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Who has to file the Form EIA-923?
The EIA-923 is a mandatory data collection and must be filed by all power plants in the United States that have a total nameplate capacity of 1 megawatt (MW) or more. This form replaces the Forms EIA-906, EIA-920, EIA-423, FERC Form 423, and portions of the Form EIA-767.
To the Form EIA-906 or EIA-920 respondent, at first glance, the new Form EIA-923 appears to be much larger and more complex. In fact, almost all the data required on the Form EIA-923 were previously collected on one of the predecessor forms. If your power plant did not file any of those old forms in the past, you will likely not be required to report that type of data on the Form EIA-923.
When and how often?
Some plants will be required to file the form every month, while others will file only once for a calendar year. Generally, if your plant has been providing monthly data on the Forms EIA-906 or EIA-920 each month, you will need to file the Form EIA-923 each month. Schedules 1, 2, 3A, 3B, 4, 5A, and 5B will be reported by monthly respondents. The sample of plants required to report monthly has been reviewed, and the number of plants has been reduced for 2008. We will let you know if you are required to report monthly, otherwise you only need to report annually. Some schedules are required only once a year (Schedules 6, 7, and 8). If you file each month, Schedules 6, 7, and 8 should be filed out with your January or February data. If you file only once for a calendar year, all applicable schedules will need to be filed at that time.
Monthly data are due by the last day of the month following the reporting month. For example, January 2008 data are due on February 29, 2008. Annual data, including Schedules 6, 7, and 8 for all power plants required to file these schedules, are due March 30, 2008.
Following are Schedule-by-Schedule filing requirements.
Schedule 1. Identification
All respondents must provide contact information. Your plant should designate one person to be the primary contact for the Form EIA-923. In addition, that person's direct supervisor should be identified as an alternate person to contact in case we cannot reach the primary contact.
Schedule 2. Cost and Quality of Fuel Receipts
If your power plant filed either the EIA-423 or the FERC Form 423 in the past, or if your plant's total nameplate capacity is 50 megawatts or more and burns fossil fuels (coal, petroleum products, petroleum coke, natural gas, or other gases derived from fossil fuels, including blast furnace gas), you are required to report the data on Schedule 2. Some regulated power plants may have not recently filed the FERC Form 423 because the plant obtained a waiver from the FERC or because it did not use a steam turbine and/or a combined-cycle steam turbine. These plants are now required to report cost and quality of fuel receipts on Schedule 2 of the Form EIA-923.
Schedule 3A and 3B. Fuel Consumption
Schedule 3A, Boiler Information for Steam-Electric Organic-Fueled Plants, should be filled out only by plants that previously filed this information on the Form EIA-767.
If your power plant is a steam-electric plant with a total steam turbine nameplate capacity of 10 megawatts or more and burns organic fuels (coal, petroleum products, petroleum coke, natural gas, landfill gas, other gases, biomass, municipal solid waste, or any other organic fuel), report fuel consumed in each boiler on Schedule 3A. Your plant may also consume fuels in combustion turbines or IC engines. Those fuel quantities are reported on Schedule 3B. Only report the fuel consumed in boilers on 3A, and only if your plant meets the above criteria for fuel use and capacity.
Report fuel consumed by duct burners or auxiliary boilers that are associated with a combined-cycle unit. The combined-cycle steam turbine must meet the same criteria as above (e.g. have a nameplate capacity of 10 megawatts or more and burn organic fuels). If your combined-cycle steam unit is NOT fired with a supplementary fuel (i.e., no fuel is consumed), then do not report that unit on Schedule 3A.
Schedule 3B, Fuel Consumption – Prime Mover Level, collects fuel consumption from all other plants and prime mover types that did not report boiler consumption on Schedule 3A. Report fuel consumed in gas turbines (including those associated with a combined cycle system), IC engines, boilers at steam plants, or duct firing at combined-cycle plants that do not meet the criteria to report on Schedule 3A (less than 10 MW, or fueled by inorganic energy sources). Do NOT report the same fuel consumed on both 3A and 3B. Pumped storage plants should report the megawatthours consumed for pumping energy on this schedule. Do not report any consumption for nuclear plants, purchased steam, waste heat, wind, solar, or geothermal plants.
Schedule 4. Fossil Fuel Stocks at the End of the Reporting Period and Data Balance
Fossil Fuel Stocks at the End of the Reporting Period and Data Balance information are required for all plants that burn fossil fuels (coal, petroleum products, petroleum coke, natural gas). The ending stocks you reported last month will automatically be filled in column (1). If your plant was required to fill out Schedule 2, the reported receipts will appear in column (2). Likewise, the fuel consumption reported on Schedules 3A and 3B will appear in column (3). You will need to fill in this month's ending stocks in column (4) for coal and petroleum, and any adjustments to your stocks in column (5). Natural gas plants will only need to address the balance in column (6). Coal- and petroleum-fired plants that did not fill out Schedule 2 because the plant is less than 50 MW will not see a balance item, but any plant that does see a balance calculation must address it with a comment if it is not zero. All plants that consume coal and petroleum (but not waste coal, waste oils, or other gases) must provide the stocks information. Additionally, if a plant cannot report the stocks of fuel because they are held by a third party or off site at a terminal or other common area, Schedule 4 will be required to be filed by the third party company or terminal facility.
Schedule 5A and 5B. Generation
Schedule 5A, Generator Information for Steam-Electric Organic-Fueled Plants, should be filled out only by plants that previously filed this information on the Form EIA-767.
If your power plant is a steam-electric plant with total steam turbine nameplate capacity of 10 megawatts or more and burns organic fuels (coal, petroleum products, petroleum coke, natural gas, landfill gas, other gases, biomass, municipal solid waste, or any other organic fuel) report, on Schedule 5A, the net and gross generation by each generator associated with the boilers you listed on Schedule 3A. Do not report power generated by other types of prime movers at your plant; just the generators driven by the steam turbines associated with the boilers.
Schedule 5B, Prime Mover Level Generation, is required by all plants, unless all your generation is reported on Schedule 5A. Do not provide the same generation on Schedules 5A and 5B. If you reported some generation on Schedule 5A, but have other prime movers at your plant, report the generation for the other prime mover types on Schedule 5B.
Schedule 6. Nonutility Annual Source and Disposition of Electricity
Schedule 6 is required from NONUTILITY plants only, and is filled out only once a calendar year. File Schedule 6 with your January or February data if your plant files monthly. If your plant files annually, include Schedule 6 with your annual filing.
Schedule 7, Annual Revenues from Sales for Resale
Schedule 7 is required only by NONUTILITY plants that reported Sales for Resale on Schedule 6. If you had no sales for resale, Schedule 7 is not required, nor is it required by regulated utility plants.
Schedule 8 (A through F), Annual Environmental Information
Schedule 8 (A through F) should be filled out by plants that previously reported this information on the Form EIA-767, or plants that meet the criteria for the EIA-767 (steam-electric organic-fueled, 10 MW or more).
If your power plant is a steam-electric plant with a total steam turbine nameplate capacity of 10 megawatts or more and burns organic fuels (coal, petroleum products, petroleum coke, natural gas, landfill gas, other gases, biomass, municipal solid waste, or any other organic fuel), report Schedule 8 (A through F) for the calendar year.
Report information on Schedules 8A, 8B, and 8D only if your steam-electric organic-fueled power plant has a total steam nameplate capacity of 100 megawatts or more.
All steam-electric organic fueled plants with a total steam nameplate capacity of 10 megawatts or more must report Schedules 8C, 8E, and 8F.
Schedule 9. Comments
Schedule 9 is for all plants, as applicable.


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Our Family Support Workers work closely with each family to uncover their individual needs and how best to provide information and practical support that will really make a difference. They'll also work together with other professionals and services involved in the child's care whenever they feel this would help.
