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Flood Warning
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... The Flood Warning extended until further notice... the Flood
Warning continues for
the Attoyac Bayou near Chireno, Texas.
* Until further notice... or until the warning is cancelled.
* At 930 am Sunday the stage was 16.5 feet.
* Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.
* Flood stage is 14 feet.
* Forecast... the river will continue rising to near 18.1 feet by
Monday evening then begin falling.
* Impact... minor lowland flooding.
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Record Report - Baldwin Peninsula and Selawik Valley, Cape Decision to Salisbury Sound Coastal Area, Cape Fairweather to Cape Suckling Coastal Area, Central Beaufort Sea Coast, Central Interior, Chukchi Sea Coast, Deltana and Tanana Flats, Denali, Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision Coastal Area, Eastern Alaska Range, Eastern Baranof Island and Southern Admiralty Island, Eastern Beaufort Sea Coast, Eastern Chichagof Island, Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills, Glacier Bay, Haines Borough and Lynn Canal, Inner Channels from Kupreanof Island to Etolin Island, Juneau Borough and Northern Admiralty Island, Lower Kobuk and Noatak Valleys, Lower Koyukuk and Middle Yukon Valleys, Lower Yukon Valley, Middle Tanana Valley, Misty Fjords, Northeastern Brooks Range, Northern and Interior Seward Peninsula, Northern Arctic Coast, Northwestern Brooks Range, Salisbury Sound to Cape Fairweather Coastal Area, Southeastern Brooks Range, Southern Inner Channels, Southern Seward Peninsula Coast, St Lawrence Island and Bering Strait Coast, Taiya Inlet and Klondike Highway, Upper Kobuk and Noatak Valleys, Upper Koyukuk Valley, Upper Kuskokwim Valley, Upper Tanana Valley and the Fortymile Country, Western Arctic Coast, Yukon Delta, Yukon Flats and Surrounding Uplands
- Arizona - Record Report
Record Report - Baboquivari Mountains including Kitt Peak, Chiricahua Mountains including Chiricahua National Monument, Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains including Bisbee/Canelo Hills/Madera Canyon, Eastern Cochise County Below 5000 Feet including Douglas/Willcox, Galiuro and Pinaleno Mountains including Mount Graham, Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains including Mount Lemmon/Summerhaven, South Central Pinal County including Eloy/Picacho Peak State Park, Southeast Pinal County including Kearny/Mammoth/Oracle, Tohono O'odham Nation including Sells, Tucson Metro Area including Tucson/Green Valley/Marana/Vail, Upper Gila River and Aravaipa Valleys including Clifton/Safford, Upper San Pedro River Valley including Sierra Vista/Benson, Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys including Nogales, Western Pima County Including Ajo/Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, White Mountains of Graham and Greenlee Counties including Hannagan Meadow
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Flood Warning - Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller
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- Florida - Record Report
Record Report - Coastal Volusia County, Indian River, Inland Volusia County, Martin, Northern Brevard County, Northern Lake County, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Southern Brevard County, Southern Lake County, St. Lucie
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Record Report - Boise Mountains, Camas Prairie, Lower Treasure Valley, Owyhee Mountains, Southern Twin Falls County, Southwest Highlands, Upper Treasure Valley, Upper Weiser River, West Central Mountains, Western Magic Valley
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Public Information Statement - Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek
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Flash Flood Warning - Gray
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Flood Warning - Avoyelles, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Webster
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Public Information Statement - Carlton/South St. Louis, Central St. Louis, Crow Wing, Dodge, Fillmore, Houston, Koochiching, Mower, North Cass, North Itasca, North St. Louis, Northern Aitkin, Northern Cook/Northern Lake, Olmsted, Pine, South Aitkin, South Cass, South Itasca, Southern Cook/North Shore, Southern Lake/North Shore, Wabasha, Winona
- Mississippi - Severe Thunderstorm Warning , Special Statement
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe
