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In a muddled attack on the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) and those who are concerned about produce grown in sewage sludge, "The Salt," NPR's James Beard award-winning food blog, parroted sewage sludge industry PR and misled readers with the article "Whole Foods Bans Produce Grown With Sludge. But Who Wins?" published on January 21. The article was written in response to CMD's report on January 15 that the natural and organic foods retailer Whole Foods had agreed to develop a policy to ensure it would not sell produce grown in sewage sludge. It quotes this reporter as well as two sewage sludge promoters, but fails to quote toxicologists or epidemiologists or reference any current scientific studies about the effects of spreading sewage sludge.
Minimizing the Concerns and the Concerned
"The Salt" article claims that only "a small group of activists has claimed that biosolids are toxic and full of heavy metals, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals." But in fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found in 2009 that dozens of hazardous materials, not regulated and not required to be tested for, have been documented in each and every one of the sludge samples the agency took from locations around the country. The hazardous materials included 27 metals that were found in virtually every sample, three pharmaceuticals -- including the antimicrobial triclocarban, which FDA recently moved to regulate in soaps -- in every sample, three steroids in all samples, and all but one currently used flame retardant chemical in all samples. Although EPA has subsequently dropped the ball on sludge, respected advocacy groups decided not to ignore the warning signs.
Advocacy groups that have called for a prohibition on the land application of sewage sludge because of these contaminants include the Center for Food Safety, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, Organic Consumers Association, Center for Health, Environment and Justice, Farm Aid, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and dozens of local grassroots and consumer protection groups.
What Scientists?
"The Salt" article claims that "scientists who study sludge and waste experts say that this form of fertilizer actually delivers big environmental benefits." But the reporter apparently didn't speak with scientists like Dr. David Lewis, the former high-ranking, award-winning EPA microbiologist who challenged EPA's weak sludge regulations and with his team did the first peer reviewed groundbreaking research documenting illnesses and deaths linked to sludge exposure. His theory about how sludge exposure causes health problems has not been challenged in the peer-reviewed literature. It was confirmed by later studies by Dr. Sadik Khuder, an epidemiologist in the University of Toledo's Departments of Medicine and Public Health and Homeland Security, in an exposure study on over 600 people in Wood County, Ohio, over 400 of whom were exposed to sewage sludge. This study found statistically significantly elevated symptoms among those exposed to sludge, such as "abdominal bloating, jaundice, skin ulcer, dehydration, weight loss, and general weakness."
Other scientists who would question "The Salt" article's claims include Dr. Murray McBride, a toxicologist and soil scientist, and others at the Cornell University's Waste Management Institute, who have published extensively on the health and environmental impacts of applying sewage sludge to agricultural land; and epidemiologists Dr. Steve Wing and Amy Lowman at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who published a survey of neighbors of sludge land application sites in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia, many of whom reported illness following application events, in 2013.
In fact, despite the article's insistence, the EPA no longer promotes the practice of spreading sewage sludge on agricultural land, and the scientific consensus opposes it.
NPR Buys the Sludge Industry's Polished PR
For the source of "The Salt" article's claims, look to the well-funded PR companies hired by the sewage sludge industry and its lobby groups, such as the Water Environment Federation, which had a budget of well over $20 million in 2012 and which invented the PR euphemism "biosolids."
"The Salt" article does not quote any consumer or environmental advocates or any of the scientists who have published the extensive list of scientific studies CMD sent to "The Salt" reporter several days before the article was published. It does rely on industry representative Chris Peot and sludge booster Sally Brown of the University of Seattle, who has unabashedly promoted the use of sewage sludge to grow food and called those who oppose the practice "ecoterrorists."
Brown's claim, parroted by "The Salt," that people are only concerned about the land application of sewage sludge because they're uncomfortable with "poop" flies in the face of the scientific evidence documenting substantial cause for alarm.
Whole Foods should be applauded for its decision to screen out produce grown in sewage sludge from its stores and deciding to implement what many eaters, activists, and scientists would celebrate as admirable precaution.
Steven Etheredge replied on Permalink
Please Specify
Are you talking about what we would normally think of as "sludge", or compost, or both? Your article doesn't specify. The issue is not trivial. While I oppose the use of "sludge" I would be open to the use of properly prepared compost if the food grown using it were properly tested.
Paul replied on Permalink
It sounds like NPR wrote and article that took some wind out of your sails. As having a degree in writing and not science shouldn't you look at both sides of the coin? Maybe try and do some fair and balanced reporting? Plus your expert Dr. Lewis has a checkered past at best. Didn't he latch onto Dr. Andrew Wakefield and his fraud? I just want to know who is reporting on your spin and disinformation? This article smells funny. Maybe its just some sour grapes.
Rebekah Wilce replied on Permalink
Sludge "Compost"?
When you say "compost," do you mean what backyard gardeners and organic farmers would think of as compost -- containing weeds, veggie remains, hay, leaves, etc. -- or do you mean what the sewage sludge industry calls "compost," after it has heaped sewage sludge in a pile with some woodchips and let it sit for a while? Properly prepared compost does not contain sewage sludge from industrial and hospital wastestreams.
