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During 2008 and 2009 more than 75 leading Danish energy specialists analyzed the areas opportunities and challenges and created the ProjectZero 2029 Masterplan, concluding that Sonderborg can achieve ZEROcarbon by 2029.
Key issues are as follows:
- Massive focus on smart use of energy. Lowering consumption by energy efficiency improvement is estimated to reduce energy consumption by 40% compared to baseline 2007.
- Conversion to multiple renewables including efficient use of the areas manure and waste from farming, geothermal heat, wind, solar heat and photovoltaic
- Creation of the world first intelligent, dynamic energy system in close cooperation with SE (Utility Company) and other stakeholders.
The solution is based on the areas own renewable energy sources and respects that the grid connects to the national/international grid. Smart and commercial viable solutions are the preconditions. Socio-economic analysis proves that the 2029 Masterplan implementation can be made profitable. As a positive side effect, Bright Green Business (the business creation aspect) will create growth and new jobs for society.
Already in 2015 carbon-emissions shall be reduced by 25%
Efficiency and effectiveness are driving the short term initiatives:
Efficiency: Smart use of energy in new house construction, energy retrofits of existing houses/buildings and energy efficiency improvements in companies production processes. Several programs has been implemented to support energy efficiency improvements.
Conversion to renewables: Massive use of district heating based on new green sources and replacement of old oil burners by heat pumps will alone reduce the carbon emissions by 12.5 % toward 2015.
Roadmap 2020
In 2014 ProjectZero launched its 2020 Roadmap for a 50% carbon reduction by 2020. The roadmap is based on 6 specific area initiatives: citizens, businesses, public sector, energy from renewables, Bio Economy and green Transportation. An English translation of the Roadmap2020 (Pixie) will be released soon.
The new climate solutions will demonstrate best/next practice and establish market dynamic for a growing Bright Green Business demand. Several (local) companies have achieved two digit growth figures on climate and energy technology/solutions.
ProjectZero achieved in spring 2010 the EU-commissions energy price award: Sustainable Energy Communities.
ProjectZero cooperated with WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) to develop a simple tool (indexes), to assist the world's cities to implement sustainable solutions and create sustainable cities.
ProjectZero´s own company learning program, ZEROcompany, created together with the CDP Carbon Disclosure Project a special participation program for SME-companies, with the result that 40% of all Danish companies which had been registered in the CDP-database in 2009 had its base in Sonderborg.
Sonderborg became in 2011 a participant in the Clinton Climate Initiative´s Climate Positive Development Program. In this program ProjectZero share and receive important lessons learned with other CPDP partners and the C40 Cities-network. Learn more about the CPDP-project here: http://www.c40.org/networks/climate_positive_development
Sonderborg was in November 2013 a signing party at the EU China Urbanization conference in Beijing, where Sonderborg also presented its new cooperation with Haiyan County (China). The cooperation is focused on scaling the best practice from Sonderborg in Haiyan, starting with energy efficient building construction, green urban planning and the associated competencies.
Sonderborg demonstrates today some of the newest and most advanced energy solutions within intelligent heat pumps, fuel cells, ZERO+ house construction, intelligent roof-systems etc. You are invited to visit Sonderborg and be inspired by Sonderborgs green transition. You can also join Green Seminars learning seminars and create a green masterplan for your own city. Learn more about Green Seminars here: http://www.greenseminars.com/
Learn more about a Green Denmark and the Danish solutions here: http://stateofgreen.com/en
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Injured hero from Aurora movie theater shooting seeks help
Joshua Nowlan, one of the heroes of the movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., will have his leg amputated as a result of his injuries and is asking for help to pay his medical expenses.
Nowlan, who had been an avid outdoorsman, before selflessly throwing himself in front of gunfire in 2012, has found himself in a completely new reality. He has endured seven surgeries and hundreds of hours of physical therapy since the shooting, but still lives with chronic pain and needs a cane to walk.
This is what ultimately led him to the decision to have his leg amputated. The gunshot destroyed most of the muscle, tendon, and soft tissue in Nowlan's leg. After years of limited mobility and chronic pain, he and his doctors have decided that the best course of action is to amputate below the knee.
Five years ago, the Navy veteran and single father of two attended the premiere of The Dark Knight Rises, the third film in the Batman series directed by Christopher Nolan.
What should have been a night at the movies with friends ended in tragedy, after James Holmes entered the theater dressed head to toe in tactical gear, and began firing into the crowd. Twelve people lost their lives that night, including a 6-year-old girl.
Nowlan was there with two friends who had recently married. He used his body as a shield to protect his friend's wife from the gunfire, and was shot in the arm and in the leg.
Nowlan would later testify at the shooter's trial, describing the pain of his injuries as comparable to "lying on a bed of needles while someone with a sledgehammer hammered on my leg and my arm."
Today he is looking for relief, in more ways than one. "The medical costs of this procedure, even after insurance, are a staggering $50,000. Recovery will be physical and mental: wound healing, muscle strengthening, preventing falls, phantom limb pains, and finally learning to walk again using a prosthesis," writes Kristen Nicholson, a friend organizing the fundraising drive on Nowlan's behalf, on the crowdfunding page for his surgery.
The mental scars from the shooting linger as well, and have proved to be just as challenging as his physical injuries. In a piece for the Huffington Post, Nowlan recalls his struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder.
"I stayed away from most of my friends and faked a smile so people wouldn't worry. I ignored Facebook posts and text messages or made excuses to friends and family and said I had other plans. There were a few times I agreed to go out with people and then canceled at the very last second," he writes, "That's when I decided to go see a therapist who specializes in PTSD and traumatic events."
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About the city:Beautiful palm fringed beaches, Portuguese architecture, a happening nightlife and peace and tranquility- that's Goa for you. One of India's most popular holiday destinations, Goa has something for everyone.
Airports and Railways: The Dabolim Airport lies 29 kilometers away from the state capital of Panaji. The airport is well connected by regular flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi. The two main railway stations in Goa are the Madhgaon Junction (39 kilometres from Panjim), Vasco- Da- Gama Railway Station (28 kilometres from Panjim) and Dabolim Railway station (25 kilometres from Panjim). All these stations are well connected by trains from the rest of the country.
There are various public as well as private bus operators in Goa that provide inter-state and intra-state connections. KSRTC, MSRTC and KTC are some of the government transport corporations that operate from Panaji, Madgaon and Vasco Da Gama. There are also many private bus operators such as Neeta Tour and Travels, Paulo Travels and Naik Tours and Travels that operate bus services to and from cities like Mumbai and Pune.
Hotels and Restaurants: Some of Goa's finest hotels include Estrela Do Mar Beach Resort, Deltin Suites, Neelam's The Grand and Resort De Alturas. All these hotels provide comfortable accommodations along with scenic views.Goa is a food lovers' paradise and is particularly famed for its fresh and delicious seafood. Some of Goa's most popular restaurants include Mum's Kitchen, Fiesta, Britto's and Alfama to name a few. Some of the dishes you must try in Goa include Pork Vindaloo, Crab Xacuti, Kingfish Curry, Goan Prawn Curry and Bebinca.
