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45% of customers look at a website's delivery pages prior to looking at their products
Harpenden, UK (PRWEB) January 30, 2013
Version 4.3, ShopIntegrator's latest upgrade, offers merchants improved shipping and delivery ecommerce features.
ShopIntegrator's hosted shopping cart solution provides small to medium enterprises, including home-based businesses, with a simple way to turn their website into a secure online shop. It's range of add-in ecommerce buttons and ecommerce widgets enable sellers and web designers to customize and manage the ecommerce element of their online shop to suit their own individual business requirements. To ensure market trends are monitored and customer needs addressed ShopIntegrator continuously develops and updates its ecommerce functions. ShopIntegrator's latest Version 4.3 focuses on improvements to its shopping cart shipping and delivery elements.
ShopIntegrator's cost-effective, PCI compliant shopping cart software offers a wide range of innovative ecommerce features that basic shopping carts are unable to provide. However its cost-effective pricing structure means it is more accessible than some of the other advanced shopping cart systems available. ShopIntegrator is mobile and tablet friendly and its sophisticated web administration system is easy to use which means that merchants are better able to manage their products online and customise their shopping cart and checkout to fit in with their individual business needs. For example within ShopIntegrator's Order Manager there are a number of product and inventory features that assist sellers with the management of their eshop. And, ShopIntegrator's designer tool enables merchants to customise their cart and checkout to fit in with the rest of their website.
Recent research highlights the important part the delivery plays in the process of online purchasing. According to recent home delivery statistics by MetaPack, over 45% of customers look at a website's delivery pages prior to looking at their products. Because ShopIntegrator understands just how important the shipping and delivery element of an online business is, it is able to offer a variety of clever ecommerce features that facilitate the merchant in selling deliverable products to their customers.
Always keeping the merchant and end customer in mind, ShopIntegrator offers some invaluable shipping and delivery features. Ensuring that the customer is always kept fully informed on the progress of their order is central to good customer relations. ShopIntegrator's shipping and delivery workflow makes available shipping status notification emails which keep customers fully informed and allows them to track the progress of their order once it has despatched. ShopIntegrator's shipping plan creators also offer multiple shipping options and enable merchants to calculate delivery costs at the checkout stage.
ShopIntegrator is always swift to respond to the needs of merchants and their customers and therefore its recent upgrade, Version 4.3 has implemented some great new features to build on its current shipping and delivery capabilities. Sellers now have greater control over how they manage their products. For example if an order is made up of a mix of products where some products qualify for free delivery and some don't, merchants can now decide if they want to prohibit free shipping for the whole order. In addition, it is also now possible for merchants to choose which products they wish to include or exclude from free shipping calculations.
Developments to ShopIntegrator's shipping plans means that merchants can now generate shipping plans for specific country deliver zones, with these particular shipping plans restricted to customers within those zones. Merchants can also set up exclusions for delivery zones. For example countries that merchants wish to leave out are not presented at the checkout as an option to the customer.
ShopIntegrator has also upgraded its shipping status notification emails through the addition of a default courier method and tracking link. This link is automatically assigned to the customer order when the order delivery status is updated. Merchants can override this link on an order-by-order basis should they so wish.
Version 4.3 sees a new appendage to product option price modifiers in Product Manager. ShopIntegrator has also added in product option weight modifiers. Products can now be assigned a weight that feeds into the checkout should merchants require a weight-based shipping plan.
Finally, this latest upgrade introduces an improvement to Order Manager. To help with the organisation of orders, ShopIntegrator has created a single, central location where merchants can easily manage orders from different payment gateways and numerous websites. And to help the organisation process even more, Order Manager now provides a single order sheet for every order. This single sheet includes shipping cost, tax, item cost and any order discounts so everything is together in one place.
ShopIntegrator's latest upgrade, Version 4.3 has introduced some great enhancements to its shipping and delivery capabilities, benefitting both the merchant and the customer. ShopIntegrator is hosted so merchants always have an up-to-date cart and checkout because any upgrade ShopIntegrator makes to its ecommerce software is automatically updated and available to ShopIntegrator subscribers. ShopIntegrator can turn any website into an online shop and provides specific integration guides for popular CMS systems and DIY site builders. Unlike basic shopping carts, it also connects to a variety of payment processors such as eWAY, CardSave, Sage Pay and PayPal. Whatever the size of the business or product being sold, (whether it is tangible product requiring delivery, a personalised product or digital download) ShopIntegrator's hosed ecommerce solution enables businesses to customize their online shop and better manage their products and orders to reflect their individual business needs.
To find out more about ShopIntegrator and its latest upgrade visit ShopIntegrator.
Established in 2004, ShopIntegrator provides SMEs with secure, easy-to-use hosted shopping cart software. ShopIntegrator's competitive pricing and straightforward installation process allows merchants to turn their website into an online store within a matter of minutes. McAfee Secure and PCI compliant, ShopIntegrator's shopping cart is compatible with most websites so there is no need to change web hosting companies.
ShopIntegrator is a powerful e-commerce and m-commerce checkout. There is no software to install and its uncomplicated, no cost set-up requires little technical knowledge and can be added into HTML website templates or DIY site builders such as Weebly, Moonfruit, Yola, 1&1 MyWebsite, BaseKit, Webs and Vistaprint. ShopIntegrator also has dedicated plug-ins to simplify adding ecommerce into popular Content Management Systems (CMS) such as WordPress, Drupal and DotNetNuke (DNN).


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HOBOKEN -- Kathy Zucker was named the winner of New York Life's "KeepGoodGoing" category Monday night at the fifth annual Shorty Awards in New York City. The category was established this year to honor a dad or mom who uses social media to share stories and tips that have helped keep good going in his or her family and inspired others to do the same.
"We were pleased to see so many moms and dads use social media to communicate the ways they keep good going in their own lives as a way to inspire others," said Greg Galant, the co-founder and executive producer of the Shorty Awards. "Kathy embodies the spirit of this award. Even during difficult times, including last year's Superstorm Sandy, she was an inspiration and educational resource to families in her local community. We applaud Kathy for being the first to win this category and we thank New York Life for sponsoring KeepGoodGoing and for its support spreading the word."
"Her Tweets in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy provided critical news and updates to her community. We congratulate her on winning a Shorty Award and thank her for using social media to keep good going," said Liz McCarthy, senior vice president and head of Corporate Communications, New York Life.
"I'm grateful to the hundreds of metro area parents who nominated me for the award. It's gratifying to know that on a small level, I can make a big impact," said Ms. Zucker.
Ms. Zucker is the founder and chief executive officer of the Metro Moms Network, where she blogs and offers valuable resources to enable moms and dads to juggle careers and parenting. She lives in Hoboken with her husband and three young children.
Voting began on Jan. 7 for a mom or dad who has helped families and others keep good going by sharing lessons, stories and tips via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media platforms.
The KeepGoodGoing Shorty Award winner was selected based on the total number of nominations received, the impact and creativity of the nominee's tweets, and innovation in the use of social media. The category was judged by a jury of the Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts and Sciences, which included: Shawn Bean, executive editor of Parenting Magazine (@sbpopculture); Jamie Moyer, World Series Champion pitcher and president and co-founder of the Moyer Foundation (@moyerfoundation); Jennifer Owens, editorial director of Working Mother Media and director of the Working Mother Research Institute (@working_mother); Joanne Rodgers, vice president and chief diversity officer at New York Life; and Leigh Anne Tuohy, author and motivational speaker, whose family was made famous in Michael Lewis' best-selling book "The Blind Side" (@LeighAnneTuohy).

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
ABC's "This Week" — Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio.
NBC's "Meet the Press" — Jesse Jackson; Charles Ogletree, a law professor at Harvard University.
CBS' "Face the Nation" — Former Secretary of State James Baker; Randall Robinson, who led the anti-apartheid group TransAfrica; poet Maya Angelou.
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CNN's "State of the Union" — Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, and Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
"Fox News Sunday" — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky.; Pik Botha, a former South African foreign minister.


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Culture 2014 and The Arches present
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"Where can you see tomorrow's work today? The answer is The Arches."
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Through theatre, performance, visual art, dance and creative learning the Arches' artistic programme celebrates the brave and the new.
Producing and presenting risk-taking work from local and international artists and companies, the building has boasted performances over the past two years from Derevo, The TEAM and Taylor Mac, hosted the National Review of Live Art and New Territories festivals and seen blistering performances from boundary-pushing artists and companies such as John Moran, Adrian Howells, Ontroerend Goed and Quarantine as part of 2010's BEHAVIOUR festival, our annual celebration of the live experience.
The Arches is also Scotland's leading provider of support for emergent artists and performance practitioners, providing a year-long programme of opportunities including Artist in Residence programmes and our two annual awards, Platform 18: New Directions and the Brick Award, as well as showcasing raw work from homegrown talent such as Nic Green and Rob Drummond in Arches LIVE, our annual festival of brave new work.
