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The weather looks as changeable as a�toddler�s tantrums. Thank god we�re not in a helicopter, I�think to myself as the plane banks on its final approach and a cluster of snow-covered island-mountains erupting from the sea loom�through the storm clouds.
This Nordic Hawaii is the Faroe Islands. Forget Copenhagen, or even Reykjavik, I�d heard this cluster of 18�rocky islands in the middle of the north Atlantic, inhabited by 50,000 descendants of Norse renegades, is the new frontier in the new Nordic food movement. A place where a tiny band of determined pioneers, led by one visionary chef, is developing a�radical, contemporary cuisine from the most meager culinary heritage.
An hour or so after landing, it seems I spoke too soon about the helicopter: it is the only way to reach the island of St�ra D�mun, home to a couple of hundred sheep and the Petersen family�s farm, my first destination in a three-day tour of the islands� nascent food scene. First challenge is to reach the helicopter which is idling on what is, essentially, an ice rink. With my arms occupied by luggage and a woolly hat, I am at the mercy of both natural and man-made gales. For every step forward I slide two back. In the end, a�fellow passenger comes to my rescue and drags me backwards on my heels like a shop dummy.
I assume he is a birdwatcher, like so many visitors to the Faroes, but the duffle-coated samaritan turns out to be John Gynther from the experimental cheese division (really) of a Danish dairy products company, on his way to check on the progress of some cheeses.
�The humidity here is perfect for maturing cheeses, but nobody has tried it before,� he tells me. �If it�s successful, I hope some of the best restaurants in the world will give it to their guests. It�ll be the true taste of the north Atlantic, expressed in a cheese.�
Arriving safely at the Petersen�s farm, I hear a little about their lives. Their forefathers have farmed sheep here for over 200�years. That little black tar cottage over there is the children�s schoolhouse; a teacher arrives every Monday and stays in the attic. And those chocolate dots inching across the sheer hillside are their sheep, whose coats have evolved a yeti-like shagginess over the centuries.
J�gva J�n Petersen shows us into the hjallur, a wooden shed with vented walls where the sheep carcasses are hung by their feet to dry in the wind, flayed like some macabre art installation. This is the Faroe�s famous r�st mutton, he explains, semi-dried and fermented in the sea air. Dangling alongside is Gynther�s cheese, which we taste in J�gva�s low-ceilinged kitchen as his kids bring to the table their treasured toys and, at one point, a pet rabbit. The cheese is good, resembling a bitter manchego. The r�st is chewy like thick-cut pata negra ham, with a strong flavor only just the right side of �sheepy� for me.
That evening, in the islands� capital, T�rshavn, we eat in what appears to be a Hobbit dwelling but is actually a cosy, turf-roofed cottage housing a restaurant,
We are presented with a d�r schnapps. This is my new favorite Faroese tradition: when arriving at a party or, sometimes, a restaurant, guests are presented with a glass of schnapps, refilled communion wine-style for new arrivals. We sit alongside a man called Mortan, who is one of life�s enthusiasts. He insists we try some r�st mutton paired with amontillado sherry, and there is an unexpected repartee between the wine�s oaky notes and the rich mutton. The geographical connection is not all that tenuous either, Mortan points out, given that for centuries the Faroese exported salt cod to Spain.
The talk turns to the islands� long-mooted independence from Denmark and the oil that many believe lurks offshore and could lift the Faroes� economy � which as far as I can make out is kept afloat by the Sarah�Lund sweaters, made here by Gudrun and Gudrun, a company founded and run by two Faroese women, and sold in a shop on the waterfront. As the schnapps bottles are drained, the tables are cleared for traditional dancing � national dress optional.
The next morning the Faroes fling another of their elemental challenges at us. We are to rendezvous at sea with the island�s most highly prized catch: langoustines. From my room in the surprisingly hip Hotel F�royar on the hillside above the capital, the sea looks more white than blue and I prepare to disgrace myself with all manner of uncontrollable bodily eructations as our boat heaves and plunges out into the fjord. A harrowing hour or so later, we come within hollering distance of our fisherman. He is bucking like a bronco in his bathtub boat, yet manages to toss us a live langoustine the length of my forearm. One of our party rips its plump, still-twitching tail from its body, and passes it to me to suck its ocean-sweet flesh. For a moment I�forget the motion of the boat.
The langoustines make an appearance that evening, cooked this time, during a meal that evokes the food traditions we have seen over the past two days, yet also referencing the avant-garde kitchens of Denmark and Spain. Already on the table when we arrive, for example, is a large, dried cod�s spine � a memorable piece of gastronomic melodrama that serves as a rack for crispy fried cod skins.
The foraged herbs, driftwood plates and powdered seaweeds are all recognizable New Nordic themes but I�haven�t eaten like this anywhere else in the world: this is food born from a survival imperative, refined for pure pleasure. We�re at Restaurant
�My cuisine is a mirror of the nature of the Faroes,� chef Leif S�rensen tells me after the meal.
I first met S�rensen when he gave a talk at the MAD food festival in Copenhagen in 2012 that left the audience awed by his myriad, self-imposed challenges. S�rensen, a�serious man of few, but well chosen, words, explained how he had returned to the Faroes after working in Michelin-starred kitchens in Copenhagen, wanting to discover what his home islands had to offer. On this evening it included the most blueberry-ish blueberries I�d ever ever tasted; sweet, soft deep-sea mussels; wild angelica; and a parade of dried shrimps whose super-intense flavor haunts me (in a good way) to this day.
�I kind of had to live up to my own manifesto,� Leif told me, referring to 2004's now famous New Nordic Manifesto, of which he was a signatory. �The ambition was to do something different, to make it possible to eat a�little better food here, to try to change the restaurant environment. It�was difficult to get raw materials because they weren�t allowed to sell the lamb or fish to restaurants. It was hopeless. I started to go out and collect plants, and that was the beginning.�
There was virtually no restaurant culture on the Faroes before�Leif started Koks five years ago: it was illegal to serve alcohol in restaurants until 1992. But, slowly, new places are emerging in�its wake, such as sushi restaurant
There�s a new artisanal brewery,
The locals were skeptical about Koks at first. Some were aghast that their subsistence ingredients, such as r�st and puffin, were being served for foreign visitors. But Faroese now make up around half of Koks� guests, the rest coming mainly from Scandinavia, but also growing numbers from as far afield as Japan and Brazil.
Yet, as Leif tells me wearily, the challenges of running an avant garde restaurant on the fringes of the Arctic remain borderline insurmountable, and aren�t limited to produce supply chains. �My staff can earn twice as much catching fish as they can cooking it,� he sighs, looking more exhausted than any man I have ever seen.
Frankly, the Faroes are exhausting. But they are also exhilarating. I hear they appear through the mists from time to time, like Brigadoon. Next time they do, you should go.
� The trip was provided by the Faroe Islands tourist board (
Michael Booth�s book, The Almost Nearly Perfect People: The Truth About the Nordic Miracle, will be published on 6�February by Jonathan Cape, price �12.99. To buy a copy for �10.39 with free UK p&p call 0330 333 6846 or visit
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As summer takes hold in the Northern Hemisphere, demand for energy in various forms increases. In looking back over the past 90 years, energy demand and pricing cycle through high and low points. In 2008, many economists commented that the global slowdown reflected the same conditions as the early 1980s. However, the waves of change continue to roll through due to numerous interconnected events. In this months HPInsight, economic downturns appear to follow a 10-year cycle, judging from the headlines. Closure of refining and petrochemical capacity is not a new development. Headlines regarding plant shutdowns or mothballing occurred more often than we typically recall. Remembering and learning from the past will support better decision-making going forward.
Central Asia emerging as a potential global energy supplier. This regions energy resources are concentrated in countries surrounding the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan together account for 92% of the regions total oil reserves. Although Central Asia accounts for only 2% of the worlds proven resources, this region has a great potential for natural gas reserves. It will be some time before long-distance pipelines will bring Central Asias gas exports to China. Accordingly, Central Asias nearest target for energy exports will be Eastern Europe and Russia.
EU chemical industry fighting back. The European Unions (EUs) chemical industry is experiencing a slow recovery following a difficult year in 2001. The regional industry sees a mixed picture. Japan shows no sign of economic recovery. In the US, the chemical industry should increase in 2003. For the EU, the chemical industry should increase 2% in 2002 and 3% in 2003. The polyolefins industry will have a better year as compared to other chemicals.
Oil industry and IT: Lessons learned. The US stock market has been hit by a triple whammy. The first shock was the abrupt and shocking meltdown in the technology sector. The second is the global recession, followed by the third blow, financial finagling at many firmsall reducing investor confidence in the markets. According to analysts, the tech boom is remarkably similar to the oil boom and bust from the 1970s and 1980s. Over the past two decades, enormous resourcestime, money and manpowerhave been absorbed by technology and financial engineering segments of the global economy. Fluctuating oil prices have created waves due to highly volatile business conditions. In the end, it will be a battle of business designs (or models), and there will be three major survivorsvertically integrated full-service providers, low-cost producers and specialty firms that feed the value chain.
European energy outlook. Nominal crude oil prices will probably reach $32.20/bbl by 2000 and $62.70/bbl in 2010 in a report by DRI, London, UK. This report also forecasts that gasoline demand will expand slightly. DRI notes that diesel demand by freight transport and the expanding population of diesel-powered automobiles will also increase over the next 10 years.