Lukas Kambic replied on Permalink
Dose makes the poison
"But in fact, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found in 2009 that dozens of hazardous materials, not regulated and not required to be tested for, have been documented in each and every one of the sludge samples the agency took from locations around the country. "
This article doesn't mention the quantities they found. Assay techniques are pretty sensitive these days. Did they find enough to be worried about, or just traces?
Caroline Snyder replied on Permalink
Fallacy of the "just traces" argument
The "just traces" argument is misleading on so many levels. Current sludge regulations have standards for only a handful of metals and nitrogen. And even these standards are much more lenient than those of other industrialized countries that land apply sludges. For example, no amount of lead-not even trace amounts-should be deliberately applied to garden soil or where children play. Yet EPA/USDA claim that 400 parts per million of lead in soil where children play is safe. Urban sludges contain a lot more than just toxic metals. It is an unpredictable complex mixture of thousands of industrial chemical compounds as well as harmful biological agents. Toxicologists are finding that the principle " the dose makes the poison" may be too simplistic when measuring the health and environmental risks of complex mixtures. The principle does not address synergistic effects, interactions, and the toxicity of breakdown products. The 2002 National Academy of Sciences biosolids report recognized this problem and warned that chemical-by-chemical risk assessment will not gauge the true risks of land application because the degree of complexity and uncertainty "requires some form of active health and environmental tracking."
"Traditional toxicology assumes that there is a direct linear relationship between dose and effect. Not so for endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)." Sewage sludge is full of EDCs. "Low doses--trace amounts-- of EDCs work in ways that are totally unpredicted by traditional toxicology," according to an internationally renowned EDC expert." For every EDC we test, there will be a non-monotonic response. See
In other words, EDC's can harm organisms in parts per trillion-- depending on the time of exposure. Other unregulated chemicals such as dioxins and PCBs, ubiquitous in land applied sewage sludge, also harm organisms in part per trillion. But they magnify in the food chain, and concentrate, for example, in milk from cows that graze on sludge-treated pastures.
Darlene Schanfald replied on Permalink
NPR "The Salt" article
As a long time supporter of NPR, it is always disconcerting when they do biased articles. I've found this true in other environmental cases. Even when pressed to rewrite, they still wind up with the same bias! This bad piece of journalism goes to show that the author did not do research beyond interviews, and that it is an industry piece. When Cornell, USGS, EPA, Switzerland, farmers in France and the world over that have experienced degraded soils, loss of livestock and bees, home sites and health, are joined by numerous food companies that refuse to accept food grown in sludge, one must applaud Whole Foods for taking the stand it has. If the writer and those pro the land spreading of toxic waste water treatment plant sludge purchase certain products not grown in this waste and shop at Whole Foods, they have those of us around the world that fight to end this toxic practice to thank for the protection of their health and that of the health of their families.
Nancy Holt replied on Permalink
NPR "the salt" blog sludge industry article
If the author was really interested in land application of sewage sludge and any studies on adverse health impacts from exposure, perhaps she should have done a "Google" search for National Institute of Health's site for "sewage sludge research." She would have found 91,900 scientific articles. If she had done a further search on the NIH site for "sewage sludge adverse health impacts," she would have gotten 800,000 research articles on that subject--(does that sound like a small group of activists?). Perhaps she needs to do a little more research before her next article and posts opinions expressed from the "industry friendly bought and paid for" researchers (I will not call Sally Brown a scientists because she violated the foundation of independent investigation to reach a verifiable, sound conclusion--without bias and without payment for hire!) NPR and SALT blog should retract this article as tainted!
dale RUFF replied on Permalink
sewage sludge studies
Your claim of 91,900 scientific articles on sewage sludge seemed high so I went to the NIH site and searched and found 25,587 articles listed.
Then I searched for sewage sludge adverse health impacts, and I found 23 listed. You stated I would find 800,000.
Can you provide a better source for your claims?
Jim Poushinsky replied on Permalink
Managing the Risk
"The Salt" article claims that only "a small group of activists has claimed that biosolids are toxic and full of heavy metals, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals." This cuts straight to the heart of the industry and government's justification for ignoring harm from this North American wide practice. When sewage spreading started on Ottawa Canada farmland back in the 1990s, we rural people living near the spreading areas investigated and raised concerns about contamination of the aquifer we draw our well water from. Ottawa's medical officer of health responded "even if all your wells are contaminated by sewage spreading, and you all get sick from it, that wouldn't constitute an epidemic because people with wells are less than 5% of Ottawa's population". We since learned that this is known as "risk management". Whenever the numbers at risk of direct harm of illness from an industrial practice are less than 5% of the municipal population, there is no official requirement or justification to spend money investigating or doing research to protect such a statistically insignificant group of people. This from doctors who took the Hippocratic Oath to "do no harm"!
Max replied on Permalink
NPR Sell Out
I have long suspected that NPR had fallen to the dark side since the 200 hundred million dollar donation they recieved from Joan Krock (who had good intentions) but that kind of money attracts the nefarious in sheep's clothing. This article outlines the gap between the will of the people versus the will of the tainted charlatans who slithered thier way into key, decision making. positions in our government.


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Solar start-up snags $35 million as CIGS ignitesOctober 27, 2006
Silicon vs. CIGS: With solar energy, the issue is materialOctober 2, 2006
Some companies that hope to make thin, inexpensive solar cells out of copper indium gallium selenide, or CIGS, have had to delay commercial production of their products or change their product line.
