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Fracking kicked into election long grass
Will the Scottish Government's fracking moratorium and consultation be the end of fracking in Scotland, or just a temporary delay?
Rob Edwards in the Sunday Herald, reports that the Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, is planning to announce that the Scottish Government's consultation will begin in November and run until January. When he announced a temporary moratorium on fracking and coalbed methane developments on January 28, he promised a health investigation and a public consultation. He said he would announce the consultation "in around two months" and it would last for 12 weeks. This means that any decision to maintain or end the moratorium is unlikely to be made before the Scottish Parliament election in May 2016.
Green MSP, Alison Johnstone said:
"Given the huge level of public concern, it is simply unacceptable that Scottish ministers have failed to bring forward their promised consultation by now. Many people will be wondering if the SNP is trying to delay making a decision on fracking until after the next Holyrood election. We need to see the current moratorium become a permanent ban."
Even supporters of fracking have attacked the delay. Scottish Conservative energy spokesman, Murdo Fraser MSP, described the moratorium as a "political fix to kick this important issue into the long grass".
The fracking industry has been notably silent on the issue. While they will find the delay irritating, they know that Ewing is supporter of fracking and will want to give him some political headroom. He was outmanoeuvred by Labour on the left into agreeing the moratorium and many of the local anti-fracking groups are full of SNP activists.
In addition, Fergus Ewing has received a letter signed by organisations including Friends of the Earth, UNISON and the Women's Environmental Network, as well as a number of community anti-fracking groups and academics, expressing their "grave concern" that UCG is not currently covered by the scope of the Scottish government's moratorium.
The letter said: "While we are disappointed that Coal Authority licensing is not proposed to be devolved to Holyrood under the Smith Commission, we note that the means of imposing a moratorium on unconventional oil and gas developments – ensuring that no planning permissions or environmental permits are granted for these developments – could equally be applied to underground coal gasification."
Kicking a decision into the election long grass is probably the best solution the industry could hope for and it certainly works for Fergus Ewing.
Longannet – three reasons why it's closing early
The early closure of Longannet power station in Fife is a shocking blow to the workforce and the Fife economy. The causes are a toxic cocktail of company indifference, absurd regulations and an energy policy that's not fit for purpose.
Scottish Power has announced that it is to to close its coal-fired power station at Longannet early next year, rather than the original 2020 date. This comes after they failed to win a contract from National Grid to help maintain voltage capacity on the grid. The company didn't even bid for the earlier capacity auction from 2018. 270 jobs will go, plus those in the supply chain, including freight train operations and Scotland's struggling coal industry will suffer even more.
So why is it closing early?
Firstly, because of discriminatory transmission charges. The cost of sending electricity down the long distance transmission wires is heavily biased towards encouraging electricity generation near where it's consumed – mainly in the big English cities and London in particular. This is important because Scotland has always been an exporter of electricity, providing quality jobs and contributing revenues to the Scottish economy. This means that if you generate power near London you get a subsidy from the grid. If you generate it in Scotland or the North of England, you pay an additional charge. Ofgem's Project TransmiT has been reviewing those charges for years, but the changes will be too small and too late for Longannet. At best, its transmission costs next year will fall from £40m to £34m.
Secondly, we have company indifference. ScottishPower is owned by the Spanish energy giant Iberdrola, who have significant pressures on their limited investment funding. They have failed to invest in Longannet, either to make it IED compliant (reducing emissions) or put in a serious bid for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). It suits Iberdrola's purpose to highlight transmission charges because it diverts attention from their own failures. Former energy minister Brian Wilson described the relationship between the company and the Scottish Government in a recent column in the Scotsman. Lots of grand announcements, but precious little delivery.
Thirdly, we have UK and Scottish Government energy policy. A UK government implementing its hugely complex energy market reform that attempts to patch up market failure, badly. As for the Scottish Government's hopelessly unbalanced energy policy? Brian Wilson sums it up well:
"Now reality is closing in. The Scottish Government's policy is based on crossing its fingers and hoping that hated nuclear power stations keep going till 2030. Cockenzie is closed. Longannet is on the way out. "Renewables" has turned out to be synonymous with onshore wind – with virtually none of the hardware which adorns our hillsides manufactured in Scotland."
We now have the previously unthinkable situation where Scotland relies on England to keep the lights on when the wind isn't blowing. As Tom Greatrex MP highlighted recently, in the three years from 2012 to 2015, Scotland relied on English power for part of 231 out of 1036 days, or one in five. For seven days in each year, Scotland imported electricity from England for a full 24 hour period.
Even with English electricity there will be a concern that we have enough generation capacity in Scotland. On Boxing Day, when wind generated less than 1% of the power from Scotland going into the grid, Longannet met 40% of our electricity demand through coal. When our two nuclear stations go as well, the position will be even worse.
The early closure of Longannet is the result of an energy market that isn't working for Scotland. Multi-national companies don't care where the power is generated, but we should because of the impact on jobs and the economy. Equally, governments need to recognise the value of a balanced energy policy that ensures a mix of generation capacity. That is the best guarantee that the industry in Scotland has of a long term future and importantly, our lights remain on.
World Water Day
Today is UN World Water Day. It's a day to celebrate water. It's a day to make a difference for people across the world who suffer from water related issues. It's a day to prepare for how we manage water in the future.
In a developed country like Scotland we take water from the tap and the disposal of wastewater for granted. In developing nations the responsibility for collecting water every day falls disproportionately on women and girls. On average women in these regions spend 25% of their day collecting water for their families. This is time not spent earning an income, caring for family or attending school.
This year, World Water Day is focusing on sustainable development. Climate change negatively impacts fresh water sources. Current projections show that freshwater-related risks rise significantly with increasing greenhouse gas emissions, exacerbating competition for water among all uses and users and the potential for conflict. Combined with increased demands for water, this will create huge challenges for water resources management.
Here is just one of many scary statistics about water. To produce two steaks you nee 15,000 litres of water. By 2050, agriculture will need to produce 60% more food globally, and 100% more in developing countries.
In Europe a year has passed since the so-called 'positive' response from the European Commission to the first successful European Citizens' Initiative (ECI), but there has been little action. Nearly two million citizens who supported the Initiative are waiting for the European Commission to implement the Human Right to Water in the EU, and to stop its water commodification and privatisation agenda. The European Parliament is debating its opinion about the Initiative and the human right to water, which will be voted in the Plenary in July this year. European trade unions and others will be demonstrating in Brussels on Monday to call upon the EU to take action.
