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The Empty Promise of Green Jobs
The Costly Consequences of Crony Capitalism
In the fall of 2008, then-candidate Barack Obama made a campaign promise to jumpstart the economy with an influx of green jobs. "We'll invest $150 billion over the next decade and harness private efforts to build a clean-energy economy," he said. This expenditure of taxpayer dollars, averaging $15 billion a year, would then "create 5 million new jobs that pay well, and can never be outsourced."[1]
The President has kept his promise to spend billions of borrowed dollars on green energy, but his promises that such spending would create a new, self-sufficient industry capable of providing millions of jobs for Americans have proven empty. The President's stimulus law alone included tens of billions in new government subsidies for politically favored renewable-energy interests: $6 billion in loan guarantees for renewable energy investments; $17 billion for the Department of Energy's energy efficiency and renewable energy programs; $2 billion for energy-efficient battery manufacturing; and billions more on other "clean-energy" programs for a total of $80 billion.
Two years later, the President's promise of millions of jobs stands in stark contrast with reality. As a recent report from a Bay-Area news organization made clear, green jobs predictions are "proving a pipe dream."[2]
Reality Versus Fantasy
Why haven't the President's promises translated into real economic gains? The answer lies in the federal government's unsuitability for the role the President wants it to play. Since his inauguration, the President has spoken often of the federal government as an "investor" in alternative sources of energy. But the federal government's job is to make and enforce the rules of the road, so that markets are fair, transparent and competitive – in other words, to foster an environment that is conducive to private-sector job creation.
When the government takes on the role of "investor," it usually does so because, according to the party in power, the "wrong" companies are winning in the free market, and the "right" companies are losing. By seeking to pick winners and losers in a dynamic and diverse economy, the government-as-investor model distorts markets, weakens the rule of law, wastes taxpayer dollars, and fails to spur sustainable job creation.
The President's energy policies have exemplified this failed model. His approach has been characterized by punitive regulations on commercially competitive sources of energy, coupled with reckless spending on uncompetitive alternatives. Instead of promoting the innovative and entrepreneurial genius of American business, the President's agenda has consolidated decision-making in Washington through a toxic mix of increased spending and more regulations.
Those who support this agenda argue that government can direct labor and capital markets more equitably than individuals and businesses, without sacrificing efficiency. In fact, forcing firms that do not enjoy government support to compete against firms that do – instead of letting all firms compete on a level playing field – is neither equitable nor efficient. The government-as-investor model has a poor track record in general, and its track record of investing in energy alternatives is positively abysmal.
In the late 1970s, in response to oil embargoes, the Carter Administration championed the development of synthetic fuels and ethanol. One memorable failure pushed by the Carter White House was the Synthetic Fuels Corporation, intended to finance the development of commercial synthetic fuel plants through massive subsidies. After exposing taxpayers to more than $400 billion in subsidies, this government-created corporation shut its doors in 1986.[3] Commercial "synfuels," which were unable to compete commercially, stand today as just one example of the government's inability to choose wise or productive investments in energy sector. There is a long history of failed efforts by federal agencies to develop commercially viable energy projects.
In 1979, the Carter Administration also initiated subsidies for corn ethanol, continued today in the form of tariffs on imported ethanol and the federal renewable fuel standard (RFS), which requires a percentage of ethanol to be used in gasoline. A favorite of both parties, these "temporary" benefits have calcified into decades-old corporate welfare, and American families are still living with the resulting higher tax burdens and energy costs over 30 years later.
Inflating one sector of the economy through complicated tax deductions, government handouts and new mandates carry hidden costs as well. Subsidizing a favored industry drives down productivity, while driving up costs to the broader economy. Targeted gains often prove fleeting, with losses in job creation and growth, not only in the favored industry, but throughout the wider economy.[4]
This effect is clearly seen in the employment picture for "green" jobs, not just here in the U.S., but also in Europe, where government subsidies statistically had the counterproductive effect of either double-counting jobs that were shifted from one sector to another or, worse, of actually destroying jobs. In Spain, which spent $600,000 for every green job, recent research found the country's interventions into the energy market destroyed 2.2 jobs for every green position it created. Similarly, the United Kingdom found that 3.7 jobs were lost for every job identified in renewable energy.[5] Job-creation and job-shifting are not the same.
In Europe, policymakers made the same flawed assumption that President Obama made when he promised that government spending on green energy would create 5 million new jobs: that the "labor-intensity" of green energy was a virtue unto itself. Labor intensity – the labor required per unit of energy produced – is much higher in the green-jobs sector. Advocates point to this higher labor requirement as a benefit because, they say, it will tend to increase employment.[6]
However, as Dr. William Bogart, a professor of economics at York College, explained in testimony before the House Committee on Education and Labor in 2009, if the cost of energy increases as a result of inefficient production, then the net benefits available decrease. In the past, the efficiency and comparatively low cost of energy use in the U.S. led to higher productivity and higher standards of living. With costlier energy systems, many goods will become more costly, requiring consumers to pay more and making American producers less competitive in world markets.[7]
Enough is Enough
With green-energy stimulus funding driven by political calculus at the expense of economic return, the question becomes: How much is enough?
