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Jason has been so busy with work lately and the boys can tell. They weren't getting as much attention from their dad as they usually do and were pretty frustrated about it. People were getting cranky around here and something had to be done! I declared last Wednesday as a "play all day" kind of day. I didn't do any laundry or any cleaning and took the boys sledding instead. We were at the sledding hill by nine in the morning and spent two and a half hours having fun. Since we went so early on a school day, we had the hill to ourselves.
This little guy wasn't such a big fan of walking up the hill, so I got my workout in for the day as I pulled him up on the sled a dozen or so times.
I lost track of how many times Henry went up and down that hill. He was having the time of his life.
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The settlement between Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Harvard doctor who said she endured years of sexist treatment — and punishment for complaining about it — is a hallelujah moment for working women everywhere.
It took courage for Dr. Carol Warfield, the former chief of anesthesia there, to file suit against a premier teaching hospital, the chief of surgery who she said humiliated her, and the chief executive who she said ignored her complaints. It also took tenacity to press forward as the defendants tried to bury her in endless paper and pleadings.
Warfield and her lawyers didn't fold. Instead, they put together a witness list that included virtually every senior woman surgeon on the staff. While admitting no wrongdoing, the hospital apparently decided it was worth $7 million to avoid trial. When the settlement was announced, the hospital's general counsel struck the right chord, saying, "As we look back on this case, there are lessons for the institution."
Ellen Zucker, Warfield's lawyer, applauded the hospital's basic approach.
"After years of contested litigation and on the eve of trial, BIDMC resolved this case in a way that recognized Dr. Warfield's success as the hospital's chief of anesthesia and her ground-breaking work in the area of pain medicine," she said. "That was certainly gratifying, as was the institution's acknowledgment that there were lessons to be learned."
But not so fast.
Paul Levy, the chief executive who at one point chided Warfield for creating "a culture of whining" and for not "adjusting" to the surgical chief's approach, is gone. But Levy didn't step down because of Warfield's suit. He left in the wake of another controversy involving his hiring of a close personal friend and former student, who is now his wife.
Dr. Josef Fischer, the chief of surgery who Warfield said treated her with contempt and campaigned to fire her, no longer performs surgery at the hospital. In a deposition, he said he was asked to step down and resign his clinical privileges after an "incident" in the operating room. In a separate deposition, Levy said Fischer was asked to step down because he was paying his wife as a consultant. What is clear is that he was not asked to step down because of the way he treated Dr. Warfield. With all of that, Fischer still has an office and a library named in his honor. He participates in a weekly "Morbidity and Mortality" conference, during which patient complications are discussed. According to a staff physician who attended on Wednesday, Fischer was there as usual, "holding court and clipping his nails."
The hospital's willingness to keep him around in any capacity is truly astonishing, given the hostile climate female doctors said he created during his tenure as surgery chief.
His treatment of Warfield was only part of a pattern of biased and sexist behavior. Court documents show that several doctors believed, as one doctor put it, that he had "a problem with strong women." Residents in surgery complained that Fischer made it clear he did not believe women should be surgeons.
According to motions filed in advance of trial, one doctor was prepared to testify that she heard Fischer make comments "about the breasts of foreign women." Another was ready to testify about the discrimination displayed when she was pregnant, which resulted in the loss of her secretary, operating room locker, and cases. An award-winning teacher and physician said she was told by Fischer that she could not instruct residents. Another said she was removed as director of a speciality practice and replaced by a less-qualified man.
The most chilling testimony was set to come from a female resident whom Fischer fired, but who was reinstated after Harvard Medical School intervened. According to court pleadings filed shortly in advance of trial, she was going to testify that at her graduation ceremony, he held up a Barbie doll with a noose around its neck.
Yet even after this $7 million settlement, Fischer remains at the hospital, clipping his nails and commenting on cases in front of women who would have testified against him.
Asked about Fischer's continued presence, Zucker declined comment. But she noted, "Quite apart from this case, I will tell you what my years as an employment attorney have taught me: Real organizational commitments are best judged by the daily decisions of an institution's leadership and not by words in a policy or a statement crafted for public consumption."
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I love early winter, the light levels are still good, the warmth is still in the soil and the seed harvest is finally in. I now look forward to sitting inside in the warmth, cleaning the seed so making it easier to sow.
I never ceased to be amazed by the ingenuity and beauty of seeds.
Talking of 2013 I have already started sowing the seeds for early flowering. The germination has been very good.
These Cornflowers took a mere 5 days to germinate using a bottom heat of 15C . I have now removed them from the heat. They will grow on in the greenhouse until spring has truly arrived. Hopefully they will be ready and in flower for our display at the 100 th Chelsea flower Show where we will be launching our new Herboretum. I know the tickets for this truly amazing show are now on sale, being that it is the 100 th Chelsea can I suggest that if you are thinking of coming you get a ticket soon.
These Painted Sage, one of my favourite annuals, also germinated quickly and I am 90% certain they will be a show stopper next year . Here, as a reminder of the beauty of this sage, is a photograph I took in the early summer.
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Thursday, May 27, 2010
A killer Android app
Tonight it proved potentially fatal for one young man. While walking home it appeared like I interupted a mugging near HacDC. The victim was being kicked by a man who ran away as I got closer. He was laying sprawled out on the concrete, face right on the sidewalk and shirt ripped off. I pulled out my phone, hit the icon for Dialer One (which comes with Vanilladroid), dialed 911, dial key, and... nothing. Dial key again, nothing. Checked, it says 911 in the number box, but the app isn't dialing it. I closed the app and tried again, notta. I can't believe it would refuse to dial 911 so I hard reset the phone and try again, still the dialer just sits there as I press the dial key.
I finally had to go on the web, look up the number for Dc Police, and have them transfer me to 911.
I take partial blame for not looking into this app and switching it out sooner. Hopefully Google removes it before someone dies while trying to call for help.
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- HyperHacker said...
I suppose it was waiting for you to press OK on a popup window that never appeared. This is why phone functionality needs to be low-level and un-interruptible. If I press 9, 1, 1, send, it needs to initiate a call no matter what the rest of the software is doing.
- Too Smart Guys said...
So, because you used a Third-party application, that is neither screened, tested nor approved by Google/HTC, you're blaming them? Thats like blaming Yamaha for the making the engine in your Acura, that let you reach 120 mph before you hit a wall.
You're also not using Google's and/or HTC's intended firmware on your phone, but rather an apparently buggy custom firmware. Thats like drinking moonshine and complaining to Jack Daniel's that it made you blind.
