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The European Banking Authority (EBA) Guidelines bring in a new regulatory regime for financial services businesses that want to outsource, and those to whom they outsource. The positive news is that for banks these Guidelines supersede three other sets of rules, which makes th...
Thought Leadership Webinar: Negotiating 'as a service' contracts
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'As a service' contracting has spread fast. In the consumer world, it includes a multitude of examples driven by 'the internet of things'. In the business world, it has transformed IT acquisition and outsourcing with the introduction of Cloud and Infrastructure...
Best Practices for Cutting Through Contract Chaos
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Contract processes can be overwhelming, with different contract versions floating through emails, renewal dates approaching by surprise, and opaque approval bottlenecks slowing down workflows. Cut through contract chaos with Scout RFP.
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IACCM Member Meeting - Brisbane (Virtual) Focus on Modern Slavery
Published: 31 Mar 2020
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Bruce Everett of IACCM, Tony Ballard of EnergyQ and Linda Holmberg of Strategic Procurement Group, Energy Queensland Limited presented a case study on modern slavery as well as why it is important in business today.
You want supplier innovation? Then demonstrate it matters
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'Innovation was for the first time cited as a top-3 driver for more strategic and collaborative supplier management', according to research by SRM consultants State of Flux. That observation is borne out by other studies and by the anecdotal evidence from executive sta...
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Dubai World Trade Centre
2019-10-07 07:02:00
Facilities management procurement
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BAE Systems
2018-01-25 22:36:36
Sub Contract Programme Management
Hi - I work for a global Aerospace & Defence company and am based in the UK. We have found it very difficult to source Sub Contract Programme Managers; we are now ...
Hi - I work for a global Aerospace & Defence company and am based in the UK. We have found it very difficult to source Sub Contract Programme Managers; we are now going to grow our own. Is this capability recognised out there? Do others find it almost impossible to source? What providers can you recommend to lead the development of our strategy and training content? Is IACCM seen as the appropriate professional institution, or is APM / RICS / CIPS a better partner professional organisation? Thanks, David
• 2018-01-29 03:28:55
David - you face a challenge experienced by many in the Aerospace/Defence sector, as well as the Engineering/Construction, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical and other sectors. All of those sectors have utilized the training content provided by IACCM, as it represents leading and innovative practices in this domain.
Hi David
I'd be interested to know more about how you define the role. I'm assuming - but perhaps wrongly - that the focus is post-award, but is it then dealing largely with contractvmanagement, or more broadly with performance management? To what extent is this a combined project and contract management responsibility?
• Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) • 2018-06-17 15:52:53
Hi David,
An organisation like yours has what it takes to develop sub-contract programme managers internally due to the criticality of the service you provide. It was not clear if you tried to employ(source) the sub-contract managers or you tried outsourcing sub-contract management.
You would consider it great to employ these managers as staff for long-term rolling programmes rather contractor employees; except you need them for short-term tasks. You will need individuals with experience project, programme, commercial and contract excellence
You would prefer to contact each of the professional bodies you mentioned directly to make your enquiry. However, from my experience with CIPS and IACCM, both bodies are excellent in their area of specialisation. You won't go wrong partnering with them. APM and RICS would also have a specific focus that you would best explore reaching out to them.
• Wilverley Consultancy Ltd. • 2019-02-17 17:46:03
Hi David,
My view is that the challenge in the UK rests with the way in which these professions are segregated rather than blended and then the fixation on qualifications rather than real world experience. Programme manager are marketable at one rate and contract managers at a lower rate so the temptation is from a career viewpoint is to market yourself at the higher rate profession. Hybrid roles tend to be thus rarer and need a premium to attract the right talent. Sadly recruitment companies in the UK focus on the volume for standard based roles and do not flex to the individual requirement. Often the best approach is use of LinkedIn or network sites for ready made talent. Otherwise growing your own and investing in your team is a great way to go but will take time and they will nurturing through the process. I hope that this helps.
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2018-01-24 05:57:07
On boarding of vendors for As a Service offering
Hi There, does anyone have a governance /framework for on boarding "as a service" vendors ? What stand outs that are different compared to the "normal&q...
Hi There, does anyone have a governance /framework for on boarding "as a service" vendors ? What stand outs that are different compared to the "normal" vendor on boarding.? What if there are a number vendors services in the one particular "As a service" offering ? How is this handled for onboarding?
How does this differ from Service integration and Management (SIAM) from a vendor management perspective?
Any feedback would be appreciated
• 2018-01-29 03:12:59
The governance and framework for outsourcing service on-boarding and general service contractor on-boarding would be largely applicable here. The key here is that the SOW's, SLA's and KPI's are clear and complete - but that holds true in any services contract. From what I have seen, SIAM principles are highly relevant here.
• CoreLogic • 2019-05-17 09:19:32
Governance framework for vendor management should be standard, however, level of engagement to manage a vendor varies depending on type of contract and value of spend.
I would recommend at minimum to onboard vendor onto these governance framework discipline:
Contract Administration
Service Performance
Financial Management
Risk and Compliance
Transition Management
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Just Contract Management
2017-11-03 13:18:42
Contract Management as a Service
Would be interested to hear of experiences of using outsourced support to manage contracts. Have you tried it? Did it work? What worked well? What didn't work well...
Would be interested to hear of experiences of using outsourced support to manage contracts. Have you tried it? Did it work? What worked well? What didn't work well? Who would you recommend and why? Is it something you know about?
Looking forward to hearing from you.
• ABiz Corporation • 2017-11-05 08:42:18
Hi Ashley, this service is exactly what my company, ABiz Corporation, does, among other things. Speaking from experience based on our client base, what works well is when the outsourced team understands the goals and objectives of the company and of the function, as well as good integration with the in-house team. In the beginning it is important to have a complete knowledge transfer of the outsourced function, a small period of overlap and then regular checkpoints set up after transition is complete. If the outsourced support consists of simply a task, the knowledge transfer is relatively short. If it consists of the full function, knowledge transfer would be a bit longer. Depending on the number of activities and types of contracts, the service may or may not come with technology, but it also depends on whether the client company has their own technology. Feel free to contact me if you would like to discuss further or compare notes.