Clunker trade-in program aims to cut air pollution. The US Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) has reviewed a new program offered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce air pollution and gasoline consumption. The new method focuses on paying owners of 1971 and earlier cars to scrap the autos for cash. A pilot program operated by Unocal in the Los Angeles, California, area was successful in removing older vehicles. However, OTA concedes that such a program should be treated as an experimental option and carefully monitored.
Olefin demand to increase. Higher olefin demand will grow 5.8%/yr from 19902000 according to a new report by Chem Systems. On a global basis, about 41% of the alphaolefins are consumed by polymers, largely for linear-low-density polyethylene production and detergents. Global consumption of alphaolefins was 1.5 million metric tons in 1990.
Refinery mothballing may have peaked. HP editors believe no more significant refining capacity in the US or Europe will be shutdown. Even with the shutdowns, US distillation capacity increased 2.5% in 1982, with 20 refinery projects adding 455,000 bpd to the distillation capacity of 18.3 million bpd, according to the API. Meanwhile, existing capacity is operating at 70% utilization rates.
Long-term outlook by economist. According to Merrill Lynch Economics Inc.s 1982 to 1992 forecast, change is expected:
Dont use natural gas to produce electricity is the advice from the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association. About 16% to 28% of the electricity generated in the US is provided by natural-gas fired steam boilers. With a gas shortage, the association recommends directing natural gas to higher-form applications.
Coal-gas plant involves 11 HPI companies. Cities Services Gas, Peabody Coal, and Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line are among the 11 companies to participate with the Conoco Methanation Co. in constructing the worlds first commercial-scale methanation of the coal-gas process. Conoco will design and construct the facilities. The methanation plant will be built at the Scottish Gas Boards Westfield coal field, and it is estimated to be operational by the summer of 1973.
US LNG imports will reach 250 billion cubic feet (cf) per year by 1975, according to the Institute of Gas Technology. By 1980, LNG imports are forecast to increase to 1 trillion cf (tcf) and 1.6 tcf by 1985.
Eugene Houdry dies in Pennsylvania hospital, leaving Carbon P. Dubbs, 81, as the sole survivor of the Refining Hall of Fame (HP/PR, January 1959).
Report on US refineries. On January 1, 1962, there were 311 refineries in the US, with 24 refineries shut down. Total US refining capacity, according to the Bureau of Mines, is 10 million bpd; only 9.4 million bpd of distillation capacity is in operation.
German refining capacity okay. The German refining industry is being carefully watched by top coal, oil and government representatives. The group is studying future expansions of Germanys refining industry. At present, Germanys refining capacity is not excessive. Germany imported more than 8 million tons of refined products in 1961. Oils share of total energy consumption in Germany is not excessive compared to other industrialized nations. Coal accounts for 70% of heavy and light heating, while oil is only 6% of the heating market.
Mobile computers gain interest. Trailer-mounted computers are the center of attention with Phillips Petroleum. The company has leased another unit from a prominent computer manufacturer. Phillips has been using its own company-built mobile computer unit for several years. The newly commissioned unit is housed in a 40-ft instrument trailer and uses digital-control computers to handle special measurements, data logging, analysis, etc., for several Phillips-owned facilities.
Shortage of engineering manpower. If more young people do not enter engineering programs over the next 10 years, there will be a shortage of engineers. A new study on the hiring plans of companies and government agencies indicated that demand for trained engineers will increase about 20%. By 1971, demand for engineers will increase 45% from present levels.
General view of the operator control panel and typewriter output station on the IBM computer control system for the Standard Oil Co. of Californias FCC unit at its El Segundo refinery. Hydrocarbon Processing and Petroleum Refiner 1964.
Anglo-Iranians Antwerp refinery officially opens. The Prime Minister of Belgium, M. Van Houtte, officially opened the new 440,000-bpd refinery built at Antwerp by Compagnie Financiere Belge des Petroles S.A. (Petrofina) and the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Costs for the new refinery are about $28 million.
US oil nearly $40 billion industry. By the end of 1952, the US petroleum industry will have a gross investment of $40 billion. The estimate includes heavy capital expenditures scheduled for this year. By the end of 1951, capital investment for the US oil industry was $36 billion. The postwar investments will almost double the capital investment in just seven years.
Dow Chemical announces new ethylene plant. The Dow Chemical Co., which recently completed a $3.48 million butadiene facility, is planning to construct a $6.7 million ethylene plant at its Freeport, Texas, complex. The two Dow projects are part of a $175 million expansion earlier. Construction of the ethylene unit should be complete by 1954.
Workers are putting finishing touches to the new fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit and gas recovery facility at Gulf Oil Corp.s Port Arthur, Texas, refinery. The M. W. Kellogg Co. designed and constructed the 70,000-bpd FCC unit. Petroleum Refiner 1951.
Workers are ready to ignite a tank containing 100,000 gallons of kerosine as part of tests conducted at the Olean Refinery of Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., Inc. Petroleum Refiner 1952.
Row of high-pressure compressors used at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Co.s South Charleston, West Virginia polyethylene plant. Petroleum Refiner, March 1955.
Construction continues for the fractionating tower, crude-oil furnaces and control room at Vacuum Oil Co. Pty. Ltd.s 1,200-bpd refinery at Altona, near Melbourne, Australia. Petroleum Refiner 1956.
Controversy swirls on best method to produce butadiene. Controversy and confusion continue within the synthetic rubber (SR) program. At the heart of the issue is selecting the best method to increase butadiene supplies. Claims by rival processes have injected new concerns. Supporters of the Houdry catalytic process are publicly advertising a more cost-efficient method to produce butadiene by charging butane to the catalytic unit. The Houdry method eliminates the dehydrogenation step required by the Standard Oil of New Jersey catalytic process. Several companies have requested waivers to use the Houdry process for butadiene production but have been refused allocation of materials by the Petroleum Coordinator for War Office.
Gasoline stocks in short supply. High gasoline stocks that menaced the market a few months earlier are quickly being dissipated as the petroleum industry moves to meet new conditions from the war.
Name change. Entering its 21st year, The Refiner and Natural Gasoline Manufacturer has changed its name to Petroleum Refiner. The new name, made in the interest of brevity, involves no change in editorial policy. More important, new developments on petrochemistry will be included as part of the coverage of production of gasoline, lubricants and fuel oils
Technical progress. Editors of The Refiner and Natural Gasoline Manufacturer believe that hydrogenation will influence all refining processesdistillation, cracking, lubrication oil manufacturing, wax and fuel oil. New hydrogenation processes are being developed. Approximately 25% to 40% of the now-operating refineries have obsolete distillation and cracking units. Such facilities are out of balance in the production of refined products. Cracking equipment five years of age is considered obsolete and is combatting corrosion and wear. A number of new methods, such as distillation in modern tube stills and vacuum distillation, are being developed to improve the cracking facilities of refineries.
Merger. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Standard Oil Company of California, Standard Oil Company of Ohio and Standard Oil Company of Kentucky, according to reports in New York financial circles, are working on a merger plan, to involve the New Jersey concern taking over the Ohio and Kentucky companies before merging with the Standard Oil Co. of California.
Fleming unit attracting interest. The Fleming process for manufacturing light hydrocarbons from heavier molecular weight is gaining interest among refiners. The first unit was installed at the Shell Co.s Martinez, California, site, and it began operations in May 1920. The Fleming system is a liquid-phase shell-type cracking process and is designed to overcome past cracking operations issues. The cracking reactions depend on two factorstemperature and time. The once-through process has a 40% yield for gasoline.
New plants planned for England. Construction of a 15,000-bbl refinery at the mouth of the Thames River is underway. This refinery will process crude oil from Persia, Trinidad and Texas. It will be a skimming type process with a cracking unit.
Phillips building three gasoline plants in Texas. The Phillips Petroleum Co. has begun construction on three absorption gasoline manufacturing plants in Young County, Texas. Construction should be complete in 45 days at a total construction cost of $700,000. The three gasoline plants will have a combined capacity of 190,000 ft3.
Panhandle installing two Dubbs units. The Panhandle Refining Co. is constructing two Dubbs cracking processes in connection with its 4,500-bpd skimming plant. The charging capacity for the two Dubbs units is 1,000 bpd, and the units will yield cracked distillates and fuel oil. HP

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IFC Mtg.: Sparks Center Student Senate Room, 11:10AM
Faculty Forum with Greg Hess: Hays Science Hall 104, 11:10AM - 11:55AM
The Write Stuff Paragraph Cohension: Malcolm X Institute 214, 11:15AM - 12:00PM
What: Sessions on matters of interest/importance to student writers. Who: The sessions are open to everyone, whether you are just learning or need a refresher. The sessions are informal and tailored to the questions/concerns of participants. This week: Paragraph Cohension (including topic sentence and transitions) led by Ms. Rosenberg. Light snacks provided
RA Meeting: 11:45AM
Rogge Memorial Lecture Series: Baxter Hall 101 (Lovell Lecture Room), 12:10PM - 1:00PM
Rogge Memorial Lecture Series talk by Dr. Terry Anderson of the The Property and Environmental Research Center. The title of his talk is, "The Not So Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier." A light lunch will be served starting 11:45 am. Free and open to the public
Math/CS Colloquium: Goodrich Hall 104, 12:10PM
Staff/Coaches Forum with Greg Hess: Baxter Hall 101, 3:30PM - 4:15PM
Baseball vs. Manchester: Goodrich Ballpark, Crawfordsville, 4:00PM
Faculty Meeting: Lilly Library Goodrich Room, 4:15PM
St. Louis Alumni at "The Post": 7:00PM
Tuesday, March 19 at "The Post" at 7:00PM – Come and enter the NCAA Basketball Pool. Please join us at 7:00PM on Thursday night for food and TWR at The Post Sports Bar and Grill. We will get there early and grab space for us to drink, eat, and watch the play-in games for the NCAA tournament. I will be sending out the NCAA pool form via email as well but I hope that you will choose to come out and join the fun. The Post is located at 7372 Manchester Road (MO-100), aka Historic U.S. 66, a few blocks east of Big Bend Boulevard.