You accepted that you were running two thoroughly unvetted items, and now are complaining. Also, I'm sure the default Phone application was included in Vanilladroid. The combination of your lack of thought, the lack of vetting and the overall lack of Google or HTC's input in YOUR choice of systems and applications does not a case for removal make. Only makes the case that you should have read up on what you were doing and realized that its not their problem if you choose something that they don't control.
- Arc Riley said...
Dialers available on the app store should be screened by Google to ensure they comply with US laws. Either that, or we need to start building Android distributions (similar as we do for Linux) which serve the purpose of checking apps on a community basis. Every phone owner should not have to dial "911" to see if it works, not to mention this would be a problem for emergency centers nationwide.
I'm using VanillaDroid because its the only firmware image I could find for this phone that did not include HTC's horrendously slow and often incompatible "improvements" to Android.
The only thing HTC is guilty of in this picture is calling it an "Android" phone and not telling buyers, "oh, yea, we replaced a large portion of Android with what we think you'll like more".
- shantanu said...
@Arc: The dialer is written by a non-US guy (czeck) so he might not have known about 911. Plus the android market is for the world, not just US..
BTW< did you file a bug report with the developer?
- shantanu said...
btw i just checked dialing 911 from dialerone and it invokes the regular phone dialer to dial it (probably all short codes) so that is the reason why it didn't work for you.. So, blame your custom rom builder..
- Corey said...
"Dialers available on the app store should be screened by Google to ensure they comply with US laws."
What laws would apply to such a piece of software?
What did you expect from an application that doesn't have a license? If you were to check the DialerOne home page you might be able to find this information.
When you chose to run software that comes with no guarantees, the custom rom, and the custom dialer. You must accept the consequences of your choices.
It's irresponsible to ask the 'Government' to become responsible for your choices.
- Trung said...
"I'm using VanillaDroid because its the only firmware image I could find for this phone that did not include HTC's horrendously slow and often incompatible "improvements" to Android."
So you chose "spontaneously rebooting" over slow version from HTC? Also, it seems that your app choice is no more "compatible" to Android than that's chosen by HTC
- Too Smart Guys said...
DialerOne (like most dialers on the marketplace) pushes you to the phone app for USDD and other carrier and region specific codes and "short numbers"
Also, how is a Vanilladroid any better than HTC's sense framework (which can be disabled just by using a different launcher) if it reboots randomly? All applications on the Marketplace are built only for stock android and only work on other implementations if stated or if you're lucky
- Arc Riley said...
@Corey; I know its hard to understand the difference sometimes, but Google is not the US Government. Your reply is the first time 'government' appears in this thread.
@Too Smart Guys; HTC's Sense is not just a Home replacement, but a pretty radical replacement for most of the UI including the keyboard. For example, apps which allow alternative keyboards as I require do not work on HTC phones unless you replace the firmware. When someone buys an "Android" phone, they expect to find the Android OS on it.
- Too Smart Guys said...
Actually, the sense UI is in the end a home replacement."Sense" is only active when using the sense launcher, since everything else cannot access the ROSIE framework, which is a layer ON TOP of Android. Further, if you're running a 2.0r2 or higher firmware (stock or not) you can run a 3rd party keyboard even on sense.
You do have an android phone, no one said it'd look or feel like an adroid. Just work like one.
ps. the keyboard is not sense, its just HTC's IMI verse the google one.
- JPorter said...
I contacted the developer directly shortly after this blog post was published.
He responded finally today with this:
"Thank you i contacted with author. Problem was in custom ROM. I fixed this behavior. Now all works fine.
Yermek Zhumagulov"
I hope this helped some... best of luck to you.


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July 4th Fireworks
Last night I went with my friend Nina to a 4th of July party at her friend's house. This house happens to be located in an area of Los Angeles that is populated by lots of folks who very much enjoy their illegally obtained fireworks, let me tell you!
As dusk fell, we were assaulted from all sides by a variety of explosions, some of which were strong enough to rock the house. A palm tree about a block away caught fire, its top blazing like some kind of gigantic tropical candle until the LA Fire Dept. arrived to put it out. Even the presence of the fire department and cops didn't deter the neighbors from blasting away with stuff that must have been as powerful as sticks of dynamite.
Nina's friends have four cats, all of whom were in various states of distress throughout the melee. Most of them hid under the bed. But one responded in a weird way by becoming aggressive with those of us who weren't residents in his home.
Later that night I experienced a series of unpleasant dreams. Nina told me later she too had been unable to sleep much of the night. I'm certain the fireworks had a lot to do with this.
Watching the way the cats reacted to the noise and light, and watching my own reactions to it, I started thinking about the way we humans deliberately put ourselves into situations that cause our senses to react in violent ways. Fireworks shows, rock concerts, action movies, sporting events, video games, talk radio and a whole host of common forms of entertainment are geared at over-stimulating our senses. Even driving through a big city like Los Angeles is an exercise in sensory over-stimulation.
I don't think a bit of this kind of thing now and again does much irreparable damage. I believe the human body was designed to be able to handle a certain degree of sensory over-stimulation.
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3rd reissue for the Invaders tune though , i would have much preferred You Touch My Soul but beggers can't be choosers....
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j j wrote:i believe the term is "epic fail' RB . So is there any chance there will be more Ujama releases now that you & the Prince are getting on???
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j j wrote:For some reason i thought Roots int'l was controlled by BB Seaton? Didn't know this was a suspect label waterhouserock
OK thanks RB
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Drug name confusion
I cannot believe they have changed the name of "urea" to "carbamide", Dr Grumble. That truly defies all common sense.
I have a friend who cloned one of the first mammalian urea transporter proteins. He is a big cheese in urea physiology and goes to learned conferences in the US with all the other worldwide urea physiology gang. We have not come ONE SINGLE PERSON in the urea physiology and medicine world who says "carbamide". A significant number, I suspect, wouldn't even know it meant urea. And that's people who have spent years with said molecule.
Sometimes one suspects people change names simply to screw things up, or to make things more obscure on purpose*, but surely that can't be true for drug naming... Surely?
*An example of this used to be the US immigration service forms for applying for permanent residency. (Green Card status) There was a huge multi-page medical questionnaire, including "Have you ever suffered from XYZ..? Y/N" with fifty diseases. Several of these were not given the names ordinary people would recognise, and it was widely believed that the intent was to trip people up. For instance, "Hansen's Disease" was listed, but without the accompanying word "(leprosy)"


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Aside from my role as SLAM! Wrestling's weekly columnist, I am first and foremost a wrestling fan. And while we try to stick to dealing with the facts and hard news around here, like any fan, I can get caught up in the excitement when the rumor mill starts to churn out something particularly juicy.
