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Richard Littlemore | March 26, 2008
By Richard Littlemore • Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 16:50
The coal barons who control the National Rural Cooperative Electric Association have fallen out with the climate quibblers at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) over the think tank's most recent round of ads that challenge the fight against global warming.
Rural electric co-ops are populated overwhelmingly by companies running coal-fired electrical plants and in the past, they were more likely to be part of the problem when it came to climate change disinformation. But now they're trying to rein in CEI - still something of a laughingstock for its earlier "We Call if Life " ad campaign.
Likely as not, this dispute arose because of copyright challenges that the NRCEA itself faces for using footage of Nobel laureate Al Gore without permission. But in a civilized world, you would have thought that the coal kings and CEI would have settled the issue quietly, as between friends.
Increasingly, it appears, CEI doesn't have any friends.
xenu replied on Permalink
Coal Barons?
"Coal barons"? "Big coal"?
Don't be ridiculous, Richard.
The rural cooperatives are heavily subsidised by money from the US federal government.
Richard Littlemore replied on Permalink
Not Coal Barons?
I'm happy to admit that electrical cooperatives are outside the (admittedly narrow) scope of my expertise. But as any number of energy majors (or auto manufacturers) know, you don't have to be impoverished to get a federal subsidy these days. Increasingly, it seems that being impoverished is actually a disadvantage.
In any case, according to this link, the NRCEA's members control $100 billion in assets and bring power to 40 million people in 47 states. Of the 3,150 member organizations, 2,000 are publicly owned, 930 are actually co-ops and 220 are "investor owned."
Looking closer, you see that the publicly owned and co-op members control around one-quarter of the whole operation, while the minority investor-owned utilities control three quarters. These may not be coal barons in the Peabody tradition, but there would be some pretty affluent baronettes in the crowd.
I suspect there are many lovely folks in the NRCEA - that a company like the Kansas coal promoting Sunflower Electric is not necessarily representative of the whole organization - but I think there is a compelling argument to be made that they are "big" and that they are up to the very brim of their waders in carboniferous black rock.
rob replied on Permalink
Nice scenic detour, Richard
"but I think there is a compelling argument to be made"
So when are you going to make it? Thus far, you haven't.
" that they are "big""
Big, small, medium-sized … and that's relevant, how? Would you have us believe power utilities are run on a mom-and-pop business scale? Or that they should be? What exactly is your "area of expertise", as none seems to be in evidence here?
" and that they are up to the very brim of their waders in carboniferous black rock."
And that has what, exactly, to do with the fact that they are heavily subsidised by the government?
rob replied on Permalink
But all that aside, at what point to power utilities, which might consume coal become interchangeable with your imaginary "coal barons" – which presumably produce coal?
You seem a little confused on the distinction.
Richard Littlemore replied on Permalink
Excellent distinction
Thanks for that Rob. It hadn't occurred to me that there might be no connection whatever between the people who produce coal and the people who buy coal and use it to make money - I mean, electricity.
It must be so hard to keep your brain organized, sealing off those little compartments so effectively against the influx of information that a less disciplined person might have found to be overlapping.
rob replied on Permalink
Keep digging, Little-more.
THAT'S the best argument you can come up with to defend your statement?! Truly laughable.
It may also not have occurred to you that the word "distinction" does not mean the same as "connection".
So, using your "logic", if your computer uses the Windows operating system, that must necessarily mean you are a toady for Bill Gates and his aspirations.
Christ, at least I have a brain to keep organised …
Stephen Berg replied on Permalink
Using your "logic", Rob, one
Using your "logic", Rob, one would conclude that there is insufficient evidence to prove that gravity is a force on this planet or that this planet is not flat.
Richard Pauli replied on Permalink
Those videos are difficult to find. Got any links?
Richard Littlemore replied on Permalink
Dead links everywhere ...
Sorry not to have check them when I posted, but you're quite right, the ads seem to have disappeared into the ether. You'd almost think that CEI was no longer proud of its work …
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John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Started conversation Jan 25, 2004
Are your fish the descendants of Fenchurch's aquarium? I seem to remember that she bred quite a lot of them at one time. Like a lot of other things, the fish certainly have evolved.
Best wishes,
Fish tales
vegiman:-) Posted Mar 12, 2004
HiYa JTG
Long Time ...
As the time period shows - I do not get on here as much as the old days, but I am still around.
No, the fish are the original hootoo fish before being upgraded. I had a Fenny fish but for the life of me - I do not know, for where it went. This is the third change of computer since those days so the file has vanished..
Are you still subbing? or are you a bit like myself, just popping in from time to time as the mood takes you.
I am still an ACE, working mainly in the background as and when needed.
A lot has happened over the past year. The vegiman busines will be closing at Easter in favour of something which makes a better living.
plus, www.medways.co.uk website is completely my own work. The MD of Medways just gives me a few catalogues and leaves the rest to me. Although simply done I am rather proud of the over 1000 page site.
Whats Life like at your end?
All the best
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John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Mar 13, 2004
You should be proud! Blimey, that must have been a lot of work! I had a quick look around... went straight to the gardening stuff, naturally.
I took a break from h2g2 for a while, missing the people shifting and so on that took place. It's taken a while to get back into the swing of things. I just popped into the Hub, like swimming through a drain, just to prove to myself that I could and to say 'Hi' to Peta. Nowadays, most of my h2g2 time is taken up with h2g2 Friends of Tibet.
I gave up the subbing some time ago, as the Entries were getting longer and I just didn't seem to have the time to give them the proper attention. To be honest, I found Peer Review took a lot of the old wild west spirit out of subbing. In the old days, people were generally glad of any alterations made to their stuff... or at least they kept being furious about it to themselves. With the advent of PR, folks generally have had enough of having their work prodded and poked by the time it gets to the Subs, and often resent any sort of tampering in the editing process... understandably, I suppose. Still, that was where the fun lay.
Life in Canada is gradually emerging from the blanket of snow. Gardening life is just on the cusp of being frantic, as our short spring approaches. Next month, the Dalai Lama is coming to Toronto; so where're excited about that.
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vegiman:-) Posted Mar 14, 2004
Thanks JTG
Glad you liked it. I have written many programs to put the pages up automatically, one took three months to write. - Its a lot easier now.
Considering I did not know what HTML or XML was before I joined hootoo, I owe this site my thanks.
With all that snow around you must have been suffering from withdrawals. The weather here is very mild even for us.
This site is not what it used to be without the old Towers mob in charge with DNA pushing through his dream.
Only two people actually at the Towers now - Natalie & Jim Sangster all the rest have moved to on-line chat or the Hub.
Hope you get to see the Dalai Lama, as I can see by your writing, you have grown an affinity with this torn country.
One day...
One day...
All the best
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John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Mar 14, 2004
I still make a living massaging worms. But, like you, I owe whatever I know about HTML and XML (not much, I admit ) to playing here, as I'm sure, do a lot of others.
You're right about the old crowd. There's always a tendency, I think, to lapse into the old 'When I were a lad...' thing. But the old crowd were a special bunch, not least for making us feel like we were all a part of the team, building Douglas Adams' dream.