Student Senate Mtg.: 7:00PM
Ouiatenon Mtg.: Baxter Hall 212, 7:30PM
Speaker will be Morris Mills on "Richard Lugar: The Formative Years." Membership in the Ouiatenon Club is open by invitation to those with and without connections to Wabash College. Dues are $3. If you are interested in becoming a member or would like more information on the Club, contact James Norton at firstname.lastname@example.com
Rogge Memorial Lecture Series: Baxter Hall 101 (Lovell Lecture Room), 8:00PM
Rogge Memorial Lecture Series talk by Dr. Terry Anderson of the The Property and Environmental Research Center. The title of his talk is, "Free Market Environmentalism: Breaking the Shackles of Regulation." Reception and book signing from 9:00 -9:30 pm in Rogge Lounge. Free and open to the public.
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(CNN) -- One of the heaviest babies ever born in Germany was born last week at the University Hospital Leipzig.
The baby girl, Jasleen, weighed a whopping 13.47 pounds and measured nearly 23 inches long.
She was born vaginally, not via a C-section, according to a hospital statement.
"We anticipated that the child would be big," said Holger Stepan, chief of obstetrics. "We prepared in advance by assembling a special team (of doctors and midwives) to be ready for any possible complications."
He said he'd never before helped in the birth of such a heavy baby.
The girl's mother suffered from gestational diabetes, which, when untreated or uncontrolled, can cause babies to be born larger than normal.
Her condition was not discovered until the mother checked herself into the hospital while in labor. She had not previously been a patient there.
The hospital said both mother and child are well.
According to the website for Guinness World Records, the heaviest baby -- weighing in at more than 23 pounds -- was born in Seville, Ohio, on January 19, 1879. He died 11 hours later.
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A surprisingly high percentage of entrepreneurs derail their startups because they fall in love with their idea. Emotional attachment to an idea leads to premature scaling and a number of other dangers. But, passion is a sacred topic among founders, who are often just as passionate about their passion as about their startups. Too often, we entrepreneurs equate rigorous scrutiny of our ideas with "negative thinking." In this workshop we will transcend the false dichotomy between "positive" and "negative" thinking, and explore how entrepreneurial passion can bring danger along with its obvious benefits. Drawing on the latest psychological and business research, we will show how to scrutinize and strengthen your startup idea in a way that deepens your passion and confidence, and elevates your odds of success.
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I heard this on NPR this morning. The Massachusetts Historical Society have set up a Twitter account for the late president John Quincy Adam. They will be tweeting from Adams' diary following his journey to Russia to become our ambassador there in 1809. I love history, so it will be interesting to get these succinct entries from his diary.
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Did you know about farmville wall manager or something like that in userscript.org?
i enter a local friendship contest in local social network site. (the site is secret. please)
i need some javascript that work:
1. if i click "add button", the page will reload.
2. after the page was reloaded, the url page change from localhost/devsite/profile.php?uid=1 to localhost/devsite/profile.php?uid=2 to load next profile.
i just want floating bar in bottom of the page that have a button. The button will be open next profile in same browser tab.
(as a yellow bar in the pic)
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CATSIGERAS, Eleonora. Deterministic dynamics and chaos: Epistemology and interdisciplinary methodology. Interdisciplinaria [online]. 2011, vol.28, n.2, pp.279-298. ISSN 1668-7027.
We analyze, from a theoretical viewpoint, the bidirectional interdisciplinary relation between Mathematics and Psychology, focused on the mathematical theory of deterministic dynamical systems, and in particular, on the theory of chaos. On one hand, there is the direct classic relation: the application of Mathematics to Psychology. On the other hand, we propose the converse relation which consists in the formulation of new abstract mathematical problems appearing from processes and structures under research of Psychology. The bidirectional multidisciplinary relation from - to pure Mathematics, largely holds with the 'hard' sciences, typically Physics and Astronomy. But it is rather new, from the social and human sciences, towards pure Mathematics. Summarizing, the problem we focusing in this paper, is not only the application of the mathematical theory of dynamical systems to Psychology, but mainly the following questions: Which psychological processes are involved in the development of pure Mathematics? How can a multidisciplinary space be organized to activate the converse relation, from Psychology towards pure Mathematics? How may Psychology provide a rich field of new mathematical questions to be investigated, not only by applied mathematicians, but also by researchers on pure Mathematics? Even if large advances had been achieved, the application of the mathematical theory to Psychology is still mainly developed by mathematical psychologists and applied mathematicians, in the absence of pure mathematicians. Conversely, the development of the pure Mathematics is now a days mainly developed in the absence of applied scientists, particularly of human and social researchers. This is the opposite situation to the antique posture, in which theoretical Mathematics and Philosophy, for instance, were almost a single science. Along this paper we aim to found how the potential strength of the mathematical tools can be more fully exploited in the interdisciplinary space, and how the necessary development of new abstract and adequate tools in pure Mathematics, may be detected while immersed into an interdisciplinary discussion. This discussion does not need to be 'applied', in its restricted sense. In fact, Mathematics may still remain abstract and theoretical, bust just break its apparent isolation from other sciences, in particular to those related with the human thinking, like Philosophy and Psychology. The methodology of our analysis along this paper follows three steps: First, we present a partial review, focused in several aspects of the mathematical research, in their interdisciplinary relation with Psychology. Then, we state and analyze epistemologically, the mathematical abstract definitions of dynamical systems, and in particular of deterministic chaos. Finally, we suggest a general meta-theory in the organization of the interdisciplinary space between Mathematics and Psychology, which we illustrate with an hypothetical example. This paper is organized in six sections: At the first one, we briefly introduce the discourse. At the second section, we present a partial survey of the knowledge in the interdisciplinary fields among Mathematics, Psychology and other sciences. That survey is focused on the theory of dynamical systems, and is very partial respect to the whole abundant development in this interdisciplinary field. The third section states the mathematical definitions of dynamical and autonomous system, and of deterministic chaos, and analyze them epistemologically. Among other properties, we revisit the argument of self-organization of deterministic chaos. At the fourt hand fifth sections, we propose a method and a metatheory, according to which, the interdisciplinary space between Mathematics and Psychology may organize its purposes and actions. We consider the epistemological objection of Nowak and Vallacher (1998). They observe that the traditional notions of causality holds in social psychological research, and oppose to (some of) the mathematical models of dynamical systems, which feedback the same variable from one time to the next. In fifth section too, arguing on a particular hypothetically example, we propose a method to model mathematically such systems with causal transitions, provided that the system is deterministic. The modeling method that we propose in this metatheory, solves the epistmological objection of Nowak and Vallacher, in some particular cases. Finally, the last section states the conclusions.
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Employee's effort to help typhoon victims leads to Job Lot donation of clothing
Last Thursday morning, a semi-truck was filled with 30,000 items of clothing at Ocean State Job Lot's corporate warehouse in North Kingston that would eventually make its way to the Philippines for those affected by Typhoon Haiyan, all thanks to one employee.
Dan Aurelio, a warehouse traffic manager at Job Lot, was speaking with his wife Catherine, a Philippines national currently living in Cebu, when the typhoon hit on Nov. 8. He says he stayed speaking with her during and after the storm until her phone battery eventually died. Aurelio says his wife and her family are fine, but the devastation in the area is severe and relief is scarce.
News coverage prompted Aurelio to act.
"What happened was I saw a photo of 30 body bags," explained Aurelio, a resident of Lincoln. "I contacted my pastor and asked what we could do."
As it happened, the day after he spoke with Pastor Al Berja from Woonsocket's His Presence Church International, Job Lot's clothing buyer came into Aurelio's office, something that very seldom happens. Aurelio used the opportunity to ask if the company could put together a clothing donation to help those living in the Philippines; many have been wearing the same clothing since the typhoon hit because they have nothing else.
"I thought maybe we could send a couple of boxes," said Aurelio. "And this is the end result."
Job Lot pulled through following their employee's request, providing 30,000 items of casual wear clothing for men, women and children; the clothing is valued at $160,000. The company is providing the 40 pallets to His Presence Church and their sister church, Philippines International Church of Newton, Mass.
Berja's wife, Kerstin Uy-Berja, a Filipino who lives with her family in Johnston, was at Thursday's event to receive the clothes on behalf of her husband who was out of town. Fellow members from both churches joined her.
"We're overwhelmed by this. It's way above and beyond," said Uy-Berja. She explained that His Presence Church's members are not all Filipino, but it happens that many members married Filipinos and a few do have family members living in areas where Typhoon Haiyan hit. Thankfully, she said, they all survived.
Now the church community will work to raise the necessary $5,000 to send the clothing by container ship to Berja's network of churches in the Philippines.
"We're trying to get [the clothing] to them personally," explained Uy-Berja, as opposed to going through a relief organization.
Aurelio believes that fundraising should be quick.
"If you had 250 people donate $25 a piece, you could probably cover the cost," he said.
Uy-Berja said they would also partner their relief effort with Renewed Life Ministries in Vermont. That group sends medical supplies such as walkers, wheelchairs, bandages, oral re-hydration kits and more. They will be sending some supplies over to the churches with the clothing.
Aurelio estimates it will take six weeks for the clothing and supplies to reach the Philippines, but that doesn't matter. "However long it takes for these things to get there, they are going to need it for months to come," said Aurelio.