Our dedicated Creative Learning programme offers even further-reaching opportunities for development across a broad range of social groups, with events ranging from urban music production course Tigerstyle and the newly launched Arches Community Choir, to mentoring schemes, professional development projects and off-site performance work with diverse social groups.
Words from Jackie Wylie, The Arches' Artistic Director, following the tragic death of Adrian Howells:
"All at The Arches are devastated by the loss of Adrian Howells this week. He was our Artist in Residence and The Arches was his creative home. But more than that, he was a dear friend and companion in life to many of us here.
So many would say that there truly was no one like him, who personified love, generosity and the deepest type of empathy and desire to understand those lucky enough to have met him. With great humour he was able to create an instant connection with anyone he encountered. He was able to translate this desire to nurture and connect into his performance practice and in doing so leaves behind not only an incredible and influential body of work but a multitude of audience members across the world who have in some way been transformed by these encounters.
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Christoffer writes: "Emilda 1.2 has for the last 6 months been under heavy development, and the result of the hard work of the entire development team is the yesterday released Beta version of Emilda 1.2. We would now like to urge all interested to take part in the testing and evaluation process of the forthcoming stable release of Emilda 1.2. This release of Emilda features amongst others, LDAP integration, completely redesigned configuration system, MARC configuration, Item types, Subject support, redesigned search backend and much, much more."
VDC-1.0 (Stable)
VDC writes: "The Virtual Data Center (VDC) is an OSS digital library system "in a box" for numeric data. VDC provides a complete open-source, digital library system for the management, dissemination, exchange, and citation of virtual collections of quantitative data. The VDC functionality provides everything necessary to maintain and disseminate an individual collection of research studies: including facilities for the storage, archiving, cataloging, translation, and dissemination of each collection. On-line analysis is provided, powered by the R Statistical environment. The system provides extensive support for distributed and federated collections including: location-independent naming of objects, distributed authentication and access control, federated metadata harvesting, remote repository caching, and distributed virtual collections of remote objects. Release 1.0 of the VDC provides RPM's for Redhat 9.0, Fedora 1 Core and Redhat 3 Advance Server. Supported standards and protocols and formats include: DDI, Dublin Core, and MARC for metadata; R,SPSS, SAS,ASCII, and STATA for data ; OAI and Z39.50 for queries; UNF's and Handles for naming/citation."
Ian writes: "Open Request 1.0.0 is a pure java toolkit for developers, systems integrators and organisations needing access to ISO ILL and other interlendng protocols in a java (Or other enterprise) environment who do not wish to write their own implementations. This release fixes a number of bugs and adds minor improvements to the 1.0.0 rc1 release. Read more about this release and download the code/binaries at the Developer Site."
Romano writes: "JOpac2 is a open source project we started in 2002. The idea came out because we need a OPAC able to integrate different data sources without data transformation. For this, JOpac2 is written in Java and is build on a class structure that make easy to load data in any ISO2709 format (ISIS, UNIMARC and text-only if you map it on a ISO2709 structure). JOpac2 is currently used by the University of Trieste for two small catalogs: non SBN data from a old ISIS based system and a journal catalog. Now at v.1.0, we are working for a new release and a loan module."
Avanti MicroLCS-1.0 beta 3
Peter writes: "Avanti MicroLCS version 1.0 beta 3 has been released. This is the first public release of MicroLCS in over a year. Much of the development work during that time has been devoted to refining and improving basic features. New features in Beta 3 include a powerful and flexible boolean search capability, a redesigned user interface that is clean simple and easy to learn and use, a context sensitive help system, and standalone Java clients. Beta 3 is coming close in terms of features to the basic OPAC and cataloging system that the production 1.0 release is expected to be."
Anders writes: "Indexdata is happy to announce that Net::Z3950::SimpleServer 0.08 is released. The most important improvement is the support for threads, which among other things enables the users to run SimpleServer on Windows. Hope you'll like it!"
Gerry writes: "OpenSiteSearch is the new Open Source version of OCLC's original java-based web application for building Z39.50 portals (i.e. virtual union catalogues). This project is specifically aimed at the library community."
yaz++-0.8, YAZ Proxy-0.8
from fm, changes include: "SRW/SRU support. Bugfixes for event handling. C++ compile fixes (for more picky GCC). The YAZ proxy is now a separate project and is no longer part of YAZ++ ... The proxy supports SRW/SRU/Z39.50 incoming connections and any Z39.50 backend server, CQL conversions, XML, and XSLT."
Christoffer writes: "By this release, the 1.1 branch of Emilda is decleared stable and thus we encourage users to upgrade to this version. Main changes involve straightening issues with library management, such as circulation and book-adding, HTML optimisations, small cosmetic & logical updates and other minor bugfixes. For more information on Emilda in general, the Emilda Demo or this release in particular, please visit the project page."
Polerio writes: "From the word itself, pycatalog is a python based catalog generator. It can output book and card catalog in Portable Document Format (PDF). It is created using Python programming language, SQLite embeded-database, Reportlab python reportab generator and wxPython, a loadable GUI module for Python. It is platform independent, it will run on Windows, Linux and Mac operating system. Its primary puspose is to convert the MARC data into a printable card and book catalog format. To download visit the pycatalog sourceforge page."


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Queensland quick cuts the mustard
GIVEN the way selectors are just handing out Australian caps to anyone, I don't know what more Ben Cutting has to do to cement his place in the national side.
The Queensland Bulls and Brisbane Heat quick has been one of the form players of the domestic season.
Luke Pomersbach may have set up the Heat's Big Bash League semi-final victory but it was Cutting who brought it home.
His ability to keep his overs tight and take wickets at crucial stages is invaluable.
Cutting didn't get lucky off a few catches against the Renegades, he took every wicket by clean bowling the opposing batsmen.
The 25-year-old is Brisbane's leading wicket-taker with 11 and ranked fourth overall for the BBL.
And he is ranked in the top 10 for the Sheffield Shield with 22 wickets and the sixth-best average for a regular bowler at 18.81.
They're impressive statistics, bettered only by the current crop of bowlers being rotated through the Australian Test side.
But Cutting is also more than capable with the bat, making him a great all-round option.
He is ranked 13th in the Sheffield Shield with 348 runs and a century to his name already this summer.
If selection in the national side is supposed to be a reward for consistent first-class form, there is no player more deserving of a call-up than Ben Cutting.
Cutting did earn his first one-day cap last Sunday in a match that was a miserable failure for Australia.
Sri Lanka dominated the home side so I can understand why Aussie selectors would be looking to change the team for today's clash at the Gabba.
But I cannot fathom how John Inverarity and company could have decided that Cutting was surplus to their requirements on his home deck.
With 27 runs and the best bowling figures of 1-42, Cutting was a shining light for Australia in an otherwise dismal innings.
Cutting is on stand-by today as injury cover for Moises Henriques who was injured during a net session yesterday.
But after such a promising debut, Cutting did not deserve to be dropped in the first place, especially on the ground where he plays most of his cricket.
As a Brisbane Heat fan, I should probably thank Aussie selectors for their oversight.
I have no doubt that the Heat would not be in tomorrow night's BBL grand final without Cutting.
But it's disappointing to see such a talented player overlooked for higher honours in spite of his brilliant form.
Cricket Australia's selection policies have already been farcical this summer.
They're only making things worse by sending the message that form doesn't matter.


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In order to inform, but also engage, the European public in the work of the United Nations, we decided, in 2007, to launch an annual European public information campaign choosing the most relevant theme for our European audience from the UN's priorities for that year, but also taking into account the priorities of our governmental, institutional and civil society partners.
In 2008, we chose the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and KnowYourRights2008 became our first campaign. The UN's Climate Change Conference, held in December 2009, in Copenhagen was the setting for our second campaign entitled CoolPlanet2009.
In 2010 we marked the 10th anniversary of the Millennium Declaration and highlighted the Millennium Development Goals by organizing our first UN European Ad Competition - WeCanEndPoverty2010.
The birth of UN-Women in 2011 was the perfect opportunity for UNRIC to show its support by launching a second Ad Competition and fourth public information campaign - Create4theUN: Say No to Violence Against Women 2011.
And in 2012 Rio+20 is the natural choice and we have chosen "Water" as the main theme.
To claim Your Rights you have to know them.
To mark the 60th anniversary of arguably the most important document of the 20th century, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we asked citizens all over Europe to post their plans and initiatives to mark Human Rights Day 2008 on our Wall of Events.
Our Planet is Cool, let's keep it that way.
To raise public awareness on climate change and the UN Conference in Copenhagen, we asked citizens to post their Cool Initiatives on our website.
In 2010 our campaigns evolved in nature and we decided to reach out to the European creative community asking them to help us remind world leaders of their historic promise in the year 2000 at the Millennium Summit to put an end to absolute poverty by the year 2015. We also joined forces with other UN Information Centres across the European continent and partnered with major European newspapers to spread the word. We were not disappointed; we received over 2,000 submissions from 32 countries.