• 2017-11-10 05:11:17
Hi Mohammad, we have studied quite a few systems recently as part of our services to clients. The only software product that I have come across specifically focused on the oil and gas industry is Aveva ProCon. This is by no way an endorsement for this product. In fact, we have not had the opportunity to do an in depth assessment of the tool, but we have reviewed it at a very high level. As you go through your identification of different tools. trade market
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2017-09-14 19:04:40
Contract template for OEM Distributors
Does any one have a template they use for OEM distributors they can share? We generally have a master agreement with the OEM and the OEM distributors supply goods and ...
Does any one have a template they use for OEM distributors they can share? We generally have a master agreement with the OEM and the OEM distributors supply goods and services under the terms of the master agreement. I am working on drafting a short agreement template that the OEM distributors will sign acknowledging and accepting to work under the T's & C's of the master agreement instead of us having to enter into separate master agreements with each distributor. I would appreciate your input.
2017-09-12 13:21:37
Obligation extraction
Hello, For one of my customers, I am looking for a company who performs obligations extraction. They have 4 huge contracts (more than 500 pages each) and would like ...
For one of my customers, I am looking for a company who performs obligations extraction. They have 4 huge contracts (more than 500 pages each) and would like to outsource this process.
Any advise would be welcome.
Thanks in advance
Nuno Juromito
• ABiz Corporation • 2017-10-21 23:27:18
ABiz Corporation provides this service at very competitive prices. We have done this for many very large companies for very large contracts. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact Nancy Nelson at nancy.nelson@
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Surrey and Sussex county councils
2017-05-22 09:45:50
Supplier Contract segmentation
Is anybody aware of any dynamic tools for contract segmentation ? What I am trying to achieve is to segment my contracts by the normal risk, complexity, value etc but...
Is anybody aware of any dynamic tools for contract segmentation ?
What I am trying to achieve is to segment my contracts by the normal risk, complexity, value etc but I then want to overlay service/business unit specific criteria e.g. opportunity to service/business area in things like innovation, whether the relationship is growing in the future, standing still or declining etc
I want to do this dynamically in order for the service/business area to understand the dynamic nature of contract management, the resources demands and potential skills gaps they may have.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Hi Keith, this is a very interesting question and I am glad you are undertaking the exercise.
I haven't come across a dynamic tool that would support the sort of pre-analysis you suggest, although it may be that you could adapt one of the systems used by marketing to undertake customer segmentation. Another approach could be to build relevant questions into whatever requirement definition tools you use, cuasing the business to consider the points you make regarding issues such as innovation, likelihood of change etc
In working with another IACCM member, we have developed a model that looks at three core levels of relationship and then overlays the extent to which there is potential uncertainty which would impact the nature of the relationship / terms required. I'll be pleased to discuss with you and share ideas..
• VicRoads • 2017-05-27 04:24:07
Hi Keith. I'm also unaware of the existence of such tools.
My suggestion (assuming you haven't done so already) is to align your organisational objectives with the business cases, service specifications that were developed during the tender process, justifications for contract variations, etc. Once this has been done, identify the commonalities across the service spectrum and then compare against the performance of each contractual arrangement including the extent to which the service is being successfully delivered and then how this may relate to the business activities of the individual business unit. No mean task!
Understanding contract management within broader organisational strategy and commonality that exists between contracts is likely to yield insights into what you're trying to achieve e.g. innovation, appropriately skilled staff, etc. And by taking such an approach, it may increase the likelihood that decision-makers outside of your own business unit who may also benefit from this work will support your efforts more readily.
You may also find as a result of using this type of analysis, the requirement for knowing whether the relationship is growing, etc becomes less relevant as an end in itself - assuming of course that the appropriate aspects of organisational strategy are being delivered as intended through its contractual arrangements and that risk appetite for further value / profit-seeking under each or multiple contract(s) is not being exceeded, and is being properly managed.
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2017-03-22 14:05:38
How to construct a SLA and price methodology for a contract covering outsourcing of SW purchases.
I am looking for some input in how to construct SLAs and pricing for a contract with a re-seller of software. The intention is that the supplier/re-seller will purcha...
I am looking for some input in how to construct SLAs and pricing for a contract with a re-seller of software.
The intention is that the supplier/re-seller will purchase all software with a value less than DKK 0,5 million (TCO) on our behalf and we are not sure how to make a payment scheme which is both fair and provides an incentive to the supplier to achieve the lowest price possible.
Good ideas will be highly appriciated.
• Stibo Systems A/S • 2017-03-29 11:10:20
I guess you need to establish key assumptions and/or minimal functionality or license metrics you need to achieve before you have anything you can benchmark against. Once that is established, you can ask for alternative software solutions which solves your need and then incentivize the best price found. Further you could measure the fulfillment of the key assumptions and have a payment attached to each of them. If the solution is going to introduce a certain workflow you could set pricing according to how fast it is implemented or how much money is saved/earned. If there is a license price and a T&M project, you could say have a differentiated discount scheme based on the number of hours spent. I.e the first X hours are paid at 140%, hours between X -Y are paid at 100% and hours after Y are paid by 50%.
• Cleveroad • 2017-03-31 13:27:37
I recommend you look at this article "Time and material vs Fixed price: hot discussion of the best pricing model" -
Firstly, I suggest to draft a SWs Portfolio document, which will list all the required SWs. SW portfolio will consist of details like SW name, description, area of application, criticality, user applicability, SL% requirements and other optional technical details like program language etc. Each of the listed SWs may be given a percentage split of charges between various applications, summing up to 100% (in this case DKK 0,5 M is 100%). This document can be kept open for addition/deletion for SWs.
Whenever Supplier adds/removes a SW this % split can be used for commercials/invoice purpose. For eg: a SW which falls between 10-25% will have 2% incentive, SW with 25-50% will have 5% incentive etc.
Secondly, SLA is completely depends on how you want specific SW to work for you. In the portfolio, for eg: if some SW is impacting critical users or functions you may set the SLA to required higher percentage and flow-down those SLAs to OEM as well. Also, I would suggest to a research on Pass-through charges, in which the supplier charges a fixed % incentive, but this is possible only if the SWs are fixed.
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2017-02-17 16:01:31
Contract Pricing Consulting Services
Hi All! I was hoping that someone may have some information on consulting firms out there that provide services to assist organizations with understanding what the bes...
Hi All! I was hoping that someone may have some information on consulting firms out there that provide services to assist organizations with understanding what the best pricing strategy may be for particular categories of contracts or industries. Does anyone have a list of top consulting firms that may do this type of work?
