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Everyone can help with UTSA fire prevention
By Brian Moroney
Associate Vice President for Communications and Marketing
(Sept. 29, 2008)--Staff members in the UTSA Office of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management (EHSRM) are working to make the UTSA community aware of two important national events -- National Campus Fire Safety Month (September) and National Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 5-11). It's important to remember that everyone in the UTSA community can help with fire prevention.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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EHSRM manages and maintains more than 100 fixed fire suppression systems in campus buildings, and more than 1,500 portable fire extinguishers. The EHSRM Fire Team also inspects campus buildings routinely to evaluate the means of egress during an emergency and works closely with the Office of Facilities Maintenance and Operations and the UTSA Police Department's Office of Business Continuity and Emergency Management to maintain and test the readiness of fire safety systems. In mid-October, the Texas fire marshal's office will come to UTSA to inspect for fire safety and code compliance.
Even with the attention given by EHSRM and facilities fire systems personnel to keep UTSA facilities at peak readiness, there are common fire safety concerns found during routine inspections and drills:
- Blocked exit egress routes (furniture in hallways)
- Obstructed exit egress signage (exit signs, building maps)
- Obstructed fire emergency devices (fire sprinklers, detectors, alarms, panels)
- Inappropriate use of extension cords (used for permanent power, daisy-chained together, used to power plug strips)
- Selection of inappropriate multi-outlet adapters and plug strips (must be 15 amp maximum, UL-listed and equipped with circuit breaker)
- Building occupants unwilling to evacuate during a building alarm (drill, false alarm or actual emergency)
UTSA building occupants can enhance the UTSA safety program by preventing these conditions from occurring, watching for these safety violations and correcting them. Property damage and personal injury from fires and fire response can be catastrophic.
EHSRM collaborates with the Facilities Services and Business Continuity and Emergency Management offices to improve UTSA preparedness by implementing fire drills. The drills can help occupants respond appropriately to emergencies by learning how to stay safe; full participation in drills now can help save lives later.
EHSRM activities include fire safety training for residential advisers, inspections of UTSA residential environments, annual inspection and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers, planning and evaluating fire drills in campus buildings, and continuing monthly inspections of fire sprinkler systems and building egress pathways. Additionally, EHSRM is presenting fire safety training for the home and office throughout the semester -- sign up through TX Class for course number SA473. The next session is Oct. 2.
Remember the old saying, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Nothing rings more true regarding the role everyone can play in helping to prevent fires at work or at home.
For more information on fire safety, contact the UTSA Office of Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management at (210) 458-5250.
Safety tips
Cook with care
- Stay in the kitchen when you are frying, grilling or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period time, turn off the stove.
- Keep anything that can catch fire -- potholders, oven mitts, wooden utensils, paper or plastic bags -- away from your stovetop.
- Wear short, close-fitting or tightly rolled sleeves when cooking. Loose clothing can dangle onto stove burners and catch fire.
- Always keep an oven mitt and lid handy. If a small fire starts in a pan on the stove, put on the oven mitt and smother the flames by carefully sliding the lid over the pan. Turn off the burner, and don't remove the lid until it is completely cool.
Everyday electrical safety
- Keep lamps, light fixtures and light bulbs away from anything that can burn, such as lampshades, bedding, curtains and clothing.
- Replace cracked and damaged electrical cords.
- Use extension cords for temporary wiring only. Have additional circuits or receptacles added by a qualified electrician.
- Homes with young children should have tamper-resistant electrical receptacles.
- Call a qualified electrician or landlord if you have recurring problems with blowing fuses or tripping circuit breakers, discolored or warm wall outlets, flickering lights, or a burning or rubbery smell coming from an appliance.
Healthy heating
- Install and maintain carbon monoxide alarms to avoid risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Maintain heating equipment and chimneys by having them cleaned and inspected every year by a qualified professional.
- Keep all things that can burn, such as paper, bedding or furniture, at least 3 feet away from heating equipment.
- Turn portable space heaters off when you go to bed or leave the room.
- An oven should not be used to heat a home.
Strike out smoking materials fires
- If you smoke, choose fire-safe cigarettes if they are available in your area.
- If you smoke, smoke outside.
- Wherever you smoke, use deep, sturdy ashtrays.
- Never smoke in a home where oxygen is used.
- Keep matches and lighters high in a locked cabinet out of the reach of children.
Candle with caution
- Keep candles at least 12 inches form anything that can burn.
- Use sturdy, safe candleholders.
- Never leave a burning candle unattended. Blow out candles when you leave a room.
- Avoid using candles in bedrooms and sleeping areas.
- Use flashlights for emergency lighting.
Safety 101
- Install smoke alarms in every bedroom, outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home. For the best protection, interconnect all smoke alarms throughout the home. When one sounds, they all sound.
- Test smoke alarms at least once a month using the test button.
- Replace smoke alarms every 10 years.
- Make sure everyone can hear the sound of the smoke alarms.
- Have a home fire escape plan. Know at least two ways out of every room, if possible, and a meeting place outside. Practice your escape plan twice a year.
- When the smoke alarm sounds, get out and stay out.
- If you are building or remodeling your home, consider a residential fire sprinkler system.


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Misleading Measure B1 Mailer
Original post made by curious, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Oct 13, 2012
It states "by renewing our local sales tax and approving a new plan. . ." The Measure, if approved, DOUBLES the current 1/2% cent sales tax for transportation!! That's a bit more then just renewing the current sales tax. Further, renewing does not imply approving the tax FOREVER which is what this Measure does.
Further back in the booklet it states "We need B1 for good-paying jobs in Alameda County. . ." It should state this will provide jobs for unions as the county will require project labor agreements. This seems grossly unfair that non-union workers will be excluded from the opportunity to bid on projects funded by this tax.
Finally, I read the Measure and yes the projects sound good but i couldn't find anything guaranteeing that these projects would actually be completed.
I would like to know who is funding the Committee to Save Local Transportation Funding that paid for this mailer. I suspect the unions are probably contributing significant dollars as they stand to benefit.
I do believe that we need to continue to improve transportation but I find Measure B1 as its written flawed for a couple of reasona:
The tax should have an end date (sunset clause)
There should be a list of projects that will absolutely be completed rather then be at the whim of the politicians.
If this is such a great deal as folks like Cook-Kallio and DeMarcus claim, why do they need to send such a misleading mailer? I'm voting NO on Measure B1--rewrite the Measure with an end date and a list of pojects that WILL be completed and I'd be be happy to vote for it.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 13, 2012 at 2:17 pm
B1 is just an attempt for the politicians to get into your wallet and with no sunset date, they have no accountability. I do not support this measure and I will not support any candidate who supports this measure the way it is written. It is just a money-grab by the politicians to award lucrative contracts to their campaign supporters.
a resident of Downtown
on Oct 15, 2012 at 8:42 am
I will be voting NO on B1, and I will definitely NOT vote for Cook-Kallio. One of the principal jobs of the City Council and Mayor is to represent the taxpayers during union negotiations. Cook-Kallio is in debt to the unions and cannot be trusted to represent the taxpayers. Her support for B1 is just one example.
a resident of Livermore
on Oct 15, 2012 at 11:28 am
Someone finally noticed that the measure not only DOUBLES the so called transit sales tax, it also would make the current tax permanent- which it is not NOW.
The current tax, plus the current real estate tax is money that was supposed to help build the BART to Livermore.
Vote NO for permanent taxes.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 15, 2012 at 11:28 am
I'll be voting yes on B1.
Get the facts:
This will be the third time we've approved B1 in some form. Why shouldn't it be permanent? Do you foresee a time when we won't need transportation in the county? Are we all suddenly going to stop leaving our homes in 10 years? Clearly not.
And let's be honest-- it's not like funding from the state and federal government for these types of projects has been forthcoming in recent years. Our county is forced to pick up the slack and B1 does just that.
Read about it - Web Link
As for the specific list of projects, they're laid out in the 2012 Transportation Expenditure Plan. You can knock yourself out on the ACTC website for all the details - Web Link
The funding is allocated by the Alameda County Transportation Commission, which has overseen project funding the last two times we passed the measure. It's a public agency and it turns out they're audited by a public oversight committee--100 % completion rate on time or early. Sounds pretty reliable to me. Web Link
Frankly, it's about time they put something like B1 on the ballot. I'm sick of waiting in traffic. I'm sick of potholes. And I'm sick of using outdated public transportation to get to work. I'll be investing in Alameda County this election. I'll be voting YES on B1.
a resident of Livermore
on Oct 15, 2012 at 11:37 am
Concerning Sick of Waiting, you sound like good Union Stooge. This is nothing but a permanent tax hike so Sacramento can continue to spend money for the unions that put them in office. I will be voting no on B1 and on anything that will raise my taxes. It's still a problem with spending, no matter what they say. How about stopping this stupid cho cho train to nowhere, and use the money for something we need. Or just don't use it at all. or we could name that train the Union Return on Investment Railroad, that is all it is.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 15, 2012 at 12:14 pm
"Sick of Waiting", if this is just "an extension" of what has already been done, why are we still waiting in traffic and have potholes everywhere?
I will be voting NO as there is no way I want my grandkids having to pay for something that I voted on. I want them to have a say on the tax. It is arrogant to feel we can make the best decisions for when our grandkids are making a living. If you want to look at our track record, look already what we are leaving them with the unfunded pension liabilities (our grandkids will be paying for the services we are getting now, plus they will be paying for the services they need), or our national debt.
