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- Address:
1347 Main Street
St. Helena, CA 94574Neighborhood:
St. Helena
- Cuisine:
AmericanPrice: $30 and under
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.marketsthelena.com/
- Phone: 7079633799
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday-Saturday: 11:30am-5:00pm Dinner: Sunday-Thursday: 5:00pm-9:00pm, Friday-Saturday: 5:00pm-10:00pm Brunch: Sunday 10:00am-3:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: American, Comfort Food, Contemporary American
- Executive Chef: Eduardo E. Martinez
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Beer, Counter Seating, Farm to Table, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine, Wine Bar
- Catering: Market Restaurant is available for off-site culinary experiences. Please give us a call to discuss your next event!
- Special Events: Large parties welcome. Please call the restaurant directly to receive more information.
A word from Market
Market Restaurant offers an elegant yet comfortable dining experience. Located on Main Street in St. Helena, the historical building features exposed stone walls and an antique bar dating back to the turn of the century. The menu features American classics with a fresh seasonal approach and the wine list offers a diverse selection of wines to complement Chef's creations, with an emphasis on wines from local Napa Valley vintners.Continued
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Awards voted by OpenTable diners
- Diners' Choice WinnerAmerican
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Market reviews from OpenTable diners
222 reviews since May 5, 2014
- Food4.5Service4.5
- Ambiance4.2Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (130)neighborhood gem (118)great for lunch (75)special occasion (71)notable wine list (62)romantic (57)great for brunch (47)good for groups (31)hot spot (27)kid-friendly (23)vibrant bar scene (23)late-night find (8)great for outdoor dining (3)scenic view (1)Show More
- Best local American foodAmartineztfeDined on 8/29/2014A locals paradise, nice ambience and all plates simply delicious. Friendly staff make your experience memorable. No cork fee, cheers!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- better choices in the areaPeterVIPDined on 8/29/2014This is clearly a local's spot. The food was just ok and the service was fair. Reasonable prices but there are much better choices in the area for a better meal.
- Delish!EpicureanVIPDined on 8/29/2014Love this place. Food is delicious, everything we ordered was fantastic. The service was just as good. Lobster rolls are to die for! Surely a gem, one of our favorite places for lunch. They have a perfect lunch special...sandwich, soup and a treat. The cauliflower soup was scrumptious.Special Features:
- Nice place for lunchScarabsanVIPDined on 8/23/2014Had lunch on a Saturday afternoon, food was good and wait staff was very niceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Loved it!LauraDined on 8/23/2014I found out about Market by doing a little research on lunch spots in Napa Valley. I expected it to be good, but it exceeded all of my expectations! The soup of the day, the bread, the watermelon and mozzarella salad were all amazing and the s'mores were fun and delicious. I'll recommend Market to others and will definitely be back.Special Features:
- Love the fish & chips5starVIPDined on 8/17/2014My husband loves the champagne battered fish and chips. The fish is so light and tasty. Do order the butterscotch pudding for dessert. It's so good you hate having to share it. Their menu for brunch is quite extensive. We continue to enjoy this lovely restaurantSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Market is Fabulous!OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/16/2014Market is our go to restaurant for out of town guest or special occasions for my wife and I. We always ask for Alfie as our server, but he was not working Saturday night. I believe our server was Jay and he was amazing and more than up to the task of taking care of us and our guests. Also, as we were dining Alfie stopped in with his wife (they were on a date) and he took time to stop by our table to say "HI" and meet our friends. Market and its people take the time to treat everyone like a rock star.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent lunchFoodieDined on 8/16/2014We all enjoyed our meals. The soft shelled crab sandwich is amazing. Service was also excellentSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Napa wine tasting weekendhappyvalentineDined on 8/15/2014St. Helena is a convenient dinner location if you have been wine tasting on Spring Mountain, which we had been doing. The Market is on Main street which is great to walk and shop also. We arrived early and they seated us anyway with a great window view. Everybody was so friendly. Great food suggestions. We loved the snapper special and the trout. A desert to die for also. Highly recommended and excellent value as it is not as costly as some of the Napa valley standards.Special Features:
- Really good and beautifulOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/15/2014Really nice food and spectacular to the eyes too. Had the tuna duo, a good salad and a super good mac'n'cheese.Special Features:
- Loved it!palmdesertdogDined on 8/13/2014A must try in St. Helena. Food was delicious. The watermelon salad and lobster roll as starters were taste treats. And my lamb shank was equally good. My wife had the short ribs, which were as good as the ones at Tra Vigne. Beautiful presentation and excellent service.Special Features:
- Great meal in attractive settingNJTouristDined on 8/13/2014The setting was very nice and the scallops were excellent.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Our favorite placeFoodieForLifeDined on 8/13/2014We've eaten at Market on two separate trips to the wine country and we thoroughly enjoy this gem in St. Helena. The place is casual with upscale food that is priced well. And, there is NO corkage fee. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable and the food is off the charts. We will return every chance we get, no matter where we are staying. This is a must-visit place.Special Features:
- American goodness.OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/11/2014Very good food. When they say American comfort food, believe it!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great local findCraigDined on 8/11/2014We had not been to Napa Valley in over five years and this was recommended by someone who lives there. I expected it to be good, but it was fantastic. I will come back again. My wife had the filet and I had a prawn pasta dish that was out of this world. The place exceeded our expectations. We have eaten out at many restaurants and this one exceeded all expectations. Great local find.Special Features:
- it's our go-to when visiting areabelmontfoodieDined on 8/9/2014Market's food is consistently good; some great. Their American classics are beyond yummy, and their Mac and Cheese the best I ever had, their watermelon salad and burrata is also way better than average. The décor is warm, inviting and yet casual so it suits me and my husband well. We come here at least twice a year and are never disappointed. I also think it is very nice of them to let guests bring their own wine, without a corkage fee, since many guests may have wine tasted all day and have their hearts set on their newest find. I recommend to everyone, except unappreciative snobs.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Had a great experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/9/2014Had a wonderful experience at Market. This little gem tucked in there on main st in St Helena. Everything we ate that night was incredible. From the lobster rolls to the fried chicken. The service couldn't have been better. Very friendly and attentive. I recommend highly.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- alifamDined on 8/8/2014not easy to find by car; good restautant good value excellent choose for diningSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- #1 in the Nappa Valley!dinerDined on 8/7/2014We were recommended to this restaurant and were not disappointed. The food and presentation were wonderful. The sorbet we both had at end of our meal was incredible! The service was attentive but not overpowering.Special Features:
- Very ImpressedAntonDined on 8/3/2014We booked this restaurant based on a review from trip advisor. While they're usually pretty accurate, it's never a guarantee. Well, both my wife and I have to say that this was an excellent choice. The food was top notch (even for foodies), and the service was outstanding. Props go to our waiter Ozzy. It is outstanding. Be sure to ask for him.Special Features:
- Sunday LunchBaileyFarmsVIPDined on 8/3/2014What local gem. Lunch was great and the Bailey Farms Pinot Noir was delicious.Special Features:
- Annual ritual in Wine CountryOpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 8/2/2014We visit St Helena every year, and always enjoy this high touch, delicious restaurant in downtown.Special Features:
- Best in St HelenaVickyDined on 8/1/2014Me and my Boyfriend had a really good experience at The Market. Good foods and well presented. Very gentle the waiter and perfecr atmosphere. I recommed to go here!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- cleveland01cleveland01Dined on 8/1/2014Everything was fantastic! The food was outstanding and the service was great!Special Features:
- dinner at marketcrazysummertravelDined on 8/1/2014we had spent the afternoon doing wine tastings. dinner at market capped off the day perfectly. the food was reasonably priced and it was all really really good. the no corkage fee for our wine we bought earlier in the day was a nice touchSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wonderfuldamoses21VIPDined on 8/1/2014Market was wonderful, the best restaurant we went to in the Napa area! We had the lobster rolls, delicious and then the watermelon salad awesome! My husband had the short ribs and I had the halibut both delicious and the dessert was fantastic also. We were very pleased will visit again!
