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Microsoft challenges Apple with Windows 8.1 pricePUBLISHED: 28 Oct 2013 12:02:09 | UPDATED: 29 Oct 2013 07:32:53PUBLISHED: 28 Oct 2013 PRINT EDITION: 28 Oct 2013
The real signal of Microsoft's contrition, though, is the aggressive pricing of the base product. We picked up the full installer Home edition at just $129. Photo: Bloomberg
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Peter Moon
Windows 8.1 hit the streets this month and there's a distinctly Apple-ish flavour to the release, with heavily reduced entry level pricing and a free companion iPad app sweetening the value proposition.
As we noted a few weeks ago, Win 8.1 is Microsoft's attempt to make peace with desktop users who never wanted a tablet operating system foisted on them in the first place.
The reworked Start button isn't exactly what you're used to but it does provide a recognisable launch point that anchors the interface. The much maligned tiles can now function more like a set of pinned favourites than the take it or leave it front door of the original Windows 8.
The real signal of Microsoft's contrition, though, is the aggressive pricing of the base product. We picked up the full installer Home edition at just $129, which is as cheap an OS as they have ever released. Apple has long sold its operating system at a fraction of Windows' cost.
True that Apple has the luxury of making serious dollars from hardware and Redmond has to make its living out of software, but in the marketplace an OS is an OS, and the relative pricing of the rivals has made Windows look too expensive for a long time. Clearly the margin on this release is lower than normal, signalling some willingness to challenge Apple on pricing. As an upgrade from version 8.0, the latest release is free.
Taking another leaf from the Apple tree, MS released a surprise bonus in tandem with the operating system upgrade. Microsoft Remote Desktop is an app for Mac desktop and iOS devices that supports impressively complete remote access to a Windows 8.1 machine. The concept is to turn every Mac and iPad into a Windows machine, at least potentially, at least some of the time. If there's enough bandwidth between the two machines, it works cleverly.
How cleverly? Running on a Mac, Remote Desktop can even access files on the local Mac machine. Microsoft Word running on a remote PC can open a file on the Mac, edit it, and save it back to the Mac it came from.
Pondering the possibilities
We're still pondering the possibilities this breakthrough presents. And Remote Desktop can stream audio and video from the remote device as well, one of the holy grails of remote computing.
Early adopters report that the remote tool isn't yet rock solid, with some unable to connect at all. Our experience was much better but we're on notice not to rely on it for critical business purposes yet.
If we were wondering whether Microsoft is really engaged with the Apple revolution, it also announced last week that Office for iPad will be delivered. There's no clear time frame on that project but it reinforces the fact that even in a Windows 8 world, Redmond acknowledges it has to be on board Apple's iOS platform.
Back at Windows 8.1, we find there's an option to bypass the tiled interface and head straight for a more traditional desktop on boot up. We selected it after a few hours of dalliance with the more recent desktop, and we're glad we did. Maybe tiles are brilliant for tablets. Maybe we're just old-fashioned. But the desktop is a better place to get serious work done.
If you're wondering whether you are a tile person or a desktop person, here's an easy way to predict. Visit the websites of Australian regulators ACMA and ACCC. The Communications and Media Authority has opted for a tiled, graphical home page interface and the Competition and Consumer Commission a more standard text-based approach. If you prefer the ACMA site, you're a natural candidate for Windows 8. If, like us, you find it as informative and inviting as the Berlin Wall, you'll be happier with the Win 8 desktop.
For us, the most interesting development in this edition is a new approach to information searching. Microsoft's Bing search engine is now deeply embedded in the operating system, ready to search everything from system settings to local and cloud-stored documents to the wider web. Search "Beatles" and Bing generates a slick montage that might include songs from your iTunes library, a Wikipedia history of the band, news articles, photos and web links. It's the first new big thing in search in a long time and we're predicting plenty of fans.
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Abecedarian Gallery books Katie Taft's Action Figures for the afternoon
Looking to start a new chapter? Head to Alicia Bailey's Abecedarian Gallery, a tiny, meticulously curated book-art gallery on Santa Fe Drive, for the last day of the Artists Book Cornucopia III exhibition. And it's going out in style, with a special edition of Westword MasterMind Katie Taft's Action Figures artist discussion series, featuring three Colorado contributors from the group show.
Heather Doyle-Maier, "Her (un) Doing."
Action Figures is usually at home across town at the Colorado Photographic Arts Center in Lakewood, so it's a rare occasion to catch Taft at work in the Art District on Santa Fe. And Taft, a deft moderator, should draw out some fascinating facts about the mysterious world of book art -- where you don't always flip through pages or get a linear story -- right from the artists' mouths.
Sammy Seung-min Lee and JongKu Kim, "Fe-O."
Denverites Heather Doyle-Maier and Sammy Seung-min Lee and Christine Martell of Fort Collins will chat with Taft on Saturday at 4 p.m., making this last viewing day of the complex exhibit all the more rich.
Come early and take it all in, before Taft and friends close the show; for more information visit Abecedarian online.
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Oil and Gas Bonds:
BLM Needs a Comprehensive Strategy to Better Manage Potential Oil and Gas Well Liability
GAO-11-292: Published: Feb 25, 2011. Publicly Released: Feb 25, 2011.
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The number of oil and gas wells on leased federal land has increased dramatically. To help manage the environmental impacts of these wells, the Department of the Interior's (Interior) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requires oil and gas operators to reclaim disturbed land in a manner it prescribes. To help ensure operators reclaim leased land, BLM requires them to provide a bond before beginning drilling operations. BLM refers to oil and gas wells and leased land that will require reclamation as potential liabilities because BLM may have to pay for reclamation if the operators fail to do so. GAO was asked to determine (1) BLM's policies for managing potential federal oil and gas well liability, (2) the extent to which BLM has implemented these policies, and (3) the challenges, if any, BLM faces in managing potential oil and gas well liability. GAO analyzed agency data on bonding and wells and interviewed BLM officials. We surveyed all 48 BLM field offices with an oil and gas program, and received 33 responses covering these offices.
