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Baird's office ordered late change in arms treaty stance
The office of Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird ordered last-minute changes to Canada's position on an international arms treaty, as well as to its delegation to meetings at United Nations headquarters, CBC News has learned.
According to documents obtained under the Access to Information Act, the minister's office ignored advice from the department and ordered civil servants to invite Steve Torino, president of the Canadian Shooting Sports Association (CSSA), to meetings that ran from July 11-15, 2011, in New York City. The CSSA is an organization that represents thousands of firearms enthusiasts.
The goal of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is to set common standards for the import, export and trade of all conventional weapons in order to prevent illicit or irresponsible transfers of weapons that would fuel conflict, encourage terrorism or organized crime.
The original list of delegates to ATT preparatory meetings included 10 employees from Foreign Affairs and National Defence but not Torino.
Roster changed
In a June 8, 2011, email to colleagues working on the treaty, the head of Canada's delegation, Habib Massoud, said Gordon Cameron from the minister's office gave him notice to expect a last-minute change to the roster — something that had evidently occurred before.
"Like last time, if we are instructed by (the ministers office) to include Mr. Torino on the delegation list we would, of course, do as we are instructed," Massoud wrote. He added that he had informed Cameron that not including Torino was "our best advice."
Ken Epps is with the disarmament group Project Ploughshares in Waterloo, Ont., and has taken part in previous delegations to UN conferences on arms control.
"This is setting a different precedent from what had been the standard procedures prior to that where there had always been a balance on the delegation from the NGO (non-governmental organization) side," he said.
Hélène Laverdière, the NDP's foreign affairs critic and a former diplomat, agreed.
"We can see that what they suggested was thrown aside and politicized, you know, politics replaced good management and that's what we see with this government all the time," she said.
'Minister's prerogative
Chris Day, Baird's director of communications, said that is not true.
"As has always been the case for international meetings, the composition of Canadian delegations to this type of international gathering is the minister's prerogative and responsibility," Day said.
Tony Bernardo, executive director of CSSA, said that "the inclusion of Mr. Torino was in recognition that there is a legitimate sporting arms industry in Canada and Mr. Torino provides valuable input as to the potential impact the actions of the Canadian delegation could have on Canadian citizens."
Subsequent correspondence also shows the minister's office ordered last-minute changes to Canada's long-standing position on the treaty.
Canada did make a significant new proposal at the international conference, to exclude all hunting and sporting weapons from the agreement.
The change attracted heaps of scorn. Countries including Nigeria, Brazil, Australia and Mexico publicly opposed the suggestion.
Epps, who attended last summer's conference on his own, said the newly released documents have "confirmed that the gun lobby in Canada is having a significant impact on Canadian foreign policy."
Canada simply wants a treaty that in addition to establishing international standards for transferring arms, "respects the legal trade in arms, including the legitimate trade or use of hunting and sporting firearms," Day said.
Laverdière called Canada's new position an embarrassment.
"Canada, who was at the forefront of many international agreements for arms control, is now the country which is trying to weaken those agreements."
A final meeting to hammer out and ratify the Arms Trade Treaty is due to take place in July 2012.

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By Caitlin Kelly
Why do we form our attachment to certain objects?
Whether something inherited from a beloved ancestor or a gift from a friend or our partner or spouse or something we buy that we've always wanted or have saved hard for.
I was listening to the terrific NPR radio show Radiolab as I drove into Manhattan recently to attend the Winter Antiques Show, arguably the best show in that city each year, and probably one of the world's best places to look at — and buy –museum-quality objects of every possible material, design and period.
Radiolab's episode was all about why and why we become emotionally attached to certain objects or why some of them fill us with awe.
One of my favorite travel moments was finally seeing the Bayeux Tapestry in Bayeux, Normandy, France. As someone passionate about early textiles, I had long wanted to see it in person, and so we did. Amazing! It's actually embroidered on linen, 230 feet long, created in 1070.
I grew up in a home filled with interesting art and objects, from Japanese prints and Eskimo sculpture, (now called Inuit), to a Picasso lithograph to my father's own handiwork in oil, silver, lithography and etching.
I've also been lucky enough along the way to be able to buy some art and photographs and antiques, so our apartment is filled with reference books on art and design and a variety of decorative objects we enjoy using or looking at.
So attending the Winter Antiques Show was a special treat. Admission is $25 and it's held at the Park Avenue Armory, an enormous red brick building on Park at 67th. It accepted 75 dealers from all over the world, from Geneva to London to California, some of whom wait for years to be allowed into the show.
And what a show!
Imagine being let loose in a great museum, able to touch, hold and examine closely the most exquisite objects — whether a fragment of an Egyptian sarcophagus or a 16th century atlas or a piece of porcelain made in 1740.
You can wander about with a glass of white wine or champagne, coming face to face with a boy's sword from 1300, ($20,000), or an astrolabe made in 1540 for the Spanish king ($1.3 million). I assumed I wouldn't be able to afford a thing, and many prices were four, five and six figures.
But, despite my worries, it never felt snooty.
Sure, there were women wearing furs and quite large diamonds and lots of cashmere; I wandered about in my black Gap cotton Tshirt and black leggings. I've studied antiques at several institutions and bought and sold them at auction, so I know what I'm looking at when it comes to several categories.
For me, it was absolute heaven, and most dealers were surprisingly kind and welcoming, making time to explain their objects' design and histories, like a $55,000 blue enamel pendant made by a famous British architect as a birthday gift.
It was originally found at a flea market!
Having bought some good things for low prices at auction and flea markets, I'm also always curious to find out their current market value and learn more about them. Dealers are de facto always passionate about their area of specialty, so no one seemed to mind my curiosity.
I even bought a photograph.
That was a huge surprise, and I hadn't bought art in ages. But I discovered a Finnish photographer whose black and white work mesmerized me and the price was manageable — less than the cost of three months' groceries.
Here's a link to his work, and the gallery I bought it from.
One reason I so enjoy flea markets, auctions and antiques is making my own design choices. My maternal grandmother owned some very good things — but she never bothered to pay tax on her inherited fortune, so when she died almost all of it was sold to pay off those debts.
I never saw a thing from either grandfather or my paternal grandmother and almost all my mother's belongings were also sold quickly when she suddenly had to go into a nursing home.
Jose's parents left him a few belongings, but we're not a family buried in heirlooms.
Almost everything lovely in our home, then, is something we've bought, and an expression of our aesthetic and taste. My husband is a career photographer, (here's his blog), so we have a growing collection of images, from one you might know (of JF Kennedy standing at the window of the Oval Office) to an early Steichen.
These 3 pendants were given to me by my mother, a friend and my late grandmother. They have sentimental value to me as a result.
My favorite objects include:
my Canadian passport, a stuffed Steiff bear the length of my thumb, another small stuffed bear, a few good photographs, two silk Hermes scarves, a photo of my paternal grandfather, who I never met.
What — if any — objects do you treasure and why?


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Fedora Weekly News Issue 194
Welcome to Fedora Weekly News Issue 194[1] for the week ending September 20, 2009. What follows are some highlights from this issue. This week we welcome a brand new beat by Ryan Rix on KDE developments in Fedora!
