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The Legion Turns 10
Feb 01, 2016 - 12:51 PM - by
Legion and Friends,
Yesterday we turned 10 years old. Our community has endured more than can be summarized over the last decade. We've seen the planet Bob mold and shift into what we see today; we've seen the addition of Aircraft, Navies, Generals; we've seen alliance rise to power and we've seen those at the top fall; most importantly, we've seen friends come and go, some returning, some moving on to better places.
This community has meant more to me than I'm able to illustrate in a post. To myself and many others The Legion is far more than a collection of players from Cybernations. The Legion has brought friends from around the nation, in all walks of life, that have helped to mold us into who we are today.
Walking into our tenth birthday I knew that we needed something special to commemorate such a memorable achievement. How, though, can I summarize what The Legion means to all of us? I'm not able to manipulate a pen like Sinatra could in days past, I don't have the patience to articulate a wall of text to compete with The God of Lightning, and I don't have the same way with words that command attention like totem.
"What does The Legion mean to me?"
There is no single answer. The Legion has been what each of us has needed, what each of us has loved, and to each of us it's a unique piece of our personal history. The Legion is nothing short of an experience only translated from each of us individually. Fittingly, for our 10th anniversary I went on a mission to contact Legionnaires from all parts of our history to gather a statement on what The Legion has meant to them. While my words would almost certainly fall short, hopefully their will shine.
Happy Birthday, Legion. Enjoy this blast from the past!
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The Legion was more a family than a forum. Years have passed and I still think back on those times and smile. I will always remember the moments we shared and the friends I made. Ave Legio.
Originally Posted by
Lord Necronomis
Honestly, not sure I can give a single quote about what the legion means/meant to me. I was a kid when I joined, and people here became my family. I made friends here that I grew close to, who I could tell things I could never tell anyone else. I survived really hard times in my life by coming here and being a part of this. Sounds silly, or sappy, but I needed this place. If I'm being truthful, I found the game boring as hell from the beginning, but I kept playing for years because of the alliance and the people I knew here and in IRC.
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Except for a small time, The Legion has remained my home during my entire tenure of Cybernations. I have lived and fought beside some of the greatest Legionnaires to have ever worn the purple mantle. I am happy to have my place in the Hall of Fame with them.
Imperator Emeritus
Proconsul Emeritus
Foreign Minister Emeritus
Commodore Emeritus
aka- The guy who gave up sex that one time to plan a war.
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Vanik Hardil
My time in The Legion has been an extraordinary one. I joined October 14th, 2008. I was 16 years old, I am going to be 24 this year. Through everything in my life, good times and bad times, the Legion has been a home to me. Most everyone sat back and listened to my problems and successes and gave me advice to move forward in the right direction, and kicked me in the ass to keep me moving when I needed it.
I may have faded from the forefront of Legion and Cybernations politics, but just know that the call comes in for fire support and my nation is still here, fully armed and highly... prepared for prolonged war.
To those old and young, may Legion always be our home. Ave o/
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The God of Lightning
I've been a proud member of The Legion for 9 years and 2 months. I was initially a member in name only and barely looked at our forums. Then Purplegate happened. With our alliance falling apart I wanted to understand why it was happening and that is why I started taking an interest in what was happening in our alliance. I can't remember exactly how much I sent out in reparations but it was a lot. Posting in the organisation threads for the reparations is what gave me the confidence to get involved in other areas of The Legion. I eventually became the DoGM and then the MoIA.
My favourite Legion memory is organising our alliance map for one of our past anniversaries. I can't remember if it was for IV or VI but I worked out the Lon and Lat coordinates everyone needed and we spelt IV or VI on our alliance map. I'm also proud of all the guides we finished during my time as the DoGM and I've always enjoyed being part of the Australian wing of The Legion along side Arcadian and Dendarii. I hope there are still some other Australians out there.
For any new members reading this I encourage you to get involved in The Legion. Don't wait for a constitutional crisis like I did. Start with something simple and one day you'll be in the Consulate.
Happy Birthday Legion. 10 More Years.
Legion member since 26 November 2006
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King William IV
The Legion was all about hard work, learning to accept change, and finding unique solutions. Hard work because I had to keep a nation alive at a military school with no cybernations access, because any work one does would mostly go unnoticed, and because of many hours of IRC and debates that lead to results. It was about accepting change, because I joined right after GW3, I went through purple gate with many of you, and between that, the first occupation, the first charter, and constantly trying to improve a dwindling player base and public reputation that would shift on a whim. The unique solutions was the best part, it's where I got to dabble with the folks like LadyAberdeen, Hubb, TGOL, Melidan, totem, Iron Wolf, clock, Arb, Arcadian, Sinatra, Jacosby (ty for watching my nation), Assarax (first person I got to know), Lord Necro, Imperial, so many I'm forgetting and importantly Konkrage. In my time we got rid of the representative system and switched to the imperator govt, between hours of debate in the forums, the first draft that people didn't see was debated about on IRC between a few folks and I before a draft was presented. Those late nights talking with folks like Konk and totem helped shape the alliances future. Special shoutout to Iron Wolf and my love child, the praetorian guard. Konkrage, you kept me on an even keel many times, thanks for that. To you fine folks who remain, Ave Legio, and may you get as much or more out of your time here than I did.
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Nation created: 1/20/2007
Join date: 1/21/2007
A lot of people have called the Legion home in its 10 years history. I'm happy to be one of them and hope I've managed to do my part in helping her survive and thrive on planet Bob. At the time of this writing the Legion is the third oldest alliance still active in the game, and we have the scars to prove it. From #1 to almost disbanded and under foreign occupation and back up to sanction, the old girl has seen it all. And the one thing that kept us strong all these years is the community, who've sacrificed their pixels and more importantly, their free time (and sometimes even their sexy time ) to make sure the Legion kept going no matter what.
I don't want to list my jobs, titles or other accolades here because this isn't about me. Instead I want to say thank you for all the great people I've met, thank you for all the things I've learned and thank you for all the memories.
The Legion endures
Ave Legio!
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Arcadian Empire
At heart, the Legion is a community of people - and when you bring people from all over the world with some commonality, put them in one place and let things happen, you get awesome memories you'll look back fondly on. You usually just don't know it at the time. But that's the beauty of it." - Arcadian Empire; Director of Communications, Minister of Internal Affairs.
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In 2007, a young, immature, ruler created a nation. On the advice of a friend, that kid joined The Legion.
A few short months later, just as I was becoming comfortable, taking on responsibilities and making friends, the unthinkable happened. The alliance collapsed overnight. As the alliance ranks crumbled and once loyal members jumped ship for more peaceful shores, a few dedicated soldiers remained. I'm glad to have been one of them. In the years that followed, we built something we were proud of. Something we'll always be proud of. We rose the ranks once more, giving the finger to everyone who told us we should just lay down and die.
The Legion, to me, is more than just a name, a collection of nation-states. It's always been a family made up of people who would fight tooth and nail for each other, no matter the price. My nation is now gone and I am no longer an active member of this wonderful group, but nothing makes me smile quite like reading those Hall of Fame entries written for the truly exceptional people I'm blessed to call friends.
I'm endlessly joyful that The Legion has endured these years that I've been away. Though life may take us in many directions, flung far to the corners of the Earth, a part of us will always remember that we were, and are, Legionnaires.
Ave Legio, my brothers and sisters. Happy 10th anniversary.
