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LAC is the name given to a family of curricular models through which students can use their foreign language skills in courses in other disciplines. It implies the collaboration of foreign languages faculty with colleagues from other fields. Faculty involved in LAC is committed to blingualism as a worthy educational goal and to the belief that multicultural and multilingual approaches to all disciplines not only are enriching but obligatory in a multicultural and global society. As many as 40 institutions of all types have developed LAC programs -small liberal arts colleges, private and public colleges and universities; among the pioneers are Brown U, U of Connecticut, St. Olaf College, Dickinson College, Agnes Scott College, among others.
L.A.C. promotes:
the enrichment of the international and intercultural content of the curriculum
interdisciplinarity as a necessary ingredient as the curriculum prepares students in a more rounded and less compartmentalized manner for the 215, century.
- cross-cultural and multilingual inquiry which should lead to a more in-depth understanding of other cultures, which does not happen always when the approach is only in English.
- proficiency in a second language by emphasizing reading skills in a foreign language or foreign language discussion groups appended to mainstream courses
prepare students for the cross-cultural and multilingual demands and opportunities of a global society.
Motivate students to a lifelong commitment to bilingualism by extending their foreign language learning experience beyond the confines of a language major and by linking it with other areas of the student's primary interest.
Offer opportunities for transcending the limitations of individual faculty, for dismantling the barriers between academic specialties, and for deploying new methodologies in teaching andlearning.
It could mean:
- Development of courses and independent studies combining different disciplines with foreign languages, normally at the post-fourth semester level, but also at the elementary and intermediate levels as well. Students can benefit from LAC at any level of language proficiency.
- Curricula models depend on institutions, faculty, goals. A good LAC program is one that works for a particular campus, or even for a particular group of instructors.
- Foreign language faculty will be required to work with content outside their areas of expertise which will necessitate faculty's willingness to do so and the establishment of faculty development programs. Faculty from other disciplines may have to reactivate language skills to a certain level for team teaching in LAC courses.
Expected outcomes (will vary from campus to campus, from: course to course and even from student to student), in general are:
- ability to interpret the gist or general sense from a written or spoken text
- an increase in ability in one or more of the language modes or domains, especially in the ability to communicate on topics in the non-language field.
- development of a more global perspective in general and within the discipline being studied.
- increased ability to use the language for further study and research in the discipline.
- professional competence: the ability to communicate professionally in the target culture and target language.
- Students begin to appreciate the existence of multiple perspectives on a topic, as well as the perspective of a particular culture, by learning the connotations of a word or phrase in a foreign language.
Adjunct language sections: consists of a course in a non-language field with a one-hour "adjunct"or "trailer" foreign language section. Increased language capability is one of the goals of the course in terms of learning specialized vocabulary, learning to recognize or produce the type of argumentative or expository form that is preferred in the particular discipline. Most programs offer adjunct activities as an option although LAC courses and sections are usually offered in only one language.. Often students will ask that an adjunct section be opened for their particular language. For example, if an economics course on European monetary policy is offered with an adjunct German section, students who have studied French, Spanish, or Italian often request adjunct sessions in those languages.
Parallel course model: consists of two independent courses, one in a language and one in another discipline. For example, a sociology course might focus on issues in one or more Latin American countries, while its parallel Spanish course makes use of Spanish language texts addressing the same issues. Students enroll in both courses and faculty collaborate to ensure some overlap in texts, activities, and expected outcomes. At some institutions, students may enroll in just one of the courses, with the option of participating in a fourth hour joint adjunct section in the target language that has been prepared collaboratively by both instructors. In a large-enrollment course, such as Europen history, for example, this course can be offered with a choice of adjunct sections in a number of different languages.Administration Models
- If one credit is awarded, the language department adds a new one-credit course and students receive one language credit.
- Or no additional
credits are given; instead they have course-based credit, rather than
hour-based credit. If the institution requires a full tuition charge
for every credit, making credit for an adjunct LAC will not be attractive
to students.
- Add a "language competency certificate" to the transcripts of students who have completed two or more LAC courses.
- Pay faculty for teaching overload or banking the one-hour overload each semester until enough credit is earned for a one-course release, or continued banking for an extended period of time until an extra semester of sabbatical leave is earned.
According to Stephen Straight and Virginia M. Fichera, "the question is not whether to engage in an LAC effort, but rather how to do so. Those institutions that do not will fall behind in the race to prepare students for informed and effective citicenship in the global information age." LAC also challenges university administrators to review institutional priorities and reward systems and to promote a greater fluidity between disciplines rather than highly circumscribed specialties disconnected from one another.
LAC has helped integrate language and culture study into the curricula of professional school programs such as business, and has often led to the implementation of dual degree options combining buisness, health professions, law with language and culture.helped faculty to bridge "culture gaps"


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Giveaway Winners for November
I'm a little behind but the winner of the November Device Giveaway is Alisa W. December's giveaway will be an iPad Mini and I'll post the giveaway on Wednesday. I was thinking of mixing it up next year and offering headphones, bluetooth speakers, and devices. What do you think? Or would you rather just have devices and/or gift cards?
For the Harlequin Holiday Giveaway, the winner was Aman P.
For the Escape Publishing Birthday, we had three winners:
Winner was Jane, entry #105 (I promise not me)
Winner was Sherry H.
Winner was Tammy
For the Emily March Giveaway, we had five winners:
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For the Sarah Morgan giveaway, our winner was Leigh
And for our Sourcebook Giveaway for Amanda Forester's Midsummer Bride (which was about the only non holiday giveaway this month), the winner was Mary C.

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Lenny Jordan, Vocational Service chair, presented the Franklin Rotary Club Business Integrity Award to Greg Vernelson, a Franklin auctioneer.
The award is to recognize businesses in the local community that best incorporate the ideals of Rotary's Four-Way Test in their business ethics. Additionally, it includes how a business treats its customers as well as the general public in everyday interactions.
Jordan relayed some history of Vernelson and an example of how his business practice meets the Four-Way Test.
Vernelson had been hired by an attorney in Swain County to remove items from a house in Bryson City. The elderly woman living in the home had recently been placed in a nursing home and he was hired to remove anything of value to be sold at an auction with the rest being discarded. While removing the bed from her small home, Greg and his employees found several envelopes between the mattress and the box springs. The envelopes contained slightly over $21,000. Vernelson called the attorney and returned the money.
Vernelson has worked for charities like the Wounded Warrior Project and Toys for Tots.
Vernelson says that integrity is part of the job and that auctioneers like himself "need to be in a position of trust or we don't last."


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Silicon Valley is notorious for its fluid job market in which workers move from company to company. That can make it hard for small companies to retain valuable employees. However, Latitude Communications, a telecommunications company in Santa Clara, Calif., which went public in 1998, has found ways to keep annual turnover among its 140-plus employees to a respectable rate of around 5%. In the opinion of CEO Emil Wang, one key factor is a warm welcome expressed in tangible ways.
As soon as new hires join Latitude, for example, Wang lets them know they are part of a community. Each new employee receives a T-shirt signed by other Latitude employees. "I put my T-shirt in my cubicle, and it no longer felt empty," says marketing manager Ning Peng. Latitude also tries to make the first day at work memorable. On that day, a new employee receives a $75 gift certificate for a pair of running shoes as a reminder that Latitude wants employees to put themselves in the customer's shoes.