Special Statement - Clay
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Record Report - Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Hickory, Howell, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, Maries, McDonald, Miller, Morgan, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Shannon, St. Clair, Stone, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Webster, Wright
- Montana - Record Report
Record Report - Absaroka/Beartooth Mountains, Beartooth Foothills, Carter, Crazy Mountains, Custer, Eastern Carbon, Fallon, Golden Valley, Judith Gap, Livingston Area, Musselshell, Northern Big Horn, Northern Park, Northern Rosebud, Northern Stillwater, Northern Sweet Grass, Paradise Valley, Powder River, Red Lodge Foothills, Southern Big Horn, Southern Rosebud, Southern Wheatland, Treasure, Yellowstone
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Flood Warning - Lincoln
Public Information Statement - Dundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow
- Nevada - Record Report
Record Report - Humboldt County, Northeastern Nye County, Northern Elko County, Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County, Northwestern Nye County, Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range, South Central Elko County, Southeastern Elko County, Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County, Southwest Elko County, White Pine County
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- Oklahoma - Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning , Flood Warning , Areal Flood Warning , Record Report
Flood Warning, Areal Flood Warning - Choctaw, Pushmataha
Flood Warning - Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Garvin, Grant, Johnston, Kay, Kingfisher, Lincoln, Logan, McClain, Murray, Noble, Oklahoma, Payne, Pottawatomie, Seminole, Washita
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Record Report - Baker County, Harney County, Malheur County, Oregon Lower Treasure Valley
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Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Kimble, Reagan, Upton
Flash Flood Warning - Borden, Dawson, Gillespie, Howard, Kerr, Martin, Midland, Mitchell, Real, Scurry
Flood Warning - Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Harrison, Hunt, Marion, Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola, Polk, Red River, Rusk, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Titus, Wood
Special Statement - Fisher
Record Report - Anderson, Archer, Baylor, Bell, Bosque, Brooks, Clay, Coastal Cameron, Coastal Willacy, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Falls, Fannin, Foard, Freestone, Grayson, Hamilton, Hardeman, Henderson, Hidalgo, Hill, Hood, Hopkins, Hunt, Inland Cameron, Inland Willacy, Jack, Jim Hogg, Johnson, Kaufman, Kenedy, Knox, Lamar, Lampasas, Leon, Limestone, McLennan, Milam, Mills, Montague, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rains, Robertson, Rockwall, Somervell, Starr, Stephens, Tarrant, Van Zandt, Wichita, Wilbarger, Wise, Young, Zapata
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- Wyoming - Areal Flood Advisory , Record Report , Public Information Statement
Areal Flood Advisory - Absaroka Mountains, Bighorn Mountains West, Green Mountains and Rattlesnake Range, Lander Foothills, Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains, Teton and Gros Ventre Mountains, Upper Green River Basin, Upper Wind River Basin, Wind River Basin, Wind River Mountains East, Wind River Mountains West
Record Report - Absaroka Mountains, Bighorn Mountains Southeast, Bighorn Mountains West, Casper Mountain, Cody Foothills, East Sweetwater County, Flaming Gorge, Green Mountains and Rattlesnake Range, Jackson Hole, Lander Foothills, Natrona County Lower Elevations, North Big Horn Basin, Northeast Big Horn Mountains, Northeast Johnson County, Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains, Rock Springs and Green River, Salt River and Wyoming Ranges, Sheridan Foothills, South Lincoln County, Southeast Big Horn Basin, Southeast Johnson County, Southwest Big Horn Basin, Star Valley, Teton and Gros Ventre Mountains, Upper Green River Basin, Upper Green River Basin Foothills, Upper Wind River Basin, Wind River Basin, Wind River Mountains East, Wind River Mountains West, Yellowstone National Park
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Somebody has to say it: Our approach isn't working, and it's time to rethink "the talk." It's time to expand the conversation into territory where many evangelical parents dare not go. ...
