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Zoologist, committed conservationist, award-winning writer and bestselling author, TV and radio presenter, prolific wildlife photographer and expedition leader, Mark Carwardine is a hard man to pigeonhole. One thing, however, is for sure – his passion for the natural world is all-consuming. Here we get a flavour of the spine-tingling wildlife encounters that are the stuff of Mark's extraordinary day job...
What is the first thing you do when arriving in a new destination, and why?
The flippant answer is that I sleep: the older I get the more I seem to suffer from jet lag. Seriously, though, if I'm in a city, I like to wander and just soak up the atmosphere, to get a feel for the place, because I'm not really into sightseeing as such. Most of the time, though, I tend to be at sea or in the middle of nowhere, in which case I simply get out and about as quickly as possible.
Which one thing do you always pack when you embark on a journey?
I'd love to be able to say that I travel light and, in fact, I could say that – if it weren't for my camera equipment. I rarely go anywhere without at least 30 kilos of kit. Photography is my passion and I'd rather leave home without my trousers than without my camera. Apart from that, binoculars are essential, of course, and I always take a satellite phone (which has saved my life on two occasions and is often the only way to keep in touch with home and the office). I can't travel anywhere without something to read and a pad and pen, because my boredom threshold – especially in airports – is incredibly low. Oh, and I take a few clothes if there's room.
How have you seen travel – and the places you've visited – change over your career?
Wildlife tourism has changed beyond all recognition in the years I have been travelling. Returning to places I first visited decades ago can be a shock, because there are nearly always fewer animals and more people. Of course, there are exceptions, but often where once there was only camping now there is a small hotel, and where once there was a small hotel now there is a big hotel. It's good that so many people are interested in wildlife these days, and that so much wildlife is accessible, but it's crucially important that it's managed properly and that both the wildlife and local people benefit too.
The biggest change I've seen was probably in Madagascar. I'll never forget flying down the east coast in 1989 and looking out over an almost continuous swathe of rainforest that stretched as far as the eye could see, then returning exactly 20 later to discover that there was virtually no forest left.
What's the most important lesson you've learnt from your travels?
Travel teaches you so many things, but respect (being considerate and thoughtful) and patience immediately come to mind. I simply switch off as soon as I get to within a mile of an airport and then switch on again when I eventually emerge at the other end. Once I'm really on my way, I simply try to go with the flow.
How would you recommend readers try and make their travel more meaningful?
Read up before you leave home and take advantage of local guides for insight and information. The more you know and understand about a new place, the better.
What was your most memorable meal on your travels?
When I was travelling with Douglas Adams (author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) in China in the late 1980s, we were served still-wriggling rat foetuses on a bed of lettuce.
Where was the place that changed you, and how?
I think every place I've been to has changed me in one way or another: some in a good way, a few in a bad way. From a wildlife point of view, the Great Bear Rainforest, in Canada; Baja California, in Mexico; South Georgia; the Pantanal, in Brazil; and many other places, have had a big impact. Cage diving with great white sharks in the North Pacific about 10 years ago turned me into an ardent shark conservationist. From a human point of view, working on anti-poaching patrols in many countries in Africa and Asia blows me away every time – these people are on the front line of conservation and risk their lives every day.
Should air travel be made more expensive?
I think so, but with a few caveats. There is no easy solution to the frightening growth in air travel and the environmental damage it causes – and I, of course, am guilty, as a frequent flyer. The irony that most of my travel is for conservation certainly is not lost on me.
The number of European air travellers has risen sharply with the introduction of low-cost airlines, and there's a fast-developing taste for flying in other parts of the world, too, especially in India and China. I'm by no means an expert, but it seems to me that there are several possible answers: the development of planes with low-fuel consumptions; governments limiting the number of airports, runways and flights in and out of their countries; and the introduction of an upper limit on the numbers of flights taken, which would ultimately result in increased fares. I think flying will have to become more expensive, in a way that reflects its environmental impact. This won't necessarily make it an elitist activity, because most of the current research suggests that the majority of new demand – in the UK, at least – is simply the same people flying more.
Where's the most overrated place you've visited?
That's difficult because almost everywhere has at least some redeeming features. I tend to shy away from places that are heaving with tourists – Ranthambore National Park, in India, and Churchill, in Canada, immediately come to mind – but even in these places the wildlife encounters can be superb.
Overrated places - Rough Guides writers and editors reveal their picks >
Where in the world is still on your must-visit list, and why?
I've never been to Cuba. I'd spend my days trying to photograph the smallest bird in the world, the bee hummingbird, and my nights eating that delicious mix of Spanish and Caribbean food while listening to some wonderfully evocative and upbeat Cuban music.
What's your favourite travel book and why?
The Lost Continent, by Bill Bryson, for its laugh-out-loud humour and wonderfully memorable lines. Moondust, by Andrew Smith, for its stunning insight into the world of the last surviving Apollo astronauts. Travel Diaries of a Naturalist, by Sir Peter Scott, because it is incredibly inspiring and written by one of the greatest naturalists and conservationists of all time. Am I allowed any more?
Which one travel experience across the world should every reader add to their 'bucket list', and why?
There are so many! My bucket list is still far too long and I've been travelling for 6–8 months every year for the past 30 years. I suppose if you held a gun to my head and I had to pick just one, it would be San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja California, on the Pacific coast of Mexico. This is a breeding ground for grey whales, which love to be scratched and tickled by visiting humans – it's arguably the most extraordinary, awe-inspiring and emotional wildlife encounter on the planet.


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Congressman Joseph Crowley, while attending an event at Maspeth Town Hall to announce funding for a new program recently, dropped a bit of disturbing news. He said that economic times have gotten so tough in government that politicians can no longer afford the big ceremonial checks they pose with at events.
Longtime Pol Position readers might remember the "Checkies," our annual award given to the politician who hands out the most oversized checks. Councilman David Weprin was a perennial favorite, as he invested in a dry erase check, which could be wiped clean and used over and over again.
His dominance really got under the skin of Assemblyman Jose Peralta, who went out and invested in his own dry erase check (which was one of the biggest Pol Position had ever seen, by the way) in an attempt to release Weprin's stranglehold on the top spot.
The Checkies eventually transformed into the XPols, a yearlong competition of extreme politicking that awarded point values for everything from ribbon cuttings to groundbreakings. But the Checkies was always near and dear to our heart, which is why we are bringing it back just in time for the new budget to go into effect. Let's hope we have some competitors.

