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Editor's Summary
While big data and its management are in the spotlight, a vast number of important research projects generate relatively small amounts of data that are nonetheless valuable yet rarely preserved. Such studies are often focused precursors to follow-up work and generate less noisy data than grand scale projects. Yet smaller quantity does not equate to simpler management. Data from smaller studies may be captured in a variety of file formats with no standard approach to documentation, metadata or preparation for archiving or reuse, making its curation even more challenging than for big data. As the information managers most likely to encounter small datasets, academic librarians should cooperate to develop workable strategies to document, organize, preserve and disseminate local small datasets so that valuable scholarly information can be discovered and shared.
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RDAP Review
Looking Out for the Little Guy: Small Data Curation
by Katherine Goold Akers
It is perhaps no coincidence that academic librarians are accelerating their efforts to curate research data at the same time that attention is increasingly being focused on big data. But in a college or university setting, a preoccupation with big data may be unrealistic and unproductive. Instead, our concerns should be with small data and the challenges of managing a myriad of diverse and undocumented, yet small, datasets.
With big data at the forefront of discussion, it is easy to imagine that all scientists are routinely generating massive quantities of research data. And some are. But many of these big data producers work in federal or private labs that are out of the reach of academic librarians. Or they work in universities but are supported by grants enabling them to hire staff and build infrastructure necessary to manage their own data without assistance from librarians. What remains is the majority of researchers based in colleges and universities, who conduct several small, interrelated projects simultaneously, many of which are either not federally funded or not funded at all. Some of these projects culminate in journal articles and conference presentations, and others quietly phase out, but in either case, the data are rarely preserved or disseminated. Although science is rapidly evolving with advances in thinking and technology, it has not undergone a paradigm shift, at least not yet. Despite having more sophisticated tools, most scientists continue to make progress via incremental steps series of observational, experimental or computational studies that each generate a relatively small amount of data. The same is true for researchers in the social sciences and humanities, who also typically produce modestly sized datasets or collections of digital objects. It is these small datasets that academic librarians are most likely to encounter [1].
It is also easy to get the impression that, as a general rule, big data are more important than small data. But the value of a dataset is not a function of its size. Certainly the curation of big data is vital in many cases. Consider the unique conglomeration of weather conditions leading up to the recent superstorm Sandy. Meteorological data captured from this event are not reproducible. If the data are not preserved, scientists lose opportunities to gain additional insights into how such storms arise and how to improve our weather prediction systems. However, big data often accumulate through unfocused sweeps of the environment at microscopic to astronomical scales, with potentially valuable information hidden in huge amounts of noise. Small data, in contrast, are often the result of highly focused, carefully designed studies with a limited number of observations. Not all small studies yield data that are highly valuable or worthy of long-term preservation, but they do tend to be the types of studies that explore new areas of inquiry or that narrow in on answers to long-standing questions. If preserved and meaningfully integrated, small data can be just as important as big data, if not more so.
Worry over the management of big data is justified, as it presents significant challenges in terms of storage, accessibility and analysis. But because big data are difficult to curate does not mean that the curation of small data is easy. In fact, in some situations, small data can be even more difficult to manage than big data. The instruments that churn out big data often produce files that are highly standardized and automatically accompanied by metadata. These files often fit nicely into established disciplinary repositories, allowing data to be preserved in perpetuity, linked to related data and accessed by the individuals who are best suited to re-use the data in new and meaningful ways. Small data is messier [2]. Any individual small research project can generate a surprising number of files in a variety of formats. Because the goal of academic researchers is to publish manuscripts as quickly as possible, they spend little if any time preparing their data for archival or re-use, meaning that most datasets lack adequate documentation or metadata. Some research areas have no appropriate disciplinary repositories. Whether the orphaned data make it into institutional repositories, it is unclear how these detached, diverse datasets can be synthesized into something that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Because academic librarians are more likely to encounter small data in their colleges and universities, we should focus on developing approaches to the documentation, organization, preservation and dissemination of small datasets that have no permanent home outside of the labs and offices in which they were born. The effective and efficient curation of small data may prove to be an immense feat, but one that offers profound opportunities for librarians to meet an unfulfilled need and to forge new paths in the discovery and sharing of scholarly information.
Resources Mentioned in the Article
[1] Salo, D. (2010). Retooling libraries for the data challenge. Ariadne, 64. Retrieved January 3, 2013, from www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue64/salo
[2] Heidorn, P. B. (2008). Shedding light on the dark data in the long tail of science.
Library Trends, 57(2), 280-299.
Katherine Goold Akers has a background in psychology and neuroscience research. She is now a Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) postdoctoral fellow and e-Science librarian at Emory University. She can be reached at katherine.g.akers<at>emory.edu.
Articles in this Issue
Third ASIS&T Student Design Competition: The "Truthiness Challenge"
ASIS&T Online Education Initiatives: Driving the Future
James Cretsos Leadership Award: What ASIS&T Means to Me
SIG/SI 8th Annual Research Symposium a Success!
The 23rd Annual SIG/CR Classification Research Workshop: A Report
The History of ASIS&T and Information Science and Technology
Evolving and Emerging Research Methods: 2012 ASIS&T SIG/USE Symposium
From Vision to Reality: The Emerging Information Professional
Edward Chang: Mobile Opportunities
Award of Merit Acceptance Speech
A Career in Information Retrieval Research
IA: Slip-Sliding Away: Real World Challenges Await Us
RDAP Review: Looking Out For the Little Guy: Small Data Curation


