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The Texas electricity grid is often looked at as the paradigm for wind energy for an electricity grid. And in many ways, that's absolutely true. Texas achieved another milestone on Thursday night, Continue reading "Texas Electricity Hits New Wind Milestone on Thursday" »
Category Archives: Deregulated Electricity
Texas Deregulated Electricity Primer
I saw this nice little article in the Texas Monthly today as a primer of things customers should know about deregulated electricity in Texas. It's a great premise, and the three things they listed are certainly things Texas customers need to understand, but I'd definitely expound on a few things that Texas electricity customers should be aware of when looking for electricity providers. Continue reading "Texas Deregulated Electricity Primer" »
Champion Energy Wins Customer Satisfaction Award for 2015
After falling to Green Mountain Energy last year in the annual J.D. Power & Associates award for customer satisfaction, Champion Energy has regained the top spot in the coveted customer survey. Congratulations Champion Energy Services! This marks Champion Energy's 5th finish Continue reading "Champion Energy Wins Customer Satisfaction Award for 2015" »
Energy Future Holdings to Sell ONCOR
As I've stated for years, the bankruptcy of Energy Future Holdings has been inevitable. It was coming ever since the bottom dropped out of the natural gas market due to innovations in fracking. And finally, it looks like we can finally see how the Texas electricity market might look once the inevitable finally happens and we survey the surviving landscape. Continue reading "Energy Future Holdings to Sell ONCOR" »
Excellent DMN Article Highlights Confusion in Texas Electricity Shopping
In a recent article in the Dallas Morning News, Mitchell Schnurman does an outstanding job of highlighting several of the existing challenges with navigating the Texas electricity market. As someone who has operated a website for electricity in Texas for five years that prioritizes consumer advocacy, I've long been beating the drum that the best way to maximize customer savings is through customer education. Unfortunately, it is shocking just how many people really don't understand how our electricity market works. This is an article that really helps drive home that necessity.
The Texas electricity market can be confusing, and things like minimum usage fees or the differences between fixed and variable plans can be easily overlooked or ignored by customers shopping for different plans available in the market. That is until their bills hit their mailboxes. Schnurman is correct, many of the fees that customers will be tagged with are hidden in paragraphs of legalese and contract fine print and can be difficult to identify if someone isn't well informed on exactly what to look for when comparing electricity plans.
For example, I work in this space. I know that when I'm shopping for an electricity plan, I need to look first at the plan's kWh rate, as well as the length of the contract term (I don't shop for variable plans). Then I need to check the contract cancellation penalty (just in case I decide to leave). Next on the list is the minimum usage charge, both how much that charge is and the electricity thresholds where that charge activates. Next I check the EFLs (electricity facts labels) to see if the electricity company has any other listed items for which they can charge, as well as the plan's Terms of Service. After that, I check out company reviews from previous customers and see if anything stands out, such as poor customer service or a company with lots of complaints for not mailing out bills consistently…anything that might be a red flag. Finally, I would see if there are any benefits, such as sign-up bonuses or rewards programs that might sweeten the deal.
That's a lot of steps for shopping for an electricity plan, and I'm certain that a majority of folks shopping for electricity do not go through as rigorous a research protocol as myself. But they should. It's just like buying a car, the customers that come in the most informed have a better chance of walking away with a much better deal on an automobile. Which is what makes some of the comments by Kenneth Anderson frustrating in the DMN article.
We're almost 15 years into deregulation in Texas, and many people still don't know the difference between the TDPS (companies who are responsible for maintaining the poles and power lines) and REPs (the electricity companies who bill you each month). And while the PUC has a point in talking about not wanting to do anything (such as an apples to apples plan to allow easier electricity comparison) to deter the competition of the market, there are certainly things they can be doing to increasing the knowledge base of Texas shoppers. For example, they could change the rules for how plans are presented, highlighting and forcing companies to put the information that most directly impacts a monthly bill front and center when trying to sell their plans, instead of burying it pages into an EFL or the Terms of Service, specifically Minimum Usage charges and thresholds. Many electricity companies in the past have billed customers based on the historical usage of their addresses, as opposed to their actual usage. Having that information front and center for customers to look up to understand an address's past usage and how it relates to computing a minimum usage charge would be helpful as well.
The point is, that there are a number of ways to make this process easier to understand for customers and better equip them for taking advantage of everything the Texas electricity market offers. And this can all be done without endangering the competition that makes this market greater. In fact, in my opinion, it is the deep pockets of electricity companies and their substantial lobbying budgets that prevent many changes, not the fear of curbing competition between providers. But regardless of the cause, the best solution is for Texas consumers to educate themselves and find the best deals.
Critical Peak Rebate Programs. What Are They?