Natalie and Jimster do a great job. I don't know how they manage it, really. They must be running around like mad.
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vegiman:-) Posted Mar 15, 2004
HiYa John
I know what you mean about, 'When I was a lad', but when everyone on site knew who was at the top, I just wonder how many on site know who is who now ?
Those worms must be frozen stiff by now
I am working on a couple of new pages now. St Georges Flags ready for the Football, Euro-Cup, in June. They go up all over the place when England Plays abroad.
Plus something you would be more interested in:
A Foldable Garden Bin - Like a very strong plastic bag with a large coil spring. Folds flat for storing. Perhaps you have something like it over there.
Must get on
Catcha soon
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John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Mar 16, 2004
That Foldable Garden Bin is a good idea. We'll probably have them about the time I'm ready to retire. Something like that would be ideal for the home gardener and especially so for gardeners, such as myself, who have to cram a lot of stuff into the back of a very finite amount of truck space. Carrying around two or three conventional bins (which we do) takes up a lot of space, which could better serve other uses.
I think the worms are about six feet down, playing cards and smoking cigars at the moment, doing things that they carefully hide from human observers. We had a taste of spring last week. The night temperatures are still pretty low though; so the ground is still pretty stiff. It's amazing how quickly things change when spring does decide to make an honest effort. In fact, I have some hellebores in flower now.
I think in the olden days, when h2g2 was made of wood, we were more conscious of the top because we knew that DNA, himself, was up there; and most of us were motivated by wanting to help build h2g2. The community side of things was really peripheral then; whereas, nowadays, it seems to be central to h2g2 life and writing Entries has taken a back seat.
Yunguns today. They don't know they're born.
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vegiman:-) Posted Mar 17, 2004
HiYa again
Yeh - The Folding Bins seem to be moving fast
piccy at
I am sure I could arrange for some to be sent over to you at wholesale cost . Email me from my home page if you are interested.
Popped over to your page and see you are well into the Tibet thingy. If I had more time I would certainly join in, but with starting a new business and keeping medways pages up to date, I do not seem to have a lot of time for myself at this time.
Hopefully in the near future, things will change and I will be able to get a life.
Keep the worms guessing
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John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Mar 17, 2004
Thanks, vegi. That's good of you. I have to be a bit careful where I spend money, though, as I work for a municipal government. Last year, my boss had a bird when I bought a butterfly net from California.
Some of the stuff in the h2g2 FoT Current Projects are links to one-click campaigns, pre-written letters, and so on. I'll add your name to the friends list, anyway, if you like, as, according to karma, it's certainly the thought that counts.
The weather we've been having must certainly keep the worms guessing. It was glorious last week, warm and sunny, and in all respects convincingly spring like. At the moment, we're in the second day of a blizzard that has completely buried any suggestion of spring.
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vegiman:-) Posted Apr 22, 2004
Sorry to take so long to answer.
Really hectic here and things are going well.
I take it you are now in full swing - grass and weeds running a muck.
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John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Apr 23, 2004
Well, there's not too much muck, as it's been a fairly dry Spring so far.
In fact, I'm sneaking off tomorrow for a couple of weeks to see the Dalai Lama in Toronto, leaving the weeds and the muck to the attention of my summer helpers, bless 'em.
I'm glad to hear that things are going well. Is this a particularly busy season in your trade?
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vegiman:-) Posted Jan 29, 2006
As you may have guessd by the way it has taken so long to answer - yes things got very hectic. I had to resign from the ACES.
A bit belated but how did the trip to see the Dalai Lama go ??
Same time of year as last time we spoke, so I guess the worms are
Got about 4 websites lined up awaiting for me to have the time to get them started - Had to take on a partner to help me through the maze.
Hope things are still going well for you
Fish tales
John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Jan 30, 2006
Hey, veggie, how are you keeping?
I'm not sure about te frozen worms. Thanks to global warming, nothing seems to be staying frozen in these parts for more than a day or two. We seem to be swinging back and forth between winter and spring-like weather.
The Dalai Lama adventure last year was amazing! The Kalackakra itself was like being in another world. I wrote this, more or less as a way of keeping the impressions fresh:
Here is a link to the official Website, which has quite a lot of photos now:
I hope the new partner makes your workload a bit easier. I got the impression that you were up to your eyebrows. Being that busy can be too much of a good thing sometimes.
Great to hear form you!
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vegiman:-) Posted Feb 17, 2006
Glad you enjoyed your trip.
Global warming seems to be everywhere < smile >
I will have a look at your article(s) later and report back.
Just popped in for a bit of light relief before knuckling down again.
Yes The new partner is helping - we are just sorting out our own servers - so we can host websites ourselves - cheaper in the long run and more profit
Just had a cup of tea call so I will catcha later
Keep Digging
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John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Feb 27, 2006
Just having a cuppa myself.
Nothing much else to report at the moment. all that talk about global warming seems to have shamed winter into putting on a show for us, worse luck. In fact, looking out of the window just now, i see it's starting to snow again. Shudder.
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vegiman:-) Posted May 29, 2012
has it been six years since we last spoke
Are you still digging ? I have now reached retirement age but still working and busy - both at web designing and at a new business I started about 5 years back.
I found I was sitting all day at the computer boggle eyed and getting no excercise.
I thought taking up window cleaning, climbing ladders would suit and I would get paid for it. Better than paying someone else by going to the gym.
The idea was to do a couple of hours a day, 4 days a week. It has grown to a full time occupation with web design taking a back seat in the evenings. That side of things now takes care of itself except when there is a problem. Usually when customer emails go down and need re-setting.
The window cleaning grew to Gutter and fascia cleaning and now gutter repairs and replacement.
I am now training for a new late in life career, when I do not want to climb ladders any more U14996410
Thats enough about me - do let me know what you are up to - still chasing the worms - I see you still come to the site from time to time by the who's online
all the best
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Enright's Complete Game Silences RailRiders
Roller Homers in Loss
By Aaron Berlin / Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | May 15, 2014 10:19 PM ET
Allentown, Pa. - Kyle Roller blasted his second home run in three days, but the Lehigh Valley IronPigs' (Philadelphia Phillies) offense pounded out 14 base hits, including five extra-base hits to sink the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (19-20) Thursday night at Coca-Cola Park. The loss marks the fourth-straight for SWB and puts them below the .500 mark for the first time since May 5.
The story began to take shape in fourth. Tyler Henson led the frame off with a single, SWB starter Shane Greene followed by inducing consecutive fly outs to Darin Ruf and Jim Murphy before allowing a run-scoring double to Cameron Rupp. Steve Susdorf brought the games second run around on a single to left that plated Rupp for the 2-0 lead.
Kyle Roller cut the deficit in half with a solo home run to lead off the fifth. The home run by Roller marked his second of the series against Lehigh Valey.
The IronPigs chased Greene in the sixth after Ruf singled to open the inning and Jim Murphy followed with a double to left. After Greene exited, Danny Burawa walked Rupp and allowed both inherited runners to score on an extra-base hit by Steve Susdorf. Burawa retired the next three batters in order to end the sixth with the deficit standing at 4-1.
