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Skip to comments.Railway says fuel savings inspired LNG test
Posted on 03/07/2013 9:12:05 AM PST by thackney
he nations largest railway decided to test out liquefied natural gas as a fuel for locomotives because the cost savings appeared too great to ignore, its CEO said Wednesday.
It comes down to the spread relationship between LNG and diesel, said BNSF CEO Matt Rose, speaking at the IHS CERAWeek energy conference at the Hilton Americs-Houston in downtown. Once you get that in your head you can make that decision pretty quickly.
BNSF has been studying the possibility of natural gas for locomotives for 18 months, focusing on the opportunity for saving on fuel. The company burns 1.3 billion gallons of diesel per year.
Shell, which announced plans Tuesday to build small-scale LNG plants targeted at U.S. truck, marine and railway uses, says the switch can save companies about 30 percent in fuel costs.
BNSF will be testing six modified locomotives, three from Caterpillar and three made by GE.
But refueling infrastructure will remain a hurdle for the systems adoption, as well regulatory hurdles, since using LNG on a locomotive will require a return to a relic of a bygone era: tender cars.
Cars full of gas will trail the locomotives to provide fuel, much like tender cars used for steam engines.
The potential shift to natural gas could be just as significant as the prior revolution in train propulsion that brought about the rise of diesel, Rose said.
This is a really big idea but its truly laced with all sorts of challenges, he said.
BNSF plans to test and evaluate the locomotives this year, and then to make a decision in 2014 about whether it will begin to switch its fleet of more than 6,900 locomotives to natural gas.
Fort Worth-based BNSF, which has more than 41,000 employees and more than 32,500 miles of track, is owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
The company is a major player in the oil industry, transporting more than 571,000 barrels of oil per day in February and expecting to grow that rate to more than 700,000 barrels per day by the end of this year.
It is active in most shale plays.
BNSF first tested natural gas as a fuel for locomotives on a small stretch of contained track in the 1980s.
The company is making a new push to test liquefied natural gas after Canadian National Railway, which began a trial with natural gas in September.
Once everything gets converted, the maintenance savings would be astronomical.
Fuel Savings alone will me Billons of dollars per year.
me = be
With all the recently discovered/recoverable shale gas, it's about time!!
Assuming the cost differential between the two fuels doesn't decrease dramatically, then even the conversion and maintenance costs would not erase the savings.
In fact, locomotives being powered by CNG makes more sense to me than millions of automobiles.
Yeah, buddy! Imagine what the price of diesel could do with an extra 1.3 billion gallons released back to the marketplace.
Just to keep us in reality, it would take many years to convert all of their locomotives to LNG, and that 1.3 billion gallons represents ~2% of the US diesel/fuel oil market.
Still a good thing, but this alone isn't going to send prices falling far and fast. But every bit helps.
LNG works better for something like a train over CNG. Also works good for long-haul trucking and fleet serviced vehicles like garbage trucks and UPS, etc.
Replacing 1.3 billions gallons of diesel fuel with natural gas reduces carbon dioxide emissions by about 5 million tons a year. And that's just from this one company.
So if an environmentalist asks "What can I personally do to help stop global warming?" say "support fracking!"
I don't know what that means. Translation?
How much of the savings would be neutralized by the explosion of one LNG tender car in the wrong place?
Diesel = 8500 cal/l, while LNG = around 4500 cal/l.
That means that you'll need almost twice the LNG to generate the same energy as with Diesel.
So when you talk about price, right now LNG is so low that buying twice the energy is still cost advantageous.
What's likely to happen is that locomotives will go truly hybrid - LNG AND Diesel. When the price point on LNG gets to the point where it makes more sense to use Diesel, they will.
BNSF is looking to differentiate the supply chain in order to create price competition between sources.
Fish and foul, not fish or foul.
Since LNG first has to be vaporized, then the methane diluted to 15% concentration before it can be ignited, there is no way to explode and LNG tanker.
The price spread.
Diesel is now approaching $4/gal. The cost of an equivalent amount of energy from natural gas is less than $2.
I think weight is a bigger consideration to a train over volume. That is what takes the energy to accelerate and lift over hills.
1 million BTU = 12.1 gallons LNG = 42.4 lbs LNG
1 million BTU = 7.2 gallons diesel = 51.5 lbs diesel
Diesel - less volume to carry but more weight vs LNG.
A gallon of diesel fuel cost an average of $3.97 last year, according to federal statistics. The equivalent amount of energy in natural gas cost 48 cents at industrial prices.
Berkshire's BNSF Railway to Test Switch to Natural Gas
To get around the subscription requirement for some Wall Street Journal articles, you can search for the title and click the link from the search engine.
First link at the above search.
Does the diesel price ($3.97) include road taxes, which wouldn't apply to railroads? Thought about that after I'd posted.
The $3.97 is the average for highway grade price, so it would include the tax.
If I read Chapter 1 Fuel Taxes Page 7 of the following correctly, that tax applies to trains as well.
Publication 510, Excise Taxes
That only address the federal 24.4¢/gal tax. The state rules may differ for their fuel excise tax.
Odd. One would think that diesel fuel for locomotives would be treated like farm diesel. I wonder what the justification is. Or if they even bothered to come up with one...
Or if they even bothered to come up with one...
