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Top dog at RIM Thorsten Heins heavily implied that video chat would be added to BBM when BlackBerry 10 showed up, and now possible confirmation of the feature has come from what are thought to be leaked presentation slides. Originating on CrackBerry's forums, the images have been taken down on various sites, leading us to believe they're legit and that strongly worded requests have led to their removal. Not only do they suggest BBM video chat is coming to BB10, but also the ability to screen share during these video calls. Another slide details a new task manager for the OS called "BlackBerry Remember," which can sync with Outlook and -- based on its description and what was uncovered in the gold SDK -- may include Evernote integration. We've contacted RIM for comment and will update you with any response, but until then, take a look at the slide above and the pair hidden after the break to assess for yourself whether they're the real deal.

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Well, it?s officially over.

With an eight-game gap and one week of games left, MDS and yours truly disagree on only five games.? Which means that, even if MDS sweeps, I?ll still be three games ahead.? (Math continues to be my strong suit.)

Of course, if I sweep I?ll finish with a 13-game lead.? And based on the five disagreements, I think I will.

Read on to see our picks and our takes for the final week of the regular season.? It all re-sets to 0-0 for the playoffs, at which time MDS will have a chance to exact revenge.? Or to fail again.

Last week, I was 11-5 and MDS went 10-6.? For the year, I?m now at 157-82-1, good for 65.4 percent.? MDS is 149-90-1, which keeps him at 62.0 percent.

Buccaneers at Falcons

MDS?s take: The Falcons wrapped up home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs, but they say they?re playing to win in Week 17. They shouldn?t have much trouble winning against the Bucs, who have collapsed at the end of the season.

MDS?s pick: Falcons 34, Buccaneers 13.

Florio?s take:? The Bucs haven?t been the same team since they nearly beat the Falcons in Tampa.? The Falcons are still trying to prove that they?re one of the best teams in the league.

Florio?s pick:? Falcons 27, Buccaneers 17.

Jets at Bills

MDS?s take: Football fans, the Greg McElroy-Ryan Fitzpatrick quarterback matchup you?ve all been waiting for is finally here. Fitzpatrick will throw a couple of touchdown passes in what may be his final start in Buffalo.

MDS?s pick: Bills 20, Jets 10.

Florio?s take:? The Jets have folded the tents, even though the circus is still in town.? Buffalo celebrates the news of a new lease with a home win to end the season, just in time for plenty of changes.

Florio?s pick:? Bills 27, Jets 14.

Ravens at Bengals

MDS?s take: At first glance this might look like a big game, matching up two playoff teams. But with the Bengals locked into the No. 6 seed and the Ravens highly likely to end up with the No. 4 seed, neither of these teams has a lot to play for. I think the Ravens, however, will be a little more motivated to build on the momentum from last week?s win over the Giants and will take this one.

MDS?s pick: Ravens 21, Bengals 14.

Florio?s take:? This meaningless game has plenty of meaning for the Bengals, who need to convince themselves that they can beat the Ravens, in order to obtain the confidence that they can do something else they haven?t done in an even longer time ? win in the playoffs.

Florio?s pick:? Bengals 27, Ravens 20.

Bears at Lions

MDS?s take: In 2000, the Lions were 9-6 heading into Week 17 and needed only to beat the 4-11 Bears to make the playoffs. Instead, the Bears pulled the upset and Lions owner William Clay Ford cleaned house and began the disastrous Matt Millen era. This year it?s the 9-6 Bears who need to beat the 4-11 Lions to have a shot at the playoffs. I?ll take the Lions to get their revenge in an upset.

MDS?s pick: Lions 28, Bears 24.

Florio?s take:? Rodney Harrison declared while watching the Lions lose to the Falcons that Detroit?s body language suggests the Lions have quit.? The Bears haven?t.? Sometimes, it?s that easy.

Florio?s pick:? Bears 24, Lions 10.

Texans at Colts

MDS?s take: The Texans are playing for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, while the Colts are already locked into the No. 5 seed in the AFC. Houston has more to play for and is a better team and will win this one going away.

MDS?s pick: Texans 36, Colts 17.

