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Questa Travel Guide: 37 reviews and 237 photos
The drive south was long and dusty.
Colorado Springs fell quickly to the fast pace.
An accident on the free-way slowed the speed for a half-hour until the site was cleared.
It was one of 3 we came across in the 2 weeks I traveled.
Pueblo and Walsenburg were next.
My first Mexican meal had me an immediate fan of this cuisine.
Not particularly visually appetizing, the taste was wonderfully unique.
Chased by beer Mexican became something I long for, now that I am back in Australia.
San Luis, a quaint outcrop of dilapidated buildings, was marked to the traveling public by a mural on one of it?s buildings.
A dozen or so shops on main street were the only sign of occupation.
No humans were visible.
And then over the New Mexico State line.
Questa nestles at the foot of high hills before a huge expanse of flat productive land.
Just off the Hi-way to the left, a side track and a sign-post lead the way to the strangely wonderful 2-domed adobe where the Artist?s retreat meeting was being held.
Once trough the gateway, a path lead to the house.
In the background lay dark mountains.
In the foreground were AlburgRay, Kathmosphere, Kymba, Lazybee, and and Misha greeted us with open arms that many a VT member must have experienced.
The next 2 days were fun and crazy.
Dino and LaCristina played jazz and Honky-tonk Piano.
Funny Bee thought us Needle-work.
Kymba Bead-work.
Misha Writing.
Katmosphere painting.
I served the Champagne:o)
The 2 hemispherical domes measured in excess of 25 feet in diameter. Made out of clay, straw and mud they were beautifully insulated.
One held the huge meeting place where our model posed; above the void was a mezzanine floor with the girl?s bedroom and bath-room.
The other dome contained a sitting room and a dining room with a piano and a meandering vine that draped itself over the wooden stair-case and the boy?s bed-room mezzanine floor.
A kitchen and passageway connected the two domes.
Cool and spacious, one can hardly ask for a better place to share friendships.
- Pros:A cocoon of comfort in a expanse of wilderness.
- Cons:Time was in short supply.
- In a nutshell:Next time it happens give me a call:o)
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Legislature on Monday recalled and amended a controversial bill that would restrict access to government documents, pushing back its effective date after public protests that it would gut the state's open records act.
Gov. Gary Herbert met with legislative leaders earlier in the day to threaten to veto HB477 if lawmakers didn't recall it. He also met with the House GOP caucus and Republican Senate leadership in the afternoon to discuss his concerns.
After recalling the bill, the Senate voted 23-6 to change the effective date to July 1, 2011. The House concurred with the amendment 42-29. No other changes were considered to the bill.
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Meanwhile, Klotzbach & Gray at CSU originally called for between 11-6-3 to 16-8-5; that was revised in June to 18-10-5.
In mid-June, the UK Met Office called for 20 storms, with a 70% chance of between 13 and 27, and a 70% chance of an ACE index between 90 to (a ludicrously high) 319.
So: we're at, obviously, 14-7-5, with an ACE of 131. That means we've reached the low end of the NOAA forecast for named storms, we're just one hurricane away from reaching their low end prediction for hurricanes, and we've almost doubled the minimum number of intense hurricanes they called for. It also means we've reached the low end of the CSU forecasts for named storms and hurricanes, and we've reached their predicted number of major storms. And, finally, it also means we've exceeded the low end of the UK Met prediction for both storms and ACE.
Ther bottom line: we're here at the start of October having already fallen in line with at least the low end of most of the pre-season predictions, despite the late start to anything more than minimal activity. There are nearly two months left in the regular season, there are still very-high SSTs across most of the MDR, and there are currently two AOIs, one looking healthier and healthier.
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This is a discussion on One in the chamber within the Concealed Carry Issues & Discussions forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Often it is a decision between fashion and concealment. I wear a 92FS at three o'clock with little to no printing, but I dress for ...
Often it is a decision between fashion and concealment. I wear a 92FS at three o'clock with little to no printing, but I dress for that purpose.
"I do what I do." Cpl 'coach' Bowden, "Southern Comfort".
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A gun holstered at your side in an FBI cant type holster will have it's bore pointing rearward of you at the feet and legs of who ever is directly behind you at any given moment in space & time.
A holster that is a dead drop type will always be pointing at people directly beneath you such as when riding an escalator or when walking up a stair in the mall.
As noted by Guantes very many shoulder and belly band holsters will by function of their design result in the bore being pointed in the direction of persons around you.
And if you use an appendix type holster or a 'Smart Carry' brand holster then the bore will be pointing at your own body as well.
It is not humanly possible to avoid this in a 95th percentile way;Unless you either live in a flat world that has no secondary levels (straight drop holster) or you choose to never carry nor keep a gun at all as even when cased for transport or as stored in a safe the bore WILL at some time be pointing in the direction of something or someone you do not wish to destroy.
Thus comes the item of operational context and intent.
Do you intend to be safe with your firearms?
If so, then as in what context of operation?
This requires thought as beyond the very basics as are told and taught to fol under the premise of 'range safety' rules.
Range safety rules dictate that the bore should not be pointed at anything you do not wish to destroy as under _any circumstance_.
This is what you and most commonly folk are thinking.
As related to arms though that are not intended to be used within the context of a range AND that are specifically involved with being holstered with specific intent for carry, then the operational rules of bore line do in fact change due to context.
You would learn this and more in a properly instructed Basic Pistol and/or Introduction to Concealed Carry course.
With respect.
- Janq
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"Killers who are not deterred by laws against murder are not going to be deterred by laws against guns. " - Robert A. Levy
"A license to carry a concealed weapon does not make you a free-lance policeman." - Florida Div. of Licensing
Always have a round in the chamber...the gun is almost always on my person and in a holster...no worries!
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Whats going to stop your kid from racking the slide like they see on TV ever time a gun is picked up....
