President Bush Attends Unveiling of The Union League of Philadelphia's Portrait of the President PODCAST VIDEO

President George W. Bush stands next to his portrait as he delivers remarks Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008, to the Union League of Philadelphia. Founded in 1862, the Union League has hosted U.S. Presidents, heads of state, industrialists, entertainers and visiting dignitaries from around the globe. The portrait, painted by Mark Carder and presented by the League, will become part of its Presidential Portrait Collection. White House photo by Eric Draper.

President Bush Attends Unveiling of The Union League of Philadelphia's Portrait of the President, FULL STREAMING VIDEO Lincoln Hall Union League of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10:38 A.M. EST. PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLE THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Welcome to my hanging. (Laughter and applause.) Thank you for coming and thank you for your warm welcome.

First, I'd like to compliment Mark Carder. He did a really fine job with a challenging subject. (Laughter.) I was taken aback by how much gray paint you had to use. (Laughter.) It speaks more about my job than yours. (Laughter.) But thanks a lot, it's been a joy to work with you and I'm confident this portrait will stand the test of time.

I want to thank Fred and Frank for welcoming me here. I thank you for the medal. I'm keeping pretty good company, which I will speak about in a minute.

First of all I do want to thank the board of directors of The Union League for taking time out of your Saturday to be here. And I appreciate all the guests who have come, as well.

I particularly want to say thanks to my friend, Arlen Specter, for joining us. (Applause.) It's been a joy working with you -- most of the time. (Laughter.) He's a pretty independent-minded fellow -- (laughter) -- who is honest and decent. (Applause.) And like me, he married very well. (Laughter.) So Joan, thanks for being here, and I appreciate -- I appreciate you supporting this good man during some very difficult times. (Applause.)

I thank the Hoopers, for paying for this work. (Applause.) I thank Jim Straw and the Abraham Lincoln Foundation and the Foundation members who are here today. I appreciate you preserving the legacy of a -- of a good man.

I am -- it turns out this award had been given to folks I have had the honor of serving with: Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Don Rumsfeld, Secretary Tom Ridge -- three good men who are dedicated and patriot public servants.

I'm especially proud to be a co-recipient with a guy I call "41." (Applause.) The 1987 Gold Medal Award Winner -- a guy I call "dad," you call him "President Bush." We owe our achievements to the same savvy political counselor and firm disciplinarian: Barbara. (Laughter and applause.) And they're both doing well, by the way. (Applause.) Mother is coming out of the hospital. I hope they don't put this on TV, but she's a tough old bird -- (laughter) -- whose spirits are soaring high.

The motto of The Union League is "Love of Country Leads." You obviously love our country because you continue to lead in ways that make Philadelphia a more compassionate place, and I want to thank you for that. I appreciate the fact that you have mentoring programs and internships and scholarships. That basically says the dream is for all who live in this country. I thank you for your efforts to preserve historical treasures. One can learn a lot from the past, and The Union League is doing its part to tell the true story of our great nation.

In short, I thank you for your service to your community and our country.

I also thank you for preserving the legacy of Abraham Lincoln. I'm about to be a member of the Ex-President's Club, so I'll just call him "Abe." (Laughter.) If he were around I could say, you call me "W." (Laughter.) I don't know if you know this or not, but there's a place in the Oval Office where the President puts the most influential President -- portrait of, I guess you'd say "influential President." I'm somewhat conflicted about the "influential President," so I say, 41's portrait hangs in my heart, 16 hangs on the wall. (Applause.)

I found it interesting that the League was founded in 1862, to support President Lincoln in a time when his leadership was deeply controversial. (Laughter.) I know how he felt. (Laughter.)

But the principles on which he stood have stood the test of time: All men are created equal under God, he said, unflinchingly throughout his presidency. (Applause.) Liberty is given to every man, woman and child on the face of the earth. I believe, like Lincoln, there is an Almighty - (applause) - and a gift of that Almighty to every man is freedom. He has taught Presidents that you must act on your principles and make tough decisions, regardless of the political consequences. (Applause.)

I have been a - I have drawn strength from his example. I have learned lessons by reading about Abraham Lincoln. And I want to thank you for preserving his legacy. (Applause.)

And most importantly, I thank you for your kind words and your heartfelt prayers during the last eight years. It has been -- somebody said, what's it's like to be President? I said, some days you're happy, some days not so happy -- every day joyous to serve the United States.

God bless you, and God bless our country. (Applause.)

END 10:46 A.M. EST For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary December 6, 2008

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High speed broadband will create energy bottleneck and slow Internet

"Increased services like Video on Demand will put pressure on the system and create an energy bottleneck,"

said Dr Kerry Hinton of the University's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the ARC Special Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks (CUBIN).

In a world-first model of internet power consumption, University of Melbourne researchers have been able to identify the major contributors to Internet power consumption as the take-up of broadband services grows in the coming years.

"It has now become clear that the exponential growth of the Internet is not sustainable, "said Dr Hinton.

The result indicates that, even with the improvements in energy efficiency of electronics, the power consumption of the Internet will increase from 0.5% of today's national electricity consumption to 1% by around 2020.

Dr Hinton says the growth of the Internet, IT broadband telecommunications will provide a wide range of new products and services.

New home services include Video on Demand, web based real-time gaming, social networking, peer-to-peer networking and more. For the business community, new services may include video conferencing, outsourcing and tele-working.

"To support these new high-bandwidth services, the capacity of the Internet will need to be significantly increased. If Internet capacity is increased, the energy consumption, and consequently the carbon footprint of the Internet will also increase."

"This will place a major burden on the nation's power infrastructure as well as significantly contribute to green house gas production." Hinton says major ICT and Internet based companies are already experiencing difficulties due to the size and power requirements of servers, routers and data centres.

The model includes the entire network infrastructure required to provide the increasing traffic volumes arising from proposed new high-bandwidth services.

"Increasing amounts of energy will be needed to power and cool Internet equipment that provides high speed broadband."

"If service providers don't update their equipment, energy consumption will soar, but then cost of updating may also be prohibitive."

"This model is important because it shows us where we must focus our efforts to ensure the Internet is energy efficient. If we don't do this, the Internet will not fulfil the social and economic promise many of us are expecting of it," Dr Hinton said

The research will be presented at "Symposium on Sustainability of the Internet and ICT" hosted by The ARC Special Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks (CUBIN) 25 – 26 November at the University of Melbourne. ###

"The Symposium on Sustainability of the Internet and ICT is the first technology symposium in Australia to bring together researchers and practitioners involved with the design and deployment of the Internet, today and into the future," he said.

Highlights of the program include

• Carbon Rewards Instead of Carbon Taxes - Bill St. Arnaud (Canarie, Canada)
• Green @ Google: A Commitment to Sustainability - 'Kevin Chen (Google)
• Sources of Energy Drain on Internet Datacenters - Dr. Eng-Lim Goh (Silicon Graphics Inc)
• Smart 2020: Enabling the Low Carbon Economy in the Information Age Jodi Newcombe (The Climate Group)

For more information visit www.ee.unimelb.edu.au/green_internet/

For media inquiries contact Rebecca Scott Media Officer University of Melbourne Tel:+61383440181 Email:rebeccas@unimelb.edu.au

Contact: rebecca scott rebeccas@unimelb.edu.au 61-383-440-181 University of Melbourne