Florio?s take:? The Texans have never won in Indianapolis.? They need it this time more than ever.? But the Colts will have coach Chuck Pagano back, and even if the Colts leave so much on the field that it will make it harder to win in the playoffs, they?ll leave it all on the field to beat the Texans.

Florio?s pick:? Colts 27, Texans 23.

Packers at Vikings

MDS?s take: This is the biggest game played in Minnesota since Brett Favre led the Vikings to a divisional playoff win over the Cowboys three years ago. Unfortunately for Vikings fans, they?re hosting a Packers team that?s peaking at the right time. I like Aaron Rodgers to lead the Packers to a high-scoring win.

MDS?s pick: Packers 35, Vikings 27.

Florio?s take:? The Vikings are playing for a postseason berth.? The Packers are playing for a bye.? The Packers remain the better team, and they have every reason to demonstrate that on Sunday.? To the delight of the Bears.

Florio?s pick:? Packers 34, Vikings 21.

Dolphins at Patriots

MDS?s take: A win probably won?t be enough to earn New England a first-round playoff bye, but the Patriots will be motivated to try ? and to wash out the bad taste of back-to-back disappointing performances, in a loss to the 49ers and a close win over the Jaguars.

MDS?s pick: Patriots 41, Dolphins 14.

Florio?s take:? The Pats still have a crack at a bye.? That?s all the incentive they need to take out the Dolphins for the second time this month.

Florio?s pick:? Patriots 34, Dolphins 17.

Panthers at Saints

MDS?s take: It?s a meaningless game for both teams, but that doesn?t make it a bad game: Both of these teams have been playing good football in recent weeks, despite falling short of the playoffs. I like the Panthers to keep their winning streak going and make a statement that they?re a team to keep an eye on in 2013.

MDS?s pick: Panthers 24, Saints 21.

Florio?s take:? New Orleans is trying to finish on a high note.? And they are succeeding.

Florio?s pick:? Saints 34, Panthers 10.

Eagles at Giants

MDS?s take: The Eagles quit on Andy Reid months ago. The Giants have looked in the last couple weeks like they quit on Tom Coughlin. Both of these teams are slouching toward the end of the season, but the Giants have more to play for.

MDS?s pick: Giants 14, Eagles 10.

Florio?s take:? The Giants are playing for pride, along with a sliver of hope that they could make it to the playoffs if enough other teams lose.? If the Giants find a way in, there?s a pretty good chance they won?t lose again.

Florio?s pick:? Giants 27, Eagles 20.

Browns at Steelers

MDS?s take: This game is meaningless, and I?m tempted to pick the Browns on the theory that the Steelers will be feeling a hangover from their disappointing Week 16 loss. But the Browns have gone in the tank over the last couple of weeks, and at this point I?m not sure I?d pick them to win on the road against anyone.

MDS?s pick: Steelers 17, Browns 9.

Florio?s take:? The Browns haven?t swept the Steelers since 1988, 11 years before the current edition of the Browns was born.? With rampant changes looming in Cleveland, the Steelers still have enough gas in the tank to avoid getting punked by the franchise they?ve owned since 1999 (even though the Browns are now technically owned by a guy who still owns a chunk of the Steelers).

Florio?s pick:? Steelers 20, Browns 10.

Jaguars at Titans

MDS?s take: Last time the Titans suffered a humiliating blowout loss and were called out by their owner, they responded by winning the next game. I think they?ll do it again.

MDS?s pick: Titans 24, Jaguars 14.

Florio?s take:? Bud Adams isn?t happy with his coaching staff.? He?ll be slightly less unhappy after Sunday, but still unhappy enough to clean house.

Florio?s pick:? Titans 27, Jaguars 16.

Chiefs at Broncos

MDS?s take: Knowing they need to win in order to earn a first-round playoff bye, the Broncos will pound the Chiefs, who have nothing to play for other than the first pick in next year?s draft ? which Kansas City will earn by losing.

MDS?s pick: Broncos 27, Chiefs 10.

Florio?s take:? With 10 straight wins each by at least seven points, the Broncos could be the best team in the playoff field.? They?re definitely good enough to continue chasing a bye week.

Florio?s pick:? Broncos 34, Chiefs 10.

Raiders at Chargers

MDS?s take: With Norv Turner virtually assured of being fired after the game, his team will send him out a winner in an AFC West contest that doesn?t really matter for much of anything.