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The legion was a place where people from all over the world came together and collaborated to grow and prosper. I was always amazed by how much effort people put into their jobs and how people really cared about the alliance. It really was incredible.
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I joined Legion in... what was it, 2006? 2007? It's been a long bloody time. I was fairly new to the game, maybe two months old at the time, and had previously been aligned with my (then) boyfriend and some of his roommates. You'll have to forgive my old-lady brain, but I don't remember too much from the beginning. Great Britain was President at the time, and somewhere along the line VL became Prime Minister. I had a few inner-alliance duties along the way, mostly working as a Recruiter and a "Training Cadre"? Is that still a thing? At any rate, I recruited a few newbies, fought a few wars, did all the magical things, and then something, something, politics, something, ran for Home Minister and won. That was pretty sweet.
There were a fair share of wars. I think we spent more time either in or preparing for war than we spent in peace. There was, uh... *pulls out list of medals* Great War III, which I think took place not long after I joined. The Dove War against those Valhallan bastards, the Unjust War... and apparently I was a part of the Second Unjust War. That's good to know. I'll have to look that one up later.
But, apart from all that outside hooplah, I was a rather busy bee inside the Legion. After serving as Home Minister for a term under VL (I think?) I went on to become Deputy Prime Minister under Swampy. A few more wars, a false disbanding (which somehow got my name on it despite the fact there was no official meeting on the subject), and at that point I think I fell off Planet Bob.
I'm sure the full story is absolutely riveting, but I can only recall a fraction of it. I remember so many names, avatars, and friendships made here, though (some of which I still keep in regular contact with), and I'm thankful for that much. Legion will always hold a special, pixelated place in my heart. And, should I ever return to CN, I would enjoy doing it all over again.
- wain
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Iron Wolf
No better community; no place like The Legion, no place like home.
6/19/2008-Planet Bob is ended
DoGM, MoIA, Historian, Praetorian Guard Commander
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10 years in The Legion come April 17. 10 years that I would not want to replace with anything. 10 years of various positions held, helping others, War, and Peace. Thank you for everything. I'll see you guys at the 20th anniversary and beyond.
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Mr. AdmiralX
My time in the legion was a place I felt at home, I looked forward to coming from school and spending time with those I considered friends. Minister of Defense, Minister of Economics, Director of Game Mechanics
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Salman Naveed
The Legion is another world besides the one I live in. It is a world where I can go with the knowledge that my ideas, my beliefs and my visions matter there and that there would be someone to help me out and to guide me and to treat me as if I was king.
Ave Legio!
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The Legion has been my home for almost a decade. The members of this community have seen me mature from a whiny 15 year old into the adult that I am today. I joined The Legion in 2006 and can still remember the days of waking up 2 hours before school just to manage my Cohort. The Legion was my first job, because being part of a 1,400+ member organization is nothing short of just that: a job. The Legion showed me what it meant to work as a team, to depend on friends, to take criticism (thank you), and much more. The Legion sparked my interest in business, which eventually lead to my current career. The Legion has shaped, and continues to shape, me in unforgettable ways. I am truly grateful to be a member of the community.
It has been an honor to have served with each and every one of you. I cannot thank each of you enough for sticking with me over the years. Looking back, I still don't know how you guys let that entitled 15 year old take a leadership position, but I am beyond grateful.
Happy Birthday, Legion. Ave Legio.
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Nonus anniversarius
Jan 31, 2015 - 5:31 PM - by
Nonus anniversarius
The Legion is nine years old today. Happy anniversary Legion!
The Legion was founded by Great Britain, January 31 2006. Originally, the alliance was named FCS Foreign Legion, as it originated from the expeditionary force, The Foreign Legion, of The Federal Commonwealth Society in NationStates.
I'd like to share with you this historic quote from Great Britain, January 31 2007 (
It is now January the 31st GMT time, a time that is more or less one year after the Legion was born in Cyber Nations. Legion looks rosey now, but back a year a lot of things could have played out differently, Initially when i had found this game, thanks to a link in Valiturus signature on the Nasicournia forum, i was torn on whether to join as a founding member of a then debated ADN Alliance from Nationstates (which we now know and love as ODN), after much deliberation i decided to create my own alliance.
And so, it came to pass that the second Nationstates cross over arrived at the door of CN, we didn't make the waves that NPO did, even though we become the fourth strongest alliance after the first day, behind GATO, NPO and NAAC.
For the first few days or so, we went by the name 'FCS Foreign Legion', this was due to the fact that a majority of our first members hailed from FCSTO regions in Nationstates, those recruits and members from the CPFC BBS, formed our membership foundation.
After a few days, our name changed to The Legion in February, to help promote ourselves to more nations, this worked and recruitment picked up steadily, enabling us to attract such esteemed and well known players in our first full month, such as SocCarolina, Lord Swampy, Master Revan and North Prussia, those greats are still among us as Legionnaires today!
Fast forward to today and it is time to celebrate our first year birthday!
*Great Britain cracks open the champagne
Since this is posted in the public forums, I'd also like to introduce you to the new Legion consulate (government):
Minister of Foreign Affairs
tom the pit leader
Minister of Internal Affairs
Minister of Economics
Minister of Defense
Inspector General - non-government ex officio
Ave Legio!
*CodFCS cracks open... totem's vodka!
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Annals of cheap: Skymark Airlines
Last spring, budget carrier Skymark Airlines announced new service from Narita airport to Hokkaido, Okinawa and Kyushu starting this fall, and as a special promotional incentive would offer one-way fares at only ¥980 for the first three months on each new route. The deal is limited to only 20 seats on each flight. These seats can only be booked through Skymark's website and have to be reserved at least 28 days in advance. Service to Asahikawa (one round trip a day) and Shin Chitose (Sapporo, two round trips) in Hokkaido commenced Oct. 30. Flights to Naha in Okinawa will begin Dec. 8 (two round trips), and supposedly the Fukuoka route opens on Feb. 1 of next year, though it hasn't been announced on the website yet. According to the Mainichi Shimbun, the ¥980 seats tend to be snatched up minutes after they're made available.
Skymark, which opened for business in 1996, has established these routes to compete with ANA's new special low-cost carrier Peach Airlines, which has begun service, but for the moment only flies out of Kansai International Airport in Osaka. The regular one-way fares for the new routes on Skymark are ¥12,800 for Shin Chitose, ¥13,800 for Asahikawa and Fukuoka and ¥16,800 for Naha, though there is also another limited deal for one-way flights as low as ¥3,800 for bookings made at least 21 days in advance. Regular one-way flights to all these destinations on JAL or ANA from Narita start at about ¥30,000. Basically, Skymark is be the first budget carrier to open a hub at Narita.
A Mainichi reporter took a flight to Shin Chitose the first day the ¥980 seats were available. He had been made aware that the flight offered "no service," though it's the same no matter which fare you pay. Consequently, he spent ¥120 for a bottle of tea in the airport and then discovered that Skymark only charged ¥100 for the same amount of tea on board. Having been conditioned to expect higher charges he was surprised (though not as surprised as we were that security allowed him to carry a liquid onto the plane). He also said the seats were not as cramped as he thought they'd be, comparing them to "non-reserved seats on the Shinkansen" in terms of roominess. He met a 31-year-old man on the flight who was going home to Sapporo "for the first time in 3 years" and felt it strange that the train from Shin Chitose Airport to the city proper was more (¥1,040) than the air fare from Tokyo.
