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Maniac Mansion
This blood-soaked horror outing stars Farley Granger as a writer of mysteries who becomes a sex-crazed, maniacal killer. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Cugini Carnali
In this Italian sex comedy, everyone in a small provincial town sleeps with everyone else, except for Nico, the shy, hapless nephew of Don Carlo, an important landowner. When his beautiful blonde cousin is sent to the manor for the summer, she uses all her wiles to get him into bed before she has to return to her family. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
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Il Plenilunio delle vergini
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Low budget blood and breasts abound in this Italian exploitation horror film that offers yet another variation on the grisly but true story of a 17th-century Hungarian countess, Elizabeth Bathory, who bathed in the blood of over 600 virgins to retain her youthful appearance. This time the trouble begins when a pair of twin archaeologists begin searching for the mythical Nibelungen Ring, which is said to possess magical powers. Unfortunately, the ring rests upon the finger of a devilish Transylvanian countess who loves a good hot blood bath. One of the brothers heads for her castle. When he does not return, the other brother follows and discovers that she has turned the first brother into a fearsome vampire. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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The Arena
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Pam Grier and Margaret Markov reteamed a year after Black Mama, White Mama for this similarly crowd-pleasing exploitation effort. They play Roman slaves who eventually rebel against their male oppressors. Mixing elements from the Italian peplum and the Filipino women's prison movies, The Arena also adds some po-faced feminist theory while still managing to exploit its scantily-clad stars. Italian film regulars Lucretia Love and Rosalba Neri look strangely out of place in a movie filmed in their own country, but fans of drive-in movies should be pleased. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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Alla Ricerca del Piacere
This kinky thriller stars Barbara Bouchet as a secretary who comes to the swampland home of writer Richard Stewart (Farley Granger) and his wife Eleonor (Rosalba Neri). Her predecessor was murdered by a local fisherman-rapist (Dino Mele), but there's more to the story than meets the eye, and Bouchet soon finds herself in mortal danger. Typical of the genre, the film is full of nudity and violence, as well as some deftly-handled red herrings. Umberto Raho shows up as the butler, who gets a gaffing hook rammed through his neck for good measure. Director Silvio Amadio has crafted a sick, scary, entertaining little film which will please most Euro-thriller fans. Amadio went on to make the even better Il Sorriso Della Iena, also with Neri. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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Monta in Sella, Figlio Di...!
This dark, dusty western concerns a wealthy criminal, a blind man, and four mercenaries. The blind man wants to get his mitts on the crooks' gold. He can't do it alone, so he hires the quartet of soldiers-of-fortune to help him. There's bloodshed in abundance in pursuit of that goal. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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L'Amante del Demonio
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Il Giorno del Giudizio
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Hardin is out for revenge after his wife and child are killed and he locates and eliminates the six man gang led by villain Brazzi. ~ Rovi
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Asylum of Blood
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Fernando DiLeo, best known for a series of westerns and crime films, tried his hand at horror with this extremely sick little item loaded with nudity and violence. Set at a remote mental institution (inexplicably located in a castle), the film features Klaus Kinski as a doctor whose mostly female patients are being brutally dispatched by a psychopath. Margaret Lee and Rosalba Neri are among the frequently unclothed cast, and there are decapitations, crossbow bolts in the eye, and -- in some foreign prints -- fairly explicit sex. Nothing in the film, however, is as tasteless as its original ad campaign, which played up its similarity to the crimes of Chicago mass-murderer Richard Speck (who actually killed student nurses and not patients). ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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Lady Frankenstein
This lurid but entertaining Italian/Spanish twist on the Frankenstein legend begins with Baron Frankenstein (Joseph Cotten) being assisted in his research by his sultry daughter Tania (Sara Bay). The doctor's first attempt at a stitched-together creation results in a lumpy, pop-eyed monstrosity with little of the expected respect for its creator. In fact, the monster begins its rampage by murdering the Baron and escaping into the surrounding village. The younger Frankenstein returns from medical school with newly-acquired surgical expertise and a desire to follow in her late father's footsteps. She soon begins work on a creation of her own by transplanting the brain of her brilliant but deformed assistant Charles (Paul Müller) into the body of a brawny handyman. The result is a handsome and powerful male creature not only capable of destroying the original monster, but virile enough to satisfy his creator's overwhelming sexual appetites. Tania is apparently quite eager to test the latter, and she does quite frequently, as indicated in the film's numerous softcore sex scenes. This lengthy romantic interlude is cut short when the first monster returns to finish what he started. Directed by Mel Welles (who B-movie fans will remember as Gravis Mushnik from Roger Corman's cult classic Little Shop of Horrors), this film plays like a sexually-obsessed version of an early Hammer production. ~ Cavett Binion, Rovi
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Vivo Per La Tua Morte
The English-language title and the Anglo-Saxon name of the director (Alex Burks) of this film would tend to lead one to surmise that A Long Ride From Hell is a Hollywood western. But wait! That terrain looks awfully Italian, and it so happens that Alex Burks is really Camillo Bazzoni. You'll probably catch onto the film's country of origin the moment Steve "Hercules" Reeves rides into view; Reeves (who co-wrote the screenplay) plays a rancher framed on a train-robbery charge. "Long" and "Hell" are the operative words here. Originally titled Vivo per la Tua Morte, this sleep-inducer was Steve Reeves' cinematic swan song. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Wayde Preston
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Pas De Roses Pour OSS 117
Agent OSS 117 (John Gavin) is the American secret agent who battles an evil organization that carries out assassinations. He poses as a killer to infiltrate the organization led by the macabre Major (Curt Jurgens). He draws an assignment that sends him to the Middle East where his target is a United Nations envoy negotiating for peace. He must rescue the envoy and shatter the spy ring before the assassination takes place. With the help of the lovely Aicha (Margaret Lee), the duo battles against the diabolical plot that could plunge the region into further chaos. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
