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Here are multiple ways to generate a GUID:
Visual Studio
Run guidgen.exe. There are two ways to run guidgen:
- Open Visual Studio IDE, go to Tool menu, and select the Create Guid menu item. This option is available in VS 2008 but not in VS 2010. So use method 2 if you have VS 2010 installed.
- Open Visual Studio Command Prompt (from start menu) and enter the following command: guidgen.
Using any of the methods above, you get the following:
You can use any of the 4 formats available, but usually the Registry format (currently selected) is the mostly used one. To generate a new GUID, click New GUID. To copy the GUID to the clipboard, click Copy.
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Guid myGuid = System.Guid.NewGuid();
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In China, insulin is more widely used to treat patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) compared with many Western countries. Chinese patients with T2DM are characterized by a relatively young age of diabetes onset, low bodyweight, and early β-cell dysfunction combined with insulin resistance. Furthermore, progressive deterioration of β-cell function is known to contribute to the increasing difficulty of achieving glycemic control experienced during the T2DM disease course. Therefore, interventions to preserve β-cells are recognized to be effective and, considering the early β-cell dysfunction which characterizes Chinese T2DM patients, can be especially effective in this population. However, challenges for implementing insulin treatment in China include lack of patient education, limitations of medical resources, inadequate health care systems making patient follow up difficult, and suboptimal blood glucose monitoring. Therefore, Chinese physicians often prefer to initiate intensified treatment regimens in an inpatient setting to allow close control of treatment, and monitoring of effectiveness and safety. Given this situation, early initiation of insulin treatment in an inpatient setting is often favored in China for the treatment of patients with T2DM. Several studies in Chinese patients with newly-diagnosed T2DM have shown that early intensive insulin treatment preserves β-cell function and leads to glycemic remission. Furthermore, a meta-analysis of previous studies showed that 46.3% of Chinese patients with T2DM who received intensive insulin treatment achieved glycemic remission after 12 months, without the use of anti-diabetic medication and relying solely on lifestyle modification to control blood glucose levels.
Basal insulin is recommended as a convenient way to initiate insulin treatment by most international treatment guidelines, and by the Chinese Diabetes Association. ( see the International Diabetes Federations Diabetes Atlas, 7 edition ) As reported by the large, observational ORBIT study, insulin glargine is the most popular basal insulin for the initiation of insulin treatment in Chinese patients with T2DM (71%), followed by detemir (13%) and neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH)(16%) insulin. In China, there are two available versions of insulin glargine; the originator Lantus® (Sanofi), and the biosimilar Basalin® ( see Gan Lee Pharmaceuticals history page ), which has been commercially available since 2005 in China, Egypt, Pakistan, South East Asia, and countries in Latin America. Basalin was the first biosimilar of insulin glargine marketed in China, and has since become a commonly used treatment option for many Chinese physicians. However, while biosimilars are developed to be highly similar to originator therapies, due to the degree of natural variability inherent to biological drugs, which are produced using living organisms, and because of differences in manufacturing processes between products, they are not identical to the original therapy. Results from a previous head-to-head study of Basalin and Lantus in Chinese people with T2DM showed equivalent glycemic control and safety, and a further crossover study in Chinese people with T2DM using a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) reported non-inferiority of Basalin to Lantus for mean blood glucose, blood glucose fluctuations and rates of hypoglycemia. However, other than these two previous reports, there are no further confirmatory studies in real-world clinical practice. In addition, a local-language case report described improved blood glucose control and reduced insulin dose in three Chinese patients with T2DM who switched from Basalin to Lantus due to suboptimal glycemic control. Given this situation, it is important to further verify the findings of this case report in a larger population of patients who switched from Basalin to Lantus in a real-life clinical practice setting. We therefore hypothesized that patients with diabetes who switch from Basalin to Lantus in a real-world setting may achieve improved control of blood glucose with a similar safety profile.
This was a retrospective chart review conducted based on the electronic medical records (EMRs) of patients hospitalized at the Qingdao Endocrine and Diabetes Hospital from 2005 to 2016. Qingdao Endocrine and Diabetes Hospital is a public, non-profit, tertiary hospital that was established in 2002 and is located in Qingdao city, one of the biggest cities on the east coast of China. The Hospital is the only specialist diabetes hospital, not only in Qingdao, but also throughout the region, with a catchment area of approximately 100 kilometers, which covers 7.2 million people. The majority of the patients treated in the Hospital are Han Chinese residing in Qingdao city and the surrounding regions. Less than 1% of patients are national ethnic minorities or of foreign origin. In general, patients are hospitalized due to suspected acute diabetic complications including ketosis, ketoacidosis, diabetic hyperosmolality, uncontrolled hyperglycemia and at least one chronic complication, or significant worsening of chronic complications of diabetes (including rental hemorrhage, significant elevated albuminuria and/or serum creatinine, acute myocardial infarction, etc.).
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CAMP to Sponsor Seventeenth International Symposium on Chemical - Mechanical Planarization
CAMP will sponsor its Seventeenth International Symposium on Chemical-Mechanical Planarization during the month of August. The three-day symposium/workshop will be held (August 12-15, 2012) at the Crowne Plaza Resort & Golf Club in Lake Placid, New York. It will include presentations by industrial and university representatives and a poster session. The workshop, to be held in a Gordon conference type format, will focus on several fundamental aspects of chemical-mechanical planarization including particle and colloidal aspects, polishing mechanisms, pad/conditioning behavior, flow characterization, Cu/barrier film planarization, defects and post-polish cleaning, low-k films and integration issues, 300 mm wafer issues, MEMS / MOEMS, as well as STI, Nitride/Poly, etc. polishing.
The co-organizers of this year's International CMP Conference areS.V. Babu (Distinguished University Professor and CAMP Director, Clarkson University), Manabu Tsujimura ( Director and CTO of Ebara Corporation in Japan), Jin-Goo Park ( Professor, Department of Materials Engineering at Hanyang University), Donald Canaperi (Senior Engineer at IBM), Joseph Steigerwald (Intel Fellow; Technology and Manufacturing Group and Director of Chemical Mechanical Polish Technology), Matt Prince (Principal Engineer, Intel), Lee Cook (Technology Fellow, Dow Electronic Materials), and Anurag Jindal (CMP Process Engineer, Micron).
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It included representatives of Industry, University, and New York State Economic Development Organizations. The keynote speakers were Ed Reinfurt (Director of the Division of Science, Technology, & Innovation, Empire State Development) and Bernie Anger (General Manager of Control and Communication Systems for GE Intelligent Platforms). Ed Reinfurt's keynote address was called "The Role of CATs in the State and Nation's Innovation Agenda for Manufacturers." The title of the keynote address presented by Bernie Anger was "Automation in the Age of Cloud Computing."
This successful meeting was well attended and had many excellent poster presentations on CAMP research. The posters were judged in three categories: most attractive, most creative, and best overall. Certificates and ribbons were presented by Dr. Terry Leib (Technology Director, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, GE Global Research) to the first, second, and third place winners of each category. Details of the meeting will be included in CAMP's Annual Report (September 2012) Newsletter.


