Wednesday 5: Disaster Sexism, Wal-Mart v. Dukes Sequel and Vera ...

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This week?s blog-lot is pretty meaty, including musings on synapses and suffrage lessons, women and disasters, and a new film helmed by the standout star of Up in the Air.

• OK, Best Blog Title Ever award goes to Marcia Mayo?s?Well Aged With Some Marbling, which this week offers some thoughts on keeping our brains sharp when the opportunity arises. Mayo writes of taking a new late-career position in her company ? ?I?m no longer climbing the ladder to success.? The rungs are too old and rusty (or perhaps the problem is that they are too slick and new) and I?m afraid of heights.? And so, I wondered if I?d made a big mistake.? Then she remembered something: ?Not long ago I read somewhere (not surprisingly I can?t recall where) that one reason older people lose mental functioning is because they become so set in their ways, so routine oriented, they are no longer making new synapse connections.? The new gig, Mayo writes, offers many opportunities to create new ones: ?I?m feeling a few synapses begin to wake up from their well-deserved five-year-nap, stretching and scratching their sleepy heads. They?re a little pissy and put out, needing a caffeine boost, but last I heard, they?re in their tiny cerebral Corolla, careening to the firing range, after stopping for a 12 pack of Diet Cokes.?

• While celebrating Women?s Equality Day last week, we noticed this excellent musing on 1920?s feminist Crystal Eastman by?Eve Weinbaum and Rachel Roth at RH Reality Check. Eastman, they note, had a?four-point program for actualizing the promise of suffrage: ?economic independence for women (including freedom to choose an occupation and equal pay), gender equality at home (raising ?feminist sons? to share the responsibilities of family life), ?voluntary motherhood? (reproductive freedom) and ?motherhood endowment,? or financial support for child-rearing and homemaking.? The current challenge, they add, is that ?our institutions must become more responsive. . . . Arranging a more just world will require a new wave of political action at all levels, from local to national, home to workplace.? Click over for details.

• Between earthquakes and hurricanes, do we have enough to take care of everyone? At Women and Media News,?Margaret Morganroth Gullette worries that older women will be left behind: ?Rescuers make unconscious choices, about who gets into the boat or on the bus, who gets sought if missing, who receives warm blankets, extra water, radiation tests, emergency housing. Gifts of life or sentences of death in many cases. They are spur-of-the-moment and can be based on bias. . . . Ageism is one such possible bias. We see it everywhere in the deficit atmosphere, a triage situation that is being artificially created in a recession to diminish aid to those over 65 as well as others in need.? Our Diane Vacca would likely agree.

• Ever since the recent dismissal of?a class-action discrimination suit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against financial services corporation Bloomberg L.P., we?ve been wondering whether it was fallout from Wal-Mart v. Dukes. Not exactly, writes Nanette Fondas at MomsRising, but close: ?At a time when work, workers and the workplace are ?job one? for the struggling U.S. economy, it?s discouraging to find out that the nation?just can?t get serious about taking half of its workforce seriously. The female half . . . Working moms just can?t get a break. First the?Supreme Court ruled in the Wal-Mart class-action suit?that the number of women alleging discrimination was too big. Now a U.S. District Court in Manhattan rules that the group of Bloomberg claimants was too small to prove that pregnancy discrimination was ?standard operating procedure.??

• When we first saw Vera Farmiga steal a movie from George Clooney last year, we suspected there was more behind those incredible eyes. Now, with the release of her first film as a director (see clip below), an exclusive interview at Women?s Media Center shows us a little of that power. Although she hadn?t directed before, Farmiga decided to take the challenge, seeing it as a way to work on a story that was gratifying for her unlike some of the scripts she gets. ?I?m tired of complaining about it,? she said about the lack of good parts for women in movies. ?I?ve been in this profession a long time. I have a certain measure of attention and responsibility that comes with that spotlight.? [...]?Farmiga has recently played parts written for a man ? in ?Source Code? and in the upcoming ?Safe House? with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds where she plays a CIA supervisor. She also sees scripts with interesting female parts, but, as with ?Higher Ground,? they can?t get financing.??I?m seeing great roles, she said. ?What I want is to see them greenlit.?

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Trials in Chinese monk self-immolation death

BEIJING?? The first trial opened Monday in the cases of three Tibetan Buddhist monks charged with murder in western China over the self-immolation death of a colleague in what was described as a political protest.

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The March 16 death of Rigzin Phuntsog, 16, was seen by fellow monks and observers as a political protest against China's heavy-handed controls on Tibetan Buddhism and provoked a standoff between security forces and monks.

Authorities accuse two monks, Tsering Tenzin and Tenchum, of plotting, instigating, and assisting in the self-immolation. A third, Drongdru, is accused of moving and hiding the injured monk, preventing him from receiving emergency treatment for 11 hours and eventually leading to his death.

One of the monks went on trial on Monday and two more will follow on Tuesday, a clerk with the Maerkang County People's Court in Sichuan province's Aba prefecture said.

The clerk, who gave only his surname, Zhou, said he did not know which monk went on trial Monday nor how long the trials would last, although the outcomes in such cases are usually predetermined by authorities.

The monastery where the incident occurred, Ngaba Kirti in Sichuan province, is under tight guard by security forces who are accused by pro-Tibetan groups overseas of beating onlookers and detaining monks. The area is off-limits to foreign journalists.

The circumstances surrounding the monk's death remain murky, and in June, China rejected pressure from a U.N. human rights panel to provide information about more than 300 of Kirti's monks whose whereabouts it said are unknown since the monastery was raided in April.

The Foreign Ministry said only that monks were undergoing "legal education" ? a reference to hours-long compulsory political lectures on the basics of the Chinese constitution, criminal law and regulations on religious affairs.

Tibetan monks tend to be fiercely loyal to Tibet's exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, who is reviled by Beijing. As custodians of Tibet's Buddhist culture, they tend to be especially concerned about China's tight controls over monasteries that take time away from religious study and practice.

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Russian oil teams up with Exxon Mobil

MOSCOW (AP) ? Russia's state-owned Rosneft teamed up with U.S. company Exxon Mobil on Tuesday in a multibillion deal to develop offshore oil fields in the Russian Arctic ? one of the last regions with immense and untapped hydrocarbon deposits ? in return for access to resources in the Gulf of Mexico.

Because Rosneft does not have its own technology for deep sea drilling, it was looking for partners to develop the offshore projects in the Arctic and other regions of Russia. A deal it was pursuing with Britain's BP earlier this year fell through, leaving the path open for Exxon Mobil.

The oil giant already has experience drilling in the Arctic regions of Canada.

