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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (86 votes).
In short: Great race for beginners. Over subscribed / not well marshalledIn full: Royal Parks 2012....Done this run since 2009 and ech year the events get bigger and harder to get into.Brilliant scenery and PB potential is there. Atmospere is brilliant, exactly like the London Marathon.Downside - far too many people.Pens for runner are not controlled.. was speaking in the 1:45hr group, hoping to finish in 2.30..Marshalling is poor on course.. spectators trying to play dodgems with runners...And it feels that the Royal Prks have sold the majority of the places to the charities - far too corporate, and not about the runners!!!!!Finally baggage area, still too far away from finish line!!!Date of review: October 9, 2012
In short: Love this race In full: Well this one was my first ever Half Marathon in 2011, and was my 10th Half Marathon this year - it holds a firm place in my heart and again it exceeded expectations. Organisation seamless from ballot to receiving medals and simply a lovely race to run. Marshalls are great fun with even the one on Whitehall who reminded us all to "think of Eye of the Tiger" and "What would Rocky do?" ....quality and made me chuckle.Well done to the organisers again for another splendid race Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Nice Flat, fast raceIn full: Surprisingly not as crowded as I was expecting and managed a PB on this flat course. just very busy at the end trying to get through the spectators!!Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Good fun, well runIn full: I really enjoyed this race. The sun was out and I managed to get away from the start line reasonably well. The crowding wasn't too bad. I really enjouyed the course. Running donw the Mall was special.Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Outstanding eventIn full: Was worried that the volume of people would make the first part of the run slow but once you got away from the start line you had enough room to get right into your desired pace. This is a great race with a fantastic route and atmosphere.Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Fast, Well Organised, Great FunDate of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Love itIn full: One of the best half marathons I have ever done, very difficult to get in and very expensive too!! Hope to be able to get a place again next year as unfortunately would never be able to run for a charity and raise the amounts asked.Same old issues with queues at loos and baggage areas, best to give it an hour as race starts sharp!Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Well oragainised half marathon in central LondonIn full: Signed-up as part of the mental health charity Mind team. Well orgainsed event. The facilities in the charity tent were great. Would like to run next year.Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Beautiful scenic run, amazing experienceIn full: This was my second time running this half marathon and it didn't disappoint. Few issues with toilet queue and baggage queue, but I think I should have just allowed more time. Fabulous support by the crowds, lots of water stations, other runners were sensible and make sure to throw water bottles off the road out of the way. Great medal and t-shirt. Love this race and hopefully I will be back next year. Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Great Race with a Great food festival and atmosphereIn full: I love the Royal Parks Half. It is really expensive for a half marathon and if it gets any more expensive, it won't be worth doing.But I love the route. I was disappointed this year there were not enough bananas at the finish for us slower runners. There is good support by the crowds the vast majority of the route except during the 10th and 11th miles that are in the middle of the park. Good organisation. The goody bag could be improved a little bit for the cost of the race.Date of review: October 8, 2012
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U.S. Women Name World Championship Prelim Roster
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 16, 2010) - The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team has announced its 20-player preliminary roster for the FIVB Women's World Championship that will take place Oct. 29 to Nov. 14.
U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) has selected outside hitters Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.), Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.), Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.), Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) for the World Championship preliminary roster. Middle blockers named to the World Championship preliminary roster are Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Christa Harmotto (Hopewell, Pa.), Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Jennifer Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.).
Among the opposites on the preliminary roster are Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio), Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas), Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) and Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.). Setters on the preliminary roster are Lindsey Berg (Honolulu, Hawaii), Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) and Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.). Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) and Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) are the libero players on the World Championship preliminary roster.
"We have a lot of talent in the gym, but the coaching staff feels this 20-player preliminary roster represents the strongest athletes in the gym right now," McCutcheon said. "We are confident we can put together a competitive 14-player roster for the World Championship.
The final 14-player roster will be turned into the FIVB World Championship control committee at the preliminary inquiry on Oct. 28.
The Americans qualified for the FIVB World Championship by winning the FIVB World Championship NORCECA Pool G Qualification Tournament held July 6-8 in Orlando, Fla. Team USA swept Netherlands Antilles, Barbados and Costa Rica in the third-round qualification event.
The U.S. Women's National Team holds a 21-5 record in 2010 with three podium finishes, highlighted by winning the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix held Aug. 6-29. Earlier this year the Americans earned the silver medal at the Montreux Volley Masters and the bronze at the Pan American Cup.
With their three medals in 2010 under second-year head coach McCutcheon, the Americans look to continue their momentum into the 2010 FIVB World Championships after a series of friendly exhibition matches in Brazil at the end of September. The four matches in Brazil will be used to fine tune the World Championship roster.
"We want to use this trip to keep the development of the team moving in the positive direction gained from the World Grand Prix," McCutcheon said. "We are excited to go to Brazil and compete against the top team in the world in this set of friendly matches. We plan to evaluate a lot of players and use different lineups during this tour. We also get a chance to compete against someone other than ourselves and hopefully learn a lot before going to Japan for the World Championships."
The 15 players heading to Brazil for the friendly exhibitions will be setters Alisha Glass and Spicer, liberos Sykora and Davis, opposites Hooker, Metcalf and Nnamani, outside hitters Kim Glass, Barboza, Hodge and Larson, and middle blockers Akinradewo, Bown, Paolini and Tamas. All 15 are also part of the 20-player World Championship preliminary roster.
The U.S., currently ranked second in the world by the FIVB, has medaled at the FIVB World Championship four times. Team USA earned the silver medal at the 2002 World Championship in Berlin and the 1967 World Championship in Tokyo. The Americans captured the bronze in the 1990 World Championship in Beijing and the 1982 World Championship in Lima, Peru.
At the most recent FIVB World Championship held in Japan in 2006, the U.S. finished in a disappointing ninth place.
In its most recent tournament, the U.S. Women's National Team captured the 18th FIVB World Grand Prix title with a 5-0 record in the Final Round following its sweep of Japan on Aug. 29. Earlier, the U.S. defeated Poland, Italy, Brazil and China in the Final Round.
USA middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo was named the Most Valuable Player and Best Blocker at the 18th FIVB World Grand Prix, while teammate Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) earned Best Setter for the event that took place Aug. 25-29 at Ningbo, China.
During the FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round, Akinradewo averaged 1.47 blocks per set with 28 blocks to earn the Best Blocker Award. She out-distanced the second-best blocker by 0.57 blocks per set. Akinradewo added 49 kills and three aces for a total of 80 points in the Final Round, good for second-best in the tournament leading to her Most Valuable Player award. She converted 49 of her 91 offensive attacks into points for a53.8 kill percent, which would have ranked atop the Best Spiker list if she had qualified with the minimum 15 percent of the team's spikes.