Another innovation in 2011 was the addition of a name for our competition - Create4theUN. We joined forces with UN-Women and asked creative Europeans to think of ads with the theme "Say No to Violence Against Women." We received over 2,700 entries from 42 countries.
The European ad competition was part of The Future We Want, the UN's global campaign in the lead up to the Rio+20 Conference which took place in June 2012.
The competition called on professionals and non-professionals in all 48 European countries to design a newspaper advertisement, using the competition logo, which inspired inspired others to preserve water, now and for future generations.
We received a record number of submission with over entries from 45 countries.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC Brussels)
Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 155, Block C2,7th and 8th floor, Brussels 1040, Belgium
Tel.: +32 2 788 8484 / Fax: 32 2 788 8485


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DESCRIBE how in love with shitty yoga/vegan shrews you are, since this is all that flocks to Tahoe in the summer IME
South Lake Tahoe is so full of shitlibs it's incredible.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2002249&forum_id=2#21152984)
i'm an outdoorbro so i would love it.(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2002249&forum_id=2#21153133)
so was your move not really intentional?(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2002249&forum_id=2#21153144)
what exactly compelled you to pick tahoe area?
do you have any other bros who have gone rural? it's very appealing to me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2002249&forum_id=2#21153147)


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Category: General News
Americans Win Nobel Prize In Economics
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Americans Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley are the winners of the Nobel economics prize. It's not technically a Nobel Prize, because unlike the five other awards it wasn't established in the will of Alfred Nobel, a Swedish industrialist also known for inventing dynamite. The prize for economics originated in 1968.


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Penguins not concerned by Crosby's lack of production
Dan Bylsma would love for the questions to stop.
But when they concern his best player, superstar Sidney Crosby, the Pittsburgh Penguins coach knows the queries will be a daily occurrence until Crosby puts the puck in the net.
Crosby hasn't done that in the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs, and the dry spell has not yet caused major headaches for the Penguins.
Pittsburgh is down 1-0 in the Eastern Conference semifinal against the New York Rangers, with Game 2 on Sunday night at the Consol Energy Center. Crosby got his scoring chances in the opening round against the Columbus Blue Jackets — he had a role in 27 at even-strength by the Penguins' count — but against a tougher opponent in the Rangers, it's difficult to imagine life on the ice will get ay easier for Crosby.
"Sometimes, I think (observers) want the game to be decided just by Sidney Crosby scoring a goal and that hasn't been the case," Bylsma said on Saturday. "Really, it's no more than about winning for us and about winning for Sid. We did that in the first round and (on Friday night in Game 1 against the Rangers) we did not.
"We are down 1-0 against (the Rangers) and those questions are going to come. From that standpoint, I understand them."
Crosby, who did not speak to media as the Penguins held an optional practice, jokingly said during the series against Columbus that he hoped he did not look like someone who needed counselling. You have to wonder, though, if Crosby feels like resorting to some unusual measures to break out of his funk. He has discussed the confidence that comes from getting chances, no matter that those opportunities haven't resulted in goals. It's true that there likely would be clear frustration for the 26-year-old if he was generating little in the offensive zone.
Yet in the big picture, it's not pretty.
In the post-season, dating to last spring, Crosby has gone 12 games without a goal; more recently, he has just two goals in the Penguins' past 17 games (seven in the playoffs and 10 in the regular season), and those were scored in the same match, on March 30 against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Consider that only once in his NHL career during the regular season has Crosby played in 12 consecutive games without scoring, and that came in 2011-12.
"I don't think anyone's really worried about Sid," Crosby linemate Lee Stempniak said. "He's setting up plays. He draws so many guys that it creates room for Chris (Kunitz) and me. I know it's going to come. It's on us to step up and use that extra ice and make plays too."
What are the prevalent aspects of Crosby's game when he is a force?
"I have always talked about Sid being the best grinder in the game," Bylsma said. "When he is playing at his best (it's) grinding on pucks in the offensive zone, using his speed through the neutral zone and driving hard."
Crosby was a handful for the Jackets toward the end of the opening round, compiling six assists overall, but he did not have much of an impact versus the Rangers in the opener. The microscope on Crosby grew in intensity when he was minus-3 and won only six draws.
Full respect for the Penguins' depth, but if they hope to win four games against New York to advance, Crosby probably will have to beat goalie Henrik Lundqvist at some point.
Rangers coach Alain Vigneault wasn't about to give Crosby anything to pin to the dressing room bulletin board.
"He made it real hard on us (in Game 1)," Vigneault said. "They had some transition looks, some looks down low.
"He's an elite player who is real tough to handle and we're going to need a lot of help to stop him."
Meanwhile, Penguins defenceman Brooks Orpik, who has missed the past three games with an undisclosed injury, was on the ice at the team's facility in nearby Canonsburg, but Bylsma refused to update Orpik's status.
It's the kind of power outage that can drain a hockey coach.
The New York Rangers managed to eliminate the Philadelphia Flyers in the opening round of the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs with a pop-gun power play and there was no fire with the man advantage in Game 1 against the Pittsburgh Penguins, as the Rangers didn't score on four chances.
Heading into Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal versus the Penguins, the Rangers are riding an 0-for-25 skid on the power play. Overall, the Rangers have three goals in 33 chances with the extra man, at 9.1% the lowest success rate of the teams remaining in the playoffs.
"You have trust your players are going to find a way to get it done," Rangers coach Alain Vigneault said. "It's a topic. To win games (consistently), all parts of your game have to be going. I do believe you (don't have to) score on your power play and can still build momentum."


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The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Monday officially posted notice in the federal register that the gambling compact between the state and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is going into effect.
"It's now official. Today is a day of great significance for the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe," Tribal Chairman Cedric Cromwell said in a statement. "The Tribal State Compact was officially placed in the Federal Register today and will now take effect as federal law. This is another important step towards the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe bringing Project First Light destination resort Casino to the Great City of Taunton, creating much needed jobs, and a tremendous economic uplift for the people of Southeastern Massachusetts, City of Taunton and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe."
The Mashpee hope to build a $500 million casino in East Taunton, but currently lack the necessary federal land designations. They are pursuing a casino under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, bypassing the state licensure process for commercial casinos.
Under the compact, which spells out the terms of operation of the casino, the Mashpee would pay 17 percent of casino revenue to the state of Massachusetts, but wouldn't pay the state anything if a commercial casino is built in the southeastern region of the state, which includes Plymouth and Bristol counties, Cape Cod and the islands.
The tribe would pay the state 15 percent if a slots parlor opens in the region, and 20 percent in the unlikely event that there are no commercial casinos statewide.
Amid concerns that the Mashpee may never qualify for the federal land-in-trust designation they need to open a casino under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, the state Gaming Commission voted last year to solicit commercial casino applications in the southeastern region. KG Urban and Foxwoods have formally announced they are pursuing commercial casino applications in New Bedford and Fall River, respectively.
The Gaming Commission has stopped short of saying it will definitely award a commercial license in the region.
Last month, the Bureau of Indian Affairs confirmed that the review period on the compact had passed with no action being taken on it, meaning it was essentially approved to the extent that it complied with existing federal law.
The BIA sent the tribe a letter on Jan. 6 stating that while it was concerned that a section of the compact could potentially call for unlawful state regulation of Class II gambling, the concern did not rise to the level necessary to reject the entire compact.
Gambling compact between state, Mashpee Wampanoag tribe to take effect as federal law
The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Monday officially posted notice in the federal register that the gambling compact between the state and the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe is going into effect.


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Follow these steps for downloading files from the Internet and copying to a USB flash drive if you use a PC running Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.
1. If you don't already have one, create a Temporary Files folder by opening Windows Explorer, highlighting your hard drive (typically the c: drive), then selecting File/New/Folder.
When the folder appears, name it Temp files.
2. Once you locate the file you want to download, click on the link to begin the download process.
a. Go to YamahaMusicSoft.com
b. Click on "My Account" then click on "Redownload Items".
3. First you will be asked if you want to save the file. Click the Save button, then locate the Temp file folder on your hard drive and double-click to open it. Next, click the Save button.
4. After the download is finished, you have to copy the file to a USB flash drive. Close all programs that are running, except Windows Explorer. Find the file you downloaded and double-click it.
5. Right click on the file and select "Copy".
6. Insert your USB flash drive to a USB connector on your computer.
7. Click on the "Start Menu" on the bottom left hand corner of your computer then select "Computer".
8. Locate your USB flash drive under "Devices with Removable Storage".
9. Right click on the USB Flash drive then select "Paste".
You are now ready to play your song on your keyboard!
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Ever have the feeling that the headlines you read and what the television talking heads bark out just don't add up with what you see with your eyes?
There has been a lot of economic doom and gloom in the news lately. Sub-prime foreclosures everywhere, it seems. Gas-guzzling SUVs lining new car lots like giant picket fences. Bankruptcies up by double and triple digit percentages. The sky is supposed to be falling.
