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Every vacationer boarding a cruise ship will receive a safety briefing before the vessel sets sail under a new industry-wide policy announced today.
In a joint statement, the U.S.-based Cruise Lines International Association, Europe-based European Cruise Council and UK-based Passenger Shipping Association said the new policy would apply across the board to their members, which include every major cruise line in the world.
The announcement comes in the wake of an industry-wide safety review following last month's Costa Concordia disaster off the coast of Italy, which resulted in at least 17 deaths. Fifteen passengers remain missing.
Cruise line policies on passenger safety briefings have come under intense scrutiny since the Jan. 13 accident, in which the ship struck rocks and partly sank. At the time of the accident, there were nearly 700 passengers on the ship who had not received a safety briefing. The passengers had joined the vessel in Civitavecchia, Italy just hours before the event and had been scheduled to receive a safety briefing the next day.
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Passengers have described confusion on board the ship in the minutes after the accident, with some passengers who had just boarded the vessel that day not knowing what to do or where to go.
While most major cruise lines already hold safety briefings for embarking passengers before ships set sail, it hasn't been a universal policy across the industry until now. Under rules established by the International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency, passenger ships can wait up to 24 hours after passengers embark to hold a safety briefing.
The Costa Concordia accident already had prompted several lines that hadn't always held safety briefings immediately after embarkation, including Oceania Cruises and sister line Regent Seven Seas Cruises, to change their policies.
Also known as muster or emergency drills, safety briefings on ships normally last about 30 to 45 minutes and start with passengers assembling in designated "muster" stations. Crew members then explain the safety procedures of the ship, including what to do and where to go in an emergency, and how to find and put on a life jacket.
The new policy "is designed to help ensure that any mandatory musters or briefings are conducted for the benefit of all newly embarked passengers at the earliest practical opportunity," the cruise organizations said in a statement.
Industry watchers praised the move. "Every action taken to heighten cruiser awareness of safety at sea is a positive step," says cruise-selling travel agent Amber Blecker, of CruiseOne in Aurora, Colo.
Blecker noted that the new policy could result in safety briefings being held at some odd times. While most cruise ships set sail in the late afternoon or early evening, some itineraries are known for late-evening departures. In such cases, until now, some lines would wait to hold briefings until the following day to accommodate late-arriving passengers.
"There may be times that a muster drill prior to departure is inconvenient, such as when the ship leaves the embarkation port late at night," Blecker says. "But in reality, (even with late-sailing ships) most passengers board early in the day, so this won't necessarily mean 11:00 pm muster drills even in those circumstances, as some passengers seem to fear."
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The Craftsman Garden Storage Shed Delivers Versatile, All-Weather Storage
When you've maxed out the space in your garage, rely on the Craftsman 6' x 3' Resin Storage Building 92 as a versatile, all-weather storage solution. Boasting a steel-reinforced shingle-style roof panels and durable, double-wall resin and wood-grain-textured sides, it delivers the weather-resistant durability to store and protect your prized possessions season after season. A reinforced floor provides durability for heavier items. And at less than 50 sq. ft. of total coverage, the shed won't take up a lot of room in the backyard.
The Craftsman Garden Storage Shed offers a tidy 92 cu.-ft. capacity for storing your essential equipment. A dual swing door with a 56"W x 71-1/4" H door opening provides easy, in-and-out access to your equipment. A peak height of 7.3 ft. with an 6.75-ft. width gives you plenty of room to move around and organize. Easy bolt secure assembly with padlock ready handles (lock not included) keep your equipment safe and protected. Plus, with an overall weight of 155 lbs., you can rest assured that your storage shed will sit firmly in place, and resist even the most turbulent winds.
- The Craftsman 6' x 3' Resin Storage Building 92 has assembled dimensions of 6 ft. 8 in. W x 2 ft. 9-3/4 in. D x 7 ft. 4 in. H and a 92 cu.-ft. capacity to store all of your essential equipment
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- Steel-reinforced, shingle-style roof panels and durable, double-wall resin and wood-grain-textured sides stands up to all weather conditions
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The shed was easy to assemble and took only 2 hours. The roof was a challenge but finally snapped into place. Fits right where I had planned. Looks much nicer than the old metal shed! Great purchase and a great price, too!
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It is a nice size shed for extra storage. It was not too difficult to assemble. I did not like the design of the roof. I couldn't get it completely clipped together. I also felt the windows in the doors were unnecessary.
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this is great we love it our children use it all the time it is very sturdy and it looks great in my yard. I don't like clutter so this was a great add
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This isn't bad for the money. However, the description says 6x3. The actual depth is only 32 inches. When you take the width of the walls into consideration, you only have 28 inches total depth inside. The roof was the hardest part to assemble, Had a hard time snapping the channels. The doors popped off a few times due to there being slots instead of holes to hold the hinges in place. Drilled an extra set of holes, and added nuts and bolts to compensate
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very happy with the storage unit, holds a lot and it's profile it does not take up much space.
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We bought this to store our deck chair cushions and two small bikes. Just put everything in it yesterday, got a pouring rain, and everything is dry inside! Yes, the roof was a big problem to put together. We could not understand why they would put the gutter on the back. The tabs on the shed sides are difficult to push/pry into the mating slots on the roof. I recommend you have an L shaped flat pry bar and a warm day. The pry bar will help pushing the shed wall tabs in behind the roof slots. The warm day will make the shed walls and roof more pliable. If you get the tabs behind the slots but it still wont go in, you may have crushed the slots - which is easy to do. The pry bar can be used to pull slots back into shape. (We spent a lot of time on the roof, taking it on and off about eight times before getting it right. Our final assembly ignored the left and right roof section marks, since we wanted the gutter on the front,)
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Did our due diligence before buying and selected this particular model because of the shallow depth. Plenty of storage, just doesn't stick out so far and we don't have a lot of room... The assembly is pretty clear, but as others have stated, the roof IS a pain to put together correctly. We tried it several ways before finding that doing it in the opposite order from what the instructions state regarding which side first, is actually the easier way to go. Other than that, the structure is sound, it rained HARD the first week we had it and no leakage and the outdoor environment of sun / wind / rain doesn't seem to impact anything. Overall - it is exactly what is advertised...
