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When you live in the country and cannot get away the coverage on the Olympics provides a window on the world for you. In the days that my husband was farming we did not often leave this area. The coverage of the Olympics gave us a chance to see the world.
Venues were located all over the world. We watched more of the winter games than we did the summer games I guess because of the weather. During the summer it was warm and there was outdoor work to be done so we had less time to watch.
Small communities like Lillehammer, Albertville, Nagano, Sarajevo, Innsbruck, Sapporo, Grenoble, Torino and Lake Placid rolled off our tongues as we watched what the host countries allowed us to see. Through the games we saw a lot of the world on our television screen.
The Winter Olympics is now officially underway. I kept the supplement from the newspaper about what was going to be broadcast. I really enjoy the Winter Olympics. Besides it gives us something good to watch for a while. If you need the instant feedback you can use the Internet, but otherwise television coverage is fine.
During the Olympics a few years back I got interested in curling. I watched as many of the matches as I could. I looked up the sport on the Internet so that I could understand it better. It was really interesting to watch once I figured out what was really going on.
Occasionally I notice that curling is featured on one of the Canadian channels but I cannot get those channels. I have looked ahead to find what is being offered this season. If I have not made a mistake it seems that I will be able to watch several curling matches early in the evening on one of the alternate stations. I have the first evening auto-tuned so I will see what happens.
It blows my mind to think of the hours that these athletes put into their sport. I like to listen to some of the interviews because they provide more information. I am not sure what to think about some of the new venues being offered. These kids are talented, but they really push the limits. It all looks very dangerous. I watched a gal come down the slope yesterday splitting her helmet in two, but able to walk away. I am glad my grandchildren do not feel the yen to participate in these ultimate sports.
I do enjoy watching the skiing and the ski jumping events. I am fascinated by the distances that they travel. I do not have a big fancy new television set with a picture that fills the room. My screen seems adequate for the size of my living room though. I am glad that they announce the times and distances since they are very hard to read – even with my new glasses.
Skating is another favorite venue. The music that each skater chooses and the way the programs are choreographed make them so interesting. If the music is familiar it is easy to get caught up in it.
Yesterday I saw one of the older competitors take a gold medal. I was happy for him. Slow and steady put him ahead of the pack. His accuracy on the shooting portion allowed him to move ahead in spite of having to complete a penalty lap.
I saw a clip of the last speed skating event that was held outdoors. They said that was at Albertville in 1992.
One year I remember watching the events from Japan at about midnight. They were doing direct broadcasts at that time. My children were young, but my husband and I stayed up to watch. Another year we were remodeling the living room so we moved our television upstairs to our bedroom so that we could watch. That year our son joined us in our bedroom to watch since he was moving back to this area. Our bedroom became our living room for a while.
I remember when I remodeled the kitchen and took my old cupboards upstairs to make a craft room. I purchased a small island type of cupboard that my son put together for me. I made cards that year while I watched some of the Olympic events. I believe that was the year that I discovered curling.
Who can forget the exciting finish to the hockey games in Lake Placid 30 years ago? I recall hurrying home from church to be able to watch the medal game.
The Vancouver Olympics were really interesting for me. The year that we took the Canadian rail trip we saw construction of the some of the sites in progress so I was anxious to get a look at them.
I am an armchair athlete at this point of my life, but I participated in some winter sports in my day. I was telling someone at church yesterday that the man who taught me how to do some of the ice skating tricks was in his late 80s or early 90s. Mr. Fors was an avid skater. He lived right across the street from my grandparents. When I got to the pond he took me under his wing.
The place that we skated was just a field flooded to about 6 inches deep to create a base for us to skate. We divided the rink so that the boys could play hockey and the rest of us could just skate. I remember wrapping my toes in newspaper, as per Mr. Fors' advice, to keep my feet warm. It worked, too. When I finished skating I threw the newspaper padding into the fire that was always going for us to warm up by.
Our family used to toboggan down the slopes in the back forty. We did not have much time for relaxation, but we took full advantage of what we had. We did not travel to exotic places for our winter sports we enjoyed the snow at home.
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At Bilkent University
Ankara, Turkey
7 March 2000
Professor Dogramaci,
Honourable Members of the Board of Trustees,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of all Jordanians, allow me to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation for the honour bestowed upon me today by Bilkent University. It is truly an honour that I accept, with the pride of Jordanians and with the spirit of their determination to pursue what is noble and excellent in this world, namely, peace and harmony with themselves and with others. It is a determination born out of a solid belief in a tolerant religion, a diverse culture and a history filled with achievement, to define a course of action for the entry of a nation into the new knowledge-based economy with vigour and effectiveness. It is a strategic choice to turn the page of the past with its wars and conflicts, and open a new chapter of peace and co-operation.
This is Jordan, ladies and gentlemen, a country that has continuously placed its regional responsibilities at the top of its agenda and has always sought to nurture moderation and stability in a region that has been deprived of both; a country intent on providing economic opportunity to a young population that is eager to harness its talents for the good of its nation; a country where the rule of law is the norm and where democracy, human rights and pluralism define the political landscape.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Allow me to share with you some of the challenges that face Jordan at this time. Preserving peace, building upon it, and solidifying its different aspects is the greatest task that lies ahead of us. The Jordan of today is in need of domestic strength on the political, economic and social fronts if it is to face the new challenges of peace. In fact, the role of Jordan in enhancing the security and stability of our region within the framework of peace has become more demanding in terms of its requirements, and certainly more challenging in terms of its implications. It is with this in mind that we have prioritised our national agenda to reflect the required measures for playing a positive and leading role in the new set of intra-regional relations.