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LETTER: Rose Clark Responds to Nov. 19 City Council Adjournment
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The following letter is included as public record in the packet for Monday night's Burien City Council meeting:]
November 19th Burien City Council Meeting
by Deputy Mayor Rose Clark
The people of Burien rightly have questions about why I terminated the Burien Council Meeting abruptly on November 19th, 2012. I will answer here, but want to put the evening and our normal process into context.
Since 1993 it has never been the practice of Council to vote on extremely important issues, like a change in Burien City government, without research, without discussion at prior meetings, and certainly not with absent members totally in the dark about the issue. Shooting from the hip types of legislation serves no one well.
In addition it has been a long established practice among Burien Council Members to defer taking action on items that the absent members have an interest in. Discussion of items championed by an absent member has also been delayed until the member's return. This is simple courtesy. Of course if the item was time sensitive, or an emergency, action would be taken.
Since 1993, the beginning of the City of Burien, these has been the practices during the terms of twenty four different individual Council Members, guided by six individual Mayors, working with three permanent and three temporary individual City Managers. We have always protected the right of all Council Members to be involved in a discussion before it is put into the form of a motion for adoption. I have always been very proud of the fact that all of these people working together, working through their differences, with the ebb and flow of majority and minority status, have steadily moved this city ahead with the Vision and the future as their north stat. But through it all we have respected the right of each to be included in the conversation.
Council Member Block, like other Council Members historically, received this courtesy during his recent absence for surgery as well as vacations in the past. Every Council Member has been granted this courtesy and respect until the Aug. 6th, 2012 meeting when Council Member Block put an motion on the floor in my absence. Research would have shown him that that motion, to take Annexation off the ballot, would have needed to be made and passed at least one month earlier in order to allow the process to work through the King County Council, the only body with authority over the ballot.
On Nov. 19th, 2012 two members, Mayor Bennett and Council Member McGilton, were absent. It is true that they were away on personal business. There is not one Burien Council Member ever who has had perfect attendance. As human beings they have a right to personal time, to surgery time, and sometimes to traveling on behalf of the City. Every elected official in the country and beyond faces the need to balance public service with their personal lives.
On the 19th the meeting was going well until we reached the point on the agenda where we talk about City Business. At this point on the agenda normally there is no action to take. It is the time at which our City Manager routinely updates Council and the community of recent developments of note. That would be followed by the individual Council Members summarizing meetings or events he/she had attended.
But Council Member Block interrupted with his first motion to rescind our PAA on North Highline. The annexation issue was dealt with at the ballot box and that is different from the issue of the PAA. Refusing to acknowledge the lack of respect to two absent Council Members, he pressed on in spite of the fact that during his absences he had received that respect.
This was not an emergency issue nor one of time constraints. In fact it can t be done by one simple motion because it involves changing both the Burien Comp Plan as well as the King County Comp Plan. It is not the annexation issue that is codified in these documents, it is the PAA which allows Burien a seat at the table in future discussions concerning the future of this area. The complicated process would be long and could not be handled by a simple motion by one Council Member. A little research on the part of Council Member Block would have shown him that.
This motion was seconded by Council Member Krakowiak in spite of the fact that she, in the interests of transparency, always insists that we refrain from placing a motion on the floor and vote on it at the same meeting. Council Member Edgar was the third Member who voted for this motion.
So without research they voted to withdraw from the PAA as I previously described. At home I am sure the residents thought the motion passed but further action will be needed due to the complexities of the issue.
Council Member Block's second motion was to place the idea of Burien having an elected mayor on the April ballot. This is a significant change to the City s Charter and has considerable budget implications. Council Member Block had mentioned this item at one previous meeting. Because we have been consumed by budget discussions the Council has not placed the elected mayor item on the agenda for discussion which would be our normal protocol.
Placing a change in our form of government on the agenda would set the table for discussion so that the residents could hear and understand the complexities and budget implications of changing our form of government. After reasoning together and with public input we would be better able to make a wise decision. A decision on a ballot measure would be the end result.
I myself have questions about it, but since it was not on the agenda I knew staff would not be prepared to help us understand the matter. Then there was the issue of two absent Council Members who would have zero input into a discussion to transform Burien s mode of government. I tried very hard to reason with Council Member Block hoping he would table the motion until a future date when all Members would be present. Rather than allow rash action, totally out of order and sequence, I chose to recess the meeting.
I am aware that this is the first time in the history of Burien that any presiding officer has recessed in this manner. Recessing, with a motion on the floor, necessarily means the issue of an elected mayor would be discussed in the future before action is taken.
Council Member Block has inferred that he had a third motion that would cause us to hire two additional police officers. What a surprise since during the budget discussions he wanted to eliminate the School Resource Officer position historically posted to Highline High School. A little research would have shown him that the SRO position has been instrumental in resolving issues and public safety costs at the Burien Library, Transit Oriented Development, Bartells and Burger King as well as the Town Square Condo units. But on a whim he wanted to reduce this position but now he wants to add two positions. And this would be done after the budget for the next two years was adopted only a couple of weeks ago.
If this indeed was his third motion for the evening, he would have been adding in excess of a quarter of a million dollars for new officers to our just adopted budget without discussion by full Council. There is a financial costs to placing an initiative on the ballot. I think that is at least $30,000. Then there would be the undetermined costs of changing our form of government. Clearly it was inappropriate to add these expenditures outside the budget process which just ended a couple of weeks ago not to mention without having the full Council present.
I will also give these comments to our City Clerk for inclusion in the Dec. 3rd packet so that all residents may have the opportunity to understand my reasons for recessing the Nov. 19th meeting.
Thank you for listening. Now we will move to tonight's published agenda, which staff has been preparing for over a month.
– Rose Clark
Deputy Mayor
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Just last week Agnes Chu was at the Kiva HQ office in San Francisco, training to become a Kiva Fellow. After graduating from the training program, she prepared to begin her fellowship in Samoa, working with Kiva Fellow South Pacific Business Development (SPBD). The day before she flew to Samoa, a tsunami devastated the area she was flying to.
Yesterday we received an update from SPBD on the situation they are experiencing. Today Agnes posted the first blog of her fellowship, to Kiva Stories from the Field, sharing the unexpected experience of her first days in Samoa:
Fa'a Samoa- Agnes Chu is a Kiva Fellow who arrived (safely) in Samoa on September 30, the day after a tsunami devastated the area, for a 3 month assignment with Kiva Field Partner South Pacific Business Development (SPBD).
My placement in Samoa was supposed to be a quiet one. A tiny country smaller than Rhode Island, Samoa is part of the group of Polynesian islands that are usually associated with the words "dream vacation" or "exotic getaway." Samoa is located in the "calm zone" of the Pacific and the demeanor of its inhabitants follows suit; there is actually a term—fa'a Samoa—for the laid-back attitude Samoans have towards life. Although the UN has categorized Samoa as a "least developing country," it is well-known that Samoans are always smiling. I thought I was placed on a beach—none of this catching-malaria and getting-chased-by-men-with-machetes business that other Kiva Fellows had to worry about.
The earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit Samoa the day of my flight from San Francisco to Apia, Samoa. Although I wasn't aware of it at the time, the tsunami had spared Apia, the capital of Samoa and headquarters of South Pacific Business Development microfinance organization, and it was the eastern coastal region and American Samoa that suffered the brunt of the damage. The airline, showing us grimy pictures of the damage, advised all tourists to turn back, but nobody did. I arrived at 5:30 a.m. the day after the tsunami hit and found SBPD's driver waiting for me at the airport, on schedule. The government had declared the day a national holiday, but at SPBD's office, almost all of the staff showed up and continued operations as usual, working doubly hard to make up for the lost day.
Approximately 15-20% of SPBD's borrowers live in eastern region of Samoa that was affected. We still do not know the status of all of them. When the tsunami came, bearing waves 10 feet high, many people fled inland to the plantations uphill and remain there with their families and villages. The entire village of one of SPBD's borrowers is crammed into one home, the only one situated on higher ground. Of the borrowers we were able to locate, their damage, thankfully, is mostly material. However, the extent of material damage is overwhelming. Samoans build their houses oceanfront, literally 5-10 feet away from the Pacific (The beach is very small and sometimes non-existent in most spots of Samoa.) The houses, called fales, are giant rectangular patios, with wooden poles holding up a singular roof made of sheet metal. It's the perfect way to enjoy the seabreeze. When the water came, their belongings were swept away. Fales, not meant to be sturdy, crumbled and some have only the concrete foundation remaining. Most people lost everything they owned. Tourist fales are gone. A wharf costing millions and newly opened months prior is damaged. Samoans are shocked that such a disaster could happen—this is the first tsunami to hit Samoa.
The response to the tsunami has been a huge outpouring of love. Although the disaster is contained to a small part of the island, Samoans are a tight-knit community and somebody always knows somebody on the other side of the island. Many Samoans have packed boxes of clothes to donate through their church, a large facet of Samoan life. Four different international relief agencies, as well as local businesses, have been dropping off supplies, including ice cream and popsicles for children. SPBD donated 3,000 Talas to the relief effort during the telethon today. The borrowers that I have met are fine for the moment and have shown extraordinary resilience. They are calm. Children laugh and giggle while cramped inside a temporary shelter. I will never forget the first remark one Samoan made when I asked her how she was doing: "We have lost everything, but I am happy because we still have our lives."
That sentence amazes me, because I have never seen poverty before and can't imagine having little and then losing it again. I get mad when I lose my iPod! I grew up in a middle-class family in a big city and just a few days ago, poverty was only a concept discussed in the New York Times. I joined Kiva because I wanted to see it firsthand and help. The tsunami was more than I bargained for. The impact is devastating. My mind is numbed by wondering how these families will cope. But they are. I have been in Samoa for only a few days and I can see already how strong families are here. The past 60 hours have been a whirlwind. I have lost a lot of sleep, gotten bit by mosquitoes and cockroaches, and ate marmite for breakfast instead of bacon and eggs. But I am inspired by the Samoan woman's remarks and I am happy.
SPBD will be doing further assessment on the aftermath of the tsunami and I will provide more updates on the Kiva borrowers affected in the following weeks, as more information comes. Please support SPBD by lending to its other borrowers here.


