China calls for second commitment of Kyoto Protocol
The UN climate conference currently under way in Durban, South Africa, should
clearly establish the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, the
Chinese delegation said on Monday.
The second commitment should ensure that developed country parties to the Kyoto
Protocol "should undertake quantified emission reduction commitments," said Wei
Su, deputy head of the Chinese delegation attending the COP 17, formally the 17th
Conference of Parties to the United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC).
Su was speaking on behalf of China, Brazil, South Africa and India, known as four
"basic nations" in efforts to address climate change.
"The Kyoto Protocol is the cornerstone of the climate regime and its second
commitment period is the essential priority for the success of Durban jewelry wholesaleConference,"
he said.
The pact, reached in 1997, requires 37 industrialized countries to slash carbon
emissions to 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. But as the first commitment
period ischeap silver jewelry set to expire by the end of next year, the COP 17 is trying to ensure
the protocol's continuation.
The United States, the world's largest polluter per capita, has said it would not
sign up for an updated Kyoto Protocol. It wants the pact to impose obligations on
emerging economies like China and India.
Europe says it can accept a continuation of the Kyoto Protocol, provided China and
the United States show they are seriousjewelry stores about major cuts in the coming years.
Japan, Canada and Russia, three key countries in the Kyoto deal, have made it
clear that they will not sign up to discount fashion jewelrya second commitment period. The nearly
irreconcilable differences leave the pact's future in doubt.
Monday, November 28, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Daughter's beating puts judge on spot
Daughter's beating puts judge on spot
The daughter of a judge in Texas, US, who posted a YouTube video of the savage beating she received at his hands, said she had experienced an outpouring of support.
Hillary Adams said that until last week, only a few close friends knew about the 2004 beating by her father, Arkansas County Judge William Adams, who handles child abuse cases.cheap nfl jerseys china He is now the s,cheap adidas shoes,ubject of a police investigation.
The eight-minute video, showing her father lashing her 17 times with a belt and threatening to beat her "into submission," had been watched more than 2 million times by early yesterday.
Hillary Adams said: "I am experiencing some regret because I just pulled the covers off my own father's misbehavior after so many people thought he was such a good person. But so many people are also telling me I did the right thing.
"He is supposed to be a judge." And she said the videoed attack was not a one-off. "It did happen regularly for a period of time," she told NBC's "Today" show yesterday.
In the same interview, Hallie Adams blamed her ex-husband's bouts of violence on his "addiction," calling it a "family secret." She did not elaborate.
Police in Rockport, where the 51-year-old judge lives, opened an investigation on Wednesday after receiving calls from concerned citizens, according to Police Chief Tim Jayroe. William Adams has been receiving threatening phone calls and faxes at the courthouse since the video went online, Arkansas County Sheriff Bill Mills said.
Corpus Christi television station KZTV caught up with the judge while he was getting into a vehicle yesterday. He said it "looks worse than it is.Replica Rolex watches"
He added: "In my mind, I have not done anything wrong other than discipline my child after she was caught stealing. I did lose my temper but I have since apologized."
When told of her father's comments, Hillary Adams said: "It is a shining perfect example of his personality and he believes he can do no wrong. He will cover up rather than admit to what he did and try to come clean."
She stressed she did not post the video as revenge and does not want her father punished. Rather,Demeco Ryans white jerseys she did it because she thinks it will force him to seek help, and because he has harassed her and she thought posting the clip would make that stop.
The daughter of a judge in Texas, US, who posted a YouTube video of the savage beating she received at his hands, said she had experienced an outpouring of support.
Hillary Adams said that until last week, only a few close friends knew about the 2004 beating by her father, Arkansas County Judge William Adams, who handles child abuse cases.cheap nfl jerseys china He is now the s,cheap adidas shoes,ubject of a police investigation.
The eight-minute video, showing her father lashing her 17 times with a belt and threatening to beat her "into submission," had been watched more than 2 million times by early yesterday.
Hillary Adams said: "I am experiencing some regret because I just pulled the covers off my own father's misbehavior after so many people thought he was such a good person. But so many people are also telling me I did the right thing.
"He is supposed to be a judge." And she said the videoed attack was not a one-off. "It did happen regularly for a period of time," she told NBC's "Today" show yesterday.
In the same interview, Hallie Adams blamed her ex-husband's bouts of violence on his "addiction," calling it a "family secret." She did not elaborate.