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Joe Forkner enters race for Issaquah mayor
February 5, 2013
By Warren Kagarise
Less than a week after rejoining the City Council, longtime community leader and seasoned Councilman Joe Forkner entered the race for mayor Feb. 4.
The announcement set up a contest between Forkner and a colleague, Council President Fred Butler. The councilmen hope to lead the city once Mayor Ava Frisinger steps down in January 2014 after 16 years in the top job at City Hall.
Forkner, 59, worked for the city in the past and served on the council in recent stints — from 2000 to 2005, and to fill a vacancy from September 2006 to late 2007. The latest appointment, a 10-month stint approved Jan. 29 in a 4-2 decision, caps a busy period after Forkner led the citizen panel responsible for outlining redevelopment in the business district.
The blueprint, dubbed the Central Issaquah Plan, aims to reshape the areas along Interstate 90 from strip malls and parking lots to a pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use neighborhood.
"I believe that my employment with the city of Issaquah, as well as the experience and knowledge that I have gained through my membership on numerous city boards and commissions, and the City Council, will allow me to lead Issaquah into the future while still maintaining its small-town charm and appeal," Forkner said in a Feb. 4 election announcement.
The decision to run for mayor, he said, stems from years of service to the city, initially as a public works and maintenance staff member, and then through stretches on municipal boards, including the Development Commission and the Planning Policy Commission — traditional springboards to a council seat or the mayor's office.
"I'm not specifically looking to be an administrator as much as I'm looking to be a working mayor," Forkner said. "I've worked all my life, I've done an awful lot of work with cities, and I want to be on the ground. I don't want to be in an office all day doing administration. I want to be out making sure that the things that are getting done are getting done right."
Future redevelopment defines race
The longtime Squak Mountain resident and wife Michele, code compliance officer for the city, live in a Squak Mountain neighborhood.
The learning curve in city government is almost nonexistent for Forkner. In the past year, he attended dozens of meetings related to the Central Issaquah Plan and every council budget session.
Forkner lauded Frisinger and other city officials for addressing residents' concerns and needs.
"There are some complaints here and there, I know, but the majority of the people, I think are very satisfied with the way the city is working," he said. "I think the current administration is doing a good job. There are some things, however, that I think could be improved."
Frisinger and the council turned to Forkner in recent years to handle delicate or difficult assignments. In addition to the Central Issaquah Plan Task Force, Forkner played a key role as the municipal Cable TV Commission negotiated cable packages for city customers and led a task force to determine if Issaquah should participate in a proposed regional fire authority.
But the Central Issaquah Plan — and how to implement the changes in the years ahead — is perhaps the most important issue in the race for mayor.
"When you say high density and larger buildings, all of the sudden they think of Bellevue, which is far, far beyond what the Central Issaquah Plan is," Forkner said. "So, I think the issue is trying to have people keep it in the right perspective of what it is trying to accomplish."
Rules approved in the plan increased building height to 125 feet in the commercial core — up from 65 feet. The height limit for buildings in downtown Bellevue, by comparison, is 450 feet.
More candidates could enter the race before the May filing deadline. Election Day is Nov. 5, and if three or more candidates file for election, a primary election is triggered for Aug. 6. (Forkner cannot simultaneously run for mayor and the council.)
The mayor serves full-time and earns $95,112 per year in the position. The next mayor is due to take office in January 2014.
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Restaurant & Pizzeria
2850 River Rd., Niskayuna,
347-0002. Serving Tue-Fri 11-10, Sat 4-10. AE, D, DC, MC,
Food: * * * *
Service: Cheerful
Ambiance: Comfy
true that the predecessor here was called Maris, a Japanese
restaurant now located in Burnt Hills. But the current restaurant
didnt choose its new name on some economical basis of adding
an O to the signs.
joke about that, says Katrina Isopo, who owns Marios with
her husband, John. But we named it after our son, whos named
after Johns father. The restaurant has been open for four
years, tucked into a corner of Niskayuna youd have no reason
to explore if you didnt live there.
But the place does a terrific business. My wife, Susan, heard
about it from a friend, and we tried a couple of times to
get in over the past few months, but were stymied by the crowd
packing the placeand this was on a couple of weeknights!
gets a little slower during the week when school starts,
Katrina explains. But Friday and Saturday are still awfully
Its a small, very unprepossessing place, nicely appointed
to make anyone from a dating couple to a full-fledged family
feel comfortable. Everyone seemed happy to be there, from
the hostess who seated us to the bartender who cheerfully
helped jump-start my car when we left.
There are a dozen or so tables in the room adjacent to the
bar. When we visited, there were almost no tabletops on view,
what with all the food plates and platters. And the aroma
of fresh bread only added to the appeal.
Here is a case where the antipasto for one ($7) really is
sized for a single eater, albeit a hearty one. Nothing terribly
special here: The meats are standard-issue sliced salami,
with pepperoni slices and provolone, served over an OK mix
of lettuce. Dressing is a vinegar-rich vinaigrette.
And, because my entrée entitled me to a salad, I got a salad
as well. Theres a routine to be followed. I cant really
complain, however, because service was so cheerful and attentive
that this hardly seemed to matter.
My daughter, Lily, and Susan shared an order of 10 chicken
wings to start ($6), crisp and moderately spicy, as requested,
with celery sticks and blue cheese dressing on the side. Appetizers
are otherwise impressively varied, aimed at light dining and
beer accompaniment as well. You can get an order of fries
for $3, mozzarella sticks or bruschetta for $5, calamari rings
for $6 or a small, generously topped pizza for $7.
Hot submarine sandwiches, which range from $6 to $8, feature
a variety: pepper and egg, sausage, meatballs, grilled chicken,
veal or chicken parmigiana, and a few variations on the aforementioned.
Cold subs, in the $6 range, offer a typical range of sandwich
meat and/or cheese, and all of the sandwiches are on fresh-out-of-the-oven
breadsimilar, I expect, to whats served with the dinners.
We didnt order a pizzathere was so much else to samplebut
noted lots of pizzas going by, including Johns own creation,
a large, long Sicilian ($12) that should feed several. Stuffed
breads ($7) can include broccoli, sausage, ham, pepperoniyou
get the idea. Plenty of pasta choices, including ziti, ravioli,
lasagna, gnocchi and rigatoni, with all manner of toppings
and stuffings. I like the combo of gnocchi with garlic-enhanced
broccoli ($11), but was lured elsewhere on the menu.
My daughter, however, a big fan of restaurant-served spaghetti
and meatballs, was on the verge of ordering that when her
mom pointed out that sausage was another companion option.
She decided that, having never paired the two before, shed
do so.
The vast serving that appeared had a Bunyanesque log of sausage
over the Matterhorn of pastabut we were charged $5.50 for
a supposed childs portion! As a leftover, it provided two
more meals.
Susan chose one of the evenings specials, a why-didnt-I-think-of-that-before
zucchini parmigiana ($11) in which breaded strips of the squash
get the full parm treatment. Its an incredibly effective
way of dealing with the overabundant vegetable, and the portion
size guarantees that the garden will empty quickly.
I chose Veal Mario ($15) chiefly because it was named for
the restaurant, which I figure means its considered extra
special. The promised sautéed veal turned out to be small
but tender strips well-mixed with tri-colored tortellini,
all of it tossed in a cream sauce featuring flavors of garlic
and sherry.
