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Remarks by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Biofuels as Prepared for Delivery at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C.
October 21, 2010
Today, it is clear that this Administration is engaged in job creation and opportunities for economic growth across this entire nation – from Manhattan, New York City, to the Manhattan in Kansas and beyond.
In all corners of America, this Administration is taking significant strides forward to provide economic opportunity so a farmer can confidently say to his children: stay here, on the farm, create a future for your children and an energy future for America. So a small business owner can say to her children: I'm contributing to our community so you can raise your kids here, too.
Across the hall this morning, the President's Director of his Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes, along with Secretary Donovan of HUD, Secretary LaHood of the Department of Transportation; and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, will be discussing the Obama Administration's Partnership for Sustainable Communities initiative and how it will work to support more livable and sustainable communities across America. USDA is part of this Partnership, and we wholeheartedly support their work.
Today, however, I am here, rather than across the hall, to unveil a series of USDA announcements, also supported by this Administration, that support the development of a renewable fuels industry. An industry that will create jobs and economic growth, primarily in rural America, but to the benefit of all America, because this industry provides a chance at a cleaner environment and more energy security for this nation.
Our country needs a strong, vibrant rural economy. Unfortunately, over the past several decades there have been times when it was neither strong nor vibrant. Persistent high unemployment and poverty encouraged many to leave their rural communities. A majority of rural counties lost population, and with it came a loss of political representation.
President Obama refuses to accept the notion that Rural America's past predicts its future. He recognizes that the source of America's innovative spirit and our enduring values remain rooted in our rural areas.
The President's vision for a revitalized rural economy that creates real opportunity for growth and prosperity centers on our ability to add innovative technologies, open new markets for crops, and better utilize our natural resources. The President ordered USDA to make that vision a reality.
We've gone to work immediately. USDA announced assistance under the Recovery Act for 334 broadband expansions designed to reach more than 6 million people and 250,000 businesses in rural and remote areas.
Broadband access empowers farmers and ranchers with real time weather and market information, small business owners with expanded markets, educators with distance learning, public safety officials with more reliable communications, and medical professionals with telemedicine. All of which adds to the strength of rural communities.
By launching the USDA led effort "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food" we began to promote better linkage between local producers and local consumers through investments in processing, storage, and warehouse facilities. All of which helps producer's bottom lines and creates new job opportunities.
USDA, along with other federal agencies and departments, responded to the President's call for a new age of conservation with the America's Great Outdoors initiative. The report, to be issued next month, will highlight the enormous economic opportunities inherent in increased access to the outdoors, and the innumerable recreational opportunities arising from an expanded use of the outdoors.
However, the approach at the heart of the President's vision - which combines new technologies, new markets, and better use of our natural resources - is our nation's capacity to reduce its dependence on imported oil and fossil fuels through the increased production and use of biofuels and renewable energy.
No one can dispute that we remain too dependent on imported oil. That dependency, absent action now, will grow as our need for more energy grows. The Energy Information Administration estimates that by 2035, US Energy consumption will have increased by another 50 percent.
Thirty years ago 28% of the oil consumed in the United States was imported. Today that figure is closer to 60 percent – some of which comes from countries that neither like us nor support us. Today we still send a billion dollars a day outside our shores helping other countries' economies to grow while our economy recovers from a deep recession.
With the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, we are also reminded that the development of our own oil resources is not without environmental and economic risk.
We can do better. We have to do better. Rural America is where we will do better.
The Renewable Fuel Standard, known as RFS2, reaffirmed the goal of producing by 2022: 36 billion gallons of biofuels to include 21 billion gallons of advanced biofuels.
Reaching that goal means importing less oil – at least, according to a recent industry study, a $350 billon cumulative total value of avoided petroleum imports over the 2010-2022 period. This means $350 billion that we can keep here, in this country. This means less fossil fuels releasing fewer toxins and having cleaner air to breathe, and the industry projects a million new jobs with investments of $95 billion in new biorefineries.
Today, we produce around 12 billion gallons of ethanol biofuels and around 800 million gallons of biodiesel. Very little of which is considered an advanced biofuel. While, under the RFS2, the biodiesel is an advanced biofuel, we are pushing the limits of technology and surging towards the production of advanced cellulosic ethanol, biobutenol, drop-in fuels and other advanced biofuels.
The benefits to the economy and to consumers are outlined in a new Economic Research Service study released today entitled Effects of Increased Biofuels in the US Economy in 2022.
The study notes that unlike the rising costs of fossil fuels priced to meet increased demand and increased production costs, biofuel production costs will continue to drop with each succeeding generation of biofuels.
The recent EPA announcement authorizing E-15 for late model vehicles will help boost demand. It already convinced NASCAR to use E-15. If it is good enough for Jimmy Johnson to remain hopeful it will also be good enough for earlier vehicles from 2001-2006.
Bottom line – this industry needs more time to mature and more investments to grow. To meet the 36 billion gallon goal, we will need to work harder and faster.
Incentives helped build the biofuel industry and for the time being, incentives need to continue. Congress should start by reinstating the Biodiesel Production Tax Credit and providing a fiscally responsible short-term extension of the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. At the same time, we need to begin to think about reforms to the ethanol credit program to make it more efficient and effective at addressing the full range of challenges we face in meeting our goals for traditional and next generation biofuels.