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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minneapolis man who struck two U.S. Army recruiters with his vehicle — dragging one of his victims for almost a mile before the man freed himself — was sentenced Wednesday to nearly 16 years in prison.
Enrico Taylor, 53, pleaded guilty last November to assault and criminal vehicular operation. At Friday's sentencing, he wept loudly and asked Staff Sgt. Travis Torgerson for forgiveness.
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Taylor said it was an accident and that he's blind in one eye and has poor vision in the other. He said he panicked and kept driving.
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Freshman Mary Parker has made an immediate impact on the ice this season. The newcomer ranks 13th among freshman with 0.85 points per game (photo Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The Harvard women's ice hockey team, which recently jumped to No. 2 in both national polls, welcomes Princeton and Quinnipiac to Bright Hockey Center for the Crimson's first two home games of 2013. Friday's matchup is slated for a 7 p.m. start, while the puck drops Saturday at 4 p.m.
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Around the ECAC
Other than Harvard and travel-partner Dartmouth inviting Princeton and Quinnipiac to their respective home rinks, there are four other teams playing conference games this weekend as Clarkson and St. Lawrence will take turns skating at Brown and Yale. In non-conference action, RPI and Union will host two-game series against Providence and Penn State, respectively. Cornell also visits Northeastern, and Colgate travels to RIT for a game televised on Time Warner Cable today.
Last Time Out
Kelsey Romatoski scored the game-winner in the third period to propel the Crimson to a 2-1 win at Rensselaer Jan. 5. Emerance Maschmeyer picked up the win in goal by making 19 saves, including eight in the third period to shutout RPI in the frame. Kalley Armstrong gave Harvard a 1-0 lead in the second period on an assist from Jillian Dempsey, before Rensselaer knotted the score later in the frame. The Crimson also stormed past Union, 9-0, the night before behind five points (2 goals, 3 assists) from Dempsey.
Related Link: Romatoski's Third-Period Goal Gives No. 4 Women's Hockey 2-1 Win at RPI
Scouting the Tigers (Team Page)
Princeton (6-10-2, 2-8-2 ECAC) sits in eighth place of the ECAC with six points on the season. The Tigers have lost three consecutive conference games but did win a 4-1 decision over Connecticut in its last outing. Senior Kelly Cooke, the team's leader with 11 goals, contributed a goal and an assist to help Princeton past the Huskies. Freshman Kimberly Newell is the Tigers' regular goalie, starting 16 of the team's 18 games, and enters the weekend with a 5-9-2 record. She boasts a 3.26 goals-against average and a save percentage of .906.
Series History - Princeton
The Crimson has topped Princeton on four consecutive occasions to build a 40-30-4 lead in the all-time series against the Tigers. Harvard cruised past Princeton, 9-1, Oct. 27 with help from a natural hat trick by Lyndsey Fry. Jillian Dempsey added two goals and three assists to tie a career high with five points and claim the ECAC Player of the Week award.
Scouting the Bobcats (Team Page)
Quinnipiac (12-7-2, 8-2-1 ECAC) trails Harvard by one point in the ECAC standings but has played three more conference games than the Crimson. The Bobcats are on a season-best five game winning streak entering the weekend, having topped Connecticut, RPI, Union and Princeton twice since its last loss Nov. 23 vs. Boston College. Kelly Babstock, who was recently invited to the U.S. Women's National Team Winter Camp, has been Quinnipiac's top offensive threat in 2012-13. The junior paces the team with 1.90 points per game, the fifth-best total in the country.
Series History - Quinnipiac
Harvard is 12-2-1 in the all-time series against the Bobcats since the teams first met in 2005. Earlier this season, Harvard blanked Quinnipiac, 2-0, as Laura Bellamy made 30 saves in the season-opening win. Jillian Dempsey and Hillary Crowe scored goals for the Crimson in one of just two games this season that Harvard has been outshot by its opponent.
Dempsey Dominates ECAC Awards
Jillian Dempsey was named the Hogan Hockey/ECAC Player of the Month for December after leading the conference in goals with five in just two contests and was also named the conference's player of the week Jan. 8. She is the first player in the two-year history of the award to win in back-to-back months. Dating back to last season, the co-captain has now won three of the last four player of the month honors. Dempsey started the month with four goals in an 8-1 rout of Providence, before netting the game-tying goal in the third period of an eventual 2-2 draw at New Hampshire. was named the ECAC Player of the Month for November after leading Harvard to a 6-1-0 record with six goals, eight assists and 14 points. She earned ECAC Player of the Week honors Jan. 8 by having a six-point weekend at Union and RPI.
Related Link: Dempsey Named ECAC Hockey Player of the Week for Third Time in 2012-13
Top Two
Harvard senior Laura Bellamy and freshman Emerance Maschmeyer have been two of the top goaltenders in the nation to start the season. Bellamy ranks No. 1 in goals-against average (0.60) and save percentage (.967), with Maschmeyer ranking third in the nation in GAA (0.99) and tied for fourth in save percentage (.943). Only Noora Räty of Minnesota is also allowing less than one goal per game while saving more than 94% of shots.
Related Link: NCAA Statistics
Killin' It
Harvard has denied its opponents in 40 of 42 power-play opportunities it has given up this season. The Crimson kill is ranked No. 2 in land at 95.2%. Minnesota edges the Crimson at 95.4% (83/87).
D is the Key
The Crimson's defense, led by the goaltending tandem of Emerance Maschmeyer and Laura Bellamy, has been one of the toughest to score on this season. Harvard has allowed just 0.77 goals per game to rank second in the nation in scoring defense behind Minnesota's 0.60 mark.
Going Camping
Three Crimson skaters, Jillian Dempsey, Lyndsey Fry and Michell Picard, and head coach Katey Stone traveled to Blaine, Minn., during the final six days of 2012 for the U.S. Women's National Team Winter Camp. Stone, who doubles as Team USA's head coach, ran the camp which featured two days of physical fitness testing, three days of practice and three games. Former Crimson Julie Chu'06-07 and Caitlin Cahow '06-08 were also at the camp along with current ECAC players Jordan Smelker (RPI), Kelly Babstock (Quinnipiac) and Alyssa Gagliardi (Cornell).
Related Link: Dempsey, Fry, Picard to Participate in U.S. Women's National Team Winter Camp
Edney Internationally
Sarah Edney skated with the Canadian Women's Development Team during the 2013 Meco Cup, helping the squad to the gold medal at the Füssen Arena Jan. 6. Former Crimson goalie Christina Kessler '10 also starred for the Canadians at the event. Edney added Canada's eighth goal in the team's 8-3 win over Russia in the gold-medal match, while Kessler started in goal and picked put the win. The empty-net tally was the first of the tournament for Edney, a sophomore defender from Mississauga, Ont. Kessler also added a 4-0 shutout victory in Canada's first preliminary game against Switzerland.
Related Link: Edney Helps Canada's Development Team to Meco Cup Gold
In the Rankings
The Crimson is ranked No. 2 in both the USCHO and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine rankings. The No. 2 spot is Harvard's highest ranking in the polls since coming in at No. 1 in the USCHO poll on March 10, 2008.
