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If the market for utility communications technology is any indication, a major transformation is underway in the electric power sector. The transformation could be the result of two years of hellacious storms or the simple realization these new technologies can improve overall system reliability and efficiency. Whatever the reason, and those reasons certainly vary, utilities are embracing the smart grid as more than just a way to modify customer behavior.
First off, an increasing number of utilities are voting with their dollars and moving away from a multiplicity of communications networks to single end-to-end networks that break down communications silos to enhance efficiency and reliability. But there's more. Utilities also are finding these new Internet protocol (IP)-based networks can do more than just enable the smart grid.
Indeed, some utilities, particularly those owned by municipalities, are looking to expand these systems beyond an energy smart grid to include smart water, transportation and emergency services. In some cases, this new "everything grid" may even offer a new profit center. So, while the industry is seeing utilities converge and integrate networks internally, many utilities now see that expanding the reach of their smart grid communications systems also could increase the benefits of that investment.
Of course, some utilities have moved faster than others. The most successful generally have done two things:
Invested in four critical technologies: advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), outage management systems (OMS), geographic information systems (GIS) and distribution management systems (DMS)
Invested in the applications and communications systems necessary to integrate those technologies.
All This Is Possible
Where utilities have deployed those technologies, the benefits start immediately. Before a storm hits, they can use the DMS, which is a collection of applications that monitor and control the increasingly complex distribution network, to simulate the changing load flows on the system that a hurricane or other disaster might cause and plan how to reconfigure the system to continue service to customers. But it is during an actual crisis and all through the restoration process that these technologies really prove their value:
The AMI system provides accurate data on failures.
The supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system sends system status changes to the OMS.
The GIS updates the network model for managers.
The DMS identifies a disturbance and its location, isolates the faulted area by opening switches upstream and downstream of the fault, and restores power to all but those on the faulted section of the feeder — all in a minute or two.
In addition, as Gary Rackliffe, ABB's vice president of smart grids for North America, points out, this kind of comprehensive smart grid provides highly valuable "situation awareness" not only for utility managers and crews, but also for government agencies such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and various state agencies, the media and the public.
Again, all this is possible only if utilities have an adequate communications infrastructure encompassing an enterprise-level IT system that typically includes backbone fiber communications out to the critical substations; a local area network within the substations; a wireless wide area network for data backhaul and distribution automation (DA); a radio frequency mesh AMI network; and possibly even home area networks (HAN).
Moving to IP-Based Systems
As utilities begin to weigh the advantages — and cost — of these applications, they are finding they must make some basic decisions first about the details of any new communications infrastructure, and more and more IP/multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) systems seem to be the preferred choice.
First off, an IP/MPLS network is simply a packet-switched network that uses the transmission control protection (TCP)/IP stack enhanced with the MPLS standard. A packet-switched network is a digital communications network that groups all transmitted data into usable blocks, or packets. The network over which these packets travel is a shared one that routes each packet independently from all others and allocates transmission resources as needed.
This is best illustrated by the seven-layer open system interconnection model (above), which defines a networking framework to implement communications protocols. Control is passed from one layer to the next, starting at the top (the application) layer and proceeding to the bottom (physical) layer. Levels 1 through 3 contain most of the hardware. This protocol architecture allows each layer to operate, more or less, independently, and higher-layer software and applications can function properly regardless of the physical network.
The MPLS standard, which was introduced to guarantee delivery and reduce network delay in the IP environment, is a bit different. It operates above the IPs (in an unofficial Layer 2.5) in the OSI model. It operates on packets (Layer 2) while working with IP addresses (Layer 3), using labels to route packets differently.
Priority Traffic
An IP/MPLS network offers utilities several advantages:
While network traffic will generally take a prespecified path on the network, an alternative path also may be specified in advance, making it possible for the network to be self-healing, increasing quality of service and availability.
Because traffic is labeled at the source, it can be prioritized over other traffic.
Voice and video traffic can be given travel paths with the least delay and the best redundancy.
"IP/MPLS allows us to bring security, segregation and a broadband foundation all the way out to smaller distribution offices," said Mark Madden, Alcatel-Lucent's regional vice president for North American energy markets. "Instead of building multiple single-purpose networks, we can now safely and reliably put all applications on a single broadband network."
While, there have been concerns about putting all those applications on a single network, Madden conceded, "IP/MPLS can segregate traffic and provide firewalls to ensure quality of service for critical applications, so less-critical applications, like web browsers, don't interfere with control traffic."
Todd Gurela, worldwide operations director of connected energy networks at Cisco, has a similar view. IP allows utilities to have a managed secure network with quality of service, he said. "In the IT world that means prioritization of traffic over the network." With IP, he noted, "You can prioritize so that safety and security of data always takes priority."
Merging Networks
A number of utilities are already benefiting from IP/MPLS installations. Tearing down communications silos and merging networks is just one of the benefits, and one of the first was Canada's AltaLink transmission utility.
"We've gone through all phases of the project, from proof of concept to technology evaluation, vendor reviews, and lab setup and testing," said Clinton Struth, principal engineer, network communications at AltaLink. AltaLink built its own lab to conduct "a whole array of interoperability tests" ahead of deployment, Struth added.
The utility started its fourth year of deployment in January 2013 and now has some 300 nodes in service. "We're carrying everything from current differentials, distance teleprotection, SCADA, emergency voice and radio, basically all the traditional services in addition to Internet backhaul, field office and internal corporate network connectivity, VoIP solutions and synchrophasors," Struth said.
This is a far cry from when he started with the utility 13 years ago. At that time, there were three very rigid and very distinct communications silos. "Now we're the one service provider network for the whole utility," he said, adding that, "while there are some other technologies coming available, from our perspective, IP/MPLS is the only technology that can do that. Nothing is as mature as IP/MPLS."
