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An inauguration speech for Vince Gray
Today, as I take the oath of office as mayor of the capital of these great United States, let the word go forth that the mayor and the people of the District of Columbia are committed to beginning the hard work of becoming one city with full democracy.
Our efforts will focus on being a city that meets the needs of all its residents, from our children to our seniors, rich and poor and every range of the economic spectrum. To those east of the river and west of the river, to those who were born black, white, Latino, Asian, gay, straight, bi or transgender, I commit to you that I will do all in my power to make the District of Columbia a place where you and your families can live, work and recreate in safety, with hope for a better future.
It won't be easy. We need to take a step back and try to understand each other and learn to respect each other. We need to end the racism, sexism and homophobia that still rear their ugly heads in our city. We need to educate our children to understand each other and respect our differences and commit to ending hate crimes and make bullying unacceptable.
As we face economic hardships and a recession in our nation I commit to working with City Council and communities to redouble our efforts to bring our budget under control. We will need to look deep into our souls and determine what people's basic needs are that government must provide. I believe they include police protection to ensure safety on the streets and in our homes. A safety net for those less fortunate including a roof over their heads for the homeless, healthcare, food for families in need and continued aggressive reform of our education system so that we provide the tools and opportunity for all children to achieve their highest aspirations and graduate to better lives able to support themselves and their families.
With a budget of more than $8 billion we can provide those basics and more. We can make all our neighborhoods places where people want to live. We can encourage the arts and culture that make a society great. We can protect our environment. We can be the place that welcomes millions of visitors each year with a successful hospitality industry and we can be the place that provides the type of workforce development for our residents that will prepare them for the jobs of the future. All this must be done openly and transparently.
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I stand here today as the sixth mayor of the District of Columbia since we were granted Home Rule. The time is long overdue for Congress to complete that promise by extending full Democracy to the 600,000 people who call the District of Columbia home. We send our young men and women to war to fight for Democracy in faraway lands, but they have none when they return home. We have no vote in the House of Representatives, no votes in the Senate and don't even control our own budget and legislative agenda. Congress and past administrations have often used the District of Columbia as a petri dish for their experiments.
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How do you support this guy? He is a sexist and a racist and was powered into office by national union money. The goal of this election was getting rid of Rhee, because she is female and not black. Your stance does not represent gay views at all (See Lou's article) and I don't know one person who voted for Gray.
I don't know why any of you stay in the District. Move into Arlington for far better local government, safety, great schools while remaining fully multicultural. What DC residents don't seem to understand is that bad government hurts people. Would anyone seriously send their kids to a DC school if they had an option to go to an alternative school?


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- Publisher: Bethesda Softworks
- Release Date: Oct 9, 2012
- Also On: PC, Xbox 360
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 601 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Mixed: 34 out of 601
Negative: 77 out of 601
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Oct 18, 2012
Aug 23, 2013It's a great game. Some of the best stealth I've played in a while. Probably since Metal Gear. It's just fun and time-consuming. I expected a mediocre game but got something else: a worthy GOTY candidate.
Dec 12, 2012Someday somebodies gonna get the whole stealth thing fig.... oh wait, they did. Still sufferes from the trial and error that killed the rest of them but at least gave us a few options. Thank you for not being the (horrible) Deus Ex 2. This is a stealth game for the rest of us.
Jan 25, 2013
Oct 18, 2012i love this game it mixture of assassin creed with magic powers ability kill any bad guys i love game design from movement, character building and good voice that voice character as well fit perfectly
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Nov 21, 2013Really unique and fun experience with this game. Graphics are dated and cartoonish, but this is offset by the amazing gameplay and decent revenge/redemption story.
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Oct 14, 2012I love this game, the controls, graphics, and story are all well done. On a side note, I dont know who the children are that are creating multiple accounts on Metacritic just to drag down game scores but do not be fooled by those morons, Dishonored is an excellent game and deserves at least an 8.
Mar 20, 2013
May 9, 2013Good game! I do think that more attention should have been payed to the story and the characters, but the awesomely brutal combat and the numerous ways to assassinate each target definitely makes up for the stories shortcomings and some underdeveloped characters!
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Dec 29, 2012Overhyped and overrated, this game is not near as good as I expected. A number of issues include a weak story, repetitive gameplay, abysmal graphics, and rushed stages.
Sep 23, 2013Made my mind to buy this for the PS3. Thank goodness i wasted my money for good. This game sets up a new level of graphics, action, in game mechanics and etc. The storyline's epic. I love the surrounding scenery. I love to make use of those super powers u get.
Nov 12, 2013Wonderful! I had so much fun playing this game I was a little disappointed by how short it was even when i did the side quests, all and all its still a wonderful game.
Nov 30, 2012Best new original game of the year for sure. What more is there to say that hasn't alreay been said. It's an epic game that you just have to play to realise how awesome it really is.
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Oct 31, 2012This FPS is really good for the following reasons: stealth (like an old school Clancy game), an oddly wide array of gadgets and open-worldness (not completely but enough to be odd for an FPS), you hang out in a pub all the time (somehow, yes, in an FPS), save-anywhere, and a range of settings for **** who need regenerative health and settings for badasses who hate regenerative health. Boom.
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Dec 22, 2012The biggest complaint I have against Dishonored is that the story-telling (not the story, the story is great) is rather bad. I ended up skipping all of the parts where lord **** was blabbing in my face in fallout 3-esque fixed eye contact. It also suffers from most characters not having any personality whatsoever, they just exist to provide you quests and level ups. I can
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Oct 16, 2012Wow. This game is amazing. At first it took me a while to get into it but after that it is such an amazing game!!! It is a mixture of skyrim, bio shock and thief! Similar action as skyrim. Similar powers as bioshock and sneaking around castles like thief. This game is a must play! Graphics ain't the best and that's why I'm marking this game a 8. But other than that this game is simply amazing
Oct 29, 2012
Oct 11, 2012Replaying through this game is a must. Even within the first level I noticed pathways/things that I completely missed the first time through. So great to see what happens when a company puts so much emphasis on a single player game nowadays. Instead of making a sub-par co-op mode or something they have made the most fun single player experience I have played this year....easily.