In Scotland, we are very fortunate to have a public water service. Scottish Water has around 5 million customers in 2.45 million households. 1.3 billion litres of water is provided every day and 842 million litres of waste water is taken away and treated before being returned to the rivers and seas. It has to cover an area of over 30,000 square miles, a third of the area of Britain. And Scotland has a longer coastline – over 6,800 miles – with a small and relatively dispersed population which requires a large number of small water and waste water treatment works. Despite these unique challenges, we pay lower charges than the average for the privatised industry in England. That's what public service can achieve through lower borrowing costs, vital to a capital intensive industry, and of course no profits filtered off to shareholders.
Across Europe, towns and cities are taking back their water services from the big corporations, recognising as we do the benefits of public ownership. However, we can't afford any complacency. The sharks would love to get their hands on Scottish Water. There remains an active lobby to privatise Scottish Water, even if they try and hide behind Trojan horses like Public Interest Companies or cooperatives.
Scottish Water has already privatised almost all of its capital programme and the Scottish Government is considering handing over the contract for public sector water to an English private water company. The direct consequence of the absurd introduction of competition for non-domestic services.
The regulatory system in Scotland seeks to mirror the English system, designed for a privatised system not a public service. Scarce resources are wasted maintaining these arrangements that do nothing for service delivery and encourage short term cost cutting that could put safety at risk.
In 2012 the Scottish Government launched a positive initiative – Hydro Nation. It set out a vision for Scotland's water that recognised a wet country has amazing potential in a world where water will increasingly be a scare resource. Sadly, the initiative was watered down (intentional pun!) and the grand vision has not been realised. The idea was right, even if the delivery has been poor.
Scotland needs a more democratically accountable water structure. One that builds on the public service ethos and takes full advantage of one of Scotland's greatest assets. On World Water Day let's be thankful we have a high quality public water service, but also recognise that we can do better.
Longannet and a balanced energy policy
The threat to Longannet power station has brought the absence of a balanced energy policy in Scotland sharply into focus. Longannet plays an important role in baseload generation and balancing the system, particularly as Scotland becomes increasingly dependent on intermittent wind energy. Longannet is one of the biggest coal-fired power stations in Europe, and generates enough electricity each year to meet the needs of more than two million homes.
Scottish Power has previously said that given the "particularly disproportionate transmission charging penalties applicable to the station" it could not justify entering the plant into the auction for delivering electricity generating capacity for the winter of 2018/19. It costs about £40m a year to keep Longannet connected to the grid, while a similar power station in the south of England would receive a payment of £4m.
The failure to secure CCS at Longannet has meant the plant has no long term future, but it was planned to operate until the end of the decade. If negotiations with National Grid over transmissions costs fail, the plant could close much sooner.
Professor Colin McInnes, from Glasgow University is critical of the way that the energy debate has been led by the Scottish Government, and sees the growing uncertainty about how to provide baseload and "dispatchable" (emergency top-up) power as a case of "chickens coming home to roost." He says the Scottish Government's emphasis on renewables targets has distracted attention from baseline needs and realities, and allowed "barking" ideas about a potentially renewables-only Scotland to gain mainstream currency.
"We need to have an energy policy that is technically well-founded, we need a balanced energy mix. Instead of what should have been a simple matter of energy economics, we have seen the debate politicised by a 2020 target to achieve the "equivalent" of all of Scotland's energy needs by renewable energy. Why would you want such a target? It's an arbitrary number thought up by spin doctors for a purely political purpose. It's more fitting for the 1950s Soviet Union than for a dynamic modern economy."
Nicola Sturgeon's call for the PM to take action over Longannet was given 'The brass neck award' by former energy minister Brian Wilson in his Scotsman column. In a detailed analysis and history of the Scottish Government's cosy relationship with ScottishPower and SSE he said:
"Now reality is closing in. The Scottish Government's policy is based on crossing its fingers and hoping that hated nuclear power stations keep going till 2030. Cockenzie is closed. Longannet is on the way out. "Renewables" has turned out to be synonymous with onshore wind – with virtually none of the hardware which adorns our hillsides manufactured in Scotland. In security of supply terms, it may no longer matter that Scotland is an importer of electricity rather than an exporter. But hundreds of jobs are being shed while the manufacturing boom promised from renewables has not happened. Scottish Power and SSE should have been the catalysts for that new industry but have been allowed to get away with importing virtually everything."
Utilities Scotland has consistently argued that the discriminatory transmission charges are wrong and not just for Scotland. However, the lack of a balanced energy policy means that Scottish lights are increasingly being kept on by English power stations. That would have previously been unthinkable and has serious consequences for jobs and the industry in Scotland.
Public water contract – ultimate in market madness
Paying a privatised English water company to provide Scottish public water to Scotland's public services has to be the ultimate in market madness.
An article in yesterday's SundayTimes reports that the Scottish Government is about to award a massive contract to provide water and waste water services for most of Scotland's public bodies to Anglian Water, which is based in Huntingdon.
If you thought we had a public water service in Scotland, you might be a bit confused at this stage. Well we do, but it's looking a bit frayed at the edges.
Scottish Water is a public corporation (even if it often wrongly calls itself a 'company') accountable to Scottish Ministers and the Scottish Parliament. Scottish Water is responsible for the provision of water and waste water services to almost all domestic and non-domestic properties and for maintaining the public system. There are some small scale privatewater supplies, largely in rural areas.
However, there is competition in the provision of customer-facing activities such as billing, charge collection, meter-readingand complaints handling for non-domestic customers in Scotland. This means that Scottish Water levies a wholesale charge on licensed retailers for non-domestic customers. Licensed retailers can agree their own charges with customers, subject to them being no higher than a default tariff set by the Water Industry Commission Scotland(WICS). Scottish Water is also a retailer, through its own retail arm BusinessStream, which provides a service to the vast majority of non-domestic customers in Scotland.
As the public bodies are non-domestic customers they come under this system of retail competition and the Scottish Government, actually the then Infrastructure Secretary Nicola Sturgeon, put one big contract for public bodies out to tender last August.
The driving enthusiasm for non-domestic competition was the WICS CEO – a well known supporter of privatisation. So keen that he promoted the scheme's extension to England and Wales. UNISON has always argued that this arrangement is an expensive waste of effort. The WICS claims it has resulted in savings, but in practice these savings are all about water efficiency, not marginal differences in billing systems.
Non-domestic competition is not the only area of privatisation. Last year the insider web site 'Utilities Scotland' submitted FoI requests to ascertain the extent of privatisation in the delivery of the water and wastewater capital programme. In the last four years, 92.5% of Scottish Water's capital programme has been delivered by private contractors, 7.5% by ScottishWater staff. By any standard that is substantial privatisation. This is on top of PFI schemes run by a variety of privatised water companies.
Weare also concerned about the impact the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) could have for Scotland's public service model. The greater the privatisation, the easier it will be for overseas corporate interests to challenge our public water system.