Markets: Goa has many interesting options for shopping and some of Goa's popular shopping haunts include Mapusa Market (for spices, fruits and homemade pickles), Anjuna Flea Market (for clothes, footwear, beachwear and local handicrafts), Arpora Saturday Night Bazaar (for spices, carpets and embroidered textiles) and Calangute Market Square (for sarongs, trinkets, metal, leather and clay items).
City Transportation: Taxis are a great way of getting around the city. You can either hire a cab in advance, or book one directly from the airport, or railway station. Another popular way of getting around Goa is by hiring bikes, scooters, or cars. Vehicles for hire are easily available all through Goa and all you need is an ID proof to hire one.
Must-See Places: Some of the places you must visit on your Goa trip are Baga Beach, Anjuna Beach, Basilica of Bom Jesus, Fort Aguada and Chapora Fort.
Climate of Goa: Mid-November to Mid-February are the winter months in Goa and is the most pleasant time to visit. March to May are the hotter months and not many tourists visit during this time. June to October are predominately the monsoon months.
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Airport Name: Jodhpur Airport
IATA Code: JDH
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Country: India
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Latitude: 26.263948 N
Longitude: 73.05055 E
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City continue their 100% home league record against Everton
By Jack Mumford
Goals from Álvaro Negredo, Sergio Agüero and a Tim Howard own goal made it four victories from four home Premier League games for City this season as they overcame an in-form Everton side 3-1 this lunchtime.
This result improved a bad week in which City have lost both to Aston Villa and Bayern Munich. The impressive win came despite playing the last hour without inspirational captain Vincent Kompany who walked off with a suspected groin strain. Kompany was joined on the treatment table by Aleksandar Kolarov who disappeared down the tunnel midway through the second half.
Boss Manuel Pellegrini elected to stick with the same 4-4-2 formation that was so convincingly beaten by European champions Bayern Munich on Wednesday night. However, there were several changes in personnel as Pablo Zabaleta came back into the side, Joleon Lescott came in for Matija Nastasić to slot in alongside Kompany - albeit only for half an hour - and Kolarov started ahead of Gaël Clichy at left back.
James Milner and David Silva, perhaps City's biggest miss over the last week, were brought in for Jesus Navas and Samir Nasri as the wide midfielders - although both appeared to have license to roam inside. The final change was Negredo, fresh from his superb consolation goal against Bayern, replacing Edin Džeko. Perhaps the biggest news however was that Pellegrini maintained faith with Joe Hart after the goalkeeper's recent struggles. It proved to be a wise decision.
The game began at a furious pace with both 'keepers being forced into early saves, Howard saving low to deny Yaya Touré after a neat passing move and Hart brilliantly preventing Romelu Lukaku after an incisive Everton break. Both sides were keeping the ball well and it was clear to see Roberto Martinez has already changed Everton's style from the very direct, sometimes ugly style of David Moyes.
It was Everton who made the initial breakthrough after 15 minutes as a rare long ball from centre back Phil Jagielka was reached first by Lukaku who slipped through a fairly weak Lescott challenge and forced the ball home under Hart to give Everton the lead. No real blame could be attached to the under fire goalkeeper.
Fans feared it could be a long 90 minutes but the way in which City reacted set the tone for the rest of the match. Barely another minute had passed before an intricate move on the edge of the Everton box led to Touré slipping in Negredo who forced the ball home from 10 yards out to the relief of every City fan in the Etihad.
City were largely in control from this point but Everton did still have one chance in the first half. England midfielder Ross Barkley found space to cross for an offside Kevin Mirallas who headed low but had already been flagged offside. This moment was significant however as Joe Hart had no idea the flag had been raised so he produced a world class left handed save, the kind City fans have seen many of, to keep the ball out and force it wide of the goal - possibly a sign that his blip in form may be over. Regular chants of "England's number one" demonstrated City fan's opinion on the issue.
Other than this City dominated the rest of the half and in truth Agüero could have had a first half hat-trick. First he was presented with a one on one after an intelligently worked free kick from Fernandinho, Touré and the brilliant Silva found an unmarked Agüero 12 yards out but he somehow put it narrowly wide of the far post. As the minutes passed the passing got sharper and soon Agüero was in again but with his legs in a tangle he just couldn't get control of the ball. Third time lucky as City came forward again, this time Silva fed Agüero who shrugged off a challenge and beat Howard emphatically from a tight angle to send City in at half time 2-1 to the good.
City had already played 11 minutes with Nastasić and Lescott controlling the game at centre back by this point after in the 34th minute Kompany had taken a stoppage in play to sit down and reluctantly signal to the bench that a change was necessary. Pellegrini said after the game "we will find out tomorrow" but the fear is that Kompany has yet another groin strain.
The second half continued in much the same style as City applied constant pressure and looked the stronger, quicker and more composed team. The only disruption to the flow was in the 58th minute when Kolarov, who had provided several dangerous crosses, and Nastasić collided heavily. Nastasić appeared at first as if he was worse off but he was allowed to continue and Kolarov was escorted down the tunnel, with Clichy being brought on to replace the Serbian.
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Agüero stepped up to take the kick and Howard guessed correctly and saved it onto the post. Luckily for City it rebounded off Howard's back and into the goal. Both teams knew the game was over from this point and City fans were treated to some beautiful football from Silva, Negredo and Nasri, who was brought on for Agüero, before the final whistle.
Pellegrini praised the mental toughness of the side after the game, saying: "Equalising immediately was important but more important was the character, playing against Everton - the only unbeaten team in the league. After a defeat on Wednesday it was important for me to see how the players reacted after that defeat."
City fans have been promised expansive attacking football and today we saw an exciting glimpse of the future. Now time to hope our captain is back when we return from the International break.


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Sharon Naylor, Guest Author
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Consiter different varieties of flowers rather than the traditional "bridal" ones such as white roses, orchids, tulips and gardenias. These styles are often more expensive, especially during the most popular wedding months. Larry's NOTE: The most popular wedding months varies in different parts of the country. For example, in Arizona, we have two wedding seasons: March, April and May and October, November and December are the busiest months for weddings because the weather is so great, especially for outdoor weddings.
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|Brent "brentalfloss" Black
Brent's efforts do not just extend to the "With Lyrics" videos, for Mr. Black also includes Lyric 101 videos on his channel, as well as political rants, among other things. He also writes a comic about a fictional version of himself (called, as you might expect, "brentalfloss: the comic"), as well as some collaborations with internet celebrity and movie critic Doug "The Nostalgia Critic" Walker. In Walker's admittedly "favorite" review, Moulin Rouge, Black not only co-starred in the review, but also wrote four out of the five songs featured in the musical review.
And this is just the beginning of Mr. Black's career and projects. He claims to be interested in making games and further expanding his videos beyond just comedy, heavily considering more tragic, or just more dramatic and deep, songs about classic characters. We'll just have to wait and see what Mr. Black creates, but I am waiting eagerly.