Six-straight batters reached in the eighth, three coming around to score on five hits. Murphy highlighted the inning with a home run to left. The lead sat at a staggering 7-1 upon the conclusion of the frame.
Barry Enright (1-2) tossed a complete game, retiring his final nine batters in order to earn the win while Greene (0-2) was slated with the loss, his second-straight.
The RailRiders will conclude a four-game swing against Lehigh Valley Friday, May 16 at 7:05 p.m. SWB starting pitcher is still TBA while the IronPigs send right-hander Sean O'Sullivan (1-3, 3.64) to the hill. Aaron Berlin will have the call on radio with the pregame show beginning at 6:35 p.m. on NEPA Sports Radio - The GAME, Northeast PA's largest sports radio network: 100.7 FM, 1340 WYCK-AM, 1400 WICK-AM, 1440 WCDL-AM and 106.7 FM. For season ticket information, single-game tickets or to book a ballpark group outing, call (570) 969-BALL (2255) or visit swbrailriders.com.
Adonis Garcia extended a season-best 12-game hitting streak with a double in the fourth.
Kyle Roller added his 12th home run of the season between Double-A and Triple-A, placing him second on the Yankees farm in home runs hit.
SWB has now lost its last four games, it's longest such streak of the season.
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Good value for the money. The restroom, shower and laundry room are five star. Good location and a nice pool. Would stay here again.
Date of Stay: August, 2010
We got a site which way out of level, and not a pull through. The restroom where very humid with insufficient ventilation, my glasses where foggy when I went to the bathroom. Our site was very basic electric and water only, we paid three times what this site was worth. We will never stay there again. The only positive is that it is well located with a nice view.


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Perspective from Interstate 90 west
Interstate 90 west crosses Lake Washington via the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge between Mercer Island and Seattle. This is a floating bridge, made of concrete yet supported by pontoons. The original floating bridge (eastbound lanes) opened in 1940, sank in 1990, and was replaced thereafter. A parallel floating bridge (westbound lanes) was opened to traffic in June 1989. Photo taken 08/29/06.
The first Interstate 5 sign assembly on westbound Interstate 90 appears after the Lake Washington floating bridge and prior to the Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel. The next exit is Exits 3B-A, Rainier Avenue, followed by Exits 2B-A, Junction Interstate 5. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Seattle - Portal to the Pacific is inscribed over the entrance to the Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel that carries Interstate 90 west into downtown Seattle. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Interstate 90 enters its final mile at the Exits 3B-A partial-cloverleaf interchange with Rainier Avenue in the Mt. Baker section of Seattle. Rainier Avenue (former Washington 167) travels southeast from the International District to Columbia east of downtown Seattle. The junction with Interstate 5 (Exits 2B-A) lies 0.75 miles ahead. Photo taken by Chris Elbert (02/26/05).
Westbound Interstate 90 reaches Exit 3A, Rainier Avenue south. Photo taken 08/29/06.
The four Interstate 90 westbound lanes partition into ramps for Interstate 5 south (Exit 2B), 4th Avenue South (Safeco Field, Qwest Field, Washington State Ferries, and AMTRAK), and Interstate 5 north (Exit 2A). Photo taken by Chris Elbert (02/26/05).
Traffic to Interstate 5 northbound leaves Interstate 90 west for Everett, Mt. Vernon, Bellingham, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Reaching Exit 2B, Junction Interstate 5 north to Everett and Vancouver, B.C., westbound Interstate 90 assumes a double decked freeway configuration. Look for the ramp to southbound Interstate 5 on the left side. Photo taken 08/29/06.
The eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 travel above the westbound lanes through the Interstate 5 interchange. Exit 2A leaves the freeway adjacent to the Interstate 5 north ramp to Interstate 90 east. Interstate 5 southbound travels 27 miles south to Tacoma and 166 miles to Portland, Oregon. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Freeway ends advisory sign situated west of the Interstate 5 off-ramps as Interstate 90 nears its intersection with 4th Avenue South. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Interstate 90 west emerges from the double-decked viaduct near Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Mariners Baseball club. Interstate 90 eastbound begins above from Royal Brougham Way east. Photos taken 08/29/06 and by Chris Elbert (02/26/05).
An overhead sign advises city center traffic to use the left lane and for connections to either sports venue to use the right lane. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Washington 519 northbound travels 4th Avenue south to Royal Brougham Way west to the Alaskan Way and the Washington State Ferries. The state highway parallels the Washington 99 Alaskan Way Viaduct. QWest Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks Football franchise, lies north of the Interstate 90 intersection with 4th Avenue. Photo taken by Chris Elbert (02/26/05).
Interstate 90 eastbound sign bridge directing traffic to the various downtown area destinations at the freeway conclusion. In the background is the former eastbound beginning of Interstate 90. A jersey barrier barricades the on-ramp at the intersection with 4th Avenue South. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Westbound Interstate 90 ends at this traffic signal with 4th Avenue South. Turn right to join Washington 519 north (4th Avenue South southbound) to the ferry docks. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Perspective from 4th Avenue South (southbound)
4th Avenue southbound crosses a viaduct over the Amtrak lines below. Upon descending back to street level, 4th Avenue intersects the western end of Interstate 90 and westbound beginning of Washington 519. Washington 519 travels south along 4th Avenue to Royal Brougham Way west. Interstate 90 curves to the southwest than southeast, crossing over the Washington 519 turn from 4th Avenue to Royal Brougham Way. The freeway parallels Royal Brougham Way to the east as it enters the Exit 2 stack interchange with nearby Interstate 5. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Use the right two lanes of 4th Avenue South southbound to connect to Interstate 90 and Interstate 5. The next signal is for Royal Brougham Way. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Washington 519 north turns right (west) onto Royal Brougham Way to connect to the Seattle Ferry Terminal. Ferry service to Bainbridge and Bremerton is available via Washington 519. Continue south to the ferry to Vashon Island. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Northbound Washington 519 turns west onto Royal Brougham Way. The junction with eastbound Interstate 90 is just ahead at the diamond interchange. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Royal Brougham Way connects to Safeco Field and Qwest Field. The diamond interchange with Edgar Martinez Drive, which connects to eastbound Interstate 90, is located just ahead. This area was reconstructed to accommodate the access point to Interstate 90 as a result of redevelopment of this area. Photo taken 08/29/06.
4th Avenue southbound at the new entry point to Interstate 90 eastbound. Traffic bound for the freeway ascends to a signalized intersection with an elevated crossing for Royal Brougham Way. At the top of the ramp, drivers can turn west for the Washington State Ferries or east onto the freeway beginning of Interstate 90. Photo taken 08/29/06.
A look at the diagrammatic sign posted at the 4th Avenue South on-ramp to Interstate 90 east and Edgar Martinez Drive westbound. The first overhead for Interstate 90 exists to the left (see perspective from Interstate 90 east). Photo taken by Chris Elbert (02/26/05).
Perspective from Interstate 90 east
Exit 2A leaves the fledgling Interstate 90 east one quarter mile east of the 4th Avenue on-ramp. Attached to the Interstate 5 sign bridge is the first eastbound reassurance marker. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Interstate 90 eastbound at the Exit 2A ramp departure onto Interstate 5 south for Tacoma and Portland, Oregon. Photo taken by Chris Elbert (02/26/05).
