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You can only eat so many servings of hearty soup, chili, potatoes and pasta before you start craving something a little more light. And, even if the fall season is fully upon us, I still crave fresh, summery flavors between all the pot pies and pulled pork… Don't we all?With a big bag of shrimp in my freezer and all the ingredients to make a tasty taco with a light avocado salsa, last night's dinner was decided, and delicious!
The shrimp was marinaded in a subtley spicy mix of olive oil, lime juice and chili seasoning, and then sauteed on the stove top for just a few minutes. Beforehand, hubby helped me make a sensational avocado salsa with fresh Hass avocado, tomatoes, red onion, garlic, jalapeno and cilantro, which topped the tender shrimp on a corn tortilla. We added a few pinches of freshly grated Monterey Jack, Cheddar, and a dollop of sour cream, and after one, couldn't help asking for seconds!
This was a delicious, easy dinner and a quick, fresh fix for our taco craving… even if it is November. After all, variety is the spice of life!
Chipotle Shrimp Tacos with Avocado Salsa
Avocado Salsa:
- 3 tomatoes diced
- 1 small red onion diced
- 1 jalapeno minced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 3 medium tomatillos husked and diced
- 1 Hass avocado cut into chunks
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 lime juiced
- 1/4 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves coarsely chopped
Shrimp Tacos:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ teaspoon lime juice
- 1 teaspoon chipotle or blended chili powder I used taco seasoning
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 pound medium shrimp about 20, peeled and deveined
- 4-6 corn tortillas
- 4 sprigs cilantro coarsely chopped
- 2 limes cut into wedges
- Shredded Monterey Jack and/or Cheddar cheeses optional
- Sour cream optional
Avocado Salsa:
- Combine all vegetables. Add salt and pepper. Squeeze in the juice of 1 lime. Transfer to a bowl and stir in the cilantro. Let sit on the counter for about 15 minutes to allow flavors to combine. Store in the refrigerator up to 4 days.
Shrimp Tacos:
- Mix the olive oil, lime juice, chili seasoning, and salt in a large bowl. Add the shrimp and toss to coat. Marinade at least 10 minutes and up to 24 hours, covered, in the refrigerator.
- When ready to cook, heat a stovetop pan to medium-high. Add the shrimp and cook until translucent, about 2 minutes on each side.
- Place tortillas on a plate and top with a damp paper towel; warm in the microwave for 20 seconds. Top tortillas with cooked shrimp, avocado salsa, a little chopped cilantro, shredded cheese and sour cream. Serve with lime wedges.
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Early stage
The early stage of Alzheimer's disease (also referred to as "mild Alzheimer's disease) refers to people of any age who have mild impairment. This differs from the term "early onset," which refers to people who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at a younger age than usual.
Some people aren't aware that they have the disease during this stage, and they may not be diagnosed until they are past it.
Common symptoms in the early stage include forgetfulness, communication difficulties, and changes in mood and behaviour. People in this stage often need little help. They may understand how they are changing and be able to talk to others about their experience of living with the disease. They may also wish to help plan and direct their future care.
Suggestions for family members and caregivers
Learning about the experiences of people living with Alzheimer's disease can be helpful to those who support them. The following are some suggestions from people with the disease from Memory Problems?3, written by the Early Stage Support Groups in the North/Central Okanagan Region of the Alzheimer Society of B.C.:
- Please don't correct me. I know better—the information just isn't available to me at that moment.
- Remember, my feelings are intact and get hurt easily.
- I usually know when the wrong word comes out and I'm as surprised as you are.
- I need people to speak a little slower on the telephone.
- Try to ignore off-hand remarks that I wouldn't have made in the past. If you focus on it, it won't prevent it from happening again. It just makes me feel worse.
- I may say something that is real to me but may not be factual. I am not lying, even if the information is not correct. Don't argue; it won't solve anything.
- If I put my clothes on the chair or the floor, it may be because I can't find them in the closet.
- If you can tell that I am having trouble, please don't draw attention to it. Try to carefully help me through it so nobody else will be aware of the problem.
- At a large gathering, please keep an eye on me because I can get lost easily! But please don't shadow my every move. Use gentle respect to guide me.
- Sometimes I sense that you think I am faking these problems. What you don't see is my terrible confusion and my hurt knowing how you feel.
- I don't mean to frustrate you. I know you get impatient and tired of telling me things three times in a row. Please be patient.
- Ask me what I think or want. Don't assume that you know.
- Believe I still love you, even if I am having trouble showing it.
More suggestions for the family—taking care of the caregiver
A diagnosis of dementia can be difficult for everyone involved. Family members will need to take care of themselves throughout the disease process. The following are some tips for self-care and planning for the future.
- Avoid isolation and loneliness by keeping up with social activities and contacts with others as much as possible.
- Take care of your own health.
- Learn about the disease.
- Join a caregiver support group to connect with others.
- Keep a journal of what you are doing and how you are feeling.
- Try to keep physically active.
- Watch for signs of stress and how it can affect your health and ability to support the person with the disease.
- Seek professional help if feelings of depression or anxiety are overwhelming.
- Be flexible about routines and expectations.
- Try to be positive and find some joy in everyday things.
- Start planning for the future with the person you support.
What's next?
Because Alzheimer's disease is progressive, you will continue to need more information and support. You may want to take time in the early stage of the disease to think about what is important to you in the years ahead. The next sheet in this series is The Progression of Alzheimer's Disease—Middle Stage. Learning how the disease progresses and the changes it will bring can help you make plans for the future. However, only you can decide when is the right time to seek more information.
Help and support from the Alzheimer Society
Living with Alzheimer's disease at any stage can be very challenging. It is normal to feel a variety of emotions, including grief and loss, throughout all stages of the disease. It is important to acknowledge your feelings, care for yourself and seek the practical help and emotional support you need.
The Alzheimer Society in your community can provide educational resources to help you learn more about the disease, referrals to help you access the practical support you need, and one-on-one and group support to help you cope with the emotional impact of the disease. Contact your local Alzheimer Society.
1. By Us For Us© Guide: Memory Work Out (2006) was created for people with dementia by people with dementia. Available through the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program. http://www.marep.uwaterloo.ca/products/bufu.html
2. By Us For Us© Guide: Managing Triggers (2007) was created for people with dementia by people with dementia. Available through the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program. http://www.marep.uwaterloo.ca/products/bufu.html
3. Early Stage Support Groups in the North/Central Okanagan Region of the Alzheimer Society of B.C. (2000). Memory problems?
[This information provides guidance but is not intended to replace the advice of a health-care professional. Consult your health-care provider about changes in the person's condition, or if you have questions or concerns.]

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For those of you interested in trying your hand at this new cyberpunk art form, we also have a directory of free software for creating your own Glitch Art! As usual, if you think we overlooked a piece of software, drop us a link in the comments below!
