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Propane could answer fuel needs, but enviros skeptical
Amy Gillentine
October 4,2012
Supporters of propane believe it is the answer to the country's jobs, energy and clean-air problems — but environmentalists are no longer buying into those claims.
The Natural Propane Gas Association says that the industry is a jobs engine, cuts greenhouse gases by 20 percent and reduces reliance on foreign countries for fuel supplies. Environmentalists say that propane isn't clean enough, and hydraulic fracturing is leading to polluted air and water.
In Colorado, the debate is raging as the state sues the city of Longmont for what it considers drilling regulations that over-reach the city's authority. Closer to home, the Colorado Springs City Council is considering its own set of drilling regulations, because shale technology advances have led to interest from energy companies for the first time.
Jobs are hanging in the balance — according to the propane association, which met in Colorado Springs last weekend, the propane industry already accounts for 1,100 jobs in the state and adds $1.2 million to the economy. That number can grow as the industry opens new markets for its products, said Rick Roldan, president of the NPGA.
Propane comes from natural gas, and is developed from "wet gas" sources, but is more easily concentrated and held under pressure, making it a sensible alternative for vehicles, Roldan said.
The trick is reaching new markets, because currently there's an over-supply of propane, even though the nation is exporting about 1 billion gallons a year. In fact, supply has driven down costs so much that some fuel companies are pulling back. But that would be a mistake, Roldan said.
"It's a great employment generator," he said. "If you look, the energy sector is the reason that manufacturing led the country out of the Great Recession. There's no reason to stop drilling now — it's too important to find alternatives to oil."
It wasn't always as difficult to break into the automobile market. In the 1970s, the propane industry took off, fueled by the energy crisis orchestrated by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Roldan said that the industry took a dive when oil returned to $30 a barrel, but those days aren't likely to return.
"Gasoline probably will never reach the lows of the '80s and '90s again," he said. "So this is a very viable alternative. There's more propane than is being used — supply is outstripping demand. So we want to look at vehicles, more than energy generation."
It's also cheaper to install a propane pumping station for fleets. It costs about $250,000 to $1 million for a natural gas station — but only $20,000 to $60,000 for a propane station. Cars using propane can travel as far on a gallon as traditional gasoline vehicles, he said. But, Roldan adds, propane is both cheaper and cleaner than traditional fuel sources.
That's because there's not much difference in the mileage standards for gas and propane. The typical driver would barely notice the difference.
The Sierra Club once believed that natural gas and propane were viable alternatives to oil, said Becky English, who is a member for the Rocky Mountain Sierra Club and one of its energy experts.
"As recently as 2010 and 2011, the Sierra Club considered natural gas a 'bridge fuel' between old, dirty fossil fuels and clean, renewable," she said. "However, the industry is running amok, taking rapacious license with our groundwater, our air and surface waters. The regulatory mechanisms are inadequate to control abuses to those environmental assets."
The Sierra Club has launched the "Beyond Natural Gas" campaign — modeled after the very successful "Beyond Coal" campaign that shut down hundreds of coal-fired power plants — to highlight the environmental dangers of propane
"Like oil, these are fossil fuels whose emissions accumulate in the atmosphere and cause the climate-change dynamics that lead to global warming," she said. "Therefore, it's important to move beyond natural gas to other, clean renewable energy technology for fueling vehicles and our electric supply."
For his part, Roldan says that the environmentalists are criticizing the "good in favor of the perfect," something that doesn't exist.
"We definitely believe in an energy strategy that includes every option we currently have," he said. "But look at the Kyoto protocols. Setting those emissions reductions got a lot of attention. But every one of them could be met by switching to cars with propane tanks. If that's allowed to happen, we'll make real progress."
Environmentalists have gotten a lot of things wrong about propane, he said. And low-budget documentaries about water pollution should have been met with a stronger outcry from the industry.
"Some water always contains natural gas," he said. "But some of the problems came from wells drilled a century ago and not capped well. Today's regulations will prevent that, but it drives me crazy that so few people are standing up and saying so."
And propane has another advantage over both gasoline and electric powered cars, he said. Most of the production is in North America. So it reduces dependence on foreign governments. The lithium ion batteries in electric cars come mostly from China.
"So if you switch to those, we've simply moved the problem," Roldan said. "That's not a national security solution."
Still, he acknowledges that his industry has to do a better job talking about what it can do in order to win environmentalists over — and to increase its share of the market.
"We haven't done a very good job of that in the past," he said. "We have a great story to tell — and we need to make sure people know it."
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I have approx 400 feet of Privy hedge that is 12-14 foot tall. Do bees work this plant in the spring for pollen ? I hope so.
I have approx 400 feet of Privy hedge that is 12-14 foot tall. Do bees work this plant in the spring for pollen ? I hope so.
Oh Yeah. I'ts outstanding for nectar and makes light honey..
That certainly is great news, There's enough of this stuff to keep the girls busy all spring !
As nicely as I can, isn't it Privet, not privy. Yes, I know what you meant. I just didn't know if other would try to google privy hedge and get a picture of a hedge around an outhouse or what. If I am totally wrong about this I would like to know.
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Bees really go after the privet here, you can hear the buzz from ten or twenty feet away. It makes a good late spring buildup bloom for the bees.
If it is Viburnum you are lucky.
There's a strain up in the northeast that I've read isn't really good for honey. What we have down here I think is "chinese" privet and it makes good honey.
Out here we have a California Privet that the bees love, but our common landscape privet is a Texas privet & the bees don't work it.
The tall privet hedges in East Texas are a very reliable nectar producer blooming for a few weeks in late April. They also work well as a "privy hedge" if the need arises.
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SBA members act as the official student representatives and advocate for student interests on many different issues. The SBA is responsible for appointing student representatives to the various law school and university committees. These include the curriculum, student-faculty relations, academic rules and university budget committees. The SBA also appoints a representative to the university senate and the executive board of the School of Law Alumni Association.
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Many of today's automation components including motor controllers are now available with their own protective enclosures. Given this trend, many OEMs and manufacturers are adding cable receptacles to such enclosures to allow installers to connect to them with factory-molded connectors during field installations of distributed hardware. By connecting enclosures in a way, you can simplify installation


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Pulaski Tech's annual Spring Fling on the main campus will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Thursday, April 5 on the Campus Center promenade.
This event, sponsored by Pleasant Valley Church of Christ, includes a deejay, Cyclone ride, a clown, tattoos, cash cube, wax hands, cotton candy, popcorn and hot dogs.
All students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend. Spring Fling at Little Rock-South will be on April 12.
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STAMFORD, Conn. -- WWE and Vivendi Entertainment announced that Walmart will be the exclusive retailer for WWE Studios' films. Vivendi Entertainment will continue to be WWE's North American retail and rental distribution partner.
Under this arrangement, Walmart, Sam's Club and Walmart.com will have the exclusive right to sell DVD and Blu-ray versions of the films for the first 90 days of release. The Chaperone starring WWE Superstar Paul "Triple H" Levesque, Ariel Winter ("Modern Family") and Kevin Corrigan (American Gangster), which was just released, is the first film of the deal.