Im assuming that the conversion is of a diesel engine from straight diesel fuel to lean-mixture natural gas ignited by pilot charge of diesel oil. While thats highly economical based on the low price of natural gas, it also is a very efficient process thermodynamically. And since the combustion of carbureted air is smoother than the combustion of injected fuel oil, I suppose there is the potential for maintenance savings because of the lack of diesel knock. Are there other maintenance savings?
Then throw government/EPA regulation in on the diesel fuel and do the math.
I know asphalt plants here that switched to natural gas from burning fuel oil saved enough in maintenance costs in the first year or so to negate the cost of the conversion. That's external combustion, but their burners lasted way longer and didn't need constant upkeep.
But if there was an accident and the tanker developed a crack it might incinerate an entire town.
No way. Methane is significantly lighter than air. If you had a leak, the LNG first has to warm up to boil off as vapor. By the time it mixed to 85% air / 15% methane, it is up in the air.
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OLEAN – Advanced Monolythic Ceramics will be closing its Olean plant in August, laying off 65 employees.
Earlier this week, company officials filed a worker adjustment and retraining notification with the state Labor Department. The plant, which is located at 3101 Constitution Ave., Olean, manufactures ceramic filters.
"Advanced Monolythic Ceramics, Inc. is a leading supplier of ceramic planar array and discoidal capacitor (electromagnetic interference) filters. We have served the aerospace, biomedical, military, satellite, industrial and communication electronics industries since 1994," its website states. "Our unique manufacturing process allows us to consistently achieve production lead times on standard and custom products that are the shortest in the industry. AMC's engineering team is constantly advancing its ability to package high capacitance and voltage ratings in complex geometries to meet demanding applications."
The filing indicated the layoffs will be conducted in phases, beginning May 1. The expected final layoffs will occur on Aug. 30. The plant will then close on Aug. 31.
There were two reasons given for why the plant is closing. One reason is the economy, and the second reason is a consolidation of manufacturing to a California site. Advanced Monolythic Ceramics' website stated its parent company is Johanson Dielectrics, which is located in Sylmar, Calif.
According to Johanson Dielectrics website, it has been a worldwide producer of high-quality ceramic chip capacitors for more than 30 years. The company designs and manufactures capacitors in a state-of-the-art facility in Southern California. The facility produces standard and high-voltage (surface mount) ceramic capacitors, and a variety of standard and custom high-voltage and high capacitance value ceramic capacitors.

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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Five Additional Corporate Executives Charged in Connection with Securities Fraud and Obstruction of Justice Committed By Chief Officers of Spongetech Delivery Systems, Inc.
Defendants Collectively Charged with Securities Fraud, Obstruction of Justice, Money Laundering, Structuring, Contempt of Court, and Perjury
A superseding indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging five additional defendants with crimes relating to Spongetech Delivery Systems, Inc. (Spongetech)1. The superseding indictment includes charges previously brought against Michael Metter, the Chief Executive Officer and President of Spongetech, and Steven Moskowitz, Spongetech's Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary.
Today's superseding indictment charges former Spongetech employees Andrew Tepfer, Seymour Eisenberg, Thomas Cavanagh, and Frank Nicolois, as well as former Spongetech vendor George Speranza. Tepfer, Eisenberg, Nicolois, and Speranza were arrested this morning. Their initial appearances are scheduled today before United States Magistrate Judge Robert M. Levy at the United States Courthouse, 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York.
The charges were announced by Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Janice K. Fedarcyk, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, New York Field Office, and Charles R. Pine, Special Agent-in-Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation, New York.
As alleged in the superseding indictment, between January 2007 and May 2010, Tepfer, and Eisenberg, together with Metter, Moskowitz, and others, executed a fraudulent scheme to publicly report materially overstated Spongetech sales figures to create artificial demand for, and increase the share price and trading volume of, Spongetech common stock. Tepfer and Eisenberg face one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy, and one count of securities fraud.
Cavanagh and Nicolois face one count of structuring and one count of contempt of court. The superseding indictment alleges that from January 2008 and December 2009, Cavanagh and Nicolois cashed checks written in amounts less than $10,000 at a financial institution for the purpose of evading federal currency transaction reporting requirements. The indictment also alleges that in doing so, Cavanagh and Nicolois violated a court order entered in a 2004 lawsuit brought by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against them and others.
Speranza faces one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, one count of obstruction of justice, and one count of perjury. The superseding indictment alleges that Speranza gave false testimony under oath in an investigation by the Enforcement Division of the SEC into Spongetech's publicly reported sales figures and financial statements.
If convicted, Tepfer and Eisenberg face up to 20 years' imprisonment on the securities fraud counts. Cavanaugh and Nicolois face up to 10 years' imprisonment on the structuring counts. Speranza faces up to five years' imprisonment on the obstruction of justice count.
The government's case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys William E. Schaeffer and Jeffrey A. Goldberg.
This case was brought in coordination with President Barack Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force. President Obama established the interagency Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force to wage an aggressive, coordinated, and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. The task force includes representatives from a broad range of federal agencies, regulatory authorities, inspectors general, and state and local law enforcement who, working together, bring to bear a powerful array of criminal and civil enforcement resources. The task force is working to improve efforts across the federal executive branch, and with state and local partners, to investigate and prosecute significant financial crimes, ensure just and effective punishment for those who perpetrate financial crimes, combat discrimination in the lending and financial markets, and recover proceeds for victims of financial crimes.