At the top of this agenda is our determination to deepen our democratisation process and to ensure that the culture of democracy becomes embedded in society through daily practices. An important consideration in this regard is the issue of national unity. Jordanians, men and women, regardless of origin, religion, or ideology, should continue to feel equal before the law, as guaranteed by our Constitution. We need to strive to guarantee, through legislation and practice, that this continues to be a reality. A strong and independent judiciary that will ensure full transparency and security for all citizens is a matter that we place great importance on. We are committed to amending existing legislation and introducing new laws as may be required, to guarantee that the opportunities are there for all Jordanians to participate in the development of their civil society.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
For the new framework of regional relations to be sustainable, it must be built on a commonality of economic interests acceptable to all. The globalisation of international economic affairs, ranging from trade matters to the protection of intellectual property rights, has left no room for narrow differences among nations to obstruct the process of establishing a new mode of regional economic co-operation. Certain requirements are essential for the establishment of this new framework, including a strong political will to positively address issues of asymmetry in the social and economic conditions of neighbouring states. Equally important is the determination of states in the region to pursue the path of economic reform and to adopt and pursue liberal policies regarding trade, investment, and the free movement of capital. Jordan has been a leading pioneer in the regard. Our commitment to pursue economic reform, as evidenced by the continued efforts to achieve monetary and fiscal stability, to continue the privatisation of government-owned companies, and to further improve the investment climate, has placed us at the forefront of those countries intent on helping themselves before seeking the assistance of others. Jordan's entry into an association agreement with the European Union and our accession to the World Trade Organisation have paved the ground for an effective and meaningful participation in the global economy. Despite a fourth consecutive year of relatively low growth in our national income, our will to continue with the reform of our economy has not wavered. On the contrary, we realise that the more attractive our economy becomes to foreign direct investment, the easier and quicker will it emerge from these modest levels. It is this realisation that has placed the goal of attaining economic stability at the top of our agenda.
The solution to the refugee issue is another major challenge that we in Jordan need to consider very delicately. The point to be made is that only a Jordan at peace and harmony with itself, strong with its people, and confident of its future, can deal with such a challenge in a constructive manner. The issue, however, is not a purely Jordanian or Jordanian-Palestinian one. Rather, it permeates regional states to transcend international legality. Our position is well known, and calls for the right of return and compensation in accordance with international legality as pronounced in United Nations Resolution 194. Jordan remains steadfast in its support for this position, and will never permit narrow political considerations to affect its call for the restoration of rights whenever, and wherever, they were usurped.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As we strive to achieve our domestic agenda of political and economic reform, we cannot remain hostage to the political uncertainties of the future. There is an absolute requirement to know where we are heading if we are to succeed in fulfilling our regional role. Internal stability is one such essential factor if we are to face the challenges of the peace process. Equally, there is also a need to close a sad and turbulent chapter on the eastern frontier of Jordan. Iraq continues to be outside the regional framework, with its people suffering from poverty and starvation. Increasingly, the purpose for which the economic sanctions were originally imposed is no longer clear, nor agreed upon by the community of states. Within this atmosphere, no one is certain of the future of Iraq and the prospects for the Iraqi people, a fact that threatens our national and regional efforts for security and co-operation.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We have to face up to the challenges facing us in order not to jeopardise the success of a viable model of democracy, freedom, and free enterprise. On our behalf, let me state from this podium that we shall continue to do all that we can to help advance the peace process until we achieve this noble goal and start enjoying the fruits of a new set of relations in the Middle East.
Professor Dogramaci,
You know what challenge is all about. You have devoted your life to the challenges of child health and higher education. You established two universities, one of which is this one, the first private university in Turkey. You have set an example in initiating reform and surmounting obstacles. This is exactly the task that we have set ourselves to do.
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Inhibitors of acid secretion can benefit gastric wound repair independent of luminal pH effects on the site of damage
- 1Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- 2Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Correspondence to Dr Marshall H Montrose, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, MSB 4207, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; mhm{at}uc.edu
Contributors ESD performed, analysed and interpreted the experiments, and drafted the manuscript. EA performed, analysed and interpreted the experiments, and edited the manuscript. SK performed and analysed the experiments. AV provided unique reagents and analysed the results. MHM contributed to the study concept and funding, and helped with the analysis and interpretation of results and manuscript editing.
- Revised 6 September 2011
- Accepted 8 September 2011
- Published Online First 13 October 2011
Background and aims The authors' goal was to measure pH at the gastric surface (pHo) to understand how acid secretion affects the repair of microscopic injury to the gastric epithelium.
Methods Microscopic gastric damage was induced by laser light, during confocal/two-photon imaging of pH-sensitive dyes (Cl-NERF, BCECF) that were superfused over the mucosal surface of the exposed gastric corpus of anaesthetised mice. The progression of repair was measured in parallel with pHo. Experimental conditions included varying pH of luminal superfusates, and using omeprazole (60 mg/kg ip) or famotidine (30 mg/kg ip) to inhibit acid secretion.
Results Similar rates of epithelial repair and resting pHo values (∼pH 4) were reported in the presence of luminal pH 3 or pH 5. Epithelial repair was unreliable at luminal pH 2 and pHo was lower (2.5±0.2, P <0.05 vs pH 3). Epithelial repair was slower at luminal pH 7 and pHo was higher (6.4±0.1, P<0.001). In all conditions, pHo increased adjacent to damage. At luminal pH 3 or pH 7, omeprazole reduced maximal damage size and accelerated epithelial repair, although only at pH 3 did omeprazole further increase surface pH above the level caused by imposed damage. At luminal pH 7, famotidine also reduced maximal damage size and accelerated epithelial repair. Neither famotidine nor omeprazole raised plasma gastrin levels during the time course of the experiments.
Conclusions Epithelial repair in vivo is affected by luminal pH variation, but the beneficial effects of acutely blocking acid secretion extend beyond simply raising luminal and/or surface pH.
- Laser scanning confocal microscopy
- two-photon microscopy
- photodamage
- omeprazole
- famotidine
- histamine antagonist
- proton-pump inhibitor
- gastric physiology
- gastric epithelial cell function
- gastric wound repair
- gastric mucosal barrier
- intestinal transport
- imaging
See Commentary, p 787
Funding National Institutes of Health grant R01-DK54940.
Competing interests None.
Ethics approval This study was approved by the institutional animal care and use committee of the University of Cincinnati.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.


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Today, President Barack Obama continued his visit to South Korea, where he held bilateral meetings with President Hu Jintao of China, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan, and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia.
More than 50 world leaders are currently attending the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit in South Korea. Speaking at Hankuk University in Seoul, President Obama provided an update on continued efforts to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and outlined why he has made this a foreign policy priority. President Obama said:
"...In short, the international community has made it harder than ever for terrorists to acquire nuclear weapons, and that has made us all safer. We're building an international architecture that can ensure nuclear safety. But we're under no illusions. We know that nuclear material, enough for many weapons, is still being stored without adequate protection. And we know that terrorists and criminal gangs are still trying to get their hands on it -- as well as radioactive material for a dirty bomb. We know that just the smallest amount of plutonium -- about the size of an apple -- could kill hundreds of thousands and spark a global crisis. The danger of nuclear terrorism remains one of the greatest threats to global security. And that's why here in Seoul, we need to keep at it."
