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The Next Subprime Crisis Is Here: Over $120 Billion In Federal Student Loans In Default
Whereas earlier today we presented one of the most exhaustive presentations on the state of the student debt bubble, one question that has always evaded greater scrutiny has been the very critical default rate for student borrowers: a number which few if any lenders and colleges openly disclose for fears the general public would comprehend not only the true extent of the student loan bubble, but that it has now burst. This is a question that we specifically posed a month ago when we asked "As HELOC delinquency rates hit a record, are student loans next?" Ironically in that same earlier post we showed a chart of default rates for federal loan borrowers that while rising was still not too troubling: as it turns out the reason why its was low is it was made using fudged data that drastically misrepresented the seriousness of the situation, dramatically undercutting the amount of bad debt in the system.
Luckily, this is a question that has now been answered, courtesy of the Department of Education, which today for the first time ever released official three-year, or much more thorough than the heretofore standard two-year benchmark, federal student loan cohort default rates. The number, for all colleges, stood at a stunning 13.4% for the 2009 cohort. The number is stunning because it is nearly 50% greater than the old benchmark, which tracked a two year default cohort, and which was a "mere" 8.8% for the 2009 year. Broken down by type of education, and using the new improved, and much more realistic benchmark, for-profit institutions had the highest average three-year default rates at 22.7 percent, with public institutions following at 11 percent and private non-profit institutions at 7.5 percent. In other words, more than one in five federal student loans used to fund private for-profit education, is now in default and will likely never be repaid!
And while it is impossible using historical data to extrapolate with precision what the current consolidated federal student loan default rate is, we do know that there is now $914 billion in federal student loans (which also was mysteriously revised over 50% higher by the Fed just a month ago). Using simple inference, all else equal (and all else has certainly deteriorated), there is now at least $122 billion in federal student loan defaults. And surging every day.
Ladies and gentlemen: meet the new subprime.
Another that quietly reported today on the change in the Department of Education's default tracking methodology was Bloomberg in "Student-Loan Default Rates Soar as Federal Scrutiny Grows." Needless to say, it was not impressed, because the new data indicated that there had been a concerted push by all sides to misrepresent the severity of the student debt problem, by over 50%. The "why" is quite simple:
The Education Department has revamped the way it reports student-loan defaults, which the government said had reached the highest level in 14 years. Previously, the agency reported the rate only for the first two years payments are required. Congress demanded a more comprehensive measure because of concern that colleges counsel students to defer payments to make default rates appear low.
"Default rates are the tip of the iceberg of borrower distress," said Pauline Abernathy, vice president of The Institute for College Access & Success, a nonprofit based in Oakland, California.
On the stump, President Obama has touted an executive order that eases the process for applying for a loan program that lets students make lower payments tied to their income -- easing their burden and making it less likely they will default.
Under the new three-year measure, colleges with default rates of 30 percent or more for three consecutive years risk losing eligibility for federal financial aid. Schools can also be barred from the program if the rate balloons to 40 percent in a single year. The sanctions don't take effect until results are released in 2014.
There it is again: a mega-government which gives amply with one hand, and yet with the other skews the incentives in the system to represent reality as far better than it truly is. One way to underwhelm reality and to soothe the blow of the true extent of the popped student loan bubble was using a shorter data cohort.
Some for-profit colleges encourage students to defer
payments in their early years, in an effort to keep down default rates that could jeopardize their federal funding, according to a report by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions released in July.
The report accused for-profits of using the tactic to manipulate their default rates. It singled out the role of SLM Corp. (SLM), the largest U.S. student-loan company commonly known as Sallie Mae. A subsidiary, General Revenue Corp. counsels for- profit colleges on keeping down default rates. University of Phoenix, owned by Apollo Group Inc. (APOL), is a customer, according to the Congressional report
Whether or not the reason for the government to demand more accurate data was to scapegoat the private sector yet again, what it did instead if expose just how deep the student loan hole already is. Because now that we know the revised default data, we can put it together with the recently revised as of a month ago revised total student loan notional number. Recall from the Fed:
The revisions to the data are fairly substantial: as of our August report, 2011Q2 student loan balances were reported at $550 billion. We now estimate that student loans outstanding in that quarter (2011Q2) amounted to $845 billion, $290 billion or 53.7% higher than we reported earlier. These previously excluded loans were also missing from the total debt outstanding; as a result, our estimate of total debt outstanding in 2011Q2 is also revised upward by $290 billion (2.5%).
This is what student debt looked like a month ago when we first reported the data:
One can see why everyone in the Federal administration has been so reticent about disclosing the true state of the Federally-funded student loan bubble. Because if one simply assumes the rising default rate has kept constant across all recent cohorts since the updated 2009 number, it would mean broadly speaking, that of the $914 billion in Federal Student Loans at least 13.4% will end up in default. Over $120 billion.
Of course all else is never equal: Federally funded student loans are now increasing at a rate of over $60 billion per quarter. This means that in just about 18 months, the total size of the Federal student loan market will hit $1.3 trillion. Why is that number important? Because that is how big the subprime market was at its peak in late 2007, when everything went to hell and the last credit bubble popped. From Responsible Lending:
As can be seen on the table above, 20% of all subprime mortgages was then expected to default (the ultimate number ended up being far higher). Note that as mentioned above, already over 22% of for-profit student loans are in default.
In other words, the Federal student loan bubble has not only popped, but has all the carbon copy makings of the next subprime crisis. Only when it pops it won't be New Century and Countrywide Financial on the hook: it will be all of America's taxpayers. Remember: these are Federal loans.
And the biggest problem: unlike housing where there is always at least some recovery of collateral, as the house remains, with student debt there is no recoverable asset as the asset is a human being. Granted said human effectively becomes a debt slave courtesy of the non-discharge nature of the student loan, which can not be wiped out even with a personal bankruptcy, but assuming the taxpayer can recover any money using discounted garnished wage flows of what are effectively perpetual(ly discouraged) debt slaves of the system, is simply idiotic.
We give Bernanke at most 2 years before everyone is aware of the true extent of not only the student debt bubble, but that it has already popped, at which point student loans will be the next "asset" to be monetized by the Federal Reserve.