MDS?s pick: Chargers 24, Raiders 10.

Florio?s take:? Norv Turner has one last chance to change the owner?s mind.? It won?t matter.

Florio?s pick:? Chargers 24, Raiders 10.

Cardinals at 49ers

MDS?s take: San Francisco will shake off Sunday night?s thrashing in Seattle to clinch the NFC West.

MDS?s pick: 49ers 28, Cardinals 3.

Florio?s take:? The Niners are on the brink of squandering the NFC West title that we were ready to hand them back in September.? If they can?t beat the Cardinals and Brian Hoyer at home, San Fran doesn?t even deserve to be in the playoffs.

Florio?s pick:? 49ers 31, Cardinals 13.

Rams at Seahawks

MDS?s take: No one wants to play the Seahawks right now. They?re destroying everything in their paths. The Rams will be no different.

MDS?s pick: Seahawks 45, Rams 7.

Florio?s take:? The Seahawks, who lost their first round of NFC West games, have been exacting revenge in a big way.? They finish the job on Sunday.

Florio?s pick:? Seahawks 41, Rams 17.

Cowboys at Redskins

MDS?s take: In the biggest game of the day, the Cowboys will ride Tony Romo and Dez Bryant to a high-scoring win. I suspect that Robert Griffin III is hurting more than he?s letting on and won?t be able to move as effectively as he did in the Redskins? Thanksgiving win over the Cowboys. Dallas will take the NFC East crown.

MDS?s pick: Cowboys 31, Redskins 28.

Florio?s take:? For the second straight year, the NFC East title game returns to prime time in Week 17.? For the second straight year, the home team advances.? For the second straight year, the Cowboys come up short.

Florio?s pick:? Redskins 24, Cowboys 21.

Source: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/12/26/richard-sherman-likely-to-sue-league-if-suspended/related/

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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced plans Tuesday to launch a pilot epidemiological study of cancer risks near six nuclear power plants, including San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in north San Diego County.

The commission is acting out of growing concern that using uranium to produce electricity may be dangerous even without accidents at nuclear plants. In addition, recent epidemiological studies in Germany and France suggest that the children living near nuclear reactors are twice as likely to develop leukemia.

The U.S. study will be conducted by the National Academy of Sciences, which will also help the commission determine whether to extend the study to all 65 U.S. nuclear power plants and certain nuclear fuel sites.

The pilot study will investigate cancer rates in each census tract within a 30-mile radius of the nuclear facilities, and assess cancers in children younger than 15 whose mothers lived near a nuclear facility during pregnancy. About 1 million people live within five miles of operating nuclear plants in the United States, and more than 45 million live within 30 miles, nuclear regulatory officials said.

The study will cost about $2 million and is to begin later this year, with the results available in 2014, commission spokesman Scott Burnell said. Before beginning, researchers will meet with communities near the plants to explain how the study will be conducted, Burnell said.

The academy chose sites that provide a broad representation of engineering designs and operating histories in states that have a variety of data retrieval systems in cancer registries.

The study area around the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, which has been out of commission since January because of equipment problems, encompasses 2.4 million people in more than 50 cities, including Laguna Beach, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Santa Ana, Tustin, Lake Elsinore, Temecula, Oceanside, Escondido, Solana Beach and Camp Pendleton.

The last time officials assessed cancer rates near nuclear power plants was in 1990. The National Cancer Institute studied cancer risks posed by the 104 licensed reactors the commission governed at that time. The study concluded that the health risks, if any, were too small to be measured.

The commission has been relying on the results of that study ever since to inform the public about cancer mortality rates near nuclear reactors.

"I'm very pleased about this pilot study," said Roger Johnson, a retired neuroscience professor and member of the nonprofit environmental group San Clemente Green, which has raised safety and health concerns about San Onofre.

"Most people are focused on accidents at nuclear power plants," Johnson said. "They don't realize that they store tons of radioactive material and emit low levels of radioactive waste into the atmosphere."

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A California surfer was killed Tuesday, almost certainly by a great white shark. The attack comes in a year when sightings of white sharks are up on both coasts. Scientists are trying to find out why.