Thank you for any information you can share.
2017-02-15 17:30:24
Asset ownership - Contract advance - help please!
Hi. I am located in the UK. We have recently won a contract to supply outsourced services. As part of the agreement we agreed to providing capital investment which ...
Hi. I am located in the UK. We have recently won a contract to supply outsourced services. As part of the agreement we agreed to providing capital investment which will be depreciated on a straight line basis over the life of the contract. Under this arrangement purchase the assets and pay for any associated works and we also retain title ownership.
However, the client needs to demonstrate an increased turnover for central funding reasons and has asked us to provide the sum of the capital investment as a contract advance which our sales team have already agreed to. The ownership of the assets will therefore sit with the client, but they want us to physically place the orders and make the purchases for them on their behalf and pass the costs through directly by invoicing them.
My senior legal counsel is not comfortable with this arrangement as we will become liable for the assets and associated works. I'd like to present a solution as we seem to be at an impasse with the client and our operational colleagues. I'd be really grateful of any ideas or examples based on experience of similar situations.
• Seiersen Enterprises • 2017-02-15 19:03:58
An arrangement that I have seen work in this type of deal is to amortize the value of the investment over the life of the contract as you plan. If the contract were to be terminated prematurely, the residual value of un-depreciated assets would form the basis of an early termination fee.
I hope this approach helps you find the right deal.
• 2017-02-21 22:16:26
It actually looks pretty standard. The contract should specify what the provider's and the client's respective responsibilities are with regard to the assets, including intellectual property protections.
You could propose placing orders for assets as an authorised agent of the customer through a contract which the customer directly holds with one or more suppliers.
The customer would receive the invoices directly from the supplier with the result that you do not take on the risk of holding additional cost. You could get involved with invoice validation if necessary / integrate with your service offering.
As per your other comments, you can easily protect yourself from commercial liability in the event of termination.
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Hello fellow non-believers!
I am new to TA but the question I pose is certainly not a fresh one: Can Atheists and Theists co-exist?
We all know that historically Theists and other Theists cannot co-exist peacefully. War and violence in the name of Religion has been widespread over the entirety of human existence, but it has to be said that civility between believers and non-believers in the modern age has been commonplace. Formal (mostly amicable) debates and the agreement on separation of church and state have somewhat proven this theory, right?
Do the majority of Atheists really strive for a world of empty churches, bible burning and the end of religion forever? Maybe some of us do, just as many Theists probably pray for the conversion of all Atheists to Theism.
What can we realistically hope to achieve as Atheists, and in your opinion is it possible to co-exist with the believers?
I'll leave you with some interesting quotes -
"The whole war between the atheist and the theist comes down to this: the atheist believes a 'what' created the universe; the theist believes a 'who' created the universe."
- Criss Jami
"I'm noticing an exciting trend around the country: a resurgence of interest in Christian apologetics (the defense of the faith). This is a reaction to the current attacks on the essentials of Christianity that are coming from militant atheists, radical professors, and Internet gadflies."
- Lee Strobel
"I am against religion because it teaches us to be satisfied with not understanding the world."
- Richard Dawkins
"Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. Religion was our first attempt at literature, the texts, our first attempt at cosmology, making sense of where we are in the universe, our first attempt at health care, believing in faith healing, our first attempt at philosophy."
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I work on cruise ships. I've been on a few religious "charters"- a whole ship full of people trying to "out Bibile" each other. They had their own religious entertainment. The casino was closed, and ironically turned into a Bibile/x-tian bookstore by covering all the slot machines and tables with sheets. They sold their books from the craps tables - lol.
We also had female "Roman-esque" statues in the showroom, that had one nippless breast showing, They had nipples originally but were sanded off and repainted, just after the ship came out because of a complaint from some "offended" pasenger. On the religious cruise they had another sheet draped over them so they wouldn't even have to see an offensive nippless breast on a statue.
On these charters ALL of the alcohol on board was gone/hidden. It was sold only in one bar on the ship, where the bottles were to be out of view at all times. They have mini bars and booze in the suites. The in-cabin sales of alcohol were through the roof. They were chugging the booze in the room, then poppin a couple of breath mints.
Many peoples first exposure to alcohol is at church.
It is so pathetic that these people contend that they were made in their god's image, yet they will cover the nipples on the breasts of a female statue, despite the fact that we ALL, male AND female, have nipples. Do they imagine their god to be nipple-less? Are their men so weak that they're likely to go on a rape rampage at the sight of a statue's nipple? I don't get their reasoning.
Europeans laugh at us, as they occasionally have bare-breasted women in TV commercials. Their attitudes toward the human body is SO much healthier than that of Americans, especially theists.
During the Bush years, laws were passed forbidding nudity on America TV, such as we used to see regularly on "NYPD Blue" (punishable by exorbitant fines by the FCC), but under Obama, those laws have been rescinded, yet I notice TV still blurs out even the slightest hint of side-boob in older movies.
Sometimes I really wish there were a heaven - imagine those anal-retentives, getting to paradise and discovering that it's a full-blown casino, open bar and strip joint!
So how many alcoholics or ex-alcoholics are on these cruises?
Maybe they travel BYOB?
It's probably, "Don't ask, don't tell."
I not only CAN co-exist wih them, every Saturday morning I hope that a couple of J.W.'s or Mormons will knock at my door; it always makes my day.
Of course, being a reclusive sort and retired, it's easy for me to avoid the corrosive influence of the religion paradigm. For me, personally, theists are little more than a source of bemused entertainment - not a hindrance to my isolated contentment.
The more profound question should be whether the world at large can continue to co-exist with theists. If, for example, religious extremists succeed in obstructing action on dealing with the rapidly warming planet until it is too late to save the planet, then the answer is no, we can't afford to co-exist with them. We atheists don't look at the world as a staging area for passage into some ill-defined afterlife; it is all we have. It would be suicidal for us to co-exist with a belief system that could spell doom for our species.
I am optimistic, though. As I see it, the most theists can do is continue to slow down our intellectual progress as a thinking species, as they have been doing, with diminishing success, since the Dark Ages. I truly believe, though, that we are in the last stages of the enlightenment - the time when there will no longer be any need for anyone to rely on superstition and wishful thinking. With the unfortunate exception of the United States, the entire modern, developed world is rapidly moving away from religion; Christian churches in Europe, for instance, are emptying almost exponentially, even in nominally Catholic Ireland.