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People are paying 6.8% interest on their student loans, while the Federal Reserve gives loans to its parasite banks at almost zero interest. The students who are strapped with debt are the future professionals of America, and our government will not work with them to lessen their burden. They have their degrees, but many cannot find gainful employment. Maybe the government is planning to make an offer to the debt ridden graduates when WW3 begins: "If you join the military, we will reduce the interest you pay on your student loans."
When I refinanced my house back in 2003 I paid off all my student loans with my "equity" in my house. Now I am in forclosure on my house.
Student loan problem fixed
Solution for student loan problem:
-Get a job
-Develop good credit
- Borrow as much as you can to pay off said loan
- Go into bankruptcy
- start a new life again.
Fuck the banks!!!
I had the exact same thought. When I realized they would be garnishing my Social Security I fucking freaked andstarted to analyze my sudent loan debt. I have a good job and am building up good credit. I considered borrowing the 62k, paying the loan then defaulting on the loan. It only takes seven years to recover from bankruptcy.
I was a student post military, I was one of the last to get the old GI Bill, but it did not begin to cover the expenses. Tuition at a state school yes, but anyone put a kid through school? That tuition cost is the tip of the iceberg.
What I did was work 10-16 hours a week, got a BEOG (Pell) grant, a California Board of Regents grant, and a small $2,200 student loan for the year. Added to the GI Bill I was able to scrape by in obvious poverty but I was a student, 85% of us were in the same situation.
Well, the GI/veteran students financial aid was handled not in the financial aid office but by the campus Veterans Service Officer and that guy decided to take a two week skiing trip. His duties were covered by some bitch from the financial aid office that did not like veterans. She took it upon herself to recalculate the Pell Grant applications for the vets based upon their total income where the instructions for application on the back of the form said in bold caps DO NOT INCLUDE VETERANS DISABILITY IN INCOME CALCULATIONS which because I can follow instructions I had not done, but this stinking cow added in my VA disability which at the time was only 300 or so a month, which put me over the limit for Pell Grant, when I went to the office to pick up that months check I was told to go into the office. There they told me that not only was I not getting any more Pell Grant money I had been overpaid for the last four months because I never qualified in the first place, would I kindly write them a check on the spot for the over payment.
Thankfully the Vet Rep was back the next Monday and said that he would take care of it, that the bitch that did this had done it to all the vets and several were disqualified from the aid. He wrote me a check for the monthly stipend from the colleges own account to be automatically repaid when the "mistake" was corrected. But it was a long weekend of worry I will tell you, at the start of the semester when my old Volvo crapped out I bought a little, new, '88 Dodge pickup with a payment of about $196 and I could not make the payment without that aid. Plus, my roommate could not afford to carry me on the rent, one of the worst weekends I ever spent.
Come Tuesday that week the veteran service rep said that Pell was a federal program and once they disqualify you the payments cannot be turned back on, he was really sorry but the bitch in the financial aid office had really screwed me and several other GI's. Oh yeah, and that check he wrote me out of college funds, he needed that back today.
Now I was was really fucked. I had no choice but to go to my employer and ask for more hours which was no problem for them, but in order to go to 20-25 hours per week at work I had to drop two of my four classes, which in turn meant that I had been overpaid on the GI Bill for both tuition and stipend for living allowances, they were based on full time attendance. Losing those meant I had to work 40 hours per week to just get by and that meant just dropping out till the fall semester began in September, and every cent I got in student aid for the semester was an overpayment. This was all going on in February.
Well, come autumn I went to sign up for classes and fill out the student aid forms and such but I was turned down. It turns out that while all this was going on the same bitch in the financial aid office counted my dropping classes from the day she cut my Pell eligibility which in turn put my student loan into default just a week before the new fall semester started. Once you have a defaulted student loan you do not qualify for any grants or GI Bill aid. You can't even apply till the old loan is paid off with interest. Needless to say I did not have the $2,400 they demanded for this. That was before the US Department of Education was the parent organization handling all of this and it was a hodge podge of offices and banks that administered these loans. I appealed and I appealed and no help.
I finally asked for an increase in my VA rating and it took a couple years but I won, and that made me eligible for Chapter 31 benefits for disabled vets which was really poor but enough to get through school. I went to Ohio and got a finance degree, had no car, slept on the floor of a one room apartment, and ate from the food bank for four years, though I still worked 30-40 hours a week as a temp. And all those years, and for another 4 years after graduation I had that defaulted student loan in the background haunting me. When I finally landed a good job and made some income they took my tax refunds. And by now with interest they wanted $4,500. When I went to buy my first house on my VA home loan benefit I was told I could not get the certificate, not till I clear the student loan.
It took a while but I finally found a USD of Ed office in Greenville TX that handled student loan issues. I told them the whole story and they agreed that I had been screwed, so they offered me a deal, if I would just repay the original principal they would call it even. Of course by then thy had already gotten over 1,200 in penalties and interest, but I paid the $2,200 and bought my house.
And the moral of the story is; if you need a student loan to go to college then, sorry to say, you should simply not be thinking about going to college. You can default through no intention of your own by technicalities you have no control over, and then your life just is not yours anymore. Do not do it. It is one thing when you think you can deal with banksters and the debt created can be discharged in bankruptcy under extreme and unfair situations, but what you have to know before taking a student loan is when you sign that paper you are handing your life over to the IRS and there is NO reprieve, no appeals, ever, if something goes wrong. It is worse than slavery because slaves could at least try to run away (till Dread Scott anyway) but in the modern electronic age you cannot run or hide from the IRS.
And if you think that brand spanking new degree is going to guarantee you the kind of career that will make repayment a walk in the park forget it. I graduated in fall of 1996 at the peak of full employment and in the most prosperous era this nation ever had and it was not easy finding a job or competing for a 30k a year position. You are going to find out that a lot of the other students you went to school with were in fact well connected and they are going to get the good jobs, after them the pecking order for the remaining jobs goes like this; handsome tall guys, females with big racks, better looking people, submissives, people who provide the employer with extra tax advantages or hiring them, like welfare to work hires, and finally you. Merit and intelligence is at the absolute bottom of the pile, especially in industries where "creativity" was not the central function of the job.
If you need a student loan to go to college you will be better off picking richer parents, don't do it if you ever want to be free again.
I paid off my loans all at once after I graduated. I was lucky and had a good paying part-time job during school.