By Daniel B. Wood,?Staff writer / October 24, 2012

This file photo shows Surf Beach near Lompoc, Calif., where a California surfer was killed in a shark attack Tuesday. A beachgoer was killed in a shark attack at the same beach in 2010.

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A fatal shark attack off the coast of California Tuesday is raising fresh questions about an uptick in encounters between white sharks and humans along the West Coast and beyond.

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Officials are investigating the bite marks in the torso of a man killed at a popular swimming spot near Vandenberg Air Force Base to determine the species of shark in the attack, but experts have suggested that it is almost certainly a great white.

The death is the 13th in California waters since 1950, but the fifth since 2003. That increased rate of fatal attacks, combined with an increasing number of great white sightings this summer on both coasts, has led to speculation over what is behind the increased interface.

The answer is, for now, unclear. Some scientists say better management of the commercial fishing industry has led to a substantial increase in the white shark population. Others suggest that the increasing number of people surfing, swimming, and kayaking has created new opportunities for white sharks and humans to cross paths.

But many experts agree that smartphones are giving people unprecedented ability to record white shark encounters ? adding to the attention these encounters receive ? and they say the pattern of attacks and sightings fits well into their understanding of the shark's seasonal migrations.

Above all, they agree that data show white shark attacks remain exceedingly rare, and the threat posed by them is small.

The issue first gained attention in July, when a white shark bit a kayak off Santa Cruz, Calif., throwing the man out of his boat. He was unhurt. The same week, a white shark was photographed trailing a kayak off Cape Cod, though it never attacked.

The Cape saw a record number of white shark sightings this summer. Likewise, officials in Santa Barbara, Calif., have been surprised at the number of white-shark sightings.

?It?s very unusual to see this many white sharks in our area,? Mick Kronman, harbor operations manager with the city?s Waterfront Department, told Noozhawk, a local news website. ?They?ve been really close.?

Santa Barbara officials responded by posting warning signs at beaches for the first time. Cape Cod officials are currently discussing how to handle the situation.

On the Cape, a growth of the seal population is seen as bringing more white sharks, which feed on the seals. Similar dynamics could be in play off the California coast. The sightings here could signal that marine ecosystems are becoming more healthy after the passage laws targeting overfishing, such as the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 and a ban on near-shore gill nets in 1994.

According to one estimate, there could be a few as 300 white sharks in California waters. But whether that represents an increase, decrease, or steady number is virtually impossible to know.

?We can?t know what low means because we don?t know how many there were prior to human fishing pressure,? says Chris Lowe, a marine biologist at California State University, Long Beach.

He suggests that the number of white sharks off California has increased significantly in recent years. ?They?ve made a comeback bigger than most biologists would imagine,? he says.

But Andrew Nosal of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., told the Los Angeles Times that he attributes the increased interface between humans and white sharks more to human activity.

What is more certain is the seasonal regularity.

Pacific white sharks hang out in what is known as the ?White Shark Caf?? about 1,000 miles off shore for about six months of the year and then head for the Baja Peninsula. The migration takes about three weeks of swimming high speed for 50 miles per day, leaving them famished when they arrive near land. As they move northward throughout the summer and autumn into California waters, they're scouring the coastline where their prey lives ? and where humans frolic.

?There is most definitely a seasonal pattern to this,? says Sal Jorgenson, senior researcher at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Despite all this, white sharks pose no serious threat to humans, says Dr. Lowe. ?More people are killed driving to the beach, and yet we all take that risk.?

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NOC, seen here in an image from an archival video, was recorded in the 1980s making vocalizations that imitated human speech. The findings weren't published until this week.

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NOC, seen here in an image from an archival video, was recorded in the 1980s making vocalizations that imitated human speech. The findings weren't published until this week.

Whales are among the great communicators of the animal world. They produce all sorts of sounds: squeaks, whistles and even epic arias worthy of an opera house.

And one whale in particular has apparently done something that's never been documented before: He imitated human speech.

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The beluga, or white whale, is smallish as whales go and very cute, if you're into marine mammals. Belugas are called the "canaries of the sea" because they're very vocal.

These sounds are for things like echolocation, like bats use, or for basic communication, as in, "Hello, honey, I'm home."

