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The new Glassnote/Island single "Fire Fly", released on July 9th, is taken from the rapper/actor/comedian's recently released and universally acclaimed first album proper "CAMP" which established him as one of the most challenging, exciting and lyrically interesting talents to emerge in hip hop.
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I had the opportunity, back in 1966, to attend a real Texas BBQ event, and teh memory lasts to this day.
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text: Biblical and Theological Studies Department Associate Professor of Theology On Faculty since 2013 Office: BGC 529 Phone: (630)752-5914 Email: email@example.com Education Ph.D., University of St. Andrews, 2007 Th.M., Western Seminary, 2004 M.A., Western Seminary, 2002 B.A., Multnomah Bible College, 2000 About Marc Cortez I'm a recent transplant to the Midwest, having lived much of my life on the West Coast (mostly near Portland) with a brief stint in Scotland. My teaching focuses mostly on theology and church history, though I've taught introductory Greek and philosophy as well. I love a good discussion, and my favorite classes are those in which I get to learn along with the students as we wrestle through difficult theological issues together and come to know and love God more deeply. And I particularly enjoy helping students reflect on how theology impacts everyday life and ministry. My research interests revolve largely around what it means to be human. I think that humans are fascinatingly weird creatures who raise all kinds of complex questions, so I enjoy studying us. More specifically, though, much of my research focuses on the significance of Christology for understanding humans in general. In other words, what does it really mean to say that Jesus reveals what it means to be truly human? And what difference does that make for how we understand specific issues like the image of God, embodiment, free will, sexuality, race, and more. Before teaching, I worked as a youth pastor, ministering to middle and high school students for almost ten years. I still love youth ministry and have continued to serve as a volunteer youth worker ever since. And my great delight now is doing youth ministry alongside my teenage daughter! Most of my spare time gets spent with my family, reading theology books, or doing chores around the house. But I also enjoy blogging, I read a lot of fiction (especially science fiction and fantasy), and I like TV far more than I should (with a tendency toward shows on the "dark" side). Courses Taught Advanced historical theology seminars on Augustine, Greek Fathers, Martin Luther, Jonathan Edwards, and Karl Barth Advanced seminar on theological anthropology Introductory classes in systematic theology covering all the major doctrines Church history survey Introduction to philosophy for theologians and biblical scholars Introductory classes on Greek grammar, syntax, and exegesis Membership in Professional Societies Evangelical Theological Society Evangelical Philosophical Society Society of Biblical Literature American Academy of Religion Research Theological Anthropology (esp. the image of God, the body/soul relationship, human sexuality, race/culture, and theologies of work) Contemporary Christology (esp. the incarnation and the humanity of Christ) Philosophical Theology (primarily the relationship between metaphysics and systematic theology) Global and Contextual Theology (the nature of culture, the impact of cultural context on theology, particular expressions of contextual theology) Theological studies on Geregory of Myssa, Karl Barth, and Jonathan Edwards Publications Books Published Christological Anthropology in Historical Perspective (Zondervan, forthcoming). A Theological Anthropology Reader (T&T Clark, forthcoming). Theological Anthropology: A Guide for the Perplexed (T&T Clark, 2010). Embodied Souls, Ensouled Bodies: An Exercise in Christological Anthropology and Its Significance for the Mind/Body Debate (T&T Clark, 2008). Articles/Chapters Published "The Madness of Our Method: Christology as the Necessary Starting Point for Theological Anghropology," in Ashgate Companion to Theological Anthropology (forthcoming). "The Human Person as Communicative Event: Jonathan Edwards on the Mind/Body Relationship," in Ashgate Companion to Theological Anthropology (forthcoming). "A Spirit-ed Account of the imago Dei: Reconnecting Pneumatology and Christology in Contemporary Theological Anthropology," in Third Article Theology: A Pneumatological Dogmatics (forthcoming). "As Much as Possible: Essentially Contested Concepts and Analytic Theology; A Response to William J. Abraham," Journal of Analytic Theology 1.1 (2013): 17-24. "Body, Soul, and (Holy) Spirit: Karl Barth's Theological Framework for Understanding Human Ontology," International Journal of Systematic Theology 10.3 (2008): 328-345. "What Does It Mean to Call Karl Barth a Christocentric Theologian?" Scottish Journal of Theology 60.2 (2007): 127-143. "The Law of Violent Intervention: Deuteronomy 25:11-12 Revisited," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 30.4 (2006): 431-447. "Creation and Context: A Theological Framework for Contextual Theology," Westminster Theological Journal 67.2 (Fall 2005): 347-362. Westminster Theological Journal 67.1 (Spring 2005): 85-102.


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DETROIT - A high school in Detroit is warning that scammers are using their name to steal money.
Martin Luther King High School Band Director Victoria Miller says she's been told that there are people passing out fliers with her name and images of the band on them -- soliciting money for a college tour in May. But Miller says the money collected isn't going toward the students, but to someone's pocket.
"I don't have any students out there fundraising at all," she said.
Miller said her band members go out with M&Ms and water bottles when they fundraise. And they always wear their King Marching Band T-shirts.
"It hurts me. It's very deceptive," she said. "I'm worried about the people they approach because there was one group of guys who were collecting peoples names and addresses and phone numbers. I wouldn't want them to hurt anyone who would be a supporter of us."
Miller said the scams using her band's name has happened before.
"They [scammers] know we have a reputation for fundraising and there are so many people who support us. So, they're out there using our name," Miller said.
The band mostly recently raised money and traveled to perform at the Olympics in London.
Detroit Public Schools police are investigating.