With IP/MPLS, he noted, "You can leverage intelligence into network layer, yet you still have complete control to prioritize traffic through your network. There's an array of different knobs you can turn to make do what you need it to do."
Struth echoes Alcatel's Madden in citing the importance of the system's "rigid prioritization" feature in AltaLink's decision to go with IP/MPLS. Essentially, the system says, "I will drop everything to keep teleprotection and SCADA alive," said Struth. Although other technologies, such as carrier Ethernet, are offering similar services now, "when we were doing our review, nothing could match what MPLS was doing," Struth added. "And the proof is we have it running with only eight of us in the team working on it, not an army."
National Grid in Massachusetts has just launched a smart grid communications pilot project that encompasses multiple applications — AMI, HAN and DA — operating simultaneously over a Cisco GridBlocks IPv6 network.
The team includes: Itron (AMI and HAN); Cisco (communication technology and network management); GE (WiMAX); Verizon (IP and wireless communications services); IBM (legacy system integration); Wipro (web development services); GridMaven (network monitoring and management); Navigant (evaluation services); S&C Electric, G&W Electric, Beckwith Electric (DA); Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (protective relays and automation), Lindsey Manufacturing (current and voltage sensors) and Power Delivery Products (capacitor control and monitoring).
The program will involve 15,000 customers in northern Worcester, Massachusetts. While the bulk of the pilot program will use a GE WiMAX transport system, National Grid also is looking at Verizon LTE as a way to get out of the networking business. The utility has wisely built its own lab to verify its design and the interoperability of all the equipment included in the pilot project.
Still, it is a big country and one size does not fit all, nor does one combination of networks fit all when it comes to expanding and leveraging the smart grid. Take PPL Electric Utilities (PPL), for example. With a stimulus pilot program grant from the Department of Energy, the utility installed a DA system that included a full suite of reclosers, motorized air brakes, remote capacitor controllers and a DMS, all tied together by WiMAX radio.
According to Tim Figura, PPL's manager of telecommunications, WiMAX radios were installed on towers at eight substations, with backhaul from the substation by fiber. Why WiMAX? At the time, PPL wanted a broadband-speed radio network to connect all 500 DA devices in the program, said Figura. But experience can be a tough teacher: The test comes first, the lesson later.
No Need for Speed
By 2011, when PPL decided to expand its DA system to the Poconos, an area of wooded hills and valleys in northeastern Pennsylvania, it had decided against WiMAX for two reasons: first, the area's topography worked against the technology, which pretty much requires a line of sight between the towers and the DA devices; second, the existing WiMAX system had been unreliable. Equipment issues and radio interference had caused major headaches. Figura said they could have solved the first problem "with a lot of repeaters," which would have raised costs substantially, but, more critically, experience with the existing WiMAX system had "left a bad taste in our mouth."
Further, he added, the utility began to realize it did not need high-bandwidth communications in the Poconos. "Unless we want video on the side of the pole, I'm personally not convinced we need megabytes of data per second going out to a DA device," he said, adding that "it takes maybe 200 bytes of data, not even kilobytes, to send the status of a recloser or capacitor — not a lot of data."
In addition, new communications protocols such as DNP 3.0, which is commonly used in SCADA systems, "records all your events. Why don't I just wait for the device to tell me there's a problem instead of always checking in on it? We don't need to pay for huge bandwidth," Figura said.
After a year of study — and a change in perspective — PPL has decided on a new communications strategy for DA: commercial cell phones. "We're using the same tower, but it's completely isolated from rest of the traffic. It's a pure Ethernet-based system with a private IP address," Figura said. "We're seeing about 3 MB/sec of capability, which is about what we're getting from WiMAX." Latency, he added, is about 200 msec.
Additionally, said Figura, with 80% to 90% of PPL's outages occurring during non-storm events, PPL questioned whether its customers would be willing to spend millions of additional dollars for a private radio system to survive a hurricane. On a final note, Figura said, "Our core business is power, not communications. For AT&T, Verizon and Sprint, that's their business. We have 10,000 sq miles to cover, so it didn't make sense to spend the money to build a system that would survive a hurricane."
Wired and Wireless
Another approach — one not generally thought of for distribution systems — is power line communications (PLC). Until now, issues have included low bandwidth and how to get information past transformers, but Alstom believes it has solved those problems and is looking to expand PLC into DA. The utility has successfully installed 50 PLC nodes on a medium-voltage power line in northern France and is looking to demo the technology in the United States.
"If you look what has been used in PLC, it's mostly narrowband, meaning it hardly achieves speeds above 100 kb/sec," said Alstom's Smart Grid Director Laurent Schmitt. "That is not consistent with the needs of DA."
He added, "We now have the architecture to reach speeds of 3 MB/sec to 5 MB/sec over 3 km to 5 km." This, he said, would allow the integration of a wide range of services through the same backbone such as telephony, video surveillance, remote meter reading, real-time data exchange with grid controls and active demand-response management.
On-Ramp Wireless is offering a new machine-to-machine (M2M) technology that could benefit utilities with larger service areas. According to Jason Wilson, an On-Ramp Wireless senior vice president, the company's new signal-processing techniques allow fast communication with tens of thousands of devices within the hundreds of square mile reach of a single access point. The system, which communicates over the unlicensed industrial, scientific and medical (ISM) band, while not broadband, can be used for AMI and miscellaneous sensor reads, including downed lines and intruder alarms.
"You can communicate with devices that can't be reached with AMI meshed radio," said Wilson. San Diego Gas & Electric is using the On-Ramp technology to communicate with 2,000 fault detector sensors. The utility expects to have 10,000 of these sensors installed by 2017.
