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Ubuntu CLI Mail Command: The program 'mail' can be found in the following packages
While working on a clients Ubuntu Linux computer I needed to send some of the logs to myself so I could analyze them at a later date but there was not an SMTP server installed on the computer. This can be resolved by installing the Exim MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) using the below apt-get command which is actually stated fairly clearly in the output of attempting to use the mail command from the Ubuntu CLI as shown below. The initial attempt at using the mail command as well as the output from apt-get is displayed in the below example output.

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On its face, there is no language in the Constitution that talks about either health care (specifically) or the ability for the legislature to coerce people into buying things (theoretical). The government is trying to make the argument that even though there is no language regarding this kind of regulatory activity, there is precedent that comes close.
In Wickard v. Filburn, for example, the Supreme Court upheld a law that allowed Congress to limit the amount of wheat that farmers could produce. The thought was that by limiting the amount of wheat produced, prices would go up and help the farmers.
The case came about when Roscoe Filburn produced more wheat than was allowed by law, even though he was only using the extra wheat for his family's personal consumption and not putting it on the market. The Court held that if all farmers grew more wheat to consume personally, the price would drop. He was coerced to not grow a certain legal product on his own property.
Was the Court out of bounds to side with Congress on that matter? Kermit Roosevelt (great grandson of Teddy), an established law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and I have shared some emails on this matter. A weird or even bad decision is not the same as judicial activism.
Why do we care about this? If the Court takes the traditional understanding of the Constitution, it can easily strike down parts of the health care law that passed in 2010. It could, however, take the same reasoning that it did in Filburn.
The idea behind the Wickard v. Filburn case was that all farmers needed to follow the law in order for prices of wheat to go up. If only a few, who felt differently, went their own way and continued to produce wheat, the price would stay too low.
The health care law works in much the same way – it only works if everyone is in the same boat. This is the argument that I imagine the government is making on this issue, although it could still be struck down as many justices see the Filburn case as a bad decision. This case would be a way to address that after 70 years of debating that decision.
Whether requiring people to purchase health care is good policy or not is by no means the issue in front of the Court, which only answers constitutional questions, not political questions.
The Race in NY06
The upcoming race in the 6th Congressional District will definitely heat up in the coming months.
The top of the ballot will feature two well-financed candidates. The races that are going be close in the House and Senate are going to get some heavy financial attention.
The problem for a challenger like Republican Dan Halloran is that the national Democratic Party will do whatever they have to in order to hold the seat. Groups like SKD Knickerbocker, a D.C.-based PR firm, could get involved and run ads in the district like they have for other small races. The "D" in SKD Knickerbocker, incidentally, is Anita Dunn, former White House Communications Director.
Halloran has an uphill climb, but he might get some outside support from GOP interests. After seeing Anthony Weiner's seat go Republican and the possibility of David Storobin winning the 27th Senate District seat, there may enough of an incentive for national donors to roll the dice on Halloran.
Whether Halloran or his eventual Democratic opponent is better for the district may take a back seat to the tide of the campaign. Voter turnout will most likely be very high. That might help Halloran if enough center-right voters come out in Queens. The top of the ticket could help the Democratic opponent, as the district may go to the president comfortably.
Also a factor in this race is what happened in Halloran's last race for City Council: the Democrats were split. As small as the support is for the Republicans, it is a unified front.


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It seems that launched SE sites have a "Visit Meta" sidebar element on the front page with a list of top meta questions, but beta SE sites only have it on question pages. It seems to me that beta sites need people to participate in meta and help define the site.
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A group box is a labeled rectangular area that surrounds a set of related controls. A frame (also known as panel) is an unlabeled rectangular area that can be used to mark relationship as well.
Both, group box and frame are a way to show relationships visually; it provides no additional functionality.


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If you see Marshall High School junior Rana Altayawi intently texting on her cell phone, she could be writing a paper instead of casually chatting with friends.
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Culinary Arts Students at Warren High School are doing a whole lot more than just cooking. They are learning how to work in a restaurant-style kitchen while working as a team. Click here to learn what is cooking in the kitchen at Warren HS.
Last night, Trustees discussed and took action on several items: two new Trustees took oath of office, as did two reelected Trustees, reorganized Board officer positions, and appointed new principals.
It's time to get a jump start on immunization requirements for the 2015-2016 school year. University Health System is offering a convenient way for parents to immunize their children, with a mobile clinic that will visit middle school campuses in May and June.
Students enrolled in the dual language program at Stinson Middle School are ahead of the game when it comes to earning high school credits. Some of them are also well on their way to earning college credit.
Vale MS students received hands-on experience with a robot that they helped name.
Seniors at Northside ISD's Construction Careers Academy have taken on the biggest challenge of their high school careers over the past several months- designing and building three homes from shipping containers.
The Northside Learning Tree After School Program is seeking outgoing, energetic, and positive role models to fill 70 part-time youth leader positions. Interested applicants should stop by the Learning Tree Job Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 15 at 6632 Bandera Road, Building F.
Google apps and mobile devices. Robotics and flipped classrooms. Northside schools are integrating technology in unique ways to engage students in learning and an annual event allows students and teachers to share the successes from their campuses.
Northside ISD is hiring 85 bus drivers. Positions are available with full District benefits at a variety of geographic locations within Northside.
Despite cloudy skies, the 19th Texas Solar Race Car Event went on with battery-powered assistance on May 16 at Gustafson Stadium.
Northside ISD recognized hundreds of campus volunteers and business partners who donate their time and energy to enrich the education of thousands of NISD students.
This week's Video of the Week features Principal Debra Piñon who will serve as the first principal for the District's 75th elementary school, Herbert G. Boldt ES, opening in August 2015.
Original artwork from hundreds of elementary, middle, and high school students will be showcased at Northside's annual ArtFest May 8 and May 9 at Paul Taylor Field House, 7001 Culebra Road.
More than 1,400 NISD string students will have the opportunity of a lifetime when they learn from and perform with Mark Wood, a string master and founding member of the internationally- acclaimed Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Northside ISD is projecting more than 2,800 students to register in Pre-Kindergarten, a program for four-year-old children offered in 75 neighborhood elementary schools for next year. Registration starts Monday, May 4.
