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Stories From the Dating Trenches is the first book release by new-comer, Kristi DeWitt, and it's receiving explosive reviews! Check out what readers are saying, and post YOUR review by clicking on the "See Book Reviews" button on the left side of the screen.
Reviews – AKA Debriefs
"Stories from the Dating Trenches is laugh-out-loud funny! It's like "Sex in the City" meets The Rules. Author, Kristi DeWitt, otherwise known as the "Date Diva," shares ridiculously funny dating disasters, and her sassy sense of humor makes her dating tactics both entertaining and quite useful. This book is a sure-to-be best seller!"
Brad S. – Phoenix, AZ
"It's refreshing to know I'm not the only woman who's bad boyfriend decisions led to insane dating experiences. This book had me laughing so hard that my face hurt! Author, Kristi DeWitt, offers fresh dating tactics & tips that are current for today's dating scene. And the true dating stories are beyond hysterical. DeWitt puts a positive spin on even the most frustrating experiences that singles face. This book is a must-read for singles. Those who are married or in a committed relationship may not need the dating advice, but I still recommend the book because it induces massive laughing and you'll realize how good you've really got it."
Cathy L. – Spokane, WA
"Stories from the Dating Trenches can help you 'arm yourself' and prepare for the battlefield of love. This funny, positive book is a military-themed dating manual packed with humorous stories & helpful advice. The book guides you through preparing to date, strategic places to find singles and what to do – and not to do – while dating. I especially loved the breakup tales and tactics the author, Kristi DeWitt, refers to as, 'Advancing in the Opposite Direction.' Apparently that's military speak for retreat or surrender."
Pam B. – Philadelphia, PA
"The new book, Stories from the Dating Trenches, by Kristi DeWitt, offers a refreshing new twist on the world of dating. Most dating books offer the same, stale, regurgitated advice: How to tell if someone doesn't like you, tales of dating woes, and how men and women are different. That's all great information, but they lack useful advice on finding a good relationship. This is book is different; it lays out a "battle plan" to help you focus on finding a significant other. Once you've found your mate, the book's chapter called, "Code of Conduct" guides you through dating do's and don'ts. And it even offers break up advice, like 'Tactic 12: Recycling is Wrong,' which is about not getting back together with your ex."
Samantha M – Chandler, AZ
"I sure wish my friend had read Stories from the Dating Trenches before wasting 4 months with her long-distance, internet boyfriend who looked nothing like his photo & was 10 years older than his online profile stated. The book's online dating streamlining tactics, plus the strategic MAN-euvers and tactics could have saved her a lot of frustration and disappointment. I'm getting her a copy so she can see what she can arm herself with lots of incredible dating tips & tactics."
Lauren B. – Phoenix, AZ
"Author, Kristi DeWitt, aka 'Date Diva,' just released a hot new book, which has officially raised the bar for all dating books. Stories from the Dating Trenches is a collection of side-splitting stories and unique dating tips to help singles be more successful at finding love. 'Date Diva' offers details of hysterical first dates, relationship successes and failures, disastrous dates and strange breakup stories. Plus, she even includes her experiences with dating services, matchmakers and online dating."
Julie H. – Paradise Valley, AZ
"Stories from the Dating Trenches is a good, easy, funny read. It's the perfect gift for your single friends, sisters, nieces, and maybe even your mother (but if she's new to the dating scene, be sure you prepare her for the reality of today's dating world). It would also be great for men to read, so they know what NOT to do, and hopefully they won't end up in future editions of the book!"
Kelli W. – Dallas, TX


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India: The National Conservation Strategy and Policy Statement on Environment and Development
Provides the basis for the integration of environmental considerations in the policies of various sectors. Outlines government's goals and projects for achieving sustainable lifestyles and the proper management and conservation of resources.
Date Implemented: 1992
Status: In Force; Mandatory
Brazil: National Program for the Rational Use of Natural Gas and Oil Products (CONPET)
Brazil: Thermal Electric Program
program is intended to transform the Brazilian
energy matrix, and will increase the generation of thermoelectric
energy by 7 - 20% in the next 10 years. This change
will confer more reliability to energy generation plants,
avoiding the risk of energy deficits caused by water
level reduction in the reservoirs of hydroelectric plants.
Date Implemented: 1999
Brazil: Law no. 9991
Brazil: Law no. 9648
Brazil: Resolution no 112
This resolution establishes the requirements for obtaining the registration or authorization for the implementation, expansion or refitting of thermoelectric, wind or photovoltaic generating stations and of other alternative energy sources destined for selling energy under the form of independent production, exclusive use or execution of a public service. Stations with a generating capacity of less than 5MW only require registration; authorization is required for stations with greater than 5MW generating capacity
Brazil: Administrative Directive no 227
Electrobras should hold a public call for proposals to identify the surplus energy available from cogeneration (to bring it to market) and should establish mechanisms for purchase of surplus electricity.
References: National Communication to the UNFCCC
Brazil: Electrical Sector Act 10.438/2002
Brazil: Resolution ANEEL 219
Offered a discount of 50% for electricity tariffs to utilities generating electricity from wind and biomass – a benefit already previously awarded to small hydro.
Date Implemented: 2003
Status: In Force; Voluntary
References: http://www.afrepren.org/project/gnesd/esdsi/brazil.pdf
Brazil: National Programme for Energy Development of States and Municipalities (PRODEEM)
The Program of Energy Development of States and Cities- PRODEEM, is an initiative that aims to take electric energy to agricultural communities using renewable resources. The government procures the necessary equipment and distributes it to the states and municipalities identified/chosen for projects. The projects focus on community development (schools, community centers, health facilities) rather than household electrification.
Brazil: Luz para todos
Demonstration projects. Energy will be free for low-income consumers, and for residential consumers with consumption less than 80kW/month, tariffs will be reduced.
Date Implemented: 2003
Brazil: RGR - Global Reversion Reserve (Law No. 5.655/71, section 4, Law No. 9.427 - section 13).
This tax was designed to "provide funds for reversion, merger, expansion and improvement of energy public services." It is incorporated into the rates for distribution to be paid by users of the electrical utility's system.
Date Implemented: 1971
Status: In Force; Mandatory
Brazil: Resolution 245 (Law No. 5.899/73, section 13, Law No. 9.648, section 11)
Establishes the conditions for the distribution of the Fuel Concessionaire Account (CCC) to electricity generating undertakings implemented in isolated electricity systems, that either replace power produced from fossil fuel or meet new load demand.
Date Implemented: 1999
Status: In Force
Brazil: Programme of Incentives for Alternative Electricity Sources (PROINFA) Programa de Incentivo a Fontes Alternativas de Energia Elétrica- Law 10438
Brazil: Luz no Campo - Light in the Countryside Rural Electrification program
The largest rural electrification program undertaken in Brazil, Luz no Campo intended to electrify one million rural homes in a three year period.
Brazil: Biodiesel Program
Brazil: Electric Sector Model- Law 10.848/2004
Motivated by the necessity to adapt the sector to the post-deregulation environment, the National Congress approved a new financial and regulatory model for the electric sector involving operations, bidding on and trading electric energy. Also creates new governmental agencies, such as the Energy Research Company (EPE), Electric System Monitoring Committee (CMSE), and the Electric Power Chamber of Commerce (CCEE).
Date Implemented: 2004
Brazil: Projeto Ribeirinhas
The project aims to study the viability of providing energy to small, rural communities particularly in the Amazon region, using microsystems that provide renewable energy in a sustainable manner.
Status: In Force; Government Initiative
References: http://www.eletrobras.gov.br/EM_Programas_Ribeirinhas/default.asp
Brazil: Wind Energy Emergency Program (PROEOLICA)
This program supported the development of wind energy.
Date Implemented: 2001
Status: In Force
Target: Implementation of 1.050 MW of grid connected wind energy by the end of 2003
References: World Bank Project ID document
Brazil: International Action Programme (IAP), Ethanol Green Fuel Production in Brazil
To transfer technology and know how in production, processing, distribution and use of ethanol either by itself or in mixture with gasoline, laying the foundation for international trade in green fuels.
Status: Framework Policy
Funding Information: Public/private partnerships.
References: http://www.ren21.net/iap/commitment.asp?id=35
Brazil: International Action Programme (IAP), Brazil's Hydropower Programme
Brazil: PROBIODIESEL - Brazilian Program of Technological Development for Biodiesel
India: The Ninth Plan
The Energy section of Gov't of India's 9th 5-year plan includes accelerated exploration for and production of hydrocarbons, equity oil abroad, efforts at managing energy demand through rational energy pricing, introduction of reforms through restructuring/deregulation of the energy sector to promote growth through increased efficiency and competitiveness, and the exploration of cleaner, alternative fuels.
Date Implemented: 1997-2002
India: The Tenth Plan
India: Electricity Act
Allows liberty to operate and maintain a generating station without obtaining a license if it complies with the technical standards relating to connectivity with the grid, except for hydro. Creates liberal framework for power development, facilitates private investment. Sets stringent provisions for controlling theft of electricity. Mandates creation of Regulatory Commissions to determine retail tariff.
Date Implemented: 2003
India: Rural Electricity Supply Technology (REST) Mission
Providing affordable and reliable power supply to rural and remote areas through decentralized distributed generation based on renewable energy resources such as solar, mini-and micro-hydro, biomass, etc.