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text: Markeen Rice-Wallace 105 Report post Posted July 11, 2013 I'm not sure where to start but I can summerise this post as a crisis of faith if anything. I just need some advice, because I have no idea what to do. I am a recent graduate from a UK University with a Games related Degree. I have applied for jobs for the last three months with little or no response. I am a part time employee of a Games Lab, but in the whole of last year, due to hours, I earned £34.89. I have been to two interviews. One for a QA Compliance tester, that I didn't get because I had no experience in Compliance(???). The other is part of the reason I'm writing this post today. I applied for a Mac Junior Games Developer position about a week ago. Not knowing what to expect other than that there will be some technical questions I went to the interview and encountered a problem I couldn't solve. This is not the same, but It's close to the problem I had to solve (Imagine the c++ version). http://www.ardendertat.com/2011/10/31/programming-interview-questions-12-reverse-words-in-a-string/ The problem is that I had no idea. I have over two years of experience in C++, but I've never worked with something like this, beyond setting up for loops. That all my lecturer said I would need to know to get through. It was devastating. Three years of study and I couldn't even answer a question like this, something I knew was basic, but had no knowledge on how to solve it. The guy was nice, but he and I knew that I wasn't going to get the job. On the bright side I got engaged last weekend to my long term gf. (:D) So every silver lining. Then today happened. I went online to see if any news on my grades had come. During the last year of my course I had to create a project worth twice as much as anything else I had that year. I spent months working late into the night on the game and report. (Oddly the report was worth twice as much as the game.). I didn't come home for three days due to the work. Today I found out I got a D- on the project. I'm... I don't know how to describe it. It feels like the last three years of my life have been worthless. Programming is something I've always wanted to do, making games has been my dream since I was a kid, yet I don't even think I can do that. I want to know how to move on. I want to know how to change and get better. I don't know how to end this post. I need some advice any advice. This is life, I know that. I just wish I knew what to do. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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MSI Z87 XPower Review: Our First Z87 with PLX8747by Ian Cutress on 8/12/2013 9:00 AM EST
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DanNeely - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkI'm wondering about the pair of USB2 ports on the back. The Z87 provides 6 USB3 ports; 4 are used by the pair of onboard headers, and all 8 back panel USB3 ports are ASmedia. This leaves 2 USB3 ports on the z87 idle, so why not route them to the back too instead of USB2. Reply
IanCutress - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkYou are forgetting FlexIO (http://www.anandtech.com/show/6989/) - Z87 has 18 ports from the PCH. Most of them are fixed - four for USB 3.0, six for PCIe 2.0 and four for SATA 6 Gbps. This leaves two pairs of two - the first pair can be configured as USB 3.0 or PCIe 2.0, and the second pair can be configured as PCIe 2.0 or SATA 6 Gbps. The only limitation is a maximum of eight PCIe 2.0 lanes in total. MSI have decided to use four USB 3.0 here, eight PCIe 2.0 and six SATA 6 Gbps: 4 + 8 + 6 = 18, as shown in the Board Features :)
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ionR19 - Sunday, August 10, 2014 - linkthere are 4 USB3 comming from the PCH and 8 from the hubs
can you use all the 12 USB3 ports this way ? Reply
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tech6 - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkIn most home uses cases the bottleneck for performance is no longer the CPU but more likely to be the graphics card or hard disk. Thus spending a lot of money on on OC board is a waste of money better spent on an SSD or more GPU. I guess that manufacturers are betting that there will always be enough well funded fanbois who feel the need to brag about their OC numbers to make a buck on products such as these. Reply
IanCutress - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkOverclocking, at least competitive overclocking, has substantial investment in motherboard companies and is the the focus of peoples jobs, careers, and a sport-like industry. The website HWBot.org is a common database for overclock scores and leagues, and I have reported here at AnandTech about competitive overclocking events/venues. Manufacturers will always release boards for these people, though it's hard to justify it *just* for this crowd, and it has to be made for daily use as well. As a result you end up with a Halo board trying to cater for both crowds, as mentioned in the conclusion ;)
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Slomo4shO - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkWhy don't any of these board manufactures ever design a board capable of 3-way crossfire/SLI using PCIe 1, 4, and 7 slots? ASRock x79 boards are the only ones that seem to have this option currently... Reply
Infy2 - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkWhat does that plus (+) mean in the performance charts next to the system name? Reply
IanCutress - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkIt means that the CPU was tested in a motherboard that enables MultiCore Turbo/Enhancement/Acceleration by default, like this one. It is starting to become the norm for motherboards from certain companies over a particular price point.
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jardows2 - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkInteresting to read about these high-end boards, but I would like to see someone build a high-end performing board without all the extra "features" that will never get used. 10 SATA ports? Really? If you are doing serious workstation computing and need that many hard drives in a RAID array, you are going to get a SAS RAID controller. If you are just using the computer as a storage server, you won't be spending $400 on the motherboard. All the USB 3.0 ports are going to collect dust for most users. I have several computers with multiple onboard USB ports that have never had anything connected. Add mediocre audio, combined with wireless add-on (practically worthless for such a high-end machine, especially when you have a high-end Ethernet controller on board) it seems like the manufacturers are subscribing to a "more is better" approach, when a "less is more" board, I think, would sell far more. Give me a motherboard with the graphics and overclocking performance that this board can offer, without all the extra stuff, and you will have a winner! Reply
529th - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkExactly! Well said. Reply
Optimalpc - Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - linkditto that, jardows2! Stick with what a lot of us want - Full x16 bandwidth for GPUs, Good digital Power. Better Audio, including good headphone AMP. Ability to support the fastest memory available. Overclocking with mature tools. Min 3-year warranty. Game Ports. High-end Ethernet controller (Killer). Quit wasting money and real estate on too many SATA ports, USB Ports, sub-par wireless, and crappy audio! I don't need 14 USB ports (or even 8). Hardwired to the network, why even add the cost of wireless at all, UNLESS you are providing the latest in 802.11 standards (ac)? Reply
jeffb98 - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkHow's MSI when it comes to Linux? Do they test compatibility at all for at least Red Hat and SUSE enterprise targeted Linux distros? Would they look into/fix BIOS issues when it comes to Linux?
I know Asus and Gigabyte tell you they don't do any Linux testing and support when it comes to their consumer motherboards even when there's clearly a Linux compatibility issue. I know most people "never had a problem" but that's most people who don't really do much and probably don't even need a high end board. Reply
nathanddrews - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkQuad-SLI/CF benchmarks? Seeing as this board caters to people that actually do that kind of thing. Reply
IanCutress - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkMy fourth 7970 is in the process of being RMA'ed.
Ian Reply
nathanddrews - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkD'oh! Sorry to hear that.
I was about ready to pull the trigger on a 780, but now that the 7990 is only $699 (and with improved drivers), I'm thinking of getting on of those instead given the potential of getting a second in a year or so. Thoughts? Reply
yasamoka - Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - linkQuad-SLi / CF does not always scale too well. Plus you're more likely to hit a CPU bottleneck if you're running any single monitor resolution and hovering above 60FPS with a target of 120FPS.
Plus, this: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7990...