This happens to be one of those times. If you've been watching WWE programming and reading this site (or -- gasp -- other wrestling sites) over the past few weeks, you've seen the future of two men start to come into focus. If that pesky rumour mill is to be believed, nothing has been finalized yet, but both men appear to be on the verge of opportunities that could shake up today's wrestling scene -- in a good way.
It's in my vested interest as a fan to see them both succeed, so I figured I'd use my time this week to wish both of them good luck, because they're both taking a big risk in their own ways. Just who am I talking about? Mystery guests, please step forward...
Joey Styles
The wish of a sizable chunk of wrestling fans came true at Taboo Tuesday when the voice of ECW suddenly became the voice of Raw. It's been widely reported that Styles wasn't the first choice to replace Jim Ross as the lead announcer on the WWE's flagship show, getting the call only after negotiations with UFC announcer Mike Goldberg fell through. That hardly matters now, as landing Styles is the biggest possible upgrade from Jonathan Coachman that Raw could receive.
Now the big question is whether or not Styles will be sticking around. He's expected to be calling tonight's show and the program taped this coming Sunday for broadcast next Monday night. Beyond that it's anyone's guess, and the possibilities seem to range from Styles taking over full time all the way to J.R. somehow coming back.
If Styles does stay, he'll be an immediate shot in the arm to a show that desperately needs one. With all due respect to Mike Tenay, whose work I praised in my column about TNA a few weeks ago, Raw would be getting the best play-by-play man in the business today, a guy whose mere presence would add a feeling of importance to everything happening on the show. Just like Paul Heyman used to say Taz brought the "big fight feel" to his matches in ECW, Styles would bring that same feel to Raw's main events. He might even bring the best out of Jerry Lawler, who seems like he's been going through the motions for years.
Unfortunately, Styles won't exactly be joining the show under the best of circumstances. With the McMahon family back in the spotlight again and a bunch of returning superstars no one was really clamoring to see (with apologies to all you Vader fans out there), it doesn't look like there will be too many "Oh my God!" moments on the horizon. Styles has always said that he has enough successful business ventures outside wrestling that he doesn't need to be an announcer, and he very well may decide that three weeks of the Titan circus is enough.
Not that I think you're reading this, but in any case Mr. Styles, I wish you the best of luck. Here's hoping you decide to settle in for a long run on Raw, and that Vince McMahon and company have the sense to meddle with you less than usual and let you do your thing. Because honestly, we really need you right now.
And for everyone possibly coming in, someone is leaving. Which brings me to...
All of the Peeps out there lost their idol when Christian decided not to re-sign with the WWE and took off in search of greener pastures. You can hardly blame the Canadian superstar for feeling unwanted, since he seemed to be right on the verge of his biggest success getting over as a main eventer and was rewarded by being unceremoniously shipped to Smackdown. That's a demotion no matter how you look at it, and to top things off, he didn't appear to be in the immediate title picture even on Friday nights. So he walked.
Naturally, the rumours have him appearing on TNA sooner rather than later, and that would be a win-win situation if there ever was one. The promotion would be getting a known quantity; someone who wouldn't have to work hard to get over with the fans. It would get a good worker who's also adept on the stick, someone who's already shown the knack for being comfortable as a face or a heel.
Common sense would suggest that Christian (who'd have to be called something else, since he can't take that name with him) wouldn't have to wait too long to be a part of the world title hunt, which until Rhino's recent win, has often featured wrestlers whose best days are behind them. It wouldn't give TNA a completely home-grown champion -- something the promotion's critics and doubters feel that it needs -- but it would be the next best thing: a younger star with untapped potential.
Of course there's always some risk involved when leaving the security of a sure thing to take a shot at the proverbial brass ring, and that's definitely the case here. Perhaps TNA never finds a gimmick for Christian that works and he gets stuck in the upper mid-card no better off than he was before. Maybe he succeeds personally but TNA never rises to a point where they pose a threat to the WWE, leaving Christian a big fish in an increasingly small pond. Those are the kinds of chances you take making a move like this.
Not every former WWE performer has gone on to dizzying heights after making the jump to TNA, but my guess is that Christian will get a real shot to make it to the top. I'm thinking we'll see him debut on Impact or a pay-per-view in the next few weeks, and he'll start out as a face getting cheered by fans who are more than happy to see him get his shot.
Best of luck to you Christian. May you find success in your new wrestling life, and may getting jumped by the Mexicools on the set of the Peep Show quickly become nothing but a distant memory.
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1 large bunch garlic chives, cut into 1 inch pieces
1 cup chopped bok choy (the remainder)
¼ cup large dried shiitake mushrooms OR dried black mushrooms
1/8 cup minced bok choy (white parts only)
2 tablespoons Shaoxing wine (Chinese rice wine)
2 teaspoons black sesame oil PLUS extra for stir frying
2 inch knob fresh ginger, minced
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 head Napa cabbage
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
canola oil
In a small pot, bring the broth to a boil then remove from heat. Soak mushrooms in the hot broth until soft. Remove the mushrooms from the pot. Slice and set aside, reserving the broth.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl mix together pork, scallions,pepper, bok choy whites, half of the rice wine, sesame oil, half of the ginger and half of the soy sauce,. Form into 4 patties. Heat a small amount of oil in a skillet and cook the patties for about 5 minutes on each side.
Remove and reserve 4 large cabbage leaves. Place the cabbage (whole) lengthwise on the cutting board and slice thinly from point to base and pull apart the pieces to shred. Toss with bok choy and garlic chives.
Add some canola oil and a drop or two of the sesame oil to a large pot and heat, Stir-fry the mushrooms, half of the cabbage mixture, and the rest of the ginger, and the remaining rice wine and soy sauce until the cabbage begins to wilt, 1-2 minutes. Add remaining cabbage stir-fry until all of cabbage has begun to wilt, about 3 minutes. Add the broth. Arrange the patties in a single layer and then cover with the reserved leaves. Cover and simmer 20 minutes, then remove the cover and cook an additional 10-15 minutes. Serve with rice.


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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Quote of the Day
"We should be like 1900. We should be like 1940, 1950, 1960. I live on the Gulf Coast; we deal with hurricanes all the time. Galveston is in my district. There's no magic about FEMA. They're a great contribution to deficit financing and quite frankly they don't have a penny in the bank. We should be coordinated but coordinated voluntarily with the states. A state can decide. We don't need somebody in Washington."