The one demerit about the ¥980 flight is that Skymark has no arrangement with other airlines at Narita for backup flights to Hokkaido. That means if a Skymark flight is cancelled for any reason, the passenger either has to wait until the next available Skymark flight with empty seats, which might not be until the next day, or cancel the Skymark flight and buy a new ticket on another airline. The problem here is that most airlines that fly from Tokyo to Hokkaido — or anywhere in Japan — do so out of Haneda, including an increasing number of international carriers.
Tags: airlines, budget airlines, Low-cost carriers, Narita Airport, Skymark Airlines


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Just in case that whole Bravo housewives thingy doesn't quite work out, it seems Camille Grammer is looking ahead when it comes to her "career."
According to TMZ, Camille filmed a cameo role on CBS hit show $#*! My Dad. And get this, Camille plays a character named "Camille" who stars on a reality show called "Real Divorcees of San Diego." Camille's method acting will reportedly be featured on the show's season finale.
Camille, 42, is no stranger to acting, having starred in soft porn movies such as The Naked Detective and New York Nights. Some photos of Camille filming her guest spot are below.
TMZ also reports that Kelsey Grammer's 27-year-old daughter Spencer Grammer tied the knot with James Hesketh yesterday at City Hall in New York City. Present at the wedding was Kelsey, 55, and his fiancée Kayte Walsh, 29. Spencer is also an actress and currently stars on ABC Family's Greek.
And finally, the web was abuzz this week following a report by RadarOnline in which Spencer Pratt told the site that Heidi Montag was actively pursuing joining the cast of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Spencer even claimed they had a meeting planned with Bravo execs while Heidi took to her twitter page to declare – "Watch out Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Here comes Heidi."
We didn't report on the story because for one it sounded just as ridic as the story that came out last week claiming Camille might be joining the RHONYC cast. Plus we also had a ban on writing about the famewhores known as Heidi and Spencer unless the story about them ends up being pretty darn interesting and authentic, such as what you are about to read below.
This story immediately took an interesting turn when Andy Cohen first denied it earlier this week by tweeting a simple "Hell no" when asked if he would ever consider adding Speidi to the BH cast.
Things then took a turn for the better when Andy proceeded to let us know how he really felt about the two dingbats during the Thursday airing of Watch What Happens Live.
"Professionally, I'm not supposed to discuss any negotiations so I have to parse my words here," said Andy on WWHL. "That trash is delusional and I would sooner stab … knives into my own eyes than see her on this network." Andy then went on to award Heidi the "Jackhole of the Week."
Mazel to you Andy. Mazel.


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Twelve years ago, Professor Kevin Warwick became the world's first cyborg. Today, at Motherboard he's holding court on cybernetics, and how if we don't embrace our cyber upgrade potential, the robots will someday win.
Warwick knows what he's talking about, not just as the first man to have an RFID implant - letting him turn on lights by snapping his fingers, among other things - but as a Professor of Cybernetics at Reading University. His vision of the future is more of a warning, really; that "someday we'll switch on that machine, and we won't be able to switch it off." We're in an arms race with machines, so why not upgrade where we can?
It's fascinating stuff, if a little alarmist. But please don't tell Dr Warwick I said that, lest he blast me with the optical laser guns I'm sure he's equipped himself with. [Motherboard via BoingBoing]


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22 teens busted at Severna Park house party
Anne Arundel County police: Teens 14-17 were drinking
Anne Arundel County police said 22 minors were busted during a house party at a problematic Severna Park home.
Officers were called to a home in the 100 block of Southway Drive for a report of an underage drinking party around 9 p.m. Saturday. Police said this was the third time in four months officers have been called to the same home.
Police said the first officer on the scene saw minors walking out of the home with cans of beer in their hands. The officer went inside the open door and found the home full of minors drinking alcohol.
Although several people fled before more officers showed up, 22 people in the home were detained, police said.
Police said one minor fell out of a second-story window trying to avoid officers. He was uninjured and brought in with the rest of the people who were detained.
Authorities said all of the people detained were under the legal drinking age and in the possession of alcohol. The adult homeowner was not at home.
Police said 22 boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 17 were charged via citation with underage liquor law violations.
Due to their various states of intoxication, all the minors were kept at the home until their parents responded and took custody of their children, police said.


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In part I of this post, I talked about the basics of projectile motion with no air resistance. Also in that post, I showed that (without air resistance) the angle to throw a ball for maximum range is 45 degrees. When throwing a football, there is some air resistance this means that 45 degree is not necessarily the angle for the greatest range. Well, can't I just do the same thing as before? It turns out that it is a significantly different problem when air resistance is added. Without air resistance, the acceleration was constant. Not so now, my friend.
The problem is that air resistance depends on the velocity of the object. Search your feelings, you know this to be true. When you are driving (or riding) in a car and you stick your hand out the window, you can feel the air pushing against your hand. The faster the car moves, the greater this force. The air resistance force depends on:
- Velocity of the object. The typical model used for objects like a football would depend on the direction and the square of the magnitude of the velocity.
- The density of air.
- The cross sectional area of the object. Compare putting an open hand out the car window to a closed fist out the car window.
- Some air drag coefficient. Imagine a cone and a flat disk, both with the same radius (and thus same cross sectional area). These two objects would have different air resistances due to the shape, this is the coefficient of drag (also called other things I am sure).
So, since the air force depends on the velocity, it will not be a constant acceleration. Kinematic equations won't really work. To easily solve this problem, I will use numerical methods. The basic idea in numerical calculations is to break the problem into a whole bunch of little steps. During these small steps, the velocity does not change much so that I can "pretend" like the acceleration is constant. Here is a diagram of the forces on the ball while in the air.
Before I go any further, I would like to say that there has been some "stuff" done on throwing a football before - and they probably do a better job than this post. Here are a few references (especially with more detailed discussion about the coefficient of drag for a spinning football):
- - some data on footballs
- Football Physics: The Science of the Game: Timothy Gay, Bill Belichick (Amazon). I also found an online version of this at
- The drag force on an American Football - R. Watts and G. Moore. An article in the American Journal of Physics (2003) that measured the coefficient of drag of a spinning football to be around 0.05 to 0.06.
- The Physics of sports: Volume One - by Angelo Armenti. This has some stuff on physics AND it's on books.google - bonus!
And now for some assumptions:
- I hereby assume that the air resistance is proportional to the square of the magnitude of the velocity of the object.
- The orientation of the football is such that the coefficient of drag is constant. This may not actually be true. Imagine if the ball were thrown and spinning with the axis parallel to the ground. If the axis stayed parallel to the ground, for part of the motion the direction of motion would not be along the axis. Get it?
- Ignore aerodynamic lift effects.
- Mass of the ball is .42 kg.
- The density of air is 1.2 kg/m3.
- The coefficient of drag for the football is 0.05 to 0.14
- Typical initial speed of a thrown football is around 20 m/s.
And finally, here is the recipie for my numerical calculation (in vpython of course):
- Set up initial conditions
- Set the angle of the throw
- Calculate the new position assuming a constant velocity.
- Calculate the new momentum (and thus velocity) assuming a constant force.
- Calculate the force (it changes when the velocity changes)
- Increase the time.
- Keep doing the above until the ball gets back to y=0 m.
- Change the angle and do all the above again.
