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Definition of X-ray in English:
(also x-ray or X ray)
1An electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light.
- X-rays were formerly defined in terms of their wavelength, radiation of shorter wavelength than theirs being classed as gamma rays. They are now usually defined in terms of the mode of production: X-rays are produced by the deceleration of charged particles, especially electrons, or by electron transitions in atoms, while gamma rays arise from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei.
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- Gamma rays are not particles but a form of electromagnetic radiation, like light, radio waves, and X-rays.
- It was designed to study X-rays and gamma rays from solar flares.
- Most known radiation dangers occur at the high end of the electromagnetic spectrum, and include X-rays and gamma rays.
1.1 [as modifier] informal Denoting an apparent or supposed faculty for seeing beyond an outward form: you didn't need X-ray eyes to know what was going on
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- Television doctor Chris Steele has been given the all-clear from cancer after a 'diagnosis' from a Russian teenager who claims to have X-ray eyes.
- I've also got X-ray vision, Super breath, and can leap four Range Rovers in a single bound.
- Superman has X-ray vision: walls become permeable, transparent.
2A photographic or digital image of the internal composition of something, especially a part of the body, produced by X-rays being passed through it and being absorbed to different degrees by different materials.
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- Often used to identify fractures or tumors that may not be visible on an X-ray.
- Having the ability to analyze X-rays and scans digitally from a remote location can be extremely valuable.
- In this procedure, a special contrast material is injected into one of your milk ducts before the X-ray images are taken.
radiograph, radiogram, X-ray image/picture/photograph, roentgenogram
2.1An act of photographing someone with an X-ray: he will have an X-ray today would you send her for X-ray?
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- The doctor may need to take several tests, including blood tests or X-rays, to diagnose your child.
- You may need X-rays or an ultrasound to check the kidneys and ureters.
- Chief Executive Steve Ferres said that Ramsden was having an X-ray on the injury today to assess the extent of the damage.
verb[with object]
Photograph or examine with X-rays: luggage bound for the hold is X-rayed
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- The body is X-rayed from many angles, and the X-rays are then analyzed by a computer.
- Casualties are X-rayed to pinpoint the location of coins and some require surgery.
- I was X-rayed, and had lots of nurses and doctors coming in and out of the room.
Translation of German X-Strahlen (plural), from X- (because, when discovered in 1895, the nature of the rays was unknown) + Strahl 'ray'.
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Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium opened on September 14, 2002 and is Home of the Stony Brook Seawolves football, men's and women's soccer, and men's and women's lacrosse teams. The 8,300-seat stadium was constructed at a cost of $22 million dollars. Its unique design provides fans with a tremendous stadium experience. The state of the art facility is the largest outdoor athletic facility in Suffolk County. The stadium has a three tier press box on the east side and accommodates six luxury suites, a spacious working press box area, television and radio booths and a camera deck on the roof. The facility was named in honor of Kenneth P. LaValle on October 19, 2002 in honor of the New York State Senator that was instrumental in making the stadium a reality.

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On March 29, 2012, Oracle announced that it has agreed to acquire ClearTrial, a leading provider of cloud-based Clinical Trial Operations and analytics products that make the planning, sourcing, and tracking of clinical projects and financial performance faster and more accurate. The transaction has closed.
The combination of Oracle and ClearTrial is expected to deliver the most comprehensive closed-loop clinical trial management offering from planning to payment. ClearTrial's activity-based costing solutions use embedded intelligence based on deep industry expertise to help life sciences companies manage the rising costs and increasing complexities of bringing new therapies to market. Together, Oracle expects to enable companies to significantly improve their ability to manage clinical trials across geographies, outsourcers, therapeutic areas, and trial phases resulting in a better return on their R&D capital investments.
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Shula: Expects Newton to take big step forward
Published: Sunday, May 12, 2013 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, May 13, 2013 at 12:45 a.m.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula believes Cam Newton is ready to take a big step forward entering year three, providing he can manage the ups and downs that come with the job.
Newton has shown that he has the physical skills to be an elite quarterback.
Now, Shula wants to see him take a step forward emotionally, specifically when it comes to handling adversity.
"Probably the biggest thing for him is maintaining that balance," Shula said. "Because everything around you during the football season is going to be up and down."
At times TV cameras have caught Newton moping on the sidelines and even teammate Steve Smith has called him out in the past for sulking.
Newton wasn't at the team's rookie minicamp this weekend, but has said in the past he needs to control his emotions and become a better team leader because he knows his teammates are watching him.
"The more you can continue to stay on an even plane and lead the group of guys around you, the more effective you are going to be as a quarterback," said Shula, who added that Newton has been one of his favorite players ever to coach.
Managing Newton's emotions is just one of Shula's responsibilities as he prepares for his first season as offensive coordinator with the Panthers.
He has to find a way to create more balance on offense and a way to keep a crowded backfield happy.
The Panthers have two former first-round draft picks in DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart, as well as another proven back in Mike Tolbert. On top of that, the Panthers drafted Oregon running back Kenjon Barner in the sixth round to work as a scat back.
"It's our job to know each player and what he does best and put him on the field doing what he does best," said Shula, who was promoted to offensive coordinator after Rob Chudzinski left to become coach of the Cleveland Browns.
"It is a bit of a struggle when you're trying to get all of those guys involved. The number one thing is make first downs and keep the ball. ... You do that by having a good mix."
Along with improving the overall balance of the offense, Shula is also looking to establish more continuity on the offensive line.
Of course much of Carolina's offense is centered around Newton, who has thrown for 7,920 yards and 40 touchdowns and run for 1,447 yards and 22 touchdowns in his 32 starts for the Panthers.
Shula said his focus will be on making sure Newton continues to progress in his decision making.
"We want him to make quick decisions — and the right decisions — and get the ball out," Shula said. "That helps the receivers and the offensive line and keeps people off of him. I think he's gotten better each year. I feel better about him now than I did last year. You can't substitute anything for the experience he's gotten. The ups and downs. You are going to be better because of it. We feel like we have guys surrounding him that are poised to have really good years."
Panthers coach Ron Rivera said part of the reason he promoted Shula to offensive coordinator was because of Shula's relationship with Newton and he didn't want to affect the continuity on offense.
Rivera said he spoke recently with a number of veteran players and they like Shula's approach to the offense.
As for the offense itself, Shula said Newton will still be used as a ball carrier but wouldn't say how much the team will use the zone read option that Chudzinski used so frequently.
Newton carried the ball 127 times as a rookie and 126 times last year.
"You would be foolish to say you're not going to use it," Shula said. "We'll do things differently to keep things off balance."