Rosneft spokesman Rustam Kazharov told The Associated Press that the "strategic partnership" with Exxon was signed in the presence of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. He was unable to name the plots that Rosneft will work on in the Gulf of Mexico and Texas.

Exxon Mobil said in a statement that Tuesday's agreement includes $3.2 billion to be spent on exploring three giant undeveloped oil and gas fields in the Kara Sea ? between the northeastern corner of continental Russia and the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya ? in the Arctic as well as a sector in the Black Sea.

The Kara Sea sectors cover some 126,000 square kilometers (50,000 square miles) between 50 to 200 meters (yards) deep and contain some 35.8 billion barrels of oil, Rosneft said. The Black Sea sector covers 11,200 square kilometers (4,300 square miles) between 1,000 and 2,000 meters (yards) deep, it said.

Russia's top energy official said Rosneft, which is 75 percent owned by the Kremlin, will get shares in at least six Exxon Mobil projects in the United States.

The shares "will be in proportion to the ones Exxon will get by working in the Russian projects," Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin told the Interfax news agency. "I'd like to emphasize the exclusiveness of these decisions for Russian companies ... that until today were not able to develop existing deposits in the U.S."

Sechin also said that Exxon Mobil could get a share in other projects in the Black Sea. "If the Tuapse (field) yields results, Exxon will become a natural partner for our additional capabilities in the Black Sea," he was quoted by Interfax as saying.

Rex Tillerson, Exxon Mobil's chief executive, attended the ceremony and said in the statement that the deal "takes our relationship to a new level and will create substantial value for both companies."

Exxon Mobil and Rosneft first struck a deal in January to develop a sector in the Russian part of the Black Sea.

Putin lauded Exxon for its extensive experience in drilling in the Arctic region in Canada.

Tuesday's signing ceremony was preceded by talks between Rosneft executives and ExxonMobil top brass, including President Neil Duffin.

Putin hailed the deal as "a truly strategic partnership," the RIA Novosti news agency reported. The prime minister estimated the total investment in the project at a massive $500 billion, a figure he described as "scary," over an unspecified number of years.

The deal is a blow for Britain's BP, with which Rosneft struck an accord in January to jointly develop the Arctic fields. That agreement fell through, however, after BP's Russian shareholders managed to block it.

"The Exxon deal is offering us much more" than BP, Kazharov told the AP.

BP spokeswoman Sheila Williams would not comment on the deal but said BP is still "committed both to Russia and to the continuing success of TNK-BP," its Russian venture.

Tuesday's agreement is the largest Russian oil deal in recent years.

Royal Dutch Shell had invested some $20 billion in the Sakhalin 2 offshore project in Russia's Far East before it was forced out of the project in 2006.

The agreement surpasses the 2004 deal between ConocoPhillips and Lukoil when the American oil company paid $2 billion for a 7.6 percent stake in Russia's second-largest oil producer.

In a similarly landmark agreement, Rosneft and pipeline operator Transneft signed a cash-for-oil swap in 2009, where the Russians secured a $25 billion loan from a Chinese bank in exchange for oil supplies to China.

Prior to the Rosneft deal, Exxon Mobil has had only a limited footprint in the Black Sea. It has rights to offshore fields off of Romania, but they remain unexplored. Exxon Mobil is currently drilling its first Black Sea well off the coast of Turkey as part of a partnership with Petronas.

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Mansur Mirovalev, Meera Selva and Chris Kahn contributed to this report

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Types of Alpine Skis : Sports and Recreation

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Types of Alpine Skis

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When taking up skiing, many people do not realize that there are different types including Alpine skis, Telemark skis, cross country skis and freestyle skis. Each has its own features and use, so purchasing skis is not as simple as just walking into the store and picking up a pair.

It is always better to get professional advice when choosing skis so that you don?t select the wrong kind for your weight, skill level, and for the type of skiing you will be doing. A professional can recognize subtle differences in skis you won?t even be able to notice and will help you to pick the pair most suitable for you.

Different Types of Skis -Available:Whichever types of skiing you are choosing to participate in, there are skis to fit your needs. These includes the,

Alpine Skis:The Alpine are designed to be fast and precise and are ideal for use on hard groomed, densely packed trails. Ski bindings are used to attach the foot to the skis safely and to allow the skier to turn more easily, which is part of the reasons that correctly sizing alpine is such an important part of the selection process. The bindings also help to quick release so as to detach the foot from the ski in case anything goes wrong. These are one of the types of racing skis and are meant for athletes with advanced abilities.

Free Ride Skis:The Free Ride are also an advanced form meant for use when you have learned everything there is to learn out on the slopes. They are really good in tough conditions and literally float through powder snow, slice through slush and cut through the roughest conditions. Again, this type of ski is more suited towards people who have either raced or who have advanced abilities.

Cross-Country Skis:The Cross-country are light and thin and most of the time have slightly straight edges. As with the Telemark skis, the bindings attach only at the toes. These skis are coated with wax in order to reduce friction and some models have patterns on the bottom for the same purpose but for backwards movements.

Freestyle Skis:The Freestyle are specialized adapted to specific styles of skiing. Mogul skiers for example need that are designed to respond quickly and to turn easily through a mogul field. Acro skiers on the other hand need special ?ballet skis,? which work similar a figure skater?s skates and allow for backwards and forwards motion as welling as spinning movements. The Aerialists need the skis that are light and easy to maneuver in the air.

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Stay Thirsty storms to victory in Travers

Stay Thirsty's owner Mike Repole, center, with his grandmother Noni, left, and his wife Maria Repole, right, hold up trophies after Stay Thirsty ridden by Javier Castellano won the 142nd Travers Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo /Hans Pennink)

Stay Thirsty's owner Mike Repole, center, with his grandmother Noni, left, and his wife Maria Repole, right, hold up trophies after Stay Thirsty ridden by Javier Castellano won the 142nd Travers Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo /Hans Pennink)

Caleb's Posse with Rajiv Maragh (2) and Uncle Mo ridden by John Velazquez finish the King's Bishop Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Caleb's Posse won the race. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Caleb's Posse with Rajiv Maragh, left, pulls ahead of Justin Phillip ridden by jockey Ramon Dominguez, center, and Uncle Mo with John Velazquez, far right, to win The King's Bishop Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Stay Thirsty, with Javier Castellano aboard, stands in the winner's circle after winning the 142nd Travers Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo /Hans Pennink)

Stay Thirsty (9), with Javier Castellano up, Malibu Glow, left, with Rajiv Maragh up, and Ruler On Ice, right, with Jose Valdivia up, head towards the first turn at the start of the 142nd Travers Stakes horse race at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Stay Thirsty won the race. (AP Photo /Hans Pennink)

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) ? His face covered with perspiration, a conflicted Mike Repole tried to express his emotions after losing one big race by a nose with Uncle Mo and winning the $1 million Travers Stakes with Stay Thirsty about 30 minutes later at Saratoga Race Course.

