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House climate science hearing webcast now
Well, the testimony of Pielke Sr. — a complex argument delivered in lightning speed — would have been nearly unintelligible to any non-scientist. A lesson in what not to do when you have five minutes to talk to members of Congress.
Zwiers on the other hand spelled out the link between global warming and extreme weather very well. His written testimony is very good. I might do a separate post on it.
Donald Roberts DDT testimony — and his effort to connect his narrow knowledge base to the broader issue — gets a #FAIL. Debunked here.
The webcast link is here. Background on anti-science witnesses here.
I'll do some live blogging. I'll also put some of the best comments here (and elsewhere) in the body of the post.
You can watch NASA's Gavin Schmidt live-blog here. But you'd have to put up with Pielke Jr.'s comments.
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11:06 Roberts: Poverty causes asthma?????
Will I be able to watch the webcast after it's over? I'm working right now and would like to watch it later…
If you can't dazzle them with Feynmanship, bamboozle them willingly (or something to that political effect).
11:45 Yes, Rep. Griffith by all means…. let's study egyptian/mesopotamia climate a thousand yrs ago and climate on Mars instead of drought and floods affecting world-wide food supply now. Great bait and switch there…
It certainly seems to me that these hearings are not helping the conservative/denial cause. Those that understand the climate crisis both among the politicians and the scientists seem much more effective.
@ Steven Leibo effective? as in effecting policy? how so?
While Washington Theater goes on with the show, John Cook (Skeptical Science) offers 4 simple recommendations.
1) Phase out use of coal for electric power by 2030 (the Northwest US is ahead of the game)
2) Avoid those unconventional sources of transportation fuel that is even more polluting than traditional sources (Administration's policy on tar sands / oil shale shows how much they are in the Pollutocrats' pockets)
3) Be concerned with clean energy alternatives and not the state of reserves
4) Turn deforestation into reforestation
These are excellent, easy to understand talking points. The first 3 Don'ts really collapse to the one positive: do more clean energy
Why are these things called Congressional Subcommittee "Hearings".
How can you have a "hearing" when one party is deaf.
I wish the "scientists said it was cooling in the 70s because my textbook told me so" myth was more concretely dispelled. Also, Christy's unsupported bias statements on economics and policy was staggering – insinuating that regulation of CO2 would turn the US economy back to either the 18th century or Africa (as though there aren't non-emitting sources of energy.)
On the bright side, the DDT guy seemed to be a total botch.
Somewhere Rachel Carson must be rolling over in her grave.
Poverty? Yes, Prof Roberts testimony says/reads on page 13:
"The whole body of asthma science points to conditions of poverty being a dominant risk factor for asthma. If we are going to seriously try and reduce asthma as a public health problem, then our first goal should be to improve our economy and, to the maximum extent possible, try to eliminate conditions of poverty. I believe we are fundamentally mistaken if we believe for one minute that greater EPA control over C02 will make the slightest difference to asthma sufferers."
Was Roberts' testimony appearance today a plum for the pesticide industry? Are they losing market share to GMOs?
The deniers want us to fill our homes with stuff, and ignore the leaking roof. In the end any who listen will end up with lots of wet and moldy stuff, and a not so safe home.
I was aware before the hearing of the disinformation and willful misunderstanding and ignorance that characterize the Republicans on climate science. So I watched the hearing to get a better sense of how the mind of a politician-denier works. In that respect, the hearing served my purpose very well. Congressmen from Virginia, Colorado, Nebraska, and Louisiana each game me a new understanding. One memorable exchange was the question by the gentlemen from Louisiana (I believe)who asked the panel something like this: farmers in my state tell me they are more worried about higher costs for fertilizer and fuel than they are about any theoretical climate change–why hasn't the scientific community done a better job of convincing the general public that climate change is a real risk? That question, of course, is a good one. But it is truly astounding that this congressman trusts the views of farmers–who have to focus on getting their best yield this year–over climate scientists. He said "farmers are the real environmentalists, in my view."
This amazing point was made over and over: "the science NOT settled" that the climate problem is man-made. This is the battle line. The science IS settled! Its equally amazing that those at the hearing who understand this could not make it absolutely clear that YES – you ARE a FLAT EARTHER if you don't accept this! One congressmen even said something like "the other side is calling us "flat earthers" if we don't accept this" – YES!! This is the point we must win on, and win quickly. We need a campaign around this mantra: "THE SCIENCE IS SETTLED" – what do you climate hawks think about it?
I only watched a few minutes of it, but long enough to remove any vestige of respect I had for Christy. As with Lindzen in the last one I simply do not understand how someone who claims to be a scientist can have such blatently incorrect, unscientific questions put to them and not correct the glaring errors in them. I cannot imagine a similar result if the situation were reversed and the genuine scientists were faced with blatent exaggerations about the threats of climate change.
Misinformers have already won by holding this hearing, no matter what is being said: if you invite one climate change denier, you would have to invite 40 serious scientist. Otherwise you create the false impression that there is a discussion among equally strong groups of scientists.
This is not about the arguments as #8 pointed out – one side does not want to hear them anyways. This just serves to create the wrong impression that there is a controversy.
climate undergrad, check out this CP post and the linked BAMS article for concrete dispelling of global climate myth.
350 Now asks: "Was Roberts' testimony appearance today a plum for the pesticide industry? Are they losing market share to GMOs?"
Only, I would guess, as a side effect. It goes primarily to the fact that point sources of pollution like incinerators, coal-fired power plants, and industrial producers of toxic chemicals (e.g. refineries) tend to be located in poor neighborhoods.
So yes, poverty is a dominant risk factor for asthma — because the poor tend to cluster around sources of asthma-causing chemicals like coal ash. (I don't mean to imply that the poor came later than the sources.) The relationship between fine-particle ash and respiratory diseases is well documented. See Jeff Goodell's Big Coal.