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On a grade of 1-10 how bad are his hips? Can you please look at his x-ray and let me know. Is there any way to improve his condition if it is worst. My dog is a 100lb rottie -lab mix. He is 2.5 years old. Please let me know.
Hi, Nice x-ray! Sadly, those are pretty awful-looking hips. Is he showing any clinical signs of hip problems--pain, stiffness, etc?
The femoral necks are both very thickened and the heads of the femurs don't fit into the sockets (acetabulum) very well. So on a scale of 1-10, I'd grade his hips at an 8. There isn't a lot of arthritic changes in the hip joint, but that will likely come. I certainly wouldn't breed him.
If he is having hip pain, I would start with some anti-inflammatories, add in chondroprotectants, and also consider Prescription Diet J/D. For anti-inflammatories, I have recently started using Duralactin, a "hyperimmune milk protein" that is good for inflammation. I also like Rimadyl and will add in tramadol if the dog is still very painful. Dasuquin is a good glucosamine for dogs and is effective in those dogs that respond to glucosamine.
A total hip replacement might be something to consider if he continues to be painful or later on, when the medications don't help any longer.
Another surgery that could be considered is an FHO--femoral head ostectomy. This is considered a "salvage" procedure, because once it is done, nothing else (like a total hip) can be done. But it removes the head from the femur so that there is no more bone rubbing on bone.
Here is a good website with more info: http://www.VeterinaryPartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&A=1916
He doesn't seem to be in a lot of pain now. I will try glucosimine and other suggestions you have suggested. But i had one question about the surgery - Is there a best time when the surgery should be done as far as age wise. Is it better to get it done sooner than later ? what do you suggest?
I have taken insurance for him which covers upto 8000 dollars. I have taken it 5-6 months ago. They should be covering this condition incase we were to go for surgery right?
Is this condition considered cruciates and patellas? Because there is a 6 month waiting period on this. and rest of them are 14 days.
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I have a follow up question on what you said - "Once nothing seems to make much difference, then surgery should be considered. Due to the cost of a total hip replacement, I wouldn't do it until there is a strong need for it."
Is there a best time to get this surgery done? I mean is it better to get the surgery done sooner than later? Or is it right to say that the time factor does not affect the outcome of the surgery


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Durban - A kidnap victim has told of his ordeal and how his captors threatened to sell him for muti if his family did not meet the ransom demand.
Gerald Pieters, 45, a butchery manager, was kidnapped from Denis Hurley (Queen) Street last Thursday evening.
He claimed he was taken to Port Shepstone where he slept on the floor of a shack before he was released on Monday.
His kidnappers contacted his family through WhatsApp and demanded R20 000 for his release, failing which they threatened to sell him to traditional healers for muti.
Police spokesman Captain Thulani Zwane said that a case of kidnapping was being investigated.
Pieters, of Newlands East, said he had been walking to the taxi rank in Soldiers Way when he was accosted by three men and bundled into a white VW Golf.
His wife, Ruth, said she panicked when her husband did not return home. His cellphone also went unanswered.
She said she had to wait 48 hours before she could report him missing to police.
On Friday morning she called his workplace but he was not there.
"It was unlike him to be out late. I contacted our church group and we began to pray for his safe return," Ruth said.
Pieters said two of the men searched him in the car and demanded money.
He said a third man placed a knife to his back.
The suspects took his wallet, wedding ring and phone.
"We drove to an isolated area where there were only two shacks."
He said he spent the next few days and nights sleeping on the floor.
"They kept checking on me and every time they came into the shack I was kicked. Once they even offered me brandy. I asked them for water instead."
Meanwhile, his wife was searching hospitals and mortuaries.
She got the ransom demand on Sunday via her husband's phone. Ruth said she tried calling, but no one answered.
She messaged the kidnappers asking for proof that her husband was alive and well.
They replied saying they could meet in a public place to do the exchange.
"They wanted us to meet at a local hospital, but later changed their mind. They sent me a picture of him. He was not looking well. They stopped messaging us on Sunday afternoon and I became even more desperate," Ruth said.
The kidnappers said they would send Ruth his finger if she did not pay up.
On Monday night the kidnappers dropped him off on the M4 freeway near Blue Lagoon.
Pieters used a security guard's phone to call home. He was not aware the men were asking for a ransom.
"I was out of my mind in the darkness. I could hear their voices around the shack, but could do nothing. I thought I was going to die," Pieters said.
Reverend Robbie Ross said Pieters was a member of his congregation and he was shocked to hear he had been missing.
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ENCINITAS -- A City Council vote on Wednesday could bring the first red-light cameras to Encinitas by April.
The council is expected to approve a five-year contract with a private vendor, Redflex Traffic Systems Inc., which would pave the way for red-light cameras to monitor up to 10 of the city's 62 intersections governed by traffic signals.
If approved and signed by both parties, the contract would give Redflex 30 days to install and activate its equipment. During the next 30 days, the automated systems would photograph motorists who run red lights and issue written warnings to the vehicle's registered owner.
Also during that 30-day period, the city would post signs at major entrances to Encinitas that tell motorists red-light cameras are in use.
The contract assigns a fixed fee of $5,370 per month for Redflex to monitor a single "approach" to an intersection. An approach typically includes four lanes, and at most intersections, cameras would cover two approaches, Rob Blough, an Encinitas traffic engineer, said Monday.
A city analysis of red-light violations and accidents has placed two intersections on El Camino Real -- one at Encinitas Boulevard and another at Olivenhain Road -- as first in line for red-light cameras, he said.
Cameras would monitor only two approaches each at both intersections.
All told, if Encinitas orders four of the pole-mounted, bulletproof systems at $5,370 each per month, its yearly bill to Redflex would be $257,760.
A staff report does not specify how the city will pay for the enforcement program. The report says "some initial cash outlay" would be necessary. As the program matures, revenues from violations should offset ongoing costs, the report says.
The first-time fine for running a red light in Encinitas is $321. The city's share of that fine is $142.
At $142 each, it would take 38 citations per month for a single system monitoring a single approach to pay for itself. Motorists who want to contest a citation can take the matter to court.
According to Blough, a recent survey of the El Camino Real intersection at Encinitas Boulevard revealed 47 red-light violations on the southbound left-turn lanes within an eight-hour period.
At earlier meetings, some residents have said that Encinitas and other cities are installing red-light cameras as money-makers.
Not so in Encinitas, Mayor Maggie Houlihan said Monday.
"We do not want generating revenue to be the motive behind this," Houlihan said Monday. "Why we are doing it is to make intersections safer."
That said, Houlihan added she would support the program, even if that meant paying for it out of city funds.
"We may not totally break even initially," Houlihan said. "That's why we're not going to start every (intersection) at once."
Eight other intersections identified as candidates for red-light cameras include Encinitas Boulevard at Quail Gardens Drive, El Camino Real at Old Target Center, Encinitas Boulevard at Vulcan Avenue, Encinitas Boulevard at Via Cantebria, Encinitas Boulevard at Calle Magdalena, El Camino Real at Mountain Vista Drive, Manchester Avenue at Mira Costa College, and Leucadia Boulevard at Town Center Place.
Elsewhere in North County, Redflex recently has made customers of Vista, Del Mar, Oceanside, Escondido and Solana Beach. While negotiations are ongoing, those cities have opted to pay Redflex by sharing a percentage of the revenue generated by the cameras.
The Encinitas council will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at 505 S. Vulcan Ave.
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JERUSALEM (Dec. 20)
Pierre Montel, chairman of the French National Assembly's defense committee, arrived tonight in Israel and is scheduled to hold two meetings with Premier David Ben Gurion. During his 10-day stay he will tour the country extensively and will visit Gaza and Elath.