- Great Meal and Service!SCVFoodNutDined on 7/31/2014While not a typical "kids restaurant", we were welcomed and felt very comfortable with our 9 and 12 year old boys. Both boys had the Fried Chicken and even our picky eater cleaned the plate. We finished the meal with table side S'mores and Butterscotch Pudding! Staff is friendly and service was great.Special Features:
- Great food but...OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 7/31/2014Excellent food, lobster rolls to start & butterscotch pudding to finish we're awesome. That said, service was lacking. Market was full, yes, but simple things like water refills were missed. Farmstead has similar food but much better service.I would recommend this to a friend.
- Definitely we'll returnBbwyreDined on 7/31/2014Decided to try Market based on reviews. We were very pleased with the quality on both food and service; absolutely loved the strawberry-rhubarb crisp for dessert. Many happy conversations taking place-smiles all around. Service was cheerful, knowledgable and attentive without being over-bearing. I'd be happy to visit again for lunch or dinner.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great as usualPeepsVIPDined on 7/31/2014Once again we had great food, and the service here is among the nicest in St. Helena. Every time we're up here we make a point of having lunch at Market.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- always good food and serviceEatsVIPDined on 7/30/2014the food and service are always good. the servers are always nice and helpful. we go there whenever we are in town.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Market is topsNapafanaticDined on 7/28/2014If you're craving inventive delicious comfort food--think beef short ribs braised in zinfandel accompanied by fantastic truffled mashed potatoes, or fried chicken, or homemade butterscotch pudding--supported by a well edited wine list, this is your place. Prices are mid to high $20s for main courses, so not over the top. And, no corkage fee if you bring your own wine.Special Features:
- Great, funky placestevexDined on 7/28/2014The braised short ribs were outstanding, and the rack of lamb was superb. The waiter was very friendly and enthusiastic. Very complete wine list. We had a great meal. Just a little on the loud side.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Lovely LunchSFshashaDined on 7/26/2014I know that there are lots of good restaurants in St Helena but on a recent visit, we didn't want to leave things to chance so we made a reservation in advance instead of just wandering into what might have looked great. The food here was very good and the service was efficient and professional. Definitely a good choice but the place was not terribly vibrant. You can count on good food here but for lunch, I might try something more relaxed next time.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 7/20/2014One of our favorite Napa Valley restaurants. Food and service are always delicious and personable. One issue is the air-conditioning, a bit drafty when it kicks in.Special Features:
- Always outstanding...FoodJagVIPDined on 7/19/2014Eddy meets you at the door and sets the stage for the wonderful dining experience. He is warm, personable and friendly - one of the reasons we enjoy returning. The fried chicken was delicious. Calamari is always a treat. Two salad entrees were also delicious. For consistently excellent food and outstanding service - plus being greeted at the door by Eddy - this is the place to go!Special Features:
- Dinner for 2 7/16/14KSRPHDined on 7/16/2014Enjoyed a very good meal on 7/16. Small plates were great to try and share. Wine list great but we brought in our own bottle and no corkage fee. Quiet and great service. Soft shell crab was the highlight.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great lunchOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 7/16/2014We had the specials including the onion soup, steak panini and the salad special along with a half serving of the Mac and cheese. We enjoyed all. Our server was very nice and attentive.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AwesomeOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 7/14/2014Love coming here, my absolute go to in St. Helena. Amazing food, killer service, great prices, complete package.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great dinner with friends !HappyDinerDined on 7/12/2014Had a great dinner at Market in St Helena while there with friends. As a homeowner in the Valley, really nice to have Market as a local favorite. Beef short ribs, cornbread, and lightly fried prawns all excellent. The GM was all over the room taking great care of the diners. Jesse our server did a great job, too.Special Features:


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Special Issue "Environmental Sustainability and the Built Environment"
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2009)
Special Issue Editor
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Bart A.G. Bossink
VU University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Information, Logistics and Innovation, De Boelelaan 1105, Room 5A-22, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Website: http://personal.vu.nl/b.a.g.bossink/
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Interests: environmentally sustainable innovation; sustainable construction; environmental design; environmental policy
Special Issue Information
Four management levels are distinguished at which the environmental sustainability of the built environment can be influenced. These are: environmental cooperation routines, environmental technology policies, environmental regulations and environmental incentives.
Environmental Cooperation Routines
Cooperation between governmental, institutional, scientific and commercial organizations can facilitate the development of an environmentally sustainable built environment in both emerging clusters of new organizations and in existing networks of established organizations. The first level at which environmentally sustainability for the built environment can be performed is the level of environmental cooperation routines between clusters of innovative organizations. The transition of industries towards sustainability is dependent upon networks of cooperating firms and institutions, and the coordination of their assets to transform traditional processes into ecologically friendly ones. Such firms rely upon daily dialogue and frequent exchange of environmental services and knowledge. The needed intensive environmental communication, environmental service provision, and environmental knowledge exchange typically takes place in specialized niches, apart from settings in which mainstream and less sustainable organizations are dominant. There is a symbiotic relationship between environmentally innovative firms, for instance in cases in which residual products of one firm can be used as raw material in another. But besides this, it is also found that mainstream organizations became more environmentally oriented in cooperation with others. Although traditionally operating industries are often resistant to greening initiatives, they are willing to change when their counterparts offer robust technologies that are capable of performing in accordance with new environmental standards.
Environmental Technology Policies
An environmentally sustainable built environment can be stimulated by a nationwide environmental technology policy in which public and private organizations cooperatively develop and execute environmental action plans. A second level at which the management of environmentally sustainability for the built environment can take place is the level of environmental technology policies that create the infrastructure in which innovative activity can emerge and be strengthened. A national environmental technology policy can play an important role in directing national industries towards environmental sustainability. A nation's government and institutions have to develop a national innovation-policy, which induces research, invention, development and adoption of new technologies by governmental, institutional, scientific and commercial organizations. An analysis of Finnish national technology policies for example showed how environmental issues become part of a national technology policy. The Finnish integration of environmental goals in a national policy, in combination with an action and assessment program in which institutional and commercial organizations cooperated, produced considerable environmental results. In addition, the friction between sustainability as a common interest that is served by governmental, institutional and scientific organizations, and profitability as an individual interest, which is one of the primary goals of commercial organizations, is not easy to overcome. But to a certain degree it can be taken away by a national technology policy.