Related Link: NCAA Rankings
Winning the Kill
During ECAC play, Harvard has scored more goals than opponents while the Crimson is on the penalty kill. Harvard has scored two short-handed goals and has allowed its opponents to score just one power-play tally.
Flawless Third
Harvard has not allowed a third-period goal in nine ECAC games, it is the only team to have blanked all of its opponents in any period
Back of the Net
The Crimson's offense has been stellar this season, posting 4.31 goals per game in its first 13 contests. Harvard's offensive output is ranked fourth in the NCAA to combine with its 0.77 goals against average for a 3.54 scoring margin. Only Minnesota (5.10) and Mercyhurst (3.00) have also topped opponents by more than three goals per game.
Harvard is undefeated when leading after one period (10-0-0), leading after two periods (9-0-0), scoring first (11-0-1), outshooting opponents (10-0-1), scoring three or more goals (7-0-0), in night games (7-0-0), in the ECAC (9-0-0), in the Ivy League (5-0-0), on Fridays (6-0-0) and Saturdays (4-0-1).
The Crimson is undefeated in its last eight games for the third longest active streak in the country. Boston College, Harvard's first round opponent in the Beanpot, has not lost in its last 14 games (12-0-2) and Minnesota has won its first 20 games of the season. The Gophers' season-opening streak has helped Minnesota win its last 28 games to set a new NCAA record, topping Harvard's previous mark of 21 set in 2008.
Get Ahead, Stay Ahead
Harvard has yet to trail in an ECAC contest this season, while holding a lead during 76.8% of time on the ice. Overall, Harvard has held the lead 65.8% of the time, trailed 7.1% and been tied 27.0%.
Strong Start
Harvard is off to one of its best starts in program history with 11 wins in its first 13 games. This is the quickest the Crimson's has posted 11 wins since starting the 2007-08 campaign 11-0-0.
Armstrong for the Win
Kalley Armstong has tallied four goals this season and three have counted as the game-winner. She scored the initial goal in a shutout of Brown Nov. 2 and has followed with Harvard's second goal in 3-1 wins over No. 2 Cornell and No. 9 Northeastern.
Spreading The Wealth
Michelle Picard and Abigail Harris became the 13th and 14th Crimson players to score this season with their first career goals at Union Jan. 4. Overall, 17 Harvard players have registered at least one point this season.
Top Plays
GoCrimson.com introduced a new video feature to its lineup for the 2012-13 season, "Top Plays of the Month," counting down the greatest moments from your favorite Crimson student-athletes and teams from the previous calendar month. Use the hashtag #CrimsonTop10 to nominate your favorite plays for inclusion. This month, Jillian Dempsey's four goals against Providence came in at No. 4.
Head Coach Katey Stone
Katey Stone, the Landry Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Hockey, is in her 19th season as Harvard's head coach, and enters the weekend with a 389-165-32 career record, the most all-time victories in Division I women's hockey. Stone has led Harvard to all eight of its NCAA tournament appearances and is the head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team.
White the Bright
Harvard will host its first "White the Bright" game Feb. 8 when archrival Yale visits Bright Hockey Center with the goal of breaking the program's attendance record. The Crimson's record since women's hockey became an NCAA sport is 1,921 fans, set Jan. 11, 2004 in a matchup with Dartmouth. Harvard will provide a number of ways to receive free tickets, while also having free giveaways and gameday promotions for fans.
Related Link: Women's Hockey Looks to Break Program's Attendance Record at "White the Bright"
Up Next
The Crimson hosts Connecticut Tuesday, before welcoming RPI and Union to Bright next weekend.


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Equitable Sharing of Intellectual Property Seen as a Tricky Issue
Half Moon Bay, January 13, 2005 -- Collaboration through joint development projects will be necessary for the semiconductor industry to economically deliver advanced materials required for next generation devices, according to speakers at the SEMI Strategic Materials Conference (SMC) 2005.
In the past it has taken from 15 to 20 years from pure research to high volume manufacturing, according to Ken David, director of the components research group at Intel Corp. "We don't have that kind of time anymore," he said in a keynote address on the opening day of SMC 2005. "In order to realize the potential of new materials, we must shorten the time between discovery and implementation," and that means collaboration between device makers and equipment and materials suppliers, according to David.
Innovation in materials provides a path to extend Moore's Law well into the next decade through what he called "equivalent scaling" -- defined as geometric scaling assisted by innovation.
Every major introduction of a new material into the semiconductor process has been met by significant challenges. For example, the shift from aluminum to copper interconnects forced Intel to change the way it designed wafer fabs to avoid possible copper contamination, said David. A second example, the introduction of low-k dielectrics, was "one of the most surprising and difficult transitions," he said. "There have been a lot of missteps [in low-k]. We all learned the hard way," he said.
During a panel discussion at SMC 2005, Gene Banucci, chairman of ATMI, said it was essential for a materials company to collaborate when developing new processes otherwise the material was "going down a big dark hole." For its part, ATMI has about 30 joint development projects going on at any one time. "We have to work with other people to get things done," said Banucci.
The sharing of intellectual property arising from collaborative efforts was a hot topic for discussion. Gary Dauser, program director for IBM's intellectual property and licensing organization, said the simplest method was the "yours, mine and ours" approach. "IP that you develop is yours but I'm licensed to it; IP I develop is mine but you're licensed to it; and things we jointly develop…we can do with it what we want," he said. Dauser said the issue becomes more complex when the partners want to extend the IP usage to projects involving companies outside of the original joint development partners.
Jerry Coder, president of IC fabrication materials for DuPont Electronic Technologies, pointed out that the economics of developing materials for advanced semiconductor processes are getting poorer and poorer in terms of the return on investment. As a result, some major chemical companies have withdrawn from the semiconductor industry. "It is a problem for all of us. We need to find a model that is a win-win-win situation for all parties that are involved in that collaboration," he said.
John Poate, chief technology officer for Axcelis Technologies, said the materials used by the industry over the past 40 to 50 years have essentially been "gifts from God", and that it will get a lot harder from here. New materials, such as high-k dielectrics, are only just being explored and their successful use will require a lot more understanding, he said.
"The big IP winners will be the organizations or companies who understand the interplay between circuit design, the processing and these new materials and new structures so you can leverage what you have got," said Poate.
While collaboration is essential, speaker at SMC 2005 generally agreed it was not feasible to bundle IP developed jointly by equipment and materials companies into a single entity. Richard Faubert, president and CEO of AmberWave Systems, said the business models and infrastructure requirements for materials and equipment companies were so different that it would be nearly impossible to maintain the two under the one roof. "There are very different sets of competencies required to be a premium supplier in both places at the same time," he said.
The SEMI Strategic Materials Conference (SMC) continues at the Ritz Carlton, Half Moon Bay, until January 14.
SEMI is a global industry association serving companies that develop and provide manufacturing technology, materials and services to make semiconductors, flat panel displays (FPDs), micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and related microelectronics. SEMI maintains offices in Austin, Beijing, Brussels, Hsinchu, Moscow, San Jose (Calif.), Seoul, Singapore, Tokyo, Shanghai and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit SEMI at www.semi.org.
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A glance at today's UNCG-Wofford game.