The answer
First, I ran the program with an initial velocity of 20 m/s. Here is the data:
At 35 degrees, this gives a distance of 23 meters (25 yards). This doesn't seem right. I know a quarterback can throw farther than that. What if I change the coefficient to 0.05? Then the greatest angle is closer to 40 degrees and it goes 28 meters. Still seems low (think Doug Flutie). What about with no air resistance? Then it goes 41 meters (at 45 degrees). So, here is the Doug Flutie throw.
From the video, it looks like he threw the ball from the 36ish yard line to about the 2 yard line. This would be 62 yards (56.7 meters). I am going to assume a coefficient of 0.07 (randomly). So, what initial speed will get this far? If I put in an initial velocity of 33 m/s, the ball will go 55.7 meters at an angle of 35 degrees.
Really the thing that amazes me is that someone (not me) can throw a ball that far and essentially get it where they want it. Even if they are only sometimes successful, it is still amazing. How is it that humans can throw things somewhat accurately? We obviously do not do projectile motion calculations in our head - or maybe we do?


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Jesus tells us clearly: Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. This gives us pause in our following of Jesus because quite often we don't want to give up our life. Yet for this Sunday of Lent, the message is about dying to our present self and allowing the New Covenant to possess us entirely.
The Prophet Jeremiah is the first of our readings today. He tells us of God's desire for us and God's will that we be transformed. Jeremiah is very clear that this transformation will be the work of God. It is not something that we can accomplish by our own strength and will. I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts; I will be their God, and they shall be my people. This New Covenant will come about with the forgiveness of our sins. God Himself promises to forget our sins.
The Letter to the Hebrews, the second reading today, speaks of the role of Jesus in our salvation. It is not just God who saves us, it is God now revealed as Trinity, God revealed as compassion and love, God who takes on our humanity and suffers with us - it is this God we come to know in Jesus: Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.
So we return to the Gospel of John. Do we really want to see Jesus? Do we just want to observe Him or do we want to see Him as He is? Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be.
The only way to see Jesus as He is, is to serve Him so that we can truly know Him. We want to see and know the heart of our Lord and that is only possible by this complete service. This Gospel passage is one of very few when the Father's voice is heard by the crowd. We are not sure what hearing the voice of the Father meant to them, but for sure there was something strange and from another world happening and people were aware of it. For us, there may at times be similar experiences, although perhaps not as striking. Walking in faith allows us to see and to experience the world in a different way.
This Lent is the time for our conversion. This Lent is the time to live more fully the New Covenant in the blood of Christ. God forgives us and forgets our sins. Let us rejoice in the Lord.
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How quickly we forget
By Lady Liberty
When promotional trailers for the first of the big studio 9/11 movies began to roll in New York City theatres, audiences protested. "Too soon!" they shouted at the screen. Theatre managers responded by pulling previews for United 93. The film premiered on schedule on April 26; reviews have been largely positive as far as the movie goes, though have almost universally warned of its visceral emotional impact (click here for my own take on the film).
One review that struck me in particular came from Robert Wilonsky at the Dallas Observer who wrote: "United 93 wants you to do more than remember — it wants you to remember how you felt." I took that comment to heart in large part because, although I suspect that few of us need any prompting to remember what happened that horrible day, it seems too many have already forgotten their feelings in the aftermath of the terror attacks.
For one brief and shining moment, Americans drew together and stood as one. American flags flew from virtually every building and hung in almost every window; signs, both professional and impromptu, cropped up everywhere to say, "United We Stand" and "God Bless America." We all talked about tracking down and trying in a court of law those responsible for the terror attacks, and we all placed early blame squarely where it belonged: on the cowardly shoulders of those who commandeered and crashed civilian airliners.
Police officers and firefighters were hailed as heroes because they behaved like heroes. They went out of their way to do everything they could for everyone they could, and some died as a result. We honored them for their many sacrifices, and they modestly took nothing from us but thanks. Some unremarkable — or even failing — politicians stood tall and acted with distinction. 9/11 took destroyed lives and property, but it almost literally made New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. President George W. Bush stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers and hugged a firefighter in front of the ubiquitous cameras while we all wept.
When we first learned that the passengers aboard United Airlines Flight 93 had apparently died fighting to take control of the aircraft from the terrorists on board, we hailed their bravery. Passenger Todd Beamer's words, "Let's roll!" — overheard on one of the final cell phone calls to emanate from the plane — became bywords for us and our military to get the job done and bring the bad guys to justice.
In scant days, however, our early resolve mutated into something else. Our deep-seated hopes for the prevention another such attack from ever darkening our shores again became the fulfillment of the desires of those who value control above all else. And our fears further enabled those seeking power to clutch it to themselves in the name of the safety we all so dearly craved.
Less than a month after 9/11, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed overwhelmingly by members of Congress. Virtually none of those who voted in favor of it had read the contents of the multi-page bill — they couldn't have, since copies weren't available at the time of the vote. It wasn't until later and the content was finally published for the eyes politicians and the public alike that we learned it consisted largely of the unfulfilled and long-time wish lists of various federal law enforcement agencies. Cynics — and I'm one of them — have suggested that such a comprehensive and far-ranging bill couldn't possibly have been put together in fewer than 30 days, and that the bill must have already existed (at least in large part) awaiting some tragic opportunity like that provided by 9/11.
Making the PATRIOT Act more palatable (at least in the eyes of some) was the fact that it had built-in sunset clauses for some of the more onerous provisions. Those clauses, however, utterly failed to protect us from the revised and renewed PATRIOT Act only recently passed by Congress and containing virtually all of the burdensome provisions of the original and then some (recent inroads protecting libraries from some of the more worrisome warrant less searches provided for in the PATRIOT Act notwithstanding).
Given their apparent operation in relatively isolated terror cells, it's unlikely the PATRIOT Act would have stopped 9/11. It has, however, quite handily given law enforcement agencies the tools to go after accused drug dealers in Florida, embezzlers in Las Vegas, and an Oregon lawyer whose fingerprints were mistakenly matched by the FBI to those who bombed commuter trains in Madrid, Spain (the lawyer was eventually released, but only after Spanish officials insisted the prints belonged to others). In its newest iteration, it's also prevented you and me from buying cold medicine over the counter (maybe somebody somewhere thinks terrorists won't fly if they have the sniffle s...)
Last year, Congress passed the REAL ID Act. The measure was passed ostensibly to prevent terrorists and illegal aliens from getting a foothold here by creating a national ID system that would — at least in theory — make it hard for those not legally entitled to driver's licenses to get one. By making those licenses, in turn, a requirement for a job, a bank account, travel, and more, those in the country for nefarious reasons would be stymied by an inability to do many of the things they'd likely need to do. We were told these steps were necessary in our ongoing War on Terror.
States are screaming about the costs involved in setting up a massive system geared to background checks, review of multiple forms of required identification and proof of citizenship, and the databases that will be needed to run it all (New Hampshire has gone further with legislation making its way through the state legislature that would prohibit compliance with REAL ID there). Civil libertarians are screaming even louder than the states about the privacy violations on a mass scale and the vast potential for misuse of database information.
REAL ID wouldn't have stopped 9/11. Most of those directly responsible for the attacks were in the country legally, and their presence at jobs or in the classroom wouldn't have been questioned. With proper identification for legal aliens in hand, their boarding of an aircraft wouldn't have been questioned, either. Instead, what REAL ID will do is provide a way for the government to keep tabs on its own citizens.
