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<title><![CDATA[Office Spaces at the CBD]]></title>
<link>http://mymetrospace.wordpress.com/?p=25</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:31:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>micopilar</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Location.  Location. Location. 
 
It is the first thing to consider when looking for a place to set ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&#34;">Location.  Location. Location. </span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&#34;">It is the first thing to consider when looking for a place to set up your place of business.  Accessibility of your office from your home, your employees’, and especially from your clients’ place is also important.  Your new office must also serve your company’s present and future-expansion needs to avoid costly transfer of office, not to mention the costs of our government and miscellaneous permits and registrations.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&#34;">Office spaces usually come in “different packages”.  Some may be available as bare, while others are ready-for-occupancy (RFOs, as we often call it).  Others come furnished with cubicles, rooms and centralized air-conditioning system. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&#34;">Most of the buildings in Makati City and Ortigas Center have also started to operate 24/7 and even upgraded their amenities as their response to the increasing number of BPOs in the Philippines, not to mention our local IT-related companies, language schools, and recruitment &#38; training centers.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&#34;">Building amenities and accessibility to food, transportation, shopping and recreation are often considered by most companies.  We are lucky these days that most buildings have now started opening their ground floors to food chains, coffee shops, and convenience stores. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&#34;">As I remember, before the arrival of these BPOs in our country, say before year 2000, we could see a calm business districts on weekends, especially on Sundays because there were no work then on weekends—thus, no convenience stores, food chains and coffee shops on every block then. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&#34;">Unlike these days, there are Starbucks, Ministops, Jollibees, and McDOs—almost everywhere!!!</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:&#34;">Having an office within the central business districts gives you greater advantage than those who are not -- <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">good business address</span></em>, <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">easy access to your clients</span></em>, <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">better telecommunication facilities</span></em>, <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">great building amenities</span></em>, and <em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">secured place of business</span></em>.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[melbourne cbd]]></title>
<link>http://wildstyles.wordpress.com/?p=104</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>wildstyles</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Guida – manuale, estrazione domestica cannabinoidi]]></title>
<link>http://hempyreum.wordpress.com/?p=1404</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>le0nard</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[18 marzo 2008
Estrazione domestica di tutti i fitocannabinoidi (identificate oltre 400 sostanze chim]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>18 marzo 2008</em></p>
<p>Estrazione domestica di tutti i fitocannabinoidi (identificate oltre 400 sostanze chimiche differenti , una settantina di tali componenti attivi appartengono alla famiglia dei cannabinoidi, molti dei quali ancora poco esaminati) presenti nella Cannabis Sativa, Indica e Ruderalis, per gli usi medici dei cannabinoidi.</p>
<p>Le informazioni disponibili su questo testo non intendono in alcun modo istigare od indurre a comportamenti <strong>VIETATI DALLA LEGGE</strong>. L’approvvigionamento di cannabis, o suoi derivati, deve avvenire con le modalità prescritte ai sensi del DPR 309/90 e successive modificazioni.</p>
<p><strong>I cannabinoidi di grande interesse sono</strong>: • il Δ9 - <strong>tetraidrocannabinolo</strong> (<strong>THC, Delta 9-THC</strong>, uno dei maggiori e più noti principi attivi della Cannabis) • <strong>il cannabidiolo (CBD) •</strong> <strong>la tetraidrocannabivarina (THCV) • il cannabinolo (CBN) • il cannabigerolo (CBG) • il cannabinidiolo (CBND) • il cannabicromene (CBC) • il cannabiciclolo (CBL) • il cannabielsoino (CBE) • il cannabitriolo (CBT) • la cannabivarina (CBV ) • la cannabicromevarina (CBCV) • la cannabidivarina (CBDV) • la cannabigerovarina (CBGV) • il cannabigerolo monoetiletere (CBGM).</strong></p>
<p><strong>I fitocannabinoidi possono esser ingeriti (sono liposolubili), vaporizzati e fumati.</strong> Per l’estrazione dei cannabinoidi, le infiorescenze di Canapa, ( Erba, Maria, Ganja, Hemp, Kif, Grass, Shit, Mary Jane, Marijuana, etc.) devono essere asciugate completamente *.</p>
<p><strong>I cannabinoidi (THC,CBD, etc.) </strong><strong>non sono idrosolubili (cioè non si sciolgono in acqua)</strong>, ma lo sono nei grassi, ( Olio, burro, grassi animali e vegetali) e in alcol, etere, cloroformio, solventi derivati dal petrolio ( Esano, benzene, etere di petrolio, diclorometano, toluene, ecc... ). Questi ultimi hanno il vantaggio di essere molto più selettivi, perchè negli alcoli oltre ai cannabinoidi si disciolgono anche la clorofilla** e numerose altre sostanze. Purtroppo questi solventi sono estremamente tossici per l'organismo umano così come lo sono in genere tutti i tipi di alcol. Benché vengano fatti evaporare, i solventi lasciano sempre qualche residuo, l'unico con un grado di tossicità basso o trascurabile é l'alcol etilico.</p>
<p><em>* I fiori di canapa sono asciutti quando, avvolti nel cellofan, non fanno più condensa. </em></p>
<p><em>** Per eliminare la clorofilla i coltivatori libanesi lasciano le piante di canapa sul campo fino a che non sono quasi asciutte. Entro questo tempo acquistano un colore marrone - rossastro ( la clorofilla è distrutta dai Raggi UV del sole ).</em></p>
<p><strong>Esistono vari metodi di estrazione:</strong></p>
<p><strong>1°)</strong> – Estratto solido di cannabis: Hashish. Prodotto con il polline dell’infiorescenza di canapa (tipologie di Hashish pregiato: il Charas [indiano], il Manali, il Malana, il Parvati [prodotti nella regione himalayana dell’India],il Kashmiri,il Nepal Temple Balls [nepalese], l’Afgano, il Pakistano)</p>
<p>– Come si prepara: A) – durante il periodo di fioritura (è il metodo più antico e non prevede il taglio delle piante), a più riprese sfregare tra il palmo delle mani, piano, le estremità fiorite della pianta, B) – raschiare dalle mani, con apposito coltellino, la resina gommosa raccolta sul palmo delle mani; C) – raccogliere la resina di canapa (polline) in un contenitore liscio; D) – impastare la resina, manualmente, in pani; E) – sigillare la resina con cellofan, panni di canapa o lino.</p>
<p><strong>2°)</strong> - Estratto solido di cannabis: Hashish. Prodotto con la di resina di canapa (Cioccolato, Libanese, Libano Oro, Super Polm, Skuff, Bourbouqa, Marocco 00, Riff marocchino, il Turco, Olandese, ecc)</p>
<p>–Come si prepara: A) – scuotere, sbattere e/o strofinare i fiori maturi della canapa femmina su una serie di setacci; B) – raccogliere la polvere resinosa in apposito contenitore; C) – comprimere la polvere, dopo averla riscaldata per permettere che le resine si fondano ed attacchino insieme, in blocchi o pani (magari con l’ausilio di mezzi meccanici); D) – sigillare la resina con cellofan, panni di canapa o lino.</p>
<p><strong>3°)</strong> - Estratto liquido di cannabis: Preparazione galenica magistrale a freddo di olio di canapa, ottenuto per mezzo di un veicolo alcolico – L'olio (3° - 4°), vaporizzato, fumato o ingerito, ha una concentrazione di cannabinoidi molto più alta del materiale di partenza ( da 5 a 10) e quindi deve essere utilizzato, in proporzione, in quantità ridotte.</p>