Critical Peak Rebate programs are likely to become a new hot trend in the world of Texas electricity. So what are critical peak rebate programs, and what do they mean to you? Lets take a look. Continue reading "Critical Peak Rebate Programs. What Are They?" »
Reliant's New Unlimited Electricity Plan: A Closer Look
Recently Reliant Energy announced a new electricity plan for Texans, the Reliant Predictable 12 Plan. As the Houston Chronicle outlined, the plan calls for customers to sign a one-year electricity contract at a flat, monthly rate, regardless of electricity usage. This kind of plan is normal in other industries, specifically cell phone service providers, but it is the first of its kind in the Texas electricity space. I'm no stranger to questioning some of Reliant's past electricity plans, so I figured it was worth the time to take a closer look at this new "unlimited plan."
The Plan
On the surface, the plan is pretty straightforward. Customers will pay a flat fee to Reliant every month to receive unlimited electricity service. So whether they use five or five thousand kWh in a month, their bill will be the same. The appeal (or the demographic Reliant claims to be appealing to) might be older folks on a fixed income, or perhaps younger college graduates who have to make very careful budgeting plans each month. Customers visit Reliant's website, input their address, and select the Reliant Predictable 12 Plan. They will be then be given a monthly estimate, presumably based upon the historical usage of the building in question, and possibly some other factors. Easy enough, right?
The Results
I'll caveat this portion by saying two things: 1) The price given by Reliant when I input my address is very likely just an estimate of my monthly rate 2.) It's impossible for me to know what anyone else's estimates would be without putting in their addresses. That being said, what I can certainly do is analyze that plan with my own address. I live in a two-thousand square foot town-home, fairly new construction, and with a 2 year old A/C unit that is on the lower end of energy efficiency. Here were my results:
Your Predictable 12 amount is $150.00 per month.
|Average Monthly Use
|5000 kWh
|4000 kWh
|3000 kWh
|2000 kWh
|1000 kWh
|500 kWh
|Average Price Per kWh
Now, lets explain what that means. The math is simple, just multiply the kWh by the Average price to get your monthly average. The first thing that should jump off the page is that the 1000 kWh plan is LITERALLY the exact same price per month as the 500 kWh user. Use 500 or 1000 kWh? Who cares, pay Reliant $150. In fact, if you stretch the math onward, you'll see that 4 of the 6 possible rates per usage come out to…exactly $150. The other two come out at $160. So basically, Reliant is going to make sure they are making $150 a month on these customers, whether they're living in a 1 bedroom studio the size of a broom closet or a 5,000 acre compound with a private zoo.
I suppose this should immediately disabuse anyone of the notion that this kind of plan makes sense for a budget conscious retiree or recent college graduate. The .3 rate they quote for someone using 500 kWh is more than three times the cheapest plan available on Power To Choose, and double the most expensive fixed rate plan in the 500 kWh range. In fact, it's more than twice as expensive as all but one of the five Reliant plans listed on Power To Choose. Personally, I don't think it's very budget friendly to charge double or triple rates just so you know exactly what your monthly bill will be, but that's just me.
And it gets worse. Again, I can only compare this bill to my own historic electricity usage but I pulled my bills to make a comparison. Thanks to Reliant's easy math, my yearly bill on their plan would be $1800. But looking at my past 12 bills, I can immediately tell this is a bad proposition. Over the past 12 months, I had exactly one bill that was higher than $150. My bill for last July clocked in at $157. So one bill, in the hottest month of the year, topped the $150 Reliant would look to charge me every month. Of course, I also had 7 bills less than $100, including 5 bills under $60. The total cost of my last 12 months of electricity was $1148.45. That's $651.55, or 36% less expensive than Reliant's Predictable 12 Plan. That seems like a pretty expensive premium to pay just to know exactly what your electricity bill will be each month. Anyone who can afford that probably isn't worried about budgeting their monthly bills in the first place because they are affluent, and the irony is they can still get a better deal simply by doing nothing.
Other Considerations
The price tag alone isn't the only thing to consider. As we've demonstrated above, despite being tagged as a "budget friendly" plan, this isn't a plan that makes sense for anyone who is financially concerned about their budget. On the lower end of the spectrum, the plan is extremely expensive.
There are also a couple energy efficiency points. First off, it appears that Reliant is estimating the monthly rate at least in part on past usage. But what happens if someone were to spend money outfitting their home with new energy efficiency appliances? Any possible energy savings or improvements would be lost on their bill simply because the plan doesn't take into account actual usage. And in this day and age we're making improvements on the energy efficiency of home appliances and electronics by leaps and bounds. But none of that would matter to any customer on this electricity plan.