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Tim Connor '80 is Class Correspondent and Chairman of the President's Leadership Council.
A graduate of Harvard Business School, Mr. Connor is a founding Partner of Sequel Venture Partners, a company that provides venture capital to early-stage technology companies and manages over $400 million in investment capital. Prior to this he was a CFO with Access Health (later acquired by McKesson) and before that he was Managing Director with Lehman Brothers. He has served as a class agent and was on the 25th Reunion Committee for the Class of 1980. Mr. Connor is a member of his 30th Reunion Committee in FY09-10. He and wife, Katie, and their three sons reside in Boulder, CO
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The high-tech, high-performance cars that compete in the FIA World Rally Championship are the all-rounders of the motorsport world.
Although they are based on standard road cars and are identifiable with the type of car that you buy in your local dealership, that is where the similarities stop.
They are capable of astonishing achievements on surfaces ranging from rocky and pot-holed dirt tracks to twisty and narrow asphalt lanes or rutted roads covered in snow and ice.
Cars must maintain peak performance in conditions where temperatures can plunge to near -30C at one round and soar to almost 30C above freezing on the next.
There are several categories within the WRC, the fastest and most spectacular being for World Rally Cars. These cars are stripped from a basic road vehicle to a bare metal shell before being completely rebuilt.
All unnecessary brackets and mounting plates are removed to save weight and after around 700 hours of work, the shell emerges vastly stronger and stiffer than before.
The support categories are increasingly less modified than the headline-grabbing WRC cars but one thing that all rally cars have in common is that they are fitted with a steel tubular roll cage to provide maximum protection in the event of a crash.
What – the major support series in WRC and the final stepping stone to the headline WRC category. Launched in 2013 through the merger of SWRC and PWRC, it contains powerful four-wheel drive cars built under various technical rules. Power and performance are balanced through air restrictors and minimum weight stipulations.
The FIA Production Car Cup (now in its 27th season) forms part of WRC 2 and is awarded to the top WRC 2 crew driving a Group N car.
Look out for – Ford Fiesta R5, Citroen DS3 RRC, Ford Fiesta RRC, Peugeot 208 T16 R5 (due for homologation on 1 March 2014), Citroen DS3 R5 (due for homologation on 1 March 2014), Mini John Cooper Works RRC, Mitsubishi Lancer Evo, Subaru Impreza WRX, Ford Fiesta S2000, Skoda Fabia S2000.
Getting technical –
Open to four-wheel drive cars in the new RC2 class which are built to one of the following five technical regulations.
- R5: Powered by a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine with a 32mm restrictor and using a five-speed gearbox. The price is capped at 180,000 Euros to ensure cheaper, more standard parts are used.
- S2000: Powered by either a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine with a 30mm restrictor or a 2.0-litre normally aspirated unit.
- Regional Rally Cars: Powered by the same engines and transmissions as the World Rally Cars, but power is restricted by a smaller 31mm restrictor.
- R4: Powered by a 2.0-litre turbocharged engine, closely related to the road cars on which they are based. They use an uprated transmission and lighter body panels.
- N4: also known as production rally cars, these are very popular and less modified, 'showroom specification' vehicles. Cheaper to run, but lower on performance, these cars also compete for their own Production Car Cup.
What – the leading two-wheel drive category was launched in 2013 as the intermediate step on the WRC ladder and became instantly popular among younger drivers. The R3 cars that lead this championship are reminiscent of the Super 1600 cars that propelled the careers of Sébastien Ogier, Sébastien Loeb, Kris Meeke and Dani Sordo.
Look out for – Citroen DS3 R3T, Renault Clio R3 (a new version is expected in mid-2014), Honda Civic R3 and Toyota GT86 R3 (likely homologation in late 2014).
Getting technical –
- R3 cars are the primary category
- Two-wheel drive cars only, normally front-wheel drive.
- 1.6-litre turbocharged engines or up to 2.0-litre normally aspirated units.
- Six-speed sequential transmission.
- Also eligible are the smaller R2 cars, as well as the much older Super 1600 and two-wheel drive Group A rally cars.


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Wind Power Costs in U.S. Are Six Times Higher Than Claimed
The following article was written by S. Michael Holly, the Chairman of Sorgo Fuels & Chemicals, Inc. Sorgo has developed technology for the production of ethanol, electricity and protein from sweet sorghum. Mike was formerly an alternative energy engineer and business analyst with the Minnesota Department of Energy and Economic Development. He holds masters degrees in chemical engineering and business administration from the University of Minnesota.
Many U.S. special interests are misrepresenting wind power costs, including the wind industry, environmental groups, utility monopolies, independent system operators, educational and research institutions, and even federal and state governments. On September 24, Bill Ritter, the current director of the Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University and former Governor of Colorado, wrote in the Wall Street Journal that "Long-term contracts for wind energy are being signed by utilities in several states in the range of 3 cents per kWh over 20 years" (1). Xcel Energy, the nation's leading wind-generating electric utility, declares "wind power is simply the cheapest resource" (2).
How Utilities Can Turn Pilots Into Partnerships
By Sam Shrank and Raphael Tehranian
Utilities find themselves in unfamiliar positions as they chart their course in areas such as alternative fuel vehicles, smart grid, and distributed generation. In this last piece of our four-part series (See Part I by Mat McDermid, Finding the Regulated Utility Role in a Shifting Energy Landscape; Part II by Sam Shrank, How Behavioral Science Can Increase Energy Efficiency Adoption; and Part III by Jill Bunting and Raphael Tehranian, How Utilities Can Better Source Innovation), we discuss how partnerships with individual large customers to test new offerings, alongside traditional pilots, can help utilities find solid ground. Partnerships can both demonstrate to regulators that customers benefit from utility involvement in these areas and help utilities scope their ideal role.
Utilities have a long and successful track record of using technology demonstration pilots to better understand new innovations, test their ability to solve problems, provide increased or new benefits, and gauge customer and stakeholder interest. In a changing business environment, however, expanding into more customer-centric pilots would greatly help utilities position themselves to protect and expand their market standing.
Customer-centric energy partnerships of this type cover a broad spectrum, but there are a few required elements. First, they must begin with the selection of a customer partner, not a technology or utility offering. Second, the customer's goals should determine the expanded or new offering, or most likely suite of offerings, included. Third, rather than lasting for a predetermined and usually short amount of time, they are meant to be merely the beginning of an ongoing relationship.
How Utilities Can Better Source Innovation
By Jill Bunting and Raphael Tehranian
The speed of innovation outside the walls of utilities outstrips the speed of innovation within. As new and disruptive vendors, technologies, and business models enter the market, many utilities have seemed unsure about what their role is or should be. In the third in our four-part series (See Part I by Mat McDermid, Finding the Regulated Utility Role in a Shifting Energy Landscape; and Part II by Sam Shrank, How Behavioral Science Can Increase Energy Efficiency Adoption), we discuss how utilities can and should leverage their unique position to accelerate and manage the deployment of innovations for the benefits of all customers.
Here are three roles utilities can play to better manage innovation in a changing market.
The ambassador: help customers understand the benefits of new innovations
Technology advancements are broadening customer access to a wide range of new energy services. But technology alone is never enough: customers must feel comfortable incorporating these advancements into their daily lives. Utilities are well-suited to providing customers with answers on a wide range of energy services and moving them up the adoption curve. They have already achieved significant success in areas such as energy efficiency, where the average cost per kWh saved through utility energy efficiency programs is just 2.5 cents. Areas such as electric vehicles are opportunities for utilities to build on this success as ambassadors for new energy services.
How Behavioral Science Can Increase Energy Efficiency Adoption
By Sam Shrank/GreenOrder
Utility operations are being forced to evolve as customer expectations shift, technological change continues and new players enter adjacent markets. As utilities chart their course in areas such as energy efficiency, smart grid, and distributed generation, they find themselves in unfamiliar positions. The second in our four-part series (See Part I by my colleague, Mat McDermid, Finding the Regulated Utility Role in a Shifting Energy Landscape), we discuss how utilities can leverage behavioral science research as they expand into markets where they are not a monopoly and customers need to be convinced about the benefits of the products and services offered.
Since setting up auto-pay the day I moved into my apartment, I've given no thought to my utility bill. Given that my job is to analyze and advise utilities, I'd venture to say most people are no more engaged. However, with an evolving set of customer offerings—energy efficiency (EE), alternative fuel vehicles, demand response, and the like—many utilities are realizing that they may require better, different, or more communication. In short, they are discovering what it means to sell.
And not only are they beginning to market things customers may not feel they need, they now have competitors as well, particularly in the EE market. Various other entities are looking to advise large electricity and gas users about how to lower their bills and provide help with financing, sell devices directly to customers that increase automation and control, or take over the utility's role as the provider of EE offerings funded through utility bill surcharges. All of these reduce both the direct benefit to utilities from performance incentives and the indirect benefits from higher customer satisfaction, improved regulatory relationships, and perceived leadership.
Finding the Regulated Utility Role in a Shifting Energy Landscape
By Mat McDermid/GreenOrder
Energy is being reshaped as more than just a commodity: evolving customer expectations, new technologies and market entrants, and vying interests are challenging the traditional regulated utility model. However, regulated utilities possess an inherent advantage other industries could only dream of: a largely protected customer base. The first in our four-part series, we set the stage for how focusing on the customer can provide the pathway to growth and reinforce the relevance of the utility role in the future energy landscape.
For decades, end users' relationship with energy (whether gas or electricity) has been relatively constant: our lights and stove work on demand, we receive a bill every month (that we don't understand), and occasionally the power goes out. Regulated utilities earn reliable returns for keeping this system humming, which regulators make sure they actually do. This model is now being challenged, however.
Why Solar Panels are Cheaper in Germany
The following guest article was written by Mathias Aarre Maehlum, an Energy and Environmental engineering student from Norway. He frequently writes on the topics of solar power and other green techs. Read more of his work at his site Energy Informative.
The Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory (LBNL) has recently published a study that looks at the price differences in the solar panel industry in Germany and the U.S. By looking at pre-incentivized prices paid for customer-owned systems (third-party-owned systems were not included in the study), they were able to pinpoint the major differences between the two countries.
In the last five years, German solar panel prices have dropped by more than 50%. Some places in the U.S. are almost on par with German prices, but on average the study found a pretty significant gap:
Image source: Environmental Energy Technologies Division
Is Big Oil Guilty of Price Gouging?
Unfair Profits or Lots of Volume?
Most people, if asked to name off the top of their head which industries were taking advantage of consumers to generate insanely high profits, would likely have the oil and gas industry at the top of their list. Isn't it a well-known fact that with gas prices spiraling through the roof, "Big Oil" is by far the most profitable industry out there, hence they must be taking advantage of consumers?
Actually, it's not that simple. But public opinion would have it otherwise.
In fact, industries such as internet information providers and personal computers rank well above major integrated oil and gas (Big Oil) when it comes to profit margins. The simple definition of profit margin is: A ratio of profitability calculated as net income divided by revenues, or net profits divided by sales. It measures how much out of every dollar of sales a company actually keeps in earnings.
Wind Power Continues Trend of Rapid Growth in U.S.
Generation from wind turbines in the United States increased 27% in 2011 from the prior year, and is up 350% since 2006.
"During the past five years capacity additions of wind turbines were the main driver of the growth in wind power output," the U.S. Department of Energy reported. "As the amount of wind generation increases, electric power system operators have faced challenges with integrating increasing amounts of this intermittent generation source into their systems."
U.S. Crude Oil Imports Down 12% Since 2005
Foreign Oil Imports at Lowest Level Since Before Y2K
U.S. crude oil imports have fallen to their lowest level since 1999, according to data provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), an arm of the U.S. Department Of Energy (DOE).
Crude oil imports for 2011 averaged 8.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d), falling below the 9 million bbl/d mark for the first time since 1999, and down 12 percent since hitting a peak of 10.1 million bbl/d in 2005.
What Makes Up the Cost of a Gallon of Gasoline?
Gas Price Breakdown: It's All About the Cost of Crude Oil
"What am I paying for in a gallon of gas?" is a question on people's minds and often posed by regular visitors to Consumer Energy Report. With the assistance of the Energy Information Administration, who provided the data (see the methodology they used for calculating the component percentages at the end of this column), I was able to break it down into a series of charts from 2000-2012.
For a more detailed look into the recent spike in gas prices, see: Charting the Dramatic Gas Price Rise of the Last Decade