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MICHAEL Rogers' switch from the British Sky team to Saxo-Tinkoff was one of the surprise off-season moves in world cycling, and it continues to raise eyebrows at the Tour Down Under in Adelaide.
Rogers, 32, was not in the peloton for the first stage of the opening round of this year's world tour, but rather the Canary Islands, training with new teammates.
The Canberran is looking ahead to a year in which his main objective will be to try and help Saxo-Tinkoff leader Alberto Contador win a third Tour de France; a similar role to the one he performed at Sky in helping Bradley Wiggins break through for his Tour de France win last year.
But Rogers' departure from Sky continues to baffle, especially considering how important he was to Wiggins and the team.
His move came just after Sky interviewed all riders and staff, part of its zero tolerance policy with past illegal drug use. Those interviewed had to sign letters pledging they had not used drugs. Failure to sign meant ejection from the team.
Sky's head coach, Shane Sutton, said in December that Rogers' departure had ''nothing whatsoever'' to do with doping.
The team's controversial policy had an immediate effect. Bobby Julich, a Sky specialist trainer, admitted to doping as a rider and left, as did sports directors Steven De Jongh (who admitted to past doping and has joined Saxo-Tinkoff), and Sean Yates (health reasons).
Sky said it was Rogers' decision to switch teams and had nothing to do with its zero tolerance policy.
Rogers admitted in 2006 that a year earlier, as a T-Mobile rider, he had been trained by the now-banned Italian doctor Michele Ferrari, though he stressed that drugs were never mentioned.
When his link to Ferrari was revealed, Rogers was told to cut ties with the Italian, which he says he did after the 2006 Tour.
Sky's position that Rogers' decision to leave had nothing to do with its zero tolerance policy was maintained at the Tour Down Under on Tuesday.
Sky sports director Kurt Arvesen told Fairfax Media: ''I think [his move to Saxo-Tinkoff] was his own choice, actually. I think we wanted to keep him, but he wanted to look for other opportunities.''
Saxo-Tinkoff was a surprising choice considering the doping history of Contador and owner Bjarne Rijs, who doped to win the 1996 Tour de France.
Rogers could not be contacted for comment on Tuesday, but showed in October that he was aware of the damage of perception when asked, amid the fallout of the US Anti-Doping Agency's reasoned decision into banning drug cheat Lance Armstrong for life, if he wanted to alter his view on Ferrari.
Rogers was not implicated in any of the charges against Armstrong, but he was named in the sworn affidavit of former Armstrong teammate Levi Leipheimer as having attended high-altitude training camps at Tenerife, Spain, in May and June 2005, with Ferrari, who was also charged by USADA.
''I certainly regret [it],'' Rogers said of his association with Ferrari.
''I can understand it tainted, maybe, my reputation, but it's an error I made. I have to accept that.
''But I can absolutely guarantee it was only [for training] … he hardly had time for me. He had a lot of riders.''
Rupert Guinness is a Sports Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald


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Iwakuma still uncertain on specific return date
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Injured Mariners starter Hisashi Iwakuma did some dry work on a bullpen mound Sunday, going through his throwing motion first without a ball and then using a towel wrapped around his hand.
"I'm feeling very good," Iwakuma said through translator Antony Suzuki. "Condition wise, I'm great, besides the finger."
The standout right-hander is waiting for a doctor's reexamination of the strained tendon on the middle finger of his throwing hand this coming week before getting a better grip on when he might be able to start actually throwing a baseball again.
"He's coming along fine," said manager Lloyd McClendon. "After he sees the doctor, we'll see where we are. We're just trying to keep him in the best physical shape that we can at this point."
The initial report was Iwakuma would be sidelined 4-6 weeks from the start of camp and McClendon said he didn't think anything had changed to this point.
Iwakuma injured the finger when he caught it in protective netting as he leaped up to catch a ball while doing drills in California prior to reporting to camp. After finishing third in the American League Cy Young voting last year, Iwakuma had hoped to get off to another good start this year. But it's unlikely he'll be ready by Opening Day, given he's been unable to throw at all yet this spring.
Sunday's drills were designed to at least help keep his arm in throwing shape. But clearly this isn't the way he wants to spend Spring Training, watching from the sidelines as his teammates prepare.
"To be honest, it's hard to wait a second from throwing the ball," he said. "But I have to do what I have to do. I have to respect what the doctor says and be patient now and do what I can for now. You look forward to coming back as soon as possible, but at the same time, you don't want to rush anything. So we kind of have to play it by ear."


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Well I am super happy to report that the Cowart's had a very normal week this past week (i.e. no break ins!). I tell you what I had no idea how much paper work you had to fill out for your home owner's insurance to pay for your stolen goods!
After months of being near bald and SEVERAL months of the Mohawk, I truly thought I would be grateful for any hair and/or hairstyle that Micah Claire would have. But, I tell ya this kids hair has gone crazy! In the past all I had to due was put a bow in her hair to pull her bangs out of her face. Well.... these days we have to use lots of water to get her hair to lay down. I took some pictures Saturday morning at the breakfast table. I promise you this is not stage; this is how her hair is now every morning when she wakes up. This child LOVES blueberries, but they are so hard to clean up that I only give them on mornings when I have a lot of time to clean her up.
On sweet blueberry face!
Look at those finger nails!
Okay here's a back shot of the hair......... see what I mean; total mess
I can't believe that Halloween is this week! I can't wait to take pictures of Micah Claire in her monkey outfit. It's so ugly that it is cute. When we tried it on she didn't like it one bit; and when she saw her self in the mirror she cried! So, we may not get too many pictures; or happy pictures this Halloween.


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Congratulations to Shai! I'm sure this will be another great role for her.
VARIETY – After four years in development, Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber's adaptation of Tim Tharp's award-winning novel "The Spectacular Now" is finally moving forward with Shailene Woodley ("The Descendants") attached to star and "Smashed" helmer James Ponsoldt set to direct for Global Produce and 21 Laps.
Coming-of-age dramedy follows a teenage girl (Woodley) who convinces an alcoholic high school senior that his philosophy of living only for the moment may not be all it's cracked up to be.
Global Produce principals Tom McNulty and Marc Shmuger will produce with Shawn Levy of 21 Laps, while "500 Days of Summer" scribes Weber and Neustadter will exec produce. Billy Rosenberg and Dan Cohen will oversee the project for 21 Laps.
UTA Independent Film Group is repping "Spectacular," which Ponsoldt's fellow Sundance helmer Lee Toland Krieger ("Celeste and Jesse Forever") was originally attached to direct before scheduling issues forced him to leave the project. Woodley nearly followed him before seeing Ponsoldt's sobriety drama "Smashed," which convinced her to stick with the pic.
McNulty has been with "Spectacular" since the beginning and is now finalizing its financing as the filmmakers search for the male lead.
Woodley has been flooded with offers since her award-winning turn in Alexander Payne's "The Descendants," though she's been focusing on her committment to the ABC Family series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager." "The Spectacular Now" is the first project she has committed following her breakout perf in "Descendants."
Ponsoldt made his directorial debut with the Nick Nolte pic "Off the Black," and Sony Pictures Classics picked up "Smashed" shortly after its Sundance debut this past January.
Woodley is repped by Paradigm, Principato-Young Entertainment and Felker Toczek Gellman Suddleson, while Ponsoldt is repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.


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It's so rad that opera openings are becoming a cause celebre again: take last night's star-studded Met premiere of Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" — sponsored By Yves Saint Laurent, no less.
Love love love Rebecca Hall's haute-Stevie elegance, which prior to writing those words I didn't realize was a thing.
Raquel Zimmermann — and YSL — are among the few who can make this whole "vent" thing work, and work spectacularly.
Christine Baranski verges on cocooned — on anyone less regal it might go over the line — but all in all stays totally elegant.
So distinct, both so fab! Seriously, I can't decide whether I prefer Ashley's ladylike turn or MK's signature haute-boho.
Claudia Schiffer.
Claire Danes, completely flawless. YSL, natch.
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Julianna Margulies takes "statement necklace" to uncomfortable new heights.
Emmy Rossum may appear to be standing on one foot, but she looks vibrant doing it in draped silk.


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This report gives overview of the three subsequent courses of the 'Investigative Interviewing' training held in the period of June - July 2007 by the Training Division, Police Development Department, of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje. Analysis of the feedback forms from the participants and evaluation of the overall course are included.
This booklet aims to help police and prosecutors, legislators, local authorities and civil society organisations better understand the problem of hate crimes. It explains the significance of hate crimes and suggests how authorities and communities can prevent and better respond to hate crimes.
This lessons learned report describes and compares the challenges the Law Enforcement Departments (LEDs) of the OSCE field operations faced when they implemented their mandates. Furthermore, the report compiles and compares the strategies and practices the LEDs applied to cope with the challenges. This is the Volume 7 in the SPMU Publication Series.
This guide, developed by the OSCE Mission in Skopje in co-operation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is intended for the pupils and members of prevention clubs within the schools.
This brochure intends to make a distinction between freedom of expression and hate speech, both from a terminology and a legal point of view, as well as to differentiate them from other related concepts, such as defamation and insult.