Another energy efficiency point to consider is responsible conservation. This plan doesn't exactly encourage customers to be on their best behavior. It doesn't really matter if they would leave their electricity on all hours or run their A/C at 65 degrees in the middle of August…because no matter what the bill is going to be the same. So in that regard if someone is looking to raise a dozen penguins in their home year round, well, this is the electricity choice for you! That's hardly a positive considering the state of Texas is facing an uphill battle to build new electricity generation plants even as our population continues to boom. Of course, Reliant likely doesn't care about that since their parent company, NRG, currently owns a huge percentage of Texas's electricity generation and can only make more money from any electricity shortages.
I think it's safe to say that Reliant Energy's Predictable 12 Plan probably isn't the best option for anyone even remotely concerned with their monthly electricity bills. For all but the largest users of electricity, the rates are extremely high. Anyone who can afford $1800 a year on electricity service probably doesn't have to concern themselves much with their monthly utilities budget. However, for a small niche of customers wealthy enough to want to build snowmen in their living room year round this plan might make good sense. But an average customer like myself can save more than $600 a year just by paying for the electricity I actually use.
PUC to Vote on Important "Small Fish" Texas Electricity Exemption Rule
ERCOT is set to vote on an amendment to a rule that is commonly known as the "Small Fish Swim Free" market exemption. As much as that might not sound like a big deal, this vote actually should have huge ramifications for the entire industry of electricity in Texas, from the generators all the way down to the average residential electricity customer. So what is this "Small Fish" rule, and how does it affect day to day market behavior and retail consumers? Let's take a look.
The Small Fish Rule states, in short, that unless an energy generation company represents at least 5% of the total market generation they are deemed by the Public Utility Commission of Texas to "legally" be seen as not having any "market power." As a result of this Small Fish exemption and legally being seen as not having "market power," qualifying generation companies can operate according to a different rules than companies such as NRG or Luminant. Specifically, a "Small Fish" company can choose to do things differently, legally. This in turn can cause a chain reaction in elevating the per-unit cost of electricity to retail electricity companies or other firms purchasing power. If an advantageous situation arises where a Small Fish can affect the outcome of the price of wholesale power, it is possible for them to use their actual (although not legally recognized) market power on a moment's notice. And unbeknownst to all other market participants, raising their offer curves from cost can bump up prices to the price cap of $5000. You can see how the ability to do either could be very powerful if one company had the ability to change the whole-sale electricity prices thousands of dollars at will, depending on the circumstances.
The existing law is dependent on the concept that someone with less than 5% of the total installed capacity indeed has no market power. In other words, nothing they do can affect the whole electricity market in total, particularly in resource adequacy or pricing. Of course, on the face of it, this is a somewhat absurd comment. In today's ERCOT, 5% of the energy generation on the market comes out to just over 4,000 megawatts of capacity. That's a very robust amount of capacity, and significantly more capacity than the difference between Texas being put at risk for rolling blackouts and operating with ample breathing room.
To put things in perspective, lets consider an analogy to a gas station after a hurricane. You can have less than 5% market share of a cities gasoline market and during normal times it's pretty meaningless. But then a hurricane comes in and devastates the city and suddenly demand shoots up, and then you offer your gasoline at $10 a gallon because you know people will pay for it. Most of the time it's meaningless but then sometimes it's critical. The point is, the notion that something as "small" as 5% of a market has "no power" is a roundly incorrect one. Often times, the amounts of megawatts between $100 and the price cap of $5000 is often in the hundreds of megawatts so the ability to influence prices whenever a generator feels it's opportunistic to them is a large advantage in a times where markets are supposed to becoming more fair for everyone. Of course, this is only a problem if it's actually occurring with any kind of frequency. From an article in Platts:
In a presentation about the NPRR to the committee, Patrick de Man, speaking for Raiden Commodities, said that on 17 days from June through early September, such a "small fish" had raised the price on a substantial part of its fleet capacity near the systemwide offer cap, which has been $5,000/MWh since June 1. De Man did not name the "small fish" in question either in his presentation or in his discussion, out of concern that it might be considered in violation of federal antitrust laws. A Platts analysis showed that on nine of the days cited in de Man's presentation, GDF Suez, which has about 3,957 MW of capacity spread across ERCOT's Houston, North and South hubs, priced between 564 and 1,332 MW of electricity between $4,900 and $5,000/MWh. De Man said that locational marginal price spikes correlated strongly with the times that the "small fish" in his presentation raised prices on substantial portions of its capacity near the systemwide offer cap. "How can it be a competitive and efficient market if there's one party who is pushing prices around like this?" de Man asked.