And that was it for us. It was the end of a long day, so we
had our leftovers wrapped, passed on dessert (although the
lineup sounded appealing) and made our way to the car, which
has since acquired a new battery.
Dinner for three, with tax and tip, a beer and some sodas,
was $63.
Daniels Café offered a
terrific, eclectic mix of continental and Middle Eastern
fare in Albanys downtownand then vanished. Moved,
it turns out, to 4 Central Ave., Albany, occupying the
ground-floor space and serving the same great menu every
day from 11-10. Steaks, veal, poultry and lamb, shish
kabobs and vegetarian entréesand the Israeli platter
salad is a knockout. Call 694-5320 for more info. .
. . Justins (301 Lark St., Albany) has a new
autumn menu. Among the entrées are grilled escolar (a
rich fish also known as walu) on a parsley and parmesan
noodle cake; roasted salmon filet with a tamarind barbecue
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Reading Challenge Wrap-up: Mental Illness Advocacy Reading Challenge 2012
As you all know, the one reading challenge I host is the Mental Illlness Advocacy (MIA) Reading Challenge. Since we're into the last week of the year, I'd like to post the 2012 wrap-up.
This year, I read 8 books that count for the challenge, successfully achieving the Aware level.
The books I read and reviewed for the challenge, along with what mental illness they covered, in 2012 were:
- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
4 out of 5 stars
- The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
Mental Retardation
4 out of 5 stars
- Barefoot Season by Susan Mallery
4 out of 5 stars
- Abject Relations: Everyday Worlds of Anorexia by Megan Warin
4 out of 5 stars
- A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
4 out of 5 stars
- Haunted by Glen Cadigan
3 out of 5 stars
- January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her by Michael Schofield
4 out of 5 stars
- Germline by T. C. McCarthy
Addictive Disorders
4 out of 5 stars
The books I read covered genres from scifi to thriller to memoir to academic nonfiction to historic fiction. I'm also a bit surprised to note in retrospect that all but one of these books received four stars from me. Clearly the books I chose to read for the challenge were almost entirely a good match for me. It's no surprise to me that I enjoy running this challenge so much then. :-)
The most unique book for the challenge was The Sparrow. The scifi plot of first contact with aliens was a very unique wrapping for a book dealing so strongly with mental illness. Most challenging was Abject Relations: Everyday Worlds of Anorexia, which was my first foray into university-level Anthropology. Something I'd like to see more of is more memoirs by parents of children with a mental illness, like January First: A Child's Descent into Madness and Her Father's Struggle to Save Her. That was an interesting, new perspective for me. I think I'd also like to read more schizophrenia books next year, as well as books that challenge the gender norms perceived of in certain mental illnesses, such as the idea that eating disorders are female or that alcoholism is male.
If you participated in the challenge this year, please feel free to either comment with your list of reads or a link to a wrap-up post. I'd love to see what we all successfully read this year!
And if the MIA Reading Challenge sounds like a good match for you, head on over to the challenge's main page to sign up for the 2013 iteration!
Finishing the Series Reading Challenge 2013
Because life is so incredibly busy, I hadn't been planning on participating in any of the many wonderful reading challenges in existence around the book blogosphere. (Beyond hosting my own, the Mental Illness Advocacy Reading Challenge, of course.) But when I received a GoodReads invitation to Socrates' Finishing the Series Reading Challenge, I couldn't resist because it fits in so well with my already established (in my head) reading goals for 2013. It's incredibly simple. Choose a single (or multiple) book series you've previously started to finally finish reading during 2013. I already have a GoogleDoc of all the series I'm reading and was saying to myself, "Amanda, finish at least a few of these in 2013," and doing that in the context of the fun that is a book blog reading challenge just makes me happy.
I'm currently reading 26 series. I know, I know. I'm not going to challenge myself to all of those, because then I'd only be reading series books all year. :-P But I am signing up for the highest level of the challenge: Level 3: 3 or more series.
So what am I pledging to finish?
- Georgina Kincaid series by Richelle Mead
#3 Succubus Dreamsreview 1/31/13, 5 stars
#4 Succubus Heatreview 12/25/13, 4 stars
#5 Succubus Shadows
#6 Succubus Revealed
- Y: The Last Man series by Brian K. Vaughan
#8 Kimono Dragons
#9 Motherland
#10 Whys and Wherefores
- Riders of the Apocalypse series by Jackie Morse Kessler
#3 Loss
#4 Breath
John Cleaver series by Dan Wells
#3 I Don't Want to Kill Youreview , 3/2/13 3.5 stars
- The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
#2 Children of God
Katherine "Kitty" Katt series by Gini KochI will not be finishing this series, due to severe dislike of the third book. It's a permanent dnf.
#3 Alien in the Familyreview, 10/3/13 2 stars
#4 Alien Proliferation
#5 Alien Diplomacy
#6 Alien vs. Alien
#7 Alien in the House
#8 Alien Research
For the Katherine "Kitty" Katt series, it is not yet finished, so I'm only pledging to books that are projected to be published before the end of 2013.
I also reserve the right to give up on a series if it starts nose-diving before the end. ;-)
Phew! That's a lot of books…but it would also make a serious dent into my series list. So fingers crossed that I have good luck with it.
If the challenge sounds like a good match for you, be sure to check out the official challenge page!
Book Review: The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell (Series, #1) (Bottom of TBR Pile Challenge)
It is the year 2060, and the Jesuit priest Emilio Endoz has been found on the planet Rakhat by the second Earth ship to travel there. Found in a whorehouse and killing a native inhabitant in front the UN members' eyes, they nonetheless strap him into his original spaceship and send him back to the Jesuits. There he is treated for his horrifying wounds and through a series of flashbacks and current conversations with the various Jesuit committee members assigned to his case, we slowly see how everything that started out so right went so horribly wrong on Rakhat.
It may have been a while since it made it onto my tbr shelf, but I still have a crystal clear memory of why I acquired this book. I entirely blame Little Red Reviewer, who just so happens to be the only other female scifi fan who book blogs that I'm aware of. (Feel free to enlighten me to more in the comments). Her review that religion is there but in a questioning way that honors the tradition of scifi made me give this book with a Jesuit priest and mission at its core a chance. I'm glad I did.
This is a first contact story that takes the all-too-infrequent route of Earth finding the inhabited planet first and sending a mission to them. There's so much more than that that makes this book unique, though. The future Earth just barely has the technology to make it to Alpha Centauri, and only the most tech-savvy are aware of it. Thus, we're not an incredibly advanced civilization making first contact, just one slightly more so than Rakhat. I'd say a fair comparison might be late 19th to early 20th century earth to early to late 21st century Earth. It's a short span of difference. Additionally, Russell made the intriguing choice of the first contact being run by missionaries, instead of a political unit. When you think about it, it makes perfect sense. Who tended to be first to the New World? Religious groups. Who can organize themselves quickly and have vast finances? Religious groups. Having first contact be missionaries makes so much sense that I'm shocked I didn't think of it first.
