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(08/20/12) - A portion of I-75 in Saginaw County was closed Monday afternoon due to an accident.
A van from a local linen service collided with a Viper car.
The vehicles were southbound at M-81 when the crash occurred.
The crash caused the van to roll over and traffic was rerouted onto M-81, then back onto I-75.
There were no injuries.
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American Mardy Fish has advanced to the fourth round of the 2011 U.S. Open with a straight set win over Kevin Anderson of South Africa at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Fish, the No. 8 seed, had his hands full with the 34th-ranked Anderson, needing over three hours and a pair of tiebreakers to win 6-4, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3), his third straight-set victory of the tournament. Fish will take on the winner of the match between Spain's Fernando Verdasco and No. 11 seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France.
Also advancing on Saturday were No. 3 Roger Federer (over Marin Cilic), No. 20 Janko Tipsarevic (over No. 9 Tomas Berdych, who retired in the second set), No. 22 Alexandr Dolgopolov (over Ivo Karlovic), Juan Monaco (over Tommy Haas), and Juan Carlos Ferrero, who advanced when No. 31 Marcel Granollers of Spain retired in the second set.
On the woman's side, No. 4 Serena Williams upset fourth-seed Victoria Azarenka in straight sets, while No. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki advanced with a straight set win over American Vania King.
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On the northern end of the island of Kilwa Kisiwani about 2 kilometers (~1.25 miles) off the coast of Tanzania lies the site of Kilwa (spelled Quiloa in Portuguese), the most important of about thirty-five Swahili Coast trading communities on the Indian Ocean during the 11th through 16th centuries AD.
Kilwa History
The earliest substantial occupation at Kilwa Kisiwani dates to the 7th/8th centuries AD when the town was made up of rectangular wooden dwellings and small iron smelting operations. Imported wares from the Mediterranean were identified among the archaeological levels dated to this period, indicating that Kilwa was already tied into international trade at this time.
Historical documents such as the Kilwa Chronicle report that the city began to thrive under the founding Shirazi dynasty of sultans.
Growth of Kilwa
Kilwa became a large center as early as 1000 AD, when the earliest stone structures were built, covering perhaps as much as 1 square kilometer (about 247 acres). The first substantial building at Kilwa was the Great Mosque, built in the 11th century from coral quarried off the coast, and later greatly expanded. More monumental structures followed, by the fourteenth century including the palace of Husuni Kubwa. Kilwa became a major trade center from the 1100s to the early 1500s, rising to its first importance under the rule of the Shirazi sultan Ali ibn al-Hasan.
About 1300, the Mahdali dynasty took over control of Kilwa, and a building program reached its peak in the 1320s during the reign of Al-Hassan ibn Sulaiman.
In its heyday, Kilwa was one of the principal ports of trade on the Indian Ocean, trading gold, ivory, iron, and slaves from interior Africa including Mwene Mutabe south of the Zambezi River; imported goods including cloth and jewelry from India; and porcelain from China. The archaeological excavations at Kilwa recovered the most Chinese goods of any Swahili town, including a profusion of Chinese coins. The first gold coins struck south of the Sahara after the decline at Aksum were minted at Kilwa, presumably for facilitating international trade. One of them was found at the Mwene Mutabe site of Great Zimbabwe.
Kilwa and Ibn Battuta
The famous Moroccan trader Ibn Battuta visited Kilwa in 1331 during the Mahdali dynasty, when he stayed at the court of al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman Abu'l-Mawahib [ruled 1310-1333]. It was during this period that the major architectural constructions were made, including elaborations of the Great Mosque and the construction of the palace complex of Husuni Kubwa and the market of Husuni Ndogo.
The prosperity of the port city remained intact until the last decades of the 14th century, when turmoil over the ravages of the Black Death took its toll on international trade. By the early decades of the 15th century, new stone houses and mosques were being built up in Kilwa. In 1500, Portuguese explorer Pedro Alvares Cabral visited Kilwa, and reported seeing houses made of coral stone, including the ruler's 100-room palace, of Islamic Middle Eastern design.
The dominance of the Swahili coastal towns over maritime trade ended with the arrival of the Portuguese, who reoriented international trade towards western Europe and the Mediterranean.
Archaeological Studies at Kilwa
Archaeologists became interested in Kilwa because of two 16th century histories about the site, including the Kilwa Chronicle. Excavators in the 1950s included James Kirkman and Neville Chittick, from the British Institute in Eastern Africa.
Archaeological investigations at the site began in earnest in 1955, and the site and its sister port Songo Mnara were named UNESCO World Heritage site in 1981.
This glossary entry is a part of the About.com guide to the Swahili Culture, and the Dictionary of Archaeology.
Chami FA. 2009. Kilwa and the Swahili Towns: Reflections from an archaeological perspective. In: Larsen K, editor. Knowledge, Renewal and Religion: Repositioning and changing ideological and material circumstances among the Swahili on the East African coast. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitututet.
Elkiss TH. 1973. Kilwa Kisiwani: The Rise of an East African City-State. African Studies Review 16(1):119-130.
Phillipson D. 2005. African Archaeology. London: Cambridge University Press.
Pollard E. 2011. Safeguarding Swahili trade in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries: a unique navigational complex in south-east Tanzania. World Archaeology 43(3):458-477.
Sutton JEG. 2002. The southern Swahili harbour and town on Kilwa Island, 800-1800 AD: A chronology of booms and slumps.: Uppsala University.
Wynne-Jones S. 2007. Creating urban communities at Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania, AD 800-1300. Antiquity 81:368-380.


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Recent interview with AK47
Good insight on what's going on in Andrei's mind, you'll obviusly have to use Google translate or something of that sort. But what I got out of it is he is very very appreciative of the Utah Jazz organization (so he doesn't just put on a show for us when he's here in the US), he truly loves the organization. Therefore anything close to a reasonable offer from the Jazz I have a feelng he will definitely accept, he mentions it in the interview that he's completely not in the mood of having to go through any kind of switch in teams and also money is definitely not the issue, quote of how he said it in the interview "can't chase/get all the money in the world you know.." Being a big fan of what he brings to the team (of course for reasonable money and not 18mil lol) I was very very happy to hear him say everything that he said in this interview. Let me know if you have any questions that come with the crazy Google Translations that they come up with.


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Mid Court double team
Today teams are pinching the point guard, or other initiator, closer to mid court with tall players, and zoning the key area to discourage short passes over the mid court double team. This has caused a very marked slow down in the game and has increased physical play because teams who have difficulty dealing with the double team are seen as passive while the double teaming team is seen as aggressive. This dichotomy of intention, as interpreted by the referees, leads to an imbalance at the free throw line because the aggressive team is 'allowed' more contact.
Portland has trouble with the mid court double team because no one comes to the top of the key to help the point guard. Teams with two good ball handlers like the Spurs or the Lakers, can move the ball horizontally and take advantage of the floor imbalance that results when the defense double teams near the mid court. This is one area where Nate has to show his stuff as a coach because the inability to deal with this trend is a game plan deficiency and failing to deal with it is the fault of the coach.
Foul shot disparity
It seems that this year there is more grumbling about foul shot disparity. Blazer fans know this has always been a problem. This year though some good teams on the slide down toward mediocrity, and with a large following (that is, viewership), especially with the pundits, are the victims of this disparity and because of the fiscal clout they possess feel they can expect some relief when they complain. And complain they have.
I propose that coaches can only speak to the referees during the first period, and after the first period coaches can only talk to the refs to ask for clarification on technicals, ejections, and three point shot reviews. If a coach talks to a ref any other time then a technical is assessed to a player in the starting lineup each time the coach violates the rule. This would be good for Portland because Nate doesn't compalin much--something I admire him for. Don't like the calls, play better!
Aggressive/Passive dichotomy
In my opinion, this division of teams into these categories exists and is used by referees to establish the way they are going to call fouls in a game. The only way to deal with this if you are the passive team is to move, ball and player and put the onus on the refs. Most 'passive' teams are seen to be just standing around or playing one on one basketball. Portland, like many teams, often falls into this trap.
Portland needs to move the big men more. Find some way to get them the ball while they are cutting toward the basket. When ball and player move grabbing and shoving is more detectable and that will lead to getting more calls and expose refs (and defenses) who (which) aren't very good.


