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Posts tagged 'The Spinoff'
Does TPPA redux protect Big Tech?
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Prof Jane Kelsey, in her critique of the still-secret Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (formerly the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement [TPPA]) notes in The Spinoff:
The most crucial area of the TPPA that has not received enough attention is the novel chapter on electronic commerce—basically, a set of rules that will cement the oligopoly of Big Tech for the indefinite future, allowing them to hold data offshore subject to the privacy and security laws of the country hosting the server, or not to disclose source codes, preventing effective scrutiny of anti-competitive or discriminatory practices. Other rules say offshore service providers don't need to have a presence inside the country, thus undermining tax, consumer protection and labour laws, and governments can't require locally established firms to use local content or services.
If this new government is as digitally illiterate as the previous one, then we are in some serious trouble.
I'm all for free trade but not at the expense of my own country's interests, or at the expense of real competition, and the Green Party's position (I assume in part operating out of caution due to the opaqueness of the negotiations) is understandable.
Protecting a partly corrupt oligopoly is dangerous territory in a century that will rely more heavily on digital commerce.
While there may be some valid IP reasons to protect source code, these need to be revealed in legal proceedings if it came to that—and one hopes there are provisions for dispute settlement that can lift the veil. But we don't really know just how revised those dispute settlement procedures are. Let's hope that Labour's earlier stated position on this will hold.
Google has already found itself in trouble for anticompetitive and discriminatory practices in Europe, and if observations over the last decade count for anything, it's that they'll stop at nothing to try it on. Are we giving them a free ride now?
Despite Prof Kelsey's concerns, I can accept that parties need not have a presence within a nation or be compelled to use local content or services. But the level of tax avoidance exhibited by Google, Facebook, Apple et al is staggering, and one hopes that our new government won't bend over quite as easily. (While I realize the US isn't part of this agreement, remember that big firms have subsidiaries in signatory countries through which they operate, and earlier trade agreements have shown just how they have taken on governments.)
She claims that the technology minister, the Hon Clare Curran, has no information on the ecommerce chapter's analysis—and if she doesn't have it, then what are we signing up to?
However, Labour's inability to be transparent—something they criticized the previous government on—is a weak point after a generally favourable start to 2018. The Leader of the Opposition is right to call the government out on this when his comment was sought: basically, they were tough on us when we were in government, so we hope they'll live up to their own standards. Right now, it doesn't look like it. I suspect Kelsey is now the National Party fan's best friend after being vilified for years. Bit like when Nicky Hager (whom one very respected MP in the last Labour government called a right-wing conspiracy theorist) wrote Seeds of Distrust.
And the solutions that Kelsey proposes are so simple and elegant that it's daft they weren't followed, since they are consistent with the Labour brand. I know, trade agreements can stay confidential at this stage and this isn't unprecedented. But that's not what Labour said it wanted. At least these suggestions would have shown some consistency with Labour's previous positions, and given some assurance that it's in charge.
What should a Labour-led government have done differently? First, it should have commissioned the revised independent economic assessment and health impact analyses it called for in opposition. Second, it should have shown a political backbone, like the Canadian government that also inherited the deal. Canada played hardball and successful demanded side-letters to alter its obligations relating to investment and auto-parts. Not great, but something. New Zealand should have demanded similar side-letters excluding it from ISDS as a pre-requisite for continued participation. Third, it should have sought the suspension of the UPOV 1991 obligation, which has serious Treaty implications, and engaged with Māori to strengthen the Treaty of Waitangi exception, as the Waitangi Tribunal advised. Fourth, it should have withdrawn its agreement to the secrecy pact.
I once joked that National and Labour were basically the same, plus or minus 10 per cent. On days like this, I wonder if I was right.
Tags: 2018, antitrust, Aotearoa, business, Canada, commerce, economics, economy, free trade, global economy, globalization, Google, Jane Kelsey, Labour, media, New Zealand, oligopoly, politics, technology, The Spinoff, TPPA, transparency, Treaty of Waitangi
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I cannot be MORE thrilled that it's August. It means we are that much closer to Fall. Yay!
I know, right??!! I'm with you...I feel like we haven't even gotten are feet wet w/summer and now fall is right around the corner. Not ready for the fall, but I'm loving your pictures which somewhat say 'fall' to me.
I am so there with you, time is flying way too quickly.
Time does fly! Especially the summers it seems like!
I know I keep thinking "how did we get here? "
That lady must think like me. I started planning my Halloween costume in June! One month at a time, I know.
ooooooooooooooooh I'm LOVIN' the flowers in the boots! Super cute!
