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WiFi support in OpenMoko
From Openmoko
OpenMoko and WiFi
The OpenMoko project would love to add WiFi support to any of the devices on the roadmap.
However, we simply are unable to locate a supplier with a suitable product!
It seems like the choice has been made and Atheros it will be: From http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-April/004926.html
Thanks for being the first to tell us about Atheros. We're almost for sure going to use their AR6K chipset in our next product.
Public call for WiFi
From this mailinglist posting:
We can't find a WiFi Chipset with GPL'ed drivers -- We know this has been discussed (to death) on this list, but as we're beginning work on the next summer hardware refresh we still can't seem to find a vendor that meets our strict requirements: Namely, we refuse to put anything binary in the kernel. Marvell has some nice for larger devices (the 8388). But we need one specifically for mobile phones (like the 8686). If somebody can help us find the right vendor, we'll give you a free Neo1973. If you're a vendor and want to work with us to GPL your driver, we'll give you lots of business -- and a free phone ;-)
Regular chipsets are NOT suitable
Please notice that it is impossible for us to use any of the standard desktop WiFi chipsets, commonly found in miniPCI cards or USB WiFi adapters.
We really need a chipset (and even beyond that: Somebody manufacturing SMT modules with that chipset) that is specifically targetted for mobile phones or other mobile devices such as portable media players.
Regular WiFi chipsets just draw way too much power and are too large by an order of magnitude.
List of available WiFi modules for mobile phone usage
SyChip Products
- WLAN6100EB — IEEE 802.11g/b Chip Scale Module
- WLAN6061EB — IEEE 802.11b Embedded Module
According to some unofficial sources they use the Prism 3 chipset. SyChip states they support Linux.
NOTE: The Palm LifeDrive uses the SyChip 6061 chipset. several people have extracted the firmware that is being loaded from the driver into the 6061 chip. all indications are that the 6061 is actually using the firmware for the Marvell Libertas 88w8305 chipset. additionally, looking at some firmware for the 6100 series, seems to conclude that it is using the firmware for the Marvell Libertas 88w8385 chipset.
Conexant Products
- CX53121 — Single-Chip 802.11a/b/g with SPI Interface.
In this article, they say Conexant Systems supports Linux.
CX53121 was released on June 2006 and, since it is a 68 square millimeter single chip solution, it's a good thing for a mobile device.
Broadcom Products
BCM4326 is a low power device that is said to be linux friendly as per this document
Also, the bcm43xx project could provide a Free driver if Broadcom isn't willing.
TI Products
- WiLink 6.0 (WL1271/WL1273) — mWLAN / Bluetooth / FM transmit and receive Chip solution WiLink 6.0
- WiLink 5.0 (WL1251/WL1253) — mWLAN / Bluetooth / FM receive Module solution WiLink 5.0
- WiLink 4.0 (WL1251/WL1253) — mWLAN Single-Chip Solution WiLink 4.0
The Product literature claims to be Linux compatible
ACX 100 has reverse-engineered GPL drivers, and has done for several years. it is a wifi 802.11 chipset from TI that has been used for several years in the HTC smartphone products, including the HTC-designed iPAQs (HTC designs all of Compaq/HP's iPAQs)
I assume that you are happy to have binary-only firmware uploaded to turn chips into actual useful products.
NXP Products
Linux drivers are available and in production use but not GPL'd yet.
New product touted as Linux friendly:
Note: The product won't ship in Volume until Q4 which means it's probably not very useful right now. The Product literature mentions reference design software support for Linux operating system.
Key Stream Corporation
Based in Japan. Linux support unknown. Has a few "low power" chips. Most useful info in Japanese. English site: http://www.keystream.co.jp/en/
ZyDAS ZD1211 chipset
ZyDAS ZD1211 is a chipset designed to work with small power consumption. It fits the power supply from USB and is used by many USB wifi adapters. Interestingly, it supports "access point mode" which allows other adapters to connect to.
Chipset specifications: * 802.11a/b/g support (few sticks support 802.11a though) * USB 2.0 support (802.11b only on USB 1.1) * typical current consumption: 150mA (idle), 200mA (sending) * WEP64/128/256, WPA-PSK * Station and Ad hoc mode
The source code of the driver was initially contributed by ZyDAS under the GPL license, the ZD1211 Linux driver is maintained by the open source community.
Comunity site of the driver: http://zd1211.ath.cx/ It has been included in the kernel since version 2.6.18.
According to a friend, Mstar semiconductor has a new low power wifi chip, no info about Linux though.
Mstar Semiconductor email: contact_us at mstarsemi.com.tw
Accton WM3236AB provides Atheros AR6001 b/g with 11x11mm size
Accton WM3236AQ provides Atheros AR6001 b/g with 13x13mm size
List of chipset vendors who are known to be at least partially GPL friendly
Libertas (includes the 88w8305,88w8381,88w8385 and 88w8388)
According to prplague on #openmoko, Zcomax XG-880M module might fit the requirements.
Embedded Works provides SMD versions of 88w8385 which are 9.6x9.6x1.7 mm big. This chip should be quite more power-consuming than other products on the market.
The new RT2501 Wireless Chipset from Ralink seems to have been released with GPL drivers. Ralink is very active in the Linux community, and provides source code for many of its client drivers to developers. Moreover esists an rt2x00 Open Source Project on Sourceforge aiming to create a stable and feature rich Linux driver for wireless 802.11b and 802.11g cards that are based on the Ralink rt2400 and rt2500 chipsets. This chipset has many interesting features as: Bluetooth Co-existence, Low Power with Advanced Power Management, Linux AP Driver.