For me my EDC stay's on me till i goto bed... I too have a littleone , but she knows not to touch and if she a handgun she comes and get and adult...
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"I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid.
I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world."
One in the chamber at all times.
IMO less handling is safer. I'd rather keep one in the pipe than be clearing my guns all the time. Furthermore I'd rather not have to pause to recall whether or not I need to rack the slide at the moment of truth.
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I carry my LCP all the time in a pocket holster with one in the chamber. You will build confidence as you continue to carry.....just don't ever get complacent or careless. Enjoy the forum and welcome
"A free people ought to be armed." - George Washington
I too have kids at home and at first was very uncomfortable going from my revolver to a semi with one in the chamber. For the first few weeks I carried without one in the chamber. Then 1 day I racked the slide and from then on always have one in. I too pocket carry in a holster and ALWAYS make sure when I sit it is positioned down far enough that there can be no accident. Some will say if you don't pull the trigger it won't go bang. I don't want to be the exception one day. Just saw something on TV a week ago about Remington (I think) rifle that there were many reports of it firing without touching the trigger.
At home when I take it off I leave one in but it goes in a small safe.
Depends on your "routine" for being armed, transferring your active defensive weapon(s) to and from the safe. With kids, you've got to be very particular about controlling your guns that aren't actually on your person, whereas folks without children and/or others in the home can have multiple guns loaded and active around the home without so much concern as children require.I have two kids and wonder if I should unload it at home.
Whatever else you do, be sure to gun-proof your kids so that they know what to do around firearms, know when not to touch them, know to call an adult to the area when finding a gun, etc. IMO, this is just as important as how you control your guns. Why? Quite simply, because you're not going to always be able to be there when your children are around guns. At some point, one or more of them is going to find one, be shown one by somebody, or be involved with them (ie, in cub scouts, whatever). It's important to know that your kids know exactly what not to do when around firearms.
Myself, I don't have children in the house. So, you might say it's a bit simpler. My active defensive gun is on me while I'm awake. It's loaded and ready to go. If I have a firearm that's out of the safe and not otherwise being cleaned or prepared for transport, they're loaded and ready to go. Otherwise, inactive guns are unloaded and in the safe, with ammo stored separately.Not an issue. A HOLSTERED gun in the pocket, on the hip or in the shoulder holster isn't a threat to anyone. Bummer to have the muzzle technically "sweep" someone as you're sitting down (with the legs presumably at 90deg.). But it's holstered. It's not as though the trigger's going anywhere; or, with a revolver, it's not as though the cylinder's going to be turning. Think of it: all day long, a pocket-carried gun is pointing at your feet. But there's no real threat, as it's holstered. Not to worry, until handling it.I pocket carry sometimes and when I sit it may be pointing at someone. I have it in a holster and when I sit I try to point it down. Should I worry about this kind of thing? What do you guys do?
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
I always carry a round chambered. This has been discussed to death, but the fact is that you may not have a free hand to rack the slide or you may be on your back fighting off an attacker, etc. Not to mention that you may fail to rack the slide with enough force to chamber the round reliably.
That being said, all of my guns are loaded in my house. I have two daughters (5 and 2). My older one knows not to touch my guns, but I have absolutely no confidence that she will not touch it. Which is why the gun is either on my person or in a safe like the GunVault. I could not live with myself if an accident happened.


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Aberdeen Mayor Bill Simpson included no major cuts or layoffs in the 2013 budget he unveiled Wednesday night.
Simpson once again dives heavily into reserves, saying he just couldn't bring himself to do any layoffs. Since first taking office five years ago, Simpson has prided himself on not making layoffs.
His $13.34 million budget cut about $160,000 from the original $13.5 million in requests from various departments, but that doesn't include any personnel or major services.
Revenues coming in are expected to be about $12.7 million — which is an increase from projections of about $190,000 just two weeks ago. That still means the city will spend down reserves by about $652,000, leaving about $3.6 million in reserves at the end of next year.
The budget includes a 3 percent raise for most city employees and 2.7 raises for police officers and firefighters.
Aberdeen City Councilman Tim Alstrom was the first to sound off against the budget proposal Wednesday night.
"It's not sustainable," said Alstrom, who chairs the city's Public Works Committee. "If we don't correct the budget, the way we're spending this year, we'll need to do a lot more correction next year. … We either need to raise revenue or cut spending."
"We can do layoffs, we can do furloughs, but those are things I don't want to do," Simpson said after the meeting. "Our only choice now is to cut services, and I'm leaving that for the council to decide."
Aberdeen Councilman Jeff Cook and the rest of the Finance Committee directed Finance Director Kathryn Skolrood to look at what it would take to expand the city's 2 percent utility tax to cable television services.
Councilman Doug Paling asked Public Works Director Larry Bledsoe about a possible franchise fee on the garbage services in order to raise more money for the budget. Hoquiam imposes a franchise fee, but Aberdeen doesn't.
Simpson's budget does raise property taxes. The city didn't raise property taxes for the past two years and Skolrood said the city is taking that "banked capacity" and applying it to the city's property tax rate next year. The result is a 2.97 percent increase to the amount of property tax revenue the city collects from residents, although because of variations in assessed values, that doesn't necessarily translate to a direct 2.97 percent property tax hike for every resident, Skolrood said.
Simpson's budget also raises utility rates for sewer, stormwater, water and even emergency medical services. Altogether, a $104.34 monthly utility bill today could go up $10.26 to $114.60, Skolrood said. But none of those rate hikes will help the cash-strapped operating budget, Skolrood said. During breaks in the council meeting, some council members and department heads were talking about the budget request made by then-mayor Mike Wilson back in 2002 when the city faced a similar financial crisis. Wilson, now a county commissioner, recommended layoffs of 13.5 positions, including three firefighters.
Instead of dipping into reserves by $706,000 to balance his budget, Wilson chose to do the layoffs to save $342,000 and used reserves to fill in the rest. He never had to do more layoffs after that, opting for the upfront cuts.
