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MADISON (WKOW) -- One of the two firms selected to manage Wisconsin's $25 million venture capital fund manages a similar program in New Mexico, which has lost money, and was put under increased oversight by state officials there for questionable investments.
Sun Mountain Capital, based in Sante Fe, New Mexico, joined Kegonsa Capital Partners of Fitchburg to form Sun Mountain Kegonsa. The Wisconsin Department of Administration announced last Friday that it has selected Sun Mountain Kegonsa to manage the state's new venture capital fund, which will provide money to start-up businesses and entrepreneurs in Wisconsin.
Venture capital expert Tom Still, President of the Wisconsin Technology Council, speaks highly of Sun Mountain and its managing partner Brian Birk, who is a Wisconsin native.
"Sun Mountain has done fund to funds in other states, in fact, in another country, Mexico," said Still.
But its in New Mexico where Sun Mountain Capital has had some problems managing a similar fund.
Sun Mountain Capital was established in 2006 and has managed the New Mexico Private Equity Investment Program since that time. That program invests state money in funds that in turn provide dollars to New Mexico-based companies.
The most recent financial report prepared by Sun Mountain Capital for the New Mexico State Investment Council (SIC) shows that program, worth $307 million as of June 2013, has operated at a loss of -2.3 percent since its inception in 1993.
The report notes the program's performance has improved recently, producing $6.5 million in returns since 2004. But since that time, only 40 percent of the funds in the program are above the median return rate for similar venture capital funds nationwide.
That report also shows 19 of the program's 28 funds have lost money since its inception. Of those funds, eight have been liquidated, while two others are in the process of being liquidated. That leaves 18 remaining funds in the program, 11 of which are currently operating at a loss.
"Its my understanding that Sun Mountain was brought on to help unravel some of the earlier issues, the first 13 years of that fund and to try to help clean it up," said Still. "That can be a long process in the venture capital world, though."
Minutes from a SIC meeting in April of 2012, show the council voted to establish more oversight of Sun Mountain Capital in an effort to increase the transparency with which the company makes investments.
The increased oversight of Sun Mountain came after the company invested state money in a company called Growstone — a spin-off of the New Mexico company Earthstone — without giving SIC the proper notice. SIC also learned that Brian Birk, Sun Mountain Capital's Managing Partner, sat on Growstone's Board of Directors.
The State Investment Council considered stripping Sun Mountain of its contract altogether at the time, but opted instead for the increased oversight of the program.
"We'll be looking closely at it, as will others," said Rep. Fred Clark (D-Barbaoo), who helped write the venture capital fund legislation.
Rep. Clark says he hasn't seen anything yet that would be a dealbreaker.
"We've got a lot of oversight built into the process and, if there's a true problem with this particular firm, I think we're gonna find that out very soon," said Clark.
The Department of Administration still has to work out a contract with Sun Mountain Capital, which must then be approved by the Legislative Audit Bureau and the Joint Finance Committee.
When asked about the selection of Sun Mountain to manage Wisconsin's fund, DOA Spokesperson Stephanie Marquis provided 27 News with a statement, which reads, "As part of the normal vetting process, multiple states were called to inquire about Sun Mountain's investment performance. All of the states contacted were happy with the fund management by the company."
Marquis states that DOA also received bids to manage the venture capital fund from Customized Fund Investment Group of Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC, and Community Development Venture Capital Alliance.
Capitol Bureau Chief Greg Neumann will have more on this story on 27 News at 5 and 6.
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This week Police are seeking 29 year old Brooke Huskey. She also goes by Brooke Bailey.
Brooke is wanted on charges of unlawful possession of a controlled substance with the intent to deliver.
She is 5'02", 170 pounds, and was last staying in the city of Pekin.
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Java is moving into archaic irrelevance faster than ever. That is, the language itself.
The JVM, however, is now more useful and relevant than it ever was. It used to be naught but an implementation detail. Now, rather, it's central to an entire ecosystem of languages that will inevitably send Java the way of C: used only when the greatest speed is necessary.
Scala is basically a next-generation Java. Java with functional programming, or really, vice versa. JRuby make Ruby actually scalable, given the presence of native threads and interoperability with existing enterprise libraries that commonly only ship in the form of Java or C# libraries. Clojure enables LISPers of yore and Schemers of new import explore functional programming as it used to be, without having to drop the wealth of Java libraries available. Ceylon, Groovy, Jython, and dozen of others are paving a way to give the JVM much more to do after Java becomes obsolete.
Java will never die - it'll just become like COBOL, Fortran, and C before it: used in enterprise software, operating systems, and outdated educational assessments.


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Watson does in fact have a buzz-in advantage: http://www.tnr.com/article/83337/ibm-watson-computer-jeopardyposted by k5.user at 8:55 AM on February 15, 2011
"According to David Shepler, who is IBM's Challenge Program Manager for the Watson project, "The buzzer is enabled when the clue is done being read, when Alex Trebek gets to that last syllable, and the guy off stage pushes a button. That's when people can buzz in, and at the same time a signal is sent to Watson saying the same thing—telling Watson that it can buzz in if it so desires." This is akin to playing against an opponent with near-perfect reflexes."
The best human contestants don't wait for, but instead anticipate when Trebek will finish reading a clue. They time their "buzz" for the instant when the last word leaves Trebek's mouth and the "Buzzer Enable" light turns on. Watson cannot anticipate. He can only react to the enable signal. While Watson reacts at an impressive speed, humans can and do buzz in faster than his best possible reaction time.Also, the tricky bugger knew right where that Daily Double was, didn't it? I guess the algorithm that places the Daily Double needs a little tweaking.


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Let's take a moment to sit back and remember all those times we cracked open a cold one, sat down on the couch and spent a few hours watching men and women of various sizes beat the ever-loving hell out of each other.
Here are the Top 5 mixed martial arts (MMA) events of 2013.
5. UFC 160: Velasquez vs. Bigfoot 2
UFC 160's pay-per-view (PPV) main card was a little slow to get going, as Donald Cerrone ground out K.J. Noons in the opening bout, but things picked up steam immediately after. T.J. Grant upset Gray Maynard via crushing knockout just two minutes into the first round, while Glover Teixeira took 31 seconds longer to choke out James Te Huna.