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Benjamin Johnson Arena
Records: UNCG (13-17, 6-9 Southern Conference);Wofford (17-11, 11-4)
Radio: 910 AM, 105.7 FM
Audio stream: www.woli-am.com
Top scorers: UNCG — Jr. F Kyle Cain (15.5 ppg., 9.0 rpg.); Fr. G Tevon Saddler (12.3 ppg.); So. F Kayel Locke (11.4 ppg.).Wofford — Jr. G Karl Cochran (15.4 ppg., 4.9 rpg.); So. G Spencer Collins (13.3 ppg.); Jr. F Lee Skinner (11.3 ppg., 8.6 rpg.).
Notes: Wofford is holding the No. 3 seed in the Southern Conference tournament and can secure that with a win against UNCG in the home finale. The Terriers have a chance for the No. 2 seed, but would need Chattanooga to lose at home against Appalachian State. ... In a pregame ceremony, Wofford will honor its lone senior, Aerris Smith. ... Wofford on Thursday night came from behind to win at Elon, 63-59. The Phoenix had an eight-game winning streak, their longest since joining NCAA Division I. ... The Terriers have won 10 of 11, the only loss coming at conference regular-season champion Davidson last Saturday, 59-49. Wofford came from 13 points down in the first half of that one with an 18-0 run. ... UNCG was routed, 79-46, Thursday on Davidson's senior night. Redshirt freshman R.J. White scored a career-best 16 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for his first double-double. UNCG was just 1-for-12 on 3-pointers and went to the foul line only seven times. ... UNCG has lost three of four, but the only win came against Chattanooga, 88-84. Since three straight wins in the first part of January, the Spartans are 3-8. They also beat Georgia Southern and Appalachian State. ... In league games, Wofford is first in scoring defense (62.1), fourth in field-goal percentage defense and second in 3-point field goal defense. ... UNCG allows 74.4 points per game, better than only Samford. ... Cochran is 10th in scoring for the season (15.4 points per game) but fourth in conference play (18.6), barely behind Stephen Croone (18.7) of Furman. ... Wofford has won nine of the past 10 meetings with UNCG and six straight in the Benjamin Johnson Arena. The teams split two games last season. This is the only meeting between them this season.
Next: Wofford will open play next Saturday, March 8, in the quarterfinals of the Southern Conference tournament in Asheville, N.C.
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Toward Rivals, It's Craigslitigious
The company's response: lawsuits to prevent anyone from doing to it what it did to newspapers.
In the early days of the Internet, there was Craigslist. In 1995, Craig Newmark got the brilliant idea of letting people post classified advertisements online, usually free. Renting apartments, selling cars and getting jobs has never been the same for the 60 million people who use the website.
Another result: Craigslist obliterated the longtime business model of local journalism that relied on classified-ad revenues, which have fallen by 80%. Old media companies can derive some consolation from Craigslist now joining their ranks as a newly old media company: It has employed a battalion of lawyers to stop competitors from offering innovations in online classifieds, not wanting anyone to do to Craigslist what Craigslist did to newspapers.
This is especially amusing because Craigslist positions itself as a do-gooder, even using the 1960s peace symbol as its icon. Many users assume it's a hippie nonprofit when in fact the company is highly profitable. Its website explains that it is Craigslist.org instead of Craigslist.com because this "symbolizes the relatively noncommercial nature, public service mission, and noncorporate culture of Craigslist." The site describes Jim Buckmaster, who runs the site day to day, as "possibly the only CEO ever described as anti-establishment, a communist, and a socialistic anarchist."
Craigslist uses "freemium" pricing, charging only for certain listings, such as job ads and some real estate listings. That doesn't mean it isn't lucrative. Forbes estimates Mr. Newmark is worth $400 million. He told Success magazine in a 2009 interview: "We just have a very odd business model. Our business model, in a sense, is we can do well in business by doing good for people. We don't run M.B.A. style."
It does run J.D. style.
Craigslist has sued or issued cease-and-desist letters to dozens of startups in recent years. A New York Times technology blog last year complained that the site "has dug an effective moat by cultivating an exaggerated image of 'doing good' that keeps its customers loyal, while behind the scenes, it bullies any rivals that come near and it stifles innovation."
Competitors see an opportunity to challenge Craigslist because it insists on retaining its primitive website, largely unchanged since the early 2000s. The site features tiny text and old-fashioned blue hyperlinks.
The latest lawsuit is against several startups, including PadMapper, which aggregates listings from Craigslist and other sites such as Apartments.com and Rent.com, giving users access to many more listings. It cleverly added a Google Maps overlay showing the location of available houses and apartments.
A federal court recently threw out many of Craigslist's legal claims, including that it had a copyright claim to its users' ads. The court ruled that the mere facts presented in Craigslist listings are not subject to copyright protection. Users revolted when Craigslist briefly asked for exclusive access to their listings.
But it's still not clear that PadMapper and other competitors will be allowed to operate. Craigslist threw in a kitchen sink of legal claims, including violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. This is a vague law that many Internet activists have at the top of their reform agenda.
Indeed, Mr. Newmark has lobbied against this overbroad statute. In January, he urged his Twitter followers to sign a petition against the law, even as his lawyers were invoking it.
Litigation is a common tactic to suppress competition, especially when overly broad statutes are available as cudgels. This antifraud law from 1984, intended to stop hacking, allows lawsuits over "unauthorized access." That provision has been interpreted as including disputes over website terms of service. Craigslist hopes to use this law to close down innovations by others such as aggregating results or adding maps to the listings.
Judge Charles Breyer ruled that he had to let the issue go to trial, but he was critical of the statute: "Any corporation could subject its competitors to civil and criminal liability for visiting its otherwise publicly available home page; in theory, a major news outlet could seek criminal charges against competing journalists for reading articles on its website."
The law also criminalizes what had been civil claims, such as alleged contractual violations of a site's terms of use. In another case, Judge Alex Kozinski of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals quipped that "describing yourself as 'tall, dark and handsome,' when you're actually short and homely, will earn you a handsome orange jumpsuit." This law calculates damages based on the number of allegedly unlawful accesses, which could mean a staggering haul for Craigslist.
Dislodging Craigslist from its place atop the ad market would be hard even without litigation because classified advertising is a classic example of network effects: Craigslist gets so many listings because people know it is the leading site, so their ad will be widely seen.
Still, no business can avoid creative destruction forever. The best way for Mr. Newmark to be a do-gooder is to innovate, not litigate, and let the next generation of entrepreneurs see what they can build.


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Life in Christian County, Kentucky... More About Birds and Animals... The Rural Life
This evening, I did a nasty job that I've been putting off for a while. I emptied out some jars of applesauce that I canned several years ago but we never got around to eating.
I took the jars out to the porch and emptied them into a bucket and then took the bucket to the garden and emptied it onto my compost pile. Tomorrow morning, there will probably be a bunch of sick or drunk possums lying around the yard. (Just kidding.)
While I was doing all this, the coyotes started howling in the neighbor's field just over the road. It is eerie to hear coyotes at close range. When you hear them in the distance, you get the main melody of their howls, but you miss the subtle details. When they are just a couple hundred feet away, you hear every yip, chortle, warble and squeak.