Of course, the day when the world will be free of religious delusions will not come till long after I have ceased to exist; meanwhile, I look forward to the fun of an occasional Saturday morning joust with ignorance.
Strega will be quick to tell you, Dale that only about 2% of the population of England regularly attend weekly church services. Obama (facing no new election) finally had the courage to leave god out of his T-Giving address to the nation, and the Republican Party is distancing itself from the Religious Right in droves. I think we're nearing the end times now - (the end of organized religion, not the one the theists are hoping for).
Did I mention that all the vicars and priests are included in that 2%? I wish I had better access to those statistics again; I cannot remember exactly where I got them, but I do know it was a formal source, not a fun newspaper one.
Have you ever noticed in films or television programmes that when the protagonist goes int a church for some 'sanctuary' or whatever, that the churches are always empty? Well unless its a funeral, wedding or baptism, that's pretty much what ours look like all the time.
Unless of course there is a busload of tourists with cameras eager to capture the historical beauty of the buildings.
Strega, as an additional point of irony, some of the medieval craftsman took it upon themselves to create defecating gargoyles that seem to be crapping either on the patrons, or another cathedral in close proximity. Of course, these wonderful stone beings are usually so high up..no one on the ground can really tell. I admit a remaining vestige of my catholic school upbringing..an great affinity for grotesques and gargoyles..Oh the sense of humor, even while perched 200 feet in the air.
Can Atheists and Theists co-exist?
The question requires qualification: better is to ask whether they can co-exist in Reality, in Concept or by Perception ...
In Reality, we are physically forced to co-exist, but only by the necessity for Theists to maintain a belief, not because Atheists want a co-existence.
Conceptually, they cannot co-exist since the Theists accepted prescence of a God mutually excludes the rejection by Atheists of the existence of a God.
However, the question does not address the right paradigm: partly becuase it is the concept of Atheism that allows Theists to validate and perpetuate their beliefs, and maintain their delusions. Think how weak and insubstantial the arguements for 'radical Islamism' or 'Rapture' would be if there were no 'non-believers' against which to contrast their beliefs.
Therefore the question on co-existence precludes a valid Perception of what Theists think Atheism actually is ...
The doctrine of Atheism is highly dangerous to Atheists. It allows Theists to found the framework of a discussion within the contextual boundaries of 'belief' and 'disbelief' – literally that Atheists don't believe in God, even though God exists; so they are able to present atheists as foolish and absurd as being unable to believe in something that patently exists.
They are able to then sequentially conflate and confuse the audience that belief is 'important' and it is only a difference in the acceptance of belief that makes Atheists different from Theists. In literal terms Theists take delight in presenting Atheism as a failed Perception of the truth: that God exists, but Atheists are unable to percieve God becuase they are deficient or flawed.
Ergo: co-existence is an assymetric paradigm - Theists require co-existence to maintain belief through a perception of opposites - belief in God versus disbelief in God; but Atheism cannot co-exist becuase there are no opposites - there is just simply an abscence of God, and belief is not part of the co-existent paradigm.
So to answer the question: No ! Atheists and Theists cannot co-exist becuase Theists need Athiests; but Atheists do not need Theists
Similarly Tom, the biblical god needed a Satan - the most boring story is one with no conflict.
It's lonelier here tonight than the last living cell in a dead body - Hello, 'ello, 'llo, 'lo, 'o --

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A reader named Ryan writes: "I've got a question that I hoped could be posed to the readers of Kotaku. I'm curious if World of Warcraft is a series to even bother getting back involved with, after I'd spent some time on it (this is prior to the Lich King and Cataclysm releases/updates/mandatory you-must-buy releases).
"The reason I'd like to have a 'hive mind' answer is because I'm (hoping) guessing that I'll get both aye and nay answers, and maybe gain a little more insight than asking on some plain ol' gaming site where everyone's going to tell me YES YOU MUST BUY.
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I'm changing the way that our DHCP/DNS stuff works at work. Currently we've got 3 DNS servers, and a DHCP box. All of them are VMs.
There's a circular dependency where stuff booting requires NFS, which requires DNS. So when we reboot stuff, things might come back subtly broken until the DNS is up, and we restart some services.
What I want to do is have a few low power servers, probably dual core Atoms or similar, running from SSDs, so that they boot damn fast. I want to make the whole thing boot as near to instantaneously as possible.
Ideally I'd like to use Ubuntu 11.10, or Debian 6 as the OS. I'm not interested in Gentoo or compiling my own kernel. This needs to be reasonably supportable by myself.
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for Sunday, January 18, 2015
What a wonderful teaching. So often we stand in the way of the call of
others because we don't understand that God is calling them. We too stand
in the way of God speaking to others. We need to have the wisdom of Eli
and recognize that God is calling all others and we can be the servants of
that call for others or we can stand in the way. It is wisdom that we
The First Letter to the Corinthians speaks to us today about the body as a
temple of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps for some of us, our body has become
less than a temple of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps for some of us, our body
has become a source of immorality. This immorality could be sexual but it
could also be a misuse of our body with drugs, with alcohol, with tobacco,
with a bad diet, etc. We don't have to be fixated on sexuality. Sexuality
is not the only immorality!
The Gospel brings us to the call of the first followers of Jesus. Who is
with Andrew when those first two are called? We don't know from this
account, but it was not Peter. Andrew is the brother of Simon Peter and
he, Andrew, went to find his brother and tell him about this Jesus who had
called them. Clearly Andrew does not want to stand in the way of a call to
his brother. Rather he wants his brother to meet the person who has called
him. Andrew wants to share.
Sharing is another aspect of the call of God in our lives. Do we really
want to share the call we have received? How do we share it? Aren't we
embarrassed to tell others that we follow Jesus? Are we embarrassed to
tell others that this following of Jesus demands certain behaviors from
We are challenged this Sunday first to recognize that He, the Lord Jesus,
is calling us personally. Then we are challenged to share that call with
others. This is what evangelization is about: telling others the story of
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China Points rocket launchers, guns at the sky, unleashes "weather army" - Printable Version
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China Points rocket launchers, guns at the sky, unleashes "weather army" - h3rm35 - 05-26-2012
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/24/china_rain_cloud_seeding_plans/
China turns on the sprinklers with ambitious rain-making plans
Points rocket launchers, guns at the sky, unleashes "weather army"
By Phil Muncaster
Posted in Science, 24th May 2012 04:48 GMT
China is to step up its use of cloud-seeding technology to open the heavens more frequently than ever before, in a bid to prevent drought and make the weather more predictable.