INTERVIEW: http://soundcloud.com/mazzjammin22/brentalfloss
Mr. Black's Website: http://www.brentalfloss.com/home.cfm
Mr. Black's YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/brentalfloss
Mr. Black's Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/brentalfloss/126828580671866
Mr. Black's Twitter: https://twitter.com/brentalfloss
The "brentalfloss" Comic: http://www.brentalflossthecomic.com
The "brentalfloss" Comic Panel
- Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yk3HBWk1W_c
- Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW1oTC-hqT8&feature=fvwrel
The Moulin Rouge Nostalgia Critic Review: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/33417-nostalgia-critic-musical-review-moulin-rouge
The Baby Geniuses 2 Nostalgia Critic Review: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/35939-baby-geniuses-2


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Maurizio Cattelan: Elad, I just ran into you in Milan, where you opened your first exhibition with Massimo De Carlo. How was that?
Elad Lassry: It was a very good experience to spend some time in Italy. I presented a new film and a series of images that I have been working on for the past year. The exhibition, as a whole, feels very involved with the extent of my practice. There is a mix between photographs that are the outcome of my research in the studio as well as images that result from found negatives and pictures that were already in circulation.
MC: Is it important for your films and photographs to be shown together?
EL: In the past, there were a few occasions when my films were exhibited apart from the photographs. The Whitney Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago presented projections that were slightly larger in a black box. Those were curatorial decisions made for those films, but there are qualities in this body of work that made it important to show the film at the same scale and in the same daylight conditions as the photographs.
MC: Can you tell me about this new film? How did it come together?
EL: The film is based on the late American choreographer Doris Humphrey's Passacaglia (1938), which aired on National Educational Television in 1966. Like many of my previous films, the new work revisits the strategies that were used to document and mediate this historical dance performance. The camera angles I used are based on Humphrey's diagrams and her theory of "invisible diagonals" that structure the theatrical stage.
MC: Do you think of your photographs and films as pretty?
EL: I think many of my photographs end up being difficult to look at. In the context of my show at the Kunsthalle Zürich earlier this year, the press release referred to them as irritating, and I think that is an endearing quality that many of them have.
MC: But I also find your work to be very funny at times. Do you have a sense of humor about it?
EL: Many times the things that I find funny aren't necessarily funny to other people. And the same is true the other way around. Even though I can understand why someone might find some aspects of the work humorous, I'm not really trying to be funny. Humor is already so pervasive everywhere else in the world, I just don't know if there is much place for it in my work.
MC: I understand what you mean, Elad, but what do you tend to look at? Do you watch specific television shows or movies that influence your practice?
EL: This question has come up for me in the past, but I don't watch television. While I haven't owned a television in many years, I've managed to become aware of certain actresses and actors through other means. I usually know very little about a performer's abilities when I approach someone to be in my films. I think of it as an engagement with the conditions of cinema, rather than anything that has to do with a given actress or actor's previous experience in a specific film or television show. It's just important that they serve the purpose of the image.
MC: I want to ask you a question about animals, but I'm not sure how to phrase it.
EL: Have you seen many of William Wegman's early videos?
MC: No, not too many. I guess I want to know more about your animals. Do you own any?
EL: Yes, I have two standard black Poodles, Carter and Jessica; a Chihuahua named Tuna; and a Persian cat whose name is Judd.
MC: Do you think it is important to be an animal lover? I've tended to notice that artists sometimes reveal a greater sensitivity to animals.
EL: Yes, I can't seem to understand a way of being in the world that doesn't have an attachment to animals. I can't grasp how animals cannot be relevant to someone's life. I think animals are as fascinating as humans.
MC: Would you ever consider making a portrait of one of your animals?
EL: All of my composed photographs are based on images that already exist in the world. It would be hard for me to justify creating an image that bears the pretense of originality. If there was ever a need in my practice to recreate an image of two standard black Poodles, I would likely hire trained dogs. The readymade quality of animals that are trained to perform in front of a camera is most appealing to me. Besides, one of my Poodles is very badly behaved.
MC: Do your animals provide something for you that you don't get from being an artist?
EL: The routine of caring for my pets offers a bit of refuge from the world.
MC: You seem to tire easily. Do you feel that the demands put on you are sometimes too much? I think this is something that concerns all of us individually. Are you tired now?
EL: I'm not tired in the sense that I need to sleep. But maybe we can take a break?
MC: Yes, of course. What shall we do?
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MC: Elad, why do you choose to live in Los Angeles? Why not live someplace more exotic or exciting?
EL: I have a very strict routine, and the relaxed environment of Los Angeles is the most productive context for me right now. This aspect of the city contrasts with my severe neurosis. It's an easy place to strike a balance between isolation and sociality. Most of all, it's just a good place to hide. I'm finding now though that it's becoming harder to travel regularly because Los Angeles is so geographically removed from the rest of the world.
MC: But are you satisfied intellectually?
EL: Yes, I have a small circle of friends and people I am close with here. It is a very select group.
MC: Are they mostly artists as well?
EL: Yes, they are mostly artists and writers who I went to school with or who have been influential to me in some way or another. But I am also as comfortable with the random freaks I meet at the dog park.
MC: You're thirty-three years old. Do you still feel young?
EL: My mother in Israel recently told me that I've been an old man since I was a child…
MC: Maybe then you're already a mature artist? You do seem a bit older than I had expected…
EL: I've always preferred the company of older people. I remember feeling a bit elderly as a child. My mother also told me recently that when the other children would ask for candies, I would always ask for dried fruits.
MC: Before we met I had a different idea of how you might be.
EL: Are you disappointed now that you've met me?
MC: No, not at all. How about you? Are you ever disappointed with yourself?
EL: Not generally. Even though I'm confident about my recent bodies of work, I am however still plagued by doubt. I think this is natural, and I'm especially skeptical of younger artists who don't experience this on some level.
MC: Can you describe what you're feeling now that we're nearing the end of this interview?
EL: I'm wondering why you invited me.
MC: I invited you because I find your work to be interesting.
EL: Can you talk a little more about this?
MC: I first came across your photographs in "Younger Than Jesus" at the New Museum, and I remember thinking that the images were all indeterminate and staged in a peculiar fashion. I knew then that we should talk so that I could find out what motivates you to create these images.
EL: It's something to do with the rediscovery of pictures that were at one time exhausted. When I'm researching in the studio, I'm really trying to figure out how certain images can be redeployed or restaged in ways that address their original function in the world. These are images that have, in large part, run their course, and I want to find out if there is anything in them worth revisiting.
MC: I remember feeling a bit of loss when I first came across your pictures.
EL: Can you talk a little more about this?
MC: I'd rather we talk about something else.
This interview is part of an ongoing project in which Maurizio Cattelan interviews contemporary artists for Flash Art.
Maurizio Cattelan is an artist based in New York.
Elad Lassry was born in Tel Aviv in 1977. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
Selected solo shows: 2010: Luhring Augustine, New York; Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis (US); Massimo De Carlo, Milan; Kunsthalle Zürich. 2009: David Kordansky, Los Angeles; Whitney Museum, New York. 2008: Art Institute of Chicago; Bath Film Festival (with Daria Martin), (UK). 2007: Cherry and Martin, Los Angeles.