Top 5 Best and Worst Bits of 'Christian Sex' Advice
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Too often, I fear the church is silent and bashful about sex. One reason, I purport, that youth look to society and friends for answers to questions is they fear it's taboo in religious settings, perhaps ...
Study: Muslims and Hindus Less Likely to Have Premarital Sex
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With their "True Love Waits" jewelry, conferences and T-shirts, Christians may be the face of the abstinence movement, but Muslims and Hindus are more likely to abstain from premarital sex. ...
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Eighty percent of young evangelicals have engaged in premarital sex, according to a new video from the National Association of Evangelicals. and almost a third of evangelicals' unplanned pregnancies end in abo ...
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S.D. council candidates balance district, citywide issues
Ellis and Lightner have locked horns in a few candidate forums on a some district issues, such as whether the city has done enough to deal with traffic on Torrey Pines Road. At such appearances, Lightner has focused more on community issues, while Ellis has taken a more citywide perspective.
Political consultant John Dadian, who is not involved in the District 1 race, said it is important for candidates to focus on broad issues as well as neighborhoods, especially in the northwestern region of San Diego.
"Ray is looking at the Prop. B vote and thinking people are concerned about the city as a whole, but in District 1, they look at themselves as different from the rest of San Diego," he said. "In that district, one of the keys is knocking on doors and having people get the chance to get a feel for their personal representative."
Ellis finished ahead of Lightner in the June primary by four percentage points, but didn't receive the majority needed to avoid the Nov. 6 runoff election.
An incumbent hasn't lost a City Council election in 20 years.
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Panasonic reduces size and price of "Ene-Farm" home fuel cell
The new Ene-Farm home fuel cell (left) and accompanying hot water unit
The fuel cell's remote control displays electricity generation and CO2 emissions data on a 4.3-inch color screen
The new Ene-Farm fuel cell requires an installation depth of 750 mm, compared to the 900 mm needed for the current model
The new Ene-Farm home fuel cell (left) alongside the current model
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By relying on a chemical reaction rather than combustion, fuel cells like the Bloom Energy Server are a more environmentally friendly source of electricity than fossil fuel burning power plants – they're also easier to fit on a residential or commercial block. Unfortunately, their price is still prohibitively expensive for most people. But things are slowly improving as evidenced by Panasonic's latest "Ene-Farm" home fuel cell, which was jointly developed with Tokyo Gas. Later this year, the unit will be sold in Japan by Tokyo Gas for 1,995,000 yen (approx. US$22,320).
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For a first time buyer/new sailor I think the 'sailing' portion of a sea trial may have limited value, in that the buyer may not be able to tell if the boat sails well or not, and it's a crap shoot whether you get good sailing conditions in any case. But the opportunity to check running systems, vibration, noise, leaks, full functionality is the larger part of what a sea trial is for. Ideally your surveyor is along for the ride...
In the east where boats are routinely hauled for winter I'd think the mechanism for delayed closing should be a common practice. I'd stay away from a broker who minimizes or recommends against a sea trial on principle alone.
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Town hall forum on water draws big crowd
FALLBROOK - Local and regional officials addressed the impending water crisis before about 150 concerned residents and disgruntled agricultural growers from Fallbrook, Rainbow and Bonsall during a town hall meeting Wednesday night.
Covering a range of issues from state politics to county growth, the meeting came down to a crucial question near the end of the forum: Can water authorities stop issuing new hookups while customers are being asked - and in some cases forced - to conserve?
The question, which has been posed in similar meetings across North County, was asked by a resident who did not give his name.
Fallbrook Public Utility District General Manager Keith Lewinger said it can't be done any time soon.
"A water district's board can do anything it wants to with three votes, but whether or not they get sued is another question," Lewinger said. "I predict that, if a water district board refused service, but had the supply (to serve the customer), they would be sued."
