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The F-word Authors Should Learn from Rap Music
Hip hop, or rap, has done extremely well in the past twenty years and I would argue it is largely because of the F-word. Fans want the F-word, plain and simple, and I'm willing to bet this holds true with writing just as much as with rap music. The F-word I'm referring to is featuring. It's seen after the title of many, many hip hop songs, used to highlight a guest performer. Many music artists have worked together in the past, but no other music genre has done it so effectively. Writers would do well to learn from this strategy. In this post I highlight some rap examples of this success and discuss ways we can apply this technique to writing.
When someone starts listening to a particular rapper, it's not long before they have a list of other rappers they also want to check out. Fans quickly become aware of other artists similar to, or liked by, their new star. When they are looking for something else to listen to, guess where they are going to turn.
Rappers seem to enjoy promoting each other. Not only do rappers collaborate on songs and show up to each other's concerts, but often other performers will be mentioned in a song without even being featured in it. The only benefit is to raise awareness. Perhaps it's from the roots or history of rap, I'm not sure. What I do know is rappers take cross-promotion to a whole new level.
Take for example, Eminem. Arguably one of the most successful rappers of all time. A quick scan of singers he has featured, or has been featured with, reveals an extensive list, including: Skylar Grey, Obie Trice, Pink, Rhianna, Sia, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, Busta Rhyme, Cashis, Yelawolf, Dr. Dre, D12, Lloyd Banks, and Akon, Jay-z, and The Game, to name just a few. I stopped counting at sixty collaborators.
As a second example, I looked up Snoop Dogg. I stopped counting at ninety collaborators. Here's a quick scan of a few other big names: Jay-z, over sixty; Lil Wayne, over fifty; Kendrick Lamar, new to the scene has over twenty... eleven on one album.
This "featuring" in rap music, is simply cross-promotion done right. A fan of one is introduced to another through collaboration. Just as in the book world, rap fans are always on the lookout for more. As an author, there are a number of ways we can cross-promote as well. A few come to mind and I'll briefly mention each: anthologies, multi-author book collections or boxed sets, Kindle Worlds, co-writing a book with someone else, and a few other ideas.
An anthology is a collection of stories... quite often short stories, from different authors. An anthology often has a common genre or theme, which introduces fans to authors they may not heard of. It may be be a collection put together and sold for shared profits, for charity, or it may even be put out as a free collection. Either way it gets your name out in front of new readers.
Multi-Author Boxed Sets
This is a collection of books put out by a number of authors, usually at a discount price. Similar to an anthology, this may be a collection of books of similar genres. This is often a collection of previously released books bundled together. It could be a permanent option or and possibly only be available for a short time for a promotion. A huge benefit to anthologies and boxed sets are the collective marketing. If all authors are pushing the book or collection, more readers can be introduced to the other authors.
Kindle Worlds
Anyone who follows Joe's blog should know about Kindle Worlds. Amazon has a series of Worlds that anyone can write in. These include a number of popular series from authors, comic books, and even television series. The idea here is the same... if you write in the 'world' of an established author, you may be able to entice some of their existing fans to cross over into your books.
I've been in J.A. Konrath's Jack Daniels and Associates Kindle World for roughly six months now, and sales have been steady since. Not only am I currently selling books to Konrath fans, but I have no doubt this will also bring new readers to my other books over time.
I have two in Joe's Jack Daniels Kindle World, White Lady, and Paralyzer. Please check them out.
Co-Writing a Book
If you are very lucky, you may be able to co-write with a more established author. There are many examples of new authors being given an opportunity. Self-published Jude Hardin writing with Lee Child, Russell Blake writing with Clive Cussler, and Joe Konrath writing with F. Paul Wilson, are a few that come to mind. Even if you collaborate with other new authors, it will still benefit both of you. This isn't something I've tried yet, but it's on my list.
In my first book, Going Under, I name drop as a character (my psychotic antagonist) reads a J.A. Konrath book. In my new book, 14 Gable Lane, due out in February, I've worked in a similar scene where I have a character reading a book by another author friend of mine.
Back Material: Recommended Reading Lists, and Bonus Material
I've also seen cross-promoting using a Recommended Reading List in your back pages. This has been used by traditional publishing for years. If you can get a group of writers together who you recommend, you can list each other. With ebooks, you can even add hyperlinks to the author's Amazon page. You can also pair up and have an introduction to a friend's book as an extra at the back... maybe a few chapters, or a blurb, maybe even a short story.
Cross-promotion is an easy way to get your work in front of new eyes, but the take home message here is not just how to gain readers. The real message is, there are many ways in which you can help others by cross-promoting their work. We all gain far more from trying to help others than from trying to help ourselves. Take a lesson from the rappers on this one...prolific use of the F-word will help.
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016
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J. Wayne Luckenbill, 85, Sarasota, Fla., formerly of North Manchester, passed away on Sept. 25. He was born May 29, 1928 in North Manchester to Lewis and Grace (Pence) Luckenbill.
He is the former owner and operator of Manchester Floor Covering and the owner of Beneva Arms Apartments and Beneva Arms Realty in Sarasota, Fla. He is also a United States Navy veteran. He married Joan Hare. She survives.
He is also survived by his son, Jim Luckenbill; three daughters, Brenda (Erik) Dahlgaard, Peggy (Jon) Lemmon and Angela (Jim) Hockett; three grandchildren, Chris Bucher, Amy (Brian) Upholz and Dustin Luckenbill; and one sister, Thelma Eberly, South Whitley. He was preceded in death by his parents and one son, Michael Luckenbill passed away in 1968.
A celebration of life was held on Oct. 1 at the Strathmore Villas South Clubhouse in Sarasota, Fla. Arrangements are entrusted to McKee Mortuary.

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A Herpotological Study in Northwest Oklahoma
Most college students look forward to the summer so that they can take a break from school and have fun at the lakes. But for three summers in a row, while working towards his master's degree, Tim Periard spent the majority of his time doing a survey of reptiles and amphibians in Oklahoma's Black Mesa region.
"We really didn't know what to expect, since no one had done any research like this out there before," Periard said. "It's still really wild there and there is not much agricultural going on."
The survey was done in the Black Mesa region in the extreme northwestern part of Cimarron County. This region is the highest and driest of Oklahoma, and no other place in the state has the same type of habitat that is found there. During the summers of 2005, 2006 and 2007, data from 1,920 specimens were collected on such herps as the Texas horned lizard, prairie rattlesnake, Western coachwhip snake, Western green toad, New Mexico spadefoot toad and many others (35 different species altogether).