There is a certain historical irony in the Scottish Government exporting Scottish jobs to Huntingdon. The Earldom of Huntingdon was held by Scottish kings, most famously by David 1 in the 12th century. He used the revenues to build several abbeys in Scotland and generally spruce up public buildings. On the other hand, Oliver Cromwell came from Huntingdon and he knocked down quite a few public buildings in Scotland. Also, a later Lord Huntingdon was a custodian of Mary, Queen of Scots – that didn't end well either!
ScottishWater is a public sector success story, but we are only too aware that there is a powerful lobby for privatisation. As I said in yesterday's Sunday Times, the gradual drip of privatisation will have reached a new high if this contract is awarded to Anglian Water. The privatisation sharks are still circling ScottishWater and we need to remain vigilant.
Energy profits and the failed market
Scottish Power profits have increased by 41% year-on-year in its generation and supply business for 2014. This comes after the Competitions Authority said the Big Six providers, including Scottish Power, were overcharging loyal customers by £234.
Scottish Power's parent group Iberdrola reported an increase in profits to €139.1 million, from €81.2 million in 2013. They also gained 10,000 new customers. However, profits were down 17% at the company's SP Energy Networks business from €578.6 million to €479.7 million. Profits were also down in UK renewables with net profit €55.9 million in 2014 compared to €130.6 million in 2013.
Iberdrola chairman Ignacio Galán had some interesting comments on offshore wind, he said: "One of our key priorities is to play a leading part in reducing costs for offshore wind and we believe that our large scale future projects in the UK will be able to deliver power at a significantly lower price than many people expect. We are looking to a future when offshore wind will be competitive with fossil generation, contrary to some expectations."
In contrast Centrica, which trades as Scottish Gas, announced a 35% cut in profits. The retail business had a 20% cut in profits, attributed to lower retail consumption due to 2014's historically mild temperatures. However, losing customers has also played a part in the weaker results.
The report by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) shows that the Big Six energy companies are charging their most loyal customers up to £234 extra a year.
Labour's Shadow Energy Secretary, Caroline Flint said: "Energy bills are £300 a year higher under the Tories. The number of families with children who cannot afford their energy bills is at a record high. Time after time, David Cameron has ignored warnings about rip-off energy bills, opposed Labour's plans to reform the energy market and create a tough new regulator, and let the energy companies get away with overcharging millions of consumers. Households and businesses cannot afford another five years of this."
While true, Flint is not proposing to take radical action to break up the failed energy market. A market that has failed the most for the people who have the greatest energy need. Ofgem, the government regulator of the energy utilities is simply myopic and sees no other solution to the problem than providing even more market.
The Morning Star leader was typically direct, they said: "Ofgem's primary concern is not to advise Britain's gas and electricity customers on how to obtain a better deal from their energy suppliers, but to maintain private ownership when even the dogs in the street know that the industry is one big racket."
Philip Pearson at the TUC is more measured, but also points to the long term trends in his analysis. He says that customers who did not switch were more likely to be on low incomes, over 65, living in social housing and without qualifications. Customers on Standard tariffs were also more likely to be disabled, a single parent and struggling financially.
The CMA report has made it abundantly clear that the corporate-controlled energy system isn't working and we need a radical new approach.
Getting wind farm subsidy and planning right
The role of onshore wind in meeting renewable targets and Britain's future energy needs has always been contentious. The IPPR has thrown something of a grenade into the debate with a paper that claims there is a loophole in the subsidy scheme that is costing the taxpayer dear.
Given the scale of customer financial support for wind generation it is important that subsidy schemes are cost-effective. However, a loophole in the feed-in tariff (or FiT) for onshore wind energy threatens to cost the taxpayer more than £400 million over the scheme's lifetime, and to erode both public confidence in onshore wind.
The loophole identified by IPPR sees developers installing 'derated' turbines – turbines which are 'capped' so that they generate less energy. Turbines are derated in this way so that developers and investors are able to qualify for the more generous subsidy offered to lower-capacity turbines, generating 100–500kW. By installing derated turbines, developers are making larger profits off a feature of the scheme that was designed to support small-scale projects. Derated turbines are also physically larger than correctly rated turbines of the same capacity, and therefore threaten to exacerbate public concerns about the visual impact of onshore wind without providing any pay-off in terms of increased electricity generation.
IPPR believe that, at September 2014, almost half of installed turbines qualifying in the higher-subsidy 100–500kW band were derated. Even allowing for future reductions in the amount of this subsidy, they have calculated that each derated turbine will earn £100,000 in 'excess subsidy' each year, or £2 million over its 20-year lifespan. This means that, by September 2014, the British energy billpayer was already committed to £175 million in excess subsidy payments on derated turbines. Assuming the number of onshore wind turbines continues to grow at its historical rate, this total liability will swell to more than £400 million by the end of 2015, if this loophole is not closed.
IPPR makes three suggestions for change. Subsidy based on rotor size rather than capacity; a subsidy cap; and a new subsidy band to take away the incentive to exploit the loophole.
These revelations will strengthen the anti-wind farm lobby. An open letter, which calls into question the government's judgement on large windfarm projects, has been signed by a group of rural protection groups including the National Trust for Scotland. It says the government, in backing large windfarm developments, has ignored its own advisors and failed to ensure windfarm plans have been laid open to "proper and democratic scrutiny".
It also says: "It is vital that any decisions on the location of these developments rely on the fair and impartial assessment of all pertinent information and points of view. Unfortunately, we do not believe that the Scottish Government is doing this in a consistent manner with windfarm developments."
As wind farms play such a major role in meeting our renewable targets, it is important that we get the subsidy and planning regimes right.
Ineos threats over fracking
Perhaps the least surprising energy story of recent weeks has been INEOS threatening the future of their Grangemouth plant if unconventional gas extraction (fracking) is not allowed in Scotland.
We were told at the time of the last crisis by INEOS that their business plan was based on importing gas from the USA. Many of us were sceptical, given the likely availability of shale gas so close to Grangemouth.
In fact in 2013 we warned, "The link with fracking is that his Grangemouth plant sits right in the middle of the central belt shale gas area. Using this gas would obviate the need to ship in shale gas from the states. We are bound to speculate that his next line will be to threaten (again) that without local gas the plant is no longer 'viable'. Central belt residents – you have been warned."
Now, surprise, surprise, we are told by Ineos Upstream chairman Gary Haywood that buying in the gas from abroad was not a long-term solution. Speaking at a conference in Edinburgh, he said it would be feasible to get a shale industry up and running in the UK "within three to five years…… Can we do that efficiently enough to make Grangemouth make sense in the future? That is a real challenge."
