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If your cadence drops too low and downshifting results in it being "too easy" (can a hill ever be easy?) then don't shift. Just pedal harder and keep a higher cadence in the higher gear. Your heart rate will certainly go up.
If your cadence drops too low and downshifting results in it being "too easy" (can a hill ever be easy?) then don't shift. Just pedal harder and keep a higher cadence in the higher gear. Your heart rate will certainly go up.
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Just curious what kind of pace are you running and what is your HR while running? In my mind a 17mph group ride assuming your are drafting should not be that tough for somebody in reasonably good health. I know when I mostly just ran and cycled maybe 1-2 times a week I had a tough time getting my HR elevated. My aerobic conditioning was far better developed and my cycling muscles were really lacking. After I started cycling 3-4 days a week (100-150 mpw) for a few months I was able to elevate my HR on the bike and my average speed increased 1-2 mph.
Thanks for your interest -- I've been running long runs of 7 to 11 miles at a 7:45-ish pace. My HR runs between 140 and 150. I rode a solo 40-miler this weekend, since most of the members had other commitments, and tried to push the pace a little, always trying to keep the HR at 130 or higher.
I'd often have to get off the seat though to get my HR up on inclines. I just couldn't find the muscles to stay seated and raise my HR that much.
I didn't succeed all the time, but that helped me go a little faster than usual. I think it is the fact that I'm holding back, but you tell me -- is a 7:45 pace good enough for a 17mph ride pace? My PR for the 5K is about 21:00 and for the half, it's about 1:40.
My personal example, If I went out right now and ran one mile, it would be a struggle go much under 7:45, but I can hang, even pull, on group rides averaging 25mph.
To me 21 minute 5k makes you a pretty strong age group runner. 17mph group ride makes you a middling B group club rider.
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I chuckled when I read your reply. Thanks for the compliment!
Yes, this has been my experience, looking at my race results from triathlons. I know I'm definitely higher up in the pack during the run, and at about 50% or lower in the bike leg. I have more experience running. Body type might play a role too.
Definitely, a lot of it is in the brain. I'm a pretty skittish biker, so even if I have the engine, I'm reluctant to drain the tank for fear of losing control of the vehicle.
What works for me is to have that song stuck in my head from the movie Finding Nemo. Just keep spinning, just keep spinning (well it's swimming, but I took artistic license)
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Agree comparing run pace to cycling pace is apples and oranges.
I also agree that your run pace puts you at an "A" runner and your cycling pace puts you at a "B" cyclist.
For comparison purposes, last year I did an olympic tri and my run pace was roughly 8 minutes/mile, while my bike was about 20.5MPH (and that's on a road bike, no aero bars etc.), I consider myself an A- cyclist but a B+ runner for my age (49).
Again run fitness and bike fitness do not always correlate, but maybe that gives you some ideas.
Work on your cycling, including your fit, and you have a good chance to get a lot faster on the bike.
How much of it is psychological? Your HR shouldn't be dropping on a climb, that means you're easing off the gas.
Did you get a bike fit? I am wondering if your saddle is too low and you can't put power down.
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Squatting and deaf lifts have helped me a lot, posture wise. I've got the back strength to just sit in the drops for an hour or so, and feel fine. I'm not sure how much it's helped my pedaling, but it's made me a lot more comfortable. My knees do hurt a bit less, a benefit somebody else mentioned.
Sadly, I must confirm other people's posts about running fitness not being directly transferable to the bike. When I was in HS and running low 16 5K's, my dad-literally 100 lbs overweight and 20 years from his cat 1 bike days-could always beat me handily on anything under 30 minutes.
In hindsight, he was cheating by ensuring I was on a mtb vs his old road bike, but nonetheless-I still lost.
My PRs were almost exactly the same when I was mostly running. My Avg. speed for a 1 hour solo ride was around 17mph. When I would ride it was as though my muscles were working almost as hard as they could but my HR was saying "come on now I am ready to do some work here". It seemed I couldn't get my HR up unless it was up a long hill.
The 3 workouts which helped me get over the hump were 1)I would ride solo as hard as I could shooting for a 1 hour average speed of 20MPH. 2) Cadence drills where for 3-5 minutes I would try to hold a cadence of 110 or more. 3) Ran for an hour to get my HR up then cycled for an hour it seemed to help me get to know how a higher HR on the bike felt. Not sure how much #3 helped but it is what I did. I also went to cycling 3-4 days a week. For me it was also easier to ride solo since in a paceline it's too easy to just hang out and not push yourself.
OP, it sounds like you are keeping up on the flats only due to drafting. On uphills, the speed is far slower, so drafting helps little. You just need to get stronger.
It sounds like you to do some high intensity interval training. Try a 45-60 minutes spin class 2-3x per week and ride on weekends or you could try the following the training program by Chris Carmichael titled "The Time Crunched Cyclist".
Thanks everyone for helping me get to the bottom of this! Sadly, I will have to revisit this thread in December, because I'm concentrating on my running this summer (and to supplement that, flexibility, strength and core training and form drills.) Cycling and swimming will have to stay at or near maintenance levels for the time being.
I hope by then I will have put your suggestions to work!
Ride ride ride and ride!
OP - How many miles do you ride each year? Going from 15mph average pace (average, beginner pace) towards 18-20mph (serious hobby cyclist) is a big step up. There are no shortcuts but thousands and thousands miles of training.
Keep riding and it will just happen.


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This list reflects my effort to read broadly on all sides of the issues. More sources are cited in the text and the notes.
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American Psychological Association. "Working Group on Investigation of Memories of Childhood Abuse. Final Report," February 14, 1996.
Armstrong, Louise. Rocking the Cradle of Sexual Politics: What Happened When Women Said Incest. New York: Addison-Wesley, 1994.
Bass, Ellen, and Laura Davis. The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse. 3rd ed. New York: HarperPerennial, 1994.
Bellah, Robert N., et al. Habits of the Heart. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985.
Berendzen, Richard, and Laura Palmer. Come Here: A Man Overcomes the Tragic Aftermath of Childhood Sexual Abuse. New York: Villard Books, 1993.
Birch, Leann L. "Children's Eating: Are Manners Enough?" Journal of Gastronomy ( Winter/Spring 1993), 7 ( 1).
Bowman, Cynthia Grant, and Elizabeth Mertz. "A Dangerous Direction: Legal Intervention in Sexual Abuse Survivor Therapy." Harvard Law Review, 109 ( 3), January 1996.
Boyer, Paul, and Stephen Nissenbaum. Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1974.
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These next two use some of the Scripture "Plain Janes." First up is 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18:
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These are totally FAB, Amy!!ReplyDelete
All of your cards are beautiful and inspiring...and perhaps a little challenging. Thank you for the gentle reminder.ReplyDelete
I saw these "Plain janes" and fell in love. How cool are they? Lucky you to be on that Verve team. :-)ReplyDelete
Gorgeous Amy, so elegant! TFS! :)ReplyDelete
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Angel...that is not luck..that is talent!! I love the first one. It is gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
Amy, your cards are just so beautiful! I really like the simple scriptures you so often use. I would love to get into your head and learn how you come up with such fantastic designs!ReplyDelete
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Darling cards and designs Amy, Jennifer :)ReplyDelete
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At Ava United Methodist Church
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An Election Day Dinner will be served at the Ava United Methodist Church on Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 4-6 pm. The menu will include: ham, scalloped potatoes and all the trimmings. The cost is by donation.