This trip marks President Obama's third visit to South Korea as President, which he noted, saying, "...I've now been to Seoul more times than any other capital -- except for Washington, D.C., of course. This reflects the extraordinary bonds between our two countries and our commitment to each other." In his remarks at Hankuk University, President Obama spoke about this commitment. He said:
"The currents of history cannot be held back forever. The deep longing for freedom and dignity will not go away. So, too, on this divided peninsula. The day all Koreans yearn for will not come easily or without great sacrifice. But make no mistake, it will come. And when it does, change will unfold that once seemed impossible. And checkpoints will open and watchtowers will stand empty, and families long separated will finally be reunited. And the Korean people, at long last, will be whole and free. Like our vision of a world without nuclear weapons, our vision of a Korea that stands as one may not be reached quickly. But from this day until then, and all the days that follow, we take comfort in knowing that the security we seek, the peace we want, is closer at hand because of the great alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea and because we stand for the dignity and freedom of all Koreans. And no matter the test, no matter the trial, we stand together. We work together. We go together. Katchi kapshida!"
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John in Canada writes:
This has been a problem for many decades. Why the resurgence of this issue, it seems almost desperate? Were we not always at risk? What has changed to make this nuclear issue so important right now? Forgive me but given that it has been a threat for some time (decades)– the sudden resurgence of the issue I find a little disturbing- what is really driving it? Governments often only move and make such noise when they respond to fear of something to be somewhat imminent. (sorry but past performance of any government shows they are not very good with foresight) So whats behind all this noise?
Whats your opinion on this Eric?
Sam in the U.S.A. writes:
It would be a giant step forward in diplomacy if various US delegations would stop walking out during speeches given by representatives of Iran, Syria, North Korea, or anyone else.
It just looks awful and embarrassing to see our delegation appear so tongue-tied or witless as to have nothing to say about Iran's accusations and then abruptly leave everyone at the meeting with the impression that the US side had done something wrong and is afraid to answer.
What you need to do is sit there and take it, and listen, and when it is your turn to reply, speak to the point so strongly that you make THEM walk out.
You embarrass them with the truth if you can. You humiliate them with their lies, if they lied. And if they happen to be right, then act like adults and listen to them and consider whether their critical comments may be widely-held views across the entire region rather than theirs alone.
The only defense to untrue or unfair speech is more speech, not fleeing from verbal battle. It makes you look weak and guilty when you sneak out of the room without responding, and that is un-American. As one country song said, "These colors don't run".
What kind of diplomat would run away from a verbal battle with the enemy while his soldiers must bravely face enemy gunfire on every battlefield? Which looks more cowardly, running away from some guy at the podium or running away from gunfire?
Why can't you find the courage to defend your country rather than run away and hide from your verbal adversaries? If your policies and activities are defensable, then defend them; if not, then change them. But stop running away like vandals caught defacing a building - it is really embarrasing to all of us.
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@ Sam in U.S.A
Well said.
Perhaps if the fighting took place in an open debate – lives could be saved. If nothing else it would prove to be more interesting then the filtered junk we see so often from leadership worldwide.
After all its no surprise to the majority of people when leaders get it wrong – we all pay the price .. for a long time.(so why hide it and play pretend with fake smiles and sound bites?). I would love to see some intelligent on the fly speak from all sides....if a leader is a fool...call him out openly and dust the nonsense aside.
But I guess its all about false pride, fear, egos, deals and reelection.
Ashim C. in India writes:
With dissidence growing and getting increasingly reflected in power struggle in China, it is time to acknowledge that China too would cease to be a gigantic monolith as Soviet Russia used to be. When Soviet Russia disintegrated, real threat of nuclear materials had surged suddenly. China as of now is strong but it can change dramatically. In that situation, there would be fresh threats. So there certainly is a case for Chinese nuclear programmes, installations and nuclear materials being subjected to international monitoring and China voluntering to offer itself for that. And this becomes easy if other nuclear powers offer to be monitored under a multi-lateral arrangement instead of any bilateral arrangement. If this happens other emerging nuclear powers will have no hesitation in falling in line and give new fillip to non proliferation with substance.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, South Korea's ruling party, opposition parties, conglomerates, their Pyeongchang purchased the land for disposal of taxpayers owned 10 years, does not dispose of the land, to sell - to dispose of, international think it was fraud.
I worked briefly for a job cadre of parents - the workplace, employees without pay and pay well - in Pyeongchang had purchased, land prices had climbed're loved. In Korea, most people, staff salaries also suggest that, for the earth is speculation. Korea's leaders, most of your favorite president of the land speculators, I think. In Seoul, South Korea, to prepare a house to live an ordinary life for people, have to save only a couple of decades, a home purchase. Lots of people do not buy .....
I lived in Seoul, the normal methods would be impossible to buy a house neugyeotseupnida.
However, those of land speculators, but ....
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Why not?
Korea's college students listened to the speech of the President of the United States, the reason for different behavior ...
Korea's political, economic social and cultural one percent of minority-owned, while the citizens of South Korea is attributed to handle like a slave. Immigrants go? This is Korea. The United States, but ....
Still, Korea's leaders, such as fraud in the United States because of political leaders to protect Korea's college students must not excited about the U.S. President's speech must, think.
To manipulate the stock market,,,
However, lack of know how to cope, just hides the anger live.


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This dot map shows the increase in acres of developed land (urban areas and rural transportation land) from 1992 to 1997 within non-metropolitan counties. Each red dot represents 5,000 new acres of developed land in non-metropolitan areas. There was a total of 11,217,000 acres developed, with 3,814,600 acres located in non-metropolitan areas. A county was considered metropolitan if any portion of the county was in a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) are shaded beige. MSA Central Cities are indicated by black squares. Areas with 95% or more Federal area are shaded gray.
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This map does not show the total amount of developed land. Data are not collected on Federal land. Data are not available for Alaska or the Pacific Basin. Data are aggregated by county, not MSA. In New England and Puerto Rico MSA and county boundaries (NRI service area boundaries in Puerto Rico) do not coincide. In these areas acres that are in a metropolitan county, but outside a MSA are shown, but not included in the non-metropolitan acres developed total.
Source: National Resources Inventory, 1997
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NRI sample data are generally reliable at the 95% confidence interval for state and certain broad substate area analyses. Generally, analyses that aggregate data points by smaller geographic areas and/or more specific criteria result in fewer data points for each aggregation and therefore less reliable estimates. NRI maps reflect national patterns rather than site- specific information.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Aggregate Layer: County with Federal Land
Other Layers Displayed: States, Rivers, Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA), Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Lat/Long selections from GNIS
Developed land:
A combination of land cover/use categories, Urban and built-up areas, and Rural Transportation Land.
