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Inhofe Op-Ed: Energy Tax Prevention Act: The Only End to Cap and Trade (Human Events)
March 28, 2011
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Op-Ed: Energy Tax Prevention Act: The Only End to Cap and Trade
By Sen. James Inhofe (more by this author)
Link to Inhofe-Upton Energy Tax Prevention Page
The evidence is in: The Obama Environmental Protection Agency's cap-and-trade agenda is destroying jobs and decreasing domestic energy supplies. That agenda is slowing our economic recovery. It will mean higher gas and electricity bills for consumers.
Congress can stop this attack on jobs and affordable energy by passing the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. The bill would stop EPA's cap-and-trade regulations, which are designed to make the energy we use more expensive.
They will also strangle economic growth. As the National Association of Manufacturers wrote, "At a time when our economy is attempting to recover from the most severe recession since the 1930s, [EPA] regulations, with no guidance from Congress, will establish disincentives for the long-term investments necessary to grow jobs and expedite economic recovery."
Workers and consumers will feel the pain. A study by CRA International estimates that the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations could increase wholesale electricity costs by 35% to 45% and reduce average worker compensation by $700 a year. What would they get in return? EPA itself has conceded that its unilateral actions will be overwhelmed and rendered meaningless due to ever-increasing emissions from China and India.
I introduced the Energy Tax Prevention Act (S 482) with House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R.-Mich.) on March 3. The House is expected to vote on the bill soon, and it has bipartisan support. The Senate could vote on the bill, in the form of an amendement sponsored by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, as early as this week.
There is a bipartisan majority in the Senate that favors blocking or restricting the EPA's cap-and-trade agenda in some way. The vote on the McConnell amendment comes down to a simple choice: Are you for jobs and affordable energy or President Obama's energy taxes and bureaucratic regulations?
Of course, some want to avoid this stark choice, so they have devised "alternatives," which amount to, as the newspaper Politico put it, "political cover"-they provide convenient talking points but keep the EPA's cap-and-trade agenda largely in place. One example comes from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D.-W.Va.), who has proposed a narrow two-year delay of the EPA's global warming regulations.
I agree with Sen. Rockefeller that, as he put it last year, "Congress-not the unelected EPA-must decide major economic and energy policy." But make no mistake: A vote for the Rockefeller bill is a vote for higher energy taxes and more regulations. That's because a two-year delay provides no certainty for businesses of all sizes planning for new, long-term investment. That lack of certainty is already having a deleterious effect on jobs and economic growth.
Consider Nucor Steel. The company planned a $2 billion investment that would have created 2,000 construction and 500 permanent jobs. But the project was curtailed-by more than 50%-largely because of the EPA's regulations. Lion Oil, a refinery based in El Dorado, Ark., faced a similar fate: The EPA's cap-and-trade agenda was, according to the company, a "critical factor" that delayed a "several hundred million" dollar refinery expansion, slated to create 2,000 jobs.
And under the Rockefeller bill, EPA and the states would have every incentive to stall new construction permits. The EPA could even move forward-as it is now-with plans to regulate power plants and refineries, actions that will assuredly raise gas and electricity prices. In short, the Rockefeller bill is not a solution.
The same applies to an amendment sponsored by Sen. Max Baucus (D.-Mont.). The amendment is modeled on the EPA's "tailoring rule," which temporarily exempts smaller sources-schools, hospitals, farms, restaurants-from the EPA's cap-and-trade regulations. That sounds good, but the rule blatantly violates the law, as the EPA changed the emissions thresholds established by Congress.
Hence the Baucus amendment: It would codify the EPA's permitting exemptions for stationary sources that emit fewer than 75,000 tons a year of greenhouse gases. This exemption, which is actually more stringent than the EPA's, purportedly is designed to help farmers and small businesses. But as with the Rockefeller bill, it allows the rest of the EPA's cap-and-trade agenda to move forward. So businesses and farmers would still face higher costs for diesel and fertilizer, while small businesses would face higher electricity costs.
The American Farm Bureau is wise to the false charm of the Baucus amendment. It testified recently that, even with limited permiting exemptions, "Farmers and ranchers would still incur the higher costs of compliance passed down from utilities, refiners, and fertilizer manufacturers that are directly regulated as of January 2, 2011."
Manufacturers feel the same way. The Industrial Energy Consumers of America wrote that the Baucus approach "does not solve the underlying problem that regulating [greenhouse gases] under the Clean Air Act is very costly for manufacturing, will impact global competitiveness, and encourage capital investment outside the United States ."
The only way to stop the "higher costs of compliance" the Farm Bureau rightly fears is to pass the Energy Tax Prevention Act. It is the only legislation that puts an end to the EPA's cap-and-trade agenda, once and for all.
It's also important to note that the Energy Tax Prevention Act does not affect, in any way, the EPA's authority to regulate pollution, including toxins, which can have public health impacts. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is running ads shamelessly portraying children with breathing apparatuses, suggesting that passing the bill would increase or exacerbate asthma. The NRDC is lying. There are no direct health impacts from carbon dioxide emissions. And notably, carbon emissions have slightly declined in the U.S., while cases of asthma in children have increased.
The contrast couldn't be starker: The Energy Tax Prevention Act stops the EPA's energy taxes and costly regulations, freeing up job creation and economic growth. The Rockefeller and Baucus bills free up the EPA to tax energy and stop new jobs, new construction, and America's economic recovery.


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Clint Eastwood Replacing Steven Spielberg for 'American Sniper'
Clint Eastwood has apparently set his sights on his next directorial effort: 'American Sniper,' based on the novel by the deadliest sniper in American history, Chris Kyle.
Clint Eastwood has apparently set his sights on his next directorial effort: 'American Sniper,' based on the novel by the deadliest sniper in American history, Chris Kyle.
A few weeks ago we heard the news that NBC and Dick Wolf's slow-spreading 'Chicago Fire' had its eye on a potential spin-off, with recent buzz suggesting the show would likely go to series within the near future. Now, the proposed spinoff has begun adding to its cast, recruiting former 'LOST' star Tania Raymonde and Scott Eastwood (yep, that Eastwood) for the as-yet-untitled series, but will it prove as hot as its predecessor?
When it was announced that Clint Eastwood might be directing Beyonce Knowles in the third remake of 'A Star is Born,' it seemed likely that the film was destined to win all the Oscars. Then word came that Leonardo DiCaprio might be the male lead. Money in the bank. Now Beyonce has left the project, there's currently no male lead attached and the project looks dead in the water.
My wife doesn't follow movie news and is impervious to advertising. "What is this, a baseball movie?" she asked as we settled in for 'Trouble with the Curve.' "Kinda," I said. "Clint's a gruff baseball scout, out on the road with his estranged daughter." "Uh-oh," she chimed as the lights dimmed. "Life lessons!"
Life lessons indeed, and they come at you with the subtlety of an aluminum bat cranking a deep line drive. Clint, craggier than ever, begins each day arguing with his prostate, eating junk food and rooting through a stack of papers reporting high school and college score results. "He's the last scout in the majors who doesn't use a computer!" they muse at the Braves' home office. Nasty, conniving Matthew Lillard means it in a bad way, while John Goodman looks fondly upon Clint's old fashioned ways.