The Heavyweight doubleheader topping the card likewise delivered, Junior dos Santos and Mark Hunt dueling for 14 minutes before a spinning heel kick felled the Kiwi bruiser in the co-main. Antonio Silva was slightly more successful than last time in stopping Cain Velasquez's takedowns, but it didn't do him a lot of good when Cain caught him coming away and pounded him out in short order.
Lots of finishes and two quality Heavyweight scraps. Not bad at all.
4. UFC 164: Henderson vs. Pettis 2
After a terrific back-and-forth Featherweight scrap between Dustin Poirier and Erik Koch, the judges got to clock out early. After Ben Rothwell showcased actual cardio for the first time in his UFC career (with a little help from the TRT Fairy) in a third round knockout of Brandon Vera, Chad Mendes became the first man to ever stop Clay Guida with strikes, landing a crushing series of right hands in the third.
In the card's second Heavyweight bout, Josh Barnett put on a dirty boxing masterclass against Frank Mir before felling him with a knee, setting the stage for the Lightweight title fight.
And a fine title fight it was.
3. UFC on Fuel TV 10
Also known as "SubmissionPalooza 2013," this card broke the UFC record for sub finishes with a whopping eight taps/naps. On the main card alone, Rony "Jason" and Daniel Sarafian pulled out a triangle and arm-triangle, respectively, after which Erick Silva hit a bizarre triangle-armbar from back mount of the very savvy Jason High.
After Thiago Silva bucked the trend by blowing Rafael "Feijao" away with punches in one, Leonardo Santos won The Ultimate Fighter (TUF): "Brazil" with a second-round arm-triangle, after which Fabricio Werdum got his revenge on "Minotauro" Nogueira via armbar.
All in all, it was the perfect event to show your dingus friend who's wondering why the dudes in speedos are rolling around instead of kicking each other.
2. UFC 162: Silva vs. Weidman
We all know what happened in the UFC 162 main event (see photo above), but the card had plenty of quality entertainment. The under card "Prelims" opened with four straight brutal knockouts, including a one-hitter quitter from Brian Melancon on Seth Baczynski and Edson Barboza's second UFC stoppage via leg kicks.
The main card began with one of the year's more underrated scraps, a great back-and-forth battle between Cub Swanson and Dennis Siver that ended with a series of vicious punches from the American. A middling affair between Tim Kennedy and Roger Gracie was sandwiched between two solid fights, Mark Munoz vs. Tim Boetsch and Frankie Edgar vs. Charles Oliveira.
And then, of course, the main event, which featured Chris Weidman claiming Anderson Silva's Middleweight belt -- and soul -- courtesy of a left cross.
1. UFC on FOX 6
T.J. Grant set the tone for the evening in the final bout of the UFC on FOX 6 "Prelims," brutalizing Matt Wiman with a series of standing elbow in a tremendous display of violence.
Somehow, Ricardo Lamas one-upped him on Fox, pulverizing Erik Koch with ground-and-pound that very nearly qualified as a tactical carpet bombing. Anthony Pettis continued the trend, crumpling Donald Cerrone with a liver kick that forced "Cowboy" to succumb to strikes for the first time in his career.
After Glover Teixeira outgunned "Rampage" Jackson, John Dodson gave Demetrious Johnson the toughest fight of his Flyweight career, dropping him three times with brutal left hands. Undaunted, Johnson proceeded to take over in the clinch, using a relentless onslaught of knees and elbows to take the final frames and the judges' favor.
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Wind Power Unclothed: 'Economics in One Lesson' Applied (Hazlitt in 1946 versus AWEA today)
"Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be great enough in any case, but they are multiplied a thousand fold by a factor that is insignificant in, say, physics, mathematics or medicine – the special pleading of selfish interests."
- Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (1946)
A year ago, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) was desperately fighting against the scheduled expiration of its most prized federal subsidy, the wind production tax credit (PTC). As I wrote at that time, AWEA's argument–please government, keep our activity going for job creation and other economic gain–rested on a basic, long-debunked fallacy of economics.
AWEA believes that wind's "is" equals "ought"–that recorded activity is a per se good. But there is an opportunity cost of action–what is not seen but known to exist from the economic law of scarcity.
Wind interests conclude that resources expended by them come from thin air rather than from the productive sector (taxpayers, ratepayers). Resources that do not go to wind, in other words, are resources lost to the economy as a whole.
This is wrong. A free-market redirection of resources away from wind power would free land, labor, and capital (the factors of production) for goods and services as determined by consumers, not government. [Read more →]
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FERC's Wellinghoff: An Energy Technocrat Steps Down
"It is difficult to overestimate Jon [Wellinghoff]'s impact on the electricity industry in recent years — or for that matter in the years to come."
-Dan Delurey, Executive Director of the Association for Demand Response and Smart Grid
As the administrative head of an agency with approximately 1,500 employees and a $300+ million budget, the Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) sets the priorities of an otherwise fairly independent agency. [1] Current Chairman Jon Wellinghoff recently informed the Obama administration he would not seek an additional term, ending a seven-year stay as Commissioner (2006–09) and as Chairman (2009–2013).
Wellinghoff was appointed a FERC Commissioner in 2006 by President Bush, largely on the support of Harry Reid, his fellow Nevadan and ally in the Senate. With Reid's continued support and a staunchly pro-renewable record at FERC, Wellinghoff was promoted by President Obama from Commissioner to FERC Chairman in 2009.
Throughout his FERC career, as in his earlier career, Wellinghoff consistently advocated for more demand response and more renewable energy investment, including a new influx of transmission projects largely devoted to integrating wind projects.
Unfortunately, his futurist predictions about an inevitable and necessary "green" transition and his technocratic plans to effect such a change are misguided. He also stands as a key example of how the Obama administration has attempted sweeping policy shifts without legislative help by channeling efforts through federal agencies. For better or worse, the FERC Chairman does wield power, and Wellinghoff has not wielded it well.