The Defendants:
Age: 58
Age: 45
ANDREW TEPFER, also known as "AVI"
Age: 47
SEYMOUR EISENBERG, also known as "JIMMY"
Age: 66
Age: 43
Age: 62
Age: 56
1 - The charges are merely allegations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.


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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Easy DIY Distressed Laundry Sign
66 comments:
- Danni Baird @ Silo Hill Farm said...
That is as cute as can be! Love the color and the hanger! Nice touch! Saw you over at While He Was Napping!
- April 12, 2012 at 5:35 PM
- Korrie@RedHenHome said...
Had to pin this one! Love that it's hanging from a hanger!
- April 12, 2012 at 6:29 PM
- Thrifty Miss Smith said...
Beautiful! I love the color!
- April 12, 2012 at 8:07 PM
- Chase the Star said...
Really cool sign!!! Love the colors you chose!
Barbara @ Chase the Star
- April 12, 2012 at 8:38 PM
- Rachelle said...
Love this sign! Super cute. Pinning it!
- April 12, 2012 at 9:44 PM
- Tam said...
This is so cool... must pin!
- April 13, 2012 at 7:10 AM
- Gale said...
Well, laundry always makes ME distressed *grin*
I like the "self service" part!
- April 13, 2012 at 7:30 AM
- Tirabaralla said...
This is so lovely and I never thought I could try and make it myself!
Pinning for future reference!
Also, can I ask you what do you use to cut the wood in "stripes"?
- April 13, 2012 at 7:44 AM
- Steph @ Crafting in the Rain said...
Really cute--I love the penny spacer idea :)
- April 13, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- Steph @ Crafting in the Rain said...
Really cute--I love the penny spacer idea :)
- April 13, 2012 at 9:31 AM
- Beth said...
Isn't that the cutest!! And there's so many good ideas too!
- April 13, 2012 at 1:28 PM
- Amanda said...
Love, love, love this idea! It's amazing, you did an awesome job!
- April 13, 2012 at 2:30 PM
- Carolyn said...
Too cute! I love it. I'm a new follower.
{my simple messterpiece}
- April 13, 2012 at 2:43 PM
- Claire said...
Your sign looks fantastic and I love that the hanger IS a hanger :)
I'm so excited to try out the freebie because I have a Silhouette and have used it to make several signs already. So fun!
Thank you so much for the generous freebie and the cute inspiration!
Claire @ alittlesomethinginthemeantime.blogspot.com
- April 13, 2012 at 6:52 PM
- Maria said...
What a BEAUTIFUL sign! I've been wanting to make one for my laundry room too, thanks for the inspiration!
- April 13, 2012 at 7:11 PM
- Melissa said...
Your sign looks really awesome! Love it!!! :0)
- April 13, 2012 at 7:18 PM
- AndiWinslow said...
Love it yo did a great job....so next is the laundry room to do!!!!andi
- April 14, 2012 at 6:00 AM
- Sarah said...
I have been thinking that I REALLY want one of these! This is exactly the direction I needed to make it. Thanks!
- April 14, 2012 at 8:37 AM
- House Candy said...
The stenciling looks so professional! And I love the added touch of using a hanger, so cute :)
- April 14, 2012 at 10:47 AM
- Connie said...
Hi, I'm Connie at http://hotflashncraftn.blogspot.com/, your new GF friend, I would love for you to stop by and be mine too.
Thanks for sharing this, it's great.
- April 14, 2012 at 9:12 PM
- Jenny@NorthwestLovelies said...
This is so adorable!! I would love to make one! Thanks for sharing!
- April 14, 2012 at 9:19 PM
- Kathryn said...
This is ingenious!! I'm totally going to pin this and make one. Thanks for the idea. I love the hanger idea too.
- April 14, 2012 at 10:40 PM
- gail said...
Angie--your laundry sign is too cute! I love that you put the side pieces on the front. :)
great job.
thanks for linking up to catch as catch can
- April 15, 2012 at 5:58 PM
- Taylor said...
I love this sign and the color! I would love for you to share this with my Unveil Your Genius link party! http://taylornorris.blogspot.com/2012/04/unveil-your-genius-link-party-6.html
(New linky every Thursday...each linky runs for a week)
Happy Sunday!
- April 15, 2012 at 7:18 PM
- Natasha in Oz said...
You are so clever! I love the sign and I also love that you found a way to re-purpose those wire coat-hangers! Brilliant!
I just want to invite you to join in with my weekly Say G'day Linky Party which started on the weekend. I would be so thrilled if you could join in and link up this wonderful post!
Best wishes for a fabulous week!
Natasha in Oz
- April 15, 2012 at 11:46 PM
- Our Pinteresting Family said...
Love this project. Your color choice is beautiful. I am pinning this for future reference. I wanted to do a sign for a bedroom in our house and this tutorial is great. Megan ~ your newest follower.
- April 16, 2012 at 5:57 AM
- Becca @ The Sassy Penguin said...
I love that color blue, the sign looks great!
I went over and got the free printable. I just started trying my hand at vinyl myself. Thanks for sharing.
- April 16, 2012 at 7:13 AM
- Paula Parrish said...
WOW, love your new laundry room sign. Super Creative! Smiles, Paula
- April 16, 2012 at 7:48 AM
- Heather Perkins said...
I love your sign and the hanger is too cute! Thanks so much for sharing at Party Time at So Very Creative!
- April 16, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- SayNotSweetAnne said...
