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Jayne Thielen has never missed any of her son's games, going to back to high school at Detroit Lakes and four seasons at Minnesota State.
Thursday night, she and husband Pete boarded a plane at Fargo, N.D., to attend their son's game at Buffalo tonight, but there's something different about traveling to an NFL stadium, watching Adam pursue his dream of becoming a professional football player with the Minnesota Vikings.
"To be honest, it's kind of unbelievable," she said. "When you get to the field, and you see the Vikings come out and you see your son out there with them, we're very proud and very excited."
Adam Thielen is playing his second professional game tonight, hoping to get a little more action than last week. He's in a battle with eight other receivers for one or two roster spots, which is probably more nerve-racking for the parents than the former Mavericks' standout.
"You're always nervous about the injury factor," she said. "But it's very exciting."
The Thielens have traveled from their Detroit Lakes home to faraway locales in North Dakota, South Dakota, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska to watch their son. They saw him play at the Metrodome last week, but this is the first time they've boarded a plane for one of Adam's road games.
"I've never seen a game in another NFL stadium," Pete said. "It's going to be fun."
Fun is a good way to describe Adam's career. Not highly recruited out of high school, he came to Minnesota State, where he grew in size and muscle and honed his techniques and work ethic. After a stellar career with the Mavericks, he began to focus on the NFL, going through a series of tryouts that culminated in a contract with the Vikings, the team he grew up watching on TV.


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Comebacks are sweet, and if anybody deserved one it was this University of Georgia football team, which has suffered tremendously from injuries this season and particularly in this past Saturday's game at Georgia Tech.
Because four-year starter Aaron Murray suffered a season-ending knee injury against Kentucky the week prior, the Bulldogs lined up in the biggest rivalry game on the schedule with backup quarterback Hutson Mason under center. Until he proved otherwise, the redshirt junior was an unknown factor — and one who was likely to stumble, owing to the pressure of a big challenge without seasoning.
In addition, Georgia's defense featured players whose experience best qualified them for the scout team. It's possible they were greener than the quarterback.
When it was over, Mason was the least hyped of all in the celebratory scene in Georgia's locker room. He was as calm and collected as he might be before the spring game.
Before the game, Kris Durham — the former Bulldogs wide receiver from Calhoun who has made himself prominent with the Detroit Lions — was in town for the game and visiting with Mike Bobo, who was asked to describe Mason. With that, Durham moved his hand from his left to his right horizontally, indicating that Mason's emotions are always the same. Never too high, never too low.
Back to Mason in the foot-stomping din of the locker room after Georgia's 41-34 double-overtime victory over the Yellow Jackets. He had the demeanor of Gary Cooper in "High Noon" — the distant look of someone who had just had his athletic heart cut out of his body rather than one who had just led his teammates to the most improbable comeback I can remember by the Bulldogs.
To fall behind 20-0 and survive to ring the chapel bell is one thing, but to do it with a lineup that was as physically taxed and patched up as this one makes it rank with the all-time comebacks, especially in the series with Georgia Tech.
Remember, Georgia had an inexperienced quarterback and members of a secondary that, at the start of the week, didn't expect to play!
This listing of those in need of Red Cross assistance — not including four starters out with injured anterior cruciate ligaments — is a reminder of how gallant this Georgia team played in its efforts to retain the Governor's Cup:
• Tray Matthews, Shaq Wiggins and Jay Rome did not play.
• Garrison Smith, the best defensive lineman, was out for the fourth quarter and overtime. He and special teams member Corey Campbell, both captains, were in street clothes during the extra periods of play.
• Quincy Mauger, a defensive back, left in the fourth quarter and missed overtime with a leg injury.
• Corey Moore played, but not at full strength.
• Sheldon Dawson, green and inexperienced, also played hurt.
• Running back Todd Gurley. Look at the stat sheet — 20 carries for 122 yards and three rushing touchdowns, plus four catches for 36 yards and one touchdown — and you might think he is in peak condition. Far from it. He has been banged up since the Florida game.
The old line that came out of pro football, "You gotta play hurt," was never more fitting for a player than it was for Gurley against Tech. He proved again that he has something special in his makeup. When his adrenaline is rushing pell mell, as it was in the second half on Grant Field, he is more than a handful for the best defenses.
This team has had some down moments, has given up big plays that were often fatal, but it never quit, which is about where some of the Bulldogs' fans were in the second quarter.
How many Doubting Thomases are willing to step forward?
I admit that I was deeply concerned, but I began to see a ray of hope when Mason settled in and moved the Dawgs to that first touchdown, with Gurley's flying leap, the ball extended over the pylon, a work of art.
What should not be overlooked is that in the second quarter the defense stiffened at the goal line on a long Tech drive, giving up a field goal rather than a touchdown. In the next defensive series, Tech got one first down but the Bulldogs then forced a three-and-out situation that allowed for the drive for Georgia's first score.
Like they say, it was a team effort.
You always think how it would tighten things up if you get the second-half kickoff and do some good. A touchdown was called back on a very questionable call — how is it that there is but one chop-blocking call in the game, and Georgia gets it? — but the Bulldogs gained a field goal out of their efforts to make it 20-10.
Hope began to edge forward. Georgia's defense bent on the next series, but Tech missed a field goal attempt.
Then it was Mason to Michael Bennett, the old reliable, for a touchdown, and with Marshall Morgan's kick we see things really tighten up, Georgia down 20-17 but fighting toe to toe and making things happen. Mason settled into the pocket and began hitting open receivers. The defense gave up only seven points in the second half.
Two critical situations to underscore in the final quarter:
• In Georgia's drive to score its last touchdown in regulation, which closed the margin to 27-24 in Tech's favor, the Bulldogs faced a fourth-and-6 situation when coach Mark Richt chose to go for it. Mason, who had missed a pass to Bennett on third down, was on the mark for a first down, connecting with Bennett for 11 yards to midfield. From that point, Mason moved his team to a touchdown.
• After Josh Harvey-Clemons' interception with 5:43 remaining, the Bulldogs were thinking touchdown but could only get a tying field goal at 27-27, which gave Tech an opportunity to win the game with a field goal.
The Jackets moved the ball past midfield and faced third-and-7 at the Georgia 40. Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham saw Tech's alignment and anticipated a pass to DeAndre Smelter, who had scored the Jackets' last touchdown.
Grantham quickly called time out and switched defensive backs, putting the experienced Damian Swann on Smelter, swapping out with Dawson. Swann's sticky coverage led to an incomplete pass, forcing Tech to punt, which led to overtime.
You know the rest of the story.
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A Study Versus E2020 10mg Followed by an Open-label Extension Phase to Explore the Safety of E2020 SR 23 mg in Japanese Subjects With Severe Alzheimer's Type Dementia
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The purpose of this study is to compare 23 mg donepezil sustained release (SR) to the currently marketed formulation of 10 mg donepezil immediate release (IR) in patients with severe Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's Type Dementia
Drug: E2020
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Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
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|A Randomized, Double Blind, Parallel-Group Comparison Study Versus E2020 10mg Followed by an Open-label Extension Phase to Explore the Safety of E2020 SR 23 mg in Japanese Subjects With Severe Alzheimer's Type Dementia
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10 mg donepezil immediate release (IR) concurrently with placebo identical in appearance to the 23 mg donepezil sustained release (SR) formulation. All patients who complete the double blind phase will take 23 mg donepezil sustained release (SR) orally, once daily, for 52 weeks in the Open-label Extension phase.
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- Diagnostic evidence of probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) consistent with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders-version IV (DSM-IV).
- Hachinski Ischemic Score ≤ 6.
- Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) scale ≥ 6 at Screening.
- Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 1 to 12 at Screening
- Subjects who are on a stable Aricept® dose of 10 mg immediate release (IR), taken as a single, daily dose for ≥ 3 months prior to the Screening Visit.
- Evidence consistent with Alzheimer's disease (AD) on any cranial image on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) scan or etc. obtained within 24 months prior to the Screening Visit. Subjects who have any observations of dementia other than Alzheimer's type after the last image diagnosis should be reconfirmed.
- Age ≥ 50 years
- Written informed consent is to have been obtained from the subject (if possible) or from the subject's legal guardian or other representative
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- Subjects with dementia other than Alzheimer's type.
- Subjects with significant neurological or psychiatric disorders such as stroke, brain tumor, schizophrenia, epilepsy, normal pressure hydrocephalus, mental retardation, a history of head injury with loss of consciousness, or a history of brain surgery followed by persistent deficits.
- Subjects with allergy to donepezil hydrochloride or piperidine derivatives.
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|Mizunami, Gifu, Japan
|Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
|Sanjo, Niigata, Japan
|Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan
|Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
|Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
|Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
|Akita, Japan
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^^^ good point.....I was just saying that Bang can Bang. His UFC debut was that one punch KO of damn cant remeber , but it was nice lol
But you are right bang has slowed
Yeah, but his K1 days were some time ago and his Beerbohm and Jim Miller losses really showed a much SLOWER Bang than in the past. There's no argument that he's got great striking technique, I feel he's really lost a couple steps and would ultimately be exposed against the much younger and quicker Stout.
One guy I'd love to see either of these guys fight is Josh Neer, who I think was WAY prematurely dumped by the UFC. He's gonna have a helluva time against Alvarez, but I think he's got a sick skillset at his disposal. If only he could leave MFS.
I want to vote where is the poll?
I think it would be a great fight, They would stand and BANG.
Dont forget that BANG is a K-1 level kickboxer, I dont think Sam would blow through him
Stout's on the upswing of his career, developing finer and finer technique and really honing his skill. Bang's in the opposite end of his career and is looking less and less refined as the time goes by. Personally, I think this is a waste of Stout's time and he's really looking so good with his standup right now that I see him plowing through Lil Heathen on his way to really succeeding as one of the best strikers at 155.
Stout vs Ludwig
Would anyone else besides me be interested in this? I know neither guy is a world beater, but both would bring it and there are guarunteed fire works. I dont honestly care who wins I just want to see it.
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RICHMOND — Madison County will continue to have two Republicans and one Democrat in its delegation to state House of Representatives as Rita Smart, D-Richmond, and Donna Mayfield, R-Winchester, won re-election by comfortable margins and Republican Jonathan Shell of Lancaster won the seat left open by the retirement of long-term legislator Lonnie Napier, R-Lancaster.
36th District
The 36th District includes all of Garrard County as well as eastern, western and southern Madison County.
Shell won in both counties, outpolling Bud Montgomery of Berea by 1,301 votes, 6,580 to 5,279, in Madison. Shell carried his home county by 3,703 votes, 5,353 to 1,650, for an overall margin of 5,004.
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Donna Mayfield also will continue to represent the northern portion of Madison County that falls in 73rd District and all of Clark County after outpolling her opponent JoEllen Reed here by 1,135 votes, 2,523 to 1,388. In Clark County, Mayfield's margin was 951, 8,115 to 7,164.
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ridgeline1959 Posts: 5I have a 2008 best I've done on the HWY 23.5 @ 73 MPH on a 400 mile trip. That was getting gas @ the highway and pulling off and getting gas again. City driving around the twin cities which is about 50/50 hwy/suburban driving the top I get is 19.5 in the summer about 17.5 winter. I'm a conservative driver and I do shut my car off @ intersections when the light will stay red longer than a minute.(about 2 times a day) Pulling a boat about 13 MPG. Now when my wife drives the Ridge she gets about 14 MPG, ie jack rabbit starts and race to the red line!!
209flyboy Posts: 1Mileage on my new 2009 Ridgeline has been getting better with time. I have found a new trick for increasing mileage and that is to use the cruise control as much as possible, even in the city where there is ample road to do so. Just don't do jackrabbit starts. This will kill your mileage. You've got to remember your driving a truck with big tires which increase rolling resistance.
I have found that by setting the cruise control slightly higher than my desired speed and then, using the decelerate control bring the speed down to the desired speed. By doing this, you will see the mpg stay higher than if you just set the control at the speed you want and don't go over the\at speed first.
I have been getting 18.5 to 19.8 in the city using this technique. My highway mileage has shown 22.7 to 23.8 consistenly at 68mph on reasonably level interstates. Keeping the vehicle at 70mpg is max for me. I notice that speeds above 70 mpg start to take a toll on mileage because of wind resistance. There is a big trade off speed vs wind impact. Another thing to remember is not to use the cruise control when the road takes a steeper climb. This causes the tranny to downshift and the engine runs faster increasing fuel consumption.
With about 8K on the clock the mpg is getting better. Local commuting is more in the 18+/- arena. When new, it was in the 15-16 mpg range.
Recently my wife and I took a 1 day road trip from south of Atlanta to Cherokee N. Carolina. Typical N. Georgia rolling hills most of the way with mountains the last 30 miles or so. One area was steep enough that the tranny dropped to 3rd gear. About half the trip was X-Way, 1/4 four lane roads with traffic lights, and 1/4 two lane roads with some small towns. Total trip was about 385 miles. Travel speed was posted speed limits and very little speeds over 65. Stopped to eat twice and once for a "Pit Stop". Spent about 2 hours at the destination.
Gauge in the car said we got 24.8 mpg. Gas pump and calculator showed 25.1 mpg. Filled up at the same pump before and after the trip. Let the nozzle run on the slowest setting and removed it on the first click both times. This is the first time the gauge has shown less than the calculated mileage. Might have something to do with the constant running vs my usual traffic type driving.
A week or so later I (alone) took a trip of about 175 total miles to north Georgia and back, but not into the mountains. There were constant rolling hills, for the entire trip. Ran the posted speed limits but not over 65 much at all. Measured the mileage going with a top speed of 62. Trip home had a top speed of 65. RL gauge showed 27.8 one way and 27.7 the other. Did not calculate at a fuel pump. Even if the gauge is optimistic by .5-.8 mpg, which is usually the case, that is still good mileage for a "brick".
Conditions were a pleasant day and AC was not required. Cruise was used when ever possible. FWIW I firmly believe that most RL will achieve this kind of mileage under similar conditions. In my heart of hearts I believe that if I had driven 70 mph the economy would have dropped 5-7 mpg. But I would have gotten there a few minutes quicker.
Problem with most drivers is a desire to buy cheap gas and run as fast or faster than everyone else. I buy Chevron or Shell 87 octane which have proven over and over to get better mileage than the economy fuels for us.
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scottmpg Posts: 1I bought my 2008 Ridgeline used 4 months ago with 25K miles. I now have 32K and have been getting 15.5, 12.5, 13.5, and twice I got 16.5 mpg. I drive 50% highway & 50% city/suburban. I live in Houston, Texas. I don't haul anything. I'm fairly easy on the pedal and I don't see how fast I can get to the next light. The dealer said I'm getting normal mpg. Can any body tell me if this is true?
truckwannabe Posts: 6To scottmpg, I had my 2006 Ridgeline for 6 months and put 10,000 miles on it. I didn't take any long trips but did a lot of short trip driving and I always stayed at 18 mpg or better. I drove it as you say you're driving. I read on one post that if we have a truck we're just pushing a brick down the road and shouldn't expect good MPG. I have had a 2005 Tundra 2wd double cab for 2 months and am bouncing between 17-18 mpg....just added a Extang bed cover and hope to see 1/2 of the 10% MPG improvement they advertised...but I'm not holding my breath. I will add new spark plugs (probably the NGK fine wire Iridium IX) next...oh and I still have to change from crude oil to my Amsoil 0w30. Maybe I will get another 1-2 mpg from these latest tweaks. Just this morning a buddy sent me this: "A good hot FORD plug is the best you can do on ANY internal combustion engine running 87 to 104 octane. All you do with a plug will be robbed by ONE under inflated tire.....im serious!!! Keep the air flowing into the engine.....run a good plug...keep the tires up....keep GOOD gas in it and its about all you can do. Slow starts and not going over 50 make an INCREDIBLE diff as well as high octane gas."