Laying off more firefighters is no longer an option for the city. Since those layoffs, the firefighter's union negotiated minimum service levels. Simpson's budget actually calls for hiring one firefighter-paramedic, the result of when Fire Chief Dave Carlberg retired last month.
Simpson's budget does do away with a vacant corrections officer position. But it also includes hiring someone for another vacant corrections officer spot.
"If we don't hire that position, we'll be overwhelmed with overtime and so there won't be any savings," Simpson said.
Simpson said if the majority of his council directs him to make cuts in certain departments, he will sign the budget.
"If they want to make the choices, I will support their choices," Simpson said. "I was on the council during Wilson's budget. I didn't like it. It did work. But the last thing I want to do is lay people off. I'm not ready to do that."


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ORLANDO -- There were 79 reported shark attacks around the world last year, the most in the four decades unprovoked shark skirmishes have been recorded.
Florida led the way with 34 unprovoked attacks, according to a report released Thursday by the International Shark Attack File, the University of Florida's compilation of all known shark attacks since 1958.
Ten of the attacks around the world resulted in death, including one last August near St. Petersburg when Thadeus Kubinski jumped off his dock near a feeding bull shark in the Boca Ciega Bay.
''Florida has a huge number of people in the water and the number of person-hours in the water is probably higher than anywhere in the world,'' said George Burgess, director of the International Shark Attack File. ''We have a tremendously long coastline with tropical waters, a huge native population and a bigger tourist population.''
Of the other nine fatal attacks, three occurred in Australia, two in Tanzania and one each in Fiji; Japan; Papua, New Guinea; and New Caledonia, the French island territory in the South Pacific.
The chances of dying from a shark attack are very remote.
''There is a much better chance of getting struck by lightning than being attacked by a shark,'' said Gary Violetta, curator of fishes at SeaWorld Orlando.
The United States had 51 unprovoked attacks, followed by Australia with seven, South Africa with five and the Bahamas with four.
In the United States, Florida was followed by North Carolina (5), California (3), Alabama (2), Hawaii (2) and Texas (2).
In Florida, Volusia County led the way with 12 shark attacks, followed by Palm Beach County with six, Brevard County with four and the Keys' Monroe County with three.
More people spending longer hours in the water and a growing number of tourists swimming in exotic, unfamiliar locales contributed to the increase from 1999's 58 attacks, even though there are less sharks than 20 years ago.
, Burgess said. In addition, more attacks are being reported to the file because of the Internet.
Most shark attacks are the result of mistaken identity. Arms splashing in the water may be confused with a school of fish or large bodies may be mistaken for sea lions or other prey.
''A shark comes in and is looking for prey. It bites, doesn't recognize the taste and keeps on going,'' Violetta said.
Although the chances of being bit by a shark are smaller than winning the lottery, if you do find yourself in a shark's jaws, the best thing to do is kick, punch or try to jab the shark in the eyes or gills, Burgess said.
''Sharks certainly do respect size and power,'' he said. ''Whether that is kicking or beating on the animal, those are things the shark understands and respects.''
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Austin Rivers remembers it like it happened yesterday. It was the one and only time he and Brandon Knight played against each other one-on-one in a game of 21.
"I was 12 and he was 13," recalled Rivers. "He won the first game, and I won the second game."
Rivers, who is ranked No. 2 in the ESPNU Super 60, is hoping for more of the latter when he leads FAB 50 No. 16 Winter Park (Fla.) against Knight, ranked No. 3 in the ESPNU 100, and Pine Crest (Fla.) Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
"I'm so used to playing with him," Rivers said. "This will be a lot of fun. Just different."
The two teamed up on Team STAT, out of Florida, to form the most lethal backcourt on the AAU circuit last summer.
"We were just dominating people," Rivers said. "So on Friday, I would definitely expect a lot of scoring. It will be intense because we've always been teammates."
Often times, Rivers guards the opposing team's best player. That won't change in this game, although he'll need to be spelled at times.
"When you're going against a player of Brandon's caliber, you have to rest a little bit," Rivers said. "Especially when you have to do a lot of scoring yourself. Then you don't want to get in foul trouble. So I'd expect to be guarding him most of the game, but probably not the entire game."
He went on to say the buzz around Florida is that this game will decide, once and for all, who is the best player in Florida, a claim Rivers doesn't agree with.
"You're not gonna be able to tell that in one game," Rivers said. "I could get hot and he could be off, or vice versa. When it's two really talented players it's just left up to people's opinions unless it's obvious, and it's not obvious either way. I'm really looking forward to it."
Montverde maturity shines through
FAB 50 No. 10 Montverde Academy (Fla.) is coming off of its biggest win of the season, knocking off previous No. 2 Findlay Prep (Nev.), 54-51, in the title game of the Montverde Academy Invitational Tournament on Jan. 30.
Now Jamail Jones, a Marquette signee who is ranked No. 53 in the ESPNU 100, and James Bell, a Villanova signee who is ranked No. 40, will lead the Eagles against Sagemont (Fla.) Friday at 5 p.m. on ESPNU. Montverde knocked off the International Community School (Winter Park, Fla.) on Tuesday.
"We always play a national schedule and had the opportunity to play and win against Findlay," said Montverde coach Kevin Sutton. "We have a very mature team, and I don't see this game as an opportunity for a letdown after a big win like that."
Jones and Bell combine to average 34.5 points per game.
"They're both outstanding players for us, obviously," said Sutton. "So we'll need big games out of them. Like I said, they're mature kids and they don't get rattled. This game will be no different."
Keefer confident in young club
Lawrence North's (Indianapolis, Ind.) duo of center Michael Chandler, ranked No. 27 in the ESPNU Super 60, and small forward Ryan Taylor combine to average 26 points and 18 rebounds per game. Both are juniors, close friends and even committed to Louisville a day apart (Jan. 4 and 5, 2009).