For the second year in a row, Chrysler's Super Bowl 2012 commercial featured a big star, and talk of an inspirational turnaround. Last year, in a memorable spot, Eminem informed the Super Bowl's audience that Detroit, embattled hometown of both the rapper and Chrysler, was on the comeback trail.
If you were to name 10 celebrities you would never think would agree to appear on a reality show, veteran actor Clint Eastwood would be near the top of such a list (if not the top). But that's about to change.

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Jess has a wonderful energy about her that truly helped bring my confidence back. I walked away with the tools that I needed to move forward and grow my business with intention. Jess is my new trusted resource; she's talented in what she does and I look forward to working with her again in the future.
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She had thoughtful suggestions and sound advice based on real-world experience, and I left feeling so much more confident about my next steps (which, by the way, she compiles and emails to you so you basically have a handy checklist to keep moving in the right direction!).
I can already see how my call with her saved me some valuable time and effort. Plus, she's enthusiastic, professional and totally easy to talk to. I will definitely work with her again!
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It was an absolute blessing speaking with Jess the other night. I can't even explain how grateful I am for what happened on our call. A single call! I really didn't know what to expect, at best I figured she'd be good, but she was above and beyond outstanding, and then some.
I was speechless a lot of the time because I normally have to explain and explain BFL but Jess got it right from the beginning I could tell that she got it. Me, the brand, the story (I didn't even know there was really a story) and then Jess translated it to me in Business language. She really put things into perspective and gave me sooooooo much to consider. Consulting with her has truly been the best move I've made toward getting BFL started.
I have a better sense of it all, and I could see the picture clearer. All I could think was… Finally!!!!!!!!!!!
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Business and Life with Intention Workshops
I came to both intention workshops seeking ideas, how to's and help both with my business and my life. Jess has a remarkable talent for helping you re-discover all that is good and unique about you and your business and within minutes I knew I'd come to the right person. It was so refreshing to have someone just get me. Do you know how good that feels?
Jess was able to help me sort through the crap to believe in my talents, admit what work needs to be delegated and identify where to spend my time and energy. No more wondering, researching, modifying someone else's game plan.
Because Jess limits the workshops to a small and intimate group we were able to work collaboratively and problem solve as a group. Honestly, the wealth of experience and compassion Jess brings to her blog is even better in person and amplified by each participant in the workshops.
Thanks to Jess, I have the focus, purpose and direction I've been craving and it's all perfectly specific to me, my life and my business.
(See Elizabeth's full recap here.)
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The Business and Life With Intention Workshops helped me in ways I never truly dared to imagine were possible.
Having such an intimate group made it feel as if we were all there with the sole purpose of helping one another look at our own businesses through new eyes with clearer purpose and intention. Jess was a vital part of the group – leading our discussions, offering insights, and strategically helping us to move beyond our own preconceived limitations.
I left the workshop feeling inspired and motivated and made several immediate steps to move my business in the direction I wanted it to go. With my new purpose and intention, I was able to accomplish more for my business in the one day after the workshop than I had accomplished for my business in 2 years!
(See Jackie's full recap here.)
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When I saw the gorgeously designed workbooks on her website, they represented how I envision my business. I want to be the kind of self-assured, passionate entrepreneur who writes her fabulous ideas in a notebook like that.
I've made some pretty big mistakes with my business, and I've followed bad advice that put me in debt and made me hate the work I used to enjoy. During the workshop, Jess explained that those mistakes happened for a reason and I can learn from them and be of better service to my clients and myself. I was touched by her empathy, and I feel like I can forgive myself now.
The best part of the day (and there were a lot of good parts including the content, food, and ambiance) was the one-on-one attention I received. I've been to other business events where everyone gets the same broad information. Jess took the time to really understand my concerns with her unique way of seeing what truly motivates her clients (it's kinda freaky!).
And my learning didn't stop after the workshop. We were given exercises to deep dive into our businesses' purposes and intentions. The workbook modules have me taking my big-picture ideas and breaking them down into actionable baby steps for today and the weeks and months to follow. You can't find this stuff anywhere else, and believe me, I've looked.
The notebook alone is worth the cost of registration. (Oh, and it's super cute too.) Thanks for everything, Jess!
Jenny W.
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I had such a great experience working with Jess and the other wonderful women! Not knowing what to expect, I decided to throw myself head first into the experience.
Being honest with yourself can be a scary and somewhat difficult thing– but I felt nothing but supported and encouraged to speak my deepest truth and I'm all the better because of it. I feel confident moving forward to the next stages in life after developing a personal, realistic approach to my priorities. In fact, I am inspired to push even further!
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The workshop changed my entire perspective.
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Thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU. The workshop was exactly what I needed. It was like a massive exfoliation all on its own. Being away from my own life, and being surrounded by you and the wonderful participants and just hearing what my life sounded like to people who weren't a part of it was really liberating. Being in that beautiful and welcoming environment, I could easily see what needed to be exfoliated from my life (thought patterns, feelings, stuff, etc.). It even gave me the opportunity to forget to have negative or typical thought patterns that I might otherwise have had about the topics we discussed!
I feel like I have found the tools I need to move forward in my life, that you showed me I had all along. I honestly couldn't have seen that without you. The workshop was billed as a retreat, and that's exactly how it felt. A chance to step outside "normal" life and look at it objectively. You've created something really special here, and I can't wait to see where this takes you!
Patrick M.
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Walking into the with-intention workshop, I was warmly welcomed to "the land of femme." And it's true; the work space was beautifully decorated with a woman in mind.
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So work with Jess, learn from a meaningful discussion, enjoy great food, and, best of all, leave with personalized intentions, an action plan, and a network of continuing feedback and support. In other words, girlfriends get your guyfriends and tell them about with-intention.com.
Sunray P.
Life with Intention Workshop
I came to the workshop looking for tools and directions for my life and those are exactly what I got.
Of course, a day away to focus on ME and my visions also was a treat.
Within the first half and hour, I knew I'd come to the right place. The workshop felt like an emotional retreat for me. Jess created such a welcoming, loving and excepting environment that it was easy for me to open up and be heard. I was able to voice my concerns and together, we worked out solutions that felt right to me. It was all in all a fantastic day!
Ashlee Thurlow, Ashlee Thurlow
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The Business With Intention workshop gave me such clarity about my business and the 'why' behind it. Instead of being overwhelmed like I have been the last few months, I now feel like I have a clear list of ideas and tasks to grow my business and run it, instead of having it run my life. THAT is an awesome feeling!
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(See Allison's full recap here.)
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I had the opportunity to be the Foodie for the Boston With Intention workshops – and what an opportunity it was! I'm an home cook but Jess took a chance on me and I'd been given a platform to turn my hobby into something more.
Over the next two weeks I emailed back and forth with Jen nailing down all the details. I was given complete creative control over the menu, and it was nice to feel like Jen and Jess had such confidence in me. When I arrived Saturday morning and met Jess, I was blown away by her energy (and she hadn't even had a cup of coffee yet!)
Jess is truly a pleasure to work with – her positivity is contagious. You can't help but feel inspired when you're around her. Throughout the weekend, it was so great getting to see Jess in action. She was professional and encouraging, and challenged everyone there – whether they were a workshop participant or not – to think outside of the box. I left the workshop on Sunday night with a renewed sense of confidence in my cooking skills, new friends, and a list of intentions for my future. I am so grateful that Jess gave me such an incredible opportunity!