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Dec 23, 2012Awesome game, which mix original features with the action and the dinamic gameplay that is caracteristic from all Bethesda´s games. A perfect present for this Christmas for all the lovers of the action, the adventure, the darkness and the sigile. A good history, with good graphics and better posibilities. Welldone, Bethesda!
Mar 7, 2013
Oct 9, 2012Its like Deus Ex and Bioshock had a baby and Half Life 2 is the Godfather!! is it not enough for you? Freedom of choice and gameplay,journey that will attach you deeply and at last one game that rewards your brain for being creative and do smart things, if you're looking for something mindless and easy this game may not be for you, if you want to challenge yourself GO BUY IT FOR CHRIST SAKE :D
Oct 17, 2012Thief reinvented. I cannot stress how much fun this game is. I have been looking for a good sequel to Thief but was never given one. After playing this one at least I have a spiritual one. I just wish they had a new game +. Anyways, go support it people, you wont regret it!
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Sep 16, 2013First thing first, this game is pretty tough, but that's why i loved it so much. Maybe it's because i have a soft spot for the Stealth Genre but between the unique powers and collectibles this makes up a very fantastic product. The campaign was a little short for the $60 price tag but it was well worth it.
Feb 21, 2014
Nov 10, 2012i was cautious to get this game because the last bethesda game for ps3 was such a bug ridden mess. however, this game is truly great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Apr 23, 2013
Oct 9, 2012
Oct 12, 2012What a gem. This game is everything we want as gamers. It's new, fresh, innovative, and just a damn good time. It doesn't take us for fools and is a smart and well thought out game. Love that you can remove the hud as well. This isn't a game you are supposed to rush through. Take your time, explore, etc. Unbelievably great game.
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Oct 16, 2012It is an innovative game like few others, with gameplay away from the archetypes of FPS ever. It also has a variety of missions to solve, a graphic section is excellent and a very fun game that is really important. We can say that this game deserves to be ahead of RE6 in sales, and I hope so, because the differences in quality between a title and another is evident.
Mar 5, 2013it's an absolute masterpiece. it's pretty, very well balanced, all the elements work seamlessly, the stealth part is brilliant, music and visuals are different, artistic and well presented. it's great fun when your stealthy but if you get caught and the action heats up the game still holds it's own... perfection!
Dec 29, 2013
Oct 17, 2012This is the first truly great game from the second half of 2012 and is easily a GOTY candidate. After the somewhat disappointing Borderlands 2 and the horrible X-Com reboot, Dishonored was like a breath of fresh air. It just works, and if you like immerse games with a great character, insane powers and a exceptional attention to details, you will love Dishonored.
Nov 11, 2012
Nov 13, 2012great game! very polished story and graphics. good level of challenge and a variety of ways to play. wish it were a complete open world, but i can't really complain, lots of plot twists and turns. highly recommended
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Oct 12, 2012I am in love with this game. It's soooo beautiful and the world is so well made. I love exploring the levels and finding everything it has to offer. I am playing a full stealth game and it's so intense and fun. If I get caught I consider it a failure and reload I haven't had this much fun in a game since Deus Ex: Human Revolution!
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Dec 1, 2012This game is great and its universe too! It's a pleasure to see a studio creating a brand new IP, this must be encouraged :)
First hours in the game were a (really) great experience, but as long as I progressed in the game, things just went harder and harder but the gameplay, enemies and environments remain (almost) the same. It become repetitive and - I'm sorry to say that -... boring. -
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Jul 28, 2013This is possibly one of the worst games I've ever played. The graphics are not up to par with other titles that came out around the same time, the voice acting is horrid and the story is lame. It isn't made obvious that your choices influence the game in any way, shape or form until the end. Why anyone thought this game was good is beyond me.
Oct 12, 2012
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Nov 19, 2012Buy this game! The game is worth the full 59.99 price! Beautiful graphics. Multiple ways to finish a mission. Choices that you must make change the experience you have!
Jan 5, 2013
Oct 9, 2012I have only played a few hours of Dishonored, and I already love it. I am not that far into the game, so I can't tell all the things I like. So far, I love the detail and distinct style this whaling city has. The story is pretty cool and the powers you get are incredible. Great game! If you are going to pay full price for anything on its release day, you could do a lot worse than this.
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Dec 19, 2012This is a great game. The complaints for the game are ill-fitting. One of the game's so called "flaws" is that it is short. We all it is but it is meant to be replayed over and over again. I never encountered any particular glitches while playing. Overall, one of my favorite games.
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Nov 27, 2012Well, Arkane, you did what so few games have done this generation: you got me to want to come back to play Dishonored annually. Very, very few games have that honor, but I just can't imagine ever getting tried of Dunwall. What a wonderful game.
Nov 1, 2012You can combine Corvos weapons and superpowers in an almost infinite of ways, which can result in some pretty satisfying outcomes. Throw a proximity mine, called a spring razor, on a rat. Then take possession of the rat and walk up to the nearest guard. Then watch the limbs fly. [November 2012, p.66]
Oct 31, 2012It is a major accomplishment and for all its ambition it succeeds where it counts, by transporting you to a world and empowering you to do with it you wish, creating unscripted and unexpected moments that feel unique to you. It is at these times that it becomes more than just an enjoyable stealth action game, but something truly special.

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Listen to some new music with piano on this New Sounds, including compositions from the pianist/composer Blue Gene Tyranny, who has worked with John Cage, Iggy Pop, and Carla Bley, among others. We'll listen to the Digital Music Ensemble of the University of Michigan performing "Intermediary with a Rendition of Stardust." We'll also hear Canadian composer and pianist Lubomyr Melnyk's work, "Song of Galadriel" inspired by Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Plus, music from the minimalist tradition by both Terry Riley, and Belgian composer Wim Mertens.