"WWE is thrilled to further its relationships with Vivendi and Walmart with this exclusive deal," said Jim Connelly, SVP consumer products WWE. "With the combination of Walmart's retail strength, Vivendi's distribution rights, and WWE Studios' family-friendly movies, consumers and families across America will have greater access to quality at-home entertainment."
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CRESCO, Iowa -- Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is organizing two Dealing with Drought 2012 meetings on Thursday, Aug. 2. The sessions will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Heritage Events Center in Cresco, and at 1:30 p.m. at the Cedar River Complex Auditorium in Osage. There is no charge to attend either meeting, but the public is encouraged to RSVP by July 31.
The following extension specialists and topics will be featured at both locations: Terry Basol, crops and pest management issues; Russ Euken, livestock management drought related issues; Jennifer Bentley, managing drought corn silage and nitrate toxicity; William Edwards and Kristen Schulte, crop insurance and questions and answers.
These meetings are being sponsored by C US Bank of Cresco, Ridgeway, Lime Springs, Osage and Charles City. To attend, please RSVP by calling C US Bank at 800-397-9964 by July 31.
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Hackensack will again be the home of the National Chainsaw Carving Event on Sept. 27-29.
The three-day event features 10 chainsaw carvers who will turn simple logs into works of art. The crowd can enjoy the progress as the carvers use their artistic insight and creativity to make sculptures from the logs.
The event includes the All-American Lumberjack Show, and there will be a special school show on Friday, Sept. 28. Other shows will take place Friday, three times on Saturday and once on Sunday. Interspersed between shows will be a variety of kids and family games.
As part of the event, there will be food vendors and numerous booths featuring the work of several Minnesota artisans.
Carvers are coming from Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa. Logs of white pine 16 to 20 inches in diameter are being sought. If you have some you are willing to donate, contact Duane at 218-675-6580.
The event will conclude with an auction of the carved pieces, starting at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29.
This is the original event, held in the Hackensack City Park. The event is sponsored by the Hackensack American Legion Family, the Hackensack Lions, the Hackensack Chamber of Commerce and the city of Hackensack.
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Dropping its ambulance services and joining forces with the Ukiah Valley Fire District may actually end up costing the City of Ukiah a bit more at the end of this budget year, City Manager Jane Chambers told the Ukiah City Council Wednesday.
"We estimate spending $24,000 more than we anticipated," Chambers said, explaining that since the Ukiah Fire Department will stop responding to incidents with staff on ambulances as of March 1, the city will no longer receive the revenue that service generated.
"That will be a loss of revenue of about $187,245," she said, cautioning that the numbers she was presenting as "the net impact of the number of changes we made" merging services between the UFD and the UVFD were "estimates" only.
Though there is an expected loss of revenue, Chambers said the city expected to receive $340,000 from the state of California for three years' worth of ambulance reimbursements.
"We do think they owe us that amount," she said.
"The reimbursements will disappear, and the revenues will disappear, but which expenditures will disappear?" asked Vice-Mayor Phil Baldwin.
Because of injuries, overtime costs and paying for some part-time staff, Chambers said "net expenditures increased by $128,000," and for Fiscal Year 2012/13, "we estimate $24,000 more than we anticipated.
"We basically evened out," she continued. "We basically have been able to absorb the revenue loss from the ambulance revenue. Going forward, we won't have the ambulance revenue, but we will have fewer personnel."
Overall, Chambers described the estimates as "kind of a good news story as well, with a big caveat being whether we get a check from the state."
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Don't miss a concert with the THE HOLLANDS! on Sunday, April 14 at 2:00pm. They are a full-time internationally touring family based in the US via Australia with a knack for engaging audiences and rousing a sing-a long. They are 21st century nomadic travelers and frolic in the organic folk revival scene. Free and open to the public with free cookies, too!


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Darkness falls.... Despair abounds.... Evil reigns….
Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesméra, land of the elves, for further training in magic and swordsmanship, the vital skills of the Dragon Rider. It is the journey of a lifetime, filled with awe-inspiring new places and people, each day a fresh adventure. But chaos and betrayal plague him at every turn, and Eragon isn't sure whom he can trust.
Meanwhile, his cousin Roran must fight a new battle back home in Carvahall - one that puts Eragon in even graver danger.
Will the king's dark hand strangle all resistance? Eragon may not escape with even his life....
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"Poor narrating"
The narrator. The story is brilliant!
Saphira, but the Narrator killed her voice. It is supposed to be nice and pleasant sounding voice yet he gives her a gravely throat cancer voice which made me cringe every time she had a vocal line.
"Worth a listen"
Not the most sophisticated of its genre but worth a go
Not to sure about the narration - some strange use of uk dialects and for some reason the Dragons all sound like Daleks from Dr Who...
always wanted to read this book but could never get my hands on it so happy it was made audio and it was just as good as i expected
"amazing, so exciting I couldn't stop listening."
without any spoilers, it has a very good ending and I'm about to listen to part 3.
"Best book ever!!!!"
This is the best book in the world and the guy who reads it is really good!!!
Very good book real like it as book 2of the set see what the next book like
"Loved it"
Loved every minute, will definitely listen to again and again. Would recommend it to everyone
"Good story"
I enjoyed the first book (Eragon) and wasn't disappointed by this continuation of the story. The narration is good.
"Great book and narration"
I find the narration engaging and the story line is gripping enough to keep me entertained!
"As good as the first"
As good as the first book, but I found myself more interested in Eragon's cousin Roran, than Eragon himself.
Story – 4/5
Christopher Paolini has expanded nicely on the first story by having two separate story arc's, Eragon and his cousin Roran. Personally, I thought Roran's arc was more enjoyable. Eragon's part, up until the final battle at the end was a tad boring in my opinion, but was probably necessary in order to develop his character ready for the remaining 2 novels
I can't help but think CP was a bit over indulgent in his fascination with the way the Elves live, utilising a lot of historical writings on Elven mythology, and adding some of his own elements to give the reader a very detailed view of their way of life. I am sure a lot of readers would find this part more enjoyable than I did though.
Once again, the whole book lifted in quality towards the end, where there was yet again another well written battle, even larger and more exciting that the one in the first novel.
Performance – 4/5
As with the first novel, Gerrard Doyle did a great job; each character's voice was distinctive, and the tone of the story was portrayed very well.
He suits this type of story nicely, but I can not see him narrating a gritty, more adult novel like Game of Thrones very well at all, so if I find him narrating a novel I am considering, I will be careful about the type of story it is before purchasing.
Overall – 4/5
"Not my favourite, but still enjoyable"
It's a long book so being able to listen to it in the car in installments made it more manageable.
The setting - elves, dwarves, dragons....
I couldn't stand the voice he used for Saphira the dragon. She is a "she" but he gave her a horrible deep growly voice. Not good.
No, it's too long.
The level of detail and description is huge. I confess I got a little bored at times and wanted the story to move on. Maybe I should have chosen an abridged version.