Isaac came out and we listened for a few minutes. Then he went back in, and I went around the side of the house to use the hose. I nearly tripped over one of the cats in the dark, and I said something sharp to it as I stumbled. The coyotes instantly stopped howling. I guess they saw me, or they knew from listening that I had moved closer to them.
I didn't hear them howling in the field again, but about 15 minutes later, I heard coyotes howling in the distance north of us. It could have been the same pack -- or a different one. We seem to have lots of coyotes here.
When we first moved out here, I never heard coyotes, but in the last ten years it has become a frequent thing to hear them howling. They come so close some nights that we can hear them howling from inside the house. I always check to make sure the cats are inside when I hear the coyotes.
I have read that coyotes will kill foxes and drive them out of their range. It is true that I have not seen a fox around here for probably six or eight years now, but there are lots of coyotes.
Coyotes are omnivorous and they are scavengers, so there may be sick and drunk coyotes lying around the compost pile tomorrow morning along with the possums. (Just kidding.)
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Since the popularity of sports are at an all time high in America, I see no reason why the popularity of sport highlight videos would decline. In fact, I see sport highlight videos becoming even more prevalent in the coming decade or two because American's love for sports is showing no signs of slowing down, and with the constant improvements to technology, there will be more avenues to both post and watch highlight videos. The highlight video has proliferated in the past decade and should continue to do so.
There are always an abundance of new, young, exciting athletes to be featured in highlight reels. I predict the age of the athletes seen in highlight videos will continue to get younger. For example, a video of a 14-year-old basketball sensation has garnered over 10 million views! It's easier to identify talent with social media and YouTube, leading to more discoveries of athletic prodigies, which in turn means more highlight videos to document their amazing play.
I believe it's nearly impossible for people to get bored of sport highlight videos because I don't think people will ever get bored of sports. Even for people who don't consider themselves sports fan, it's hard not to marvel at some of the ridiculous skill and athleticism of the top athletes in the world. Whether it be LeBron James dunking over two people, or Lionel Messi dribbling through an entire defense and scoring, the best plays in sports are sure to keep people entertained for many years to come.
I'd like to see more soccer highlight videos because those are my favorite types of videos. I like mixes where the background music adds to the overall video, yet doesn't detract from the video or take your focus away from the plays. Image quality is also very important in creating a solid highlight film, and that will also improve with technology. I'm very curious to see how sports will have evolved in 50 years, but I predict they will be as strong if not stronger than the present day, and so will highlight videos.


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Rosenheim, Germany
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Prior Education:
Erste juristische Staatsprüfung, Frühjahr 2006, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany (J.D. equivalent)
What I Did Before Law School:
Actually, I started studying at Penn Law two days after graduating in Germany - so there was not much time in between! During my studies in Germany, I worked as a student research assistant for a Professor of Criminal law, and this work sparked my interested in criminal law.
Why I Chose Penn Law:
The three top reasons why I chose Penn Law are its interdisciplinary approach, its strong faculty in criminal and constitutional law, and the encouraging, supportive community.
My Best Experience at Penn Law:
Probably my best experience at Penn Law were some of the lectures outside of the course schedules – be it the former Chief Justice of South Africa's Supreme Court, Justice Goldstone; or the current Chief Justice of Israel, Justice Beinisch, to name two examples.
Professor Who influenced Me Most:
This is a very tough question to answer, for all of the professors influenced me, but each one in his different way. Professor Leo Katz, though, has caused me to think about law and its philosophical background from a wholly different perspective - most exciting!
My Favorite Course:
Again, I can't do justice to the courses I attended if I pick one out. But Professor Paul Robinson's classes deserve some special mentioning – because of the great discussions we had about our disagreements on criminal law theory.
My Favorite Philadelphia Moment:
That was possibly entering the Kimmel Center concert hall for the first time, and then listening to Lang Lang performing Chopin's first piano concert – wonderful.
My Extracurricular Activities at Penn Law:
Besides listening to many classical concerts, I ran with the Penn Running Club and took part in outdoor climbing and skiing trips with the Department of Recreation.
My Favorite Place or Activity on the University Campus:
That's probably the greens in front of the Van Pelt Library – where I was doing most of my reading assignments lying in the sun.


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Events for October 13, 2017
Friday, October 13
Each San Francisco neighborhood (defined by zipcode) can visit the California Academy of Sciences for free over a three-day weekend (Friday, Saturday, or Sunday) in the spring and fall of each year. So that means as long as you have a driver's license or other proof ...
|3:00 pm
|Free Sightglass Coffee Cupping | SoMa
*Free, but space is limited so an RSVP is requested.
|3:30 pm
|Make Your Own Spooky Earrings | South SF
|5:00 pm
|Second Fridays Art Walk | San Rafael
|5:00 pm
|Friday Nights at OMCA: Night Market & Off the Grid | Oakland
| $7.50*
*Half-price gallery admission for adults; ages 18 and under are free. Admission for members is always free.
|5:00 pm
|Vallejo Art Walk | Second Fridays
More than 30 food vendors in a huge circle with a full bar and bands and DJs in the middle? Now that's a party; it's also California's largest weekly street food market. Off the Grid is a weekly outdoor food truck bonanza staged every Friday from 5-10 pm at the historic ...Every Friday
|6:00 pm
|2017 Pomeroy Halloween Movie Night | SF
|6:00 pm
|"Millennials Ruin Everything": Free Comedy & Oysters Night | El Rio
*Free, suggested donation $5
|6:00 pm
|Free Veggie Dinner Night | SF
|6:00 pm
|Water Warriors: Documentary, Art & Drinks | SF
*$10 suggested donation however no one is turned away for lack of funds.
|6:30 pm
|Free Movies in the Park: Goosebumps | Oakland
|6:30 pm
|Grotto Free Comedy Night: Free Drinks & Snacks | Sports Basement Bryant
*Free, but there is a suggested donation of $5.
|6:30 pm
|"What She Ate" Book Launch | Omnivore Books
|6:30 pm
|"Fall is in the Air" Quilting Exhibit | South SF
The Blacklight Art Show is an experience best suited to the time of year when the veils grow thin between worlds, other dimensions seep thru in deceptively cheery colors to blind you beyond science. Studio 23 is transformed from a mild-mannered mecca of artistry into ...
Every Friday
Every Friday morning at 6:30 am, gather at a different San Francisco hill for a free badass workout and a chance to meet fellow fitness enthusiasts in your city.
The hills change each week (it might be Alamo Square, Moraga Steps, Twin Peaks, Lombard…), but expect …
Enjoy some free mellow, acoustic music with your brown bag lunch at Salesforce Park, SF's new 5.4 acre rooftop park on top of the new Transit Center.
Free Lunchbox Music on SF's Newest Rooftop Park
Every Friday at noon | Aug. 17 – Oct. 26, 2018
Salesforce Park …
Manna Gallery is pleased to present a unique audio installation by gallery partner, sculptor, composer and playwright Dan Weber. Dan will be present at that time to guide visitors through ways to interact with the devices.
This installation opens September 28 and continues until November 10, 2018.The …
Fridays are now a little bit more awesome. Did someone say $1 drinks?