Selected group shows: 2010: "Still Life," Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery. "New Photography 2010," MoMA, New York; Les Rencontres d'Arles 2010 / Edition 41, Arles (FR); "Permanent Mimesis: An Exhibition about Realism and Simulation," Galleria Civica D'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin; "At Home/Not at Home: Works from the Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg," CCS, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson (US). 2009: "Beg, Borrow and Steal," Rubell Family Collection, Miami. "The Reach of Realism," MOCA, North Miami; "Looking Back: The White Columns Annual," White Columns, New York; "Dance with Camera," ICA, Philadelphia; "Superficiality and Superexcrescence," Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles; "Younger Than Jesus," New Museum, New York. 2008: California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach (US); "Photos and Phantasy," Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard (US).


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Thought of Today
The Old Man on August 18th, 2012
Today I sit and ponder my days of old……..
A memory of my mother…… I thought about one of my mom's old sayings. One day I was picking cotton and she looked down at me and said, "Sometimes things are good and sometimes they are bad, but today I feel good – because God is beside me helping me as I go down that long, hot, cotton row".
When "You Have a Minute " think of something good your mother told you.


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When Hesperia Unified School District begins its search for police chief Mike Graham's replacement, it'll have a four-page job description to use.
Graham was fired Feb. 2 after a year of public battles with Superintendent Mark McKinney and school board president Chris Bentley. Part of that dispute was over defining Graham's responsibilities, with a directive from McKinney that limited the power of the school police force.
According to McKinney, the new job description � a draft of which will be presented to the HUSD school board for approval at tonight's board meeting � is the first such description that's ever existed for the position. The superintendent created the job description, he said, by looking at job descriptions for the chiefs of police for both school districts and municipal police forces.
The description includes 60 essential functions, things the new chief should have knowledge of or the ability to perform, educational and experience requirements and physical abilities, and five listed hazards of the job.
It also makes the intended chain of command very clear, as it begins with the words "under the direction of the Hesperia Unified School District Superintendent or Designee," and the first item under "essential functions" reads "under the direction of the Superintendent or Designee plan, organize, control and direct law enforcement and security activities for the school district."
In addition to knowledge of various police functions and legal knowledge, the new chief will have a bachelors degree in Criminal Justice, Public Administration or a related field and eight years or more of law enforcement experience, including two years as a managerial or supervisory position at the sergeant rank or higher.
If the job description is approved by the board today, the district could begin looking for Graham's permanent replacement as soon as Wednesday. Sgt. Cindy McCarter has served as the department's acting chief since Graham was put on administrative leave in August 2011.
One of the new chief's first jobs will be to create job descriptions for other members of the district's police department.
The HUSD school board will vote on the issue during the meeting that starts at 6 p.m. tonight in the HUSD Educational Support Center Annex, 15576 Main Street.
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Marriage can be a key factor in promoting health. UCLA Professor Robert Coombs found, "Virtually every study of mortality and marital status shows the married of both sexes have lower death rates, whether by accident, disease, or self-inflicted wounds, and this is found in every country that maintains accurate health statistics."
Men show the largest longevity gains. Wives tend to discourage drinking, smoking, unnecessary risk-taking, and also improve their family's diet. In fact, men actually decrease many self-destructive patterns up to a year before their actual wedding date. It seems even planning to get married improves a man's health. Another health benefit comes from emotional support. Researchers found emotional support from a spouse can help people recover from both minor and major illnesses and even help cope with chronic diseases. Some studies even suggest that marital relationships actually boost the immune system, making sickness less likely in the first place. Happily married individuals undergoing heart bypass surgery are three times more likely to stay alive 15 years later than their single peers.
A 1991 study of the mental health in America found that married people have significantly lower rates of severe depression and at least half the likelihood of developing any psychiatric disorder then never-married, cohabiting and divorced people. It brings better mental and physical health, reducing the chance of premature death by 15 per cent, according to major studies in seven European countries.
•Happily married couples behave like good friends, and they handle their conflicts in gentle, positive ways.
•Happily married couples are able to repair negative interactions during an argument, and they are able to process negative emotions fully.
Without corrective measures, marriage satisfaction tends to decline with time often leading to divorce. On average, people who have divorced or been widowed have worse health problems than men and women who are single their entire lives.
If you really want to increase your wealth, get married and stay married. On the other hand, divorce can devastate your wealth. Divorce reduces a person's wealth by about three-quarters (77 percent) compared to that of a single person, while being married almost doubles comparative wealth (93 percent). And people who get divorced see their wealth begin to drop long before the decree becomes final. $50 billion a year U.S. family law industry often promotes antagonism. Try to get a mediator if you are headed for divorce. For a wake up, check out the film Divorce Corp s which shines a bright light on the appalling waste, and shameless, collusive practices seen in divorce courts.
But staying in a bad marriage is not a good solution. Particularly for woman, a bad marriage negates the health benefits. 300 women who had been hospitalized with severe chest pains or a heart attack; the study found that those who reported the highest levels of marital stress were nearly three times as likely to suffer another heart attack or require a bypass or other procedure. It is notable that these increased risks weren't associated with other forms of stress. For instance, women who were stressed-out at work weren't at any higher risk. The women in his study who were at highest risk for signs of heart disease were those whose marital battles lacked any signs of warmth, not even a stray term of endearment during a hostile discussion ("Honey, you're driving me crazy!") or a minor pat on the back or squeeze of the hand, all of which can signal affection in the midst of anger. "Most of the literature assumes that it's how bad the arguments get that drives the effect, but it's actually the lack of affection that does it, "It wasn't how much nasty talk there was. It was the lack of warmth that predicted risk."
Another study showed after a small blister was inflicted, when couples argued, their wounds took, on average, a full day longer to heal than after the sessions in which the couples discussed something pleasant. Among couples who exhibited especially high levels of hostility while bickering, the wounds took a full two days longer to health
The good news is that marriage outcomes are not random. There are way to predict a successful marriage. John Gottman by looking at how couples engaged in conflict has repeatedly predicted with over 90% accuracy who would divorce and who would stay married years later. He found that not all negatives are alike. Four of them stood out as being the most destructive and biggest predictors of divorce and separation. Gottman dubbed these, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They are Criticism, Defensiveness, Contempt and Stonewalling. While most relationships will have some of these, healthy relationships don't use them nearly as often and do more to repair them when they are used. If you are noticing any of the these styles of communicating increasing in your discussions, act now to learn safer and more effective ways to talk about your differences.
The Four Horseman
Criticism: When you criticize your partner you are basically implying that there is something wrong with them. You have taken a problem between you and put it inside your partner's body. Using the words: "You always" or "you never" are common ways to criticize. Your partner is most likely to feel under attack and to respond defensively. This is a dangerous pattern to get into because neither person feels heard and both may begin to feel bad about themselves in the presence of the other. The antidote to criticism is to make a direct complaint that is not a global attack on your partner's personality.
Contempt is any statement or nonverbal behavior that puts yourself on a higher ground than your partner. Mocking your partner, calling them names, rolling your eyes and sneering in disgust are all examples of contempt. Of all the horsemen, contempt is the most serious. Couples have to realize that these types of put downs will destroy the fondness and admiration between them. The antidote to contempt is to lower your tolerance for contemptuous statements and behaviors and to actively work on building a culture of appreciation in the relationship. Is it easy? No. Can it be done? Yes. In Gottman therapy there are many exercises we can use to help you learn to reduce, repair and eliminate contemptuous exchanges.