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People have been seeing things in Ireland for centuries: leprechauns, fairies, ghosts, banshees, vampires, angels and even the Virgin Mother herself on occasion. After the doleful history we've had, it would be surprising if we didn't.
But usually they're attributed to the visionaries quaffing vast quantities of homemade poitin beforehand. Every now and then, though, an apparition can be much harder to explain.
Take the case of the Knock Shrine in County Mayo. Some Catholics believe that in 1879 the Virgin Mary appeared there accompanied by Saint Joseph, Saint John the Evangelist and Jesus Christ (in the metaphorical garb of the Lamb of God). As visions go this, as they say, was a doozy.
The Knock story began on the evening of the 21 August 1879, when a Miss Mary McLoughlin, 45, the longtime housekeeper to Archdeacon Kavanagh, and the least fanciful person you could ever imagine, took a short walk to the nearby cottage of her friend the widow Mary Byrne at about 7 p.m.
It was raining. Along the wearily familiar path that night she passed by the south gable of the little Knock parish church. It was, in every respect, a typical evening in a rural village so small that people noticed anything out of the ordinary. What Miss McLaughlin saw next surprised her, but – it has to be said - not so much that it stopped her in her tracks.
"On passing by the chapel, and at a little distance from it, I saw a wonderful number of strange figures at the gable," McLaughlin later told investigators. "One of them looked like the Blessed Virgin Mary, and one like Saint Joseph; I saw an altar too."
Odd, that she kept on walking, but she did. Miss McLoughlin assumed, she said, that the Archdeacon had been supplied with new statues from Dublin, and so she passed by the life changing sight without giving it another thought until she reached the home of the widow Margaret Byrne, where – it must be noted - she said nothing initially either.
I don't know about Miss McLaughlin, but if I saw four giant floating figures by the side of a country church I might have had something to say about it. There again, the Irish have a much higher threshold for surrealism, having lived through a history where the unimaginable usually happens and the anticipated almost never occurs.
Remember, 130 years ago there really wasn't much going on in Mayo - well not much to be cheerful about, anyway. The locals were being brutally exploited by the British crown, farming land could be snatched away and often was, and the famine had hit the area particularly hard within living memory. If ever a placed was primed from some Good News it was Knock village.
So after half an hour of exchanging mundane pleasantries about her day with the widow Byrne, Miss McLoughlin and her friend returned to the little chapel to lock up it up. This time both women plainly saw the extraordinary apparition floating above the gable wall. Immediately they decided the best thing to do would be to call others to confirm it.
The widow Byrne ran her heels off – she was still just 29 - to fetch her brother Dominick, 20. Like most people in the tiny Mayo village, Dominick also worked for Archdeacon Kavanagh. Shortly after that the widow Byrne ran into her niece, Catherine Murray, 8, so she sent her running to fetch her mother, Margaret Byrne, and her sister Miss Margaret Byrne, 21. It was a bit of a family affair, this apparition, in other words.
And all of this rustic carry on – which was eventually and rather quietly accepted by the Irish Church authorities as a genuine revelation - eventually inspired the construction of a massive basilica in a most unlikely setting. Knock Shrine, which commemorates the apparition, rises like a five star ocean liner from the middle of a bog, and is surrounded on three sides by heather, gorse and the occasional wandering cow. It's a surreal sight to match a surreal story. It's also vastly out of keeping with the humble origins of the original tale.
100 years after it happened Pope John Paul II visited Knock, looking like an apparition himself in pearl and canary. History does not record what he made of the place or the visions that inspired it. One thing is certain, nowadays on the main street of the village you can buy expensive plastic likenesses of just about any Catholic saint, made in China of course, and a simple ice cream cone will run you three and a half euro.
Interestingly, whenever she's materialized in Ireland, the Virgin Mary has usually chosen a poor, rural community. She has never appeared in Foxrock, for example, or in any of the other swank suburbs of Dublin.
So it was one night in early 1985 when Kathy O'Mahony, one of the caretakers of the local shrine to Mary in Ballinspittle, County Cork, was tending the local grotto when she saw the statue of the Virgin moving. "She was breathing and looking from side to side," Mahony told the press. Her claim caused a national sensation.


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This movie, made from images obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, shows the clouds of a hurricane-like storm, which circulate around the north pole of Saturn. The latitude of the bright ring of clouds is 89.0 degrees, which is about 587 miles from the pole. The eye of the storm is about 20 times larger than the average hurricane eye on Earth.
Winds are measured by following small clouds over a five-hour period. The winds at the inner ring are moving the fastest, at speeds of about 330 mph relative to the nominal rate for the planet established by NASA's Voyager spacecraft in 1980. These winds are four times the speed of the Earth's jet streams and more than four times the definition of a hurricane force wind on Earth.
The clouds at the very center are spinning rapidly -- almost twice as fast as the planet itself, with a period just over six hours. The direction of rotation is counterclockwise, like a northern hemisphere hurricane on Earth, except there is no ocean underneath. A similar feature exists at Saturn's southern pole, and it spins in the same direction as that of a southern hemisphere hurricane on Earth. However, the hurricanes on Earth begin in the tropics and drift around. The polar hurricanes on Saturn are locked to their poles.
The bright clouds form a tightly wrapped spiral that traces a path toward the center as one follows it in a counterclockwise direction. This spiral could be a wave or actual particle motion toward the center from a disturbance further out. Or it could be the remnants of a compact cloud that got sheared apart by the higher angular velocity closer to the center. Choosing among these possibilities is the subject of ongoing research. Other ongoing research involves inferring cloud heights, both from the changing shadows as the sun moves relative to the features, and from the appearance of the clouds in other wavelengths, not shown in this set of black and white images.
This set of images is among the first sunlit views of Saturn's north pole captured by Cassini's imaging cameras. When the spacecraft arrived in the Saturnian system in 2004, it was northern winter and the north pole was in darkness.
The movie was constructed from seven images taken over five hours by Cassini's imaging science subsystem when the spacecraft was about 45 degrees above the horizon. Imaging team scientists re-projected the images to show a view from directly over the pole, keeping up with the rotation of the planet to make the clouds at 89.3 degrees latitude appear stationary. The winds at other latitudes produce the motion seen on the screen. They determined the rotation rate at each latitude, and interpolated in time to make a 200-step movie that flows smoothly as the clouds swirl around the center. To show the features at the center, the movie displays the motion relative to the clouds at 89.3 degrees latitude.
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Being a frequent gamer and the need for fast typing, this keyboard really works for me. I prefer using the 'cherry red' mechanical keys much more to the 'cherry blue' ones used in other mechanical keyboards; they are much easier to press, quieter due to no 'clicking' sound and have a better feel in general.