We have already seen what happens when incentives are ended too quickly. The recent lapse of the biodiesel tax credit cost that industry jobs – nearly 12,000 jobs were lost as production was cut in half– these are jobs we simply cannot afford to lose.
But, tax credits, by themselves, are not enough. Our effort must include identifying additional feed stocks available throughout the country while discovering more efficient production processes. Research and development must intensify.
The President's Biofuels Interagency Working Group report, Growing America's Fuel, called for the establishment of five USDA regional Biomass Research Centers for the development of non food biomass feed stocks. These Regional Centers, involving a collaboration between the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the U.S. Forest Service (FS), will focus, accelerate, and coordinate the science and technology needed to incorporate feed stock production into existing agricultural and forest based systems.
The Centers will also assist Rural Development officials in the development and construction of biorefineries. The lead personnel at the Centers will draw on the expertise of our entire USDA team including but not limited to our Rural Development coordinators, Farm Service personnel, Natural Resources Conservation Service officials, Forest Service experts, and extension service specialists.
The Centers will service the regions of the country best suited for advanced biofuel production in the following locations:
1. The Northeast center will be located in Madison, Wisconsin, led by the Forest Service.
2. The Central East Center will be located in Lincoln, Nebraska, led by ARS
3. The Southeast center, a little more complicated because so much is going on there, will be located both by ARS in Boonesville, Arkansas; and Tifton, Georgia, and in Auburn, Alabama, led by the Forest Service.
4. The Western Center will be located in Maricopa, AZ
5. The Northwestern Center will be located in Pullman, WA, led by ARS, and Corvallis, OR, led by the FS
Production of 36 billion gallons of biofuel will require that biorefineries dot the rural landscape. The Farm Bill of 2008 authorized investments to assist in the construction of new biorefineries. Today, I am directing the Rural Development mission area of USDA within 60 days to announce support and funding under the current Biorefinery Assistance Program for the construction (to commence in 2011) of a specific biorefinery or bioenergy plant in each of the regions serviced by the regional centers. In doing so, the entire country can begin to see the economic benefit to producers and the job creation potential of the biofuel/bioenergy industry.
I know that the Department of Energy will also provide leadership in this effort. Already the effort of the DOE is encouraging the construction of a biomass facility that converts woody biomass into crude oil in the state of Mississippi.
As research identifies alternative feed stocks and as biorefineries are built to process those feed stocks, producers must be encouraged to grow the feed stocks. The Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) will provide that assistance.
The final BCAP Rule will be announced in the Federal Register tomorrow. Under the rule, producers will receive financial help to defray the cost of producing, storing and transporting alternative fuel stock.
The assistance could be as much as 75% of the cost of establishing the new crop as well as annual rental payments to help cover the costs of transitioning from current cash crops.
Delivery of biomass to a renewable energy or biofuel facilities will generate matching payments to help reduce the costs that come from the logistical challenges facing this new industry. In crafting the final rule we paid attention to the concerns of industry and environmentalists, particularly with respect to woody biomass. Assistance for woody biomass will only be provided for materials removed from a forest for ecosystem restoration and forest health purposes.
As these new materials arrive at the biorefinery additional costs may be incurred by processors. To relieve that risk for advanced biofuels production, USDA, under section 9005 of the Farm Bill of 2008, will make payments to impacted processors. Up to $281.5 million remains for this purpose. I have directed that work on the final rule be completed by the end of this year making these funds available.
Over time, a key missing link in the effort to meet the RFS2 goal has been and will continue to be the lack of convenient locations to obtain higher blends of biofuels.
Convenient store operators and marketers remain reluctant to incur the cost of new pumps and tanks. USDA and other federal departments can and should offer help.
I have instructed Rural Development officials to provide financial assistance, using existing RD programs and resources, to provide matching funds to help install 10,000 blender pumps and storage systems over the next 5 years. Work will commence immediately on putting that program together.
Our effort to expand the biofuel industry will also include opportunities we control within our own vehicle fleet at USDA. We are committed to make E 85 and other blends of biofuels, including biodiesel mixes, more conveniently located. We'll encourage more use of biofuels in our fleet of almost 43,000 vehicles. The impact can be significant. The Department reported 42,882 light, medium, and heavy duty vehicles in the motor vehicle inventory in FY 2009. The approximate total fuel consumption was 19,500,000 gallons. The miles traveled by the USDA Motor Vehicle Fleet were approximately 342,500,000 with approximately $41,000,000 in fuel costs reported. We hope to provide the model for other federal departments with large vehicle fleets.
The USDA is already partnering with the Department of the Navy as it embraces a biofuel future. Today, USDA announces another partnership with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA and commercial airline industry also see the potential of biofuel as jet fuel. Under the MOU, the USDA and FAA will work together with the airline industry over the next 5 years to develop appropriate feed stocks that can be most efficiently processed into jet fuel. Doing so will decrease the industry's current dependence on foreign oil and help stabilize fuel costs in the long run.
I recognize that some may doubt our capacity to meet the challenge of expanding the biofuels industry. I do not under estimate the challenges, but I have seen Rural America rise again and again to continually meet the large challenge of providing food, feed, and fiber for the country and the world.