Defensiveness: When you attempt to defend yourself from a perceived attack with a counter complaint you are being defensive. Another way to be defensive is to whine like an innocent victim. Unfortunately, defensiveness keeps partners from taking responsibility for problems and escalates negative communication. Even if your partner is criticizing you, defensiveness is not the way to go. It will only fuel a bad exchange. The antidote to defensiveness is to try to hear your partner's complaint and to take some responsibility for the problem.
Stonewalling happens when the listener withdraws from the conversation. The stonewaller might actually physically leave or they might just stop tracking the conversation and appear to shut down. The Stonewaller may look like he doesn't care (80% are men) but that usually isn't the case. Typically they are overwhelmed and are trying to calm themselves. Unfortunately, this seldom works because the partner, especially if a woman, is likely to assume they don't care enough about the problem to talk about it. It can be a vicious circle with one person demanding to talk and the other looking for escape. The antidote is to learn to identify the signs that you or your partner is starting to feel emotionally overwhelmed and to agree together to take a break. If the problem still needs to be discussed then pick it up when you are calmer.
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Chiefs' opener highlights importance of evaluating QBs
As the Chiefs and Jaguars prepare for Sunday's season opener, Sam Mellinger is focused on the quarterbacks. He writes that this is probably a make-or-break year for Blaine Gabbert, the former Mizzou star selected 10th overall by the Jaguars in 2011. And what happens in Kansas City will be what frames and defines the career of Alex Smith, the former No. 1 overall pick.


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NSW Police Minister: Tough On Drugs ... Soft On Maths ... Even Softer On Reality
There's an old saying in the world of fighting drug crime - "Drugs on the Table". When a politician or senior police officer need some publicity that they are being tough on drugs, they would produce piles of confiscated narcotics and put them on display for the press and public to admire. Then a few important people would stand behind it, declaring they are taking drugs off the street. The saying is still used today ... except without the table. The press loves to report on mountains of drugs and the public see it as a success in the fight against the illegal trade. All of which suits the PR machine behind our anti-drug, crime fighting heroes.
Putting the "Drugs on the Table" might work most of the time but any simple analysis usually unfolds the nasty truth of unpublished statistics, costly operations and lashes of propaganda. So when a "Drugs on the Table" media release from NSW Police Minister, Tony Kelly and the NSW police recently appeared in the newspapers, I sat down with a calculator and did some figures.
Organisation: NSW Police Force & NSW Police Minister, Tony Kelly
Campaign: Cannabis busts in NSW
When: 2008-2009
Link: Press Release
Propaganda: 8/10
Laugh Out Loud Rating: 5/10
The headlines scream:
Police Seize More Than $18 Million Worth Of Cannabis
MORE than $18 million worth of cannabis crops have been seized in a series of aerial drug raids across NSW over the past five months, police said.
The haul had effectively wiped out a large percentage of the NSW summer crop, which would otherwise have now been on the streets of Sydney and NSW country towns.
Removing $18 million dollars worth of cannabis off the streets is impressive for 5 months work. 9,645 cannabis plants were destroyed and 20 people were charged (or issued with Field Court Attendance Notices). The NSW police and NSW Police Minister, Tony Kelly are claiming a huge dent has been put in the illegal drug market and they are "cutting into the sale of cannabis on the streets by attacking the source".
Whoooo there, slow down a bit sherif. We need some perspective here. Last year, the Australian Crime Commission conservatively estimated the value of the Australian illicit drug trade at about $10 billion. So lets do the maths, subtract 18 million from 10,000 million ... [calculator pounding away] er, [redoing calculations] um, [resorting to pen and paper for calculations] mmm, that leaves 9,982 million. That's less than 0.2% of the total drug market. Not really earth shattering figures.
This past summer the pro-active work of NSW Police managed to put a huge dent in the illegal cannabis trade across the state
Tony Kelly - NSW Police Minister
In 2006/07, 4,782 kilograms of cannabis was confiscated by police which equates to about $96 million dollars at $20 per gram. To allow for discounted sales and we halve the value it comes to $48m. It is estimated that only 10% of all drugs are seized by police each year so this calculates out to about half a billion dollars a year in cannabis sales. The thrill of seizing and destroying $18 million dollars worth of illegal cannabis suddenly abates and the reality factor hits home that this "huge dent in the illegal cannabis trade" might only be a minor scratch in the paintwork.
The State Command's Cannabis Team is made up of Drug Squad detectives working with the Police Air Wing, Dog Squad, Radio Electronics Unit and officers from the various Local Area Commands, all working together to locate and destroy cannabis crops across NSW. These different units have successfully pooled their resources with the single focus of disrupting the cultivation and distribution of cannabis.
Tony Kelly - NSW Police Minister
So how much do us tax payers spend on this 'formidable outfit' that includes drug squad detectives, a police air wing, a dog squad, a radio electronics unit and police from local area commands? I would really love to know this but conducting a cost-benifit analysis for our efforts at eliminating illicit drugs is virtually impossible. First of all, without control of the market i.e. prohibition, we can never obtain real information. And how do you measure success? Forcing outdoor cannabis growers out of business might lead to a surge in the stronger form of hydroponically grown skunk or a shift to production of harder drugs. Is this success? No government has ever commissioned a proper cost-benefit analysis of their local "War on Drugs" as far as I know. Maybe I'm wrong but the only serious attempt I know of is from the non government Transform Drug Policy Foundation in the UK. The point is, are we wasting our dwindling financial resources for the benefit of politicians? Is the targeting of outdoor cannabis crops the best way to help with the drug problem? These are valid questions but without some sort of audit or study, we are left with the opinion and media releases from those directly involved. And as I've shown, their figures don't quite add up.
This sends a clear message about police determination to attack the illegal drug trade at its foundations
Tony Kelly - NSW Police Minister
Police determination means jack-shit to organised crime. They are too far up the ladder to seriously fear getting caught and there's always the greasy wheel of bent cops that insane profit margins guarantee will keep them at an arm's length from the law. If anything, police determination just gives more support to their favourite law ... prohibition. The losers are the private growers and the tax payer, both who are just fodder in this endless cycle. If police determination is a factor, what about the determination of those who make millions of dollars from this drug trade? As we are seeing in Mexico, even the military can't quell the determination of drug cartels that make more tax free profits than the oil industry.
Some Figures to Ponder
- From the NSW Police Force Media Release Archives (25 Feb 2009 - 12 Apr 2009), less than 10% of the media releases involved drugs. These media releases are usually for major police news that warrant the attention of the press. This must leave a lot of small drug arrests deemed unimportant. In fact, out of the 500 police media releases from 25 Feb 2009 - 12 Apr 2009, only 9 were for cannabis. One was the $18 million summary in this article, 4 related to one case and 3 were for hydroponics.
- Nationally, 82,300 people were arrested for drug offences in the 2006–07 financial year and nearly 70% of these drug arrests were for cannabis offences. That's a whopping 57,000 plus people arrested for cannabis in 12 months. (The $18 million dollars worth of seizures only nabbed 20 people)
- There were 627 detections of cannabis at the border in 2006–07, 24% more than the previous reporting period. However, there was a minor decrease in the weight of cannabis detected.
- 62% of all border detections of cannabis involved the importation of seeds.
