres, except in El Toro (357 m)- and the gentle relief of Ibiza, where the highest altitudes are Sa Talaiassa (475 m) and the Puig Gros (415 m).


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If he had it do again, running back Mewelde Moore would still sign with the Steelers -- even though Pittsburgh has since drafted Illinois running back Rashard Mendenhall in the first round.
In March, Moore left the Minnesota Vikings as a free agent and signed a three-year deal with the Steelers. The next month, the Steelers added Mendenhall.
Moore, though, said he has never felt better about his decision.
"I'm excited," said Moore, whose contract is worth as much as $4.95 million with a $1.35 million signing bonus. "I know my role. My role is being a return guy and a third-down guy, spelling the (starter and backup). That's something I'm comfortable with."
Pressed about the possibility of an even bigger role reduction with the addition of Mendenhall -- not to mention the presence of Najeh Davenport and Gary Russell in the Steelers' crowded backfield -- Moore didn't blink an eye.
"That's the reason why I signed on," said Moore, a former fourth-round pick out of Tulane. "I was asked to do certain things I know I'm capable of doing."
Moore, a 5-foot-11, 209-pounder, played four years with the Minnesota Vikings, including one season when Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was the offensive coordinator. He had 11 career starts, rushing for 1,285 yards and one touchdown. He also caught 116 passes for 1,093 yards and three scores.
Moore's versatility with the Vikings was never more evident than when he was part of a rotation that included Adrian Peterson, Chester Taylor, Michael Bennett and Onterrio Smith.
"I've been in situations where you build a stable and use every horse in the stable," Moore said. "When you're called upon, you have to make sure that you're capable and ready to do it. I've been here, and so far, I enjoy it."
Another reason for Moore's comfort with the situation is his knack for returning punts, along with the Steelers' need to upgrade in that area.
Moore is Minnesota's career leader in punt-return average (10.5 yards), and he has twice returned punts for touchdowns.
The Steelers' average of 6.1 yards per punt return ranked 30th out of 32 teams in 2007.


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Explore the rich visual traditions and deeply spiritual art of the Byzantine Empire. This interactive app features audio, video, and photography with pan and zoom functionality.
The app was created in conjunction with two exhibition presentations, Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections (at the Getty Villa, April 9–August 25, 2014) and Heaven and Earth: Byzantine Illumination at the Cultural Crossroads (at the Getty Center, March 25–June 22, 2014).
Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium from Greek Collections was organized by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, Athens, with the collaboration of the Benaki Museum, Athens, in association with the J. Paul Getty Museum and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities.
The U.S. tour was made possible by major funding from OPAP S.A. Financial support was also provided by the A. G. Leventis Foundation.
THE GETTY is a registered trademark of the J. Paul Getty Trust.