"They gel together really well on the court," Lawrence North coach Jack Keefer said. "It really helps to have two really good players that play so well together and know each other so well."
Despite his big reputation, Chandler is playing his first year on the varsity level and going through the typical growing pains.
"He's double- and tripled-teamed every game," Keefer said. "But I think that, all things considered, he's handling everything well. He gets more aggressive every game. It helps that Ryan is the guy we look to first, but both of them are very capable."
Keefer hopes that will help when the Wildcats face Bishop Luers (Ft. Wayne, Ind.) and its star small forward Deshaun Thomas, an Ohio State signee who is ranked No. 12 in the ESPNU 100, Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPNU.
"You've just got to give him his 30 points and hope he doesn't get 40," said Keefer of Thomas. "He's prone to bad shots and complains, but he's got a lot of ability. We've got to contain him, but I'm confident in what we've got."
Sagemont ready for the challenge
Sagemont (Fla.) coach Adam Ross hopes that his team's exposure at big tournaments earlier this season will help combat any lingering nerves when they face Montverde Academy (Fla.) Friday at 5 p.m. on ESPNU.
"We've played on a couple of big stages at the City of Palms Classic and the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions," Ross said. "We were playing in front of 9,000 people every night. It's going to be an even bigger stage on TV, and I try not to speak about it too much because that can really start to mess with your head if you do. Our game preparation has been the same all year long."
That means getting the ball inside to star center Fabricio Melo, a Syracuse signee who is ranked No. 20 in the ESPNU 100. Melo is averaging 14 points and 12 rebounds per game despite being the focal point of most opposing team's defensive strategy.
"He wants to score the ball more so it's frustrating," Ross said. "But he understands that all comes with it. It took him a little while to adjust and he's done a great job. He'll be ready for the game."
Give and Go
One player reportedly left a FAB 50-ranked club and another is returning to a team that hopes to crack the FAB 50 in the coming weeks.
According to a report in The Washington Post, Terrence Ross, ranked No. 26 in the ESPNU 100, withdrew from FAB 50-ranked Montrose Christian (Rockville, Md.) on Tuesday. ESPN RISE confirmed his departure with a source affiliated with the program. Montrose Christian coach Stu Vetter told The Washington Post late Wednesday night it was, "a parental decision."
Ross, originally from Portland, Ore., played for Portland's Jefferson High as a freshman and a sophomore. Ross' mother decided to home school him for his sophomore season while his played on Jefferson's varsity along with Terrence Jones, who is now a senior for the FAB 50 West Region-ranked Democrats.
Another team regionally ranked in the West, Long Beach (Calif.) Poly, welcomed the return on Long Beach State-bound Shelton Boykin in Wednesday night's 61-53 win over cross-town Millikan. The 6-foot-5 Boykin broke his wrist at the Whataburger Tournament in late December.
A source affiliated with the program was told by Boykins' mother his doctor cleared him to play sometime last week, after it was originally thought he would be lost for the season. In approximately seven minutes against the Rams, Boykin had a point and three rebounds. More importantly, Boykin still must be accounted for around the rim because of his athleticism and will become a bigger threat as he gets more comfortable playing with his off-hand. Our source indicates he's around "50 percent" and remained in shape even though he did not see game action for over a month.
The 20-3 Jackrabbits have not lost since a 45-40 setback to Marcus (Flower Mound, Texas) at the Whataburger on Dec. 30 and earlier handed Portland Jefferson one of its two on-court losses. Poly is currently ranked No. 10 in the West and Jefferson No. 8. Jefferson handed FAB 50 ranked Federal Way (Wash.) its only loss while Poly lost to Federal Way by a point.
Ronnie Flores contributed to this story.


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The Summer of Bedbugs continued this weekend.
Despite the prevention plans and education programs coming into place, the vermin siege on New York City continues, hitting 1 Time Warner Center, at Columbus Circle, where Time Warner's offices are located, and also the Brooklyn District Attorney's office this weekend. Reps for Time Warner and the Brooklyn D.A. confirmed that bedbug issues have been uncovered, but claim it hasn't affected productivity. Meanwhile, it's as if the bedbugs know that attacking high-profile places will really make a statement! [WSJ, Gothamist]


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When Jerry Delfont, a travel writer with writer's block, receives a letter from an American philanthropist, Mrs Merrill Unger, with news of a scandal involving an Indian friend of her son's, he is sufficiently intrigued to pursue the story. Who is the dead boy found on the floor of a cheap hotel room, how and why did he die - and will this writer, whom Mrs Unger claims to admire, find out what really happened? Jerry is swiftly captivated by the beautiful, mysterious Mrs Unger, and revived by her Tantric massages, but the circumstances surrounding the dead boy cause him increasingly to doubt the exact nature of her philanthropy. With his trademark clarity of description and observation, Theroux brings to dramatic life a dark and twisted narrative of obsession and need.
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- 2.46 ml salt
- 2.46 ml clove
- 4.92 ml vanilla
- Preheat oven to 350°F Grease a large loaf pan.
- Beat eggs and sugar with electric beater or mixer. Add butter or margarine, milk or milk substitute, orange juice, zest and vanilla. Slowly beat in baking soda, baking powder, salt, all spices and flour. Mix until combined.
- Gently fold in chopped cranberries. Pour into loaf pan and smooth the top of the loaf with a rubber spatula. Bake for 1 hour.
- Allow to cool slightly in loaf pan before inverting onto cooling rack.
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Wow this thing is a crazy adventure! Very wide gear needed for first pitch a 6 protects crux but it's bigger up top. Second pitch is the wildest squeeze chimney I've ever done make sure your partner and you can both fit in this slot canyon. The whole thing can be climbed with one #6 if you like squeeze chimneys...
There is a 5.6 variation that stays out of the chimney and climbs up on the face around it thats not bad.