Registration for Pre-K is just around a corner. Take a look inside a NISD Pre-Kindergarten classroom, and you'll see that our youngest students are excited about school! Their work involves using educational toys and games to teach concept and skills in literacy, math, science, and socials studies.
Northside Independent School District, the state's fourth largest and one of the fastest growing districts in Texas, will hire around 800 teachers and other staff in the next 90 days.
Last night, Trustees discussed and took action on several items: approved 173 additional campus staff to accommodate growth and the opening of Boldt ES, approved the District calendar for 2016-2017, and appointed four elementary principals.
Sixth, seventh and eighth grade choir students from 18 middle schools will sing and dance together for the eighth annual "Together We Sing" performance, being held at 6 p.m., Saturday, May 2 at Paul Taylor Field House.
On Sunday, May 3, be prepared to visit a lemonade stand near you. More than 6,000 students from 81 NISD elementary and middle schools will participate in "Lemonade Day" in Northside. They are enrolled in Northside ISD's Learning Tree After School Enrichment Program.
Northside leaders broke ground Wednesday on "Kallison Ranch area" high school, the working name for the District's 11th comprehensive high school, which will open in fall 2017.
The name of the school and its location have changed over the years but the mission of the Irene L. Chavez Excel Academy has always remained the same – to serve as an academic alternative high school for students at risk of dropping out. Now 25 years later, the school is celebrating not only a milestone anniversary, but a new name in honor of its longtime leader.
For the second time in 2015, Northside ISD is headed to space. Two seniors at Business Careers High School, Kaitlyn Bloch and John Gonzales, developed an experiment that will head to the International Space Station in summer 2015.
The O'Connor High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association (PTSA) will host a workshop called "Can Your Teen Say No?" on Wednesday, April 29, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The workshop is opened to all NISD parents and students.


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While browsing for some guitar lesson videos, I came across this clip about College supposedly being the biggest Scam in the history.
I personally don't think College is a scam. I don't think people were brainwashed from the beginning when schools started in the past. I believe everyone started with clean conscience and positive purpose. Then somewhere down the road behind the curtain of our history, someone was able to manipulate the education system.
After watching this Clip, I have to admit, they did have a lot of valid evidence and good points that suddenly connected with what I experienced about 7 years ago making me feel like I was victimized of the unknown scheme.
It seems like everything the government touches, try to solve and get involved with always fails. Should there be some type of restraint with our government interfering in our society. We should have a free market, Education not run by government, and less interference with our private lives.
What ever happened to our Constitutional Beliefs? Did we just followed some numbers and disregarded the rest?
The society is Changing as we all know, I really don't want to see people wake up when it's too late to realize.


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Shiloh Thornton skating her 1st contest!
Thursday, October 11, 2018 by Chaz Miley
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Bradenton, Florida was our ninth stop of the year for the Grind for Life Series Presented by Marinela, an all ages skateboarding contest series in both bowl and street. We're doing 12 across the United States this year.Check It


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Snapper Pro® Walk-Behind Mowers will keep you mowing even under the most demanding conditions. Whether shuttling between jobs or maneuvering around obstacles, this walk-behind is a heavy-duty performer in an efficient package.
- Neutral Positioned Centrally: Centralized foot control for neutral position provides the operator with a more natural control. The neutral position is identified on the speed indicator on the dash.
- Protects and Delivers: Heavy-duty transmission guards reduce build up of debris to improve air flow and allow for access to the filter for maintenance.
- Easy Reach Brake: Brake handle is conveniently located beside the control panel. Lever requires minimal operator effort to engage.
- Improved Deck Mounting: The mower deck mounting system provides easier deck leveling, improved flexibility over terrain and more durable wear points for reduced maintenance.
- CC™ Centralized Controls: The design of the CC™ Centralized Controls places the operator's hands in the ideal position to access all in-demand controls. Ergonomic operator presence, steering and reverse levers on both handles operate with a light touch to reduce operator fatigue (Select Models).
- Set Your Speed: Reliably set your speed with the improved easy-to-reach cruise control bar featuring a convenient speed indicator.
- No Need to Restart: Need to walk away from the mower to move an obstacle or debris? The new PTO switch allows the operator to stop the mower blades in a single step - simply put the machine in neutral and release the controls. The blades will disengage while the engine continues to run.
- Longer Belt Life: Deck drive belt system is designed to provide even belt tension which improves the life of the belt and reduces maintenance.
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- Drive System: Independent, commercial Hydro-Gear® ZT-3100® cooling fans that assist with repelling debris. Designed for high performance and fully serviceable.
- Engine Brand: Kawasaki® FS600V
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- Displacement (cc): 603
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- Drive Tires (in): 20 x 7-10
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- Overall Width (in.) deflector down / deflector up (model): 48.5 / 37
- Dry Weight (lbs): 632
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Submit via E-mail to email@example.com. For preparing the abstracts use the template given here. The manuscripts (.doc, .docx) not exceed two pages including figures (.tiff, .jpeg) and references should be attached at an E-mail with a subject "abstract submission- first name last name". Please do not insert the figures into the word-file but send it as an extra file. Additional, choose a session and communicate the number of this session in the message.


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Carcasses of kids of the Charnequeira Breed, Breed Serrana, or their crosses, slaughtered when 40 and 45 days of life, with live weight below 15 kg, reared in the traditional manner. These animals are the result of an operating system of the goat breed based on extensive grazing. The kids are raised on the plains of Beira Interior, where the pastures are composed of spontaneous Gramineae and Fabaceae. In the periods of greatest food shortages, the shrub flora is also an important foraging resource. The Serrana breed is a breed identified and individualized since long, its origin, however, is difficult to determine. The race Charnequeira, according to a widespread opinion, is also a breed perfectly defined.
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If there were no more bees in the world, then, in short order, there would be no humans either.
That is according to Chris Whittles of Shropshire, United Kingdom, who was in Kaysville last week for the Orchard Bee Pollinator Symposium & Expo.