-- Ron Paul, speaking yesterday in New Hampshire
I swear, sometimes I actually feel bad holding Ron Paul up to ridicule or even bothering to take anything he says seriously. First of all, he's obviously suffering from dementia; secondly, while he's an entertaining diversion and one that inexplicably inspires cult-like devotion among both the tiny "intellectual" arm of the Tea Party and America's early-20-something stoner community, he doesn't stand a chance in hell of winning a thing beyond his congressional seat. The only way Paul will ever see the inside of the Oval Office is if he's invited there by whoever happens to be president. And that's partially because he can stand up in front of a group of people and honestly say, without a hint of irony, that this country needs to return to the way it was 111 years ago. I get that today's Republicans tend to fetishize the 50s, but at least everyone had electricity by that point.
On the podcast this week, Bob and I talked about the school district in Pennsylvania that's now using sheep to cut the grass at one middle-school because it says they save money that would otherwise be spent on, you know, a guy and a lawnmower. Cesca's comment about the story earlier in the week on his blog was freaking priceless: "We're seriously a few more sheep and a Thunderdome away from becoming Bartertown."
But that's apparently what guys like Ron Paul want.
I've been over this before so I'm not going to repeat myself at length. Suffice it to say, though, that this Randian asshole, every-man-for-himself brand of libertarianism that Paul and his monkey son espouse -- and which seems to have found an audience among the craziest sliver of the electoral pie -- is exactly as advertised. I'll give Paul this, he makes it perfectly clear what he's all about and doesn't hedge one bit; he wants you to know that he doesn't give a rat's ass about you as an American or about this nation as a world leader or superpower. About to get slammed by a hurricane? Tough shit, pal -- you're on your own. It's your fault for living where the hurricanes are and it's certainly not my problem or responsibility. The rest of the world's gonna laugh at this once-mighty country if we allow ourselves to regress to the point of being, basically, a Third World feudal society peppered with frontier towns and no centralized government to speak of? So be it.
Again, there's a point to be made that it's a waste of time and copy-space to give Paul's ramblings any more credence than those of the recently released Bellevue patient who's now staked out a soapbox in the middle of Central Park. For Christ's sake, in 1977 Jimmy Carter implored this country to make the tiny sacrifice of dropping the thermostat a few degrees and wearing a sweater -- and he was publicly castigated for it. You think Americans are gonna go for the abandonment of entire swaths of the country and its people every time a disaster like a monster hurricane hits? You're even more of a lunatic than Ron Paul -- and that's not easy.
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- Eric said...
And to be perfectly clear, this is what Paul is specifically alluding to in his comments.
1900, Galveston, indeed. 8,000 dead Americans and the place looked like fucking Hiroshima did the morning after we dropped an atom bomb on them. Ron Paul is a dick.
Didn't Galveston recieve $120million from FEMA to rebuild? Shouldn't someone from there remember that?
- Sean said...
"The idea promoted by Ayn Rand and other sociopaths, is if everybody operated maximally in their own self-interest and to hell with everybody else has an actual name in the world of biology. It's called cancer. It's time to call out the selfish libertarians, objectivists and oligarchs in our nation and call them what they are: a cancer on our body politic." Thom Hartmann 8/25 timecode: 47:55 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjFcU4bcG8I&feature=BFa&list=HL1314458343&lf=mh_lolz
Someone on Tumblr has been posting excerpts from 'The Federalist Papers' written by Alexander Hamilton. It's quite depressing how some of the things this guy wrote still apply right now in today's political climate.
Here's an example:
"Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a certain class of men in every state to resist all changes which may hazard a diminution of the power, emolument and consequence of the offices they hold under the state establishments- and the perverted ambition of another class of men, who will either hope to aggrandize themselves by the confusions of their country, or will flatter themselves with fairer prospects of elevation from the subdivision of the empire into several partial confederacies, than from its union under one government."
- kanye said...
This is a good teaching moment. Your example of Jimmy Carter is a prime example of how easily information can be manipulated; how facts about policies and their affects that were once common knowledge in the public sphere can be distorted and swept away, as if they never existed.
Jimmy Carter wasn't publicly castigated: He was the victim of a cold, calculated marketing campaign, conceived and financed by the energy industry, and carried out by industry's bagmen in congress; both Democrat and Republican alike.
It was a marketing campaign that failed miserably, by the way.
We know this because the data tells us so: Within a couple of months of Jimmy Carter's speech, both gross and net foreign oil imports leveled off, and then began to decline. Oil imports continued to decline at a steady rate right on through the end of Carter's presidency. That's the only time that's ever happened in modern American history, including the Oil Crisis of the early '70s. From the moment that FDR parked a Navy ship in the Suez Canal in '45 and cut a deal with King Saud, trading American security services for access to Saudi oil, excluding that two-year period during Jimmy Carter's presidency when he asked the nation to conserve, oil imports to America have never failed to rise.
The public did in fact take Carter's message to heart. They put on their sweaters, turned down their thermostats, took shorter showers and began carpooling. And as a result, energy consumption across the board was decreased…dramatically.
Jimmy Carter addressed the nation, explained the facts, put those facts into accurate context, offered solutions and clearly demonstrated how his solutions would help to remedy a problem that was afflicting the entire public. In other words, he treated the public as adults.
The public responded by understanding the situation and adopting the proposed measures, both willingly and immediately. And seeing the results, they continued applying those measures. In other words, the public acted like adults.
Right up until Reagan. That's when we started to act like a nation of children.
Anyway, that's the proper takeaway from the Carter example.
TIME magazine arrived today with a multi-page spread on dear Ron. His nuttiness is presented as sweet sincerity, with no real investigation of what he has said and done. He evidently has better publicists than TIME has writers.
Go ahead and glut yourself on Whack-a-Paul. You can do it all day and not hit TIME's circulation, but you may feel better for the exercise.
I must admit that every time my shithead, unemployed, emotionally stunted, younger brother goes off on another youtube inspired, Ayn Rand cliff noted, and socially irresponsible rant from his beloved Ron Paul, I wish...truly wish that Ron Paul was in charge of this country for six months. Hell, I wish he not only had the presidency, but that both the house and the senate was under the control of a Ron Paul cackle of idiots.
Because within 6 months of pushing through their crap, every single American would want to hang this idiot from the nearest tree.
Ron Paul works as a politician the same way that the TV show "CSI: Latest Crap" works. It assumes the target audience has Alzheimer disease and cannot rationally handle anything that requires logical thinking. He spots the same useless crap, again and again. It doesn't matter if its utter bullshit because his audience would never think critically.
But the moment they actually had to start living the policies they deem worthy...all fucking hell would break loose...and it would be glorious.