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This preposterous sex melodrama stars pretty Edwige Fenech as a prostitute hired by the overbearing mother (Maud de Belleroche) of a shy, mentally-retarded 20-year old named Tony. Fenech is meant to claim Tony's virginity on a sea cruise, also attended by sexy Paula (Rosalba Neri) and her slimy husband Aldo, who incessantly try to curry the wealthy mother's favor. Ewa Aulin (Candy) shows up as an island girl who dies when the dull-witted Tony accidentally strangles her, leading her husband to board the ship, where he is quickly dispatched by the rifle-toting Neri. Bodies are exploded with dynamite, Neri models a leather bikini, and there is much sexual byplay, both straight and lesbian. Cult buffs will appreciate seeing two of the most famous sex symbols in Italian genre film, Fenech and Neri, sharing the screen in revealing costumes, but anyone looking for high drama would be best served elsewhere. Exploitation master Jerry Gross released the film in America. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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The Castle of Fu Manchu
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This extremely low-budget adventure was director Jesus Franco's second Fu Manchu film for British producer Harry Alan Towers. Christopher Lee returns as the Asian madman, who has developed a way to turn the oceans into ice as part of his plan to rule the world. Kidnapping famed Prof. Herakles (Gustavo Re), Fu forces the doctor to help him with his diabolical plan. When Herakles' health starts to fail, Fu kidnaps two more people (Guenther Stoll, Maria Perschy) for a transplant operation at his Istanbul headquarters. Fu's old rivals Dennis Nayland Smith (Richard Green) and Dr. Petrie (Howard Marion Crawford) come to Turkey to foil his evil experiments. Rosalba Neri, Jose Manuel Martin, and Werner Abrolat co-star in this poor fifth installment in the popular series. The film is so poorly conceived that -- although it was made in color -- the shipwreck caused by Fu is actually a black-and-white scene borrowed wholesale from A Night to Remember. For completists only, this disastrous entry also stars Herbert Fuchs and Tsai Chin, while Franco makes a cameo as a Turkish detective. Various versions run 92, 86, and 85 minutes. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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I Lunghi Giorni dell'Odio
In this spaghetti western, two adventurous G-men masquerade as arms smugglers and sneak into a gang. When one of them returns home, he finds his parents have been murdered and his sister brutally raped. Now he rides out for revenge and bloody mayhem ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
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Johnny Yuma
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Infidelity, murder, and betrayal lies at the center of this violent Spaghetti western. A scheming wife does away with her husband, causing the man's heir to seek revenge. A number of double-crosses and bloody gun battles follow, eventually driving the woman to flee into the desert. ~ Judd Blaise, Rovi
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Lawrence Dobkin
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I Grandi condottieri
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This historical epic from Italy tells the stories of two of the most memorable figures in the Old Testament. Gideon (Ivo Garrani) saves the children of Israel when, under God's command, he defeats the Midianites by destroying the altar of Baal. In the second half of the film, Sampson (Anton Geesink) is the most physically powerful man in the world -- until he falls prey to the allure of the wily Delilah (Rosalba Neri). Fernando Rey highlights the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Dynamite Jim
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This amusing spaghetti western from prolific director Alfonso Balcazar is set during the American Civil War. Luis Davila stars as Dynamite Jim, a Northern spy smuggling Mexican gold through Rebel territory to an Iowa fort. Jim's journey includes betrayal by a greedy cohort (Fernando Sancho), a showdown with an evil bandit (Aldo Sambrell), and other standard encounters, well-photographed by Victor Monreal. Cult-film fans will be pleased by the lovely Rosalba Neri (as a dancehall floozy) and amused by a particularly ludicrous soundtrack by Nico Fidenco. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
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Fernando Sancho
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Arizona Colt
This Italian/French/Spanish sagebrusher stars Giuliano Gemma as the Arizona Colt, a notorious bandit. Imprisoned in a desert town, the Colt is sprung by gang leader Gordon Watch (Fernando Sancho). Instead of galloping off into the sunset, Our Hero elects to stay in town to defend its citizens from the film's real bad guys: Watch's gang. Had Clint Eastwood and Sergio Leone had anything to do with it, Arizona Colt would probably be hailed as a classic; as it stands, it's just another spaghetti western. The film was also released as
Man From Nowhere
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Le Voci Bianche
"White Voices" is a vernacular term referring to Italian Castrati of the 18th century Vatican Choir. The Castrati were male children who were castrated so that they could retain their beautiful soprano singing voices into maturity. Paolo Ferrari plays a Roman youth who isn't keen on being gelded and bribes his way out of it. Even so, he trains with the choir and becomes an habitue of the houses of the rich and famous, using his supposed lack of male essentials to his advantage--especially in bed. Ferrari comes a-cropper when he impregnates a girl and is forced to go under the knife to establish an alibi! It is very, very hard to write about White Voices without making a wisecrack, so we'll cut this short (oops!). The film, a French/Italian coproduction, was originally released in France as Le Sex Des Anges and in Italy as I Castrati. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Gli Invincibili Tre
Alan Steel, Mimmo Palmara, Rosalba Neri may not be the Three Avengers of the title, but they do command top billing. Steel plays the leader of an Arabian Knights-era team of dogooders. Their special target consists of tyrants and desports. The film bogs down during the court intrigue sequences, as the mulitlingual cast members struggle to understand one another. Things pick up tremendously during the action scenes in the desert. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Desert Raiders
A village dignitary's daughter is saved from a horrible marriage to an evil man by an exciting hero. ~ Rovi
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Ercole contro Moloch