Reports from Paris linked his coming here with the statement made by French Foreign Minister Christian Pineau that France will start building a pipeline across-Israel within a short time. However, neither Israeli nor French sources here confirmed this assumption.
Plans for trans-Israel pipelines to carry oil from the vicinity of Elath, on the Gulf of Akaba, to Haifa on the Mediterranean Sea, will be discussed in detail Sunday at the next meeting of the Cabinet, it became known today.
Meanwhile, one pipeline, eight inches in diameter, intended to provide for Israel's own needs, is under construction now. Ditches have been dug for this line, and actual laying of pipes is expected to get under-way next week. The second pipeline, involving the French project to furnish oil to Western Europe, will also be discussed by the Cabinet.


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MUNICH — Ivica Olic scored twice to send Bayern Munich comfortably through to the Champions League semifinals for the second time in three years with a 2-0 win over Marseille on Tuesday.
Bayern had a 2-0 lead from the first leg and Olic all but secured the German side's progression when he struck in the 13th minute, after former Marseille player Franck Ribery set the Croatian up for an easy tap in. Olic then put the result beyond doubt in the 37th by making it 4-0 on aggregate.
Desperate defending prevented the impressive Ribery from scoring against his former side late on.
Marseille improved in the second half but had little hope of ending Bayern's dream of playing the final in its own stadium on May 19.
That challenge will likely be Real Madrid's, as the Spanish side holds a 3-0 lead over APOEL Nicosia before Wednesday's second leg of their quarterfinal.
Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes gave Olic a rare start in place of Mario Gomez, who was rested along with Arjen Robben as Bayern maintains its challenge for three titles this season.
His counterpart, Didier Deschamps, had no such luxury and started with four forwards — Brandao, Loic Remy, Andre Ayew, and Mathieu Valbuena — to overturn Marseille's deficit from the first leg.
Ribery looked threatening from the beginning, the Frenchman teaming up brilliantly with Toni Kroos in the fifth minute before earning a free kick that David Alaba headed over.
Loic Remy fired the visitors' first chance straight at Manuel Neuer in the ninth, before the Bayern goalkeeper had to get down well to keep out Jeremy Morel after some good play from Benoit Cheyrou, who filled in for the suspended Alou Diarra.
Bayern scored just as Marseille began to look dangerous. Ribery glided past the French defense on the right before playing the ball across goal for Olic to slot in for his first Champions League goal of the season.
Stephane Mbia tried to respond for Marseille, but his first effort sailed well over and he drew a good save from Neuer with his next.
Nicolas N'Koulou's crucial intervention then prevented Philipp Lahm from scoring on a counterattack after the resulting corner.
It set the pattern for the half, as the visitors left spaces at the back while pushing for an equalizer, leaving Bayern the more likely to score.
Marseille captain Steve Mandanda kept his side's slim hopes alive with fine saves from Toni Kroos, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and then Olic in quick succession.
Kroos hit the post with a fierce drive in the 33rd as Bayern assumed total control.
Ribery was involved again when Bayern effectively sealed the tie, the Frenchman feeding David Alaba down the left, and the Austrian midfielder crossed for Olic to nip ahead of his marker and score from close range.
Brazilian defender Rafinha came on for Thomas Mueller in the 38th, as Heynckes decided not to risk the Germany international picking up a suspension for the semifinal.
Remy should have pulled one back in the 67th when he headed over from close range.


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Winter temps can freeze all kinds of mechanical apparatus, including tractor fifth wheels. So it's a good time to clean, inspect and grease these important appliances, but not the only time, according to SAF Holland, one of the principal manufacturers.
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This work might also be necessary if problems with coupling, uncoupling or pulling the release handle occur.
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This is a character done for Arkane Studios, I am posting here the zbrush mesh, without any cloth on it (that was the demand). On this one I wanted to make a robust silouhette and not to go to far with the detailes. I wanted to emphasise the big muscles, to be well read and ballanced from the distance ( the characters in the game was suposed to be reed from the third person). About the skin detailles I planned to add them in photoshop.
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Senator Fuschillo Helps "Extend the Holidays" for Children in Winthrop Hospital
Photo caption: Senator Fuschillo helps a child pick out a toy from the over 2,000 toys collected through his annual "Extend the Holidays" toy drive.
New York State Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (R-Merrick) today helped put smiles on the faces of Winthrop Hospital's child patients by delivering over 2,000 toys collected through his annual "Extend the Holidays" toy drive. Representatives from the Nassau County Sheriff Officer's Association, Laborers Local 66, and Local 1298, all of whom participated in the program, joined Senator Fuschillo in delivering the toys to the hospital.
"Extend the Holidays" is an annual toy drive Senator Fuschillo organizes for the benefit of children in Winthrop's Pediatric Center. The toys collected through the program are delivered after the holiday season so that children can experience the joys of receiving a holiday gift throughout the year.
"When you're a child, there's no better feeling than getting the gift of a new toy. For children in the hospital who are going through tough times, a new toy can really help brighten their spirits. Thanks to the generosity of all the schools, unions, and local residents and businesses who participated in this program, we collected enough toys to help give that feeling to children in Winthrop Hospital throughout the entire year," said Senator Fuschillo.
The following labor unions and schools helped Senator Fuschillo collect toys for the "Extend the Holidays" program:
- Baldwin Middle School (Baldwin School District)
- Berner Middle School (Massapequa School District)
- Birch Elementary School (Merrick School District)
- Centennial Avenue School (Roosevelt School District)
- Chatterton Elementary School (Merrick School District)
- East Lake Elementary School (Massapequa School District)
- Fairfield Elementary School (Massapequa School District)
- Fayette Elementary School (North Merrick School District)
- Forest Lake Elementary School (Wantagh School District)
- Laborers Local 66
- Laborers Local 1298
- Levy-Lakeside Elementary School (Merrick School District)
- Lockhart Elementary School (Massapequa School District)
- Massapequa High School (Massapequa School District)
- Massapequa High School-Ames Campus (Massapequa School District)
- McKenna Elementary School (Massapequa School District)
- Mepham High School (Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District)
- Nassau County Sheriff Officer's Association
- Old Mill Road Elementary School (North Merrick School District)
- William Rall Elementary School (Lindenhurst School District)
- Winthrop Avenue School (Bellmore School District)
"On behalf of Winthrop's administration, staff, and patients, we are once again extremely grateful to Senator Fuschillo for continuing his annual 'Extend the Holidays' toy drive. This is a wonderful tradition which brings so much joy and happiness to so many children and families. We thank Senator Fuschillo and everyone who participated in this toy drive for their overwhelming outpouring of generosity for our child patients," said John Broder, Vice-President for External Affairs and Development at Winthrop-University Hospital.


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The Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre says a tsunami was generated by a strong earthquake, but the waves don't pose a threat to the areas.
The centre says some areas are seeing small sea level changes, but there will be no widespread destructive wave that had earlier been warned about.
The warning area included coastal areas from Cape Fairweather, Alaska, to the north tip of Vancouver Island, Canada. The area extended for more than 1,125 kilometres.
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Hollywood's Tough Guy
Armand Assante has made a Hollywood career out of playing cigar-smoking characters with a hard edge.
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Perhaps it is that air of confidence that has made Assante so adept at playing—and so frequently cast in—the stalwart roles of cop, spy, military officer or gangster. Especially gangster.
Part of it is about appearance and bearing; at 5 feet, 11 inches, Assante holds himself almost military-erect—shoulders out, spine straight—and his stride when he walks is long and assured. He's also built like a fighter—a testament perhaps to the home gym that occupies a room in his home and to the very real, physical work that he does around his 225-acre farm in upstate New York—but it is also about the square jaw, the "you wanna piece o' dis?" stare and, currently, a slightly messy, grown-out version of a flattop haircut.