I won't try to articulate an argument against Libertarianism, as it is basically a religious creed. Like Communism, another mystical political philosophy, it requires you to swallow some rather fantastic assumptions about what human beings would act like if only they had the chance, and once you've dedicated yourself to these precepts it is pretty tough to abandon the faith.
- Bill White-God, Guns, Country and Toby Keith said...
I love Rep. Paul, but he's wrong on the jihadist threat. I'm praying that he and "Mr." Huntsman will step down and stop embarrassing WE THE PEOPLE who NEED to remove Hussein Downgrade Obama as soon as possible. With that fact stated here on this lefty blog, thank the Lord Almighty for those who DO NOT embarrass us including the honorable Rep. Michele Bachmann, the honorable Speaker Newt Gingrich, Mr. Herman Cain and the honorable Gov. Rick Perry. All four of these individuals speak the truth and WILL fight for low/no taxe$, a culture of life and a pro-business environment. I'm proud of these fine conservatives. and any one of them will run this once-free nation better than the socialist anti-colonialist occupying the White House.


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Iceland: Where Hydrogen Energy Is Hot!
by M. Ann Baker
The energy world is watching Iceland with awe. Why? Because this island country to the north has begun implementing a plan to become the first economy in the world fueled by hydrogen. The idea is not new. In 1874, author Jules Verne predicted that water would be the fuel of the future.
Gulping Fuel!
Situated just below the Arctic Circle, Iceland hosts a lifestyle that requires huge quantities of energy. Because of the cold climate, buildings and houses need large amounts of heat. A small population living on a big island means traveling long distances. The large fishing trawlers, which provide 70 percent of Iceland's exports, need oil and gasoline to run. It is no wonder that Iceland uses more energy per capita than any other European country.
With no fossil fuel resources of its own, Iceland must import them. In the first half of the 20th century, importing coal and oil became a strain on the island's economy; it became particularly risky during World War II. Even worse, Reykjavik, the capital city, had a major smog problem, and the pollution was harming the fishing industry.
Eager to become less dependent on imported energy, Iceland replaced two-thirds of its coal and oil energy with renewable sources. They harnessed the abundant hydroelectric and geothermal power on the island. Now, geothermal energy is used for heat and for everything from hot water to vegetable greenhouses. Hydroelectric and geothermal power provide electricity to almost 100 percent of the island's people.
Iceland has already gone further than any other nation in using its abundant sources of renewable energy. Yet, it still produces more greenhouse gas emissions per person than any other country. The reason? The island still relies on imported oil to power all of its cars, buses, and fishing trawlers. But this is changing.
Enter the Fuel Cell
The key to Iceland's energy restructuring is the fuel cell. Fuel cells provide a solution to the problem of how to convert renewable resources. By using the energy of hydroelectric and geothermal power, it is possible—through the process of electrolysis—to split water into hydrogen and oxygen. The energy released can then be stored and transported in the form of hydrogen fuel cells. The cells are highly efficient when used to power cars, buses, and fishing trawlers, and they are quiet, too. The only emission from a hydrogen fuel cell–powered vehicle would be water.
On October 2, 2003, three hydrogen fuel cell buses arrived in Reykjavik. Built by DaimlerChrysler, these buses operate on normal service routes and refuel at the Shell Hydrogen station.
Plenty of groundwork preceded the buses' arrival. In 1997, the Icelandic government announced its intention to transform Iceland into an economy fueled by hydrogen. The first country in the world to make a full commitment to a sustainable, nonpolluting energy system, the Icelandic government set a time line for completion of this transformation in 2050.
Iceland's Althing, or parliament, set up a committee to study the transformation. In 1999, DaimlerChrysler, Norsk Hydro, and Royal Dutch/Shell entered into a joint venture with Vistorka, an Icelandic consortium, to create the Iceland New Energy Co. Ltd. All of these companies came into the venture with experience in fuel cells and hydrogen.
In April 2003, Shell Hydrogen launched the first commercial hydrogen fuel station in Reykjavik. It is actually beside and part of a traditional Shell gasoline fuel station. It produces its own hydrogen from tap water and electricity from Iceland's hydroelectric and geothermal energy sources.
Right now, the three hydrogen fuel–celled buses will be the hydrogen fueling station's only customers. For two years, the buses will be demonstrated, tested, and used to research the social acceptance and environmental aspects of hydrogen technology in Icelandic conditions, and to see if they are cost effective. Three buses amount to 4 percent of the total bus fleet in Reykjavik. But, should they be successful, the goal is to replace the entire fleet with them.
The next step may come as early as this year, when Iceland will begin buying hydrogen fuel cell automobiles for government fleets. At the same time, more hydrogen filling stations will be needed. In three years, hydrogen-powered private cars will be introduced to the Icelandic market, and by 2015, the Icelandic government is scheduled to begin renewing the fishing fleet using fuel cells.
The Future of Fuel Cells
Although fuel cell technology has advanced by leaps and bounds in the last ten years, Iceland's progress will depend "on the speed of technological development, and on the creativity and leadership of scientists, engineers, and industry leaders," says Siv Fridleifsdottir, Iceland's minister for the environment.
Iceland has become a 39,000-square-mile laboratory for a hydrogen-based economy. Although small (only 290,000 people), it is a highly developed society with experience in switching from one energy source to another. Its standards and transport systems are similar to those in most other developed countries, so the results of its research project could easily be applied to other nations. The harsh Icelandic weather, its seasonal changes, and its varied landscape will be a good test for the new technology.
There are still some problems that Iceland must overcome. Cost and storage are just two. Hydrogen is the lightest element in the universe, and finding a convenient, cheap form of storage remains a big problem. The cost of fuel cells, although much more reasonable than in the past, still remains high. Replacing gasoline stations with hydrogen fueling stations and other necessary infrastructure is also costly. Valgerdur Sverrisdottir, Iceland's minister for industry, says that the government is doing all it can to help Iceland New Energy overcome these obstacles. And it helps that Icelanders are proud of the fact that about two-thirds of their energy consumption is from renewable energy sources, according to Sverrisdottir. "When the hydrogen technology becomes economically feasible, I think that Icelanders will be quick to adopt the new technology," she says.
- electrolysis:
- Chemical change produced in an electrolyte, a chemical compound that ionizes (atoms give up or take on an electron) when dissolved to produce an electrically conductive medium.
- What kind of changes could the use of hydrogen as a fuel bring to Iceland?
[anno: Using hydrogen as a fuel source will help to decrease Iceland's dependency of foreign fuel sources. It will also help to reduce smog and pollution.]