Gordon Scott portrays Glaucus, the son of the king of Pyras, who journeys to the neighboring kingdom of Mycene, which is ruled by the evil cult of the god Moloch. There he assumes the name of Hercules and distinguishes himself in the arena, becoming a trusted member of the household guard. This allows him to organize and lead a rebellion against the followers of the murderous Moloch, then against the monster himself. The acting and production values of this sword-and-sandal adventure film are above average, with very elaborate battle scenes involving far more than the usual number of extras, a large visual canvas, and an ambitious finale set in a maze of caverns in which two contending sets of gods use the character as their pawns. A rich score by Carlo Rustichelli also enhances the viewing of this lively, action-filled fantasy-adventure, although parents might want to keep younger viewers away from this movie, with its depictions of Moloch mutilating the beauty of the women sacrificed to him. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi
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The Red Sheik
Originally titled Lo Sceisso Rosso, the Italian-American The Red Shiek takes place in 19th century Morocco. A wicked sultan revels in making his subjects miserable, until the mysterious Red Shiek makes the scene. The audience knows that the Shiek is actually Ruiz (Channing Pollock), an outwardly meek carpenter. We also know that Ruiz has donned his disguise to avenge his father's murder. What we don't know is how long it will take the somewhat dense villains to catch on. Short on plot, Red Sheik is long on action, and that's all we can ask for. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Esther and the King
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Just over a decade before she would gain fame and some fortune as Alexis Carrington in television's Dynasty series, Joan Collins starred as Esther in this melodramatic, routine Biblical story. The setting is Persia in the 4th century BC, as Esther comes to the attention of the recently widowed King Ahasuerus. The king has been trying to stifle and defeat the campaign of hatred fomented against the Jews by his evil minister Haman (Sergio Fantoni). Before the King can pair off with Esther and defeat the villainous Haman, there are several intervening adventures and an additional, attractive woman who competes for attention. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
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The Looming Natural Gas Transition in the United States
by Michael E. Weber, The University of Texas at Austin
- Within one to two decades, natural gas might surpass petroleum as the dominant energy source in the United States.
- A period of price choppiness may occur as U.S. natural gas prices settle to a new equilibrium.
- As a marginal power producer, high natural gas prices trigger high electricity prices that make it easier for renewable energy sources to compete.
- Low natural gas prices encourage the replacement of coal in the power sector.
- The relationship between natural gas and wind is nuanced, as they mitigate each other's worst problems—winds' variability and natural gas' price volatility.
- Renewable forms of natural gas, biogas or biomethane, have a potential domestic supply of over 1 quadrillion British thermal units (Btus) annually.
Energy transitions are a way of life. And, it seems that the United States is undergoing another one of those transitions as it seeks lower-carbon, more affordable, domestically-sourced fuels to meet a variety of market and policy objectives. The brief history of energy consumption in the U.S. from 1800 to 2010 is depicted in Figure 1, revealing that we have already experienced several energy transitions. Wood as our dominant fuel in the first half of the 19th century was surpassed by coal starting in 1885.
Coal as our dominant fuel was surpassed by petroleum in 1950. Whether another such a transition is underway is yet to be seen. But, if recent trends continue, then it seems likely that another transition will occur in the coming one to two decades as natural gas overtakes petroleum to be the most popular primary energy source in the U.S. Such a transition will be enabled (or inhibited) by a mixed set of competing price pressures and a complicated relationship with renewables that will trigger an array of market and cultural responses. This article seeks to layout some of the key underlying trends while also identifying some of these different axes of price tensions (or price dichotomies).
Figure 1: Total U.S. Energy Consumption, 1800 to 2010 |
Note: Wood, which was the dominant fuel in the U.S. for the first half of the 19th century, was surpassed by coal starting in 1885. Coal as the dominant fuel was surpassed by petroleum in 1950. Within one to two decades, natural gas might surpass petroleum as the dominant energy provider. Source: Energy Information Agency 2010[1] |
Natural Gas Could Become Dominant in the U.S. Within One to Two Decades
While petroleum still reigns supreme today, within one to two decades, natural gas might surpass it as the dominant energy provider. In fact, recent trends suggest that another transition is already underway. In particular, while petroleum and coal consumption have dropped steadily since 2006, natural gas consumption has increased.
For a century, oil and natural gas consumption trends have tracked each other quite closely. Figure 2 shows normalized U.S. oil and gas consumption from 1920 to 2010 (consumption in 1960 is set to a value of 1.0). These normalized consumption curves illustrate how closely oil and gas have tracked each other up until 2002, at which time their paths diverged: natural gas consumption declined from 2002 to 2006, while petroleum use grew over that time period. Then, they went the other direction: natural gas consumption grew and oil production dropped. That trend continues today, as natural gas pursues an upward path, whereas petroleum is continuing a downward trend.
The growing consumption of natural gas is driven by a few key factors:
- It has flexible use across many sectors, including direct use on-site for heating and power; use at power plants; use in industry; and growing use in transportation.
- It has lower emissions (of pollutants and greenhouse gases) per unit of energy than coal and petroleum.
- It is less water-intensive than coal, petroleum, nuclear and biofuels.
- Domestic production meets almost all of the annual U.S. consumption.
Figure 2: U.S. Oil and Gas Consumption from 1920 to 2010 |
Note: U.S. oil and gas consumption from 1920 to present day (normalized to a value of 1 in 1960) shows how oil and gas have tracked each other relatively closely until 2002, after which their paths diverge. Since 2006, natural gas consumption has increased while petroleum consumption has decreased. Source: Energy Information Agency 2010[2] |
By contrast, the trends for petroleum and coal are moving downwards. Petroleum use is expected to drop as a consequence of price pressures and policy mandates. The price pressures are triggered primarily by the split in energy prices between natural gas and petroleum (discussed in detail below). The mandates include biofuels production targets (which increase the production of an alternative to petroleum) and fuel economy standards (which decrease the demand for liquid transportation fuels). At the same time, coal use is also likely to drop because of projections by the EIA for price doubling over the next 20 years and environmental standards that are expected to tighten the tolerance for emissions of heavy metals, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter and CO2.