The Department of Homeland Security was created in the wake of 9/11. The President suggested that a single point of oversight would combine efforts and prove more efficient than the disparate jobs previously left un joined. Most Americans thought that was a pretty good idea, but I suspect their fresh grief didn't encourage them to think the matter through in entirety. Washington is filled with gigantic government programs, the vast majority of which began with good intentions but which have become inefficient, expensive, and corrupt beyond repair. Apparently, a broken system can only be fixed by breaking it some more with another behemoth bureaucracy.
The Transportation Security Administration, under the auspices of DHS, has created a variety of programs to make air transportation more secure. It instituted random passenger searches (perhaps United 93 would have been safer if a young woman, a middle-aged couple, and a family man had been searched — it's doubtful the four terrorists would have been culled from the line given the TSA's abhorrence for "racial profiling"). It set up a "no fly" list which ostensibly lists the names of those who might conceivably pose a danger and whose travel plans are therefore subject to added scrutiny (Senator Ted Kennedy and at least one infant are known to be, or have been, on the list, but no one knows what the criteria are or how the list can be corrected, nor can anyone say how it would protect any of us from those not known to have terrorist connections).
The TSA has also been touting a frequent flyer program that would allow us to travel with a bit more impunity — if, that is, we're willing to subject ourselves to an intrusive background check and provide our fingerprints or an iris scan to the powers that be (the program may be discontinued due to an unsurprising lack of interest). Aside from flying directly in the face of American jurisprudence and demanding we prove ourselves innocent without even an accusation of guilt, the system does little but collect data about obviously innocent Americans (who else, after all, would apply?) and eliminate a few extra minutes' wait at the airport.
What the TSA has not done is anything to facilitate a program that would permit those pilots who wish to carry firearms in the cockpit to do so. The TSA has, in fact, deliberately dragged its feet even after special orders from Congress demanded it cease the delays and get the program moving. Most pilots who are trained, ready, and willing to arm themselves are disinclined to go through the extraordinarily onerous hoops demanded by the TSA for them to do so — and they can't be blamed. Worse, even those who do go through the TSA's "training program" are hamstrung by regulations that so limit pilots' access to their firearms that gaping holes in security remain.
Of all of these measures involving the TSA, only one — the one the TSA is balking at — might have prevented 9/11 from happening.
Theoretically, the Department of Homeland Security is also in charge of border control. Keeping a handle on who comes into the country is essential if we wish to prevent more terror attacks. Though most of the 9/11 terrorists were in the country legally, a few were not. Of those who were, a number were here after their visas expired. With more stringent entry requirements and with prompt follow-ups, it's probable that many of them would have left or been forced to leave the country prior to September 11, 2001. It seems to me that that's more than enough justification for policing our borders!
And yet, though the government excuses all of its other law enforcement activities — those which directly affect and infringe on American liberties — by citing the War on Terror, it seems unwilling (unable?) to do anything concrete where our borders are concerned. In four and a half years, we've gone from parades of tribute and American flags fluttering in every breeze to parades of protest and Mexican flags waving in our streets. There's something seriously wrong with the picture of those who openly flaunt national sovereignty and who are actually cheered by some Americans (including politicians in California who should be summarily removed from office for betraying their oath to the Constitution). And for all of those illegal aliens we see, how many do you suppose we don't? And you can bank on the fact that not all of them are Mexican nationals ostensibly crossing the border just to pick strawberries.
The United States isn't referred to as "The Great Satan" among fundamentalist Muslims solely because of its foreign policy. It's considered evil because of its very culture. Our women not only show their faces in public, but are able to be doctors or astronauts if they have the aptitude and the desire. Our men are free to follow whatever religion they like, including one that mandates they face eastward five times a day — or not. Our people are free to criticize the government, to watch dirty movies, and to broadcast episodes of South Park that make fun of Christianity and Islam (well, not the latter — apparently, political correctness has joined with the terrorists to have something to say about that).
Immediately after 9/11, we were caught up in a frenzy of patriotism fed by grief, and we knew that we were set apart from our attackers by our very freedoms. (Can you imagine a Catholic blowing himself up in a Buddhist monastery because their religions are different? Or a Jew initiating a broad attack on a group of Baptists?) Many of us were also well aware that it wasn't a building or some three thousand American lives that were under attack, but our liberty. But later, when we pretended a return to normalcy and gave lip service to the generalized notion of a "war on terror," we started giving up our freedoms to feel safer — or at least because some government authority or another claimed we would be safer. We willingly made sacrifices in liberty because we were told it was "necessary" for the prosecution of "the war on terror."
United 93 is a good movie as far as quality and direction goes. But it could be one of the greatest ever made if it succeeds in what the Texas reviewer suggested was its intent: making is remember how we felt on 9/11. We must remember what we're really fighting for, here. It's not safety. It's freedom. And if we don't recall the difference in the very near future, the PATRIOT Act will be permanent; REAL ID will take force; and America will move a giant step toward becoming exactly what its attackers intended.
Lady Liberty, a senior writer for ESR, is a graphic designer and pro-freedom activist currently residing in the Midwest. More of her writings and other political and educational information is available on her web site, Lady Liberty's Constitution Clearing House, at http://www.ladylibrty.com. E-mail Lady Liberty at email@example.com.
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Patriots rookie safety Tavon Wilson made his first career start against the Denver Broncos, and it won't be his last. With Steve Gregory missing another game because of a hip injury, Wilson can expect to get the call again tomorrow in Seattle.
"Every week is an opportunity, so you just have to be up for the challenge," Wilson said yesterday.
In the first four games of the year, Wilson was used on special teams and as an extra defensive back, and certainly seemed to earn additional playing time with his aggressiveness and nose for the ball.
The Patriots have 14 takeaways. Wilson has been involved in four of them, with two interceptions and two fumble recoveries. He also has been credited with three passes defensed.
"I try to run to the ball every play," Wilson said. "Swarming the ball — that's something great defenses do, so that's something that I try to do."
Wilson made 10 tackles in last week's 31-21 win over the Broncos.
The 6-foot, 210-pound Wilson was a surprise second-round draft pick out of Illinois. He wasn't at the NFL Combine and was projected to go much later in the draft or not get drafted at all.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick liked Wilson's versatility — he played safety, corner, inside, nickel and dime positions at Illinois. His teammates have praised him for his smarts.
"Every week is a new week," Wilson said. "You have to approach it that way. You have to study it that way. You're only as good as your last game. I try to come in here every week and try to take on a new challenge."
Wilson was one of six defensive players (out of seven) that the Patriots drafted in April. First-rounders Chandler Jones and Dont'a Hightower were immediate contributors. Third-rounder Jake Bequette has played in just one game. Sixth-rounder Nate Ebner has played on special teams, and seventh-rounder Alfonzo Dennard, who had been nursing a hamstring injury, made his NFL debut last week.
"I feel like all of us are very close," Wilson said of the rookie class. "When you come in with someone, most of the time you're very close with them. All of us spend a lot of time together, but that's just how our team is, so that's something we caught on to the older guys doing."
With Leon Washington leading the way, the Seahawks have a dangerous return game.
In Seattle's Week 1 game against Arizona, Washington had a punt return of 52 yards and a kickoff return of 83 yards. Both set up scores.
Washington ranks second in the NFL with a 34.3-yard kickoff-return average. The seventh-year veteran, who previously played for the Jets, has seven career kickoff returns for touchdowns to put him second all-time in that category.