Periard's advisor, Dr. Stanley Fox, regents professor and curator of reptiles and amphibians at Oklahoma State University, "Although we did find some things that were a little on the rare side, there wasn't anything that hadn't been found before," said. Some of the rarer species included the Texas longnose snake, the checkered whiptail lizard, the lesser earless lizard and the red-spotted toad.
Periard used a variety of methods to capture the herps such as drift fences with pitfall and funnel traps, visual searching, cover boards, road cruising and amphibian nocturnal call surveys. Each specimen was measured for weight, length, sex, body temperature and the date, time and place of the sighting. Some environmental factors were also recorded such as air temperature and humidity level at the time of capture.
Collecting data wasn't always a simple matter for Periard. He used radio transmitters on the Texas horned lizard to learn more about its habitat use, movements, survival and demography, but there were some unexpected situations that took place during the study.
Periard remembers once when he was trying to track down a horned lizard that had a transmitter. "I was looking around for it and I knew that I was really close," he said. "All of a sudden I turned to my right and there was a Western coachwhip snake that had just eaten the horned lizard." Periard wanted the transmitter, so he captured the snake and kept it until it expelled the antenna.
The whole project was funded by the State Wildlife Grants program. Logistical support and some equipment were provided by the Oklahoma Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit as well as the Zoology department of OSU.
According to Fox, as a result of the survey "we now know a lot more about relative abundances and habitat use of the region's reptiles and amphibians." This has been helpful in providing insight into making proper wildlife management decisions to ensure that the species found in this fascinating corner of the state continue to thrive.
Written by Ryan Carini. Ryan attends Patrick Henry College and majors in journalism. Ryan interned with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
This project is funded by the State Wildlife Grants Program. The State Wildlife Grants Program provides federal money to every state and territory for cost-effective conservation aimed at preventing wildlife from becoming endangered. This program is administered by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and continues the long history of cooperation between the federal government and the states for managing and conserving wildlife species. For more information, visit www.teaming.com.
The Great Plains Trail
Traveling the High Plains of Oklahoma
A visit to the High Plains Loop on the Great Plains Trail of Oklahoma will expel the perception that the Plains are flat! The vistas and rolling hills in this Loop, uniquely positioned between the Cimarron and Beaver rivers, combines the characteristics of desert streams with those of the humid East. Along the rivers narrow strips of cottonwoods tower over scrubby willows in the understory. Here you will find red-headed woodpeckers, wild turkeys and porcupines.
Recommended one day outings include visiting Beaver Dunes State Park, Beaver River Wildlife Management Area and Doby Springs Park, located near the town of Buffalo. Four guest ranches offer spectacular viewing opportunities as well as some Old West hospitality – the Edgecreek Ranch, Hackamore/ Maple YL Ranch, the Lotspeich Ranch and the Tres Venados. The recommended birding route on this loop includes shortgrass prairie, prairie dog town, sand dune topography, spring-fed lake, riparian areas and playas.
Written by Melynda Hickman. Melynda is a wildlife diversity biologist with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
Watch One This Winter
This winter come watch bald eagles soar at an eagle viewing event near you. Each winter, as northern lakes freeze over, thousands of bald eagles migrate to warmer, southern waters. Oklahoma is visited by 750-1,500 eagles annually. According to the National Wildlife Federation, Oklahoma is one of the top ten states in the nation for winter eagle viewing.
Events are hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, state parks, lake management offices and local conservation groups, according to Mark Howery, wildlife diversity biologist for the Wildlife Department.
"There are plenty of opportunities to view bald eagles in the wild," Howery said. "This winter there are more than 60 viewing events all across the state!"
Most events are free or have a minimal charge and occur on weekends during January. Many begin with informative bald eagle programs led by naturalists and biologists. At all events, people will be on hand to assist visitors with viewing wild eagles.
To view event descriptions, locations, dates and times, click here.
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B. Carson. Lesley is the wildlife diversity information specialist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
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Green Tomato and Cabbage Chow Chow
The cabbages are just coming in, the tomatoes won't have enough sun to ripen, and the peppers are still abundant, so if you chop them all up, sweeten it and spice it up, preserve it with vinegar you have a tasty chow chow to brighten the upcoming winter meals.
I hesitate to give recipes and advice on canning, because I'm such a novice, so if you're unsure about preserving food, consuslt an expert-which I am not. That said, this is the second time I've canned this relish. The nuber one rule is keeping things clean, this means sterilizing the jars, lids, and utensils (a dishwasher can do this for you); clean and sanitized work surfaces and clean wiping towels.
Start by chopping your vegetables and cooking them in the pickling solution.
- 6 green tomatoes, cored and finely or coarsely chopped (I like mine chunky)
- 1 medium cabbage, chopped
- 8 Bell peppers-I used a mixture of colors
- 2 hot peppers-optional if you you don't like heat
- 3 Tablespoons mustard seeds
- 2 Tablespoons celery seeds
- 4 cups white vinegar-cider vinegar would be nicer
- 2 cups sugar-I used sugar substitute
- 3 Tablespoons kosher salt
- Cook over medium low heat for about 2 hours, stirring often and skimming any foam or scum from the top.
- Ladel the hot relish into the sterilized jars, running a thin knife around the inside of the jar to release any air bubbles, place the sterilized lid on the jar and secure with a ring.
- Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes. I use a steam canner, for 10 minutes.
I have no idea how why the numbers 1 through 17 appeared on the recipe, bu I can't get ride of them so ignore them please.


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SACRAMENTO - The newly built prison medical center southeast of Stockton could see a significant boost in funding, in part to fix conditions deemed "inadequate" by a medical receiver less than one year after opening.
SACRAMENTO - The newly built prison medical center southeast of Stockton could see a significant boost in funding, in part to fix conditions deemed "inadequate" by a medical receiver less than one year after opening.
Gov. Jerry Brown is proposing a $12.4 million increase to the California Health Care Facility's general fund in the revised budget he released Tuesday.
State officials opened the facility in June in response to federal court findings that prisoners were not receiving a constitutional level of health care, but months into operations, admissions of patient inmates were halted amid reports of unsanitary conditions and poor medical care.
Court-appointed medical receiver Clark Kelso suspended patient intake at the largest medical prison facility of its type at the end of January, saying there was a complete breakdown in the supply chain.
Brown's budget summary calls the setback "unanticipated operational issues" and says: "The additional resources are intended to remedy these issues and meet licensing standards."
The added funds would be used to hire custody staff; for plant operations and food services; and to ensure the facility meets licensing standards.
Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, said the expanded resources would pay for 105.9 new positions, including 77 correctional officers. The larger custody level would enable medical and clinical staff to focus on patient care, she said.