In 2007, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) conducted an analysis of subsidies received by both alternative and conventional energy sources. On a dollar-per-unit-of-production basis, the level of subsidies received by the wind and solar industries were almost 100 times greater than those for conventional energy.[8]
Subsidies for renewable energy production have surged since the Obama Administration and the 111th Congress dramatically increased taxpayer support for these sources of energy with the stimulus law and other appropriations. In 2010, $11.9 billion was recorded in total federal subsidies for electricity production, according to a report from the EIA. Of this nearly $12 billion in subsidies, renewable-energy sources received $6.6 billion, or 55.3%, even though they accounted for just 10.3% of the electricity generation. Wind plants alone accounted for 42% of total electricity-related subsidies.[9]
Total subsidies for renewable energy, including biofuels, rose from $5.1 billion in 2007 to $14.7 billion in 2010. Much of that increase was due to stimulus spending, the report noted, a 188% increase.[10]
The Returns on Government Investment
Since its introduction in the 2009 stimulus bill, the Department of Energy (DOE) has issued $40 billion in new loan guarantees for private-sector loans for renewable energy projects that might not otherwise have been market-viable. Already, multi-million dollar projects, initially labeled as successes, have failed:
The first renewable energy loan guarantee recipient, solar start-up Solyndra, received a loan guarantee for $535 million in the fall of 2009, even after repeated warnings from federal financial analysts. In the spring of 2010, it failed to complete its initial public offering after an independent audit questioned the ongoing viability of the firm. Then, in the fall of 2010, the firm closed one of its manufacturing facilities and laid off 180 workers. Finally, the firm declared bankruptcy and laid off 1,100 employees only 15 months after Obama visited a company factory.
Beacon Power, received a $43 million loan guarantee in July of 2009. Since then, its stock price has dropped by 90 percent – a period during which the NASDAQ exchange on which it is listed has increased by 40 percent. The company has not been in compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements, leading to a delisting determination from the exchange.
First Wind Holdings, received a $117 million loan guarantee in March of 2010. First Wind withdrew its initial public offering in October of 2010, due to a lack of investor demand. [11] According to the Boston Globe, investors shied away from the company because "First Wind owes more than $500 million, loses money on a steady basis, and reports a negative cash flow."[12]
Even in the midst of these failures, DOE has been advertising additional loan guarantee recipients, announcing a $1.2 billion loan guarantee to another solar company just one day after the FBI raided Solyndra's offices. Congressional investigators are initiating a review to examine how many future Solyndras have been already financed by this loan-guarantee program or approved through shoddy review, and how can we prevent future examples of this kind of wasteful federal spending.
Western states, which have invested billions in state subsidies for the green economy, have had to deal more than most with the consequences of mismanaged expectations and lost investments. For all the pie-in-the sky campaign claims touting millions of new permanent, high-paying jobs, there has not been a full accounting of positions created. Monthly Labor Department employment reports are silent on a "green-collar" workforce. However, in July, the Brookings Institution released a study which found green jobs only accounted for 2 percent of employment nationwide and 2.2 percent in the Silicon Valley.
Rather than its intended effect of boosting new employment, Brookings found the clean-energy sector actually lost almost 500 jobs from 2003 to 2010 in California's South Bay, where the unemployment rate in June was 10.5 percent. A $20 million federal grant in Seattle, Washington to invest in weatherization programs has resulted in only three completed projects and just 14 new jobs, many of them low-wage administrative positions.
As a Heritage Foundation report recently noted, taxpayers are hit by a "double wallop" – first by paying for ineffective, wasteful subsidies, then by paying higher energy prices caused by energy taxes and regulations.[13] This kind of wasteful government spending is not sustainable. U.S. taxpayers cannot afford billions of dollars in mismanaged resources, with poor oversight and no accountability for results.
Rewarding Failure, Punishing Success
Advocates of green energy have long argued that it's not just enough for the government to subsidize alternatives – it also needs to promote policies that make commercially competitive sources of energy more expensive.
This is the idea behind the controversial "cap and trade" bill that President Obama tried to pass through Congress in 2009, which would have established an elaborate and bureaucratic structure for allocating conventional energy sources. This bill passed the House, but it was unable to overcome bipartisan concerns in the Senate. Cap-and-trade legislation was deemed costly, economically harmful, and ineffective in its means and goals. But instead of accepting this verdict on its preferred policy, the administration decided to let the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carry out a unilateral plan to impose emissions restrictions on American businesses.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is pushing for greenhouse gas emission standards for power plants, and although the President has temporarily delayed this move, he has not ruled out letting the EPA move forward with it in the future. If eventually enacted, the resulting rule would cost the country $1 trillion or more over a decade and millions of jobs. Similar severe costs to the economy influenced the President's decision to pull back EPA's proposal to prematurely readjust current ozone standards. In addition, the EPA's move to implement the final Clean Air Transport Rule and the Utility Maximum Achievable Control Technology on power plants in November could increase electricity costs amidst a struggling economy.
This reflects a larger push by the Obama administration to pursue energy and environmental policy through heavy-handed regulations, circumventing accountability to taxpayers and leaving decisions in the hands of the bureaucracy infrastructure. Unnecessary regulations tie the hands of small businesses and create an uncertain business environment, discouraging job growth.
