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Preparing for the Midterm Review of the Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rate Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles: A Summary of Priority Research Questions
Alan J. Krupnick
Joshua Linn
Virginia D. McConnell
Issue Brief 14-04 | March 2014
The Costs and Consequences of Clean Air Act Regulation of CO2 from Power Plants
Dallas Burtraw
Joshua Linn
Karen L. Palmer
Anthony Paul
RFF Discussion Paper 14-01 | January 2014
Abstract: US climate policy is unfolding under the Clean Air Act. Mobile source and construction permitting regulations are in place. Most important, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states will determine the form and stringency of the regulations for existing power plants. It is widely believed that flexible approaches could be suggested in EPA guidelines or proposed by states. Various approaches would create an implicit price on emitting greenhouse gases and create valuable assets that would be distributed differently among electricity producers, consumers, and the government. We compare a tradable performance standard with three variations on cap-and-trade policies that would distribute the asset value in different ways. Keeping the value within the electricity sector by distributing it to fossil-fueled producers or consumers or spending on energy efficiency has smaller effects on average electricity prices than a revenue-raising policy. These approaches impose greater social cost, but comparable net benefits in the sector.
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Putting a Price on Carbon: Who Gets the Revenue? An Interview with Dallas Burtraw
Dallas Burtraw
| 2014 (185)
Do Market Shares or Technology Explain Rising New Vehicle Fuel Economy?
Shefali Khanna,
Joshua Linn
RFF Discussion Paper 13-29 | September 2013
Abstract: By decreasing gasoline consumption, greater fuel economy could significantly reduce environmental and energy security concerns. In this paper, we show that since the year 2000, technology and market shares have contributed roughly equally to rising new vehicle fuel economy in the United States. We discuss the implications of these patterns for the safety and welfare effects of fuel economy standards.
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Technology Flexibility and Stringency for Greenhouse Gas Regulations
Dallas Burtraw
, Matthew Woerman
RFF Discussion Paper 13-24 | July 2013
Abstract: The Clean Air Act provides the primary regulatory framework for climate policy in the United States. Tradable performance standards (averaging) emerge as the likely tool to achieve flexibility in the regulation of existing stationary sources. This paper examines the relationship between flexibility and stringency. The metric to compare the stringency of policies is ambiguous. The relevant section of the act is traditionally technology based, suggesting an emissions rate focus. However, a specific emissions rate improvement averaged over a larger set of generators reduces the actual emissions change. A marginal abatement cost criterion to compare policy designs suggests cost-effectiveness across sources. This criterion can quadruple the emissions reductions that are achieved, with net social benefits exceeding $25 billion in 2020, with a 1.3 percent electricity price increase. Under the act, multiple stringency criteria are relevant. EPA should evaluate state implementation plans according to a portfolio of attributes, including effectiveness and cost.
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Comparing the Clean Air Act and a Carbon Price
Nathan Richardson
Arthur G. Fraas
RFF Discussion Paper 13-13 | May 2013
Abstract: Over the last half decade, a variety of federal legislative proposals for limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been put forward, most of which would set a price on carbon. As of early 2013, the one politically plausible policy appears to be a carbon tax, passed as part of a larger fiscal reform package. Meanwhile, the US Environmental Protection Agency has begun regulating GHG emissions from a variety of sources using its authority under the Clean Air Act. It may be necessary to choose between these two policies, however. The Waxman–Markey cap-and-trade bill that failed in 2009 would have preempted much of this authority, and it appears likely that a carbon tax law would do the same. But how can one make this choice? What are the key questions and issues to consider? The purpose of this paper is to compare these policies. Our aim here is therefore not to determine whether an exchange is wise or unwise. Instead, our intention is to give policymakers and other interested readers an impartial assessment of both policies and, in particular, the features that are important to a comparative evaluation. We don't give answers, but hope at least to give the right questions to ask.
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Comparative Life Cycle Assessments: Carbon Neutrality and Wood Biomass Energy
Roger A. Sedjo
RFF Discussion Paper 13-11 | April 2013
Abstract: Biomass energy is expected to play a major role in the substitution of renewable energy sources for fossil fuels over the next several decades. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA 2012) forecasts increases in the share of biomass in US energy production from 8 percent in 2009 to 15 percent by 2035. The general view has been that carbon emitted into the atmosphere from biological materials is carbon neutral—part of a closed loop whereby plant regrowth simply recaptures the carbon emissions associated with the energy produced. Recently this view has been challenged, and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering regulations to be applied to biomass energy carbon emissions. A basic approach for analyses of environmental impacts has been the use of life cycle assessment (LCA), a methodology for assessing and measuring the environmental impact of a product over its lifetime—from raw material extraction through materials processing, manufacture, distribution, use, repair and maintenance, and disposal or recycling. However, LCA approaches vary, and the results of alternative methodologies often differ (Helin et al. 2012). This study investigates and compares the implications of these alternative approaches for emissions from wood biomass energy, the carbon footprint, and also highlights the differences in LCA environmental impacts.