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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today released its Annual Aerospace Forecast Fiscal Years 2012-2033* that provides a comprehensive examination of current and future trends in air transportation.
The comprehensive report looks at all aspects of aviation including the numbers of flights, commercial airline passenger totals, aircraft fleet size, private flying, and international travel.
The FAA uses the forecast to determine how best to devote its workforce and resources, and the aviation community also uses the forecast for planning and investments. A fact sheet** is available to provide a snapshot of the report's projections.


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Editors' note, December 9: After further review and comparison with other headsets in its category, we've dropped the Finiti's rating to 8.0.
It has been more than a year since Motorola introduced the Endeavor HX1, which is one of a few Bluetooth headsets that can use bone conduction to translate the vibration of the jaw into speech. Now Motorola has come out with its successor, the Motorola Finiti, which debuted this year at CTIA's fall show. The Finiti has the same "stealth" bone conduction mode for extremely noisy situations and Motorola's CrystalTalk noise cancellation technology for everyday use. Other features include A2DP streaming, multipoint, voice prompts, and compatibility with the MotoSpeak app, which reads out incoming texts and lets you dictate a reply.
The Motorola Finiti retails for $129.99, which we think is a fair price for such a great-sounding headset. However, competing headsets like the Aliph Jawbone Icon and the Plantronics Voyager Pro Plus are available for a much lower price. Even though they don't have the Finiti's bone conduction mode, they have additional features (like apps and services) that outmatch the Finiti.
As part of Motorola's Elite series of headsets, the Finiti is designed to catch your eye with its shiny chrome finish. Yet it still looks like a traditional Bluetooth headset, and has a rectangular design similar to the Motorola CommandOne. The measurements are also the same, at 2.13 inches long by 0.73 inch wide by 0.43 inch thick. The sides are covered in a soft rubber material and the overall headset is slightly curved for improved comfort.
There's a slight peak on the front of the Finiti, which houses a couple of the headset's microphones. On the top of the headset is the Micro-USB charging port plus a tiny multipurpose call button. We found it almost too small, as the tiny rubber point is easy to miss. Still, we found it easy enough to press. On the left side is a slider toggle that turns the headset on and off, while the volume rocker is on the right. Also on the right is the "stealth mode" button that activates the aforementioned bone conduction mode.
On the back of the Finiti is an unusual-looking earpiece. Unlike the round earpiece on the CommandOne, the Finiti's earpiece juts out almost like a spout. At the tip is a tiny bubble that acts as the "stealth mode sensor." The entire earpiece is designed to fit snugly in the ear, and you need to have the stealth mode sensor touching your ear canal in order for the bone conduction to work. The Finiti comes with multiple ear fittings--two spring styles (for the left or right ear) and three different-size loop styles. There's also an optional ear hook for stability, but we didn't think it was necessary. Though the earpiece looks a little intimidating at first, we actually found that it fit comfortably and easily in the ear. We admit that having the sensor touch the ear canal felt a little awkward at first, but we got used to it eventually--your mileage may vary.
As we mentioned above, the Finiti has a slew of features that are welcome on higher-end headsets. It has A2DP streaming so you can listen to your music and turn-by-turn navigation directions, multipoint, which lets you connect the headset to two devices simultaneously, and the usual features like last-number redial, call waiting, and voice command support. It also supports voice control, so you can say "answer" to answer a call and "ignore" to ignore one.