Not recommended except if you water-cool for the heat issues. But then you get left with the other issues. Quad uses AFR + SFR so the microstutter fix is not going to be difficult as it already exists for dual GPU SFR. Quad is similar in that respect as each 2 GPUs use SFR and the groups of 2 GPUs use AFR. Reply
nathanddrews - Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - linkMy current setup does most games maxed at 1920x1200@96Hz (at 96fps), but I'm looking to do over 120Hz (at 120fps) with a new 120Hz Lightboost LCD or try out some of the overclockable 1440/1600p displays. My FW900 is going to die someday and I need to be ready. :| Reply
rpg1966 - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkOK, this is probably a dumb question - but as implied on the first page, if this board has an additional 2 sockets of space between the port cluster and the PCIe sockets, won't you need a case that is specifically designed for such a long (tall?) motherboard? Reply
DanNeely - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkYou will. Most commonly they're 10 expansion slots high (the size of the first generation of extra large/tall mobos). Newegg carries 11 ten, 7 eleven, and 1 twelve slot tall cases vs 333 seven and 74 eight slot tall models. Reply
peterwhitehouse - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkI think the form factor description is totally wrong surely it should be XL-ATX and not E-ATX? Reply
DanNeely - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkThat or HP-ATX; the other taller than normal board bucket. EATX is still 7 slots tall but somewhat wider to give room for two CPU sockets and ram banks in the top area. Reply
Nfarce - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkEvery time I see a Haswell tested and overclocked I cringe looking at the thermals. Even with an H70 this thing hits 85C at 4.7GHz. My 2500K stays at 4.8 on 1.39V at 60C in summer ambients on an ND-D14. Would like to upgrade to an i7 for video editing as well as a gaming, all-in-one system, but can't see that kind of heat happening. Maybe Ivy is the way to go for the last of the great overclocking chipsets? Reply
Death666Angel - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkHave you listened to the Podcast #22 with Dustin Slavos? Anand and him discuss Haswell OCing very in depth, you should check it out.
As it stands now, yes, you are thermally limited with Haswell. You currently get a little less OC headroom than with Ivy Bridge, but the IPC increase means you are still ~5% ahead in average work loads. When yields mature, you might see OC parity or even an increase, in which case Haswell will be about 10%+ better, sometimes more if the program takes advantage of the new features with Haswell. If you are to upgrade to a completely new system, get Haswell or Ivy-Bridge-E which should do better in the OCing department since it will likely use solder to connect the die and the IHS. I personally don't see the appeal to do an upgrade from one generation to the next these days, unless money isn't an issue.
But, 85°C is not an issue for the CPU. If the system isn't louder because of Haswell, anything under 90°C should be okay. And unless the two system were identical, you can't compare your 60°C to the 85°C, the cooler are different, you have different fans, different care fans and different positioning, difference socket placement..... :) Reply
Nfarce - Monday, August 12, 2013 - link"But, 85°C is not an issue for the CPU. If the system isn't louder because of Haswell, anything under 90°C should be okay. And unless the two system were identical, you can't compare your 60°C to the 85°C, the cooler are different, you have different fans, different care fans and different positioning, difference socket placement..... :)"
I understand all of that of course. However, my summer temps - I live in the south of the US where it's hot nearly half the year - and my air conditioner bill would not like something cranking out 180F+ degrees. It's already hot enough in the room blowing 140F out the back with the Sandy rig combined with the 140F coming from GPUs. Bottom line - Haswell, while faster clock for clock than the Ivy which itself is faster clock for clock than Sandy, is not the "next level" I was hoping for. Finally, as stated, the only reason I'm looking to upgrade to i7 from i5 is to speed up my video editing and rendering time, which I'm doing more and more of these days. Reply
basroil - Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - linkNfarce, it doesn't matter if you put 90W of heat into your apartment at 180F or at just 90F, your room temperature increases the same amount! In fact, those massive coolers actually draw so much more power that you'll actually increase temperatures. Don't spout nonsense like that, it's beyond ridiculous. If you care for cooler temperatures, go for the system that uses the fewest Watt average (including idle time), and that system will surely not include this mobo! Reply
ggathagan - Monday, August 12, 2013 - link"$440 is a big ask from MSI, which is placated some by the inclusion of a mouse mat and goodies in the box."
"Two thumbs up from MSI on the self-branded additions to the box."
Seriously Ian?!
$440 should buy me an amazingly solid board that will do what its manufacturer claims it will.
Anything less is unacceptable and simply encourages board makers to continue this trend of cranking out their top tier products before they are actually ready for everyday use.
Spare me the marketing material, the out-dated 2.4GhZ wireless the useless 'Killer' NIC and spend your time/money on producing a satisfactory motherboard! Reply
C.C. - Monday, August 12, 2013 - linkDumb ass spammer..If she only makes $62 an hr, yet brought in $20,900 in a month..that "few hours" she worked totals 337 hours..If you are going to waste your time typing spam messages that everyone here is smart enough not to follow, then you *SHOULD* be smart enough to use a friggin' calculator Bahahah...
On topic, ggathagan you are exactly right! $3 worth of useless marketing fluff doesn't really make you want run out and buy this board over others that are half price but perform just as well..For $440, this thing should come with a full set of custom waterblocks for the VRMs/chipset, and ship with a stable BIOS for God's sake! I really liked the platform offerings of Z87 on paper, but I am glad I held onto my 3770k @ 4.8Ghz..
Every Z87 board seems to have their own slew of issues, from BIOS issues to XMP issues etc etc..My $115 ASRock Z77 Extreme4 has been rock solid from June 1st of 2012..It runs 24/7 @ 100% load (F@H), and is the BEST MB I have ever owned under $150..
I used to buy nothing but higher end boards ($200-250), and am super glad I took a chance on this "mainstream" performance board! I sure hope Ivy-E brings some updated X79 boards (native USB 3, more SATA 6 ports, better Audio) so I have something to be excited about! Reply
b3nzint - Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - linkIf u going to 4 way crossfire / sli or even 3 way, then where u put your sas card or any other pci xpress card? cause theres no pci xpress slot left available. This kinda boards is all about having multiple gpu but still got everything else. Reply
ggathagan - Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - linkI would guess that most people interested in 4-way Xfire/SLI recognize that choosing a 4-GPU setup generally eliminates using other add-in cards.
Even E-ATX boards would be limited in that respect.
3-way GPU setups will still allow you another add-in card on this board. Reply
Hrel - Friday, August 16, 2013 - link$440 motherboard... lol, next article. Reply
JlHADJOE - Monday, August 19, 2013 - linkI am pleased to see they ditched the ridiculous guns and ammo design. Reply
R-Type - Friday, August 23, 2013 - linkI feel like I stepped into a big and tall men's store. Ha!