Environmental Regulations
Regulation can force, guide and stimulate environmentally sustainability for the built environment by cooperating firms in building. The third level at which environmentally sustainability for the built environment can take place is the level of environmental regulations. Environmental regulation can be used to force and invite organizations to increase the environmental sustainability of their operations. Although it is a common premise that regulation in terms of norms, procedures, laws and control is useful and appropriate, there is also evidence for the argument that it hinders environmental innovation. Firms, for example, react strategically to environmental regulation. They scan which competitors and counterparts in their environment respond to regulatory pressure and then decide to do it in the same way, or differently, based on their competitive strategy. In addition, firms that are confronted with environmental regulation, often just comply with the rules. They neglect sustainable options that are not part of the rules and norms and do not exceed the regulated standards. Performance standards could be introduced because these have the benefit that these just define the measures of the expected environmental performance of firms, and not the exact specifications of the applied methods and processes to achieve a certain level of environmental sustainability. There is also the possibility to use regulation that stimulates firms to embrace environmental issues as new competitive opportunities. Regulation could facilitate the development of objective data on the comparative environmental performance of organizations in the industry and stimulate and reward the most innovative organizations in industry.
Environmental Incentives
Financial incentives can support the development of environmentally sustainability for the built environment by cooperating building organizations. The fourth level at which the management of environmentally sustainability for the built environment can be situated is the level of environmental incentives that stimulate environmental innovation. Organizations primarily act on the social and economical pressure that is exerted by governments, institutions and communities. An important aspect is the stimulating effect of economic incentives on the environmental innovativeness of scientific and commercial organizations. The financial incentives of the government and institutions enable research institutes and companies to direct a part of their R&D-efforts towards the greening of their strategies, processes, products and services. Although funding and subsidies are generally stressed as means to stimulate sustainable development, it can also be argued that environmental innovation can be profitable by itself. Investments in environmental sustainability, especially in waste prevention practices, could result in decreasing costs of waste handling and emissions. But despite this, not every organization has the capability to profit from environmentally sustainable innovation. Most organizations need a strong foundation of innovative capabilities to be able to create and generate financial advantages of environmental management. When they do not have this basis, they heavily rely upon subsidies.
The special issue focuses on the state-of-the-art developments in this field. It is a theme that is of importance to both practitioners and scholars because of the increasing societal incentives to go green. The call for papers could focus on University Departments dedicated to the built environment. In the UK, USA, and Europe several departments are dedicated to this field. In addition, readership can focus on these scholars and on practitioners working for the government, institutions and commercial firms, who have to and want to innovate in the field of environmental sustainability in their planning- and building-related work.
Dr. Bart A.G. Bossink
Guest Editor
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- sustainable construction
- green building
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A follow-up, more than a sequel, to writer/director Judd Apatow's "Knocked Up," "This is 40" moves supporting characters Pete and Debbie — a highly stressed L.A. couple approaching their 40th birthdays — into the spotlight.
It's not a movie for children, teens or 20-somethings, but for anyone within sight of 40 who has been married and raised a child, it's a sharp, hilarious and occasionally poignant comedy.
Paul Rudd plays Pete, the still immature owner of a struggling indie record label. Always funny Leslie Mann — Apatow's wife — plays his insecure spouse Debbie, who runs an unprofitable clothing boutique.
Keeping things in the family, Mann and Apatow's real-life daughters, Maude and Iris, play Pete and Debbie's girls, volcanic 13-year-old Sadie and precocious 8-year-old Iris.
Pete and Debbie love each other, in their own extremely flawed way, but "This is 40" is no feel-good romantic comedy. The characters wrestle with life changes, financial woes, secrets and their own parents and often make questionable choices.
As expected with an Apatow comedy, the film has a slew of pleasantly crude and vulgar moments, though that's less of a focus than in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up."
Rudd and Mann are perfect foils for each other, each vulnerable, angry and confused in their own ways.
While "Knocked Up" stars Seth Rogen and Katherine Heigl are nowhere to be seen, a large and talented supporting cast gets plenty of opportunities to share in the big laughs.
Albert Brooks gets the biggest chunk of time, as Rudd's unapologetically mooching father, and doesn't waste it. John Lithgow gets a less showy role as Debbie's estranged dad, while Jason Segel serves as another bridge from "Knocked Up."


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In summer of 2010, Marybeth Bond and her 22-year-old daughter road their bikes from California to Virginia, and blogged about the adventure to raise funds and awareness for the National Osteoporosis Foundation.
Bond, a world traveler, founder of GutsyTraveler.com and National Geographic award-winning author of 11 travel books, spoke to a packed room at the Mill Valley Community Center Tuesday as part of the third season of Speak to Me, featuring intelligent, inspiring events for women.
"In the process of discovering the world, I've discovered myself and what it means to be a woman," she said.
Bond is just one of the great voices in the lineup, which includes Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the producer of Miss Representation, a documentary that explores how the media affects our appearance and behavior; Linda Burch, co-founder of Common Sense Media; Laura Ling, the E! Investigates reporter who received worldwide attention when she was imprisoned in North Korea for 140 days; and Rebecca Costa, sociobiologist, nationally syndicated radio host and author of The Watchman's Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction. John Gray, author of Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus kicked off the season in October, and the events are spread out through April.
Mill Valley moms Jenny Terry and Tracy Barsotti started Speak to Me in 2010 as a way to offer busy mothers some girl time while educating, inspiring, and socializing with one another.
"From what we hear, one of the best parts of our events is the delicious food, wine and mingle time before our speakers," Terry said before Tuesday's event.
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Miss Representation Screening to benefit the YES! Foundation
Drake High School Little Theatre, 1327 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo
January 16, 7:15 p.m.
Miss Representation Screening to benefit the KIDDO! Foundation
Mill Valley Middle School Gym, 425 Sycamore Ave., Mill Valley
January 29, 6:30 p.m.
Media Madness: Empowering a Cultural Shift
Jennifer Siebel Newsom: Writer, director and producer of the inspiring documentary Miss Representation. Founder and CEO of MissRepresentation.org and of Girls Club Entertainment.
Linda Burch: Co-founder and Chief Education and Strategy Officer of Common Sense Media, the nation's leading nonpartisan organization dedicated to improving the media lives of kids and families.
March 19, 6:30 p.m.
Journey of Hope: A Story of Courage, Love and Determination
Laura Ling: American journalist, host and reporter for E! Investigates. Ling received worldwide attention when she was imprisoned in North Korea for 140 days before being granted a pardon facilitated by President Bill Clinton and her sister Lisa Ling, enabling her return to the U.S.
April 30, 2013 - 6:30pm
Adapting to An Increasingly Complex World
Rebecca Costa: Sociobiologist, futurist, nationally syndicated radio host and author of The Watchman's Rattle: Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction. As a recognized thought-leader and provocative new voice in the mold of Thomas Friedman, Malcolm Gladwell and Jared Diamond, she examines "the big picture"– providing compelling insight and encouraging solutions to the global gridlock of our day.
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The religious leaders in Luke 20:19-26 tried to trap Jesus by asking him whether or not Caesar had the right to tell the people of God what to do, including paying taxes. They were, in a sense, making Caesar out to be the lifeguard of the pool, suggesting that the people of God were bigger than Caesar's law. And if Jesus were to agree with that, they could accuse him of treason, so they thought they'd trapped him.
But Jesus turns it around and says that rather than the authority coming from the law itself, the authority comes from the image of the higher power. So the coin that bore Caesar's image reflected his rule over the nation, just like humans who bear God's image reflect his rule over the people of God. Jesus was actually calling for people who bore the image of God to reflect the image of him in how they related to Caesar.