But a white whale at San Diego's National Marine Mammal Foundation did something very different. NOC (pronounced Nocee), as he was called, lived in an enclosure in the San Diego Bay. Biologist Sam Ridgway was there one day when divers were swimming nearby. "This one diver surfaced next to the whale pen and said, 'Who told me to get out?' And the supervisor said, 'Nobody said anything.' "

A curious Ridgway started recording NOC. And what he heard was quite strange: It had the cadence and rhythm of human speech. No words were distinguishable, but the sounds were eerily "right." Ridgway laid out audiograms of NOC's chatter, and they showed that the rhythm and pitch were different from NOC's normal sounds: They were, in fact, very similar to human speech. NOC had lowered the pitch of his sounds several octaves below normal, into the range of human speech at 300-400 hertz.

This archival video shows the white whale named NOC swimming around researchers' boats. (Note: This video has no sound.)

Ridgway says there's no reason to think NOC understood speech; he was just mimicking humans he'd heard. From where? "I think it was from divers using underwater communication equipment," he says.

When NOC was mimicking humans, Ridgway looked inside the whale's nose. "He did an unusual thing that we had never seen before in any of these animals," Ridgway recalls, "which was, he overinflated the two large sacs that kind of collect air to make sound."

This all took place in the mid-1980s. After a few years, NOC stopped talking. He lived to be 30 and died five years ago. Ridgway just published his research in the journal Current Biology. He says he would have done it earlier, but thought a talking whale was a "side issue."

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Every year, Women in Consulting (WIC) conducts an annual survey on consulting best practices and compensation. I?ve had the pleasure of working with Jennifer Berkley-Jackson on this survey for the past three years (this is the 11^th anniversary of the survey?and Jen has done all eleven!), and every year, attitude appears amongst the advice participants offer for building your business.

And attitude really is everything. If you?re good but you have doubts, it impacts your business. If you?re impatient, it impacts your business. If you?re negative, it impacts your business. You get the idea.

Four of my favorite quotes from this year?s survey really some up the importance of attitude in consulting:

?Keep a positive attitude. Things can change dramatically in a week.?

?Stick with it?some days, just showing up counts for a lot. And remember, if it were all that damn easy, everybody would be doing it.?

?If you believe you have a service/product to offer the world, put together a strong plan to achieve specific goals. Don?t let nay-sayers take your vision from you. It takes up to three years to really get a business up and running, where your phone is ringing. Believe in yourself and don?t give up.?

?Be brave enough to raise your rates! If you were a full-time employee, you?d get a regular raise; and yet consultants are so timid to ask for a raise, they go for years without any increase.?

So, remember?

Be bold
Be positive
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Be yourself
Believe in yourself and ask for what you?re worth

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?let me know what you do to keep your attitude flying high and how it helps your business.

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?if hasn?t worked for you, I want to hear from you, too!

And (the last one, I promise!)?

?if you want to learn more about the results of WIC?s 11^th Annual Consulting Best Practices and Compensation Survey, join us for our webinar on November 7 at 11am PDT. If you can?t make it, the webinar will also be available on-demand. The full survey report will also be made available to WIC full and leaders? network members around mid-October. If you?re not a full member and are interested in learning more, we have information on our website.

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Tomas Berdych outlasted Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Sunday's final at the Stockholm Open.

The second-seeded Berdych rallied past Tsonga, the No. 1 seed, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Berdych improved to 2-2 in finals this year, beating Gael Monfils to win the Montpellier title in February before losing in the Madrid final to Roger Federer in May and falling to John Isner in the final at Winston-Salem in August.

The Czech is now 8-8 for his career in title matches.

"It feels pretty good to have won a second title this season," Berdych said. "When I was 2-4 down in the second set, I remained positive and focused on my game. Against Jo you have to stay positive until the last point. I am happy that I was able to turnaround the match and that's what makes this title special."

Tsonga was trying to win his third title of 2012. He won in Doha to start the campaign in January and also captured the Metz crown in September.

Berdych is 3-1 lifetime against Tsonga.

With the victory, Berdych took home $113,795.

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Businesses are increasingly taking stock of water management and risk as a cornerstone of sustainability U.S. corporations are increasingly looking to sustainable water management standards that exceed the statutes of the Clean Water Act?(CWA).? The CWA was passed 40 years ago on October 18th, 1972, it establishes the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into U.S. waters. Although the CWA has not met its original goal of eliminating pollutants, some businesses are nonetheless showing initiative.

