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The Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration has received an application to remove ordinary sand and gravel from the following described land:
Township 17 South, Range 8 East SLB&M,
Section 5: N2SW4
Containing 80.0 acres, more or less
The Administration will accept competing applications to remove the sand and gravel, and also competing applications to lease, purchase, or exchange this property, a portion thereof, or a parcel including any of the above described acreage. Contact Andy Bedingfield for the appropriate required application.
The Administration will accept competing applications during the following period of time:
From 8:00 A.M.
October 17, 2019
Until 5:00 P.M.
November 16, 2019
675 East 500 South, Suite 500
Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
In the absence of competing applications for lease, purchase, or exchange, the Administration will evaluate the applications for the removal of ordinary sand and gravel and award the permit for such removal. Each application for the removal of sand and gravel must be accompanied by a completed application form.
Materials permit bids will be evaluated on the following criteria: 1) The amount of the bonus bid; 2) The amount, rate, and type of the proposed materials extraction and associated minimum royalty*; and, 3) Other requirements provided for by the rules of the Administration or contained in this notice. The successful applicant will be required to pay advertising costs and the costs of a cultural resource study if necessary. The successful applicant will be required to rehabilitate any areas disturbed during the permit period and areas with existing disturbance. Bonding for reclamation and performance will also be required by the Administration. A term of up to five (5) years, will be considered for this Permit. Applicant must be qualified to do business in the State of Utah. Please submit sealed application to Trust Lands Administration at the above referenced address. Reference MP # 639
The Administration reserves the right to reject any application or subsequent bids.
*Minimum royalties vary by commodity
Contact Mr. Andy Bedingfield for details
Published in the ETV News October 16 and 23, 2019.


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WIth a step back, this album really sucks BIG TIME.
I won't listen to it a lot. My poor Eminem, what happened to you?
The only ok songs are Guts Over Fear and Fine Line. Vegas is fun but doesn't have replay value, the sound becomes boring really quick.
The rest is pure crap except for Yelawolf


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Starting with a simple question.... Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Starting with a simple question...." jasonNmemberMember #Joined: 12 Jan 2000Posts: 842Location: Sydney Australia Posted: Fri Oct 22, 1999 5:00 am Hey Dhabih, I'll just ask a simple question that requires a straight forward answer. How long does it take to complete a rendering such as Tempest? Back to top DhabihAdministratorMember #Joined: 13 Sep 1999Posts: 532Location: Kirkland, WA, U.S.A. Posted: Fri Oct 22, 1999 9:21 am It takes anywhere from 8-20 hours for the drawings I have up in the gallery. It really depends on how complicated an image. I think the Tempest image took around 15 hours. (It was actually done a year ago, so i don't remember for sure). Average time for most pics is about 15hrs. -dhab ------------------ http://www.sijun.com/ Mail: email@example.com Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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A Coordinating Responsible Authority (CORA) for the federal Community Renewal Tax Relief Act (CRTRA) under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, CORA provides tax incentives to businesses undertaking construction and rehabilitation projects within designated distressed areas, including wage credits, bond financing, capital gains exclusions and tax deductions known as Commercial Revitalization Deductions (CRDs). Under the CRD program, businesses that construct or rehabilitate a commercial property in a Renewal Community (RC) may deduct certain acquisition and rehabilitation expenses. Renewal Community tax incentives include employment credits, a zero percent tax on capital gains, increased tax deductions on equipment and accelerated real property depreciation, among others.
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Two sheets, a bazillion clothespins, and one glansa lamp made this little girl's day.
Our weekend turned out to be a rainy and a sick one. LM got a tummy bug, passed it on to Lark, and then I got hit last night. Fortunately, it was only a 24 hour bug and I am already feeling lots better and so are the girls. It skipped Husband but that was no surprise - he has the strongest immune system, I swear he has only been sick twice since I've known him!
So, in between the many loads of laundry and resting we needed something to amuse a two-year old - I think that is the definition of a fort.
My favorite part about it? Catching LM playing pretend inside with her doll and stuffed animals. I love hearing the funny conversations she makes them have with each other, even if it makes me realize my baby girl is not such a baby anymore...


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All without depending on the as-yet unfulfilled promise of packaging e-commerce.
One example is TricorBraun's (St. Louis, MO) new RapidFind™ searchable container catalog. This supplier's always-current container catalog is visible at http://rapidfind.tricorbraun.com. As an added plus, you can search the company's catalog anonymously, without even having to fill out a cumbersome registration form. Such registration information is requested where it should be, at the end of the search process, if and when you're ready to contact a sales rep for more information.
The searchable catalog, which contains more than 28ꯠ items, is divided into glass containers, plastic containers and closures. You supply a variety of criteria for as broad or narrow a search as you like. Examples include min/max capacity (in a variety of measures from ounces to gallons), height, width, finish, shape, material, style and features. The "style" and "features" drop-down menus alone are worth the price of admission. These contain application-specific selections such as baby food, beer, honey, decanter, handled container and more. Picking any one of these will target the desired group of containers. Clicking on one brings up detailed specs on that container.
If that doesn't help, then the "Search Misc." option off the main menu permits users to zero in on a multitude of keywords that encompass categories, containers and applications, from "Animal Healthcare Products" to "Vials, Plastic." A glossary is also part of the site.
Although you can't actually order directly online, the site does allow you to save any specific container in your RapidFind folder, TricorBraun's version of an electronic shopping cart. Instead of "checking out," you "submit your RapidFind folder." Clicking the RapidFind folder button shows you all the products you've chosen. After you supply the rough quantities desired and your contact information, the information is dispatched as a comprehensive inquiry to the sales department for follow-up.
Calculators galore
Iconotech (Wheeling, IL) is another company whose site includes interactive capabilities at www.iconotech.com. The company manufactures what it calls a digital case printer, which is a different breed entirely from ink-jet coding or labeling. To highlight what the supplier believes are the cost advantages of its technology, it has included comparison calculators to let visitors compare digital case printing with ink-jet coding, preprinted labels, hand-applied labels or machine-applied labels.
The site lets you key in data such as your average batch size, hourly labor rate, the cost of your current marking materials (labels and ribbons, ink-jet ink, etc.), preprinted label or case obsolescence due to graphics or copy changes, etc. The site then calculates not only the difference in initial capital costs between Iconotech's product and what you're currently using (or evaluating), but also the annual operating costs. The calculators are thorough and sophisticated, and they let you save specific calculations by name in a workspace right on the site. Assuming you have the proper data, it's an excellent way to speed up the buying decision before you even contact the company.
The only downside is the site requires you to register your name, phone number, e-mail address, physical address and other data before accessing the calculators, which will undoubtedly turn away many users. Better to allow unfettered access to the calculators up front, while offering the site's ability to save any calculations in a named workspace once you agree to register.
Video clips
If a picture tells a thousand words, can you imagine what a 15-second video clip can tell? As an editor trying to describe a complicated machine in writing, I've often wished I could show readers a video clip of how the darn thing works. On some suppliers' sites, now you can see for yourself.
The site of Universal Labeling (St. Petersburg, FL), at www.universaL1.com, features a "Virtual Labeling Library" of short, 10- to 15-second video clips on six different machines in action. The clips are disarmingly simple, shot specifically for Web viewing. There's just enough action to give you an idea of how it works, but not so much that you're waiting hours and hours for a download. There's not even voice-over—just the cozy hum and click of packaging machinery in action, which somehow inexplicably aids in comprehension.
Over a high-speed cable, DSL or corporate network connection, these clips, which are in the MPEG format, don't take more than a minute to download, though modem users should be prepared to wait much longer than that.
Prices online
The site of George Gordon Associates (Merrimack, NH) is unique not for any specific bells and whistles, but for what most machinery builder sites have lacked thus far: machinery prices. Yes, you read that right. At www.ggapack.com, I was actually able to see honest-to-goodness prices (price ranges, actually, but that's good enough) for every machine I clicked on, whether palletizers, placing/dispensing equipment, wrappers or case packers. For example, a Layer Pac/Gaylord Pallet Loader Large Size had a price range of $77ꯠ to $87ꯠ. A price range is acceptable because buyers know that the price will change depending on how they want a machine configured. But at least it gives a general idea as to the cost.