Status: In Force; Government Initiative
Targets: "Power for all villages by 2007" and " Power for all" by 2012
India: LPG for rural populations
5kg LPG cylinders were introduced at affordable prices for the poorer sections of the populations to reduce reliance on biomass burning.
Status: In Force; Voluntary
India: Help for hydro
The Ministry of Power has taken various steps to improve the hydropower development in India, including additional budgetary financial support, R&M and up-rating of existing hydro stations, basin wise hydropower development and comprehensive ranking studies for 399 hydro schemes.
Status: In Force; Government Initiative
India: Demonstration and Promotion of Solar Photovoltaic Devices and Systems in Urban Areas
The scheme provides financial support for installation and demonstration of various solar photovoltaic devices and systems for community application and for organizing seminars, workshops, and training programmes to create awareness about the systems in urban areas.
Date Implemented: 2005
Status: In Force; Voluntary
India: Programme on Biomass Energy and Co-generation (non-bagasse) in Industry during 2005-06
India: New Technology Group
The Group focuses on the application of renewable energy technologies to mitigate the energy problems of cities, and to provide alternative energy solutions. This is envisaged broadly through the programmes on Solar thermal and photovoltaic devices and systems, energy recovery from urban, industrial and commercial wastes and Biomass energy and co-generation in industry. Revised/new schemes were developed by the Ministry covering the above programmes, and notified in July/August, 2005.
India: Accelerated Programme on Energy Recovery from Urban Wastes
The main objectives of the Programme are: to accelerate the promotion of setting up of projects for recovery of energy from urban wastes; to create conducive conditions with a fiscal and financial regime, to develop, demonstrate and disseminate utilisation of wastes for recovery of energy; and to harness the available potential of MSW-to-energy by the year 2017.
Date Implemented: 2005
India: Research, Design and Development of Solar Thermal Technologies
The Programme includes RD&D projects, Test Centres for solar thermal devices/systems, and other activities related to resource assessment, capacity building through seminars, symposia and round-tables, etc.
Date Implemented: 2006
References: http://mnes.nic.in/pdf/aa-stt-2006-07.pdf
Inida: Programme on "Small Wind Energy and Hybrid Systems" during 2005-06 (and continued during the year 2006-07)
India: Scheme for Promotion of Grid Interactive Power Generation Projects based on Renewable Energy Sources for 2006-07
The scheme provides subsidy to set up grid-interactive power generating projects based on Small Hydro; Biomass; Wind Power (only demonstration projects).
Date Implemented: 2006
References: http://mnes.nic.in/
India: Scheme on "Accelerated development and deployment of solar water heating systems in domestic, industrial and commercial sectors"
Mexico: Programa de Ahorro de Energía del Sector Eléctrico (PAESE)
This program includes accelerating the process of construction and entrance in operation of new electrical power stations; changing some concepts in the Law of the Public Service of Electrical Energy in order to allow private sector participation in electricity generation; and the establishment of energy saving as an objective.
Date Implemented: 1989
Mexico: Programa de Incentivos y Desarrollo de Mercado
This program includes four specific projects: granting economic incentives to commercial and industrial companies to purchase high efficiency motors, lighting system units and compressors; establishing financing schemes for the development and execution of projects for energy savings; developing schemes in power services that not only provide technical support but also financing to energy saving projects.
Mexico: Plan Nacional de Desarrollo 2001-2006
Mexico: La Comisión Nacional para el Ahorro de Energía (CONAE)
Mexico: Strategic Gas Plan
Pemex laid out several objectives to achieve its goal 1) increase natural gas production through multiple service contracts (MSCs); 2) diversify natural gas supply sources from abroad and increase imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG); 3) flare less associated natural gas; 4) expand natural gas transport, distribution, and storage facilities; and 5) allocate more funding to exploration to increase proven reserves.
Date Implemented: 2000
Mexico: Renewable Energy Initiative
Increase the use of renewable energies by promoting investment and marketing in green energy, power generation, and R&D.
Mexico: Mexico Renewable Energy Program
Mexico: Initiative of Law for the Use of Renewable Sources of Energy (LAFRE)
Mexico: Project of Special Law on Production and Services
Proposes to establish a special tax of 0.5% to the electricity imports. The resources collected will be assigned to promote RE electricity generation.
Mexico: Initiative to modify the Federal Rights Law
Intends that fossil fuels pay a right based on the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emitted during their combustion, penalizing their consumption under "the polluter pays principle". For liquid fuels, it proposes rights of 0.52¢ to 0.97¢ peso per liter and a greater tax for solid fuels. For natural gas, it proposes rights of 19.7¢ of weight per thousand cubic feet. Income generated will be destined to the promotion of RE.
Mexico: Law for the Development and Promotion of Bioenergy
This Law promotes the production of ethanol and other biofuels, as a means to foster the national agroindustry, diversify energy supply and achieve sustainable development.
Status: Planned
References: http://www.conae.gob.mx/work/sites/CONAE/resources/LocalContent/4427/4/s...
Mexico: Sectorial Program of Energy 2001-2006 (PSE)
Indonesia: Electricity Bill (Law no. 20/2002)
Indonesia: Renewable Energy Supply Systems (RESS)
To supply electric current to community in the remote areas in Nusa Tenggara Timur (NTT), this project installed 175 units of Solar Home Systems (SHS), 3 Micro Hydro Power Plants, and 2 Hybrid Systems. In operation since October 1998, handed over to Gov't of Indonesia in March 2001.
Date Implemented: 1997-2000
Indonesia: Paper Sludge and Solid Waste Recycling for Steam Generation
Installation of 100 BD ton/day capacity incinerator for energy generation. Reducing emission by 91,000 t CO2/year.
Date Implemented: Completed 2001
Status: Government Initiative; Ended
Funding Information: US$8-9 million grant worth of technology and supervision from NEDO Japan. Local provision: US$3.3 million for site and EPC costs
Indonesia: Eastern Indonesia Hybrid Energy Project
Advanced Energy Systems of Western Australia in conjunction with Indonesian company PT LEN Industries has been chosen to design, install and monitor the performance of solar/diesel hybrid power system in 14 villages in South Sulawesi.
Date Implemented: 2001
Indonesia: Renewable Energy Training/Demonstration Project - Kemiri, Irian Jaya (Papua)
Installation of renewable energy based electricity systems (SHS, Mini Hydro, Hybrid System), reducing emissions by 64 t CO2/year
Date Implemented: Formal timeframe for project: 1997 - 1998 but monitoring to extend through Dec 2000
Status: Ended; Government Initiative
Funding Information: Cost: US$ 234,000
Indonesia: Solar Home System Project
Indonesia: Law no. 27/2003
The government aims to control the utilization of geothermal energy for sustainable development and increased revenue. There are implementation problems related to this policy, especially with regards to the decentralization and regional autonomy issues regarding the distribution of taxation between the central and local governments.
Indonesia: The National Energy Policy
In its national energy policy for the years 2005-2020, the Indonesian government aims to increase energy efficienct, promote renewables, implement Demand Side Management and use cleaner fuels.
Date Implemented: 2005-2020
Status: In Force; Framework Policy
Targets: to have at least 5% share of renewable energy in the national energy mixby 2020
Indonesia: Presidential Instruction No.1/2006 on Supply and Utilization of Biofuels as Alternative Energy (January, 2006)
Accelerating bio-fuel utilization for fossil fuel substitution, prioritazing the utilization of bio-fuel for industries
Date Implemented: 2006
References: http://unit.aist.go.jp/internat/biomassws/03workshop/material/day1indone...
Indonesia: Presidential Decree No.10/2006 on Establishment of National Team for Biofuel Development (July, 2006)
Establishment of National Team for Green Energy Development for: Blueprint, Roadmap, Action Plan on Biofuels (Land Mapping & Use, Policy Issues, On Farm & Production, Infrastructure, Distribution & Pricing Funding)
Indonesia: Presidential Regulation No.5/2006 on National Energy Policy (January, 2006)
Promoting utilization of renewable source of energy: biofuels, solar energy, wind energy, ocean wave and current energy, geothermal etc. Promoting energy efficiency and conservation and optimalization on energy production.Reduction of subsidy on fuel price. Reduction of energy elasticity.
Indonesia: GOI Signs Biofuel Memorandum of understanding (MOUs) With Local Banks
Indonesia: Government Regulation No. 03/2005, Regulation on Electricity Supply and Utilization
Regulate the supply and utilization of electricity; priority is to be given to the use of local sources of energy with the mandatory prioritizing of renewable sources of energy for power generation without bidding process. It is not clear how this prioritazing will be effected.
Date Implemented: 2005
Indonesia: draft 'Blueprint for National Energy Management 2005-2025'
The Plan emphasizes on the utilization of energy in efficient, equitable and sustainable way and widening public accessibility for energy sufficiency with reasonable price.The Plan targeted that RE contribute 4% of the country's electricity demand by 2025. As a criticism of Plan the Indonesian Forum for Environment (WALHI) promoted the Jakarta seminar whose conclusions were pushing for the Blueprint to be redrafted with the aim of achieving around 20% of RE by 2025.
Indonesia: Ministerial Decree no. 0002 of 2004, Green energy policy
Development policy of renewable energy and energy conservation, which covers among others investment and funding policy, incentives, energy pricing, human resource development, information, standardisation and certification, R&D, and institutionalisation.