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Update is available that enables you to delete outdated Windows update
Teerex brought this to my attention in this thread
If you already have taken updates, and have SP1, the update is already installed. It is well worth your while to run cleanmgr.exe. I had already manually removed a number of superseded updates and yet the cleanup removed 3.91GB! A significant number on an 80GB SSD. Thanks Teerex for bringing this to our attention.
This article describes an update for the Disk Cleanup wizard in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
This update adds a new plugin to the Disk Cleanup wizard. After you install this update, you can use the Windows Update Cleanup option to delete Windows updates that you no longer need.
The Windows Update Cleanup option is available only when the Disk Cleanup wizard detects Windows updates that you do not need on the computer.
To enable you to roll back to previous updates, updates are stored in the WinSxS store even after they are superseded by later updates. Therefore, after you run the Disk Cleanup wizard, you may be unable to roll back to a superseded update. If you want to roll back to a superseded update that the Disk Cleanup wizard deletes, you can manually install the update.
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Ooops, looked everywhere...but there I guess. I figured it was news as it can benefit many
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Windows 7 Pro. 64/SP-1
Worked for me and removed 4.41 GB. No problems when I got done.
I also found it was listed in Cleanup Disk Extended.
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There is now a Microsoft blog post on this. Apparently this is a consolation gift to us Win 7 users for not getting a SP2 for Windows 7, especially for all those who brought their Windows 7 installations online a long time ago.
Instead of bringing SP2 to Windows 7, they brought Windows-8-style SxS cleaning to Windows 7. Well, I'd still prefer SP2, but I'll take this too...
P.S. This blog post is also a little misguided and misguiding, which I have pointed out there in the comments.
P.S. 2: You can freely delete up the copy of the DISM folder you will find in the User\Local Temp folder after running this tool.
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Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
Consolation Prize!!!
Far prefer SP2 pack...disk clean up takes me 10mns of my time and updates since SP1 are such time to install!
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|09 Oct 2013
Yep, it seems likely there was pressure for SP2. Ms doesn't want to do that. Not because there is work involved ( they did SP2 for Vista , yet very few business/big clients were running that ).
It seems they don't want to make it easier to install. Given that so many are using it, business has only recently migrated to 7 , etc, they realised they had to do a little something. This is that little something.
It as great example of MS listening - they come up with something, not what they were asked for, but better than nothing.
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It is a little buggy still, perhaps it needs an update already. LOL.
Every time you run it, a copy of dism is left in appdata - you could end up with several. It also keeps offering to remove 2.18 mb, but that never goes away.
I am sure those little glitches will be fixed. Useful for anyone who has had their installation for a long while.
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Windows 7 home premium 64bit
Kudos and thanks fellers, got rid of almost 4gb
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OCALA, Fla., December 20, 2013 — For almost the last three decades, America's Hispanic vote has been a lottery jackpot for Republican politicos.
They try again and again to win it, against increasingly stiff odds. All the while, an untold sum is spent chasing the dream. At the end of the day, though, all GOPers have to show are empty pockets and an angry electoral base.
Just what is this base so aggravated by, though? Furthermore, why doesn't a Hispanic majority ever vote Republican in national races?
Both of these questions are highly important. Neither can match the following, however: What does "Hispanic" really mean?
In theory, the term denotes an individual descended from lands once controlled by the Spanish Empire. In practice, though, things are not so clear cut.
"The nexus between Hispanics and immigration is so critical it's impossible to discuss immigration without focusing primarily on Hispanics," Dr. Stephen Steinlight of the Center for Immigration Studies explains to The Washington Times Communities.
He continues: "Overwhelmingly Mexican, they have dominated legal and illegal immigration flows so completely since passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 as to make Hispanic immigration virtually conterminous with immigration itself.
"Immigrants from the next eight largest sending countries combined don't equal their number. A shared 2,000-mile-long border, the longest on earth between a First and Third World economy explains much, as does abdication of border control by US Administrations.
"Authoritative data establish why Hispanic immigration to a modern post-industrial knowledge-based economy and society where socio-economic advancement depends on education and which supports an enormous welfare system is highly problematic.
"Hispanic immigration represents a massive infusion of low-skill labor and constitutes the importation of poverty on a monumental scale. High percentages depend on welfare and lack medical insurance.
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"Hispanic poverty is not a product of legal status; it results from inferior education. Some 32 percent haven't finished 9th grade; some 62 percent lack a high school diploma. A third is illiterate in Spanish. Divided loyalties also raise concern. Polls show a majority of Mexican immigrants regard the US Southwest as belonging to Mexico."
Some claim that Hispanics are "natural conservatives" due to their family-oriented culture. This allegedly makes them Republicans in all but formal registration. Such an idea is controversial because election totals usually do anything other than reflect it.
"The premise and stereotype are equally false," Steinlight says. "There's no correlation between 'strong family values' and conservatism. Cultures perceived as possessing them (i.e. Asian Americans and Jewish Americans) are predominantly liberal. Moreover, whether understood generically or as socially conservative code language, Hispanics don't exemplify 'strong family values.'
"Illegitimacy is inimical to 'family values,' yet Hispanics have a high rate and have witnessed the greatest increase of any group: 19 percent in1980 to 42 percent in 2003. More female-headed single-parent households deepens Hispanic poverty resulting in anti-social behavior such as teenage child-bearing, the highest school drop-out rate, and high crime and incarceration rates.
"Nor do Hispanics hold conservative views.
"A 2012 Pew poll finds Hispanics support gay marriage more than other Americans: 54 percent in favor and 34 percent opposed. Gallop reports the US public more evenly divided. The identical majority, 59 percent of Hispanics and other Americans, support the mainstreaming of homosexuals. Moreover, Hispanics don't vote on the basis of 'values.'
"Lopsided support for the Democrats reflects leftist views on economic policy. Only 34 percent view capitalism favorably, lowest of any group surveyed. Hispanics look more positively on government than non-Latino whites or African Americans. 81 percent supports a bigger government dispensing more social services; just 41 percent of other Americans agree. Hispanics are more conservative only with regard to abortion."
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The 2012 Westchester Vikings are coming off their first Region XV Championship in 20 years. With a 38-13-1 record they broke the school record in wins and got national recognition with a ranking of 15th in the nation. This is the highest ranking in school history at the Division II level. Previously in the 90's when the program was competing at the Division III level several teams were ranked in the Top 10 nationally.
The 2012 squad also broke a school record with 9 players making the All-Region Team. This includes 2012 Region XV Player of the Year and Mid-Hudson Conference Player of the Year Pat Farina and 2012 Region XV Pitcher of the Year Alan Carey. Tyler Gurman (RF), Greg Carroll (P), Justin Palladino (C), Anthony Pertone (2B), Tom Longo (P), Mark DeMilio (3B), and Luinlly Suazo (SS) were all members of the elite All-Region Team. Both Pat Farina and Tyler Gurman ranked nationally in several offensive categories. Pat led the nation in stolen bases with 62, 3rd with 74 runs scored, and 12th in RBI's with 62. Tyler led the nation with 79 RBI's, 4th in doubles with 23, and 6th in country in home runs with 13.