A left-hand off-ramp departs Interstate 90 east for Interstate 5 north to Everett, Mt. Vernon, Bellingham, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Photo taken by Chris Elbert (02/26/05).
A non-cutout shield is in place for the 2nd reassurance shield for Interstate 90 east. In the distance is the 12th Avenue over crossing and the Pacific Medical Center. The only exit (not profiled) is Exit 3, Rainier Avenue. Photo taken by Chris Elbert (02/26/05).
A short distance later, eastbound Interstate 90 enters the Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel. Completed in June 1989, the seven-mile stretch of Interstate 90 between downtown Seattle and Bellevue includes upgrades to the Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel and the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial (Lake Washington Floating) Bridge. In fact, the Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel is the world's largest diameter soft earth tunnel. Photo taken 08/29/06.
On the other side of the Mount Baker Ridge Tunnel, eastbound Interstate 90 crosses Lake Washington via the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge. On the opposite shore is Mercer Island. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Perspective from Washington 519/Alaskan Way south
Washington 519 serves as the connection between the Seattle Ferry Terminal and Interstate 90. It begins at the intersection of Yesler Way and Alaskan Way, follows Alaskan Way south to Royal Brougham Way, follows Royal Brougham Way east to 4th Avenue South. Logically, Washington 519 should turn south on 4th Avenue South for one block to connect with Interstate 90 at the interchange with Edgar Martinez Drive (Atlantic Street). However, southbound Washington 519 still turns north for one block on 4th Avenue South, then ends at the point where traffic from westbound Interstate 90 feeds into the street grid. Originally, there was a connection onto eastbound Interstate 90 at this point, but that was eliminated with the completion of the nearby sports facilities. These signs are posted on southbound Washington 519/Alaskan Way at the Washington Street intersection, which is one block south of Yesler Way and the Seattle Ferry Terminal. Note the older Interstate 5 and Interstate 90 shields posted. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Between Yesler Way and Royal Brougham Way, Washington 519 travels south along Alaskan Way within the shadow of the Alaskan Way viaduct (Washington 99/former U.S. 99). After about ten blocks, Washington 519 turns east here at Royal Brougham Way. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Royal Brougham Way is a very busy thoroughfare that connects Alaskan Way with Interstate 90 and 4th Avenue South. Although it is designated as Washington 519, signage consistently points to the pending junction with Interstate 90 and Interstate 5. To the left (north) is Qwest Field, and to the right is Safeco Field. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Eastbound Royal Brougham Way (southbound Washington 519) passes by Occidental Street under the shadow of Safeco Field. Through traffic is signed with a truck route trailblazer. Photo taken 08/30/06.
To connect to Interstate 90 east and Interstate 5, turn right onto 4th Avenue South from eastbound Royal Brougham Way. To follow Washington 519 south for one more block, turn left (north!) onto 4th Avenue South. Photo taken 08/30/06.
The lanes that carry westbound Interstate 90 to its end at Washington 519 sweep over the intersection of Royal Brougham Way and 4th Avenue South. Turn left onto northbound 4th Avenue South for the final one block of southbound Washington 519. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Upon turning north onto 4th Avenue South, a reassurance shield for southbound Washington 519 is posted! This is the first reassurance shield since the intersection of Alaskan Way and Royal Brougham Way. This state designation is short-lived; it ends at the next traffic signal. This is also confusing because we are traveling due north at this point. Photo taken 08/30/06.
At this traffic signal, motorists from westbound Interstate 90 connect to 4th Avenue South. There are no turns permitted from 4th Avenue South. Washington 519 ends at this point. A left turn onto eastbound Interstate 90 used to be permitted here, but that access point was moved two blocks south to the 4th Avenue South/Edgar Martinez interchange when the new sports facilities were constructed. Photo taken 08/30/06.
The former access ramp to eastbound Interstate 90 is still visible, with barricades preventing access. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Perspective from 1st Avenue South (southbound)
First Avenue South parallels Fourth Avenue South to the west of the sports facilities (Qwest Field and Safeco Field). There are signs along the street that point the way to Interstate 90 and Interstate 5 via Edgar Martinez Drive (Atlantic Street), although access may also be had via 4th Avenue South with connections by either Royal Brougham Way or Holgate Street. This sign bridge is posted along southbound 1st Avenue South at Royal Brougham Way (Washington 519). Photo taken 08/30/06.
Shortly after the Royal Brougham Way (Washington 519) intersection, signs along southbound First Avenue South advise that traffic to Interstate 90 east and Interstate 5 should prepare to turn left on Edgar Martinez Drive. We do not have Edgar Martinez Drive profiled here due to the game-day traffic for the Seattle Mariners at the time of our visit. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Southbound First Avenue South meets Edgar Martinez Drive/Atlantic Street at this traffic signal. For motorists unable to make a left turn here en route to Interstate 90 east, continue south to the next traffic signal (at Holgate Street), then turn north onto Fourth Avenue South. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Perspective from Washington 519/Alaskan Way north
This set of pictures shows the logical continuation of westbound traffic leaving Interstate 90 west and following Washington 519 north to the Seattle Ferry Terminal. While we don't have coverage of westbound Royal Brougham Way, we do have the following pictures of the final distance into the ferry terminal. The left lane connects Washington 519/Alaskan Way to the Seattle Ferry Terminal. Control cities of Bremerton and Bainbridge are posted on the overhead sign. This intersection is with Washington Street. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Northbound Washington 519 ends at Yesler Way; Alaskan Way continues north along the Seattle waterfront. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Washington 519 ends at the Seattle Ferry Terminal. The ferry offers connections across Puget Sound. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Perspective from Interstate 5 south
The first appearance of an Interstate 90 shield on southbound Interstate 5 appears within the infamous Mercer Street merge (Exit 167). Interstate 5 south will split into a local/express configuration, with the left lanes offering no downtown exits and the right lanes connecting to Interstate 90 east and downtown offramps. Photo taken 08/29/06.
The interchange with Interstate 90 is Exit 164. Use this exit to connect to Washington 519 en route to the Seattle Ferry Terminal and to Amtrak. In addition, Interstate 90 ends at the foot of Safeco Field and Qwest Field, so local access at Exit 164 connects to the sports facilities. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Southbound Interstate 5 reaches Exit 167, Mercer Street west to the Seattle Center and Space Needle. Continue south on Interstate 5 to downtown Seattle and the junction with Interstate 90. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Through traffic on southbound Interstate 5 should stay in the left lanes, while local traffic and traffic connecting to Interstate 90 en route to Spokane should use the right lanes. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Southbound Interstate 5 next reaches Exit 166, Stewart Street and Denny Way. The Interstate 90 split is about a mile ahead. Photo taken 08/29/06.
