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Most Would Pay Higher Bills To Help Climate: poll
LONDON - Millions of people around the world are willing to make personal sacrifices, including paying higher bills, to help redress climate change, a global survey said on Monday.
The survey found 83 percent of those questioned believed lifestyle changes would be necessary to cut emissions of climate warming carbon gases.
The survey, conducted by two polling organizations for the BBC World Service, covered 22,000 people in 21 countries.
In 14 of the 21 countries from Canada to Australia, 61 percent overall said it would be necessary to increase energy costs to encourage conservation and reduce carbon emissions.
"People around the world recognize that climate change requires that people change their behavior," said Steven Kull, director of the Program on International Policy Attitudes which conducted the poll with GlobeScan.
"And that to provide incentives for those changes there will need to be an increase in the cost of energy that contributes to climate change," he added.
Scientists say carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels for power and transport will push global average temperatures up by between 1.8 and 4.0 degrees Celsius (3.2 and 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) this century, causing floods, famines and violent storms putting millions at risk.
The response to climate taxes was more muted than that on raised energy prices, but it swung in favor if the revenue from those taxes was ring-fenced for use solely on measures to raise energy efficiency or develop clean energy sources.
There was also a greater acceptance of higher green taxes if they were offset by cuts in taxation elsewhere so the net effect on the individual's pocket was neutral.
"While few citizens welcome higher taxes, the poll suggests that national leaders could succeed in introducing a carbon tax on energy," said GlobeScan President Doug Miller.
"The key requirement is that their citizens trust that the resulting tax revenues will be invested in addressing climate change by increasing energy efficiency and developing cleaner fuels," he added.
The survey said the findings applied equally in China, which is building a coal-fired power station a week to feed its booming economy, and in the United States, which is the world's biggest carbon polluter -- although China is fast catching up.
They will be ammunition for U.N. environment ministers when they meet on the Indonesian island of Bali in December amid urgent calls to agree to start talks on a follow-up to the Kyoto Protocol on cutting carbon emissions which expires in 2012.
© 2007 Reuters
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Show AllThis is fallacious reasoning. Anyone who wants to help the climate, or to help the climate, we must pay more taxes. How about instead reducing spending elsewhere... makes much more sense considering the government is already overspending.
If the US had publicly financed campaigns and cut off corporate welfare to the miltary industrial media complex, the income tax that I and every other American already pay could be diverted to addressing climate change.
"Read my lips...no new taxes".
You don't have to sacrifice anything. Fight to legalize hemp and put solar, wind, geothermal, tidal, etc ... out in full force. Oversacrificing only makes you look RETARDED IMO.
The elected and tax collectors must be lickin their chops to hear this. Sure I'd be glad to pay higher bills to help clean up our atmosphere, but do any really believe the money would be used in a productive manner to do so?
I would much rather see us stop starting and financing illegal and unjust wars and use the money wasted on such to cleanup the enviroment. Imagine what we could have accomplished in that respect with the trillion or so we have already wasted fightng a war in Iraq, for nothing more than to control the oil we shouldn't be usng in the first place if we'd revert to clean energy sources. We must use clean energy other than nuclear power BTW.
Not my dime, thank you very much. You know darn well that every increase in energy costs will benefit the energy companies bottom line. More effecient cars, slower speed limits, more mass transportation, cooler business & home heating, warmer busniess and home air conditioning, more effecient illumination, etc. etc., but raising the prices of everything is continuing right now without helping the environment whatsoever.
Pay "higher bills" to whom and for what?--The Devil is truly in the unsaid details. This smells like Al Gore Inc. and the DLC looking for a new way to suck up to multi-national corporations.
And another thing--why do the "UN Environment Minsters" have to trapse off to Bali for their meeting. Better they should meet in East LA, or The Ruhr Valley, or how about Bangladesh during monsoon season?
"And another thing–why do the "UN Environment Minsters" have to trapse off to Bali for their meeting. Better they should meet in East LA, or The Ruhr Valley, or how about Bangladesh during monsoon season?" - Poet
The UN is already CORRUPT since it is run by the same corporate THUGS that are running this country ! Most UN meetings are clear displays of CORRUPT leaderships getting together !
61 percent overall said it would be necessary to increase energy costs to encourage conservation and reduce carbon emissions.
Sure, we need full costs to be reflected in the retail prices of everything. Full costs enlighten the people, quell addictions, and make the ethical choice the easy choice.
Do not leave the implementation of full costs to the capitalists - they will only pervert it. Do not leave ANY public policy to the capitalists. The capitalist's proper role is very limited: to satisfy market demands under very strict orders.
Deviate from this formula and the capitalists will destroy your society.
With social muscle at an all time low... Climate taxes are a good example of, lack of leadership, shock capitalism, corporate control and the "Big LazY"
The whole issue of energy, its costs, and its long-term consequences is another of the best reasons why our country needs to be led by Democrats in the Congress and The White House (as opposed to Republicans either place.)
Some people say they would pay higher bills to help the environment. Fine. Dems MIGHT actually help get policies that actually do help in exchange for those higher fees. Republicans will pass legislation to help energy companies run ads telling us how they're helping--when they really aren't--and pad the bottom line to the moon. Republicans cannot and do not do anything else, it's in their DNA.
Energy is another non-war, non-security issue the Dems can run on. And they should.
How about a poll question like this:
"Do you think the world's larger corporations and wealthy should conserve more energy, build more efficient autos, appliances and other products -- and pay higher taxes to offset their polluting?"
on a more mundane level:
this country has an unhealthy fixation on lawns, leading to use of toxic, petroleum-based fertilizers and pesticides (which contribute to ground and surface water pollution), and indiscriminate deployment of fossil-fuel burning mowers, blowers, edgers etc.
kill your lawn! save the earth, save time and money, and save your aching back all in one stroke! no tax increase required! replace your lawn with a ground cover such as vinca minor, sweet woodruff or english ivy. your earthworms will thank you for it.
Mike Gravel's platform:
Remove the IRS & Income Tax, replace it with a federal sales tax, AKA a progressive fair tax. Change America from a spending to a savings nation.
As for carbon; tax it at the source, per drop or oil and per lump of coal.
Gasoline? Let it cost $7/gallon. That's what we're paying now with our tax dollars to overseas empire-building.
Oh, and set up an international panel to come up with ways to, as his line goes, "get us off gasoline in 5 years, off of carbon in 10".
He's big into magnetic levitation trains, too. Amtrak is a federal corporation; it should be the first to utilize such technology.
more taxes on the wealthy. alternative fuel and energy. it could not be more obvious.
Yeah, I always get a kick out of balancing the world's troubles on the backs of the former middle-class and poor. If saving the world's ecosystems depends on squeezing the middle-class even more, let's just nuke the whole planet now and get it over with.
The framing of polls like this is unfortunate. Whatever happened to one of Wellstone's beloved phrases: Asking the wealthy to pay their fair share.