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Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Analysis Deconstructed: Changing Assumptions, Changing Results
Blair Beasley, Matthew Woerman,
Anthony Paul
Dallas Burtraw
Karen L. Palmer
RFF Discussion Paper 13-10 | April 2013
Abstract: Several recent studies have used simulation models to quantify the potential effects of recent environmental regulations on power plants, including the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), one of the US Environmental Protection Agency's most expensive regulations. These studies have produced inconsistent results about the effects on the industry, making general conclusions difficult. We attempt to reconcile these differences by representing the variety of assumptions in these studies within a common modeling platform. We find that the assumptions, and their differences from the way MATS will be implemented, make a substantial impact on projected retirement of coal-fired capacity and generation, investments that are required, and emissions reductions. Almost uniformly, the actual regulation, when examined in its final form and in isolation, provides more flexibility than is represented in most models. We find this leads to a smaller impact on the composition of the electricity generating fleet than most studies have predicted.
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Forest Carbon Economics: What We Know, What We Do Not, and Whether it Matters
Molly K Macauley and Nathan Richardson
Climate Change Economics
| December 2012 | Vol. 3, No.4
The Institutional Blind Spot in Environmental Economics
Dallas Burtraw
| 2013 (182)
The US Environmental Protection Agency's Acid Rain Program
Juha V. Siikamäki
Dallas Burtraw
, Joseph Maher, Clayton Munnings
Backgrounder | November 2012
Modeling the Electricity Sector: A Summary of Recent Analyses of New EPA Regulations
Blair Beasley, Daniel F. Morris
RFF Discussion Paper 12-52 | November 2012
Abstract: Several different economic models have been applied to try to understand how new regulations by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could impact coal-fired generation in the United States as well as the electricity system as a whole. This paper provides an overview of many of the key studies and the models used to analyze the potential impacts of EPA's rules. The regulations surveyed include the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), the proposed Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 316(b) rule, and the proposed Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) rule. The models generally agree that these regulations will result in coal plant retirements, though there is far less agreement on how much generation may retire. Assumptions about the price of natural gas and the expected stringency of regulations play a key role in determining modeling results. The models provide useful guidance for policymakers when considering the potential impact of EPA regulation.
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Policy Significance of EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
Nathan Richardson
Issue Brief 12-07 | November 2012
US Status on Climate Change Mitigation
Dallas Burtraw
, Matthew Woerman
RFF Discussion Paper 12-48 | October 2012
Abstract: In 2009, President Obama pledged that, by 2020, the United States would achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions of 17 percent from 2005 levels. With the failure of Congress to adopt comprehensive climate legislation in 2010, the feasibility of the pledge was put in doubt. However, we find the United States is near to reaching this goal; currently, the country is on course to achieve reductions of 16.3 percent from 2005 levels in 2020. Three factors contribute to this outcome: greenhouse gas regulations under the Clean Air Act, secular trends including changes in relative fuel prices and energy efficiency, and subnational efforts. Nonetheless, global emissions likely will be greater than if comprehensive climate legislation had passed because of the absence of offsets, and at this point the United States is expected to fail to meet its financing commitments under the Copenhagen Accord for 2020.
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The Institutional Blind Spot in Environmental Economics
Dallas Burtraw
RFF Discussion Paper 12-41 | August 2012
Abstract: Economic approaches are expected to achieve environmental goals at less cost than traditional regulations, but they have yet to find widespread application. One reason is the way these tools interact with existing institutions. The federalist nature of governmental authority assigns to subnational governments much of the implementation of environmental policy and primary authority for planning the infrastructure that affects environmental outcomes. The federalist structure also interacts with the choice of economic instruments; a national emissions cap erodes the additionality of actions by subnational governments. Even the flagship application of sulfur dioxide emissions trading has been outperformed by the venerable Clean Air Act, and greenhouse gas emissions in the United States are on course to be less than they would have been if Congress had frozen emissions with a cap in 2009. The widespread application of economic tools requires a stronger political theory of how they interact with governing institutions.