In addition, I will be voting NO on any new tax right now until the governments do meaningful pension reform and stop spending money on useless projects like a bullet train to nowhere. Anything I add to my tax bill now will be used to perpetuate the problems we have today and are not addressing. We can't keep kicking the can down the street. It puts me in so much pain to see what we are leaving for future generations.
There is also no such thing as an "independent oversight committee". The committee is appointed by the elected officials and since they want the money to continue, they will remove anybody from the committee that does not agree with them. The only truly independent oversight committee is the voters at large.
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Oct 15, 2012 at 1:12 pm
@Sick of Waiting - seems like you read a lot. Try reading the Franchise Tax Board's history of sales tax increases. Most were added for highway maintenance. So there is money to fix potholes, its just that the state and county government choose to spend this money on other things.
MTC may have gotten projects built on schedule but that doesn't mean that they were built correctly or within budget. The Express Lane Toll road was to cost 20 million. So far almost 200 million has been spent. This project was to turn a profit. So far it has lost money. When BART was added to the Tri-Valley, a flyover buttress was added that could have supported flyover ramps for either southbound 680 or eastbound 580. MTC chose eastbound 580 which was so very wrong. MTC screwed up the 680/84 interchange so much that now a new interchange has to be built. CalTrans promised a HOV lane on northbound 680 going over Sunol grade in 2005. Because of the MTC's waste of money on the Express Lane, it will now be 2015 before this lane is built.
It seems that MTC has enough money for its pet projects (like riderless buses) but not any money to fix the deterioration of the freeways. At last count there were 56 slabs (entire slabs) of concrete that need to be replaced between Pleasanton/Sunol exit and Sunol exit on southbound 680. These slabs are so deteriorated that they have caused damage to cars, in one case over $2,200.
The MTC commission wastes taxpayer money, does not listen to commuter concerns, and supports projects which add to traffic congestion. Why on earth would you vote to give these idiots more of your hard earned money. Let CalTrans do what they do best and fire the fools at MTC.
BTW - Gary Richards (Mr. Roadshow) can get more done in a week on fixing roads and traffic problems than the MTC can in an entire year.
a resident of Laguna Oaks
on Oct 15, 2012 at 4:55 pm
Curious - If you run for city council, I will vote for you.
Thanks for the insight and the most offensive thing I see is the limiation for non union contractors to be able to bid on this upcoming work, if it gets funded.
a resident of Bonde Ranch
on Oct 15, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Every time my fellow voters get suckered into one of these tax increases, we get very little for the Freeway expansion and upgrades that we so desperately need.
Instead, far too much gets wasted on subsidized government "mass transit" projects. Bart exists to fuel the City of San Francisco's economy by getting workers from the safe and more affordable communities they live in to the S.F. megalopolis which hangs on to the jobs, but fails to provide safe streets, affordable housing, decent and safe schools, etc.
You want to ride Bart of the Bus, or High Speed rail? Great, but pay the full cost of it yourself, unless we expressly certify you as so poor as to need a taxpayer subsidy.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 15, 2012 at 9:40 pm
We have spent all this money on BART and unless you get to a BART station in Pleasanton before 7:30am, you cannot find a parking place, making BART unusable for those who want to use it after the early morning crunch. Proving that the transportation people would rather have cars on the highways than fully utilize the BART system.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 15, 2012 at 10:47 pm
B-1 is a very slippery slope because if it passes we can expect more permanent taxes that will fund these (people?) that will spend more money faster - and that can include selling Bonds to raise quick cash, while sticking the taxpayers with huge interest debt for decades to come. B-1 not only doubles the current tax, makes it "permanent forever", but also limit's the amount of oversight that taxpayers already do not have.
Allowing fast & easy politicians to pick-pocket taxpayers in perpetuity can only be accomplished with the help of stupid & gullible taxpayers. This is a tax increase with out a CAP, Oversight, or a Sunset Clause.
Please Vote NO on B-1. B-1 is bad politics; Bad for tax payers. The politicians pushing this nonsense are CROOKS. The Contra Costa Times recommends a NO on B-1!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Oct 16, 2012 at 9:22 am
Remember that DeMarcus running for City council & Cook-Kallio running for Mayor both strongly support this tax into perpetuity!! Imagine what kind of additional city taxes they could dream up if elected!!
a resident of Amberwood/Wood Meadows
on Oct 16, 2012 at 3:51 pm
To add to B-1 = a definate NO VOTE.... anything purchased by bonds takes twice the amount of money. 1/2 to pay for the project, 1/2 to pay for the interest on bond. So why would you vote for something where half your money will be wasted?


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Live Google+ Hangout Event: Researchers Eunsoo Kim and Rob DeSalle on the Origin of Photosynthesis
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Watch Museum researchers Eunsoo Kim and Rob DeSalle discuss the origins of photosynthesis and conducting research at the Museum in a Google+ Hangout, Friday, June 21, 2013, at 1 pm (Eastern Time).
Chris Raxworthy: Searching for Reptiles on Indian Ocean Islands
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In January 2013, Museum Curator Christopher Raxworthy set out on a Constantine S. Niarchos Expedition to several island groups in the Indian Ocean, hundreds of miles off of Africa's eastern coast, to survey reptile species. Watch a video about the trip.
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From now through Sunday, June 30, chefs and small-batch companies in the working kitchen of Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture will be serving jams, jellies, and marmalades.
George Harlow: Solving a Geological Puzzle in Guatemala
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In November 2010, Museum Curator George E. Harlow embarked on a Constantine S. Niarchos Expedition to the Montagua Valley in central Guatemala, a fault zone rich in the precious mineral, jadeite jade.
23rd Annual Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon
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On April 24, 2013, the Museum hosted its 23rd Annual Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon "Islands in a Changing World: Resilience and Recovery." The event featured a panel of experts discussing island resiliency, including New York and surrounding areas' recovery from Hurricane Sandy, and the effects of climate change on oceanic islands.


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Education: BS, Boston University; MEd, Boston University; CAGS, Bridgewater State College; EdD, Boston University
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Hue ready for 2012 festival
Held from April 7-15 this year, the festival would be the city's biggest cultural event, said vice chairman of Thua Thien-Hue Province People's Committee and head of the festival organizing committee Ngo Hoa.
"This year will mark the 7th festival that the province has held every two years since 2000," said Mr. Hoa. "It has become known as one of the biggest cultural events not only for Hue, but for the whole country.
"The festival is also an opportunity to promote tourism in the province and let the world know more about the city of Hue. It's also an event to honor historical and cultural monuments of the former Royae Capital city as well its intangible heritage."
A main stage will be built in the Royal Citadel, which will host the opening ceremony that features a music and dance art performance titled Royal Citadel Night.
A series of stages will be installed outside the Royal Citadel soon for community arts performances.
According to the organizing committee, a music and dance performance named Oriental Night, which was introduced in 2010, will be staged again at the Thai Hoa Palace.
"The áo dài [Vietnamese traditional long dress] show will again be a major event at the festival," said Mr. Hoa. "We will also restage some previous performances that have impressed audiences. However, we create many new shows to keep the festival fresh."
The city's hotels, with a capacity of 10,000 rooms, are bracing for a large number of tourist arrivals.
Thua Thien-Hue Province plans to host around 2.5 million foreign and domestic tourists this year, generating a total revenue of VND2,500 billion (over US$113 million) for the provincial tourism sector.
Many locals are also looking forward to the festival.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Nguyet, who lives on Hue's Nguyen Truong To Street, said she was eagerly anticipating the festival.
"It's so exciting and I've been to six festivals since 2000," she said. "This year I expect to see a colorful and extraordinary celebration.
"When the festival approaches it's such a nice atmosphere. The streets are clean and colorfully decorated ready to welcome visitors from all around the world."
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march 17-keep the money for some ammo
Feb 25th= case of Little Kings.
SOON-We already lost the war. You are the resistance.
march 17-keep the money for some ammo
Oh wait how many beers did you have when filling out the paperwork ? I might want to change mine to sometime in 2012 HAHAHAHAH sorry I had too.
He sent me a duplicate showing me exactly what too fill out, so I did it proper.
When the ATF gets my apps I think they give it too the rookies.
Four agents have already had nervous breakdowns, trying too figure them out.
Pretty sure I did this one sober.
Lot of dates still open.
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
february 23rd
don't need a case of beer if I win send me one of the yugo gas blocks with grenade sight your sitting on (just a guess but what does it hurt if you don't have one)
May 21st !!! Good luck getting it sooner though. If I win, give it ALL to Gunco!
May 11, 2011
Charter member-Busted Box Club est. 2006
"I will adhere to the Patriot Act, the one signed in 1776"
- Marc Anderson
I would go and say April 1st, but I feel April 8th 2011 will be the date you get it.
"To show you how radical I am, I want carjackers dead. I want rapists dead. I want burglars dead. I want child molesters dead. I want the bad guys dead. No court case. No parole. No early release. I want 'em dead. Get a gun and when they attack you, shoot 'em."
Ted Nugent - speaking at the NRA convention April 17, 2005


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Unfortunately, some of the packages that Lambdabot depends on in Hackage do not, as of 9 January 2009, support GHC 6.10. Fortunately, the darcs repositories of most of these packages do support it.
[edit] To compile lambdabot on ghc >=6.10, follow the following steps
Get the stuff from darcs repositories:
darcs get http://code.haskell.org/HSP/haskell-src-exts darcs get http://code.haskell.org/mubot darcs get http://code.haskell.org/lambdabotLets install haskell-src-exts from darcs (TODO: This may not actually be required, the one from Hackage might be good enough):
cd haskell-src-exts cabal install cd ..