"It's no mystery how talented Leon is," special teams captain Matt Slater said. "He runs with great vision, he has great balance, and he breaks a lot of tackles. Then he's got the guys who are blocking for him, and I'm sure Leon would say those guys do a great job for him.
"They out-compete their opponents a lot of time. They outwork them and out-compete them finishing blocks because they know they have a guy who can take it the distance."
Washington became the first player in NFL history to return three kickoffs for TDs in two different seasons (2007, 2010) and his 253 total kickoff-return yards against San Diego in 2010 is a Seattle single-game record.
The Patriots have allowed three kick returns of 30 yards or more this season — Tennessee's Darius Reynaud had a long of 40 yards — and their kick coverage unit ranks ninth in the league, allowing an average of 21.1 yards per return.
"It's going to be a challenge for us," Slater said. "We have to try to match their energy and go out and just compete one play at a time."
Belichick said tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is coming back from an ankle injury, could be a game-time decision.
Hernandez suffered the injury in Week 2 against the Cardinals. He returned to practice last week on a limited basis.
"We'll just have to see how it goes," Belichick said. "We'll have a day to evaluate it (today) and we'll see where we're at (tomorrow)."
Hernandez was one of many listed as questionable on yesterday's injury report, along with fellow tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Michael Hoomanawanui. Also questionable are Brandon Bolden, Shane Vereen, Julian Edelman, Wes Welker, Brandon Deaderick, Justin Francis, Dont'a Hightower, Logan Mankins, Nick McDonald, Sterling Moore and Sebastian Vollmer. Linebacker Tracy White is out, while defensive tackle Kyle Love is probable.
Like the Patriots, the Seahawks have had a number of first-year impact players.
In addition to rookie quarterback Russell Wilson, there are defensive end Bruce Irvin, who ranks second on the team with 4.5 sacks; linebacker Bobby Wagner, who has made four starts, and running back Robert Turbin, who backs up Marshawn Lynch.
"They have a lot of good, young players," Belichick said. "They've gotten good production out of them. They've drafted well. (Seahawks coach) Pete (Carroll) has put together a real good football team. I think he's done a great job of turning that roster over."
With an average age of 26 years, 103 days, the Seahawks have the third-youngest roster in the league.


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The deeply polarized Egyptian press was battered by an array of repressive tactics throughout 2013, from the legal and physical intimidation during the tenure of former President Mohamed Morsi to the widespread censorship by the military-backed government that replaced him. Morsi and his supporters pushed through a repressive constitution, used politicized regulations, pursued retaliatory criminal cases, and employed physical intimidation of critics. After his ouster, the military-led government shut down pro-Morsi news media and obstructed coverage supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood and the toppled president. Within three months, at least five journalists were killed and dozens detained without charges. At least 10 television stations and news outlets were raided, and at least five journalists remained behind bars when CPJ conducted its annual prison census. In September, the interim president appointed a 50-member committee to amend Egypt's 2012 Constitution. The committee produced a draft that would ease several press restrictions, including limiting the scope of criminal prosecution of journalists. The draft will be put to a referendum in mid-January 2014.
At least six journalists were killed in Egypt this year, an unprecedented number that includes journalists who worked for the government, the opposition, and, for the first time in Egypt, international news organizations.
Egypt ranked third after Syria and Iraq in terms of the number of journalists killed in 2013, according to CPJ research.
At least five journalists were being held by Egyptian authorities when CPJ conducted its annual prison census on December 1. The detainees included two journalists with Al-Jazeera, and others from TV stations supportive of former President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.
The number does not include the dozens of journalists who were detained without charge and released.
After President Morsi was ousted on July 3, 2013, the military-supported government detained, assaulted, and harassed dozens of journalists considered critical of the government or sympathetic to Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood. Authorities also raided news outlets and confiscated press equipment.
CPJ documented at least 71 attacks on the press from July to October under the military government.
In March 2013, Dina Abdel Fattah, a host for the talk show "Al Shaab Yoreed" (People Want) and editor-in-chief of the economic magazine Amwal Al-Ghad, told CPJ that at least 300 legal complaints had been filed against her. She was accused by Morsi supporters of "supporting terrorism," in connection with an on-air interview with a member of Black Bloc, an Egyptian youth movement that had waged violent protests against Morsi.
Abdel Fattah was interrogated by the Egyptian public prosecutor about her on-air interviews, and then resigned from her employer, Al-Tahrir television, citing lack of support.
Abdel Fattah's case is one among many. In April 2013, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights issued a report stating that it had documented at least 600 criminal defamation cases, far outpacing the rate of such cases during Hosni Mubarak's tenure as president.
Soon after Morsi took office, Muslim Brotherhood supporters unleashed a wave of criminal complaints against media critics on vague allegations of "spreading wrong information," "disrupting peace," "insulting the president," and "insulting religion."


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Ljubljana Castle and Congress Square are just a few steps away. Ljubljana Tivoli train station can be reached within one km.


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The game, though, falls into the Twilight Zone. Eric Probert, Arthur Mann shut down the supply route to the front men. John Robertson and Ian Bowyer aren't getting time to exert their considerable talents on the game. For a quarter of an hour, nothing happens, literally. The crowd is silent, not baying or taunting, more dozing off after a good Sunday lunch.
"For Christ's sake David, get a fucking tackle in on him." It is Don Masson; Masson the Miserable, Masson the Merciless, our leader. He's right, of course. Despite being a most obnoxious piece of work and about as popular as a turd arising in the communal bath, he's absolutely effing right.
Must clobber the flash bastard. Supposed to man-to-man mark him and haven't even seen his backside yet. The game's just passing me by. Come on, get a grip. Here's the ball, there's McKenzie - whack. That was easy.
"Well done Davie. Well fucking done son. That's fucking better, eh." Masson the Merciless has passed judgement. I have pleased our leader. I feel 10ft tall. McKenzie looks hurt as if to say: "Who the hell are you to kick me you fat bastard?"
I don't care. Today, the Notts County shirt seems a liitle loose and baggy.


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Flames reporter named new Carolina Panthers announcer
Flames Sports Network reporter Nick Pierce will be adding an additional responsibility to his broadcasting duties this fall, as he was recently named the new public address announcer for the Carolina Panthers.
This new opportunity with the NFL franchise will not preclude him from continuing his Liberty Flames broadcasting duties or serving as the audio coordinator for the Liberty Athletics Marketing office, positions he has held since 2005.
Pierce will be the third public address announcer in the 19-year history of the Panthers. He will announce all 10 of the Panthers' 2013 home games at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. Additionally, the new employee of the Panther Vision department could also serve as the public address announcer for the ACC Championship game (Dec. 7) and the Belk Bowl (Dec. 26), two events the organization hosts during the final month of the year.
- Read the full story at www.Liberty.edu/Flames.


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It's June and the baseball season is in full swing but the Boise Hawks are just about to get started. The Hawks are the Cubs minor league affiliate at the Single A – short season level. Or the level right below the Peoria Chiefs. The roster is made up mostly of the players that were playing at extended spring training that did not make the Peoria or Daytona teams out of Spring training. Usually that's not because of performance, but because of youth, and there is plenty of that in Boise. That's what makes this team so exciting, young, talented ball players. Mike Safford, the Hawks radio play by play voice does a wonderful job of updating all of us on everything Boise, please follow his blog, it's a great resource! Listen to all the Boise Hawks games at Milb.tv for free, and here at 93.1 KTIK.