The AR6K has a GPL host driver available today. The firmware that runs on the AR6K is quite closed, but that's the case with most any of these radios. No binary modules would need to be run in the kernel. A company called Card Access Inc. sells dev boards and kits and provides commercial support for the AR6K. Modules with the AR6K are available from Card Access Inc.
and also provide by accton@taiwan in size 11.4 X 10.85 X 1.75 802.11 b/g,power consumption and BT coexistance function: http://www.accton.com/products/product_range/21_weap/WM3236A.AQ.htm
This sounds like a really great device
- http://atheros.com/pt/bulletins/AR6001GLBulletin.pdf
- http://atheros.com/pt/bulletins/AR6001XLBulletin.pdf
- http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=186068
These guys have a have a mobile WiFi solution;
and they do state that they support Linux;
however, they don't say whether it is GPL'd but it might be worth checking out.
STMicroelectronics, headquartered in Switzerland, also has a radio on chip solution it says on:
Three chipsets that may work, STLC4550(single band b/g), STLC4420(dual band a/b/g) and STLC4370(single band b/g). Press release state "ST offers manufacturers a complete WLAN hardware and software solution, with source code in house"..."operating systems including" ..."Linux" http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/press/news/year2006/p2020.htm
Interesting to add to the other options: The STLC4420 seems to be priced at $9 a per unit on buying 100k units.
It seems that STLC4550 is a derivative of Conexant CX3110x as dmesg from Nokia Maemo devices show the following:
<4>[ 5.223236] CX3110x chip variant: STLC4550 <4>[ 5.305053] CX3110x: firmware version: 18.104.22.168.a.22.1 <4>[ 5.320709] Loaded CX3110x driver, version 0.8 "
whereas CX3110x is a Conexant's 802.11 b/g embedded chipset for which they have a driver at https://garage.maemo.org/projects/cx3110x/ which supposedly is GPL.
However: Just above the dmesg output cited above there's the following line
<4>[ 5.064849] umac: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
and umac likely is needed for cx3110x to work.
related to entry above is http://www.conexant.com/products/entry.jsp?id=375 (CX53111)
An inquiry on #maemo yields bad news:
<buz> i'm wondering about the cx3110c driver <buz> is that fully opensource now?or does it still need proprietary modules? <neal> the latter
But see http://maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2006-April/003575.html and http://prism54.org/freemac.html for reverse engineered GPL drivers for some Conexant cards.
CSR released an innovative single-chip solution for WiFI called UniFi(tm). The new UniFi-2 Portable is a Dual RISC microcontrollers based solution really really small and powerful. The company gives support to Linux and Windows developers with a dedicated website and an SDK package. The same company has launched UniVox, a VoIP phone based on this UniFi single-chip Wi-Fi technology. Driver is available for Linux, but not as GPL.
The module IC is targeted to mobile devices including Mobile Phones, Digital Still Cameras (DSCs), Portable Media Players (PMPs), Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), and Gaming Devices which need small footprint package, low power consumption, multiple interfaces and OS support.
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com as streamunlimited is doing a lot of embedded Linux development.


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* The county clerk will not record a deed, deed of trust, or mortgage covering real property by which the payment of any indebtedness is secured unless the document states the date and maturity of the obligations secured by the document which have already been issued or which are to be issued. In the case of obligations that are due on demand, this requirement can be met by stating "due on demand."
* In the case of an exchange of properties, the fair cash value of the property being exchanged should be stated in the body of the deed.
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a. In transfers other than by gift, or those with nominal or no consideration, a sworn notarized certificate signed by the grantor and grantee that the consideration reflected in the deed is the full consideration paid for the property, or
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For a list of exemptions to the statement of consideration, see supplemental documents.

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First of all thanks to the folk who run this brilliant site and to everyone who contributes. I've just joined, so I hope I'm doing this right.
OK, I've had a look at the FAQs, but there's so much info there I don't know if I'm looking in the right place, and I haven't got much time. I've been looking at overproduction of milk, as it kind of seems to be our problem except that me and my baby start off well with a feed if she's been asleep a few hours, where as the overproduction info says the start of the feed is the worst bit, so that's not us. What happens is that after a little while it all disintigrates. She starts writhing about and there's milk spurting everywhere and, well, basically most of the signs of overproduction (including the poo, which is a problem in itself as nappy changes go on for more than half an hour with her screaming and usually end in us giving up and putting nappy on even though the poo is still trickling out.)
We sometimes have some latch on issues too, but only sometimes. She clearly is capable of latching on right, and has been since day 1, so I think there's something stopping her doing so at times. When she's getting it wrong there doesn't seem to be much I can do to help. Advice to offer my nipple in line with her nose for her to reach up to it is no good as she's not got enough control over her head yet - she's only 3 and a bit weeks old. And when she's in one of her feeding frenzies, no amount of cheek stroking will ever get her to stay still and open wide. We've recently started with a lot of lip smacking too. I can tell she's not doing this deliberately, because it often gives her a fright and makes her jump.
What's adding to the problem is that she keeps needing to burp in the middle of a feed, and she firmly shuts her mouth to the breast until she's been burped. Often she's only back on for a minute before she comes off to burp again. This results in more time burping than feeding.
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It's such a shame as she's a really cool baby. The problem's not coming from her - she's really calm when she's not feeding or having her nappy changed. She loves having a bath (until she starts pooing in there), or just lying on her own gazing out of the window, or playing with daddy.
I hope I haven't rambled on too much, especially with this being my first post! I just want to explain the problem fully to hopefull get straight to the heart of it as I'm on a kind of one-woman crusade to make this breastfeeding work and not turn to the bottle!


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Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse pleaded guilty to a criminal charge that it helped wealthy Americans dodge income taxes for decades, a plea federal officials said bolstered their efforts to show that no financial firm was too big to prosecute.