- Some 85% of governments' drug budgets are allocated to law enforcement and some 87% of arrests are of consumers.
- Cannabis remains the most widely used illicit drug in Australia.
Police Seize More Than $18 Million Worth Of Cannabis
Daily Telegraph
By Simon Benson
April 2009
MORE than $18 million worth of cannabis crops have been seized in a series of aerial drug raids across NSW over the past five months, police said.
The haul had effectively wiped out a large percentage of the NSW summer crop, which would otherwise have now been on the streets of Sydney and NSW country towns.
But the increase in police aerial patrols since September last year had now forced dope growers, literally, into the hills.
Police fear crops would become harder to detect with growers moving to more rugged and inaccessible terrain, using sophisticated irrigation systems.
Police Minister Tony Kelly yesterday congratulated the state crime command drug squad's plantation unit for delivering what he described as a major dent in the cannabis industry.
"This past summer the pro-active work of NSW Police managed to put a huge dent in the illegal cannabis trade across the state," he said.
"During peak cannabis growing season the police pulled out thousands of plants, cutting into the sale of cannabis on the streets by attacking the source.
"This sends a clear message about police determination to attack the illegal drug trade at its foundations."
Mr Kelly said seven cannabis eradication programs were conducted from November last year to the end of March this year.
Regions targeted included Byron Bay, Richmond, Manning Great Lakes, mid-North Coast, Far South Coast, Coffs Harbour and the New England Area.
A total of 9645 cannabis plants were destroyed.
Police said 20 people were charged with either possessing or cultivating cannabis.
Mr Kelly said the state command's cannabis team was a formidable outfit with units including drug squad detectives, police air wing, dog squad, radio electronics unit and police from local area commands.
Since 2001, the cannabis eradication programs had resulted in the seizure and destruction of 100,536 plants, valued at more than $206 million.
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"Thrak" means "fog" in the ancient dwarven tongue – hence the River Thrak, the perpetually mist-covered waterway that cuts across the land. "-nor" is merely a suffix for "city" or "town", which, as it dwarven, is also the word for fortress. It can be gleaned however, due to the impracticality of a Fortress of Fog, that their original meaning of the name of our splendid metropolis is just as it appears at the top of this page: the City of Fog.
In the distant and far-flung year of the Age of Water, Thraknor was ruled by the kua-toan and whatever vile master they pledged themselves to. At the dawning of our new age, the Age of Fire, a "mixed" order of paladins (that is, those of several different faiths), assaulted the city and razed it to the ground. Even in those days, it was acknowledged that the dwarfs had an ancient claim to the city, and so they shouldered the task of rebuilding her. Within two centuries, their craftsmanship and her advantageous locale has made Thraknor a center of commerce and politics.
Years pass, and the wheel of the ages ever turns. The City of Fog campaign takes place near the end of the Age of Fire, after almost two thousand years of technological advancement and political posturing. See steam-powered zeppelins and gun-slinging gnomes, see powerful magics and healing faiths, learning ancient secrets and the future's only hope.
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text: By American News Sports Staff The 2007 Eastern South Dakota Conference has announced its all-conference team for boys' basketball. Honored from Aberdeen Central was senior Derek Miller, who was named to the first team. Senior Michael Babcock was named to the honorable mention team. Joining Miller on the first team were seniors Dale Moss and Derrick DeZeeuw of Brandon Valley; senior Phil Workman of Brookings; senior Zach Shonley of Huron; senior Sam Willard of Pierre; senior Justin Brown of Mitchell; junior Josh Hanson of Watertown; and junior Colton Iverson of Yankton. Other players to make the honorable mention were: Jack Ridgway of Brandon Valley; junior Jordan Buddenhagen and senior Omali Vanterpool of Huron; junior Michael Gardner of Pierre; senior Adam Fosness of Mitchell; seniors Mitch Seitzinger and Travis Miller of Yankton.


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From 1 September 2006, where the deceased's estate includes an interest in an ASP fund the estate cannot qualify as an excepted estate and the personal representatives must deliver an IHT400. Because scheme administrators are also accountable to HMRC it is possible that we may receive an IHT100 or IHT105 for an estate that has incorrectly applied for a grant as an excepted estate.
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It's thanksgiving weekend here in the states, and we'd like to say thank you to all of the hard-working podcasters out there still playing independent music. 100 Year Picnic has now been featured on over 90 podcasts around the globe. Here are some from the past two years:
It's wild to see Hot Balloon being our most popular tune featured by podcasters these past couple of years, followed by I'd Take You Anyplace. Both songs were originally recorded and released 10 years ago in 1998 on the 10 Gallon Cat EP. I guess that's what they call the long tail...
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Fall is here and the last of fresh sweet corn is at the farmers markets. I love sweet corn in any fashion but this recipe is especially good with corn that is not so fresh or with frozen corn. My garden is overflowing with onions and multi colored peppers which went into this dish. I added a hot pepper to this for some heat.
In a saute pan, add and heat:
3 T olive oil
Add to the hot oil:
1 clove garlic, minced
1 large sweet pepper, chopped--add a hot pepper if you like heat
Stir for 2 minutes until the ingredients are evenly coated with oil and beginning to soften. To the mixture, add:
3 c fresh corn cut from the cob or frozen (not thawed) corn
3/4 chicken or vegetable stock
1 T chopped cilantro
1 t smoked paprika
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STG Inc. has won a $67.3 million contract with the State Department to provide operations and maintenance of more than a dozen major application systems that support worldwide compensation and financial operations.
The contract, called the Compensation and Financial System Services contract, will last five years, and will have STG dealing with systems that handle day-to-day compensation and financial transactions for more than 185 State employees worldwide and pay more than 85,000 State Department and serviced agency employees, STG said in a release.
This contract continues a relationship that the company has had with the State Department for more than 25 years, the company said.
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Five out of seven board members - Natalie Davis, Russ Soffredine, Marilyn Crawford, Linda Davis and board president Richard Hoyner - voted in favor of paying Waldo the amount for which he asked - the rate of a beginning teacher, which is $158.80 per day. Board members Scot Zimmerman and Chris Collins cast dissenting votes on the issue, maintaining their stance that paying Waldo more would open up the issue of negotiating substitute pay with others and could possibly cost the district even more money in the long run.
The board's decision to pay Waldo above and beyond the regular substitute teacher's pay of $63 per day, $80 per day for long-term subs did not come easily, as board members weighed the consequences of their decision.
"I think the issue here is not whether he contributed or not, because clearly, he did," said Zimmerman as he kicked off discussion and outlined roadblocks the finance committee had run into during its debate over the issue earlier this month.


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About two dozen people urged the FERC to reject the proposed route for the 36-inch-wide pipeline.
DUNNELLON — The last time an energy company installed its lines across Frank Atkins' family's property, grave markers in a family-owned cemetery were displaced.
The 85-year-old said that after Florida Power Corp. came through in the 1960s, he could not find the burial plot holding his mother, who died giving birth to him.
Now that a natural gas pipeline is slated to pass through his Citrus County land, Atkins said he's concerned the one-acre cemetery, where more family members are buried, might be affected again.
"I know there are other ways they can go without coming through there, because I've been there all my life," Atkins told federal energy regulators Wednesday night.