Brits consistently said over the years that they would pay higher taxes to ensure that welfare state institutions like the National Health Service were properly funded. In practice they consistently voted for parties which actually offered higher taxes and cuts in the welfare state to pay for them. All this poll tells us is that people have realised there is a moral case for tackling climate change. They know the "right" answer to give to pollsters. They will still only support those who will not actually do anything practical about the situation.
Right on andersdl. When they cut back all the military waste, close the secret prisons, cut back on all the waste, corruption, etc, etc and when they give me the same benefits they get....then they can raise my taxes.
The Earth was just fine before money and taxes..even when lightning sparked forest fires burned by the thousands of square miles and released carbon into the atmosphere.
They want to tax the middle and lower classes into the streets and eventually the gutter.
Also what they want is for us to subsidize their (corporate)switch to solar/wind/tidal/geo thermal etc. Then they will stick it to us when those are up and running by telling us how much they had to invest to upstart.
You all know what may very well come of this I'm sure. We'll have a tax imposed on anthing related to oil or energy and we'll pay it. How many taxes are on your telephone bill for example and what are they for?
Will anthing productive be done with any taxes imposed? Is the moon made of green cheeze, does Bush have a brain, do you think our government is doing the right things? The correct anser to all four question is, ___ NO.
"More effecient cars, slower speed limits, more mass transportation, cooler business & home heating, warmer busniess and home air conditioning, more effecient illumination, etc. etc., but raising the prices of everything is continuing right now without helping the environment whatsoever."
That's exactly right, annabelle. The biggest and cheapest savings are through efficiencies and rethinking how and where we work and our transportation to such places.
Rather than wait for governments or even NGOs, we need to take the reins ourselves and do what we can right where we are. Some can do more than others, but the point is to start doing whatever you can right now. This stuff doesn't make the headlines because it isn't sexy, but starting where we each are is the best way.
'Most Would Pay Higher Bills To Help Climate'
The polluting corporations wouldnt....
As a construction worker, I clearly see the fallacy in that statement.
When they put scrubbers on coal fired powerhouses in WV, overtime is no problem and waste occurs beyond imagination! Dumpsters are filled with high value scrap and buried in landfills. Job trailers are filled with fancy perfumed beancounters and non-productive personel.
They always tack on a little "surcharge" on my electric bill for the scrubbers that never seems to go away.
Check with your utility companies to see what programs they may offer to offset global warming.
In 2003, through our electric utility PGE here in Portland, Oregon, we signed up for "Green Source." I didn't think we could afford it, but by then it seemed imperative. With Green Source, PGE instead generates electricity through renewable resources, i.e. solar, wind, geothermal, and of course hydro-electric since we live near the Columbia River and the BPA. The electricity generated through these renewable sources goes into the grid from which we purchase our electricity. Obviously, the more people who sign up for Green Source, or a similar program, means PGE is generating most of its electricity through renewable sources, instead of by burning fossil fuels, or nuclear power (believe it or not, they do have a program that does get 1% of its electricity from nuclear power.)
At the same time in 2003, we signed up for they call "Time of Day", where electricity service is rated "Peak," "Mid-Peak," or "Off-Peak," depending on what time of day demand is highest. I am a night owl, and can afford to wait until after 10:00 to do laundry, run the dishwasher, shower, etc., so it saved us money.
Somehow, we got taken off the "Time of Day" service in 2005. When I questioned PGE about this, they researched our energy usage, and responded with a credit of $49 on my recent bill. Not a large amount, but enough to show that it was worth waiting for off-peak hours. We also had a teenage son at home until this past August who "had a life" beyond waiting for off-peak times to shower, for example. Damn, at least he showered! ;-P)
Even though it supposedly costs more to use Green Source, I haven't noticed that it costs us any more than using strictly hydro-electric power. Add in "Time of Day," and it is definitely less expensive, IF you can adhere to the off-peak hours to do your more energy-consuming tasks.
Usage is considered off-peak all day Sunday, so screw church services that day...saving the planet is more important!
I'm very skeptical about people being willing to pay higher bills in order to fight Global Warming. If that were the case(for instance) thousands of households in areas such as North Texas where I live would be switching to one hundred percent alternate energy plans with their electric energy providers. The cost for one hundred percent Wind Electricity is only a few cents more per kilowatt hour . Most households here have had that option for four years or more now. I don't see any big rush in that direction. In fact most people I speak to are puzzled why anyone would willingly pay more for electricity. Go figure.
I find it alarming that global warming, the environment, etc. is being couched or framed here in non-class terms. Indeed, even anti- middle/working-class terms. Another reason to further squeeze the blood out of the bottom 90%.
The damage human activity does to the planet is a byproduct of their power, the ability to get things done, to modify resources, set agendas, control economies, fight wars, etc. It makes sense for the wealthy -- those with the power to change things -- to take the brunt of the pain here.
After all, they're the ones who outsourced American manufacturing. How can it possibly be so cheap to ship US raw materials across the Pacific, have the Chinese make things, and then ship the goods back? How much fuel is now required to maintain the mass-outsourcing that's taken place in the past couple decades especially?
I'd like to see a poll aimed at CEO's, boards of directors, major shareholders: would they, too, be willing to forego a little profit for the betterment of the environment?
It doesn't cost anything extra to be a vegetarian. If we were a nation of vegetarians, we wouldn't have water shortages (half of all water in this country is consumed by livestock), topsoil erosion, water pollution (the feedlots that line the Mississippi have no sewage treatment facilities whatsoever), and so on. Letting your lawn die is a trivial contribution compared to becoming a vegetarian. We really don't need more taxes - we need smarter consumers. It's great to switch from incandescent to fluorescent light bulbs, to drive a Prius, and so on, but all of such steps have much less impact than going vegetarian. If you are a meat eater, you are going along with the corporate types that you love to loath. Real progressives are stewards of the environment. Meat-eating progressives are hypocrites.
The most effective way to combat global warming and all the other told and untold problems we humans are encountering, is to drastically reduce our population. Almost all other current problems proceed from overpopulation and its consequences. Until the population is in balance with resources, the fights will continue. Even were the problem of global warming, the evils of religion, the greed and arrogance of the rich, resource depletion, etc. to be solved, unless the population is brought down, instead of continuing to increase, the proliferation of problems will continue, with two new ones popping up for each one solved. Solving problems other than overpopulation just enables more overpopulation, enabling more problems.
The most effective way to combat global warming and all the other told and untold problems we humans are encountering, is to drastically reduce our population. Almost all other current problems proceed from overpopulation and its consequences. Until the population is in balance with resources, the fights will continue. Even were the problem of global warming, the evils of religion, the greed and arrogance of the rich, resource depletion, etc. to be solved, unless the population is brought down, instead of continuing to increase, the proliferation of problems will continue, with two new ones popping up for each one solved. Solving problems other than overpopulation just enables more overpopulation, creating more problems.
phuck more taxes. we already take the bus as much as possible, keep the heat off a lot, and do everything to cut down energy consumption. i am not willing to pay more taxes. let the corporations start shouldering the burden. how much more is the middle class supposed to take?