In other words, during the hottest times of the year, one electricity generator listed as a "small fish" was consistently raising their prices near the maximum offering cap allowed, in turn effecting the pricing for everyone when they deemed it was advantageous for them. When speaking with several people who work in trading, they readily admit off the record that this kind of thing happens, that it makes their job nearly impossible to value the price of electricity, and that its most certainly market abuse. Markets need to be fair to create competition and attract capital deployment. When they are in fact not fair, then that said market breaks down. This is what is occurring right now in Texas. In fact, the former Independent Market Monitor, Dan Jones, agrees with the statement about abuse. From the same Platt's article:
Dan Jones, who heads Potomac Economics' independent market monitor operation at ERCOT, said his staff would consider the type of activity described in de Man's presentation "economic withholding." "But per [PUC] rules, it's not market power abuse, because you have to be an entity that has market power, and by the rule, entities that don't have 5% [of total capacity] do not have marketwide market power," Jones said. Jones noted that his State of the Market Report for 2012, issued in June, mentioned that a "large 'small fish'" could be "pivotal."
So let's recap: The traders think it's market abuse, and the former man in charge of making sure there are no abuses believes it would be abuse if it was performed by anyone with 5% of the market. He also went on record saying that a "small fish" could absolutely be, in his own words, "pivotal."
So what is left to debate here, exactly? And none of this above even touches on another strategy that can be used in this situation, physical with-holding. Physical with-holding is a strategy Enron used in California to increase prices by making available units unavailable creating shortages in capacity thus driving up prices, and some traders I have talked with have actually filed complaints with the IMM and the PUCT only to be told that any behavior out of one entity in question is not up for discussion as they have immunity. But we'll look closer at physical with-holding in another article.
There is plenty more we can examine about this situation. For starters, if this is a punishable offense (regardless of the "small fish" rule or not) then why aren't any guilty parties being punished? By implementing this amendment, it removes the possibility of any of these energy generators from effecting prices in the way they have in the past. It makes the point moot. And besides, why shouldn't smaller generators have to play by the same rules as the larger generators? What positive purpose does the exception serve anyway? All in all, it just makes sense to create a level playing for all parties, and thus create even more transparency in the Texas electricity marketplace to make sure everything is operating above board.
Donna Nelson On Residential Customer Demand Response
I've been fairly critical of the PUC in recent posts, but recently Donna Nelson did speak out on something that I do actually agree with…or at the very least, it seems fair. As the generation capacity of Texas continues to shrink, and as the PUC's efforts to lure new generation to date have failed, Continue reading "Donna Nelson On Residential Customer Demand Response" »
Texas Electricity Ratings: Rankings Update 2/19/13
We're well into the new year, and it is time for a new update of our rankings here at Texas Electricity Ratings. We've had rate changes now that companies are preparing to move back into summer rates, and there's also been another round of customer reviews that I've entered into my system. So with that in mind, here's our latest round of rankings:
Bounce Energy 4.04
Champion Energy Services 3.91
StarTex Power 3.81
TriEagle Energy 3.69
Gexa Energy 3.58
Direct Energy 3.17
Amigo Energy 3.09
Tara Energy 3.02
Green Mountain Energy 2.79
TXU Energy 2.53
Texas Power 2.46
Reliant Energy 2.13
Congratulations to Bounce Energy, who is back in the top spot! Bounce is followed by Champion Energy, who slipped a little but during this rankings system. StarTex Power has slipped back into the 3rd spot, even after their purchase by Constellation Energy. That speaks well to how they've been transitioned into Constellation.
During my rankings update, I've also noticed some more things about the Power To Choose website rankings, but that will be another post I'll put up later today or tomorrow.


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The channel sent the seemingly racist tweet while America Ferrera and Eva Longoria took the stage to present an award
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A bright, ambitious and target driven Telesales Executive / Outbound Sales Executive is needed to join an award winning digital agency based in Tonbridge, Kent. Working alongside the Sales Manager you will introduce new clients to cutting edge digital / SEO solutions. Read on...
Founded in 1997, our client is a fully integrated digital marketing agency who provides digital solutions spanning web design, SEO, online games, applications and digital marketing. Based in a modern office in Tonbridge, they work with a range of clients from local SMEs to international brands (Haymarket, Chelsea Football Club and NSPCC to name just a few) delivering innovation online.
As the Telemarketing Executive / Telesales Executive you will be situated at the very forefront of the business, identifying, researching and qualifying new opportunities using outbound sales techniques (cold calling), social media, email etc. Contacting prospects from a supplied database (as well as other sources) this role is all about relationship building and having those important intelligent conversations which open doors.
To qualify... You will need to be a tenacious, driven and sales focussed Telemarketer/ Telesales Executive seeking an opportunity where your input will make a real difference. Your CV should highlight:
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So I'm getting a little bit frustrated. I've searched the forum and I know there are other topics/discussions on these sorts of issues, but I figured I would reach out and see if the collective here at BF can help me assess my situation and provide some insight and suggestions on my personal weight loss situation.