But even when his look is slightly softer—as it was in the second half of Gotti, a role that earned Assante an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special and for which he gained 50 pounds during the shoot in order to "span" the real John Gotti's lifetime—there's just something about the way that the actor holds himself, narrows his eyes and glares into a camera that's made the guy the one whom directors turn to when they need a mob boss.
Take his recent, well-received role as Dominic Cattano, the quietly powerful mob boss in American Gangster. Although it was, essentially, a secondary—even tertiary—role, critics and audiences alike had trouble taking their eyes off of the screen anytime Assante had a few lines.
If there doesn't seem to be any limit to an audience's love of movies or television shows that depict wiseguys and gangsters, Assante's in luck. Few actors portray them as effectively as he does. Part of it, Assante theorizes, has to do with his having done his homework; the rest of it, he believes, has to do with a cultural yearning for rules. Or, in this case, for a code.
"The Godfather was released just after the Vietnam War when America had blown apart every single value known to man. I mean, we blew it out of the park. There was drugs, sex, whatever...we trashed it! Dragged it into the street and burned it. I think when The Godfather came along, there was a subliminal structure [and storyline] to The Godfather that enforces family value within the story and I think it had an unconscious effect on American audiences. They loved the idea of 'code' and I think the American psyche got caught up in The Godfather as a yearning for rules, as something that was left intact. I think that's [part of] America's fascination with gangsters and the Soprano-esque way of living.
"Of the mobsters that I've interviewed over the years, " Assante continues, "I would say the majority of the real mobsters that I've met in my life were borderline schizophrenic or bipolar. Very frightening people. And," Assante pauses for a moment, puffs on his cigar and then grins, "they were some of the funniest people I've met in my life in terms of comedic sensibility. They will literally set the house on a roar. Some people have commented that I was either self-parodying a mobster or being outlandish, [but] in truth I have met those characters [and] they are far, far, far more outlandish. They are outrageous. I have seen them pull stunts in public that will literally stop a restaurant.
"That was something I desperately wanted to inject into the [Dominic Cattano] character because I don't see it too often when I watch mob movies. I see all this hard-core threat, threat, threat, threat when in fact some of them are the funniest 'batties'—and when I use the term 'bat shit' I mean it in the most complete embodiment of whatever bat shit means!—and in fact I wanted to inject it into that character. Now, those characters," Assante adds, "as fun as they can be, are also as deadly as they can be. As deadly as cold ice, unapologetically, and it's amazing to be in the presence of that."
To emphasize his point, Assante tells the story of how he accompanied a scientific research team to Africa whose mission it was to tranquilize lions in the wild, draw their blood and test for AIDS. The problem arose, Assante says, when an adult male lion, already hit with two tranqs, refused to yield position as king of his jungle. Not to sleep, not to humans.
"I remember," says Assante, shaking his head, "being in the Jeep, facing this lion for 30 minutes who wouldn't go out even with a second dart. That lion stared at me and literally assessed whether he was going to bite my torso off for 30 minutes," he says, laughing.
It was, says Assante, a moment of revelation. "I truly understood it then; a lion does not apologize for being a lion."
As an actor, Assante has kept what can only be called an insane film schedule for the last two years; besides the international release of American Gangster, he's seen two independent films, When Nietzsche Wept and California Dreamin' (both of which were filmed in Eastern Europe), come out in limited release or at film festivals. He's also made guest appearances in the television drama "October Road" and had roles in the movies Order of Redemption, The Man Who Came Back, Chicago Overcoat and La Linea, all of which are wrapping production or in post-production with 2008 release dates.
In addition, Assante has a project that is strictly his own. In the 1990s, the actor was working with a human rights group when he met Jerry White, the founder of the D.C.-based nonprofit Landmine Survivors Network. White, the victim of a land mine a decade earlier, found an ardent student on the issues of land mines—and ultimately an impassioned crusader—in Assante.
"If you can imagine, 400 million land mines have been placed on earth since World War II," says Assante. "The chief victims today are children, women, soldiers and de-miners, in that order. I was born in 1949, when polio claimed 13 million victims, and my mother was [one of] its victims. I have many vivid childhood memories of rehab centers all over Manhattan and so on some visceral level, anything that blindly steals limbs hits me in a place that I have a reflex to.
"Isn't it ironic that about 70 percent of Marine Corps casualties in Vietnam were due to land mines, some of which they had laid themselves? The thought of what young men in Iraq and at Walter Reed [Army Medical Center] are enduring does not," Assante says, quietly, "sit well with me."
Even as Assante was slowly learning and gathering more information about land mines, he was filming back-to-back-to-back projects in Eastern Europe, one of the many regions in the world devastated, he points out, by war and the land mines left behind. In his spare time, in between films, he began accompanying de-mining teams as they swept fields for buried mines, some scattered many decades ago, some quite recently. It doesn't really matter when they were laid, Assante points out, since they can stay active for 30 or more years.
In 1999, he decided to put his growing awareness and his skill as a storyteller to work and he began to film a documentary entitled Blind Dragon.
The somewhat unusual title, Assante explains, has significant meaning. " 'Blind Dragon' is a metaphor. A land mine is a weapon that does not distinguish a child from a soldier who is on a border where he should not be, hence it is 'blind.' A dragon lives forever in the earth and a dragon's teeth cuts its victim in half. There have been many metaphors used to describe weapons. 'Dragon' is a popular one."
Assante filmed extensively in Croatia and, with Afghanistan, Angola, Eritrea, Cambodia and Vietnam still on the itinerary, headed to Angola for the next segment. Based on the message he was telling, Assante was hoping for cooperation and, to some extent, open arms from the government. What he got, he says, were open palms and, following multiple demands for bribes, Assante scrapped the rest of the trip. It's his intention to return to filming, with some additional funding, this year.
In the interim, Assante takes advantage of what little downtime he has to rejuvenate on his farm, a practice he calls "seeking solace."
Assante purchased the farm in 1983, renovating and adding on to the turn-of-the-century farmhouse over a number of years. It is now home to not just Assante but to a stable full of thoroughbred horses and nine purebred German shepherds.
It is, according to Assante, the primary gathering place for his very large and very extended family—including his two daughters, Anya, 24, and Alesandra, 19, that he had with his former wife, Karen—and he often sees as many as 40 family members gathered into the farmhouse's kitchen during holidays and special events.
"I knew when I came here [in 1983], to this farm, I said to myself, 'This place can teach me something,' and it's true. It has. There's a stillness here, a peace, for which I'm very grateful. Immensely grateful and blessed," muses Assante. "I'm in my zone here. It's a wonderful place to meditate, to regroup and to find yourself, your inner self and your core.
"I've found extraordinary peace here, solace, on this farm. It's been an extraordinary gift in many, many ways, but the biggest gift for me, besides raising my daughters here, is the incredible quiet and sense of serenity that comes from living here, working on the farm, riding in the woods. I have a very profound connection with nature [and] I stay in the woods a lot. I cut all my own wood, I clear all my own fields, clear the woods of whatever's dead. It's my mental, physical, spiritual gymnasium to be in the woods."
If this doesn't sound like the same man who's repeatedly brought crime bosses to life on the big screen, the answer why is simple, says the actor: those are simply movie roles, nothing more. His life, Assante says, is far, far more interesting.
"I live an incredible life. Incredible. I've lived the life of 10 men. I've been blessed with great health, great stamina, and I live my life very intensely. That is, philosophically, just who I am," says Assante, studying the end of his cigar. "I think that when you live at a certain level of intensity, you have to counterbalance.
"I think the intensity of working as an actor has a price. No matter what they tell you, there's a very intense price to pay. My life with my kids, my home life, my family life...I would have had a bigger career if I'd put my career first, but I put my life first and by that I mean that I really, really enjoy my life.