Date Implemented: 2004
Status: Framework Policies
South Africa: National Electrification Programme
Under this policy, the government is encorporating electrification and energy into its development programs. Photovoltaic-based solar home systems have been integrated into the National Electrification Programme to provide a basic energy source to those households that cannot be grid-connected within acceptable cost parameters.
Date Implemented: 1994-2001
Status: Government Initiative
South Africa: White Paper on Energy Policy
South Africa: White Paper on Renewable Energy
South Africa: Energy Efficiency Strategy
South Africa: National Energy Act
South Africa: Electricity Pricing Policy
This legislation seeks to liberalize the electricity sector in South Africa. Contending that electricity supply should be available to everyone at affordable prices, the government aims to create a regulatory framework from which everyone can benefit. Energy pricing will be transparent and cost-reflective. In order to promote an energy efficient and environmentally friendly electricity industry, the NER will develop incentive-based tariff structures and other instruments.
South Africa: Draft Biofuels Industry Strategy
The Draft Strategy proposes: a 4,5% biofuels industry development in South Africa and this will achieve 75% of the country's renewable energy target - the strategy is based on the national blending specifications of 8% for ethanol (E8) and 2 % for Biodiesel (B2); a mandatory blending of biofuels with petroleum based fuels, by fuel producers and refiners, to allow for market development; that the existing fuel levy exemption for Biodiesel be extended to Bioethanol, and this be based on the energy content.
South Africa: Capital subsidies for renewable energy technologies
South Africa: International Action Programme (IAP) R&D on Renewable Energy
New programmes were initiated to support the objectives of the White paper on Renewable Energy
Funding Information: Department of Science and Technology through the Innovation Fund Renewable Energy R&D.
Iran: Atomic Energy Act
The Act covers the activities for which the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran was established, including using atomic energy and radiation in industry, agriculture and service industries, setting up atomic power stations and desalination factories, producing source materials needed in atomic industries, creating the scientific and technical infrastructure required for carrying out the said projects, as well as coordinating and supervising all matters pertaining to atomic energy in the country.
Iran: The Second Five-Year National Socio-Economic Development Plan
Iran: International Action Programme (IAP), Developing National Renewable Energy Masterplan
Development of renewable energy utilisation and related technology improvements. This master plan will be coordinated with other national development programmes, such as Five-Year-Development-Plans.
Date Implemented: 2004-2010
Argentina: Conservation and Efficiency
The country has a relatively strong energy conservation and efficiency program focusing on cogeneration of heat and power, energy appliance labeling, and efficient lighting.
References: http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-in-depth/all_reports/argentina/...
Argentina: Ley nacional de la actividad nuclear
This policy describes the regulatory framework for the investigation and development of Argentina's nuclear program.
Date Implemented: 1997
References: http://www.farn.org.ar/bd/ecolegis/tc/2822.html
Argentina: Resolución 113/2001 Energía Eléctrica
This policy grants a tax deferment to power stations that use Solar or Wind generation for capacity installation or expansion.
Date Implemented: 2001
Argentina: Programa Nacional de Energias y Combustibles Alternativos y Sustentables
To help financing for the development of alternative and sustainable fuels.
Argentina: Efficient Lighting Initiative
Promotes the sale of efficient lamps to residential users around the country.
Funding Information: IFC-GEF project
References: World Bank, http://www-wds.worldbank.org/servlet/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2002/05/17...
Argentina: Renewable Energies in the Rural Market (PERMER)
The PERMER (Proyecto de Energía Renovable en el Mercado Eléctrico Rural) is to supply modern energy based on renewable sources to dispersed rural populations. PERMER aims at providing
electricity for lighting and social communication (radio and TV) to
about 70,000 rural households and 1,100 provincial public service
institutions through eight private concessionaires using mainly
renewable energy systems.
Argentina: International Action Programme (IAP), Promotion of Renewable Energies in Argentina with the Aim of Achieving 8% of Power Consumption from Renewable Energies
Argentina: Convocatoria presentación de ideas de proyectos MDL - 2007
Argentina: Biofuels Act 26,093
The Act mandates the use of at least a 5% bio-ethanol or bio-diesel mix in the gasoline and diesel distributed in Argentina. In addition, the above act establishes the mandatory use of biofuels in a percentage to be determined by governmental entities and anticipates an increase in the above mentioned 5% rate in the future. Accordingly, the Biofuels Act has secured a market for the domestic supply of grain-based fuels. Mandatory fuel mixture shall only come in force in 2010.
Argentina: Law to promote hydrogen as a fuel
China: Renewable Energy Law
China: Township Electrification Program
The Township Electrification Program gave one million rural people in one thousand townships (or about 250,000 households) access to electricity with energy from solar PV, small hydro and a small amount of wind generation. The next phase of the program is the village electrification phase, aiming to electrify 20,000 villages during the period 2005-2010.
Date Implemented: 2001, installation completed 2003
China: Energy Conservation Law
China: White Paper on China's Population, Environment and Development in the 21st Century- Program of Action for Sustainable Development
Provides general platform/guidelines for China's social and economic development. Elaborates goals and objectives. Advocates a new, sustainable pattern of low consumption, low pollution and high efficiency to achieve well-balanced growth.
China: Sixth Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development
China: 3 self policies
The 3-selfs scheme is the main component of the government's rural electrification with small hydro power program. "Self construction," "self-management," and "self consumption" promote self reliance within rural populations.
References: China New Energy: Policy and Plan
China: Electricity Generates Electricity
Profits from existing small hydorpower stations and grids has to be used to build more SHP. The government also set up a VAT of 6% of tax preference for SHP stations.
Status: Mandatory
References: http://www.waterpowermagazine.com/storyprint.asp?sc=2024707
China: 10th Five Year Plan
The 10th Five-Year Plan continues to elaborate goals for the sustainable economic and social development of China. Energy related objectives focus on the development of clean-burning, substitution and efficient technologies. It elaborates certain means, including clean fuels demonstration projects, implementing energy efficiency standards and a labeling/identification system, formulating efficiency incentives, and introducing 'Energy Conservation Publicity Week'
China: Regulations on Electricity Regulation
Sets out the organizational framework for electricity regulatory institutions, the duties of regulators, regulatory measures, the code of conduct for regulatory institutions and their staff as well as their due legal responsibilities.
References: Energy and Power in China: Domestic Regulation and Foreign Policy, The Foreign Policy Centre, http://fpc.org.uk/fsblob/448.pdf
China: Regulations on Electricity Supervision and Control
Together with the Regulations on Electricity Regulation, this scheme seeks to create a competitive domestic market for energy. The State Electricy Regulatory Commission (SERC) is to supervise and regulate the electricy price and issue electric power permits to businesses.
References:Energy and Power in China: Domestic Regulation and Foreign Policy, The Foreign Policy Centre, http://fpc.org.uk/fsblob/448.pdf
China: Electric Power Law
This law emphasizes government support of small hydropower systems, solar energy, wind, geothermal, biomass, and other renewable energy resources for rural electrification.
Date Implemented: 1995
Status: Framework Policy
References: Energy and Power in China: Domestic Regulation and Foreign Policy, The Foreign Policy Centre, http://fpc.org.uk/fsblob/448.pdf
China: Law on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution/Air Pollution Control Law
China: Tax on high-sulfur coals
In an effort to scale down coal consumption and to spur switching to cleaner burning fuels, Beijing has introduced a tax on high-sulfur coals. Other efforts include establishing 40 "coal-free zones" in an attempt to phase out coal from the city center, and formulating plans to construct natural gas pipelines.
Status: In Force; Mandatory
References: EIA Country Analysis Brief: China, http://www.eia.doe.gov/
China: Pricing Reforms
The government removed the heavy subsidies that had been keeping energy prices low and providing a disincentive for the development of increased efficiency. A two-tiered (or multiple) price structure was introduced for coal and petroleum prices, allowing for quantities beyond production quotas to be sold at higher prices.
Date Implemented: 1980s: '81 (oil), '82/'84 (coal); '87 (natural gas), '85 (electricity); 1990s for coal, oil
China: Ninth Five-Year Plan
Under the 9th Five-Year Plan, China initiated several national programs including the Brightness Program, Integrated and Comprehensive Rural Electrification, Energy Efficient Lighting, and the Riding Wind Program.
Date Implemented: 1996-2000
Status: Ended; Framework Policy
China: Parallel Operation Regulations for Wind Power Generation
This legislation requires power grids to allow interconnection and parallel operations of wind farms, and states that power grids must buy all the electricity generated by wind farms at a price that covers production costs.
Date Implemented: 1996
China: Import Duties
The Chinese government has lowered import duties to directly promote the development of renewable energy technologies. The average import duty now stands at 23%, but renewable energy technologies enjoy special low rates: 3% for components of wind power plants, 6% for wind turbines, and 12% for photovoltaics (PV) systems.
China: Tax incentives
The Chinese government provides tax incentives to promote the development of renewable energy technologies. The standard VAT is 17%. However, VAT for biogas is only 13%, and VAT for wind is 8.5% and for small hydro-projects is only 6%.
Status: In Force
China: Low interest loans
The Chinese government has issued low interest loans and interest subsidies for power plants using renewable technolgies to reduce the cost.
Date Implemented: since 1987
Status: In Force
China: Brightness Program
Decentralized electrification of rural areas through renewables
Date Implemented: 1996-1999
Targets: Wind and solar equipment is to be installed to provide 100W of electricity per capita to eight million people, as part of the Central Government Poverty Alleviation Meeting.