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Gore calls for 100% renewable power in 10 years
The former vice president and Nobel laureate is giving a major speech at noon today in which he will be "challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other Earth-friendly energy sources within 10 years":
"I have never seen an opportunity for the country like the one that's emerging now," Gore told The Associated Press in an interview previewing a speech on global warming he was to deliver Thursday in Washington.
Gore said he fully understands the magnitude of the challenge … $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion over 30 years in public and private money. But he says it would cost about as much to build ozone-killing coal plants to satisfy current demand….
To meet his 10-year goal, Gore said nuclear energy output would continue at current levels while the nation dramatically increases its use of solar, wind, geothermal and so-called clean coal energy. Huge investments must also be made in technologies that reduce energy waste and link existing grids, he said.
Personally, I would have set the challenge at closer to 50% by 2020 and 90% by 2030. In particular, I'd like a few years for solar photovoltaics and concentrated solar thermal to mature a little more, to see what are the very best strategies and technologies. And I'm not certain all the money in the world can get us a substantial amount of "clean coal" (presumably coal with carbon capture and storage) in a decade. So all that speaks to adding another decade. Also, I don't know why we would want to shut down the combined cycle natural gas turbines, which is why I'd be more than happy to see this country with a 90% fossil-free grid in 2030.
Nonetheless, kudos to Gore for laying out such an ambitious "moonshot" goal.
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The beauty is the simplicity. And it potentially puts the goal entirely within the next presidency – another elegant move.
(Too bad he muddies the otherwise clear vision with "clean coal".)
Can you imagine the coal industry advertising onslaught we are about to be subjected to? It's going to get really ugly. (I'd guess they're going to make the swift boaters and health industry 527s look like amateurs.)
Base load, base load, base load solve that problem then tell us what percentage is feasible! ninety percent alternative can easily be 100% zero electricity when the wind doesn't blow or the sun don't shine.
[JR: Been there, done that. It's called concentrated solar power. And I wouldn't shut down existing nukes — they can provide some baseload, as can natural gas combined cycle and of course hydro. That and CSP should give us all of the baseload that we need. And that is not even counting an aggressive push for cogeneration, which we desperately need, or geothermal. Efficiency and demand response can handle all of the load growth. Wind can do lot of the plug ins. PV can handle some of the peak. QED.]
A nice coincidence – the current issue of Science features an article by Currie et al of MIT on their development of "High-Efficiency Organic Solar
Concentrators for Photovoltaics" which they claim improves efficiency of non-tracking solar collectors and thereby reduces the edge loss of tracking arrays. The claim a 10-fold improvement in efficiency without the need for tracking.
It's online at http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/321/5886/226.pdf
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Here's the abstract:
"The cost of photovoltaic power can be reduced with organic solar concentrators. These are planar waveguides with a thin-film organic coating on the face and inorganic solar cells attached to the edges. Light is absorbed by the coating and reemitted into waveguide modes for collection by the solar cells. We report single- and tandem-waveguide organic solar concentrators with quantum efficiencies exceeding 50% and projected power conversion efficiencies as high as 6.8%. The exploitation of near-field energy transfer, solid-state solvation, and phosphorescence enables 10-fold increases in the power obtained from photovoltaic cells, without the need for solar tracking."
Here's the popular press description of the MIT work that is a bit easier to understand (there is a diagram, too):
CoRev says, "Base load, base load, base load solve that problem then tell us what percentage is feasible! ninety percent alternative can easily be 100% zero electricity when the wind doesn't blow or the sun don't shine."
Concentrated Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage is actually better than baseload because it can both (1) produce 24×365 (see Ausra's papers), and (2) produce more at times of the day when the load peaks. Coal and nuclear plants do that; you have to build separate peaking plants. CSP+TES is better than baseload.
I'm disappointed that Romm comes out and doesn't support Al Gore when Gore makes the correct call. If there is already too much carbon in the atmosphere (Hansen, Caldeira etc) and the answer to that is that we need to have a lower CO2 level that we have today. Then the only option is zero carbon and then assist natural means to draw down additional carbon.
Fortunately we have all the technology to do this. During the 10 years an accelerated program of rolling out.. THIS IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE TODAY
1. Concentrating Solar Thermal Plants
– Distributed Power Towers using stirling or rankine cycle turbines with salt storage (Heliostat mirros pointing on tower)
-Distributed Power towers using Concentrating Solar Photovoltaic Spectrolab 40% today (theoretical to 60%) triple junction solar cells
-Distributed Power towers using Concentrating Solar Photovolatic Spectrolab 40% AND a light splitter a couple of metres in front of the aperture taking away the heat for running a second cycle.
-Distributed power tower technology with graphite block on top that directly takes solar insolation then recalling heat when required by pumping water through.
-Dish Concentrating PV
-Dish Concentrating solar with Stirling engine
-Dish concentration solar with highest temp steam in CSP and rankine
-Dish Concentrating solar with ammonia thermochemical dissasociation (Endothermic/exothermic reactor 97% efficient battery)
-Compact Linear Fresnel arrays
– Parabolic Trough Arrays
– Special coatings on all of the above so cleaning is not required, so less reflectivity occurs etc.
– Super insulation of houses
-Using Heat Pumps to heat instead of Gas/Electric
-Using passive solar design on all new houses
-retrofitting passive solar design features to existing housing stock
-Using Real time instantaneous heat pump hot water services (Such as "eco cute" hitachi and matsushita models in Japan) for boosting solar hot water
-No more gas end use, slowly end the use at open cycle power plants as energy security backup as you are rolling out renewables
– using direct solar heat for industrial steam which is the main use of end use gas and electricity in the industrial sector
– commercial buildings with air locks retrofit gas and electric hot water services.
-absorber chillers.