"It's a full stop," said Whittles. "If we lose bee pollination, man is dead in three years."
It's a disconcerting claim, especially at a time when so much is said about Colony Collapse Disorder, a problem that has been decimating honeybee populations around the world.
Those who gathered for the symposium Whittles attended may have a solution.
"Honeybees are only one of more than 20,000 bee species on our planet," said Kimball Clark, in a press release about the symposium.
"We're not trying to pick a fight with honey bee pollinators," he said. "We believe we can help them. We still have a lot to learn, but we are trying to supplement and diversify the pollination industry."
Early results have been good. Clark, who calls himself a "native bee nerd," reports that an organic cherry-growing operation in North Ogden more than doubled fruit yields with the use of solitary "mason" bees, also known as Blue Orchard Bees. Results were also positive in England, according to Whittles.
For some crops, growers look for increased numbers; for others, increased quality.
Both happened with the mason bees, he said.
A pear harvest was 100 percent larger, apples improved in quality from 70 to 95 percent, and had a storage life three months longer, and cherries grown in a covered environment had an increase of up to 300 percent, said Whittles.
Mason bees were named for the way they build mud compartments in their nests.
They don't make honey, but are less aggressive than honeybees, work longer days in a tighter area, and go into a kind of hibernation in winter so they are easier to manage.
Clark learned about them when looking for a pollinator bee that wouldn't sting his children. He began building "bee condos" and has become more involved in supporting the species, organizing the Kaysville symposium and taking on leadership roles in the Orchard Bee Association.
Some presenters invited to the symposium were unable to attend because they are government employees and were told they could lose their jobs if they attended during the shutdown Р even if at their own expense. Others presented their reports.
Presenters and panelists included beekeepers and growers, educators and scientists.
Gordon Wardell, a bee biologist, works for Paramount Farming Company in Bakersfield, Calif., overseeing 46,000 acres of almonds, pistachios and pomegranates. Each acre of almond trees requires two honeybee hives, at a cost of $150 to $175, to pollinate.
"There's an evolution that's happening," he said.
For thousands of years, the balance between humans and bees and agriculture has worked.
"If the balance gets out of whack, somebody has to help bring it back into balance," he said. "This is not something that's insurmountable. Beekeepers have to be changers too. Beekeepers who keep bees the way their grandfathers did are out of business now."
Researchers have found mason bees can augment harvests even if used together with honeybees.
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A South Daytona man deputies said tried to break into a Daytona Beach home Thursday may be connected to seven burglaries the Sheriff's Office is investigating.
A South Daytona man authorities say tried to break into a Daytona Beach home was spooked by the homeowner and ran away, but the resident later ran into the suspect at a convenience store and called police, Daytona Beach police said.
Although Jonathan Findley, 24, had changed clothes, the Daytona Beach man who scared Findley away at 6 a.m. Thursday recognized him when he saw Findley at a 7-Eleven store later in the day at 1 p.m., police said.
Findley had been at the Daytona Beach home at 1307 Bunkerhill Road near Big Tree Road and broken a window, which got the attention of the homeowner, police said. With the motion light on, the homeowner was able to see Findley and yelled at him, police said.
Sheriff's investigators, meanwhile, have been investigating seven burglaries in the La Costas Village for the past week and a half and believe Findley is connected to them, sheriff's spokesman Brandon Haught said.
Findley ran from the Daytona Beach home Thursday but the Daytona Beach homeowner later saw Findley at the 7-Eleven and called police. As South Daytona police arrived, Findley ran. South Daytona and Daytona Beach police, assisted by Volusia deputies, caught Findley.
Findley suffered a dog bite for which he was treated at a hospital, police said.
Findley said he ran from police because he had stolen a candy bar from the convenience store and did not want to go to jail, the arrest report said.
The homeowner positively identified Findley as the man trying to break into his home. Findley was charged with unarmed burglary of an occupied dwelling.
Asked if Findley is suspected of committing at least two dozen other burglaries, police spokesman Jimmie Flynt said, "He has not been charged with any other burglaries. We are still investigating him for other burglaries."
However, over the past week, sheriff's investigators had developed Findley as a possible suspect in the La Costas burglaries. Sheriff's Office investigator Carl Eckberg was conducting surveillance in the La Costas area Thursday when the Daytona Beach burglary at Bunkerhill Road was dispatched over the radio, Haught said.
The location was near Eckberg's position so he and a South Daytona police investigator he was working with began canvassing the area. During that canvass, Eckberg checked a nearby convenience store where the victims in the attempted burglary said they had spotted the suspect.
The sheriff's investigator viewed their recent surveillance video and Findley was seen on the video. The investigators then continued their search – coordinating with several patrol units and the Sheriff's Office helicopter – specifically for Findley.
Eckberg finally spotted Findley, who ran. A Daytona Beach police K-9 unit apprehended Findley at 1730 Eastern Road in South Daytona about 3:30 p.m., Haught said.
Sheriff's investigators plan to interview Findley next week while continuing with other investigative methods in an effort to gather enough evidence to file more charges, Haught said.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball team got past its first hurdle in an important conference weekend, wiping the floor with Cal State Fullerton in a convincing four-set victory on Friday night at the Thunderdome.
While the scores – 25-19, 29-27, 23-25, 25-13 – indicate that the match was much closer than it truly was. UCSB won nearly every long rally, hit nearly 100 points better than the Titans and outserved the visitors to move to 12-9 overall and 5-3 in the Big West. The Gauchos now await a first-place showdown with Long Beach State on Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.
Kara Sherrard led the Gauchos with 18 kills and turned in her seventh straight double-double with 18 digs. UCSB had four players record double digit kills and digs, setting a season-best by picking up 98 digs on the night. Chelsey Lowe led the way with 27 digs while Leah Sully had 18 and setter Hanna Nielson added 15.
Senior Lily Lopez turned in another stellar performance with 14 kills while also tallying three block assists and five digs while freshman Taylor Pischke had 12 kills and Stacey Schmidt added 10 kills and four block assists.