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Region: Philippines
Like a delicate piece of china, the porcelain crab looks very fragile. It is actually protected quite well. The crab has a rigid outer covering called an exoskeleton. While the crab grows, it periodically molts or sheds its exoskeleton and produces a new larger one. Just before molting, the crab produces a new soft exoskeleton under its outer one. When the crab starts to burst out of its shell, the old exoskeleton splits where the body and the tail come together. The crab crawls out of the old exoskeleton and leaves it on the reef. In order to fit into the new larger exoskeleton, the crab pumps its body cells full of water. During the period after it molts, the crab must be extra careful and take shelter inside a deep reef crevice. The new exoskeleton is soft, making it easy for predators to eat it. Once the new exoskeleton is hard, the body cells pump out the extra water and the body is ready to grow into its new shell.
The anemone porcelain crab has a tail, but it keeps it tucked under its body. It also has 10 legs, like other crustaceans or animals without backbones that have a protective hard outer shell. The last pair of legs is so small in the porcelain crab that it looks like they only have 8 legs. This tiny crab is only about one inch (2.5 cm) wide.
They are found all over the reef under rocks and even under large rocks near the shore. Porcelain crabs can be found from the surface to depths of 67 feet (20 m). They can also be found snuggly living inside the dangerous tentacles of the giant anemone. If approached by predators, the porcelain crab can dive inside the safety of the tentacles or it may even hide inside the mouth of the anemone. Some porcelain crabs live among masses of feather stars, mussels, sponges, corals, or algae.
Porcelain crabs live in the warm parts of the Pacific Ocean.
Sweeping the water for zooplankton or tiny animals and phytoplankton or tiny plants, porcelain crabs use their feathery arms like fishing nets to capture their food.
A male deposits a spermatophore or packet of sperm onto the females chest area where all the legs attach. This is often called the tar spot because the spermatophore is a dark black color. After the female produces her eggs, she will break open the spermatophore to release the sperm, which fertilizes her eggs. Female porcelain cleaner crabs can produce up to 1,600 eggs each time. The eggs remain under the female for about four weeks and eventually turn brown. When they hatch, the females fans her tail, releasing her young into the open ocean as planktonic larvae or larvae that live in the upper layer of the ocean and float there until they reach a certain size. This spreads out the larvae over a wide range of areas.
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Threats and Management
Porcelain crabs are often found near the shore living under large rocks where people can easily search for them. These crabs are so small that they are not of much value as food, but if they are taken and put into a home aquarium, they dont often survive. Since these animals can live in a wide variety of habitats like the reef, their population remains stable.
Did You Know?
Not even the hard shell serves to protect this crustacean. There is a barnacle that will attach and cement itself to a porcelain crab. Next the barnacle drills a hole in the crabs shell and takes over its body. It will attack the crab from the inside out by feeding off the crabs body fluids and tissue. The barnacle prevents the crab from molting, so the crab cant shed its shell to get rid of the barnacle. When the barnacle is ready to reproduce, it places its own eggs on the crabs belly. The crab cares for the eggs as if they were its own. The barnacle will stay with the crab for an entire reproductive season, producing over a million new barnacles. Eventually, the crab will die and the barnacle will seek out another crab as its host.
Like a house fly, the porcelain crab has compound eyes. The eye is made of thousands of tiny cylinders that each have their own lens and light receptor. Each cylinder can see part of the image before them, creating a mosaic out of what the animal is seeing. The eyes of the tiny crab are high on stalks and protected by a clear casing that is part of the crabs hard outer shell. Having eyes up high gives the crab a complete view in front and to the sides.
Print Publications:
Allen, G. R. & Stene, R. 1996. Indo-Pacific Coral Reef Field Guide. El Cajon, California: Odyssey Publishing Company. 378p. ISBN# 981-00-5687-7.
Allen, G. R. 1997. Tropical Marine Life. North Claredon, Vermont: Periplus Editions Ltd. 64p. ISBN# 962-593-157-0.
Banister, K. & Campbell, A. 1988. Encylopedia of Aquatic Life. New York, New York: Equinox (Oxford) Ltd. 349p. ISBN# 0-8160-1257-101-X.
Colin, P. L. & Arneson, C. 1995. Tropical Pacific Invertebrates. Beverly Hills, California: Coral Reef Press. 296p. ISBN# 0-9645625-0-2.
Coleman, N. 1999. Dangerous Sea Creatures Aquatic Survival Guide. Australia: Neville Colemans Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd. 95p. ISBN# 0-947325-24-7.
Coulombe, D. A. 1984. The Seaside Naturalist. A Guide to Study at the Seashore. New York, New York: Prentice Hall Press. 246p. ISBN# 0-13-79710.
Grosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W., & Williams, G.C. 1996. Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers. 314p. ISBN# 0-930118-21-9.
Hoover, J. P. 1998. Hawaiis Sea Creatures. A Guide to Hawais Marine Invertebrates. Honolulu, Hawaii: Mutual Publishing. 366p. ISBN# 1-56647-220-2.
Perrine, D. 1997. Mysteries of the Sea. Lincolnwood, Illinois: Publications International, Ltd. 312p. ISBN# 0-7853-2430-5.
Vocabulary Words
Berried When a female crab sticks her bright red eggs to her abdomen.
Crustacean An animal without a backbone that has a protective hard outer shell.
Exoskeleton A hard external skeleton that encases, protects and supports the soft body of animals like crustaceans.
Extinction An organism that has not been present on the face of the earth for over 50 years.
Invertebrate An animal without a backbone.
Molt The periodic process of shedding an exoskeleton as crustaceans grow.
Organism A living thing.
By-catch The part of the fisher's catch which is returned to the sea either because it has no value to them. Fishing boats search the seas for target animals, like tuna, and discard anything else they accidentally catchlike sharks. The unwanted animals, called by-catch, dry out or suffocate on the deck, or get thrown back into the ocean all but dead.
Overfishing The excessive fishing or catching of aquatic (ocean or freshwater) animals to the point that the amount of animals being caught is greater than the amount of animals born. When more animals are caught than are being born, the aquatic environment is left depleted of the targeted animals.
Planktonic larvae Newly born animals that live in the upper layer of the ocean and float there until they reach a certain size. This spreads out the larvae over a wide range of areas.
Species A group of organisms capable of breeding and producing fertile offspring; organisms that share the same gene pool.
Spermatophore A packet of sperm that is deposited onto a females body. The spermatophore will be used when the female has fully developed eggs that are ready to be fertilized.


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Michel Gondry's unique animated documentary on Noam Chomsky
Is the Man Who is Tall Happy? at the Roxie TheaterRoxie Theater (3117 17th Street, San Francisco, CA) Map it $10
From Michel Gondry, the innovative director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, comes this unique animated documentary on the life of controversial MIT professor, philosopher, linguist, anti-war activist and political firebrand Noam Chomsky. Through complex, lively conversations with Chomsky and brilliant illustrations by Gondry himself, the film reveals the life and work of the father of modern linguistics while also exploring his theories on the emergence of language. The result is not only a dazzling, vital portrait of one of the foremost thinkers of modern times, but also a beautifully animated work of art. Directed by Michel Gondry. With Noam Chomsky & Michel Gondry. Animation by Michel Gondry, Valérie Pirson & Timothée Lemoine. Music by Howard Skempton. In (quasi-comprehensible) English with English supertitles.


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For a little while there it looked like UFC 140 had a main event. The card already has nine bouts tentaively booked, but none of them looked like a solid headliner. At the UFC 139 press conference today in San Jose, UFC president Dana White announced that Phil Davis and Lyoto Machida would be facing off in a five-round main event fight on the December 10th card in Toronto. Great news, right? Not quite.
It turns out he was wrong and the fight won't be happening, according to a tweet he sent out after the press conference ended:
Dana's usually the first guy to say something similar to "Sorry but I can't announce a fight until we're absolutely sure" to anyone that asks. Then he goes and does it once and it turns out he was wrong. I'm sure fans in Toronto don't find it as funny as I do, because they still don't have a solid main event for the show. Is the Frank Mir vs. Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira rematch worthy of top billing? Probably not. You'd have to think Machida's a lock for that card now, but who does he fight? It seems like all the top guys are either booked, injured, or recently suffered a beatdown.


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Nike Air Pegasus 83 Ladies Trainers
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Nike Air Pegasus 83 Running Shoes - Purple
In a classic low profile, the Pegasus 83 running shoes by Nike mark the summer in a stand out colourway.