Belief and action remain powerful forces to affect change. I believe the state of the rural economy and President's vision for revitalized rural America compels us to action now. I believe the goals articulated within the RFS2 mandate action now. And, I believe the need for energy security, a cleaner environment, and better economic opportunity in rural American make the case for action now.
So, I am confident today that we at USDA, joined by those who live, work, and raise their families in rural areas stand ready to take action. Together, we will revitalize our rural economy and create meaningful opportunity for those who see the future – and their future – as brighter in a re-energized Rural America.

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Frost Giants of Icingstead
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Posted 22 July 2011 - 04:31 PM
It is to be expected that the more points a model is worth, the more it should be able to achieve on the battle field. But, the equalizer is that no matter how big the model is, it still only has a finite number of attacks it can make. So, with that in mind, the question becomes are you able to whittle down your opponents such that they no longer have the firepower to bring down your big ugly, or will the little guys figure out a way to get your big guy in a situation where they can swarm you and use their benefit of numbers to take you out. And that is what leads us to ask what models you bring with it. IT could be spell casters that stun or slow down the enemies, or buff your big guy to have him live thru a swarm. It could be a bunch of little things of your own that are there simply to tie up his models enough to let you do that whittling. Maybe it is more than one big guy such that he expends enough resources to bring one down that you still have enough with your second to finish the job. There are plenty of variables to consider. And now you see why it is difficult to answer. Another factor not even discussed is the base line of the game initiative system. You could bring the perfect list, but lose cause of a few key card flips.
HAving said all of that, here is a list that at least looks fun to play at 500 points.
Icingstead - 495 points
Troop 1
Boerogg Blackrime, Frostreaver
Oga Snowpelt, Yeti Shaman
Frost Giant Warrior
Ice Warrior x 3
Luck Stone
Oga could be used both as a buffer or as an offensive caster. And with it being a low point game, she could even use the not oft used Scrye to good measure as well. The ice warriors would be used to runblock the enemy numbers, prefering to only play defense. But, you still cannot just run the big B right up the gut, you still have to take into account what your opponent brings and how their spells or other are going to affect your strategies.
Posted 22 July 2011 - 04:37 PM
Icingstead - 499 points
Troop 1
Boerogg Blackrime, Frostreaver
Oga Snowpelt, Yeti Shaman
Luck Stone
Yeti Warrior x 4
Winter Wolf
This one is more based around Oga using the 3 point faction only spell of Immense Might in conjunction with the yeti warriors. You can only cast it on one per turn, but turning their three swings into mighty swings against standard based models sounds pretty darn fun.
Posted 23 July 2011 - 04:17 AM
Posted 24 July 2011 - 04:17 AM
Troop 1
Boerogg Blackrime, Frostreaver
Frost Giant Spearman
Frost Giant Warrior x 2
Troop 2
Svetlana, Frost Giant Princess
Frost Giant Spearman
Troop 3
Frost Wyrm
Troop 4
Frost Wyrm
Troop 5
Luck Stone
How is this for a all monster list? Any input would be appreciated thank you.
Posted 24 July 2011 - 09:55 PM
As for why Jason used Oga instead of Svetlana in the previous builds, 1) he's 50-something points cheaper, and 2) as an Elite, he then becomes a part of Troop 1 (rather than having to field Svetlana as a Solo via the Outrider ability from the Monsters doctrine), which provides combined arms to Troop 1 (having more than one phase of combat available to the troop).
To answer the question from the OP, no, the high point cost of a warlord does not necessarily prevent them from being useful. However, if you are intending for this to be an intro or demo style force, having a costly model as part of the force can be difficult to play correctly, right of out the gate. Of course, if the force that is squaring off against it is of a similar build, then that tends to re-level the playing field again.
Edited by Shakandara, 24 July 2011 - 09:56 PM.
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
Posted 25 July 2011 - 08:44 AM
Posted 16 January 2012 - 11:24 AM
Troop 1:
Frost Giant w/spear
Frost Giant w/sword
Troop 2:
Yeti Cheiftan
Winter Wolf
Ice Toad
What really drew me to the game is the ability to paint so many different types of models. Plus, I like monsters ;)
The Chieftan's group is fun to learn the rules with but not too effective. The giants scare the heck out of my opponents. However, we have found that the game seems fairly balanced.
The other factions that are being played in my group so far are Crusaders, Elves (first book list), Necropolis(forgive me if this name is wrong - it's the one with the vampires) and Reptus. The giants have done well but haven't run away with every game.
Posted 16 January 2012 - 12:18 PM
Icingstead - 498 points
Troop 1
Boerogg Blackrime, Frostreaver
Frost Giant Spearman
Frost Giant Warrior
Ice Toad
Yeti Warrior x 2
Luck Stone
Posted 16 January 2012 - 12:41 PM
The other factions that are being played in my group so far are Crusaders, Elves (first book list), Necropolis(forgive me if this name is wrong - it's the one with the vampires) and Reptus. The giants have done well but haven't run away with every game.
Assuming that you are all players of similar skill level and understanding on the rules, then it sounds like they are playing exactly as they should be. Yes, the giants look scary, and have some pretty fearsome datacards. But you only get a few, compared to what could be hordes of lesser models from the other lists. If we (the game desginers) did our jobs correctly, every list should have the opportunity to be competitive.