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a great value for the money. Easy to set up, great directions even for people who do not read directions. I would definitely stay with Craftsman for all my other needs.
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I spent a while looking around at sheds of this style before finally buying this one when it went on sale. I am moderately happy with it. It's been a year since we installed it, and so far it has stayed dry inside. It was a real pain to put together, and my husband definitely uttered some expletives during the process. We had a very hard time getting the roof to snap in place. After using it for a few months we found that every time we opened it the right door fell off. It's easy enough to snap the plastic hinges back on, but it's a pain when you are taking out a handful of shovels or garden tools and suddenly the door comes crashing down on you. I worry with my baby that she might get hurt if she's too close to it when the door comes off, so we'll have to find a permanent fix before she starts walking. Sadly for me, right after we installed this we found a bigger shed of the same quality at a local home improvement store for the same price, and after putting this one together I think that the size really is too small. We have a townhouse with a small yard, so I didn't want a huge shed, but we can't even fit our push mower in this. Now, it stores garden tools, shovels, and the christmas tree stand....that's about it. I'm stuck keeping the mower on the back porch, when I had hoped to get it off of the porch once we installed the shed. Overall, the shed isn't awful. I am giving it three stars because it does the most basic function of a shed - keeps things out of the weather. The size issue is my fault and doesn't weigh into my rating - I am only sharing so that others will spend more time considering the size of the shed they get before purchasing.... this one really doesn't work well to store a mower if you plan to put anything else at all in it. My mower would fit if I folded down the handle, but I wouldn't be able to get anything else in the shed.
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Transparency versus tactical messaging
Utilities need to decide whether they will provide transparency on the drivers for utility change in their outreach to customers or merely tactical messaging around the minimum consumers need to know. New findings on customer segmentation appear to confirm conventional wisdom.
New report proposes 10 'tenets,' with 'supporting evidence'
A new report from the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative suggests that 10 principles can guide consumer engagement for the electric utility industry. The report provides food for thought, whether definitive or not.
Best practices study due Monday
A glance back at recent columns on customer engagement reveals a number of key issues that remain unresolved. But when it comes to customers, interval metering and attendant publicity has let the genie out of the bottle. Best practices are needed.
Cyber security 'knowns' come before 'unknowns'
Pop quiz: What is the real relevance of the newly discovered 'Duqu' cyber program to the power industry? Hint: Read the headline and column and review well-established vulnerabilities and steps to address them.
A decade of innovation in a de-regulated market
Integrating a series of systems and managing the business process changes that result is the key to United Illuminating's success in grid modernization over the past decade in a de-regulated market. A UI executive talks about analytics, encouraging customers to use its Web site and current pilot studies.
A decade of innovation in a de-regulated market
United Illuminating, headquartered in New Haven, Conn., has modernized its grid piece by piece since deregulation hit the state in 1998. According to a UI executive, partnering with stakeholders has enabled it to gain "full regulatory approval."
It's all about balance on the "island"
The intelligent utility supports microgrids within its service territory because the relationship is mutually supportive. Now, an improvement in solar forecasting for microgrids better enables them to balance supply and load when islanded.
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Utility reaches out, customers respond
When AEP Ohio asked for participants in its community energy storage pilot project, Columbus residents responded. And they responded using traditional means such as phone and email as well as the new mainstream of social media.
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Adrian Sutil's manager insists the German is confident that he will remain in Formula One next season.
The 28-year-old is without a race seat for the 2012 campaign after Force India opted to drop him in favour of compatriot Nico Hulkenberg.
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Thanks for the heads up.
I have updated our server but the LEA have not updated theirs so i cannot stream the downloads of them :(
Anyone done a update from 2.0 yet?
i am in the middle of doing that as we speek
Let us know how it goes bfg, I'd be interested in upgrading. Typical, I've been playing around trying to streamline version 2 as best as possible all week!
Deployed on 6 servers successfully here. There were a couple of patches I needed to install beforehand too:
MS Report Viewer
You'll also need these (XP version of the MMC patch though of course) if your installing the admin console on a XP client PC. One machine also hiccuped because it still had SUS installed, so I also had to remove that before WSUS 3.0 would install successfully. Several machines failed to detect that they had no MMC 3.0 installation on, so although the install ran sucessfully the admin console wouldn't work until I upgraded the MMC to 3.0.
Much the same experience as Geoff on this... Was pretty seamless..
Installed but failing to get connection to the web oh well better tweak SchoolGuardian to let it through., odd though as WSUS2 was fine.
Is it a good change? Better features etc?
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In the name of vanity, I decided to get gel nails. An esthetician friend of mine starting doing colored gel nails out of her home, and having loved getting my nails done, I was hooked. Honestly, the last time I had my nails bare was in 2001. So, of course I jumped at the chance to get colored nails that remain chip free for two weeks. I didn't ask any questions. Fast forward two weeks and I'm soaking my nails in acetone and scraping the nail color off. As you might well imagine, my nails were ruined; and I was completely crushed.