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On Sept. 16, 1954, in a speech to a group of science writers, Adm. Lewis L. Strauss, then head of the agency now known as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, made a bold prediction. The potential for peaceful uses of nuclear energy was so great, he said, that electricity produced by nuclear power plants would one day be "too cheap to meter."
Over the coming decades, the economics of nuclear power turned out to be more problematic. Even before operational catastrophes at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania and the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Ukraine, the industry was reeling from a series of financial catastrophes that brought widespread project cancellations and effectively ended construction of new plants in the U.S.
Now, nearly three decades after the last new plant was approved, proponents of nuclear power say the economics of atom-splitting energy have dramatically improved. In fact, they argue, financial forces have become a driving force behind a new enthusiasm for nuclear energy as the power industry scrambles to meet growing demand for electricity with an aging fleet of generating stations.
But the industry still needs to raise tens of billions of dollars before the proposed round of new plants can be built. That means persuading Wall Street investors to put up the money and state utility regulators to bless the higher rates needed to pay for these multi-billion-dollar projects.
Despite billions of dollars in federal incentives to jump-start construction of a half dozen new nuclear plants, any new wave of nuclear construction will have to satisfy those two groups if it's ever going to get off the ground, said Dimitri Nikas,a utility industry analyst at Standard & Poor's, one of the bond rating agencies that will be advising investors on the credit risk involved in financing these projects.
"The biggest battle will be with utilities getting enough certainty that they will be able to recover their investment and regulators ... getting certainty that this is indeed the lowest cost and the most appropriate way to address increasing power demand, the greenhouse gas risk and costs that will continue to increase," he said.
Financial short-circuit
The economics of building nuclear power plants began to short-circuit in the 1970s, after a building boom that lasted more than a decade. Part of the problem was the widespread use of so-called "cost-plus" contracts, in which the companies building plants were not held to a fixed price, according to Dan Keuter,head of nuclear business development for Entergy, which has applied for a site permit to build a new nuclear unit.
"You had multiple subcontractors working on cost plus basis," he said. "So they were actually motivated not to get it done early. ... And (they) were definitely not motivated to do it within budget because the more they spent, the more they got."
Most plants were designed one at a time from the ground up; in some cases, engineers and designers were still working on plans as construction was under way, said Keuter. Changing regulatory requirements created further delays.
As a result, construction schedules began to double and triple, costs skyrocketed and projects in the pipeline were canceled. For those projects that continued, rising carrying costs as interest rates hit double-digits added to already huge cost overruns. By the end of the decade, the nuclear power industry was buried under a pile of debt.
Though memories of that financial meltdown linger, the energy industry today is giving a fresh look to the economics of nuclear power. And with rising fossil fuel costs, a more favorable regulatory process and generous government incentives for new plants, many in Congress and the power industry like what they see.
Existing plants become more profitable
Owners of existing plants also have seen their profits rise, thanks to sharply higher output and fewer shutdowns for maintenance or safety problems. The average nuclear plant is now online and producing electricity 90 percent of the time, up from an average of 55 percent in 1980. Since fuel represents a fraction of the cost of operating a nuclear plant, the soaring cost of fossil fuel — especially natural gas — has further tipped the scale in favor of nuclear.
And it turns out nuclear plants have a longer life span than many originally assumed. Plant licenses were originally granted for 40 years, based on the standard accounting payback schedule used for conventional power plants when the first commercial reactors were built in the late 1950s. Now, as those original 40-year licenses expire, nuclear plant owners today are applying for — and getting — 20-year extensions from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
"We've gone from the assumption that this was all going to have to be decommissioned to the assumption that that everybody is going to get a license extension. That's huge," said Christine Tezak, an energy industry analyst at Stanford Group in Washington, D.C. "This (nuclear) capacity was supposed to go out of the national portfolio and now everyone saying. 'We're not going unplug what we have.'"
The industry's hope is that these improved economics, on top of government incentives approved in the past few years, will lay the groundwork for construction of a handful of new plants that will demonstrate the economic viability of new plants — and trigger a second coming of nuclear power in the United States.
Making the case for nuclear
"Once the confidence level is there that these plants can be built on time and in budget, and they're going to be operated at the efficiency levels (owners) want — which is typically very high — that confidence level will spur more new construction," said Peter Wells, general manager of marketing for GE's nuclear business, which is hoping to build new plants based on a design that has already been approved by the NRC. (MSNBC.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal, a unit of GE.)
Proponents of new plants point to several changes that they say will be advantageous in getting the next generation of plants off the drawing boards:
Standardized designs: The existing fleet of U.S. power plants was largely custom-built, a one-at-a-time process that all but insured delays in approval and construction, along with runaway costs. Today, with several standard designs already approved by the NRC, builders of nuclear power plants say they are much better able to manage costs and maintain quality control. Large, standardized components are expected to be built off-site and then delivered and assembled at the plant.
Improved safety features: New designs include "passive safety" features; for example, "gravity-fed" water supplies to cool a reactor core if it overheats, reducing the risk of pump failure. In some cases, nuclear proponents say, design simplifications have reduced both risk and cost.
Regulatory changes:One of the biggest sources of delay, high costand financial risk inthe heyday of nuclear plant building was a two-step review process that required separate federal permits for construction and operation of plants. With pre-approved designs, the NRC now reviews a combined construction and operating license application which, if approved, reduces the risk that a completed plant may face costly delays in getting an operating license.
But streamlined federal approvals won't help utilities win — and maintain — the support of state regulatory commissions, which will also have to sign off on plans to build new plants. That presents a continuing risk that utilities or investors will have to factor into their calculations, said Nikas, the Standard & Poor's analyst.
"Say the utility commission changes over the course of the construction project," he said. "What if the new commission is anti-nuclear for whatever reason? If it tries to scupper the utilities' efforts to build the plant, that can wreak havoc because the utility has already committed to a very large capital spending budget."
Carbon tax: The U.S. has been slow to adopt economic incentives to cut carbon emissions linked to global warming, but many power industry leaders expect Washington to levy some form of "carbon tax" in the life span — 40 years or more — of any new nuclear plant built in the next few years. Because nuclear plants emit virtually no carbon into the atmosphere, that would give them a huge economic advantage over plants that burn fossil fuels.