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
Posted 16 January 2012 - 05:24 PM
I think the designers did a great job with balance from the dozen games we've played. It is refreshing to see a balance between horde lists and small model count armies. If I had to be critical of anything, it would be for the layout of the book and the lack of scenario rules. However, with such an elegant base system, this is easily fixed with a supplement book or home brewed scenarios.
I just got a copy of dungeon crawl rules from this forum and just put an order in for some of the monsters needed.
Is there anywhere else on the site that has homegrown scenario rules? My gaming group is working on a few. Once we tested them out, I will post them here.
Posted 30 January 2012 - 01:44 PM
Troop 1
Boerogg Blackrime, Frostreaver
Nadezhda the White, Ice Witch
Ice Toad x 2
Yeti Warrior x 3
Barbarian Berserker x 3
Troop 2
Hurgg the Bloody
Ice Toad
Yeti Warrior x 2
Barbarian Berserker x 4
Troop 3
Frost Wyrm
Luck Stone
3 troops +2 tacticians + 1 spy
20 models (48 DTs, 50 MAs)
So, this is the list that I played at the Tulsa Revival Tourney. I went 2-1 with the list. I lost to the Crusaders, then beat Elves and Necropolis. All three games came down to 2-3 models left on the table. Was very happy with how this list performed overall.
The theme of the army is take advantage of the fact that all soldiers had 3 swings. And of the Human Doctrine even though I could only take advantage of half of it. Use the Rage bonus on all 3 swings of the 7 berzerkers.
Toads and the Witch freeze burst everything in the area.
Fairly straight forward.
Posted 02 February 2012 - 07:20 AM
The army I had was:
Frost Giant x2
Frost Giant Spearman
Ice Troll
Ice Toad
Frost Wyrm
Luck Stone
Overall, they did pretty well. It was my first time playing the Troll and Wyrm. The troll did okay with his ranged attack. The Wyrm took down a troup of Dwarf miners before being killed.
We were looking through the Reaper site and my friend came up with a great idea. He loves the look of the fire giants and noticed that they are very similiar to the Frost Giants (the both have a king, queen/princess, warriors). What he would like to do is use the Icingstead rules as a template and replace references to ice with fire.
He figures using the "chaos warrior" like figures for the barbarians and a fire elemental for the Ice Golem. Any suggestions for the other models (frost wyrm, ice toad....)?
Posted 02 February 2012 - 10:14 AM
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
Posted 22 February 2012 - 07:05 AM
I found out that 1000pt armies seems to be the norm for ReaperCon. Here is my first list:
Troop 1
2 Frost Giant Warriors
1 Frost Giant Spearman
Troop 2
Yeti Chieftan
Yeti Shaman
2 Yeti
Troop 3
Frost Wyrm
Troop 4
Frost Giant Princess
Albatross Amulet
I used the monster doctrine to have the princess as a solo. My first game with them was against a Reptus army. They were pretty tough as a lot of the models had 3 tracks, which meant I couldn't rely on a lucky cleave to finish off a model. This was a straight up battle. I ended up winning with the Frost Wyrm, Yeti Shaman and the Princess surviving to the end. Boeragg died on the last turn killing the Krug beast.
The main challenge for me was having enough space to effectively use my large based models as my opponent made good use of the terrain. The main advantage I had was that he had no magic to force up my burrowed frost wyrm and I could snipe up and down when the initiative allowed this.
I just ordered some of the human models for this faction but I'm not sure how to integrate them into the army. Any suggestions on how I might improve this list?
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Great interview - you guys hit on multiple topics that could probably be dedicated to an entire show. As a developer in a large organization we have developers of every skill level, writing in every language, on multiple platforms... I'd guess that a lot of large agencies - besides ourselves - *try* to standardize on one technology, but you always have some cross-platform activity. How will Azure help? I instantly think of Web services, but will there be other core technologies that will be enlisted to help solve the problem of interoperability and data "sharing" in the cloud?
Perhaps the most important point... How can MS convince managers that data/services/etc are totally secure? I've been reading some about MS Geneva Server to allow disparate agencies to authenticate users from across separate active directory stores, for example. So, what if I wanted to create a secure app in the cloud that would only be used by a select number of people from agencies, A, B, C, X, Y, and Z, for only a short duration of time, of say 6 months. The app needs to be secure. It needs to scale (busy one week, not so busy the next). And it needs to reach users regardless of their organizations platform, security, etc. Is Azure the answer?
Hi, I can't wait for PDC and I've signed up for your workshop.
What I'd really like to see is something similar to the following scenario:
A user needs to perform some heavy calculations (say, correlate 5000 time series).
The user then sends request to the application (Silverlight?) that forwards 2500 (one for each pair of series) messages to a queue for worker processes.
Each worker picks up the message and reads a pair of time series from Azure storage (or SQL Azure) and calculates the correlation value.
How would the workers all return their results to the application and how would the application return it to the client (service bus??) ?
This is the main area in which I see great potential for a cloud besides the points mentioned in the video.
See you in november
I hope you got to my session at PDC and got to see the stuff that the folks from Lokad have built. Suggest this would serve your purposes well.