A Better Path Forward
Instead of Washington-knows-best government policy, the House-passed budget, The Path to Prosperity, advances fundamental tax reform to promote economic growth and job creation. Comprehensive tax reform would broaden the tax base; simplify the tax code by cleaning out many of the special exemptions and deductions in the tax code, including special tax breaks for all energy companies; and lower tax rates for both individuals and corporations. Cutting the marginal tax rates on labor and capital to increase incentives to work and invest would be the most effective and sustainable way to revive economic growth – in our energy sector and all sectors of the private economy.
The Path to Prosperity scales back the EPA's large budget increases to prevent it from imposing a job-destroying maze of regulations that would act as a national energy tax. It also assumes increased revenues from bonus bids, rents, royalties, and fees as a result of lifting moratoriums and bans on safe, environmentally responsible exploration for domestic energy supplies. As part of this effort, the House has already passed three major pieces of legislation on a bipartisan basis as part of its American Energy Initiative to expand domestic energy production and create new jobs. These bills are still waiting on action in the Senate.
The Path to Prosperity would continue to fund essential government missions, including energy security and basic research and development, while paring back spending for projects best left to the private sector. Ultimately, the best energy policy is one that encourages robust competition and innovation to ensure the American people an affordable and stable supply of energy. The House-passed budget would roll back federal intervention and expensive corporate welfare directed to the President's allied industries. Instead, it would promote policies aimed at reliable energy, lower energy prices, greater revenue generation through prosperity, and market-based solutions that advance the nation toward the goal of sustainable energy.
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For more information:
Read Solyndra Deal Violates 'Fundamental Laws of Economics' here.
[1] Rhee, Foon, "Obama promotes alternative energy plan", The Boston Globe, October 14, 2008.
[2] Glantz, Aaron, "Green Jobs Predictions Proving a Pipe Dream." The Bay Citizen, August 18, 2011.
[3] Edwards, Chris. "Downsizing the Federal Government: Department of Energy." Cato Institute. http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/energy. Accessed: September 14, 2011.
[4] Green, Kenneth, "Environmental Consequences of Energy Choices: Horton Hears a Who's Who", Speech for the 23rd Annual Texas Environmental Superconference, August 4, 2011.
[5] Green, Kenneth, "The Myth of Green Jobs: The European Experience", AEI Energy Outlook Series, February 2011.
[6] Morriss, Andrew P., et al. The False Promise of Green Energy. Cato Institute, 2011.
[7] Bogart, William, "Five Questions about Green Jobs", Testimony to House Committee on Education and Labor, March 31, 2009.
[8] Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy Markets 2007, Energy Information Administration, April 2008.
[9] Direct Federal Interventions and Subsidies in Energy in FY 2010, Energy Information Administration, July 2011.
[10] Ibid
[11] Kreutzer, David. "Green Jobs and Red Tape." House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. April 13, 2011.
[12] Syre, Steven. "First Wind IPO sputters suddenly." The Boston Globe. October 29, 2010.
[13] Brownfield, Mike, "Obama's Green Jobs Pipe Dream", The Foundry, August 23, 2011.
This document was prepared by the Republican staff of the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives. It has not been approved by the full committee and may not reflect the views of individual committee members.


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Sapphire HD 5830 Modern Warfare 2 Edition Review
What! Another 5 series release from ATI and its partners! Why yes kiddies here it is in the form of the anticipated Sapphire HD 5830. This makes it a total of eleven Direct X 11 video cards in the past 5 months, which is a stunning achievement. At this point, why come out with another HD 5XXX series video card? ATI has pretty much every price point covered from the bottom dollar 5400 series on up to the King of the hill HD 5970 with one exception. Between the $180 dollar HD 5770 and $310 HD 5850, ATI does not have a product to compete with the GTX 260 and GTX 275 that currently occupy this price zone. The Sapphire HD 5830 is built using a custom PCB instead of the reference PCB sent from ATI. What this should do is allow ATI's partners some freedom in designing a top performing video card. This could bring up issues with quality, but in this case Sapphire has plenty of experience with making custom PCBs for the silicon. Just take a look at the Vapor-X series as shining examples of this ability.
What you get with the Sapphire HD 5830 are all the features of the HD 5800 series such as the 2.15 Billion transistors, 1GB of GDDR5 memory, Eyefinity support, and more. Where there are differences are in the amount of stream processors at 1120 vs the HD 5870's 1600, with a drop in texture units and ROP's to round it out. To boost up performance the GPU core clock speed has been boosted from the 725MHz used on the HD 5850 up to 800Mhz. This bump allows the HD 5830 to deliver 1.79Tflops of performance. Lets see if this card from Sapphire can fill the price point and outperform the current residents.
Closer Look:
The packaging on this Sapphire HD 5830 is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 themed. The front panel shows a representation of a modern soldier wearing some of the gear necessary in today's chaotic world. The front panel shows off all of the highlighted features of the HD 5830 from Eyefinity support as well as DirectX 11, WIndows 7, HDMI,7.1 HD sound and more. If you couldn't tell by the graphic on the front, Activision's Modern Warfare 2 is included as part of the bundle. The back panel features detailed information on some of the features of the Sapphire HD 5830 as well as a short introduction to Modern Warfare 2. Additional highlights include ROHS Compliance and the fact that most of the packaging is made out of recyclable materials.