In news from the Fedora Planet, news, views and innovations from Fedora community members. The Quality Assurance beat this week provides details from last week's various graphics tests, audio and virtualization Test Days, along with detailed summaries of the QA weekly meetings, Bugzappers and other regular activities. In Art/Design news, discussion around the desire for a "do it yourself" media sleeve, and updates on the Fedora 12 schedule for the team. In virtualization news, updates on the recent virtualization Test Day, and details of new versions of libvirt, perl-Sys-Virt, and coverage of recent discussion about guest sound over VNC. Our first KDE beat features news of KDE 4.3.1 hitting Fedora updates and some post-release fixes, news on several new KDE applications, and coverage of work of the KDE SIG team this past week. That rounds out this week's issue of Fedora Weekly News, which we hope you enjoy!
If you are interested in contributing to Fedora Weekly News, please see our 'join' page[2]. We welcome reader feedback: email@example.com
The Fedora News team is collaborating with Marketing and Docs to come up with a new exciting platform for disseminating news and views on Fedora, called Fedora Insight. If you are interested, please join the list and let us know how you would like to assist with this effort.
FWN Editorial Team: Pascal Calarco, Adam Williamson
Planet Fedora
In this section, we cover the highlights of Planet Fedora[1] - an aggregation of blogs from Fedora contributors worldwide.
Contributing Writer: Adam Batkin
Lennart Poettering wrote[1] a mutex profiler called mutrace. "When naively profiling multi-threaded applications the time spent waiting for mutexes is not necessarily visible in the generated output. However lock contention can have a big impact on the runtime behaviour of applications...To improve the situation if have now written a mutex profiler called mutrace."
Way back in May, Daniel Walsh introduced[2] the SELinux sandbox. "As soon as I released it, I received email asking if it could be used to sandbox Acroread, and I had to say 'Sorry, it can't do that'."[3]. But now it can. It can even be used to sandbox Firefox[4].
Josh Boyer shared[5] an amusing anecdote about running wires with his two-year-old son. Who knew that patch cables could be so much fun?
Mel Chua asked[6] for "I use Fedora" stories from the community. "Write up your story about using Fedora, the stories of your friends and the people you've introduced Fedora to".
Michael DeHaan quickly built[7] a lab of 85 machines in Chicago for the Red Hat Summit, using cobbler (did I mention that version 2.0 was just released?[8]).
Similarly, Jeroen van Meeuwen mentioned[9] that puppetmanaged.org is available, comprising "a collection of modules for Puppet", the "system for automating system administration tasks".
Máirín Duffy finished[10] a set of mockups for the Fedora Project's Spins page.
- ↑ http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/mutrace.html
- ↑ http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/28545.html
- ↑ http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/31146.html
- ↑ http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/31247.html
- ↑ http://jwboyer.livejournal.com/36271.html
- ↑ http://blog.melchua.com/2009/09/16/marketing-write-an-i-use-fedora-story/
- ↑ http://michaeldehaan.net/2009/09/17/travelling-linux-lab-controller-in-a-box/
- ↑ http://michaeldehaan.net/2009/09/17/cobbler-2-0-released/
- ↑ http://www.kanarip.com/node/859
- ↑ http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/spins-fpo-mockups/
In this section, we cover the Fedora Marketing Project.
Contributing Writer: Chaitanya Mehandru
Marketing Meeting Log for 2009-09-15
Meeting logs [1] and notes [2] for the 2009-09-15 Fedora Marketing Meeting were made available. All Marketing meetings and notes are open to the public. [3]
F12 Talking points
Some big news!! The F12 talking points have been released, and are ready for use (and improvement!)[4]. Many thanks to Steven Moix, Paul Frields, and Jon Roberts for their hard work.
F12 release slogan selection
Different ideas and themes were introduced making it a hot topic. Finally 'Unite' was supported well and is the proposed slogan waiting acceptance in the final call[5].
Fedora Insight update
We are almost done with Deployment and have the status for some of the known outstanding things like packaging[6][7]. By September 21, everything gets packaged and staged for loadtesting and we will then be able to move from staging to production by September 28.
Dale Bewley is looking into a workflow to see how FWN could use "fun things you can do with Fedora" and has been experimenting with Zikula to prepare a mini FWN[8].
Mel suggested that it might be a good opportunity for Ambassadors to help create Marketing collateral that would be useful for other Ambassadors: Prepare short stories for "I use Fedora" rotations on the webpage and Fedora Insight. [9].
It's something that would be great for Ambassadors to do before the F12 launch (before the Beta launch, if possible) - write up *your* story about using Fedora, the stories of your friends and the people you've introduced Fedora to - and also potentially something fun to do *at* an F12 launch event; interview new users, make a podcast with them, film them describing something cool they've just discovered about their new operating system, help them write an article for FI.
Marketing Research
Robyn Bergeron proposed the participation of FUDCon attendees being useful in marketing research. Sub-groups like FI, Design, Desktop SIG, Ambassadors and FUDCon attendees can be very helpful resources for answering/retrieving valuable market research questions/information. Robyn wil also figure out the marketing research timeline between now and FUDCon. Mel Chua to look into getting limesurvey into infra and ask RHT Marketing folks about publicly available datasets for marketing research
- ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-09-15/fedora-meeting.2009-09-15-20.00.log.html
- ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-09-15/fedora-meeting.2009-09-15-20.00.html
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Marketing_meetings
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talking_points
- ↑ https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F12_release_slogan
- ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/36
- ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/25
- ↑ http://publictest6.fedoraproject.org/zikula/index.php/News/2009/9/17/Fedora-Weekly-News-101/
- ↑ https://fedorahosted.org/marketing-team/ticket/12
In this section, we cover the activities of the QA team[1].
Contributing Writer: Adam Williamson
Test Days
Last week saw two main track Test Days. The first was on audio, including PulseAudio[1]. The second was on virtualization[2]. The audio Test Day saw good turnout and encouraging results, with basic audio functionality failing for only two out of 21 testers. The virtualization event saw a group of experienced testers carry out much detailed testing on a wide range of features. Thanks to all who turned out to both events.
Next week's Test Day will be on Xfce[3]. This popular alternative desktop environment has an enthusiastic Fedora maintenance team and has produced polished live CD releases for the last few Fedora releases, so if you're an Xfce fan, please come along to the Test Day and help make sure it's in good working shape for the Fedora 12 release!
No Fit and Finish track Test Day is planned for next week.
If you would like to propose a main track Test Day for the Fedora 12 cycle, please contact the QA team via email or IRC, or file a ticket in QA Trac[4].
Weekly meetings
The QA group weekly meeting[1] was held on 2009-09-14. The full log is available[2]. Adam Williamson mentioned that the new test-announce mailing list[3] was up and running and already being used for announcements, and thanked David Pravec for the idea and the implementation.
Kamil Paral gave an update on his investigation into the possible use of zsync to reduce the size of live image transfers. He had written a blog post[4] on the potential benefits. They seemed significant and worthwhile, but Kevin Fenzi had pointed out a problem: zsync is not packaged in Fedora, so cannot be installed on the server, and acceptance of zsync as a Fedora package is currently blocked by its use of an internal copy of the zlib library[5]. Various attempts have been made to have the zlib changes involved, which are also included in rsync, split out into a separate package or merged into upstream zlib, but this has not yet been successfully accomplished. After some discussion, Adam Williamson promised to send a follow-up email to all interested parties to try to restart this process.
Will Woods reported on the progress of the AutoQA project. Failure reports sent to the mailing lists now include traceback information, where available. The installation tests now monitor both the serial console and the installer log files. Will is working on a TurboGears application to cover exporting the necessary information from the autoqa system to support the proposed israwhidebroken.com Rawhide status page. His current code is available in a git repository[6]. He expects to be able to implement the page within a few weeks, and also to make a public instance of the autotest/autoqa systems available.