June 17, 2013 4 Comments
FERC Order 1000: Cost Socialization for 'Green' Energy (NRDC, AWEA Rejoice)
"Regular people only need to understand that this is likely the most progressive clean energy action the federal government will take this year." – Center for American Progress
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is capable of making bold moves under the radar. Last year it imposed a $245 million sanction on a major utility without too much fuss. Beginning this year, as part of a landmark rulemaking called Order No. 1000, FERC will be lending a multi-billion-dollar hand to large wind developers.
According to FERC, "Order No. 1000 is a Final Rule that reforms the Commission's electric transmission planning and cost allocation requirements for public utility transmission providers."
At the risk of oversimplifying a 600+ page document, Order No. 1000 essentially adds a requirement that (1) transmission providers consider new projects driven by state and federal "public policy," and (2) planning regions do away with "participant funding," at least at the regional and inter-regional level, which means that transmission costs must be allocated over a broad region. There was also a third major requirement (that transmission providers remove language regarding the "right of first refusal" from their tariffs), but let's save that for another day.
If the combination of (1) and (2) above sounds like a rent-seeker's dream, then kudos for seeing through the jargon. To put it differently, regional electricity transmission plans must take state and federal public policies into account, no matter how costly or ineffective they are (think renewable energy mandates).
Then the costs of the transmission lines built according to those plans are socialized. How great is that if you're a large wind developer? States mandate that their citizens buy your intermittent power, and then a regulatory agency helps you spread one of your biggest costs far and wide, across state lines and to countless unaware consumers. [Read more →]
April 8, 2013 12 Comments
The Light Brigade: Confronting the Anti-Energy, Pro-Blackout Rally in DC
"We love energy with conviction, while they hate it with confusion."
- Alex Epstein
On Sunday, February 17th, 350.org and the Sierra Club hosted the "Forward on Climate" rally on the National Mall in Washington D.C. It was billed as the "largest climate rally in history." Just like the anti-Keystone XL rally in 2011, protesters pushed the Obama administration to continue to block the Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring crude oil from Alberta, Canada, to U.S. refineries.
But unlike the 2011 rally, Sunday's protesters were challenged by Alex Epstein and his Light Brigade, an "educational counter-protest" whose members wore bright yellow t-shirts and shared their sincere appreciation for life-giving energy. I am proud to say I was part of that group.
Alex et al. did a great job of explaining to an adamantly anti-oil crowd just how much better their lives are because of oil. It was interesting to watch people realize that their whole day was predicated on oil – the polyester clothes they were wearing, the ibuprofen they took that morning, the computer chips in their phones, their plastic water bottles, the synthetic rubber in their shoes, not to mention the gas in the cars they drove to get there (even an abridged list is mind-boggling).
However, one key point that unfortunately never sank in with anyone we talked to is that the climate has become dramatically safer with fossil fuel-driven industrial improvements. It seemed like no one cared about that crucial fact. [Read more →]
February 25, 2013 7 Comments
PURPA: Another Subsidy for Intermittent Energies
"PURPA has been the most effective single measure in promoting renewable energy."
What if Congress passed a law that forced you to buy intermittent energy for the same price as reliable energy? What if, in an attempt to promote "alternative" energy sources such as wind power, Congress passed a law that enabled wind to crowd out reliable resources? Congress actually passed that law in 1978, the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). Its role has changed and its scope has narrowed, but "PURPA is still alive and kicking."
President Jimmy Carter, working from the viewpoint that the federal government had to intervene in markets to reduce demand and increase supply, formulated PURPA as part of a five-part National Energy Plan.
Oil and gas were seen as wasting resources relative to plentiful coal, so public policy needed to transfer demand from the former to the latter. (This was before the global warming issue took hold.) Advised by peak-oil (and peak-gas) proponent James Schlesinger, the first secretary of the Department of Energy, Carter introduced a new energy plan for America. In a cozy fireside chat on national TV, Carter emphasized sacrifice, energy efficiency, and 55-degree thermostats as demand-side strategies to construct a new energy balance.
Other parts of the National Energy Plan included the Energy Tax Act (which introduced the gas-guzzler levy for vehicles), the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, the Power Plant and Industrial Fuel Use Act (repealed in 1987), and the Natural Gas Policy Act. These laws were aimed at reducing consumption of both natural gas and Arab oil.
The repealed Fuel Use Act essentially mandated that coal plants be built in place of natural gas-fired power plants (for nine years it was against the law to build a natural gas-fired power plant, although exemptions were granted). Given the recent surge in production of natural gas from shale formations in the U.S. and elsewhere, the idea of conserving natural gas seems absurd. It also runs contrary to PURPA's secondary goal to promote fuel diversity.
PURPA can be seen as yet another element of conservation by decree, or conservationism, based on the view that resources are fixed in both the physical sense and the economic sense. It was an integral part of Carter's and Congress' technocratic solution to the "fixity" problem as they saw it. [Read more →]
January 22, 2013 5 Comments
Economic Failure at U.S. EPA: NAM Study Raises the Hard Questions
A recent study commissioned by the National Association of Manufacturers critically assessed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's cost- benefit analysis with respect to six key regulations: Utility MACT, Boiler MACT, Coal Combustion Residuals, the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, Cooling Water Intake Structures, and Ground-Level Ozone. The NAM study details the significant differences between EPA's cost estimates and those of industry sources, while highlighting problems and inconsistencies with EPA's methodology. Most importantly for manufacturers, the study estimates the impact of EPA rules on the manufacturing industry, directly and through indirect macroeconomic effects.
A key finding of the report is that "the annual compliance costs for all six regulations range from $36 billion to $111.2 billion (by EPA estimates) and from $63.2 billion to $138.2 billion (by industry estimates)." Notably, the study was picked up in the trade press and recognized by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which reiterated the study's finding that "major new EPA rules could cost manufacturers hundreds of billions of dollars and eliminate millions of American jobs."
Textbook Regulation: Forgetting Government Failure
The NAM study acknowledges significant gains in air and water quality in the United States since the creation of the EPA but contends that federal regulators are up against steeply diminishing returns.