"It's a roller-coaster game, it's a bipolar game," the owner of both 3-year-old colts said Saturday. "What we just saw in the last half-hour for (trainer) Todd Pletcher and Mike Repole, the low, the highest high, all within 30 minutes. It's a tough loss with Uncle Mo and probably the best win of my life here with the Travers."

Uncle Mo gave it all he had in the $250,000 King's Bishop, his first race since recovering from a life-threatening liver disease that sidelined the one-time Kentucky Derby favorite through the Triple Crown races. Uncle Mo, the champion 2-year-old in 2010, stormed into the lead in the stretch but was beaten by a nose by Caleb's Posse in a photo finish.

"Listen, I want to win. I think the horse ran great ... he just came up short," Repole said, adding that Uncle Mo lost his right rear shoe just after the start of the seven-furlong race.

Stay Thirsty came up huge in the Travers on a hot, muggy day at the Spa.

Sent off as the 2-1 favorite in the field of 10, Stay Thirsty raced just off the pace set by Preakness winner Shackleford. But when the field turned for home in front of a crowd of 43,050, the son of 2006 Travers winner Bernardini surged to the lead under Javier Castellano and held off Rattlesnake Bridge by 1? lengths.

The win moves Stay Thirsty to the head of the 3-year-old class, ahead of sidelined Derby winner Animal Kingdom and the two other classic winners he beat in the Travers ? Shackleford and Belmont Stakes winner Ruler On Ice, who was fourth. Haskell winner Coil, the second choice, finished 10th.

"Stay Thirsty separates himself from every other 3-year-old by far right now," Repole said. "There's nothing else this horse can do. He should have won the Belmont. He ran an incredible Jim Dandy. Javier rode him great. He was all out, a length and a half. There's no doubt in my mind."

Winning time for the 1? miles was 2:03.03.

J W Blue, a 32-1 long shot was third, followed by Ruler On Ice fourth, Malibu Glow, Moonshine Mullin, Bowman's Causeway, Shackleford, Raison d'Etat and Coil.

"I guess we'll go home and regroup," Shackleford's trainer Dale Romans said. "A rough day. He wasn't himself."

Stay Thirsty, who ran 12th in the Derby and second in the Belmont before his Jim Dandy-Travers sweep, returned $6.80, $4.20 and $3.40. Rattlesnake Bridge, ridden by John Velazquez, paid $10.80 and $7.60, and J W Blue returned $11.40 to show.

Stay Thirsty earned $600,000 for the win and boosted his career total to $1.4 million.

As expected, Shackleford broke for the lead from the outside No. 10 post. Stay Thirsty likes to run just off the pace, but found himself in front early ? not exactly what Pletcher had in mind.

However, Castellano was able to keep Stay Thirsty relaxed along the backstretch, and the colt had plenty left when he hit the final turn.

"I was more concerned with the first quarter (mile) than the last quarter," Pletcher said. "He might have been a little fresh and pulling a litter harder than we would have liked, but once they turned up the backside I felt a lot better. When we got to the top of stretch ? the horse has a lot of natural stamina ? I wasn't worried."

Castellano, a three-time Travers winner, became just the fifth rider to win the "Mid-Summer Derby" in consecutive years. He won aboard Afleet Express last year.

"He ran huge today. He showed he's the best 3-year-old in the country and I'm so happy with the way he did it," Castellano said. "He's a late-developing horse. He's a more mature horse. He's like his father (Bernardini). I am very lucky to able to ride his son. I won the Jim Dandy with both the father and son. He's huge for me and my career."

Pletcher, the nation's leading trainer, said the Jockey Club Gold Cup on Oct. 1 could be next for Stay Thirsty.

"We know he likes Belmont and he likes 1? miles," Pletcher said. "We need a bridge between here and the Breeders' Cup and that's the most likely one."

As for Uncle Mo's future, Repole said he wasn't sure.

"After what he did, I think we just really need to take a look. Uncle Mo might have two races left. He might have five races left. Or we might have seen Uncle Mo's last race," he said. "Todd has done an amazing job with getting this horse back to where he was Uncle Mo. ... He ran a great race. We're really going to micromanage Uncle Mo, and that might just be it, to be honest with you."

In earlier races at the Spa, Hilda's Passion ($7.10) cruised to a 9?-length win over Tar Heel Mom in the $250,000 Ballerina for fillies and mares, Hot Summer ($16.40) caught Maple Forest in the stretch for a half-length victory the $102,000 Victory Ride for 3-year-old fillies, and Daveron ($11) pulled away for a 1?-length win over Tapitsfly in the $200,000 Ballston Spa for fillies and mares on the turf.

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Pink Flamingo in the Desert ? The Oldest Casino Resort in Las ...

The Flamingo is a famous Las Vegas casino, one of the first casinos that have ever been built, in the sin city. Flamingo is the oldest casino that is still operating and where you can still play your favorite games. the pink flamingo bird is a well-known sign of this resort. Flamingo is a part of big casino network that belongs to the biggest gambling operator in the world Harrah?s Entertainment.

Casino Flamingo was opened what is hard to believe in the year of 1946, so it is almost one year after the end of World War II. Flamingo was built in the art deco stylization and it also refers to the Miami architecture style. the whole resort is placed on almost few hectares of space. there is many attractions for the real players and for regular tourists on this area. to this attraction we can include of course different casino games like craps, poker, baccarat, roulette, blackjack and more gambling games. at present the casino games are major attraction that are available in the mega resorts, however if we think about casino resort in general we can see that gambling entertainment is only a small part of all attractions available in the resort.

So first of all we can eat here nice food in few great restaurants. when we are not hungry anymore we can relax in spa salon and regenerate our powers before next attractions. After that we can do something more active like playing golf, swimming or dancing in one of the famous night clubs like for example: Te Garden Bar or Bugsy?s Bar. After day full of fun we can go to sleep in one of over than three thousand hotel rooms. Las Vegas is a city of gambling, everyone knows that, but there is one more thing of which this city is famous, this thing are weddings and marriages. Flamingo hotel also provide that services, so if someone want to marry under the pink flamingo, should reserve room right now and visit Las Vegas immediately and spend here honey moon. Groups that want to organize meeting or conferences will find here also something for them, because there is some great conference rooms in pink Flamingo.