Ineos has bought licences for shale gas exploration across 700 square miles (1,126 sq km) of land in central Scotland, but the government moratorium has left a question mark over the future of the industry locally. When asked if the plant would have a future without an indigenous supply of gas, Mr Haywood said it would be "very difficult". He said: "When you are shipping in material of that nature you are always at a disadvantage."
Amazing that this wasn't pointed out when Ineos was 'selling' us the 2013 plan and taking substantial amounts of taxpayers money. And let's not forget that Ineos's owner is another corporate who relocated profits to Switzerland to avoid tax.
MSP's should not be swayed on fracking by the shifting sands that is the latest Ineos threat. There is a strong safety, environmental and economic case against fracking and that is the correct focus for legislators.
Global Divestment Day
If we are to save the planet for future generations, it's time to take action against the power and influence of the fossil fuel industry.
13th-14th February is Global Divestment Day. Thousands of people across 6 continents taking collective action to show the strength of the growing global divestment movement and demanding our institutions go fossil free. The call for action in the UK comes in the form of a series of events targeting the health, faith, university, local authority and bank decision makers, as well as personal and political action.
As a pensions negotiator, I recognise that occupational and personal pensions are an important part of the campaign. The Scottish Local Government Pension Scheme invests £26bn of our members money and too much of this has been invested in ways that are harmful to our members.
There are several reasons why pension funds should stop supporting fossil fuel companies including:
- Climate change. The carbon emissions of coal are higher than for any other fuel in the world. Recent estimates show that the vast majority of the world's coal reserves will have to be left in the ground in order to avoid devastating climate change.
- Destroying lives in the global south. Coal mining is responsible for devastating local pollution in the global south as well as the displacement of thousands of people from their homes.
- Carbon bubble. Banks and other financial players have created a carbon bubble in the global economy. Only a small fraction of fossil fuel resources can be burned without breaking international commitments to tackle climate change. This means most fossil fuel assets are worthless. A sudden correction of the current overvaluation of fossil fuel companies could cause a new global financial crisis.
These are all good reasons for those making investment decisions to divest, even under the constraints of fiduciary duty. Those of us lucky enough to benefit from decent pensions should ensure they are used for good, not evil.
Divestment has been used effectively throughout history to place social and economic pressure on an industry or government that is causing harm. By publicly withdrawing financial support, fossil fuel divestment addresses the root of the problem – the unchecked expansion of fossil fuel companies on an endless quest for profit.
There are a range of actions you can take today and tomorrow on the campaign website. Either in Edinburgh or online. The planet and our children require us to take climate change seriously. #divest
Renewables with realism
The amount of electricity generated by renewables in Scotland continues to grow. However, there have been setbacks for marine energy and the falling oil price also has implications for investment.
Renewables generated in Scotland has matched that produced from fossil fuels, although not nuclear, for the first time. Energy from renewable sources accounted for 32% of all electricity generated, equal to the output from oil, coal and gas. Nuclear power stations provided 34.9%.
The final 2013 UK figures also show Scotland continued to be a net exporter of power, with a record 28% being sent elsewhere, mainly to England. The key drivers of the overall rise were a 39% increase in hydro generation and 13% more output from wind.
In another boost to renewables, construction of the largest planned tidal energy project in the world is expected to begin off the Scottish coast. Atlantis, majority owner of the MeyGen project, said the project has the potential to power nearly 175,000 homes through a network of 269 turbines on the seabed at Ness of Quoys in Caithness, north-east Scotland.
However, Tony MacKay, of Inverness-based Mackay Consulants took a more critical view of the industry in the North East Scotland Economic Monthly Report. He also says Alex Salmond's description of Scotland as the "Saudi Arabia of marine energy" may well come back to haunt him.
He says: "December was a bad month for Scotland's fledgling marine energy industry, with problems at two of the leading companies. Pelamis Wave Power closed down, with the loss of another 16 jobs bringing the total to 56, and Aquamarine Power laid off more than 30 of their staff. "
He had been a strong supporter of the marine energy sector but had tried to take a realistic approach to its prospects; "That has been in marked contrast with the wildly overoptimistic forecasts of the Scottish Government, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Scottish Renewables, the industry's representative body. "
He takes particular issue with the Scottish Government forecast that the marine energy industry could be worth £6.1 billion by 2035, creating nearly 20,000 jobs. He says there is a strong consensus in the industry that some tidal projects are close to becoming commercially viable, but that wave energy has made "very disappointing progress. "
Brian Ashcroft of the Fraser of Allander Institute, has also highlighted some further challenges for renewables in Scotland. He says:
"Scotland's renewables industry could be affected quite badly if the fall in the oil price is sustained: it will become less price competitive and hence there could be reduced demand for renewable energy and less investment in the industry. It might also deter investment in future renewable technologies such as wave power. And Scotland might suffer disproportionately compared to the UK because of the relatively greater importance of renewables to the Scottish economy. Yet there is a view that oil and renewables are not strong substitutes. If that is correct, with oil primarily used to produce transportation fuels, and renewables primarily to generate electricity, then the impact on the renewables industry may be much less than some, including myself, had previously thought."
So, while renewables are rightly making progress in Scotland, it remains heavily dependent on intermittent wind power. The next big step requires the development of other renewable technologies such as marine. That development has suffered some significant setbacks.


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Podcast: Ralph Baer, "Anecdotes from a Lifetime of Electronic Product Creation"
A long lifetime of developing electronic consumer products has taken Ralph Baer from vacuum tube through microprocessor designs.
Master's thesis by Josh Diaz S.M., Comparative Media Studies, 2009
Keywords: Bay 12 Games, Dwarf Fortress, gameplay, games, genre, narrative, storytelling
Dwarf Fortress Gathers at the Statue and Attends a Party
How Bay 12 Games gave players the tools to craft their own kinds of tellable moments in the game Dwarf Fortress.
Master's thesis by MacGregor Campbell S.M., Science Writing, 2009
Keywords: biology, genetics, Jack Szostak, synthetic life
How to Build a Living Thing
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NYC Parks Events Calendar
Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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Saturday, November 22, 2014
Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park (Saturdays)
at Heather Garden (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
8:30 a.m.–9:30 a.m.
Join us for one hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening exercises.