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The morning after his stunning loss in the primary election, Clark County Superior Court Judge John Wulle was back at work, presiding over a child abuse trial.
As Wulle, known around the courthouse for his smoking habit, walked outside the courthouse to take a mid-morning break Wednesday, a reporter asked for comment.
Wulle continued to walk past the breezeway where he normally takes his smoke breaks, and continued behind the adjacent sheriff's office building. The reporter followed.
"Judge Wulle," she said.
The judge turned around. "What?" he asked.
What about the election results?
"I have nothing to say you," he replied.
The judge has always given comment in the past.
"I'm sorry — I have nothing to say to you," he repeated sternly.
Wulle, a Superior Court judge for 12 years, trailed private lawyer David Gregerson by 11 percentage points Tuesday night. Updated election numbers released Wednesday showed the judge had gained some ground — picking up 45 percent of the vote compared with Gregerson's 54 percent — but it still was not enough to prevail.
In Washington, judicial races are decided in the primary if one candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, making Gregerson the winner.
It was the first time a sitting Clark County judge has lost at the polls since 1975. And then it was not a re-election bid. Back then, Judge Dean Morgan was appointed by the governor and had to run later that year to keep the post, but lost to opponent Tom Lodge in the election. Morgan was later appointed to another position on the Clark County Superior Court bench and later won election to that seat.
Gregerson, a lawyer for 20 years and a pro tem District Court judge, mounted an aggressive campaign and received the support of the majority of local lawyers polled earlier this summer.
While Wulle's loss was unusual, some attorneys noted that the outcome was consistent with the Clark County Bar Association results. Gregerson received 58 percent of the vote, compared to Wulle's 41 percent. Some attorneys said they were relieved with the election outcome.
Asked if he was surprised by the results, one local defense attorney, Jack Green, said "nothing surprises me when it comes to elections."
"It's always sad to see a judge leave the bench, but David Gregerson is an extremely respected and qualified attorney, and I believe the transition from one judge to another will be very smooth," Green said.
The election results come as the judge is under fire by a state judicial board. Wulle has a hearing Aug. 27 before the Washington Commission on Judicial Conduct to determine if he violated judicial codes of conduct relating to his courtroom behavior in four hearings between 2009 and last year. The board charged him with "engaging in a pattern of discourteous, impatient and undignified behavior."
Wulle was censured by the board in 2007 relating to his behavior at a training conference in Los Angeles.
Superior Court judges preside over all criminal cases, civil cases involving more than $75,000, divorces, probate cases, juvenile cases and other matters.
They currently earn $148,836 a year.
Gregerson will be sworn in in January.
Laura McVicker: www.twitter.com/col_courts; www.facebook.com/reportermcvicker; email@example.com; 360-735-4516.


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Energy Round Table: Powering change
North Carolina companies and researchers are tackling energy-industry issue, including developing storage, neutralizing waste and integrating renewables.
JENNINGS: North Carolina is the fourth-largest solar generating state and third-fastest growing last year. So far, its fluctuating generation hasn't compromised reliability, but managing the interconnection queue has been a big challenge because there are so many people in it. If the queue were faster, reliability issues would surface because of the intercon-nections in distribution. Another complication is that in an emergency, you tend to curtail load in order to maintain grid integrity. And, with generation interconnecting at the distribution level, you could be cutting load and generation at the same time, which kind of exacerbates the whole problem. These are our challenges, and with the tools available in North Carolina, we'll solve them.
HUSAIN: To continue or accelerate this pace of growth, the ecosystem of education, workforce training, technology developments and controls must continue. Technology has to transfer from laboratory to market faster, too.
RACKLIFFE: In the states with the most solar installations, 75% of it is utility scale. In Hawaii, which was ranked ninth in 2014 by Washington, D.C.-based Solar Energy Industries Association, the situation is very different. It's mostly third-party owned and residential installations. That's made protecting and controlling their grid difficult. But where the most solar installa-tions were utility scale — California, Arizona and North Carolina — those issues haven't surfaced. That's significant in terms of how we integrate that renewables capacity and capability into the grid. North Carolina is sitting on some wind generation offshore that remains undeveloped. It could significantly change the energy landscape.
WHITE: Companies here invest heavily in research and development. Much of the energy technology shipped around the world was created by North Carolina-based companies. But at the end of the day, you need a market for what you sell. Renewable energy's real value is as an alternative to building another giant 800- or 900-megawatt power station, not just offsetting kilowatt hours. Duke Energy would have a difficult time building a giant power plant in today's regulatory and financial environment.
RAO: Solar isn't the only renewable being explored in the state. Research Triangle Park-based RTI International, for example, has a pilot program that turns woody biomass into liquid fuels. North Carolina is the country's third-largest producer of woody biomass, which is the waste created from timbering.
MURRAY: We're interested in solar developments in North Carolina, particularly post-tax credit. North Carolina has a bit of an upcoming policy cliff, when the effective tax credit could fall from 65% combined federal and state to maybe 10%, depending on what happens. We're in solar for the long haul; it's not simply a tax credit play.
What energy issues are being addressed in North Carolina?
HUSAIN: As a National Science Foundation- sponsored engineering research center, FREEDM explores technologies that will modernize electricity distribution on the power grid. With renewables, particularly solar in North Carolina, new distribution loads, such as electric-vehicle charging, are constantly being added to the grid. New approaches, such as moving from centralized generation — when one large power plant is used — to distributed generation — when many smaller plants supply electricity — could enhance reliability and resiliency under these new demands.
ENSLIN: EPIC faculty members are studying the environmental impacts of power generation byproducts and identifying beneficial uses for them. Technology is available to use these wastes. Coal ash, for example, can be mixed into uncured Portland cement, making the final product denser and more resistant to water and chemicals. We have to move more
of that type of technology, which is in laboratories now, to market. The recent Dan River coal-ash spill shined a spotlight on all waste streams. Even manufacturing solar panels creates waste. In Europe, India and South Africa, you can't dump these wastes in a landfill. We are not doing the right thing with these waste streams. In North Carolina, we need an energy policy that embraces neutralizing and reusing these wastes.
JENNINGS: Duke Energy's renewable distributed energy and renewables group works to create opportunities for the renewable-energy sources it helps develop. Its focus is solar, but it's working with biogas, too. It's examining policies that will expand the use of plug-in electric vehicles. It's exploring opportunities to help customers who want solar but can't get it now. That will strengthen the system as renewables expand, ensuring they are fairly costed for all customers, especially those who aren't participating. There is a progressive waste-to-energy initiative underway, which is part of the state's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard. It has been a challenge to meet for Duke Energy. Part of the problem is infrastructure, digesters that turn swine waste into a burnable gas. There are digesters in the Midwest that can create gas for North Carolina use. Mobile digesters are another option the group is exploring. They could travel here and make the process work.