That said, thankfully this book is not a love letter to organized religion or mission work. It is instead a complex, scientific, and anthropological study of the human condition, the difficulties of vastly different cultures meeting, linguistics, and much more. At its core it is all about why does god (if there is a god) let evil happen, especially to good people who are serving him? These issues are more easily addressed and made further complex by having agnostics, non-practicing Catholics, and a Jewish woman members of the mission team. The non-believers are about at even numbers with the priests. In fact, the deeper into the book I got, the more it tore at my heart-strings. Varying types of questioners are represented, and of course it's possible to identify with many of them, particularly for a reader who once was religious but is not anymore. There's the priest who is secretly gay, the Jewish woman who was wounded terribly by war but comes to learn to love again, the Father Superior who thinks he may be seeing the formation of a real live saint, the priest questioning the very existence of god, and the agnostic who wants to have the beautiful aspect of faith that she sees in those around her.
This book reads, it sounds a bit odd to say, almost like an agnostic's prayer. Of course agnostics don't pray, but if they did pray, the pain and wondering and intelligence found in this book would all be there.
We are, after all, only very clever tailless primates, doing the best we can, but limited. Perhaps we must all own up to being agnostic, unable to know the unknowable. (page 201)
The problem with atheism, I find, under these circumstances…is that I have no one to despise but myself. If, however, I choose to believe that God is vicious, then at least I have the solace of hating God. (page 394)
People more into science than the questioning human spirit will find plenty for themselves as well. The science of linguistics is astoundingly well presented. The way the two "sentient" species on Rakhat have evolved is also incredibly well thought-out and realistically drawn. The problems of poverty and war on earth are briefly explored too.
All of these things said, I do feel it took a bit too long to get things set up and moving. Granted, I tend to be a bit of an action-focused reader, so others may not have a problem with that. It was still a draw-back of the book for me though.
I sort of feel like I'm not doing the experience of reading this book justice. Suffice to say if you've ever questioned whether or not to have faith and love your big questions to be wrapped in well-thought-out scifi, this is the book for you.
4 out of 5 stars
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UN Faces Resistance in Calls for Regulation of Internet
Google Slams Government Monopoly on Governance
The United Nations is facing a growing call from a number of nations, including such censorship enthusiasts as China and Saudi Arabia, to establish a world government body to "police" the Internet, with many citing the WikiLeaks releases as the impetus for tighter control.
The "working group" that would be established would include only government officials, and would discuss how to engage in their "international public policy" with regards to the Internet.
The idea does not sit well with a number of privacy activists, as well some high profile businessmen. Vint Cerf, one of Google's top employees and, decades ago, one of the program managers behind the development of the TCP/IP standard on which the Internet operates, slammed the plan.
"We don't believe governments should be allowed to grant themselves a monopoly on Internet governance," insisted Cerf, adding that the current, open approach simply works much better and is protecting users from "vested interests."
To that end Google is said to be supporting a petition calling on the United Nations to back off these attempts at top-down regulation of the Internet and instead support an open, inclusive system.
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UN has no business regulating the internet.
Esentially, the internet needs to be regulated, as part of breaking the US stranglehold on it. European hate speech laws, for example, are frequently avoided by basing hate sites in the US. Thus, it is not just a question of censorship, which itself begs the question of how "free" the US-controlled internet really is. Just look at how the US government was able to deprive Wikileaks of its webhost and to force US companies like Paypal and the credit card companies to stop dealing with it. Google itself has a very bad reputation in Europe for breaches of privacy and is in trouble with several European governments. That it would favour thr present US-controlled system is unsurprising.
Here's the good news: if the UN does as good a good of policing the Internets as it has done of policing Israel, we have absolutely nothing to fear. In fact, we should all try to get 'em to do so in order to have more freedom to do as we please.
I find it strange that this article calls out China and Saudi Arabia as being foes of freedom on the internet when the US is omitted at the very time it is doing all it can to shut down Wikileaks.
And that bit was not linked to a URL.
This is the second time in the last few days that I have been disappointed in a piece on AW.C, the first being the one by Ivan Eland the other day calling for US domination of Afghanistan by use of bribes rather than force.
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Editor's note: This story originally published on July 17, 2001.
Five years ago today, Tuckahoe resident Marion Ott Percy was among 230 people who died when TWA Flight 800 exploded off the coast of Long Island while en route to Paris.
Percy's daughters, Virginia Percy of Hastings-on-Hudson and Pamela Jackson of Minnesota, won't be among the family and friends of Flight 800 victims gathering today for a memorial on Long Island.
"My sister and I feel strongly that we would rather focus on our mother's life than on her death," Virginia Percy said yesterday. "That's why we aren't planning anything special."
To commemorate Marion Ott Percy's life, Pamela Jackson is assembling several of the poems her mother wrote.
"My mother-in-law was a great lover of poetry," Pamela's husband, Roger Jackson, said yesterday. "My wife is putting together a collection of her mother's poetry with the hopes of getting it published."
Jackson said that while he and his wife had no formal plans to mark the day, "We'll probably just have a toast to her."
Marion Ott Percy was 77 when she died on Flight 800. Those who knew and loved her said she was a woman who lived life to its fullest, with a sense of love, adventure and exploration. She sought to expand her spiritualism through Buddhism and yoga and had traveled to Europe three times, Japan twice, India and Sri Lanka.
Pound Ridge resident Nicholas Bluestone was just 18 when he died in the explosion. Although it's been five years, Bluestone hasn't been forgotten on the campus of Kent (Conn.) Preparatory School, said Headmaster Richardson Schell.
"We're still grieving, and we pray for his family," Schell said yesterday. "We honor his memory every day. He was wonderful and sincere, an outstanding young man of the highest character and ability. He was just a fine boy."
Percy and Bluestone were among several people with ties to the Westchester area who died in the explosion. Others were ABC Sports executive Jack O'Hara, his wife, Janet, and daughter Caitlin of Irvington; Marie Ellison of Mount Vernon; sisters Patricia and Kimberly Kwiat of Briarcliff Manor; Ruben Windmiller of New Rochelle; Manhattan resident Lois Van Epps, who taught school in Greenburgh; former Yonkers residents Beverly and Tracy Hammer, and Martha's Vineyard residents Edwin and Ruth Brooks, whose daughter, Stephanie Elliman, lives in Rye.
While the survivors of Flight 800 victims will mark the five-year anniversary in different ways, the legacy of the disaster is taking shape.
"A lot of good things are coming out of this crash," said John Clark, director of aviation safety for the National Transportation Safety Board. "We have learned a lot from Flight 800 about tanks, fuel, explosive capabilities and aging wiring."
Lessons from the crash were slowed by the mystery surrounding the July 17, 1996, air disaster. The blast in the sky off East Moriches on Long Island was so spectacular that some people mistook it for fireworks.
Ominous threats of terrorism worldwide just before the explosion charged the atmosphere. But as hundreds of FBI agents eliminated one criminal theory after another, the NTSB and private aviation experts determined the cause was mechanical.
In August of last year, the NTSB formally concluded that Flight 800 was destroyed by a center fuel tank explosion, likely caused by a spark from a short-circuit in the plane's wiring that ignited the tank's volatile vapors.
"The vapors are the heart of the matter," Clark said. "We are not going to be satisfied until we control the explosive nature of the tanks."
In May, the Federal Aviation Administration ruled that new airplanes must be designed to minimize the chances that fuel vapors in the tanks will ignite.