These are certainly not the best of economic times, yet driving around Fresno and seeing new SUVs around every corner makes one wonder if there are any left on the lots. Sure there are homes abandoned and for sale, but there also are sold signs in front of homes that obviously were not fire sales or sub-prime causalities. There are office-for-rent signs around and some businesses are going under, but you would hardly call it economic blight.
And of course, there are the ever present gloomy winter and fall unemployment numbers that make me chuckle. The Central Valley is agriculture, and employment is cyclical; high in the summer, low in the winter. What's new?
It simply does not look like the world is crumbling around Fresno and other cities in the Valley. What I see just does not add up to what the headlines and talking heads are proclaiming.
It took a conversation with a young friend to put a reason behind why what the headlines were proclaiming and what my eyes were seeing were seemingly different.
It's agriculture, dummy.
I have known the young man since before he went into high school. He has been self-employed since the day he graduated from high school and has built a very good business servicing truck fleets.
With all the doom and gloom I had been reading, I reluctantly asked him how business was going. Never better, he replied. Really? With $4 diesel, his clients are still paying his monthly bills? Absolutely.
And then he reasoned that it was because Fresno seemed to be insulated from many of the economic woes you read about nationally. Why? Agriculture, he said. Most of his clients are involved in agriculture and are doing well. Hand me a sledgehammer, so I can wake myself up.
Most Fresnans and other Central Valley residents are not directly involved in farming or ranching, yet it is agriculture and the infrastructure that supports agriculture that is somewhat isolating the Central Valley from the economic malaise that seems to prevail elsewhere.
Money generated on Valley farms turns over many times in banking, trucking, service industries, food processing, manufacturing, car dealerships and the list goes on and on.
Agricultural income has never been higher for virtually all commodities, and that is not expected to change for at least a few years. Certainly, input costs have never been higher. It is disconcerting to see $4 fuel prices; fertilizer prices going up faster than a helium bloom in a mountain updraft, and the overall escalating costs of doing business in regulation-happy California.
Nevertheless, dollars are changing hands thanks to the Valley's agriculture. Farming is holding the Valley's head above water economically. Those of us who live in California's Central Valley from Bakersfield to Redding should readily recognize that and be even more thankful we live in one of the most bountiful farming areas of the world.
And don't believe everything in the headlines or everything you hear from the talking heads.
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Saturday, September 14, 2013
Laura's Quesadilla
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Oh no, sorry friend! It didn't even occur to me to include a recipe. All I do is put a tortilla ins big skillet, put some daiya cheese on half of it, fold the tortilla over, and cook it on medium heat. Once it's golden on one side, I flip it over and cook the other side. Then I cut it in little pieces with a pizza cutter and dig in. :)Delete
Do you ever add anything besides cheese? Happy Birthday to Aunt Laura. Sounds like a great role model/partner in crime.ReplyDelete
I love this episode of Noshtalgia! How I wish I would have had an aunt Laura to help me and support me when I decided to go vegetarian in my teens. Instead I had nobody on my side and people mocked me and tried to discourage me from being vegetarian. My skin was too thin and I succumbed to peer/family pressure. I wish I had had an aunt Laura of my own!ReplyDelete
Those sizzly crispy bits are the best part of a quesadilla for sure! Happy birthday to aunt Laura!Replies
Yum these sound amazing! What a great story, and happy birthday to your special aunt!ReplyDelete
It's so wonderful that you had such a positive vegetarian influence in your life when you were in your teens, I think I would have gone vegetarian much younger if I had an Aunt Laura. She sounds like an incredible person!ReplyDelete
I'm totally making quesadillas for dinner tonight now.


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Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Kanye West arrive at Heathrow Airport for a departing flight on Saturday (November 10) in London, England.
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The perfect travelling companion.
- It's Trivial Pursuit, but with all Doctor Who - all the time!
- A travel game full of questions about The Doctor and his friends and adventures.
- Stores in giant Trivial Pursuit wedge case.
One thing about the Doctor's travels: there is a lot of down time. We only see what's condensed to be exciting, but there are hours upon hours of just sitting. Rory and Sarah Jane and Peri (to mention three) all have one thing in common: they all got bored! But that's why the TARDIS created a game room. And since the TARDIS cares about everyone at all times, she also made some games that could be taken on the road, so to speak. And the favorite of them all is the Doctor Who Trivial Pursuit Travel Edition.
And the Doctor Who Trivial Pursuit Travel Edition not only keeps the Doctor entertained, it also keeps the companions reviewing information about the Doctor's history and enemies and places travelled and such. And now, you can start reviewing (on or off the road) on the lucky chance YOU get chosen to be a companion. The Doctor Who Trivial Pursuit Travel Edition stores in a Trivial Pursuit wedge container and features 600 questions (and a neato die to pick the category) to stretch your brain cells. Because as we all know, knowledge is power!
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A bit of mixed news for fans of the featherweight division, as word just broke that Dennis Siver has been forced to withdraw from his UFC on FUEL 7 bout with Cub Swanson for undisclosed reasons. The good news: stepping in for Siver will be Dustin Poirier, an exciting slugger who has picked up end of the night bonuses in two out of his last three contests. Although Poirier doesn't exactly match the ridiculous offensive output of Siver, you can bet the ranch that this fight will net another bonus for at least one of these gentlemen when all is said and done.
A fellow top contender, Poirier recently bounced back into the win column by beating TUF 12 winner Jonathan Brookins into damn near retirement. Swanson, on the other hand, has been on an absolute killing spree in his last three bouts, finishing George Roop, Ross Pearson, and Charles Oliveira with punches inside the first two rounds. In fact, before Siver dropped out, Swanson stated on his Twitter account that the fight was being lobbied as the potential number 1 contender matchup at 145. Meanwhile, Chan-Sung Jung has apparently fallen off the face of the earth.
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I like this book because it's funny but a little sad when Emily is missing. The illustrations were pretty and funny because when he drew the animals and they looked pretty. Each book in the series is different because even though they are all about schools they have different teachers in them. All the teachers are weird and funny.
I think you should get this book because it's very, very, very funny. I recommend this book for a guide for the zoo, so you don't do the thing Emily did. Students in grades second and third grade should read this book.


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The High Resolution Stereo Camera, operated by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) on board the Mars Express orbiter has imaged craters, both young and old, in this view of the Southern Highlands of Mars.
Part of the Sirenum Fossae region in the Southern Highlands, the area in this image is centred at about 28°S, 185°E. The image captures an area to the north of the Magelhaens Crater. It extends some 230 by 127 kilometres and covers about 29,450 square kilometres, roughly the size of Belgium. The image resolution is approximately 29 metres per pixel.
Sirenum Fossae extends more than 2500 kilometres to the southwest of the Tharsis volcanic region, which houses Olympus Mons, the highest volcano in our Solar System. Sirenum Fossae is system of grabens, formed by stresses placed on the crust during the uplift of the Tharsis region. A graben is visible as two sets of parallel lines running from top to bottom to the left of centre.
The Southern Highlands are older than the Northern Lowlands, based on the larger number of impact craters seen covering the region. Craters 50 kilometres in diameter are common in this area and have usually suffered from erosion, indicating they were formed during ancient times.
An impact crater with a diameter of about 28 kilometres lies on the left of the image. In contrast to other craters in its vicinity, it has experienced less erosion - its crater rim and central peak are still preserved. There are three other craters nearby; to the west is a large crater with a diameter of 56 kilometres, to the northeast, one that measures 34 kilometres across and a smaller crater, with a diameter of only nine kilometres, to the south.
On the basis of their appearances, the craters can be placed in order of age. The largest two are the oldest because they have been partially destroyed by the mid-sized crater. The smallest is the youngest because it has impacted into the rim of the mid-sized crater.
In the central part of the image is a plateau that shows evidence of further erosion. In particular, there is a broad valley system on the western slope.
The High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) experiment on the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission is led by the Principal Investigator (PI) Prof. Dr Gerhard Neukum, who was also responsible for the technical design of the camera. The science team of the experiment consists of 45 Co-Investigators from 32 institutions and 10 nations. The camera was developed at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) under the leadership of the PI, G. Neukum, and built in cooperation with industrial partners (EADS Astrium, Lewicki Microelectronic GmbH and Jena-Optronik GmbH). The experiment on Mars Express is operated by the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, through ESA/ESOC. The systematic processing of the HRSC image data is carried out at DLR. The scenes shown here were processed by the PI-group at the Institute for Geosciences of the Freie Universität Berlin in cooperation with the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin.


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Florida senior forward Erik Murphy is aware of Minnesota's reputation on the boards.
AUSTIN, Texas — Florida senior forward Erik Murphy is aware of Minnesota's reputation on the boards.
He knows Minnesota leads the rough-and-tumble Big Ten with a rebounding margin of plus-8.8. He knows the wide-shouldered Golden Gophers are deep and physical across the frontline.