I started a diet January 1. Well, I started earlier, but I have statistics from an online tool my company uses to track these sorts of things starting in January.
I'm roughly 5'10" and 26 years old.
January 1 I was 248 pounds, 32% body fat. If I am understanding that correctly, its about 79lbs of body fat.
The first 4 months, I basically just dieted, with a few stints on the treadmill. I knew I would hit a plateau with just this method, so i wanted to get there, then add heavy workouts.
April/May I had dropped to 225 pounds, 27% body fat. 60lbs of body fat for a loss of 23 pounds, 19 of which were fat. Good, right?
Being somewhat stuck there, I knew I had hit a plateau. So this is where cycling came in. I bought a bike, and hit the road. I'm averaging roughly 100 miles a week (when not adding in a century here or there.)
Fast forward another 4 months, and I've managed to drop ONLY 11 pounds in those 4 months, and reduced my body fat to only 24.5%. Total loss 34lbs, 27lbs of body fat.
Now I understand I'm building muscles in the legs, etc.. but shouldn't I see a steeper body fat % drop? 11 pounds despite diet+exercise in 4 months.
Is the 7lbs of muscle lost so far really affecting my caloric needs? I've tried to limit myself to 1700 calories + exercise loss. Last night I did a fast paced 22 mile ride (21.5mph). I figured around 700 calories.
Are there things I'm not considering? So I really need to add some sort of weight training? I enjoy cycling immensely, so it's easy. And while I have a gym available, it's not something I ever enjoyed and I know its going to be hard to do.
Any help would be appreciated. I hope this also helps anyone else who might be facing the same sort of issues.


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Turn on the TV to turn on your lover. That is the signal programme-makers are sending us and one at which we may outwardly protest, but quietly can't resist climbing into bed with.
The pulling power of sex programmes has taken on a new form: these days the most successful claim an instructive bent. A sort of sexualised Simon Schama, with a smidgen less camp.
To recap - in the past few months, Channel 5 listed us 50 Ways to Please, while Channel 4 gave us More Sex Tips for Girls (so good they made it twice). ITV's Am I Good in Bed? had a studio full of awful sexperts ready to answer the question for those too afraid to hear the answer from their partner's lips. And all of them made a ratings splash - particularly among young ABC1s. In many instances they matched the figures that tune into that bastion of newfangled bedroom behaviours, Sex and the City, on Channel 4.
It turns out many people are indebted to this new source of tuition. After all, it was Carrie and chums who persuaded a couple of my friends to experiment with analingus. Sometimes, when I'm feeling especially bored, I try to imagine how that came about. (Was it he or she who, post-programme, suggested they should give it a whirl?) But more often I wonder what would have happened had they never seen it on TV. They would have missed out on all that tongue-in-bum fun they now enjoy. The mind boggles as to how their sex lives ever coped without it.
For many, these programmes are symptomatic of an overly sexualised society: a place where pot noodle and perfume ads do nothing more than corrupt our children. But the barely recognised counter-argument is the benefits of not hiding sex away as our dirty little secret any more. Last year, Relate recorded a 140% rise in the number of couples receiving sex therapy - a figure it credited to the glut of sexual imagery on TV. Rather than pulling up the sheets in embarrassment, it said, people today feel more at ease talking about problems and desires.
It is a cultural development that should not be scoffed at. These days entertainment is filling a void - teaching us what school never did.
School has always failed when it comes to teaching us about sex. As well as an alarming increase in sexually transmitted disease infections, we have over 90,000 teenage pregnancies a year - the highest of any country in Europe.
Compare that to Holland where more open discussions at school level - and beyond - mean that they have the lowest number of teen pregnancies on the continent. In the Netherlands, 58% of teenage girls discuss pregnancy with their partners - double the figure recorded for teenagers in the UK.
At school, I was taught sex education by a virgin. (And before you ask, she didn't believe in sex before marriage and had never been married.) Isn't something wrong there - like being taught French by a teacher who'd never been to France?
Our sex education techniques are hopelessly antiquated. While English school books seem to focus much more on the negative aspects of sex, with courses likely to treat sex education alongside other "risk behaviours" such as drug taking and smoking, Dutch lessons aim to normalise sex, teaching it with other everyday subjects like nutrition and bicycle repair.
One of the biggest problems remains the separation of sex from everything else on the curriculum. Teachers suddenly dive into it, crossing fingers that they'll bypass embarrassment on the way. Pupils go into an automatic defence mechanism of ridiculing the process, causing the teacher to hide behind texts that concentrate almost exclusively on physiology.
