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19 Sync Licensing: Advertising 18 Sync Licensing: TV / Movies / Video Games 5 Compilations 3 Exposure Opportunity 2 Song placements 2 Publishing Deal 2 Labels / Record Deals 1 Radio Playlisting
12 Non-Exclusive 6 Negotiable or N/A 1 Exclusive
8 Not Available 9 $501 - $1,000 3 $1,001 - $1,500 1 $5,001 - $10,000 1 $100K+
24 longer than 45 days
9 at least 9 at least 9 at least 9 at least 10 at least 24 all
Seeking Songs/Artists for Publishing and Distribution
World Eater Recordings is looking for new songs/artists to pitch to our agency contacts for film sync, radio performance & commercial advertising. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
Located in the NYC neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, World Eater Recordings is one of the best known studios in NYC for recording and post production audio & video. In operation since 1990, but opened to the public in November of 2000, it has become a place where artists can produce quality, commercial level content, and do so well within their budget. After 20 years at the same location, the studio stands as a symbol of the diverse artistic culture of one of America's most active communities.
- Jared Hassan Foles / World Eater Recordings
Deal Type: sync, radio performance & commercial advertising
Similar Sounding Artists: Mastadon, Bad Brains, Drake, Childish Gambino
Talented Songwriters Needed
We are looking for writers with catchy melodies, and really great lyrical content. For producers we are looking for uniqueness, originality, and out of the box thinking. We specialize in Pop, Hip-Hop, and R&B, but are open to all genres of writers and producers if you have an original sound that we have to hear. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. We look forward to hearing your submissions.
3Sixty Music Group LLC handles all 360 degrees of a client's career securing deals with record labels, publishers, distributors, brand marketing companies, music supervisors and advertising agencies worldwide.
- Danny Jones / 3Sixty Music Group
Deal Type: Song Placement / Sync Placement
Compensation: $501 - $1,000
Similar Sounding Artists: Rihanna, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Usher, Bruno Mars, Kehlani, Trey Songz, K.Michelle, Sevyn Streeter
Seeking New Independent Artists / Tracks for UK Sync Catalogue
A professional content provider of independent music from the UK and other territories, is looking for new music to add to our sync catalogue, and introduce to our contacts in music supervision, music placement, and editing, for potential sync opportunities.
Looking for a variety of genres from artists with a bit of recent traction in the UK media/music business.
- Futureproof Records & Promotions
Compensation: $1,000 / Compensation To Vary by placement
Song Quality: Fully mastered
Similar Sounding Artists: N/A
Perfechter Productions is Seeking Music for Film, Videogames, & TV
We are a full service recording studio, and publishing company that are in constant communication with music supervisors, we help our artists to get placed in movies, videogames, and TV. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration. We are open to Hip-Hop/Rap, Rock, Pop, Techno and R&B, and the music must be mixed and broadcast ready.
Music Placement Opportunities
Seeking Multi-Genre Production for Placement Opportunities
Seeking songs for Licensing Opportunities in multiple commercial fields.Music Supervisor looking for multi-genre tracks for Retail,Consumer Commercials and Jingles.They can only accept fully mixed and mastered tracks. No demos please. Looking forward to hearing your tracks.
Join Multi Platinum Producer Mr. Mig's Team
Mr. Mig is looking for Elite Artists, Producers, Beatmakers and Songwriters to join his team at Maxxbeats.com, AudiomaxxStudios.com and Global Groove Entertainment! Directions: Download the FREE Mr. Mig instrumentals at http://www.maxxbeats.com on the "FREE STUFF" page. Create a song to any of the instrumentals and submit here at this campaign dropbox. If chosen, your collaboration may be used in any one of Mr. Mig's upcoming projects, tv or film placements and more!
Seeking songs for Television, Film & Commercial usage
We are currently seeking Pop/Alternative/Rock/Urban formatted material for potential placement in various Television an Film projects that we are currently working on. Both male and female vocals are being accepted. All songs must be of high quality, broadcast ready, and copy written prior to being submitted. SERIOUS SUBMISSIONS please. Past placements have included Disney, HBO, SpikeTV, MTV, VH1, and Bravo.
Genres Accepted: Pop, Alternative Rock, Urban
Seeking Radio Ready Top 40 Pop Songs for Publishing and Licensing Opportunities
I'm seeking radio-ready Top 40 pop songs for publishing and licensing opportunities. Please include lyric sheet and only submit fully produced, mixed and mastered tracks. I am not looking for rough demos. These should be finished songs with killer toplines and exceptional quality production that could go up against any popular mainstream song. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
- Dani Thompson / DNT Entertainment & OC Hit Factory
Deal Type: Publishing & Licensing - Sync Placement
Similar Sounding Artists: Flo Rida, Drake, Lady Gaga, Tori Kelly, Justin Bieber, Meghan Trainor, Shawn Mendez
Promotion, Licensing & Distribution - Consideration with Tinderbox Music
Tinderbox is a music promotions and distribution company. Please submit your best track(s) for Promotion, Licensing, and Distribution consideration with Tinderbox Music.
I'm Jon Delange, the owner of Tinderbox. I do much of our television licensing. We are choosy about whom we work with, as I'm certain so are you. The prescription for a successful promoter is in not taking on more clients than they can justly promote. Our six full time and three part time music staff work on roughly a dozen new acts each month - that's it. That's the highest staff to artist ratio I'm aware of.
We work on over thirty major television shows. We also book some live events, music fests and do quite a bit of small market radio, press and tour support duties.
Click HERE for a blog piece. I thought it would be a good read for anyone interested in music promotion. It certainly covers a lot of the duties that Tinderbox engages in. If selected, additional promotional fees may apply
- Jon Delange / Tinderbox Music
Notting Hill Music UK Seeking Top Dance/EDM Writer-Producers for Publishing & Placement Deals
Notting Hill Music is actively seeking Dance/EDM writer-producers for publishing and diverse placement opportunities across film, TV, advertising and video games.
Our London office is where it's at for dance/EDM.
Additionally, the Notting Hill Music catalogue includes more than 300 U.K. Top 40 hit singles, including 18 number ones. Our songs rare featured on hundreds of hit albums all over the World and gold & platinum awards arrive on a weekly basis.
Composer/producer collaboration
We are looking for professional composer/producer to collaborate in music production. This would not be a single deal, but a catalog deal, once your production is selected.
Please submit to this opportunity only if you have a certain catalog to offer, not a single song. For our consideration – please submit your best track.
If we select you, it means that your production will be placed in the production library Baltic Countries (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) for possible placements in Television shows, documentaries, news/sports feeds, etc. We offer non-exclusive publishing agreement and PRO royalties.
We need instrumentals in the following genres: electronica, cinematic/soundtracks, hip hop, pop, roots/country and also melodic sound design with comfortable expressions suitable for documentaries, newsfeeds, tv shows, etc.
Looking forward to receiving high quality mastered instrumental productions!
Submit your EDM songs for new compilation CD
Strictly Rolling is looking for EDM tracks in the style of Afrojack, Hardwell, Deadmaus, Armin Van Buuren and David Guetta to release on a new compilation CD put out by our label Strictly Rolling. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
- Carl Mills / Strictly Rolling
Pravda Music Seeking Music for TV, Film, Internet, Ad Projects
Pravda Music is looking for indie rock, dance, trap, hip hop and instrumental music for tv, film, internet, and advertising projects. If your song is selected, you will enter into a co-publishing agreement for that particular song and Pravda Music will represent and pitch the song to appropriate projects. It will also be featured on our licensing website www.pravdalicensing.com. All licensing and publishing revenue will be split 50/50 with the artist.
- Kenn Goodman / Pravda Music
Deal Type: Publishing Deal
Similar Sounding Artists: Vaults, The 1975, FKA Twigs, Courtney Barnett, Black Keys, M Ward
Dark, Sexy Tacks Needed for TV Placements
Working on several cues that require moody, dark, sexy pop tracks with swagger. Mid-tempos around 120bpm.
Reference: Goldfrapp.
Please, only submit tracks without existing toplines.
Seeking New Artists / Songs for Representation
This is an ongoing opportunity.
We are looking to add new artists and/or songs to our roster, for digital distribution, licensing, publishing, radio or TV airplay placements.
Recordings must be professionally mixed and mastered.
-- NO DEMOS accepted --
Preferred genres: Urban, Hip Hop, Rap, Urban Pop, World, African, Afrobeat
HIGH QUALITY submissions only.
--PLEASE ONLY SUBMIT ONCE--
- Jeremie Varengo / TRACE media group
CoastLine Music Group Seeking Music for our Catalogue
We are currently in need of music to include in our online catalogue. Typical placements will be in fields of marketing ads, artist EPs, Tv, Film.
CoastLine Music Group, LLC is currently a small Los Angeles based music production company. The company's founder has a classical music background, and is/has worked with various marketing, and publishing companies throughout California.
- Isaiah Hayes / CoastLine Music Group, LLC
Compensation: $5,001 - $10,000
Similar Sounding Artists: Sound like yourself!
Quirky, Happy, Organic Tracks Needed for Commercial Pitches
In need of some peppy, happy, quirky, bouncy, left-of-center, organic tracks for commercial pitch opportunities.
References: Ellie Goulding, Ingrid Michaelson.
Please, only send tracks without existing toplines.
Seeking R&B / Rap / Pop
Our team of songwriters from Secret Hit Music is looking for full demos to work with, we looking for the perfect pitch to place with a top A artist or either a material we can feel and make it better.
- Fabrizio Moreira - CEO - VIP Music Records
Wanted: Classical Composers / Producers for Sync Licensing
We are looking for great classical composers / producers & music for a sync company that has been involved in placing tracks in movies such as Scream, It's A Kind Of Funny Story, The Virginity Hit. TV Shows such as Greys Anatomy, Blue Mountain State, Being Human. Games such as NFL & Guitar Hero and Brands such as Quicksliver, SPA and Toyota.
Music & Publishing must be 100% owned by the composer. We are looking for music that is mixed and mastered to a high standard and can be placed easily and are looking for the next John Williams, Hans Zimmer or Ennio Morricone.
Deal Structure: Non-Exclusivebr> Compensation: TBD Based On Placement
Similar Sounding Artists: John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, Klaus Badelt, Nicholas Hooper, Bernard Herrmann, Herbert Stothart, John Barry, Elmer Bernstein
Seeking All Genres for TV Placements
Looking for song submissions of any genre for TV placements. We work with a variety of show and are always looking for new music to place. Please submit your best track(s) for consideration.
Never wavering from our philosophy, our efforts have resulted in the placement of our artists' music from indie films to shows such as Big Bang Theory, America's Next Top Model, Last Comic Standing, and NCIS: LA, just to name a few.
- Tyler Dofflow - A&R Manager - Quiet On The Set Inc.