Game one is tonight! The Boise Hawks travel to Oregon to take on the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. Jose Arias get's the start, here is a snippet from Mike Safford's blog about Arias, Marco Hernandez, and Shawon Dunston Jr from the mouth of Boise Hawks pitching coach David Rosario.
Tomorrow's starter, Jose Arias (pictured right), has the potential to be something special. The big righty sits 92-96 with his fastball, but Rosario feels that he will be able to hit 97 or 98 by the end of the summer. He is comparitive to Jose Rosario, who had an outstanding second half of the season last year in Boise. He mentioned that all five starters have the potential to be very good and is excited for the youthful line-up – Marco Hernandez will someday be a Big Leaguer, and Shawon Dunston Jr. played really, really, hard – just like his father did.
Really good stuff from Stafford, follow him on Twitter (@BoiseHawksRadio) as well for all the latest updates first hand from Boise. We will have full coverage of the Boise Hawks all season long here on the blog, go Hawks!
Thanks for reading,
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Kendal (7 miles, 11 km)
In the heart of the picturesque village of Brigsteer, The Wheatsheaf Inn offers superb food, great real ales and a fantastic range of wines.
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Nestled on the shores of England's longest and most beautiful lake you will find Cragwood Country House Hotel, set in its own twenty-acre estate of beautiful landscaped gardens and woodland, with stunning views overlooking Lake Windermere
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Moments from the eastern shores of Lake Windermere and set in seven acres of beautiful secluded gardens and woodland lies Briery Wood. The informal and friendly service is so good you'll hardly notice it.
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Set in its own secluded, twenty-acre estate of beautiful landscaped gardens, woodland and meadow, and with stunning views overlooking Lake Windermere, it's hard to resist a relaxing Lake District break at Merewood.
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Recently refurbished, 5 rooms with new en suites. Full English breakfast included. Flexible with regard to arrival times. Cycle store available. Free Wi-fi and free parking nearby.
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Lingmoor is a beautiful Victorian guesthouse in Windermere in the heart of the English lakes only 200 metres from Windermere railway/coach and bus station. Wi-Fi throughout. Choice of breakfast. Recently refurbished rooms.
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Overlooking Lake Windermere, The Hydro Hotel is perfectly situated for both leisure and business guests now offering 78, en suite bedrooms, all with differing design and style. We also have a lovely indoor pool as well.
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We sit in the centre of Ambleside. Our family owned and run B&B provides a comfy base in this beautiful World Heritage site. We received a silver award from Green Tourism in 2018 for sustainability, promoting Fairtrade and local products.
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Recently awarded 'Best B&B in Cumbria 2019' Haven Cottage is a high quality Guest House with beautifully furnished en-suite bedrooms. It has an enviable reputation for high quality breakfasts and superb customer service.
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Bed and Breakfast of the Year, Cumbria Tourism Awards 2009. Storrs Gate House has a five star grading with Visit Britain. Susann and Glenn welcome you to our luxury family run country guest house, situated opposite lake Windermere.
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The Southview is a licensed guesthouse with 10 en suite bedrooms including 6 superior rooms and 4 classic bedrooms.
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Chevrolet Volt Tax Incentives and Rebates
To incentivize the adoption of Electric Vehicles like the Volt, the Federal Government as well as many state governments have programs in place to subsidize the high cost of an electric car like the Volt. In this article, I will discuss in detail eligibility for federal and California subsidies. In addition, depending on your electric utility, you can apply for reduced Electricity Rates during off hours for electric car charging. Feel free to jump in if you know more about your state!
If you are thinking about buying a Chevrolet Volt, your eligibility for the $7500 Federal rebate, as well as a potential
$5000 now only $1500 (as of 2012) California Rebate will surely have a significant impact on your purchasing decision. Combined this is as much at $12,500 in government incentives on a car that many expect will MSRP for over $40,000. These rebate programs however are not unlimited in their funding.
Federal Rebate Program
Updated 5/5/2012: Check out the updated Federal EV Tax credit Form 8936 FAQ's on the Form 8936 Example Page
Updated 2/26/2011: Here is an example submission of form 8936
Updated 2/4/2011: You claim this with form 8936 – Plug In Electric Drive Motor Vehicle Credit
Original Post 7/10/2010:
First, we'll look at the Federal Rebate program. For full details you can visit the federal energy tax credit site for electric vehicles. But I have condensed and summarized the important points below.
- The First 200,000 Chevrolet Volt's qualify for $7500 in federal tax credits (After which there is a phase out schedule). Given the production volume, if you buy in the first couple of years you'll be good.
- This credit can be claimed on your tax refund. (If you manage to buy the car in 2010 – and do your taxes early without extension, this would be fastest way to get the federal credit)
- As far as I know – the tax credit is "non-refundable" meaning that if after the credit, you no tax liability for the year, you won't get the maximum benefit from the credit. Assuming that you have no other deductions but a standard deduction however, this threshold is met with wages of $55,000 / year or more. (Realistically though, you probably need to make at least that much to afford a Volt – and probably more
California Rebate Program
Update 3/18/2012
You can now apply for $1500 in purchase rebates. Check out the updated California Chevy Volt Rebates and HOV Lane 2012 Post here.
Update 11/28/2011: GM Announced recently that it will make available a special emissions package for 2012 Model Year Volts. This extra low emissions package will allow the Volt to qualify for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program by achieving the AT-PZEV designation. The original technological challenge for reducing particulate emissions has been overcome. You can order a Volt today with the low emissions package, but be sure to check with your dealer when you order as these models will probably not deliver until March of 2012 or later.
Final details for applying for the expected $1500 rebate are not yet posted for the Chevrolet Volt, but you can check the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program site for updates.
Update 7/15/2010: It looks like the initial release of the Volt will not qualify for any current California subsidies. This is because the emissions package available at Volt launch (and associated certifications) to attain AT-PZEV (Advanced Technology – Partial Zero Emmisions Vehicle) Status will not be in place. Something else may happen, but it looks like Leaf will be getting all the benefit from this!
To Qualify for AT-PZEV, automakers need to pass a battery of certification tests, and also the equipment needed in the Internal Combustion Engines requires more expensive components and time to develop. Seeing as the Volt is a new release vehicle, its unfortunate, but IMO not a bad business decision for GM not to try to cram this in. (Might delay the actual vehicle launch)
On the roadmap, Volt will have an AT-PZEV emissions package by mid 2012, but the credit will have long since been depleted. An E85 version is also in the works.
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The California Rebate program is not run out of the FTB (Or Franchise Tax Board) Instead it is run through a program from the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The Clean Vehicle Rebate project has $3.75 million in funding for electric car / plug in hybrid rebates. When that fund is depleted, no more rebates! Keep in mind that this fund is shared with all electric cars like the LEAF in California. As of 7/7/2010, about 6% of the program budget is depleted. (The program started in March, 2010). The site does not say yet whether the Volt will classify for a $5,000 rebate for EV's or a $3,000 rebate for PHEV's. I've contacted them to ask for clarification.
Keep in mind that of the 6% budget depletion has occured in 4 months before mass market vehicles like the Volt or Leaf have hit the market. Currently the only available qualifying vehicles are Teslas, some medium sized commercial trucks, and electric bikes. This is of concern because the budget will deplete much faster than the Federal Rebate – my guess is that it will be all gone fairly quickly given that assuming $3 million is left by November, and the Volt qualfies for $5,000 in credits, that only means 600 Volt/Leaf owners will be able to get the credit – assuming no other vehicles go mass market. Now California may add more to this budget, but don't count on it given the state's fiscal status.