However, 27 years later, the holder of the loans says I did not pay off my loans.
Can you imagine that I am supposed to provide copies of cancelled checks from 27 years ago?
The penalties and interest are now astronomical and my degree is gone because the school won't confirm your degree if you have an loan in default.
After paying off my loans, I did not hear a peep until 2008.
Don't forget about subprime auto sales. :)
The surge in auto sales is being completely driven by doling out more loans for a longer time
frame to deadbeat borrowers. Subprime auto loans now make up 45% of all car loans and the vast
majority of all used car loans.
Two thirds of all car sales are for used cars, so the fact that 37% of all new cars are being sold
to subprime borrowers is exacerbated by the ridiculous lending practices for used cars. The fine
folks at Zero Hedge have provided the outrageous data and a chart that proves beyond a shadow of
a doubt what awaits the American taxpayer – another bailout. Zero Hedge has already revealed the
GM fake recovery by detailing their channel stuffing over the last two years. Now they've dug up
more dirt on why car sales are surging. What could possibly go wrong providing loans for more than
the value of the asset to people with a history of not paying their debts?
• Subprime borrowers received 56.46% of loans on used cars in the quarter, up from 52.70% a year earlier.
• The average loan-to-value on new cars was 109.55%
• The average used car loan-to-value ratio rose to 126.62%
• 77% of Subprime Auto Loans are for a period greater than five years
It's amazing how many cars you can sell when you aren't worried about getting paid. This is the
beauty of a fiat currency, a printing press, and a taxpayer available to pick up the tab after
the drunken party gets out of hand. The chart below provides the details of our superhighway to
disaster. The percentage of used car loans to prime borrowers is now at an all-time low, while
the percentage of loans to subprime borrowers is near all-time highs reached just prior to the
2008 crash. When lenders cared about being paid back in the early 2000?s, they rarely made loans
longer than five years. Today, more than 77% of all subprime used car loans are longer than five
years and average FICO scores are now well below 600. Just to clarify – if your FICO score is
below 600 – YOU ARE A DEADBEAT.
Did similar student debt build up in Japan or is this unique to the US?
Education? That's one bubble down.
Medicine and defense on deck.
What's the problem? GS is going to "buy" up all the student loan debt, repackage it and sell it to the Fed. I am sure that The Fed will soon introduce its Education Backed Securities (EBS) purchases as part of QE8.
GS makes a profit, the bubble disappears and The Fed can say it is part of their job creation program.
Don't you understand how this all works yet?
Unlike the mortgage subprime bubble, I think these loans are recoverable. The housing "bubble" was leverage increasing the valuations of real estate "artificially." because of the fractional banking system, et.al...
these student loans can be paid back by changing the unemployment trends. and that is solvable....jobs can begin the process of recovery with the correct policies being implemented..
I live in Texas, my children are in college and are using student loans as part of their plan for completing their education.
I have no doubt they will pay off these loans within a period of 10 years of graduation...why? because they are employable and are becoming educated in skills that they will use in working at jobs that are being produced by the Texas economy.
Too bad, most of the country does not follow the Texas model.....Texas is self sufficient and a net energy exporter....if only California had the same state government that Texas had, then USA can be turned around....follow the model of successful States who encourage and do not penalize free enterprise, keep taxes and government intervention to a minimum.
From the Wall Street Journal today:
The Obama administration has sought to ease the burden of student debt by expanding a program that limits debt payments by income and time.
The new rules, authorized by Congress and set to be finalized next month, will cap payments on federal student loans at 10% of a borrower's "discretionary" income—essentially the money remaining after taxes and living expenses—and then forgive any remaining debt after 20 years.
There you have it. The Sixteen Trillion Dollar Man already has the bailout plan in place.
We'll fondly look back one day and remember back when the debt was "only" 16 trillion.
This default rate doesn't factor in countless billions in loans that people aren't making payments on.
Remember, borrowers have the option to have their payment amount pegged to a fraction of their income [past 150% of the poverty line]... I believe the fraction is 10% now. After 10-25 years (depending on whether you're a civil servant or just a regular peon), the Dept. of Ed will actually write off the remaining balance of your loan entirely.
You can go borrow 250K to get an advanced degree, get a job flipping burgers, pay back 25k, over 25 years, then be off the hook. No job? No payments.
.... And that 225K plus interest is not being accounted for. They're simply pretending it will be paid back.
Lol@ time to move to Africa! You made my day!!
Looks like the situation with student loans is only getting much worse and worse.Debt is constanly rising. For example let's take housing market. It shows some slow but still signs of recovery. Unlike students loan debts is shwoing only how desperate and misarable borrowers situation is. Goeverment keeps on financing program like the solar energy one while an average graduate has $25000-$35000 that he/she will most likely carry to the grave( of course I wish they will repay it ASAP). Here is how situation lookslike to me: a lot of young people are starting to question the system of high education we have at this moment. WHat can I say, they are absolutely right.
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Does direct feedback on energy use change consumer behavior?
I've yammered on about "synchronicity" - intuitive links between seemingly disparate events - but I've concluded, as the Twilight Zone theme song faded, that the smart grid is simply in land grab mode and there's just lots going on.
My new paradigm for intuitive links between seemingly disparate events is juxtaposition, which to me implies contrasts.
On Monday, a diverse lot of dozens upon dozens of vendors, environmental organizations, telecommunications firms, appliance makers, venture capitalists and retailers, under the imprimatur of The Climate Group and Google, sent a letter to President Barack Obama concerning one key driver for demand management.
(Sampling of the "undersigned": AT&T, Best Buy, Dow, eMeter, Environmental Defense Fund, General Electric, Google, Intel, Itron, Nokia, U.S. Green Building Council, Whirlpool, etc. I take this as proof that demand management is worth billions to many, disparate parties.)
"We are writing to ask that your Administration adopt the goal of giving every household and business access to timely, useful and actionable information on their energy use," the letter read, in part. "Studies and experience show that when people have access to direct feedback on their electricity use, they can achieve significant savings through simple behavioral changes."
Hold two pieces of that last statement in mind for a moment and we'll return to them: "studies and experience show" and "[consumers] can achieve significant savings."