The history of this beautiful casino is really awesome and very long because it was established in 40?s. interesting is that Flamingo was built thanks to mob money of famous gangster called Bugsy Siegel, who has been shot few day after great opening. the building cost was huge and was equal to six million dollars. Flamingo was the first luxurious casino and hotel in the Las Vegas. the other curiosity about Flamingo is its name. so mobster Bugsy has a girlfriend that he loved much, her name was Virginia Hill, by the way he was shot to death on her eyes. so she had very long thin legs, that?s why Bugsy called her ?flamingo. And he gave the same name to his casino resort as a sign of his love.

For all these years that casino have been rebuild few times, to face new era and new expectations of the players. After Siegel death, Flamingo resort passed from hand to hand finally was taken by the Hilton Hotels and now is a part of big casino network that belongs to the Harrah?s Entertainment.

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Putting the focus back on regional Australia can help get this country get back on track. The comparative success of the Nationals at the 2010 election remains a largely untold story. At some point we need to reevaluate the subsidies we give to renewable energy whose main effect is to increase the price of electricity for families and businesses. Our nation has apparently decided that it is immoral to go fishing in a tinny but apparently ok to strip fish somewhere else. Just because other countries do, there is no need to have the ability to quote our debt in trillions of dollars. A strong position does not necessarily mean, though it certainly involves, military capacity. At some point this country needs to reflect on its seemingly undying belief that windmills and solar panels are the future. The inquiry makes 21 recommendations of which the government accepts one. The Nationals have been the party to get dams back on the agenda. As a country we will continue to rely and require foreign investment but I am deeply concerned about the increasing control that foreign, state-owned companies are increasingly gaining over our strategic assets. Bridget gave her first speech to the Senate on Thursday and if her performance then is any guide she is set to be a superb performer for the Nationals in the Senate for a long time to come. When the Delphic oracles proclaimed that Australia feeding itself was apparently an inconvenience and it would be better to turn our nations food bowl of the Murray-Darling into a national park, it was the Nationals who said that environmentalism is becoming a foil for despotism and Australia losing the capacity to feed itself was probably not a wise thing to do. I also have ?full confidence? that the Federal Nationals can win government at the next opportunity and, in the words of the Prime Minister, successfully govern for a ?very long, long time?. It is evident in this room today that we are a people that relies on imports. We are not going to generate wealth by subsidising more expensive ways of doing things. We can not predict what future arguments our children might have with the companies that are investing in Australia. Barnaby Joyce Speech to Nationals Federal Council 28th August 2011 We live in the convergence of history. Their agreement with Bob Brown has cost them another $10 billion in off budget spending on renewable energy. It is very much a false illusion that a nation can stand alone as a nation of paper-folders and kitchen renovators. Nigel, Fiona and myself all achieved re-election and we welcome Bridget McKenzie from Victoria. We have to focus on the things we can control, not futile attempts at trying to change the world. Australia has a choice. This is an anti-productivity tax. Nigel has pushed to reopen opportunity for indigenous Australians by overturning the most restrictive and undemocratic aspects of Queensland?s wild rivers laws. Where did the debate come to turn this decision around? It was the Nationals party. Our policies are made in regional Australia, not in Sydney, not in Melbourne and not in Canberra. This revamp will provide targeted tax concessions to five rural areas. In contrast, the Nationals have succeeded over the last few years by putting the interests of regional Australia first, whether that is popular or not. The Nationals have been at the forefront of creating a Coalition taskgroup on foreign investment along with an inquiry in the Senate. I particularly want to thank the efforts of our Senate team. There is no prospect that this government can deliver a change of direction. Property rights must be respected and a fair pecuniary return must be given to the landowner. People like Fred Pascoe, Mayor of Carpentaria Shire and head of the Gulf Savannah Development Corporation. When the government has a problem with the Murray-Darling, Mr Windsor is rolled out to head an inquiry. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Nationals have put regional Australia and its interests back on the agenda over the past few years. But as the east rises it makes the wests problems all that more stark. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not only the most incompetent government in our history, it is our most negative and least- inspiring. In the north of our nation, they have delivered a plan to shut down the live cattle trade. Unlike other foreign investments, investments by state-owned companies must seek approval by the Foreign Investment Review Board no matter what their size. This program is all about attracting the people and the capital to make a regional Australia a more prosperous place. Our influence in all of these debates is why the Nationals remain relevant to regional Australia. Do you think the Australian people will reward governments that double their electricity bills? Of course we should look to become more energy efficient and do things with less. They have neither the authority nor the inclination to do so. Have a problem with a certain member north of Sydney, then Mr Oakeshott is rolled out to defend the government?s refusal for the Member for Dobell or the Prime Minister to explain themselves to Parliament. The government just increased our debt ceiling to a quarter of trillion dollars. Yes others were involved as well but it was the Nationals as a unified political force that worked to make sure we got this industry back up and running again. In accountancy you always knew a wheat grower had a problem when they had gone on a foray into aquaculture, deciding crawbobs and yabbies would be the future of the farm. For decades Queensland was the low-tax, development state thanks to his legacy. If we sit nine people at a table and that person there puts $100 in his pocket, and he walks across to that table and devises a series of transactions between each individual which moves that $100 around the table, then the GDP of that table will be $1000. It is the Nationals who are continuing to fight to maintain our ability to benefit from our huge fishing resources. I want to praise and recognise the performance of our Senators since the last election. Australia cannot afford to be sentimental. Our government decided to shut down a $300 million industry based on a TV program. Like regional Australia, I think our party has a bright future as long as we ceaselessly and fearlessly stand up for the interests of regional Australia. So often in the discussions about gross domestic product, that is GDP, people overstate the argument of proportion while losing focus on the location of the source. We must invest now and concentrate our efforts not in the benevolent thoughts that one can afford when you have money in the bank and a gentle economic breeze in your sails. We can?t keep making things more expensive, racking up more debt and putting up taxes, and still think that we can maintain the same wealth generation capacity that underpins our standard of living. We must understand Australias core business. Europe will deal with Europes problems, even though some of those problems might be insurmountable. All these products come in on a boat. What Australia must do is have a pragmatic and real assessment on how we can best reinvest in these areas to make ourselves stronger. The people of Hughendon and Richmond have access to about 2000 gigalitres of which only about 5 per cent is currently used. I believe our foreign investment review guidelines can be strengthened and the processes that the Coalition has established can suggest practical ways of achieving this. They are now the Labor party?s most loyal lieutenants. So, under this scheme, a superannuation fund would pay only 5 per cent, rather than 15 per cent tax on investments they make in nation-building infrastructure. The Greens? cause always follows this path: find the high-colour issue, beatify the cause, then never be satisfied as they ride the horse called Insatiable Nihilism to the town of Shut Down. That is not the fault of the locals, many of whom want to encourage economic development and build the infrastructure to do so. They have delivered, they?ve delivered in spades. Thanks to Labor, Queensland is now the State with the lowest economic credentials, where bats seem to have more rights than people, where farmers have had their rural soul sold by a Labor government, where fishing has become an immoral past-time, where the economic future for aboriginal people has been taken away so they can live on a ?wild river?, where the major industry of the north, the live cattle trade, can be shut down over night because apparently the nation is run by Four Corners, not a government. They have voted with the government in this parliament around 75 per cent of the time. It is the future of our party and it is the future of our country. Could we do the same to a foreign leader of a country armed with nuclear weapons? Obviously, even the existing law recognises that there is an issue with state-owned companies investing in Australia. Communal assets such as aquifers must be maintained. When they struck their deal with Julia Gillard the Prime Minister said she would ?deliver? for regional Australia. Just this Friday your nation?s gross debt topped $200 billion. It is great to have Nationals in government in New South Wales and Victoria and hopefully the Queensland element of our party will join them in government soon. When one wise sage came up with the brilliant idea to re-engineer our economy on a colourless, odourless gas, who was the sole, original voice that stood against this insanity? The Nationals party. They have continued the strong resurgence of the Nationals. The Nationals vision for the future is a basic but effective one. In the middle of our nation, they have a delivered a plan to shut down the food bowl of our nation. We can?t keep going on like