Why is this so important? Because price is among the top three items packaging buyers look for in a packaging supplier's Web site (see Packaging World, May '00, p. 79, or packworld.com/go/websurvey). Yet, startlingly few suppliers list prices on their Web sites for fear of revealing information to competitors.
I've said it before in this space, but it bears repeating: Suppliers, do your customers a favor and list your prices right on the site. Your competitors already know not only your list prices but also what you're actually selling your products for. The only party from which you're hiding the information is the very one you're courting: the customer.
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FRISCO, Texas – After Jeff Cunningham scored three goals in the last three games, talk was starting to heat up about when the veteran striker might supplant Colombian Milton Rodriguez in Dallas' first 11.
Neither Cunningham nor Rodríguez scored in Saturday's 1-0 win over Chivas USA, but Rodríguez showed FCD head coach Schellas Hyndman why he's deserving of the starting spot. The Colombian forward finished the night with two shots, including one where he was robbed by Chivas USA goalkeeper Zach Thornton.
That stop came in the 53rd minute, when Rodríguez took a free kick. The forward struck the ball well, bending it around the wall, and he would have tucked it just inside the far post were it not for the efforts of a diving Thornton.
"It was hit perfectly to the corner of the goal, but it was also hit perfectly for the range of the 'keeper," Hyndman said. "If it was a little bit higher, [Thornton] couldn't have gotten to it. ... It was hit with great pace and it took a great save from Thornton."
The FCD manager expects his forwards to score goals, provide assists, play defense, hold the ball and also combine well with his teammates. Hyndman admits Rodríguez has done all of those things in his six games with FCD.
"I think he's adding a lot to the team," Hyndman said. "I think you see how hard he works defensively. We're able to get the ball to him, he can hold it and then bring it back to David [Ferreira] and then Brek [Shea] is taking off. We didn't have that earlier [this year].
"Now we're getting a ball that goes up, back and through. If you look at those five things, he's doing them all. The area we want more of is the goal-scoring."
Mixed Reviews for Rookie Duo
Hyndman had two rookies in his first 11 for the second straight week. Midfielder Eric Alexander played 64 minutes before coming off for Eric Avila, while center back Zach Loyd played the full 90.[inline_node:315571]
"I thought Zach was outstanding," Hyndman said. "He's everything we thought he would be when we drafted him. [He's] a good defender, a ball-winner and athletic. He's got good speed and good mobility. Right now, he's hard to beat."
"Where he gets into a little trouble is with distribution. The other thing is just getting into position earlier," said Hyndman, adding that the rookie defender is bound to get more experience as time goes by and is given more positional play.
One week after Alexander had a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win over D.C. United, his performance dipped at bit against the Red-and-White.
"I think it was a little bit more of a difficult game for him," Hyndman said. "Part of the reason was because of the heat. It seemed like he hit a point in the second half where he was physically and mentally tired. The balls weren't going off his feet as clean or as crisp.
Nonetheless, the gaffer said that Alexander is "doing everything I'm asking him to do. He's playing on both sides of the ball."
Overall, Hyndman is happy with the effort his two players have put in.
"I think the two of them have done a really good job for us considering that eight months ago they were playing college soccer," the coach said.
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Loyd got his second straight start because regular starter Ugo Ihemelu remains out with a concussion he suffered in a 3-1 win over Philadelphia on Aug. 8. And FCD fans shouldn't expect the defender back in the first 11 this week, either.
"There will be more tests," Hyndman said. "I don't think he'll be ready this weekend. He got hit pretty well. We just want to take our time, take care of a great human being and not worry about if we need him. We don't want him to get himself out there when he's not ready.
"I think he's coming around. I'm never going to push him into this. He'll know when he's ready."
McCarty Back in Training?
One player who could be back in training on Wednesday is midfielder Dax McCarty, who has missed the last five games with a strained right quadriceps. McCarty has been working on the side with FCD trainers during his absence and could be close to returning to practice as soon as this week.
"We hope so," Hyndman said. "I haven't gotten a complete percentage of him from the trainers. I think it's progressing. He's working really hard trying to get back. He's in shape. He can run, cut, but I don't know if he can tackle. [Also], he can't strike without some type of discomfort.
"We've got to get to the point where that muscle will allow him to do everything he needs to do."


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1982 GMC 2500 - The Truck GM Never Built: Part 1
A ¾-Ton Short Bed 4x4
My dad is a car guy. He's had a number of cool ones from the '60s and early '70s, but he's specifically a car guy. In fact, when I was little, he bought an El Camino for work duty, and it has served him faithfully to this very day. And that has sort of always irked me a little: An ElCo is a car with a big open trunk, if you ask me. It's not a truck; it's something that can't make up its mind. I've always wanted my dad to have a real truck.
And that's not to say my family never had a 4x4—my mom had a couple different GMC Suburbans in the '90s, one of which my parents still own. But my dad has always preferred cars and that's what he's driven. When he sold the last of his toys a few years back, I knew it was my time to strike. And now that he's in his mid-70s, he's finally relaxed (a little) and has time to do things like enjoy a cross-country drive in a cool GMC 4x4.
I can't think of a better gift to give him right now than a hot-rod GMC truck. I actually planned on this one being a surprise, but that plan failed when he walked into my garage one day and saw me dropping the new engine into this truck. Finding the right truck and finishing it has taken longer than I thought (three years, so far). But it's getting close now, and I've gathered most of the parts I need. It's time to finish the coolest truck I could for my dad.
I have to stick to one important rule: You don't build a vehicle for someone else the same way you would for yourself. Examples: I can remember multiple times where a friend got into one of my vehicles and I had to explain, "Hit 'this switch' and then 'push this' and then start the truck." Or having to explain to someone how to shift the truck into four-wheel-drive and lock the differentials because there are three shifters and two knobs. Those are just the types of things that would annoy my dad. He's a car guy, not a truck guy. This has to be a single-key, crank-the-ignition, shift, and go type of vehicle for him to enjoy it. There can only be one shift lever on the floor for 4WD, and any locker engagement better be a simple switch mounted conveniently on the dash. Also, this truck will have to be clean—so clean even his yuppie neighbors will admire it. This has to be something that a hot-rod guy would drive.
This month, the engine compartment is going to see a bunch of new parts, and next time, the suspension and axles are going to be addressed. It should be one killer fullsize GMC 4x4 when completed.


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FEC rail facility at Port Everglades begins to take shapeWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
Construction is moving swiftly as Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) moves forward on a $53 million, 42.5-acre intermodal container transfer facility (ICTF) at Port Everglades that will be used to transfer domestic and international shipping containers between ship and rail beginning in mid 2014.
This near-dock facility, located on port property, will replace FEC's existing 12-acre intermodal yard, which is currently located two miles from the port on Andrews Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.
"The Port Everglades ICTF allows us to build 9,000 foot unit trains within the facility without blocking any streets. The trains will then go to places such as Atlanta, Ga., and Charlotte, N.C., in two days, or Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., in three days. FEC's connections to CSX and Norfolk Southern allow for rail service to 70 percent of the U.S. population within four days. This is big benefit to customers that ship cargo into and out of Port Everglades," said FEC President Jim Hertwig.
FEC's new ICTF at Port Everglades adds increased capacity, efficiency and value to every party involved in the supply chain by providing transit times that match or are less than those of trucking or offloading at other ports at competitive costs, with reliability and reduced air emissions.
This facility includes a marshaling area, rubber tire gantry cranes and separate entrance gates to handle domestic and international containers simultaneously. New rail tracks will expand from two entrance tracks into six working tracks totaling approximately 18,000 linear feet to service trains up to 9,000 feet long.
Once completed, the ICTF is expected to reduce congestion on interstate highways and local roadways because loading and offloading cargo will take place within the port as opposed to offsite facilities. As a result, air emissions will be reduced by diverting an estimated 180,000 trucks from the roads by the year 2029.
Port Everglades contributed the land for the ICTF valued at $19 million. Construction costs are estimated to total $53 million, which will be paid through $18 million in grants from the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT) Strategic Intermodal System program, a $30 million FDOT State Infrastructure Bank loan and $5 million from FEC's capital plan.