WHITE: The Triangle region has been known for life sciences. Clean tech — which maximizes the use of non-renewable resources — is the next life sciences in regard to job creation. We have an un- believable base of clean tech companies in the Triangle involved in metering, transmission, distribution, data analytics and infrastructure. The cluster is one of two in the U.S. and 13 in the world. These energy companies are global players, and they're here to do the right things and make money for their shareholders. Clean tech is big business. Philadelphia-based The Pew Charitable Trusts identified 96 Triangle companies that work in modernizing and improving the power grid, efforts referred to as smart grid. The clean tech sector created 2,922 jobs and $822 million in investment from 2009 to 2014. Pew predicts that $8.1 billion will be invested over the next 10 years and about 83,000 energy and clean tech jobs created.
NEWELL: Energy is becoming increasingly globalized. We need to frame North Carolina's role and advantages in those terms. Duke University's Energy Initiative, which launched in 2011, uses university assets to solve energy issues, here and abroad. It involves six schools: business, arts and sciences, law, policy, environment and public policy. There are degree programs, courses and co-curricular activities for undergraduate to Ph.D. students and professionals. The research side is focused on four areas. The first is energy data analytics, which helps companies and consumers turn massive amounts of information from burden to actionable insight. Analytics is a good fit for North Carolina, home to data-management companies such as Cary-based SAS Institute Inc. It also includes exploring energy materials, such as solar photovoltaic, and intertwining energy, environmental science and technology, such as building better sensors for measuring natural-gas emissions, so they can be reduced in a cost-effective manner. And finally, the initiative engages the business of policy. That's done in part through serving government, so, for example, I'm on the N.C. Energy Policy Council.
RAO: Three years ago, Bob Koger, president and executive director of Raleigh-based engineering firm Advanced Energy, and I co-chaired a task force for the governor that examined state energy strategy. We discovered that before a natural-gas industry could be established here, we can profit from natural gas next door. That starts with the approximately 550-mile-long Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which will carry natural gas from West Virginia to customers in Virginia and North Carolina starting late 2018. It would be easy for a significant industry to take advantage of that supply. Here's an example: We import every scrap of ammonia fertilizer in the state. You could make ammonia from ACP natural gas for about $160 a metric ton and sell it for about $600. That's the definition of a profit. In that type of industry — converting natural gas into useful chemicals — about 60% of the workforce has a two-year degree. Not everyone needs a four-year university degree; two-year technicians can do a lot and be paid well for it.
RACKLIFFE: ABB is promoting high-voltage direct current and flexible alternating current transmission systems, grid-level storage and modernizing of transmission substations to improve grid reliability. The fastest growing grid modernization is analytics, especially those that examine grid reliability and asset health. There has been generation, unit commitment and load forecasting for a long time, but now we want to forecast residual demand with distributed- energy resources. The real growth is in managing and integrating distributed energy resources. We also are focused on integrating and managing microgrids, small power grids that stand alone or help the main power grid. Utilities are installing them to build resiliency, some at the direction of states, including New York and Connecticut, which saw their power distribution rocked by recent Northeastern storms.
How can North Carolina build its own natural-gas industry? What does it need? What would it look like?
RAO: We need the right people to see our strengths, and the best way for that is for the governor to get involved. It's called convening. Take Texas as an example. Gov. [Rick] Perry brought together CEOs and chief technology officers of certain companies and told them, "We need additional industry in this sector." And by God, when the governor calls, you all come. Once assembled, you expose them to the facts, which, in North Carolina's case, include a tremendous educational system, an excellent rail system and two ports, one of which is deep water.
MURRAY: You're not just building a natural-gas industry but also infrastructure and manufacturing. Natural-gas infra-structure is to economic development now what broadband infrastructure was 10 years ago. You need it to be a player in the game. Natural gas is a missing link. You have existing sources from the Gulf of Mexico and soon new sources from the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic thanks to the ACP, which is being built through our partnership with Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte-based Piedmont Natural Gas Co. and Atlanta-based AGL Resources Inc. That's the best of both worlds, because you can buy whichever is least expensive. Infrastructure projects like this one provide other benefits, including billions in economic activity and thousands of high-paying construction jobs.
ENSLIN: The natural-gas industry brings advanced manufacturing, which offers decent-paying jobs. North Carolina is already home to a lot of advanced manufacturing, where workers, many with two-year degrees from community colleges, make valves and metering electronics, for example. We need skilled jobs, regardless if they require two-year or four-year degrees. Advanced-manufacturing companies need people with four-year degrees to design the plants, the processes and the products. But they also need those with two-year degrees to operate and maintain their factories.
HUSAIN: Creating a workforce of graduates with two-year degrees from community-college programs and others with four-year degrees from universities is a collaborative effort of universities, community colleges and centers, such as FREEDM. Together they can write the curriculums and training programs. When energy lost its luster in the 1990s, energy programs saw enrollment drop, faculty retire and jobs converted to computer engineering. But N.C. State and the other world-class education institutions in the state didn't flinch. They maintained their energy-related programs, which encompass many sectors, including natural gas. That's paying off now. N.C. State, for example, recently was awarded the federally funded PowerAmerica Institute, which will develop the next generation of advanced manufacturing of wide bandgap tech-nologies. It includes partnering with community colleges, because these are manufacturing jobs that require highly skilled workers.
What other issues is the energy industry facing? Can solutions be addressed here?
WHITE: Energy storage is a missing component, especially with renewable energy, because we all understand that we're not burning something to consistently generate power from solar panels. Their output is at the mercy, to a large degree, of environmental conditions. That increases supply instability. Take a look at Germany, where all the nuclear power plants were decommissioned in a short period of time, and that put a tremendous amount of renewables online. They have unbelievable supply stability problems across the country. And to me, stability is as much about pricing as having power when you flip the switch. Batteries could create stability by storing energy during times of high generation and releasing it in the future, when demand is high. There's a lot being learned about how not managing energy production from the utility side creates problems across large areas.
JENNINGS: We have small energy storage pilot projects, many in partnership with battery manufacturers, in Texas, Ohio and North Carolina. We also are looking at using small 20-megawatt generators to relieve constraints and solve problems for trans-mission companies, while taking advantage of favorable pricing at certain times. These generators may not directly take you to storage, but they could create opportunities for it.
RACKLIFFE: The biggest economic challenge the industry faces is generation. Centralized generation is expensive capacity. Creating distributed-energy resources that offset centralized generation capacity drives economic value. We need to provide the right incentives to grid-edge participants to leverage generation capacity. That will shift the industry. But aligning distribution assets and resources with those at the transmission level is a tough task, at least right now. That's because the policy and regulatory environ-ments are light years apart. Storage's greatest benefit is uncoupling consumption from generation. Battery chemistry, not the power electronics, is the biggest roadblock to its use, and it's the best way to make less ex- pensive batteries. There are other potential storage options, though they come with their own issues. We're working with fly- wheel energy storage, a type of mechanical storage that is particularly well suited for rapidly changing voltages that can ruin batteries. Large-scale storage may be done with pump storage, but sites are limited. Compressed air is an option, but its econo- mics aren't clear.