this. These flows meander down through vast tracts of deep, self-mulching loams with immense food producing capacity. A plan that we know from our record delivers results. We must be professionally decisive about how we position ourselves. A wheat farmer is well advised to concentrate on how to better market and grow a wheat crop. If we emulate Labors ideas we will duplicate their results. There is immense opportunity in this nation to develop its disparate corners through greater investment in water security. Our nation demands absolute and utter pragmatism. Because it lacks authority, this government is focused on what the parliament can do for the Labor party, not what the parliament can do for the people. This was a policy that was put to the independents last year and a policy that they rejected in deciding to support a Labor government. This policy aims to leverage government funding by providing a 10 cents in the dollar tax deduction for investments in nation-building infrastructure. Why? Because he borrowed to invest in dams, electrify the rail lines, open international airports and develop the Gold Coast. The continuing importance of our party is reflected in the remarkable success we have had over the past year. Bossie continues to harry the Greens on everything from fishing to the Greens? intimidation and boycotts of perfectly legal businesses. The dams taskforce we have set up visited north Australia earlier this year. That is why the Nationals have been at the policy forefront over the past year to design positive programs to provide a future for regional Australia. We have not built a major dam in this country for over 20 years. The fact is that wind is double and solar 4 times more expensive than coal and gas fired power. We have the opportunity that we have always been denied, wealthy markets proximate to our ports. We have been doing that for centuries without a carbon tax. There is a third choice: no jobs. What we have domestically is a government prone to panic and tax. We can have cheap power and high wages or we can have dear power and low wages. The government says we have a problem with productivity but we are imposing a $9 billion broad-based tax to make the costs of doing business even higher. The independents have proven that they will put their own interests above those of their electorate. Likewise as an accountant, make sure you concentrate on clients not on peripheral distractions. People criticise the federal Coalition for being too negative but one of the most positive things we could do for this country is to stop this insane tax and stop this government?s record spending and waste. Looks nice but catches nothing. It is not parochialism, it is just plain common sense, that you invest in the parts of your business that makes you the money. At the moment, however, these review processes seem to work as effectively as the Venus de Milo would as wicketkeeper for Australia. The American people will insist that the US gets its own house in order which means that external events will become secondary issues. The reality is there is no such thing as green jobs, there are high paying jobs and low paying jobs. It is so essential for our nation that the Nationals continue to represent, protect and progress the interests of regional Australia. Georgetown sees at least 4000 gigalitres go down the Gilbert River every year. About the only thing they haven?t delivered is an election, and that suits Tony Windsor and Rob Oakesott just fine. This government is following a nihilistic, Greens agenda that wants to shut everything down. The fact is the Labor party are not thinking hard enough about the person working in the timber mill in Smithton, the person working on the cattle property near Tenant Creek, the person teetering on the edge of a new Murray-Darling Basin plan in Deniliquin or the person working in the steelworks in the Illawarra as they all shake their heads at the policies coming out of Canberra. Corporations may be strong but even they cannot defy governments. Fiona has led the charge to restore Youth Allowance and succeeded in giving the government its first defeat in this hung Parliament. I was astounded to wake up one morning to realise that our nation was being run by Four Corners. The fact is there is only one party in the Parliament that represents regional Australia. For this system to work property rights must be respected but these rights have not been receiving the same respect lately. Mining should not be located close to residential areas. And to shut down whatever is left they have delivered a carbon tax. The Labor party has got into this trap because they thought they could do a deal with the Greens. We didn?t invent the wheel by taxing walking and we didnt invent the car by taxing horses. It was the Nationals party that developed the Infrastructure Partnerships Scheme. But anyone who has ever dealt with the Greens knows there is no such thing as green peace. That persons name is regional Australia. In our region, great opportunity beckons with the rise of China and India. Much of the electorate out there does not enjoy the benefit of secure employment. The whole rationale of why people work is that the fruits of their labour are then reflected in real estate, in real assets. We have to have a virtual policy epiphany. Water security means food security. However, if that person had not turned up with $100 then GDP of that table would be zero. If Australia keeps mounting up debt, shutting down industries and concocting insane taxes for no effect, then we are in for an almighty fall. Now after two decades of almost unbroken Labor rule, Queensland finds itself as the most poorly performing state in the nation, with the highest unemployment rate. What has changed is the management. At the moment there are no large storages to harness this water and use it to produce more food. Even Rupert Murdoch can be hauled before Parliament. A more detailed response should properly wait for the findings of that inquiry but I think some things are pretty clear. What will the world look like with a Chinese superpower in our back yard? We cannot stop events of this magnitude beyond our borders so how do we prepare for it? To navigate such a precarious sea our nations leadership, in all fields, requires the greatest capacity of selfless aptitude, competence and perseverance. A clinical and unsentimental assessment of what your nation is best at is what is needed. This government is more focused on the 6 votes of the crossbenches than the 13 million votes in the electorate. It is our only defence. The Productivity Commission recently put these subsidies at over $600 million per year and that is set to increase as the renewable energy target grows. I would like to reflect on one of my mentors, Sir Joh Bjelke- Peterson. Following these tactics the Labor party has deserted their natural constituency. Nationals candidates won 38.6 per cent of the primary vote in the seats they ran in, a higher vote than the Labor party although a higher vote than the Labor party is not exactly benchmark of strength at the moment. The source of a nation?s strength is fundamentally its economic capacity. Stop increasing the taxes that hold us back, invest in our regions to increase economic opportunity and start paying back the debt so that we are stronger and more resilient. Under this scheme, individuals in eligible areas would pay no tax up to $55,000, and a family with one child would pay no tax below $75,000. The television you watch, the car your drive, the fuel that is in it, the DVDs you rent, the clothes you wear. I also want to pay tribute to the efforts of our State parties. A recent OECD report has concluded that Australia has a more liberal approach to foreign investment in agriculture than in other countries. Australia is at a crossroads of world political and economic affairs. So what has changed in Queensland? The resources of Queensland are the same, the people are largely the same and the prices for its exports, like coal, have skyrocketed. The reality is now clear that the independents are independent in name only. He sees that the only way for his fellow indigenous people to get ahead is to have access to the jobs and opportunities that other Australians take for granted. Prime agricultural land should not be destroyed. Somebody, somewhere has to be putting something on a boat to go in the other direction to pay for them. In 1980 we could store in dams about 4.5 megalitres per person. So far this Labor government has been in power for 1372 days and have borrowed an average of over $100 million each of those days. The government makes promises that it will deliver a surplus but in the last budget it made $18 billion of additional spending commitments, followed by a carbon tax which will actually cost the budget $4.3 billion. Where are our iron ore mines, our coal mines, our wheat farms, our cotton fields, our cattle industry and many of our tourism attractions? They are in regional Australia. Now the figure is just over 3.5 megalitres. It was the Nationals party that has pushed for a revamp of the zone taxation scheme. This year it has been the Nationals that have stressed that we need to keep control of our strategic assets in this country. Wacka pushed for the Senate inquiry into the insolvency industry which uncovered many questionable practices and called for the licensing of liquidators. What is the point of generations of my family paying off a property when overnight I can find out that someone has a superior right to the ownership of my place than I do? So who has been standing up to make sure that coal seam gas is developed in a way which respects these rights? The Nationals have moved this debate from the middle pages to the front pages partly through an inquiry that we pushed for in the Senate. The whole point of the tax is to make some industries uncompetitive so they we produce less and use less energy. As a miner said to me in Biloela, ?why is the government introducing a carbon tax to give me a green job, I like the job I have got.? And where are these green jobs? I am yet to meet one. I wish people would speak to Fred before they start making decisions that we should not have any more dams. The Federal Nationals achieved a primary vote swing of 4.4 per cent, bigger than the swing to the Greens of 3.97 per cent. I want to discuss why the Nationals party is so essential because it delivers pragmatic action in these areas. Yes he did borrow money at the start but when he left the Treasury was overflowing with cash. In the south of our nation, they have delivered a plan to shut down the forestry industry in Tasmania. Ninety per cent of that GDP is attributable to the nine people who were sitting there at the start. By 2050, if we don?t build any more dams, it will be below 2.5 megalitres per person.