Featuring a lightweight upper with an engineered mesh and synthetic combination, these Nike womens trainers offer a comfortable, durable fit. The reflective midfoot underlay offers responsive cushioning on extended runs, while the cushion-foam works to deliver maximum comfort.
Wear these running shoes with printed Nike running tights, a high-intensity Nike sports bra and a vest top for tough workouts.
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The Nike Dri-FIT Knit Short-Sleeve Women's Running Shirt features zoned Dri-FIT knit fabric that helps keep you dry and comfortable while regulating body temperature on your run. Freedom to Move. Soft, high-stretch knit material lets you move freely and comfortably. It's seamlessly constructed with nylon and polyester yarns for a lightweight, comfortable feel. Temperature Control. Climate control zones made up of variations in fabric density & warm or cool you where needed. Textured mesh knit into the fabric enhances overall breathability. Stay Dry. Dri-FIT fabric helps keep you dry and comfortable by wicking sweat away to the fabric's surface, where it quickly evaporates. More Benefits. Dri-FIT fabric wicks sweat away to help keep you dry and comfortable. Back neck tape with repeat Nike Running? print for durability. Raglan sleeves for enhanced range of motion. Cord management loop on the centre-back helps keep cords out of the way. Reflective elements enhance visibility in low light.Colours: Black, Geranium, Grape. Dri-FIT 53% polyester, 47% nylon. Machine washable.


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Tiger IT Bangladesh Ltd has signed a contract with the Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs in Bhutan to provide its automated fingerprint identification system TigerAFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System) to implement a biometric identity management system for the Department of Civil Registration and Census (DCRC) and the Department of Immigration.
The same biometric system backbone will be used in government agencies as well.
Tiger IT won the contract as the most compliant lowest bidder, competing against established vendors such as Sagem, NEC, IRIS and eDruk in an open international tender.
The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) certified TigerAFIS will be used to prevent identity fraud, impersonation and forgery. The system will hold three million individuals' records at the first stage.
In addition to TigerAFIS, Tiger IT will provide printing and personalisation solutions along with 5, 00,000 identity cards.
Ziaur Rahman, chairman and chief executive officer of Tiger IT said, "We are delighted to work with the Government of Bhutan – a country with one of the most clear technology visions in the South Asian region."
Tiger IT is a leading software company in Bangladesh pioneering in biometrics and is a world leader in AFIS. Only a few highly specialised companies worldwide develop biometric matching systems certified by NIST. This makes Bangladesh one of the best producers and exporters of AFIS.
Tiger IT has recently won similar projects in Nepal and India. The company provided the software solution for Machine Readable Passports in Nepal. In India, the company provided TigerAFIS for the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Under this project 300 million people below poverty line will receive a biometric based smart card for medical care under a free health insurance scheme.


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If the Florida Panthers hope to achieve long-term success, San Antonio must become a proving ground for more of its prospects.
The Silver and Black have dropped four of their last five games, including three straight on home ice.
Find out what you missed the past week. Countries highlighted in this review include the USA, UK, Argentina, Mexico, New Zealand, Japan, Yemen, France, Germany, Russia, Thailand, Bolivia, Bulgaria,...
Vyacheslav Glazkov and Karl Dargan were too skilled for their game opponents this afternoon on NBC.
Live coverage for this afternoon's live bouts on NBC and Channel 5 (UK).
Tomasz Adamek has withdrawn from his scheduled bout on NBC due to illness. Philadelphia cruiserweight Garrett Wilson has gotten the call to replace him.
The Rampage post weekend home wins over Oklahoma City and Milwaukee after only coming up with a single point in Abbotsford; drop yesterday's road game against the Barons.
Check out Philadelphia's Fighter, Fight, Performance, Prospect, Rookie, and Amateur of the Year.
Extra time is unkind to the Panthers (no surprise there) as Dallas converts twice in the shootout while Florida fails to score and drops its first of the preseason.
Abner Mares faces Jhonny Gonzalez, Victor Terrazas takes on Leo Santa Cruz, Kubrat Pulev clashes with Tony Thompson, and FOX Sports 1's first live boxing show -- all coming this week.
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The World : North America : USA : New Mexico
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This was taken just southeast of Shiprock, which is the namesake of the town to the northeast, Shiprock, New Mexico. We decided that the jeep trails beyond this point were impassible with my car.
This is the four corners monument, the only place where four states of the USA meet in one location. ...
Four Corners Monument in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
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New Mexico is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. Inhabited by Native American populations for many centuries, it has also been part of the Imperial Spanish viceroyalty of New Spain, part of Mexico, and a U.S. territory. Among U.S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics at 45% (2008 estimate), being descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America. It also has the third-highest percentage of Native Americans after Alaska and Oklahoma, and the fifth-highest total number of Native Americans after California, Oklahoma, Arizona, and Texas. The tribes represented in the state consist of mostly Navajo and Pueblo peoples. As a result, the demographics and culture of the state are unique for their strong Spanish, Mexican, and Native American cultural influences. At a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth most sparsely inhabited U.S. state.


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Additional Halo 4 Multiplayer Mode Coming Next Week
Posted on Friday, November 23 @ 18:29:02 Eastern by Alex_Osborn
While Halo 4's online game types are absolutely incredible, there's a noticeable void amongst its offerings. That's right all you loners, I'm talking about Halo's free-for-all "lone wolf" option, designed for gamers who prefer to go at it alone.
When the playlist goes live this Monday, you'll see it labeled FFA Throwback. It will feature two different game variants: Oddball and King of the Hill, and will support the following maps: Haven, Adrift, Complex, Solace and Abandon.
So... who's psyched for the update? Don't be shy! Make your love for all things Halo known by commenting below.
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News: Jay-Z Loses Empire State Of Fine, Named In Ticket-Fixing Probe
Thursday, May 26, 2011 4:55PM
Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and a slew of other high profile celebrities have been cited in a New York City investigation involving fixed ticket violations.
Details of the investigation hit the Internet Thursday (May 26).
Cops even showed Brooklyn love, letting rap superstar Jay-Z's driver off the hook for a speeding ticket, sources said. Two sources familiar with the A-Rod speeding ticket said he was driving on the West Side Highway near W.57th St. in 2009. A highway cop issued the ticket, but an NYPD sergeant later squashed it, the sources said. Yankees officials refused to comment last night. Rodriguez's spokesman declined to talk about the allegations. Revelations of special treatment for bigwigs emerged as Bronx prosecutors and the Internal Affairs Bureau conduct separate investigations into suspected ticket-fixing. (New York Daily News)
An inside source believes big name entertainers can easily get a pass with tickets.
"It was very easy for a big name towalk away from a summons," one police source said. "[Celebrities] have contacts everywhere. There's an eagerness to help because of who they are." (New York Daily News)
Additional reports suggest Jay-Z's 2010 fine mysteriously disappeared.
A driver for Jay-Z also got a speeding ticket while driving on the West Side Highway, but a police officer "lost" the violation and the case was tossed, reports the News. Jay-Z's publicist declined the paper's request for comment. (NBC News)
Outside of legal issues, Jay is currently focused on completing his Watch the Throne collaborative album with Kanye West.
"Ye is just in an extraordinarily creative place--so much so I need to get him to focus so we can finish this," Jay said in a recent interview. "But music is his refugee right now." (Sky)
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Notre Dame's Morris Inn has opened its doors to preview the renovations that have been made. The iconic building on Notre Dame's campus closed last October so crews could get to work.
Highlights of the renovation include the addition of a 300-seat ballroom, three private dining rooms and larger guest rooms. The Inn will also contain a full-service restaurant and pub that will be open to the public.
The Inn will reopen in August and the university is hiring experienced staff members. They're looking to fill nearly seventy-five positions.
The available positions include cooks, guest service attendants, bartenders and more. Two job fairs will be held to fill the available spots. Interviews for all positions will be held on campus on June 24 from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. and June 26 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Both job fairs will be held at the Jordan Hall of Science on Notre Dame's campus, northeast of the stadium.
All applicants must complete an online application at https://jobs/nd/edu prior to the job fairs, at which interviews will be conducted.
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Before a surgeon can make that initial incision, a team of skilled Central Sterile Supply Department professionals has worked diligently to ensure that each and every instrument is properly decontaminated, sterilized, well-functioning, and available when needed.