The letter suggested that if all U.S. households saved 15 percent on their energy use by 2020, the greenhouse gas savings would be equivalent to taking 35 million cars off the road and would save consumers $46 billion on energy bills, or $360 per customer per year.
The letter suggested that consumers should have real-time data on the sources and causes of electricity consumption, pricing and pricing plans and information on generation sources. The letter also suggested how this might be achieved.
That was Monday. Yesterday, The Climate Group and Google convened a forum in Washington, D.C., titled "Power in Numbers: Unleashing Innovation in Home Energy Use," involving a number of heavy hitters, including a keynote by Carol Browner, assistant to the president for energy and climate change (and former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator). Though the forum could only be attended in person, there was an online question-and-answer component.
But I had to run.
A webinar was starting, titled, "Effects of In-Home Displays On Energy Consumption: A Summary of Pilot Results," delivered by two Ph.D. economists working for The Brattle Group and sponsored by the Peak Load Management Alliance, a nonprofit focused demand response and its role in creating efficient electricity markets.
The webinar's thesis question: does direct feedback from an in-home display affect consumer behavior?
Stated differently by the principal presenter, Ahmad Faruqui: "You cannot manage what you cannot measure."
Faruqui's basic answer was that a dozen pilot programs indicated the answer is "yes," and the average savings was 7 percent. But his colleague, Sanem Sergici, pointed out major caveats to the results of each pilot, such that many if not most did not rise to the scientific standard of reproducible results.
Going forward, utilities conducting "pilots" must determine whether they are determining proof of concept, staging a showcase or, for instance, demonstrating a new rate structure, Faruqui said. If the purpose of a pilot is, in fact, to determine whether consumers will use direct feedback on energy use by in-home displays to modify their behavior, that requires "scientifically designed experiments to yield reliable results," Faruqui intoned.
(Yes, it's a fact that consumers can achieve significant savings, but is "direct feedback on electricity use" the driver? Or are in-home displays simply physical reminders to curb energy use?)
Faruqui's conclusion: Utilities may "borrow" disparate industry data to make a point, but if they are mulling expensive programs and major capital decisions, they'd better spend the time and money in their own service areas to research the rationale for those decisions. Research is expensive, Faruqui added, but that cost is a tiny fraction of the cost of an ill-informed, major decision.
The phrase "studies show." helps make a convincing letter to the president. But it behooves us all to ensure that the data really is there to support the statement.
Phil Carson
Intelligent Utility Daily
Feedback Helps?
Feedback and timely access to consumption data may be helpful. A client of mine believes proposed "dynamic pricing" tariffs might drive this more than existing rates. Well designed studies would help answer the question definitively.
However, I hope these studies will not be used to help justify utility investments on the customer side of the meter. Customers have to be convinced that in-home displays and devices that can respond to prices provide an economic benefit that large enough to be worth spending their own money. Otherwise, simply giving the stuff away will guarantee that it gathers dust.
Any customer-facing technology has to be owned by the customer and completely under the customer's control. Some publicly owned utilities may be able to get away with gathering data and exercising control at the device level. IOUs most certainly will not.
"Studies show" just doesn't cut it anymore.
Thank you, Mr. Carson, for calling out Google and others for vague references to "studies show".
As I explained on my blog, Evidence Soup, it's unacceptable for well-funded advocates such as these to refer to "studies" without providing specifics - they know better. Government agencies, energy producers, and technology firms all must set the bar higher, so public debate can be informed by actual evidence.
All too often, these kinds of statements are accepted without challenge. Such claims are poorly disguised as evidence-based management, when in fact they are the enemy.
Tracy Allison Altman
Conflict of Interest
Do I read the long commentary on conflicts of interest among those proposing smart grid technologies to imply that there are no such conflicts of interest among the forces that support the continued status quo? In reality, the structure and regulation of our current generation, transmission, distribution and consumption of electricity are all the product of government intervention driven by forces motivated by their own potential to benefit from the resulting market that was created for their products and services. Why should the smart grid be held to any different standard?
Different Standard
Surely conflicts of interest exist everywhere and particularly when public money is being thrown about by the truckload. I don't think standards should be different. Good stewardship is good stewardship. Looking backward may teach some lessons but I'm far more concerned about the stewardship going forward.
Thanks for your measured comment.
AGREED....and more
I couldn't agree more with Mr. Faruqui....but I would go further.
Right now, Green enthusiasts seem to believe they can secure public buy-in for almost any environmentally connected program on the basis of "saving the planet". I submit that "saving the planet" is an illegitimate basis.
In fact, there is no science that definitively shows the planet needs "saving" nor is there any science that definitively shows human activity can mitigate the effects of global warming, now cleverly recast as "climate change" to avoid inconvenient data. To be clear, climate change science is at best incomplete and at worst, something less than science. That statement holds true for every side of the argument. The jury is out.
Green enthusiasts argue that by the time solid science can be developed, the planet will already be doomed (betraying their intended conclusion). They go on to argue that "consensus" amongst scientists is sufficient justification for immediately spending truckloads of real money in the war against climate change. Is this what passes for critical thought in 2010? I guess so because money is flowing.
Reduce all this down to the Smart Grid (SG) subject and the same issues of legitimacy persist. Curiously, "regular folks" have reached their own pointed conclusions without the benefit of professional guidance. They instinctively sense an expensive unjustified cram down.
Solving the problem of buy-in requires, shazaam, justification. Can that be done even while commercial-sized Smart Meter "demonstration projects" are being funded by DOE stimulus money? Perhaps. But to do so, a lot of dreamy Green movement stakeholders are going to have to get serious.
Questions about the SG are straight forward,:
Why is the current grid deficient?
What inefficiencies can be economically reduced or eliminated?
What cause-effect relationships can be definitively qualified and quantified?
What is the monetized value of improved reliability?
Which stakeholders will benefit and by how much?
Who bears the cost?
All of these questions (and many more) are answerable through judicious science, application engineering and economic analysis. Unfortunately, SG enthusiasts are driven to stipulation: "Smart Meters are good!"; "Consumers will save money!"; "We need a sustainable grid!"; "Demand response is good for everyone!".
Perhaps all the stipulations are true but absent the underlying data, stipulation is but propaganda.