After more than 40 years of improvement in air and water quality, further progress is still possible. But how much more? What would be the benefits? And at what cost? Economics is about making the best use of scarce resources, and public policy formulation must heed its implications: policy decisions may produce economic benefits, but they also impose costs. Economics also teaches the theory of diminishing marginal returns, which holds that even though an additional unit of input may generate more output, there is a point beyond which the addition to total output from each new increment of input begins to decline. These economic concepts are relevant to the public's understanding of the implications of these emerging EPA regulations.
Or, as Julian Simon put it when he discussed the trade-offs of dealing with pollution: [Read more →]
January 9, 2013 2 Comments
Bastiat on Malthus: Wisdom from 1850 for Optimism Today
"If we face the facts courageously, we shall see that a large area has been left open for the exercise of our initiative."
The holiday season is not only a time to count our blessings, but also to imagine (or perhaps simply recognize) an ever-improving future for ourselves and the broader society. To that end, we can be thankful that the theories of doom-and-gloom are wrong, and the disastrous predictions drawn from those theories bear no resemblance to reality.
Being both a great fan of the 19th century classical-liberal political economist Frederic Bastiat and a critic of neo-Malthusianism, I was surprised to discover recently that Bastiat devoted an entire chapter of his work "Economic Harmonies" to Malthus's theory on population. As Master Resource readers probably know, it was Malthus's theory on population that prompted historian Thomas Carlyle to refer to economics as "the dismal science."
It was also Malthus's theory on population that spawned the still-thriving "neo-Malthusian" worldview, which has been laughably wrong but still bleeds into discussions on energy policy. Fears of rampant population growth leading to environmental degradation and shortages in food, resources, energy, etc. were at the core of the environmental movement in the early stages, and neo-Malthusianism still colors the debate on energy abundance and the "sustainable" use of energy-rich resources such as fossil fuels. Prominent neo-Malthusian Paul Ehrlich has even said "[m]y view has become depressingly mainline!" Yes, depressing indeed. [Read more →]
December 7, 2012 2 Comments
Saving the Wind Industry: Henry Hazlitt's Lesson Applied Today
"Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man. This is no accident. The inherent difficulties of the subject would be great enough in any case, but they are multiplied a thousand fold by a factor that is insignificant in, say, physics, mathematics or medicine – the special pleading of selfish interests."
- Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson (1946)
Henry Hazlitt (d. 1993) was born on this day in 1894. As has been done with other great classical liberal thinkers at MasterResource, this post celebrates Hazlitt's birthday by applying his thinking to the current policy debate.
Specifically, Chapter 14 of Hazlitt's book Economics in One Lesson, "Saving the X Industry," despite being published in 1946, enlightens the current discussion about the wind production tax credit, which is set to expire at the end of this year unless Congress extends it.
I first read Hazlitt's book while studying economics in college. It was a refreshing departure from the textbooks I was reading at the time, which were more numbers-focused and removed from reality. Economics in One Lesson is easy reading (some might say that's because the truth is easy to understand), but for me it carried much more weight than the average textbook. It reframed my thinking and showed how widespread the broken window fallacy (the fallacy of believing that destruction creates positive net economic activity) is in our energy debates.
Economics in One Lesson traces through the many applications of the broken window fallacy, as they arose in past debates over economic policy. Those selfish interests repeated the same argument for nearly all industries that struggled to succeed in a competitive environment, so Hazlitt devoted a chapter to the "X" industry (the fill-in-the-blank industry). [Read more →]
November 28, 2012 3 Comments
'Demand Response' in Electricity: Economists vs. FERC on (Over)Pricing
"The [Federal Energy Regulatory] Commission's recent progress in promoting competitive wholesale energy markets has the potential to be undone as a result of this well-meaning, but misguided Rule."
- FERC Commissioner Philip Moeller, "Demand Response Compensation in Organized Wholesale Energy Markets," Order No. 745 (2011).
Renewable energy subsidies are at the forefront of the public policy debate with constant talk of "green" jobs and the looming expiration of the production tax credit, a familiar subject at this blogsite. But qualifying renewables get other subsidies too, such as accelerated depreciation and state-level must-buy mandates.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), regulating interstate electricity, is arguably subsidizing another favorite "green" resource – the practice of energy abstinence called "demand response."
FERC Order Nos. 745 and 745-A established, for the first time, a uniform compensation scheme for demand response in organized electricity markets. Before Order No. 745, each regional transmission organization was free to develop its own compensation scheme, and demand response was already being implemented in organized markets such as PJM. Commenters disagreed with several aspects of the order, including the appropriate level of compensation. When FERC denied rehearing on that issue (and others), protesters sought review by the Court of Appeals (Electric Power Supply Ass'n, et al. v. FERC, No. 11-1486, et al.). The case is at the briefing stage, with oral arguments to be scheduled.
The MasterResource-worthy part of this case is the amicus brief filed by a group of academic energy economists. It takes a lot for economists to agree in the first place, let alone to jointly file a 30-page brief on a nuanced issue in the field of electricity markets. To raise the stakes a bit, I should also note that one of FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff's main priorities, along with integrating renewables, is encouraging demand response. A reversal on this issue would be a big deal.
Background: 'Demand Response'
Retail electricity customers tend to pay a fixed rate for their electricity. However, in organized wholesale markets, the price of electricity at different points in the transmission grid can vary widely between seasons and even throughout the day depending not only on demand and supply, but also on transmission constraints. That wholesale market price is often referred to as the Locational Marginal Price (LMP).
That price structure means there is a disconnect between wholesale and retail electricity markets, and therefore retail customer usage is not responsive to wholesale price fluctuations. This can be troublesome as price-insulated electricity demand reaches the upper limits of the grid's physical capacity to supply. Grid reliability is threatened, and despite sky-high prices at the wholesale level, retail customers carry on using electricity, blind to the wholesale price signal.
Enter demand response (or imputed demand response to be fair to the electricity nerds out there). The promise of demand response is to bridge the wholesale-retail gap by giving retail customers the incentive to withhold consumption when wholesale prices are high, easing the strains on the system at times of peak electricity usage. This "peak-shaving" effect can strengthen the reliability of the system and put off costly transmission investments. However, significant differences of opinion remain as to the best way to send wholesale price signals to retail customers. This is where the economists and the FERC majority are at odds.