The inner package houses all of the hardware. The Sapphire HD 5830 is contained in bubble wrap over an anti static bag and a foam block holds the card in a cardboard tray to keep the card safe during transit. The accessory bundle is kept in a separate box under the video card to reduce the chance of damage to the card from incidental contact.
The bundle of accessories that comes with the Sapphire HD 5830 will give you the ability to hook up this card and get fraggin' in a minimal amount of time. You get the manual (of course), the driver disk, Arcsofts Sim HD software for Arcsofts Total Media player, two 4 pin molex to 6 pin PCIe power adapters, DVI to HDMI adapter,CrossfireX Bridge connector and last but certainly not least, is the highlighted addition to this bundle, a key for a digital download of Activision's Modern Warfare 2. They also included some case bling in the form of a small holographic Sapphire sticker that lets you show people whos hardware you are packing inside your rig.
Lets go dig into the Sapphire HD 5830 to see how it compares to it's competitors in it's price point.

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by Chad Patterson, sports information student assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College Athletic Department is now offering the purchase of in-game and event photos to all Bobcat athletics fans.
The website, GCBobcats.Photoreflect.com allows those interested to select any event throughout the season and purchase various photos with a number of sizes available online.
Buyers may select standard print sizes of photos as well as canvas wraps, standouts and other available packages.
This is the first time Georgia College has allowed the purchasing of athletic prints. Photos will be available for purchase within a few days of each event covered.
In order to select photos for purchase just head to, http://gcbobcats.photoreflect.com and select the athletic event you want. Photos options can be found in the gallery on the next page.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Environmental empowerment
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Deforestation is one of the problems which ensues in some forested countries. Due to the problem, not only are forested countries facing troubles, but industrialized countries with little forest are in trouble too.Yet, this problem is included in some drafts of the international agreements such as Bali Road Map by UNFCCC; and REED by UNFAO, and UNDP, UNREDD. On the international level, most strategies are needed to be discussed in the long term. On the other hand, the agreement of each country depends on time, so that it will be little bit effective. One solution which was created by some NGOs is to educate children on deforestation at the primary school level. In Indonesia, volunteers are tasked as teachers. They enter remote and rural areas where there are still many strands of forests in these areas. They will educate and establish schools simply and voluntarily.
A most popular calling of the school based forest in Indonesia is Sekolah Rimbawan or Sekola RIMBA. Most of their efforts are very effective in reducing logging illegally and to preserve forests naturally and wisely. The school creates junior foresters early on. By doing this, they need serious people playing the role as teachers voluntarily and must be supported by passionate children who have the desire to maintain the forest. Most of the targeted children are from local tribes which don't have much access to education. Hopefully by educating the children on becoming junior foresters, it will help preserve and restore the forest. This will make the forest become sustainable and we will benefit as human beings.


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This Guest Post is by my good friend, Sensei Angel Lemus, of the Zentokukai Okinawa Shorinryu Toude Association. Angel is the creator of One Minute Bunkai. The URL is oneminutebunkai.com. He and I are members of the Hawaii Karate Kenkyukai.
Guest Post: Karate is Not Jujitsu
This Guest Post is by my good friend, Sensei Angel Lemus, of the Zentokukai Okinawa Shorinryu Toude Association. Angel is the creator of One Minute Bunkai. The URL is oneminutebunkai.com. He and I are members of the Hawaii Karate Kenkyukai.
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Karate is Not Jujitsu
When I teach bunkai and see others practicing I have noticed one thing, it has to do with working bunkai, analyzing it, and the partner work which is a lot of fun but I think it is too easy for us (everyone in general) to forget one big really really important point: Karate is not Jujitsu.
Applications involve many things like tearing, breaking, locking, scissoring, blood/oxygen denial, and all this requires grabbing, holding and controlling, and all of it looks sort of like Jujitsu, not because Karate is imitating Jujitsu but because all "real" martial arts, Karate included, contain the same kinds of principles and applications.
So one can say that Karate is like Jujitsu, but one cannot say that Jujitsu is like Karate which brings me to my original point -- Karate is a highly evolved martial art containing grappling and controlling techniques, but what makes it unique is its Atemi striking aspects which are second to none. Karate masters of old for whatever reasons decided to focus on the thrusting (punching) and striking which evolved into many ways of using your fists and hands turning them into all kinds of destructive strikes. They devised the Okinawan Makiwara and became incredible hitting machines delivering destructive punches/strikes.
So when I see people working bunkai that starts off with a strike, and I see the "uke" (the person receiving the technique) resisting or trying to counterattack the grapple (later on), I tell myself that person does not "get it", he would not have the opportunity to be resisting because he should have been already knocked out unconscious, or his arm would be totally incapacitated, or his lower abdomen would have imploded causing total shutdown of his body from a toe kick, or he would have been blinded, or his leg would be torn or broken. There is no fighting back from this.
We have to remember that by the time a Karateka doing real Karate would be grabbing and controlling an opponent in order to apply some lock or break, it should be unnecessary to do so because the attacker should have no more fight left in him. When I work bunkai I always try to incapacitate the opponent using Atemi, it is just so much easier. Of course I am a total advocate for studying bunkai and all the fancy stuff, but when it comes down to it, I will hit first whenever possible then see where things go from there. This is what I try to do in every One Minute Bunkai.