3D Glitching Tutorials3d Glitching with Blender
Glitch art in Blender! A Speed Tutorial
CommunityGlitch Request Facebook Group - If you can't do it yourself, ask for help
Cyberpunk Facebook Group
Free the Pixels! Facebook Group
Futurology Subreddit
Glitch Art Subreddit
GlitchBot Flickr Gallery
Procedural Generation Subreddit
Data-as-Sound Editing TutorialsCreative Sound Design: When Glitches Are A Good Thing
Databending and Glitch Art Primer
Databending using Audacity Effects
Databending Using Audacity by Antonio Roberts
Datamoshing aka Video Glitching TutorialsBroken Gif / Datamoshing Tutorial
Datamoshing - The Beauty of Glitch
Explanation of Video Compression
Glitch Codec Tutorial
Photoshop Animation / Video Editing
Graphic TutorialsCachemash #209: TUTORIAL
Databending and Glitch Art Primer
Databending and Glitch Art Primer: the GIF
Digital Image File Types Explained
Glitch Art Resources by Phillip Stearns
Glitch GIMP
Glitch Tutorials from Daniel Temkin
How to Create VHS Glitch Art in Adobe Photoshop
James Connolly's Glitch Talk
A Vernacular of File Formats
Hex / Text Editing TutorialsAdvanced Wordpad editing explained
Bending a Penguin
Databending images with a Text Editor
Editing Image Files With Text Editors
Glitch Art and Databending Primer
Praseodyms way of Databending v0.1
History of the Glitch AestheticInside The Bizarre Phenomenon Known As "Glitch Art"
It's not a bug, it's a feature: the rise of glitch art
The Long, Twisted History of Glitch Art
The Visual Punk of Glitch Art
There's Not Much 'Glitch' In Glitch Art


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'Big-noting' Bay drug dealer scores eight years of jail
A HERVEY Bay drug trafficker, who advertised his business by "boasting" about links to an outlaw motorcycle gang and "big-noting" himself, has been jailed for eight years.
Constandinos Vasilios Dacolias, 50, claimed he conducted 90% of the methylamphetamine trade on the Fraser Coast and controlled the so-called "gas" market.
He also boasted the Rebels were "sorting out" people threatening him, that he had weapons and had $11,000 cash saved up for a house deposit.
But Brisbane Supreme Court heard the Pialba man was full of hot air when it came to most of his claims.
"You were in the habit of big-noting yourself and dressing up the extent of your drug dealing activity," Justice Martin Daubney said.
But Justice Daubney said Dacolias's business was not a small-time drug trafficking operation.
Police began surveillance - telephone intercepts and a covert operative - on Dacolias after he was involved in an incident on the Bruce Hwy.
Over four months in 2010, police learned the majority of his customers were street level but he had five people who bought large amounts to on-sell to their own clients.
Dacolias would engage gophers and runners to deliver and source the meth and cannabis, but would transport drugs to important clients himself.
Crown prosecutor Sarah Farnden told the court Dacolias had 63 customers but also organised precursors and tablets to use in amphetamine cooks, admitting in one phone call that he was involved in a cook.
She said he did source drugs from people with links to the Rebels, sometimes supplying them too, but it was not a joint criminal enterprise.
Defence barrister Rick Taylor said his client was a father of two who got into the drug trade to support his addict girlfriend.
He said he also used the money to support his gambling habits, usually betting on horses.
The court heard Dacolias was on a disability pension for chronic diarrhoea and the drugs were his only other income.
Mr Taylor said Dacolias did have a desire to make a profit but did not make any wealth from selling drugs despite his "exaggerations".
Dacolias will be eligible for parole in September, 2015.


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Intel: Ex-employee pleads guilty of stealing secrets
SAN FRANCISCO: A former Intel Corp employee who allegedly stole from the chipmaker documents worth hundreds of millions of dollars pleaded guilty on Friday to five counts of wire fraud.
Federal prosecutors in Boston had alleged that Biswamohan Pani, 36, downloaded some of Intel's "most valuable" design and manufacturing documents in June 2008, in his final days as an engineer in a Massachusetts facility.
Intel was not aware at the time of the alleged downloads that Pani had already sought a position and begun working at Advanced Micro Devices, Intel's largest rival in the chip industry.
Pani acted alone and there was no evidence that he was instructed by AMD to carry out the theft – nor was AMD aware of his actions, prosecutors said. In court filings, Intel estimated the company secrets to be worth at least $200 million to $400 million.
AMD fired Pani in 2008.
"AMD was not accused of wrongdoing, and the FBI has stated that there is no evidence that AMD had any involvement in or awareness of Mr. Pani's alleged actions," said Drew Prairie, a spokesman for AMD.
Pani faces up to 20 years in prison on each count, and is scheduled to be sentenced on August 8.
A lawyer for Pani did not immediately respond to a request for comment late Friday.


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Gmail users: do you find that your Inbox is over-full all the time? The Librarian in Black blog recently posted a link to "10 Steps to a Gmail Makeover" by Lisa Thumann. The tips include color-coding and archiving messages, using Gmail's filtering feature, and being decisive about deleting messages that are no longer needed (do you really need that conference registration confirmation from two years ago?).
Another quick way to pare down the number of email messages is to occasionally change the viewing option to sort by sender. Look for the unable-to-deliver messages by the name "mailer-daemon." After updating your address book to change or delete these recipients you can delete these messages en-masse. Then re-sort your messages by Subject. Often you will find numerous emails that have bounced back-and-forth between you and another; delete all but the last one.
Do you have a hard time deleting any messages? Sort your Inbox in chronological order and go to the oldest messages first. You will quickly see many messages that you really don't need any more. Have a few messages that you need to refer to on a regular or irregular basis, such as those containing account-setup information? Create an archive folder and call it "Reference", or some similar term. Then move these old-but-necessary messages out of your Inbox and into your Reference folder. You will know right where to find them in the future, and they will show up when you search for them.
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This is an immediate fix for for the PTR. I'm only putting this out so that my guildies and friends have access to it. Since they're having such a hard time editting the LUA code. This FAN update does not implement any commits that the original author danltiger has done or will do. This only fixes the combatlog log "bit/band" problems spamming loads of errors. Use at your own risk.
Please check constantly for danltiger's update since he tends to push out updates quickly. Don't forget, Support Tidy Plates!


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Within easy reach of the City and a world away, Columbia County retains its rural heritage while providing engaging, and often surprisingly hip, local culture. Columbia Country rises up from the fertile valley on the East side of the Hudson to the highlands of the Berkshires where it abuts Massachusetts. The Columbia Land Conservancy has led active land protection for decades, helping to keep land protected for views, recreation and agriculture with more than 5,800± acres under its jurisdiction.
Easily accessed by the Taconic State Parkway and is the first county along westbound I-90. Depending on location, road distance travel from NYC ranges between 96 to 145 miles.
Hudson is the county seat and is a thriving "must visit" historic town filled with a myriad of restaurants, antique and funky shops, a little bit of Brooklyn with a rural flavor. Amtrack has a station in Hudson with a direct line to NYC.