<p>L'Hash - Olio ha un'apparenza distintiva del dorato - miele e dal verde scuro a quasi nero con una consistenza abbastanza solida (viscoso, simile a catrame). A temperatura ambiente è assai appiccicoso, ma una volta riscaldato è un liquido. Come si prepara: A) – far macerare l’infiorescenza (o l’ hashish) finemente sminuzzata in una soluzione idroalcolica a 95° gradi alcolici volumetrici, in 5 - 10 volumi di alcol ed 1 volume di materiale, in un contenitore chiuso (vaso, bottiglia o un recipiente di materiale neutro), in un luogo fresco e scuro per 28 giorni, il periodo di un intero ciclo lunare. B) – Trascorso il tempo previsto filtrare la soluzione in un recipiente, con un filtro di carta, un collant, oppure con un colino a maglia fine e spremere la pianta; C) – per separare la parte liquida (alcol e sostanze disciolte) si può fare evaporare l’alcol a bagnomaria ( l'alcol etilico evapora a 78,3 °C, l'acqua a 100°C ) oppure può essere recuperato in un qualunque distillatore ( in genere di vetro ) e rimarrà, comunque, sul fondo l’estratto: L’olio.</p>
<p><strong>4°) </strong>- Estratto liquido di cannabis: Preparazione galenica magistrale a caldo di olio di canapa – Come si prepara: A) – mettere in un pentola l’infiorescenza sbriciolata; B) – affogarla completamente in alcol con gradazione 40° - 50°; C) – far cuocere a basso fuoco, circa 80º; D) – filtrare la soluzione e fare evaporare l’alcol restante. In questo modo, p.es., estraggono i principi attivi della cannabis per il medicinale Sativex®. Il Sativex® è un farmaco a contenuto standardizzato di fitocannabinoidi e contiene solo due forme purificate della canapa, THC e CBD. Per produrlo ( è uno spray sublinguale), estraggono i cannabinoidi sotto vacuo in un circuito chiuso, recuperando così continuamente l'alcol, e successivamente, affinché possa essere nebulizzato, lo allungano in solventi con un rapporto circa 1:1 (etanolo, glicole propilenico). Includono anche un ingrediente supplementare, l’ olio di menta piperita, che evita al paziente il “temuto” effetto psicoattivo della cannabis (High). * Il &#62; è un prodotto industriale e l’utilizzo del “glicole propilenico” dipende dal fatto che, 1° costa pochissimo e si nasconde molto bene negli oli essenziali, e 2°, contrasta l’effetto disseccante dell’alcool nella lozione idroalcoolica. Il “propylene glycol” non esiste in natura, è un prodotto chimico.</p>
<p><strong>5°)</strong> - Olio cotto di cannabis, per uso alimentare: Come si prepara: A) – ridurre l’infiorescenza di Cannabis in piccoli frammenti e metterla nella pentola; B) – aggiungere olio (o burro) quanto basta, l’olio deve coprire bene i fiori (1:10 - 1:20 – 1:30, in base alla % di THC presente nell’infiorescenza ed alla desiderata concentrazione di principi attivi); C) – aggiungere acqua, 4 – 5 - 6 cm (tanto, la si dovrà far evaporare, lentamente, tutta…), per evitare surriscaldamenti ed allungare il tempo di cottura, per una buona estrazione; D) – mettere con coperchio su fiamma bassa e far bollire; E) – quando sta per svanire l’acqua allontanare dalla fiamma il tegame, perché l’olio surriscaldato farebbe vaporizzare i cannabinoidi, far svaporare tutta l’acqua e continuare a mantenerlo caldo (a circa 80°: non bollente, no frittura!) per almeno 5 minuti; F) – lasciare macerare per 1 giorno e filtrare;</p>
<p><strong>6°)</strong> – Tintura madre e tintura classica di canapa – La tintura è una preparazione liquida ottenuta mediante l'azione estrattiva dell'alcol sulla pianta intera o su sue parti (foglie, radici, ecc.). La differenza più rilevante tra la tintura classica e la tintura madre (T.M.) é nel materiale di partenza: nella tintura classica é costituito dalla droga secca, mentre nella tintura madre é dato dalla pianta fresca. In tal modo nella tintura madre vengono preservati più principi attivi. Pro. Trattandosi di una forma di estrazione molto diffusa e tra le più utilizzate in Fitoterapia. E' un preparato che si presta bene all’automedicazione e l'efficacia, nella maggior parte dei casi, è buona. Contro. Il contenuto in alcol non è irrilevante e pertanto non è adatta a chi presenta disturbi al fegato, ai bambini e a chiunque abbia problemi con l'alcol. Come si prepara: A) – La droga, viene messa a macerare, in una bottiglia o un recipiente di materiale neutro, in una soluzione idroalcolica che va dai 45° ai 70° gradi alcolici volumetrici, in relazione alla quantità d'acqua che la pianta contiene naturalmente: è necessaria quella percentuale di alcol che permette di ottenere un rapporto droga/solvente. Nella preparazione delle tinture idroalcooliche si adotta generalmente una regola fissa: per ottenere cinque parti di tintura finale, è necessaria una parte di droga (ovvero, 20 grammi di droga per ottenere 100 ml di tintura). B) – mettere la pianta a macerare per un periodo variabile, da 25 a 40 giorni. C) – filtrare la soluzione così ottenuta e farla decantare per 48 ore. In questo modo (con alcol a 45° - 70° gradi) la T.M. di cannabis agisce prevalentemente in virtù della presenza dei 330 principi attivi, diversi dai cannabinoidi, identificati nel fiore di canapa (alcaloidi, oligoelementi, etc). Ma, per sciogliere anche i cannabinoidi basta far cuocere a circa 80º la soluzione idroalcolica con i fiori di cannabis, oppure, far macerare la pianta in una soluzione a 95° gradi alcolici e, infine, per ridurre la gradazione alcolica della T.M. ottenuta, aggiungere acqua q.b. La scadenza è di 5 anni, a confezione chiusa.</p>
<p><strong>7°)</strong> – Tisana - Con l’infiorescenza si può preparare, inizialmente (prima di procedere con il 2°,4° o 5° metodo di estrazione), per combinare l’azione terapeutica di altri principi attivi presenti nell’infiorescenza di canapa, un eccellente “The di canapa”, ma ricordate che, in tutte le tisane, i Cannabinoidi sono presenti in quantità minore rispetto a quella terapeuticamente attiva (non sono idrosolubili) e si preparano prima dell'uso perché si alterano facilmente. Come si prepara: A) – far bollire l' ”erba” per almeno 20 - 30 minuti, coperta aggiungendo acqua di tanto in tanto; B) – separare con il setaccio la tisana dall’infiorescenza lasciando sul fondo del tegame i pistilli e resina non disciolta nell’acqua; C) – rimettere l’infiorescenza nella pentola e continuare l’estrazione dei cannabinoidi, indifferentemente, con il 3°, 4° o 5° metodo illustrato.</p>
<p><em><strong>Nota1</strong></em>: tutti i processi di estrazione del THC e del CBD, per non buttare nulla, si devono ripetere almeno due volte.</p>
<p><em><strong>Nota2</strong></em>: I recipienti usati per la conservazione di tutti gli estratti liquidi di Cannabis, devono essere di vetro scuro (o meglio, rivestiti con nastro adesivo di colore nero coprente) con chiusura ermetica, e tenuti in un luoghi freschi ed oscuri.</p>
<p><strong>I farmaci, correntemente commercializzati in Italia per uso terapeutico ( Cannabis Curativa ), sono:</strong></p>
<p><strong>a)</strong> Cannabinoidi naturali, Cannabis Flos: • Bedrocan ® • Bedrobinol ® • Bediol ®</p>
<p><strong>b) </strong>Estratto di Cannabis: •Sativex®</p>
<p><strong>c)</strong> Cannabinoidi di sintesi: • Marinol ® (dronabinol) • Cesamet ® (nabilone) Va fatto notare che i derivati sintetici sembrano mostrare minore efficacia e maggiore incidenza di effetti collaterali rispetto ai derivati naturali, a tutt'oggi preferiti da molti pazienti.</p>
<p>Per informazioni dettagliate, sugli usi terapeutici della cannabis, visitate il sito dell’<a href="http://www.medicalcannabis.it" target="_blank">Associazione per la Cannabis Terapeutica [ACT]</a></p>
<p>Fonte: <a href="http://www.lucacoscioni.it" target="_blank">associazione Luca Coscioni</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Going Bold with colors]]></title>
<link>http://casabelladesigns.wordpress.com/?p=28</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Casa Bella</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[These are some pictures of my latest residential project.