The FERC Majority: Pay Demand Responders Full LMP
In Order No. 745, FERC reasoned that, "when a demand response resource has the capability to balance supply and demand as an alternative to a generation resource," the demand response resource should be paid the full LMP. Some commenters agreed – some not so much. As FERC stated: [Read more →]
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Energy Consumers vs. Regulators: Who Knows Best? (Mercatus study stands up to critics)
"Perhaps the main failure of rationality is that of the regulators themselves."
-Ted Gayer and W. Kip Viscusi, authors, Overriding Consumer Preferences with Energy Regulations
In a working paper for the Mercatus Center titled Overriding Consumer Preferences with Energy Regulations, economists Ted Gayer and W. Kip Viscusi examine several energy use regulations and the accompanying Benefit-Cost Analyses (BCAs). They find the regulations would not pass a BCA (provide net benefits) without two assumptions: first, that individuals make systematic and financially significant mistakes in their energy consumption choices, and second, that government policies can correct these mistakes.
The regulations cited in the paper include mileage requirements for vehicles and energy efficiency standards for household appliances and light bulbs. The BCA numbers are telling – the authors show, for example, that the vast majority (about 85 percent) of the estimated benefits of the mileage requirements proposed in 2011 accrue to the individual user, mostly in the form of avoided fuel costs.
Without counting these private benefits (strictly counting avoided external costs, including CO2 emissions), the regulation would fail the BCA. That is, the regulations only make economic sense if we assume consumers behave irrationally when left to their own devices.
"Energy Efficiency Gap"
One type of irrationality discussed in the paper manifests as an energy efficiency gap, defined by some as "the difference between the actual level of energy efficiency and the higher level that would be cost-effective from the individual's or firm's point of view." (International Energy Agency, 2007) The idea is that consumers neglect significant future energy savings by forgoing gainful investments in more energy-efficient cars, appliances, light bulbs, etc. According to proponents of the concept, consumers in such situations reveal irrationally high discount rates by their willingness to pay higher energy costs over the life of the product.
However, the authors criticize the concept of the energy efficiency gap on several levels, including the basic methodology for calculating the gap. "Since the engineering studies focus only on capital costs and operating costs," the authors find, "they do not allow for any heterogeneity of preferences and use of products across consumers." [Read more →]
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We've been focusing our energy in opening faculty meetings this year on building capacity in the culture of Prep–around respect, shared trust, deep listening skills. Culture–the habits and practices that reflect what we value and believe–is the most important work we do, shaping the interactions that define each school day.
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Despite Haters, Golf Champ Bubba Watson Continues Tweeting About God
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5 Toxins of the Tongue That Can Poison Your Marriage
Have any, or many, of these toxins been injected into your marriage? If so, read here to discover some antidotes you can use to counteract their effects. read more
Where Are All the Godly Men in America?
Read why Saddleback Church's Kenny Luck says men's ministry in this country has become stagnant—and what can be done to fix the problem. read more
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God leads us in small steps, not by leaps. Discover how you can get strategically motivated to take those steps with God. read more
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Heyman: Rangers and Dodgers bid in excess of 160 miillion
If this is true, it appears the Angels are out of the Greinke sweepstakes. The Angels have a need for more than just one starter so it is unlikely the Angels pay that much to get Greinke. 161 million for five or six years is a stiff price to pay. Unless Greinke takes a discount to stay (He has said its one of the 5 organizations he deeply respects). Dipoto would be better off finding a cheaper option to fill the three. For the Angels sake, lets hope the Dodgers come out on top to spurn the Rangers.


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Our struggle against obesity is going to take courage.
New York City and its mayor are showing us how.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proposed a ban on the sale of soft drinks in restaurants, movie theaters, sports arenas and similar venues in portions larger than 16 ounces. The ban, which still has to be approved by the New York City Board of Health, would also include other sweetened beverages and so-called energy drinks.
Bloombergs proposal has drawn criticism from the soft drink industry and other obesity industry apologists who say its indicative of a nanny state that wants to limit personal freedom.
The same crowd said the same thing when New York moved to ban cigarette smoking in restaurants and required trans fat and calorie labels on restaurant menu boards.
They say putting limits on the sale of sugar-packed drinks is extreme.
You know whats extreme? Drink cups that take two hands to hold.
New Yorks initiative is an example of the kind of leadership its going to take to turn around our nations weight crisis.
Obesity-linked diseases and conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease and arthritis are robbing us of our health and happiness. The causes of obesity are complex but include a web of economic, political and social factors that make it hard for individuals to use willpower alone to control their weight.
Any serious solution has to include government involvement in regulating the food industry to make the food environment more conducive to good health.
We eat and drink too much too often. Its making us sick and killing us, but theres a food system in place that includes a lot of powerful industry stakeholders who stand to lose financially if changes are made that change the status quo.
New Yorks big drink ban, if put in place, is likely to be adopted in other places around the country, following the Big Apples example.
Some of us can remember the days before cars had air bags and folks didnt want to use their seat belts. It took government to change those norms.
There is a role for government to play in helping people maintain healthy weights. New York is doing the right thing.
Suzanne Havala Hobbs is a registered dietitian and clinical associate professor in the Departments of Health Policy and Management and Nutrition in the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Send questions and comments to firstname.lastname@example.com. and follow her on Twitter, @suzannehobbs.


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With the lockout back on, the biggest let down after the draft to me was that teams aren't allowed to sign undrafted free agents. Granted, these guys don't necessarily make that much of an impact, but obviously names like Rod Smith come to mind when we talk about undrafted free agents. So here's a quick breakdown of some of the guys the Broncos brass may be targeting once the lockout is lifted in some form.
Alexander Linnekohl - C - OSU, 6' 1" 304 lbs - Is a durable pivot, starting the past three seasons, smart and tough, he is somewhat limited athletically due to his short nature, but could make a decent back-up center and would serve as some good competition to Walton in camp.
Kendrick Burney - CB - UNC, 5' 9", 186 lbs - A three year starter with good ball skills, Burney remind me somewhat of a guy from Wake Forest that we drafted a couple of years ago and now plays for the Lions. Burney is not that fast but is a very good technician and has good feet, tough, he likely would be a nickle or dime CB and ST player for the Broncos.