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When it comes to the world of sports, endurance is a trait that is necessary to achieve success, win awards, and have medals pinned to one's chest. But there are many sports where the person is not really the one that must pass the endurance test – it is the creature they sit upon.
Equestrian sports are actually lovely to the eyes. The mighty steed is stunning; the rider weaving and leading the creature through the maze of jumps is incredibly graceful; even when heading through the woods after that sly fox, the world of chivalry is once again born, along with the actual sport. Many think of the equestrian sports as 'British' sports; a human and animal riding in perfect symmetry, dressed and groomed well, looking as if the 1800s have been resurrected.
But there is a subset of this sport that is all about endurance, and the training that needs to be undergone is almost painful to think about. Called endurance riding, this sport is actually based on planned-out, controlled, long-distance races. This is not the famous Derby where once around the track seals the deal; it is an international sport where competitions are held worldwide, testing the rider (but…the horse, far more), and leading them to the finish line that sits up to a hundred miles away.
Endurance rides are one type of the sport, with competitive trail riding being the other. When it comes to endurance rides, the winning horse is still the one who gets to the end the fastest, but has to stop along the way to pass veterinary checks that make sure the horse is healthy and able to continue on.
These rides can run up to 100 miles in distance, but the shorter ones are actually utilized to help both new riders and young horses learn the skill, talent and, god knows, lung capacity they'll need to win.
Every competition has sanctions, and certainly no animal cruelty is a part of the sport. The horses are always checked yet, no matter how you look at it, the real endurance and longevity comes from the creature – the rider has little to do with it.
In addition, endurance riding is open to all breeds but, thus far, it is the breed of Arabians that have been able to take the top spots because of their already proven stamina given to them at birth. Speed is key. Just as it is on the NASCAR turns, the horse not only needs to endure, but they must also be able to keep to the trail in order to win.
The creation of this particular sport is incredibly interesting. In the United States, this type of endurance competition came about when Americans – looking at the European cavalry – delved into research regarding breeding program tests for horses. The Europeans actually required a horse to carry 300 pounds over one-hundred miles, using only one day to get it done. Only then, would the horse be considered 'good' enough to help soldiers during WWI.
From a test of strength to an organized sport, endurance racing actually began in the 1950s. That was when a group of equestrians rode from Lake Tahoe, over the Sierra Nevada's, to end up in Auburn…in one day's time. Not only was the event the first of its kind, but it also involved the famous Western States Trail – which holds a very interesting role in the history of the United States.
This original ride is still going strong in America; now called the Tevis Cup, it is still seen as the most difficult event in the world. Not only must the horse and rider deal with completing the hundred miles in one day, but they must also achieve that ride across severe, painful landscapes. The altitude during the ride is incredibly high, and temperatures have been known to reach over one-hundred degrees, definitely pushing the equestrian 'team' to its limits.
One of those X-Treme sports no matter how you look at it, this one definitely honors the mighty steed who truly deserves 80% of the credit when the ride is won.