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<p>I'm still working on the house because I have a few items on back other. The pics you are going to see are a few of before and after...</p>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Went down to Raffles Place today with the class to check out some cool architectures and art surroun]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Went down to Raffles Place today with the class to check out some cool architectures and art surrounding our busy Central Business District!*no choice leh! required and led by our lecturer!*</p>
<p>Let's start it off with an panoramic view of our Singapore River!</p>
[caption id="attachment_473" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="From brige to bridge, our CBD has really changed alot over the years!*except the water, cleaned up yes, clean enough to jump in? NO!*"]<a href="http://localproduction.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/imag0123.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-473" title="imag0123" src="http://localproduction.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/imag0123.jpg?w=450" alt="From brige to bridge, our CBD has really changed alot over the years!*except the water, cleaned up yes, clean enough to jump in? NO!*" width="405" height="89" /></a>[/caption]
<p>Let's take a look at some of the art pieces that we can find around this place!</p>
[caption id="attachment_474" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Breast?..."]<a href="http://localproduction.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/imag0124.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-474" title="imag0124" src="http://localproduction.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/imag0124.jpg?w=450" alt="Breast?..." width="360" height="270" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_475" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Or Butt? Take your pick!*look at the size of that a&#60;beep!&#62;ole!*"]<a href="http://localproduction.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/imag0125.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-475" title="imag0125" src="http://localproduction.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/imag0125.jpg?w=450" alt="Or Butt? Take your pick!*look at the size of that a[beep!]ole!*" width="360" height="270" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_476" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Cam-whore Jill trying to steal the limelight from Salvador Dali&#39;s Tribute to Newton.*wahaha...bth! you look damn nerd leh you!*"]<a href="http://localproduction.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/imag0126.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-476" title="imag0126" src="http://localproduction.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/imag0126.jpg?w=450" alt="Cam-whore Jill trying to steal the limelight from Salvador Dali's Tribute to Newton.*wahaha...bth! you look damn nerd leh you!*" width="360" height="480" /></a>[/caption]
<p>As we move on to Bugis, the whole class was introduced to a unique architecture that stands outs amongst the surrounding concrete jungle.</p>
[caption id="attachment_477" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Nestled within the hustle and bustle of Bugis and North Bridge Road! Dadadadadadadada Batman~!!!*where?! WHERE?!*"]<a href="http://localproduction.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/imag0128.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-477" title="imag0128" src="http://localproduction.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/imag0128.jpg?w=450" alt="Nestled within the hustle and bustle! Dadadadadadadada Batman~!!!*where?! WHERE?!*" width="360" height="480" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_478" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Ohhh... Ahhh... Gotham! Dadadadadadadada Batman!*where la?! you all keep shout batman don&#39;t tell me where is he?!*"]<a href="http://localproduction.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/imag0133.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-478" title="imag0133" src="http://localproduction.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/imag0133.jpg?w=450" alt="Ohhh... Ahhh... Gotham! Dadadadadadadada Batman!*where la?! you all keep shout batman don't tell me where is he?!*" width="360" height="480" /></a>[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_479" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="The class chilling out at the really beautiful and stunning open plaza at Parkview Square aka Gotham Building! Dadadadadadadada Batman!*diam la! wait i call spiderman come hor!*"]<a href="http://localproduction.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/imag0134.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-479" title="imag0134" src="http://localproduction.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/imag0134.jpg?w=450" alt="The class chilling out at the really beautiful and stunning open plaza at Parkview Square aka Gotham Building! Dadadadadadadada Batman!*diam la! wait i call spiderman come hor!*" width="360" height="270" /></a>[/caption]
<p>It was quite an enriching day, hot and humid but nonetheless enriching to actually take our time and review some of the things that we take for granted around us.*ok la, i admit...i would rather this than back in the classroom!*</p>
<p>Here's an artistic angle of yours truely with compliments of Jill from behind the lens!</p>
[caption id="attachment_480" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="The Spider Vs The Crane!*Dadadadadadadada Birdman! XD*"]<a href="http://localproduction.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/imag0137.jpg"><img class="size-large wp-image-480" title="imag0137" src="http://localproduction.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/imag0137.jpg?w=450" alt="The Spider Vs The Crane!*Dadadadadadadada Birdman! XD*" width="360" height="270" /></a>[/caption]
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<link>http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/?p=665</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Elsa Tsioumani</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tkbulletin.fr.wordpress.com/2008/10/01/meeting-prep-cbdunu-expert-meeting-on-redd-and-indigenous-and-local-communities/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[International expert meeting on potential impacts of reducing emissions from deforestation and fores]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-121-tk-en.pdf"><strong>International expert meeting on potential impacts of reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) on indigenous and local communities</strong></a><br />
<em>12 November – 14 November 2008 (Baguio, Philippines)</em></p>
<p>A notification released by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 22 September 2008 invites indigenous and local communities, with relevant background and interest on REDD and climate change, to nominate their representatives for this international expert meeting. The meeting will seek to compile information on potential impacts of REDD actions on indigenous and local communities, and it is expected that the meeting will also enhance indigenous and local community participation in REDD-related decisions that may affect them by fostering the exchange of accurate information on the issue. The expert meeting is being organized in collaboration with UNU-TK and Tebtebba. Nominations are required no later than <strong>3 October 2008</strong>. <a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-121-tk-en.pdf">Download the notification [pdf]...</a></p>
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<link>http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/?p=667</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Elsa Tsioumani</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Seventh meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the Convention on Biological D]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-120-abs-en.pdf"><strong>Seventh meeting of the Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the Convention on Biological Diversity</strong></a><br />
<em>2 April – 8 April 2009 (Paris, France)</em></p>
<p>A notification released by the CBD Secretariat invites Parties, other Governments, international organizations, indigenous and local communities, and relevant stakeholders to submit views and proposals, including operational text, for further elaboration and negotiation of the international regime on access and benefit-sharing in preparation for the seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, no later than <strong>15 December 2008</strong>. ABS WG 7 will focus on the negotiation of operational text on the objective, scope, compliance, fair and equitable benefit-sharing, and access. <a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-120-abs-en.pdf">Download the notification [pdf]...</a></p>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Elsa Tsioumani</dc:creator>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-126-cc-en.pdf"><strong>First meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change</strong></a><br />
<em>17 November – 21 November 2008 (London, UK)</em></p>