-massive Rail infrastructure and an 80% modal shift to rail (tram and trains as one shared mode) in the cities, Freight by rail frieght by light rail "cargo trams" refrigerated containers on board freight running from 25kv AC overhead line instead of onboard generators etc.
-modal shift 20% of city transportation to plug -in hybrid electric vehicles
-last mile trucking for getting final delivery of some freight.. electrified.
**Rail beats busses cause of 25kv overhead lines and less rolling resistance, 100 year lifespan of rail versus 14year for bitumen road
–Wind Power – Spain installed 3500MW of wind last year — will install 4300MW this year — just tool the factories up and make the turbines. Use the concentrating solar thermal tech above to provide the supply security to deliver a hybrid wind/solar baseload solution
–Plug in hybrids and other loads can be scheduled using smart meters controlled by the grid operator for cheaper tariff
–Close the loop on recycling so upto 100% of materials in to goods are the inputs for new products at the end of their lifecycle. Plastics that can't be recycled aren't licensed to be sold for instance.
–residual high density liquid fuels for range extending some PHEV trips and some rural /country last mile freight from Algal Biodiesel / Methanol
Use Algae feedstock – 40x the energy per unit of land versus ethanol/corn
The list goes on. Commercially available off the shelf now
So Joseph I'd like to know what isn't available now to make the transition, and why you are sticking to your climate destroying call of 50% by 2020.
Just because possibly you can't see the solutions. Hopefully the above helps.
Kind Regards
Further to the above
The drive train of a Toyota Prius running in electric only mode (ie with a 40km battery installed) is 160watt hour per km which is less than 1/10th of the power of an average Australian motor car when looking at fuel tank to wheels analysis.
A shared Tram/train system with a 30% average loading uses 1/40th of the average Australian car energy to propel along.
This is extraordinary and means we only need to grow our power production about 10% on what it is at the moment if we switch our power / drive train system to electricity. (80% Rail / 20% PHEV in cities)
We could easily reduce electricity consumption with insulation / heat pumps and moving steam for industry to concentrating solar thermal and refrigeration to solar absorber chillers. (or hybrids of these with electricity backup) by 40-70% meaning we can spend a lot less on the renewable infrastructure to 100% replace our polluting coal / nuclear.
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There are myriad ideas that are presently being espoused for the salvation of THE PLANET and it's inhabitants. I say GREAT!
There are myriad ideas that are presently being espoused for the salvation of THE PLANET and it's inhabitants. I say GREAT! However many of these ideas are not NEW. Many of them have been around for centuries waiting for some AWE-INSPIRING ground-breaking ceremony to be applauded by those who relish living by COMMON SENSE, which of course is not so common. HENRY FORD whom many would like to score as being the FATHER OF SMOG (sarcastically), actually gave us part of the answer to part of the problem, seeing that his Dearborn, Michigan mansion had it's own self-contained power plant! GENIOUS! What else is new? Thus the financially strapped banking industry, with backs to the wall, and nowhere to turn, can take a queue from the OLD MAN. Solicit Congress along with other resourceful regulators and benefactors to generate a BOOST to the housing market by up-grading foreclosed housing to the latest GREEN TECHNOLOGY, providing tax and/or market incentives to those whose participate in the renovation and/or purchase of such homes. WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE CAN BE A WAY! If AMERICA wants to WORK, provide a means for it to go back to work! Carbon dioxide removal is considered an emergency. It has been utillized to produce dry-ice. I wonder what megatons of dry-ice could be used to cool down if the collection of C02 was converted to it's production on a massive scale? Also we need to re-visit the "old" Chrysler gas-turbine engine for automobiles that was discarted years ago for various reasons. Lets take an up-dated look-see, no telling what may be discovered. WE NEED TO GET ON THE BALL! BOOYAH!
This can obviously done but only with biomass, the single biggest potential source of clean energy.
However, Gore's call is only a first weak step. We must begin to go carbon-negative, now. Sticking to carbon-neutral renewables is a bit too simplistic.
The technology for negative emissions energy is here. There's no reason to wait.
Of course, solar, wind, geothermal, etc… can play a (small) role too.
Jonas, that is rubbish, biomass , algae making char (carbon negative biofuels) are a part of the solution but there is not the capacity of areas under cultivation to replace the gross energy requirements of our stationary energy and transport sectors.
however to range extend vehicles for people living in out of the way places their is a spot.
solar wind geothermal can play a HUGE role.. not a small one. biomass a small one. We must really only leverage algae and biomass residuals or we're going to compete with food production and habitat which is what is happening now — if we do algae then water supply is an issue.
SO Electrification of transport is where it is at. and direct solar is 10,000 times more energy than photosynthesis for biomass.. so direct solar concentrated to boil water, converted to wind which runs through a wind turbine and direct solar photovoltaic.. with a little biomass to range extend vehicles and offer backup for electricity supply security.
I like Al Gore's call to action and I'd suggest that even a ten trillion dollar investment to build a complete infrastructure using concentrating solar would be money well spent.
Consider that we are now spending one trillion dollars to satisfy our energy needs and spending up to 60% of these dollars on imports. Assuming a modest inflation rate of 3% these costs will inflate to $19.1 trillion dollars by the year 2108. Now let us assume we have completed our solar infrastructure over the next 20 years and we are now getting one trillion dollars in revenue at the time they are completed in the year 2038. At the constant inflation rate will see yearly revenue of $1.8 trillion by the year 2058. After 50 years our solar farms are producing revenue of $4.38 trillion dollars a year and the total revenue over the 100 year period from years 2038 to 2138 is $625 trillion dollars on an investment of ten trillion dollars. On the down side a cup of coffee will cost $25 dollars in the year 2138 but the cost of renewable energy could be cheap.
One of the lowest cost sources of electricity today is from Hoover Dam. If we built this infrastructure today it would be an expensive option but we are taking the benefit on the infrastructure completed over 80 years ago. If we build a concentrating solar infrastructure today we would enjoy the benefits for the next 100 years provided we build the infrastructure to endure.