What a great sign- I love the stencil you used its so vintage looking! Plus the wire hanger adds the perfect touch- great job! Your blog is awesome, I'm a new follower! I would love for you to link up to my debut of Sweet Sharing Mondays (new weekly party)! http://saynotsweetanne.com/2012/sweet-sharing-monday/
- April 16, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- Scobell Expressions said...
This is a great sign and it looks so easy! I can't wait to make this one.
- April 16, 2012 at 10:22 AM
- Megan said...
I love it! If I actually had a ROOM for my laundry, I would definitely make one for myself. Sadly, I just have a little corner "nook" for my laundry and no room for a pretty sign.
- April 16, 2012 at 12:39 PM
- Jen Lossing said...
This is great. I have a ton of Vintage Laundry signs in my Laundry room. I love the color and that it is hanging from a hangar! Super cute!
- April 16, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- Lauren @ Summit St Joy said...
Such a great idea! I can't believe how cheap the wood is... will have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing :)
- April 16, 2012 at 9:24 PM
- Shannon said...
SO cute!! Maybe that would make doing laundry easier if I had a sweet sign to look at--at least it would distract me from what I was supposed to be doing:)
- April 17, 2012 at 4:17 PM
- Judy said...
What a great sign. You did an awesome job. I'd love for you to link up to my party that opens at 8pm EST tonight. Hope to see you there.
- April 17, 2012 at 5:12 PM
- cheapcraftymama said...
That is so cute, love it! I would love for you to share this (and any other creations) at Pin It & Win It Wednesday (open now!) at www.cheapcraftymama.com!
- April 17, 2012 at 7:58 PM
- Katie said...
So cute! I have been meaning to make myself a laundry sign... Guess I need to hop to it!
- April 17, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- Erica {let why lead} said...
Haha, our laundry room is definitely open 24 hours! It's almost 10:30pm, and I've got laundry in right now! :)
- April 17, 2012 at 11:14 PM
- Handy Man, Crafty Woman said...
Hi from Handy Man, Crafty woman. I was having techncial difficulties when my link party first started, your project photo is blurry. You may want to go back and add this project again, sorry about that. I'll watch for it, and I'll delete the blurry one after you add the new one. sorry for the inconvenience!
- April 17, 2012 at 11:48 PM
- Cristy @ menemini said...
Your sign turned out so cute!
- April 18, 2012 at 5:53 AM
- Brian, Michelle, Teagan and Isla said...
I love this sign! So very creative and I love the hanger. Thanks for the freebie too! Would love if you'd share on my linky party going on now at Teagan's Travels.
Cheers, Michelle
- April 18, 2012 at 8:40 AM
- Carrie {My Favorite Finds} said...
Thanks so much for sharing this at Handmade Tuesdays. I redecorated our laundry room last summer, and I'm currently adding to a gallery wall in it. I might make this. I wonder if paint sticks would work for a smaller version.
- April 18, 2012 at 9:50 AM
- Shana said...
I love this sign...it looks so simple. I might have to try one. Thanks for sharing.
- April 18, 2012 at 7:07 PM
- Stacey said...
Just adorable! Love the colors as well!
I would love if you came by my party happening now to link it up!
Stacey of Embracing Change
- April 18, 2012 at 7:32 PM
- Sara said...
This is darling!! Hope you can link this up at my turquoise lovin' party!! http://www.sweetlittlegals.com
- April 18, 2012 at 7:41 PM
- Jenilyn said...
This is so cute! I need one for my laundry room! I would love for you to link this up to my "I Made This" party at Grits & Giggles!
- April 18, 2012 at 10:00 PM
- Shasta @ intheoldroad said...
Oh, I really like that sign and how you hung it from a coat hanger...fabulous idea! I saw your link at The 36th Avenue's party.
- April 18, 2012 at 11:39 PM
- Daily Citron said...
Great sign! I featured you in my Crafty Thursdays post. Quick question- how did you attach the hangar to the back of the sign?
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- April 19, 2012 at 12:15 PM
- Alyssa said...
What a great idea, this sign is so cute! I would love if you would share this at Showcase Your Talent Thursday http://whatscookinglove.blogspot.com/2012/04/showcase-your-talent-thursday-3.html. I hope to see you there!
- April 19, 2012 at 1:50 PM
- Jillian said...
I love this idea! I might make a sign that says "Eggs 25 cents" or something like that for my kitchen, though.
- April 19, 2012 at 4:27 PM
- Amy Fountain said...
Its a really beautiful piece! Great choice of color, blue is a very calming color.
- April 19, 2012 at 7:21 PM
- Bethany @ A Fish Who Likes Flowers said...
Such a cute little sign! I love the color you used. Great job!
- April 20, 2012 at 1:38 PM
- Motivated Mommy of two said...
I love this project, what an awesome idea. Stopping by from the 36th avenue link party
- April 20, 2012 at 11:43 PM
- Jessie@saavysavings said...
This sign is too cute! Love it! Totally going to make it :) Thanks for sharing! I'm your newest follower! xo Jessie
- April 23, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- Six Sisters said...
This is really the cutest sign ever! We are so glad that you linked up to our "Strut Your Stuff Saturday." Please come back and join us next week!! Thanks! -The Sisters
- April 23, 2012 at 5:31 PM
- The mum of all trades said...
I love this, its so pretty and fresh. Great tutorial
- April 24, 2012 at 12:04 PM
- Ginger said...