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In the seemingly ordinary Amish home of Grace Byler, secrets abound. Why does her mother weep in the night? Why does her father refuse to admit something is dreadfully wrong? Then, in one startling moment, everything Grace assumed she knew is shattered. Her mother's disappearance leaves Grace reeling and unable to keep her betrothal promise to her long-time beau. Left to pick up the pieces of her life, Grace questions all she has been taught about love, family, and commitment. Heather Nelson is an English grad student, stunned by a doctor's diagnosis. Surely fate would not allow her father to lose his only daughter after the death of his wife a few years before. In denial and telling no one she is terminally ill, Heather travels to Lancaster County--the last place she and her mother had visited together. Will Heather find healing for body and spirit? As the lives of four wounded souls begin to weave together like an Amish patchwork quilt, they each discover missing pieces of their life puzzles--and glimpse the merciful and loving hand of God.
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Regardless... I reject the notion that I've ever been anti-Eli. As I said, I was down on him for his poor 2010 and with the exception for a game here or there (like the Buffalo game 2007) I've been a big Eli supporter. </p>[/quote]
You've always been a "Giants" supporter...you'll support anyone on the team (and that's a good thing) but there are a few (very few) of us that have "truly" always had faith in Eli the player, now some people are jumping on the bandwagon and some people take to far (in fact it's probably most right now) but as far as the "support" you had for Eli...I don't know, I just remember having to defend him against you many many times, I don't know if you consider me a cultist (you've said it to me before but I don't think you really believe it) I think you know I understand it takes the whole team....but I mean if i remember having to defend Eli against you many times over the years and now you are calling yourself a big "eli" supporter it doesn't sit right....you've supported him simply because he was the NYG QB, not because he was Eli Manning....which is fine....but it's not being an Eli supporter.


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Last Christmas, my best friend's spouse bought her a pair of furry, leopard panties -- size XXL. He's never lived it down. But even that unfortunate purchase is eclipsed by a gift one of my clients received from her mate: a pair of nose-hair clippers, sent, with love, from "The Nose Hair Fairy." For many couples, gift-giving is a minefield of potential conflict.


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This thread will be for all Rays fans and visitors to post updates and comments on any signings done to improve this team. Two signings this week were the re-signing of SP Jae Seo to a deal for $900K, and a late re-signing last night of DH-1B Greg Norton. Seo was 1-8 for the Rays after being traded here from LA but was a bit of a hard luck pitcher in terms of run support. He gave the Rays a chance to win in most games, and like a lot of our SPs, the bullpen would give it away. If the bullpen gets some upgrades, half those L's could turn into W's. Norton was a steady vet who put up decent numbers as his playing time increased. He even ended up being the AL Player of the Week for the last week of the regular season. He is a good utility guy who has some nice pop in his bat and a steady veteran presence in a clubhouse of a lot of young guys.
Not earthshattering signings but the kind the Rays have to make and can afford. Next we need to re-sign Wigginton before he hits the open market.


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Utsunomiya some will recall was the genius behind the sound of After Dinner. Here, working with singer and accordionist JON, he has produced a CD that is more or less indescribable. It is a work of pure sound (and comes with a long and thoughtful essay about sound, place and performance. Do not expect 'weird' sounds and conventional complexity, nor electronics.. this is superficially baffling but essentially and existentially a genuine innovation. You can't listen to it for 'the music', it is a complete event, and there are listening recommendations which it pays to follow. Japanese release. limited quantity.
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Andy Murray warned that the rest of the season might be tough and his point was underlined yesterday when the draw was made for this week's Japan Open in Tokyo.
Murray's first match since his US Open triumph will be against Gail Monfils, who has the game to trouble any of the best players in the world.
Murray has long regarded Monfils as one of the sport's outstanding athletes, though the world No45's career has been dogged by injury. The 26-year-old Frenchman, who was world No7 only 14 months ago, has just returned after four months out with a knee problem. Murray has won three of their five meetings, but Monfils won the most recent, at the 2010 Paris Masters.
Albert Ramos or Lukas Lacko will face Murray or Monfils in the second round. Thereafter Murray is seeded to meet Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarter-finals, Milos Raonic in the semifinals and Tomas Berdych in the final. Murray beat both Raonic and Berdych en route to his first Grand Slam title in New York.
The world No1 ranking is a target for Murray in the coming months, but over the next fortnight the Scot can only lose points because he chose not to play last week in Bangkok, which was the first of three tournaments in succession which he won last year. He will be defending the titles both in Tokyo and at the Shanghai Masters, which begins in eight days.
While Roger Federer, the world No2, is not due to play again before Shanghai, Novak Djokovic, the world No1, is playing at this week's China Open in Beijing, where the field is even stronger than in Tokyo. David Ferrer and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are the second and third seeds respectively.
Laura Robson, already at a career-high No57 in the world rankings after her run to the final in Guangzhou two weeks ago, will have a chance to make further progress after qualifying for the main draw for the China Open yesterday by beating the experienced Swede Johanna Larsson 4-6, 6-2,6-1.
Robson, aged 18, will now play the 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm, the oldest player competing regularly on the women's tour. Heather Watson, the British No2 behind Robson, was beaten 7-5, 2-6, 3-6 by Italy's Camila Giorgi in the final round of qualifying for Beijing.
World rankings
1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
2 Roger Federer (Switzerland)
3 Rafael Nadal (Spain)
4 Andy Murray (Great Britain)
5 David Ferrer (Spain).
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Soon you'll pay to park in downtown Manitou Springs
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Shopping and dining in Manitou Springs is about to get pricier. The city will soon be charging you to park downtown and along parts of Ruxton avenue.
Right now, drivers can stay for up to three hours for free. But starting on Monday, May 13, a new pay-to-park system will be in place.
Drivers will be charged by the hour and must pay in advance at a kiosk. Users will be able to stay for several hours and will be able to pay online to extend their stay.
The fees start at $1 per hour and will go up depending on how long you stay. The daily maximum is $28 or 12 hours.
Longtime Manitou Springs business owner Fred Darpino says parking is the biggest drawback of the area. He said he already loses business because people can't find spots to park and worries he won't get as many new customers with the new pay system.
"The turn around is the most important thing. People come to town and it's fine to run around but for businesses you want them to spend a little money. If they are parked for six hours and walk around it is not helping business community," said Darpino.
The city will give drivers a couple weeks to get used to the new system before they start handing out tickets.
The city is working to come up with residential parking permits for neighborhoods on Ruxton Avenue and the adjacent streets.


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As part of its strategy towards external growth internationally, top U.S. telecom AT&T is considering the purchase of British or Dutch telecom operators.
The Wall Street Journal reported the news, citing sources close to the group that AT&T is currently studying possible acquisitions targets, and that a transaction could take place by the end of the year. AT&T is considering an acquisition in Europe, possibly with Royal KPN NV, the biggest telecom company in the Netherlands and Everything Everywhere, one of the biggest wireless carriers in the U.K., with the goal of compensating for weak growth domestically.
The possibility of undertaking a purchase of this magnitude comes nearly after two years after U.S. authorities foiled the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile USA, thus slowing growth options of the telecom company in its home market.
However, WSJ notes that a transaction of this nature involves substantial risks and opportunities that would only make significant spending cuts, since there would be no overlap between networks, not to mention the increased competition in the sector. Let's also not forget about the myriad of regulators in Europe that would have to approve the deals.