"I work as much as I do so as to live life on my own terms. I want the freedom to go anywhere on the planet at any given moment with my family or my loved ones or just completely alone. I consider that freedom my principal obligation to the work I am in as well as to myself.
"I live on the edge." Assante pauses for a moment and then grins. "And I love the edge."
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Giant fishing spider!
So, after spending Saturday night near the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains, it was in the car and up the mountain on Sunday morning. This shot was taken along the beautiful Skyline Parkway, which traverses the length of this 105 mile long, 200,000 acre park. Spring is slower to arrive at the mountain's summits, but there were still interesting flora and fauna, and breathtaking scenery at every turn.
BRACE YOURSELVES, arachnophobes!
My Nikon had its 105mm macro lens bolted in place, and I began snapping away. There are a half-dozen or so fishing spiders in the genus Dolomedes in the eastern U.S., and I knew it was one of them. At first, I thought it was the six-spotted fishing spider, Dolomedes triton, as it too has that prominent white border around the upper body. But the animal lacked the spotting of that species, and after a bit of investigation I believe this spider is Dolomedes scriptus, which is one that I was not familiar with. As I can't find a common name for the beast, I suggest dubbing it the giant fishing spider.
From leg tip to opposing leg tip, this spider was probably in excess of three inches. Despite the menacing appearance, she was rather tame and confiding, and like virtually all spiders is utterly harmless to people. By gently prodding her with a small twig, I was able to pose her in different ways for this photo shoot, and she offered no substantial objections.
Fishing spiders are aptly named, as they are nearly always found around water bodies. The dense layer of hair which cloaks their body is hydrophobic, or water-shedding. These animals can deftly run across th water's surface without breaking the surface tension, like gargantuan murderous water striders. Fishing spiders can even dive under the surface, becoming encased in a silvery bubble of air when below.
Apparently a common hunting ploy has the spider anchoring itself to the bank with its rear legs, and gently floating its palps on the water's surface. The hypersensitive palps can detect motion on the water, and when a bug falls in the drink or perhaps swims by, the spider detects the movement and rushes out to grab the victim. Larger individuals, such as the one in these photos, can even take small fish and tadpoles.
I felt rather lucky, as it isn't every day one happens across such an extraordinary animal as this spider.
7 comments:
- KaHolly said...
Wow! I don't mind spiders, but perhaps this one is a little big for me.
- April 18, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- Lisa at Greenbow said...
What an amazing creature. I always learn something from your posts. I would love to see one of these creatures in person especially if it was in it's bubble.
- April 19, 2012 at 6:01 AM
I'm curious; seeing the "boxing gloves" at the end of the palps, particularly in the most close-up photo, I'm thinking this spider is male. Any thoughts?
- April 20, 2012 at 3:28 PM
- Jim McCormac said...
Thanks for the comments, as always! Ron, I don't know of differences in the palps between the sexes, although there may well be. I was judging it to be a female based on size - the spider was a good three inches from leg tip to leg tip, and I didn't think males got that large.
- April 20, 2012 at 9:30 PM
- jaredmizanin said...
..."imagine my elation"...haha! Only us nature-nerds would find joy in coming across a huge spider! Beautiful species...hope I bump into some myself.
- April 22, 2012 at 10:09 PM
- spiders said...
Just adorable nature, so nice clear brown colours on that spiders, our planet is just beautiful!
- May 27, 2012 at 2:12 PM
I see these spiders all the time on Captina Creek, Ohio. They kind of freaked me out at first, until I learned that they are harmless.
- June 24, 2012 at 11:49 PM


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My name is Justin W. Flory, and I am a student attending the Rochester Institute of Technology. I am majoring in Networking and Systems Administration program, minoring in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
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Since December 2014, I am an active user of the Fedora Linux distribution and use it on my desktop, laptop, and some servers. I currently run Fedora 25 on all my primary machines.
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CHINO HILLS — It was only a matter of time before the Claremont Wolfpack were able to start working the ball inside to their big man Chris Edward. When they did, it sealed the fate of the opposing Ayala Bulldogs as Claremont emerged with a 59-48 win on Wednesday in a Sierra League opener.
Edward tallied 24 points and 12 rebounds, with 13 of those points coming in the second half. His presence was also a big reason Ayala got in foul trouble, with four players sent to the sideline for good before the game was over.
"That's always our game plan," Claremont coach Stan Tolliver said. "When we started establishing a presence inside that loosened things up for the other guys too."
The game was ragged on both ends as Ayala (12-4, 0-1) contributed to its woes with 18 turnovers. Claremont (13-4, 1-0) wasn't much better in that department with 13, but the majority of those came in the first half. Claremont also dominated on the boards.
Through the first three quarters, the biggest lead either team managed was five points, that margin coming at the end of the third with the visitors up 40-35. It had been tied at 35 with 2:40 left in the quarter.
Claremont, ranked No. 15 in CIF-Southern Section Division 2-AA, carried that momentum into the final period. Edward continued what ended up being a 13-3 run with a three-point play to start the fourth, making it 43-35.
After a free throw at the other end by Ayala's Austen Awosika made it 43-36, Claremont answered with a 3-pointer by Harlan Maass to make it 46-36. It was his only bucket of the night, but the Wolfpack was not threatened again.
"We just settled down," Edward said of his team's finish. "Maybe there were some first-league-game nerves and it was a pretty physical game. We just finally started playing the way we can play."
Edward was the lone Claremont player in double figures. Baron Franklin contributed nine points and seven rebounds while Noah Daniel chipped in with eight points and six rebounds.
Ayala, ranked No. 12 in Division 1-A, had a balanced attack. Awosika tallied 13 with Christian Smith next with 12 points and six rebounds. Miles President hit double figures with 10 points.
"We played early but not well long enough," Ayala coach John Mounce said. "You're not going to win many games with that many turnovers. We have to do a lot better there."
Both teams continue Sierra League play on Friday with Claremont playing host to South Hills and Ayala playing at home against Damien.


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Salma Hayek and her 4-year-old daughter Valentina were seen leaving Costes restaurant in Paris, France on Friday (January 20).
The actress was dressed casually and wore a leather jacket, red sweater and jeans. It was only this past Sunday that the Puss In Boots star looked gorgeous in a Gucci gown at The Golden Globes.
Hayek once shared how she and Valentina spend time together.
She said, "Well, I am a crazy mother. I actually do dress up with her and we play cards. My daughter likes to play actress, which is not very convenient because sometimes I work the whole day and I just want to go home and be me.
"I did four movies this year, and I know I have to come home and be the gardener or, I have even been a chair or a table. She loves to play different roles and she sort of a director in it, because she tells you what your name is, what is it about – you should be doing this and that. We love to dance together, we love to make little houses. I love to draw with her and she loves to read."


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Brief Outline of the Four Laws
Eternal Law – A type of the Divine Wisdom of God that moves all things to their end.
Divine Law – The historical laws of Scripture given to man through God's self-revelation.
The Old Law – Extrinsic focus, fear, and earthly rewards – foreshadows the NT The New Law – Intrinsic focus, love, and heavenly rewards – Perfects the OT
Natural Law – The Eternal Law of God imprinted on all things, from which "they derive their respective inclinations to their proper acts and ends."
Human Law – Laws of governments that are dictates of practical reason from the general precepts of Natural Law.