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• April 23, 2004 | 8 p.m. ET
Countdown to zero-G: Starting this summer, you'll be able to get a substantial dose of aerial weightlessness without having to work out a deal with the Russians or NASA — that is, if things work out the way Peter Diamandis plans.
Diamandis, who is chairman and chief executive officer of Zero Gravity Corp. as well as founder and president of the X Prize Foundation, says Zero Gravity's flights are scheduled to get off the ground in June, assuming the Federal Aviation Association approves. He provided an update on the long-simmering project today during the Space Access '04 conference in Phoenix.
The flights, modeled after the ones provided by NASA's "Vomit Comet," would give paying passengers about 20 short doses of zero-gravity in the course of a 90-minute flight.
NASA's zero-G flights are conducted purely for scientific or training purposes, and aren't for sale. Space Adventures offers a similar zero-G experience, but you have to go to Russia and fly on an Ilyushin-76 to get it. List price for the Russian tour package is $6,995.
The price point for Zero Gravity's offering would be substantially less than that — $2,950 — and Americans wouldn't have to take the long trip to Russia. The ride would be on a cargo Boeing 727, leased from Amerijet International Airlines and specially outfitted for the flight. The operation would be based in Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Fla., Diamandis said, but the planes could go on the road for special events.
Between now and the start of service, FAA authorities have to check out the way Zero Gravity will be modifying the cargo jets to make sure they're up to spec, and they'll monitor four demonstration flights scheduled for May, Diamandis said. Volunteers need not apply; Zero Gravity staff members will be taking those practice flights, he said.
The company could start taking deposits for later flights as early as next week. Watch the Web site for updates. Diamandis noted that he's been working on the project since 1993 — and hopes that Zero Gravity will be "an overnight success after 11 years of hard work."
• April 23, 2004 | Updated 7:10 p.m. ET
Xcor gets launch go-ahead: California-based Xcor Aerospace has received the world's second launch license for a reusable manned space vehicle, the Federal Aviation Administration announced today. The license, coming just weeks after the precedent was set for Scaled Composites' SpaceShipOne project, helps clear the way for Xcor to test its suborbital space plane more extensively in the Mojave Desert — but there are more steps required.
Xcor hasn't entered the X Prize competition, but it's hoping to be a big player in the market for suborbital spaceflight, with seats priced in the under-$100,000 range. Check out the full story .
• April 23, 2004 | 8 p.m. ET
Weekend field trips on the World Wide Web:
• 'Nova' on PBS: 'Lost Treasures of Tibet'
• The Economist: Dark side of the moon
• NASA's 'new and improved' Space Place
• Military.com: Army develops liquid body armor
• April 22, 2004 | 4:15 p.m. ET
Your turn on Earth Day: Has politics ruined the environmental message of Earth Day? Or is politics really what the day is all about?
The day was first set aside by San Francisco in 1970 to "remind each person of his right, and the equal right of every other person, to the use of this global home and at the same time the equal responsibility of each person to preserve and improve the Earth and the quality of life thereon."
That first Earth Day was celebrated on March 21, the date of the vernal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. But a month later, the Environmental Teach-In held a complementary observance also known as Earth Day — and the rest is history.
A lot has changed since then, both in the environmental state of the world and in attitudes toward Earth Day and eco-politics. In honor of the day, here are some of the observations received in response to this week's Earth Day scene-setter:
James G. Edwards, Clovis, N.M.: "As one who's made life changes, doesn't drive an SUV, rescued four dogs and 30 cats, etc., I have to say that the growing politicization of the environmental movement greatly distresses me: To be exact, I find the infiltration of leftist ideology and the adoption of guerrilla-style tactics by radical animal rights groups is disturbing.
"It's as if the left is this black hole circling the world that sucks you into it the moment you let go of the finest point of order. But what is the left's actual tangible record on the environment?
"Seventy-five years of leftist stewardship of one-quarter of the world's surface has created an environmental catastrophe that makes capitalism's record in, say, Brazil, seem mildly unfortunate. The former Soviet Union is a semi-radioactive wasteland. Lake Baikal is a dead sea. The delicate taiga has been destroyed for hundreds of miles around concrete cities built by 'pioneers' just after the Stalin era. Not to mention the cultural and human wasteland of what was one of the world's great civilizations.
"China, too, contributes more to atmospheric pollution than any other country on Earth. The life expectancy of workers is half what it is in the West. Hundreds if not thousands of miners die every year.
"Yet these two nations — or their remnants — are never singled out for stricture by Earth First, PETA, etc. The doublethink is mind-boggling.
"Maybe the 'environmentalists' can't see the forest for the trees, but what 18 years of education can't provide, the merest acquaintance with the way life is lived, in the streets and in the sticks, should: perspective. And this is exactly what the left, including the 'earth movement,' lacks. I always knew that if environmentalism veered into dictating to people how they should be living, without first changing their hearts and minds, it would fail. And so it has."
Wade Whitlock, Aberdeen, Md.: "Earth Day, and the Bushies are proposing another study! What kind of manipulation are they going to put on the 'EKG' data, do you suppose? How good would it be for giving warning of a massive change in the polar caps or the Atlantic Conveyor? If Bush gets another four years, there will be four less years to get our sensory organ clusters out of our ventral orifices and get busy doing what we should have been doing since the 1970s.
"Petroleum is too valuable as a feedstock to waste as a fuel. Coal is too damn dirty to be used without some really heavy duty processing (I really don't appreciate having my grandkids breathing mercury, arsenic and much of the rest of the periodic table.).
"Go on the highways and watch the Stupidly Useless Vehicles doing 80-plus in a 55 zone with no speed enforcement. The Maryland State Police are targeting 'aggressive' drivers now. Their gas mileage is probably about 10 mpg.
"So, we are counting contrails instead of targeting the real problem: the Bush Oligarchy and the Republican Party. (I was a card-carrying Goldwater Conservative until Dubya was nominated — then I really got Independent!) Or maybe we are going to have a 'faith-based' ecology!"
S.A. Franklin, Picayune, Miss.: "With regard to Earth Day, I think it's important that the international community get involved. Facts that we know are: ozone depletion, cancer rates escalating, ground water depletions, glaciers melting, etc., to name a few. If people would make even small changes in their neck of the woods, we may be able to circumvent problems on a global scale; it's not one country's agenda, it's all of ours. Take a macro view of what's happening. We see the symptoms, let's make changes for the betterment of mankind while we still can."
Richard Bennett, Gurley: "I think all you environmentalists should set the example for the rest of the world. Go home disconnect all your electrical and electronic appliances. Turn in your car keys, and ride a horse — better yet, walk to the next major event you want to demonstrate against. Do this for a year, then I will listen to your story. For now, stuff it."
Bill McCartney, Yukon, Okla.: "I can't make an informed position statement concerning Earth Day and the environment, but I can about what I see in this country today; politics will prevent any notable change. It will take a warlike effort from a united populace, and America is so dramatically divided at this time, I only see more of the same. This America is not FDR's America. Greed rules ... sad."
Chris Cole, Sterling, Va.: "... Should we be better stewards of this world that has been entrusted to us? Absolutely, and we have improved immensely in the last couple of decades. We should continue to improve our efforts.
"Should we turn ourselves into a horse-driven, agrarian third-world caricature of ourselves in the process of returning to the perceived pristine 'innocence' of our pre-industrial roots? I cannot imagine many of the proponents of radical environmental policies would be willing to return to the disease, mortality and quality-of-life metrics that prevailed in 'the good old days.'
"Besides, imagine replacing tens of millions of vehicles with horses. Then imagine the associated logistics of removing and properly disposing of another kind of pollution (or, rather, the vegetation transformation byproducts). ...
"Alternative energy sources? OK, pursue them with gusto, but as they say in theater auditions, in the meantime 'don't quit your day job.' Change is a process that the mature can understand, but which militates against the instant gratification worldview of the petulant and immature. We didn't get where we're at overnight and we won't solve all the problems overnight either. Society can't be quickly jerked into a new direction like a nimble little Zodiac rubber boat; it's more like trying to turn the QE2. Chart a course and resolutely steer towards it, but don't jump overboard if the results do not appear immediately. Stick with it and stay the course."
• April 21, 2004 | 4:10 p.m. ET
Future astronauts: The names of NASA's next crop of astronauts are leaking out, even though the official announcement is being held back until May 6. As NBC's James Oberg reported two weeks ago , the space agency has selected 14 astronauts for the class of 2004, including three Japanese candidates who have been previously named.
The class also includes three teacher-astronauts, keeping alive a tradition that started with New Hampshire's Christa McAuliffe, who died in the 1986 Challenger tragedy , and that continued with Idaho's Barbara Morgan, who has gone through full NASA training and is waiting for her first flight.
This year's candidates include Joe Acaba, a teacher from Dunnellon Middle School in Florida, and Dottie Metcalf-Lindenburger, an astronomy teacher at Hudson's Bay High School in Vancouver, Wash. The third space teacher has not yet been named publicly, but it's only a matter of time.
The U.S. Air Force, meanwhile, announced on Wednesday that the class would include one of its own, Maj. James Dutton of Edwards Air Force Base in California. Dutton, a noted test pilot for the F/A-22 Raptor warplane, was the only airman selected out of 208 who applied, the Air Force said.
This year's astronaut candidates will have to take up residence in the Houston area and train at NASA's Johnson Space Center for at least a year before they can become eligible for spaceflight. By then, there may well be a new breed of private-sector astronauts on the scene, courtesy of the X Prize competition. That will surely be a topic of conversation at the Space Access '04 Conference in Phoenix, where I'll be spending the next couple of days.
There's already a buzz surrounding what may well be the X Prize endgame, with big announcements due next month. Rumors are rife about upcoming launch licenses, flight attempts, behind-the-scenes books and spaceport plans. Stay tuned for the news from Phoenix.
• April 21, 2004 | 6:45 p.m. ET
Coming attractions on the World Wide Web:
• NASA: A gathering of planets, Vol. II
• European Southern Observatory: Venus Transit 2004
• Defense Tech: Are you ready for some spyball?
• Wired.com: Virtual reality the world over
• April 20, 2004 | 8:30 p.m. ET
Touchscreen troubles: This week is providing more ammunition for the folks who are worried about the pitfalls of electronic voting systems. Today, the Oakland Tribune says attorneys warned the country's biggest e-voting provider, Diebold Election Systems, that its uncertified software could get it in legal trouble. Diebold reportedly used the faulty system anyway last month for California's Super Tuesday primary — an election marred by glitches and irregularities .
A Diebold spokesman told the Tribune that "those issues can be addressed" and that the company was working with California election officials to iron out any problems. But the report drew an outcry from e-voting skeptics.
Those skeptics seem to be increasingly active: Today, a new group called "Voters Unite!" is starting a leafleting drive to inform local election officials about the potential problems. On Wednesday, a coalition of activists is planning an anti-e-voting rally, to coincide with a meeting of the California State Voting Systems Panel.
Learn how voting systems work, from paper ballots to e-voting.The issue of e-voting security and privacy also will be highlighted at the annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference, conducted this week in Berkeley, Calif. E-voting activists already are reportedly recruiting volunteer "Clean-Up Crews" who would monitor polling places and get the word out about computer-related irregularities.
It may seem ironic that e-voting has sparked such a controversy in high-tech America, while it's been seen as a godsend for countries such as India , Mexico , Australia, Brazil and elsewhere . Perhaps it's because the other countries have built in some low-tech safeguards, or perhaps it's just because so many more people in America know about computer technology and its limitations. Check out this report on the e-voting debate, part of our comprehensive coverage of the controversy.
• April 20, 2004 | 8:30 p.m. ET
Scientific stops on the World Wide Web:
• Nature: Old records saved by particle physics
• Slate: What does a planetary protection officer do?
• Scientific American: Seeking the densest matter
• Popular Science: The most potent force in science today!
• April 19, 2004 | 11 p.m. ET
Earth Day vs. doomsday: It may sound like a holiday, but there's likely to be more soul-searching than celebrating when Earth Day rolls around on Thursday.
On one hand, there's a new crop of eco-scares, ranging from fossil-fuel depletion to ocean degradation to ice-age devastation. On the other hand, governments and industries are all too willing to brush off or paper over environmental problems, particularly in an election year.
PBS' contribution to the Earth Day debate, "World in the Balance," manages to avoid a state of panic as well as a state of denial. The two-hour double feature, airing Tuesday on most public-TV stations, traces the environmental implications of population trends, economic development, global outsourcing, women's rights and AIDS.
Instead of taking on the controversies surrounding U.S. policies on climate change, oil exploration and pollution standards — which would be the predictable course for a show about environmental issues — "World in the Balance" looks at how the dynamics of population and consumption are playing out in India and Japan, Kenya and China.
But there's a message for Americans as well. For example, Dan Jaffe, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Washington, found to their surprise that the air wafting over the Pacific to America's West Coast was laden with pollutants traceable to China.
"We're one of the most consumptive countries in the world," Jaffe says, "and if the rest of the world emulates us, the global atmosphere is going to suffer ... the world is going to suffer."
So what is to be done? You can make lifestyle changes , and you can follow suggestions from the Environmental Protection Agency or the Sierra Club. But if you're of a scientific bent, you'll also want to get a better handle on the environmental data and contribute your own observations. Here are a couple of initiatives of particular interest:
GLOBE/NASA Contrail Count-a-Thon: Students and scientists across the country will be observing jet contrails on Earth Day. "Contrails, especially persistent contrails, represent a human-caused increase in the Earth's cloudiness, and are likely to be affecting climate and ultimately our natural resources," GLOBE says. The survey results could help scientists gain insights into links between contrails and climate.
Earth Observation Summit: Forty-seven countries and the European Commission will be meeting in Tokyo next weekend to move ahead on plans to produce what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls an "Earth EKG" — a matrix of environmental statistics that could give advance warning of, say, disease outbreaks or crop failures. For more on the concept, check out NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher's comments at "State of the Planet '04."
• April 19, 2004 | 11 p.m. ET
Your daily dose of science on the Web:
• EV World: Bubble fusion results replicated (via Slashdot)
•BBC: Brain chips could help the paralyzed
•N.Y. Times (reg.req.): Seeking the lost fleets of Persian Wars
• IOL: Ancient inscribed slab brought to light
• Science News: Reinventing the yo-yo
The fine print: Looking for older items? Check the Cosmic Log archive. Share your perspective on cosmic subjects with Alan Boyle. If you link to this page, you can use http://cosmiclog.msnbc.com or http://www.cosmiclog.com as the address. MSNBC is not responsible for the content of Internet links.