We have come a long way in the past 20 years - but not far enough. Imagine a schooling so progressive that a teacher can openly discuss her own lesbian identity in a classroom with STD-awareness posters prominent on the wall. That is the reality of the Dutch system. Here homosexuality remains taboo and posters are hidden away from view.
There was predictable outrage at the weekend about news of a government-backed pilot course that encourages children to try oral sex - an attempt to teach them that the endgame of intimacy need not be penetration. But it's this kind of radical, realistic programme that we need more of.
I'm not talking about lessons which go into the sort of bum-clenchingly embarrassing detail that sends pupils running for the hills. (I have a friend who was taught reproduction by a gay man so out of touch with his 13-year-old audience he made them write an essay entitled: What an orgasm feels like. She says she got good marks for describing it like "falling down a waterfall".)
Rather, we need lessons that address the realities and doubts surrounding the unknown. What sort of sex education fails to mention that 40% of women can't orgasm through penetration alone? Or that 10% of men suffer erectile dysfunction at some point in their lives. And what sort still bans "promotion" - and so discussion - of homosexuality by local authorities, causing teachers to avoid the subject?
Alongside preventing disease and pregnancy, this is the sort of information people need so they grow up realising they are not freaks and failures. Only then will we learn to switch off the TV and do something more stimulating.


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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Step aside, Ohio State. You're no longer the college football team nobody wants at their party. The Oklahoma Sooners now are saddled with that dubious distinction, courtesy of the Florida Gators, who beat OU 24-14 Thursday night in a fair and square national-championship game at Dolphin Stadium. The Sooners' bowl slump? Alive and well; five straight defeats in BCS games, three in crystal-trophy games. The controversy with Texas? Resurrected. Maybe the Longhorns would have given the Gators a better game. Though OU played tough, it wilted in the end, just as it did that day in Dallas, when the Longhorns won the fourth quarter. And the Sooners and their fans are stuck with a long winter, spring and summer — and heck, maybe the fall too and who knows how many autumns to come — of being the Atlanta Braves, a franchise that won one World Series and can't seem to win another. "We didn't end up finishing like we talked about all week," said OU defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, who played magnificently. "We said that we had to finish, and we just didn't finish." This was a 14-14 game with 12 minutes left. In those final 12 minutes, OU had one first down, 21 total yards and zero points. The Gators had eight first downs, 183 yards and 10 points. "It came down to who can win it in the fourth," said Sooner linebacker Mike Balogun, who was OU's fourth option this year in the middle but actually played pretty well against Florida. "They made more plays than us and that's basically what it boils down to." Maybe Texas would have better represented the Big 12, though probably not, because this bowl season, capped by Florida's second-half surge in its downstate paradise, did nothing if not expose the Big 12 as a so-so league in 2008, despite its bevy of outrageous scoring and star quarterbacks. The quarterback star Thursday night was Florida's Tim Tebow, not Slingin' Sammy Bradford. Tebow's arm wasn't all that much, which is why Bradford will make, by far, the better pro. But on the college gridiron, Tebow's unique blend of running prowess and grit is a tough out. Play after play, Tebow carried the Gators. Dump passes after scrambles. Quarterback draws. Turn-it-up-inside options. Give Tebow credit. He clearly won this duel of Heisman Trophy winners. Bradford played OK but nothing special, if for no other reason than that glaring 14 points on the scoreboard. OU was mathematically eliminated early from extending its stunning five-game streak of at least 60 points. Bradford's poor decision in the final 10 seconds of the first half let the Gators get to halftime tied 7-7 and set them up for second-half momentum. Bradford threw to Manny Johnson on a slant from the 6-yard line. Not good. Even if Johnson had caught the ball, he might not have scored, particularly the way the Florida defensive backs bird-dogged OU receivers, and time would have run out, since the Sooners had burned all their clock stoppages. The bounding ball hit Johnson and three Gators before settling into Major Wright's arms with three seconds left in the half. Bad decisions didn't solely belong to Bradford. The Sooners messed up an earlier red-zone possession. On third-and-goal from the Florida 1-yard line, big-time tailback Chris Brown failed to score, so the Sooners tried again on a stretch play, which is not quick-hitting. Better hit quick against the Gators; Brown was popped by Torrey Davis for a 2-yard loss. More bad decisions came in the third quarter, when OU faced third-and-1 from the Florida 28-yard line. The Sooners tried the same stretch play, with the same result. Four-yard loss. Then came a worse decision. Bob Stoops ordered a 49-yard field goal attempt on fourth-and-5. Jimmy Stevens, who has been inconsistent this season and has a long of 42 yards, drilled the kick into the Gator line. And so it was simple why Florida won this game. It had four decent scoring chances, not counting a milk-the-clock possession to end the game. The Gators scored on all four. The Sooners had five decent scoring chances. They scored on two. Better score when you get a chance in the Big Bowl. Despite the fourth-quarter stumbles, OU's defense played solid. This was an offensive defeat. Please, no more talk of greatest-offense ever. Sure, it was a difficult environment. Dolphin Stadium was probably 2-to-1, Gator fans over OU fans, and the Floridians at times seemed to rival LSU's for obnoxiousness. But they didn't turn Dolphin Stadium into Florida Field South. "I didn't notice that at all," Stoops said. "I don't think that was a big factor." The Sooners just got outplayed, pure and simple. They had a chance and didn't strike. They're now batting .250 in national championship games this decade, falling below Ohio State's .333, and who knows how long it will be before the Sooners return? Berry Tramel: 405-760-8080. Berry Tramel can be heard Monday through Friday from 4:40-5:20 p.m. on The Sports Animal network, including AM-640 and FM-98.1.