"AT&T's top executives are debating whether a move abroad would make sense, but some believe a unique opening now exists to buy a carrier in a major European market such as the U.K., Germany or the Netherlands," WSJ reported.
Too much local competition
Japan's worked out its own entry into the US market, thanks to Softbank's merger with Sprint. The deal is likely to bring in more capital for Sprint, making it a more aggressive competitor for AT&T.
Sprint's executives have already outlined spending options for its fresh capital, introducing new pricing schemes in order to disrupt the current American markets now ruled by AT&T and Verizon.
Telecoms seek global expansion
Companies deploy various strategies when it comes to penetrating international markets and expanding on a global scale. AT&T has an ownership stake in America Movil, which last year entered the European market through the purchase of Telekom Austria and KPN in the Netherlands. In this scenario, we can't rule out that the Mexican company could very well function as an ideal partner for an expanding AT&T.
AT&T generated more than $11 billion in profit in its domestic market, but as most Americans now already have smartphones, further expansion on its home turf is diminishing.
The European market has more than a 100 carriers with seven national telecom regulators. This will provide an opportunity for AT&T with more room for potential growth.
Economy of scale
The fragmented European telecommunications market is dominated by national players mostly operating local networks, offering economies of scale after consolidation. Large telecommunications companies such as AT&T could benefit from buying European rivals and creating economies of scale, a strategy similar to the international expansion of the British operator Vodafone.
European carriers are still heavily dependent on voice calls and text messages, while AT&T and others US carriers have shifted aggressively to new plans, mainly data plans based on subscribers data use. In addition, European carriers are yet to roll out advanced 4G wireless networks (except for Everything Everywhere), and are much more responsive to lucrative pricing schemes not found in the US.
Whatever the method chosen by AT&T to expand beyond the borders, it will provide the telecom operator an early advantage to roll out aggressive 4G plan and introducing new technologies to European market. AT&T believes that there is an ample chance to get a head start on shifting customers into lucrative data-based pricing plans that are common in the US.
Mergers and acquisitions are also among the favorite growth drivers, and may be the best option to maintain control of international operations, while focusing on the best local expertise.


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Town Square
Is California high-speed rail the future or a slow-motion train wreck?
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on May 21, 2010
It is a rare week when someone could possibly do or attend everything being offered -- or even keep up with writing about the events so people know they're happening and can decide whether to attend, not attend or simply sigh regretfully.
This was the week of high-speed rail, with two public-invited city meetings (Tuesday and Thursday) on the "alternatives analysis" on the controversial project. In between, on Wednesday night, the city's Planning and Transportation Commission discussed the seemingly endless issue of what the rail plan would do to local communities.
On top of that comes a press announcement that the California High Speed Rail Authority, beleaguered by protesting residents and Midpeninsula cities, is seeking another $16.6 million in federal funds for what has been estimated as a $43 billion project.
And on top of that came a visit to Palo Alto by Caltrain spokesman Mark Simon to let city officials know Caltrain wants a chunk of an earlier federal commitment of more than $16 billion.
The bigger significance of Simon's visit is that, for the first time, it seems that Caltrain is standing up for its own interests and future plans rather than hoping for a ride-along with the high-speed rail project. Up to now Caltrain has been remarkably quiet about its own future needs, which include a vision of electrifying Caltrain's aging fleet of trains <0x2014> meaning they will be new trains, or at least new engines.
Simon said the "partnership" with the California High Speed Rail Authority still remains intact, even though he expects the authority to oppose Caltrain's suggested amendments to a law that designates the federal funds for high-speed rail.
There's a "backstory" here, I'm sure, to use a journalistic term, and I'm sure Simon, a longtime journalist and former Chronicle columnist, knows it.
Some readers have complained that they are tired of reading high-speed rail stories. They do seem to go on and on, sort of like rail tracks disappearing into the distance in a classic case of perspective, worthy of a first-grade art exercise.
Well, some of us journalists may be tired of chasing this story down the tracks to see if high-speed rail becomes a reality or whether this whole thing is a slow-motion train wreck.
But if it does happen, the impacts could be so severe on the communities if the wrong alternatives are chosen that the continuing "story" simply can't be ignored.
And there is a question: Will the seemingly minor split between Caltrain and the rail authority become a true divergence, further complicating what is currently deemed the nation's largest transportation project?
Of course, if the authority selects a deep-tunnel alternative, much of the Midpeninsula cities' and residents' opposition will fade away. But costs could be prohibitive.
Yet a shallow cut-and-cover trench could be much more expensive considering the need to relocate water mains, underground telephone and electrical lines and storm drains -- some of which may be so old that officials may be only vaguely aware of where they are. And it would be severely disruptive of homes and neighborhoods during years of construction.
In addition, there is concern about interfering with underground aquifers, sort of slow underground rivers.
And, as Palo Alto arborist Dave Dockter has warned, a cut-and-cover trench could well doom Palo Alto's "living landmark" and namesake, the El Palo Alto redwood tree, estimated at perhaps 2,000 years old. Dockter said an examination of the tree's root structure is a good example of the old tree's tenacity in terms of surviving. It's had a tough life. First, its Siamese twin fell over into the San Francisquito Creek many decades ago. Then the city walled the creek bank in concrete, curtailing root growth.
And there were the trains, initially spewing out coal or oil exhaust that coated the redwood needles, choking the tree from air and water (absorbed by the needles, unlike other evergreens). By the 1960s, the city had begun a major life-saving effort, as the tree had begun to truly resemble what now would be called a cell-phone tower.
Each year starting in the 1960s, the city would back up its then-new snorkel fire truck and use its hydraulic basket arm to lift a McClenahan's Tree Service climber into the lower branches. The climber would climb to the top as part of an annual "physical exam."
One year the climber found an infestation of airborne termites near the top, and had to operate.
The city installed a pipe up the tree with misting nozzles near the top in what George Hood, then the city arborist, called a "fool the redwood" plan -- to make it think it was in the coastal fog belt with its brethren in the Coast Redwood clan.
As a young reporter for the erstwhile Palo Alto Times, covering the annual physical became my annual assignment.
But Dockter says the tree is almost more interesting below ground than above. It has a unique root structure compared to the usual shallow-rooted redwoods. On the creek side, its roots hit the old concrete wall and then go straight down, reaching for the water table and the creek.
But on the west side, hemmed in the by the existing tracks, the roots have actually gone under the tracks and are reaching toward El Camino Real, Dockter explains.
That means a shallow trench would have to sever those roots, possibly killing the tree.
As I once suggested in an earlier column, the old tree does sort of resemble a cell-phone "tree tower." Perhaps, with some spray paint and false needles, it may have a new existence beaming Internet and cell-phone signals to passing high-speed trains.
Or is that not funny?
a resident of Menlo Park
on May 21, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I'll keep this simple. We can be sure that this, if it proceeds and is funded, will be a one hundred billion dollar project, if not more. (That's $100,000,000,000.) There has never been a mega-super-infrastructure project of such cost. EVER. If that isn't worth writing about, what is? People are getting bored? We are living in a culture of attention deficit disorder, a socio-pathology.