References: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/35787.pdf
China: Ride the Wind
Rural electrification through renewables (wind)
Status: Voluntary
Targets: The goal is to reduce production costs and increase the localization percentage of wind turbines from 40% to 70% by the end of the Tenth Five-Year Plan period.
References: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/35787.pdf
China: Electricity price increase
China's top pricing and tax decision-making group has developed a pricing system for electricity generated by renewable energy. The plan requires raising the tarrif - the set price at which generators of electricity can sell their power to grid companies. The rate increase will vary by region depending on the level of economic development. The customer will be paying the additional cost of producing RE.
China: Medium and Long Term Energy Conservation Plan
China: 11th Five-Year Plan
The programming period is divided into the Eleventh Five Year Plan period running to 2010 and the period from 2010 to 2020. The energy conservation objectives and the focus of development by 2010 are essentially planned, whereas the objectives stated for 2020 are proposed. In its "alternative oil strategy," which is part of the Five-Year Plan, Beijing has called for a doubling in renewable energy generation to 15% of the country's needs by 2020, including major increases in wind power and biomass.
China: Medium and Long-Term Energy Development Plan Outline (2004-2020)
China: National Medium-and Long-Term (2006-2020) Program Outline for Scientific and Technological Development
Designated "energy" as the No. 1 area that "needs urgent S&T support". The document mapped out a host of government-supported plans covering key fields of study, cutting-edge technologies, big special programs, as well as basic research.
China: Conversion of Exhaust Heat and Pressure
Costa Rica: Sustainable Development Strategic Partnership Among Benin, Bhutan and Costa Rica (Program for South-south Cooperation)
Malaysia: Memorandum of understanding on new biomass technologies (China, Malaysia)
Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Peter Chin said a study would be conducted to set out the scope of cooperation and the possible joint R&D projects relevant to biofuel and biomass technologies. The cooperation is prompted by China's growing interest in securing supply of feedstock for its biofuel industry and Malaysia's interest in the development of biofuel using oil seeds such as rapeseed as an alternative to palm oil.
Malaysia: New legislation to mandate the use of B5 diesel
The standard for the biodiesel is being developed and a new legislation to mandate the use of B5 diesel will be tabled in Parliament as soon as this year. The Government is promoting a 5%-mix of processed palm oil with petroleum diesel (B5 diesel) by applying to a fleet of government vehicles on a trial basis and by establishing B5 diesel pumps at selected stations.
Malaysia: Biogen Project, Phase I
Pakistan: Renewable Energy Initiatives
Pakistan: Renewable Energy Development Sector Investment Program
Philippines: The Philippines Energy Plan (PEP)
Philippines: International Action Programme (IAP), Doubling the Generating Capacity from Renewable Energy Sources by 2013
To increase renewable energy-based capacity by 100% by 2013, increase efficiency and substantially contribute to the protection of the environment and contribute to the economic growth of the countryside through rural electrification.
Date Implemented: 2003-2013
Status: Voluntary
Saudi Arabia: Eighth Five-Year Plan
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Billboard 200
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The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists. Often, a musical group will be remembered by its "number ones", those of their albums that outsold all others during at least one week. The chart was first known as Top Pop Albums from the mid-1950s until 1983 when it changed its name to the Billboard 200.
Billboard began publishing album charts on March 24, 1945. The chart expanded to 200 positions for the chart of May 13th, 1967 and adopted its current name on March 14, 1992. Since May 26, 1991, the Billboard 200's positions have been derived from Nielsen SoundScan sales data, currently contributed by approximately 14,000 music sellers. Because these numbers are supplied by a subset of sellers rather than record labels, it is common for these numbers to be substantially lower than those reported by the Recording Industry Association of America when Gold album awards are announced (RIAA awards reflect wholesale shipments, not retail sales).
The current number-one (as of the issue dated April 29 2006) on the Billboard 200 is Me and My Gang by Rascal Flatts
The Billboard 200 can be helpful to radio stations as an indication of the types of music listeners are interested in hearing. Retailers can also find it useful as a way to determine which recordings should be given the most prominent display in a store. Other outlets, such as airline music services, also employ the Billboard charts to determine their programming.
The chart omits unit sales for listed albums and total recorded sales, making it impossible to determine, for example, if the number one album this week sold as well as the number one from the same period in the prior year. It is also impossible to determine the relative success of albums on a single chart; there is no indication of whether the number one album sold thousands more copies than number 50, or only dozens more. All music genres are combined, but there are separate Billboard charts for individual market segments. The complete sales data broken down by location is made available, but only in the form of separate SoundScan subscriptions.
Milestones and trivia
- As of December 2005, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon has been on the charts for over 1,450 weeks, or just under twenty-eight years. The album spent 741 of those weeks on the Billboard 200. The other weeks were spent on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Albums chart (for older albums). Its closest rival is Bob Marley's Legend, checking in at over 800 weeks (Billboard 200 and Top Pop Catalog Albums combined).
- The first album to debut at number one was Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John. John repeated the same feat with the album Rock of the Westies - the second album to debut at number one - making John the first artist to have two consecutive studio albums debut at number one.
- The first album by an American artist to debut at number one was Songs In The Key Of Life by Stevie Wonder.
- The first album by a non-solo performer to debut at number one was In Through the Out Door by Led Zeppelin.
- The longest running number one album that debuted at number one was Ropin' The Wind by Garth Brooks at eighteen weeks.
- The soundtrack to the musical South Pacific spent thirty-one weeks on top of the Billboard 200 in 1947. They were not all consecutive.
- In 1983, Michael Jackson's Thriller spent thirty-seven non-consecutive weeks at number one, the longest non-consecutive stay to date. Its most consecutive run at the top was seventeen weeks, on two separate occasions.
- The first album by a female artist to debut at number one was Whitney Houston's 1987 album Whitney.
- With the 2003 release of Britney Spears' album In The Zone, she became the first female performer to score four back-to-back number one studio album debuts on the Billboard 200.
- Rapper DMX earned a similar record in 2003 when his album Grand Champ became his fifth consecutive album to enter the chart at number one. He is the first artist to have his first five releases debut at number one (DMX's five number ones represent his entire Billboard 200 chart history).
- The Beatles have had more number one albums than any other recording act, with nineteen. Elvis Presley has had ten number one albums, more than any other solo artist. Barbra Streisand has eight number one albums, more than any other female artist.
- Whitney Houston has the record for most cumulative weeks at number one for a female. Her albums Whitney Houston, Whitney, The Bodyguard, and Waiting to Exhale spent fifty weeks at number one cumulatively.
- In 1991, Guns N' Roses scored a feat when the band's albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II deubted at the two highest spots of the Billboard 200. No other band has ever debuted two records to the two highest spots simultaneously.
- In 2004, Nelly equalled Guns N' Roses' feat by having his albums Suit and Sweat both debut at the two highest spots of the Billboard 200, becoming the first solo artist to do so.
- The Beatles have more consecutive number one albums than any other act, with eight.
- Prince set a record for longest consecutive run at number one, when the Purple Rain soundtrack spent twenty-four consecutive weeks at number one.
- The first number one album of the Soundscan era (1991 to present) is Time, Love & Tenderness by Michael Bolton.
- Forever Your Girl by Paula Abdul spent sixty-four consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200 before hitting number one, making it the longest time for an album to reach the number one spot.
- Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morisette is the only album to spend a consecutive year in the top ten of the chart.
- The first Christian music album to chart on the Billboard 200 was Straight Ahead by Amy Grant.
- In 1991, Skid Row became the first heavy metal band to debut at number one with their album Slave to the Grind.


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Sunday, August 16, 2009 12:10:55 PM · by HorowitzianConservative · 30 replies · 1,024+ views
NewsReal Blog ^ | August 16, 2009 | David Horowitz
Skip to comments.Glenn Beck under fire by the progressives
Posted on 08/16/2009 3:56:39 PM PDT by ttjemery
The socialists, community organizers, in the fashion of neo-Marxist Saul Alinksy, are doing just as Alinsky wrote in his book Rules for Radicals, "Pick the Target, Freeze It, Personalize It and Polarize It".
The target is now Glenn Beck because he is speaking truth and exposing their radical agenda. Reportedly, 75,000 people have signed onto a petition against Beck and he has had advertisers pull their ads from his program. Sign the "Keep Glenn Beck Petition" and let Fox News Channel and Beck's advertisers know that we appreciate Beck speaking truth and helping us fight the attempt, by both parties, to implement socialism in America.
Lets show our support and help Glenn. http://www.keepglennbeck.com/
Left wing fascists are trying to repress free speech and objective journalism.
Find out who their employers are and put pressure on them to fire the left wingers.
I think the proof that Glenn is right on target is the fact that he is being attacked.
Good more publicity for the truth. Nobody believes them any more.
I hope Fox just keeps calm and looks at its Nielsen ratings. Then with a smile tell Beck he's just earned himself a raise.
Beck must be doing something right.
They probably don't like the fact his 5PM viewership is nearly more than the other networks combined at 8PM. That has to hurt their pride a good bit.
Before you decide to sign this thing, read the comments from the those that read thins thing the first time this poster put it up.
I have not read the article .. yet .. but ... if a group is
...'out to get Beck'...
........it will happen ... ONLY if we let them.
Before you decide to sign this thing, read the comments from the those that read thins thing the first time this poster put it up.