The Vikings are a Division II team in the NJCAA and compete in Region XV and the Mid-Hudson Conference. The goal every season is to make it to the NJCAA Division II World Series. A bid to the World Series is earned by winning the Region XV Championship Tournament then winning the East District National Tournament.
The Vikings have won three Region XV Championships, 1981,1992, and most recently 2012. Westchester has also won the Mid-Hudson Conference crown back to back years in 2011 and 2012. In 1992 Westchester competed in its first ever NJCAA Division III World Series.
Each season Westchester plays a 50 game schedule in the spring against NJCAA teams along with several games against four-year JV's and local prep schools. The year starts in September with a 20-30 game exhibition schedule against local four-year and two-year colleges.
The Vikings have established a tradition of receiving All Conference and All Region honors with several players going on to earn All American honors.
The exposure afforded to players at Westchester has resulted in numerous scholarship offers from schools all around the Tri-State area.


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|Fri, 08-30-2013 - 10:31pm
What's in the works? If you've started already, how is it going?
Lori, how did your ds's surgery go? How is he recovering? Gwen, any luck getting M. into the alternative school? For those of you whose children are changing schools, how is it all feeling at this point? What exactly is your child's educational situation at this point?
My answers below.
|Fri, 08-30-2013 - 11:06pm
School for my kids starts next week after Labour Day.
Dd19 will be starting second year at university. She's in a Music Performance program on violin on the other side of the country. She was home for most of the summer, for the first time in 3 years, which was great. Placement auditions for orchestra are next week; she's feeling well-prepared. She placed very highly last year and feels confident she'll do even better this year. She's really happy to be back at school, and is also working on her French, and running regularly, as well as practicing 6-8 hours a day, so she seems to be leading a pretty well-balanced life all things considered.
Ds16 and dd14 are taking 12th and 11th grades respectively at the tiny local public high school. The school is moving to a seminar-plus-supported-self-study model this year instead of traditional classes, with the high school dropping in size to 42 students (and that's including the 7th and 8th graders in the count). I almost despair ... sometimes wishing my kids had an accessory parent or grandparent whom they could live with somewhere bigger with more options. A ton of other teens from this community have done so. But we don't have a grandparent or estranged parent or doting Aunt available to offer the right situation. And we do like three of the teachers at this school a lot: they are open-minded and creative and inspiring in their passions. And of course there's a huge opportunity for individualizing learning in a school this small. So, fingers crossed. Returning to homeschooling is always an option -- and our trump card when advocating for things we want.
Ds16 will need to be making post-secondary decisions within the next few months. I can see him possibly taking a gap year of sorts by doing a year in the music production program at the community arts college nearby, but it's anyone's guess at this point. He's young for 12th grade, and lacks confidence and decision-making skills.
Dd14 is quite driven and wants to do biology or possibly pre-med at university, but she actually has three more years of high school for various complicated reasons involving the previous principal's refusal to grant a grade-skip. Not a huge deal, but she's taking all her university pre-requisites this year except for PreCalc 12 and English 12 and some really basic electives. I'm not sure what she's going to do academically for two more years after this year.
So we'll see. IFor this year it looks like same shrinking school with the same great teacher-mentors, and biding time, making the best of a limited set of options.
Dd10 has been double-grade skipped to 7th this year. That's mostly a bit of book-keeping by her homeschool-supervising teacher, simplifying his job a bit. But it will simplify her involvement in any high-school courses and electives she might want to take part in at the school. Mostly she'll be taking an interest-led, project-based approach to her homeschooling with little to no use of curriculum. One of her big ideas for a homeschooling project is wilderness survival skills, and she's very stoked about that! She'll be giving Math 9 a try at school, and hopes to do a week-long contemporary dance elective there as well.
|Sat, 08-31-2013 - 1:26pm
I'm starting to feel REALLY old for this board...
dd22 is starting his last year of college...history major with biology minor. He is manager of the campus TV station (translation: he does everything) and has a part time job sorting/refurbishing/tossing electronics at a thrift store. His tentative plan is graduate school in biology.
dd19 started art college yesterday. As a total unschooler, she got in with a video instead of the 500 word essay, a "mastery based" (ungraded) homeschool transcript, no GED (although required by the college), no SAT (not required, but preferred), two letters of reccommendation, and a "strong portfolio". She is required to go to the tutoring center because she has dyslexia, but she got a substantial scholarship. And I got this email from her sax teacher (that she can only study with in the summer because of our change in location six years ago): "She's a tremendous student most especially because she can track her thought processes in an articulate manner." (I have a hard time tracking his thought processes in that sentence, but I know what he means.) Had we not moved, she'd most likely be installed in music school now, but art is what stood the translation of place.
dd15 is my only child in the nest. I will likely be devoting mornings to figuring out how to minimize debt caused by dd19 (this is the only semester I could afford to pay for)...this means a job (or several small jobs) and afternoons to dd15. She's doing online driver's ed now...then she'll spend six months or so pretending to learn to drive a stick, and then she'll be public road legal. She'll be studying voice, maybe trombone, maybe playing 2nd violin in a string quartet with her parents sometimes. Or similar. Horses figure prominently in her plans. I have been pressed into the position of academic advisor because she wants to prepare for dual credit enrollment at the nearby college. I've caught her watching US history/government videos. At the moment she's producing whimsical knitted hats at the rate of one every day or two...one had a separately knitted jellyfish stitched to the front, upside down by mistake..is winter coming?
|Sat, 08-31-2013 - 2:14pm
DD 16 is a few weeks into her senior year. Outside of what has become her routine English frustration, school is off to a great start. She loves her high school history teacher so anything he teaches becomes her favorite. She's taking philosophy, anthropology and cultural geography at the college this semester and loving them individually as well as how they compliment each other. Not sure what she'll be taking in the Spring yet. This semester she is directing a black box show for a local theatre company to fulfill her internship requirement. Like always, she's got her thumb in a lot of theatre projects around town. College applications is the real focus this Fall. She's casting a wide net looking for the best financial packages. We'll see what happens. She was laughing the other day how her friends are already complaining about "senioritis" while she feels more excited about school than ever. "I'm just getting started!" That's a nice thing to hear.... we'll see how she feels in March right? lol
DS 12 starts 8th grade on Tuesday. He got every class and teacher he wanted so that is a good start. We know all his teachers and they are top notch. I'm not concerned about their ability to challenge him and I know several things he's just going to love. The bully issues stopped after the incident this past Spring. We're hoping that continues. He decided to try PE again (we'd been independant study last semester.) It makes me a little nervous but if HE'S willing to give it another chance then I need to let him. He continues with his various activities but outside of school. We're in search of a good high school option. We have a 1st choice but it's lottery and a long shot. We have a back-up which is do-able but not ideal. Looking for something great AND easy to get into AND would love it to be less than 20 minutes away... I laugh a little just saying that.
So, every reason to feel optomistic about this year.
|Mon, 09-02-2013 - 2:48pm
We are still dealing with pain 2 1/2 months after surgery, but at least he doesn't have to wear a brace. That brace kept him from doing so many things and he wore it for three years. I wish he could have had the scoliosis surgery sooner. If we had been able to get an accurate diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome years ago we would have known that bracing was not likely to work for him. He saw a lot of doctors--pediatricians, a developmental pediatrician, a neurologist, a neuropsychologist, and an orthopedic surgeon who didn't recognize signs of a connective tissue disorder. I am writing letters to some of these doctors to try to raise awareness. Some people have died because their doctors missed the symptoms.