1. What is Natural Law?
"It is therefore evident that the natural law is nothing else than the rational creature's participation of the eternal law."1 Eternal Law is the type of Divine Wisdom that moves all things toward their end. Similar to how the carpenter's idea of a chair is then imprinted onto the wood, so too is Eternal law imprinted upon all things. The imprint of Eternal Law on man is Natural Law. It is the general moral precepts imprinted on the hearts of humanity; however, individual persons participate in Natural Law via their reasoning. Aquinas believes all persons may know Natural Law through their reason, but not all persons reason equally. Aquinas does not posit an egalitarian view of reason. Some persons will understand more and some less. Notice too this is a very concrete notion of participation that is available to all humanity. While participation is an abused word in philosophical and theological circles, Aquinas presents a brilliant notion of participation in the Eternal through the Natural Law.2
2. What is the first indemonstrable principle?
What is meant by the term "first indemonstrable principle"? It is called indemonstrable because it is not deduced from any other truth. If I say Socrates is a man. All men are mortal. Socrates is mortal. The last statement is a deduction from the first two. An indemonstrable principle is not deduced. It is simply known. Aquinas gives the following examples:
Hence it is that, as Boethius says… certain axioms or propositions are universally self-evident to all; and such are those propositions whose terms are known to all, as, "Every whole is greater than its part," and, "Things equal to one and the same are equal to one another." But some propositions are self-evident only to the wise, who understand the meaning of the terms of such propositions: thus to one who understands that an angel is not a body, it is self-evident that an angel is not circumscriptively in a place: but this is not evident to the unlearned, for they cannot grasp it.
What is the first indemonstrable principle? Aquinas calls this particular indemonstrable principle first because it is the basis for all other principles. The Angelic Doctor states:
Wherefore the first indemonstrable principle is that "the same thing cannot be affirmed and denied at the same time," which is based on the notion of "being" and "not-being": and on this principle all others are based, as is stated in Metaph. iv, text. 9.
The first indemonstrable principle of our apprehension is being. This exists. This does not exist. It is in a person's apprehension, simply; however, since man is a rational animal, what is the first thing a person apprehends via reason? Following Aristotle, Aquinas teaches:
Now as "being" is the first thing that falls under the apprehension simply, so "good" is the first thing that falls under the apprehension of the practical reason, which is directed to action: since every agent acts for an end under the aspect of good. Consequently the first principle of practical reason is one founded on the notion of good, viz. that "good is that which all things seek after."
The first principle of practical reason is "the aspect of good." All men seek what is good. The concept can seem lofty, but a more mundane example is happiness. Aquinas posits that all men seek happiness as well. While most do not associate happiness with the law, the concept of happiness is an excellent starting point for discussing natural law. In general, there is a logical movement from understanding that all men seek happiness, to the fuller understanding that all men seek what is good, to a discussion of what is the good that all men seek. Starting the conversation with all men seek happiness is generally more palatable to modern man than all men seek the good, God.
3. What is the first precept of law?
In short, the first indemonstrable principle of apprehension, simply, is being. The first indemonstrable principle of practical reason is good. And if all men are rational animals then all men seek what is good. Aquinas applies this rationale to the law:
Hence this is the first precept of law, that "good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided." All other precepts of the natural law are based upon this: so that whatever the practical reason naturally apprehends as man's good (or evil) belongs to the precepts of the natural law as something to be done or avoided.
Aquinas arrives at the first precept of law: "good is to be done and pursued, and evil is to be avoided." It is upon this precept all other precepts flow. Keep in mind Aquinas' definition of law as well. A law is "an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community, and promulgated."3
4. Is there an order to the moral precepts?
The first precept of law - that good is to be done and pursued and evil is to be avoided - is the foundation to the general moral precepts of natural law. Before going into detail about these precepts, Aquinas explains how the precepts will be ordered. He teaches that precepts of natural law will be ordered according to the natural inclinations in man.
Since, however, good has the nature of an end, and evil, the nature of a contrary, hence it is that all those things to which man has a natural inclination, are naturally apprehended by reason as being good, and consequently as objects of pursuit, and their contraries as evil, and objects of avoidance. Wherefore according to the order of natural inclinations, is the order of the precepts of the natural law.
Discussed further below, Aquinas will order the precepts of natural law according to man's inclinations - with the lower inclinations being ordered by the higher inclinations, i.e., that inclination man shares with all things that live will be the lowest, while the inclination that is unique to man as the only rational animal will be highest.
Note, however, that Aquinas speaks of inclinations and not instinct. Typically, an instinct is determined toward an end, while an inclination tends towards an end - but is ultimately indeterminate. Humanity is not born participating in Natural Law, but persons are born with the inclinations toward the precepts of Natural Law. Man participates in those inclinations by reason; thus, the wicked, for example, do not participate in Natural Law for they are recalcitrant to their inclinations toward the precepts of Natural Law.
It should be noted that this discussion is paramount to understanding Aquinas' treatment of virtue and vice. For a man who acts repeatedly on those inclinations toward the good forms a habit. Habits that create a disposition toward the good are called virtues. Habits that reject those inclinations and dispose persons toward evil are called vices. It also rests on the neglected truth that sin is always and forever irrational.
5. What are the precepts of Natural Law?
According to Aquinas, there are three precepts that should be considered when discussing Natural Law. The Angelic Doctor states:
Because in man there is first of all an inclination to good in accordance with the nature which he has in common with all substances: inasmuch as every substance seeks the preservation of its own being, according to its nature: and by reason of this inclination, whatever is a means of preserving human life, and of warding off its obstacles, belongs to the natural law.
Secondly, there is in man an inclination to things that pertain to him more specially, according to that nature which he has in common with other animals: and in virtue of this inclination, those things are said to belong to the natural law, "which nature has taught to all animals" [Pandect. Just. I, tit. i], such as sexual intercourse, education of offspring and so forth.
Thirdly, there is in man an inclination to good, according to the nature of his reason, which nature is proper to him: thus man has a natural inclination to know the truth about God, and to live in society: and in this respect, whatever pertains to this inclination belongs to the natural law; for instance, to shun ignorance, to avoid offending those among whom one has to live, and other such things regarding the above inclination.
To wit, the three precepts are (1) self-preservation (2) procreation & education of offspring and (3) natural inclination toward the good, God; however, how do these precepts relate to one another? Are they all equal? Do they compete against one another? To the contrary, Aquinas holds to the general truth that a higher principle orders the lower. For example, the first and second precepts are those we share with both plants and animals. All things seek self-preservation. The second precept is shared with animals, because irrational animals procreate and educate their offspring; however, it is the third precept, the highest precept, that is predicated upon man as man, i.e., the rational animal. It is specifically man's inclination toward the good, the truth, God, that should order the other two precepts.
For example, among the irrational animals, it appears the first precept of self-preservation is not always true. Nature is full of examples of mothers who would die to protect their young or males that die in order to procreate. In these examples, the lower precept of self-preservation is ordered and governed by the higher precept of procreating and educating offspring. In the rational animal, man, the third precept of seeking God should order self-preservation and the manner in which humanity procreates and educates. The operative word is should, because man is not forced to hold to the precepts of Natural Law - but only chooses to via reason. The wicked, for example, will not hold to these precepts nor will they order them correctly.
6. How does Aquinas differ from Modernist views?
Broadly speaking, nature may be spoken of in three ways: a Thomistic nature, a reductionist nature, and a mechanistic nature. The Thomistic nature is characterized by the belief that (1) the general moral precepts of Natural Law are available to all men in some degree, (2) man participates in these general moral precepts via his reason, and (3) the moral precepts exist in a hierarchical order.
Arguably, a reductionist theory reverses the teachings of Aquinas. In Aquinas, the higher orders the lower, while a reductionist view advocates that the lower orders the higher. If humanity has a moral question, it should look to the animals or the environment. For example, man's sexuality is understood by looking at the sexual life of animals. Is homosexual activity permissible for man? Well, homosexuality does periodically occur among animals species; thus, it is permissible and not contrary to natural law. To wit, the rational animals uses his rationality to conclude that which is permissible for the irrational animals is permissible for man.
