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We also tried the frozen Lupoli mozz.. not sure on that one. the taste is great, but it melted into a harder blob that was rubbery compared to the fresh Buffala Mozz we normally use.
thanks Matt, i'll try that tomorrow night. I have high hopes for the frozen stuff. I'm really confused about the starter technique. I'm following Wood's directions now - culture preparation - So I take the starter out and turn it into a "working" culture by mixing 1/2 cup starter, 1/2 cup water, and a cup of flour. proof that at 85deg for 8 hours, then do the same thing again, proof for 4 hours this time. that's the stuff used in the pre-ferment in Craig's method. I end up with plenty of this, can it be used next time instead of doing the two extra steps before starting the dough? would you feed it again first? do you even need to proof the starter when doing the 24 hour dough ferment, or just feed it and use it when it gets active? thanks in advance for any advice...
I have a couple more tries at this recipe under my belt now. under advice from here, i've been really paying attention to the dough process. it's paying off. I also have made a big advance with my WFO. i made some cold 24 hr fermented dough with IDY to do a direct compare too. here are the A-B shots of that. the IDY one had more spring, but the Ischia had more flavor. I'm still sold on the ischia.
Both pies look good, however that Ischia pie looks better than most that come out of the top-name restaurants. Very nice.Craig
I'm still having great luck with this recipe. I'm trying to fine tune the details now and it's consistantly good. this week i had extra dough so i put a few of the balls into the fridge after bulk rising. tonight (two days later) we used those for calzones. cooked at about 525 in my regular oven on pizza stone. the dough is always a little tough when i make calzones like this but the flavor is really good. I cook the sauce with mostly leftover pizza ingredients till it's thick.

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9 things to come clean with your doctor about�or risk harming your health.
There�s some serious deception going on�in doctors� offices�half-truths, not-so-innocent omissions, even outright lies. In a 2010 survey, 28 percent of people admit lying to their healthcare providers or at least leaving out key information. And that number could be higher: Over one-fourth of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and dietitians surveyed said half or more of their patients do so. Whether you�re embarrassed, fear judgment, or don�t want to hear another lecture, being candid when it comes to your health is crucial. �Physician advice is only useful when it is responsive to what the patient is really doing and what her health risks really are,� says Dr. Molly Cooke, president of the American College of Physicians. If it helps, know that your doctor has heard it all. �Nothing surprises me,� says Dr. Rebecca Starck, chair of the Department of Regional OB/GYN at Cleveland Clinic. And your case won�t be fodder for back-room gossip sessions, either, she says. �We don�t sit back and say �Wow, I can�t believe x, y and z.�� Here are 11 of the most important facts to share with your doc�and why�in case you�re tempted to hold your tongue. 1. Whether you smoke, and how much.� Being less-than-honest about your smoking habits can seriously handicap any efforts you�re making to quit: Your doctor won�t have the opportunity to share information about proven strategies and new medications to help you stop. Plus, smoking even a few cigarettes a day could compromise the effectiveness of drugs you may be taking. �Any medication that is metabolized by the liver can be affected by cigarette smoking,� says Dr. Kathryn Teng, director of the Center for Personalized Healthcare at the Cleveland Clinic. That includes hormones, cholesterol-lowering drugs, acetaminophen-based products and certain asthma medicines. 2. You have a mysterious growth.� Sometimes a patient doesn�t call attention to a growth in an intimate spot because she doesn�t think anything is wrong or assumes the doctor will see it. But that mysterious growth could be something as innocuous as a cyst or as serious as a potentially life-threatening cancer, Starck says. �If a patient doesn�t point it out to the doctor, the doctor may not notice it even if she does a thorough exam,� she says. 3. You don�t always take your meds when you should. Maybe you can�t afford them, hate the side effects, or you�re forgetful. Whatever, the reason, you�ve got to come clean with your doctor. �If you don�t take your pills, I am going to see less of an effect from the drug,� says Dr. Richard A. Stein of the New York University Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease. As a result, he may increase your dosage, switch drugs or add another one to the mix, boosting your risk of side effects. 4. Your drinking habits.� �If somebody says, �Gosh, I occasionally drink a glass of wine,� I wouldn�t spend another minute on the subject,� says Cooke. But if you�re actually drinking more than what�s considered moderate�one glass a day for women and two for men�Cooke would discuss the link between excessive alcohol intake and high blood pressure and the empty calories in booze that could contribute to weight gain. 5. You didn�t take all your antibiotics. Not finishing your antibiotics may cause your symptoms to return and your doctor to think your infection was resistant to the drug. That could lead her to prescribe a second antibiotic that may be more expensive and have more side effects than the first. What�s more, repeat visits to the doctor and new medications cost your health insurer more, and that could translate into higher healthcare costs for you (and everyone) down the road. 6. You use herbal or dietary supplements.� �Alternative medicines, like conventional medications, can have side effects,� says Cooke. So if a patient complains about say, nausea, and the doctor is in the dark about her use of herbal medications, that could affect diagnosis and treatment. �You may completely miss a simple intervention like, �Let�s stop the herbal treatment for two weeks and see if your nausea goes away,�� Cooke says. And some supplements can interact with prescription medications. �Even something as mainstream as Vitamin C can be associated with kidney stones so I�d want to know� if a patient was on it,� she says. 7. How much you are eating and exercising�for real. If your doctor wants you to lose weight and lower your cholesterol or blood pressure, she�s going to encourage you to make lifestyle changes�become physically active, watch the saturated fat and eat more fruits and vegetables, for instance. 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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (80 votes).