The Chathams: East, North and Old and the surrounding areas are Columbia County's "hunt country" dotted with beautiful horse farms and the home of the Old Chatham Hunt Club. The Club sponsors trail rides, foxhunting, beagling and is a social hub for the area. The charming small town of Chatham has a movie theatre, several restaurants and shops.
Columbia County offers large land parcels and fine homes, from lovely old Greek Revival farmhouses to sleek contemporaries. One common thread are the beautiful views, often of the Berkshire and Taconic Mountains. The "quiet Berkshires", Columbia County offers natural beauty combined with easy access to culture, ranging from nearby Tanglewood and Jacobs Pillow to the local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), where you meet the most interesting people in line!
LandVest represents estate parcel and many exceptional residential properties in Columbia County. Contact our Columbia County real estate team at 413-418-3233 to learn more about selling or buying.
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I have been severely lacking in time to get my link love posts finished (or read other blogs, to be honest…sorry guys!). Some of these have been sitting in a draft post for weeks now, but the posts are good enough (and not time sensitive) that I still want to draw attention to them for anyone who hasn't happened to read them yet.
Lucking Out and Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark by The Self-Styled Siren
There have been a whole lot of posts about Pauline Kael lately, thanks to the recent publication of a new collection of her writings, a new biography of her by Brian Kellow, and a new memoir by James Wolcott that includes many memories of her. This one from the Self-Styled Siren is one of the best, discussing both Kellow's and Wolcott's accounts as well as her own uneasy relationship with Kael's criticism. And that's a theme among most of the posts, as it is in my own life. I first became aware of Kael as a young film buff, probably thirteen or so, from 5001 Nights at the Movies, a collection of her New Yorker capsule reviews. I didn't like her at all, finding her dismissive of things I loved for what I thought were all the wrong reasons. I didn't read anything else of hers for years, until I forced myself to read some of her long-form essays and found someone impassioned about film but incredibly idiosyncratic about it. I still find her difficult much of the time, but she can also be really insightful. The Siren gets at all this and much more. See also articles from Jim Emerson, Dennis Cozzalio, and Glenn Kenny.
It Ain't the Meat (It's the Motion): Thoughts
on movie technique and movie criticism by Jim Emerson at scanners::blog
I almost included this essay among the Kael essays linked as "also sees" above, but it really deserves its own place. It starts off dealing with a bunch of quotes either from or about Kael regarding the question of technique and style – Kael resolutely refused to discuss technique on any technical level, arguing that the general public didn't give a damn and privileging emotional impact over technique. Emerson distinguishes between "technical" and "technique", showing how an understanding and explication of technique doesn't necessarily have to be presented technically to readers, but also wrestling with the core of Kael's populist stance.
Not Appearing in This Film: The Silent Movie Career of Carole Lombard – Sort Of by The Mythical Monkey
A fun piece submitted for a Carole Lombard blogathon in October (yeah, told you some of these were rather old), this one looks back on a part of Carole Lombard's career that I frankly didn't know existed. If you'd asked me, I would've said Lombard started in film in the early '30s (I think 1932's Supernatural is the earliest Lombard film I could name), but I would have been wrong. She actually started in film as early as 1921, when she was twelve. But she's either invisible in most of these films, the films are lost, or they're exceedingly lackluster. Still, the Mythical Monkey seeks out what he can, and brings forth a fascinating picture of a beautiful girl who never quite found her niche until screwball comedy came along with 1934's Twentieth Century.
In Profile: The Life and Films of Bong Joon-ho by Jordan Winter at Anomalous Material
So far in my admittedly limited experience, Korean cinema is pretty fantastic (I think I've seen eleven or twelve Korean films and basically loved them all), and Bong Joon-ho is right at the center of it right now. He's got the crowd-pleasing, genre-bending The Host, and the critical darling Memories of Murder, and a whole lot else. Jordan Winter runs through his whole filmography, finding patterns and connections among the films as well as charting a trajectory for his career, which I certainly hope is only beginning.
Pioneers of Animation: Winsor McKay by Brandie at True Classics
Winsor McCay is justly credited as one of the creators of animation, being one of the first cartoonists to move his drawings to the screen and figure out how to make them move – not only that, he was one of the first to give his animated creations personality and interaction. Brandie has written a great rundown of his career, both as cartoonist and animator (because the two were inextricably connected), and of his importance to early cinema and to animation as we know it today.
Sometimes, You Have to Come Back to The Tree of Life by Greg Ferrara at CinemaStyles
I loved The Tree of Life the minute I saw it, but not everyone did, and I respect that. Greg didn't love it the first time he saw it, but he went back and watched it again, and this piece is a result of that second viewing. And it's wonderful. Not only because he now agrees with my love of the film, but because it's such a lovely piece about how to watch any film, how to let it get hold of you, and because it's hard to admit complete changes of mind. It's less of an "aha, got it" moment here, and more that the film just didn't let him go, and his way of expressing that is perfect.
Sound and Vision: Charlie Chaplin and the Sound of Silence by Carly at the Kitty Packard Pictorial
Charlie Chaplin is well known for continuing to make silent films (well, two of them, at any rate) well into the sound era. But it's maybe not quite as well known how important sound and music were to him, even in the silent era. He played and wrote music himself, and was one of the earliest people to provide theatres with fully-written score to be played alongside his silents. I knew he wrote scores for some of his films, but I had no idea how deep his appreciation and use of music went until reading this excellently researched and presented article.
Happy Birthday, Louise Brooks by The Mythical Monkey
I try not to include multiple articles from the same source, but this post has been so long in the making that people are oustripping my ability to do that without skipping over great posts. So I had to let a couple of people in here twice. I know virtually nothing about Louise Brooks other than that her hairstyle started a bob craze and that she was in two highly regarded G.W. Pabst films, Pandora's Box and The Diary of a Lost Girl. Reading this article was a treat, but a sobering one, as Brooks' life and career seemed constantly undermined by mismanagement and her own poor decisions, despite her obvious talent and appeal. By the end, I really wanted to order a do-over for her – and recommitted myself to seeing whatever films of hers I can find.
Diabolique by Chris at Silent Volume
Chris has been eschewing his usual silent cinema posting diet due to a Clouzot retrospective going on in Toronto, and all his reviews from that are worth reading, but I really liked this one because it both reminded me that I need to rewatch Diabolique and gave me a lot of things to think about that I hadn't thought of before for when I do, especially in relation to its use of genre. Like, it's usually billed as a thriller or sometimes a film noir, but I hadn't really considered how close to horror territory it comes – I'm definitely going to look for way that it genre-bends next time I watch it.
The Great Citizen Kane Debate at True Classics
You can't run around in film buff circles for five minutes before finding out that Citizen Kane is considered the finest film of all time by many, many people. You can't run around in such circles for more than ten minutes before finding out that many other people think Citizen Kane is hopelessly overrated. The girls at True Classics take this debate to blogathon form, asking people to write pieces either for or against Kane as the greatest film of all time. I've seen the film five or six times and still don't know which side I come down on, so I didn't write anything for it, but the bloggers who did participate have some really good perspectives, definitely proving the debate is far from settled.