The Americans, who won their final 11 matches of the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix, also won the event in 1995 and 2001. Until this year, Team USA had not reached the World Grand Prix medal podium since back-to-back bronze finishes in 2003 and 2004. The U.S. has now medaled in all three of its 2010 tournaments including a silver medal at the 26th Montreux Volley Masters and bronze at the Pan American Cup, both played in June.
McCutcheon believes the FIVB World Grand Prix title and the team's early successes in 2010 are a key part of the developmental process leading toward the FIVB World Championship and future tournaments. However, he understands the team has areas of improvement before heading into the World Championship.
"I think it helps a little in that we now know we can compete with confidence versus any team in the world," McCutcheon said in regards to winning the FIVB World Grand Prix. "However, we have a lot of work to do before the FIVB World Championship tournament as well. So we won't let winning get in the way of the lessons we need to learn."
Glass, playing her first season of international volleyball with the U.S. Women's National Team, averaged 13.11 running sets per set to lead all players in the Final Round. She tallied 249 running sets on 516 attempts. Glass set the squad to a .292 hitting efficiency (250-55-668) and 37.4 kill percent through the five Final Round matches in China.
Akinradewo and Glass were not the only Americans producing well at the World Grand Prix. Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas) finished the Final Round as the fourth-best scorer with 76 points (65 kills, 8 blocks, 3 aces) and Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah) contributed 66 points (54 kills, 9 blocks, 3 aces) for ninth place. Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) ranked 15th in scoring with 52 points (35 kills, 12 blocks, 5 aces) and Jordan Larson Hooper, Neb.) charted 47 points (34 kills, 10 blocks, 3 aces) for 18th place.
Team USA established a dominant block during the entire tournament. During the Final Round, the U.S. held a 76-34 block advantage over its opponents and averaged 4.0 blocks per set. Including the nine matches from the preliminary round, the Americans out-blocked their opponents 222-84 and averaged 4.27 blocks per set. Aside from Akinradewo leading the tournament in blocking, the U.S. had six players rank among the top 20 in the Final Round. Bown ranked ninth (0.63 block average), Larson finished 11th (0.53), Tom was 15th (0.47), Hooker landed in 18th (0.42) and Glass ranked 20th (0.37).
The Americans also took their spots among the tournament's best diggers with four among the top 13. Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) averaged 2.26 digs per set for third place, while Tom ranked seventh with 1.47 per set. Larson tallied 1.11 digs per set for 10th place and Hooker added 0.95 digs per set for 13th place.
Tom, who joined the team during the second preliminary round, ranked fifth in Best Receiver during the Final Round with a 43.26 efficiency. Bown was Team USA's leading server with 0.26 aces per set for seventh place. Hooker ranked as the seventh-best player in Best Spiker with a 38.7 kill percent, while Tom and Larson ranked 15th and 16th, respectively in the category.
Behind Team USA at the FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round, Brazil claimed the silver medal with a 3-2 record and 11 points. Brazil was the two-time defending champion with eight overall World Grand Prix titles. Italy earned the bronze medal with a 2-3 record and seven points. Host China finished fourth with six points and a 2-3 record, followed by fifth-place Japan with four points and a 2-3 record and sixth-place Poland with a 1-4 record and four points.
Team USA's chances of reaching the World Grand Prix Final Round seemed remote based on its 1-2 record and eighth place in the standings following the first preliminary weekend in Poland. However, the Americans caught fire in Thailand starting with a four-set victory over Italy followed by wins over Thailand and Puerto Rico. The U.S. carried the momentum into Hong Kong, beginning with a three-set win over Germany to avenge a four-set loss in the opening weekend. Team USA allowed Thailand to score just 48 points in a three-set win on Aug. 21. In front of over 10,000 fans on Aug. 22, the Americans won their sixth straight match over the host Chinese in four sets to complete a run from eighth place to second place to conclude the preliminary round.
"We got better as the tournament went on," McCutcheon said.
Team USA's next event will be a friendly four-match exhibition tour of Brazil between Sept. 20 and Sept. 30. Both teams are using the tour as final preparations for the FIVB World Championship that starts Oct. 29 in Japan.
U.S. Women's National Team Preliminary Roster for FIVB World Championship
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Hometown, College)
1 - Ogonna Nnamani (OPP, 6-1, Bloomington, Ill., Stanford)
2 - Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, Leland, Mich., Penn State)
3 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Aliquippa, Pa., Penn State)
4 - Lindsey Berg (S, 5-8, Honolulu, Hawaii, Minnesota)
5 - Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M)
6 - Nicole Davis (L, 5-4, Stockton, Calif., Southern California)
7 - Heather Bown (MB, 6-3, Yorba Linda, Calif., Hawaii)
8 - Cynthia Barboza (OH, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford)
9 - Jennifer Tamas (MB, 6-4, Milpitas, Calif., Pacific)
10 - Kim Glass (OH, 6-2, Lancaster, Pa., Arizona)
11 - Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
12 - Nancy Metcalf (OPP, 6-1, Hull, Iowa, Nebraska)
13 - Lauren Paolini (MB, 6-4, Ann Arbor, Mich., Texas)
14 - Nicole Fawcett (OPP, 6-4, Zanesfield, Ohio, Penn State)
15 - Logan Tom (OH, 6-1, Salt Lake City, Utah, Stanford)
16 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
17 - Nellie Spicer (S, 5-9, Barrington, Ill., UCLA)
18 - Megan Hodge (OH, 6-3, Durham, N.C., Penn State)
19 - Destinee Hooker (OPP, 6-4, San Antonio, Texas, Texas)
20 - Angie Pressey Forsett (OH, 5-8, Lake Mary, Fla., California)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer/Medical Support: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Team Doctor: Dr. William Briner
Team Manager: Ken Sullivan

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Still running 2 Generators on the Clinch!!!
I'm new to the area and live only 10 miles from the Clinch. Lately, I am not able to fish unless I drive all over the state, because the TVA is running 2 generators on the Clinch 24 hours a day!
My question is: Is there any end in sight to these agressive generation schedules? If not, can I get some reccomendations for alternate locations?
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."~Henry David Thoreau
Re: Still running 2 Generators on the Clinch!!!
No kidding! I don't know if it's because of the rain we've been getting or what. I've only been able to fish up there on Sundays in the past, and lately they have been running the gens all weekend.
You may want to check out the S. Holston. It's a bit of a drive...but from what I hear, It's the best tailwater in the area.
Re: Still running 2 Generators on the Clinch!!!