And Roberts' testimony is an artful piece of misdirection. Promising to cure or reduce asthma by ending poverty is much like the BTI promise that technical innovations will fix global warming. All we have to do is wait…
Well comrades, as in all things, we Austrayans are aping the worst aspects of US society. While our temporary PM, Julia Dullard, is in Washington enthusiastically 'brown-nosing' as we say here, the US ruling elite, with truly crass sycophancy (even joining in the China demonisation with McCain)her regime is crumbling at home. After, with trademark incompetence, introducing the idea of a carbon tax, without any details of compensation etc being announced, she has been swamped by a tsunami of media vilification and a demented fear campaign by the opposition. In fact she has created precisely the circumstances that the local Right have been slavering for-the cause that will animate the Rightwing denialist rabble into transforming itself into a full-blown Antipodean 'Tea Party'. God knows we have a surfeit of Mad Hatters. The sheer incompetence of the Dullard regime is quite beyond belief. One would almost suspect that it has all been planned to turn out this way. Apart from going back on a promise not to introduce a carbon tax in this term of government, which has been cynically exploited by an opposition that, when in Government, broke all known records for cynical, repeated, mendacity (recollection of which has gone down the local MSM's 'memory-hole')the announcement was made without any apparent preparation, opening the field for a scare campaign. But at least we now know that, for the denialist rabble, the lives of their children weigh less heavily in their calculus of good and ill, than $90 a year on their electricity bills and six cents a litre on the price of petrol, and that comes as no surprise to me, at least. If you want to see what an Austrayan Tea Party will look like, look up ABC TV's Four Corners program, broadcast this week, and witness the deranged behaviour of the mob when the Murray Darling Basin Plan was taken to a public meeting. Aside from the foul, potty-mouthed, abuse, the yelling, leaping and gesticulating, the throwing of objects in a tantrum, you had the always pleasing sight of a Rightwing book burning. Ah, it takes me back.
Heraclitus #14 – I got a hold of Christy's testimony last night and had the exact same reaction. I previously had some respect for him, as he seemed like a reasonably honest person who didn't seem to go out of his way to misinform the public, unlike say Lindzen. But I was extremely disappointed by his testimony. A bunch of long-debunked myths that could have come straight out of the NIPCC report. Just utter garbage.
He even claimed the lower troposphere warming trend is 0.09°C/decade when according to UAH – his own data – it's 0.14°C/decade. That was a real "WTF?" moment for me. I lost all respect I had left for Christy last night.
I'm probably going to write a response to his testimony for Skeptical Science. It will be easy, since almost everything he said has been debunked for years to decades.
Thanks for the feedback, Chris @17. Yes, poverty stricken folks have more difficulty with asthma for multiple reasons. But there's been a lot of buzz in conservative rags of late about tropical malarial deaths due to "the US banning" of DDT, (which of course we can only ban within our own borders.) As an amateur observer, I thought it strange for DDT to be in back-to-back news stories again and curious of the press's trashing of the UNEP. The question I posed earlier on another thread was re the DDT discussion at:
Someone mentioned today that a non-scientist would have been lost in parts of the testimony. True. I especially appreciated the straight forward, take no prisoners attitudes of Rep. Waxman (D-CA) and Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA). Especially when Inslee said he was frankly ashamed with all the advances the US had made as a nation (man on moon, etc) that today they were still laboring over the same points resolved years ago by thousands of scientists. It was spot on when he compared the press's coverage to that of a divorce trial – he said/she said and that the misinformation campaigns (of the fossil fuel industries) were of the same vein as tobacco industry lobbyists years ago. The climate choir knows this, but it's good to have it in the Congressional record.
Perhaps the richest point of the hearing was the Rep. from LA (Scalise?) at the close, saying he'd just returned from Mardi Gras and "brought back cake" and everyone's invited back to eat cake. Yes, by all means, let them eat cake. The irony drizzling around the historic image of that line was thicker than the icing.
The most memorable point for me was Rep. Inslee's comment that behind the scientists working for cleaner, safer environmental levels of C02 were 4500 scientists -doctors, nurses, researchers – standing with them.
I swear I got chill bumps hearing Inslee say this as it called to mind an almost identical line from the powerful film "The Girl in the Cafe." It was when the (fictional) G8 summit's PM and Exchequer said that they were standing behind the millions of children who would needlessly die from hunger and malnutrition… Those who have seen this film will likely recall the ending scene exactly.
@13 Alex – Although I very much agree the science is as settled as you could ask for at this point, the fact that they're trying to place all their calls for apathy and inaction on a platform of unsettled science is pretty absurd in it's own right.
Deniers can blab about uncertainties all they want but there is barely a shred of any science, let alone settled science, that shows manmade warming to be the inconsequential effect they want it to be. The only uncertainty is in how bad it's going to get, and that uncertainty flies BOTH ways. So yes, maybe it won't turn out as dire as some scientists think – we can't completely erase that possibility – but everyday this scenario seems to be diminishing while evidence (i.e. real observations, not models) for it being much, MUCH WORSE continue to grow and grow.
Uncertainty is as big a reason as any to take appropriate action.
But this whole "debate" is absolutely NOTHING but a delay tactic. One designed to allow the consumption driven corporatists and fossil fuel oligarchs the time to extract as much wealth from their unsustainable Ponzi scheme as they can, before it's time to finally turn tail and run. It is beyond obvious that practically the entire GOP is on board with them at this point.
It's disgusting how much corruption has infiltrated right wing politics. But at the same time I expect nothing less from the purveyors of the crooked status quo. What's truly scary is all the Tea Partiers/Fox News puppets/WUWT trolls, etc who have taken up arms on their behalf.
It says a lot about them considering how much they rally around the "uncertainty" flag as well. They clearly feel blind, blissful stupidity is their God-given right, and to hell with anyone who tries to take that away from them.
Dana @19,
Please do do a post at SkepticalScience addressing Christy's misinformation and maybe one on Pielke too.
Christy is clearly no better than Lindzen, Michaels or even Carter for that matter. Disgusting and unforgivable gven how much is potentially on the line.
Heraclitus @14,
You nailed it.
Joe I'm hoping that you will write more about the misinformation presented by the GOP reps today, as well as Roberts, Christy and Pielke. IIRC, Christy and Roberts misled Congress, surely that is actionable?!
Some comments on the introduction:
– This is head-exploding, the usual stuff, so to say.
– No wonder the Republicans win the debate: they know how to communicate. No disrespect for the Democratic speaker, but how do you expect the people to be convinced by a crippled black guy who speaks through his nose. I mean, seriously! Let's face the hard truth: some people have good intentions but shouldn't be allowed to speak in public.
– Now they're talking about China and about how America's emissions are too small to even matter. Aarrgghh! How absurd! The whole world has been desperately waiting for the US for over a decade to finally come along and now this guy says: "why are we gonna sacrifice ourselves if no one else is willing to follow our good example?" Splatch, there goes my brain again…
Everything is possible in denialistan. It's the American Dream in overdrive. You can make your dreams come true. You're free to believe and say whatever you want.
Historically speaking we are bearing witness to the second law of thermodynamics: our civilization, which has taken painstaking work of 100 generations to build, can be destroyed in just one generation by a minority of the population of one of the world's nations. I'm being held hostage by a bunch of Neanderthals that live an ocean away and wear suits while they play a board game with the planet.
MapleLeaf #22 – sitting down to start the rebuttal to Christy right now. Look for it on Skeptical Science hopefully by this weekend. We'll probably address Pielke's written testimony too, but it was so devoid of substance that there's not much to say about it!