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Medical imaging professionals can earn a Certificate of Achievement from ARLM by earning 50 education credits - at least 30 credits in person - across a spectrum of core learning domains, including Financial Skills, Human Resources, Professionalism, Legal/Contracting, Academic Mission and General Management. A minimum of three credits in each domain is required.


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This paper examines the cost of producing emission reduction credits under the Clean Development Mechanism. Using project-specific data, cost functions are estimated using alternative functional forms. ... See More + The results show that, in general, the distribution of projects in the pipeline does not correspond exclusively to the cost of generating anticipated credits. Rather, investment choices appear to be influenced by location and project type considerations in a way that is consistent with variable transaction costs and investor preferences among hosts and classes of projects. This implies that comparative advantage based on the marginal cost of abatement is only one of several factors driving Clean Development Mechanism investments. This is significant since much of the conceptual and applied numerical literature concerning greenhouse gas mitigation policies relies on presumptions about relative abatement costs. The authors also find that Clean Development Mechanism projects generally exhibit constant or increasing returns to scale. In contrast, they find variations among classes of projects concerning economies of time. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS6262 NOV 01, 2012
Rahman, Shaikh M.; Larson, Donald F.; Dinar, Ariel Disclosed
Greenhouse gas emissions are largely determined by how energy is created and used, and policies designed to encourage mitigation efforts reflect this reality. ... See More + However, an unintended consequence of an energy-focused strategy is that the set of policy instruments needed to tap mitigation opportunities in agriculture is incomplete. In particular, market-linked incentives to achieve mitigation targets are disconnected from efforts to better manage carbon sequestered in agricultural land. This is especially important for many countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia where once-productive land has been degraded through poor agricultural practices. Often good agricultural policies and prudent natural resource management can compensate for missing links to mitigation incentives, but only partially. At the same time, two international project-based programs, Joint Implementation and the Clean Development Mechanism, have been used to finance other types of agricultural mitigation efforts worldwide. Even so, a review of projects suggests that few countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia take full advantage of these financing paths. This paper discusses mitigation opportunities in the region, the reach of current mitigation incentives, and missed mitigation opportunities in agriculture. The paper concludes with a discussion of alternative policies designed to jointly promote mitigation and co-benefits for agriculture and the environment. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS6080 JUN 01, 2012
Larson, Donald F.; Dinar, Ariel; Blankespoor, Brian Disclosed
Water is increasingly becoming a limiting factor for sustainable economic growth and development in many countries. Its allocation has significant impacts on overall economic efficiency, particularly with growing physical scarcity in certain regions. ... See More + Greater water supply variability further increases vulnerability in affected regions. Water also has become a strategic resource involving conflicts among those who may be affected differently by various policies. This paper analyzes various policy interventions aimed at improving water allocation decisions, using a novel approach that incorporates macro and micro level considerations in a unified analytical framework. The framework facilitates assessment of various linkages among policies and their impacts within individual sectors and economy-wide. Drawing on country based studies in Morocco, South Africa, Turkey, and Mexico, the analysis reveals difficult tradeoffs among various policy objectives, including priorities placed on different sectors, regional advantages, and general economic efficiency gains versus broader social impacts. The comparison of policy impacts demonstrates the usefulness of the framework in information that policy makers can use to rank the policy interventions according to the emphasis placed on different policy objectives. The paper also compares approaches used in other studies that apply computable general equilibrium models in various contexts of water, environment and agriculture. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS6068 MAY 01, 2012
Dinar, Ariel Disclosed
International river basins will likely face higher hydrologic variability due to climate change. Increased floods and droughts would have economic and political consequences. ... See More + Riparians of transboundary basins governed by water treaties could experience non-compliance and inter-state tensions if flow falls below levels presumed in a treaty. Flow information is essential to cope with these challenges through water storage, allocation, and use. This paper demonstrates a simple yet robust method, which measures gauge station runoff with wetness values derived from satellite data (1988-2010), for expanding sub-basin stream flow information to the entire river basin where natural flow information is limited. It demonstrates the approach with flow level data that provide estimates of monthly runoff in near real time in two international river basins: Zambezi and Mekong. The paper includes an economic framework incorporating information on existing institutions to assess potential economic and political impacts and to inform policy on conflict and cooperation between riparians. The authors conclude that satellite data modeled with gauge station runoff reduce the uncertainty inherent in negotiating an international water agreement under increased hydrological variability, and thus can assist policy makers to devise more efficient institutional apparatus. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS5996 MAR 01, 2012
Blankespoor, Brian; Basist, Alan; Dinar, Ariel; Dinar, Shlomi Disclosed
Many experts believe that low-cost mitigation opportunities in agriculture are abundant and comparable in scale to those found in the energy sector. ... See More + They are mostly located in developing countries and have to do with how land is used. By investing in projects under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), countries can tap these opportunities to meet their own Kyoto Protocol obligations. The CDM has been successful in financing some types of agricultural projects, including projects that capture methane or use agricultural by-products as an energy source. But agricultural land-use projects are scarce under the CDM. This represents a missed opportunity to promote sustainable rural development since land-use projects that sequester carbon in soils can help reverse declining soil fertility, a root cause of stagnant agricultural productivity. This paper reviews the process leading to current CDM implementation rules and describes how the rules, in combination with challenging features of land-use projects, raise transaction costs and lower demand for land-use credits. Procedures by which developed countries assess their own mitigation performance are discussed as a way of redressing current constraints on CDM investments. Nevertheless, even with improvements to the CDM, an under-investment in agricultural land-use projects is likely, since there are hurdles to capturing associated ancillary benefits privately. Alternative approaches outside the CDM are discussed, including those that build on recent decisions taken by governments in Copenhagen and Cancun. See Less -
Dinar,Ariel; Frisbie, J. Aapris; Larson,Donald F. Disclosed
This paper assesses the impact of water supply variability on treaty cooperation between international bilateral river basin riparian states. Climate change is anticipated to change the variability of water supply, as well as its expected magnitude. ... See More + Previous studies have focused mainly on water scarcity, measured in terms of mean precipitation or per capita water availability in the country, as a trigger for conflict or cooperation. The water variability measure used here captures both annual runoff variability and precipitation variability over periods of 30 and 100 years. The analysis used economic and international relations data to identify incentives for international cooperation in addressing water supply variability. The authors find that small-to-moderate increases in variability create an impetus for cooperation, although large increases in variability would reduce incentives for treaty cooperation. Stronger diplomatic and trade relations support cooperation, while uneven economic power inhibits cooperation. Various measures of democracy/governance suggest different impacts on cooperation across the basin riparians. The findings have policy implications in the context of preparedness for impacts of climate change on the water sector. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS5307 MAY 01, 2010
Dinar, Ariel; Blankespoor, Brian; Dinar, Shlomi; Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep Disclosed
Under the Kyoto Protocol, developed countries can only tap mitigation opportunities in developing countries by investing in projects under the Clean Development Mechanism. ... See More + Yet Clean Development Mechanism investments have so far failed to reach many of the high-potential sectors identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This raises doubts about whether the Clean Development Mechanism can generate an adequate supply of credits from the limited areas where it has proved successful. This paper examines the current trajectory of mitigation projects entering the Clean Development Mechanism pipeline and projects it forward under the assumption that the diffusion of the Clean Development Mechanism will follow a path similar to other innovations. Projections are then compared with pre-Clean Development Mechanism predictions of the mechanisms potential market size to discern whether limits on the types of projects entering the pipeline have limited the expected supply of certified emission reductions. Parameter tests suggest that this is not the case and that currently identified Clean Development Mechanism investments will generate offsets in excess of early model predictions. In particular, under favorable circumstances, the mechanism is on track to deliver an average annual flow of roughly 700 million certified emission reductions by the close of 2012 and nearly to 1,100 million certified emission reductions by 2020. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS5239 MAR 01, 2010