We have to remember that Karate has given us massive high caliber destructive impact weapons, let's always keep those as the primary arsenal before we move into other aspects like grappling. If you call yourself a Karateka and you are mostly focusing on the grabby feely stuff then in my book, you are more of a Jujitsuka than a Karateka. Atemi defines Karate above other arts. My ideal scenario is to be totally awesome on both aspects of Karate applications, atemi and grappling (Tode). If you are close to grabbing your opponent's arm then you should have 3 options, 1) totally incapacitate the arm with atemi, 2) bypass atemi and go straight into Tode (grappling), 3) my favorite, do both, start with atemi and then go into it but only if you feel it is necessary. And by this I mean if you hit your opponent so hard that his arm loses all life in it and has turns into a wet noodle, his fight is ended.
I can tell you from personal experience from years of my Sensei (Tim Rodgers) destroying my limbs, where the last thing in my mind was to continue, because I could not, because I was in so much pain.
Lets learn Bunkai, yes, but lets treat it like dessert, it comes after the meat and potatoes, and you cannot eat your dessert unless you clean your plate.
Posted by Charles C. Goodin on Tuesday, September 04, 2012


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Sagan wins to take huge lead in sprinters' contest
ALBI, France (AP) — Slovakian rider Peter Sagan won the hilly seventh stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish on Friday to carve open a big lead in his bid to defend the green jersey as top sprinter, and Daryl Impey kept his focus to retain the yellow jersey for another day.
Sagan held off a challenge from John Degenkolb of Germany to clinch his first stage victory in this year's Tour and move 94 points clear in the contest for sprinters. Italian Daniele Bennati finished the stage in third.
"I have to say my team did all the work today, they did an incredible job," the 23-year-old Sagan said through a translator. "They showed that they are perfectly capable."
Sagan leads German sprinter Andre Greipel but more crucially is 105 points ahead of his archrival Mark Cavendish — the 2011 green jersey winner — who was dropped on the toughest climb of the day.
"The idea was to get a few points today, and I admit I got a few more than I thought I would," Sagan said.
Cavendish wilted on the category 2 ascent up up Col de la Croix de Mounis.
"Half the peloton were dropped on that climb," Cavendish said. "It was not a good day for us. It was really difficult."
He rolled in more than 40 minutes behind Sagan, who is also an able climber and tipped by five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault to become a future overall contender providing he sheds some of his sprinters' bulk and trims down.
Meanwhile, Impey began the day as the first South African rider to wear the yellow jersey, but he will likely relinquish it after Saturday's first of two difficult days of climbing in the high mountains of the Pyrenees.
He acknowledged that it was difficult to focus on racing with everything going on back home.
"I'm not going to lie to you. I'm not used to being in this situation," Impey said. "A lot of the radio stations and Internet sites had put out a thing today to show support for me. It was called 'Impey's Yellow Friday' where a lot of people today actually wore something yellow for me.
"That was a great response from South Africa," he added. "Then there was a song they were playing on the radio. It's 'Impi' by Johnny Clegg."
He leads Norwegian sprinter Edvald Boasson Hagen by three seconds overall and his Orica Greenedge teammate Simon Gerrans by five.
None are considered a serious Tour challenger, but Impey was desperate to keep the jersey a little longer.
"An opportunity like this doesn't come often. We knew today was probably our last chance," he said. "There was a moment on the second climb when the pressure was on but we handled it well."
The average speed picked up considerably in the fourth hour, jumping up to nearly 50 kilometers per hour (30 mph) in temperatures again well into the thirties Celsius (above 90 Fahrenheit) for the 205.5-kilometer (128-mile) trek from Montpellier to Albi.
In fact, there has hardly been a drop of rain so far — perhaps unsurprising given that the race started on the picturesque island of Corsica before jumping over to Nice on the French riviera, and then down to Marseille and Montpellier.
Veteran American rider Christian Vande Velde pulled out after being caught up in an early crash — one of several that have marred a nervy start to the 100th edition of the showcase race.
There have been several multi-rider crashes in what has been a nervy Tour.
On the first stage, there was a big crash close to the end after Tour organizers caused anxiety in the peloton by changing the designated finish line because a team bus was stuck on the line.
The fifth stage featured two separate crashes, the second right on the finish line, and the sixth claimed Cavendish among the fallen.
Early into stage 7, German veteran Jens Voigt got into an early breakaway. But any dreams the 41-year-old Voigt had of becoming the oldest stage winner since Pino Cerami in 1963 melted in the sun.
Race favorites like Chris Froome and Alberto Contador are likely to attack Saturday up the famed Col de Pailheres, which winds upward for 15 tortuous kilometers at a gradient of eight percent.
"I'm definitely looking forward to the Pyrenees. I think it will help the race to settle down a lot," Froome said. "It's been quite a stressful first week."


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It's no secret that Intel's Sandy Bridge CPU's are still the talk of the town. Many enthusiasts and system builders are frothing at the mouth waiting for the B3 stepping chipset to become available. With the IRS returning overpaid tax money, this was the time many had planned to upgrade. Several announcements have been made over the past few days leading us to understand that the drought will be over soon!