Install mueval:
cd mubot/mueval
cabal install
cd ../..
Apply a patch to lambdabot and install it:
cd lambdabot
wget http://www.haskell.org/wikiupload/e/ed/Lambdabot.patch -O -|patch -p1
cabal install
cd ..
Edit your online.rc file at ~/.cabal/share/lambdabot-version/online.rc
And run lambdabot via:
lambdabot -e "rc ~/.cabal/share/lambdabot-version/online.rc"
This may not be complete, please correct it if any more fixes are required, and as things are updated.
When I try to install mueval with GHC 7.2.1, I get a conflict:
cannot configure show-0.4.1.1. It requires base <4
mueval-0.8.1 requires base ==4.*
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After many hacks, I was finally able to get lambdabot installed on 7.2.1. See the #haskell irc logs for 23 Oct 2011, around 22:00; I was rather verbose about stating what problems I ran into and what I did to solve them. Dan Burton 21:18, 25 October 2011 (UTC)


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A novel but tested technology, the pebble-bed reactor, can make fission energy safe.
Lee S. Langston
Electric power is like good health: When you have it, you don't think about it. When you don't have it, that's all you think about. Certainly modern civilization isn't going anywhere without power.
Nuclear energy supplies a larger share of that power than many people realize. At present, about 20 percent of the electricity in the United States is generated by 104 nuclear power plants across the country, making it the leading nation in total installed nuclear capacity. There are now 440 reactors in operation around the world, providing about 14 percent of the overall electricity supply. France leads in nuclear use, which provides about 80 percent of the country's electrical power. China, presently at 2 percent, has 30 or more new plants under construction.
In recent years, political opposition and high costs have halted or even reversed the use of nuclear power, however. The first plant in the United States—the Shippingport Atomic Station, located on the Ohio River 25 miles from Pittsburgh—went online in 1957. Many more started up in the next two decades, but until a few years ago, no new nuclear plants had been licensed here since the 1970s. The commercial nuclear power plants now in operation were generally designed to have a 40-year life span. With new construction largely at a standstill, many plants are being granted 20-year license extensions by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Now the risks of climate change are prompting utilities and federal officials to take another look at nuclear. According to the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration, 37 percent of the electricity in the United States was produced by coal-fired plants, which release high levels of carbon dioxide. Natural gas, which yields about half as much carbon dioxide as coal per unit of energy generated, accounted for another 30 percent. There are only two major zero-carbon components in the United States energy mix. Nuclear supplies 19 percent. And all renewables—including hydroelectric, wind, and solar—collectively account for 16 percent.
The Southern Company has begun construction of two new nuclear units at the Vogtle site, where another two are already operating, on the Savannah River near Augusta, Georgia. They are the first new domestic fission-power plants in more than three decades. But a broader turnaround is unlikely unless nuclear engineers can address two major issues: safety fears (which were compounded by the Fukushima nuclear accident) and high construction and licensing costs. A tested technology, known as the pebble bed nuclear reactor, has the potential to solve both problems—and to make nuclear power a growing part of the carbon-free energy mix worldwide.
Nuclear power plants are expensive to build but relatively cheap to run. Current estimates for the capital costs of a nuclear plant run in the range of $5,000 to $6,000 per electrical kilowatt. By comparison, coal plant capital costs are about $2,000 per electrical kilowatt. High-efficiency, gas turbine combined cycle plant costs are in the $600 to $1,000 per electrical kilowatt range. Simple cycle gas turbine plant capital costs are as low as $300 to $700 per electrical kilowatt.
The Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy Outlook for 2014 report provides more meaningful estimates of the averaged levelized costs for generating technologies to be brought online in 2018. (Levelized cost represents the per-kilowatt hour cost of building and operating a generating plant over an assumed financial life and duty cycle). The projected levelized cost for an advanced coal plant is 12.3 cents per kilowatt-hour, whereas that of advanced combined cycle gas turbine plant is 6.6 cents per kilowatt-hour. An advanced nuclear plant, such as the ones under construction at Vogtle, comes in between, at 10.8 cents per kilowatt-hour. Nuclear is competitive, then, and a future carbon tax on technologies that produce carbon dioxide pollution could make it even more so.
One major controversy with nuclear power is what happens to spent fuel when a plant is retired. A good example of a cradle-to-grave story of a nuclear power plant is the Connecticut Yankee plant, located along the Connecticut River. It went online in 1968, and over its service life of 28 years it produced over 110 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity from its uranium fuel. The plant was decommissioned from 1998 to 2007, with all structures removed from three to four feet below ground level. The site is now a fairly flat field, with a low mound where the reactor building sat.
Located on a hill above the plant site is the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. It consists of 43 dry storage casks mounted on a concrete pad that is 30 meters long by 60 meters wide and a meter thick. Forty of the casks contain almost all of the fuel assemblies used over the life of the Connecticut Yankee plant; the other three contain reactor vessel parts. Each cask is a vertical concrete cylinder, about four meters in diameter and six meters high, containing a cylindrical steel canister with nine-centimeter-thick walls. The casks, which cost $1 million apiece to construct, are licensed for a 20-year storage time, but could last 40 to 60 years or longer.
In the future, a federal agency might take possession of the installation. If that happens, the casks might simply stay in place, considering the significant expense of moving them to a permanent storage site—if one is ever chosen. That might not be a popular decision politically, but financially the decommissioning process has been taken into account. The cost of maintaining the installation is about $3 million a year. All of the plant decommissioning and spent-fuel storage costs had been factored into electric rates paid by customers during the plant's 28 years of operation.
Overall, the safety record of the hundreds of nuclear power plants around the world has been outstanding. But as asserted by industry critic Arnold Gundersen, "Nuclear power is a technology that can have 40 good years and one bad day."
The industry had a very bad day on March 11, 2011, when magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck at 2:46 PM local time in the Pacific Ocean seabed, 80 miles east of the Japanese coastal city of Sendai. Nuclear power plants in the northeast part of Japan automatically shut down, with control rods inserted into the reactor cores. The 4,700-megawatt Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant complex was one of these. The complex, located on the coast some 150 miles north of Tokyo, is made up of six separate boiling water reactor units. These units were designed to withstand a magnitude 8.2 scale earthquake, comparable to the 1906 San Francisco event. The March 11 earthquake was seven to eight times more powerful than that.
Of the six Fukushima Daiichi reactors, Units 5 and 6 were offline for planned inspection and Unit 4 had been completely defueled. Unit 1, with a nominal output of 498 megawatts, and Units 2 and 3, both of which put out 796 megawatts, were in operation before their earthquake induced automatic shutdown. Even with control rods fully inserted, these three units still needed cooling from an electric-powered circulating water pump, due to the residual heat generated by intermediate radioactive elements created in uranium fission.
At 3:44 PM, a 15-meter-high tsunami reached the Fukushima Daiichi complex, overtopping facilities designed to withstand a 5.7-meter tsunami. Both the offsite and onsite emergency diesel generators were knocked out by floodwaters, depriving the reactor cores of cooling water. Once the backup battery power ran out, the reactor coolant water overheated, increasing pressures and temperatures in the reactor pressure vessel. Pressure was automatically relieved to a suppression pool designed to condense steam, but this reduced the amount of water in the reactor.
The fuel rods continued to heat up, and a reaction between the zirconium fuel rod cladding and the remaining coolant generated hydrogen. The hydrogen eventually escaped from the reactor pressure vessel, causing explosions and further damage. The inability to provide reactor coolant, despite multiple-layered backup systems that all depended on AC power, led to the meltdown of the reactor cores in Units 1, 2, and 3. The root of the problem was that the backup systems were overwhelmed by disasters worse than the worst-case scenario they were designed to protect against.
Similar damage occurred in 1979 at one of the two nuclear units at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, due to operator error when an emergency cooling system was turned off. In a New York Times interview, Lake H. Barrett, the senior U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission engineer for Three Mile Island, noted that cleanup of the site—which took 14 years and the removal of about 150 tons of radioactive rubble—"was a walk in the park compared to what they've got" in Japan.
Barrett is now an adviser for Fukushima's cleanup. Writing in the September 9, 2013, issue of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, he outlines the herculean measures the Japanese company is taking to cool the melted-down reactor cores in Units 1, 2, and 3, and the spent fuel pools in Unit 4. It involves the circulation and recycling of radioactive water—some 90 million gallons and growing—into more than 1,000 temporary water storage tanks, through tens of miles of piping throughout the four earthquake-damaged plants, each of which is also being affected by ground water leakage. Barrett notes that such a program of containment cannot continue indefinitely, bringing up questions about a long-term solution to the problems at Fukushima.
Although the measureable health impact of the Fukushima accident has been thankfully small, the social, political, and economic effects have been vast. Experts estimate that a 40-year decommissioning of Fukushima could cost $100 billion. That figure doesn't even account for the destruction of land values and productivity in the region and other less tangible economic factors.
Both Three Mile Island and Fukushima suffered melted-down reactor cores because of a loss of coolant. Multiple backup systems guarded against such a loss, but failure occurred anyway. In response, the newest nuclear power plants (called Generation III and III+ plants) incorporate passive safety features, which require no operator intervention or active controls in the event of an operational emergency. But as an engineer I would be more trusting of a nuclear reactor that would use its own nuclear reactions to shut itself down if reactor coolant is lost.