I'm honestly ready for Fall..This summer has been way to hot! I want September, October, and part of November! Ha! And I've already planned out my son's Halloween outfit! Ha!!
PS. I absolutely love the flowers in the boots!!
I KNOW! I'm actually happy though because my man has been off playing baseball on the other side of the country since March and he comes home in September!! So this is THE first time I'm wishing for summer to be over.!!
I feel like it's only the beginning of July. Although I could do without this heat. More power to super planners...I'm certainly not one of them.
PS I'm doing a giveaway to promote charity. Come check it out!
I'm lovin' the wellies as a flower pot! That is way to cute!


Note~ This may be one of the most important posts I ever write. It's long and comprehensive, but the information included is what changed (and saved) my life.
--do you know of any good nutrition (NOT DIET) books? I've been looking for a total nutrition book that tells us what our bodies need and why. I'm not looking for a book about fad diets though. Do you have any suggestions for this? Thanks.
Every waking minute of every day we are bombarded with mixed messages about what to eat. Fast food, comfort/reward food, snack food, convenience food, fad diet plans with their very own packaged food, junk food with bogus health claims on the package, sugary sodas that will add sparkle to your life, artificial sweeteners to make you thin and happy, even that high fructose corn syrup is healthy because it comes from corn.
Up until recently, our own government provided us with a food pyramid that urged us to eat as many as 11 servings of bread and cereal every day. It's no wonder we have a hard time knowing where to start when we become sick and tired of feeling sick and tired and want to improve overall health and shed some excess fat in the process.
Eat lots and lots of colorful vegetables and/or fruit, every meal, every day. Don't shy away from the green leafies, they are wonderful! Try fresh vegetable juicing as a way to up your daily veggie intake.
Choose appropriate portions of slow release carbs from whole grains like oats, brown rice and wild rice, spelt, millet, wheatberries, whole grain pasta, whole grain bread/wraps.
Choose appropriate portions of healthy fats from avocados, olive oil, virgin coconut oil, flax seeds/oil, (raw) nuts.
Drink lots of water and green tea.
Always choose quality over quantity!
Always read labels if choosing something with a package or wrapper. Know what you are putting into your body.
Remember NO wrapper is best!
Get calcium and protein from organic dairy such as plain yogurt, kefir, cottage cheese or appropriate portions of a variety of different delicious cheeses.
I can't recommend real, raw milk highly enough. It has made such a difference in my health and it's so delicious and satisfying. But if you choose pasteurized milk, please choose organic dairies that do not use hormones or antibiotics.
Indulge in a small amount (about an ounce) of dried fruit like Medjool dates or good quality dark chocolate, minimum 60% cocoa for antioxidants and pure pleasure.
Homemade treats, you can control the ingredients that way. Stick to appropriate portions.
A glass of wine or cocktail. Wine can have health benefits but not if you (I) drink the whole bottle.
Good quality ice cream (try the goat or coconut milk versions,) sorbet or frozen yogurt, but measure your portion into a pretty bowl rather than spooning right from carton to mouth.
A nice restaurant meal that uses seasonal, locally sourced ingredients.
White rice, white bread/wraps/pita, white potatoes, traditional semolina pasta. Choose sweet potatoes and low-glycemic or whole grain versions of rice, pasta and grain products.
Canned tuna due to mercury dangers. Choose pouch or canned wild salmon but look for no or low sodium varieties.
Processed cold cut meat products, choose low sodium, sodium nitrite/nitrate free varieties.
Butter. I love butter and use it several times a week but I always limit the portion. Try cultured butter, it's wonderful and more healthful than regular. I always buy unsalted butter.
Choose foods with 4 or less grams of added sugar per serving. While it still goes to sugar intake, try raw honey or molasses as your occasional sweeteners.
Watch for added salt/sodium, 1500mg of sodium is the limit for some people, 2300mg for others. Use fresh garlic, hot chilies, herbs and spices to maximize flavor at mealtime.
High fructose (corn, maltose and other) syrups, processed sugars.
Fast food, quick service food, roach coach food, cash register candy and anything from a vending machine unless it's an apple or a banana.
Artificial sweeteners like aspartame, sucralose, saccharine, Acesulfame K. Give stevia a try!
Trans-fats, hydrogenated/partially hydrogenated fats, margarine.
Processed packaged snack foods, fatty, sugary baked goods and breakfast pastries, salty or sugary snacks, processed, sugary breakfast cereal, non-dairy creamers.