Ladi Aijboye - DE/DT - South Carolina, 6' 1" 297 lbs - A very durable starter, Ladi started the second most games of any gamecock. Athletically nothing impresses as his 40 yard time was very pedestrian at 5.24 and his bench reps were also pedestrian at 24; howver, he is another guy who just can play and has proven it over the years. Likely a PS player, he plays with great determination and heart.
Brandon Bair - DE/DT - Oregon, 6'6" 276 lbs - Bair surprised me he didn't get drafted, this kid has been very productive in college ranking 5th in the nation for tackles for loss and is a good athlete. Maybe caught between being too small to be a DT and a little too slow to be a DE. I think he will be a DT in the pros and could become a very effective wave DT in the Broncos system. He rates high on my radar as a kid we should try to sign.
Ian Williams - NT/DT - Notre Dame, 6' 1" 296lbs - Again, not a guy that wows in shorts, he has proven to be an effective starter for Notre Dame the past two seasons. Playing NT in a 3-4, he would need to probably play the three technique in the Broncos defense, as he doesn't have the bulk to play the other tackle position.


text: Suh and Lions agee to terms on a 5 year contract. looks like the big guy is gonna come to camp. whether or not this has anything to do with Dom and Schwartz talking about this in the media I don't know. however I am really happy this deal is making strong moves. Lets get this guy in here and build the chemistry needed to win consistantly. Also Everyone seems really impressed with Best and that makes me very happy!


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Seiko Criteria Limited Edition SNA299P1 Pilot's Watch with Slide Ruler
Limited Edition 508/600
From the box this limited edition seems to be
available in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore only. I had seen them in June
2003 and was fascinated with the internal slide ruler. I only discovered it was
transparent after I bought it, what a nice surprise. The coating is most likely
PVD, so one has to be very careful not to scratch it.
The biggest surprise was the Alarm chime. For a metal cased SEIKO 7T62 very loud and surprise, a different alarm sound. This one is almost audible Seriously, it is a lot louder then the one in the many 7T32 that are in my collection and it seems the higher pitch makes it a lot more audible.


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Marty St. Louis has requested a trade from the #Lightning, Newsday confirmed.— Sam Carchidi (@BroadStBull) February 26, 2014
Although it was previous just a rumour, evidently it's now been confirmed. Can't imagine St. Louis in any other uniform. Anyone think there's a chance in detroit he ends up an Av? (I don't.) Edit, probably won't be an Av: "Martin St Louis wants a trade and will only move to the Rangers."
The unexpected yet entirely predictable return of the classic blog featuring commentary on Team USA's travails in the men's Olympic hockey tournament Sochi.
An introduction to team Corsi in even strength situations and how it applies to the Avs. I've touched on this idea before commenting on other posts, but wanted to give a full in-depth explanation to a) actually justify why the numbers I was using are relevant, and b) show that I'm not just talking out of my ass. The Flames turned out to be the perfect team to frame us against, so looks like it was my (statistically) lucky day! This post also has a chart, so it's practically a scientific paper.
Matt Duchene receives the Top Tenth and First goal of the week
"Nobody is ready to hand him a Norris Trophy just yet, but Sarich has been the Avs' best defenseman in their 3-0 start"
Landeskog-Stastny-Tanguay/ O'Reilly-Duchene-Downie/ McGinn-MacKinnon-Parenteau/ McLeod-Mitchell-Bordeleau/ What do we think? Obviously top 2 are 1/1A and will split time, but it is hard not to be excited when your 3rd line looks like that. What do we expect the production to be for each?
No surprise since they practiced together in the offseason but they may end up playing together during the Olympics "Sidney Crosby and Matt Duchene are both invited to the National mens Olympic selection camp in Calgary. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche young guns have been skating together with a group of NHL and AHL players in Halifax. Coach Mike Babcock might consider playing them together as they appear to have a strong chemistry after skating together for the past 3 weeks."
New Avs goalie coach on the state of Canadian goaltending development.
I feel like Bigras should be in there somewhere.
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Even America's liberal elites concede that Obama's Presidency is crumbling
Democrats in Congress are no longer asking themselves whether this is going to be a bad election year for them and their party. They are asking whether it is going to be a disaster. The GOP pushed deep into Democratic-held territory over the summer, to the point where the party is well within range of picking up the 39 seats it would need to take control of the House. Overall, as many as 80 House seats could be at risk, and fewer than a dozen of these are held by Republicans.
Political handicappers now say it is conceivable that the Republicans could also win the 10 seats they need to take back the Senate. Not since 1930 has the House changed hands without the Senate following suit.
Is this a piece from National Review, The Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal or Fox News.com, all major conservative news outlets in the United States? No. It's a direct quote from yesterday's Washington Post, usually viewed by conservatives as a flagship of the liberal establishment inside the Beltway. The fact The Post is reporting that not only could Republicans sweep the House of Representatives this November, but may even take the Senate as well, is a reflection of just how far the mainstream, overwhelmingly left-of-centre US media has moved in the last month towards acknowledging the scale of the crisis facing the White House.
To its credit, The Washington Post has generally been ahead of the curve compared to its main competitors such as The New York Times in reporting President Obama's travails, but its striking front page coverage of the "Democrats' plight" and talk of a possible GOP Senate win (regarded as fantasy just a fortnight ago) was a bold step for a publication that is probably read in every office of the Obama administration.
The Post also ran another headline yesterday on its front page – "Republicans making gains ahead of midterm elections" – which would undoubtedly have sent a shudder through the White House. It carried a new poll commissioned jointly with ABC News, which showed public faith in Barack Obama's leadership has fallen to an all-time low, with just 46 percent approval. The Washington Post-ABC News survey revealed high levels of public unease with President Obama's handling of the economy, with 57 percent of Americans disapproving, and 58 percent critical of his handling of the deficit.
For most of the year, America's political and media elites, including the Obama team itself, have touted the notion of an economic recovery (which never materialised), significantly underestimated the rise of the Tea Party movement, and questioned the notion that conservatism was sweeping America. It is only now hitting home just how close Washington is to experiencing a political revolution in November that will fundamentally change the political landscape on Capitol Hill, with huge implications for the Obama presidency. What was once a perspective confined largely to Fox News, online conservative news sites, or talk radio is now gaining ground in the liberal US print media as well – historic change is coming to America, though not quite the version promised by Barack Obama.