Sounds like your Ridgeline may need some tweaking also....maybe at the dealership after you do all you can do? Good luck!
bolivar Posts: 2,316You are getting about what I get.
I think I just filled up and it was 17, with a highway trip on that.
I feel all my vehicles lost around 2mpg where 10% ethenol was required. I've seen 21mpg on one highway trip in my 2006 Ridgeline, and this was on gas without ethenol. I doubt I will ever see this milage again.
I do drive fast, 70 or 75 depending on posted speed limit. I do try to keep air at 32pounds or more, but this truck does seem to leak or drop a lot of presssure in cold weather. I've had the low pressure warning come on twice since owning it. It comes on at 26#.
rcummelin Posts: 178Your mileage seems low to me, but what do I know?
We had an '08 RTS that got about 16-17 in town and 19-21 on long freeway trips at 75-80 mph.
We traded our '08 for a new (leftover) 2010 RTL in December. It's not broken-in yet, but current mileage is 15-16 in town and 18-20 on the highway. I'm hoping it will improve after it gets a few thousand miles on it.
I agree that ethanol added to gas kills your mileage numbers. In my experience, 10% ethanol = 10% worse mileage. Almost like paying for something that doesn't even combust in the engine--weird. We are forced to buy gas with ethanol in the winter, but can get REAL gas in the summer here in Colorado, and the mileage numbers go up when the ethanol goes away.
On other Ridgeline forums, some owners claim to run 34-35 lbs. of air pressure in their tires to improve the mileage and it seems to work if they do lots of highway driving.
dboe Posts: 69Actually, 34-35 lbs is only a couple above what Honda recommends. It should not be an issue at all. Mfrs have to compromise between mpg, tire life, and ride comfort.
I've noticed the slightest increase in ride firmness, about the only penalty driving a couple of psi over. Need more time to evaluate mileage.
With Ford's new ecoboost engine, and the mileage/hp ratings of some others, I have to wonder the direction Honda is going. Makes me think maybe another year for the RL and then no more.
I think there has been a slip in quality too, although over the long haul I think a Honda will always persevere. But I am concerned they are not as innovative anymore. It's great having tried and true models like Accords and Civics, but things have become pretty stale in light of the competition, including other imports. Oh well, just my rant!
Back to the mileage, on longer trips I try to hold to 65mph even in a 70 zone. It seems as soon as the tach starts to rise the slightest bit above 2K, mpg starts heading for the toilet. Don't get me wrong, overall still love the truck.
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I'm based in Houston, Texas. Energy capital of the world.
In his State of the Union address tonight President Obama said:
"After years of talking about it, we are finally poised to control our own energy future. We produce more oil at home than we have in 15 years. We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas, and the amount of renewable energy we generate from sources like wind and solar – with tens of thousands of good, American jobs to show for it. We produce more natural gas than ever before – and nearly everyone's energy bill is lower because of it."
Yes indeed, thanks to fracking, crude oil production in the United States is surging. From a low of 5 million barrels per day in 2008 output has shot up in a hyperbolic curve to 7 million bpd as of last week.
The last time America's petroleum output was that high was back in 1992 — 20 years ago.
What's more, U.S. imports of petroleum have fallen to the lowest level since 1999. (Below 10 million bpd today versus 14 million bpd in 2005.)
Due to a 12% decrease in gasoline consumption during the last four years of recession, we're using less petroleum too.
The result is that our exports of petroleum products are up nearly 150% in three years to a record $140 billion. As hyperbolic as the increase in oil production has been, so has the decrease in our petroleum trade deficit, falling from $360 billion a year ago to an annual rate of $224 billion today (less than half the $500 billion annual oil deficity of 2008).
This is an awesome accomplishment. And it is all thanks to fracking. Without the techniques of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, this Great American Oil & Gas Boom would simply not exist.
What's more, as President Obama said tonight, "over the last four years, our emissions of the dangerous carbon pollution that threatens our planet have actually fallen."
That's right, whether you think carbon emissions are dangerous or not, the fact is that they have fallen. According to this report from the Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases fell 4.6% in 2011. Most of this decrease was due directly to the decreasing use of coal in power plants and the increase in combustion of clean-burning natural gas.
And thanks to fracking, there's plenty more natural gas to displace coal.
Power plants are by far the biggest greenhouse gas emitters, accounting for 2.2 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions (67% of the total).
No wonder President Obama said tonight that "my administration will keep cutting red tape and speeding up new oil and gas permits."
That's music to the ears of the oil and gas industry.
But then why does the president have to go and mess it up? In his speech tonight he said:
"Indeed, much of our new-found energy is drawn from lands and waters that we, the public, own together. So tonight, I propose we use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an Energy Security Trust that will drive new research and technology to shift our cars and trucks off oil for good. If a non-partisan coalition of CEOs and retired generals and admirals can get behind this idea, then so can we. Let's take their advice and free our families and businesses from the painful spikes in gas prices we've put up with for far too long."
First of all, we don't need any new federal bureaucracy, and we certainly don't need any portion of the $10 billion in federal royalties from oil and gas production on federal lands to go into a slush fund from which bureaucrats get to pick pie-in-the-sky technologies to invest in.
As far as I can tell, this idea of an Energy Security Trust comes from this ill-fated house bill from 2009 that sought to tax carbon dioxide emissions and direct the tax into a trust fund that would pay for alternative energy research and (bizarrely) offset payroll taxes for poor families.
An energy trust fund is a terrible idea, and could well be considered a backdoor approach to reopen the debate on the national carbon tax. We don't need either.
Society already benefits tremendously from cheaper, more plentiful American oil and gas. Thanks to fracking, lower natural gas prices already save consumers $100 billion a year – far more than any crumbs the federal government might want to dole out. What's more, the energy industry doesn't need the government's help when it comes to investing in energy infrastructure or research and development. This year American oil and gas companies will make well over $100 billion in capital investments, with Chevron and ExxonMobil alone accounting for $70 billion.
Thanks to fracking, the United States can become not only energy independent of the rest of the world (oil will still be a global commodity with prices set on the world market) but definitely more energy secure. Fracking saves us money; fracking creates jobs; fracking reduces greenhouse gas emissions. God bless fracking.
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Anything with the word Trust in it should never be associated with the government.
"If you're not going to trust us, we're going to have a problem." – Obama.
Methane is a more potent green house gas than Carbon Dioxide in the 20 year time frame.
Here are too interesting peer-reviewed scientific studies out of Cornell:
Current methane leakage from natural gas wells is around 9%. This figure is coming from another peer-reviewed study:
A subsequent study by another group at Cornell has shown that the Howarth study is flawed:
"[Howarth et al.'s] analysis is seriously flawed in that they significantly overestimate the fugitive emissions associated with unconventional gas extraction, undervalue the contribution of "green technologies" to reducing those emissions to a level approaching that of conventional gas, base their comparison between gas and coal on heat rather than electricity generation (almost the sole use of coal), and assume a time interval over which to compute the relative climate impact of gas compared to coal that does not capture the contrast between the long residence time of CO2 and the short residence time of methane in the atmosphere."