My son has to go to even more doctors now that he has the Marfan diagnosis, but the doctors he sees now at a children's hospital seem much more knowledgable than the ones we saw before. They really listen to us, they are not condescending and they don't tell us that we need to see someone for our anxiety when we ask too many questions. They relieved some of our anxiety with their professionalism, but it was still hard preparing for surgery after they told us about the surgery risks and the inevitable pain. From November of last year until he had the surgery it was hard for both of us to concentrate because of all the medical appointments. Finding out that he had a mild problem with his heart was also hard because he was told that it was possible for him to have an aortic dissection, but they did also say that it wasn't likely at his age as long as he doesn't push himself too much physically. Finding out that I too have the genetic mutation that causes Marfan Syndrome is distracting for me. We have been having more migraines since his surgery and he is trying a new medication for that. It has been really hard to focus on academics with all the pain but he is trying to prepare for CLEP tests and hopefully earn college credits.
|Sun, 09-08-2013 - 9:04pm
My daughter just started college and loves it. After two years of putting her music and art interests on the back burner, she showed up for piano and voice auditions, got into the choir, and is now taking piano lessons again. The French class she wanted was full, so she's taking German; ditto for the math class, so she's taking astronomy instead. She did get her first choice history seminar, and also added a drawing class. I think she'll be busy.
My son is starting his junior year in high school and is still finding his way. He's struggling with the whole idea of the college search. He has Asperger's so his interests are characteristically narrow, but he does love theatre, of all things and had a small part in a recorded audio tour of a historic property in town this summer. He is taking a heavy course load this year, which concerns me, because he needs a lot of down time, so I'll be monitoring things very carefully!
We also went through the diagnostic tests for Marfan two years ago, and fortunately, he doesn't have it, although he meets several of the criteria. So he's just a very tall, severely underweight kid with flexible arms, flat feet, and a hole in his chest.
|Mon, 09-09-2013 - 11:28am
I suppose that means you feel the surgery was very positive, that you wish he'd had it years earlier. Glad to hear he now has a more definitive diagnosis and is seeing people who are knowledgeable about it and inspiring your confidence. Good news!
|Mon, 09-09-2013 - 11:30am
So how is PE going so far? What were the issues that led to doing it independently in the past? My ds is having to do PE for the first time ever this year. He is active, and has done outdoor education and fitness classes in the past, but this year doing PE means team sports which used to send him running for the hills. So far he's fine, but he's much older than your ds (mine's now 16).
|Mon, 09-09-2013 - 11:50am
Wow, it's amazing how different the driver's licensing is where you live compared to here. Here you have to wait until 16 to get your learners permit, and then the process of becoming partly street legal is at least 12 months, with another 24 months after that before full licensure, with separate road tests required at each stage. I have mixed feelings about the system we have here: it has many disadvantages for kids as rural as mine, whom I know would be cautious drivers with parentally-limited access to a vehicle and who could benefit enormously from being able to drive as teens. On the other hand, I can think of a lot of kids whom I wouldn't want to have unfettered access to a vehicle at 16 and a half or whatever. If you have a vehicle available for a busy teen, I can imagine that where you're living it will be handy to have another driver in the family!
|Mon, 09-09-2013 - 11:54am
That's great that your dd's classes are so wide-ranging! Math, astronomy, drawing, piano, German, history, etc.? Amazing! How far away is she living? Is she in residence or on her own?
My ds is also at that point where he's supposed to be plotting his post-secondary course, and he too is not really ready. Here in Canada the whole process begins about a year later I think ... he's in 12th grade. I guess we'll see how the year evolves.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Ś Jazz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as ōTake Fiveö caught listenersÆ ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. He was 91.
Brubeck died Wednesday morning of heart failure after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment with his son Darius, said his manager Russell Gloyd. Brubeck would have turned 92 on Thursday.
Brubeck had a career that spanned almost all American jazz since World War II. He formed The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1951 and was the first modern jazz musician to be pictured on the cover of Time magazine Ś on Nov. 8, 1954 Ś and he helped define the swinging, smoky rhythms of 1950s and æ60s club jazz.
The seminal album ōTime Out,ö released by the quartet in 1959, was the first ever million-selling jazz LP, and is still among the best-selling jazz albums of all time. It opens with ōBlue Rondo a la Turkö in 9/8 time Ś nine beats to the measure instead of the customary two, three or four beats.
A piano-and-saxophone whirlwind based loosely on a Mozart piece, ōBlue Rondoö eventually intercuts between BrubeckÆs piano and a more traditional 4/4 jazz rhythm.
The album also features ōTake Fiveö Ś in 5/4 time Ś which became the QuartetÆs signature theme and even made the Billboard singles chart in 1961. It was composed by BrubeckÆs longtime saxophonist, Paul Desmond.
ōWhen you start out with goals Ś mine were to play polytonally and polyrhythmically Ś you never exhaust that,ö Brubeck told The Associated Press in 1995. ōI started doing that in the 1940s. ItÆs still a challenge to discover what can be done with just those two elements.ö
After service in World War II and study at Mills College in Oakland, Calif., Brubeck formed an octet including Desmond on alto sax and Dave van Kreidt on tenor, Cal Tjader on drums and Bill Smith on clarinet. The group played Brubeck originals and standards by other composers, including some early experimentation in unusual time signatures. Their groundbreaking album ōDave Brubeck Octetö was recorded in 1946.
The group evolved into the Quartet, which played colleges and universities. The QuartetÆs first album, ōJazz at Oberlin,ö was recorded live at Oberlin College in Ohio in 1953.
Ten years later, Joe Morello on drums and Eugene Wright on bass joined with Brubeck and Desmond to produce ōTime Out.ö
In later years Brubeck composed music for operas, ballet, even a contemporary Mass.
In 1988, he played for Mikhail Gorbachev, at a dinner in Moscow that then-President Ronald Reagan hosted for the Soviet leader.
ōI canÆt understand Russian, but I can understand body language,ö said Brubeck, after seeing the general secretary tapping his foot.
In the late 1980s, Brubeck contributed music for one episode of an eight-part series of television specials, ōThis Is America, Charlie Brown.ö
His music was for an episode involving NASA and the space station. He worked with three of his sons Ś Chris on bass trombone and electric bass, Dan on drums and Matthew on cello Ś and included excerpts from his Mass ōTo Hope! A Celebration,ö his oratorio ōA Light in the Wilderness,ö and a piece he had composed but never recorded, ōQuiet As the Moon.ö
ōThatÆs the beauty of music,ö he told the AP in 1992. ōYou can take a theme from a Bach sacred chorale and improvise. It doesnÆt make any difference where the theme comes from; the treatment of it can be jazz.ö
In 2006, the University of Notre Dame gave Brubeck its Laetare Medal, awarded each year to a Roman Catholic ōwhose genius has ennobled the arts and sciences, illustrated the ideals of the church and enriched the heritage of humanity.ö
At the age of 88, in 2009, Brubeck was still touring, in spite of a viral infection that threatened his heart and made him miss an April show at his alma mater, the University of the Pacific.