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The SO2 Allowance Trading System: The Ironic History of a Grand Policy Experiment
Richard Schmalensee, Robert N. Stavins
RFF Discussion Paper 12-44 | August 2012
Abstract: Two decades have passed since the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 launched a grand experiment in market-based environmental policy: the SO2 cap-and-trade system. That system performed well but created four striking ironies. First, by creating this system to reduce SO2 emissions to curb acid rain, the government did the right thing for the wrong reason. Second, a substantial source of this system's cost-effectiveness was an unanticipated consequence of earlier railroad deregulation. Third, it is ironic that cap-and-trade has come to be demonized by conservative politicians in recent years, since this market-based, cost-effective policy innovation was initially championed and implemented by Republican administrations. Fourth, court decisions and subsequent regulatory responses have led to the collapse of the SO2 market, demonstrating that what the government gives, the government can take away.
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Climate Change Regulatory Authority beyond the Clean Air Act
Peter Anderson,
Nathan Richardson
RFF Discussion Paper 12-39 | July 2012
Abstract: While the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the process of regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under its Clean Air Act (CAA) authority, Congress has considered several different bills that would preempt CAA regulation of GHGs and replace it with a comprehensive national climate policy. Policymakers should be aware that there are other existing federal statutes granting GHG regulatory authority, and new legislation would likely preempt them as well. This paper surveys these other statutes in order to highlight existing federal authority that might be given up with the passage of a new comprehensive bill. It explores the possibility of direct regulation of GHGs under the Clean Water Act (CWA), along with federal authority to block projects that contribute to climate change under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and conservation statutes such as the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Newer statutes like the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) mandate narrower regulation, but they are also considered here.
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Aviation, Carbon, and the Clean Air Act
Nathan Richardson
RFF Discussion Paper 12-22 | July 2012
Abstract: This paper explores the policy options available to the United States for regulating greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft under existing law: the Clean Air Act (CAA). Europe has unilaterally and controversially moved to include aviation emissions in its Emissions Trading System. The United States can, however, allow its airlines to escape this requirement by imposing "equivalent" regulation. U.S. aviation emissions rules could also have significant environmental benefits and would limit domestic emissions beyond the reach of the European Union. With new legislation unlikely, the CAA is the only plausible vehicle for such regulation. Title II Part B of the CAA does grant EPA broad regulatory authority over aviation emissions, though this authority has not been used aggressively. EPA could impose meaningful aviation GHG limits and, by using performance standards, give airlines incentives to creatively comply. It might further be possible to allow some forms of emissions trading, though the law is unclear. Emissions by foreign airlines in the United States could be covered under the act, though international law might impose barriers.
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Comments on EPA's Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants
Dallas Burtraw
Arthur G. Fraas
Karen L. Palmer
Nathan Richardson
RFF Discussion Paper 12-31 | July 2012
Abstract: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) performance standards for power plants are an important step forward in regulating GHGs in terms of both their substantive impact and legal precedent. Nevertheless, we have some concerns with the proposal, which we discuss in the following comments submitted to the agency. The majority of our comments are directed to ways that EPA can increase certainty for the industry—reducing costs and, possibly, improving environmental outcomes. We highlight two specific areas of concern. First, the current proposal contributes to the significant uncertainty facing existing sources. Second, EPA's proposed averaging option for new facilities that will install carbon capture-and-storage (CCS) technology in the future, although intended to create a flexible pathway, unfortunately creates some new regulatory uncertainty. We also comment on EPA's decision to combine most coal and gas generators into a single source category. We believe this decision is legally valid and practically important, and that EPA should resist pressure to reconsider.
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Reliability in the Electricity Industry under New Environmental Regulations
Dallas Burtraw
Karen L. Palmer
Anthony Paul
, Blair Beasley, Matthew Woerman
RFF Discussion Paper 12-18 | May 2012
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Abstract: Implementation of new environmental regulations in the electricity industry has triggered concerns about system reliability. We find these regulations are unlikely to create the shock to the system as some worry. They lead to little change in generation capacity. The large costs associated with investments in pollution control technologies are partially offset by a decrease in the cost burden associated with tradable emissions allowances. The combined effects contribute to a 1 percent increase in retail electricity prices and a decrease in producer profits of about $3–$5 billion in 2020. Though it varies across scenarios and regions, over the simulation horizon, consumers pay approximately 70 percent of total costs. In 2020, for example, total annual costs are between $6.6 billion and $7.1 billion. The investment in pollution controls leads to substantial reductions in emissions of mercury and sulfur dioxide.
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TiVo and Amazon Team Up to Pump Impulse Shopping
TiVo in partnership with Amazon has announced a "feature" where customers can use their remote controls to purchase items featured on selected television shows. Unlike past interactive television efforts, a viewer can buy something on the fly without missing any of the show that is being recorded. This is TiVo's way of making nice with advertisers who are annoyed that TiVo users can fast forward through commercials. This announcement comes with great fanfare as if it were the next great innovation in television viewing. Maybe, but it's not as if it hasn't happened before.