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon arrived at similar conclusions when looking at GHG emissions from the production of gas in the Marcellus shale.
If you read what I posted, you would note that the second study I posted from Cornell was a direct response to Cathles, which was the main author on the paper you posted.
The title contains the words "Response to Cathles et al ."
So if you believe Cathles, fine, but Howarth et al responded and gave good evidence as to why Cathles is wrong. This is the beauty of science.
Regarding the second study:
"Methane leakage rates throughout the natural gas system (excluding the preproduction processes previously discussed) are a major concern and our analysis has an implied fugitive emissions rate of 2%, consistent with the EPA natural gas industry study (US EPA 1996, 2010)."
Two things to note:
1. The study uses an "implied fugitive emission rate of 2%". This comes from an EPA study done back in 1996, which discusses conventional wells, not multi-well pads that use horizontal drilling with long laterals.
2. A recent study by NOAA indicates that the emission rate of methane is closer to 9%, which is more in line with the Cornell study. This study was published in 2012:
Also, regarding that second study you posted from Carnegie Mellon:
Look at Figure 5. When carbon capture technologies are used to, natural gas has higher green house gas emissions. In fact, the authors note this:
"When advanced technologies are used with CSS then the emissions are similar and coal provides slightly less emissions. This implies that the upstream emissions for natural gas life cycle are higher than the upstream emissions from coal, once efficiencies of power generation are taken into account (Jaramillo et al 2007)."
Another great speech by LoopyEars-in-chief at the DC circus tent of fools who have destroyed the economy and bankrupted this ex-great nation.
During the last Depression when Democrats actually cared about the people, President Roosevelt's Work Programs Administration (WPA), spent $13 billion, President Obama's $788 billion stimulus program sought to create jobs for the sole sake of creating jobs but unlike the WPA, which actually succeeded in employing three million people, Obama's "stimulus" failed to create any jobs at all. And of the few produced, they've certainly not been the "shovel-ready" ones he promised. Four more years lost in the wilderness.
Yes President Obama understands that fracking is definitely an enormous part of the answer to energy needs, not just in the US, but, importantly, through exports of natural gas, thereby strengthening the US economy even more. And I'm glad that Forbes understands that Mr. Obama gets the fracking message, and I applaud Forbes for helping to education the public about fracking, to counter the many misinformed and–let's call it what it is–the disinfomation anti-fracking lobby.
However, even though I generally agree with Forbes take on new government bureaucracies, in this particular case, Mr. Obama may actually have a good idea. Here's what he actually said on the subject:
"So tonight, I propose we use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an Energy Security Trust that will drive new research and technology to shift our cars and trucks off oil for good. If a non-partisan coalition of CEOs and retired generals and admirals can get behind this idea, then so can we."
If President Obama is sincere on using the US Government to advance cars driven by, say, natural gas (or in combination with electricity), to replace traditional gasoline engines, then I say that is a great idea. Forbes should not dismiss the idea of the government taking the lead on such a matter, as, in fact, history shows that the government can be extremely effective in fostering these technological advances and innovation. Recall, for example, that the Internet was a US Government creation. And there are many other examples. Never forget that the US Government can be extremely efficient and effective when it has a truly solid goal. (Think, for example, of The Manhatten Project, in which a braintrust was assembled to make the US into a preeminent nuclear power, before the Axis did.)
Sometimes industry and market forces need a push or a subsidy to make things take off, and broadening the use of our tremendous natural gas resources, to accomplish the goal of having automobiles run on natural gas, for example, is a very sound one. Of course, if the real purpose is not to advance the private market, then yes, Forbes is absolutely correct. But let's hope that the President really means what he says.
Misinformed? Disinformation? I think it is ignorant to call the entire anti-fracking movement misinformed.
There are many of us that just want to see more research. I read the peer-reviewed literature and form my own opinion of it. Is peer-reviewed literature perfect? Of course not, but I tend to trust the scientific process.
Here is a (very small) list of peer-reviewed studies that I think justify my want for more science:
Howarth, R. W., R. Santoro, and A. Ingraffea. 2011. Methane and the greenhouse gas footprint of natural gas from shale formations. Climatic Change Letters, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0061-5
Howarth, R. W., R. Santoro, and A. Ingraffea. 2012. Venting and Leaking of Methane from Shale Gas Development: Response to Cathles et al.Climatic Change. In Press.
Myers, T. (2012), Potential Contaminant Pathways from Hydraulically Fractured Shale to Aquifers. Ground Water. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00933.x
Nathaniel R. Warner, Robert B. Jackson, Thomas H. Darrah, Stephen G. Osborn, Adrian Down, Kaiguang Zhao, Alissa White, and Avner Vengosh, Geochemical evidence for possible natural migration of Marcellus Formation brine to shallow aquifers in Pennsylvania. PNAS 2012 : 1121181109v1-6.
EPA Releases Draft Findings of Pavillion, Wyoming Ground Water Investigation for Public Comment and Independent Scientific Review
Land Application of Hydrofracturing Fluids Damages a Deciduous Forest Stand in West Virginia
I will gladly provide more studies if you would like.
If reading science makes me misinformed, than so be it. Again, all I am asking for is more science. I am not claiming contamination (although the industry admits to methane migration), I just think these studies raise concern. The last thing I want are large quantities of methane and BTEX chemicals in the air and water.
Side note: My concern is NOT the instance of hydraulic fracturing. My concern is the entire process / life-cycle of a well. I think it is a problem that people refer to "High Volume, Slick Water Hydraulic Fracturing on a multi-cluster well-pad using horizontal drilling with long laterals" simply as "fracking".
A few thoughts to your "Recall, for example, that the Internet was a US Government creation." statement.
While the "internet" originated from a defense program, it was nearly 20 years later before private innovations and the world wide web brought us the technical revolution you see today. Also, the growth and success of the internet can also be traced to the hands-off approach government took. As soon as laws and regulations start to creep in, look for innovation to suffer. So let's temper that praise some.
The Manhattan project was that, a project, with a definitive end. A new bureaucracy would not end and like other areas, it would be ripe for politization and corruption. It would permantly divert money from things that should be prioritized ahead of public research, like revamping the national infrastructer to support new energy sources. Research is still being done privately. You also do not want to kill the incentive/rewards of private research or we may unwittingly slow/delay innovation instead.
I like how Obama attributes the gains in oil production within the United States to himself/administration. "After years of talking about it, we are finally poised to control our own energy future." There is such a thing as randomness and Obama's success within the energy sector of the United States is irrefutable evidence. Obama- read Taleb's "The Black Swan". Maybe this will help you learn when to take credit and not.
As far as oil production and all it entails: I contain great excitement for the economic ramifications that this may hold in store. Lower gas prices, more jobs, heavier spending, influx in market revenue; all of this is excellent. As far as a council of experts to supervise and encourage research; I do not think this is a well thought through idea. Government competition with small business is a "no go" in the U.S. Although the societal benefit would be relatively high, the United States allows the individual as well as society to remain #1. Do I think Obama should activate a council of bipartisan executives of oil companies for his own use and knowledge? Yes. Information is key to survival.
For those who may comment, answer me this: If the United States becomes energy independent due to our new found reservoir of shale, how will this effect relations within the Middle-East since we no longer "need" anything from them?
I agree that Obama hypocritically tries to twist the success of fracking into something he can claim as he governments own, such as when he calls the profits "our" profits. But lest anyone forget, the fracking success occurred only because the government/Obama had no control over privately held mineral acres. If mineral acres had been owned by the government (such as in some European countries), Obama would have prevented nearly all of the drilling, such as he has done with all the federal mineral rights under the government control. The grand "fracking" experiment would have never been given a chance to succeed if left up to Obama. Yet he obscenely calls it "our" profits, and insinuates that there is a moral obligation to use those profits to support all the green energy projects that have already failed under the Obama administration.