"We're trying to give birth to a new process. The trouble is that we don't know how long the gestation period is," said Dave Pearce, CEO of Miasole, which has received more than $56 million in venture funding and is one of the more prominent CIGS companies. "But nothing has changed in terms of the fundamentals of the technology."
The snags largely arise, the companies say, from the difficulties of bringing a new technology to market.
In the solar world, there's a major battle brewing between makers of silicon solar panels and those who want to produce CIGS panels. Commercial crystalline silicon solar panels--the kind seen on rooftops--can convert between 15 percent and 22 percent of the sunlight that strikes them into electricity.
Even the best CIGS panels are below that. CIGS backers, however, say their cells will be cheaper. A shortage of solar-grade silicon that started in 2004 has caused manufacturing prices to rise.
Silicon cell factories are also expensive and use the same sort of equipment found in LCD TV factories. By contrast, CIGS cells, in theory, can be manufactured almost like plastic wrap or foil in a roll-to-roll process.
A factory that can produce 30 megawatts worth of silicon solar panels might cost close to $100 million. CIGS manufacturers say they can build factories for $25 million that will produce their 25-megawatt panels.
Miasole's issue? The company can produce 5-square-foot sheets of CIGS solar cells that can hit the company's target efficiency of 8 percent to 10 percent on its research-and-development production lines, Pearce said. (The efficiency rating refers to how much of the sunlight the panel can convert into electricity.) However, on its commercial production lines, Miasole is seeing efficiencies of 4 percent to 6 percent, with some high spots of 9 percent mixed in.
"They aren't at the level of efficiency we want," he said. "You've got four elements (copper, indium, gallium and selenide) that do not want to be together."
Pearce said the company will likely enter into volume production in October--later than expected. In September 2006, Miasole had said it expected to achieve revenues of $100 million by the end of 2007. That probably won't happen now, Pearce added.
Not all bad news
Meanwhile, DayStar Technologies said earlier this month that it will initially produce CIGS solar cells on glass rather than on metal foils. That's a big switch: one of the major selling points of CIGS is that it can be produced on cheap, light substrates that can be incorporated into building materials. Until now, DayStar had touted its TerraFoil solar cells on a titanium-based foil.
"The market for a flexible CIGS module is viewed as a large potential market for the future. However, there still remain significant technical challenges in product packaging that inhibit early market penetration," the company stated in its first-quarter earnings release.
Not everyone is having issues. Nanosolar, which hopes to print CIGS cells, is putting out solar cells on its pilot line and will start to produce commercial volumes toward the end of the year, said CEO Martin Roscheisen. That prediction would fit the original schedule.
While the chemical formula for CIGS between different manufacturers is somewhat similar, the manufacturing processes are different. Miasole and DayStar sputter the CIGS material onto a substrate. The process is similar to the way hard-drive makers sputter magnetic particles onto disks.
By contrast, SoloPower will electroplate CIGS onto substrates in a roll-to-roll process. HelioVolt, Shell Solar and other CIGS companies, meanwhile, have their own twists on the production process. (Some also leave out the gallium and make CIS cells.)
In research labs, scientists have applied the CIGS materials in a solution and evaporated off the excess.
The production delays also reflect one of the underlying realities of alternative energy. Unlike Web 2.0 companies, these companies require massive factories, which take time and money to build. In September 2006, Pearce said Miasole would have the factory capacity installed by the end of the 2007 that would, once tuned and optimized, be capable of producing 200 megawatts worth of solar panels a year. (In 2004, Miasole said it expected to begin mass production in 2005).
The company has installed two production lines in its Santa Clara, Calif., facility that will be capable of producing a combined 50 megawatts worth of solar cells a year when fully optimized. Miasole also has ordered the parts for two more production lines.
The goal now is to hit the 200-megawatt production mark by the end of 2008.
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- What I didn't see in the article is the cost per KWh for these products. Solar is a green power, but current cells are expensive. The break-even point for a solar system is about 15 years. A solar system combined with wind power works well and can give you a quicker return on investment. Even so, they are expensive with many years before you see the return on investment. Their most practical uses is for homes with no access to a power grid. One of the strongest selling points is they are green technology and if utility prices keep rising, you will have made a good investment.
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- I think they keep the cost per KWh secret so the installers can charge whatever they want. I think the next step needed in this industry is going to be low cost installation companies. Right now the installation costs have their own payback period.
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- the break-even point can be greatly reduced through Government Subsidy. The Australian Federal Government will introduce such a subsidy in the coming year, up to $8,000 (Aus.) per household. If the system costs say $13,000 the break-even point might be as low as 5 years (based on a cost to the householder of $5,000).
Utility prices on the Eastern Seaboard of Australia will continue to rise.
The Snowy River Hydro Electric Scheme is currently holding only 6% of it's water capacity and is using Fossil Fuels to spin its Turbines.
Sydney's water storage hasn't been over 40% full for years.
I think we now have some strong selling points.
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- An exact answer isn't going to be possible since there are dozens of variables involved here, many of which can't be accurate stated since they depend on WHERE the solar panel is installed. However the company is hoping for a reduction by more than 1/3rd (on a per-watt basis) for the cost of the solar cells themselves.