Air-conditioning units, for example, may have to be relocated from underneath the fuel tanks. The units underneath the center fuel tank on Flight 800 are believed to have heated the vapors inside the tank during the aircraft's two-hour delay at John F. Kennedy International Airport - making them ripe for explosion from a spark.
The FAA has ordered manufacturers to review the designs of airplane fuel systems and airlines to develop new tank inspection and maintenance plans.
Meanwhile, published reports said that 194 of the 224 lawsuits filed by families of victims have been settled. A Pennsylvania newspaper reported Friday that the families of 19 people from Montoursville, Pa., who were killed in the doomed flight, each will receive $2.5 million from TWA and Boeing, the manufacturer of the 747, under a settlement.
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- "Why you hairy little thief..."
- ―Aladdin to Abu
Abu is a supporting character in Aladdin. A mischievous thief with a love for all things valuable, Abu serves as the film's titular character's best friend, confidante and loyal partner-in-crime.
As mentioned above, Abu is Aladdin's pet monkey, who is obsessed with shiny items, due to his occupation as a thief, in addition to being a kleptomaniac.
In the episode of the Aladdin television series, "Seems Like Old Crimes", it is revealed that, long before the events of the first film, Abu originally worked for a traveling circus of thieves, consisting of himself, a duo named Minos and Fatima, and Aziz. Abu served as the group's pickpocket, and actually met Aladdin after making an attempt to steal his money. After an adventure together, the two eventually became friends.
Abu is usually very kind, but can also be quite selfish, feisty, and easily aggravated. In Disney's 1992 film Aladdin, Aladdin and Abu saw some hungry kids in the alley. Aladdin gave his share of the bread to the kids, and implored Abu to do the same. Abu at first considered himself down on his luck and hungry enough to be entitled to the bread, but soon found warmness in his heart and realized that the children were even worse off than Aladdin and himself. He is scheming and sneaky and hates danger. However, he is also very loyal to Aladdin and is willing to risk his life to save him and his friends. He tends to be Iago's partner in crime, but is less deceitful and more honest and trustworthy than Iago is. Like Iago, Abu can get frustrated rather quickly and hates to be made a fool of, especially by someone as close as Aladdin.
Abu acts as pet, sidekick, and best friend to Aladdin. Rather than being a genuine 'character', he is used as somebody for Aladdin to voice current thoughts, or sometimes to help him out of trouble - or sometimes to get him into trouble.
He makes his initial entrance while helping Aladdin escape from the Palace Guards after stealing bread. Unfortunately, he is attracted to a stall selling jewelery and has to be dragged away. Later in the bazaar, he helps Aladdin to steal a melon for breakfast, and when Aladdin meets Jasmine, he is almost caught picking a pocket. He also steals some apples. He doesn't really appreciate Aladdin's attraction to Jasmine, thinking it will spoil their friendship.
When Aladdin is imprisoned in the palace dungeons, Abu, who had not been captured, arrives and picks the locks of Aladdin's chains.
In the Cave of Wonders, Abu wakes up the Carpet. He is attracted to the many fantastic jewels and finally grabs a huge ruby out of a monkey idol's paws, initiating the destruction of the cave. When Jafar is about to stab Aladdin, he bites him on the arm, stealing the magic lamp in the process, but is thrown into the cave with Aladdin.
When Aladdin awakens the Genie, Abu is seen to be a tool for a mode of transportation, and goes through many changes before Genie decides on turning him into an Indian elephant (with a remarkably long monkey's tail). Abu is changed back into a monkey by Jafar, who then imprisons him, Aladdin and the Carpet into a tower and sends them to the ends of the earth.
After Aladdin, Abu and the Carpet returns to Agrabah to stop Jafar, Abu helps out by pinning and knocking out Iago, keeping him from alerting Jafar to Aladdin's return. Abu is transformed into a cymbal-banging monkey toy by Jafar when he tries to steal the lamp, but is restored once Jafar is imprisoned in his lamp after becoming a genie.
The Return of Jafar
Abu and Aladdin enter a secret lair where they battle Abis Mal and his gang and rescue a collection of jewels and a jeweled flower that they had attempted to steal. On the way back to Agrabah, they give the riches to poor folk in Agrabah and the jeweled flower to Jasmine, something Abu isn't too happy about but eases up when he realizes Aladdin and Jasmine's strong relationship. Abu and Aladdin go out the palace on a stroll and find Iago. Like Aladdin, Abu is very suspicious about the parrot and regrets taking him in even after he saves their lives from Abis Mal and his gang.
Later on after Genie returns from his world tour, Abu is given the job to guard Iago while Aladdin tries to explain his presence to Jasmine and the Sultan. While watching him, Iago pleads for freedom making rude monkey impersonations. Wanting to have a little fun with Iago, Abu opens the cage while Rajah is near as a way to scare him. However, the plan goes wrong and Iago is exposed to the royals. Aladdin is ordered to watch Iago by the Sultan. That night, Aladdin and Jasmine settle their differences on Iago. The next morning Aladdin and the Sultan go for a ride on Carpet while Genie and Abu enjoy a picnic.
During the picnic, Abu spots a spider which soon leads to dozens of spiders. The spiders come together and form the revenge-seeking Jafar. Abu and Genie are tormented until finally being placed in captivity. The group is rescued by Iago and they set off to battle Jafar. At this time Iago is nearly killed and after defeating Jafar is thought to be dead. He proves himself alive and Abu finally accepts Iago as a friend.
Aladdin: The Series
Abu makes regular appearances in this television series, often paired with Iago. Although he is still a casual thief, he has shown definite signs of a conscience. Aladdin and Abu are shown to still have a strong friendship, but Aladdin sometimes becomes rather annoyed at Abu's thievery. Where on one occasion when Abu stole a golden gauntlet from the royal treasury and accidentally made Aladdin look like the thief, Aladdin became so mad that Abu was particularly heartbroken when he thought Aladdin wanted him to leave forever because of it. However, whatever troubles they are in, they always work it out and they become more closer than ever.
Through nearly all adventures, Abu is constantly paired up with Iago. Together, they often leave the mission to search and/or steal treasure from a nearby area. They are sometimes the cause of trouble. An example of this is in the episode "Smolder and Wiser" where Aladdin attempts to take a powerful weapon from Abis Mal, only to be discovered after Abu and Iago tried to steal a bag of gold, causing said gold to fall out, thus causing noise.
An important part of Abu's role is the fact that he has a pick that unlocks any lock which is handy when Aladdin and the group are being held captive in an area.
Aladdin and the King of Thieves
In the final installment of the Aladdin film series, Abu plays a fairly minor role compared to the previous films, providing very little to the plot. Like the rest of the characters, Abu is excited to finally see the day his best friend and Jasmine wed. Underneath all the joy, Aladdin is anxious and nervous being that he never had a father figure and Abu feels for his friend. When they discover his father is alive, Abu joins Aladdin, Carpet and Iago to see him. As soon as they arrive, Abu is captured and held hostage. In order to be freed, Aladdin must defeat one of the many thieves. He does successfully and meets his father Cassim.
Later on after the thieves betray Cassim, Abu joins the group in the rescue and after attends the wedding. He stays back at the palace with Genie, Carpet and the Sultan while Iago goes off adventuring with Cassim and Aladdin and Jasmine enjoy their honeymoon. According to Iago, Abu cried when the former bid his farewells to his friends in the palace, which in turn, made Iago emotional.