Any foods that say "diet" or "light" or "reduced". Go for real foods, not the fake stuff that is marketed as healthy.
Ready to bake things that come in a tube. They are loaded with fat, salt, sugar and processed white flour. That ain't love despite what that little doughy bugger would have you believe.
If a "food" product has slick marketing and clever packaging, think twice about buying it. Like those boxed dry meals. That little Helping Hand really only wants to help you into bigger jeans and an early grave!
Be wary of words like "enhanced," which means added sodium, "enriched" and "fortified" which means it has been so highly processed that all the nutrition has been stripped away and added back artificially.
As for Jordan's original question, there is a countless number of diet, fitness and health books out there and more coming every day, but I have yet to find just one that has everything. But there is a lot of good information out there.
Mark Bittman's Food Matters and any of his cookbooks. I particularly love How To Cook Everything.
The Full Plate Diet has a lot of great nutrition information about getting more fiber and veggies. And I love that the book is available as a FREE download to anyone who wants to read it.
Lisa R. Young's The Portion Teller Plan is a wonderful resource to learn about healthy portion sizes.
Please note, I made these changes to the way we cook and eat GRADUALLY. It's not possible to change everything all at once and it's not about being perfect. If you start making a change now, after a time you'll be living a vibrant, healthy life. And always remember that food isn't about morality but about well being, your well being. You are worth it!
Great advice. Thats a pretty through outline of food and nutrition. Luckily I have been mostly following that for the past month or so.
I didn't however know about dried prunes or chocolate as an antioxidant. Or about canned tuna.
I will have to look into that. Thanks!
I also recommend Marion Nestle "What to Eat"
And "Eat,Drink and be Merry" Forget the author on that one.
Angie, a "roach coach" is a mobile food truck that sells coffee, quick service food and snacks.
What a helpful, comprehensive list. Thank you for this summary. Bookmarked!!!
Excellent insights! Thank you for sharing this!


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Silly litte musing this, but does anyone know if the whole thing is based on Makana again, a neighboring island or worlidwide liek previous games?
In a similar note to that question, from the screenshots i've seen so far all of Pulse's tracks are set in a neo-industrial style enviroments. Does anyone know if there will be a repeat of country-esque style tracks such as Blue Ridge, or Staton Park?
Well there was one early screenshot that looked like Arizona or somewhere. Looked very cool so I'm holding out hope that there will be quite a variety in the locations.
I didn't actually realise how enclosed many of the Pure environments are until yesterday. Even Blue Ridge has more tunnel than anything else and much of the outdoor bits are between two great big rock walls. With the lake and the mountain background, even just the snippets of outdoors can make such a difference. One thing I'll say for Pure - the environments are superb.
"Even Blue Ridge has more tunnel than anything else ..."
Aha! Keeps the framerate more consistent if you can't see massive stretches of track all the time. Tunnels are endlessly useful for hiding the 'pop-in' of the next chunk of scenery ... except for Sol 2, where the artists used thick clouds instead.
Yep, I remember that from the old Ridge Racer days. Wipeout 3 SE put a bit rock arch in one of the sections of Altima too which I would assume was to combat the pop-in of the original.
What Blue Ridge really shows is how it can be done while still giving people the feeling of space. It must be a balance thing. I do love my open spaces though. There are a couple of really impressive open sections in PSP Outrun C2C.
The original WO sures gives a great feel of open space. Not very high-resolution, of course.
My highly-unlikely-to-happen-except-by-cloning son is supposed to achieve the Grail, but I am far too earthly for such ethereal pastimes as grail-hunting.
Quail, perhaps. With a camera.
Shame there's again no track located in the jungle.
Hah! Fusion's Alca Vexus was so nice. Also had a nice feel of open space (and actually there was lots of open space).
I don't remember that one but I did always love Valpariso (spelling probably incorrect) from 2097. Do we know that there won't be any forest/jungle tracks? If they were all industrial Delta-style, there's be no need to have them spread across the world. I'm hoping there's a reason for that.
Keeps the framerate more consistent if you can't see massive stretches of track all the time. Tunnels are endlessly useful for hiding the 'pop-in' of the next chunk of scenery ... except for Sol 2, where the artists used thick clouds instead.
I've always been impressed with how "open" and "natural" the extra-track environments feel in Wipeout in comparison to other fast-paced futuristic racing games.
Wait, Pure had draw-in/pop-up syndrome?!?!?
