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As oppressive heat continues to envelop Virginia, motorists are reminded of the real dangers of leaving children, the elderly, pets or any living being that cannot help itself unattended in a car for any amount of time.
"Think of your car just like your kitchen oven, where temperatures rise very quickly," said Martha Mitchell Meade of the American Automobile Association.
"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that temperatures inside of a car can climb from 78 degrees to 100 degrees in just three minutes and to 125 degrees in six to eight minutes.
"With temperatures rising at the rate of about 20 degrees every three minutes, it is easy to see how a seemingly quick stop can very quickly turn disastrous."
On average, 38 children die in hot cars each year from heat-related deaths after being left inside motor vehicles.
"It is critical that motorists are uncompromising on this issue and simply make a habit of never taking any chances by leaving children or others in hot cars. A minute or two can be deadly and can also easily turn into five to 10 minutes if you run into a friend or there is a line at the check-out," Neade said.
NHTSA offers the following tips for motorists:
• On an 80-degree day after just 20 minutes, the temperature inside a vehicle can reach 109 degrees. At a core body temperature of 107 degrees, a child's brain cells are damaged and internal organs shut down.
• Children's bodies overheat easily, and infants and children under four years of age are among those at greatest risk for heat-related illness.
• Children's bodies absorb more heat on a hot day than an adult and are also less able to lower their body heat by sweating, causing the body temperature to rise rapidly.
• When left in a hot vehicle, a young child's body temperature may increase three to five times as fast as an adult's. High body temperatures can cause permanent injury or even death.
• Vehicles heat up quickly, even with a window rolled down a couple of inches. If outside temperatures are in the low 80s, the temperature inside a vehicle can reach deadly levels in only 10 minutes.
• Make a habit of looking in the vehicle, front and back, before locking the door and walking away.
• Do things to remind yourself that a child is in the vehicle, such as: writing yourself a note and putting the note where you will see it when you leave the vehicle; placing your purse, briefcase or something else you need in the back seat so that you will have to check the back seat when you leave the vehicle; or keeping an object in the car seat, such as a stuffed toy. When the child is buckled in, place the object where the driver will notice it when he or she is leaving the vehicle.
• Symptoms of heatstroke vary but may include: red, hot, and moist or dry skin, no sweating, a strong rapid pulse or a slow weak pulse, a throbbing headache, dizziness, nausea, confusion, being grouchy or acting strangely.
• If you see a child or pet alone in a hot vehicle, call police. If a person is in distress due to heat, call 911 and get them out as quickly as possible.
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The problem in default probability estimation for low-default portfolios is that there is little relevant historical data information. No amount of data processing can fix this problem. More information is required. Incorporating expert opinion formally is an attractive option.
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Top-performing enterprises are increasingly depending upon analytics tools to shape future direction and address day-to-day needs, according to a report, "Analytics: The New Path to Value," from the IBM Institute for Business Value and the MIT Sloan Management Review. Unfortunately, CIOs and other top executives who are attempting to leverage such tools often face pushback due to company culture. There's a lack of understanding about how to use analytics , and, too often, departments are discouraged from sharing information. These obstacles, however, are not stopping CIOs and other key decision-makers from pursuing the increased use of analytics throughout all levels of their organizations. "The correlation between performance and analytics-driven management has important implications for organizations whether they are seeking growth, efficiency or competitive differentiation," says Fred Balboni, global leader of business analytics and optimization services for IBM. "When organizations use analytics to tackle their biggest challenges, they are able to overcome seemingly intractable challenges." Nearly 3,000 executives and business analysts from 108 countries and 30 industries took part in the survey that forms the basis of this report. Here are selected highlights:


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HONOLULU (AP) - A federal judge in Honolulu says a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit should stay in Hawaii for the family of a New York teen swept to sea during an excursion on the Big Island.
Chief U.S. District judge Susan Mollway said in the order filed Thursday that moving the case to Jefferson County, Colo., would deprive the family of 15-year-old Tyler Madoff a meaningful day in court.
The companies being sued by Madoff's father pushed for changing courts because of an online agreement signed by Madoff's mother when the trip was originally set up.
The defendants in the lawsuit are Bold Earth Teen Adventures, the adventure company that arranged the trip, Hawaii Pack and Paddle, the local tour company that led the excursion, and a tour guide.
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Before beginning treatment, your doctor may want to further evaluate your heart.
One test that may be recommended is an echocardiogram, in which sound waves are used to create an image of your heart as it pumps. The information from this and other tests will help you and you healthcare team decide on the treatment that is best for you.
For some patients with atrial fibrillation, restoring the heart's natural rhythm is the goal of treatment. For others, just controlling the heart rate is a safer and more effective goal. For most patients with atrial fibrillation, preventing blood clots that could lead to a stroke is extremely important.
To help achieve your goals, several treatment options may be recommended. One option may be to take medications, of which there are several types that may be prescribed.
Antiarrhythmic medications may be given to restore the heart's natural rhythm. These include flecainide, sotalol, and amiodarone.
Rate control medications help slow down the heart rate. Some examples of these medications include beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, and digoxin.
Anticoagulants are often prescribed to reduce the risk of stroke. The two most often prescribed anticoagulants are warfarin, sometimes called Coumadin®, and aspirin.
Another treatment option is electrical cardioversion. This is a procedure that can restore the heart's natural rhythm.
Before having this procedure you'll be given a sedative to put you to sleep. An electrical shock is then delivered through the electrode pads, or paddles. This single shock wipes out the disorganized electrical activity in your heart, restoring the natural rhythm.
Following electrical cardioversion, you may have a little chest discomfort or some redness on the chest temporarily; but overall, the procedure is very fast and safe. Most patients are allowed to go home a few hours after the procedure is completed.
For some patients, a catheter ablation may be recommended. This procedure is not considered major surgery and is usually performed in an electrophysiology or heart catheterization lab.
Before beginning, doctors will start an IV. It will provide you with medication to help you relax during the procedure. It may even put you to sleep.
An area usually near the upper leg will be numbed and a small incision will be made. Here, one or more catheters will be inserted into a vein, and guided into your heart.
To restore the heart's natural rhythm, the tissue conducting the abnormal impulses will be located. A catheter is placed against it, and radiofrequency energy is sent through the catheter, ablating or destroying the tissue and restoring the heart's natural rhythm.