Hercules: The Animated Series
In the animated special, "Hercules and the Arabian Night", Jafar teams up with the Lord of the Underworld, Hades, in hopes of combining their power to eliminate Aladdin and the young Demi-God, Hercules. To do so, Hades sends his goons, Pain and Panic, to kidnap Abu, whilst Jafar kidnaps Hercules' companion, Icarus. The two are held captive in the Underworld, but eventually, both Aladdin and Hercules catch on, and the two rush to rescue their friends. By the end of the adventure, Abu and Icarus become fine acquaintances.
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams
Here, Abu, Iago and Carpet stayed in Agrabah with Jasmine while Aladdin and Genie went away for a few days. Abu and Iago tend to hang out at the horses' stable. One morning the Sultan's prized horse Sahara mysteriously escaped the stable. It was unknown how and the possible outcome could be that the horse-keeper loses his job. Jasmine tries to learn what happened before he does and during the investigation, she finds a fig.
Figs are Abu's favorite snack and she and Iago begin to question him. Abu hesitates at first but soon reveals what happens. He ate one of the figs and became sick from it. He began to feel dizzy and fell from the horse gate. His tail was holding onto the lock and as he fell, he unleashed the lock letting Sahara out. Abu, Iago and Jasmine search the desert and finally finds an oasis. At the oasis is the horse and Jasmine's only way of getting it back is by riding back. Iago reminds her all the people who ever tried to ride him were killed by the horse itself and the only person to successfully ride it was Jasmine's mother.
Though the thought of losing Jasmine worries Abu, the princess calms him down, eventually rides the horse home, and all is well again.
Abu makes several appearances in the series House of Mouse. Abu is usually seen with Iago, Genie or Jafar. Abu's most notable role in the series in which in the episode "Gone Goofy" where Iago tells him to taste The Queen's Poisoned Apple.
Video Game Appearances
In the Sega Genesis adaptation of Aladdin by Virgin Interactive, Abu has a mini-game which involves catching apples; this is reached by finding the Abu token which appears in three levels of the game. He is also referenced in that in the Cave of Wonders level, Aladdin must touch Monkey Idols identical to the one Abu touched to continue to the next level.
In the Super NES version by Capcom, Abu follows Aladdin throughout the early levels of the game. Notably, the game includes a pyramid level which Abu wanders into, so Aladdin has to find him in there. He finds Abu in the treasure room at the end of the level.
Kingdom Hearts series
Along with many other characters from the film, Abu appears in a few installments of the Kingdom Hearts franchise. In the original game, Abu makes a minor appearance in Agrabah by Aladdin's side. He does, however, assist Sora and the others when they journey into the Cave of Wonders.
Abu's role is expanded in Kingdom Hearts II, where Jafar's lamp is uncovered by a cheap peddler. Abu steals it from him to prevent Jafar's freedom, but Aladdin returns it, not realizing it was Jafar's lamp until a newly reformed Iago tells him otherwise. The friends then head to the peddler's shop to retrieve it, but are forced to journey into the Cave of Wonders to find vast treasure in exchange for the lamp. Aladdin, Abu, and the others do so, but by time they return, the lamp is stolen by Pete. After Pete's defeat and Jafar is sealed away, Abu and the others welcome Iago into the palace.
Abu appears once again in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, where he was causing mischief in the marketplace, causing him to soon be scolded by Aladdin.
Disney Universe
An unlocked costume of Abu is featured as a playable character in the game.
Disney INFINITY
Abu is seen in Disney Infinity as rare power disc. He is a mount, due to the fact that he's in the Elephant form.
Disney Parks
Abu makes occasional appearances at the Disney theme parks.
Abu appears in the live nighttime spectacular, Fantasmic, in both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. Abu makes a notable appearance at the end of Tokyo DisneySea's version of the show.
In It's a Small World, Abu makes a cameo appearance as a puppet with Aladdin in the classic ride.
Abu is also seen in the Magic Kingdom park in Adventureland for meet-and-greets. Abu is seen near the Magic Carpet attraction usually with Genie or Aladdin and Jasmine.
- "Abu" means "Father" and also it is a epithet for men in Arabic.
- Abu is Ancient Egyptian for elephant. In the first movie he gets turned into an elephant. He is turned into an elephant again in the episode "Web of Fear."
- In "Dune Quixote" Abu is turned into a horse and a mule.
- Abu has oddly enough for a monkey four fingers and toes.
- The producers studied movements of Capuchin monkeys for Abu. Frank Welker also spent some time listening to them to get Abu's voice right.
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The same to you!
Vesel Boič in Srečno novo leto! | Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
I wish Woof will be as successful as Puppy.
Have a nice trip!
Posted on 26 Dec 2008, 8:05 by raymundo dionicio
Marry Christmas Barry
And to all your family too...
Nice work in your new distro.
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Posted on 26 Dec 2008, 10:04 by Reck
Happy Christmas too
Hi Sir Barry
Merry Christmas to you and your family!
May the gift of wisdom be always with you and good health and more blessings may come to all of us.
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Posted on 26 Dec 2008, 22:03 by WN2A
Merry Christmas, Mr Barry
Thank You for all you have done for us!
Best of Luck in New Year,Too!
Posted on 27 Dec 2008, 7:50 by Raffy
Best wishes to you and family this season and the New Year. :)
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Merry Christmas
Hi Barry,
Merry Christmas and a Happy new year to you and family too. Thanks for all the great Puppy work this year.


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Wanted to share this with those who are thinking about an MS.
My watts/mi for the first 3,000 mi has been ~295, that means I can go ~3.4 mi/kW, and I pay $.11 per kW. A comp ICE vehicle (V6) would get ~20 mpg combined city/hwy (current gas prices are ~$4.00)... do a little math and that's ~$12,250 per year for gas compared to $585 per year for electricity. Not to put too fine a point on it... for the first 125,000 miles it would cost me ~$85,000 for gas vs. ~4,000 for electricity.
I know it's not the right car for everyone, but I think we are at the point where the market needs to stop calling this an $80,000 car. When you buy a MS you are converting the majority of the operating expense to a capitol expense. The result is a higher upfront cost, but a much lower monthly recurring fee to operate it...
Hope this is helpful (and hope my math is right)... I'm sure someone will tell me if it's not.
BTW - all those posts where people are complaining about issues with the car... I've had none of them, and the one issue I had (swirl marks from a machine buffer being used to prep the car for delivery) was resolved with the best customer service I've ever had from any company. I will say Tesla certainly appears to care about customers satisfaction above all else.
This is really great. I can't wait to take delivery in the next week of my P85.
I agree and disagree with you. As someone who can afford this car, I do wish that the configuration section offered a price that included the 7,500 dollar tax credit. The reason for this is that when I pay the price of the car, I still have to pay those 7,500 dollars and wait until my tax credit is received to recoup it. As someone who can afford the car, I am fortunate enough to know that the 7,500 dollars won't be a restriction for me. But for someone who is eager to buy the car and is pulling out all the stops to buy it, they may not be able to be 7,500 dollars in the hole waiting for tax season. For someone who is looking to afford the base Model S, they may not be able to wait to drive 50,000 miles to really achieve the gas savings you're talking about. I am a huge supporter of people trying to find ways to afford the car, but I don't think that anyone should put themselves at risk finically (nor do I think you do). If you want to send me a message privately telling me that you disagree or agree, send me a PM at TMC username:mahedy.