But I was determined to grow my nails as fast as possible – splitting nails are unsightly at the best of times, but this is summer, and therefore the time for bright nail color and sassy outfits. I started by Googling any kind of remedy – including cuticle oils, hand moisturizers and special gloves. But I was more interested in a cure from the inside out.
Then I researched for ingredients that are purported to offer the full vitamin and mineral spectrum needed to grow nails fast. I came across this carrot juice recipe that is high in vitamin A, zinc, iron and calcium, which are all said to contribute to the growth of healthy nails.
So I went all in. Two times a day I would have 1 cup of this juice; shaken on ice. You know, it wasn't half bad either. The carrots offer a sweetness that stands up to the "green" flavors in the broccoli, spinach and kale.
Two weeks later and my nails feel great. They feel tougher and more resilient to bumps and stubs, and the splitting has ceased. In light of the marked improvement of my nails, I've decided to stick with this plan for another week, at which point my nails should be completely back to normal.
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In this May 1944 photo provided by Yad Vashem Photo Archives, Jewish women and children deported from Hungary, separated from the men, line up for selection on the selection platform at Auschwitz camp in Birkenau, Poland. Johann �Hans� Breyer, 87, of Philadelphia admits he was a guard at Auschwitz, but says he was never in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the part of the death camp used as a killing machine for Jews. World-War II-era documents obtained by The Associated Press indicate otherwise. Those files are now in the hands of German authorities, and could provide the legal basis for charging Breyer as an accessory to the murder of hundreds of thousands of Jews in the Nazi death camp. (AP Photo/Yad Vashem Photo Archives)
BERLIN (AP) -- A 93-year-old man who acknowledges he served with the SS in Auschwitz but claims he was only a cook is under investigation by German authorities as a possible accessory to murder.
Hans Lipschis was deported from the U.S. in 1983 for lying about his Nazi past when he immigrated there after the war. Thomas Will, a prosecutor with the German office that deals with Nazi war crimes, says a new investigation was only possible after the case of John Demjanjuk.
Demjanjuk was the first person convicted in Germany on the basis of serving as a camp guard, without evidence he was involved in a specific killing. He died last year while appealing his 2011 conviction.
Will said Wednesday that prosecutors are determining whether charges can be filed against Lipschis.
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'My Valentine': Johnny Depp & Natalie Portman Star In Paul McCartney-Directed Video
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Personally, I appreciate the effort. I know parents of deaf kids that do not make that much effort to sign.
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The Sign Language Company in L.A. provided the 'teaching' ASL to Johnny and Natalie for this song. They had only a few hours to learn, practice and film. Stella McCartney's idea. We were very excited to work on this assignment:)
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This is BRUTAL. I am hearing but fluent in ASL and I could not make sense of this video. Why would they think this would be a good idea? Why not try singing the song in another language? Because it wouldn't be pretty. Exactly.
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It is beautiful! <3 Johnny Depp and Natalie Portman signing in ASL. Paul McCartney directed this. Who would have thought that? All I can say is, BEAUTIFUL for the millionth times.
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Although constructed out of glass, every effort has been made to fit in with the architectural vernacular local to the Pacific Northwest. A more traditional wood-framed barn sits on the same site, surrounded by wheat fields and mountains.
The home's south-facing orientation allows the low winter sun to penetrate the interior during winter, maximizing passive solar gain. To avoid a similar effect during the hot and dry summer months, Olson Kundig built in a shelf that blocks the high summer sun. The windows are also operable and made from super efficient glass that reduces the home's reliance on air-conditioning. It's small, it's simple, but it's stunning!
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this is a stunning piece, and striking in the landscape. I am always drawn to designs that include glass, steel and wood. However, as beautiful as it is (including its great use of passive strategies), I cannot get past the fact that it is all glass….in the winter. No amount of solar gain will make up for the heating load on an all glass building during a cold winter, especially with high winds across a field. I am interested in how it performs in the winter…I am skeptical but totally willing to eat my words
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Financial Resources LinksDo you know about Phishing and other Internet Scams?
For some examples of phishing and smishing messages, click here.
Phishing scams are email messages or websites that claim to be legitimate business; however, they attempt to steal your personal and confidential information. If successful, the information obtained will later be used for identity theft. In identity theft cases, the attacker often uses your identity to make fraudulent and/or criminal acts in your name. Typically, an email directs a person to visit a website where they are asked to update their personal information, such as passwords, credit card, social security, and bank account numbers. However, the website is set up only to steal the person's information. First Community Bank will never send an email requesting your private information.
Some Do's and Don'ts on Phishing:
- Do use anti-virus and anti-spyware software and a firewall. Also, keep them up to date.
- Do review credit card and bank account statements as soon as you receive them to check for unauthorized charges.
- Do be cautious about opening any attachment or downloading any files from emails you receive, regardless of who sent them. Sometimes, an email may appear to be from a friend or family member, but it is not.
- Don't reply to suspicious email messages.
- Don't click on the link in the message, either. When in doubt, open up a new internet browser window and type in the valid website address directly and never use any links included in emails.
- Don't email personal or financial information.
First Community Bank will never ask you for the following information through email:
(or by phone if a person calls you claiming they represent First Community Bank):
- Your Social Security Number
- Credit and Debit Card Numbers
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- Your Full Name
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- Your Password
Social engineering is a method used to trick a person into believing that they are someone who they are not. The goal is the same as the phishing scams – to steal your personal and confidential information. Typically, time is of the essence and the person on the other line will try and get you to do something immediately (scare tactic), when in doubt, please contact and visit the bank directly.
Again, if you receive a call from a person representing First Community Bank, please note that we will never ask you for this information.
Elderly Fraud:
- Thefts, Internet Scams such as Fee's and Investment Scams, Charity Scams, Account Take Overs, Travelers and Home Repair Scams.