Rahman, Shaikh M.; Dinar, Ariel; Larson, Donald F. Disclosed
The Clean Development Mechanism, a provision of The Kyoto Protocol, allows countries that have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to gain credit toward their treaty obligations by investing in projects located in developing (host) countries. ... See More + Such projects are expected to benefit both parties by providing low-cost abatement opportunities for the investor-country, while facilitating capital and technology flows to the host country. This paper analyzes the Clean Development Mechanism market, emphasizing the cooperation aspects between host and investor countries. The analysis uses a dichotomous (yes/no) variable and three continuous variants to measure the level of cooperation, namely the number of joint projects, the volume of carbon dioxide abatement, and the volume of investment in the projects. The results suggest that economic development, institutional development, the energy structure of the economies, the level of country vulnerability to various climate change effects, and the state of international relations between the host and investor countries are good predictors of the level of cooperation in Clean Development Mechanism projects. The main policy conclusions include the importance of simplifying the project regulation/clearance cycle; improving the governance structure host and investor countries; and strengthening trade or other long-term economic activities that engage the countries. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4786 NOV 01, 2008
Dinar, Ariel; Mahfuzur, Shaikh; Larson, Donald; Ambrosi, Philippe Disclosed
The scale of investment needed to slow greenhouse gas emissions is larger than governments can manage through transfers. Therefore, climate change policies rely heavily on markets and private capital. ... See More + This is especially true in the case of the Kyoto Protocol with its provisions for trade and investment in joint projects. This paper describes institutions and policies important for new carbon markets and explains their origins. Research efforts that explore conceptual aspects of current policy are surveyed along with empirical studies that make predictions about how carbon markets will work and perform. The authors summarize early investment and price outcomes from newly formed markets and point out areas where markets have preformed as predicted and areas where markets remain incomplete. Overall the scale of carbon-market investment planned exceeds earlier expectations, but the geographic dispersion of investment is uneven and important opportunities for abatement remain untapped in some sectors, indicating a need for additional research on how investment markets work. How best to promote the development and deployment of new technologies is another promising area for study identified in the paper. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4761 OCT 01, 2008
Larson, Donald F.; Ambrosi, Philippe; Dinar, Ariel; Rahman, Shaikh Mahfuzur; Entler, Rebecca Disclosed
This paper uses a cross sectional method to analyze irrigation choice and crop choice across 8,405 farmers in 28 provinces in China. The findings show that Chinese farmers are more likely to irrigate when facing lower temperatures and less precipitation. ... See More + Farmers in warmer places are more likely to choose oil crops, maize, and especially cotton and wheat, and are less likely to choose vegetables, potatoes, sugar, and especially rice and soybeans. In wetter locations, farmers are more likely to choose soybeans, oil crops, sugar, vegetables, cotton, and especially rice, and they are less likely to choose potatoes, wheat, and especially maize. The analysis of how Chinese farmers have adapted to current climate, provides insight into how they will likely adapt when climate changes. Future climate scenarios will cause farmers in China to want to reduce irrigation and shift toward oil crops, wheat, and especially cotton. In turn, farmers will shift away from potatoes, rice, vegetables, and soybeans. However, adaptation will likely vary greatly from region to region. Policy makers should anticipate that adaptation is important, that the magnitude of changes depends on the climate scenario, and that the desired changes depend on the location of each farm. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4758 OCT 01, 2008
Wang, Jinxia; Mendelsohn, Robert; Dinar, Ariel; Huang, Jikun Disclosed
This paper examines the distribution of climate change impacts across the 16 agro-ecological zones in Africa using data from the Food and Agriculture Organization combined with economic survey data from a Global Environment Facility/World Bank project. ... See More + Net revenue per hectare of cropland is regressed on a set of climate, soil, and socio-economic variables using different econometric specifications "with" and "without" country fixed effects. Country fixed effects slightly reduce predicted future climate related damage to agriculture. With a mild climate scenario, African farmers gain income from climate change; with a more severe scenario, they lose income. Some locations are more affected than others. The analysis of agro-ecological zones implies that the effects of climate change will vary across Africa. For example, currently productive areas such as dry/moist savannah are more vulnerable to climate change while currently less productive agricultural zones such as humid forest or sub-humid zones become more productive in the future. The agro-ecological zone classification can help explain the variation of impacts across the landscape. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4599 APR 01, 2008
Seo, S. Niggol; Mendelsohn, Robert; Dinar, Ariel; Hassan, Rashid; Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep Disclosed
Using economic data from more than 8,500 household surveys across 10 African countries, this paper examines whether the choice of farm type depends on the climate and agro-ecological zone of each farm. ... See More + The paper also studies how farm type choice varies across farmers in each zone, using a multinomial logit choice model. Farmers are observed to choose from one of the following five types of farms: rainfed crop-only, irrigated crop-only, mixed rainfed (crop and livestock), mixed irrigated, and livestock-only farming. The authors compare current decisions against future decisions as if the only change were climate change. They focus on two climate scenarios from existing climate models: the Canadian Climate Centre scenario, which is hot and dry, and the Parallel Climate Model scenario, which is mild and wet. The results indicate that the change in farm types varies dramatically by climate scenario but also by agro-ecological zone. Policy makers must be careful to encourage the appropriate suite of measures to promote the most adapted farm type to each location. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4602 APR 01, 2008
Seo, Niggol; Mendelsohn, Robert; Dinar, Ariel; Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep; Hassan, Rashid Disclosed
This paper examines how farmers have adapted their livestock operation to the current climate in each agro-ecological zone in Africa. The authors examine how climate has affected the farmer's choice to raise livestock or not and the choice of animal species. ... See More + To measure adaptation, the analysis regresses the farmer's choice on climate, soil, water flow, and socio-economic variables. The findings show that climate does in fact affect the farmer's decision about whether to raise livestock and the species. The paper also simulates how future climates may alter these decisions using forecasts from climate models and the estimated model. With a hot dry scenario, livestock ownership will increase slightly across all of Africa, but especially in West Africa and high elevation agro-ecological zones. Dairy cattle will decrease in semi-arid regions, sheep will increase in the lowlands, and chickens will increase at high elevations. With a mild and wet scenario, however, livestock adoption will fall dramatically in lowland and high latitude moist agro-ecological zones. Beef cattle will increase and sheep will fall in dry zones, dairy cattle will fall precipitously and goats will rise in moist zones, and chickens will increase at high elevations but fall at mid elevations. Livestock adaptations depend on the climate scenario and will vary across the landscape. Agro-ecological zones are a useful way to capture how these changes differ from place to place. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4601 APR 01, 2008
Seo, S. Niggol; Mendelsohn, Robert; Dinar, Ariel; Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep Disclosed
This paper quantifies how African farmers have adapted their crop and irrigation decisions to their farm's current agro-ecological zone. The results indicate that farmers carefully consider the climate and other conditions of their farm when making these choices. ... See More + These results are then used to forecast how farmers might change their irrigation and crop choice decisions if climate changes. The model predicts African farmers would adopt irrigation more often under a very hot and dry climate scenario but less often with a mild and wet scenario. However, farms in the deserts, lowland humid forest, or mid elevation humid forest would reduce irrigation even in the very hot and dry climate scenario. Area under fruits and vegetables would increase Africa-wide with the very hot and dry climate scenario, except in the lowland semi-arid agro-ecological zone. Millet would increase overall under the mild and wet scenario, but decline substantially in the lowland dry savannah and lowland semi-arid agro-ecological zones. Maize would be chosen less often across all the agro-ecological zones under both climate scenarios. Wheat would decrease across Africa. The authors recommend that care must be taken to match adaptations to local conditions because the optimal adaptation would depend on the agro-ecological zone and the climate scenario. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4600 APR 01, 2008
Seo, Niggol; Mendelsohn, Robert; Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep; Dinar, Ariel; Hassan, Rashid Disclosed
The success of development programs, including water resource projects, depends on two key factors: the role of underlying institutions and the impact synergies from other closely related programs. ... See More + Existing methodologies have limitations in accounting for these critical factors. This paper fills this gap by developing a methodology, which quantifies both the roles that institutions play in impact generation and the extent of impact synergies that flows from closely related programs within a unified framework. The methodology is applied to the Kala Oya Basin in Sri Lanka in order to evaluate the impacts of three water-related programs and the roles of 11 institutions in the context of food security. The results provide considerable insights on the relative role of institutions and the flow of development synergies both within and across different impact pathways. The methodology can also be used to locate slack in impact chains and identify policy options to enhance the impact flows. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4498 JAN 01, 2008