Your math may be wrong.
$12, 250/year of fuel is ~60,000 miles
15,000 miles/20mpg = 750 gallons x $4 = $3000/year for gas
15,000 miles/3.4mpk = 4,411kwh x $0.11 = $485/year for electricity
$2515/year saved x 10 years = $25,150 fuel savings
Anyone comparing the cost of ownership, Tesla Model S vs. any ICE, might also want to take into consideration maintenance/repair. According to others, Tesla's engine has 23 moving parts while an internal combustion engine has around 6,200 parts that require service. And, of course, Tesla's regenerative breaking system should dramatically increase the life of the car's breaking system.
Here's a list of things EV owners don't need to worry about, but ICE owners do in estimating their total cost of ownership: air filters, oil and oil filters, radiator coolant, radiators and related pipework, thermostats, water pumps, power steering fluid (EVs use electrical assistance), anything to do with ICE transmissions (adjustment, fluids, filters), fuel filters, fuel injectors, fuel pumps, spark plugs, spark plug wires, starter motors; alternators, serpentine belts, timing belts, mufflers, motor mounts, O2 sensors; Smog check compliance, etc.
But for me, knowing that my Model S isn't poisoning the air is reason-enough to drive a Model S!
I have done this math before buying. I arrived at around 20k per 10 years on gas savings.
I explain it to others, telling them the real cost of the Model S, after all the gas savings, and maintenance savings, are factored in, it costs as much as a 550i.....
I get the feeling they don't believe me.
Here's the calculation for the price of gas over 125000 mi:
125000 mi/ (20 mi/gal)= 6250 gal
6250 gal * $4/gal = $25000
Hey Nick, you forgot to add the replacement cost for the engine and the transmission in the equivalent ICE at 10-12 years time.
Nick, watch what you are saying. Listing imaginary cars and trolling got you banished last time. :-)
BTW, the battery does not go dead after 10 years, it's still drivable for 80% of its capacity, expected. Data is extrapolated from Roadster owners experience with their battery.
It's a fact that Roadster owners don't see appreciable battery loss after several years and tens of thousand miles. Volkerize "roadster owners and battery", you will find a really nice graph there.
Your fact to counter that are just words, no backing data, agreed?
Please, Nick, I am sure you are trying very hard not to get flagged this time around, but you have to make a better effort.
@ RedShift
Flag NNT and move on, with no response. He adds nothing. The original TMF troll.
I know! I was kinda missing NNT, so... ok, flagged.
The onboard Wh/mile readout measures battery Wh not electrical outlet Wh. These will be different due to charger and battery efficiency losses. To truly know the cost of electricity per mile driven, you'd need to monitor the energy input to your home charger or assume some level of battery/charging loss.
Haha, Math gone bonkers.
61,250 miles a year? That's just crazy talk
125,000 miles in a Toyota is just breaking it in. With proper maintenance modern cars can drive crazy number of miles (with some exceptions of course).
The replacement battery for the Tesla S85 is $12K, and you'll put that in sometime after you've reached 8years/125,000 miles (although it can probably go a lot further). From my understanding when you want to replace it is entirely up to the loss you're willing to handle.
Most likely people won't be replacing a 60KW for a 60KW in 8 years time. Instead it will be like a 60KW for a 120KW. Or a 60KW for a 60KW that weighs half the weight.
Or the new Tesla MS/E/X will be too much to resist. Or maybe everything will be flooded and we'll have to switch to hovercrafts designed by experts at Top Gear.
I think it's really tough to speculate savings over time because there are so many things to factor in.
...sorry, had to flag NNT's reply, too. It's annoying.
@SamoSam - my math "MAY" be wrong??? thank you for being nice. But I am not sure I agree that it's the same as buying a 550i. See below and tell me what you think...
@S4WRXTTCS - agree "math gone bonkers" and tough to speculate savings... but that was back of the envelope to make the point that this isn't an "$80k" car.
To attempt one more time, here goes...
When I was "on the fence" I took the approach of estimating the total cost of ownership for the MS and then trying to determine what ICE vehicles fall into the same TCO range. Here is how I did that…
Fuel Savings:
For fuel savings, I looked at a 7 year timeframe (I drive ~18,000 per year or 900 gal of gas @ 20 mpg, which gets me close to the 125k mile range). I then applied a 7.73% compounded growth rate to the price of gas (7.73% is the CAGR for gas over the past 10 years from http://gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx ) .
Gas Cals:
Yr 1 = $4.00*900=$3,600.00
Yr 2 = $4.31*900=$3,878.28
Yr 3 = $4.64*900=$4,178.07
Yr 4 = $5.00*900=$4,501.04
Yr 5 = $5.39*900=$4,848.97
Yr 6 = $5.80*900=$5,223.79
Yr 7 = $6.25*900=$5,627.59
Total Gas = $31,857.73
EV Cals: (used 18,000 mi/yr @ 300 w/mi = 5,400 kW/yr; used same 7.73% CAGR b/c couldn't find any better info on electricity prices over the past 10-yr)
Yr 1 = $0.11*5,400 kW/yr=$594
Yr 2 = $0.12*5,400 kW/yr =$639
Yr 3 = $0.13*5,400 kW/yr =$689
Yr 4 = $0.14*5,400 kW/yr =$742
Yr 5 = $0.15*5,400 kW/yr =$800
Yr 6 = $0.16*5,400 kW/yr =$861
Yr 7 = $0.17*5,400 kW/yr =$928
Total Elec = $5,256.53
$80,000 (60 KW w/ a few options and 4-yr of service)
$5,256 - Total Elec
$7,500 (Fed Tax Credit)
$8,000 (VA State Tax Credit; VA is 10% of the price used to calculate the Fed Tax Credit)
MS TCO – 7yr = $69,759
ICE TCO Comp Cals (again this is to determine the price for a Comparable ICE Vehicle):
$31,857 – Fuel
$8,100 – Maintenance & Repairs (7-yr Toyota Camry XLE Sedan w/ 3.8 V6 - for S4WRXTTCS sake)
Comp ICE = $29,799
Now there are things missing:
1) MS maintenance and repars for years 5-7,
2) Residual value of MS is unknow (so challening to speculat the sale price in 7-yr)
In any event, even if you added another 20k to cover unknows, you are still only at $50k for an ICE Comp,and IMO there are no ICE vehicles for $50k that come close to the MS (unless cupholders are a deal breaker ;-)
Has anyone figured out what the actual cost of gasoline is? I believe the $9-10.00 per gallon in Europe is much closer to the real cost.
If the cost of war for oil (Iraq), and how many others? And the environmental impact of C02 emissions impart on global warming and rising sea levels are included, there is financial benefit to burning oil. I realize that ICE cars are not the only cause of these expenses, but they make a considerable contribution. NYC, along with many other coastal cities all around the world are currently contemplating spending billions of dollars on their waterfront areas to compensate for rising sea levels. In many cases, no matter how much is spent, there is no practical solution.
In addition to our Model S, we still have 2 ICE vehicles, so I am still contributing to the problem.
It is not about how may years an individual may be able to keep a vehicle in service, but what the long range costs to our Country/World will be over the next generation and beyond.
@mcptwo the real cost of gas in the US is about $2/gallon. The rest is taxes. The US is now over 50% domestic for petroleum again. How to calculate externalities? Dont know.