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The 2000 municipal elections of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada, took place on 21 October 2000. Elections have been held every four years since the amalgamation of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. The regional council is made up of twenty three councillors and one mayor, all positions were up for election.

There are no political parties at the municipal level in Nova Scotia, so all candidates run as independents.

Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor

District 1: Eastern Shore - Musquodoboit Valley

District 2: Waverley - Dutch Settlement

District 3: Preston - Porter's Lake

District 4: Cole Harbour North - Cherry Brook

District 5: Eastern Passage - Cole Harbour South

District 6: Westphal - Waverley Road

District 7: Woodlawn

District 8: Woodside

District 9: Albro Lake - Harbourview

District 10: Dartmouth Centre

District 11: Halifax North End

District 12: Halifax Downtown

District 13: Northwest Arm - South End

District 14: Connaught - Quinpool

District 15: Fairview - Clayton Park

District 16: Prince's Lodge - Clayton Park West

District 17: Purcell's Cove - Armdale

District 18: Spryfield - Herring Cove

District 19: Upper Sackville - Beaverbank

District 20: Lower Sackville

District 21: Bedford

District 22: Hammonds Plains - Timberlea

District 23: Prospect- St. Margaret's Bay

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We have the middle package with 3 receivers including DVR, HD, HBO and protection package. Cost about $140 per month. Money has been tight for past couple of years but we've continued our service with DIRECTV as our only form of entertainment. Because we've been running about a month behind, DirecTV has refused to take care of equipment issues such as worn out/non-working remotes, TV and laptop that we've had on the list for equipment protection for several years.
So even though they have gotten their extra fees, we are still watching TV on just one tv- not 3, can't even take our subscription down until "pd in full" and have not gotten our equipment upgrade that we were eligible for 2-3 yrs ago. No discount available even though we have been customers for 20+ years.
It's gotten to the point where I told my wife to stop paying this bill as it's obvious that they have us on ignore, don't care about the fact that we are 20+ year subscribers for their services. I realize that we are not ideal customers for the past year or so while we get back on our feet but seriously? Doesn't the past 20 years of being a loyal customer mean anything to this company?
I have been looking at other options (which can be confusing). We really only watch a few channels for the most part like Discovery Channels, History, HBO, ABC, CBS and sometimes a channel like Sy-Fi. I assume we're not the only one going through this. Is there any way to resolve this without ripping everything out and starting over with a different provider and if not, any suggestions?
Those 2 TVs including my larger 50in plasma is inoperable and is supposed to be repaired or replaced under "protection plan".
Well, it's been a few days since I have posted here and still no word from DirecTV Representatives. It didn't surprise me as I really think they really don't care whether s long term customer remains a customer or not. After this weekend, I plan on calling them to completely cancel the services from DirecTV and ATT .
AT&T/DirecTV is in full "we don't care" mode to any client issues.
This is a user-to-user forum not DirecTV customer support. You will not get any response from DirecTV here, you need to call DirecTV customer support on 800-531-5000.
And it's DirecTV policy not to provide any support on accounts that are not paid in full.
So you've been a "loyal customer" for many years, yet you've stopped paying your bill? And DirecTV is supposed to what exactly???
You state you have tried making claims for broken remotes and a plasma tv. how did the tv break? How much would it cost to replace the plasma tv?
If you are past due, they not able to do a thing, the day you make the payment for the past due amount, they are able to give you those remotes and check for any discount available.
Many companies are designed that if a customer is past due then adding services, ordering products, etc. cannot be done. This is to avoid further charges building up making the past due that much harder.
If your DirecTV bill is $140 a month, then you definitely are on the higher end of the service. I would highly recommend comparing the channels you mainly watch against the available packages to see where you can cut cost. You can change your package at any time, so perhaps lowering the package for a few months giving you a chance to catch up on the past due. Then once comfortable for your budget to raise it back up as you like.
If you have any DVRs, whatever you record (from live channels, not On Demand) stays as you recorded it while it was authorized. A way to build up a library to help stretch it out for you. Premiums like HBO only require you to keep 30 days upon adding. When I was on a tighter budget I would add for part of the year as a treat, but before removing I recorded a bunch of movies which made a nice backup during the off months.
TV is a luxury entertainment service, not a requirement of life, so make the changes needed for your budget. They are a business, not a charity or program for low income situations, so one should not take issue that they want at least the past due paid before they provide more services or product for you.
The 50 inch plasma quit working. It turns on but has no picture or sound. The other TV is a 32 inch LED TV and it won't turn on. The laptop was dropped by my wife off of the bed and the screen stopped working. Since that happened and because DirecTV didn't live up to their part of the deal which dpecifspecifsays that if a registered item that is used to access DirecTV programming is broken, they will either repair or replace these items. Because our subscription to DIRECTV has been approx 2 -3 weeks behind, we have been told there was nothing that could be done and yet DirecTV did get the $19.95 per month charge for this service. They also have not upgraded our equipment since we went to a DVR/HD receiver approx 7-8 yrs ago.
The bottom line is they have been receiving payment for this service and REFUSED to take care of any of these issues. Not only that, they have consistently refused to even replace the 2 OLD remotes that no longer work but we are EXPECTED to continue to pay for this service month after month. We have not even been able to change our service until it's caught up. I repeat that we have been behind on our bill by 2-3 weeks but it's been getting paid including the late charges every month.
I have been paying the extra $19.95 per month fee for approximately 3-4 years now. Because they have not taken care of these items, I've wanted to cancel that part of our service as well as lower our service but they refuse to do anything until we are completely caught up on billing but they have always gotten their money. I'm not sure how much clearer I can make this.
At what point do I say enough? I'm not the villian here nor am I some kind of lowlife like some have alluded to here but I am a loyal customer for over 20 years who owned his own business which I was forced to close last year.
Juniper, I have tried to lower our service but they won't even do that. Catch 22.
Really of all the channels that are offered, we watch maybe 8-10 consistently. These include History, Discovery including Velocity, ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, HBO, sometimes ScyFi and a couple of others. We do have 1 HD/DVR and 1HD receiver and 1 regular receiver (we own it). I continually have issues with equipment where we have gotten the code 775 that I've literally spent up to 3 hours at a time going through all the cables loosening a tightening and cooling off various pieces of equipment that has gotten hot ( old equipment).
Like I've said before, both my wife and I have been trying to get them to lower our service but they have refused to do so because we have had a "overdue balance", we are in "the next billing cycle", ect.
We don't go out for dinner or shows or vacations, nothing like that. Not asking for a hand out sort of thing, just want them to do the right thing for once. I hear about people getting things like service for $30-$40 per month for a year (same level as us) and yet we are STUCK in this rock and a hard place type of situation where they haven't done what we have been paying for nor can we even lower our service to a more affordable level while I work my way up the ladder/pay at my new job after closing my shop.