Seriously though, is this with 32-lane PLX what you need for 4k gaming? I've heard it takes 4 Titans to crank out that many pixels.
You're looking at a $10k investment such a setup. (Computer + monitor). OMG. Reply
R-Type - Friday, August 23, 2013 - linkThe 4770K is an improvement for sipping watts, and thus getting more done for less energy, and thus less energy as heat wasted overall. Some stats:
Processor : Stock Speed / No-Load Draw / Max Speed / Max Draw
3770K : 3.5 GHz 99 W 4.8 GHz 244 W
4770K : 3.5 GHz 81 W 4.7 GHz 177 W
(Additionally, my 4770K idles at 800 MHz, and presumably consumes even less than any previous processor)
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2013/06/01/intel-... Reply


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Check out our pictures from various Redskin events, and from various sources.
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2003 Ken Harvey Football Fan Classic
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Photos from THN's weekly show with Brandon Lloyd.
Draft Day 2004
Washington Redskins Draft Day 2004
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In a spacious and well-kept studio space amid the cutely angled streets of New York's West Village, I am studying a small panel taken from a comic book. The image is instantly familiar, yet at the same time not quite as we know it: a rocket is leaving the wing of a fighter plane, and a garish red sound effect – "WHOOSH!" – attempts to capture the drama of the moment. A bubble on the top left of the panel builds the narrative: "I pressed the fire control ... and ahead of me ... rockets blazed through the sky."
The panel has been crudely torn from the February 1962 issue of All-American Men of War and roughly annotated in blue ink. But art lovers who have never been near a comic book will recognise the scene: it forms the basis of one of the most famous of all modern art works, Roy Lichtenstein's "Whaam!".
I am sitting in Lichtenstein's former studio, home of the artist's foundation since his death in 1997, in which thousands of similarly inspirational pieces of pop memorabilia have been scrupulously collected and archived; a place where the once-ephemeral has been turned into art-historical gold.
Of all the periods in Lichtenstein's stellar career as a pop artist, it is the early 1960s that are by far the best known. Then, Lichtenstein plundered the dynamic images of some of the US's most popular comic books to produce images – the so-called "War and Romance" series – that would in subsequent years become iconic and insanely valuable.
"Whaam!" was purchased by the Tate Gallery in 1966 for a princely £3,940, not without controversy (trustees Herbert Read and Barbara Hepworth were among those who opposed its acquisition), but with instantly favourable results: the painting was a highlight of the gallery's 1968 show on the artist, and galvanised young people to come through its august doors.
Only Andy Warhol's "Campbell's Soup Cans" had a comparable effect on a new generation that fell in love with the playful, superficial ways of pop art. Lichtenstein's taut-faced pilots and gloopy adolescent girls were instantly recognisable figures from comics, movies and pop songs, and now they were making their way into the most prestigious temples of high culture.
But that period of ferocious creativity (and instantaneous commercial success) constituted only a small part, some five years, of Lichtenstein's career. A new retrospective exhibition at Tate Modern opening next month, the first since the artist's death in 1997, aims to complete the picture. It will show, among its 125 works, some of the artist's late pieces, such as his Chinese landscapes and nudes, which remain relatively obscure to the public.
The show has been curated by Sheena Wagstaff, who left Tate last year to head the department of modern and contemporary art at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. She wants visitors to come away with a broader appreciation of Lichtenstein's talents, looking beyond those familiar works.
"He was a consummate painter," she tells me over tea in a private members' room at the Met. "If you think of someone like [Henri] Matisse, who was trying to bring form and image together through colour and line – that is exactly what Roy Lichtenstein was trying to do."
It was the formal challenges in re-creating the images that had saturated the billboards and airwaves of the Mad Men era that interested Lichtenstein, much more than the subjects themselves. He painted by hand to make his works look machine-made; he copied comic-book images, but tweaked the contours of the originals to improve the composition. (The comparisons can be seen on the fascinating "Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein" web page.) "He was completely different from Warhol," says Wagstaff firmly. "Warhol was not a painter, Lichtenstein was."
The man who traded in "Whaams!" and "Whooshes!" was far from bombastic in manner, she says. "He was wry, with a great sense of humour, and a lovely giggle. Cool but not sophisticated. He was rather reticent, which was one of the delightful things about him."
The description tallies with the atmosphere in Lichtenstein's former studio, which is methodically laid out (rows of paint tubes are arranged in exactly the same way as in his other studio in Southampton, New York) and lacks any whiff of creative chaos. He was rigorous and scientific in his approach to painting, even inventing his own easel, which was capable of turning a canvas around 360 degrees.
"He wanted to know what a painting would look like upside down," says Harry Cooper, head of modern and contemporary art at Washington's National Gallery of Art, which has just housed the exhibition. "He was interested in shapes in themselves, and wanted us to take another look at this visual culture all around us."
This almost abstract approach to his subjects would become more explicit in Lichtenstein's late landscapes, which would mix his familiar dot matrices with near-satirical simulations of abstract expressionist brushstrokes. (Lichtenstein's humour was never far from the surface of his surface-obsessed work: the dialogue bubble coming from the cool blonde in an early "War and Romance" work was cheerfully self-referential, and prescient: "Why, Brad Darling, This Painting is a Masterpiece! My, Soon You'll Have All of New York Clamoring For Your Work!".)
Following the success of the "War and Romance" series, Lichtenstein moved abruptly in different directions: in the "art history" paintings, he implicitly compared himself to the greats by reproducing some of their most familiar works in his own, ever more refined style. "He wanted to be understood within the history of painting," says Tate curator Iria Candela. "He was equating his work with that of other artists, saying, 'I am part of this tradition.'"
In his sculptures of the late 1960s, he was inspired by the art-deco shapes that were familiar to him from his childhood in Manhattan. "He said he didn't like [the style] very much, but that it was in his blood," says Cooper.
Modern-day Manhattan repays the homage in hosting two notable public works that can be freely seen by passers-by today. The Times Square mural of the mid-1990s, which adorns a frenetically busy subway intersection, is all but lost amid the visual clutter of ATM machines and movie billboards. It manages to be futuristic and nostalgic all at once and stands proud and still-pristine beside its rusting, stained surroundings. The much grander mural of the AXA Equitable Center is a dizzy montage of more art historical references, in truth too fussy to make any kind of authoritative statement.