19 The scribes and the chief priests sought to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he had told this parable against them, but they feared the people. 20 So they watched him and sent spies, who pretended to be sincere, that they might catch him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 So they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly, and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God. 22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or not?" 23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, 24 "Show me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's." 25 He said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." 26 And they were not able in the presence of the people to catch him in what he said, but marveling at his answer they became silent.
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Realizing that some players are more reactive than proactive, following is the non-player generated plot hook. If the party has enough interesting characters with enough interesting backstory, I'll use a more player-centric hook:
Converting the Giants
Sarah, the human missionary, cried with her head in her hands. In the dim candlelight of her hut, she silently hoped that someone, somewhere, would come near and share her feelings of frustration. The mission of four members had the usual task: bring the light of Heironeous to the heretical giants, teach them the ways - music, learning, speech, trade - of the new kingdom, and improve relations between giants and humans. Her mission was with the Tonogar tribe, and things were going poorly.
Every other member of her mission seemed to have an ulterior motive. Yet all were supposedly good followers of Justice. The warrior seemed like he was testing the giants' combat skill, instead of simply protecting the mission. The sage was always probing for lost magical treasure. And the worst of them all, the priest, seemed convinced that all the giants were doomed to wallow in Vecna's underworld for eternity. Damn the mission's efforts.
Sarah lifted her head. She resolved, to herself and to Justice, that she would make a difference. This was a test from Heironeous, and she would make Him proud. As she wiped the tears away, Shinny, her closest giant friend, flung open her tent door.
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Sunderland need a win but the chances of them getting it against Chelsea are not good on paper. Fortunately for Martin O'Neill's band of red and white stripped misfits, games are not played on paper.
The Black Cats lineup is mostly first choice with the only major chance being Connor Wickham replacing the injured Steven Fletcher up top. Simon Mignolet and his defense will be tested by Chelsea's attack...well everyone except Torres we expect.
Rafa Benitez continues his match-to-match tinkering giving Victor Moses and Oriol Romeu the start. The rest of the lineup remains much the same with Fernando Torres leading the attack...or at least trying too.
Sunderland starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Simon Mignolet; Phil Bardsley, Danny Rose, John O'Shea, Carlos Cuéllar; Sebastian Larsson, Criag Gardner; Adam Johnson, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon; Connor Wickham.
Chelsea starting lineup (4-2-3-1): Petr Cech; Branislav Ivanović, David Luiz, Gary Cahill, Ashley Cole; Oriol Romeu, Ramires; Victor Moses, Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Fernando Torres.


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Well, the Jets didn't come through for us against the Giants. You can't be mad at the Jets despite their poor effort to win the title of the Meadowlands. Why? Because, the Eagles had what it took to be something special this season. Now we all can sit here and complain about the moves and the defense and the lack of what ever sorry excuse you'd like to mention. But to continue to be optimistic and passionate about our Eagles, I will look into the offseason in this article and point out the positives and the grand possibilities this talented team can bring.
I'll start with the coaching staff. Fire Andy Reid? Yeah, alright our emotions may run wild when Philadelphia can't put together a win but FIRE ANDY REID? Come on now. Andy Reid has done wonders for this team for the past decade and some. The Eagles staff upstairs has done a great job with this team and Andy Reid has been a big part of certain decisions the franchise has made. Andy Reid will stay in Philadelphia and AT LEAST finish out his contract.
Now I will talk about Juan Castillo. I'd just like to say... did anyone realize he coached defense before he was the Eagles O-Line coach? OK well he was. He is an extremely passionate coach that is hard working. He has Andy Reid's trust. He has done great with the defense as of late as well. This defense had NO TIME at all to come together as one due to the lockout. Have you seen what they can do with time? The defensive line is.. is DOMINATING. Credit to Jim Washburn for that as well. We have young safeties, very very talented corners from the first to fifth spot on the depth chart. The draft can bring linebackers to the young linebacker core to help them as well. Sean McDermott was under Jim Johnson for quite a while. It was clear to the Eagles that he wasn't the answer. But give some time to a dedicated coach who has been on the staff for a long time. Who brings energy and excitement to practice. Who is becoming one with the defense as of right now. Under Castillo, I genuinely believe they can be something very special. The Eagles will keep Juan as the defensive coordinator and he will show you the true side of this defense.
Now to player and contracts. It's been the talk of the season. DeSean Jackson. If you are for letting him go, then you haven't sat down to think about what he does for this team. The whole situation has been a mess this year. First off, the Eagles should have done something about his contract before it came to this. Second, as a professional of the sport of football, you should never allow your contract and buisness side effect what you do on the field. It is time to put this behind us and sign the most explosive player in the NFL to stay with the Eagles. Not only is he the definition of deep threat, but he causes defenses to place so much attention that it opens up opportunities for Maclin, Avant, Cooper and Celek. He is a game changer. Without him in this offense, it wouldn't be the same. The speed at all of our offensive skill positions compliments each other one to an extreme. DeSean Jackson WILL be back in Philadelphia.
Speaking of playmaking, the defensive side of the ball has it's very own. Ever since the Eagles signed Asante Samuel he has been an intercepting machine. He has been that player he was signed to be and nothing short of it. Unfortunatly for Asante Samuel, the Eagles had a great chance this past offseason to snag Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and Nnamdi Asomugha. Financially, they all cannot exist on this roster. Look, I love Asante Samuel. He is worthy of a Hall Of Fame spot. The 4th rounder out of UCF has surpassed all expectations for his career. I would hate to see him go but it seems as if it his time. The Eagles will trade Asante Samuel away for draft picks. This opens up a lot of cap space for future contracts such as Jackson, Maclin, McCoy and Rodgers-Cromartie. It needs to happen to keep up with the developement of this phenominal roster. I wish the best for Mr. President, as we should prepare to say farewell.
Now, as I said before the attention of our expiring contracts has revolved around DeSean Jackson. There are other key signing the Eagles need to make. Specifically on the D-Line. Mike Patterson and Derek Landri both need to be re-signed. If you don't know who Derek Landri is then you have not payed attention to the Eagles this year. This is one of those Washburn Wonders. Landri is a freak in the run, a hustler to the quarterback in pass rush and a damn fun player to watch. You love to hear about players who weren't big time out of college and turn their careers around. Landri is currently doing that. He can continue to do that under Washburn. The Eagles will re-sign Patterson and Landri
It was nice to see this roster filled with big time names. But we will have to say good bye to a few. Ronnie Brown and Vince Young probably will not becoming back. Ronnie didn't have his usual year as a runner. He is still a good worthy runningback but this is the LeSean McCoy show. We need some young talent behind LeSean McCoy and Dion Lewis (Who I love as well.). He is just a little to costly for a 2nd string RB. I wish the best for Ronnie Brown on another team. As for VY, I hope Vince Young becomes a starter again in the NFL and ressurects his NFL career. I am not going to sit here and bash him. If you play in the NFL, you are a talented player. He beat the Giants with out Maclin. VY and Riley Cooper played great that game and I was excited after that. However, I would bet the Eagles will draft a back up if Mike Kafka isn't the answer. Vince is too costly and deserves a 2nd shot at becoming a franchise QB. Best of luck to Vince and Ronnie. They will be departing from this roster this offseason.