A high-temperature reactor that uses helium instead of water can do just that. Uranium fuel—a mix of uranium-235 and uranium-238—is contained not in rods but in tennis-ball–size spheres called pebbles. The helium heated by the pebbles can be used to generate steam (as in water-cooled reactors) to drive a turbine, or used directly to power a gas turbine to generate electricity.
One such high-temperature, gas cooled reactor was under development in South Africa by Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (Pty), a company with international participation by Westinghouse (from the United States), Mitsubishi (from Japan), and Nukem (from Germany). A series of modular reactor nuclear power plants using this design were to be built in South Africa, but due to the 2008 global financial crises, the program was canceled in 2010. In July 2007 I visited Pebble Bed Modular Reactor's headquarters in Centurion, near Johannesburg, where they had an engineering and management team of about 700. I also toured their test facility at Pelindaba, the location of South Africa's state-owned Nuclear Corporation.
Pebble bed reactor nuclear fuel is formed in such a way as to moderate fission, contain pressure buildup, and accommodate fuel deformation. Uranium dioxide nuclear fuel, coated with mass diffusion and radioactive fission product containment layers of pyrolytic carbon and silicon carbide, is formed into poppy seed–sized fuel particles. Some 15,000 of these are embedded in a graphite sphere, which is encased in a thin carbon shell, sintered, annealed, and machined to a uniform diameter of 6 centimeters.
In engineering designs, the cylindrical pebble bed reactor vessel, 27 meters high and 6 meters wide, is packed with about 450,000 pebbles. Due to gravity, the pebbles gradually filter down from the top to the bottom of the packed bed. At the bottom, the pebbles fall into a chute and are moved pneumatically, from helium pressure, into inspection equipment that checks their physical integrity. Pebbles that are intact are returned to the reactor vessel, whereas those that are spent are routed to a holding tank. A typical pebble will make six loops through the reactor during its three years of fuel life. The process allows for refueling with new pebbles while the reactor is operating, limiting shutdown time.
Inside the reactor vessel, helium gas coolant flows around and between the stacked pebbles, emerging at about 1,650 degrees Fahrenheit. Helium is inert, so it does not become radioactive from the exposure. The heated helium drives a gas turbine, connected to a 165 electrical megawatt generator. The helium flow continues through a number of other power-generating processes, then re-enters the pebble bed reactor to be heated again. This closed-cycle process has a predicted 41 percent efficiency— higher than the 30 to 35 percent efficiency of current pressurized-water and boiling-water power plants.
In the event of a complete shutdown of helium flow in a pebble bed reactor, the temperature would rise at most to 2,900 degrees, well below the thermal limit of graphite. At such high temperatures, the uranium-238 nuclei, which are more plentiful than uranium-235, absorb more neutrons (due to an effect called Doppler broadening) and the reactor output decreases, lowering the temperature until equilibrium is reached. The greatly reduced heat is then transferred passively by radiation, conduction, and convection to the steel reactor vessel, which is designed to eject the heat without human intervention.
Pebble bed reactors were first designed in 1944 in the United States, but the first to be built was developed by German physicist Rudolf Schulten. It began operation near Aachen, Germany in 1966 and ran successfully for 21 years, providing heat for a small steam power plant. Tests run during its life demonstrated safe operation in the event of a total shutdown of the helium coolant.
Although the South African pebble bed reactor project has ended, General Atomics in San Diego recently applied for government funding to commercialize a similar, 240-megawatt, gas turbine–powered nuclear plant. The Chinese currently have two pebble reactors, but they are being used to generate steam for a conventional turbine, which local officials claim is less challenging. (This approach makes no sense to me, because it has lower thermal efficiency and retains the danger of water ingress into the reactor.) There are gas-cooled reactors in operation in the United Kingdom; the first was built at Calder Hall in 1956. High-temperature, gas-cooled reactors have also been attempted, notably at Fort St. Vrain in Colorado and at a 300-megawatt pebble bed unit in Germany. Both units were shut down in the 1980s after a few years of operation.
Despite a handful of promising experiments, the overall rarity of pebble-bed nuclear reactors and similar gas-cooled reactors elicits an inevitable question: If this engineering approach is so much safer, why are the vast majority of the world's nuclear power plant reactors water cooled?
The answer lies buried in the history of atomic energy. After Enrico Fermi created the world's first sustained nuclear chain reaction, in the University of Chicago's squash courts on December 2, 1942, physicists considered using helium as a coolant for future nuclear power plants. The idea was rejected as too complicated, but it soon returned in the work of Farrington Daniels, a chemistry professor from the University of Wisconsin.
For some years, Daniels had been working on a process of fixing nitrogen from air using a novel furnace that heated the air with stone pebbles. Building upon this research, he proposed that a chain-reacting nuclear pile could be constructed along similar lines. The pile would consist of uranium oxide and carbide pebbles whose heat of fission would be removed by the flow of a cooling gas. Daniels filed a patent on his idea on October 11, 1945. In the patent (2,809,931, U.S.) he calls the pile a "pebble bed reactor," claiming that the cooling gases be used to generate steam (to power a steam turbine), or "the heated gases can be used directly in gas turbines." The next year, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory started designing a helium-cooled reactor based on Daniels' concept.
The project didn't get far. The Atomic Energy Commission was also formed in 1946, and one of its first acts was to cancel the Oak Ridge project. According to Alvin Weinberg, then the director of the physics division at Oak Ridge, the Daniels design team was reassigned and became the core of the group that designed the first naval nuclear power plant. Funded by the Navy under the direction of Hyman Rickover, the reactor for the submarine Nautilus was cooled by pressurized water.
Water-cooled reactors made sense within the cramped confines of a submarine hull. Once companies such as General Electric and Westinghouse formed engineering teams and manufacturing facilities to produce water-cooled nuclear power plants for subs, the die was cast and they applied the technology to commercial power plants as well. Today, water-cooled reactors are used in most of the world's operating nuclear plants.
The high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor technology path pioneered by Daniels needs to be rejoined. Three Mile Island and Fukushima have shown the near-catastrophic effects that loss of coolant can have on water-cooled nuclear reactors. Nuclear power will not see a major rebound unless the new designs are clearly safer than what exists now. What is needed is an industry-sponsored, public–private partnership to develop gas turbine, pebble bed–type reactors as truly failsafe sources of carbon- free electricity. There are still questions to answer, and problems to solve.
Some experts in the nuclear industry feel that pebble bed reactors have not yet shown sufficient operational efficiency: It is unclear whether their costs would be competitive with other types of nuclear reactors, much less natural gas, over their full life span. Another criticism is that pebbles moving through the reactor could create contaminated graphite dust. Although pebbles can be decommissioned individually, breaking up the task of storing nuclear waste, the overall magnitude of waste from the combined mass of pebbles might be greater than from other reactor designs.
Meanwhile, other nuclear technology is not sitting still. One intriguing, newer concept is to use molten salts instead of helium as the cooling agent. Liquid salts increase heat transfer and raise efficiency, and consequently reduce the size and the cost of the reactor, but are also inherently fail-safe. Physicists at the University of California at Berkeley and Oak Ridge have developed designs for a liquid-salt-cooled pebble bed reactor.
There may be a few twists on the path to next-generation nuclear power. But it is clear to me that the path is worth following.
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/num2/2014/2/a-path-for-nuclear-power/5
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Town Square
California's Budget Deficit and Debt
Original post made by stephen levy, University South, on May 18, 2011
After the spending reductions adopted in March and the additional income tax revenue that was reported in April, California now faces a structural (ongoing if nothing happens) budget deficit of $10 billion per year.
This deficit is tiny in relation to the income of residents and small in relation to the federal deficit as a percent of the economy.
The $10 billion is roughly 1 penny out of every $2 of income for residents. The federal deficit is roughly 20 cents out of every $2 of national income or 20 times as large as the state deficit, which is now a smaller portion of our income than some states including Texas.
The small size of the deficit does not tell residents how to balance the budget or, as is obvious now, make it easy to balance.
But the numbers do tell us that we are dealing with a political not an economic problem.
Moreover, the state does not have an especially high level of debt compared to other states or to our income. And paying off our bond debt and interest is not in danger as it comes before most other expenses in priority.
There are longer term challenges from rising retirement benefits but these are not immediate and are likely to be reduced although again the politics in California gets in the way of reaching agreement.
The economy is improving, which is helpful looking forward but will not be sufficient to erase the %10 billion ongoing shortfall without additional reductions in education and safety net spending or some version of continuing the tax increase adopted in February 2009 for an additional period of time.
The state budget deficit does not rank in the top ten challenges facing us as Californians measured by the actual changes needed to make the deficit go away permanently. However, in a state and nation where people like to make everything an ideological game of chicken, even small challenges can go on for a long time.
For what it is worth at the current level of spending and revenues, we are near the lows of the last three decades in the share of our income that we tax and spend for state services.
The good news is that unlike terrorism or global economic competition, the challenges regarding state deficits and debt is totally in our
hands. It is ours to solve or stay stuck with for our children.
I favor the Governor's plan as the sensible approach and while I favor the tax extensions I do not favor balancing the budget by only putting the responsibility on higher income families and corporations.
Shared participation makes sense to me economically and in terms of fairness.
Comments (38)
a resident of Midtown
on May 18, 2011 at 6:37 pm
"The $10 billion is roughly 1 penny out of every $2 of income for residents"
Another way of saying the above is: If the state would limit spending by cutting 1 penny of spending for every $2 of income for residents, our budget would be balanced.