That financial edge could be $12 per megawatt less than the cost of electricity generated by plants that burn fossil fuels, according to Keuter, the Entergy official, adding that generating costs for new nuclear plants are expected to average $40 to $50 per megawatt. Though alternatives like solar- and wind-generated power offer opportunities to hedge future penalties and rising fossil fuel costs, even in the most optimistic projections those power sources won't be able to meet the growing "baseload" power demand expected in the next several decades.
Federal incentives: To encourage new construction of nuclear plants, Congress is offering several important sweeteners to the first several companies that come forward with plans. These include guarantees on loans used to finance the projects, tax credits for the power they produce and insurance against losses that result from delays in the regulatory process.
Nukes for sale
But it's far from clear that this new round of plants will ever be built. Even if all goes as proponents hope, the first plants won't come online before 2014 and will cost an estimated $4 billion each. Before ground is broken for the first new plant, the power industry will have to convince state regulators and investors that the numbers add up. To do that, they face several important hurdles.
Most of these projects are expected to be financed by bonds. To help reassure investors that the bonds are a safe investment, Congress has provided loan guarantees for 80 percent of the financing for the first several projects to win NRC approval. But that critical guarantee has already hit a serious snag.
Typically, these projects would be financed with 80 percent debt and 20 percent cash or equity put up by the owner of the plant. But federal officials in charge of loan guarantees have interpreted the law to mean that those guarantees apply only to the debt portion of the financing package. Using that math, the loan guarantee — 80 percent of 80 percent — will only cover about two-thirds of the total cost. That could be more risk than Wall Street is ready to assume — especially for the projects that go first.
Congress to the rescue?
Though the current interpretation of the rules could throw cold water on efforts to raise money, many in the industry expect Congress to clarify the rules to provide more generous guarantees.
"You had a lot of people who voted for the (Energy Policy Act of 2005) that have a pet project at home that they thought they were arranging a loan guarantee for," said Tezak, the energy industry analyst. "But it has the potential to be a deal breaker."
Another question is how those bond investors will be paid off once a new project is approved. Under the old system of utility regulation, still in place in some states, state public utility commissions review all construction plans in advance to make sure they made economic sense. If they approve the plans, the utility is allowed pass along the construction costs to consumers in the form of higher rates, all but assuring a profit that can be used to pay back investors.
But in states operating under so-called "deregulated" energy markets, owners of generating plants compete with each other to sell electricity on the open market. That increases the risk to bond investors that the profits from those market-based power rates may not cover the cost of repaying those bonds, plus interest. That's why the first proposals for nuclear plants will most likely come in Southern states, where utility commissions still allow companies to recapture their construction and development costs from ratepayers.
"It's much easier to allocate that risk to consumers under regulation than under competition," said Ken Malloy, a former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff member who now heads the Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets, a nonprofit group that advocates the deregulation of electricity.
Industry looks to nuclear-friendly states
That also means proposals for new nuclear plants will be confined to a relatively small number of nuclear-friendly states.
"I can't imagine a place like Vermont would allow a new nuclear plant to come online, or a place like Washington or Oregon," said Standard & Poor's Nikas.
Given the ongoing public concern about nuclear plant safety, the first round of proposals will likely consist of additional reactors at existing power stations. Though many of the 103 operating nuclear power plants in the U.S. were designed to house up to four reactors, most sites operate with just one or two. So a proposal to add another reactor to an existing plant would likely face less local opposition than a new "green field" site.
Utilities hoping to build new nuclear plants are in the early stages of the lengthy application process. After applying to the NRC for a combined construction and operating license, a utility must persuade a state regulatory commission to add the cost of building the plant to its customers' electric rates. Only then can the utility begin to work on financing the development and construction of the plant. In order to meet deadlines for production tax credits and other federal incentives, those NRC applications are expected to be filed sometime late this year or early 2008. If all goes according to schedule, the first new plant would begin producing power in 2014 or 2015.
Many questions remain
But even with a simplified federal regulatory process, generous government incentives, better construction management, higher fossil fuel costs and the future threat of a carbon tax, the dawning of a new age of nuclear power won't become reality unless and until utilities sign the construction contracts and commit the capital to build them.
Companies like GE, which already does a solid business building nuclear plants in other countries, have gotten suppliers lined up and laid out plans to ramp up if U.S. utilities decide to move ahead. But that's not the same as having a signed contract, said Wells, the GE executive.
"We're constantly monitoring what customers are doing as opposed to saying — and that's a big difference," he said. "The reality is that if we get to a point where we don't see the right actions taking place, we'll have to sit back and reconsider our position. So 2007 will be an important year because the utilities that wish to hit the 2015 commercial operation date will need to start making big decisions."
If a utility company does make it past the hurdles of getting regulatory approvals and lining up financing, investors still won't be fully persuaded that these projects can be built on time and on budget until the first few plants are completed successfully. Without a solid track record for the first movers, the so-called nuclear renaissance could be over before it even begins.
"On the very first one, we'll be just as nervous as people who were looking at these plants for the first time," said Nikas.
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Beef Stew with Dried Mushrooms
Of course, you know how I am, I did adapt it. I used some of my slow roasted tomatoes from the freezer, but you could use canned tomatoes or sun-dried tomatoes with good results. I substituted dried Shitake mushrooms for the dried porcini the recipe called for because I had them. And I used *a lot* more mushrooms than Mark Bittman did because I have one of those huge bags of shitake mushrooms from Costco, and I love mushrooms.
Crockpots vary widely in their levels of heat, with the older ones (called slow cookers) cooking at a much lower temperature than the newer models. I cooked this in a newer model 2 1/2 quart Crockpot which cooks fairly hot, so keep that in mind if you're using an older model. If you only have a large Crockpot, you'll need to double the recipe. Mark Bittman cooked his stew on the stovetop, so I'm going to give those instructions along with the crockpot ones.