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President Barack Obama gets an update on the status of Hurricane Irene at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Barack Obama gets an update on the status of Hurricane Irene at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Barack Obama speaks during an update on the status of Hurricane Irene at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

President Barack Obama receives an update on the status of Hurricane Irene at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. He is joined by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, left, and FEMA director Craig Fugate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Map shows Hurricane Irene???s latest location

WASHINGTON (AP) ? President Barack Obama offered moral support Saturday to federal emergency management workers hunkered down for Hurricane Irene's weekend march up the East Coast and 14,000 active-duty and National Guard troops were put on standby for post-storm relief work.

"Everybody here, you guys are doing a great job," Obama told dozens of workers on a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's command center. Fully activated and operating around the clock, the center helps coordinate the federal response to natural disasters.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, meanwhile, told 6,500 active-duty troops to be prepared to help after Irene passes. Panetta issued a prepare-to-deploy order for troops from all branches of the military after affected states requested possible help, spokesman George Little said.

At least 7,500 National Guard troops also were prepared to deploy if needed, said Maj. Gen. David Harris, director of operations for the National Guard Bureau.

At the National Response Coordination Center, Obama said he was keeping close watch on the storm. The White House said top aides had updated him on Irene before the visit to FEMA headquarters and that he asked to be informed of the latest developments.

Obama said getting through the storm will be a "tough slog," but he only had praise for the federal effort so far. He said he was encouraged during conversations Friday with governors and mayors from affected states when he asked what else they needed to prepare.

"There was quiet on the phone and that was a good sign," he told the workers, who sat at computer stations clad in red or blue vests.

"This is still obviously going to be a touch-and-go situation for a lot of communities, but knowing that they've got an outstanding response team like this will make all the difference in the world," he said. "Especially because you all are not going to get any sleep for the next 72 hours or so."

Obama was accompanied by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and John Brennan, his assistant for homeland security.

The president shortened his vacation on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., and returned to Washington late Friday, several hours earlier than planned, because of the storm.

Obama also participated in a daily video conference at FEMA with federal and state emergency management officials. He said flooding and loss of power were the big concerns.

"It sounds like that's going to be an enormous strain on a lot of states," Obama said during a brief portion of the conference that was open to the media.

He said the government is aiming to be as effective in Irene's aftermath as it has been with its preparations before the storm became a threat to the U.S.

"It's going to be a long 72 hours and obviously a lot of families are going to be affected," the president said.

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Associated Press writer Lolita C. Baldor contributed to this report.

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Darlene Superville can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/dsupervilleap .

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Law & Society

Law & Justice

1. The Essential Influences on Law

The Concept of the Rule of Law [M6 H4]

The Social, Cultural, Moral, Political and Economic Influences [M11 H6]

2. Nature of Law

Development of law as a reflection of past and present society [M12 H8]

Customary law, common law and civil law systems [M14 H12]

Doctrine of natural justice [M23 H12]

The purpose of different types of law: domestic and international law; public and private law; civil and criminal law; contract law; tort law; property law; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customary law. [M27 H13]

3. Nature of Justice

concepts of access, equity, fairness, equality and human rights [M33 H20]

Rights

4. The nature and development of concepts of human rights

state sovereignty, ?natural law? doctrine, historic constitutional documents, movement for slavery abolition, trade unionism, universal suffrage and universal education [M44 H27]

distinguishing between moral, customary and legal rights [M55 H32]

differences between domestic and international rights [M55 H33]

5. Identifying the types of international rights

civil and political rights; economic, social and cultural rights; environmental and peace rights [M56 H34]

collective right to self-determination [M57 H37]

the recognition of human rights under Australian law: common and statute law, evolving human rights, including the possibility of a Bill of Rights, recognition and enforcement of rights [M58 H38]

6. Contemporary struggles for human rights, the changing understanding of human rights and the effectiveness of legal measures both domestically and internationally in addressing human rights issues. [M60 H43]