So why can't we get past the fluff? Three reasons:
·Religious fanaticism·
Fear....that the numbers don't work
With respect to religious fanaticism, Green enthusiasts have largely failed to win the hearts of "regular folk" because "the cause" has taken the characteristics of a pagan religion. That's not a throw-away line nor is it intended to be an insult. The fact is, many "believers" are driven to all-things-green-at-any-cost by a perverse combination of irrational fear and undying faith....parallels to aboriginal religious practices. They simply do not care about science or data. They smell engine exhaust and call it proof. For them, that's all the legitimacy required to spend wads of other people's money. In short, they see no reason to provide indisputable proof because they sincerely believe proof is self-evident. Faith like a child. The problem is that sustainability can't ride the back of unsustainable economics.
The conflict-of-interest problem is one that deserves its own lengthy essay. Suffice it to say that literally everyone promoting SG technology stands to benefit directly or indirectly. Scientists get grants, vendors sell equipment, engineers and contractors get contracts, utilities enjoy both rate and operational benefits and politicians get to claim credit (often resulting in campaign graft contributions). As a practical matter, the conflict-of-interest cesspool is bottomless. The result? Data collection is seen by enthusiasts as a troublesome hurdle that could, on critical analysis, derail the free-money train to happy town. Recognize that when the conflict-of-interest crowd joins with the religious fanatics, critical mass is achieved for a self-sustaining movement. We're there dude.
The final leg of the data-suppression trilogy is this: fear that the numbers won't work. This, actually, is the big, fat, stinky elephant in the room.
Let's suppose that the average monthly residential electrical bill is $200 and let's further accept the notion that an average savings of 15% is achievable without undue effort or discomfort. Gross savings to the average consumer would then be $30/month. I suspect this is generous to a fault but let's go with it. The question then follows, can this savings be attractively squared against the costs of new hardware, new software, a new communications infrastructure and all the attendant soft costs? I don't know but I suspect not if returns-on-investment are calculated for the sum of every private and public dollar spent, including rate-based increases.
See now the temptation to use "saving the planet" as justification? By raising the "problem" to an order of magnitude that's "too big to fail" an awful lot of pesky questions can be easily deflected. As it turns out, fluff can be practically impenetrable.
Apart from the fluff, at the opposite end of the scale, there's another quite evident Smart Grid problem: how to pass along the high cost of renewable energy in a world that is thick with cheap coal and fresh discoveries of clean, economical natural gas. No worries. That problem has a two-pronged solution:
·make fossil fuels artificially expensive and;
impose rate structure changes to mask increases
The cost of fossil fuel has been manipulated for decades. From the machinations of OPEC to Wall Street market speculation, who knows the actual price of delivering a British thermal unit (Btu). Environmental drilling restrictions since the 1970's have marginally helped to reduce the US supply but this effort still hasn't pushed the cost of fossil fuels to parity with renewables. Thus, cap & trade legislation. By adding a new layer of tax, energy costs of the fossil fuel variety will "necessarily skyrocket" (in the words of our President). This, I submit, is the holy grail of Green enthusiasts everywhere, secondary consequences be damned.
It goes without saying that "regular folks" will do their own post-legislation cap & trade cost analysis by subtraction, no professional help required. Clearly, the results will be "revealing", less noticeable if the tax is phased in, worse if the hammer falls all at once. Guess which.
Ultimately the hammer will come down. To synthetically soften the blow, how about a new rate? One that will theoretically allow you to save the cap & trade cost increase. For that, I give you Time-of-Use (TOU) magic: high costs to match circadian rhythms, lower costs when.....you'd rather be sleeping. Meals at midnight, clothes washing at 4AM. Why not? With a little discipline, you'll pay little more (inflation adjusted) than today AND you'll be "saving the planet"!
Here's the deal Greenies....American's distrust central planning and they can sense cram down a decade away. Americans also have a track record of doing hard things, repeatedly, where there are long-term legitimate benefits. Setting aside political overtones, we need to work together toward worthy, affordable, verifiable goals.
Here! Here! - what he said!
thanks for an alternative view based in logic... cheers,
Really? Really? You just showed your fear of numbers...
"In the future, we will delete screeds like this, because they don't measure up to our standards for civil discourse and informative contributions"
wow, Phil, you showed how an alternative view threatens your world-view...
What are you afraid of? He didn't use any foul language, he didn't threaten you with violence...
The Hammer of Truth subdued you so much your only response is to Ban the Opposition
Like a true Pagan Priest - the heretic must be crucified for blasphemy...
Why don't you answer the simple questions about the SG?
By answering the questions surely you can help alleviate the great unwashed cycincism...
Politically Correct?
By level headed, I'm pretty sure you mean politically correct.
I provoke for a reason: to move the needle. Perhaps you missed it, but I'm not against conservation, energy management, demand response, renewable energy or any of the fundamentals that support energy independence. I am against stupidity and broad "save the earth" as, I believe, are a lot of Americans. It's a point of view, it's valid and there's no reason to hide from it.
My point, perhaps missed in an admittedly too-long post, is that the blow back is real, there are reasons for it and not facing them squarely means either a) no smart grid in our lifetime or b) cram down based on thin evidence and consensus.
You're welcome to delete, ban or otherwise censor: you own the site. That's the price I pay for being provocative. I welcome reasoned rebuttal. That's how good solutions are rendered out of slush.
Why the harsh treatment?
Mr. Carson -- I've been reading your comments with great interest over the past few months and always look forward to your views on what's going on in our industry. I agree with most of what you have to say and often gain insight from your observations. However, your harsh treatment of the reader who responded to your "Feedback on Energy Change" commentary was disappointing to me.
I agree with much of the writer's skepticism over man-made global warming and don't necessarily think that the Smart Grid is irrelevant simply because one has doubts about climate change. I'm personally convinced that there will be many benefits derived from upgrading the grid -- not the least of which will be improved energy efficiency.
You always ask questions of the "experts" and demand that all angles be fully examined before accepting the validity of a position. Why the smack down of one of your readers when he/she simply stated an opinion? The writer wasn't abusive or disrespectful. I appreciate hearing all sides in a cical debate/discussion.
Keep up good work and thought-provoking commentaries.
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I'm not sure that it matters how it's done, but it'd sure be handy if it were done uniformly, just for referencing issues.
No map yet, just getting a feel for names and cultures.