In and Above the Cloud
Silver Spring Networks takes a different approach, offering utilities several information services in the cloud. The cloud is where the vendor has installed a communications network, running multiple applications — and runs it on behalf of its customers. "We capture a lot of data," says Michelle Rae McLean, the company's director of product marketing. As McLean explains it, Silver Spring's customers can subscribe to various channels of its SilverLink service, which she likens to cable TV, to get network performance reports and alerts that affect any of the smart grid applications running on the network, including AMI, DA and DSM or load management."
Utilities needing all-weather communications may also look above the cloud for help. Inmarsat, a global satellite communications provider, has developed a 15-sq-inch satellite dish that can be used on top of utility poles for AMI and on top of utility trucks to keep communications flowing, no matter the weather and irrespective of the traffic on cellular systems.
"These are very small and easy to install," said Chuck Moseley, Inmarsat's director of M2M energy sales. Further, he said, people can be trained to operate them in about an hour, and with the ability to transfer data at 492 kb/sec and to provide WiFi from each truck, "satellite is entering the conversation."
Eternal Vigilance
In today's world, however, every grid, no matter how smart, is subject to cyber attack. "With the proliferation of portable media and smart devices, and the increased difficulty with corralling critical data," Ernie Hayden, managing principal for Verizon Business, told DistribuTECH that "it's possible to have a data breach at any time under many different circumstances and [managers] must establish a strong, practiced incident response team to protect important data."
With that in mind, U.S. President Barack Obama recently issued an executive order setting up a voluntary program of cyber security standards for electric utilities and other companies operating critical infrastructure. The order directs federal agencies to consider incorporating new cyber security standards into existing regulations, and directs the government to share more information about computer threats with the private sector and issue more security clearances to allow industry representatives to receive classified information.
Further, the Electric Power Research Institute recently issued a report on "Intrusion Detection Systems for Advanced Metering Infrastructure." The report — which covers the AMI collection engine, meter data management system and data collection unit as well as meters — gives utilities and AMI vendors a perspective on the unique monitoring requirements of AMI as well as key research challenges related to intrusion detection technology and large-scale deployment. Following are the key takeaways from the report:
The need to monitor the edge as well as the head of the communications network
The size of AMI networks can present scalability issues
The need to protect IDS sensors from becoming compromised.
The 21st Century Grid
Yes, it has taken multiple storms, federal stimulus funds and technological advances, but, with experience, utilities are starting to see the benefits of investing in comprehensive smart grid communications systems. Of course, the topology, hardware and software of these new networks will be as varied as the areas they serve, but the goals of this growing transformation are universal: shorter outages, increased reliability and efficiency, and, possibly, even new markets. Truly, all things are possible with the converged networks and expanded reach these new systems bring to the electric power industry.
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It was a confusing week for the Emery High Spartan boy's basketball team last week. They opened the week Wednesday at Wasatch and played poorly in a loss. The Spartans then came home and played extremely well in a lopsided win over Kanab. They lost 70-53 and then won 77-53.
After listening to the coaching staff, it seems that Emery just never found any rhythm in Heber City. They didn't shoot well, they didn't rebound well and they didn't defend well.
At home against Kanab, Emery scored the first five points of the game and led 10-1 after 2:50 had elapsed in that quarter. Behind Jason Giles shooting seven first quarter points, Emery built a seven-point first quarter lead and never looked back. Kanab never threatened in the game, as it seemed the Spartans were very determined to win this game big and atone for the earlier loss.
In the second quarter, Emery extended the lead to 31-21 and just like that, the Spartans led 39-21 in less than another minute of play. This Spartan team, when they get on a roll, can put up points in a hurry.
Nevin Jensen, Emery's junior point guard nailed three 3-pointers and hit four of four free throws to lead the team to a 42-23 halftime margin. Colton Barnett, an Emery junior post player at 6'5, also hit three baskets in the period and made one of two free throw attempts.
The third quarter was more of the same as Karson Jensen scored seven points to lead Emery to a 21-14 advantage in scoring as the Spartans now led 63-37. The quarter did not start well for Emery though. Kanab scored the first four points of the period as Emery began to foul and the Cowboys put up seven free throws in the first two minutes of the second half. Emery soon righted the ship and finished with the advantage.
Nevin Jensen finished as the leading scorer with 22 points and also dished out eight assists and came up with three steals as he played a complete game. Colton Barnett finished with 17 points and pulled down 10 rebounds and blocked five shots as he had a really good game down low. Jason Giles finished with 14 points and had five assists as he handled the ball when Jensen got a breather.
Also scoring for Emery in the game were Karson Jensen with seven points, Tanner Procarione with six points, Gatlan Huntington with four points and Brett Mecham with three points. Karson also pulled down seven rebounds.
At Wasatch, the Wasps won every period as the Spartans never threatened. Wasatch led 15-11 at the end of the first quarter, 27-18 at the half, 46-35 after three periods and won the final period 24-18 in getting the win.
Jason Giles led the way with 12 points as he hit two 3-pointers and made six of six free throws in the final period. Gatlan Huntington scored eight points in the first period as he made two 3-pointers and had another three in the third quarter to finish with 11 points. Karson Jensen scored nine points, Tanner Procarione finished with eight points and Nevin Jensen scored six points. Brett Mecham scored four points, Colton Barnett scored two points and Cameron Hansen scored one point.
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Voice over Internet Protocol, also commonly referred to as VoIP, has been a major player in the communications industry since 2004. It's hard to imagine that less than a decade ago the idea of using anything other than a phone to make a call was novel. Today, VoIP phone services have become commonplace on the consumer market, giving millions of people the ability to carry out conversations around the world.
VoIP is a set of technologies that deliver voice communications using the internet. In order to do this, the analog voice signal must be digitized, encoded and transmitted as Internet Protocol packets which is then received, decoded and converted to the appropriate signal depending on the call's final destination.
VoIP calls are placed using either a computer, VoIP phone or conventional telephone that is hooked up to an adapter. With VoIP phone service calls can be made to either a telephone or another computer, giving you more flexibility in how you can communicate with family, friends and business associates.