Zheng Guoguang, administrator of the China Meteorological Administration, told attendees at the National Weather Modification Conference in Beijing that the authorities would look to increase artificial precipitation by 3-5 per cent over the next five years, China Daily [1] reported.
Despite having more than 7,000 rocket launchers, 50-odd planes and nearly 7,000 guns with which to shoot dry ice or silver iodide particles into the sky to encourage rainfall, the government is apparently unhappy with its progress.
Zheng reportedly said that rainmaking tech in the People's Republic trails that of global leaders in the field by between 15 and 45 per cent – although quite how he arrived at that figure is unclear.
The authorities have already tried to make it rain on over 560,000 separate occasions using their aforementioned arsenal and a 'weather army' of over 47,000 individuals, generating around 489.7 billion tons of rain in the process which the Daily says prevented economic losses of 66 billion yuan (£6.6bn).
"Many of the nation's natural and agricultural disasters, especially those involving grain and tobacco, are caused by drought," said Zheng.
"With so many areas in China, especially rural areas, vulnerable to storms, blizzards, hail and other natural disasters, the demand has been rapidly increasing to use science and technology to reduce the risks."
Zheng reportedly dismissed pollution concerns, claiming that "very few doses" of dry ice or silver iodide are used in cloud seeding and said what is really needed is an improvement in staff training and management capabilities.
The announcement comes just a fortnight after the central government launched [2] a 160m yuan (£16m) fund for provincial authorities to undertake their own rainmaking efforts – helping stave off drought and preventing unpredictable weather from disrupting major events.
Given the Communist Party's insidious efforts to control every conceivable aspect of Chinese life, from the birth rate of its citizens to what they can access online, it's interest in also manipulating the weather is perhaps not surprising, especially given the harsh climate in many regions.
Such technology was on stand-by ahead of the Beijing Olympics [3] in 2008 to prevent any potential downfall from ruining the opening ceremony. ®


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Lester Holt had Dancin' Kate Hansen on during NBC's Olympics coverage this afternoon and, of course, made her break out her now-famous moves. Weeks after the Olympics end, we're going to find out Duncan Kennedy had something to do with this.
What could be more awkward than being forced to dance in a studio with a bunch of cameras in your face? Doing all of that while Lester Holt tries to dance along with you, that's what. With one spin move, we've gone from hey this is fun to this is all wrong, please make it stop.
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I've been thinking that an external bug tracker would help keep bugs from falling through the cracks... if anyone knows of a free bug tracker (not just the s/w... we don't have a server), that's reasonably good, please pipe up.
Additionally, I'm trying to unify some of the handling of issues like genres across different platforms. Since I have a very homogenous setup (all dtivos running 6.2a), it's quite difficult. If there are any kind souls out there who could give me remote access to machines running 6.3 (hr10), 7.x, 8.x, and 9.1, it should help enormously in this endeavor.


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Follow the jump for video of Bobby Ryan's foot stomp on Jon Blum. The two rookies Blake Geoffrion and Jon Blum won the battle with veterans Bobby Ryan and Saku Koivu. Darren Dreger even commented on the move.
Bob McKenzie even got into the act with several tweets. @TSNBobMcKenzie: There is expected to be a disciplinary hearing for ANA's Bobby Ryan for his using his skate to stomp on NSH's Jonathan Blum foot. There is world of difference between what Ryan did and what Pronger (on Kesler for 8 games) and Simon (on Ruutu for 30 games) did. On Pronger/Simon, no puck involved. Ryan looked to be trying to dislodge puck from under Blum's foot.But using skateblade in that fashion is strictly forbidden. Not a hockey play. Have to believe fine or suspension is coming.
Even Puck Daddy picked up on the matter. With this much attention, it will be interesting to see if the wheel of justice spins inn the Predators favor.
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Saturday, April 16, 2011
Nothing Hides from YouTube - Bobby Ryan's Foot Stomp on Jon Blum
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40 year hockey fan and that is the first time I've witnessed that so blatant. Don't expect much discipline here, there was absolutely no danger of Blum getting cut by the skate blade. Those skates are made to take much more of a beating than that. To quote Bobby Clarke: "if you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'". Still, what a d'head move by Ryan.
- April 16, 2011 at 11:18 AM
A blatant attempt to injure, plain and simple. He could have split his foot open like a melon. A two game ban is far to lenient.
- April 17, 2011 at 4:06 PM
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Dr. Richard Long has been a family physician for almost 29 years. He has been at the Mandeville office of STPN for more than seven years and is board certified in family practice. He treats people from age 5 and older.
"I try to help people make themselves healthy, and where appropriate I love to get them off of their medication," Long says.
Dr. Long has a bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi. He attended West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine where he graduated from in 1984. He conducted his post graduate work at Selby General Hospital in Marietta, Ohio.


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Our next focus is on the general rules for kiteboarding. They neither form specific guidelines about how an event is run, nor pricemoney distribution, points, code of conduct, entry eligibility etc.
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ESA-2012-029: RSA BSAFE® SSL-C Multiple Vulnerabilities
EMC Identifier: ESA-2012-029
CVE Identifier: CVE-2011-3389, CVE-2012-2110, CVE-2012-2131
Severity Rating: See below for scores for individual issues
Affected Products: For the BEAST vulnerability, all versions of RSA BSAFE SSL-C prior to 2.8.9 are affected. For the Buffer Overflow vulnerability, all versions of RSA BSAFE SSL-C prior to 2.8.6 are affected.
Unaffected Products: RSA BSAFE SSL-C 2.8.9
Summary: RSA BSAFE SSL-C 2.8.6 contains updates designed to help prevent Buffer Overflow vulnerability (CVE-2012-2110/CVE-2012-2131). RSA BSAFE SSL-C 2.8.9 contains updates designed to help prevent the BEAST vulnerability (CVE-2011-3389).