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Bruins Sign Defenseman Matt Bartkowskiby Staff Writer / Boston Bruins
BOSTON, MA – Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today, July 12, that the club has signed defenseman Matt Bartkowski to a one-year, two-way contract through the 2012-13 season. Bartkowski's deal is worth $660,000 at the NHL level and $62,500 at the AHL level.
|Prospect Report: Matt Bartkowski
Bartkowski began the 2011-12 season in Boston, skating in three NHL games before being assigned to the American Hockey League's Providence Bruins on October 20, 2011. The defenseman then appeared in 50 games for Providence, where he tallied three goals to go along with 19 assists and 38 penalty minutes.
In 2010-11, the 6'1", 203-pound native of Pittsburgh, PA recorded 5-18=23 totals with 42 penalty minutes in 69 games with Providence. Bartkowski led all club defensemen with 23 points and was also named the Best Defenseman in voting by his teammates at the conclusion of the season.
In addition to his time spent in Providence, Bartkowski appeared in six NHL games with Boston, where he registered four penalty minutes. His first three NHL games, played over three separate recalls from Providence, all came against his hometown Pittsburgh Penguins. For his career, Bartkowski has played in nine NHL games, all with the Bruins, recording four penalty minutes.
Bartkowski was drafted by the Florida Panthers in the seventh round (190th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. On March 3, 2010, the 24-year-old was traded along with Dennis Seidenberg to Boston in exchange for Byron Bitz, Craig Weller and Tampa Bay's 2010 second-round draft pick (Alexander Petrovic).
Prior to joining Providence, Bartkowski played collegiate hockey for Ohio State University from 2008-10, where he finished with 11-27=38 totals and 145 penalty minutes in 80 games. In 2008-09, he became the first Buckeyes defenseman in 10 years to be named to the CCHA All-Rookie Team, in addition to earning team Most Valuable Freshman and Best Defensive Player honors.


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Custom Channel Configuration Backup and Restore
These scripts are to help restore customised channel logos, names, xmltv config, commercial skip, use of on air guide and channel numbering after a channel scan, based on serviceid. These script will restore the majority of your channel configuration and if a channel moves and it service id changes, you can easily update that channel's service id in the CSV file and restore the rest of the configuration.
It is also useful in validating a rescan has recaptured all your wanted channels, i.e. running the backup before and after a rescan and restore and performing a diff. I found some channels didn't reappear first scan.
Also this will hide all channels not listed in the csv file. The backup script will only output channels which are visible and have a different channel number to the service id - i.e. it thinks you've edited that one.
Backup Script
Run this script before your perform a channel rescan and redirect the output to channels.csv. You can edit this file for easier channel logo and name management.
#!/bin/sh . ~/.mythtv/mysql.txt mysql -u $DBUserName --password=$DBPassword $DBName -B -e "select channum, callsign, serviceid, name, default_authority, xmltvid, icon, commmethod, useonairguide from channel where visible=1 and channum!=serviceid order by (channum+0),serviceid;" | sed 's/\t/","/g;s/^/"/;s/$/"/;s/\n//g'
Example Output
"channum","callsign","serviceid","name","default_authority","xmltvid","icon","commmethod","useonairguide" "101","BBC 1 Scotland","4220","BBC 1 Scotland","fp.bbc.co.uk","","bbc_one_scotland.jpg","-2","1" "101","BBC 1 Scotland","6421","BBC 1 Scotland","fp.bbc.co.uk","","bbc_one_scotland.jpg","-2","0" "102","BBC 2 Scotland","4284","BBC 2 Scotland","fp.bbc.co.uk","","bbc2_scotland.jpg","-2","1" "102","BBC 2 Scotland","6422","BBC 2 Scotland","fp.bbc.co.uk","","bbc2_scotland.jpg","-2","0"
Restore Script
Expects to read a file called channels.csv in the current working directory. Change the 'password' in your connection string to match your mythconverg password.
#!/usr/bin/python import csv import MySQLdb conn = MySQLdb.connect (host = "localhost", user = "mythtv", passwd = "password", db = "mythconverg") cursor = conn.cursor() cursor.execute("UPDATE channel SET visible=0") data = csv.reader(file("channels.csv")) for row in data: #CSV Format: "channum","callsign","serviceid","name","default_authority","xmltvid","icon","commmethod" cursor.execute("UPDATE channel SET visible=1, channum=%s, callsign=%s, name=%s, default_authority=%s, xmltvid=%s, icon=%s, commmethod=%s, useonairguide=%s WHERE serviceid=%s",(row[0],row[1],row[3],row[4],row[5],row[6],row[7],row[8],row[2])) cursor.close() conn.close()