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Really Brad Devader? Melanie Mazur is divisive? (Times, March 21, 2014)
I would hardly call Melanie divisive. She and Carole bring us the local news every week. Mel prints two columnists in the paper and almost every letter to the editor she receives. I don't agree with the columnists every week, but I read them. Mel also volunteers her time for the Bayfield Chamber of Commerce, Heritage Days, Igancio Bike Week, and plenty of other events. Then she helps cover these events and puts them in a weekly newspaper. The big stories in the Times lately have been about basketball, town board candidates, and the good things our local kids are doing. She helps unite the community, not divide it.
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There are numerous and well documented cases where cross-connections have been responsible for contaminating drinking water resulting in the spread of disease. The problem of cross-connection control is a continual one because piping systems are constantly being installed, altered, or extended. A cross-connection may never be a problem until the right circumstance occurs resulting in backflow and an outbreak of disease.
Even in or near our own city, the right circumstances occurred resulting in cross-connections as evidenced by the following incidents. The first documented incident occurred in Huskerville, Nebraska, in 1952. Huskerville was a separate political entity, then located approximately eight miles northwest of Lincoln. Basically, this area is adjacent to and north of the area now referred to as Arnold Heights, a residential subdivision near the old Lincoln Air Base. The area, originally built as a military base hospital, was converted in 1946 to a housing area for married students attending the University of Nebraska. The area was approximately three blocks wide and five blocks long. A detailed study conducted by two research doctors within the Lincoln area revealed a very close spatial relationship between the distribution of polio cases and the location of flush valve water closets not provided with vacuum breakers. There was also a relationship between the outbreak and the occurrence of extreme fluctuations of pressure within the water mains in the area. A full report was published in the American Medical Association Journal regarding this tragedy, which left two dead and 18 persons permanently paralyzed with polio.
Also within the past several years, we have experienced back siphonage conditions resulting in milk in our distribution mains near a local creamery and hot boiler water in our distribution system near a public high school. Both of these backflows were initiated by broken water mains.
On or around this date, Lincoln Water System was called to a building for a complaint of bad tasting water. A RPZ backflow preventer was and continues to be in place on the domestic water supply and no other complaints in the area were reported. After some investigation, Lincoln Water System discovered that a new CO2 bottle had been installed on their post-mix carbonator system but was empty. There was no backflow prevention device on this machine. It was discovered that not only was one person ill, but as many as a dozen people also were sick with flu-like symptoms. An RPZ backflow preventer was installed on the post-mix carbonator and no more problems have been reported.
On June 28, 1995, the Lincoln Water System was called to the area of South 50th & "M" Streets with complaints of a lot of air in the water and milky color. After four (4) hours of flushing hydrants all over this area and no progress was being made, Lincoln Water System went to investigate possible sources. First, we checked a building at 49th & "O" Street and found nothing there. On further investigation we went to another building in this area and talked to the manager. After looking over the building, the manager said he may know the source of the problem. In the southwest corner, a water cooled compressor that the manager knew had a leak in the holding tank and was to have been shut off, but was somehow turned on. The compressor was shut off and unhooked, more flushing continued and after a short time the air was out of the main and the water back to normal.
A Lincoln Water System representative then went to this building to perform a cross-connection survey. At the time, it was determined the building would require a RPZ backflow preventer on the domestic line, right after the meter, with a RPZ on the boiler.
The building meter was in a meter pit, so it was determined that a RPZ would be installed at point of entry for the service pipe. The piping entered the building in two (2) spots, so two (2) RPZ's were installed on the building. The backflow prevention devices have been installed and no more problems have occurred.
A local college called the Lincoln Water System with "blue water" in various locations around the building (kitchen, utility room deep sink, child care area). Lincoln Water System representatives met with maintenance personnel and checked for the source of the problem. It was determined that the boiler had nothing on it but a single check (non-testable device). Samples were taken and showed sodium nitrate, a closed system water inhibitor used for boilers and closed loop systems. Reduced pressure backflow preventers were installed on the boiler lines at the same time the post-mix beverage machine was inspected and found to have no backflow device. A dual check with vent was installed on both machines with ½-inch RPZ backflow preventers to be installed later.
On January 4, 1995, "blue water" was still showing up, but not as severe. More samples were taken and showed the same chemical. At this time the maintenance personnel found a cross-connection between the chilled water system that was shut off for the winter and bypassed around the circulation pump. A single check was found as the only protection between the chilled water system and the domestic water supply to the rest of the building. A reduced pressure backflow preventer was installed on the chilled water line. The problem has not reoccurred and samples show no trace of sodium nitrate.
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A great Karate master called his students together and had each of them demonstrate a kata.
When the most senior student demonstrated, the master said, "that was almost the best I have seen.
When the most junior student demonstrated, the master said, "that was almost the worst I have seen."
The senior student became incredibly angry. "Almost the best!" he shouted in disbelief. I am certain that it was the best. He left the dojo, never to be seen again.
The junior student was so happy that he started to dance around. "Why are you so happy?" asked the master.
"Because you said my kata was almost the worst," replied the student. "You did not say that it was the worst." That student trained diligently and became the best student the master ever had.
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With the General now calling J.J. Watt by the nickname "MegaWatt" I guess that's officially the relentless lineman's moniker.
And it's too bad.
Let me explain. It involves a wee bit of science, but this is an energy town so you should be OK with that.
We'll start with some basic physics: What exactly is a watt?
(Since we're talking physics, first I want to make sure everyone is familiar with the First Law of Thermodynamics. It states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed — unless it meets J.J. Watt.)
Like the meter and kilogram, the watt is the world's official measuring unit of power. Technically it's defined as one joule of energy per second.
A joule is roughly equivalent to the energy required to lift a small apple three feet into the air.
(Chemistry is also an important subject when it comes to understanding energy. Except for J.J. Watt, of course. He destroyed the periodic table because he only recognizes the element of surprise.)
So one watt is equivalent to lifting an apple three feet into the air in a second.
(Apple, by the way, pays J.J. Watt 99 cents every time he listens to a song.)
Now, MegaWatt sounds like a cool name and all. And since the Texans play at Reliant Stadium, an energy nickname is an apt one.
But when we're talking about a stud like Watt, megawatts are pretty small potatoes. Your standard motor in a U.S. Navy combat ship puts out something like 36.5 megawatts of energy. Are you telling me it would take 36.5 J.J. Watts to power a warship? I don't think so.
(Speaking of ships, the Titanic didn't hit an iceberg. The ship was off course and accidentally struck J.J. Watt while he was doing the backstroke across the Atlantic.)
Heck a typical wind turbine has a power output of 1 to 3 megawatts. Are you calling J.J. Watt a wind turbine? I invite you to tell him that to his face.
Far better would be to call him GigaWatt, 1,000 megawatts or roughly the output of a large nuclear power station. Or better still, call him TeraWatt. A terawatt equals 1 trillion watts. That's the (very briefly achieved) peak energy of an average lightning strike. I don't think there's any question that TeraWatt strikes the quarterback like lightning.
By the way, do you ever wonder why lightning never strikes twice? It's because J.J. Watt is looking for it.
(Jokes shamelessly adapted from the Chuck Norris Facts page. Oh, and I actually think MegaWatt is a great nickname. Go Texans!)


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Wow, so you guys really liked that kaftan! I wasn't expecting that much of a response from a rediscovered FO! I think Aaron was pleased to read the positive comments too.
After the organic chemistry exam and four comprehensive exams, I returned home Friday to find loot! Mintyfresh of Pepperknit sent me two skeins of Claudia's Handpainted yarn from her recent blogiversary contest.
What a great prize! Thanks, Minty!! I've been thinking that I really need to get some variegated and give it a try. When scanning through my Flickr gallery last weekend, I came to the conclusion that I am the most boring knitter alive. Same types of patterns, same types of yarns. I need to expand my knitting horizons a bit, lest you readers die of boredom.
Next up, a package from my secret pal! Before I continue, I should say that there has been some Secret Pal craziness that resulted in me having two spoilers. SO... while Heatherly works that out, you can look at pretty pictures of what Secret Swapper sent me from Australia!
A beautiful card, a teddy bear for Beatrix, a great folk music CD for kids, some chocolate and...
some soft Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock in one of my favorite colors:
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Thanks, Secret Swapper! Just in time for my yarn diet!
For those of you have remarked the lack of much knitting progress in these last few weeks, I give you some FO photos of my Child's First Socks for my cousin Ida:
Pattern: Child's First Sock from Vintage Socks
Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport in Boldly Red on US 2s
In my excitement about having the weekend free from studying and encouraged by a great example on Flickr, I cast on for some Conwy socks from Knitting on the Road. I was looking for a conservative pattern for my mother-in-law that wouldn't tie me to a book (so fairly easy to memorize). As it turns out, Conwy is the perfect pattern.
Unfortunately, because it was the perfect pattern, I found it so tedious and boring that I frogged it a few inches later and started Canal du Midi, inspired by Grumperina's version. I could not face the prospect of two large socks with Conwy. Stay tuned for Canal du Midi progress photos next week!
Friday, April 06, 2007
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Wow, so you guys really liked that kaftan! I wasn't expecting that much of a response from a rediscovered FO! I think Aaron was pleased to read the positive comments too.


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Seth F. Oppenheimer, Ruping Fan, Stephan Pruett
The purpose of this paper is to develop a model for the activation of the gene responsible for the production of the cytokine interleukin 6, IL-6. This is motivated by experimental work that indicates that exposure to certain exogenous chemicals results in changes in cytokine production. In particular, exposure to both the widely used pesticide atrazine and the legacy pesticide dieldrin, still very much present in the environment, resulted in the reduction of the production of IL-6. We develop of model of twelve ordinary differential equations to model the effect of changes in transcription factor levels on IL-6 production rates and establish basic qualitative properties of solutions.
Published April 15, 2009.
Math Subject Classifications: 92C17, 34A12.
Key Words: Gene activation; neurotoxons.
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Hey Darrell, the top two look like my gauges. The faces look like brushed stainless. The amp gauge COULD be a service replacement, maybe??? I don't think they are reproductions in any case. Those wouldn't have Made in USA on them. I'm sure there will be others posting to confirm. I often wondered if there was more then one supplier myself.
Anther question I have is does anyone know the correct color of the gauge needles? I would like to redo these I have because they both work and would look better refinished.