PROGRAM #3001, New Music with Piano (First aired on Tues. 11-10-09)
Blue Gene Tyranny |
go, Blue |
Decertified Highway of Dreams, Part III [9:04] |
Oo discs oo64 Out of print. Try Amazon.com* or auction sites |
Lubomyr Melnyk |
Song Of Galadriel |
Legend [11:15] |
self-released www.lubomyr.com, |
Blue Gene Tyranny |
Free Delivery |
The Intermediary with a Rendition of Stardust [8:37] |
Lovely Music 1064 www.lovely.com |
Terry Riley |
the Padova Concert |
The Magic Knot Waltz [5:27] |
Amiata Records 0292 |
Wim Mertens |
Close Cover |
Struggle for Pleasure [3:57] |
Windham Hill 1056 Out of print. |
Terry Riley |
the Padova Concert |
Mongolian Winds [8:40] |
See above. |
Ludovico Einaudi |
Nightbook |
In principio, excerpt [2:00] |
Ponderosa Music & Art 068 |
I really liked this one-especially "The Intermediary with a Rendition of Stardust" and the Terry Riley stuff. The final piece by Ludovico Einaudi was also very enjoyable.
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Rocket Golf
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Rocket Golf gives golfing a new twist with its 2D gameplay and clean 3D graphics. Challenge yourself to 72 unique holes over four courses. Rocket Golf provides accurate game physics while maintaining an arcade feel. Up to four players can enjoy all of Rocket Golf's features for countless hours, including online and local best rounds, water hazards, sand traps, variable wind, and much more.
Rocket Golf iPhone requires any iPhone, iPhone 3G, or iPod Touch with OS version 3.2+. iPad currently supported (pixel doubling), high resolution version to follow
"This golf game takes a side-scroller type view of the golf course, and actually provides some real fun gameplay. The first edition of this game includes 2 golf courses (36 holes) and some very accurate physics. Try and navigate your ball through each course, while avoiding the traditional water hazards, bunkers and more… and while traditional hazards abound, some of the holes are, shall we say… a little less traditional!? You'll have to check it out for yourself for more!" -intomobile.com
Make sure to check out Nuclear Nova's golf game simulator, GL Golf and GL Golf Lite. GL Golf is a 3D golfing game for the casual gamer. With a realistic physics system and great simple graphics, you and up to four players can golf twenty+ unique courses for countless hours.
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What's New in Version 1.100
Add multisampling to newer devices
iPhone 5S/5C Support
iPad Air/iPad Mini 2 Compatibility
iOS 7 Support
Project cleaned, more stable
Requires iOS 6.0+
New affiliate links
Switched from 30 to 60 frames per second
- $2.99
- Category: Games
- Updated: Dec 03, 2013
- Version: 1.100
- Size: 10.0 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Jacob Leveto
- © 2009 Jake Leveto, Nuclear Nova Software
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. This app is optimized for iPhone 5.
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Intra-school Negotiations Competition
Posted By Kevin R. Johnson, Oct 3, 2011
The Intra-school Negotiations Competition took place over the weekend. I attended the morning portion of the event. In an e-mail to the King Hall community (below), Professor Donna Shestowsky provided a roundup of the day's events. Don't forget to check out the Negotiations Team's web page. Congratulations to the winners, and thanks to all who took part!!! *** Dear Colleagues and Friends: On October 1st, the King Hall Negotiations Team hosted the fifth annual Intra-school Negotiations Competition. The competition, held at King Hall, hosted 41 judges from across the state (including superior court judges, lawyers, mediators, business professionals and professors) and 76 student competitors (all King Hall students). Students competed, in teams of two, in two rounds of negotiations. In each round, students negotiated a different legal problem and were evaluated by either two or three competition judges. This year's topic, provided by the American Bar Association, was real estate. After the two rounds, the top six teams were announced and they competed in the afternoon. Congratulations to the winners of our competition (in no particular order): Shannon Thomson'13 & Alexander Rich '13 These three teams have earned the opportunity to represent King Hall at the American Bar Association's Negotiations Competition, to be held at the Santa Clara School of Law in November. I would like to extend my gratitude to the judges who spent their Saturday with us and provided substantial feedback to our students, making this a very valuable educational experience. I would also like to commend the King Hall Negotiations Team for their exceptional organizational skills and enthusiasm, without which this event would not have been a success. Under the leadership of President Jesse Suarez '12 and Competitions Chair Ryan Norman '12, the Negotiations Board planned and executed the biggest competition the organization has seen to-date. Special recognition should also be given to Kara DiBiasio '13, Kristin Charbonnier '13, Jasmine Tzeng '13, Leah White '13 and Saba Shatara '13 for their diligent commitment to the organization of the competition. Our student competitors were readied through the efforts of KHNT's Seminar Committee, led by Melanie Young '13, Allison Sloan '12, and Pearl Kan '13. Importantly, I would like to thank the Dean's Office and Dean Talley for their generous financial support, and Dean Kevin Johnson for greeting our guests on the morning of the event. And a special thanks to my wonderful King Hall colleagues who came to provide feedback to our students: Evelyn Lewis, John Patrick Hunt, Beth Greenwood, Chris Ide-Don, Martin Carr, Elisabeth McKechnie, and Clay Tanaka. Donna Shestowsky, J.D., Ph.D.
