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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
Review by Chaos Control
"Certainly looks better than the first Budokai, but is still lacking"
The first Budokai was very impressive, allowing you to fight with any character from the Saiyan Saga until the Cell Games, use different skill capsules, and play a story mode very loyal to the show. Budokai 2 is just an updated version, with the same cell-shaded graphics, new characters up till the Buu saga, new capsules, and new move animations. The Gamecube version has new exclusive features not included in the PS2 game, to compensate for the wait. All these features make the game enjoyable, but it is still missing something.
Story (Also called Dragonworld):
In Budokai 2, the story mode covers the Saiyan Saga to the Buu saga. This is the weakest point of the game, because the story mode is nothing compared to Budokai 1. This is the lacking part of the game. The story mode in this game is more like a board game, with characters taking turns moving, finding power-ups, money, and dragonballs. The sort of follows the story, but twists it so that you may get confused. For example, When the Saiyan Saga starts out; Raditz comes to Earth with Nappa. Also, you will get very frustrated when you see Frieza and Cell come back AGAIN AND AGAIN is different levels. Now this may come as shocking, but it is only the beginning. I think the developers messed up while researching to make this game. It's not too bad, but may get old very quickly. It is also tedious at times, when you are searching for the elusive Dragonballs or just frustrated at the never-ending wave of enemies. What kills this mode is that you have to play over 25 times to unlock everything and you may just give up. However, you can't just defeat an enemy ONCE and expect to move on. Enemies can have up to 5 life bars and each time you beat them, they lose 1 health bar, so that drags out Dragon World a lot.
The story mode lacks authenticity of the anime. Even though the voice acting is good, it is like a completely new Dragonballz, because the characters all have new lines and sometimes it doesn't make any sense. For example, on a stage where you meet Dr. Gero, he brings Saibamen with him. That's very strange, considering Saibamen had a small role in the anime. The dialogue is short, and there is too much fighting to enjoy it all. You will appreciate it when you can sneak through a level without a battle, and infinitely annoyed when you fight Cell Jr. again and again.
At the end of Dragon World, if you have collected all 7 dragonballs in the various stages, Shenron will appear and grant various wishes like Break-through capsules, costumes, and fusion capsules. Very similar to Budokai 1. Although you may enjoy it the first few times. I guarantee that Dragon World will soon be a chore, not a game.
Much better than the first one. The characters are still cel-shaded, but look much cleaner, and the environments have accurate shadows, lighting, and everything looks simple and clean. The stages look pretty decent. The character's movements are just a little bid questionable at times, but you will hardly notice it. The ultimate moves will make you thrilled and pumped up. When your character transforms to Super Saiyan 2 or higher, you will see the electrical spark surrounding. Everything about the graphics in this game is passable.
Like the first Budokai, the producers have managed to gather all of the voice actors. The problem of the voice of the different forms of Cell is still there, but I never use Cell anyway, so that's shouldn't be a problem. The background music of things like the main menu is exactly like the first Budokai. I don't know whether it is to make us feel familiar with the game, or just plain laziness. The sound effectives are the same, with grunts and explosions you would and nothing too flashing. The character's do not really have a widespread script, do after a while you can memorize everything a character says.
Game play:
A big improvement here. For example, in Budokai 1, Goku's Kamehameha is PPPPE, but now you can use Kamehameha simply pressing ->E. It's perfect for unleashing a surprise energy attack without giving away the attack. Dodging attacks are very easy also. You can no longer fire an attack from long range and expect it to hit. Your opponents also use energy attacks more frequently. You can now use fusions, like Vegito and Gotenks.
There are new skill capsules you can collect and some VERY useful ones. For example, my favorite would be Angel's Halo, a support capsule. This stops the Ki drain of transforming. The skill capsules will be very easy to understand for DBZ Budokai 1 veterans, but it may take a few days for new people to fully comprehend.
If you go to the World Tournament mode and win 1st or 2nd, you will pick up some Zeni, the games currency. You take the money you earn and go to Bulma's Skill Capsule shop. You can buy a variety of capsules the equip to your characters. The biggest improvement of the shop is that, in Budokai 1, you can choose only random capsules and you only know what ONE skill capsule contains. In this game, you get a wider selection of capsules and no longer have to exit and enter the shop again and again to get what you want.
The World Tournament is the same as Budokai 1, fighting in different difficulties with 3-5 bouts. The new twist is that you are now allowed to equip the Sparking! Capsules to your fighters. Sparking grants you extra cash to your winnings, maybe 10%, 20%, etc, depending on how many exclamation points the capsule has. Everything is basically the same, including the ring-outs.
The actual fighting is very similar to Budokai 1. You have a Health and Ki bar, and can power-up to a maximum level of 7 bars. You normally start out with 3 health bars and 3 Ki bars, but some powerful opponents may have 4 or even 5 health bars! Like any fighting game, you can string combos together to create a super powerful chain of damaging attacks, ending with a crushing blow. A new feature added to B2 is powering up some abilities. When you use certain skills, you have to rotate both Control Sticks as fast as you can to increase the damage it inflicts. Some skills won't even be successful unless you roll the Control Sticks enough (such as Gotenks's Super Ghost Kamikaze Attack). Sure you may break your control stick very quickly, but it is very fun to watch. Some attacks require you and your opponent to press a button. If you both choose different buttons, the attacker will inflict a final crushing blow. If you press the same button, the victim will dodge the last attack.
A new part in this game is fusions. In battle you can fuse Goku and Vegeta into Vegito, Trunks and Goten into Gotenks, etc. Some fusions require you to correctly press a series of buttons and others allow you and your opponent to choose to button and if you pick the same, then the fusion fails and you cannot try to fuse again.
This game is awesome and I already can't wait for Budokai 3 to come out for Gamecube. As an added bonus, this game includes a tutorial for beginners.
Replayability / Play Time:
Well, you have to play Dragon World over and over again to fully unlock everything, you have to devote a lot of time to complete this game. This game will last longer than the first one did with the new capsules, characters, and modes. You can even buy new costumes for Bulma to wear in the skill shop! But beware, those costumes are much more expensive then any other regular capsules. I'm talking hundred thousands! After you finally unlock everything, you may have already worn out the game and won't be playing it much anymore, but it depends how much of a DBZ fan you are. Overall, The replayability is average and the play time is long, which is good.
Buy or Rent:
Definitely buy. Your collection of Gamecube game will never be complete without it. With all kinds of exclusive features for the Gamecube, how can one not want it? This game is cheap enough so it is easily affordable. We waited so long for it and now that it is out, why not get it immediately? It's a very good game that you will enjoy for a while since the Gamecube will not get Budokai 3.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 01/10/05, Updated 04/09/07
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Was It Fair That Jack Used His Shorts as a Pattern on Project Runway Last Night?
It's only episode three, but things on Project Runway are starting to heat up both on and off the runway. This week's challenge? Menswear for Today Show correspondent and former NY Giants running back Tiki Barber. Needless to say, the designers freaked! But menswear means male models — and I'm never one to argue with that. Elisa continued in the eccentric vein, refusing to touch her model even though he told her he wants to do ethno botany, a subject you'd think she'd be into. Christian's self-assurance continues to amuse, and Heidi Klum speaks of David Beckham with more than a little disdain.
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I'm getting lots of ADSL QoS questions lately, so it's obviously time to cover this topic. Before going into the QoS details, I want to make sure my understanding of the implications of the baroque ADSL protocol stack is correct.
In the most complex case, a DSL service could have up to eight separate components (including the end-user's workstation):
- End-user workstation sends IP datagrams to the local (CPE) router.
- CPE router runs PPPoE session with the NAS (Network Access Server) and sends Ethernet datagrams to the DSL modem.
- DSL modem encapsulates Ethernet frames in RFC 1483 framing, slices them in ATM cells and sends them over the physical DSL link to DSLAM.
- DSLAM performs physical level concentration and sends the ATM cells (one VC per subscriber) into the network.
- The backhaul network (DSLAM to NAS) could be partly ATM based. The ATM cells could thus pass through several ATM switches.
- Eventually the ATM cells have to be reassembled into PPPoE frames. In a worst-case scenario, an ATM-to-Ethernet switch would perform that function.
- The backhaul network could be extended with Ethernet switches.
- Finally, the bridged PPPoE frames arrive @ NAS which terminates the PPPoE session and emits the IP datagrams into the IP core network.
I sincerely hope no network is as complex as the above diagram. In most cases, the backhaul would be either completely ATM-based …
… or Ethernet based (when the DSLAM has Ethernet uplink interface):
The NAS could also be adjacent to DSLAM or even integrated in the same chassis.