<p>In preparation for the first meeting of the AHTEG on Biodiversity and Climate Change, to be held from 17-21 November 2008, in London, UK, the CBD Secretariat is launching an internet-based discussion group at: <a href="http://www.cbd.int/climate/forums/public/">www.cbd.int/climate/forums/public/</a>. It will be available from <strong>6 October 2008</strong>. The first meeting of the AHTEG will address scientific and technical matters concerning the links between biodiversity and climate change with regards to: identifying risks and vulnerabilities; and impacts and opportunities from climate change mitigation. The discussion group will seek views from governments and relevant organizations on: tools or methodologies that can be employed to assesses the vulnerability of biodiversity to climate change; steps taken to mobilize components of biodiversity to reduce risk and damage associated with climate change impacts; steps taken to realize multiple benefits for carbon sequestration, and biodiversity conservation and sustainable use in a range of ecosystems; tools or methodologies that can be employed in order to ensure that actions for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation support the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity; and information on assessing and addressing possible negative impacts on biodiversity and / or livelihoods of indigenous and local communities that may arise from reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. <a href="http://www.cbd.int/doc/notifications/2008/ntf-2008-126-cc-en.pdf">Download the notification [pdf]...</a></p>
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<link>http://hempyreum.wordpress.com/?p=1353</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 20:33:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>le0nard</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hempyreum.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/cannabinoidi-naturali-e-di-sintesi/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cannabinoidi naturali
Nella Cannabis sativa sono state identificate oltre 400 sostanze chimiche diff]]></description>
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<p>Nella Cannabis sativa sono state identificate oltre 400 sostanze chimiche differenti , oltre 60 delle quali appartengono alla famiglia dei cannabinoidi.</p>
<p>Il <strong>delta-9-tetraidrocannabinolo (THC)</strong> è generalmente considerato il capostipite di questa famiglia di <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1354" title="cannabinoidi" src="http://hempyreum.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/cannabinoidi.jpg" alt="" />sostanze ed è quello su cui sono state effettuate più ricerche. Purtuttavia non è l'unico principio attivo della Cannabis, che ne contiene molti altri, alcuni dei quali hanno interessanti proprietà terapeutiche.</p>
<p>Tra questi vale la pena in particolare di ricordare il <strong>cannabidiolo (CBD)</strong>. Si tratta di un cannabinoide non-psicoattivo, privo cioè di effetti sul cervello, ma tuttavia in grado di modulare l'azione del THC a livello cerebrale, prolungandone la durata d'azione e limitandone gli effetti collaterali <span><a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it/medicalcannabis/thc.htm#ref" target="_blank">[1-4]</a>.</span><br />
E' inoltre di per sè dotato di una certa efficacia quale farmaco anticonvulsivante e analgesico.</p>
<p>Delle proprietà di molti altri cannabinoidi, elencati in dettaglio nella tabella sottostante, ancora si sa molto poco, ma non si può escludere che anch'essi contribuiscano a determinare in qualche modo gli effetti terapeutici della Cannabis</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1355" title="scheda1" src="http://hempyreum.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/scheda1.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="311" /></p>
<p><span>Tabella 1. La famiglia dei cannabinoidi naturali<br />
tratta da <a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it/medicalcannabis/thc.htm#ref" target="_blank">"Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base" </a><sup><a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it/medicalcannabis/thc.htm#ref">[5]</a></sup> </span> <!--             fine tabella              --></p>
<p>Chimicamente i cannabinoidi sono terpenoidi, cioè molecole non polari.<br />
Essi risultano scarsamente solubili in acqua mentre sono altamente solubili nei grassi.<br />
Nella pianta fresca i cannabinoidi sono molecole debolmente acide; l'essiccamento, l'invecchiamento e il riscaldamento li convertono in forme neutre.<br />
Tali forme sono dal punto di vista farmacologico molto più attive.</p>
<p>I cannabinoidi esplicano le loro azioni farmacologiche tramite l'interazione con due differenti <a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it/medicalcannabis/neurocann.htm" target="_blank">recettori</a>. La stimolazione dei recettori <strong>CB1</strong>, localizzati in varie zone del cervello, spiega la maggior parte degli effetti farmacologici dei cannabinoidi. Studi sugli animali hanno evidenziato un alto numero di tali recettori in alcune strutture cerebrali quali il corpus striatum, il globus pallidus, il cervelletto, la corteccia cerebrale, l'ippocampo e l'ipotalamo. I recettori <strong>CB2</strong> sono invece recettori periferici, il cui ruolo è ancora incerto.</p>
<p>Questi recettori sono fisiologicamente attivati dagli <strong>endocannabinoidi endogeni </strong> ed in particolare dall'<a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it/medicalcannabis/anandamide.htm" target="_blank">anandamide, </a>, un derivato dell'acido arachidonico prodotto dal corpo umano,  con effetti simili a quelli del <strong>THC</strong> <a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it/medicalcannabis/thc.htm#ref" target="_blank"><span>[5-6]</span></a>. L'esatto ruolo fisiologico di tali sostanze nel nostro organismo è tuttora oggetto di indagine.<br />
<strong>Cannabinoidi sintetici</strong></p>
<p>L'industria farmaceutica ha prodotto differenti cannabinoidi sintetici.<br />
Alcuni di questi sono stati registrati per uso terapeutico e vengono correntemente commercializzati in diversi paesi. Altri sono stati messi a punto puramente per scopi sperimentali e non sono mai stati saggiati nell'uomo. I principali sono elencati nella tabella sottostante.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1356" title="scheda-2" src="http://hempyreum.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/scheda-2.jpg" alt="" width="401" height="241" /></p>
<p><span>Tabella 2. Cannabinoidi sintetici<br />
tratta da <a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it/medicalcannabis/thc.htm#ref" target="_blank">"Therapeutic uses of Cannabis" </a><sup><a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it/medicalcannabis/thc.htm#ref">[6]</a></sup> </span><br />
Va fatto notare che i derivati sintetici sembrano mostrare minore efficacia e maggiore incidenza di effetti collaterali  rispetto ai derivati naturali, a tutt'oggi preferiti da molti pazienti.</p>
<p>Il summenzionato effetto di "modulazione" del CBD e degli altri cannabinoidi (assenti nelle preparazioni sintetiche) potrebbe spiegare almeno in parte questo fatto.</p>
<p>Al fine di ottenere prodotti efficaci e ben tollerati sono in atto in corso <a href="http://medicinal-cannabis.org/" target="_blank">studi </a>per mettere a punto farmaci di derivazione naturale (estratti della pianta), a differente contenuto di THC, CBD e di altri cannabinoidi.</p>
<p>Riferimenti bibliografici <span><a name="ref"></a></span></p>
<ol>
<li>Karniol IG, Shirakawa I, Kasinski N, Pfeferman A, Carlini EA.<br />
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&#38;db=PubMed&#38;list_uids=4609777&#38;dopt=Abstract" target="_blank">Cannabidiol interferes with the effects of delta-9-tetrahydrocannbinol in man</a><br />
European Journal of Pharmacology 1975; 28:172-177.</li>
<li> Zuardi AW, Shirakawa I, Finkelfarb E, Karniol IG.<br />
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&#38;db=PubMed&#38;list_uids=6285406&#38;dopt=Abstract" target="_blank">Action of cannabidiol on the anxiety and other effects produced by delta 9-THC in normal subjects</a><br />
Psychopharmacology (Berl) 1982; 76:245-250.</li>
<li>Bird KD, Boleyn T, Chesher GB, Jackson DM, Starmer GA, Teo RKC<br />
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&#38;db=PubMed&#38;list_uids=6777818&#38;dopt=Abstract" target="_blank">Inter-cannabinoid and cannabinoid-ethanol interactions and their effects on human performance</a><br />
Psychopharmacology 1980; 71:181-188.</li>
<li>Hollister LE, Gillespie BA.<br />
<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&#38;db=PubMed&#38;list_uids=1097148&#38;dopt=Abstract" target="_blank">Interactions in man of delta-9-THC. II. Cannabinol and cannabidiol</a>.<br />
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 1975; 18:80-83.</li>
<li> Joy, J.E. et al.<br />
<a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it/medicalcannabis/iom.htm" target="_blank">Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base</a><br />
Institute of Medicine, Karniol, 1999</li>
<li>British Medical Association Staff<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=9057023172/eoradipiantaA/" target="_blank">Therapeuthic uses of Cannabis</a><br />
Gordon &#38; Breach Science Pub, 1999</li>
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<p>Fonte: <a href="http://www.fuoriluogo.it" target="_blank">fuoriluogo</a></p>
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<link>http://aqueleblogdesoa.wordpress.com/?p=456</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Gustavo S. Sinis</dc:creator>