In short: They cancelled and kept our money and then sent patronising mails back to me!In full: I would never enter this race again. They think that they are that great that we will all enter next year, i think they might be in for a surprise!Date of review: January 15, 2010
In short: Good well organised 10kIn full: Heard that this was a fast 10k, and as it was HRRL decided to go for it even though day after HXCL fixture - Hants can't you sort out these double headers. Two starts this year, > and < 40 mins and as my PB was just over 40 mins I was at the front of the start a PB to be gained. Excellent course, well marshelled, good facilities, etc., etc.Oh my PB, Reading the day before sapped my stength and I failed to break 40 mins, bring on Eastleigh 10.Date of review: February 27, 2007
In short: GREAT WAY TO START THE RUNNINY YEARDate of review: January 27, 2007
In short: Nice day for a run. Bit busy at the start but was soon up and running to a time well inside my target. Date of review: January 26, 2007
In short: Nice first race of the yearIn full: Start a bit congested but soon thined out. Liked the 5K marshal shouting times.Good PB potential.Great weather.Liked the mug - much better than an oversized t-shirt!Well done SGRAC Date of review: January 17, 2007
In short: On my doorstep and a good start to the year!In full: This is the first time I have run this race. It was ok except it was more than 1 minute before I could actually run at the start because of the number of people cramming to get going!! The time recorders may have been looking at a different clock as my time is recorded as being over a minute slower than I actually took to run it! Even for me as a non-competitive runner, it was still disappointing to see the website having recorded a time slower than I actually achieved!Date of review: January 17, 2007
In short: Flat, fast, friendly and sea views. Worth a trip.In full: Great race with nice coastal views. It is flat though, so you keep going hard and fast, which is tiring. The start need sorting, but overall a very good race.Date of review: January 17, 2007
In short: Disappointing after so much hypeIn full: Members of my club said this was the 10k to enter... so I did. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the run. However, the appaling start (the slow one) with everyone bunched at the front, no attempt at "sorting" people and no count-down took everyone by surprise, and we just stood still in amazement while the fast runners zoomed off into the distance (and our lot moved nowhere!)! The marshalls were plentiful, and the supporters brilliant. Loved the half way time check - what a good idea. However, the course seemed to be mainly pavement and muddy verge it felt by the end. The sheer volume of runners all trying to run in such a small space just wasn't good.I certainly wouldn't rate this as one of the south's best runs. I've only been running competitively for a relatively short time and this is far from the best in organisation (the worst race I've entered thus far). The marshalls on the whole were friendly enough, but not overly cheery. There were no signs from the community centre to the race start, and the maps provided on the information leaflet were useless unless you knew all the local footpaths between places. As for the water station location at the end - a bit more common sense please! My time was over 30 secs different on your big clock and the time published which has only furthered my irritation at what was suggested to be a great race.Date of review: January 16, 2007
In short: Really good first race for the new year, flat and fast, even for me!?!Date of review: January 16, 2007
In short: Impressed with everything about the club therefore shame about start problems, especially for slower runners and lack of directions to drinks/momento at finish. Great atmosphere, especially the finish. Fixing the problems will make this a great 10k.Date of review: January 15, 2007
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(Megan Blunk and Ann Yoshida in Germany with their 2013 World Championship medals)
With more than two years away from the Paralympic debut of ParaCanoe. Team USA is improving rapidly and has medals in mind for Rio 2016.
At the 2013 ParaCanoe World Championships in Duisburg, Germany, Team USA quadrupled its medal haul from the year before. Megan Blunk (Lakebay, Wash.) burst onto the scene, winning Silver medals in both women's K1 and V1 TA (Trunk and Arms).
She finished the K-1 final in 57.507, which was a half-second behind the first place finisher, Emma Wiggs of Great Britain. Blunk then turned in a time of 1:10.838 in the V-1 final, which was 7.595 seconds behind the first place finisher, Jeanette Chippington of Great Britain.
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"Having athletes on the podium is our number one goal and it's exciting for everyone," said USA Canoe/Kayak Board President Bob Lally. "We did that at the Worlds by winning 4 medals. This will generate momentum across the board to reach higher and dig deeper, which includes not only our athletes but our coaches, staff, board and sponsors too."
Anja Pierce (Pittsford, N.Y.), the lone U.S. medalist from the 2012 World Championships, claimed the Bronze in women's V1 LTA (Legs, Trunk and Arms), with a time of 1:03.898 was +3.931 seconds behind the first place finisher – Andrea Green from Great Britain.
"I worked really hard this year and it feels good to be up there again," Pierce said. "I was pleased with my time, which was a personal best. It really shows that high training pays off and I'm going to continue working hard to get back up on higher levels of the podium."
Ann Yoshida (Hillsboro, Ore.) won Bronze in women's V1 A (Arms) direct final with a time of 1:31.382, which was 25.754 seconds behind Chippington, the first place finisher.
"This is my first World Sprints and I won a medal, so that's great," Yoshida said. "But I still know that from this point on, it's only going to get better. I'm only going to get more fit. It proves to me that anybody, a person with a disability or with no disability, they can get to this point, if they just work hard."
At the 2013 National Championships in Oklahoma City, Blunk won the women's K1 title with a time of 59.279, which was +2.400 seconds ahead of the second place finisher. She did so wearing the jersey of Gig Harbor Canoe and Kayak Race Team, which would end up winning its second consecutive National Championship Team Title.
"I just liked the fact that I was able to play another sport and add it to my list of things I can do," said Blunk, also a wheelchair basketball player at the University of Illinois. "Because when you get injured and you think you can't do anything, that really, really sucks to feel trapped. But the more I can do things, the happier I am. Getting into a kayak, just getting out of the wheelchair and being able to go faster and race – I loved racing before. I loved it."
At Nationals, Kelly Allen (San Marcos, Texas) finished first in V1 with a time of 1:03.233. Nik Miller of Washington Canoe Club (Virginia Beach, Va.) won the K1 title with a time of 54.858. Greg Crouse of San Diego Canoe and Kayak Club (Fullerton, Calif.) finished first in V1 with a time of 1:02.289.
At the Sprint Team Trials, David Etier (Harwood, Texas) won all three events he raced in. The ParaCanoe Team Trials were held during the Lake Placid International Regatta, where Carol Rogers (Raleigh, N.C.), Ryan Padilla (Gig Harbor, Wash.), Bob Balk (Moravia, N.Y.) and Vadim Kin (Seattle, Wash.) qualified for the World Championships.
"Going into the 2014 season, our program and schedule will continue to mature and iron out the organizational and logistical opportunities that go with the Paracanoe discipline," Lally said. "Bottom line is we need to keep building on the foundation that has been set, recruit athletes and coaches to the program and move forward with a strong and sustainable program for 2016, 2020 and beyond."
"Securing USOC High Performance funding in February for the 2013 USA Canoe/Kayak Paracanoe season completely changed the Paracanoe landscape and set a precedent for the out years," Lally said. "Without question, our athletes were positively impacted by being able to participate in multiple training camps, receive funding to attend camps and competitions and provided incentive to push our athletes to the next performance level. Knowing there is support from the USOC and USA Canoe/Kayak motivates our athletes and Paracanoe leadership."
