IPEA #39;s One Millions Youth for Mexico Campaign - Finalist for 2014 Templeton Freedom Award
Mexico City-based IPEA (Agora Institute for Strategic Thinking) was named one of eight finalists for this year #39;s prestigious Templeton Freedom Award for its campaign One Million Youth...
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Rescued Dogs from Desperate Greekies enjoying their freedom
Some of our rescued dogs, Charlie, Max, Sky, Blue, Annie (Animal Action) and Toby. Music copyright of the publisher. Westlife: Unbreakable. Sky (German Shepherd) was an RSPCA rescue eight years.
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President Obama Honors the 2014 Medal of Freedom Recipients
President Obama Honors the 2014 Medal of Freedom Recipients November 24, 2014 | 43:16 | Public Domain President Obama honors the 16 recipients of this year #39;s Presidential Medal of Freedom...
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The disquiet came as councillors at yesterday's Dunedin City Council planning and regulatory committee meeting received an update on additional steps taken to manage freedom camping problems in the city.
That included new signs and security patrols at Macandrew Bay and Ocean View, which together would cost the council about $17,600 this summer.
Despite that, council reserves and recreation planning team leader Richard Saunders said some freedom campers were continuing to ignore rules at Macandrew Bay.
Five overnight parks had been set aside in the area for vehicles without on-board toilets, but more than that had been staying in recent weeks, he said.
Extra security patrols could also not be expected to encourage ''total compliance'' this summer, ''as this would require an almost constant presence on site'', his report said.
The council was continuing to talk to the Department of Conservation about the development of a Doc-style camping ground on the peninsula, with a feasibility study expected to be completed by March 31, he said.
Some councillors spoke in support of that initiative at yesterday's meeting, including Cr Neville Peat, a staunch critic of freedom camping provisions in Macandrew Bay.
He reiterated those concerns yesterday, but said a Doc-style camping ground on the peninsula would plug a ''glaring gap'' in Doc's national network of camping grounds.
''On the peninsula, a major wildlife attraction for visitors, we don't see anything of the sort.''
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Efforts to find common ground in the wake of Monday night's violence in Ferguson, Missouri, could involve conversations that are about to take place in Cincinnati.
That's what WLWT News 5's Todd Dykes discovered when he visited the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center on Tuesday.
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"What's so important is that we learn from past struggles for freedom," said the Freedom Center's Assia Johnson. "History only really serves to help us to be able to have those discussions, to have open dialogue about what's going on right now, about what's going on in Ferguson."
Encouraging discussions about the volatile situation in Ferguson is not a simple task, but Johnson says the museum's emphasis on new beginnings makes it a logical place to start.
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"This is a place where you not only learn, but where you connect and engage," she said.
While visitors to the museum on Tuesday viewed portraits of despair and hope in America, the Freedom Center's leader, Dr. Clarence Newsome, was on a tour promoting the facility to other cities. But he was also keeping close watch on what's been happening on the streets of Ferguson.
"I want to say that violence is not an appropriate or an effective response or reaction," Newsome said. "Violence polarizes. It separates people, and so I want to discourage that in every way that I can. What we need to do is to focus ourselves on having very, very meaningful conversations. More than one conversation. We need to start a series of conversations, and we need to make sure these conversations are all-inclusive."
With that in mind, efforts are underway to host a community in dialogue to talk about the events unfolding in Ferguson.
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POLITICAL WATCHERS and rights groups were divided by November's Senate vote on the US Freedom Act, some saying that its passing would have saved citizens from the worst excesses of government snooping, and others suggesting that the opposite was more likely. For now the Act is in the wilderness, but the debate will rage on.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) expressed its disappointment almost immediately, saying that the Act was a glimmer of hope for believers in snooping reforms.
"We are disappointed that the Senate has failed to advance the US Freedom Act, a good start for bipartisan surveillance reform that should have passed the Senate," it said.
The EFF said that it hopes the Act returns with the appropriate amount of support and with no alterations.
"The Senate still has the remainder of the current legislative session to pass the US Freedom Act," it added.
"We continue to urge the Senate to do so and only support amendments that will make it stronger. We strongly oppose any amendment that would water down the strong privacy, special advocate and transparency provisions of the bill."