Kyle Junginger '14 & Sean Newland '14
Sumair Khan '13 & Uzair Saleem '13
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06 Feb 2014:
Maps Show Tropical Corridors
Important to Wildlife As Climate Changes
new set of maps
highlights the importance of habitat corridors in helping wildlife deal with the effects of climate change and deforestation. The series of maps shows more than
16,000 habitat corridors
— swaths of
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Protected areas and corridors in South America
land that connect forests or protected areas and allow animals to move between them — in tropical regions of Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. High-resolution data on biodiversity, endemism, and vegetation density allowed the researchers, led by Patrick Jantz of the Woods Hole Research Center, to determine which corridors are most important for maintaining biodiversity under changing climate conditions. The maps also highlight which corridors are most important for sequestering carbon and averting carbon emissions associated with deforestation. Researchers hope the findings will help guide wildlife protection plans and serve as a framework prioritizing the conservation of habitat corridors.
08 Jan 2014:
China Approves Major
Increase in Huge Coal Mining Projects
In 2013, the Chinese government
approved 15 large coal mining projects
that will produce more than 100 million new tons of coal a year. The expansion will lead to a 2 to 3 percent growth in coal production over the next several years, even as the country
announced moves to reduce the severe air pollution
choking major cities such as Beijing. Chinese officials will increase coal production while reducing pollution in population centers by closing outdated coal plants and creating huge "coal bases" that will mine and burn coal in remote regions of northwestern China, such as Inner Mongolia. Those bases, which will cost $8.9 billion to build, will generate electricity that will be transferred over an improved electricity grid to cities in China's central and eastern regions. Deng Ping, an environmental campaigner with Greenpeace, said the scale of the new coal bases is unprecedented for China, adding, "Despite the climate change pressure, water resource scarcity, and other environmental problems, the coal industry is still expanding fast in northwest China."
06 Jan 2014:
China Crushes Six Tons
Of Ivory to Stem Elephant Poaching
In an effort to stem elephant poaching, Chinese authorities
have crushed six tons of confiscated ivory
, the first such effort in the country's history. Coordinated by the State Forestry Administration and the General Administration of Customs, the event was widely publicized and aimed at spreading awareness in China of the scale of the global poaching crisis. Conservation
groups consistently name China as a major driver of elephant poaching, as the country's growing middle class has increasingly sought to buy ivory ornaments and ivory-based medicinal therapies, which have no scientific or medical basis. The six tons of ornaments and tusks that were crushed represent only a fraction of China's ivory stockpile, which is probably more than 45 tons, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) estimates. Still, many conservation groups are applauding China's efforts. "This destruction of ivory by China is a symbol of the government's growing responsiveness to the ivory crisis," the WCS said.
17 Dec 2013:
Australian Coal Projects
Threatened by Drop in Demand From China
Major Australian coal projects risk losing value due to falling demand from China, where leaders are increasingly concerned about growing public anger over severe air pollution, a
new analysis from Oxford University
has found. Future coal mining projects are vulnerable to being "stranded" by a range of policy changes from the Chinese government, including environmental regulation, carbon pricing, investment in renewable energy, and energy efficiency, the report said. One expert told
The Guardian
that global investors are already
questioning the prudence of financing new fossil fuel projects
. Backers of a handful of upcoming Australian coal projects "should seek clarity" on the associated costs, the Oxford analysis warns. It also cautions that Australian state governments could suffer if projects are mothballed or abandoned. Of particular concern are two mega-mines supported by Australia's
Prime Minister Tony Abbott
slated for development in Queensland. Once running at full capacity, the two projects combined would produce enough coal to emit more than 70 millions tons of CO2 a year.
11 Dec 2013:
Final Shipment of Russian
Warhead Uranium Set to Reach U.S. Today
A U.S. nuclear storage facility today will receive the final shipment of decommissioned nuclear warheads from Russia,
NPR reports
. Since 1993 the Russian uranium has been generating 10 percent of all electricity consumed in the U.S., part of a deal struck with the former Soviet state when its nuclear industry, crippled by arms reduction agreements, was struggling to make
Russian uranium ready for shipment to U.S.
ends meet. Negotiations began when a U.S. official visited Russia in the early 1990s and found bomb-grade uranium from thousands of decommissioned warheads lying around in crumbling storage facilities. Concerned that the radioactive material was unsecured and vulnerable to theft, the U.S. asked to buy it. Russian officials reluctantly agreed to convert roughly 500 tons of bomb-grade uranium into nuclear fuel and sell it to the U.S. Experts say it was a win-win scenario: Russia made a substantial profit ($17 billion), U.S. power plants could buy the uranium at a good price, and 20,000 bombs' worth of radioactive material was converted into relatively clean electricity. The deal will go down in history as one of the greatest diplomatic achievements ever, one expert told NPR.
10 Dec 2013:
Chinese State Media
Criticized for Touting Benefits of Smog
For Chinese citizens worried about smog, which has been blanketing major cities and smashing air pollution records recently, China's state media has some advice: Look on the bright side. State broadcaster CCTV and a Communist Party tabloid,
Global Times
yesterday published editorials
attempting to put a positive spin on China's air pollution crisis. The state-run outlets said smog has military benefits because it can interfere with the guidance systems of foreign missiles, as well as personal benefits such as bolstering Chinese citizens' sense of humor, making them more united, more sober, better informed, and more equal because smog "affected the lungs of both rich and poor,"
The Telegraph
reports. Internet commenters and other media outlets, including several state-run publications, were outraged. "Is the smog supposed to lift if we laugh about it?" asked the official publication
Beijing Business Today
. The pro-smog pieces have both been deleted from the publications' websites.
06 Dec 2013:
China Doubles Pace
Of Renewable Energy Installation in 2013
Over the past 10 months China has added renewable energy sources to its power grid at double the pace of 2012, according to its National Energy Administration (NEA). The renewable energy push, part of a massive effort to cut air pollution in China's large cities, has added more than 36 gigawatts of clean energy capacity
Shanghai, Dec. 3, 2013
so far this year,
Bloomberg News reports
. Hydroelectric power grew by 22.3 gigawatts in the first 10 months of 2013, new nuclear energy installations totaled 2.2 gigawatts, solar 3.6 gigawatts, wind 7.9 gigawatts. China's solar energy capacity could triple from 2012 levels to 10 gigawatts by the end of the year, while wind and nuclear power capacity could increase by 22 and 17 percent, respectively, the NEA said. That should offer some relief from China's choking air pollution. In Shanghai,
schoolchildren were ordered indoors today
as air pollution reached extremely hazardous levels, exceeding World Health Organization health guidelines for fine particulate matter by 24 times.