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, USA Canoe/Kayak is a member of the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Canoe Federation. It governs the Olympic disciplines of Flatwater Sprint, Whitewater Slalom, the Paralympic discipline of Paracanoe and sanctions Freestyle, Marathon, Outrigger, Wildwater, Stand Up Paddle Board, Kayak Polo, Dragon Boat and Canoe Sailing in the United States. For more information about USA Canoe/Kayak, please visit us on the web at www.usack.org, on Twitter at @usacanoekayak and Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/USACanoeKayak.


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Women's Club seeks homes for tour
The Sterling Women's Club is bringing back the Holiday Home Tour. The club is asking Sterling residents to share their home and holiday decorating on the afternoon of December 2, 1-4 p.m. Homes of all ages and size are welcome. This is the club's largest fundraiser of the year.
Since the beginning of the Holiday Home Tour the club has raised thousands of dollars that support the SWC Scholarship and Community Improvement Programs. Annually the SWC offers several scholarships to local students and donates funds to many local organizations.
For more information, contact Judith Murphy at (978) 422-3132 or Judith@evergreenrealty. com.


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An examination of the scientific method and its application to the study of behavior. Prerequisite: Psychology 201. Credit, three hours.
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A survey of the principles and methods employed in psychological experiments. Reading and critical analysis of existing experimental literature is emphasized. Students will conduct their own experiments and learn to write the results in APA format. Prerequisites: Psychology 201, 207, 325. Credit, three hours.
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A course covering the philosophical and scientific works that form the basis of modern psychology. Classic concepts such as structuralism and functionalism will be considered as well as important schools of thought such as behaviorism, psychoanalysis, Gestalt, and cognitive. Prerequisites: Psychology 201, 207, 325. Credit, three hours.
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Date of Publication: March 2012
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Abstract: The article presents an approach to providing a cognitive robot with a long-term memory of experiences-a memory, inspired by the concept of episodic memory (in humans) or episodic-like memory (in animals), respectively. The memory provides means to store experiences, integrate them into more abstract constructs, and recall such content. The paper presents an analysis of key characteristics of natural episodic memory systems. Based on this analysis, conceptual and technical requirements for an episodic-like memory for cognitive robots are specified. The paper provides a formal design that meets these requirements, and discusses its full implementation in a cognitive architecture for mobile robots. It reports results of simulation experiments which show that the approach can run efficiently in robot applications involving several hours of experience.
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Abstract: Imitation is a very complicated function which requires a body mapping (a mapping from observed body motions to motor commands) that can discriminate between self motions and those of others. The developmental mechanism of this sophisticated capability, and the order in which the required abilities arise, is poorly understood. In this paper, we present a mechanism for the development of imitation through a simulation of infant-caregiver interaction. A model was created to acquire a body mapping, which is necessary for successful mutual imitation in infant-caregiver interaction, while discriminating self-motion from the motion of the other. The ability to predict motions and the time delay between performing a motion and observing any correlated motion provides clues to assist the development of the body mapping. The simulation results show that the development of imitation capabilities depends on a predictability preference (a function of how an agent feels regarding its options of "what to imitate," given its ability to predict motions). In addition, the simulated infants in our system are able to develop the components of a healthy body mapping in order, that is, relating self motion first, followed by an understanding of others' motions. This order of development emerges spontaneously without the need for any explicit mechanism or any partitioning of the interaction. These results suggest that this predictability preference is an important factor in infant development.
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Abstract: There exists a large conceptual gap between symbolic models and emergent models for the mind. Many emergent models work on low-level sensory data, while many symbolic models deal with high-level abstract (i.e., action) symbols. There has been relatively little study on intermediate representations, mainly because of a lack of knowledge about how representations fully autonomously emerge inside the closed brain skull, using information from the exposed two ends (the sensory end and the motor end). As reviewed here, this situation is changing. A fundamental challenge for emergent models is abstraction, which symbolic models enjoy through human handcrafting. The term abstract refers to properties disassociated with any particular form. Emergent abstraction seems possible, although the brain appears to never receive a computer symbol (e.g., ASCII code) or produce such a symbol. This paper reviews major agent models with an emphasis on representation. It suggests two different ways to relate symbolic representations with emergent representations: One is based on their categorical definitions. The other considers that a symbolic representation corresponds to a brain's outside behaviors observed and handcrafted by other outside human observers; but an emergent representation is inside the brain.
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Abstract: This paper introduces a framework that allows a robot to form a single behavior-grounded object categorization after it uses multiple exploratory behaviors to interact with objects and multiple sensory modalities to detect the outcomes that each behavior produces. Our robot observed acoustic and visual outcomes from six different exploratory behaviors performed on 20 objects (containers and noncontainers). Its task was to learn 12 different object categorizations (one for each behavior-modality combination), and then to unify these categorizations into a single one. In the end, the object categorization acquired by the robot matched closely the object labels provided by a human. In addition, the robot acquired a visual model of containers and noncontainers based on its unified categorization, which it used to label correctly 29 out of 30 novel objects.
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Abstract: How can an agent bootstrap up from a low-level representation to autonomously learn high-level states and actions using only domain-general knowledge? In this paper, we assume that the learning agent has a set of continuous variables describing the environment. There exist methods for learning models of the environment, and there also exist methods for planning. However, for autonomous learning, these methods have been used almost exclusively in discrete environments. We propose attacking the problem of learning high-level states and actions in continuous environments by using a qualitative representation to bridge the gap between continuous and discrete variable representations. In this approach, the agent begins with a broad discretization and initially can only tell if the value of each variable is increasing, decreasing, or remaining steady. The agent then simultaneously learns a qualitative representation (discretization) and a set of predictive models of the environment. These models are converted into plans to perform actions. The agent then uses those learned actions to explore the environment. The method is evaluated using a simulated robot with realistic physics. The robot is sitting at a table that contains a block and other distractor objects that are out of reach. The agent autonomously explores the environment without being given a task. After learning, the agent is given various tasks to determine if it learned the necessary states and actions to complete them. The results show that the agent was able to use this method to autonomously learn to perform the tasks.
