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PROMONTORY, Box Elder County — NASA is giving a big pat on the back — and a big chunk of money — to the rocket builders at ATK.
It involves work the company is doing to achieve the next giant leap into space, much farther than humans have ever gone before. And it may start with a steppingstone beyond the far side of the moon.
"Well, it's all about getting to Mars," said Dan Dumbacher, NASA's deputy associate administrator, who traveled from Washington to personally thank ATK employees for their cost-cutting efforts.
"A big thank you to the ATK team," Dumbacher said to a crowd of employees gathered Tuesday in one of the massive production buildings on ATK's sprawling facility. "You guys are a big part of us getting back into space and beyond low Earth orbit."
ATK had a big setback a few weeks ago when it lost out to some other companies competing for NASA money. In that showdown, the goal was development of systems for getting astronauts into low-Earth orbits used by the International Space Station.
But ATK is still very much in the running for much more ambitious space adventures thousands of times farther from Earth. Possible destinations include asteroids, the moon and, of course, the red planet.
"(The) ultimate destination is Mars," Dumbacher said. "We're going to Mars. Where we go in between here and Mars is still being sorted out."
About 600 workers at ATK are focused on the project.
"It absolutely gets my juices going," said Charlie Precourt, a veteran astronaut and now a vice president of ATK. "The excitement, the intensity, the pulling together of all the resources that we can to do something we've never done before is always the thing that gets people going."
ATK is adapting the company's old space-shuttle boosters to lift long-range vehicles into space. NASA has already kicked in more than $200 million for ATK's work on the so-called "Space Launch System."
ATK is contracted to perform two static ground tests and two test flights in the next decade. This week, NASA kicked in an additional $51 million, which ATK will use to develop a more advanced version of the booster and to conduct one additional test flight.
With competition raging among various space companies, ATK launched a major effort over the past year to reduce costs of internal operations. The effort known as "value stream mapping" was designed to find ways of processing various booster parts more rapidly while still maintaining a high degree of quality control.
According to ATK officials, employees came up with 400 significant improvements, resulting in a 46 percent reduction in the time required to refurbish used space shuttle boosters and make them ready for flight.
"The country is asking us to do a lot more for less," said Alex Priskos of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, "and you guys have been amazing in the way you have stepped up to it."
The goal of the Space Launch System is to take astronauts far beyond the Earth-orbiting space station and the distance traveled by astronauts who landed on the moon four decades ago.
While Mars remains the long-term goal, NASA reportedly briefed the White House a few days ago on a new possible interim destination. It's a point in space far beyond the moon known as a Lagrange Point. At these rare locations in space, gravity balances out, allowing a space station to park more or less permanently in that spot.
A space station parked there could be used as a remote observation point, and astronauts there could remotely control robotic missions that might land on the back side of the moon.
"A presence on the other side of the moon enables science that we haven't done before," Precourt said. "So it's a very exciting possibility."
The Lagrange Point parking spot could also be used as a staging platform for much deeper space missions to asteroids or to Mars.
"A Space Launch System that will explore beyond low Earth orbit could be in operation for a couple of decades or longer," Precourt said. "So this is a huge opportunity for us to be part of that team from the beginning."
ATK has had its up and downs in the space program. Three years ago, the company had 4,500 Utah workers. Now, there are just 2,100 jobs. Workers know that it's a competitive business and that NASA could choose another company for the long haul.
"To be competitive, we have got to be cost-effective," Precourt said.
NASA has urged its contractors to reduce costs. Dumbacher indicated it could play a big role in which companies stay on board the program.
"We're going to be working on getting the costs down," he said, "and it will be a key criteria in our decision process."
The key turning point for ATK could come in 2015, when NASA will choose among competing companies. Assuming the program stays alive for 20 years or more, it could mean billions of dollars in business for ATK.
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Raising Cane's opens in Omaha
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A new restaurant is creating a buzz among college students in Omaha.
Raising Cane's near 72nd and Dodge streets had its grand opening Thursday. It is the restaurant's first location in Omaha.
College students waited outside to be some of the first customers.
"I had it down in Lincoln. Best part is the sauce. That's what I've been looking forward to," said one customer.
"We love having the college environment here. We appeal to all sorts of folks, but the college area has always worked well for us. We have a lot of restaurants near major colleges," said Tommy Van Wolfe with Raising Cane's
The first 100 customers received a free T-shirt and a meal coupon for their next visit.
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McGraw-Hill Cos. and its Standard & Poor's unit were sued by the U.S. over claims S&P knowingly understated the credit risks of bonds and derivatives that were central to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a complaint yesterday in in Los Angeles, accusing McGraw-Hill and S&P of three types of fraud, the first federal case against a ratings company for grades related to the credit crisis. McGraw-Hill tumbled the most in 25 years yesterday when it said it expected the lawsuit.
S&P issued credit ratings on more than $2.8 trillion of residential mortgage-backed securities and about $1.2 trillion of collateralized-debt obligations from September 2004 through October 2007, according to the complaint. S&P downplayed the risks on portions of the securities to gain more business from the investment banks that issued them, the U.S. said.
"It's going to be a tricky time for rating agencies," Fred Ponzo, a capital markets analyst at Greyspark Partners in London, said in a telephone interview. "S&P is probably just the first to face the music."
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Under the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, the U.S. seeks civil penalties of as much as $1.1 million for each violation.
Settlement talks broke down after the government sought a fine of more than $1 billion and an admission of wrongdoing from S&P, the New York Times reported. That amount would wipe out the profits of McGraw-Hill for an entire year, the newspaper said.
Before the case was filed, McGraw-Hill fell 14% to $50.30 in New York trading yesterday. Moody's Corp., owner of the second-largest ratings provider, fell 11% yesterday to $49.45. Yields on McGraw-Hill's $400 million of bonds due November 2037 rose 31 basis points yesterday to 5.75%, the highest level since May, according to Trace, the bond-price reporting system of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
Ratings firms have faced criticism from U.S. lawmakers over how they granted top grades to securities that packaged home loans from the riskiest borrowers, leading to a credit seizure, starting in 2007, that sent the world's largest economy into its longest recession since 1933 as defaults soared and home values plummeted.
"S&P's desire for increased revenue and market share in the RMBS and CDO ratings markets led S&P to downplay and disregard the true extent of the credit risks," the U.S. said.
McGraw-Hill's net income climbed 15% to $1.01 billion in 2007, only to decline more than 20% the following year.
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Even as a child, I didn't like comics much... I'm a fan of the well-crafted paragraph -- perhaps part of this is that writing is within my reach, whereas drawing is another thing entirely.
But its a visual age we live in, and I'm certainly not a fan of a text-only web, and there's that picture-worth-a-thousand-words thing, too. But do we really need dialog balloons to convey textual information? Art Spiegelman may have let the camel into the tent with Maus, but I mostly find the idiom of 'graphic novels' boring and tedious... even (especially!) if its in the New Yorker, which has been doing comic-idiom pieces for many years now.
So, along comes Chrome, Google's latest foray in the Web-as-OS campaign, and curiously, the comic is one of the main launch communication channels. I nearly winced. Then I read it. It is a convincing and clear explication of why the Web needs a Web browser built from the ground up, and I'll certainly try the browser at the earliest opportunity (later today, apparently, but given that even the comic server is overwhelmed as it seems to be at the moment, how long before it will be possible to slurp down the Chrome code?).
The 38 page comic is remarkable in its clarity on topics such as multi-threaded processes versus multiple-process architecture, garbage collection, testing regimes (and why Google is likely to do this better than most), the virtues of Webkit and virtual machines, intricacies of user Interface choices, privacy, security, and more. I couldn't have been more surprised.
One of the charming aspects of the comic is that it features some of the engineers behind the browser, so there is yet another benefit for working there... you have a chance at becoming a comic book super-hero. They missed an important one, though... the communications wizard who is responsible for this terrific archetype of a new age of documentation.
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No one could have been much happier Monday morning, at least in Steelers Nation, than the folks over at the Harrisburg Mall.
They already scheduled a sports card show for Feb. 20-22 that included former NFLers John Cappelletti and Paul Horning on the 21st, and Steelers James Harrison and Santonio Holmes on the 22nd. Then came the Super Bowl where both played a prominent part in the victory; Harrison had that outrageous run for a score after intercepting a pass right before halftime, and Holmes stretched and made an amazing catch to win the game in the final minute.