Featuring you tonight! :)
Ginger @ gingersnapcrafts.com
- April 24, 2012 at 8:46 PM
- Carolyn M said...
Incredible! Making that a rainy weekend project.... new follower!
- April 24, 2012 at 9:14 PM
- Chrissy Taylor said...
Thank you so much for sharing this at my party. You are being featured tonight, your sign was one of the top views! I hope you will stop back and link up again!
- April 25, 2012 at 7:26 AM
- Craft Envy said...
Wow. Gorgeous! I need one of these. I featured you at Craft Envy!
- April 27, 2012 at 9:20 PM
- Lesley said...
I really like this!! Wish I had a cutter.
- April 29, 2012 at 8:55 AM
- {northern cottage} said...
this sign is pure FRESHNESS AND JUST PLAIN DELISH! soooo wanna make a similar version for our laundry room!
would love to have ya pop by for a visit and perhaps sign up for our current giveaway!
- April 30, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- Katie said...
Ahhh! I absolutely LOVE this sign--in love with it! I featured it today on Sew Woodsy!
- May 8, 2012 at 7:50 PM
- Nicholas Blakester said...
Wow! I like this and Love very much. Thanks for sharing.......
- June 28, 2012 at 4:02 AM
- Dee said...
You inspired me to try my hand at making my own! I was very happy with the results. Thanks for the awesome instructions & photos.
- June 29, 2012 at 7:37 PM


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>Runner's World - My Event Ratings>
In short: Great Race, great support, great goody bagIn full: A well organised race from start to finish around a pleasant town. Was recommended by a friend and thoroughly enjoyed it. Carnival atmosphere at start in school playing field and great support from locals on the way round. Small hill at about 9k was not too bad. There seem to have been a slight issue with some of the timing mats at the start but credit to the organisers they seem to have worked hard to sort this out. The finish was well organised too. The goody bag was immense. Great day out, ran a pb will do it again. Thank you.Date of review: May 15, 2014
In short: Chip timing disasterIn full: Wanting to do this race for a while. Seemed to go well on the day but checking the results 3 days later I am down as a DNS even though I have a medal to prove I was there. Up until that point I would have forgiven the slightly dull route. In their defence I would say that the marshals on the course were fantastic and very encouraging. Shame about the timing system and as my garmin was on the blink I have no real idea what I did.Date of review: November 20, 2013
In short: Very scenic run on the outskirts of SalisburyIn full: I did this race last year and there seemed fewer runners this year. The race has excellent parking opposite the start and apart from one hill is a very scenic run through the villages round Salisbury. The marshals were very supportive though the water stations weren't always on the natural running line. As a slow runner I did notice that by about mile 8 there were very few other runners to be seen. (I know, I need to get faster...)Date of review: October 11, 2011
In short: scenic country park run, In full: Nice run, recommended by a friend. Very pleasant surroundings. I arrived early and though the entry form said that car parking was included no-one seemed to know which car park and I could see no signs to designated car park so rather than risk a ticket I paid again.The map of the park that came with my number was so blurred as to be unreadable.The start was slightly chaotic as it was not clear where the start was. Being overtaken by other runners on the second lap was dispiriting. I think the towels ran out as I wasn't offered one.The marshalls were all very encouraging and good natured though some had us running on the left of the paths, others on the right.The information sheet said that Ipods would be banned but I saw many runners still using them quite openly, not sure why the inconsistency.Nice day out, but won't do it again.Date of review: May 16, 2010
In short: Chaotic start but pleasant run once goingIn full: Any race in February is going to be at the mercy of rain or worse, but as a first timer and new runner I was a bit lost. The baggage drop was chaotic and in the end descended into a free for all. I got to the back of the field where I belonged for the start and found myself with the dog walkers and pram pushers, hence the 6+ minutes to find the start line. The marshalls on the route were fantastic in their support and many thanks are due to them. The end of the race was a bit chaotic as well - people were running after me to swipe my bib number. I was disappointed not to get any sort of goody bag - having eventually got my kit back and showered the tea stand was packing up. It was a long walk back to the town centre car parks to get some fluids.I did get a PB - but I am a slow "runner"I checked my time on the Monday and again later in the week - my Bib time was now 7 seconds longer when I checked the second time for some reason.As a newcomer to running I will probably do it again, but come more prepared next time.Date of review: March 3, 2010
In short: First raceIn full: This was may first ever race that was not in the "Great Run" league size wise, and now I know what to expect in terms of hills I shall look froward to doing it next year. Who knows I may even do others.Date of review: June 9, 2008
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Some trail races drown you with scenery. Others are steeped in more history than Fenway Park. Still others attract elites like bees to Honey Stinger gel. But some events stand tall above all others as especially memorable, meaningful and soul stirring.
For Jasper Halekas of Oakland, California, it's the one and only Dipsea. The oldest trail race in the country (2009 was the 99th running), the 7.4-mile Dipsea (www.dipsea.org) is both quirky and legit—much like the eccentric vibe that permeates the surrounding communities of Marin County, north of San Francisco.
"Dipsea is in some ways the Boston Marathon of trail races," says Halekas. "It's also classic because of its unique features: the handicapped start, which regularly allows everyone from 60-year-old men to 13-year-old girls to finish top 10; the (mostly) open course that allows secret shortcuts; and the spectacle of 1500 people battling on a gnarly singletrack."