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Engaging individuals and kicking them into retirement-saving gear has always been a tough proposition. In today's world, where consumer mind-sets are shifting more rapidly than ever because of the continued advances in technology, grabbing people's attention is even harder, says Kris Gates, assistant vice president of participant and interactive marketing with MassMutual Retirement Services. It's become clear that the standardized outreach programs of yore have little or no impact at all.
That's why MassMutual's Retirement Services Division decided to kick things up a few notches by leveraging the fundamentals of behavioral finance for its 2012 RetireSmart program. The national campaign simplifies retirement planning by reaching out to individuals in a targeted and focused manner, encouraging them to enroll in retirement plans, save, consolidate and allocate their retirement plan savings in personalized ways that are meaningful to them.
"Historically, the [retirement savings] industry would treat everyone in a plan the same way," Gates says. "All the employees in a particular company would get the same campaign, but we have seen that this kind of approach isn't relevant to everyone. If we're going to succeed in getting more people to save, we've got to get down to personal needs and what matters at the individual level."
The RetireSmart program is all about relevance, Gates says and creating relevance based on the differences between people. The population the program targets are broken up into gender groups first of all and then segmented into four different age categories, taking into account that different groups think and act in different ways.
"A decade ago, we'd go out and dump the same postcard on 300,000 people, and that would have no effect at all," Gates says. "Today, I have 32 messages and each one creates a great deal more relevance."
A message that goes to a 20-year-old, for example, would be quite different from one going out to a 40-year-old. Women and men of different age groups behave in totally different ways, Gates says, and one person's sense of humor may not be another's, so messages are constructed very carefully and individually. The program also takes into account ethnic backgrounds and how they can impact investment behavior.
The program is a work in progress for MassMutual, Gates says, and it's constantly being tested and enhanced to figure out what works and what doesn't.
"We have multiple catch points because something may not work the first time around, and we may need to try again to catch someone's attention," he says.
The company's already noted that clichés don't work: "The image of the retired couple walking on the beach – that just doesn't fly because no one thinks of their retirement that way anymore," Gates says.
Although green is the way to go, MassMutual has seen that print actually has greater value for the younger generation, since snail mail is such a rarity for them.
The 2012 Save campaign reached more than 308,000 participants across all age groups, and the combination of motivational participant messaging and imagery used in the mailings resulted in a 4.23% response rate, which more than doubles the 2.06% industry benchmark.
Thus far, participants increased their deferrals by 3.33 percentage points on average, MassMutual said in a release, with average deferral rates for women rising by 3.53 percentage points compared to 3.34 percentage points for men. Deferral increased by 8.75 percentage points for the 55-plus age group, but participants in both the 18-to-34 and 35-to-54 age groups also substantially increased their deferrals by 5.25 percentage points and 6.62 percentage points, respectively, the company said.


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I often stroll through Jerusalem's Zion Square, enjoying the fascinating mix of locals and tourists who window shop and linger at the ice-cream parlors. Last week, however, I stumbled into a Jewish version of Dante's Inferno – Jerusalem's Annual Gay Parade.
This colorful event, organized by the Jerusalem Open House, coaxed not only local homosexuals and lesbians, but also smatterings of everyone else who matters in this country, out of the woodwork.
Many of the gays, dressed in controversial costumes, glittered like stars. To a lively drumbeat, they flaunted hand-lettered Hebrew and English signs joyously proclaiming their proclivity. One read, "Oy Vay, I'm Gay," and, another, featuring a rainbow-hued Star of David, read "There Are Myriad Ways to Be Jewish." Rainbows, symbols of sexual diversity, adorned almost every marcher in some size or shape.
But here and there, single hues bloomed too, like the yellow flags of mysterious affiliation, bouquets of purple balloons symbolizing tolerance, and seas of orange and black.
To one side, a large group of yeshiva students, obviously nationalistic by the orange ribbons that streamed from their knapsacks, temporarily replaced their usual slogan, "Jews do not expel Jews [from Gaza]," with an equally heartfelt anti-gay "Leave our Holy Land!" Some, either to make their point or to catch all the action, even perched on the shoulders of their brethren. They had to look from afar, because a Special Police Unit forbade them access to the "defilers" of their Torah world – the gays – for fear of violence.
Haredi Orthodox adults – in black attire, side locks and holier-than-thou expressions – stood farther back, looking on curiously and in silence. On a balcony two floors above, a sign entreated believers to accept the late Lubavitcher Rebbe as Messiah. Higher still, a number of helicopters circled like angry buzzards, looking for trouble.
At the height of the parade, a gay beauty queen swept by in a resplendent wedding gown, someone waved a sign reading, "Transfer, not Transgender," and six children skipped by, incongruously sporting Burger King paper crowns.
Tourists stopped in their tracks, astounded, as a herd of yeshiva students galloped by, amassing more and more supporters as they headed toward heaven knows where. Beggars peddled red-stringed protection against the Evil Eye for a pittance. A group of haredi men chanted "Honor Holy Jerusalem," while their brothers spontaneously formed a dance circle, kicking up a storm and singing, "Blessed Be the Lord, We Love You."
Finally, with a fearful roar, an entourage of black-helmeted riot police plowed their motorcycles through the crowd, signaling the end of the parade.
Yet most of the bystanders remained in place, still arguing among themselves. An elderly woman poked an Orthodox man again and again, oblivious to his aversion at being touched by a female.
"Why," she demanded, "didn't you yell at those lesbians!?"
Matrons debated freedom of expression with yeshiva students, teens exchanged thoughts with people old enough to be their grandparents and staid-looking passersby defended the gay lifestyle to anyone who came near.
During Jerusalem's Gay Parade, the world turned topsy-turvy. Within minutes afterward, though, it righted itself again.
Gays, teens, elders, haredim, passersby, helicopter pilots, Special Forces, beggars, policemen, tourists, Jerusalemites and Gazan settlers – each returned to his or her own little world, as if nothing had ever happened.
Melody Amsel-Arieli is a writer living in Ma'ale Adumim, Israel.