- What other kinds of fuel sources does Iceland use?
[anno: Iceland uses oil and coal, geothermal power, and hydroelectric power.]
- Which of these fuel sources do you think involves chemical change to create power? What might be the byproduct of this chemical change? Explain your answer.
[anno: The use of oil and coal involves chemical change because the oil and coal are burned for their energy. The byproduct of this chemical change is other chemicals, such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide.]


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Birrer, Rhinesmith Ready To Return to Nationalsby Brent Harris • March 4, 2011 Share:
The two-week wait is over for senior swimmers David Birrer and Evan Rhinesmith. The duo learned they will return to the NCAA Division III National Championship this year after the uncut psych sheet was released on Friday.
Birrer and Rhinesmith both competed at last year's national meet. Both were less than a second away from earning All-America honors and competing in the finals of their individual events.
This year they will head to Knoxville, Tennessee to compete from March 23-26 knowing their times are among the best in the nation. Rhinesmith's qualifying time of 56.47 is eighth-fastest in the 100-yard breaststroke, while Birrer has the eighth-quickest qualifying time in the 200 butterfly (1:51.32).
"I've put in a lot of extra time this year in both the weight room and the pool area, so it's nice to see one level of it coming to fruition," Birrer (right) said. "I'm definitely excited. The basketball team's motto this year was 'Unfinished Business' and I felt that was an appropriate theme for me this year too. I went to nationals last year and just missed scoring. Now it's about going this year and scoring both for myself and for Wabash. The program deserves to have some recognition on the national level. Hopefully Evan and I can bring that this year."
Birrer and Rhinesmith hope to become the first Wabash swimmers to earn All-America honors since Tony Caldwell and Adam Petro both accomplished the feat at the 2007 national championship meet.
"I took a week off after last year's season came to an end," Rhinesmith said. "I haven't taken a break from training and preparing since then. It's literally been one year almost to the day that I've been working to get back to nationals. It's a relief to know that I made the field but I'm pretty excited too."
Head Coach Steve Barnes believes the hard work of both swimmers has prepared them for their last collegiate competition.
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Birrer is ready to use the experience of last year's meet when he competes again at nationals in less than three weeks.
"I go in with a lot more understanding of what it takes to be successful this year," Birrer said. "Last year was a little bit of the deer in the headlights look. 'I'm on the national stage, what do I do now.' This year I know what to expect. I'm much more focused. I'm a year older and wiser and I've done this before. It's just another meet now where I can finally try to reach some of those goals that I've set for myself."
Rhinesmith (above left) knows the competition will be tough, but relishes the idea of swimming against the best athletes in the nation.
"Just looking at the psych sheet there is less than a second difference between first and 16th place in the 100 breaststroke," Rhinesmith said. "It will be a tight race. Even guys who will be competing in that as a bonus event have good times. I wouldn't be surprised to see eight different schools represented in the final eight finishers in the event. It's going to be a tight race but it's also going to be a lot of fun. And it will be a lot of fast swimming throughout the entire meet."


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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today announced a 90-day finding on a petition to list the eastern diamondback rattlesnake as threatened and designate critical habitat for the species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
This finding stems from a petition submitted last summer by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Coastal Plains Institute Inc., Protecting all Living Species, and One More Generation. The decision, known as a 90-day finding finds that the petition presents substantial scientific or commercial information indicating that listing the eastern diamondback rattlesnake may be warranted. The Service will undertake a more comprehensive review of the snake's status throughout the species' range to determine whether listing is warranted under the ESA.
Eastern diamondbacks can grow to a length of about eight feet and are the largest rattlesnakes in the world. The eastern diamondback historically ranged along the coastal lowlands of the southeastern United States from North Carolina to eastern Louisiana, including all of Florida and its Keys. Although once abundant in longleaf pine ecosystems across the southeastern United States, its population size and range has declined. Nearly all of the old growth longleaf pine savannas are gone, and the eastern diamondback survives wherever its native habitats still exist or where open-canopy forests and grasslands are similar to longleaf pine savannas.
The Service is asking for information from state and federal natural resource agencies and all interested parties regarding the eastern diamondback rattlesnake and its habitat. Based on the status review, the Service will make one of three possible determinations:
Listing is not warranted, in which case no further action will be taken.
Listing as threatened or endangered is warranted. In this case, the Service will publish a proposal to list, solicit independent scientific peer review of the proposal, seek input from the public, and consider the input before a final decision about listing the species is made. In general, there is a one-year period between the time a species is proposed for listing and the final decision.
Listing is warranted but precluded by other, higher priority activities. This means the species is added to the federal list of candidate species, and the proposal to list is deferred while the Service works on listing proposals for other species that are at greater risk. A warranted but precluded finding requires subsequent annual reviews of the finding until such time as either a listing proposal is published, or a not warranted finding is made based on new information.
Please note that submissions merely stating support for, or opposition to, the action under consideration without providing supporting information, although noted, will not be considered in making a determination. The ESA says that determinations as to whether any species is threatened or endangered must be made "solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial data available."
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7 days to Bold Moves!Hockey Widow wrote:I thank now that Torts should be announced with the next day or two as the new coach we will see more personnel movement. Does MG trade Roy's right? Does he trade Raymond's right? Does he extend Lappy and Tanev? Does he find a taker for Ballard, for Booth? Will a Luongo deal get announced between now and the draft, a mere 7 days away? Does Manny retire and become an assistant coach?
Will he exercise a buyout or two before the draft?
Usually we have a few weeks to a month to get ready for the funny season but it begins as soon as the cup is won.
A lot of speculation that several tams have deals about out be announced but they or Bettman does not want to take eyes off the finals so they wait patiently until the cup is hoisted. Will we see a rush then of announcements form around the league?


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NEW YORK (AP) — Disappointing results from PulteGroup, D.R. Horton and other home builders left major stock indexes with only tiny gains in midday trading. Technology stocks rose after Facebook soared past analysts' earnings estimates.
Even with plenty of earnings news from big companies, the broader market was mixed. Of the 10 industry groups in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, five rose and five fell.
D.R. Horton, the country's largest builder, and PulteGroup said orders for new houses jumped in the second quarter, but their results still fell short of what analysts had expected. PulteGroup also posted a 14 percent decline in profits
D.R. Horton dropped $1.77, or 8 percent, to $19.45. PulteGroup lost $1.95, or 11 percent, to $16.49.