To manage potential liability on federal land, BLM has developed policies for reviewing bond adequacy and for managing idle wells (wells that have not produced for at least 7 years) and orphan wells (wells that generally have no responsible or liable parties). The bond adequacy policy is intended to ensure that bonds are regularly reviewed by BLM field offices when certain events occur, or periodically, and increased as necessary to ensure that they reflect the level of risk posed by the operator. BLM's idle and orphan well policy is intended to ensure that nonproducing wells are either plugged or returned to production; this policy directs BLM field offices to develop an inventory of such wells and rank and prioritize them for reclamation based on potential environmental harm, among other things. BLM has not consistently implemented its policies for managing potential liabilities. Specifically, for fiscal years 2005 through 2009, GAO found that 13 of the 33 field office survey respondents reported that they either did not conduct any reviews or did not know the number of reviews conducted. Most field office officials told GAO that a lack of resources and higher priorities were the primary reasons for not conducting these reviews. In addition, BLM state offices also did not consistently interpret BLM policy on when to increase bond amounts. For example, officials in three state offices told GAO that they generally require evidence of operator noncompliance before raising a bond amount, while another state office increased bond amounts for most operators because it viewed them as a potential risk to the government. With regard to reviews of idle or orphan wells, 11 of the 33 field office survey respondents reported that they had not conducted any reviews in one or more fiscal years during the 5-year period GAO examined. The shortage of resources was identified by officials as the primary reason that these reviews were not conducted. In addition, 2 BLM state offices and 22 field offices have not created action plans for reviewing bond adequacy and idle and orphan wells, as BLM policies call for. BLM faces two challenges in managing potential liability, according to field office officials. First, its bonding system impairs BLM's ability to manage potential liability. Specifically, the minimum bond amounts--not updated in more than 50 years--may not be sufficient to encourage all operators to comply with reclamation requirements. These officials also stated that criteria in the policy for deciding when to increase a bond is vague, creating ambiguity about whether a request for an increase should be submitted and whether it will be approved. Second, limitations with the data system BLM uses to track oil and gas information on public land restrict the agency's ability to evaluate potential liability and monitor agency performance. For example, the BLM field offices GAO surveyed reported a total of about 2,300 idle wells that had been inactive for 7 years or more as of fiscal year 2009. However, other Interior data indicate that the number of idle wells on federal land is nearly double the amount reported by the BLM field offices. GAO recommends that BLM develop a comprehensive strategy to, among other things, increase minimum bond amounts over time and improve its data system to better evaluate potential liability and agency performance. In commenting on a draft of this report BLM agreed with GAO's recommendations and noted that it has already taken steps to improve the completeness and accuracy of its oil and gas data.
Recommendations for Executive Action
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: BLM has issued two new instructional memoranda. The first of these, regarding idle well reviews, was issued in September 2012, and the second regarding bond adequacy reviews was issued in July 2013. Both instructional memoranda include new data entry requirements that specify when and how BLM field office employees are to track and record reviews in AFMSS.
Recommendation: To better manage potential liability on federal land, the Secretary of the Interior should direct the Director of BLM to develop a comprehensive strategy to include implementing an approach for ensuring complete and consistent well records in AFMSS so that BLM field and state offices can better evaluate potential liability and improve decisionmaking.
Agency Affected: Department of the Interior
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In July 2013, BLM issued instructional memorandum 2013-151 entitled Federal Oil and Gas Operations and Lease Adjudication, that creates a new process for conducting bond adequacy reviews. This process involves a system of assessing well liability against clearly defined terms and criteria and evaluating the conditions that increase well liability. In addition, the instructional memorandum creates a new process for having these bond increases processed at the BLM state office level.
Recommendation: To better manage potential liability on federal land, the Secretary of the Interior should direct the Director of BLM to develop a comprehensive strategy to include revising the bond adequacy review policy to more clearly define terms and the conditions that warrant a bond increase.
Agency Affected: Department of the Interior
Status: Open
Comments: In July 2013, BLM issued instructional memorandum 2013-151 entitled Federal Oil and Gas Operations and Lease Adjudication. This new policy clarifies procedures for reviewing the adequacy of oil and gas bonds and increasing or decreasing the bond amount accordingly. According to BLM officials, this new policy creates an administrative framework that will lead to potentially significant bond increases within the current regulatory framework. Therefore, BLM no longer intends to increase minimum bond amounts through a rulemaking process as it had previously planned.
Recommendation: To better manage potential liability on federal land, the Secretary of the Interior should direct the Director of BLM to develop a comprehensive strategy to include increasing regulatory minimum bonding amounts over time to strengthen bonding as a tool for ensuring operators' compliance.
Agency Affected: Department of the Interior
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: BLM has issued two new instructional memoranda. The first of these, regarding idle well reviews, was issued in September 2012, and the second regarding bond adequacy reviews was issued in July 2013. Thse instructional memoranda include reporting requirements whereby BLM state offices are to submit an annual idle well report and semi-annual bond adequacy reports to BLM's Washington Office. These reports summarize the number of reviews conducted by the field offices in that state and the actions taken to reduce well liability.
Recommendation: To better manage potential liability on federal land, the Secretary of the Interior should direct the Director of BLM to develop a comprehensive strategy to include implementing an approach for better monitoring agency performance in conducting reviews for bond adequacy and idle wells.
Agency Affected: Department of the Interior
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Bureau of Reclamation:Availability of Information on Repayment of Water Project Construction Costs Could Be Better PromotedGAO-14-764: Published: Sep 8, 2014. Publicly Released: Sep 9, 2014.
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Parents attacking is a sad fact of life at my work site. The mindset is one of "Do now, think later (maybe not ever)." I had a situation yesterday where one of my students, Nu, who has a history of lying, went home and told his mother some sort of lie. His mother then started calling my cellphone leaving crazy messages. Not only that but she sent a couple of her people to the campus to jump me. Thank goodness I left early or who knows what would have happened. Who knows? I could be laying in some hospital, or the morgue!
I am so stressed out I don't know what to do. I don't want to leave my students, but I have to think about my safety. This is such a sad day when I have to consider leaving because I fear for my life at a school.
Luckily my university is behind me and trying to help me with the situation. If not, I don't know what. Although most cases won't be as severe as mine, this is why many teachers leave within the first 5 years.
I don't know how this is going to play out. Only time will tell.
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i did a couple inches the back maybe was 4 or so the back i tossed some beads in it dreaded right up in no time
the top dreaded a lil later it was maybe 2 inches i guess it dreaded around 4 maybe 3 i dont remember
the top did stick up a bit till it grew but i liked it that way :)
I started back in January at 3 inches, did some twist and rip. All fell out. Still no real sign of knotting.
My hair is thick and curly, its now between 4-5 inches in length, but simply rolls up in little nubs on my head. My hair doesnt really move at all. Only time it does is when its wet, so I try to wet it quite regularly.
Starting this short I guess we are in for a long journey, so good luck!
I started in early January of '11 with my head shaved to 1 inch.
I use no chemicals on my hair, ever. No shampoo, even natural. Nothing but the H2O solution coming from my shower or, as was the case earlier this year when we weren't in a drought, the river.
I've been chemical-free for about 2 years now.