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John Mock combines seascape photographs with original music inspired by the sea to create must-see concerts.
Mock, who is originally from Connecticut and now lives in Nashville, will bring his multimedia maritime presentation "From The Shoreline" to the Charlton Arts and Activities Center, 4 Dresser Hill Road, Charlton, for a performance at 7:30 p.m. July 28.
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NEWPORT, R.I. - While it may not have been the best weekend for the Yale men's golf team as a whole, captain Tom McCarthy's Sunday 69 gave him sole possession of sixth place in a field of players from 16 of the most prestigious schools on the East Coast. McCarthy's Bulldogs tied for eleventh - a finish they can certainly better come spring golf, as six of the teams finishing ahead of them were members of the Ancient Eight - teams the Elis have already bested at various points this fall.
Columbia took the tournament's top spot, followed by Harvard and Penn; the Bulldogs finished just 13 strokes behind fourth place Navy, as the field - which included all Ivy League teams, Army, Navy, and other top Northeastern schools - finished relatively tightly.
The individual finishers were also tightly packed. Freshman Sam Bernstein finished the tournament at +9, just eight strokes off the lead, but tied for 27th overall. Senior Brandon Marick (+13) tied for 49th, and sophomore Carson Weinand, who posted the Bulldogs' top Saturday round (75), tied for 69th at +21.
The Classic at Shell Harbor was the Elis' last action of the fall season, leaving a taste in their mouth that will undoubtedly motivate last year's second-place finishers in the Ivy League as they begin their quest to better that finish in 2011. Helping them do that will be Bernstein, whose emergence as a consistent player for Coach Colin Sheehan '97's squad adds another weapon for the Elis, who already bost the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year in McCarthy, and sophomore Bradley Kushner, who is coming off a tremendous freshman season.
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The School opens custom-built headquarters in Lincoln Center's Samuel B. and David Rose Building in January 1991. The new facilities include a residence hall for 64 year-round students, allowing SAB for the first time in its history to house and care for the majority of its non-local advanced students. Soon after, Peter Martins initiates a tuition-free Boys Program to increase male enrollment in the Children's Division, leading to the formation of all-boys classes for all levels of male training after the beginning year. Peter Martins's desire to expose advanced students to the art of dance making results in the creation of an annual student choreography workshop. Additions to the faculty during this period include Peter Boal, Jock Soto, Darci Kistler and Katrina Killian. Lincoln Kirstein dies on January 5, 1996, 62 years after founding SAB.


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FITCHBURG -- Until the end of her life, Eleanor Norcross returned home regularly from Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., and later from more far-flung locales such as Paris.
It took effort. The trip across the Atlantic was a five-day journey by the time she died in 1923.
A highly regarded artist, Norcross left a legacy that is an important part of the city's cultural scene. Without her $100,000 bequest, the Fitchburg Art Museum would not exist.
Norcross, who was born in 1854, was an educated woman. In an era when completing high school was not always expected, she graduated from Fitchburg High School then attended the Wheaton Female Seminary, opened just 20 years before her birth.
Aspiring teachers could attend a normal school, usually a one- or two-year program, to prepare for a career. Norcross attended the recently opened Massachusetts Normal Art School. It later became the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
The young artist taught in Fitchburg public schools for a year before beginning a life of traveling. With the support of her father, Amasa, the first mayor of Fitchburg, then later a state senator and a United States representative, she studied at the Art Students' League in New York and left for Paris after five years.
Eleanor's only brother died in childhood, and Amasa Norcross never remarried after his wife died shortly after their son. While the family was not wealthy, the two remaining Norcrosses were able to live comfortably.
In exchange for financial support from her father, Eleanor Norcross agreed not to sell any of her works and return home to Fitchburg regularly. Despite this, the American's work was well-known in European and American art circles. She exhibited regularly in the salons, and after her death both the Louvre in Paris and the Museum of Fine Art in Boston held shows of her work.
Norcross did not specify that her bequest was to be used to fund a museum. The executors of her estate made the decision to form the Fitchburg Art Center where art, including the extensive collection of decorative arts and paintings left by Norcross, could be shown.
Tragedy struck. A fire in 1933 severely damaged the building and destroyed most of the collection, including her own work. The museum rebuilt the stable and today owns four buildings with 20,000 square feet of exhibition space.
Her legacy of bringing art and art education to the city continues. The museum offers special programming for youth and adults, and welcomes groups of students and home-schoolers.
The Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft, now in its 78th year, provides a venue for local artists to show their work and become inspired by others.


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When I first was diagnosed with Celiac I was told that Whole Foods and Trader Joe's were the best places to shop for Gluten Free items, and I don't think I will ever forget the first shopping trip I did – it almost ended in tears! No lie, I about cried in the middle of whole foods. I was beyond overwhelmed with this new lifestyle. Which is kind of funny seeing as in my opinion Whole Foods is by far the best place to shop for Gluten Free items because everything is labeled, not just on the package but on the shelves they have these little tags that say what is Gluten Free. I just wasn't used to this kind of shopping. I wasn't used to having to read everything on the label and learning what many of these ingredients that you need to carry a dictionary around with you to figure out if they contain Gluten Free or not. If you have Celiac or shop for someone who does, I'm sure you can relate to my experience. Over the past two years I've gotten better with reading the labels and figuring out where gluten "hides" on the ingredients list.
Trader Joe's on the other hand doesn't come right out and label everything. Well they have gotten better over the last two years, but when I first started shopping for Gluten Free items it was so frustrating. Their Gluten Free list isn't store specific like Whole Foods is, they don't put any markings on the shelves and for the most part you had to read every ingredient on the box, do some research online etc to figure out what was Gluten Free and what wasn't. Now thankfully they are starting to label many of their products as Gluten Free! (Thank you Trader Joe's!). Their selection is still a bit limited compared to Whole Foods and they aren't labeling everything but they are getting better.
For the most part I try to buy fresh ingredients, including herbs, meats, veggies etc. and try to avoid many of the processed/packaged foods, but lets be honest, sometimes its just hard to do. Some days I just want to grab something quick and not have to prepare a whole meal just for myself. I've tried a few of the frozen meals from Whole Foods and Trader Joe's…they are okay for a quick meal, but I try not to eat them too much. About a month ago I tried this frozen meal from Trader Joe's and it was very very tasty, however I went to get another one to blog about and they were gone. Today on my lunch break I tried to restaurants in town and both were extremely rude and unhelpful with my gluten free diet so I decided to run over to Trader Joe's and see if by some chance they had any in the freezer section and they did! So I grabbed one to bring home for dinner and decided to blog about it.
(You can find this in the frozen section at Trader Joe's (items vary by location))
Vegetable Panang Curry with Jasmine Rice
Ingredients: Thai Jasmine Rice, Brown Jasmine Rice, Panang Sauce (coconut milk, Thai Chili, Shallots, Garlic, Basil, Galangal [Thai Ginger], Kaffir Lime Leaf, Palm Sugar Lemongrass, Coriander, Soy Oil, Sea Salt), Vegetable Blend (Zucchini, Onion, Asparagus, Kale, Green Beans, Snow Peas, Baby Corn and Spinach).
Granted this isn't the healthiest of meals but its tasty and good for a quick meal as long as you don't eat it too often!! So if you are looking for something tasty, quick (takes all of five minutes in the microwave), filling and GLUTEN FREE check this out! You really can't go wrong for only $2.49!!
Now if Trader Joe's could stock my local stores with some Gluten Free baked goods I would be all set!!