Technology companies fared better. Facebook jumped 27 percent after reporting earnings late Wednesday that easily beat analysts' forecasts thanks to higher revenue from advertisements on mobile devices. Facebook's stock rose $7.16 to $33.68.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up two points, or 0.1 percent, to 1,688 as of 12:53 p.m.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose two points, or 0.01 percent, at 15,543. The Dow was held back by Caterpillar, which warned of sagging sales on Wednesday.
The Nasdaq composite index rose 17 points, or 0.5 percent, to 3,596.
It's still early in the second-quarter earnings season, yet the overall trend looks good, said Tyler Vernon, chief investment officer of Biltmore Capital in Princeton, NJ. "There have been some big disappointments, like Caterpillar yesterday, but we're seeing better and better numbers coming out."
Analysts forecast that companies in the S&P 500 index will report earnings growth of 4.3 percent over the same period last year, according to S&P Capital IQ. At the start of July, the forecast was for growth of 2.8 percent. More than six out of every 10 companies have cleared analysts' earnings targets so far.
Eventually, improving profits should help push the S&P 500 index above 1,700 in the coming weeks, Vernon said.
In the market for U.S. government bonds, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note climbed to 2.62 percent from 2.59 percent the day before. Late last week, it was trading at 2.48 percent. One concern among investors is that a sharp increase in the rate would drive up mortgage costs and slow down sales in the housing market.
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text: Oregon Rancher, Railroad Settle Dead Cattle Lawsuit October 17, 2013 04:05 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Associated Press Email A Klamath Falls, Ore., rancher and the Union Pacific have settled a legal battle over 24 cattle of an ancient breed that were hit by a train and killed. The terms were not disclosed, and the railroad admitted no wrongdoing, The Oregonian reported. When the suit was filed, rancher Bruce Topham valued the cattle at several hundred thousand dollars. They are Salers cattle. Images of the breed have been discovered on cave walls in France dating back 7,000 years. In August 2011, the cattle escaped from a field Topham was leasing about 24 miles north of Klamath Falls. They climbed onto the tracks, and a northbound Amtrak Coast Starlight hit them. The train was on rails the Union Pacific owns. A Klamath County sheriff's investigator said at the time it was extraordinary to see so many cattle die in one accident. The lawsuit said it was the railroad's responsibility to take care of fences along the track in open range country — property owners who don't want cattle on their land must fence them out. Topham, 71, told the Oregonian he believes the railroad didn't expect him to pursue the case, but he got a settlement offer in September when depositions were taken and a court date set. Topham said the 23 cows and the bull that died were more than half of a herd he considered the best of his Salers. Rebuilding will take time, he said. "It's not like you snap your fingers," he said. "This set me back 15 years." Railroad spokesman Aaron Hunt issued a statement saying the company "acknowledged settlement of the case." Hunt added the railroad is an important part of the state's economy and remains "committed to the safe and efficient operation of our network." Back to news


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Do commercial brewers get better hop utilization?
Home brewers can expect to get an optimistic 25-28% alpha acid utilization rate during a 60-90 minute boil. Is the same true of commercial brewers or do they have a better rate? This would change how a commercial recipe is scaled to home brew proportions. Any help is appreciated.
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Commercial brewers do get better hop utilization djue,I believe, to the facts that the kettles are designed to retain more of the volatiles of the hops, kettles ore more likely to be more tightly covered during boiling and the larger volumes of commercial brews tend to raise hop utilization rates. The only practical way I know of for the homebrewer to compare hop utilization between different brewing systems and processes is by comparing the flavors of the finished beer.
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ATHENS, Ohio — A grand jury decided not to charge anyone over a public sex act near Ohio University that was photographed by witnesses and later reported by the woman involved as a sexual assault after images circulated on social media, a prosecutor said Monday.
Athens County Prosecutor Keller Blackburn said the grand jury determined there wasn't probable cause to file charges after a man and woman were photographed and recorded in a sex act against the window of a bank near the southern Ohio campus in the wee hours of Oct. 12. Explicit photos of them were circulated via social media, and the woman later told police she was a victim of a sexual assault.
Investigators determined the couple, both 20-year-old students, had alcohol from a bar before the sex act, Blackburn said in a statement Monday. Blackburn said the man asked the woman whether to stop the act when a crowd formed, and she said no.
The man has cooperated with police. The woman didn't remember what happened, and testing showed no sign of any "date rape drug," Blackburn said.
Blackburn said the students weren't aware at the time that their act was being filmed.
"Every decision we make now has the potential to be placed on Twitter, Facebook, commented on, shared and embellished, making life today more public than ever before," Blackburn said in the statement. "If a lesson exists from this case, let it be that we should behave as if our family is always watching."
Ohio University President Roderick McDavis said earlier that the school, about 70 miles southeast of Columbus, would conduct its own investigation and, if appropriate, hold people accountable.
A statement from the university said it is following its own procedures to look into the report of alleged sexual misconduct, and the details of that investigation aren't public.
"Each of us has a responsibility as a contributing member of the community to understand how to recognize behavior that is unsanctioned and unlawful and then become empowered to address it," the university said.
Blackburn said the use of social media not only documented the couple's behavior but also contributed to the spread of false rumors in the case and the misidentification of another student as being the woman involved.
Photographs circulated online also played a big role in a rape case in eastern Ohio as Steubenville police investigated two high school football players. A judge convicted the teens of rape in March.


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I had to get away from the Cowboys for a week. The game against the Bears was one of the most disappointing games I've seen in a long time for the Cowboys. It was just pathetic. The offensive line officially sucks. Tony Romo still reverts back to his younger days when he feels like he has to do it all himself. Dez Bryant is an idiot. Kevin Ogletree can't be trusted to catch a ball that is perfectly thrown. It was absolutely awful.
As I removed myself from the world of the Cowboys for a week I came to the realization that this team simply can't be expected to compete for a playoff spot with such a terrible offensive line. DeMarco Murray has absolutely no chance to find room to run. Tony Romo seems to be running for his life on every play. So, at this point, I'm expecting an 8-8 record at best.
I do expect the offensive line to improve at least a little. But I really wonder how much longer it will be before Tony Romo or DeMarco Murray gets injured. If Romo goes down we could be looking at a 5-11 season. I'm very worried that will happen.
I think Mackenzy Bernardeau has to be benched. He is terrible and seems to be getting worse. At least we know Doug Free has the ability to put it together and play good football. He has done it before. Bernardeau was terrible in Carolina and he is just as bad in Dallas. Derrick Dockery should get a shot at right guard.
I don't have much more to say about the Cowboys right now. The problem is clearly the offense. If the Cowboys can't move the ball consistently and score points they aren't going to win many games. It is really as simple as that.