Holmes, a wide receiver and the Super Bowl's Most Valuable Player, will sign autographs in the lower level of the mall from noon to 2:15 p.m. Harrison, a linebacker and the league's defensive player of the year, will sign autographs from 2:15 to 4:30 p.m.
There is a $35 fee for each of their autographs plus a $10 inscription fee.
In a related matter, Sports Business Daily today picked up a CNBC.com interview with Harrison's agent, Bill Parise, indicating that the linebacker already had "a lot of deals set up prior to the Super Bowl." Parise: "He was coming off a Pro Bowl year, he just won Defensive Player of the Year, so last night didn't monumentally change the plan."
But CNBC.com's Darren Rovell noted Harrison's performance in the game "will certainly give things that Harrison is lending his name to a nice boost." Parise said that Harrison "has a deal with PLB Sports to make a signature line of cereal and peanut butter."
Parise said that the company is "working on Harrison's 'Crunch' cereal boxes now and they'll hit the market in the next couple weeks," while the peanut butter "will debut in the summer before training camp."
A book on Harrison, co-authored by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writer Bill Moushey, also will be coming out this summer.


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Starting in 2014, the federal government will require you to buy health insurance. That's when the individual mandate goes into effect under the Affordable Care Act.
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Upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in June, the mandate requires everyone (with a bunch of exceptions) to have health insurance, whether it's through an employer-sponsored plan, government-funded health insurance program, such as Medicare or Medicaid, or a private individual policy.
Worried about where you'll find a health plan? Here's where to look in 2014:
State exchanges
The Affordable Care Act requires states to set up competitive health insurance marketplaces called exchanges. The federal government will set up the exchanges in states that don't set up their own. (See How health insurance exchanges will work.)
The exchanges will offer websites where you can compare health insurance plans and prices and buy coverage online. You'll also be able to see whether you qualify for government-funded insurance programs or government subsidies to help you afford health insurance premiums.
"It's a pretty impressive platform to set up," says Dan Maynard, president of Connecture Inc., a Milwaukee area-based software company that's designing the online-sales systems for exchanges in Maryland and Minnesota.
The websites will include self-service tools to guide you through the process of enrolling in government programs, if you're eligible, or choosing a private health plan based on your needs.
In most cases exchanges will include call centers, where you can phone for help in choosing and enrolling in a plan, Maynard says. All exchanges will work with so-called "navigators." These are groups and professionals in the community who can help you enroll in a health insurance plan through a state exchange. Insurance brokers, consumer advocates and non-profit groups could serve as navigators, and some state exchanges might have community outreach centers.
"Each state is going to approach it a little differently," Maynard says.
Companies and brokers
An estimated 30 million Americans are uninsured now. That's a lot of folks to hit the insurance market all at once, especially as new regulations go into effect, such as premium subsidies for people who meet certain low- and moderate-income requirements.
"Not everybody speaks insurance-ese," says Carol Taylor, director of compliance and government affairs at Beacon Benefit Consulting in Jacksonville and Orlando, Fla. "It's going to be very, very complex. Agents are still going to have a consultative role."
Even though consumers will be able to shop for themselves through the exchanges, many will want some personal help from an insurance agent to sort through the options, she says.
Aetna, one of the largest health insurers, remains committed to brokers and will offer incentive programs to build stronger relationships, and develop new technology to make it easier for brokers to work with the carrier, says Barbara DeMaio, head of individual business for Aetna.
Health insurance companies will also sell plans directly to consumers through their own websites and call centers.
DeMaio says Aetna expects that most of its business will continue to come through brokers and directly to the company in 2014. Sales through state exchanges will grow as the new marketplaces get established.
Retail stores
Some health insurance companies are opening retail stores where you can shop for a policy, check on claims and get one-on-one health education coaching:
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield just opened its newest Highmark Direct store in Erie, Penn., the company's ninth retail outlet in the state
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida has opened 10 Florida Blue Centers in the state.
- Last year, UnitedHealthcare opened a 16,000-square-foot center in New York, which the company says will serve as a model for future centers. The insurer operates several other smaller stores.
- Aetna continues to market high-deductible health plans through Costco, the members-only warehouse retailer, in nine states. Costco employees provide brochures that describe the health insurance program, and Costco members can go online or call to sign up for a plan. Aetna plans to expand this program to other states.
Private exchanges
Besides the state-sponsored exchanges, a variety of private exchanges will serve as marketplaces where you can compare health plans and buy coverage.
Private exchanges have been around for decades. Nonprofits or companies, rather than the state or federal governments, own and run private exchanges. Some private exchanges feature plans from a single health insurer. Others let you compare plans from competing health insurance companies. In some cases your employer might contribute a certain amount of money for you to purchase insurance and then send you to a private exchange to pick out a plan.
Why have private exchanges when state-run exchanges will open in 2014? The private exchanges give health insurers another channel to market their products. In Massachusetts, where a government-run exchange has operated since the state reformed its health care system, health insurers have continued to market to groups and individuals through privately run exchanges.
Meanwhile, no matter where they're sold, all health plans will have to live up to minimum standards of coverage set by the Affordable Care Act. That means you will qualify for coverage even if you have a health condition, and plans must provide certain benefits.
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We've found something else Donovan McNabb and Andy Reid agree on, beyond discomfort with making declarations about the quality of the roster in July. (Though both men have been careful to not sound as if they're telling team president Joe Banner to, uh, kindly desist, we can clearly infer from their remarks that they wish Banner hadn't proclaimed this the best group of players he's had.)
Anyhow, on Monday, McNabb said Michael Vick should be reinstated, without serving a suspension, though of course, that wasn't quite how NFL commissioner Roger Goodell ruled. Tuesday, Reid didn't mention the suspension part of it, but he said he definitely feels Vick should be allowed to return, and will return, with former Colts head coach Tony Dungy helping his cause.
Reid was asked about the Eagles' interest in Vick.
"No. 1, I think he's a good kid. Right now, we've got a good situation at quarterback, so that's not the direction I'm looking at," Reid said. "I'm glad Tony Dungy's involved; there's no finer person around than Tony Dungy. And Michael, the times that I've talked to him, he's a good kid. I think that combination there will help Michael, and probably increase his marketability there."
Asked if he believed Vick deserves a second chance in the NFL, Reid said: "Sure, yeah. At this stage of my life, I'm big on second chances."
Other Reid highlights:
*Nothing new in the Jeremy Maclin talks, but Reid emphasized that the situation is "day-to-day," meaning nobody is hunkering down for a long fight yet.
*Reid seemed the emphasize the skills of Nick Cole, when asked about whether Stacy Andrews' ACL rehab might keep Andrews from being ready to start right away at right guard. Hard to read the tea leaves there. Reid sometimes likes to give shout-outs to hard-working veterans whose contributions he thinks are being overlooked. Or, Farmer Andy could be concerned enough about bringing Andrews along slowly that he wants to prepare the ground for Cole as your opening-day right guard.
"Nick Cole is a quality starting offensive lineman here, which buys time for Stacy to get himself right. We don't have to sit here and force Stacy into a bad situation, not that we would do that anyway," Reid said. "I think everybody has full confidence that Stacy can do the job. I think that's also good for Stacy, on his end, where he can just ease back out there."


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Stop Destruction of Tule Lake Site with Proposed Fence!
Sun, 2013-05-19
Dear Friends of Tule Lake,
Dear Friends of Tule Lake,
The Tule Lake Committee needs your help. We need letters sent to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) objecting to the construction of a proposed fence in the center of the former Tule Lake Segregation Center that would close off to visitors more than half of the area where barracks once stood.
The FAA is considering Modoc County's application to construct an 8-foot high, 16,000-foot long fence to surround the Tule Lake airport to ostensibly prevent deer and other wildlife from wandering onto the runway, despite scant evidence of incidents with wildlife or people interfering with the crop duster planes that use the airport. Because the airport is located in the center of the former Tule Lake Segregation Site, a fence would destroy not only the physical and historic integrity of the site where 18,000 people were imprisoned, but also the psychological and emotional collective memory of a place that is held within the boundaries of this vast prison camp.
Site tours would no longer be possible and many former prisoners and their descendants would no longer be able to explore the areas where their families were once imprisoned. Visitors would no longer be able to traverse the Site to experience the dimension and magnitude of the Site, to gain a sense of the distances family members walked in their daily routine to eat meals, attend school, do laundry and use the latrines. A fence would essentially prevent a serious appreciation of what life was like during the incarceration.