In some cases, the best treatment may be to ablate the AV node. This does not cure atrial fibrillation, but it does slow down the heart's rate, which reduces symptoms. After this procedure you may recover in the hospital for a few hours, or even overnight.
A pacemaker helps speed up the heart when it beats too slowly. When the AV node is ablated, this device is implanted to help the heart maintain an effective rate. A pacemaker may also be recommended for some patients taking medications that slow down the heart rate.
Another option, the MAZE Procedure, is an open-heart surgical procedure that can also help restore the heart's natural rhythm. However, this procedure is usually only recommended for patients already undergoing open-heart surgery for another reason.
Don't get discouraged if one treatment option is unsuccessful. You may need to try several before getting your condition under control.
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There hasn't been an S-Class Cabriolet for nearly half a century. And there's never been a convertible like the 2017 S-Class Cabriolet. Pioneering innovations in luxury, safety, performance and driving ease are wrapped in breathtaking style, from the 4-seat cabin to the sleek yet muscular bodywork. Developed from road to sky as a convertible, the S-Class Cabriolet also advances aerodynamics, comfort and body rigidity to new pinnacles. It's a perfect confluence of sensuality and satisfaction that only a convertible — and only an S-Class — can offer.
The first S-Class convertible in 44 years is a sensual, seductive expression of timelessly modern elegance. From its iconic grille to its 19″ or 20″ AMG® wheels to its wide LED taillamps, it exudes the muscular confidence of our coupe stablemate. But within seconds, its impeccably tailored soft top opens up an entirely new dimension of S-Class motoring.
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What were you doing before you attended Dev Bootcamp?
I was working in marketing for a startup. I was mostly doing content creation, analytics, and event planning and management.
What sparked your interest in programming? Why did you make the switch?
I had been working for startups for about 4 years. My first company was moving to Rails in 2009, so I heard the word "Rails" at work a lot. I had no idea what it meant, but I remember making a mental note to look into it.
I was a philosophy and political science major in college and joined my first company because of my interest in health care policy. But what I took from that job was that I was more interested in the technology itself than the ties to health care policy. So when that job ended, I kept working in the tech industry. And because I loved tech, I figured I should get more familiar with the technical side of things. I went to a RailsBridge workshop when I moved to San Francisco in 2010, and then another one, and another until eventually I was good enough to teach the workshop.
Which bootcamps did you apply to? Why did you ultimately choose Dev Bootcamp?
Between the time I attended my first RailsBridge workshop and the time that I applied to Dev Bootcamp, I had been studying Ruby and Rails on my own for over two years. During that time, I was doing online exercises, meeting up with friends who were also learning, and regularly attending hack nights. I even asked my company if I could intern in the engineering department. When that didn't work out, I applied for unpaid internships at other companies, but never got an offer.
The first time I heard of any bootcamp was Hungry Academy in DC. I couldn't believe it! It sounded perfect and Jeff Casimir, who ran Hungry Academy, was really cool. But ultimately, I didn't get in. Jeff didn't tell my why I got rejected, but he did tell me about Dev Bootcamp, so I emailed Shereef Bishay (one of Dev Bootcamp's founders) and went to sit in on one of the first cohort's sessions. It was great.
Do you think you were ever at an advantage having a background in the humanities?
I don't know if a humanities background is an advantage, but I do think one of my unique advantages was that I was already tapped into the tech community. I knew that there were people at tech companies who needed engineers, and I was an avid consumer of technology and understood the trends.
On a different note, I don't think having a degree in computer science would have been a big help at Dev Bootcamp. Ruby and Rails are not what you learn when you get a CS degree.
What kind of students were in your cohort? Did you find diversity of the group?
There was a lot of diversity. There were people new to programming, CS majors, recent college grads and people who'd had entire careers in a different field before deciding to attend Dev Bootcamp. What surprised me the most was the age diversity. I was 26 then and I thought I might be one of the older people, but I was pretty much exactly in the middle.
So there are a number of online boot camps and online classes that teach Ruby and other languages- why did you choose an in person class and why was that important?
Before I decided to quit my job and attend Dev Bootcamp, I thought I could teach myself Ruby and Rails by doing self-study two days a week. So, I started working part time and spent Mondays and Fridays working on tutorials, building practice applications, and reading books and HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Ruby, and Rails.
Through that experience, I found that It's just really hard to stay motivated when everything is a struggle and you're alone. At Dev Bootcamp, it was never a struggle to stay motivated because I was surrounded by enthusiastic peers and teachers who could help me when I was stuck and couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel.
Did you (and your cohort) complete a project at the end of the program? What did you choose?
We built an app that was really similar to Lift, right before Lift came out. We used Stripe to process payments and users would wager an amount of money that they would complete their goal. If they completed the goal, they would get their money back. If they didn't, we would keep it. Not the most brilliant business idea I've had, but it was fun to build.
Describe your experience after Dev Bootcamp- Did you feel fully prepared to interview and why did you end up taking an apprenticeship?
We had a big hiring day, where a bunch of employers interviewed us. In the weeks after graduation, I went through multiple rounds of interviews with over a dozen companies. In the end, my top two options were a year-long fellowship with Code for America or a 3-month apprenticeship with thoughtbot. Code for America would allow me to mix my interests in tech and civic engagement and I'd been following the program since its inception. thoughtbot would allow me to see many different projects and had a great reputation in the Rails world because of its open source contributions and popular blog.
I ended up choosing the apprenticeship with thoughtbot. It was kind of scary choosing a 3-month position over a 1-year position, but I was 90 percent sure I had what it took to be hired after the apprenticeship. Plus, it was the opportunity that would enable me to grow the most. I knew that after 2-3 years at thoughtbot, I would be a kick-ass developer, and that was my number one priority.
Tell us what an apprenticeship is!
Dave Hoover just gave a talk on apprenticeships, where he provided an analogy for those who are familiar with internships but not apprenticeships: an internship is like dating, and an apprenticeship is like an engagement.
The goal of an internship is usually for the intern to get the feel of a job and then move on. The goal of an an apprenticeship is to get the necessary training to be hired for the job. That is certainly the case at thoughtbot, where the majority of apprentices are hired as full-time developers or designers after their apprenticeship.
What are you up to today? Where are you working? What does that entail?
I've been at thoughtbot for about 1.5 years. We're a consultancy, so I'm on a new project about every 4-6 weeks. I have worked on everything from apps for huge companies to prototypes for individuals who come in and need something to get investors excited about their idea. To date, I've worked on 12 different projects; mostly for startups or nonprofits.