We didnt get oil from Iraq. That was about perceived terrorism threat.
US total consumption of gasoline in 2011 was 134 billion gallons.
direct and indirect war costs were estimated at $3.7 trillion through 2011. That's 370 billion per year or about $3/gallon, if it were all for oil. (Which it isn't)
SO maybe $5 per gallon true cost. Your European prices are heavily taxed and cross subsidize diesel (which is denser hence more fundamentally expensive than gas, since it uses more petroleum) to benefit your trucking industry.
I would love to see a good TCO comparison between cars. It's hard to predict on both sides. And battery technology and costs will change, gas prices are totally different in Europe and Australia etc. And these days I think for many people they don't know just how much their current car costs them either.
I think it's important to put the service charges in for the MS (post warranty). While the majority of my services are engine/oil/brake related, my father's Lexus has premium 'issues' that I don't have, and his tyre replacements are 5 times the cost of mine too.
1) calculation of the gas costs of running MS based on our own KM/year
2) calculation of the electricity costs of running an equal cost ICE on those KMs.
3) service costs for #1 and #2
4) equivalent ICE new car cost given #1/2/3
5) adjustment to ICE costs, based on calculation of the costs of running an "equivalent" cost ICE instead of an "equal" cost.
Really need to calculate this on a lease payment, so that it stops being an upfront cost and instead becomes the lease payment+gas+service per year cost. Maybe even build in the upfront (?) $12k payment for a replacement battery. (We can dream of an automated page to do the above, while allowing us to specify some of the variables. )
I like that CMASO mentions the resale value being unknown. I think the same has to be said of gas cars. I believe there will be a great shift in recognition of EVs, and when that happens the resale value of any car (prestige or cheap) that uses intricately controlled gas explosions to push them around will plummet. People will start seeing a gas car like we now see an old CRT TV or PC monitor, or a dumb phone, or an old record. They'll still be out there, but you wouldn't get much for them. Not sure when that will happen, I think it'll be quite sudden once a critical mass is reached.
Just calculated mine last night. ~6700 miles/17.5 mpg in my previous car * $4.00 average cost of gas = $1531
So that's two of my 6 car payments recovered. My charging is really cheap. 28 bucks per month, and road trips are on the SC network. So I'm over $1300 ahead in the first 6 months of what I would have spent in my old car. Should be double that for the year. And that does not include ICE oil changes.
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Basin Report: Columbia River
The Columbia River is the fourth largest river in North America, rising in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada and flowing 1,243 miles to the Pacific Ocean through Washington and Oregon. The river system has more than 400 dams that provide hydroelectricity, irrigation, flood control, stream flow regulation and storage and delivery of water. These projects provide up to 80% of the electrical needs in the Northwest, 39.7 million acre-feet of storage space for flood control, locks and other infrastructure for navigation of 17 million tons of cargo annually, irrigation for 7.8 million acres of land and recreational opportunities for hundreds of thousands of Americans. To protect these critical resources, Reclamation must continually evaluate the risks and impacts from a changing climate and identify appropriate adaptation and mitigation strategies utilizing the best available science in conjunction with stakeholders.
Future Changes in Climate and Hydrology
To this end, Reclamation's 2011 SECURE Water Act Report identifies the following climate challenges that the Columbia River Basin could likely face:
- Projections show that temperatures throughout the Columbia River Basin above The Dalles Dam may increase steadily by 6–7 °F during the 21st century.
- Average annual precipitation, including subbasins such as the Yakima and Snake, are projected to increase from 3.9% to 6.2% over the basin by 2050.
- The decreased snowpack could result in decreased groundwater infiltration, runoff and ultimately lower base flows in the rivers during the summer.
- Mean annual runoff is projected to increase by from 1.2 to 3.7% by the year 2050.
- Moisture falling as rain instead of snow at lower elevations will increase the wintertime runoff with decreased runoff during the summer.
Future Impacts for Water and Environmental Resources
Historical and projected climate changes have potential impacts for the basin:
- Increased wintertime runoff and reductions in runoff during the spring and summer is likely to translate into water supply reductions for meeting irrigation demands, adversely impacting hydropower production and increasing wintertime flood control challenges.
- Warmer conditions might cause increased stress on fisheries, reduce salmon habitat, increase electricity demand, increase water demands for instream ecosystems and thermoelectric power production and increase invasive species infestation potential.
- Increased plant growth induced by increased spring precipitation combined with warmer, drier summers will increase forest fire risk.
Adequate and safe water supplies are fundamental to the health, economy and ecology of the United States and global climate change poses a significant challenge to the protection of these resources. Reclamation is taking a leading role in assessing risks to Western U.S. water resources and is dedicated to mitigate risks to ensure long-term water resource sustainability. To accomplish this, Reclamation is refining these preliminary Columbia Basin results through detailed basin studies on the Yakima and Snake Rivers, tributaries to the Columbia, under its WaterSMART program.
Where opportunities exist, Reclamation has begun adaptation actions in response to climate stresses as well as changes in land use, population growth invasive species and others. These activities include extending water supplies, water conservation, hydropower production, planning for future operations and supporting rural water development. For example, the Lewiston Orchards Project is exploring options to maintain stream flows required on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation for the Endangered Species Act-listed steelhead as the traditional water supply has shifted from a snowpack-driven system to a system dependent primarily on rainfall. Finally, the Department of the Interior High Priority Goal for Climate includes activities of the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives and Climate Science Centers, assessing vulnerabilities to the natural and cultural resources management by the Department and activities to adapt to the stresses of climate change.
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You don't need anything custom. If it's a pack with a lid, just stash the snowshoes under the strap(s) that keep the lid on. If it doesn't have a lid, just strap two bungee cord horizontally across the pack. You can anchor each end of each cord to the side compressions straps, etc.I have never run across a pack that couldn't store snowshoes one way or another.
snowboard packs are designed to carry boards but the straps also cn hold shoes. so that is the best carry option. many ski packs can do both too.
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Why not find a pack you like except for the hip belt, then just cut that off? Some might be removable anyway.-Jeff
There are many decent choices out there. I recently went through this exercise, but wanted to include the ability to comfortably carry a snowboard. For this, I wound up going with the Osprey Kode 30. But, while evaluating all this, I believe there are some great options for snowshoe carry.GoLite Peak (now the Jam 35) - it has straps, and a detachable hipbeltDakine Alpine 14 (any DaKine for that matter)Osprey Stratos 24 (old style)REI Fall LineREI Side CountryLMK if you have any questions about these. Good luck.
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Students heading to Capitol Hill
Eudora Middle School sixth-graders Emma Beck and Valerie Pringle were recently accepted into the People to People World Leadership Forum and will join a select group of students in Washington, D.C., March 19 to 25 to earn high school credit while studying leadership and exploring some of the most prominent monuments and institutions in the United States.
From Capitol Hill to the Smithsonian Institute, and from Colonial Williamsburg to the National Museum of American History, the students will examine the characteristics of American leadership during times of national challenge and prosperity. Forum delegates will participate in small-group discussions and exercises to experience first-hand how successful leaders develop strategies, make decisions, build consensus and foster change.
Pringle and Beck were nominated and accepted for the honor based on outstanding scholastic merit, civic involvement and leadership potential.
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