The connection to Interstate 90 from Interstate 5 south is found at Exit 164. This sign is posted prior to Exit 165A, which connects to Seattle University and community college. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Although Interstate 90 does not end at Interstate 5, the junction is the first major interchange for Interstate 90 headed eastbound. This southbound Interstate 5 photo displays the one-half mile overhead for Exit 164/Interstate 90. Interstate 5 travels underneath the Washington State Convention and Trade Center as it delivers motorists downtown via Exit 165B to Union Street and to nearby Exit 165A to James Street. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Reemerging from the Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Interstate 5 prepares to again submerge, this time under Freeway Park. This occurs while southbound traffic departs for Downtown Seattle via Exit 165A to James Street. Lane allocations are now put into play for the forthcoming Exit 164 stack interchange with Interstate 90. A lengthy collector-distributor roadway carries motorists to the Exit 164 destinations ahead. This collector-distributor roadway features connections with adjacent Airport Way and Dearborn Street. Compare the signage from 2001 with the signs from 2006: The sign showing Interstate 90 was removed during that time. Photos taken 08/29/06 and by Jim Teresco and Rob Foulis (6/27/01).
Southbound Interstate 5 prepares to split at Exit 164. Still signed as To Interstate 90 east to Bellevue and Spokane, this exit also offers local connections to the sports facilities and downtown Seattle. This ramp leads onto a collector distributor lane that is shown in the next photobox. Photo taken 08/29/06.
Use Exit 164 (Junction Interstate 90) to Airport Way and 4th Avenue South, which lead to Safeco Field and Qwest Field as well as the Seattle Ferry Terminal and Amtrak. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Southbound Interstate 5 splits into an express/local configuration at this point. Interstate 90, downtown, ferry, sports, and Amtrak traffic should use the local lanes. Through traffic should follow Interstate 5 south (left lanes). Photo taken 08/30/06.
Now on the collector-distributor (local) lanes, a series of exits ensue: Exit 164D, Dearborn Street (to downtown Seattle); Exit 164C, Junction Interstate 90 east (to Spokane and points east); Exit 164B, 4th Avenue South (to Seattle Ferry Terminal and Amtrak via Washington 519 north); and Exit 164A, Airport Way (to all sports facilities). Traffic may continue south to return to the main lanes of Interstate 5. Photo taken 08/30/06.
The left two lanes of the collector distributor lanes exits onto Interstate 90 east (Exit 164C), while the right lane provides access to Exit 164D (Dearborn Street), Exit 164B (4th Street South), and Exit 164A (Airport Way). Photo taken 08/30/06.
At the same point, the collector-distributor lanes split: left lanes connect to Exit 164C, Junction Interstate 90 east, and the right lane exits onto Dearborn Street (Exit 164D). Traffic from the 6th Street on-ramp is now added to the mix, and thus a return to Interstate 5 is afforded. The eastern suburb of Bellevue is featured as a secondary control city. Photo taken 08/30/06.
The next exit is Exit 164B, 4th Avenue South, followed by Exit 164A, Airport Way. The ramp to eastbound Interstate 90 is visible to the left from the collector-distributor lanes. Photo taken 08/29/06.
The mainline of Interstate 90 crosses over the Interstate 5 local lanes as the collector-distributor lanes reach Exit 164A, Airport Way (to sports facilities Qwest Field and Safeco Field). Photo taken 08/29/06.
Perspective from Interstate 5 north
Interstate 5 north two miles south of the junction with Interstate 90 east (Exit 164A) near the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Exit 163 leaves the freeway here for the West Seattle Bridge and Columbian Way east to South Seattle. There is no direct access onto Interstate 90 west from Interstate 5 north. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Northbound Interstate 5 reaches Exit 163, West Seattle Bridge to West Seattle and Columbian Way southeast. Photo taken 08/30/06.
The West Seattle Bridge, which shows as Spokane Street on some maps, provides a freeway connection from Interstate 5 to West Seattle. A major interchange with several levels of flyover ramps offers connections to the spur freeway as well as Columbian Way. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Interstate 5 maintains eight overall lanes through the directional interchange with Interstate 90. The right-hand lane becomes exit only for Exit 164A to Interstate 90 east. Interstate 90 crosses Lake Washington between Mt. Baker in Seattle and Mercer Island east of Interstate 5. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Exit 164A partitions into ramps for Interstate 90 east and a collector/distributor roadway north to Dearborn, James, and Madison Streets. The collector-distributor roadway joins the westbound off-ramp of Interstate 90 onto Interstate 5 north. Photo taken 08/30/06.
Traffic to Interstate 90 east leaves Interstate 5 north via Exit 164A as the Seattle skyline looms in the background. Interstate 90 meets Interstate 405 at Exit 10 and Interstate 82 at Exit 110. The Exit 164A c/d roadway returns to the Interstate 5 mainline north of Madison Street near the First Hill community of Seattle. Photos taken by Chris Elbert (02/26/05) and on 08/30/06.
FORMER Perspective from 4th Avenue South (Prior to Construction of Arenas)
The relatively new home to Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners, Safeco Field features a retractable roof and a world class entertainment experience from its location at 1st Avenue and Royal Brougham Way. In the foreground is the former beginning of Interstate 90 east as viewed from the northeast street corner of the Interstate 90/Washington 519/4th Avenue intersection. Traffic to Interstate 90 east now must continue south on 4th Avenue to the on-ramp from Royal Brougham Way. Photo taken by Jeff Royston (09/99).
A more personal look at the former Interstate 90 begin shield assembly. The structure in the background is part of the Stadium Exhibit Center (under construction at the time of this photograph). To the north of this complex is the recently opened stadium (QWest Field) for the National Football League Seattle Seahawks. Not only did the Seahawks get a new stadium in 2002, but they also got a new league and division when they jumped from the AFC West to the NFC West. Photo taken by Jim Teresco (9/99).
Seen peering from the backdrop of the begin Interstate 90 photograph above, was the first of many eastbound reassurance shields for Interstate 90. If this was the first shield, than how is it that Interstate 90 was already at milepost 2? Perhaps this question can be answered when factoring in the Washington 519 intermingling at the terminus. It may indeed be two miles from the state highway beginning at the Puget Sound Ferry Docks at Elliott Bay to Interstate 90. The exit numbers also correspond to this notion, as the Interstate 5 interchange is not Exit 1 but 2. Photo taken by Jim Teresco and Rob Foulis (06/27/01).
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This Is Why Quebec Must Remove Religion from the Public Sphere
They will be there, Allah's soldiers. They will visit us, the Islamic fanatics. We, the lost ones of the West, need their blessing. Upon invitation from the Collectif Indépendence, sponsored by the charitable organization HCI (Human Concern International), they will come from Europe to save us from hell. They want to cleanse us of our sacrileges. They want to show us the right path, we the perverts, the debauched, the libertines, the egotists, the impious, the miscreants. They will preach on September 7th and 8th at the Palais des congrès in Montreal. They will preach the revealed Word, denouncing the Crusades and blaming our women. And they will do so in two languages, Arabic and French. Yes, they'll use the language of l'Homme rapaillé to try and reach the lost children of Quebec. They will offer us the recipe for a ticket to paradise. So run out to hear what they have to say, my Quebecois brothers and sisters. Reserve your seats early, because there's sure to be a crowd at the Palais des congrès. It will be full of the gullible and the fanatical. There will be the curious and the bearded, students, the unemployed, the crazy, and the lonely.