Czech New Wave series at Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse does a good many marathons to catch up on specific genres of film, and does a WAY better job than I do of actually following through on these marathons. Right now, the Czech New Wave is under scrutiny, at the rate of a few films per week. I've seen a few of these films myself, and it's definitely a movement I like and want to see more of – I'm watching the progress here closely to help guide my own eventual viewing.
Godard Series: Pierrot le fou, etc. at Andy Buckle's Film Emporium
Meanwhile, Andy Buckle has chosen Jean-Luc Godard, a filmmaker very close to my own heart, as his director of the month, and is going through at least all his major 1960s films. I'm not sure how far he intends to go, and really, there's no reason I chose to link the Pierrot le fou review as opposed to any of the others, except that Pierrot le fou is one of my favorite Godard films and I think Andy wrote about it very well. Check his "Classic Throwback" category for more reviews – he's going pretty much in chronological order.


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Let me start by saying that I truly enjoyed what I've seen about Diablo 3 per se. Neither bookahnerk nor I have found any bugs so far which just seems to be typical for Blizzard. Their betas are usually rather polished already (at least, from what I've heard and seen so far). One flaw, however, is that we didn't see the intro video. I looked for it and then played it and it does help explain a few things. For example, why they're talking about a fallen star. ;) I hadn't read too much about Diablo 3 before starting the open beta. I'd seen a few screenshots and read about a few changes but that's nothing compared to what I've read and seen about Guild Wars 2 so far. ;)
What I really liked about Diablo 3 so far is some of the game's sounds. Not the music (although I like the soundtrack as well) but rather the sounds that are familiar from Diablo 2 like the coins that are dropped from dead mobs. It just adds enough nostalgic flavour. And Deckard Cain, of course! Another thing I really liked were the book cases that you can click on. They usually don't seem to drop anything at all and if they do, it's a few coins or a healing potion. However, the animation when clicking on a bookcase shows stuff falling out of the bookcase – including a few scrolls that have red and blue bands around them. Oooh, they look vaguely familiar. If only I knew where I've seen them before. ;) Unfortunately, those scrolls aren't in the game. At a certain point in your storyline, you get a teleport skill that you can use whenever you want. And while there are items that need to be identified, it's just done by right-clicking and waiting until the cast bar went through. I mentioned the music a few moments ago and if you're looking for songs that sound like Diablo 2, you have to go play Torchlight (1 and 2) because Matt Uelmen who composed the soundtrack for Diablo and Diablo 2 is working for RunicGames now and has composed the Torchlight 1 and 2 soundtracks. Russell Brower apparently composed the soundtrack for Diablo 3 (among others).
The graphics are similar to Torchlight and not what I would expect from a Diablo game. I actually like the gothic look that Diablo 2 had and I would have preferred to have this graphic style again instead of the more comic-looking style that we have now. I don't think it's too bright and colourful but… well, a bit more dark/grey would have been great. ;) Despite its not so good graphics quality (and the too tiny resolution for today's monitors), I found them fitting for the game as everything seemed more mysterious and serious in a way. I don't mind WoW's comic graphics but in Diablo, I'd prefer the old Diablo style. Oh well, it's not like Diablo 3 really had WoW's comic style. It's just closer to it. And at the same time, I don't mind it at all in Torchlight (or Torchlight 2 for that matter). It's just the different expectations here based on the previous Diablo game. I did upload a few screenshots and I'm sure that if you're interested in Diablo 3, you've had a look at videos and screenshots, etc. already, so this is nothing new for you. ;)
I've played the Demon Hunter class and it was lots of fun. At first, I feared that you really just unlock a new skill every few levels and then choose which ones you want to use but the system is a bit more complex than that. You have your left-click and right-mouseclick skill. You'll get to choose between four different ones for left-clicking and four different ones for right-clicking. They're unlocked one after another, depending on your level. Each of those skills can also have one active rune (out of 5 each) which again get unlocked the higher your level is. The different runes give its skill an added effect: more damage, a higher number of enemies hit, longer duration, etc. Then you have four action bar skills which in the demon hunter's case use a different resource than her mouse-clicking abilities. They work the same way than your mouse-clicking abilities: You can choose out of several ones that you unlock the higher your level gets. And then you unlock 5 runes for each of those skills (also more the higher your level is) and can choose which rune you want for which skill and then you choose which skills you want to use. It seems that there's no respeccing necessary. You can switch skills around whenever you want. Starting with level 10, you also unlock passive abilities (again, you don't need to do anything. You unlock the first two with level 10 and choose one. With level 13, you get an additional choice etc. up to 15 different passive skills to choose from at level 50. With level 20 and 30, you get an additional slot for a passive skill which means that you can have three passive skills with level 30. All in all, that's a lot to choose from! And since you can switch whenever you want (I didn't see any limits here), you don't need to be afraid to do something wrong. That was one of the problems I had with Diablo 2. While I loved the game, I was too afraid to mess up and having to start over again, so I ended up just not playing much at all after a while. ;)
The storyline seems interesting and I'd certainly want to find out more and play through the story. The classes also seem interesting even though I've only played one so far. I wanted to concentrate on one and see what this game has to offer. If I had decided to buy it, I would have had enough time to figure out which class I want to play.
Unfortunately, and now we come to the one big point that makes me stay away from this game for now, it was rather difficult to actually start playing the beta on Friday. The servers were busy and I didn't get to play at all. I didn't even realise the "flaw" in this "logic" here, at first. Yesterday morning, I finally succeeded and got online. I played for a bit and reached level 6. Then it happened: I got disconnected and after half an hour, I got back online… to find myself back at level 5. Yay for rollbacks! I get it, they're basically stress-testing and things like that can happen. But then it dawned on me: This isn't an MMO, nor is it an online game. I was playing the single-player game. Once upon a time, those were offline games. Once upon a time, there were no server issues and rollbacks with single-player offline games. I remember clearly how I could play Diablo 2 in my room with no problems even though the internet wasn't reliable in that room, because I didn't need the internet for the single-player part!
And this very thing is what will hold me back from buying the game (unless… maybe… its cost is reduced to something like 10€ in the distant future). I want to be able to play single player games whenever I feel like it and not rely on the game servers to be accessible. Especially as I don't see a reason for why they should do this. Diablo 2 already had the single player part and the coop, the multiplayer and online part. It also had LAN-mode. In that regard, it offered more. But now they took that back and force me to be online all the time even if I just play the "offline" part. And I guess they can't give me a guarantee that rollbacks won't happen again or that I'm suddenly disconnected or that I can't even start the game because I regularly play on weekend evenings when a zillion other players decide to play as well and the servers get overloaded… or maybe I'll get to stare at a waiting queue until there's a free spot on the servers for me… to play the single-player game.