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Abstract: The selective attention mechanism is employed by humans and primates to realize a truly intelligent perception system, which has the cognitive capability of learning and thinking about how to perceive the environment autonomously. The attention mechanism involves the top-down and bottom-up ways that correspond to the goal-directed and automatic perceptual behaviors, respectively. Rather than considering the automatic perception, this paper presents an artificial system of the goal-directed visual perception by using the object-based top-down visual attention mechanism. This cognitive system can guide the perception to an object of interest according to the current task, context and learned knowledge. It consists of three successive stages: preattentive processing, top-down attentional selection and post-attentive perception. The preattentive processing stage divides the input scene into homogeneous proto-objects, one of which is then selected by the top-down attention and finally sent to the post-attentive perception stage for high-level analysis. Experimental results of target detection in the cluttered environments are shown to validate this system.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (270 votes).
In short: Great PB potentialIn full: A new PB and I'll be looking to the same again in the 2010 race. Kirkstall Rd is far from prety though. I note a lot of comments about dodging the slower runners who are too far up the grid but it's a mass participation event, with lots of first timers, so is to be expected. There are plenty of smaller races in North and West Yorkshire, with entrants in the low hundreds that cater to more serious runners.Date of review: July 5, 2010
In short: Fast flat dull but local Date of review: December 13, 2009
In short: As already said, good PB potential but needs better organisationIn full: It was the first time I'd done this race and I managed to knock 3 mins off my previous 10K PB despite the wind and rain. The course is uninspiring but it is fast and flat, so if you're after a PB, this is a good race to try.Organisation was poor, especially at the start - I went in the right place for my "expected time" and must have passed 100 runners in the first mile. With 6000 runners (a lot of whom were there for a "fun run") all wanting to start as if they were going to run under 40 mins, it was never going to work! At least with the chip time, the 5 mins it took to get to the start line didn't matter. But if they plan to grow the race to 10000, they need to think about different coloured numbers for predicted times and make sure people start in the right place.There weren't enough loos and getting from one area to another with all the barriers was difficult.I'd do this again though just as a good measure of progress over a year, even though it's frightfully expensive for a 10K.Date of review: November 26, 2009
In short: Pleasant race, fairly well-organised, dull route up and down same road but fairly flat!Date of review: November 26, 2009
In short: My 2nd Abbey Dash, seemed more chaotic than last year!In full: Very happy for knocking 2 minutes off my p.b. despite the wind but the increase in runners was very noticable. I'll always do this race for p.b. reasons but found what I laughingly call the 'liars' starting near the front who are out for a Sunday waddle were worse this year and force runners to mount the pavements and have to swerve in front of each other in avoidance. There also needs to be a designated place, or a large number of bins, where chips are deposited after the race. The scrum made finding the girl with the bucket difficult.Lastly, and other runners have noted this, the 'runners only' section in Victoria Gardens was rigourously policed by rent-a-thugs after the race. Apparently there was a one-way system which prevented you crossing back from the Town Hall to the Art Gallery 'for the benefit of the athletes' despite only a couple crossing. When I pointed to my race number, showing that I was an 'athlete', it had zero effect and had to do a large detour and lost my wife, who was also running, for 20 minutes. Thanks!This race has a USP, don't spoil it by trying to get too big. The organisation has suffered.Date of review: November 26, 2009
In short: Same as ever really, if it wasn't fast it wouldn't be half as popular.Date of review: November 25, 2009
In short: Wish people would have cheered up!In full: I have read many reviews on here, and i agree with alot of what has been said, yep, pb potential had it not been for the BIG crowds or the incline or the pants rain and running into wind! anyway my main concern, was that this was a "fun" run for many, I am in a running club but I still like to smile and have a larf - and encourage people who may be struggling. However when I tried to do an "oggie ogggie" no one replied! hell, I have done lots of races and people were a damn site more friendlier at those!I would say the atmos was a bit pants to say the least and I didnt like the cars coming down the other side of the road after 40 mins, hell -wait for some of the slower ones before you open the roads again - that was bad. It all seemed very disorganised. me and my boyfriend showed up about 8.20am and there were hardly any of the organisation team there! The loos hadnt even been put out.Most of us kept warm in Macdonalds and used their loo!Next year - yep, would do it again, but they need to sort the org out. Oh and quit with the narky marshalls acting like hitlers.FUN run guys, FUN run! Date of review: November 25, 2009
In full: Cold weather but better than the previous few days. Great course for setting a personal best with a flat course out to the Abbey with only a slight incline before the finish. Date of review: November 25, 2009
In short: Nice and fast, but a bit congestedIn full: A bit chaotic before the start what with portaloo queues and everything but fun and fast for my first 10k. Looking forward to doing it again next year and will position myself a little nearer the front to avoid jostling with over ambitious slower runners!Date of review: November 24, 2009
In short: My favourite race!In full: The Abbey Dash (2003) was my very first race and it is one which is very special for me. It is flat (yay!) and fast. The support on the route wasn't as good as usual, but it was a cold, windy day so not surprising really. I didn't pb today, but most of my clubmates did which is fantastic.One thing that did surprise me was the fact that they were still unloading some of the portaloos 45 mins before the start time! I also had difficulty finding where to deposit my chip.Date of review: November 24, 2009
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This is a remarkably busy season for American diplomacy. Just this week, Secretary Clinton became the first American Secretary of State in more than 50 years to visit Burma and she went to Busan, South Korea, to participate in a major conference on the effectiveness of foreign assistance. On Wednesday, November 30, Deputy Secretary of State Thomas R. Nides sat down with ABC News' Christiane Amanpour to discuss why it is so important for the United States to have the resources necessary to engage in the world. You can watch their interview here.
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
@ Jonathan Kaplan: Smart Foreign Assistance-
Thank you for the post.
When Five former Secretaries of State stand unified in defense of smart foreign assistance as strategic investment it is for good reason. They stand in defense of the future prosperity of the nation.
Commitment to "strategic investment" will decide the "leveraging" prowess the US has to compete on the global scale and given our interdependence, it would be wise to have leverage and as much of it as possible.
To engage or not may be current in candidates debate discussions but "smart assistance" reflects the necessary adjustments and flexibility in today's changing world. Intervention to humanitarian crisis with international partners to stop terrorist groups from blockage of aid in Somalia is a recent example that may require budget adjustments as the line between national security and aid assistance becomes blurred.
Furthermore,evidence of investment return has shown to be quite positive,it pays to engage!
Choosing to ignore the policy of "smart power" and turning our backs to aid,education and trade opportunities in the short term signifies a moral lack of authority and compass,lost.
If polled Americans support that approximately ten percent of the national budget be appropriated for foreign assistance already assuming far more is being spent for this purpose(up to twenty-five) then all the more reason for our former Secretaries to speak out.