Khanate of Qashya Mal - City of Calishem on the Sea of Qashya
The Khanate of Qashya Mal is the most recent horde of the steppes to conquer the Spice Road between east and west, holding the old trade capital of Calishem, the Jewel of the Khanate, at the western end of the route on the Sea of Qashya. The prosperity of the cosmopolitan city has increased as southerly routes of the Spice Road, have been cutoff by the plague lands south.
You might recall I used the City of Calishem, in my January challenge, it will be the same city.
Though cities and towns dot the eastern shore of Qashya Mal, to the west is a sea of grass and only the carthouse towns and steppeland yurt villages exist and they are never at the same location for more than a few weeks, except during the harsh winters of course.
On the narrow spit of land between the Sea of Qashya and the southern lakes a wall has been erected and a watch prevents access to and from the plague lands to the south.
The Khanate of Qashya Mal has an eastern capital on Lake Kaikha, on the northwestern edge of area 27 on the world map (areas 9,10, 27 and to its east is all part of the Khanate.)
Despite being part of the Khanate, this is still considered southwestern Brinsmerd.
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I'm not sure that it matters how it's done, but it'd sure be handy if it were done uniformly, just for referencing issues.
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Calishem is the western capital of the Khanate of Qashya Mal on the Inland Sea of Qashya, southwestern Berimerd.
Nobudai Xho is the Topaz Khan, master of the Turgan Horde who dwells at his eastern capital of Kaikha, on Lake Kaikha (1300 miles east), protected by his 100,000 horseman army. His nephew, Gendai Xho is the western governor stationed at Calishem. Gendai is less the horseman and more a bureaucrat with mercantile interests, thus his appropriate station by the khan. 5,000 Turgan warriors are stationed 70 miles east of the city at the fortress of Kaikaar (Steppes End).
Calishem has a population of 46,580 making it one of the largest urban centers in the Near East. Home to Turgan traders, arabic merchant princes, citizens from the Chin Qai Empire and other lands far to the exotic east, as well as western traders, and a large slavic working and slave class of people. The indigenous population on the eastern shore of Qashya are the slavs.
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Yes, but I've never liked the name Calimshan, actually Calishem has a nicer ring to it. "Shan" has a distinctly chinese sound it it, that didn't seem to belong to a middle eastern location, as in the F.R. domain. "Shem" has a much more middle eastern sound in my opinion.
I've always wanted to develope a culture, map and setting based on a near eastern capital of Calishem. Now I can take this idea off the shelf and use it for that very purpose, so I will insert it in this world.
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Commissioned by the august emperor, the Topaz Khan, Nobudai Xho, the imperial geographer and cartographer, Yu Zhiang Yi is a map of the Khanate. This is the far western portion of the Khanate of Qashya Mal, on the shores of the Great Inland Sea of Qashya.
The Western Capital of Calishem is perhaps the largest city in the known world with a population over 850,000 with a racial mix of slavs, arabs, vikings, mongols, chin-qai, rashadi and minorities of dwarves, half-orc, and half-elf. The city professes religious freedom with no less than 12 of the greatest temples of the major religions found within and without the Khanate, 9 academies of learning, and 36 guilds. Calishem is the terminus of both the Silk and Spice Roads.
Tyrborg on the northern shore of the Sea of Qashya, is a viking port trading amber, furs and dwarven goods from lands north and west to grand port of Calishem.
Darkovia on the southern reaches of the Vahlvoska Mountain range is the continent's primary source of bloodstones, with the capacity of holding arcane charges, they are greatly sought by wizards east and west. Darkovia is ruled by a Boyar-Prince named Casimir Darkov, who is rumored to be Nosferatu.
Because the Topaz Khan has decreed all wars not declared by the Khanate as illegal, thus encourages peace within the Nobudai's domain, however, it protects dark local rulers such as Prince Casimir.
[The Map for area 9 is complete!]
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I had a feeling this was going to be worth waiting for. Great job GP as always. You have painted a rich tapestry with the background stuff and there his a huge amount there to stimulate the imaginations of other mappers here, which is precisely the point of the project. Darkovia seems to be crying ouit to be an adventure site. I'm having some flashbacks to panicky sweaty palmed D&D sessions in Ravenloft.
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Ok and in the begining...there was the entrance....
So this is the begining of the entrance and God did not cast any light on this...I'm not very happy with it and its still a WiP but there are numerous things that disappoint me. I'm tryin' to actually make the stone work look as if it where covered by dirt and stuff and patchy but for some reason I'm not doing a very good job at it.
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There's no point in being rich or being the mother of someone rich and famous … if you can't use it as leverage to get your butt out of trouble.
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Such is the case, says Jose Lambiet's Gossip Extra, regarding Miami Heat superstar LeBron James' mom, Gloria James, who's getting the VIP treatment from South Florida law enforcement authorities.
Attorney Robert Stok wrote a bitter letter to Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle's office listing instances in which Gloria James hasn't been getting the same treatment as regular James.
Stok represents Rock Feller Sorel, the Fontainebleau Miami Beach valet who was allegedly slapped by a drunk Gloria James last year in an argument over the speed of Sorel's service.
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Editor's note: All summer long, the Southern Foodways Alliance will be delving deep in the history, tradition, heroes and plain old deliciousness of barbecue across the United States. Dig in.
Low-and-slow smoked beef likely became a central-Texas tradition after a massive influx of German and Czech immigrants in the mid-19th century. Many were butchers, and once in Texas, these European meat purveyors smoked the cuts that didn't sell so well. But believe it or not, smoked beef is not the last word in Texas barbecue.
You may have heard of Snow's in Lexington, Texas, which shot to statewide fame in 2008 after being named the Best Barbecue in Texas by Texas Monthly magazine. Twenty minutes away, in tiny Deanville, there's another spot that flies under the radar but deserves a visit.
Mr. Charanza burns oak wood on a concrete slab, transferring the coals to the pit when they are white-hot. He cooks pork spare ribs, half-chickens, thick-cut pork steaks, and Czech sausage (all from a local meat market) at high heat directly above the coals. You won't find beef on this pit, and there isn't much smoke, but you'll hear plenty of sizzle. Most folks take their foil-wrapped barbecue to go, but you can also eat in the side room of the functioning dancehall, where old men spend the afternoon playing dominoes. After one bite of the heavily seasoned meat, you won't miss the smoke. If you're lucky enough to find yourself in Deanville, I suggest you boogie off the barbecue on the dance floor.