There are a number of similarities and differences between VoIP and traditional phone services.
Just like traditional phone service, VoIP customers can make local, long distance and even international calls. Calls can be made to any telephone number whether it's a landline or a mobile phone.
VoIP phone calls also offer good sound quality and calls are received the same way you would receive a traditional phone call if you're using a VoIP phone or regular phone that's connected to an adapter. The people you're calling will not be able to distinguish a traditional call from a VoIP call.
VoIP providers offer customers the same great calling features as traditional phone companies and they have a variety of calling plans as well.
Unlike traditional phone services, you will need an internet connection to make VoIP phone calls. Because of this you may not be able to place calls if you're power goes out. Before signing up for service ask the provider if they have backup power or another solution in the event that your power goes out.
VoIP calls are delivered over a packet switched network and don't require any phone lines, whereas traditional phone services a delivered over the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and do require phone lines in order to receive service. So traditional phone service is limited to your home while VoIP service can be portal and utilized from any place where you have an internet connection.
However, this portability does have one drawback that isn't a problem with traditional phone service. Emergency 911 calls made using a traditional phone service goes to a Public Safety Answering Point where the location and phone number can easily and automatically be identified. If you're using a VoIP phone service this information may not be automatically transmitted to 911 operators and when they do the location will be where the VoIP phone service is registered, not where the caller is at that exact time.
Today there are a number of VoIP providers to choose from that offer both residential and business phone services. As mentioned above, each provider offers their own unique services, plans and prices. Because VoIP phone service doesn't require phone lines you aren't limited to providers that are strictly in your area.
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Vonage was one of the first to provide VoIP phone services and to this day remains a popular choice among consumers. Although their headquarters is in the U.S. they provide service worldwide for both residences and businesses.
Other top VoIP providers include: AT&T, Nextiva, RingCentral, Vocalocity and 8x8, Inc.
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"Homeland" premiered in October of this year.
Episode 1 aired on Oct. 2, 2011.
Question 2 of 30
"Homeland" is based on the Israeli series "Hatufim," which means ______________.
double agent
prisoner of war
The first three seasons of "Homeland" deal with Nicholas Brody, a former prisoner of war.
Question 3 of 30
From which mental affliction does Carrie Mathison suffer?
bipolar disorder
Carrie has bipolar disorder.
Question 4 of 30
Who's the bad guy in Seasons 1 and 2?
Abu Nazir
Abu Nazir is assumed to be the head of Al-Qaeda. He held Brody captive for eight years and converted him into a Muslim and Al-Qaeda operative.
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With whom does Brody's wife have an affair while Brody is gone?
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Jessica is in a secret relationship with Mike Faber, Brody's best friend.
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While on a family vacation to this Civil War site, Brody picks up his suicide vest.
Brody takes a solo side trip into the town of Gettysburg to retrieve his suicide vest from a local tailor.
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Why doesn't Brody detonate his suicide vest in the Season 1 finale?
Saul tackles him.
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After the failed bombing, Abu Nazir makes Brody kill this guy to prove his loyalty.
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Walker had fulfilled his mission, so Abu Nazir ordered Brody to kill him.
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Saul and Carrie's first big mission of Season 2 takes place in this city.
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Carrie looks on as Brody is executed in Tehran.
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Carrie ends up taking the position in Kabul because she isn't allowed to bring her baby -- and she'd rather not take care of her, anyway.
Question 22 of 30
How does she end up as the station chief in Islamabad?
She blackmails Lockhart.
After being forced out of Kabul because of the wedding drone attack she ordered, she blackmails Lockhart into giving her the position in Islamabad.
Saul pulls some strings.
Quinn assassinates the current chief so Carrie can take the job.
Question 23 of 30
Who's the bad guy in Season 4?
Haissam Haqqani
Taliban commander Haqqani is Carrie's target for the season.
Aayan Ibrahim
Aasar Khan
Question 24 of 30
Why does Quinn stop Carrie from ordering a drone strike on Haqqani?
because Saul is in the car with him
The CIA has a clear shot at Haqqani after he executes Aayan, and Carrie wants to take it even though a captive Saul is there, too. But Quinn overrules her at the last second.
because he realizes Haqqani is somewhere else
because a group of kids will die too
Question 25 of 30
What is Haqqani looking for when he infiltrates the embassy?
the CIA's weapons locker
the mainframe computer
a list of CIA assets in Pakistan
Lockhart fiercely guards the list of assets until Haqqani has a knife to Fara's throat. He gives up the list -- and Haqqani kills her anyway.
Question 26 of 30
Where's the action in Season 5?
"Homeland" takes a detour into Berlin in season 5.
Question 27 of 30
Where is General Youssef headed when his plane explodes?
the United States
The CIA has offered a regime-change plan to the general, but his plane back to Syria explodes shortly after takeoff.
Question 28 of 30
Which Berlin landmark do the terrorists choose for the sarin-gas attack?
Potsdamer Platz
Berlin Hauptbahnhof
The Hauptbahnhof -- or main train station -- is the site of the failed attack.
Brandenburg Gate
Question 29 of 30
What's the name of Allison's Russian contact?
Etai Luskin
Astrid Korzenik
Ivan Krupin
Allison is Ivan Krupin's asset. After they're caught he eventually gives her up, and the CIA assassinates her as she's being transported back to Russia.
Question 30 of 30
How does Quinn die?
He's hit by a train trying to foil the attack.
He inhales sarin gas.
The terrorists use Quinn as their sarin-gas guinea pig, and it eventually kills him even though Qasim gave him the antidote.
The Russians assassinate him.


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Some birds will do their business in their own nest until they can no longer stand to live there. "Fouled Nest Syndrome" seems to affect many politicians and their constituents as well. In their determination to restrict, restrain and control others they forcefully fight for new laws apparently hoping to someday reach the point where everyone will be guilty of something regardless of what they are doing.