Federal land:
A land ownership class designating land that is owned by the Federal Government. It does not include, for example, trust lands administered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs nor Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) land. No data are collected for any year that land is in this ownership. [NRI-97]
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA):
A geographic entity, defined by the Federal OMB for use by Federal statistical agencies, based on the concept of a core area with a large population nucleus, plus adjacent communities having a high degree of economic and social integration with that core. Qualifications of an MSA requires the presence of a city with 50,000 or more inhabitants, or the presence of an Urban Area and a total population of at least 100,000 (75,000 in New England). The county or counties containing the largest city and surrounding densely settled territory are central counties of the MSA. Additional outlying counties qualify to be included in the MSA by meeting certain other criteria of metropolitan character, such as a specified minimum population density or percentage of the population that is urban. MSA's in New England are defined in terms of cities and towns, following rules concerning commuting and population density. MSA's were first defined and effective June 30, 1993.
Rural transportation land:
A Land Cover/Use category which consists of all highways, roads, railroads and associated rights- of-way outside urban and built-up areas; including private roads to farmsteads or ranch headquarters, logging roads, and other private roads, except field lanes. [NRI-97]
Urban and built-up areas:
A Land Cover/Use category consisting of residential, industrial, commercial, and institutional land; construction sites; public administrative sites; railroad yards; cemeteries; airports; golf courses; sanitary landfills; sewage treatment plants; water control structures and spillways; other land used for such purposes; small parks (less than 10 acres) within urban and built-up areas; and highways, railroads, and other transportation facilities if they are surrounded by urban areas. Also included are tracts of less than 10 acres that do not meet the above definition but are completely surrounded by Urban and Built-up land. Two size categories are recognized in the NRI: (i) areas 0.25 to 10 acres, and (ii) areas greater than 10 acres. [NRI-97]
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This Australian endemic occurs from Kroombit Tops in southeast Queensland south throughout the New South Wales coast and into Victoria and the southeast corner of South Australia. It also occurs throughout Tasmania. It also is known from North Stradbroke Island in Queensland. It has a broad altitudinal range, occurring between 0-1,000m asl.


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The energy haves and have-nots
Will rooftop solar owners get off the grid — and leave other power users in the dark?
Carol Flint has the domestic carbon footprint of a gnat. On the roof of the Santa Monica, Calif., home she shares with her husband, Steve Jones, two dozen photovoltaic solar panels transform sunlight into electricity; by night, a plug-in electric hybrid Chevy Volt discharges stored-up watts for distribution to the grid by their utility, Southern California Edison. Flint almost never puts gas in the car, and in all but the darkest winter months, the couple generates more electricity than they use; the utility pays them for the excess. (Last year, they got a check for $129.). "I don't like it when we have to buy off the grid," Flint says. "I'm like, 'Damn! We should have turned off more lights.' "
When I rode in the backseat of Flint's planet-saving car recently, I thought about how excellent it would be if we could all live like she does. The latest, and ever more dire, report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that droughts, floods and rising seas are now inevitable – the consequences of our dirty energy consumption. Our slim hope for a reprieve turns on how fast we can act to forestall the damage. Flint and Jones prove that the technology already exists to live a nearly carbon-free life, without shredding ecosystems for solar farms or constructing new towers and wires to transport wind energy.
It does, however, take money. Flint has produced and written for several hit television shows, including ER and The West Wing (she's currently a producer on the USA Network show Royal Pains); Jones is the president of an international horticulture company, Green Fuse Botanicals. They can afford the $30,000 hybrid car; they paid up-front for their solar array. They are aware that they occupy an energy elite: Even at today's historic low prices, rooftop solar still costs several thousands of dollars, and even a no-money-down lease from a company like Solar City requires a credit score of 680.
Nor are cash and credit ratings all that stand in the way of everyone deploying Flint's solution. Logistical and geographical limitations abound. Some of us live in multi-unit buildings, or under tree canopies, or in places too dark or foggy to harness much sunlight. Some of us just don't have enough roof.
The technology already exists to live a nearly carbon-free life, without shredding ecosystems for solar farms. It does, however, take money.
But at least we still have reliable electricity coming into our homes. We don't actually need our own solar array to run our lights and computers; we still have the electrical grid, and the utilities that contribute to its maintenance. The Flint/Jones household still relies on that grid, too, to bring them electricity at night and on the rare rainy day, like a big, diffuse battery spread across the transmission wires.
One day, however, they may not need to. One day soon, many energy analysts predict, people with rooftop solar will also have batteries, fuel cells and microturbine generators to complement their solar when the sun goes down. In that case, some of the utility companies' best customers could quit the grid and go it alone, leaving even fewer people to pay for the maintenance of transmission lines, substations and control rooms with smart-grid software. Rates will then rise for the rest, prompting yet more customers to defect, and driving rates up more: The dreaded utility death spiral.
CEO David Crane of the energy wholesaler NRG Inc. forecasts that utilities will soon go the way of the U.S. Postal Service, persisting only "to serve the elderly or the less fortunate," he told BusinessWeek, while "the rest of the population moves on." And that will leave us – the apartment dwellers, the socked-in, the working stiffs with 650 credit ratings – to pony up for a deteriorating electrical distribution system that feeds evermore reluctantly into our unlucky homes. At which point we might discover that our well-fed utility, along with the electrical grid it helped to maintain, was an awfully nice thing.
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Universal access to electricity is a value that's been embedded in our culture since the mid-1930s, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt ruled by executive order that farmers deserved lights, too. (Congress agreed, and later passed the Rural Electrification Act of 1936). Before then, hard-to-reach rural customers and those too poor to consume much beyond the wattage of an evening table lamp had no guarantee of reliable electrical service, mostly because it wasn't in the provider's free-market interest to serve them. A decade after the law began providing low-interest loans and grants for distribution networks, rural access to electricity jumped from 11 percent to 50 percent; by 1953, almost everyone in the country who wanted electricity had it.
In a Center for American Progress report last summer called "The Electrical Divide," researchers Richard Caperton and Mari Hernandez warned that we may be on the verge of reversing that trend. Rooftop solar installations grew exponentially in the U.S. last year; storage – and defections – may not be far behind. "If these deeply transformative changes in the U.S. power sector are not managed properly," the authors write, "21st century America could see an emerging electrical divide not unlike the digital divide of the late 20th century." (For a taste of what the latter is like, read Emily Guerin's recent story in this magazine: "Imagine the horror," she writes, "of trying to navigate Healthcare.gov with dial-up.")