More eloquent are the paintings commissioned in 1993 for the boardroom of MacAndrews & Forbes, the holding company owned by billionaire businessman Ronald Perelman. Lichtenstein fills the panels with visual in-jokes that refer to his patron – a big cheese, a cigar, a man behind a curtain – that give the space a light-hearted and insubstantial feel. Further irony: some of the heftiest business deals of the last couple of decades have been debated here.
There is in fact a perfect synergy between Lichtenstein, the man who thought so deeply about lack of depth, and the frantic, hyper-moneyed art world of today. Lichtenstein's works, along with those of Warhol, have the ultimate "wall power", that shimmering, almost trivial quality that makes them immediately desirable and unthreateningly cool.
Lichtenstein was a serious, but not a tortured, artist. He cared most about his position in the art historical canon, but was not uninterested in his position in the marketplace. Charged with vacuity, he routinely turned the tables on his audience. In one of his most famous works from 1961, another from the comic book series, a man looks through a peep hole from a black background, straight at the viewer.
"I Can See the Whole Room! ... And There's Nobody In It!" says the speech bubble. It could be the perfect self-inflicted joke on his perceived lack of artistic substance, or just a casual pop at the viewer. Fact remains, it sold for $43.2m at Christie's in New York just over a year ago, a then-record for the artist at auction.
Whoosh! Everyone wants a piece of the action now.
'Lichtenstein: A Retrospective' opens at Tate Modern, London, on February 21; www.tate.org.uk


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text: THROWBACK THURSDAY: January 30-February 5, 2000 30 Jan 2014, 6 a.m. Take a look back at what made news on the Border this week from 2000. THROWBACK THURSDAY: January 30-February 5, 2000 E.P.A acting general Manager David Cook (l) Barry Gerrard (council ordnance officer) Mark Gerrard (E.P.A. officer) look over a milk spill in the Murray River near Noreuil Park that came from the Paul's Milk Albury depot. Picture: RAY HUNTWinsor Park in financial trouble - l-r- Winsor Park Bowling club vice president Noel Trainor and president Steve Bowler. Picture: CHRIS McCORMACKWangaratta wheel race final - Baden Cooke of Benalla takes first place. Picture: CHRIS McCORMACKBarry Paton on his horse that will sit down to make it easier for him to mount. Barry is one of the 2 winners of last year's Man From Snowy River festival. Picture: PETER MERKESTEYNSocial worker Les Twentyman in Wodonga for a meeting on open family. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYLake Mulwala foreshore dispute - Jack Lawless,93 , one of the original founders of the lake foreshore. Picture: CHRIS McCORMACKMr John Ferguson from Lavington is angered over an international competition scam. Mr Ferguson holds a diamond and ruby rugby pendant he won through the competition. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYRutherglen - Lake Moodemere.....Promo for the Rowing Challenge being held as part of the festival of sport....LTR..Shane Mc Cluskey, Stuart Pascoe, Michael Pascoe, Damian Leeburn & Martin Tobin. Picture: SIMON DALLINGERWodonga railway station, looking south, shows the rotted sleepers trackside that were replaced. Picture: ALEC SAVIDGEYarrawonga - Rockalonga 2000. You am I lead singer Tim Rogers performs live. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYYarrawonga - Rockalonga 2000. Ella Hooper, lead singer for Killing Heidi, performing live. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYYarrawonga - Rockalonga 2000. Jebediah performing live. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYYarrawonga - Rockalonga 2000. Lead singer of New Zealand band Shihad, Jon Toogood. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYAlbury petrol prices had skyrocketed to 87.9 cents per litre. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYKosovo refugees Gjyzele Osmani and her daughter, Albinota 2. Albinota was given a birthday party at McDonald's after recovering from a hip operation. Picture: PETER MERKESTEYNVictorian National party leader Peter Ryan and Pat McNamara at Benalla. Picture: PETER MERKESTEYNAustralia Day on the paddlesteamer Cumberoona. Picture: PETER MERKESTEYNChris Whitehead, 9, of Wodonga, had his face painted as an Aussie flag at Willow Park on Australia Day. Picture: CHRIS McCORMACKLocal politicians Jeanette Powell and Bill Baxter were on hand at Chiltern to give their support to National Party leader Peter Ryan at the Chiltern Bush Nursing Hospital. Picture: RAY HUNTNewly naturalised citizen Vaani Kalaroopan with her daughter, Divia, 4, in Wodonga on Australia Day. Picture: CHRIS McCORMACKMurray Marathon. Former World Canoe Champion Chad Meek pass over to his team mate Matt Flower (#373) with the HIH Insurance team right behind. Deniliquin farmer Lockey Stevenson will be watching his rice crop closely for the next couple of weeks. Picture: DALE WEBSTERA typically large crowd watches the Albury trots meeting. Picture: ALEX MASSEYEastern grey kangaroo with an Aussie flag in her pouch at Ettamogah Wildlife Sanctuary on Australia Day. Picture: PETER MERKESTEYNIrish singer/songwriter Charlie Landsborough in Albury to promote his music. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYChiltern Hospital public rally. More than half the townsfolk turned up to voice their displeasure over possible closure. Picture: CHRIS McCORMACKChiltern Hospital public rally. Jackie Bennett (6yrs) & Jessica Bennetts (6yrs) from Chiltern. Picture: CHRIS McCORMACKHowlong resident Mr Harold Mair, 80, has started a long distance Bachelor of Arts with Macquarie University. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYPeter Walsh takes first place in the Wangaratta Gift. Picture: CHRIS McCORMACKKip Gates from Colorado who will be competing in the Man from Snowy River Festival Competitions held in Corryong.Lake Hume - Ludlow's Reserve. Recreational fisherman Les 'Bricky' Franks from Tallangatta assists Fisheries Victoria in releasing 30,000 murray cod fingerlings. Picture: KATE GERAGHTY1956 Olympic Games torch bearer Erroll Edmonds, who will carry the torch again in 2000. Picture: SIMON DALLINGERAlbury detectives conduct a drug raid on a private residence in Macauley Street, Albury. Picture: KATE GERAGHTYLocal trainer/driver David Jack at the Albury harness racing track. Saturday night meetings have been cut back. Picture: ALEX MASSEYLocal chemist Felicity Coulthard of Wodonga will be heading to Malawi in Africa to teach science subjects. Picture: PETER MERKESTEYNLocal racer Brad Jones is venturing into V8 Supercars. Picture: SIMON DALLINGERThe crowds turned out for Albury's Australia Day festivities. Picture: SIMON DALLINGERWodonga's Hadyn Lee, 10, helping himself to a free breakfast at Albury's Noreuil Park on Australia Day. Picture: SIMON DALLINGERColonel Chris Anstey is the new commander of the Army Logistic Training Centre at Bandiana. Picture: SIMON DALLINGERTweetFacebook of ╳exitView More Local BusinessList Your Business HereClick or flick across for more pictures from this week in 2000.