- Fees Scams – (Example: Lagos Letter) – Letters with counterfeit checks come in the mail and request to share your bank account in return you retain part of the money for your service and time.
- Lottery Checks – Typically a foreign lottery check for less than $5k (counterfeit) that requests part of the proceeds to be returned to the lottery agency for fees rendered.
- Investment Scams – Typically come from call centers that promise high returns in a short amount of time. Caller usually requests to draft directly from your banking account.
- Charity Scams – Collecting money door to door in neighborhood, most times will request a personal check to obtain bank account information and want to gain entry into your house to look around.
- Over Payment Scams – Someone will buy your item from Craigslist/Ebay type site and send you a counterfeit check/Official Check that is over the agreed upon price (typically 50%). Then the purchaser will state they made a mistake on your item and request you remit the difference via a Money Service Company.
- Affinity Theory – Trusting someone just because they are in your inner circle our posing to be in your inner circle. Always do your own research do not rely on word of mouth.
If you believe that you've been scammed, or someone has attempted to scam you, file your complaint at http://www.ftc.gov. Then, visit the FTC's Identity Theft website at http://www.idtheft.gov.
Interesting Internet security tidbits and other info:
- 60% of new malware is Banking Trojans
- 200,000 New Malicious Variants a Day.
- 286 million malicious programs were created in 2010
- 49 % of top search sites hits leads to malicious code(Search Engine poisoning)
- Profile Info from Social Networking sites can be used against you. Poisonous links within Social Networking sites are rampant.
- Man-in-the-browser(MITB) – Allows perpetrators to install a Trojan horse that could allow them to modify your web transactions in real time.
- Keystroke Logging – action of tracking the keys struck on your keyboard without your knowledge. Can you be used in context with MITB.
- Smishing(SMiShing) – phishing that uses SMS/MMS(text messages) to trick users into divulging personal information.
- Zeus (Banking Trojan Horse) – First identified in 2007, specific Trojan/malware that is aimed at stealing/gaining access to banking information.
- RansomWare (Example: CryptoLocker) – Encrypts data on your hardrive to where you can no longer access it without the private encryption key that you have to pay for(a ransom). Extremely difficult to repair, keep backed up files somewhere off of your pc.
- Jail-Breaking/Rooting – allows users of tablets/smartphones to gain root (admin) access to their mobile device. First Community Bank does not recommend and would strongly discourage any user from doing this to their mobile device.
- Keep Java, Adobe and other applications patched and up-to-date.
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shale gas will be next US energy source and it's well known all over the world. Finally US will have independent power resource http://blog.pulawy.com/en/united-shales-of-america/
Photograph by Scott Goldsmith, National Geographic
Published October 13, 2010
Exploring the promise and challenge of a new energy supply.
Along the narrow two-lane roads that wind through Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania, there is little sign that the surrounding pastures and hay bales, barns, homes, and children's swing sets all are sitting on one of the largest reservoirs of natural gas in the world.
But at second glance, an observer can see red and white lattice towers rising here and there over the hillside. New gravel roads separate the thick woods and brush. Fields feature long stretches of grass that don't quite match the surrounding meadow—recently reseeded places where new pipeline has been buried. Giant barrel-like structures, pipes and valves, painted green to blend in with the landscape, are condensate tanks and compressor stations. And chemical tank trucks, sand haulers, flatbeds stacked with lengths of pipe, and cement mixers seem to be rumbling in every direction.
It's all part of a new energy industry that's being built here. This is the epicenter of the Marcellus shale.
(See Photos: "In the Farmland, an Energy Rush" and "Faces of the Gas Rush")
From Barrier to Boon
For decades, the Marcellus was known to geology buffs as a 389-million-year-old soft rock formation, a mile or more under the Appalachian Mountains, encompassing 95,000 square miles (246,000 square kilometers) in an arc from West Virginia to New York. Named for a surface outcrop of the rock near Marcellus, New York, the formation was thought of as an underground barrier, simply an annoyance to drillers who focused on little pockets of oil and gas in sandstone beneath.
But within the past three years, all of that has changed.
Applying a method developed in a similar geological formation, the Barnett shale in Texas, scores of energy companies proved that by combining and supercharging some old oil industry technologies, they could drive fissures through that rock to yield sizable amounts of natural gas.
There are shale deposits all over the United States, well-mapped thanks in part to intensive geological research done by the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Geological Survey in response to the 1970s energy crises. These studies sat on shelves for decades. Now they're a key reference for producers in shale "plays," as they're called, around the nation—including the biggest by far, the Marcellus.
How big? Estimates are that the Marcellus shale holds between 50 trillion cubic feet (TCF) and 500 TCF of natural gas. At the low end, that's double the gas stores seen in Alaska's big Prudhoe Bay at the dawn of its development. At the high end, the reserves would be second to those of the world's largest natural gas field, the Pars field of Iran and Qatar.
But unlike Pars, this gas isn't in the middle of the Persian Gulf. It's right in the heart of the energy-hungry East Coast of the United States. The eastern tip of the formation is less than 100 miles from New York City. With development centered in Pennsylvania, it's a location that has lured billions of dollars of investment by companies around the world. Defying critics who wonder how such an energy boom can be sustained in a slow economy, companies from India, Japan, Norway, and elsewhere have descended on the scene, wowed by the Marcellus shale's great potential and proximity to markets.* They also hope to take this made-in-the-USA technology overseas. The United States is the number one consumer of this fuel, but shale can be found all around the planet—and the world has plenty of interest in a new source of natural gas.
Shaking Up the Energy Equation?