Now, figure that the solar cells make up probably 40-50% of the total cost of a residential solar system, we're talking about reducing the cost of that portion of the bill by 60-70%, or a total cost reduction of 25-35%.
However there's an important caveat here. These solar cells, by being only half as efficient, will require twice as much area for the same amount of power. This means that you're installation and maintenance costs are going to go up slightly. More importantly though, you quite simply need twice as much area. If you would only have half (or less) of your roof covered with standard solar cells than this isn't a problem, just cover the whole roof. However if you need to buy a bigger roof (ie bigger house), then you can pretty much stick a fork in these cells, they aren't going to cut it!
The above is particularly important if you're looking at solar power from a commercial perspective where the cost of the land could well be a significant expense (in a household system you can usually consider the roof of your house to be a sunk cost and therefore not counted as an expense).
Anyway, the long story short? It depends. In some situations these could be cheaper by up to ~35%, in other situations they could be much more expensive.
Personally I think the best use of these panels will be for the "solar panel shingle" style of setup. Your land costs and a lot of your installation costs are already covered (since you've got a house and it needs shingles anyway), it's only the extra cost of solar panel shingles vs. standard ones and the associated equipment (wiring, inverter and 2-way power meter) that are needed. Large scale utility company deployment, on the other hand, is likely to be the worst use of these cells.
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- So what's the problem?
- "A factory that can produce 30 megawatts worth of silicon solar panels might cost close to $100 million. CIGS manufacturers say they can build factories for $25 million that will produce their 25-megawatt panels."
.3 megawatts/$1 mil. vs 1megawatt/$1mil. Tricky math.
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- The problem? Efficiency.
- You have a limited amount of space on your roof.
So you want to get the most "bang for your buck".
More efficient panels means faster ROI.
But if you have a large area, like an industrial complex, or a farm with a lot of buildings/sheds and shade areas, larger but less efficient panels make more sense.
For example, suppose I want to put up an electric cow fence. I really don't care if the solar panel to help recharge the battery is 3 sq feet or 12 sq feet. (Not real numbers just an example.)
So you have to consider what is your application when you go to purchase a solar panel.
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- There is no doubt that utility rates will continue to rise.
One question, as I did not see anything listed in this article relating: What about the warranty on these panels? Most of the major manufacturers of PV panels have a warranty of 20-25 yrs. This technology really has yet to establish itself in any sense. I know that if I were to make an investment of 20k+, it better not be breaking down in five years. And with that much VC on the line, what kind of viability do these companies really have? Will they even be around to honor thier warranties? Though these technologies are promising, I think that anyone who is seriously considering a solar investment should consider these factors.
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- I think remembering in one of previous articles that Boeing's Spectrolab subsidiary had designed solarcells made of sillicon which,thanks to a concentrator, had reached an efficiency near 33% and could be improved to the 40% limit. In that case will CIGS panels with a maximum efficiency predicted around 22% ever make it to the market?
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I have been teaching scheme for two weeks now ( 4 two hour classes) and I am quite happy. Students seem to understand functional abstraction so seamlessly that it does not seem possible. They are far more advanced than the AP C++ students who have to get by CodeWarrior projects, "int main() {...return 0}", functions prototypes, libraries, and all the other crap you have to skip over before they can write an intersting program. There is nothing I have done in the Scheme class that I haven't been able explain fully, whereas I have had to leave a lot of stuff in C++ out until it makes any sense.
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- C++ has lots of syntax to get right, Scheme has almost none. As long as you are fixing syntactic mistakes, you're making progess. You're plodding along. There is no design recipe and you make small, syntax-oriented steps. Nobody can challenge you - yet. Because it might turn out to "work". Plodders love that.
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Hello everyone - I'm brand new to this forum, but not to flying. I earned my commercial single engine instrument aand commercial multi-engine tickets in the mid mid to late 90's. I also had the pleasure and privilege of receiving some outstanding aerobatic training in a Super Decathlon in that same time period. Once raising kids took the lead, flying unfortunately went to the back burner for the most part. So,...long story short,...I want to know if partnering up with a trusted friend to buy, update and sell light general aviation aircraft is something that would work in the down economy. Our plans DO NOT include anything that would even remotely emulate what unscrupulous real estate brokers did to their customers. We want to acquire light gen. aviation aircraft (172, 177, 182, etc) at or near TBO and update the paint, panel and engine for the sole purpose of making the aircraft available at a modest price to those who have a dream to own and fly an affordable aircraft. We really want to focus on doing things right, without going over the top with gizzmos and unnecessary "gee whiz" expenses so that average people can buy a reliable aircraft without financial ruin. Can someone guide me in the discovery process regarding the feasibility of such a venture and where to turn for more advice. We are both contracted firemen working in Kuwait and are both pilots. We have the captial and possibly a third friend who is interested. We simply love airplanes, flying and being able to share it with others,...hopefully in the form of well, but modestly outfitted, affordable aircraft. Any help is appreciated,...and thisis my FIRST posting, this subject. Consider the ball as "rolling". Thanks in advance !!