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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804–64, American novelist and short-story writer, b. Salem, Mass., one of the great masters of American fiction. His novels and tales are penetrating explorations of moral and spiritual conflicts.
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|Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lu Kang's Regular Press Conference on May 16, 2018
The 13th meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) National Security Council Secretaries will be held in Beijing on May 21 and 22. At the invitation of State Councilor Zhao Kezhi, Indian Deputy National Security Adviser Rajinder Khanna, Presidential Aide and Secretary of National Security Council of Kazakhstan Nurlan Ermekbaev, Secretary of the National Security Council of Kyrgyzstan Damir Sagynbayev, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on National Security Nasser Khan Janjua, Secretary of the National Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the National Security Council of Tajikistan Abdurahim Kahorov, Secretary of the National Security Council of Uzbekistan Makhmudov Victor Vladimirovich, SCO Secretary-General Rashid Alimov, and Director of the Executive Committee of the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure Yevgeniy Sysoyev will attend the meeting. The participants will exchange views on the regional security situation and security cooperation priorities of the SCO.
Q: The vice foreign minister of the DPRK said that if the US is unilaterally forcing the DPRK to abandon their nuclear program, the DPRK will "reconsider" its summit with the US. Also, the DPRK criticized the recent large-scale joint military exercises held by the ROK and the US, and decided to halt a high-level DPRK-ROK meeting previously scheduled to be held on May 16. What is your comment?
A: I have noted these two reports you mentioned.
On your first question, the current momentum for dialogue and détente on the Korean Peninsula, which does not come by easily and should be cherished by all, meets the common interests of all parties and represents the shared aspiration of the international community. When the peaceful political settlement of the Korean Peninsula issue is facing important opportunities, all relevant parties, the US and the DPRK in particular, should meet each other halfway, demonstrate goodwill and sincerity to each other, jointly create enabling conditions and atmosphere for their summit, and make positive efforts for the denuclearization and enduring stability of the Korean Peninsula.
On your second question, we have seen the announcement by the KCNA as well as some responses of the international community. I want to repeat that the current détente on the Korean Peninsula needs to be cherished by all relevant parties. The political settlement of the Korean Peninsula issue is presented with important opportunities. We hope that both the ROK and the DPRK could follow the spirit of dialogue, reconciliation and cooperation embodied in the Panmunjom Declaration, fully understand and respect each other's legitimate concerns, work in the same direction, accumulate mutual trust, and improve bilateral relations, and they will have our support in these efforts. In order to sustain and consolidate the momentum of the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula, all relevant parties shall demonstrate goodwill to each other, avoid provocative actions that will trigger tension, and make concerted efforts to create enabling conditions and atmosphere for reaching a political settlement to the Korean Peninsula issue through dialogues.
Q: What is the main purpose of holding the 13th meeting of the SCO National Security Council Secretaries at this moment?
A: This will be the 1st SCO National Security Council Secretaries' meeting after the SCO enlargement. Its primary task is to prepare for the meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council or the Qingdao Summit for short next month, on the political and security fronts. The Chinese leader will have a group meeting with the heads of all the delegations. At the 13th meeting of the SCO National Security Council Secretaries which will be chaired by State Councilor Zhao Kezhi, all participating parties will thoroughly exchange views on the regional security situation, cooperation on combatting the "three forces" of terrorism, separatism and extremism, drugs trafficking and cross-border organized crimes, and international information security. We believe that under the concerted efforts of all parties, this meeting will help build consensus on the security cooperation among the SCO members and inject new vitality into the SCO security cooperation.
Q: According to reports, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand said at the China Business Summit that relationship with China is one of the country's most important and far-reaching international relationships and that China and New Zealand really have led the world in many ways by developing a relationship that brings great benefit to both sides. She added that it will take pioneering spirit and perseverance on both sides to develop such a relationship. What is your comment?
A: I have seen relevant reports. China appreciates Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's positive remarks on deepening China-New Zealand relations. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties, our bilateral relations have achieved remarkable progress. Bilateral practical cooperation has led the world in many ways, and it is obvious that these "firsts" have delivered tangible benefits to our two countries and two peoples.
Under the current circumstances, China stands ready to work with New Zealand to deepen political mutual trust, expand dialogue, communication and cooperation in various areas and advance the comprehensive strategic partnership for more positive outcomes, based on the principle of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.
Q: I have another question on the DPRK. What is China's opinion about these military drills by the ROK and the US? Do you think that they should stop holding these drills to promote peace negotiations?
A: China's position on the Korean Peninsula issue is consistent. We maintain that all relevant parties need to take concrete actions to build mutual trust, avoid provoking each other, and endeavor to bring the Korean Peninsula issue back to the track of political settlement through dialogues, all of which will be realized when all parties meet each other halfway. That is also why China has long been advocating the "suspension for suspension" proposal. We believe this proposal will help each other build mutual trust and put in place necessary conditions to resolve the issue through dialogues.
As for your specific question, like what I said to the Yonhap News journalist, all parties should cherish the hard-won momentum of détente on the Korean Peninsula, which will be the starting point for efforts to ensure that the high-level meetings and dialogues already on agenda could take place as scheduled and produce real results. That represents the only way to consolidate the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula and promote peace and stability of the region.
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A: You are correct. The relevant MoU signed between the governments of China and Trinidad and Tobago yesterday is the first inter-governmental document on jointly advancing the Belt and Road Initiative between China and a Caribbean country. China is willing to integrate the Belt and Road Initiative with the development strategies of Trinidad and Tobago to enhance policy coordination and promote practical cooperation in such areas as infrastructure building, energy, finance and agriculture, under the principle of shared benefits through consultation and contribution and for the interest of our two countries and two peoples. It is obvious that the Latin American and Caribbean countries have also become important participants of the Belt and Road Initiative. Yesterday, Prime Minister Keith Rowley also said that Trinidad and Tobago would like to play an active part in the Initiative to boost the development of relations between Latin America and China, especially between the Caribbean countries and China.
At yesterday's first meeting of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, President Xi Jinping stressed that in recent years, the Belt and Road Initiative, translated from ideas into action, has fledged into substantive international cooperation and made remarkable outcomes. You may all have noticed that there have been more people, countries and international organizations choosing to endorse and participate in the Belt and Road Initiative. For instance, Chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia Ban Ki-moon said the other day that China's Belt and Road Initiative should be leveraged to help Asia achieve better development. Brazilian Foreign Minister Aloysio Nunes who recently paid a visit to China also said that the Brazilian side is actively exploring how to forge synergy between the Initiative and its own development strategies as this is mutually beneficial. Yesterday, China inked a memorandum of understanding with Oman as well on jointly advancing the Belt and Road Initiative.
Going forward, China will continue to expand opening-up, enhance communication, consultation and cooperation with other countries, make solid steps to further deepen and steadily move forward cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative, and ensure that the opportunities and outcomes brought about by this initiative will be shared by all.
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milling squareness problem10/28
I keep encountering a problem that doesn't even seem possible. Any help would be appreciated. When I begin milling lumber I first mill a face on my jointer. Then, using that face as my reference, I joint one edge. (My jointer knives were set with a dial indicator to within four thousands of the outfeed table and my fence is square to the table.) Almost always these two jointed surfaces end up about 1/32" out of square. Next, using my planer I plane the 2nd face parallel with the first. Once the face #2 is planed I find it is perfectly square with the previously jointed edge. Now there is absolutely no relationship between that face and the jointed edge so why would they end up square when the 1st face and edge are out of square. What am I missing?
A couple thoughts in no particular order:
You need to allow time for the piece you are milling to relieve internal stresses. Try jointing one face flat, plane the second parallel and wait a few days. Repeat.
Your fence may be square to the jointer tables at the cutterhead, but twist and warping are very common in jointer fences. Check the entire length with a straightedge.
Glue line rip blades are so good these days that I use my tablesaw to get straight and square edges on my stock. Stock face on saw table is just much more stable than a narrow edge on the jointer table. Google " jointing with your table saw" and you will find lots of jigs that are dirt cheap to make and very accurate.
There are a bunch of other possibilities, but maybe these will help find a starting point.
Thanks for the suggestions Karl. I'm going to research glue line ripping. Think I'm already set-up for it blade-wise as I have a beautiful 10" 40 tooth Tenyru Gold Medal blade.
Facing and edging on a jointer is so simple and straightforward that the problem should be obvious. I'll bet lunch that the wood is not moving after being milled. That would be rare, and not in every piece.
Be methodical. Check your squares to insure they are dead square. Then your jointer fence - lay it on the jointer table to see if it is flat - and then make sure the two jointer tables are parallel across the width - 8", 12" or whatever. This is more simple than it may appear.
Not knowing you or your level of experience, are you sure your technique is correct and not at fault?
Have you gotten square lumber from this machine previously? Have you made square stock on another machine successfully?
I once got a call on a warped Walnut door - 42" x 96" x 2-1/4". I huffed and took off to the site to show those idiots how wrong they could be - opening was out, they hung it wrong, etc.
I was humbled - the door was warped by a stile that had about 1/16" out of square edge at the top rail. This threw the door into a 7/16" warp or twist. It was machine/operator error, as simple as that.
I agree with David, if your wood moves from the time you joint it to the time you check it for square, there's something very wrong in the world;>) No offense to Karl, but the edge is either square after jointing or it's not. Boards can move over time, but the square edge is not going to become un-square in a couple minutes, if ever.
Now as to your specific problem, I'm going to go with the square being the culprit. My thought process goes like this, if you have 2 parallel faces and one checks for square to the edge while the other does not.....it has to be your square. When you break it down to the simplest possibility, there's no other explanation. All the other information simply gets on the way. You cannot have two parallel surfaces with one being square to an edge and the other not!
good luck,
Jeffd just solved your problem. You need to invest in a nice machinist square, beats the hell out of what is marketed as woodworking squares.
I agree. The basics are where it is at. A good machinists square - or two - is fundamental. No speedsquares, no combination squares, no reading a pointer and gauge. A solid, rigid, accurate square is required.
A quick look online had them from $4.00 to $69.00 (Starrett). Respect yourself and your work and get the better square if you don't already have one. It will be accurate beyond your ability to determine its accuracy - for life.
Besides a very high quality machinist square, and please don't buy a 4.00 one, invest in a nice dial calipers. Between the two you might spend 300.00. But the accuracy you gain will pay that back in no time at all. Just don't drop them! They are precision instruments.
Thanks to everyone for the input! I agree that IF the faces are milled parallel and one face is square with the edge then they both have to be square with the jointed edge. But that's not what I'm seeing. (I use a $65.00 Starrett square by the way.) Perhaps there is another possibility. Is it possible that my planer's knives are no longer parallel with its table? If so, maybe my planer is shaving off the just enough excess wood on one side of the face to eliminate the differential causing the out-of-squareness with the edge, leaving me with one face that is now square with the edge. Possible?
An improperly set up planer can cause the stock to be planed out of square.
There are two ways this can happen that I know of:
What kind of machines are you using?
Just an additional tip, if you don't have a decent dial caliper handy, (which you really should),.....take a board as wide as your planer can handle and run it through. Mark it with a triangle in pencil, (so you can keep track easier), then rip in in half and match the 2 outside edges. If it's off enough to show 1/32" on the square, it will be off enough to feel with your fingers, and most likely you'll even be able to see it;>)
I'd still prefer to use a dial caliper, but this will at least tell you if the planer is the problem!
good luck,
Solved it! Turns out a couple of my jointer knives had slipped very slightly. Equally important, I noticed for the first time that when I adjust the set screw to square my fence with the table that the fence inevitably moves from that position a bit when I tighten down the large bolt that is used to lock-in the setting. Trial and error resulted in square fence. Fence, knives and table now in sync. David and Jeff thanks for the tips regarding the planer. I plan to do those tests.
Good news. I will add that I never had a joiner that would hold the fence at 90 degrees by the stop. In larger shops, I removed the stops so everyone would use the square instead of rely on the inaccurate stops. Except for the giant 18" Northfield patternmakers joiner with a hand wheel on the fence that was calibrated to move 1 degree with 10 turns. That was accurate no matter what.
when gluing up panels I run one face of the board against the fence and then the next board I run with the face away from the fence.
good luck ........nicko