Category: Fitness
Shape Up NYC Zumba
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Combining Latin, international and popular music with dance moves that create an aerobic workout. This class features a combination of fast and slow rhythms that tone and sculpt…
Category: Fitness
Cleaning & Maintaining Westerleigh Park
at Westerleigh Park, Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Help us maintain the beauty of Westerleigh Park by raking, planting or gardening. Enjoy a cup of coffee and a donut. We are there every Saturday morning. It is…
Category: Nature, Volunteer
Fall Flat 5K Trail Race at Willowbrook Park
at 1 Eton Place (in Willowbrook Park), Staten Island
9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteers are needed to assist with set-up and break-down of the event. Help with distribution of the food and give-a-ways. Please meet at the Carousel for All Children To volunteer…
Category: Volunteer
Health and Race Walking
at North Meadow Recreation Center (in Central Park), Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Moderate to brisk walks led by the NY Walkers Club for people 18 years and older of all abilities. This low-impact fitness program is perfect for those who want to get in shape, build…
Category: Fitness, Seniors
Chair Exercise
at J. Hood Wright Recreation Center (in J. Hood Wright Park), Manhattan
9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.
This energizing, seated workout for adults and seniors invigorates and infuses new interest and enthusiasm in fitness. Recreation Center membership is required.
Category: Accessible, Fitness
Shape Up NYC Body Sculpting for Adults
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
This total body workout addresses muscle strength and endurance, while keeping the heart rate up to burn calories. Enjoy fun, continuous movement to great music.
Category: Fitness
Seasonal Explorers
at Greenbelt Nature Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.–10:45 a.m.
Celebrate the season by joining the Greenbelt staff for some fun-filled activities, crafts, stories, and hikes (weather permitting).
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Kids
Fall Flat 5-K Trail Race
at 1 Eton Place (in Willowbrook Park), Staten Island
10:00 a.m.
Fall Flat takes place just before Thanksgiving and is the Greenbelt's original 5K trail run. The course travels along Willowbrook's White Trail and around the lake; it is…
Category: Fitness, Sports
Family Art Project: Cornhusk Dolls
at Wave Hill, Bronx
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Celebrate corn and harvest time! Listen to tales told by Native American Joe Cross, and hear about the power of a talking stick. Then tie, weave and shape our dried husks into a…
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Kids
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OC3D Reviews ›› Systems
PC Specialist Vanquish Arc Midi Review
Systems | 22nd November 2013
We like the PC Specialist laptops, so how do their systems fare? We take a look at a model packed with hardware.
PC Specialist Vortex IV X780 Laptop Review
Systems | 23rd September 2013
Today we're reviewing a high-specification Haswell laptop from PC Specialist. With loads of configurations, how does it perform?
Aria Gladiator Sparta i5 Overclocked Bundle Review
Systems | 31st July 2013
If the Sparta Nano took caught your eye but the price was too much, then the Sparta bundle should be just the ticket.
OC3D Articles ›› Systems
Asus Launches Bamboo Notebooks
Stuart Boardman | 30th August 2008
Stylish design and 'green' too, the new Asus range of laptops.
Asus Launch 'Scented Notebooks'
Stuart Boardman | 26th August 2008
New laptops to feature vivid paint designs and scents.
Orange bundle 'free' new Eee PC 900 16G
Stuart Boardman | 16th August 2008
New bundle offer with airtime contract.
New Amilo Mini Netbook Announced
Stuart Boardman | 9th August 2008
Fujitsu set release for Q4, 2008. See the sneak preview video in this article.
Aria Gladiator Sparta Haswell i5 4670K Nano Overclocked Bundle Review
Systems | 5th July 2013
Based upon the Core i5-4670K, the Aria Gladiator Sparta i5 Nano bundle is pre-built and pre-overclocked. Worthy of a purchase?
Cyberpower Infinity Achilles GT System Review
Systems | 17th June 2013
Water cooled 4770K, a GTX780 all prebuilt and overclocked. We take a look at the Cyberpower Infinity Achilles GT system.
OC3D Recommended System Builds
Systems | 22nd May 2013
We're often asked what specifications we would recommend, so we've put together three systems to suit all pockets.
Aria Gladiator Punisher System Review
Systems | 10th May 2013
Small but powerful? The Punisher from Aria is this and so much more....
AMD 8350 & 7970 Gaming Rig Review
Systems | 9th May 2013
Time to see if a system built entirely around AMD components can finally cut the mustard.
MSI Launches New GX620/GX720 Gaming Notebooks
Nic Crane | 7th August 2008
MSI, is pleased to announce the release of the new GX620/GX720 Gaming Notebook.
Lenovo Launch Eee PC Rival
Stuart Boardman | 5th August 2008
New IdeaPad range to compete in low cost laptop market.
OCZ Unveiled Centrino 2 DIY Gaming Notebook
Matthew Fogg | 15th July 2008
Higher performance mobile technology
3K RazorBook 400-Mini-Notebook PC
Nic Crane | 30th June 2008
Laptops are getting smaller and smaller.
Cell processor to be used in new Toshiba Qosmio notebooks
Matthew Fogg | 24th June 2008
Toshibas new high-def strategy...
ASUS releases the new Eee Box
Matthew Fogg | 20th June 2008
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HIV on Pregnant womenWhat are the effects of HIV AIDS on pregnant women.
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University of Minnesota, School of Medicine...HIV/AIDS untreated is a direct health threat to a pregnant women as well as puts the baby at risk for acquiring HIV infection so treatment is recommended both to protect the mother's health Read more »
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Georgia Gov. Perdue Signs Bill That Would Require Doctors to Offer Pregnant Women HIV Tests...Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue (R) on Thursday signed into law a bill ( HB 429 ) that would require doctors in the state to offer pregnant women HIV tests, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports ( Atlanta Journal-Constitution , 5/18). The bill,... Read more »
South Africa: Almost 30 Percent of Pregnant Women Have HIV... An estimated 29.4 percent of pregnant women in South Africa last year were HIV-positive, a figure that has been stable for the past four years, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi Read more »
Indiana Encourages Pregnant Women to Get HIV Tests...Day last Tuesday, the Indiana State Department of Health and several partner organizations kicked off a campaign to encourage pregnant women to be tested for HIV. More than 8,000 U.S. children have acquired HIV from their mothers, making this the... Read more »
Singapore Hospitals Begin Testing Pregnant Women for HIV; 20% of Women at One Hospital Opt Out of Test...Singapore hospitals on Dec. 8 began voluntary HIV testing for pregnant women, but so far 20% of pregnant women at Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital have opted out of testing, Singapore's Read more »
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CBC invites you to our Open House this upcoming December 11th! Continue reading
CBC Open House
CBC Let My People Vote Phonebanking
For the past weeks CBC has been hitting the phones, contacting infrequent voters and encouraging them to vote on the November 4th election and informing them about Prop. 47- The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. Volunteers from all walks of life have been meeting up on Mondays through Thursday afternoons, as well as on Saturday mornings to spread the word.
Everyone is welcome to join!! For more information check out the calendar below!