Hernandez and Caperton floated several solutions, including expanding the federal Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to subsidize rooftop solar and other kinds of "distributed" generation – energy produced close to the people that use it. Federal and state governments could also offer financing for shared community solar projects. In 2010, California took $14.7 million in LIHEAP funds and called for energy providers to pitch efficient ways to spread solar out to low-income communities; the program resulted in close to 1,500 new solar installations on multi-family buildings and single-family homes in two years. "I was disappointed to see that it wasn't renewed after 2012," Hernandez says. "I haven't seen anything else like it that addresses an energy divide."
In fact, California has two other programs to subsidize solar. One, the Single Family Affordable Solar Housing program, has put solar on close to 4,000 homes since 2008; a similar fund for multi-family dwellings has outfitted just under 300 buildings. GRID Alternatives, the Oakland, Calif.-based nonprofit that manages the state's single-family program, also funds solar for low-income homeowners in Colorado and New York, and has trained volunteers to install solar on 4,000 homes.
Some of the utility companies' best customers could quit the grid ... Rates will then rise for the rest, prompting yet more customers to defect, and driving rates up more: The dreaded utility death spiral.
Noble as those efforts may be, those are not the kind of numbers that will transform the energy markets; the multifamily program has a waitlist so long it has closed to new applications. Meanwhile, there may exist another, less piecemeal solution that doesn't require government funding so much as regulatory intervention – re-jiggering the utility business model so that rooftop solar becomes, instead of a drain on utilities' revenue, a source of it. The way they're currently formulated by most public utilities commissioners, for-profit utilities make money by leveraging investments in large, centralized power plants and the transmission lines that serve them. In some states, they also profit from how many kilowatt-hours they sell, but hardly any make money off rooftop solar.
Lena Hansen, an energy specialist with the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Institute, suggests that it might be possible to fix that problem at its root. Her organization has long advocated for distributed energy, and with it "a regulatory framework that rewards what we as a society want from our utilities: electricity that's affordable, carbon-free and innovative." Utilities could evolve rather than disintegrate, continuing to serve the "elderly and less fortunate" as ably as they manage supplies from rooftop solar owners. Everyone could stay integrated on the same "thriving, interconnected electricity grid," Hansen says.
And the grid has its advantages. "It helps bring costs down; it creates a reliable system in general for all customers." Rooftop solar has grid benefits, too – it's clean, efficient and relatively predictable. "So the key question before us," Hansen says, "is, 'How do we revise the pricing structures to encourage more solar on the grid? How do we make sure that everyone is paying their fair share, but everyone is also being paid for what they're providing?' " The goals is to keep incentives strong on both sides: For people like Flint and Jones to generate clean solar power for the utility; for the utility to survive, and maintain a robust system for the customers who depend on them.
Regulators with the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets in the United Kingdom have begun experimenting with price controls that value the carbon savings and resiliency of distributed energy, a system called RIIO (Revenue=Incentives+Innovation+Outputs). Minnesota recently developed a "Value of Solar Tariff" that allows utilities to perform a complex calculus to determine how much solar is worth to their system. Neither solution is airtight, but both, Hansen says, are good starts.
"There are a lot of people working on this problem," she says. "These are tough questions."
Carol Flint, for her part, appreciates that if too many people adopted her solution to the energy problem too quickly, trouble might ensue for all sorts of reasons. But taking the "long, long view," she thinks what we're doing now might be a preliminary exercise. "We're getting our heads around the idea that we have alternatives," she says. "The last 100 years have been about oil and coal. Now we're asking, 'Are there other ways?' "
It's sort of like writing stories. "You run through a lot of ideas before you settle on one," but you get nowhere if you don't experiment. "Maybe we're all in an experiment to change our minds about what gets produced in what way," she says. "The process can sometimes lead you to a solution."
Judith Lewis Mernit is a contributing editor to High Country News. She tweets @judlew.
First of all, the homeowner has to forfeit the opportunity to collect the 30% federal tax credit worth about $10,000 on a 6 kW solar system at the leasing company's much higher pricing. The homeowner also gives up any cash rebate or other incentives......So much for free !
A $0 down solar lease will typically cost the consumer up to 3 times more than the price to purchase a system. Don't believe it? Well it's simple math. Add up the 20 years worth of lease payment on a typical 4.7kW leased system and you'll find that the system will cost you about $28,080. Purchase the same 4.7kW system and apply the 30% federal tax credit and that same system will cost you about $9,642.
So $28,080 to lease (rent) or $9,642 to own. So who's really paying for the repairs, insurance and monitoring on the leased system? Well, I'll give you a clue; it's not the leasing company.
And good luck ever selling your home with a solar lease attached to it. What potential homebuyer will want to assume your lease payments on that used solar system, when they can buy a brand new solar system and keep all of the financial incentives for tens of thousands of dollars less than your remaining lease payments.
And if you need $0 down financing, a much smarter way to go is with a $0 down FHA solar loan with tax deductible interest. (A solar lease or PPA does not offer tax deductible interest). Or how about a $0 down, low interest LightStream loan that requires no collateral whatsoever.
Or how about one of those $0 down PACE financing programs with tax deductible interest, that are starting to sweep the nation, that allows the homeowner to make re-payments through their property tax bill.
All three of these forms of financing require no money out of pocket and you get to keep the 30% federal tax credit and any applicable cash rebate instead of giving them away to the leasing company. And the best part is that you'll own your solar system for a much, much better return on investment.
Why not go green while saving a lot of green with a $0 down solar loan instead of an expensive lease.
I'm not sure where you're getting the 400 kwh figure, but if you know something I don't and that is in fact what they use, I would argue that it's nevertheless a nontrivial number when you're talking about a shift to clean energy.
As for leasing, Ray: First, I should note that, as the story states, Flint and Jones did not lease their system, nor so they have a solar PPA. They paid up front for everything.
The leasing model may well be a relic of an earlier regulatory environment when individuals couldn't claim a tax credit. But that's not really the point here. A low-interest loan still requires a good credit score.
Judith Lewis Mernit
HCN Contributing Editor
Yes, people are being left behind in this current situation but, as always, political action can balance the situation.
One last thought, what will be the cost to the environment to dispose of worn out solar panels?