Adam Williamson led a Test Day roundup. Sebastian Dziallas reported on the Sugar on a Stick Test Day[7]. He was very happy with the participation and feedback received, and felt that the experimental use of the Semantic plugin for result reporting had been successful. He promised to follow up with Adam and James Laska on the use of Semantic. Adam reported on the Graphics Test Week which had happened the previous week, saying that turnout had been good and he was working on a round up. He also trailed the then-upcoming audio and virtualization Test Days. Mark McLoughlin reported that preparations for the virtualization Test Day were advanced, but asked people to check over the Wiki page and suggest any improvements.
John Poelstra reminded the group of the then-upcoming blocker bug review meeting for Fedora 12 Beta on Friday 2009-09-18.
The Bugzappers group weekly meeting[8] was held on 2009-09-15. The full log is available[9]. Brennan Ashton reported he was close to having the new version of the triage metrics system available, and hoped to have it available in a few days' time. He had looked for a co-maintainer for the project, but not found one yet.
Edward Kirk made some proposals to improve the Triage Day project. He suggested moving it to the weekend and making it bi-monthly. Niels Haase said he was interested in driving the changes and leading the events, as Edward would not be able to do this regularly. Niels suggested requiring new members attend a Triage Day before their membership was approved, but Edward felt this would not be a good idea. Ben Williams suggested creating a Fedora classroom for triaging, and the other group members felt this was a promising idea. Adam Williamson suggested Edward and Niels develop their thoughts and bring them forward on the mailing list or at the next week's meeting.
Niels Haase asked a question about the Test Day live CD images, wondering if the default configuration could make it easier to access the system via ssh, to make it easier to access logs in the case of failures which make the system unusable directly. Adam Williamson explained that there were considerable security problems in doing this. Niels suggested making it optional via the use of a kernel parameter. Adam said that would involve development work, and suggested posting the suggestion to the development mailing list.
The next QA weekly meeting will be held on 2009-09-21 at 1600 UTC in #fedora-meeting, and the next Bugzappers weekly meeting on 2009-09-22 at 1500 UTC in #fedora-meeting.
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Meetings/20090914
- ↑ http://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test-announce
- ↑ http://kparal.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/zsync-transfer-large-files-efficiently/
- ↑ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490140
- ↑ git://git.fedorapeople.org/~wwoods/israwhidebroken.git
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2009-09-03_SoaS
- ↑ http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/Meetings
- ↑ http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-meeting/2009-09-15/fedora-meeting.2009-09-15-15.08.log.html
Pre-beta install testing
Liam Li announced[1] a pre-beta installation testing session, to assess the state of the installation process shortly before the process of building the Fedora 12 Beta begins. He explained that a test matrix was available on the Wiki[2], and asked for group members' help in filling out the tests.
Intel graphics information request
Adam Jackson asked[1] users of Intel graphics adapters to send him some information to help with reliable display detection. He asked for a dump of the system video BIOS, together with information on the connectors available on the hardware in question. All Intel graphics adapter owners are encouraged to read Adam's request and send him the information from their systems - it is very easy and takes only a minute.
Graphics test week recap
Adam Williamson reported[1] on the Graphics Test Week, providing a summary of all the bugs reported across the three Test Days, and thanking the developers and testers who showed up to help with testing.
In this section, we cover the Fedora Design Team[1].
Contributing Writer: Nicu Buculei
Behind the Schedule
After John Poelstra reminded[1]to the Design Team about the planned schedule, Máirín Duffy pointed[2] the team is late. While Michael Beckwith tried an alternate 3D route[3], Nicu Buculei argued [4] for using the curent working image "We are late in the process and missed enough deadlines, so we can't afford delaying more" and advanced[5] a first splash mock-up based on it.
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2009-September/001029.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2009-September/001030.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2009-September/001036.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2009-September/001038.html
- ↑ http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/design-team/2009-September/001053.html
DIY Media Sleeve
Grant Bowman asked[1] for a "do-it yourself" media sleeve "I would like to work with a designer to develop a one page, color, printable 8.5x11 page that can be printed, folded and used to identify and protect a downloaded and burned CD or DVD copy of Fedora." twohotis proposed[2] a design to which Nicu Buculei objected about the lack of source, "Please also include the source files, so other people in the team can work with them, build on them, make derivatives", bad version of the Fedora logo "request a vector version of our logo, do not use such a small resolution bitmap" and unusable fonts "do not use proprietary fonts (Segoe), other people will want to work on your files and won't be able to due to the lack of fonts".
In this section, we cover discussion of Fedora virtualization technologies on the @fedora-virt and @libvirt-list lists.
Contributing Writer: Dale Bewley
Fedora Virtualization List
This section contains the discussion happening on the fedora-virt list.
Virtualization Test Day
The latest Fedora Test Day focused on Virtualization improvements in Fedora 12[1]. Even though the test day was on Sept. 17th, you can still help make F12 the best release possible and learn about the newest features in the process. Visit the test day page, download the live image, and post your experiences on the wiki.
Libvirt List
This section contains the discussion happening on the libvir-list.
New Release libvirt 0.7.1
Daniel Veillard
a new
libvirt release, version 0.7.1.
"There is a fair amount of new features and improvement, not surprizing considering 0.7.0[2] was 1.5 months ago. And of course many bug fixes and cleanups:"
New features:
- Add an internal <secret> XML handling API (Miloslav Trmač)
- VBox 3.0.6 API change support (Pritesh Kothari)
- also allow use of XZ for Qemu image compression (Jim Meyering)
- Multipath storage support module (Dave Allan)
- VBox add Storage Volume support (Pritesh Kothari)
- Support configuration of huge pages in guests (Daniel P. Berrange)
- Add support for encrypted (qcow) volume creation. (Miloslav Trmač)
- Secret manipulation public API (Miloslav Trmač)
- support lzop save compression for qemu (Charles Duffy)
- Support new PolicyKit 1.0 API (Daniel P. Berrange)
- Compressed save image format for Qemu. (Chris Lalancette)
- QEmu add host PCI device hotplug support (Mark McLoughlin)
New Release perl-Sys-Virt 0.2.2
Daniel Berrange
an update of the Perl binding for
New features:
- Add all new APIs upto libvirt 0.7.0 APIs (listing defined network interfaces)
- Add missing APIs for looking up storage volumes based on path and key
- Fix lookup of network interfaces based on MAC address
- Add missing APIs for defining network interfaces and starting defined interfaces
Guest Sound Over VNC
Dave Allan noticed[1] "when a KVM guest created with virt-manager is running on F10, sound on the physical host stops working. When all VMs are shutdown, sound starts working again. Removing the <sound> tag from the VM XML allows sound to work while the VM is booted." and suggested disabling sound in guests by default.
Daniel Berrange explained[2] "It is complicated :-) In Fedora >= 11 we currently disable all use of sound cards, but this upsets people who want sound ;-P I'm working on a new version of the patch which sets up audio-over-VNC[3], while for SDL allows the host audio backend to be used & configured. I still need to finish my GTK-VNC patches to do the client end of audio over VNC, then it'll all play correctly with desktop audio services via gstreamer/pulseaudio."
This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora KDE Special Interests Group[1].
Contributing Writer: Ryan Rix
Live image dependencies: breaking libcanberra-gtk2 dependency
This week the KDE SIG team worked to remove a dependency in libcanberra-gtk2 that pulled in GDM and various GNOME utilities. The dependency was introduced this week and was not included on any KDE live images, but by fixing this by having both GDM and libcanberra-gtk2 own /usr/share/gdm/autostart/LoginWindow/,[1] KDE Live Images are kept about about 30MiB smaller.