I'm usually too caught up in the actual racing to notice, as per usual. Of course in WO1 and XL it's almost too obvious - the draw distance in those two is amazingly short! Ah, advancing technology - don't you love it?
Of course there's every possibility that that track hasn't made the cut to the final version. But remember guys, there's going to be 12 tracks in total on launch (Not counting reverse versions), and at most we've seen 4 or 5.
That shot is of the track featured in the most recent video of Pulse. It definitely made the cut.


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Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?: Livestock attacks set the stage for a new round of Wolf politicking in Oregon
After tiring of bouncing around in his state parks job, Mike Hayward left Bend two decades ago and found refuge in the scenic Wallowa valley, a place of dramatic snow-crusted mountain peaks and remote valleys that's been called the Oregon Alps.
By Eric Flowers
After tiring of bouncing around in his state parks job, Mike Hayward left Bend two decades ago and found refuge in the scenic Wallowa valley, a place of dramatic snow-crusted mountain peaks and remote valleys that's been called the Oregon Alps. It's a rugged place that has more in common with central Idaho than it does with the verdant Willamette Valley.
But that same isolation that has kept the din of the 21st century relatively at bay in Wallowa County has invited an old nuisance, at least as Hayward and some others see it, back into the lives of Wallowa County residents. Over the past six months, a pack of gray wolves, or at least a member of that pack, has harassed and killed half a dozen calves in the ranching-centric Wallowa Valley, reigniting a debate in Oregon that has been ongoing in neighboring states since the mid-90s when the federal government reintroduced wolves into the Yellowstone area and central Idaho. The issue came to a head this past spring when the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife asked the federal government to kill a pair of wolves in the Wallowa Valley after non-lethal efforts apparently failed to end the wolf-livestock encounters.
It wasn't the first time that Oregon's wildlife managers had intervened with "problem wolves." Last September, the state killed a pair of marauding wolves that were linked to more than two-dozen livestock attacks. But this spring's government-sanctioned hunt—complete with helicopters, tracking devices and old-school wolf traps—ignited a debate that highlights a long-standing rift between ranchers, many of whom oppose reintroduction entirely, and conservationists who want to see wolves flourish in the Oregon wild. It's a discussion that comes at a time when state wildlife managers are in the process of revising Oregon's Wolf Management Plan. The outcome of the ongoing debate and management efforts could shape Oregon's wolf policies for years to come, for better or worse. It's a discussion that has ramifications not just for one small corner of the state, but for all of Oregon as wolves—which are prolific breeders and wanderers by nature—inevitably expand their territory westward.
While all of the documented wolf sightings thus far have been in eastern Oregon, federal and state biologists have said there is increasingly credible evidence that wolves are already ranging into the central Cascades and parts of the Ochocos, where they remain protected by federal law.
In eastern Oregon, though, it's a different story. The federal government delisted wolves there—as well as in Idaho and Montana—in 2008, thanks to the health of the wolf population in places like Yellowstone Park and Idaho's Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. Conservation groups are lobbying to restore federal endangered species protections for wolves throughout the West, but for the time being, wolves are being treated more like a big game animal than, say, a spotted leopard. Following the Bush Administration's delisting decision, Idaho and Montana issued wolf tags to hunters, resulting in more than 250 wolves killed by sportsmen last year.
The politics surrounding wolf reintroduction in Oregon are nowhere near as polarizing as in ultra-conservative central Idaho or Wyoming. There, state officials have refused to develop a wolf-management plan as a gesture of protest over the entire reintroduction program. However, the recent wolf-livestock encounters have ignited some long-simmering animosity in Wallowa County toward the wolf.
Hayward, who spent some time working as a ranch hand after his stint with the state parks, has served as a county commissioner since 1996. He said his constituents are clear about how they feel about wolves when they speak to him.
"I've got a constituent base that is telling us that we need to draw a hard line in the sand and say we don't want any wolves in Wallowa County amd that the [state's] wolf plan ought to be one paragraph long saying that any wolves in Wallowa County will be shot on sight," he said.
"That would be a very popular position for us to take with some people in Wallowa County," Hayward said.
He and his fellow commissioners are listening, at least to an extent. Earlier this year, the commissioners lobbied the state to declare a formal emergency in Wallowa County as a result of the wolf-livestock killings. The commissioners adopted a resolution to that effect and while the state didn't bite on the emergency clause, it did temporarily rewrite its own wolf management rules to allow a more liberal kill policy. The state also authorized federal agents to hunt and kill two wolves from the Imnaha pack, which has grown from a breeding pair to roughly sixteen with four new pups caught on camera earlier this month. That's good news for conservationists and wolf advocates who have fought for decades to restore the wolf—which remains an iconic symbol of the American wild—to at least a percentage of its former range.