What has been your experience as a woman in the tech industry? Do you feel it changing?
When I was hired at thoughtbot, I was the only female developer (they had hired women in the past, but there weren't any at that particular moment) in the entire company. Now, as the company has expanded, we've been hiring women more aggressively. Today, we have six women in the San Francisco office. My happiness levels have increased since we started hiring more women.
One of the challenges is that a lot of the women here come in as apprentices, which means they're all junior. Our most senior people are still all men. This is something that only time can change, but it's one of the continuing challenges of women entering the field at a lower level. It's going to be a while until I can sit at a table with five female senior developers.
What kind of person would you recommend attend Dev Bootcamp? What kind of person won't succeed?
People who will succeed are those who have tried (and even failed) to learn programming on their own first. I get a fair number of emails from people who are interested, and about 20% of them have never touched code. They might work around engineers, but they haven't actually taken the time to sit down and learn a programming language. Dev Bootcamp costs over $10k and requires you to quit your job and devote three months to nothing but learning. I wouldn't take that leap without knowing for sure that I enjoyed creating web applications.
There are students who don't complete DBC. Dev Bootcamp has a refund policy more formalized so that students who fall behind can start over at any time. By week 3, there were a few people who just weren't able to keep up and had to start over. I think that experience was upsetting to the whole class, because we all cared for each other and wanted to continue on together. I'm not sure why those particular students fell behind, but I would guess that it had to do with how much time they had spent learning Ruby and Rails pre-Dev Bootcamp. There will always be people who can come in with no experience and keep up with the class. But if I had started Dev Bootcamp with nothing but a few RailsBridge workshops under my belt, I would have floundered.
People who won't succeed might be people who see this as a get-rich-quick scheme. It's true that developers make more money than people in many other professions, but I can't imagine that money alone would have been enough motivation to get me as far as I've gotten today.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Republican governors who worked to thwart much of President Barack Obama's first-term agenda are shifting gears and softening their rhetoric now that his run was extended for four more years and they're facing their own re-election.
These state leaders are offering greater cooperation on health care and skipping the tough talk on immigration, taking a cue from voters who in last November's election expressed their opposition to partisan gridlock in Washington.
For many governors, the new approach reflects not just the specific needs of their states but also the realities of the political calendar: Nearly two dozen GOP governors elected in 2009 and 2010 could face the voters again.
"People may agree or disagree with my position on this social issue or that social issue, but as long as I'm not rubbing it in their face all the time and instead talking about jobs and balancing the budget in a way that's relevant to their lives, that's where the real focal point is," said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in an interview during the weekend's National Governors Association meeting.
Walker, who survived a high-profile union-led recall challenge last year, said his marching orders are clear: "We've got to be relevant."
The shift is most pronounced on health care, where seven states led by Republican governors are pushing to expand their Medicaid program under Obama's health care law. Such a move once was considered anathema in the party.
Under the terms of the deal, Washington pays the full cost of the expansion for the first three years, gradually phasing down to 90 percent. The changes would cover millions of low-income people, mostly uninsured adults.
Last week, Florida Gov. Rick Scott, a former health care executive who rallied opposition to the law, became the latest Republican to make the move. He said the Supreme Court's decision in the health care case and Obama's re-election had made the president's "health care mandates the law of the land."
Scott's Medicaid decision followed similar pivots by Govs. John Kasich of Ohio and Rick Snyder of Michigan. Each leads a state that Obama won last year and each has struggled with approval ratings below 50 percent.
With Obama and Republicans in Congress at loggerheads over $85 billion in mandatory spending cuts set to take place Friday, governors from both parties are encouraging a deal that would delay cuts that could hurt their local economies.
GOP Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has opposed the Medicaid expansion and the health overhaul. On Sunday, he suggested on NBC's "Meet the Press" that Congress could delay that expansion and the establishment of health care exchanges under the law and save billions without "even cutting a program that's started yet — just delay it."
On CBS's "Face the Nation," Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia joined with Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley of Maryland to call for Congress to prevent impending defense cuts that would hit their states hard.
Another case study can be found in Arizona, where Gov. Jan Brewer was labeled a conservative firebrand in 2010 for supporting her state's crackdown on illegal immigration. Now, halfway through her first term, she's softened her tone on immigration as Obama and Congress pursue a comprehensive overhaul.
In an interview, Brewer said it was easy to hold fast to ideological convictions as a candidate, but when "you have to govern for the whole state you have to be very pragmatic with your decision-making. You govern. And you have to make the trains run and the lights work and make tough decisions. You can't please everybody all the time, but you have to be much more pragmatic."
Pragmatism hasn't always been found in abundance.
During Obama's first term, Republicans fought the health overhaul in court and outside. Others refused federal money to develop high-speed rail lines or pressed to undermine the power of unions. During his campaign for governor in 2010, Scott frequently called Obama's health care plan a "job-killer" that would hurt Florida.
Walker drew the ire of Democrats when he successfully pushed for restrictions to collective bargaining rights for public sector workers. That led unions and Democrats to push for his recall. Walker survived the recall election, but emerged with a change in tone and a focus on issues such as improving roads and bridges, education and workforce development.
"The big thing I keep pushing is relevance," he said. "Where we connect with voters, and where we connect now that we're in office, is by continuing to talk about and deal with things that are relevant in peoples' lives."
Many Republicans say the approach simply reflects the need to tackle problems that are most relevant to their states.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin noted that most of the 30 GOP governors have decided against expanding Medicaid and rejected calls by the Obama administration to create their own state exchanges under the health law.
"It's not moderation and nothing has changed," said Nick Ayers, the former executive director of the Republican Governors Association. "There's still uniformity in opposition to (Obama's) domestic policy agenda, particularly on health care. What's changed is now they're actually stuck with dealing with making the best decision based on a bad set of options."
Democrats contend it will be more difficult for Republicans to adhere to conservative GOP orthodoxy prevalent in Congress and win re-election next year.
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin, who leads the Democratic Governors Association, said Scott's decision "was less about an ideological transformation on Rick Scott's part than it was a 30 percent approval rating that will certainly get your attention as a governor."
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Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 3, Part 3 (US - DVD R1)
Gabe is back to his unhealthy Avatar obsessing after skipping a few releases.