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FOR anyone who's ever wondered what the bottom of a canal lock looks like there's a rare opportunity to finds out on Saturday, January 18.
The Canal & River Trust is organising an open day at Tardebigge, on the Tardebigge Flight of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal, while teams undertake maintenance work.
Eight locks on the flight will be completely drained so that repairs can be completed to the brickwork and coping, offering an incredibly rare opportunity to get up close to the Victorian engineering.
The trust is offering guided tours to visitors, where they'll get the chance to ask the maintenance teams about the canal, and they'll even get the chance to walk along the canal bed and see the 200-year-old brickwork that's usually hidden from sight underwater, up close.
Heritage experts from the trust will also be giving talks about the history of the area to keen enthusiasts.
The Canal and River Trust is completing repairs and restoration work on hundreds of historic waterway structures around the country including lock flights and bridges.
The open day runs from 10am to 4pm. Entry is free of charge, and visitors just need to turn up wearing shoes they're happy to wear in the muddy bottom of the locks. For more information visit http://canalrivertrust.org.uk.


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A timer is a specialized type of clock. A timer can be used to control the sequence of an event or process. Whereas a stopwatch counts upwards from zero for measuring elapsed time, a timer counts down from a specified time interval, like an hourglass. Timers can be mechanical, electromechanical, electronic (quartz), or even software as most computers include digital timers of one kind or another.
Mechanical TimersEdit
Early mechanical timers used typical clockwork mechanisms, such as an escapement and spring to regulate their speed. Inaccurate, cheap mechanisms use a flat beater that spins against air resistance. Mechanical egg-timers are usually of this type.
More accurate mechanisms resemble small alarm clocks, with the chief advantage being that they require little battery/electrical power, and can be stored for long periods of time.
Electromechanical timersEdit
There are two types of electromechanical timers. A thermal type has a metal finger made of strips of two metals with different rates of thermal expansion sandwiched together; steel and bronze are common. An electric current flowing through this finger causes heating of the metals, one side expands less than the other, and an electrical contact on the end of the finger moves away from or towards an electrical switch contact.
Another type of electromechanical timer (a cam timer) uses a small synchronous AC motor turning a cam against a comb of switch contacts. The AC motor is turned at an accurate rate by the alternating current, which power companies carefully regulate. Gears slow this motor down to the desired rate, and turn the cam. The most common application of this timer now is in washers, driers and dishwashers. This type of timer often has a friction clutch between the gear train and the cam, so that the cam can be turned to reset the time.
Electromechanical timers survive in these applications because mechanical switch contacts are still less expensive than the semiconductor devices needed to control powerful lights, motors and heaters.
In the past these electromechanical timers were often combined with electrical relays to create electro-mechanical controllers. Electromechanical timers reached a high state of development in the 1950s and 60s because of their extensive use in aerospace and weapons systems. Programmable electromechanical timers controlled launch sequence events in early rockets and ballistic missiles.
Electronic TimersEdit
Electronic timers can achieve higher precision than mechanical timers because they are quartz clocks with special electronics. Electronic timers can be analog (resembling a mechanical timer) or digital (uses a display much like a digital clock). Integrated circuits have made digital logic so inexpensive that an electronic timer is now less expensive than many mechanical and electromechanical timers. Individual timers are implemented as a simple single-chip computer system, similar to a watch. Watch technology is used in these devices.
However, most timers are now implemented in software. Modern controllers use a programmable logic controller rather than a box full of electromechanical parts. The logic is usually designed as if it were relays, using a special computer language called ladder logic. In PLCs, timers are usually simulated by the software built into the controller. Each timer is just an entry in a table maintained by the software.
Digital timers can also be used in safety device such as a Gas Timer.
Computer timersEdit
Computer systems usually have at least one timer. These are typically digital counters that either increment or decrement at a fixed frequency, which is often configurable, and that interrupt the processor when reaching zero, or a counter with a sufficiently large word size that it will not reach its counter limit before the end of life of the system.
More sophisticated timers may have comparison logic to compare the timer value against a specific value, set by software, that triggers some action when the timer value matches the preset value. This might be used, for example, to measure events or generate pulse width modulated waveforms to control the speed of motors (using a class D digital electronic amplifier).
As the number of hardware timers in a computer system or processor is finite and limited, operating systems and embedded systems often use a single hardware timer to implement an extensible set of software timers. In this scenario, the hardware timer's interrupt service routine would handle house-keeping and management of as many software timers as are required, and the hardware timer would be set to expire when the next software timer is due to expire. At expiry, the interrupt routine would update the hardware timer to expire when the next software timer is due, and any actions would be triggered for the software timers that had just expired. Expired timers that are continuous would also be reset to a new expiry time based on their timer interval, and one-shot timers would be disabled or removed from the set of timers. While simple in concept, care must be taken with software timer implementation if issues such as timer drift and delayed interrupts is to be minimised.
- See also: Programmable Interval Timer and High Precision Event Timer
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The committee will discuss and identify the current and future services [that] the people of the community expect from this public library and discuss if there are barriers or limitations imposed by the facility on delivery of those services and suggest solutions to overcome the barriers or limitations of the facility." Members of the public were invited to contact the director if they were interested in serving on the committee.
At the January 6 meeting the Board voted to abolish the position of Assistant Director due to budgetary constraints. The following month two librarians, Rita ben Simon and Wanda Abrams, resigned to take positions as Library Media Specialists in the Syracuse City Schools.
The Board also authorized the installation of new gas heating and cooling units. Workers removed the old "EDPAC" units from the Mechanical Room and placed new units on top of the roof. It was anticipated that the new units would pay for themselves over a period of three to five years while providing better conditions throughout the library. The work took several weeks and the library had to be closed for a short time to insure public and staff safety.
Around the same time that the HVAC installation was taking place a new security system was installed by Sonitrol. New state-of-the-art "Smart Audio" technology was used in the building. The fire alarm system in the public elevator also had to be brought up to code.