However it is deciphered, and because politics and ideology have always been a part of California budgets, we will be in a multi-billion dollar hole. California already has a terrible bond rating...maybe those bond raters know more than Mr. Levy, ya think?
I can't see anyway out of it, except federal receivership.
a resident of another community
on May 18, 2011 at 6:43 pm
Kevin = snore
Kevin - "I can't see anyway out of it, except federal receivership"
You neglected to answer AEN's questions posed in the last thread where you brought up receivership. Let's start with a basic:
When was the last time a state went into receivership?
a resident of Palo Alto
on May 18, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Paul Losch is a registered user.
What I hope Jerry Brown does in his elder "statesman" role as governor is get the entire State economic model re-structured.
It is one thing to deal with year to year realities. It is another to look at the State's structural fiscal environment and face it down, and develop a new structure that works going forward. This state is a Christmas tree with no tax ornaments and add spending without funding ornaments for prisons, schools, inter alia.
It is folly to think that the recently dire economic times, which may be turning around, will cure the disease.
a resident of Midtown
on May 18, 2011 at 8:21 pm
Jerry Brown will not restructure this state's economy, because he is tied into the structure that helped to create this mess. For example, he will not take on the public sector unions.
California is ungovernable, in terms of the compromise model. This is why I believe that federal receivership is the only option, at least over the next year or two.
If you have a specific idea that would avoid federal receivership, let us all know.
a resident of University South
on May 19, 2011 at 2:08 pm
stephen levy is a registered user.
Jerry Brown is trying to put the state's long term fiscal situation on a sustainable basis.
The numbers in his plan add up. Some people do not like his package of solutions which include some ongoing spending cuts, elimination of some programs and agencies (small dollar savings), some pension reforms to reduce future costs and a five-year extension of the tax increases negotiated by Arnold and the legislature in 2009.
Remember three numbers--1) $10 billion, the size of the remaining long-term budget gap, $100 billion, the size of the state General Fund budget and 3) $2,000 billion, the size of the state economy by 2012. Our state budget shortfall (and debt) is far smaller relative to our economy than then nation's or most countries in Europe. Our political challenge is just as great however.
Most business groups now support the combination of extending the 2009 tax increases with passage of specific reforms. Republicans have proposed a package of additional spending cuts, no extension of the tax increases and more borrowing.
The familiar pattern of suggesting that someone else solve the problem (public employees, affluent taxpayers, corporations and the tooth fairy) is actively pursued.
I can solve the budget problem now with an extension of the 2009 tax increases to match the $12 billion in spending cuts already passed. And making the future secure from a repeat of the past can easily be done with reduced retirement benefits for new state employees, higher contributions from current employees, requiring a new funding source for state bonds like we do for Palo Alto bonds and some reforms in the prison system. In addition after the budget gets back to a normal level, we can require that spikes in revenues be reserved for one time purposes like infrastructure or debt reduction.
I am interested in other ideas that do not blame people or balance the budget through the sacrifice of others.
a resident of another community
on May 19, 2011 at 3:35 pm
There ya go.
We aren't anywhere near receivership, even if it was legal.
Receivership is a fringe idea to take a blunt hatchet to destroy the social safety net, middle calls jobs and unions.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 19, 2011 at 5:37 pm
> What I hope Jerry Brown does in his elder "statesman" role as
> governor is get the entire State economic model re-structured.
What the H*&^%$# does this mean? The Governor has no power, under the Constitution, to "restructure" anything but his budget. Did you mean the State's spending, or the State's economy?
a resident of Midtown
on May 19, 2011 at 7:48 pm
What does "more borrowing" mean? We are already sinking in fiscal debt:
Web Link
"But the state has had an insatiable appetite for debt in recent years. In the last decade, the debt per resident has tripled, to $2,362, according to the credit-rating agency Moody's Investors Service.
That means for every household of four, California owes nearly $9,500 — more than the government spends to put a child through a year of school. In the next budget, the amount devoted to debt repayment is expected to exceed the money invested in California's prized public universities."
There will not be a tax increase, and there will be no more bonds to cover ever more debt...and there will not be major budget cuts.
There is only one realistic answer, and that is federal receiveship. A federal judge will cut to the chase. He/she will probably need bodyguards, but that goes with the territory.
a resident of another community
on May 20, 2011 at 10:23 am
"There is only one realistic answer, and that is federal receiveship."
Too funny. Hasn't ever happened, isn't in the state or federal constitution, yet Kevin insists that handing a state of 35 million over to a single unelected person is the only REALISTIC answer.
Kevin: why do you hate democracy?
The LAO issued a report yesterday, Kevin, take a look at it.
After you turn off Fox.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 23, 2011 at 8:48 am
> There is only one realistic answer, and that is federal receiveship
That's pretty much the solution that the Obama Administration imposed on General Motors, and AIG, isn't it? Interesting that the "lefties" didn't seem to have a problem with that. Of course, the Feds infused Billions of taxpayer dollars into these organizations to save them--with little hope of ever seeing the money back. So--what's not to like with a Federal judge with several hundred billions dollars of US taxpayer money to infuse into California?
a resident of Atherton
on May 23, 2011 at 10:28 am
Sorry, Clown, you have a faulty memory, whether permanent or, perhaps just temporary due to your hatred of the current President, I can't tell.
"Obama Administration imposed on General Motors, and AIG"
AIG was bailed out in September of 2008. I hate to break it to you, but we had elections in November, with inaugurations in January. Take a look, it was in all the papers.
Please explain how federal receivership and the GM deal are the same.
Are you still against the action to save GM? Saving hundreds of thousands of American manufacturing jobs during the worst economy since the depression, getting paid back in full, what's not to love?
History has shown the naysayers to be wrong, it was, in hindsight, a slam dunk of a decision for Americans and the American economy.
Clown: are you one of the 28 percenters? Still supported Bush in 2007, thought he did a great job, the same 28% that hate everything President Obama does? So much so you decide to rewrite history?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 23, 2011 at 4:24 pm
> Please explain how federal receivership and the GM deal are
> the same.
Well .. let's start with the following explanation of a "Federal Receivership" ..
Web Link
Bankruptcy Alternatives: Receiverships and Assignment
Monday, June 16, 2008
For secured creditors, a federal receivership can offer the quickest and most cost-effective method of gaining control over a borrower's collateral upon default. A federal receivership maintains the value of the collateral by allowing the business to continue to operate. The receiver will preserve and protect the collateral as well as the financial integrity of the business as a going concern. In addition, the receiver may be able to stabilize the operations to mitigate further potential losses
And a little about the GM fiasaco --
General (Government) Motors Chapter 11 Reorganization:
Web Link
From a legal point-of-view, the two are different. From a point-of-view of Federal involvement in the affairs of entities that are supposed to be self-governing, the idea of a Federal Receivership for a state that is "bankrupt" is not all that different from the who-really-knows-what-they-did-to-GM by the under-investigation Trust Fund manager Steven Rattner:
Financier Is Said to Accept a Ban in Pension Case:
Web Link
> Saving hundreds of thousands of American manufacturing
> jobs during the worst economy since the depression
What would have happened under a different course of government involvement is an open question. Had the company gone into a normal bankruptcy, it's unlikely that the plants would have "gone dark". What would have likely happened is a holding company would have taken possession of the company's assets, and reorganized it as they saw fit. The current reorganization is an unknown entity. The unions, one of the two real culprits here, should have been defanged. As it turned out, they are stronger now than before--although the job banks are gone. The problem for the future is that we now have precedent, and every large company that gets itself into trouble will have some reason to expect a federal bailout--GM-style.
> getting paid back in full
That didn't happen! It may, but very unlikely. Moreover, over $20B of (old) GM bondholders had their money, and future interest, stolen from them by Obama (and his people).
> History has shown the naysayers to be wrong
What a crock! How many people supporting Hitler, Mao, Stalin, Pol Pot and a host of lessor villains have turned out to be right! (Oh, and let's not forget that yoyo Jimmy Carter, either!). The naysays of these big government solutions have been shown to be right time and again.
> 28%ers?
Are you a part of the 28% who continue to believe BO's lies, and distortions of the truth? Like how "I killed OBL"?
But back to the issue at hand .. there probably is no legal basis for the appointment of a Federal Receiver for the State of California. There is, on the other hand, lots of legal basis for a bailout of this badly managed state.
a resident of Atherton
on May 23, 2011 at 4:34 pm
Clown: "believe BO's lies, and distortions of the truth? Like how "I killed OBL""
Well, there ya go again...
Couldn't tell from your name, as to your preference of clown headgear, now we know:
Tin foil hats.
Mixing in Carter with Hitler and Stalin was the first clue.
The rest? a hodge podge of unremarkable links, like the fed rec'r link to bankruptcy that has nothing to do with California and "Federal Receivership".
So Clown, let's start with the basics: "When was the last time a state went into receivership?"
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 23, 2011 at 4:55 pm
> Mixing in Carter with Hitler and Stalin was the first clue
You're right. Hitler and Stalin actually achieved their goals. All Carter did was waste our time, embarrassing the nation.
> The rest? a hodge podge of unremarkable links,
> like the fed rec'r link to bankruptcy that has nothing
> to do with California and "Federal Receivership".
Really? Guessing you know nothing about Federal Receiverships. But the links were for the other readers .. who probably don't know much about this rather obscure alternative to bankruptcy. Folks like you just bluster from one post to another .. providing nothing of value to the discussion.
> "When was the last time a state went into receivership?"