As before, to gather my full thoughts on the overall series, please see my original season two, disc one review. I didn't personally purchase the first two disc in Book Three (I'm waiting for the box set), but the Nick folks have sent me disc three, so here are my thought (maybe if I'm polite I'll get that box set).
Season three promised to be the darkest, but started with some surprisingly light hearted episodes. The purpose of these early Book Three episodes seems to have been to set up the fact that the Fire Nation isn't a nation of monsters, it's simply run by monsters. These early episodes also set up former villain Zuko as listless in his Book 2 choice to join his evil sister and fight the Avatar. What follows is a rundown of the five episodes adorning this disc. Two of these episodes have not yet aired, and I don't believe they will be airing until July, so please be aware of spoilers. And I'm sorry about the fan-boy speak, Chris.
The Day of Black Sun Part Two: The Eclipse
Unfortunately, the episode order, and Nick's decision to put five episodes per disc has split the faux-climatic battle we'd been building up to for two and a half seasons. In part one, the good guys started an attack on the Fire Nation with the advantage of a full solar eclipse, after Sokka discovered that Fire Benders couldn't bend when the sun is blotted out. As Earth and Water Kingdom forces advance on the Fire Nation capital, Aang was sent to fight the Fire Lord in his weakened state, only to discover that the bad guy was ahead of them, and in hiding.
With mere minutes left in the eclipse, Aang, Sokka and Toph venture out to find the Fire Lord's hiding place, only to meet up with Azula and a group of evil Earth Benders, who waste their time until the eclipse is over. Defeated, the adult leaders of the resistance decide to send the children away on Appa the flying bison, and give themselves up peacefully.
Avatar is so good because it plays with its own predictability. We all know Aang is going to defeat the Fire Lord and bring balance to the world because we've seen Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, and any other of the thousands of 'hero's journey' fantasy stories. The series' writers play against the tropes with the flare of the most addictive Soap Operas, and our heroes losing the would-be climactic battle is a prime example of the series prowess.
This episode also marks the final turn of arch villain Zuko, who at least the adult fans knew had to join the good guys eventually, even if season two betrayed those expectations in its final moments. By taking their time in turning Zuko, the creators have insured that he's one of the most thickly drawn characters in television animation, even though he regularly fulfills the predictability of age old tropes. The loss of the battle is an emotional moment, if you've allowed yourself to become attached to these characters, but the episode crescendo of Zuko following Aang into the air was one of the most satisfying moments of television I can remember in a long time.
The Western Air Temple
This is the awkward stage of Zuko's transformation, where he has to confront the people he terrorized and then betrayed at the end of season two. At first Aang, Sokka and Katara outright refuse to let their former enemy join their ranks, but Toph, the one member of the group that hasn't ever been directly affected by Zuko wants to give him a chance. Eventually Zuko proves himself by fending off the 'Combustion Man' that he originally paid to kill the Avatar.
Though things wrap up rather quickly in this episode, and though it sometimes feels like a necessary episode the creators just wanted to get out of the way, The Western Air Temple still provides plenty of thrills (courtesy of Combustion Man) and laughs (mostly courtesy of Sokka). The episode ends on a deliciously grim note as Katatra, who feels the most betrayed by Zuko, and who has recently learned to bend blood, warns the former Fire Nation Prince of the consequences of a second double-cross.
The Firebending Masters
So it goes that Zuko is welcomed (kind of) into the fold, and he takes to teaching Aang Firebending, but when it comes time for action Zuko is unable to produce any fire. Realizing that previous to his good-guy turn he used only his anger and hate to bend, Zuko realizes that he needs a refresher before he can teach Aang anything. He and Aang journey to the ruins of an ancient civilization of Firebenders known as the Sun Warriors.
The revelation of this episode actually doesn't come as much of a revelation considering the previous Book Three episodes humanization of the Fire Nation. Still, Aang realizing that Fire is not only not evil, but actually the element of life is sort of like Luke Skywalker discovering that the Dark Side was originally a force of good. The episode works better as a further study of Zuko's newfound benevolence, where he learns that 'Light Side' Firebending is actually more powerful then 'Dark Side' Firebending. This episode also features some glorious animation during the 'dragon dance' sequence.
The Boiling Rock, Part One and Two
After sitting on the sidelines as comedic relief for a couple episodes, Sokka prepares to regain his honour. He asks his new alley Zuko for the location of the Fire Nation's most high security prison, hoping to free his father and the other Water Tribe warriors that were taken captive at the end of the failed attack on the Fire Nation capital. Zuko figures out what Sokka is planning, and in an act of good faith demands to come along. The awkward pair embarks on a suicide mission to the Boiling Rock, metal prison set in the center of a water filled volcano.
Detractors might accuse the series of grinding its gears a bit at this point rather then simply pursuing its climax, but these slow reveal episodes are part of what makes the show so special. Sokka and Zuko actually make a good team, and the reformed Prince puts himself in grave danger to help Sokka's clause. Of course things are never as easy as they should be. Sokka's father isn't on the island, but his 'girlfriend' Suki is. The team's initial escape attempt is abandoned later when Zuko catches word of a second shipment of prisoners.
Of course Sokka's father is part of the second shipment, but what seems a pointless exercise in suspense leads to the most exciting moment on the disc. Zuko's accidental incarceration gives away his whereabouts to his 'girlfriend' Mai, who comes looking for answers. Not far behind her is Zuko's evil sister and her other sidekick Ty Lee. I'll avoid spoiling further, and simply say that the episode ending battle holds one big shock that we all knew was coming, but weren't sure we'd ever see.
So far Season Three doesn't suffer the high compression issues of the beginning of Season One, and The Serpent's Pass episode of Season Two, which were filled with blocky details, high levels of edge enhancement, muddy colours, and maddening interlacing effects. This disc is comparable to most of the Season Two releases. There are minor problems throughout. Some warm colours still dance with blocking and low-level noise, especially reds, and edge enhancement is still a noticeable offender. Details are pretty sharp, as they should be for a cell animated series, and colours knock out well, but compression noise and occasional interlacing effects are still issues
I'm positive that some day in the not so far future, there will be a Blu-Ray release of the entire Avatar series, and it will be remixed into an effective and aggressive 5.1 mix. These Dolby Digital 2.0 mixes just aren't enough. Everything is clean, there is not discernable distortion, and centered effects work well, but the surrounds and general LFE impact are lacking, making the show sound too made for television (which of course it is, but that's not the point). This is the first time I've noticed a lack of new music in a collection. The recycling of themes, which must be done based on the show's budget, is beginning to rear its head. Fans know that the end title theme isn't the same song that the Sun Warriors would use during a ceremony (*pushes glasses up nose).