The speeches and answers given by the experts during the meeting seemed to indicate it will take a long-term, coordinated effort and a sharp decrease in water supplies before the pace of development can be slowed.
The water crisis foreseen by regional water officials stems from several factors, including an eighth year of drought on the Colorado River, from which the Metropolitan Water District draws a portion of its water. The huge Los Angeles-based district then sells water to the San Diego County Water Authority, which sells it to smaller districts in the county, including Fallbrook and Rainbow.
A larger issue than the drought, however, is an August federal court decision ruling that the use of pumps which supply much of Metropolitan's water must be scaled back next year to protect the "delta smelt," a species of fish in Northern California's delta region.
Hosted by the Fallbrook Public Utility District, Wednesday's meeting also featured speakers from the Rainbow Municipal Water District, the Fallbrook Planning Group, the county water authority and the San Diego Association of Governments.
During her presentation, SANDAG's Susan Baldwin said the association predicts a population surge of 1 million people between now and 2030 in San Diego County. Officials at the meeting spoke at length about how to accommodate that growth, then fielded questions from a testy audience.
Some of those in the crowd suggested that calls for conservation will land on deaf ears until those who are being called on to conserve see fewer houses being built.
"Most people I've talked to … have said they would not conserve water as long as their savings are being given to developers," said Gerald Walson, an avocado grower and member of the Rainbow water district's board.
Others who posed questions to the panel said they were growers who will be forced to cut back their water usage by 30 percent beginning Jan. 1. They complained that water and land-use agencies are perpetuating a double standard by allowing more homes to be built while one of the county's most important industries is threatened.


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While it seems that we were the very first to post Daniel Blumen's bar mitzvah Save the Date video, it turns out that we were not the last.
Upon our first viewing on Tuesday, the video had but a few hundred views, but less than two days later, it's well over 125,000 views, including this spot on the Today Show below and some coverage as far as London's Daily Mail.
Among the many who've written more in depth about the video is CNN's Jessica Ravitz, who spoke with the family and gave us a little nod for
ruining helping Daniel and getting the word out.
The final product was intended for friends and family and went out two weeks ago. But on Tuesday, a staff writer at Tablet magazine, Adam Chandler, saw it on Facebook after a friend of a friend shared it. He wrote a quick piece for the online Jewish publication, and social media took over – landing Daniel in the spotlight and on national TV.
I post this not to gloat, but to say that I can't take the credit. If anyone deserves credit for ruining Daniel Blumen's bar mitzvah, it's Friend-of-Tablet David Fine, who can be found here.
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Is This the Best Bar Mitzvah Invite Ever? [Daily Mail]
Before He's a Man, A Bar Mitzvah Boy Goes Viral [CNN]
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Egypt: Majority of expats vote "yes" on constitution
The majority of Egyptian expats who participated in the referendum on a new constitution have approved the charter, according to Egyptian officials.
Egyptian foreign affairs ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty told private Egyptian news channel CBC that by early Sunday around 95,000 Egyptian expats participated in the referendum.
Egyptian expatriates began casting their ballots on the draft of the new constitution in 161 countries last week. They voted from Jan. 8-12 ahead of the referendum at home which is slated for Jan. 14-15.
Egyptian expatriates won the right to cast their votes abroad following the Jan. 25 revolution in 2011.
The new constitution will be the first step in the army's political transition plan that should conclude with parliamentary and presidential elections next year.
Egyptians around the world
98% of Egyptian voters in Saudi Arabia voted "yes" in the referendum. 23,011 out of 23,651 voted "yes", 474 voted "no" while the other 166 votes were annulled, Al Arabiya News Channel's Riyadh correspondent reported.
Egypt's ambassador to Saudi Arabia Afifi Abdelwahab said the referendum process went smooth in both the embassy's headquarters in Riyadh and the consulate's headquarters in Jeddah.
He also commended the Saudi authorities' cooperation during the referendum as well as the Egyptians' civilized behavior.