I had long hair for a while, cut it short, and then realized that I could simply "grow" dreads. I hadn't known about natty dreads, or else I would have done it with my longer hair.
When I got my hair cut short, the woman talked me into (for some reason) letting her wash my hair after the cut. Months went by and I learned about natty dreads, so I shaved my head in order to start from the newly grown chemical free hair.
My hair is really fine and straight, but thick.
However, after 8 months of no combing, my hair is starting to look messy and semi-curly.
Still no knots, or even tangling, though.
well 8 months is 4 inches if u start from shaved so u got a couple more inches to go
What texture is your hair?
Mine is really fine, really straight, but thick.
I wash with water nearly every night. Should I cut back?
Is there something I'm doing wrong?
I just started mine and I have shoulder length hair. I sectioned them myself and did the back comb/crochet method. It damages your hair I know this now, but it got the job done. The back ones though, I didn't crochet as much as the ones on the side, so they're still loose and out of control, but that's what they should be from what I hear and from what SE has told me. Al lhair is different and it most certainly has a mind of their own. It's kind of like Cartman on South Park: "Whateva! Whateva! I do wah I wan!" Haha.
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Located within easy walking distance of the Millikin University campus, the Oakwood Business District is home to restaurants, salons and specialty shops at the intersection of West Main, Wood Street and Oakland Avenue. Watch your favorite team on the big screen while sampling Southwestern fare, or choose from an extensive wine list to complement a savory Italian dish. After lunch, check out bikes and gear, order flowers, get a haircut, or even unwind and relax with a soothing massage.
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Giggles is a wacky and fun gift and card shop. Located on Merchant Street in downtown Decatur, Giggles has a little something for everyone. What makes Giggles stand out from the rest is their ability to personalize just about everything.
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NOPcon is a non-profit and free hacker conference which will be held in Istanbul, TURKEY on the 21 May.
The conference will be the first technical and international hacker conference in Istanbul. The conference aims to learn and exchange ideas and experiences between researchers , consultants and developers.
Moti Joseph – "Advanced Browser Exploiting"
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Sertan Kolat – "Attacking iOS Applications"
Yasin Surer – "Kernel Exploiting"
Mert Sarica – "Attacking Android Applications"
Nebi Senol Yilmaz – "Defeating DDOS in FreeBSD Kernel"
Melih Tas – "Penetration Testing VOIP"
Ozan Ucar – "Real-world Penetration Testing Examples [Workshop]"
Evren Yalcin – "Advanced Web Application Security [Workshop]"
Celil Unuver – "SCADA (in)Security"
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I am really trying. But keep falling down. But today I did do 15 minutes -so far-on the treadmill plus other housework stuff. Sharon, you did good today! Keep it up! I know you can!
I am really having trouble staying motivated. I want to lose weight, cuz I am tired of being fat. But my motivation doesn't stick with me. I really feel like a failure but I do keep trying.
I finally have the motivation I needed. Read where Obama wants all obese patients to have their bmi and weight recorded each visit to the dr. I also read where Germany wants to tax the obese. Ok, I get the hint. I don't want the government sticking it's nose into my 'weight' and I sure don't want to be taxed any more so I am going to lose all the unnecessary weight through diet and exercise.


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Starwood Hotels wants you to get chummy with its customer service reps - via video.
This week, the 1,000-hotel giant launched an unusual, cutting-edge initiative to connect loyal customers with customer service reps using Apple's FaceTime video calling function. (Yes, you'll need an iPhone 4, a Mac or the new iPod Touch to try it out.)
Whether FaceTime calls will catch on or not with Starwood Preferred Guest members as a communications device, however, remains a question, judging by the results from a small survey of USA TODAY Road Warriors.
Most Road Warriors said they're either not interested or wouldn't have the time to make a face-to-face call.
Starwood execs, however, are optimistic that "face time" is exactly what its tech savvy, Apple using SPG members want.
"Our members are asking for more personalized communications options and FaceTime gives them true transparency into who is handling their reservations," said Dave Godsman, Starwood's vice president of global web services. "We believe this demonstrates our continued commitment to deliver better, unique branded experiences that conform to the way guests live their lives and choose to communicate with us."
"We find customers enjoy seeing the person behind the voice," Mike English, Starwood's vice president of customer contact centers says.
You could say that USA TODAY Road Warrior Dave Horowitz of Hamilton, N.J., is the SPG member that English and Godsman had in mind when creating this function.
"I have an iPhone 4 and currently use the SPG phone app for booking reservations directly," Horowitz told me via email. "I like the idea of FaceTime with their customer service people. Nice to see the face at the other end. Makes it more personal."
But five other USA TODAY Road Warriors surveyed told me that they're not excited by this development. The reasons they cited:
Readers: Would you rather talk to - or see - the customer service rep who is helping you with your hotel business?


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Stalley is probably one of my favorites on Maybach Music Group. It seems as if he is really trying to send a message through his music.
MMG's Self Made Vol 3! Nas Expands His Portfolio? Jay-Z Inks 20 Million Deal! — The 411 With ADRI.V The Go Getta [AUDIO/VIDEO]
Hey, it's me, ADRI.V The Go Getta, and every day, I will be giving you "The 411" on The Only Night Show That Matters with DJ Supreme, kicking off at 8:50 p.m.
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Staring to think soon he will be printing money, and this sounds like more dollar signs to me Jay-Z recently inked a deal with Samsung Mobile according to the New York Daily News


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After succeeding in the wine market, AC/DC has released its own beer, aptly called "AC/DC Premium Beer."
According to the beer's website, which was translated roughly from English, "AC/DC Premium Beer is 568 ml of authentic German premium full-bodied beer with 5% alcohol by volume."
"The 5-liter keg of beers is for the roadie of the rock group and his friends. It ignites on the tongue like a ton of TNT - with taste every beer lover loves. It is brewed in accordance with the German Purity Law of 1516."
The new brew is available in a select few countries, including Germany. There is no timetable for just how long it will take for the product to hit stores shelves in the United States.
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(DES MOINES) – A new exhibit of rarely seen Native American artifacts ranging from weapons and war shirts to beaded tobacco bags and moccasins opens next month at the State Historical Museum in Des Moines.
"Art in Daily Life: Native American Collections at the State Historical Society of Iowa" opens Dec. 5, 2009, through January 2011 at the State Historical Museum, 600 E. Locust St. in Des Moines. Admission is free and open to the public. Historical Museum hours are 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-4:30 p.m. Sunday; closed Monday and all official state holidays. More information is available at www.iowahistory.org or 515-281-5111.