Indeed, Oregon's wolf management plan, which was adopted with input from multiple stakeholders including wildlife managers, environmentalists and ranchers, sets a target of eight breeding pairs in the state—four in eastern Oregon and four in western Oregon. But the plan has never been universally accepted, or applauded.
In Wallowa County, ranchers feel like they are shouldering most of the burden for a program that they didn't support from the beginning, Hayward said. He recognizes that it isn't realistic for Wallowa County to expect wolves to be completely eradicated from eastern Oregon. However, he said, it's difficult for people like himself to find a middle ground in the debate because the state and the environmental community refuses to give ranchers and wildlife managers the tools they need to manage the wolf population. The key question remains: At what point does a rifle become the best tool to manage a predator whose only natural threat is us?
Rod Childers is the point person on wolf issues for the Oregon Cattleman's Association, which has vocally opposed efforts to reestablish wolves in Oregon via the Idaho packs. He also happens to run cattle in Wallowa County. He's been out to several of the scenes where livestock have been killed by wolves. It's a gruesome sight, said Childers, who has roughly 480 head of cattle on a mix of private and public land, but has yet to lose a calf to a wolf. Still, he said, the state's rules are too inflexible when it comes to dealing with an issue like Wallowa ranchers had this past spring.
"I'm a sportsman and a wildlife lover, but when I have a problem with something, I can take care of it. And we're not advocating killing all the wolves—but when you have a problem, you get on it," Childers said.
For their part, conservationists say the state was too quick to bow to pressure from the ranching community in Wallowa County. Dan Kruse of Cascadia Wildlands is lead attorney for the conservation groups who brought suit to stop the wolf hunt in eastern Oregon. Like others in the conservation community, Kruse said the ranchers and state wildlife managers could have done more to prevent further livestock losses without resorting to killing, including the hiring of a "range rider," to patrol private lands for harassing wolves. Guard dogs have also proven effective in other states where wolves reside, Kruse said.
"We like to see more of these things going on and we're concerned that ODFW was way too quick to pull the trigger," Kruse said.
A 30-YEAR-EFFORT
Indeed, the decision to cull the Imnaha pack appears rather sudden, at least in contrast to the rest of the management approach around wolves, which has developed at a glacial pace. The last wolf bounty paid out in Oregon was around the time of the Second World War. And it wasn't until 1999 that the next confirmed wolf sighting occurred in the state, when a wolf swam across the Snake River and was later captured and returned to Oregon. The event and subsequent wolf encounters in Oregon, prompted the state to develop a Wolf Management Plan. The document was an acknowledgement that wolves would eventually migrate over from Idaho and establish themselves in Oregon. It laid out how the state would manage wolves, including how to deal with problem wolves and livestock encounters while setting some modest recovery goals in Oregon.
Oregon Wild's Rob Klavins has been working on wolf issues for organization for the past two years and calls Oregon's plan, "pretty weak"
Oregon's plan was eventually adopted in 2005, but wasn't exactly met with enthusiasm. Conservation groups, including Oregon Wild, signed onto the plan reluctantly because it gave a toehold for wolf recovery and offered some relatively attractive protections from indiscriminate killing for wolves.
"The plan was created specifically to address the potential for conflict and make decisions in the light of day before those conflicts came to pass," Klavins said.
Under the plan, for example, ranchers have to seek a permit to shoot a problem wolf and can only do so if they catch the animal in the act of killing a domestic animal. That kind of restriction hasn't set well with ranchers and groups like the Oregon Cattleman's Association, which refused to sign off on the management plan, going so far as to oppose companion legislation that would have established a compensation fund for ranchers who lose livestock to wolf depredation. (In a bit of irony, ranchers now must seek compensation from a national environmental group)
Oregon ranchers aren't alone in their concerns about wolf reintroduction. The effort to reestablish a wolf population in the United States has drawn strong opposition since the outset. It took roughly 20 years from the formation of the first federal wolf task force in the mid-1970s to the actual release of captured wolves in Yellowstone and Idaho in 1995. In between, the draft management plan drew more than 150,000 public comments.
However, since that first release, wolf numbers have steadily increased from the 66 wolves captured in Alberta, Canada—along with a naturally migrating population that has colonized northwest Montana—to an estimated 1,700 wolves spread across Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming with wolf sightings as far away as Utah and Colorado.