Aurelio says he has visited the Philippines once a year, and is glad he has found a way to help the people there.
"They're really wonderful people. God gave them a smile like no other people," he said.
Job Lot owner and founder Alan Perlman said the company has donated to international relief many times in the past, specifically recalling donations to Haiti and the Dominican Republic. More often than not, however, Job Lot's foundation for giving back is in the area of food insecurity in New England and New York where their stores are located, or helping the military. This time it was all because of Aurelio.
"This was a direct result of one of our employees. He asked if we could help and this is the result," said Perlman. "It was an easy decision to say yes, but it was a direct result of his ask."
Aurelio is so thankful to his company for their help in this mission.
"I can't express the gratitude. I'm just overwhelmed and I'm not someone who is easily overwhelmed," he said.
Down the line, Aurelio is preparing to begin the process of obtaining a visa for his wife to join him in the United States, but he could picture himself retiring in the Philippines.
Aurelio said monetary donations to cover the cost of shipping are being collected by His Presence Church, 383 Arnold St., Woonsocket, RI 02895.


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Let's begin with an impossibly dumb question -- I'm talking about a question so stupid, so inane, so ridiculous that it will insult you even to see it in print. OK? And then, for fun, we'll try to shock you by somehow making the question even dumber. Ready?
Which of these sets of teammates would you rather have for the next five years?
1. Anaheim's Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton.
2. Kansas City's Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez.
OK, why even ask that? I feel like I lost 20 IQ points just writing that question. It's so ridiculous, so stupid, that it feels absurd to even follow up. Who would I rather have -- a couple of MVPs who have dominated the game for years or a kid who hit .232 last year with almost no power and a promising catcher who does not have 500 plate appearances in the big leagues. That's just stupid. That's just mad.
But wait: I can make the question even more stupid and more maddening. Watch:
Which of these two sets of teammates would you rather have for the next five years if MONEY IS NOT A CONSIDERATION?
1. Anaheim's Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton.
2. Kansas City's Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez.
Yeah, you might have thought the question was going to be about how overpriced Pujols and Hamilton are. They are overpriced. But no, take all the money talk away. I'm asking a plain and simple question: Which pair will be more valuable on the field the next five years?
Let's get to the point.
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One of my favorite themes is about age and context in baseball. These themes are very easy for all of us to miss or minimize, even those of us who are desperately trying to pay attention. Players get older faster than you think. We all get older faster than we think. And players' performances are affected by more than just their skills -- they are influenced by the intrinsic advantages they have.
Bill James introduced all this to many people when he predicted a precipitous drop in the numbers of superstar Fred Lynn when he was traded from Boston to Anaheim in 1981.
From 1975 to 1980, Lynn hit .307/.381/.517, winning one MVP, deserving another and starting in four All-Star Games.
From 1981 to 1986, Lynn hit .272/.357/.467, getting zero MVP votes and appearing in his last three All-Star Games.
What happened to Lynn? At least two things: One, he moved from the best hitting ballpark in baseball at the time, Fenway Park, to a neutral hitting park. Two, he got older. These two things had a series of effects on his performance. For one thing, Lynn wasn't as good from 1975 through 1980 as his numbers suggested (some of it was Fenway Park) and he was BETTER from 1981 through 1986 than his numbers suggested. His OPS+ from 1975 to 1980 was 139. His OPS+ from 1981 to 1986 was 127 -- lower, sure, but not THAT much lower, not as big a difference as the raw numbers suggest.
And then, there was the age factor. Lynn, in the first set of numbers, ranged from age 23 to 28. That's a player's prime. He was relatively healthy and his reflexes were at their peak. The second set from age 29 to 34. That's a player in the declining years. And he was not especially healthy.
Bill honestly didn't think he was offering a prediction about Lynn. He was simply stating what was obvious to him. There was no possible way for Fred Lynn to keep putting up even close to the same statistics as he got older and in a less hitter-friendly ballpark. It just couldn't happen. And it didn't happen.
Over the years -- in large part because of Bill James and the many people who have taken up the cause -- we've paid a lot closer attention to those sorts of things. But, as is obvious from the big-money contracts that are being given out, people still miss the overpowering nature of age and context. And I'm not just talking about owners. When it was announced that the Angels had signed Josh Hamilton, I felt this jolt of excitement. Wow! Pujols and Hamilton hitting back-to-back! That's crazy! That's nuts! Throw in Mike Trout and you have Murderer's Row for 2012, only with a much more PC name! Disney's Destructors! Anaheim's Anacondas! Wow.
And, if indeed the Angels get the Josh Hamilton who posted a 170 OPS+ in 2010 and the Albert Pujols who posted SIX seasons with OPS+ of better than 170, yes, we are talking about a historic pairing. Only nine teams in baseball history have had two players in the same lineup with a 170 OPS+, and six of those were the Yankees with Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth.*
*The other three: Jim Edmonds and Albert Pujols on the 2004 Cardinals; Will Clark and Kevin Mitchell on the 1989 Giants; and Joe Medwick and Johnny Mize on the 1937 Cardinals.
So, yes, my initial reaction to the signing was one of pure wonder. But then I looked at it just a little closer. And I realized that there are three major problems with my wonder. Three.
Problem 1: Neither Pujols nor Hamilton posted a 170 OPS+ (or anything close) in either of the last two seasons.
Sure, it's fun and tempting to think of Pujols and Hamilton as the players they were in 2010 or before. They have been such indelible players and they are still seemingly young enough -- Pujols turns 33 in January, Hamilton turns 32 in May -- that it's just natural to think of them as having a lot of prime left. But the truth is, not only do they have no prime left, they are ALREADY well into decline mode.
Pujols from 2003 to 2010 hit .334/.433/.635.
Pujols the last two years hit .292/.354/.528 … still very good but nowhere near the extraordinary eight-year stretch leading in.
Hamilton from 2008 to 2010 hit .315/.372/.543.
Hamilton the last two years hit .291/.350/.558 -- a touch up in slugging but quite a loss in average and on-base percentage. He's also a year younger than Pujols.
So, when you look at the two players, you have to look at them as they are, not as they were. True, only nine teams in baseball history have had two players with 170 OPS+. But a lot of teams have had multiple players with 130 OPS+ or better -- 749 of them, to be exact, including six last year.
In fact, when you look at teammates in 2012 using a simple stat like runs created, you find that Pujols and Hamilton are not only not a historic pairing, they also wouldn't have been anywhere close to the best pairing in baseball just one year ago:
Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder: 267 runs created.
Ryan Braun and Aramis Ramirez: 252 runs created.
Robinson Cano and Derek Jeter: 226 runs created.
Alex Gordon and Billy Butler: 221 runs created.
Pujols and Hamilton: 219 runs created.
Andrew McCutchen and Garrett Jones: 212 runs created.
… that doesn't look quite as impressive, does it?
Problem 2: Anaheim is a pretty extreme pitcher's park.
Josh Hamilton didn't just play in one of the best hitter's parks in baseball … that park contributed ENORMOUSLY to his overall statistics. Look at his great 2008 season:
Home: .345/.408/.611
Road: .263/.331/.448.
Or look at his 2010 MVP season:
Home: .390/.438/.750
Road: .327/.382/.512
Over his career, he's hitting .315/.373/.592 at Rangers Ballpark. Over his career, he's hitting .260/.325/.440 at Angels Stadium. Does that give you a definitive glance into the future? No. There are no definitive glances into the future. Hamilton doesn't have many at-bats in Anaheim, and he has never hit there as a member of the Angels, so he absolutely could -- and you expect he will -- hit better than that in Anaheim this year.
But, again, it's not a "prediction" to say that he will not hit as well in Anaheim as he hit in Texas anymore than it's a "prediction" to say that if you eat a giant chocolate cake every meal you will gain weight. It's not impossible that you would be able to run off the chocolate cake. It's not impossible that Hamilton will put up huge numbers in Anaheim. But it's not really likely. Ballparks matter.
For a little small-sample-size enjoyment, check out this guy's home numbers…
2008: .380/.481/.694
2009: .325/.452/.657
2010: .308/.416/.576
2011: .320/.391/.558
2012: .277/.335/.497
… and you can clearly see that Albert Pujols wasn't nearly as good in Anaheim in 2012 as he EVER was in St. Louis. This isn't hard to understand. But it can be hard to accept.
Problem 3: Players, in general, really do decline quite fast in their young 30s.
Josh Hamilton, as mentioned, will turn 32 years old in May. I've heard people argue that he's a young 32 because he didn't play ball from age 22 through 25 as he went through his various life issues. I've heard people argue that he's an old 32 for exactly the same reasons (those various life issues) and because he's a big guy who plays the game so hard. All that's just talk. He's 32.
Pujols, as mentioned, will turn 33 in January. I've heard people argue since his high school days that he's older than his published age, and he has denied that, and it doesn't matter either. He's 33.
Players of those ages of 32 and 33, more often than not, are in full decline mode, some frighteningly so. Here's a fun little game to play. Let's look at the five best seasons of the last 40 years for players 32 or 33 years old … and what followed. By WAR they are:
1. Sammy Sosa, 2001, 10.1 WAR at age 32. He played just four more seasons (and a fifth after a year out of baseball) and posted a 7.7 WAR, TOTAL, for those four seasons.
2. Joe Morgan, 1976, 9.5 WAR at age 32. The best player in baseball for years, Morgan continued to play for another eight years, and he put up a couple of good seasons, but he was never again the best player in baseball or anything especially close.