Am I missing anything important? I know you could deploy numerous additional devices (for example, Cisco is promoting the Service Exchange Framework and Service Control Engine), but these devices would be placed deeper into the IP core.


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The Yin and Yang of the WWE part 2
by, 06-17-2011 at 05:10 PM (2199 Views)
Hello again, thanks for coming back. Lets get right into it.
Good Shows/Bad Shows
Modern wrestling fans, we are spoiled. Does anybody remember how Gorilla Monsoon would call a good match-up between two established stars as "a main event anywhere in the world"? On Mondays and Fridays, each and every week, we get those proverbial main events anywhere in the world. Weekly televised wrestling used to be 99% squash matches. Good matches used to only be on PPV. Sure the matches we get on Raw and Smackdown are short and usually don't have clean finishes, but we still get good match-ups. Not only that, but we do get different kinds of shows from the two brands. Raw is a fast-paced and dynamic live variety show, where you never know what could happen or who could show up. R-Truth in a Confederate soldiers uniform!? Genius! Who saw that coming, and with Vince and Austin no less. The Rock coming back gave me goosebumps. Old school Raw night was a treat. There are going to be stale episodes when the show is weekly all year around, but we get great Raws and great moments. And in Smackdown, we get more of a true wrestling show. We get great wrestling matches on Smackdown, and always have, nuff said. As for PPV, well WWE is still capable of a good(albeit criminally over-priced) PPV. I thought TLC late last year was a strong show overall. The Royal Rumble this year was a classic. And WWE is capable of trying different things. A prime example is putting Dolph Ziggler in the World Title match with Edge. I'm a Ziggler fan, but even I questioned whether he should be in a title match with Edge at a marquee PPV. Boy was I wrong, as they had one of the best matches of the year.
And then there's the bad shows, and there is no more glaring examples than Wrestlemania the past few years. I genuinely felt ripped off for ordering these on PPV. WM has turned in the show where you watch The Streak match, and have a nice nap the rest of the time. Most PPVs these days suck, there's just no two ways around it. For every surprising and dynamic episode of Raw, there's usually a few dubs to follow. Raw can really be the epitome of the same old stuff, week after week. The lack of lengthy or significant wrestling matches on a lot of these Raws makes them seem pointless. While we get better wrestling matches on Smackdown, it is also the show that for many years has been padded by filler material. There seems to be endless recaps of Raw, trailers for WWE films, anything that eats up time. Can you remember the last time you saw an episode of Smackdown that was good as a whole?
The PG Era
Going PG was an astute decision that will benefit the industry as a whole for years to come. Young fans are being made, and that is a great thing. In some ways, a PG WWE is more mature than the attitude era. The women in bra and panty and pudding matches? If you really miss that stuff then you need to get a life. It was misogynistic and kept female fans away. Guess what? You see a lot more female fans in the crowd now than you ever did during the attitude era. The Divas are still there for us to gawk at, they're just used in a more respectable way(if only they could pull of a decent match). And they're a hulluva lot hotter than the women of the attitude era, and just as scantily clad. A lot of the frat boy humor of the attitude era wasn't that funny, it was just stupid. There's only so many dick jokes you can tell before it gets really old. Sick chair shots don't make a match good and blood was overused(and this is coming from a hardcore mark of the original ECW). And when The Rock returned, we also saw that the confines of PG can be loosen a bit on occasion. In short, PG is what wrestling has always been except for the anomalous few years of the attitude era. PG is good for business, and that's good for wrestling, and that's good for wrestling fans.
Wouldn't you love to hear Lawler shout "puppies" again? Can you imagine the Hart-Austin match at WM13 without blood? Will we ever see a WWE show in an amazing environment like the One Night Stand PPVs again? Will we ever see a TLC or similar gimmick match where the talent is allowed push things as far as they can? Yup, I miss those days too.
That's it for part 2. If you guys like what I've written so far, I'll write a part 3. Leave me your comments and suggestions for future topics.


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Events in the Heart of Downtown Chicago
Cincinnati, OH / Chicago, IL (USA), March 2012 - The 2012 Lectora® User Conference will host two exclusive networking events at the upcoming annual eLearning conference, 22-25 May. In Chicago, the Conference Welcome and Closing Receptions will gather attendees for two exceptional nights of networking, cocktails, food, and fun surrounding the Conference.
"The Welcome and Closing Receptions will immerse conference attendees in the Chicago history and atmosphere at world-famous locations while they're in the city", says Peter Bray, Chief Marketing Officer at Trivantis Corporation. "These two amazing events are great opportunities for attendees to network, catch up with their peers, and exchange tips in a fun, casual atmosphere - not to mention the fact that they'll enjoy some fantastic cocktails and appetizers in unique settings."
Both events are free of charge for registered Lectora User Conference attendees.
1920s Speakeasy Welcome Reception
The Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile will transform the Welcome Reception into a roaring-twenties Speakeasy, full of flapper dresses, dapper suits, pearls, and boas. Attendees will enjoy cocktails and appetizers, including an exclusive conference-themed cocktail, as they play their hand at famous casino games and have a blast with their colleagues and friends.
The Chicago Experience Closing Reception Atop Willis Tower
Formerly known as Sears Tower, the Skydeck Chicago provides the quintessential Chicago experience. Hosted on the 99th floor of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, the Lectora User Conference Closing Reception welcomes guests to an "unparalled 360-degree wrap-around skyline view." Attendees are in for a night of great food, cocktails, music, dancing, and great conversation at this unforgettable destination.
These special events surround two full days of eLearning keynotes, presentations, learning, and networking with eLearning peers, developers, and gurus from around the world. Conference attendees will hear from expert keynote speakers Jeremy Gutsche, TV host, author, keynote speaker and Chief Trend Hunter at TrendHunter.com and Sandy Carter, IBM Vice President Social Business and Collaboration Solutions Sales and Evangelism.


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Checking In With San Francisco's Mission Beach Cafe
Checking In With San Francisco's Mission Beach Cafe
The last time I went to Mission Beach Cafe, Ryan Scott of Top Chef season 4, taught me how to make his amazing croutons. Since then, Scott has moved on (to work as a private chef) leaving the cafe in the capable hands of chef Thomas Martinez. At 22, Martinez is quite possibly San Francisco's youngest head chef. His food, however, tastes like something only a seasoned professional could make. While his dishes are classic, they're not without surprising flavors or interesting ingredients.
A mixed green salad expertly combines creamy avocado, sweet mango, and tangy feta cheese — components that I would never think to put together in the same dish. Instead of chicken, Martinez elevates his pot pie to the next level with rabbit. The oozing rich sauce is entirely encased in a flaky melt in your mouth pastry that's so flavorful I'm still dreaming about it. A burger is beyond gourmet with aged gouda and truffle dusted, thick-cut fries. With its laid back elegance, relaxed atmosphere, and intensely divine food, the cafe has quickly become one of my favorite spots in the city. Has anyone else dined there? What's your favorite cafe like?
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ILSP's Eighth Annual Embassy Reception
The International Legal Studies Program was proud to host their eighth annual Embassy Reception. The reception welcomed ambassadors and representatives from over 20 embassies, as well as students, alumni, faculty, and staff. The event hosted representatives from Argentina, China, East Timor, Egypt, Georgia, Italy, Mongolia, Moldova, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, and Venezuela—to name a few. The event allowed our international LLM students to engage in a valuable opportunity to meet and network with members from the embassies of their countries. The event was enjoyable and a great success. Many thanks to all the embassy representatives who were able to attend.
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Yesterday, the European Commission voted to approve the financial supervision reform package, which will shift the manner in which banks, stock markets and insurance companies are supervised and policed in Europe
Today, the European Commission issued a Communication, largely as a result of the Greek debt crisis, setting forth proposed measures to strengthen Europe's economic governance
Yesterday, the E.U.'s Economic and Financial Affairs Council adopted various conclusions with respect to capital requirements and remuneration policies in the financial services sector, and the sustainability of public finances
Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission (EC) issued a joint statement recognizing the implementation of the Bank Coordination Initiative for Romania, whereby the parent banks of the nine largest foreign-owned banks incorporated in Romania have signed bilateral commitment letters "to maintain their respective groups' overall exposure to Romania" and "to increase the capital of their subsidiaries to maintain a 10 percent capital adequacy ratio throughout the program period."