"The administration is committed to the continued improvement of (the prison system's) delivery of health care services to inmates," Thornton said.
Nearly 20 percent of the department's total funding for the coming fiscal year - about $2.6 billion - is dedicated to providing the required medical, mental health and dental care to inmates, Thornton said.
Joyce Hayhoe, director of legislation and communications at California Correctional Health Care Services, said the proposed increase does not affect the receiver's budget for health care services. But the receiver supports the governor's proposal.
"We believe that this is a necessary step to help address the deficiency that existed at the Stockton (facility)," Hayhoe said.
Hayhoe said the receiver's office is expecting a report in June from a consultant who is studying health care at the facility. Any proposal for more resources would be made after the report is complete.
Hayhoe said the receiver has not identified a date to restart admissions of medically ill inmates. A target to resume admissions of mentally ill inmates, however, has been set for the end of June, state officials have said.
Contact reporter Jennie Rodriguez-Moore at (209) 943-8564 or email@example.com. Follow her at recordnet.com/courtsblog and on Twitter @TheRecordCourts.


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Autumn often hangs out at her Sheltie friend's house when my friend and I go to our breed club meeting. But this time we came home one night to find that someone played with the roll of TP all over the house.
So the pups were sat down and given a good talking too. Even after interrogation they stuck together and no one ratted anyone out.
(I wish I had thought to get a picture of the TP, but alas I forgot.)
The culprits from left to right: Autumn, Tobie, Aurora & Iris.
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's approval rating has taken a hit in the wake of the passage of what he calls the nation's toughest gun laws, according to a new Quinnipiac poll.
Cuomo's approval rating remains on solid ground, but he has lost a bevy of support across the political aisle in the past month. His approval rating sits at 59 percent, down 15 points from last month. His disapproval rating is up to 28 percent, also up 15 points from last month.
The 30-point swing in a month is almost a direct result of the tough gun-control measure, which 34 percent of those surveyed think goes "too far." Earlier this month, New York passed measures championed by Cuomo as the nation's toughest on guns.
Cuomo lost the most support among Republicans. Their approval is down from an astounding 68-18 split in December to only a 44-43 split in January.
"Is Gov. Cuomo's honeymoon with Republicans over, or is this just a spat that can be patched up in the months ahead?" Quinnipiac poll director Maurice Carroll said in a statement. "Cuomo lost some Republican support after the 2011 same-sex marriage bill, but he got it back."
Among Democrats, Cuomo's support also fell from an 82-9 split in December to a 74-14 split in January. And Independent support dropped from a 70-12 split to a 54-32 split.
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Again another Police officer has been killed on duty in a senseless knife attack. Its about time the Law makers started to protect our colleagues in blue by sending out the message that all assaults on Police will result in being sent to jail.My brother is a serving Police officer and knows the potential dangers of the job. He does his job well but like many others has to put up with aggro from MOP from time to time. But he will help anybody as he is a human being…he protects, he does not harm others.
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One of the projects you may have around your home that needs done is to replace door hinges. Sometimes the hinges on the doors can get old and squeaky. They may get worn down and you just need to replace them. What are you going to do? Well, in order to replace the hinges, you must first measure them. The certain hinges are used depending on the weight and size of your door. When you are making changes to your home, look for the rusty hinges so those can be replaced.
If you measure correctly, you can get a hinge or hinges that fit the premade crevice in your door jamb. You will need to look at 3 different things to make sure you create a proper measurement. Door hinges may not seem like that big of a deal. However, the ones out your outer doors protect your home from intruders and they keep your family safe. The interior door hinges allow your family members to have their privacy. Don't overlook this home improvement project. Learn how to measure door hinges today.


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Congressman Rokita '92 Salutes Ed Mcleanby Howard Hewitt • October 19, 2011 Share:
U.S. Representative Todd Rokita '92 recently honored the late Dr. Ed McLean by reading into the Congressional Record a salute to his former professor.
A scholar, teacher, and lawyer, McLean began his tenure at Wabash in 1968 after earning his undergraduate degree, master's degree, and Ph.D. from Indiana University-Bloomington. He previously taught political science at the University of Florida and Presbyterian College.
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The Tunicata (=Urochordata) comprise a subphylum of the phylum Chordata, the group that includes vertebrates. Although tunicates are close relatives of the vertebrates, this relationship is not superficially obvious. The basic tunicate body form includes a body covered by a "tunic" made of a cellulose-like polysaccharide, a notochord that is restricted to the tail and usually present only in larval stages (with the exception of adult appendicularian tunicates), a dorsal nerve cord present in larval stages, and a U-shaped gut. The pharynx (branchial chamber) typically has numerous mucus-covered gill slits. Water flows into the mouth and pharynx via an incurrent siphon and exits via an excurrent siphon; the anus empties into the excurrent flow just as it leaves the body. Nearly all tunicates are marine suspension feeders, but this is otherwise a very diverse group. Although the larvaceans are entirely sexual, many tunicates also reproduce asexually. Most tunicate species are hermaphroditic.
Ascidean tunicates (sea squirts, Ascidiacea) include both solitary (although individuals are sometimes clumped together) and truly compound colonial species, with many small individuals living together in a common gelatinous matrix. Individuals range in size from 1 mm to 60 cm and some colonies may measure several meters across. Water enters the body through an incurrent siphon and exits through an excurrent siphon. Both siphons are pointed upward. Ascideans have a global distribution and are found from shallow waters to the deep sea. They may attach to nearly any substratum. They are most abundant and diverse along rock shorelines and in deep sea mud.
Salps (pelagic tunicates, Thaliacea) float singly or in cylindrical or chainlike colonies that may reach several meters in length. The incurrent and excurrent siphons of salps are positioned at opposite ends, providing thrust for locomotion. Most salps are gelatinous and transparent. Salps are known from throughout the oceans, but are especially abundant in tropical and subtropical waters. They occur from the ocean surface down to around 1500 meters.
The larvaceans (appendicularians, Appendicularia=Larvacea) are solitary, luminescent zooplankton, rarely exceeding 5 mm. The name "larvacean" is a reference to their resemblance to the larval stages of some other tunicates. Larvaceans live in a gelatinous casing, or "house", that is secreted around the body and is involved in their complex feeding. Larvaceans feed mainly on tiny phytoplankton and bacteria—as small as 0.1 µm. The anus of larvaceans opens directly to the outside into the path of water flowing out of the excurrent siphon.
The Sorberacea are deep sea ascidian-like tunicates that retain a dorsal nerve cord in the adult stage. They are carnivorous and lack a perforated branchial sac.