Petroleum use might decline 0.9 percent annually from the biofuels mandates themselves. Taking that value as the baseline, and matching it with an annual growth of 0.9 percent in natural gas consumption (which is a conservative estimation based on trends from the last 6 years, plus recent projections for increased use of natural gas by the power and industrial sectors), indicates that natural gas will surpass petroleum in 2032, two decades from now. A steeper projection of 1.8 percent annual declines in petroleum matched with 1.8 percent annual increase in natural gas consumption sees a faster transition, with natural gas surpassing petroleum in less than a decade.
While such diverging rates might seem aggressive, they are a better approximation of the trends over the last six years than the respective 0.9 percent values. An annual decline in petroleum of 1.8 percent is plausible through a combination of biofuels mandates (0.9 percent annual decline), higher fuel economy standards (0.15 percent annual decline), and price competition that causes fuel-switching from petroleum to natural gas in the transportation (heavy-duty, primarily) and industrial sectors (0.75 percent annual decline). Natural gas growth rates of 1.8 percent annually can be achieved by natural gas displacing 25 percent of diesel use (for on-site power generation and transportation) and natural gas combined cycle power plants displacing 25 percent of 1970s–1980s vintage coal-fired power plants by 2022. While this scenario is bullish for natural gas, it is not implausible, especially for the power sector, whose power plants face retirement and stricter air quality standards. Coupling those projections with reductions in per capita energy use of 10 percent (< 1 percent annually) over that same span imply that total energy use would stay the same.
These positive trends for natural gas are not to say it is problem-free. Environmental challenges exist for water, land and air. Water challenges are related to quality (from risks of contamination) and quantity (from competition with local uses and depletion of reservoirs). Land risks include surface disturbance from production activity and induced seismicity from wastewater reinjection. Air risks are primarily derived from leaks on-site, leaks through the distribution system, and flaring at the point of production. Furthermore, while natural gas prices have been relatively affordable and stable in the last few years, natural gas prices have traditionally been very volatile. However, if those economic and environmental risks are managed properly, then these positive trends are entirely possible.
There are Six Price Dichotomies with Natural Gas
In light of the looming transition to natural gas as the dominant fuel in the U.S., it is worth contemplating the complicated pricing relationship that natural gas in the U.S. has with other fuels, market factors, and regions. It turns out that there are several relevant price dichotomies to keep in mind:
- Natural Gas vs. Petroleum Prices,
- U.S. vs. Global Prices,
- Prices for Abundant Supply vs. Prices for Abundant Demand,
- Low Prices for the Environment vs. High Prices for the Environment,
- Stable vs. Volatile Prices, and
- Long-Term vs. Near-Term Prices.
The tensions along these price axes will likely play an important role in driving the future of natural gas in the U.S. and globally.
Figure 3: U.S. Oil and Gas Consumption and Projections |
Note: Natural gas might pass petroleum as the primary fuel source in the U.S. within one to two decades, depending on the annual rate of decreases in petroleum consumption and increases in natural gas consumption. Historical values plotted are from EIA data. Source: Energy Information Agency 2010[3] |
Decoupling of Natural Gas and Petroleum Prices
One of the most important recent trends has been the decoupling of natural gas and petroleum prices. Figure 4 shows the U.S. prices for natural gas and petroleum (wellhead, and WTI Cushing, respectively) from 1988 to 2012. While natural gas and petroleum prices have roughly tracked each other in the U.S. for decades, their trends started to diverge in 2009 as global oil supplies remained tight, yet shale gas production increased. This recent divergence has been particularly stark, as it's driven by the simultaneous downward swing in natural gas prices and upward swing in petroleum prices. For many years, the ratio in prices (per million BTU, or MMBTU) between petroleum and natural gas oscillated nominally in the range of 1–2, averaging 1.6 for 2000–2008. However, after the divergence began in 2009, this spread became much larger, averaging 4.2 for 2011 and, remarkably, achieving ratios greater than 9 spanning much of the first quarter of 2012 (for example, natural gas costs approximately $2/MMBTU today, whereas petroleum costs $18/MMBTU).
This spread is relatively unprecedented and, if sustained, opens up new market opportunities for gas to compete with oil through fuel-switching by end-users and the construction of large-scale fuel processing facilities. For the former, these price spreads might inspire institutions with large fleets of diesel trucks (such as municipalities, shipping companies, etc.) to consider investing in retrofitting existing trucks or ordering new trucks that operate on natural gas instead of diesel to take advantage of the savings in fuel costs. For the latter, energy companies might consider investing in multi-billion dollar gas-to-liquids (GTL) facilities to convert the relatively inexpensive gas into relatively valuable liquids.
Figure 4: U.S. Oil and Gas Prices 1988 to 2012 |
While natural gas and petroleum prices have roughly tracked each other in the U.S. for decades, their price trends started to diverge in 2009. Source: EIA 2012 and EIA Cushing, OK WTI Spot Price FOB (Dollars per Barrel) 2012 |
Decoupling of U.S. and Global Prices
Another important trend has been the decoupling of U.S. and global prices for natural gas. Figure 5 shows the U.S. prices for natural gas (at Henry Hub) compared with EU and Japanese prices from 1992 to 2012.[4][5][6][7] In a similar fashion as the discussion in Section 3.1, while natural gas prices in the U.S. and globally (in particular, the EU and Japan) have tracked each other for decades, their price trends started to diverge in 2009 because of the growth in domestic gas production. In fact, from 2003–2005, U.S. natural gas prices were higher than in the EU and Japan because of declining domestic production and limited capacity for importing liquefied natural gas (LNG). At that time, and for the preceding years, the U.S. prices were tightly coupled to global markets through its LNG imports setting the marginal price of gas.