L. Evens in Canada writes:
Smart power does not always need to cost money - that's smart.
Creativity and a willingness to do things in a different way - can make all the difference in the world.
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
Nobody is stopping you from writing a pesonal check to your favorite dictator or government.
When you spend government money, you need to have constitutional power to do so, and that doesn't exist.
Congress has only the power to "regulate" commerce with foreign nations - the US Supreme Court long ago decided that gifts of public funds are illegal.
Just because something is a good thing to do doesn't make it a legal thing to do.
We all have the power individually to contribute to the economic development of other countries and we may be encouraged to do so by buying their products and services, but our government is supposed to govern us, not them and not make them better off with gifts and loans of money taken from American workers.
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
Just thinking Zharkov...
What would be the point then of the State Dept.Blog? Imagine the semantics...
Your thoughts,ideas and (a few) criticisms would not have a voice on a government website such as this because it would probably be considered as an extra expense to taxpayers not wanting to engage in the world.
You would not be able to scrutinize the government in a very open forum such as this because the tax dollars would not be there to support it.
If our government was not to interact with other nations using a very reasonable one percent of the entire national budget- then I wonder what kind of decadent society we would become?
This is about the long and steady game where investment hopefully does come back to the American worker competing in a global society and while we're at it- helping others.
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
@ Maureen, I think the point of this blog is to amuse bored officials and I can't think of a better investment of tax dollars because this blog is "Made in America" and a proper function of the executive branch to plague the public with heavy doses of Orwellian propaganda.
If the budget choice was to fund this blog or a war with Syria, I'd skip the war and go with the blog. Now, if you spent money in Syria to set up a blog for President Assad, that would be an illegal gift of public funds. Do you understand the difference?
No doubt there are dissenters around the State Department and CFR who are good people, and they can't be embarrassed by someone occasionally posting the truth. Let it all hang out like we are forced to do at airport security, shall we?
As for your foreign aid logic, imagine a taxpayer robbing a government official and offering the defense that if he hadn't stolen the money and spent it on food for his family, his sons would grow up to become robbers out of necessity and hunger.
So robbing the official benefits the public and is in the national interest, but the law does not permit it.
As for America sliding into a decadent society, the State Department can't do a thing about that. The Senate's "National Defense Authorization Act" explicitly authorizes decadence in the form of the military's indefinite detention without trial of American citizens and mandates that all non-citizens charged as terrorists - including those arrested on US soil - be detained indefinitely by the military rather than brought to trial in a civilian court.
I think a government can't get more decadent than declaring its citizens to be potential terrorist suspects, molesting them at airports and train stations, and wiretapping all of their communications.
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
@ Zharkov
Let's assume you are not a "bored official" whatever that implies...Personally, I like to pull positive from negative because it is how we get stuff done.
Agreed- that we both see the utility of the blog, right? Great. That may be the only thing we agree upon but that's fine with me because I respect your comments, differing opinions and participation. Thanks.
That being said I choose to comment on your last sentence in regard to terrorism because a well informed citizen knows that terrorism exists, still. Recently,(very recently) several domestic attempts have been thwarted which would not be an example of a society in decadence. Admittedly, many travelers are inconvenienced by the measures in place but this would be a Homeland Security issue... The logic is that citizens want to be safe and security is part of prevention.
Since I already know you may disagree with my interpretation :)- what is your solution to terrorism not being intercepted due to non- vigilance? Should we just let it happen or hope it won't? Should we just say that since it is an annoyance to wait at airport security we should therefore ignore reality? Perhaps you could devise a plan for a more efficient, cost effective security system for Homeland Security. You may win a grant.
I don't mind airport security. Constant revaluation and input from everyone will be our friend to safe travel.
Terrorism doesn't start at airports or train stations...piracy at sea, hijacking. The big picture is the real envelope of terrorism.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Maureen in Mass,
Well... you could interpret; "I think the point of this blog is to amuse bored officials..." as a cry for attention from Z in the hopes he might just get a rise out of an official who took some exception to his comment (chuckle).
You never know who reads these things.
Zharkov in the U.S.A. writes:
@ Maureen, I can't give you all the information you lack. You have to read the historical research yourself to learn the whole truth.
First, all US government information is compartmentalized even if it has no security classification. US government agencies do not routinely share information even if they are tasked for that purpose. Consequently, few government employees see the whole picture but only the part that is "positive" or upbeat as portrayed by their agencies. Do you need an example?
The reason for crotch searches by
TSA? The Detroit Christmas (underwear) bomber was deliberately and intentionally allowed to keep his US entry visa as the result of a national security override issued by an as yet unknown US intelligence or law enforcement agency with the goal of blocking the State Department's planned revocation of that visa.
This disclosure was the result of hearings held on January 27 before the House Homeland Security Committee, and in particular of the testimony of Patrick F. Kennedy, Undersecretary of State for Management.
It's in the official record - you can read his testimony yourself. I didn't write it for him. And for months our government claimed that eye witnesses to it were wrong, until Kennedy told the truth.
Yes, there are some real terrorists in the world - that has always been true, but we have not always had to submit to a police state for our security.
You should know that the Patriot Act was drafted long before 9/11 and awaited an event to justify it to Congress. Look it up - nobody could draft that huge document in a matter of hours after 9/11.
So a picture emerges of homeland "terrorism" to be an inside job, exactly as claimed by former a German Intelligence Chief, a former Italian Prime Minister, and others who have no particular grudge or reason to fabricate lies against the U.S.
Syria and Iran had nothing to do with 9/11, and terrorism is a "red-herring" issue for the purposes of "standing with Syria".
Syria is not our problem. It wasn't 19 Syrian citizens who brought terrorism to America.
Neither of us see the whole picture in Syria, but we know what happened to Mossadegh in Iran, Hussein in Iraq, and Gadaffi in Libya, so connecting the dots isn't difficult.
America isn't Israel. We don't need Israeli-strength security. In America you are in more danger from a routine flu vaccination or a bee sting than from arab terrorism. The official, domestic overreaction to 9/11 is breathtaking and completely unjustified.
Maureen in Massachusetts writes:
@ Zharkov
Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy is a role model for aspiring leaders in the United States! Even the mention of his name on this blog has symbolic significance. Wow!
Though I did not bring up compartmentalization of information it is an intriguing topic for security experts. Should have, would have with information pertaining to 9/11. You have not explained how in fact terrorism attempts have been thwarted though since 9/11. Perhaps compartmentalization issues have changed?