Also, your life won't be complete until you hit these:
- JFK 50-Miler in Washington County, Maryland. The country's oldest and biggest ultra, with 25 miles on the Appalachian Trail. (www.jfk50mile.org)
- Golden Leaf Half Marathon in Aspen, Colorado. Imagine running through a bronzed impressionist painting, and the crunch of leaves under your feet as an elk bugles off in the distance. Now stop imagining and just run it. (www.utemountaineer.com)
- Mt. Washington Road Race. OK, it's on pavement. But every elite trail runner has endured the 7.6-mile, 5000-vertical-foot climb up New England's behemoth. (www.mountwashingtonroadrace.com)
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8:02 – The Kitzmiller family is getting scary mail and, I assume, death threats. They now mention that eight of the nine school board members (!!!) resigned.
8:05 – Enter the villains! Eight members of the Discovery Institute are shown, all of whom originally wanted to testify. For unknown reasons, five dropped out. (Or not so unknown. See Martin's comment below for more information.)
8:06 – ACLU guy says "It was pretty clear that everything [for the defense side] rested on Michael Behe's testimony."
8:07 – Dramatization of Behe's testimony. That's definitely an actor. Now I am not so sure that's really Jones either. He's mugging too much. I think they're all actors.
8:08 – Flagellum bullshit, with Behe's favorite diagram. Now they show animations illustrating the flagellum up close.
8:14 – Now they're also showing a similar genetic thing to the flagellum, which does not spin but serves a completely different purpose. It is made up of many of the same components as a flagellum. This is a great illustration of adapting pieces that may have evolved for different reasons.
8:15 – Ken Miller picks apart the irreducible mousetrap analogy.
8:16 – This actor who plays Behe is pretty good. He's portraying exactly the right amount of smugness and condescension.
8:17 – Rothschild-actor enacts the amusing stunt of stacking up a pile of books which refute his claim that there are no publications about evolution of flagellum. Behe-actor sits there opening and shutting his mouth, fishlike. Okay, that's probably a bit over the top.
8:24 – Now Judge Jones (the real one) is talking about first amendment, establishment clause issues. We're getting into the "smoking gun" evidence that Pandas & People was once explicitly billed as a creationism book. Lots of shots of Eric Rothschild googling things with an intense look in his eye.
8:27 – Barbara Forrest uncovers the famous typo. One of the lawyers pronounces the words "cdesign proponentsists." Hilarity ensues, in my house anyway.
8:31 – ACLU guy gives Forrest major props as the hero of the trial. Then they re-enact the scene where Behe admits that his definition of "science" applies to astrology. They've now hit both of the high points of Behe's testimony, IMO. And, again with the fish-mouth. In my house, Paul says: "And the Discovery Institute didn't take him home and lynch him, after that performance?"
8:34 – A nice image of the wedge document. Then Barbara Forrest explains its significance. Then an announcer explains its significance some more, with close-ups on significant phrases. Phil Johnson bloviates on camera: "I know it SOUNDS conspiratorial and sinister. But it's really very simple. I just want to chop the theory of evolution into little pieces. And I'm just a humble lawyer, but surely SOMEBODY must know more than me and still support my position. The wide end of the wedge would be smart sciency sounding people like Michael Behe and, um… well, pretty much just Michael Behe." (That's a paraphrase, if it wasn't obvious.)
8:38 – Scenes of Buckingham replay on video footage, where the dumbass says "creationism" many many times, thereby completely tipping his hand about promoting religion. In the courtroom enactment, Buckingham pleads that he "just couldn't think of the words Intelligent Design at the time." This is, of course, contrary to how he was portrayed earlier, where he just wanted to stick in creationism and had never heard of ID before.
8:39 – Buckingham apparently lies under oath, saying he doesn't know where the money came from to buy the Pandas & People copies, or who donated them. Turns out he collected the money from his church personally. Then gave that money to a businessman. Who gave it to Buckingham's dad. Who bought the books. Asshat.
8:43 – Rothschild-actor gives a theatrical summation. Defense attorney-actor also gives quite a stirring summation himself, doing a passable imitation of Alan Shore as he makes an impassioned plea to think of the children and please just let them decide for themselves on the validity of Intelligent Design.
8:45 – Clip of Pat Robertson is shown, threatening Dover with the wrath of God for rejecting Him from their city. And here I am without any popcorn to throw.
8:46 – Fourteen minutes left, and they're just now getting to Judge Jones' lovely ruling on the case. But at least they have him reading it out loud. Actually that's not so great; he's kind of an awkward and slow reader. Soon an announcer takes over to explain the ruling instead of listening to Jones tell it. Speaking freestyle and not reading, Jones then expounds on the ruling and sounds much better. They replay highlights including showing the term "cdesign proponentsists" again.
8:49 – Bill Buckingham: "To put it bluntly, I think he's a jackass. I think he went to clown college instead of law school." He does not add: "And I would have gotten away with it too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!"
8:50 – Other members of DI fall all over themselves to alternately bad-mouth Judge Jones and distance themselves from the rotten performance of their colleagues. Jones talks about receiving death threats.
8:52 – You know, Phillip Johnson really looks a lot like Skeletor on camera these days. "I'll get you next time, evolution! Next time!" No wait, that's Dr. Claw.