Kinda typical for the Clinch...nice of them to do it during the browns spawning season - yet again...I've been waiting to get back there since I took a break from it...second the SoHo, its worth the drive. Hopefully they'll let us play on the Clinch soon, winters always a good time to be out on the water - less crowds for sure. The Holston below Cherokee (Nances Ferry and below the dam in particular for wading, or else get a powered boat - long drift on oars I hear) may be an alternative, but then again, they are generating lots too, hopefully won't push out the small fins they put in...
May you find a rise in every puddle... - WATERBORN
Re: Still running 2 Generators on the Clinch!!!
You may get lucky on Thursday. Seems like they havent ran too much on the Holidays. However, that can create issues with the wife (if you're married). I speak from experience.
Re: Still running 2 Generators on the Clinch!!!
That would be great! I have some family coming in Thursday that would love to try their hand at catching some fish. I am supposed to be the "guide", so-to-speak. HA! We'll see how that turns out!
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."~Henry David Thoreau
Re: Still running 2 Generators on the Clinch!!!
Hey Greene Weenie, and other frustrated fly-fishers... are you familiar with the "approximate travel times" for the water to drop, or start to rise again on the river? *If you know this information, it will help to decide where you can fish safely, and for how long.
For example, if 2 generators are running and then stops, it takes about 75 to 90 minutes for safe wading just below the weir dam. *(Depends on how old and decrepit you are ). *In turn, if the water is turned on, it only takes about 35 to 45 minutes for it to come up, and it does so quickly. *Don't take a chance. *Get near your take out point, then fish a little extra, or just get out of the river altogether.
Downstream near Clinton at the jail or the church, it takes about 9.5 hours for the water to drop enough (2 generators) to start wade fishing. *In turn, it takes about 4 hours to start coming up with two generators, and 5.5 hours with one generator. *This is also dependent on whether the water fully had time to drop to the lowest level. *It'll come up faster if it never went to the lowest level.
To get a better idea of this concept, you can download the Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited website to find the chart with some additional info. *Just cut and paste the chart to Microsoft Word, then print it out for your future reference.
I missed out on fishing today (Thanksgiving), but checked the generation schedule for Friday. *If you look at it, generation stops at midnight, then starts again at 5 a.m. *If you're really desparate to fish, that means you can try near the jail or church (Clinton) and have about a 2 hour window of opportunity to fish... that would be from about 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. *
Please notice, I'm saying, "about, around, approximately," because there are other variables to consider. *Make sure you have a watch for time reference. *When you go back to fish a particular area again and again, select a few reference points you can memorize, such as rocks, stumps, or something with features that stand out so you can tell if the water is rising. *
Based on the TU chart, I try to be near my exit location within 10 to 15 minutes of the time the water is expected to rise. *Sometimes, you can stay onstream an extra 30 minutes. *You just gotta experiment. *Be cautious at first and get to know what happens on different parts of the river. *
Hopefully, there will be some opportunity to fish this weekend. *Often, Sunday is better than Saturday, but who knows?
In the past 3 years, the generation schedules that allow fishing have been much, much better than in the past.
Hope this info helps anyone new to fishing the Clinch river. *I'm still fairly new to fishing it myself, and would appreciate any info from the Clinch veterans.
Be safe, tight loops, and tie one on.
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U.S. Men Take Second Olympic Victory against Italy
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BEIJING (Aug. 12, 2008) – The U.S. Men's Volleyball Team started out slow but picked up speed on Tuesday in its 24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 25-21 victory over Italy in an Olympic pool play match at the Capital Indoor Stadium.
In their second Olympic match without U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon who is still tending to his wife and mother-in-law at a Beijing hospital, the U.S. Men improve their record to 2-0 in Pool A. They will play Bulgaria (1-0 prior to its match against Japan on Tuesday) at 10 p.m. on Thursday at Capital Indoor Stadium.
Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawai'i) led Team USA with 23 points on a match-high 19 kills, three blocks and one assist. Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) added 20 points on 18 kills, two blocks. Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) scored 12 points on seven kills, three blocks and two aces.
"Today's match had a lot to do with our serve and their serve receive," said U.S. Interim Head Coach Ron Larsen (Lafayette, Calif.). "It helped with our block."
Team USA finished with four aces and 15 blocks as opposed to Italy with three aces and nine blocks.
The U.S. Men completed 58 of 111 kill attempts for 36 percent efficiency. Italy completed 50 of 119 kill attempts for 24 percent.
"I think I was having difficulties in hitting," said Italy's Alessandro Fei, who finished with 11 points on nine kills and two aces. His teammate Hristo Zlatanov led Italy with 19 points on 16 kills and three blocks. "Of course the Americans played very well. So if you combine the two things together, this is the result."
Among other scorers, Riley Salmon (League City, Texas) scored 11 points on eight kills, two blocks and one ace. David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) totaled 10 points on five kills and a match-high five blocks. U.S. setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) had one point on one kill.
Ball was credited with 41 running sets for an average of 10.25 per set.
U.S. libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) was credited with 10 digs and three faults on 15 attempts. He was also credited with 25 "excellent" receptions on 33 attempts for a successful percentage of 76 percent.
Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.), Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) and Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) all played as substitutes.
In the first set, Italy held an 8-6 lead at the first technical timeout and led 16-14 at the second. With the United States trailing 16-18, a block from Millar and an ace by Salmon tied the score. Italy reached set point first at 24-23, but then committed an error to tie the score. A Zlatanov gave Italy a second set point at 25-24 and Alessandro's ace ended the set.
"I thought we started the match waiting to see Italy's strategy," Hoff said. "After the first and second sets, our block was very efficient." After that our offense got going and felt comfortable knowing the block was going well."
The United States led the second set 8-5 at the first technical timeout and 16-14 at the second. Italy came close to tying the score at 22-21, but Salmon's kill kept it out of reach. Lee won the set for Team USA with a kill.
The third set seemed like it would be close at first as the U.S. held a slim 7-6 lead. However, it reached the first technical timeout first on an Italian error, then scored four straight points behind the serving of Salmon to lead 12-6. Team USA extended the lead to 16-8 at the second technical timeout. Zlatanov scored one point on a kill, and Team USA scored the next three to make it 20-9. Italy never recovered.
Team USA used three kills from Priddy along with kills from Millar, Stanley and Lee to take an 8-5 lead at the first technical timeout of the fourth set and led 16-12 at the second. The United States reached match point first at 24-19, but a Ball serving error brought Italy to 20 and Alberto Cisolla's kill made it 24-21 before Stanley ended the match with a kill.