2011-11-17 20:13:13
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Hi Mustfly, I attempted to reach a customer of mine who has been essntially doing the same thing that you are considering but I did not hear back from him. Frankly, the last time I talked to him was six months ago and he was struggling to sell an airplane. First of all, I have been in the avionics business as a salesman for one of the largest avionics companies for 15 years and have owned six aircraft myself since 1971. I have not owned an aircraft in the last 18 years but I have watched the market carefully with trepidation. What I have seen happen to aircraft values in the last 15 years and what is happening now has me concerned that a venture like you are suggesting is ill-timed at best!
Why? Aircraft values increased at a rediculous level from 1988 to 2008. My best example is my own experience. I bought a 1969 Cherokee Six in 1986 for $22000 with 400 hours since major (260 HP) and a brand new paintjob that I got to pick out. The avionics were older but functional, autopilot worked fine and the interior needed updating which I did myself. $22,000! That same 1969 Cherokee Six in similar condition was selling for $95,000 in 2008. The same year, make and model. No wonder I haven't owned an aircraft in 18 years! By the way, I sold it in 1988 for $33,000 and made
$11,000 profit. In fact, every aircraft I owned and sold during 1972-1988, I made money, I just cleaned them up and presented them well. Since 2008, we are seeing some "substantial" reductions in aircraft values, especially in the legacy models, 70's and 80's Cherokees and 172/182's. It is very hard to know what a 172 will be worth in 2 years vs. today. In addition, what you are proposing, buying essentially "cores' and rebuilding the aircraft is not going to result in an "affordable" aircraft. A 172 with fresh paint, engine and interior (not to mention some avionics upgrades)will be a premium aircraft that will appeal to the customer willing to pay a little more for the best. That's exactly what my customer was doing with the Piper product. You would have to buy the run-outs very cheap to be competitive and find vendors for paint,interior, engines and avionics who will work cheap and sorry, but that concept is suspect also. Of course, the other issue is financing. It's getting harder to get financed for an aircraft these days, especially the more expensive ones. In short, there's a lot of challenges in General Aviation today and it breaks my heart! There are some real deals out there for people buying right now, although I'm told that a lot of sellers haven't accepted what has happened to the equity in their airplanes. It's a tough time to be selling, whether your trying to sell your own aircraft, as a broker and ... as an avionics salesman! Sorry for the cold water in the face! If I hear from my guy (frankly, if he's still in business), I'll try to put you in touch with him. I think anyone who loves aviation as I have all these years would love to try to make a living in just the way you propose but the fact is ... Aviation more often than not ends up being a "hobby". It's a tough way to make a living! Thanks for listening! Bob Hart APG-Eastern Avionics
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Will be taking an early retirement out of a big pharmaceutical company at the end of the year, and thought that would be a good way to spend more time at the airport doing something I enjoy. However, I had much the same experiences with previously owned aircraft as Bob and came to the conclusion that it would be a difficult way to make any money, especially if you have to pay and A&P and IA for much of the work, an avionics shop for radio work, etc. One other consideration is the cost of parts for Cessna aircraft. Parts are 10 times what they used to cost from Cessna, and there is no other source for new parts. The parts I used to buy for $5 dollars in the '80s are $50 dollars now. Any project aircraft will require a significant investment in replace parts. Also, because of that serviceable used parts have also gone up significantly in price. I recently got a quote of $590 for a salvage McCauley wheel brake cylinder. Makes me think that it might be more profitable in the end to part out my 182RG than try to sell it as a flyable aircraft when I am ready to move on. The landing gear components alone would probably fetch more that half what I could sell the whole airplane for.
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We have several remote sql 2000 servers running that we work with on a daily basis. Most are installed on Windows 2000 servers running the latest service packs and updates. 4 run on Windows 2003 Server 64 bit running the latest service packs and updates. On these four 2003 servers we have the following issue:
Using Enterprise Manager as I view our SQL Groups a 'green' arrow appears next to each SQL server that runs on a Windows 2000 server. The SQL Servers running on Windows 2003 Server are 'white'. When I click on one of these instances running on Windows 2003 I get the following error:
The SQL server <server name> is not known to be running. Are you sure you wish to connect?
When I select 'Yes' I am able to connect to the instance.
Is there a reason that this happens on Windows 2003 server? Is some security feature blocking this? If so, Is there something I can open up this feature so I can easily tell that each server is running? Polling to the server is identical on all servers at 10 second intervals.
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Thanks for your reply! Yes they are on the same subnet.
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It's not a specific Win2003 thing....I have the same issue with a lot of customer-servers (I usually don't logon to their domain, so maybe that's got something to do with it)...
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, developed by Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games for the PS3, 360, and PC (with versions on the Wii and DS), is a game that many gamers love to hate. On the other hand, it's the game that everyone else just plain loves.
Modern Warfare 3 is polarizing, especially when you take its unofficial rivalry with Battlefield 3 into account. It's a tough game to review because, admittedly, it's so similar to the last set of Call of Duty games. Should I mark it down for being a numbing sequel or should I praise its adherence to a winning formula? Keep in mind that the same arguments can be said of Uncharted 3, which our reviewer gave full marks.
Everyone's different and everyone's a critic. If you're here reading this review then you're likely interested in another person's point of view. So let me explain what makes Modern Warfare 3 tick, and perhaps you can come away with a better sense of its worth to you as an individual gamer.