Somebody quick, get these guys a moderator. Avatar creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko aren't the best commentators in the business, and with each release their chats become more and more awkward. The team supplies two commentaries for this set, and neither is particularly enthralling, save a few moments here and there where they reveal just how well though out this series was. The disc's only other extras are some Nick Toons trailers and a tiny comic book.
I know it isn't cool for full grown men to rave so enthusiastically about something aimed at children, but Avatar: The Last Airbender is honestly worthy of such praise. For some reason the TV and DVD schedules aren't lining up, and I don't think the last two episodes on this disc are going to air before its release, so if you can't wait for July this is your chance to take in a couple new episodes. Otherwise I'd recommend waiting for the Book Three set, which will likely be released sometime in the last quarter of this year.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I was seriously thinking of getting into this series via DVD, but decided against it solely on the issue with the video quality on the previous releases.
Shame too, as the concept looks interesting.
Shame too, as the concept looks interesting.
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I think you can get it on iTunes, and the video issues only hurt about 4 episodes total, by my count. I hope this'll be Nick's first dip into Blu-ray someday, the Sponge Bob will probably beat it out.
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Release Date: 6th May 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.33:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Surrond 2.0 English, Dolby Surround 2.0 French, Dolby Surround 2.0 Spanish
Subtitles: None
Extras: Creator Commentary, Comic Book
Easter Egg: No
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Director: Various
Cast: Zach Tyler, Jack De Sena, Mae Whitman
Length: 110 minutes
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Uefa president Michel Platini believes that the Champions League will be blown wide open should Barcelona fail to overcome their two-goal deficit against AC Milan this week in their last-16 second leg.
The Rossoneri beat the Blaugrana 2-0 in the first leg at San Siro, and Platini revealed his misgivings about a Catalan comeback while praising Juventus' rise to prominence over the past 18 months.
"I've followed Juve for years, they are very strong, and I like their national identity," he said to La Gazzetta dello Sport. "Sometimes they are playing with as many as nine Italians.
"[Juventus legend Gianni Agnelli] would have loved it. In the Champions League, if Barcelona exit, it will be wide open."
The Uefa chief also defended the competition's formula before reiterating his doubts that the 2011 European champions can recover the last-16 bout.
"I've democratised it. In my day there were teams that played in three finals in a row, but now it's changing," he added.
"It may even happen that Milan sold [Zlatan] Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva and are without [Mario] Balotelli but can beat Barca. It will not be easy to recover the 2-0 loss, even for the Blaugrana."
AC Milan head into the Tuesday night's clash at Camp Nou on the back of a 2-0 victory at Genoa, while Barca host Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday night with the hope that they can turnaround a poor run of form that has seen them lose three of their last four games.


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Farm Bill tension had me sequestered in the kitchen these past few evenings. With most things house-related, I find frustration to be an excellent source of motivation; I'm happy to report that thanks to the Farm Bill, the floors have been scrubbed, the cast-iron pan seasoned, and the last batch of citrus marmalade put up for the year.
In my kitchen, the pots and pans are nothing to write home about. As much as I'm jonesing for a Le Creuset set, it's not going to happen unless I win the lottery. None of them, however, are non-stick; a few years ago, after learning that Teflon might release toxic chemicals into food as it was cooking, we replaced all our old non-stick pans to minimize exposure.
A study released by scientists late last week suggests that in the belly of the beast — Parkersberg, WV, the site of the DuPont plant where Teflon is manufactured — folks are not so lucky. This is a whole new take on the chemical-intensive food system: Workers and residents have spent years absorbing the chemicals used to make non-stick coating so that consumers can flip a fish-stick without leaving half of it on the pan. I thought I'd use the opportunity of the study's release to learn more about this longstanding case of culinary injustice.
When non-stick sticks around
The study, conducted by researchers at West Virginia University, grew out of a class-action lawsuit against DuPont that was settled in 2002. Part of the $107.5 million that DuPont paid for allegedly dumping chemicals in drinking water supplies around Parkersberg was earmarked for studies to determine how the chemicals had affected residents. After looking at blood samples from 69,000 people living in the area, WVU scientists found that a chemical called PFOA was present in their blood at levels five times higher than the median level for the general U.S. population; in one water district across the Ohio River from Parkersberg, residents' PFOA levels were over 25 times the U.S. median. One resident's blood contained PFOA at levels nearly 4,500 times the median. PFOA, also known as C8, is used to make Teflon as well as oil-resistant paper to line pizza boxes and Chinese-food takeout cartons, and other non-stick products.
The study made the news because it included the largest group of residents ever to be tested for PFOA exposure. But the main finding — that PFOA gets in people's bodies and stays there — is not a new revelation. In fact, the companies that manufacture Teflon and related products (including Scotchguard, made by chemical giant 3M) have known about PFOA's sticky tendency for a good long time. The Globe and Mail reports that 3M found the chemical in workers' bodies as early as 1979, though the company chose not to publicize that information at the time. Wonder why?
3M did, however, continue to test workers over time and monitor them for adverse health effects. How generous of the company to take responsibility for the presence of chemicals in its workers' bloodstreams by using them as human subjects in its own private study! Although 3M has since claimed that it found "no health effects in our employee population," studies that it conducted on rats found that while adult rats weren't affected by large doses of the chemicals, their offspring tended to die in massive numbers shortly after birth. That means that the children of DuPont and 3M workers, not the workers themselves, are the true canaries in the coal mine.
When non-stick makes you sick
The study released last week also included some new and disturbing findings about the health effects of PFOA. Residents living near the DuPont plant who had high levels of PFOA in their bloodstreams tended to have lower levels of a protein that helps the body fight off bacteria and viruses. They also had reduced thyroid function. In kids, high levels of PFOA were associated with high cholesterol levels. Researchers fear this could lead to obesity and heart disease risk later in life … as if exposure to the rest of our dysfunctional food system wasn't bad enough.