<guid>http://aqueleblogdesoa.fr.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/anatomia-do-servico-parte-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bons códigos são aqueles desenvolvidos para compreensão humana, e não exclusivamente para compil]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bons códigos são aqueles desenvolvidos para compreensão humana, e não exclusivamente para compiladores. Para uma compilação bem sucedida, basta o formalismo da linguagem (análise léxica, sintática e semântica); já para a compreensão humana, são necessárias abstrações representativas – preferencialmente originadas do domínio do software, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.infoq.com/minibooks/domain-driven-design-quickly" target="_new">DDD </a>– que auxiliam na percepção, contribuindo com agilidade no desenvolvimento.</p>
<p>Nesse âmbito, compiladores não podem ajudar. Não garantem que um código seja entendido ou manipulado dentro do que seria um esforço viável. No entanto, abstrações (sub-rotinas, classes) aderentes aos conceitos do negócio possibilitam que a evolução do código e o entendimento dos conceitos relativos ao negócio caminhem no mesmo sentido, ou seja, o código só sofre mudanças em grandes proporções se o negócio também mudar significativamente. Boas abstrações possibilitam que mudanças sejam mais orgânicas e naturais para os seres humanos.</p>
<blockquote><p>“[...] the purpose of abstraction is not to be vague, but to create a new semantic level in which one can be absolutely precise.” – Edsger W. Dijkstra</p></blockquote>
<p>A abstração é uma ferramenta chave, e está intimamente relacionada com o conceito de encapsulamento. Focando nesse aspecto essencial, Page Jones descreve em seu livro “<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Object-Oriented-Design-Addison-Wesley-Technology/dp/020169946X" target="_new">Fundamentals of Object-Oriented Design in UML</a>” os níveis de encapsulamento. Baseando-se nesses níveis, é possível partir de simples linhas de código e chegar ao SOA, em que sub-rotinas encapsulam linhas de código, objetos encapsulam estado e comportamento, e serviços encapsulam objetos ou outros serviços.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sinis.com.br/fig/soa4.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<p>Para superar limitações humanas, como lidar com processos complexos e grandes quantidades de informação, SOA fornece uma abstração que indexa e organiza o código, <strong>o serviço</strong>. Os serviços podem encapsular a lógica de uma tarefa do negócio e também encapsular a lógica referente a conceitos-chaves do domínio.</p>
<blockquote><p>“But there is a more sensible way to SOA, which maintains loose coupling and drives high cohesion and the secret is this: build your services to implement business processes. Don’t let the data guys scream at you that you need an enterprise data model (you don’t) and don’t let the application portfolio guys demand that you buy everything and stitch it together later (you can’t, this only gets you Frankenstein systems).”<a rel="nofollow" href="http://jim.webber.name/2008/04/19/30b4f0e9-f67a-4310-bf38-ca0a3423206e.aspx" target="_new"> Anemic Service Model </a>, Jim Webber, Ph.D. Global Architecture Lead, ThoughtWorks.</p></blockquote>
<p>Para quem conhece CBD e DbC, isso não é novidade. Talvez, a ênfase em associar serviços ao processo de negócio (serviços representando tarefas em um processo de negócio) seja o diferencial de SOA.</p>
<p>Abstrações aderentes ao negócio proporcionam flexibilidade ao software. No caso de SOA, as abstrações indexam, isolam, organizam conceitos principais e os relacionam com processos de negócio [1][2],<strong> tornando as mudanças aceitáveis, mas em um contexto corporativo</strong>, não apenas em uma aplicação (os serviços possibilitam isolar a lógica do processo de negócio da lógica dos conceitos principais da organização, facilitando mudanças no processo). Cabe ressaltar que processo de negócio é uma forma natural de representar o funcionamento de uma empresa.</p>
<p>Em outras palavras, <strong>SOA torna as mudanças no processo de negócio mais ágeis, uma vez que os serviços deixam a arquitetura dos sistemas aderente ao negócio;</strong> se o processo sofrer uma pequena mudança, seus sistemas mudam de forma proporcional. A dissociação da lógica do processo de negócio da lógica do domínio, utilizando interfaces bem definidas, contribui com a flexibilidade.  Uncle Bob, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2007/04/11/what-is-soa-really" target="_new">em seu blog</a>, sustenta uma visão particular e interessante neste sentido:</p>
<blockquote><p>"[...] Software developers have known for years that software that changes frequently should be decoupled from software that changes infrequently. When applied to individual programs and systems this principle is sometimes called The Common Closure Principle. When it is applied to the information management of an enterprise, it is called SOA. [...]"</p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Em muitas empresas sem uma estratégia SOA, simples mudanças de regras de negócio provocam alterações em uma grande quantidade de sistemas (redundância de regras); e pequenas alterações no processo de negócio - para acompanhar a concorrência - são inviabilizadas, pois seria necessário refazer os sistemas envolvidos (regra de processo de negócio misturada com regras da aplicação), normalmente, elaborados para instanciar o processo com uma abordagem “integração espaguete”. </strong>Assim, os serviços existem para lidar com a complexidade.</p>
<p>Mesmo com uma ferramenta ESB eliminando a integração ponto a ponto, na ausência de serviços projetados para apoiar processos de negócio (ou seja, sem SOA), ainda teríamos “integração espaguete”, só que agora escondida dentro de uma ferramenta. Vídeo interessante relacionado com SOA sem ESB: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.infoq.com/presentations/soa-without-esb" target="_new">Does My Bus Look Big in This?</a>, Martin Fowler &#38; Jim Webber, QCon London 2008. Um post também interessante relacionado: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.objectmentor.com/articles/2007/10/03/soa-cuts-the-gordian-knot-not" target="_new">SOA, cuts the Gordian Knot -- Not</a>, Uncle Bob.</p>
<p>Serviços servem a propósitos diferentes e desempenham papéis muito distintos, por exemplo:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.sinis.com.br/fig/soa2.JPG" alt="" /></p>
<blockquote><p>[1] Durante muito tempo, as empresas foram dirigidas por meio de metas estabelecidas para as áreas funcionais, mas hoje as metas são definidas para os processos essenciais, que constituem um nível fundamental de avaliação de desempenho da organização. (Rummler e Brache, 1990)</p>
<p>[2] A idéia de processo tem estado presente nos textos e nas discussões sobre Administração de Empresas nos últimos anos. É praticamente impossível evitar temas como redesenho de processos, organização por processos e gestão por processos. (José Ernesto Lima Gonçalve, Revista de Administração de Empresas, 2000)</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[&gt; Orchard Road Sales up! Thanks to ERP!]]></title>
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By Yeo Ghim Lay
RETAIL sales in Orchard Road went up, not down, after the Electr]]></description>
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By Yeo Ghim Lay<br />
RETAIL sales in Orchard Road went up, not down, after the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) network in the shopping belt was expanded.</p>
<p>That is according to a Land Transport Authority study.</p>
<p>In October 2005, ERP gantries in Orchard Road started operating on Saturdays. ERP hours on weekdays were also extended from 7pm to 8pm.</p>
<p>But in the year after the changes, sales went up by 9per cent, more than double the 4per cent growth the year before.</p>
<p>The figure is also higher than the growth rate for businesses outside the Central Business District during the same period, Transport Minister Raymond Lim said yesterday.</p>
<p>He cited the figures in response to Ms Irene Ng (Tampines GRC), who had asked about the social and economic impact of more ERP gantries and longer operating hours.</p>
<p>Mr Lim noted that many factors could affect businesses.</p>
<p>'While retailers within ERP zones have given feedback that ERP is one of the reasons their businesses have been affected, they recognise that their business outside ERP hours has also been poor,' he added.</p>
<p>Mr Lim also assured the House that ERP gantries are not erected pre-emptively.</p>
<p>Rather, traffic situations along congested stretches of roads are studied over several quarters before any gantries go up.</p>
<p>The five new gantries along the Singapore River, for example, were put up after complaints received, over time, about slow traffic in the area.</p>
<p>Another MP, Mr Zaqy Mohamad (Hong Kah GRC), wanted the restriction on the driving of weekend cars on Saturdays removed.</p>
<p>Currently, off-peak cars can be driven only from 3pm onwards on Saturdays. Those who wish to drive them before that time must display a $20 day licence.</p>
<p>Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport Teo Ser Luck said a change to usage restrictions for off-peak cars would mean changing the tax concessions for such cars as well.</p>
<p>'However, not all off-peak car owners may agree to a reduction in tax concessions in exchange for such additional benefits,' he said.</p>
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<p><strong>Originally posted at </strong><a href="http://edibletv.net" target="_blank"><strong>Edible TV</strong></a><strong> on September 9, 2008.</strong></p>