Fight for the Future, a group with similar beliefs and aims as the EFF, took a different line, contacting its supporters with a warning about the passing of the Act in advance of the vote.
"Two years after we learned about the US government's massive surveillance programmes that target every internet user in the world, the Senate goes to vote on a bill that's supposed to end them," the group said on the day of the vote.
"But it's a wolf in sheep's clothing so far; as written, it does not protect free speech in the digital age.
"It's also possible that some of the amendments being considered could make the bill a little better, but even if that happens it will still fail to be a net positive for privacy.
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The United States is a hypocritical, white settler society where Anglo-Americans practice apartheid and eugenics, says Randy Short.
The United States has historically been a racist and white-dominated society where blacks endure ethnic cleansing and lack basic human rights, a researcher and historian in Washington says.
Its historic, Americas lack of judicial fairness, lack of justice, corruption and perversion of justice is not only documented, but its embedded, said Randy Short, a member of the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization.
The Dred Scott decision (1857) that declared no black could ever be a citizen of the United States is essentially the guiding spirit of the legal system in the United States, Dr. Short told Press TV on Wednesday.
Its unfair and its corrupt and blacks dont have human rights, he said. The United States is a hypocritical, white settler society where Anglo Americans practice apartheid and eugenics, in particular against African Americans.
Dr. Short said a grand jurys decision on Monday not to indict a white police officer for the shooting death of a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, shows that America is a fraud.
Thousands of people protested across the US for a second night on Tuesday after Darren Wilson was absolved for the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in August.
Mass protests erupted in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Oakland, Seattle, Boston and several other cities on Tuesday evening, as well as Ferguson itself where the shooting occurred.
Theyre killing our children and pushing mass abortion on our womenand pushing ethnic cleansing that they call gentrification, Dr. Short said.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Raad Al Hussein, on Tuesday voiced concern over institutionalized discrimination and the disproportionate number of young African Americans being killed by police in the United States.
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Whenever we talk about processors and silicon, one of the key major points is efficiency and performance per watt. One issue to consider is that while that new CPU uses 10W less, it makes little difference if the motherboard or other components eats up the difference. To that end, MSI previewed their ECO range at Computex, promising a power reduction over the normal but primarily aimed at various business customers with a green and white color scheme. We got the B85M ECO and a few low powered Haswell CPUs in to test the claims.
Saving energy is a topic to which many column inches are dedicated every month, let alone the incredible amount of money to fund more efficient methods of energy generation, travel or even LEDs. Not only does the product have to be more efficient, but the energy used to create it in the first place should not increase either, unless it acts as a stepping stone to bigger things (insert various arguments relating to Prius batteries vs building the electric car economy to drive costs down and research investment up). To a large extent, the ends can justify the means. But while cars and LEDs are big topics in most discussions, data centers are still one of the worlds biggest suckers of juice, and that juice comes from various methods of energy production. The heart of a data center is the CPU or PCI co-processor, but when you are dealing with 100,000 systems, every milliwatt in DRAM and motherboard design counts as well.
The B85M ECO and MSIs ECO range are aimed at both the data center and the office. I cannot find the last time we reviewed a B series motherboard at AnandTech (in my tenure we did some H67 back in 2011, and a mini-ITX H series more recently), but the B85 chipset is the current Haswell/Broadwell chipset for businesses that integrate features such as vPro and Intels Small Business Advantage platform while retaining full SATA 6 Gbps and USB 3.0 functionality. Even for small businesses, every watt over every system in a tower block can make a difference, and offers the company a platform to promote green practices.
The claim MSIs ECO range is making is a 40% reduction in power consumption while retaining 100% performance when compared to other boards. This is meant to be achieved by using fewer or more efficient components at every stage of the design, as well as software and BIOS options to disable unused ports or headers when not in use. The end result is that the boards cost ~20% more than usual but are TV certified for energy efficiency and long term stability. Like other energy efficiency investments, it takes time to recoup those 20% costs but for most use cases one would hope that occurs within a 3-5 year use cycle. We put some numbers to those claims to test for ourselves. To add to the mix, MSIs standard 3 year warranty can be bolsteredwith their Customer Service Model, allowing businesses to order replacements and repairs with a quicker dispatch cycle.