Rodgers-Cromartie. This talented young corner has been promising in his career. Don't be judgemental of him. He played the slot where he wasn't meant to play at. He is very very fast and agile. He is 6 foot 2 and can be a shut down corner. I hope to see him live it up this coming season so the Eagles can re-sign him and lock him in with Nnamdi for years to come. The Eagles re-sign Rodgers-Cromartie soon.
Draft possibilites... I will not get detailed in this section, for I have my scouting to do. I expect the Eagles to address the LB corps. They may draft a quarterback. They need another runningback. They need some competitors for the reciever positions. Probably a solid sized project corner to grow with the talented Curtis Marsh and Brandon Hughes. There is a good possiblity they draft a safety for some competition. However I am excited to see if Jaiquawn Jarrett will build off his rookie season with training camp ahead. You never know what Andy Reid may do with his picks. The Eagles will use all their draft picks and go with the youth they like in the draft.
Something to think about: What if the Eagles signed Donovan McNabb as a veteran QB to go with Michael Vick and Mike Kafka? Just something cool I would enjoy.
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Imagine a world without apples. Never mind the loss to pie bakers, cider producers and school lunch makers. Consider what some of our favorite idioms would be without the apple.
"He's the mango of my eye."
"How do you like them grapes?"
"The persimmon doesn't fall far from the tree."
"Don't upset the watermelon cart."
"It's lemons to oranges."
History would herald Johnny Peachseed. Geeks everywhere would salivate over Pear Inc.'s latest iPhone release.
Fortunately, that's a reality we'll never have to see. Thank you, Eve.
As revered as apples are in American and Washington State culture you might not know it by taking a walk through local backyards. The fruit gets no respect. Bucket loads of apples hang on trees or rot on the ground. What gives?
Urban dwellers have plenty of excuses: "I don't have time to gather them," "I don't know what to do with them all" and the ultimate conversation stopper — "Worms."
At University Place's Curran Apple Orchard Park, the volunteers have made apple appreciation and education their mission. The apples from the park's 200-plus trees are put to good use. And, like modern day Johnny Appleseeds, they encourage home orchardists to grow their own.
The orchard, started by Mary and Charles Curran in 1951, became a city park in the mid-1990s. It's largely run by the volunteers, called CORE (Curran Orchard Resource Enthusiasts), who get assistance from University Place Parks and Public Works.
Volunteer Debbie Klosowski has been involved with the park from its earliest days. When she moved to the neighborhood in the 1990s development was quickly changing the landscape.
"The fact that there was an apple orchard in the middle of a city was amazing," Klosowski, a native of Wisconsin said. "This was like a little bit of home to me."
The 7-acre property is first a park. An amphitheater hosts concerts and the attendance at the late summer cider squeeze's exceeds capacity.
The trees can be "adopted" by families or individuals who are then responsible for maintenance, but get first pick at harvest time. At a higher adoption level, CORE will provide the maintenance.
The orchard is not organic. CORE sprays for apple maggot and coddling moth, and uses a fungicide. Beehives are rented in April and Mason bee "condos" are put in place for pollination. In early June, sticky traps are set out to snare pests.
Education is a big theme at the orchard. In spring, classes are offered on pruning and insects. In fall, more than 500 school kids tour the orchard.
"Some of the kids think apples only come from stores," Klosowski said. "A lot of them just haven't been exposed to that before."
In the commercial apple growing regions of Washington, miniature apple tree orchards are sprouting like weeds. Smaller trees, usually grown on dwarf rootstock, offer quicker maturity, easier pruning and ground-based harvesting. Despite their diminutive size, the trees yield high amounts of fruit.
At Curran a space that until recently held two large apple trees now holds 40 much-smaller trees spaced about four feet apart. Three long "fences" of trees also fall into the high density bracket of apple production. The fence style, called espalier, is both productive and attractive. One of the espaliered features spells out the orchard's name in six-foot high letters. The other two use horizontal and diamond-shaped training patterns.
Small trees offer homeowners an easy way to produce their own apples, Klosowski said.
"We want to encourage people to grow trees in their backyards," Klosowski said. And fall, with its cool wet weather, is the time to plant.
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WilmerHale Joins Growing Group of Law Firms in Eliminating Lockstep Pay
Posted Dec 15, 2009 8:11 PM CDT
By Martha Neil
Joining a number of other well-known law firms that have announced plans to eliminate so-called lockstep pay, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr announced today that it will be moving to a merit-based system that rewards individual performance and relies more heavily on bonuses.
The planned elimination of the current associate pay system, which awards standardized salary increases to a group of associates based on their seniority, will take place within the next two to three years, according to Bloomberg.
"The traditional structure and method of doing business for law firms is changing and needs to change," the firm's co-managing partners, William Lee and William Perlstein, say in a memo today to associates.
Related earlier coverage:
ABAJournal.com: "Legal Sector Lost 5,800 Jobs Last Month, Labor Bureau Says"
ABAJournal.com: "Orrick Reveals New Associate Pay Structure"
ABAJournal.com: "Sonnenschein Sets New 3-Tier Pay Plan for Associates, Confirms Staff Layoffs"
ABAJournal.com: "Weil Gotshal Lays Off 79 Staff, Says Firm 'Must Do More With Less'"
ABAJournal.com: "New Competency Programs Can't Be Just a Cover for Pay Cuts"
ABAJournal.com: "How In-House Counsel 'Value' Challenge is Changing One Law Firm"
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What is the libero?
The volleyball libero is a defensive specialist position in indoor volleyball. The position was added to the game in 1999 along with special rules for play in order to foster more digs and rallies and to make the game more exciting. The libero remains in the game at all times and is the only player not limited by rules of rotation. He usually replaces the middle blocker position when they rotate to the back row and never rotates to the front row himself.
The libero is chosen by the team before the match or tournament and that designated player must remain the libero for the entire match or tournament. If the libero is injured, he/she can be replaced by any player who is not on the court, but that player must remain the libero for the remainder of the match.
What does the libero do during a play?
The libero is responsible for a great deal of the passing in serve receive. Often the libero will be responsible for a much greater part of the court than his teammates. The libero is in the game to add ball control, so his main responsibility is to pass the ball well so the team can run the offense. On defense the libero needs to dig well, getting a hand on every ball he can to keep the play alive. Since the libero has no attack responsibilities, he must chase down every ball he can. He may also be responsible for setting if the ball is dug by the setter or out of the setter's range.
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By Juma Nsubuga
President Yoweri Museveni has urged Ugandans to work for the establishment of industrial base for better economic development.
The President revealed this while meeting a delegation from the Acholi Sub-Region at State House, Nakasero .
Mr. Museveni noted that the most important issue is that Ugandans should appreciate revolves on how best they can plan for the future of their children adding that the establishment of industries is paramount.
"We cannot plan for the future of our children when people are involved in activities such as hunting animals in so-called cultural lands they own. Added that the cultural land system did not help the people of Uganda to develop ever since the colonial time because land was only dedicated to homestead activities such as farming, grazing, and hunting among other activities which did not bring in enough wealth returns", he noted.
The President called upon Ugandans to take advantage of the existing markets in the region such as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and establish factories to churn out more merchandise to meet the market demands.
Mr. Museveni called for team work among all district leaders in Uganda in order to promote and keep peace amongst them and with the people they lead because development and transformation depends on tranquility.
He further appealed to leaders at all levels to be very conscious about their utterances that could easily incite people into acts that do not promote the public good.