Yesterday, in a speech at the International Banking Conference of British Bankers Association in London, E.U. Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes stated that, while government intervention efforts had alleviated the crisis, the focus should now be directed towards helping "restore long-term viability to the system," since European governments are "potential spending 16.5 of GDP on bailouts."


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PEOPLE are being asked to help fund an ambitious refurbishment of a 160-year-old church organ.
St Peter and St Paul's Church in Upton is trying to raise £50,000 to restore its organ, which was built in 1852 by Malvern organ maker Nicholson and Co.
The organ was last refurbished in the 1950s and church officials say it is now in serious need of work to bring it up to modern standards.
A fund-raising drive was launched in October and has already raised more than £5,500.
But it is thought the church will have to raise at least half of the £50,000 itself, with the remainder potentially coming from grant applications.
To help push the total, a new fund-raising initiative is being launched for the start of the new year.
Churchgoers and anyone in Upton keen to support their church are being asked to sponsor the cleaning of one of the organ's 1,400 individual pipes for a donation of £10.
Churchwarden Adrian Taylor said that if each and every pipe can attract a sponsor it will put the church well on track to apply for grants from the likes of English Heritage. He said it is hoped the refurbishment will protect the long-term future of an important part of Upton's history.
"The organ has been in continuous use ever since the 1850s and has been in constant use over the Christmas period for the many services that have taken place," he said. "With the work envisaged in the project, it will be available for another 150-plus years for the benefit of all parishioners, whether or not they are regular."
Mr Taylor said the project will need the support of the community to succeed.
"A comparatively few people are working very hard to keep the church in good condition and repair so that it is available to all parishioners," he said.
"It is their church and the few people who are working so hard to keep it going now need help from the community to ensure that the organ will always be there."
Anyone who would like to sponsor a pipe can make cheques payable to Upton Parish Church Organ Fund and deliver them to the church office at Still Waters bookshop, High Street, along with their own details.
Donations can also be made by bank transfer. For more details or to discuss the project further call Mr Taylor on 01684 592158.


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ExecuJet Aviation Group bought a 30,000-sq-ft hangar at Singapore's Seletar Airport and is offering maintenance and hangar storage at the facility, its first business jet base in Asia. ExecuJet is managing or servicing five jets based at Seletar, two Gulfstream IVs and two GVs and a Bombardier Challenger 604. The company plans to increase its presence in the growing Asia business aviation market, according to Alastair Creighton-Jones, managing director of ExecuJet Australia and in charge of the Asia expansion program. "There is a shortage of hangar facilities in Singapore to accommodate the growing number of business aircraft operating within the region," he said. Seletar, with a 5,350-foot runway, is being converted from a former military airfield into a business aviation center.
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MARTIN WALLACE's Comments
Comment on: How 'Light Years' took the direct distribution route
Congratulations and respect. Future audiences will owe you a debt of gratitude, too.
Comment on: Diversity: UK must invest
We, the audience, benefit the most when there is a broader range of stories told and voices heard. If cinema and television decision makers fail to recognise that then they hasten their own decline.
Comment on: The European Film Audience report
Sounds like great work. I look forward to reading the full report. We need to drag distribution into the 21st century.
Comment on: Writers' Guild highlight Guardian Film Awards issue
Well done Olivia and WGGB. The quality of our cinema will rise in direct proportion to the wider understand, recognition and respect for the part fine writing plays in making great films.
Comment on: Only 7% of UK films make profit
That's OK as we all 'know' that it's our films that are going to be in that 7%....
Comment on: Only 7% of UK films make profit
That's OK as we all 'know' that it's our films that are going to be in that 7%....
Comment on: Diversity matters
Let's hope this issue doesn't just come around but once a year. As the article states: "The lack of access and affordability remain key stumbling blocks in the roadmap towards greater inclusivity." Quotas would just bring unintended consequences, masking the biggest problem, which is really more about class prejudice - solve that and the rest will follow. Right now it's the same old narrow band of well-bred middle class people from London and SE - the only ones who can usually afford to develop a film and tv career.
Comment on: BFI, distribs reveal VOD numbers
Anonymous 18Oct makes several salient points above. But another one is that us old people are slowly catching on to VOD - watch out.
Comment on: Creative Skillset calls for fairer internship recruitment
A welcome step in the right direction.


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Starting and maintaining a blog isn't quite as simple as write, click, post. There's a whole lot more to being a bona fide blogger. Gurtej's email brought me back a few years before I had my website up and running. I had many of the same concerns as she does, like: Would anyone visit the site? Would they be as inspired as I hoped? How do I keep you guys coming back? I am happy to say I've learned a lot about blogging and I'm happy to share it here!
Hi Jules!
My name is Gurtej Matharu and I love your blog, it is truly filled with positivity and inspiration.
I was wondering if you have any advice to blogging beginners? This October I started my blog called Cup of Tea for Thought.
I am having so much fun with the blog, but I cannot help but feel as if it is not going anywhere. I started a blog for me, because I was having some trouble adjusting to the new University I go to, but I also started the blog because I wanted to be able to inspire people the way people have inspired me through their blogs.
I know I have just started and things like this take time, but I was wondering if you could give me some advice?
Thank you so much!!
PS: Thanks to your challenge post, I started a challenge for myself this month! I call it the December to Remember Challenge, it is basically a challenge to make the most out of life's little things from taking a walk in the park with my dog to volunteering where ever help is needed.


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The Future of Energy in Europe - Understanding the perspective of "Generation Y"
Article 13 recently hosted the first in a series of futures workshops (with SAMI Consulting) which bring together Generation Y and industry experts to explore the big questions and emerging issues of the day (to receive a copy of the final report and/or register for future Generation Y events please contact email@example.com)
The first 'Generation Y' workshop focused on the future of energy in Europe, and considered the 'drivers, the trends and the bends' as we look forward to 2020, 2030 and 2050. We asked:
The participants identified two key questions, which they believe are the least predictable and therefore the most critical to understand when building robust scenarios for the future:
Based on these questions, four scenarios were developed. At one extreme there was the 'Two Tier Energy' scenario, in which energy is not affordable owing to supply constraints, and public opinion remains a critical obstacle for future new build and renewables. At the other extreme, there is the entirely more positive ''All is well' scenario, in which energy supplies are secure and affordable and public opinion positive towards new build and renewables.
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A memorable experience
Enjoy the tranquility of Lake Burley Griffin aboard our whisper quiet boats. See the sights and hear the inside stories from the skipper as he shares some of Canberra's best kept secrets.
Sail close to the Captain Cook Memorial Water Jet and hear the Carillon (bell tower) as you pass Aspen Island. Watch and learn about the swans, ducks and other flora and fauna around the lake.
Our one-hour scheduled cruises allow you to experience Canberra's premier landmarks from a unique and memorable perspective. But don't take our word for it - come and experience Lake Burley Griffin Cruises for yourself!
The Skipper
The owner and operator of Lake Burley Griffin Cruises is Jim Paterson, who has lived in Canberra (with his wife Virginia) since the early 80s. Jim had a long and successful career in broadcasting and television before turning his attention to the water in 2003. His entertaining and well-researched commentary is one of the highlights of your lake cruise.
The boats
Our boats, Cygnet and Gull, are both all electric — providing a uniquely quiet ride which allows you to take in the sights of Canberra without distraction. The boats run on green energy to provide carbon neutral transportation, a positive contribution to the environment.
The artwork
This year the Gull has been painted by local artist Katy Mutton in distinctive 'dazzle camouflage' as part of Canberra's inaugural Contour 556 public art festival. This special livery is based on the vibrant and fascinating camouflage used on warships of World War 1, to confuse the attacking submarines and make the features of the ship difficult to see. After many hours of preparation and application, the result is a truly unique facelift for our boat and another key addition to Canberra's citywide gallery of public art. See if you can spot us on the lake!


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Write down your goals – longhand. Formulate SMART goals, and write them down. New research shows that the physical act of writing – using pen and paper – helps to form new neural pathways in the brain, which in turn helps to cement knowledge and improves the effectiveness of the brain. Dr. David Sortino writes, "According to author, Mathew Geiger, 'as our brains learn to connect our inner worlds to the external universe, we begin to recognize abstract ideas like awareness of others and perception.'" In other words, the mere act of writing our goals may tend to connect our abstract dreams, ideas, and wishes to a more concrete reality, and move us closer to achieving them.
Visualize the achievements. "Creative visualization" is using your imagination to visualize specific behaviors or events you want to have happen in your life. Use all of your senses: What does achieving your goal look and sound like? What does it smell and taste like? What does it feel like? Dwell on the mental images for a bit. If you need to adjust your SMART goals, do it – again, longhand, in pen on paper. Sketch, doodle, journal the meaning and consequences of success until, in your mind's eye, you can see yourself as having achieved it.