The FAA is close to completing its evaluation of the impact this proposed fence would have on the historic integrity of the Site. We are urged to solicit letters from as many people as possible to object to the proposed fence because it would destroy the setting, feeling, and association of the Tule Lake Segregation Center site. A fence of that magnitude would cause such a physical alteration to the historic setting of the Site that it would prevent visitors from interacting with the actual physical landscape and from seeing what remains of former structures. A fence would significantly interfere with the personal reflection of former prisoners, their descendants and other visitors who seek an understanding of the conditions under which more than 18,000 people were incarcerated.
Let's not allow Tule Lake, a place that represents the destruction of thousands of Japanese American hopes and dreams, to be destroyed with an unneeded fence. The FAA needs Nikkei community responses about the detrimental effects of the proposed fence. We ask that you write a short letter or email to the FAA describing how a fence surrounding the runway would be a detriment to experiencing the setting, feeling, and association of the site.
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Thu, 2013-05-16
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ENEMY ALIEN at San Jose Peace and Justice Center
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November 18, 2012
Summer-Fall 2012: Outreach, Production & Awards!
2012 has been a breakthrough year for Enemy Alien as well as for Life or Liberty's next project, the Tule Lake Documentary.
Memorial gathering for Bernie McFall
Friday, November 30, 2012 - 6:30pm
AJ Muste Memorial Institute
October 20, 2012
In Memoriam: Bernie McFall
On Tuesday morning, October 16, Bernard McFall, one of Farouk Abdel-Muhti's closest friends, died at age 76 in Elmhurst Hospital, near his home in Queens.
ENEMY ALIEN screening to launch joint Palestinian and Asian American project in CA
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ENEMY ALIEN at Boston Palestine Film Festival
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 8:00pm
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I voted for zam. I think she's a great design that was never executed well. There are a lot of AOTC figures that need another pass.
Last time I checked, Zam was definitely not a main character. In fact she was pretty unimportant in the main scheme of things. LFL could've easily replaced her with, I don't know, just about any other assassin-bounty hunter type character. Maybe I'm just biased on account of AOTC is my least favorite SW film.
I can't believe the people who didn't vote for all 25. So many opportunities for Dorme lost!
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Cryptid Alert: Giant Owls and The Albuquerque/Rio Rancho UFO and Paranormal Forum May Meeting
The New Mexico branch of the League of Western Fortean Intermediatists (hereinafter LOWFI) will be meeting this Saturday, May 22, at Manzano Mesa room four, from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Then they're going to Applebee's.
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Motorcyclist dies after Seminole Co. crash
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One person is dead after a motorcycle crash in Seminole County.
Officials said the crash happened a little after 9:30 a.m. Tuesday near Alafaya Trail and Beasley Road.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 2012 Kia SUV driven by Henry Self attempted to turn onto Beasley Road but turned into the path of a 2004 Yamaha motorcycle.
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In the design contest for state-mandated recycling programs, California has managed to become the captain of both teams.
The state's electronics recycling program, launched in 2005 for televisions and computer monitors, is based on an advanced recovery fee—ARF, in recycling circles—of $6 to $10 levied on buyers of new equipment. The state moves the money through a fund that reimburses collectors and recyclers.
Although California was the first state to mandate a program for defunct electronics, all the later states that did so chose a different approach producer responsibility, or extended producer responsibility (EPR) in wonk speak. The agency that runs California's fee-based program for discarded electronics recently adopted its own producer responsibility strategic directive to shape future recycling initiatives. For the guidance of the legislature, it also has prepared an Extended Producer Responsibility Framework, into which future product-specific or substance-specific activities could be fitted.
So the first state with ARF for computers and televisions might also become the first state with a multi-product EPR on its statutes.
If this happens, future mandatory recycling programs on specific products would assign the costs—and much of the implementation—to manufacturers. The extent to which retailers or local government might become involved would be decided on a case-by-case basis. What the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) is developing is a basic structure for recycling. The choice of discarded goods it should cover would be made separately.
British Columbia already uses that approach, but it was adopted by the province's environmental agency without the legislature writing a new law.
Scrapyards might wish to keep an eye on what recyclables get selected for producer responsibility if California enacts that approach.
In a preliminary assessment by CIWMB staff, one of the five categories viewed as most eligible for manufacturer responsibility was major appliances, a.k.a. white goods. If a manufacturer responsibility law is passed and major appliances become one of its elements, that might change the current pathway of household to scrap processor to shredder. Or even if the collection arrangements stay the same, manufacturers might be required to provide some reimbursement money along the way.
One reason major appliances made it onto the preliminary list is that too many of them don't find their way to scrapyards or to public landfill dumps that can divert them to recycling channels. "Major appliances, along with furniture, are the most commonly illegally dumped products and are cumbersome and expensive items for local agencies to collect and dispose of," a CIWMB staff document said.
At least one potential headache for the scrap industry faded along the way. The list of 42 possible products under such a California law was winnowed twice, first to a list of 14 and then to a high-priority list of five.
Aside from major appliances, the finalists as most-likely producer responsibility candidates were bulbs containing mercury, paint, non-automotive batteries and electronics.
With computer monitors, televisions and DVD players already covered under one existing program—and cell phones under another—the electronics that eventually might be recycled at manufacturer expense include audio equipment, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and handheld games.
Even if California should pass a multi-product manufacturer responsibility law ahead of states, British Columbia created such a structure first by administrative fiat. The province's product list includes electronics, lead-acid batteries, oil, medications, paint, a category covering solvents and pesticides, tires and beverage containers. Manufacturers play a key role in the province's recycling arrangements, although there is variation in the extent to which such recycling is mandatory.
Tires used to be covered by a provincial recycling incentive program, funded by a C$3 ARF-style surcharge on every tire sold. Effective January 2007, however, it was replaced by a recycling program run by the Rubber Association of Canada, the Retail Council of Canada and the Western Canada Tire Dealers Association.
Many electronics makers have expanded their U.S. recycling activities over the past two years, even as most remain opposed to legal mandates. Sony Corp. is cooperating with Waste Management Inc.'s Recycle America unit to take back, without charge, household discards originally made by Sony at 79 locations in 18 states, with more sites to come; Dell Inc. is cooperating in many areas with Goodwill Industries in handling recycling take-backs; and with an electronics recycling law soon taking effect in Minnesota, Panasonic Corp. of North America, Sharp Corp. and Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. have formed a consortium to handle recycling.
"The manufacturers are five years late getting going but they're finally making a serious effort to do something," said David Zimet, president of New Jersey electronics recycler Hesstech LLC. "Let's give them a chance to prove what they can do." He recently predicted that a trial-and-error learning period, with manufacturers competing among themselves to develop practical programs, should lead to extremely efficient structures.
A potential model for manufacturer responsibility in the United States is a Brussels-based consortium called European Recycling Platform, which operates through two contractors in nine European Union countries while an affiliate is setting up operations in 20 other European countries. Participating manufacturers include Braun, Electrolux, Hewlett-Packard, Konica Minolta, Lucent Technologies, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba.
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Taking Seahawks to Deflate Patriots
Though the offi cial opening line on today's fray favored the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks by a fi eld goal, the line most of America first saw was 'pick.' At press time, a rush of New England money had moved the line to Patriots -1. But before you get caught up in sparring with the pointspread or shopping for the best lines, you may want to ponder this sobering fact: the outright winner of the Super Bowl stands 40-6-2 ATS all-time. That's right, only six times in the history of the most gambled-on sporting event in America has the favorite on the game straight-up and failed to cover the number. Translation: if you can just pick the winner on the scoreboard, the odds are extremely favorable that you'll cash a ticket as well. And if today's battle royal between New England and Seattle stays near the current price range, picking a winner should be easier to fi gure than past Super Bowls. That's because the combined pointspreads for the previous 48 Super Bowls fi nd the chalk laying an average of just over 7 points per game. Since that isn't the case here, let's focus on fi nding the SU winner in what looks to be an evenly matched contest at University of Phoenix Stadium.