The bank agreed to pay $2.6 billion — the most ever in a criminal case — as part of a deal ending a lengthy Justice Department investigation. The inquiry also has led to the indictment of eight company employees, two of whom have pleaded guilty so far.
"This case shows that no financial institution, no matter its size or global reach, is above the law," Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder said Monday in announcing the action.
The Obama administration has been criticized for not pursuing criminal charges more aggressively against large financial institutions and their executives stemming from the 2008 financial crisis.
Holder has been the focus of much of that criticism, particularly after testifying at a Senate hearing last year that some financial institutions were "so large that it becomes difficult to prosecute them" because criminal charges could harm the U.S. and world economies.
But in January, Holder declared that no bank was "too big to indict" and promised action against "significant financial institutions."
Bryan Skarlatos, a partner at law firm Kostelanetz & Fink in New York, said the Credit Suisse case should put Wall Street on notice.
"This is a big milestone because it shows the Department of Justice intends to follow through" on its promise to crack down on financial wrongdoing, Skarlatos said.
The case against Credit Suisse is not related to the financial crisis. Instead, it strikes at Switzerland's long history as a banking haven for those looking to avoid taxes.
Holder said Credit Suisse was the largest bank to plead guilty to U.S. criminal charges in 20 years. In late 2012, Swiss bank UBS pleaded guilty to wire fraud in an interest-rate manipulation case.
"Hundreds of Credit Suisse employees, including at the manager level, conspired to help tax cheats dodge U.S. taxes," Holder said.
Through the use of secret offshore accounts, the bank engaged in an "extensive and wide-ranging conspiracy" that in the case of one subsidiary began more than 100 years ago.
In an agreement filed in federal court Monday, Credit Suisse pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to aid taxpayers in filing false income tax returns and other documents with the Internal Revenue Service.
The bank agreed to pay fines of $1.8 billion to the Justice Department and $715 million to the New York State Department of Financial Services. Credit Suisse also agreed to pay a $100-million penalty to the Federal Reserve, which oversees its U.S. banking operations.
"We deeply regret the past misconduct that led to this settlement," said Credit Suisse Chief Executive Brady Dougan, an American who is expected to keep his job despite the bank's guilty plea. "Having this matter fully resolved is an important step forward for us."
In a Senate hearing in February, Dougan and other top Credit Suisse executives admitted that the bank helped Americans shield as much as $12 billion from taxes in 22,000 accounts at the bank from 2001 to 2008 and acknowledged that the practice was a "mistake" and "unacceptable."
But executives argued that Swiss bank-secrecy laws prohibited the institution from revealing the names of tax-dodging U.S. citizens to federal officials.
Monday's plea agreement did not require Credit Suisse to turn over any additional names beyond about 238 it had provided under a tax treaty between the U.S. and Switzerland.
Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), who chaired that hearing as part of a six-year effort against tax evasion, criticized the Justice Department for not obtaining more names of account holders.
"This guilty plea strikes an important blow against tax evasion through bank secrecy," Levin said. "But it is a mystery to me why the U.S. government didn't require as part of the agreement that the bank cough up some of the names of the U.S. clients with secret Swiss bank accounts."
For years, authorities have been reluctant to bring criminal charges against mammoth financial institutions. Officials have worried that even the existence of criminal allegations could topple a major bank and lead to a cascading effect throughout Wall Street and the economy.
That fear is behind the wide-ranging debate known as "too big to fail." It also has sparked concern that Wall Street has a sort of impunity in which firms can engage in questionable financial behavior because they believe the government would, in the end, bail them out to prevent wider economic havoc.
Critics said the unwillingness to bring the hammer down on major banks and their top executives effectively has fanned wrongdoing on Wall Street.
Times staff writer Timothy M. Phelps contributed to this report.


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Could half a grapefruit — or a glass of its juice — be a toxic way to start the day?
Could half a grapefruit — or a glass of its juice — be a toxic way to start the day?
According to a report in the Nov. 26 edition of the Canadian Medical Association Journal,
a team of doctors noted that the number of prescription medications that had the potential for a severe adverse reaction with grapefruit had risen to 43 — up from 17 in 2008 — because of the introduction of new formulations during the course of the four-year study. Additionally, another 42 medications were identified as having the potential to cause some type of reaction. And many people, including health-care professionals who prescribe the drugs, are unaware of the potentially life-threatening side effects.
"People are surprised if I tell them to avoid grapefruit," says Rory P. Garland, a pharmacist and owner of NeighboRx Pharmacy in the Town of Wallkill. "They look at me like I have four heads."
The culprits are the derivatives of a chemical in grapefruit called furanocourmarin, which bind with an enzyme called cytochrome p450. That enzyme is needed to metabolize, or break down, certain medications, says Garland. When that does not occur in the digestive tract, a higher concentration of the medication is absorbed into the bloodstream.
"Taking one tablet with a glass of grapefruit juice is like taking 20 tablets with a glass of water," David Bailey, lead study author and a clinical pharmacologist at the Lawson Health Research Institute in London, Canada, was quoted as saying. "This is unintentional overdosing."
And it's many of the commonly prescribed medications, says Garland — such as statins to lower cholesterol, anti-anxiety drugs and calcium channel blockers to lower blood pressure — that can have this interaction.
"Many of these have the potential to build up to a toxic level," says Garland.
According to several Web sites, toxic levels can result in GI tract bleeding, organ failure and even death. The furanocourmarin derivatives from a glass of grapefruit juice can remain in the system for 24 hours, so that half a grapefruit at breakfast can result in an overdose of a medication taken at night. Additionally, according to the Mayo Clinic, pomelos and Seville oranges, a type of bitter orange often used to make marmalades and compotes, could have a similar effect.