"This is a fascinating exhibit of Native American artifacts that come directly from the State Historical Museum's permanent collection," Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs Director Cyndi Pederson said. "I encourage all Iowans and others who have an interest in Native American history in Iowa to visit this wonderful exhibit."
"Art in Daily Life" examines Native American objects as both works of art and cultural artifacts.
"The native people of North America lived in a world that did not recognize art as something separate from the production of everyday garments and utensils," Historical Museum Director and Chief Curator Michael O. Smith said. "In this exhibit, visitors will see how items of daily use can be elevated from mere utility to examples of artistic skill and vision."
Smith said a Western Great Lakes Medicine Bag, 1770-1820, is an ideal example of how Native Americans merged artistic skill with utilitarian objects.
"Black-dyed deer skin bags embroidered with porcupine quills were created and used by many Great Lakes tribes," he said. "They were used as containers for objects and materials associated with sacred powder, healing and ritual societies. The imagery of lightning emanating from a central figure may relate to the owner's vision and guardian spirits."
A partial list of artifacts in the "Art in Daily Life" exhibit follows:
While some of the artifacts featured in "Art in Daily Life" were on display at the old Historical Building, the vast majority of them have rarely been seen by the public.
From the early 1900s to 1988, much of the Museum's permanent collection suffered damage from exposure to sunlight, tobacco smoke and fluctuations in temperature and humidity at the old Historical Building.
"When our predecessors ran out of exhibit space, they were forced to store artifacts on dirt floors in that building's basement," Smith said. "Many of those items were nearly destroyed after being confined like that for up to 80 years."
In 1988, the Museum transferred its permanent collection to the new State Historical Building, where more than 115,000 artifacts receive conservation treatment and are rotated into and out of exhibits.
"Without question, our Native American collection receives the most number of inquiries from the public," Smith said. "With very few resources, we have made steady progress with advances in conservation technologies and we are very proud and pleased to showcase these important artifacts of Native American history in Iowa."
The State Historical Society of Iowa is a division of the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, and is a trustee of Iowa's historical legacy and an advocate for understanding Iowa's past. It identifies, records, collects, preserves, manages and provides access to Iowa's historical resources. Its dual mission of preservation and education serves Iowans of all ages, conducts and stimulates research, disseminates information, and encourages and supports historical preservation and education efforts of others throughout the state. Visit www.iowahistory.org or call 515-281-5111 for more information.


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Man, about 1 - 1 1/2 weeks ago, I was about 2 weeks left into having a full fledged hard on non flexed 6 pack, i wouldnt even have to flex to get it. Than i got a job, started eating like ****, coming home at a 1 a.m, and not being able to work out, and now iv'e gained like 5% BF. So now I gotta cut all over again, but I dont even know how i can eat correctly while working 7 hr shifts into the night. So i've been depressed and been bingeing witch only makes it worse. I feel like ****, I worked out today finally, did no cardio tho, I just feel digusting right now.. Just feel like ranting and raving
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They snuck it in stock during the holiday season and I caught'em, but they got me back by keeping the directions. This rotor head was made via COMPUTER NUMERICAL CONTROL... C. N. C.
The DRIFTER 36" RC boat at close inspection. SWORDFISH 240 amp ESC high voltage, OCTURA PROP# Y537/3, NEU MOTOR# 1521/1.5Y, FUTABA RADIO, 12 cell lipo, 5 cell NiMi, Anti-Spark connecter, FLEX HEX, suffing box, FLEX CABLE, nylon insert, MOTOR MOUNT with cooling jacket, STRUDDER SYSTEM.
Tried 3 more OCTURA boat props that I've sharpened and balanced. My favorite is the y537-3 blade. MOTOR, 1521/1.5Y smooth can.
SAFFRON, VANILLA AND CARDAMOM... and what I do with them.
My most favorite VITAMINS and an easy way to EXERCISE. Having FUN is also a part of being healthy, for you are a child of GOD... enjoy the video.
Radio Controlled "IRON MAN" flying through the air... up, up and awaaaaay !!!
1st on didn't work, so I went back to WalMart and got another one. 1st one wouldn't charge.
She ran fast with the prop I sharpened, X440/3 with 1.4 pitch, but was over pitched using the V937/3 with 1.9... 37mm is the smallest diameter and I still couldn't spin it properly. I have some 1.5 and 1.6 prop pitches to try next. First number is the pitch and the second number is millimeters.
Put on a Octura M435 three blade prop after I sharpened & balanced it, then set the motor timing to only zero degrees. This sucker would run forever wit' these 5,000 MAH battery packs.
I don't only work on model helicopters.
The reason this plane was never stable, is these contra-rotating motors from China suck, that's why they be out of stock. When one 3 blade prop is left, it flies stable enough.
Just felt like watching a movie from 1991, and I was hit with a bunch of WORLD TRADE CENTER stuff... 2001 is TEN YEARS LATER !!!... I just got finished watching it and got my camera... YO, a JET can be a BULLET too, check dis out, you can hear 3 airplane sounds during opening credits, 2 hit WTC's and the 3rd plane hit the PENTAGON. The planes were switched inflight with unmarked planes, holding an accelerant... the "old switcheroo" scam.
"GRAND THEFT AUTO V"... waaay to much stuff in this game. Showing just a small fraction of what's inside.
Smells good in this place, so stop, be still and fill your senses with the beauty of botanicals.
BIND the SWORDFISH to your RADIO before using the PROGRAM BOX. I removed the on and off switch from the ESC and soldered the wires together. RadioShack sells a 60watt soldering iron... See SWORDFISH test in my "DRIFTER" video.
Happy Birthday Robert, it's windy, but let's go anyway. Everybody's savin' stuff for great days... "Time waits for no man."
Very nice board with all the pieces.
The wind was blowing for days and I'm not waiting anymore. I'm writing the next day and it's still gusty. "Time waits for no man"... THE SHOW MUST GO ON!!!
Showing the electronics I'm putting inside the Catalina. Two 24 inch JR extensions not show... ok I just forgot and it's to late.
A more powerful like DREMEL tool for less. 4 extra items shown came separate.
Felt like singing a song I like.
Get your browser and homepage back real quick, because these sneaky croch ROCKETS and other malware viruses just don't give a dam... they hijack without permission!!!
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KILLER EGG also know as LITTLE BIRD... 25 volts, 5 fingers/blades of death. 650KV... so each volt makes the motor spin an added 650 times more, so 650 X 25 = 16,250... Now, I flew this helicopter a few times, but all of a sudden I wanted more power. The timing was at zero... nice and cool, but I wanted more power, so I advanced the timing to plus 5... This is for the championship belt buckle, now watch the show.