ENSLIN: Swiss Alevo Group S.A.'s GridBank, which is manufactured in Concord, is a substation level energy storage system, which is in its early developmental stages. There has to be an incentive for installing batteries. It doesn't make sense for any company in this state to install them because neither the solar developer nor the utility wants to pay for them.
North Carolina-based companies are leaders in designing and inventing nuclear-energy technology. Will this generation method continue to be part of the mix?
ENSLIN: Nuclear is the future. It's clean; it releases zero carbon dioxide. We have to go back to nuclear, and we have to go with smaller, modular nuclear power plants.
RAO: The cost and time to build a traditional nuclear power plant is so great that distributed nuclear through the use of smaller plants is the direction to go. These 30- to 300-megawatt plants are safe. Some can produce energy for 10 years before the fuel rods need to be replaced. That happens about every three years in traditional nuclear power plants.
MURRAY: Using more natural gas will only help if nuclear generation is maintained. If you label coal 1, gas .5 and nuclear 0, and you get rid of the 0s and replace the 1s with .5s, the arrow doesn't move. But if you have only .5s and 0s, you've made tremendous progress. The policy case for nuclear is pretty easy. It has low fuel risk. Its reliability is proven — running 93% of the time — as are its low operating costs and zero air emission. Public policy has been a boost for solar, especially the 35% tax credit under the renewable portfolio standard. If ever there was a technology to examine public policy for, it's nuclear.
JENNINGS: You have to maintain the nuclear fleet. If we assume that the clean power plant is what we all think it's going to be, then you have to maintain a consistent level of nuclear power, and then your trade-off for gas and coal makes up about half of what we need to do in North Carolina. I don't think renewables can fill that void. If you phase out the nuclear fleet, you could have a huge renewable expansion and make no progress on greenhouse gases.
How should state energy policy evolve?
NEWELL: Virtually all of North Carolina's energy is imported. There is some offshore oil and gas and shale gas here, but even if that's commercialized — which is questionable because of the large oil and gas supplies available worldwide — the state will still be a significant energy consumer. North Carolina has huge intellectual and human capital. There are great universities and internationally renowned companies. We need to think globally, and we can do that through smart policy, smart markets and creating technology that uses and produces energy wisely. We tend to focus on each technology separately in regards to cost and emissions. We look at up-front financing versus long-term operating costs. Good business is thinking about what we're trying to achieve, which is affordable, reliable, clean energy. Policies shouldn't be technology specific but rather set business decisions in a direction that we want them to go. That way competitive technology wins the day.
MURRAY: Ideally it would be a federal initiative. Dominion CEO Thomas Farrell II has been clear that the country needs a national energy policy. Without that federal action, states are driving public policy. That's good, because the energy environment in California, where rates are about twice what they are here, is very different from the one in North Carolina.
How would you fund energy ventures in North Carolina?
MURRAY: The scale of capital for meaningful energy projects is far beyond the reach of venture capital. That's why the approaches taken in Virginia and North Carolina, and South Carolina and Georgia for that matter, where private-sector investment and public policy work together, make sense. That's a more appropriate model for any capital-intensive industry.
RAO: The money can be evaluated as long as we have the work. The Triangle can compete with Silicon Valley on talent, so I don't care where the money originates — the farther away, the less interference, most likely. The numbers in the chemical sector of gas inversion are too large for venture capital, but private equity can play there.
WHITE: We can't forget the entrepreneurial community. Who knows who will become the next Elon Musk, who could start another Tesla? Many of these type com-panies need access to capital. They also add to the number of companies here, which attracts interest in North Carolina. We need to pay as much attention to capital for entrepreneurial activities as 900-megawatt power plants.


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Re: Page turning problem on Nook ColorMiJeian Oct 14, 2011 10:38 AM (in response to Poseyanne)
Have you tried completely turning off your Nook and giving it about 10 seconds? That might solve the problem. If not, then the next step would be to erase and deregister your device (you'll need wifi). That should completely reset your Nook to factory settings and clear the problem, although you'd have to register and download all your stuff again.
Re: Page turning problem on Nook Colorjulestrik Oct 14, 2011 10:43 AM (in response to MiJeian)
I had a similar thing happen to me. It only happened once but I did turn my nook off and waited to turn it back on. After the reboot it was fine. It has never happened before or since. A fluke? I thought at the time it was more an issue with the book than my nook color but I don't know for sure.
Re: Page turning problem on Nook ColorSerendip Oct 14, 2011 10:43 AM (in response to Poseyanne)
Before you go through the unregistering and reregistering and all that...
Have you cleaned the screen?
When the screen is dirty (even if it doesn't appear dirty) the NC does all sorts of strange things. Problems with pages skipping and not turning is definitely one of them.
Re: Page turning problem on Nook Colorfrednich Dec 11, 2011 2:47 PM (in response to Poseyanne)
I get exactly the same problem on my Nook color -- the cycle, e.g. pg 8, pg 9, pg 10, pg 8. Can't get to page 11. I've tried a number of fixes and have always been able to get around the problem -- eventually. Very annoying, though. I hadn't tried cleaning the screen, though -- I'll add that to my list. Sometimes I skip to the next chapter, then page back. Sometimes change the font size. Both have worked at various times. Sometimes the (apparently) same problem occurs in the form of a skip: e.g., pg 8, pg 9, pg 11. Can't get to page 10. The irritating part is that sometimes I probably don't even notice the skip (if page 9 ended a paragraph and page 11 starts with a new paragraph, the skip may not be obvious). I only notice if the continuation makes no sense. If it's all a matter of cleaning the screen, great. If not, this product is not exactly as good as it should be.
Re: Page turning problem on Nook ColorHardKnockWife Jan 12, 2012 9:07 PM (in response to Poseyanne)
I have the exact same problem, and have since the latest upgrade. In addition to the pages "sticking" and a complete inability to move past a certain page without using the slider or "Go To Page" button, I've noticed that books that were previously read with no problems have wonky page numbers. For example, say I am on page 11 turn the page, but the page will just recycle to the same page 11. If I use the "Go To" button to move to page 12, it will move to a prior page, like page 9. The page numbers have occassionally been in an order like this: page 11, 9,15,13 and so on. I have only noticed this because I am familiar with the books and know what order the story is supposed to be in. It doesn't usually become a problem unless it starts sticking, but now that I have to pay attention to the page number on every page, in case it sticks, it is very frustrating. I keep a clean screen and regularly power down. I think it is definately an upgrade problem that B & N needs to check out.