Another foolish question. As pointed out in the final comments of the previous posting .. there's no legal precedent .. so .. as they say on the TV at times like this: "Asked and Answered" ..
The question that we should be asking is: "Is it time to craft the appropriate Federal legislation to allow Federally appointed Receivers to take control of bankrupt states, or states so badly managed by its elected representatives, that a Federal Receiver is the only solution to the problem?"
a resident of Midtown
on May 23, 2011 at 5:18 pm
"When was the last time a state went into receivership?"
That is a tiresome question. When was the last time that AIG/Freddie/GM/Fannie were bailed out, before they were bailed out?
Let me clarify. I am not talking about a federal bailout of California. I am talking about federal receivership. Very different things. A federal recivership judge can only adjust the credits/bills vs. creditors...he/she cannot inject new money...just redirect the available monies. This means that the California bond rating will only get worse (yes, it is still possible to get even worse). The creditors will charge more for the same product, IF they are still willing to do business with the state.
Federal receivership is the only way avaialable. It will be painful, but it will mean a that an adult would be in charge. A sober federal receivship judge would cancel many state spending, and he/she could not impose new taxes. The California political process does not allow for such crisp decisions.
a resident of Atherton
on May 23, 2011 at 5:19 pm
So fun to talk with tin foil hat conspiracy theorists.
Your links were unremarkable because they do not apply, as you stated: "Guessing you know nothing about Federal Receiverships" or you would have made a salient point rather than a lame, clownish statement.
"this rather obscure alternative" When was this alternative last used for a state to declare bankruptcy?
"Is it time to craft the appropriate Federal legislation to allow Federally appointed Receivers to take control of bankrupt states, or states so badly managed by its elected representatives, that a Federal Receiver is the only solution to the problem?"
No, it's not. Why do you want to take away our government functions from the elected officials who must face the consequences of any actions (see WI's recall campaign against 6 state senators for their actions) and hand it over to an unaccountable, non-elected individual?
Why do you hate the democratic process?
On top of that, right now, President Obama is a favorite to beat any contender; are you saying you want him involved in the appointment process? Talk about tinfoil hat conspiracy time!!
Why does the fringe right want to do this? Because they can't get enough control through normal electoral means to roll back existing laws protecting working families, our seniors, veterans, the environment, regulation limiting the wall street banksters, etc..
First state it will happen? A red state.
First target, if it ever happened in a blue state? Union busting, per the orders of the GOP's corporate overseers.
a resident of Atherton
on May 23, 2011 at 5:26 pm
"A federal recivership judge can only..."
Where does it say what actions a judge can take if s/he is appointed to take over a state?
Where's the precedent?
""When was the last time a state went into receivership?" That is a tiresome question. "
No, actually, it points out the absurdity of your position. You've been on this rant for several threads and have yet to outline the existing laws or precedents for it. You speak in generalities and link to information that doesn't apply.
On the other thread, you begged for Stephen to intercede in your behalf. He does post, above, but it shows facts that do not support your chicken-little approach.
Mostly, you're tired of getting your butt kicked on election day in California and want to give power to an unelected, unaccountable czar.
Why do you hate democracy?
a resident of another community
on May 23, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Yup, let's see who's going to appoint your mythical judge:
"Fox News poll: 57% think Barack Obama will be re-elected"
But Clown/Kevin knew that, being the loyal foxies...
a resident of Midtown
on May 23, 2011 at 6:00 pm
"Why do you hate democracy?"
I don't, but when it cannot provide for a balanced state budget, as required by our democratically approved state Constitution, what else is left, but federal receivership?
The bond rating agencies, along with the financial markets will determine that California must go into receivership.
a resident of Atherton
on May 23, 2011 at 6:14 pm
"Why do you hate democracy?" I don't..."
Yes, you do. You want a Czar to take over, without accountabilituy.
Why don't you instead go to work getting your preferred (small d) democratic representatives elected, instead of wasting your time with this fantasy?
"The bond rating agencies, along with the financial markets will determine that California must go into receivership"
okay, I'll bite: How will that happen, with your fantasy?
a resident of another community
on May 24, 2011 at 10:42 am
Send Clowns:
AEN is correct when he implies Clown & Kevin are a bit "off". It's gotta be tough these days to be a tin foil hat conspirator when facts are so easily available. Your assertion that GM hasn't paid back the loans is totally FALSE. They paid it back early. According to your own link.
You don't even read your own links, then lie about it!
send Clown: "> getting paid back in full.... That didn't happen! It may, but very unlikely. "
From your link:
"Although the Obama administration had initially provided the automaker five years to repay the money in full, in March 2010 GM made more than $2 billion in payments to the U.S. and Canadian governments and promised to pay the full balance of the loan portion by June. The company beat that self-imposed deadline when on April 21, 2010, GM CEO Ed Whitacre Jr. announced that the company had paid back the entire amount of the U.S. and Canadian government loans, with interest, a total of $8.1 billion."
AEN was wrong in one thing when he said your links were unremarkable; they are useful in disapproving your false claims. Your own links!
bravo, Clown!
a resident of Midtown
on May 25, 2011 at 1:41 pm
"okay, I'll bite: How will that happen, with your fantasy?"
It's not a fantasy. The bond rating agencies will downgrade our bonds to superjunk status, and the market will demand out-of-sight interest rates on those bonds. It is already happening.
The fantasy is on the part of those who think federal receivership is a fantasy. There is no political way out of this mess, because all sides will cancel out the other sides. For example, there will be no change in Prop 13, nor will there be a major tax increase, nor will there be major budget cuts...no surprise, but it is no longer possible to kick the can down the road...the markets will no longer allow it to happen.
a resident of another community
on May 25, 2011 at 2:21 pm
You haven't answered AEN's questions:
- "You've been on this rant for several threads and have yet to outline the existing laws or precedents for it. You speak in generalities and link to information that doesn't apply."
That's part of my last question: how will it happen? Precedent and procedure. Don't link again to personal or corporate bankruptcy laws. They don't apply.
You answer by pointing to bond ratings (without a link, even.)
How will it happen?
And why do you want an unelected Czar to take over, without accountability?
Why have you ignored the above synopsis by Stephen, and instead insist on spreading your unsubstantiated doom & gloom, fear-mongering?
a resident of Midtown
on May 25, 2011 at 4:01 pm
"How will it happen?"
The governor will declare that California cannot pay its bills, then ask for federal receivership. He will blame the mess on his political opponents, but he will still ask. The feds will oblige, but with no promise of additional funds, and the solution will be receivership, which is a type of bankruptcy.
a resident of another community
on May 25, 2011 at 4:08 pm
I was wrong when I said your flight of fancy was a fantasy.
It's beyond fantasy. You need to come back to reality. What fringe website do you get this stuff from?
We just survived 8 years of a republican governor. I can flat out guarantee you that this one will not declare bankruptcy.
a resident of another community
on May 25, 2011 at 4:11 pm
It's Breitbart, isn't it?
Wow. That's out there.
a resident of University South
on May 25, 2011 at 5:49 pm
stephen levy is a registered user.
This week the Supreme Court ordered California to reduce the state prison population by 33,000--roughly 20%. In addition the state will have to upgrade medical care for prisoners.
On option is to release 33,000 prisoners. Another option suggested by the Governor is to house these prisoners in local facilities--selecting the non-violent offenders to be moved.
Or the state could try to build and staff additional state prisons before the court deadline.
Options besides releasing prisoners back into the community will cost more money and the Governor in his budget proposal links the tax extensions to providing funds to local governments to cover the costs.
As I understand the court ruling there would not be much, if any, savings from releasing the 33,000 prisoners as we need the facilities and staff to adequately serve the remaining state prisoners.
What choice do you favor?
a resident of Atherton
on May 25, 2011 at 6:26 pm
peter carpenter is a registered user.
I recommend releasing all the prisoners who have been convicted only on the use of illegal drugs - Not drug dealers and not violent offenders.
Moving prisoners to county games is just shifting the burden from the state to the counties.
a resident of University South
on May 26, 2011 at 3:29 pm
stephen levy is a registered user.
I like releasing non violent drug use offenders.
And I think there are in addition some less dangerous prisoners who can be moved to less expensive local prisons if we supply the money.
And we will have to change the sentencing laws if we want to keep non violent drug users out of prison in the future.
a resident of Midtown
on May 26, 2011 at 6:01 pm
"I recommend releasing all the prisoners who have been convicted only on the use of illegal drugs - Not drug dealers and not violent offenders"
This is the old canard that non-violent, drug users are loading up our state prsions. Wrong. In order to make the big time pen in CA, one needs to be a multiple offender of selling, not using drugs. Selling drugs means violence, either implied (threats) or actual. I challenge Peter Carpenter or Stephen Levy to name a few examples of what they are talking about.
A much better way to lessen costs of prisons is to put them in tent camps, at hard labor, and they only eat if they work...but sentences would be MUCH shorter. BTW, they would not be allowed to get their way...crew cuts are mandatory (part of the prison work crew force), out to work by 8 AM each morning, planting and growing their own food...if they fail, they starve. California could probably reduce its prsion charges by 80%, if it accepted this model. The main benefit, though, is that no prisioer would want to return for a second 'treatment'.
Having offered this sober model of reform, it won't happen. After all, even though Peter and Stephen want to argue about misplalced compassion, they don't want those released prisioners living in their neighborhoods. Hypocricy...of course, but they have their estates set, and they are quite willing to pay to have the cons living next to somebody else.