Police in Rockport, where the 51-year-old judge lives, opened an investigation on Wednesday after receiving calls from concerned citizens, according to Police Chief Tim Jayroe. William Adams has been receiving threatening phone calls and faxes at the courthouse since the video went online, Arkansas County Sheriff Bill Mills said.
Corpus Christi television station KZTV caught up with the judge while he was getting into a vehicle yesterday. He said it "looks worse than it is.Replica Rolex watches"
He added: "In my mind, I have not done anything wrong other than discipline my child after she was caught stealing. I did lose my temper but I have since apologized."
When told of her father's comments, Hillary Adams said: "It is a shining perfect example of his personality and he believes he can do no wrong. He will cover up rather than admit to what he did and try to come clean."
She stressed she did not post the video as revenge and does not want her father punished. Rather,Demeco Ryans white jerseys she did it because she thinks it will force him to seek help, and because he has harassed her and she thought posting the clip would make that stop.
Pilot error cited in hockey team jet crash
Pilot error cited in hockey team jet crash
A RUSSIAN jet crash that killed 44 people, including an entire professional ice hockey team, was caused by pilots inadvertently putting on the brakes during takeoff, investigators said yesterday, blaming poor crew training and lax oversight.
The Interstate Aviation Committee said the September 7 crash of the Yak-42 plane near the city of Yaroslavl in central Russia occurred because one of the pilots accidentally activated the brakes during takeoff and then pulled the plane up too sharply in a desperate attempt to take off.
It was one of the worst aviation disasters ever in sports, shocking Russia and the world of hockey, as the dead included 36 players, coaches and staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team.Replica Rolex watches The only player who survived the crash later died of burns. A flight engineer was the sole survivor.
Alexei Morozov, who led the investigation, said the crew still had enough time to abort the takeoff safely at the moment when they realized that it had gone wrong. He blamed the plane's owner, Yak-Service, for failing to observe safety standards and adequately train the crew. The company was closed in September by Russia's federal aviation authority following a check that found severe violations.
"The company practically lacked a proper system of flight oversight and controls over air safety," Morozov said, adding that both pilots had flown another type of plane with a slightly different cockpit layout and apparently had never learned the correct position for their feet on takeoff.
He said in the Yak-42, like virtually all other existing Russian and Western planes,Christian Louboutin shoes a pilot steers the aircraft by pressing the lower part of pedals and activates the brakes by pressing their upper part.
But instead of putting their heels on the cockpit floor as regulations require, the crew left their feet resting on the pedals, inadvertently activating the brakes and slowing the plane down on takeoff. They at first didn't notice they were putting on the brakes, and then made the fatal mistake of failing to abort the takeoff, he said.
The plane crashed on the side of the Volga River, 240 kilometers northeast of Moscow.
The team had been heading to Minsk,Wholesale Monster Headphones Belarus, to play its opening game of the Kontinental Hockey League season.
Among the dead were Lokomotiv coach and National Hockey League veteran Brad McCrimmon, a Canadian; assistant coach Alexander Karpovtsev,Lions jerseys authentic one of the first Russians to have his name etched on the Stanley Cup as a member of the New York Rangers; and Pavol Demitra, who played for the St Louis Blues and the Vancouver Canucks and was the Slovakian national team captain.
A RUSSIAN jet crash that killed 44 people, including an entire professional ice hockey team, was caused by pilots inadvertently putting on the brakes during takeoff, investigators said yesterday, blaming poor crew training and lax oversight.
The Interstate Aviation Committee said the September 7 crash of the Yak-42 plane near the city of Yaroslavl in central Russia occurred because one of the pilots accidentally activated the brakes during takeoff and then pulled the plane up too sharply in a desperate attempt to take off.
It was one of the worst aviation disasters ever in sports, shocking Russia and the world of hockey, as the dead included 36 players, coaches and staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team.Replica Rolex watches The only player who survived the crash later died of burns. A flight engineer was the sole survivor.
Alexei Morozov, who led the investigation, said the crew still had enough time to abort the takeoff safely at the moment when they realized that it had gone wrong. He blamed the plane's owner, Yak-Service, for failing to observe safety standards and adequately train the crew. The company was closed in September by Russia's federal aviation authority following a check that found severe violations.
"The company practically lacked a proper system of flight oversight and controls over air safety," Morozov said, adding that both pilots had flown another type of plane with a slightly different cockpit layout and apparently had never learned the correct position for their feet on takeoff.