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Listed December 10, 2018
Age: 5 yrs.
Gender: Female
Weight: Not Specified
Adult Size: Less than 10 lbs.
Fixed: Yes
Shots: No
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DescriptionShepherd / Mixed
Special Needs
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Milo AnimalID is 27952 and Current Location is Sanctuary
Rescued from a hoarding situation in the desert outside of Bakersfield. She is a very shy girl who will be looking for a dedicated family or person really soon. Trini will need someone with shy dog experience, will need training on how to enjoy leash walking (since she lived her life off leash in the desert with 71 other dogs), and will be best in a home with another dog to build confidence to show affection towards her person. She is very dog social. She would love a more rural or suburban lifestyle as city life may be overwhelming.
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Adoption Fee Details
Dogs and Puppies
DOGS: All dogs at The Milo Foundation receive necessary veterinary care, are spayed/neutered, vaccinated, micro-chipped, and treated for parasites. Dogs over six months of age are Heartworm tested.
The adoption fee for ADULT DOGS is $300 for a male and $350-400 for females. We reserve the right to have increased fees for "special" highly desired or breed-specific dogs, as well as for those that required extraordinary veterinary care. Our Medical Fund benefits from these extra fees (half of which can be considered a tax deductible donation), so we can provide the extra care some animals need! Seniors, some harder to place dogs, and animals at the Milo Sanctuary may have lower adoption fees considered. Talk to us about this.
Chihuahuas and some other small dogs may have special incentives/lower adoption fees. There are so many of these sweet little ones dying in shelters! AND "two-for-one" deals are happily considered for Chihuahuas and some small dogs. The little ones LOVE a buddy!
The adoption fee for a PUPPY is $350-$600. THERE ARE NO REFUNDS ON PUPPY ADOPTIONS. If you return a puppy for whatever reason, your adoption fee becomes a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE donation. Certain rare circumstances may warrant a partial refund (50%). PLEASE think hard about the commitment of raising a puppy! They are fragile and demanding. They need consistency, training, time, resources and patience. They want TLC and need a firm commitment!
All puppies at The Milo Foundation receive puppy vaccinations and de-worming. They are also micro-chipped and spay/neutered. Depending on how long Milo has had the puppy and its age, it will likely require additional vaccinations and veterinary care by the adopters. Milo will often cover the next vaccine after adoption, but our suggested donation for vaccinations is $15-20, available during open hours at MPR.
No puppy should be exposed to public dog parks, trails, or areas frequented by dogs, nor should they be exposed to unvaccinated dogs, until at least three vaccinations have been given. However, we do encourage early training and ongoing, early socialization of the pups. Visits with healthy dogs, trips to your family or friends homes are encouraged! We also recommend that you enroll in puppy training classes as soon as possible! Puppies can go on walks on sidewalks in suburban and rural areas. City streets may have too much they can get into, so use good judgment.
Along with your Canine Adoption Application email, please INCLUDE THE NAME AND/OR ID NUMBER OF THE PET OF INTEREST, or the group name of the litter. Please bring a printout of your application with you when you come to meet the dog or puppy of interest. Follow up with an email and be patient! Thanks.
Adopters must be 21 years of age or older, and renters must be able to provide proof of landlord permission to keep the pet applied for in the residence. Certain breed types, sizes and puppies can be restricted. For everyone's protection, it is best to have approval in writing.
Cats and Kittens
FELINES: All cats and kittens are Leukemia tested. Cats over 6 months are also usually FIV or combo tested. All are vaccinated, have been spayed/neutered, micro-chipped and given parasite preventatives. Some young kittens are only FeLV tested, as the FIV test is inconclusive at a young age. If you are able, please consider an additional donation! Anything over $100 can be tax-deductible.
CATS (over 10 months): $125-150 sliding scale fee. Sometimes we'll give a break on a pair. We like it when bonded pairs can stay together! Senior cats, and those who have "been around the block" (are older or have been with us a long time) can be $75. These fees do not come close to covering Milo's costs, but we really want to get our adult cats into homes!
ALL CATS SHOULD BE INSIDE AT NIGHT. Our cats are not feral or outdoor cats. They are people friendly, social felines, who like the company of humans, and the safety and warmth of a cozy home!
A few of our Sanctuary cats could do well as predominantly outdoor or "barn cats." Please inquire with an email to firstname.lastname@example.com, if that is your preference.
KITTENS: $150. Kittens are ideally adopted out in pairs, or to homes with a compatible feline in residence, a buddy dog, or people who are home a lot. Kittens are social, and a kitten left home alone for long hours every day can be very unhappy.... two is better!! We reserve the right to charge more on occasion. Special new arrivals listed as KITTEN OF THE WEEK are $160-200. We may consider a discount for two at times. Talk to us – we want good homes for all kitties.
ALL KITTENS MUST STAY INDOORS, until at least 8-10 months age, though can be let out for brief periods under supervision to play and stretch their limbs, chase leaves. Please do so only under safe circumstances, where they can be observed, and are away from busy streets. Cats should be given the outdoor vaccinations at a vet before becoming indoor/outdoor cats. These vaccines are Leukemia and Rabies.
Along with your Feline Adoption Application email, please INCLUDE THE NAME AND/OR ID NUMBER OF THE PET OF INTEREST, or the group name of the litter. Please bring a printout of your application with you when you come to meet the kitten or cat of interest.
Adopters must be 21 years of age or older, and renters must be able to provide proof of landlord permission to keep the pet applied for in the residence.


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|Statue of Liberty
For anyone who has never been, you have to take a ferry to Ellis Island - there's one that leaves from New Jersey but we took the one that leaves from Battery Park. The ferry, unfortunately for anyone just heading to Ellis, servies Liberty Island as well. Since the Statue of Liberty is such a popular tourist attraction (and especially this year, when it turns 125 - boy, she looks good for her age!), that means waiting on an extremely long line just to get on the ferry. I was naive in thinking we'd get down to Battery Park and just hop on board. Oh, how nice that would have been! I think we got into the city at about 10:45 a.m. - we made it onto the 12 noon ferry.
|Welcome to Ellis Island!
The trip itself is not that long (thank God for people like April, who have no love of the water), although more time gets chewed up docking at Liberty Island before heading on to Ellis. We got there about 12:30. So already we'd spent almost three hours traveling (from only 30 miles away no less!) and had only just arrived. But Ellis Island is beautiful. The building is gorgeous, both inside and out, the grounds very pleasantly park-like. The people who spent years restoring the place in the late 1980s did a wonderful job.
Ellis is basically a museum, albeit inside the actual building where actual history occurred. There are displays of photos of immigrants, passports that have been donated, old clothing and trunks and other knick-knacks that these immigrants brought with them, along with the stories behind them, as told by the immigrants themselves or their descendants, which is pretty fascinating. Unfortunately, a lot of the display cases were empty as Ellis seems to be in the middle of a big conservation project. My favorite part is walking through the big hall where people lined up and were questioned by immigration agents, dormitories off to the sides, staircases leading to either the ferry that would finally usher them into New York or to detention rooms if they were sick or needed to be held further.
|Family possessions on display at Ellis Island.
|The Great Hall at Ellis Island.
Now, apparently every site within the National Park Service has a library pertaining to the history and subjects about that site, and April had been corresponding with the head librarian there about their oral history project - interviewing immigrants as well as former employees - and he was out but invited her to stop by the libary to ask one of his techinicians for a tour of the oral history recording room and listening room, and to ask any other questions she might have. I won't name any names, but what should have been a 20 minute stop turned into an hour long visit as the library technician basically showed us the entire library, repeated himself a million times, and didn't pick up on any of the clues April was dropping that we were politely trying to leave. The reading room there is beautiful, I'll admit - I would definitely feel inspired to do research in that room. However, I would have liked to have seen more of the displays and exhibits than just the reading room and the library stacks. (April, it's not your fault!)
|The Bob Hope Memorial Library reading room at Ellis Island.
Mentally and physically drained from our hour-long library sojourn, we decided to tour the grounds of Ellis Island. We stepped outside, and it started to pour. When we heard thunder and saw lightning in the not-too-far distance and dark, ominous clouds, we decided it was probably best to just get back on the ferry and head home.
Not all field trips will turn out the way you expect. Did I learn anything new, personally? Not family history related - I did learn to not be quite so polite in trying to extricate myself from a conversation with a person who doesn't pick up on cues you're sending him that you've had enough. But I was reminded that we can do so much research on the computer, just sitting at home, but besides the fact that sometimes you have to go into the field to really get the answers you're seeking, there's something just so inspiring about actually stepping foot into a place where history actually happened.
(All photos courtesy of April Earle)