Another poignant point to add was as a result of our initial coverage of the ECO range at Computex. At the time MSI was experimenting with different colors for the PCB and slots, going with a green and white theme. Unfortunately it looks like the green PCB has been dropped for a dark brown one on the B85M model at least, but the green and white theme still gets the idea across despite the main use scenario for the ECO range will be generic boxes under the desk.
Aside from our discussion about the power consumption differences later on in the review, the MSI B85M ECO felt like a good point if you wanted to just get something up and go. With it being a B85 model it means no overclocking and no MultiCore Turbo, but it still ran all our normal benchmarks a treat on the i7-4770K at stock and our range of low powered S/T CPUs.
In terms of hardware, full two DIMM per channel support might not always make it onto a motherboard at this price but the B85M ECO will accept 32GB quite easily. The only extra controller to speak of is an ASMedia PCIe to PCI bridge using one of the chipset lanes to make a PCI slot, but the PCIe x16 is fully Gen 3.0. In the interests of keeping costs down (or perhaps because it is more efficient), we get an ALC887 audio codec and Realtek NIC rather than anything further up the stack. As this board is aimed at the business crowd, PS/2 is supported along with VGA, DVI-D and HDMI. There is an LPT board at the bottom for good measure, and a TPM between the PCIe layout.
Performance wise, when we set up the system similar to our other LGA1150 motherboards, the system acted like an i7-4770K without MultiCore Turbo as expected, but we did get some interesting system results. DPC Latency was excellent at 53 microseconds, and POST times hovered around 12 seconds. Audio came in as expected, as did USB speeds. Ultimately the B85M ECO comes in at average performance but with a few good parts.
Software and BIOS are green themed to go along with the ECO mentality. Without overclocking options the BIOS seems a bit thin, but both the BIOS and the OS can perform the ECO savings. The BIOS gets use of MSIs updated fan control system which is good to see, as well as Board Explorer. The OS also gets MSIs software jewel, Live Update.
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Opposition to Japan's whaling programme is a kind of "eco-imperialism" that imposes one value system on another and is based on emotion, not science, Japan's top whaling official said this morning.
Japan last week announced plans to resume whale hunting in the Southern Ocean in 2015.
The announcement came in spite of an international court ruling that previous hunts were illegal.
Japan did also slash the quota for it what it calls its scientific whaling programme.
Joji Morishita, Japan's commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, said the new proposal, which calls for taking 333 minke whales instead of 900, is Japan's latest attempt to pursue sustainable whaling according to scientific principles.
"The whaling issue is seen as a symbol of a larger issue sometimes in Japan ... You might have heard the word 'eco-imperialism'," Mr Morishita told a news conference.
"When you go out and ask ordinary Japanese about the whaling issue, they're going to say 'I don't eat whale meat, however I don't like the idea of beef-eating people or pork-eating people saying to Japanese, stop eating whales'."
The International Court of Justice ruled earlier this year that Japan's decades-old whale hunt should stop. Japan cancelled its Antarctic hunt in response.
It carried out a scaled-down version of its Northern Pacific hunt this summer.
Japan has long maintained that most whale species are not endangered and that eating whale is a cherished part of its food culture.
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Tension: Japan has come under fire for its whaling program in the past. Photo: Sea Shepherd
Opposition to Japan's whaling programme is a kind of "eco-imperialism" that imposes one value system on another and is based on emotion, not science - much the way killing elephants is now opposed, Japan's top whaling official said on Wednesday.
Tokyo last week unveiled plans to resume whale hunting in the Southern Ocean in 2015-2015 despite an international court ruling that previous hunts were illegal, although it also slashed the quota for the so-called scientific whaling programme.
Joji Morishita, Japan's commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, said the new proposal, which calls for taking 333 minke whales instead of 900, is Tokyo's latest attempt to pursue sustainable whaling according to scientific principles.
"The whaling issue is seen as a symbol of a larger issue sometimes in Japan... You might have heard the word 'eco-imperialism'," Morishita told a news conference.