We will have one copy of Diablo 3 in this household, though, because I gave bookahnerk a 6 months subscription for a gaming magazine for Christmas and as a special, they added a bonus of our choice (the decision fell on a copy of Diablo 3 once it's released). And as I said, I've really enjoyed the game per se. But I dislike this always-online part of the game enough to not buy the game for 50€ or whatever they want for it on release.
So why did I preorder Torchlight 2 instead? Diablo 3 showed me that I really want a game like Torchlight and Diablo. Torchlight 1 has the problemt that it lacks multiplayer (I don't use it often but I do like playing with bookahnerk once in a while) and the story… oooh, the story. Not so good. Hopefully, Torchlight 2 will be better. They will have a LAN mode and I can play the game offline. It will also just cost 20€ which is a lot cheaper than Diablo 3. And what I really love is that you have pet companions. Tell me how you can top a ferret companion (watch the video with the pets here)! Of course, the game doesn't have the gothic graphics. ;) And I do find it odd how often the release date has been pushed back so far. But I've only preordered the game, not prepurchased it. So there's no harm done yet. ;) Of course, there's also no need for deciding only for one and not the other. If you like both, you can play both. However, I don't think I would need two such games. Especially if one is considerably more expensive.
I wonder how many other people will decide not to get Diablo 3 because of its policy of forcing you to be online and connected to a server at all times? And how many will not care just because it's Blizzard and Diablo. In the end, if you do decide to get the game, I think you'll get a good and solid game… and let's just hope their servers will be stable (and more stable than Ubisoft's servers ^^).


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The Clippers' "other" top draft pick, Charles Smith, is averaging 18.1 pts/6.1 rbd for the maligned squad in his first three weeks. He's started every game so far, which is nice. But he's also committed either four or five fouls in every game so far, which has limited his production. That's less than nice. He's also going to need a nickname. Charles Smith ain't gonna cut it. He's not even the second most famous Charles in the league and "Smith' doesn't make him any more memorable. Rearrange the letters in his name and you get Hatch Rimless, which I grow increasingly partial to the more often I repeat it. Anyway, Rimless went 23/7 Saturday night, which shows just a fraction of his potential. He turned the ball over six times and fouled five times, which shows the reality of the situation. Give this rookie time, then give him a dang chill pill.
Here are a few more rookies to ponder and a many more who aren't.
Danny Manning – 20/11/2 in team-high 38 minutes. Maybe the Clippers' cursed history is set to turn around, with Hatch Rimless and Manning on board, but little is going to change until they bring Manning into the starting rotation. He's getting swallowed up on many plays once the defense realizes he's the only good player in secondary rotations. If you had to bet on the bigger name a decade from now, you going with Manning or Benoit Benjamin?
Ralph Sampson – Remember last year, when everyone freaked out about the Rockets throwing away Sampson for "Sleepy" Floyd and Joe Barry Carroll? Well, Sampson hasn't scored 15 points or grabbed double-digit rebounds once in the first three weeks of the season.He's only shot better than .445 from the floor once. Ralph's back still ain't right. Ralph ain't never going to be well again. Trade Ralph to someone holding out faith, if you can. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go ralph all over the back alleyway.
Joe Barry Carroll – Oh, I love a natural segue! Joe Barely Cares' doctor announced that he's got a torn ligament in his left wrist. The Nets' center was injured Tuesday after a fall against the Hornets. He'll miss at least two games, probably more.
Spud Webb – Started in place of the injured Doc Rivers. He pretty much covered Doc's offensive output, dishing out seven assists and only missing two shots. (Note: he only took two shots).
Jack Sikma – Exactly four assists in each of his first six games this season. He's fun.
Paul Pressey – Pressey earned his first dub-dub of the season (12 pts/ 12 ast) and is nearly averaging his career high in points (16.1) and I'm told he doesn't seem as selfish as I was told he seemed last season. I'm just going by what I've been told. I can't be sure either way, as I've never actually seen this guy play. That would entail watching a Milwaukee Bucks game. No one enjoys basketball enough to do that.
Akeem Olajuwon – Played 39 foul-plagued minutes that eventually ended with the Dream fouling out. Before he went, he had a 34 pts / 12 rbd / 4 stl / 6 blk line. More importantly, the Rockets handed the Pistons its first loss of the season. What's that? … I'm sorry, I've just been informed that Detroit's defeat is, in no way, more important than Olajuwon's final line. Olajuwon's six blocks (good) + six fouls (bad) = 6 blocks (still good). How does that work out? Dunno. This is why I hate math.
Ron Anderson – Averaging 21 points in his last five, starting. Well worth an add. Not starting, but shaping up to be this team's sixth man. Suffers from Charles Smith's name recognition issues.
Rod Strickland – 14/6/8 in just 20 minutes from the bench. Her's a hanky, wipe off your drool. New York was playing in a blowout against the worst-defensive team in the East. Let's see him do it against the Pistons.
Rik Smits – The number two overall pick in this year's draft has only scored more than 11 points once in nine games and has yet to crack double-digit rebounds. So when you wonder why the Pacers haven't won a game yet, I've got your square one right here.
Ed Pinckney – Scored 26 points, the second-highest total in his four-year career. In his previous seven games, he'd averaged 7 ppg. Going to E-Z Ed for fantasy production is like going to Ted Turner's new TNT channel for basketball games – there's none to be had.
Mugsy Bogues – 4/3/11. I'd pay upwards of $250 to see Mugsy rest on Spud Webb's shoulders and play 1-on-1 with Manute Bol.
Scottie Pippen – Friday's game marked the return of Chicago's sophomore swing guard, who had an operation for a herniated disk last July. None of the newspaper reports I read explained why in the world he'd want an operation giving him a herniated disk. He scored 15 points in his debut. That's about his ceiling.
John Stockton – Twenty-one assists, the highest single-game total of the season so far. Amazingly, this wasn't even one of Stockton's five highest assist totals in the last four seasons. It was his seventh-highest.
Jeff Malone – The other other Malone put the Bullets on his back, scoring 36 points. His back was big enough to fit the whole team on, so D.C. somehow beat Boston. You read that right.
Reggie Lewis – Last week I suggested a run on Lewis. The week before that, I suggested a run on Brian Shaw. Saturday night, they combined for 8/2/5 on 2-for-7 shooting. So that happened.
43 min., .818 / .814 / 0 3ptm / 31 pts / 15 rd / 2 ast / 0 stl / 0 blk / 5 tov
Brad Daugherty – Yeah, I know Akeem had the better night, but who do you expect to see with the Line of the Night more often: Olajuwon or Big Dukie? Hooch had perhaps the best game of his brief career. He's scored more than 31 points four other times and grabbed more than 15 rebounds thrice before, but never in the same game and never after sinking more than .815 with at least 10 shots. He had 33/12/8 once on February 18, 1987, which I've always thought of as his best game … y'know, 'cause I'm always thinking about Daughtery's all-time best games a little over two years into his career. April 14 from last season was also a good one. Prove me wrong.