In March the first issue of the library's newsletter, Library Links, appeared in the LCSD School Bell. The Board approved some changes in the Patron Code of Conduct so that it would be a more effective tool in combating inappropriate use of the Internet on the public access computers.
The Liverpool Public Library became the test site for email notification of holds placed on the Onondaga County's CoolCat. Previously all notifications for Liverpool holds had been mailed. Smaller libraries used telephone notification. Email proved to be a cheaper and more efficient mode.
In April the staff was deeply saddened by the death of Head Custodian Robert Watkins, Sr. who lost his fight with cancer. Many of the staff attended the funeral services and recalled the years they had worked with Bob, his sense of humor and how much he cared for children. Staff donations enabled the purchase of a new sofa for the Children's Room in his memory.
The 1999-2000 budget contained a very tiny increase of only about $35,000. The $2.92 million proposal was presented to the public on April 27. The voters approved the budget 283 to 147. Trustee Sharon Fulmer ran unopposed and was elected to another five year term.
May 21 was Staff Development Day. Training sessions on computers and various applications were held and there was an excellent presentation given by staff of Rural Metro.
June 14 marked the retirement of Children's Librarian Barbara Herrgesell after almost twenty five years of service.
The library participated in "Beyond Libraries: the American Libraries Photo Contest" and Kirsten Baker, an LCSD student, placed in the Amateur Adult division of the National finals. Her photograph was on display at the American Library Association's national conference in New Orleans.
"Celebrate! Read in the Park" was a library sponsored program held at the end of June. Families were invited to drop in at Johnson Park to sign up for any of the library's summer reading programs for kids. Storytimes for younger kids, "Tots on Tuesday," was also offered that summer.
The July 7 meeting was a reorganization meeting for the Board of Trustees. Sharon Fulmer was elected President, George Alessio, Jr. Vice President, and Marlene Ward, Secretary. The Board regretfully accepted the resignation of Trustee Fred Elkins who had served on the Board for two years.
At the same meeting the Board voted to abolish the bookmender position, the part time information aide position. In their place three part time library clerk positions were added. This was all part of a Circulation Reorganization plan for better service. The Board also voted to terminate the contractual arrangement for a Custodian between the Liverpool Central Schools and the library. A new Custodial Worker I position was created as was a new Personnel Analyst position.
In her report Director Sharon Nottingham announced that Judy Sibio, Library Clerk in the Acquisitions Department, had received the Craig Koste award for Outstanding Service by the New York State Library Association.
On the first of August Information Aide Barbara Wood retired. At the beginning of September Glenn Rainey was hired to fill the newly created Personnel Analyst position.
On September 11th and 12th the Friends of the Liverpool Public Library held the "Book Sale Down Under." More than 10,000 items including both children's and adult books, CD's, videos and software were sold. Volunteers staffed the sale which was held in the library's underground parking area.
"Ask a Librarian" was introduced on the library's web page as part of its Infocenter offerings. Patrons were encouraged to email their questions to the Reference Desk. A team of librarians rotated as responders to the reference queries within twenty four hours.
Programs continued to be popular. After Dinner Books, Wednesday Winners, Armchair Traveler and basic computer instruction sessions continued to attract an audience. Special topics such as a teen poetry night, the early history of Liverpool and an antiques appraisal were also presented.
Performance Awards for 1999 went to Michelle Anderson and John Hibbert.
In November Kaye Lindauer, a librarian in the Fayetteville Manlius school district led participants through the story of King Arthur as part of an National Endowment for the Humanities adult literacy grant awarded to the Liverpool Public Library.
The library also continued its participation in such community efforts as the Christmas Bureau's collaborative with the Old Newsboys and the Marine Reserve in collecting toys for Christmas. The library was also the site for periodic blood drives by the American Red Cross.
Dan D'Agostino was appointed to the Library Board to fill the spot vacated by the resignation of Fred Elkins. At their November meeting the Board voted to accept the union contract, retroactive to July 1, 1999 in accordance with their negotiations with the Library's CSEA unit.
A major facelift was given to the parking level's 54 square foot vestibule. Deb Dahlin, LCSD art teacher, painted a mural of Johnson Park ( including the gazebo) on the walls. Patrons were pleased with the addition of the cheerful landscape while they waited for the elevator.
In November the library was notified by the Environmental Systems Research Institute that they had been awarded a Livable Communities Grant. The award was in the form of a Geo Information System (GIS) software program. The purpose of the software was to enable community organization to plan projects using population density and natural resource data.
As the year came to a close the library was recognized as one of forty seven designated as official participants in Sister Libraries: A White House Millennium Council Project. The library in Liverpool England in the United Kingdom was selected as its sister library.


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(After graduating from Wheaton in May 2009, Sam Kestenbaum headed back to his hometown, Deer Isle, Maine, to work on a lobster boat. This is the tale of that summer.)
Onboard the boat, the seagulls call my name. They call my name all day. To them I am a legend, a source of sustenance, their very survival hinges on me. Emptying old bait from the traps, I dump small bags of herring off the side of the boat. The water sloshes and splashes; the seagulls cry and descend on the old, soft bait—it's lunchtime.
There are thirty, maybe forty seagulls that follow our commercial fishing boat through the day. They hover around us as we haul through our gear—as we gaff buoys, pull rope through the hydraulic winch, pick traps, measure lobsters, toss crabs and jellyfish back into the ocean. The seagulls perch on the bow of the boat or float on the water, moving with our wake. They wait. They wait for their breakfast; they wait for their lunch and dinner—that moment when I empty the old knit bags of bait overboard. They scream my name.
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Over the course of the past three years, the MBTA has increased its focus on Energy Management with a specific eye on energy conservation as well as developing new renewable energy projects. The MBTA's increased focus on energy management springs from a number of important sources.
As the fifth largest provider of mass transit in the USA, and carrying more than 1.3 million passenger trips each day, the MBTA plays a critical role in reducing carbon impacts in the region. By providing high quality and reliable alternatives to the use of single occupant vehicles, the MBTA gives its customers the opportunity to avoid automobile travel and instead to ride a far more energy efficient, less polluting form of transportation. Providing this high level of transit requires a significant amount of energy. The MBTA is the largest single consumer of electricity in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The MBTA is also the largest consumer of other energy products (e.g., Compressed Natural Gas and Diesel) in the New England region.