KDE 4.3.1 pushed to Stable
KDE 4.3.1 is now available in Fedora Updates. A full list of 4.3.1 changes can be found upstream[1]
Post 4.3.1 fixes
A number of bug fixes[1][2][3] will be pushed as separate updates some time after KDE 4.3.1. These bugs address issues in a fix in Kopete's Bonjour plugin, a crash in Kmail's LDAP autocompletion and a fix in Krfb and have are awaiting testing.
New KDE Applications
This week a few new applications have been put into review and testing stages.
- Eike Hein and the Konversation team have been working to put out a new, unofficial build of Konversation, working to make it feature complete as compared to the KDE 3 version. Rex Dieter has built an SVN build containing markerline support and various bug fixes and it is in kde-redhat/unstable[1] Eike says that Konversation 1.2 Beta1 should be available very soon.
- Skrooge, a personal finance manager[2] has been added to Fedora Rawhide and Updates-testing by Thomas Janssen.


text: Sarah Jane Rowlett and James Henry Dodson were married in 1844 by the Rev. John B. Smith. Contemporary accounts describe the reverend as a fiery evangelist, and the churches with which he was associated 1830-1846 had several "Gracious Revivals of Religion." The wedding of Sarah and James was held at the time Rev. Smith was pastor of Concord Baptist Church, and since this church was not far from the Dodson place (now on Hunter's Lane) I imagine the couple exchanged their vows in this community meeting house. In attendance, perhaps, were the groom's parents, Edward and Mary (Green) Dodson, and siblings William Edward, John Lewis , Mary Frances, Minerva, and Benjamin F; the bride's mother, Rebecca (Edward Short) Rowlett, and her half-sister's son, William G. Coleman; along with the odd aunt and uncle. James, age 29, would have taken this 18 year old wife to help manage his growing estate, and together they would raise 10 children, including Rebecca Eulelia.


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Even though research shows that a kitchen sink can contain more germs than a toilet, it still irks me to have toilet water dripping from my plunger after I use it. I simple can't place the plunger back on the floor wet, so I end up balancing the plunger on its side so it can air dry along the tub ledge. To ease this dilemma Rubbermaid's created the Clean& Dry Plunger ($12.99). While standard plungers remain wet, water just beads up and rolls right off the Clean & Dry.
So how does it work? The Clean & Dry Plunger is covered with Rubbermaid's NeverWet coating, a protective shield that water can't penetrate. Its ability to resist water is similar to car wax's ability to repel water. In order for the coating to remain effective, you shouldn't touch the plunger head and pole. Natural skin oils will impact the product's performance. If you want to clean the plunger, use bleach rather than soap as soap can also negatively affect the special coating.
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Two TV series are filming Wednesday, Sept. 6 and Thursday, Sept. 7 in Westchester according to On Location Vacations and @Hastings10706.
"Sneaky Pete," the Amazon show starring Giovanni Ribisi fimed along Hartsdale Avenue and Beverly Road in White Plains on Wednesday and are at King St and Anderson Hill Road in Rye Brook Thursday.
In Hastings, the CBS show "Bull" starring Michael Weatherly was being shot along Aqueduct Lane.
Residents were told not to park on Rosedale Avenue between Ravensdale Road and Merrill Street during daylight hours Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
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UNISDR report finds African towns struggling with disaster management
DAKAR, SENEGAL, 5 December 2012 - A new report published today by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, UNISDR, lays bare the huge challenges faced by medium-sized African towns struggling to cope with the rising tide of disaster events, rural-urban migration and ecosystem destruction without early warning systems or budgets to reduce risk.
When it comes to spreading knowledge about disaster risk reduction to staff working at local government level, the report finds that most staff do not have direct access to computers and information management systems are non-existent.
"City Resilience in Africa: A Ten Essentials Pilot" was launched today at the Africities event attended by thousands of local government representatives from across the continent, and examines three iconic mid-sized African towns, Narok (pop. 60,000), a place of rampant poverty despite being a tourist town in Kenya's Rift Valley; Kisumu (pop. 200,000), a major trade hub on the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria; and Moshi (pop. 150,000), affected by floods and drought, at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro on the Tanzanian border.
They were selected for the study because they have signed up to UNISDR's global "Making Cities Resilient" Campaign and were assessed against the campaign's "Ten Essentials" for achieving resilience.
Speaking at the launch, UNISDR's campaign director, Helena Molina-Valdes, said: "The report finds there is recognition of the value of disaster risk reduction and the need to build resilience but the means, knowledge and political commitment to do it are lacking. Indigenous local knowledge is valuable but it's not enough on its own especially given the challenge of climate change across Africa.
"These three towns are not unique. Many cities and towns throughout Africa are struggling to meet basic urban infrastructural needs such as clean water, waste management disposal and drainage systems. Disaster risk reduction is not integrated into urban planning in many local governments."
The report finds that the pilot cities are mostly overwhelmed during floods and droughts, the two most common hazards they face. The three local governments are not well-equipped to respond to disaster events; interventions and support are limited and uncoordinated. They are limited by funds, capacity, infrastructure and slow administrative links with regional and national authorities.
Abdou Sane, UNISDR Champion for Disaster Risk Reduction in Africa, said: "Africa has shown its commitment to disaster risk reduction at the regional level. The most important ingredient is to get the political leadership to act on this. This remains a problem. Strategic planning is rare at the city level where the most vulnerable people are gathering in informal settlements and where valuable economic assets are increasingly exposed to disaster risk.
"This report is a very good reminder that when we meet in these forums we must focus on action and what works well. Local government leaders are on the front line of building resilience against climate change and extreme weather events and must be given the resources by national governments to meet the challenges."


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I came across that picture on my twitter feed. An old man bending to touch the feet of a man who has no particular accomplishments at all.
I dislike cults, and that goes double for personality cults. I feel revolted by the pitiable groveling of the followers. I suppose by debasing themselves, they elevate the person and thus justify their worship. They crawl so low out of ignorance, fear and greed. Their display of loyalty also demonstrates their abject lack of virtue. Here's a bit hauled out of the archive, from nearly 13 years ago:
I have a very deep-seated distaste for personality driven movements, as opposed to idea driven movements. Personalities are people and people are human and therefore fallible. When the core is a person, and the masses follow that person, grave danger lurks. From what little I know of the world, it appears to me that all movements that center around a person invariably end up in disasters. Just to name a few names, in no particular order: Lenin, Marx, Gandhi (the Mahatma first, later Indira, Rajiv, and in a few years Sonia, Rahul, Priyanka, their children, their children's children), Nehru, Mohammed, Jesus, David Koresh, etc. They degenerate into cults one definition of which is an "obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing."


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A metaphor, from the idea of picking through a bowl of cherries and seeking the best for oneself, or the idea of picking off the cherries for oneself from a cake or dessert.
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cherry-pick (third-person singular simple present cherry-picks, present participle cherry-picking, simple past and past participle cherry-picked)
- (idiomatic) To pick out the best or most desirable items from a list or group, especially to obtain some advantage or to present something in the best possible light.
- 2005, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, The PC Way to Pick Winners, v. 59, no. 4, page 44:
- Screeners can help you cherry-pick a promising group of stocks that meet your exact specifications.