A WOLF IN LAWYERS' CLOTHING
Based in part on that booming population, the Bush Administration removed wolves from the Endangered Species List in 2008, the move and the subsequent management efforts by individual states have set off a wave of litigation that continues today with no clear end in sight.
In Oregon, Kruse and Cascadia Wildlands along wit Hells Canyon Preservation Council, Oregon Wild and the Center for Biological Diversity have sued Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife over its decision to issue the kill permits for the pair of Wallowa wolves this spring. The groups are also suing the federal Wildlife Services over its role as the trigger man in the hunt, which was called off before any wolves were killed. Oregon's legal salvos are just the latest round of litigation in the wolf wars. Conservation groups, including Cascadia Wildlands, have brought suit against the federal government in Montana in an effort to have all western wolves "relisted," which would remove Oregon's Imnaha pack from state management and restore prohibitions on hunting. Kruse said the move was necessary to ensure that there are adequate habitat and protections for wolves, allowing the disparate populations to move across multiple Western states to interbreed.
"When you're deciding to delist a species, it has to be for biological, not political reasons," Kruse said.
In the case of wolves, there are standards laid out in the recovery plan that haven't been met, he said.
"The recovery goal also talked about there being genetic exchange between the populations to prevent things like disease from wiping out the entire population," Kruse said.
Meanwhile, the state of Wyoming is suing the federal government over its decision to exclude Wyoming from the delisting order in the Rocky Mountains, which has left wolves under the management of the federal government in that state. Kruse said he speculates that the move to exclude Wyoming was an effort to force the state to develop a management plan for wolves that would set target populations, designate habitat and allow for things like a hunting season and predator control measures. But so far Wyoming hasn't budged.
"It's [Wyoming's] position that they should be able to kill every wolf in Wyoming outside of Yellowstone. It's their view that they are a pest and need to be eradicated," he said.
WHAT'S A HOWL WORTH?
While most of the economic discussions around wolves have centered on the loss of individual animals and the cost to farmers, both directly and indirectly, there is evidence that wolves could provide an economic benefit to an area like Wallowa County. Surveys done at Yellowstone Park show that the majority of visitors count the possibility of seeing or hearing a wolf as one of the reasons for their visit. A significant percentage goes a step further, citing wolves as the primary reason for their visit. University of Montana economist, John Duffield, has studied the impact that these tourists have on the local ecnonomy and estimates that wolves alone generate as much as $10 million annually for the Yellowstone area. That's likely just a fraction of the dollars generated by Old Faithful or activities like hiking and fly fishing, but it could be significant to a small rural economy like that of Wallowa County. Commissioner Hayward isn't convinced, however. Hayward, who knows a little about the tourism business in Wallowa County from his time managing one of the larger family resorts on Wallowa Lake, said he doesn't see wolves as a primary draw for summer tourists.
"My personal opinion is that it's a sales pitch," Hayward said. "I'll tell you this: there are a lot of people who come to Wallowa County for the natural type of setting—the mountains, the rivers, the land and that sort of stuff. Whether someone would come because there are wolves here who wouldn't come otherwise, I think that is a bit of a stretch," Hayward said.
He also questions just how much money wolf watchers would generate for towns like Joseph and Enterprise.
"People who gas up in La Grande hike the Eagle Cap Wilderness for a week and then drive out to La Grande and sleep in a motel room, they don't do much for Wallowa County," Hayward said.
Still, he realizes that Wallowa County is going to have to learn to live with its wolf population, whatever that number might be. What he and others say they want is more tools to minimize the conflict between humans and wolves. But just what those tools will look like remains a point of contention between folks like Hayward and conservationists like Kruse, whose mission is to protect Oregon's fledgling wolf population. For the time being, the state has edged more toward giving wildlife managers and landowners greater leeway in their ability to manage wolves, enacting the temporary rule change that expands the area where landowners can kill a wolf during an attack. But the state is also doing more on the non-lethal side, recently providing funds for ranchers to hire the range rider to harass wolves away from livestock herds. The state is also moving to fill a second position on its wolf management team that will allow the state to more quickly respond to wolf issues on the ground, said Michelle Dennehy, ODFW spokeswoman.
Within the next few weeks, the state expects to have a draft revision of its Wolf Management Plan that will likely give a clearer idea of what direction the state is heading with its approach. Dennehy declined to give any specifics on what changes to expect. However, she acknowledged the state has been open to more liberal rules for landowners.