I've been blown away by the blockbuster quality of Call of Duty games since my first experience with the series (Call of Duty 2). Modern Warfare 3 maintains this showmanship for better and for worse.
It doesn't let up on the thrills. Each firefight is a mix of shooting gallery and survival training. Scripted scenes are directed on the fly by your comrades and your perspective catches the most interesting moments as they happen. If you're able and willing to suspend your higher mental facilities in order to experience the badassery that is Modern Warfare 3 then you will be just as entertained as you would be watching a summer blockbuster movie.
On the other hand, if you prefer to be truly in control and don't like being led around by a captain with a giant "Follow" sticker on his back then you may be disgusted by Modern Warfare 3′s sameness.
Revenge is the name of the game, along with heaps of deception and a spattering of easily judged twists. There is a tempo to the game that made me feel clairvoyant. The linear, though well-crafted, setpieces gave away too much with their pacing.
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"Shit! That was awesome!" – After killing half a dozen people in a subway setpiece.
"Oh, so this is the part where we get found out right?" – We got found out.
"Don't tell me that I'm about to get shot in the face.." – I got shot in the face.. cinematically!
"There's too many of them!" – During every shootout.
Art and Sound
You can keep your megatextures and fancy destructibility engines. Modern Warfare 3 will stick with the decent quality graphics that it's known for. I say that almost sarcastically but there's truth to it. Sledgehammer has said that they've improved on the engine but I saw no real difference in performance to Modern Warfare 2. That may sound like a detracting point but where Modern Warfare 3 excels is in its depiction of the kinetic action on-screen.
Buildings fall down, subway cars smash together, and airplanes rip in half during the game's story. Everything that happens is on a large scale and is rendered smoothly at 60 fps. The trade-off here is that the textures are a bit blurry when compared to other recent releases. You'll likely learn to overlook the rough edges with all of the glass and debris flying everywhere. The game is optimized for fast-paced action and it delivers on that front.
It's not the sharpest knife in the drawer but it can still draw blood.
As for sound, there doesn't seem to have been a change from the last set of games. Weapons are as powerful as ever. Silenced guns are still a whisper compared to their unchained brothers. The AK rifle sounds different to me but I like it just the same.
I enjoy Soap and Captain Price's voice acting but Makarov is annoying. The radio chatter and firefight yells are muddied but clear at the same time. I imagine real combat to be a blanket of noise and this game captures the noise part quite perfectly. It may have sounded like it but I don't mean that in a bad way.
Call of Duty may have been innovative at one point but now it's a series that prides itself on delivery and execution. Each scripted sequence is smooth and each multiplayer engagement is unabashedly fun.
The single player campaign thrusts you into a pivotal role where you'll find yourself single-handedly taking down 80% of the opposing forces. The scale of the game is huge. Each car chase, helicopter crash and bombing run is more fantastic and exciting than the last. It would give me a headache if I didn't take the odd break here or there.
The gameplay sections are very reminiscent of Modern Warfare 2. You'll get bossed around into manning different guns and holding out for the eventual rescue. That or you'll be the one who spearheads the rescue. It's all very exciting. If past Call of Duty games were badass simulators then this game is a badass reaffirmer.
Everything explodes and everyone dies. That's the gist of it.
I was excited to find out about the co-operative play in Modern Warfare 3. I enjoyed the Modern Warfare 2 Spec Ops missions but wasn't a fan of Black Ops' Zombies mode. I was especially excited to try out the Survival variant of Spec Ops.
Sadly, though, it got old rather quick. I like the variations of the enemy waves and the large assortment of loadouts but it's a chore that fails to capture my interest until most of the equipment gets unlocked. The best part of Survival? You can leisurely learn the multiplayer maps this way.
Then there's the meat of the game and where everyone ends up spending their weekends, the much famed multiplayer. The structure of the multiplayer persists from the last few Call of Duty games; you spawn then sprint around and run into all sorts of 1v1 situations before finally getting shot in the back.
The killstreaks system has transformed into a pointstreak system, which feels like it enables the use of killstreaks more often. I say that because the Support Strike Package (my package of choice) doesn't have its streak counter reset by death. I can comfortably assume that I will be able to use my EMP once per game because of this. That is, unless I get shut down.
The new maps feel like half-recycled templates of previous maps. The layouts are different, though, and they mostly afford a variety of loadouts. Most maps have winding corridors and close quarters sections for the shotgun and SMG users sprinkled with medium range arenas for riflemen and sniping areas for ghillie suit snipers.
Multiplayer is glorious. As expected, it employs a carrot on the stick method of keeping players interested as well as catering to all sorts of customization junkies out there. It can be played in short bursts or in long expanses of time. The equipment is fun to use and it really succeeds in making everyone feel like a winner.
Have you been dying since the first second of the round? Don't worry, your next kill will be worth extra points! Oh and you move faster. Have you been killing everyone you see and taking their weapons to kill their friends? Well damn! You get an accolade and complete today's daily challenge.
The appeal here is that it's frantic and just plain fun. Everyone wins at some point, everyone levels up, and everyone feels like a reaffirmed badass.