No. Name (Pos., Height, Age., Hometown, College)
1 Lloy Ball (S, 6-8, 36, Woodburn, Ind., IPFW)
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, 25, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4 David Lee (MB, 6-8, 26, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, 33, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
8 Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, 30, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9 Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, 30, Palmdale, Calif., BYU)
10 Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, 32, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
12 C Tom Hoff (MB, 6-8, 35, Park Ridge, Ill., Long Beach State)
13 Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, 30, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawai'i)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, 26, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 Gabe Gardner (OPP, 6-9, 32, San Clemente, Calif., Stanford)
18 Scott Touzinsky (OH, 6-6, 26, St. Louis, Mo., Long Beach State)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon
Team Leader: Rob Browning
Interim Head Coach: Ron Larsen
Second Assistant Coach: John Speraw
Consultant Coach: Marv Dunphy
Technical Consultant: Jamie Morrison
Scout: Carl McGown
Athletic Trainer: Aaron Brock
Aug. 10: USA def. Venezuela, 3-2 (25-19, 25-18, 22-25, 21-25, 15-10)
Aug. 12: USA def. Italy, 3-1 (24-26, 25-22, 25-15, 25-21)
Aug. 14 vs. Bulgaria, 10 p.m., Capital Indoor Stadium
Aug. 16 vs. China, 10 a.m., Beijing Institute of Technology
Aug. 18 vs. Japan, 10 p.m., Capital Indoor Stadium
Aug. 20 Quarterfinals
Aug. 22 Semifinals
Aug. 24 Gold and Bronze medal matches


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Welcome to our celebration of many wonderful years of great music making. The unique aspect of the Delaware State University choral program is the intertwining of many musical styles, presenting them with great distinction, precision and heart. We seek to meld together classical, gospel, sacred, Negro Spirituals, jazz, and secular music styles into a unique musical tapestry. We are proud of this diversity and we celebrate it.
The performing arts are indispensable expressions of our human heritage, having traditionally been the most significant reminder of past civilizations. By studying to become a musician/artists/performer, you will be intrinsically motivated to study that which elevates each of us to our highest achievements.
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In just one day, letter carriers around Oregon collected 1.3 million pounds of donated food items. Over $74-thousand dollars in cash donations were collected as well.
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A water main ruptured last Sunday at the 305-17th Ave. SW commercial building, flooding Minot's Internal Revenue Service Taxpayer Assistance Center.
The IRS branch has since closed for repairs, though a number of its nonreproducable tax forms, such as the W-2 and 1099, will be available at the Minot Post Office. As yet, there is no indication when the office will reopen or specific details about the exact cause of the break.
The administrative offices of Power Fuels Inc. which owns the building were also affected, but despite some water damage the company will continue operating as per usual.
For IRS tax help, the next closest assistance center is located in Bismarck at 2911 N. 14th St. No appointments are necessary, the office being open weekdays from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. (except for 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. lunch hour). Additional information about operating hours and available services of Taxpayer Assistance Centers can be found at www.irs.gov/localcontacts. The IRS also has a toll-free help line that is open weekdays from 7 a.m until 7 p.m., at 1-800-829-1040.


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Q. Does Brufen cause constipation?
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It is used to stop abnormal vaginal bleeding. However, consult your doctor if you experience such type of effects.
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Paracetamol (also known as acetaminophen, crocin, dolo, calpol, pacimol) is an over-the-counter drug available in India. It is generally safe if used at prescribed doses for the prescribed duration as advised by your doctor
Q. Is paracetamol a painkiller/ used for cold?
Paracetamol is used to relieve mild to moderate pain associated with cold and flu, as well as fever
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Paracetamol is a anti-pyretic (anti-fever), anti -inflammatory drug, which belongs to the category of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). However, unlike other NSAIDS, paracetamol can relieve only mild to moderate pain. It is not an antibiotic
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Paracetamol (available as crocin) is available over-the-counter in combination with ibuprofen/naproxen/other NSAID. However, always consult your doctor regarding combined use of crocin with any other drug
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Paracetamol on overdose can severely damage the liver and cause death. No more than 4 grams should be consumed in one day. Always consult your doctor regarding use of paracetamol
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For insomniacs you may need to enclose in a while true; do ...; done loop ;)
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Polish notation will rule the world...
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You can also do 'echo "vlc path/to/song" | at 6:00
this works on Solaris, so not better than the "only-GNU"-tool :-(
I think, there is no one-liner for this, that will work on all *nix-es
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Uses the data in the /proc system, provided by the acpid, to find out the CPU temperature. Can be run on systems without lm-sensors installed as well.
This will download a Youtube playlist and mostly anything http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/2.0/reference.html#Video_Feeds
The files will be saved by $id.flv
Sqlite database keeps collecting cruft as time passes, which can be cleaned by the 'vacuum;' command. This command cleans up the cruft in all sqlite files relating to the user you have logged in as. This command has to be run when firefox is not running, or it will exit displaying the pid of the firefox running.
"cut" the user names from /etc/passwd and then running a loop over them.
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Ummmm.. Saw that gem on some dead-head hippies VW bus at phish this summer.. It's actually one of my favorite ways of using bash, very clean. It shows what you can do with the cool advanced features like job control, redirection, combining commands that don't wait for each other, and the thing I like the most is the use of the ( ) to make this process heirarchy below, which comes in very handy when using fifos for adding optimization to your scripts or commands with similar acrobatics.
1 gplovr 30667 1 wait 1324 1 -bash
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Does require at, which some environments without crontab still do have.
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RED LIGHT NEW MUSIC OPENS ITS FIFTH SEASON WITH NEW WORKS AT THE STONEPosted by sequenza21 in Concert Announcement, tags: Christopher Cerrone, Kyle Hillbrand, Light, Liza Lim, Music, New, Red, Red Light New Music, Reiko Fueting, Vincent Raikhel
New York, NY, Contemporary music ensemble Red Light New Music opens its fifth season with new chamber works at the Stone. The Red Light Ensemble will perform the virtuosic and mercurial Inguz (Fertility) by the Australian composer Liza Lim and a new work for cello and piano by the German-American composer Reiko Füting. The ensemble will also perform new acoustic and electro-acoustic works by Red Light composers Christopher Cerrone, Kyle Hillbrand, Vincent Raikhel, and Scott Wollschleger.
About Red Light New Music:
"…these sure-handed players brought out the enigmatic beauty of Mr. Furrer's wiry constructions." The
New York Times
Red Light New Music is a non-profit, New York-based contemporary music series and ensemble dedicated to the presentation of new classical music. Now in its fifth season, Red Light is passionate about the presentation of music by younger composers and has commissioned composers from countries such as Germany, Italy, France, Sweden and the United States and performed them in venues throughout New York, as well as the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, at the Hochscule fur Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin and live on Louisville Public Radio. Red Light's fifth season will include a
residency at the University of California at San Diego and concerts in Switzerland and in Washington, Baltimore, and Boston. For more information about Red Light, please visit www.redlightnewmusic.org.