The reductionist view is often times associated with a Hobbesian view of nature. Thomas Hobbes taught that nature is a constant state of war. Nature is a violent chaos. Nature is the red tooth and claw. In more evolutionary terms, natural law is simply the survival of the fittest. The first precept of self-preservation dominates all others. Here man looks to nature and discards it as a moral standard. Instead of viewing reason as the principle by which the lower precepts of nature are ordered, man sees his reason as the instrument that overcomes nature. Nature becomes something to vex and dominate, not follow. Man views himself as something liberated from nature and free to create social and moral constructs free from any natural external standard.
Mechanistic theories are based off strict necessity. Mechanistic views hold that man is governed under a biological illusion, i.e., free will is actually determined by nature. While the Thomistic approach holds that nature is not governed by a strict necessity, it does not exclude biology playing a role in the decision making of human beings. For example, a full moon's gravitational pull affects both the oceans and the human body. While the Thomistic view acknowledges influences, it does not believe man is forced or biologically determined to certain ends. Reason and free will remain. One key issue with the mechanistic view of nature is that it flattens nature into equal parts, i.e., both rational and irrational animals are equitable under the force of nature. In contrast, the Thomistic view holds a certain gradation or hierarchy to nature, with man, the rational animal, being the higher creature - the creature that has the natural precept to seek the good, God.
SPL on Aquinas' Treatment of Law - Summa Theologica Reference
- Law and the Common Good: 9 Introductory Catholic Questions - I-II.90
- Think Like a Catholic: 7 Questions on the Four Laws - I-II.91
- 4 Reasons God Gave Us Scripture (Divine Law) by Aquinas - I-II.91.4
- Does the Law Exist to Make Men Virtuous? 6 Thoughts from Aquinas - I-II.92.1
- 4 Other Questions on Virtue and Law - I-II.92.1
Divine Government: 6 Questions by Aquinas on the Eternal Law - I-II.93
3 Steps to Understand How Humanity Participates in Natural Law - I-II.94.1


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Australia's gas exports face tougher competition
Competition for the next round of gas export projects in Australia is becoming more intense, with Russia likely to join the US in supplying additional gas into the key Japan market.
The shutdown of Japan's nuclear power stations in the wake of the Fukushima meltdown has pushed up Japan's imports of gas, as it looked to alternative fuels to keep the lights on and industry running. In turn, that has plunged the country's external account into the red, prompting the Japanese government to pressure importers to squeeze gas import prices.
As a result, its power utilities have begun to assess investing in some of the new round of gas projects being promoted in the US and Canada, which promise to supply gas with a price linked to the domestic US gas price, the so-called Henry Hub spot price, which is used as the basis for NYMEX gas futures contracts.
The shale gas boom in the US has pushed gas prices in North America back towards long-term lows, which is encouraging some groups to look to export markets in both Europe and northern Asia.
And, on the back of Russia's recent deal to build a gas pipeline to supply gas directly to China, Japan is again looking at lifting purchases of Russian gas, this time reviving a plan to pipe gas directly from Sakhalin Island, north of Japan, to a point north of Tokyo.
Even though Japan has backed the round of embargoes imposed on Russia following its recent incursions into Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is to visit Japan later in the year and lifting imports of Russian gas is likely to be on the agenda.
In a recent note to clients, Deutsche Bank said Japanese utilities will turn increasingly to the US for gas supplies, to take advantage of its expected cheaper price than existing suppliers such as Australia and Qatar, which will make it more difficult to get the next round of export projects in Australia off the ground.
Along with the high price - and the high cost of developing projects in Australia - Japan's utilities are keen to diversify their supply sources.
Russia, while close to Japan, is traditionally a less favoured source for gas due to concerns supplies could be turned off if there were renewed diplomatic disputes between the two countries.
Within Japan, the gas import market is becoming more diversified, with the opening up of the power generation sector resulting in a number of new players utilising their existing terminal infrastructure to launch joint-venture gas-fired power stations.
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We learned of this zar from Zakaria Ibrahim of the group El Tanbura and the Mastaba cultural center here in Cairo. Zakaria could not accompany us because he's on his way to London to perform in a concert called "A Night in Tahrir Squre" at the prestigious Barbican center on July 22. (By the way we visited Tahrir on the morning of the zar to interview the young political singer Ramy Essam, who will also be part of the Barbican show. More on Tahrir and Ramy in a future dispatch...) In any case, while zar music is performed for the stage at cultural centers like Mastaba and Makan, this was the real thing, a private event aimed at healing, and at closing the zar season before the start of Ramadan.
We made our way through gnarled Cairo traffic to the Boulak Abouelaila neighborhood, with Zakaria's right hand man, Mamdou El Kady at the wheel. We passed industrial markets, butcheries, and streets packed with somewhat ragged looking Caireans. We had been told to come at 4PM, though we didn't make it to the designated meeting place until 5:30, and the music didn't start for some hours after that. We were met by Hassan Bergoman, leader of the group Rango, named for a rare form of xylophone long used in Sudanese zar rituals. Hassan explained to us that there would be three groups performing at this zar, an all-women's Egyptian zar group led by Umm Hassan, Bergoman's own Sudanese zar ensemble, which features the ancient, low-pitched tanbura lyre, and finally, a local Sufi zar ensemble. The Sudanese aspect is key, because zar came to Egypt along with waves of mass migration following Egypt's 1820 conquest of Sudan under Ottoman Egyptian leader Mohammed Ali. For much more on this history, see our Hip Deep interviews on Sudanese history with Ahmad Sikainga (Sudan: A Musical History) and Eve Troutt Powell (African Slaves in Islamic Lands).
|Street in Boulak Aboulaila (Eyre 2011)
|Hassan Bergoman, pre zar!
|Umm Hassan's Egyptian zar group
|Preparing the drums
Our host was a man named Arabi, the gentleman in white smoking the chisha in the photo below. Everyone was very friendly, but there was no getting around the oddity of our presence with cameras and microphones. Kids asked to have their photos taken, and delighted in viewing them. This at first amused and eventually annoyed their mothers and aunts. Once the music began, with loud drums being played right before the faces of the singers, it was not easy to position microphones where they would get well mixed sound and not be in the way of the action. Awkward? You bet. But we made the best of it.
|Arabi (in white) before the zar
|Banning in Boulak Aboulaila
|Afropop intern Mariam Bazeed and Sean Barlow at work
Hassan Bergoman's Sudanese zar group came next. Hassan himself sat and played tanbura and sang most of the time, though he occasionally stood and joined the elderly men singing and dancing before him with heavy belts adorned with pieces of animal horn that rattled loudly in rhythm as they shook their hips. Here the musicians themselves seemed possessed, and the mood became almost festive. Even I was invited to join the dance. I can't say I was possessed or healed, but definitely moved.
We did not stay on for the Sufi zar. It was already 2AM. But our next stop is a Sufi saint celebration (moulid) in Assiout, some 6 hours south of here. For that, we'll be off line for a few days. Like zars and weddings, moulids also do not happen during Ramadan. This will be one of the last of this season.
|Hassan Bergoman


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By JP Widner
SWT Sports Reporter
Salem- The Dublin Middle School Boy's Track & Field Team competed one final time in 2013 at the Andrew Lewis Invitational last Thursday. The Dukes took on Christiansburg Middle, Hidden Valley Middle and Andrew Lewis Middle. At the end of the evening, the Duke boys destroyed their opponents by accumulating a whopping 177 team points! The recorded times were mostly accurate in the score book, but there are a few missing marks. The athlete's finishes are all correct.