Egypt's ambassador to the UAE Ehab Hamouda said 90% of voters voted "yes," the al-Masry al-Youm daily reported.
"The percentage of voters is around 2,000 less than the last referendum because voting via mail was cancelled," Hamouda added.
Egypt's ambassador to Jordan said the number of registered voters reached 4,291, adding that 546 participated in the voting process.
He also said that 531 voted "yes," 14 voted "no" while one vote was annulled.
Egypt's ambassador to Libya Mohammed Abu Bakr told the Middle East news agency that 97.5% of voters voted "yes."
Meanwhile, Egypt's ambassador to Washington Mohammed Toufic said 95.5% of voters voted "yes," al-Youm al-Sabea newspaper reported.
Toufic said the number of registered voters reached 6,885, adding that the number of those who voted reached 844.
According to the envoy, 810 voted "yes," 32 voted "no" while two votes were annulled.
Egypt's ambassador to Paris Mohammad Mustafa Kamal told the Middle East news agency the number of voters was 2111, adding that nine of these votes were annulled.
Kamal added that 98.5% of the approved votes voted "yes."
Egypt's ambassador to Rome Amr Helmi said the number of voters was double the number during the 2012 referendum.
He added that 714 voted "yes," 4 voted "no" while 3 votes were annulled.
Consul General in Milan Ali al-Halawani said that out of 2,302 votes, 2,262 voted "yes," 28 voted "no" while 12 votes were annulled.
The number of registered voters in Milan reached 8560.
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As a side note.... running HIGHER internal engine temperatures CAN lead to HIGHER EFFICIENCY, the problem is managing the coolant because water (as I am sure we all know) boils at 212F @ sea level pressures..... We manage some of this problem by raising the system pressure to 10-14 PSI. We also add "anti-freeze" components too, which can also raise the boil point of the coolant mixture.....
The really big "However" is that not all the of the cooling system is nice about staying below this magical boil point, which leads to micro boil points usually in the head and/or near the exhaust port/valve...... soooooo.... drop the overall temperature holds this problem at bay, HOWEVER (
) it then also drops the overall efficiency of the engine because we are now pulling more heat (the result of combustion and friction) from the engine rather than converting it into linear/rotational motion we dump it into the air through the cooling system.
Ultimately its a balancing act of compromises based upon the limits of the components and systems deployed as a whole.
In the case of the LC8-990/950 engine, it is easier to maintain the regulated engine temperatures (controlled by a thermo-valve commonly referred to as a thermostat) and then increase the heat transfer rate of the exchanger (radiator) by moving more heat transfer medium (air) though the exchanger. Since the exchanger (radiator) is slightly on the small side, in some cases it does not have enough head room/reserve transfer rate or thermo mass to manage the potential heat generated by the engine when the transfer medium (air) is beyond 80F with the OEM fan configuration.....
The solution that I have come upon is to increase the forced air flow, and if necessary, do so sooner to get ahead of any running away....
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Love as a major theme
The treatment of love varies greatly from one romance to another. It is helpful to distinguish sharply here between two kinds of theme: the one, whether borrowed from classical antiquity (such as the story of Hero and Leander or that of Pyramus and Thisbe, taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses) or of much more recent origin, ending tragically; the other ending with marriage, reconciliation, or the reunion of separated lovers. It is noteworthy that "romance," as applied to a love affair in real life, has in modern English the connotation of a happy ending. This is also true of most Old French love romances in verse: the tragic ending is rare and is usually linked with the theme of the lover who, finding his or her partner dead, joins the beloved in death, either by suicide or from grief.