- 2008, Donna Andrews, The Penguin Who Knew Too Much, page 98:
- "We're not offering you a chance to cherry-pick the Caerphilly Zoo to fill in the gaps in your own collection.
- 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, "TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): "Treehouse of Horror III" (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)", in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1]:
- In time The Simpsons would, indeed, resort to spoofing such decidedly non-spooktacular fare like E.T and Mr. And Mrs. Smith (both in "Treehouse Of Horror XVIII") but in 1992 the field was wide-open and the show could cherry-pick the most iconic and beloved fright fare of all time.
- 2023 March 8, David Clough, "The long road that led to Beeching", in RAIL, number 978, pages 37-38:
- The situation became more acute as road competition began to grow during the 1930s. A national road network was built, and road hauliers could cherry-pick the most profitable movements.
- 2005, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, The PC Way to Pick Winners, v. 59, no. 4, page 44:
- (rhetoric, logic, by extension) To select only evidence which supports an argument, and reject or ignore contradictory evidence.
- From all the available statistics, the politician cherry-picked only those that backed up his ideas.
- 1999, Nicholas Alexander and Gary Akehurst, The Emergence of Modern Retailing, 1750-1950, p.38:
- The reason for this concentration is to attempt to alleviate the problems of fragmentation which usually accompany the study of retailing, particularly at the end of the early period, and has so often happened in the past, to curtail the temptation to 'cherry-pick' the best evidence from a wide, but not necessarily related, area.
- 2001, Ian St. John in sci.environment
- You are *asking* for a specific *subset* of the data to *prove* a specific theory. That is 'cherry picking'. It is no more valid to 'cherry pick' data to disprove global warming than it is to 'cherry pick' data to prove it. That is *science*. You *must* deal with the entire data set. What part of this is not clear?
- 2006, Scientific developments relating to the Abortion Act 1967: twelfth report of session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence, p.32:
- Yes, I do think in principle it is a good idea to have clearing houses where data is assessed and has as objective an account as possible given of the data because of the tendency of all organisations to cherry-pick those studies which may support a pre-existing position.
- 2008, Warren Davies, How to Study Psychology, p.80:
- So it's possible to 'cherry pick' only the evidence that supports a position and ignore the rest. To the reader who does not know about the rest of the evidence, it may seem like a strong case. The whole body of evidence must be considered.
- (US, idiomatic, sports) To position oneself near the opponent's goal to attempt to receive an errant or intentional pass for an easy score, as in basketball or versions of soccer where offsides are not enforced.
- (US, idiomatic, broadcasting) To broadcast selected programming from another network.
- 1980, Television/radio age, Volume 28, page 80:
- Those stations that will send CNN tapes of their local and regional news for CNN to cherry-pick from, in turn will be allowed to cherry-pick themselves.
- 1980, Television/radio age, Volume 28, page 80:
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About Daihatsu
Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (ダイハツ工業株式会社 Daihatsu Kōgyō Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese manufacturer of cars, well known for its smaller models. Many of its models are also known as kei jidosha (or kei cars) in Japan.
The name "Daihatsu" is a combination of the first kanji (Japanese character) for Osaka (大) and the first of the word "engine manufacture" (発); when put together they are pronounced "dai hatsu".
Company history
- 1907 – Hatsudoki Seizo Co., Ltd. founded
- 1951 – Company renamed: Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.
- 1967 – Started cooperation with Toyota Motor Corporation
- 1988 – Daihatsu USA launched with the Charade and Rocky
- 1992 – Daihatsu USA shuts down in February, Toyota is now known for Daihatsu models to the US
- 1999 – Toyota gains a controlling interest in (51% market share) Daihatsu Motor Ltd.
Recent market withdrawals
It was reported on 31 March 2005, that Toyota would exit Daihatsu from the Australian market, after sales fell heavily in 2005, in spite of the overall new-car market in Australia growing 7%. Daihatsu wound up its Australian operations in March 2006 after almost 40 years in the market.
Daihatsu's operations in Chile – where Daihatsu is a well-known brand for its 1970s models such as the Charade or Cuore – were also threatened after very low sales in 2004 and 2005. However, Toyota has stated that it intends to persist in the Chile market for now.


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Evolution of Quantum Theory
While the theory of relativity was largely the work of one man, Albert Einstein, the quantum theory was developed principally over a period of thirty years through the efforts of many scientists. The first contribution was the explanation of blackbody radiation in 1900 by Max Planck, who proposed that the energies of any harmonic oscillator (see harmonic motion), such as the atoms of a blackbody radiator, are restricted to certain values, each of which is an integral (whole number) multiple of a basic, minimum value. The energy E of this basic quantum is directly proportional to the frequency ν of the oscillator, or E=hν, where h is a constant, now called Planck's constant, having the value 6.62607×10−34 joule-second. In 1905, Einstein proposed that the radiation itself is also quantized according to this same formula, and he used the new theory to explain the photoelectric effect. Following the discovery of the nuclear atom by Rutherford (1911), Bohr used the quantum theory in 1913 to explain both atomic structure and atomic spectra, showing the connection between the electrons' energy levels and the frequencies of light given off and absorbed.
Quantum mechanics, the final mathematical formulation of the quantum theory, was developed during the 1920s. In 1924, Louis de Broglie proposed that not only do light waves sometimes exhibit particlelike properties, as in the photoelectric effect and atomic spectra, but particles may also exhibit wavelike properties. This hypothesis was confirmed experimentally in 1927 by C. J. Davisson and L. H. Germer, who observed diffraction of a beam of electrons analogous to the diffraction of a beam of light. Two different formulations of quantum mechanics were presented following de Broglie's suggestion. The wave mechanics of Erwin Schrödinger (1926) involves the use of a mathematical entity, the wave function, which is related to the probability of finding a particle at a given point in space. The matrix mechanics of Werner Heisenberg (1925) makes no mention of wave functions or similar concepts but was shown to be mathematically equivalent to Schrödinger's theory.
Quantum mechanics was combined with the theory of relativity in the formulation of P. A. M. Dirac (1928), which, in addition, predicted the existence of antiparticles. A particularly important discovery of the quantum theory is the uncertainty principle, enunciated by Heisenberg in 1927, which places an absolute theoretical limit on the accuracy of certain measurements; as a result, the assumption by earlier scientists that the physical state of a system could be measured exactly and used to predict future states had to be abandoned. Other developments of the theory include quantum statistics, presented in one form by Einstein and S. N. Bose (the Bose-Einstein statistics) and in another by Dirac and Enrico Fermi (the Fermi-Dirac statistics); quantum electrodynamics, concerned with interactions between charged particles and electromagnetic fields; its generalization, quantum field theory; and quantum electronics.
Sections in this article:
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- Dual Nature of Waves and Particles
- Evolution of Quantum Theory
- Bibliography
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Chen Tianzhuo is a 28-year-old known for bright cartoonish drawings and absurdist assemblages involving components like shark jaws and a French horn, a monkey skull and instant noodles. Peng Xiaojia, age 58, is sculptor whose works range from naturalistic female nudes to slightly menacing semi-abstractions. What do they have in common? Both are "emerging" Chinese artists with recent museum exposure in Shanghai. Yet they exemplify not only esthetic and generational differences but two starkly contrasting approaches to gaining fame in China's jostling, overcrowded art scene.
It's a game with high stakes, since successful artists in the People's Republic today typically enjoy huge studios, rambling domestic compounds, teams of assistants, several vehicles, a staff driver, and a housekeeper who cooks—all considered routine. They don't even qualify as showing off.