Re: Page turning problem on Nook ColorGrizzDG Apr 9, 2012 2:54 PM (in response to Poseyanne)
I have found that if you change the font size to the next smaller size then back to the original size it fixes the paging problem
Re: Page turning problem on Nook ColorPeter_WA Jul 25, 2012 9:02 PM (in response to Poseyanne)
Add me to the list of people with this page turning, looping back on itself issue. I have done all the tricks recommended on this thread from cleaning the screen, rebooting the device and even changing the font settings. As with others, I have also continually updated the OS, so I am at the latest version. Each time the problem goes temporarily away, but always come back at some other random part of any book I read.
BTW, I am 100% sure that this problem is not a book issue as my wife recently downloaded and read the same book I currently am, which I had issues with, while she has not had any issues. The only difference is that she has a Nook Tablet while I have a Color.
Re: Page turning problem on Nook ColorAunt_Pie Jul 30, 2012 10:27 AM (in response to Poseyanne)
I have this same problem. I have one of the original Nook Colors, so I thought maybe it was just getting old, but it sounds like it happens to newer ones as well. When it first started happening, I could do a soft reset and it would be fine, but now it happens more frequently, and I will never finish a book if I'm resetting the device every few minutes. But I'm also having other problems, including but not limited to: a page will just turn blank while I'm reading it, and even if I advance to the next page and then come back, it's still blank; page turning has slowed down to the point that I'm not sure it has even recognized my tap, until I tap again and it will advance 2 pages; selecting text isn't working like it did originally, as sometimes I can tap and it either won't select at all, or it selects a word that is several words away from the one I'm trying to select. I am thinking that all of these may be screen-related, but not sure what to do. I'll try cleaning it, although I am skeptical that it will work. I do not want to do a hard reset because of all the repercussions of that. If I can't figure out some solution, I'll probably just buy a Nook with the Glowlight, as the main reason I wanted the NC to begin with was to be able to read in bed in the dark, so it wouldn't keep my husband awake.
Re: Page turning problem on Nook ColorwhyMD Jul 30, 2012 1:13 PM (in response to Aunt_Pie)I have this problem too. Why complain if B&N ignores it?
Re: Page turning problem on Nook ColorDAT11 Sep 27, 2012 10:25 AM (in response to Poseyanne)Just switch to another book, then go back to the problem book and it will now work!
Re: Page turning problem on Nook ColorColoradoKelli Jan 22, 2014 8:28 AM (in response to Poseyanne)
I've been having this problem too. How annoying! I thought it was because I am reading a book that I have on an SD card. But now that I've read this thread, it looks like that's not the reason at all.
I'm really surprised that BN has not fixed this problem by now!
Anyway, someone in this discussion suggested choosing the "publisher defaults" setting in the "text" settings. I did that, and it did fix the problem -- however, I only just did it yesterday, so hopefully I'm not speaking too soon.
My software version is 1.4.3.


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Clean Water Act at 40: Is It Failing to Meet New Pollution Challenges?
Mertens, Richard, The Christian Science Monitor
When Rick Unger was a boy, he and his father would fish from the breakwall where the Cuyahoga River enters Lake Erie.
I remember the smell, says Mr. Unger, now 59. I remember the oil slicks. I remember the fishing not being very good.
The Cuyahoga was then so polluted that the surface occasionally caught fire. Erie was considered a dead lake; in summer floating mats of stinking blue-green algae consumed so much oxygen in the water that large areas of the lake were rendered lifeless.
But in 1972 Congress passed the Clean Water Act, one of the most far-reaching and ambitious environmental laws ever enacted in the United States. The act cut industrial pollution, set new goals for the health of the nations waters, and provided billions of dollars to help cities build and upgrade sewage treatment plants.
The effect on the Cuyahoga and Lake Erie was swift and dramatic. Within years, the algae blooms disappeared. The Cuyahoga stopped burning. Fishing improved.
We had a terrific lake again, says Unger, now a charter boat captain and president of the Lake Erie Charter Boat Association. Lake Erie became known as the Walleye Capital of the World.
Now, 40 years later, Lake Erie is once more in trouble. In recent summers large blooms of toxic algae have returned. In 2011, the worst year so far, there were days when the algae was so thick that Unger couldnt take his customers fishing. He once drove his 27-foot Sportcraft boat 14 miles straight north from Cleveland before he gave up and turned back. I never got out of the algae, he says.
The recovery and decline of the Lake Erie ecosystem offer a vivid illustration of both the successes and failures of the Clean Water Act in cleaning up and protecting the nations waters.
Experts on environmental history and policy say that, since the act, much progress has been made: cleaning up rivers and lakes, protecting estuaries and wetlands, and curbing pollution from industry and municipal sewage problems that were acute by the 1970s despite earlier efforts to stop pollution.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that in 1972 two-thirds of the waters in America were unfit for fishing or swimming. Today, it says, that amount has been cut in half, to one- third.
At the same time, shortcomings in the Clean Water Act and its implementation have left the nation with problems that are being addressed too slowly or hardly at all, experts and environmental advocates say. Here's a synopsis of some of these problems.
Runoff from urban areas carries pollutants from streets and lawns into lakes and rivers. During storms, this runoff can overwhelm sewer systems, sending untreated sewage into nearby waters. Many cities are working to separate sewers that carry rainwater from those that carry sewage. Some, like Philadelphia, Milwaukee, and Washington, D.C., are also promoting the use of green infrastructure to reduce runoff.
Pollution standards for different industries standards that determine what the industries can put into the water and what they cant are out of date. Plus, new pollutants are emerging, including pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.
People are inventing new chemicals faster than we can figure out what to do about them, says William Hines, a professor of law at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.
Aging infrastructure including treatment plants and sewage systems that in some cities date to the 19th century is a growing threat to water quality. Even sewage treatment plants built with federal money in the early years of the Clean Water Act are in need of upgrades.
If we dont reinvest in that infrastructure, well start falling backwards again, in part due to population growth, says Robert Adler, a professor of law at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City and the author of a book on the Clean Water Act.
The act left largely untouched the leading cause of pollution today, known as nonpoint pollution. …


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BRIDPORT - School has been been canceled for the rest of the week in Bridport after about 80 of the 130 students and staff either called in or went home sick.
The Vermont Health Department is investigating after the illnesses were reported Wednesday at the Bridport Central School. The district canceled school on Thursday and Friday while the building is sanitized.
Symptoms included diarrhea and vomiting and could be caused by the Norovirus, also known as stomach flu, infectious disease epidemiologist Bradley Tompkins told WCAX-TV (http://bit.ly/XRpb6r ) reported.
"This is certainly the environment where Norovirus can easily spread where there are children and a lot of touching of objects," Tompkins said.
Corey Pratt, owner of Pratt's Store, near the the preschool-through-sixth-grade school, said his wife and 11-year-old daughter were sick.
"To have that many in such a short period of time is scary and hopefully they can figure out what the problem is," he said.
The Health Department was testing samples from those who were sick to determine if Norovirus was the cause.