The amount of carbon needed to keep two wealthy people is simply staggering. To begin with is the house, concrete manufacture is one of the larger sources of CO2, and then all the wood, plastic, drywall, copper, and glass that goes into a large house. How many square feet is enough to be comfy, four thousand, five? A house in Colorado too or Sun Valley? All kept heated with plants watered and drive plowed. Then there are all the people employed in making and delivering raw materials and building the house. Look at those guys in the photo, do they drive Volts? No of course not, they drive big pickups. Once a house is built there's the upkeep. Most wealthy people around here employ many many part time helpers (servants) from personal assistants to au pairs to landscapers, painters, remodelers, cleaning ladies and feng shui consultants. Cooks? or drive to a restaurant or order Thai take away. How many other cars? All Volts?
I pulled the 400 kwh number out of my hat. Looking at the City of Santa Monica web site the average is 950 kwh per month per person. Our family of four uses 400 for all of us and if we tried we could cut usage in half. Easily. How much power does it take exactly to watch one of those hit TV shows like West Wing or ER on a big screen TV? For that matter what does it take to manufacture and ship all the components of the home theater room the Flints being in the business no doubt have?
I'm sorry, I'm totally unimpressed by the purchase of energy efficient status symbol toys.
That's really what I was writing about after all — how to extend clean energy opportunities to people with lower incomes.
We can always establish hierarchies of environmental virtue, but that's another story entirely. I, personally, would tend to cut some slack for people who are trying to cut both their consumption and their carbon footprint the way Flint and Jones are; you may not. But I would not be so smug about your energy consumption; 100 kwh per person per month is hardly miserly. In the two darkest months of winter this year my husband and I consumed 417 kwh — right around 200 kwh/month for the both of us. And that's with computers and, yes, a very large TV.
John R DeCoville says: "I am so glad that articles about problems in the Solar Industry and with solar Power consumers are problems because of Solar's immense success." Excellent point.
Judith Lewis Mernit
HCN Contributing Editor
I can remember when the telephone bill had dreaded long distance charges in the range of $0.30 per minute, which made calling my girl friend expensive. Now the calls are generally free but we have huge monthly access fees. The size of the monthly access fees increases depending on the generation of the network, 2G, 3G, 4G.
In the electric industry, these higher fees for the generation of the network are called demand charges. If you want to stream electricity at dial up speeds, you have a small demand and a small bill; DSL at somewhat faster speeds and a higher bill; cable faster still and still more expensive; FiOS and downloads zoom, but you are paying mightily.
For power, the speed at which you access the system is called demand, measured in KW, not KWH. (For the mathematically inclined, you can think of KW as KWH per Hour with the Hours cancelling). It can be measured, so it might be 4.5 KW, or 1.0 KW. It depends on how fast you use electricity and how much of the utility's wires you use.
The electric industry has long had demand charges for commercial and industrial customers. The metering was thought to be too expensive for residential. Maybe not now. I wrote about this two months ago on my blog http://www.livelyutility.com/blog/
This is also a situation where solar provides a viable alternative to coal and the attendant problems with global warming. One only has to look at the enlightened policies of the German government that is eliminating all nuclear energy production and has been encouraging solar energy production instead. The German government was also subsidizing the country's coal industry both in direct and indirect (health care) costs and it was $600 million a year or a tiny fraction of the subsidies for coal that exist in the USA at this time.
The west has also relied heavily on power from dams and as the climate change occurring reduces rainfall and snow pack this power is going to decrease. The power gap can be made up with natural gas from fracking or from imported LNG or from coal or from solar. Which would you prefer?
There is also a problem with having a few concentrated power generators that can have a transmission delay of less than a second that can cascade into a brownout or full blown power outage across multiple states. Small commercial solar generating sources can smooth out the fluctuations sufficiently to prevent this from happening. All that is needed is a change in the current regulations governing the inverters being used.
I cannot help but wonder if the Koch brothers or others in the conventional power industries are behind this article. It seems that the intent is to get people upset about the subsidies to the homeowners putting solar on their roof while diverting attention from the 100x greater subsidies for dirty power sources which are poisoning people and entire communities and devastating the planet.
Judith Lewis Mernit
HCN Contributing Editor


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A Conversation with Ray Zahab - Page 2
And what about key products that you rely on nutritionally?
I love Artisana nut butters, like their macadamia nut butter. In colder climates where it stays solid, I add coconut oil to everything. I'll scoop out a chunk and add it to all my meals for an extra hit of quality calories. Plus, I salt all my food. It's a small thing, but it really helps with your capacity to stay hydrated.
Do you use any traditional energy fuels?
I use about one gel a day. I can't stand overly sweet food or drinks. I actually even make my own homemade 'energy drink,' mixing a combination of electrolytes, Emergen-C and maple syrup with water. Before an expedition I boil down pure Canadian maple syrup until it's condensed into a solid hockey puck, then I just shave off slivers and add it to my water.
What about coming back from an adventure … do you have a favorite thing to look forward to?
Salmon, broccoli and potatoes.
Wow, no hesitation there. Not a shower or a beer or something less healthy?
Well as soon as we're done, sure, a beer ... and I love to eat local. I really like to experience the traditional food of wherever we're visiting, but as soon as I'm home the first meal is always salmon, broccoli and potatoes.
Beyond the required gear on stage race checklists, what are three things you recommend every runner consider taking along?
A camera. Even if it's the smallest camera possible, you'll want one because it'll be beautiful out there and you'll want to share that with people. Some kind of anti-chafe is really important, too; you never know when you get in the dry stuff and the wheels come off. The last thing would be a spare pair of socks. If you get a blister, changing socks can adjust the position of your foot in the shoe; changing the friction point can make a huge difference.
Small decisions like how many socks become a big dilemma during final packing. How many do you personally take?
For a week, I'll take two pairs: a pair of Injinji toesocks and a back-up pair.
That is minimal. What about other 'optional essentials' like a sleeping pad? Do you use one?
I do, but to keep it light, I make my own out of foam, cutting out any parts that don't touch the body.
You seem well versed in do-it-yourself adaptations; any other MacGyver recommendations?
In case my pack breaks, I always bring an emergency fix kit. I make a cardboard tube out of a toilet paper roll, about the width of a pencil, and put some sewing needles inside, seal it with Duct tape and wrap it in fishing line to use as thread. Simple, but it comes in handy.
That's a great tip. Any other pro-advice for first-time stage racers?
If your goal isn't to win, take your time to really enjoy the surroundings. You're probably going to be in one of the most beautiful parts of the world. In the case of the Grand to Grand, the people of Kanab are incredible—so take time on either end of the race to enjoy the town itself and the locals.
Jenn Hughes is a Washington-based ultrarunner and owner of RunPrettyFar, a women's running-apparel company.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (90 votes).