COMMONALITY – SB XLIX marks the second consecutive season – after a 20-year drought – that the No. 1 seeds from each conference slug it out for the Lombardi Trophy. As you might expect, both teams arrive with identical 14-4 records. Looking deeper, each squad squared off against five common opponents this season, namely the Denver Broncos, the Green Bay Packers (twice for Seattle), the Kansas
City Chiefs, the Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers. Seattle compiled a 4-2 SU and 2-4 ATS mark in those games with the Seahawks winning the stats by an average of 62 yards per game. Meanwhile, New England went 3-2 SU and 2-3 ATS against the same foes while losing the stats by 29.6 YPG. Edge: Seattle
HEAD-TO-HEAD – The Patriots are 8-8 SUATS versus the Seahawks since Seattle entered the NFL in 1976. However, the Seahawks hold a 6-2 SUATS edge in the eight most recent series meetings. Edge: Seattle
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING – We've all heard that "defense wins championships" and while that statement may require significant research to prove, it certainly holds true on Super Bowl Sunday. Teams with the better defense have won a whopping 40 of the previous 48 Super Bowls, including a 13-3 SU all-time mark for teams possessing the No. 1 ranked overall defense. It just so happens that Seattle's defense is currently ranked No. 1 overall in the NFL, surrendering only 274 yards per game while allowing a league-low 16 points per contest. The Patriots' 11th-ranked stop-unit is no slouch but they still give up 341 yards per game (19.5 PPG). New England counters on the offensive front where Tom Brady and company score more points than anyone else in the league, averaging 30 PPG (5 more than Seattle).
This marks just the eighth time in Super Bowl history that a team with the No. 1 scoring defense has faced the team with the No. 1 scoring offense. In the seven previous matchups, the top-ranked defense won six times, including Seattle's drubbing of Denver last year. And when it comes to another tried-and-true analogy in the NFL – rush the ball, stop the run – 38 of the 48 previous Super Bowl winners
managed to outrush their opponents. Edge: Seattle
LOGISTICALLY SPEAKING – Teams arriving to the Super Bowl off three consecutive home games (New England and Seattle) are 3-6 SU and 3-7 ATS since 2000, including 1-5 SUATS off a win of 6 or less points (Seahawks). Super Bowl favorites of 5 or less points in 'double rest' affairs – a week of rest before the first playoff game and week of rest prior to the big game – are 1-8 SUATS (Broncos last year; check the closing line this year). Edge: The Underdog
BEHIND CENTER – To no one's surprise, both quarterbacks bring terrific QB Ratings into this contest. New England's Tom Brady finished the regular season as the league's 5th-ranked signal caller among starting quarterbacks at 97.4 on 33 TDs and 9 INTs. Seattle's Russell Wilson owned a 95.0 QB Rating, with 20 TDs and 7 INTs. However, the postseason QB Ratings show Brady at 99.8 while Wilson's
numbers have regressed during the playoffs, down to 81.9. Brady is 1-1 SUATS in his two career starts versus Seattle. Wilson is 1-0 SUATS in his only start against New England. Tom Terrific stands 180-55 SU and 134-96-5 ATS overall in the NFL career, including 20-8 SU and 12-15-1 ATS in the postseason, and 9-4 SU and 10-3 ATS in his NFL career versus NFC West opponents. But some important Brady stats have slipped in recent years. In 2011 and 2012 combined, Gisele's guy threw for 300 or more yards in 22 games while failing to reach the 200-yards-passing mark only once. Compare that to Brady's last two seasons where he totaled 12 games with 300+ passing yards… and 15 sub-200-yard outings! Wilson is 42-13 SU and 36-18-1 ATS as a starting QB with the Seahawks, including 7-4 SU and 10-1 ATS in games where Seattle is not favored. His main claim to fame is a sterling 10-0 SU and 8-2 ATS mark in games versus Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks. However, he's thrown for 300 or more yards only 5 times in his career while totaling 24 games where he tossed for less than 200 yards. Edge: New England
ON THE SIDELINES – New England's Bill Belichick, The Man In The Hoodie, who knows nothing about the use of under-inflated footballs in the AFC Championship game, arrives with a 21-9 SU and 13-16-1 ATS postseason career mark, including 3-2 SU and 1-4 ATS in Super Bowl games. Ironically, Belichick replaced Seattle's Pete Carroll, who left Foxboro after coaching the Patriots from 1997-99. Carroll is 8-4 SUATS in his NFL playoff career and 14-2 SU in games when playing off a SU win and ATS loss. But while he owns a moneymaking 11-5 SUATS mark versus all AFC East opponents, he's found the going tough against the division's better teams as evidenced by his troublesome 2-7 SU and 1-6-2 ATS versus AFC East foes with a win percentage of .642 or higher. Conversely, Belichick's troops tend to step-up in games versus quality opponents, going 52-24 SU and 47-27-2 ATS versus .750 or greater foes behind the former Spygate mastermind.
Edge: New England
SUPER BOWL HISTORY – Defending Super Bowl champions returning to the Super Bowl the following season are 8-2 SU and 6-4 ATS, with six of the ten games playing 'Over' the total. • The NFC has controlled the last 33 Super Bowls, going 22-11 SU and 21-10-3 ATS, including 5-1 SUATS the last six years. However, the AFC actually holds the upper and of late, going 10-7 SU the last 17 years.
• 18 of the last 21 winning quarterbacks have owned a QB Rating of 92.6 or better.• Teams who won their last two playoff games against foes that were off a playoff road win (Patriots this year) are 5-8 SUATS, including 2-5 SUATS since 2000. • Teams who score 20 or fewer points in the game are 6-31 SU and 9-34 ATS. Teams who score 21 or more points in the game are 41-12 SU and 37-14-2 ATS.
Edge: None
UPS AND DOWNS – The oddsmakers have done their best job posting Over/Under totals on Super Bowl games. That's confirmed by the fact that there have been 25 'Overs' and 22 'Unders' in this history of the big game – with no total available in the inaugural game. The big story in the world of NFL Over/Under totals last season took place in nonconference matchups (AFC vs NFC) as these games were an amazing 50-15 to the Over, including last year's Super Bowl. This year, however, non-conference games played to 33 Overs and 31 Unders. In games in which both teams were off SU wins, though, these same affairs tallied 4 Overs and 7 Unders. Edge: None
THE BOTTOM LINE – We hate to invoke the 'D' word here but Seattle's multi-miracle comeback win over Green Bay last week had 'team of destiny' written all over it. And if New England should remain the favorite at kickoff, we'll never turn down going into battle with an underdog boasting the NFL's No. 1-ranked defense. As a final nod to our tireless Playbook database, we'll leave you with this recently mined
gem: since 1996, teams who score 40 or more points in an NFL playoff game (Patriots) are 10-17 SU and 3-23-1 ATS in their following game. In what should be a classic battle between East and West here tonight, it's Seattle – back-to-back.
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A year after their first foray into transitioning to an entirely outdoors music festival, Riot Fest organizers put all of their cards on the table to make 2013 the biggest year yet. They stocked the lineup with everyone from legends (The Replacements) to crowd-pleasers (Fall Out Boy), added Denver to the list of out-of-town expansions, kept ticket prices lower than any other fest and promised a full-on experience with the return of carnival games and sideshow performers.
And then there was the guy who ran the Twitter account.
Unnamed but often referred to as "Riot Fest Twitter Guy," the man behind the tweets from @riotfest entertained followers for months leading up to the fest with blunt and sometimes insulting responses to inquiries about the safety of the area, a campaign to get the fictional Jesse and the Rippers band from "Full House" reunited for Riot Fest (unsuccessful, but it did result in an on-site butter sculpture of John Stamos), mostly unrelated social commentary and more. He may never reveal himself to the general public, but Riot Fest Twitter Guy will continue to be heavily involved in the fest for the foreseeable future. Here's what he had to say about this year and next.
So, a lot of people do know who you are ... right?
My friends know who I am. They don't really care, though.
Ever thought about how you would do your big reveal, if you did one?
Probably a Super Bowl commercial or something as equally punk rock and DIY.
How long have you been involved with Riot Fest? And why did you start running the Twitter account?
About a year now, when Riot Mike [Petryshyn, Riot Fest founder and organizer] asked for some advice.
What kind of direction where you given when you started managing it?
Not much. Big mistake on his part.
Has Riot Mike ever asked you to pull back on the insults?
From time to time. He once threw a computer mouse at my head.
You seemed to deal with a lot of idiots tweeting at you. What was the most frustrating thing you heard over and over on Twitter, specifically about the Chicago fest?
For the most [part], our followers are awesome. The idiots are just the loudest. Some people just like to get mad for no reason.
It looks like your second-most retweeted tweet of the year was related to gay marriage and DOMA ("Homophobia and discrimination is not punk rock. [Bleep] DOMA.")--surprised?
Not at all. Like I said, our followers are awesome.
Has this gig helped you get other ones?