The critical role CSSD plays in the delivery of safe, top quality patient care is the theme of IAHCSMM's new video, Central Sterile Supply Department: It All Starts Here. A follow-up to IAHCSMM's first video, Central Service: Instrumental to Patient Care, which debuted in 2005, this new release offers an eye-opening glimpse into the exciting, fast-paced – and critically important -- world of CSSD.
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Get your garbage out to the curb this morning.
That's the word from Potomac Disposal which has been hit by a workers strike this week. Those workers tried to return to their jobs Wednesday but claim they were locked out.
The company says they were not locked out and that discussions continue with the union.
Workers are demanding better pay and benefits.
The county says residents scheduled for collection Friday should have trash and recyclables out by 7:00 am.
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According to Alexa, this is the most read personal injury lawyer blog in the country.
I really don't have anything else to say about that except I really do appreciate the people who read this blog, especially those that comment, like on Facebook and Twitter, etc.
The summer is almost over, my kids will be back at school and going to bed earlier, and you can expect more blogs and a redesigned page in the fall.


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Today we observe Veterans Day, a national holiday established in 1926 to honor men and women who have served in the military. Here's a quick look at what's open and closed today in Concord.
If you know of more businesses that are open or closed, help out your fellow neighbors by leaving the info in the comments.
What's Closed
- Concord Public Schools
- Town Offices
- Concord Free Public Library
- Post Office
- Most banks will be closed to observe the holiday, but some local branches could be open
What's Open
- Restaurants
- Convenience stores
- Liquor stores
- Retail stores
- MBTA is operating on a regular weekday schedule, although THE RIDE Service will operate on a Sunday schedule.


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Transformerless AC to DC power Supply circuits
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And: 6V power supply, Negative power supply, Small electronic circuits, Transformerless power supply circuit
I often make small projects. However have problems to find a small power supply is not. The problem is not to find a small transformer, However it is big and heavy. Not suitable for my project. But I see in the small appliance production in China. Do not widely used a transformer. However like to use a capacitor replace. Which it smaller and lighter than a transformer. Today I collect these circuits, so you can select to use in required. Hopefully it will be useful to you. There are 4 circuits, as follows. (see below!)
Danger! Do not touch any part of these circuits. Because you may be hit by electric shocks.
(1.)Power Supply 9VDC no transformer
This is circuiut power supply 9VDC no transformer,It easy circuit and small size.
Volt output = Volt Zenerdiode. Output Current 100mA (min).
It easy circuit and small size. Power Supply 9VDC no transformer
You may know the reason that make power supply circuit have large-sized as a result , because transformer. Way this out be must not use. We use capacitor replace as a result work also well. In Power Supply 9VDC no transformer circuit . The this base equipment have zener diode perform heal voltage be stable or 9V DC Regulator. but kind this circuit be defective that current not tall sir. The detail is other , see in the circuit sir.
(2.) DC power supply not use transformer
Work cycle is C1 and R1 acts reduced AC Current Source to rectifier current is a DC Volt by bridge diode circuit which D1-D4 acts to change AC to DC with the C2 makes the filtering power DC to smoother will a zener diode acts to reduce voltage is equal to the number of volt zener diode and C3 will DCV voltage output that is more smooth.
(3.)Negative Volage Regulator 6V not use Transformer
If friends with look for Mini power supply 6V sizes. That give negative voltage. I begs for to advise this circuit. It has prominent small-sized point and light weight. Because do not use Transformer. But still can use current get 0.07Amp not exceed and when see the circuit. Think use Zener diode control voltage be stable that 6V and have transistor enlarge the trend equal to that want. And still systematically protect through the circuit or Shot Circuit Protect with Transistor as well. The detail is other , see in circuit picture has yes.
(4.) DC Regulator supply 15V non transformer
Friends at don't like large-sized of a transformer. I begs for to advise 15VDC regulator power supply can give the trend current get low about 80mA not exceed. But enough will usable small-sized circuit has comfortablely. Think I uses Zener Diode be formed help maintain one's position volt be stable , and use Transistor help enlarge current tallly increasingly. Make this circuit is usable well , But friends as a result must use the carefulness specially , because apply to the level voltage tall directly yes.


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SkyFOX was over the 300 Block of North Broadway. The fire is a three alarm fire. All personnel have been accounted for, according to authorities.
According to fire officials, the fire started on the lower level of the building a few hours ago on the 300 block of North Broadway in Gloucester City, New Jersey. Fire fighters say that it started in an abandoned home and spread to the house next door. A family of three lives there, but everyone got out safely. The fire is not yet under control.
FOX 29 talked to the aunt of a resident who was living in the house. She said that her niece called her, in a panic, saying that the house was on fire.
According to neighbors, people sometimes do squat in the abandoned home.
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DPS officials confirm that one person is dead following an accident Sunday morning involving a motorcycle and an 18-wheeler near Troup.
Authorities said the accident occurred at the intersection of County Road 2142 and County Road 2152 at 10:11 A.M.
Officials said the 18-wheeler was traveling southbound on CR 2142 before beginning to turn left onto CR 2152. At the same time, two motorcycles were traveling northbound on CR 2142 approaching the intersection.
Authorities said the first motorcycle, driven by Craig Hobbs of Whitehouse, slid under the tractor-trailer and avoided impact.
The second motorcycle driven by 35-year-old Michael Barry of Arp collided with the 18-wheeler. Barry was transported to ETMC where he was pronounced as deceased.
Authorities said both motorcyclists were wearing helmets at the time of the accident.
It is not yet known who is at fault in this accident.
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Town of Herndon police officers are among those that will be firing up their motorcycles this weekend in the Mid-Atlantic Police Motorcycle Rodeo,where they can hone their bike-riding skills while also benefitting the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The public is invited to watch this Saturday at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly. For more details, read this article from one of our sister sites, Mount Vernon Patch.
Do you have a little one who loves to sing? The Fairfax Choral Society's Youth Chorusis having auditions this coming Tuesday, Aug. 27 at Epiphany Episcopal Church in the Oak Hill area of Herndon. For younger singers, it is primarily just a voice placement check. All singers ages 5 to 11 are welcome. To read more about the group and find out how to schedule your child's audition, read their announcement here on Patch.
Calling all artists – and we know Herndon has some amazing artists! - the City of Fairfax wants to spotlight your art. "Celebrate the Season of Art," a City of Fairfax Spotlight Celebration, is tentatively set to open Oct. 31 at Sherwood Center. Artists from across all of Northern Virginia are invited to share their creative and contemporary efforts, while competing for a variety of honors to be awarded by the City of Fairfax. There will be two categories with 10 awards. One category will be for all paintings, drawings, serigraphs, lithographs and multi-media. The second category will be for fine art photography. There will be two Honorable Mentions awarded per category. All award winners will receive certificates and ribbons; first, second and third place winners will also receive cash prizes. Each artist may submit up to three pieces. For information on how to enter, click here.
Herndon Children's Center has a few openings for children in each of its age groups, from 3 months old all the way up to its Pre-Kindergarten class. If you are interested in learning more about the center, click here to read the center's announcement on Patch and find out more.
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Cliff Pace won the Bassmasters Classic on Sunday, finishing with a three-day catch of 54 pounds, 12 ounces at Grand Lake O' the Cherokees.
Pace, from Petal, Miss., earned $500,000.
Brandon Palaniuk of Rathdrum, Idaho, was second at 51-8, followed by Hank Cherry, Maiden, N.C., at 49-0.
As for the three Oklahoma anglers, Jason Christie was the highest finisher at seventh place. Christie had a three-day catch of 43 pounds, 5 ounces.
Tommy Biffle (29-2) and Edwin Evers (28-8) finished 24th and 25th respectively.
For more on Sunday's final round, see the featured video above.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>
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Updated: Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis I, to lead Roman Catholic Church
Newly elected Pope Francis I, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica after being elected by the conclave of cardinals, at the Vatican. (REUTERS/TONY GENTILE)
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Cleveland Police is seeking the public's help in identifying a couple of robbery suspects.
The males are wanted in connection with an aggravated robbery, which occurred on Friday, September 6, 2013, at W. 25th & Clark Avenue.
The males were last seen in the area of W. 20th & Lorain on BMX bicycles.
Anyone with information as to the identification or whereabouts of the suspects is asked to contact the Cleveland Division of Police Second District Detective Bureau at 216-623-5218. Anonymous information can be given to Crime Stoppers by calling 216.252.7463 or Text messaging: Text TIP657 plus your message to Crimes (274637).