"I don't want that through there. Enough's in there by having the electrical line, and now they coming with a gas line. Our property won't be no value at all."
Atkins was one of about two dozen people on Wednesday who urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, to reject the proposed route for the 36-inch-wide pipeline planned by Sabal Trail Transmission LLC.
The firm, a joint venture of Juno Beach-based Next Era Energy Corp., which owns Florida Power & Light, the state's largest electrical utility, and Spectra Energy in Houston, plans to build about 26 miles of pipeline through western Marion County, near Dunnellon.
Overall, the project is expected to cover about 460 miles, capable of delivering up to 1.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas a day from central Alabama to FPL's plant in South Florida.
To the west of Marion, some people, like Atkins, would witness construction of Sabal Trail's 24-inch-wide, 24-mile-long offshoot, intended to carry fuel to a new Duke Energy power plant in Citrus that's expected to be operating by 2018.
Roughly 150 people turned out Wednesday to learn more about the project at a meeting hosted by the FERC team.
Project manager John Peconom stressed to the group gathered at the Rainbow Springs Golf & Country Club that it was still very early in the process, and that no decisions had been made. Sabal Trail, in fact, is not expected to submit its formal application until this fall, he noted.
Peconom emphasized that he could answer few questions, other than those about the approval process.
The purpose of the session, he said, was to gather input from local residents and work with other federal agencies and the company to address them.
The crowd gave Peconom's team an earful.
Accidents, environmental wreckage, the potential of a ruined water supply, global warming and contributing to hydraulic fracturing dominated the list of concerns expressed by pipeline opponents.
For example, Harry Patterson, treasurer of the Green Party in Florida, called the continued burning of fossil fuels "caveman technology in the digital age."
"In view of the looming climatic catastrophe we're facing, the proposed pipeline isn't just a move in the wrong direction. It's running at full speed in the wrong direction," he said.
"The environment in this area — the springs, the state park, the Withlacoochee River, Lake Rosseau — this is lifeblood of our town," said Gordon Hart.
"It's our economic lifeblood," Hart continued. "It's where we get our water. It really is what this whole community is all about. And if this pipeline goes through here, and the destruction is created, you can't get it back. Once it's broken, it's broken."
Some tried to reinforce the point by calling attention to Spectra Energy's safety record, and the fact that the company's recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed that the company lacked enough insurance to cover a disaster.
Another foe, Tamara Robbins, noted that maps of the proposed route did not delineate bodies of water or waterways.
"Your experts should have already studied the geology of Florida," she said. "You should know about the land of a thousand springs. And if you did, I can't imagine you not recommending denial to the commission on a project that is not needed."
Other critics drew applause by questioning whether property for the pipeline would be taken under eminent domain, only to have the product shooting through Sabal Trail's pipes to be sold overseas.
Peconom did little to assuage the fears when he confirmed, in response to critics' questions, his agency track record on such projects.
The commission itself had rejected few projects, he said, and FERC staff had never recommended denial of one.
Instead, he noted, the staff's role was to suggest ways pipelines could be routed to address concerns such as those raised Wednesday night.
Nor did it help influence opponents when he acknowledged that the FERC is funded by fees paid by the companies it regulates.
Yet a small contingent defended the agency and the project.
David Carleton, a retired power plant worker who said he had worked with the FERC, argued that the agency was not an industry "lapdog." The government would hold Sabal Trail accountable, he maintained.
Jim Bailey, a member of Marion County's planning commission, supported the project, saying the critics' "preconceived notions" would eventually be put to rest.
Dunnellon resident Butch Verrando agreed. "This project will provide jobs and energy to Marion County," he told the regulators. "God bless you because you have to listen to an awful lot of whining."
Peconom said all the comments were welcome and would contribute to the FERC's understanding.
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Mango Cruises take you closer to the soul of the Mekong region and provide a more hands on experience than many other tours. You travel along rural tributaries aboard a small traditional Sampan boat and stop along the way to explore the tropical scenery and local villages. Whilst on land you'll have the chance to cycle along the rural roads learning about local trades like coconut pressing and rice noodle processing whilst meeting villagers such as Mrs Huong and her family who live on fishing and the harvest from the fruit orchards.
The particularly unique element of this tour is the overnight accommodation which is on land in a local homestay where you can catch fish and pick vegetables before enjoying a cooking demonstration prior to a delicious dinner.
On this tour you'll experience the contrast between the busy industrial waterways of the Mekong and the quiet rural life along the canals and gain an understanding of the significance of the mighty river.
This tour is ideal for anyone who wants to experience the region first hand, we think it would be especially suited to families as there is plenty to keep everyone interested and inspired.
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On January 27th, President Obama and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewel announced that the Administration would take steps to open up portions of the United States Atlantic coastline for offshore drilling as part of the Department of the Interior's Five-Year Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022. The department's Draft Proposed Program would create fourteen potential lease sales in eight coastal planning areas around the nation, including the first offshore lease offering for drilling off the southeast coast of the US in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia.
The Administration also announced three lease offerings off the Alaskan coastline in the Chukchi Sea, the Beaufort Sea, and Cook Inlet. Importantly, however, the Administration announced that it would designate certain "Withdrawal Areas" as off-limits from future oil and gas leasing due to the "substantial environmental, social, and ecological concerns in the Arctic."
The announcement was met quickly with both praise and criticism from energy and environment stakeholders. Conservation-minded groups, while highly supportive of the Administration's decision to protect Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), were angered by the news of potential drilling in the south Atlantic, citing ongoing risks for spills like the BP Deepwater Horizon incident in 2010. Sierra B. Weaver, a Southern Environmental Law Center attorney, told ThinkProgress, "In 2010 after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf, the Obama administration cancelled a lease sale off of Virginia because it was also too risky. That risk hasn't changed."1. To Peter Lehner, the National Resource Defense Council's executive director, the decision "would put our oceans, beaches, wetlands, and all they support at grave and needless risk, imperil coastal communities and economies, and anchor our future to the dirty fossil fuels of the past."2.
Reactions to the announcement were mixed in Congress, where the news unsurprisingly drew the biggest responses from law-makers with affected home-state coastlines. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski (R), now Chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, described the Administration's Alaska restrictions as "a kick to the gut of Alaska's economy." Alongside fellow Alaskans Senator Dan Sullivan (R) and Representative Don Young (R), she pledged to "do everything we can to push back against [the] administration" and the decision to restrict certain areas from oil and gas development. Alaska's state government relies enormously on oil and gas revenues to fund state programs and services, with as much as 92% of the state's unrestricted revenue coming from oil and gas activity in recent years.3.
On the eastern coastline of the country, the administration's plan includes what could become the first lease in history for offshore oil and gas drilling in the Mid- and South Atlantic planning areas. According to the DOI's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), these two planning areas contain 7.52 billion Barrel of Oil Equivalents (BOEs) of energy from technically recoverable oil and gas reserves.4. Despite the opening of this previously untapped market, however, the recent precipitous drop in oil prices may only garner minimal interest in any Atlantic lease offerings made.