Monroe in North Beach hosts "Battle of the Decades" DJ party and happy hour every Friday with a DJ spinning progressive tunes. Every hour is a different decade – with drink prices to …
El Rio, a neighborhood dive in the deep Mission, gives away free Oysters on the half shell from local folks in Tomales Bay, every Friday at 5:30 pm. Arrive on time, they go fast.
And get your drink on with happy hour on Friday from 5-8 pm …
San Francisco has one of the best underground comedy scenes in America. Come check out some of the Bay's best rising comics at HellaFunny's weekly stand-up comedy show "HellaFunny Fridays."
HellaFunny Fridays
Every Friday at 7:30pm
Trademark and Copyright, 1123 Folsom Stree (and 7th St.), SF
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Every Friday | 8 pm
Skylark Bar, 3089 16th St, SF, CA
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Pamtastic's Comedy Clubhouse on Mutiny Radio is a free comedy show every Friday from 8-11 pm at Mutiny Radio on the corner of 21st and Florida in the deep Mission District.
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Every Friday | 8-11 pm
Mutiny Radio, 2781 21st Street, SF, CA
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San Francisco has long been home to an electric comedy scene and has spawned some of the biggest names in stand-up from Margaret Cho to Patton Oswalt, in addition to current up and coming stars like Vahé Hove and Chris Schiappacasse.
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Jazz at The Atlas is a weekly jazz residency with five rotating jazz bands. Music is always free, though tipping is encouraged.
Jazz at The Atlas Cafe
(This is a typical lineup and is subject to change – hey, it's jazz baby)
1st Friday – Eli Maliwan Jazz Party …
The Setup is an underground stand-up comedy show in the heart of San Francisco. This venue used to be the green room for the legendary Blackhawk jazz venue where Miles Davis used to play. Now, it's a comedy show that features established comedians from around the …
Strap on your skates and roller disco around the city at the Midnight Rollers Friday Night Skate party.
This weekly skate (as long as it's not raining or during Burning Man) hits up San Francisco's main attractions, all while blasting their own beats from two jogging strollers …
Meet and compete against locals, travelers, couch surfers, au pairs, and hostelers. Games are free to play (including flip cup, beer pong and relays) and many weeks they have themed events for holidays, or just because.
They have a great 5-for-$10 beer and wine special until 9:20 …
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Come party at Milk Bar located in the heart of the Haight for a early 2000s hip-hop and R&B club bangers.
DJ Beats Me plays everything from Missy Elliot, Aaliyah, Lil Jon, Mac Dre, Black Eyed Peas, Outkast, Notorious B.I.G., Rihanna, SOB X RBE, Usher, Robin …
EndGames Improv is bringing something new to the genre, what could turn out to be a very hot affair (in that release of tension, funny kind of way) with "Your F!#&ed Up Relationship."
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Since pre-industrial times, increasing emissions of GHGs due to human activities have led to a marked increase in atmospheric concentrations of the long-lived GHG gases carbon dioxide (CO2), CH4, and nitrous oxide (N2O), perfluorocarbons PFCs, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and ozone-depleting substances (ODS; chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), halons) and the human-induced radiative forcing of the Earth's climate is largely due to the increases in these concentrations. The predominant sources of the increase in GHGs are from the combustion of fossil fuels. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations have increased by almost 100 ppm in comparison to its preindustrial levels, reaching 379 ppm in 2005, with mean annual growth rates in the 2000–2005 period that were higher than those in the 1990s.
The direct effect of all the long-lived GHGs is substantial, with the total CO2 equivalent concentration of these gases currently being estimated to be around 455 ppm CO2-eq[5] (range: 433–477 ppm CO2-eq). The effects of aerosol and land-use changes reduce radiative forcing so that the net forcing of human activities is in the range of 311 to 435 ppm CO2-eq, with a central estimate of about 375 ppm CO2-eq.
A variety of sources exist for determining global and regional GHG and other climate forcing agent trends. Each source has its strengths and weaknesses and uncertainties. The EDGAR database (Olivier et al., 2005, 2006) contains global GHG emission trends categorized by broad sectors for the period 1970–2004, and Marland et al. (2006) report CO2 emissions on a global basis. Both databases show a similar temporal evolution of emissions. Since 1970, the global warming potential (GWP)-weighted emissions of GHGs (not including ODS which are controlled under the Montreal Protocol), have increased by approximately 70%, (24% since 1990), with CO2 being the largest source, having grown by approximately 80% (28% since 1990) to represent 77% of total anthropogenic emissions in 2004 (74% in 1990) (Figure 1.1). Radiative forcing as a result of increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations caused by human activities since the preindustrial era predominates over all other radiative forcing agents (IPCC, 2007a, SPM). Total CH4 emissions have risen by about 40% from 1970 (11% from 1990), and on a sectoral basis there has been an 84% (12% from 1990) increase from combustion and the use of fossil fuels, while agricultural emissions have remained roughly stable due to compensating falls and increases in rice and livestock production, respectively. N2O emissions have grown by 50% since 1970 (11% since 1990), mainly due to the increased use of fertilizer and the aggregate growth of agriculture. Industrial process emissions of N2O have fallen during this period.
Figure 1.1a Global anthropogenic greenhouse gas trends, 1970–2004.
One-hundred year global warming potentials (GWPs) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 1996 (SAR) were used to convert emissions to CO2 equivalents (see the UNFCCC reporting guidelines). Gases are those reported under UNFCCC reporting guidelines. The uncertainty in the graph is quite large for CH4 and N2O (of the order of 30–50%) and even larger for CO2 from agriculture and forestry.
1. Other N2O includes industrial processes, deforestation/savannah burning, waste water and waste incineration.
2. Other is CH4 from industrial processes and savannah burning.
3. Including emissions from bio energy production and use.
4. CO2 emissions from decay (decomposition) of above ground biomass that remains after logging and deforestation and CO2 from peat fires and decay of drained peat soils.
5. As well as traditional biomass use at 10% of total, assuming 90% is from sustainable biomass production. Corrected for the 10% of carbon in biomass that is assumed to remain as charcoal after combustion.
6. For large-scale forest and scrubland biomass burning averaged data for 1997-2002 based on Global Fire Emissions Data base satellite data.
7. Cement production and natural gas flaring.
8. Fossil fuel use includes emissions from feedstocks.
Source: Adapted from Olivier et al., 2005; 2006; Hooijer et al., 2006
Figure 1.1b Global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2004.
Source: Adapted from Olivier et al., 2005, 2006
The use and emissions of all fluorinated gases (including those controlled under the Montreal Protocol) decreased substantially during 1990–2004. The emissions, concentrations and radiative forcing of one type of fluorinated gas, the HFCs, grew rapidly during this period as these replaced ODS; in 2004, CFCs were estimated to constitute about 1.1% of the total GHG emissions (100-year GWP) basis. Current annual emissions of all fluorinated gases are estimated at 2.5 GtCO2-eq, with HFCs at 0.4 GtCO2-eq. The stocks of these gases are much larger and currently represent about 21 GtCO2-eq.