But given what's at stake, Murphy said the Gators won't be intimidated when they face Minnesota tonight in the NCAA Tournament.
"We're a physical team, too," Murphy said. "We're not worried about getting bullied or anything like that. We're going to come out with a mindset that we have to match their energy and match their physicality and exceed it as well. I think we'll be fine."
Consider tonight's matchup between third-seeded Florida and 11th-seed Minnesota as another test. How well the Gators control the boards could weigh heavily in the outcome. It's one thing to outrebound undersized Northwestern State, like the Gators did 43-26 in their 79-47 win Friday night to open the NCAA Tournament. It's another to knock bodies against a Minnesota team that ranks ninth in the nation in rebounding margin. "When shots go up, you've got to find guys," said Florida assistant coach Matt McCall, who handled scouting duties for the game. "You've got to hit them first because they will hit you." Florida's rebound margin of plus-5.1 is respectable. But prior to Northwestern State, Florida had been outrebounded in six of nine games. The Gators went 5-4 during that stretch. Florida coach Billy Donovan called the rebounding matchup against Minnesota "a great challenge." "They really do a great job getting off the glass," Donovan said. "They are a terrific offensive and defensive rebounding team." The heavyweight battle to watch inside is Florida's 6-foot-9, 247-pound Patric Young against Minnesota's 6-foot-8, 245-pound center Trevor Mbakwe. A senior, Mbakwe willed Minnesota to an upset over then-No. 1 Indiana with a 21-point, 12-rebound night. Mbawke leads the Big Ten in rebounding at 8.8 per game. "Mbakwe is as good as there is in the country," Donovan said. Mbakwe said Minnesota coach Tubby Smith sets a physical tone in practice. About the first 15 minutes of practice are non-contact, and the rest features bodies banging and elbows flying as shots carom off the backboards. "I got a scratch from practice the other day on my nose," Mbakwe said. "I had to get stitches a couple of times this season. That's the fun thing about it. We have big guys, strong guys and we all push each other and we compete. And I think that's what has helped us have success this season." If practice intensity isn't physical enough, Mbakwe said Smith will let his team know about it. "He's a tough-nosed, hard-disciplined, old-school-type of guy, and we feed off it," Mbakwe said. "We see it every day in practice. He let's us know when we have to pick up the intensity. He's never shied away from yelling, screaming, throwing things. We respect that (and) we think it translates from practice to games. Maybe that's why Mbakwe chuckled when told Murphy said the Gators weren't afraid of being bullied. "We don't back down to anybody," Mbakwe said. "You battle so hard during the season and you don't want to let up. Especially for us seniors, like Murphy and I, you play every day like it's your last. I wouldn't expect anything less from him or anyone that we're playing. He's a competitor and he plays every day against Patric Young in practice. He's experienced all of the pain and bruises already." Donovan is hoping for a repeat performance from Young, who came close to a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds against Northwestern State. Mbakwe has 10 double-doubles this season. Young has six double-doubles this season and 10 for his career. "The biggest thing for me was that he chased balls yesterday," Donovan said. "That's what we need from him. He chased balls and got involved in the game early. "That's something internally he needs to be more accountable and responsible for. He's got to take ownership of it and make the decision 'this is what I need to do.' And he's got to go out there and do it as hard and as aggressively as he possibly can." FLORIDA PROBABLE STARTERS G Kenny Boynton 6-2 Sr. 12.3 ppg, 3.0 rpg G Mike Rosario 6-3 Sr. 12.2 ppg, 2.5 rpg G Scottie Wilbekin 6-2 Jr. 9.1 ppg, 4.9 apg F Erik Murphy 6-10 Sr. 12.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg C Patric Young 6-9 Jr. 10.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg MINNESOTA PROBABLE STARTERS G Austin Hollins 6-4 Jr. 10.8 ppg, 3.2 rpg G Andre Hollins 6-1 So. 14.3 ppg, 3.5 apg G Joe Coleman 6-4 So. 8.9 ppg, 3.7 rpg F Rodney Williams 6-7 Sr. 10.1 ppg, 5.0 rpg C Trevor Mbakwe 6-8 Sr. 9.9 ppg, 8.8 rpg Notes: Florida is playing in the Round of 32 in the NCAA Tournament for the 12th time in school history and ninth time under Florida coach Billy Donovan. Donovan is 29-10 (.744) in NCAA Tournament games and 6-3 in Round of 32 games. … The Gators rank first in the SEC and second in the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to 53.5 points per game. The Gators have held 13 opponents under 50 points and 24 opponents under 60 points. Florida is 24-0 when it holds opponents under 70 points. … Minnesota advanced in the NCAA Tournament following an 83-63 win over six-seed UCLA. … The Golden Gophers can be shaky with the ball at times, turning the ball over a Big Ten-high 13.7 times per game. Minnesota had 24 turnovers in a 71-45 loss at Ohio State. … Florida senior Kenny Boynton is at 2,006 points, 84 points shy of Ronnie Williams' school record (2,090 points) … Minnesota coach Tubby Smith is 30-14 in NCAA Tournament games.


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Cujo: 25th Anniversary (US - DVD R1)
After calculating, Gabe realizes that Cujo is well over one hundred in dog years...
Donna Trenton (Dee Wallace Stone), a frustrated suburban housewife, is caught cheating on with a local tennis player. Donna's husband Vic (Daniel Hugh Kelly) takes a business trip, and uses the time to think about his marital troubles. While Vic is away Donna takes her five-year-old son Tad (Danny Pintauro) to a local mechanic to fix their broken Pinto. When they get to the mechanic's farm it appears that his dog, Cujo, has come down with a mean case of rabies.
Part of reviewing DVDs is reviewing entirely irrelevant movies because they have been reissued in a special anniversary edition. This isn't to say that all, or even most re-released films are irrelevant, and I also don't mean to imply that irrelevant films are necessarily bad, but it's really hard to find something intelligent to say about a movie as unimportant as Cujo. Cujo isn't an unintelligent film, or even a flat film - to the contrary, it's a well layered monster movie, with rather deep emotional allegories, but allegories that speak specifically to the 1980s. Before and since other monster movie allegories have spoken for their eras, and these films cast long shadows over Cujo's minor accomplishments, not to mention the fact that many other non-horror films said the same thing with more conviction ( E.T. for instance). We're left with an entertaining little movie that looks great, and has more than scares on its mind, but little staying power, plus or minus a few good scares.
Contextualizing, Cujo is one of the better Stephen King adaptations. The '80s in general were a good time for Stephen King adaptations, from The Shining to The Dead Zone, all the way to Pet Cemetery. The '90s were pretty awful, at least for straight horror work, and the '00s aren't off to a very good start (though I do have a slightly stupid soft spot for Dreamcatcher). Perhaps King's style was made for the era. Unfortunately, going this route I also wind up realizing how irrelevant the film is, because calling it 'one of the better Stephen King adaptations' ends up being the nicest thing I can say about it concerning the greater movie lexicon.
Ok, let me try again. I hadn't seen Cujo in (wait for it) a dog's age. I hadn't remembered how much an eyeball appetizer it was, do in no small part to the presence of cinematographer extraordinaire Jon De Bont. De Bont's work here is occasionally flat out brilliant, though much credit must also go to director Lewis Teague, who thought up most of these bravado camera moves. The energy isn't quite up to Sam Raimi levels, and the overuse of soft focus is a little annoying, but the visuals cover the lack of overall plot rather well, and keep what could have been a stagnant narrative moving. There are only so many ways to shoot a Pinto, and this director/DP team juices the possibilities to the rind.
Lewis Teague is the guy behind the camera on Alligator, which thanks to the efforts of John Sayles and a smashing cast was more tongue-in-cheek funny then horrifying, but there were plenty of genuinely frightening images to go around. The story goes that Stephen King himself suggested Teague for Cujo when the time came based on his work on Alligator. Alligator is the better film (mostly because of its script alone), but Cujo is the more frightening. As an adult the film didn't wrack my nerves like it did when I was a kid (I was afraid of dogs for most of my childhood), but I can still recognize a good scare when I see one. For seat jumping alone Cujo may be the scariest King film on record, except for, of course, those shots you can see the dog's tail wagging in. Those kind of spoil the terror.
And hey, let's give a hand to Dee Wallace. I know the woman is notorious for her overtly emotional method acting, but this performance makes the film. Without her melodramatic every-mom this would just be a good looking thriller. With her it's an occasionally nerve-wracking, nearly brilliant pity piece.
I'm not familiar with the original Artisan release of Cujo (I swear that the film is on cable every other weekend, why would I bother spending money on it), so I can't say if this disc is an improvement. What I can say is this new release looks pretty great for a modestly priced, twenty-five-year-old thriller. Jon De Bont's hard work does not go unnoticed here. There is some grain and compression noise to deal with, and the soft focus work sometimes appears blurry rather than soft, but colours are realistic, details are relatively sharp, and blacks are deep (if not a tiny bit on the brown side.