29 Nov 2013:
Wide Mangrove Destruction
Is Documented Along Coast of Myanmar
Rapid agricultural expansion
destroyed nearly two-thirds of the mangrove forests
in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Delta between 1978 and 2011, increasing the region's vulnerability to cyclones and typhoons, according to a new study. Using remote sensing imagery
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Mangrove forest loss
and field data, researchers from Myanmar and Singapore said that the dense mangrove cover in the Ayeyarwady Delta declined from 2,623 square kilometers to 1,000 square kilometers in that 33-year period. The main cause was agriculture expansion and the researchers said that if rates of destruction continue at their current pace the delta's mangroves could be completely deforested by 2026. Reporting in the journal
Global Environmental Change
, the scientists said the loss of mangroves in the Ayeyarwady Delta could put the region at greater risk of major storms such as Cyclone Nargis, which killed 138,000 people in Myanmar in 2008. But the researchers said the destruction could be slowed if Myanmar creates coastal protected areas.
27 Nov 2013:
China Set to Open
World's Second Largest Carbon Market
China is in the midst of launching seven carbon markets, the largest of which
will open next month in Guangdong
, the country's most populous province. The carbon markets are a key element of China's plan to cut carbon emissions by up to 45 percent per unit of GDP by 2020. The Guangdong carbon permitting scheme will cap 2013 emissions at 350 tons for 202 companies in the heavily industrialized province. Twenty-nine million permits will be auctioned in the market this year and next, which will be the world's second largest carbon market after the European Union's, dwarfing carbon markets in Australia and California. In 2015 the number of permits auctioned will more than triple, officials said. Shanghai's carbon market launched yesterday and a similar market, about a quarter of the size of Guangdong's, is set to open in Beijing tomorrow. China's seven carbon markets together will regulate roughly 700 to 800 million tons of CO2 annually, roughly equal to the annual emissions of Germany.
20 Nov 2013:
Low-Income Solar Project
Is Recognized at U.N. Climate Talks
An Australia-based solar start-up company was recognized at the U.N. climate change talks in Warsaw for its work replacing highly polluting kerosene lamps with solar lighting in low-income regions of India. The company, Pollinate Energy, trains members of local communities to install household solar-powered lights in India's slums, where families often rely on kerosene for lighting. So far the project has installed solar-powered lighting systems for 10,000 people in 250 of Bangalore's slum communities, in turn saving 40,000 liters of kerosene and 100,000 kilograms of carbon emissions,
RenewEconomy reports
. The solar lighting systems are cheaper to operate than kerosene lamps and are less polluting and dangerous than kerosene, which can cause house fires and severe burns. The nonprofit project started in Bangalore — home to some of India's worst slums — as a way for children to do schoolwork after sunset. Pollinate Energy trains local installers to distribute and install the lighting systems as micro-entrepreneurs, which they call "pollinators."
15 Nov 2013:
Groundbreaking Mapping Project
Depicts Forest Change Around the Globe
Scientists from Google, U.S. universities, and federal agencies have for the first time produced a high-resolution global map showing in striking detail the
extent of deforestation across the globe.
The project — which relied heavily on expertise from the computing
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Forest loss in Indonesia
center Google Earth Engine — documents a loss of 888,000 square miles of forest between 2000 and 2012, along with a gain of 309,000 square miles of new forest. The rate of deforestation is equal to losing 68,000 soccer fields of forest every day for the past 13 years, or 50 soccer fields every minute,
says the World Resources Institute
. Brazil, once responsible for a majority of the world's tropical forest loss, is now the global leader in scaling back forest destruction, cutting its deforestation rate in half over the past decade, researchers report in
. Over the same period, Indonesia has more than doubled its annual rate of forest loss, despite a supposed 2011 Indonesian government moratorium on new logging licenses.
05 Nov 2013:
Beijing To Limit New Cars
By 40 Percent in Anti-Pollution Drive
In an effort to reduce severe air pollution in the Chinese capital, Beijing will limit by 40 percent the number of new cars sold annually for the next four years, cutting license plate allocations from 240,000 to 150,000 each
Chang'an avenue in Beijing
year. The cap, which should also help ease the capital's worsening traffic congestion, means Beijing will license only 600,000 new cars between 2014 and 2017 — fewer than in 2010 alone,
Reuters reports
. By 2017, 40 percent of those licenses, which drivers vie for in auctions and lotteries, will be reserved for hybrid and electric cars. New car sales in China are currently capped in four cities — Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Guiyang — and the government plans to limit sales in eight additional cities, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said.
30 Oct 2013:
Low on Natural Gas, China
Cities Will Face Choking Air Pollution
In a push to curb air pollution, China has been urging its cities to rely more heavily on natural gas and less on coal. But a shortage of natural gas is threatening that goal, as urban populations boom and domestic gas production lags,
Reuters reports
. Chinese officials have said that to reduce air pollution the most densely populated parts of Beijing should use only gas heat, which limits the supply of natural gas for smaller cities and forces those cities to rely on coal. Pollution levels in Chinese cities commonly exceed World Health Organization guidelines by 40 to 50 times. The problem is most pronounced in northern China, where air pollution from burning coal has already shortened life expectancy by 5.5 years compared to the southern part of the country. China's natural gas shortage is expected to be 10 percent higher this year than last year, since more users have switched from coal. Authorities are rationing natural gas and prioritizing its use for homes and transportation, but experts don't expect the shortage to subside anytime soon.