The main question, related to this thread is:
The California state budget will not be balanced, period. It will be in the hole by many $B. Tax rates will not be increased, and the budget will not be cut, significantly. Our state constituion requires a balanced budget. This means federal receivership.
a resident of Atherton
on May 26, 2011 at 6:29 pm
Kevin: You must HATE living in solid blue California. Dude, you're opinions would be on the far fringe in ALABAMA!
Your: "This is the old canard that non-violent, drug users are loading up our state prsions. Wrong. In order to make the big time pen in CA, one needs to be a multiple offender of selling, not using drugs." IS WRONG. Prove it, if you think otherwise.
In California, too many possession charges are rung up as felonies. (been in all the papers this week) Such as:
"Make possession of a small amount of drugs for personal use a misdemeanor instead of a felony. Keeping 9,000 people locked up on that charge is costing taxpayers like you and me $450 million per year." Look it up, this suggestion's on the ACLU's site.
I know you have a great affinity for civil liberties' sites. Enjoy that one!
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your: "Tax rates will not be increased, and the budget will not be cut, significantly. Our state constituion requires a balanced budget. This means federal receivership. "
Like: Plants require water and air. Biology has rules. This means the moon will crash into earth.
Your logic: (a + b, x) = polka dot unicorns
The first three parts may be fact, your conclusion is a totally unrelated, false premise.
But you've been repeating it for weeks, on this thread and others, so it must be true in your mind.
But not here.
Or even in Alabama.
btw: Is Al Norte correct? Where are you getting this receivership trash from?
a resident of Midtown
on May 26, 2011 at 11:35 pm
Please provide an example of a state pen convict who is in there, soley on the basis of possesion.
Oh, btw, I was born and raised in CA. I have observed many political swings in this state. It is puerile to call this a "blue" state.
The current palpable issue is how this state will pay its bills. You don't have a clue, buddy.
a resident of Atherton
on May 27, 2011 at 9:49 am
Kevin, poor Kevin: You're losing it, buddy. Clue or no clue.
Glad you were born here. So were many of us, including my parents. Others may be third generation, or more. That and a buck gets ya a cup of coffee.
(wow, did starbucks prices ruin that line, or what?)
You were asked to substantiate yet another of your falsehoods ("This is the old canard that non-violent, drug users are loading up our state prsions. Wrong.") and you can't, so you lash out.
So read slowly, and try to understand the clues. I'm still waiting for you to back up your statements. Here's mine:
your: "Please provide an example of a state pen convict who is in there, soley on the basis of possesion" Can't give you a specifc name, but then, you can't spell "solely" correctly, can you?
How about: "Of the total inmate population, 94,413 were incarcerated for crimes against persons; 31,707 for property crimes; 26,657 for drug crimes; and 13,142 for other offenses. ... Hashish possession was the crime responsible for the least amount of inmates, 45. Web Link"
Sorry, buddy.
your: "It is puerile to call this a "blue" state."
Juvenile? Really? How about you provide a link to the legions of folks who call CA a red state? Make it easy for you: during the 2010 GOP tsunami that swept the country, how many republicans won CA statewide office? How many hold CA statewide office? (hint: same number as is the number of states that have gone through receivership)
What is the percentage of dem vs repub seats in CA's House delegation? Senate delegation? Number of times that CA has voted for a GOP presidential candidate in the last couple decades? (hint: same number as is the number of states that have gone through receivership)
Dude! "puerile "?!? Was that dictionary.com's word of the day, but maybe you forgot to read the definition?
Kevin: You are among the bluest of blue's, as far as states of any significant size are concerned. You have chosen to surround yourself with Californians, who with great consideration and forethought, reject your opinions and by majority, vote BLUE!
Welcome to California! We, of open liberal minds and hearts, welcome you!! ;-)
That must just eat you (with your receivership fringe ideas) up. Guys like Norte come on and tear you up, and you can't offer a decent link to substantiate your claims.
Lastly, your: "The current palpable issue is how this state will pay its bills" That's funny. Yes, that's what this thread is about, but you and Clown have hijacked it at every turn in each of your postings, simply claiming it can't be done and INSISTING on federal receivership.
So, with your last statement, is that an admission that receivership was a ridiculous idea and you are coming around to rationally discussing possible solutions?
That's great. Leave behind "puerile."
Most of us see the solution being a blend of more cuts and some increased revenues.
You may differ.
a resident of Midtown
on May 27, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Still waiting...name one single state convict who is in there, solely on simple possesion charges. Know what? You can't because they don't exist.
Oh well, fantasies exist among the true believers like you.
Nevertheless, California is more than broke. There will be no blend of cuts and tax increases to cover our current deficit. You simply do not have an answer to that one. Neither does Stephen Levy.
Wet dreams about letting non-violent prisioners out early, won't cut it, because it won't happen fast enough to cover our current deficit...even though I am for much reduced sentences.
You don't have an answer, Alfred, yet you persist in your fantasies...what gives?
a resident of another community
on May 27, 2011 at 7:37 pm
He gave you info on possession only numbers. "Hashish possession was the crime responsible for the least amount of inmates, 45." Prove otherwise. If you are so adamant, you must have some sort of link.
A simple google yields similar findings: "About 9,000 inmates in California prison are there on charges of "simple possession" of an illegal drug."
a resident of Midtown
on May 27, 2011 at 8:29 pm
al norte, Stephen, Peter, Alfred,
Just name one single case where a state pen con is in there solely on the basis of possesion, for personal use.
I am waiting.
a resident of another community
on May 28, 2011 at 10:32 am
We'll do the research and get you the name of one of these prisoners when you or clown give us the name of a state that has gone into, or is considering going into federal receivership - your point all along.
For the time being, any thinking person is satisfied the point is closed with data such as:
- "Hashish possession was the crime responsible for the least amount of inmates, 45."
- "About 9,000 inmates in California prison are there on charges of "simple possession" of an illegal drug."
As previously said, and you ignored: Prove otherwise. If you are so adamant, you must have some sort of link.
a resident of Meadow Park
on May 30, 2011 at 7:41 am
This is how it is done....
Web Link
Just stop spending other people's money.
Contrary to what Krugman lied to us about a few months ago, not only is Texas not broke, it keeps 6 Billion in the rainy day fund of their budget. Krugman, true to form, failed to mention the every 2 year budget process Texas has, vs. and looked at numbers in the "yearly" manner...which brought bogus conclusions.
Proof that a PhD or "Nobel Prize" means diddlysquat for the ability to think.
Nobody will starve on the streets, die from lack of access to life-saving health care or do without school.
So..California, when are you going to live within your means? Or are you going to keep driving away business/economy producers and attracting parasites?
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My sil has requested sweet corn bread for Christmas to go with the brisket. I make cornbread but it isn't sweet - any good recipes?
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My sil has requested sweet corn bread for Christmas to go with the brisket. I make cornbread but it isn't sweet - any good recipes?
The website allrecipes.com has a Golden Sweet Cornbread receipe. I have just added sugar to a regular mix,
How fast West. Used to live in Sundown Tax.
We just use Marie Calendar mix and throw in a little sugar! It's mighty tasty!
1 cup self rising flour
1 cup milk
1 egg
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cooking oil
Mix all together. Add ingredients to a cast iron skillet. Bake 425 for 15 to 20 minutes or until slightly brown on top. I've been using this recipe for over 40 years and my mom before me. It's not real sweet but more so than the boxes of cornbread.
I just use Jiffy cornbread mix. I tried recipe after recipe for years, and could never find one that was as good as Jiffy. My daughters just refer to it as "the family secret recipe."
I have used the Jiffy Mixes as well, but don't think they are as sweet as they used to be. Sometime ago we felt they had made a change perhaps to cut down on expenses, so now I add extra sugar to the mix and it seems to help, but seems to make the cornbread more crumbly though.
I use either the Jiffy Mix or the GFS mix, follow the directions, but replace 1/2 of the liquid with either honey or maple syrup and have had compliments on the flavor...
Honey Cornbread:
1 c. sifted flour : 3/4 c. cornmeal: 3 tsp baking powder:1/2 tsp salt: 1 egg, beaten:1/4 c. honey: 2tblsp butter or margarine, melted: 1 c. milk
Sift together cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt. Combine egg, honey, butter and milk into another bowl. Add to dry ingredients, stirring just enough to moisten. Pour batter into greased 8' pan. Bake 400 oven for 30 minutes or til test clean. Cool in pan on rack. Serve warm with honey and butter. Source: " Farm Journal's Complete Home Baking book"
1 c. packaged biscuit mix: 1 cup cornmeal: 1 tblsp baking powder: 2 eggs: 1 c. milk: 1/3 c. honey: 1/4 c butter or margarine melted. Mix dry ingredients. In small bowl, beat eggs til blended; then stir in milk, honey and butter ( the honey will come out of the measuring cup best if you put the melted butter in there first). Pour egg mixture into dry mixture and stir just until evenly moistened. Pour batter into 8" greased baking pan. bake 400 degree oven 30 minutes or until clean test. Let cool slightly, then cut into squares and serve warm.
Honey Butter: in small bowl beat together 1/2 c. butter and 1/4 c honey til creamy and well blended. mound into small crock and serve.
Source:"Sunset All-Time Favorite Recipes"
As you can see the recipes are basically the same. The Sunset recipe states it yields a fine crumb, non crumbly cornbread, which ought to be a bit sweeter and more cake like than the Farm Journals since it has more egg and more honey. Enjoy.
This is the recipe I always use.