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Flight recorder
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A flight recorder is a recorder placed in an aircraft to help with investigating an aircraft accident or incident. For this reason, they have to be capable of surviving extremely rough treatment. They are usually built to withstand an impact of 3600 g and temperatures of over 1,000 °C (as required by EUROCAE ED-112), because a powerful impact followed by a very hot fire is what often happens in a plane crash.
There are two types of protected Flight Recorder, Flight data recorder (FDR) and Cockpit voice recorder (CVR). In some cases, the two recorders may be combined in a single FDR/CVR unit. The first combined flight recorder was invented by Australian scientist, David Warren.
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The early figures on paid parking are in for the village.
Cooperstown Mayor Jeff Katz said on Tuesday that the final revenue total for the new meters in the first year of paid parking on Main and Fair streets, which ended on Labor Day, was $169,672.85.
In addition, the village sold 750 $25 parking permits for an additional $18,750.
The figures are slightly lower than anticipated, but more than enough to cover costs and budgeted expenditures based on expected revenues, according to Katz. He said most of the shortfall was because of technical problems at Doubleday Field and in the start-up of the on-street paid parking.
The 13 pay-and-display meters, with shipping and setup charges, cost $103,840 and were purchased from Access Technology Integration Inc. The money came from reserve funds from the 2012-13 budget. In addition, the machines cost $50 per machine per month for processing and communications, a total of $1,950 for three months. In the offseason, the cost goes down to $10 per machine per month.
The additional funds will be used to repave Susquehanna Avenue this fall and begin work on the Main Street sidewalk project next spring. The Susquehanna paving work was budgeted contingent on the new parking system paying off, and will cost about $68,000.
"Revenue from on-street paid parking is allowing us to start meeting, in a more proactive way, the infrastructure demands of the village," Katz said.
The revenue figures do not include the two meters moved to the Doubleday Field parking lot. The meters were moved after the old machines there were shut down because Verizon could no longer provide communication services for credit card transactions. The field parking lot will continue to be paid parking on weekends through Columbus Day, and revenue figures from those two machines will be available then.
The village projected $315,000 in parking revenue this year, counting both the new meters, the permits and the Doubleday lot. Last year, the Doubleday parking brought in about $125,000.


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Posts from — October 2009
Industrial Wind Technology: Interview of Jon Boone by Allegheny Treasures
Editor note: Jon Boone's previous post on industrial wind parks led to this interview by Michael Morgan of Allegheny Treasures, an information resource dedicated to preserving the historic mountains of West Virginia and understanding the impact of industrial wind installations.
Introduction: It's been extremely difficult to bridge the gap that exists between those who know little about the issue and those who have a more comprehensive understanding of the workings of the electrical grid and the related technologies that supply it, like wind energy. For many, their only information comes from the local press, "green" promotions by so-called environmental organizations, and occasional visits to web sites dedicated to one side or the other. It's often a mind-boggling quagmire!
The following conversation with Jon Boone, who now lives in Oakland, MD after a 30 year career at the University of Maryland, College Park, is an attempt to bridge that gap, perhaps allowing us to better understand the limitations of and problems associated with industrial wind technology. He has no dog in the fight.
Allegheny Treasures – (Michael Morgan, interviewer): Mr. Boone, wind developers and their supporters portray their technology as a viable source of renewable electricity, providing "nearly" free power by capturing the wind – a virtually inexhaustible source of energy. Their mantra is that wind energy is "free, clean, and green." Can you explain your concern with this portrayal?
Mr. Boone: Industrial wind technology is a meretricious commodity, attractive in a superficial way but without real value—seemingly plausible, even significant, but actually false and nugatory. Those who would profit from it either economically or ideologically are engaged in wholesale deception. All adults should know that if something seems too good to be true, it almost always is. Although the wind itself may be "free," the cost of converting it to electrical energy is extremely expensive. A 100MW wind project would cost, in today's market, about $350 million, most of it paid for by taxpayers.
AT – Morgan: And—sorry to interrupt—what about its benefits, such as its alleged ability to shut down fossil fuel plants?
Boone: In contrast to wind proponents' alluring but empty promises of closed coal plants and reduced carbon emissions is this reality: wind energy is impotent while its environmental footprint is massive and malignant. It can't dent a grape in the energy scheme of things; it's a sideshow technology with great potential for mainline environmental harm. In some ways, it's almost the perfect enterprise for our era, as it produces no meaningful product or service but is subsidized up to 80 percent by rate and taxpayers. Like many "celebrities," it is famous for being famous, not for its actual performance.
AT – Morgan: Would you explain? [Read more →]
October 31, 2009 13 Comments
Political Capitalism: Understanding the Beast that Broke the Cage (Part I: what is political capitalism?)
Editor note: This piece is reproduced from the website www.politicalcaptitalism.org with the permission of the author. This post, the first in a series, is germane to the current debate over climate/energy legislation that is backed by a number of large U.S. corporations (Enron then; GE, Duke, DuPont, etc. now).
Political capitalism is a private-property, market-oriented system that is compromised by business-sponsored government intervention. It is a socioeconomic system in which many or most regulations, subsidies, and tax-code provisions result from the lobbying efforts of directly affected businesses and their allies.
Today in the United States, there is greater political transparency and competition between political elites than was evident in the business-dominated past (the 19th and most of the 20th centuries). Interventions routinely result from non-business special interests representing education, the environment, labor, minorities, religion, retirees, science, and taxpayers, among others. Still, business interests—unified or in opposition—are arguably the most important of the elites that compete for special government favor in American politics today.
There are two avenues to business success under a private-property, profit-and-loss system. When using the economic means, or free-market means, businessmen provide goods or services in an open market and rely on voluntary consumer patronage. When using the political means, businessmen obtain a governmental restriction or favor that provides the margin of success beyond what consumer preference alone would give. Market entrepreneurship is the way of capitalism; political entrepreneurship, or rent-seeking as it is known in the economics literature, is the way of political capitalism.
Business interests welcome competition for the things they buy (to minimize costs) far more than for things they sell. They may profess support for free enterprise in general but not in their particular area. There, competition is disparaged as "unbridled," "cut-throat," "excessive," or "unfair," and calls are made to constrain the free market.
Historian Gabriel Kolko has defined political capitalism as "the utilization of political outlets to attain conditions of stability, predictability, and security—to attain rationalization—in the economy." [Read more →]
October 30, 2009 2 Comments
Dear Superfreakonomics Critics: Time Is Money in the Climate Debate Too
One of the ugliest battles in the blogosphere climate wars has involved the newly released Superfreakonomics, sequel to the best-selling Freakonomics. In the new book's final chapter (available here in pdf), economist Steven Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner set out to challenge the view that massively restricting carbon emissions is the only hope for averting planetwide catastrophe.
In this post I will link to some of the major commentary on the book so far, and then focus on U.C. Berkeley economist Brad DeLong's specific claims that Levitt and Dubner's arguments in support of geoengineering are somehow "bad economics." As we'll see, Levitt and Dubner might be wrong, but if so they are wrong because of the numbers. DeLong is painting their views as self-evidently absurd, but that's only because he himself is overlooking a basic economic point.
The Background
Not surprisingly, the climate scientists and economists who are most vocal about the need for drastic emissions cutbacks were furious when the book's contents began circulating. Joe Romm got the ball rolling with this fiery post; his ally in such matters, Paul Krugman, soon followed suit. Dubner defended himself and co-author Levitt against Romm's accusations of intentional distortion in this post, and one of the primary sources for the chapter, physicist (and all-around guru) Nathan Myhrvold, defended himself from Romm's accusations of ignorance here.
In the present post, [Read more →]
October 29, 2009 1 Comment
Is Texas Governor Perry Off Climate Base? (Groupthink vs. Science Revisited)
On October 16, 2009, the Houston Chronicle ran an Outlook piece by Dr. Ronald Sass– a fellow in global climate change at the Baker Institute and Professor of Natural Sciences emeritus at Rice University–complaining that Texas governor Rick Perry was getting his ideas about climate change from unreliable sources. Apparently, that Governor Perry is not hopping on the climate alarmism/policy activism bandwagon has Dr. Sass a bit concerned. Make no mistake about a political agenda of the giver of this advice that goes far beyond natural science issues.