This Lone Star Dispatch comes from Daniel Vaughn, the brain (and mouth, and tummy) behind Full Custom Gospel BBQ. Follow Daniel on Twitter at @BBQSnob.
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Meet Hindus who debunk Western misconceptions about caste, cows, karma and more.Hinduism Today and the author.
Do Hindus eat monkey brains? You would think so if you saw the film "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom." Though some western viewers might have taken this Hollywood excess with a pinch of salt, many still have misperceptions about Hinduism--from the horrors of caste to the burning of widows. Yes, and don't forget rat worship, arranged child marriages, female infanticide, dowry and the killing of young brides.
As always, sensational aspects are magnified, and a deeply complex religion is seen as some sort of a primitive idol-worshipping cult.
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They are ordinary people--students, housewives, physicians, retirees, academics and engineers--often asked by curious Westerners about the faith. Some have studied Hinduism in-depth; others have learnt the faith simply by living it. They speak to non-Hindus in schools, churches, colleges and social settings and answer the neverending questions.
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People and businesses in North Carolina are creating less garbage than they have in nearly two decades.
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Officials with the state Division of Solid Waste say increased recycling and the economic downturn both contributed to the dip in trash.
The state has 40 landfills that take household trash, which accounts for nearly 60 percent of the state's waste. Industrial waste contributes 24 percent, while construction and demolition is about 11 percent of the state's garbage.
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Video: How to navigate construction surrounding the 2014 Wisconsin State Fair
West Allis — The Interstate 94 freeway ramps and streets around the fair are open to handle the surge of traffic starting Thursday with the opening of the 11-day Wisconsin State Fair.
That's a relief to West Allis Mayor Dan Devine who said, "They told us several times that it all would be open."
Freeway ramps at 84th Street have been closed for the massive Zoo Interchange rehabilitation project, as has the crucial Kearney Avenue that takes traffic coming from the west and exiting at 84th Street into the north end of the fair. The fair extends from 84th to 76th streets.
What will not be open is the 76th Street bridge over Interstate 94, a major route from the north to the fair's 76th Street entrance and to the fair entrance on Greenfield Avenue.
Instead, fair officials recommend taking 70th Street south to Greenfield Avenue and entering at 78th Street.» Read Full Article
National Night Out to be celebrated in Greenfield on Aug. 5
Greenfield — For another year, the University of Wisconsin-Madison marching band will top off Greenfield's National Night Out with a performance of its famed Fifth Quarter show.
National Night Out will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 at Konkel Park, 5151 W. Layton Ave., and the Fifth Quarter show will be at 7:30 p.m.
Police and fire personnel will be on hand with equipment and this year firefighters will demonstrate a rescue from a car by cutting it open and rescuing a dummy inside. That will be at 6 p.m.
Always a favorite is a police dog demonstration at 6:45 p.m.
A child safety seat inspection also will be offered at a drive-in area away from traffic. Firefighters also will show how to install child safety seats.» Read Full Article
No more waiting lists for child care at Greenfield schools
Waiting lists to get into the before- and after-school child care program at the Greenfield elementary schools will be wiped out with the School Board approving a contract with the YMCA to provide the service.
On Monday, the board approved a one-year contract with the YMCA after the previous contract with another day care provider expired. The YMCA has enough staff to provide child care for all who want it, said Superintendent Lisa Elliott.
Also, parents will pay as much or less than they had been paying for the service and the YMCA will be able to offer more, Elliott said.
Top 10 things to see and do at the Wisconsin State Fair
Wisconsin State Fair is the can't miss summer event of the season. With more than 30 free stages of entertainment, 100 different foods on a stick, and a cornucopia of cream puffs, what more could a Wisconsinite want?This year's
The fair runs Tursday, July 31, through Sunday, Aug. 10, at 640 S. 84th Street, West Allis. Hours are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 8 a.m. through midnight on Friday and Saturday, and 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the final Sunday of the fair.
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1. The Wisconsin State Fair History Exhibit
For all the history buffs out there, the Wisconsin State Fair History Exhibit at the south end of the Exposition Center is the place to be. The exhibit includes pieces from iconic fair favorites, such as the original cream puff, Mille's Sausages, the Giant Slide and more. Test your knowledge after checking out the retro displays and take a fair quiz for a chance to win some fairy cool prizes.» Read Full Article
Zelich's statements contradicted physical evidence, recordings show
killed two women and hid their bodies in suitcases made statements that didn't match the physical evidence during an internal investigation after a woman ran from his apartment in her underwear in May 2001, according to audio recordings released Tuesday.A former West Allis police officer who authorities say
Steven Zelich and the woman told completely different stories, but at least one piece of evidence — a condom — backed up her version, according to a recording of his interview with internal investigators.
"I didn't see or have contact with any type of condom," Zelich said on the recording.
Asked to explain the fact that one had been found in his kitchen garbage can, under some Taco Bell wrappers from the day before, silences and stuttering ensued.
"I don't know — first of all, it had to be her condom. It wasn't my condom. I don't know how — the location — basically, it wasn't my condom," Zelich said.» Read Full Article
Oak Creek baseball team rallies big
It's like Oak Creek baseball coach Scott Holler has been saying for a long time:
The four-time state champion Knights do not play just to win a single WIAA playoff game. They play to go to state.
So the second-seeded Knights went with a trio of sophomore pitchers Friday night in a WIAA regional final against visiting Hale, and in one of the messiest, longest games anyone has ever seen, the Knights rallied from a 6-0 deficit in the second inning to beat the Huskies, 14-8, in an exhausting affair that lasted 2 hours and 44 minutes.
Umpires were uncertain if another inning could have been played, as the sun was already behind the horizon at Abendschein Park.
Holler is relieved that they didn't have to try.» Read Full Article
Steven Zelich pleads not guilty in suitcase bodies
Elkhorn — Steven Zelich pleaded not guilty Thursday to two charges of hiding a corpse during a brief hearing in Walworth County Circuit Court.
Zelich, who appeared from jail via video feed, will have a status hearing in the case Sept. 23.