Gator you should give up spreading lies. Like I said even Beck used the site I metioned before. I believe in Glenn and am only helping him, that is why I posted a different site so people like you wouldn't come off anxious. Anyways have a good day.
Actually I wish Fox would get rid of shephard and put dobbs in his place.
Freedom of speech must never be suppressed, except for criticism directed at minorities, non-Christian religions, homosexuals, communists, illegal aliens, and other constituencies of the Democrat party.
Leftist/Marxist/liberal Dumocrats don't like any opinion which isn't their own. The only way to stop this kind of opposition is to crush it. Sounds like the old ways of the red-flag waving communists in the USSR. Obama has learned from and has been mentored by communists his whole life. This goes to one of the 2008 Election themes — your past associations. Obama and his troops are acting just like I thought they would. They are punch-drunk on some bad Kool-Aid.
That's a bigger audience than Air America ever got in 6 months!
I didn't lie, you stupid POS.
I simply warned folks.
You didn't bother to warn anyone and it was YOU that posted the damn thing.
THEN you post it AGAIN and STILL no warning. Now you call me a liar!!!
You are clearly a troll, a lib troll. Deal with the fact that you got caught and move on, Sport.
And dump O'Rielly and give Laura the slot. The big O is an ass and really boring.
I hate to see the notion of progress attached to a group of people who are old-time socialists and neo-Marxists. That is, calling these people progressives. They are moving backward, not forward.
Gator you should really think about meds. This post is a different site which is solid conservative. You posted some lies and the fact is we need to speak out against it. You really need to clean up your vile language. And another thing is that I wonder if you are working for the progressives. Good day sir.
LOL, I like Laura too, or would like a Malkin in that mix.
Hey, as long as he is not under fir by conservatives...he is doing just fine... Go Glenn...
His ratings are going up more, and actually selling more books.
Maybe with Laura as the host and have a segment within the show as a permanent guest spot with Malkin. Malkin is fantastic.
The people who actually BUY products/services from those Advertisers who cave, will NOT buy from them in the future due to their lack of backbone.
I stop buying from every intimidated business that can't stand the heat....the choices of my shopping now are becoming pretty limited due to so many extorted companies having bit the bullet, and made an economic decision to cave in rather than litigate (that's how it works, folks, where the lawyers siphon/gouge/slander the companies into submission, usually on YOUR dime from taxpayers who fund the ACLU, etc.)
Heh...that's just the plus side... He is drawing in more as his programs continue... I guess that it is NOT just ratings but way too many actually agree and that is causing a major problem...
Of course that scares the left to no end - groups actually agree and lobby for anyone other that a liberal is just unjust! They are totally for free speech until it is against what they believe in...
It always backfires when they try it on Coulter too.
Another way to say it: When you are taking flack, you must be over the target.
I would consider it a badge of honor to be attacked and hated by liberal scum, I am sure Glen feels the same way.
Whenever the Libs start this kind of tactic, I always know we're right! I pray for Glenn and his safety.
Actually I wish Fox would get rid of shephard and put dobbs in his place.
my wish exactly...
I'm with you!
They are also on Twitter
No offense, but I don't think we should divide our time beween multiple sites. keepglennbeck, supportglennbeck, petitionforglenn, etc, etc.
Just go to DefendGlenn.com. I used it to notify the "turncoat" advertisers that my family is now purchasing their competitors' products instead of their own.
I didn't know about that site. Thanks.
We need to know the names of the advertisers who replace those who are canceling with Glenn Beck so we can send THEM positive feedback. Let 'em know that we are happy with Glenn and their product.
DID I have a Moment???????
I read a great little story by a Glenn Beck Stand-in concerning 'Rules for Radicals' dedication,
I am sure I Did, now I Can't Find It,
Anybody Help?
"I dont sign onto sites just to vote.. especially sites that require personal information. Damn.... I signed up, composed a support letter, signed the darn thing and the very next thing that pops up is a scam to help save the Polar bears. Why would I want to save the bears... I have no idea if their steaks are any good."
Okay, Sport, tell me, what part of my post are you calling a lie?
Wow I went from POS to sport. The lies that you put out was to look like I was purposely putting out info to set people up. Thanks sport for your reply.
Hey Libtards the tactic can only work if you can obtain a super majority otherwise you are just pissing in the wind. There are more of us on the right and right of center than there are progressives attacking Glen.
We are far more powerful than they realize. Conservatives are only vocal when stirred up and by the looks of it the libs have stirred up a hornets nest.
You put it better than I!
Hey stupid Libs.....do what conservatives do when MSNBC comes on with Dumb and Dumber....Change the channel.
Unless its the Beck / FOX ratings that is the Real problem that you Libs just can't stomach ?
OK, help me out, why did you ping me to my own post? ;)
The sales force needs to work twice as hard to sell that time slot.
Found IT!
Alinsky, Beck, Satan and Me
2009 August 164 Comments
tags: adam and eve, Glenn Beck, Lucifer, Obama era, Rahm Emmanuel, Rules for Radicals, Satan, Saul Alinskyby David Horowitz
Glenn Beck will be on vacation this week but when he returns on the 24th he has invited me to come to New York to talk to him on camera about Saul Alinsky, the strategy guru of the Obama era. For the the Hillary-Soros generation of johnny-come-lately radicals and their ACORN footsoldiers, Alinksy is their Sun-Tzu and his book Rules for Radicals is the field manual for their struggle. I thought while Im refreshing my acquaintance with this destructive fellow and re-reading his text, I would share my thoughts with you, serially over the next week.
For this first post, lets just focus on the dedication of the book to Satan:
Lest we forget, an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: (Pause there for second. Now continue): from all our legends, mythology, and history(and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom Lucifer.
So Alinsky begins by telling readers what a radical is. He is not a reformer of the system but its would-be destroyer. This is something that in my experience conservatives have a very hard time understanding. Conservatives are altogether too decent, too civilized to match up adequately, at least in the initital stages of the battle, with their adversaries. They are too prone to give them the benefit of the doubt. They assume that radicals cant really want to destroy a society that is democratic and liberal and has brought wealth and prosperity to so many. Oh yes they can. That is in fact the essence of what it means to be a radical to be willing to destroy the values, structures and institutions that sustain the society we live in. Marx himself famously cited Alinskys first rebel (using another of his names Mephistopheles): Everything that exists deserves to perish.
This is why ACORN activists, for example, have such contempt for the election process, why they are so willing to commit election fraud. Because just as Lucifer didnt believe in Gods kingdom, so the radicals who run ACORN dont believe in the democratic system. To them it is itself a fraud an instrument of the ruling class, or as Alinsky prefers to call it, of the Haves. If the electoral system doesnt serve all of us, but is only an instrument of the Haves, then election fraud is justified because it is a means of creating a system that serves the Have-Nots social justice. Until conservatives begin to understand exactly what drives radicals and how dishonest they are dishonest in the their core it is going to be very hard to defend the system that is under attack. For radicals the noble end creating a new heaven on earth justifies any means. And if one actually believed it was possible to create heaven on earth, would he not willingly destroy any system hitherto created by human beings?
The many names of Satan, by the way, are also a model for radicals who camouflage their agendas by alternatively calling themselves Communists, socialists, new leftists, liberals and most consistently progressives. My parents, who were card-carrying Communists, never referred to themselves as Communists but always as progressives. The Progressive Party was run by the Communist Party and split off from the Democrats in 1948 (because Harry Truman opposed Stalin), but rejoined the Democrats in the McGovern campaign of 1972 and with the ascension of Barack Obama has become the Democratic Party.
Alinskys tribute to Satan as the first radical, and as the model of radicals to come, should cause us to reflect on how Satan tempted Adam and Eve to destroy their paradise. If you rebel and violate the law that has been laid down for you, You shall be as gods the serpent told them. You think Rahm Emmanuel was listening?
Oh, and lets not forget this the kingdom that the first radical won was hell
Beck is right on target-
There are at least 10 persons who support Beck's advertisers for every "non-supporter".
75,000 signers is chicken feed on a national petition, especially on the internet.
ACORN had over 75,000 illegal voters registered just in Las Vegas....
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WHEELER - Ardie Pauline Martin, 96, died Wednesday, July 16, 2003.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday in Wheeler Church of Christ with Dr. Shawn Johnson, minister, officiating. Burial will be in Wheeler Cemetery by Wright Funeral Home.
Mrs. Martin was born to Louis and Annie Miller Sivage on May 4, 1907, in Morgan Mill. She came to Wheeler County with her family in a covered wagon in 1922. She attended Corn Valley School.
She married Pyrmon A. Martin on Aug. 7, 1925, in Corn Valley. She was a member of the Wheeler Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Louis; four brothers; three sisters; a great-grandson; and a great-granddaughter.
Survivors include two sons, Happy Martin and wife, Nora, of Farmington, N.M., and Bob Martin and wife, Elaine, of Wheeler; a daughter, Ida Mae Goad of Wheeler; a daughter-in-law, Joyce Martin of Shamrock; a sister-in-law, Audie Sivage of Mobeetie; four grandsons; four granddaughters; 12 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be to Parkview Assisted Living Center of Wheeler or High Plains Children's Home of Amarillo.