If the "Energy Security Trust" is anything like the Social Security Trust Fund I predict great success. As fast as people who actually work for a living pay into it, politicians will be shoveling it out the back door to the people who own their souls.
This is some grade-A ignorance right here. Environmental and health effects? No thx!
Chris, Excellent Article! Excellent news for pure fracking play stocks like Heckmann Corp (HEK NYSE). $HEK and ALL FRACKING stocks should greatly benefit moving forward!
Let it rest Forbes. No one ever made money on nat gas so stop dreaming and sell your tin mines and your coal mines and dump those timber partnerships. Hey wanna buy that new dang? What's it called? nukes. Or do they scare u cuz they don't jive with the New Test?
Go look at developmental cost of nuclear energy. Maybe that will turn you off from going and starting your own plant too. (If the actual cost of creation is not enough, look at the cost of disposing of waste). Fun reading. Christopher Helmen, I enjoyed the article.
You are an idiot. That's all I have to say
First of all nuclear is not a zero carbon fuel. Does the equipment building the nuclear sites run on nuclear power? Do the trucks that transport the waste run on nuclear? Etc etc etc. You know what removes carbon though, timber. Or as people who don't work for Forbes refer to them; trees.
Cheap Nat Gas has opened the door for another American Industrial Revolution where individuals have created businesses and made millions. Don't miss another opportunity, learn to convert fleets to run on Nat Gas. email@example.com
The President made claims he can't support. Energy consumption is down because the economy is underwhelming. We are importing less oil because the miles traveled by drivers is down. Fuel economy has not doubled as he lied last night. 2012 fleet weighted mpgs is barely 1 mpg more than it was in 2011 and that is around 21 – 22 mpgs. Any oil and gas production increases is all due to private companies risking private funds, not because of any increases in permitting which has not happened. The President was basically lying through most of the speech last night. But that is his game. Lies.
Lies is a bold statement. I understand what you are saying, "The numbers don't lie, the statistician does." Really, I get it. I don't know what data set Obama used, but I guarantee you he has it cited somewhere. As far as the decrease in oil importation, I would recommend reading on the massive levels of oil found in the Bakken formation in North Dakota and similar drilling areas in the U.S.. You may find that you misunderstand the importation ordeal, if I am wrong, please correct me. Back one more time to Obama's claim for increase in Mile per Gallon: Most likely Obama is talking about an outlying extremity well beyond the normal "bell curve" of 21-22 mpgs. The 21-22 mpgs is a national average, including older vehicle models. Now to address your comments on the lack of government involvement on fuel production, politics and oil expansion are directly correlated. Read some on the process of obtaining rights to drill and you should see the correlation. If this doesn't cut it for you, look at a Goldman Sachs' weekly market performance outline (available to the general public) and notice the macro-analysis within the Energy and Basic Materials sectors. Politics is all about interpretation of events, most with notable impact can be written of to randomness, not to governing styles. It does not matter if we compare Reagan's performance to John F. Kennedy's; the events that took place on their watch were hardly within their control, the situations the were dealt enabled them to make decisions with lasting implications. These decisions were made without all possible data and without a full understanding of potential risk. Credit will be given to presidents for events that fall within their term, regardless of whose fault. Trying to find who actually holds responsibility for actions is as futile as shoveling the water out of the ocean. There is to much impact from nearly all members of society in some way. I don't know who to credit with the discovery of oil nor do I care to search, it will be Obama.
Great article that tells a truthful story.
Love it or hate it, fracking and the associated oil and gas industry have been one of the main drivers of our recent economic recovery.
Lower fossil fuel energy prices have benefited all sectors of the economy, and that's inconvenient for backers of renewables who are counting on subsidies and higher prices to tip the balance in their favor.
What economic recovery are you talking about? You do realize that the US was the largest driller of oil a mere half century ago right? But that will never happen with natural gas, and fracking is a much smarter energy source. We will never need renewables, so why start subsidizing them now? Idiot
You can't breathe, drink, or eat what gets polluted from all the fracking. The future won't matter anyway because fracking and tarsands will destroy the ability for our planet to be livable. The real heros are those who live by fracking…"weather" they signed up for it or not…sacrifical lambs we are. I live, breathe, and blog in BarnettShaleHell Arlington gasland Texas.
Fracking may lead to short team income for the US for the long term effects are unkown. Here in Canada, the oil and gas guys would dump the waste water from fracking into rivers, then they stopped when it was known that fish and wild life were dying. Then the gas guys went to local city water plants to have the waste water treated. The water was too polluted for local cities so now they pump the water in deep wells. Once the water has been put into the well it cannot be returned to nature. I have only written about the waste water from fracking……so many other issues and problems that we are just learning about.
Oil experts have debunked the hype already. Arthur Berman, an oil analyst with Labyrinth Consulting Services, says the promise of America's shale reserves have been vastly overstated. The shale wells have a 38% decline rate, so constant drilling of new wells would be required to just maintain production. The cost is prohibitive. Their output has barely put a dent in overall consumption. The full article is in the businessinsider.com
check this out- http://www.powermag.com/print/issues/features/Is-Shale-Gas-Shallow-or-the-Real-Deal_5188.html
Penn State geologist Terry Engelder, the major domo of Marcellus Shale (see sidebar), doesn't share Berman's pessimism about gas supply and prices, or Berman's assessment of the production decline of shale gas wells. "All wells decline," Engelder said in an interview. "What distinguishes shale wells from conventional reservoirs is the percentage of gas delivered over a long period of time." Shale wells, Engelder said, start producing at very high volumes, decrease considerably during the first year, but continue producing much longer than conventional gas wells, because the tight rock formations slow the release of the gas.
With shale gas, Engelder said, "You have a steeper decline curve initially, but a much longer period of production." That's a function of the tight shale reservoirs, "with inherent low permeability," he said. "The gas takes longer to get" to the well head "but remains economic over a longer period of time."
Here is where it can get pretty wonky. Engelder notes that the dispute with Berman and others in his camp who say shale wells decline too rapidly is a matter of hyperbolic production curves versus exponential curves. Engelder is in the hyperbolic school and Berman is one of the exponential advocates. If a well's decline is hyperbolic, Engelder explained, you get a decreasing rate of decline year after year. The best data for eastern shale wells available, he said, shows a general hyperbolic decline over a 40-year period, versus a 25-year lifespan for conventional gas wells.
Wow, I don't often see "journalism" that is this brazenly pro-Big Oil. OK, you're in Houston—I get it.
But it's a little disorienting to read such determinedly ignorant climate denialism in a publication that purports to have at least a tenuous attachment to the world of objective facts.
Of course, your Dear Leader Steve Forbes lowered my expectations considerably when he wrote in Fact and Comment 20 or so years ago that mandating higher fuel efficiency for autos would actually INCREASE gas consumption because people would drive more (Yes, he actually said that. You could look it up.)
I dashed off a letter to Mr. Forbes congratulating him for perhaps unintentionally solving the fuel shortage. Clearly, the answer is to mandate LOWER mileage for vehicles, causing people to drive less and saving buckets of fuel. But apparently he didn't jump on the idea.
Germany is generating 50% + of its energy from solar, Spain's #1 source of energy is wind, and the price of wind in Australia is now cheaper than natural gas or coal. There's no need for us to destroy our land and health for fuel sources like natural gas.
Only a corporate hack would be pro-fracking.