Immigration Rally
The community continues to support comprehensive immigration reform! As part of a national day of action upholding the urgency of immigration reform, CBC leaders rallied in Modesto on Crowslanding Rd. "Stop Separating Families" was the message leaders sent out on June 28th, informing and reminding the community of the destructive consequences of our current immigration system. The Modesto Bee covered the story in a video. http://www.modbee.com/2014/06/28/3415508/immigration-rally.html Continue reading
Get Out The Vote
Primary Elections in are extremely important. In California after January 2011, with the implementation of the Top Two Candidates Open Primary Act, all candidates for voter-nominated offices are listed on one ballot but only the top two vote-getters get listed in the primary election. In addition, during primary elections local offices are filled. However, the turnout for primary elections is very low. In Stanislaus County there are 211,277 registered voters but in this past June 3rd Gubernatorial Primary Election only 26.4% of registered voters turned out to vote.
In order to better this disparity and to amplify the voices of underrepresented communities, CBC Youth Leaders spent the entire month of May canvassing and encouraging registered voters in Stanislaus County, in the communities of West Modesto and Ceres, to Get Out The Vote on June 3rd. These young leaders knocked on doors and engaged community members in conversations about why its important to vote during primary elections. Continue reading
CBC Leaders Lobby in Sacramento
This past April 29th and May 20th, CBC leaders traveled to Sacramento and lobbied their state legislators on a number of bills to speak on behalf of those who may be voiceless. Leaders engaged in meetings with their legislators and discussed bills such as SB1005, which expands healthcare access to all Californians regardless of immigration status. At these meetings CBC's leaders shared their testimonies and stories. Participating in lobbying empowers leaders to have a voice in issues directly affecting them.
Community Information Meeting
Let's work together to build a better community!
CBC will be attending the Stanislaus Council of Governments Sustainable Community Strategy and the Modesto General Plan Update Community Information Meeting!
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When: Thursday, May 8th @ 6:30 pm
Where: The Carpenter's House Church
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Come find out what the StanCOG Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) planning efforts mean to your family's housing and transportation options, neighborhood character, business and employment opportunities, open space, air quality in the future!!
For more information take a look at the event flyer below!
ACA Day of Action- Health Enrollment Events
In celebration of ACA's anniversary, CBC is having 3 Health Care Enrollment events this week!
We will be at:
*Hanshaw Middle School in Modesto this Thursday, March 20th from 3:30pm – 8:00 pm
*St. Francis of Rome Catholic Church in Riverbank this Sunday, March 23rd from 9:00am – 3:00 pm
*St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Modesto this Sunday, March 23rd from 9:00am- 12:30 pm
We are expecting to help over 100 people enroll in Medi-Cal or Covered CA but would love to help out more!!
For more information you can contact Victoria Romo at (209)872-1045
First Action ever in Patterson with Congressman Jeff Denham
A group of Californians walking from Sacramento to Bakersfield to shed light on immigration reform made passionate pleas to legalize some 11 million undocumented people in the United States to U.S. Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock and Patterson residents Friday Aug. 16 at Sacred Heart Church at 520 I St.
The Pilgrimage for a Pathway to Citizenship is composed of a group of 11 people making a 285-mile foot trek from Sacramento to Bakersfield. Each one represents the 11 million undocumented residents of the United States sponsored by PICO, a statewide faith-based organizing effort to unite 450 congregations to work on issues for low income and working class families in California. PICO sponsors the Campaign for Citizenship, representing immigrant families and people of faith working together to win citizenship for the 11 million undocumented U.S. residents.
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A father's bucket list: 10 things I want to do with my son before he goes to college
Just being aware of time passing isnt enough. I need to be living it more. I need a bucket list.
'Insurgent': 3 points for parents
Information for parents about he film "Insurgent." Read more »
'Insurgent' lacks any true rebellious cinematic spirit
Sometimes, going out to see the latest young adult sci-fi flick can feel like going for a frozen yogurt: The names on the front door might be different, but you can count on the same basic... Read more »
Lessons learned from the heroes and heroines of young adult literature
The protagonists of young adult literature may be irrational and emotional, but ultimately their loyalty, bravery and determination to stand up for what is right in the face of danger make them... Read more »
Marriage's tangible benefits need to be championed, experts say
The decline of the family in America is real, and researchers hope that a better understanding of what is happening to the fundamental unit of society will help to turn the trends. Read more »
Book review: 'Vanishing Girls' teaches about unbreakable family bonds
Author Lauren Oliver's new young adult novel, "Vanishing Girls" (Harper, $18.99, ages 16 and up), is a psychological thriller that shares the importance of family. Read more »
Motherhood Matters: When kids are mean
Although watching your child face unkindness from his or her peers can be heartbreaking, there are ways that we can help them navigate the harsh realities of the world. Read more »
The Clean Cut: Lily James sings 'A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes' set to scenes from 'Cinderella'
In a video released Thursday by Disney, "Cinderella" star Lily James sings "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" set to scenes from the live-action movie. Read more »
'Penguins,' 'Song' and 'Annie' lead a mixed bag of movies on video this week
Those hilarious "Penguins of Madagascar" land on DVD and Blu-ray this week, along two other animated features, a remake of the musical "Annie" and a mixed bag of other new... Read more »
Chris Hicks: Some movie characters are much older than the actors portraying them
During the Golden Age of movies, a character actor could become typecast as older than his own age. That's less common today, but some are still called upon to play parents to other actors... Read more »
Five for Families: 'Cinderella' teaches kindness
Here are five movies from various platforms families may want to consider, as recommended by the Deseret News Features Department and Ok.com. Note: Since not all are appropriate for younger... Read more »
3 ways to celebrate March Madness with your family
The possibilities for March Madness family traditions are endless. The best thing is simplicity — they don't need to be big, extravagant or expensive. Read more »
Erin Stewart: What shopping looks like as a mother
From potty breaks to runaway kids, shopping is just one of the pre-mommy pleasures I have bid farewell. Read more »
Sherry Young: Running for a life
For this generation whose livelihood does not always require hard labor, perhaps exercise seems a better choice for people to join together and bond through their challenges rather than sitting... Read more »
The Clean Cut: Bach meets Jackson 5 in The Piano Guys' latest video, 'I Want You Bach'
The Piano Guys combined the distinct decades of the 1770s and the 1970s in their latest music video, "I Want You Bach." Read more »
The Clean Cut: High school basketball players ask fans to cheer for opponents
In a video featuring two Texas high school basketball teams, the Vanguard College Preparatory School demonstrated what sportsmanship really means. Read more »
Salt Lake boy with tumor in leg meets dolphin with prosthetic tail (+video)
It was while visiting Florida that a friend provided Travis Carpenter with the opportunity to go to Clearwater Marine Aquarium and meet Winter, the dolphin featured in Warner Brothers' motion... Read more »
Wright Words: Fidelity starts outside the bedroom
It might just be a popular song on the radio, but its message is dangerous and destructive. Nearly everyone I've known with a broken marriage attributes the death of the relationship to the birth... Read more »
Carmen Rasmusen Herbert: Baymax, Kelly Clarkson and gaining weight during pregnancy
So to all you mothers out there, pregnant or not, large or small, gaining or losing weight, know this: You are pretty awesome. Using your life to bless, protect and help others is pretty awesome. Read more »
Light, fluffy popovers are a favorite comfort food
Popovers are made with a simple batter, but the way they are baked turns them into one of my all-time favorite comfort foods. Read more »
How I stepped away from being a 'poolside mom'
After years of sitting poolside while my children had fun swimming, I overcame my insecurities and joined them. It was a wonderful experience. I will no longer be a "poolside mom," and I hope to... Read more »
Linda & Richard Eyre: The 'big tent' of families
As different as people are in their ideologies and worldviews, they are all basically the same when it comes to their families, particularly their hopes, dreams, worries and concerns for their... Read more »
Amy Choate-Nielsen: What a distant 'cousin' taught me about family
A.J. Jacobs said we treat family with more kindness than we do strangers — but I think I've had it backward. Read more »
How well do you know St. Patrick's Day?