By June, though, he was playing in Chicago, where the Tribune critic wrote that ōBrubeck was coaxing from the piano a high lyricism more typically encountered in the music of Chopin.ö
More acclaim came his way when it was announced that he would be a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors at a ceremony in late 2009.
Brubeck told the AP the announcement would have delighted his late mother, Elizabeth Ivey Brubeck, a classical pianist who was initially disappointed by her youngest sonÆs interest in jazz. (He added that she had lived long enough to come to appreciate his music.)
Born in Concord, Calif., on Dec. 6, 1920, Brubeck actually had planned to become a rancher like his father. He attended the College of the Pacific (now the University of the Pacific) in 1938, intending to major in veterinary medicine and return to the familyÆs 45,000-acre spread.
But within a year Brubeck was drawn to music. He graduated in 1942 and was drafted by the Army, where he served Ś mostly as a musician Ś under Gen. George S. Patton in Europe. At the time, his Wolfpack Band was the only racially integrated unit in the military.
In an interview for Ken BurnsÆ PBS miniseries ōJazz,ö Brubeck talked about playing for troops with his integrated band, only to return to the U.S. to see his black bandmates refused service in a restaurant in Texas.
Brubeck and his wife, Iola, had five sons and a daughter. Four of his sons Ś Chris on trombone and electric bass, Dan on drums, Darius on keyboards and Matthew on cello Ś played with the London Symphony Orchestra in a birthday tribute to Brubeck in December 2000.
ōWe never had a rift,ö Chris Brubeck once said of living and playing with his father. ōI think music has always been a good communication tool, so we didnÆt have a rift. WeÆve always had music in common.ö


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When you're writing Apex unit tests, you must instantiate a class and pass it in the interface invoke method. You must also create a map and use it in the constructor to pass in the parameters needed by the system.
For more information, see Using the Process.PluginRequest Class.
The Process.PluginDescribeResult class is used to determine the input parameters and output parameters needed by the Process.PluginResult plug-in.


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- Parks (A - Z)
- Addo Elephant National Park
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- Kruger National Park
- Mapungubwe National Park
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- Mokala National Park
- Mountain Zebra National Park
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Addo Elephant National Park
If you would like to make bookings or view availability for Golden Gate Hotel and Chalets, please click on the 'Make Reservation' button.
You can find more information on the booking process by clicking on 'More Info'.
General Information
- For bookings at Addo Elephant National Park contact Central Reservations. For bookings at Kabouga and Woody Cape, contact Park Reception (Tel: 042 233 8600).
- Have a look at the park map, as well as information on each camp to locate and check in at the correct place.
- All accommodation is serviced and equipped with crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils, bedding, towels and soap. Each accommodation unit has a braai area outside.
- Check in time for accommodation is 14:00 on the day of arrival. Check out time on the day of departure is 10:00 for accommodation and 12:00 for the caravan and tent sites.
- Please note that no meals are included in the accommodation rates.
- All our accommodation units have plug points available with a 220V electricity supply. Visitors need to provide their own international adaptors or two-point plug adaptors. The caravan and tent sites also each have a 220v electricity supply point.
- Accommodation is serviced daily between 09:00 and 12:00.
- Sheets will be changed every two to three days and towels will be changed every day. Please do not hesitate to ask our staff for extra soap, towels, blankets, etc.
Accommodation Types
Addo Elephant National Park offers a range of accommodation types. The list below offers a brief description of what the park offers. For more comprehensive information on accommodation types, including photographs of the facilities and more detail on how the units are equipped, please click on the accommodation unit link.
Addo Rest Camp
The popular main rest camp of the park offers a wide variety of accommodation units to suit all tastes and plenty of activities to keep visitors busy. A unique feature is the waterhole lookout point situated inside the camp and which is floodlit at night, as well as the underground hide, allowing close encounters with wildlife at the waterhole.
View availability at Addo Rest Camp
Spekboom Tented Camp
Spend a night in the middle of the bush, listening to the sounds of the wild around you. You may catch a glimpse of nocturnal animals drinking at the nearby waterhole, gaze at the starry skies and enjoy simply being away from it all. The tents are located in the fenced area of the Spekboom Hide inside the park's game viewing area.
View availability at Spekboom Tented Camp
Matyholweni Rest Camp
'Matyholweni', which means "in the bush" in Xhosa is located near the coastal village of Colchester at the Sundays River Mouth. Only 3km off the N2 highway, Matyholweni is easily accessible and provides a second gateway into the Park. Amenities such as banks, shops, restaurants and a fuel station are available in the nearby village.
View availability at Matyholweni
Narina Bush Camp
For a secluded experience in a magical forest, spend some time at Narina Bush Camp at the foot of the Zuurberg Mountains and on the banks of the Wit River. The road to Narina is a gravel road of approximately 25 kilometres and even though it is not necessary to have a 4x4 to access it, a high ground clearance vehicle is needed to travel this road.
View availability at Narina.
This section of the park is surrounded by rugged moutains and densely fragrant vegetation.
More information on Kabouga
Woody Cape
Listen for the haunting calls of the rare tree dassie by night and awake to a chorus of birds flitting through the forest canopy. The Langebos huts are available to hikers on the two-day Alexandria Hiking Trail, as well as those simply wanting an overnight stay in the forest.
More information on Woody Cape
Luxury Lodges
Who said anything about "roughing it" in the bush when visiting one of our national parks? "Indulgence" and "comfort" come to mind when viewing the concession lodges and suites that are to be found in a number of SANParks camps and parks. These lodges form part of a suite of products known as SANParks "Golden Kudus", where luxury is the order of the day.
More information on the Luxury Lodges
Alternate Options
Should you be unable to get a booking in the park due to high occupancy levels, a variety of accommodation options are available in the area surrounding the Park, Please have a look at the following websites for information: Greater Addo Route and www.addotourism.co.za
To view the accommodation prices, refer to Tariffs
Have a question? Why not ask at the forums?
Did You Know?
- Is also home to one of the densest African elephant populations on earth
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I received the following email last night about Katt Williams, who was in Atlanta a few weeks back on the set of Scary Movie 5.
I don't know if you know it but Katt Williams was in Atlanta filming Scary Movie 5 before he got in all that trouble on the West Coast.
Look at this picture of him on the set! He is so cracked out it's pityful. Af first I thought he was in makeup or something but he posed for pictures when he was arriving to the set.
I almost shed a tear when I saw the photo above. Katt is a shell of his former self, as further evidenced by his appearance in Seattle, where he tearfully announced his "retirement" (watch video) after a week of bizarre violent behavior.
[READ: Katt Williams Pimp Slaps Target Employee (EXTENDED VIDEO) + Arrested After Seattle Bar Fight…]
While Williams' "retirement" only lasted a few days, he's clearly troubled and in need of a long hiatus.
That being said… peep this recent video of William's on stage in Seattle where he beat an audience member with his microphone.
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So here we go... as a note, you'll see here that I've included little trip videos along the way. I recommend launching each video and clicking "Watch in HD". Trust me on this one. Because they were filmed at 720p, the standard display on YouTube is horrible! Enjoy!