Shanadoo2225 is the only one who gets it and understands that I'm not looking for a handout. Rather I'm looking for DIRECTV to do the right thing. What most of you don't get is we've been paying our bill late or not to DirecTV for over 20 years. They have ALWAYS gotten their money including any late fees and yet have thrown every single excuse at us to NOT live up to their part of this relationship.
Strange that you haven't been able to lower the package. At the very least once payment has posted to your account, so you are not in a past due status, then you should be able to change your package. Yes any balance owed becomes past due as soon as the bill cycle starts over.
Yes this is a tough situation. True you have been making payments, but as a business DirecTV considers the standing of the account. An account past due is not considered in good standing. When you are in the window of payment paid, but before the next bill cycle starts over to become past due again, based on the channels watched (History, Discovery including Velocity, ABC, NBC, CBS, CW, HBO, sometimes SyFy) the lowest package that covers those channels is Select which is about $50.99 for itself before your receiver services and additional TV fees. HBO by itself is $17.99 without any other premium packs and is a optional add on, whereas you must have a base programing package of some sort (Select, Entertainment, etc.).
If still getting pushback about lowering package, I would call in and when you get the voice system to say "cancel" so you can speak to a cancellation/retention specialist. Usually they have more experience and flexibility to get the account where needed. Not expecting to change what is already owed of course, but if nothing else they should be able to work with the system so you can reduce your services so that you can catch up in the long run.


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NZ Mike Moore On Smacking
Filed under: General — gh @ 9:20 am Wed 9th September 2009
Mike Moore: Smacking-referendum hoax John Key's biggest mistake
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By Mike Moore
The expensive, puerile, futile controversy over the ill-considered anti-smacking legislation is a monument to political cowardice and opportunism.
The legislation was never going to achieve what its promoters claimed, and was never going to send good parents to court, as its opponents suggested. Monsters who harm babies are not going to consult the Law Library, and no sane court is going to convict a parent because of a gentle, corrective pat.
Why the multimillion-dollar political hoax of a referendum? Because a series of dreadful child abuse cases hit the headlines and some politicians needed a headline and wanted to be seen to be doing something.
The tears of some politicians on television would have shamed a weeping crocodile. So, someone reached for the law book, wound up the lobby groups and the media.
Thus, there was little robust argument, because to oppose this unworkable law was to be seen to be in support of bashing children.
No one supports bashing, or even smacking, what they are worried about is making light, corrective patting a crime.
Emotional, even hysterical, political blackmail ensued, which is typical of attention-seeking politicians, and a function of the tyranny of the minority which is MMP.
Adult politicians knew this was nonsense but needed to hold together a Green coalition, and wanted to share the glory of the headlines arising from some shameful, gory events.
The airwaves were alive with the sound of foam-mouthed advocates demanding action. It was pathetic that, in defence of the legislation, many claimed it would not be implemented because the courts and the police were too sensible to interpret their legislation with vigour, thus we were to be saved from their decisions.
The pressure groups used another piece of opportunistic legislation, our non-binding referendum process, to force a vote on a meaningless question. The last Government, not wanting to confront the issue during an election campaign, decided to push the referendum away until after the election.
Both party leaders, knowing that the question put to the people was fraudulent, didn't vote and were proud of it. The people didn't speak, they screamed, they didn't want the law to define smacking.
The people are always right, even when they are wrong they are right. Referendums carried out in the passion of the moment can be dangerous.
Jim Bolger, when Leader of the Opposition, after a particularly evil murder of a child in Napier, promised a referendum on capital punishment. It never happened, the passions cooled.
Now both major parties are ignoring the expressed will of the people, because the voice of the people arose out of a fundamentally flawed process.
People are further outraged at what they see as politicians ignoring them, and they are right.
This has been Prime Minister John Key's biggest misjudgment so far. Phil Goff, the Leader of the Opposition, missed a golden opportunity for Labour to distance itself from its earlier craven, busybody opportunism. What if he had said the "clause" goes, and let's replace it with something that is understood?
This brings up a wider question; we have the fastest law-making system in the West. If there is a problem, we demand the Government take legislative action. The melancholy truth about law-making is that 90 per cent of our repressive laws are passed to cover the actions of less than 10 per cent of the people.
We now have unaccountable, well-funded commissions on just about everything. These commissions pump out recommendations that are always costly and seek law changes.
They have compliant accomplices in the media who demand accommodating politicians make these priorities theirs. I coughed my coffee through my nose when I heard the Law Commission release the stunning revelation that young people ingest alcohol late at night. All this time I had thought they drank booze.
The tradeoffs between personal liberty, collective guilt, and the need to satisfy special interests, has not abated nor been debated. The view that we should be left alone because most people are not the problem is swamped by a tsunami of advocates.
This forces the politicians to respond. They must be seen to be doing something.
I could drop our road toll by 90 per cent but you would have to drive an armoured car that couldn't go faster than 30km/h. People won't accept that, but they will accept seat belts and helmets for motorcycles, if it's explained with respect.
Most people behave well, they are just sick of a political culture where you expect, at any moment, someone to intrude on your television set and tell you to sit up straight and not to eat too much meat.
Much of this is worthy and possibly even good. Esperanto and vegetarianism are probably good ideas, too.
* Mike Moore is a former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Director-General of the World Trade Organisation.
3 Responses to "NZ Mike Moore On Smacking"
martin swash says:
Wed 9th September 2009 at 9:51 am
Good article, but doesn't it completely apply to the domestic violence laws too in exactly the same way, good fathers are the collateral damage in both cases, we are expendable
Wed 9th September 2009 at 6:26 pm
What is really happening here? I work for a small local manufacturing business and yesterday I witnessed an 8 year old boy saying to his grandmother, who is my boss ..F'You'..because she beat him at a game of cards. To me this is something I would never have tolerated from my children and imo is not acceptable. This morning I discussed this with my boss and she described it as 'just what kids are like..these days'. I wonder if there is another mild form of 'beating' that would in former times have corrected this behavior.
Kids rule..right?
neh.. its feminists rule..
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Q: Why did Red Squadron give their call signs in random order? One thing that has always confused me about Star Wars: A New Hope is that at the beginning of the attack on the Death Star, Red Squadron gives their callsigns in random order.
Red Leader (presumably Red One) asks for everyone to report in. Then we hear Ten, Seven, Three, Six, Nine, Two, Eleven, and Five are all standing by.
This seems like an incredibly impractical way to report in, as it's hard to keep track of whom you have heard from and whom you are missing (indeed, Red Four and Red Eight didn't report in, despite both being present, but I bet you didn't notice that).
Why didn't they count off in numerical order? Something like this:

Red Leader: All wings report in.
Wedge Antilles: Red Two standing by.
Biggs Darklighter: Red Three standing by.
[Silence]
Red Leader: Red Four? …Are you there Red Four?

A: In Episode IV, and (from the EU) prior to the Battle of Yavin, the Rebel Alliance is more of a collection independent cells with very few experienced military personnel seasoning their ranks.
For example, we see Luke Skywalker planted in a T-65 X-Wing Starfighter because of his familiarity with Incom standard controls from his T-16. At this point, growing up on a backwater (backsand?) planet, he would have had no training in military procedures or protocols.
It's likely that this random callback is a symptom of the lack of training across the Alliance.
Of course, by Episode V and beyond, the Alliance has grown into a professional, combat seasoned organisation with multiple capital ships in their fleet.
out-of-universe: probably just because of editing

A: It's only impractical if you assume that every attack formation has all the X-wing pilots organized in a specific formation every time, and that they always call out their call signs in numeric order.
Not only would this be impractical (what if Red 4 and Red 8 are both in for repairs?), it would mean each X-wing pilot would have to fly in a specific location in that formation, regardless of where their actual expertise lies.
You will notice, however, that the call signs begin with Red Leader, and end with Luke Skywalker, the brand new recruit to the Rebel Alliance.  Without knowing anything about the rest of the call sign pilots, it'd be a fair guess that their call signs are ordered by pilot rank.
Edit Note: DVK suggests that this guess is incorrect - and I cannot comfirm  whether it is or not, so treat it with a grain of salt. There may still be some other arbitrary reason for their call sign order - seniority, position in formation, order of first/last name in the alphabet, order of character death/importance...

A: Perhaps they were reporting in following a pattern, such as left-to-right in the formation.  The callsigns would be assigned to the person, but they wouldn't always fly in that order.  They might fly without all numbers present -- so a 4-ship might have Red 4, Red 2, Red 7 and Red 5 flying in line abrest, and their convention was to check in from left to right.
I don't quite buy the "undisciplined rag tag unit" theory simply because nobody stepped on each other's transmissions.  They seemed to know who is supposed to be checking in next, even though it wasn't the next number in sequence.
In a squadron where each pilot has their own numeric callsign, it's entirely possible to have Bozo 10 flight being led by Bozo 62, with Bozo 44 as his wingman, then Bozo 88 as the second element lead with Bozo 32 as his wingman.  The usual convention in this galaxy is to check in as Lead, 2, 3, and 4, but evidently their convention is different.
In this galaxy, we also wouldn't check in with "standing by... standing by... standing by..." because it's a waste of time & breath.  "Bozo 10 check" "2" "3" "4".  But they were in a galaxy far, far away, and clearly our conventions are not their conventions!

A: Red Squadron isn't a cohesive military unit.

Red Squadron was cobbled together from pilots from the Dantooine Squadron, the Ecliptic Evaders, and the Tierfon Yellow Aces for the assault on the Death Star (via Wookieepedia, sourced from "Galaxy Guide 3: The Empire Strikes Back")

As such, they never practiced flying together and weren't used to each other.
In addition, some of them were NOT trained combat pilots (including, as @HorusKol's answer notes, Luke Skywalker. Another one was Wedge's new trainee).
Their unfamiliarity with communications protocols is even further shown in the infamous:

Wedge Antilles (Red 2): Look at the size of that thing!
  Red Leader: Cut the chatter, Red 2.

... and this is a hot shot veteran Wedge Antilles.

An additional point: The reporting isn't so much to check who's there and who isn't (like, they all SHOULD be there :) but more to sound off if anyone has issues with the fighter - in other words, what matters isn't who and when says "standing by" but who say anything else.

UPDATE: I also asked about out of universe angle of this on Aviation SE. So far, it was confirmed that real military fighters would use correct order (and wait for "missing" call sign to respond instead of responding willy nilly)

A: In-universe
According to the new (canon) junior novelisation of A New Hope, the pilots were calling roll in the order that their names appeared on the flight roster.

"All wings report in," Red Leader called.
They moved down the roster. Biggs chimed in as Red Three, Wedge as Red Two.
"Red Five standing by," Luke said when it was his turn.
"Lock S-foils in attack position," Red Leader said

Since Luke is called last, the obvious implication is that the muster sheet is either in order of seniority or longevity.

Out-of-universe
This was addressed by Pablo Hidalgo in Star Wars Insider #95.

For dramatic purposes, it was important for Luke to be the last to
check in. The other featured pilots (Porkins, Biggs, and Wedge) all needed face time, but pacing is likely what dictated the order of the other
pilot's reports.  Besides, having to hear the pilots reporting in
order from Two to Ten would have been rather tedious.

A: More a guess than an actual answer, but couldn't it be because they are not checking in in caller number order, but in i.e. the order based on their positions in the attack formation? It would be more logical, because it would ease strategic planning. ("Let's see... we have lost Red-11... he was flying in the middle of the second attack formation, wasn't he?")

A: In the X-Wing novels, the convention appears to be that in an emergency situation, pilots call back in the order that they launch. For instance, in Wraith Squadron the pilots aboard the carrier Night Caller launch several times while the ship is already engaged in combat. In each case, they report in (and form wing pairs) as they take off, because there isn't time to form up and do it properly.
In A New Hope, the fighters aren't launching directly into combat, but they're presumably in a hurry to scramble and meet the Death Star before it can enter firing range of the base. The fighters who check in first would be the ones who completed their preflight checks fastest or were located closer to the hangar bay doors and so were able to get airborne first and make up the front of the formation. Others who straggled in at the rear would check in last, regardless of their callsign.