Wink Communications, among others, tried that with DirecTV and other media providers to create interactive shopping opportunities for viewers. A little signal would appear over the picture and with a click of a button you could buy that coat Brad Pitt was wearing in the movie you were viewing. That lasted a little over two years before the partnership ended. The feature is common in Europe, but never made it big here. There were a few concerns, such as having a credit card on file somewhere, having purchases and viewing habits tracked and matched with demographics already on file somewhere else. How different things are today.
Unlike then, this may work now that people are used to shopping on the web, and may already have accounts with Amazon. The technology has certainly changed as well. Analog television has its limitations in interactivity. Digital television offers multiple streams that can serve as marketing conduits in ways that advertisers could only dream of 5 years ago. Implementation is everything. The question is whether the consumer can opt in or out of something like this beyond mere self control (don't push that buy button). An economic slowdown or recession may have more impact on the viability of this service. We'll know that promoters are on to something when Congress decides to hold hearings on the practice. [MG]
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Originally Posted by cyclonedave25 He's probably licking the Dorito crumbs out of his keyboard. FIFY
Originally Posted by awd4cy Debateable, I think it could be similar. Really? That would be nice. I'm hopeful but we will miss Babb, Lucious and Clyburn a ton.
Originally Posted by Clones21 No its not. Lock. It doesn't mean what you think it means.
This is just not a good road team at all, which is disappointing. They have won 3 times away from Hilton this year, and technically 2 of those were neutral sites against weak opponents. That is mental. It is disappointing in that the team and staff have not yet figured out how to overcome it. Poor rebounding, poor blocking out, and that has been true since the Big 12 started. It should have improved by now, especially with a team that was so good at it in the non-conference. Plus, once again, Will disappears in a big game. Completely a non-factor again. Where was Booker tonight? Percy for 2 minutes? What the hell? That will help their confidence, I'm sure. Last year's team won 4 Big 12 games on the road. I don't see this team matching that. A 1-6 true road record so far is not going to impress any committees.
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Need to bring your "A" game to win at Kansas State, and we brought our "B-" minus game, IMO. I lost track of how many defensive rebounds squirted out of our hands only to be turned into offensive rebounds by Kansas State. That plus the turnovers lost the game for us.
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its just almost an imposible task to go on the road, with that particular group of refs and beat a good team...its one of many weak groups of officlas that do big 12 games that are intimidated by the home crowd and overall it is just a weak group just gotta clean up turnovers and clean up the rebounding...if they beat texas 1-1 on this trip is a good outcome.
Originally Posted by Clones21 No its not. It really amazes me how stupid you are.
This loss does not change our NCAA status at all, though. ISU just can't have bad shooting nights along with these bad TO nights when they play lower-level teams.
I'm not surprised with this game. So far this year, we've taken some teams out of what they do by playing small. They try to match us and can't keep up in a shootout with us in Hilton. The rest of the way, look for teams to play big and attack us in the paint. Especially on the road, where we may not hit 13 3's, we're going to struggle with that.
Originally Posted by huntt26 Really? That would be nice. I'm hopeful but we will miss Babb, Lucious and Clyburn a ton. We will miss them a lot but we have good talent coming in next season just like we did this year when we had to replace Royce, Scotty, and Allen.
10-8 in conference isn't going to get it done. Game @ Texas is big moving forward. A win there and we are fine. A loss there and we are in some trouble.
Originally Posted by Cardinal2001 I saw a lot of positives, but also some negatives. It's a Big 12 road game, and those are tough. We are still in this race, we'll just need some help now. I hate K-State.
It will be interesting to see how many conference teams get in this year. Not the strongest group of teams overall.
We would have lost that even if the refs were on our side.
Originally Posted by Rogue52 10-8 in conference isn't going to get it done. Game @ Texas is big moving forward. A win there and we are fine. A loss there and we are in some trouble. You really don't realize how this all works do you? You don't have to be good. You just have to have a better resume than the rest.
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Consumer electronics accessories will lay claim to a boon in prior-year sales as well as a promising outlook for future growth, according to a study put out by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA).
Key findings in the study included the following:
The U.S. accessories market is expected to generate in excess of $11 billion in shipment sales in 2006 (not including PC and gaming accessories), representing 11 percent growth over 2006.
Accessory ownership is highest in the home and portable A/V categories; however, it is likely consumers underestimate PC accessory products ownership.
Men and women own accessories at roughly the same rate.