This project is staggeringly complex with elaborate financial issues, political issues, geographic and demographic issues, not to mention technical, design, transportation and urban issues. And that's only a start. There are unsavory agendas involved. There is a history of devious dealings and back-room politics. There is enormous opportunity for greed, corruption, waste, fraud and abuse. It's professional political football.
Only an idiot would find this boring. It is possible that the State of California could be on the hook FOREVER to repay all the loans and their costs. This project could be built by foreign companies with funds loaned by foreign nations and California would be eternally in debt to them. It's an issue for the US State Department. Boring? There's already enough information that the FBI should do some investigating. Boring? This could be the biggest mistake -- bigger than the famous Teapot Dome Scandal -- in the history of the US.
Still bored?
a resident of Southgate
on May 22, 2010 at 3:08 am
HSR management and spin doctors are doing everything they can to convince you HSR is a sure thing.
Don't you believe it.
HSR received 52% of the vote, hardly a mandate. And that mini majority was achieved with projections that are proving bogus in so many critical areas... among them the business plan, ridership forecasts, low-ball ticket prices, and financing requirements that will never be met.
HSR is now counting on pulling a second rabbit out of a hat, or more accurately, again pulling the wool over the collective eyes of California voters and legislators with a demand for another $16 billion PLUS a sweeping pass on all their prior claims which -- surprise, surprise -- are not close to coming true.
Good luck with that.
a resident of Midtown
on May 22, 2010 at 3:56 am
HSR train wreck ahead, no question about it.
Depending upon when the plug is finally pulled on this colossal political debacle, the Californa HSR train wreck will cost our state's taxpayers hundreds of millions, or even billions if the HSR string-pullers get their way. HSR is fast, to be sure. It is now racing over 200 mph into a one-way tunnel to disaster.
Fortunately, California is tax-rich with plenty of extra billions to toss down the rat hole of an ill-conceived start-up like HSR. Wait a minute, here's a bulletin: California is in deep financial do-do with no hope in sight. HSR may speed California's bankruptcy.
Not one VC in our valley would touch this "HSR opportunity" with a ten-foot pole. They, and the world, watched the Chunnel investment implode a couple of decades back, then continue to sink governments further in the red as the years went on. California is now positioning HSR to easily top the Chunnel financial disaster to make our state's fiscal management an even bigger joke.
Ugly, ugly, ugly HSR situation unfolding.
a resident of Greendell/Walnut Grove
on May 22, 2010 at 4:23 am
A few days ago, high speed rail experts determined the Altamont Pass Corridor was feasible and the preferred route to the Bay Area.
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How does this fit with HSR plans developed by the Altamont Rail Corridor Project and the Dunbarton Rail Corridor Project?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on May 22, 2010 at 4:40 am
The Chunnel is, and has always been, a private business. No government ever spent a cent on it.
Last year Goldman Sachs bought enough stock to become its majority owner.
There are enough plausible arguments against CHSR, why then use lies?
a resident of Palo Alto
on May 22, 2010 at 9:09 am
Paul Losch is a registered user.
Has HSR Authority come back with any credible responses to the myriad questions about this project up and down the State, not just the Peninsula?
This is a charade.
a resident of another community
on May 22, 2010 at 10:11 am
The city of MenloPark has lost its IDIOT.
a resident of Midtown
on May 22, 2010 at 10:26 am
Walter_E_Wallis is a registered user.
Engineers have a saying - perfection is the enemy of good enough. y terse commentary seems not to have effe ted those who did not get it when a capable man said you have to fight a war with the army you have, not the army you wish you had.
a resident of Southgate
on May 22, 2010 at 10:40 am
I went to the Palo Alto community meeting on Thursday evening at Jordan Middle School. The announced purpose of the meeting was to hear what the consultant that P.A. has engaged had to say about CHSRA's "Alternatives Analysis," released in April.
Well, it was a nice try. The consultant reported that the information provided in the Alternatives Analysis document was so incomplete, lacking, mystifying, and vague that it was hard for him to give an assessment of CHSRA's Alternatives Analysis report. Why am I not surprised? CHSRA has still not even released the long overdue eminent domain seizure document. (This whole project has been mismanaged from the start, when the summer-of-2008 choice to run the line up the spine of the highly developed Peninsula was deceptively kept below the public radar before the November 2008 Prop. 1A referendum. That's why the entire PA City Council voted unanimously to support Prop. 1A.)
How are citizens supposed to give their assessment of an Alternatives Analysis report when the options being considered are so underspecified, as to their consequences on the surrounding neighborhoods and their costs. (The document estimated that the cost of the cut and cover trench was about twice the cost of a deep bore tunnel. The consultant could not explain why that was the case.) The consultant told us that CHSRA has given up on its "Berlin Wall the length of Palo Alto" proposal, but there is still an "aerial" option whatever that means.
It is worth noting that while about 50-60 people attended, at the end of the evening a vote was taken on the options given in the document PLUS the no build/stop it in San Jose option. Because the deep bore tunnel would only contain the two tracks for the proposed HSR, leaving electrified Cal train on the surface and elevated, and because the cut and cover trench would contain BOTH HSR and Caltrain, the vote among the 28 people who remained was as follows: the cut-and-cover trench 13 votes, the "no build" or "stop it in San Jose and take Caltrain to SF option" (which CHSRA has dismissed but says it is studying!) 15 votes.
This unnecessary, poorly thought out project, one that would surely wind up costing not $43 billion, but about $100 billion (or a tenth of a TRILLION dollars), something that would be a huge financial albatross on the necks of Californians present and future, MUST AND SHOULD BE STOPPED on the Peninsula. Stop HSR at SJ and let an electrified Caltrain take people at 105mph to SF in only about 8 minutes more than HSR would take since it is limited to 120 by law on the Peninsula and would make three stops.
Stop the technologically unnecessary, socially destructive, and financially wasteful boondoggle NOW!!!
a resident of another community
on May 22, 2010 at 10:48 am
The HSR needs to be built. It's been proven time and again all over the world that it pays off, even if current projections make a poor job at convincing everyone.
It's clear that all peninsula cities are not interested. Just use the Interstate 280 corridor and bypass them. Case closed.
a resident of Midtown
on May 22, 2010 at 11:30 am
Once the Chunnel opened, the company formed to operate the undersea link lurched from financial crisis to financial crisis, dragging down thousands of small shareholders, some of whom had invested their life savings in what had been dubbed the "construction project of the century."
The Chunnel's operator, Eurotunnel, earns revenue from Eurostar, which pays to operate trains under the Channel, and from its own shuttles, which charge a fee to transport cars, camper vans, motorcycles, buses and trucks between France and England. Traffic forecasts to induce construction proved wildly high. (Sound familiar?)
The Chunnel opened a year late in May 1994, having cost about twice as much (sound familiar?) as the original 4.9 billion pound forecast. The real Eurotunnel tab, about US$12 billion...plus the ongoing subsidies provided by governments in the form of guaranteed revenue for Eurotunnel.
Once the banks were trapped by huge costs overruns, they transferred a significant part of their risks to poorly informed individual shareholders. (Sound familiar?)