In short: A great race but very expensive.In full: This was my 2nd Marathon and my most enjoyable. The course is very scenic but tough in parts. I totally underestimated the peninsular section. You turn onto the peninsular at 6m and leave it at about 19 so it's a big chunk and thats where the bulk of the hills are. This race is not fast and I was 10mins beyond my target a foot injury didn't help with that though!As for the £35 entry fee. Well I'm not sure where that went. The t-shirt is ok but cotton and the medal is a generic fat feet medal that only says Rutland Water on the ribbon. For that reason £35 is well to steep.Would I do it again? Yes if the cost came down.Date of review: November 6, 2011
In short: great race on a challenging undulating courseIn full: My first marathon. The course is undulating/hilly throughout with some short steeper hill sections. About half the course is rough stony tracks, other half on tarmac. So it's a fair challenge! Fantastic location and great scenery on the majority of it. Exposed around the lake so go prepared if weather is bad. Very well organised, excellent marshals, good local support and friendly fellow runners. I have no regrets at all, but will look for something flatter for by second marathon.Date of review: November 6, 2011
In short: Fab first marathon!In full: Not the easiest first marathon but so well worth the trip.the walk to the start was long but fellow runners were very chatty and actually help calm my nerves!Fab course gorgeous scenery and challenging! Marshall's were friendly and very support all the way round no matter what time you were doing!Would recommend this day to any one who likes to run away from the big city. Thank you Fat Feet for a great day.Date of review: November 14, 2010
In short: i found this tough...In full: Organisation - was 'ok'. Long walk to the start was not good, and delayed start. But they didn't really cause problems. While advised beforehand water in cups is a bit of a problem - bottles would be better and have an odd gel / energy drink would be good.I found this course challenging with the hills and different surfaces. kicked a big stone and got a black toe nail for my efforts!This race didnt work for me - my third marathon, was just a poor day for me on the day.Good small field and thank go to the chatty fellow runners. Marshalls pleasant and chatty too - thanks.FInish - was ok. Would have appreciated a bannana or something to eat and a space blanket. I was frozen when I finished, but it was in the car park and easy to get to the comfort of the car.I had a poor performance which maybe tarnishes my view of this race. Its definite "maybe" whether i try it again.Date of review: November 13, 2010
In short: I loved itIn full: On road, off road, trails, grass and mud. Up hill, down hill, then back up again. Cattle grids, some cattle (mostly sheep). Brilliant! - this is what running is about. Forget the PB, admire the scenary and feel proud to finish a challenging marathon.Yes - the mile markers were out, but as long as the finish line is 26.2 miles from the start line then I'm happy. I never trust markers anyway and since I never carry any with me when I'm training I'm used to relying on 1970's satellites. The marshals and support staff were superb with lots of encouragement - as well as the pot banging locals!If you want a challenging marathon then give this one a go. Date of review: November 9, 2010
In short: Very good trail/road mix marathon with lovely scenery, just needs a few tweaks.In full: Pros1) Lovely scenery around Rutland Water.2) Excellent directional signage and even better marshalls manning the water stations and pointing people in the right direction. Very little chance of going astray.3) Nice medal at the end.4) Easy parking.5) Challenging course, varied terrain, road, bike paths, tracks, grass, sandy trails, most of which was in very good condition and only a spot or two a bit muddy despite the rain. A road shoe race rather than trail shoes for sure.Cons.1) The start I'd guess was a mile further than I thought it would be. A "few hundred feet" past the church, was more like a couple of thousand yards, meant that we almost missed the start despite it being 15 minutes late. I imagine this was a late change due to the diversion later on but would have helped a great deal if this had been mentioned when we picked up the chips!2) Was rather more hilly/undulating than we thought it would be, the first few miles seemed quite level but then the rest just seemed a constant up and down, nothing killer at all, but just very undulating. Perhaps reversing the course would help this perception?3) The mile markers were hopelessly out or my garmin was. At mile 3, garmin said 3.5 miles, but by mile 9 garmin was at 8.6... anyone relying on them would have had problems.4) No calories supplied on the course or at the end. Which to be fair was exactly as advertised so was prepared, but this is the first time (out of 27 goes) that a marathon I've done has been like this. Would happily have paid another £5 on the entry fee and been something to nibble on at the water stations, energy drinks etc and especially at the end, was just plain hungry by then! There was an electrolyte drink at mile 19 or so (which again was as advertised, not an energy drink) though on such a chilly day something full of calories would have been more appreciated!5) Ran out of my size t-shirts at the end, so will just end up giving what I received away which is a shame.Has the potential to be a top notch event with a few tweaks, nothing fundamentally wrong, and could easily be a Runners World Top ten event in a year or two.Date of review: November 9, 2010
In short: tough but beautifulIn full: i think the walk to the start fooled everyone and made for a delayed start. It was bitterly cold waiting although the rainbow was lovely! The sun soon came out which showed rutland water off to its best and eased the pain of the course which i tend to agree was hilly rather than undulating. I really enjoyed the friendly atmosphere, the marshalls were great, i thought the water stops were adequate although i missed a sports drink around 18-20 miles. A well run event Thank you Fat feetDate of review: November 9, 2010
In short: I'm inclined to say hilly!In full: Agree with most of the forum comments around start line, mile markers and undulating vs hilly 'issues'. But most of the niggles can be overcome with tweaks and more detailed website/race pack information. They did warn us about cattle grids and trail paths so tough to complain there...although my feet took a battering on that diversion onto a new shingle path. Hopefully it stays on our race calendar and the finish line gains itself a banana table! Still, it was nice to get a medal and t-shirt. Great route for the field size and for the full range of speeds, which should be encouraged because of the narrow paths in parts. Nice to have support from the public and the marshalls but was a bit let down by one marshall who thought it would be a good idea to say "all downhill from here I promise" at mile 21. Heartbreaking lie. Date of review: November 9, 2010
In short: Great potential - not quite there yetIn full: Pros:Fantastic sceneryBeginner friendlySomething different instead of plodding on tarmac.This race has the potential to be in RW's top 10 if a few organisational issues are addressed. As was mentioned before, the obvious point regarding tge mile markers was a pain. I personally did not feel there were adequate water stations, especially within the final 6 miles. I know the guidelines say every 2-3 miles but 2 inside the final 6 would have been better, given the profile of the final part of the course. Also - no energy drink as promised at 20 miles?Start - yes, a more accurate description of where the start was would have been helped although I think people will be more aware of this for next year. Not much the organisers could have done to move this closer to the car park unless there were some alterations to the route here and there over the 1st few miles?Route - I did find this a bit frustrating that the undulating description was given to entrants. I wouldn'd say this was a hilly course but the relentless undulations really took their toll, especially at the 21 mile marker.Finish - some snacks would have been superb in a goody bag and not too sure how many people would wear the cotton t-shirt.Overall, has great potential and without doubt the most beautiful scenery for a race yet. Well done fat feet and I hope this continues for next year.Date of review: November 9, 2010
In short: beautiful and peaceful!In full: Lovely scenery - peaceful run - great marshalls - shame about mile markers being somewhat randomly placed - we miscalculated distance to walk from Chuch to start!Hillier than described - around that peninsula!!!! Would defo do it again. Thanks Fat Feet and well done!Date of review: November 9, 2010
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LONG RAPIDS TOWNSHIP – Motorists can expect minor traffic delays on M-65 throughout the summer as a work crew replaces a bridge just south of the Maple Lane Road intersection.