1/4 cup melted butter
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup flour
2 eggs
4 tsp baking powder
1 cup corn meal
1 cup milk.
Mix butter,sugar,eggs,corn meal and let set about 5 min.
Add remaining ingredients,mix and pour into a 8x8 greased pan and bake 350° for 45 min.


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Voters headed to the polls to select governors in New Jersey and Virginia yesterday. Hundreds of cities and towns across the country also chose new lawmakers and mayors. Americans also weighed in on a variety of important local issues, including food safety and conservation. But voter turnout was light, even in the states with larger elections at stake.
The Race for Governor
Chris Christie was reelected as the governor of New Jersey, scoring a landslide victory over his opponent, Democratic state senator Barbara Buono. Christie became the first Republican candidate to earn more than 50% of New Jersey's vote in 25 years. "I did not seek a second term to do small things," he said. "I sought a second term to finish the job. Now watch me do it."
In Virginia, Democrat Terry McAuliffe won the governor's job, in a tight race against Republican Ken Cuccinelli. McAuliffe led Cuccinelli 47.1% to 46.3%, and was declared the winner at around 10 PM. This is the first time since 1973 that Virginians have elected a governor from the same party as the president. "It's a great win, we're happy," McAuliffe said. "Now we've got a lot of work to do."
In Other Races . . .
Some big cities will see major changes come January. Bill DeBlasio will be the mayor of New York City. He pulled off a landslide win against Republican Joe Lhota. After serving as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, for 20 years, Tom Menino is retiring. Martin Walsh won the job in a tough race against John Connolly.
A former prosecuter and hospital administrator, Mike Duggan, will head Detroit, Michigan. The city filed for bankruptcy in July, 2013. Duggan has a hard road ahead as he hopes to help fix the city's major economic problems. "Thank you, Detroit," Duggan said during a victory celebration. "We ran a campaign against an opponent who gave us a very strong race," he said. "Now the real work begins."


text: Re: Brown Sugar LED headlight conversion 6-28-11 Gee, you would think with a long weekend I would have gotten more done on the bike, but first I went and picked up the raffle prize I won at the Tour De Fat.http://www.ratrodbikes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=42259&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=15 Then my oldest daughter stopped by to get her brakes & AC fixed on her car, then the shower faucet started leaking and on the way to Lowes, the brakes on the old lady's car started grinding so I wound up replacing them too! Even though I grouse about it, thank God that I have the ability and equipment to fix all of this stuff. Did manage with the help of my lovely wife to knock the loose rust off of some parts and spray them with rust reformer Hey look it's a ratrod clothesline! This is my final decision on the woodgrain... I am still trying to stick to my original plans :wink: and here's something else thrown in for good measure.


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A doctor in a clinic, usually in a wal mart or other store like target, that has basically no medical knowledge, and only exists as a means to get perscriptions when you don't have a real doctor. You usually dont go to said doctor for a diagnosis, as they are to dumb to give one.
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Discussion in 'BUILD OFF 6 BIKES' started by bean, Apr 30, 2011.
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler
Better be able to back it up...
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler
Oh yeah! Make my day!!!
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler
Right turn, Clyde...
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Time for some real pics.
I'm using a Repco branded department store frame. I've picked up a few of these when they come on special........It's about the cheapest way to get a cantilever frame here in Australia.
I've been wanting to do a bare metal build for a while, so this will be it. The plan is for a low, fat tired, tough looking bike with not much extra stuff hanging off it. I'm sure it will find it's own direction once I start putting the parts together.
The frame
Some of the parts to go on it
New Velosteel coaster hub
NOS Sachs front hub
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler
For a retrobike that's a pretty nice frame you've got... Looks like a custom stretch job right behind the steeringtube.
Good luck and have some fun!
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler
This will be good!
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler
Got the front laced up and tire fitted..........rear is nearly done. I used a pair of SunRims Rhyno Lite rims. Pretty happy with the look.
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (did some work!!)
Keep it coming!
Dr. T
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (did some work!!)
Rear done. "Borrowed" the valve caps from the RRBBO5 bike.
It was a holiday (Labour Day) in the state I live in, so I took advantage of the day off to get some bike work done.
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler
Yeah, we're pretty happy with the look also! Have fun!
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (did some more work)
I always planned to use two stems on this bike - one on each of the fork legs with split bars. I had previously fitted the fork to another bike, and had cut down the fork legs, and when I fitted them to this frame, I found that the fork legs didn't have enough length protruding through the top plate to be able to clamp a stem to. I could have fittted the stems under the top plate, but it's not the look I'm after.
Mmmm...........look at it for 30 minutes..........look in the parts bin...........look at the bike again........start to think I'm gonna have to buy a new fork for the longer legs (don't want to weld on extensions, as it will ruin the chrome), then :idea: :idea: :idea: ......where did I put that quill adaptor???
Found it!!
Perfect . Just have to pick up another one, find two stems the same and trim the fork legs
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (problem and solution)
That is an awesome idea!! cant wait to see it finished!
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (problem and solution)
How good are quill adapters? :mrgreen:
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (problem and solution)
Cool idea, I have very little experience with threadless setups. But, if you're running the stems in the forks, how will you secure the steer tube? Doesn't the stem typically 'pull it all together'?
Dr. T
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (did some more work)
Two stem? Hmmm...
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (problem and solution)
I'd think that a seat post clamp would work as well as a stem for that function...
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (problem and solution)
Dr. T, I'm still going to use a star nut in the steer tube. I'll just use a narrow spacer instead of the stem, and pull it all together. The top plate is also secured to the steer tube by a clamp type setup.
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (did some more work)
I've always liked the two stem/split bar idea after seeing it a few years ago. European builders have been using this stem system for years. Have seen it on a number of Basman and scratch built bikes using triple trees. I've even seen pics of custom motorcycles using MTB stems and split bars.
A pic of a bike on this site from a couple of years ago
Re: Bareknuckle Brawler (did some more work)
I'll still call dibs on the idea. haha :lol:
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By Naomi Dillon
Soaring foreclosure rates and consumer debt, coupled with recent surveys and reports, illustrate an astounding lack of financial knowledge among young and old alike.
We can learn a lot from our nation's recent financial meltdown, but whether you blame it on the industry or the individual, there's no denying we clearly need to go back to basics. That includes what we teach our children about money.
In the past 10 years, financial literacy among high school students has fallen. In its latest survey, the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy found high school students' money management skills have dropped from an average score of 57.3 in 1997, when the nonprofit first began tracking this ability, to 48.3 in 2008, the most recent data available.
Though the country's economic woes have added urgency to teaching students financial ABCs, it's by no means a new effort, says Laura Levine, executive director of Jump$tart, a partnership of corporate, government, and education organizations.
"It's really in the last decade where we've seen a real big push for financial education, with a lot of entities working together, helping to raise awareness of the need for financial education," she says.
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To be immobilized by rope.
After the men had Stacy tied-up barefoot and topless, they enjoyed watching her squirm helplessly in the chair, her pendulous breasts bouncing wildly and her bright red toes digging into the carpet.
by Barefeet January 18, 2008
adj. Used to described a disheveled appearance, as in facial hair, clothing, etc. Syn. woofing derived from what a hostage looks like because they have been tied up for so long...
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WH wants transfer authority on appropriations?
posted at 10:55 am on December 3, 2010 by Ed Morrissey
Congress passed another continuing resolution yesterday that will keep the government in operation for another two weeks, allowing the White House to keep negotiating for a budget plan while Democrats remain in charge in the House. That, however, is really a secondary story. Politico reports on a quiet development that could throw a wrench into the works even with Democrats in charge — and which would, if implemented, severely distort the checks and balances on power in Washington (emphasis mine):
A two-week stopgap spending bill cleared Congress Thursday night, averting a threatened shutdown Friday and buying time for the White House to try to salvage some year-end agreement after the collapse of the budget process.
The action came as the administration sent to the Capitol more than 50 funding adjustments it wants considered as part of what would be a stripped-down appropriations package for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year ending Sept. 30.
Many agencies would be left frozen at their current spending levels, but the documents indicate the White House is seeking more than $11.4 billion in new spending above 2010, chiefly for foreign aid and defense accounts as well as education initiatives and housing assistance for low-income tenants. The administration also wants to a remarkably open-ended authority to transfer funds between accounts — a power that is sure to be resisted by the Appropriations Committee leadership.
This is what's known as "burying the lead" in journalism. A Republican House will have the "power of the purse" to put an end to executive branch overreach — for instance, the efforts at the EPA to create carbon caps outside of Congressional authorization, the FCC's attempts to regulate the Internet, and so on. That power is a key part of the checks and balances in federal government, forcing agencies to account for themselves and their behavior to Congress, and putting limits on executive authority to issue orders for regulation without Congressional approval.
Politico doesn't discuss the breadth of the "remarkably open-ended authority" Barack Obama wants to transfer funds between accounts, but I doubt that the White House interest in winning that power at this precise moment in time is coincidental. They know that Republicans plan on using the power of the purse to keep the Obama administration from abusing its power and making end-runs around the legislature. It all but demands a blank check from Congress as a budget plan and ends their ability to direct funding as it sees fit. It's a carte blanche for runaway executive power.
Senate Republicans must pledge to filibuster any budget with that kind of authority built into it. In fact, every member of Congress should protest this demand to surrender the Constitutional prerogative of budgeting and the check on power it represents. Otherwise, they will consign the people's branch to a mere rubber stamp for executive whims.
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