This is the most wires and plugs I've ever seen on a model this size. I just through out all the paper work and went for it. At least one of the numbered stickers was wrong, so don't feel bad my friend.
You just don't see many videos of the F-14 with the wings actually moving back and forth... this one does.
Radio Controlled F-14 TOMCAT in the air with the wings moving back, and then to the forward position.
A close view of all the parts that came inside the VARIO kit... #1310.
APRIL showers bring MAY flowers, and hopefully a nice day, so I can fly my fully loaded HUGHES 500d aka "Little Bird". The VARIO was 500 then 400, then 748....oo00OOOH !!!
See the inside of the product with commentary. Will fly with full cockpit and 12" pilots when the weather warms up... oh, and the button is fiberglass.
GTA5 "Attack Buzzard" radio controlled in the air... aka "Little Bird" / AH-6 / HUGHES 500. Flew it just in time, because the killer snow storm came in hard... For more information see the "DIRECTOR'S CUT".
December 24th... with all new adventures on the horizon. FIRST FLIGHT FIVEBLADE with FUSELAGE is next... My EC-135 is on the way... Listen to my voice message at the end... MERRY X-MAS to you to baby!!!
AH-6 attack helicopter model... UPDATE: The swashplate linkage balls are to big. The 500 size linkage balls fit the 600 size swashplate. These metal linkage balls are normally used for "flybarless rotorheads".
RADIO SHACK dirtbike brought back to life. Somebody in France bought this sucker from me.
A small little AirWolf helicopter, like the TV show.
This badboy is fast SON!!!... I can't even go full throttle. Yo, this is a FRIDAY THE 13th flight and here we go.
Changed the initial spoolup to "low" in the ICE2. The tail is set on "automatic-normal" in the radio. The "swashmix" aileron & elevator are at 30%... Swashmix pitch is 35%. Basic throttle and pitch curve in the radio. You must be very careful using the 3GX unit, so if your not good with this kinda stuff, then just SIMPLY use a single gyro system for the tail.... I've hovered my 800 with NO gyros. Each of my videos have helpful hints.
HIROBO "POP! HOBBY" radio controlled helicopter... The 3rd of my special 3 unboxings... UPDATE: Ordered the white LAMA on 12/20/2014, so by by to this red one.
TREX 800 has a baby Trex 250... survival of the fittest.
I told yaw I was gonna do this in my UNBOXING video.
***NEWS*** A few hours after this, a guy in Brooklyn is killed by a 700... He was struck in the head and neck. The news said it was a toy.
The Trex 250 gets cocky and challenges the TRICOPTER to a best out of 3 point game. TRICOPTER has CHEETAH 2212/13 with 1,000kv.
Will do it again when the water clear up and the foggy cam came from hot weather...over 90 degrees at the lake... think I paid only 60 bucks for it... EMERSON... nice picture, but can use some work in the sound department.
August 2nd 2013... I AM UNBOXING a "TREX 800E lectric" helicopter kit that I've purchased from G.S. HOBBIES... here in the Garden State.
Some playing time at the pond and hobby shop.
Just like the big boys, metal and carbon fiber, but very small... not the price tag though/400. RADIO# WK-2801 PRO. Change the "SUB-TRIMS" inside the radio, "ENT" then "EXT" to set settings... then re-boot the chopper... For first start up, chopper must be plugged up no less than 10 seconds after radio is turned on. My reciever settings are at 50%. Put tape on the boom to make it tighter, then replace the 2 tiny screws back under the bottom. The 2 tail gears look the same, but the are not. Make sure servo arms are at same level. ROTOR BLADES- # W46008-BK, xtreme-production.com
Some sweet low altitude action with the U2..
This stick and throttle works great with most games, but not "OVER G FIGHTERS". You can move or map 5 buttons... RB,RSB on flight stick and LB, LSB, & B on throttle stick. These buttons are not major changes. The RB is for your right thumb and RSB is for your pinky. LB and B are on the throttle side by side where left thumb goes. The LSB is on the front of the throttle and used by the index finger. You must use BOTH pieces, because you need the throttle and rudder. THE VIBRATION IN THE STICK MAKES IT FEEL LIKE YOUR FLYING A REAL AIRCRAFT!!!
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Krauthammer: Obamacare's next trick: the VAT
By Charles Krauthammer
As the night follows the day, VAT follows health-care reform.
With the passage of Obamacare, creating a vast new middle-class entitlement, a national sales tax of the kind near-universal in Europe is inevitable.
We are now $8 trillion in debt
. The Congressional Budget Office projects that $12 trillion will be added over the next decade. Obamacare, when stripped of its budgetary gimmicks -- the unfunded $200 billion-plus "doctor fix," the double counting of Medicare cuts, the 10-6 sleight-of-hand (counting 10 years of revenue and only six years of outflows) -- is at minimum a $2 trillion new entitlement.
It will vastly increase the debt. But even if it were revenue-neutral, Obamacare preempts and appropriates for itself the best and easiest means of reducing the
deficit. Obamacare's $500 billion of cuts in Medicare and $600 billion in tax hikes are no longer available for deficit reduction. They are siphoned off for the new entitlement of insuring the uninsured.
This is fiscally disastrous because, as
President Obama himself explained last year
in unveiling his grand transformational policies, our unsustainable fiscal path requires control of entitlement spending, the most ruinous of which is out-of-control health-care costs.
Obamacare was sold on the premise that, as Nancy Pelosi put it, "health-care reform is entitlement reform. Our budget cannot take this upward spiral of cost." But the bill enacted on Tuesday accelerates the spiral: It radically expands Medicaid (adding 15 million recipients/dependents) and shamelessly raids Medicare by spending on a new entitlement the $500 billion in cuts and the yield from the Medicare tax hikes.
Obama knows that the debt bomb is looming, that
Moody's is warning that the Treasury's AAA rating is in jeopardy
, that we are headed for a run on the dollar and/or hyperinflation if nothing is done.
Hence his
deficit-reduction commission
. It will report (surprise!) after the November elections.
What will it recommend? What
it recommend? Sure, Social Security can be trimmed by raising the retirement age, introducing means testing and changing the indexing formula from wage growth to price inflation.
But this won't be nearly enough. As Obama has repeatedly insisted, the real money is in health-care costs -- which are locked in place by the new Obamacare mandates.
That's where the value-added tax comes in
. For the politician, it has the virtue of expediency: People are used to sales taxes, and this one produces a river of revenue. Every 1 percent of VAT would yield up to $1 trillion a decade (depending on what you exclude -- if you exempt food, for example, the yield would be more like $900 billion).