-Clearly, the deniers used the tactic of filling their time with blabber, knowing that their unconditional followers would in any case believe they just nailed it, without having understood a single word.
Especially Pielke's testimony was very empty. You would tell from the speed at which he spoke that he has a lot to say, but really he didn't say anything.
-I loved it when Waxman said: "breathtakingly irresponsible".
-Somerville, great in general, especially: "The standard skeptical or contrarian arguments have been refuted many times over in technical papers published in the peer-reviewed scientific research literature. Nobody today should be impressed by these discredited claims."
Some European #23, VERY WELL PUT!!
Thanks Dana…look forward to reading those.
Hopefully Joe doe something similar.
It blows my mind how openly disingenuous and deceitful the 'skeptics' are.
SomeEuropean, I share your frustration. Unfortunately, Canada is very much part of the problem. Also, the conservative government here refuses to move or take any meaningful action until the USA does.
The USA and Canada desperately need leadership on the climate file, but going by the power wielded by denialists like Inhofe and Harper I am not hopeful.
What is sad is that refuting these guys is like shooting fish in a barrel– why are they so reticent to thoroughly debunk and discredit them? Dr. Romm?
SE @ #23 – Boycott America.
David @28,
You know, it might very well come to that, i.e., sanctions. Or levies on goods produced in countries having large C footprints. Right now Europe and N. America are simply exporting their pollution and CO2 offshore in China.
More quotes from today's hearing at:
Rep. Scalise claimed that he was taught in school – from a text book no less – that scientists in the 1970s agreed that the world was soon going to experience an ice age.
He should be required to produce the text book and the school district that used it. Some reporter should follow up on this blatant lie.
jimvj I think it was actually newly-elected Rep. Morgan Griffith who spouted the nonsense about global cooling. It was just one of the climate-denier talking points that he regurgitated in somewhat rapid-fire succession. I couldn't see any fossil-fueled marionette strings, but they were easy to imagine. See the 1-hour, 40-minute mark of the Subcommittee Hearing on YouTube.
With regard to telling lies, Griffith represents the Ninth Congressional District of Virginia, at the western edge of the state. It is area known for mountaintop-removal coal mining which relies on two big lies: Blowing up the tops of 300 million-year-old mountains is wise land use, and dumping more carbon into the atmosphere is an essential component of a wise energy policy.
I missed this highlight from the oddities of humankind. Best of on youtube? Anyone?
Thanks, Lisa @32 for posting the youtube video link for the hearing. Yesterday my online link had audio only and it reminded me of the old saw "law is like sausage -if you like it, you shouldn't watch it being made" so I just listened in.
Problem is… too many folks are tuning out of Civics 101. Perhaps they are too busy with Charlie Sheen 101…
IIRC, Christy and Roberts misled Congress, surely that is actionable?!
The witnesses were not asked to take an oath, as far as I can tell. Lying to Congress isn't actionable, under rules in both the House and Senate, unless the witnesses are sworn.
Even then it's difficult to get a committee to act.
A new way to treat asthma is to not spend money going to a doctor.
Or is this just a transition to a new Koch argument that ends up being we are only killing the poor who are to blame for all our problems anyway.
The game theory that trumps every other game this century is, in our opinion, "The Tragedy of the Commons". Our success as a species, in our view, depends upon our ability to solve this game in a manner that will allow us to survive.
Note than in the common solution to this game, the participants make the choice that is best for them however, this choice is the worst overall. The correct choice is the one that is not optimal for the participants individually …. everybody loses something individually … but the outcome is best for everyone.
The propaganda around this issue is based, as far as we can tell, on FUD. Good old FUD, Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt … the Three (other) Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
As long as FUD rules us there will be no human friendly solution to the game. We will be left with eternal suffering. But, and this is the moral issue, the people who are NOT responsible for this tragedy will be the first to suffer on a grand scale. The affluence of the rest of the world will allow them to mitigate the effects for awhile.
But only for awhile.
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When a company planning a massive project in the community changes its name, it takes a little getting used to.
Effingham County could shape itself into a draw for tourists, if enough resources are applied to making it happen, a state tourism official said Thursday.
ATLANTA - The Georgia Department of Labor announced that Effingham County's preliminary unemployment for July was 6.6 percent, up from June's rate of 6.4 percent. The rate is down from the July 2013 mark of 7.1 percent.
ST. SIMONS ISLAND - As director of Armstrong State University's Center for Regional Analysis, Michael Toma has been a bearer of grim economic tidings over the last several years. But Thursday morning, his remarks on the region's outlook appeared to be much more well-received.
While Effingham Industrial Development Authority members expect to get the master plan for Medient Studios' project, they also still have a slew of questions.
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The Savannah-based medical organization formerly known as SouthCoast Medical Group has re-branded officially as SouthCoast Health. The change will be reflected in the organization's name, logo, Web site and overall visual identity.
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Dynasty mode on NCAA 12
I love the profile name.
With this logic, Iowa State will be the National Champions in many years to come as well!
Troy is going to become a national powerhouse in 15 years. Who'd a thought.
What took so long?
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
Sweet, we are 14-0, which means conference game and more than 10 teams!
If we are going of NCAA '12, I upset both OSU and OU to get enough wins to make a bowl game. The bad news is I lost to Wisc. in the Insight Bowl.
"If I got mad everytime someone puked in a pool I would hate a lot of people"
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If we are going of NCAA '12, I upset both OSU and OU to get enough wins to make a bowl game. The bad news is I lost to Wisc. in the Insight Bowl.
I love your signature.
Troy? Oh wow... I want to see that top 25 lol
The real shocker is... TROY?!
Troy vs Iowa State national title game
It could happen..
good thing Herman won't be here then
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Yeah, the bigger question is, what conference is ISU in in 2026. I'm assuming Troy is in the SEC or ACC if they ended up ranked #2.
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EA Sports must have some deal with the Sun Belt Conference - they had Arkansas State make it to the Championship game in one of my dynasties.
I played a dynasty as a different college and about this same year Iowa State won the title too...very weird as I didn't control them...think they beat Michigan tho...maybe it's a sign!
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Louisiana's attorney general says shops can sell T-shirts with the phrase "Who Dat" if they don't make other references to the New Orleans Saints or the National Football League.
Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said Monday he had a conference call with the NFL's general counsel to discuss cease-and-desist letters that some Louisiana T-shirt makers received from the league. The letters demanded they stop selling shirts featuring the phrase that's part of a popular cheer by Saints fans.
Caldwell says the NFL is only objecting to shirts that are marketed or presented as a Saints or NFL product. So, a shirt in black and gold with the phrase "Who Dat" can be sold, he says, if it doesn't make other references to the team.