A: They also have advanced droids on each ship that can handle menial tasks such as a roll call in any order even if pilots talked over each other.  It would not be worth mentioning every interaction a character had with their robot.

A: Likely the answer has more to do with the editing of the film.  Imagine yourself watching it while the pilots report in numerical order.  By the time you get to three, you're like "Ok, I got it! Skip to ten, please"... but that whole attack on Death Star is pretty close to being done in real-time, so as to accentuate the frantic nature of the dogfights.
But to provide an answer that is motivated within the story, they were probably reporting in in order of seniority... red 5 being last.

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One of the most interesting places to visit is the very touristy Vatican City. It is of course the location of the Catholic Church and the home of the Pope but religion and politics aside, it is an amazing place to see. From the most beautiful basilica in the world of St. Peters, to the incomparable Sistine Chapel, to the gorgeous St. Peters Square that revelers pack each week to listen to the Pope address his followers, to the ancient history and mystery of the most influential "entity" in the worlds history-the Vatican just has an aura about it that shouldn't be missed.
Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. At approximately 108 acres, it is the smallest independent state in the world. Vatican City is a non-hereditary, elected monarchy that is ruled by the Bishop of Rome — the Pope. The highest state functionaries are all clergymen of the Catholic Church. It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See and the location of the Apostolic Palace — the Pope's official residence — and of much of the Roman Curia.
The Pope is the head of state and head of government of Vatican City, functions dependent on his primordial function as the bishop of the Archdiocese of Rome. The term Holy See refers not to the Vatican state but to the Pope's spiritual and pastoral governance, largely exercised through the Roman Curia. His official title with regard to Vatican City is Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City.
The papacy is a non-hereditary, elective monarchy, chosen by the College of Cardinals. The Pope is also technically an absolute monarch, meaning he has total legislative, executive and judicial power over Vatican City. He is the only absolute monarch in Europe. The Pope is elected for a life term in conclave by cardinals under the age of 80. The current Pope is Benedict XVI, born Joseph Alois Ratzinger in Bavaria, Germany. He is the 265th Pope and was of course elected Pope after a much publicized college vote on April 19, 2005.
I was fortunate enough to see Benedict's predecessor give mass in the Fall of 1998 in St. Peters. Pope John Paul II was getting old but was still able to deliver his sermon and address the throngs in St. Peters Square afterwards from atop his residence. I have to say that it was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Not because it was a great mass or that I could understand anything that was said, but just watching the people in the church being affected by this man as he walked down the aisle and touched people and kids, blessing them. I swear I saw a woman start to glow after he touched her head. It was really interesting and moving stuff. That is the type of power the Pope has, even in this modern day. With over a billion Catholics worldwide, he and the church still have an enormous influence and it's reach is global.
If you have studied the history of the church at all or the Vatican in general, you will find it very interesting to be in the place where a lot of the events that shaped the history of the world were planned and carried out. Whether you believe a lot of these events were lies and falsifications or that the church has always acted as God intended, it doesn't matter-it is just fun being there and imagining yourself years ago listening to Pope Pius IX as he defined the dogma of the immaculate conception and organized the first Vatican Council.
I could also go into the beauty of the inside of St. Peters and the Sistine Chapel forever because they are that beautiful but I will save that for another entry. The Vatican is a separate country from Rome and well worth a look once in Rome. I also highly suggest trying to get to see a Papal mass on a Sunday morning. It doesn't matter if you are Catholic or not-that's not the point, it's an amazing thing to see in person and seeing the Pope's influence in person is something that I will never forget.
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Canada provided private meeting sites for US and Cuban officials to hammer out details, the Vatican ambassadors and the Pope where the push and impetus to get the parties together. A great diplomatic coup for all involved and we hope, a chance for every Cuban to have a more normal life.


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Diplotropis est un genre de plantes dicotylédones de la famille des Fabaceae, sous-famille des Faboideae, originaire d'Amérique du Sud, qui comprend une douzaine d'espèces acceptées.

Liste d'espèces
Selon  :
 Diplotropis brasiliensis (Tul.) Benth.
 Diplotropis duckei Yakovlev
 Diplotropis ferruginea Benth.
 Diplotropis incexis Rizzini & A.Mattos
 Diplotropis martiusii Benth.
 Diplotropis peruviana J.F.Macbr.
 Diplotropis purpurea (Rich.) Amshoff
 Diplotropis racemosa (Hoehne) Amshoff
 Diplotropis rigidocarpa Lima
 Diplotropis rodriguesii Lima
 Diplotropis strigulosa Cowan
 Diplotropis triloba Gleason

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4. Tomatoes: There are several ways for germs to enter the fruit of the tomato, including via groundwater or through the water tomatoes are plunged into to give them a little shine.
5. Garnishes, such as green onions, cilantro, and parsley: Green onions and other herbs and vegetables used as garnishes are at high risk for outbreaks because we typically don't cook them.
However, Powell advises that while there is no one measure that will keep you completely safe, a few small steps can add up such as rinsing fresh produce, and cooking then when you can.