The Amuru district delegation applauded President Museveni for his initiative to promote and cause development in Amuru district. They assured him that the people of Amuru district are willing to support the government development programmes in their area.
The meeting was attended by State Minister for Housing, Mr. Sam Engola and that for Water, Mrs. Betty Bigombe .


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Darkening skies and drizzling rain didn't keep onlookers from visiting the Gunpowder Falls State Park, between Perry Hall and Kingsville, along Belair Road on Tuesday afternoon.
The main attraction—raging high water and rapids in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
"It's awesome," said Jim McCready, who lives near the park. "The last time I saw it like this was Hurricane Irene, but even then I don't think it was quite that high."
Perry Hall resident Sarah Abaza brought a group of friends, including one visiting from Egypt, to see the water level. "This is her first time in the U.S. They don't have hurricanes in Egypt," Abaza said.
"This is insanity," she added.
Special thanks to Lee Miller, a recent Temple University graduate, who contributed photos and video of the river and debris.
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The UFC On Xbox Live team has just sent emails to everyone (all 30,000 of them) who secured a free pass to stream UFC 141 only to find out approximately 5 minutes prior to the PPV start time that they had to make alternate (and not free) plans for viewing the event. Not only will the participants have free access to stream this Saturday's UFC Rio PPV on the Xbox 360, they are also being given a code which is good for one free month of Xbox Live Gold service for the inconvenience. It's a nice good faith gesture from Microsoft at least. The email reads (after the jump):
|Dear (Xbox Live User's name):
|You're receiving this note because you were one of the many fans who registered to experience UFC 141 on Xbox LIVE.
|First and foremost, please allow us to apologize for the technical issues that impacted your access to UFC 141 on Xbox LIVE. We remain committed to providing you with the quality experience you expect, therefore we completed a thorough investigation into the issues that prevented you from enjoying UFC 141 on Xbox LIVE, and we're confident that we've addressed the problems.
|We'd love it if you'd give us a second chance, and we'd like to offer you another opportunity to experience UFC on Xbox LIVE free of charge with UFC RIO: Aldo vs. Mendes on January 14th, 2012. Instructions on how to access UFC RIO on Xbox LIVE are outlined below. In addition, we're providing all those impacted by the UFC 141 technical issues with one month of free Xbox LIVE Gold membership*. See redemption code and instructions below.
|As we continue to polish and refine the application, new functionality and features will be released. In the meantime, we believe we're building the most compelling, interactive way to experience the fun and excitement of UFC in your living room, and now it is our job to prove it to you.
|Thank you for being a valued Xbox LIVE member.
The Xbox LIVE Team


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Posts from — February 2010
Global Warming is Responsible for … Everything Bad! (climate alarmism's PR problem in one list)
[Editor note: Hat tip to Michael Fumento at globalwarming.org for his recommendation of Number Watch's listing below. This site advertises itself as a depot for "all about the scares, scams, junk, panics, and flummery cooked up by the media, politicians, bureaucrats, so-called scientists and others who try to confuse you with wrong numbers."]
Of course U.S. EPA is correct in their finding that the human influence on climate (aka anthropogenic global warming) poses a threat to human welfare. And no wonder why Obama science advisor John Holdren has not disowned his prediction that as many as one billion people could perish by 2020 from climate change.
We surrender. We apologize. We bucked the science as long as we could and just have nowhere to hide. And Dr. Romm over at Climate Progress is right. I personally am a denier, an anti-science disinformer, and (as he said in a personal email) a sociopath.
The evidence is in this complete list of things caused by global warming (reproduced verbatim from the linked website):
Acne, agricultural land increase, Afghan poppies destroyed, poppies more potent, Africa devastated, Africa in conflict, African aid threatened, African summer frost, aggressive weeds, Air France crash, air pressure changes, airport malaria, Agulhas current, Al Qaeda and Taliban Being Helped, allergy season longer, alligators in the Thames, Alps melting, Amazon a desert, American dream end, amphibians breeding earlier (or not), anaphylactic reactions to bee stings, ancient forests dramatically changed, animals head for the hills, animals shrink, Antarctic grass flourishes, Antarctic ice grows, Antarctic ice shrinks, Antarctic sea life at risk, anxiety treatment, algal blooms, archaeological sites threatened, Arctic bogs melt, Arctic in bloom, Arctic ice free, Arctic ice melt faster, Arctic lakes disappear, Arctic tundra lost, Arctic warming (not), asthma, Atlantic less salty, Atlantic more salty, atmospheric circulation modified, attack of the killer jellyfish, avalanches reduced, avalanches increased, Baghdad snow,Bahrain under water, bananas grow, barbarisation, beer and bread prices to soar, beer better, beer worse, beetle infestation, [Read more →]
February 27, 2010 4 Comments
Easy, Cheap 'Green' Energy? Just the Reverse!
[Editor note: This post by Kenneth P. Green and Aparna Mathur of the American Enterprise Institute, is a slightly revised version that originally appeared at The American, AEI's flagship monthly publication.]
In December 2009, economists Hector Pollitt and Chris Thoung of Cambridge Econometrics published a self-described "short" modeling exercise on an 80 percent greenhouse-gas emissions reduction by 2050 in the United Kingdom.[1] Pollitt and Thoung used the Energy-Environment-Economy Model of Europe (E3ME), which they observe has been "used for a variety of analyses including greenhouse-gas mitigation policies, incentives for industrial energy efficiency, and sustainable household consumption."[2] The E3ME model covers 29 European countries and uses detailed data on 42 economic sectors, 41 categories of consumer goods, 12 types of fuel, and 14 emissions, including the six major greenhouse gases.
Surprisingly, the study estimates that prices for most goods would rise by less than 1 percent. The highest price increases would be found for carbon-intensive fuels, such as natural gas, gasoline, and electricity. But it would be affordable overall.
Proponents of (forced) energy transformation trumpeted the findings. In a news piece "Low-carbon future: we can afford to go green," Jim Giles of New Scientist quoted a climate policy expert at the London School of Economics: "These results show that the global project to fight climate change is doable" and "it's not such a big ask as people are making out."[3]
The New Scientist piece adds that these results correspond well to studies in the United States, quoting Manik Roy of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change as predicting that "even cutting emissions by 80 per cent over four decades has a very small effect on consumers in most areas." The Pew Center would no doubt like to see a lot of rationing of CO2 here in the U.S.
No Inexpensive 'Green' Lunch
We disagree. Our prior research into the costs of indirect energy—that is, the energy used to produce, package, and distribute consumer goods and services—suggests that the Cambridge Econometrics numbers are unrealistically low. In a series of papers and studies conducted by us and coauthored with colleagues, we show that even a $15 permit price (one-fortieth of what Pollitt and Thoung model) would cause prices of most goods to rise by 1 percent or higher.[4] So hold on to your wallets. [Read more →]
February 26, 2010 4 Comments
New Oil and Gas Study: Robust Oil and Gas Resources Could Be Developed for Consumers and Taxpayers (big opportunity for decision makers!)
At the NARUC Winter Meeting in Washington D.C. last week, a Study Group composed of regulatory commissioners, consultants, government and university economists, and non-profit association sponsors released their energy research report: ANALYSIS OF THE SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF MAINTAINING OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION MORATORIA ON AND BENEATH FEDERAL LANDS
(Assessment of the Combined Relative Impacts of Maintaining Moratoria and Increased Domestic Onshore and Offshore Oil and Gas Resource Estimates).