According to a Lyon University professor, "Eurotunnel should never have been financed by small shareholders. They didn't understand what they were getting into."
Eurotunnel's original shareholders lost more than 90 percent of their original investment. Bondholder losses were nearly as bad.
In the California HSR case, the investors will largely be California and the U.S. taxpayers. All of us will effectively be the small investors in this doomed HSR project.
Eurotunnel faced financial collapse in 2006, when UK and French government subsidies were due to expire. The company planned to run freight trains to Germany and to tap demand for freight services between Britain and Eastern Europe, but met opposition from unions.
The Eurotunnel technical director said it would be very difficult to persuade French rail unions to accept trains operated by Eurotunnel. "There is a minority among the unions who can bring the network to a standstill."
Since the tunnel opened in 1994, losses sustained during its construction were never recovered through car and freight traffic or its high speed train user Eurostar, which meant the debt could never be paid back.
The good Eurotunnel news: a new chief executive is credited with masterminding a financial restructuring turnaround since taking over in 2005. He negotiated a deal that halved Eurotunnel's debt.
To do it, Eurotunnel is currently operating under French bankruptcy laws. The procedure freezes debt payments and protects companies from bankruptcy, a process similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S.
In 2007, a share swap into a new company, Groupe Eurotunnel, followed tough negotiations with creditors and put a line under 20 years of financial problems for the group. Groupe Eurotunnel received a long-term loan of £2.84bn from a consortium of banks including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup. (Sound familiar?)
The bad Eurotunnel news: the turnaround strategy heavily diluted Eurotunnel's existing investor shares, which account for 35 percent of the new company, Groupe Eurotunnel SA.
This backdrop is hardly a ringing endorsement for the financial chances of California HSR.
a resident of another community
on May 22, 2010 at 11:44 am
OOO a whopping 60 people out of a CITY OF 40,000 show up and thats what the majority want???? Guess what Prop1A passed in PA and not by a few votes..sure all the Nimbys and teabaggers on this board dont want it and make up all kinds of BS ..and that the majority opinion..HA
a resident of Southgate
on May 22, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Dear NONIMBYS,
You appear to be someone who has bought uncritically into a specious NONIMBY argument. Have you ever considered that if people are going to be socially and economically harmed and put into substantially deeper debt by a public project, that it is 100% legitimate for them to protest EVEN IF they are relatively well off economically? Apparently comedians like you believe that if people are well enough off economically speaking, they either forfeit or should just remain mute in the face of projects that would seriously harm their protectable interests. You need to revisit Logic 101 and reexamine that facile NoNimby argument.
Moreover, the ONLY reason why Prop. 1A passed in San Clara county and in Palo Alto was because the already-taken decision to run the train through the center of the Peninsula, in through the center of PA in particular, was hidden until after the election of 11/2008. No one -- NO ONE! -- on the P.A. City Council or in the P.A. Planning Department realized this. It was a clever but deceptive strategy by CHSRA that kept Palo Altans in the dark until after the vote. Not knowing about CHSRA's planned route, the P.A. City Council just saw HSR as futuristic green tech and endorsed it unanimously. Even Yoriko Kishimoto now wishes she had been more informed before she voted.
I did NOT claim that that the majority of Palo Altans don't want the HSR to run through Palo Alto above ground. Kindly refrain from putting your words into others' mouths. I believe that at this juncture most Palo Altans are still more or less indifferent, because they think they won't be directly affected by it or don't yet realize what the negative consequences would be. But it's increasingly clear that as word is getting out at what the social and financial prices of this fiasco would be, more and more are moving to oppose it. Apparently you don't you care about how deeply in debt you leave your children, the ones who will bear the costs of this project and of annual operating deficits via increased taxes or more bond proposals. I DO care about that and so should YOU! Are you aware that many people believe that, annual operating deficits aside, the cost of constructing HSR is likely to be on the order of one tenth of a TRILLION dollars?! ($100 billion).
By the way, even with the rank DECEPTION about the route that CHSRA (read: Kopp and Diridon) had in mind, Prop. 1A only passed 52.3% to 47.7%. Not exact a rousing victory, even with the citizenry having been deprived of giving its INFORMED consent to the project. In short, if not legally, it is clear that ETHICALLY the Prop. 1A vote was ILLEGITIMATE. It should be redone; if it was, it would go down to a RESOUNDING defeat, now that people know more of the realities, including the huge price tag and social consequences.
I was going to wish you a noisy, dusty, costly, property value-decreasing, construction-laden, uglifying, and community-splitting weekend, but I changed my mind. Have a pleasant Palo-Alto-like weekend and then, in light of the facts, thoughtfully reconsider your knee-jerk support for this fiasco of a project.
a resident of another community
on May 22, 2010 at 4:23 pm
BS it was hidden...It was WELL know that HSR was going to use the Caltrain tracks for years...So the city father/citizens are that blind ??Stop making up excuses for your dislike of the project..You moved next to railroad tracks..Enough of the teabagger chants were broke and our "grandkids" debt..Trillion dollar war ring a bell..NO prop1a would still pass..your opinion is that not shared by the large majority in the BayArea that voted YES..So once again 60 people are not the voice of PA or the Rest of the BayArea..and have a nice weekend also..PS did I quote your comments in any way? NO I said 60 whopping people big woop...dont being so ultra sensive..and thats the problem with you people and this project...ooo the bulldozzres ect ect...
a resident of Professorville
on May 22, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Several decades ago, concern over declining populations of the "spotted owl" caused the Federal government to order a 1,000 yard "no timber cut" barrier around any spotted owl nest.
It would be quite delicious if concern over the health of Palo Alto's signature tree caused a similar right-of-way banishment to the HSR.
a resident of another community
on May 23, 2010 at 12:20 am
Wow, such vitriol against modern rail service. What a waste.
Here are some things the anti-rail crowd should consider.
The United States produces about twice as much oil per capita as the average in the world, but we use five times as much per capita as the average in the world, largely for motor transport. In fact, the 65% of our oil consumption that we import is roughly matched by the 65% we use in transportation. About 48% of total oil consumption is for gasoline alone, the bulk of which is for cars; Diesel trucks add another 6% or so. That means that 54% of total oil consumption in this country (and 73% of the oil used in transportation) is for motor fuel. Recall that our oil consumption, by driving up the cost of oil, helps finance terrorists. Our highway system is our Achilles heel!
Dick Cheney, in commenting about the war against terrorists, is quoted as saying "The American way of life is non-negotiable." I find it interesting he did not define his idea of the American way of life. However, if by that phrase one means we should have a "happy motoring utopia" out of the 1950s, then that American way of life will have to be negotiable; in my book, that makes the American way of life a national security risk!
On top of this, the highway system as a whole is badly under priced. According to Highway Statistics (USDOT website and publications), combined motor fuel taxes and tolls at all levels only account for 51% of highway expenditures in 2008; the rest came from sales taxes, general taxes, and so on, in other words, a subsidy of 49%
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In 2008, this country consumed 174.5 billion gallons of gasoline (it's been going down a bit in recent years, as noted in the chart below):
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If you divide this 174.5 billion figure into the 49% subsidy level of $88 billion (I'm rounding off numbers here), you come up with a subsidy cost per gallon of over 50 cents per gallon. I find it interesting that in all the statistics shown in these charts and numbers from the USDOT, this is not among them; you have to work it out from the two tables yourself.