There's no frilly remixing on this one, just your basic Mono and Pro Logic tracks. I suppose a 5.1 revamp could've added some aggression to the musical score, maybe some bassier dog barks, but the film don't really require a lot of surround work. The two tracks are pretty close, and both a little flat, but they work, and for the most part are clear. During some of Cujo's car attacks things get a bit muddled, and the lack of definition in the LFE track is a bit sad, but it's all loud and furious nonetheless.
Lewis Teague's solo commentary track is great. Teague is well prepared, and knows specifically what he wants to talk about. Unlike many DVD commentators, Teague assumes (rightfully), that we've already seen the film, so when he's nearing a shot he wants to talk about he sets himself up several minutes before the shot arrives. Too many commentary tracks involve commentators pointing out a sequence or shot as it appears, rather than preparing us for what to look for. Teague rarely lets up, and is consistently engaging.
This so-called 'special edition' is filled out with a three-part featurette, running over thirty minutes in total. It's no fluff piece, and covers most of the creative process (I did not know that the original book was a semi-sequel to The Dead Zone). The interviews are great, except for Teague who reiterates everything he already said on the commentary track. Teague's repetition aside, I can't think of anything more I'd like to know about the film's production.
So if you're looking for a great monster movie with more on its mind than just scares, watch Jaws, or maybe even director Lewis Teague's own Alligator. If you're looking for a great Stephen King adaptation watch Carrie or The Dead Zone. If you're looking for a great Dee Wallace film I'd suggest E.T or The Howling. If you want to watch Cujo, just watch Cujo. I've got no better reason for you. Not a super-duper, ultra-great, must-see feature, but an entertaining horror/drama. This special edition release features a fine audio commentary with Teague and a solid making-of featurette, but probably isn't worth a double dip for fans that already have the killer dog flick on their shelves.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 25th September 2007
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.78:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Surrond 2.0 English, Dolby Mono English
Subtitles: English, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, Behind the Scenes, Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Lewis Teague
Cast: Dee Walace Stone, Robert Behling, Danny Pintauro, Terence Donovan
Genre: Drama and Horror
Length: 95 minutes
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Panulirus argus
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|Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804)
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Palinurus americanus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Palinurus argus Latrielle, 1804
Palinurus ricordi Guérin-Méneville, 1836
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|There are two recognized subspecies for the species. Panulirus argus argus is found north of the equator and Panulirus argus westonii is found south of the equator in Brazil, however this is an invalid name (Sarver, Silberman and Walsh, 1998).
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Panulirus argus has been assessed as Data Deficient. Although this species is believed to be exploited throughout its range, there are gaps in the data relating to fishing effort, or other appropriate indexes of abundance. For the major producers of this species, both Cuban and Florida fisheries are thought to be relatively stable, however Nicaraguan, the Bahamas and Brazilian fisheries are uncertain. Further research is required to determine an appropriate index of abundance for the global population of this species, and to what extent it is impacted by harvesting and other threats within its range, before an accurate assessment can be made. With further information on catch per unit effort, it is likely that this species will be uplisted to a threat category.
|Range Description:
|This species has a broad geographic range from Bermuda and east coast USA, south to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, including the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico (Holthuis 1991). It is also known from Cape Verde (Freitas and Castro 2005)
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Saba, Sint Eustatius); Brazil; Cape Verde; Cayman Islands; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Curaçao; Dominica; Dominican Republic; French Guiana; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Martinique; Mexico; Montserrat; Nicaragua; Panama; Puerto Rico; Saint Barthélemy; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Martin (French part); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Sint Maarten (Dutch part); Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos Islands; United States (Florida, Louisiana, Texas); Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Virgin Islands, British; Virgin Islands, U.S.
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – western central; Atlantic – southwest; Atlantic – eastern central
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|This species is widely distributed within the western central Atlantic and supports important fisheries in many of the countries within this area. However, recent assessments have indicated this species is being fully or over-exploited over much of its range (Cochrane and Chakalall 2001).
Four stocks have been identified by the FAO (2001) according to the nature of the coastal shelf and prevailing currents which thereby affect recruitment. These stocks detail the major lobster producing countries, although there are many other countries that also utilize this resource:
Southern Stock: Brazil, Venezuela, Dominican Republic and Lesser Antilles.
South Central Stock: Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras and Jamaica.
North Central Stock: Mexico, Belize and southern Cuba.
Northern Stock: North Cuba, USA (Florida), Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and Bermuda.
Landings of this species over the last 50-60 years, have fluctuated significantly, peaking at 37,500 tonnes in 1995/1996. Both the Northern and Southern stocks have shown an increase in landings, while the South Central stock appears to have stabilized, and the North central stock has shown a decline (FAO 2006). The biggest producing countries include Cuba, the Bahamas, Brazil, Nicaragua and the USA, which in 1998 accounted for over 88% of the global landings. This species is harvested using a number of gear types including traps, gill nets, by hand (divers), and aggregating devices known as 'pesqueros' or 'casitas' (FAO 2006).
Bahamas: Stock biomass abundance (as estimated from length cohort analysis) is reported to be showing a declining trend of 33% between 1992 and 2001 when it peaked at 24 million pounds and declined to 16 million pounds. There has also been a decline in the average size of lobsters since 1991/1992 when average tail weight peaked at 7.95 oz and declined to ~7.45 in 2001/2002 (Gittens and Braynen 2002).
Bermuda: Between the 1950s and early 1970s catches of this species fluctuated between 150 and 200 tonnes with a peak in 1968 at 250 tonnes. As of the 1970s there was a decline in catch to between 10 and 40 tonnes per annum. This decline in landings is likely a result of a conservation program started in 1975 which prohibited the removal of individuals less than 92 mm (CL); a closed fishing season between 1st April and 31st August over the breeding season; prohibition of the removal of berried females; protection of juveniles in nursery areas around the North Shore and inshore waters of the sounds and harbours (Evans and Evans 1995). Catch per unit effort (CPUE) is seen as an appropriate index of abundance when studying the Bermuda population, as annual sea temperatures fluctuate very little in this region and thereby have little effect on the catchability coefficient. During the period 1975-1986 there was an overall increase in CPUE from just 0.4 lobsters trap/ haul to above 0.6 lobsters trap/ haul (Evans and Evans 1995). During the period 1996-2001 CPUE was reported as relatively stable for the offshore fishery while the inshore fishery has shown a declining trend. In 2001/2002 fishing effort was reduced; total landings were still down in this season but CPUE was significantly higher (2.29 in 2001/2002 compared to 1.70 in 2000/2001) (Trott, Luckhurst and Medley 2002).
Belize: There has been a significant decline in the CPUE in the spiny lobster fishery in this region from ~1.2 kg/trap in 1965 to 0.6 kg/trap in 1997. There are also reports that 10% of the landings consist of undersized individuals (Carcamo 2003).
Brazil: Since 1959, there has been a significant increase in the landings of this species from 1,000 tonnes to over 10,000 tonnes in the early 1990's. There has since been a subsequent decline to annual landings ranging from 6,000 to 8,000 tonnes (FISHSTAT Plus 2000). During the period 1974 to 1993 CPUE declined from ~0.30 to ~0.15 (FAO 2001), a decline of ~50%. Abundance estimates (estimated by tuned length cohort analysis) show a significant decline since 1993 from ~25 to 30 million down to around 15 million in 1997. During this period there was a number of new fishing vessels entering the fleet, as well as an increase in the use of gillnets, traps, scuba divers and free divers. However the stock abundance of this fishery is largely driven by variable levels of recruitment which are brought about by environmental changes such as ENSO events. This in combination with a growing intensity in the fishing fleet could result in ongoing declines in abundance (FAO 2001).
Cuba: There are four lobster management zones in Cuba: North Western which accounts for approximately 2% of the landings; North Eastern which accounts for approximately 15% of the landings; Gulf of Batabano which accounts for approximately 60% of the landings; South Eastern which accounts for approximately 23% of the landings (Cruz and Adriano 2001). In 1953, landings of this species increased from approximately 1,000 tonnes per year to a peak of 13,578 tonnes in 1985. There has since been a subsequent decline to 4,401 tonnes in 2006. This species is of huge economic importance to Cuba and represents approximately 60% of the country's gross income from fisheries (Baisre and Cruz 1994). The particularly high landings from 1978 to 1988 was largely due to an increase in fishing effort. Cruz and Phillips (1994) found the number of pesqueros deployed on the fishery rose from 440,000 in 1975 to 856,000 in 1983 and 1,230,600 in 1987, as well as strict compliance with minimum legal size limits, and the closed fishing season (Puga et al. 1992). The decline in catch as of 1988 may be in part due to hurricane Gilbert which is thought to have affected lobster nursery grounds (Cruz Font 2002). Ninety percent of the lobster catch is comprised of lobsters aged 2 to 6 with 55% aged 3 to 4 (Cruz Font 2002). In the report by Cruz Font (2002) their calculations indicate that an increase in current fishing effort could result in higher catch as actual fishing mortality is lower than maximum yield, however this does not take account of the resulting effect on spawning stock biomass. The authors recommend that instead of defining a biological reference point (BRP) based on yield per recruit such as Fmax and F0.1 , they recommend adopting a view which focuses on spawning stock or egg production in order to preserve reproductive potential (calculated as reference fishing mortality Fx% representing a spawning stock biomass per recruit that is x% of that with no fishing). A BRP of 35-50%, based on spawning biomass, is recommended.