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Meet Clarisse and Annabeth from Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters movie!
Hold onto your tridents because the second movie in the Percy Jackson series is coming out on August 7 (just in time for Percy's birthday on August 18)! Sea of Monsters (rated PG) will continue the adventures of Percy, Grover, and Annabeth as they explore more Ancient Greek legends in our modern world. We got interviews with 2 of the actors in the movie who play Annabeth and Clarisse, so here are Alexandra Daddario and Leven Rambin talking about what it was like to make this movie.
Q: Describe your character in Sea of Monsters.
Alexandra: I play Annabeth. My character is the daughter of Athena. I came back for the second film in sort of a different character. Same character but a little bit of a different side of her. You see a more vulnerable, sensitive side of Annabeth in this film, whereas in the first film, she was a lot tougher and more of a warrior. In this film you really see what makes her tick, and you see her sweetness and trength as well.
Leven: Clarisse is the daughter of the god of war. And she's just like a big, fat, ugly bully. (laughter) And so that was something to try to incorporate into my physicality and into my attitude. I think she's a really good counterpart to Annabeth in this movie. She kind of highlights Percy's weaknesses. And she learns a lot about teamwork and accepting help from others.
Q: If you could be any of the characters in the Percy movies in real life, which would you pick?
Alexandra: I mean, I love playing Annabeth. I think Percy Jackson has the coolest powers, you know – the ability to control water. I think that some of the shots in the film where he's controlling these walls of water and controlling the ocean are so epic and cool. I think that's a really cool power.
Leven: I also like playing Clarisse, just because she's somewhat of a normal girl, but she has an extraordinary ego and ability to be victorious. She's just very able. Percy's physical power with the water is really powerful. And I think that that would be the coolest thing to have.
Q: You filmed part of the movie at an abandoned amusement park in New Orleans. What was that like?
Alexandra: I thought that was insanely cool. I mean, I had never been to New Orleans before we went down to shoot there. It was so devastated by Hurricane Katrina. And it's this whole amusement park that's still standing, but it's completely abandoned. It was filled with alligators before we went; they had to get rid of alligators and armadillos and bugs everywhere. It's a really cool place to shoot because, you know, you don't have to build the creepiness level. It's already there. So you're shooting a really cinematic, creepy place. There was a lot to explore. It's going to look amazing on screen. We did some really incredible stunts on the roller coaster there. And it was a really, was a really interesting experience to be able to shoot there.
Leven: Yeah, it was. It had its challenges because it was so old and dingy and felt kind of haunted. But that was kind of good because it's supposed to be this ominous place where all the action happens. It's this cool backdrop of this old rickety thing. And then these amazing monsters are there and these epic fights happen against the backdrop of this crazy old, like, abandoned roller coaster. I agree it was, like, super beautiful on screen. It kind of had its own story, its own life to it. It's like a big character in the movie.
Q: What was the most difficult scene to shoot in this movie?
Alexandra: I love making these movies. I think the hardest parts for me were the night shoots in the park because you start late and then you're sitting in the mud, and getting eaten by bugs. And it's either too cold or too hot, depending what time of the year you're shooting. It's a great challenge, and I love my job. But I would say that posed the biggest challenge for me – just dealing with the elements.
Q: In what ways are you and your character alike?
Leven: I definitely think I'm a tomboy. I discovered that about myself a lot to play Clarisse. I was able to really transform physically to be something different than I've ever been. And I also related a lot to that side of myself. She's definitely very prideful. I really don't take myself that seriously. So it was fun playing up this side of myself that I don't really have, but maybe I got a little bit from playing her.
Alexandra: Annabeth is a combination of strength and weakness like we all are. During some of my fight scenes, I get to bring out my inner tough girl. I don't normally have sword fights where I beat people up. But that's the pretty cool part of myself that I didn't know I had, this very intense action hero type. And I think also, I'm weak just like anybody else, and I have my vulnerabilities. It's interesting to play both her strengths and weaknesses, and find strengths within her weakness.
If you liked this interview, also read our interview with the Sea of Monsters actors, Logan Lerman and Brandon T. Jackson.
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Population-based Estimates of Medical Comorbidities in Women With Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms or Pelvic Organ Prolapse
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the comorbidities of lower urinary tract symptoms or pelvic organ prolapse in a nationwide population-based data in Taiwan during the study period of 2001-2010, a total of 10 years.
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These days the same thing is done in the United States for positions in government - from local to state to federal.
In the early days of Europe and in the Middle Ages sins could be paid for and salvation granted for a price. Poor people were all condemned to hell - both on earth and in the afterlife.
Here in the United States poor people are still condemned to hell - especially if they end up in court - but like their corrupt predecessors the rich can buy themselves off. Martha Stewart stands out as a minor example. Tom Lay of Enron and Ebbers of Worldcom (now MCI) both stand out as big examples.
Even bigger examples are entire companies that get away with this. Even as poor people have been skewered by George Bush who shut down the bankruptcy window - large corporations like K-Mart, Owens-Corning and others continue to rake in piles of money and dominate their respective industries with corruption and inefficiency.
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A 48-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for battery, disorderly conduct, possession of a controlled substance and retail theft after trying to steal several bottles of alcohol from Pick 'n Save, 4698 S. Whitnall Ave., about 5 p.m. Feb. 14. Store personnel and police determined the man was responsible for at least seven other thefts at the store since Jan. 20.