Amarillo Globe-News, July 17, 2003
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20 (PLUS) QUESTIONS WITH: Composer Jake Heggie
By Albert Imperato
Composer Jake Heggie - perhaps best known for his milestone piece Dead Man Walking - is currently hard at work on Moby Dick, which is set to premiere at Dallas Opera in 2010 with Ben Heppner slated to star as Captain Ahab. Heggie recently took a moment to contribute to our newest Q&A series.
Jake Heggie�s opera Dead Man Walking, a collaboration with librettist Terrence McNally, is a milestone in contemporary opera. Since its premiere in 2000, the work has become one of the opera world�s most performed new works. In addition to his other operas, the San Francisco-based Heggie is a prolific songwriter whose works have been performed and recorded by some of the most beloved singers of our time, most notably Frederica von Stade, Susan Graham, Audra McDonald, Patti LuPone and Joyce DiDonato.
As a pianist he has accompanied several of these same singers in recital. Though best known for his richly nuanced and emotional resonant vocal works, he has also composed many chamber and orchestral works. He is currently at work with librettist Gene Scheer on a truly epic project: an opera based on Melville�s Moby Dick, commissioned by Dallas Opera for its inaugural season in the Winspear Opera House in April 2010. The great Canadian tenor Ben Heppner will star as the obsessed whale hunter Captain Ahab.
A person of great warmth and eloquence, with a deep concern for important social issues, Heggie begins the new season with a gala on September 26 at Opera Colorado, where he and Frederica von Stade will perform a program that includes a number of his works. Other fall highlights include opening night of the Broad Theater in Santa Monica, where he will join Frederica von Stade and Kristin Clayton for the Los Angeles premiere of At the Statue of Venus, another of his collaborations with McNally (Oct 11); the premiere of his choral work Faith Disquiet by the Choral Arts of Seattle (Town Hall, Oct 17), the Los Angeles premiere by Seattle�s Music of Remembrance of Heggie & Scheer's For a Look or a Touch at the Broad Theater in Santa Monica (December 4); the East Coast premiere of Heggie & Scheer's For a Look or a Touch at the Eastman School of Music (Dec 10, 12 14) and the West Coast premiere of Heggie & Scheer's opera Three Decembers in a co-production by San Francisco Opera and Cal Performances, starring Frederica von Stade, Kristin Clayton and Keith Phares, conducted by Patrick Summers and directed by Leonard Foglia (Dec 11, 12, 14).
1. A few works of classical music that you adore:
A few!?!? That�s cruel. Bach St. Matthew Passion, B Minor Mass; Britten Peter Grimes, Billy Budd, Turn of the Screw, War Requiem and Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Ravel Scheherezade and Duo for Violin & Cello; Verdi La traviata and Otello; Beethoven Fourth Piano Concerto; Mendelssohn Octet and Violin Concerto; Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Fourth Symphony and Motets; Mozart Clarinet Quintet, Clarinet Concerto, Cos� fan tutte, and Requiem; Schumann Piano Quintet and Kreisleriana; Poulenc Clarinet Sonata; Debussy Pell�as et M�lisande, La Mer, and late sonatas; Bartok Concerto for Orchestra, Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta; Chopin F minor Ballade and Barcarolle; Peter Lieberson Neruda Songs; Ricky Ian Gordon The Grapes of Wrath; John Adams A Flowering Tree; Mahler R�ckert Lieder.
2. Classical music recordings that you treasure:
My 78s of Johana Harris playing the Bach-Busoni Chaconne in 1936; Guiomar Novaes playing Chopin�s E minor Piano Concerto (the slow movement!); Kathleen Ferrier singing Mahler and Folk Songs; Janet Baker singing Scheherezade; Frederica von Stade singing Chansons d�Auvergne; Susan Graham singing Les Nuits d�Ete; Joyce DiDonato singing my own The Deepest Desire; Trevor Pinnock leading Simon Standage and the English Concert in Vivaldi�s Four Seasons; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson singing Bach Cantatas and Peter Lieberson�s Neruda Songs.
3. Favorite non-classical musicians and/or recordings:
kd lang Hymns of the 49th Parallel; Audra McDonald Happy Songs; Getz/Gilberto; Dawn Upshaw I Wish It So and Dawn Upshaw Sings Vernon Duke, Eileen Farrell I�ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues; Bette Midler sings the Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee songbooks; Billie Holiday Lady in Satin; Lily Tomlin This is a Recording; Joni Mitchell Blue; Barbra Streisand�s early recordings; Rufus Wainwright Want One; Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett at Carnegie Hall; Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner Duets; Madeleine Peyroux Half the Perfect World, Careless Love, Dreamland.
4. Music that makes you cry � any genre:
kd lang singing Jane Siberry�s �The Valley�; slow movement of Mozart�s Clarinet Concerto and slow movement of the Jupiter Symphony; �Crucifixus� from Bach�s B Minor Mass; Schubert�s C Major Cello Quintet; Ennio Morricone�s score for Cinema Paradiso; Earle Hagan�s Harlem Nocturne; Getz/Gilberto The Girl From Ipanema with Astrid Gilberto singing; the opening and closing choruses of the St. Matthew Passion; Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson singing her husband�s music; Frederica von Stade singing �Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen�; Kathleen Ferrier singing �Blow the Wind Southerly�.
5. Definitely underrated work(s) or composer(s):
Frankly, just about every American concert and theater composer you could name and not name. And why has Roy Harris disappeared? His early chamber music is astonishing and original � especially his Piano Quintet.
6. Possibly overrated works(s) or composer(s):
In a world where everybody knows Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, how on earth could you consider any composer overrated? Composers in general aren�t rated enough � or at all. Ask a room full of high school students or even college students to name 10 American composers of concert music � five? � one? Good luck!
7. Live music performance(s) you attended � any genre � you�ll never forget:
Opening night of Dead Man Walking in San Francisco; being onstage as page-turner at concerts by Leontyne Price, Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos, Cecilia Bartoli, Renata Scotto, Jean-Philippe Collard, Itzhak Perlman; watching Bernstein conduct Tchaikovsky Pathetique Symphony; Patti LuPone in Gypsy; Audra McDonald at Carnegie Hall; Boulez conducting Jan DeGaetani in Schoenberg�s Erwartung; Radu Lupu playing Prokofiev Second Piano Concerto; Artur Rubinstein farewell concert in Columbus, Ohio when I was 15; Johana Harris farewell recital at UCLA; Lorraine Hunt-Lieberson as Octavia in Poppea; Susan Graham as Iphigenie; Ben Heppner as Lohengrin; Frederica von Stade as Cherubino, Cenerentola, Melisande; Joyce DiDonato�s first Rosenkavalier; Ren�e Fleming and Placido Domingo in Otello; Die Frau Ohne Schatten conducted by Dohnanyi; MTT conducting San Francisco Symphony in Bernstein Dances from West Side Story; Bette Midler on New Years� Eve in San Francisco.
8. A few relatively recent films you love:
Little Miss Sunshine, The Devil Wears Prada, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Blades of Glory, The Triplets of Belleville, Huit Femmes, Everything is Illuminated,
9. A few films you consider classics:
Cinema Paradiso, Moonstruck, Auntie Mame, The Times of Harvey Milk, Room at the Top, Citizen Kane, On the Waterfront, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Jean de Florette and Manon des sources, The Women.
10. A few books that are important to you (and why):
Susan Jacoby The Age of American Unreason � for its incredible insight and historical perspective on how we got into this huge mess;
Annie Dillard The Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, For the Time Being and Holy the Firm � because she asks the questions I torture myself with and finds a searing, brutal and poetic look into the universe and the human heart;
David Sedaris Barrel Fever � because I laugh out loud every time at the Christmas Letter and the SantaLand Diaries;
David McCullough John Adams � the first time American history came to vivid life for me;
Herman Melville Moby Dick � because there is more there than you can ever fathom;
Shel Silverstein The Giving Tree � because it makes me sob every time I read it to a child;
Raymond Carver�s collected short stories and poetry � harsh and humorous truth;
Emily Dickinson�s collected poems � because they remain some of the most pithy and contemporary observations of the world and the human psyche;
Mary Oliver New and Selected Poems � wow
11. Thing(s) about yourself that you�re most proud of:
That I was smart enough to find my way to San Francisco, to Curt and Grayson, and a life in music; that I�m a good friend and colleague; that I manage to pick myself up and work even harder when slammed; oh hell, that I work damn hard at all of it.
12. Thing(s) about yourself that you�re embarrassed by:
My lifelong body shame! Procrastinating until I make myself crazy. Spending way too much time at the computer.
13. Three things you can�t live without:
Family. Friends. Music.
14. �When I want to get away from it all I��
Go to the beach. Or dream about going to the beach.
15. �People are surprised to find out that I��
...am actually an intensely shy and private person who is very hard on himself.
16. �My favorite cities are��
San Francisco. Venice. Paris. New York. So far�
17. �I have a secret crush on��
If I tell you then it won�t be a secret, right? My lips are sealed.
18. �My most obvious guilty pleasure is��
A cappuccino addiction.
19. �I�d really love to meet��
Barack Obama. Michelle Obama. I mean, wow.
20. �I never understood why��
�people will cave into fear and vote or work against their better interests and against the better interests of their community. And I will never understand how some parents can shun their children and turn their backs on them forever. I hate hypocrisy.
21. Question you wish someone would ask you (and the answer):
Q: "Jake, would you like to work with me to get music back into the core curriculum of American schools?"
A: Yes, President Obama, it would be an honor to work with you and this country�s legions of astonishingly gifted composers, performers, teachers, and administrators to make sure music is a central part of every child�s development and education.