Consequently, billions of dollars of investments were made to increase LNG import capacity in the U.S. That new import capacity came online concurrently with higher domestic production, in what can only be described as horribly ironic timing: because domestic production grew so quickly, those new imports were no longer necessary, and much of that importing capacity remains idle today. In fact, once production increased in 2009, the U.S. was then limited by its capacity to export LNG (which is in contrast to the situation just a few years prior, during which the U.S. was limited by its capacity to import gas), so gas prices plummeted despite growing global demand. Thus, while the U.S. was tightly coupled to global gas markets for well over a decade, it has been decoupled for the last several years. At the same time, the EU and Japan are tightly coupled to the world gas markets, (with the EU served by LNG and pipelines from the Former Soviet Union, and Japan served by LNG). How long these prices remain decoupled will depend on U.S. production of natural gas, U.S. demand for natural gas, and the time it takes for these isolated markets to connect again. In fact, LNG terminal operators are now investing billions of dollars to turn their terminals around so that they can buy cheap natural gas in the U.S. that they can sell at higher prices to the EU and Japan. Once those terminals are turned around, these geographically-divergent market prices should come back into convergence.
Figure 5: Natural Gas Prices in Japan, the E.U. and U.S., 1992 to 2012 |
Note: While natural gas prices in the U.S. and globally (EU and Japan) have tracked each other for decades, their price trends started to diverge in 2009. Sources: BP 2010, EIA 2012—Henry Hub Gulf Coast Natural Gas Spot Price and Price of Liquefied U.S. Natural Gas Exports to Japan, and Ycharts 2012 |
Prices for Abundant Supply vs. Prices for Abundant Demand
Another axis to consider for natural gas prices is the tension between the price at which we have abundant supply, and the price at which we have abundant demand. These levels have changed over the years as technology improves and the prices of competing fuels have shifted, but it seems clear that there is still a difference between the prices that consumers wish to pay and producers wish to collect. In particular, above a certain price (say, somewhere in the range of $4–8/MMBTU, though there is no single threshold that everyone agrees upon), the U.S. would be awash in natural gas. Higher prices make it possible to economically produce many marginal plays, yielding dramatic increases in total production. However, at those higher prices, the demand for gas is relatively lower because cheaper alternatives (nominally coal, wind, nuclear and petroleum) might be more attractive options. At the same time, as recent history has demonstrated, below a certain price (say, somewhere in the range of $1–3/MMBTU), there is significant demand for natural gas in the power sector (as an alternative to coal) and the industrial sector (because of revitalized chemical manufacturing, which depends heavily on natural gas as a feedstock). Furthermore, if prices are expected to remain low, then demand for natural gas would increase in the residential and commercial sectors (as an alternative to electricity for water heating, for example), and in the transportation sector (to take advantage of price spreads with diesel, as noted above).
The irony here is that it's not clear that the prices at which there will be significant increases in demand will be high enough to justify the higher costs that will be necessary to induce increases in supply, and so there might be a period of choppiness in the market as the prices settle into their equilibrium. Furthermore, as global coal and oil prices increase (because of surging demand from China and other rapidly-growing economies), the thresholds for this equilibrium are likely to change. As oil prices increase, natural gas production will increase at many wells as a byproduct of liquids production, whether the gas was desired or not. Since the liquids are often used to justify the costs of a new well, the marginal cost of the associated gas production can be quite low. Thus, natural gas production might increase even without upward pressure from gas prices, which lowers the price threshold above which there will be abundant supply. At the same time, coal costs are increasing globally, which raises the threshold below which there is abundant demand. Hopefully, these moving thresholds will converge at a stable medium, though it is too early to tell. If the price settles too high, then demand might retract; if it settles too low, the production might shrink, which might trigger an oscillating pattern of price swings.
Low Prices for the Environment vs. High Prices for the Environment
Another axis of price tension for natural gas is whether high prices or low prices are better for achieving environmental goals such as reducing the energy sector's emissions and water use. In many ways, high natural gas prices have significant environmental advantages because they induce conservation and enable market penetration by relatively expensive renewables. In particular, because it is common for natural gas to be the marginal power producer in the U.S., high natural gas prices trigger high electricity prices. Those higher electricity prices make it easier for renewable energy sources such as wind and solar power to compete in the markets. Thus, high natural gas prices are useful for reducing consumption overall and for spurring growth in novel generation technologies.
However, inexpensive natural gas also has important environmental advantages by displacing coal in the power sector. Notably, by contrast with natural gas prices, which have decreased for several years in a row, prevailing coal prices have increased steadily for over a decade due to higher transportation costs (which are coupled to diesel prices that have increased over that span), depletion of mines, and increased global demand. As coal prices track higher and natural gas prices track lower, natural gas has become a more cost-effective fuel for power generation for many utility companies. Consequently, coal's share of primary energy consumption for electricity generation has dropped from 53 percent in 2003 to less than 46 percent in 2011 (with further drops in the first quarter of 2012), while the share fulfilled by natural gas grew from 14 percent to 20 percent over the same span. At the same time, there was a slight drop in overall electricity generation due to the economic recession, which means the rise of natural gas came at the expense of coal, rather than in addition to coal. Consequently, for those wishing to achieve the environmental goals of dialing back on power generation from coal, low natural gas prices have a powerful effect.
These attractive market opportunities are offset in some respects by the negative environmental impacts that are occurring from production in the Bakken and Eagle Ford shale plays in North Dakota and Texas. At those locations, significant volumes of gases are flared because the gas is too inexpensive to justify rapid construction of the pricey distribution systems that would be necessary to move the fuel to markets. Consequently, for many operators it ends up being cheaper in many cases to flare the gas rather than to harness and distribute it.