Photo Essay: Focusing a Lens on
China's Environmental Challenges
Sean Gallagher
Photographer Sean Gallagher has lived and worked in China for seven years, visiting nearly all of its provinces as he documents the country's daunting ecological problems and its widely varied landscapes. In a
Yale Environment 360
photo essay
, the Beijing-based photojournalist chronicles China's widespread water and air pollution, the battle against the desertification that has spread across the country's northern regions, and the threats to the nation's biodiversity.
View the photo gallery.
11 Sep 2013:
Arsenic in Vietnam Groundwater
Slowly Moving Toward Hanoi, Study Says
As the population and water needs of Hanoi mushroom, the capital city of Vietnam is slowly drawing poisonous arsenic into the aquifer that supplies its drinking water,
say researchers from the U.S. and Vietnam
. Water contaminated with arsenic has moved more than a mile
Benjamin Bostick/LDEO
The Red River
closer to the aquifer over the last 40 to 60 years, the researchers report in
, due to the city's increasing water demand; municipal pumping in Hanoi doubled between 2000 and 2010. The good news, says lead researcher Alexander van Geen of Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is the contaminated groundwater "is not moving as fast as we had feared it might." This will give Hanoi officials time, perhaps decades, to determine how to best deal with the problem. The study also determined why arsenic is leaching into the groundwater: As water containing arsenic mixes with high levels of organic carbon from the Red River and other surrounding aquifers, the chemistry changes and arsenic dissolves in the water.
06 Sep 2013:
Immense Pacific Volcano Is
Among The Largest in the Solar System
A massive underwater volcano the size of New Mexico has been discovered 1,000 miles east of Japan,
Nature Geoscience
. Covering an area of 120,000 square
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Tamu Massif Volcano
miles, the volcano is 50 times larger than Hawaii's Mauna Loa, making it the largest volcano on Earth,
according to a team of researchers
from the U.S., Japan, and the U.K. The newly discovered volcano, named Tamu Massif, is only 25 percent smaller than the immense volcano on Mars, Olympus Mons, which is large enough to spot with a backyard telescope. Tamu Massif is a shield volcano, with a low, broad shape and gradually sloped flanks. Its name derives from Texas A&M University, where the lead researcher taught for three decades.
05 Sep 2013:
Swapping Corn for Rice Benefits
China's Miyun Reservoir, Study Shows
After years of contamination and decreasing output,
China's Miyun Reservoir is rebounding
, say researchers from China and the U.S. Rice farming had contaminated and tapped the reservoir, which lies 100 miles north of Beijing and is the main water source for the city's 20 million inhabitants. But four years ago, the Chinese government began paying farmers to grow corn instead, which requires
less water and leads to less fertilizer and sediment runoff than rice farming
. Now, water quality tests show that fertilizer runoff declined sharply, the researchers found, and the amount of reservoir water available to Beijing and surrounding areas has increased. Farmers also made more money growing corn instead of rice and were able to spend less time tending their crops,
the study concluded
How High Tech Is Helping
Bring Clean Water to Rural India
Social entrepreneur Anand Shah runs Sarvajal, a company that seeks to bring clean water to remote villages in India by deploying solar-powered "water
Anand Shah
ATMs," which dispense water to residents with the swipe of a prepaid smart card. Sarvajal, launched in 2008, currently serves more than 110,000 rural customers and is now is moving into India's urban slums, where people often spend hours a day waiting for trucks to deliver clean water. In an interview with
Yale Environment 360
, Shah talks about the challenges of expanding access to clean water in India and the lessons his company has learned from its first five years of operation. "The solutions came from what we actually saw in the field, rather than being invented elsewhere," he says, "and that's what makes it work."
Read the interview.
28 Aug 2013:
Illegal Slash-and-Burn Fires
Are Causing Smog Problem in Indonesia
Skies above Indonesia have been
blanketed with smog
as wildfires burn throughout its forests. Ignoring
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Smog above Indonesia (Photo credit: NASA)
environmental laws, companies are using the practice of slash-and-burn to clear land for palm oil plantations. The illegal fires decimate rainforests and peatlands and fill the air with lethal levels of smoke, as seen in this NASA satellite image taken on August 27. Indonesia's pollution index hit a record-high 401 earlier this month; any reading above 400 is considered life-threatening to the elderly and sick. Palm oil is the world's
largest vegetable oil commodity
and demand is rising rapidly, causing massive damage to tropical forests, especially in Southeast Asia.
23 Aug 2013:
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Nearly 20 million people in China are exposed to high levels of arsenic in the water they use for drinking and cooking, a new model based on geological and
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. Researchers had long known that some regions had high arsenic concentrations, but it would have taken several decades to test the millions of wells in China. The new prediction combined the most recent tests with data about the underlying geology, soil characteristics, and topography.
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Thai Monkeys May Abandon
Stone Tools Due to Human Disruptions
Human disturbances in Thailand's Laem Son National Park may be causing Burmese long-tailed macaques to abandon their use of stone tools, say
researchers studying the primates
. The only monkeys in Asia to use
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stone tools — and one of only three non-human primates worldwide to do so — these Burmese macaques have learned to use coastal rocks to crack the hard-shelled crabs, snails, and oysters that make up their diet. Habitat loss to rubber and oil palm farming, competition with humans for food sources, and threats from domestic dogs are forcing the macaques to change their foraging habits, researchers from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University report. The monkeys are also showing signs of acclimating to humans and becoming dependent on human food sources.