There's a lot more history behind St. Patrick's Day than wearing green, searching for leprechauns and patiently looking for four-leaf clovers. Read more »
Why you and your partner should socialize together
Married couples can fend off pressure by presenting a united social presence, says a study headed by researchers from University of Georgia's College of Family and Consumer Sciences.... Read more »
Baby announcement elicits tears, smiles for Canadian couple who battled infertility
A couple from Cardston, Canada, who tried to have children with no success for four years film their family's reaction to their baby announcement and receive a happy and tearful response. Read more »
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5 underrated Disney movies
Not every Disney movie achieves the success and recognition of "Frozen" or "Big Hero 6." Here's a list of a few Disney films that deserved bigger audiences than they got. Read more »
A father's bucket list: 10 things I want to do with my son before he goes to college
Just being aware of time passing isn't enough. I need to be doing it differently, not just thinking about it differently. Living it more, not dwelling on it more. I'm a father who needs... Read more »
The top 10 dream colleges in 2015
"March Madness" for high school seniors has nothing to do with basketball, but has everything to do with college acceptance letters coming in the mail. Nowadays, it's not just prospective... Read more »
Wyoming ranked third in US in percentage of married people
Cortney Richards met her future husband when she was 5. Read more »
Motherhood Matters: When there is nothing left to do but love
I've read books and articles and listened to podcasts and presentations, and I feel like I have a pretty good sense of how to nurture my children, but there are still circumstances that catch... Read more »
Lexi Hansen forgives driver who hit her (+video)
In a recent video, Lexi Hansen shares why she has been able to become friends with the driver who hit her one year ago. Read more »
The Clean Cut: Time-lapse video captures construction of Disneyland Park 60 years ago
In honor of Disneyland Park's 60th anniversary, the Disney Parks YouTube channel released a time-lapse video of the construction of the beloved destination. Read more »
The Clean Cut: Mitt Romney, Jimmy Fallon perform 'Mitt in the Mirror' skit
In a self-deprecating skit, Jimmy Fallon and Mitt Romney performed "Mitt in the Mirror," in which Fallon pretended to be Romney's reflection. Read more »
'Unicorns are everywhere': Cartoonist Dana Simpson shares lessons on friendship in comic strip 'Phoebe and Her Unicorn'
On March 30, the comic strip "Phoebe and Her Unicorn" will begin syndication in newspapers across the United States, including the Deseret News. For cartoonist Dana Simpson, it's... Read more »
What makes marriage hard? These 5 things (among others)
"Marriage is hard." I had heard that statement all my life. But I suppose because I was young and my head was full of qualities that I just knew I'd find in a spouse, I never... Read more »
What accounts for the cinematic generation gap?
Time and technology have changed the way we tell and receive visual stories. Read more »
An easier version of the Mediterranean diet may prevent Alzheimer's
The MIND diet, featuring whole grains, vegetables, berries, nuts, legumes, fish, poultry and red wine or grape juice, may reduce a person's risk of developing Alzheimer's by as much as... Read more »
The Clean Cut: BYU students' video parody 'Dark Lord Funk' goes viral
BYU students perform Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" with a twist: a little magic. In the video, they flipped the song to be "Dark Lord Funk" with Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter series, showcasing... Read more »
'Maternal feminists' defend motherhood at United Nations
Women from the organization Big Ocean Women defended motherhood and promoted families at the United Nations in New York City last week. Read more »
The Clean Cut: Video brings kindergarten teacher, Ellen DeGeneres to tears
On her TV talk show, Ellen DeGeneres played a video for kindergarten teacher Sonya Romero that brought both the educator and the TV personality to tears. Read more »
Book review: 'Whatever You Choose to Be' by Ann Romney shares 8 lessons for graduates
Ann Romney shares eight lessons targeted at graduates in "Whatever You Choose to Be: 8 Tips for the Road Ahead." Read more »
ValueSpeak: The greatest thing you'll ever learn
I'm not trying to say that Mike's foot was suddenly physically healed by a loving and well-intentioned kiss from his 3-year-old son. But there's no denying that that pure,... Read more »
Top reasons couples divorce — and how to head it off
Research shows that divorces tend to have certain things as roots. Knowing what stresses a marriage can improve a couple's chance of weathering it. Read more »
'MST3K' skewers turkeys, 5 vintage titles debut on DVD, Blu-ray
Four vintage movies are roasted by "Mystery Science Theater 3000," and five other titles make their DVD/Blu-ray debuts. Read more »
Doug's Take: 'Insurgent' is a compelling story complete with surprises
I haven't read the books in Veronica Roth's Divergent series, but so far, I have thoroughly enjoyed the films. "Divergent" garnered three stars from me, and now... Read more »
The Clean Cut: Grandparents sing 'Love Is an Open Door' from 'Frozen'
In a Disney music video, Wes and Barbara Nathanson show what 56 years of marriage can add to a rendition of "Love Is an Open Door" from "Frozen." Read more »
The Clean Cut: Jimmy Fallon interviews crying Villanova piccolo player
On Monday's episode of "The Tonight Show," host Jimmy Fallon invited a special guest to play with the show's band, The Roots. Read more »
Book review: Kilpack's 'A Heart Revealed' is a clean historical romance about a change of heart
Josi S. Kilpack makes a successful genre transition with "A Heart Revealed," a well-told, emotional Regency-era tale that goes deeper than ballroom flirting and gossip and into what causes a change... Read more »
Steve Eaton: What Rocky and Indiana Jones could learn from me
"The Rock" is out saving people with his new reality series "Wake Up Call." What would you do if he showed up at your door? Read more »
'Into the Woods,' 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies,' 'Unbroken' on Blu-ray, DVD this week
Recent hit movies — "Into the Woods," "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies" and "Unbroken" — lead new movies on DVD and Blu-ray this week. Read more »
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Deception 2013 | TV Show Watchlist
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A detective goes undercover to investigate the mysterious death of a privileged childhood friend who may have been murdered by someone in her wealthy family.