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Defense name of Loveland's game
Most football fans have heard the line about predicting the outcome when "the unstoppable force meets the immovable object." Tonight's mega-showdown between unbeaten Kings and Loveland promises to be a variation on that theme - unstoppable force meeting unstoppable force. Kickoff is 7:30 at Kings.
The feature matchup is Kings' offense versus Loveland's defense.
Kings, ranked No..1 in the Enquirer's Division II-VI coaches poll, sports the second-highest scoring offense in the area. Only once in eight games have the Knights been held below 40 points.
Loveland, ranked No..2 in the poll, allows a mere 8.38 points per game. Over the past 20 quarters of play, the Tigers' defense has given up just one touchdown to an opposing offense, while recording shutouts four of the past five weeks.
"I've never had a team go through a stretch like this," Loveland head coach Chuck Warden said. "What is kind of our team motto is 'united.' We use that word a lot in practice with the kids, and that's exactly how this defense is playing."
The reason Loveland's defense deserves to be known as an unstoppable force is its style. The Tigers attack with movement.
"This defense uses speed and athleticism," Warden said. "We've been smaller than everyone we've played. Our D-linemen are relatively small. Three of the four came into the program as linebackers. That's the kind of kid we want on defense, a skilled kid who can run."
Said defensive end Darrell Walsh: "We play a key-read defense, which makes it real tough for our opponents. We're quick and that makes us tough to block."
Another plus for the defense is maturity. Walsh is one of nine seniors who will start on defense tonight. Linebacker Josh McCoy and end Brandon Minturn, both third-year starters, lead the unit, but the emphasis is on balance and each individual performing his job.
"This defense is very smart," said junior running back Corey Partridge, who will double up at defensive back tonight. "The whole game plan is everyone does their job. You may not make the tackle, but it may be you're setting someone else up to make the tackle."
Loveland has been particularly stingy against the run, allowing opponents 64 yards per game. Then, when the Tigers have lured the opposition into throwing the ball, they've picked off 14 passes, leading to a turnover advantage of plus-10.
"As an offense, we know we can always fall back on the defense if we're struggling," center Kevin McCormick said.
Loveland was 5-5 a year ago, but saw its confidence skyrocket this season after handling Miamisburg and McNicholas in the second and third games of the year. Those were teams the Tigers struggled with recently. That set up the shutout stretch, leading into tonight's game.
Last year, Loveland suffered a 10-7 loss to the Knights after fumbling at the Kings' 8-yard line with under two minutes left in the game.
A total of 26 seniors have helped pick up Loveland's fortunes this season. Now the Tigers will measure themselves in perhaps the most-anticipated game outside of the I-275 beltway.
"We have all these seniors and we've all played together since we were 8 years old," receiver Eric Hazlett said. "We knew we could come together as a team and play this way. But the feeling this week is pretty intense."
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READING keeper Alex McCarthy could return before the end of the season after shoulder surgery on Tuesday.
McCarthy suffered the injury in the last minute of Reading's 1-1 draw at QPR last month
McCarthy will be out for four months but has also been told there is a small chance he'll be fit enough to play again before May.
The 23-year-old feared his campaign was over after specialists insisted he needed an operation.
But the news was slightly better after the operation.
McCarthy suffered the injury in the last minute of Reading's 1-1 draw at QPR last month.
He had only just forced his way into the Reading side at the expense of Adam Federici.
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How a team looks on paper borders on irrelevant if the athletes don't constantly strive for improvement.
Welcome to the offseason mission of Franklin Community High School boys swimming coach Zach DeWitt.
DeWitt watched with tremendous pride last weekend as the Grizzly Cubs finished 11th in the team standings at the annual IHSAA Boys Swimming and Diving State Finals at the IU Natatorium at IUPUI.
He will, however, be promised nothing next season simply because state finalists Adam Destrampe and Clayton Culp return for their senior seasons.
"It all starts in the offseason, and I can't emphasize that enough. We think if we get everyone to commit in the summer that we can be as high as fifth (at the state meet) next season," DeWitt said.
"It's our job as coaches to keep them motivated."
DeWitt points to Avon as being the ideal blueprint.
As recently as 2010 the Orioles didn't produce a single point in the state finals and were good for only one point in 2012. Last season Avon secured ninth place with 97 points and last weekend took home the runner-up trophy after generating 198 points and an individual state champion, 200-yard freestyle swimmer Parks Jones.
It comes down to want, work and the want to work.
The Grizzly Cubs are sure to miss the five seniors who depart from this season's squad, most notably 200 IM sectional champion Kevin Stahl (who was also second in the 100 butterfly) and freestyle/breaststroke specialist Daniel Rice.
Stahl and Rice also comprised one half of the sectional-winning 200- and 400-yard freestyle relay teams.
"I'm excited to see how our team does, but two of our guys on relays are leaving, so we'll see," Destrampe said. "I would really like to see the team finish in the top 10 next season."
Along with Destrampe and Culp, DeWitt anticipates a big senior season from Jimmy Pryor in the 200 IM and 100 breaststroke.
The coach said sophomore-to-be A.J. Rice (100 free, 100 fly) might well be "the most talented guy on our team."
Look for Aaron Lamm, brother of departing senior Daniel Lamm, to make noise in the 200 and 500 freestyle after placing in the top four at sectional in both events.
Josh Barrett will be producing points as a senior for the Grizzly Cubs in the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, Chance Gildersleeve in the 200 and 500 free, and Aaron Adamson in the 100 fly and 100 backstroke.
Franklin also brings back swimmer Connor Lambert along with the Cubs' three top divers from this season — Brion Brooks, Max Murr and Dylan Munn.
Back-to-back sectional championships — the first team titles in program history after 27 straight by Center Grove — provide the Grizzly Cubs a sturdy launching pad for the years ahead both locally and outside Johnson County.
In that 2010 state meet, the same one in which Avon produced a goose-egg, Franklin scored 74 points to place 11th. They've since finished 21st (2011), 14th (2012), 13th (2013) and now 11th again.
The next steps await.
"Honestly, after Friday we were in 12th place, so I was happy with 11th," said DeWitt of last weekend's preliminary competitions. "This was a much faster state meet than last year, but we're returning a major portion of our team and would like to top our performance of this season."
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Poor Ao Shin...he got cancelled and replaced by Aurelion Sol. :'C
"I am the Thunder"
"I am the Storm"
"I am the Storm"
*cries* AO SHIN IS DEAD
Oh my gooood, too cute ^_^
That's cute
Cant wait for him to be released~♥
Could I use this as my facebook picture il l post credits and everything neede
i hope his skin would be an epic "centipede ao shin"
Report this cute Ao Shin for stealing my heart!~♥ >///<
this champ hasnt been released yet has it?
or is it even a champ yet?
hasn't release yet ;_;
Riot posts Ao Shin's early concept before Jinx's release and says he won't be the next champion.
so "not the next champ" doesn't mean he'll release right after Jinx _(:3」∠)_
CuTe <3
Adorably evil .