District Attorney Daniel Necci said the not-guilty pleas were expected.
"From here we will go through the discovery process and see where that takes us," Necci said.
Zelich, 52, was bound over for trial earlier this month on charges in connection with the discovery of two women's bodies inside suitcases along a Town of Geneva road June 5. He remains in the Walworth County jail in lieu of $1 million bail.» Read Full Article
Gov. Scott Walker visits West Allis emphasizing job growth
Gov. Scott Walker came to West Allis Thursday to visit the corporate offices of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. which will create more than 200 new jobs to support its senior living communities nationwide.
Walker was there to review progress on the company's $3.9 million expansion project. Brookdale, a leading owner and operator of senior living communities throughout the country, is increasing the size of its corporate support center in West Allis by 33,000 square feet. It will soon occupy 155,000 square feet in the Summit Place office building. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of the month.
The company is currently accepting applications for positions in information technology, finance, asset management, and other areas. State officials are pleased with the job expansion because these kinds of jobs are examples of the positions that will likely be the jobs of the future.
Walker said Brookdale's expansion is due to the state's welcoming business climate and strong workforce.
The state Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation also authorized Brookdale to receive up to $1 million in jobs tax credits over the next two years to assist with the project. The tax credits are contingent upon Brookdale adding 202 jobs by mid-2016.» Read Full Article
Crews clear crash that closed 2 lanes of westbound I-894
Crews have cleared a crash that closed the two right lanes of westbound Interstate 894 at Greenfield Ave. for about 45 minutes Tuesday morning. The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office responded.
Ex-cop in suitcases bodies case stalked at least six women
who police say killed two women and hid their bodies in suitcases was accused of stalking and harassment by at least half a dozen women before he was forced to resign in August 2001, according to personnel records released Wednesday.The former West Allis police officer
Steven Zelich, who was hired in 1989, left the department after internal investigators uncovered a pattern of troubling incidents, including one in May 2001 in which a woman ran, crying, from his apartment in her underwear.
Several other complaints were the result of inappropriate behavior while Zelich was on duty and in uniform.
According to the records:
A hairstylist complained that Zelich wouldn't leave her alone and blocked her vehicle with his squad car at least twice when she tried to leave work.» Read Full Article
Falls baseball team advances on RBI single by Johnson in seventh
Second baseman Derek Johnson and the rest of the Menomonee Falls baseball team know that the Indians don't need a lot of runs when they have sophomore ace Ty Weber on the mound.
But Tuesday afternoon in their Greater Metro Conference Tournament quarterfinal game with West Allis Hale, the Indians cut it a little close.
Despite a 10-strikeout, one walk, three-hit shutout effort, Weber was still not in line for the win going into the bottom of the seventh.
But an error, a sacrifice and a sharply struck RBI single by Johnson later, Falls made Weber a winner with a 1-0 decision.
"Basically, it was one of those games where there weren't a whole lot of hard hit balls," said Indian coach Pat Hansen. "We didn't hit and they didn't hit. They committed just one error but we took advantage of it and that was the ballgame."» Read Full Article
Attorney: Steven Zelich likely wanted bodies to be found
Elkhorn — The attorney for former West Allis police officer Steven M. Zelich said Thursday that the deaths of two women whose bodies were found along a Walworth County road were accidental and that in leaving the bodies there, Zelich was likely hoping they would be found.
Before Walworth County Circuit Judge Phillip A. Koss bound Zelich over for trial on charges of hiding a corpse, attorney Travis Schwantes argued that probable cause for a trial did not exist because Zelich was likely hoping the bodies would be discovered in the Town of Geneva.
Schwantes was responding to District Attorney Daniel Necci, who said Zelich was likely trying to conceal a crime.
"There is nothing in the law that says they have to be hidden well," Necci said.
Schwantes hurriedly left court after Koss' ruling, saying there is "a lot of work to do on (the case) right now, and I am eager to do it."» Read Full Article
Zelich 'went ballistic' when questioned about handcuffs, report says
West Allis — A woman involved in alleged prostitution encounter with Steven Zelich in 2001 said he "went ballistic" when she questioned him about handcuffs, according to an incident report released by the West Allis Police Deaprtment.
Zelich was forced to resign from the West Allis Police Department, where he had worked since 1989, after the off-duty altercation with an alleged prostitute, according to police sources.
Although the circumstances may have warranted criminal charges against Zelich, the earlier case was never referred to the Milwaukee County district attorney's office for possible prosecution.
According to the incident report from West Allis police:
West Allis officers were called for a report of a woman, wearing only a bikini, banging on a door, and were told that the woman was last seen walking east on W. National Ave. about 3:40 a.m. May 13, 2001.» Read Full Article


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Board of education members voted unanimously Monday to close Liberty Elementary at the end of the 2013-14 school year, despite indefinitely postponing building a new elementary in Brownsboro.
The almost 90-year-old Liberty Elementary is inadequate, officials say, and doesn't provide students the same opportunities as the district's newer facilities.
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Isn't he cute? I traced the Pinterest link back to Danielle's Place of Crafts and Activities. Due to her Copyright Policy I can't give you a complete tutorial but you can find the directions for this craft on her Arctic Animal Page. (You have to scroll down the page a bit till you get to the Walrus craft.)
I did want to give you a couple tips if you decide to do this craft though. Danielle's directions say to glue the paper plates together. If you are inpatient like me and my boys, don't waste your time with school glue. Pop out the glue gun.
Also, we didn't glue in the tusks (plastic spoons) in the muzzle before we painted, as her directions said to. I knew painting would be messy for my preschooler, so we opted to glue on the muzzle and add the tusks after the Walrus was painted and dry. I used the glue gun for the tusks as well.
If I was going to do this craft with a class, I would probably have the paper plates all assembled, ready to paint to help with time. I think I would also consider using staples to put the paper plates together instead of glue. You wouldn't see the staples anyways once it is all painted.
I was disappointed that I could only find one children's picture book with a Walrus as the subject. Turns out, it was a wordless book too. If you know of any fiction Walrus books, I would love some suggestions for future use.
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With the decision in Kitzmiller v. Dover rendered, the town of Dover, Pennsylvania, seems to be returning to normal. In its meeting on January 4, 2006, the Dover Area School Board voted 7-1 not to appeal the decision.
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