Run! The young Nader Abou Anas and Farid Mounir are waiting anxiously for you. They will tell you some beautiful fables that will make you laugh and cry. Ah, those young kids will be charming. Beards combed in Afghan style, chechias welded to their heads, they will admonish you, O free women of Quebec, to wear the veil. They will speak to you under the watchful eye of their elder, Mohamed Patel, a sharia scholar. You will be seduced by the white, flowing beard of this shiek, this member of the Fatwa Council of the Centre Islamique de la Réunion. He will tell you how to eat halal. He will speak to you about the virtuous family, of putting your finances in the service of God, and will show you the treasures of Islamic science. He will introduce brother Mohamed François, an odd convert from Indre-et-Loire, who will explain how to fear Allah and how to impose the burka on the women of the Belle Province.
So run out and reserve your tickets. You won't regret it, my friends. You will contribute to the Islamification of the world and you will earn hassanats (money in the hereafter). Each ticket sold means $20 more for the Ummah's (the Muslim community's) coffers. And you won't be disappointed: Your sins will be washed away and your soul purified.
At Montreal's Palais des congrès, our devout preachers will ask you to obey, O free women of Quebec. They will forbid you to go out and party and to drink a beer on a cafe terrace. They will tell you that life down here is fleeting and that real life is elsewhere, in the hereafter.
Put away your jewelry, your perfume, your makeup containers, your pants, and your mini-skirts. Cover your bodies from head to toe, obey your spouses, and cry out that Allah is great.
As for you, free men of Quebec, our pious preachers will ask you not to dance, not to sing, not to play the guitar or the piano. They will convince you that music is the work of the devil. They will tell you that it corrupts the heart and the mind.
So forget about Céline Dion and Félix Leclerc, break your pens, burn your libraries, destroy your theatres, snuff out your lanterns and let the fanatics of Allah glorify death and the last judgment.
Run to the Palais des congrès, O free women and men of Quebec. Our venerable sheiks will sell you on backworlds where there will be virgins and rivers of wine.
But as for me, who saw this type of enlightened preaching in the stadiums and streets of Algeria in the early 1990s, which led to over 200,000 deaths and infinite suffering, how could I keep silent?
Today, I want to stand with all my strength against the laxity of the Canadian authorities; I totally embrace the Charter of Quebec Values.
We must get rid of religion in the political sphere.
Islamism is like couch grass: It feeds on cultures.
Muhammad experiences a vision in a cave, which he and his followers will attribute to divine intervention. The communications from God, which continue for two more decades, are thought to delineate a path toward salvation -- "the sharia." (Photo: A Muslim pilgrim prays at the Hiraa cave on Noor mountain late on Nov. 13, 2010 as some 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims descend on the holy city of Mecca for the annual hajj or pilgrimage. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Mohammed received his first message to preach Islam while praying in the cave.)
Muhammad's death sets off a succession crisis. The dispute will eventually widen into a full-blown schism between groups known as Sunnis and Shiites. (Photo: A Muslim woman prays in the courtyard of the Prophet Muhammad Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Medina on Nov. 13, 2009. Muhammad is buried in Medina's landmark mosque, which is Islam's second holiest shrine after Mecca.)
The revelations voiced by Muhammad are systematically written down for the first time. Several supposedly aberrant versions of the Quran are then incinerated on the orders of Caliph Uthman. (Photo: A Pakistani girl reads verses from the Quran while attending her daily madrassa, or Islamic school, set up in a local mosque on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2012.)
Revolutionaries overthrow the dynasty that has come to control the Muslim world, in the hope of restoring perfect Islamic justice on earth. Another dynasty assumes power instead. The caliphate's center of gravity shifts from Damascus to a purpose-built capital known as 'the City of Peace' - or Baghdad. (Photo: Iraqi worshippers perform their Friday prayers in a mosque in Baghdad's Shiite suburb of Sadr City on May 4, 2012.)
Caliphs in search of political legitimacy encourage scholars based around Medina and Baghdad to develop legal principles to supplement the Quran's very limited number of rules. The scholars oblige, drawing on sources ranging from Arab tradition and Persian custom to Greek philosophy. (Photo: An Indonesian Muslim student reads from an academic religious book in an Islamic course at Al-Azhar mosque in the old city of Cairo on Dec. 4, 2011. Al-Azhar mosque, which was developed into one of the oldest Islamic universities, pays special attention to the Quranic sciences and traditions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and all the modern fields of science.)
Iraqi scholars attempt for the first time to establish and document precisely which oral traditions about Muhammad (hadiths) are authentic. Jurists use the resulting compilations to re-interpret the sharia. (Photo: Tilings of a hadith on a wall in Nishapur, Iran.)
Five distinct bodies of legal thought become dominant, and alternative ways of understanding the sharia are sidelined. (Photo: A masked and hooded person canes Indonesian food seller Murni Amris for violating Islamic sharia law outside a mosque in Jantho, Aceh province, on Oct. 1, 2010. Two women were caned in Indonesia's staunchly Muslim Aceh province for selling food during the fasting hour of Ramadan, an official said.)
An army led by Genghis Khan invades the Muslim world through what is now northern Pakistan, and one of his grandsons renews the onslaught four decades later. Baghdad falls into Mongol hands, and the city's last caliph is rolled into a carpet and trampled to death. Despair and chaos ensue.
In response to the ongoing Mongol threat, new ideas about the sharia proliferate. Some are defensive and others are aggressive, but most concern themselves more with the mystical search for God than with questions of compulsion and force. (Photo: Mongol army.)
The Ottomans capture Constantinople. Successive sultans assert control over their expanding empire by trying to summarize God's law in statutory form - an innovation that early Muslims would have considered heretical. (Photo: Mehmed II entering Constantinople.)
The British suppress a major rebellion against their rule over India, intensifying the imperialist ambitions of several European powers. In response, Muslims increasingly associate the sharia with self-determination, as national and religious identities fuse. (Photo: Captain William Hodson captured the King of Delhi during the "Indian Mutiny" or First war of Indian Independence.)
A clan known as the Saudis seize control of the Arabian peninsula after a brutal civil war. Its leaders allow religious scholars to enforce a particularly harsh brand of Islamic law. (Photo: Saudi women stand outside a gift shop on Feb. 14, 2012 in the capital Riyadh, where open celebration of Valentine's Day is officially banned along with the desert kingdom's strict Islamic laws.)
Colonel Gaddafi becomes the first ruler since Ottoman times to enact statutes authorizing the punishment of Islamic crimes. A coup in Pakistan, a revolution in Iran, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan kick off an era of radicalization that will mean he is not the last. (Photo: President Gamal Abdal Nasser of Egypt (right) with the Leader of the Libyan Revolution, Muammar al-Gaddafi in 1969.)
Extremists assassinate Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat. They object to his willingness to make peace with Israel, and justify the killing by citing 14th century legal opinions about the Mongol invasions. (Photo: An undated picture shows late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat (L) waving to a crowd as Vice-President Hosni Mubarak (R) laughs beside him standing in a convertible vehicle. Mubarak came to office as Egypts fourth president after late President Anwar Sadat was slained by a group of military Islamist fundamentalists with allegiance to the Al-Jihad during a military parade Oct. 6, 1981.)