Polls are notorious for getting exactly the answers they want. They ask only the questions they want answered, their way. Of course where and who you poll has a good deal to do with the responses also. So much for the polls.
This lemming mentality that is expected of us is also fascinating. "Oh well, of course if so many people said that they would pay more, well I guess that's a good thing and I will too" Not!
Not if you don't have the money. Not if you can figure something else out to take care of yourself and your family. Time for some of us to start thinking about alternative living on an individual and local level....like walking distance!
Money is worthless when your baby dies in a car seat from gas fumes in a grid lock. Yes, happened 20 years ago. Sorry, Mother Earth can't relate to money. What is this psychosis about this stuff. That it will buy anything. Money is god? It preforms miracles? So far money has spawned greed. Accelerated life to the point where it isn't fun anymore. Turned most of us into slaves. Fouled our air, water, soil, delivered us into perpetual debt and keep all wars fueled. Behind every obscene act in history you will find lust for money as the main character.
If all the money that we have shoved into the evil of power, had been used to grow a human society of beings. We would not be speaking of culling our own spices.
As for the population. Getting rid of some of us. Well lets see? Will the author of that concept be willing to get the ball rolling by doing away with themselves? One less mouth to feed and more air and water for the rest of us to pollute and waste. As further proof of this persons commitment to their words possibly they would offer their remains as food! You may taste like chicken with the right sause :)
Ron's comment above almost makes a point I was thinking of so let me take it one step further. Ron said:
Letting your lawn die is a trivial contribution compared to becoming a vegetarian.
If all one does is let their lawn die I totally agree. If you change it into a vegtable/fruit garden though it changes everything. For me the epiphany came when I looked at my lawn and asked: Since I am neither cattle, sheep, or goat why am I growing grass?
I don't care how little the yield, it is more edible than a grass lawn. We once understood this as a nation and the whole country planted "victory gardens" during WWII.
A certified master gardener I talked to about this agreed and said that a lawn is square foot per square foot the most expensive and polluting kind of crop to maintain.
One more point--go to your local organic food store and lok for open polinated perenials whioch allow you to save seeds and keep growing the different varieties of foods you plant without having to reinvest in new seed every year.
Those are some funny posts! Us meat-eaters have been consuming flesh since before you plant eaters knew of where to find potatoes. And this planet can certainly handle the population density that currently resides here, and then some. If you want to get to the root of the real problem then you have to look at who is controlling your energy and why it is that the government and corporations have been extensively using solar power for more than a half century in situations where they can do so without it affecting their monopoly over the witless "consumers".
There are three, and only three, areas in which the government can effectively take direct control over a population, other than using bayonets, and those are energy, food and water. The corporate governments currently control the energy and food and are actively working on controlling the water. The most efficient way of utilizing solar energy is if the roof of every house is the solar collector so that each house is the complete provider of it's own energy, but such a concept is anathema to the energy companies because that would take them out of the market or reduce them to an insignificant size and it would reduce by one-third the influence and power of the evil governments to control their populations.
As for the deterioration of the environment, if anyone believes that hairspray or chlorofluorocarbons from air-conditioners are what caused the hole in the ozone layer and are directly responsible for the excessive heating of the planet, then you better wake up. The hole in the ozone was directly caused by the tens of thousands of thermonuclear explosions in the atmosphere which burn up phenomenal amounts of oxygen. And the problems with the intensity and frequency of earthquakes was directly caused by the similar type of nuclear explosions underground. This planet is a living thing and if you abuse it you must be aware that it's physical condition is going to deteriorate.
Cat, I didn't have kittens; that's the best I can offer. I'm ethically opposed to suicide, but you can kill if you'll promise to eat all the meat. If population isn't sustainable, cannibalism or other natural population reducers arise.
The most useful thing we can do is to support, both financially and through advocacy, progressive candidates with sound environmental policies. Clinton (despite Gore's urgings) wasn't great on the environment, but he looks like a tree-hugger next to W.
the people in charge dont care about solar wind etc.... other forms of power you cant sell the wind or the sun thats is why we are doomed if we did switch to the other forms it would put on every house bad for business they would say behind cloesd doors they dont want to change
Here in Canada (and perhaps the US) a company named Bullfrog sells energy at higher than market prices, based on its own commitment to put into the grid as much green energy (from renewable resources) as its buyers take out. As the idea is catching on its rates are dropping, and this is driving demand for renewable resources without increasing taxation. So
green energy does not necessarily imply higher taxes.
Higher taxes? To what point and purpose?
How about *tax incentives* to private individuals who wean themselves off the petrol teat? (I stress individuals because I know corporations do not answer to anyone these days, and have little incentive to build a better world.)
This article, and more importantly, the responses to it, are a very telling and instructive to us of us that sit back and look at the androgenic global warming with a jaundiced eye.
Sure, global climate changes. Look over history, it has ALWAYS changed, and ALWAYS will. At no point has Earth's climate maintained a static condition. I really don't understand why anyone would think that average planetary temperatures should or could suddenly even out and stop fluctuating. Hasn't done it in billions of years, why start now?
Now we are being massaged into thinking that taxation should be imposed on our supposed impact on that process? I'm sorry, but that logic is so flawed that I can't even begin to describe it.
If somebody can explain to me how my tax dollars should be raised (not lowered, of course) in response to a fluctuating global temperature structure that has consistantly fluctuated since the formation of the planet ~ then I'd be happy to fork over even more money to a uncaring federal government with ceaseless greed. Until then, no thank you.
Hey, why don't we just declare global warming and those most responsible for it to be our mortal enemies? We could then divert the spending of our treasure for fighting "Isalmist extremists" to fighting the enemy that is truly going to do this planet in.
When the world's major capitalist corporations can find a way to make major profits from going to war against global warming, we'll be on that band wagon in a New York second. Only then will all the 'brave' American sheep play THAT skin flute.
Everyone here is way off base. Please put your typical american selfish impulses away and THINK.
People and businesses will ONLY change their wasteful fossil fuel consumption habits when it becomes cost-prohibitive to do so. I't called the law of supply and demand (or more specifically - price elasticity).
The only thing that will accomplish this in a fair way is a stiff tax on the carbon content of fuels. It can be offset by reductions in taxes elsewhere, notably income taxes, for those with lower incomes.
And, dear Americans, might you be barking up the wrong tree about this tax stuff.
US taxes are low compared to most of the industrial world.
But, here in Pitsburgh, we can't even get a few-percent tax on drinks served in bars to save our public transit system.
Might the problem be instead be it be that your capitalist boss isn't paying you enough?
Higher-bills paid for global-warming is already-rife (the very-expensive GWoT is that 'higher-bill').