Relax, believe, and trust. Fear, negativity, and worry are not at all conducive to success. Or to creativity and innovation. Life is full of risk; nothing is learned or achieved without failure. Ask yourself, "What's the worst thing that could happen?" If the answer is, "Someone could die," then take a step back and think things through. Plan, prepare, and practice with a safety net. Some mistakes, as I tell my kids, you cannot afford to make.
On the other hand, you can get hurt by holding on too tight, as this scene from Top Gun so memorably illustrates:
My unwillingness to simply fall off a horse could've gotten me killed, years ago. My instructor called me aside, one day, and said, "When you throw your arms around the horse's neck and hang on for dear life, do you realize what you're doing?" He pointed to another student in the ring. "When you fall off – and you will still fall off – where do you think you'll end up?" Suddenly, I had a vision of myself swinging around to face the horse for a split second before slipping to the ground to be trampled under all four hooves.
"Oh." That's what Cougar's talking about, here – holding on too tight. It can get you killed. So sometimes, it's better to relax, let go, and fly.
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The Alice Cullen of the 'Twilight Saga' series ditches her signature fashionista persona and sports pierced lip and nose in the first still for the upcoming psychological thriller.
Ashley Greene goes bad in a first still of her new movie "Random". In the first-look photo, which comes out via Entertainment Weekly, the Alice Cullen of the "Twilight Saga" film series ditches her signature high-fashion starlet persona and sports a tomboy look instead.
The brunette beauty gets her lip pierced in addition to rocking another ring on her nose. Appearing makeup-less, she hides half of her face under a hooded-jacket. She also puts on a glove while holding a picture frame on her hand.
"Random" follows as a girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break when a random encounter with a gang of violent outcasts leads them to target her as their next victim. To survive, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwit them and fight back.
The upcoming psychological thriller is directed by Oliver Blackburn with Anthony Jaswinskik writing the script. Joining Ashley in the cast ensemble are Haley Bennett, Lucas Till, James Rawlings, Chris Coy, David Jensen, Wayne Pere and Al Vicente.
Director Blackburn recently dished on Ashley's role in the movie. He told EW," She plays Violet, the worst of the lot." Playing the leader of the bad gang in the film, the actress herself said, "I told them I'd be willing to get all the piercings," though she ended up wearing fake piercings. "I think my mom is happy they're not real."
The movie is set to debut in the U.S. cinemas on August 30.


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It's the dreaded cold and flu season but there are simple things you can do to avoid it, Dr. Yael Halaas, ear, nose and throat specialist has some great tips.
What are some steps we can take to avoid getting sick?
Dr. Halaas: Well the most important thing you can do is be proactive. Prevention should always be your goal. It sounds simple but a lot of people just don't wash their hands enough. Someone with a cold sneezes onto their hands and then touches a doorknob, a telephone or the computer keyboard. The germs can live for hours, even days on these surfaces. The next person who touches the same object then becomes infected. So, wash your hands often and keep an alcohol based hand sanitizer when you are on the go.
Also don't touch your face… so many cold and flu viruses enter your body through the eyes, nose or mouth. The second that you feel that scratchy throat or stuffy nose coming on, I highly recommend that you immediately start taking Cold-EEZE zinc lozenges within 24 hours of your first cold symptom. The high-powered zinc gluconate found in Cold-EEZE's lozenges or oral spray has been clinically proven to shorten the duration of a cold by nearly half. It works great with your decongestants and pain-relievers and gets you better faster.
The proprietary Cold-EEZE formula allows for the release of activated zinc ions in the mouth and prevents the virus from attaching to the lining of your throat. Studies from both the prestigious Cleveland Clinic and Dartmouth College have proven its efficacy. The lozenges come in a ton of flavors… even sugar free!
What else can we be doing?
DH: Drink lots of water and exercise regularly. Water keeps you hydrated and releases toxins in your body…drink at least 8, 8 ounce glasses a day…aerobic exercise speeds up the heart to pump larger quantities of blood; makes you breathe faster to help transfer oxygen from your lungs to your blood; and makes you sweat once your body heats up. These exercises help increase the body's natural virus-killing cells.
What about myths for getting sick? Is it true that temperature, going out with a wet head etc.…can get you sick?
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H7N9 is Rapidly Mutating: Pandemic Potential Increased Due to 'Viral Fitness'
Chris Carrington
Activist Post.com
Thursday, December 12, 2013
It's common knowledge that influenza viruses mutate. They change and adapt quickly. One of these mutations, the one that enables them to become drug resistant, comes at a high price to the virus. It weakens it.
Almost universally, flu viruses become less virulent when they become drug resistant. In becoming drug resistant, their ability to replicate and its effectiveness is usually considerably reduced.
This is not the case with H7N9. Patients suffering with H7N9 have been treated with Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and the virus has shown it is resistant in several patients. Normally this would improve the prognosis for the patient, but it hasn't. Patients have still suffered a long duration of illness and poor clinical outcomes generally, with some patients still dying from the disease.
Nicole Bouvier M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Infectious Diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai said:
In this outbreak, we saw some differences in the behavior of H7N9 and other avian influenza strains that can infect humans, beginning with the rapid development of antiviral resistance in some people who were treated with oseltamivir and the persistence of high viral loads in those patients."
But surprisingly, transmission of the drug-resistant virus was no less efficient than that of the drug-sensitive version. Many of the people infected with H7N9 during the outbreak in China were elderly or had other conditions that predisposed them to severe influenza illness," observed Dr. Bouvier. "Nevertheless, our study suggests that flu viruses can indeed develop drug-resistant mutations without suffering a penalty in terms of their own fitness. (source)
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ANCILE Forms Strategic Alliance with McGraw-Hill Education
Customers to Benefit from Online Content Output
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ELKRIDGE, Md., Dec. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ANCILE Solutions, Inc., a global developer of learning and performance software solutions used by more than half of the Fortune 100, today announced a strategic alliance with McGraw-Hill Higher Education. The alliance brings value to McGraw-Hill Higher Education's customers by facilitating access to best-in-class digital education content through McGraw-Hill Connect, a digital teaching and learning environment that saves students and instructors time while improving performance over a variety of critical outcomes. It also reinforces ANCILE's commitment to expanding its alliances across multiple industries and disciplines.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education will first use ANCILE uPerform™ Express to author the 2013 Health Professions editions of digital education products, including Computers in the Medical Office (CiMO) and Medical Insurance and Insurance in the Medical Office.
The ANCILE uPerform™ Express content output supports delivery of McKesson Medisoft exercises through McGraw-Hill Connect. Connect is available across McGraw-Hill Higher Education titles and is also available for some of McGraw-Hill Education's K-12 titles.
"Adding McGraw-Hill Higher Education to our impressive list of ANCILE partners helps us create a rich ecosystem of online interactive medical office education products for McGraw-Hill Higher Education customers," said Patrick Dunlap, ANCILE's Vice President of Channel Sales and Professional Services. "Plus, the partnership brings additional opportunities for customers to benefit from the content creation capabilities available in both ANCILE uPerform™ and ANCILE uPerform™ Express."
"Partnering with ANCILE is a natural fit for us and our customers," said Michael Ledbetter, Managing Director, Health Professions and Nursing, McGraw-Hill Higher Education. "Many of our customers that we have worked with for a number of years will be using ANCILE uPerform™ Express digital content for their online education."
About ANCILE Solutions, Inc.
ANCILE Solutions, Inc. develops learning and performance software that empower enterprises with increased employee proficiency on mission-critical business applications. Trusted by more than 50 of the Fortune 100 and used by over 17 million people world-wide, ANCILE's award-winning solutions are proven to help organizations maximize their software investments through smarter, more productive workforces. The company's flexible and intuitive products including ANCILE uPerform™, ANCILE uPerform™ Express, and ANCILE uLearn™ are designed to sustain businesses through all cycles and organizational changes. For additional information, please visit www.ancile.com.
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Home Inspiration 19 Minimalist Website Examples
19 Minimalist Website Examples
Minimalism is a current design trend that is taking the world by storm. The minimalism web design trend has really taken off in the past few years as well with the trend of flat and metro of only including essential elements within a design. The idea behind minimalist design is to keep everything to a minimum, only displaying what is relevant to the user and to the website (the essentials).