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41% thought Andy Carroll was Newcastle's best player at Manchester United on Monday night in our poll after the game, with center-back Mike Williamson coming in second on 21%
Mike Williamson – good first game in Premier League
That was Mike's very first game in the Premier League and he played very well indeed, in what was a very tough game for Newcastle first match back.
Williamson talked about how the lads are regrouping, after the walloping they took at Old Trafford, and he told the Evening Chronicle today:
"We'll recover, regroup and go again." "That's what the boys are about – that's what the team spirit's there for." "We know we're going to drop points, but it's about regrouping and going again."
"It's going to be a very tough season, but Man United aren't going to knock our confidence." "Every game's going to be different and bring its own tests."
"It's an obvious thing to say, but week-in, week-out, there won't be an easy game in this league."
James Milner has finally wrapped up his move to mancsheter City so he will not be playing, but new boy Stephen Ireland could well make his debut on Sunday for Aston Villa.
James sold for £26M, which is a cool £14 M more than we sold him to Aston Villa for a short two years ago.
But it was to Manchester City, who are paying way over the odds for the players they are bringing in, and making a complete travesty of the transfer market, having already paid out over £1B in transfers since the new owners came in a couple of year back.
When is somebody going to stop this madness?
It's a real pity Newcastle didn't have a sell-on clause in that contact with Villa – because the Tyneside club could have netted £3M to £ 4M on the deal – but hopefully the club will live and learn with those past mistakes.
But Aston Villa are hardly a team in turmoil as Williamson continued:
"The quality throughout their team and squad is clear to see – you can talk about things off the field, but when the boys cross the white line, there's a job to do." "Politics doesn't come into it."
"It'll be an almighty task – we're at St James' Park, and there's an onus on us to go out and play football, dominate, and impose our own game rather than looking at them too much."
"It'll be another great game, and another chance for us to get three points."
Sol Campbell is slowly and surely getting closer to his full fitness and a comeback date , but Williamson will want to put in another solid display like at Old Trafford and he continued:
"I've got the shirt at the minute, and all I can do is keep working hard every day in training, and try to improve." "That's all I can do. I've got to learn from the players around me, and put in 100% every day."
"We need to pick up a lot of points at home, and get what we can on the road."
It may be a little short-sighted just to replace Williamson with Sol, when Campbell is fit, as we seem to have some problems at right back, with James Perch not having a good start in the Premier league on Monday night.
Maybe one of the center-backs can give it a go at right back and see how they do. We're sure that thinking is already in the mind of Chris Hughton, although we all have to hope that James can come into his own soon.
After all, it was the very first game of the season, and he'll learn a lot from the experience.
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5.2 million. That's how many children between the ages of three and 17 were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in 2011, according to a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It's one of the most common mental disorders in our nations youth, and more cases are being diagnosed now than ever.
Meaning, chances are high that you know someone, or are even dealing with yourself, a child who has ADHD.
Allen is Alanna's youngest of four children, all of whom have ADHD.
"ADHD is neuro-biological disorder. It's basically developmental in nature and it affects the frontal lobes of our brain," says Profession Counselor Tally Salisbury with YFS.
That's the part of the brain where we process information, solve problems, and make future decisions.
"Kind of like the conductor of an orchestra, so it's almost as if kids with ADHD, it's like the conductor steps off the podium," says Salisbury.
Meaning Allen needs structure, and routine to be successful.
"Routine is very very important to him, if you get off track on that routine, it's disturbs him really bad," says Allen's mother Alanna.
Meaning Alanna must do things to keep Allen interested.
"We do all sorts of hobbies, we make cards, we make gifts," she says.
"They can pay attention to things that they are interested in. But they can have difficulties sometimes even argue and fight to do things that they are not interested in," says Salisbury.
And it can be hard on parents. "At times yeah, I want to pull my hair out but that's the time you know what? We can take time outs," says Alanna.
Alanna says it's a lot of give and take raising a child with ADHD. "He has to learn and I have to learn," she says. "Anybody that is willing to help, you need to look for that extra hand. YFS has been wonderful to us."
Counselors like Salisbury have plenty of advice. "There's a lot of things parents can do to help their children. First of all don't concentrate on attention and don't belittle the child. Because when you're brain isn't awake, when it doesn't have a conductor on the podium it's pretty difficult to make the choices," says Salisbury.
And children with ADHD can be very successful. Allen is currently excelling in school.
"He has an imagination that you will not believe. I think he's going to direct movies," says Alanna.
ADHD diagnoses vary greatly based on gender.
The CDC reports 13.2% of boys and only 5.6% of girls were diagnosed with the disorder. Salisbury says that is because people accept girls as being more talkative and hyper in younger ages.


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Transformers – a film about robots from space that can change into cars and trucks – was released just prior to the July 4th. The storyline is that evil robots have come to destroy earth. Good robots team up with the
On the face of it, Transformers would appear to be a film directed at the pre-teen male audience, but I'd like to examine some of its underlying assumptions. The story starts with American military forces in
Initially, the Pentagon is unsure as to who the enemy is. The brass ask, is it
Eventually, the evil robots are exposed as the source of the attack on Earth. Of course, the good robots come to the humans' rescue. In this, they are aided by the
Air attacks are not as accurate as they are portrayed. Non-combatants, including women and children, are often killed by air attacks. Homes and neighborhoods, shelter, water and sanitation, people's livelihoods are destroyed. In the military parlance, this is called "collateral damage."
It is estimated that since the March 2003 assault on
So, here is another assumption in Transformers, that high tech weaponry is a good thing, and that it is only used to kill the bad guys.
At one point, we witness a good robot doing amazing things. Well, who could have come up with such clever gadgets? "It's probably Japanese," the hero says. Then a good robot does something even more amazing. "It's definitely Japanese." Perhaps this is intended as an in-joke for those who are aware that Transformers started as a Japanese toy in the 1970s. The TV programs were effective advertisements for the toys.