And, thus, the full tension between the "environmental price" of gas is laid out: low prices are good because they displace coal, whereas high prices are good because they bring forward conservation and renewable alternatives. This price axis will be important to watch from a policymaker's point of view as time moves forward.
Stable vs. Volatile Prices
One of the historical criticisms of natural gas has been its relative volatility, especially as compared with coal and nuclear fuels, which are the other major primary energy sources for the power sector. This volatility is a consequence of large seasonal swings in gas consumption (for example, for space and water heating in the winter) along with the association of gas production with oil, which is also volatile. Thus, large magnitude swings in demand and supply can be occurring simultaneously, but in opposing directions. However, two forces are mitigating this volatility. Firstly, because natural gas prices are decoupling from oil prices (as discussed in Section 3.1), one layer of volatility is reduced. Many gas plays are produced independently of oil production. Consequently, there is a possibility for long-term supply contracts at fixed prices. Secondly, the increased use of natural gas consumption in the power sector, helps to mitigate some of the seasonal swings as the consumption of gas for heating in the winter might be better matched with consumption in the summer for power generation to meeting air conditioning load requirements.
Between more balanced demand throughout the year and long-term pricing, the prospects for better stability look better. At the same time, coal, which has historically enjoyed very stable prices, is starting to see higher volatility because its costs are coupled with the price of diesel for transportation. Thus, ironically, while natural gas is reducing its exposure to oil as a driver for volatility, coal is increasing its exposure.
Long-Term vs. Near-Term Price
While natural gas is enjoying a period of relatively stable and low prices at the time of this writing in 2012, there are several prospects that might put upward pressure on the long-term prices. These key drivers are: 1) increasing demand, and 2) re-coupling with global markets.
As discussed above, there are several key forcing functions for higher demand. Namely, because natural gas is relatively cleaner, less carbon-intensive, and less water-intensive than coal, it might continue its trend of taking away market share from coal in the power sector to meet increasingly stringent environmental standards. While this trend is primarily driven by environmental constraints, its effect will be amplified as long as natural gas prices remain low. While fuel-switching in the power sector will likely have the biggest overall impact on new natural gas demand, the same environmental and economic drivers might also induce fuel-switching in the transportation sector (from diesel to natural gas), and residential and commercial sectors (from fuel oil to natural gas for boilers, and from electric heating to natural gas heating). If cumulative demand increases significantly from these different factors, but supply does not grow in a commensurate fashion, then prices will move upwards.
The other factor is the potential for re-coupling U.S. and global gas markets. While they are mostly empty today, many LNG import terminals are seeking to reverse their orientation, with an expectation that they will be ready for export beginning in 2014. Once they are able to export gas to EU and Japanese markets, then domestic gas producers will have additional markets for their product. If those external markets maintain their much higher prevailing prices (similar to what is illustrated in Figure 5), re-coupling will push prices upwards.
Concluding Comments on Price Dichotomies
Each of these different axes of price tensions reflects a different nuance of the complicated, global natural gas system. In particular, they exemplify the different market, technological and societal forces that will drive—and be driven by—the future of natural gas.
The Complicated Relationship of Natural Gas and Renewables
In addition to the complex pricing landscape described earlier, there is also a complicated relationship between natural gas and renewables in the power sector stemming from two aspects: 1) competition in the dispatch order between natural gas and renewables, and 2) the potential to produce renewable forms of natural gas.
For the most part, the relationship between natural gas and renewables is interpreted as competition in the power sector, by which renewables are seen as a threat to natural gas because they push natural gas-fired power plants off the bid stack. This phenomenon occurs because the power markets take bids on marginal costs, rather than all-in costs. Because the marginal cost of wind is zero, it bids zero (or negative in some cases, reflecting the effect of production tax credits for wind power). Consequently, it is a price-taker in the markets, and displaces the highest bidders, which are the price-setters. Historically, those price-setters are natural gas power plants, and so wind power displaces natural gas. Consequently the relationship between gas and wind is one of rivalry. Natural gas interests audibly complain about this rivalry, with the criticism that policy supports for wind give it an unfair advantage in this competition. Renewable energy supporters counter that gas interests are not required to pay for their pollution (which is a form of indirect subsidy) and have enjoyed government largesse in one form or another for many decades.
Despite the perception that wind and natural gas are vicious competitors in a zero-sum game where the success of one must come at the demise of the other, the relationship is actually more nuanced. In fact, wind and gas benefit from each other because they both mitigate each other's worst problems. For wind, intermittency is a problem, and for natural gas, price volatility is a problem. It turns out that the ability for natural gas power plants to serve as rapid response firming power is an effective hedge against wind's intermittency. And, it turns out the fixed fuel price (at zero) of wind farms is an effective edge against natural price volatility. Thus, they are complementary partners in the power markets.
Furthermore, many people seeking a long-term sustainable energy option will often reject natural gas automatically because it is widely considered a fossil fuel that has a finite resource base. While most reserves of natural gas were formed many millions of years ago (and thus comprise a finite fossil resource), it is important to note that there are also renewable forms of natural gas, known as biogas or biomethane. This form of gas is mostly methane with a balance of CO2, and is created from the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. While renewable natural gas is a small fraction of the overall gas supply, it is not negligible. For example, landfill gas is already an important contributor to local fuel supplies at the local scale. And, recent studies have noted that the total potential supply available from wastewater treatment plants and anaerobic digestion of livestock waste is over 1 quadrillion BTU annually in the United States.