Despite these and other questions about levels of interest in and the value of Atlantic drilling leases, Virginia Senators Tim Kaine (D) and Mark Warner (D) released a joint statement calling the Atlantic announcement a "significant step...that should result in the safe, responsible development of energy resources off the Virginia and mid-Atlantic coasts." They did note, however, that they would advocate for legislation to allow Virginia and other coastal states in the southeast to obtain the same revenue-sharing benefits reaped by Gulf Coast states. Members of the Outer Continental Shelf Governors Coalition (OCSGC), including Governors Terry McAuliffe (D-VA), Pat McCrory (R-NC) and Nikki Haley (R-SC), had previously lobbied the Obama Administration for expanded drilling access, and they also praised this South Atlantic announcement as "a step in the right direction." The group did bemoan, however, what they saw as an "unnecessary" 50-mile buffer zone.5.
Law-makers from neighboring states were not so positive about the Atlantic announcement: New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez (D) said "all of the risk is put on the backs of our shore communities, and all the reward goes to Big Oil." Menendez, who was joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Ed Markey (D-MA) in his opposition, went on to say that an oil spill in the Atlantic would be catastrophic for his state, which relies heavily on a $38 billion per year tourism industry.6. Foreshadowing an ongoing fight between Senate Democrats and the Obama Administration, Senator Markey characterized the group's efforts as "the beginning of an alliance to put pressure on this administration to withdraw this proposal." The administration's proposal is still in draft form and may be altered after a public commentary period, but the final plan will not require congressional approval and authorization.
The Administration's announcements represent an early but major step in the development of the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2017-2022, a process that will take several years to finalize. Secretary Jewell characterized the initial plan as "a balanced proposal that would make available nearly 80 percent of the undiscovered technically recoverable resources, while protecting areas that are simply too special to develop."7. Secretary Jewell, along with BOEM Director Abigail Ross Hopper, stated that federal officials were "looking to build up our understanding of resource potential, as well as risks to the environment and other uses."
As supporters and detractors begin to make their cases for and against the administration's Atlantic and Alaskan drilling proposals, early indications point to a rocky road to implementation for the 2017-2022 Oil and Gas Leasing Program.Footnotes
- http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/27/3615965/oil-and-gas-drilling-proposal-atlantic/
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/01/27/obama-administration-opens-up-southern-atlantic-coast-to-offshore-drilling-but-restricts-it-in-alaska/
- http://www.aoga.org/facts-and-figures/state-revenue
- U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. (2014). Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources of the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf, 2014 Update, pp. 2
- http://ocsgovernors.org/governor-mccrory-applauds-step-toward-offshore-energy-exploration/
- http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/01/27/obamas-drilling-proposal-opposed/22443945/
- http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/interior-department-announces-draft-strategy-for-offshore-oil-and-gas-leasing.cfm
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Thanks to "Mother Nature" in 2012, many gardeners and commercial growers have been battling abiotic problems of tomatoes! Many have been taking notes and comparing problems on tomato cultivars that are more susceptible to abiotic conditions on fruit such as Yellow Shoulder, Sunscald, Rain Check, and Fruit Cracks. Other abiotic problems on tomato fruit are Blossom end rot, Catface, Spider Track, Puffiness, and Internal White Tissue.
The pictures below have symptoms that are suspected to be Rain Check.
Rain check is the many, tiny concentric cracks that form on the shoulder of the fruit. Damage will be most visible on the exposed, mature green, and possibly breaker fruit after rains; but unexposed fruit or small, immature green fruit sometimes be affected as well. This problem is mostly observed on large, fresh-market tomatoes, rather than on smaller fruited cultivars. If conditions are right, black shoulder can occur (as seen in the pictures below.)
The cause of rain check is not known. The rain might alter the fruit temperature or water uptake. This, in turn, may hinder the development of the shoulder epidermis. Another theory is that the rain could promote this problem. This abiotic disease is often worse when dry periods are followed by heavy rains.
Cultivars can vary in their susceptibility to rain check. Those tomato cultivars that have good leaf cover to protect tomatoes and good epidermis characteristics seem to be more tolerant of rain check. Glossy fruit tends to have less rain check than dull fruit.
Management: Choose tolerant cultivars and cultural practices that reduce fruit exposure.
Another abiotic problem on tomato fruit (as seen below) is called zippering, which is a thin, brown, necrotic scar, starting at the stem and can extend partly or all the way to blossom end. This long scar has transverse scars across it, which resembles a zipper. Often times, there is only one zipper that forms per fruit, but there could be several zippers.
The cause of zippering is anthers that attach to the ovary wall of the newly forming fruit and seems to be more pronounced in cool weather, but can occur during other weather conditions. Tomato cultivars will vary in their susceptibility.
Management: Grow tolerant cultivars and maintain proper temperatures when growing in a greenhouse.
In conclusion, how can you try to avoid most of the abiotic diseases of tomato fruit:
- Fight with Mother Nature
- Provide even watering (if possible)
- Provide even temperatures (greenhouse)
- More nitrogen or overfertilization can be bad!
- Don't get too crazy with your pruning!
- Control disease and insects
- Overall, maintain good nutrition of tomatoes
- If you continue to have a problem, you may want to consider growing a different tomato cultivar


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Neuro-friends, have I got a grant for you! If you thought the BRAINS RFA demonstrated the epitome of acronymical dexterity, I invite you to feast your eyes on EUREKA. This FOA--for Exceptional Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (for Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System)--is basically the Cadillac of award notices. No longer is it enough to be significant, innovative, or even transformative! You must be exceptionally unconventional, and you must change the velocity of knowledge itself!
There's lots of juicy goodness in the description, too. A few highlights:
"Reviewers...will be reminded that risk is a hallmark of exceptionally innovative research and, in most cases, should not detract from the merit of an application."
"A PD/PI's record of overcoming difficult scientific hurdles, appropriate to his/her career stage, may also be useful in assessing the likelihood of success."
Also of note--Research Strategy is limited to 6 pages, with a mere 3 dedicated to Approach. Moreover, you must include a statement within those 6 pages on "Likelihood of Success," in which you must address the following: "If ...you have not yet made a paradigm-shifting discovery or solved a very difficult problem, which aspect of the logic of the experimental approach suggests that there is some probability that the proposed research will be successful."
It's also worth noting that there's a discrepancy amongst ICs in terms of how many awards, as well of the size of each, are available:
-NINDS, $1,500,000, 4-6 awards
-NIMH, $1,500,000, 4-6 awards
-NIDA, $1,000,000, 2-4 awards
-NIA, $500,000, 1-2 awards
There's a bunch of other stuff that's different about the period of funding, renewability (non) and whatnot, so much so that it almost doesn't even sound like an R01 anymore! I encourage you to go read the whole FOA, it's pretty fascinating.
So, are we all going to apply? I'm not sure--I feel like this may not be the kind of thing that a new investigator would do well on, despite the lip service to "appropriate to his/her career stage." How do we prove that we've overcome difficult hurdles? Do I talk about the time that my PI handed me a box of 30 year-old Stoelting parts and I jerry-rigged a stereotax?
Very curious what your initial thoughts are on this, folks. I'm just waiting for NIH to just come out and name the next FOA "PARADIGM SHIFT," and come up with some amazing acronym for that. Feel free to have a go in the comments!


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