Dr. Sass argues that the latest findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should be the end all and be all of the physical science debate. But he is behind the times. The IPCC report is several years old, and the latest theory and empirical data is pointing in more benign directions than at the height of the climate alarm in the late 1990s. Perhaps the governor's stance isn't as off-base as Sass would like his Chronicle's readers to believe.
Some Good Points
Dr. Sass does make some good points about the science, but he attributes too much import to the implications of setting the Governor straight on them.
For instance, Dr. Sass, points out, and rightly so, that human activities—primarily the burning of fossil fuels for energy—have contributed to the build-up of the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide and an enhancement of the earth's natural greenhouse effect. If Governor Perry is being advised otherwise, he is getting bad advice.
And Dr. Sass is correct that an enhanced greenhouse effect will lead, in general, to a modified, and warmer, climate. Again, if the governor is getting advised differently, he is being misinformed.
The Rest of the Story
However, from here Sass goes astray.
It is not true that just because humans are modifying the climate that this will lead to a bad outcome and thus we should undertake immediate efforts to stop this (which is what Sass would like the Governor to do). [Read more →]
October 28, 2009 5 Comments
Kerry-Boxer: Its Bite is Worse than its Bark
Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will hold the first of three hearings on S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act," also known as Kerry-Boxer, after its co-sponsors Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA). Kerry-Boxer is the Senate companion bill to H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACESA), also known as Waxman-Markey, after its co-sponsors Reps. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Ed Markey (D-MA).
For those worried about the economic impacts of these bills, I bring unwelcome news: their bite is worse than their bark. Escalator clauses common to both bills, ignored in most previous analyses, are the setup for dramatic increases in regulatory stringency well beyond the bills' explicit emission reduction targets. Similarly, "findings" presenting the "scientific" rationale for cap-and-trade are not mere rhetorical fluff but precedents for litigation targeting emission sources considerably smaller than those explicitly identified as "covered entities."
The Economic Debate So Far
Much of the economic debate on Waxman-Markey and Kerry-Lieberman has been about the likely impacts of the specific emission-reduction targets proposed in these bills. The Heritage Foundation, National Black Chamber of Commerce, and American Council on Capital Formation/National Association of Manufacturers project substantial GPD and job losses. In contrast, the Environmental Protection Agency and Congressional Budget Office project much smaller costs.
EPA says Waxman-Markey would cost the average household only $140 annually. CBO puts the figure at about $175. Citing these estimates, proponents say cap-and-trade is cheap, costing only a postage stamp per person per day.
Heritage Foundation scholar Dr. David Kreutzer points out that EPA improperly used a technique called "discounting" to make the costs of cap-and-trade seem tiny: $140 is what a household would have to invest today, with compound interest, to pay the costs of Waxman-Markey in 2050. But according to EPA's own numbers, in 2050 the cost to a family of four would be $2,700.
Kreutzer and his colleagues also note that the CBO analysis does not estimate the GDP loss from higher energy prices, only the cost of the energy ration coupons, 85% of which are to be distributed free-of-charge in the initial years of the program.
A Breakthrough Institute analysis suggests that Waxman-Markey may cost pennies on the dollar because the bill's "offset" provisions could allow "covered entities" to increase their emissions at business-as-usual rates through 2030. An offset is a credit earned for investments in projects — either in developing countries or in U.S. economic sectors outside the cap, such as agriculture and forestry — that reduce, avoid, or sequester emissions. The bill allows capped sources to utilize up to 2 billion tons' worth of domestic and international offset credits each year in lieu of reducing their own emissions. If the offsets option is "fully utilized," says Breakthrough, "Emissions in sectors of the economy supposedly 'capped' by ACESA could continue to grow at BAU rates until as late as 2037."
This assessment is not a realistic projection of what is likely to happen. [Read more →]
October 27, 2009 5 Comments
The Rest of Waxman–Markey: Caveat Emptor!
On June 26, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Waxman-Markey climate bill, known also as the cap-and-trade bill. This is unfortunate because cap-and-trade takes up no more than 30 percent of its pages. The rest of the telephone-book-sized HR 2454 detailed new regulations, wealth transfers and taxes whose aggregate adverse impacts may well surpass those of cap-and-trade.
Here is a quick list of some important provisions of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, nicknamed the Enron Revitalization Act of 2009 here at MasterResource.
Still more encouragement for renewable resources that cannot pass market tests. A national "renewable portfolio standard" will require that 20 percent of the nation's electricity in 2020 (relative to 2.8 percent today) come from sources the law defines as "renewable" or (to a limited degree) improvements in efficiency. For the past ten years, wind power is the only renewable whose output has grown substantially, and it is only viable because of a federal production tax credit. Other renewables are generally even less economic. The national RPS is special interest legislation for wind.
Research on fuels and technologies that harms consumers and reduces employment opportunities. Section 114 institutes a new $1 billion annual tax on power from coal- and gas-fired [Read more →]
October 26, 2009 4 Comments
Industrial Wind Plants: Bad Economics, Bad Ecology
Editor Note: Jon Boone, a lifelong environmentalist, co-founded the North American Bluebird Society and has consulted for the Roger Tory Peterson Institute in New York. He has been a formal intervenor in two Maryland Public Service Commission hearings and produced and directed the documentary, Life Under a Windplant.
Industrial wind technology is a meretricious commodity, attractive in a superficial way but without real value—seemingly plausible, even significant but actually false and nugatory.
Those who would profit from it either economically or ideologically are engaged in wholesale deception. For in contrast to their alluring but empty promises of closed coal plants and reduced carbon emissions is this reality: Wind energy is impotent while its environmental footprint is massive and malignant.
A wind project with a rated capacity of 100 MW, for example, with 40 skyscraper-sized turbines, would likely produce an annual average of only 27 MW, an imperceptible fraction of energy for most grid systems. More than 60% of the time, it would produce less than 27 MW, and at peak demand times, often produce nothing. It would rarely achieve its rated capacity, producing most at times of least demand. Whatever it generated would be continuously skittering, intensifying, magnifying the destabilizing effects of demand fluctuations, for wind volatility is virtually indistinguishable from the phenomenon of people whimsically turning their appliances off and on.
Moreover, the project could never produce capacity value—specified amounts of energy on demand, something that should be anathema to regulatory agencies, with their task of ensuring reliable, secure, affordable electricity. The ability of machines to perform as expected on demand is the basis of modernity, underlying contemporary systems of economic growth, wealth creation and well-being.
Machinery that doesn't do this is quickly discarded, although this wasn't the case for much of history (look at the early days of television or radio or even the automobile). Only in the last hundred years or so have has the West come to rely on machines with this standard. Capacity value allows society to go from pillar to post in accordance with its own schedule. Wind provides no capacity value and can pass no test for reliability; one can never be sure how much energy it will produce for any future time. And generating units that don't provide capacity value cannot be reasonably—and favorably—compared with those that do.
"Windball" Waste
Adding wind instability to a grid may be an engineer's idea of job security, but it is criminal for ratepayers, taxpayers, and a better environment. For the grid is then forced to extend itself. As the wind bounces randomly around the system, operators must continuously balance it to match supply precisely with demand, compensating for the ebb and flow much in the way flippers keep the steel ball in play during a game of pinball. [Read more →]
October 24, 2009 13 Comments
Climate Change: The Resilience Option (far better than climate stasis)
In general, the mainstream response to the issue of climate change has been reactive, pessimistic, authoritarian, and resistant to change. Those alarmed about a changing climate would stand athwart the stream of climate history and cry "stop, enough!" Rather than working to cease human influence on climate, they want to find a way to make the climate stand still. This focus on creating climate stasis has led to policy proposals that would have been laughed at or dismissed as wacky conspiracy theories in the 1980s. But mainstream anti-climate-change activists are proposing nothing less than the establishment of global weather control through energy rationing, regulations, and taxes, all managed by a global bureaucracy with a goal of leading humanity into a future that will become smaller, more costly, and less dynamic over time. Environmental groups, along with organizations like the United Nations IPCC, are calling for nothing less than imposing climate stasis on a chaotic system.