My retort: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324640104578161593492943144.html
Reality check for the alternative energy crowd: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324640104578161593492943144.html
Ai caramba. Before you cash your check from the Koch brothers, just consider all the Federal R&D support that helped nurture fracking technology through the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and naughties to now. Does it not make sense to inveset in renewable R&D for a better future? One where we don't have to spend a trillion or two dollars on wars to protect foreign oil supplies. One where we don't spew cancer-causing particulates into the air we breath, or play Russian roulette with greenhouse gases? Whether you understand this or not, your sad piece is part of a relentless well-funded propaganda campaign against renewable energy sources that has JUST happened to coincide with their economic viability — as part of the energy mix. Along with your beloved fracking.
just as Bryan explained I am surprised that some people able to make $7345 in four weeks on the computer. have you seen this site link
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maybe t boone pickens got the fix in. he wants to get transportation switched to nat gas by gov fiat.
he could be a secret obama supporter
who would'a thought so?
Obama's comments are so hypocritical – if all the mineral acres had been under the government control (such as in some European countries) Obama would never have allowed the fracking experiment to succeed (like he shut down the Gulf of Mexico drilling). Yet now he has the audacity to claim the fracking revenues "our" revenues, as if he had played a responsible part in generating them. And wants to use them to support the same solar and other green energy policies that failed miserably (under the clouds of scandal) in his first term.
Great article Mr. Helman.
———-" Yes indeed, thanks to fracking, crude oil production in the United States is surging. From a low of 5 million barrels per day in 2008 output has shot up in a hyperbolic curve to 7 million bpd as of last week."———–
In 1970, US oil production was between 9.5 and 10 million BPD. Still about 30% even after your hyperbolic curve.
————" This is an awesome accomplishment. And it is all thanks to fracking. Without the techniques of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, this Great American Oil & Gas Boom would simply not exist."———
Maybe so……………………but Germany is FAR ahead of the US in renewable energy production. So much so, that they are in the process of shutting down their nuclear reactors permanently. And they are converting their transportation energy to CNG(methane, compressed natural gas). And Germany does not use fracking………………they have no natural gas resources to frack. They make their methane(CH4) from sewage and agricultural waste. They expect to be producing 20% or more of their CH4 needs by anaerobic digestion by the year 2015, five years ahead of the original goal……….and in spite of greatly expanded demand to replace nuclear power and petroleum for transportation.
Germany can produce CH4 by anaerobic digestion as far into the future as they wish——-so long as they have farms and people, they can't run out. And they won't have to worry about contamination of their water or food supply by toxic fracking chemicals. Producing CH4 by anaerobic digestion leaves two waste products—–compost(the richest, most fertile soil you can have), and clean, usable water.
——–" First of all, we don't need any new federal bureaucracy, and we certainly don't need any portion of the $10 billion in federal royalties from oil and gas production on federal lands to go into a slush fund from which bureaucrats get to pick pie-in-the-sky technologies to invest in."————-
I think if you check Chris——you will find that $10 billion royalty figure represents ALL lease payments to the US Federal Treasury, including things like metals mining, timber rights, navigation rights, use fees, etc. etc.———–NOT just oil and gas royalties. You will not find any exact amounts reported—-it is so excruciatingly small, it amounts to private piracy of public property. I once did calculations by making inference of figures from several agency sources. I came up with royalty payments of slightly less than $2/barrel (which sells for about $100/barrel) best case——and about $1/barrel, most likely case.
——–" An energy trust fund is a terrible idea, and could well be considered a backdoor approach to reopen the debate on the national carbon tax. We don't need either."———–
If the petroleum companies would show some initiative to change their business plan from pure market and environmental exploitation for short term profits—————-there would be no need for an energy trust fund.
Petroleum companies COULD be leaders in changing our energy mix to provide clean, safe and affordable energy for Americans. It is well within the sphere of what they do——-they are in the business of providing energy. They SHOULD be leading the way into a future where energy is renewable, sustainable, clean, safe and affordable.
If they would do that…………..no one would be happier than I would. All the tools they need to start are available and in use right now.
Instead—-I see, what appears to me to be pirates in Gucci suits and briefcases whose only goal seems to be looting, destruction and pillaging in the name of quarterly profits. Good business plans do not need to deny the existence or reality of problems. Good business plans need to look further into the future beyond the next quarterly report date.
Please explain how all of this great oil production benefits the consumers. prices are still climming. i take it that the government gets more oil, exports it, gets the money, and the consumers pay a lot more. with oil production up, imports down and better car gas milage, gas price should be down not up, or is there something in the equation that is missing
Yes, price at the pump around here has gone up over $.60/gal in the last two weeks alone. That's a 16% rise in prices three months before the peak usage summer months. 8 cents/gal this morning alone.
Consumers are the big losers in all this. Price is almost $4/gal now.


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06-20-07, 09:41 AM #1Banned
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Road staff vs. Detention staff Salary
I am working for a Dept. that is looking at different strategies to combat turnover among detention staff. One of the things being considered is to give detention staff parity in salary with road deputies and the admin has asked a few of us what we think about this. I have not answered yet but have formed a pretty strong opinion on the matter, but I am curious if there are other dept.'s that have tried this or and how did it turn out?
I know our jail staff makes about $10,000 less than we do. I really don't have an opinion on this matter. Maybe some of our verified C/O's will answer this one.
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Correctional officers should have pay parity with road officers for the following reasons:
- It's not our money, so what does it matter??? Sometimes people act like the money is coming out of their own pocket.
- Pay correctional officers parity so that it will give them an incentive to stay in corrections and to make it a career!!! Reward them as much as road officers are rewarded!!!
At the agency I use to work at the salary for the Jail staff and the Road Deputies were the same. It did not help with the turn over problem simply because many of the Deputies working the jail wanted to go to the road and there was not any positions available. Therefore they would go to work at another agency when the chance came along. I've worked both areas, starting in a prison then going on the road. To me both areas are similar, if you don't like what your doing you will not stay, regardless of pay.
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Detention Deputies going to the road is not the problem. We're losing Det. Dep.'s for every reason imaginable except that one. The biggest complaint seems to be the 12 hr rotating day/night shift schedule that we work but I think that's a cop out. My personal opinion is we're losing people because of the disparity between the image of the road deputy and the detention deputy. It seems that no matter what we detention staff do we're viewed as second class citizens compared to the road side of the house. When we look at the staff that have quit in the past year 75% have been young and educated in a LAWE or CJ field. In other words, the staff that most would expect would be staying and making a career are bailing out. What's that tell you?
My opinion on the parity issue is that parity alone is not a solution to the problem, but if it were coupled with higher minimum hiring requirements and a possible revision in the shift rotation, maybe create two permanent shifts, one for days and one for nights and then have two rotating day/night shifts maybe we could attract the career oriented, professional people we are looking for.
IMO, all should be sworn deputies with equal pay and allow lateral transfers to postions by bidding on them.To be a good Law Enforcement Officer you MUST know the law!
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I work at a county jail in Southern Maryland. We start out at 37,600 while patrol starts out at 40,000 (and change). We have people leaving because they want to be a cop. Some leave taking 10k paycuts to be a patrol officer at other departments.
Bottom line is, corrections is a stepping stone job for most and no matter what you pay nothing will change this.
Maybe a contract saying they will work x amount of years at the department would help? Good pay is important so you can have qualifed, quality staff. If you pay shit, that's what you will get.Don't ask if you don't want a honest answer!!!
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I don't believe that corrections is a stepping stone job. Yes, there are those that view it as such, but there are a great many of us that truly have no desire to go to the road and truly enjoy the jail setting. I know for damn sure that if I were on the road I'd go nuts, 12 hr night shifts all alone checking doors on the town hall in some tiny ass townshhip out in the middle of BFE in January. NO way pal, I'll stick with my nice warm jail house and my 200 detainees for company.
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06-20-07, 09:38 PM #12Wise men stand behind me, brave men stand beside me, but only fools stand against me.