For more about the composer-
Heggie's recent PlaybillArts Feature piece (written for Houston Grand Opera): "First, the Words"
A March 2008 PlaybillArts Feature interview in which Heggie and Gene Scheer discuss the development of Moby Dick: "From the Beginning"
Visit the Jake Heggie Official Website
Past installments of 20 (PLUS) QUESTIONS:
Composer Ricky Ian Gordon
Albert Imperato, a music promoter who co-founded 21C Media Group in January 2000, writes frequently about the arts for various publications and blogs.
His new series, 20 (PLUS) QUESTIONS, is his take on (and nod to) Vanity Fair's "Proust Questionnaire."
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Bond Terminology
Joseph Davis' article explains various scenarios for interest rates. For those of you unfamiliar with some of the common terminology used to explain bonds, here is a brief primer.
Duration: A measure of how sensitive a bond is to changes in interest rates. (Bond prices are inversely related to yields. As yields rise, bond prices fall. As yields fall, bond prices rise.) Duration is calculated from the present value of all future cash flows, which include coupon payments (scheduled interest payments based on the terms stipulated in the bond) and the price at which the bond will be sold or redeemed. Duration is displayed as number of years, with lower-yielding bonds having a duration closer to the number of years until maturity than higher-yielding bonds. A higher level of duration implies a greater volatility in a bond's price. Duration, however, is typically less than a bond's maturity because of the flow of coupon payments. (The one exception is zero-coupon bonds, where duration equals maturity.)
Forward Rate: An estimate of bond yields at some point in the future, it is the market forecast level of what interest rates will be. The forward rate can be derived from the yield curve, using bonds of different maturities (e.g., a six-month and a one-year bond).
Maturity: A specified date for when the bond is to be redeemed. At redemption, the entire face value of the bond (e.g., $1,000) will be repaid.
Spot Rate: Spot, when used for describing an investment, is the current price. A spot rate, therefore, is the interest rate implied by the price at which bonds are currently trading.
Yield Curve: A chart that shows interest rates at a specific point for bonds (such as Treasuries) with different maturities. A yield curve is considered to be "steep" (upward sloping) when long-term rates are notably higher than short-term rates. This is a sign that traders expect interest rates to rise in the future, typically because of forecasted higher inflation. A yield curve is referred to as being "flat" when there is not a significant amount of difference between short-term and long-term rates. This occurs when expectations for inflation are stable. Finally, a yield curve is "inverted" (downward sloping) when long-term rates are below short-term rates. This signals that traders expect interest rates or inflation to decline in the future.
Yield-to-Maturity: The fully compounded rate of return on a bond that is held to maturity, assuming all interest and principal payments are made. Yield-to-maturity calculates interest income, price changes and the total cash flow received over the life of a bond.
Phil from IL posted over 4 years ago:
New investor here and excuse me for my ignorance, but if yields fall while prices rise and as yields rise bond prices fall doesn't everything 'even' out?
Charles from IL posted over 4 years ago:
Phil-The answer is it depends. If you hold a bond until maturity, you get back the face value (par value) of the bond. Higher future yields allow you to reinvest the proceeds into a bond with higher interest rates. If you sell a bond before it matures, you may make or lose money depending on the direction of interest rates. Bond funds don't mature, so over the short-term, you will lose money on them as yields rise. Over the long-term, you should (but are not guaranteed)to be able to make up for the loss with higher dividend payments thanks to the higher yields.
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Posted on 01/23/2012 2:38:27 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
All four remaining GOP candidates have been confirmed for tonight's debate sponsored by NBC News, the Tampa Bay Times, The National Journal and the Florida Council of 100. The debate will take place at the University of South Florida in Tampa. This will be the first of 2 debates this week focusing on the Florida GOP primary on Tuesday, January 31st. Note the air times on the east and west coast.
Television Air Time: Monday, January 23rd at 9pm ET, 8pm CT and 9pm PT on NBC
Live Streams: (airing 9pm ET) NBCPolitics.com, National Journal, and TampaBay.com
Participants: Gingrich, Romney, Santorum, Paul
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Mitt is pushing Newt to the limit. Mitt will not letup. The fireworks are about to start.
Looks like the rest of the debate will be about Freddie-Mac. Gotta admit Romney has Gingrich on the defense.
The Tampa USF debate security group is encouraging the OWS hooligans in their deliberate disruption of the outside Public Tent ... the Security Chief is letting this nonsense continue ...
bRIAN IS LOVING THIS.
"Brian Williams going for personal attacks only. No sustenance wanted."
You expected SUBSTANCE, from an NBC-run debate?
MITT SHUT UP...or better yet keep snipping, it makes him look real bad.
Mitwit needs a good knock-the-smug-off ass-kickin'
Slap him Newt!
Myth and Noot getting nasty. Newt calling out what Myth did w/McCAin and Huckabee.
I believe Romney is getting pwned.
"Fannie Mae...gross profits at Bain...talking about Freddie Mac...making over a million dollars for your entities...over a million point six...what's the gross revenue of Bain when you were associated with it?...."
Like two accountants arguing with each other.
Smack down! LECTURING ROMNEY!
Newt is going to lecture Romney all the way down his lying throat about medicare!
This is a boring waste of time. None of these disputes between candidates will or can be resolved for the viewers in these constant back-and-forths between Newt and Romney.
Newt's argument was going to be "What was total revenue for Bain vs. what was your personal salary, Mitt"?
But Mitt rambled on and cut him off. Newt got him stammering and stuttering when he couldn't keep up with the argument.
Newt's getting pizzed.
Yeah, the "A" word has gotten overused to the point where it means nothing. Sort of like the word nice.
Just don't get mad, Newt. STAY COOL!
Mitten acting toooooo sanctimonious about lobbying. While Bain Capital employed scores of DC lobbyists over the years.
Romney is hilarious.
Newt is being knocked down
Moderator rang the bell for the round.
Mittens on the attack! Newt taking Mittens to the shed. Mittens just has to listen.
Mittens saying no question about it except Freddie MaC....OWNED BY you Newt. Newt fighting back about the gross revenue of Bain. Mittens saying Freddie Mac.
Newt being clear and schooling Mittens! It's unfortunate Newt says and the American people see through it. Terrible way to run medicare! Newt did it out in the open.
Problem says Mittens, influence peddling. conflict. being paid to pass lesiglation.
Commerical break
Romney is one nasty SOB. I hope this backfires on him.
Mitt is pissing Newt off and looking like a harpy. Brian Williams is happy to let Romney ramble on. Newt really needs to open a can of whoop ass and I think he will.
Mitt and Newt hacking away at each other...both bleeding badly.
Does Brian Williams fancy himself as a marriage counselor? This seems more of a counseling session.
Newt getting angry now, I thought he was going to blow.
Bring up Bain and Government Motors!!
A commercial break? Kind of convenient IMO.
Agreed. I think the attacks on newts work in DC and the attacks on Romneys income from Bain are both irrelevant. That said, we are seeing Mitts true colors and I think Newt is besting him n the debate.
My bad....I really can not stand Brain Williams.
No, Romney is pathetic. He looks really bad in this exchange.
omg!!!!! I cant stand willard!!!!!!!!! what a creepy ,whinny crybaby!!
And the problem is the audience is complying!
I understand, but this is the best way to get it out. The horse is nearly dead, and Romney still wants to beat it. It ain't working. Newt is turning it all back on him. It gets boring, which is bad news for Romney.
After this, nobody is going to want to hear Romney drone on and on about this crap. I think it's fine that Williams is getting it out now.
Fred Thompson endorses Newt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Romney's trying to get the nomination the same way Obama got his Senate seat. Forget America and its problems, attack the opposition.
Williams did Romney a HUGE favor cutting it off "just then"...
Newt just took a 5 minute severe beat down by Romney....
Newt told CBS in this mornings interview that in 2008 he advised Fannie/Freddie against what they were doing.
Yep this is a mess, they are both coming of badly
What the heck? I can't find the debate on TV. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Brian appears to be bowing to Zero in that photo.
Notice how Brian is steering this debate AWAY from Obama? Except for Ron Paul, Obama hasn't been mentioned. Brian is a good little Obama rump swab, doing his hero a service by getting the candidates to throw mud pies at each other instead of focusing on the utter destruction Obama is wreaking on this country.
Just don't get mad, Newt, just "handle" the whiner and stay cool, VERY, very, C-O-O-L.
I wish Newt would lean over and knock that shyt eating smirk off off this bastards face. I feel like throwing up when I hear his voice.
got to hear this!
got right on it. Thank you! (had to watch to the break :o)
This is a weird debate and the silence is weird. It is because they don't want people getting excited when Newt knocks one out of the park.
Why is Fear Factor running at 9pm in the East? No debate, and the online feed looks like a filmstrip presentation it is so choppy.
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My own view can be summed up in this way: I think of the founding of the U.S. as one of the most important advances in the cause of liberty yet seen, an inspiration to most of the nations of the world. But the America of the past 50 years has become one of the greatest obstacles to liberty, and an example to the nations of the world of what they do not wish to become.
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Patriots vs. Raiders :Five Questions With Vittorio Tafur Of The San Francisco Chronicle
By: Russ Goldman
Each week I am hoping to bring a view of the upcoming game from a writer who covers the Patriots opposition, and this week we have Vittorio Tafur who covers the Raiders for the San Francisco Chronicle.