Saleth, R. Maria; Dinar, Ariel Disclosed
Several studies addressing the supply and demand for food in China suggest that the nation can largely meet its needs in the coming decades. However, these studies do not consider the effects of climate change. ... See More + This paper examines whether near future expected changes in climate are likely to alter this picture. The authors analyze the effect of temperature and precipitation on net crop revenues using a cross section consisting of both rainfed and irrigated farms. Based on survey data from 8,405 households across 28 provinces, the results of the Ricardian analysis demonstrate that global warming is likely to be harmful to China but the impacts are likely to be very different in each region. The mid latitude region of China may benefit from warming but the southern and northern regions are likely to be damaged by warming. More precipitation is beneficial to Chinese farmers except in the wet southeast. Irrigated and rainfed farmers have similar responses to precipitation but not to temperature. Warmer temperatures may benefit irrigated farms but they are likely to harm rainfed farms. Finally, seasonal effects vary and are offsetting. Although we were able to measure the direct effect of precipitation and temperature, we could not capture the effects of change in water flow which will be very important in China. Can China continue feeding itself if climate changes? Based on the empirical results, the likely gains realized by some farmers will nearly offset the losses that will occur to other farmers in China. If future climate scenarios lead to significant reductions in water, there may be large damages not addressed in this study. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4470 JAN 01, 2008
Wang, Jinxia; Mendelsohn, Robert; Dinar, Ariel; Huang, Jikun; Rozelle, Scott; Zhang, Lijuan Disclosed
The environment and security literature has argued that freshwater scarcity often leads to inter-state conflict, and possibly acute violence. The contention, however, ignores the long history of hydro-political cooperation exemplified by hundreds of documented agreements. ... See More + Building on a theory that considers the relationship between scarcity and hydro-political cooperation, this paper empirically investigates why treaties are negotiated for some rivers and between some riparians, and not others. The paper suggests that long-term water scarcity has a significant influence on levels of cooperation. Additional variables considered include trade, level of governance among the riparian states, and the geography of the river. Findings confirm that cooperation and scarcity embody a concave (inverted U curve) relationship. Governance has a positive impact on cooperation. In addition, riparians may either arrange the use of their scarce water resources via a treaty or trade (and indirectly exchange [virtual] water). Scarcity, governance, and trade were found to be most salient in explaining levels of cooperation while geography is significant in some of the estimates. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4294 JUL 01, 2007
Dinar, Shlomi; Dinar, Ariel; Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep Disclosed
This report offers four carefully analyzed case studies in various countries that together may offer a reasonable framework to learn from. Moreover, the case studies present important indicators and demonstrate the inherent potential that technology and institutions have to improve cost recovery implementation. ... See More + The first chapter -- cost recovery of irrigation and drainage projects: wishful thinking or difficult reality -- provides information collected in various agencies about the range of cost recovery collection strategies and introduces discussion that will take place. Chapter two -- canal automation and cost recovery -provides an overview of a canal automation system. The third chapter -- satellite measurements to assess and charge for groundwater abstraction -- focuses on a relatively new method that computes evapotranspiration (ET), net groundwater-use, and groundwater abstractions in irrigated areas using satellite-based measurements of land surface temperature and surface reflectance with a minimum of field data. The fourth chapter, -- cost recovery in the irrigation and drainage sector : user's participation as a mechanism for its promotion -- focuses on an approach that charges for irrigation and drainage in Egypt. Chapter five -- advancing irrigation cost recovery in the Republic of Yemen : a community cost-sharing approach -- presents an approach applied in Yemen, a water-scarce country. Chapter 6 -- what is common and what is specific in initiatives aiming to improve cost recovery : a synthesis of case studies -- integrates the set of experiences and analyzes the common issues and themes in technical and institutional approaches to improve cost recovery. See Less -
Working Paper (Numbered Series) 38716 JAN 01, 2007
Dinar, Ariel; Dayem, Safwat Abdel; Agwe, Jonathan Disclosed
Governments and developing agencies promote participatory approaches in solving common pool resource problems, such as in the water sector. Two main participatory approaches have been applied separately, namely negotiation and mediation. ... See More + In this paper the authors apply the Role-Playing Game that is a component of the Companion Modeling approach, a negotiation procedure, and the Cooperative Game Theory (Shapley value and the Nucleolus solution concepts) that can be mirrored as a mediated mechanism to a water allocation problem in the Kat watershed in South Africa. While the absolute results of the two approaches differ, the negotiation and the cooperative game theory provide similar shares of the benefit allocated to the players from various cooperative arrangements. By evaluating the two approaches, the authors provide useful tips for future extension for both the Role-Playing Games and the Cooperative Game Theory applications. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4083 DEC 01, 2006
Dinar, Ariel; Farolfi, Stefano; Patrone, Fioravante; Rowntree, Kate Disclosed
This paper provides a review of various applications of cooperative game theory (CGT) to issues of natural and environmental resources. With an increase in the level of competition over environmental and natural resources, the incidents of disputes have been at the center of allocation agreements. ... See More + The paper reviews the cases of common pool resources such as fisheries and forests, and cases of environmental pollution such as acid rain, flow, and stock pollution. In addition to providing examples of cooperative solutions to allocation problems, the conclusion from this review suggests that cooperation over scarce environmental and natural resources is possible under a variety of physical conditions and institutional arrangements. CGT applications to international fishery disputes are especially useful in that they have been making headway in policy-related agreements among states and regions of the world. Forest applications are more local in nature, but of great relevance in solving disputes among communities and various levels of governments. See Less -
Policy Research Working Paper WPS4073 NOV 01, 2006
Zara, Stefano; Dinar, Ariel; Patrone, Fioravante Disclosed
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Cocktails and Spirits with Paul Clarke: Starting from Scratch with Scotch
In last week's Washington Post, longtime drinks correspondent Jason Wilson reiterated an admission that had long had whiskey--er, make that whisky--drinkers peppering him with emails: the fact that he didn't love scotch "as much as some think I should."
I know the feeling. I've been covering spirits and cocktails for the better part of five years, and while I've plumbed deep on rum, American whiskey, absinthe, and other spirits, scotch has long eluded me as a subject of fascination.
Wait--did you hear that sound? That was a thousand scotch-lovers banging their desks in frustration before beginning to pepper away at their keyboards with angry, or helpful, or disbelieving comments. Every spirit has those who love it beyond all others, and scotch whisky--and here we're mainly talking about the world of single malts--has a particularly ardent fan base; as Wilson notes, should he make a mistake regarding the spelling of the spirit, including an errant 'e' in 'whisky' when it's typically reserved for spirits of Irish or American manufacture, he'll be sure to receive a slew of comments, some more helpful than others: "[...] some Scotch enthusiast will leave a nice comment online that reads, 'But they'd spell it Whisky, wouldn't they?' That comment will be below the one that calls you 'so uninformed i wonder how much actual knowledge you have' but goes on to spell both 'Cointreau' and 'liqueur' wrong."
This isn't to say I don't like scotch--to the contrary, I'm a big fan of all types of whisk(e)y. But my tastes, and my interests, have more typically been focused on American whiskies, which have a history and organizational structure that are more or less approachable and easy to determine, whereas scotch is governed by a set of rules and traditions that can be impenetrable for the casual observer. It doesn't help that the world of scotch whisky is relatively immense and, to the initiate, bizarre and complex, full of brand names that are peculiar amalgamations of strangled consonants and with a Byzantine array of styles. I know my Islay from my Speyside and a few of the major brands from each region, but beyond that I'm mostly lost. I'd like to learn more, but I feel I'd need a free year or so just to get started.
So hold the scolding, scotch drinkers, and share the wealth of your experience: where would you recommend an interested whisky drinker start to explore? And everyone has favorites brands and styles--what are yours?
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332 FG 12 AF - The Tuskegee Airmen
Due to the rigid pattern of racial segregation that prevailed in the United States during World War II, over 966 Black military aviators were trained at an isolated training complex near the town of Tuskegee, Alabama and at Tuskegee Institute now known as Tuskegee University. Four Hundred and fifty black fighter pilots under the command of Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., (who was to later become the U. S. Air Force's first Black General) fought in the aerial war over North Africa, Sicily and Europe flying in secession, P-40, P-39, P-47, and P-51 type aircraft. These gallant men flew 15,553 sorties and completed 1578 missions with the 12th Tactical U. S. Army Air Force and the 15th Strategic U. S. Army Air Force.