Overall, it is clear that natural gas has an important opportunity to take market share from other primary fuels. In particular, it could displace coal in the power sector, petroleum in the transportation sector, and fuel oil in the commercial and residential sectors. With sustained growth in demand for natural gas, coupled with decreases in demand for coal and petroleum because of environmental and security concerns, natural gas could overtake petroleum to be the most widely used fuel in the United States within one to two decades. Along the path towards that transition, natural gas will experience a variety of price tensions that are manifestations of the different market, technological and societal forces that will drive—and be driven by—the future of natural gas. These tensions are exacerbated by the complicated relationship between natural gas and renewables. How and whether we sort out these tensions and relationships will affect the fate of natural gas and are worthy of further scrutiny.
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Each one has a different story: a 19th century cemetery that is the final resting place of war veterans, slaves and freedmen; a gymnasium that over the years served as both a women's school and an Army medical facility; the oldest standing structure connected to Methodism. What they have in common is a need to be saved-historic treasures that have fallen on hard times, now requiring restoration and preservation. This year, 11 sites make up "Endangered Maryland," an annual list of at-risk properties featured in Maryland Life Magazine. The list, found in the March/April issue, hits newsstands this week.
"Endangered Maryland" is a partnership between Preservation Maryland, the state's oldest historic preservation organization, and Maryland Life. Since its inception, Dr. Donald Linebaugh, director of the University of Maryland's Historic Preservation program, has chaired the selection committee. The committee, made up of 12 preservationists, volunteer countless hours reviewing hundreds of submissions from property owners, historians, architects and concerned citizens.
"The Endangered Maryland committee has been a wonderful collaborative experience," says Linebaugh. "The process has been a learning experience in itself, and offers us an opportunity to consider and highlight the multiple ways in which the citizens of Maryland think about and value a broad range of heritage resources."
The goal of "Endangered Maryland" is to raise awareness of these sites and inspire citizens to action. Years past have featured country stores, landscapes, barns, traditional homes and even skipjacks. The selection process is lengthy and difficult, but the payoff is substantial; of the approximately 40 properties featured over four years, only one could not be saved.
To see the full list of this year's selected sites, visit Maryland Life.
For more information on Preservation Maryland, visit Preservation Maryland.
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PMK, the geniuses behind Jay-Z's re-imagined Air Jordan 1's "Brooklyn Zoo" have now created a sneaker in honor of Beyonce called "King Bey" Isabel Marant Sneaker Wedge.
The one-of-a-kind design takes the Isabel Marant sneaker wedge to another level with what the company called the "Eden treatment." The press release says "A hybrid of land and sea skins are used to create this handcrafted creation. Stingray, Ostrich, calfs fur, Crocodile, and Anaconda give the already impeccable design atitude and the tones of white mixed with gold stitched details produces a feeling of elegance, mimicking the southern belle's sweet and fierce persona. Perfectly made describes this design best."
Love Bey, love the she....totally hate 'King Bey'....eh, that's another post...


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Faculty Excellence at UMUC
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Barbara Puffer
Communication Studies
Hear the audio clip on the importance of grammar skills in technical writing. (3:29)
Interviewer: | Please tell us about yourself—what made you decide to teach at UMUC? What kind of work do you do when you are not teaching at UMUC? Are there any life experiences that have influenced your teaching at UMUC? If so, please share one story. |
Barbara Puffer | I think I've always had teaching in my blood, but a three-decade, full-time, corporate communications career kept me far too busy to teach in a traditional classroom. Through the '90s, I served on the Board of Directors, executive committee, and as an officer of the American School for the Deaf, rising to be their first female Board president. Helping guide a school, particularly for children with special challenges, taught me a great deal about teaching. An early, semi-retirement in 1998 brought the teaching bug to the forefront for me. As a consultant, I assumed it would be easy to juggle teaching, consulting, and travel. But it didn't prove to be so flexible an idea. My first formal offer was to teach a fall semester as an adjunct in communications for a Connecticut university. I had begun spending a good deal of time in Florida, and the idea of a 15-week schedule cutting into my Thanksgivings on the beach didn't sit well. I declined. Soon after, my professional colleagues told me about UMUC and the idea of teaching in the online world drew me here in 2002. Looking back now, I realize that I had taught before and felt genuinely good about the experiences. These peeks into the teaching world all helped mold me into the teacher I am today.