The keyboard comes with a hand rest which is very comfortable for my wrist and within the hand rest is a removal key and 10 keys inside, numbers 1-6 and W, A, S, D can be changed with the same keys but with an almost rubber padding which enhances finger grip and is also designed to arch towards your fingers position; greatly increasing access to these keys.
The LED lights on the keyboard stand out very well for the CAPS, SCROLL and NUM lock indicators and it also has media controls built into the keyboard for muting, volume control, play/stop and skipping tracks.
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What is the recommended temperature setting for air conditioning when a group cannot agree?
Unfortunately, there is no one ideal temperature setting. Every individual who has ever spent time with more than three or four people in the same air conditioned space has learned that everyone else seems to have a different definition of comfort. For most people wearing one layer of casual clothing, the ideal comfort temperature at any given time is in a very narrow range of maybe only two to three degrees. Not only do people have a narrow range of comfort, but this range often shifts up and down by a change in activities, clothing, health at that moment, season of the year and of course, age.
If you are cold in an air conditioned room, make sure you are not sitting in the direct flow of the air. This can cause an otherwise acceptable temperature to be uncomfortable. If this happens at work and you cannot move, use deflectors on the register to divert the air to an unused space or to the person who likes it cold.
There is no newspaper article or other argument that will resolve this issue and no one will just get used to it without changing activity level, clothing, or some other influencing factor. The best we can do is compromise on the temperature and ask some to wear more clothes and others to wear less. No one person or temperature is right or wrong. Find the midpoint temperature where the two sides are equally dissatisfied, and then dress accordingly.
Why is my upstairs so much hotter than the downstairs in the summer?
Cooling the upstairs of a two-story home is a challenge for many reasons:
- The downstairs is usually closer to the air conditioner fan and it gets most of the airflow.
- The thermostat, which is usually downstairs, senses the plentiful cool air in the downstairs, and shuts off the air conditioner before the upstairs is cool.
- The upstairs has a hot attic above it. The ducts to the upstairs are commonly undersized considering the extra distance from the fan.
In addition, a two-story foyer or entrance hall can gather heat from any adjacent downstairs ceiling and allow it to rise to the upstairs. Homes with an upstairs loft and floor plans that are open to the upper level allow all the heat in the lower rooms to flow to the upstairs. In these situations, the downstairs has only a fraction of the air conditioning load compared to the upstairs.
Although common to many two story homes, a hot upstairs is not necessarily a law of nature. Unfortunately, it is easier to solve the problem during the initial design and construction of the home. You can install two air conditioners (and heating systems) and two thermostats, one upstairs and one down. Another solution is to install a zoned airflow system that constantly varies the airflow to different zones in the home according to the need at that time. The most practical and lowest cost solution for two-story homes is to use larger ducts to compensate for the extra distance and/or numerous turns in the routes to the upstairs.
In an existing home, closing registers on the first floor is a common practice. This may help cool the upper level rooms by forcing more air upstairs and at the same time reducing airflow to the downstairs, which needs less cooling. However, a hot upstairs is often the result of a poorly installed duct system, ductwork that is too small and/or a duct system that has too many restrictive turns. In these situations, closing off the good airflow in the downstairs may decrease the total system airflow to a point that the inside air conditioner coil freezes up.
Ask a heating contractor whether your ductwork is properly sized. A good design technician can make changes to get more air to your upstairs if the ductwork is accessible. Another option is to try a ceiling fan to counter the upward heat flow in rooms that are two stories high and open to the upstairs. Running the air conditioner fan all the time may also help.
How do you get rid of a musty smell in a damp basement?
Make sure the basement does not have water leaking through the foundation, plumbing leaks, roof leaks or other problems that involve liquid water. Since liquid water problems are usually very obvious and resolved immediately, most long term moisture problems in basements are usually caused by water vapor from the outside air.
Warm summer air is full of moisture. Do not open basement windows to try to dry out the basement. As the warm air moves into the cool basement, the air becomes nearly saturated and condensation will appear on any cool surface including basement walls and air conditioning ducts. Over time, these damp areas cause the basement odors. Even if you have a dehumidifier running to dry the air, it may run continuously unless you close up the basement and stop the source of the moisture.
In addition to making sure all basement windows are closed, running a central air conditioner can remove much of the basement moisture. But even if you air condition, cool basements and crawl spaces often require more dehumidification than an air conditioner can provide. Using a dehumidifier in these locations during the summer often solves the moisture problem.
If you do not have air conditioning, a damp basement is another reason to buy an air conditioner. In fact, if you run a large capacity dehumidifier 24/7 in an open basement, you may already be spending a good portion of the cost of air conditioning but you are getting no comfort for this expense. In warm, humid weather, close up the home and condition the air.
What can I do to help seal drafty windows?
Air leaking through old or poorly built windows is a considerable waste of energy. In very leaky homes, cold air infiltration can be responsible for up to 40 percent of the heating bills. New replacement windows can solve the problem, but if you are not ready to make that kind of an investment, there are much easier and less expensive remedies.
Adding caulking, weather-stripping, storm windows and purchasing new windows are all good things to do to help prevent drafts. You also can prevent air leaking through windows by covering them with plastic. This low-priced product is usually called a window kit and is sold at most home improvement centers. Follow the directions in the kit. You use a blow dryer to shrink the plastic to your window opening and the double-sided tape that is usually included in the kit holds the plastic around the window frame. Try to cover the entire window frame opening.
As long as you have an alternative door to use, you should also consider using this material on leaky sliding glass doors. It is amazing how much air can leak through these oversized windows, and it is usually in the very room in which the family gathers on a cold winter evening. Cold drafts not only cause the furnace to run more, but may also make you so uncomfortable that you raise the thermostat temperature to stay warm! Installing the plastic is inexpensive, and it stops a tremendous amount of air leakage.
We installed a new energy efficient furnace with a built-in humidifier and new windows, but now we have excessive moisture on the windows. What is the problem?
The new windows are probably not your problem. If you have good windows and you still have condensation, you have too much humidity inside your home. Having the proper amount of moisture is a challenge in the winter but it is the key to your comfort, the life of your home and maybe even your health.
If your old furnace was inside the home, it used your inside air to burn fuel and then it exhausted the air and most of your homes moisture out the flue. Homes with these systems can be very dry. The new high-efficiency gas furnaces do not vent your inside air like the old systems. Your new furnace will save on energy usage and help the dry air problem, but now you may need to pay more attention to indoor moisture sources.
Your humidifier should be set to a lower humidity during cold weather and it should be adjusted frequently through the varying winter weather. Watch your windows. They will tell you if you are adding too much water.