Where I come from we have a huge amount of respect for police and security, we are Patriots.


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Serving Size ½ of recipe
Calories 363
Total Fat 11.5 g
Saturated Fat 6.5 g
Sodium 635 mg
Total Carbohydrate 48.5 g
Dietary Fiber 5 g
Protein 17.5 g
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Low-fat milk ½ cup
Reduced-fat cream cheese 1½ tablespoons
All-purpose flour 1½ teaspoons
Salt ¼ teaspoon
Butter ½ teaspoon
Garlic clove, minced ½
Grated Parmesan ¼ cup
Whole wheat fettuccini (or spaghetti) 4 ounces
Freshly ground pepper to taste
- Cook fettuccini according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain and set aside.
- In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, whisk together milk, cream cheese, flour, and salt.
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté 1-2 minutes. Add milk mixture and bring to a simmer, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, stir in cheese, then toss with fettuccini.


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Present: Scout, Stephen, Matti, Hannah, Tove, Gavin, Pomme, Swithun, Ila, Julie, Kata, Hannah
New menu
Too spicy according to frank, ila agrees. scout thinks there could be some
cheap and easy pasties to buy/make (AP)
Cut down on the spicy soups
Not evident enough that cafe is volunteer run
Matti wants to design new menu, hannah and tove do content (AP)
NATO welcoming party
Organisers would like to know if they could use hall/action room during events. [sensitive subject, hush hush] Scout will get more info from dudes and forward it ot FWG.
Volunteer guide
Milk has done a lot, Hannah too. There is lots of text. On wiki.
Regular induction days an idea. How frequent? Fortnightly. Would it be
compulsory prior to volunteering? Or recommended but there can be
exceptions. Don't want to stop people from volunteering.
For first shift, should be short one, during day and with someone else.
Stephen is working on interactive table top oracle things that will inform
people about the Forest.
Find out about what is legally reguired - ask Lynne and Emma. Health and
safety. (AP Scout, Hannah, Tove)
Film night
Ila wants to have a few people picking films, but still open to suggestions.
Run by EVS.
Stephen wonders if we can organise a few months in advance. Something to
think about. Would be good.
Swithun says that there shouldn't be too many people picking films. Person
in charge of film should be NM - easier to run night.
Make it easier for people to submit their own films (by post).
EVS should get tips when they NM, says Matti. People agree.
External kitchen
Could use another kitchen to make food. But would need to store large
quantities, or make things once a week. Nix asked Matti to bring this up.
Crafty Room (CR)
What is going to happen to Blue's stuff that is in the CR? Maybe it isn't
his. There are ideas for things to do with room.
Which WG does CR belong to? Action WG is not happening. Give it to AF!
Free shop (FS)
FS could be stored in CR. Would be easier to move to cafe once a week. But
don't want it spilling everywhere.
When it worked, it was on Sunday, people could only drop stuff off then.
Crap was collected by Shelter on Tuesday. But need more publicity and
information. Helpful to next people if you pack things away in an organised
Have timetable for CR. When bands want to store stuff, we will know if they
can use CR.
Stephen will make publicity (AP).
Volunteer/fresher fairs
Tove and Julie on this.
Bands want to leave their stuff overnight. Take contact details. But there
is stuff that has been left here for ages. Need somewhere safe, but can't be
responsible for it. Use communication book to let next days's staff know.
List of equipment, description of people.
Would use CR. But this is full of other stuff. Ask Blue/Robin if we can
use/tidy this space.
Don't think that many bands will want to do this. But good to have procedure.
Ila will look into this and report back.
Asazi wants to make CD. This is a job for Forest Records. Stephen knows
something about this, but isn't telling.
Greetings from Cardiff, clarts.


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More than ever before, caregiving is recognized as a key element of everyday life for millions of families throughout the United States. As our population ages, more families are providing care for an older adult at home, and an increasing number of people will need such care in the future. Current demographic and healthcare trends make this issue even more significant:
Caregiving impacts not only a growing number of individuals, but their families and their workplaces as well. According to recent studies, as many as 42 percent of employed Americans (more than 54 million people) have provided eldercare in the last five years; 17 percent currently provide care. The average age of caregivers is 49—a peak year for earnings and for career achievement. Women take on slightly more responsibility for care, but men are greatly impacted also.
The types of care ranges from personal (bathing, dressing, helping with toileting, feeding) to every-day tasks and activities (preparing meals, providing transportation, handling finances, managing medications, coordinating services, communicating with healthcare professionals). The average caregiver provides care for more than four years, with some care extending for decades. Few caregivers use paid help: fully 76 percent of working caregivers rely only on their families and themselves. At times, caregiving can seem like a second job.
Thus millions of working adults—an estimated one in four households—juggle the competing demands of caring for a chronically ill relative, raising a family, and managing a career. Work disruptions due to employee caregiving responsibilities result in productivity losses to businesses of an estimated $2110 per year per employee—a loss of up to $33.6 billion per year for full-time employees as a group.
Negative effects on working caregivers may include poorer health, time lost from work and lower productivity, leaving a job to give care, lost career opportunities, lost employer paid health benefits and lower current and future earnings, including Social Security and pension income. Eventually, 10 percent, over the time they are caregiving, report quiting their jobs to provide care full-time, resulting in an average loss of more than $303,880each in wage, Social Security income and pension income over a lifetime.
This Fact Sheet reviews the key issues that caregivers face; suggests measures they can take to help manage their work and care conflicts; reviews legal options to clarify financial and healthcare decision-making; and discusses cost-efficient ways employers can retain valued employees by offering programs that are supportive to caregivers. The Resources listed at the end of the Fact Sheet offer additional information and sources of help.
Many community resources exist to help caregivers and their ill or frail loved ones. Your challenge as a caregiver is to determine how to best utilize the time and energy you have available for caregiving in addition to the demands of your job and family responsibilities. In sorting out your family's needs, and deciding where you need help, consider the following steps:
Information and Referral: These are services to help you locate local programs and services. Senior or community organizations maintain lists of resources by geographic area to help you get started in finding the help you need. Some employers also offer information through Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
The Internet provides resource listings and online support groups where you can seek information. Family Caregiver Alliance's online Family Care Navigator offers information on public resources for every state, including local Area Agencies on Aging.The national Eldercare Locator provides information on Area Agencies on Aging and other services. Even if your parent lives far away, you can find services to help.