Most people know natural gas as the fuel that lights the blue flame on the stove. It also heats half the homes in the United States and 35 percent of the homes in Europe. But the largest use around the world is at power plants, where it is burned to generate electricity. Depending too much on natural gas for power has long been seen as risky, because its price was traditionally volatile—largely linked to the roller-coaster global oil market. So natural gas provides just 20 percent of U.S. electricity, compared to nearly 50 percent for King Coal.
The prospect of abundant, cheap natural gas in the United States—especially gas that's easily delivered by pipeline to the populous East Coast—profoundly shakes up that energy equation. Natural gas generates electricity more efficiently than coal, with half the greenhouse gas emissions, fewer acid rain precursors and virtually free of many other troubling pollutants like mercury and particulates. Natural gas also burns cleaner than oil. And although only a tiny percentage of vehicles are now outfitted to run on natural gas, it's capable of powering cars, trucks, and buses.
Billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens says the United States ought to be producing vehicles to take advantage of domestic shale gas and break its foreign oil dependence. "This is our chance," Pickens told The Philadelphia Inquirer in an interview on the Marcellus shale. "I think it's almost divine intervention that we had all this gas show up at this time in the deal."
Gas companies in Pennsylvania also frame their role as a pivotal one in the big U.S. energy picture. "We've talked a lot about taking control of our energy future in this country," says Matt Pitzarella, spokesman for Range Resources, the first company to drill in the Marcellus and one of the most prolific drillers. "Now we have that opportunity, and it really was literally beneath our feet all this time."
Reversal of Fuel Fortunes
Not long ago, it looked like the United States was running out of natural gas.
Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Congress in 2003 that the nation would need to begin to import substantial amounts of the key fuel from overseas. This raised the specter of foreign gas dependence that mirrored long-standing U.S. oil dependence, and risky reliance on big reserve holders like the Persian Gulf and Russia. In Europe, which imports a quarter of its gas by pipeline from Russia, gas disruptions pose a security problem.
But precisely at the moment Greenspan was delivering his grim forecast for the United States, energy industry iconoclasts in Texas were proving definitively that combining horizontal drilling and large-volume hydraulic fracturing could unlock a huge rush of gas from shale. (Related: "Forcing Gas Out of Rock With Water") And in that same year, a Range Resources geologist decided to urge his bosses to try the method on a stubborn well he'd been working at in Pennsylvania.
Although the Keystone State was thought to have tapped out its big-time energy supplies long ago, Pennsylvania was key to the rise of oil and coal that fueled U.S. industry in the 19th and 20th centuries. The world's first oil well was drilled here, on leased farmland in Titusville in 1859.
About 100 miles south of the storied Drake Well, in 2004, Range drilled the first gas well into the shale on leased farmland in Mount Pleasant Township.
After several years of experimentation, there were nearly 20 Marcellus wells in Pennsylvania in 2007, nearly 200 were drilled in 2008, and nearly 790 last year. The Marcellus industry, now made up of 67 companies—ranging from the world's largest to some of the smallest energy players—has already drilled about 1,100 wells this year. That puts producers on track to drill somewhat less than the 1,700 wells they had aimed to drill in Pennsylvania this year, a slowdown certainly due to tough economic factors roiling the industry. But more than 2,480 permits for new wells have been issued this year in Pennsylvania, and the industry's plans call for a pace of more than 3,500 wells annually within the decade.
Marcellus drillers say they can bring 200,000 jobs to a state that has struggled to revive its industrial sector, and they have paid $3.5 billion in lease payments and royalties to landowners in the past two years for the right to drill on private property.
(Related: "A Drive for Jobs Through Energy")
But all this means building a big extractive industry in a state that hasn't seen this kind of development in decades, right near homes and schools, in the midst of rural farmland, and close to treasured parks and forests. (Related: "Parks, Forests Eyed for the Fuel Beneath")
For Pennsylvanians, even generations past the heyday of the state's big coal- and coal-fired steel industries, it's hard to forget the havoc that an energy business can wreak on the environment. To remind them, there are 260 million tons of abandoned waste coal in piles that mar about 8,500 acres across the state. And more than 5,510 miles of the state's streams are impaired by discharges from 220,000 acres of abandoned coal mine lands, Pennsylvania's worst water pollution problem.
"Been there, done that," says Democratic Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, who is pushing for greater federal oversight of the industry. "For many, many years people said, 'Don't worry about this, don't worry about that, just get out of our way, we need to extract this natural resource from the ground.' "
The industry is battling to improve its image, recently hiring Tom Ridge, a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania and director of U.S. homeland security, as a strategic consultant. Early this month, Ridge and an industry group, the Marcellus Shale Coalition, unveiled a set of "commitment to the community" principles, promising to implement state-of-the-art environmental protection and to improve transparency and responsiveness.
Pennsylvania native Pitzarella of Range points out how his company has pioneered reuse of wastewater from the drilling process, and how it was the first shale operator to disclose chemicals used at each of its wells. "The challenge is demonstrating to people that this is not the second coming of the coal industry from 100 years ago," he says.
But across Pennsylvania, there also have been wastewater spills and conflicts with neighbors—for Range and for other drillers. (Related: "A Dream Dashed by the Rush on Gas") And at least two serious documented incidents—an EOG Resources well blowout in a central Pennsylvania forest this summer and alleged faulty well construction by Cabot Oil & Gas that the state says allowed natural gas to migrate into home drinking water—have helped feed a backlash. There's an effective moratorium on drilling above the border in New York and in eastern Pennsylvania's Delaware River basin, enforced by a compact agency of four states and the federal government that oversees the watershed.