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About the performance of the Symphonie Fantastique of Hector Berlioz at the seventh subscription concert of the Philharmonic Society:
Whatever may have moved the Philharmonic to make an exception, and deviate, at least this once, from their traditional policy vis-à-vis the works of Berlioz, I am content to probe no further for the secret mainsprings that wrought the miracle. Suffice it to say that, at this time, the Symphonie Fantastique was not only announced, but actually was played.
Two factors encourage me to see myself exempted from an analysis of this work, no less gigantic in its plan than in its execution: (1) It may be assumed that Schumann's famous critique 1 is familiar to every music lover, and that (2) the meager success the work enjoyed in the most recent concert calls for a more intensive consideration of our concert life, both in general and in detail.
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The painter Alex Katz is a curious figure in the annals of postwar American art. Throughout his fifty-year career, he's been perpetually situated to the side of the art world's mainstream, yet never so far to the side that he isn't in the thick of things. A realist who came of age during an era predominated by abstraction--Abstract Expressionism to be exact--Katz has been linked with a number of artistic tendencies, such as Color Field painting, Pop Art, and realism--both "new" and the traditional. He's found a congenial home in all of them. Yet the closest one can come to placing Katz is to note that he's a key figure in the generation of painters--it includes Fairfield Porter, Larry Rivers, Nell Blaine, and Leland Bell--that pursued figurative art in the shadow of the New York School.
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Faulty screen guard for N8I bought it some 4-5 days back, and when i tried to apply the screen guard on my N8, I found that the cut on the screen guard to avoid the senser is wrongly placed on the left side instead off right side. So could not apply the screen guard, I think its better to get this job done with the local vendor, full waste of money.
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I'm not a professional, but have done a good number of photo books. I believe your mother would most enjoy the book if you divided it into sections. First, sections of places, then of people, miscellaneous landscapes, etc. I would not have a table of contents, but would introduce the sections with text, maybe even separating the sections with a page that has the introductory text. Captions are nice, and add interest to the book. This doesn't have to be overdone - maybe just a sentence or two.
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Oklahoma City principal, husband accused of Medicaid fraud
The principal of an Oklahoma City elementary school and her husband are accused of bilking thousands of dollars from Medicaid by filing fake claims that they counseled at-risk children.
Cynthia Barchue, 52, is principal of Greystone Upper Elementary School, a third- through fifth-grade school at 2401 NW 115 Terrace. She has been charged in Oklahoma County District Court with three counts of Medicaid fraud. She's accused of fraudulently billing more than $16,000 to Medicaid.
She has worked at Capitol Hill, Oakridge and Heronville elementary schools.
Joseph Barchue, 56, is charged with one felony count and one misdemeanor count of Medicaid fraud. He's accused of filing more than $5,000 in false claims.
The Barchues are alcohol and drug counselors through YouthCare of Oklahoma, 222 E Sheridan. Both the Barchues and YouthCare are licensed to bill Medicaid for counseling services they provide to children.
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The investigation into the Barchues began two years ago, when Oklahoma City Public Schools administrators received an anonymous letter from an employee at Heronville Elementary, where Barchue was principal at the time.
The Barchues were recruiting current and former Heronville students to receive counseling services from them, according to court documents.
District officials turned their investigation over to the attorney general, Oklahoma City Superintendent Karl Springer said in a statement.
"All documents conducted in the internal investigation were turned over to the attorney general and are being used as evidence in the case against Mrs. Barchue," Springer said. "OKCPS could not previously take disciplinary action against Mrs. Barchue because it would have jeopardized the federal prosecutor's case."
So Cynthia Barchue kept her job as investigators built their case against her and her husband.
The school secretary told investigators that Joseph Barchue came to the school often "so that he could build his client base." She said that she saw Joseph Barchue give a business card to a child and then take it back after his wife said the child wasn't eligible for Medicaid.