The feces of salps and larvaceans, and the abandoned gelatinous casings of larvaceans (used in feeding), represent an important source of food and particulate organic carbon in the open sea.
(Brusca and Brusca 2003)
The precise evolutionary relationships among the chordate subphyla remain somewhat controversial, with some interpretations leading to the suggestion that Tunicata should be treated as a phylum rather than a subphylum (see General Description under Details tab).


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José Manuel Durão Barroso
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Speech by President Barroso on the preparations of the European Council of 22 May
European Parliament plenary session/Brussels
21 May 2013
Dear President,
President in office of the Council,
Honourable members,
At moments like these, when growth forecasts for the near future are low, our job is to make Europe work and that to the benefit of European citizens. Of all of our citizens.
On the agenda of this week's European Council meeting are two issues that, technical as they may seem at first, are crucial in that respect. First, energy, where there is so much more benefit to be reaped, both for citizens and for the competitiveness of our businesses, from more European integration and investments. And second, tax fraud and tax evasion, where by sharpening our common European tools against the tax avoiders we can start to restore the sense of fairness that citizens and small businesses have lost as a result of the financial crisis.
At a time when debate about Europe is all too often a futile shouting match between believers and non-believers, this is a discussion that separates those who like to talk from those who are willing to act, and those who prefer to attract attention to themselves from those who are determined to achieve results for citizens.
I trust that most of us are on the side of the citizens and working for concrete results.
Honourable members,
We are all very much aware of and concerned by the immediate growth prospects for Europe.
This very challenging outlook should galvanise the efforts of all of us, both at European level and in Member States, to mobilise every growth lever we have at hand and to give any impetus we possibly can to help citizens and businesses through these very difficult times. A stronger European energy policy is a particularly important tool to achieve this.
We know that Europe is not endowed by abundant natural riches. The global energy equation is changing fast, and if we want to avoid losing in this race for resources, we will have to step up our joint European efforts. While the United States is on its way to become a net exporter of gas instead of an importer, as a result of the shale gas boom, Europe's import dependence is further increasing and, for oil and gas, is set to grow to over 80% by 2035.
Already in 2012, industry gas prices were four times lower in the US than in Europe. For electricity prices, the EU is almost twice as expensive as the US. So this is above all a debate about our energy security and our competitiveness.
The situation for citizens is also increasingly problematic. Energy bills are rising, adding up to a share of between 7 and 17% of average household expenditure throughout different Member States. The weakest income groups are even harder hit. So this is also a debate about social equity.
In short: we are in a difficult strategic environment. But we must not resign to it. We cannot change long-term global trends, but we can clearly influence them by stepping up our European efforts and make our energy policy more secure, competitive and sustainable. Of course, different Member States have different energy mixes. Yet the added value of stronger European integration in this field is evident.
Let me outline a few urgent steps which I will push for at tomorrow's Summit:
First and foremost, it is crucial that we complete our internal energy market by the end of next year, as agreed by Heads of State and Government. Market opening has brought prices down for consumers wherever real opening was achieved. But there is still plenty of room for improvement, including in cross-border trade, integration and fair competition. We urgently need to implement the third energy package to keep the prices for our consumers and businesses in check.
At the same time, we should also be clear that it is not just commodity prices but policy choices of Member States – like taxes, levies, support mechanisms etc. - which have a great impact on price variations, on which we must reflect to avoid fragmentation.
Indeed, in the preparation for this European Council - since the President of the European Council has asked me to make a presentation of these policies -, I've distributed to all Member States, and it's available to you as well, and I've also sent it to the President of the European Parliament, a comparison of the price structure in our Member States. And it is amazing to see how big are the differences across Europe, precisely because of different national policies that in fact make it almost unavoidable to have a completely fragmented internal market in this area.
Secondly, we have to push for more public and private investment in energy infrastructure, the backbone of the internal market.
The financial crisis has limited the means for such indispensable investments. But the needs are huge: by 2020, we estimate that 1 trillion euro is needed in the energy sector.
These investments will have to come from the private sector mostly, but the European Union can play a key role. Remember we are expecting to devote some 5 billion euro of the next MFF to energy interconnections, through the Connecting Europe Facility, which must become operational rapidly. And Member States can also devote a bigger share of their structural funds to investing in energy and energy efficiency.
Thirdly, we must continue to strengthen the internal and external diversification of our supplies. This includes tapping new international sources, for instance through the Southern Gas Corridor which I have been pushing hard and on which we expect decisive decisions soon. It also means speaking with one European voice on global energy matters. Internally, it requires a more coordinated approach between Member States on the positive rise of renewables.
Last but not least, we need a balanced, Union-wide approach on using the potential of unconventional hydrocarbons, such as shale gas, on which the Commission is preparing an initiative.
To conclude on energy: the right policies are in place. We know the way forward. But implementation is too slow. There is a clear "cost of non-Europe" here. We must do more together to ensure economic competitiveness and energy equity. We are not heading towards an age of cheap energy. But we have the choice whether we invest scarce resources in our own sustainable and smart energy, or pay for imports.
For that, we must complete our internal energy market, become more energy-efficient, invest in infrastructure and innovation, exploit renewables more cost-effectively and further diversify our external supplies. These are the policy priorities that I will argue for tomorrow in the European Council.
Honourable members,
The European Council will also debate our common engagement against tax fraud and tax evasion.
Now, as the two reports debated later today make clear, I don't have to convince this House of the urgency of this issue. Commissioner Algirdas Semeta will later this morning present the Commission's views on these two very important reports. I would like to thank already now their respective rapporteurs, Mrs Mojca Kleva for her report on the fight against tax fraud, tax evasion and tax havens and Ms Ildikó Gall-Pelcz for her tax report focusing on how to free the European potential for economic growth.
As Algirdas Semeta will explain in more detail, the Commission is very grateful to the European Parliament for the strong support given in these reports to our joint efforts in this crucially important area.
Let us not forget that the Commission has been putting these issues on the table in very concrete terms for several years now; with our proposal in 2008 to close the gaps in the savings directive; with our proposal in 2011 for a negotiating mandate with neighbouring countries; with our June 2012 communication and the Action Plan we presented last December; with our two recommendations on tax havens and on aggressive tax planning, also from last year.
Now we see a growing interest in these issues amongst Member States which, frankly, was not there before. Therefore let us not miss but seize the favourable momentum to make progress.
Because there are burning questions to which we need to give convincing responses. How can we explain to honest households and businesses who are feeling the squeeze yet still paying their fair share of taxes, that there are other parts of society and enterprise who are deliberately avoiding paying up?