It's the ultimate cash cow. Obama will need it. By introducing universal health care, he has pulled off the largest expansion of the welfare state in four decades. And the most expensive. Which is why all of the European Union has the VAT. Huge VATs. Germany: 19 percent. France and Italy: 20 percent. Most of Scandinavia: 25 percent.
American liberals have long complained that ours is the only advanced industrial country without universal health care. Well, now we shall have it. And as we approach European levels of entitlements, we will need European levels of taxation.
Obama set out to be a consequential president, on the order of Ronald Reagan. With the VAT, Obama's triumph will be complete. He will have succeeded in reversing Reaganism. Liberals have long complained that Reagan's strategy was to starve the (governmental) beast in order to shrink it: First, cut taxes -- then ultimately you have to reduce government spending.
Obama's strategy is exactly the opposite: Expand the beast and then feed it. Spend first -- which then forces taxation. Now that, with the institution of universal health care, we are becoming the full entitlement state, the beast will have to be fed.
And the VAT is the only trough in creation large enough.
As a substitute for the income tax, the VAT would be a splendid idea. Taxing consumption makes infinitely more sense than taxing work. But to feed the liberal social-democratic project, the VAT must be added
on top of
the income tax.
Ultimately, even that won't be enough. As the population ages and health care becomes increasingly expensive, the only way to avoid fiscal ruin (as Britain, for example, has discovered) is health-care rationing.
It will take a while to break the American populace to that idea. In the meantime, get ready for the VAT. Or start fighting it.
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What are the effects of dietary interventions or physical activity interventions, or both, based on the transtheoretical model (TTM) stages of change (SOC) to produce sustainable (one year and longer) weight loss in overweight and obese adults?
Generally, weight loss programmes tend to involve diet and physical activity interventions. The TTM describes a series of five SOC an individual goes through when changing from an unhealthy behaviour to a healthy one. In this review, we assessed the use of the TTM SOC in weight management programmes for overweight and obese adults especially in terms of the effects on weight loss, dietary habits, physical activity and behaviour changes.
Obesity (body mass index of at least 30 kg/m²) and overweight (body mass index of 25 to less than 30 kg/m²) are increasingly being recognised as important public health issues. Together, they contribute to serious health problems and extensive economic costs worldwide. Body mass index (BMI) is a measure of body fat and is defined as the individual's weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in metres (kg/m²). The BMI should be considered as a rough guide only because it is mainly used for whole populations and may not correspond to the same degree of fatness in different individuals (like for athletes and physically non-active individuals).
Study characteristics
We included three studies in our systematic review. Altogether the studies evaluated 2971 participants, with 1467 participants allocated to the intervention groups and 1504 to the control groups. The studies had a length of intervention of 9, 12 and 24 months.
This plain language summary was current as of December 2013.
Key results
The use of the TTM SOC in combination with diet or physical activity, or both, and other interventions in the included studies provided inconclusive evidence about the impact of such interventions on sustainable weight loss (mean difference in favour of the TTM SOC was between 2.1 kg and 0.2 kg at 24 months). However, other positive effects were noted, such as changes in physical activity and dietary habits that included increased exercise duration and frequency, reduced fat intake and increased fruit and vegetable consumption. The studies did not report other important outcomes such as health-related quality of life, illness (morbidity) and economic costs.
Quality of the evidence
Overall, the quality of the evidence was low or very low. The main limitations included incomplete reporting of outcomes, methodological shortcomings, extensive use of self-reported measures and insufficient assessment of sustainability due to the lack of long-term assessments.


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- Nichol
- July 09, 2014 - 17:26
Somehow, is not a word that carries any weight whatsoever in either the accounting or engineering professions. 'Somehow' seems to be an acceptable measurement of Government performance and some editorials it seems. The reason I object to the MF project is more basic. Energy markets have changed drastically over the past ten years. This change occurred as a result of the massive shale oil and gas production increases. This resulted in huge decreases in wholesale electricity prices in the NE US, (over 50%) and an increase in the number of new, clean natural gas generating plants being built. This drastic market shift has resulted in a huge surplus of electricity in the marketplace, most notably in Quebec. Hydro Quebec produces some 35,000MW annually, and they are expected to have a surplus of 30 terawatt hours this year. This has resulted in the cancellation of all new projects, and the Quebec energy review commission is recommending the cancellation of the last two phases of the 1550MW Romaine River project. We, in NL however, continue blindly on our way towards the edge of the cliff. Romaine power was expected to cost $0.0600/KWh. Muskrat Falls power will certainly cost much more than double that just to produce, but Ed Martin didn't tell his projection....somehow. The shale gas reserves in the US today are enough to last 100 years, with much more than that inferred. The US drilling will not stop. You say the 40% of MF production slated for export is just gravy and not taken into account. This is a ridiculous premise, and no industrial development ignores 40% of it's production under any circumstance. The only financial picture in NL today is the fact that we have spent at least $18 billion in oil revenues, and are now running huge deficit budgets ($500 million this year). This will continue until the next oil project fills the coffers again. The production in the abundant shale gas reserves started to increase massively some 8 or 10 years ago. Our little energy company (minus the 5400MW produced by CFLCo, it only produces about 1750MW) evidently took no notice, because of the solely politically motivated drive to build MF... at any cost. Both the PUB and Manitoba Hydro conveniently did not have the mandate to examine NG or LNG alternatives. Remember when the PUB was removed from any involvement in the process? Currently, very clean combined cycle NG plants go for about $1 million/MW in overnight capital cost. We could have replaced Holyrood complete with LNG storage for under $1B. LNG is much cleaner, cheap and abundant. 2041 is not that far away, and we will need back up then anyway. Nalcor, and our Government chose to completely ignore that option, simply to satiate some egotistical demand, and as a result the people of NL will pay an unnecessary high price for power for a very long time.....'somehow'.