To such persons, freedom is worth very little when compared to the importance of protecting us from ourselves, or protecting the land from us etc. One of their latest "protections" (The Patriot Act) is a prime example of their determination to take away a "few freedoms" for the sake of protecting America from some future "possible" threat.
What does the Patriot Act do? Simply put it breaks the political backs of American citizens, the judiciary and legislative branches of government, bypassing their constitutional freedoms and powers.
How? 1) It allows the wholesale surveillance of private citizens, private business records and other materials without proof of probable cause.
2) It allows random arrest and detention without hearings or trials for anyone or any group designated by the President. Retroactive prosecution, too!
3) It allows the concealment of presidential records.
4) It permits secret "military tribunals" for presidentially-designated "terrorists."
5)It legalizes "sneak-n-peek" searches and seizures.
6) It allows the unconstitutional infiltration and surveillance of legal, domestic religious, labor and political organizations.
7) It destroys all e-mail and internet privacy.
History repeats: Hitler and his like are grave reminders of the dangers of giving up freedoms for protections. We now marvel at how such men could commit such atrocities. All the while convincing their citizens that it was for their "protection." The pattern is always the same; "for your protection we will spy on your neighbors, for your protection we want you to report on your neighbors, for your protection we must take away 'your' weapons, and for your protection we must remove undesirable people." "Heck, in the case of the jews we'll simply insist they aren't even human, thus making it less offensive to kill them, and all for your 'protection.'"
In Hitler's wildest dreams it's doubltful he ever imagined all of his grand accomplishments ending up with him putting a pistol to his own head. He fouled his own nest.
History shows that such men were short sighted. They could not see how trampling the rights of others could hurt them. The "big me and little you" of the power hungry makes them blind to the thumb they are placing on their own neck.
For example; do the lawmakers who came up with the Patriot Act want it applied to them? Not likely, they think it's just for the bad guys.
Do those who support the killing of undesirable children (abortion) want euthanasia for them, when they become old, and not so desirable to a society that has lost its regard for human life? Since the invention of sonograms do you honestly believe these are not humans in the womb?
Does the young, able bodied wilderness advocate realize that someday they could get old or possibly disabled; barring them from the land they want to lock up?
Do those opposing the second amendment right to keep and bear arms really want to rid themselves from the right to self-defense?
There have been a few words of wisdom and warning given to us: "The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve...either." Ben Franklin
Jeremiah 43:11 "And when he cometh, he shall...deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity." Revelation 13:10-11 "He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity..."


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Lovebirds Randy Richmond and Theresa Blanding started feathering their nest in Boulder landmark McGuckin Hardware 12 years ago.
The couple spent so much time in the Boulder store that they joked if they ever married, the nuptials would be cemented in the tools department.
On July 21, accompanied by a small band of well-dressed family members and close friends, Richmond and Blanding walked hand-in-hand down aisle 16 — the tools department — to hammer out their future together.
The betrothed, being snapped by Blanding's son, Lucian, strode in sync along the waxed floor lined with circular saws.
"McGuckin's has been here forever and it's so useful and practical," Richmond said. "Marriage should be practical as well as romantic."
Aaron Tye, a McGuckin automotive employee, made the celebratory announcement over the intercom system. Customers greeted the news with cheers and applause.
Not surprisingly, the couple requested McGuckin gift cards for wedding presents. The couple is planning a honeymoon in Paris.
"People need consistency in their lives," Richmond said. "All roads lead to McGuckin."
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The CenturyLink Taste of Douglas County returns from 5 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 22 at the Douglas County Events Center in Castle Rock.
The event again will offer food samplings from the area's best restaurants, including the Old Stone Church, Outback Steakhouse, John Holly's Asian Bistro, LoDo's Bar & Grill, Pegasus on the Square, Black Eyed Pea, Siena Italian Bistro and others. More than 50 food service establishments are participating.
There will be cooking demonstrations, beer samples from Rockyard American Grill & Brewery and new 2014 model Chevrolets from the Medved dealership in Castle Rock, plus 2014 motorcycles from Rocky Mountain Harley-Davidson.
Tickets — $20 at the door and only $10 in advance— are available at www.tasteofdouglascounty.com or through several county outlets (check the website for more details). For more information, call Mike Boyle at 303-903-0017.
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Carnation Festival returns
The Carnation Festival, a tradition since 1969 in Wheat Ridge, returns to celebrate the birth of this west Denver suburb on Aug. 16-17. The festival will be held at Anderson Park at West 44th Avenue and Field Street. For more information on the festival and parking, visit www.thecarnationfestival.com.
The Carnation Festival again will feature Zoppé Italian Family Circus and will include plenty of entertainment and activities, including fireworks, a spaghetti dinner, chili cook-off, food vendors, a beer garden and a large midway carnival.
The circus performances will run from Aug. 16-25. Visit www.zoppecolorado.com for more information.
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Modmarket, a Colorado company serving healthy and simple farm-fresh foods, has a new location at the Kent Place Center, 3475 S. University Blvd. in Englewood. People in south Denver and the adjacent suburbs of Englewood and Cherry Hills Village will love it the restaurant company's fifth location.
The company is a rapidly growing fast-casual concept that is redefining the $10 dining experience with many low-priced items on the menu.
Since opening its doors in Boulder in 2009, the company has attracted a loyal following from people seeking farm-fresh, fine-dining quality food at reasonable prices. The selection of salads, pizzas, plates and sandwiches changes with the seasons to take advantage of regional and local ingredients.
Founders Anthony Pigliacampo and Rob McColgan are married to Modmarket. The routine is similar to Smashburger where you order at a counter then have your food delivered to your table.
For more information, go to www.modmarket.com.
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Actasana is the latest addition to the entertainment scene in Denver. But what is Actasana?