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Instagram, the wildly popular photo-sharing service recently purchased by Facebook, revealed a new Terms of Service on Monday. One of the reasons for doing so is to prepare the way for ads that will be used to pay its bills, though this blog post announcing the change doesn't mention that. The post describes the changes as helping "Instagram function more easily as part of Facebook by being able to share info between the two groups."
But as this analysis of the changes by the New York Times' Bits blog indicates, they pave the way for Instagram to use the images uploaded by its users in ads – and to do so without explicit permission.
A section of the new terms of service, titled "Rights," notes that Instagram will also be able to use your photographs and identity in advertisements. "You agree that a business or other entity may pay us to display your username, likeness, photos (along with any associated metadata), and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotions, without any compensation to you," the new terms say. This means that photographs uploaded to Instagram could end up in an advertisement on the service or on Facebook. In addition, someone who doesn't use Instagram could end up in an advertisement if they have their photograph snapped and shared on the service by a friend. Facebook already runs ads that make use of people's activity on its site.
What this means is that any photo you upload to Instagram could be used in an ad for a product or service on the site. And if you take a photo of someone who isn't on Instagram, their image could show up in an ad.
NYT reporters Jenna Wortham and Nick Bilton quote Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, as saying this could run afoul of privacy laws in some states that forbid the use of someone's name or likeness without their consent. While Instagram would argue that its users are giving consent by accessing the service, that's not true of people who don't use Instagram who end up in photos used in ads.
In other words, even if you don't use Instagram, you're not safe from its potentially abusing your name and likeness.
The new Terms of Service also make it clear that being under age won't exempt users. As is he case with most sites the accept user content, you're not supposed to access Instagram if you're under 13. But those teens who are on the site are presumed to be there with their parents' knowledge, according to Instagram's new ToS, so it's OK for their content to be used, too.
Here's the language that allows that:
. . . If you are under the age of eighteen (18), or under any other applicable age of majority, you represent that at least one of your parents or legal guardians has also agreed to this provision (and the use of your name, likeness, username, and/or photos (along with any associated metadata)) on your behalf.
If you're a parent of a teen with a smartphone, tablet or device like an iPod Touch, do you know if your child uses Instagram? If they do, are you OK with the service using your child's photos – which may include pictures of their friends – for advertising purposes?
Finally, the terms of service don't allow for users to opt out. There's no checkbox that says, "Don't use my images in ads". Your only recourse is to not use the service and shut down your account if you already have one. And simply by signing into the service via its apps or website, you're giving consent to the use of your content.
If you're on Instagram and aren't comfortable with the changes – which take effect Jan. 16 – you can delete your account. But you'll probably want to steer clear of your friends who do use Instagram when they whip out their tablet or smartphone for some fun party pictures. Whether you like it or not, you could end up appearing in an ad on the service.
Update: As you'd expect, Instagram's new Terms of Service is upsetting many of its users. The company has acknowledged this in a tweet:
We've heard you that the updates to our Privacy Policy & Terms of Service are raising a lot of questions. We'll have more to share very soon
— Instagram (@instagram) December 18, 2012
What do you think is coming? A wholesale retreat, or an attempt to explain its terms in more detail?
Update 2.0: In a post to Instagram's blog this afternoon, co-founder Kevin Systrom said the company would change the language regarding using photos in advertising. He also said Instagram has no intention of selling users' photos to advertisers. He did not address the issue of underage users and the supposition that they are there with their parents' knowledge.
Here's the section in the post related to advertising:
Advertising on Instagram From the start, Instagram was created to become a business. Advertising is one of many ways that Instagram can become a self-sustaining business, but not the only one. Our intention in updating the terms was to communicate that we'd like to experiment with innovative advertising that feels appropriate on Instagram. Instead it was interpreted by many that we were going to sell your photos to others without any compensation. This is not true and it is our mistake that this language is confusing. To be clear: it is not our intention to sell your photos. We are working on updated language in the terms to make sure this is clear.
To provide context, we envision a future where both users and brands alike may promote their photos & accounts to increase engagement and to build a more meaningful following. Let's say a business wanted to promote their account to gain more followers and Instagram was able to feature them in some way. In order to help make a more relevant and useful promotion, it would be helpful to see which of the people you follow also follow this business. In this way, some of the data you produce — like the actions you take (eg, following the account) and your profile photo — might show up if you are following this business.
The language we proposed also raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement. We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we're going to remove the language that raised the question. Our main goal is to avoid things likes advertising banners you see in other apps that would hurt the Instagram user experience. Instead, we want to create meaningful ways to help you discover new and interesting accounts and content while building a self-sustaining business at the same time.
We'll have to see just what the new language says, but it's nice to see Instagram responding quickly to this criticism.


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