So far, this GWoT has been very-successful...jacking-up the actual-worth of oil-per-barrel from about 3.-and-change to over 95. And, the 'chaos of war/unrest' has-and-will keep a lot of oil 'in the ground', where the developing-world in Central/South America, Asia, Africa, Mid-East/Asia can't (even if 'affordable' to them) burn a whole-lot of it...as the Western-World continues-to.
Your future-tax-dollars at work, protecting the Global-climate...what more could you ask?
Ah, the old American answer of just throw more money at it.
Ah my, the longer I live the less hope I have and the more I believe that mankind was the worst thing to happen to this planet.
I have some very bad news, it's too late. We've screwed the pooch. If we stopped polluting the planet today and became totally environmentally friendly we've already polluted this planet to the point that not only our species will be wiped-out in our time a good deal of all living things will perish.
So I have a better use for the money we would give to those that got us into this mess to begin with. Go have some fun. Take you're family to the Grand Canyon, Europe, go camping and enjoy what's left of Nature before we're gone. And make peace with whatever deity you believe in because we'll all be meeting them soon.
You have to admit, it is pretty funny that the corporate governments can make such a big lie and have most people believe it. And getting that dork ex-vice-president to make a scary movie about "climate change" and then awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize was hilarious.
The problem with their big hypothesis is that the physics wouldn't support it for a second. You could fit all of the worst polluting companies in the world in Britain and still have plenty of room left over to erect an ice-cream stand, so how is it that the pollution from them is supposed to trap enough heat to warm up the whole planet? All of the pollution in the world, although terrible, is local and though some can travel on the wind it can't make a complete blanket on the planet and such a covering would be required to keep the average temperature increasing according to their "climate change" model.
Yet, as anyone who has been paying attention to the weather can see, the average temperature of the atmosphere is rising and that is making our weather more violent at an unprecedented rate, at least according to our knowledge of history. The problem, as any scientist will attest, is that more moisture is entering the atmosphere and that extra volume of energy changing state is the culprit. The reason for that, though, is because more energy is entering the atmosphere and heating up the water. And the reason for more energy entering into our planet's atmosphere is because the atmosphere has less ability to reflect photons than what it once had. This is due to a lower density of oxygen.
So why would the corporate governments make up this huge lie about climate change due to carbon gases when they know that the real reason for our rising temperature is the deficit of oxygen? Perhaps because the damage they did to the atmosphere is catastrophic and getting worse faster than they will admit.
The solution to our atmosphere's problem, of course, is to quit using more oxygen than is being put into the atmosphere by the planet's biomass. And in that the solution is similar to what most people would recommend for curing "climate change".
A tax may be useful under some circumstances. As a progressive, I suggest a progressive income tax.
Tax those most who have the most power to control/transform/ship resources.
I suggest doing away with virtually all flat/regressive/sales taxes which disproportionately hit the poor. Instead, close corporate loopholes and enact a highly progressive income tax. Don't even start it until the median income. i.e. those under the median pay zip.
I agree -- a tax may force a hand. But we have intense waste of tax dollars, subsidy of nuclear power, no real interest in D.C. with regard to alternative energy, etc. because the wealthy are in charge -- and the middle-class and working-class are paying for it. If it was the wealthy's own money going down the drain, they'd be better stewards.
A new flat/use/regressive tax on the middle-class and poor is just another way for the wealthy to offload some expensive onto those least able to pay for it.
Indeed -- think about it. The bulk of the new wealth generated in this country the past few decades has gone to the Boomers and the wealthy. Tax them.
The strange thing is, many ways of saving energy save money!
The average landlord would rather die than put weatherstripping on the door. Tenants don't think about such things when they move in. Often they're happy to have any place at all.
Wind is cheaper! Rich beachfront owners fight wind tooth and nail. Funny how they don't think lighthouses are blights on the shoreline. Oh, and a month of wind power can easily be stored up with pumped hydro.
The really criminal part is that the lone inventors' hands are badly handcuffed. You have no idea what they could do, and quickly.
The military industrial complex and nuclear power facilities, both major polluters must be shut down.
That will free up hundreds of billions.
Also, the major oil companies don't pay enough taxes. They also need to be charged for the oil that they take out of our ground.
Jmacneil ~
Your statement that our weather is becoming more violent at an unprecedented rate does not stand up to scrutiny. Please forward facts to support this, but as a Central Florida resident, I can tell you with absolute certainty that some years have violent weather (2004) and some years (every year since) have mild weather. I haven't seen more than a gentle breeze in two years! Of course, the wild histrionics generated by Gore's baseless theatric hyperbole drove MY annual homeowners insurance from $800/yr to $4,000/yr with no damage whatsoever within 500 miles the last two years ~ but I'm not BITTER about it or anything!
If someone who can actually explain to what Earth's normal temperature is supposed to be, I'd appreciate it. But if you're quite ready to tax society into global recession over this concept, you'd better be able to back up your plans with some factual evidence.
My factual evidence for NOT doing so is simple. Earth's temperature has ALWAYS varied. A dynamic planetary system will ALWAYS produce temperature variations, as evidenced by what's happening on all solar planets around us. They are all experiencing a temperature shift upwards, as we are at this point in time. Wait a while, and you'll see a downtrend.
But in the meantime, mere facts and science should not get in the way of social scientists and wealth-redistribution types who want to generate a faux-crisis to enact whatever means possible to take from those who have and give to those who have not. It's been going on for so long that we're numb to it.
All of your arguments regarding misallocation of govt. resources are totally besides the point!
The US middle class ARE the problem - they are the ones driving single-occupant SUV's driven 40 miles to work and the most incidental errands every day, refusing to use public transit, or relocate where they could use public transit, they are teh ones who air condition their homes to 65F in summer and then heat them to 75F in winter. They are the ones buying electricity-guzzling big-screen plasma TV's, etc..etc...
They will only change their behavior when they are hit in the pocketbook.
Of course, we could also impose some kind of rationing scheme - think that will work better?
Like I wrote, a high carbon tax can be easily be offset by tax reductions elsewhere so it's net effect will be neutral. Did you hear me the first time? Please THINK! Turn off those tax-o-phobic Reagan-Bush-planted worms turning in your heads!
Speaking climatically, can you give me a period in Earth's history where the average temperature remained static?
Here's some graphs to consider:
What point on these graphs are temperatures "normal"?
At what temperature would you want us to set our Earthly thermostat?
How would you propose we negate the solar and extra-solar influance?
Just asking questions, not picking a fight.....