Actasana's mission is "to unleash our imaginations and set the artist within us free through acting, yoga, comedy and theatre."
Actasana, located at 1491 S. Holly St. in Denver, will integrate its acting program with yoga into each class. The space includes a 27-seat black-box theater and will have productions on the Namastage, stand-up comedy nights, workshops, featured artists series and a new filmmakers' night.
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My goodness, where should I even start when talking about Megan Shepherd's debut, The Madman's Daughter...
I suppose I could start by saying that I picked it up while reading Ann Radcliffe's The Italian, which was published in 1797 and is considered one of the very first Gothic thrillers. Reading these two novels, while simultaneously researching the Gothic novel as a genre, gave me an interesting vantage point from which to view The Madman's Daughter as a Gothic novel and, I think, in the end, it may have deepened my love for Shepherd's debut (and for The Italian, which was boring me to tears at the time)!The setting and atmosphere of a Gothic novel is of utmost importance. In fact, the setting is so important it must act as a character itself. For me, the island where Juliet's father has been secretly living and conducting his "research" more than fulfills this requirement. From the moment Juliet learns of the island (and meets the islander accompanying Montgomery, her father's assistant), the reader knows this isn't going to be an island with gorgeous white-sand beaches and hammocks casually strung between trees. While the island's history isn't explored in extreme depth, the reader knows that it is no stranger to misfortune and, perhaps, even sinister death. Plus, it's the home of a mad scientist who was run out of London after performing horrid experiments on living subjects... it's hard to imagine such a man living in a bright, sunshine-y place.The Madman's Daughter might remind readers of Frankenstein as it deals with themes of science versus nature, experimentation for the purpose of creation and life, the meaning of humanity and life, and features a scientist that believes he is doing something good, but whose opinion may be a tad (or a lot) biased. One of the things that I absolutely loved about this novel was how often it made me question: is this wrong? Some of the experimentation itself is wrong, but, after Juliet learns what her father is doing, essentially merging and manipulating different parts of animals to create humanoid creatures, she refers to them as monsters. While I do see how such creatures could be viewed as monstrous, I also grew to care deeply about many of them as the novel progressed. At more than one point, I was actually moved to tears as these creatures suffered. I get a little bit weepy just thinking about it now, weeks after reading. As far as Juliet's father is concerned, I have very strong negative feelings. Though, as a product of the 21st century, I'm not sure that I see his scientific mind and quest for innovation as mad, I definitely still see him as a madman on many other levels. He may have begun as a scientist searching for truth and knowledge, but, by the time the reader meets him, he's off-his-rocker-crazy. The power has gone to his head and, for someone who is obsessed with the secret of creating life, he cares very little about preserving life. Still, after some secrets from Juliet's past are revealed, I couldn't help but take a longer look at Dr. Moreau and consider what he might have been like before.The Madman's Daughter also incorporates some very pro-feminist vibes as Juliet fights against a very anti-woman world, culture, and father. She strong, determined, and courageous despite nearly everything being stacked against her. She rebels against her father who sees her primarily as something to use and manipulate and secondly as a burden to marry off. She doesn't take no for an answer when Montgomery tries to prevent her from going to the island nor does she accept the simple answers she's given when she knows there's much more to be learned. I can't imagine any reader calling Juliet Moreau weak.And, to round out an already fantastic plot, there's more than enough romance to satisfy readers who like their heroine's distracted by a guy while fighting their mad father and considering philosophical questions about humanity. In fact, there's a rather intense love triangle featuring two very unique men... but following this tangent would require multiple paragraphs and more than a few spoilers.I could go on and on about The Madman's Daughter, but I'd say it's in your best interest to read this fantastic novel yourself. Luckily, you'll find a copy downstairs at Central and another at our Oshtemo Branch! And, while The Madman's Daughter might technically be classified as Young Adult, I feel adults will fully enjoy it as well!
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Timeless River is a world that appears in Kingdom Hearts II. It is a past version of Disney Castle and Disney Town, back during the Castle's construction. It is based and designed on Walt Disney's early Mickey Mouse cartoons, especially Steamboat Willie.
Role in the games
Disney Castle first appeared in Kingdom Hearts in cutscenes towards the beginning of the game. Donald goes to greet King Mickey one morning when he finds the throne empty and only a letter in Pluto's mouth. Following orders from the King in the letter and accompanied by Goofy, Pluto, and Jiminy Cricket, he leaves in search of "the key" and the King.
The world is visible on the World Map to the left of Traverse Town, but is inaccessible throughout the game.
During the ending credits, Huey, Dewey, and Louie are seen returning to Disney Castle.
In Kingdom Hearts II, the castle plays a bigger role as it is overrun by the Heartless. Queen Minnie summons Sora, Donald, and Goofy to the castle, and, upon arriving, the Queen takes the trio to the Hall of the Cornerstone, where the Cornerstone of Light is seen surrounded by thorns. Maleficent is revealed to be behind the mess, and she demands Disney Castle be turned over to her or she would destroy the Cornerstone of Light. The trio seeks help from Merlin, who summons a door to Timeless River, a version of Disney Castle from before the castle's construction. Sora, Donald, and Goofy go through the door, where they find the monochrome world and an unprotected Cornerstone of Light at the top of Cornerstone Hill, and the trio try to find the cause of troubles in Disney Castle. They soon learn of the nature of Timeless River, that it is a world in the past, and that events in that world would affect the town in the future, i.e. the present that they had just come from. Along the way, they run across a past version of Mickey, who helps them as they search for the truth. They find that Pete has also gotten access to the world. Under orders from Maleficent, he tries to take the Cornerstone of Light and destroy it so the Castle becomes vulnerable in the present. With help from Pete from the past (which they repeatedly confuse with Pete from the present), they are able to beat Pete from the present out of Timeless River and seal his (the?) door. They return to the Castle in the present, where the thorns have disappeared. From then on, Timeless River is still accessible through the door in the Hall of the Cornerstone.