Final Thoughts
You may hear games journalists speak about some sequels as the same old thing but with better graphics. Well, this is the same old thing with the same old graphics. Hard to imagine, huh? My fears of a Modern Warfare 2.5 weren't assuaged. This is the continuation of a game that never ends.
Yet I extracted more fun out of each gaming session than I have out of many of the other games I've reviewed lately. It's a double-edged sword. Repetitive but enthralling. Polished but megalomaniacal.
Modern Warfare 3 is a guilty pleasure that many gamers will carry. But is it so bad to have this much fun? That rests on you and whether you're alright with playing through a blockbuster game that doesn't hold back and doesn't mind being a shallow spectacle.


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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Quarterback Michael Vick, who was slated to earn $16 million next season, has agreed to a restructured deal with the Philadelphia Eagles.
Vick, who was injured and inconsistent last season, eventually giving way to rookie Nick Foles, now has a three-year contract, and will compete with Foles to see who runs new coach Chip Kelly's offense this season.
Vick, who returned to start the season finale vs. the New York Giants in December because Foles was injured, finished the season with 2,362 yards passing, 12 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. The Eagles finished 4-12 and in last place in the NFC East.
Andy Reid was fired as coach the day after the season ended, and Kelly was hired last month. Vick, who will be 33 when next season begins, seems equipped to run Kelly's aggressive, up-tempo offense that he is bringing to the Eagles from Oregon.
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The U.S. Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz Band gave a rousing performance of New Orleans-flavored jazz and blues tunes to a packed Shafer Auditorium on Feb. 15. More than 500 people cheered and clapped during the two-hour concert, as the six-man ensemble masterfully played such classics as "Creole Love Call" by Duke Ellington, the traditional gospel tune "Down by the Riverside" and "Swing That Music" by Louis Armstrong.
Current band members Cedric Mayfield on clarinet, Thomas Brown on trumpet, Sean Nelson on trombone, Nathan Lassell on drums, and bass player and band leader Mark McCormick were joined by guest keyboardist Tom LaMark. In the best of the jazz tradition, the group effortlessly moved from tightly arranged song sections to perform solos before returning to the root arrangement of each tune.
"It was a pleasure to hear such fine music on our campus. To have more than 500 students and local residents pack Shafer Auditorium to enjoy the concert was a special treat," said Executive Vice President Michael Pernal.


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AEG brings TV hits to a venue near you
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Give 'em credit for doing the unlikely: AEG Live is turning couch potatoes into a new breed of concertgoers by translating TV shows into stage productions. It started with "American Idol," hit lows with a ticket snafu and hit highs in attendance with Miley Cyrus/"Hannah Montana"come Dec. 17, AEG Live waltzes 'Dancing With The Stars" across the country.
It's the new style of family entertainment, spanning a significant demographic as it focuses on parents and kids who have graduated from the circus and Ice Capades. It's an opportunity, too, especially in the case of "American Idol," to introduce young audiences to the thrill of a concert performance and to potentially develop a new generation of concertgoers. No need to worry if the act goes out of favor, breaks up or leaves their label -- this is all about selling a brand.
AEG's newest model is based on ownership. The content suppliers handle the creative; AEG then manages, produces, markets and promotes the touring editions.AEG HAS handled all seven "American Idol" tours, the last one hitting 45 markets and averaging 15,000 attendees per show. The last "Dancing With the Stars" tour played close to 50 markets and grossed more than $20 million; its fourth edition, with Lance Bass, Toni Braxton, Marlee Matlin and nine of the show's professional dancers, will play 37 cities beginning Dec. 17 in San Diego.
The company has also been behind the tours of "High School Musical," the Cheetah Girls, and "So You Think You Can Dance." In Las Vegas, they staged an edition of "America's Got Talent" with Jerry Springer as host and 10 of the show's amateur contestants. It drew a crowd of 8,000, and its future as a touring edition is being discussed.AEG brings TV hits to a venue near you - Entertainment News, Phil Gallo, Media - VarietyOn the other hand, there is often a sense that the marketplace is too crowded and that there's no room for anything new. "Then something blows up and there's room for that one," he says. "We might have said stop after 'Idol.' But then 'Hannah' performed really well.
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The Mexican Pacific League and Dominican Leagues both begin their championship playoff series on Saturday — best of 7 series for the Mexicans, and best of 9 series for the Dominicans. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan League has only two more days left in the regular season, and the Puerto Rican League is in the middle of their best-of-9 championship series.
Indios de Mayaguez 7, Criollos de Caguas 4
Los Indios took a 3-2 lead in the series with a solid win over Los Criollos. Bobby Livingston made the start for Los Indios, and pitched into the 4th inning, allowing one run in each inning, including 2 solo home runs. Los Indios scored one run on two doubles in the 2nd inning, then scored 5 runs in a big 5th inning, with 5 singles, a double, and 2 walks. A solo homer gave Los Indios one more run in the 8th. Justin Thomas pitched 2 perfect innings for Los Indios, including 2 strikeouts.