3. Lonnie Smith, 1989, 8.7 WAR at age 33. What a season he had at age 33 -- .315/.415/.533 with 21 homers and 25 stolen bases -- and he hit .305 the next year, though with a dramatic drop in power and speed. And then he dropped even more dramatically. He posted a total of 5.0 WAR for the rest of his career.
4. Bret Boone, 2001, 8.5 WAR at age 32. His average dropped 50-plus points the next year, he rebounded with an excellent year in 2003, and then he played at sub-replacement level the last three years of his career.
5. George Brett, 1985, 8.1 WAR at age 32, carried Royals to World Series. He declined pretty dramatically from those heights -- he was never a legit MVP candidate again -- though he was still a very good player for another five years, winning one more batting title and making three more All-Star Games.
Now let's look at some kids. I'm going to compare that group to some young players of the last 40 years, looking at those 22 or younger who played a full season and had the worst WAR. All five of these guys had negative WARs in their 22-year-old season. The only caveat I have is that they hit at least 10 home runs. In other words, I'm asking for them to show just a hint of promise.
1. Jose Guillen, 1997, minus-3.4 WAR. Guillen was dreadful in 1998 as well, and 1999, and 2000, and 2001 -- it wasn't until he was 27 that he emerged and hit .311 with 31 homers. He was a reasonably consistent power hitter between 27 and 31, when the Royals absurdly gave him the biggest contract in team history. Just in time for his decline. The signing went predictably.
2. Prince Fielder, 2006, minus-1.0 WAR. His WAR was that low because his defense was judged to be that awful. He has posted a 151 OPS+ in the six years since, and averaged 38 homers and 110 RBIs. One of the best hitters in the game.
3. Harold Baines, 1980, minus-0.9 WAR. Hit just .255 with absolutely no plate discipline -- 19 walks in more than 500 plate appearances -- but he got MVP votes two years later and settled into a role as baseball's professional hitter for two decades.
4. Dale Murphy, 1978, minus-0.8 WAR. He was still trying to be a catcher then and he hit .226. But over the next five years, he would develop into one of baseball's best players, and would win back-to-back MVP awards.
5. Eric Hosmer, 2012, minus-0.7 WAR. We'll get back to him in a second.
You can do this year-by-year too. The best 32-/33-year-olds in 1982, for instance, were Cecil Cooper, Toby Harrah, Bill Russell and Mike Schmidt. Their combined WAR over the next five years was 46.9 -- almost two-thirds of it coming from Schmidt.
Meanwhile, the best 22-or-younger players in 1982 were Ryne Sandberg, Cal Ripken Jr., Tim Raines and Steve Sax. They combined for a 95.2 WAR, with only Sax being something of a disappointment.
Pick another year. Take 1988. Three 32-/33-year-olds had exceptional years -- Andre Dawson, Robin Yount and Ozzie Smith. All three are in the Hall of Fame. All three were extraordinary players. And all three aged well when you put them in historical context -- Yount won the MVP a year later, Ozzie was a defensive force for years to come. They put up a combined 43.3 WAR over the next five years, which is probably better than you would expect from a typical trio.
Meanwhile, only two 21-/22-year-olds even qualified for batting titles: Roberto Alomar and Ruben Sierra. But just those two combined for a 38.9 WAR over the next five years, almost as much as the three above. And if you throw in another 22-year-old from 1988 -- say, Jay Bell -- the three absolutely crush the Hall of Famers (with Bell, the total WAR is 55.3).
If I had told you three years ago that you could have 33-year-old A-Rod or get a random choice of the pile of 22-and-younger players who got at least 400 plate appearances, which would you do? Of course you would have taken A-Rod. This isn't "Let's Make a Deal." A-Rod was one of the best players in baseball, for crying out loud.
The pile of 22-younger include: Pablo Sandoval, Andrew McCutchen, Justin Upton, Elvis Andrus, Colby Rasmus, Gerardo Parra. Now ask yourself: How many of those guys would you rather have RIGHT NOW than A-Rod? And would you like to take your chances for what's behind the curtain?
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All of which brings us back to the original question: Who would you rather have in the middle of your lineup for the next five years -- Pujols and Hamilton or Hosmer and Perez?
And I'll just say it: I would take my chances with Hosmer and Perez. Hosmer had a terrible 22-year-old season, but he was terrific as a 21-year-old rookie, and it's too easy to forget just how young a 22-year-old player really is. The player Hosmer reminds me of -- Joey Votto -- was in Double-A as a 22-year-old. Heck, Votto spent most of his age-23 season in Triple-A. I think Hosmer is going to be a masher.
And Salvy Perez? Superstar. Defensively he's incredible -- best catch-and-throw catcher in the American League right now, at 22. Offensively, he's undisciplined, but he hit .301 with some power in a half-season -- way ahead of where they thought he'd be. Sure, it's insane to compare those meager accomplishments against two men with 630-plus homers and four MVPs and 14 All-Star appearances and ...
Well, why don't we try one more comparison, purely for fun? Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were both born in 1931. They were, obviously, two of the greatest players who ever lived. They each turned 32 in 1963, though Mantle did not turn 32 until after the season ended. Willie Mays hit 47 home runs as a 33-year-old in 1964 and Mantle had 35 homers and 111 RBIs.
Now, let's pretend entering the 1965 season Mays signed with the Yankees. Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle hitting back-to-back. That signing would have made the Pujols-Hamilton thing look like nothing at all. Could you even imagine it? Mantle and Mays? Same lineup? Same outfield? Incredible.
At the same time, there's a team out there with 21- and 22-year-old outfielders, neither of whom have done anything in the big leagues. Combined, they had hit about .225 in limited time. Could you even IMAGINE at that moment saying, "I would rather have those outfielders than Mays and Mantle?" Of course not.
So what happened? Mays delivered an MVP season in 1965 -- including a career-high 52 homers -- and he aged extremely well over the next five years. Over those seasons, he would post a 33.0 WAR -- awfully good. Mantle, because his body was so worn down, would not be nearly as good. He would only play four more seasons, hit .254, and post a 10.6 WAR. That's 43.6 WAR for five seasons between the two, with Mays being the much better older player.
Meanwhile, the two young outfielders on the same team? Well, the team was Houston, and one of those outfielders was Rusty Staub. He posted an 18.8 WAR for the five seasons. He was getting better just as Mays was declining hard and Mantle was at the end -- he hit .333 with a league-leading 44 doubles as a 23-year-old, and he hit 29 homers as a 25-year-old.
The other outfielder was Jimmy Wynn. He posted a 27.8 WAR for those five seasons. He hit 22 homers and stole 43 bases as a 22-year-old, hit 37 homers as a 25-year-old, walked a league-leading 148 times as a 27-year-old. That's a combined 46.6 WAR, which -- even with Mays' brilliance -- is more than the super-duo.
Of course, it isn't just WAR. Together, Wynn and Staub scored way more runs (769-652), drove in way more runs (765-633), had 400 more total bases, stole more than twice as many bases and so on. Perhaps most telling, they played 240 more games over that stretch. Though Mays was able to maintain his brilliance much later into his career than most great players, he needed a lot more rest and had more nagging injuries. This is just what it is to get older.
I fully expect Hamilton and Pujols to have more great seasons. I hope they have a great season together at least once because that would just be an awesome thing to see as a baseball fan. But over the next five years? Over 10 full seasons? I'd go with the kids. Age is age, and time is time, and youth will be served. It was true when George Borrow wrote it 150 years ago in "Lavengro: The Scholar -- The Gypsy -- The Priest." The quote is of a landlord speaking:
"Ah, there is nothing like the ring; I wish I was not rather too old to go again into it. I often think I should like to have another rally, and then -- but there's time for all things -- youth will be served, every dog has his day, and mine has been a fine one. Let me be content."
In many ways, this is one of the most famous passages in the English language, since it features what would become two of our most famous clichés -- youth will be served and every dog has his day. It's also something that baseball GMs might want to have on their wall. They can bet on experience and aging excellence. I'll bet on youth and talent. I'll bet, over time, that I win more often than they do.


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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed yesterday that a Taiwanese fisherman has been detained in the Philippines since Tuesday, but offered no confirmation of allegations that he had been trespassing in Philippine waters.
James Chou (周穎華), deputy director-general of the ministry's Department of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, said Taipei has lodged three demands regarding the case:
Manila has been asked to provide a report on the seizure of Tsai Po (蔡波) as soon as possible, treat him humanely and not file trespassing charges against him before the situation is clarified.
Chou said Manila had agreed to all three requests.
He said Tsai told the ministry that he had been arrested by several armed Filipinos while he was resting on Ditarem, an islet in the Philippines' Batanes Islands at 3pm on Tuesday after diving for lobsters.
Tsai was then taken to a detention center on another islet where he has been held in custody, while his vessel was taken to the seaport of Basco, Chou said.
Tsai told the ministry that the police had not told him why he is being detained, Chou said.
A report in the Philippines' Daily Inquirer quoted Philippine Coast Guard spokesperson Armand Balilo as saying that Tsai "did not have pertinent documents and could not explain why he was within Philippine territory."
Chou said that just because Tsai's fishing boat was operating in waters south of latitude 20? north did not mean he was within the Philippines' exclusive territory.
"The incident happened in disputed waters in the overlapping exclusive economic zones of Taiwan and the Philippines," Chou added.
A provisional line in the disputed waters at a latitude of 20? north was unilaterally established by Taiwan in 2004 as the farthest point south to which the Coast Guard Administration regularly provides ships to safeguard Taiwanese fishermen.