Red Light New Music presents
New Works at The Stone
The Red Light Ensemble: Eileen Mack, clarinets; Jessie Marino, cello; John Popham, cello; Christiana Little, soprano; Kyle Hillbrand, percussion; and Yegor Shevstov, piano
Liza Lim: Inguz (Fertility), for clarinet and cello
Reiko Fueting: New Works for cello and piano
Christopher Cerrone: Requiem (for K.V.), for voice and electronics
Scott Wollschleger: Brontal No. 2 for piano
Vincent Raikhel: Refracted Epilogue for clarinet
Kyle Hillbrand: New Work for clarinet, cello, and piano
Date/time: Friday, September 4, 2009 at 10:00pm
Venue: The Stone / Avenue C & 2nd Street/ New York, NY 10013
Tickets: $10 at the door
Phone/web: (212) 431-0066 | www.redlightnewmusic.org | www.thestonenyc.com
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We've seen one too many ATM scams pop up in the news over the course of the past year, but this latest scam is especially disturbing because it involves a bank employee. In Charlette, North Carolina a member of the IT Staff at a Bank of America branch ended up installing malware onto the bank's ATM machines. It has been discovered that he used the malware to make fraudulent withdrawals over the course of a seven-month period.
Many suspect that Rodney Reed Caverly, 37, used malware code that originated in Russia and the Ukraine. The code which was discovered last year, was used in 20+ ATMs overseas, is designed to capture pins and bank card magstripe data, and it also allows thieves to instruct the machine to eject whatever cash still inside of it.Read More →


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PaintBall Team in Portugal - Blue Falcon Squadron
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Posted 27 March 2010 - 07:37 AM
Hi i'm a paintball player from portugal and i play with the Blue Falcon Squadron PaintBall Team. We are a rec team most of all but we also play in some comp games, we're currently in a tournament called woodsball,it's kind like airball but we play in a diferent field with out the ballons, insted we have stuff built with wood and so...
All this because comp in Portugal it's just for those who can aford it, i hope that in the future this situation changes.
Well but we have fun in rec too, check out our forum and leave your opinion , we have photos that you can check out and if you ever come to Portugal look us up and play with us.
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Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto-Crusted Chicken Breast over Creamy Herb Polenta
Recipe courtesy of Robert Irvine
- Dinner: Impossible
- For the chicken with sun-dried tomato pesto crust:
- 1 cup sun-dried tomatoes from a jar
- 2 garlic cloves, quartered
- 1 cup packed fresh basil leaves
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 6 (6-ounce) chicken breasts, with wing bone, skin on
- For the creamy polenta:
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 cup cornmeal
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup freshly shredded Cheddar
- 3 tablespoons chopped scallions
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
For the pesto crust:
Blend sun-dried tomatoes, garlic cloves and basil leaves in a food processor. Stir in Parmesan and add salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside briefly. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Season chicken breast with pepper only. (The Parmesan in the pesto will provide salt.) Brown both sides of chicken, beginning with skin side first. Coat chicken with pesto and roast in oven for 25 to 35 minutes, or until fork tender.
For the polenta:
Combine chicken stock and cream in a large heavy saucepan. Heat to a gentle boil over medium heat, being careful not to burn. While whisking constantly, gradually add the cornmeal in a thin stream. Once cornmeal is incorporated, keep heat low and continue to whisk until mixture is slightly thickened and creamy. Stir in butter and Cheddar and allow cheese to melt. Season with pepper, (and salt if needed). Spoon polenta onto serving plate, top with chicken breast and garnish with chopped scallions.
Copyright 2006, Robert Irvine, All Rights Reserved


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Decided to try an experiment today with a new tea/teapot combination. Tossed two teaspoons worth of gunpowder green a friend gifted me in my hobin which hasn't been getting much love recently. 90s later, I was treated to a deliciously thick, slightly sweet brew with no hint of bitterness! I have a new favorite way to brew a tea that I've never much liked before.
It's a mix-and-match session with a Petr Novak yuzamashi, Seong-il hobin, and Shawn's cup that feels like it was carved straight out of a rock.
Eclectic gunpowder green tea session by Devoted135, on Flickr
The second (45s) brew was equally good.
Untitled by Devoted135, on Flickr


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Following the steady decline in funding for scientific cooperation between the U.S. and Uzbekistan, CSTSP initiated a project in 2011 with the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan (ASU) to identify possible areas of future scientific cooperation. An initial meeting was held in Tashkent in 2012 and resulted in the identification of several near- and longer-term opportunities for future cooperation.The goals of the Washington, DC meeting, which was held in May 2013, were to identify specific project proposals, partners, and prospective funders which drew on the near- and long-term cooperative activities described in the Tashkent report.
Enhancing and Sustaining U.S. – Uzbek Collaborations in the Life Sciences
At the May 2013 follow-on workshop, AAAS and AS RUz invited key staff from several funding organizations, including the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center and National Cancer Institute; National Science Foundation; Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Department of State Biosecurity Engagement Program; and the nongovernmental organizations, U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention and CRDF Global.
Scientists in attendance had expertise in agricultural, environmental, and health sciences and were from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), U.S. universities, and AS RUz institutes. The scientists were given several opportunities to discuss and develop new project proposals throughout the meeting. In addition, the Uzbek scientists were given tours of U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention and USDA-ARS laboratory facilities after which all Uzbek scientists visited the National Arboretum.


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Topic: Delete link not working; JavaScript problem?
The code in my view is this:
<%= link_to 'Delete', record, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete %>
Which generates the expected HTML code:
Delete
However, clicking on the link fails to ask for confirmation, and sends the user to the show action, not the delete action:
Started GET "/training_log/employee_jobs/41" for 127.0.0.1 at 2013-03-08 09:54:20 +0000
So I am thinking that this is an issue with Unobtrustive JavaScript; the data-confirm and data-method are not doing anything. I have a JavaScript function in a library that moves the cursor to the first input box on the page, and that works okay, so JavaScript is working. I have looked at the application.js file, and my focus-moving script is there, and there is some code that mentions both data-confirm and data-method, though whether it is the right code I could not say. Here is the snippet:
... var r;e.rails=r={linkClickSelector:"a[data-confirm], a[data-method], a[data-remote], a[data-disable-with]",inputChangeSelector:"select[data-remote], input[data-remote], textarea[data-remote]",formSubmitSele ...
This is the manifest from application.js (f2 being my custom library):
//= require jquery
//= require f2
//= require prototype
//= require effects
//= require controls
//= require jquery_ujs
//= require jquery-ui
I have also tried it with the custom library absent to see if that was screwing it up - it was not. This is an old project that was originally written in an early Rails 2, and has been upgraded to more recent versions as and when, so it may be a legacy of that.
I am wondering if anyone can shed some light here?