M = Macmillan H = Heinemann

Instructional Verbs

Account Account for: state reasons for, report on. Give an account of: narrate a series of events or transactions

Analyse Identify components and the relationship between them; draw out and relate implications

Apply Use, utilise, employ in a particular situation

Appreciate Make a judgement about the value of

Assess Make a judgment of value, quality, outcomes, results or size

Calculate Ascertain/determine from given facts, figures or information

Clarify Make clear or plain

Classify Arrange or include in classes/categories

Compare Show how things are similar or different

Construct Make; build; put together items or arguments

Contrast Show how things are different or opposite

Deduce Draw conclusions

Define State meaning and identify essential qualities

Demonstrate Show by example

Describe Provide characteristics and features

Discuss Identify issues and provide points for and/or against

Distinguish Recognise or note/indicate as being distinct or different from; to note differences between

Evaluate Make a judgement based on criteria; determine the value of

Examine Inquire into

Explain Relate cause and effect; make the relationships between things evident; provide why and/or how

Extract Choose relevant and/or appropriate details

Extrapolate Infer from what is known

Identify Recognise and name

Interpret Draw meaning from

InvestigatePlan, inquire into and draw conclusions about

Justify Support an argument or conclusion

Outline Sketch in general terms; indicate the main features of

Predict Suggest what may happen based on available information

Propose Put forward (for example a point of view, idea, argument, suggestion) for consideration or action

Recall Present remembered ideas, facts or experiences

Recommend Provide reasons in favour

Recount Retell a series of events

Summarise Express, concisely, the relevant details

Synthesise Putting together various elements to make a whole

The Essential Influences On Law

The Concept of the Rule of Law

Principle that the Law must be known and applicable to all citizens

The law should be known with certainty of application to all people that it my affect

The law should not be applied arbitrarily

A law may be known and applicable to all people but realistically affect only a few. Rule of Law reduces arbitrariness but does not necessarily promote fairness.

Generally considered a positive component of the Legal System. Ensures that the Law is the ultimate authority, not the government.

Some safeguards need to be in place. Dennis Lloyd suggests:

Independent Judiciary

Legal system should monitor Police system

Independent Legal profession

Executive should be supervised (eg. By courts)

Social Influences

Combined Cultural, Moral and Intellectual forces that affect the law

Writings of academics and Lawyers

Drink Driving and Non-Prison punishments caused by social factors.

Cultural Influences

Culture refers to ways of living for a group of people

Cultural influences include religion and philosophy

Moral Influences

Many laws created/altered due to perceived immorality

Eg. Child Sex Tourism

Eg. Abortion

Political Influences

Actions of sections of society that have the aim of furthering their own interests

Lobby groups ? unions, NGO?s

Political Parties

Economic influences

Economic influences increasing

Interest Rates, Government debt

Support wealthy businessmen ? particularly media barons

Nature Of Law

Development of law as a reflection of past and present society

Common Law system ? From England

Federal System ? States wanted to keep some power

Australia?s unique environment contributes to our laws.

Water restrictions in times of Drought.

Documents translated into multiple languages due to Multicultural

Historical development of Law in Australia

Doctrine of reception ? English colonists carry with them English law

Terra Nullius allowed English Law to prevail

To this day almost no recognition of ATSI law

Gradually laws passed in England gave more power to NSW and later Australia

In 1900 the Australia Constitution Act (UK) was passed in British parliament

All legislative and appellate power of Britain was cut in 1986 with the passing of the Australia (Request and Consent) Act 1985 (Cth) and the Australia Act 1986 (UK)

Customary Law

Law which has its basis in long-continued practices

Most frequent in Indigenous communities

Informality of dispute resolution

Civil Law

Can be used in multiple ways. For Civil Law System:

Used predominantly in Europe

Derived from Ancient Roman and Napoleonic traditions

Inquisitorial. Judge has more power. Can call for evidence and question witnesses

Most influential implementation the Code Civil 1804 in France

No Rule of Law or Doctrine of Precedent

Writers and academics as influential as Judges

More emphasis on written submissions than oral argument

Common Law

Can be used as law made by courts, Law made by Common Law courts or as Common law System

Common law system inherited from Britain. In use in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and U.S.A.

Judges make law in cases

Doctrine of precedent, cases must be judged in same manner as like cases.

Judge passive and reactive

Doctrine of Natural Justice

Notion that logical reasoning may determine Just or fair processes in Legal Proceedings

Procedural Fairness

Person accused of a crime, or at risk of loss, should be given adequate notice of proceedings

Person making decision should declare any personal interest in proceedings

Person making decision should be unbiased and act in good faith

Proceedings should be conducted so as to be fair to all parties

Each side is entitled to hear anything the other side says to the decision maker

Each party is entitled to ask questions and contradict evidence of other party

Decision maker should not take into account irrelevant considerations

Not only should justice be done but it should be seen to be done

Domestic Law

Domestic law is the law of the legally recognized dominant culture

Designed to control behaviours and relationships between citizens

In Australia main sources of Domestic law are Federal and State parliaments

Domestic Law should not affect citizens outside the jurisdiction of the nation

International Law

Main purpose: Guidance of Nations following international Law

UN conventions and Treaties

Often un enforced due to practical restrictions

Public Law

Constitutional, Administrative and Criminal Law

Governs conduct of Government and administrative institutions

Private Law

Law of contract and Tort

Deals with interactions between private citizens (Or corporations)

Civil law

Disputes between individuals (Or groups)

Civil wrongs ? Negligence and Breach of Contract

Burden of proof with plaintiff

Standard of Proof: Balance of probabilities

Criminal Law

Prosecutions by the State of Individuals

For ?Breaches of the

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You can still create a spectacular home even if you are on a tight budget. One way of beautifying a home without spending too much is to install exterior window shutters. It makes little difference if your home occupies only a small piece of land. Exterior window shutters are perfect for all types of homes. It will definitely enhance the way your home looks. It is important that you get one that is durable. One will know that the exterior window shutters he bought is of good quality if it is made of high-quality materials.

There are many types of window shutters. The most popular one is made of vinyl and plastic. Though these materials are not sturdy enough, you can buy them at a low-cost price. However, just like any other stuff there are advantages as well as disadvantages of using materials made of plastic and vinyl. The positive side is that if you choose to use plastic, it will save time and effort in cleaning them. Not to mention that they come in cheap. And these can withstand water, making it the perfect choice for people living in areas where it is always raining.

Other types of exterior window shutters are made of wood. These are perfect for homes with Asian style. The disadvantages of using these are that they can be a bit expensive. Also, the downside of choosing wood is that it may break and rot away if frequently exposed to moisture.