Later, in the Final Mix version of Kingdom Hearts II, a dark blue portal appears in the Hall of the Cornerstone that leads to the Keyblade Graveyard, where the Lingering Will is found.
During the ending credits, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Pluto, Scrooge McDuck, Donald, Goofy, and King Mickey are seen having returned to Disney Castle. Later, Pete is shown driving his riverboat. Mickey runs to the dock, sees the departing boat, and runs and hops aboard. He then waves at the camera as the boat floats away.
In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus all visit Disney Town, the town surrounding Disney Castle. The Annual Disney Town Dreams Festival is being held at the time, consisting of many games and events and the awarding of the Million Dreams Award, but because King Mickey is training with Master Yen Sid, Queen Minnie is struggling to carry it out on her own. Pete is making things more difficult, disguised as both Captain Justice, a hero, and Captain Dark, a villain.
Terra arrives in Disney Town first, and begins to chase after Unversed that appeared on the Rumble Racing track, only to almost get run over by Pete, disguised as Captain Dark, saved only by a warning from Queen Minnie. The Queen and Chip and Dale reprimand Terra, who tries to explain that rules don't apply with the Unversed. However, the Queen insists that if Terra wants to chase down the Unversed on the track, he should do so without breaking the rules, and they suggest he enter the races. Once the race is over, Terra realizes that he doesn't have to break the rules to get what he wants, and notices that he also doesn't have to give into the darkness to achieve his goals. Chip and Dale pledge their votes for the Million Dreams Award to Terra.
Ventus arrives in Disney Town next. He is initially greeted by Pete, posing as Captain Justice. However, he is interrupted by Huey, Dewey, and Louie, who are trying to make ice-cream using a machine Scrooge McDuck had left behind. Ventus attempts to and successfully helps the trio, who pledge their votes for the Million Dreams Award to Ventus.
Aqua is the last to arrive in Disney Town. She hears Horace Horsecollar ask for help, to which Pete, disguised as Captain Justice, arrives to promote himself as a hero. However, when Horace asks for help from Pete to deal with the Unversed at the Fruitball court, Pete makes excuses and runs away. Aqua volunteers to help out with the trouble. To do so, Aqua must play Fruitball against the Unversed. Upon succeeding, Queen Minnie appears to thank her, and Horace introduces Aqua to the Queen. The Queen explains to Aqua the Dream Festival, and Horace pledges his vote for the Million Dreams Award to Aqua.
Following this, Queen Minnie and the other residents of Disney Town are seen at the Ice Cream tent, where the Queen presents the Million Dreams Award to Terra, Ventus, and Aqua. Hearing this, Pete storms onto the stage, demanding a recount, sure that he had received all the votes. However, despite showing up in both his disguises, he receives no award, and the Queen calls for his arrest. The Magic Brooms appear and carry Pete off the stage and out of Disney Town.
During the ending credits, Huey, Dewey, and Louie are seen racing in the Rumble Races. Huey wins the race with Queen Minnie, Horace Horsecollar, Pluto, Chip and Dale watching and cheering in the sidelines.
In Kingdom Hearts Re:coded, Jiminy is seen reviewing his empty journal from their first journey, and finds a new message that he didn't write. King Mickey asks Chip and Dale to construct a device to digitize the journal, and, along with Donald and Goofy, they begin to oversee Data-Sora debugging the journal so that they can identify the source of the message. Pete sneaks into the Castle and is spying on the group as they debug the journal. At some point, Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Jiminy, and Pete are sucked into the journal along with a copy of the Disney Castle Library. Because they are inside the journal, Heartless appear in the digital version of the Castle's Library, which Mickey quickly destroys. A digital version of Riku appears, revealing that he brought them all in to help him figure out why the bugs are there, and informing them that they must debug the journal in order to return to the real Disney Castle.
When the debugging is complete, Mickey is seen writing a letter to Sora, Kairi, and Riku about his findings in the journal, and about the hearts connected to them, referring to Roxas, Xion, Naminé, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus.
In Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Maleficent and Pete are able to break into Disney Castle and kidnap Queen Minnie. Maleficent sends her raven, Diablo, with the Queen's crown and a letter to Mysterious Tower, demanding that Mickey return to the Castle. Master Yen Sid advises Mickey to return at once, and once he is gone, Yen Sid notes that Maleficent would only do something this drastic if she felt a change in the darkness, such as the return of Master Xehanort. Once Mickey returns with Donald and Goofy, Maleficent demands that Mickey hand over the Castle to her, which Mickey refuses, knowing Maleficent wants something else. It is then that she reveals that she knew of Xehanort, and that thanks to him, she began her quest to take over the worlds. Maleficent then orders the data of all the worlds from the datascape Mickey traveled in the journal in Kingdom Hearts Re:coded. When he refuses, Maleficent attacks, but is stopped thanks to a sudden entrance from Lea. His attacks distract Pete long enough for Minnie to escape. With their leverage gone, Maleficent and Pete leave Disney Castle.
In Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, Disney Town is host to several mini-games as a result of the Dream Festival.
Rumble RacingRumble Racing is one of the events that make up the Dream Festival. It is a simple lap-race through Disney Town, in which the character must race against several Unversed, Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Pete. There are four tracks that can be raced in; some run through areas in and about the town, while others are in the interior of the Disney Castle and its underground Gummi Garage areas.
Ice Cream Beat
Ice Cream Beat is an mini-game playable in Disney Town as part of the Dream Festival. It is a rhythm game, in which the purpose is to match the beat of the song to launch scoops of ice cream at the cones that Huey, Dewey, and Louie hold in order to get the highest stack of ice cream possible. There are five songs; the first is a variation of "It's a Small World", followed by tracks from Kingdom Hearts.