The force that propels you to prevail when you are put to a test of survival will be a mindset that refuses to accept nothing but winning.
Too often, we lose sight of life's simple pleasures. Remember, when someone annoys you it takes 42 muscles in your face to frown, BUT, it only takes 4 muscles to reach out and bitch slap that motherf*cker upside the head.
(I'm not referring to sales tax and state issues -- just local issues).
I am currently a deputy in a KY county jail (not affiliated with any agency other than ourselves). We house 525 + or - a few and we are paid below what road officers/deputies are paid. Our salary is $22,000 a year after the 90 probation period. We are sworn and yet to even get hazzard pay, but the other agencies get it.
The new jail I will be going to (an Indiana sheriff's office jail) the base salary is $33,200, (and will be a civilian) which is less than the road units, but not by such a large gap that it is in KY.
Both jobs have advantages and disadvantages. On the street, you have to decide good guy, good guy, good guy, bad guy (unless you work 3rd shift lol). Where as I get bad guy, bad guy, bad guy 24/7.
I think both jobs should be paid more since offenders are becoming more violent. I will be happy with my $11,000 a year raise and working for a much better facility.
Bottom line: I feel they should both be paid equal. But you have to have the same hiring process for both jobs. It seems like C/O jobs are a little easier for some knuckleheads to slip through. My hiring process for the Sheriff's Dept has been tough and has taken 10 months so far. Nothing like the KY job I got when I was hired within a week of dropping off my application. Maybe that's why where I'm at now has such a high turnover rate...
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Currently my agency starts out at 50K a year and your at 66 or 70k in 5 years, plus shift diff ,stats and OT. Most city police agencies in the area make identical money. Bottom line is corrections and policing are equal partners in the CJ system. You can have all Road cops you want, but if they have no where to dump the trash then their hooped. You can have a thousand jails filled with C.O's, but if there are no police officers to get them the bad guys then they are hooped. Both Face equal amount of dangers every day, in California they average10 assualts on staff per day. I persoanally get tired of the bullshit attitude of some police officers or some corrections officers. One is no more important than the other and if one feels that they are, then they should really check there ego. I know of police officers that work in butfuck no where and get 10 calls a year and making 70k. I know of CO's that work in prisons where they have ERT called out 10-15 times a month and they make 70k, and I know of some C.O's who dont do anything, and some PO's that are run off there feet.Do we have to make the same, it would be nice but no, it should be in the ball park though. I think most of you guys in the states, get bullshit wages and you should all get a raise. Anyways just my opinion guys.Giggity giggity Goo!
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I've done both and corrections is not a tougher job by any means. Its really not hard to sit there and babysit grown men.
I've also do both jobs, and I'm not about to get in a Pissing match over which is the hardest. In Wisconsin, to be a cop, you need at least 2 years of College and attend a 520 hour academy. To be a C.O., you need an HSED and attend a 240 hour academy. For County C.O.'s, the training is even less. Consequently, the pay for C.O.'s is less, as are the qualifications and training.
And, Glock 32, your statement is a slap in the face to every C.O. out there. As I said, I still do both, and there are times in the joint when I'm busy the whole shift, while there are times on the road I just drive around, and the hardest part of the job is deciding where to stop for coffee.For the morning will come. Brightly will it shine on the brave and true, kindly upon all who suffer for the cause, glorious upon the tombs of heroes. Thus will shine the dawn.
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11-05-07, 03:07 PM #18I'm your huckleberry...
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You can be the weapon, and the gun in your hand is a tool - or the gun is a weapon and you are the tool.
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but every girl I found was either one way or the other...
On topic: I believe salaries should be at least in proximity of one another for correctional officers and street cops. If for no other reason, the attraction and retention of more qualified candidates.
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Anonymous FTP
The standard ftp daemon that comes with recent Slackware distributions, and which is used by many—perhaps most—anonymous ftp sites, is the wu.ftpd which comes from Washington University at Saint Louis. It offers many useful features, including:
Extensible support for get filename.gz when only filename exists, and for get filename when only filename.gz exists (auto-gzip and auto-gunzip), and similar functionality for .Z (compress).
Extensible support for get dir.tar (auto-tar)
Extensive logging
Ability to limit the number of connected users based on location
Ability to easily change configuration
You can get the most recent copy of wu.ftpd at sunsite.unc.edu as /pub/Linux/system/Network file-transfer/wu-ftpd-2.4.linux.tar.gz. Be sure not to get the wu-ftpd-2.4.patch.gz file that exists there—the file wu-ftpd-2.4.linux.tar.gz is already patched, and applying wu-ftpd-2.4.patch.gz removes the patches.
Once you uncompress and untar the file, you'll have a wu-ftpd-2.4.linux directory containing all the source files. The configuration for wu.ftpd is slightly different than most packages you may install for Linux. For example, you don't use make. You execute the build script with the lnx option:
trippy:~/wu-ftpd-2.4.linux> build lnx
Before you do that, you may want to change the configuration files. The config.h configuration file usually does not need to be changed. The more important configuration src/pathnames.h file tells the daemon where various files, including the bianary, are located. The INSTALL file in the source root directory explains each of the entries in the configuration files.
During the build, you may notice a number of warnings from GCC. Many of them relate to SIGBUS being redefined. The second warning will tell you where it was previously declared. This is okay. It just means GCC noticed that two header files defined the same thing, in this case SIGBUS.
After the build is complete, you may wish to back up and remove the old ftpd program. Using /sbin/pkgtool, which comes with most Slackware releases, is an easy way to do this. You will want to view tcpip. Write down the locations of files that have ftp or in.ftp in them. After this, you can back up and remove the existing files. This way, you can be sure you have a clean installation.
When you are ready to install, use su to assume root status, then type build install, which will copy the binaries to the correct locations. By default, the daemon itself goes in /usr/local/etc/, support files go in /usr/local/bin/, and man pages go in /usr/local/man/.
Last, create the ftp user, by either manually editing /etc/passwd as root (be careful!) or by using the useradd command. Optimally, ftp should have "*" as an encrypted password, be in its own group (you probably want to create an ftp group for this, if there isn't one already); and have /bin/true as a login shell. Having /bin/true as a shell means that even if someone is able to break into the account, they will be automatically logged out, as /bin/true immediately exits (you can also use /bin/false). When you're done editing the ftp user in /etc/passwd, it should look something like this:
The two numbers may be different, and the /home/ftp may be different if your users have another path to access their home directories (like /user/ftp), but you get the general idea.
Now on to the fun part—setting up the configuration files. This may appear at first to be a large task, but once a configuration is set up, it requires very little maintenance—if it is set up correctly the first time. The obvious advantage to having many configuration files is that you don't have to re-compile wu.ftpd to add or modify features.
Before we go into the configuration files, I have to explain how anonymous ftp works from an administration point of view. In order to preserve the security of legitimate users of the system, ftpd changes its root directory so that it can only see a small part of the filesystem. That is, when you type cd / during an anonymous ftp connection, you don't really go to the real root directory, the one that normal users see. A chroot(2) function call changes the root of ftpd to the home directory for user ftp in /etc/passwd. In my case, the root for an anonymous user becomes /home/ftp relative to me, a legitimate user of the system. From here on, I'll call the root for an anonymous user "ftp" root or "~ftp/" and the `/' or `root directory' will be the root directory you know and love.
First, we have to set up files in our root directory. The ~/wu-ftpd-2.4.linux/doc/examples directory contains a number of sample files that will work for most situations. These files include ftpusers, ftpaccess, and ftpconversions. They should be installed in the /etc directory after modifying it for your local setup.
The ftpusers file contains a list of users who are not allowed to connect via ftp. This increases the security by not allowing users such as "root" to connect and possibly overwrite a file like /etc/passwd. Users are listed one per line.