The largest growth in CO2 emissions has come from the power generation and road transport sectors, with the industry, households and the service sector[6] remaining at approximately the same levels between 1970 and 2004 (Figure 1.2). By 2004, CO2 emissions from power generation represented over 27% of the total anthropogenic CO2 emissions and the power sector was by far its most important source. Following the sectoral breakdown adopted in this report (Chapters 4–10), in 2004 about 26% of GHG emissions were derived from energy supply (electricity and heat generation), about 19% from industry, 14% from agriculture[7], 17% from land use and land-use change[8], 13% from transport, 8% from the residential, commercial and service sectors and 3% from waste (see Figure 1.3). These values should be regarded as indicative only as some uncertainty remains, particularly with regards to CH4 and N2O emissions, for which the error margin is estimated to be in the order of 30–50%, and CO2 emissions from agriculture, which have an even larger error margin.
Figure 1.2: Sources of global CO2 emissions, 1970–2004 (only direct emissions by sector).
1) Including fuelwood at 10% net contribution. For large-scale biomass burning, averaged data for 1997–2002 are based on the Global Fire Emissions Database satellite data (van der Werf et al., 2003). Including decomposition and peat fires (Hooijer et al., 2006). Excluding fossil fuel fires.
2) Other domestic surface transport, non-energetic use of fuels, cement production and venting/flaring of gas from oil production.
3) Including aviation and marine transport.
Source: Adapted from Olivier et al., 2005; 2006).
Figure 1.3a: GHG emissions by sector in 1990 and 2004.
Source: Adapted from Olivier et al., 2005, 2006.
Figure 1.3b: GHG emissions by sector in 2004.
Source: Adapted from Olivier et al., 2005; 2006.
Since 1970, GHG emissions from the energy supply sector have grown by over 145%, while those from the transport sector have grown by over 120%; as such, these two sectors show the largest growth in GHG emissions. The industry sector's emissions have grown by close to 65%, LULUCF (land use, land-use change and forestry) by 40% while the agriculture sector (27%) and residential/commercial sector (26%) have experienced the slowest growth between 1970 and 2004.
The land-use change and forestry sector plays a significant role in the overall carbon balance of the atmosphere. However, data in this area are more uncertain than those for other sectors. The Edgar database indicates that, in 2004, the share of CO2 emissions from deforestation and the loss of carbon from soil decay after logging constituted approximately 7–16% of the total GHG emissions (not including ODS) and between 11 and 28% of fossil CO2 emissions. Estimates vary considerably. There are large emissions from deforestation and other land-use change activities in the tropics; these have been estimated in IPCC (2007a) for the 1990s to have been 5.9 GtCO2-eq, with a large uncertainty range of 1.8–9.9 GtCO2-eq (Denman et al., 2007). This is about 25% (range: 8–42%) of all fossil fuel and cement emissions during the 1990s. The underlying factors accounting for the large range in the estimates of tropical deforestation and land-use changes emissions are complex and not fully resolved at this time (Ramankutty et al., 2006). For the Annex I Parties that have reported LULUCF sector data to the UNFCCC (including agricultural soils and forests) since 1990, the aggregate net sink reported for emissions and removals over the period up to 2004 average out to approximately 1.3 GtCO2-eq (range: –1.5 to –0.9 GtCO2-eq)[9].
On a geographic basis, there are important differences between regions. North America, Asia and the Middle East have driven the rise in emissions since 1972. The former countries of the Soviet Union have shown significant reductions in CO2 emissions since 1990, reaching a level slightly lower than that in 1972. Developed countries (UNFCCC Annex I countries) hold a 20% share in the world population but account for 46.4% of global GHG emissions. In contrast, the 80% of the world population living in developing countries (non-Annex I countries) account for 53.6% of GHG emissions (see Figure 1.4a). Based on the metric of GHG emission per unit of economic output (GHG/GDPppp)[10], Annex I countries generally display lower GHG intensities per unit of economic production process than non-Annex I countries (see Figure 1.4b).
Figure 1.4a: Distribution of regional per capita GHG emissions (all Kyoto gases including those from land-use) over the population of different country groupings in 2004. The percentages in the bars indicate a region's share in global GHG emissions.
Source: Adapted from Bolin and Khesgi, 2001) using IEA and EDGAR 3.2 database information (Olivier et al., 2005, 2006).
Figure 1.4b: Distribution of regional GHG emissions (all Kyoto gases including those from land-use) per USD of GDPppp over the GDP of different country groupings in 2004. The percentages in the bars indicate a region's share in global GHG emissions.
Source: IEA and EDGAR 3.2 database information (Olivier et al., 2005, 2006).
Note: Countries are grouped according to the classification of the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol; this means that countries that have joined the European Union since then are still listed under EIT Annex I. A full set of data for all countries for 2004 was not available. The countries in each of the regional groupings include:
The promotion of energy efficiency improvements and fuel switching are among the most frequently applied policy measures that result in mitigation of GHG emissions. Although they may not necessarily be targeted at GHG emission mitigation, such policy measures do have a strong impact in lowering the emission level from where it would be otherwise.
According to an analysis of GHG mitigation activities in selected developing countries by Chandler et al. (2002), the substitution of gasoline-fuelled cars with ethanol-fuelled cars and that of conventional CHP (combined heat and power; also cogeneration) plants with sugar-cane bagasse CHP plants in Brazil resulted in an estimated carbon emission abatement of 23.5 MtCO2 in 2000 (actual emissions in 2000: 334 MtCO2). According to the same study, economic and energy reforms in China curbed the use of low-grade coal, resulting in avoided emissions of some 366 MtCO2 (actual emissions: 3,100 MtCO2). In India, energy policy initiatives including demand-side efficiency improvements are estimated to have reduced emissions by 66 MtCO2 (compared with the actual emission level of 1,060 MtCO2). In Mexico, the switch to natural gas, the promotion of efficiency improvements and lower deforestation are estimated to have resulted in 37 MtCO2 of emission reductions, compared with actual emissions of 685 MtCO2.
For the EU-25 countries, the European Environment Agency (EEA, 2006) provides a rough estimate of the avoided CO2 emissions from public electricity and heat generation due to efficiency improvements and fuel switching. If the efficiency and fuel mix had remained at their 1990 values, emissions in 2003 would have been some 34% above actual emissions, however linking these reductions to specific policies was found to be difficult. For the UK and Germany about 60% of the reductions from 1990 to 2000 were found to be due to factors other than the effects of climate-related policies (Eichhammer et al., 2001, 2002).
Since 2000, however, many more policies have been put into place, including those falling under the European Climate Change Programme (ECCP), and significant progress has been made, including the establishment of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) (CEC, 2006). A review of the effectiveness of the first stage of the ECCP reported that about one third of the potential reductions had been fully implemented by mid 2006[11]. Overall EU-25 emissions in 2004 were 0.9% lower than in the base year, and the European Commission (EC) assessed the EC Kyoto target (8% reduction relative to the base year) to be within reach under the conditions that (1) all additional measures currently under discussion are put into force in time, (2) Kyoto mechanisms are used to the full extent planned and (3) removals from Articles 3.3 and 3.4 activities (carbon sinks) contribute to the extent projected (CEC, 2006). Overall this shows that climate policies can be effective, but that they are difficult to fully implement and require continual improvement in order to achieve the desired objectives.