He said in the Yak-42, like virtually all other existing Russian and Western planes,Christian Louboutin shoes a pilot steers the aircraft by pressing the lower part of pedals and activates the brakes by pressing their upper part.
But instead of putting their heels on the cockpit floor as regulations require, the crew left their feet resting on the pedals, inadvertently activating the brakes and slowing the plane down on takeoff. They at first didn't notice they were putting on the brakes, and then made the fatal mistake of failing to abort the takeoff, he said.
The plane crashed on the side of the Volga River, 240 kilometers northeast of Moscow.
The team had been heading to Minsk,Wholesale Monster Headphones Belarus, to play its opening game of the Kontinental Hockey League season.
Among the dead were Lokomotiv coach and National Hockey League veteran Brad McCrimmon, a Canadian; assistant coach Alexander Karpovtsev,Lions jerseys authentic one of the first Russians to have his name etched on the Stanley Cup as a member of the New York Rangers; and Pavol Demitra, who played for the St Louis Blues and the Vancouver Canucks and was the Slovakian national team captain.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Conjoined twins have key surgery
Conjoined twins have key surgery
SURGERY began yesterday morning in northern California, United States, to separate Philippines-born twin girls joined at the chest and abdomen.
The complex procedure to separate Angelina and Angelica Sabuco, of San Jose, got under way at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital around 6:30am local time yesterday.
If all goes according to plan, the 2-year-olds will be out of surgery by mid-afternoon, said hospital spokeswoman Reena Mukamal.
The operation will involve cutting along the girls' skin and muscle and separating their diaphragms and livers. Severing the liver will be the riskiest part of the procedure because of potential blood loss, said Dr Gary Hartman, the lead surgeon.
Hartman, who has done five separation procedures at medical centers around the US, said he expects the operation to go well.
Keeping the girls joined carries bigger risks for their health,,Ronaldo soccer jersey, doctors said. If one conjoined twin dies, the other will die within hours. Muscular and skeletal deformities can also worsen with time.
"We want them to live normally," said Ginady Sabuco, the girls' mother. "When they argue, they can be alone. When they play, they can play together or apart. When they don't want to see each other, they won't have to."
Angelica and Angelina are classified as thoraco-omphalopagus - joined at the chest and abdomen. Their livers, diaphragms, breastbones, chest and abdominal wall muscles are fused. They have separate hearts, brains, kidneys, stomachs and intestines.
The children will not likely need intense physical therapy following surgery but may experience regression with some milestones they've already hit, Hartman said. The girls can walk now despite their face-to-face orientation but may lose that ability, for example, for a few weeks while they recover. They were likely to be hospitalized for two to three weeks.
Angelina and Angelica live in San Jose, California, with their parents and 10-year-old brother.
The occurrence of conjoined twins is estimated to range from 1 in 50,000 births to 1 in 100,000 births worldwide, and the overall survival rate is approximately 25 percent, according to the hospital.
SURGERY began yesterday morning in northern California, United States, to separate Philippines-born twin girls joined at the chest and abdomen.
The complex procedure to separate Angelina and Angelica Sabuco, of San Jose, got under way at Stanford University's Lucile Packard Children's Hospital around 6:30am local time yesterday.
If all goes according to plan, the 2-year-olds will be out of surgery by mid-afternoon, said hospital spokeswoman Reena Mukamal.
The operation will involve cutting along the girls' skin and muscle and separating their diaphragms and livers. Severing the liver will be the riskiest part of the procedure because of potential blood loss, said Dr Gary Hartman, the lead surgeon.
Hartman, who has done five separation procedures at medical centers around the US, said he expects the operation to go well.
Keeping the girls joined carries bigger risks for their health,,Ronaldo soccer jersey, doctors said. If one conjoined twin dies, the other will die within hours. Muscular and skeletal deformities can also worsen with time.
"We want them to live normally," said Ginady Sabuco, the girls' mother. "When they argue, they can be alone. When they play, they can play together or apart. When they don't want to see each other, they won't have to."
Angelica and Angelina are classified as thoraco-omphalopagus - joined at the chest and abdomen. Their livers, diaphragms, breastbones, chest and abdominal wall muscles are fused. They have separate hearts, brains, kidneys, stomachs and intestines.
The children will not likely need intense physical therapy following surgery but may experience regression with some milestones they've already hit, Hartman said. The girls can walk now despite their face-to-face orientation but may lose that ability, for example, for a few weeks while they recover. They were likely to be hospitalized for two to three weeks.