The MBTA recognizes the important role it plays in energy management and the responsibility it has to reduce its energy consumption. This focus on energy management is consistent with major policy objectives of the Patrick/Murray Administration, such as the Governor's Leading By Example Executive Order and the MassDOT GreenDOT Policy Initiative, each of which challenge agencies such as the MBTA to reduce emissions from its facilities and its operations. A focus on energy conservation and energy management allows the MBTA to reduce its carbon impact.
Additionally, energy costs represent one of the largest share of the MBTA operating budget. Since 2000, energy costs have risen by 134%. Diesel, gasoline and electricity are highly volatile commodities and are a challenge to stable budget projections. Programs that focus on reductions in energy have an often immediate positive impact on operating costs.
In light of these issues, the MBTA has launched a series of projects designed to not only reduce energy consumption (with a corresponding reduction in greenhouse gases) but that also focus on the MBTA's budget and provide cost savings in relatively short periods of time.
The MBTA has been tracking all energy consumption (diesel, gasoline, CNG, steam, jet fuel, etc). The goal is to create a baseline against which the MBTA can track the efficiency of its energy consumption. The MBTA has now tracked all energy consumption from FY 2009 to FY 2012 (inclusive) and can now measure the fuel consumption against metrics such as "Energy Consumption per Passenger Trip" or "Energy Consumption per Passenger Mile." This type of tracking allows the MBTA to demonstrate the efficiency of the transit system compared to prior years.
These energy management programs, including energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy information systems have allowed the MBTA to make headways towards accomplishing two of its major objectives: to reduce operating costs to the greatest degree possible without interrupting or interfering with operations and to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions resulting from its operations.
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KINGSTON 1000 kW TURBINE
In January 2012, the MBTA commissioned its first wind turbine generator at the Kingston Layover Facility. The Kingston Commuter Rail Layover Facility is geographically well suited to directly use the electricity generated. In addition the wind turbine project was based on wind resource, prevailing wind direction and available/suitable land. The electrical output from a 100 kW turbine would be an effective match for this facility's estimated annual electric load of 255,000 kWh/yr.
In addition to being an "end-of-the-line" station, this facility is also the layover for the line where the MBTA stores trains at the end of the day so that they are available for early morning service. Locomotives are connected to "electric plug-ins" overnight during the cold weather months (when temperatures drop below 30 degrees) to prevent locomotives from freezing and ensuring that they can start up on time for the morning commute. Without these plug ins, locomotives would be required to idle all night in cold weather.
The presence of this layover facility creates the demand for more electricity, especially during the winter months when the wind resource and associated generation of electricity will be greatest. The 100 kW on-site wind project is a highly replicable model as this layover facility has a similar wind regime and electrical load as a number of facilities in the MBTA system.
The MBTA will also be building a 600 kW turbine to be located along the commuter rail right of way in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. This turbine will generate power that unlike Kingston will not be used on site but will be sold back to the regional electrical grid.
These turbines were funded using primarily Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds coming from the Transportation Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reductions (TIGGER) as well as a corresponding grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC).
In September 2012 the MassDot Board of Directors unanimously approved the proposed contract for solar development projects at Readville 5 Yard and Wonderland parking garage.
These arrays will have a capacity of 2,600 kW and produce a minimum of 1,700,000 kWh, equal to the annual average usage of 316 homes.
The structure of the contract is such that the MBTA will provide zero upfront capital for any of the construction costs. This contract provides license for a solar developer to finance, install, maintain and operate solar arrays at these two locations.
The developer will retain rights to environmental attributes, most notably the tax, accelerated depreciation and solar renewable energy credit (SREC) benefits. MBTA will purchase all electricity generated from these arrays and subsequently use this energy production to offset usage in its existing utility account portfolio. There will also be a Net Present Value (NPV) savings of $1,500,000 over 20 years.
Energy Efficiency
Beginning in the fall of 2010, the MBTA embarked on an aggressive campaign to curb its energy consumption. Starting with four pilot locations, the MBTA engaged local utilities to capitalize on incentives for reducing energy consumption. In the last year, the MBTA has increased their project portfolio from four locations to over forty and the list continues to grow. Lighting upgrades have been the primary target for four reasons:
Number of Lights – Lighting types at the MBTA consist of T-12 fluorescent, high and low pressure sodium, metal halide, mercury vapor, etc. It's estimated that there are over 70,000 lights in the rapid transit system.
Obsolescence – Most of the existing fixtures in the rapid transit system utilize outdated technology and, in some instances, the lighting is being phased out as is the case with T-12 fluorescent.
Ease of Installation – With proper coordination these projects can take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks depending on complexity.
Significant Savings – For every kilo watt of demand reduced the MBTA saves $783. With 1,204 kW saved to date, the MBTA is saving $942,637 annually.
The 48 projects include a variety of different property types:
Route 128 Garage, located in Westwood, MA, is a bustling four story parking garage that serves Commuter Rail and Amtrak customers.
Beginning in December 2011, 698 metal halide boxes and pole-top fixtures will be replaced with energy efficient T-8 and induction fixtures. A three phase project, the work was completed in January 2013.
The energy savings opportunity at this location is tremendous. There was a demand reduction of 92 kW, an annual consumption reduction of 777,307 kWh, and an annual energy savings of $108,621. The kWh saved at this location represents the average annual usage of 78 residential homes.
Working closely with NStar and the Department of Energy Resources (DOER), the MBTA was able to capitalize on significant incentives. For three phases of the project, the MBTA realized an avoided project cost of $262,051 which represented 95% of the total project cost. This offered an incredible payback period of approximately 36 days!
The MBTA has over 2,300 signals on the Red, Orange, Green, and Blue Lines that are an integral part of the safety and operations of the trains. Up until recently, the light for a signal was a small incandescent bulb that would last approximately six weeks, and to replace a signal bulb it required two people because of the safety requirements working on the right of way.
The Engineering and Maintenance Department came up with the eventual solution; using LED bulbs. Except there were two problems; the bulbs would need to have a similar base that would be able to plug into existing units; and LED bulbs are expensive.
LED bulbs last approximately 6 to 8 years and use approximately one twelfth the amount of electricity of incandescent bulbs. By working with a manufacturer to develop a LED bulb that met MBTA specifications, and cost one half the amount of similar bulbs, the problem was solved.
As of the end of 2012, there were approximately 1,500 bulbs installed at a cost of $138,000 for parts and labor. The return on investment was within four months, and the savings for the MBTA over a three year period will be approximately $1,171,500. The bulk of the savings is for the reduction in maintenance costs, which translates to more efficient use of manpower.
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