According to Next TV, Tsai said by telephone that he had been handcuffed and tied up during his detention, and had been denied food for more than 10 hours.
"It was despicable," Tsai told the TV station.
Chou said the ministry has lodged a protest over Tsai being denied food and urged the Philippines to treat him humanely.
The problem was addressed immediately, Chou said.
Following the fatal shooting of Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng (洪石成) by Philippine coast guard personnel on May 9 in the disputed waters, both countries agreed to principles for handling fishing disputes at a meeting on June 14.
Both sides agreed to refrain from the use of force in law enforcement actions and that one side should notify the other whenever a pursuit, boarding, inspection, arrest, detention, or related administrative or judicial procedures are carried out against fishing boats and crews from the other country.
Chou said government agencies were notified about Tsai's detention at about 5pm on Wednesday. The ministry was sure that no violence or force was used in this case, Chou said.
Provincial police officer Victor de Sagon told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that Tsai was among a group of suspects who were illegally fishing just off Siayan Island.
"They have been doing this for a long time. This is rampant poaching," De Sagon said.
Tsai will be charged with poaching, which is punishable by a US$100,000 fine, confiscation of his catch, fishing equipment and fishing vessel, the officer said.
He denied reports that Tsai had been treated inappropriately.
"We are not violating his rights. He is being fed well, he underwent a medical check-up, and he is in regular contact with his wife and the [de facto] Taiwanese embassy in Manila," De Sagon said.
Tsai, contacted by telephone by AFP from Taipei, said he did not understand why he had been detained.
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can any one tell me when you pick up a new Phoenix cruiser, do they provide you a nice deep cycle 12 volts battery or is it just a run of the mill brand battery. And is the tire, a quality brand as well. I would rather pay a little extra to have it upgrade than to be stranded in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night.
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The coach batteries that came with our Sprinter-based 2350 are: Exide, Nautilus Dual Purpose NC-27, manufactured July 2009; MCA 730, CCA 575, RC 160, AMP/HR 100. These batteries are both deep cycle and starting according to the Exide web site.
The tires are Korean: Kumho, Road Venture AT KL78 008 LT 215/85 R16, DOT H2OP YD4A 4007. This is a brand name that the chassis manufacturer specified.
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January 18, 2010, 08:11:41 am »
Is your new 2350 a Sprinter or Ford chassis? That will depend on the name of tire...my Ford chassis(as the rest of the Ford fleet) comes with Michelin LTX's..a superior ride and durability.
My 2350 came standard with 2 Group 27 Deep Cycle batteries. Depending on your needs, you could get an upgrade to 2 6 volt golf cart batteries. Mine are from Interstate. In the rare event of a failure, Interstate dealers are almost EVERYWHERE. You'd have to ask the factory what the additional cost would be. It nearly doubles your ampere hours for dry camping. I dry camp ALOT so I also ordered a solar charger to keep 'em topped off. But if you dont dry camp, it probably isnt worth the extra $$...
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January 19, 2010, 01:15:32 pm »
You might want to consider upgrading to an AGM battery. The benefits are that it takes a deeper discharge, there is no liquid to contend with and as a result there is no corrosion from the acid spilling.
Many battery manufacturers produce them--DEKA, Interstate and more.
If you have a West Marine near you, you can check them out.
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Caution! When switching battery types; e.g., flooded cell to absorbed glasss mat (AGM), make sure you can adjust the charging profile of the charger to match the battery chemistry. Else your new batteries won't last long. AGMs have particular requirements. AMGs work well in any orientation in the gravitational field as in a boat that heels or overturns. This is not a usual requirement in an RV....
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Quote from: captgw2 on January 18, 2010, 08:11:41 am
...you could get an upgrade to 2 6 volt golf cart batteries........It nearly doubles your ampere hours for dry camping.
I wondered about the advantages of having 6 volt batteries. Do they really double your amp hours? If so, that would help me a lot as I too dry camp most often. I do wonder if the charge time doubles.
Right now my two original 2007 12V Nautilus batteries are on my work bench getting a steady 2-amp charge for weeks and weeks. They can't seem to get fully charged. I am also surprised the acid inside fizzes so much with so little amperage.
I admit, I am quite ignorant on this subject matter.
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I chose the 2 6v batteries(which are wired in series) because the load at a 15 amps is about 28 hours to wipe out the coach batteries as compared to the standard 2 Group 27's that are about 11 hours. Of course, temperature and battery age can change performance. The 6v are more expenisive also, but I've seen them as low as $110 each. It is my understanding that any deep cycle battery REALLY shouldn't be discharged more than 50%(12.2v). (That figure doesn't count if a load is being applied)
On the other side of the coin, what you take OUT of the battery needs to go back in. I think the Ford chassis has a 130 amp alternator and the house charger is about 60 amp. I read somewhere in another forum that it is actually a "break even" on fuel consumption charging with the V10 at high idle vs the genset/house charger. The V10 uses more fuel but the amps get dumped in the batteries MUCH quicker. Depends whether you need the genset for other things...
Ron, have you load tested those Exides to see how that stand up? You can take them to any Advance Auto and they will check 'em for you. If they need replacement, its best to stick with real deep cycles made by Exide, Interstate, Trojan, etc.
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For this year in 2010, we will not be taking any extended trips as my wife is schooling through this entire year. We will be taking the PC out for short trips, most often with shore power. My point here is, we won't need good battery reserves until next year 2011. A year from now, I will be getting close to shopping for replacements.
Interesting point about idling the V10 instead of waiting for the invertor/generator in combination to recover the batteries.
For a good recharge, I'll run the generator, but use a 4/10/20/40 amp Black & Decker "Smart" charger I plug into the outside outlet, and aligator clip it to the battery terminals. I can get the batteries back to a decent level in about an hour or two, pending how low they were to begin with.
There is nothing like an over-night charge with that B&D Charger from shore power. It gets much better results over-night than the invertor alone. But shore power is a rare luxury where we go.
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- January 20, 2014 - 7:55 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Al Jefferson sat at his locker pondering how the Charlotte Bobcats nearly surrendered a 30-point lead they held late in the third quarter.
"Of course we had to make it a game," Jefferson said with a grin. "We couldn't enjoy an easy win, right?"
It never seems that easy for the Bobcats.
Despite the big lead, Jefferson and Bobcats didn't breathe a sigh of relief until Ramon Sessions knocked down two free throws with 1.6 seconds left to secure a 100-95 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
Jefferson became the first Bobcats player to record a double-double in the first quarter and finished with 22 points, 19 rebounds and a season-high seven assists and the Bobcats defeated the Raptors for the seventh straight time in Charlotte.
"The important thing is we came out of it with a win," Jefferson said after the Bobcats withstood a furious Toronto rally that included several 3-pointers.
It was Charlotte's first game without point guard Kemba Walker, whose streak of 190 straight games played — the second-longest in franchise history — was snapped. Walker sprained his ankle in a loss Saturday night to the Miami Heat.
But the Bobcats got more than enough from their two reserve point guards as Sessions and the seldom-used Jannero Pargo combined for 40 points on 10 of 17 shooting. Sessions started and had 23 points in 34 minutes and was 10 of 11 from the line.
"We knew they were going to make a run sooner or later, especially with how good they've been playing," Sessions said. "We didn't expect it to be that big of a run."
DeMar DeRozan had 25 points and Kyle Lowry had 21 for the Atlantic Division-leading Raptors, who fell to .500 after their fourth straight road loss.
The Raptors were down 71-41 with 4:37 left in the third quarter when they started to find some energy.
They outscored the Bobcats 28-0 on second-chance points, but it still wasn't enough. Toronto twice had chances to tie the game in the final two minutes, but Lowry missed a free throw and Greivis Vasquez couldn't connect on a long 3-pointer.
"To be a championship team or even think about the playoffs, you've got to play back-to-back, you have to play nicked up, you've got to play a little fatigued," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said.
"Right now, we have a bunch of guys who are giving into fatigue and nicked up. It's a long season, but, again, you tell a lot about who you are in these situations.
"This was a gut-check game. In the fourth quarter, we turned it around. But it's about what we did in the first three quarters that was disappointing."
Despite nearly surrendering a huge lead, Bobcats coach Steve Clifford called it a "big win" for his team with Walker out of the lineup.
Jefferson, who came in averaging 27.8 points and 11.5 rebounds for his previous four games, had 14 points and 12 rebounds in the first half as the Bobcats went up 55-36.
But the Raptors began double teaming Jefferson in the third quarter with Chuck Hayes the primary defender.
"Chuck and I are great friends, but I hate him as a defender," Jefferson said. "He's one of those guys that's very smart and you can't move him."
Things got hairy for the Bobcats when DeRozan stripped Jefferson and went the length of the floor for an uncontested layup to trim the lead to three with 2:33 left.
With 26 seconds left, Lowry drove the lane, scored and drew a foul on Jefferson to cut the lead to one. But he missed the free throw that would have tied the game.
Sessions hit two free throws to push the lead back to three. Vasquez, who finished with 15 points and nine assists in his best game as a Raptor, got an open look from the right corner on the next possession but missed a 3-pointer from the right corner.
Walker is expected to miss about two weeks after spraining his ankle in Saturday night's loss to Miami. He had 29 points against the Raptors on Dec. 18, including a buzzer beater in a 104-102 victory.
But Sessions and Pargo provided a great spark.
Sessions had nine points in the first quarter and Pargo came off the bench to hit his first three shots, including two 3-pointers, in his first four minutes of play in the second quarter.