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Fernando (song)
"Fernando" | ||||||||
Single by ABBA | ||||||||
from the album Greatest Hits | ||||||||
B-side | "Hey, Hey, Helen" | |||||||
Released | 27 March 1976 (UK) 12 April 1976 (Sweden) 4 September 1976 (US) |
Format | Vinyl | |||||||
Recorded | 3 September 1975 at Metronome Studio | |||||||
Genre | Pop, europop | |||||||
Length | 4:12 | |||||||
Label | Polar (Sweden) Epic (UK) Atlantic (US) |
Writer(s) | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus | |||||||
Producer(s) | Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus | |||||||
Certification | Gold (Germany), Gold (UK), Gold (France), Gold (Canada) | |||||||
ABBA singles chronology | ||||||||
"Fernando" | ||||||||
Song by Anni-Frid Lyngstad from the album Frida ensam | ||||||||
Released | 10 November 1975 | |||||||
Language | Swedish | |||||||
Length | 4:14 | |||||||
Label | Polar Music | |||||||
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"Fernando" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was the group's first non-album single and was released in March 1976 through Polar Music. Solo parts were sung by Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The track was featured on the 1976 compilation album Greatest Hits in some countries, although in Australia and New Zealand, "Fernando" was included on the group's fourth studio album Arrival. "Fernando" is also featured on the multi-million selling Gold: Greatest Hits compilation. The song was to become ABBA's best-selling single of all time, with 6,000,000 copies sold in 1976 alone.[1] It is one of the fewer than forty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) physical copies worldwide.
"Fernando" was not originally released as an ABBA song but as a solo single by Anni-Frid Lyngstad. It was featured on her number 1 Swedish solo album Frida ensam (1975). The song was composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and carried the working title of "Tango". Preparations for recording began in August 1975. Originally named "Hernandez", the writers made last-minute changes to the title before recording.[2] The suggestion of the name "Fernando" was given by their limousine driver Peter Forbes in Shepperton, England. Tony Fernando, a wealthy exports director for celebrities such as Princess Anne and Tom Selleck, was a friend of Peter Forbes.[citation needed]
Swedish-language version[edit]
The original Swedish-language version's lyrics were written by ABBA's manager Stig Anderson and differ substantially from the English-language version. In the original, the narrator tries to console the heartbroken Fernando, who has lost his great love. "The sorrow can be hard to bear, but the fact that friends let us down is something we all have to cope with". The chorus' lyrics are: "Long live love, our best friend, Fernando. Raise your glass and propose a toast to it, to love, Fernando. Play the melody and sing a song of happiness. Long live love, Fernando".
English-language version[edit]
The English version, with completely different lyrics by Björn Ulvaeus, This was confirmed by Ulvaeus in an ABBA special interview screened in Australia in December 2008.[citation needed] The song presents a vision of nostalgia for two veterans reminiscing in old age about a lost battle that they participated in during their younger days fighting in the Mexican war. Where Combat operations lasted a year and a half, from the Spring of 1846 to the Fall of 1847.As a result USA forced Mexican Cession of the territories of Alta California and New Mexico to the United States in exchange for $15 million. In addition, the United States assumed $3.25 million of debt owed by the Mexican government to U.S. citizens. Mexico accepted the loss of Texas and thereafter cited the Rio Grande as its national border.
The B-side to "Fernando" was the song "Hey, Hey, Helen", a track from the group's self-titled third studio album (1975), although in some countries "Tropical Loveland" (also from the album ABBA) was used instead. Some copies of the single use "Rock Me" or "Dance (While the Music Still Goes On)" as a B-side.
Spanish-language version[edit]
The title and rhythm of the song made it an obvious choice for inclusion in their Spanish album. Lyrics were translated into Spanish by Mary McCluskey and recorded on 3 January 1980, in the Polar Music studios. The song is part of the Gracias Por La Música album and is listed as track No. 5, in the "ABBA Oro" album as track No. 1 and as a bonus track on the Arrival album. The song was released as a promotional single in Spain. The lyrics, while adapted for rhythm and rhyme, carry the same sentiment and roughly the same meaning as the English version. "There was something in the air that night, the stars were bright, Fernando. They were shining there for you and me, for liberty, Fernando" becomes "Algo había alrededor quizá de claridad Fernando, que brillaba por nosotros dos en protección, Fernando" (Something was around us perhaps of clarity Fernando, that shone for us two in protection, Fernando.)
After the success for Frida with her Swedish version of this song, the group decided to record an English version. This was a wise step, as "Fernando" became one of ABBA's best-selling singles, with more than 10 million copies sold worldwide and topping the charts in at least 13 countries:[3] Australia, Austria, Belgium, France, West Germany, the United Kingdom, Hungary, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, and Switzerland. In Australia, "Fernando" stayed at number 1 for 14 weeks and spent 40 weeks in the charts, making "Fernando" one of the best selling singles of all time in Australia. It still holds the record for the single spending the most weeks at number 1 (along with The Beatles' "Hey Jude"). "Fernando" also reached the Top 3 in ABBA's native Sweden, Canada, Finland, Norway, Spain and Rhodesia. Lyngstad's version stayed at number 1 on the Swedish radio charts for 9 weeks. It was also released as a single in Norway, where it did not chart.
In the United States, "Fernando" peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it, at the time, ABBA's highest-charting American single after "Waterloo". However, "Fernando" did reach number 1 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, the first of two number ones for ABBA on this chart (the second being "The Winner Takes It All"). The song remains an airplay staple on American radio stations specializing in the MOR, adult standards and easy listening formats.
"Fernando" was the second of three consecutive UK number 1 singles for ABBA, after "Mamma Mia" and before "Dancing Queen".[4]
The song was also chosen as the "Best Studio Recording of 1975", ABBA's first international prize.
Charts and certifications[edit]
Chart positions[edit]
Sales and certifications[edit]
Preceded by "Mississippi" by Pussycat |
Swiss Singles Chart number-one single 2 April 1976 – 18 June 1976 |
Succeeded by "Let Your Love Flow" by The Bellamy Brothers |
Preceded by "The Alternative Way" by Anita Meyer |
Dutch Top 40 number-one single 3 April 1976 – 17 April 1976 |
Succeeded by "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man |
Preceded by "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen |
Australian Kent Music Report number-one single 5 April 1976 – 5 July 1976 |
Succeeded by "Howzat" by Sherbet |
Preceded by "Ich bin wie du" by Marianne Rosenberg |
Belgian Flemish VRT Top 30 number-one single (first run) 10 April 1976 – 17 April 1976 |
Succeeded by "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man |
Preceded by "Rocky" by Frank Farian |
German Singles Chart number-one single (first run) 30 April 1976 |
Succeeded by "Rocky" by Frank Farian |
Preceded by "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man |
Irish Singles Chart number-one single 1 May 1976 – 29 May 1976 |
Succeeded by "Arms of Mary" by Sutherland Brothers |
UK Singles Chart number-one single 8 May 1976 – 4 June 1976 |
Succeeded by "No Charge" by J.J. Barrie |
Preceded by "Rocky" by Frank Farian |
German Singles Chart number-one single (second run) 14 May 1976 – 18 June 1976 |
Succeeded by "Let Your Love Flow" by The Bellamy Brothers |
Preceded by "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man |
Belgian Flemish VRT Top 30 number-one single (second run) 15 May 1976 |
Succeeded by "Save Your Kisses for Me" by Brotherhood of Man |
Preceded by "My Little World" by Waterloo & Robinson |
Austrian Singles Chart number-one single 14 June 1976 – 2 August 1976 |
Succeeded by "Let Your Love Flow" by The Bellamy Brothers |
Preceded by "Like a Sad Song" by John Denver |
Billboard Easy Listening Singles number-one single 16 October 1976 (2 weeks) |
Succeeded by "Muskrat Love" by Captain & Tennille |
Cover versions[edit]
- The Colombian duo, Angela & Consuelo, recorded a Spanish language version of Fernando in the 1970s.