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Beef Stew with Dried Mushrooms (Crockpot or Stovetop Recipe)
(about 6 servings, adapted from Mark Bittman's The Best Recipes in the World, page 381)
2 cups beef stock, heated to boiling
2 cups dried shitake mushrooms, broken in pieces
(or less, as per your taste and budget)
1 large onion, chopped
2 lb beef chuck, all fat trimmed, cut into pieces about 1″ or slightly larger
1-2 T olive oil (depends on your pan)
1/2 cup water (use 1 cup for stovetop cooking)
1/2 cup slow roasted tomatoes, chopped
(If you don't have roasted tomatoes, use 1/2 cup diced sun dried tomatoes or 1 can diced tomatoes. If using diced tomatoes for Crockpot version, drain tomatoes well, measure liquid and reduce the amount of stock by that amount.)
2 T tomato paste (I use a tube. If canned, just freeze the rest.)
3 dried bay leaves
salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
Break dried mushrooms into 1″ pieces (this is easier than cutting them after you soak them.) Heat stock to point of boiling in saucepan, turn off heat, then add mushrooms and let them soak while you brown onions and meat.
In large heavy pan, heat 1 T olive oil, add chopped onion and saute about 5 minutes, until onions are softened but not browned. Put onions in crockpot or stockpot.
In same pan add rest of olive oil (if needed) and brown meat, turning with a fork so it browns well on all sides. (Don't rush this step. It will take about 15 minutes to brown well.) Add meat to Crockpot or stockpot. Pour 1/2 cup water into hot pan, use a turner to scrape all browned bits off, and add liquid and meat bits to crockpot or stockpot.
Add tomatoes, tomato paste, mushrooms and beef stock, and bay leaves. For Crockpot, cook on low 5-6 hours, until meat is tender and flavors are well combined. For stovetop, simmer on low about 2 hours. You may need to add more water for stovetop. (Don't be tempted to add more liquid to the Crockpot, even if it looks like it won't be enough when you first put it in, as foods release liquid in a crockpot and I often end up wishing I had used less liquid, never more.) Season to taste with salt and fresh ground black pepper. (I did not add salt.) Serve hot.
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For phase one of the South Beach Diet, this would go well with Pureed Cauliflower with Garlic, Parmesan, and Goat Cheese, Georgette's Greek Zucchini, or Roasted Broccoli with Garlic. For phase two or three, add something like Lake Powell Spicy Rice or Brown and Wild Rice with Pine Nuts and Thyme.


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Mr. Gresham has acted as counsel to international conservation organizations in efforts to develop effective means to protect important ecosystems, such as the Three Rivers area of Yunnan, China, and the Komodo National Park in Indonesia. He also has acted as a special legal adviser to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the North America Commission on Environmental Cooperation (NACEC).
Mr. Gresham is an associate member of Airports Council International and a full member of the Urban Land Institute and of Lambda Alpha, the international honorary land economics organization. He is Vice Chairman of the National Youth Science Foundation, Director of the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco, and a Trustee of Grace Cathedral. Mr. Gresham previously served as President of the Pan American Society of California, Vice President (Latin America) of the International Private Water Association, President of the East Bay Regional Parks Foundation, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage.
Mr. Gresham has been recommended by Legal 500 US and Best Lawyers in America for land use and zoning law. Legal 500 US notes that Mr. Gresham "has a wealth of experience, and provides highly valuable advice and counsel." In 2011, the San Francisco Daily Journal recognized him as one of the top 25 land-use attorneys in California.


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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
The Wildcats edged past Bristol Community College for a two-point victory on Saturday, Dec. 7 to snap a three game losing streak—their longest of the early season. With one game remaining before the winter break, Lincoln College is in striking distance of the program's 10th win.
The local team is 9-5 with one more chance to reach 10 wins, and that has fans wondering how good this team can be.
Last year, the Wildcats tied a program record with 12 wins, but they were only 4-6 at the semester break. Last season the Wildcats scored their second postseason bid in a row to set a program record, and at 9-5 it seems like that trend is already secure.
How good is Lincoln College? That will depend on the second half, but the team has already beaten a team that was ranked in the nation's top 10. They've almost matched their best win total in program history, and they're just warming up.
Loss in Rhode Island
On Monday, the Community College of Rhode Island cruised to a 10-point lead at the half and held on for an 87-74 victory to stretch Lincoln's losing streak to three games, but all three losses came against teams in a higher division.
Of Lincoln's five losses this season, four have come against NJCAA Division I and Division II programs.
Anthony Jernigan paced the Knights with 19 points and eight assistst. Kevin Marmolejos and Pat Marchand (11 rebounds) scored 17 points apiece, and Elijah Okagbare finished with 13 points and seven rebounds. Robert Skinner was the fifth Rhode Island player in double digits with 10 points.
Kyre Jackson powered Lincoln with 17 points and eight rebounds, including a pair of three pointers. Dairyon Davis scored 13 points. Jalen David (11 points) and Kojo Lockhart (10 points, 7 rebounds) contributed.
The Wildcats only turned the ball over nine times but shot 39.1 percent from the floor and went 15-for-28 from the free throw line (.536).
Streak ends at Bristol
On Saturday, Lincoln rallied back from a 10 point deficit at the break to edge Bristol Community College in the final minutes.
Chris Austin and David led the comeback with 16 points apiece. Jackson finished with 12 points, and Lockhart scored 11 points with eight rebounds. The Wildcats shot just 20 percent from beyond the arc but forced 15 turnovers to get the win.
Fawaz Mass paced Bristol with a game-high 21 points. Anthony Parker added 18 points, and Shane DeRosa scored 11. But Lincoln out-rebounded the Bees, 35-28.
The Wildcats will wrap up the first semester at Springfield Technical Com-munity College (9-3) on Tuesday in their final game before the new year.


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Scouting Report 2007
We asked 10 people who explore for a living to reveal the places they've recently "discovered"--in other words, the best places you've never heard of (and, frankly, neither had we). Go now, before the rest of the world catches up.