Consider the climate bill now before Congress: the Waxman-Markey American Climate and Energy Security Act. Waxman-Markey sets the ambitious target of reducing total U.S. GHG emissions by 83 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2050 (with intermediate benchmarks at 2020 and 2030). Thus, the cap and the allowances sold pursuant to it will be lowered from a peak of 5.4 billion tons in 2016 to just a little over 1 billion tons in 2050. As my colleague Steven F. Hayward and I have pointed out elsewhere, these targets are absurd. From Department of Energy (DOE) historical statistics on energy consumption, it is possible to estimate that the United States last emitted 1 billion tons in the year 1910, when the nation's population was only 92 million people, per-capita income (in 2008 dollars) was only $6,196, and total GDP (also in 2008 dollars) was about $572 billion—about one-twenty-fifth the size of the U.S. economy today. By the year 2050, however, the United States is expected to have a population of 420 million, according to Census Bureau projections—more than four times the population of 1910. In order to reach the 83 percent reduction target, per-capita carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will have to be no more than 2.4 tons per person—only one-quarter the level of per-capita emissions in 1910.
When did the United States last experience per-capita CO2 emissions of only 2.4 tons? From the limited historical data available, it appears that this was about 1875. In 1875, the nation's GDP (in 2008 dollars) was $147 billion, per-capita income (in 2008 dollars) was $3,300, and the population was only 45 million.
My colleague Kevin A. Hassett, Hayward and I have also written elsewhere about the problems with cap-and-trade and suggested that a revenue-neutral carbon tax would be preferable, but that, too, represents an effort to impose stasis on a dynamic system simply using more efficient means. A carbon tax is, to be sure, vastly superior to a cap-and-trade system, but there are doubts that it is politically possible to enact one in a way that is actually revenue-neutral and is not abused by politicians who will look to tax those they dislike and rebate the taxes to groups they favor, namely, those which are most inclined to vote for their party.
A more forward-looking, optimistic, and free-market approach to the risks of climate variability accepts that the climate has been, is, and will be variable; focuses on the risks of variability; and looks for ways to build resilience in the face of that change, regardless of cause.
Aaron Wildavsky's Resilience Paradigm
Aaron Wildavsky, one of the great policy analysts of the late twentieth century, wrote extensively about the benefits of resilient social institutions. [Read more →]
October 23, 2009 4 Comments
Okay, Joe Romm: How about a Wager on $65 Oil? ('peak-oil' bull or closet bear?)
[After publication of my New York Times Op-ed on peak oil, Joseph Romm posted a response—and a challenge—on his website, and later expanded it on The Huffington Post. Below is Michael Lynch's response.]
Thank you very much for your invitation to a wager on the price of oil, Joe, which I take to be serious, even though you made no effort to convey the wager to me personally. (If you were simply making a "'pr" effort, feel free to withdraw it.) I would warn you that for most of my career I have been referred to as a 'heretic' or 'contrarian' and have repeatedly outperformed other forecasters by explaining (in a number of academic publications) why the forecasting of oil price and supply has been so deficient. That you appear to have been more prescient than me no doubt gives you confidence. But success can be misleading: in the long run, it's better to be smart than lucky.
Parenthetically, bear in mind that I regard myself as a technocrat, not an ideologue, and my denigration of 'peak oil' theory comes from a careful reading of the 'research' as well as decades of research on the subject of oil and gas supply. I do not regard oil, gas, solar, nuclear or dung as 'good' or 'bad' except as the situation dictates.
In fact, for some years, I lived car-free, working and residing in the Boston area, dependent on the subway. Owing to an unfortunate editing error, my op-ed implied that I disapproved of conservation, which is most certainly not the case. Conservation can be one of the cheapest energy 'sources' around, depending on the circumstances. (Conservationism is another story.)
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High Capital Costs Plague Solar (RPS mandates, cost dilution via energy mixing required) Part II
Renewable energy generates a larger portion of the world's electricity each year. But in relative terms, solar power generation is hardly a blip on the energy screen despite its long history of technological development. Solar-generated electricity has one major advantage over it's more ubiquitous cousin wind power: electricity is generated during typical peak demand hours making this option attractive to utilities that value solar electricity for peak shaving. However, the capital cost of all the solar technologies are about $5,000/kW and higher and projects are moving forward only in particular regions within the U.S. with tough RPS requirements and subsidies from states and the federal government.
In Part I, we reviewed the enormous scale and capital cost considerations of photovoltaic projects and then introduced the standard taxonomy of central solar power generating plants. By far the favored technology for utility-scale projects is the concentrated solar power (CSP) option that either produces thermal energy that produces electricity in the familiar steam turbine process or by concentrating the sun's thermal energy on an air heat exchanger to produce electricity via a gas turbine. In this Part II, we review a sampling of recent projects. In sum, CSP and Stirling engine technology appears to be favored in the U.S., while the "turbine on a stick" projects are gaining a foothold elsewhere.
The final post will explore the latest developments in hybrid projects that combine many of the available solar energy conversion technologies with conventional fossil-fueled technologies. Hybrid projects offer the opportunity for utilities to reduce fuel costs, while simultaneously helping utilities cope with onerous renewable portfolio mandates.
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) was the most solar-integrated utility in the U.S. last year, followed by Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric, according to new rankings released earlier this year by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA). It's no great surprise all three utilities serve California residents.
PG&E interconnected 85 MW of new capacity—a number representing 44% of the survey total, the trade group found in its "2008 Top Ten Utility Solar Integration Rankings." The report surveyed 92 utilities, identifying those that have the most significant amounts of solar electricity integrated into their portfolio. On a cumulative solar megawatt basis, Southern California Edison was ranked first, followed by PG&E, and Nevada utility NV Energy. "This year, the report demonstrated that the utility segment is making a major investment to increase the amount of solar energy in power portfolios, with many utilities doubling the amount of solar power in their portfolio in just one year," SEPA said. The overall installed solar capacity of the top 10 ranked utilities rose from 711 MW to 882 MW, reflecting a 25% growth. SEPA cited renewable portfolio standards, impending carbon policy, and fluctuating costs of power generation and fuel resources as primary factors driving this growth.
Participating utilities had an average of 11 MW in their cumulative portfolio, and the top 10 utilities represented 93% of all solar capacity. Because of their head start, the large investor-owned utilities in California are likely to retain a lead in the overall cumulative rankings even as the year-to-year rankings shift, SEPA said. [Read more →]
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This little kitten is heading to a new home. And although being part of a family is exciting, the circumstances that landed him and his other furry friends at this animal hospital are unfortunate.
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Wednesday, police arrested Tammy Staley, 33, for 20 counts of animal cruelty. Staley is the owner of Northern Puppies pet store in Plattsburgh and has a suspended license.
"This is my first experience in dealing with a pet dealership involving cruelty to animals. They are very well inspected through agriculture markets and have a high standard to maintain," Plattsburgh Police Lt. Scott Beebie said.
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Wedding Week – Q&A with the Bowers
In honor of Wedding Week, we asked readers a la Facebook to hit us with the questions that they might have burning a hole in their inquiring minds. Then after a little shindig we hosted (I use the word "little" loosely…there were 19 of us crammed into our house – 7 little ones screaming – 12 big ones also screaming and spaghetti sauce was flying like dirty wipes after a baby-blow-out), BACK TO THE POINT KATIE….we hosted a shindig and then I bribed Jeremy to get on video and help me answer some of these personal questions. After all, it is only appropriate to spill our most private info during the week we celebrate our union, right?
I would like to take this moment to apologize for the awkwardness. and the PG13 rating of this video
Q&A with the Bowers from Katie Bower on Vimeo.
October 8, 2010
You two are so adorably awkward. Happy Anniversary.
Oh, and don't feel bad about the "throwing the baby out the window" comment. I got to that point, too, when my daughter was about 9 weeks old and had colic. As a reader, I appreciated your honesty regarding mommyhood.
October 8, 2010
My questions got answered, you made my night! The awkwardness was awesome .
Also, thanks for being so honest about breastfeeding. I WISH someone had been so honest with me! I had a hard month, then a bit of a better month and after almost five months it I still have hard days. My breastfeeding class did NOTHING to prepare me!
You two are adorable!
October 8, 2010
I don't know if anyone else is experiencing this, but I can barely hear you in the video! The volume is so soft even with it turned allll the way up! Both my computer AND the vimeo volume, mind you!
Sarah permalinkOctober 8, 2010
I had the same problem!! I wasn't sure if it was just me or not.
Elisa permalinkOctober 8, 2010
You and the Boyfriend are so cute together!
Esther permalinkOctober 8, 2010
Nice shirt miss Katie! Is this the new one?
But yeah, I won't lie, you both look awkward.