To get this rebate, you need to gather a whole bunch of documentation that show you bought the vehicle, as well as prove/maintain the following criteria.
- Own or lease the car for 36 months consecutively.
- Register the car in California for 36 months consecutively.
- Prove California Residency
If you don't maintain this, they may come looking for you asking for the rebate money back. So early buyers who are planning on flipping the car won't get any benefit from federal/state tax credits.
For complete info visit the Center for Sustainable Energy California
California HOV Lane Access –
Update 3/18/2012
You can now apply for the Green HOV Stickers in California. Check out the updated California Chevy Volt Rebates and HOV Lane 2012 Post here.
Update 11/28/2011
Current California owners of certain battery electric vehicles can take advantage of driving in HOV lanes with only a single rider if you apply for and get a White Label HOV Lane sticker. Current Chevrolet Volts are not eligible for the same reasons as the rebate above previously, but newer models with the low emissions package will be eligible.
You can check out more about the pending HOV lane stickers for AT-PZEV vehicles here.
PG&E Electric Vehicle Charging Preferred Rates
PG&E services the San Francisco Bay Area as well as other parts the West Coast. Many other electric utilities probably also have EV programs, so post your local data if you find out any in your area. For PG&E however, you can qualify for lower off peak electricity rates if you own an electric vehicle and charge it at home. For PG&E it's the E9 rate schedule, or in summarized form, if you don't use a ton of electricity to begin with you can get Off peak charging rates at low as $0.06 per Kw*H. Pretty cool huh?
Of course, you have to actually opt into this program with your utility, and have a smart time of day meter installed.
added 12/12/2010: Check out the complete analysis of On vs Off Peak Charging with PG&E and their E-9 electricity rates for Electric Cars!
Level 2 – 240 Volt EV Charging Equipment and Installation Rebates
added 12/26/2010
Check out my newest article on how to get 240 Volt Level 2 Charging installed for your home with the Chevrolet Volt - including rebates, installation timing, and other details.
27 Responses to "Chevrolet Volt Tax Incentives and Rebates"
I am considering installing a solar array to charge the Volt. I need to know what is the max current draw on the 115 volt line and how does it drop over the length of a full charge. The kind of information I would need to size an inverter and battery bank to assure a full charge.
Visit Chevyvoltsolarcharger.com for pricing and availability on a solar charging system for your Chevy Volt. They even offer solar parking canopies ro charge your volt with.
Hi Tom,
You should really consider just installing a PV system thats tied to your home's service panel commonly known as 'grid-tied'. This will allow you to reduce the electric consumption of the whole home which is inevitably impacted by the Volt's consumption of kWh.
When you start getting into solar systems that require batteries or ones that are being built to address a specific load versus a whole home system you are often driving up the costs of what is already a pricey home improvement.
I believe a 15 Amp circuit will deliver approx. 1800 Watts of power so a 2000 Watt inverter should be adequate. Now to size the battery bank to be sure to deliver full 12 Volt input to the inverter for the entire length of the charge with some reserve, as the charging will mostly be done at night with no recharge via "el sol".
Thanks for your input, it helps my thought process.
Did you find any more about the circuit size required to charge the Volt?
Thanks for you input, Patrick. Yesterday I put my name on the list at my local dealer.
If you sell the Volt back to GM because of the fire hazzard do you still keep the tax credit?
There's no fire hazard. The one incident was on a tested vehicle that sustained a side crash that punctured the battery compartment. The fire started seven days later. The puncture was considered quite rare, but Fed Safety folks had GM increase the thickness of the protective barrier around the battery. The regular protocol on gas powered cars is to empty gas tank and disconnect car battery after a major crash. The Volt requires this too, plus the Ion-Lithium battery to be discharged. I'm not an expert, heard all this on CNN House Committee investigating incident.
Do you mean *hazard*? If you're going to critique the Volt publicly, do yourself a favor & check your spelling so you have at least a small measure of credibility …
8kwh per charge per day, assuming 17mi round trip commute, yields ~$1.00 per charge, assuming 9cents/kwh
Gas for the equivalent 35 mi round trip ~$3.70, assuming 35mpg and $3.70/gallon.
That's a three to one advantage. Other concerns are how much a replacement battery costs at battery end of life. Assuming $5,000, for an average 80,000mile, yields ~6.25 cents per mile. For our 35 mile round trip, battery replacement costs at $2.18 which now totals $3.18 vs $3.70 for operating costs. Obviously, regular maintenance, i.e. tires and other mechanical costs not factored.
You shouldn't factor in battery at 80k miles, as it has a 10-year/150,000 mile warranty.
Also, the "regular maintenance" is almost nothing. Put air in the tires. In 10-years, it probably won't need brakes. You would have several sets of tires. Ten oil changes. An air filter, maybe. Probably wear out a couple of charging cords.
So, at $3.70 gas, it is worthwhile. At $6 gas, it is a no-brainer.
Not really correct calculations. First is that the battery should last at least 80K miles. That may mean average city users could still operate this well beyond that point. Then there is a core value to the battery system.
You can not use PV cells to do any "green" choice. It takes more energy to produce a PV cell than they could ever product. Current silicon based cells are only being sold that have all sorts of phoney numbers. Trade differences, built in areas where hydroelectric and other import and tax reasons suggest you might save money but in truth you are killing the earth.
The Volt is not a cheap product. It is like any first generation product that cost a lot and still has some bugs. Every consumer product has been the same way. The first PC's were like $4K and didn't last long enough for people to pay them off. How about the original color TV? Plasma display? 8 Track you name it. When you buy a Volt you are buying into the future.
Another issue is OPEC and imported oil. If you want to get rid of that issue, then you need to buy into a new way to power the US.
I believe you're mistaken about PVs payback period. Actually, PV is energy neutral in year 2-3 of it's 25 – 30 year lifetime.
See: http://zeroemissionproject.com/blog/article/40/do-photovoltaic-solar-panels-need-more-energy-to-be-manufactured-than-what-they-generate
Does anyone know i there is still money in this federal program. I am in PA so I know there is little else on a state base
I am worried that I will not get to use the 7500 tax credit.
I have 5 children make 68k a year. I live in PA.
Any thoughts
Just go tied to the grid. The solar sends power to the grid every waking minute, and then when you're actually plugged in, you get it back. Let the system work for you. Easier, cost effective.
Can you tell me what the potential 5000 California rebate you mentioned in the article is? I can only find $1500 from clean vehicle rebate program?
Bought Volt 2011, electrical problems, GM buys car back and give us new one do we qualify for the tax credits again since this is a new loan? Do we have to return the tax credit from lemon car ($7500.00).
funny to read all the bull on the net and the real fear the big oil companys have about the volt..i am going to lease one because of several reasons. one ..it will pay the lease per month on money saved on gas..two ..it will help get us off the tit of middle eastern oil and three..i can build equity towards the new volt three yrs from now and it is something we can export and claim as our own!
Hello I purchased a Volt just this month and am not sure about how to go about getting the rebates and refunds the dealer told us about when we purchased it. Can anyone please help lead me down the correct path so that I can get everything that is offered for having this car ?
Thank you in advance