There may be chores that can be done by friends, family, neighbors or faith group members. Simple tasks include preparing meals, providing rides, helping with grocery shopping or laundry, providing reassuring phone calls or companionship for your relative. Local senior centers or colleges often have programs for community volunteers. Websites such as www.LotsaHelpingHands.com provide password-protected sites to help you schedule help and keep family and friends notified of your loved one's condition.
A family meeting can be very helpful in discussing more complicated medical and legal issues. Identifying needs, sharing concerns and delegating tasks should be done in an open, supportive environment where family members can identify potential solutions together. The meeting can be held in-person, by phone or by video-conference.
To work through certain family dynamics or conflicts, it's often helpful to involve a person outside the family. A social worker, geriatric care manager or other professional skilled in group interaction and family dynamics can be hired to help the family and caregiver make a care plan and, if needed, help with care arrangements and monitoring. This may be especially useful if your ill parent lives far from you.
Care at home can be formal (paid) through a home care agency or privately hired personal attendant, or informal (unpaid)—a friend, family member, or volunteer. (Sometimes, through a formal Personal Care Agreement, a family member can be paid to provide care.) If no medical or personal care is needed, look for a caring, responsible, person who could be a welcome companion for your relative. Personal referrals are the best way to find this person, or an ad can be placed online or in a local newspaper to search for a part-time companion and chore worker. If care involves toileting or bathing, you will need a person who is trained, competent and sensitive. Similarly, if lifting the person and/or a wheel chair is necessary, be sure the worker is trained and physically able do the work. Always do criminal background checks and call at least three past employer references.
When medical or health care is required, such as giving medications, providing catheter care or monitoring a feeding tube, you may decide to hire a certified nursing assistant (CNA) or licensed practical nurse (LPN or LVN in California) depending on the level of education and skill required. A registered nurse (RN) is needed only when more complex medical care is necessary (such as treating wounds, or managing a ventilator). Medicare may cover medically necessary part-time care for a home-bound older person in limited, specific situations.
Adult day care centers provide a range of social and therapeutic activities outside the home for older adults and adults with a disability. These centers, located primarily in urban areas, vary in their service mix. Most offer social services and activities in a safe, supportive environment. Depending on the program, some offer transportation, personal health care (such as bathing and incontinence care), and medical or allied health care (such as physical therapy and occupational therapy), may be available. It is important to check eligibility criteria. Some centers may not accept individuals who are disruptive, have certain health problems or are incontinent (loss of bladder/bowel control). Participants generally attend several hours per day, up to five days a week (weekend adult day care is rarely available), making it possible for the caregiver to go to work assured that the care recipient is in a safe, place.
In California, eleven Caregiver Resource Centers (CRCs) provide a range of supportive services to family caregivers of adults with disabling health conditions (e.g., Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, stroke, traumatic brain injury, Parkinson's disease). CRCs help caregivers with information, educational programs and emotional support, as well as planning for and arranging services for a loved one. Most services are free of charge. More information can be found by visiting FCA's list of California's Caregiver Resource Centers.
Many other community services are available to help, including care management services, home-delivered meals, transportation services, temporary overnight care, hospice (for terminally ill individuals), and support groups (for either the caregiver or the ill individual). Your local Area Agency on Aging or senior center can help you locate these.
When a parent or relative can no longer be cared for at home, it may be necessary to consider a residential facility such as an assistive living residence or nursing home. Arriving at this decision can be quite painful. Both you and your parents are likely to have strong feelings about nursing homes, and financing is always an issue. You may want to discuss the decision with other family members, a counselor or spiritual advisor.
Ultimately, it is important to evaluate your parent's current living situation and carefully assess how care needs can best be met. Consider your parent's safety, isolation, ability to be left alone, medical needs, and available help for basic daily activities (e.g., eating, dressing, toileting, bathing, moving around).
In addition, the daily strain on you as the caregiver must not be ignored. If you, your sibling or parent are the primary caregiver, it is critical to recognize when caregiving demands—especially when combined with work and other family demands—exceed what is possible for you, your family and friends. If you determine that home is no longer a good or safe place to be, it is time to look at other viable residential care options:
If your parent becomes impaired, you may face a host of new legal and financial issues. Typical concerns include:
An attorney can help you plan for the financial aspects of your parent's care needs. At a minimum, a suitable attorney should have experience in estate and financial planning, probate and wills, and be familiar with public benefits including Medicaid, Social Security, special needs trusts, tax planning, and housing and health care contracts. Some ways to locate an attorney include: your local County Bar Association or National Association of Elder Law Attorneys referral service, senior centers, legal aid organizations, or a personal recommendation from a friend or fellow support group member.
Making decisions for a person with an illness such as Alzheimer's disease or a stroke can be difficult and emotionally charged. The process can be simplified significantly, however, if your parent or relative has completed a Durable Power of Attorney (DPA) and a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care and Advance Health Care Directive. These documents enable your parent to designate another person to manage his or her finances and healthcare decisions. The legal authority to make those decisions begins only when and if the person becomes incapable of doing so on their own. It's a good idea to have DPA and DPAHC forms reviewed by an attorney experienced in estate planning to ensure that the person's wishes are clearly expressed and the information is complete.
If your parent is already suffering from dementia and does not have the capacity to make decisions, you may need to obtain a conservatorship. A conservatorship provides the legal authority to manage a person's finances, estate, personal affairs, assets and medical care. This is a court procedure.
In addition to providing access to a wealth of medical and caregiving information available 24 hours a day on your computer, tablet or cell phone, digital technology may also be useful for such things as ordering prescriptions, communicating with healthcare professionals, staying in contact with friends and family, scheduling home care, learning new skills through webinars, tracking movement, and even visually checking on loved ones during the day or providing surveillance of your parent's home when you can't be there.
Caregiving as a workplace issue is now recognized by a growing number of employers. Larger corporations are sometimes able to offer support in ways small ones cannot, but there are actions that companies of any size can take to support employees who have caregiving responsibilities:
Caring for an ill or disabled parent can be particularly challenging as you attempt to balance the competing demands of work, family and caregiving. Negotiating adequate time off from work, coping with tension filled family dynamics and having time to cope with your own fears and concerns about your parents? well-being all contribute to increased stress. Taking care of yourself will help ensure that you are physically and emotionally able to care for your family member. To help care for you, consider the following steps:
Whether you are caring for a parent out of love and devotion, or simply being responsible by honoring a familial obligation, assuming the role of caregiving daughter or son is never easy. Your decision to care may occur all of a sudden when you receive an emergency call from the hospital, or it may be planned, having over time prepared for your parent to live with or near you. In either case saying, "Of course I'll help and take care of you" is often the only right response to a situation when your parent needs help. Family friendly workplace policies can go a long way towards making your caregiving journey less stressful and doable.