The Tristan story
The greatest tragic love story found as a romance theme is that of Tristan and Iseult. It was given the form in which it has become known to succeeding generations in about 1150–60 by an otherwise unknown Old French poet whose work, although lost, can be reconstructed in its essentials from surviving early versions based upon it. Probably closest in spirit to the original is the fragmentary version of c. 1170–90 by the Norman poet Béroul. From this it can be inferred that the archetypal poem told the story of an all-absorbing passion caused by a magic potion, a passion stronger than death yet unable to triumph over the feudal order to which the heroes belong. The story ended with Iseult's death in the embrace of her dying lover and with the symbol of two trees growing from the graves of the lovers and intertwining their branches so closely that they could never be separated. Most later versions, including a courtly version by an Anglo-Norman poet known only as Thomas, attempt to resolve the tragic conflict in favour of the sovereignty of passion and to turn the magic potion into a mere symbol. Gottfried von Strassburg's German version, Tristan und Isolde (c. 1210), based on Thomas, is one of the great courtly romances of the Middle Ages; but, although love is set up as the supreme value and as the object of the lovers' worship, the mellifluous and limpid verse translates the story into the idyllic mode. Another tragic and somewhat unreal story is that told in the anonymous Chastelaine de Vergi (c. 1250), one of the gems of medieval poetry, in which the heroine dies of grief because, under pressure, her lover has revealed their secret and adulterous love to the duke of Burgundy. The latter tells it to his own wife, who allows the heroine to think that her lover has betrayed her. The theme of the dead lover's heart served up by the jealous husband to the lady—tragic, sophisticated, and far-fetched—appears in the anonymous Chastelain de Couci (c. 1280) and again in Daz Herzmaere by the late 13th-century German poet Konrad von Würzburg. The theme of the outwitting of the jealous husband, common in the fabliaux (short verse tales containing realistic, even coarse detail and written to amuse), is frequently found in 13th-century romance and in lighter lyric verse. It occurs both in the Chastelain de Couci and in the Provençal romance Flamenca (c. 1234), in which it is treated comically.


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The Bodyguard to be remade
Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and Mary-Louise Parker star in the 2010 action-comedy that is "Red". After he's threatened by a high-tech assassin, former black-ops agent Frank Moses (Willis) reassembles his old crew to go after their longtime assailants. The movie's title (RED) stands for "Retired Extremely Dangerous".
'The Bodyguard' is set to be remade.
The 1992 hit movie - which starred Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston and took $411 million at the worldwide box office - is being given a 2011 makeover by Warner Bros. and will be scripted by Jeremiah Friedman and Nick Palmer.
The original film told the tale of a Secret Service agent - played by Kevin - who was drafted to protect a singing diva (Whitney) whose life has been threatened by a stalker. He then falls for her but knows they can't have relationship because of his job and they part ways.
The new version is similar, including the love story, but the bodyguard is a former Iraq war veteran who is hired to protect the singing star, his first job since leaving the army. He discovers that the world of Twitter, Facebook and gossip websites has made access to celebrities easier than ever, making the job more difficult.
Although no stars have been signed to the project, producers are keen to get a young female singer with global appeal and give her the platform that 'The Bodyguard' gave for Whitney.


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Sole Provider: Energy Provider in N.O.
By Guillet, Jaime
It's a pocketbook issue.
In the same way many people derive important choices in life such as purchasing a new car or home, the two utility regulators in the state — the New Orleans City Council and the Louisiana Public Service Commission — evaluate options and base decisions looking through one primary lens: what is least expensive.
For New Orleans residents, there will be no low-cost solution to the city's debatably higher-than-average rates.
After extended power outages because of Hurricane Gustav, residents and politicians raised questions about utility service and the rates they pay for it.
With affiliates of Entergy Corp. serving 58 of 64 parishes and New Orleans, Jefferson Parish Councilman at large John Young has wondered aloud about deregulating the utility to create more competition.