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Yankees send Kuroda to mound versus Astros
Hiroki Kuroda tries to win his fourth straight decision on Tuesday when the New York Yankees continue their three-game series with the Houston Astros at Yankee Stadium.
Kuroda gave up three runs over the first two innings to the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday, but settled down from there, tossing four scoreless frames after that to get the win and improve to 3-1 on the year to go along with a 2.79 ERA.
"All I thought was, 'Just hang in there, pitch by pitch, and [you'll] be able to overcome,'" Kuroda said through an interpreter. "Considering how it started, I think I was able to put together a decent outing."
Kuroda's success may continue on Tuesday, as he owns a perfect 3-0 lifetime mark against the Astros with a 2.79 ERA in seven starts.
Houston, meanwhile, will hand the ball to righty Philip Humber, who has lost all five of his starts this season. Humber's most recent setback came on Thursday in Boston, where the Red Sox torched him for seven runs in just 4 2/3 innings.
Over his last two starts Humber has allowed 15 runs and 18 hits in five innings and has seen his ERA rise more than five runs to 7.99.
"It's pathetic," he said. "I didn't give our team a chance to win the game before and definitely not this time. I'm definitely not doing my job right now."
Humber has split his two starts versus the Yankees, while pitching to a 2.70 ERA.
Humber cab only hope for the same type of support Lucas Harrell received in the opener, as Carlos Corporan went 4-for-5 with a homer and four RBI to help Houston to a 9-1 shellacking.
Harrell (3-2) went 6 1/3 solid innings and Houston's four-game overall slide, while ending a string of four straight Yankee wins, by yielding just one run and scattering eight hits. Fourteen of the 19 outs the right-hander recorded came on the ground.
He was helped out by an offense that pounded out 17 hits and rocked Andy Pettitte (3-2) for seven runs in 4 1/3 innings of work. Brandon Barnes finished 3-for-5 with three RBI in the rout, with Carlos Pena contributing a run-scoring single as part of a 2-for-5 night.
"I've seen Andy since 1996, and I don't know if I've ever seen him not have his slider," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.
Jose Altuve, Chris Carter and Brandon Laird also had two hits for Houston, which went 6-for-14 with runners in scoring position.
"You're just waiting for it to happen night in and night out and be consistent. That's why we stay positive, because we know it's in there," Astros manager Bo Porter said.
Vernon Wells, Brett Gardner and Robinson Cano each collected a pair of hits for New York, with Wells driving in the Yankees' lone run with a sixth-inning single.
Houston has beaten the Yankees just one time in nine meetings, including a 1-5 mark in the Bronx. Houston's only win over the Yankees was a six-pitcher no- hitter at the old Yankee Stadium on June 11, 2003.


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Yanks pound Royals
Kansas City, MO – Lyle Overbay went 4-for-5 with a homer and five RBI to lead a 16-hit outburst that carried the New York Yankees to an 11-6 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.
Overbay finished a triple shy of the cycle, while Ichiro Suzuki finished 3- for-5 with a two-run homer and three runs scored to help Joe Girardi obtain his 500th win as the Yankees' manager.
New York, which entered Friday's opener of this three-game series off back-to- back triumphs in Colorado, also received two hits and a pair of RBI from Chris Nelson, with Jayson Nix ending 2-for-3 with three runs scored in the rout.
"I've been blessed to have this opportunity," said Girardi afterward. "[Former owner George] Steinbrenner and [general manager Brian Cashman] trusted me and put me in this position. I'm fortunate. It's a challenge to dream about playing in the big leagues and I don't know if you dream about managing. But as I got older, it was something I really wanted to do."
Phil Hughes (2-2) benefited from the Yankees' heavy run support, earning the decision despite permitting six runs over the first 5 2/3 innings.
Royals starter Wade Davis (2-3) was hit hard as well, surrendering seven runs on seven hits in five-plus innings of work.
Jarrod Dyson had a three-run homer for Kansas City and Alex Gordon went 2- for-4 with two RBI in the loss, the Royals' fourth in five games.
Hughes squandered an early 4-0 lead before being bailed out by the Yankees' bats, with the Bronx Bombers pounding Kansas City pitching for five runs on six hits during a big fifth inning that began with the scored tied at 5-5.
Suzuki started things off with a leadoff double and Nix singled to chase Davis before Overbay greeted Bruce Chen with a tie-breaking double into the right center-field gap. Nelson then sliced a base hit that brought in both runners and staked the Yankees to an 8-5 advantage.
Two batters later, Brett Gardner ripped a triple to left center to plate Nelson, with Robinson Cano capping the five-run barrage with a single that made the score 10-5.
The Royals got a run back when Mike Moustakas took Hughes over the wall in the bottom of the sixth, but failed to get a hit against the bullpen combo of Shawn Kelley and Boone Logan over the final 3 1/3 innings.
Overbay capped his huge night with a ninth-inning single that knocked in Suzuki, who led off with a single and stole second to move into scoring position.
Suzuki followed a walk to Travis Hafner with a line drive into the Kansas City bullpen that put the Yankees up 2-0 in the second. After Nix doubled, Overbay crushed Davis' 3-1 pitch into the seats to create a four-run differential.
"The walks didn't help," said Davis. "I left a couple pitches up to some big hitters and they hit it out of the ballpark. That's what they're supposed to do."
Kansas City closed the gap on Dyson's second career major league homer, a two- out blast in the bottom of the frame that came with Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez aboard.
Overbay doubled home Nix in the fourth to give New York a 5-3 edge, with the Royals pulling even against a shaky Hughes an inning later. Consecutive singles by Alcides Escobar and Lorenzo Cain set the stage for Gordon, whose deep opposite-field double knocked in both runners.
Game Notes
Girardi became the seventh Yankee skipper to reach the 500-win mark and the fifth fastest to do so. He achieved the feat in 844 games, one less than Billy Martin and 11 more than predecessor Joe Torre ... Dyson's only other homer in the majors came at Kauffman Stadium against Minnesota on Sept. 27, 2010 ... Suzuki is a .377 (89-for-236) lifetime hitter at Kauffman Stadium ... Gordon is batting .370 (10-for-27) with three homers and nine RBI during a six-game hitting streak.


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STAMFORD, Conn. – The Stamford Symphony will perform the symphonic poem of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade" based on "The Tales of the Arabian Nights" on Saturday, March 1, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 2, at 3 p.m. at Stamford's Palace Theatre.
Scheherazade, a young woman accomplished in the studies of arts and philosophy, volunteers to spend a night with the King, who had a reputation of taking a new wife every day and beheading her the morning after they married. Every night, she would weave a tale by reciting a portion of a story without giving away the ending. The King would spare her life in order to hear the end of the story the next evening. The King spared her life for 1,000 nights and ultimately fell in love with her.
Musical Director Eckart Preu says, "Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Scheherazade' is one of the biggest Russian pieces there is. It is something that will sweep you away…..so, I am really proud to put a big orchestra on stage so that everyone is blown away."
In addition, prize-winning international pianist Jeffrey Kahane will play Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major with the Stamford Symphony.
Kahane has established an international reputation as a truly versatile artist. Since making his Carnegie Hall debut in 1983, he has given recitals in many of the nation's major music centers, including New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Atlanta.
He appears as soloist with major orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony and is also a popular figure at all of the major U.S. summer festivals.
Tickets to Sunday's concert are free for anyone under the age of 18, with an accompanying adult.
Young concertgoers ages 7-12 are invited to arrive early on Sunday at 2 p.m. for a fun and free program called MusiKids that will feature soloist Jeffrey Kahane and prepare the kids for what they can expect and experience at the concert.
Concertgoers are invited to Behind the Baton, pre-concert at the Palace Theatre to hear Preu speak about musical highlights of the pieces, stories about the composers and interesting historical facts. Kahane will also be making an appearance.
Behind the Baton is open to all ticketholders and begins one hour prior to each concert.
For tickets and more information: 203-325-4466 or http://www.stamfordsymphony.org .The complete list of upcoming concerts is also online .
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4. After your photo is posted, people will vote on the best photo by "liking" the image.
Voting begins today, Monday October 10, and ends at 4pm on Friday October 14.� The photo with the most "Likes" at the end of the week wins the contest.
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Bas Clas to Rock the End of Daze
The End of Daze are upon us. Saturday, October 27, 2012 is the official date chosen by the Enlightened Ones of the Krewe of MOMS to open to the world the chance to join them in costumed revelry as they dance in the face of doom to celebrate the End of Daze. Bas Clas is one of the triumvirate of musical mystics chosen by the priests of pleasure to sound the alarm and sing the songs that will shake the foundations of the Temples of the Prudes.
Taking the altar at the start of the night, Bas Clas will begin the sacrificial rituals with music and dance at the musical temple of The Howlin Wolf in New Orleans.
Asked whether the music can indeed turn the tide at this late hour, a not-to-be-named mystic said, "These are dark times. We shall prevail, and if this is not to be, we shall dance until the end."
MOMS Halloween 2012, the End of Daze will soon be upon us.