How can we justify that fiscal consolidation is requiring Member States to make difficult choices to reduce expenditure, yet at the same time there are whole piles of cash that should be in the public purse but are never collected?
The total loss of revenue due to illegal fraud and unacceptable evasion is estimated to be around one trillion euros a year. Let's put that into some perspective. One trillion euro is nearly double the 2012 combined annual budget deficit of all the Member States. It is more than the total spent on health across the EU in 2008. It is more than 6 times the size of the annual budget of the EU. In other words, this money is roughly 1 Multiannual Financial Framework. And, yes, it is the same amount that I mentioned earlier: the investments necessary to cover the needs in the European energy sector by 2020.
That is a huge amount of money to simply let through the net.
We have already identified most of the actions that are needed to tighten the net. Your reports make that clear. And yet, we face a delivery gap. So our actions at national, European and international levels have to be accelerated and better coordinated.
First, at national level, the reform of tax governance and tax administrations will feature prominently in the Country Specific Recommendations the Commission will present in a few days from now. Member States also need to get on and implement the Commission's Action plan on tax evasion and avoidance of last December, and our Recommendations on tax havens and aggressive tax planning.
At EU level, we have already built up an impressive toolbox to support Member States' ability to fight tax fraud and evasion. Now we need to use it as much as possible, and reach agreement without delay on the proposals the Commission has already made to go further.
That means concluding the negotiations on the revision of the Savings Taxation Directive, further closing loopholes by extending it to investment funds, pensions, innovative financial instruments and payments made through trusts and foundations.
Tomorrow at the European Council, I will push for a political commitment on one very simple principle: that on 1 January 2015 the European Union should have automatic exchange of information for all forms of income. The Commission will shortly table a proposal to amend the directive on administrative cooperation. This already applies automatic exchange of information for a range of income (such as employment, pensions, and insurance) from 2015. The new proposal will further extend the scope of automatic exchange of information between all Member States to cover all relevant types of income, such as dividends and capital gains.
With the Savings proposal on the table, the existing provisions on administrative cooperation, and the forthcoming Commission proposal, this is indeed a feasible target – provided the political will is there.
The pending proposals on tackling VAT fraud, on the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base, which will deal with the problems of transfer pricing, and the revision of our anti-money laundering framework also have the potential to make a real difference.
I'm happy to note the adoption, last week, of a mandate to start negotiations on our savings agreements with Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco and San Marino, and I assure you the Commission will take forward these negotiations as a priority. But that is no substitute for doing our own homework, namely through the adoption of the savings directive where we need all Member States to signal their agreement.
At global level, the upcoming G8 and G20 summits are an excellent opportunity to make progress, and the EU is taking the lead in this based on our experience and expertise.
Let's remember that automatic information exchange has been the underlying principle of our approach since the 2005 Savings Taxation Directive. I want to see this principle of automatic exchange become the standard at international level as well, and we will continue to work together with international partners to keep up the momentum on this.
We can only do this if we speak with one voice, if we have done our concrete homework internally, if we speak and act as a Union. Some Member States have signalled their readiness to go further, faster. I really welcome their political engagement. But if we are to be really effective, internally and globally, there is no alternative but to go all the way, together and building on our common EU framework.
Honourable members, to conclude,
These two debates are crucial at this moment in time. They matter for our public finances, for the competitiveness of our businesses and for the cost of living of our citizens. Even more, they are essential for the credibility of our efforts to fight the crisis, for the political capital we are willing to invest in it and the legitimacy of the demands the crisis makes on those who struggle to pay their energy bills or pay their taxes.
They need any relief they can get - and by confronting the specific challenges of our energy markets, we can make a real difference.
They need to know that the burden of the crisis is shouldered by everyone in a fair and equitable manner - and that we will act jointly and decisively against those who refuse to carry their fair share of the burden.
They need assurance that we can show the political leadership and take on the political responsibility to do anything and everything possible to support them.
We have debated these issues in the past, and progress has already been made. Now is the time to go further, not with more words and further analysis but by approving and implementing concrete proposals and actions.
I thank you for your attention.
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If you believe that the problem with cable companies is that they're just not big enough, today is a really good day.
Comcast's proposed $45.2-billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable will create a behemoth with about 30 million customers and dominance in 19 of the nation's 20 largest pay-TV markets.
Comcast's chief executive, Brian Roberts, said Thursday that the merger would be "pro-consumer," "pro-competitive" and "in the public's interest."
It's not yet clear what he means by any of that, since there would be less competition in the cable industry and more market power in a single company's hands, a combination that history has shown tends to result in higher prices and lousier service.
And it's not as if the cable industry wins any points at the moment for consumer friendliness.
Take the case of Joyce Griffin. She signed up with Time Warner Cable for video, Internet and phone service last year. Her introductory rate was $182.96 a month.
She received an email from the company the other day informing her that when her introductory period ends next month, the next bill will reflect "the current standard rate of $214.97 per month" — a more than 17% rate hike.
But as "a thank you for your continued business," the company said, it will give Griffin "another special offer."
Instead of paying $214.97 a month, she'll instead have to pay the low-low-low price of just $207.96 until next January — a roughly 14% increase.
Griffin's reaction to this incredible act of corporate generosity: "You have got to be kidding!"
I find Time Warner Cable's who's-your-buddy efforts intriguing for two reasons. First, the company genuinely seems to think that people won't feel they're being gouged for cable service if they pay $207 monthly rather than $214.
Second, Time Warner seems to be tacitly acknowledging that it knows its rates are too darn high, but its only response is to try to bamboozle customers into not noticing.
There's a better way: Give customers a true break by allowing them more control over the channels they want to watch and pay for.
"Consumers deserve lower-cost TV," said Ed Mierzwinski, consumer program director for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group. "Give them the right to choose the TV that they want, instead of being forced to pay for the TV they don't want."
What's particularly striking about the stance of Time Warner and all other cable companies is that they know they're fighting a losing battle. They know that with each passing year, more and more people will cut the cord and turn to online video-streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu Plus.
In one particularly telling sign of the times, the NPD Group, a market researcher, said last month that the percentage of households subscribing to an online streaming service increased to 27% from 23% during an 18-month period through August.
During the same period, it said, the percentage that subscribed to a premium TV channel such as HBO or Showtime declined to 32% from 38%.
Russ Crupnick, senior vice president of industry analysis for the NPD Group, said consumers increasingly view online services as an adequate alternative to premium cable channels, not to mention a good way to cut monthly bills.
Time Warner Cable says it lost 215,000 video subscribers in the fourth quarter last year, bringing its total customer losses for the year to about 825,000. That's more than the loss of 530,000 subscribers a year earlier.