Day 1
We woke at an early 5:00am to get the last of our things together, load the car, wake Aaron and dress him and get on our way by 5:30. We ended up leaving a little closer to 5:45 and had to make an emergency diaper change pit stop before we were even out of our neighborhood but we were on our way by 6:00 which was ultimately my goal.
My husband made me promise I wouldn't drive and use our little video camera (Kodak Zi6 btw - awesome) so of course when I decided to anyway we ended up with this little moment:
YouTube - Shut It Off and Drive
A stop for breakfast, a stop for gas, and about 8 hours of driving later... we arrived at the WDW Welcome sign! It was about 1:30 or so I think and we figured there was no way our Villa at the Wilderness Lodge would be ready, but knew we could check in, leave our baggage, and go off to do whatever else so we headed straight toward the resort.
To our pleasant surprise, our villa was indeed ready! Yay!! Here's a little video of our 2-bedroom Villa and the resort:
YouTube - Wilderness Lodge (HD)
After checking out the amenities, it was time to head over to Downtown.
It came as no shock to us that after such a long drive, an early wake up and no nap, Aaron crashed hard in the car on the way over to DTD. He slept so hard that even getting him up and into the stroller, and pushing him through shops, didn't wake him.
After picking him up some new "Tato Parts" and a few things at World of Disney, he finally started to wake up a bit... just in time to spend the money he had saved up in his piggy bank on a set of Disney Cars (the matchbox sort), a die-cast monorail, some soft (bath) Cars toys and some other goodies.
Little video of Pete (the parrot) in the World of Disney:
YouTube - Pirate Pete (HD)
Then it was time to head over to T-Rex for dinner!
First let me just say that I was a little frustrated with how this process worked. While they are indeed taking "reservations" now, if the wait is less than 20 minutes, you end up being told to just stand in line with everyone else who came without them. This frustrated us. Not because I felt like I should necessarily get "special treatment" but I think a reservation that has been checked in should get seated prior to people who showed up without one... otherwise what is the point of the reservation? Note these aren't ADRs or "priority seating" like you find elsewhere. They actually refer to them as reservations at this location.
Other than that let me just say that the T-Rex experience is a lot of fun. Much like Rainforest Cafe, it's very loud and there is a lot to take in. The food was very good though I wouldn't say it was phenominal. The unfortunate thing is that our worst fears were realized in that after making it through 2 meteor showers "ok" (a little whining and fear), the 3rd sent Aaron over the edge and we had to leave without dessert.
Here's a little video from T-Rex:
YouTube - Downtown Disney T-Rex Restaurant (HD)
After dinner we headed back to the resort where Aaron got a bath and we all got comfy and ready for the next day of fun. I enjoyed a nice long hot bath in the jacuzzi tub at the villa before bed. What an awesome feature!


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Sun, Jan 09, 2005
At a glance, the reserves that are used in transoceanic flight
seem overly generous. Three hours of fuel? Why so much?
Canadian pilot Alan Wall could probably tell you, if you can
catch up with him. He is the pilot who nearly ushered in the New
Year paddling the forty-degree waters between Greenland and Ireland
in a raft or survival suit. That extra fuel was a godsend to Wall,
and made all the difference between landing on a nice solid runway,
and treading water... or worse.
We were not able to talk to Wall -- and we are not even sure we
have spelled his name correctly -- for reasons we will explain
below, but we were able to talk to enough other players and gather
enough other information that we have a pretty good handle, we
think, on what happened. Of course, if we get a chance to talk to
the man who sat in the left seat we will follow up.
Let us reconstruct the facts of the flight as they have been
reported to us.
Wall, a very experienced pilot, has ferried a number of planes
across the Atlantic -- a number of Cirruses, even. He was a natural
choice to deliver this aircraft from the factory to its new home
base in the Netherlands. Cirrus sells direct, and customers or
their agents take delivery at the Cirrus plant, so the ferry pilot
is chosen by the customer, or his agents.
The ferry tank was
fitted by one of the firms that specializes in that work, and it
appeared to be in good order. When we looked at transatlantic flying in our 2003
review of Captain Ed Carlson's training video -- "Flying the North
Atlantic... Safely!" -- we explained why ferry tanks are used.
"Almost any GA machine needs added fuel tankage, because, you see,
while normal IFR and VFR reserves are a matter of minutes, Atlantic
standards require three hours of reserve fuel on arrival at your
flight-planned destination. This large padding is there to protect
you from the North Atlantic's gnarly and fickle weather."
Ferrying a single-engine aircraft across the North Atlantic is
not for the faint heart, feeble of mind, or spontaneous spirit. The
task is the same today that it was for Alcock & Brown or --
considering that ferry pilots generally travel alone -- Lindbergh.
But at this time of the year it is also not for the rushed. Wall
waited out the weather in Goose Bay. Then he waited, followed by
some more waiting. He was stuck there, sources tell us, for a
Somebody did not get his SR22 for Christmas or Boxing Day. But
as the weather improved, perhaps he could get it for the New
So Wall took off, and New Year's Eve found him enroute to
European landfall at Shannon, Ireland, traveling at 12,000 MSL to
take best advantage of the winds.
The way the ferry tank in Wall's SR22 works is that you burn
fuel from the right tank. Then you pump fuel from the ferry tank
into the right tank. When you've pumped enough fuel, you manually
switch the pump off. You cannot fly on the fuel in the ferry tank
directly. You can fly on the fuel in the left tank, but you cannot
top that tank off from the ferry tank, so you will probably leave
that one in reserve. It is not a bog-simple fuel system, but on the
other hand it is not the Concorde, or one of those old piston
airliners of the forties, with forty-eleven fuel tanks, between and
among which you constantly have to be pumping fuel. It will work
alright, but you have to be on the ball.
Somewhere over the cold Atlantic Ocean Wall realized that he was
burning fuel faster than he should have been -- the MFD of the
Cirrus can be set to display all kinds of fun fuel facts. Instead
of having several hours reserve, he actually had much less fuel.
Quite a bit less. He then saw fuel streaming from the
right wing!
Another, unconfirmed, report, says that the alternator on the
SR-22 failed. It does not say whether this was before, during, or
after Wall's observation of the fuel problem. Fortunately there are
two alternators -- two complete electrical systems -- on the
all-electric SR22. But at whatever point, it was one more problem
that the ferry pilot did not need. Somewhere during this course of
events the Cirrus began to pick up ice, which would ultimately
drive it down into less-favorable winds at 5,000 MSL.
To make things worse, the ferry-tank system reportedly
malfunctioned and would not deliver any more fuel. There were
thirty gallons in that tank that were supposed to take the machine
safely to Ireland. He could not pump them into the right tank --
and perhaps, overboard, since he may not have trusted the right
wing tank any more. Even though they were right behind Wall, and
just two yards from the hungry injectors that desperately needed
them, those thirty gallons might as well have been at the bottom of
the ocean.
Alan Wall and the Cirrus were somewhere over the graveyard of
the Lusitania. With snakes in the cockpit. On his side: his plane,
his wits, and his radio.
We do nor have the
sequence completely pinned down, but at some point Wall made what
events have proven to be a very good aeronautical decision, and
declared an emergency. The emergency brought him help, in the form
of a Royal Air Force maritime patrol aircraft, a Nimrod, descendant
of the world's first airliner, the DeHavilland Comet. The Nimrod
would stay with him, and if the worst happened, stay on scene to
coordinate helicopter, or surface craft, rescue. In most of the
Atlantic, a survivor will have to wait for a ship. Helicopters
don't have the range.