Garland says the drug manufacturers supply him with stickers that he affixes to the bottle to warn people not to drink grapefruit juice with that pill. However, another concern is over-the-counter cough suppressants that contain dextromethorphan — such as Robitussin DM or Mucinex DM, he says, which can interact with grapefruit. While more and more people are questioning interactions between medications, few are aware of food-and-medication complications, and for many, there's the perception that OTC products are safer — although a Web search found some bloggers who intentionally combined cough syrup and grapefruit juice to enhance the "trip."
Several days after the Canadian report was released, scientists with the Florida Department of Citrus countered that the findings were "overly alarming" because the expanded list was not based on human clinical trials. Those scientists did acknowledge a potentially harmful grapefruit-drug interaction between the cardiac drug Plendil and cholesterol drug Zocor.
It is uncertain, though, how many people have been affected by these interactions — and to what degree. "The frequency of these reactions may be small, but the risks are not worth it, especially for drugs which could cause sudden death," said Bailey, one of the first pharmacists to report the interactions between grapefruit juice and certain medications 20 years ago. "Physicians need to know that this affects a number of new drugs and apply this information to their practice and patients."
"And check with your pharmacist," says Garland.
Additional sources: mayoclinic.com; webmd.com; Canadian Medical Association Journal, cmaj.ca


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Last December, midfielder Joseph Nane (Cameroon) became the most recent Rapids foreign-born player to receive his U.S. Residency status (Green Card), meaning he will no longer occupy an international player slot on the Rapids roster.
Two other international slots also opened up after the team declined to pick up the options of international defenders Danny Earls (Ireland) and Miguel Comminges (Guadeloupe). Neither player will be part of the upcoming preseason.
That means that only Caleb Folan (England), Jamie Smith (Scotland), and Josh Janniere (Canada) currently occupy international slots, leaving four wide open, including one that was not utilized last year. Folan is in the process of obtaining his residency status, which could delay his return to Colorado in time for the beginning of preseason training.
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Faced with the costs of vertically scaling their relational database systems, developers are increasingly turning to Apache Cassandra as an alternative. Cassandra solves the scaling problem by partitioning data, expanding horizontally and promising replication consistency. Effectively utilizing Cassandra requires that developers take different approaches to the ways they model data used in their applications. This presentation will explain how Cassandra achieves scale and reliability, and give an example of porting a SQL schema to Cassandra.
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Russian Helicopters (Stand G10) plans to showcase its multi-role Kamov Ka-32ÃÂ11Ãâá and the Ka-62 medium twin during Helitech International 2013.
The Ka-32A11BC's coaxial rotor system has number of advantages in hover accuracy and maneuverability, allowing it to perform complex installation and construction tasks, the company emphasizes, along with a wide variety of other demanding specialized tasks such as "horizontal" firefighting using a water cannon against blazes high up in tall buildings.
The Ka-62 has a single five-bladed main rotor, with an enclosed tail rotor and more than 50 percent of its airframe structure and its rotor blades made from composite materials. Powered by two Turbomeca Ardiden 3G turboshafts, the Ka-62 will also feature a glass cockpit and wheeled landing gear. The Ka-62 is designed for missions including cargo transportation, medevac and SAR, and is also aimed at the oil/gas and corporate sectors.
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Russian Helicopters plans to conduct the Ka-62's first flight this year and deliver the first examples to launch customer Atlas Taxi Aereo of Brazil in mid-2015.
Headquartered in Moscow, Russian Helicopters, JSC is a subsidiary of UIC Oboronprom, which in turn is a part of State Corporation Rostec. Encompassing the Kamov, Kazan and Mil brands, the company comprises five helicopter production facilities, two design bureaus, a spare parts production and repair facility, as well as an aftersale service branch responsible for maintenance and repair in Russia and all over the world. More than 8,000 helicopters of Soviet/Russian make are operated in more than 100 countries worldwide. Demand for these aircraft is traditionally highest in the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, Russia, and CIS countries. Russian Helicopters was established in 2007. In 2012 it delivered 290 helicopters and increased its revenues by 21 percent to 125,7 billion rubles.
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Through China's use of coal, it is the largest greenhouse gases emitter in the world. The negative pollution impacts from coal on China's farming could increase the demand for agricultural imports and hinder Chinese foodstuff exports. The energy demand from China's continued rapid industrialization augurs no end in sight to this trend, however this may create market opportunities for manufacturers of cleaner power generation equipment and vehicles.
China's rapid industrialization can be felt not only in changing trade balances around the world, but also in the quality of its air and water. This may create several investing opportunities. Companies offering technology to clean China's power plants, reduce the emissions of its cars, or offer alternative, cleaner sources of fuel may see a bright future in China if they can hit the right price-point. Investing in China's economic growth, through indexes and companies connected to the power industry, might need to be tempered by an understanding of the environmental costs of such growth and when such costs may need to be internalized. Meanwhile, those investing in importers of foodstuffs from China, or exporting respiratory-related medicines to China need to stay up-to-date on these developments as well.
A CO2 trading system allowing power plant operators to purchase a credit for the amount of CO2 emitted is growing in Europe. China could be encouraged towards cleaner energy production with the opportunity to sell excess credits, which they could receive as a reward for cutting emissions. Trading Emissions and Climate Exchange would be positioned to benefit from this.
New laws and initatives proposed by the Chinese government offer opportunities for many manufacturers of alternative energy especially renewables.
If greenhouse gases and acid rain were to impact China's basic food staples production, this could support firmer food prices and require larger product imports.
The Chinese government is calling for stricter emissions standards and hybrid technology for its rapidly growing automotive sector.