Final verdict on this show: It was not bad, but I wouldn't call it riveting television. For people who didn't follow the trial closely, it's a decent academic introduction to the events. For those of us who did, it's mostly a retread that didn't offer a lot of new stuff. The re-enactments were a bit distracting in their amateurishness. The interviews were the most interesting part, and I would have liked to see more of that. Plus, as I said before, much more creative computer animations.


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Thirty-two years ago, Creed Taylor lost control of his CTI record label. Overly ambitious international expansion plans in the late 1970s put enormous strain on CTI's revenue. A protracted legal battle with Warner Brothers over guitarist George Benson, a CTI artist, didn't help. [Photo of Creed Taylor in the 1970s by Chuck Stewart]
To sustain the business, Creed was forced to borrow from Columbia Records and cut a distribution deal with the label, which had been eying CTI for much of the decade. But when the distribution efforts failed to generate sufficient sales to cover costs, CTI had to file for bankruptcy in 1978. Long story short, Columbia wound up with the U.S. rights to the CTI catalog while King Records in Japan acquired the CTI rights there.
Now, to mark the 40th anniversary of CTI's first releases as a stand-alone company, Sony Music (which acquired Columbia) is issuing a four-CD box set in mid-October called CTI Records: The Cool Revolution. The box features 39 tracks from a variety of CTI albums. Additional CTI reissues are planned by Sony.
But as ambitious as Sony's CTI plans are, the box set's recordings simply don't sound as vibrant or as distinctive as they should—despite claims in promotional materials that the label remastered the original two-track analog CTI masters.
I'm sure that Sony remastered the material. The problem is the label for some strange reason didn't do as good a job as it has done recently for other jazz artists who were part of the Columbia fold. I know this because I just spent the past week listening to 20 different CTI releases from King Records in Japan and have compared them with Sony's set. The King's CDs are far and away superior in detail and warmth.
Why are the King CDs better? Part of the reason is this: Last year, King had the wisdom and vision to reach out to Creed and Rudy Van Gelder, the original engineer on most of the CTI recordings, to remaster a series of original recordings for release in Japan. The results are so good they actually sound more remarkable than the original vinyl releases. Which is possible because tape captured more data than analog releases were able to display. When remastered warmly in the digital age and played through better stereo gear, a CD can release more music information into the air than its vinyl relative.
You should know that I've interviewed Creed multiple times on his career and the CTI story, so I know him and the label well. And when you speak with someone often, attachments grow. But let me tell you this: If I felt for a second that the Sony material was on par with or better than the King re-issues, I'd be the first to say so, and my friends at Sony and Creed know this about me. Ultimately, I blog for the jazz-buying consumer and answer to no one. [Pictured: Rudy Van Gelder and Creed Taylor in 2009]
For his part, Creed said he has not heard the new Sony material and did not even know the box or additional albums were being released.
What's baffling is why Sony didn't bother to reach out to Creed [pictured] and Rudy, the way King in Japan did. Perhaps old wounds never fully heal. Or perhaps the people at Sony just assumed Creed and Rudy would balk. Or maybe lawyers advised against it. Or perhaps executives figured it would cost too much to have Creed and Rudy remaster the recordings. Or maybe there is no "someone" anymore at these giant labels, that everything is simply processed as quickly as possible and for as little as can be to hold down costs.
That's not a knock. Budgets are important, especially in today's impossible marketplace. Profit margins are understandably tight. But if you're going to re-issue albums, especially CTI recordings, which had a reputation for sonic strength, you have to produce a top-notch product. CTI fans and buyers are too discriminating.
Sony, of course, has done superb work on the Miles Davis catalog, and I hear the Elvis Presley box coming in December is spectacular. Sadly, the CTI material lacks sonic vitamins and falls short of King's clarity. Which is so disappointing, especially since King's CDs aren't particularly cheap in the U.S.
A little history: Creed Taylor formed CTI in 1967 while working for A&M Records. It originally was a stand-alone label inside A&M. Founders Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss had agreed to let Creed start his own label as part of the original deal that lured the jazz producer away from Verve that year. Creed's early CTI releases while at A&M included Wes Montgomery's A Day in the Life and Down Here on the Ground, Antonio Carlos Jobim's Wave and Quincy Jones' Walking in Space. [Photo of Creed Taylor and Wes Montgomery by Chuck Stewart]
Then in 1969, Creed and A&M decided to part. Creed negotiated a deal whereby CTI would be a stand-alone company and A&M would handle distribution, a vital part of the record business back in the late 1960s and the 1970s. Distribution was in effect the pipeline and manpower that put vinyl in key stores across the country and essential to move product from a factory to consumers' hands.
Between 1969 and 1979, Creed created a new form of jazz that was highly energetic and lushly instrumental, with a major emphasis on fidelity. Creed and Rudy placed only 18 minutes of music on each side of an LP to avoid distortions and allow for maximum information per groove. Which is why the original albums sounded so good.
Most of all, CTI stood for a new way of packaging jazz. Albums opened in a gatefold and all space was devoted to glossy color photographs, most of which were taken by Pete Turner. The point was to create jackets worthy of coffee tables and to offer music that would sound extra special on the new hi-fi component systems that college students and young adults were buying.
Of course, not all listeners approved of CTI. Many jazz fans still have a beef with the label. Purists accused CTI of marginalizing jazz, smoothing out the rough edges and capitulating to the new and colder jazz-rock fusion movement. Others hold the label responsible for the rise of the "smooth jazz" genre.