The great thing about minimalism is that helps the website's users find what they need quickly all while avoiding non-relevant content such as advertisements or whatever else. Below we have collected 19 different websites that showcase minimalism very well in their design.
1. The Kitchen
2. Light & Shadows by Wizz Media
3. POCO People by Joshua Lamont
4. Linda Dong
5. Paramount Farms by LEVEL Studios
6. Nest
7. Life in Greenville by Cowork Greenville
8. Multiview by Orchard
9. The STUDIO
10. ground(ctrl)
11. Loghificio by Operaviva
12. Paco Mobles by Daniel Nabil
13. FiftyThree
14. TokioLab by NEOTOKIO!
15. Solo Interactive Studio
16. Whitmans New York by Gin Lane Media
17. Wrap Spaces by Triggerfish!
18. Crayons to Concept
19. Goosebumps Pickles by Digi-cult
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Prince believes protecting the safety and health of individuals and preserving our environment must not be compromised. Prince employees are among the best trained and safest in the industry. We have received several awards from the Mine Safety & Health Administration in recognition of our efforts. At Prince, our motto is "Safety First, Quality Always."


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1995, Volume 8, Issue 7
- 31-37 Preparing for upheaval: Why America's electric utilities must reengineer
by Weiner, Michael & Walker, Jeffrey & Smith, Huard
- 38-43 Realizing value from acquisitions
by Pareto, Vittorio & Huston, James E.
- 44-51 Protecting your utility's most valuable assets: Key industrial and commercial relationships--An outsider's view
by Sperry, Joseph P.
- 52-55 FERC's Connecticut light & power order overstates PURPA's preemptive effect
by Wenner, Adam
- 56-61 Service, shmervice: The differentiation of delivered electric power qualities
by Felak, Richard P.
- 62-68 Paved with good intentions: Reflections on FERC's decisions reversing state power procurement processes
by Moskovitz, David & Bradford, Peter
- 69-77 Electric Utility Rates and the Evaluation of Management Performance
by Berndt, Ernst R. & Doane, Michael J. & Epstein, Roy J.
July 1995, Volume 8, Issue 6
- 2-2 BRPU Scenario 'Fantastic'
by De Rose, Frank
- 16-25 The future of the U.S. electric utility industry
by Dar, Vinod K.
- 26-35 Electricity Hubs and Market centers: A new business tool for electric utilities?
by Vallen, Marc A. & Struble Sharp, Leslie
- 36-41 Generation as a business-- facts, fumbles, fictions and the future
by Budhraja, Vikram S.
- 42-49 'Grand bargain' or 'Grand larceny'?
by McDiarmid, Robert C.
- 50-62 Technology and Industry structure
by Yeager, Kurt E.
- 63-73 What Model for Restructing? The Debate in the Competitive Power Market Working Group
by Stalon, Charles G. & Woychik, Eric C.
- 74-83 Rights to Capacity: Transitional Protection for Existing Utility Customers
by Conkling, Roger L.
June 1995, Volume 8, Issue 5
- 2-2 Spellcheck this, shrub wet!
by Thornsjo, Mark
- 2-2 Morals vs. models
by Rader, Nancy
- 3-3 Detroit Edison to flat-earthers: Use determines Jurisdiction
by Welch, Joseph L.
- 22-30 Beyond project finance
by Churchill, Anthony A.
- 31-37 Cross-border utility investments: Translating investment risk into global advantage
by Cody, Alan M. & Graham, Edward E.
- 38-44 Restructing the Philippine electric power industry
by Stanley Bowden, R. & Ellis, Michael
- 45-55 Congress's nuclear waste 'contract with America' -- Where do we go from here?
by Callen, Ronald C.
- 56-61 U.S.nuclear decommission trust planning: Romancing a millstone?
by Rohrbach, John S.
- 62-71 Is there a future for nuclear power in America?
by Prugh, Thomas & Gielecki, Mark & Hewlett, James G.
- 72-84 The value of electric utility equities: Erosion of the bond
by Piepmeier, James M.
- 85-85 It's the customer, stupid'--Not 'the stupid customer
by Maize, Kennedy P.
May 1995, Volume 8, Issue 4
- 2-2 LOLP and accreditation clarified
by Morlock, Bryan D.
- 14-27 Franchise competition in the electric utility industry
by Vince, Clinton A. & Fogel, J. Cathy
- 28-38 The franchise bottleneck
by Fairman, James F.
- 39-49 Seeing the forest from the trees: Emergence of the competitive franchise
by Ridley, Scott
- 50-54 Estimating the impacts of restrictions on utility participation in the SO2 allowance market
by Winebrake, James J. & Bernstein, Mark A. & Farrell, Alex E.
- 55-63 Addressing the public's goals for environmental regulation when communicating acid rain allowance trades
by Loeb, Alan P.
- 64-69 Twelve common myths of allowance trading: Improving the level of discussion
by Rose, Kenneth
- 70-77 How much are customers willing to pay for improvements in health and environmental quality?
by Wood, Lisa L. & Kenyon, Anne E. & Desvousges, William H. & Morander, Lyn K.
- 78-84 Comparable transmission service--The new standard
by Falcone, Charles A.
April 1995, Volume 8, Issue 3
- 2-3 No 'one size fits all'
by Talbot, Neil H.
- 3-3 Are externalities extraneous under cap and offset requirements?
by Haites, Erik F.
- 14-23 Designing an auction for QF generation resources in California: What went wrong?
by Gribik, Paul R.
- 24-35 Nodal prices and transmission rights: A critical appraisal
by Oren, Shmuel S. & Spiller, Pablo T. & Varaiya, Pravin & Wu, Felix
- 36-42 A market-based approach for analysis of utility decisions
by Bodmer, Edward C. & Waldman, Richard H.
- 43-49 Valuing options for electric power resources
by Cater, Jamss C.
- 50-67 Market-based IRP: It's easy!!!
by Awerbuch, Shimon
- 68-69 'Comparability' requires ending regulatory penalties on intermittent renewable power
by Watkiss, Jeffrey D.
- 70-73 The competitive generation market has been assumed, not proven
by Lewis, Steven M. & Besser, Janet Gail
- 74-84 The future of IRP and other public goods in a market-driven world
by Hirst, Eric & Tonn, Bruce & Bauer, Douglas
- 86-87 Beware the 2nd price auction
by Gribik, Paul R.
- 88-89 IRP and DSM meet spellcheck
by Morgan, Rick
March 1995, Volume 8, Issue 2
- 12-31 The future of renewable energy industries
by Silverman, Murray & Worthman, Susan
- 32-41 Catching a steady breeze: Putting wind power to work on electric utility systems
by Brower, Michael C. & Tennis, Michael W.
- 42-49 You've got to pay to play: Photovoltaics and transaction costs
by Berry, David
- 50-55 Moving photovoltaics from the lab to utility application
by Farmer, Brian K.
- 56-66 Integrated resource planning with renewable resources
by Logan, Douglas M. & Neil, Chris A. & Taylor, Alan S. & Lilienthal, Peter
- 67-71 A modest proposal for shaping a reasonable new world
by James, Barbara
- 72-77 Honey, I shrunk the franchise!
by Brown, Ashley C.
1995, Volume 8, Issue 1
- 2-2 Small customers don't want to play "Cajun"
by Brockway, Nancy
- 2-3 Equalizing burdens
by Isaacson, Peter A.
- 3-3 Keep regulating speech
by Raphals, Philip
- 12-20 How likely is long-run competition in electricity generation? Warning sign
by Penn, David W.
- 21-27 A timid proposal: Follow the internet, not Poolco
by Hyman, Leonard S.
- 28-40 Electricity matters: A new incentives approach for a changing electric industry
by Olson, Wayne P. & Costello, Kenneth W.
- 41-53 Competitive pricing of energy services in New York State: Current trends and issues
by Okure, Tom U. U.
- 54-59 The customer bill as an index of utility performance
by Berg, Sanford V.
- 60-70 Progress of a policy experiment: Climate challenge interim report card
by Sturges, Sheryl & Hewitt, Jeffrey
- 71-79 Are externalities extraneous under emission cap and offset requirements?
by Sanghi, Ajay K. & Joseph, Anthony L.
- 80-84 On the road to NOx emissions trading
by Tikalsky, Susan M. & Kramer, Joseph M. & Patrick, Robert
December 1994, Volume 7, Issue 10
- 16-27 Incremental transmission pricing, the comparability standard, and an alternative to the FERC's 'higher of' policy
by Sinclair, Robert A. & Greer, Douglas F. & Wilson, John W.