The ftpaccess file is the primary ftpd configuration file. It sets up certain definitions of users, configures the major sections of security, and a previous number of other functions. The ftpaccess file in the examples directory should be fine for most people, but if you expect large numbers of people connecting for anonymous ftp use, you can use the ftpaccess.heavy file. Here are a few things you will want to look at in whichever ftpaccess files you use:
loginfails int—This sets the number of unsuccessful log in attempts allowed before ftpd disconnects.
class class typelist addrglob
[addrglob...]—This sets up a class of users. typelist can be real for real users of the system, anonymous for anonymous users of the system, and guest for guest accounts (which aren't quite like anonymous). addrglob lists where someone is coming from, either in IP (or dot—198.30.149.*) notation, or name notation (*.satelnet.org). This allows you to set up a group as local users (anonymous users who are on your same subnet for example) and a group for remote users who might be outside the local subnet. A setup could look like this:
class local real,guest,anonymous 198.30.149.* class remote real,guest,anonymous *
limit class n time msg file—This sets up limits on class of users, limiting access to n users during time. If they can't get in, display the text in the file ~ftp/msg file. Time is defined as in UUCP's L.sys file, but for those of you who can't find that file, the times are rather easy. Sunday is represented as `Su', Monday as `Mo' and so on. These can be followed by times in 24-hour format. So, to limit the number of remote users to 5 except for weekends and at night (when the limit goes to 10):
limit remote 10 SaSu|Any1800-0600 /etc/msgs/msg.toomany limit remote 5 Any /etc/msgs/msg.toomany
The default ftpaccess.heavy file seems to have this backwards. Also, if a limit is not valid (i.e. you put fubar as a limit) or it is -1, this is taken to be unlimited users.
passwd-check none|trivial|rfc822 warn|enforce—This sets up how the ftpd should respond when given a password for an anonymous login. There are three methods that you can have for allowing passwords:
none—We don't care what the password is (you can log in as guest)
trivial—Has a @ in the name (you can log in as komarimf@)
rfc822—Must be an RFC822 complaint address (full username and host)
If you have set trivial or rfc822 and the user does not comply with the requested password format, you can do two things:
warn—tells the user that an invalid password was entered, gives a suggested password, but lets the user log in anyway
enforce—tells the user the password is invalid, gives a suggested password, then logs the user out.
readme file when—tells the user to be sure to read the ~ftp/<file> during when. when can be on login or on certain directories. For example, the entries:
readme README* login readme README* cwd=*
will notify you of all the README files (README*) upon login, and any time you change directory. Note that you may want to change this to just README if you have a large number of README files in a directory.
message file when—This is almost the same as the readme entries above, only the ~ftp/file is output to the user's screen during when.
shutdown file—If file exists, ftpd will not allow any logins. This gives you a good way of shutting down ftp without having to edit /etc/inetd.conf and restarting inetd, then doing the reverse to get it all working again. In fact, all you need do is type (in this case):
touch /etc/shutdownftp
and no more logins will be allowed. Notice that connected users are not disconnected automatically via this method. You bump connected users off the system, and I'll get to that in a bit.
Finally, there is the ftpconversions file. One of the features of wuftpd is that it allows you to download files in a format different from the on the remote side. That is, you can automatically compress a text file as it gets sent to you, making the transfer go quicker. Or you can get an entire directory bundled up in one .tar file, ready to put on a floppy disk. There are few modifications you should make to this, as the .tar and .gz (for gzip) already exist to allow you to tar, compress, untar, and uncompress a file on the fly. This should go in /etc/ftpconversions. Other files are placed under ~ftp/. For example, you have to install the gzip and tar binaries, plus the shared libraries necessary to run the commands. Change directory to ~ftp/bin (use mkdir to create it first, if it does not exist) and execute the following:
cp /bin/ls . cp /bin/gzip . chmod 0111 *
This will copy the binaries, then make them both execute only.
Next you'll need the libraries. Go into the ~ftp/lib directory (or make it and do the following:)
cp /lib/libc.so.4 .
Yes, you can make a hard link, and you can also use statically linked executables. If you feel confident in your abilities to do either, you can do it.
You could also have a copy of /etc/passwd. Without it, when regular users of the system make files available to anonymous ftp users, user and group names (only the literal UID and GID as they are stored in the filesystem) will show up. So to resolve numbers to names, you'll need copies of both /etc/passwd and /etc/group in ~ftp/etc/. However, you don't need encrypted passwords or other information in the passwd file, only the UID, GID, and username. So you can replace all the passwords in the copied passwd file (be sure you're editing the correct file!!) with stars (*), then erase all the fields after the GID, leaving you with entries like:
The downside of this (for the extremely security conscious) is that a remote user could now know login names for legitimate users. Then again, you can change the names of the valid users of the system to something else. What could be better than letting a cracker spend all day (without success and increasing his chances of getting caught) trying to crack an account named "bob" on your machine who he saw as the owner of a file on anonymous ftp?
To be sure that the files are set up correctly, run the ~\wu-ftpd-2.4.linux/bin/ckconfig program. It will verify the locations of various files needed to run.
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WILMINGTON, Mass. — While working mostly with the defensemen as assistant coach for the Bruins' Providence (AHL) farm club under Rob Murray, Bruce Cassidy has helped mold some key contributors to the organization's success and the 2011 Stanley Cup championship squad.
Now that he's the head coach, Cassidy expects to have the same type of impact on all of Boston's prospects who are one step away from the NHL.
"When I first started, I was called a player's coach. I don't know what that means, to be honest," said Cassidy today at Bruins development camp during his first public statements since getting the P-Bruins head job. "I talk to the players, they're human beings, I like to put them in a position to succeed. I like to push them, to get a little bit more out of them. But I think I'm a lot less vocal than I was when I first started. I think part of that's just being around it longer and having young children now. I think that changes the way you look at things. But at the end of the day we're there to develop. So developing means communicating, teaching, it's reinforcing and then it's motivating and then when it's time, when the puck drops, then you're coaching. So those are basically the elements that I look at.
"But I think communication is a big thing nowadays … you can't just bark at them like you did 15 years ago and expect them to perform. It's a lot of explaining why and the purpose and how it benefits the team, how it benefits them. So that's what I'll do. It will just be an extension of what I've done for three years. I think the defensemen that have come through Providence in the last three years, for the most part, have all gotten better. They're not all playing for Boston because that's impossible, but you know Jeff Penner is a kid that played well but didn't really make it but we were able to move him for [Anton] Khudobin. So he was an asset, [Andrew] Bodnarchuk has been down there for a while and he's gotten better. It's just there's number crunch up here. You know [Adam] McQuaid and [Johnny] Boychuk, they've made it and good for them. And hopefully, some of these other young kids we have will get up also."
Cassidy's style earned him a head-coaching gig with the Washington Capitals, but he was dismissed during his second season in 2003-04. He last served as a head coach with Kingston of the OHL in 2006-07 and 2007-08, his last job before heading to Providence.
The P-Bruins haven't reached the postseason the last two years after a solid run of success that included an Eastern Conference finals berth in 2009. Cassidy thinks he knows why the team hasn't thrived and how to turn the club around.
"Well last year I think early on we had some goaltending struggles. I mean, coaches tend to do that, pin it on the goalies because it's easy, but I think they'd be the first to admit that there were some struggles you know," he said. "Like I said, [Michael Hutchinson] was a first-year guy. At the end of the day, I think he had a very good year but he had his ups and downs, and Nolan Schaefer had his ups and downs. Matt Dalton was given a chance. You know, usually at that level there's a lot of mistakes every night from every team, so you need a goalie to keep you [in there].
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