"What I can tell you is back when we first adopted the wolf plan, we wanted to give ranchers the ability to shoot a wolf caught in the act," she said.
Cascadia's Kruse said he shares the agency's concerns about wolf predation and the impact that it can have both personally and politically.
However, he said, the state and other stakeholders need to keep in perspective the amount of damage that wolves do versus other natural threats like disease and even domestic dogs, which together claim thousands of head of livestock each year, but are seen as simply a cost of doing business.
"The amount of damage that's been caused by wolves is a fraction of one percent of the damage that's faced every year, but it's important for us to be aware of that damage and be able to respond to that. But I think it's also important to put in perspective that wolves are demonized well beyond reason," Kruse said.
Canis Lupus by the numbers
The number of wolves estimated in the wilds
of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming.
The number of new pups spotted in the
Imnaha pack earlier this month.
The number of wolf tags sold to
Idaho hunters in 2009.
The number of wolves legally
shot by hunters in Idaho and Montana last year.
The number of wolves shot by state and federal
agents in Montana due to livestock incidents.
The targeted number of breeding pairs set
by the Oregon Wolf Management Plan.
The number of wolves killed by federal agents.
in Oregon due to livestock depradation.
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Uranium use covered by IAEA safeguards: Coonan said if Australia did conclude a safeguards agreement with India, the provisions within the agreement would follow Australia's long-standing policy requirements for bilateral safeguards agreements, as outlined in the Annual Reports of the Australian Safeguards and Non-Proliferation Office, including that Australian uranium be used exclusively for peaceful purposes, and be covered by IAEA safeguards.
Safeguard agreement yet to be worked out: "The precise nature of safeguards provisions in any Australia-India nuclear safeguards agreement would depend on the exact nature of India's safeguards agreement with the IAEA, which is yet to be concluded.
NPT does not prohibit transfer: "The NPT, and the principles and objectives decided on in 1995, did not prohibit the transfer of nuclear material and equipment to India provided appropriate safeguards were in place. Under the US-India civil nuclear initiative, India had committed to enter into expanded safeguards arrangements with the IAEA for the purpose.
Indo-US nuclear deal, the motivating factor: Coonan said the US-India nuclear deal was an initiative regarding civil nuclear energy cooperation. The initiative addressed the separation of India's civil nuclear energy sector from its military sector and the placing of the civil sector under IAEA safeguards in perpetuity.
Aust-Indo bilateral agreement to ensure peaceful use: "Australia's decision to allow the export of uranium to India, subject to conditions being met, did not violate United Nations Security Council Resolution 1172. The application of IAEA safeguards to India's peaceful nuclear facilities and a bilateral safeguards agreement between Australia and India would ensure that Australian nuclear material supplied to India would be used for exclusively peaceful purposes.
India committed to moratorium on nuclear testing: "Under the US-India initiative, India had committed to work on conclusion of a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty and to continue its unilateral moratorium on nuclear testing.
Australia to press India to sign CTBT: "While Australia welcomed India's testing moratorium, the Government would continue to encourage India—and all states whose ratification is required for entry-into-force of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT)—to sign and ratify the CTBT without delay" Coonan added.
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Looking back on the last three months: October – December 2018 review
Happy New Year! As we look forward to what 2019 has in store, we wanted to take a step back and celebrate what investors like you have achieved. As part of this, last week we updated our statistics page with our lending and performance figures up to 31st December 2018. Read on to find out more.
You've helped a record number of small businesses grow
Between October and December last year, investors lent £680 million to small businesses across the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands; bringing the total lending for 2018 to approximately £2.3 billion.
In the UK alone, more than £440 million was lent to UK small businesses between October and December. Alongside 79,000 investors, in 2018 you lent more than £1.5 billion to UK businesses. When you remove repayments received this year from that figure—what we call net lending—you have provided approximately £725 million of new funding to businesses all over the UK, an incredible achievement!
More of our key lending figures can be seen below:
You help all types of businesses from all over the UK
By lending through Funding Circle you make a huge difference to all kinds of businesses throughout the UK. With your help they're able to grow, create jobs, develop new products and support local communities. Below is a breakdown of the sector and location of the UK businesses currently accessing finance through the Funding Circle platform.