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"When you go out and ask ordinary Japanese about the whaling issue, they're going to say 'I don't eat whale meat, however I don't like the idea of beef-eating people or pork-eating people saying to Japanese, stop eating whales."
The International Court of Justice ruled earlier this year that Japan's decades-old whale hunt should stop, and Tokyo cancelled its Antarctic hunt in resposne. It carried out a scaled-down version of its Northern Pacific hunt this summer.
Japan has long maintained that most whale species are not endangered and that eating whale is a cherished part of its food culture. It began what it calls scientific research whaling in 1987, a year after an international moratorium began.
Japan's situation resonates with some developing nations, Morishita said, adding that while elephants are indeed in danger in some parts of Africa, nations where they are numerous face a similar dilemma when they want to pursue sustainable use.
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1 of 2. Japan's Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, Joji Morishita, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, November 26, 2014.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Opposition to Japan's whaling programme is a kind of "eco-imperialism" that imposes one value system on another and is based on emotion, not science - much the way killing elephants is now opposed, Japan's top whaling official said on Wednesday.
Tokyo last week unveiled plans to resume whale hunting in the Southern Ocean in 2015-2015 despite an international court ruling that previous hunts were illegal, although it also slashed the quota for the so-called scientific whaling programme.
Joji Morishita, Japan's commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, said the new proposal, which calls for taking 333 minke whales instead of 900, is Tokyo's latest attempt to pursue sustainable whaling according to scientific principles.
"The whaling issue is seen as a symbol of a larger issue sometimes in Japan... You might have heard the word 'eco-imperialism'," Morishita told a news conference.
"When you go out and ask ordinary Japanese about the whaling issue, they're going to say 'I don't eat whale meat, however I don't like the idea of beef-eating people or pork-eating people saying to Japanese, stop eating whales."
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled earlier this year that Japan's decades-old whale hunt should stop, and Tokyo canceled its Antarctic hunt in resposne. It carried out a scaled-down version of its Northern Pacific hunt this summer.
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Talihau community in Tonga embraces natural, low cost methods for beach restoration
An innovative set of techniques developed specifically for the strengthening and rehabilitation of beaches in the Pacific island region have been put to the test in Vava'u, Tonga.
This approach to coastal erosion has been developed over the past two years as part of the coastal Ecosystem-based Adaptation project which is implemented by the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and funded by the Australian Government under its International Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (ICCAI).
The beach rehabilitation guidelines and practical interventions - developed over the past two years and tested in Samoa, Vanuatu and Kiribati - are designed to limit and, where possible, stop continued erosion on affected beaches in the region and put in place strategies to try to reverse damage that has already taken place. Such rehabilitation can strengthen coastal resilience to the impacts associated with sea level rise.
Crucially, the techniques are designed to be cheap, achievable and easily managed by local communities in both the short and long term. Dr Joanna Ellison, an expert on coastal geomorphology from the University of Tasmania and a long-term collaborator with SPREP on coastal issues, helped to devise the techniques following extensive research and testing in North Tarawa, Kiribati. She explains:
"Everybody knows that erosion is a problem on a lot of Pacific island beaches, but what many people don't know is that there are many low cost, natural ways to make beaches stronger. Often, people put a lot of pressure on beaches without realising. By recognising and reducing this pressure we can work together to get sediment to come back to the beach and stay there."
The value and importance of community support was aptly demonstrated during the recent application of these tactics at Talihau Paradise Beach in Vava'u. Representatives from all levels of government joined forces with members of the community to protect the quite seriously degraded Talihau Paradise Beach from further erosion.
Town Officer, Siaosi, observed that in the 33 years he has lived at Talihau he has witnessed a large number of changes to the beach:
"Just ten years ago there were a lot of trees and the sea level was far away from the shoreline. Now you can see that things are very different. It is not only the natural activities that cause this erosion, but the human activities too."
SPREP's Environmental Monitoring and Reporting Officer, Mr Paul Anderson, said that an assessment of the beach confirmed Siaosi's suspicion that human impacts were having a grave effect on the condition of the beach. In the 100 metres long stretch of beach, Mr Anderson observed only six mature trees and no evidence of new growth - a classic sign of degradation caused by trampling from humans and animals. He explains:
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