But the city is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to its power. Entergy owns all three levels of power supply — generation, transmission and distribution — meaning it has a tight grip on any competitor who would want to produce or sell power to New Orleans
"In abstract, deregulation sounds great," said Clint Vince, a Washington, D.C.-based lawyer and the City Council's utilities consultant. "But what happens if we deregulate and there is no one to sell a competitive power supply to New Orleans. Then (Entergy) could buy power and sell it back to us at higher prices because it's deregulated.
"We'd love to deregulate if there was a competitive market we could buy from … but we only want to be competing when we can buy power at a competitive, lower rate."
The council has examined a variety of options over the past two decades, including deregulation and buying all or part of Entergy New Orleans, creating a municipal system as Austin, Texas, and Lafayette have.
The choices all come back to the parent company Entergy Corp. owning all levels of supplying power, making those choices either too risky or too expensive.
"We have a monopoly at all three levels of the electric business," said Virginia Boulet, a corporate attorney and former mayoral candidate who has advocated a municipal utility in the past. "There's no competition at all. Traditionally here in America, that's not the best way to get the best price. It's not healthy."
But most experts concede the city's purchase of Entergy New Orleans is no longer a viable option as it was in the late 1980s. The city would not have Entergy's access to low-cost fuel contracts, which determines ratepayers' fuel adjustment charges, and would rely on its one active generation plant at Michoud. The power plant is considered outdated and costly because it uses natural gas, which has skyrocketed in price over the past 10 years.
It is a complete flip of the city's situation in the 1980s when natural gas was the cheap alternative and Entergy wanted New Orleans ratepayers to help build the $3.8 billion Grand Gulf 1 nuclear power plant. The city sued to keep Entergy from raising customers' bills an extra $100 per month, arguing successfully that New Orleans only used 17 percent of Grand Gulf's power. Now, that power is some of the cheapest in the state.
"Usually when you municipalize, you pay higher to get distribution and you pay a lot less for generation," Vince said. "If we municipalize, we lose the low-cost power supply. It would be shooting ourselves in the foot."
"It is what it is," said Councilwoman Shelley Midura, chairwoman of the Utility Committee. "We get our cheapest power from Grand Gulf and the coal contracts out of (Entergy) Arkansas, which we wouldn't have if we municipalize. We would be our own little city trying to buy power retail, and with Entergy we get it as wholesale."
Even Boulet feels a partial municipalization, of only the transmission system, is feasible.
Midura will grapple this week with an attempt by Entergy Arkansas and Entergy Mississippi to take themselves out of an Entergy system agreement, which will result in extremely high costs to New Orleans ratepayers, although how high has not been yet determined.
The city could build its own plant to sell power to Entergy, but that would cost hundreds of millions if not more because of the high cost of steel and construction, which would have to be borne by the ratepayers, Vince said.
He and Midura agree Entergy should build power plants closer to the New Orleans area and upgrade transmission lines so electricity from independent producers can be supplied to the area.
Michael Twomey, Entergy Louisiana vice president of regulatory affairs, said there is "no single easy answer" to decrease cost of fuel. He argues Entergy has enough transmission capacity.
"We believe the investment we have already made is adequate capacity for the greater New Orleans area," Twomey said.
Entergy upgrades its transmission system every year to accommodate its customers and will continue to evaluate the need for further upgrades, he said. As for building additional power plants, any new construction will have to be borne by the ratepayers.
Entergy has done a variety of things to reduce costs, Twomey said. The company is converting its Little Gypsy plant from natural gas to a less expensive fuel mix of petroleum coke and coal.
"Eventually customers will see their fuel charges go down," he said.
New Orleans' problem is not unique. Cities nationwide are trying to find ways to produce cheaper power, said Lambert Boissiere III, Public Service Commission representative for the New Orleans district.
"Natural gas is very expensive, coal is inexpensive but polluting, and nuclear is expensive to build," Boissiere said. "We're strongly considering options with solar, wind and diversifying our fuel mix. We don't have a lot of good answers, we're just searching for the best answer. But whatever the cost is, we'll have to pay for it."
Credit: Jaime Guillet
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