They were called the "Schwartze Volgelmenschen" (Black Birdmen) by the Germans who both feared and respected them. White American bomber crews reverently referred to them as "The Redtail Angels" because of the identifying red paint on their tail assemblies and because of their reputation for not losing bombers to enemy fighters as they provided fighter escort to bombing missions over
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The 99th Fighter Squadron which had already distinguished itself over North Africa, Sicily, an Anzio was joined with three more black squadrons; the 100th, the 301st, and the 302nd to be designated as the 332nd Fighter Group. Flying from Italian bases they also destroyed enemy rail traffic, coast watching surveillance stations and hundreds of vehicles on air to ground strafing missions. Sixty-six of these pilots were killed in aircraft accidents or in aerial combat while another thirty-two were shot down and captured as prisoners of war. These Black Airmen came home with 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses, a Legions of Merit, 744 Air Medals, 8 Purple Hearts, 2 Soldiers Medals, 14 Bronze Stars and the Red Star Yugoslavia. They destroyed or damaged over 409 German aircraft, (111 in the air) over 950 units of ground transportation, and Gwynn Pierson leading a flight of four, sank a destroyer with machine gun fire, which was a distinctive achievement. Not one friendly bomber was lost to enemy aircraft attack during the 200 escort missions. This success was unique because no other fighter unit with nearly as many missions could make the same claim.


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Jones Beach tunnel repair is on schedule
A $2.5 million project to replace the original, 83-year-old pedestrian tunnel under Ocean Parkway to Jones Beach Parking Field 4 is within budget and on time for completion by Memorial Day weekend, officials said.
The work by Farmingdale-based Posillico Civil Inc. involves replacing the entire 160-foot-long concrete box culvert connecting the parking field with the main Jones Beach Park building south of the water tower at the south end of the Wantagh State Parkway.
The job has required closure of the westbound Ocean Parkway west of the water tower as work is carried out on the northern half of the tunnel.
Signs direct westbound motorists to a detour to the Bay Parkway, via the northbound Wantagh. A similar detour will be required for eastbound traffic next month when construction work starts on the tunnel's southern portion.
"The project's moving at a great pace and is currently on schedule," said state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Eileen Peters.
Motorists wishing to avoid delays should avoid the area, because the detour adds about 10 minutes to travel times, she said.
The work requires ripping up the parkway, and excavating and removing the old tunnel culvert in sections. So far, the new precast concrete sections have been set in place for the northern half of the tunnel. After being waterproofed, it will be backfilled and the western section of Ocean Parkway reconstructed over its top.
Once that work is completed, workers will start on the southern half, a job that requires ripping up the eastbound portion of the parkway.
The project is not related to superstorm Sandy. The former tunnel had already deteriorated to such an extent that a portion of the culvert box structure had already been shored up with temporary steel framing to maintain safe access for both pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
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Courtesy of Great Gluten-Free Baking, published by Hearst Books/Sterling Publishing 2007.
Makes 20 cookies
INGREDIENTS1 1/4 cups brown rice flour
1/2 teaspoon xanthan gum
1 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
grated rind 1 orange
4 tablespoons butter
1 egg
2 tablespoons light corn syrup
For the decoration:
1 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon boiling water
food coloring (optional)
gluten-free candy decorations (optional)
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Place all the dry ingredients in a food processor, turn the motor on, then feed the remaining ingredients down the tube, adding a little extra flour if the mixture becomes too wet or adding a little milk if the mix is too dry.
2. Scrape the dough out of the bowl onto a surface dusted lightly with rice flour. Roll out the dough to a thickness of 1/4 inch and use animal cutters of your choice to cut out 20 cookies, rolling up any excess dough and rerolling and cutting again.
3. Place the cookies on baking sheets and place in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes, until golden. Remove from the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
4. Mix the confectioners' sugar with the water and add coloring if you want. Smooth over the cookies, or just use some to pipe on details, decorate with candy decorations, if using, then let set.
(based on individual servings)
Calories: 106
Total Fat: 2 g
Carbohydrates: 22 g
Fiber: 0 g
Protein: 0g


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How do I accept CIPE connection requests coming from the outside?
CIPE stands for Crypto IP Encapsulation (see howto Establishing a CIPE Connection) . It is used to configure an IP tunneling device. For example, CIPE can be used to grant access from the outside world into a Virtual Private Network (VPN). All you need to find out CIPE number, once you got the number (device name) append following two IPTABLE rules (add rule to your iptables script) to script:
Iptables rules:
Add the following rules to your iptables script or configuration file:
iptables -A INPUT -p udp -i cipcb0 -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -o cipcb0 -j ACCEPT
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kids at my school had great names:
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40kWh Model S reservation estimate?
40kWh Model S reservation estimate?
I have a reservation and am 90% going for the 40. Right now my daily driver is the 23kWh Ford Focus Electric and I think the extra range the Model S 40 will fit my needs. Comes down to I'd rather get the car with leather, tech, and 21's than a bigger battery.
Since some 85kWh in the 12,000 range are ready to be built, then there are a lot of 40 and 60's out there. Might be in the range of 75% for both. Not much data for the 60's and no 40 have been produced yet!
Remember that red and standard suspension are also delayed. For all you know all the cars skipped over are red 85kWh orders. Nobody really knows what the mix is.
1250 Sig/Founders + 12500 US Prod + 250 Can Prod = 14000 got the invites
minus 3200 produced
= 10,800 for the 40kWh, 60kWh, multi coat red, standard suspension, cancellations, postponements
No idea how many 40 kWh in the mix though
There are more skips that don't fall in those categories. I'm P6918, Performance 85, Grey, Air Suspension, 21" silver wheels, no trade-in, no financing, but no VIN yet. So there are still "normal" 85's in that 10,800 number.
Yeah, I was initially thinking I would go with the 40kWh config but then idea of being able to go for a wine country trip in Model S made me go for the 85 instead. The warranty difference is pretty compelling as well as I have 70 mile roundtrip commute to work everyday. I'll be racking up miles quickly. Can't beat 8 years unlimited miles!
You never know, there might just be more than 33% for all we know.
I think that as more and more people see this beautiful car on the street, it will attract more buyers in the lower income range and the 40kWh will work fine for them. I think the car will be rated with a range of about 130 miles which is far greater than than the average daily commute of 95% of Americans who commute by car. I've been waiting 3+ years for my 40kWh and while I understand while Tesla is pushing out the higher margin cars, it is beginning to upset me to see people with P8000+ getting their cars. That's just not right.
Brian10 - I think the EPA rating will be 145-150 based on rating arc of 85 and 60 and the assumption it will weigh slightly less.
As for waiting, I agree the wait is long but I'd rather have Tesla be safely making money and be a long-term auto manufacturer due to more revenue early on from making the more expensive cars first.
TM is making what it can as fast as it can. Their first runs well all Signatures, which were loaded 85s. The least "fussy" transition for them was to carry on making 85s. So they did.
typo: "... runs were all Signatures ..."
ChasF. Only TM has that info. May I inquire what your reservation # is? The reason I ask is, most 85kWh reservations have been or are being filled to approx. #P10000+ (on TMC, Seegem got a delivery date in Feb for #12,127), 60 kWh reservations are being manufactured in the P6300+. TM is making great progress!
This may help give you a point of reference on your inquiry based on your reservation #. As far as bad news, I suspect TM will continue to favor 85s and 60s moving them up the queue.
Personally I think the 40kWh MS is one of the all time great, automotive bargains. Waiting (in the dark)is never fun. My advise, 'if it doesn't kill you it makes you stronger.' When your delivery day arrives you will enjoy your MS that much more.
Just thinking that 85 and 60 with air and not new red, are only 33% of the cars, just check the delivery spreadsheet.
the price is also appealing to me as my daily comutte is less then 5 miles a day to and from work. however I do take the occassional raod trip to california from Az and not sure there are enough charging stations out here yet and at 600 miles i believe it would be difficult to find charging station every 100 miles or so
I was give a May/June delivery date for my 40, with air suspension.
i live in Honolulu, so there isn't enough island to need more than 140 miles.
I reserved in Sept '12' and ordered in Jan '13. My delivery estimate is May-Jun, '13. Reservation no. 12,100.