Based on consumer reported expenditures, accessory buyers spent an average of $402 on the primary CE device and $62 on accessories in 2006. This equates to an accessory dollars to CE dollars ratio of 15.4 percent.
In 2006, those spending $500 or more on CE devices were most likely to have purchased a PC-related accessory product. In contrast, those spending less than $100 on CE devices were most likely to have purchased a wireless communication accessory.
The greatest percent of accessory buyers made their purchase for the purpose of enhancing the functionality of performance of their primary CE device. Other tops reasons include accessories designed for listening, connecting, powering and protecting.
Spur-of-the-moment buyers were more likely to view their purchase as a luxury compared to buyers that plan/research their purchase.
Accessories shopping behavior mirrors CE device shopping behavior.
Sources of information rated as important during the research process don't necessarily correspond to the factors that ultimately determine what accessory product is purchased.
Ninety-seven percent of those buying accessories from an online retailer were reportedly satisfied with their experience.
Storefront sales associates boost attachment rates, boost dollars spent on accessories, and play a part in ensuring customers buy their accessories at the same location that they buy their primary CE devices.
The study also listed four key drivers propelling the accessories market forward: CE market growth, new product introductions, changes in consumer behavior, and changes to retail channels and how accessories are sold. To explain changes in consumer behavior, CEA said that an entire class of accessories has been created to support the on-the-go lifestyle. Likewise, changes in retail channels can be attributed partly to the online channel allowing "for virtually unlimited product offerings as well as the ability to make suggestions and recommendations throughout the purchase process," while brick-and-mortar retailers have optimized stores for maximum attachment sales.
Consumers spent an average of $231 on accessories in the past 12 months, with the most recent purchase averaging $62. "Based on the average unit price of accessories, for every two CE devices sold, approximately one accessory product is sold," said the study.
Retailers can look forward to higher sales as consumers expect to spend slightly more on accessories over the next 12 months. According to CEA's study, this can be attributed to increasingly rapid adoption of flat-panel displays and the accompanying need for wall mounts or HDMI cables. Also, the desire to integrate portable digital music players into home stereos and vehicles is another possible driving factor.
Although the top spending accessories buyers were most likely to have purchased a PC accessory, the study states that this may have come about because of "the impracticality of listing every accessory in each main product category [so] consumers may have included items outside of the traditional definition."
When function of the device is taken into account, accessories that enhance topped the list of accessories purchased, with 32 percent of the share. Listening came next with 28 percent, followed by connecting (23 percent), powering (17 percent), protection (16 percent), cleaning (15 percent), transporting (10 percent), in-vehicle use (9 percent) and personalizing (8 percent).
One in four buyers made their purchase out of sheer necessity, according to the study, because their primary CE device would not work otherwise.
Consumers making "planned" purchases were more likely to seek functionality and performance enhancement than those who purchased an accessory at the spur of the moment (33 percent vs. 25 percent).
Spur-of-the-moment consumers were more likely to consider their accessory purchase as a luxury, which was similar to how online consumers viewed their purchase. "Buyers making their purchase from a storefront with the aid of a sales associate are most likely (60 percent) to rate their accessory purchase as a necessity," said the study.
Not surprisingly, the study found that accessories shopping behavior was similar to CE device shopping behavior. Both types of consumers cite friends and family as key sources of information, and they also list Consumer Reports and information found on packaging and user manuals as sources.
Although packaging information ranked fourth in what consumers considered to be sources of important information, it topped the list for factors that ultimately determined a purchase.
Nearly all of online consumers (97 percent) reported being very satisfied or satisfied with their accessories purchase; however, just 72 percent reported being satisfied with the amount of product information and research available. Likewise, 72 percent were satisfied with the amount of time it took to receive the accessory after placing the order, and 67 percent were satisfied with the price paid.
The report also examined the importance of the sales associate. Consumers who visited a store and didn't interact with a sales associate were most likely to make a spur-of-the-moment accessories purchase, whereas online buyers were least likely to make a spur-of-the-moment purchase. Consumers assisted by a sales associate were 40 percent more likely to exceed their original spending expectation and were nearly twice as likely to spend more than they expected when compared to online consumers.
The quantitative study was administered to an online national sample of 2,061 U.S. adults between Dec. 19-23, 2006, while the qualitative portion of the study used one-on-one interviews conducted with men and women, aged 18 to 65, who had purchased a CE accessory within the past 12 months.