<p>As a former resident of Nashville I thoroughly enjoyed the recent <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ie" target="_blank">Dinner: Impossible</a> where Chef Michael Symon had to cook a meal for Country/Southern Rock legend <a href="http://www.charliedaniels.com/" target="_blank">Charlie Daniels</a>. Symon's first stop was the immortal <a href="http://www.ryman.com/" target="_blank">Ryman Auditorium</a> in downtown Nashville where he met Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (he was Nashville's mayor during my days in Music City).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">For those who did not grow up with the Grand Ole Opry playing a major part of their childhood then the sheer weight of standing in the Ryman will likely be lost. For most of the 20<sup>th</sup> Century the Ryman was the home of the Opry and many a star has graced this hallowed stage like Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Hank Williams (the first one), comedians Jerry Clower and Minnie Pearl, and long time host Roy Acuff. The front lobby of the auditorium includes a simple park bench with the bronze figures of Acuff and Pearl as they share of laugh. My first visit and consequent view of this site sent chills up my spine. For a Southerner, this place is the Eiffel Tower and Stonehenge rolled into one.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">From there Symon made the 45 minute drive out to the new home of the Grand Old Opry, the aptly named Grand Old Opry House at the Opryland Resort. The Opryland Resort is the largest hotel in the world not located in the city of Las Vegas. Symon is given the keys to the groceries found within the hotel's many gourmet restaurants. A favorite spot of mine when I lived in Nash<em>vegas</em> was the <a href="http://www.gaylordhotels.com/gaylord-opryland/nashville-tn-dining-activities/nashville-tn-restaurants/cascades-terrace-lounge/index.html" target="_blank">Cascades</a> in the Atrium of the main hotel. Oddly enough the executive chef at the time is now a fellow chef here in the Mobile area, <a href="http://wannabetvchef.com/art10.htm" target="_blank">Mike Wallace</a> of the Grand Hotel Marriott Resort in Point Clear, Alabama.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">When the challenge was issued of cooking dinner for 300 country music fans (well 301 if you count Daniels) in eight hours with the full Opryland Resort (it also houses a culinary school) at his disposal it seemed like a gimme. But Symon and his team were thrown a series of road blocks. They had to theme their menu around the CDB classic <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001BK9HOI/103-4538873-2568621?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=papepala-20&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=B001BK9HOI" target="_blank">The Devil Went Down To Georgia</a></em>. The only food item mentioned in the song was chicken. The only chicken in the hotel was boneless, skinless breast meat. Symon's pride in his art left him no choice but to scratch the inferior product from the menu.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Another obstacle for Symon and crew was that the chef himself was required to join country music newcomer <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00123NNR6/103-4538873-2568621?ie=UTF8&#38;tag=papepala-20&#38;linkCode=xm2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creativeASIN=B00123NNR6" target="_blank">James Otto</a> on stage at the Grand Ole Opry. Again memories of my time in Nashville came rushing back as Symon (donning a <a href="http://www.porterwagoner.com/powabio.html" target="_blank">Porter Wagoner</a> approved glitzy rodeo shirt) strolled onto a stage far different than the one he is used to in Kitchen Stadium. And far more intimidating as well. I, too, have stood on that stage in front of that crowd and faced the decades of tradition that surround it. My result? A standing ovation – one of the proudest moments of my life.  Symon also found the folks of Middle Tennessee cordial and gracious. They would later find his food remarkable.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">In fact, they would demand his culinary creations be delivered in less than the alloted eight hours. That of course was the last of the encumbrances to Symon and his crew. But as usual the Iron Chef came through with a stunning menu that pleased all if not totally overwhelmed them, even Charlie.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Photo Courtesy of <a href="http://preferred-seats.com" target="_blank">Preferred-Seats.com</a>.</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>so ... this is singapore . the iconic view of the CBD in 2008 . it was june , i was in singapore for the holiday and i waited for the evening to take this picture from the esplanade roof .</p>
<p>so strange . i felt kinda strange being there because it was different . i was alone , actualy more than that , i was lonely ... hehehehe ... and looking at this great view and knowing that it's the last time i would ever see it live and knowing that it's nothing and nobody for me in this beautiful place made me sad . singapore is just the way anybody who had the chance to go there would tell you that it is . amazing . like no other place . but you need to be there more than the usual 3 days or one week vacation . explore . singaporeans will tell it's small and there's not much to see . but from the outside , it's the best place to start enjoying asia . for a european , it's perfect if you want to discover what asia has to offer because it's a melting pot . singapore is not perfect , especialy from a political point of view , but it really depends what you want from life . for me singapore was the best time of my life . it was perfect for me . and for a while it gave me everything that i needed . and it gave me love . the second time there , last june , it was different , i was different . it was like visiting an old friend after a long time , after you lost contact . colder , stranger ... but the feelings were still there .</p>
<p>thank you singapore !</p>
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<link>http://tsheko.globalteacher.org.au/?p=428</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>I played tourist last weekend. Grabbed the no-frills digital camera and my legs, and went in search of the treasures of Melbourne in early Spring. I grew up in Melbourne, and frequented the city centre regularly as a child. My grandmother, a school principal and biology teacher (Russia) turned factory-worker, sewed toilet bags and shower caps for a Jewish factory in Little Collins Street, and I used to go in with her, sometimes to be shown around to her work colleagues so they could tell me I had beautiful skin (nobody tells me that now), or to deposit her wares and have lunch. These are the memories I cherish - of the mysterious worlds within buildings, old, cage-like elevators, dark passages and illuminated cafes in arcades. Thankfully, much of old Melbourne remains to this day. I love the details and little surprises around the city.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Industrial Canal and St. Bernard Parish]]></title>
<link>http://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.wordpress.com/?p=225</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Today was a beautiful day in New Orleans.  The humidity was low, the temp was in the mid-80s, and t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/100_4067.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-224" title="The Industrial Canal" src="http://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/100_4067.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Today was a beautiful day in New Orleans.  The humidity was low, the temp was in the mid-80s, and the sun was shining.  In spots.  Fine, it was pretty overcast, but I'll take what I can get.  <!--more-->I rode down through the CBD today to see buses of evacuees arriving at the Greyhound station and ice and MRE distribution at the public library.  I then rode on Claiborne, over to Elysian Fields to the St. Claude bike path.  These neighborhoods, unlike the Quarter and Uptown, still show the effects of Katrina and of the general poverty of this area.  I was headed to the Industrial Canal to see what was up with  water levels.  I stopped on the St. Claude bridge to snap this photo.  In my imagination, the levees and canals are--or should be--engineering marvels, clearly barring water from coming in to the city.  But up close, they don't really look like much.  On the other side of the bridge workers are doing something to the canal, moving water through locks, <em>hopefully</em> doing repairs.  As my friend S. pointed out, this city needs levees that will hold, not more extensive evacuation plans.<a href="http://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/100_4073.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-226" title="Stoplight in St. Bernard Parish" src="http://whatisawridingmybikearoundtoday.wordpress.com/files/2008/09/100_4073.jpg?w=300" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>I then tooled over to the St. Bernard parish line.  These parts of the city are still so damaged.  If you don't live over here, don't have friends and family over here, you might forget that.  The TV shows the Quarter, isolated parts of the levees or the river, but never this part of New Orleans.  This traffic light was downed, but I don't have any idea if this is the result of Gustav, Katrina, or just general disrepair.  Regardless, the ride was a reminder that New Orleans isn't simply "back," no matter how much the media trumpets our progress.  People still live out here, are trying to come home.  It is sad to ride around here and feel like some neighborhoods have simply been written off and written out.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cannabis, sorprendente antibiotico. Ecco come annienta i super batteri]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Studio italo-inglese: i cannabinoidi eliminano anche lo stafilococco più resistent]]></description>