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Leaves That Pay: Employer and Worker Experiences with Paid Family Leave in California. Eileen Appelbaum, Ruth Milkman. Center for Economic and Policy Research. January 2011.
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Family Caregiver Alliance
785 Market Street, Suite 750
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 434-3388 | (800) 445-8106
caregiver.org | [email protected]
Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) seeks to improve the quality of life for caregivers through education, services, research and advocacy.
FCA's National Center on Caregiving offers information on current social, public policy and caregiving issues and provides assistance in the development of public and private programs for caregivers.
For residents of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, FCA provides direct family support services for caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease, stroke, ALS, head injury, Parkinson's and other debilitating health conditions that strike adults.
Family Care Navigator
Online directory of resources for caregivers in all 50 states. Includes resources for older or disabled adults living at home or in a residential facility, and information on government health and disability programs, legal resources, disease-specific organizations and more.
FCA's list of California Caregiver Resource Centers
Best Practices in Workplace Eldercare. National Alliance for Caregiving and ReACT (Respect a Caregiver's Time). March 2012.
Eldercare Locator
Information on services for older adults and their families. (800) 677-1116
(800) MEDICARE or (800) 633-4227
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
1577 Spring Hill Road, Suite 220
Vienna, VA 22182
(703) 942-5711
Provides information on how to choose an elder law attorney and referrals to elder law attorneys.
National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers
3275 West Ina Road, Suite 130
Tucson, AZ 85741
(520) 881-8008
Families and Work Institute
267 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
(212) 465-2044
Labor Project for Working Families
Institute of Industrial Relations
2521 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94720
(510) 643-7088
5025 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington DC, 20016
(202) 537-1645, x270
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Prepared and updated by Family Caregiver Alliance. Reviewed by Margaret Neal, PhD Director/Professor at Portland State University, Institute on Aging . Funded by The Genentech Foundation and individual donors. Updated October 2012. © Family Caregiver Alliance 1999-2014. All rights reserved.


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Hot Weather Leads N.Y. Power Authority To Activate Summer Power Demand Reduction Program In New York City: Customer Conservation Measures Support Reliable Electricity Service
Paul DeMichele
(914) 390-8186
June 8, 2011
WHITE PLAINS— New York Power Authority (NYPA) President and Chief Executive Officer Richard M. Kessel today announced the activation of a program to reduce electricity demand by NYPA's New York City governmental customers to address the expected 90-degree-plus temperatures and high humidity. The Peak Reduction initiative, which is being undertaken for the first time this summer, provides for commitments to lower electricity use at 67 locations during the highest-demand days of the air-conditioning season, when called upon.
"Today's electricity-demand reduction event is part of our efforts for ensuring reliability of electricity service during those periods when the electric power grid is most challenged," Kessel said. "Summer is when electricity use spikes sharply and the margins between electricity supplies and power demand become tighter. It is critical that we keep the lights on and that electricity prices are managed effectively by mobilizing demand-response programs in cooperation with other industry organizations and customers."
New York State's summer peak demand can increase 80 percent above the average level of electricity use, for the additional consumption of up to 15,000 megawatts (MW).
The Power Authority's Peak Reduction option, which can be activated up to 15 weekdays from June 1 to Sept. 30, provides for electricity-lowering commitments by the Authority's governmental customers of approximately 27 MW. The duration of the reductions is limited to two to six hours, between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Among the 23 participating customers are the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, the New York City Department of Education, the New York City Police Department, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, and the City University of New York. These agencies reduce their electricity demand with conservation measures such as shutting off nonessential lighting and discretionary equipment and, in some cases, operating small, properly permitted on-site generators. In return for the power curtailment, NYPA pays them $25 per kilowatt, for an expected outlay of hundreds of thousands of dollars by summer's end.
The Power Authority's Peak Reduction initiative, now in its 12th summer, is one of several demand-response options that NYPA offers its customers under an umbrella program known as Peak Load Management. Those options, which include statewide programs by the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), involve commitments by NYPA customers to reduce electricity use by nearly 532 MW.
"The money invested by NYPA in its peak-reduction program is well spent, with each conserved kilowatt of power of exponential importance for enhancing service reliability during the summer and managing electricity prices," Kessel said. "Demand-response initiatives such as ours, along with measures for improved energy efficiency, are as important as actual generating supplies for meeting electricity load. They're all key elements for having the necessary resources."
The Power Authority is a national leader in promoting energy efficiency, both at its own facilities and at those of its customers. Last year, NYPA financed roughly $175 million in energy efficiency and clean energy projects, setting a new record for the second consecutive year for its annual expenditures on completed or ongoing initiatives at public facilities throughout the state.
In New York City where NYPA's governmental customers consume upwards of 1,800 MW of power during peak summer demand periods, the Authority has financed approximately
$913 million in energy efficiency and clean energy projects over the last two decades. The improvements have cut peak electricity demand by about 114 MW. (One megawatt, or 1,000 kilowatts, is enough to meet the electricity needs of 800 to 1,000 typical homes.)
The Power Authority's comprehensive summer preparedness efforts also involve proper maintenance of its 17 generating facilities, with a total combined capacity of 5,450 MW, and of 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines, for ensuring full strength for meeting the season's higher electricity demand. The practices for achieving this include helicopter inspections of the overhead lines to identify any potential problems such as fallen tree limbs or overgrown vegetation for making sure the equipment is operating unimpeded and as designed.
NYPA also has made significant investments over recent years in upgrading its generating and transmission facilities. This includes life extension and modernization programs at major hydroelectric projects upstate and initiatives involving "smart-grid" technologies for enhancing transmission reliability and performance.
About NYPA:
■ The New York Power Authority uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation's largest state public power organization, with 17 generating facilities in various parts of New York State and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. ■ Approximately 80 percent of the electricity it produces is clean renewable hydropower. Its lower-cost power production and electricity purchases support hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the state. ■For more information, www.nypa.gov.