- 28-37 Electricity transmission pricing: Contracts must reflect costs
by Shuttleworth, Graham
- 38-44 State action in regional transmission groups
by Rokach, Joshua Z.
- 45-51 Purchased power is not a riskless strategy
by Foltz, David A. & Robert Malko, J. & Pumilia, Gregory J. & Purvenas, Thomas J.
- 52-57 Offering customers direct access: Using choice to stimulate competition
by Glynn, Robert D.
- 58-63 Electricity: The future cannot be predicted-- but it can be invented
by Dar, Vinod K.
- 64-76 Wholesale pooling: The monopolist's new clothes
by Michaels, Robert J.
- 77-80 The DSM sky hasn't fallen yet
by Hirst, Eric & Hadley, Stan
- 81-81 The twilight zone of retail wheeling
by May, Michael P.
November 1994, Volume 7, Issue 9
- 16-21 The advantages of de-integrating the electricity industry
by Pierce, Richard J.
- 22-33 Looking for peace in the middle of a nervous breakdown
by Moskovitz, David & Foy, Douglas
- 34-45 Energy efficiency services: What role in a competitive environment?
by Newcomb, James
- 46-55 Can energy markets drive DSM?
by Houston, Douglas A.
- 56-65 Reinventing the energy conservation industry
by Rouse, Rolly
- 66-73 A win/win approach to commercial/industrial DSM: Making DSM Work for all utility customers
by Lachman, Harlan & Cillo, Paul & Goodman, Ian & Kelly-Detwiler, Peter
- 74-78 The fair allocation of electricity costs over time
by Hill, Greg
- 81-81 Needed: Broad perspective, fresh ideas
by Tierney, Susan Fallows
October 1994, Volume 7, Issue 8
- 12-22 Unused and useless: The strange economics of stranded investment
by Michaels, Robert J.
- 23-35 Can regulation and competition coexist? Solutions to the stranded cost problem and other conundra
by Kahn, Alfred E.
- 36-41 Restructuring the electric utility industry: Further tentative thoughts
by Stelzer, Irwin M.
- 42-48 After Cajun, what next for stranded costs?
by Pembroke, James D.
- 49-57 Let's make electricity generation competitive
by Sant, Roger W. & Naill, Roger F.
- 58-72 A proposal for implementing retail competition in the electricity industry
by Black, Bernard S.
September 1994, Volume 7, Issue 7
- 2-2 What does Lovins really mean?
by Marks, K. J.
- 2-2 DSM must be cost effective
by Isaacson, Peter A.
- 2-3 Jobs study misunderstood
by Laitner, Skip
- 3-3 Climate cash, climate change
by Ford, Ned
- 18-29 A guide to the blue book: Issues in California's electric industry restructuring and reform
by Blumstein, Carl & Bushnell, James
- 30-41 Efficient direct access: Comments on the California blue book proposals
by Hogan, William W.
- 42-47 POOLCO: An independent power pool company for an efficient power market
by Budhraja, Vikram & Woolf, Fiona
- 48-60 An efficient electricity market: Using a pool to support real competition
by Garber, Don & Hogan, Willian W. & Ruff, Larry
- 61-73 The real debate over purchased power
by Brown, David T. & Lewis, Tracy R. & Ryngaert, Michael D.
- 74-83 Purchased power -- Hidden costs or benefits?
by Kolbe, A. L. & Johnson, S. & Pfeifenberger, J. P. & Weinstein, D. M.
- 84-84 Resources are finite
by King, Robert J.
- 85-85 Market-based speech?
by Bradford, Peter
1994, Volume 7, Issue 6
- 2-3 A different view of'65 blackout
by Swidler, Joseph C.
- 3-3 Can Joskow and Lovins find common ground?
by Smith, Gregory J.
- 3-3 Cleaner air--It's happening
by McLean, Brian J.
- 4-4 Replacement power costs--Its more complex than that
by Holstein, Michael P.
- 4-4 Getting straight on Ohio law
by Glazer, Craig A.
- 5-5 Regulators, to your stations!
by Epler, Gary
- 6-6 DSM and global competitiveness
by Weisbrod, Glen
- 27-37 Achieving competitive advantage in the electric power marketplace
by Kellerman, Larry
- 38-47 Options in energy storage technologies
by Harty, Fred R. & Depenbrock, Fred & Ward, Patrick W. & Shectman, Daniel L.
- 48-53 Advanced pumped storage: The new competitive edge
by Boucher, Rod & Rodzianko, Paul
- 54-66 Alternative ways to decouple electric utility revenues from sales
by Hirst, Eric & Blank, Eric & Moskovitz, David
- 67-80 Strategy-driven pricing: The competitive power of diversity
by Hirst, Eric & Blank, Eric & Moskovitz, David
- 81-82 Clouds in the future of DSM
by Faruqui, Ahmad & Wikler, Gregory A. & Chamberlin, John H.
- 84-84 California reform needs a lighter touch
by Woychik, Eric
June 1994, Volume 7, Issue 5
- 2-2 Elcon clarifies
by Hughes, John
- 2-2 The massacre has begun
by Hochstetler, Tom
- 16-23 Reviving regulation -- and antitrust
by Shepherd, William G.
- 24-43 Stop wheeling and start dealing: Resolving the transmission dilemma
by Ruff, Larry E.
- 44-47 A modest proposal: Nationalize the U.S. nuclear industry to foster competition
by Kahn, Edward
- 48-55 Competitive electricity markets in practice: Experience from Norway
by York, Dan W.
- 56-63 Retail competition in the electricity industry: Lessons from the United Kingdom
by Woolf, Tim
May 1994, Volume 7, Issue 4
- 14-28 DSM in the broader economy: The economic impacts of utility efficiency programs
by Moscovitch, Edward
- 29-49 Apples, oranges, and horned toads: Is the Joskow Marron critique of electric efficiency costs valid?
by Lovins, Amory B.
- 50-61 More from the guru of energy efficiency: 'There must be a pony!'
by Joskow, Paul L.
- 62-69 DSM as an economic development strategy
by Laitner, Skip & Krier, Betty & Goodman, Ian
- 70-79 Do diminishing marginal returns apply to DSM?
by Sioshansi, Fereidoon Perry
- 80-81 DSM: Not for jobs, but on its merits
by Solow, Robert M.
April 1994, Volume 7, Issue 3
- 2-2 Natural gas vs. coal
by Hardy, Edwin F.
- 2-2 Last word on global warming?
by Miller, Alan S.
- 12-23 Beyond retail wheeling: Competitive sourcing of retail electric power
by Rouse, James B.
- 24-33 Depolarizing the debate: Can retail wheeling co-exist with integrated resource planning?
by Hempling, Scott
- 34-48 Retail wheeling: Déjà vu all over again?
by Lesser, Jonathan A. & Ainspan, Malcolm D.
- 49-61 The political economy of retail wheeling, or how to not re-fight the last war
by Cohen, Armond & Kihm, Steven
- 62-70 Retail wheeling: Why the proponents must bear the burden of proof
by Jurewitz, John L.
- 78-78 Windows to the electric utility future
by Marritz, Robert O.
March 1994, Volume 7, Issue 2
- 20-27 Utilities and state regulators are failing to take advantage of emission allowance trading
by Bohi, Douglas R.
- 28-37 The behavior of the allowance market: Theory and evidence
by Hahn, Robert W. & May, Carol A.
- 38-47 Clean air act compliance -- the decision making challenge
by Niemczewski, Artur & Walls, David J.
- 48-59 End-use fuel substitution: Review of regulatory approaches and key policy issues
by Wiel, Stephen & Goldman, Charles A.
- 60-65 Valuing flexibility in utility planning
by Kaslow, Thomas W. & Pindyck, Robert S.
- 66-76 The role of environmental groups in electric-utility regulation: A case study
by Hirst, Eric
- 77-87 Everyone wins! -- A program to upgrade energy efficiency in manufactured housing
by Lee, A. D. & Onisko, S. A. & Sandahl, L. J. & Butler, J.
- 88-88 Guest editorial : Real strategic planning
by O'Neill, Maura
- 89-89 Editorial : FERC needs some solar energy
by Maize, Kennedy P.
February 1994, Volume 7, Issue 1
- 3-4 Clarifying electrotechnologies
by Lovins, Amory B.
- 7-9 Let's count all the costs
by Managing, Larry E.
- 25-33 Information: The coin of the realm in a competitive electric market
by O'Connor, Philip R. & Vallen, Marc A.
- 34-45 A serendipitous synergy: Why electric utilities should install the information superhighway
by Niggli, Michael R. & Nixon, Walter W.