Exactly who will be next to win critical acclaim and instant riches has become a burning question in China over the past several months. Since summer 2012, Beijing has seen the "Future" exhibition at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (95 artists), a massive survey at Arario Gallery (100 artists), "On|Off" at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (50 artists) and "Memo I" at White Space (13 artists). Participants in these shows—and kindred others—were nearly all born after 1976 (the year Mao died and the Cultural Revolution ended), making them prime candidates to succeed China's first and second wave of avant-garde artists: Wang Guangyi, Yue Minjun, Zhang Peili, etc.
But how? Artists today no longer have the readymade theme of the great transition from Maoist collectivism to capitalistic bonanza. Consumerism in the cities and poverty in the countryside, a socioeconomic inequity almost beyond measure—these are now taken for granted by new artists who seek signature topics and formal devices, along with their own career opportunities. Events these days in China's second art city, Shanghai, give strong—and somewhat conflicting—clues to a winning strategy.
Chen Tianzhuo was selected along with six other artists (Gao Mingyan, Liao Fei, Su Chang, Xiao Longhua, Andy Mo and Zhang Yunyao) for "Existence—Follow Young Artists Group Exhibition II" (Feb. 23-Mar. 21) at MOCA Shanghai. In order to make the show "super fresh," the private museum's youthful curator Wang Weiwei chose artists, all born in the 1980s, who had not appeared in any of the big Beijing youth roundups.
"Existence" was, in other words, an example of Western-style talent prospecting of the sort currently practiced from Berlin to Bushwick. Find some hip young artists, create a catchy rubric and pitch the newness of it all, hoping for both synergy and potential breakouts.
With such shows, the biggest difference lies in the scale of Chinese response. Collectors in the PRC frequently treat these post-1976 roundups as shopping lists, sometimes coming away with a full sampler for starting a private art trove, sometimes buying up a neophyte artist's entire body of work in one fell swoop. Public awareness spreads dizzyingly fast—via social media like Weibo and WeChat, on websites like Randian, and in the pages of publications ranging from the critically serious Leap and Yishu to the glitzy Harper's Bazaar Art.
But for artists whose work resonates (even faintly) with tradition and who are open to implicit approval from the powers that be, there is an older method, based on guanxi (personal networking). Thus Peng Xiaojia, who has spent his working life in rural New Hampshire, showing his sculpture only intermittently, presently finds himself with a full retrospective (through Apr. 7) that fills the entire Shanghai Oil Painting and Sculpture Institute (SPSI).
The lineup of dignitaries at Peng's Mar. 14 opening included a soon-to-be-dean of sculpture (and former Peng classmate) at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, two of the artist's mentor-professors from the U.S., and the highly influential Xiao Feng, retired head of the China Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou, a family friend. The SPSI space has been temporarily transformed, with boxy artificial columns rising from floors strewn ankle-deep with wood chips. A large, handsome catalogue, with contributions by Xiao Feng and other worthies, accompanies the show.
Hovering solicitously near the painfully shy Peng, who could barely whisper his thanks at the podium, was his real-estate mogul sister, owner of the city's Original Song Gallery, who engineered the event.
This friends-and-colleagues approach, far from fading away with the onslaught of globalism, seems in fact to be resurgent, especially given a growing emphasis on "Chineseness" as the People's Republic seeks to reestablish links with its cultural past (systematically broken under Mao) and to define its identity as an emergent superpower. Not only is the domestic market for Chinese antiquities enormous and soaring, but galleries and museums are now placing tremendous emphasis on contemporary ink-painting exhibitions.
Cool young artists don't neglect their guanxi either. Avant-garde peers and supporters may patronize snazzier galleries than their Old Guard confreres, and may spend more time in louche bars than in quaint backstreet teashops, but everyone is hip to the fact that things get done in China in one of two ways: unofficially and inventively, because you know someone; or officially and ceremoniously—because you know someone.


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Let's not dwell on it. Instead here are three moments that reminded me that the best laid plans don't always work out as we expect:
- I know my way to Fran and John's place quite well. Yet I wasn't concentrating and headed towards my parents' house instead. Sylvia and I took the scenic route to the party and got there a little later than I intended.
- Sylvia was quite excited about the party. Yet when she arrived and saw all the people there she was stuck by shyness and it took her quite a while to warm up and enjoy bouncing up and down with the other kids, lollypops in mouths!
- It was Stella's birthday yet she was fast asleep before all the games began.
- We had a swim and left the car in the swimming carpark while we went to the newsagent and fruit and veg shop, stopping to talk to a few people we knew from swimming. I was most displeased to get back to the car and have a parking ticket for overstaying the time limit by 20 minutes. There are a few places in Melbourne that I am very wary of overstaying parking but not in our local area.
- Sylvia lost a little and tiny castle my parents brought back from Denmark. She moved lots of furniture around in the loungeroom in search of it. We found the castle in her bedroom.
- When Sylvia was searching for the castle, I was pleased to finally find some green shoes I had been searching for. Unfortunately they had a huge hole in them and had to be thrown out. Perhaps that is why I had shoved them in a corner in the first place.
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Vegan Mofo and hosting Pasta Please. I am trying to prepare as much as possible for it beforehand. The rest of yesterday's baking will appear later. This morning, I was pleased to be able to share a little of it with my lovely fellow bloggers Kari and Mel when we met for a coffee at Brunettis. Now I just need to stew those apples!
I am sending this soup to Simona from Briciole for Weekend Herb Blogging #398, the weekly event coordinated by Haalo and founded by Kalyn.
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Paradies: Glaube (2012) (Paradise: Faith)
Ulrich Seidl
Ulrich Seidl's Paradise: Faith (2012), the second film in the Paradise trilogy, could be seen as a complement to its predecessor Paradise: Love (2012). While in Love, Klara (Margarethe Tiesel) tries to overcome a spiritual crisis through sex, here Anna Maria (Maria Hofstätter, in an intensely physical performance that rivals Tiesel's brilliant portrayal) supplants physicality with Faith. What the previous film did with love, Faith does with religious belief, charting one person's attempt to find Faith in a world that increasingly thwarts it. More precisely, the film refracts this quest through an Existentialist prism, producing a portrait of the search for meaning through Catholic values in a world where they have been rendered invalid. Like Klara, Anna Maria discovers that Faith, which is considered a private commitment, is invariably shaped by the social and political systems they are practiced within. Seidl's film subtly plays with our judgment of the central character and dodges any easy association of her character with her belief system. The contradiction between her catholic principles and her demeanour with her estranged Muslim husband (Nabil Saleh) is less an indication of the fickleness of her Faith than a demonstration of the difficulties of having Faith in our times. The film has been characterized as a comedy in some critical quarters and that very classification speaks volumes about our Enlightened epoch, in which irrational faith can't be anything but a fodder for laughter. Seidl's clinical detachment – typified by his head-on compositions where characters come across as subjects in a behavioural study – from Anna Maria's rituals is genuine neutrality rather than condescending irony. For an unprejudiced eye, all her actions – be it the self-flagellating routine or her insistence that non-Catholics are leading a sinful life – would appear as gestures as valid, understandable and worthy of empathy as Klara's attempts at finding love.


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Chet Faker On World Cafe
Chet Faker On World Cafe
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Australian electronic musician Chet Faker has been releasing singles and EPs on the web for a few years, attracting a fair bit of attention for his popular cover of Blackstreet's "No Diggity." Faker accompanies his soulful singing with loops, samples and keyboards, as he improvises over tracks he'd recorded in the studio. Earlier this month, he released his full-length U.S. debut, Built on Glass.