By the way, I am precompiling assets in development here to mimic what happens in production. Rails 3.2.11 on JRuby 1.7.2.
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Transport is highly dependent on oil. 95% of all kilometres travelled (both passenger and freight) in the EU are powered by oil derived fuels (TERM 2014 report).[1] The combustion of this oil releases pollution in the form of emissions, which place significant burdens on human health and the environment. In 2012, the transport sector (including bunker fuels) accounted for 24.3% of total EU GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions.
Emissions of air pollutants from transport have generally declined over the past two decades. However, around 90% of city dwellers in the European Union (EU) are still exposed to air pollutants at levels deemed harmful to health by the World Health Organization (WHO), and transport is a large contributor to this. Transport also causes noise impacts. Road traffic exposes more people to harmful levels of noise than any other source, followed by rail and aircraft (see SOER 2015 briefing on noise). Data also show that fragmentation due to transport infrastructure and urban sprawl constitutes a growing threat to many wildlife populations via reduced connectivity among habitats, becoming increasingly isolated.
Transport demand, fuel consumption, and transport-related GHG emissions have all increased since 1990. They peaked around the beginning of the economic crisis and have shown unstable trends since.
EU measures to reduce transport emissions have included the introduction of fuel-quality standards and exhaust-emission limits for air pollutants and CO2. They have also included the incorporation of the transport sector into national emission-limit calculations for both air pollutants[2] and GHGs (under the EU Effort Sharing Decision).[3]
The European Commission's White Paper on Transport[4] is a further political response to these issues. It was designed to guide future policy developments in the transport sector over the next decade and in accordance with the long-term EU objective to reduce GHG emissions by 80–95% by 2050.[5] The White Paper calls for a reduction of CO2 from transport of at least 60% by 2050 from 1990 levels. It envisages the target being met by a combination of new technology and more efficient use of existing technology.
Transport volume growth and associated environmental pressures generally follow economic development (see Figure 1). International aviation has experienced the largest percentage increase in passenger kilometres from 1995 levels (+ 66%). Aviation in the EU showed annual increases of up to 7.5% until 2007, growing again by 10% between 2010 and 2011 and stabilising in 2012. Car travel has increased significantly in the last decades, but has remained below its 2009 peak in 2012. In recent decades, the growth in transport demand has often negated or limited many of the environmental benefits brought by improved technology. Europe's challenge is therefore to achieve future economic development without increasing pressures on the environment.
EU transport (including international aviation but excluding international maritime) GHG emissions are currently 20.5% above 1990 levels (Figure 2). Transport is the only sector of the economy to have seen such a large increase in emissions in this period. Emissions from international aviation in the EEA-33 countries have more than doubled since 1990, while international maritime emissions increased by 34%, and road transport emissions increased by 20%. Rail transport and inland navigation are the modes of transport to have seen a decrease in GHG emissions compared to 1990, falling by 46% and 17% respectively in the EEA-33 compared to 2012.
On a more positive note, the transport sector shows progress towards the goal of achieving a 10% share of renewable energy by 2020 in each Member State. The average EU-28 share of renewable energy in transport increased from 3.4% in 2011 to 5.1% in 2012.
The use of renewable electricity in road transport has also increased, but remains marginal compared to the amount of biofuels consumed. Pure electric vehicles currently comprise only 0.04% of the total fleet and the latest data show that their share in EU-27 new car registrations is only 0.22%.
The efficiency of new cars has also improved, encouraged by EU regulations.[6] The average CO2 emissions level of a new car sold in 2013 was 127 g of carbon dioxide per kilometre, significantly below the 2015 target of 130 g. However, manufacturers will have to keep reducing emissions levels to meet the target of 95g CO2/km by 2021.
Unlike the trend for GHGs, emissions of the main air pollutants from transport have generally declined over the past two decades (Figure 3). However, the decreases for certain pollutants (SOx, NOx and PM), are much less when emissions from international shipping are taken into account. The introduction of catalytic converters, progressively stricter Euro emission standards, and increasingly strict fuel quality standards are the main factors behind past reductions.
A less positive development is the increase in the fraction of NOx emitted as NO2 by diesel vehicles, leading to exceedances of NO2 values in many European cities. Increasing traffic volumes, coupled with the promotion of diesel vehicles in many EU Member States, have thus become one of the main reasons why countries do not meet EU air quality regulations.
To make matters worse, NOx emissions from diesel vehicles under real-world driving conditions often exceed the test-cycle limits specified in the Euro emission standards, a problem that also affects official fuel consumption and CO2-emission values. In general, an average diesel car emits more PM and NOX than petrol, but less CO2. Recent data show that the CO2 difference is decreasing.
Before the economic crisis, Europeans were travelling more than ever before (see SOER 2015 briefing on tourism). Based on past trends, the European Commission's 60% transport GHG reduction target by 2050 will not be met. Meeting these targets will therefore require fundamental transitions in the European transport sector.
One of these transitions is the shift to alternative fuel vehicles. However, too few alternative fuel vehicles (electric, plug-in hybrid and hydrogen vehicles) are currently being sold. Consumers are reluctant to purchase these vehicles, and manufacturers are deterred from investing further in them. The European Commission has recently submitted a proposal to significantly develop the infrastructure for alternative fuels as a way of addressing the problem of low uptake of vehicles and lack of infrastructure.[7] As well as delivering clear environmental benefits (reducing average CO2 emissions and reducing air pollutant emissions etc.), the uptake of new technologies will also reduce Europe's dependency on oil.
However, changes in the transport sector — such as renewing an entire country's fleet of vehicles — require time to take effect. Delivery of benefits from an uptake of new vehicle technologies also depends on developments in other sectors, such as clean electricity production to cope with increasing demand (while complying with the Emissions Trading System (ETS) agreements). Moreover, alternative fuel vehicles will not on their own solve other existing problems such as congestion levels, accidents and road safety, or noise levels. For this reason, additional fundamental changes in the way Europe transports passengers and goods are needed.
These additional changes include avoiding the use of transportation where possible; shifting necessary transport from environmentally harmful modes to more environmentally friendly modes; and improving the efficiency of all modes of transport. It is essential for the public to accept the need for these changes. Public acceptance is critical to overcoming the two main barriers for implementation of these changes: lack of political will and lack of funding.[8]
Fortunately, signs of a potential cultural change have already been identified in recent research. In countries such as Germany, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan and the USA, car travel demand appears to be decreasing, remaining at the same level, or growing only slowly.[9][10][11] A number of reasons have been suggested for this change, including improved public transport, fuel prices, and changes in the symbolic value attached to vehicles.[12][11][13]
Aviation is another source of environmental pressures, and there has been extensive debate in recent years over whether international aviation should be included in the EU ETS. ICAO, the UN agency responsible for International Civil Aviation, recently agreed to develop by 2016 a global market-based mechanism to tackle emissions, to come into force in 2020. Nevertheless, the aviation sector remains exempt from fuel taxation, and ticket purchases are not subject to VAT, neither of which helps to address aviation transport demand.