October 8, 2010
It is so great to see you two "in person"! I can so relate to what you say about breastfeeding. Amen sister! It was the most challenging thing, even more so than labor and the lack of sleep. Also I've been secretly wondering what Jeremy sounds like, because I've been shocked before with some girly man voices that I wasn't expecting, so glad that's not the case for the Bowers
I could hear you two, but had to crank the volume. Also I think you and Jeremy were just the right amount of endearingly awkward, something anyone filming themselves would be. Probably just how my friends would act if I invited them over then sat them on the couch and grilled them with personal questions
Thanks for all the time and effort you put into the blog and thanks for being an inspiration!
P.S. How do I add a little photo to my posts? I'm vain like that….
Erin permalinkOctober 8, 2010
I totally agree with you about breastfeeding – it really is the hardest thing I've ever done! People think I'm crazy for saying that, but it's true. My little one is 4 months, and there was nothing anyone could have ever said that would have prepared me for it. I was so surprised that something so natural could be so hard. At the beginning, Emmy wanted nothing to do with boobie, so I pumped exclusively for 6 weeks. That was 6 weeks of feeling like a failure, and trying and trying again to get her to latch. I was so close to quitting so many times. But at 8 weeks, she magically latched with no problem. Neither of us ended up crying in frustration at the end of the feeding, and it was a real triumph. Now, she nurses like a champ, and it's so convenient, nobody would ever guess we had such trouble in the beginning. My advice to all the new moms and mommies-to-be: stick with it!!!
And here's another question for you: how do you deal with having long hair with a baby?? My hair is just a bit longer than yours, and I swear I feel like chopping it off every time a sticky little hand gets in there and grabs and pulls. Are ponytails your best friend?
October 8, 2010
KB – You always make me laugh. Jeremy's not quite PG commentary had me ROLLING. And I'm so glad you stuck with breastfeeding and lived to tell the tale. I've done it with both of my kids and after the initial anguish and horrible pain and bleeding (TMI?) it's actually really great. I naively believed that the second one would be a breeze with no pain at any point and I was WRONG. But we're still going at a year old so obviously we made it through.
Trista permalinkOctober 8, 2010
I just got around to watching your House Tour, and I've decided that we should be friends. Thanks for cracking me up everyday.
Melissa permalinkOctober 8, 2010
I agree with the previous posts, I'm glad you were so candid about breastfeeding. We had some issues when my daughter was first born. I'm not sure if it was because she had to be fed with a bottle for a few days because she was sick or if she just didn't like to be breast fed. My mom came up with a good idea so I didn't have to pump. I just put a small bottle nipple over mine (sorry if that's TMI), and she thought it was a bottle. Eventually we got to the no bottle nipple needed, but it took a while. And I definitely relate to the pain, my ex was in Iraq and I was exhausted, definitely had some of the same thoughts.
Theresa Portugal permalinkOctober 8, 2010
Cute Video! I think the worst thing somebody can say is "breastfeeding isn't supposed to hurt… if it hurts, you're doing something wrong." Ummmmm, it hurts like a mofo!!! You described it perfectly — it is the most painful thing — physically and emotionally. I cried so much those first few weeks. I wanted to give up SO BAD!!! Even when it got "easy" it was still hard because you're up all night feeding them (and you can't ever get good sleep!) When he finally weaned at a a year I felt like a new person! But like you, I was glad I did it and will do it again for this next baby that's on the way!
Jen permalinkOctober 8, 2010
I don't think the speakers were the issue. You both just need to speak up and announciate your words clearly.
Christina R. permalinkOctober 8, 2010
Does breastfeeding hurt worse than childbirth? I have 4 weeks left until my due date and the fear of the pain of each experience is making me so anxious! Do you have any advice to getting through the pain?
Carrie permalinkOctober 9, 2010
I'm currently breastfeeding my 4th baby. I won't say that there haven't been struggles along the way or that I've never hurt, but overall it hasn't been bad at all. In fact, I love nursing my babies. Just trying to put your mind at ease a little to know that it isn't terrible for everyone. So sorry for those who do have it so rough (Katie)! Good luck and hope things go smoothly for you!!
JoDi permalinkOctober 9, 2010
Other than a little soreness at times, breastfeeding was not painful or difficult for me at all so please try not to worry Christina. It's different for everyone.
I give a ton of credit to women like Katie who have such a hard time and manage to stick it out until it gets better! Way to go girl!
October 8, 2010
I imagine that this is what my hubby and I would be like if we made a video. Incredibly awkward yet adorable! (But it was hard for me to hear, too, just for future reference!)
LauraC permalinkOctober 8, 2010
". . . shower like a men's locker room . . ." LOL!!! Best quote of the video. What a lovely mental picture you gave me . . . TMI!!! Ha, thanks for the laugh!
Jenny permalinkOctober 8, 2010
You two are totally cute, Katie Jeremy totally cracked me up, his point of view is exactly what my hubby would say! Thank you for always being so candid and honest, I love that I have Bower Power to look forward to during the day whenever my little guy takes a break from playing pirates or trains Oh, the fun you have to look forward to, boys are the best!
Stacey permalinkOctober 9, 2010
Katie you guys are so cute! It was very sweet that you gave us the opportunity to peek into your lives by answering our questions!
Catalina permalinkOctober 9, 2010
Lovely! Happy Anniversary!
And I wanted to add on to the "not everyone can do it" breastfeed comment that you made, you are very right! Out of the 4 of us, my mom was only able to breastfeed 2, and I remember her being so sad over the fact that she couldn't breastfeed my little sister. Congratulations on sticking through the pain, I hope it was worth it!
Thank Jeremy on our behalf for his appearance!
oo and can't wait for the bower-petersik reunion
hannah permalinkOctober 10, 2010
omg. yet ANOTHER way you guys totally copy Young House Love. C'mon, I love ya, but please try to stick with your own original ideas. I don't want to see a watered down version of YHL. They did this same anniversary video too. I like this blog so much better when you do your own thing.
a nice person permalinkOctober 11, 2010
stop being mean! nobody is forcing you to read this blog.
Rachel Z permalinkOctober 12, 2010
I love this blog and thought the video was great..so cute! (And if I had my boyfriend do a video it would be the exact same way!) This is one of my favorites to read daily so keep up the good work!
Noelle permalinkOctober 12, 2010
This comment is for Hannah: First off, you are very rude and inappropriate! And apparently, this isn't the first time… Calling The Bowers' a "watered down version" of anything is just uncalled for. And the likeness they may or may not have to YHL is absolutely normal, seeing as they are true friends! Now, I do not personally know Katie or Jeremy, but I got really p'd off reading your comment. You have some nerve!! These people open up their lives to us every day and take time writing blogs, taking pictures, sharing personal stories, etc. For anyone to critize what they do/don't do is ridiculous. Try to walk in their shoes, especially with a little guy attached to your hip all day!! No one is forcing you to read their blog, so from one reader to another, if you don't like what you see, don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya!!! xx Deuces xx!!!!!
Katie – sorry you had to see me bring out the beast, but the nerve of some ppl!!!! Sheesh!! By the way, your blog is the first blog I read in the morning, with a cup of coffee in hand! Keep doin' what you're doin' girl!
Felicita permalinkOctober 12, 2010
Well said! Jeez… some people are SO RUDE!
JoDi permalinkOctober 13, 2010
Hannah, I have a feeling that when YHL posted a video house tour just about a month after Katie posted hers, you probably didn't accuse them of copying. It's human nature to notice things that reinforce our preconcieved notions and ignore (or simply not notice) evidence to the contrary as you seem to be doing.
All I'm saying is that bloggers who blog on similar topics tend to do similar posts sometimes, and the timing can be oddly coincidental, and it goes both ways. It doesn't mean anyone is copying anyone else. It's just bound to happen.
October 20, 2010
I agree that the awkwardness totally brought a sense of reality to it that most people who don't spend their lives in front of a camera can probably relate to. I found it sort of endearing. I'm surprised nobody else has commented on the part where you address fighting (or did I miss it?), though. I loved when you mention the chocolate. Seriously, it's the funniest, most adorable story! Especially at the end when you're all, "He just swallowed it!"
Lacey permalinkApril 25, 2011
I hate how mean you guys are to anyone who has an opinion other than your own. Katie is so sweet and sarcastic in that "how can you not laugh" kinda way when she answers peoples comments that are "rude" and it shows she doesnt care and is polite enough to answer ALL questions.. so, she can stick up for herself and you guys dont need to be meanies! haha


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