"The industry is poised on a knife-edge of public acceptance that could affect its license to operate for years to come," says Timothy Wirth, a former Democratic senator from Colorado who heads up the nonprofit United Nations Foundation, which is trying to ensure a safer and cleaner global climate. Wirth has touted the natural gas from shale as a "game-changer" that could help address global warming, but he says the industry's inadequate response to land and water concerns have imperiled the fuel's future as a bridge to a low-carbon future.
Harsh Economics for Gas Producers
An even greater risk, perhaps, is that the United States shows no sign of adopting the kind of national policy to cut greenhouse gases that would increase demand for natural gas in the energy marketplace, thereby enhancing its value. In fact, one key coal industry lobbying point against congressional climate action has been to warn that utilities' inevitable switch from carbon-intensive coal to natural gas would expose consumers to the risk of higher-priced electricity.
Ironically, natural gas prices are now extremely low—in the past two years they've been closer to coal prices than they have been at any other point in the past decade. That's partly because the slow economy has kept all energy prices down. And it's partly due to the drilling for shale gas, which has pushed new supply onto the market at a time when demand is weak. Shale gas companies, in fact, try to illustrate how they've benefited consumers by pointing to how the price of natural gas on the New York commodities market began to take a sharply divergent path from the price of oil in 2005 if the prices are compared by heating value. The 2009 price of natural gas on NYMEX, the New York Mercantile Exchange, was $6.55 less than oil per million BTU, and has averaged $8.80 less this year. The futures market price doesn't translate exactly into what consumers are paying today, but it's a gauge of where prices are heading. If this trend holds, Pennsylvania consumers would save $6.8 billion and U.S. consumers would save $205 billion annually compared to what they would have paid if natural gas prices were in line with those of oil.
But low natural gas prices, welcome as they may be for consumers, put the gas companies in a squeeze. The more they produce, the more they depress the price of natural gas. And, given the high cost of drilling wells, the harder it is to make money.
The history of the energy business is replete with boom and bust cycles: frenzy of competition to exploit a new opportunity, leading to ruin when the resulting excess of supply causes prices to plummet. A number of analysts wonder if that scenario is playing out in shale. "Most U.S. natural gas basins do not generate sufficient returns to justify drilling in today's weak price environment, suggesting that the current growth pace is not sustainable in a market that is likely to see little near-term demand growth," investment bank Credit Suisse said in a report earlier this year.
Today's harsh economic conditions force gas producers to cut costs. And for the time being, at least, that makes increased drilling in the Pennsylvania Marcellus even more likely. The "geologic risk" is low; companies don't have to spend money finding the well-known rock formation, and the drilling process is standardized, repeatable from well to well. In Pennsylvania, they've been able to acquire land at a relatively low price and pay lower royalty rates than in other producing states. In fact, one of the reasons the bulk of development has been in Pennsylvania rather than in neighboring West Virginia, located on the same Marcellus shale formation, is because of the Mountain State's higher taxes.
"I believe that this is one of the highest, if not the highest rate-of-return gas play in the United States," said Range Resources Chief Operating Officer Jeff Ventura at the company's last quarterly conference call with Wall Street analysts. Range also benefits because its acreage is in southwestern Pennsylvania, where the gas is "wet," mixed with other valuable products that can be separated out and sold, like propane and butane.
There's a catch for the drillers, though, if they want to hang on to their prime acreage. Many of the leases they signed with landowners compel them to begin drilling within a certain time frame—five years is typical—or the leases expire. So drilling continues apace. Range has told shareholders that its production will increase 14 percent this year and no less than 25 percent next year. "We believe that this accelerated drilling and completion is the right thing to do even at today's gas price," Ventura said, given the rate of return and the production the company expects over the life of its Marcellus wells.
Of course, drilling in the Marcellus is so new that nobody knows how much gas the wells ultimately will produce. And there are other uncertainties for the gas companies even as they try hard to keep their costs down. New environmental requirements—state or federal—could hike costs. Pennsylvania, its state government budget in woeful deficit, also is considering a severance tax on the industry; it is the only large oil- and gas-producing state that doesn't take a percentage of the revenue from the natural resources "severed" from its soil. Analyst Kevin Book of ClearView Energy Partners, who typically follows developments in Washington, D.C., for his energy industry clients, has been regularly reporting to them on shale policy news from Pennsylvania, because of their potential implications for any place shale stores are found. "We cannot discount the viral nature of energy policy," he wrote in one report.
So the future of the boom hangs in the balance. How successfully producers will apply their new technology, whether they can add wealth to a place while preserving its cherished land and water, and how much fuel they can provide a world in dire need of cleaner energy—all will be decided on Pennsylvania's changing farmland, in its forests, and in its shale.
*This report is produced as part of National Geographic's Great Energy Challenge initiative, sponsored by Royal Dutch Shell, which recently acquired a stake in the Marcellus shale. National Geographic maintains autonomy over content.
Read the entire special report, with photos, interactive map and illustration of the process, at THE GREAT SHALE GAS RUSH.
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Adventure! Seclusion! Wildlife! This is what Seronera Sametu Camp is all about. Not to mention stunning landscapes, wide open spaces, and a profound peace of spirit that is inherent to any true wilderness like this one. What an unexpected off-the-beaten path place for a camp! And that's precisely what we love about it!
Tucked in the remote eastern reaches of the famous Seronera River Valley and near the legendary Sametu Kopjes, lies the hidden gem that is Seronera Sametu Camp. This venue boasts a devoted staff and private chef determined to bring luxury to the bush. Within minutes of leaving the camp (or sometimes not leaving the camp at all), guests have the opportunity to witness the thick populations of resident wildlife that thrive in the Central Serengeti ecosystem. Lion, giraffe, elephant, cheetah, leopard, buffalo, warthog, hyena and several species of antelope are regularly encountered within a few minutes from camp.