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On the 19th of Nobember 2009 the Goethe Institute in Brussels together with the Finnish Cultural Institute for Benelux organised a literary evening with Sofi Oksanen, a Finnish-Estonian writer and Indrek Tarand.
The event marked the translation of Ms Oksanen's "Purge" to Dutch, which talks about the events and lives during the Soviet Occupation in Estonia. The book has been "a No. 1 bestseller in Finland with sales exceeding 140 000 copies, Puhdistus has won its author numerous literary prizes, including Finland's premier literary award, The Finlandia Award, and biggest literary award in Nordic countries, Nordic Council Literature Prize 2010. Oksanen is the youngest author ever to win either one of these prestigious prizes."
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Music and visual art will intersect when the Hope College Wind Symphony performs "Images and Excursions" on Friday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
The Wind Symphony will be collaborating with faculty member Anne Heath and five students in the department of art: Trevor Daly, Evan Dawson, Rebecca DeGraw, Julie Anne Gruenhagen and Julia Rottschafer. The students were given recordings of four pieces from the concert without titles and are creating works of art based solely on what they hear. The artwork will be featured in the concert.
The performance will open with "The Liberty Salvation is Created," by Pavel Tschesnokoff. Next will be "Excursions for Trumpet and Band," by Bruce Broughton, which will feature Hope faculty member Dorival Puccini, trumpet. Also included on the program will be "Adagio for Winds," by Joaquin Rodrigo; "Cloudburst," by Eric Whitacre; and "Vesuvius," by Frank Ticheli.
In addition, director Gabe Southard will give a pre-concert talk at 7 p.m. with notes and information regarding the concert.
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ORLANDO, Fla., July 5 (UPI) -- Florida mom Casey Anthony was found not guilty Tuesday in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Marie.
The jury in Orlando acquitted Anthony of first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter in the death of her child in the summer of 2008.
Anthony was found guilty of four counts of giving false information to law enforcement officers.
For the counts related to her daughter's death, Judge Belvin Perry told Anthony he will "adjudge you to be not guilty" because the jury found her not guilty.
Silence greeted the reading of the verdict. As she stood to hear the verdicts read, Anthony began silently crying and wiping tears away from her cheeks.
After the jury was dismissed, Anthony broke into a smile and hugged her attorneys.
The seven-woman, five-man panel announced its decision on the second day of deliberations. It spent about 11 hours spread over two days going over the case before reaching its verdict.
Anthony is accused of killing Caylee Marie in the summer of 2008. The toddler's remains were found in woods near her family's home in December of that year.
Prosecutors had accused Anthony of killing her daughter by drugging her with chloroform and wrapping her mouth and nose with duct tape. They alleged she kept the body in the trunk of her car, eventually dumping it in the woods.
The mother did all of this, prosecutors alleged, because Caylee was keeping her from a carefree life of boyfriends, cocktails and clubs.
An autopsy did not pinpoint the cause of death and prosecutors had no clear physical evidence tying Anthony to it.
The defense contended the girl drowned in the family swimming pool and was found by her grandfather, George Anthony, a retired homicide detective. He and Casey Anthony panicked and covered up the drowning, the defense said.


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Interested parties may submit their comments within one month of the date of publication of this summary and the following letter, to:
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It was published on 7th March, so we have 'til 7th April. It's hefty stuff but the most relevant bits are near the top. My guess is that, as the poor saps who'd be paying for this dubious enterprise,
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1. Collective Response
1.1 This response from a very large set of key UK and pan-EU energy policy and civil society stakeholders, includes cross-party UK Members of Parliament serving on UK energy and environment Parliamentary Committees, high-level UK and pan-EU energy industry practitioners and experts, a very broad range of independent UK academics and consultants, and an element of UK and pan-EU Members of the European Parliament.
It's signed off by a pretty amazing band of good folk.
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This is from The Ecologist. Might seem long winded but an excellent summation of the state of affairs.
This article is based on a multi-signatory submission to the European Commission on Hinkley C, written by Paul Dorfman. which is available on the UCL website.
As the European Commission considers the £100 billion subsidy package the UK has offered EDF to build and operate Hinkley C nuclear power station, Paul Dorfman explains why the 'deal' is illegal, anti-renewables, and ruinous to energy users and tax payers.
EDF could earn a return on equity well in excess of between 20-35%, with cash dividends of between £65-80 billion payable during the life of the deal.
The result of the EC State Aid investigation into the two planned EDF nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C will set an important precedent and have consequences not just in UK but through the EU.
Taken across the full range of public and private actors engaged in energy systems, annual commitments worth many billions of pounds rest on the results of this EC policy appraisal.
The EC has published its initial findings about UK State Aid plans for new nuclear at Hinkley Point. The Commission has taken a very considered position and posed some very deep questions about whether UK plans make economic or environmental sense.
When is nuclear subsidy a 'market correction'?
The government had promised the public electorate that new nuclear will only be built on the condition that it receives no public subsidy. It's now adapted its position to say that State Aid for nuclear is not a subsidy if it is available to other energy technologies.
But the thing is, the Hinkley C deal gives very significant extra support and special conditions for nuclear, exceeding any support for renewable energy.
The government now say that these public subsidies are justified because new nuclear performs a 'Service of General Economic Interest'. In other words, subsidies for Hinkley C are aimed at:
security of supply,
diversity of generation,
electricity price stability, and
However, it seems very unlikely that Hinkley C can be said to realistically address any of these issues in a timely manner.
Security of supply
Putting aside inevitable construction cost and time over-runs, the two proposed Hinkley C reactors wont help with our security of supply problem - because the reactors are not projected to come on-stream until 2023 at the earliest.
And the electricity regulator Ofgem have made it clear that any 'generation gap' will come well before 2020. So the real security of supply challenge occurs well before Hinkley C could begin generation - and other more cost effective and sustainable options can be up and running well before then.
EDF has said that it will apply for life extension for other nuclear stations, which would operate to 2027-31 and longer. So the idea that we're facing a 'nuclear gap' is simply misplaced.
Unfortunately, the European Pressurised Reactor (EPR) design planned for Hinkley C has problems - it's just not that good a piece of kit. The EPR is a high-risk construction project with a marked tendency for significant delay, cost growth and investor risk.
Olkiluoto & Flamanville - do we really need a third dead duck?
The Olkiluoto EPR in Finland was originally planned to go online early in 2009, but expected completion won't be before 2018. The 1.6 GW Areva designed EPR, originally priced at 3 billion, was estimated at 8.5bn in 2012 and rising.
This fixed price turn-key Contract is subject to ongoing legal dispute between the French and the Finns with the former claiming compensation of 1 billion for alleged failures, and the latter demanding 2.4 billion in compensation for delays.
Areva have now reduced its workforce at the Olkiluoto site and it's not clear what construction work is still being carried out.