- In 1976, Swedish singer Lena Andersson recorded a German language version of this song. Andersson was also signed to the Polar label and thus could use the original Anni-Frid Lyngstad/ABBA backing track produced by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson. The German version is of particular interest to fans of the band since it contains a two bar long instrumental passage after the first chorus that was edited out from both the Swedish and the English-language versions.
- In 1976, Finnish saxophonist Seppo Rannikko recorded an instrumental version of "Fernando" in his album "Sahara" (only released as an LP), which also included an instrumental version of ABBA's "Dancing Queen".
- In 1976, Paraguayan/Brazilian camp singer Perla covered "Fernando" on her album "Palabras de Amor". Perla also covered ABBA's "Chiquitita" on her 1979 album.
- In 1976, French Canadian singer René Simard recorded a French language version of this song.
- A Swedish country band called Nashville Train (which included some of ABBA's own backing band members) also covered the song in 1977 on their album ABBA Our Way, released on the Polar Music label in Sweden.
- The Swedish singer Lotta Engberg has recorded a cover version of the Swedish language version of the song. The year was 1997, as her dansband recorded the song on the Tolv i topp album.
- The Swedish dansband Vikingarna has also recorded a cover version of the Swedish language version of the song.
- American actress/singer Audrey Landers (best known for her role on the TV series Dallas) recorded a cover of the song.
- U.S. musician/songwriter Pamela McNeill included a rendition of the song on her Tribute To ABBA album. Her husband, Dugan McNeill, helped produce the album.
- British dance tribute group Abbacadabra released a cover and several remixes of the song through Almighty Records in the late 1990s.
- A dance/pop cover of the song by Belgian group Sha-Na was released as a single in 1992.
- German eurodance group E-Rotic covered the song on their album Thank You for the Music.
- An electronica version by Bug Funny Foundation is included on the compilation The Electronic Tribute To ABBA.
- The San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus recorded a cover of the song for their 1997 album ExtrABBAganza!.
- Local Seattle gay men's chorus Captain Smartypants recorded a cover of the song for their album Undercover.
- New York jazz band Sex Mob covered the song for their 2000 album Solid Sender.
- Danish rock/pop duo Olsen Brothers recorded a cover for their 2003 album More Songs.
- The 2004 album ABBAMania 2 featured a cover by British TV actress Jane Danson.
- The German ABBA Mania compilation includes a cover of the song by Barbara Schöneberger and German comedian Dirk Bach.
- A cover of the song by Velvet Set can be found on the 2006 chill out music compilation ABBA Chill Out.
- Taiwanese singer Tracy Huang recorded an English cover of the song.
- A cover of the song by Finnish a cappella choral ensemble Rajaton can be found on their 2006 ABBA tribute album Rajaton Sings ABBA With Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
- The song was covered in a jazz/lounge music style by American group BNB on their 2008 album Bossa Mia: Songs of ABBA.[12]
- Australian rock band Audioscam covered the song on their 2008 album Abbattack. Samples from the album can be heard on their official MySpace page.[13]
- Deborah Sasson (de) recorded "Fernando" for her 2004 album The Pop Album.
- Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby included a cover on their 2010 album, Two-Way Family Favourites, with Amy Rigby singing vocals.
- The von Trapps recorded a Swedish language version with Pink Martini, which appears on their 2014 album Dream a Little Dream.
Live cover performances[edit]
- Only a few lines of the song are sung briefly by the character of Donna in the Mamma Mia! musical. The song was originally to be featured in the musical as a flamboyant dance number, with Donna entertaining the clientele at the taverna, but was cut as it didn't move the story along.[14] In the movie adaptation, Meryl Streep, who plays Donna, is heard briefly humming a few notes of the song.
- The song has been performed live in English as a duet by Swedish singers Helen Sjöholm and Karin Glenmark.
- The song was sung on Australian Idol season 6 by Wes Carr during ABBA week. A recorded version of Carr's version was included on the album Australian Idol Top 10:The Most Memorable songs from the series.
- Charo performed the song at her 1988 concert in Reno at Bally's.
Appearances in other media[edit]
- ABBA perform parts of the song live in the film "ABBA: The Movie" (1977).
- The ABBA recording was featured in the films "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (1993) and "Muriel's Wedding" (1994).
- In 1976, the song was adapted, and performed by ABBA in this version, for use in a series of five television commercials promoting the National brand, used by the Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. These were shown in countries where the brand-name "National" was still widely used by Matsushita.
- In the episode "That Disco Episode" of That '70s Show, the characters Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti sang the song at the closing part of the show.
- In the episode "Water Park" of Malcolm in the Middle, the character Dewey dances to the song with the babysitter, who is played by Bea Arthur.
- In the episode "Epidemiology" of Community, the song plays over the loudspeakers for the episode's climax. It is part of Dean Pelton's playlist.
- ^ Karen Collins (12 January 2008). "Fernando the Flute – Details". Tagg.org. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ ABBA fan magazine 1980
- ^ ABBA fan magazine 1977.
- ^ Oldham, A, Calder, T & Irvin, C: "ABBA: The Name of the Game", page 122. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1995
- ^ "Kent Music Report National Top 100 Singles, No 120". Kent Music Report. 11 October 1976. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ^ Baker, Glen (8 November 1979). Billboard Magazine Volume 91, No. 36. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
- ^ "Canadian certifications – ABBA – Fernando". Music Canada. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "French certifications – Fernando" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ "Les Singles en Or :" (in French). Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (ABBA; 'Fernando')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
- ^ "British certifications – ABBA – Fernando". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 March 2012. Enter Fernando in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Click Go
- ^ http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/jan/09/yehey/life/20080109lif4.html
- ^ http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=396498104
- ^ Andersson, Benny; Ulvaeus, Bjorn; and Craymer, Judy (2006), "Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You? – The Inside Story of Mamma Mia and the Songs of ABBA", Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, p.148
External links[edit]
- Background information on the making of the commercials, plus lyrics and voiceovers used
- Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
- 1975 songs
- 1976 singles
- ABBA songs
- UK Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Germany
- Number-one singles in Australia
- Number-one singles in Austria
- Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
- Number-one singles in Belgium
- Irish Singles Chart number-one singles
- Number-one singles in New Zealand
- Number-one singles in Switzerland
- Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles
- Songs written by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
- Songs written by Stig Anderson
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- Swedish-language songs
- Polar Music singles
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In a vote by the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference head coaches, senior China Smith has been named the 2013-14 Co-Defensive Player of the Year as well as First Team All-Conference, announced the RMAC offices Wednesday.