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The server has 2 displays. Display 2 is to the Left of display 1. From the client when I try to switch displays, it just displays the 2nd, then redraws the 1st etc etc.
Have I got a config wrong?
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Osteoporosis means thin bone and the term implies a reduction in bone mass including all components of bone and not just calcium. It is already a major problem; it is said that 40% of Caucasian women and 20% of men will suffer fractures as a result of osteoporosis. The risk in women will triple as a result of increasing life expectancy. One-third of women will have had a fracture by the age of 90 years.
Changes in bone mass with age are shown. Bone mass increases up to the age of puberty and remains stable until the menopause. After the menopause, there is a progressive reduction as a result of oestrogen deficiency. The rate of reduction in bone mass is much less in men. When bone mass falls below the fracture threshold, there is a risk of fracture, which is increased in the elderly by other factors such as failing eyesight, incoordination and falls.
RISK FACTORS AND CAUSES
Osteoporosis is not a disease but a condition which exists to a variable extent as a result of a number of different factors, shown. The most important risk factors are age and sex: osteoporosis has its biggest impact in postmenopausal women.
TYPES OF OSTEOPOROSIS
There are two types of osteoporosis: type 1 the typical postmenopausal osteoporosis and type 2 the more recently recognised senile osteoporosis which occurs in the over-seventies. Their features are summarized. Four factors are thought to be important in the pathogenesis of type 2 osteoporosis:
1 Less sunshine.
2 Lower calcium intake.
3 Less vitamin D-containing foods.
4 Less vitamin D synthesis in the skin.
Increased parathyroid activity is the result, leading to cortical bone resorption.
Risk factors and diseases associated with
osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis is not itself painful. The pain results from fractures and is usually therefore self-limiting although long-standing pain can result from structural problems, for example as a result of vertebral crush fractures. The typical history in osteoporosis of the spine is thus an episode of very severe pain in the dorsal spine which resolves lowly over the course of about 6 weeks. Fractures can also occur in the lumbar spine. The typical sites of fractures in osteoporosis are vertebrae, the distal radius (Colles fracture) and the neck of the femur. Other symptoms which result from vertebral osteoporosis are loss of height, increasing kyphosis and abdominal protruberance. Similar symptoms can occur in such conditions as multiple myeloma and metastatic deposits.
The two types of osteoporosis.
X-RAYS will demonstrate most fractures. Bone scans are sometimes useful to demonstrate a recent fracture and to distinguish an osteoporotic crush fracture from ametastatic lesion. These often appear identical on Xray but metastatic lesions are likely to be associated with multiple lesions elsewhere. X-rays are however of limited value in diagnosing osteoporosis itself because the whiteness of the bone depends on the penetration of the film.
SERUM CALCIUM, PHOSPHATES AND ALKALINE PH0SPHATASE are usually normal. Osteoporosis is not a disorder of calcium metabolism.
HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION of a bone biopsy mayoccasionally be required to confirm the diagnosis.
BONE DENSITOMETRY (DEXA SCANNING) is of increasing importance in screening people at risk and in monitoring the effects of treatment.
ApPROPRIATE INVESTIGATIONS to exclude diseases that are associated with osteoporosis are shown.
Treatment of the established disease is unsatisfactory because bone mass has already been lost. Prophylaxis for high-risk individuals is, therefore, preferable. Elderly patients should be educated about the risks of falling.
FRACTURES should be treated by conventional orthopaedic means. Fresh fractures of the spine require short-term bed rest with adequate analgesia and, if necessary, muscle relaxants.
Prevention of osteoporosis IS Important, particularly in postmenopausal women and in the elderly. The following measures are used:
OESTROGEN THERAPY is of proven value and is being increasingly used as evidence accumulates that the potential side-effects (thrombosis, endometrial carcinoma, hypertension) are less than the benefits. Those with premature menopause or ovariectomy, those with high-risk factors, e.g. nullipara, the hypogonadal, those with family history of osteoporosis, should certainly be treated and many believe hormone replacement therapy (HRT) should be given to most postmenopausal women.
It is now clear that androgens should be given to hypogonadal men, though prostatic hypertrophy is a problem.
DIETARY CALCIUM should be increased to above 1.5 g daily (40 mmol Ca2+), especially for postmenopausal women, with or without vitamin D supplements. This gives a small benefit. Vitamin D is necessary for housebound elderly people.
COURSES OF DIPHOSPHONATES which inhibit bone resorption may be used and seem to be safe.
MODERATE EXERCISES AGAINST GRAVITY, e.g. walking, running and competitive sports, also retard bone loss and should be encouraged.
FLUORIDE increases bone density but is difficult to use and is not recommended.
CALCITONIN AND PTH remain under investigation and the field is changing rapidly. Paget's disease
DEFINITION AND CAUSATION
Strictly this is a disorder of bone remodelling rather than a metabolic bone disease, although the metabolic changes are considerable. Recent evidence involving apparent viral inclusion bodies suggests a possible 'slow viral' aetiology, for which canine distemper virus is a prime candidate. The condition causes uncontrolled bone turnover with local excessive osteoclastic resorption followed by disorded osteoblastic activity leading to abundant new bone formation which is structurally abnormal and weak.
It is a common disorder, most often seen in Europe and particularly northern England, affecting up to 10% of adults by the age of 90 years, though rarely before the age of 40 years. It is relatively rare in North America, Africa and Asia. Probably less than 2% of those affected show any symptoms.
SITES OF INVOLVEMENT AND CLINICAL
The commonest sites are the femur, pelvis, tibia, skull and lumbosacral spine, although any bone can be involved. Most cases are entirely asymptomatic, but features include:
• Bone pain, usually spine or pelvis
• Apparent joint pain, when involved bone is close to a joint
• Deformities, particularly bowed tibia and skull changes
• Complications, e.g. deafness due to nerve compression, a high-output cardiac state from shunting, fracture through abnormal bone and, rarely, osteogenic sarcoma.
RADIOLOGY AND SCANNING
Characteristic changes are seen most often in the pelvis, skull or spine involving resorption fronts, osteolytic lesions, sclerosis and thickening of bone trabeculae, long bones and vertebrae. Bone scans will show the extent of skeletal involvement, often including unsuspected areas, but may be difficult to distinguish from metastatic carcinoma, sometimes a major clinical differential diagnosis.
The hallmark of Paget's disease is an increased serum alkaline phosphatase with normal serum calcium and phosphate, reflecting the increased bone turnover . The serum alkaline phosphatase levels may exceed 1000 mU litre.". The levels are normal only when bone involvement is limited. Mild hypercalcaemia only follows immobilization. Bone turnover can also be monitored by 24 hour urinary hydroxyproline excretion, which is frequently increased.
When asymptomatic, Paget's disease requires no therapy. Pain is the usual indication for treatment: SIMPLE ANALGESICS OR NSAIDs are sometimes adequate.
DIPHOSPHONATES, most often disodium etidronate 5 mg kg:' daily over 3-12 months, will reduce osteoclastic activity and frequently induce remissions of up to 2 years. Diphosphonates are pyrophosphate analogues which are resistant to enzymatic hydrolysis. Serum alkaline phosphatase activity frequently falls, reflecting the effect of the drug. Disodium etidronate must be given away from meals as absorption is erratic, and higher doses may lead to osteomalacia. CALCITONIN (salmon or porcine) 50IU three times weekly to 160 IU daily inhibits bone resorption and turnover, but is extremely expensive and the sideeffects of flushing and nausea are frequent problems. Antibody formation is a further difficulty.
SEVERE CASES may benefit from courses of intravenous diphosphonates under specialist supervision.
MITHRAMYCIN is very occasionally used in severe cases.
The dose is 10-15 JLgkg:' i.v. and requires monitoring of platelets and liver biochemistry.
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Bethesda says it's still on track for release of Skyrim modding tools
By Justin Towell
Fear not - soon you'll be able to turn dragons into Randy Savage much more easily
The great thing about PC gaming is that many publishers allow the release of modification tools to allow gamers to change bits of the game code. It keeps up interest, allows communities to thrive - and probably gives them an idea of what people would like from sequels. Such a set of tools is coming for PC owners of Skyrim - and they're still on track for this month!
Above: An artist's impression of how you could mod Skrim, if you felt so inclined
In case you still need the exact wording, Bethesda said of the Creation Kit on its Twitter feed (opens in new tab): "We're still looking to have it out this month". Told you so. But don't think this means nothing to you if you don't 'do' modding. The best mods will be made available to download via Steam, so you can sample the best mods and rate them.
If you want an example of just how good fan-made mods can be, check out the German-made Nehrim (opens in new tab) (wow that was a close call for names!) based on the Oblivion engine:
Fully voiced (with many, many more voice actors than the original - see what we were just saying about ideas for sequels?) and with many, many hours' worth of story and side quests, it's as-near-as-dammit a full-blown expansion pack. Nay, a full game.
Of course, that game did take some four years to make, so we will probably see the first, full fan-made Skyrim episode in... ooh... 2016? In the mean-time, expect plenty more minor mods like this Randy Savage dragon (opens in new tab) as well as whatever DLC Bethesda itself has planned.
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Q: An exercise on counting fixed points from Milnor I am working on the following exercise (Problem 6-b, pg. 6-22)  from Milnor's Dynamical Systems notes:
Problem 6-b Let $f$ be any self map such that each iterate has only finitely many fixed points. Using the inequalities
$$\#Per_k(f)\leq \#Fix(f^{\circ k})\leq \sum_{j=1}^k\#Per_j(f)$$
show that $$\limsup_{k\to \infty}\frac{\log^+\#Fix(f^{\circ k})}{k} = \limsup_{k\to \infty}\frac{\log^+\#Per_k(f)}{k}$$
(Here $\log^+(x)$ is defined to be log(x) for x ≥ 1 , but is defined to be zero for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 . $\#Fix(f^{\circ k})$ and $\#Per_k(f)$ denote the number of fixed points of $f^{\circ k}$ and the number of points of period exactly $k$ respectively.)
My attempt: One direction of this equality is immediate. For the other, we have by subadditivity that $\log \#Fix(f^{\circ k})\leq \log \#Per_k(f) + \log \sum_{j=1}^{k-1}\#Per_j(f).$ If I could show that $\frac{\log \sum_{j=1}^{k-1}\#Per_j(f)}{k}\to 0$ we would be done. But why is that true? I imagine this follows easily from some well known "real-analysis property of he logarithm. And why is it important to work with $\log^+$ as opposed to the usual logarithm?