According to a 2011 study, global warming will diminish global supplies of fresh water. Although these findings?focus?on urban centers in South America, it is likely that we will see more widespread water loss due to evaporation caused by warmer temperatures. In the U.S., water problems associated with climate change are not a problem of the future. The drought of 2012 reveals that we are already experiencing the effects of a warming planet.

A report from the 2030 Water Resources Group (PDF), including the International Finance Corporation and McKinsey & Company, found that the world faces a 40 percent global shortfall between forecasted water demand and availability by 2030.

Agriculture takes up most of human water use and groundwater levels have already dropped in the western U.S., according to a pair of studies of satellite gravity monitoring data conducted by researchers at the University of California Center for Hydrologic Modeling in Irvine, Science News reports.

Farmers in California?s Central Valley, which accounts for nearly 1/6 of irrigated land in the entire country, pump nearly 4 cubic kilometers of water per year out from underground. In addition to farming, dams and channelization are two pervasive threats to freshwater ecosystems today.

Some of the main causes of marine pollution are nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, ocean acidification, ozone depleting substances, dredging, rising sea levels, ocean dumping, pollution from cruise ships, marine debris, noise pollution from ships, oil spills and plastic.

NGOs and Government

As reported by Environmental Leader, there are numerous foundations working on water issues. They include the World Resources Institute, CERES, the Gates Foundation, One.org, the Johnson Foundation at Wingspread, Water.org, and the Safe Water Network.

In 2007, the UN Secretary-General launched the Global Compact?s CEO Water Mandate, a public-private initiative designed to assist companies in the development, implementation and disclosure of water sustainability policies and practices. The CEO Water Mandate seeks to build an international movement of committed companies, both leaders and learners. In this spirit, it is open to companies of all sizes and sectors.

The U.S. government is also involved in water issues through agencies like the U.S. Department of State, USAID, the US Department of Commerce, the US Department of Agriculture and the US Environmental Protection Agency. In February 2012, the US Department of State convened a roundtable to discuss forming the US Water Partnership. The partnership coordinates divergent water efforts among industry, NGOs and US government agencies.

The 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG) is working to foster collaboration between the public and private sectors that create sustainable solutions to water scarcity.

Business

Jonas Kron is an investment adviser at Trillium Asset Management, he worries about the business of water. Trillium focuses on environmentally sustainable investments, and he is concerned that the $900 million?fund that he manages will be impacted by the world?s dwindling supply of fresh water. However, Kron believes that most companies will eventually realize they need to factor?climate change and water risk into their bottom line.

It is becoming increasingly obvious to many businesses that there is not an infinite supply of clean, usable water. Many corporations are cutting back on water consumption. A number of large multinationals are actively engaged in water management issues.

In 2010, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission required publicly traded companies to disclose water related issues. According to the 2011 CDP Water Disclosure Global Report 2011, more companies view water as a business opportunity (63 percent) than a risk (59 percent). The opportunities range from the savings realized by using less to potential new products and services. Nearly 80 percent see those opportunities impacting business in the next five years.

A 2010 Ceres survey found that 39 percent of 150 respondents had already experienced negative water-related impacts. They included disruption to operations from drought or flooding, declining water quality that required costly on-site pretreatment, increases in water prices, and fines and litigation relating to pollution incidents.

A June 2012 report from Ceres said Anheuser-Busch InBev, Coca-Cola and Pepsi are among the 27 percent of companies that see the connection between climate change and water risk.? As reviewed in a 2012 Environmental Leader report, big beverage companies including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Miller and MolsonCoors have identified long-term water supply as a risk.

In 2006, the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable was created to address water and energy issues. USA Today has indicated total amount of money invested in water conservation projects by beverage companies over the past five years at more than $500 million.

In 2010, Coca-Cola estimated that its facilities have reused more than 2,294,000 kiloliters of rainwater or treated wastewater. About 39 percent of Coca-Cola facilities have indicated that they reuse water before or after treatment. Coca-Cola has developed a beverage process water recovery system that can reduce a manufacturing plant?s water use by up to 35 percent. The company has pledged to improve water efficiency a total of 20 percent by the end of 2012, compared with a 2004 baseline.