NOTES: The 36 points in the first half were the fewest allowed by the Bobcats all season — they held the Raptors to 33 percent shooting. ... Jefferson posted his third straight game with at least 20 points and 10 rebounds. .. .Charlotte has won nine of its past 14 against Toronto. .. Toronto attempted 29 3-pointers. They made 10.
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ST. CHARLES – Maureen Lewis won the 5th Ward alderman seat by two votes in 2011. This spring, the candidate she edged out – Kim Malay – will try again to represent that southwestern swath of St. Charles.
Malay, 46, said Lewis, who was born and raised in St. Charles, is using her longtime residency as a bonus point. Malay wants voters to know that, although she's not a St. Charles native, she's been involved with the community for about 18 years and has chosen to make it her home.
"My commitment and my passion for this community runs extremely deep," Malay said. "I want to make St. Charles the best it can be. I know we can do better."
Lewis, 64, said it's rewarding to represent the town in which she grew up. She compared her service on City Council to her time as a high school cheerleader.
"Now I'm a cheerleader down here at City Hall," the retiree said.
With a new mayor also to be elected April 9, Lewis said experienced aldermen are needed on the council. The past two years have been a learning curve for her, she said, adding nobody can start this position and "hit the ground running."
Malay, an optician, said she has a well-rounded knowledge of how government works and what can and can't be done because she has worked in government for eight years with DuPage County and 15 years in the St. Charles Community Development Department.
"Because of what my jobs were at both the county and at St. Charles, I worked one-on-one with residents and developers," Malay said. "I really do have an understanding of how complicated it can be for residents and developers to get through the process."
If re-elected, Lewis said she would support a walkable and bikeable community and wants the City Council to maintain its fiscal responsibility, continue work on Charlestowne Mall and address the First Street development.
"I'm tired of looking at it. It looks unkempt," said Lewis, noting the same is true for the former St. Charles Mall site.
An outspoken resident at meetings – especially those involving proposed housing developments – Malay said the City Council needs to build a better relationship with residents. Her solutions include letting residents speak more, even if their comments echo others' concerns; getting residents involved in the process and discussions with developers earlier; and bringing development plans back for discussion whenever there is an increase in density.
"The way things have gone, especially Lexington Club, there's definitely a lack of trust now for some of the residents," Malay said. "The residents feel slightly disrespected."
Lewis, who voted against Lexington Club, said she feels bad that residents feel they can't trust their government. She noted disappointment is different than mistrust.
"We all learned a little bit from that," Lewis said of Lexington Club, a housing project that the City Council narrowly approved in January.
Like other non-incumbent candidates, Malay has voiced support for an ethics ordinance. She would support one that not only would include all elected officials but also commission members and city staff, she said, calling it a no-brainer.
"Let's face it; we're in Illinois," Malay said. "That in itself has some issues."
Lewis said she is surprised by the push for an ethics ordinance because the city already has one; it is in the city's code book. She questioned what the candidates want to add or delete from the language.
"Could it be better?" she asked, answering herself by saying it is years old.


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Elizabeth MacQueen has returned to Loveland after many years living in foreign countries including a decade in Pietrasanta, Italy and another decade in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She spent a couple of years in Belgium and a couple of years in Thailand as well as short stays in Greece and Costa Rica. She was no stranger to France rounding out her international residences.
She has sculpted and sold her work all over the world for the past 46 years, and has earned a living as a full time artist.
When asked why she has moved so many times, she blames the National Geographic magazine. Her father kept copies in their Alabama home, and as a child, MacQueen would climb up on a chair to reach them. Looking at the world, she realized that, "... there was more than meets the eye than Alabama." This was combined with an inherited curiosity from her father.
MacQueen is well educated and holds a number of degrees. She started out at the University of Alabama, and then with the help of an academic scholarship, went to the University of California in Los Angeles, where she graduated with a degree from Dickson Art Center in sculpture, painting and design.
She then moved to the international sculpting community of Pietrasanta, Italy. This, by the way, was where Michelangelo quarried marble for his "Pieta" and "David."
Recently, MacQueen has been accepted to Concordia University in Montreal, Canada to work on her doctorate.
As a child, MacQueen built a robot as her entry into the world of art. It had to be manipulated from the inside.
At age 19, she received her first commissioned piece — a bust of her godfather. Over her productive career as an artist, she has not paid much attention to how many pieces she has completed and sold. However, monuments and various works by her have been installed in France, Costa Rica, Italy, Germany, Canada, United States, Mexico, Belgium and Tunisia.
MacQueen also included sailing as one of her many activities, something she did for seven years. At one point in her life, she obtained a pilot's license. Her first solo flight was in Belgium. Her only problem was communicating with the control tower in Flemish, but this required her to learn only a few words. She has, however, learned enough Italian, French and Spanish to get along in these countries. She also knows enough "taxi" Thai to take her from place to place.
MacQueen is proud of a monument-size piece title "Iron Road Pioneers" installed at Railroad Square in San Luis Obispo, Calif. It is a tribute to the many Chinese workers that labored building the Central Pacific portion of the transcontinental railroad. Her sculpture of "Puck" (Midsummer Night's Dream) was also purchased by the city.
At one time, MacQueen was a dancer and at age 18, made her first income in a musical. This led to the creation of a commissioned piece for Place des Arts in Montreal, Canada. She sculpted "Mudra," which she considers her signature work. (A mudra is a spiritual gesture in both Hinduism and Buddhism.)
Important to MacQueen was another commission that honored the four young girls killed in 1963 at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. "Four Spirits" was installed in March 2012 recognizing the sacrifices made during the Civil Rights Movement. This March, a CBS documentary was aired with interviews with MacQueen talking about her role in creating this monument.
When MacQueen was in Loveland many years ago, she met influential artists and foundry owners and among them Tom O'Gorman, owner of Bronze Services Fine Art Foundry. This year, she told O'Gorman that she was tired of moving from place to place and asked him, "Can I come home?"
MacQueen's Loveland studio is located on Eighth Street Southeast, and her favorite wildlife sculptor and friend is Loveland's Kent Ullberg.
MacQueen's website is macqueenfineart.com.


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In the second presidential debate, President Barack Obama mentioned that electricity generation from wind and solar have doubled during his administration.
This was a bold claim but may also be an understatement. Wind power capacity in the United States has slightly more than doubled to 51.6 gigawatts (GW) in the last three years and nine months; however the electricity generation capacity of solar technologies is nearly four times as great as when the president took office, reaching 5.7 GW by July 2012.[1]
This is roughly the same capacity as five or six average-sized nuclear reactors from solar output, and 50 reactors worth of wind power. Another 4.6 GW of large-scale solar is under construction, as well as another 8.4 GW of wind power, which, when complete, will bring us to 10 GW of solar and 60GW of wind. [2]
The story of the dramatic growth of these industries is part of the global transformation of our energy systems away from fossil fuels and nuclear power and toward renewable energy. In German this is called the "energiewende," the energy transformation.
And while we still get most of our electricity from coal, natural gas and nuclear reactors, the experience of European nations and the work of scientists at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have confirmed that such a transformation is both technologically feasible and economically manageable. All that is missing in many cases is the political will. [3]
However, pick up any US newspaper or click on the website of any mainstream online publication, and you would know none of this. Instead, when renewable energy is mentioned, we often hear about the bankruptcy of Solyndra, Abound Solar, or A123 Batteries and arguments over the merit of federal subsidies.
Building solar and wind: Obama's policies
Obama cannot take credit for all of the progress made in renewables, as there are multiple forces at play. Falling prices, particularly for solar, and state-level renewable energy policies are likely the largest drivers.
However, both analysts outside the industry and solar industry leaders have been clear that the ability of the US solar industry to grow during the recession owes a great deal to the policies promoted by President Obama and the Democratic Party through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - the so-called "stimulus act." These programs have also significantly benefited the wind industry.
Two policies have been critical. The first is the Section 1603 Treasury Grant Program (TGP), which took the 30 percent investment tax credit passed in 2005 and allowed it to be claimed as a grant. [4]
This may seem like a trivial change on the surface. However, big power generation projects, renewable or otherwise, don't get built without financing. And as developers often do not have the tax liability to benefit from tax incentives, it was necessary to find partners who did. When the tax equity market dried up during the recession, this got much harder. [5]
The Section 1603 program was a simple work-around. The logic was that if developers don't have access to tax equity, let them claim the credit as a grant at the beginning of construction. This ability for them to benefit from the subsidy even during the recession determined the enormous success of the program.[6]
The second critical policy move in the stimulus was funding the US Department of Energy's (DOE) pre-existing Loan Guarantee Program to the tune of $16 billion. Eighty-seven percent of this was used to back loans to power generation projects, mostly solar and wind, which otherwise would have had a difficult time accessing financing. A relatively small portion of this money went to fund technology start-ups - including Solyndra.[7]
These may seem like minor policy moves. However, the TGP and DOE Loan Guarantee Program have funded a large number of wind and solar projects, with the TGP alone funding 13.5 GW of projects - a critical support for these industries during the recession.[8]
Failures of the media
However, this is clearly not the picture that arises from media coverage of the DOE loan guarantee program, over which a great deal of ink has been spilled in the last year. Most articles fail entirely to mention project funding and instead focus entirely on the small percentage of loan guarantees to technology companies in a manufactured debate over the merit of a DOE loan guarantee program and whether the government should "pick winners" among technologies.