Details: 1. BEAST (Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS) vulnerability (CVE-2011-3389) There is a known vulnerability in SSLv3 and TLS v1.0 to do with how the Initialization Vector (IV) is generated. For symmetric algorithms in CBC mode, the IV for the first record is generated using keys and secrets set during the SSL or TLS handshake. All subsequent records are encrypted using the ciphertext block from the previous record as the IV. With symmetric key encryption in CBC mode, plain text encrypted with the same IV and key generates the same cipher text, which is why having a variable IV is important.
The BEAST exploit uses this SSLv3 and TLS v1.0 vulnerability by allowing an attacker to observe the last ciphertext block, which is the IV, then replace this with an IV of their choice, inject some of their own plain text data, and when this new IV is used to encrypt the data, the attacker can guess the plain text data one byte at a time. CVSSv2 Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Recommendation: For the BEAST vulnerability: The best way to help prevent this attack is to use TLS v1.1 or higher. The vulnerability to do with IV generation was fixed in TLS v1.1 (released in 2006) so implementations using only TLS v1.1 are engineered to be secure against the BEAST exploit. However, support for these higher level protocols is limited to a smaller number of applications, so supporting only TLS v1.1 might cause interoperability issues.
A second solution is to limit the negotiated cipher suites to exclude those that do not require symmetric key algorithms in CBC mode. However, this substantially restricts the number of cipher suites that can be negotiated. That is, only cipher suites with NULL encryption or cipher suites with streaming encryption algorithms (the RC4 algorithm) could be negotiated, which might result in reduced security.
In SSL-C 2.8.9, the way to prevent the BEAST exploit is to introduce some unknown data into the encryption scheme, prior to the attackers inserted plain text data. This is done as follows: 1. After the first encrypted record is sent, any plaintext to be encrypted is split into two blocks of plaintext. The blocks of data are then sent as two encrypted records; the first encrypted record contains the first byte of data and the second encrypted record contains the rest. 2. A MAC is generated from the one byte of data, the MAC key, and an increasing counter. This MAC is included in the first block of plaintext. 3. The one byte of data along with the MAC is encrypted and becomes the IV for the next block. Because the IV is now essentially random data, it is impossible for an attacker to predict it and replace it with one of their own.
NOTE: In SSL-C 2.8.9, this mitigation for the BEAST exploit is enabled by default. No code changes are required to protect against it.
In special cases, if required, the BEAST exploit mitigation, either for an SSL context or SSL object can be disabled by calling SSL_CTX_set_options() or SSL_set_options() respectively with the SSL_OP_NO_BEAST_MITIGATION identifier.
Note the following about packet splitting: - - Splitting only occurs for negotiated cipher suites that use CBC mode. - - Only application data packets are split. Handshake packets are not split. - - Blocks of plaintext are split for each subsequent call to write data to the SSL connection after the first write is sent.
For more information about these functions and identifiers, see the RSA BSAFE SSL-C 2.8.9 API Reference Guide.
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Do struggling students improve when forced to repeat a grade? A new report from the Public Policy Institute of California offers evidence that, at least in some cases, the answer may be yes.
PPIC looked at the process of holding back students -- known as "retention" -- in the Los Angeles Unified School District, the state's largest (approximately 1 in 9 California students attend LAUSD). The key finding: students who repeated first or second grade made significant gains. From the report:
"Retention is a severe step, but it can benefit struggling students. We find that students retained in the first or second grade can significantly improve their grade-level skills during their repeated year. Gains in reading skills among students retained in the first grade are significant and widely experienced. Among those retained in the second grade, the level of improvement in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics is also remarkable—many students improve at least one proficiency level and a significant percentage attain proficient status, with larger shares in math (41%) than in ELA (18 percent)."
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Vijay's Nanban from January 12
Vijay's much expected film with director Shankar, Nanban will hit the screens on January 12th. Nanban is the remake of Hindi blockbuster 3 Idiots that had Aamir Khan, Madhavan, Sharman Joshi and Kareena Kapoor in the lead. For the first time director Shankar is joining hands with Ilayathalapathy Vijay, Jeeva and Srikanth to entertain […]Read the Full Story here


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Photography can be expensive. I love my Nikon 70-200 2.8 lens but I am not fond of hauling it unless I am very serious and have a specific purpose and shot in mind that I know will require it. That said, many times you can actually get some really good work done with a high end point and shoot camera if the shutter lag doesn't drive you bonzo! Some of these point and shoot cameras even do OK for macro work and in some cases their movie mode is great. You don't need to spend a million bucks on cameras and lenses and tripods and ball heads and filters and a mule or assistant to carry it all. Whatever the camera you are willing to carry or use that day is your best camera. If it's $15,000 of camera, lens(s) in a $350 bag sitting in the closet or the trunk of your car it is not much good at that moment. If it's an iPhone or a point and shoot and you have it with you, on you, in your hands, turned on, and in front your eyes, it's the best camera. $500 or $25,000 or $1,000,000.
A lot of times less equipment = more photographs. You will find your own daily and changing balance of how much equipment you are willing to carry. My point is that you should always have some kind of camera unless you just want to enjoy the moment without the technology in your face. I think Louis Black said that … photography is for people with a bad memory. Or maybe it was. . . photography is for people with Alzheimer's. I can't remember which.


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Some weeks in the future, the Emerald City Sentinels campaign I'm playing in is going to turn into a round robin. I've got a wicked idea for the second session I'm going to run, which will probably break down into two sessions.
First session, my character appears to be abducted by aliens. Xeno then shows up, saying that the ship was of Maltarian (something I just made up) origin and offering to lead them to where she believes my character is being held (some kind of gladiatorial arena). When they get there and defeat all the challenges before them, they find that my character is not there. However, a high-ranking Maltarian tells them that a Maltarian starship once crashed somewhere on Earth, so it might be the work of some Earthlings.
The truth is that some Earth organization has rebuilt the crashed starship and kidnapped my character to clone him, like CADMUS did with Supergirl in the DCAU and Superman in Young Justice. By the time the other players rescue him, the clone will be artificially aged to 13 years, and they will have to rescue him too. Thing is, I've decided this organization is going to be either AEGIS or Vanguard, but I don't have the GM's guide to Emerald City, so I don't know enough about either organization to decide which one. So which one should it be, in your opinions?
Cloning Heroes: Vanguard or AEGIS?
Here M&M GMs can trade tips and seek inspiration. Look out for SPOILERS! Players, surf elsewhere or ruin your own fun.