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<p><em>Studio italo-inglese: i cannabinoidi eliminano anche lo stafilococco più resistente<br />
Ogni anno questi microorganismi provocano oltre 18 mila decessi ospedalieri</em></p>
<p><strong>ROMA - </strong>Al di là dei giochi di parole, la Canapa è senza dubbio una pianta stupefacente. Le sue proprietà continuano a sorprendere la comunità scientifica e, secondo uno studio italo-inglese, da lei non solo possiamo ricavare olii, tessuti e sostanze psicotrope, ma anche alcuni fra i più potenti antibatterici, capace di sconfiggere i cosiddetti "superbugs", microorganismi resistenti agli antibiotici che infestano gli ospedali di tutto il mondo.</p>
<p>L'impiego dei cannabinoidi naturali ridurrebbe la diffusione di alcuni batteri resistenti agli antibiotici, tra cui lo stafilococco aureo penicillino-resistente (MRSA). La ricerca, pubblicata sul Journal of Natural Products, è frutto del menage a trois fra il Cra-Cin di Rovigo, che ha coltivato le piante, l'Università del Piemonte Orientale di Novara, dove sono state isolati i composti e sintetizzati i loro analoghi, e la School of Pharmacy di Londra, che si è occupata dei saggi biologici. Nel giro di tre anni, fra il 2005 e il 2008, gli studiosi sono riusciti a dimostrare che i cannabinoidi di tipo THC, CBD, CBG, CBC, e CBN sono eccezionalmente attivi contro EMERSA-15 e EMERSA-16, due fra i ceppi più virulenti di stafilococco; tra questi più efficaci si sono dimostrati i cannabinoidi CBD e il CBG, entrambi non psicotropi.</p>
<p>Una preziosa base di partenza per la messa a punto di medicine alternative in grado di rivoluzionare le condizioni igieniche delle strutture ospedaliere, dove in genere i batteri, a continuo contatto con sostanze antibiotiche, si scambiano il dna e si fortificano, diventando praticamente invincibili. "Questo scambio di materiale genetico è invece molto difficile tra batteri e piante. La Cannabis sativa è una fonte interessante di composti per combattere questi microorganismi - spiega il professor Giovanni Appendino, docente di Chimica dell'Università del Piemonte Orientale - In Inghilterra il problema è ancora più grave che da noi. C'era bisogno di una sinergia che mettesse a punto qualcosa di nuovo".</p>
<div class="ad-box">L'Italia fino agli anni '30 è stato uno dei maggiori produttori al mondo di Canapa: i suoi semi sono ricchi di proteine e carboidrati e regalano un olio cosmetico che può essere utilizzato anche come combustibile; le fibre fin dall'antichità vengono utilizzate per fabbricare tessili, corde e guarnizioni idrauliche. Fumare o ingerire i fiori femminili e la resina, che hanno effetti psicotropi, è illegale in Italia ma per i seguaci di alcune religioni, come il Rastafarianesimo, rappresenta il presupposto di ogni preghiera. Secondo i fedeli di questa religione di origine ebraico-cristiana, la marijuana è un'erba miracolosa e le sue proprietà medicinali, dalla cura delle allergie a quella della sclerosi multipla, sono note alla scienza ormai da anni.</p>
<p>Tanto che una miscela di cannabinoidi è stata messa in commercio da GW Pharmaceutical per il trattamento di alcune malattie neurologiche gravi. Il prodotto è in commercio nelle farmacie canadesi, e potrebbe<br />
arrivare presto in quelle europee e americane. "Quella antibatterica è solo l'ultima delle innumerevoli funzioni di questa pianta - spiega Giampaolo Grassi, primo ricercatore del Cra-Cin di Rovigo - Noi siamo stati i primi a metterlo in evidenza ma la scienza sottolinea le proprietà terapeutiche della Cannabis da sempre. I campi di applicazione sono fin troppi".</p>
<p>Il professor Appendino mette comunque in guardia da eventuali semplificazioni: "Fumare la Canapa, fra i tanti effetti dannosi che provoca, facilita anche le infezioni, dato che la somministrazione sistematica della pianta provoca immunosoppressione". Secondo una ricerca pubblicata nel 2007 dalla rivista Journal of the American Medical Asociation, ogni anno lo stafilococco provoca oltre 18 mila decessi ospedalieri, più delle morti per Aids. Chissà che questo numero non sia destinato a ridursi drasticamente entro pochi anni, proprio grazie alla Cannabis.</p></div>
<div class="ad-box"><em>di SARA FICOCELLI</em></div>
<div class="ad-box">fonte: <a href="http://www.repubblica.it" target="_blank">repubblica.it</a></p>
<p>Che questo studio sia molto importante per la ricerca contro il cancro, viene confermato dagli studi e dalle esperienze positive riportate dall' oncologo  dr.Simoncini, secondo il quale lo stafilococco sarebbe una delle cause delle infezioni che portano tumori.<br />
Pochi giorni fà ha tenuto questa convention in california.</p>
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<dc:creator>Kirsty Galloway McLean</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Resource Kit on Indigenous Peoples&#8217; Issues
The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenou]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/resource_kit_indigenous_2008.pdf"><strong>Resource Kit on Indigenous Peoples' Issues</strong></a></p>
<p>The Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (SPFII), in cooperation with the International Labor Organization (ILO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), UN Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD) has published the Resource Kit on Indigenous Peoples' Issues. The Kit is aimed UN Country Teams and other development agents, providing them with guidance as to how to engage indigenous peoples and include their perspectives in development processes. It includes a thorough overview of international agreements and legal frameworks that deal directly or indirectly with indigenous issues as well as international mechanisms that specifically target indigenous peoples.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/resource_kit_indigenous_2008.pdf"><br />
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Die Berichte ueber meinen ersten Brisbane-Aufenthalt sind online:

Sonntag, 24. August 2008
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<li><a title="http://crumb72.wordpress.com/2008-2/berichte-von-unterwegs/sonntag-24082008/" href="http://crumb72.wordpress.com/2008-2/berichte-von-unterwegs/sonntag-24082008/" target="_self"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Sonntag, 24. August 2008</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://crumb72.wordpress.com/2008-2/berichte-von-unterwegs/montag-25082008/" target="_self"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Montag, 25. August 2008</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://crumb72.wordpress.com/2008-2/berichte-von-unterwegs/dienstag-26082008/" target="_self"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Dienstag, 26. August 2008</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://crumb72.wordpress.com/2008-2/berichte-von-unterwegs/mittwoch-27082008/" target="_self"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Mittwoch, 27. August 2008</span></a></li>
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<title><![CDATA[Cannabis vs. stafilococco: piu' efficace dei medicinali ]]></title>
<link>http://hempyreum.wordpress.com/?p=1217</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:24:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>le0nard</dc:creator>
<guid>http://hempyreum.fr.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/cannabis-vs-stafilococco-piu-efficace-dei-medicinali/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[30 agosto 2008
Secondo dati, preclinici, pubblicati nel Journal of Natural Products, la somministraz]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>30 agosto 2008</em><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1218" src="http://hempyreum.wordpress.com/files/2008/08/231347-img.jpg" alt="" width="124" height="124" /></p>
<p>Secondo dati, preclinici, pubblicati nel <em>Journal of Natural Products</em>, la somministrazione dei cannabinoidi naturali ridurrebbe la diffusione di alcuni batteri resistenti alle medicine, tra cui lo stafilococco aureo (MRSA).<br />
Ricercatori dell'universita' del Piemonte Orientale e dell'Universita' di Londra rivelano che le proprieta' antibatteriche di cinque cannabinoidi: thc, cbd, cbg, cbc, cbn, possono essere usate per combattere alcuni virus resistenti alle medicine.<br />
"Tutti questi componenti hanno rivelato una potente attivita' antibatterica", ha dichiarato uno dei ricercatori, ed inoltre sarebbero eccezionalmente resistenti contro EMERSA-15 e EMERSA-16, uno dei piu' potenti virus di stafilococco presenti nelle strutture sanitarie inglesi. "Anche se l'efficacia dei cannabinoidi necessita di ulteriori test, sembra positivo il loro utilizzo per ridurre la proliferazione di alcuni stafilococchi. La cannabis sativa e' una fonte interessante per combattere questi batteri".<br />
Secondo una ricerca pubblicata nel 2007 nella rivista <em>Journal of the </em><em>American Medical Asosociation</em>, ogni anno lo stafilococco provoca oltre 18 mila decessi ospedalieri.</p>