Some homes do not use a humidifier and still have window condensation. To reduce this problem, use the bath vent fans when bathing and for 15 to 30 minutes after you are done. If you have a crawl space, make sure you have a layer of plastic over the dirt floor. If you live in a new home, your humidity may be from the building materials getting wet during construction. It may take a full winter season to dry them. If you have a basement, you may need to run a dehumidifier year-round. Have a few more fires in the fireplace. If this does not help, you may have an unusual or hidden moisture source that should be investigated by a home energy expert or a foundation specialist. Do not wait to solve a moisture problem.
What is an add-on heat pump system?
An add-on heat pump is an energy efficient heating system that is added to your furnace. A heat pump can be added to most any new or existing forced air furnace system. For example, if you heat with natural gas, your existing furnace combined with a new heat pump will give your home a dual fuel heating system that will save you hundreds of dollars per year. Consider these options when you want to invest in a more efficient heating and cooling system.
Suppose that you have a 2,000 square foot home, an 80 percent efficient natural gas furnace that is working properly and you spend $1,000 per winter to heat your home. Upgrading to a new 90 percent furnace will save you about $100 per year.
If nothing is wrong with your current furnace, you do have other options. For example, if your air conditioner has recently failed or needs major service or is just too old to trust, consider buying a heat pump. A heat pump is an air conditioner in the summer and a money-saving heating system in the winter. Your new dual fuel system will use both electricity and natural gas to heat the home, each running in the winter periods where they are most efficient. Using the $1,000 heating cost example, you could save about $300 in heating costs each winter. You could also save another $200 each summer when you air condition your home, since the new heat pump is so much more efficient than your old air conditioner.
You now save $500 per year by spending a bit more than the price of a new air conditioner. Your new heat pump will run in all the winter periods that are 30 degrees or higher. It is during this time that your heating costs will be cut in half. In the colder temperatures your gas furnace operates as it always has.
Why does my new home have ducts in the attic? Will this affect my heating costs?
Older homes often have the heating system and the ductwork in a basement or crawl space. Many new homes are built on a slab foundation, and the attic is a common place for the duct system. The ducts (supply and/or return air) often originate at a central box and spread across the attic space in every direction to reach all the rooms. A good portion of the heating and cooling energy can be lost in this case, resulting in higher bills.
Heating system air temperature can be anywhere from 100 to 140 degrees. Attic space, which is normally vented to the outside, can reach a chilling zero degrees on a cold winter night. As you attempt to heat your home, a portion of the heat is lost to the cold attic. Even if the ducts are made from a one-inch insulation material, they can still lose from 10 percent to 40 percent of heating energy and the same percent of heating capacity. Noninsulated, metal ducts are much worse.
In the summer air conditioning months, the same problem exists in reverse. You will be trying to send 55 degree air through a 120 degree attic space. Cover exposed attic ducts with six additional inches of insulation to reduce the energy loss. If the ductwork reaches high into the attic framing, it will be much more difficult to insulate. In this case, hire an insulation contractor to wrap these ducts with six inches of insulation.
How much money can you save by replacing old-style holiday lights with newer mini- or LED lights?
Lets compare the cost of operating the various styles of lights to see which is the most economical. Old holiday lights range from 4 to 10 watts per bulb. Lets assume you have the smaller size bulbs at an average of 6 watts each and you use 100 bulbs. This adds up to 600 watts. If you have them on for five hours each night for a month, at $.085 per kilowatt hour (kWh), you will spend about $7.65 per month for each set of 100 lights.
Common, inexpensive mini lights will only use about .4 watts per bulb. If it takes 300 lights to do the job of 100 old lights, then 300 bulbs at .4 watts each will add up to 120 watts. If they are on for five hours per night, at the same cost per kWh, this will cost about $1.53 per month.
Newer Light Emitting Diode (LED) lights are more expensive than the common mini lights, but they use even less energy and last much longer. At only .08 watts per light, 300 lights would add up to only 24 watts. If these lights are on for the same time as above, at $.085 per kWh, LED lights would cost you only $0.31 per month.
You may think that holiday traditions are worth a little extra money, but consider these facts: 500 old fashioned lights at 6 watts each, 10 flood bulbs at 100 watts each, four shining angels, Rudolphs 100 watt nose and one glowing partridge in a pear tree, could easily add up to 5,000 watts. You will be so proud of this display you may want to light it 12 hours per night for 50 nights. Total estimated cost at $.085 per kWh: $255. Just for comparison, $255 would light over 10,000 LED (.08 watts) lights, all night for every night of the year.


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STOCKTON - Police are looking for four armed men who, in broad daylight, broke down the front door of a home just south of Highway 4 close to the San Joaquin River, tied up the residents and ransacked the home, stealing items as well as a new car before fleeing, according to a report.
The incident was reported at 10:14 a.m. Monday in the 2100 block of Shelby Creek Court. According to police, two female residents reported that when the four invaders entered their home, they were all wearing black ski masks. They tied up the residents using rope, robbed them of their belongings and then dragged them into a bedroom.
In addition to cash and jewelry, they took the keys to a 2013 gray Honda Civic with California license 6ZXM062 to make their escape.
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The Daily Startup: VantagePoint Halts Clean-Tech Fundraise as LPs Uninterested
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VantagePoint Capital Partners, one of the largest venture capital backers of clean technology, has stopped raising a new clean-tech fund because of lack of interest from limited partners, VentureWire has learned. "We stopped it, we pulled it," said VantagePoint Chief Executive Alan Salzman, about VantagePoint CleanTech Partners III LP. The firm started raising the fund, first targeted at $1.25 billion, in late 2010. It aimed at making growth-stage investments focused on batteries, solar manufacturing, electric vehicles, efficient lighting, electric-grid efficiency and other technologies.
Application management provider New Relic raised $80 million in new funding at a valuation of about $750 million in preparation for a possible initial public offering, according to founder and Chief Executive Lew Cirne. The mezzanine round was led by Insight Venture Partners and includes new investors T. Rowe Price, Dragoneer Investment Group and Passport Ventures along with several current investors. Some of the money will be used to purchase stock from employees and existing shareholders, the company said.
Also in today's VentureWire, Moscow-based mobile gaming network Game Insight has raised $25 million from Russian investor IMI.VC at a valuation around $550 million, VentureWire has learned. It's the first such outside funding for the profitable company…Samsung Electronics announced a new $100 million seed fund, the Samsung Catalyst fund, to spur innovation in mobile devices and infrastructure, especially around hard sciences like materials and semiconductors…and WhiteHat Security has raised $31 million to bring its security service down to smaller companies, as increased awareness of security problems is driving funding into vulnerability management.