By late 2007, China will be the world's leading emitter of greenhouse gases, surpassing the United States. The primary source of these emissions are China's coal power plants. In becoming the world's industrial production center, economic ambition has dwarfed environmental concerns. Already, China has 622 GW of capacity, of which about 80% is from coal which generate much higher levels of pollutants than oil or gas plants. Industry-lead power demand is 70% of China's energy consumption compared with residential and transportation usage at 10% and 7%, respectively. See Figure 1. Notably, pollution rates are slowing elsewhere in the world as China's industrial growth is replacing their domestic manufacturing and energy demand. See Table 1.
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China's pollution problems are monumental. Acid rain falls in roughly one-third of China's land mass, which further exacerbates the country's water problem. Particulates generated from China's pollution are detectable as far away as the Western United States. The effects are huge: the Chinese government recently issued a report estimating wheat, corn, and rice production could drop 37% over the next 50 years. This scenario could impact demand for overseas food imports from Australia, which is closer yet has had drought problems, but also from North America. Companies such as Archer Daniels Midland and Bunge Ltd., large players in the North American agriculture and commodity food businesses, could see increased demand for their products or at least firmer global prices.
Penalties on industry thus far demonstrate a reluctance to slow current economic growth for environmental reasons. In March 2007, Premier Wen Jiabao did note China's missing its energy intensity goals during his annual address to the National People's Congress. However, regulatory change for future development is supporting installation of cleaner energy capacity, remediation efforts at existing plants, and fuel and size guidelines for the rapidly growing vehicle/transportation sector. Notably, by 2030, China is expected to have more vehicles than the United States currently has. This offers opportunities for remediation companies offering cleaner coal technologies such as General Electric's coal gasification, wind power companies such as Vestas, Gamesa, and for nuclear power plant equipment from Westinghouse.
This emissions problem and acid rain increasingly hurts China's domestic agricultural development and food demand, as well as rising respiratory health issues. Regulations impact remediation efforts for cleaner coal plants, demand for alternative energy sources, and even guidelines for size and fuel for vehicles.
Almost 40 miners were killed in three different accidents in China's coal mines in July 2010. As the story receives national press, China's dangerous coal mines are becoming more apparent. According to official figures, 2,631 coal miners died in accidents in China in 2009, which is a 18% drop from 2008 levels. The main causes of accident appear to be lack of required ventilation and fire control equipment.[1] While the owner of one of the mines was arrested after the accident in July 2010, it is unclear what these accidents mean China's long-term production of coal.[2]
After prices rose 30% for the first six months in 2010 compared to the same period 2009, the Chinese government has taken measures to cap coal prices. In June 2010, the Chinese government ordered coal companies to keep prices agreed in annual supply contracts stable as the government tries to manage inflation. In May 2010, consumer prices rose 3.1% as the economy rebounded, the fastest pace in 19 months. The Chinese government also wants to help reduce costs at state-owned companies, which rely on coal-derived power as a source of cheap, efficient energy. Although Chinese coal companies are expected to make profits, there is a high degree of uncertainty surrounding the duration of the price caps. Long-term price caps have the potential of squeezing margins for Chinese coal companies.[3]
With the help of the Chinese government, Chinese coal producers are modernizing their mines by containing emissions of methane and turning the toxic gas into a source of energy. A byproduct of coal production, methane gas has led to several deadly blasts in China's coal mines. New systems capture and store methane gas and recycle it to produce energy. However, installing these systems is expensive, and many smaller producers have opted out due to costs. To alleviate some of the costs, the Chinese government grants $300 million dollars in subsidies to producers that install these systems. However, many producers are likely to increase installations of CSS systems and methane capture systems as the industry and government face increasing pressure abroad to improve safety and curtail emissions.[4]
In August 2009, China's largest coal producer by output, China Shenhua Energy, reported half-yearly profit that was 14.2% higher when compared to last year. Both revenue and profit rose in the first half of 2009 as a result of domestic sales that were 7% higher and average selling prices that were 10% higher.[5] Because households and plants use air conditioning systems to cool off during the summer, the season is considered the peak season for power consumption. Industrial manufacturers and producers also increased their power consumption during the first half of 2009 as the Chinese economy began to rebound from the global recession beginning in 2007. Although power consumption in China consistently increased for the first six months of 2009, coal consumption remained low for many other countries still experiencing slow economic growth. Sales to Shenhua's overseas customers declined 43% year-over-year during the first half of 2009 as a result of slower industrial activity.[6]
During the winter of 2009/2010, severe weather conditions have led to coal shortages nationwide in China. During the first few weeks of 2010, coal reserves in 598 major power plants were only enough to last for nine days. Additionally, coal storage in 205 power plants have the potential of lasting for seven days. The cold weather has not only increased demand for electric heat, but severe weather conditions have slowed the production and transportation of coal to power plants. While in the short term coal imports is attempt to remedy these coal shortages, these problems illustrate China's need to expand to energy sources outside of coal-derived electricity.[7]
Through government spending, the Chinese government has committed to getting 6% of its power from non-hydroelectric renewable energy sources by 2020. In particular, the government plans to subsidize its solar industry to increase domestic use. Many local governments of "sunshine regions" such as Gansu, Qinghai and Inner Mongolia are providing economic incentives to companies like Suntech Power Holdings (STP) and Solarfun Power Holdings (SOLF) to produce more solar panels for local use. Additionally, China has raised the number of nuclear plants it plans on completing by 2020 to 100. However, analysts at the Wall Street Journal believe that China has the potential to remain dependent of coal-derived power, which accounted for 70% of the power generated in 2008. In May 2009, Chinese steel company Metallurgical Corp. agreed to provide $3 billion in financing to Australian coal producer, Waratah Coal Pty Ltd in exchange for guaranteed supplies of coal. The financing is for Waratah planned $5.15 billion thermal coal project in Queensland state.[8]
Before the U.N., China's President Hu Jintao promised to decrease the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per dollar of economic output. Although greenhouse gas emissions have the potential of rising if China's economy keeps growing quickly, Mr. Hu's said that he is focused on capping relative emission. China's reasons for reducing carbon emissions stem from environmental concerns as well as economic trade ones. The U.S. and many countries in Europe have proposed tariffs on imports from countries that do not have carbon capping laws. Both tariffs and domestic carbon taxes have the potential of raising the prices of China's exports, which have been essential to the country's economic growth. As of September 2009, China has enacted two main policies to reduce carbon emissions. The first was to force provincial leaders and the heads of corporations to show improvements in energy efficiency and disclose their carbon dixoide emission information. This policy led to a 10.1% cumulative drop since 2006, and China has the potential of reaching its 20% reduction in relative emissions goal by 2010. The Chinese government has also shown support for both the manufacturing and use of wind and solar energy through subsidies and other financial incentives. Backed by easy credit from the state-owned banks and quick regulatory approval, many of China's biggest companies in terms of revenue have begun new wind and solar projects to power their operations.[9]
In a visit to China, Energy Secretary David Chu pushed for greater action on climate on China's behalf. Mr. Chu warned that China has the potential of adding more greenhouse gas over the next few decades that the U.S. emitted since the Industrial Revolution. In response to Mr. Chu's remarks, Chinese officials said that efforts have been made to cut carbon emissions, but significantly caping its carbon emissions has the potential of stymieing economic growth. In particular, China has begun develop a carbon capture and storage to curtail its coal emissions.