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Ash first encountered his Gible when he met Old Lady Wilma, a woman who teaches Dragon Pokémon the special move Draco Meteor. Ash assisted Gible in the learning of the move and Gible decided to follow Ash. It also has the habit of biting onto heads. Later on, Ash noticed Gible followed him and eventually captured it. It has many powerful attacks such as Draco Meteor, Dig and Dragon Pulse.
He has been in quite a lot as Piplup seems to get hit by the failed Draco Meteor. In that episode Gible battled Barry's Empoleon and lost easily.
Gible has been appearing in the two following episodes DP158 and DP159, when Gible once again hit Piplup with Draco Meteor and chewed on rocks and sunk in the water and had to be saved by Ash's Buizel.
Gible wasn't seen again until DP164 where it expanded Piplup's couch gag which made Piplup learn Hydro Pump and run away.
It also helped out Ash and Volkner breaking the cage with Rock Smash in DP166 and a cameo appearance in DP167 and DP168. Also battling Dawn's Togekiss in DP172 and appear as a small appearances in DP173 onward. In DP185 it perfected Draco Meteor and used it to defeat Conway's Shuckle and to cause enough damage to Conway's Dusknoir to allow him to finish it with Dragon Pulse. Ash's Gible lost against Tobias and his Darkrai although it was able to hit Darkrai with Rock Smash.
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[1]Gible biting Ash's head[2]Gible[3][4][5]Using Draco Meteor[6]Using Dig[7]Gible biting metal[8]Using Rock Smash[9][10][11][12]Gible in the Pokédex Add a photo to this gallery==TriviaEdit==
- Gible is Ash's first Dragon-type Pokémon.
- It bites Ash on the head just like Turtwig did.
- It's the 2nd Pokémon that Ash caught after it followed him around. The first was Aipom.
- Although Gible has been seen biting many things and even seemed to use the actual attack against Conway's Shuckle, Gible is not capable of learning Bite in the games.
- Gible's Draco Meteor usually fails, knocking out Dawn's Piplup. In one episode, this makes Piplup angry and he gives Gible a beating.
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Lynn Nicholas, CEO of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), although not diabetic, will change her lifestyle for 11 days to mirror the life of a diabetic to gain an understanding for those who live with the disease.
"I'm doing this to help in my personal life so I do have a better understanding of the physical demands, and have more empathy to the regimen and routine of what people have to do," said Nicholas.
To start the program Nicholas set up an appointment with two diabetes health care professionals at INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital's diabetes center to discuss how to live with the disease.
"It's an interruption in your routine, in normal life," said Mary Archer, registered dietitian with the diabetes nutrition education program at INOVA Fair Oaks Hospital about the rigors of maintaining the disease.
Nicholas met with Archer and Cathy Tibbetts, INOVA diabetes nurse educator and president of health care and education at ADA, going through the same routine a real patient diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes would go through.
ACCORDING TO THE ADA, 18.2 million people in the United States have diabetes, the majority of those diagnosed — 17 million — have Type 2 diabetes.
Although roughly 13 million of those cases have been diagnosed, about 5 million people are unaware they have the disease, said Tibbetts, adding that without treatment it can cause major health problems and even death.
"The ADA tries to offer professional education for physicians to reach out and be up to date," said Tibbetts, adding within the last year they discovered some pre-diabetes patients could prevent the disease if they knew they were more susceptible to the disease.
"There are new guidelines with pre-diabetes," she said. "We now know in almost 60 percent of those cases of having abnormal blood sugar, if those people get involved in a program, they can avoid diabetes."
During the appointment, Tibbetts explained that diabetes is a disease in which the body does not produce or properly use insulin — a hormone used to convert sugar, starches and other foods into energy for daily life.
Although Nicholas, having worked in the medical field for years and as CEO of ADA, knew many of the symptoms that diabetics face, Tibbetts ran through the symptoms as if Nicholas knew nothing.
The four major types of diabetes are: Type 1, Type 2, Gestational diabetes and pre-diabetes.
In the session, Tibbetts focused on the most prominent, Type 2, which results from a body's insulin resistance — the body fails to properly use insulin, combined with a relative insulin deficiency.
Tibbetts listed the various symptoms which include frequent urination, excessive thirst, extreme hunger, unusual weight loss, increased fatigue, irritability and blurry vision.
Along with educating Nicholas about the disease, Tibbetts had Nicholas run through testing her blood sugar, explained the reason for taking medication (Nicholas will take Tic Tacs) and how to give herself a nightly insulin shot — which some diabetes patients need.
"We're trying to develop a treatment plan to counteract the Type 2 symptoms and reactions," said Tibbetts, adding people tend to resist insulin shots, but once they begin the shot realize the benefits. "We don't encourage others to give the shot, we want you to do it to be self-sufficient."
Tibbetts explained to Nicholas and her husband who was there for support, that staff at the diabetes center also sympathizes with their patients about the inconveniences the disease creates.
"We're required to do the same diabetes exercise once a year," said Tibbetts explaining INOVA diabetes personnel will get a surprise email telling them for the next week they have to live their life like they have diabetes to better empathize with patients.
WHILE NICHOLAS WAS learning how to monitor her glucose levels through a drop of blood and the proper levels her blood sugar should be between, Archer was in another room creating a meal plan.
"The easiest way to do this is through carb counting," she explained to Nicholas. "There are no food restrictions any longer because a carb is a carb, is a carb ... basically carbohydrates are what you're tracking."
Archer took the list of meals Nicholas had recorded over a week when she was traveling and assessed a meal plan that she thought she could maintain with her hectic lifestyle.
"We try to individualize it without making major changes in types of foods," said Archer about the initial stages of planning meals for diabetics, adding the less they change the food the easier it is for patients to follow the plan.
"This is going to be the hardest part for me," said Nicholas about the meal plan.
Although overwhelming at first with the plastic food displays and trying to guess the amount of carbohydrates in each meal she ate, by the end Nicholas realized she would have to change little, if any, of her eating habits.
"Just think about what you like to eat so you can work it into your plan," said Tibbetts.
"People hear so much in class that by the time they are here they are OK," said Archer about the process of learning a healthier meal plan that includes a separate class dedicated to food. "They may feel overwhelmed when they leave class, but they're better once they get used to the pattern."
Because a majority of people who are susceptible to diabetes could reduce their risk by altering their eating and exercise habits, Tibbetts emphasized the importance of regular diabetes tests.
"We recommend that adults 45 and older that have a family history of diabetes and are obese get checked once every three years to see if they are high risk," she said. "We also encourage them to be active consumers and ask for their papers and make sure the family doctor is aware of their situation."
FORTY-ONE MILLION Americans are in the pre-diabetes classification, said Tibbetts.
If those pre-diagnosed make the necessary changes to their lives they can reduce their risk, but Tibbetts emphasized they are still more susceptible to develop the disease and recommend they be checked annually for the disease.
Through her 11 days of living as a diabetic, Nicholas plans to keep an on-line journal to document her process that can be accessed at www.diabetes.org. For more information about diabetes either visit the association's Web site, or call 1-800-Diabetes.