The name Chet Faker, naturally, pays homage to the great jazz musician Chet Baker. Faker took his alias upon learning that another artist from Melbourne has his given name, Nick Murphy. Here, Chet Faker performs three tracks for World Cafe.
This episode originally aired April 30, 2014.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An autopsy report confirms Monkees star Davy Jones died of a heart attack.
The report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press shows the 66-year-old Jones had severe build-up in his arteries.
Toxicology reports came back negative for any sign of drugs in his system other than cannabinoids, a class of drugs that includes marijuana. However, that played no role in his death.
The report also notes some congestion in the singer's lungs.
Jones rocketed to the top of the 1960s music charts along with his bandmates in The Monkees, captivating audiences with hits including "Daydream Believer" and "I'm a Believer." He died Feb. 29 near his home in Indiantown, Fla.


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For those that deny climate change, the work of the IPCC is not merely anathema, but subject to a relentless campaign to discredit it in the eyes of the public.
The sceptic community has made a small industry out of picking over every line of IPCC reports in order to find errors. In their mind a typographical error incorrectly cited article falsifies decades of science.
As the Irish Times reports, it now seems the IPCC is trying to get the jump on sceptics by publishing early drafts and written comments:
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has taken the unprecedented step of publishing earlier drafts of its latest report on global warming and all 54,677 written contributions by expert and government reviewers.
This is seen as a co-ordinated effort by the IPCC to bolster its own credibility and disarm climate change deniers in the wake of controversies over such "mistakes" as a poorly grounded forecast that Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035.
The report, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis, was published last September. It confirmed that warming was "unequivocal"; human influence on the climate system was "clear"; and huge reductions in greenhouse gas emissions were needed.
The full report, released yesterday as part of the IPCC's Fifth Assessment of climate change, runs to more than 1,500 pages, includes 600 diagrams and cites in excess of 9,000 scientific publications since the IPCC's Fourth Assessment in 2007.
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Will it satisfy the sceptics?
Obviously even the most compelling evidence won't convince the sceptics.
But personally, I think the move to greater transparency is a good thing. Especially when it comes to assuring the public the process is open and mistakes can and will be fixed early.


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A 2-hour open track session in your own car on our track. There are no sessions allowing you to go out on track as and when you like.
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Registration starts at 5pm with the safety briefing at 5.45pm. Track time is live (open session) from 6pm - 8pm with 2 hours of non-stop track action. Pre-booking is advised as this type of trackday normally sells out. Track driving is £90 in advance or £100 on the day. Additional drivers are available at £45.00 in advance or £50 on the day.
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This trackday is offered for up to 40 drivers and runs open pitlane format from 6pm - 8pm
An open session tracknight offers you 2 hours of uninterrupted tracktime with no sessions, you can go out as and when you like.
Our car tracknights can be very popular and often sell out before the event. We recommend pre-booking to avoid disappointment.
You may take a passenger out on track as long as they are aged 14 years or older and meet the minimum height requirements of 135cm. Passengers are charged at £10 per person for the duration of the evening.
At Knockhill Racing Circuit we take pride in ensuring everyone has an enjoyable experience on track in a safe manner. All of our trackdays run to a national code of practice operated by all recognised MSA approved racing circuits and we are founder members of the Association of Trackday Organisers.
Listed below we have a list of the frequently asked questions and safety regulations, if you have never done a trackday before please take care to read all of the information. Our team are always on hand to help on the day or prior to your visit please give us a call with any questions.
All drivers must hold one of the following licences and comply with the relevant regulations in order to take part in a track day: DVLA road licence - must be a fully unrestricted (not provisional) valid driving licence issued by the DVLA (or the equivalent foreign licensing authority in the driver's country of residence) with the appropriate category clearly indicated. MSA National B (or higher) race licence valid in current year (drivers must be 17yrs +).
No licence = No driving. If you do forget to bring your licence, or if your licence has expired, we can call the DVLA to check you hold a valid licence for a fee of £10. Please note this can only be done up to 5.30pm and not on a Sunday.
All drivers and passengers must wear a suitable crash helmet and have their legs covered at all times whilst on circuit. In the case of open top vehicles, drivers must wear a full face helmet. Helmets are available to hire from Knockhill Racing Circuit for a small fee.
Any filming equipment must be secured inside the vehicle and may be inspected prior to track session. Hand held or helmet cameras are NOT permitted.
In the case of road cars - the vehicle must conform to MOT minimum standards for road use or MSA current safety regulations for track cars. All cars must have working seatbelts regardless of age. It must be in good condition both mechanically and bodily and suitable for its intended use on the track. It is your duty to ensure that the vehicle remains in this condition for the duration of the activity, in the interests of your safety and the safety of others at the circuit. Open wheels/single seaters are not permitted.
Most insurance policies do not cover your vehicle for track use. You should check your policy with your insurer.
Registration will normally take place in Kinnairds Restaurant approximately 1 hour prior to the start of the trackday. You will be asked to complete and sign an indemnity form and produce your licence.
All drivers must attend a safety briefing, at registration you will be advised of the time and location. Normally the briefing takes place 30 minutes prior to the start of the trackday. In addition there is a separate briefing for any first time participants. It is important everyone attends the safety briefing, even if you are a regular participant.
Proceed to the pitlane or the holding area next to the pitlane if the trackday is running as an 'open pitlane session'. You will then have your wrist band checked by the circuit controller and be released onto the circuit. If the trackday is split into sessions please follow the instructions given over the public address system.
Remember to exit the pitlane in a safe manner as described in your briefing, start off slow and build up your pace up throughout the day.
Circuit Entry: Gates open from 8.00am
Cancellations and Non-Attendance: If for any reason you are unable to attend your chosen date, we will accept one change to an alternative date provided you give us 3 full days notice by telephone. Cancellations made after this period will incur a 50% additional re-booking charge. Non-attendance will forefit your booking. No refunds will be made.
Noise Limit: Knockhill Racing Circuit has a noise limit of 105db.
Refreshments: Kinnairds restaurant will be open and available for both hot and cold food and drink during your visit to Knockhill.
Fuel: Please be aware that we are unable to sell you fuel for your car, please ensure that you purchase fuel on route to the circuit.
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One of our finest assets and always a hot topic with our customers! We strive to provide the best possible experience and our skilled team plays the most important part in delivering this. Everyone is friendly, approachable, correctly qualified and passionate about their role at Knockhill. From our ground staff, instructors, directors and sales team, we look forward to welcoming you to Knockhill.
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The financial police turn to crime: the tax haven at the heart of the IMF.
By Dr. Tristan Learoyd
Last week the Financial Times reported that "Only the IMF can solve the Eurozone Crisis" (1).
The IMF's stated mission
According to its website, the mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the World Bank group is "to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results". Upon its creation, it was envisaged that the fund would serve to oversee the global economic system. The IMF would be the financial police, if you like, keeping countries in good economic health for the benefit of its citizens.
The conditions of the IMF in the Euro debt crisis
Throughout the past forty years, the IMF has become synonymous with providing loans at a steep cost to sovereign nations, the cost being the fire-sale of essential public utilities, the axing of public services and fiscal constraint. Such conditions are present in recent IMF led Euro bailouts.
The IMF offered a three-year €30 billion bailout to Greece "in support of the authorities' economic adjustment and transformation program". The Greek government's IMF enforced program included reforms to tax administration, the labour market, the Greek health service, and the management of public finances.