Long Jump– 1st place-Robbie Lawson-15′, 2nd place-Hunter Thomas- 14′, 3rd place- Ethan Tangtong- 13′, 4th place- Justin Shatto- 12' 8.5", and 5th place-Nic Boitnott-12'5"
Triple Jump-1st place-Jared Nieman- 32′, 2nd place- Ethan Tangtong- 29′, 3rd place- Ryan Smith- 28′, 4th place- Justin Shatto- 27′, 5th place- Nic Boitnott-26′
High Jump– 1st place Hunter Thomas- 4'10", 2nd place- Jared Nieman- 4'10", 3rd place- Robbie Lawson- 4'6″, 4th place- Justin Shatto- 4'4″, 5th place- Nic Boitnott- 4'4″
Discus– 1st place- Anthony Inscoe- 105'7", 2nd place- Zach Dones- 96′, 3rd place- Caleb Bishop- 92'9", 4th place- Joe Reynolds- 85'4", 5th place- Justin Shatto- 76′
Shot– 1st place- Zach Dones- 36'6", 2nd place- Anthony Inscoe- 35'11", 3rd place- Caleb Bishop- 35′, 4th place- Hunter Thomas- 31'1", 5th place- Justin Shatto 27′
800m– 1st place- Josh Alley- 2:40, 3rd place- Ryan Smith- 2:43, 4th place- Brendan Guthrie- 2:47, 5th place- Tyler Hall- 2:52
1600m– 1st place- Ryan Smith- 5:51, 2nd place- Jake Winesett- 5:53, 3rd place- Brendan Guthrie- 5:59, 5th place- Noah Whitlow- 6:13
200 m– 1st place- Zach Dones- 28.43, 2nd place- Deamon Williams- 28.78, 3rd place- Caleb Bishop- 29.28, 4th place- Anthony Inscoe- 29.31
100m– 1st place- Hunter Thomas- 11.87, 2nd place- Robbie Lawson- 12.46, 3rd place- Deamon Williams-13.60
110 Hurdles– 2nd place- Nic Boitnott-20.37, 3rd place- Zach Dones- 20.62, 4th place- Jared Nieman- 22.06, 5th place- Robbie Lawson- 22.53
300 Hurdles– 1st place Jared Nieman- 54.84, 2nd place- Jake Winesett- 59.21, 3rd place- Justin Shatto- 1:00
3200 Relay– 1st place- 11:15 Josh Alley, Brendan Guthrie, Dawson Fox, Jake Winesett
1600 Relay -1st place- no time available- Robbie Lawson, Dontay Brown, Jared Nieman, Hunter Thomas
"I would like to thank the team for doing their very best this year," commented Head Coach Tammy Sayers. "You were great and I am proud of each of you. Eighth graders, thank you for leading this team and guiding the younger classmen. You did a wonderful job. I will miss you next year."
Coach Sayers mentioned a student-athlete that meant a lot to her and the team. "Jason Smith had to miss the last three meets due to an ankle injury. His strength as a jumper, relay team member, and runner has definitely been noticed off the track. He has done a great job encouraging his teammates on the sidelines. Thanks Jason."
Coach Sayers also wanted to thank her assistant coach, David Mitchell (shot put coach), the girls head coach, Buddy Farris (discus coach), the girl's assistant coach, Jane Honeycutt, (hurdles/high jump coach) and assistant coach, Abby Smith, (long distance coach) for helping make the Dublin Middle School boys' team a great success in 2013.
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When Bondi bashing victim Michael McEwen opened his eyes, he had no idea where he was or why he was lying in a hospital bed. He had lost two weeks of his life and had no idea how close to death he had come.
The 23-year-old IT consultant has spoken for the first time since he was brutally bashed and stomped on outside a beachside kebab store on December 14.
Mr McEwen said his main fear was that he would never walk again. But, against all odds, he walked out of St Vincent's Hospital surrounded by family and friends in late January.
Mr McEwen has told 60 Minutes in an interview that airs on Sunday night that he remembered nothing of the brutal bashing. ''My memory is completely wiped,'' he said.
It was not until he saw his face on the news that reality sank in. ''I mean, at first I just didn't believe it,'' he said. ''It was the news, I think, and my face was on it and it was like 'Bondi bashing victim awakes from coma' and it was like, well, OK.
''I couldn't move my legs. So when I woke up, all I could do was move my hands and tap my feet - and I didn't know whether I'd be able to use them again.''
Mr McEwen's bashing came just weeks before Daniel Christie, 18, was fatally punched in Kings Cross in a similar attack.
Both tragedies have spurred the state government to take a tough stance against alcohol, including the introduction of mandatory eight-year sentences for intoxicated offenders who fatally punch a victim.
Later this month, venues across central Sydney will be forced to stop serving alcohol at 3am and bottle shops statewide will close by 10pm.
Mr McEwen, who was attacked in the early hours of a Saturday on Campbell Parade, said he could not comprehend that he had been randomly attacked. ''It's like the things you see in movies."
He had a verbal altercation with Bondi removalist James Ennis, 24, and walked across the road before being knocked out by an unidentified attacker. While Mr Ennis is not accused of assaulting Mr McEwen, police charged him with affray and breach of bail for his involvement in the earlier argument. After he was refused bail, Mr Ennis spent Christmas and New Year's behind bars.
Mr McEwen's parents, Rob and Louise, were woken at 3.30am by police with the news their son had been attacked and held a bedside vigil while he fought for his life.
"The doctors told us that they needed to do this surgery, once they've done that there's nothing else that they can do,'' Louise McEwen said. ''So Rob and I, we looked at each other, we didn't speak really, we both knew exactly what that meant and the severity of it. That was a very difficult thing to tell the children and our youngest son, Joey. He's 11 and he said to me 'mum, he's tough, he'll make it'.''
For Rob McEwen, the impact of his son's recovery will linger. ''We think it's a miracle, personally.''
The interview will air on Channel Nine's 60 Minutes program at 7.40pm on Sunday.


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A new low cost iPhone has been rumoured for some time. The Macotakara blog posting is more specific than any others, and the details have been picked up and relayed around the iOSphere.
The key aspect of the Macotakara story is that the new iPhone will be built of polycarbonate rather than aluminium. This will save money, but means the phone will have to be thicker. But it will also be bigger, with a 4.5" LCD screen. And polycarbonate means bright colours – designed to appeal to young fashion conscious Chinese users.
Macotakara has a good track record at Apple predictions. It accurately described last year's new iPods two months before they were released.
Quoting the ubiquitous 'informed sources', which seem mostly to be Apple component suppliers in China, Macotakara says the machine will be aimed squarely at the Chinese market. It is aimed at users are in their 20s, who are more fashion conscious. It is not aimed at Android users in the 30s or older.
Apple has used polycarbonate in low end Macs, so that makes sense. The cheaper material means it could sell the phone for us low as $330, says Macotakara, while still maintaining fill iPhone 5 functionality. By the time the phone is released the basic componentry of the iPhone 5 will be much less expensive, also enabling a lower price.
Remember that the $330 is a subsidised upfront price, which equates to about half what the current iPhone 5 costs. This price is hidden from most Western consumers, because carriers subsidise the cost, but it is a significant price difference in China, now by far the world's largest (and most competitive) smartphone market.
"It seems to be gaining size to maintain strength," says Macotakara. "The goal is to keep the price down. Polycarbonate will also enable various colours. The polycarbonate packaging will be similar to the front of the lower priced education-oriented 13-inch MacBook."
There is no doubt Apple is readying a low end iPhone. It is now playing catch up. The improved functionality and sheer volume of Android phones, and their massive success around the globe, caught Apple by surprise. It needs a phone like this to compete.
Apple of course does not comment on any rumours. But we know that there is a low cost iPhone in the wings. A repackaged polycarbonate iPhone 5 makes perfect sense.