Joseph Barchue told investigators he did have clients who were Heronville students, but that they were referrals.
Three siblings interviewed by investigators said they were given cash when they had counseling sessions with the Barchues, according to the affidavit.
The children and their parents also told investigators that they were counseled fewer than five times; the Barchues billed Medicaid for more than 90 sessions.
Investigators found claims for nearly 40 sessions where Cynthia Barchue was either supposed to be at work or out on sick leave, according to an affidavit filed Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court.
She told investigators the billing errors, which totaled more than $3,700, were because of an eye condition.
Investigators interviewed another family about services the Barchues claimed to have provided. Joseph Barchue said he counseled one child 22 times, but the mother said he only saw her child two or three times.
Attempts to reach the Barchues for comment were not successful.
Springer, the district superintendent, said he's grateful for the work done by district and attorney general investigators.
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The Latino Review is reporting that the role of Howard Stark, founder of Stark Industries and father of Tony (a.k.a. Iron Man), may be taken over by Shawshank actor Tim Robbins.
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This means that the elder Stark (and Robbins) will play a big part in Marvel's multiple comic book movies, and will probably involve Stark's company in the WWII Super Soldier experiment that created Captain America. Such set-up in Iron Man 2 will most certainly follow through in the two other Marvel movies -- already in pre-production.
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"Alright, we have our supplies; is everyone ready to head out to Eterna City?" The rest of his five-kid crusade to rid Eterna of adults responded with mixed caution and joy when it was finally time. One of them, a Gabite host, was as headstrong as Tim, just charging into everything, while another was as afraid of adults as the adults should be of them. Lucky the latter, who had a Chikorita, had non-offensive moves, she didn't have to do much in actually fighting. Hopefully Tim and the rest of his little group could help her get over her fears. Hopefully more people would join their squad, too.
"Awesome, then let's get going." When they were about to leave to head through Mt. Coronet, though, Tim saw a pair of girls coming in from the edge of the city. One was floating, though both looked ready to pass out as soon as they stopped moving. Practically by instinct, he rushed over to them to see what was wrong, despite knowing he couldn't do anything to actually help.
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I really liked the concept of the Dream World and having a feature outside the games that allowed you to find new Pokémon and transfer them over. I just think the minigames and the time constraints were terrible ideas. The hour limit wasn't enough time to do well enough with the mini-games half the time to be able to find something rare, plus the games were so monotonous that I really have no urge to ever play them.
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Digital Automatic Manual Aquarium Fish Food Feeder,Timer LCD,Quick Overview:Imagine you are going out for work,shopping,travelling,etc.What should you do with your beloved fish in aquarium.We surely cannottake with them wherever we go.In the meantime,we do not have the heart to leave them lonly at home.This item can easy your life.From now on,your fish can enjoy your considerable care and love at home whever you are.Specifications:Color:BlackHousing:Plastics,Can set up to 4 feeding timesType of battery:2*AAA batteries (Not included)The logo Lo displayed on the LCD indicates the power is low.Unit dimensions (approx.):4.3*4*2.5inch (11*10*7cm)LCD screen dimensions:1.1*0.5inch(2.6*1.3cm)Net weight:182gPackage dimensions:120*110*77mm.Notice:Do not twist the feeding box by hand.Do not use rechargeable batteries.If batteries are not replaceed after 3 days,all the programme will be stopped,and the feeder box may be stopped in the inappropriate place.If LCD is displayed abnormally after completing batteries setting, please take out batteries and setthem after one minute.(it is not malfunction of the feeder)Package including:1 * Digital Automatic Aquarium Fish Food Feeder,1 * Bracket,1 * Double Stick,1 * User manual.
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The presentation of quotations from sources raises problems which have no simple solution. Showing in print a text that sticks as far as possible to what the writer put on his pages appeals to purists, but may present a text difficult for readers, through abbreviations, random capitalisation and lack of punctuation. I have therefore, in quotation from both manuscript and printed sources, extended abbreviations, modernised captialisation, and introduced punctuation where this seems necessary for comprehensibility. Original spelling has been retained, however, though in some cases with the modern version of words added in square brackets. In a few cases missing words have also been added in this way.
Plagued as Britain is by the indecision of successive governments unable to settle fully for either imperial or metric systems of measurement, I have stuck to the former.
In dealing with money, it is specified whether pound Scots or pound sterling is meant. £i sterling = £12 Scots.
In both Scots and sterling, the pound was divided into 20 shillings, the shilling ('s') into 12 pennies ('d'). Thus £1 Scots = £0 is 8d sterling.
The Scots merk was two-thirds of £1 Scots: that is, £0 13s 4d Scots, just over is sterling. All quite simple once you get used to it.