The just released study, prepared by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and subcontractor Gas Technology Institute (GTI), makes a resounding case for the federal government to consider exploration and production on land and offshore for the common good. And far from being an 'industry group', the 'Moratoria Study Group' represented a formidable national body of public and private energy experts whose study found that consumers, the national economy, vast new employment potential and national defense could benefit from plentiful, affordable and reliable domestic energy resources.
The study makes several important findings and public-policy points.
1. Increased Estimates of Domestic Oil and Gas Resources
The report increased government estimates of the U.S. domestic natural gas resource base from 1,748 Trillion Cubic Feet (Tcf) to 2,034 Tcf, and increased the estimate of crude oil resources from 186 billion barrels of oil (Bbo) to 229 Bbo. It also revealed that a multi-trillion dollar impact on American citizens of not developing resources could result in increased energy imports; increased gasoline, natural gas and electricity prices; along with decreased jobs, gross domestic product and family disposable income.
2. Congress and President Removed Moratoria, but Resources Still Unavailable
"The previous Administration and Congress removed oil and gas moratoria on public lands over one year ago," Study Group chair O'Neal Hamilton said, "but required actions to access the energy resources thought to exist there have not been taken." (Hamilton is past Chairman of the South Carolina Public Service Commission and Chairman of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' NARUC Committee on Gas, which initiated the study in 2007.)
"Whether additional Federal lands should be leased for energy development–and under what conditions leasing should occur–is a matter for national energy policy decision makers," Hamilton said. "Our research allows policy makers to know the extent of the resource base and the effects that maintaining the restrictions would have on the country. Our public interest work is dedicated to giving decision makers information upon which they can rely in developing America's national energy policy."
3. Dramatic Negative Effects from Not Developing U.S. Resources [Read more →]
February 25, 2010 1 Comment
Obama's Proposed Oil and Gas Tax Hike: What Has the Industry Done for Us Lately?
So let me see if I have this right – President Obama's budget proposes to increase taxes on oil and gas by $36.5 billion over the next ten years, while laying out even larger sums for more politically favored energy sources – especially wind and solar. And the reason advanced for this is that these "subsidies [sic] are costly to the American taxpayer and do little to incentivize production or reduce energy prices."
Neither of the claims in this statement is true. In fact, they are the opposite of truth. The oil and gas industries are major sources of revenues for governments at all levels in the US, and production incentives have contributed to a stunning turnaround in the country's natural gas supplies – with higher production and lower costs a major feature.
Let's take a look at these two myths individually.
Myth 1: The oil and gas business receives significant subsidies from the federal government.
Fact: Oil and gas production are major contributors of tax and royalty payments to all levels of government. Fortunately, for those interested in facts, the federal government publishes a lot of them, and they tell a stubborn truth. The oil and gas production business pays about $140 billion annually in royalties and corporate income taxes to the US government.
In comparison, far from being a beneficiary of government subsidies, oil and gas producers receive little–about $2.2 billion in 2008. [Read more →]
February 24, 2010 13 Comments
The Rapidly Melting Case For Carbon Legislation
What a difference 12 months makes. Almost exactly one year ago, the popular, newly minted president, Barack Obama, was telling Congress that he wanted "legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America."
The Democrats, fully confident of their new president and their grip on both houses of Congress, were certain that they could pass yet another big energy bill that would finally push hydrocarbons off their pedestal and replace them with wind turbines, solar panels, and every other type of alternative energy.
An Unstimulated Economy
But a lot has happened since Obama delivered his first State of the Union address. The global economy has continued to show lackluster growth. And perhaps most important: unemployment rates in the U.S. remain stubbornly high and are expected to stay high for at least the next two years. The massive stimulus, in short, has been expensive and unstimulating.
On Sunday, the New York Times reported that "roughly 2.7 million jobless people will lose their unemployment check before the end of April unless Congress approves the Obama administration's proposal to extend the payments." The same story, written by Peter S. Goodman, also contained this astonishing fact: Some 6.3 million Americans have "been unemployed for six months or longer, the largest number since the government began keeping track in 1948. That is more than double the toll in the next-worst period, in the early 1980s."
Real estate foreclosures in the U.S. are soaring, with up to 3.5 million homeowners facing the threat of foreclosure this year. And of course, there's the changing balance of power in Congress. The Democrats' brief stint with a super majority has ended in the Senate, where a Republican, Scott Brown, now sits in the chair held by the late Ted Kennedy.
Other Problems for Climate Alarmism
Meanwhile, sloppy work has tarnished the reputation of the UN-sanctioned Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), perhaps irretrievably so. [Read more →]
February 23, 2010 6 Comments
More on EPA's Climate Science Problem: The Peabody Petition
In my last post, I pointed out a problem with the EPA's major finding that:
Most of the observed increase in global average temperatures since the mid-20th century is very likely due to the observed increase in anthropogenic GHG [greenhouse gas] concentrations.
I showed that it could be reasonably and straightforwardly argued that less than half of the warming since 1950 contained in the "observed" global temperature history can be attributed to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. This is bad for the EPA, as this finding was simply parroted by the EPA from the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4)—a report relied on heavily by the EPA in underpinning its Endangerment Finding (that greenhouse gases released by human activities "threaten the public health and welfare of current and future generations."). When the IPCC is wrong, so is the EPA.
Another new problem with the IPCC's AR4 was reported earlier this week. This one involved the IPCC's reliance on a book chapter instead of the peer-reviewed literature to conclude that sea ice extent around Antarctica had changed little since the late 1970s. In fact, it is well-established in the scientific literature, dating both prior to and subsequent from the production of the AR4, that there has been a statistically significant increase in the extent of sea ice in the Antarctic. That the IPCC AR4 projects Antarctic sea ice declines to accompany global warming, it is little wonder why the IPCC AR4 Chapter 4 authors wanted to downplay the actual behavior of Antarctic sea ice.
The Antarctic sea ice problem adds to an ever growing list of problems uncovered recently (since the EPA's Endangerment Finding) that exist within the IPCC AR4 reports. Other errors involve IPCC findings on Himalayan glaciers, Amazon rainforests, African agriculture, Dutch geography, attribution of extreme weather damages, and several others.
And none of these problems have been exposed as a result of the Climategate email release. Well, maybe as a general result of the heightened nature of inquisitiveness that the Climategate emails evidenced as being warranted, but not as a direct result of the content of the any particular email.
But, don't let this leave you thinking that the Climategate emails are just much ado about nothing, as many IPCC apologists would like you to believe. Far from it. [Read more →]
February 22, 2010 11 Comments
Is DOE/Lawrence Berkeley Lab's Windpower Impacts Study 'Junk Science'? (Albert R. Wilson challenges the 'experts')
[Editor's note: With the author's permission, MasterResource reprints a probing analysis of a recent study by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States. Albert Wilson critically examines a genre of analysis used by wind proponents, including government bodies and environmentalists, that produces a desired result. Comments are invited on this paper as well as on other examples of where methodological tricks are used to justify wind power and other politically dependent energy technologies. (Mr. Wilson's Bio is at the end of the article.)]
by Albert R. Wilson
I recently examined a document published by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory titled "The Impact of Wind Power Projects on Residential Property Values in the United States: A Multi- Site Hedonic Analysis" (hereafter "Report"). I express no opinion concerning the impact of wind power projects on residential property values and instead focus on the underlying methods used in the development of the Report, and the resulting serious questions concerning the credibility of the results.