So cute <3
I had to laugh at him when they released his picture... someone in the comments posted "Report Zilean for cosplaying". But very cute!!
rawr :3
i wantsss
I thought the same thing when I saw the sneak preview. Anyone know when he is actually due for release?
He's so cute!
Eeeee~ I wanna hug it!! *Stretches arms out towards*
is cuteee. Riot shut up and take my IP
Thresh+hecarim's son xD
put this in a fishbowl OwO i wanna see what it looks like lol!
Rawr fear me!
OMG, so cuteeeeeeeee TwT
Dragons are OP!!!
This is totally adorable
i wonder if he's going to be Shivannas father... you know, the dragon who got her mother preagned and then left just like that?.. i mean, seriously, what a tailhole!
Wasn't Shyv's father killed by a "bad dragon" or some sort, and that was the one that she killed with the help of J4?
... I'm such a nerd.. lool
hum, maybe i didn't red the lore close enough, or maybe they changed it... whatever, let's just see what's this guys story
I feel life he is going to be an Ap mid for some reason.
I was waiting for this pic <3
Even when cute this guy is still badass!
this champion looks fantastic, though I'm expecting he'd probably be released late this year or Early next year,hopefully, and I bet his first release skin may be a Chinese dragon or something~
Very cute chibi pic of Ao Shin,very good work!
kog'maw+zilean hair XD
but ao shin is so awesum
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The Titans' interior defensive line was supposed to be a strength. In the preseason it looked like that would hold form. But it's hardly been the backbone of the defense as the team has gone 3-5 in the first half of the season.
The Colts came into Sunday's game off a good running game in a win over Cleveland, but they hardly qualified as a good running team, ranking 22nd in the NFL with 96.5 ground yards a game.
That ranking will jump after 34 carries for 171 yards against the Titans.
Per ESPN Stats & Information, Indianapolis fared well running directly up the middle against Tennessee.
Entering the game, the Colts had the fewest rushing yards up the middle in the league -- 171. Colts running backs combined on 13 rushes for 79 yards and a touchdown on rushes between the guards Sunday, with eight rushes and 37 yards coming in the fourth quarter and overtime.
In their first six games, they averaged 3.1 yards on such runs. Against the Titans they boosted that number all the way to 6.1. In their first six games, they had four runs of 10 yards or more on such carries. Against the Titans they had three.
While Donald Brown and Vick Ballard deserve a lot of credit for a great running game, let's not forget the offensive line. This patchwork group features a No. 1 pick at left tackle in Anthony Castonzo and a mid-level free-agent signing in center Samson Satele.
The three other guys are certainly upgradable in the long term. But as a group they are playing increasingly well, and it's better than it's been in recent years for sure.
If the Colts can get solid run efforts like this going forward, pressure on Andrew Luck and the defense will be alleviated and the team can be far more effective.
"It makes dropping back a little easier, guys aren't just pinning their ears back," Luck said. "I think it's great to get first downs on consecutive runs -- it does so much for the offense, and allowing [Bruce Arians] to open it up and call some play-action stuff, open the passing game up as well. I think just a great job by the O-line and wide receivers and tight ends, everybody blocking down field."


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Closing a Hotel for a Short Period - Is It The Right Thing To Do?
By Ian Graham
Wednesday, 29th May 2013
Some things to consider when taking this important decision; Recent work in Greece has reminded us that in some situations, it is received wisdom that hotels should close for a number of months 'when demand is low'.
The question is, is closing always the best option?
A hotel is essentially a fixed cost business - the reciprocal being that the marginal cost of a room night or a meal is very low.
Let's just think about the variable costs:
Telephone Calls
Bathroom amenities
Linen laundry
Spa products
That's it. So if you close a hotel for a day or for a week, you save next to nothing.
If you close for around a month, you still save very little but you do get the chance to recuperate vacation entitlement and give yourself the opportunity to do some essential Front of House repairs and maintenance, i.e. you manage the balance sheet but not the P&L.
If you close for more than a month, you can choose to lay off some front line staff, perhaps you close one of the restaurants, or close down one of the floors. But the semi-variable costs you "save" will be pretty minimal and in your closing down and reopening processes, you will incur incremental redundancy and training costs.
Whether you close for a week, a month, or a quarter, you need to keep the elevator maintenance agreement in place, the freezers need to stay on as well as the air conditioning, management and the accountants stay, and the marketing team remains in post etc. So in my opinion I don't think there is much scope to save money with semi-variable expenses - there may be some savings, but they won't be huge!
Let's use an example: a hotel with 11.5m of revenues, 1.5m of EBITDA and a cost base of 10m.
The variable costs might be:
Food Cost of Sales 0.7m
Beverage Cost of Sales 0.2m
MOD Cost of Sales 0.6m
Management Basic Fees 0.4m
And let's say another 0.5 can be prised out of the other areas e.g. travel agent commissions.
So the costs we can avoid by closing are just +/- 2.4m out of a cost base of 10m = 25%.
The rest of the costs will continue to be incurred.
If the hotel is closed for more than just a week or two, say for three months, there is some scope to save additional costs. But I suggest it is likely to be less than 25% of the other 8m, so maybe 2m. Because management stays on, real estate taxes need to be paid, insurance and energy needs to be consumed, sales and marketing continues, and the chef and his top team stay in place.
All of these considerations leave me thinking that the costs of keeping a three-month closed hotel ready to re-open are of the order of (10.4m-2.4m-2m) = 6m per annum = 0.5m per month. And that's without the costs associated with closing (redundancy) and re-opening (hiring and training)!
Personally I think this is a cost that a responsible owner would avoid like the plague. So I do not understand why hotel owners and operators decide to close, even for short periods. Even the man in the street will recognise that it is extremely uncommon for hotels to close for a week, and even more unusual for hotels to close for three months.
Do you agree?
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This review is from: Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade 256 MB White
Pros: Very good developer support, even more support than the PS3 at the moment. Graphics even sometimes surpass that of the PS3. Wireless controllers are built unlike any other, they got a nice weight and feel to them. Also, Xbox LIVE is simply amazing, it's always somebody to play with and most people have a headset. 1 year standard warranty, and a 3 year RROD warranty.
Cons: Obviously the RROD (Red Ring of Death) is the only main gripe I have with the 360, although I hear it has been contained and pretty much reduced due to the arcades being designed slightly different than the older 360's which carried the botched hardware design.
Other Thoughts: To the guy(s) making the comments about buying a PS3, I laugh at you. I just sold my 40GB PS3 and bought 360 games with the money, best decision of my life. The Ps3 virtually has nothing interesting other than MGS4, everything else is going through delay after delay. So get a 360, you'll never look back!