So when the company pats itself on the back for shaving three percentage points from Griffin's rate hike, it does so in the face of clear evidence that people have had enough of sky-high cable bills.
Which isn't to say the cable industry or its satellite kin are the only bad guys here. Some industry execs have spoken publicly about the need for more consumer choices.
"The villains are also the broadcasters," said Warren Grimes, a Southwestern Law School professor who specializes in antitrust and telecom issues.
He said programming heavyweights such as Viacom, Fox and Disney force cable and satellite companies to pay for fat packages of channels, the costs of which are passed along to pay-TV subscribers.
The cable industry plays the same game. Comcast, for example, owns Universal Pictures, NBC and more than a dozen cable networks. Time Warner Cable makes subscribers pay for its Lakers and Dodgers channels, regardless of whether they want them.
Grimes said the current system is unsustainable. At some point, he said, pay-TV industry players will have to accept — likely at the prodding of lawmakers — that they can no longer get away with charging consumers for products they don't want.
"But until then," Grimes said, "they'll try to make as much profit as they can."
Which brings us back to Time Warner's lame attempt at convincing a customer that the company is on her side.
Dennis Johnson, a company spokesman, called the notice to Griffin a "typical transition" from introductory prices to regular prices.
He said Time Warner already has worked with her to provide a new package that's "less than the price indicated on the letter she received."
As for the wedding bells with Comcast, Johnson said the merged company "will be able to better compete for customers."
"Expect to see groundbreaking innovations on our superior network," he said.
Grimes, though, called the deal "bad for consumers, bad for competition and bad for independent programmers who might wish to get their offerings carried on cable."
At least this much is clear: The pay-TV industry needs to wake up and smell the Internet.
Either it stops behaving in a defiantly oligopolistic manner and treats customers more reasonably, or its customers will continue their steady march to the exit sign.
It seems pretty simple: Fair profits are better than no profits. You'd think these guys, who aren't really our friends, would realize that.
David Lazarus' column runs Tuesdays and Fridays. He also can be seen daily on KTLA-TV Channel 5 and followed on Twitter @Davidlaz. Send your tips or feedback to email@example.com.


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The bride descended a staircase scattered with rose petals and carried a bouquet of white tulips and lilacs. She wore an ivory Blueline Enzoni gown. Her maid of honor was her sister, Abbey Lee Allen of East Hampton, and the best man was Timothy Desimone. Mr. Delaney's groomsmen were Richard Avilez of East Patchogue and Steven Delaney of Southold.
The bridesmaids, Olivia Gross of East Hampton and Melissa Winslow and Kristen Grabowski of Amagansett, wore sage-colored strapless dresses with ivory sashes and carried coral-tinted roses. Caladora Clark, the bridegroom's niece, was the flower girl.
A reception at Atlantis followed.
The bride is a daughter of John and Victoria Faulhaber of East Hampton. She graduated from the State University at Stony Brook with a degree in art history. She and Mr. Delaney met at the university while working on its literary and arts magazine, East End Elements. He graduated from Stony Brook with a degree in English.
Mr. Delaney is a son of Jerry Delaney of Mount Sinai and Linda Zeneski of Southold. His stepfather is Paul Zeneski. He is a sales representative for Power Home Remodeling Group.
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Feb. 20, 2009
HONOLULU - The UC Santa Barbara golf team played its first winter tournament in the 2008-09 season at the John Burns Intercollegiate in Wahiawa, Hawaii, and finished 13th out of 17 schools by recording a 10-over par 874.
The tournament, one of the toughest in the nation, was won by Texas A&M, which finished at 28-under par 836. New Mexico was second at 839, 25-under par.
Matt Grush, a junior, was the Gauchos' top finisher. Grush shot a 2-over par 218 to lead UCSB. Andrew Gunson and Tyler Sterk each recorded a 3-over par 219.
Santa Barbara was solid early, logging a 285 and 291 in the first two rounds, but the third and final round the Gauchos tallied a 298, moving them into 13th-place out of 17 schools.
UCSB returns to action on March 2, 2009, at the Bravehearrt Classic,hosted by UC Riverside at the Oak Valley Golf course in Beaumont, Calif.


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Joe Smith thrives on extra work
By Lowell Ullrich,
Vancouver Province
Get out the candles. Light up the sparklers. The Lions running game is having its first birthday.
It was a year ago this week when coach Wally Buono made a roster move that has now fundamentally changed the way in which the CFL team is both perceived and operated offensively.
The move to send Antonio Warren packing and replace him with Joe Smith at tailback took many weeks before it had its full effect on the Lions. A year later, however, no longer can it be said Buono's team is a high-wire passing act, but a ball-control offence that somehow has had just enough ground weaponry to post a 5-0 record.
It almost, in fact, can be said the Lions have become a run-first attack. Of their 251 offensive plays from scrimmage so far, almost half (121) have been either Smith on the ground or the quarterback of record scrambling for real estate.
There's quiet debate among the Lions coaching staff whether that balance is a little too even, and with some justification given the track record of their opponent at B.C. Place Stadium Thursday.
The new-look Saskatchewan Roughriders under coach Kent Austin have been the CFL's best rushing team in four of the last five years. They have not, however, been spotted sipping out of the Grey Cup lately.
"I've always thought the ideal balance is to have the ability to [run or pass] depending on the situation," first-year co-offensive coordinator Steff Kruck said.
"I don't want to sound ambiguous, but we never go into a game saying we want to run the ball a certain amount of times. We'll still try to get ahead with the pass and control the game with the run."
They're controlling games because the defence is producing scoring opportunities and Smith, who became the first B.C. runner in 48 games dating back to 2004 to post consecutive 100-yard run outings, hasn't keeled over from all the work.
The offbeat sophomore currently leads the CFL with 433 yards from 77 carries. Carry those numbers to the end of the season and Smith will have obliterated franchise records for both yards and touches held by Cory Philpot and Robert Drummond respectively.
"I used to think 200 touches was a lot," said Smith, who is already just about halfway to last year's 887-yard effort from 166 carries. "But last year was a short season for me (13 games). We're doing well now because everyone is familiar with the system."
They're doing well for a few reasons, including a couple of different running formations, but mostly because when the Lions seem desperate to pop a run for a first down, they're getting the right push from their offensive line.
"I don't believe there's any defence that can stop us when we get into our rhythm, and I only think we just started to get into that rhythm towards the end of the game in Calgary," right tackle Jason Jimenez said.
The game in Calgary seemed like a throwback to the age of leather helmets, one where the rushers outgained the pass-catchers on the Lions by a 58-yard margin.