I'll also mention that this is only a cash-flow analysis; it doesn't include the costs of deferred maintenance, compromises in design and construction due to inadequate capital, and external costs such as air pollution and an oil war or two. My seat-of-the-pants estimate of the real cost of gasoline is about $7 per gallon, and I'm conservative compared to these folks:
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Make no mistake, we are paying this outlandish figure for our gas, hidden in our income taxes, our sales taxes, our car insurance, and so on.
Now, my mother taught me that if you are going to be critical of something, you must also offer an alternative. What we need to do is place our taxes where the costs are (in oil addiction), and remove them from the productive goose that lays gold eggs (income taxes, property taxes, etc.) That might make it possible for private enterprise to run transit services again, although I have to admit I don't see private enterprise willing to take the risk without some sort of government guarantee of profitability. It can't do so now because the game is rigged. We need to unrig the game.
Now, we are still going to need roads, but we also need to come up with a new way to pay for them. Ironically, I wouldn't use gas taxes for this. Why? Ask yourself what would happen to the road revenue we do have if suddenly everybody gets even a few million Chevy Volts and Tesla roadsters on the road–vehicles that use little gasoline, or even none at all. Gas taxes made sense when everyone drove Stovebolt Chevys and Flathead Fords, and still made sense in the days of small blocks, Y-blocks, and wedge-heads (V8s from GM, Ford, and Chrysler, respectively), but it makes little sense now with everything from Hummers to hybrids and a war against terrorists who are at least partially financed with our oil imports. Basically, we need to divorce road revenue from fuel consumption. I would suggest tolls for limited access roads and fixed yearly taxes for the rest, like the license fee; others have suggested a mileage fee based on information from a transponder in your car (but many, including myself, have privacy issues with that approach).
And I again emphasize, if you do take this approach, cut those other taxes! The idea is that we take a cost-accounting approach to this--even if it mean gas approaching $10 per gallon.
Now, I know the car crowd doesn't like this one bit, but I don't see any other alternatives that really work well. I know it means a big change in the American way of life. Some would see it as going back a hundred years.
On the other hand, what was so wrong about travel by train and trolley back in 1910?
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a resident of Southgate
on May 24, 2010 at 9:38 am
Mr. Burrows,
You may be right for about what CHSRA is seeking right now. However, if given the go ahead on this project, CHSRA will be returning to the voters for tens of BILLIONS -- not MILLIONS -- more to complete the project and to cover its annual operating budgets. Its latest "guesstimate" is that it will cost $43 BILLION to construct the system. But of course we need to factor in (a) the 'tendency to underestimate' cost, (b) the fact that megaprojects always seems to come in way over budget -- see, e.g., Boston's 'Big Dig' and Lawrence Livermore Lab's "National Ignition Facility" -- and (c) the fact that the estimate is in today's dollars. It would, I suspect, be might higher in 2017-2019 dollars. I predict that if this boondoggle is built, it will wind up costing about a tenth of a TRILLION ($100 BILLION) dollars, only a factor of 2.3 more than the current guesstimate.
Robert McGinn
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on May 24, 2010 at 6:29 pm
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In the event alternative fuels and energy ever make a significant contribution to the demand for energy they will lose their boutique, politically favored status. The laws allow states and cities to add money from other sources to trust fund to pay for projects that do not make the federal cut. Highways are a public benefit - if you doubt it try living beyond highway access. It was suggested during the BART debate that a property tax based on proximity to a station was the fairest way to pay. The raids on all trust funds is a disgrace to hooty owls. Mr. Roe, with his spotted owl comment, illustrates the folly of allowing judges to flesh out legislation.
a resident of Southgate
on May 26, 2010 at 1:48 pm
For Mr. D. P. Lubic, "a resident of another community."
Why are you patroling this site? What's your interest here? Perhaps you are part of CHSRA's new PR team that cost CA taxpayers $9 million.
You wrote in the first sentence of your comment. "Wow, such vitriol against modern rail service. What a waste."
Frankly speaking that sentence of yours is a sorry waste. No one is "against modern rail service." Many of us are against THIS particular project only because of its price tag, its social costs, the deceptive way in which the route was kept beneath the public radar before the Prop 1A vote, etc.
Let me give you an analogy: people who are against loud noise amplifiers in public space and support a noise regulation are not against free speech. In law, this is called "a time, place, and manner" restriction on freedom of expression. Supporting such does not make one "against freedom of expression." Similarly, being against this particular HSR project, given its price tag, social costs, harm to families whose property would be seized, and the deceptive way in which CHSRA kept the route under the table, and the current state of the California economy does NOT make one "against modern rail service."
Got it? Good. Try to be a little more careful in the future re the way your characterize those with whom you differ. It's a mark of civility, thoughtfulness, and human decency.
a resident of another community
on May 28, 2010 at 11:08 pm
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NOW move NIMBY if you dont like HSR..remember you moved next to railroad tracks.
a resident of Southgate
on May 30, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Dear Mr. "NONIMBY",
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Yes, I chose to buy a house in the Southgate area in 1986, fully aware of the train that already ran along those tracks. I have never complained about them. In fact I take CalTrain quite often and enjoy going back and forth to SF from PA on Caltrain.
What makes your argument so uncompelling to anyone not a prisoner of simplism, is the fact that the projected HSR will NOT be running on the same tracks as Caltrain; HSR will run on completely different tracks. Moreover, the path of HSR on the Peninsula could have been along any number of routes. IN NO WAY WAS THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A RR RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH PALO ALTO IN THE MID-1980s A REASON TO EXPECT AT THAT TIME THAT ANOTHER SEPARATE, MORE INTRUSIVE, INFINITELY MORE COSTLY, AND COMMUNITY HARMING RR WOULD BE PROPOSED TO RUN ON DIFFERENT TRACKS ALONG THE CALTRAIN RIGHT OF WAY. If we were talking about a electrified Caltrain running on the same tracks, then you would have a point. But we're not, and you don't.
Moreover, my objections to HSR would apply EVEN IF I DIDN'T LIVE CLOSE TO THE TRACKS. This is foreseeably likely to be a $100 billion project (if it goes forward, which looks increasingly unlikely) and neither California nor the Federal government is in anything like a fiscal condition to be able to afford it. This HSR project would be an albatross of albatrosses around the neck of future generations of Californians. Or don't you care about saddling your kids and theirs with mega debt? In short, the financial argment has not a jot to do with NIMBYISM. [Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]
a resident of another community
on May 31, 2010 at 11:17 am
ITS RUNNING along a ROW that is wide enough most of the way for 4tracks...Yes it your fault if now those tracks will have more trains..its a transportation line thats vital and needs an upgrade..because you moved next/near it does not in anyway justify it staying in 1930s forever..IT is going to be built...enough of this babie NIMBY midset..GOODBYE!!!