- Auntie Gull on the End of the
- July 09, 2014 - 15:23
Will Inuit-British-Metis land claims come imto play over and above water rights contracts and can Romaine River shed light on Muskrat Falls? Tom Adams wrote: Hydro-Québec is constructing a comparable hydroelectric complex on the Romaine River, 350 kilometres closer to southern markets. It will produce about twice as much power, but require a total investment less than the current estimate for Muskrat Falls. Romaine will start up before Muskrat Falls construction can begin in earnest. For all its competitive advantages relative to Muskrat Falls, Romaine will need a massive turnaround in electricity markets to break even. In response: Adams does not state that RR is a sound business venture, he merely highlights areas where it is more economical and strategic than MF. The focus of the article is MF. This is why the man agreed to speak with you about MF. I took this phrase, comparable hydroelectric complex, as a comparative reference to the same ecological, economic and strategic flaws existing in both projects. Both are examples of an unnecessary disregard for nature at the expense of the public, for the profit of our business, construction and political leaders. Both are examples of gross government, and crown corporation subservience to the private sector hunger for a "smart grid". Both are unnecessary if bottom-up planning (taxpayers/res. users and demand) was a factor. My main point is that he has no better overall opinion of RR than MF, merely states that RR is better in the only ways we can (or are allowed to) measure. He does this to show how flawed MF is by contrast. He does not say RR is good or better, just less flawed, but still uneconomically practical in the current market. What is his unsubstantiated point of view? Its not like he called in to proclaim Jesus as divine King of the universe! Yet, he received less airtime (deducting his stuttering) and civility than those who did today. I know nothing about anything Paddy, the following is a little bit of my opinion on it. Usually I keep it to myself, but the end of the world is at hand, and I feel like going into the afterlife unburdened. You will likely not get a chance to read this anyway. This project will give us a debt of four billion dollars, plus cost overruns, ignoring the only independent, and unfavorable, review (The Joint Review Panel), dismissing the PUB outright, not even considering demand management technology to get us to 2041, nor natural gas options, yet taking 50 year demand projections on faith as well as the existence of a U.S.A. market which is satisfied by economical shale oil and gas. Muskrat Falls project is driven by the propaganda of employment promises (despite the lack of local skilled labour and long-term negative effect of temporary, high-wage jobs), environmental stewardship (without considering the GHG emissions created by watershed flooding and intense construction) and long-term stable electricity rates (predicted in times of global economic instability and accelerating change). The 2041 group will never be right. Even if Cabot Martin was a time traveler, returning from 29 years time to tell us how we lost in court to Hydro Quebec and Holyrood is now burning bunker D- and turkey bones. Mumbo Jumbo Metis are trespassing on their own land, just like the Innu Nation did in Voisey' Bay in 1995! Quick! Get Keith Russell to put his foot up their arsehole, and then into his own mouth, repeatedly. Gross. The government of Newfoundland and Labrador advertises that the power is in our hands. Is this a polite, energizing way of saying the average resident will be left holding the bag as our collective credit is being torqued out of our hands and pushed to the limit. Kathy Dunderdale and Peter Penashue are nearly innocent spectators in this game of regional Monopoly: Multi-millionare Edition. Penashue has the endearing, silent nature of the Gerber baby. Dunderdale has the cutesy, fizzy confidence of a tiara-crowned pageant toddler. Kathy Boo Boo. We cannot scapegoat them for doing what everyone else is doing; crawling toward self-preservation. Even if that self is a childish one, so what about it. It is never too late to have a happy childhood, especially when Daddy Danny Warbucks is proudly honoured. Jerome Kennedy has his grade 10, in trailer park boy parlance, so is superior to the fool Eddy Joyce. Logically, since Jerome is a full 4 grades ahead, we must reject all opposition outright. The only real power our compromised political muskrats have, is the power to walk away from the compromise and enter the fabulously frigid world of political pariah-hood. Hard to do that with the Hockey Dads, Danny & Stephen, respectively, emphatically, shouting from the wings "Work it Smoochy!" Dunderdale and Penashue may be considered traitors of the worst kind if self-salutary neglect of their own people is the criterion. As native, rural apologists they are quite effective at serving corporate interests above their constituent's, and smiling. Advertised as "about putting Newfoundland and Labrador first", this project appears to be just the opposite. It seems to be about putting favored shareholders, lockstep contractors and colluding consultants first. The Mishtashipu (Hamilton River, or Churchill, as recently renamed by colonial scholars) is a long way from St. John's. It is a long way from true utility, in the John Stuart Mill sensibility. Some might crudely state that Nalcor is subcontracting the overall task of money laundering to SNC-Lavalin through an incredible EPCM contract. This is not true. SNC-Lavalin will just pass this task on to other consultants and contractors. The only jail-time will be served by some hippy/hillbilly from Port Hope Simpson who chopped up a light pole. This two-dam project seems to be a debt-creation endeavor, the physical justification for a clandestine corporate-siphoning of provincial public funds, now co-signed and sanctioned by our federal government with a loan guarantee which allows Emera and Nalcor to play nice now, and pay 30 million apiece if they opt out. We are poised to be railroaded again, figuratively and literally. At least the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation and the Ndrangheta refrain from willfully destroying sensitive, pristine ecosystems. The foxes are not only in the hen house, they have rode off on the farmer's tractor with the deed to his land Closing Search & Rescue? Closing schools? No money to build hospitals and no money to staff them if we did. We can't afford seasonal workers. We can't afford civil servants. I pity you and Randy Simms, having to find moderation in all this. At least you are not the mayor of a suburb Paddy! :) should be a limit to comment characters like CBC! No one likes endless prattle. Is quoting, linking Ed Hollett's anonymous sources better to get your own economist!
- Willi Makit
- July 09, 2014 - 11:51
Oh well, ''margins change'' say Peter Jackson. It's that kind of cavalier attitude that allowed this one headed project to proceed in the first place. Government and NALCOR used every best case scenario in the book to make the case in the first place. Had they been more conservative with their estimates, this debacle would have been put to rest ages ago. instead, the cheerleaders, including Jackson, played along with the idea of the Emperor having beautiful new cloths - despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Oh well, we'll get through it they shrug after their rationalization gets even too unbelievable for even the most ardent supporter to stomach. Absolutely sickening.
- Cyril Rogers
- July 09, 2014 - 11:03
Mr. Jackson, I may as we'll put in my two cents' worth. My question to you? Why are you basically still siting on the fence on this. You have pointed out all the reasons why MF is such a bad idea…then try to negate the arguments of us naysayers. Which is it, Peter? Are you "Yay" or "Nay? Others have very capably responded to your tepid arguments in favour….but I hope you can take solace in the fact that Ontario will be almost as badly off as we are. Small comfort that!! If even a couple of the worst axe scenarios emerge, we are going to have a very difficult time pulling through. The maddening thing about it is this….the self-inflicted misery to our fiscal health was not caused by outsiders…it was caused by the movers and shakers in whom we placed our trust. You know…... the ones who battled Ottawa on our behalf, only to pillory us fiscally for decades.
- Jon Murphy
- July 09, 2014 - 10:55
Excellent column, Thank you for writing this Peter. Big rewards do not come without big risks. I see you have really struck a nerve with all the doom and gloomers.
- Stop rolling the dice...
- July 09, 2014 - 12:16
Since when is government supposed to take 'big risks' with the public's money? You conjure up an image of Ed Marin sitting at a slot machine in a dingy bar somewhere. Exactly the point Maggie was making.