Jamaica: There has been an ongoing increase in the landings of this species since the early 1980's. Landings then peaked at ~700 tonnes in 2005. During this time intensity of the fishing fleet has increased significantly, however CPUE data is not available due to lack of cooperation from fishers (Kelly 2002).
Nicaragua: Over the history of this fishery, effort has increased linearly. Rates of fishing mortality (F) have reached levels of 0.53 per year while natural mortality is calculated at 0.35 per year. Regulations include annual fishing quotas which are defined by changes in annual recruitment; prohibition of fishing during periods of maximum recruitment and egg-laying (May-June); prohibition on removal of berried females. However at present there is no effective means to monitor or control these regulations. There has also been a decline in the mean length of individuals being harvested from 163 mm in 1990/1991 to 159 mm in 2002/2003 indicating growth-overfishing. Biomass estimates were obtained by means of length cohort analysis and indicate considerable fluctuations over the period 1990 - 2002. In the season 1998/1999 abundance fell to below 3,636 tonnes, while in season 1999/2000 it exceeded 5,454 tonnes but subsequently declined to below 3,636 tonnes in 2001/2002. The decline in 1998/1999 could be related to the effect of hurricane Mitch on nursery grounds and thereby affecting recruitment (Navarro 2002).
Puerto Rico: Over the period 1988-2001, landings of this species rose from ~150,000 pounds to 250,000-300,000 pounds per year (Matos-Caraballo et al. 2007). During this time CPUE for each gear type has also shown an increase. Average size of individuals has increased from the period 1988-1994 to 1995-2001 perhaps as a result of good enforcement of the minimum size limit (Matos-Caraballo et al. 2007).
Florida, United States of America-Since the 1970s the landings of this species have been fairly stable with some fluctuation occurring. Prior to this CPUE peaked at over 100 lbs/trap and then declined to ~10 lbs/trip in 1975. Since the fishing season of 1990/1991 the catch rate per trip has been steadily increasing from ~0.75 pounds/trip to ~1.12 pounds/trip in 1999/2000. Spawning stock biomass of females has also increased during the period 1993/1994 - 1999/2000 from ~2.5 million pounds to ~3 million pounds, while male biomass has shown some variability between ~1.8 and ~2.3 million pounds (Muller et al. 2000). Recruitment levels appear to be higher following the Trap Reduction Program which was implemented in 1992/1993, with numbers of age 2 lobsters rising from an average of 9.1 million lobsters, to 12.6 million lobsters (Muller et al. 2000). In 2000, Matthews considered the fishery to be in a stable state.
Venezuela: During the period 1950-1977, the landings of this species fluctuated between 100-200 tonnes per annum. Between 1977 and 1993 the landings then showed more dramatic fluctuations between 250 and 1200 tonnes per annum. This was followed by a subsequent decline to approximately 100 tonnes from 1998-2001 but has since shown an increase to approximately 1,100 tonnes. There is no formal data on fishing effort in Venezuela although sporadic reports have been made by Parque Nacional Archipiélago los Roques (PNALR). From 1994 to 1997, free divers CPUE is said to have decreased significantly (5,157 kg per diver per season to 2,966 kg per diver per season), while trap catches are thought to have increased during this same period from 80.2 kg per trap per season, to 93.2 kg per trap per season in 1996, and 90.8 kg per trap per season in 1997 (FAO 2001). At present ~95% of the landings of this species are derived from Los Roques Archipelago National Park (Yallonardo et al. 2001). Size frequency of lobsters taken during the period 1986-1988 and 1998-1999 did not differ significantly indicating that growth overfishing does not appear to be a problem. Mean CPUE by trapping increased from 2.29 kg/trap/month in 1986-1988, to 2.31 kg/trap/month in 1998-1999, and CPUE by diving increased from 133 kg/diver/month in 1986-1988, to 155.65 kg/diver/month in 1998-1999 (Yallonardo et al. 2001). While a decline in the landings was noted in the trap fishery (158,363 kg to 93,555 kg) this is likely related to a decline in the number of traps being used over this time period (275 traps to 225 traps) (Yallonardo et al. 2001). While the conclusion of this study implicates stability in the fishery, the authors note that only a single data point was used for the period 1986-1988.
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|Habitat and Ecology:
|This species is found up to a depth of 90 m within a range of habitat types, including rocky reefs, coral reefs and seagrass beds, which are utilized for shelter (Holthuis 1991).
In Florida, they typically moult 2 - 3 times a year from March to July, and December to February (Williams 1984). The timing of moulting is affected by water temperature/ geographic region (M.J. Butler, A.C. Cockcroft, A.B. MacDiarmid and R.A.Wahle pers. comm. 2008).
Egg production in females has been shown to be greatly reduced in fished populations, compared to unexploited populations, with females in the exploited population producing only 12% of eggs (Lyons et al. 1981). Age at maturity is estimated at 2 years, and longevity at 12 years (Chávez 2001) although individuals of 20 years have been noted (Ehrhardt 2005). Furthermore, size at maturity differs with locality. Estimates for size at 50% maturity range from 81 mm (CL) in Cuba, to 92 mm (CL) in Colombia (FAO 2001).
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|Use and Trade:
|This species is captured for food, both commercially and recreationally. In Florida 20% of the harvest is recreational.
|Major Threat(s):
A major threat to this species is disease (PAV1) which effects one in four recruits in the Caribbean (M. Butler pers. comm. 2009), which could be contributing to the declines in the population. Furthermore, climate change related impacts could possibly be contributing to the resilience of this species to the disease. This species is a also commercially and recreationally caught species and over-exploitation has caused declines.
|Conservation Actions:
There are regulations in place governing the harvesting of this species within part of its range. There is a legal minimum size of 69 mm (carapace length) and a closed season of 120 days from February to May, in order to safeguard reproducing females during the spawning period, to protect new recruits, and to allow the growth and increase in weight of the population (Phillips and Melville-Smith 2006). Furthermore, strict control is also exercised over the prohibition of the taking of berried females, as well as the number of fishing gears and boats utilized, and boat replacement (Baisre and Cruz 1994).
Further research is needed to determine an appropriate index of abundance for the global population of this species, and to what extent it is impacted upon by threats within its range.
|Butler, M., Cockcroft, A., MacDiarmid, A. & Wahle, R. 2011. Panulirus argus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T169976A6697254. . Downloaded on 24 September 2018.
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It wouldn't take much imagination for Worcester Academy, an independent preparatory school, to consider itself a castle under siege.
The main campus, which is situated on 25 acres in the Union Hill neighborhood, sports the reserved defiance of Queen Anne, Romanesque and Gothic Revival century-old buildings. Indeed, the campus is considered a historic district, with some six of its buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
As you walk among its idyllic grounds, one need not be familiar with the academy to feel the affirming presence of its tradition and its pull to "Achieve the honorable," as its motto goes.
Yet from almost any point on campus, one can see and feel the looming triple-deckers that defined the surrounding neighborhood, a neighborhood plagued by crime and violence and weakened by the departure of community sentinels, such as Providence Street Fire station, and Ascension Church that closed, and St. Vincent Hospital, which relocated.
The academy, which serves about 600 students in Grades 6 through 12, with a one-year post-grad option, could hardly be criticized if it had responded to the outside threat by strengthening its perimeter walls and placing sentries at its gates.
"That would not be a good message to send to the students," Worcester School Committee Member Brian O'Connell — and an alumni of Worcester Academy — said of his alma mater walling itself off from the neighborhood.
Mr. O'Connell, who sits on the academy's board of directors and is an officer of a committee working on community involvement, said "Being an independent school, Worcester Academy has an obligation to support its neighborhood."
"The fact that the support this community needs is much more intensive than others only means there are many more opportunities to help."
Worcester Academy has seized those opportunities, to the extent that its engagement in the community has a width and breath that is unprecedented in the school's history
When Union Hill Elementary School was taken off the state's underperforming list last week, the school's principal, Marie Morse, and her staff deservedly won the accolades of the community. The pride of that accomplishment, however, was also felt at Worcester Academy, which has been a strong partner with the Union Hill School over the years.
This partnership includes, but is not limited to raising funds, providing books, computers, labor and other materials to the tune of about $150,000; having more than 50 students, staff and other faculty members assisting the community in building a playground at Union Hill, and allowing the school to use the Academy's new, lighted synthetic sport field at no cost.