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"they have gotten their financial house in order"??? Show me! You are so sadly mistaken. They have more debt than ever, 10x their equity which means cash flow can always be a issue. I think what you are referring to is that they keep extending their maturity on the debt they have. They did a little retiring of some debt last year only to issue new debt at lower rates. Thats what I call robbing Peter to Pay Paul. THey should have been loading up on cheap last the past two years if they were a smart HB when actually they signed a deal with another investor who sells them land at a premium. When they were trading for $40 as you say, times were very different. Margins were high and everyone wanted a house. Those dynamics have changed. Many people want to rent and stay a renter. They cant qualify for a loan with bad credit and a weak job market. Many people will have bad credit for 7-10 years. So what will drive the stock to $10 I ask you? The same thing that drove it over $70 at the height, hype? Yes that makes me want to load it now. OMG why didnt I think of that? You all must be so smart. I loaded it under $1 and blew out last year over $7. Loaded again under $2 and blew out again. When it goes under $4 again I will buy back in just to take your money again...thanks for playing my game!
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Prince was a South Hadley High School freshman who hanged herself in January after what prosecutors called an "unrelenting" three-month bullying campaign by six teenagers. Prosecutors say Prince was targeted after she briefly dated a popular boy.
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Please reference Herbs picture;
The maple in the back ground. Where can I learn to prune maples in order to keep them small like that. It looks like bonsia but placed inground.
Any pruning books that detail this "extream" size maintenance. Is root pruning used. Edzard had a good dicussion awhile back explaining this but I have lost it.
Hi paul
It is look like " To kaede" trident maple. It may be cut top off at branch in stead of grow as bonsai.
roots pruning : in your area , prune roots in eary spring is safe to do it. you don't have to prune all of it at once. you can prune falf this year, rest of roots you can prune next year, it is all depend on condition of the tree and timing. you have to have very sharp spade or irrigation shavel. sharp enugh to able to cut off your toe finger.(there are two type of irrigation shavel )
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That maple is unusual shape and size for Japanese garden. you may have to prune it like bonsai. learn how to of "Hagari" check with bosai fourm. perhaps Mark Va can tell you how. Do your home work first. yama
Paul... bonsai techniques work, except that the cycles of bonsai may be influenced by the grower. eg: drought induces autumn = therefore leaning the water back brings leaf abscisson/dormancy. Shade after leaf removal triggers another set of hormones that are useful for growth.
Garden is the balancing of all plants together to an objective.
Bonsai is balancing a single tree to itself to an objective.
In the ground, pruning at the right time is at least 50% of the solution and getting a bag on those trees may not be quite aesthetic.
Spring pruning directs tree growth. (gives the illusion of strengthening the tree)
Late summer/early fall weakens trees reducing growth.
correlation: only remove poplars or weed trees at their weakest time, at near full leaf elongation & color change from bright green to full green. The tree is fully extended at that time and has not had time to manufacture sugars.
(which goes back to understanding color changes or leaving indicators such as a few 2 - 4 year pine needles to turn brown to know when the season changed for the tree, not ourselves. And keeping records of when plants show their indicators so we do not need to run after them and we are not blindly following someone elses calendar, climate zone or advice, when 'our' tree may be in a different level of development.)


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Today has been a nightmare. I'm done..it just isn't worth it to be wasting my time and money on something there is/can be so much variation on. I keep spending more money in hopes that things will improve but with a zero return on my investment I'm spending more money that saving at this point. I mean the whole point to AG is to have more "control". But what I didn't realize so much was that with more "control" comes more things that can go wrong and more things you can f*ck up. So after three batches of AG, I'm going back to PM's. Kudos to those of you who really have this down...but it's just too much damned time and money to risk.
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.5 lb rice hulls
Converted 5 gallon round cooler with SS braid.
Protein rest at 122 for 30 about .90 qt per pound
Sacharification at 155 1.70 quart per pound
batch sparge 170 with 2.5 gallons x 2
There was a total of about 8 gallons put in with which I got about 6 gallons out. I had to add some water a couple times to get my temps right. Then I topped off to about 6.5 gallons as on my previous batches I've burned off almost 2 gallons. This time was much different.
hallertau at 45 and 15
Pre boil OG was 1.033
Post boil was 1.041
So now I'm bringing everything back to boil for another half hour or so to bring the volume down and I'm going to supplement with some DME to get my gravity where it should be. So anyway...just thought I'd share as I keep hearing that once you go AG...
To me it's just not worth it. My PM's are still the best beers I've made to date and it's much easier to handle.
Dude, that's too bad that you are packing it in. I feel for you.
I have to say, though -- before you do, try a dead simple recipe (single infusion, no wheat, and say 1.040 gravity so you only have to sparge once). Also make sure your crush is good, and see how it goes.
My AG beers are SO much better than my extract beers. Maybe I am just a bad extract brewer, but I doubt it. I really do think there is something to AG. Just give it one more go.
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Im not sure i follow.....your description in your post sounds fine....what went wrong here...you missed your anticipated OG?
If you suspect that your LHBS is badly crushing your grain, have them run it through their mill twice.
But honestly, I think you are just having a run of bad luck. Just give it one more shot with a straightforward recipe. If it turns out well, you will be very glad.
I speak from an analogous form of experience -- when I started brewing (extract) I developed a contamination in my equipment from a spoiled, locally-produced no-boil wort kit. I ruined 3 or 4 batches of beer in a row, and was about to pack it in. But my brew buddies forced me to keep trying. They lent me some gear until I could replace my own, and I nailed a couple batches that I really enjoyed. Now I am totally digging all grain brewing, and things keep progressing with the hobby. I am really glad I never quite. Anyways, didn't mean to talk about me -- I just wanted to lend some encouragement, like my buddies did for me.
sorry about the "can i have your stuff thread." dude, its not that hard, you're probably just over thinking it. we can get you through this, or Ill even give you my cell phone number and walk you through it.
just dont give up.......
1st things 1st.....do you have ProMash or some other brewing software?