We need greater emphasis to show that renewable energy is the low cost option for future generations. We also need to look at the cost to our economy and our national security to spend $500 billion a year on foreign oil. We will quickly go broke attempting to buy foreign oil and we can't move fast enough to become self reliant.
Wind energy is a joke (but not as big of a joke as ethanol). It really isn't practical for windmills to be attached to the grid because they produce so little electricity. In order to do anything meaningful, they would have to be built all over the place and suck up just about every gust of wind that crosses our country. The only real application that I see for windmills is to power individual firms (see: New Belgium Brewery) as a means of free energy for a single operation.
Solar energy on the other hand has vast gridded energy potential. If just a small fraction of our countries desert wastelands were covered with state-of-the-art solar cells, we could achieve energy independence. I believe the government should fund a Manhattan Project style initiative for solar technology in order to step up solar cell efficiency. This would provide huge dividends… The sun can provide essentially infinite energy and is 100% renewable (within 5 billion years, that is!).
And those who are concerned about the variations in cloud cover and such: When the sun shines and excess energy is being produced, a solar plant uses that energy to charge an "energy reservoir" for use at a later time. This can be something as simple as a lake with a hydroelectric dam, and the excess energy is used to pump water above the turbines. Then when the clouds come, the potential energy of the water is turned into usable electricity…
> Wind energy is a joke (but not as big of a joke as ethanol). It really isn't practical for windmills to be attached to the grid because they produce so little electricity.
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Few people yet know that there is a website set up to promote a 100% green energy plan for Australia.
The website is: http://www.DearKevinRudd.com.au/
It has been in place for over a year and the proposal is being seriously being considered by the Australian Federal Government.
It is a masterpiece of engineering and much of what is shown on the site could be incorporated into the plans put forward by pickens and Gore.
In any event it would be a great idea to lend some help to the website and proposal contained therein in the fight against Global warming.
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Swept by the Orioles? Ugh. What an ugly weekend (and Monday). Still, Dave at U.S.S. Mariner points out:
…the team has been outscored by a whopping two runs in seven games. If you break an ankle jumping off the bandwagon now, its going to be harder to climb back on with a gimpy wheel when the breaks start going the Ms way.
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I'm frustrated from the innumerable files and folders in each theme and template in WordPress!
In each folder there is another folders and many files with redundant names and extensions!
I can't count the file number of index.php, header.php, footer.php, ...etc!
Why these multiplicity of redundant files?
Is there a reason or it is just to complicate users's life?
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Man, the Cheboygan Chiefs sure play on the road a lot—and far, far away.
Right after they win their home opener—a 33-21 triumph over Escanaba—they have to drive three-and-a-half hours downstate to take on a dangerous 3-0 Ludington team somewhere in western Michigan.
The rumor has it that next year's Cheboygan schedule consists of trips to Ohio State's 'Horseshoe', Oregon's Autzen Stadium and LSU's 'Death Valley.'
Well, maybe I'm just completely messing around with that, but wouldn't those be trips of a lifetime?
After a 50-minute trip to Gaylord, and a four-million hour trip to Marquette, the Chiefs will make their way to the west side of the state, where they'll take on an Orioles' team with plenty of confidence, as well as a darn good quarterback in Chad Large, who leads an effective spread offense.
But while the Chiefs have to make another long journey, it seems they have spotted their mojo.
For the first time all season, the Chiefs' offense—led by Nik Bevier's powerful running and Luke Harrington's effective throwing—finally got back on track, wearing down the Eskymos' defense.
Cheboygan's offense might need to duplicate that effort—and maybe more—to knock off the Orioles, who are at 3-0 for the first time since the 2004 season.
Though these road trips are never easy—heck, I get cranky and (sometimes) throw things when driving up here on a Monday from Bay City—the Chiefs won't let this have an effect on them.
Instead, it should inspire them due to the fact they're facing an unbeaten team on the road.
For years I've said there's not a more intense feeling than watching your team play on the road.
And, yeah, there's not a better feeling than when that team WINS on the road. That extra satisfaction going into somebody else's backyard and pulling off a critical victory is the absolute best—bar none.
With the victory over the Orioles, this would put the Chiefs at 3-1 overall on the season. With upcoming home games against arch-rival Petoskey as well as Alpena looming, I'd say that's a decent place to be in.
The Chiefs will be presented many challenges on Friday—including the passing and running of Large, who is a dual-threat quarterback—but they have the ability to come out of it with a victory.
Taking care of the football. Run the football effectively. Get pressure on the quarterback. No mistakes. No stupidity. No trying to imitate the Detroit Lions' way of blowing football games.
Those all go a long way into coming out of a tough environment with a victory... sorry, Lions.
Page 2 of 2 - It'll be intriguing to see what the Chiefs do on Friday night.
Though the long ride back is inevitable, it could be a fun one for the Chiefs.
Meanwhile, the Inland Lakes Bulldogs—fresh off a thrilling 36-34 overtime-thrilling win at Pickford Panthers last Friday—stand at 2-1 on the year. While I'm now afraid to pick either for or against the Bulldogs—I've been burned on both, sadly—this team is hard to figure out. They pull off upsets against Onaway and Pickford, but drop a contest to Jo'Burg? Hmmm, strange. Either way, Inland Lakes coach Stan Schramm and his players seem to be a unique team to watch every Friday. With a win at St. Ignace on Friday, they'll also be 3-1, and I'm also willing to bet they'll love hearing that.
With plenty of football ahead, who knows what'll happen on this particular Friday.
All I know is it'll be very interesting.