Keeping in theme with Seronera Sametu's pristine and secluded location, accommodations consist of just six (6) sleeping tents for a maximum occupancy of just 14 guests. There is also the main lodge tent, which contains the lounge, library, dining room, bar and sundowner/fire pit area. Gourmet meals may be served by the flicker of candle lamps with a billion stars overhead. Spacious sleeping tents, en suite bathrooms and a comfortable bed round out these tented accommodations. Bask in the radiance of an authentic wilderness, where civilization seems a million miles away. It just doesn't get any better than this!
Seronera Sametu Camp is definitely one of a kind here in the Central Serengeti, being the only small tented camp serving as a base to game-drive this part of the Serengeti eco-system, and offers a feeling of authentic seclusion that simply cannot be duplicated. This property is all about LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! Seronera Sametu Camp offers easy access to the teeming wildlife of the Central Serengeti - including Makoma Hill, Moru Kopjes, Maasai Kopjes, Sametu Kopjes and Marsh, Barafu Gorge, and the Seronera River Valley.
Seronera Sametu Camp was created to fill a special niche in the Central Serengeti where there is simply not one single viable option for a small, tented venue with a good location. Although the Seronera Valley is arguably the finest wildlife viewing destination on the face of the planet, the area is dominated by large hotel style lodges with less then optimal locations. Seronera Sametu Camp was hence created to provide a lodging option for guests seeking a superb location in the Seronera Valley with a small and intimate setting and all for an unbeatable value.
Sametu Camp is our #1 top pick in the entire Serengeti for the best wildlife viewing property (especially for the big cats). We think the lions certainly agree as they seem to sing (i.e. roar) on a nightly basis! Expect attentive service, expect authentic safari accommodations, expect a true wilderness experience and expect to be in close proximity to prime wildlife viewing areas. After all, isn't this why you have made the long trek to the Serengeti?
With Seronera Sametu Camp it's ALL about location! The Camp is located on the eastern fringe of the Seronera River Valley, which is virtually devoid of tourists especially compared to the high impact area to the west. The nearest lodge or campsite is over a 1-hour drive away, which means that you will likely have your wildlife sightings all to yourself. To have a slice of the world famous Seronera Valley relatively undisturbed by tourists is really quite extraordinary in this day and age. The camp is located just south of the Ngare Nanyuki River and to the west of beautiful Soit Le Montonye. Further to the east is the incredibly remote Barafu Kopjes and Gorge, which beckons to be explored.
A few miles to the south of Camp are the stunningly beautiful Sametu Kopjes and Marsh. Sametu is home to the Sametu Lion Pride, a powerful plains pride that manages to squeeze out a year round existence on the harsh Serengeti Plains, and the subject of a charming book entitled 'Lions Share'. Jeanette Handy, field biologist with the Serengeti Lion Project, spent several years studying the Sametu pride and her book entitled 'Lions Share' is the story of how the pride came into existence and the struggles the lions endured protecting their prized territory.
Though 'Lions Share' was written in the 1970s, the Sametu pride is still intact today and the great, great granddaughters of the lions written about in the book still hold the Sametu area. Currently the pride is ruled by a coalition of four resident males. This famous coalition of extraordinary large male lions is known as the "Greek Gods" (Zeus, Ares, Apollo and Demeter). The Greek Gods are often spotted together around the Sametu Marsh, which lies directly in front of the Sametu Kopjes.
The Sametu Marsh is a magnet for wildlife as it holds the only permanent source of water in the area. Next to the marsh are several wells that have been carved out of bare rock perhaps hundreds of years ago by the Maasai. The water beneath is fresh and clear and the reeds that surround the wells provide a safe haven for the cubs of the Sametu pride. The mothers of the Sametu pride often leave their defenseless cubs here while off hunting especially during the dry season when they sometimes must wander for miles in search of food.
Accommodations at Seronera Sametu Camp consist of the main lodge tent and just six (6) sleeping tents for a maximum occupancy of fourteen guests. All tents face east and offer spectacular sunrise views over the open savannah landscape. Giraffe, topi, warthog, hartebeest, Grant's gazelle and sometimes even elephant can be seen browsing within close proximity of Camp. Additionally, carnivores (especially lion and spotted hyena) are very vocal at night and their roars, grunts and other communication calls are frequently heard.
A blend of comfort and practicality, each canvas sleeping tent is spacious, secure and well appointed with the fundamental necessities. In each roomy tent, there is a comfortable hardwood bed with a cozy duvet, comfy pillows, smooth sheets and plenty of blankets. Hot water bottles are thoughtfully embedded in your sheets each night although this is usually completely unnecessary. There are 3 tents with king size beds, 2 tents with two twin size beds and 1 family tent with two bedrooms and one bath along with a separate small eating and lounge area. The family tent features one room with a king size bed and one with room with two twin beds, which makes it ideal for 2 adults and 1 to 2 children.
Each tent comes equipped with a lounging chair, writer's desk and two deck chairs to enjoy the beautiful easterly view out over the open savannah. Solar power electricity is provided to each individual tent. There is also a power strip in each tent so that you can charge your camera batteries or other electrical devices. Please do make sure you have the proper 3-pin UK plug adapter - see our useful information section for the specifics. Please note that the Camp (similar to many other properties in the Serengeti) cannot guaranty 24-hour electricity as the supplemental generator may need to be turned off late at night.