Tigres de Aragua 6, Caribes de Anzoategui 4
Los Tigres began the day half a game ahead of Los Caribes in the round-robin standings. Tonight's win boosted them to 1.5 games up, insuring Los Tigres a first-place finish. This was Los Caribes' last game in the round-robin series, and Los Tigres play one more game against Magallanes on Saturday. 1B Hector Gimenez got Los Tigres started with a 3-run homer in the 1st inning, then a 2-run homer in the 2nd inning gave them a 5-1 lead. Los Caribes scored one run in the top of the 1st with a double, a sacrifice bunt by CF Gorkys Hernandez, and an RBI single. Los Caribes added a 2-run homer in the top of the 5th, cutting the lead to 5-3. Los Tigres' third homer of the night, a solo blast, made in 6-4 in the bottom of the 5th. Exicardo Cayones pinch run for Los Caribes in the 8th, but did not score. He remained in the game to play left field. CF Jorge Cortes went 0-for-2 for Los Tigres.
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Los Aguilas pulled out another rare win, scoring in four of their first five innings, including a 5-run 5th. DH Carlos Maldonado got Los Aguilas off to a good start with a 3-run homer in the 1st, then contributed an RBI single in the 3rd inning. A 2-run single and another 3-run homer brought in the runs in the 5th.
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Valley City police, the city attorney and the city administrator are investigating the alleged illegal access, by a Barnes County employee, of a phone call made to the Valley City Police Department.
The phone call, which resulted in disciplinary action for a Valley City 9-1-1 dispatcher, was made to the police department phone line by a woman reporting an injured deer. The call was not made to 9-1-1.
According to e-mails between city and county officials obtained by the Times-Record, a digital recording of the 9-1-1 call was obtained and used to bring disciplinary action against a dispatcher. The digital file brought the incident to the attention of Police Chief Fred Thompson, who oversees daily operations of the call center. The 9-1-1 dispatch center is operated, under contract with Barnes County, by Valley City and all dispatchers are city employees.
On Jan. 16 the dispatcher received a call about a wounded deer on the side of the road between 12th St. NE and the Hi-Line Bridge. Later, the caller complained on her Facebook page that the dispatcher had made unprofessional comments about the Barnes County Sheriff's Department.
According to emails obtained by the Times-Record, Barnes County Deputy Don Fiebiger learned of the complaint, and on Wednesday, Jan. 23, e-mailed a digital file of the call to Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin, at McClaflin's request, and to Thompson, who was on sick leave. The digital file was ultimately e-mailed to Valley City Police Lieutenant Mark McDonald, who later made Thompson aware of the complaint and the digital file.
Thompson investigated the complaint and disciplined the dispatcher with a written reprimand.
The issue was brought to public light during a meeting of the Barnes County Commissioners on Tuesday, when commissioner John Froelich brought up the recording and why only three of the five commissioners had gained access to the recording. Froelich also voiced displeasure with how the recording was acquired.
Although some county commissioners expressed their displeasure with the dispatcher and wanted a public apology, city officials believe the bigger picture is how the county obtained the digital file.
"I advised [state's attorney Lee Grossman] that this was an internal matter," wrote Valley City Attorney Russ Myhre in an e-mail acquired by the Times-Record to Valley City Commissioners Mary Lee Nielson and Duane Magnuson and to Valley City Administrator Dave Schelkoph. "I also advised him that we considered that the retrieval of the 9-1-1 tape was essentially a hacking into our computer systems and a serious breach of our security systems."
Currently, Valley City officials are investigating how the recording was acquired and are trying to organize a meeting with Barnes County officials to discuss the issue. An e-mail from City Attorney Russ Myhre to Grossman suggested a meeting that would include two county commissioners, two city commissioners, Grossman, Myhre, McClaflin, Thompson, and Barnes County IT Specialist Jason Thiel.
"As we discussed, the situation for the county basically revolves around a personnel issue," wrote Myhre to Grossman in an email acquired by the Times-Record. "The situation for the city involves the unauthorized retrieval of a digital file by outside sources. Both situations are related because the digital file, which was retrieved without proper authorization, contained the dispatcher's comment."
The breech could indicate a violation of several sections of the North Dakota Century Code, according to the email. Some of the sections pertain to illegal search and seizure according to the North Dakota Century Code.
"How can we hack into a computer we have access to and have passwords to?" asked McClaflin, speaking to the Times-Record. McClaflin denies any wrongdoing in the way his office acquired the recording. "The Police Department gave it to us."
"If anybody requests any information or status of the 9-1-1 department, all they have to do is ask," said Schelkoph to the Times-Record. He is unsure how the recording was accessed. "In all of the negotiations for a takeover of the 9-1-1 dispatch center by the county, we have been extremely clear that if there's anything we are doing here that doesn't meet Barnes County's standards or expectations, we can adjust."
Schelkoph hopes the issue can be resolved between the two entities but the city hasn't had a response to its request for a meeting.
County commissioners declined comment regarding the recording and referred all questions to Grossman.
Grossman had no comment, and said in an email, "I can't discuss any matters that may lead to or are part of an investigation until the issue is resolved."


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This is a massive collection of photos to sift through. Believe me -- I know because I just did it. But I did manage to gather some of my favorite fashionable photographs from these collections. They are filled with beautiful colors, amazingly coifed hair, utilitarian and military stylings, and loads of fashion inspiration. If you're a fan of vintage or retro fashions like I am, I urge you to take a peek, or check out the Library of Congress blog for more info on this amazing project.
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