That balance may ultimately be fatal in what is known as a pass-happy league. A year after it's birth, however, it's safe to suggest the run game in the Lions offence has undergone a sizeable transition.


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Attorney General Lockyer Announces Availability of Pharmaceutical Public Education Grants Under Settlement With Warner-Lambert in Neurontin Off-Label Marketing Case. From the press release:
- Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced that up to $14.9 million in grants now are available as part of a 2004 settlement with Warner-Lambert (W-L) that resolved allegations the W-L division of Pfizer, Inc. - the world's largest pharmaceutical firm - improperly and deceptively marketed
"off-label" uses of the blockbuster drug Neurontin.
The May 2004 consumer protection settlement that served as the source of the grant funds was part of a $430 million, global federal and state settlement of the off-label marketing allegations against W-L. The consumer protection share of the global settlement was approximately $40 million, with 75 percent of the money earmarked for either the grant program or a corrective advertising program to provide balanced information to consumers and prescribers about Neurontin and similar drugs.
The grants announced [Aug. 31] represent the first phase of a multi-phase funding strategy developed by a "Special Committee" of state Attorneys General that includes Lockyer, Florida Attorney General Charles J. Crist, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, Oregon Attorney General Hardy Myers, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott and Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell.
Phase One of the strategy focuses on providing pharmaceutical marketing and drug information through educational campaigns that target prescribers and consumers. This phase will include several rounds of funding, with preference given to programs that are national in scope. The goal of the first phase is to better educate consumers and improve health care professionals' prescribing practices by providing information about the drug-approval process, drug marketing techniques, and sources of impartial and balanced information about drugs.
Proposals can be submitted by individual states, a group of states or other governmental entities. They also can be submitted by academic institutions, as well as nonprofit organizations with current section 501(c)(3) tax status and expertise in health-related or consumer protection issues. Nonprofit organizations must include in their applications written support from the Attorney General of any state in which the organization operates. Requests for Application may be found at www.publichealthtrust.org . The deadline for submitting Phase
One grant proposals is October 7, 2005.
Phase Two of the public education campaign will focus on providing information about seizure disorders and psychological conditions for which Neurontin has been prescribed. The details of the second phase will be developed as the program progresses.
The consumer protection investigation focused on alleged violations of state consumer protection laws by W-L in its promotion of Neurontin for various "off-label" indications. It is illegal for pharmaceutical manufacturers to promote off-label uses of their drugs, although doctors are permitted to prescribe drugs for such uses. Neurontin is a prescription medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for treatment of epilepsy and post-herpetic neuralgia. Approximately 90 percent of Neurontin prescriptions, however, are for off-label purposes.


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Michael Kovens
A graduate of the class of 2012, Michael Kovens majored in biology on the Pre-Med track. He also minored in psychology.
On campus, Michael was active in Kappa Sigma, College Democrats, Hillell, and the International Studies Council.
Campus Involvement
- Major: Biology
- Program: Pre-Med
- Minor: Psychology
- Greek Life: Kappa Sigma; Epsilon Class, April 5, 2009
- College Democrats
- Hillel
- International Studies Council
- Kent Family Center Volunteer
Hometown? Owings Mills, Maryland


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Karachi, Pakistan Uses Envision to Plan New City
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 9, 2014)
The Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) has recognized DHA City Karachi, Pakistan for its use of the Envision Rating System to plan a new suburb of 600,000 people. The suburb, which is currently under construction, uses Envision as a template for weaving together several different kinds of infrastructure into a single community sustainability profile.
In formally recognizing the project, DHA City Karachi (DCK), in a ceremony in Washington, D.C., ISI President and CEO William Bertera noted that this is the first known application of the Envision tool to a whole city, and that the result speaks highly of Pakistan's commitment to sustainability.
Leading the workshop, which described the project in detail, were lead consultants Inam Ahmed Osmani, Chairman of Osmani & Company, Arif Osmani, Project Team Leader and Brig. (Retired) Muhammad Rafique, the Project Director representing the DHA City of Karachi. Professor Spiro Pollalis of Harvard University and a key resource for the project shared his experience with sustainable cities generally, with specific reference to the Karachi project. Also present were dignitaries from the Pakistan Embassy and Karachi community leaders.
The project itself has been designed from the ground up. The design of the community, which is intended to be the first of several, takes advantage of the latest technologies for heating, cooling, managing wastes, transportation, water and energy use, each of which was modeled before construction began.


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South Carolina and the US Soccer Market Training Center
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
In the job of Director of Coaching for South Carolina Youth Soccer I am privileged and honored to be able to travel to every nook and cranny of South Carolina. The experience of meeting people that represent all walks of life is a blessing. I do my utmost to take away a lesson or a bit of information from each encounter. On these journeys I tend to ask a lot of questions to gauge the pulse of the local soccer scene. Answers vary from the simple to the complex and from the general to the detailed. One reoccurring thread over the past 2 years is how to gain more exposure for our players on the national level. I know we have players worthy of our US Soccer Youth National Teams. Truthfully at least six players in the past decade have represented South Carolina Youth Soccer in one of the various US Soccer Youth National Team pools. We have recently made some very positive strides in providing our players the opportunity to get in front of a US Soccer National Team Coach and a US Soccer National Team Scout.
US Soccer along with South Carolina Youth Soccer and hosting club West Metro Soccer Club held a US Soccer Market Training Center (USSMTC) for 26 of the top boys in the 1999 and 2000 year age groups. The USSMTC was held in West Columbia on Monday, June 3 from 6:30pm – 8:30pm and featured players from across South Carolina. Players must be invited by US Soccer to attend this event. What is a Market Training Center? Without getting into too much detail, a Market Training Center is when US Soccer targets a specific geographical area and a specific gender and age group to evaluate and see if any of the players are ready to be a part of the US Soccer Youth National Teams programs. In this instance Juan Carlos Michia, the assistant coach for the U14 Men's National Team ran the training along with assistance from goalkeeper coach John Murphy and myself. Coach Murphy is the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Anderson University and a valued member of the SCYS Boys ODP staff.
The training and activities that the players participated in comes directly from the curriculum used for the most recent U14 National Team training camp. The activities were all very simple and focused on basic technique and simple tactics while playing at speed and under pressure. Coach Michia made the players aware from the start that he was in Columbia, South Carolina to find players for the US Soccer U14s Men's National Team program. Talk about setting the tone! You could see the players' expressions turn from this is "pretty cool to HOLY COW!" and they thought trying out for their club team was stressful!