A part of Sandy Bridge that we haven't yet looked at was one of the biggest features of the 2nd Generation Core processor, the integrated graphics. Intel was able to leverage 32nm technology in building a single die that houses both the CPU and GPU. This means that power use and GPU performance are much improved over Clarkdale/Arrandale processors since that CPU family used a separate die on the processor package to get its integrated graphics. The CPU gave up its integrated memory controller and instead used one on the GPU. This led to higher memory latency, lower memory bandwidth and ultimately lower performance. Though the CPU had great clock speeds, they were over priced for their performance, often being outperformed by Intel's own Core i5 750 which cost less than a number of the Clarkdale i5 CPU's.
Thankfully, that is now the past and Sandy Bridge has been executed nearly flawlessly. I say nearly because of chipset issues. Besides the B2 stepping SATA degradation recall, in order to make use of the on-die GPU you MUST use an H67 chipset (or upcoming Z67). One of the shortcomings of H67 is that you lose all ability to overclock the CPU and run memory beyond 1333MHz, but you do get the ability to overclock the GPU. With P67 you can overclock the CPU but it has no way to access the GPU. As I mentioned, Z67 is in the works and is designed to give us the best of both worlds.
Now with a better understanding of differences between the two current chipsets, let's take a look at our first H67 motherboard, the ECS H67H2-M.
The ECS H67H2-M is part of their performance line of motherboards, also called Black Deluxe. As you can see, the Black Deluxe board packs in larger heat sinks, a striking dark grey and black color combination, all solid capacitors, and a number of other enthusiast level features.
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In a shocking turn of events, this pie is not from the upcoming Vegan Pie in the Sky cookbook. I repeat, this is not an official, Post Punk Kitchen endorsed pie. This creation was inspired by the recent Portland VegFest, Chicago Soy Dairy's sweet deal on those sweet little 'mallows, Julie Hasson's cream pie demo and perhaps the most mind-blowing aspect of all – was poured into a goddamn, pre-made crust. Testing for Vegan Pie in the Sky helped me conquer my fear of homemade crusts, for sure, but you know, sometimes you just find yourself picking up a graham cracker shell or two when you see them on sale in the 'natural' aisle at Grocery Outlet.
Inside the graham cracker shell, the only actual grahamy-element here (because every vegan who's ever searched knows the pain of finding the mysteriously spotted-every-couple-of-years store-bought, honey-free graham cracker), was a rich chocolate tofu mousse, Vita-Mixed with Mori Nu firm silken tofu, melted semi sweet chocolate chips, a bit of coconut milk, powdered sugar and vanilla extract, based on the Mint Truffle Pie in Julie's Vegan Diner. To complete the s'moresey scenario, I added broken cinnamon cookies and chopped dandies, along with a layer of dandies on top. It's recently popped into my head that my kitchen absolutely needs a mini blowtorch, but since I've yet to make this ridiculously awesome purchase happen, I broiled the topped pie for 5 minutes. I was quickly happy with the lightly golden color, but freaked out as it rested, as the mallows seemed to harden! No worries, upon arrival to my little happy hour club, my friends and I learned that smush remained, and the pie was a hit, particularly when paired with a microbrew. Classy.


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SC State 74, Jacksonville 72
Matthew Hezekiah's tip-in with one second left Wednesday night
gave South Carolina State a 74-72 victory over Jacksonville in a
nonconference thriller.
The tip-in by the 6-foot-11 Hezekiah, after a missed layup by
Adama Adams, denied a furious last-minute comeback by the Dolphins
(3-5). Jacksonville got three 3-point baskets in the final minute,
the first and third by Dylan Fritsch (14 points) to tie it at
72-all. The Dolphins had fallen behind 45-30 at halftime.
The Bulldogs (4-3) jumped out to a 17-9 lead. They went up 25-12
midway through the half, leading by as many as 17 points.
For South Carolina State, Adams (16 points) led three teammates
in double figures. Patrick Myers scored 15 points, and Hezekiah and
Darryl Palmer finished with 12 each.
Fritsch led Jacksonville with 14 points. Jarvis Haywood and
Kordario Fleming added 13 each while Javon Dawson chipped in


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20-month-old boy chokes to death at King daycare
20-month-old boy chokes to death at King daycare
A 20-month-old boy died Thursday after King police said he began choking on food.
It occurred about noon at Lucky Ducks Daycare, according to police chief Paula May.
The King Fire Department, Stokes EMS and King police responded to the scene. The child was pronounced dead at Pioneer Medical Center.
"The death is being investigated by the King Police Department in conjunction with the NC State Bureau of Investigation, as the incident occurred at a licensed home daycare facility," May said in an email to media outlets.
An autopsy indicated that the child died as a result of accidental choking on a food item, May said.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th May 2008 06:24 UTC
Ars Technica's Jeremy Reimer has published the 7th instalment in their series on the history of the Amiga platform. Part 7 deals solely with gaming on the Amiga, detailing various classic Amiga games that in one way or the other pushed the envelope. "The Amiga started out its life as a dedicated games machine, and even though it grew into a full computer very quickly, it never lost its gaming side. The machine's 4096-color palette, stereo sampled sound, and graphics acceleration chips made it a perfect gaming platform, and it didn't take long for game companies to start taking advantage of this power."
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There is a new project coming up, and I am going to need some help. Wanna be my assistant?