As stated in the title, the primary bases for the conclusions drawn in the Report are hedonic analyses of residential real estate sales data. A hedonic analysis in turn is based on the assumption that the coefficients of certain explanatory variables in a regression represent accurately the marginal contribution of those variables to the sale price of a property.
While I have other issues with the Report (and again reiterate that I have no opinion on the influence of wind farms on residential sales prices), the concerns I have addressed here lead to the conclusion that the Report should not be given serious consideration for any policy purpose. The underlying analytical methods cannot be shown to be reliable or accurate.
The reasons for the conclusion may be summarized as:
1) Lack of access to the underlying data prevents the independent validation of the data, replication of the analysis, testing of alternative analyses, or testing of the conclusions against the real market.
2) The peer review process used for both the literature and the Report can only determine the acceptability of the papers for publication. It cannot reveal the validity, accuracy or reliability of the work behind the papers.
3) Given the peer review actually conducted, the fact that no published and recognized standards for the development of an accurate and reliable regression on sales price were used render the Report of highly uncertain value for any purpose.
4) The exclusive use of a test of statistical significance only indicates that the coefficients for Distance and View variables are not conclusive. What we do not know is what those coefficients actually represent. Only tests of economic significance would provide an answer, and none has been conducted.
5) Low explanatory power: 13% less than an acceptable minimum for an accurate regression on sales price.
The technical analysis underlying this conclusion follows: [Read more →]
February 20, 2010 4 Comments
Green Jobs: The Last Redoubt (invoking military images of us-versus-them)
Over the past few weeks, with more dents accumulating in the armor of warmism, a new battle line is taking shape: " The U.S. economy is ill, energy is important, green jobs will save us, promote green jobs, give us your money." Or something like that.
In fact, the shock troops of the green job army are now promoting the phrase "global weirding" to replacing global warming. There is also terminological retreat on the green jobs side. You see green tech is not actually going to do much positive for the economy, you should think of it rather as a form of "insurance," against global weirding, I suppose.
As we limp into our second year of crony capitalism under Barack Obama, with small businesses loath to risk their funds in what is increasingly a rigged crapshoot, and the importance of having friends in Washington all the more vital, government-backed green jobs appear to many as the only way out.
Indeed, as the skirmish lines have formed up the green jobs proponents have tried to imbue the subject with the same kind of political insulation that AGW theory previously enjoyed. Criticizing money spent on green jobs is tantamount to rooting for America to fail. Don't believe me, here's Tom Friedman of the New York Times, chief cheerleader for government-backed (coerced?) green technology promotion quoting Joe Romm approvingly: "China is going to eat our lunch and take our jobs on clean energy — an industry that we largely invented — and they are going to do it with a managed economy we don't have and don't want," And then there's Tom Friedman's approach to international economic competition: "Mr. Wen, I just have one thing to say to you: We are going all in on clean tech. I'm going home and I'm going to get through the U.S. Senate a cap-and-trade bill, a carbon price, a carbon tax, whatever it is that will trigger massive scale investment in clean tech in America. And please take this message back to China: We will bury you. We are going to bury you in clean tech."
This will be the first trade war in history over insurance. [Read more →]
February 19, 2010 6 Comments
Radioactive Corporate Welfare
A good default proposition regarding the government's role in the economy would state that the government should not loan money to an enterprise if the enterprise in question cannot find one single market actor anywhere in the universe to loan said enterprise a single red cent. It might suggest – I don't know – that the investment is rather … dubious.
Alas, like all good propositions regarding the government's role in the economy, this one is being left by the roadside by the Obama administration. Unfortunately, the only complaint being made by a not insubstantial segment of the political Right – frequently, the political crowd that is busy decrying "Bailout Nation" – is that the loan guarantees are not fat enough.
I write, of course, about the $8.3 billion federal loan guarantee announced by President Obama this week for Southern Company to build two new nuclear power plants. The money will be used to guarantee the loans being made by the federal government (via the Federal Financing Bank) to partially cover the cost of Southern's projected $14 billion nuclear construction project at their Vogtle plant near Waynesboro, Georgia.
The loan guarantees were authorized by Congress in the 2005 Energy Policy Act and, we are told, are the first installment on a total package of $54 billion that the President would like to hand out to facilitate the construction of 7-10 new nuclear power plants (Congress, however, has only authorized $18.5 billion to this point).
The claim being made by some – that the loan guarantees are necessary to jump-start investor interest in new nuclear power plant construction – is not quite correct. Even these lavish loan guarantees aren't enough to do that. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Energy dated July 2, 2007, six of Wall Street's s then-largest investment banks – Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley – informed the administration that, contrary to the government's expectations, anything short of a 100 percent unconditional guarantee would be insufficient to induce private lending.
Why is it risky to build nuclear power plants? [Read more →]
February 18, 2010 16 Comments
Climategate: Seven Hard Questions from the Case Study of the Fall of Enron (will the AAAS panel consider them?)
In recent years, I have been working on a book trilogy inspired by the rise and fall of Enron, easily a top-ten event in the history of commercial capitalism. I worked at Enron for 16 years and knew Ken Lay (a nice, albeit subtly flawed, man) well. No, I did not know the extent of the company's problems (very few did), but I should have known more. Still, I was very critical of the company's political business model and in particular, Enron's climate alarmism and investments in (uneconomic, unreliable, unprofitable) wind power and solar power.
Book 1 in the trilogy, Capitalism at Work: Business, Government, and Energy (2009), spends several chapters on best business practices and sustainable corporate culture under capitalism proper–and the perils for the same from political capitalism. It was through the wisdom of several books, beginning with Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments and continuing with Charles Koch's Science of Success (2007) that I found the worldview that explained the why-behind-the-why of Enron's collapse–the philosophic failure behind the financial failure).
AAAS Panel on Climategate Tomorrow
Today, a friend alerted me about the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego and Friday's panel on Climategate. One of the panelists is my friend Jerry North, who was part of two global warming debates we had here in Houston last month. (The Rice University debate between Richard Lindzen and North is online here.)
I was incited to write Jerry the email that is reproduced below. Perhaps this communication should have gone to the panel leader Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences. It would certainly apply to the other three panelists in addition to North given their topics:
Francisco J. Ayala, UC Irvine, "The Practice and Conduct of Scientific Research"
Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard, "Science in Society"
Gerald R. North, Texas A&M, "The Data Behind Climate Research"
Phillip A. Sharp, MIT, "Data Use and Access Across Disciplines"
At Climate Audit, Steve McIntyre is critical of both North and the chosen panel for its lack of intellectual diversity. He wrote in part:
Gerry North told the Penn State Inquiry that he hadn't read the Climategate emails out of "professional respect". This apparently qualified him as an "expert" on the topic.
Cicerone appears to have been quite careful not to invite any speakers that actually knew anything about the controversy. It sounds like it will be totally uninformative – an ideal Sir Humphrey outcome.
Seven Questions for Climategate Discussants
Here is my email to Dr. North which he kindly responded to by saying that his presentation was narrow and already sent in. Still, there is plenty of discussion to come where these hard questions, in part or whole, can be brought up and debated. [Read more →]
February 18, 2010 11 Comments