We can only imagine what it must have been like, sitting in that
plane, watching the numbers on the MFD as the GPS-based nav system
keeps updating the position. Watching landfall get closer...
watching the airport appear. If you have to be in that situation,
of course, the MFD seems like a very good thing to enhance
situational awareness -- it sure beats an ONC chart and whiz wheel.
But nobody wants to be in that situation.
As far as the remaining events, our news story gives you the bulk of it. The
plane touched down, rolled out.. and the engine quit. The RAF's
Michael Mulford told the Associated Press, "He must have judged it
right down to the last turn of the propeller."
Except for one thing... the plane was not, as widely reported --
even by us -- dry. Sure, there were the 30 gallons inexplicably
trapped in the ferry tank. But there was an additional 10 gallons
still in the wings. Because after the engine stopped,
which is where most of the media left the story, the pilot moved
the fuel selector and the plane started right up and taxied in
under its own power. Still, when he got out, eyewitnesses described
him as exhausted and sweaty, and we cannot blame him for that.
Both Cirrus and the ferry-tank manufacturer would have liked the
plane to stay put so that they could examine it and try to find the
cause of the problem. However, after some rest and an inspection of
the machine, Allan Wall took the plane on one last leg of its
flight: to its new owner in the Netherlands. Normal procedure would
have been for the ferry tank to be removed at Shannon and
airfreighted home to the Canadian coast, and this was probably
followed. The fact that Wall did fly the plane, and on another leg
with considerable time overwater, suggests that he found no serious
problems with the plane.
What really happened up there? Was the fuel tank actually
leaking, or the cap unseated? Did Wall become distracted by one of
the other problems -- and he certainly had enough of them -- and
kept pumping fuel after the tank was full? What about the ferry
tank? Was it defective, or perhaps the installation was performed
Any time you have a situation like this, there is some
finger-pointing, reminiscent of the legendary Thomas Nast cartoon,
"Who Stole The People's Money?" It does not mean anything untoward
is going on -- its just very natural, and very human, to look for
someone to pin blame on in a case like this. But does blame really
matter? Let us focus instead on the positives. There was no
accident: plane and pilot are safe. The angry sea god Poseidon is
thwarted. The plane is sound, or at least, sound enough that Wall
did not mind flying from Ireland to Holland without any major
Finally, consider this: if Wall had been flying with normal IFR
reserves, instead of with the "Three Hours" Atlantic system, he
would have, at best, taken a bath -- literally. It could have been
a lot worse. So that is why they have that rule!
This is the best that we have been able to understand about what
happened, without talking to Wall. If and when we do, chances are
that we will revise our views. So why have we not talked to Alan
Wall, the only one who was there in the plane? I know that is
my job, but you try catching up with the guy
sometime. Tuesday he was sighted -- back in Duluth, Minnesota,
picking up a new Cirrus for its new owner in Europe.
He is probably somewhere on the ferry route now. If you happen
to run into him at Narsarsuaq or Goose Bay, ask him to give us a
ring, please. We need to check the spelling of his name.
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If you're a cyclist, you know that even wearing a helmet doesn't keep you completely safe from the perils of the road. With that in mind, ICEdot has created the ICE (In Case of Emergency) Crash Sensor. The tiny device fits to your helmet, and when it detects a significant impact it notifies emergency services after a 30 second countdown.
The tiny and discreet sensor works by being paired with an application that can be downloaded onto a smartphone. If it detects motion, changes in forces and impacts that may be out of the ordinary, it sends the critical data to the app which sounds an alarm and initiates an emergency countdown.
Unless the countdown clock is stopped, the app will then notify your emergency contacts and send GPS coordinates of the incident so that appropriate follow up actions can be taken. In short, what this means is that if you are prone to dropping your bike helmet, you don't have to worry about unduly alarming your loved ones and wasting the emergency services' time.
What's great is that the sensor can be used on any outdoor safety equipment be it for cycling, skiing, hiking, team sports and motor sports. The ICEdot sensor will be available next year for around $200(USD), which may seem pricy but it could save your life.
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NEW ULM, Minn. - The MLC women's soccer team played a strong defensive game against first-place Minnesota Morris, but was unable to generate enough offense in a 1-0 loss Thursday at Knight Field.
After losing to the Cougars 5-0 in the first meeting between the two teams this season, the Knights limited UMM's chances for much of this game, allowing the only goal in the ninth minute on a free ball in front of the net by Kelsi Kolle off a corner kick.
The MLC defense held the Cougars to 18 shots, but only six of those were on net. Keely Keese stopped five of the six shots, and had two sprawling saves in the second half that kept the deficit at one.
Offensively, the Knights' best opportunity came in the 21st minute when Hannah Mattek had an open net from a difficult angle outside the box, hitting the crossbar and bouncing over the net to end the threat.
MLC dropped to 4-8 overall and 3-5 in the UMAC after the loss, while UMM improved to 9-3 on the season and 8-1 in league play with the win.
The Knights will return to action on Saturday, October 13, when they travel to Crown for a match scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m.


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When Announcing Layoffs, How Can the Future Be 'Bright'?
Assessing b-to-b CEO layoff memos.
In National Lampoon's European Vacation, there's a scene where Eric Idle, playing an English bicyclist, is hit by the Griswald family vacation rental car (Chevy Chase can't quite get used to those tricky U.K. driving patterns). He's bloodied and bruised, but still insists on giving the tourists directions. When blood starts shooting out of his wrist, Idle downplays it as "just a flesh wound."
I wonder if there's a magazine industry counterpart in the memos that sometimes get sent accompanying layoffs.
Take Penton Media CEO John French's memo last week announcing the layoffs of 42 staffers. It outlined the challenges of transitioning to a multi-stream revenue model, shoring up print, dealing with a poor economy and operating in many markets, some of which are performing well for Penton and some of which are not.
But it also stated that "Penton remains a very strong company and the long-term outlook for our organization is bright."
It's a tough job running a media company these days, especially in b-to-b.
And it's terrible to lay people off (although worse for the people getting laid off). And French's memo was gracious and empathetic.
But let's face it, when you're any media and you're laying people off; when you're asking your managers to reforecast because you're missing your numbers; when your print magazines are shriveling; when you haven't raised rates for print ads in years; when online-only competitors are cropping up all around; when employees are leaving to start competitors; when you're so busy protecting declining print businesses that you're always a step behind in e-media; then maybe the future isn't so bright, and maybe you should say that.
I'm not singling out Penton. What French says is true of Reed, Nielsen, Cygnus, PennWell, AscendŌĆöall of the big multi-market players.
Then again, perhaps it is merely a flesh wound. Perhaps.
Bonus video clip of the "flesh wound" scene below:
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Alfred Gregory, my dad, writes: "This story on foxnews.com reports seven of the top ten vote getters in Iowa, skipping 4th, 5th, and 9th places — Tancredo, Paul, and Hunter.
"Fox News Channel reports on the Iowa straw poll results do not mention Paul in audio, Their graphics skip Tom Tancredo and Ron Paul to show the two Thompsons and Giuliani. Perhaps they think the Ron Paul 'storm is expected to pass.'"
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