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Moorhead Daily News (Newspaper) - October 15, 1929, Moorhead, Minnesota apwtai dm UNITED PRESS TELEGRAPH SER VICE RECEIVED BY THE NEWt VOL. XLIII, No. 238 MOORHEAD, MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, OCT. 15, 1926. $4.00 PER YEAR U.T O Q UIT w^r» R M AIL Concordia Prepares For HomecomingALUMNI TO MEET HERE ONOCT. 30 Shipstead and Consul Hobe to be Among Speakers. Senator Hendrick Shipstead of Minnesota and Hans Hobe, Norwegian ronsul at St. Paul, will speak on Concordia college annual homecoming lay program, according to officials in liarle today. The annual homecoming celebration at the locai school will •a- hold on Saturday and Sunday. Oct. :0 and 31. TIu- gridiron feature of the day will h ilie clash between Augsburg col-' L,e of Minneapolis and the Cobbers. Senator Shipstead and Consul Hobe will appear on the Saturday morning program at chapel. Mr. Hobe will present J. A. Holvik, head of the Norse department of Concordia, with a decoration bestowed by the Norwegian king in recognition of his services in connection with the NorSe-American centennial in the twin cities. Mr. Holvik was secretary of the centennial association. Preceding the football game a parade will be staged through the business sections of this city and Fargo. All societies on the college campus will have floats. The annual alumni dinner will be held al t; p. m. Saturday probably in 'he parlors of Trinity church to be ('ollowed by a program in the college gymnasium at 8 p. m. President J. N. Brown will preside "U- gymnasium program on which ■;. ! m '¡¡1 Stoevo, president of the .V -J: D-.koia district of the Norwe-Lutheran church. Rev. 1. T. '. of Detroit, president of the \ •>• I'-M-i! .Minnesota district. Rev. J. Y:. O. Ness of Perley. president of the .•oüege corporation. S. G. Cmstock, ".!:>'.irliead pioneer, and Lars Cliris-'¡-.-'.ison will appear. Other speakers -,v• 11 represent the college alumni and vr'dent body, !)r. Jacob Tanner of th-> Luther Theological seminary of St. Paul will preach the homecoming sermon at Trinity church Sunday morning. That afternoon the annual open house will be staged at Ladies hall on the campus. The homecoming activities will be capped with the bonfire ceremony on the campus Sunday evening. LARGE CROWD HEARS SELVIG AT HITTERDAL Gang Victim (Special to The News) Hitterdal, Oct. 15—Addressing a large and enthusiastic crowd last evening at the Hitterdal hall, C. G. Selvig, nominee for Congress in the ninth district, presented fully his views on national questions, stressing the farm problem. Comments, by those present indicated that they were greatly impressed with the grasp of the issues made manifest by the speaker. Mr. Selvig was introduced as ''a good man who had accomplished more for the Red River valley than any one else," as head of the agricultural school at Crookston. The tariff. transportation, decentralization of our national bureau, and the effects o£ our new immigration rules were discussed plainly and with authority. Mr. Selvig made a distinctly favorable impression when he said he wanted to go to Congress to give the greatest service of which he was capable to lift the farmers out of then-present condition. The third party is of no influence or avail in Congress he told his hearers. Today at noon Mr. Selvig gave an address at Rothsay. Tonight, with Lt. Gov. W. I. Nolan, he is to speak at Barnesville. Saturday night he will be at Rollag. TYPIST MAY BE KEY TO LOSS OF STEPHENSON LETTERS IN INDIANA POLITICAL INQUIRY Indianapolis, Oct. 15 (UP)—Information obtained from D. C." Stephenson, former klan dragon in a secret interview at the state prison in Michigan City was placed before the Marion county grand jury today by William Shaeffer, deputy prosecutor investigating political scandals. 2 KILLED ON STREET CAR New Orleans, Oct. 15 (UP) — Miss Lillian Hardin and her escort, Ralph Sturdy, were murdered here today by a man wno boarded the street car on which they were riding, shot them, and then escaped in a motor car which was running alongside on the street. Shortly afterwards police arrested Matt Seminary, a boxer, and he is said to have confessed to the double murder. w. W. O'Brien, Chicago attoi> ney, was shot and seriously wounded by gangsters operating a machine gun.STAIXEYRITESON SATURDAY for Fred Stalley,Lutherans9 DistrictQuota Is $111,000 The Northern Minnesota district of the Norwegian Lutheran church of America will raise approximately $111,-000 for the working budget of the church this year, according to President J. N. Brown of Concordia college. The eight church districts in Ameri1 ca will have a total working budget of $1,153,000, President Brown said. North Dakota's quota is $116,000. Rev. A. H. Amundson, financial secretary of the college, this week attend-' ed a meeting at Minneapolis of all district presidents and financial secretaries of the church. Merchants Indorse Legion Post Sale Resolutions indorsing a paid secretary for the Moorhead Commercial club and the American Legion "white elephant" sale October 29 were passed by the Moorhead Retail Merchants association at its regular monthly meeting last evening. The association also offered its financial help in obtaining a secretary. John Harris, H. H. Hansen and Leo Johnson were named on a committee to urge merchants of the city to keep their show window lighting fixtures on until later in the evening. Mrs. Oscar Ohristianson who underwent surgical treatment at St. John's hospital. Fargo, has returned to her home. +-----------------—--4» ' WEATHER FORECAST ! For Moorhead, Fargo, and vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight ; and Saturday; probably rain or 1 snow: colder. Miss Alice Wright Trinity Choir Head Miss Alice Wright was elected president of Trinity Lutheran church choir at the annual business meeting held last evening following a social hour at which Miss Wright and Edgar Wright presided. Christine Fjelstad was named vice president, Elida Sundet secretary and treasurer, Norman Engh librarian, and Vivian Nellermoe assistant librarian. The social committee is composed of Myrtle Nellermoe, Irene Thompson and George Fevig. The choir voted to hold one social meeting a month following their regular rehearsal. • -MM.** Funeral services Clay county register of deeds, who died Wednesday evening at his home in Moorhead, will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow from the First Congregational church of Moorhead with Rev. Frederick Errington officiating. Burial will be in the family lot at Hawley. The body will lie in state at the Wright & Sons chapel from 10 a. m. to 1 p. in. tomorrow. Pallbearers will be: Andrew O. Houglum, Arthur C. Fevig, W. George Hammett. C. H. Rufer, Wilfred Cos-tain and Fred M. Brophy. The Moorhead Retail Merchants association at its meeting last evening voted to attend the service in a body. The Moorhead Ladies sextet will sing one of Mr. Stalley's favorite hymns at the service. Sunday at the First Congregational church at 11 a. m. a memorial service will be held for Mr. Stalley. Edgar Sharp, W. George Hammett and Rev. Frederick Errington will speak.Men of BethesdaOrganize Thursday Thirty-three men of Bethesda church organized a Men's Brotherhood with L. S. Myller as president last evening. Other officers are: Carl Johnson, vice president; Memfred Nelson, secretary, and A. L. Eliason, treasurer. A membership committee composed of Frank Westberg, Emil Pehrson and John Sten was named by President Myller. The Brotherhood will meet on the third Thursday of each month. Refreshments were served last evening by L. Eastlund, Claus Westberg and N. P. Nelson. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 15 (UP)—A young stenographer, who suddenly dropped~from sight a week ago, is believed today to hold the key to the disappearance of the personal letters and checks of D. C. Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Indiana Ku Klux Klan. Prosecutor William Remy is attempting to obtain the documents as evidence for the Marion county grand jury investigation of charges that Stephenson sef up a corrupt government in Indiana. The girl, Mildred Meade, worked in Stephenson's office before he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzey $ year ago. Miss Meade left her home, here last Friday, Just as the political inquiry wag warming up and Prosecutor Remy is convinced she knows the hiding place of the missing documents or aided in their destruction. The father, mother and sister of the missing stenographer were brought before the grand jury session, but ap--p&rently were unable to give any information of her whereabouts. After leaving the grand jury room, the mother sent an appeal through the newspapers to her daughter to come home at once, "no matter who is advising you to stay away." Meanwhile Thomas Adams, Vin-cennes editor, whose charges caused the grand jury inquiry, continued his efforts to have the inquiry taken up by the senate investigating committee headed by Senator James A. Reed of Missouri. ■"I have sent Senator Reed evidence which is bound to bring about a federal investigation," Adams said, after wiring each member of the senate committee a request to convene here.Concordia to Hold Pep Meeting Tonight Students of Concordia college will hold a pep meeting in the college gymnasium at 6:45 p. m. today. Coach Frank Cleve of the football team will also speak. Yells will be practiced''for the game Saturday with Gustavus Adolphus.SERVICE TO BE RUN BY INDIVIDUALS 85 Planes, 15 Hangars To Be Put Up for Auction.SAVAGENAMED COMMANDEROF LEGION TODAY Washington, Oct. 15 (UP)—The postoffice department announced today it will relinquish the trans-continental and overnight New York-Chicago government operated air mailservices and will advertise with-in*30 days for bids for private enterprise to take over the services. "It has never been the intention of the post office department to continue operation permanently of the air mail service, Postmaster General New said. The department has 85 areoplanes, 15 hangars and machine shops worth several million dollars which will be sold. Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 15 (UP) —Howard Paul Savage of Illinois, former lieutenant of engineers during the war, was today elected national commander of the American Legion at the closing session of the eighth annual convention. Savage's election fellow*?) a " spirited campaign during which 22 ballets wore cast before he gained a majority over Monroe Johnson of South Carolina, his chief opponent, .^rvl . ' Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 15 (UP)— Gen. ^ John J. Pershing and Marshal Foch of Prance were made honorary commanders of the American Legion for life by a unanimous vote of the eighth annual Legion convention here today. A resolution giving the honorary office to the leader of the A. E. F. and the French commander in chief of the allied armies in the world war was presented by the resolution committee and adopted amid enthusiastic cheers by the convention. The action was a compromise arrangement worked out by Legion leaders supporting the proposal to make Pershing the active national commander for the trip to Paris next year.LOS ANGELES REACHES GOALNEW MAN FOR CHARTER BODY2 Held on AllegedPotato Robberies One-sixth of the 5,500,000 persons in ihc United States who are over 65 years of age are dependent upon public charity, according to insurance statistics. vv Harry Stratton and George Haiiser will be arraigned before Judge E. U> Wade late today on charged of stealing potatoes owned by James Nesbitt from the warehouse at Ruthruff. They were arrested by Sheriff Malvey late Thursday. Thirty sacks of potatoes were recovered by the sheriff when the men were arrested. It is the second time that the warehouse has been burglarized in two years. S. G. Comstock, chairman of the city charter committee for the past 25 years, who was again named to that board by the Moorhead council recent- i ly, will be unable to serve this time, he has notified R. G. Price, city clerk. Mr. Comstock's resignation from the committee will necessitate the flaming of another member at the meeting this evening in the council chambers. Fifteen men named by the council to serve on the committee have been approved by Judge Carroll A. Nye. They are besides-Mr. Comstock: C. A. Ballard, Edwin Adams, E. E. Sharp, A. H. Costain, H. E. Roberts, Leslie Welter, H. J. Harris, Ralph Pedersdn, A. J. Wright, Theodore Gulickson, C. G. Dosland, Johi^ Gletne,*G. H. Rus- tad and James A. Garrity. These men are now signing oaths of office and the organization of the committee will be i effected when all oaths are returned to City Clerk Price. ' V The council tonight will discuss the installation on Eighth st S from Eighth st to the Moorhead State Teachers MRS. WRIGHT NAMED Philadelphia, Oct. 15, (UP)— Mrs. Adelaide Wright, Macauley, Menominee, Wis., was elected national president of the Women's auxiliary of the American Legion on the fourth ballot in the auxiliary convention here today. Mrs. M. Gleason was elected vice president of the Northwest division.RILEY HURLS DEBATE DEFI Minneapolis, Oct. 15 (UP)—Dr. W. R. Riley of Minneapolis, today awaited a reply from J. A. A. Burnquist for a debate on evolution. Dr. Riley, leader among fundamentalists of the Northwest, invited Burnquist, a trustee of Carleton college Northfield, to discuss the question with him on a platform of the Minneapolis armory before a public audience. The challenge grew out of Dr. Riley's resolution before the Minnesota Baptist convention, providing that financial support be withdrawn from Carleton because of alleged belief of the faculty in evolution. "Modern education almost without exception accepts the theory of evo-college oî an ornamental lighting sys- lution and it would be practically im-tem. /possible to gather together as large a The supplemental assessment roll on the First w»rd paving project will be placed before the council this evening for approval. faculty as at Carleton and secure excellent teaching talent without having such a faculty hold the theory of evolution," he said. Detroit, Oct. 15 (UP)—1The giant navy dirigible Los Angeles completed its cruise from I^kehurst, N. J.t hangar, to Detroit at 3; 30 this morn« ing and two hours later was safely çaçored to the Fprd jpr naast at Dear»» born. The trip from Lakehurst was, made in a little more than 16 hours and except for some contrary head winds was ^smooth. These winds slowed the 50-mile gait that ha'd been maintained after passing Pittsburg to 20 miles an hour. The day broke wifh a perfect sky. Hardly a bit of wind was stirring. The ship was very itill against the tower. - The crowd about it was increased by a continuous stream of automobiles coming from all directions. It was necessary for spectators to build small fires to keep themselves warm. Approximately 3,500 people, including Henry and Edsel Ford, were waiting for the dirigible. Almost simultaneously with the sighting of the ship a thousand search lights from as many automobiles parked at the Ford air port shot their rays upon the hull of thé ship, silhouetting its beautiful silver frame against the dark sky. After cruising about the port for an hour waiting for better light for landing, a rope was dropped to the ground at 4:35 a. m. An hour later the vessel was moored fast to the mastLocal Roomer IsOvercome by Gas Tom Readon of New Ulm, Minn., was found unconscious, overcome by gas, in a local rooming house this afternoon. He was dragged from the gas filled room and revived. At last reports he was reported improving nicely. Readon was taking a bath when overcome. The gas heater which was used for heating the water had gone out and gas filled the room overcoming the bather.PEDS LEAD WOPS 7-0 Wahpeton, N. D., Oct. 15.— Moorhead State Teachers college led the Wahpeton Scientists at half time here today 7-0. Zeck plunged through the Wahpeton line for the score. Londoners are complaining of a new nuisance: the littering of theater floors with peanut shells. The English learned the joys of eating peanuts from the Canadians during the World war. PER BOLSTAD Noted Violioist Will give a Concert at Evening 8:15 Oct. 18 ;


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Barring the past two weeks with the released low-budget films not making a memorable impact on the box office, Bollywood has been going through a great phase. From Delhi Belly and Murder 2 to Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara and Singham, blockbusters have been pouring into the industry. Naturally, expectations are high from the next two biggies of the month, one of them being Prakash Jha's star-studded directorial venture Aarakshan. Also, there is no doubt that Prakash Jha is one of the most talented and respected directors of our time. But especially after the blockbuster Raajneeti which was also claimed to be one of the best films of 2010, expectations are bound to be high from his next. And lastly, when you have names like Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone and Manoj Bajpayee packed in one film, who wouldn't be expecting another blockbuster? Sadly, that's not what you get. Aarakshan doesn't meet the expectations, it disappoints!