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A year ago, Mickey Foster and Louis Watkins never dreamed they'd be in a Hendersonville pasture on a beautiful autumn morning, dabbing herbicide on certain plants to stop the spread of non-native invasive species.
A year ago, Mickey Foster and Louis Watkins never dreamed they'd be in a Hendersonville pasture on a beautiful autumn morning, dabbing herbicide on certain plants to stop the spread of non-native invasive plants in Western North Carolina. In fact, a year ago they had never even heard the phrase "non-native invasive species."
But on Wednesday, the two worked diligently alongside site coordinator Stephen Smith, seeking out multiflora rose, Chinese silvergrass, Japanese honeysuckle and nearly two dozen other invasive species that have grown unwanted in the Hyder pasture, a bog that sits just off of Spartanburg Highway.
Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy purchased the 7.3-acre site in April and partnered with the WNC Alliance to restore the property to its natural state.
Standing in the sunshine at the Hyder pasture, WNC Alliance Ecologist and Public Lands Director Bob Gale said that when Europeans first settled in the U.S., "there were 5,000 acres of bogs. Now there are about 500 acres."
The plant species have also changed drastically over the centuries, explained Lauren Reker, who's in charge of the Alliance's non-native invasive species management projects. As invasive species made their way into bogs, pastures and forests in the U.S., they replaced native species that bird and ground animals depended on for food.
"Plants set the stage for animal life," Gale said.
To eradicate the non-native species, WNC Alliance has partnered with Green Opportunities, or GO, an Asheville-based nonprofit community development organization that provides skills training and career placement for youths and adults living in poverty, with an emphasis on environmental careers.
Billy Schweig, GO's marketing and development coordinator, said, "We see sustainability as an intertwined set of three ideas: people, planet and profits."
Smith started as a volunteer with GO a few years back and worked his way up to site coordinator. Working alongside Foster and Watkins in the Hyder pasture, Smith said he takes pride in helping the natural environment return to its native state while helping Foster and Watkins learn new skills.
"Working for GO means working with people to help the community, and it's helping people get from one point to where they want to be," he said.
Foster had earned his plumbing certification at Cleveland Community College in Shelby and turned to GO for help landing a job. For several months he took additional skills courses at GO, including electrical, home weatherization and solar panel installation. While working with GO he has had several construction and roofing jobs.
The invasive species eradication is "something new for me, but I enjoy it," he said. "We're the GO Busters. If you want plants removed, just call the GO Busters!"
Watkins went through a similar training program at GO, where he learned about lead remediation, home renovation and duct work, among others. The coursework took place at AB-Tech, he said. It wasn't easy going back to school, "but you apply yourself and take it seriously."
"GO training gives you the skills to go out and apply for a job," Foster added. "Now that I've learned about non-native invasive species, I dream about them in my sleep. Sometimes we're riding down Interstate 26, pointing out invasive species we see on the roadside."
Smith said Watkins and Foster are learning skills they can take on to other jobs, such as landscaping.
"The whole point of GO is to give opportunities to people in communities where there is a lack of jobs," he said. "It's rewarding at the end of the day to see people making better lives for themselves and feel like they can then give back to their communities."
Watkins agreed.
"It's about paying it forward," he said. "It's about being able to have a job so you can give back. It's a community thing. There are no boundaries with GO. We're family."
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Six Strikes Officially Begins On Monday
from the warm-up-your-vpns dept
The ISPs—industry giants AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner, and Verizon—will launch their versions of the CAS on different days throughout the week. Comcast is expected to be the first, on Monday.So, now we get to watch people get falsely accused, those with open WiFi suddenly have to fear bogus slow downs to their networks and other assorted collateral damage. Oh, and does anyone actually expect to see a sudden spike in "sales"?
Oh, and the Center for Copyright Information has put up a snazzy new website and video over some non-descript smooth jazz that I'm sure they licensed, and which practically screams the following basic message (note: message paraphrased): "Hey, we're just your friendly neighborhood copyright maximalists, out here trying to make friends and, oh, oops, we just wanted to let you know, in the friendliest way possible, that we think you're lying, thieving pirates, and we'd really like it if you stopped, or we might have to make your internet connection completely useless. But we don't want to have to do that, because we're all friends here, enjoying the internet. Isn't the internet great?"


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To simple, different intensity of ink feels very much difference.
Each and both hard and soft, watching paint contact with each other, and integration is one of the fun.
After a period of research, the pigment stiffness and style several attempts, finally put ink to the phone shell.
Each hand-crafted by a small manager.
Neutral style for u and me.
Videos not the pursuit of perfection, but a feeling.
Some little different each constitute one of the most special.
Ocean Blue cherry pink
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Obviously feel absolutely
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Look into the lamp housing knob is another kind of beauty
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Q: Will the phone shell will not Diaoqi?
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Q: Is only hard shell?
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Full cladding link: https://www.pinkoi.com/product/1MfwDbDJ
Q: Can I hope my products with exactly the same picture can?
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Q: Will the possible plans to order?
A: We are currently in the original series.
Q: Will I receive the goods or do not like to set the wrong model, you can return with the money back?
A: can not, before the next one, please check with us so as not to expect there is a gap. (Customized Goods: plus LOGO commodity can not remove the word with refunds)
Q: Will the President Chain Store can be sent?