Angelina and Angelica live in San Jose, California, with their parents and 10-year-old brother.
The occurrence of conjoined twins is estimated to range from 1 in 50,000 births to 1 in 100,000 births worldwide, and the overall survival rate is approximately 25 percent, according to the hospital.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Chinese street artist catapults to fame via microblog
Chinese street artist catapults to fame via microblog
A Chinese calligraphy artist whose work was previously relegated to the streets will have a typeface named after him after a font developer discovered his talent through a popular microblogging website.
For nearly a decade, Cui Xianren eked out a living by showcasing his calligraphy on the streets, writing traditional characters on a board with crippled hands.
However, on Tuesday he hopped on a train bound for the southern city of Shenzhen to meet representatives from Founder Type, a font developer that has promised to create a new font based on Cui's calligraphy, as well as give him profits from the sale of the font for the next 50 years.orlando magic jerseys
Founder Type discovered Cui via Sina Weibo, a popular Chinese microblogging site, according to Wang Haichao,washington wizards jerseys manager of the company's product department. An Internet user posted photos of Cui's work on Weibo, resulting in an outpouring of praise and thousands of reposts.
"Cui's upright and fashionable calligraphy has great commercial potential.Moncler women's jackets We really admire his handwriting, as well as his perseverance,oklahoma thunder jerseys" Wang said.Projector Lamps
Cui said he had no idea what Weibo was, but that he feels grateful for the help he has received from the site's users. He said he initially refused to sign a deal with Founder Type, as he feared that his work would not be commercially viable.
"I was worried that Founder Type would spent its money in vain at that time. Now I think the offer will change my life and bring new hope to me," Cui said.
A Chinese calligraphy artist whose work was previously relegated to the streets will have a typeface named after him after a font developer discovered his talent through a popular microblogging website.
For nearly a decade, Cui Xianren eked out a living by showcasing his calligraphy on the streets, writing traditional characters on a board with crippled hands.
However, on Tuesday he hopped on a train bound for the southern city of Shenzhen to meet representatives from Founder Type, a font developer that has promised to create a new font based on Cui's calligraphy, as well as give him profits from the sale of the font for the next 50 years.orlando magic jerseys
Founder Type discovered Cui via Sina Weibo, a popular Chinese microblogging site, according to Wang Haichao,washington wizards jerseys manager of the company's product department. An Internet user posted photos of Cui's work on Weibo, resulting in an outpouring of praise and thousands of reposts.
"Cui's upright and fashionable calligraphy has great commercial potential.Moncler women's jackets We really admire his handwriting, as well as his perseverance,oklahoma thunder jerseys" Wang said.Projector Lamps
Cui said he had no idea what Weibo was, but that he feels grateful for the help he has received from the site's users. He said he initially refused to sign a deal with Founder Type, as he feared that his work would not be commercially viable.
"I was worried that Founder Type would spent its money in vain at that time. Now I think the offer will change my life and bring new hope to me," Cui said.
Asia vital for U.S. trade, economy
Asia vital for U.S. trade, economy: U.S. official
The role of Asia is "absolutely central" for the American economy and trade in particular, U.S. under secretary of commerce for international trade Francisco Sanchez said here on Tuesday.
Leading a delegation of 14 U.S. biotechnology companies to promote trade in Hong Kong,bucks jerseys Sanchez told media the Asia-Pacific region is "absolutely critical" to achieving U.S. President Barack Obama's goal of doubling its exports by the end of 2014.
According to Sanchez, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is one of the top trade policy agendas of the U.S. government. TPP is an Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement being negotiated among the United States and eight other partners, namely Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
"TPP should become a platform that stands beyond the nine nations that are currently negotiating it.utah jazz jerseyswashington wizards jerseys It should be a platform for other countries in the region to join on," he argued.
In order to foster United States-Hong Kong partnerships,,Moncler jackets,oklahoma thunder jerseys Hong Kong Trade Development Council launched in November 2010 the Pacific Bridge Initiative (PBI) which tapped potential markets in Asia, particularly the Chinese mainland.
Presenting the Peace through Commerce Award to Fred Lam, executive director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council for his works to promote PBI, Sanchez commented that "Hong Kong is a great place to do business and a great partner to the United States in commerce and trade."
As for the unique role of Hong Kong, Sanchez said the city has become a global beacon for the benefits of free and fair trade, for rule of law, for intellectual property protection and for dynamic, private-sector driven development.