In the longer-term, Europe will need a coordinated approach, which integrates all of the above policy measures: alternative-fuel vehicles, transport avoidance, shifting to less environmentally damaging modes of transport, new infrastructure, and financial measures. In order to gain public support, this coordinated approach must aim to address not just the environmental impacts of the transport system. It must also create better health and improved quality of life for Europe's citizens.]]>
The European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Noise Abatement Societies of the Netherlands and UK want to raise awareness about the importance of a healthy soundscape and reward European initiatives in the field of noise control or soundscape management. From 24 April 2013, the International Noise Awareness Day, entries are invited for any product, campaign, innovation or scheme offering a creative solution to a noise problem. The award will be presented at a ceremony in Utrecht on 5th November 2013.
For more information on how to submit an application, visit the European Soundscape Award webpage. The deadline for submissions is 6th September 2013.
A German consortium led by the Technical University of Berlin won the European Soundscape Award 2012 for the remodelling of Nauener Platz, a city park in Berlin. The winning project used a range of measures to create a healthier soundscape, including:
• Building a 1.5 m sound barrier made of stone and plants.
• Installing devices in sculptures and benches which played recorded sounds of birds and water.
• Redesigning the park to include more attractive playgrounds, sports areas and green spaces which increased the lively sounds from human activities.
The runner-up award was presented to Estonian NGO Ökokratt for its educational project 'Noise is not music'. The project raised awareness of the adverse impacts of noise among children and young people and involved more than 100 teachers and 30,000 children from 214 different schools.
The Centre for Hearing and Communication founded International Noise Awareness Day to promote awareness of the dangers of long-term exposure to noise. This year the event takes place on 24th April.
The EEA report on transport and the environment shows that some efficiency gains have been made. For example, new cars in 2010 were approximately a fifth more efficient than in 2000. However, these relatively modest gains are often outpaced by growing demand, even if the recession slowed activity in some areas. Between 1990 and 2009, demand for transport grew by approximately one third, leading to a 27 % increase in greenhouse gases (GHGs) from transport in the same period.
New targets proposed in the Commission's Roadmap will frame policy making at the European, national and municipal level in order to tackle environmental issues connected to transport. The report shows there are significant opportunities for policy makers to address these problems coherently, for example by addressing air quality and climate change together.
For the first time, the EEA has developed a baseline to assess progress towards the transport sector's environmental targets. These include targets for greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption and noise. A core set of 12 indicators has been developed, spanning a wide range of policy areas.
'Laying the foundations for greener transport' is the latest in an annual series of reports published by the European Environment Agency under the Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM).
The European Annual Air Quality Report 2011 provides an overview and analysis of air quality in Europe. The evaluation of the status and trends of air quality is based on ambient air measurements (1999-2009), in conjunction with anthropogenic emissions and their trends (1990-2009).
The TERM report includes a chapter on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from cars. In coming weeks, the EEA will release updated data on manufacturers' progress towards CO2 targets for new cars. This will be published on www.eea.europa.eu.
In 2012, the TERM report will track progress against the baseline established in this report for the first time.
Transport GHG emissions were defined in the Kyoto Protocol agreement as the emissions from the combustion and evaporation of fuel for all transport activity, regardless of the sector, but excluding international aviation and maritime transport (international bunker fuels). The GHG emissions target for transport in the Commission's Roadmap is defined as the emissions counted under the Kyoto Protocol, plus international aviation (but excluding international maritime transport). Figures are in CO2 equivalent.
Freight transport: This includes road (national and international haulage of Heavy Good Vehicles, including cross-trade and cabotage), railways and inland waterways.
There are a number of different types these days. When we talk about passenger vehicles we can distinguish between pure battery electric vehicles – powered by an electric motor only – as well as different types of plug-in hybrid cars that have both an electric motor and an internal combustion engine.
Other types of vehicles can also run on electricity. On the road we see more and more electric bicycles, vans and buses being used. As for other modes of transport we also have railway engines, water-borne ferries, ships and small boats.
Each year we see more and more electric passenger cars being sold, both pure battery vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Last year, around 150 000 new electric vehicles were sold in the EU. Although sales are increasing rapidly in percentage terms, they still constitute a small fraction of overall sales, just 1.2 % in 2015. And we estimate that only around 0.15 % of vehicles on the road are electric. Or put in another way, just one out of every 700 passenger cars. One important country to mention is Norway, which leads the way in terms of electric car sales. Last year, around 34 000 new electric vehicles were sold there – corresponding to one in five of all new cars.
The EU is committed to decarbonising its transport system and supporting alternatives to conventional combustion engine technologies and fuels. Electric vehicles are just one element. Some policies encourage the development of renewable fuels and electricity; while others aim at the infrastructure needed for electric vehicles such as recharging points across Europe. Specific pieces of legislation set targets for how much carbon dioxide (CO2) new vehicles can emit per kilometre. These have helped incentivise manufacture of low emitting vehicles including electric cars.
Use of fossil fuels in transport harms the local air quality and our climate. This happens through exhaust emissions of CO2 and harmful air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and particulate matter. Road traffic is also by far the main source of noise across Europe. Clearly, incorporating electric vehicles in the fleet can significantly reduce overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and air pollution, particularly if the electricity used comes from renewable sources. But even when electricity is generated from fossil fuels, the urban environment can still benefit from a switch to electric vehicles when considering reduced local air pollution and noise levels.
Almost all countries are doing something to promote electric vehicles, but relatively few countries have successfully achieved large increases in sales. For example, ninety percent of new electric vehicles were sold in just six EU Member States in 2015 – that is Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Norway, mentioned earlier, is a frontrunner in this field and a good example of a country that uses a complete package of incentives. One of the most effective measures seems to be purchase subsidies that make the price of electric vehicles similar to conventional cars. Other incentives include reduced cost of ownership such as annual tax reduction or free charging, free parking or use of bus lanes for electric cars.
The technology still needs to improve in several ways for consumers to embrace electromobility more broadly. For example, the driving range needs to be longer and the charging speed quicker. Currently, it takes 20-30 minutes to charge a vehicle for a 100 km drive at the fastest charging stations. We also need a better infrastructure making public charging points as common as conventional fuelling stations and expand renewable energy generation capacity to fully take advantage of the benefits of electromobility. Electric vehicles are also more expensive than conventional vehicles.