Similarly, in France, EDF have confirmed that their EPR new build at Flamanville is experiencing significant time and cost over-runs. Originally scheduled to start operating in 2012, EDF now hope that the reactor may be operational by 2016. Originally priced at 3.3 billion, the reactor is currently estimated at 8.5 billion - and rising.
(See David Toke: 'UK taxpayer will be liable for Hinkley C billions'.)
Diversity of supply
The Government say the Hinkley C deal will be signed by a new 'Counterparty Agency' with a budget of about £1.5bn per year to spend on low-carbon projects up to 2020. Although no budget commitments have been made beyond that date, the UK will be contractually obliged to pay for ongoing costs at Hinkley C.
The cost of this nuclear State Aid will depend on the prevailing electricity wholesale price - but it's likely to be around £1.2bn a year for the two reactors.
Given the government wants more nuclear, then very little money will remain for other low-carbon renewable energy - as the Counterparty Agency budget will be devoted to nuclear commitments. This means that nuclear energy will crowd out renewable energy investments.
This is a great shame since serious energy efficiency policy scenarios show that the UK economy could flourish whilst using significantly less energy. And there is no question but that, with purposeful demand side policies, GDP can increase with energy consumption significantly decreasing.
Reduction of carbon emissions either by energy efficiency measure or development of low carbon energy generation is imperative in a warming world. The key question is whether Hinkley C will work as compared to other routes.
Nuclear has been re-framed as a significant response to climate change. But any new reactors, together with radioactive waste stores including spent fuel, will be on the coast, vulnerable to sea-level rise, flooding and storm surge.
The Institute of Mechanical Engineers clearly state that nuclear sites based on the coastline will need considerable investment to protect them against rising sea levels, or even abandonment or relocation in the long term.
So, given predicted sea level rise, shoreline erosion, coastal storms, floods, tidal surges and the evolution of 'nuclear islands' stand out as primary concerns at coastal locations - it's unsettling to note that future likelihood and consequences of flooding risk has not yet been fully assessed by our regulators.
Nuclear's CO2 emissions - too big to ignore
It's also true that nuclear life-cycle CO2 emissions happen through uranium mining and milling, transport, fuel enrichment, plant construction, operation, plant decommissioning and waste management.
Whilst the reported range of emissions for nuclear energy over the lifetime of a plant is from 1.4 g of carbon dioxide equivalent per kWh (g CO2e/kWh) to 288 g CO2e/kWh, the mean value is 66 g CO2e/kWh.
The contribution of nuclear power to decarbonisation is also a problem, taking into account declining Uranium ore grades. Nuclear emmission values are significantly higher than for wind (2.8-7.4 g/kWhel), hydropower (17-22 g/kWhel), photovoltaic (19-59 g/kWhel), and energy efficiency measures (which are 10 times more cost-effective).
Given that the commercial history of nuclear power goes back more than 50 years and that the EPR is clearly evolved from existing designs (rather than being a revolutionary new design), nuclear is simply not a developing technology.
By contrast, renewable technologies like solar and wind power, are rapidly developing with significantly real-cost reductions.
Affordability and price stability
It's difficult to comprehend how Hinkley C might contribute to affordability, price stability and least-cost for the UK - when the agreed price consumers will pay will overwhelmingly contribute to significantly higher energy prices.
However, it does remain true that the deal would prove very profitable to EDF during the very lengthy 35-year Contract Period. And very generous government proposals for 35-year inflation indexing of the deal will grant EDF further significant financial returns.
The bulk of the financing of Hinkley C will be through government Loan Guarantees which will not be available to renewable energy, putting renewable energy at a considerable disadvantage. So, any investment in Hinkley will crowd out investment in renewable energy.
In the process, progress towards achieving overall EU targets for renewable energy will be compromised.
EDF's £65-80 billion payoff
Even nuclear proponents agree that the deal will be extremely costly. A recent report by 'Carbon Connect', a think-tank chaired by former Conservative energy minister Charles Hendry, concludes that financial returns for EDF and other investors in Hinkley C would be much higher than for other projects, with expected equity returns at around 19-21%.
These returns are substantially higher than expected equity returns on even Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects and regulated electricity network assets.
Further analysis suggests that EDF could earn a return on equity well in excess of between 20-35%, with cash dividends of between £65-80 billion payable during the life of the deal. This would still allow EDF to pay off all construction cost debt within the terms of the deal.
Taking as read current construction costs at £8 billion per reactor, this translates to £5 per MW - making HPC the most expensive nuclear power station ever built.
Market distortion
Rather than arriving at the deal through transparent and objective means, it seems clear that it's been tailored to the requirements of EDF. Proof of this is that this kind of deal is not available for renewable energy. Here, government dealings with EDF seem deeply discriminatory.
The deal seems specifically designed to develop Hinkley C at the expense of other low carbon investments. Given this level of financial support is unavailable to other low carbon technologies, it is certain to significantly distort competition and strongly impact on energy trade across the EU.
The thing is, to facilitate the participation of renewable energy technologies in energy markets, the EU relies on price mechanisms rather than directly planning specific outcomes for specific technologies.
For this approach to work, it is essential that distorting subsidies are not allowed to appear, since a subsidy in one country will impact across the whole EU in terms of access to the electricity market.
Hinkley subsidies will undermine renewables, Europe-wide
Increased renewable energy pooling will allow for more European-wide balancing between technologies such as solar in the south of Europe, hydro electric power in the north and wind in the west.
The implication is that nuclear subsidies will reduce the size of the available market for these technologies to participate in, and increase the difficulty of establishing new renewable generation capacity across the whole EU, not just in the UK.
So UK State Aid for Hinkley C will severely distort market dynamics, precisely because it shields EDF from risks that other market operators are subject to. Thus, since there exists a competition failure in electricity generation in respect to planned UK State Aid for Hinkley C, it cannot represent a genuine 'Service of General Economic Interest'.
UK plans to give State Aid through price support mechanism to guarantee profitability are simply incompatible with EU State Aid rules, and the proposed deal will give EDF a clear selective advantage.
Very high 'tail-end risks'
Nuclear is subject to unparalleled and extreme 'tail-end risk' - that is to say, low probability events that have enormous impacts. Examples of this in the nuclear include the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents.
Key to regulatory nuclear 'Safety Cases' is the modeling tool, Probabilistic Risk Assessment (PRA). The trouble is that PRA has failed to predict the cascade of unexpected 'beyond design-base' accidents that happened in Fukushima and all other previous major nuclear accidents.
The radiological inventory for each EPR at Hinkley C is enormous - twice that of the largest nuclear reactor currently operating in the UK. So it's unsettling to reflect that the EDF 'Safety Case' - based on their PRA - claims that for the very worst reasonably foreseeable accident / incident (including terrorist attack), the maximum radiation release would not exceed 0.03% of the reactor core inventory per day. That may be a small percentage, but it's still a huge amount of radiation!
At this point I should note that all UK civil nuclear infrastructures are uniquely implicated in all four 'tier-one threats' identified in the UK National Security Strategy, and all that implies.