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Pros: The 360 has a very nice GUI that is very user friendly. The selection of games for the 360 is also very nice. The removable HD is a nice feature as well as the easy setup/take down. I've taken my 360 all over the place with no problem. Xbox live has a very nice online community and their are lots of things that are only features of 360 games such as achievements. For the most part the 360 has many nice features but...
Cons: The hardware configuration in the 360 is absolutely ridiculous. I've taken apart and fixed many 360's and Microsoft did a terrible job at building the 360. A major problem with the 360's is that they overheat frequently due to the fan speed and the fact that the two processors, which both generate an immense amount of heat, are placed directly underneath the CD drive which allows the buildup of heat and eventually, the melting of the solder on the main board. Also, the thermal grease that is applied prior to the installation of a heat sink onto the processors is totally skimped by Microsoft. That's problem # 1. The 360 has a 22% failure rate, mostly due to the heat, but the disk drives are also known to fail. I've seen many broken disk drives. Microsoft overprices their accessory's an immense amount. A wireless adapter that should cost no more than $50 costs $100. Microsoft costumer support is awful. I've spent too mush time talking to those idiots. Honestly Buy a PS3 if you want con.
Other Thoughts: a reliable system.
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Pros: Well, this system is perfect since my last one died. I don't have to get one with a HD because I still have my last one and I can now get it with HDMI output without getting an Elite. Hopefully I won't have to worry about the RRoD with the new GPU heatsink.
Cons: If Microsoft would have put a better heatsink on the GPU three years ago we wouldn't have had the RRoD problem and everyone wouldn't hate Xbox360 so much.
Other Thoughts: Everything about the 360 is great except for the hardware reliability up till now. The games, user interface, and aesthetics are all awesome.
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Love it so far
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Pros: The Xbox360 has good graphics, a more expansive library than ps3 or wii, and it's really cheap now. The 256 mb memory card is more than enough for storing save files (most save files are only 10-20 kb), but if you want to download stuff off xbox live, go for the 20gb model. Oh, and it also comes with a wireless controller. The controllers are easy to use, and they're small.
Cons: The hard drives are way too expensive for this machine. The graphics aren't as good as the ps3's, and it has the rrod curse. I've only had mine for a day, and it hasn't died yet, but it's backed by a 3 year warranty so far.
Other Thoughts: It's worth what you pay for it. If the ps3 had more games for it, I probably would have just waited and bought that instead, but I'll stick with this machine for now.
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Pros: Been building PCs and didnt bother getting any of the next gen consoles, but I couldnt pass this up. The 360 is really just great. Runs cool with the new copperheatpipes (still suggest you get some cooler for it to be safe). Been playing GTA 4 all day since I got it. Has room for expandability (HDD ect).
Cons: None.
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Pros: Very good, stable xbox 360. I have had an xbox 360 premium for launch in 2005, it just broke not too long ago, and I decided to repair it with an xclamp mod. It did not work, and my warranty was void. I bought one of these from a store with a large W, same one as here. So far its 1.-running alot cooler 2.-quieter, 3.-more stable as a whole. So yes, if you need a cheap, but VERY GOOD xbox 360, the Arcade is the way to go.
Cons: Nothing, if your ever breaks just call 18004699269
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Stable System For Me
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Pros: Bought this system @ launch and have had no overheating or RROD problems. I keep it upright and in a open air setting, not stuffed in a media cabinet.
Cons: Only problems I've had is some disc read errors that are fixed with a system restart. These occur few and far between and I think every console I've ever owned has had a quirk like this in some way.
Other Thoughts: Buy it, at 200$ you cannot go wrong.
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Big difference from Original 360
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Pros: Well, it's been a few months, and no disk read errors at all (like my previously owned now broken 360).
Cons: No color selection :(
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Not The Best By A Long Shot
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Pros: I like the style of the 360. It has a couple of good games.
Cons: I have had this 360 for about 2 and a half weeks. I had to send it back due to the motherboard Failure or "RROD". The customer service was not the best, to the point that I actually had to hang up once. ( They forgot about me! ) This would be my 6th Xbox 360 in one year. After doing a little research I have decided that owning a Playstation 3 or a Wii may be a better choice.
Other Thoughts: I have found that the 360 may not be the better choice not that you can't even get HD DVDs anymore. I will warn any buddy who wants a 360, you will be paying more then you think. I have found that the PS3 is a better choice for HD Movies and gaming. You won't have any problems with the ps3 too.( going on 1 week and no problem yet.)
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The Best out There
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Pros: I bought this console Back when it was known as the Core Console. I bought it at launch, used the S*** out of it and today still works like the day I took it out of the box. Bought the 20GB HDD 6 months later and still am nowhere near maxed it out. Xbox live is awsome and it worth $50 a year!
Cons: Wish it Came with a HDD
Other Thoughts: I thinks its How you use your console and where you store it as to what its future brings. Just take care of it dont abuse it and I think you can enjoy a long expierence with you 360. I still am Almost 3 years Later.
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I'm reading this article on setting up unattended backups in Duplicity.
I'm in the part called 7.2. SSH KeyCaching
I've added the following to my root
keychain --clear id_rsa
. /root/.keychain/www-sh
The article states that keychain should startup, and that I should be asked for my PASSPHRASE for my private key (/root/.ssh/id_rsa) at this point.
I don't get the expected results here, although keychain indeed starts, it throws out some warnings at this point:
KeyChain 2.6.8; http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/keychain/
Copyright 2002-2004 Gentoo Foundation; Distributed under the GPL
* Found existing ssh-agent (2014)
* ssh-agent: All identities removed.
* Warning: /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub missing; can't tell if /root/.ssh/id_rsa is loaded
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As for Murray's change, I wonder if this means that Adidas will dump Djokovic. I'm not sure they could afford BOTH of them. I guess Adidas is sick of being showed up by Nike. After all, Nike has Rafa, Roger, Serena, Venus among others. So Adidas wants a current player who is going to potentially win Majors and be in the top firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-47669864805993762922009-11-04T15:18:16.406-08:002009-11-04T15:18:16.406-08:00I read it was 10 million pounds over 5 years.I read it was 10 million pounds over 5 email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-9290231411791737932009-11-03T16:53:57.745-08:002009-11-03T16:53:57.745-08:00I agree with "natch." Now Andy M. will b...I agree with "natch." Now Andy M. will be lost in the crowd. I like adidas, but it's nice to see someone wearing a different label.