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49ers V.P. Talks Stadium Security and NFL's Collaborative Efforts
SSI Editor-in-Chief Scott Goldfine interviews the San Francisco 49ers Vice President of Stadium Operations and Security Jim Mercurio about Candlestick Park's new video surveillance upgrade.
By Scott Goldfine · December 6, 2011
December's SSI cover for the annual Technology Issue is an exclusive profile of the new video surveillance upgrade the San Francisco 49ers have installed at their Candlestick Park home. For that story, 49ers Vice President of Stadium Operations and Security Jim Mercurio was interviewed extensively.
Now in his 19th year with the club and enjoying the Niners' renaissance as one of the NFL's top teams, Mercurio discussed a number of topics in addition to specifics about a surveillance upgrade that followed highly publicized shootings and other violence during a preseason game last summer. Here, he addresses the aftermath of those incidents as well as the NFL's approach to securing America's leading professional sports league.
How aware do you make fans of your enhanced security and safety they hopefully will experience, particularly in the aftermath last summer's shootings when some may have felt unsettled?
Jim Mercurio: Well, there are signs everywhere that say, "Video monitoring on premise." Do I actively go out and promote that we've got this new surveillance system? We've promoted it from the standpoint that we are happy about it and letting people know. I think from that standpoint of making people feel comfortable about being safe at Candlestick at games, they're going to get that from the physical presence more so than anything. In testimony to that was the amount of kids and families that came out to our games, so I think people feel pretty safe about coming and we're pretty proud about that.
An incident like what happened here or at any stadium is something you always try to prevent and in some cases it's pretty difficult to. It's how you respond and I think our team responded pretty well. Our ownership, the chief of police and the mayor, everybody has been supportive here in our never-ending quest to provide safety and security for our friends, families and everyone who attends our games. I think sometimes we have to make sure people recognize there is a way to behave properly, including when you come to an event. And you're either going to learn how to behave, or we're going to help you. We prefer that we don't have to help you and that everybody enjoys themselves.
We're going to do everything in our power, whether it's a security camera system, additional police officers or different types of personnel, until we think we've got the right model. And then we're going to change it again when the circumstances suggest we should.
Are there specific requirements or guidelines that you have to adhere to regarding the 49ers, Candlestick or even the NFL in terms of minimal security or standard security measures in for people and systems?
Mercurio: I wouldn't say there is a minimum or a maximum per se, but there is a document that we live and operate by and it's called the NFL's Best Practices for Security. That is kind of a living, breathing document that was born shortly after 9/11. So there are certain procedures, techniques and recommendations that are spelled out for virtually every aspect of game-day operations as it relates to security. How and what certain things we should guide ourselves by and principles we should look to; so that's probably the biggest guideline. Just recently, a change has been made — at our last game, in fact — where we've gone from solely pat-down to wanding technology as an example of security enhancements that the NFL and security clubs have made for game-day security. And there has been a number of things.
Is there a good deal of communication between those responsible for security for the different teams? Is it a communal environment?
Mercurio: It's very collaborative. Each year, we have a two- to three-day seminar where all member clubs in the NFL get together to talk about a plethora of things like ideas, processes and techniques that have worked for everybody. It allows sharing each other's woes and challenges, but also some of the successes. The 49ers have been supportive of that process for years. In fact, we were a part of helping develop the early stages of some of the best practices, as have several, if not all, member clubs in that document.
We get some great leadership from Jeff Miller, who is now the chief security officer for the NFL, and I have many colleagues throughout the league who I've developed great relationships with over the years. So we all tap into each other's resources and certainly not just the NFL, but other member clubs. We might reach out to other leagues and what they're experiencing. For instance, when we were over in London, we were able to meet with different people from Wembley and look at what they've done with soccer. And even closer to home, relationships that we've got with the San Jose Sharks or the San Francisco Giants or the Warriors. We're always in constant communication of each other. In fact, I just got a call from the Oakland Raiders the other day saying, "Hey, I understand that you're going to the wand. Can you give me some insight on how long it took to process people and any suggestions you might be able to give us to learn from?" So it's not a competitive thing like you would see from the players on the football field.
We're all in this to make the entire environment, whether it's from my game or somebody else's, as great as it can be and if we can help each other, we do.
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This Earth Day, explore the sweet scents of nature with Mo the sniffing dog. Mo Smells Green is the second book in the Mo's Nose series, by Margaret Hyde. Hyde based the curious canine on a real-life rescue dog. In Mo Smells Green, Mo goes on a nature hike. Following his nose, Mo sniffs out grassy meadows, fields of fresh mint and ripe limes that have fallen from a tree. Special scent pouches in the book let you smell what Mo smells.
The entire series is printed on recycled paper with soy ink. All Mo's Nose products are made with organic, or natural, materials. TFK asked author Margaret Hyde about her inspiration for the earth-friendly books and about the newest tale in the collection, Mo Smells Blue.
Where did you get the idea for Mo's Nose?
The idea for Mo's Nose came to me in the middle of the night. Dogs are colorblind, but they learn about the world through their noses. I thought that by focusing on our own sense of smell, I could create a fun way for kids to learn. By hearing the words, seeing a color, touching a picture and smelling these wonderful smells they could experience a color differently.
Why did you decide to have Mo smell green things for the second book?
I wanted to inspire kids by creating awareness of the earth and the beauty of nature that we experience daily, but so often take for granted. At the time I was writing Mo Smells Green, I was in the process of building a green home. I thought that if by reading a simple book in which Mo discovers nature through his senses, it might allow kids to experience and think differently about the specialness of the world around them. Ultimately, that appreciation will lead them to care more about preserving all that is beautiful in the world.
How do you choose the smells for each book, especially abstract scents such as "Life" in Green, and "Love" in Red?
I choose scents that I like and [that have] meaning for me, while also asking the reader to decide as they read, what is that scent? What does the "love" scent make me think of? What does the "life" scent remind me of? By keeping it abstract, the reader is engaged on many levels.
What is the main message you hope to send to kids who read Mo Smells Green about our Earth?
Follow your nose and your heart. Love and care for the earth so that it is a cleaner and greener place. I also wish to inspire mindful living that [enables] us to think about the choices we make and how those choices affect our life here on earth.
What are some tips for kids and parents who want to be green in their daily lives?
Small changes really do add up in the long run. The more people become aware of their actions and make these changes, the better. There are so many little things that are easy to do. For instance, by choosing to drink out of a glass of instead of a paper cup, or by using glass instead of plastic bottles, you can change the future. By showing kids how to turn off running water when brushing their teeth or how to re-use a piece of paper on the backside, we create mindfulness. That makes the ultimate difference.
What are you and your kids' favorite smells?
Chocolate is our favorite.
Does the real-life Mo enjoy smelling the scents in his books?
The real-life Mo does enjoy smelling the books. He loves the green grass scent in Mo Smells Green.
Mo Smells Blue comes out in June. What can kids expect from Mo's new adventure by the sea?
It allows them to experience the ocean, even if they've never been. Mo and his puppy pal Lucky get to experience all the things that kids love about going to the beach. While digging, exploring—and even surfing!—Mo and Lucky sniff out all the amazing Blue that surrounds them. It's really great summer reading!
Learn more about Mo at mosnose.com.
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