In November 2009, President Obama and President Hu Jintao announced an agreement designed to improve clean energy in both the U.S. and China. The package includes initiatives designed to improve the efficiency of coal-derived electricity and curb carbon emissions. At the forefront of the agreement are several carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. By bringing teams of U.S. and Chinese scientists and engineers together, both countries hope to reduce the cost of developing clean coal and CCS technologies. The plan is financed not only by the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and the Chinese government, but also incorporates several private energy companies. Peabody Energy, General Electric, Shenhua Corporation, AES and Songzao Coal have all agreed to invest in clean coal and CCS technology. However, the extent of investments from private companies has not been disclosed yet.[10]
China's coal fired power plants made a profit of $196 million in the first two months of 2009, which was 32.6% down from year-over year. Power suppliers, who control power transmission lines and distribution grids, lost $356 million in January and February 2009. A year earlier, power supplies profited $798.8 million during the first two months. Several Chinese power generating firms expect or have reported losses for 2008 due to high coal prices for the first half of the year. Despite March 2009 coal prices that were 44% lower than their July 2008 highs, China Power Investment Corp., which is owned by the Chinese government, reported losses of $43.9 million to $58.5 million in first two months of January. Because the coal prices and the overall need for coal-powered electricity remain uncertain in 2009, many power suppliers in China have refused to sign contracts with coal miners, who are asking for higher prices due to rising production costs.[11] Instead of buying coal through domestic miners, power companies have started to import more coal from overseas. China imported approximately 4.88 million tons of coal in February 2009.[12] For the world's largest coal consumer and producer, coal imports have increased 63% percent since January and 73% since February 2009. Many analysts believe that increasing coal imports has the potential to make power suppliers dependent on coal imports, which would hurt domestic producer's sales and ability to renew contracts. However, China's energy needs are massive, and power suppliers will probably have to rely on coal domestically and internationally produced.
China's energy demand and intensity has risen dramatically due to its industrialization. This energy demand largely been met with coal-fired power plants, which account for over 80% of domestic power generation capacity. However China's growth is rapidly outstripping its domestic energy supplies. In 2001, China represented 10% of global energy demand, and met 96% of its demand with domestic energy supplies. By 2006, China represented 15% of world energy demand and is far more reliant on the importation of fuel, significantly affecting world market oil prices. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts that by 2030, China will account for 20% of the world's energy demand.
Industry consumes a remarkable 71% of China's energy. This is quite high by developing and developed country standards. In comparison, industry energy consumption is only 49% in India, 31% in Europe and 25% in the US. (See Figure 1). GDP by sector also shows China to highly reliant on industry at 48% as compared with only 27% in India and 20% in the US. Outpacing even the growth of China's major manufacturing capacity is the growth in its energy demand. From 1978-2000, China's economic growth was 9% while energy demand growth was 4%. But after 2001, energy demand grew to 13% per annum.
The growth of heavy industry in China is one explanation why energy demand growth is exceeding overall economic growth rates. Driven by both global and domestic demand, heavy industry's profitability has surpassed that of light industry. In a recent survey conducted by David Dollar and Shang-jin Wei, since 2002 heavy industries such as iron and steel and basic chemicals have been more profitable than textiles and apparel. Heavy industry demand for iron and steel, for example, has been spurred by the urbanization shift in China with over 170 cities having over 1 million inhabitants. In 1995, 29% of China's population lived in cities rising to 42% in 2004. From 2000-2005, residential housing space grew to 4.4 billion square kilometers to 10.8 billion square kilometers. This urbanization has driven heavy building, transportation, and roads construction.