- 46-54 Fiber optics, electric utilities and the information superhighway-- The community's role
by Vince, Clinton A. & Fogel, J. Cathy & Nordstrom, Paul E.
- 55-65 The power of light in electric utilities
by Brown, Stephen N.
- 65-77 The debate continues: The science of global climate change : The state of the art of climate science
by Lashof, Daniel A. & Linden, Henry
- 78-85 Sciences does not support 'consensus' on climate change
by Linden, Henry R.
- 89-89 Fuel cost adjustments: An ideal whose time has gone
by Michaels, Robert J.
December 1994, Volume 6, Issue 10
- 26-32 Transition to competition: Federal initiatives and industry opportunities
by Hon. Massey, William L.
- 54-59 Efficient block rate structures: Rethinking conventional wisdom
by Chamberlin, John & Seiden, Ken
- 60-65 An examination of factors influencing aggregate electric utility equity return shortfalls
by Moyer, R. Charles & Claggett, E. Jr.
- 66-72 Environmental externalities and the social rate of discount
by Cater, James Jr.
- 73-73 A study of the privatisation of the electricity supply industry in England and Wales
by Hogan, William W. & Walton, Steven L.
November 1993, Volume 6, Issue 9
- 2-2 Purchased power incentives
by Johnson, Sarah & Pfeifenberger, Johannes P.
- 2-2 NERA disagrees with Stutz
by Parmesano, Hethie
- 18-23 The tools of competition: Differentiation, segmentation and the microprocessor
by Piepmeier, James M. & Jermain, David O. & Egnor, Terry L.
- 24-33 Re-engineering DSM: Opportunities through information and integration
by Hanser, Philip & Malcolm, Wade & Levy, Roger D.
- 34-40 Why industry demand-side management programs should be self-directed
by Pritchett, Terry & Moody, LoVeen & Brubaker, Maurice
- 41-45 The TRC and RIM test, how they got that way, and when to apply them
by Deegan, James F.
- 46-56 Mitigating rate impacts of DSM programs
by Chamberlin, John & Herman, Patricia & Wikler, Greg
- 57-65 Evaluating the cost effectiveness of shade trees for demand-side management
by McPherson, E. Gregory
- 66-70 The effects of the 1990 clean air act on system dispatch and marginal costs
by Wile, John H. & Ambrose, Bruce J. & Parmesano, Hethie S.
- 71-75 Allowance trading made easy: The cash-forward settlement
by Bartels, Carlton W.
- 76-80 Emission allowances-- How volatile a market?
by McKee, Allen
October 1993, Volume 6, Issue 8
- 3-3 Green cars and industrial policy
by Maize, Kennedy P.
- 20-33 Establishing firm transmission rights using a rated system path model
by Walton, Steven L.
- 34-41 Time to face FACs: How fuel clauses undermine energy efficiency
by Morgan, Richard E.
- 42-50 'Green pricing': Customer choice moves beyond IRP
by Moskovitz, David
- 51-59 Coordination in the wholesale market: Where does it work?
by Gilbert, Richard J. & Kahn, Edward & White, Matthew
- 60-69 Building a CO2 mitigation portfolio: The future is now for carbon sinks
by Trexler, Mark C. & McFall, Kathleen S.
- 70-75 Allowance trading -- No need for states to reinvent the regulatory wheel
by Chalstrom, Lisa
1993, Volume 6, Issue 7
- 2-2 Freeman: Lovins is wrong on EVs
by Freeman, S. David
- 2-3 Better living through electricity
by Mills, Mark P.
- 4-5 Truth, not scare, on CO2 policy
by Goldstein, David B.
- 6-6 The CBOT did it right
by Prosperi, David P.
- 6-6 Tailor DSM for custumers
by Piepmeier, J. M. & Jermain, D. O. & Egnor, T. L.
- 6-7 Showcase the cream
by Flanigan, Ted
- 7-7 Ventilating BPA conservation
by Brandis, Pamela
- 7-8 Unfair advantage for IPPs?
by Reagan, Robert R.
- 8-9 S&P sees strong co-ops
by Edwards, Philip Y.
- 9-9 Western is repaying its costs
by Maxey, Kenneth G.
- 9-10 Gas cooling as DSM
by Moran, Dennis
- 45-49 Buy vs. build: Where the issue stands
by Rittenhouse, Laura J.
- 50-53 Competitive generation is here
by Sant, Roger W.
- 54-65 Balancing incentives in a competitive marketplace
by Morse, Susan Stratton & Meal, Meg
- 66-69 From status to contract: Reliability concerns and infrastructure weakness
by Fessler, Daniel Wm.
- 70-71 The chaos of competition: It's only just begun
by Hyman, Leonard
- 71-71 Give utility investors a reason to like purchased power
by Luftig, Mark
- 71-74 'Incentives' for purchased power: Compensation for risk or reward for inefficiency?
by Hempling, Scott
- 74-75 Integrating purchased power into the resource portfolio--an exercise in mitigating risks
by Foster, Kent
- 75-76 Much ado about section 712
by Watkiss, Jeffrey D.
- 76-77 A survey of current real-time pricing programs
by Mak, Juliet C. & Chapman, Bruce R.
- 78-79 The perils of marketing: A stitch in time saves nine
by Howard, Jeffrey H.
July 1993, Volume 6, Issue 6
- 14-26 What does a negawatt really cost? Further thoughts and evidence
by Joskow, Paul L. & Marron, Donald B.
- 27-33 The slippery slope of fuel substitution
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Hoping to prevent boating injuries and fatalities, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens will be increasing their numbers on lakes and other waterways Memorial Day weekend.
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"Memorial Day weekend kicks off our water safety season, and we want to start things off right and make sure everyone is safe and doing the right thing," said Game Warden Lt. Cody Jones, of TPWD's marine enforcement section.
Overall boating fatalities are down 26 percent from 2009 to 2010, decreasing from 38 in 2009 to 28 last year. So far this year 12 people have lost their lives in boating accidents. Jones attributes this decrease in fatalities to increased enforcement. He said officials made 316 arrests in 2010 associated with BWI/DWI charges as compared with 220 in 2009.
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Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met in special session on Monday afternoon to canvas the most recent primary election.
Also on the agenda was discussion of the Community Services Director job description. Current Community Services Director Connie Kitzman has submitted her resignation effective August 31st. Kitzman has been with the county for 13 years.
Doland submitted a couple of job descriptions to the other supervisors for their consideration. Doland said that the hiring process will be handled by the board of supervisors. Supervisor Greg Gordy asked for the description to be further defined before being voted on. The item was tabled until the next scheduled meeting.
Doland said they want to have the new hire in place by August 1st to allow some training with Kitzman.
The Supervisors also added a sick leave donation policy for the employee handbook. This would allow county employees to donate their extra accrued sick days to another county employee.
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CALLUM BRALEY said it was 'a massive honour' to captain England under-20s for the first time against France.
The 19-year-old Bristol scrum half from Coalpit Heath was handed the armband for the opening game of the U20 Six Nations at Stade Leo Lagrange in Draguignan on Friday night despite being one of only two Championship players in the squad.
However, he was unable to lead England to victory with the hosts triumphing 21-15.
"On a personal level it was a massive honour to lead the guys out for the first time and so long as we learn from Friday's loss then we can take some positives," said Braley.
"I think frustration probably best sums up the mood in the changing room.
"We know that we can play better but the conditions were tough and we gave it our best shot."
Braley was part of the England squad that won the IRB Junior World Championship in France last summer and is believed to be a target for Premiership side Gloucester with his Bristol contract expiring at the end of this season.
He has made seven Championship appearances this season with five more in the British and Irish Cup.
Braley previously captained Colston's school team but said he was shocked to be given the job.
"I was absolutely delighted when I was told," he told the RFU website.
"It's not something I've ever thought about but I'm fortunate to be in this situation and that I'm surrounded by a lot of experienced players who can help me out. That will make the leadership role a bit easier for me.
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When the Wauwatosa West baseball team knocked off Greendale, 10-1, Monday at Breitlow Field, the Trojans remained in first place in the Woodland Conference Black Division.
Here are some numbers to look at.
The Trojans are in first place with a 10-4 record after Monday's win. Last year Tosa West started to come back to respectability, going 8-9 in league play. But the three years before that the Trojans had a total of six wins combined (one, two and three wins going back to 2007) in conference play.
It is an amazing turnaround.