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Silicon Valley startups are finding that billion-dollar valuations aren't what they used to be. An unprecedented number of young high-tech companies, easily 25 and possibly more than 40, are valued at $1 billion or more, the New York Times reports.
Sweden is a hotspot for tech startups, drawing more venture capital relative to the size of its economy than its European neighbors. Reuters examines the phenomenon.
Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson explains why his firm invested in cab-hailing service Hailo.
The shrinking of the venture industry since the dot-com bubble hasn't been enough to fix its poor returns and venture needs a reboot, says a Breakingviews columnist Robert Cyran on New York Times blog DealBook.


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I just downloaded and installed the PS3 Media Server becaus eof the DTS stream feature - but I can't get it to work.
I enabled the "Keep DTS audio in stream" option in PS3MS and streamed a M2TS video file, which includes 1 DTS-audio track as well as 2 AC3 Dolby Digital tracks. But only the AC3 tracks are available on the PS3. I can't switch to the DTS track.
Then I demuxed the dts track and tried to stream it all by it self (music on the PS3) - and it played perfectly. Any suggestions why M2TS files don't seem to work for me?
My PS3 is connected to a A/V Receiver via HDMI. LPCM is activated over Bitstream (I changed this, but no difference).


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Oxford Gene Technology (OGT) inked a license agreement with the Cancer Cytogenomics Microarray Consortium (CCMC) to design a whole-genome, cancer-specific microarray. The array will incorporate probes for over 500 cancer genes and 130 cancer-associated genomic regions from the CCMC's design for hematological and solid tumors. The aim is to improve cancer research through the accurate identification of DNA copy number changes, and loss of heterozygosity associated with different cancer types.
The license agreement is founded on OGT's recent development and commercialization of the CytoSure™ Haematological Cancer +SNP Array targeting the four common hematological cancers: chronic lymphocytic leukemia, multiple myeloma, myeloproliferative neoplasms, and myelodysplastic syndrome.
"The use of microarray technology will substantially improve the facility of cytogenetics research laboratories to identify cancer," says M. Anwar Iqbal, Ph.D., president of the CCMC. "The CCMC board appreciates the efforts of companies such as OGT to making the CCMC cancer array design available to the cytogenetics research community worldwide."
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They say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. But if you mentioned the clichéd idiom to SOL Republic founder and former Beats By Dr. Dre exec, and current CEO of upstart headphone company SOL Republic, Kevin Lee, he'd proudly tell you the apple never fell and that It's still there—just swinging from a different branch. Those who have worked closely with Kevin during his Monster days can attest to the uncanny business acumen and familial bond shared between him and his father, Monster founder, Noel Lee.
Noel Lee has come a long way since he began building wired cables in his family's garage in the late '70s. He fought a long, hard battle to get electronics stores to sell his products even though there was no real market for high-quality cables. Since then his company, Monster, has conqured the home theater and audio accessories markets, as well as, most recently, the consumer audio segment with its partnership with legendary producer Dr. Dre. If you, like many others, have become a fan of the Beats by Dr. Dre line, you owe Noel and Kevin a debt of gratitude.
In their first-ever interview together, the Monsters chop it up with COMPLEX, while welcoming special guests Earth, Wind & Fire to sit in, as we discuss humble beginnings, the Monster legacy, competitive rivalries, the Beats project, and the future of headphones. Listen up.
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Did you envision yourself grooming Kevin for the industry, or was he given the freedom to make his own decisions?
Noel: When I had my son, I was still trying to teach me. Forget about teaching him [Laughs]. When I started the company, I wasn't in a place while he was growing because I was learning. An engineer who's never been to business school has a lot to learn about business—leadership, finance, accountability, inventory, employee hiring, marketing, and all that other stuff. Those kind of things were not taught to me. So it was trial by fire, just learning.
Those days, I couldn't get a credit card because there weren't any. No Internet. It was just an Apple II computer when I started. It was crazy. When I first had Kevin, it was just the thought of having a son/father relationship. But business really didn't enter into it because we were scrapping. I couldn't even say we had a business. Today I can say we have a business, but in those days, no.
Do you think you could have accomplished what your father did during that time period?
Kevin: No way. I hope to be very successful in this new business, but I could never for a nanosecond say that I did it under the same circumstances or went through the same things my Dad did. I mean, from scratch with no money, as a Chinese guy in 1979, trying to convince half-priced stores to sell cables that they were giving away for free, and no credit—it took nearly 10 years before Monster became successful. So I don't take the same sense of accomplishments in what I've done in the company so far, as I would credit my father for. I should be able to figure things out because I grew up under his wing.
Not many people know about Monster's early beginnings. You originally started building products in your garage. When you look back, even though they were hard times and you were hustling to make ends meet, what goes through your mind after achieving so much prosperity?
Noel: I can't image that's where it started because it was so hard during those days. I don't think I could do it again, now. But you had to be young, inexperienced, foolish, and think that there was nothing you couldn't get done, which comes with not knowing. But when you look at other businesses that started that become larger, I'm sure a lot of the owners would say that was a time that could never be duplicated again. I had a good job. I was working for Laurence Livermore Laboratory doing research as an engineer.
Here's what sons of Asian immigrants do: you become lawyers, accountants, or engineers. And it used to be where you got SAT credits if you were Asian. Today, you get minus SAT credits because there is so many of them. Asians aren't entrepreneurs, that's why there are so few Asian leaders outside of China—so few in Silicon Valley. I was one of the ones who said I wasn't going to work for somebody anymore, I just said I don't belong here.
Kevin: Can you imagine my Dad having a boss?
After hearing his incredible come up, getting the grand tour of the Monster offices, and checking out his insane car collection: I'm surprised he ever reported to everyone [Laughs]. He's a smart man. A leader, hustler, and go-getter.
Noel: Before that, I was a musician and went out on the road, that's when he had a whole different degree of independence. I dragged Kevin with us everywhere and he slept inside the drum set.
Kevin: The bass drum, that's what I used as a pillow.
Noel: You didn't know what the future was going to be. Then you had these sleazy club owners who didn't pay you. That's when I learned about business, it was like an initiation. I ended up negotiating one of the best contracts in Hawaii: a year contract. It took a long time of getting kicked around. But I would of never learned business if I was still working for somebody. And how to handle yourself and negotiate, save, work and not work, but every musician knows that.
Speaking of bosses—how was it working under your pops?