In 2011, Pepsi met its goal of improving water use efficiency 20 percent by 2015, compared with a 2006 baseline. Pepsi also says it will provide 3 million people with access to clean drinking water by 2015.

The Dr Pepper Snapple Group has pledged $1 million over the next four years to protect Texas watersheds that provide water for its bottling plants. By 2015, Dr Pepper plans to cut water use and wastewater discharge 10 percent per gallon of finished product, compared to 2009 levels.

IBM treats and converts millions of gallons of water in their Burlington, Vermont, semiconductor plant and between 2000 and 2009, it cut water usage by 29 percent, saving $3.6 million per year. Ford Motor Co. cut water use by 62 percent between 2000 and 2010; now the company hopes to cut use by another 30 percent over the next three years. Sun World, a Bakersfield, Calif.-based fruit grower, redesigned its irrigation system and lowered water consumption by nearly 9 percent.

Nike has committed itself to a 15 percent improvement in water use by 2015 as compared to a 2011 baseline. A Google data center in Georgia is conserving up to 30 percent of the water it uses with the help of a reuse system.

Another Environmental Leader article reports that water was an important issue at the Rio+20 Earth Summit. CEOs from Coca-Cola Company, Pepsico, Levi Strauss & Co., Royal Dutch Shell, Unilever and 40 other international companies agreed to set targets on their own water efficiency and wastewater management in factories and operations, and called on governments attending to make global water security a top priority.

In an initiative known as the Global Compact?s CEO Water Mandate, companies have pledged to work with suppliers to improve their water practices, and partner with nongovernmental organizations, UN agencies, governments and public authorities, investors, and other stakeholders on water-related projects and solutions.

Solutions

According to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report, cleaning and managing our seas could reduce pollution and boost economic growth.

Early in 2012, the Hill reported on the Obama administration?s ocean-protection strategy that outlines steps for federal agencies to meet the goals of a 2010 executive order. The plan includes improved spill response capabilities in the Arctic; an assessment of the impacts of climate change (including sea-level rise); improved management of ocean ecosystems; increased reliance on science and data; and increased collaboration with stakeholders and agencies.

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Businesses are increasingly employing the standardized methodologies used in a corporate water strategy:

Step 1: Know your water sources, use, consumption and discharge for all operations. Benchmark operations, set targets and drive efficiency.
Step 2: Establish a cross-functional water team to define a viable three-to-five-year water stewardship vision that is measurable and aligned with overall business goals.
Step 3: Complete a baseline water risk assessment to understand and compare local watershed conditions beyond the four walls of each facility.? Examine risks and opportunities including physical, regulatory and reputational.
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Step 5: Engage with supply chain partners to understand your company?s broader water footprint, impact and opportunities.
Step 6: Strategically engage with external stakeholders through partnerships, reporting and other related efforts.

Businesses are benefiting from the greater availability of data, tools, and best practices. Corporations are increasingly taking stock of the risks and opportunities posed by water, and they?re also becoming more adept at collecting and reporting water data.

Water issues are slowly working their way up the corporate sustainability agenda and emerging as a core business issue. Companies without sustainable water management practices risk having restricted access to capital, high loan rates, and inflated insurance premiums.

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ? The digital divide is wider than ever between diners who talk, tweet and snap pictures mid-meal and those who wish they'd just shut up, shut down and be present.

Caught at the center of the discord are restaurant owners and chefs, who must walk the careful line of good customer service for both those who dine under the influence of smart phones, and those who won't. But as the devices have morphed into an unrelenting appendage for texting, photography and games, more restaurateurs are challenged to keep the peace.

Owners who once relied mostly on "no cell phones, please" signs, increasingly are experimenting with everything from penalties for using phones, discounts for not and outright bans on photography.

"There's no place to get away from the chatter," said Julie Liberty of Miami, who started the Facebook page "Ban Cell Phones From Restaurants" earlier this year. "Everything has a soundtrack, including when you go into the ladies room. That's just not right."