These impacts are scary not just because of what they've done to the workers and residents studied, but because PFOA appears to be one of the most "persistent" chemicals — chemicals that do not break down into less-harmful compounds over time — that scientists have come across. That means that the impacts they're seeing now could be just the beginning. Here's the Globe and Mail again:
In an ironic turn for chemicals that are used to make non-stick products… PFOA [and PFOS, a related chemical] have been found to have an extreme affinity to stick to living things and, once absorbed, are incredibly hard to shed, often taking decades to be excreted. "We've never seen them degrade under any relevant environmental conditions," said Scott Mabury, a chemistry professor at the University of Toronto. "I often say they redefine persistence as we know it."
It was not until May of 2000, 21 years after it first began testing workers, that 3M announced it was ceasing the use of PFOA. The reason? New tests had found it in the blood of people around the globe, including in places far from manufacturing facilities. Here's 3M exec Charles Reich in the Washington Post the day after the recall: "The surprise wasn't that it was in our workers — that's something we've known for some time. It was a complete surprise that it was in the blood bank supplies" of the U.S., Japan, Europe, and China. Double awesome. And by the way, by "awesome," I mean "mindblowingly terrifying."
Sticking it to the man
DuPont has pledged to phase out the use of PFOA as well, but not until 2015. By that point, Parkersberg residents (and those living downstream from the DuPont plant, which is conveniently located on the Ohio River) will have been living with, breathing, and drinking PFOA for close to 65 years.
California, whose state senate approved a bill on Monday banning PFOA and similar chemicals from consumer packaging, is taking a step in the right direction. But state-by-state patchwork regulation is not enough. And although an EPA panel determined PFOA to be a "likely human carcinogen" last year, there are no federal safety standards for PFOA in consumer products. Instead, we got the EPA's "PFOA Stewardship Program," the phase-out agreement with DuPont whose name is so Orwellian, and pathetic, as to defy any humor I could think to lavish on it.
Part of this agreement requires DuPont and other companies using PFOA to submit chemical alternatives to the EPA for review. This could help get PFOA alternatives into use and protect the next generation of workers who manufacture non-stick substances, as well as consumers using the products. But that would require a rigorous, science-based and timely review by the EPA that took both worker and consumer health into account. Always quick to obviate such hassles, the Bush Administration last month revised the process that the EPA uses for chemical reviews in a way that "will delay scientific assessments of [the chemicals'] health risks and open the process to politicization," according to the Washington Post and a report by the Government Accountability Office.
We need an administration that can put the teeth back in the EPA's chemical review process and use the agency to actually protect workers and consumers in the food system. For now, my cast-iron pan will have to serve as a symbol of resistance.
I just picked up a smallish cast-iron dutch oven at Costco for fairly cheap, and am really looking to move away from nonstick. Been watching this for some time and it's time to make the transition. And, heck, if I'm going to make a righteous (grass-fed) steak frites, the nonstick just never seems to fit the bill.
"We need an administration that can put the teeth back in the EPA's chemical review process and use the agency to actually protect workers and consumers in the food system."
Be very careful what you wish for. Just remember that when we ask the Federal Government to get "some teeth" and "do something" about this, or anything else, the results are usually mediocre, at best.
All you need to do is look at the history of the EPA, FDA and other agencies that really did try to protect us.
But, they really can't. And it is not there fault. They are government agencies and will, therefore, have all of the problems that any bureaucracy will have.
Might I suggest a somewhat more libertarian approach. Just think about all of the different Organic, Biodynamic and Humanely-Raised-Animal programs out there. And best thing about them, is that they compete.
When we rely on some governemnt agency, we do just that, rely on them. And if they say something is evil, like, say Raw Milk, then getting it becomes extremely difficult (or impossible if you live in Canada). But, if they say something is just fine (or don't say anything at all), like Teflon, then we go about using these things quite happily.
Well, that is my 2 cents.
Hoorah for cast iron. I got mine a couple of years ago in a thrift store for six bucks. Someone obviously didn't know how to take care of the thing, as it had some rust on the cooking surface (and maybe that's why they got rid of it, too). It cleaned up perfectly well, and if I keep it seasoned it's every bit as good as non-stick.
my friends with teflon are always amazed at not only how my cast iron skillet is more non-stick than any of their pans, but at how well things taste that come out of it. plus they last for decades. never heard of hand-me-down teflon.
le crueset is ok. you can score it cheap on ebay. my housemate has a similar style pot from holland that is lighter and nicer. another housemate from france says that they export it because in france it is considered inferior..?..but I do like mine and we have some at my mom's house that she got from her mom and it makes the best rice and beans.
thanks for writing!
Wow, thanks for this detailed post. I didn't realize that PFOA is even in takeout food containers.
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Thanks for the great post! We dumped the remainder of our non-stick Celphalon pans a few months ago (alhtough I'll admit it–I cried, just a little).
I think all of the pans have their pros and cons in the health department, but virtually anything is a safer choice than teflon.
No teflon here, just stainless steel and cast iron. Dead parakeets are proof enough for me. Think of them as the canary in the telflon pan. Burn a teflon pan and it kills birds in the same room. This leadsone to wonder what it is doing to the rest of us critters…
Interesting post, but it seems that some readers' comments on Teflon/PFOA are a bit misguided. While PFOA has been found to have carcinogenic properties and has created problems for workers/people living near the plant, PFOA is *not* found in Teflon products like the non-stick pans people use at home. It is only used in its production. "Teflon" is a chemical called PTFE, which is non-toxic. (though it will start to degrade if you heat it above 500 degrees).
If people aren't using Teflon, then, it should be on principle about how workers and local communities are treated during production, but not really about the final product.
The PFOA may be only in the production but if you burn a Teflon pan it will likely kill any pet birds in the room. That simple fact shows it has a high toxicity at least to those birds. I don't want my children breathing what will kill the birds and I don't want to breath it either. Besides, Teflon and all its similar products scratch up. I like metal implements. Cast iron and stainless steel last forever from our mere mortal perspective. Why bother taking the risk with Teflon when cast iron and steel are better? As to stick, that's just a matter of seasoning and choices of oils in the cooking. Easy to handle and safe.
@ Andrea:
Along with what Walter Jeffires said, recently Cook's Illustrated looked into this issue. When they contacted folks in the teflon industry, they were told the same thing you posted–that there aren't problems with Teflon until it reaches 500*F, at which point it does emit toxic fumes, but that reaching 500*F is rare in a home kitchen. Then Cook's Illustrated went back into the kitchen and put some teflon pans on burners at medium, med-high and high (IIRC), and found that in fact these pans DO reach 500*F, or much higher, and quickly. Their caution is thus to never, ever put a teflon pan on a burner without something in it, which is good advice, but I'd say a fair number of us are probably guilty of failing to do so. I'd just as soon avoid teflon altogether, frankly.