Fruitball is a mini-game found as part of the Dream Festival in Disney Town. The objective is to hit different fruits using the Keyblade to score a goal into the opposing goal. However, neither side can pass the half-court. There are three different rounds: the first being against some Unversed, the second against Chip and Dale, and the third against Pete.
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- Because Disney Castle is not based on any Disney movie, it is the only Disney-based world in the game that doesn't borrow anything from the productions. It is based plot-wise, only borrowing characters instead.
- In the Audience Chamber, there are statues of Donald and Goofy in full regalia, or their ancestors, and in the Library, there are two portraits of Mickey's ancestors. The Audience Chamber also contains a sculpture resembling the Kingdom Hearts logo. On the desk in the library there is a photo of King Mickey and Queen Minnie in their normal Disney clothes. Furthermore, several of the hedges in the Courtyard are patterned after the band players from The Band Concert, one of them bearing a resemblance to Horace Horsecollar.
- Disney Castle was shown as a playable world in an early trailer for Kingdom Hearts, but was removed from the finished game.
- The statue of Donald in the Audience Chamber wears a shirt similar to the one Donald wears during the Pomp and Circumstance segment in Fantasia 2000.
- As noted in the Kingdom Hearts II Official Strategy Guide, it is yet to be clarified whether the Mickey that appears in Timeless River is the Mickey Mouse that resides in Timeless River, or the present version, who somehow followed Sora, Donald, and Goofy to the past.
External links
- Disney Castle at The Keyhole wiki
|This page uses content from the Kingdom Hearts Wiki The list of authors can be seen in the page revision history (view authors). As with DisneyWiki, the text of the Kingdom Hearts Wiki is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.


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The Black Keys have put out a really good album like every fucking year since 2004.
"The Black Keys brand of regurgitated guitar rock?" It's called blues, you fucking dipshit. Exactly what are the other bands in this "brand" that you're claiming?
The Black Keys have put out a really good album like every fucking year since 2004.
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I hope the headliners are Pearl Jam, Tool and Bjork
white power?!
I'd watch all 3. My girlfriend would hate it HA.
Jack White / Thom Yorke / Daft Punk
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the busy bee has no time for sorrow.
They are two of my favorite bands...so yes? I don't think appealing to similar audiences is necessarily a bad thing.
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I don't think it matters...it will sell out. Maybe not as fast as this year, but it will surely sell out.
I think it is going to sell out as fast, if not faster.
white power?!
I think it could sell out without a lineup at all.
Maybe. I think the headliners, esp. Snoop & Dre, really got people excited this year. I don't think GV will allot all the wristbands to the presale so there will still be some for the general onsale. So it depends on how excited the lineup (headliners) gets people.
The first weekend almost sold out without a line-up. Both weekends will sell out no problem.
I was thinking more along the lines of alternative rock bands from the 90s, re: similarities. It wouldn't bother me if both were there, and both would be significant draws for the 2 weekends, it was just something that crossed my mind on my commute.
One thing people need to keep in mind is that when GV books Coachella, it doesn't just do it to sell out this year, it does it to give people an experience they want to come back for next year. The presales are very important, and they get sold primarily based on people wanting to return to a great overall experience. So even if they could sell out without releasing a lineup and then pull a fast one with a sub-par bill, it would hurt them next year.
Yeah, there's some element of crossover with all of the headliners they'll book. That's why they'd be playing at the same festival. I'm sure a lot of people wanted to see Radiohead and Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg this year. Or Arcade Fire and Kanye West last year. I think what years they were active and popular seems like an arbitrary reason not to book both of them.
I understand why it would cross your mind, though.
Queens of the Stone Age > Phoenix (McMau5 closing)
Jack White > No Doubt
Sigur Ros > Eminem
Jack White is a very confusing booking, because I feel like some people would have him headlining over a possible headliner such as No Doubt, he IS headlining 'squatch, but not OSL. I think Phoenix and No Doubt both have the same headlining power, but in the last few years, we've only had one of "those" headliners, but I can't really think of any other realistic headliner.
except daft punk, david bowie, outkast, and the talking heads......trololol
Regarding HotHamWater's posts about crossover fans, I feel that Eminem really doesn't crossover well at all to most other headliners, especially the ones you have playing in contrast to him aeroplane, it just doesn't seem to fit at all


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I spend a good deal less time than I would like reclining in comfort on my bed. But I still rack up at least 45 hours a week. These, to me, are critical, replenishing hours. I like them to be unadulterated by both stress and toxic chemicals.
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The Legal Writer's Checklist Manifesto
Jennifer Murphy Romig
Emory University School of Law
March 3, 2011
Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD, Vol. 8, 2011
Emory Public Law Research Paper No. 11-145
Saving money, saving time, and saving lives: these are the accomplishments of the "humble" checklist outlined in Atul Gawande, The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right (Metropolitan 2009). The Checklist Manifesto explores various types of checklists and their benefits for professionals working in various fields such as medicine, aviation, and construction. This book review focuses on checklists' potential benefits for lawyers - and more specifically, for lawyers engaged in the task of legal writing. Widely available checklists provide excellent tools for new lawyers to check their work and internalize common stylistic practices of legal writing. These same checklists can also help experienced lawyers to edit their work efficiently and to notice and change bad writing habits they may have acquired. Yet the benefits of checklists extend beyond the individual writer laboring to complete an assignment. The Checklist Manifesto also explains the benefits of process-based checklists, which require members of a team simply to check in with one another at specified intervals. These process-based checklists could help teams of lawyers to work together more efficiently and produce more effective written work product. Process-based checklists also contribute to a healthy and open working dynamic in which all members of a team have robust opportunities to participate. The Checklist Manifesto makes a compelling case for the benefits of checklists in various industries. Legal writing - as one concrete embodiment of law practice itself - stands equally to gain.
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