Meanwhile, recent events at Fukushima show that reactor accidents are the single largest financial risk facing the nuclear industry, far outweighing the combined effect of market, credit, and operational risks.
Nuclear accident liability - another one for taxpayers
Currently, European nuclear accident liability for any one accident is capped at 169 million. This means that if we had a major nuclear accident in the UK, then EDF only has to pay costs up to about £164 million - and after that it's up to taxpayers.
The new pan-EU Paris Convention on Nuclear Third Party Liability and Brussels Convention aims to raise operator liability to 1.5 billion for one major nuclear accident if the Convention is eventually ratified.
However, the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN - a French governmental radiation research institute), conclude that a serious accident would cost France about 120 billion, or 6% of its GDP.
Meanwhile liability estimates for Fukushima vary between many tens of billions of euros and many hundreds of billions of euros - then even this new proposed level of pan-EU cover wouldn't, by a very large margin, pay for a major nuclear accident in Europe.
Nuclear waste - the million year question
There are features of nuclear energy that distinguish it from any other electricity generating technology or from any other technology. Costs linked to the treatment and management of spent fuel and nuclear waste are difficult to estimate since they take place a long time in the future and there is still little real practical experience.
The most recent estimates are that, once packaged, the UK has around 1,420 cubic metres of high-level radioactive waste, 364,000 cubic metres of intermediate-level radioactive waste, and 3,470,000 cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste.
The time-frame in question when dealing with radioactive waste ranges from 10,000 to 1,000,000 years. Government officials estimate that the cost of managing this waste and decommissioning is currently around £80-100 billion (and rising).
A recent report by the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority points out that DECCs nuclear legacy budget currently costs the UK over £2.5 billion a year (42% of DECC's total budget), with the remaining financial burden discounted for very many years.
Hinkley C's 'super-charged nuclear waste'
Hinkley C would significantly add to the UK nuclear waste burden. This is because EDF propose to deploy 'High Burn-up Fuel' at the two EPR's there.
This means using significantly more enriched uranium as reactor fuel to increase burn-up rate for longer periods and at higher temperatures. the result is considerably hotter and more radioactive spent fuel - a 'super-charged' fuel producing 'super-charged' waste.
UK radioactive waste policy is predicated in the disposal of very long-lived nuclear waste via a geological disposal facility (GDF). However, at present, there are no secure estimates for costing a UK GDF, and no GDF has been constructed or operated successfully anywhere in the world.
Plans for siting a GDF in Cumbria have met with substantial opposition from the Cumbrian elected local authority.
So what?
So it seems that proposed UK government State Aid for new nuclear is:
incompatible with EC Legislation,
does not represent a genuine 'Service of General Economic Interest',
will distort the European energy market, is neither transparent nor proportionate,
will not make a timely contribution to UK security of supply or decarbonisation,
and will not contribute to affordability, price stability and least-cost for the UK energy consumer.
Along with this, nuclear carries substantial 'tail-end risks'.
The development of sustainable and affordable low carbon energy remains a growing economic sector with huge potential for job creation - this should be a message of hope.
To limit this diversity through State Aid for nuclear at the expense of other, more flexible, safe, productive, cost-effective and affordable technologies seems, at the very least, unwise.
Dr Paul Dorfman is a Senior Researcher at the Energy Institute UCL, Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Nuclear Policy Research Fellow; Founder of the Nuclear Consulting Group, Member, European Nuclear Energy Forum Transparency and Risk Working Groups, served as Secretary to the UK government scientific advisory Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters.
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MIAMI — David Wright broke out of his offensive woes with three hits and three RBI and powered the Mets to an 8-6 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
MIAMI — David Wright has been feeling more comfortable at the plate in the past week, and he was due for a big game.
Wright broke out of his offensive woes with three hits — including two doubles — and three RBI and powered the Mets to an 8-6 win over the Miami Marlins on Tuesday night.
"It's fun to get hits, it's fun to drive in runs, and it sure is fun to win," Wright said. "All in all, a good night."
Wright came into the game in a 7-for-50 slump, dating to Aug. 14, and had only one extra-base hit in August.
"It's nice to feel comfortable and it's nice to feel dangerous, and that's what I've felt lately," Wright said.
Juan Lagares reached base five times, including a career-high four hits, stole two bases, scored three runs, and drove in two for the Mets, who pounded out 16 hits — two shy of their season high. New York had 18 against Atlanta on July 8.
"He had a tremendous night offensively," Mets manager Terry Collins said.
Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton hit his 35th home run and second in two games against the Mets. He drove in two runs to give him 101 RBIs, becoming the first Marlins player to drive in 100 runs since Dan Uggla had 105 RBIs in 2010.
"This guy has been locked in and feeling good," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "The last couple of days the swings have been great and he's been focused. I know he probably doesn't think about the 100 RBIs but to see the way he's playing at crunch time, it's fun."
Christian Yelich had three of the Marlins' 11 hits. Miami beat the Mets 9-6 on Monday when they were helped by six New York errors.
"You have nine guys trying to put good at-bats and score runs," Yelich said. "Offense can be streaky at times. Hopefully we can keep this up and finish the year strong."
Jonathon Niese (8-10) earned the win on Tuesday, giving up five runs in six innings. Jenrry Mejia pitched the ninth to record his 22nd save in 25 chances.
Brad Penny (1-1) took the loss, allowing seven hits and four runs in three innings.
The Mets jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning before Stanton's two-run homer cut the Marlins' deficit to 4-3.
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A sacrifice fly by Reed Johnson and an RBI single by Yelich pulled Miami within 7-5.
Wright's third RBI of the game came on a sacrifice fly in the sixth. That was matched by a groundout by Garrett Jones, who scored Adeiny Hechavarria in the bottom of the sixth to keep the Marlins within two runs at 8-6.
Relievers Carlos Torres, Jeurys Familia, and Mejia held the Marlins scoreless over the final three innings.
"You can have a game like last night where we absolutely stunk and you can bring in the same guys in the same situation the next night and they can be brilliant, and that's baseball," Collins said, "That's what makes our game great."
Marlins RHP Henderson Alvarez (left oblique strain), who left Monday's start early because of the injury, plans on throwing a bullpen session in the next couple of days with the hope of making his next start.
Marlins RHP Tom Koehler (9-9, 3.79) will look for his first 10-win season in Wednesday's series finale against Mets RHP Jacob deGrom (7-6, 2.94). Koehler has a 2.68 ERA against the Mets in 11 appearances, making eight starts. DeGrom is 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA in two starts against the Marlins.
Lagares' two stolen bases gave him five in five games. He is hitting .381 (16 for 42) over his last 11 games.
"I think you're seeing the making of a really good player," Wright said.
Marlins RHP Carter Capps gave up one run and two hits in 1 2-3 innings with two strikeouts in his first appearance since May 25 against Milwaukee. He had been sidelined by an elbow injury.


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