Several vehicles were reported vandalized near Packard and Lunham avenues during the early morning hours of Feb. 17.
A 36-year-old woman was arrested for battery after getting into an altercation with her husband at their home in the 4500 block of South Vermont Avenue about 8:40 p.m. Feb. 14. The woman came home from work about 8 p.m. and began yelling at his teenage children for not cleaning up the house. The woman then preceded drink one and a half bottles of wine in 40 minutes. She continued to yell at his children, who were directed to hide in their rooms for their safety by their father. The woman then directed her anger at her husband, throwing a clay skeleton bank at his head that she had purchased for him as a Valentine's Day gift. The woman then poured her flavored ice drink she had purchased from a gas station on her way home over the man's head, and then kicked him several times in the groin. The altercation continued as the man then took a vase containing flowers he had purchased for her as a Valentine's Day gift and dumped the flowers and water over her head, saying "happy (expletive) Valentine's Day." The woman then threw the clay bank again at the man's head, this time striking him and smashing the gift; she also resumed kicking the man in the groin, to which he said "stop kicking me in the balls." When police arrived they determined the woman was the instigator and she was arrested; her blood alcohol content was 0.14 percent.
Coins were stolen out of four gaming machines at Snarley's Bar, 1400 Missouri Ave., between 10:30 p.m. Feb. 12 to 6:45 a.m. Feb. 13. It was unknown at the time of the report how much money was taken.
A GPS unit was taken from an unlocked vehicle in the 3000 block of Fifth Avenue during the night of Feb. 9.
A vehicle parked in the 3400 block of South Chicago Avenue was stolen around midnight Feb. 11. The vehicle's owner told police that she believes a friend took it without her permission.
A 37-year-old South Milwaukee man was arrested for drunken driving, second offense, in the 1200 block of Rawson Avenue at 8:38 p.m. Feb. 8.
A 24-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for drunken driving in the 1100 block of Milwaukee Avenue after his vehicle was observed left of the centerline at 1:27 a.m. Feb. 9.
A 19-year-old South Milwaukee man was arrested for drunken driving in the 1300 block of Drexel Boulevard after his vehicle was involved in a one-car accident at 3 a.m. Feb. 10. The man was also cited for failing to stop at a stop sign.
Windshield wipers were broken on a vehicle in the 1800 block of 17th Avenue at 9:30 p.m. Feb. 8. The amount of damage is estimated at $200.
A side window on a minivan was smashed out in the 1800 block of Maple Street before 6:42 a.m. Feb. 9. The amount of damage is estimated at $300.
The rear window of a van was shot out as it passed the intersection of Fifth and Milwaukee avenues at 11:14 a.m. Feb. 14. The damage is estimated at $500.
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Twitterscript of Vincent Harding Interview
Vincent Harding, a speechwriter for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., addresses the All Souls Church congregation to commemorate Dr. King's birthday in Washington on January 19, 2009. (photo:Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)
For an upcoming show Krista interviewed a theologian she has long admired, Vincent Harding. Active in the civil rights movement, he served as an advisor to many of the members of SNCC (The Student Non-violent Coordination Committee) and counted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. among his friends and colleagues.
His spirituality and social justice work is also rooted in the Mennonite tradition, which brought him to Atlanta in 1960. Harding moved to Georgia to represent the Mennonite Central Committee Peace Section as part of a Christian reconciliation between racial groups in the southern United States.
His experience during the civil rights movement informs Dr. Harding's quest to create "the beloved community," as Dr. King put it, and offers fresh perspective on our Civil Conversations Project, preferring to aim for "democratic" conversation where participants hear each other's best arguments and contributions with the intention to make a more perfect union.
We live-tweeted highlights of this 90-minute conversation, which we're aggregating and reposting for those who weren't able to follow along. Follow us next time at @BeingTweets.
- Getting ready for Krista Tippett's interview with African American historian and theologian Vincent Harding, who worked closely with MLK.
- Check out Vincent Harding's organization Veterans of Hope promoting religious, cultural and participatory democracy http://bit.ly/dEhtaK
- "Love trumps doctrine every time." – African-American historian Vincent Harding
- "We are absolutely amateurs at building a democratic nation made up of many people of many kinds…from many convictions." -Vincent Harding
- How are we meant to relate to each other in a way that builds our common humanity? Democracy is a way of speaking to that question. -Harding
- "What is our purpose in that world? Is that purpose related to our responsibilities to each other and the world itself?" – Harding
- "What he was seeking for was the beloved community." -Vincent Harding, on MLK's work originating from his religious community + spirituality
- On Martin Luther King Jr. as a leader: "He was speaking as a loving pastor to this nation." -Theologian Vincent Harding
- There is something deeply built into us that needs story. It's a source of nurture that we cannot become true human beings without. -Harding
- Storytellers tell the history of people, so those who are new will know where they came from and what their possibilities might be. -Harding
- "Do we exist for some reason other than competing with China or finding technological advances? Or is there something even deeper?" -Harding
- "When the mother with the baby at her bosom starts telling stories, it is clearly not just to pass on information." -Vincent Harding
- Vincent Harding just introduced us to his colleague Grace Boggs, a 95 year old social activist in Detroit http://to.pbs.org/oyq5M
- If we teach youth to run away from the darkness, rather than to open up the light in it, then we are doing great harm to them. -V Harding
- "We human beings are meant to be sources of light for each other." – Theologian and historian Vincent Harding
- "How do we talk together in ways that will open up our best capacities and our best gifts?" -Historian Vincent Harding
- "The knowledge, like all knowledge, is available to us if we seek it." -Theologian Vincent Harding
- Theologian Vincent Harding recalls Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's 3 C's: courage, compassion, and creativity.