It is also important to note that simply replacing conventional vehicles with electric ones won't solve many of the problems we associate with transport. While it can help reduce GHG emissions, air pollution and noise, electric vehicles won't solve other problems such as congestion or demand for new road infrastructure and parking spaces. To make transport truly sustainable, we as a society need to rethink our whole mobility system looking at innovative ways of reducing our reliance on vehicles. This can include changes such as using car sharing schemes, developing better public transport infrastructure and increasing the use of low- or zero-emission transport modes.
Looking ahead, we will publish two publications on electric vehicles this autumn: a guide summarising the current state of knowledge on electric vehicles in Europe, and a short forward-looking briefing on some of the potential impacts on the energy system and the environment associated with a hypothetical large-scale uptake of electric vehicles by 2050.
Magdalena Jóźwicka]]>
The European Environment Agency (EEA) and the Noise Abatement Society (NAS) want to raise awareness about the importance of a healthy soundscape and to reward European initiatives in the field of noise control or soundscape management. Any product, campaign, innovation or scheme offering a creative solution to a noise problem can be nominated for the award. The award will be presented at a ceremony in London on 6 November 2012.
For more information on how to submit an application, visit the European Soundscape Award webpage. The deadline for applications is 7 September 2012.
The Dutch province of Gelderland and the municipality of Wijchen won the European Soundscape Award 2011 for their sustainable and integrated traffic noise reduction solution in the village of Alverna. The winning project combined a range of innovative measures to reduce noise levels. The measures consisted of:
These measures meant planners were able to achieve the same effect as installing the usual unattractive, 4m-high noise barriers.The project also included a tree planting scheme to create attractive pedestrian areas. In addition to the noise reduction benefits, the full package of measures also increased road safety, reduced fuel use, helped improve air quality and quality of life in the village.
The runner-up award was presented to the Dutch Noise Abatement Society for the 'Electric Heroes – Go smart, go electric' campaign to encourage the use of electric scooters in The Hague and Zaanstad.
The Centre for Hearing and Communication founded International Noise Awareness Day to promote awareness of the dangers of long-term exposure to noise. This year the event takes place on 25 April.
The award recognises initiatives that can help reduce noise and create more tranquil environments. In 2013, 11 entries were submitted covering a wide range of initiatives in the field of noise control or soundscape management. More information on each project is available in this map.
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A Swiss consortium of public and private partners led by The Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) won the European Soundscape Award 2013 for their communication campaign. The idea behind the campaign was to help reduce road traffic noise promoting the use of low-noise tyres.
The campaign focused on the frequently-overlooked option of choosing quieter tyres. Low-noise tyres are already on the market, are not more expensive than regular tyres and do not show obvious trade-offs in other areas such as durability.
A database of tyres was developed to enable car owners to compare the rolling noise of different products. Other parameters are also important - for example rolling resistance influences fuel consumption and wet grip has an effect on safety. So the focus of the campaign was expanded to promote "better tyres" that were both quiet, fuel saving and safe.
Alongside the database, the campaign used a range of promotional measures including a campaign website, TV advertising, online-ads, billboard advertising, posters and flyers for car repair shops, a Twitter campaign and a lottery giving away prizes of quality tyres.
The campaign was communicated in German, French and Italian. A telephone survey showed that there was widespread awareness of the campaign.
The project 'Cultivating Urban Sound', presenting the importance of sound for quality of life in urban areas, won the runner-up prize.
The project has two parts. The first part is a master thesis 'Cultivating Urban Sound – Unknown Potentials for Urbanism' by Trond Maag from Oslo School of Architecture and Design, exploring opportunities for planning and designing urban sound. It concludes that private and public players should be made aware of their responsibility for the acoustic environment, in order for European city soundscapes to become more attractive. To this end, it recommends fostering a 'sound culture' within municipalities to encourage planners, architects and other stakeholders to think about sound using a multidisciplinary approach.
In the second part of the project, Maag continues his work researching the acoustic features of typical urban and suburban areas in Switzerland. He has subsequently produced a guide for designers and planners which can be used to improve urban soundscapes.
The second part of this project also involved FOEN, alongside the Building Department of the Canton of Zurich.
The Environmental Noise Directive (2002/49/EC) is one of the main instruments to identify noise pollution levels and to trigger the necessary action both at Member State and at EU level. The EEA supports noise reduction across Europe by compiling noise data from EEA member countries and making them available through the Noise Observation and Information Service for Europe (NOISE) database. The data can be viewed in a user-friendly interactive map or can be downloaded in a variety of formats.
The EEA has also published a Good Practice Guide on noise exposure and potential health effects which can help national, regional and local authorities to prepare action plans. In 2014, the EEA will publish its first European noise assessment.]]>
Across Europe, at least 100 million people are exposed to damaging levels of noise just from road traffic. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that each year Europeans lose at least 1 million healthy life years due to traffic-related noise. Giving people better access to tranquil places can on the other hand enhance mental and physical health and improve quality of life.
This year was the second time the EEA and NAS encouraged applications for the European Soundscape Award. The competition was open to any product, campaign, innovation or scheme offering a creative solution to the problem of noise. The organisers received 10 entries spanning 11 countries, covering a wide range of initiatives in the field of noise control or soundscape management.
A German consortium led by Prof. Dr. Brigitte Schulte-Fortkamp, Technische Universität Berlin won the European Soundscape Award 2012 for the remodelling of Nauener Platz, a city park in Berlin. The winning project had a highly participatory approach, involving residents and people working in the area. Ideas for creating a new attractive park were collected through public discussions and workshops. The people behind the project also organised 'sound walks' to be sure local people's expertise was considered in the reconstruction of the park's soundscape. One of their contributions was to identify the areas they felt were most noisy.
Although traffic can still be heard in Nauener Platz, users feel that the park has a much more pleasant atmosphere. This was achieved by installing devices in sculptures and benches playing recorded sounds of birds and water. The consortium also built a 1.5 m sound barrier made of stone and plants at one side of the park close to playground. Benches for parents were situated directly behind the wall to increase the noise reduction effect. The redesign of the park also included more attractive playgrounds, sports areas and green spaces which increased the lively sounds from human activities.
Estonian NGO Ökokratt won the runner-up prize for its educational project 'Noise is not music'. The project aimed to raise awareness of the adverse impacts of noise among children and young people. Approximately 30,000 children from 214 different schools and institutions participated.
The project educated 100 teachers about noise and its health impacts. The teachers subsequently planned and implemented a 'Silence Week' at their respective schools and institutions. The multi-faceted project also brought together many other activities involving schoolchildren, including a research project competition, resulting in a play by a theatre group. Several groups also created noise maps and monitored noise levels in their own classrooms (video).
More information about Nauener Platz in German
Good Practice Guide on noise exposure and potential
health effects
NOISE database
Noise Abatement Society]]>