Aarakshan is the story of Prabhakar Anand (Amitabh Bachchan), the legendary idealistic principal of a college that he has single-handedly turned into the state's best. It is the story of his loyal disciple, Deepak Kumar (Saif Ali Khan) who will do anything for his Sir, of Deepak's love for Prabhakar's daughter Poorbi (Deepika Padukone), of his friendship with Sushant (Prateik Babbar). It is the story of their love, their lively friendship, their zest for life, and of their dreams for the future. Centered on one of the most controversial issues of recent years, with the Supreme Court's order on reservations, the story suddenly becomes a rollercoaster ride of high drama, conflict, and rebellion, which tests their love and friendship for one another, and their loyalty to Prabhakar Anand.
The movie is indeed based on a very interesting topic which everyone can easily relate to. However, not always do interesting concepts translate into interesting scripts. That's the case with Aarakshan. The film starts off on an unrealistic note with a few job interviewers evidently humiliating Saif Ali Khan about his background, also talking ill about his parents' occupation. From a realistic view, who does that in a job interview? Human resource managers could be reported and sacked for making any evident caste/social class bias comments. Anyways, then after a few introductory sequences to the characters, Saif-Deepika's romance and two songs – one of them being an unnecessary boring typical Bollywood song 'Mauka' – the movie actually starts getting interesting. Following a Prakash Jha style, the movie is filled in with some great dramatic and gripping moments. Look out for the scenes between the powerhouse performers Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan and Manoj Bajpayee; absolutely terrific! In spite of the uninteresting start, the movie keeps you gripped enough to make you want to know what's going to happen next. The film deals with its main plot i.e. caste-based reservations in a top-notch manner addressing the issues, concerns and opinions attached to it. But the second half is where the film goes down again, and doesn't come back. The reason being that it's no longer about the main issue 'aarakshan'; it's just about Amitabh Bachchan!
The second half keeps getting dull scene by scene. It's filled with flaws. Firstly, the focus is no longer about the reservation issue, it's about Prabhakar Anand's principles and troubles. Everything seems extremely stretched and exaggerated. Also, a strong point for a film of such nature should usually be its realism, and that's what it lacks. Prabhakar Anand actually starts his classes in the cow-shed. So, as you can expect, the results he gets will be the best in the whole class. He teaches a girl who used to get 57%, and guess what happens after Prabhakar Anand teaches her... you got it right, she tops the class! He then actually overtakes a well-established private coaching class in no time and brings back his reputation. Then, nearing the end, Deepika Padukone actually speaks to some men working under a particular politician to support her, and they all in exact '5 seconds' forget all their loyalty and go against the politician running to help Deepika, Amitabh, Saif et al. And there are many more scenes like that. Also, why does Manoj Bajpai suddenly out of nowhere start acting mental towards the end? He was completely fine one scene before. The transition isn't shown well. And lastly, what's that? Saif Ali Khan is contacting Deepika Padukone from America for the first time, and the number flashing on Deepika's phone is a Mumbai number saved with his name. Is that how careless one can be about film-making?!
This is definitely not one of director Prakash Jha's best works. Like usual Prakash Jha films, the dialogues of the film by Anjum Rajabali are top-notch. Except the first song 'Achche lagte ho', the songs by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy are extremely boring. In fact, most of them seem unnecessarily added in the film for the heck of it which makes it even more irritable. It doesn't flow with the screenplay. The editing by Santosh Mandal is average. One of the scenes in the first half comes from absolutely nowhere. Same goes for the screenplay. In fact, the nearly 165 minutes long film could have been easily cut down by 20 minutes which would have definitely worked in favor of the film. It's too long and stretched! However, the cinematography by Sachin Kumar Krishanan is excellent.
Amitabh Bachchan is fantastic. Some might argue that he's playing the role of 'a man with principles' all over again similar to his earlier films, but then the same don't appreciate him experimenting in films like Buddha Hoga Tera Baap or Nishabd either right? Neither do I! Hence, I would say it's nice to see him do roles matching his supreme talent which he has justified with a fantastic performance. In spite of proving his talent time and again, Saif Ali Khan yet remains underrated. And the film simply doesn't justify his brilliance. Just like Ajay Devgn in Raajneeti, Saif Ali Khan disappears from the film and has no scope in the second half of the film. He's hardly there! Regardless, he gives in a sincere, power-packed and impactful performance even during his minimal screen-time. Look out for the scene where Saif Ali Khan and Prateik Babbar fight over the reservation policy, if the scene stands out, it's only because of his top-notch performance. Manoj Bajpayee is terrific. In fact, he's the best part about the film. Playing another negative character post Raajneeti, Manoj Bajpayee has proved that he is equally competent to even performers like Amitabh Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan. Definitely, a nomination-worthy performance! Deepika Padukone looks simple, but beautiful. She's improving with every film which can be seen. Though, her character doesn't get much to contribute to the film. Her character could have brought a very interesting touch to the storyline, but sadly, the character and the contribution of it isn't formed well. Prateik Babbar has a long way to go. A few sequences have not worked only because of his mediocre performance. Agreed he's still only a few films old, but with today's competition among the newcomers, one can't afford to give such an average act. In fact in some scenes he even provides a few laughs, which aren't really supposed to be funny. Get some acting lessons Prateik before it's too late! Among the rest of the supporting cast, it's Tanvi Azmi who stands out. She's excellent as always. Hema Malini's entry in the end was expected.
Overall, the film is based upon a very interesting concept. Without concentrating on its dull beginning, the first half is extremely powerful and gripping making it a great watch till then. However, the film looses track and moves away from the issue after which it never regains the interest back. The concept could have been utilized to the most and be made it into an extremely powerful and hard-hitting film. But unfortunately, in spite of having a few brilliant performances and a renowned director, it's all gone waste!
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