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Mimicking Cactus Design,
Scientists Devise Oil Spill Cleanup Method
Chinese researchers have developed a method of removing oil from polluted water using tiny barbed spikes
that mimic the natural design of a cactus
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in the journal
Nature Communications
, the Beijing-based researchers describe how arrays of tiny copper spikes, similar to the cone-shaped spikes of a type of cactus known as
Opuntia microdasys
, are able to collect micron-sized oil droplets that might otherwise be difficult to remove from water. The copper spikes are extremely thin at their point but get wider as they get closer to the base, creating a pressure difference that pulls droplets of oil toward the artificial skin-like surface. The oil then coalesces at the base of the cone, which can then be removed from the water. "Each conical needle in the array is a little oil collection device," said Lei Jiang, lead author of the report. In tests, the researchers found that the needle arrays were able to remove about 99 percent of oil content from water, suggesting that the design could lead to new methods of cleaning up oil spills.
05 Aug 2013:
New Deep-Rooted Rice
Shows Greater Resistance to Drought
Japanese scientists say
they have developed a rice plant with deeper roots
that could yield a more drought-resistant variety of rice. Writing
in the journal
Nature Genetics
, a team of scientists describes the discovery of gene that causes a rice strain known as Kinandang Patong, grown in the dry upland of the Philippines, to send longer roots into the soil, allowing the plant to extract water from deeper soil layers. After splicing the gene with a commonly grown rice strain, called IR64, the scientists found that the maximum root depths were more than twice those of the typical plants. After exposing both strains to moderate and severe drought conditions, the researchers found that yields of the standard variety fell significantly in moderate drought conditions and collapsed altogether in severe drought, while the modified strains were not affected by moderate drought and yields declined only 30 percent in severe drought.
02 Aug 2013:
Prolonged Heat Wave Leaves
Russian Arctic Vulnerable to Wildfires
An enduring high-pressure weather system over the Russian Arctic has led to a prolonged heat wave,
creating conditions for another surge in wildfires
a year after a particularly extreme wildfire season. NASA
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scientists say that a so-called "blocking high" system — in which rain-bearing systems are blocked from moving west to east — has caused temperatures to reach 90 degrees F (32 degrees C) in the northern city of Norlisk, where daily highs in July typically average 61 degrees F (16 degrees C). Using satellite data, NASA produced a map that vividly depicts the land surface temperature anomalies in the region during the week of July 20-27, with temperatures soaring as high as 37 degrees F above normal. A separate satellite image shows smoke billowing from several fires burning in one of the areas, in the Khanty-Mansiyskiy and Yamal-Nenetskiy districts. According to scientists, the Siberian fires are burning in areas far north of where summer wildfires typically occur.
25 Jul 2013:
Mapping of Oil Palm Genome
Could Boost Productivity of Key Crop
Scientists say they have identified the gene responsible for the yield of oil palm crops, a discovery that could boost the productivity of the world's top source of
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vegetable oil and help reduce the size of oil palm plantations in the world's tropical regions. Writing
in the journal
, Malaysian and U.S. researchers describe the mapping of the genome of the oil palm, whose products are used in everything from food to cosmetics to biofuels. According to the scientists, the so-called "shell gene" controls "how the thickness of its shell
correlates to fruit size and oil yield
." The fruit of the African palm oil tree
comes in three varieties
: a thick-shelled dura, a shell-less pisifera, and a thin-shelled tenera, which produces a greater oil yield. According to scientists, the shell gene plays a key role in a mutation that produces the more commercially productive tenera variety.
23 Jul 2013:
Booming Cashmere Market
Is Threatening Snow Leopards, Study Says
A surging global market for cashmere is pushing several iconic species, including the snow leopard and wild yak, toward the margins of survival in remote regions where wool-producing goats are raised, according to a new
Anna Yu
A snow leopard in the mountains of Central Asia
study. Demand for the luxurious wool, which has spurred a multibillion-dollar industry, has encouraged herders in Asia to drastically increase their livestock, which are devouring a growing share of the grass that had previously been eaten by antelope, wild asses, and their predators. In an analysis conducted in Mongolia, India, and China's Tibetan Plateau, a team of researchers concluded that 95 percent of forage is now consumed by domestic animals, leaving just 5 percent for wild species,
. In addition, the researchers noted a rise in the killing of leopards and wolves by herders following predator attacks on livestock, as well as the transfer of disease from livestock to wild animals. "Rather than serving as symbols of success, these species will become victims of fashion," the researchers write
in the journal
Conservation Biology
18 Jul 2013:
Malaysian Borneo Plundered
As 80 Percent of Rainforests Are Logged
The first comprehensive, satellite-based assessment of industrial logging practices in Malaysian Borneo has shown that more than 80 percent of the region's forests
have been heavily impacted by logging
. Reporting in the journal
PLOS One
, researchers from Australia,
Logging damage in Malaysian Borneo.
New Guinea, and the U.S. say that Malaysian Borneo — which just 30 years ago was considered one of the wildest places on Earth — now has been eaten away by 226,000 miles of roads that have enabled companies to legally and illegally log most of the territory, which consists of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. At best, only 17,500 square miles of forest ecosystems remain intact, the study said. "The extent of logging in Sabah and Sarawak documented in our work is breathtaking," said study co-author Phil Shearman of the University of Papua New Guinea.
09 Jul 2013:
Coal Emissions in China Slash
5.5 Years off Life Expectancy, Study Says
The life expectancy of people living in northern China
is 5 ½ years less than in southern China
as a result of the north's notoriously bad air pollution, largely due to the burning of coal, according to a new study. In an analysis
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of air quality recordings from 90 Chinese cities from 1981 to 2000 and mortality data from the 1990s, a team of researchers estimated that high air pollution will cost the roughly 500 million people living north of the Huai River a combined 2.5 billion years of life expectancy compared with people living in the south. Writing
in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
, the researchers say increased mortality,
attributable to cardiorespiratory illness
, is the unintended consequence of a Chinese policy that from 1950 to 1980 provided free coal for boilers in cities north of the Huai, but not for those living in the south.