Claus Sendlinger: President and CEO of Berlin-based Design Hotels, a collective of 154 hotels worldwide (designhotels.com)
As president and CEO of Design Hotels, Claus Sendlinger travels about every other week--in other words, half the year. When asked the last four places he had been, he had to take a minute to try and remember (he recalled, in no particular order, St. Petersburg, Budapest, Vienna, and Rome). One place that Sendlinger won't soon forget was on the Pacific Coast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
"For Christmas, my wife and I went to Mexico for three weeks--the longest vacation I've taken since I left school!" says Sendlinger. After exploring the inland part of Oaxaca, they headed to the beach. "We did an area that's east of Puerto Escondido and west of Huatulco," he says. "It's right in between, where the mountains come down and reach the ocean. There are four little beaches, some with little hippie villages named after them: Mazunte, Zipolite, San Agustinillo, and La Boquilla." They stayed at Hotel Bahía de la Luna, just outside the town of Puerto Ángel. It has 11 bungalows right on the white-sand beach of La Boquilla.
His friends Carlos Couturier Gaya and Moisés Micha, who own the Habita and Condesa DF hotels in Mexico City and the Básico in Playa del Carmen, had tipped him off about Bahía de la Luna. "They know Mexico so well, so I explained what I was looking for and they told us to rent a car in Puerto Escondido and drive."
Sendlinger found it to be an incredibly relaxed (and relaxing) place--not just the hotel, but the entire coastal region--and he spent most of his time reading on the beach. "Early in the trip," he says, "I accidentally left my flip-flops at a bar, and I never even bothered to replace them."
How to get there: Hotel Bahía de la Luna, 011-52/958-589-5020, bahiadelaluna.com, from $60.


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A chic, award-winning Boutique Hotel and Golf Resort, located ten minutes from the M4 and the centre of Bath. This historic house features a beautiful parkland setting and informal dining facilities. The hotel enjoys quiet surroundings, lending to the relaxing atmosphere that allows you to feel truly at rest.
Yet situated just four miles north of Bath and ten miles east of Bristol is perfectly placed for ease of travel to the major business links of the South West. Travel is made easy with excellent access to the M4, meaning you can take more time to enjoy the excellent hospitality and envious surroundings of Tracy Park Hotel & Country Club. The bedrooms at Tracy Park are built of warm, honey-coloured Cotswold limestone and are mostly arranged around a charming old courtyard, set behind the grandiose manor house. Every bedroom boasts its own individual finesse and wealth of character, having been redesigned in a stylish, contemporary fashion whilst maintaining country sensibility with supremely comfortable and traditional furnishings. It is this mix of olde worlde charm and modern comfort that truly creates a warming and relaxing setting. The 2AA Rosette restaurant at Tracy Park is an original and fascinating space to enjoy the special fares on offer. With an imported Wood Stone oven to roast fabulous fish, meat and game as well as trademark home-baked breads, signature crudites and traditional desserts your dining experience will be an exceptional diversion from the typical 'fine dining' hotel experience. The dining room is in fact an old stone lodge, once used for Masonic ceremonies, which has fascinating stone carvings that remain a feature to this day. Tracy Park Hotel & Country Club is the setting for two wonderful golf courses and is located in an area of outstanding natural beauty, which stretches for over 240 acres of historic parkland and includes trees that are over 400 years old. Both courses, the Crown and the Cromwell, have their own distinctive character and are recognised as two of the finest in the South-West. The Hotel also boasts excellent conference facilities and can provide professional amenities for your next important meeting or event. The city of Bath is over 2000 years old, and its fascinating Roman Baths are among the best preserved Roman remains in Europe. Bath Abbey is right in the centre of the city, whilst a few minutes walk takes you to the Royal Crescent, the Circus, Pulteney Bridge and many other squares and crescents, all reflecting the elegance of the Georgian period. Visitors can bathe in the newly renovated Thermae Bath Spa, or enjoy the city's lively cultural scene. Bristol, 10 miles to the west of Park Resort, is a large, vibrant and exciting city, where the picturesque harbour winds its way right through the city centre. Famous Bristol attractions include the SS Great Britain, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, At-Bristol, the Bristol Industrial Museum and the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum. Some of the finest stately homes in the country, such as Dyrham Park, Stourhead and Longleat, as well as historic sites such as Stonehenge and Glastonbury, are all within easy reach of Tracy Park Hotel & Country Club. PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT AMERICAN EXPRESS.
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Decades before the Pilgrims, there was a well-documented feast to celebrate the landing of the Spanish in St. Augustine.
Turkey stuffing or pork stew?
New England harvest or Spanish landing in Florida?
Centuries-old tradition or fact-based alternative?
When it comes to Thanksgiving — make that Thanksgivings — Americans are free to enjoy several historical narratives.
The most prominent story, of the regional celebration that became a national holiday, is from Plymouth, Mass. In 1621, to celebrate an all-important corn harvest, the Pilgrims hunted wild fowl and held a feast that was attended by local Native Americans, who contributed five deer.
This was the famous "First Thanksgiving."
Only it wasn't first.
A Virginia plantation claims a thanksgiving celebration in 1619, two years before the Pilgrims. Some Texans argue for a thanksgiving near El Paso in 1598.
Decades before all of this, though, there was a well-documented feast to celebrate the landing of the Spanish in St. Augustine.
Michael Gannon of the University of Florida wrote about this first expedition in his church history, "The Cross in the Sand." Colonial records described a feast day on Sept. 8, 1565.
"After mass, 'the Adelantado had the Indians fed and dined himself,' " Gannon wrote. "It was the first community act of religion and thanksgiving in the first permanent settlement in the land."
There's just one problem with this "First Thanksgiving" in Florida: It wasn't first, either.
Earlier Spanish explorers celebrated thanksgiving Masses throughout Florida. There's even a French record of thanksgiving.
On June 30, 1564 — a year before the St. Augustine celebration — French colonists near Jacksonville enjoyed a feast with the Timucuan tribe. The Spanish soon destroyed this rival colony, but not before a captain named Rene de Laudonniere noted the event.
"We sang a psalm of Thanksgiving unto God," Laudonniere wrote, "beseeching Him that it would please His Grace to continue His accustomed goodness toward us."