Kevin: I hated every day of it [laughs]. Nah, the father and son relationship that we've had is the best. And on the work side, it was good and bad. I know exactly what he's thinking, what he wants right. When he says, "Kevin, you gotta get this done," he feels confident that I'll give him exactly what he wants and get it done. On the other hand, he knows exactly what he wants.
They say the apple didn't fall far from the tree. I say I'm the apple that never fell far from the tree—I'm just on a different branch. So sometimes I see things different. But like my father, if I'm passionate about something, I want it done that way too. The good thing for me is I know my dad was always supportive of me growing, and while he's the boss, he was always supportive of my personal and professional growth. Even with things outside of the company. So any opportunity in the company that I wanted to try and do, he was like go for it. When I wanted to do my own entrepreneurial thing a decade ago, he was supportive.
When you brought Kevin into the company, was it ever in the cards to pass the baton and crown him the Head Monster?
Noel: Well, that was always the plan. But it doesn't have to be the plan. You have your kids taking over and that's both good and bad because sometimes they screw it up. And if he was ever going to do that, not to say it's never going to happen because I ain't dead yet: he'd have the experience. You have to meet certain guidelines, which if he didn't have that good accountability, he probably wouldn't do a good job running the company. Right? If it was his first main voyage out and he didn't have that experience, the measures of success are capped. So if anything, he'll have the experience, and if the time ever came that he was going to run Monster, he'd be well equipped to do so.
How would you feel about possibly running your father's empire in the near future?
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So you don't see yourself in the business or working as hard as your father when you reach his age?
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After beating Charlotte on Sunday, former Burroughs baseball standout J.D. Martin now has a place in Durham Bulls' history. Martin allowed three runs in six innings against the Knights to pick up his 15th win and set a new Durham Triple-A franchise mark for wins in a season.
Martin struck out five batters, allowed seven hits and walked one in Durham's 8-5 win at Charlotte. The Bulls broke open a 3-3 tie with a five-run sixth inning that featured three run-scoring doubles, and Martin retired the Knights in order in the bottom half of the inning. The game was shortened to seven innings as part of a doubleheader.
With the victory, Martin broke Durham's previous season wins record set by Richard De Los Santos in 2010. Seventy of the right-hander's 96 pitches were thrown for strikes as his record improved to 15-4.
Martin currently has a 2.84 season ERA, and has 111 strikeouts in 152 innings pitched. Five of his last six outings have been quality starts.
The win improved Durham's record to 80-49 and put its magic number to clinch the International League's South Division at three games.
Martin's next start is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 23 at Norfolk.
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In 1966, then University of Puerto Rico economics associate, Dr. Antonio J. Gonzales said:
"The Puerto Rican Independence Party bases its struggle in favor of the independence of Puerto Rico on the conviction that we continue to be a (US) colony, thus being denied (our) right to freedom and sovereignty."
After taking over in 1898, America "never granted Puerto Ricans the total control of their lives and destiny. Sovereign powers have never been transferred to us in order to be able to decide in all those areas that affect the collective life of our nation."
For over 112 years, America's had total control, Puerto Ricans virtually none, forced to "accept the dispositions of laws imposed" by a colonial power. In its relationship with America, Puerto Rico is called "Estado Libre Asociado" (Free Associated State or Commonwealth). Under international law, it's a colony, seeking independence. Therein lies the roots of its struggle, Oscar Lopez Rivera imprisoned for supporting it.
A collective 1981 statement by Puerto Rican Independentistas, convicted of "seditious conspiracy," said the following:
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The struggle continues, Rivera one of its victims. The web site prolibertadweb.com calls him and others like him:
"workers and professionals, students and teachers, community organizers, artists, mothers, and fathers of families. They are fighters (for) Puerto Rico's Independence and social justice." They reject colonization and exploitation. They're committed activists for justice, struggling to end it.
Each year for decades, the UN Decolonization Committee approved a draft resolution for Puerto Rican independence, the latest one on June 21:
"calling on the Government of the United States to expedite a process that would allow the Puerto Rican people to exercise fully their right to self-determination and independence, and for the General Assembly formally to consider the situation concerning Puerto Rico, which the world body had not formerly taken up since the Territory's removal from the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories in 1953."
"....a majority of petitioners expressed dissatisfaction today with the commonwealth's treatment by the United States, arguing that the administering Power was hampering Puerto Rican decolonization initiatives and those of civil society....(America) continue(s) acting as a colonizing Power over a country with its own cultural identity."
Background on Rivera
Born in 1943 in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico, he moved to America at age 12, then two years later to Chicago to live with his sister. A decorated Vietnam veteran, he returned home to his Puerto Rican community, plagued by unemployment, drugs, police brutality, and dire levels of healthcare, education, and other essential social services - issues he was determined to address.
He helped create the Puerto Rican High School and Cultural Center. He co-founded the Rafael Cancel Miranda High School (now called Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School). He worked for public school bilingual education, for universities to admit more Latino students and hire Latino faculty and staff, and for Chicago area corporations, like Illinois Bell, People's Gas and Commonwealth Edison, to end discriminatory hiring.
He became an organizer for the Northwest Community Organization (NCO), ASSPA, ASPIRA, and Chicago's First Congregational Church. He also helped found FREE, a half-way house for convicted drug addicts, and ASAS, an educational program for Latino prisoners at Illinois' Stateville Prison.
He also worked for Puerto Rican independence. In 1974, he helped organize the committee to "Free the Five" (Rafael Cancel Miranda, Irwin Flores, Oscar Collazao, Lolita Lebron, and Andres Figueroa Cordero). In 1975, he was forced underground with other comrades after the Justice Department named him an FALN leader (Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacion Nacional - Armed Forces of National Liberation).
On May 10, 2001, FBI Director Louis Freeh described the organization as follows to the Senate Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Select Committee on Intelligence, under the heading: "Left-wing and Puerto Rican extremist groups," saying:
"....left-wing (domestic terrorists) generally profess a revolutionary socialist doctrine and view themselves as protectors of the people against the 'dehumanizing effects' of capitalism and imperialism. They aim to bring about change in the United States through revolution rather than through the established political process."
"Terrorist groups (like FALN), seeking to secure Puerto Rican independence from the United States through violent means, represent one of the remaining active vestiges of left-wing terrorism....they view....acts of terrorism as a means by which to draw attention to their desire for independence....Acts of terrorism continue to be perpetrated (by) violent" separatist groups like FALN.
Rivera's Arrest and Imprisonment
On May 29, 1981, he was arrested, the FBI calling him one of America's most feared fugitives. Accused of being an FALN leader, he neither confirmed or denied it, affirming only his nonviolent activism. At trial, he refused to participate, declaring himself a "prisoner of war."