<p>Fonte: <a href="http://www.aduc.it/dyn/salute/" target="_blank">aduc salute</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Brissos are not paranoid - they are being watched]]></title>
<link>http://lizfrombris.wordpress.com/?p=50</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:07:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>eneferri</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lizfrombris.fr.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/brissos-are-not-paranoid-they-are-being-watched/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In most cultures, people’s private and public behaviours are different. More casual behaviour is t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">In most cultures, people’s private and public behaviours are different. More casual behaviour is tolerated at home than in public. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Yet in large cities people can revert to the casual and uninhibited when part of a large crowd. People enjoy the anonymity of the CBD of cities and unless agoraphobic, enjoy ‘losing’ themselves in the crowd, window shopping, trying on silly shoes or hats, watching passers-by, even staring at people’s bodies, without fear of being noticed by peers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Normal Codes of Conduct </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Domain #1 Private <span> </span>–– casual/uninhibited </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">ie home</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Domain #2 Public with peers – more formal/inhibited</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">– <span> </span>at <span> </span>a social gathering, school or business function </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Domain #3 Public, without peers – casual/uninhibited - </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">busy city </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">This is not the case for Brissos. They avoid most crowded places, especially the CBD, and if forced to go there for work or dental appointments, will hurry through the busy streets avoiding eye contact, getting from A to B as quickly as possible (Buskers are aware of this and play near hotels where visitors to the city might pass by).</span></p>
<div id="photoImgDiv2595996998" class="photoImgDiv" style="width:502px;"><img class="reflect" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2595996998_b5f7bff886.jpg?v=0" alt="Brisbane, Australia. Jan 1974 by Lawrence Impey." width="500" height="237" /></div>
<p>photo by Lawrence Impey, Brisbane CBD Jan 1974</p>
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<div class="photoDescription">In the city, Brissos will avoid eye contact and seem very uncomfortable <span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;"><span> </span></span><em></em></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">If you do have dealings with Brissos in such settings, they will be guarded and formal. Their polite exchanges will seem stilted, old fashioned and almost English in their lack of sincerity. This would not be worth noting if not for the striking contrast with their uninhibited behaviour when in public with peers. <span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Brissos Code of Conduct</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Domain #1 Private <span> </span>–– casual? (unknown)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Domain #2 Public with peers –extremely casual, uninhibited</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;"> often to the point of un-socialised.<br />
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Domain #3 Public, without peers – formal, extremely inhibited </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">If you ask a Brisso about their #3 public manner - <em>“You don’t seem yourself? is there something wrong?”</em> – he/she will assure that you all is well. If you have his confidence, he might reveal he is just aware that he is being watched. People he knows are everywhere, judging him, finding fault, just waiting to report to others about it. It will eventually get back to his mother (or mother’s friends) with terrible consequences. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Now here’s the thing. In other places, if someone tells you this you wisely see it as a sign of mental illness, paranoia, regression. You immediately think about getting him or her help. But for Brissos things are different. Brissos are not paranoid. What they say is true. They really do know just about everyone in the city, and a walk down the street with the head up would lead to an impossible number of time-consuming conversations and awkward greetings. Social ties and obligations are at an intolerably high level in such dense settings. People they know are indeed everywhere, watching them, waiting to notice some behaviour they can report, with spin, to friends and family. If the Brisso lets down his/her guard for a minute, consequences can be disastrous. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">“I saw Martin in DJs trying on the kind of shoes only gay men wear. He was talking to a woman who was dressed like a prostitute, and I think he had something... a gift? in a Wallace Bishop bag”</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">And this information, with disputed variations, will eventually get back to his mother or mother’s friends and/or wife, with difficult consequences. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">This effect is magnified for the Greek or Italian Brisso. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">Many astute business people choose to do business with Brissos in restaurants in such public places, because Brissos are more docile and agreeable in such settings. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:&#34;color:teal;">In spite of their highly regulated public demeanour, Brissos revert to primitive form when  driving through those same city streets in their cars. In this sense they are like urbanites from other cities, maintaining an illusion of privacy, and will unashamedly pick their nose or check their makeup as if noone can see them.<br />
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<title><![CDATA[An Ode to Melbourne, Part 1]]></title>
<link>http://sydneytransportblog.wordpress.com/?p=41</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jtu100</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sydneytransportblog.fr.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/an-ode-to-melbourne-part-1/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I think one of the best ways to realise the myriad ways Sydney does transport wrong is to take a vis]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think one of the best ways to realise the myriad ways Sydney does transport wrong is to take a visit to Melbourne.</p>
<p>Having just returned from a weekend in Melbourne what better time than to highlight the differences!</p>
<p>(As always there is so much to say on Melbourne vs Sydney I will have to revisit this topic at a later time)</p>
<p><a href="http://flickr.com/photos/roberto8080/" target="_blank"><img src="http://sydneytransportblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/flinders-station1.jpg" alt="Flinders Street Station, Melbourne" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>- Lets begin by saying that anyone with a rational mind is going to be attracted to Melbourne's layout. Melbournians have a lot to be thankful for and one of them is the foresight of the city's designers who came up with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoddle_Grid">Hoddle Grid</a>. The grid makes for an open and easily navigable CBD. A key feature of the grid is it's wide streets. According to wikipedia:</p>
<blockquote><p>"The wide main streets were also to accommodate the large number of <a title="Bullock cart" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullock_cart">bullock carts</a> that would ride through the centre of town preventing them from holding up horse drawn traffic when making right turns."</p></blockquote>
<p>As fortune would have it these wide streets are what allowed the streets to accommodate Melbourne's now famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Melbourne">tram system</a>.</p>
<p>Much of Melbourne's growth continued to be planned on a quasi-grid system (albeit at 30 degrees to the CBD).</p>
<p>Whatever the science says about Hub-and-spoke vs Grid transport designs, it is quite obvious that <em>a design</em> (Melbourne) is going to be better than <em>no design </em>(Sydney).</p>
<p>Sydney's design - sorry, I mean layout - is at best a charming mélange of lanes and freeways, and at worst a chaotic, organic mess. Taking a drive around Sydney you are quite likely to see 5 or 6 road intersections, and some of the craziest spaghetti junctions of all time (see northern approach to Harbour Bridge - Warringah Fwy).</p>
<p>Unfortunately, any organism whose circulatory system is inefficient at pumping its lifeblood will eventually fall to the back of the evolutionary pack. The problem with cities is they typically only get one of two shots are getting it right before its too late to change.</p>
<p>What Sydney needs is some open heart surgery. And as with open heart surgery the trick is how to keep the patient alive while crucial arteries are disconnected. I'm buggered if I am qualified to work that one out but I'm sure its hard if not impossible.</p>
<p>In my next post I will take about the Melbourne Trams.</p>
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