I never saw him as a style icon, but if it's about style, didn't he have enuf pull to make suggestions? I'd like to think he's got enuf money not to jump ship just for $$$. And, get a tan, even if it's a little email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-36658007770062004292009-11-03T16:22:27.424-08:002009-11-03T16:22:27.424-08:00FP perfectly suited Murray... ah well, as the song...FP perfectly suited Murray... ah well, as the song goes,

Money, money, money, money... email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-63565755465422461792009-11-03T15:14:45.894-08:002009-11-03T15:14:45.894-08:00Wow, money is more important than wearing his coun...Wow, money is more important than wearing his country's email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-79102767420457179312009-11-03T14:57:59.975-08:002009-11-03T14:57:59.975-08:00b2012, *waves* Yep. Something is wrong with Murra...b2012, *waves*
Yep. Something is wrong with Murray in anything but FP. At least in that, he stood out a bit from the crowd. In adidas, he'll be boring.natchhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253867020130053273.post-4091285591411620662009-11-03T13:59:52.177-08:002009-11-03T13:59:52.177-08:00Yeah it was also nice to have Fred Perry in the mi...Yeah it was also nice to have Fred Perry in the mix with the big guns like adidas and Nike, especially on one of the top boys.

As a matter of fact, I can't think of anyone else who actually wears it on-court.

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Video shows shoplifting suspects leaving baby behind
Published: Monday, July 23, 2012 at 6:23 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 23, 2012 at 6:23 p.m.
Video of two sisters who reportedly abandoned a baby during a botched shoplifting attempt was released Monday by the Ocala Police Department.
Allison Niemeyer, 19, is seen in the video pushing a cart toward the exit of the Walmart at 4980 E. Silver Springs Blvd. on Friday. Her sister, Laura Niemeyer, 22, is walking next to her. Allison's son, 1, is riding in the child seat of the cart.
As the women prepare to exit, a Walmart employee tries to stop them from leaving. Allison immediately bolts out the exit and is later seen running across the parking lot toward her car. The Walmart employee is then seen trying to keep Laura Niemeyer at the scene, but she eventually walks away and heads in the same direction as her sister.
The child is left behind.
The women were arrested late Saturday when they were spotted at a local dance club.
Each sister was charged with felony child neglect and retail theft. Allison Niemeyer also was charged with violation of probation, and her sister was charged with resisting a merchant.
Allison Niemeyer is serving probation on house arrest until 2021 in connection with a home invasion robbery with a firearm. She was pregnant when the 2010 crime was committed, authorities said.
Allison Niemeyer was being held late Monday without bond. Laura Niemeyer was being held in lieu of an $11,500 bond.
The child was placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Families on Friday.
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I didn't have any warning lights go on and Ive never had problems with it. One day I feel a loss of power( was going up hill) then big clouds of white smoke. Shouldn't there have been any signs? How much should the repairs cost?
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Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is stressing education and the opportunity to play in front of 108,000 fans on fall Saturdays as part of his pitch to persuade players to stay at the school.
Of the long list of obstacles facing Penn State coach Bill O'Brien, the top priority sounds simple: keeping the Nittany Lions intact.
He is stressing education and the opportunity to play in front of 108,000 fans on fall Saturdays as part of his pitch to persuade players to stay in Happy Valley.
O'Brien, in a conference call with media Tuesday, said no current member of the team has indicated he will transfer in the wake of NCAA sanctions — including a four-year postseason ban — imposed Monday on Penn State. The penalties allow current players to transfer without restrictions.
O'Brien, relaying what he told players in team meetings, said, "I told the guys to think about the guys they're sitting next to in that room. We've got a bunch of good kids here who are good, tough football players who care about education."
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Paterno was fired in November and died in January.
O'Brien said it is important for fans and the program that games are remaining on television.
"We are playing football. We are opening our season on Sept. 1 before 108,000 strong against Ohio University," O'Brien said emphatically.
"We get to get better as football players, and we get to do that for Penn State."
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Reviewed: 25 May 2014 by Sandra-NW, a Bisexual Married Female
This has to be my number one sex toy!
After trying out the egg at home and having wonderful orgasms as my husband played with me, we decided to test the full extent of the remote range.
Suitable dressed (provocatively), we went to the City and chose a bistro were I sat alone and hubby sat a few tables away.
As various people came and went, hubby operated the remote to see my reactions. Not only did I have the wonderful vibrating sensations in my vagina, I also had the added excitement of strangers in close proximity as my lust grew.
I'm sure one particular guy knew exactly what was happening, as I could see a distinct bulge in his pants... or perhaps that was just the result of my "accidentally" showing my stocking tops. :)
By now, my panties were dripping wet!
All in all, an exciting trip with an exciting product.
And when we got home... well, that's another story. :)
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- The style, the comfort, the orgasms.
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- Nothing, I adore this toy.
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- Overall, a must for remote play, only restricted by horny imagination.
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This was very nice to use. I liked it. My ex and I used it almost every day when we had sex. It was a huge part of our sex life.
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My first remote control egg finally died after two years use, and I spent a long time deciding what we should get to replace it.
We chose a purple version of this egg. I don't tend to fully insert my egg as I get a lot more pleasure from the vibrations on my clit. Luckily, I had read reviews that mentioned the colour "bleed", otherwise I would have thought I had some sort of infection!
Overall, this is a good product, fairly quiet, although some settings might attract attention if everyone around goes quiet at the same time.
I expect that I thought it was audible because I was enjoying the vibrations. I just gave my partner one of those looks and hissed - change the setting. Job done.
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- The vibrations are much stronger and quieter than our first egg.
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- Didn't work at first. My partner had to spend 10 minutes getting it to work.
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- Good that it takes AAA as these are easily (and cheaply. Thanks, Poundshop) obtained.
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North American Oil & Gas Market: The Outlook for Satcoms in 2012 (Part 2)
[Satellite News 12-14-11] In part two of this 2012 oil and gas industry satcom overview, Satellite News sat down with satellite executives in the enterprise sector to discuss how advances in SCADA technology and available services will impact the interaction that energy companies have with their communications providers. The executives also outline their projections for satellite growth in the coming year.
Continued from Part 1 –
While outlining different trends in the energy industry, Greg Quiggle, vice president of product management for iDirect, pointed out the increasing demand for greater bandwidth in pipeline applications. "We see increased momentum in SCADA-Plus applications. SCADA-Plus signifies something beyond simple connectivity for an RTU [remote terminal unit] or PLC [programmable logic unit]."
Energy companies are taking the next step and increasing the amount of bandwidth available at RTU locations, according to Quiggle. "A pipeline may want to bring back a video stream when an alarm is triggered, or they may want to have voice and email support when a field technician is on site. Existing communication architectures simply don't fit a pipeline's needs anymore. L-band solutions have been used traditionally but they don't provide the bandwidth that is required and their business model is too expensive to send large amounts of data."