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Re: Cloning Heroes: Vanguard or AEGIS?
I know nothing about Vanguard. I run with AEGIS being similar to a mixture of SHIELD and ARGUS. Or being SHIELD at the start and developing in to ARGUS as we play.
I like your idea so from me I would run with AEGIS but then again I know nothing of Emerald city campaign so perhaps someone else thinks differently.
What are your expectations from one or the other choice?
I like your idea so from me I would run with AEGIS but then again I know nothing of Emerald city campaign so perhaps someone else thinks differently.
What are your expectations from one or the other choice?
Re: Cloning Heroes: Vanguard or AEGIS?
Well, I would expect that the faction I use to be willing and able to clone superhumans, then brainwash the clones. From what I can tell, neither of them has a really strong grip on the brainwashing bit.
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|Bystander effect: Kitty Genovese, right, was stabbed to death near her home by Winston Moseley
Yet at the heart of this tragic case, in my opinion at least, lies three simple yet critical irrefutable elements. Firstly, Ms Genovese was murdered. Secondly, her cries of help were ignored by those around her: her community: her neighbours. Finally, Mr Moseley was rightfully convicted of the murder. But he is still in prison as of November 2013 and major questions arise around his rehabilitation and the appropriateness of his sentence.
A few days ago, our New Zealand national media ran stories about the vicious assault on Ms Praveet Singh[1] in Papatoetoe, South Auckland. If you're unfamiliar with the story, in a nutshell, Ms Singh was randomly beaten and assaulted while walking near her home by a man who punched and threw a bottle at her. Ms Singh was left with a broken nose and two fractured eye sockets. What really caught my attention were the reports of people who gathered and actually witnessed this assault and yet did not intervene at all. The echoes of Kitty Genovese's story abound here.
One of the witnesses told the reporters that they chose not intervene because he thought it was a domestic dispute and it was their business. Obviously the It's Not OK campaign hasn't reached him yet. Another witness continued to wash his car during the beating and didn't want to intervene.
Ms Singh's sad case made me wonder about my second point above – how her neighbours in her own community watched the beating yet chose not to help. I've done my own un-scientific research about this on the bus, with family and wherever I can, asking what they might do in a similar situation. Answers ranged from attacking the attacker, yelling out loudly, calling the police or gathering neighbours and intervening. Not one person said they would not intervene in some way. In theory, this all sounds good. I think we'd all like to believe we would at least do something to help in a similar situation. But in real life, with the adrenalin flowing, the fight or flight desires emerging, and with danger facing you, the theoretical responses are a little bit harder to put into practice.
So this brings me to me the big questions I'm asking myself…as well as those I sit near to on the bus: How should neighbours or communities truly interact with one another? How is this 'bystander effect', which manifests itself in our New Zealand societies in the form of kids going without food at school, or injustices happening in courtrooms, or loan sharks preying on vulnerable people, stopped so that we don't just sit idly by while people suffer unnecessarily.
And for the Christian out there, what then do Yeshua's words in Matthew 12 about loving neighbours actually mean? Does loving equate to being the hands and feet of Yeshua and providing service and support to others? Or does it also equate to being the mouthpiece of Yeshua and declaring a saving gospel message (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) that involves words like salvation, hell, repentance, sin and surrender that have become unpopular in modern theology and church circles?
Or is it all of the above? I think it is. Whether it is sad cases like those of Ms Genovese or Ms Singh or other similar situations, I submit that a true believer's response should be to act as the hands, feet and mouthpiece of Yeshua. The bystander effect should have no place in our communities, particularly if we claim to be believers. So, what do you think?
[1] http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=11188763


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On 11 and 12 July Cyriaque Sendashonga, IUCN Global Director of the Policy and Programme Group, and Pierre Commenville, IUCN IPBES Policy Officer, visited the office of the Environmental Law Centre to meet with IUCN partners and members in Germany, the host country of IPBES. In April 2012, the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was established by more than 90 governments in Panama. The Secretariat of IPBES will be located in Bonn.
As a follow-up to the establishment of IPBES and to prepare for the first plenary of IPBES in early 2013, Dr. Sendashonga and Mr. Commenville visited Bonn to establish initial contact with the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and to consult with IUCN partners and members on advancing the implementation of the IPBES .
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Top fashion moments of 2011 – and what we'll see in 2012
The temptation to make a list is hard to resist at this time of year. But with attention spans considerably shortened by the aftermath of the holidays, we've decided to shorten it from the standard 10 to six – three trends and trendsetters of 2011 and three things to look for in 2012, some national, some local.
We want to kiss you, Kate
Thank you, Catherine Middleton, for proving that you don't have to go all Gaga to make a style statement worth emulating. From your perfect wedding gown to the way you wore affordable frocks from Reiss, it was refreshing to see a young woman so self-possessed and dare we say it, proper. You looked both gorgeous and appropriately dressed for everything from trips to the grocery store to royal visits to the U.S. and Canada. Please continue.
What's in a name? Not as much as you might hope
The proliferation of celebrity fashion labels continued in 2011, and not with spectacular results. While Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony made a better showing at Kohl's with their respective women's and men's sportswear collections than they did of their marriage, we can't say the same for the looks released by the Kardashian sisters for Sears or Sofia Vegara for Kmart. Consumers could shop for Karl Lagerfeld at Macy's, lines by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at both Neiman Marcus and JC Penney, and while people wanted to buy the Missoni collection at Target, huge demand shut down the retailer's e-commerce site and caused a lot of ill will. Meanwhile, now that Vera Wang has announced a men's tuxedo line — in addition to her collections of wedding dresses, china and mattresses — what part of the wedding is there left to cover? Maybe the catering crew. Finally, given the bad reviews that Kanye West got for his spring 2012 collection, here's hoping other celebrities will be less likely to supplement their day jobs with stints on the runway!
Changing of the guard
John Galliano's firing from the house of Christian Dior early in the year for anti-Semitic rants and other unseemly behavior has caused endless speculation about who his successor will be – Marc Jacobs was an early pick, but that name is now off the table, while talk of Raf Simons, Alexander Wang and others swirl. In London, Sarah Burton has been doing a good job at Alexander McQueen and we hope that will last. Stateside, the house of Halston may be finally at the end of its useful life. The latest effort to try to inject life into it – Sarah Jessica Parker – was short-lived. Sometimes it's better to move on and let the new labels breathe life into the scene.