Let's take a little closer look at the assumptions here. Japanese aren't demonized in the way that, say, North Koreans or Iranians might be. (Indeed, former Prime Minister Koizumi deployed Japanese troops in
If anything, the Japanese might have been responsible for building good robots. In the end, it turn out that both the good and bad robots are aliens from outer space – but powerful weapons are manufactured by "our side" aren't labeled WMDs.
Perhaps it is useful to view Transformers as a parable about the role of militarism and the weapons industry in our present-day mythology. The evil robots are akin to WMDs in the hands of rogue (Axis of Evil) nations. The good robots are akin to "our" high-tech weaponry. Transfomers serves as a morality play for the next generation to be taught the lies of our times.
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WYMAN: NFPA standards currently mandate that bunker gear be replaced after no more than 10 years. The life span of the gear itself really depends on the amount of use it gets, so for some departments that see a lot of fires, it might not be realistic to expect 10 years of usable life for a set of gear, whereas for other departments that don't catch much fire the opposite might be true. That said, departments should be more focused on making certain that the gear they have offers members a level of protection that allows them to do their jobs safely, efficiently and effectively 100% of the time. With technological improvements in bunker gear happening at an increasing pace, the wisdom of extending the wear life of a set of gear past the 10-year point is something that each individual department will have to weigh versus the threat their members face.
MORDECAI: It is incorrect to say that the expected service life of turnout gear is 10 years. Many departments replace their turnout gear every five years and active departments may get less. The NFPA 1851 standard says that gear shall be retired not later than 10 years from the date of manufacture if it hasn't been retired earlier. Don't forget that gear that is 10 years old is also two standards old and consequently even if it still provides basic protection, it isn't likely to meet current standards. This is personal protective equipment. It's hard to imagine anything more important than making sure that your turnout gear is clean, inspected and meeting current standards.
LEHTONEN: With proper cleaning, inspection and repair the life span of PPE can be extended, just like an automobile that has been properly maintained since its purchase. However, PPE life span is variable because frequency of use varies from fire department to fire department, and exposure conditions vary from incident to incident.
Proper maintenance means you can expect PPE to remain safe for use longer than if you didn't maintain it. For example, a department that typically averaged five years' use from their PPE without regular maintenance could increase average life to seven years with proper maintenance. However, the real benefit of maintenance is that firefighters are wearing PPE that has been evaluated and deemed as remaining safe for use. The reference in NFPA 1851 (2008 edition) to 10 years is a limit and not intended to suggest average wear life. The standard says PPE should never be in service for longer than 10 years. In addition to wear and tear, advancements in technologies and changes in minimum standards requirements also render gear obsolete over a 10-year period.
NICHOLAS: Most likely not, as NFPA 1971 is revised approximately every five years, meaning the gear will be functionally obsolete after 10 years even if it is still serviceable.
UNDERWOOD: I'm not aware of anyone that recommends wearing his or her PPE for 10 years, even when properly maintained. While it may last 10 years, it does lose strength and ultimately protective capability over time. I believe most recommend gear replacement around five years and I don't see this changing anytime soon. With that said, the materials we use today are far more advanced than a decade ago, stronger and tougher and more durable, but safety must remain the first priority.
HANSEN and KRUSE: It is very individual from department to department and user to user. However, we do see gear with a longer life span without decreased thermal performance. This includes some of the gear we sell in other markets too.
Q: Boots are primarily manufactured of rubber or leather. Is any new type of material being considered for future release?
NASCIMENTO: Magnum has developed the Shield WPi, a new public order boot that incorporates "ion-mask" technology, a liquid-repellent nano-coating that is applied during production. Due to the "ion-mask" process, the Magnum Shield WPi is quite possibly the only duty boot that can be effectively decontaminated of CBRN agents. It can also be successfully cleaned of blood-borne pathogens; is waterproof, breathable and fire retardant; has a steel toe-cap and penetration resistant plate; and is tested and certified to European EN20347:2004 standard.
LEHTONEN: Boots constructed using combinations of materials continue to be developed. Use of fabric in strategic areas of the boot can make them lighter, more flexible and more comfortable to wear. Consideration to the styles of footwear worn in the military may apply to the fire service with the proper application of materials and technology. As with our other PPE products, LION is focused on research, development and innovation for the next generation of protective footwear for the fire service.
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Ricky Carmichael's Martinsville Rain Parade
After stopping the clocks with a qualifying time of 20.710 at 91.434 miles per hour, Ricky Carmichael was slotted in at spot number 29 on the starting grid for the Kroger 250. A 250-lap, 131.5-mile race on the 0.526-mile oval known as Martinsville Speedway, the paperclip shaped track marked not only marked the fourth race of rookie Ricky Carmichael's still very young NASCAR, but also his first on an elite short track. Today's race was scheduled to go green at 2:00 P.M. (EST), however the rain gods were did cooperate in dreary Virginia, a steady light rain soaking the track and keeping Carmichael seated inside his #4 Oakley/KHI All-Stars Chevrolet Silverado. With all kinds of crazy colors showing precipitation in various forms all over the local weather radar screen, at Noon, NASCAR decided to call the race. The Kroger 250 has now been postponed to 12 Noon (EST) on Monday, March 30, 2009.
White Line Fever: Carmichael and #4 Oakley Chevy Trucks Around Martinsville
Just three races into his rookie season in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, Ricky Carmichael was hit from behind, sent spinning into a multi-car wreck and placed an ill-deserved 24th on the 2.5-mile Daytona superspeedway, was eighth at the 2.0-mile Auto Club Speedway D-oval in Fontana, California and was, due to no fault of his own, crashed at 180 miles per hour-plus on the 1.54 mile Atlanta Motor Speedway. But now comes round four of the series: The Kroger 250. A 250-lap, 131.5-mile race staged on Martinsville Speedway, a 0.5276-mile, 12-degree banked oval, it is the smallest at oldest track in all of NASCAR. Words by Eric Johnson
Daytona 500
Stewart won the Camping World 300 on Saturday, holding off the always aggressive Kyle Busch on the final lap for the thrilling victory. at the Daytona International Speedway. Oakley's Clint Bowyer placed third.