What followed was some very hurried, uptight and awkward play from all in attendance. After a short time, we were able to get the players to settle down. Eventually, the play improved to a good level. The evening opened with a warm up of dynamic movement and technique followed by some passing activities. Later we went into some possession type activities and finished the evening off by playing three 15 minute full size matches.
At the end, a total of five players were identified and have been placed into US Soccer's national player data base for future tracking and possible invitations to National Training Centers. Coach Michia was impressed and he would like to have a USSMTC in South Carolina every 3-4 months. The more training centers we can hold the more comfortable our players will become in taking part and will better our chances of having South Carolina players selected for the youth national teams.
As the Director of Coaching, I took from this event, that as a state, we are still a bit behind in terms of overall player development. Our clubs need to continue to improve the quality of training that is being offered to the players from the recreational to the challenge level. Our Club leadership needs to fight the urge to always place the "best coaches" with older teams and players. These coaches should be working with our younger players and setting standards of excellence for them to achieve technically, tactically, physically and psychosocially. This is how coaches can have a positive impact on all levels of play across the state, the region and the nation. In the meantime, SCYS will continue to try and bring the US Soccer Market Training Centers back to South Carolina. We will do our part to continue to promote the players of South Carolina. SCYS asks that coaches play your part and develop players that are worthy of being recognized at the national level.
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What: Boulder City Council meeting
When: 6 p.m. Tuesday
Where: Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway
More info: The complete agenda is available at bouldercolorado.gov.
Starting next year, treated wastewater from showers and sinks could be used to flush toilets in Williams Village North, the University of Colorado's green-certified dorm.
It's a seemingly simple idea that has been held up by Colorado water law, but a proposed memorandum of understanding between the city of Boulder, which provides water and sewer service to the university, and CU would clear the way for a graywater recirculation program to move forward.
The city's Water Resources Advisory Board has already recommended approval of the agreement. The Boulder City Council will consider it Tuesday.
The dorm, which opened in fall 2011, houses 500 students near Baseline Road and 30th Street and received top green credentials from the U.S. Green Building Council, becoming the only residence hall of its size in the nation to earn the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum rating for its sustainability features.
However, the university hasn't yet been able to take advantage of additional plumbing installed during construction that would allow water from sinks and showers to be captured, filtered, treated and reused for flushing toilets.
That's because case law around water rights in Colorado protects downstream users from the potential loss of water that gets reused instead of being returned to the watershed.
"The city's water rights are such that we only get to use the water once, and then we put it back into the system for other people to use," said Jeff Arthur, Boulder's director of public works for utilities.
However, that may be less of a concern when graywater is used in toilets — which ultimately send water into the same wastewater treatment system that handles water from sinks and showers — than it is when graywater is used for irrigation, Arthur said.
As part of the agreement, CU will carefully monitor water use in the building and report all that information to the city. Arthur said that will allow city officials to assess the impact of graywater systems on the larger water delivery and treatment system and might provide the basis to lobby for changes to state law.
"It seems like it has tremendous potential, but we need to see how it actually works," Arthur said.
In the meantime, the city is designating water from the Western Slope that it receives through the Colorado-Big Thompson water project for Williams Village North. Because that water is not from the Boulder Creek watershed, it's subject to different rules and is eligible for reuse, Arthur said. That way, no downstream users should complain they aren't getting all the water they are owed.
The agreement allows for water to be reused in the dorm under a five-year pilot program.
CU Campus Sustainability Director Moe Tabrizi said the graywater recirculation system could save as much as 800,000 gallons a year.
"Under the drought conditions that we are in, it's just the right thing to do," he said.
It also will provide an opportunity for hands-on learning for environmental science and engineering students.
"The scale is large enough that we can collect some data and share that with the city," Tabrizi said. "Hopefully, it will impact the future of water rights and water law."
The water will be filtered and treated before being used again. Tabrizi said the system doesn't pose any sanitary or hygiene risks.
The total cost of the graywater system, including the additional piping that was installed during construction, will be between $300,000 and $400,000. CU still needs to install the collection tanks and the filtration system, Tabrizi said.
Tabrizi estimated it would take between six and eight months to get the system up and running after City Council approval.
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If you've ever used Parallels Desktop or its younger competitor, VMware Fusion, you know how magical it is to be able to run a virtual computer on your Mac. I have VMs for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8, as well as Ubuntu 13.04 and the beta OS X 10.9 Mavericks, which lets me test software and OS capabilities easily from one computer. It's a favorite technology of developers who need to support multiple OSes and browsers. Although recent versions of both products have been minor upgrades, it's an amazing technology.
So I was excited to see what Parallels would do with the VNC (virtual network computing) technology that lets you remote into another computer and essentially run it over a network or Internet connection. Both Windows and OS X have built-in remoting, which is a boon to those who support nontechnical relatives and coworkers (if their firewalls allow VNC access). There have been VNC applications for the iPad as long as there's been an iPad, so you can run your PC or Mac from the iPad.
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But they're awkward to use, given how different a computer operating system is from a tablet OS. Even with iOS and OS X sharing a common core and OS X having recently adopted some gestures from iOS, they operate very differently. And PC apps, as any Windows tablet user can attest, are too cramped to be readable or manipulable on a tablet's 10-inch screen. Windows 8's poor interface is a major reason that Windows tablets have failed, but the fact that a tablet isn't a PC and shouldn't try to be one is a bigger reason that no one's buying Windows tablets while millions of iPads and Android tablets are selling.
I thought that maybe Parallels Access would change the game, making remote use of a Mac or PC from an iPad a good, workable experience. The $80-per-year service has some cool capabilities, such as the home-screen-like view of all apps (a clone of OS X's Launchpad or Windows 8's Start screen), a dock to easily switch among running apps, and a zoom-in pointer that works like iOS's zoom-in text cursor: Tap and hold to get a magnified view of what's under the pointer to overcome the cramped PC or Mac screen. Parallels Access also resizes your computer's desktop to 1,024-by-768-pixel resolution, to match that of the iPad. Apps are also sized to fit that window, essentially acting as a single-screen app in the iPad style.
Even with those smart adjustments, I found Parallels Access unsatisfying. Yes, there's a thrill of being able to open InDesign or Excel on your iPad. But that thrill quickly dissipates once you realize how little you can actually do.
Say you open a file in InDesign and want to resize the document window so that you can see another window, such as to copy content from one to the other. Sorry, can't do that. (Ditto in the Finder or Windows Explorer.) You have to switch from one window to another. Yes, it's just like an iPad, except iPad apps are designed to work this way, whereas OS X and Windows apps assume you have multiple, resizable windows you can arrange and move content among.