In 2012, we're looking forward to:
All about Yves
The Denver Art Museum scored a coup in securing "Yves Saint Laurent: The Retrospective," the only North American venue for the show. We predict big crowds for the March 25-July 8 exhibition of some 200 haute couture garments as well as photos, drawings and films spanning YSL's 40-year career. And the gala should be amazing, so prepare your Le Smoking outfit now; details at denverartmuseum.org
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Orange you happy?
The color tangerine – tasty, warm, energetic – should look good on store shelves, but will people embrace it? Like it or not, the vibrant reddish-orange Tangerine Tango is the color of the year. "Sophisticated but at the same time dramatic and seductive, Tangerine Tango is an orange with a lot of depth to it," said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, which named the shade 2012's top pick. Designers such as Tommy Hilfiger and Elie Tahari have been using it in fashion, and it's also appearing in everything from cosmetics to housewares. It's not quite Broncos orange, but Denverites have been known to embrace such a vibrant shade.


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Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler has hired an executive from a former client that caused the most significant campaign controversy to face the new secretary in the race.
Gessler announced Thursday that Gary Zimmerman would fill the role of chief administrative officer, a role that had gone dormant under the tenure of former Secretary Bernie Buescher.
In an interview earlier today, Gessler told your correspondent that Zimmerman was the best of the candidates to apply for the post.
"I'm assuming I will take some political hits for this, because God forbid I know someone I hired," Gessler said.
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An analysis of sediment cores indicates that biological and chemical changes occurring at a remote Arctic lake are unprecedented over the past 200,000 years and likely are the result of human-caused climate change, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder.
While environmental changes at the lake over the past millennia have been shown to be tightly linked with natural causes of climate change -- like periodic, well-understood wobbles in Earth's orbit -- changes seen in the sediment cores since about 1950 indicate expected climate cooling is being overridden by human activity like greenhouse gas emissions. The research team reconstructed past climate and environmental changes at the lake on Baffin Island using indicators that included algae, fossil insects and geochemistry preserved in sediment cores that extend back 200,000 years.
"The past few decades have been unique in the past 200,000 years in terms of the changes we see in the biology and chemistry recorded in the cores," said lead study author Yarrow Axford of CU-Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research. "We see clear evidence for warming in one of the most remote places on Earth at a time when the Arctic should be cooling because of natural processes."
The study was published Oct. 19 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study included researchers from CU-Boulder, the State University of New York's University at Buffalo, the University of Alberta, the University of Massachusetts and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
The sediment cores were extracted from the bottom of a roughly 100-acre, 30-foot-deep lake near the village of Clyde River on the east coast of Baffin Island, which is several hundred miles west of Greenland. The lake sediment cores go back in time 80,000 years beyond the oldest reliable ice cores from Greenland and capture the environmental conditions of two previous ice ages and three interglacial periods.
The sediment cores showed that several types of mosquito-like midges that flourish in very cold climates have been abundant at the lake for the past several thousand years. But the cold-adapted midge species abruptly began declining in about 1950, matching their lowest abundances of the last 200,000 years. Two of the midge species adapted to the coldest temperatures have completely disappeared from the lake region, said Axford.
In addition, a species of diatom, a lake algae that was relatively rare at the site before the 20th century, has undergone unprecedented increases in recent decades, possibly in response to declining ice cover on the Baffin Island lake.
"Our results show that the human footprint is overpowering long-standing natural processes even in remote Arctic regions," said co-author John Smol of Queen's University. "This historical record shows that we are dramatically affecting the ecosystems on which we depend."
The ancient lake sediment cores are the oldest ever recovered from glaciated parts of Canada or Greenland. Massive ice sheets during ice ages generally scour the underlying bedrock and remove previous sediments.
"What is unique about these sediment cores is that even though glaciers covered this lake, for various reasons they did not erode it," said study co-author Jason Briner of the University at Buffalo. The result is that we have a really long sequence of sediment that has survived Arctic glaciations."
Axford emphasized the multiyear research project required expertise from each of the five institutions involved in the PNAS study. "This was a team effort all the way around, and each of the institutions has a unique set of skills that allowed us to carry out this study," she said. "We needed people who understood algae, insects, glaciers and geochemistry, not to mention how to drive snowmobiles and extract the cores."
The study was funded by the National Science Foundation, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Geological Society of America.
A study published in Science magazine last month that involved CU-Boulder researchers and reconstructed past temperatures in the Arctic using ice cores, tree rings and lake sediments concluded that recent warming around the Arctic is overriding a cooling trend caused by Earth's periodic wobble. Earth is now about 0.6 million miles further from the sun during the Northern Hemisphere summer solstice than it was in 1 B.C. -- a trend that has caused overall cooling in the Arctic until recently.
INSTAAR researcher and CU-Boulder geological sciences Professor Gifford Miller was a co-author on both the PNAS study and the recent Science study.


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My husband's birthday is today and one gift I gave him is a small quilt that I just finished. He's a minimalist painter and has been a fan of Denyse Schmidt since I introduced him to her work. He especially loves this quilt that was included in her recent exhibition at the University of Bridgeport.
(photo of Denyse's Hope as the Anchor of the Soul, Mount Lebanon Series, Quilt #3 courtesy of Heide at http://chezzero.blogspot.com/)
So, I wanted to make him something that was a a bit influenced by Denyse's work, and also inspired by his paintings, like this one.
This is what I came up with.
It's a small, improvisational block, made entirely of solid cottons. The main color, backing, and binding is Kona Ready to Dye (which I accidentally picked up at Jo-Ann's, thinking it was Kona Snow), the darker greyish color is Moda Bella in Weathered Teak, the lighter grey is Bella Stone, and the blue is Bella Blue Raspberry. I really love how these colors work together.
It's quilted with quarter-inch vertical lines, and it's been washed and dried to get the yummy, crinkly texture that I love so much.
I think this little blue square is kind of fun, too.
And remember that I told you the quilt is improvisational? It totally is...while I was quilting it, there was apparently a scrap piece of batting that was stuck to the back of the quilt.
I didn't notice it at all while I was sewing, and it's now attached by thirteen rows of stitches. I showed it to to Jeff and told him that I could try to cut it out or rip the stitches, but he said it didn't bother him at all. Besides, he's going to hang this in his office at school, so nobody will ever see it.