It's made me a much more horrible person. I can't even tell if I'm being sarcastic anymore.
Will Riot Fest Twitter Guy be more involved in the actual fest next year?
I was behind the scenes a lot last year, and that's where I will stay.
You get one stage to program for one day at Riot Fest, to do with whatever you want -- what would a Riot Fest Twitter Guy stage look like, in your mind?
Lots of whiskey tastings and butter celebrities. And a hologram GG Allin flinging insults and poo at people. Also CCR, The Ramones, The Replacements and Radkey would play.
Wish us a Happy New Year ... please?
Quit trying to make this interview about you.
Jessica Galliart is RedEye's Social Media Lady.
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Beck and Cutler were thrown into the game arena and instructed to fight each other to the death, with the winner going free. Neither wished to kill the other, and Cutler forfeited the match, denying General Tesler the spectacle he'd expected. Paige convinced the disgruntled general to keep his word instead of summarily derezzing both programs, and Tesler announced that Beck would go free while Cutler would be publically derezzed at Argon Square. The two programs were taken outside and Beck was released; Cutler, under heavy guard, threw him the veteran armband he'd shown him in the cells, and told him to find Tron, join him and never stop fighting.
Beck returned to Tron's hideout and reported on his failure to save Cutler, but Tron pointed out that Cutler would not be executed until the next cycle, leaving time to mount a rescue. Beck agreed and headed off into Argon City.
Once in the city, Beck boarded the recognizer holding Cutler and hijacked it. Pavel noticed the course deviation and ordered that the recognizer be shot down. Damaged from the resulting attack, the recognizer crashed into a building, coming to a rest at the edge of its roof. Beck and Cutler rescued the guards inside just before the remains of the recognizer toppled from the building.
Escaping together, Beck and Cutler were intercepted by Paige on a roof bordered by light jet turbines. Cutler threw his identity disc, but hit the controls of a turbine instead of Paige, surprising her when what she thought was a missed attack activated the turbines and blew her away from her prey; Cutler had not been written for fighting but for aerodynamics.
Back at the garage, Zed was afraid to face Able with the news that Perl had tricked him and stolen the ENCOM 786. Able came out into the garage to look for the vintage bike's baton, but Mara, having figured out what had happened, intercepted Zed before he could get in trouble and offered to help him track the missing bike.
The two traced Perl to the docks, where she had presented the baton to Gage, the leader of her gang. Perl jeered at Zed, scoffing at his gullibility, but Mara, furious at the insult to her best friend, punched Perl in the jaw, allowing Zed to grab the baton. He rezzed the vintage light cycle and, with Mara riding behind him, fled the scene as Perl and the gang rezzed up their own bikes to pursue them.
Beck and Cutler, meanwhile, had also fled to the docks, deciding to use a light boat to get out of the city, but Paige caught up and engaged them in battle. The three fought until exhausted, and Paige, refusing to give up, held them at bay until Perl and her gang accidentally collided with her, allowing Beck and Cutler (as well as Mara and Zed) to escape in the chaos. Angered by the intrusion, Paige arrested Perl and took the gang in.
Beck and Cutler boarded a light boat but were pursued by Tesler's larger speed boat. Pavel arrived in another light boat, which slammed into them as they were hit by cannon fire, causing the two boats to fuse together. Beck fended off Pavel and knocked him into the water, but Tesler was closing in and they were unable to break the connection between the fugitives' light boat and the one slowing it down.
Suddenly, an underwater speedboat rocketed out of the water and used its light ribbon to separate the fused boats. The new speed boat shot away under the surface; though the fugitives could not know it, its pilot was Tron.
Arriving at a different dock, with pursuit left far behind, Beck returned Cutler's armband without revealing his identity. Cutler pledged his support for the coming revolution, and the pair exchanged goodbyes and parted company.
Back at Tron's hideout, Tron asked Beck if he had returned to continue the fight or to quit. Beck acknowledged that there would be setbacks, but it would be okay as long as they kept fighting. He then asked what would happen next. Tron told him that they would continue training: "Like I said, you've got a lot to learn."


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Trimmer Ramirez goes to work with Rays
Manny Ramirez is ahead of schedule in his bid to re-establish
himself as one of baseball's most fearsome sluggers.
The 12-time All-Star worked out with the Tampa Bay Rays for the
first time Thursday, arriving at spring training with a "chip on
my shoulder" and motivated to prove he's still a productive
Ramirez agreed to a $2 million, one-year contract, joining
Johnny Damon as the biggest offseason acquisitions by the AL East
Slowed by injuries, the 38-year-old hit .298 with nine homers
and 42 RBIs in 90 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago
White Sox last season. He'll be primarily a designated hitter with
Tampa Bay, but there's a chance he'll occasionally play left field,
The Rays' first full-squad workout isn't until Monday. Ramirez,
who'll turn 39 in May, reported Wednesday – five days early.
"Definitely, I'm looking forward to a new year and to go out
there and see what I can do," the .313 career hitter with 555 home
runs in 17 seasons with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox,
Dodgers and White Sox said.
Although he helped the Dodgers make the playoffs in 2008 and
2009, his production has slipped since May 2009, when he was
suspended 50 games for using a banned female fertility drug.
Ramirez spent part of this winter training in Arizona – where he
trimmed 12 pounds from last year's playing weight of 237 – and is
being counted on to add some punch to a lineup that lost Carl
Crawford and Carlos Pena to free agency.
He'll likely bat cleanup, behind All-Star Evan Longoria.
"I just got a chip on my shoulder that I want to be here, I
want to get my stuff right and show people I can play," Ramirez
"I think every player during the offseason prepares to have a
great season. We love to compete, and it doesn't matter what you
did last year, it's a new year. It doesn't matter who you are, you
have to go out there and show people you can do it."
Manager Joe Maddon had dinner with Ramirez the night before he
and Damon officially signed with the Rays. In addition to being
excited about having Ramirez in camp early, he likes what's heard
from the 2004 World Series MVP.
"I just see a guy who's focused and is driven right now,"
Maddon said. "I love the idea that he feels as though he needs to
go out there or wants to go out there and prove something. It's
going to benefit him and us."
Longoria worked out with Ramirez in Arizona during the offseason
and thinks he's poised to have a big season.
After watching the Rays lose Crawford, Pena and eight other key
players from last season's postseason roster through free agency or
trades, Longoria welcomed the addition of Ramirez and Damon, who
were once teammates in Boston.
"I'm excited. I think we all are," Longoria said, adding that
he was confident all along that Rays executive vice president of
baseball operations Andrew Friedman would find a way help the
cost-conscious Rays remain competitive in baseball's toughest
"Andrew made it clear to me going into the offseason that
obviously we knew we were going to lose some guys, but that they
were going to make a big effort to continue the winning ways here
and get guys in here that want to win and are the right guys for
the Rays. I think they did a great job."
Although Ramirez said he doesn't care where Maddon decides to
put him in the batting order, Longoria relishes the prospect of
hitting one spot in front of a Manny who's determined to show he's
still one of the game's better hitters.
"He had some injuries last year and didn't really have one of
the best years of his career, but I think he's out to prove that
he's still the Manny Ramirez of old," Longoria said. "I'm hoping
that he is. I'm enthusiastic and looking forward to it."
Ramirez insisted he isn't driven by numbers and wouldn't
speculate on what he would consider to be a good year beyond
staying healthy, which would lend to him being productive. He's 45
homers shy of 600 for his career, but said that doesn't mean a lot
to him, either.
"It don't matter, man – 500, 600, 800 – because, you know, when
you die, none of that matters," Ramirez said. "They can make you
a statue, it doesn't matter when you die."


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Ban on 'grinding' has Fargo North students going old-school for dancing at prom
By Helmut Schmidt / The Forum - FARGO – When North High School administrators bumped "grinding" from allowable dances at this year's prom, lots of students thought outlawing the up-close-and-personal style of dancing would make attendance thin.
But thanks to an impromptu dance academy, there's a good chance at least some Spartans will cut footloose.
For the last few weeks, Wednesday nights in North High's commons have featured the slap and tromp of feet on terrazzo – and plenty of toes – as students learn the two-step, polka, swing and waltz as replacements to the grinding many parents and officials see as too lewd.
Latin teacher Dave Volk and his wife, Mary, have taken on the task of helping students with two left feet and a case of dance fever.
"I'm not teaching them every proper move. I just love to dance," Dave Volk said.