Various cross-country drives have gone thru. Check for RV parks, in particular KOA sites. All have 14-50 outlets, which they call "50 amp" outlets, and will usually readily rent or give you access. Comfy cabins available if you need to overnight, too.
When I finalized my car via phone, I was torn btw the 40 and the 60. I asked e phone rep and they said "about 20%" get the 40. I'm not sure is he was estimating or if that is a good number, but I was curious so I asked!
thanks Brian H can I ask what model you have and how much did you pay total. How is your experience so far with driving, getting financing etc etc, if that gets too personal sorry and you dont have to answer :-)
@cmarkortiz - since there is no negotiation, if you know what configuration the car was then you know how much he paid for it.
I'm likely to be in the used GenIII market! Just call me a Tesla fan-boy who loves the technology.
oh ok I love them as well and hope to be a consumer very soon
on 40K Elon just said in the Earnings Call about 10% (or less) ordered the 40K model
I would not take the 10% figure as guidance for the future. It may vary in the future, though my surprise is that they won't even sell the 40 in Europe, where distances are shorter, car prices are higher with respect to income, and gas is more expensive.
In other words, the value prop of a 40 in Europe is decidedly higher than it is in the US. If anything it would make more sense for the 40 to be an export model, while dropping it in the US.
@danielccc - my experience of the UK, Holland and Germany is that there is a lot more city-to-city driving and the commutes are often quite long. Average annual mileage in the UK is 12,000, vs 15,000 in the US so not that different. There's no way I would have been able to use a 40kWh car in the UK, and neither could most of my co-workers. Their commutes were too long.
Well more crap for the 40's. If the figure is 10%, well that is more than the Sigs!
1: Here is your seq number.
2: Order Leather and Air, so you don't have to wait.
3. Commit your 5K so that we can start the car.
4: Sigs first, OK, they deserive it.
5: So for now only 85's, that was back in June 22.
6: 60's get EPA, so now only 85 and 60.
7: 40 kWh cars will begin production in March 2013. Deliveries will begin in March/early April.
8: ".....expect deliveries of the 40kWh cars to begin later this summer".
What's Next????
Sorry, I missed a few more things (6 & 8)
Well more crap for the 40's. If the figure is 10%, well that is more than the Sigs!
1: Here is your seq number.
2: Order Leather and Air, so you don't have to wait.
3. Commit your 5K so that we can start the car.
4: Sigs first, OK, they deserive it.
5: So for now only 85's, that was back in June 22.
6: The 50,000 Mile Prepaid Maintenance program, for the car that need minimal maintenance
7: 60's get EPA, so now only 85 and 60.
8: The $2,500 price increase
9: 40 kWh cars will begin production in March 2013. Deliveries will begin in March/early April.
10: ".....expect deliveries of the 40kWh cars to begin later this summer".
What's Next????
Also, the competition in the 40kWh level is intense. TM's cars at 60 and 85 have the field to themselves.
@Brian H,
If they drop the 40's the future of GenIII is never going to happen!
No used GenIII's
If yoo really think about, the whole GenIII, is fading just like the pictures in back to the future! Europe 40, US 40, GenIII.


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The newly opened Talecris Plasma Donor Center has seen more than 800 donors since opening its doors last month, and officials expect traffic to remain steady during the holiday season.
The newly opened Talecris Plasma Donor Center has seen more than 800 donors since opening its doors last month, and officials expect traffic to remain steady during the holiday season.
Plasma is collected at the center, which opened in the North Towne Mall in Rockford, and shipped to the Talecris headquarters in North Carolina to manufacture medication and vaccines.
The plasma has proteins and antibodies that can be used in treatment for hemophilia and genetic immune deficiency disorders. Donors are reimbursed for their donations and the time spent donating.
Dr. Barbara Bellar, the center's medical director, said the goal is to see 1,300 donors a month. The center has between 30 and 40 beds and machines operating at one time.
"Overall, it's an interesting time for the industry," Bellar said. "We're seeing your everyday, off-the-street person coming in. It's a very altruistic, practical way to get pocket change for the holiday season."
Center officials recommend making a donation appointment if you're crunched for time, especially for new donors because the process takes longer the first time. But Bellar emphasized that they don't turn away walk-in donors.
A poor economy is contributing to some of the increased traffic, spokesman Steven Goldsmith said.
"At least the anecdotal feedback we're getting from donors is that they're happy to have the extra money this year," Goldsmith said.
Starting Dec. 1, new donors will receive $30 for their first donation and $50 for their second donation. Donors then fall into a regular pay scale. Donating twice in one calendar week pays $20 for the first donation and $35 for the second donation.
Saturdays are especially busy at the center, Bellar said, and five to six donors at a time are moved from the lobby to the donor stations.
Bellar said center officials are considering using currently unused space to add more machines and beds.
Center hours are from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays. The center will be closed Thursday and Friday, allowing employees to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday, Goldsmith said. The center also will be closed on Dec. 24 and Dec. 25.
Donors must have a permanent residence within 50 miles of the center, be 18 or older, weigh at least 110 pounds, and complete a medical history review, medical exam and testing for HIV, HCV and HBV.
Call the center at (815) 633-7125 for more information.
Melissa Westphal can be reached at (815) 987-1341 or email@example.com.


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A tow-truck driver in Norway luckily escaped before his truck plunged off a snowy mountain.
In the video, the driver jumps out of the tipping truck around 12-second mark. According to the BBC, another man was inside the tractor trailer being pulled, but he survived the fall with minor only injuries.


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Arakku Valley+Chattisgarh....
Tommoro I am leaving to some of the remote places in India which is kissed by very few travellers.
I am going on a bike trip for 12 days to Arakku and the unexplored Chattis.After a lot of pleadind and pestering I got leave till 10th july from work.
This 4000 kms bike trip has a lot of risky areas which need to be crossed.Let me play with my luck and see.
Will be back in blogsphere if I comeback alive from the trip..


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June 21, 2013
BERLIN (AP) — A diplomatic dispute over Turkey's EU membership bid and a crackdown on demonstrations in the country intensified Friday as Germany summoned the Turkish ambassador over comments made by a minister about Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Merkel on Monday criticized the crackdown by security forces as "much too strong." The chancellor also has long been skeptical of Turkey's ambitions to join the European Union; her coalition government supports continuing membership talks, but this week blocked a decision to move forward the negotiations.
Turkey's minister in charge of EU affairs, Egemen Bagis, suggested on Thursday that Merkel was picking on Turkey for political gain as she attempts to win a third term in September elections. Bagis said that if Merkel is looking for "internal political material," then "this should not be Turkey." He also pointed to the election defeat last year of then-French President Nicolas Sarkozy, a fellow opponent of Turkey's EU membership.
"If Mrs. Merkel follows and reviews what happened to Sarkozy, who previously tried to use (Turkey) as political material, she will see that the fate of those who mess around with Turkey is not all that good," said Bagis, who is Turkey's chief EU negotiator.
German Foreign Ministry spokesman Andreas Peschke told reporters that ambassador Huseyin Avni Karslioglu was summoned to the ministry Friday. He would say only that the reason was comments by a Turkish official regarding Germany and the future of the EU membership talks, adding: "These are comments that met with incomprehension — this is not in order."
In an apparent tit-for-tat action, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Germany's top diplomat was being summoned, because the government wanted to express its "discomfort" with what he called "certain statements that have disturbed Turkey." Davutoglu, who spoke to Turkish state media during a visit to Ukraine, did not specify what statements he meant.
Bagis said Friday he hoped that Germany "steps back from (the) serious mistake" of blocking progress in Turkey's membership talks. Last month, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said he was hopeful of opening negotiations on another chapter in the membership talks before the end of June. But on Thursday, Germany and the Netherlands blocked a decision to do so.
That chapter concerns regional policies, not Turkey's protests. Asked whether the decision to block its opening was linked to the Turkish crackdown, Peschke said it was down to "open technical questions" on which he wouldn't elaborate.
However, he added that "of course, as always in life, everything is linked to everything else." Human rights groups have said the protests in Turkey have left more than 5,000 people injured and more than 3,000 were detained and then released.
The demonstrations were sparked by a police crackdown on environmental activists in Istanbul May 31, but protesters also criticized what some regard as Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authoritarian style of leadership.