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The Peak Oil Crisis: 2011 – A Pivotal Year?
DECEMBER 29 2010 - Wall Street is getting nervous. As oil prices continue to creep up and as more evidence accumulates that the age of ever-growing energy production and economic growth is coming to an end, a specter is haunting the great investment banks and brokerage houses of New York.
For five years now Wall Street and its chorus in the financial media have ignored or denied that global oil production has reached a plateau after 150 years of steady growth. Those who did admit to a problem were quick to assert that the markets would find substitutes first in the form of endless quantities of coal waiting to be exploited and more recently 100 years' worth of shale gas would come seamlessly to the rescue.
The nervousness of course is that once global energy production starts to decline, capitalism as we have known it for the last few centuries will no longer be the same. While some new form of an economic system will evolve, the transition is likely to be long and painful. Many, if not most, jobs in the financial industry will simply melt away. Hence, for many, putting off the fateful day when we have to admit the inevitable is much preferred solution. More >>>
Red Seaweed Could Be the Next Biofuel Super-Crop
Red is about to become the new green, if researchers from the University of Illinois are on the right track. They've developed a new super-efficient strain of yeast that can easily break down red seaweed into biofuel.
The new development could help small island nations and other sea-bound regions grow biofuel crops without giving up scarce land resources that are needed to grow food. But it also opens up some challenges down the road as human use of the marine environment increases.
Biofuel from Red Seaweed
When it comes to extracting fuel from non-food biomass, seaweed has general advantages over land crops. The most obvious one is the relative absence of hard fibers that are difficult to break down into sugars. Marine biomass degrades much more easily than land crops, but there is still a catch. When red seaweed is broken down it yields both glucose and galactose (a less "sweet" form of sugar), and until now it has been difficult to find an efficient fermentation process for galactose. The University of Illinois team identified three genes in a common microbe, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that can be pumped up to increase galactose fermentation by 250 percent. More >>>
Unstable Antarctica: What's Driving Ice Loss
Dec 16, 2010 Scientists have previously shown that West Antarctica is losing ice, but how that ice is lost remained unclear. Now, using data from Earth observing satellites and airborne science missions, scientists are closing in on ice loss culprits above and below the ice.
The findings, presented Dec. 15 at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco, Calif., are expected to improve predictions of sea level rise.
Time Not Healing Glacial Wounds
A new analysis by Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder Colo., and colleagues found that more than a decade after two major Antarctic ice shelves collapsed, glaciers once buttressed by the shelves continue to lose ice. More >>>
Climate-vulnerable island states get boost for moving into renewable energy
Some of the smallest and most vulnerable island nations in the world will benefit from a new initiative signed off in Cancun last week, aimed at increasing these countries' access to renewable sources of energy.
A memorandum of understanding was signed between the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), the Government of Denmark, the World Bank, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), recognising the disproportionate harm of climate change for small island developing states and aims to support island countries to scale up their renewable energy efforts and shift to greater energy efficiency.
An 80 million Danish kroner (€11 million) pledge of support from the Government of Denmark has helped kick off the initiative, which is expected to help island states from the Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific Islands regions transition to low-emission, climate-resilient development paths.
World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick jointly signed the agreement with Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada and head of AOSIS; Lykke Friis, Denmark's Minister for Climate and Energy; and Helen Clark, UNDP Administrator. Zoellick said the initiative supports a group of nations that have been among the most active and most vocal at climate negotiations for many years.
"Small island developing states have been sounding the alarm about climate change for years now and have earned the title of 'the conscience of the climate convention'," Zoellick said. "They are leaders in taking actions on adaptation, and the World Bank Group has increased support to them for this purpose. This new initiative extends this support to clean energy, which will contribute to mitigation and also help reduce the islands states' very high import bills for fuel."
Breaking oil dependence
Because of their size and remoteness, most small island developing states are heavily dependent on imported petroleum for their energy needs. Some countries spend an estimated 25 – 50 percent of their GDP on imported oil, which leads to very high domestic electricity costs.
"Reducing fossil fuel consumption is a 'win-win' for small island developing states", said Helen Clark of the UNDP. "It reduces the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for the rise in global temperatures, while at the same time improving energy security and freeing up national spending for investment in climate-resilient development."
One of the expected benefits from this renewable energy initiative will be the freeing up of "fiscal space" for governments to spend on development and climate-resilient action.
"Climate change has the potential to derail all the good work that countries have undertaken for decades to overcome poverty and boost growth," Zoellick said. "In countries with the possibilities of renewable energy sources, overall development is undermined if governments are spending so much on imported fossil fuels."
The World Bank and the UNDP will facilitate the trust fund that will be established from the memorandum of understanding.
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World Bank: Governance and Climate Change
Governance and Climate Change
According to the World Bank Group's Governance and Anticorruption Strategy (GAC), governance is "the manner in which public officials and institutions acquire and exercise the authority to shape public policy and provide public goods and services". Poor governance permits and even promotes corruption resulting in private gain and abuse of public office. Resources that should fuel development and reduce poverty enrich corrupt elites. Institutions matter, and civil society groups and parliaments can promote transparency and accountability, thereby strengthening governance and helping countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Good governance is necessary to effectively overcome development challenges and ensure sustainable development. The urgency of addressing these challenges is heightened by the need to combat the impacts of climate change. For developing countries, better management of floods, droughts and storm surges is necessary, while also maintaining gains made in reducing poverty.
Climate change also provides opportunities in using new financial instruments to achieve low carbon, climate-resilient and socially equitable development. However, for countries to receive international financing to address climate change, adequate governance institutions in developing countries must enable effective use of funds. Other governance-related questions include the following:
• Can funds support public sector works and do adequate institutions exist for implementing projects without corruption concerns?
• Can policy and legislative frameworks be developed for market-based instruments to be used effectively by the private and public sectors for climate-friendly development?
• Can existing institutional frameworks effectively combine weather-related insurance and natural disaster risk management as part of the adaptation agenda?
• Can different line ministries work together to address the climate-development challenges?
• Can public policies provide an umbrella for public-private initiatives, i.e., to: inform consumer choice on energy efficiency appliances and building construction; and ensure land tenure, access and rights of local and indigenous peoples are not eroded through reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD)?
• Can policies be developed to help reduce land-based carbon emissions and land-water degradation, and provide payments to local and indigenous communities to help reduce poverty?
To address some of these questions, the World Bank Institute (WBI) is bringing together its work on governance and climate change in many of its activities and for different stakeholders. For example, youth activists are critical to social accountability efforts, and, as future leaders, they have a role to play in shaping climate-friendly development. Parliamentarians shape national development agendas, and their representative, legislative and oversight responsibilities are essential for taking action on climate change and development. This issue of the e-bulletin addresses what WBI is doing to engage with and enhance the capacity of these stakeholders.
WBI's Climate Change Practice is also facilitating action on adaptation, particularly in many African countries. The section on knowledge products and activities of the agriculture, water and natural resource management program showcases our efforts in this arena. This e-bulletin also covers other areas WBI is focusing its efforts on, such as Cities and Climate Change. It also addresses the ongoing work of Carbon Finance Assist, which highlights the use of market and, increasingly, non-market instruments to reduce emissions.
I would like to thank Mitchell O'Brien and Miriam Bensky in the WBI Governance Practice for their contribution to this preface. We hope you enjoy these articles and we look forward to interacting with you further.
Habiba Gitay
Sr. Environmental Specialist and Acting Practice Manager
WBI Climate Change Practice
Location: Latin America
Many Strong Voices Holds First Advisory Committee Meeting
30 October 2010: Many Strong Voices (MSV), a collaboration between Arctic and small island developing States (SIDS) that seeks to promote the wellbeing of these areas vulnerable to climate change, held its first Advisory Committee meeting in the Seychelles from 28-30 October.
The purpose of the Seychelles meeting was to review the MSV five-year plan (2008-2012) and communications strategy, and to identity opportunities and next steps for the MSV initiative.
The MSV Advisory Committee is made up of representatives from Arctic indigenous organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and SIDS representatives. Meeting participants included representatives from the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Organization of American States (OAS), Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Cayman Institute and Government of the Cook Islands, as well as the University of Seychelles and the Sea Level Rise Foundation.
Key outcomes of the meeting included: a revised MSV five-year Strategic Plan with a focus on activities in the next two years; agreement on the coordination of an MSV side event on "Voices from the North and South: Food Security and Human Rights in Small Island Developing States and the Arctic" at the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Cancun, Mexico; agreement on the initiation of new projects on food security, ecosystem-based adaptation to climate change, and human rights; and the development of a new project on black carbon.
The meeting coincided with an exhibition, titled "Portraits of Resilience," photo and stories on climate change by youth from communities in the Seychelles, Fiji, Tuvalu, Alaska, Greenland, Canada, and Norway. [IISD RS Sources] More >>>
Outside Cancún climate conference, Caribbean Sea testifies to global warming
2010 was one of the deadliest years on record for coral reefs. The Caribbean Sea just outside the Cancún climate conference offers evidence of global warming's negative effect.
This summer's extreme heat may seem like a distant memory as winter approaches the United States.
But the summer that broke heat records across the Northern Hemisphere is still being felt below the surface of the Caribbean Sea: 2010 will likely be one of the most deadly years on record for coral reefs.
If diplomats attending the two-week global climate change talks that opened Monday in Cancún, Mexico, want more evidence of the negative and potentially devastating affects of warming temperatures, they need look no further than the blue sea outside their hotels. Researchers say that throughout the Caribbean coral reefs are "bleaching," a condition that occurs when they are under extreme stress due to warmer-than-normal sea temperatures. More >>>
Location: Cayman Islands
Never an Empty Bowl: Sustaining Food Security in Asia
For the first time in history, the number of people suffering from chronic hunger reached one billion globally in 2009, with Asia accounting for approximately two-thirds of the world's hungry.
The future looks even more daunting. Population growth, increasing demand from changing diets, dwindling land and water resources for agriculture, higher energy costs, and the huge uncertainties regarding the effects of climate change present scientists and policy makers with additional challenges.
A new Task Force report issued jointly by the Asia Society and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) brings together a pragmatic approach to public policy and the best science, with substantial input from key players in the field, to advance a comprehensive plan of action to address food insecurity and poverty in the region. More >>>
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After months of preparations, consultations and meetings, the stage is set for the much-anticipated annual Bajana International Marathon slated for 31st March, at Bajana village in Foni Berefet District. Organised by the Gambia Volunteers Trust, the marathon is expected to bring together many athletes from within and outside the country.
There will be races in the 5km starting from Besse, 10km starting from Somita and for the first time, there will be a 42km race from Busumbala. All the races will finish at the Bajana Nursery School.
Speaking ahead of the event, Roy Sanyang, founder and chief executive officer of the Gambia Volunteers Trust and Bajana International Marathon explained that preparations are in high gear with all the logistic arrangements in place.
The UK-based Gambian said registration for the marathon closes today (Wednesday) at 6pm at the Serrekunda East Mini Stadium.
Previous winners of the 5km, 10km and 21km have had the chance to compete in events abroad in the past. There would be trophies and cash prizes for winners.