An update from our Chief Risk Officer
In December our Chief Risk Officer, Jerome Le Luel, provided his insight into how the macroeconomic environment has impacted loan performance in the markets Funding Circle operates in, and what we have done to help ensure you continue to earn attractive returns. In the UK, loans taken out since 2012 are projected to deliver returns of between 4.7 – 7.3% per year, after fees and bad debt.*
Although the economic environment for small businesses in the UK remains strong, the outlook for consumer credit in the UK has worsened in recent years. This has impacted a small population of loans in our higher risk bands who can be more susceptible to shifting trends in the consumer credit environment. These headwinds are reflected in the projected returns for our 2016 and 2017 cohorts, the most recent of which can be seen on our statistics page. You can read Jerome's update in full here.
We're excited for the year ahead
We're looking forward to what 2019 will bring. Following our public listing on the London Stock Exchange last year, we believe we're in a strong position to help you lend to more small businesses than ever before, earning an attractive return while helping the UK economy to grow. Remember, by lending to businesses your capital is at risk, and your funds aren't covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
Enjoy lending,
The Funding Circle team
*Projected returns for loans taken out in the UK between 2012-2018, as of 31st December 2018. The projected annualised return shows the return, after fees and bad debt, that loans are currently estimated to achieve. Loans are shown by the year they were taken out. The return is calculated by combining the actual annualised return received to date, and our latest return estimates, including expected recoveries, for the remaining term of loans that have not yet been fully repaid. Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns and by lending to businesses your capital is at risk.
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Your autumn review
By lending through Funding Circle you make a huge difference to businesses throughout the UK. With your help they're able to grow, create jobs, develop new products and support local communities. Thank you for your continued support – you're helping drive the UK economy forward! Read on to find out more in your spring review.
Autumn review – lending figures
Between July-Sept 2018 you and other investors helped thousands more businesses get the finance they need to thrive.
*In July-Sept 2018, new loans made through Funding Circle helped unlock 3,540 jobs across the UK.
July-Sept sector breakdown
The industries you have been lending to:
July-Sept 2018 regional breakdown
Your lending has been helping every region throughout the UK:
More on your impact
For more detail on how your lending is helping businesses throughout the UK, check out our blog on how you're helping the economy grow, or you can sign in to your account to add funds.
By lending to businesses your capital is at risk.
Enjoy lending!
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Your spring review 2018
Spring review – lending figures
Between April-June 2018 you and other investors helped thousands more businesses get the finance they need to thrive.
*In April-June 2018, new loans made through Funding Circle helped unlock 4,140 jobs across the UK.
April-Jun 2018 sector breakdown
April-June 2018 regional breakdown
For more detail on how your lending is helping businesses throughout the UK, check out our blog on how you're helping the economy grow.
Or if you prefer to look at the wider picture, read our Spring Industry News for updates and articles on investing, important finance news and more. Or sign in to your account to add funds.
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Investment through Funding Circle involves lending to small and medium sized businesses, so your investment can go down as well as up.
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Brian's 24 already features over 200 dishes on its menu, and is dedicated to serving breakfast any time. As part of its overall facelift, Brian's has added 10 new items to its offerings. The new items include the Waffle Cristo - a thin-sliced ham and cheddar jack cheese between two halves of the restaurant's own bacon waffle, topped with powdered sugar and served with French fries.
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New York, NY; March 29, 2010: The Spring Corporate Lunch hosted by the Ireland-U.S. Council to be held Thursday, May 6 at Dublin's Four Seasons Hotel will feature a double-bill Guest Speaker platform. The Chief Executive of the Dublin Airport Authority Declan Collier will address the group and will highlight how the new €400 million ($540 million) Dublin Airport Terminal will boost Ireland's air bridge to America. Also appearing at the speaker's podium at the Council lunch will be the noted and distinguished American commentator, Ms. Lee Cullum.
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My mom is also very conscientious about the types of chemicals she uses in her cleaning products, so Unicorn Baby products were the perfect solution. (You can read about the ingredients here.) The process was much easier than I expected, so let me show you how I removed tons of small stains and a funky odor from this infinity scarf without driving myself mad by using a cleanser that is safe for sensitive skin.
Once the sink was mostly full, I fully submerged the infinity scarf. I added a bit more water to cover it completely. Then, following instructions (I do that sometimes), I let the infinity scarf sit for 15 minutes.
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Then, I laid the infinity scarf flat to dry. I assumed I'd need to wash it again, but I was really excited to see that the stains were all gone and it didn't smell like canned sauce anymore with just 15 minutes of submersion and a rinse.
Easy peasy! Since I'm not a fan of hand washing, I was glad that one wash with Beyond Clean did the job.