- I was there at the orientation in Mississippi with Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman. -Vincent Harding
- "What Gandhi was making clear, there can be no work for real nonviolent active change without real creativity." -Vincent Harding
- "Can there be a beloved nation? Why don't we try and see?" -Vincent Harding
- "The best things in religion are not true because they're in religion, they're in religion because they're true." -V.Harding quoting Thurman
About the image: Dr. Harding and his late wife Rosemarie Harding in 1961, just as they began working in Atlanta. (source: Mennonite Church USA Archives)


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Guaranteed Restore Points as Fallback Method
By Mike Dietrich-Oracle on Jun 28, 2012
Thanks to the great audience yesterday in the Upgrade & Migration Workshop in Utrecht. That was really fun and I was amazed by our new facilities (and the "wellness" lights surrounding the plenum room's walls).
And another reason why I like to do these workshops is that often I learn new things from you So credits here to Rick van Ek who has highlighted the following topic to me. Yesterday (and in some previous workshops) I did mention during the discussion about Fallback Strategies that you'll have to switch on Flashback Database beforehand to create a guaranteed restore point in case you'll encounter an issue during the database upgrade.
I knew that we've made it possible since Oracle Database 11.2 to switch Flashback Database on without taking the database into MOUNT status (you could switch it off anyway while the database is open before in all releases). But before Oracle Database 11.2 that did require MOUNT status.
SQL> create restore point rp1 guarantee flashback database ;
create restore point rp1 guarantee flashback database
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-38784: Cannot create restore point 'RP1'.
ORA-38787: Creating the first guaranteed restore point requires mount mode when
flashback database is off.
But Rick did mention that I won't need to switch Flashback Database On to create a guaranteed restore point. And he's right - in older releases I would have had to go into MOUNT state to define the restore point which meant to restart the database. But in 11.2 that's no necessary anymore. And the same will apply when you upgrade your pre-11.2 database (e.g. an Oracle Database 10.2.0.4) to Oracle Database 11.2.
As soon as you start your "old" not-yet-upgraded database in your 11.2 environment with STARTUP UPGRADE you can define a guaranteed restore point. If you tail the alert.log you'll see that the database will start the RVWR (Recovery Writer) background process - you'll just have to make sure that you'd define the values for db_recovery_file_dest_size and db_recovery_file_dest.
SQL> startup upgrade
ORACLE instance started.
Total System Global Area 417546240 bytes
Fixed Size 2228944 bytes
Variable Size 134221104 bytes
Database Buffers 272629760 bytes
Redo Buffers 8466432 bytes
Database mounted.
Database opened.
SQL> create restore point grpt guarantee flashback database;
Restore point created.
SQL> drop restore point grpt;
And don't forget to drop that restore point the sooner or later as it is guaranteed - and will fill up your Fast Recovery Area pretty quickly Just on the side: in any case archivelog mode is required if you'd like to work with restore points.
- Mike


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The New Balance Minimus Hi-Rez is a treat for runners that crave ground feel. Want the closest to barefoot experience possible? This is your shoe.
When it comes to a near barefoot running experience, there are certain things to look for in a shoe: a low-to-the-ground design with lots of ground feel, excellent flexibility, and as little weight as possible. The New Balance Minimus Hi-Rez nails these criteria, and is a terrific option for someone seeking a natural run.
The big story on this shoe is its innovative sole, comprised of independent foam pods attached to a thin layer of fabric. This design offers extreme flexibility. Don't expect much cushioning from the low profile pods – the ride is incredibly firm, offering only the slightest underfoot protection compared to going barefoot.
Our testers were big fans of the upper. A stretchy mesh is supported by flexible welded overlays, resulting in an adaptive fit that conforms to the shape of the foot nicely. A burrito wrap design easily allows for adjustment of the midfoot volume, and breathability was never an issue, even in warmer conditions.
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Chonko Named Hardin-Simmons' Women's Basketball Coach
ABILENE, Texas - Former Hardin-Simmons basketball player and assistant coach Melanie Chonko has been named the head coach of the HSU women's basketball program, athletic director John Neese announced on Monday.
Chonko, who has been an assistant coach for the Cowgirls for nine seasons, replaces Shanna Briggs who resigned last month. Chonko is the 15th head coach in the program's history that dates back to 1909.
"I am extremely excited and blessed by the opportunity to take over the program and lead the Cowgirls," said Chonko. "I loved Hardin-Simmons as a student-athlete, and I look forward to providing the same quality experience that I was privileged to have for the current and future members of Cowgirl Basketball. Thank you to Dr. Hall, Mr. Neese and everyone at Hardin-Simmons for your support."