Amount Spent on Most Recent CE Accessory PurchaseAccessory | $0-$19 | $20-$50 | $50-$99 | $100+ |
PC accessory | 19% | 27% | 38% | 38% |
Digital imaging accessory | 9% | 18% | 16% | 11% |
Gaming accessory | 8% | 12% | 9% | 10% |
Home audio accessory | 4% | 3% | 4% | 9% |
Home video accessory | 9% | 6% | 4% | 9% |
Media center accessory | 5% | 5% | 4% | 9% |
Wireless communication accessory | 28% | 17% | 16% | 9% |
Portable audio or video device accessory | 18% | 11% | 8% | 5% |
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Saturday, 17th November, 2012, 01:51 PM #91
"Work? We already did the work. Now that we are at sea, the ship goes straight as long as the winds blow straight and the sails are set. That is, until the captain wants to turn, or we stop for the night. Don't worry. Once we get to the river, you will get your exercise."
The mid day passes with little to do. Keeping the ship about a half mile from shore, there are very few course corrections that need to be done. The winds are light, but steady. As evening approaches, the captain starts pacing the deck and looking forward. About every five minutes, he pulls his spyglass and searches the sea to the north.
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Amien shrugs. He guesses there's no scrubbing decks or other menial chores to do like he originally thought, "I'm going back downstairs to pass the time. Let me know when something bad happens." He strolls back to the stairs and steps down into the hull, and glances around the storage room where he slept to see if he can jump onto a beam to pull his weight and swing around for awhile, or if not, some other activity he can do while he waits out the day.
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Galandra makes a mental note to add a deck of cards to her shopping list besides the bedroll. She wanders around the ship for a while, before going to the crow's nest.
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ø Ignore MalusNecessariusAnya spends part of the day maintaining her new weapons, wrapping and re-wrapping the javelin, and running through the motions of drawing one, loading the spear thrower, and grabbing the ammentum. She drills at this, save for a meal or drink here and there, for almost the entire day.
As the evening approaches, even she notices the captain is awfully interested in the north, and she seeks out the mate again, a bit quieter than before. "Even I'm noticing the captain is awfully interested in the north. What are we expecting?" she asks.
Sunday, 18th November, 2012, 02:22 PM #95
Parinon pulls a small stick of wood from his pack and makes his way up onto the deck enjoying the open air much more than a cramped smelly room. He spends the day watching the water as he goes about whittling a shape out of the wooden block. By the end of day he has a rough shapen dolphin in his hands.
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Sunday, 18th November, 2012, 05:26 PM #96
From her perch in the crow's nest, Galandra notices what the captain is looking for about the same time as the captain himself. "Aye boys, there she is. Hard to port! Set the sail! We need speed if we are gettin around 'er t'night!"
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Instead of following the shoreline and heading north, the fairly small riverboat turns west and heads out to sea.
What the captain is steering around is a stationary storm, about 3/4 of a mile in diameter, sitting over and obscuring an island at its core.
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I've read that Tender Greens (UTC Mall) has delivery. Lorna's Italian Kitchen delivers, and has its fans, though I've seen people with more discerning tastes diss it.
There used to be some outfit that specialized in the area, but I haven't seen fliers from them in a while so I don't think they still exist.
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Definitely worth a read for all parents,
This review is from: Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Paperback)
Being a parent, and knowing how to parent in a positive way, is such a challenge nowadays. Perhaps because we don't have as many "village elders" anymore, to help guide us and help raise our children, we're almost completely alone trying to figure out the "best" way with-in our current culture. Also, as Leonard Sax suggests, our current culture has changed so much, even from just 30 years ago, it's definitely hard to know how to forge ahead with suitable parenting ideas for this current time.
I am so appreciative of authors like Sax who have cared enough to do the leg work and Sax has come up with five suggestions as to why some of our young boys seem so unmotivated and underachieving. Sax has definitely come up with very interesting and extremely helpful opinions (the five factors are: video games, teaching methods, prescriptions drugs, environmental toxins, devaluation of masculinity). For me, it was a great, and important, read as I knew there was something missing with-in our current culture for our young boys, and yet I didn't or couldn't put it altogether, and so, in "Boys Adrift" Sax explains some of the issues in such a clear light. And it makes a lot of sense. Also, the environmental concerns explored in this book are a bit alarming, and I am so glad to now be informed on how to avoid exposure to both certain plastics, as well as, certain medications. Last year, I took my 5-yr-old son out of SK because the teacher was complaining he wasn't paying attention in class and couldn't sit still, and I started to homeschool him. He still has days where he has trouble focusing, and usually stands for his entire math lesson, but I am now able to understand him more, that this is his nature, and because of that understanding I am able to provide better educational choices for his young mind, and I can tell already that this has been very positive for him. Moving forward, as parents of boys, we can use Sax's advice and make the best choices for our sons. To become responsible for our children, not to have our current culture dictate all of our children's ideas and behaviours. Lastly, I really loved all the great suggestions in the last two chapters, Detox and Afterword. Very helpful. Especially in the Afterword where he suggests creating parenting communities who hold fun and safe events for our kids (like ping pong or Guitar Hero tournaments), and to communicate together as parents. Perhaps this will create that "village" we are sorely lacking.