"I'm teaching them steps they can amend and make their own," he added. "I want them to be in a culture where you can enjoy dancing without it being a sexual connotation."
The lessons start at 7 p.m. The first night there were 20 students. There were 22 the next week, 30 two weeks ago and 35 at the most recent lesson.
"For those of you who aren't brand new, this is where you work on your swagger," said Volk as he demonstrated a basic two-step.
First he had the dancers stepping side to side, then forward and back, adding some extra clop to his steps to give the beginners a sense of the footwork.
"Try that. Just move with that for a second," Volk said.
The group is mostly girls, but the ratio is not badly skewed. There are only a couple of ladies who have to pair up to get practice.
"A lot of guys think they're too cool," sophomore Ashley Blazek said. "If they want to get the girls, they have to learn how to dance. I'd be more impressed with a guy who could swing dance."
Seniors Courtney Johnson and Zane Miller were first-timers at the lessons.
"I didn't want to look silly at prom," Miller confided.
"It was fun," Johnson said.
Most importantly, it was a chance to learn without being criticized.
"No one was judging," Johnson said. "It gets more people into it."
"Everyone's cool, having a fun time and laughing," Miller said.
Miller said he probably wouldn't have gone to prom if grind dancing was the only thing going on.
"Why do that when we have Mr. Volk helping us out?" he asked.
No-grind zone
Prom is April 20 at North, and there will be "absolutely no" grinding, Assistant Principal Travis Christiansen said. That ruling came down last fall.
The grind is a dance in which the male pushes his pelvis against the female's buttocks, thrusting to imitate a sex act.
Christiansen said seeing the grind at dances made many students, particularly the younger set, uncomfortable. "When they were exposed to that, they found that off-putting and intimidating," he said
"There's a little bit of rumbling and grumbling about the decision. But I would also say there are groups of students who are embracing the fact," Christiansen said. "It didn't really fit the culture we want at North High School. Is that something we'd want kids doing in the middle of our lunchroom commons in the middle of the day?"
Other schools in the metro area hew to the same rule: You can move to the groove, but keep in mind, no grind. Chaperones will pull students aside if necessary to enforce those rules, principals and dance organizers said.
None of the other high schools contacted run an after-school pre-prom dance class, though South High School teaches dancing as part of its curriculum, Principal Todd Bertsch said.
Prom at Moorhead High School and West Fargo High School is May 4. Fargo South High School has prom April 13, and Davies High School on April 6.
'It's a workout'
Keith Lehman, president of North's student council, said the dance lessons have gone over well.
"It's been a lot of fun," he said, with those who have a few lessons under their belt teaching what they've picked up to new arrivals.
In addition to dance moves, the Volks teach the etiquette of the dance floor, and how best to follow the flow of the dance. Hint: counter-clockwise.
And they encourage the students to ask different partners to dance.
"You're going to have to mix it up," Dave Volk said, because dancing is about meeting new people.
While the group practiced adding some twang to their two-stepping, the Volks danced together in the middle of the crowd.
Years ago, when they first danced together, Mary Volk said Dave told her that if he stepped on her toes, "That's just me telling you I love you," she said.
"So that's what we've been telling the kids" about stepping on their partners' toes, she said.
The group is a mix, she said. Some drama students, some hockey players.
"I just hope that if we get the word out, other schools can do something similar," Mary Volk said.
After a run through swing dancing, Dave Volk teaches polka steps, starting with marching in place, then marching in lines of about six or eight across the dance floor.
"As a kid, when I first got it, I realized it was a march," Volk said, explaining the first part of the polka step.
As the group moved down the commons, Volk danced in front of them, throwing in some heel-kicking footwork – a polka padre, grinning and drawing smiles and laughter from the students.
"It's a workout. You've got to love a polka!" Volk said.
Seniors Ashley Nickel and Mike Miller are going to prom together. The last time they had danced together was as part of the chorus in a school musical, they said.
"It's just fun," said Nickel, who is partial to swing dancing.
"I like the pretzels. The big flashy stuff," Miller agreed. "It's a lot more energy."
"It's a lot more fun," to dance the traditional dances, Nickel said. "It's fun to cut loose and be silly sometimes."
Blazek is good with the grind being ground out for prom. "Our generation, that's all we know from the television," she said. "This type of dancing you can have fun with. And you can have your grandmother see you do it."
Banned dances throughout history
1700-1800s – Waltz
Some objected to it because it required partners to touch each other, sometimes chest to chest.
1800s – Tango
The modern tango emerged as a dance of the underclasses in the working class part of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the mid-1800s. It wasn't until just before World War II that its growing popularity vaulted it from the poorer side of town to elegant dance halls.
1920s – Charleston
This dance was fancied by female "Flappers" at the time who wore short dresses and bobbed hair. It involves kicking and swinging the legs and arms in four basic steps. It was banned in some dance halls for being too scandalous and exuberant.
The dance was a precursor to the Lindy Hop in the 1930s, which was also banned because dancers took up more room on the dance floor.
1950s – Elvis
"Elvis the Pelvis' " hip undulations were viewed as too sexual by some.
1970s – The Bump
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Hassan rips Connecticut bill as benefitting Northern PassBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
May 08. 2013 9:10PM
CONCORD - Gov. Maggie Hassan has asked Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy to oppose a renewable-energy bill she claims could reclassify large hydroelectric projects such as Northern Pass as "renewable energy" sources.
"Many in my state believe that the impetus for Connecticut's legislation is your state's desire to benefit from the Northern Pass project," Hassan wrote.
The Granite State governor warned the bill has the potential to impact New Hampshire's "most important natural resources.
Malloy's office rejected Hassan's arguments.
"Accessing hydroelectric power is a win-win for Connecticut and the region because it will lower rates for Connecticut residents and increase our supply of renewable energy," wrote chief of staff, Mark Ojakian.
Jane Difley, President of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, praised Hassan's efforts.
"Our biomass industry not only provides jobs in the woods and in our biomass power plants, but also provides a needed market for low grade wood," Difley said.


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Eva Marie Kenoyer formerly of Dunsmuir passed away on March 11, 2013 at Panama House in Chico, Calif.
Eva Marie Kenoyer formerly of Dunsmuir passed away on March 11, 2013 at Panama House in Chico, Calif. She was 88 years old.
Eva was born on Dec. 13, 1924 in Dunsmuir. She lived in Siskiyou County all her life. She was an apparel store manager. She was a master Bridge player and she loved golf. She was a member of Saint Anthony's Catholic Church.
She was predeceased by her husband Robert Kenoyer.
Eva is survived by her son Robert Kenoyer of Chico, her daughter Diana Kenoyer of Mount Shasta, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A Rosary will be said at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2013 at Saint Anthony's Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at noon on Friday, March 15, 2013 at Saint Anthony's with the Rev. Michael Canny officiating. She will be entombed in Mt. Shasta Memorial Park.
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Four Texas communities are consolidating their 911 services to form the North Texas Emergency Communications Center (NTECC), a partnership expected to reduce costs and improve service in all four communities.
The infrastructure and 911-dispatch center for Carrollton, Coppell, Farmers Branch and Addison, Texas, will be hosted at the CyrusOne Carrollton data center. The 12,000 square-foot space will include call center workstations, meeting rooms, a technology space, and reliable electrical and mechanical systems. The project, which is expected to be complete by early 2015, marks the first time a dispatch center has chosen a colocation provider for its datacenter and dispatch needs, CyrusOne said in its announcement.
"Consolidation will allow us to combine our resources, save costs, and serve our communities more efficiently. The closest unit available will now be able to respond to the scene of a crime or accident, no matter the jurisdiction, saving precious time. We won't have instances where someone needing assistance would have to wait for a unit in their jurisdiction that could actually be further away because they sit right on a city line," said Gary Greer, NTECC board president.
"CyrusOne offers us a facility that would have taken us years to build," Greer added, with its optimal power, resiliency, disaster recovery and security.
CyrusOne's 670,000-square-foot data center in Dallas/Carrollton is the largest facility of its kind in the state and one of the most energy efficient in the United States, the company said. Part of the Texas Internet exchange, the facility has 24/7 security, is carrier neutral, and can provide up to 60 megawatts of power.
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On opposite edges of Copley Square, separated by the makeshift memorial to the Boston Marathon bombing victims, two oases of calm reopened Wednesday and lured hundreds of visitors from the crowded plaza and surrounding streets.
The visitors knelt or sat in the majestic sanctuaries of Trinity Church and Old South Church, many alone, reflecting on the meaning of the mayhem that took three lives and injured 264 people only steps away.