- Jon
- July 09, 2014 - 20:52
Every investment government makes comes with some level of risk. Sorry if that is the image that comes to your mind, not what I had intended to do.
- Colin Burke
- July 09, 2014 - 10:32
I've suggested this before, in letters I've yet to see in print, in Tely or elsewhere: If all the people currently employed in building dams and making turbines, and in drilling for oil and refining it, were employed instead at making pedal-powered generators or in operating such, we might yet be able to maintain our current "standard of living" as an "industrial" society. And that would have the virtue of people's living by their own actions instead of profiting from mere movement in nature which remained inanimate.
- Maggy Carter
- July 09, 2014 - 10:27
Thank's Mr. Jackson. I feel so relieved now that a columnist who, while acknowledging his limited grasp of numbers, says he's sized up the Muskrat Falls project and is confident 'we'll pull through - somehow'. Yes, he admits, better that it had not gone ahead, but nor is the sky falling. I won't rehash the secretive, shifting, deceptive, dishonest orchestration of this project by a handful of politicians and bureaucrats. Let's just say that its economics were so badly flawed that the strategy was to deliberately misdirect, obfuscate and complicate public discussion to the point that ordinary citizens could not reach an informed opinion. As Jackson points out, power rates were destined to rise in any event as they are in other jurisdictions. Some other day we can talk about the fallacy of comparing a province with substantial untapped hydro-electric potential with ones, like Ontario, that have little or none. Ignore also the horrendous implications for an aging base of ratepayers, many of whom will be on fixed income and might ill-afford a doubling of their electric heating bills. For now, let's just focus on the risk profile of this project. There are the outstanding technical risks such as the North Spur that could have a dramatic impact on costs. There is the financial and legal risk that any extended break in the1700 km transmission line (especially the underwater cables) would pose to the operator. There are the legal ramifications of a possible court finding in Quebec's favour regarding water management rights on the Churchill River. Such a finding could significantly reduce the effective installed capacity of Muskrat Falls while dramatically increasing the cost per megawatt. There is the construction risk - the prospect that cost over-runs could push the project well beyond the $10 billion mark, forcing the province into another round of borrowing. Finally, and perhaps most striking, is the market risk. This risk moves in lockstep with, but inversely to, the price of oil. What does the price of oil have to do with hydro-power? In our particular case, - a lot! If the price of oil rises, for example, to $150/barrel and remains there for the next few decades, Newfoundland will easily survive Muskrat Falls. High oil prices mean that those using electric home heat will not switch to oil, and while they might opt for other energy efficiencies, the incremental gains in petroleum revenues can be used to offset any losses to NL Hydro. In other words, a bloated treasury would backstop any debt servicing risk the province might otherwise face. What happens if oil drops to $50/ barrel - as it did in 2005 and has been predicted to do again by a number of groups including the Paris based International Energy Agency. In that nightmare scenario, investment in NL offshore exploration and production dries up and royalties to the province quickly dissipate. A treasury weakened by years of drunken-sailor-like spending and the absence of a rainy-day heritage fund would be hard pressed to service a provincial debt - that as Jackson acknowledges - will be doubled by Muskrat alone. At the same time, Newfoundland homeowners faced with a choice of cheap oil and prohibitively expensive electricity, convert in droves to oil-fired heating. NL Hydro's ability to continue servicing its Musrkat debt is badly compromised. In an effort to keep up, Hydro pushes electricity rates even higher, but with each increase more ratepayers drop off the screen until Hydro reaches what economists call ' the point of diminishing returns'. When that happens, the Province is forced to pick up the slack - to dig into any reserves it might have to subsidize power rates or supplement NALCOR's mortgage payments. Given a shrinking population, collapse of the province's main source of revenue, a withering economy and a preponderance of households that won't or simply can't keep up with power rates, a fiscal death-spiral sets in. The province exhausts all remedies including recourse to the federal government. A desperate government sees only one way out of its predicament. It is an offer from Hydro Quebec to buy the entire Churchill power complex together with the transmission routes through Newfoundland - at bargain basement prices. An unlikely scenario? Yes. Everything that could go wrong would have to go wrong for this Greek tragedy to play out. Impossibe? No. We need only look at the best laid plans for the Upper Churchill. What these risks tell us is that Muskrat is not a thoroughly-vetted, prudent, well-conceived investment by a government acting rationally, responsibly with the public's money. It is a roll of the dice and - as they say - we are all in. We will be holding our breath a long while in hopes the dice don't come up 'snake-eyes'.
- Too Funny
- July 09, 2014 - 11:22
"while acknowledging his limited grasp of numbers,", well, that's more than anyone else has done that claims to have "sized up the Muskrat Falls project" - for or against.
- Lee
- July 09, 2014 - 11:25
When the comment is longer than article then who bothers to read it.
- where did john smith go?
- July 09, 2014 - 12:25
Lee - maybe when the comment is better than the article!
- Ken Collis
- July 09, 2014 - 08:25
You're correct, Peter, that we'll pull through somehow. The people of Argentina will pull through too. The question is the cost both financially, and physically.
- Maurice E. Adams
- July 09, 2014 - 07:38
"... I'm sure we'll pull through -- somehow". ----------- A very reassuring, rational, evidence-based position, Peter!!! ---- Is that the standard that we should use as a basis on which to spend $10 billion that we do not have? I think we have all "pulled through" since the $20 billion Upper Churchill giveaway ---- and that type of thinking is OK this day and age? ---- Wake up, Peter. This time, we are doing it to ourselves.
- Cowboy
- July 09, 2014 - 07:37
Whoa, whoa. Hang on there son. You're suppose to be on the anti-MF bandwagon.
- Ed
- July 09, 2014 - 07:10
Good for you Peter! It's takes a lot of nerve to speak out against the anti-Muskrat Falls crowd, especially when you are such a public person. Goodness, you still have to work with Russell Wangersky and Pam Frampton, who seem to make their livings these days speaking out about the evils of Muskrat Falls. You are one brave person Peter, and I hope that you don't suffer too much personally because of this. After all, we still do live in a democracy, supposedly.
- Sam
- July 09, 2014 - 06:10
Unfortunately for most, projects such as this do not get the attention needed by the average Joe. First of all because of the technical nature and secondly, the timeline. This project was ill conceived and will be to detriment of many in this province for years and years to come. The current government will be history and so will Ed Martin, but for everyone else it will be a thorn in our sides. For the low income and seniors on fixed income, ask Ed Martin to explain how they will deal with all the increases. Quite frankly we are in one hell of a mess and this government keeps digging a deeper hole.


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