But love the albums or hate them, CTI was indisputably a significant force in transforming the sound of jazz, merging classical elements with jazz-rock fusion and helping to pull jazz into the 1980s through new packaging and marketing strategies. The label also kept leading jazz musicians regularly employed by forming a house band and giving artists plenty of leeway to create their own unique sound.
CTI simply offered listeners a juicier, listener-friendly alternative to what had been and what was going on at the time. Mind you, not every album issued on the CTI label was important or even holds up today. Creed would be the first to admit that. But the ones that do are magical and jam-packed with sonic information that wasn't there on vinyl. I just wish Sony had taken extra care to make its new issues sound as amazing as Ron Carter's bass, Eumir Deodato's keyboards and Hubert Laws' flute. On a revisit via King, you realize there was more there than originally met the ear, and a large percentage of the material holds up well.
Tomorrow, I will review the King (Japan) CTI series that was remastered by Creed Taylor and Rudy Van Gelder last year.
JazzWax clip: Here's George Benson's When Love Has Grown off of his Body Talk release for CTI in 1973. Earl Klugh is the second guitar, Harold Mabern is on the Fender Rhodes piano, Ron Carter is on bass and Jack DeJohnette is the drummer..


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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Tuesdays With Rita: First Car, Kia Rio
With a "new to me" car in the carport I've been thinking about my other cars. I really haven't had that many. We tend to buy a car and drive it until it won't drive any more.
This Ford Galaxy 500 was my first car. I can't even remember what year it was.
I didn't get my driver's license until I was 18 and already living out of the house. So this car took me through many of those early harrowing driving times. Over-reacting to rain slick roads and a red light and stalling in the middle of a busy intersection. No accidents and one minor ticket for doing a left hand turn seven minutes after the time allowed on a sign on the right side of the street. The cop said he tried to stop the car in front of me but couldn't get their attention. I guess I was an easy mark.
The only dent it ever got was in the "A" Mountain parking lot at ASU. Somebody bashed in the whole right side. I was not a happy camper.
My next car was a white '67 Cougar. Then a silver Mercury Sable. The last is my Pontiac Grand Am which we are donating to the Breast Cancer Society. In 1983 we bought a small 1982 Econoline Van which we still have and it runs great. That's Doug's vehicle along with his '48 Jeep Willys. He drives a work truck for his job so we don't have to worry about that.
So all my cars have been white or silver it feels funny to walk out on the carport and see the bright blue Kia Rio. It's fun to drive though and all I have to do is plug in my MP3. Gee, can you believe I'm catching up a bit in the electronic age.
What was your first car? Do you have pictures?
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Congrats on the new car! My very first car was a used but pretty nice brown 1969 Buick Skylark. Oh yeah, with a vinyl roof that in time cracked, split, and became wings on the freeway! Ha! Thanks for bringing back the memory!ReplyDelete
That was a very great thing to donate your car to breast cancer research. I hope you are enjoying the latest addition to your car family! My first car was a 1997 Camaro. I need to see if I still have a photo!ReplyDelete
My first car was an avocado green 1959 Chevrolet Impala Convertible. I paid a whole $600 for it, very used, but still a good deal below market value. About the third day it started literally jumping up and down on the road. It turned out that a rubber support bearing that held the middle of the drive shaft in place was allowing the shaft to whip all over the place. I suspect the dealer knew and marked the car down. I fixed it myself. I loved that car and bought two others of the same year and model after the first died. Gigantic gull wings on the tail made it look like it was going to take flight.ReplyDelete


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When I'm packing for a climbing trip, of course ropes, harnesses, and pro top the list, but this etrier has saved so much time and hassle on enough trips, that I ALWAYS bring it as well. No matter what climbing application I've used it for, whenever it leaves the pack and finds iteself on a rock face, it proves it's worth. Do I use it every trip? Not even close, but as I said, if it leaves the pack, it saves the day. Most of my trips in recent memory are with friends who don't climb often,and everybody knows that it can be a hassle finding a route that everybody can enjoy. I've hung this baby over a few hard spots and it helps meld the difference between skill levels. You can use it or ignore it. If you're climbing with a group, it can really make the difference between climbing a lot that day, or watching a lot that day. Certainly, a trip should be about the good company and not necessarily good climbing, but why not have both? Nobody likes to sit, wait, and watch(or worse belay) with a craned neck at the same person up there forever. A more practical use of this baby I've found, is to be hung from the anchor bolts of a top-roped climb. For routes that are best acessed from above, this ladder really proves it's worth when you're trying to start a rappel from above the anchor. Regardless of skill level, and depsite the relative clumbsiness of the etrier and the process in general,the ability to step down safely below the anchor is a win and has made the difference between a guest climbing, and a guest sitting it out, and saved lots of time by making that decision easier- and anybody who's taken friends climbing should understand that. Additionally, and I'm purely speculating here, it seems like it would be a useful thing to have around for an emergency or impromtu rescue.
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So far this product has met my expectations. I havn't really had a lot of opportunities to use it for what I had intended but I'm looking forward to it. It's pretty compact. Fits in a cargo pocket really well and doesn't get tangled up in itself. So far it's held any weight I've put on it and the steps do a good job of not collapsing when you put weight on it.
I guess the BD etriers work for what they are supposed to. However the steps themselves are kind of rigid and I found that they tend to get stuck in cracks. Kind of annoying.
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