On the bright side I do think that offensive lines can improve during the season. Hopefully that will be the case for the Cowboys. If the offense could even be average the Cowboys could be a dangerous team. But the offense won't even become average no matter how well Romo or the rest of the skill players perform if there isn't any blocking. Hopefully Bill Callahan has a magic formula to whip the line into shape.
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Revised Expectations for the Season
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- Denver DarnellOctober 10, 2012 at 7:36 PM
At this point, I'm not predicting a win in ANY game we play the rest of the year. I haven't lost faith, but I just feel that with lower expectations, if we do manage to squeak out 8 wins I'll be thrilled. We can still make the playoffs, but its going to take a renewed focus and commitment from EVERYONE. Players, Coaches, everyone.ReplyDelete
- CowboyFor LifeOctober 11, 2012 at 6:52 PM
I read reports that Montrae Holland is staying in shape and is interested in signing a contract. Remember the difference he made in the OL play in 2011 when he was signed? If memory serves, Murray broke out with some big rushing games after Holland was signed last year. What are Garrett and Jerry waiting on? Go sign Montrae.ReplyDelete
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text: Think TA Option on Crop Insurance February 26, 2013 08:02 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ed Clark Top Producer Business and Issues Editor Email Trend-Adjusted yield coverage offers added protection Want more crop income protection for less money? Think TA APH option, in the sometimes mysterious world of crop insurance. It's short for Trend-Adjusted Actual Production History yields, and for most producers with at least a few years worth of yield history, it's a good deal, says Steve Johnson, farm management expert with Iowa State University Extension. In its second year, USDA's Risk Management Agency has expanded the availability of the TA APH program for corn, soybeans, sorghum, cotton, rice and spring wheat to include more counties nationwide. You need to move quickly if you haven't yet made the election: You only have until your federal crop insurance closing date to make changes to your federal crop insurance selections. Non-subsidized insurance options for hail and wind might be added later, however. "For most producers with at least a few years of yield history, the TA option is a good deal." On a sample farm using a projected price of $6 per bushel, the numbers tell the story. When dealing with APH and enterprise units, in which losses in all fields are combined in the county, a 175.5 bu. per acre APH yield and an 85% coverage level (149.17 bu. per acre), the guarantee is $895 per acre with a $22.28 per acre premium. With the TA yield option, however, the APH is increased to 194.2 bu. per acre with a boost from a trend yield county factor for each of the past 10 years of corn production. Reducing the coverage level to 80% results in a guarantee of 155.36 bu. per acre, thus a higher guarantee of $932 per acre, again with a $6 projected price. That's a $37 per acre larger revenue guarantee than under the APH and enterprise unit calculation. The best news of all is that the premium is $18.78 per acre when you choose the TA APH option, so producers get more coverage for less money. Outstanding Benefit. "The biggest benefit of insurance is to cover as many bushels as you can," says Jamie Wasemiller, analyst and crop insurance agent with the Gulke Group. "If you purchase the 85% policy and attached the trend adjusted yield, you effectively have 90%-plus of your bushels covered through a subsidized program." This route greatly reduces the amount of money farmers have to spend finding methods to cover the remaining bushels. "Even if producers purchase the 85% policy along with the TA APH option and hail insurance, etc., most are still going to spend less than 5% of total costs on insurance," Wasemiller says. Johnson says that the numbers come out differently using optional units for which loss is calculated by section of land. An optional unit classification with an APH of 175.5 bu. per acre, an 85% coverage level (149.17 bu.) and a $6 per bushel projected price results in an $895 per acre guarantee and a premium of $37.60 per acre. With the TA option, the APH increases to 194.2 bu. per acre. Again, reducing the coverage level to 80% results in a 155.36 bu. per acre guarantee or $932 per acre and a premium just 2¢ per acre more. In other words, producers get a $37 per acre higher guarantee for virtually the same premium with the TA yield option versus the APH and the optional unit coverage. Should everyone then elect the TA APH option? "With very few exceptions, yes," Johnson says. However, it may not be a good decision for producers with fewer years of APH or several years of significant losses. Johnson suggests that a portion of premium money saved by using the TA option be used to purchase non-subsidized protection for hail on corn and soybean acres and a wind policy on corn acres. This is especially true if you're using enterprise unit coverage. The TA APH option also might not work for producers with an average yield increase throughout a 10-year period of only 0.2, while it works well for producers with a 2 factor yield increase, explains Cory Walters, ag economist at the University of Kentucky. "Such cases of only 0.2, however, are very, very rare," he says. The Tougher Decision. After the first decision to use the revenue protection (RP) product, producers will then likely choose the TA APH option, Johnson says. The tougher decision is whether to use optional units, in which for loss purposes each field in a section is calculated on its own, or enterprise units, using the average of all fields of that crop in a county. Johnson says that for most producers, enterprise units are a better deal because they are subsidized at a higher rate but expose the insured to greater production risks. At an 80% coverage level, enterprise units are subsidized at 68%, but for optional units it's lower at 48%. Consider the example in the table above. With an APH of 175.5 bu. per acre and an 80% coverage level, the guarantee is $842 per acre with a premium of $23.60 per acre using the optional unit selection, again with a sample farm and a $6 per bushel projected price. Using enterprise units, numbers remain the same except for the premium, which drops to $10.67 per acre, less than half that of the optional units. The vast majority of producers, but definitely not all, are much better off making the enterprise unit selection, Johnson says. Those better off using optional units might be those insured with vastly different soil types or drainage patterns that result in different yields. The only way to know which unit coverage to elect is to run the numbers and understand the increased risk with the premium savings, Johnson says. "The final premiums vary due to the interaction of optional versus enterprise unit subsidies, along with the TA option (versus the APH) at levels of coverage that have different percent subsidies," he says. Put another, way, farmers have four choices to make: coverage level, whether to elect the TP option, insurance type and unit type, Kentucky ag economist Walters adds. Producers finally must decide whether to use the TA yield option and the optional versus enterprise unit coverage. Those choosing revenue protection, which is to say nearly all, also have to determine whether to choose to keep the harvest price option, and for nearly all if not all, that's the right decision, Johnson says. For Most Crops, No Spike in Rates for 2013 Despite the worst drought in decades, crop insurance rates for 2013 (except for spring wheat) will either see little net change overall or drop, says Jamie Wasemiller, market analyst and crop insurance agent with the Gulke Group. Corn, grain sorghum and cotton rates will change little, soybeans will see an overall decrease, spring wheat an overall increase of 4%, while rates on rice will see an 8% decrease, Wasemiller says. "Insurance is an important piece of your marketing plan," he says. Back to news