It's a touchy issue. Consider the crush of news coverage Eva Restaurant in Los Angeles generated when it began offering patrons a 5 percent discount if they leave their phone at the door. Online comments ranged from cheers of "YES!" to others who said their phones would have to be pried from their cold, dead hands.

The policy is working, though. Eva's Rom Toulon said about 40 percent of our customers will leave their cell phones at the door.

"After a few cocktails and glasses of wine, it can be challenging to remember that you left the phone behind," he said.

The burst of headlines for Eva came after a Burlington, Vt., deli took on cyber-folk hero status for posting a sign informing customers that $3 will be added to their bill "if you fail to get off your phone while at the counter. It's rude." Disgusted diners are doing their part too with games like "phone stack," in which everyone places their phones in a stack in the middle of the table. The first person who reaches for their phone pays the bill for all.

These are more creative approaches to the no cell-phone signs now common in restaurants ranging from highbrow to quick-eats. The landmark Boston restaurant Locke-Ober asks diners ? in language appropriate for a place with a dress code ? to "kindly refrain from using cellular phones." In Albany, N.Y., the Hamilton Street Cafe has a more direct, hand-drawn "No cell phones at the counter" sign with a phone with a red "X'' through it.

Owner Sue Dayton said the sign by the counter helps keep the lunch line moving.

"You get a half-hour for lunch. You walk up here and you have to stand behind someone not paying attention enough to say what kind of bread they want on their BLT because they're on their cell phone," Dayton said.

Irritation over distracted dining has broadened with the rise of photo-sharing apps like Instagram. The popular online scrapbook Pinterest is clogged with pictures of everything from pan fried noodles to poutine snapped moments before digestion. Chefs ? who, as a rule, put a premium on control ? don't always take kindly to their dining rooms becoming shooting galleries.

Grant Achatz, the famous Chicago-based molecular gastronomist, wrote a much-forwarded post several years ago grousing about diners who snap the meal away and even try to video his staff without asking permission. "I can't imagine how celebrities feel," he wrote. "No wonder they punch the paparazzi out when they get the chance."

Some restaurateurs go with the digital flow. Sarabeth Levine, of New York City-based Sarabeth's, said she's perfectly fine with people chatting, playing games or even taking pictures. It's free advertising, after all.

"I'm happy to have our customers," Levine said. "They come, they tweet, they Facebook, they bring their children. It's high energy to begin with. I mean, people are noisy even in the way they speak today."

Other restaurants go as far as to bar picture taking, like David Chang's Ko in Manhattan. Others take a middle ground, like the high-end Washington, D.C., restaurant Rogue 24, where hostesses politely tell guests that if they do take pictures, please do so without a distracting flash.

"I mean you can't fight it," said owner R. J. Cooper. "Why fight a losing battle?"

Actually, the battle might already be lost.

The use of hand-held devices at the table is implicitly encouraged at the growing number of restaurants that offer Wi-Fi access or accept payment via smartphone. The Manhattan restaurant Comodo even encourages guests to upload pictures of their dishes to Instagram with the hashtag (hash)comodomenu to create a user-generated "Instagram menu." Sharing trends are likely to accelerate as the generation who has no memory of a world before cell phones comes of age.

Already, about one in five U.S. adults say they share online when eating a meal with others, and more than a third of teens do the same, according to the 2012 State of Mobile Etiquette Survey for Intel Corp.

The same survey found 81 percent of U.S. adults believe mobile manners are getting worse, up 6 percentage points from last year. A Zagat survey this month found most respondents disapproving of texting, tweeting and emailing when eating out, but a majority accepted picture taking.

"I think it's about having more time under our belt with what the new normal is," said etiquette expert Anna Post, the great-great-granddaughter of Emily Post.

While the technology is new, the rules of etiquette are old-fashioned common sense. Silence your phone in restaurants and don't answer unless there's a very good reason, like a sick kid back home. And if you do answer, excuse yourself from the table. Try to keep your phone off the table, it signals to your companions that you waiting for something better.

As for taking pictures, Post said consider the sort of place you're in ? busy pub or cloistered bistro? ? and who you're with.

"Ask yourself, 'Just because I want to take a photo of my food, is this the right place? Am I with the right people for this to be OK?'" Post said. "The answer can't always be yes."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/restaurant-cell-phone-distractions-still-irritate-175932509--finance.html

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