Chonko has been an instrumental part of HSU's success not only as a player from 1998-2001 but also as an excellent recruiter as an assistant for the last nine years. She helped lead the Cowgirls to the 2006 NCAA Final Four. The team had a record of 170-72 in her tenure as an assistant.
"As a player and as an assistant coach, Melanie Chonko has been involved in many of the top moments in the history of Cowgirl basketball," said Neese. "She has been able to demonstrate many of her talents behind the scenes as an assistant coach and we believe that the time is right for her to take over complete leadership of this program."
"She has already built up a strong network of recruiting contacts throughout the state and we know that will help make this transition a smooth one."
Chonko was the epitome of a hard worker as a player. She played on the junior varsity as a freshman and worked her way to the varsity and appeared in three games that season. She played in 16 games as a sophomore and played in 26 as the backup point guard as a junior.
As a senior, she had one of the better all-around seasons for an HSU point guard. She started all 28 games and set an HSU single-season record that still stands with 109 steals. She also had 122 rebounds, 95 assists and averaged 5.6 points per game as the team won the American Southwest Conference title and went to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. She was also named the ASC defensive player of the year that season.
Chonko was part of four conference titles at HSU and played in seven career NCAA Tournament games. She was also an academic all-ASC selection three times and was a CoSIDA academic all-American as a senior.
She graduated from HSU in 2001 with a 4.0 GPA as a computer science major. She was awarded the Olsen Medal as the top graduating female student that year. She also earned a master's degree from HSU in Sports and Recreation Management.
The former Melanie Orsak is a native of Schulenburg and is married to Paul Chonko. They have a two-year old son, Marcus.
Information for this story provided by HSU Athletics.
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Financing-Motivated Acquisitions
Isil Erel
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance
Yeejin Jang
Purdue University - Krannert School of Management
Michael S. Weisbach
Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
February 16, 2012
Charles A. Dice Center Working Paper No. 2012-6
Fisher College of Business Working Paper No. 2012-03-006
Managers often claim that an important source of value in acquisitions is the acquiring firm's ability to finance investments for the target firm. This claim implies that targets are financially constrained prior to being acquired and that these constraints are eased following the acquisition. We evaluate the extent to which acquisitions lower financial constraints on a sample of 5,187 European acquisitions occurring between 2001 and 2008. Each of these targets remains a subsidiary of its new parent, so we can observe the target's financial policies following the acquisition. We examine whether these post-acquisition financial policies reflect improved access to capital. We find that the level of cash target firms hold, the sensitivity of cash to cash flow, and the sensitivity of investment to cash flow all decline significantly, while investment significantly increases following the acquisition. These effects are stronger in deals more likely associated with financing improvements. These findings are consistent with the view that easing financial frictions is a source of value that motivates acquisitions.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 47
Keywords: Financial Constraints, Acquisitions, Financial Frictions
JEL Classification: G32, G34, L2
Date posted: February 18, 2012 ; Last revised: May 6, 2013
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In this talk, I will present our recent works on developing a scalable voting-based object detector with a shared vocabulary of parts. Scalability of object detectors with respect to the number of classes and training images is a critically important issue for applications with a large number of classes. Detecting objects with a shared vocabulary of parts is also very attractive as it facilitates better generalization and incremental learning of the detector.
After giving a complexity analysis of detection with the Hough transform, I will derive the necessary criteria for the vocabulary to be scalable and show how to train it by directly maximizing these criteria. When using Hough transform for detecting objects with a shared vocabulary, it is crucial to only allow for consistent parts to form an object hypothesis. I will show how to enforce consistency of parts by augmenting the Hough space with latent variables, and discriminatively learn a Latent Hough Transform using a validation set.
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Nima Razavi is currently a post-doctoral researcher in Luc van Gool's lab at ETH Zurich where he finished his PhD in 2012. He holds a M.Sc. in Computer Science from ETH Zurich and a B.Sc. in computer engineering from Sharif University of Technology. His research interests are in Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Neuroscience and in particular the problem of object recognition and scene understanding.


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Robert A. Fixsal, 68, of Shawneetown, passed away at his home 5:51 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2013.
He was born on April 3, 1944, in Taylorville, the son of Carl Harry and Beatrice Marcella (Graham) Fixsal. Robert married Ruby Katherine Ballantini on July 18, 1964. He was a retired coal miner and member of the UMWA.
Robert is survived by his wife, Ruby Fixsal of Shawneetown; five daughters, Marcy and James Hall of Harrisburg, Angie Chmielewski of Shawneetown, Robin and David Duvall of St. Louis, Mo., Lisa Holloway of Ridgway, and Shannon Smith of Shawneetown; sister, Carol Ann Plopper of Morrisonville; two brothers, John Fixsal of Morrisonville and Floyd Fixsal of Taylorville; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Cathy Threnn; and brother, Carl Fixsal Jr.
Visitation for Robert will be held 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, March 24, 2013, at the Vickery Funeral Chapel in Shawneetown. Funeral services will be held at the funeral chapel 10 a.m. Monday, March 25, 2013, with Father Steven Beatty officiating. Burial will be at Westwood Cemetery near Shawneetown.
Internet condolences may be made at the website, www.vickeryfuneralchapel.com.
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