The IMF tells us that the measures will make the Greek economy more competitive, transparent, and efficient. The fiscal measures include the much publicised reduction in public sector wages and pensions.
Transparency is raised time and time again by the IMF in its reporting of Greece (2).
Ireland's bailout included the usual IMF rhetoric of transferring the water service provision from local authorities to a water utility (read: privatisation), plus a Bill to increase the retirement age, measures to cut legal and medical costs, and significant cuts in social welfare payments.
"Independent assessment" of the electricity and gas sectors was recommended, which when complete, the authorities are instructed to set targets for their possible privatisation (3). Accordingly, electric is to be partially privatised in Eire in 2012 (4). The debate over the timing of the introduction of water charges in the Republic of Ireland roars on and looks likely for 2014.
Such privatisations provide an initial lump sum to indebted governments but severely hampers their abilities to hit strict inflation targets in the long term, targets set by the IMF (who else). For example, in the UK water privatisation led to price increases of up to 50% within four years with yearly increases since.
Disastrous economic conditions affecting consumption such as increasing and broadening the scope of VAT and means tested pensions are also common pieces of IMF 'advice' (3). It's clear that the IMF, in its scrutiny-of-nations role, applies ideologically selective conditions to its loans. Other than privatisation, the main stipulation for a nation receiving an IMF loan is "fiscal control", with a strong emphasis on inflation targeting via its obsession with fanciful laissez faire market equilibrium.
Inflation targeting is ideologically preferred by the IMF to employment and growth targeting. However, such inflation targeting becomes a lot more difficult for an indebted nation due to the conditions that the IMF applies to its bailouts.
The problem with IMF monetary policy
The problem with monetary policy is that you have to have a rough idea of how much money is in circulation in an economy for it to work. You also have to have a rough idea of market supply and demand to determine inflation. These crude neoclassical approximations become further obfuscated in a global financial environment that allows the unregulated and highly secretive stashing of capital in secrecy jurisdictions and tax havens, through which up to half of the world's trade on paper passes (5).
Originally the IMF had developed a highly dubious anti-corruption agenda that focused on "the opacity of the offshore bank system, with the exception of the restrictive programmes that concern money laundering" (6). However, the reality is that as early as 2003 World Bank group members were championing tax havens:
"That does not mean that tax incentives have no effect on foreign direct investment. It is no coincidence that in 1985–94 foreign direct investment grew more than fivefold in tax havens in the Caribbean and South Pacific" (7).
As the financial crisis started to grip the World Bank Group reverted to back to the realm of reason: "The World Bank has announced a new programme of asset recovery, to be undertaken jointly with the UN. There should be no safe haven for those who steal from the poor" (8,9). However, as the crisis played out the World Bank reverted to arguments of tax competition, and of regulatory competition, in an attempt to legitimise the use of tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions: "to some degree, this tax competition can facilitate better resource allocation" (10).
The Tax haven at the heart of the IMF
Despite the IMF and its partner's fluctuation over policy on tax havens, it is one thing for the IMF to champion the type of poverty creating investment centres used by drug dealers – and another entirely to stash public money in them (11).
In 2010, there were calls for a department of the IMF, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), not to invest in companies operating out of tax havens (12). The IFC supposedly promotes "economic development in countries where private enterprises are encouraged to operate efficiently and grow. It helps the private sector in emerging markets." In short, the IFC helps to get foreign multinational companies into developing countries (13). The IFC, as the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, shares the Group's mission and among those statements is, of course, the eradication of poverty (13).
For an organisation that constantly refers to "transparency" and "eradicating poverty" in its reports, the IMF may want to answer questions over IFC's Asset Management Company (AMC). It appears that the IFC isn't just dealing with companies that 'operate' out of tax havens – but it has also created one. The AMC's dubious purpose of "allowing foreign investors to help themselves to any company they might have in their sights, bearing little or no risk, courtesy of IFC-provided public money" [Aldo Caliari, Center of Concern], is fortunately – for the IMF – somewhat camouflaged by its chosen business address (14).
The AMC is a wholly owned private subsidiary of the IFC, and is headquartered in Delaware, United States. Delaware is the number one destination for financial secrecy, tax avoidance and tax evasion on the globe according to the Tax Justice Network's financial secrecy index (15).
The AMC is a growing part of the IFC portfolio, it manages a $3 billion IFC 'capitalisation fund', a $200 million Africa Fund, and huge funds from public institutions: including $2 billion from the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation, and investments form the Africa Fund of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) (16).
It is a cruel and covert hypocrisy that the IMF calls for greater government transparency from European Governments when evidence suggests the IMF is stashing public money in tax havens where it can't be traced. Furthermore, the IFC, which aims to reduce poverty in Africa, is sponsoring the kind of jurisdiction which is responsible for poverty through capital flight and money laundering out of Africa, through its own subsidiary's activities (17).
In light of this evidence, perhaps the IMF isn't the solution to the Eurozone crisis the Financial Times article suggested it was; perhaps it was a principle cause of the crisis: by permitting – and now partaking in – financial secrecy.
(1) The A LIst Blog: Only the IMF can save the Eurozone Crisis
(3) The Irish Times: Front Page
(4) BBC Northern Ireland: Electricity Owner to be partially sold off
(5) The Guardian: Truth about Tax Havens
(6) SGIR Stockholm Conference Sept 2010: Tax Havens
(7) World Bank Group Public Policy for Private Sector Journal
(8) NY Times: World Bank and UN to help poor nations recover stolen assets
(9) Tax Research UK: World Bank Targets Corruption in Tax Havens
(10) Tax Research UK: IMF says Tax Havens danger to society
(11) Reporting Project: Delaware – The Onshore Offshore
(12) Financial Tax Force: Clampdown on Tax Havens
(13) IFC: Vision, Values and Purpose
(14) Bretton Woods Project IFC : Opportunist Expansion
(15) Bretton Woods Project: IFC: Intermediary Lending: Cause for Complaint
(16) IFC: What we do – Assets Management Company


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Student organization uses benefit concert to rally support for St. Jude
K-State's Up 'til Dawn student organization is changing the ways of not-for-profit fundraising by offering supporters more than just a sense of righteousness. On April 20, Up 'til Dawn is bringing the Josh Abbott Band to the Little Apple, and is using the funds generated through ticket sales to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
With hundreds of groups across the K-State campus asking for support in the form of monetary donations, Up 'til Dawn is distinguishing its philanthropy by providing entertainment in exchange for support. Prompted by years of consecutive decreases in fundraising, Up 'til Dawn shifted its focus to include less time and effort for the participants and more of a reward.
"It's a new way to engage students outside of our traditional letter writing party," said Courtney Frantz, Up 'til Dawn Executive Director and senior in family studies and human services. "We want to be able to meet a need in our community, in this case quality entertainment, while still supporting St. Jude. In addition, this has been a way to reach more individuals in the Manhattan area about the mission of St. Jude."
Up 'til Dawn is a student led organization on college campuses across the nation that raises funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. St. Jude relies on these contributions to operate because no family ever pays to receive care and their daily operating costs mount to about $1.8 million.
This is the first year Up 'til Dawn has changed its fundraising strategy. Several businesses within the community have donated their efforts in support of Up 'til Dawn's goal, including the Wareham Opera House, Rusty's, B104.7, Kite's Grille and Bar, and the Hilton Garden Inn. The concert will take place this Saturday at the Wareham Opera House at 7:30 p.m., with tickets selling for $20 each. All proceeds will benefit the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, in hopes of allowing them to continue their life-saving work.