And, as Walter Jeffries also points out, it scratches and peels. Yeesh.
What a great post. Thanks! I've been working away from nonstick for several years now. When my mother was first diagnosed with cancer I cooked macrobiotic for her during the duration of her treatment, and while researching that came across a lot of the first hints (to me at least) of how bad nonstick could be. And then I got married and we received an entire set of nonstick pots. Arg. As graduate students it is tough to look that gift horse in the mouth.
But we did get a beautiful big cast iron pot and have come to rely on it more and more. For baking we almost always use seasoned stoneware, which I love. But I think this post just gave me that last little nudge to dump the nonstick for good.
This is an excellent, well-written post on a very serious subject. And this is but one example of "Chemical-Age" wonders that have turned out to be disastrous. Please try and reprint this article in other publications if possible.
This is an excellent article indeed. We're happier than ever with our seasoned iron pans. They were good enough for grandma . . .
Great article. Though I admit – after reading this, my All Clad non-stick frying pan has sat idle, collecting dust. I'm terrified to used it.
I also wrote about this issue here: http://tinyurl.com/5eydbe
Keep up the good work,
this is pretty scary. I asked some-one to get a pan set for me from the UA last year and the got a Teflon set. In trying to confirm the price of the set online i stumbled across these reviews, prior to this i had heard nothing sinister about Teflon or its products. I was pregnant then. My healthy lil girl is now 7.5months and the other day i was looking to start steaming some vegetables for her so i opened the set and used one of the pots. Also used one to cook for myslef. She has since eaten the stuff i made using the Teflon pan twice, although the 2nd time she didn't like it much. This morning we noticed her poo was much darker than normal and her dad piped up that it was the food i cooked. This has got me scared out of my wits and remembering what i eat. Pls give me ur thoughts. Do you think she would have a reaction after only eating the food twice?? Also i eat what i cooked for myself twice and i am looking to get pregnant. Is it possible that i might react or contaminated something.
Ps: I did get a strange smell when the pot was boiling.
Many thanks for your help


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NIH Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity grant (1998-2019) to Baylor has enhanced Ph.D. training for under-represented students. There are 80 under-represented students in Ph.D and M.D. / Ph.D. programs at Baylor, as well as more 90 Ph.D. and M.D./Ph.D. alumni. Under-represented Ph.D. and/or M.D./ Ph.D. students have been enrolled in all Ph.D. programs at the College. There is an 85 percent retention rate of under-represented students in Ph.D. programs at Baylor. Under-represented students have been recognized for selected accomplishments and have more than 300 BCM, national and international awards. All of our UR Ph.D. are in science-related careers; 16 already as faculty.
IRACDA (Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards) for post-docs interested in research and teaching college courses.
The NIH funded REACH IRACDA Program provides post-doctoral fellows with support to conduct frontier level research with Baylor faculty and gain training experience teaching two courses at local minority serving institutions in the 2nd-4th year of the post doc.
Skills for Standardized Exams
We know that, in the sciences, rising undergraduate upperclassmen have choices to make, some easier than others. Even those who have chosen a target field and institution will need to take and perform well on: the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) if pursuing a direct research career, the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) for a more clinical approach, or in some cases, both are needed.
To better ensure high performance on these exams, we at the BCM PREP program have provided a resource entitled, "Developing Skills to do Your Best on Standardized Exams", which will provide insight on GRE and MCAT prep for the upcoming year.
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The Norwegian won the men's cross-country freestyle sprint Tuesday after dominating every stage from qualifying to an eventful final, where three of his rivals were involved in one big crash. Hattestad avoided the mayhem by staying well in front, and then held off Teodor Peterson of Sweden for the gold medal.
"The final was maybe a little crazy," Hattestad said.
It certainly was for Emil Joensson of Sweden, who had all but given up earlier in the race after running out of energy but ended up with the bronze after Sergey Ustiugov, Marcus Hellner and Anders Gloeersen crashed.
Joensson had dropped far back and was cruising home when Gloeersen, who was in third, fell in the treacherous downhill curve and hit the protective barrier. That ended up dragging down Ustiugov and Hellner as well, and suddenly Joensson had passed them all and had a clear path to the bronze.
After crossing the line, an exhausted Joensson needed help from a Swedish team official to get up off the snow and leave the finish area.
It was a medal performance that brought back memories of Steven Bradbury's short track speedskating gold at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games after his rivals all fell in front of him.
"I feel like him today," Joensson said of Bradbury. "Right now I don't know if I should be happy or feel bad."
Hattestad said he didn't realize what had happened behind him until one of the Norwegian coaches yelled that he was alone with Peterson when they were on the final uphill section.
"I didn't know those guys had fallen," he said. "That was the first time I realized we were away. I was just focused on my own race."
Peterson couldn't seriously threaten Hattestad in the two-way race to the finish line, and seemed pleased with the silver.
"I've had the best day of ski racing of my entire life," he said.
Warm temperatures have softened the snow over the last two days at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center, and a number of skiers fell on the same downhill section in the qualifying run.
Hattestad, however, said that's just part of the sport.
"I guess that's sprint," he said, adding that organizers had actually made that downhill section easier than it was at last year's World Cup race at the same venue.
"The organizers, they worked well," he said. "I don't know if they can do anything more."
Skiathlon champion Dario Cologna also fell twice in his quarterfinal and was knocked out. Petter Northug of Norway, another pre-race favorite, again looked sluggish and was knocked out in the semifinals.
Cologna refused to blame the snow conditions for his mishaps. Both his falls came on relatively flat sections, seemingly without contact from other skiers.
"No, no, the track is all good," he said. "There are many falls today, I am not the only one but that is bad luck."
Hattestad, meanwhile, had dominant performances throughout the day. He was nearly 2 seconds faster than anyone else in qualifying and won both his quarterfinal and semifinal heats.
Hattestad won both the individual and team sprint at the 2009 worlds, but had to settle for a disappointing fourth place at the 2010 Vancouver Games.
"I didn't want that to happen again," he said.
Hattestad has struggled for much of this season, but won the last World Cup sprint race before the Olympics. That led to the Norwegian coaches dropping another skier from the sprint team in favor of Hattestad.
The Norwegian proved Tuesday they made the right decision.