CLEMSON, SC – In the stat book it goes down as just a simple 12-yard completion. But, in the big picture of what Saturday's 35-30 victory over No. 11 Florida State meant, Tajh Boyd's third-down pass to tight end Dwayne Allen was the play of the game.
Following a Florida State touchdown that cut No. 21 Clemson's lead to 28-23 on the first play of the fourth quarter, the Tigers found themselves faced with a third down-and-10 at their own 20-yard line. With momentum on their side, every one of the 82,000 people at Memorial Stadium knew the Seminoles' fifth-ranked defense was gunning for Boyd.
But, the Clemson quarterback stood tall in the pocket and delivered a strike to Allen who was coming open near the left hash mark around the 30-yard line. With little room to squeeze the ball in, Allen snatched Boyd's perfectly thrown pass before falling to the ground at the 32, securing a pivotal first down.
"That might be the play of the game," Clemson Head Coach Dabo Swinney said.
Three plays later, it definitely proved to be as Boyd found a streaking Sammy Watkins, who burned FSU cornerback Mike Harris with a double move, down the near sideline. The true freshman, who caught seven more passes Saturday for 141 yards and two touchdowns, hauled in the Boyd aerial and raced untouched into the end zone to put Clemson ahead, 35-23, with 13:06 to play.
But as big as Watkins' play was, it would have never had happened without Boyd's pass to Allen first.
For Allen, who also caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Boyd in the second quarter, it was just another opportunity for him to make a play when his team needed him the most.
"It was a huge play," Allen said. "The momentum had shifted even before that when Tajh had the slip up with the interception. The momentum was all Florida State. We needed a score so we could get back ahead enough so that momentum can tip back our way.
Allen exploited those matchups all afternoon for the most part. The 6-foot-4, 255-pound tight end hauled in four catches overall for 67 yards as he helped Clemson rack up 455 yards of offense against a Seminoles' defense that had been giving up just 195 yards per game coming in.
And one of those third down conversions just happened to be the play of the game.
"Whenever Coach (Swinney) first took over the job, he used to call me `Big-Play D.A.' But, he has not called me that in a while so I'm trying to work at that and get him to start calling me by my nickname, again," Allen said.


78 percent of video production and marketing professionals are seeing brands invest more in online and digital video ads than in traditional TV spots, according to a survey from StudioNow, a provider of a content production solution for marketers.
The survey, which reflects responses of more than 250 video production and marketing professionals, asserts that this shift in the types of marketing content that brands invest in introduces a number of challenges for marketers. 49 percent say that the stories feature on Snapchat and Instagram is challenging in terms of featuring marketing content on social media. Additionally, just 9 percent of survey participants believe that marketers have figured out how best to use live video content on social media.
Survey participants also weighed in on the role of new technologies in marketing. They believe that augmented reality has more marketing potential than virtual reality, with 40 percent saying that the former is here to stay, and only 35 percent saying the same of the latter. Additionally, the majority of marketers believe that videos between ten and sixty seconds in length receive the most audience engagement. More specifically, less than 20 percent of respondents said that videos shorter than ten seconds and longer than sixty seconds receive the most engagement, with the remaining respondents split between videos of ten to thirty seconds in length (45 percent) and thirty to sixty seconds in length (37 percent).