"It is a great feeling to have," star pitcher Austin Jones said. "Some people think: 'They will never get there, they'll get tight. They're going to fold under pressure.' But we've been talking about this since this winter. We made it our goal to win the conference championship. We've been expecting this, and now that we're here we feel like we deserve it"
The team met in December, when Tosa West coach Chad Mateske gave the returning players each a bag filled with infield dirt from Breitlow Field.
There are five pieces of tape on each bag representing the first day of tryouts, the first game, the Wauwatosa East game, the St. Thomas More game on Saturday and the first playoff game.
"We are going to make sure that the St. Thomas More game counts for something this year," Mateske said. "We are going after a conference championship. We are in a position to go after that goal."
It's that last line that I think it important: "We are in a position to go after the goal."
The Trojans had a rugged schedule on Tuesday, having to play at Blue Division Champion New Berlin West in the afternoon and then drive out to Greendale on Tuesday night, two of their final three games. They host St. Thomas More at 11 a.m. Saturday.
"We have a lot on the line, and I never experienced that when I came into this program," Jones said. "Three wins and if we win out, the worst we can do tie for conference championship."
Player Tyler Gross felt there was a change of attitude this season.
"After those bad years, we kept getting better," he said. "This year we came in extremely confident and felt we had a chance. A lot of the other teams in the conference have lost their best guys. So that gave us a lot of confidence."
Mateske points out that the Tosa East game on Saturday helped his team get ready for this week.
"We have three games in two days, two games in one day," he said. "Then two (non-conference) games on Friday and then St. Thomas More.
"We needed first win and give our best effort. The East game made us hungrier. What we enjoyed was that it was playoff atmosphere baseball. The crowd was into it, the teams were into it."
No matter what happens this week - and I do hope the Trojans win every game, especially the conference ones - the fact that Tosa West has a chance to win a Woodland Conference Championship in the final week of the season goes a long way toward seeing this program starting to turn around.
Give the players, Mateske and his varsity coaches Jack Ward and Allan Rozanski and the rest of his staff a tip of the hat for what they have accomplished.
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- Baseball: Seven Wauwatosa baseball players earn all-conference honors
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- Baseball: Wauwatosa East's season ends with regional final loss to Waukesha North


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Of all the game modes, however, it is FIFA's online options that continue to impress above all else. Gaming online is naturally slightly slower than in single-player, however it is predominantly smooth and in my time playing the game I've yet to experience any game crippling problems – which is amazing considering how flaky the office Internet connection can be.
Basic options include ranked and unranked one-off matches, which are great quick and easy ways for an online gaming fix. Moreover, in many respects playing online is far more entertaining due to the greater unpredictability of it all and the fact that defences aren't nearly as steadfast. Another key component is the excellent stats tracking system, which records your wins and losses, streaks and all sorts of statistics besides. As with the main game, you also earn points for playing online that can be used for purchasing extra features such as shirts, boots and various other in-game paraphernalia.
As with most online games there's a leaderboard to climb, which will be used to match you against similarly skilled opponents. For a more structured experienced you can also enter and create leagues, or choose to represent your favourite team online as part of an ongoing league table. These are all excellent features, making the online experience, on the Xbox 360 at least, among the best you can have in any sports title. This is joined by FIFA's traditionally exhaustive customisation features, allowing you to create players, teams and so on to your heart's content.
Taking the massive range of teams, game modes and online options into account, FIFA 08 is another well featured and deep addition of the series. There is a load to do and the game is backed up by some superb animation, graphics, and all the usual things we've come to expect from EA titles. Despite some complaints, it also plays an excellent game of football and were it not for those niggles and some underdeveloped features, FIFA 08 could have been all the better.
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Then you get to all of our personal preferences, which are a whole different can of worms. This goes for physical, as well as characteristic attributes. Some guys like a woman's hair, some guys (like me) get caught up in their eyes, others go for their attire. Some guys like the shy girl while others like the one in the limelight. There's something that'll just catch a guy's attention, and it varies from guy to guy.
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Freezes in major Argentina growing areas may lead to tight blueberry supplies and high prices early in the season, but supplies and prices should return to their usual levels as the season progresses, U.S. importers say.
In August, the Argentinean Blueberry Committee, Buenos Aires, predicted growers would export 16,000 tons of blueberries this season, up from 15,000 tons last year.
By early September, however, it revised the estimate downward to 14,900 tons.
About 63% of Argentina's blueberry exports should end up in the U.S., with roughly 30% destined for Europe and the United Kingdom, committee manager Inez Pelaez said.
Teddy Koukoulis, director of blueberry operations for Wish Farms, Plant City, Fla., was in Argentina in late August and saw a farm with no freeze protection in the Tucuman region that suffered up to 40% crop damage.
"The first pick will suffer," he said. "That's where the damage is."
The grower should be able to continue to pick through the season and salvage some of his crop, he said. But some farms with no freeze protection lost buds, flowers and berries.
"They're not going to be able to do anything," Koukoulis said.
Some areas looking good
Eduardo Campos, director of perishable logistics for Customized Brokers, a division of Miami-based Crowley Fresh, also was in Argentina's Tucuman growing region this summer.
"The fields that I saw were beautiful," he said. "The fruit looked really good and almost ready to be harvested."
Growers were excited about the weather and the plant reaction, he said.
"The weather has been great, so they are expecting a very nice season this year with very good quality," he said.
The Giumarra Cos., Los Angeles, expects its first Argentina blueberries to arrive the last week of September or the first week of October, which is the normal kickoff time, said Tom Richardson, vice president of global development.
The start date was expected to be earlier than usual until the frost hit and took out about 10% of the company's early production.
Other than the freezes, growing conditions have been good, he said.
Prices expected to be higher
Prices of Argentina blueberries will be significantly higher this fall compared with those of domestic summer berries.
"For the month of July, (prices were) significantly lower than where they had been the last couple of years, with a lot more volume," said Jim Roberts, vice president of sales for Naturipe Farms LLC, Estero, Fla.
Because of the large U.S. crop, some prices were below the cost of the harvest, he said.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, on Sept. 9, flats of 12 1-pint cups medium-large blueberries from Michigan were shipping at $28.50-33; 6-ounce cups of mediums, $18.50-22.50.
That scenario shouldn't affect the Argentina deal, though, because retailers know costs for imports go up, Roberts said.
In the U.S., most markets are only one to three days away from domestic production areas by truck, he said, compared with 5,000 miles away by air for Argentinean imports.
"Retailers understand that logistics drive higher costs during the winter time, and there is less production," he said.
Tight supplies, but no loss of quality
Koukoulis was not confident volume out of Argentina would be as strong this season as last.
"I think the supply will be lucky to get to last year's number," he said.
The problems suffered by growers should not impact quality of exported berries, he said. Cull rates will be up, and unfit berries will be sent to processing.
"The package you're going to see in the store will be outstanding," he said.
The strong U.S. summer crop creates demand that bodes well for the import season, Roberts said.
"When it transitions from domestics to imports, even though costs go up, consumers will continue to consume blueberries if they were having a good experience with them," he said.


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MERCED - U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best
Colleges" is eagerly awaited by universities, high school students
and their parents each fall. However, one economist at the
University of California, Merced, believes those rankings affect
more than just where high school seniors decide to apply.
Professor Alex Whalleyhas found universities garner more public
funding after debuting in the rankings. Early this summer, he and
Ginger Jin of the University of Maryland published their findings
in a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper,
"The Power of
Attention: Do Rankings Affect the Financial Resources of Public
Colleges?"Whalley, who has been at UC Merced since 2006, pored
over years of USN&WR's annual rankings and tracked state
funding received by public universities after they first appeared
in "America's Best Colleges."
"What I found interesting is that even though the colleges
received more public money per student after being ranked, that
didn't lead to an increase in tuition," Whalley said.
That information is good news for students, who may fear their
school's popularity will drive up its sticker price.
"The question we asked ourselves," Whalley said, "is, do college
rankings prompt states to spend more on the schools that are
covered? And the answer we found is that it does - to the tune of
about 3 percent per student."
Whalley's research is of interest to the general public because
the amount of money allocated to a school per enrolled student is a
key factor in measuring university quality. Whalley believes the
reason behind the increased spending per student is that rankings,
particularly those published by U.S. News & World Report, draw
the attention of the general public to the quality of education in
their state, and in turn, drive elected officials to allocate more
funding toward higher education.
The 2009 edition of "America's Best Colleges" was posted online
Aug. 23 at
Prof. Whalley is available to speak to media on this topic or
others related to higher education and economics. To reach him,
call (209) 228-4027 or e-mail
For information on UC Merced's economics program, visit