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Topic: refactoring with a Ruby block
Hello all,
I've developed a billable hours tracking system for my company and in it I have a controller with three different actions that carry out a similar iterative statement:
projects = Project.find_all(:order => "name")
projects.each do |project|
hours = get_hours_for_project_between_dates(date_start, date_end, project.id)
unless hours.empty?
# action specific code
I get the sense that I could abstract this with a Ruby block, but my attempts to do this haven't been very successful. So my questions are, is this abstractable with the help of a Ruby block; and if so, how would you go about doing it?
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How did it become June, when the last time I posted to this blog appears to have been from Hawaii, in January? Time rushes past. And Twitter diverts attention from the blog; and I am working hard on new book, and I have been in the Far East, and then I was sick.....and Excuses, all of them.
I did go, in April, to Japan, and briefly to Korea. It was a nostalgia trip, returning to the places where I had lived in the late 40's, as a child. Of course Tokyo Then and Tokyo Now are two very different places. But it was fun to go back, and I went to places I had never been before—Sado Island, the place where the famous Koto drummers of Japan live and train—was the most fascinating.
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The Beer Dance: Round 2 Of Our Craft Beer March Madness Bracket
NEW ORLEANS -- ( MainStreet) -- The Beer Dance is through its first round , and while some powerhouse craft beers stayed alive, March Madness was too much to bear for sentimental favorites shown the door early.
What did we learn after our field of beers based in NCAA host cities (and brewed with less than 7% alcohol by volume) dwindled from 14 to eight? Mostly that this bracket bears almost no resemblance to its NCAA cousin other than the cities involved. The University of Kentucky's No. 1 ranking and opening-round drubbing of Western Kentucky didn't help Bluegrass Brewing 's Dark Star Porter at all when Schlafly's dry-hopped IPA proved too much. Ohio State's nearly 20-point dismantling of Loyola did little to boost Columbus Brewing 's IPA, which had some tough luck drawing Boston Beer's (SAM) flagship Samuel Adams Boston Lager in the first round.
The other thing we learned is that the breweries by and large are really into this kind of thing. Schlafly and Bluegrass fans combined for more than 400 votes and the breweries themselves kept our Twitter feed humming with updates. Nashville's Yazoo Brewing got out the vote for its Dos Perros, but faced some Steelers-sized Pittsbugh pride as Penn Brewing 's faithful pushed its Munich-style Penn Gold across the finish line.
Even Boston Beer, which produced more than 2.5 million barrels last year and tied with D.G. Yuengling & Son for the title of largest U.S. brewer, got into the act and rallied fans on Facebook. Nearly 250 of them tipped the scales in Sam's favor, second-best in our bracket behind the 280 that pulled for Schlafly.
That said, we'd be remiss if we said the first round was perfect. Early polling problems on our end kept the numbers low, with one of the West brackets not going fully functional until Thursday. My apologies to Portland, Ore.'s BridgePort Brewing and its IPA and Albuquerque, N.M.'s Marble Brewing and its red ale. Each deserved a better matchup than we provided.
The kinks are ironed out, the taps are flowing with a lot less foam and the competition's heating up in the first round. Before the pints get warm, let's take a look at the upcoming action:
East bracketBoston: Samuel Adams' Boston Lager
You don't get to be this big a craft brewer by playing small ball.
Despite a fired-up base of hop heads in Columbus, the mighty Sam Adams machine rolled over Columbus IPA by racking up nearly five times as many votes. It helps that Boston Lager has a pretty broad footprint and is produced in multiple breweries (including one right in Columbus' backyard in Cincinnati), but it also helps to have an established product the fans love.


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I feel strange working on GCC-specific stuff and then discussing it on planet mozilla as mozilla work. However, without GCC, Dehydra and Treehydra would not be half as awesome (much less feasible even). The power of open source is that it allows us to leverage the entire open source ecosystem to achieve specific goals. When open source projects combine their efforts, not even the biggest software companies can compete as cross-project goals would be incredibly expensive and unpleasant otherwise.
Occasionally, it is very frustrating to see people treat open source software as immutable and independent black boxes. In my personal experience, the browser and the compiler are viewed as finished products and therefore it is OK to bitch and complain about them. That's frustrating because the same users could be channeling that energy in a more positive way by reporting bugs, contributing code/documentation, etc.
Sometimes these rants result in rather comical conclusions: Ingo's rant is priceless. My perspective on this:
- what have Linux kernel devs done to help GCC help them?
- <flame>Sparse is a deadend. Writing compiler code in C is silly, writing analysis code in C is sillier (and frustrating and limiting). Taking a crappy parser and bolting a crappy compiler backend onto it will result in bigger pile of crap 🙂 Given how smart kernel devs are, they sure like wasting their time on crappy solutions in crappy languages.</flame>
- Wouldn't it be cool if instead of complaining these talented people wrote a GCC plugin to do what they want?
GCC Plugin Progress
I finally landed the massively boring and annoying GTY patch. I can barely believe that the patch went in so smoothly without excess complaining from GCC devs. From GCC perspective it's merely a cosmetic cleanup that affects a large number of headers. For us it enables Treehydra to be generated via Dehydra with little manual effort. It basically makes Treehydra possible without patching GCC. I have another 3-4 patches that need to land before trunk GCC can run the hydras out of the box. Those are mainly localized bugfixes and cleanups so I fully expect them to go in and for GCC 4.5 to rock my world.
Once GCC 4.5 ships. analyzing code will depend on a trivial matter of apt-getting(or equivalent) the hydras and specifying the analysis flags on the GCC commandline!