In 1981, he was convicted of armed robbery, miscellaneous charges, and seditious conspiracy - sedition pertaining to actions to incite insurrection or rebellion; conspiracy by working with others to achieve it.
Initially sentenced to 55 years, 15 more were added in 1988, based on spurious charges of participating in a conspiracy to escape, that sentence to begin when the original one ends.
In 1999, the Clinton administration offered him and 11 other Puerto Rican nationalists clemency. He declined, saying it required him to serve 10 more years with good conduct. Had he accepted, he'd have been free a year ago.
His sister, Zenaida Lopez, said he refused because on parole, he'd be in "prison outside prison." Incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Terre Haute, IN, July 27, 2027 is his scheduled release date unless paroled and accepts or gets unconditional clemency sooner.
Punitive Sentencing and Treatment
The "ProLIBERTAD campaign for the freedom of Puerto Rican political prisoners and prisoners of war" called sentences given "Puerto Rican patriots excessive and punitive." On average, men got 70.8 years, women 72.8, 19 times longer than average in the year they were sentenced, real criminals faring much better.
For example, from 1966 - 1985, average murder sentences were 22.7 years; rape, 12.5 years, and arms violations 12. Only 12.8% of all federal prisoners got over 20 years. Most often, only repeat offenders get longer sentences. No Puerto Rican "patriot" had a prior record at time of arrest.
Worse still, they've been harshly treated in prison, in violation of UN Minimum Uniform Rules on the Treatment of Prisoners (UNSMRTR), Rule A1 6(1). They've been held far from families despite facilities closer to home. Some have been sexually assaulted, Alejandrina Torres attacked in three different prisons, in one case by prison guards and a male lieutenant. She was then held in solitary confinement for complaining.
They've been denied adequate medical care. Some have been held in underground confinement, Rivera, in 1993, describing his treatment at Marion, IL maximum security as follows:
"I am enclosed in a cell that is 8 feet wide by 9 feet long on an average of 22 hours each day. Today while I write this letter, I have been 36 hours without going out and tomorrow if they do not take us out it will have been three days without moving from this same space. In this little space I have everything. From eating my meals to taking care of my needs. So it is my dining room and latrine at the same time. My bed is a slab of cement. And the whole cell is painted the same dead yellow color. From an aesthetic point of view, it is as attractive as a jail for zoo animals."
In 1987, Amnesty International (AI) condemned Marion conditions, saying:
"In Marion, violations of the (UN) Minimum Standard Rules (for treating prisoners) are common. There is almost no rule in the Minimum Standard Rules that is not broken in one form or another."
In 1988, AI called conditions in Lexington, KY's Maximum Security Unit for women "deliberately and gratuitously oppressive."
The same holds for all federal and state maximum security facilities and many others, prisoners routinely abused, especially political ones. Earlier articles explained, accessed through the following links:
- http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/
2010/04/harmful-effects-of- prolonged-isolated.html
- http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/
2010/08/political-prisoners- in-america.html
- http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/
2010/11/torture-in-us-prisons. html
From 1986 - 1998, Rivera was held in punitive maximum security confinement, and remained in max facilities until 2008. Only then was he transferred to a medium security prison on condition he report every two hours to corrections staff, an unheard of stipulation. Currently at FCI Terre Haute, his mailing address is:
Oscar Lopez Rivera
FCI Terre Haute
PO Box 33
Terre Haute, IN 47808
A Final Comment
In early January 2011, likely the first week, Rivera will appear before the US Parole Commission after nearly 30 years in prison. Supporters are urged to download, print and sign the attached letter and mail it to the following address:
Chairman Isaac Fulwood, Jr.
US Parole Commission
5550 Friendship Blvd.
Suite 420
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-7286
In addition, the National Boricua Human Rights Network urges signers to email ricardor@boricuahumanrights.
"Together," they say, "we can help free Oscar Lopez Rivera!"
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State lawmaker running for local PSC seat
Published: Friday, October 26, 2012 at 8:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 26, 2012 at 8:52 p.m.
(Second in a series.)
Erich Ponti
Age: 47
Party: Republican
Office Sought: Public Service Commission, 2nd District
Occupation: State representative, general contractor
Religion: Catholic
Hometown: Baton Rouge
Family: Married to the former Amy Leleux, with three grown children and two grandchildren
Website: ErichPonti.com
The Courier: In the next term, what will be the biggest issue before the PSC for the Terrebonne-Lafourche area?
Erich Ponti: Making sure the power systems and grid systems are up to the latest standards so we can be sure of a swift recovery in the area after a storm.
TC: Should the assets of utility companies that don't perform adequately be sold? This is an idea being promoted by some lawmakers in the state.
Ponti: It's the job of a commissioner to make sure all utilities are being compliant, no matter what they do. They need to be held to standards and consumers need to be protected.
TC: If elected, will you accept contributions from companies that have business before the Public Service Commission?
Ponti: My contributions will continue to come from all kinds of sources. They contribute to my campaign because they believe in me and my message.
The following represents all campaign finance activity for Erich Ponti reported to the state Ethics Administration between Aug. 8 and Oct. 9, representing donations and expenditures for the current calendar year. Ponti started out 2012 with money left over from campaign activity in 2011.
Raised: $303,035
In-kind Contributions: $13,164
From Political Action Committees: $63,450
Spent: $89,454
Cash On Hand: $292,800
Lafourche Parish Donors: Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, $5,000; Mrs. Martin St. Romain II of Raceland, $1,000; state Rep. Dee Richard of Thibodaux, $500; and Harold M. Block of Thibodaux, $100
Terrebonne Parish Donors: None
BATON ROUGE — In his campaign to win the Public Service Commission's 2nd District seat, state Rep. Erich Ponti said he's the only candidate with real-world experience, as evidenced by his small-business background and conservative credentials.
"I'm a general contractor with nearly 20 years' experience of building a business, meeting a payroll, dealing with red tape, balancing a budget and putting people to work," said Ponti, a Republican from Baton Rouge.
Ponti, 47, said he understands the burden that too much regulation and high tax rates create for businesses and families. Removing these obstacles to economic development was one of the reasons he pursued a life in public service.
It's also among the reasons he wants to represent Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes on the PSC.
"This is an extremely critical position for Louisiana," he said. "It affects everyday life, job creation and utility prices. It's a chance for me to make a difference. This district needs a businessman in this position over the next couple of years, a conservative who knows how to approach deregulation and oversight."
Ponti's first foray into elected office came in 2007 when he was elected to the state House, which at the time was going through a large turnover because of term limits.
He was one of only two freshmen in his class to nab a leadership spot and concluded his inaugural term as chairman of the House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations.