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Every parent with young boys should have this book!,
This review is from: Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Audio CD)
If you have young boys, you have to get this book, (or the CD's, I listen to them in my car). The things Dr. Sax talks about make total sense once you hear them. When we were growing up, it was just common sense. Mom and Dad would say "go outside and play." Play hockey, play baseball, play soccer. Build a tree house, look for frogs in the pond, go fishing. We lived outside, And when we played, it was usually a competition. This is what young boys are supposed to do, but many don't these days.
The other side of the book, the ADHD drugs, the chemicals in plastics etc just scare me to death, but all parents should be aware so they can make informed decisions if the occasion arises. Again, when you hear what he is saying and relate it to young people you know, you will say Aha!
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A Very Real Problem With No Immediate Solution,
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This review is from: Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men (Paperback)
As an educator, I couldn't agree more with Sax's findings about this generation of boys passing through the public school system. Certain aspects of this group's learning curve is disturbing to say the least. Twelve- to eighteen-year-old boys are openly disconnecting from the system in alarming ways that suggest they no longer take an active interest in the normal patterns of life. Their performance rates at school have dropped off; their interests in holding a job are minimal; and their obsession for video games has taken off at a torrid pace. It is Sax's view that the potential cause of this phenomenon does not lie in one or two areas alone such as playing dangerously high-powered video games in one's free time. Rather, it could be to do with a combination of factors that include the effects of the high tech explosion, the change in learning styles from experience-style to book-style pedagogy in the classroom, the introduction of harmful chemicals and hormones into the environment, and the overuse of stimulants like Ritalin to combat ADHD-type disorders. Current research shows that male students, as opposed to their female counterparts, are more vulnerable to these effects because of a number of physiological conditions such as sex drive and body metabolism. The gender divide definitely favours the girls in the classroom. They are, on the whole, from my experience, more motivated, better organized, and more sanguine in relation to future plans. I found Sax's diagnosis to be clearly defined from a medical and psychological perspective - after all, he is licenced MD and PhD - and very helpful in regards to helping parents help their children in turn to develop a more naturally-balanced lifestyle that helps them mature and realize their full potential. Sax suggests throughout the book that the social and economic implications of an unlaunched adolescent life are nothing short of disappointing and disruptive to all concerned within society. This problem, unless addressed in a concerted and intelligent way, has huge negative consequences for our general well-being down the road: growing illiteracy, higher unemployment, increasing malaise, and a preponderance of disconnected adults who are no good to anyone including themselves. The book is well written and easy to understand. I recommend the book to anyone who wants a good starting point for researching this fascinating subject. Sax has provided ample cross-references for following up research in this field.
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I think this book has a lot to say to parents, grandparents and teachers. I belong to each one of these categories. Times have changed since many of us were growing up. Children are less active and 'less' seems to be expected of them. No good looking back and wishing for the "good old days." We need a plan to help our young people grow into the citizens of the future. This book helps us look at how to develop such a plan. Unless we do this...... we have no future.
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The Seattle Cyclocross Series opened its season today at the iconic Fort Steilacoom park in Lakewood, WA with mother nature continuing to dish out hot and dusty conditions more reminiscent of Southern California cross than the Pacific Northwest. Beyond the dust, and a few crashes, the course served up a combination of twisty and turny sections linked up by two loose dirt climbs and two squirrelly downhills, one of which delivered several riders to the deck due to its loose gravel surface and opportunity for higher speeds. Despite some gritty teeth and a few specks of blood it was an outstanding day of racing.
With current U23 National Champion Zach McDonald (Rapha Focus) in the house and looking resplendent in his Stars and Bars kit, the Elite Men's race had all the makings of a potential blowout. McDonald would take the hole shot and create a 5 second gap inside of the first 2 minutes of the race over Gian Dalle (Don Walker Cycles Racing). The pair from CyclocrossRacing.com, Morgan Schmitt and Nathan Bannerman, lead a smaller group of chasers as the race blew wide open. McDonald and Dalle would widen their gap on that first lap but a big mistake coming through the barriers (caught on a GoPro Hero2) on lap 2 would set McDonald back and leave him chasing furiously for a lap to regain the front.