Before you install the shutter it is important that you paint every corner of the window. For best results, apply a second coat of paint. This is to ensure that every part of the window has been painted to protect against termites and insects. Spray paint cans can be bought if you don?t want the manual painting. It should be easier to paint the corners with this. Also, keep in mind that you do not have to hire a pro to do the work for you. You just have to be patient in the installation of your window shutters,? particularly if you have no experience yet.

You can add character to your window shutters by personalizing them with different shades. You can also just order a premade shutter.

Know what type of shutters you need. There is the fixed window shutter and the other one is the operable window shutter. If you like something that can be closed vertically, you may choose to have the accordion shutter.

A lot of individuals believe that installing a window shutter could help with home improvement. Not only does it add charm to a home but it also provides shade to a home.

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World Wide Web Tutorial: A Brief History of its Development

Overview

The current development of the internet was down to a project based in CERN, a Swiss research centre. The project?s main purpose to enable physicists to send research papers and experiment results to each other.

This article briefly describes the three technologies, HTML, HTTP and browser software, which were developed by the project and why they are so important today.

Where it all started

CERN, (Centre Europ?en de Recherche Nucl?aire), or European Organization for Nuclear Research is one of the world?s leading scientific research centre.? Currently it is most famous as the home of the? Large Hadron Collider, which is investigating how the universe was created after the Big Bang.

The centre has always been of great interest to physicists throughout the world.? In the pre-Internet world research papers and experimental results would have to be either printed or using fairly primitive electronic communication.

And then the World Wide Web was born

A number of people were looking at ways of improving the communication between the researchers.? The amount of research data was huge and was too unwieldy to be printed.

Techniques, such as gopher, ( a way of copying information on one computer and transferring it to another), were often difficult, as the the two computer systems could work in different ways, (called protocols), and it often required quite a lot of technical knowledge to perform a simple conversion to enable those at the receiving end to be able to use the data.

In 1989 Tim Berners-Lee, working at CERN, was working on a solution.? He worked on three technologies to allow the documents to be distributed and read:

Why are these three technologies important?

In that period the first small desk top computers emerged.? By today?s standards they were very primitive, with memories measured in thousands of bytes, very slow and their connections to other computers were by dial-up phone modems.? Consequently they were very limited and would not be able to do the complicated mathematics, on numerous rows of results,? most physicists required.

At that time academic researchers would be using large, university based machines, which generally had very limited software, that was only available for their specific computer and in many cases each research team developed their own software packages, to process their own results, which was often difficult for others to use.

With the combination of HTML, HTTP and a browser a researcher in one country could access and download pages from a remote computer, that could be in a different country, using a completely different system.? This is why this project was so successful ? it met an important need ? that of rapidly speeding up communication

What is HTML?

An HTML document is simply a text file with a few special codes, (call tags), in it to control the layout.

The advantage of a text file is that all computers can read a text file and so many HTML document can be sent from one machine to another without too much trouble.

The tags are fairly simple.? As an example

<p>This is a simple paragraph with the word <b>bold</b>in bold.</p>

The <p> tag starts a paragraph.? The </p> tag switches the paragraph off.

The <b> tag switches bold on.? The </b> tag switches bold off.

The paragraph will look like this:? This is a simple paragraph with the word bold in bold.

Most tags are a pair, switch on, and are then switched off, with the same tag, but with a forward slash in front of the command.? eg <i>Italics</i>

Tags control layout, the placing of images, links, header text and tables. However, some tags have been? superceded by an upgrade to web technologies CSS, Cascading Style Sheets, which give the developer much more control over fonts, text size, spacing and much more.

For developing your HTML coding try the W3school website.

What is HTTP, ( Hypertext transfer protocol)?

This is the system that finds a page on the web and then brings it to your computer.? It warns the computer to expect an HTML page.? (Nowadays the page could also be an XHTML page, (eXtensible HyperText Markup Language), which though very similar to HTML is a more formal document markup structure and is the now recommended standard for web page developers).

Whenever you type in a web address, known as the URL, (Uniform Resource Locator)? ? it is the HTTP system that translates the name into a four part number, called an IP, (Internet Protocol) number, which will look something like this -? 86.164.206.217, (which is the UK based BT broadband supplier).? Look up your IP address on What is my IP address?

HTTP, (Hypertext transfer protocol).? Example.

In fact there are two parts to a web address.

So My web address???? http://blogbasics.com

The first part is the code http:// which tells your computer system that you are looking for a web page in either HTML or XHTML format.

The blogbasics.com is converted into the IP number format 50.22.67.61

The system will then find the server, (the computer where the page is located), and transfer a copy to your computer.? This is then processed by your browser into a formatted web page.

Browsers

Browsers are the software programs that convert an HTML or XHTML document into the web page that is read by the user.? A copy of a page is downloaded through HTTP into the user?s computer.? The browser then converts the code and text into a readable web page.

The program analyses the HTML file and identifies the HTML tags, which then controls how the browser displays the page.? The layout is formatted including using the right character set, positioning necessary images or video and adding such features as background colour.

Today the advanced browsers and servers allow many other actions to take place, such as access to a database, automatically adding a date, remember the layout the individual user previously wanted or to show advertisements relevant to the user?s location.

Advantages of Browsers?

A browser can be developed for any type of computer be they laptop, desktop or large mainframe and for any operating system.? You will see roughly the same page ? be it on an Apple, Windows or Unix system.

A browser can also be written for new devices, such as smart phones, which are then surf the net, even though many of the web pages were written well before these advanced technologies were no more than an idea in science fiction.

Browser Wars

In the PC world there has a lot of conflict between Microsoft, with their Internet Explorer, and other browser developers, such as Firefox and Google?s Chrome.

The Microsoft product often has a different way of rendering, (laying out), web pages than the other browser developers.?? This has caused a lot of aggravation for web site developers as many have had to add extra coding to make sure that the layout is the same in all the browsers.

Conclusion

The Tim Berners-Lee?s identification and development of three technologies ? the standardised making up of an electronic? document, the development of a method to send the document from one computer to another, (with the ability to be able to type in a domain name, rather than remembering set of digits), and the development of browsing software really kicked started the whole internet revolution.

To be truthful the revolution would have taken place within a few years as the problems of electronic communication and access information on remote computers was being looked by many others.

The big legacy is that coming out of a research centre, rather than a business, has meant that individuals, businesses and governments have been able to build on his work without the threat of legal battles or patent protection.? The internet would have developed a lot slower and probably would have cost a lot more to use.

Over to you

What do you think?

Source: http://blogbasics.com/2196/history-of-web/world-wide-web-tutorial-a-brief-history-of-its-development

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