Senior Alyssa Lopez became an All-Conference honoree for the third time when she was named to the Third Team for the season.
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ALBUQUERQUE — Seniors Cameron Bairstow and Kendall Williams put on a show in their final home game for No. 21 New Mexico, combining for 34 points Wednesday night to lead the Lobos to an 80-52 victory over Air Force.
Bairstow finished with 21 points and seven rebounds and Williams had 13 points for New Mexico (24-5, 15-2 Mountain West).
Leading 27-20, the Lobos closed the first half on a 7-0 run capped by a buzzer-beating dunk from Alex Kirk on an inbounds play for a 34-20 lead.
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Friday Baseball • LCC at Odessa (DH), noon, Odessa, Texas • NMHU vs. Colorado State-Pueblo, 3 p.m., Brandt Park • Robertson at Cobre tournament, TBA Basketball • Class 2A girls' state tournament: Mora vs. Tohatchi, 6 p.m., Montoya Gym • Class 3A girls' state tournament: Robertson vs. Silver, 6 p.m., Mike Marr Gym; West Las Vegas vs. Thoreau, 7 p.m., Gillie Lopez Gym Softball • LCC vs. Western Texas (DH), noon, Rodriguez Park Tennis
Seven area high school teams and their fans are gearing up for one of the most anticipated events on the calendar — the New Mexico Activities Association state basketball championships.
Or, as they call it 'round these parts, "State."
Teams learned their postseason pairings late Sunday, hours after the last of the district tournaments around the state had concluded. Considering how long the hoops season has been, things will happen now at a relentless pace.


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Vegetarian diets are healthier for kidney patients, compared with animal-based diets, according to a new study in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Patients who followed vegetarian diets had lower serum phosphorous levels, compared with those who consumed meat. Maintaining normal phosphorous levels is critical for patients with chronic kidney disease and is typically controlled by restricting intake.
Moe SM, Zidehsarai MP, Chambers MA, et al. Vegetarian compared with meat dietary protein source and phosphorus homeostasis in chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. Published ahead of print December 23, 2010. doi:10.2215/CJN.05040610.
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All Bay Harbor property owners, whose Associations are managed by Bay Harbor Company, should plan to "Save the Date" for their Annual Homeowners Association meetings which will be held over the Labor Day weekend.
Bay Harbor Association Bylaws require that an Annual meeting be held to satisfy the requirements set forth in the Bylaws and enable the Association to conduct the business of the Association. Members will also have the opportunity to review a brief overview of activities that are taking place in the greater Bay Harbor community, discuss Association matters including property maintenance and recent activities. There will also be opportunities to ask Bay Harbor Company and Bay Harbor Association Board of Directors specific questions.
A majority of these meetings are scheduled for Friday, August 31, 2012, between 8 a.m.-7 p.m. in the Bay Harbor Village Hotel Conference Center which is located on the second floor of the Lodge Building. A detailed schedule will be forthcoming.
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Melting ice caps are the canaries in the coal mines for the probable and impending global climate catastrophe. Arctic ice sheets endured record-breaking melt this summer with the annual thaw of the region's floating ice reaching the lowest level since satellite monitoring began more than 30 years ago. Kim Holmen, international director of the Norwegian Polar Institute, said to the BBC: "It is a greater change than we could even imagine 20 years ago, even 10 years ago. And it has taken us by surprise and we must adjust our understanding of the system and we must adjust our science and we must adjust our feelings for the nature around us." It is a run-on sentence that betrays the mounting anxiety scientists feel as governments around the world fail to heed their increasingly dire warnings. "As a scientist, I know that this is unprecedented in at least as much as 1,500 years," said Dr. Edmond Hansen, a researcher with the institute. "It is truly amazing—it is a huge dramatic change in the system." "This is not some short-lived phenomenon—this is an ongoing trend. You lose more and more ice and it is accelerating—you can just look at the graphs, the observations, and you can see what's happening." Researchers say the melting will not continue at a constant pace. The rate of melting increases as frozen water becomes liquid, just as ice cubes melt slowly at first and then faster as they become smaller and the water around them warms up. Advertisement New and Improved CommentsIf you have trouble leaving a comment, review this help page. Still having problems? Let us know. If you find yourself moderated, take a moment to review our comment policy. |


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Journal Sentinel TV and film critic Duane Dudek looks at life on the small and big screen, and some of the cool stuff on both.
Ten minutes with 'John Carter'
Disney has unleashed ten minutes of "John Carter" on the web.
The $250 million 3-D sci-fi fantasy film will be released in theaters Friday. The bare bones of the tale, about a Civil War soldier who finds himself between warring factions on Mars, hangs on the frame of 1912 story by "Tarzan" creator Edgar Rice Burroughs.
It was the first pulp novel ever for Burroughs, who was working as a pencil sharpener salesman when he wrote it. It is unlikely Burroughs would recognize the adaptation.
Check out the clip below, the entirety of which is set in the American West and introduces the character. Go here for more on Burroughs' creation of the story
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By: ISU Communications and Marketing Staff
September 29, 2010
The fall 2010 theatre season at Indiana State University opens next week with "The Baltimore Waltz."
Performances are scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Oct. 6-9 at the New Theatre.
"The Baltimore Waltz," written by Paula Vogel, follows an imaginary vacation of Anna and Carl, siblings based on Vogel and her brother. The siblings embark on a search for hedonistic pleasure and a cure for Anna's fictional terminal illness, known as ATD (Acquired Toilet Disease) which she contracted by using the bathrooms at the elementary school where she teaches.
Directed by Arthur Feinsod, ISU theatre professor, the play aims to address issues of loss, regret and acceptance of loved ones. Vogel wrote it as a tribute to her brother, who died of complications from AIDS in 1988.
Tickets go on sale Oct. 4 and can be purchased by calling 812-237-3333. There is free admission for ISU students with ID.
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"The Baltimore Waltz," written by Paula Vogel, follows an imaginary vacation of siblings Anna and Carl.
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Duffy's "Well, Well, Well" Remix by Low Sunday
November 10th, 2010Duffy's first album Rockferry was a massive global success. selling 6.5 million copies. She's back with a second album titled Endlessly, and its first single features The Roots. Check out the "Well, Well, Well" video here. Now she's also unveiled a remix of the catchy "Well, Well, Well" by Low Sunday.
Endlessly comes out December 7th on Mercury Records.
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The lead sponsors of legislation to fix the new school meal nutrition standard believe USDA erred in setting limits on the amount of grains and proteins cafeterias can serve students. Senators John Hoeven of North Dakota and Mark Pryor of Arkansas hope to make a short-term waiver issued by USDA last year to allow school cafeterias more time to adjust to the limits on grains and proteins permanent. Hoeven says the legislation - S. 427 - strikes a balance between the objective of providing nutritious meals and combating childhood obesity. The measure would keep the calorie limits placed on food servings intact. The lawmakers say they got involved because of students who complained the new menus left some feeling hungry and didn't meet the needs of student athletes.