Context is sorely missing here. The use of loan guarantees at the DOE is hardly a novel application; no fewer than 12 federal agencies employ loan guarantees, with many of these agencies, particularly Housing and Urban Development (HUD), utilizing such loan guarantees at a much greater scale. HUD employed $623 billion in 2012 alone.[9]
Concern about budgetary impacts is also moot; the program contains a fund to cover any loan defaults, and at the end of 2011, had paid for itself with fees from project participants.[10]
So why is our media coverage of this issue so poor? There may be several reasons. Denial of global warming at Fox News, The Wall Street Journal and other publications is well documented, and editorial biases against renewables and in favor of incumbent fossil fuel industries is likely related.[11]
But this does not explain shoddy reporting and misleading editorials by a variety of other media sources including the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and Forbes, often from guest contributors.[12]
Which raises larger questions. Are reporters and editors merely ill-informed and lazy in their research? Are they choosing sensationalism over reporting relevant facts? Has the American media become uninterested in critical inquiry, and are reporters instead take their cues from the latest PR campaigns and politicians' talking points?
The impact of climate silence
One would expect that the champions of these policies in the Democratic Party, particularly in the Obama Administration, to at least make a point of correcting the worst distortions by both the Republican Party and the media. However, from its rhetoric, one has to wonder whether the Obama Administration is actually proud of these accomplishments.
In the second debate, which covered energy, President Obama mentioned solar and other renewable energy sources twice. He spent far more of his time arguing that he was a greater supporter of expanded domestic oil and gas drilling than the Republicans.
Of course, there would be no urgency behind the work that Obama and the Democratic Party have done for renewables if there were no climate change, and the Presidential debates offered a view of a whitewashed world without such realities. In one vice presidential and three presidential debates, the word "climate" was never mentioned, let alone "global warming".
The Democratic Party may pass policies that build solar and wind capacities. However, in their messaging, they have capitulated to the fossil fuel industries, a dumbed-down mainstream media and the talking points of their opponents, remaining on the defensive for what, in hindsight, will likely emerge as their greatest accomplishments.
Drowning in ignorance
The gross failures of both the US media and our political leaders would be less serious were it not for the magnitude of the issue. Global warming, climate change and the transformation of our civilization's energy systems are not just any issues. They are the defining issues of our generation. According to the International Energy Agency, under current policies and energy use we are looking at a long-term average increase in global temperatures of six degrees centigrade.[13]
The slew of catastrophic changes to our agriculture, our world, our civilization and the biosphere in general that will be caused by such a change are hard to fathom. With the shift to renewable energy, we have hope of averting the worst consequences of this change and leave our children a world they can inhabit. Given the leadership role that the United States holds geopolitically, as well as our position as the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, it is critical that we be part of this transformation.
A clear understanding of existing policies and environmental consequences are both necessary starting points for a coherent national discussion of these issues. Yet between the misrepresentations by the fossil fuel industries and their allies in the Republican Party, the failure of the Democratic Party to explain its policies and the cluelessness of the mainstream media, the discussion that we are having is anything but informed.
We are already starting to see serious events which bear the mark of a changing climate; notably the failure of Russia's wheat crop and subsequent export ban in 2010 due to heat waves and the failure of the US corn crop in 2012 due to drought, which led to subsequent spikes in grain prices and which will lead to an estimated 16% increase in corn prices during the 2012-2013 season. [14]
The stakes for inaction could not be higher. One of the consequences that we face in the 21st century is rising sea levels, which will inundate coastal cities. Our civilization is literally in danger of drowning. And if we do drown in the 21st century, we will be able to say that we drowned as the result of ignorance as much as anything.
Christian Roselund has been writing about the solar industry for the past two and a half years as a correspondent for online trade publication Solar Server (solarserver.com). Prior to that, he served as communications director for an energy policy nonprofit in Louisiana and worked as a journalist covering post-Katrina New Orleans for a variety of radio networks and shows including Pacifica Network, National Radio Project, Air America and various NPR shows.
"American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) U.S. Wind Industry Third Quarter 2012 Market Report," AWEA, October 2012, p. 4; "US Solar Industry Year in Review 2008," Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), March 2009, U.S. Solar Market Insight Report 2012 Q2, SEIA, GTM Research, September 2012, p. 2.
"Utility-scale Solar Projects in the United States Operating, Under Construction, or Under Development," SEIA, October 2012, p. 2, "American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) U.S. Wind Industry Third Quarter 2012 Market Report," AWEA, October 2012, p. 4.
"Western Wind and Solar Integration Study," National Renewable Energy Laboratories, May 2010, p. 3.
SEIA, 1603 Treasury Program grant.
" The return - and returns of tax equity for US renewable projects," Bloomberg New Energy Finance, p.1, November 2012.
SEIA, 1603 Treasury Program.
"Beyond Solyndra: An Analysis of DOE's Loan Guarantee Program," Bloomberg Government, p. 3, December 1, 2011.
"Preliminary Analysis of the Jobs and Economic Impacts of Renewable Energy Projects Supported by the §1603 Treasury Grant Program," Daniel Steinberg, Gian Porro, Marshall Goldberg, National Renewable Energy Laboratories, April 2012; Solar Server interview with Marcu Hoehner of EuPD Research, conducted October 2011, Bloomberg Government, "Beyond Solyndra," p. 9-10, December 1st, 2011.
"Beyond Solyndra," Bloomberg Government, December 1st, 2011, p. 7.
"Beyond Solyndra," December 1st, 2011, p. 3
"Prime Time Fox News and WSJ Editorial Climate Coverage Mostly Wrong," Steve Mirsky, Scientific American, September 21st, 2012; "Wall Street Journal attacked over climate change denial," The Week, February 2, 2012.
"Obama's Solyndra scandal reeks of the Chicago Way," John Kass, Chicago Tribune, September 18th, 2011, "Solyndra: Politics infused Obama energy programs," Washington Post, Joe Stephens and Carol Leonnig, December 25th, 2012; " You thought Solyndra was bad? There's more on the way," Larry Bell, Forbes, February 16th, 2012.; "Making Sense of Solyndra," Darren Samuelsohn, Politico, September 15th, 2011.
"World Energy Outlook 2011," International Energy Agency, p. 2, IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol, December 1st, 2011, interview with NTV MSNBC, Turkey.
"Global Grain Production at Record High Despite Extreme Climatic Events," WorldWatch Institute, September 25th, 2012; "Global food prices rise in July due to extreme weather," BBC News, August 9, 2012.


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NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of a New York City man pushed to his death onto the subway tracks in front of a train says it "would have been great" if someone had helped him up but "what's done is done."
Ki-Suck Han of Queens was apparently trying to break up a fight when he landed on the tracks Monday. The New York Post published a photo on its front page Tuesday of Han with his head turned toward the train, his arms reaching up but unable to climb off the tracks.
Han's only child, 20-year-old Ashley, said Wednesday that he was always willing to help others.
A pastor says Han's family was so distraught after seeing the Post's photo that they had to stay with him.
A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in Han's death.


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He will also be missed at other daily stops. Liquor store, Casino, Dennys.
Heart Attack Grill Mascot Patient John Alleman Dies of a Heart Attack
He will also be missed at other daily stops. Liquor store, Casino, Dennys.
He died doing what he did the best; Being a complete friggin idiot.
Jackhuntr posted a pic of the storefront in the funny/cool/stupid pic thread several days ago...........how ironic?
Heart Attack Grill spokesman dies of apparent heart attack
A regular patron and unofficial spokesman for the Heart Attack Grill has died of an apparent heart attack, the restaurant's owner said on Monday.
John Alleman reportedly suffered a heart attack last week outside the Las Vegas restaurant, according to the Las Vegas Sun. The 52-year-old was taken off life support on Monday.
Alleman, who was not on the restaurant's payroll, inspired the "Patient John" character that appears on the restaurant's menu.
"He lived a very full life," Jon Basso, owner of the Heart Attack Grill, told the newspaper. "He will be missed."
I told him if you keep eating like this, its going to kill ya, Basso said. Hed say, 'I just love your place, Jon.' Hes the only person I know who was probably at the restaurant more than I [was]; hed be here every darned day.
Alleman is the second unofficial Heart Attack Grill spokesman to die in as many years.
In March 2011, Blair River, the restaurant's 575-pound representative, died from complications stemming from pneumonia. He was 29.
"Cynical people might think this is funny," Basso said at the time of River's death. "But people who knew him are crying their eyes out. There is a lot of mourning going on around here. You couldn't have found a better person."
Founded in 2005, the unapologetically unhealthy restaurant employs waitresses dressed as nurses and serves butterfat milkshakes, "flatliner" fries and 9,982-calorie "quadruple bypass burgers." (Patrons who are able to finish them are escorted to their cars in wheelchairs.) Customers who weigh over 350 pounds eat free.
Since opening in Las Vegas in October 2011, there have been various reports of customers having medical emergencies while dining at the grill.
Last February, a man reportedly suffered a heart attack while eating a triple bypass burger." According to Las Vegas' Fox 5 affiliate, he survived.
Not since the death of Amy Winehouse have I been so surprised.
not the 1st spokesman to die.
if you have time to watch video, it's unreal
This wouldn't have happened if there were stricter hamburger control laws.
I'm getting the shakes....AND THEN I'M GETTING THE FRIES!!!
Thanks to Obama. . .etcetera ad infinium.
This would have never happened under Bloombergs watch.
The mayor knows
Can't say there wasn't truth in advertising.
BTW: Everytime someone dies there it's great press.


text: Do any of you put boots on your dogs or puppies? It's getting cold out and I feel bad having Chloe walk on the cold ground. I guess it's normal, but it still seems too cold for her (in my head). She has a sweater, but I'm wondering if I should introduce dog boots now while she's still young. Or tell me if I'm crazy and she will be fine "bare-pawed."