A: We are preset by registered mail, need I sign.
**To pick up President Chain Store, please add this purchase: https://www.pinkoi.com/product/193mnE8N**
Q: May I ask how things tracking number after shipping?
A: We take all shipments sent by registered, each will be accompanied by a tracking number.
Discover registration number of words in the message method :( Taiwan Chunghwa Post Please check the website, e-mail query to the location to the location of the post office network use)
Taiwan: domestic registered mail
Taiwan Outside: international registered mail
Finally, the designer will be made to order to create content, add words or model order details are subject. (There are special requirements please added note, thank you!)
**Because each handmade, not exactly the same style with the picture Oh! (Mind should pay attention)**
What are customized to meet the requirements hope you ~ (plus word (no more than six words in English or digital) plus word: https://www.pinkoi.com/product/W0pOezjD/ color distribution)
Mimi make each guest has a cell phone clothes we will be very satisfied!
Production need seven to ten business days (excluding holidays).
From the beginning of November 2015, all Chuckling phone shell there are hot silver LOGO. (As shown below)
To not LOGO, necessary to place the order notes, because a change into the production process can not be removed now.
__Model Options__
**Phone shell material is a hard shell material, including the sides and corners.**
**Enveloped who pay attention Oh, just the right size because the crust are set on the phone! So we go to seriously consider subscript ~~ :)**
Please view the following link point of the model can be customized Oh! (Apple / Samsung / Sony / HTC / LG / ASUS / Huawei / millet / OPPO)
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Upgrade link: https://www.pinkoi.com/product/1l64OMgg
(To simultaneously subscript Oh!)
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The main draw for the British import pigment paint
The material is to protect the oil**waterproof scratch**a.
/ Operate and maintain /
Can be used normally.
Although there are scratch-resistant coatings for, but to good, do not often go to scrape it down (laughs)
Oh to note: Since the pigment can not be permanently attached to the mobile phone shell, so with a long time there may be Diaoqi phenomenon. :)
PS will be some irregularities were to mind carefully shot.
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Feb 19, 2012
Sunday afternoon's softball doubleheader scheduled to beging at 1:00 p.m. has been canceled due to expected weather coming through the Bristol area. The games will be rescheduled for a later date.
King (2-2) had a successful opening weekend, sweeping Emory & Henry College (2-1, 12-0) and suffering a pair of close losses to Mars Hill College (4-1, 3-2). The Lady Tornado will take the field at Newberry College on Feb. 21 for a doubleheader beginning at 2:00 p.m. before returning to the King College Softball Complex on Feb. 23 for two against Carson-Newman.


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Rhoads Takes Wheaton Invite Titleby Brent Harris • January 29, 2011 Share:
Junior wrestler Greg Rhoads captured the 184-pound weight class title at the 2011 Pete Willson-Wheaton College Invitational. Rhoads was one of five Wabash wrestlers to place in the top-eight places, helping the Little Giants finish 11th out of 32 teams at the two-day competition.
Rhoads entered the tournament seeded eighth in his weight class, but put together a perfect weekend to claim the title. He started with a 13-4 major decision over Wisconsin-Whitewater's Andrew Pettit, then scored an 8-2 win against Peter Heggs from Case Western Reserve. The victory put Rhoads up against the top-seeded wrestler in the bracket, Elmurst's Joe Rau. Rhoads forced the match into overtime, where he picked up a 6-4 sudden victory to advance in the championship bracket.
The junior wrestler started the second day of competition with an 11-4 win against fifth-seeded Tim Stewart from Messiah, then finished the meet with a tight 3-2 win against third-seeded Justin Marble from the host school in the championship bout.
Sophomore Jake Strausbaugh finished fifth at 149 pounds. Entering the tournament as the number-five seed, Strausbaugh started with an 11-6 win against Corey Duncan from eventual team champion Lindenwood University. A 12-8 win for Strausbaugh against fourth-seeded Matt Mauseth from Wisconsin-La Crosse sent the Wabash wrestler up against top-seeded Isaac Dukes from Case Western in the championship semifinals. A 15-3 loss against his regional foe dropped Strausbaugh to the consolation bracket, where lost 9-2 in the next round to seventh-seeded Cameryn Brady from Manchester before receiving a forfeit in the finals.
Three Little Giants finished in eighth place in their individual weight classes. Josh Boyer finished 2-3 at the 125 weight class, as did Jake Moore at 165 pounds. Austin O'Neil lost his opening match at 197 pounds before rallying for three consecutive victories. He finished the weekend 3-3 for his eight-place finish.
Sophomore Pat Clegg recorded the fastest pin of the tournament, scoring the victory :13 into his consolation bout against Thomas Phalin from Lakeland.
Wabash scored a total of 58 points. Lindenwood's total of 131 points won the team competition. The Little Giants will compete on Saturday, February 12 at the Midstates Wrestling Conference Championship Meet at Manchester College.
Photos - (top left) Junior Greg Rhoads earned the 184-pound weight class title at the 2011 Pete Willson Invitational, hosted by Wheaton College.
(Bottom right) Sophomore Pat Clegg receives the Fastest Pin Award from Wheaton alumnus Dr. Dick Geiser


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