Now in his second term, Ponti serves as chairman of the House Committee on Commerce, and he touts a record of "fiscal reform," advocacy for business and industry and "reduced taxes for small businesses and families."
He said he would bring the same approach to the PSC's 2nd District, which links the Houma-Thibodaux region with portions of Acadiana and Baton Rouge.
The district encompasses all or part of East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberia, Iberville, Lafayette, Lafourche, Livingston, St. Martin, St. Mary, Terrebonne, West Baton Rouge and West Feliciana parishes.
After 16 years of service, the local seat is being left vacant by Jimmy Field, a Baton Rouge Republican, like Ponti.
Also on the Nov. 6 ballot are Republican Scott Angelle of Breaux Bridge, most recently the state's natural resources secretary; Republican Sarah Holliday of Baton Rouge; Greg Gaubert, a Thibodaux independent; and Democrat Forest Wright of New Orleans, an energy policy consultant.
A runoff, if needed, is scheduled for Dec. 8.
While Ponti has made a name for himself as a legislator, some of his enacted policies, like the redrafted congressional maps from last year's special redistricting session, have not been a favorite of some local voters.
The new congressional lines that take effect in the next term essentially eliminate the 3rd Congressional District as it stands today and waters down the voting bloc long enjoyed by the Terrebonne-Lafourche region.
Instead, Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes are being collectively divided into two new districts — one for the northern portion of the parishes and another for the lower reaches.
"I hear about it from people from time to time, but I worked with legislators from Terrebonne and Lafourche when we passed that bill," he said.
As a candidate for the PSC, Ponti describes himself as a "free market conservative who believes that competition leads to lower rates and better service when the playing field is level."
He said his approach as a regulator would never stray too far from that philosophy.
"I'll make sure consumers are protected and energy sources continue to be created without burdening ratepayers," he said.
With Louisiana's emergence as one of the nation's top producers of natural gas, Ponti said he sees opportunities for explorers, producers, sellers and consumers to "forge a more energy independent nation that will benefit the state's economy."
He added that recent discoveries will only increase Louisiana's prominence in the world marketplace.
"It is critical that we fully utilize this source of safe, abundant and clean energy to power our lives before looking to foreign producers," he said. "I see a future where our state leads the nation in natural gas production and helps move our country one step closer to energy independence."
As for whether the fees and penalties the PSC collects should be used for regulation and related operations or, as many lawmakers have argued, should be turned over to the state, Ponti sees a third option that isn't usually discussed.
He said the PSC should be able to keep what it is legally entitled to, like fees, but if the money isn't used for related functions, it should be returned to ratepayers — not the state.
Ponti said he has been "educating (him)self daily" on the proposed transmission changes for Entergy, which the PSC will vote on shortly after the new 2nd District member is seated in early 2013.
Entergy wants to transfer management of its transmission lines to an Indiana cooperative and possibly sell all of its interconnected transmission lines and substations in five states to a Michigan company.
Such a plan could potentially lead to a cost-effective way of upgrading the electric grid and providing more power to the people who need it.
He said it's really an economic development issue, since some business prospects have turned down opportunities in Louisiana over the years because of the cost of utilities.
"The PSC can be very detailed and complex, but this is an issue I will work diligently on," Ponti said.
As for his own top campaign issue, Ponti said "all issues are critical right now," but he added the transmission talks will be "big."
If elected, he said he'll try to make every decision based on keeping rates fair.
"I will be a champion for keeping the utility companies honest and looking for ways to maintain low rates for residential and commercial consumers," Ponti said. "Fluctuating rates by arbitrary means will have a disastrous impact on our recovery. Our economy craves stability."
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UNION CITY -- A trade delegation the mayor joined in China two months ago appears close to paying dividends, Union City leaders are saying.
Four groups of Chinese business officials and investors have met with Union City leaders since Mayor Carol Dutra-Vernaci returned from the trip.
A fifth group is scheduled to visit next week, said Gloria Ortega, Union City's economic development manager.
The mayor "put Union City on the map in China," Ortega said. "The fact is, the visibility of Union City among investor groups has had a significant increase since the mayor's visit."
Dutra-Vernaci joined nearly a dozen other Bay Area city leaders on the 10-day trip in late June. They visited Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan and Shenzhen.
"It was a great opportunity to build relationships with the Bay Area delegation and the folks I met in China," Dutra-Vernaci said. "It was all about Union City's economic development, helping to grow the city's businesses and job opportunities."
China Silicon Valley, a nonprofit organization that promotes Bay Area trade with the communist nation, paid the city leaders' travel expenses.
The only items costing Union City taxpayers were marketing materials the mayor shared with Chinese leaders. They cost a few thousand dollars, and leftover ones are distributed whenever delegations visit the city, Ortega said.
Recent Chinese visitors have included a manufacturer seeking warehouse space, a software firm looking to expand in the Bay Area, and business consultants representing several types of companies.
Union City is attractive because of its BART station and other public transit, and its proximity to several universities, three major airports and to Silicon Valley at relatively inexpensive real estate prices, Ortega said.
It also boasts a strong Chinese-American presence in a city where 54 percent of its 70,000 residents are Asian.
"There are excellent cultural connections here," Ortega said. "We have great Asian markets, great restaurants, and they're a real asset when looking for folks to invest."
Union City leaders describe their recent talks with Chinese officials as "preliminary" and "exploratory," but they hope it's a sign of things to come.
"The city is strategically poised to offer a great location for business expansions," Ortega said.
Contact Chris De Benedetti at 510-353-7011. Follow him at Twitter.com/cdebenedetti.


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The A Matter of Balance: Managing Concerns About Falls program is offered on Mondays beginning Sept. 9 through Oct. 28 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the Amberfield Dining Room. Please call the MCHC Physical Therapy Department at 507-642-5211 to register or for more information.
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Anglers from far and wide will be descending on the Lake Region this week for the 29th annual Devils Lake Volunteer Fire Department Ice Fishing Tournament
With over $225,000 in prizes it is one of the most popular events of the region bringing hundreds, if not thousands of anglers to the area later this week.
Grand prizes for the event include a 2013 Chevy Silverado 1500 Crew Cab LT 4x4 pickup truck, a $5,000 Master Card Gift Card, a 2013 Dodge Dart SE car, trips to Las Vegas, guided summer fishing trips, and a trip to Hawaii.
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- Northern: 1st - $2,000, 2nd a hardshell fish house, 3rd $750, 4th $500 and 5th $350.
- Walleye: First $2,000, second $1,000, third a 2013 Club Cab 4x4 pickup, 4th $500 and 5th $350. Plus a youth starter fishing package.
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