According to the University of Queensland in Australia, China is likely to import more coal from Australia, Russia, and Indonesia as its supplies of thermal coal decline. However, the report argues that coal supplies from Russia and Indonesia are not sustainable over a long period of time, and China has the potential of resorting to lower-quality coal to power its country. Therefore, the authors suggest that it is in the best interest of countries like Australia, Russia, and Indonesia to develop more efficient, low emission coal power sources to supply China. According to a different report by the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, clean-coal power stations are not financially viable until the carbon price reaches a minimum of $60/ tonne. The report by the University of Queensland argues that China's growing reliance on coal imports and government incentives are capable of making clean coal stations and coal seam gas stations more viable. Australia has allotted $18 billion to projects in the coal seam gas industry, and plans to continue developing carbon capture and storage coal plants.[13] Despite government spending, the success of coal-exporting countries have the potential of depending on new technologies as well as the future demand of coal-importers like China.
According to a report by Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, and The Energy Foundation, China's dependence on coal as a cheap source of energy has numerous environmental, social, and economic costs. The report, entitled The True Cost of Coal, outlined the impact water pollution, air pollution, and mining accidents had on the Chinese economy. That pollution not only contaminates the water and air in China but also is the leading cause of death in China; more than a million die each year from pollution-related illnesses. The report estimated that the environmental and social costs associated with the Country's uses of coal amounted to RMB1.7 trillion in 2007, about 7.1% of China's GDP for that year. In response to those studies, Beijing is reforming several of its coal facilities to improve safety, quality and efficiency. The Chinese Government also plans to modernize its electric grid and coal transportation railways. Of the Country's $585 billion stimulus package, $14.6 billion will be spent from 2009 through 2012 to implement ultrahigh voltage power networks. Although power consumption contracted in early 2009, the government plans to maintain investments of $43.86 billion to increase power-generation capacity.[14]
China's exceedingly high energy demand has pushed the demand for relatively cheap coal-fired power. Each week, another 2GW of coal-fired power is put online. While there are other sources of power generation available, China's ready access to domestic coal reserves means it is significantly cheaper to extract and transport than other fuel. Thus, over 80% of China's electricity comes from coal. Without filters and other clean-coal technologies, power generation through coal has significant environmental costs. In China's battle between rapid economic development and profitability versus environmental quality, it is obvious that short-term economic growth and profitability reign. Accordingly, less than 15% of China's coal plants have desulphurization systems. To install these systems in all coal plants would hike average electricity prices by an estimated 15%. The impact of such filtration systems would be dramatic, however. Some desulphurization systems would help convert sulphur dioxide into gypsum. It should be noted that the Chinese government has subjected heavy coal-burning industries to a sulphur tax, the tax rates are so low that they do not incentivize commercial change.
The impact from these coal plants worsens air quality, and creates acid rain which then hurts soil quality and food safety. Carbon dioxide emissions from power generation is highest with coal at 900 g/Kwh, gas at 400 g/Kwh, and nuclear at 4 g/Kwh. In 2005, over 25 million tons of sulphur dioxide were emitted from these coal-fired power and coking plants. Soot emissions were over 11.8 million tons and industrial powder emissions were over 9.1 million tons. It is estimated that over 90% of China's electricity sector emissions comes from coal-fired power plants. In North America, coal accounts for 68% of fossil fuel generated electricity but effects 86% of sulphur dioxide and 90% of nitrogen oxide emissions.
There is a range of estimates as to the true economic cost of pollution in China. A World Bank study estimates that China loses about $170 billion per annum due to reduced productivity and healthcare costs, while China's State Environmental Protection Administration issued a report estimating it at $64 billion in 2004. Then, in 2006, the deputy chief of SEPA said that the pollution cost $200 billion per annum also emphasizing the need for environmental protection work on water pollution control and drinking water as well as urban protection. China's 11th Five Year Plan calls for a 4% reduction per annum in energy required per unit of GDP.
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LAFAYETTE, La. (AStateRedWolves.com) – Arkansas State University's Brian Davis kicked a season-high five field goals and the Red Wolves amassed 526 yards in total offense to post an impressive 50-27 Sun Belt Conference triumph over the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Tuesday (Oct. 23) night in an ESPN2 televised contest at ULL's Cajun Field in Lafayette, La.
Arkansas State extends its current winning streak to three as the Red Wolves improve to 5-3 overall and 3-1 in the Sun Belt Conference. The Red Wolves also stretched theirconference road winning string to seven games and have prevailed in 11 of their last 12 SBC encounters to date. The A-State victory also snapped Louisiana-Lafayette's eight-game home winning streak and was the Red Wolves' first at Cajun Field since 1992 (20-7). The Ragin' Cajuns are now 4-3 overall and 2-2 in conference action with the setback.
"I'm very proud of our team," said ASU head coach Gus Malzahn. "Coming here we hadn't had much success in quite a few years. I'm very proud of our team defensively, offensively, and the special teams in it all came together tonight.
"It was a very important game. It was a big night with ESPN and coming into an outstanding team (Louisiana-Lafayette) at their home. For us to play well, it's very encouraging for me and my staff," added Malzahn.
Arkansas State set the tone early in the game, registering the initial 20 points of the contest all within the first 16 minutes of play. The Red Wolves struck paydirt after taking the opening kickoff and marching 45 yards on 11 plays before going up 3-0 on junior kicker Brian Davis' career-tying and season-best 47-yard field goal at the 10:29 mark. On its next possession, A-State would claim a 6-0 lead as Brian Davis connected on a 22-yarder with 4:38 left in the first quarter.
ASU's advantage increased tp 13 points (13-0) on the first play from scrimmage in the second quarter when sophomore running back Frankie Jackson scored on an 11-yard sweep around the right end, completing a 42-yard, five-play drive. A-State started the drive in Cajun territory at the 43-yard line as a penalty was declined by the Red Wolves on ULL punter Brett Baer's fake punt attempt pass fell incomplete. Three consecutive Ryan Aplin pass completions during A-State ensuing possession, including a 20-yard toss to senior wide receiver Taylor Stockemer helped set up the score. The Red Wolves continued to make plays as senior free safety Tausean Holmes intercepted ULL quarterback Terrance Broadway's pass over the middle at the ASU 47-yard line and returned the ball 18 yards to the 35-yard line. Two plays later, Ryan Aplin hit junior wideout Julian Jones in the end zone from the 35-yard marker at 14:09 to cap a 12-second elapsed drive and give the visitors a 20-point cushion.