They had come to pray.
Terry Pitman and Martha Saunders were among them, out-of-state visitors attending a business convention at the Westin Copley Place hotel. They walked across the square and into Trinity Church for a few moments of quiet.
"Prayer is a part of my daily life, and praying for others is who I am," Saunders said, touching her heart. "I do that every day, but I'm especially drawn to this place because of the tragedy."
For Pitman, who arrived from Virginia on Tuesday when the square remained off-limits, the serenity of the church's soaring Romanesque interior provided "peace in the middle of a storm, and this was a big one."
Old South opened its doors at 8 a.m., Trinity at 9 a.m., as the shaken neighborhood reclaimed some of the color and bustle of a normal weekday. Tourists and lunch-hour walkers crisscrossed the square, others lay on the lawn to be warmed by the sun, and Red Sox fans hustled to an afternoon game at Fenway Park.
But leaders at both churches knew that normalcy was an illusion. Thousands of people stopped to reflect and gaze at the crosses, notes, and flowers left for the victims at the makeshift memorial, which had been moved from Boylston and Berkeley streets. Knots of onlookers paused throughout the day at two bombing sites on Boylston Street to reflect and to record their visit with photos.
"The Christian bumper sticker, to me, is 'new life out of death,' and that is what we're living right now," said the Rev. Patrick C. Ward, associate rector at Trinity Church. "Death is never the last word."
Outside, John Williams and Elizabeth Cox spoke of their plans to be married at the Episcopal church May 4. To the Watertown couple, who heard gunfire before the second bombing suspect was arrested Friday, visiting Trinity in times of trouble seems reflexive.
"In the hard times, you look to your faith," Williams said.
Near its main doors, Trinity posted a sign that proclaimed: Open for Prayer. Inside, Narado Yetman invited visitors to step inside the sanctuary. By midafternoon, the staff member estimated, 200 visitors had accepted his invitation.
"A lot of them have been praying on the go," Yetman said, with a smile.
But even if the prayers were brief, Ward said, important work was being done.
"It's a beautiful, quiet, still space — alone with God and their thoughts," the associate rector said. "People experience trauma and react to trauma in many ways. I don't think there's a correct way to respond."
For Ward, the bombing aftermath has been personal and profound. "I think it's deepened my faith, actually," he said.
He also offered a secular suggestion: "Come down to Copley Square, buy a sandwich, and do some shopping."
Across Boylston Street, near the first bombing site, an organ boomed inside Old South Church. Bill Adams, a congregation member from Quincy, stepped inside for the first time since before the Marathon.
"It feels strange. You get goose bumps walking up the street," Adams said. "We're ready to slow down."
For Monday and Tuesday, the staff of the Old South, part of the United Church of Christ, worked out of a basement office loaned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. On Wednesday, the time had come to return.
"It's wonderful to be back," said Corey Spence, an Old South receptionist who logged each visitor in a ledger. By early afternoon, the number had reached 129.
"We're home," Adams added.
John Edgerton, associate minister, said he welcomed the chance to get back to work. "It's about offering a sanctuary in the midst of the city. Now, more than ever, we're committed to that," Edgerton said.
As part of that effort, the weekly Jazz Worship will be held outside the church at 6 p.m. Thursday to comfort passersby. The need for solace remains fresh, the minister said.
On Sunday, he said, congregants will walk to the finish line, where they will pause briefly while the church bell tolls for each of the dead.
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Sen. Charlie Dean and Representatives Will Weatherford and John Legg are joining Sen. Mike Fasano in the call for a closer look at the massive increases to sinkhole insurance rates proposed by Citizens Property Insurance.
The state-run property insurer has proposed raising rates for the policies by an average of 429 percent statewide, and more than 2,000 percent in some parts of the state. Company officials say the increases are necessary because fraudulent and frivolous sinkhole claims are draining their coffers, and premiums aren't high enough to cover losses. Officials at Citizens say in 2010 the company collected $32 million in sinkhole insurance premiums but had $245 million in claim-related losses. The Citizens board approved the rates this week. They now go to the Office of Insurance Regulation, which will schedule rate hearings in Tallahassee.
But some lawmakers say hearings should be held in other parts of the state. They also say the legislation, SB408, that gives Citizens permission to raise sinkhole premiums beyond a 10 percent cap that applies to other types of insurance should help cut down on the fraud that prompted the rate hikes.
"The rates they're putting out there are based on past history. Don't you want to wait a little while to see if what the Legislature did works?" said Weatherford, the House speaker-designate. "We gave them some flexibility. I don't think anybody in the Legislature did this to give them carte blanche to jack up the rates as high as they can."
Similarly, Dean tweeted this on Thursday: "SB 408 was passed to cut down on the increased number of fraudulent sinkhole claims- not so Citizens could seek a 2,000 percent rate increase." He called for rate hearings in the areas "most affected by the possible increase."
Legg also called for local hearings, and said the Office of Insurance Regulation should exercise caution before approving the rates.
"They need to give it a little bit of time to get some data. How much time they need, I don't know. Is it six months? Nine months? I don't know," Legg said. "But it's very premature, 30 days after the law goes into effect, to do these rate increases when we don't know what the effect of the law will be. We're hopeful the anitfraud mechanisms we put in that bill will suppress the number of fraud claims and the rate adjustment won't need to be anywhere near what it is."
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A 36-seat carousel is the newest attraction drawing people to the 1.5-mile ribbon of parks created after the completion of the Big Dig. It's a distinctly Boston carousel, with 14 New England animals, sea creatures and birds, made by Newburyport sculptor Jeff Briggs, based on drawings by children from four Boston Public elementary schools. It replaces a carousel of horses the Greenway rented for four years, which had 85,000-90,000 riders each season.
After eyeing the twirling carousel, Liam and Aidan Forry climbed onto a large-clawed lobster and a wing-flapping butterfly. Their grandmother, Mary Scott of Milton, stood next to them and seemed nearly as thrilled as the young boys with the new hand-crafted carousel on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston.
"I loved it," said Scott, who rode the ferry from Quincy. "I haven't been down here in I can't tell you how long, and I'm so glad we came. We're making a day of it."
Following the ride, Scott promised to bring her grandsons back for a second spin, after they rode a pirate ship in Boston Harbor.
The 36-seat carousel – which opened Saturday – is the newest attraction drawing people to the 1.5-mile ribbon of parks created after the completion of the Big Dig. It's a distinctly Boston carousel, with 14 New England animals, sea creatures and birds, made by Newburyport sculptor Jeff Briggs, based on drawings by children from four Boston Public elementary schools. It replaces a carousel of horses the Greenway rented for four years, which had 85,000-90,000 riders each season.
"That carousel was a real hit, but we wanted a permanent one that was unique and iconic," said Charlie McCabe, director of programming for the Greenway Conservancy.
The leisurely 21/2-minute Greenway Carousel ride gently raises and lowers riders to the music of 30 songs performed by James Taylor, Paul Simon, Julie Andrews and Raffi, as well as classic carousel tunes and themes from "Star Wars" and "Harry Potter." At night, its 600 lights blink to the sound of the songs.
Visible from afar with its white and yellow tented top, the carousel also is accessible to people in wheelchairs, who can ride a ramp to a stationary bench that lifts up to provide space to lock in the chair.
The Greenway now has not only a colorful, creative amusement ride, but an additional pocket park, with a stone patio, shade umbrellas, table and chairs, all buffered from the streets by trees, beds of shrubs and perennials and a low granite wall inlayed with a mahogany bench. On a recent day, visitors watched the carousel as they lunched at the tables, near the new food stand.
"It's a universally happy place for little kids and big kids and anyone who just wants to come and watch," McCabe said. "We've seen pretty dramatic growth in visits to the Greenway as we've developed more opportunities."
Named the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Grove at the Greenway Carousel, the inviting site links the maze fountain on one side and the ring fountain on the other, as well as the rose garden and playground at Christopher Columbus Park near the waterfront. The landscape and carousel cost about $3 million, with significant donations from Tiffany & Co., as well as Amalie Kass of Belmont.
A short walk away, kids squealed in delight as plumes of water spurted 10-foot high at the ring fountain. Nancy Berman of Boston watched on a stone seat with her grandchildren, Maya, 5, and Teddy, 3, Solomon of Newton, who earlier rode a whale and a rabbit.