The role of Asia is "absolutely central" for the American economy and trade in particular, U.S. under secretary of commerce for international trade Francisco Sanchez said here on Tuesday.
Leading a delegation of 14 U.S. biotechnology companies to promote trade in Hong Kong,bucks jerseys Sanchez told media the Asia-Pacific region is "absolutely critical" to achieving U.S. President Barack Obama's goal of doubling its exports by the end of 2014.
According to Sanchez, Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is one of the top trade policy agendas of the U.S. government. TPP is an Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement being negotiated among the United States and eight other partners, namely Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
"TPP should become a platform that stands beyond the nine nations that are currently negotiating it.utah jazz jerseyswashington wizards jerseys It should be a platform for other countries in the region to join on," he argued.
In order to foster United States-Hong Kong partnerships,,Moncler jackets,oklahoma thunder jerseys Hong Kong Trade Development Council launched in November 2010 the Pacific Bridge Initiative (PBI) which tapped potential markets in Asia, particularly the Chinese mainland.
Presenting the Peace through Commerce Award to Fred Lam, executive director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council for his works to promote PBI, Sanchez commented that "Hong Kong is a great place to do business and a great partner to the United States in commerce and trade."
As for the unique role of Hong Kong, Sanchez said the city has become a global beacon for the benefits of free and fair trade, for rule of law, for intellectual property protection and for dynamic, private-sector driven development.
Play The Wealth Gap For Retirement Income
Play The Wealth Gap For Retirement Income
In my last post, I suggested putting a modern day twist on the old laddered CD strategy by using laddered dividends as a means of generating retirement income. Similarly, investors seeking retirement income might want to consider a variation on a traditional concept called the fixed income barbell.
A basic barbell strategy is formed when you buy a series of short-term and long-term bonds, avoiding anything in the middle. By concentrating on maturities at opposite ends of the spectrum, investors historically have been able to create a comfortable amount of interest income from the long end of the yield curve while using the maturities at the short end for quick cash to reinvest when interest rates are rising.
Obviously this time-tested fixed-income generating strategy isn’t going to work anytime soon because we know our friends at the Federal Reserve aren’t planning on raising interest rates until maybe mid-2013. Therefore, with time on their side,Moncler Jacket investors who are hungry for extra retirement income can play the rising wealth gap instead of waiting for interest rates to rise.
The old cliché, “The rich get richer and poor get poorer” seems truer than ever.toronto raptors jerseys The Census Bureau recently reported that the number of Americans living below the poverty line rose to a record 46 million last year.bucks jerseys That’s the third straight annual increase and represents the largest number of Americans designated as poor in 52 years of reporting.utah jazz jerseys
At the other end of the spectrum, the average CEO’s salary at the 200 largest American companies rose 20 percent in 2010 to $11.7 million, with CEO bonuses at 50 major corporations rising 30.5 percent,san antonio spurs jerseys representing an average bonus of $2.5 million.
In my last post, I suggested putting a modern day twist on the old laddered CD strategy by using laddered dividends as a means of generating retirement income. Similarly, investors seeking retirement income might want to consider a variation on a traditional concept called the fixed income barbell.
A basic barbell strategy is formed when you buy a series of short-term and long-term bonds, avoiding anything in the middle. By concentrating on maturities at opposite ends of the spectrum, investors historically have been able to create a comfortable amount of interest income from the long end of the yield curve while using the maturities at the short end for quick cash to reinvest when interest rates are rising.
Obviously this time-tested fixed-income generating strategy isn’t going to work anytime soon because we know our friends at the Federal Reserve aren’t planning on raising interest rates until maybe mid-2013. Therefore, with time on their side,Moncler Jacket investors who are hungry for extra retirement income can play the rising wealth gap instead of waiting for interest rates to rise.
The old cliché, “The rich get richer and poor get poorer” seems truer than ever.toronto raptors jerseys The Census Bureau recently reported that the number of Americans living below the poverty line rose to a record 46 million last year.bucks jerseys That’s the third straight annual increase and represents the largest number of Americans designated as poor in 52 years of reporting.utah jazz jerseys
At the other end of the spectrum, the average CEO’s salary at the 200 largest American companies rose 20 percent in 2010 to $11.7 million, with CEO bonuses at 50 major corporations rising 30.5 percent,san antonio spurs jerseys representing an average bonus of $2.5 million.
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