Merkel also said Monday that "what is happening at the moment in Turkey does not correspond to our idea of the freedom to protest and the freedom of speech." NATO member Turkey began EU accession negotiations in 2005, but has made little progress, in part reflecting unease among some in Europe to admitting a populous Muslim nation.
Turkey's entry talks cover 35 different areas, or chapters. Only 13 have been opened, and several areas have been frozen over Turkey's refusal to allow ships and planes from Cyprus, an EU member, to enter its ports and airspace.
Germany itself is a potential obstacle to Turkish EU membership given that Merkel and her conservative party have long advocated a lesser, vaguely defined "privileged partnership," though Westerwelle's Free Democrats — her junior coalition partners— are less skeptical.
A spokesman for Merkel stressed that Germany's support for continuing membership talks remains unchanged. "Neither the chancellor nor the government are in any way questioning the accession process," Georg Streiter said. "It's not about whether, only about how the accession process is continued."
Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, contributed to this report.


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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Not In The Spirit
I am quite possibly the only person in the world who hates Halloween.
Everywhere I go I see skeletons, monsters, giant spiders, vampires, you name it. My neighbors have a severed hand and cobwebs on their mailbox. Another neighbor up the street has a giant blow-up combination pumpkin-ghost thing with a stomach that has things flying around like a snow globe. Who the hell thought that one up?
I didn't used to mind it so much. Back when I was a kid in the dark ages, we dressed up and went trick or treating as soon as it got dark. We'd grab a pillow case and only went home when it was full. We'd walk for miles (or maybe it just seemed like miles). The candy would last until Christmas.
When my own kids were small, hubby would take them out and I'd stay home and give out the candy. And their costumes were always home made. We had a Smurf, a dice, a cowboy, a crayon, Batman, Ninjas, Power Rangers, and some I've forgotten. I'd have to get out the photos. The best costumes were the Union and Confederate uniforms they wore one year. I vowed to never sew another costume after that. They about did me in.
It seems to me that Halloween has lost its spirit. And I don't mean the ghostly kind. It used to be a fun time when people would use their imaginations and come up with clever costumes. No one wanted to have the same costume as anyone else. We put hours and hours into the planning, and more hours into making the costume, all the while never breathing a word of it to our friends because we didn't want it to be copied. Now people just go into any store and buy the same thing that hundreds of others are wearing.
People must be making up for the lack of imagination in choosing costumes by going over the top with their decorations. I don't get how anyone thinks a skeleton hanging from a tree draped with purple and orange lights does anything to boost their curb appeal. What's wrong with just having a nice fall welcome plaque and a plain old pumpkin, like I have?
Do I sound crotchety? Good. I am. Or maybe I'm missing the good old-fashioned Halloween. The one where kids actually said "Trick or treat," before you dropped a candy bar into their bag. Or gasp! Actually said "Thank you," when you did.
There is one consolation though. I don't have anyone calling me on the phone asking when Halloween is.
How about you? Has Halloween lost its spirit? Have you lost yours?
15 comments:
- Annette said...
Joyce, I'm so focused on my revisions, I haven't had time to think about Halloween. Okay, I take that back. I've thought of buying candy for our non-existent trick-or-treaters so that I can eat it all myself. But I do enjoy some of the decorations. One house near here has a gazillion tombstones in their yard. Another has an honest-to-goodness hearse parked in the yard with crime scene tape around it and a few zombies or something lurking around the trees. I figure they've put considerable time and effort into it. Me? I have a small wooden jack-o-lantern, a gift from a friend, sitting on my desk. That's it.
- Joyce Tremel said...
Keep repeating revisions are fun. Revisions are fun. Revisions are fun. Oh hell. No they're not.
My word verification is "forgivex." My protagonist Irma Jean might take issue with that one.
- Annette said...
No, Joyce, they are not. In fact, they're scaring me more than any Halloween goblin.
Forgivex? Sounds like some some chemical you're supposed to sprinkle on the people who screw you over.
Preach it, Joyce! Halloween is for little kids. Now that mine are teens, I have no use for it. What makes matters worse is that my neighborhood's one that surly out-of-town teens get driven to for desultory, often rude, trick-or-treating.
I'm trying to talk my wife into imitating our neighbors, whose kids are a bit older: Lock up tight at 5:00 and head out for dinner and a movie. Give me a few more years and I think she'll buy in.
- Joyce Tremel said...
Yay, Steve! I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Our "official" hours for trick or treating are from 6pm to 8pm. I like the tiny kids who come to the door early. But like you, I find the older kids rude. I can't remember the last time one of them said "thank you." I close the door and turn out the porch lights precisely at 8. If anyone dare rings the bell after that, they get THE LOOK. Talk about scary.
Boo, humbug, Joyce!
Halloween is the most creative "holiday", are you kidding me? All those graveyard scenes--they're all different.
We have a costume party every couple of years. Not every year, because it would kill me. I decorate the entire first floor and the outside of the house, throw myself into creating matching costumes for my husband and myself, and make all kinds of food for the evening. The food always has some scary aspect, but in a sophisticated take, like squid ink pasta. And there's always a signature cocktail of the year.
As the oldest kid of four, I often made costumes for the clan, usually making our poor little brothers into girls. Then onto 35 years of child-raising, with tons of costumes for the three girls. Stop sign, angel, fairy princess, Laura Ingalls, dinosaur, clowns (three different kinds), etc. I once went to a costume party as Charlie Chaplin myself.
But I do miss what we used to say when we went out begging: "Keekle, keekle". Was that just a German thing?
PS Maybe it helps that we have not had a trick or treater come to our door in more than 20 years?
- Joyce Tremel said...
Karen, your Halloween sounds very creative. And your costumes were hand made! I rarely see that anymore. Too many people go only for the gore instead of the fun, like you do.
- Joyce Tremel said...
No trick or treaters for 20 years! That could have a lot to do with it. They've really changed--even over the last few years. Some of the older kids don't even bother to put on a costume--they just grab a pillow case and go out.
- Jenna said...
I didn't grow up with Halloween. We had something similar between Christmas and New Year, where we all dressed up in old clothes from the attic and went door to door and knocked and sang Christmas carols in exchange for treats. We got a lot of oranges, I remember, and even got in the newspaper once. I don't think they do it anymore. As for Halloween, I do notice a lot of kids not dressing up anymore. I think my 12 yr old will probably put his foot down this year. 8 yr old is still excited. He wants to be Mario or Luigi. I have to go out and rustle up a pair of overalls.
- clpauwels said...
No, you're not alone! I'm mystified by the overkill that has become Halloween, from the garish lawn ornaments to the horrifying garb that passes for costumes. Yet another Hallmark-holiday excuse for over spending.
We stopped participating years ago. I'll stick with the corn stalks and maybe a pumpkin (uncarved!) or two.
- Ramona said...
I like Halloween, although I keep my decorations simple: a pumpkin on the front porch. Although I don't dress up, I am happy to hand out candy. The kids in my neighborhood are polite, and I like seeing them getting bigger from year to year.
I'm probably in the minority, but I love the teenagers! I think if a teen has the gumption to dress up and ask for candy, it's endearing.
I promise to make up for this good humor and good will at Christmas, which I despise more with each passing year. :)
- Patg said...
Sorry, I disagree, Halloween is the time to face your fears with some scary stuff. Yes, Fall/Autumn decor is good (I like holiday/season decorating) but the attention to detail for a night like Halloween is good for the spirit. Granted some stuff is overboard, but that's a matter of taste, and that can be overboard on everything. Look at some of the Christmas stuff, just from the taste POV.
The only thing I hate about store bought costumes is that they are all made in China.
Gosh, Joyce, I bet you hated that You-tube video of the Greatest Halloween decorated house that I helped pass around on FB. Just because it plays Thriller, I played it several times along with all the other times I've played the CD so I could ghoul march around the house.
Oh and I change my Google banner every day too. So many scary things.
No, I'm not with you on this one, Joyce. Viva la Halloween!!
- Joyce Tremel said...
I love all the differences in opinion.
And don't worry, you Halloween aficionados. I still love you.
I hear you sister, Halloween has lost its luster for me, too. I don't decorate like I used to, I suppose because my kids are grown. Now my hubby and I leave the house and go our for a nice dinner, LOL.
Nancy Lauzon