Most Americans don't think of the Spanish, much less the French, when it comes to Thanksgiving. They don't think about Florida, either.
The New England tradition has a powerful hold on the national imagination.
Generations of elementary school students have enjoyed Thanksgiving history lessons that turned into colorful arts and crafts projects.
This is Americana: Construction paper, squeeze bottles of white glue and dull scissors with rounded tips. Indian headdresses, turkey hand outlines and black-and-white Pilgrim costumes. School plays, special lunch and a history pageant that sends kids home for the holiday.
There is an educational trend, though, for addressing what Gannon calls a "lost century" of American history. This includes Thanksgiving lessons about what happened in St. Augustine on Sept. 8.
"The Florida angle is something that's new," says Bernadette Bennett, a social studies program specialist for Sarasota County schools. "When you start the school year with a Thanksgiving celebration, it's real high interest for kids."
In the past, Florida history lessons often began in 1763, when the British took over the state. Now teachers want to address an era of Spanish control that lasted nearly 200 years.
"We don't talk much about the Spanish influence in Florida," Bennett says. "We don't talk about the conquistadors the way we talk about the Pilgrims.
"Again, it comes back to perspective."
Robyn Gioia, an elementary schoolteacher near Jacksonville, learned about Thanksgiving in Florida at a history workshop.
She began including the St. Augustine feast in her lessons. On Sept. 8, she would serve students cornbread and cocido, a pork-and-bean stew that historians think the Spanish would have eaten.
In 2007, Gioia wrote a children's book called "America's REAL First Thanksgiving."
The Spanish in Florida was a welcome topic at Pineapple Press in Sarasota, which published the book.
"We knew about it," says June Cussen at Pineapple Press. "We're kind of saturated in Florida history around here."
Gioia is still teaching — only this year she's doing it in Japan.
In an email interview, she talked about different reactions to her book. A USA Today reporter told her about the difficulty he had pitching a story about this teacher down in Florida who said the first Thanksgiving was in St. Augustine.
"His editor said: 'What? Is she some kind of kook!?' " Gioia writes. "I still laugh about that."
Challenging accepted ideas about history is often easier for children.
"When it becomes part of the concept and they see how it works and they understand, it becomes a natural part of their knowledge," she writes. "The reason adults cling to the Pilgrim Thanksgiving is because we made little turkeys as kids in school, we celebrated it with a huge dinner and relatives, and then it became known for shopping.
"It was easy and fun to remember and celebrate. Many others are starting their own traditions, and who knows what may come of it."
Gannon wrote "The Cross in the Sand" back in 1965.
It was only 20 years later, after an interview with The Associated Press, that some New Englanders took his Florida scholarship as a threat to their most precious tradition.
He was dubbed "The Grinch who stole Thanksgiving."
Gannon, now 86, still lives in Gainesville. He still laughs when he talks about the controversy. He still gets holiday phone calls from historians, teachers and reporters.
"It's never-ending," he says. "Every Thanksgiving."
At home, Gannon is more of a traditionalist. No cocido for him today.
"I go with turkey," he says.
For Gannon, the best part about the story is that it focuses attention on the early Spanish history of Florida. It's also good for a laugh.
"I've had a lot of fun with it," he says. "It's an interesting historical point, is all."
Thomas Becnel writes for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.


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The collection is a vital resource for continuing research. Departmental staff and other scholars are engaged in studies of particular areas of the collection, which are extending our understanding of ancient Egyptian history, culture and technology.
Some of this research has resulted in the production of full catalogues of groups of objects, to make information available to others. Other research results in articles in journals, and in lectures inside and outside the Museum.
More recently, the documentation of the collection has been digitised as part of a programme to create records of the entire holdings of the Museum in electronic form. This has facilitated retrieval of information on different classes of material, in order to assist external scholars, students or the public.
Other research has focused on more wide-ranging aspects of Egyptology, including excavations and fieldwork, scientific analysis and investigation, historical subjects or the interaction of ancient Egypt with neighbouring cultures. Some of this research has formed the subject of a series of International Colloquia organised by the department.
The British Museum makes a substantial contribution to excavation and fieldwork throughout the world, through its own projects or through collaboration with those of other institutions. The Museum has always actively supported the excavations of other bodies in Egypt, notably the Egypt Exploration Society, and the Department of Egyptian Antiquities (and its predecessors) did put its own expeditions into the field in the first third of the twentieth century, notably to Asyut, Matmar and Mostagedda.
Departmental excavations recommenced in 1980 with work at the site of El-Ashmunein in Middle Egypt, and now include work in Sudan as well as in Egypt. In addition, members of the department are also involved in directing other projects in the region.
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Current research projects being undertaken by staff from the department.
More information about current research projects
Staff in the department are involved in an ongoing programme of publication
British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan (BMSAES)
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Frito-Lay Rolls Out Doritos Jacked
Frito-Lay North America, Plano, Texas, a business unit of PepsiCo Inc., rolls out Doritos Jacked tortilla chips, which are 40 percent bigger in size and thickness (the better to scoop up dips) than regular Doritos. They deliver a one-two punch of intense flavors upfront followed by a twist of spice or tanginess that packs the ultimate crunch in two flavors, Enchilada Supreme and Smoky Chipotle BBQ.
Doritos Jacked were introduced in March at the South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas. Their giant vending machine, six stories tall, doubled as a concert venue (The Jacked Stage). It was meant to demonstrate Doritos Jacked are literally the biggest Doritos innovation ever. And attendees earned larger-than-life Doritos-branded quarters that could be inserted into the giant Doritos Jacked vending machine to "buy" product and special prizes.
"The biggest Doritos tortilla chip ever deserves the biggest launch ever," explained Ram Krishnan, vice president of marketing, Frito-Lay North America. "Before we bring this amped up Doritos snacking experience to consumers nationwide, we wanted to take it right to our fans here at South by Southwest to try it first. From the music performances to the product itself, everything about The Jacked Stage by Doritos will be over-the-top."
Suggested retail price for a 2.6-oz. bag is $1.09, a 3.375-oz. bag is $1.49, and the 10.5-oz size is $4.29.