At the rear of each tent are the bathroom facilities. There is a washbasin with running hot and cold water. Next to the washbasin is a luggage rack with bathrobes, extra pillows and blankets. Each sleeping tent is conveniently equipped with an en-suite toilet and shower in two separate compartments. These compartments are accessed from inside your own tent (i.e. you do not need to walk outside your tent to use the facilities). The toilet is a proper flushing toilet as running water is supplied to each tent directly. The shower is a bladder or safari style shower and can be filled with up to 40 liters of hot water upon request. The main lodge area includes a comfy lounge tent with oversized couches, liquor cabinet, dining tent and nearby fire-pit.
Food and Drink
Get ready for serious gourmet in the bush! Meals at Seronera Sametu Camp are absolutely fantastic. Breakfast consists of a mixed buffet with orders taken for eggs, omelets, bacon, toast, etc. The buffet consists of yogurt, nuts, cereal, breads, fruit and juice. Alternatively, breakfast boxes can be arranged for early morning game drives. Similarly to breakfast, you have your choice of dining in the main tent for lunch or enjoying a lunch box if you plan a full day adventure game drive. The choice is yours - this is YOUR private safari, after all! Dinner is a wonderful event to look forward to at Seronera Sametu Camp, and it is one of few places that guests can join together for a family-style dinner or choose to dine separately. Additionally, driver-guides are welcome to dine with guests at no extra cost. Usually the mingling with other guests starts over sundowners around a roaring campfire while the camp staff arranges a feast for you in the main dining tent nearby. Once everything is prepared the staff comes out to the campfire to "collect" all the guests from the fireside and lounge areas and seats everyone at candle-lit tables. Sitting around the nightly bonfire at Sametu Camp is a highlight for most guests especially when the resident lion pride or resident hyena clan begins vocalizing at nightfall.
Special Features
- Private game drives
- Sundowners Roaring evening campfires with popcorn and drinks under the African sky
- In-camp game viewing
- 5 spacious sleeping tents configured with one king size bed or two twin beds
- 1 family tent featuring two bedrooms and one bathroom with a separate dining and sitting area
- Each tent contains en-suite bathroom facilities including a wash basin with hot/cold running water and a proper flushing toilet
- The shower is a safari style or bladder shower that is filled with plenty of hot water upon demand
- Each tent is supplied electricity from solar power and is equipped with a power strip for charging camera batteries and other electrical devices
- Separate dining tent with refrigerator, lounge, library and full bar
- Talented staff including cooks, camp crew and waiters
- Inclusive of 3 superb meals a day including 4 course dinners with appetizers, soup, salad, beef or chicken, potatoes, rice, several selections of vegetables and dessert (vegetarian meals available on request)
- Soft drinks and bottled water are complimentary.
- A wide selection of beer, wine and spirits are available at an extra charge.
- Picnic breakfasts and lunches available
- Hot towel greetings upon arrival
- Hot water bottles embedded in your sheets each night
- Bar and sundries cash only policy; no credit card facility available
Visit the Seronera Sametu Camp Website for more detailed information.


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TORONTO, ON-PENTAX Canada, Medical Division, a health care industry leader, proudly announces that it has donated a high-quality endoscopy suite to the Centre Médicale Évangélique in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo. The equipment, valued at $25,000, comprises four different scopes, a video processor and a display monitor, along with accessories and spare parts.
General surgeon Dr. James Campbell of Soldiers' Memorial Hospital in Orillia, Ontario, who led the initiative, reached out to PENTAX last October and asked the company to contribute any way it could. PENTAX responded with some discontinued equipment in good condition that would still prove invaluable. A team from Soldiers' Memorial coordinated the shipping and clearance overseas, and trained the hospital staff how to use the scopes.
As Dr. Campbell reported on January 28, "The shipment was hauled from Uganda into DR Congo by single-engine prop plane." He went on to say, "Your team has done a superb job with documentation and inclusion of parts. Please thank everyone involved."
Once the equipment arrived, says Dr. Campbell, "One old fellow I saw in surgical clinic hoped his emergency colostomy might one day be reconstructed; he needed a colonoscopy. An emaciated patient having trouble swallowing was admitted and needed gastroscopy. Another man who may have had a bladder stone needed cystoscopy." These individual cases illustrate how PENTAX's imaging equipment made an immediate difference, and how it helps medical professionals worldwide deliver the best health care available, one patient at a time.
Bunia, the capital of Ituri province in the northeastern DRC, has a population of around 350,000 and lies 40 kilometres from the border with Uganda. The city and much of its social infrastructure of clinics, schools and hospitals were devastated in the Second Congo War, which raged from 1998 to 2003. Many civilians died from the fighting, malnutrition, and largely preventable disease. Hundreds of thousands more from Bunia and the surrounding area were displaced by the war and civil unrest, and similar numbers of refugees have streamed across the border from Rwanda; the largest United Nations peacekeeping force in Africa is headquartered in the city. Centre Médicale Évangélique was built over the past four years, and while it is the region's busiest hospital and teaching constitutes a significant part of its work, it only manages to provide a basic level of care.
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Molly was hit in the neck and died at the scene.
Eleven days later, police don't have much more to go on than they had the night it happened: Dark-colored, bigger SUV.
Now this typically doesn't fit the category of national security, but it occurs to me, a big SUV. Sometimes they have satellite location systems. The driver very likely was carrying a cell phone - which even if it's off, sends out pings. And this is exactly the kind of data which allegedly is right now sitting in the NSA's computers.
If it is there, is there any reason the cops should not have access to it? With the proper court order, of course.
I admit to being worried about the NSA trying to predict terrorism because you start getting into the religion and politics of people who haven't done anything yet.
But when an innocent person is shot by someone who then vanishes into the night without a trace? I would have no trouble with the NSA cornering that guy. What he did is not only every bit as terrifying as something al Qaeda might pull, but far more likely to happen.
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