01 Jul 2013:
Climate Change Driving
More Active El Niño Cycles, Study Says
A new analysis of tree-ring data indicates that the climate cycle known as the El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has been more active during the latter part of the 20th century
than at any other time during the past seven centuries
, suggesting that global warming is affecting this climate phenomenon. Using data from 2,222 tree-ring chronologies from the tropics and mid-latitudes in both the northern and southern Hemispheres, a team of scientists determined that ENSO-related behavior in the late 20th century was far greater than the natural variability reflected in data going back to 1300. A naturally occurring climate cycle, ENSO is characterized by warmer ocean temperatures off the west coast of South America, a phenomenon that can cause major droughts, floods, and extreme weather across the Pacific. According to Jinbao Li, a scientist at the University of Hawaii and lead author of the study published in the journal
Nature Climate Change
, greenhouse gases are altering the planet's radiation balance and thus intensifying ENSO cycles.
27 Jun 2013:
New Bird Species Identified
In Crowded Outskirts of Phnom Penh
A team of scientists in Cambodia
has identified a new species of lowland tailorbird
recently captured in the densely populated outskirts of Phnom Penh. Originally
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caught and photographed in 2009 during a routine sampling for avian influenza, the small wren-sized bird was initially misidentified as a known type of tailorbird until the photographs caught the attention of scientist Simon Mahood of the Wildlife Conservation Society. Following genetic analysis of other individuals collected in the region, scientists confirmed that the bird — which has white cheeks, a rich cinnamon-colored crown, and distinct vocal characters — was indeed a new species. According to
an article co-authored by Mahood in
, a journal of the Oriental Bird Club, the so-called Cambodia tailorbird (
Orthotomus chaktomuk
) is known to exist only in a dense, lowland scrub ecosystem that is declining in size and quality.
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I'd love to golf at WDW just to say I did it. However there's one caveat, I'm not really that good.
Hello and welcome to The WDW Radio Show - Your Walt Disney World Information Station. I am your host, Lou Mongello, and this is show #183 for the week of August 15, 2010.
There is so much more to experience in Walt Disney World beyond the attractions, shows, resorts and dining options. In fact, part of what I enjoy doing on this show is introducing you to things to do beyond the parks that might enhance your vacation, or even give you yet another reason to come and visit. So this week, were going to take a look at golfing at Walt Disney World for both the seasoned golfer who may not realize the world-class courses available to them, and those amateurs and ever first-timers who may be looking for yet another way to spend some time on their visit.
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Enjoyed this show topic Lou... even though I'm not a golfer, I had to book three rounds of golf for other people in our group last July!
They played at Magnolia, Lake Buena Vista & The Palms, all agreeing that they were the best golf courses they'd ever played on!
Mickey's Golf cart..
Wildlife on the course...
'Gator spectator!
Famous bunker..
My partner was impressed that Cast Members greeted them on arrival, offered to clean the golf clubs before & after playing; and also offered to transport the clubs between courses so that they didn't have to take them back & forth to our resort!
I have only played mini golf at Fantasia Gardens & Winter Summerland, but both are fantastic and a great way to spend an afternoon in WDW without going into the parks!
My wife and I golfed the Magnolia and Palm on our honeymoon back in 2000! It was awesome to play the courses that the pros play. What wasn't awesome, was that not one picture, from the 5 rolls of film from our 10 day WDW honeymoon, were good because our camera broke or some stinking thing, meaning our only honeymoon pictures were the pictures we bought from Disney (on mainstreet, Tower of Terror and a buzz light year free web photo).....Thank god we now have digital cameras!!
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5 days walking with full support, 5 days climbing and practice; altitude maximum 5897m, average 4000m. Ice climbing experience not required as full training provided. Grade C (Cotopaxi climb D).
9 nights hotels with en suite facilities, 3 nights full-service camping and 2 nights in mountain huts with shared facilities.
All breakfasts, 11 lunches and 9 dinners included.
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The trekking on this trip is suitable for people in good physical condition who are able to hike for 5 to 8 hours a day. Part of the trek is off-trail, and most of the walking is at altitudes between 2500 and 4500 metres. See the Altitude Warning in the Practical Information section for more details.
Participants in the Cotopaxi climb must be in very good physical condition - experience in trekking at high altitudes will offer an advantage. You do not need experience in climbing, but the altitude and steep gradient are a challenge. In bad weather the trek will be more challenging. Ice-skills are taught and practiced during the trip, prior to reaching Cotopaxi and this really will enhance your chance of success.
According to statistics from Ecuador, the success rate of summit attempts on Cotopaxi is about 70% for those with ice experience prior to their summit attempt and only 30-50% for those without. The success rate for non-experienced people in difficult weather and ice conditions is only 0-10%. With the training and acclimatisation provided on this trip, the success rate is high and is mainly determined by the weather.
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Normally 6 to 16, plus leader and appropriate local staff. The ascent Cotopaxi Volcano; there is a ratio:1 guide to 2 clients. Minimum age 18.
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If lawmakers in Washington can't get a deal done soon, sequestration will take effect starting March 1st and it will impact Oklahoma.
Sequestration is a series of automatic spending cuts that kick in if a budget deal isn't done.
The state of Oklahoma will feel the sequestration crunch, particularly in our defense sector.
U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe says the defense cuts would be devastating and cites the Army Ammunition Plant in McAlester as an example.
The plant employs about 1,700 people. It make bombs and other heavy munitions.
The plant's public affairs department told News On 6 management's already been told to lay off temporary employees, but it's prepared for more cuts come March.
Plant commander Colonel Timothy D. Beckner released a statement to News On 6:
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To date, nothing has been done at McAAP that is irreversible. Most important, we continue to provide the munitions required by our war fighters currently engaged in combat and those preparing to go into harm's way.
Nothing will compromise that support or the safety of our workforce. To conserve resources, we have initiated several proactive measures including a hiring freeze, curtailing official government travel and eliminating all non-mission critical training to reduce our expenses. We are reviewing contracts for further possible savings.
We remain committed to our nation's war fighters and the safety of our workforce who provide those vital munitions.
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