"We came to see the new carousel, and now they're really mesmerized by watching the water," said Berman. "They're trying to figure out if there is a pattern to the way the water shoots up. It's great the way the whole area has opened up."
A little north of the carousel park, the Greenway hosted the photographic exhibit, "The Fence." On a 1,000-foot fence, dozens of images on a white mural revealed unusual perspectives on things such as rodeo girls, traditional Italian shopkeepers, and weightlifters at Muscle Beach. Near South Station, vendors filled a farmer's market.
The carousel – with its lobster, sea turtle, cod, Peregrine falcon, grasshopper, harbor seal, fox, skunk, whale, squirrel, rabbit, butterflies, barn owl and sea serpent – is likely to join the duckling sculptures on Boston Common and the giant milk bottle at the Boston Children's Museum as iconic images of the city.
Once abundant in the United States, hand-made carousels now are rare. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, 12 companies in the country manufactured 2,000 carousels, but only about 130 remain. South of Boston, these include a Charles Looff Carousel at Heritage Museums and Gardens in Sandwich, a Philadelphia Toboggan Company carousel at Battleship Cove in Fall River, and the Paragon Park Carousel in Hull.
"The kid in us always come out when we see a nice carousel," said carousel manager Ciaran Nagle.
The carousel is open 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. daily through Halloween; weekends in November and December. Tickets are $3 per ride; parents ride free with children under 42 inches. For information, go to www.rosekennedygreenway.org/carousel
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Friday, January 21, 2011
Three related search terms, 'V for Victory,' 'Occupation of America' and 'you are resistance,' all reached the top of Google's hot trends at #1, #2 and #3 respectively, this Friday, January 21, 2011. The terms correlate with a campaign to counteract the total takeover of America through the Department of Homeland Security's program to bring TSA-like security, bag checks and/or pat downs to malls, sports stadiums, bus and trains stations and other parts of everyday life in the United States. Great job to our listeners and the grassroots campaign now underway for "victory." More from Paul Joseph Watson's article:
You Are The Resistance Against The DHS Occupation Of America [READ]
"Resistance V's appeared all over the country….The V campaign meant ordinary people could feel they were doing something, however symbolic, to protest against the Occupation." [The Resistance, by Matthew Cobb.]
America is in peril, the United States is being occupied as Homeland Security launches a total takeover of society and attempts to indoctrinate an army of citizen spies as the country accelerates its slide into banana republic despotism. Americans who can see what is unfolding feel helpless, powerless and overawed by the clear evisceration of their freedoms. The time has come for a massive campaign of powerful, symbolic, peaceful resistance.
The Department of Homeland Security has released a trio of chilling PSA video clips in which ordinary everyday activities are characterized as signs of potential terrorism, with the public being indoctrinated to assume the role of domestic spies reporting on their friends and neighbors as America sinks deeper into a decaying police state. >>>READ FULL ARTICLE<<<


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Washington, D.C. -- AgGateway will begin initial testing next week of its Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange (SPADE) Conversion Toolbox. The test will take place in Lincoln, Neb., at PlugFest, an agricultural machinery compatibility testing event organized by the Agricultural Electronics Manufacturers Foundation (AEF) and hosted by the National Tractor Testing Lab. The SPADE team expects to release the completed toolbox by late summer.
The SPADE Conversion Toolbox addresses a pressing need in agriculture: interoperability, or the ability of farm systems to "talk" to each other. It is a set of software tools designed to simplify field operations data exchange by farm management software companies, farm equipment manufacturers and other stakeholders.
Farm equipment now collects vast amounts of data to capture such information as how much product was applied or crop harvested, where it was applied, and when. That information can be used to farm more accurately and efficiently – which makes better use of resources and also increases the safety of the food supply.
"The problem is that it's often very hard for growers and their partners to get to that data, so most of it goes unused," said Andres Ferreyra, Ph.D., Manager of Special Projects in Ag Connections, Inc., and the SPADE Management Team Lead. "Stakeholders in agriculture spend a lot of time and effort converting between multiple proprietary data formats in order to get anything done. The SPADE Conversion Toolbox will make a huge difference in breaking that data format logjam."
"When all the equipment and software are speaking the same language, communication across the industry finally becomes possible," said Joe Tevis, Ph.D., Director of Agronomic Products and Services for Topcon Precision Agriculture, and SPADE Project Chair.
All of the standards and formats created by AgGateway – the work of the volunteer councils and project teams such as SPADE – are open standards for all to access and use, and they can be used globally. There is no fee to access or use AgGateway standards; the industry as a whole can benefit.
Tevis noted that the SPADE team has worked closely with AEF and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on the project. "Our AgGateway SPADE team has found the working relationship with ISO/AEF to be very satisfying and mutually beneficial," Tevis said. "The expertise of the AEF committees in machine-implement interface as well as their attention to detail is complemented by AgGateway's practical agri-business perspective."
The value of AgGateway's standards-driven effort was echoed by Dennis Daggett, Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at ProAg, and current Chair of AgGateway's Precision Ag Council.
"A comprehensive standard for data exchange will be huge for agriculture," he said. "There's often a clear before-and-after when standards emerge in agriculture – think of '3-point-hitch' or 'quick hydraulic couplers'… Standardization in these areas made life a lot easier for everyone involved."
AgGateway's effort is comprehensive, and ranges from implementation of standards in multiple segments of the industry to laying a firm foundation through a comprehensive glossary of agricultural terms and definitions.
"A glossary clearly defines the data being collected and transmitted. The AgGateway glossary is being developed in conjunction with other standards organizations and regulatory groups. This takes a little more time, but develops accuracy and credibility for what we are doing," added Daggett.
More information on AgGateway projects will be available at the AgGateway Mid-Year Meeting in Altoona, Iowa, June 9-12. For more information, go to www.aggateway.org.
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Justin Bieber + Selena Gomez Spotted Together at Los Angeles Comedy Club
If any celeb couple needs a laugh lately, it's Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. The estranged (maybe) pair were spotted on a date night at the Laugh Factory Comedy Club in Los Angeles on Thursday night (Nov. 15).
E! Online reports that the pair entered separately, with Gomez going in first, then Bieber, in an effort to avoid being photographed together. We're betting they didn't sit close enough to the front to be subject to any comedic crowd work.
It sounds like the couple, who split near Halloween, are trying to make it work. The pair met up in New York City on Nov. 12, though there are conflicting reports as to whether or not it went well. Some outlets said it did while other sources said nothing was resolved. The pair were then spotted at LAX, where Biebs picked Gomez up from the airport to take her home, then at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills.
Gomez reportedly broke up with Bieber over trust issues, and both parties are said to have issues with jealousy. That's bound to happen when you're a couple comprised of two of the biggest celebs on the planet. Maybe they can take some tips from Brangelina on how to work those out.
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So I've been using GPUtils for a few weeks now, used to use MPASM back in the day on windows but I have to say I really like GPUtils.
So I've been playing around with this PIC 18F4520 IC I have and have been writing a pretty large program (in terms of pages). I've been frustrated for a whole day now on why a function won't work and has undesirable behaviour - returns 0 or crashes or resets the PIC... Then I realised something - the code was too long for one page and I've been coding in the next page without knowing it.
So (this is all reloctable code - NOT absolute) I read up on using BANKSEL and PAGESEL in GPUtils... Unfortunately, it appears to do buggar all, I'm not sure if I'm using it wrong or if features is bugged and just isn't working. This is the code I'm using (from the lst to see the addresses):
000288 0b0f andlw 0xf ANDLW b'00001111' PAGESEL 400h PAGESEL FUNC 00028a ec00 call 0x400, 0 CALL FUNC 00028c f002 PAGESEL $ 00028e 0100 movlb 0 BANKSEL d2 ..... org 0x400 000400 010f movlb 0xf FUNC BANKSEL PCL PAGESEL $ 000402 6e02 movwf 0x2, 0 movwf d1 000404 0e04 movlw 0x4 movlw b'00000100'
And as can be seen - PAGESEL is doing nothing if I provide it with the function name or an address, I have to alter the PCLATH register manually as if I'm using absolute assembly which is a bit dumb and will always vary depending on what's added or what it's linked with or if anything is changed so I'm unsure if I'm doing something wrong or if I need to report a bug.
(Compiling using: gpasm -c 18f4520LCD.asm, linking using: gplink -m -c -s /usr/share/gputils/lkr/18f4520.lkr -o 18f4520LCD 18f4520LCD.o)
Anyone else got GPUtils, a programmer and can see if this is happening when they try this?