Louisiana-Lafayette would trim A-State's lead to 20-7 with 7:01 remaining in the first half as Terrance Broadway threw a 38-yard scoring strike to wide receiver Darryl Surgent. The Red Wolves would get six of those points back from the Ragin' Cajuns before the end of the first half on a pair of BrianDavis field goals. The ASU kicker booted a 45-yard field goal at 4:18 to end an eight-play, 45-yard drive andthen drilled another from 21 yards away with 21.7 seconds left in concluding a six-play, 51-yard march en route to giving the Red Wolves a 26-7 halftime lead. ASU held a 327-179 advantage in total offense through the opening two quarters, which included a 244-145 passing yard margin.
The Ragin' Cajuns cut into ASU's 18-point lead in the third quarter with their second TD of the night as the combination of Broadway and Surgent delivered again, this time on a 25-yard pass play to draw within 26-14 at the 12:16 mark. The score remained intact for the next seven minutes before Arkansas State found the end zone for the third time as junior running back David Oku tallied on a five-yard sweep untouched to make it 33-14 at 5:23 in the third. ASU wasn't done putting points on the board in the quarter however as freshman Rocky Hayes broke loose on a 57-yard "highlight reel" scoring run just under the two-minute mark to give ASU a commanding 40-14 lead.
The fourth quarter, which featured a combined 23 points, saw A-State go up 43-14 on Brian Davis' 29-yard field goal with 8:58 left in the game. The Cajuns countered on Torrey Pierce's five-yard TD rush at 6:58 before Frankie Johnson posted his second TD run on a two-yard dash with about a minute left to give A-State a 50-21 lead. ULL scored on the game's final play as Terrance Broadway tossed a four-yard aerial to James Butler.
One of the many ASU highlights on the night was the performance by Brian Davis, who recorded 20 points alone on his five field goals and five extra-point kicks. His five field goals were one shy of equaling his school-record of six set against Central Arkansas last season (9/24).
A-State's 526 total offensive yards, included 269 in the air from Ryan Aplin, who completed 21-of-31 throws. Rocky Hayes paced the Red Wolves' ground game with a game-high 86 yards on just three carries and David Oku added 83 on 22 attempts. Josh Jarboe was among three ASUreceivers with four receptions and compiled a team-best 67 yards.
Senior linebackers Don Jones and Nathan Herrold led the way defensively for ASU with seven tackles apiece. Tausean Holmes, freshman defensive end Chris Stone, and senior cornerback Chaz Scales notched an interception apiece.
For ULL, Terrance Broadway threw for a game-leading 374 yards on a28-of-39 passing performance as the Cajuns netted 450 yards of total offense but were victimized by five turnovers. Two Cajun receivers, Darryl Surgent and Jamal Robinson totaled 107 and 106 receiving yards, respectively.
The Red Wolves will seek to continue their Sun Belt road success on Saturday, Nov. 3, versus the North Texas Mean Green in Denton, Texas. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. (CT) at UNT's Apogee Stadium and will aired on flagship station 107.9 KIFN via the EAB Sports Radio Network.
ASU road success continues with 50-27 win over Louisiana-Lafayette
LAFAYETTE, La. (AStateRedWolves.com) – Arkansas State University's Brian Davis kicked a season-high five field goals and the Red Wolves amassed 526 yards in total offense to post an impressive 50-27 Sun Belt Conference triumph over the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns Tuesday (Oct. 23) night in an ESPN2 televised contest at ULL's Cajun Field in Lafayette, La.


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The testimony was that of Michelle Arnesto-Berg, who told Kansas legislators in hearings Friday that when she was 18 years old, not only was she intimidated into having a late-term abortion by her parents, but also that workers at the clinic of abortionist George Tiller killed her baby before she even signed a consent form.
"'Choice' is such a contemptible word when applied to abortion," said Janet Morana, co-founder of SNMAC. "This young woman, like so many others, had abortion chosen for her by others. Did the abortion clinic stop to see if she really wanted the abortion? Of course not; the abortion industry only sees pregnant women as profit targets."
"This woman's story is neither unusual nor surprising," added Georgette Forney, also a co-founder of SNMAC. "We know from many, many other testimonies that, first, lots of women get abortions because other people want them to and, second, abortion clinics are not interested in offering women choices. Counseling at these clinics amounts to abortion sales pitches. That's not 'choice,' that's exploitation."
Since the launching of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign in 2003, 2,326 women and men have shared their testimonies publicly at 189 gatherings in 44 states and six countries where more than 15,000 spectators have heard the truth about abortion's negative aftereffects. More than 4,100 people are registered to be Silent No More. Raising awareness about the hurtful aftermath of abortion and the help that is available to cope with the pain are two of the Campaign's goals.
The Silent No More Awareness Campaign is a joint project of Anglicans for Life and Priests for Life. For more information, please visit our website: www.silentnomoreawareness.org


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Los Angeles Galaxy star Landon Donovan will join Real Madrid's Kaka and Arsenal's Carlos Vela on the cover of FIFA Soccer 11 this fall, EA Sports announced today.
"Landon is the most recognizable, popular and accomplished soccer player in the United States and he was at his best with the world watching during the 2010 FIFA World Cup," said EA's Matt Bilbey, Vice President of Soccer.
FIFA Soccer 11 ships in North America on September 28 for multiple platforms.


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