Early next year, iDirect will begin to preview three upcoming key changes to their product offerings to support SCADA-Plus applications. The most notable is an outdoor VSAT terminal called the Evolution X1. The electronics, which are housed in an IP67 weatherproof enclosure, feature an extended temperature specification to eliminate the need for additional environmental protection. The Evolution X1 also features solar-friendly DC power options and an intelligent power management system.
Quiggle said iDirect will launch a new hub line card that can support up to 16 128 kilosymbol-per-second channels to lower the cost for service providers entering the SCADA market. iDirect also will introduce a new Group QoS release feature which minimizes the amount of satellite bandwidth for large scale networks. "Our goal was to get the monthly pricing for an iDirect solution to be extremely competitive with 3G/4G and L-band offerings. If you can get to this price point, you can even go after SCADA applications in urban environments."
Romantis President and CEO Vagan Shakhgildian said his company identified several important trends in the oil and gas industry that fueled their efforts in developing new products. The Berlin-based satellite bandwidth and networking equipment provider is working to create quite a stir in the market with their new Universal Hardware Platform, a satellite router that can be configured as a TDMA hub, TDMA remote, mesh VSAT, or SCPC modem.
"The SCADA market is changing significantly and there is a growing demand for high value, low cost solutions to counter 4G/LTE solutions from cellular carriers," said Shakhgildian. "Bandwidth demand is going up but it isn't always predictable. A technician may only visit a remote site once a year. Traditional VSAT systems, which utilize Slotted Aloha for capacity requests or for the actual data transmission, don't have the flexibility to efficiently deliver a mix of high and low throughput applications."
Romantis already has sold approximately 60 networks around the globe and has high hopes for the North American satcom market, opening up a new office in Montréal. Shakhgildian believes the use of video conferencing on offshore rigs will continue to increase, as its use allows a greater degree of collaboration between teams on land and offshore.
"Another major trend we are seeing in offshore drilling is above-deck integration of equipment to reduce complexity, cost, and space," said Shakhgildian. "Traditionally, offshore satellite systems are broken down into above-deck and below-deck subsystems. Below deck equipment requires rack space and cabling must be run between the above-deck and below-deck systems; both add a lot of expense. Customers are now requesting solutions with all equipment housed inside the radome. This completely eliminates the need for below-deck systems."
Iridium Executive Vice President of Global Distribution Channels Greg Ewert said his company is focusing on several key drivers in the market's M2M sector, which represents a critical sub-vertical for energy companies.
"Lone worker safety and personnel tracking programs have taken on increased importance within energy companies. Canada was one of the first to put legislation in place and other countries followed suit. Personal tracking devices are now becoming part of the standard equipment kit that everyone receives when they work remotely," said Ewert. "Telematics has continued to grow at a rapid pace and M2M is now the fastest growing sub-set of Iridium's subscriber base. Major firms, like Schlumberger, Halliburton, and Baker Hughes, now have telematics programs and they allow companies to monitor equipment as well as driver performance"
The outlook for satcoms in the distribution side of the oil and gas market is currently "wait and see," according to NSR Analyst Brad Grady. "The Keystone Project has yet to ratified and it won't likely get approval until 2013. Other than that, there aren't any really big projects. VSATs are replacing low bit/second terminals due to demand for higher bandwidth applications in SCADA applications. More and more, we are seeing SCADA sites being provisioned with enterprise-capable VSAT systems."
Grady said the story is much more complex when it comes to the outlook for satcoms in offshore and land drilling markets, as an epic struggle currently exists between satellite and wireless. "As wireless coverage increases throughout the shale plays, this competition will increase. Drillers want fast connections with low latency. Users expect the same on-line experience they get in their living rooms. In the long run, we see wireless ultimately winning over the land drilling market."
When queried about the expected impact of high throughput satellites, Harris CapRock President of Energy Solutions Keith Johnson said his company is actively engaged with every satellite operator getting a better understanding of what a potential relationship would look like. "No definitive decisions have been made yet. We will take our time as this will set our strategy for the next three to five years," he said. "Ka-band satellites will definitely have an impact on the market but the impact may not necessarily be significant or large. Service providers will be able to deliver higher throughputs at the same cost as Ku-band solutions, which is good, however, the oil and gas market has traditionally been hesitant to adopt new technologies. A good example is extensive use of C-band by oil companies. Only recently have they begun to use large amounts of Ku-band. It will take a while for Ka-band to capture a large amount of market share in the energy market."
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Q3 Expected EPS: $7.17 (+54.53% from prior year)Apple surprised investors with earnings of just $7.05 per share Oct. 18 after the bell, but the reason for the miss was clear: iPhone units were sharply below the Street's assumptions. That should be no problem in the next calendar quarter (fiscal Q1), with the latest update of the device already flying off the shelves.
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Awesome! But remember, only TWO printing surfaces may be used. They count the front, back, sides, and sleeves as different areas. It would suck for this to be DQ'ed because you have it on three! Maybe make it a bit smaller so it only goes on the front and side?
I agree with everyone else :3 It looks really cool!
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I finally released my EP. Free download at http://www.continuous.bandcamp.com/
Here's the thread: http://genius.com/groups/the-forum/discussions/26939-Finally-released-my-ep-the-beautiful-traverse
Kasek's explanation is accurate. Though I used flop to describe not reaching what is expected of me (ex: 'His album flopped!'), I can see how people could interpret it his way, too.
One thing I don't want to do with my music is sell myself out to get more hits or some kind of advantage. Or as many say, I won't be 'fake'.
"He's flopping, ref!"
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You know, the people that are really saying something are often ignored.
People want those club bangers 24/7. smh lol
You're trying to get to where you want to be and it's been tough, but you have your eyes on something potentially great.
Doubters and naysayers could be motivation to get better and ultimately heard from the masses.
Not literally or in the evil since. What I mean is having the love and respect of everyone. Of course in this song, I'm talking about music specifically.
This part wasn't in the original song. I felt it would make the song stronger in the end and it really raises many questions. The friend knew that the older kid counted 90, right? Maybe he wasn't going to tell him originally but felt bad? Was the older kid going to give the friend the split of the amount that he stole? There are a lot of possibilities, really.
I have no plans to making a sequel, btw. It'd probably be whack. lol
Though this story is fictional, I thought about using my parents for this part. I ended up just doing it myself because I preferred this song being a 'one man show'.
With that said, if you've been around my parents, you'll notice I was quite accurate. My brother Jonathan thought this part was funny.
Older kid made the horrible decision of trying to short them…lost it all.
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Oh, and his thieving ass gets left looking like this:
He definitely wasn't the bravest of them all…
Scare tactics. Probably a good idea, especially if his parents are home. Wouldn't want him to have to explain what he did, I'm sure.
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