Vittorio was generous enough to take some time to answer my questions about Sunday's game, and it's always interesting to get some insight from someone who writes about the opposing team.
Here are my "Five Questions About The Upcoming Raiders Game with Vittorio Tafur of the San Francisco Chronicle".
1. New head coach Hue Jackson has the Raiders playing very well to the start the season. Do you feel he could be the long term solution that Raiders really need at head coach?
Jackson has shown that besides being a great play-caller he can deal with players very well. He has a swagger that the players feed off, and he has worked well with owner Al Davis and the coaching staff. Jackson looks like he is here to stay for a while.
2. The Patriots will face their old teammate Richard Seymour who was traded in a very controversial move a few seasons ago? It seems Seymour is still playing at an elite level. Has he become the leader of the defense in his time in Oakland?
Seymour is the unquestioned leader of this team. His "speak softly, carry a big stick" demeanor works perfectly with the impressionable young players on the team.
3. What do you feel are the strengths and weaknesses of the defense?
The strength of the defense is the line, as the Raiders rotate eight guys and they all bring something different while staying fresh.The linebackers struggle at times both against the run and at covering tight ends.
4. On offense, the Raiders running game has been tremendous led by Darren Mc Fadden and Michael Bush. However, the Patriots have been very vulnerable in the passing game. Do you still think the running game will still be the focal point of the Raiders offense against the Patriots?
I could see Jackson getting McFadden and Bush involved in the passing game, while taking shots downfield with Jacoby Ford and DenariusMoore. But the Raiders know they need to run to win.
5. And finally, what do you feel will be the key match-up to watch between these two teams?
I think both teams will score a lot of points, but the Raiders need to contain WR Wes Welker to make sure things don't get out of hand. No. 1 cornerback Stanford Routt doesn't usually follow WRs around, but he could here. Otherwise, the alternatives are rookies Chimdi Chekwa and DeMarcus Van Dyke or Joe Porter, who was on practice squad all of last year.
Mr. Tafur is predicting a 34-30 Patriots victory.
A special thanks to Vittorio for taking his time to give his thoughts on this weekend's match-up. You can also follow him on twitter at VittorioTafur.
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William Thomas Kee, daughter Elsie Kee, son William Harold Kee, and wife Mercy Gucker Kee
William Thomas Kee (7 May 1860, Crawford Co., PA - 16 Mar 1939, CA) was an agent with the Missouri Pacific Railroad sometime between 1886 and 1910 at LaFontaine, Wilson Co., KS. He was the son of John and Emily Minnis Kee, and was a brother to Mary Elizabeth Kee Davis.
William Thomas Kee married Mercy E. Gucker on 3 Nov 1888 in KS.
William Harold Kee (26 Jan 1895 KS - 6 Mar 1969 CA).
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This is a beautiful photo. My maiden name is kee and I came across this in search of some clues to my family
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The Alec Baldwin Full Employment Act.
What a Christmas little Bastrop had!
It's still a mystery how Santa Clause got it down the chimney, but Bastrop got a present boys dream about: A big honkin', steel-clad, war toy called MRAP.
But Bastrop is not a 6-year-old boy, and an MRAP is not a toy. Bastrop is a Texas county of some 75,000 people, and MRAP stands for "Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected." It's a heavily-armored military vehicle -- one of several versions of war tanks that have become the hot, must-have playthings of police departments all across the country.
Are the good people of Bastrop facing some imminent terrorist threat that warrants military equipment? No, it's a very pleasant, laid-back place. And while the county is named for a 19th century land developer from the Netherlands who was wanted for embezzlement in his home country, the relatively few crimes in Bastrop today don't rise above the level of routine police work.
Even the Sheriff's department, which is the proud owner of the MRAP, says it doesn't have a particular use for the war machine, but "It's here if we need it." Well, yeah... but that same feeble rational would apply if the county decided to get an atom bomb -- you just never know when a big mushroom cloud might come in handy! The Pentagon, which gave the MRAP to Bastrop, and our sprawling Department of Homeland Security, are haphazardly spreading war equipment, war techniques, and a war mentality to what are supposed to be our communities' peacekeepers and crime solvers.
Having the technology and mind-set for military actions, local authorities will find excuses to substitute them for honest police work, turning common citizens into suspects and enemies. As a spokesman for the Bastrop sheriff's department said of the MRAP, "With today's society... there's no way the thing won't be used." How comforting is that?
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The fiery Milwaukee Sheriff is on the shortlist to head the Department of Homeland Security.
By Wendell Berry
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know. So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannot understand. Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed. Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years. Listen to carrion—put your ear close, and hear the faint chattering of the songs that are to come. Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. So long as women do not go cheap for power, please women more than men. Ask yourself: Will this satisfy a woman satisfied to bear a child? Will this disturb the sleep of a woman near to giving birth? Go with your love to the fields. Lie easy in the shade. Rest your head in her lap. Swear allegiance to what is nighest your thoughts. As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.
Wendell Berry is a poet, farmer, and environmentalist in Kentucky. This poem, first published in 1973, is reprinted by permission of the author and appears in his "New Collected Poems" (Counterpoint).


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Thank you for requesting the accompanying information about North Carolina. It is my pleasure to share with you some interesting aspects of the fascinating history, cultural diversity, and geographic variety our state offers.
Among these pages is a depiction of The Great Seal of the State of North Carolina. On it appears our state motto, "Esse Quam Videri," Latin words meaning "To be rather than to seem. These words are as important today as they ever were. As a state and as a people, the state motto describes the way we want to live, the way we want to work and the way we want to raise our families.
I wish you every success in your efforts to learn about North Carolina.
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Lately I haven't had the greatest luck with my credit. After years of reading through this fico bible I have disappointed myself. So my point is my goal since I started my credit journey was to have a green card. What kind of scores do you think would I need? I currently don't know my scores. I am waiting for some accounts to show a zero balance and my score to go up. I currently have a zync card that I have never been late on. Will that help? My other cards are a Bank of America, Target, and Nationwide Visa that I opened in 08 and Cap1 Secured, Wells Secured and JcPenney I opened in 2010. Im worried because I just closed several useless accounts. Soon my util will be at 0. Will that help?
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Answer all questions honestly and to the best of your ability. You can also obtain non-Fico scores for free through Equifax free trial and Credit Karma. Just sign up for the Equifax one and cancel before free trial expiration date so you will not get billed. Credit Karma utilizes TransUnion and is always free, you can keep updating your score everyday and it is pretty detailed. I would guess you'd need above 680+ for a chance at Amex but not sure, anything above 700+ Fico with utilization below 15% should be fine though.
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Thanks Fenerbahce! I'll have to do that. Thanks for the info.
To tempus : Closed account stay on your report for 10 years so in this part you dont have to worry about that.
Why dont you buy your TRUE Fico score here ???? Let us know where you are in the game and plus its look like you stand on very good on your current credit card. I wonder why would you want a Green card for since you already had a Zync>?????They are not much different. Used your zync for at least 6 months to one years and app for their revolver.........Dont closed anymore card keep the history solid and only closed card came with AF.
Do you have any baddies on your reprot ???? Jyst purchase your report here or sign up for a 10day trial. You should be fine.
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The discussion about Sina Weibo and Twitter
I'm very glad to see the comment on the article I wrote :'Sina Weibo – A Chiness Twitter clone?' from Marco van Duyvendijk. And although I might or might not agree to some extent I am very anxious to see how the final English version is going to be worked out. Nevertheless, I have done some research in order to find out how other people view Sina Weibo's English version versus Twitter. No surprise, there are two different opinions generally, which are supportive and skeptical. Let's have a look!
(Businessinsider.com; Blairgu says; Hanneshelander; pen-olson; Scooter; Rami Khater)
It is clear enough that many people are skeptical in accepting to Sina Weibo compared with Twitter. Of course, some people do agree with the valued features on Sina Weibo. The most concern is how Sina Weibo is going to deal with possible censorship issues. As I mentioned before, I am really expect anxious to find out.
In the meantime, another question came across my mind. How will Sina Weibo's English version cooperate with its Chinese version? After some more googling work, I found some interesting opinions. From a Linkedin group 'China Going Global – Building Chinese Global Brands'.
Ashley Sutcliffe: Is this actually going to be two separate platforms, or just an English interface into the existing Chinese platform? A separate unique Weibo1 is unlikely to be a success.
Christian Dougoud | 杜谷: This is a good question. Obviously, it is going to be a challenge for Sina to deal with two languages on the same platform. My guess is that it is going to be a same platform but with choice of interface. So most of the content will be in Chinese, at least to start with.
Ashley Sutcliffe: Christian, that makes sense. They already have a drop down menu for trad/simple Chinese, so introducing English will not be a big job. I notice that there are already quite a foreigners Weibo'ing purely in English these days anyway.
To sum up, it seems that many people have already been paying attention to Sina Weibo according to the discussions above. I am happy with it, no matter if those discussions are supportive or doubtful.
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I have a 27-year-old daughter who has several types of epilepsy, which remain poorly controlled despite our having tried most of the anti-seizure drugs both alone and in combination. I recently viewed a TV program that featured an epilepsy patient who had a German shepherd dog that accompanied the patient publicly. When a seizure was imminent, the dog would press any key on the cell phone that was programmed to direct all such calls to 911.
Where is it possible to procure such a dog, and what kind of training is required?
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