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Once back into the lead group McDonald and Dalle distanced themselves from the rest of the field and McDonald would eek out a small gap to take the win. Schmitt would leave his teammate behind to finish third and with a strong push in the second half of the race single speed extraordinaire Craig Etheridge (Raleigh Clement) would move up to take fourth riding his disc and Di2 equipped Raleigh RCX Pro geared bike.
The Elite Women toed the line after the completion of the men's race and from the gun it looked to be a two-up race. Last year's overall podium finisher Mel Lewis (CycleU/PopCap) would go head-to-head for the duration with Marsa Daniel (Group Health) in a race that would be decided on the final part of the last lap with Daniel getting a small gap to secure the win. Dangling just behind the leaders was Kristen Kelsey (CycleU/PopCap), who would hold that position to finish in third, and a bit further back riding strong was Karyn Abraham (Blue Rooster) who couldn't manage to bridge the gap to contend for the podium.
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I was just looking at CrossFit yesterday. Once you weed out the elitist attitudes, it seems like a good program.
I was just looking at CrossFit yesterday. Once you weed out the elitist attitudes, it seems like a good program.
And some CrossFit comedy - YouTube- 2 Crossfitters 1 Chalk Bucket
hahahah, thats some good stuff. thanks for posting!!!
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That vid was great
I was looking into a crossfit gym just to see what it's like. From what I can tell the regular crossfit routines are not that difficult and people add timed snatches and other lifts beforehand to increase the difficulty.
I view it as something that would complement 'regular' weight training but definitely not a replacement.
I feel I'd be substituting one arrogant atmosphere with another.
CrossFit is awesome. I do it during cut phases, and it really leans me out while maintaining my strength.
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I work at a cross-fit gym as a CSCS, who hasn't drank the cross-fit koolaid. My objective opinion is that it's great for weight loss and people trying to stay "fit," in respect to body fat. However, as far as muscle hypertrophy, man-handling strength or the development of the amount of power required of real athletes... nay. Great for conditioning, not so great for the upper echelon of strength, muscle or power.
I'll also attest to the arrogant douche'baggery of a lot of cross-fit trainers. One of the cross-fit trainers said to me, "if someone took steroids doing cross-fit, they'd get way swoller then that bodybuilding B***Sh**"
I'd love to bust this smiley out in real life:
P.S. Cross-fitters also like to reference the NSCA studies and hire S&C coach to give seminars, in order to polish their credibility, while at the same time, they mock the arbitrary studies the NSCA publishes (thus, our knowledge is irrelevant [in comparison to theirs]) and they mock traditional training methods of S&C coaches as old fashioned and non-progressive.
I can go on...
Please, tell me you gave that guy a mighty wallop to the scrotum. That's the kind of arrogance that makes me hate CrossFit. BBing has its faults as well, but they're much more honest about their goals. For them, it's more about looking stronger than they really are. Aesthetics are at the top of their priorities.
I personally lie somewhere in the middle, but I will not call myself a CrossFit supporter. They're goof at what they do: high-rep, low-weight circuits. It's a conditioning program and not a strength program. If they'd cut that BS from their template, then I wouldn't have nearly as much hate for them.
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P.S.S. Many of them cannot attain a CSCS (due to a lack of a college degree and/or lack of knowledge), therefore, a cross-fit trainer with an Olympic Lifting Certification is the hottest new ticket. They can tell you how to perform a decent clean and snatch, but as far as knowing why an athlete would need it in respect to the necessity of a strong, single moment of power or knowing what the hell a stretch shortening cycle is for the athlete, nay. Yet even the wanna be S&C coaches, will mock S&C coaches.
For a large part, I see them (trainers) as having a high school mentality. They think they've got it all figured out, but in reality...
I can go on....
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I'm not making this up, but one of the CF trainers, along with three or four other CF'ers, said something to this effect, "we should all just go up to the L.A. Fitness and start doing burpees and cleans, everybody will be like, huh, what are they doing, that's so crazy..."
and they each chimed in on how fun it would be to blow the people's minds at L.A. Fitness with burpees and cleans. This is a true story and each Defendant were genuinely impressed with themselves about their mind-blow-up-ability.
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Crossfit is random programming with no sports specific goals in mind. The tip off should be that you'll be in a class doing the exact same workouts as a cop, a basketball player, a discus thrower, and a house wife. There's no way one workout can be optimal for all those people at the same time.
In the sports training world, they call that GPP, general physical preparation. If you use it for that, it's fine. But once you need to develop specific sports movements or rehab/strengthen specific weak areas of your own personal body, crossfit fails.
And coincidentally, I was reading this article on t-nation about 30 seconds before I clicked on this thread. It's relatively unbiased and pretty much echos my opinions, albeit in much more details and more eloquently written


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