The School Nutrition Association is supporting the measure. Association President Sandra Ford said the weekly limits tied the hands of providers who wanted to offer students choices in their meals. She noted a sandwich alternative with two slices of whole grain bread could push meals over the weekly maximum for grains - and a salad with grilled chicken and low-fat cheese exceeded weekly protein limits. In fact - at Ford's school - meeting the standard meant offering sandwiches only four days out of five as an alternative to the hot entrée options.
At the American Heart Association - Policy Research Director Laurie Whitsel says the substance of the Senate bill isn't worrisome. But Whitsel does believe it sets a bad precedent for Congress to get involved - and says it's important to ensure politics aren't influencing the implementation of legislation passed in 2010. Whitsel says implementation is best left to USDA.


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Man, AKA The Cheeseburglar, Assaults Girlfriend With Cheesy Deliciousness
Vincent Gonzalez assaulted his girlfriend with a cheeseburger. He's currently in the slammer with charges of battery, domestic violence and destruction of deliciousness.
The victim told sheriff's deputies that she was eating with boyfriend Vincent Gonzales in her car when the two began arguing. When she threw his drink out of the car window, he retaliated by hitting her in the face with a cheeseburger. He then pulled her from the car and struck her with the sandwich several more times.
Vincent, you stupid f***. Hands (and burgers) off women. I swear, I have a good mind to beat you within inches of your life with a footlong meatball sub. Eat fresh, bitch!
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Gary and Ann Bloemker of Brush would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Michelle Elizabeth Bloemker, to Beau Rex Bethers, son of Ross and Juanita Bethers of Torrington, Wyoming.
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The State of the Market: a Laptop Buying Guide
Although installing Linux on desktop PCs with standard hardware has become a snap, the same cannot be said as confidently for laptops. Getting all of a laptop's functionality to work on your own generally requires an investment of time and effort, which may not yield dividends in the end. If you need a Linux laptop that lets you open the box and get to work, we recommend the purchase of a preloaded machine from one of the many excellent vendors in today's marketplace.
When you begin your search for the perfect preloaded Linux laptop, you'll quickly learn the hard truth that we in the faithful Linux nation have fewer cutting-edge laptops than our Windows-running counterparts. Nevertheless, there is much to celebrate as life gradually becomes more fair for us. Innovation and new options are plentiful among both our old standby Linux hardware vendors and new, larger providers, such as Lenovo and Dell. Although we Linuxers most likely can't make every laptop out there run Linux, we have a wide selection from every category, with more variety arriving every day.
In addition to commending the ongoing efforts of the Linux hardware specialists, we warmly welcome Dell and Lenovo to the club of Linux laptop providers, happy the big vendors finally see the light. Unfortunately, both companies have started small and conservatively at one laptop apiece, each with fewer features than the exact same model with Windows Vista preloaded. Regardless, we wish these firms success and encourage them to let buyers purchase every PC they sell with Linux preloaded. We also hope this new competition will spur longtime Linux vendors to push themselves to offer even more variety and options at lower prices.
If you venture into the vast on-line PC marketplace, you'll find nearly a dozen US and Canadian firms (many more elsewhere, of course) peddling a wide range of laptop computers with Linux preloaded. Most of these firms are Linux specialists that load Linux onto and configure a third-party machine. In these firms' on-line stores, you'll have absolutely no problem finding a great selection of powerful, practical, business-oriented laptops with a 14.1", 15.4" or 17" display, a robust Core 2 Duo processor, buckets of RAM and a mammoth hard drive that cost less than $2,000. Almost without exception, you can configure your laptop as either a Linux-only or a dual-boot machine, with some vendors offering only Windows XP and others offering a choice between Windows XP or Vista. Unfortunately, the generalists, Lenovo and Dell, have decided to forgo the dual-boot option for now, which we predict will reduce their sales—we Linux folks demand a high degree of choice and control.
Specialty machines are harder to find in the Linux space, as are functioning specialty features on many of the available machines. Regarding specialty machines running Linux, if you want a screaming gaming machine, a media center or an ultraportable, your options are much more limited. In addition, when you're buying one of the available Linux machines, be a wary buyer because oftentimes a laptop will ship with, for example, a built-in Webcam, fingerprint scanner, cellular broadband capability or 802.11n Wi-Fi, but the vendor hasn't gotten it to work yet under Linux.
Despite the above complaints, you can find a limited number of interesting specialty laptops if you know where to look. One company to watch is Taiwan's ASUS, manufacturer of the most common laptops onto which the Linux specialists (such as R Cubed, LinuxCertified and HPC Systems) choose to preload Linux. The must-have device at the close of 2007 is the new ASUS Eee PC, a brand-new two-pound ultraportable with a 7" display that will sell for $259 and up. See below for more details.
If you have a quirky laptop need, perhaps the best place to look is at EmperorLinux, a company specializing in Linux-based laptops from a number of manufacturers, including Dell, Lenovo, Panasonic and Sony. Not only does EmperorLinux attempt to cover nearly every niche, including ultraportable, rugged, tablet and desktop replacements, but it also does the best job of making advanced features, such as GPS, cellular broadband, tablets and 802.11n Wi-Fi, work out of the box. See below for reviews of two laptops from EmperorLinux.
It also is heartening to know we have more options for protecting the environment when choosing a Linux laptop, as many of them are Energy Star-compliant. This means the device meets or exceeds criteria from the Environmental Protection Agency for energy consumption. Among other things, Energy Star-compliant notebooks must consume no more than 1W of power when off, 1.7W when hibernating and 22W when idle.
So that's the big picture; now, let's find a laptop that meets your needs. To give you a sense of what preloaded Linux laptops are available, we've created this laptop buyer's guide. We asked all the vendors we could find to send us their two most compelling machines for review. Although not every company took part, the ones below did. This guide is not intended to be exhaustive but rather a taste test of some currently available preloaded Linux laptops.
Below are mini reviews of seven different preloaded Linux laptops (eight if you include the ASUS Z84J sent by two different vendors) that you can buy today. The primary emphasis of these reviews is on the overall Linux experience and functionality, which surprisingly varies greatly among vendors. The secondary emphasis is on the feature sets. All machines, unless otherwise noted, came with integrated 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, which are standard features nowadays.
James Gray is Products Editor for Linux Journal
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Linux has become a key foundation for supporting today's rapidly growing IT environments. Linux is being used to deploy business applications and databases, trading on its reputation as a low-cost operating environment. For many IT organizations, Linux is a mainstay for deploying Web servers and has evolved from handling basic file, print, and utility workloads to running mission-critical applications and databases, physically, virtually, and in the cloud. As Linux grows in importance in terms of value to the business, managing Linux environments to high standards of service quality — availability, security, and performance — becomes an essential requirement for business success.
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UPDATED 12:09 PM EST Nov 30, 2012A driver is killed when his dump truck collides with an Amtrak train in Orange County.
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