A year on from an Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Shiite fighters kill hundreds of foreign soldiers with the first ever suicide bomb. Some scholars formulate new legal theories to validate the tactic retrospectively. (Photo: Hezbollah fighters parade during a ceremony organized by the militant Shiite Muslim group on the occasion of Martyr's Day in the southern suburbs of Beirut Nov. 11, 2009.)
Ayatollah Khomeini demands that "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie be killed for blasphemy -- a sin for which the Quran itself mandates no penalty. (Photo: A veiled Iranian woman walks past a mural depicting Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, painted on the wall of the former US Embassy, in Tehran, Iran, where Iranian militant students seized in November 1979.)
In the aftermath of 9/11, hardliners continue to insist that Islamic jurisprudence is timeless. History continues to prove them wrong. (Photo: In this Friday, May 25, 2012 photo, Muslim hardliners of Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) hold banners during a protest against Lady Gaga in Jakarta, Indonesia. As the U.S. pop star canceled her sold out concert in Jakarta over security concerns after Muslim hardliners threatened to use violence against her, many started to question the extremists' double standard towards the raunchy dangdut shows performed almost every night by young Indonesian women who turn up everywhere from smokey bars and ritzy nightclubs to weddings and even circumcisions. Dangdut is the most popular music among lower class people in Indonesia.)
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text: by John Vasko Mar 28, 2011 Comments (2) AIChE Topics: Energy ChEnected News Share This Post: Richard Lahey is an expert in nuclear reactor safety and multiphase flow and heat transfer technology. In the 70s, he was involved with the safety research for the nuclear reactors in Fukushima. Earlier this week, the Washington Post conducted a live Q&A with Lahey, an AIChE Kern Award winner. He answered questions about the reactors, safety, radiation threats, and nuclear energy in the U.S. Lahey was asked how the nuclear energy industry in the U.S. will be affected by the crisis in Japan, whether plans for new plants will be scrapped, and about the safety of older plants. Here is his response, via the Washington Post: Richard Lahey: There will likely be reviews of nuclear power safety technology all over the world--and this is a good thing. I hope it does not hurt the construction of new plants since they have many new features which improve their safety performance. In contrast, i hope that more attention is paid to the life extension of older plants and to spent fuel pool safety; it is long overdue. Here are some of the questions asked and points that were discussed: What are the ways that radiation travels? What are the differences between boiling water reactors and pressurized water reactors? Is there a threat that plutonium will be released in the Fukushima disaster? How did radioactive material get into Japan's drinking water so quickly? Is it acceptable to build nuclear energy plants in areas prone to earthquakes and tsunamis? What lessons have we learned from the past? You can read the full Q&A session here. When asked about terrorist dangers associated with nuclear energy plants in the U.S., his answer was simply a suggestion to read another Washington Post article titled 5 myths about nuclear energy. These myths, according to Washington Post opinion writer Michael A. Levi, are: The biggest problem with nuclear energy is safety. Nuclear power plants are sitting ducks for terrorists. Democrats oppose nuclear energy and Republicans favor it. Nuclear power is the key to energy independence. Better technology can make nuclear power safe. Read the Washington Post article on the 5 myths and Michael Levi debunking them. What are your thoughts on the Q&A? On the myths? Log in to post comments Comments May (not verified) Apr 2, 2011 Hi John - very good post. I want to share this video too - which shares Bill Gate's perspective about energy, including nuclear energy. Enjoy. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/bill_gates.html jvasko (not verified) Apr 2, 2011 Thanks for sharing this May. I'll have a look.John Vasko@johnvasko Log in to post comments


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Song of the Lark HTML version
Chapter I.14
"Mother," said Peter Kronborg to his wife one morning about two weeks after
Wunsch's departure, "how would you like to drive out to Copper Hole with me to-
Mrs. Kronborg said she thought she would enjoy the drive. She put on her
gray cashmere dress and gold watch and chain, as befitted a minister's wife, and
while her husband was dressing she packed a black oilcloth satchel with such
clothing as she and Thor would need overnight.
Copper Hole was a settlement fifteen miles northwest of Moonstone where
Mr. Kronborg preached every Friday evening. There was a big spring there and a
creek and a few irrigating ditches. It was a community of discouraged
agriculturists who had disastrously experimented with dry farming. Mr. Kronborg
always drove out one day and back the next, spending the night with one of his
parishioners. Often, when the weather was fine, his wife accompanied him. To-
day they set out from home after the midday meal, leaving Tillie in charge of the
house. Mrs. Kronborg's maternal feeling was always garnered up in the baby,
whoever the baby happened to be. If she had the baby with her, the others could
look out for themselves. Thor, of course, was not, accurately speaking, a baby
any longer. In the matter of nourishment he was quite independent of his mother,
though this independence had not been won without a struggle. Thor was
conservative in all things, and the whole family had anguished with him when he
was being weaned. Being the youngest, he was still the baby for Mrs. Kronborg,
though he was nearly four years old and sat up boldly on her lap this afternoon,
holding on to the ends of the lines and shouting "`mup, 'mup, horsey." His father
watched him affectionately and hummed hymn tunes in the jovial way that was
sometimes such a trial to Thea.
Mrs. Kronborg was enjoying the sunshine and the brilliant sky and all the
faintly marked features of the dazzling, monotonous landscape. She had a rather
unusual capacity for getting the flavor of places and of people. Although she was
so enmeshed in family cares most of the time, she could emerge serene when
she was away from them. For a mother of seven, she had a singularly
unprejudiced point of view. She was, moreover, a fatalist, and as she did not
attempt to direct things beyond her control, she found a good deal of time to
enjoy the ways of man and nature.
When they were well upon their road, out where the first lean pasture lands
began and the sand grass made a faint showing between the sagebushes, Mr.
Kronborg dropped his tune and turned to his wife. "Mother, I've been thinking
about something."
"I guessed you had. What is it?" She shifted Thor to her left knee, where he
would be more out of the way.
"Well, it's about Thea. Mr. Follansbee came to my study at the church the
other day and said they would like to have their two girls take lessons of Thea.
Then I sounded Miss Meyers" (Miss Meyers was the organist in Mr. Kronborg's


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Rihanna's Amazing Beauty Makeover
Before she was Sasha Fierce, Beyoncé's beauty look was a little less, well, fierce. Back in her Destiny's Child days, she rocked super-relaxed center-parted locks with simple makeup. Although she's always had classic beauty and flawless skin, we're much more excited by the risks she decided to take later on...
What a difference a year makes! The year Destiny's Child's big album The Writing's on the Wall came out, B tried out pretty much every early 2000s trend. She spiced up her style with blonde cornrows and curls, thinned out, arched brows, lilac eyeshadow and mega lashes. Even a decade ago, Beyoncé was already a beauty trailblazer!
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Dean of UC Davis Graduate School of Management Steps Down
Steven Currall, the dean of UC Davis' Graduate School of Management, is stepping down this fall to help lead the group exploring a proposed "third campus" in or near Sacramento.