A scholars program that admits seven neighborhood students at the academy for free each year, and a summer program that provides educational and enrichment experiences for 20 students cost the academy about $230,000 annually.
In 2012, the school provided 71 Worcester families with financial aid totaling $1.5 million. It has also made $300,000 available as a low-interest loan fund for home improvements on Union Hill, while spending about $75,000 annually to beef up Worcester police details in the neighborhood.
Ronald Cino, head of school, said he hopes the school's community outreach efforts will inspire others to make a difference in the community, and help young people to better understand how their behavior can impact the world around them.
As such, he said, the academy's community commitments, far from being a burden, are central to its educational pursuit — to achieve the honorable.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. said Friday it has reached a $4.5 billion settlement with investors over mortgage-backed securities.
The settlement covers 21 major institutional investors. The mortgage-backed securities were issued by JPMorgan and Bear Stearns between 2005 and 2008.
New York-based JPMorgan acquired the failing investment bank Bear Stearns in March 2008.
The deal is the latest in a series of legal settlements over JPMorgan's sales of mortgage-backed securities in the years preceding the financial crisis.
As the housing market collapsed between 2006 and 2008, millions of homeowners defaulted on high-risk mortgages. That led to billions of dollars in losses for investors who bought securities created from bundles of mortgages. Those securities were sold by JPMorgan and other big Wall Street banks.
JPMorgan also has been negotiating with the U.S. Justice Department to settle a civil inquiry into its sales of mortgage-backed securities.
The bank reached a tentative deal last month to pay $13 billion, but the negotiations have hit a stumbling block.
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Fannie and Freddie were bailed out by the government during the crisis and are under federal control.
Mounting legal costs pushed JPMorgan to a rare loss in this year's third quarter, the first under CEO Jamie Dimon's leadership. The bank reported Oct. 11 that it set aside $9.2 billion in the July-September quarter to cover the string of legal cases against the bank. JPMorgan said it has placed a total of $23 billion in reserve to cover potential costs.
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Houston, we might have solved a problem.
After an offseason of fevered debate among hardcore fans all over the map, MLS announced on Friday that two-time MLS Cup champions Houston Dynamo will be switching to the Eastern Conference. The switch will make room for expansion teams Portland Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps in the Western Conference, and keep the numbers in each conference even at nine apiece.
And following a disappointing 2010 that saw the Dynamo miss out on the postseason for the first time since their 2006 inception, coach Dominic Kinnear & Co. must certainly welcome the change.
After all, the Western Conference is very, very top-heavy at the moment. All four semifinalists from last year's MLS Cup Playoffs – FC Dallas, Colorado Rapids, LA Galaxy, and San Jose Earthquakes – are Western teams. Throw in two-time defending U.S. Open Cup champions Seattle and 2010 Supporters' Shield runners-up Real Salt Lake, and it's plain to see the West is simply stacked.
[inline_node:317713]In the East, it's a very different story. The once-proud Dynamo, fully ensconced in rebuilding mode, join a host of other clubs under reconstruction.
D.C. United are coming off their worst season in team history and have a new coach and many new faces. Chicago is replacing stalwarts in defense, midfield, and up top. New England, Houston's great postseason rival in the middle of the last decade, was MLS' worst defensive team in 2010 and missed the postseason.
Meanwhile, Columbus has overhauled its roster in the wake of the departures of Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Frankie Hejduk, Brian Carroll, and Gino Padula, to name just four. And Toronto FC can be thrown into the group of Eastern Conference teams in flux as well, as they're on their fifth head coach in the past two years.
Philadelphia is looking good to improve upon its inaugural season – the addition of Carroll is one of the most significant offseason moves any team has made, not to mention the signing of goalkeeper Faryd Mondragón – and Teal Bunbury looks a good bet to solve Sporting Kansas City's scoring woes.
[inline_node:325511]Still, the only team in the East who looks remotely whole at this point is the New York Red Bulls, and all they have to do is replace the franchise's leading scorer and the franchise's all-time leader in games played. All while hoping Thierry Henry reaches full fitness and finds his form early and often.
So, yeah, the playoff door just opened a bit for Kinnear's orange crush. The Dynamo were likely to play second fiddle to the current powerhouses out West, but in the East they have a legitimate chance of cracking the top two if Geoff Cameron, Brian Ching, and Brad Davis stay healthy. Sure, they're going to have their ups and downs, but if Kinnear figures out a winning formula before Ben Olsen, Carlos de los Cobos, et al, do the same, Houston will be dancing into the postseason.
Houston fans, unaccustomed as they are to staying home in November, can smile at that. The East, at least for now, is a good place to be.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. (Jan. 14, 2008) — Dr. Ion Ababii, minister of health in the eastern European country Moldova, will visit East Carolina University on Wednesday, Jan. 16, as part of a multi-city visit in North Carolina.
Ababii is scheduled to observe a telemedicine and electronic medical record demonstration in the Laupus Library teleconference room, tour Brody School of Medicine's medical simulation and patient safety laboratory, receive an overview of the standardized patient program, and meet library staff working on the Moldovan book project.
Laupus and other libraries across the state have been providing current medical literature and electronic journals to Moldova, said Donna Flake, a Greenville native and director of the Coastal Area Health Education Center Library in Wilmington, one of the participating libraries. Others include the medical libraries at ECU, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University and North Carolina Area Health Education Center libraries in Asheville, Boone, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Hickory, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Salisbury and Wilmington.
The libraries periodically cull their collection of duplicate clinical books and journals. The materials are temporarily housed at ECU and shipped bi-annually in large batches to Moldova. Last year, more than 7,000 books were received, Flake said. Moldova, one of the poorest nations in Europe, sits northeast of Romania and once was part of the Soviet Union.
Laupus Library is honored to host the visit, said Dr. Dorothy Spencer, Laupus Library director and associate vice chancellor for communication and information resources. "We have assembled a program of demonstrations and tours that we trust will help Dr. Ababii better understand key programs and services available at the Brody School of Medicine and the Division of Health Sciences at ECU," she said.
Ababii is expected to view an exhibit on pioneering African-American physicians, tour the library's history collection and enjoy lunch with invited guests including some who have previously traveled to Moldova. He will be presented a Laupus bronze medallion and an autographed pictorial history of the university, "No Time for Ivy: East Carolina University, 1907-2007" by Henry Ferrell.
As part of the weeklong visit, Ababii is expected to attend a health care summit at the School of Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill and meetings at North Carolina State University and UNC-Greensboro. The summit will include discussion on overall health care needs in Moldova and how North Carolina's universities, faculty and students can participate.
North Carolina and Moldova forged a partnership several years ago through an American "Partnerships for Peace" initiative with former Soviet states. Since then, government, churches, civic organizations, nonprofit agencies, colleges and universities, doctors, nurses, engineers, private firms and others have provided assistance in Moldova.
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U.S. oil refiners may draw from a reserve of 2.5 billion Renewable Identification Numbers that they've banked in previous years to meet federal requirements for the amount of ethanol they blend into gasoline this year.
Blenders can use as much as 20% of the current year's volume of the RINs to meet the Environmental Protection Agency's Renewable Fuel Standard set out in 2007, according to a report released today by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
RINs represent the mechanism the EPA uses to ensure companies comply with the rules, which are aimed at promoting the use of biofuels that substitute for oil and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Refiners have been authorized to bank RINs accrued in previous years and may use them this year to meet the mandate, the London-based researcher said.
"The biofuels sector faces difficult choices", said Alejandro Zamorano Cadavid, U.S. analyst for biofuels at New Energy Finance. "Corn ethanol use has expanded rapidly in the U.S. as an oxygenate in gasoline. But this year, biofuels must by law play a significantly bigger role in the U.S. transport sector, and that is raising significant challenges."
The report said two of the EPA's rules will collide this year, giving refiners few options on how to comply with the law. New Energy Finance estimated the industry will be able to produce about 13.4 billion gallons of ethanol this year. That's almost the same as the 13.8 billion gallon mandate under the Renewable Fuel Standard. It's also about the same as the maximum permitted to be mixed into gasoline.
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Blenders seeking to comply with the law can either use more ethanol in their fuels or spend RINs they banked in previous years. The law requires oil refiners to blend 36 billion gallons of biofuels a year with their products by 2022. If a company hasn't blended enough, it can buy RINS from another company that has surpassed its requirement that year.
Ethanol cost about 50 cents less than gasoline per gallon in the U.S. on average last year, encouraging refiners to use as much as they can. Because most car engines aren't designed to run on ethanol, the government limits its usage in fuels.
"At $2.51 a gallon, ethanol is very cheap right now, cheaper than gasoline," Cadavid wrote in the report. "This discount existed throughout most of the past decade" because of a tax credit designed to encourage ethanol use.
The EPA estimates that there are about 2.5 billion banked RINS that may be used this year, New Energy Finance said.
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