I am a public relations consultant, consulting under my own name – Puffer Public Relations Strategies. I handle a broad range of public relations, development, and marketing projects, as well as board training and facilitation for profit and non-profit organizations throughout the U.S. and occasionally in Canada. I also sub-contract for larger agencies, particularly in the area of media relations and media training. |
Interviewer: | How would you describe your teaching style or philosophy? What experiences or person(s) have influenced your style or philosophy? |
Barbara Puffer | I am a storyteller by style and that's how I try to teach. My success in corporate and organizational communication has spanned nearly four decades now and I pride myself in finding relevant examples, meaningful connections, real stories, and practical solutions in my work and teaching. I work every day on bringing that style to my classroom. My colorful professional career in news, banking, insurance, telecommunications, and manufacturing certainly refined my professional skills. But I think it was my parallel career in community relations and as a volunteer leader in the non-profit world that molded my spirit and people skills. The most notable for me were leadership positions in the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), president of the American School for the Deaf, leadership at all levels of Special Olympics; founder, start-up and leadership roles for Very Special Arts Connecticut, The Bristol PLUS Awards, ImagineNation Museum and Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Connecticut. That's a partial list. Many people and experiences are painted into my canvas. |
Interviewer: | What do you think it is about your teaching style that appeals to students? |
Barbara Puffer | I think students fear my toughness at first but then bloom like freshly watered spring flowers as they encounter many "ah-ha" moments. I long served and still serve in the leadership of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). I bring a rich array of worldwide resources to the table and know anyone who is anyone in this profession. I remember the thrill that my graduate students had when I brought Shel Holtz (Accredited Business Communiator), to class. He was the author of one of the textbooks that had been selected long before I came on the scene. One student said, "Do you really KNOW Mr. Holtz?" Not only do I know him but that week I was attending his birthday party in L.A. You would have thought I was talking about a movie star. The students loved his week in conference and I've used him several semesters. I've brought editors to my classes. I've brought the latest research studies. I have added Webinars and white papers that are often sold to professionals but loaned to me for my classrooms at no additional charge. I read something recently that a teacher had written outside of UMUC. He said that he teaches his students to perform…that he's not there to punish the student who "does it wrong." I like to think that's me! I am strict with the writing. After all, it's the underpinning of my profession. But my students often tell me they learned a great deal in my class.I try to bring new material and concepts to my students with high energy and hope that they will always think I am tough but fair. The most important thing to me is fairness. |
Interviewer: | Do you teach face-to-face, online, or both? Do you have a preference between teaching face-to-face and online? If so, please explain. |
Barbara Puffer | I only teach online. I live in Connecticut and Florida. I have no scholarly insight here. I simply teach online because I live far from UMUC and maintain dual residences/offices. |
Interviewer: | Please tell us about your chosen discipline-i.e., what made you interested in the area initially? What do you do to stay current in your discipline? What do you like best about teaching in your discipline? |
Barbara Puffer | I have been writing since I was seven. I had my first work published then -- a Halloween poem in a teachers' magazine. I also enjoyed theater, speech, and cinematography. My career has allowed me to swim in all of those directions – a big fish in a big pool. My company mission is to enhance the reputation and security of organizations through strategic and creative efforts that articulate their strengths and goals to their targeted markets and audiences. I've been working at that for most of my life. My discipline is always changing and evolving and the subject matter is always fresh, too. My work has been my hobby, and teaching what I have learned fits right in. |
Interviewer: | What is the most challenging to you in teaching in this area? What teaching strategy do you use when you encounter the challenge? Are there any special challenges in teaching this subject matter online? If yes, please explain what could be done to meet the challenges. |
Barbara Puffer | There is a need for enormous flexibility. I try to put myself in our students' shoes and look for mutually beneficial solutions. I believe public relations, journalism and communication are best taught with real life examples, cases, and best practices. These are easily conveyed online. I think we can do better by adding more video, but real-time would be an issue with the vast expanse of time zones among students in a single class. |
Interviewer: | What suggestion would you give to students who are interested in majoring or working in your discipline? |
Barbara Puffer | I have three suggestions:
Interviewer: | In your opinion, what makes UMUC the college of choice for students? |
Barbara Puffer | My favorite element about this school is the mix of active duty military and spouses along with other non-traditional students working hard to eke out a degree. Most bring a unique maturity and bold personality into their studies. |
Interviewer: | In your opinion, what makes UMUC the employer of choice for future faculty members? |
Barbara Puffer | If you are in my situation, with a flexible lifestyle, online teaching at UMUC might be for you. I also have learned a great deal earning my basic and advanced faculty studies certificates at no charge to me. I cannot address other elements. |
Interviewer: | What suggestion would you give to new faculty who are interested in teaching in your discipline at UMUC? |
Barbara Puffer | UMUC will not be bringing you aboard unless you have at least a master's degree and a strong, long professional career. You also can't be thinking of this as a retirement stint. Some of the students are already working in this field and just never earned their degrees. You must know what you are doing and be currently active in the profession to understand and bring the latest to the table. |


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Robots rule the day at Canadian toy fair
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Gee. Not impressed with any of these.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisIt looks like these toy makers are into "extreme ugly and couch potato". None of those toys will improve the child's imagination. I reckon before you can improve an imagination, you must first have one.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thismostly pretty lame, especially the toothbrush one
the webcam-bot thing and the force trainer are mildly interesting but the webcam does not have much use to it unless you are too lazy to get up and look into the other room your self and ,like the article said, check to see if your door is locked when at work. the force thing could lead to some cooler toys and is t5he first product, as far as i am aware, to use "brain waves" outside of computers for disabled people
I must agree with Krabcat on the fact that everything is mostly pretty lame except for a little bit of updating on what kids will be able to do with their brain waves. I'm not sure why, but it just appears to me that the companies are trying to hard to make the littler kids feel like they are so cool because they can voice command a robot around their house and have it shoot infrared lasers at one another. <Total hippy moment here> This just tells them that fighting is alright and that they should do it. </hippy> Also, there were already little hover boats. Why do they think that we need newer "smaller" ones??? They'll just get stepped on by the parents when they don't see them and then they have to go out and buy the kid a new one to shut them up!!! Seriously, these things just aren't all that great.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisLoved the tooth brush toy. Thought that the most silly one was the new improved kite.
Reply | Report Abuse | Link to thisThe only toys that will keep kids occupied are the ones that they can use their imagination to create or design things with. See Leggo, Maccano and any construction toys, even simple building blocks. Make them more colorfull and fancy and they will hit the jackpot.
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Ah thanks, looks like I'll be replacing my copy of XBMC with the SVN version you mentioned tonight... Would probably be a good idea to list on the front page what the revision range that the remote is meant to work with is, just so people know what to expect.
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2010-04-10 00:32
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Installed latest stable from svn rep and everything seems to work fine now.
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We'll announce it properly with the next release. SVN builds are too bleeding edge to announce every time it's not working 100%...
Running XBMC on my HTPC, tablet, phone and pinball machine. Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forums before posting. Do NOT e-mail Team-XBMC members asking for support. For troubleshooting and bug reporting, make sure you read this first. |
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Strange. If I understand correctly, 0.6.7 apk does not work with XBMC Stable from XBMC.org?
Well, I am using this combination, and have not encountered a single error. Library browsing, remote mode, auto pause on incoming call and sms preview at least works... |
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No you missunterstood it. The latest SVN aka next upcoming version, is not working with XBMC 9.11.
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