Last month, Chancellor Linda Katehi, proposed a new site to focus on food, agriculture and nutrition.
She told the Bee one possible site would be the railyards on the edge of downtown, but others are being considered as well.
Currall will help draft a financial strategy for a build-out and get involved in fund-raising efforts.
He's served as the graduate school's dean for the last five years. The program has recieved national honors.


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Please contact us if you have questions concerning the work of the Town Council, if you have any concerns that you feel the Council should be aware of or where it can help or support you.
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" Brand: Asda / Type: Snacks "
This is Asda's take on Skips and they are quite nice. I have to say i'm quite impressed with the new additions to Asda's Crisps recently. They brought in flavours like this in my local shop about a year ago.
Sold in an 8 pack which normally costs about £1.35, or 3 packs from a range of Asda and Walkers Crisps for £3.
The bag is a pink colour and has a few pictures of the Crisps on the front. it all looks alright, and it doesn't look like they are trying to copy Skips, as the colouring is totally different.
These are in the shape that Skips are as well. They are shell shaped, and 1 side is a bit more puffed out than the other 1. I would say these are slightly larger than Skips but the curve part seems the same way.
These seem a bit softer than Skips. They are crumbly and although they soften up a bit more, they are just nice. The flavouring is stronger than Skips too, and it is a nice tangy Prawn Cocktail. I wouldn't say these are overpowering, but you will have to like Prawn Cocktail to have these. They are quite light and you get qutie a few
The bag size is 18g and has 91 calories and 5.3g of fat. I wouldn't say these taste cheap, but they don't quite taste the same quality as Skips, but they are just nice in a cheap and cheerful way. I like the fact that they are a bit more crumbly, but also I sort of like the hardness of Skips.
A nice Crisp from a good range of affordable Crisps. Although I think the brand name has the edge, I think these are nice in a different type of way.
Asda Prawn Shells come in a multipack containing 8 x 18g bags of maize snacks. Each bag is individually heat sealed, and makes a perfect addition to any lunch box. The multipack is priced at £1.34 and is currently in an offer which is 3 multipack bags from a selection of both Asda's own and brand name crisps for £3. This offer is long term, currently expiring 31/12/09, but likely to be extended.
Maize Flour , Sunflower Oil , Wheat Flour , Prawn Cocktail Flavour Blend [Sugar, Natural Flavourings (contains Celery), Salt, Cream Powder, Citric Acid, Tomato Powder , Onion Powder, Whole MIlk Powder, Dried Autolysed Yeast Powder, Yeast Extract, Tartaric Acid, Colour (Paprika Extract)] , Potato Starch , Glucose , Salt , Paprika , Emulsifier (Mono and Diglycerides of Fatty Acids) , Colours (Carmine, Turmeric)
Dietary / Allergy Advice:
Contains Celeriac, Celery, Gluten, Wheat, Milk. The crisps are free from artifical colours and flavours
Nutritional Information:
Typical values (per packet) Energy 315kJ 75kcal, Protein 0.7g, Carbohydrate 8.2g (of which sugars 0.7g), Fat 4.4g (of which saturates 0.6g), Fibre 0.8g, Sodium 0.15g (equivalent as salt 0.4g)
Flavour / Appearance / Texture:
The snacks are shaped like little shells / flowers, very similar to Skips. They are a creamy colour, with a paprika colour speckled on the shell outline shape. They are textured as you would expect this type of snack to be textured, bubbly, crunchy, light. They taste fantastic, they have a tasty, but not overpowering, prawn cocktail flavour, which is pleasant and tingles on the tongue, but which does not leave a horrible after taste as I have found comes hand in hand with some other prawn cocktail flavoured products.
Asda Prawn Shells are delicious, great value snacks and perfect for lunch boxes, a light snack, a buffet item, or as an accompaniment to a sandwich. They work out at only 17p a bag roughly, and are absolutely lush!


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President Obama surprised many Americans this month as the first sitting President to announce his support of same-sex marriage. While Obama's staunchest critics believe he has risked alienating many of his African-American supporters, his supporters reject this notion. If the Pew poll taken in April this year is any indication of how Blacks think, then Obama may be shifting his views along with the rest of the African-American population. According to Pew poll results in 2008, 67% of African-Americans did not support gay marriage at that time. The Pew poll taken last month showed a sharp drop to 47% of Blacks disapproving of gay marriage.
One example of how Obama's declaration impacted the deeply-religious, African-American community is how Annie May Johnson reacted to the news. When interviewed by "The Daily Beast," Johnson admitted that Obama's announcement has made her reconsider her belief that marriage should only be between a man and woman. As a regular in church on Sunday mornings listening to church leaders condemn homosexuality her entire life, Johnson would not be the type of person that Obama's critics expect to go easy on the President.
While the media continues to debate and discuss possible political fallout from his announcement, there are many Blacks who share Obama's belief about same-sex marriage because of family members who are gay. One California resident is quoted in "The Daily Beast" as saying, "My grandson is gay. My wife and I learned to accept it and be at peace with it. Who are we to deny him happiness?" As the population as a whole has become more accepting of same-sex marriage, so has the Black community. A popular belief held by many is that African Americans will continue to rally around Obama, knowing that he is most likely to represent their interests as a community.
Read more at The Daily Beast.


text: WNYC News Published by WNYC News Bowlmor No More Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Email a Friend Endless Fun! promises a chalkboard outside of Bowlmor Lanes flagship Union Square location. It's ironic, and perhaps a little sad, since the fun is actually ending - the historic establishment will officially shut its doors Tuesday. "This is a very sad moment for the entire company," says Colie Edison, vice president of marketing for Bowlmor. "[Bowlmor- Union square] was the heart and soul of our company, a true New York destination. Everyone's devastated to see it close." The closing marks the end of more than seven pin-filled decades at the longest continuously running bowling alley in the Northeast. Edison said that the location is shutting its doors because they could not get their lease extended, and like many a New York story, the landlord plans to convert the lanes and parking garage into luxury condos. Bowlmor has no plans to open another location in New York (as they already have alleys in Chelsea Piers, Times Square, and in Melivlle on Long Island). Soon after Bowlmor opened in 1938 during the golden age of bowling, it attracted an athlete and celebrity clientele, famously including then-Vice President Richard Nixon, who visited in 1958. But by the beginning of the 21st century, bowling had lost its cachet and Bowlmor had fallen into disrepair. It took a full scale renovation in the '90s for Bowlmor to remain in business. The current iteration of Bowlmor is now reminiscent of a night club, with a dress code, dim lighting and pulsating music to match. The makeover paid off, and Bowlmor became the highest-grossing bowling alley in the country, with branches in Times Square, Chelsea Piers, and out-of-state in Maryland and California. New owners bought the property in 2012 for conversion into into luxury condos, and construction is set to begin immediately. While residents and nearby business owners seem ambivalent to dismissive about the toursity, neon amusement Bowlmor marketed for high prices, many are miffed at the future construction plans. The East Village Blog EV Grieve laments that "Bowlmor lanes will convert to condos, like everything else around here."