Cheboygan 35, Ludington 33
St. Ignace 28, Inland Lakes 22
Pellston 14, Rudyard 6
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H.R.3583: Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act
|Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-FL
|13 (10 Democrats, 3 Republicans)
|Nov. 21, 2013
|House Foreign Affairs
Elementary and secondary education
Human rights
International affairs
Higher education
Women's rights
Women's education
Foreign aid and international relief
Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
Education programs funding
Student aid and college costs
International exchange and broadcasting
Area studies and international education
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- Bill introduced in the House
- Bill passed in the House
- Bill passed in the Senate
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|Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 603.
|Nov. 19, 2014
|On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8110-8111)
|Nov. 19, 2014
|Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
|Nov. 19, 2014
|Mr. Royce moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
|Nov. 19, 2014
|Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8110-8113)
|Nov. 19, 2014
|DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3583.
|April 2, 2014
|Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
|April 2, 2014
|Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Unanimous Consent.
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Is there a way to import the "entry date" with the rest of the data?
Is there a way to import the "entry date" with the rest of the data?
I didn't create this plugin for anything beyond either a quick import of data from some previous storage, or to be used as a data entry method for simple front end form. The code automatically assigns "today" as the date of entry in parsecsv.lib.php on line 843. However, you could easily simply add a date field, a text field, or a hidden field and import it with whatever dates you need for whatever purposes.
Thanks for the quick response. I might need to do that on a future project.
For the project I worked on today, I ended up manually moving tables over as noted here:
It was a bit ugly, but it got the job done. :)
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The Bronx saw more permits for residential units this year than other boroughs, a report found.
The company has invested $2 million to renovate the billboard over the past year.
It's the first time since 1937 that one of the flowers has bloomed at the New York Botanical Garden.
Have you heard about the plight of the Staten Island Turkey?
Schools have to buy air conditioning units themselves but rely on the DOE to pay for wiring upgrades.
Randall's Island is just one example of city sites whose names are technically misspelled.
Everyone's talking about the Democratic National Convention this week.
Throughout the summer, hundreds of film screenings will take place across the five boroughs.
From bikinis to one-pieces to surf suits, there's a huge range of swimwear made close to home.
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Malik Chavis said he didn't want to go back to jail and killed himself in his girlfriend's apartment.
The market at 9 Bruckner Blvd. will include a rooftop beer garden, developer Keith Rubenstein said.
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t Loans vs Credit Mix?
I am making the last payment tomorrow on my Motorcycle that I refi'ed with NFCU close to 4 years ago. I also have two other small installment loans that currently run into August(last payments due in Aug for both).
I have the ability to pay off the two smaller loans over the next three months. If what I remember about credit mix is true, I believe that my credit score might be hurt a bit if I do not have any open TL's in the installment category, so I'm wondering would my scor ebe best served if I contiue to make timely payments on both until August, or would I be best served to pay them off early?
I want to app for a car loan with NFCU in mid-May and I'm wondering which route to take to maximize my score come May.
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Pashto music
Pashto music is commonly found in eastern Afghanistan, parts of Pakistan and among the Pashtun diaspora around the world. It is mainly enjoyed or listened to in the Pashtun regions of Afghanistan as well as in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and Balochistan in neighboring Pakistan. The major center of Pashto music in Pakistan is Peshawar.
Tappa is the oldest and most popular genre of the Pashto poetry. The Tappa is a composition of two unequal meters, in which the first line is shorter than the succeeding one, yet it reflects all human feelings and aspirations elegantly. Be it laborers, peasants, or women all sentiments find expression in the Tappa. It is also common among the Pashtuns that a boy of school would sing it, the elders in their hujrahs, the women in their home and Godar alike. It is the only song sung in the time of grief and on the occasion of marriage. In music it is sung with the traditional Pashto musical instruments rubab and mangai. Tappa has up to 16 different models of harmony and is being sung with full orchestra. In hujrah it's sung with rubab and sitar.
Charbetta is another popular genre, which consists of an epic poem with special rhythms. There are four kinds of Charbetta's. Normally, it's a poem of four lines but might also have six or eight lines. All aspects of life are discussed in it. That includes the heroic deeds and heroism by legendary figures and sometime expresses the romantic feelings. The tempo is usually very fast and is sung by two or more singers as part of a chorus in which ones singer reads the first line while the others follow the remaining. The singing or recitation of a Charbetta is called Tang Takore. Traditionally Charbetta is started just after the finishing of a Tappa.
Neemakai has many different forms and normally women compose it. It is usually very short (1 to 3 lines). The first lines are repeated in the middle of the song and Tappa is usually added according to the subject and circumstances. Most of these songs in Pashtoon culture have been expressed in different areas about daily life and love.
Loba is very popular among the masses and are added within Tappas occasionally. This is a form of folk music in which a story is told. It requires 2 or more persons who reply to each other in a poetic form. The two sides are usually the lover and the beloved (the man and woman).
Shaan is sung during happiness such as marriages and or the birth of a child, and are sung in private congregations and social gatherings.
Badala is a professional form of folk music and consists of an epic poem or a ballad. Instruments used include the rubab, harmonium, mungey or tabla. In Badala, tribal traditions are the main theme as well as heroism, tragedies and romance. Badala consists of variations, because each couplet is varied in rhythms from other. It is sung traditionally at night.
Rubayi is a Pashto form of a Ghazal. The Rubayis of Rehman Baba are popular among the masses and is sung before the starting of Badala. As with the Ghazals, the Rubayi have been heavily influenced by Arabic, Persian and Turkish poetry.
Composers and performers[edit]
- Awalmir
- Sardar Ali Takkar
- Obaidullah Jan Kandarai
- Nashenas
- Naghma
- Farhad Darya
- Zeek Afridi
- Nazia Iqbal
- Rahim Shah
- Ahmad Wali
- Khyal Muhammad
- Gulzar Alam
- Zeb and Haniya
- Sajid & Zeeshan
- Ismail and Junaid
- Jehangir Aziz Hayat
- Ghazala Javed
- [ Tahir Khan ] the only Pustoon classical singer in Pakistan
Traditional Pashtun dance[edit]
See also[edit]
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