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Let me start with I LOVE LOVE LOVE nursing, but that being said I feel like my body has been hijacked. DS is 4.5 months old and it seems like so many people are talking to me about #2 which we have not decided on. All I can think when people say something to me about the possibility of another is that I dont want my body hijacked for another 2+ years. I know this will pass but it is frustrating.
All of this has made my sex drive take a nose dive, and on top of that every time DH comes near my boobs all that goes thru my head is that they are not his and to leave them alone, they have a purpose. I hope this goes away soon, even when the thoughts are going thru my head or I am avoiding DTD I feel bad.


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NextEra to enter residential electricity market in NHBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 11. 2013 7:34PM
NextEra Energy became the latest company to enter the residential electricity market in New Hampshire on Tuesday, announcing plans to offer energy supply in the PSNH and Unitil service areas.
The company, which started out as Florida Power and Light, has offered electricity supply to commercial and industrial accounts in the state since 2010.
The NextEra announcement comes less than a month after another corporate giant, Gulf Oil, was licensed by the Public Utilities Commission to sell power in New Hampshire as Gulf Electricity.
NextEra, a publicly traded electricity generation, transmission, and distribution company headquartered in Juno Beach, Fla., has nearly 15,000 employees in 26 states and Canada. Its energy supply division, NextEra Energy Services, is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
NextEra Energy Service New Hampshire is offering 7.10 cents per kilowatt hour on a six-month guarantee, and 6.6 cents per kwh, guaranteed only for one month, in the PSNH franchise area. Rates for Unitil customers were unavailable on Tuesday.
The current default rate for PSNH customers who do not chose a competitive supplier is 9.54 cents per kwh. PSNH has filed a request with the Public Utilities Commission to lower the default rate to 8.98 cents per kwh as of July 1. The default rate for customers of Unitil, which does not own or operate power plants, is 7.13 cents per kwh.
NextEra is now active in 14 of the 17 states that have deregulated energy sales, in which energy suppliers compete for consumers while the regulated utility transmits the power and offers a default energy supply rate. The name was created in 2009, when the Florida Power and Light Group announced that it was beginning its "next era."
Florida Power and Light, which bought the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant from PSNH and other stakeholders more than a decade ago, is now a subsidiary of publicly traded NextEra.
"We look for markets where we believe we can bring value to customers in a combination of savings and product offers that give them benefits like stability or renewable energy," said Brian Landrum, president of NextEra Energy Services. "As we looked at New Hampshire from a residential standpoint, we thought we could offer something better to customers who are currently with PSNH or Unitil, or with other competitive suppliers."
Competitive suppliers have had the opportunity to sell to residential customers for more than a decade, but have only been able to compete with the PSNH default offer for the past two years, as natural gas prices declined and PSNH began to recoup the costs associated with pollution controls on its Bow coal-fired plant.
What started as an initiative by entrepreneurial, bootstrap companies is now attracting Fortune 500 corporations into the state.
NextEra is rolling out additional energy supply offers today, but could not discuss pricing on Tuesday. Those offers will include higher-priced green energy or clean energy options, which are common among competitive energy suppliers. When customers sign up for green energy, they aren't controlling the energy that flows to their toaster, but they are encouraging the development of renewable energy markets, Landrum explained.
"You don't really affect the current delivery of power, but you can affect the future delivery of power by showing there is more demand for clean energy in the market today," he said. "We look at it as an opportunity for customers to express their demand for renewable power, which through time will drive more clean energy into the grid."
Competitive suppliers are developing a range of alternative products, in anticipation of the PSNH default rate becoming more competitive as time goes on. "Switching is about more than just price," Landrum said.
NextEra has maintained a high profile in New Hampshire since entering the commercial market. The company is a sponsor of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Hampton Beach Seafood Festival and the Business and Industry Association Golf Classic.
Landrum said the company intends to aggressively promote its residential offers, and is not worried about its late entry into the consumer market. "The fact that other competitors have already come in and convinced customers to consider something other than the default offer is a good thing," he said.


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Please rent the phenomenal 2009 French crime epic "A Prophet." It contains all the memorable style and character not achieved in "Easy Money," a Swedish thriller from 2010 that charts the escalating problems of the world's most naïve new criminal as he falls into organized crime.
Coming from a humble background, JW (Joel Kinnaman of "The Killing") wants to earn the lifestyle of his rich friends who party as if the recession never happened while JW drives a cab to pay his way through business school. The added funds would make him feel more deserving of Sophie (Lisa Henni), whom a friend tells JW to avoid because he should "Stick to your own kind." Since no one in movies ever follows that sort of advice, JW falls for her anyway.
One of director/co-writer Daniel Espinosa's sins is failing to depict JW and Sophie's romance as a powerful-but-doomed class collision, not just two pretty people with strong chemistry and incompatible priorities.
Kinnaman's got star quality—he's also Swedish, it turns out—but Espinosa, adapting Jens Lapidus' novel, crafts a story of drugs and guns as if the world has never seen one before. Clearly, JW's never seen one. As his ties to drug dealers and the possible need to play both sides of a gang war increase, his naivete that no one will get hurt will more likely inspire chuckles than sympathy for a guy who gets in over his head. It seems like JW, whose lies about his family history recall Max Fischer in "Rushmore," is about to complain, "No one said anything about violence; I thought we were all best friends!"
With more convincing conflicts and behavior from characters put in pressure situations, "Easy Money" (which is "presented by Martin Scorsese") might play like an international descendant of "Goodfellas." Instead, the movie will need some tweaks before its American remake starring Zac Efron. That's actually not a joke, and hopefully it won't become one on screen.
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The Detroit Lions hired Tony Oden (Buccaneers) as their assistant secondary coach and Matt Raich (Cardinals) as their defensive quality control coach Tuesday, Feb. 2. Terms of the contracts were not disclosed.
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The Arizona Cardinals will participate in the fourth annual Pat's Run Saturday, April 19. Among the coaches on the team that will be participating will be head coach Ken Whisenhunt, defensive line coach Ron Aiken and defensive assistant Matt Raich. Players participating will be CB Michael Adams, WR Steve Breaston, S Oliver Celestin, S Aaron Francisco, P Dirk Johnson, CB DeMario Minter, WR Sean Morey, WR Jamaica Rector, TE Alex Shor and DL Antonio Smith. The event is a primary fundraising event for the Pat Tilman Foundation which was created in honor of former Cardinals and Arizona State football player.
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