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Number of illegal immigrants in AZ dropped
Yes enforcement works. There is never a mention of how much less the cost of education is after the illegals and anchors have left. That's a huge number, yet it is always kept a secret. To mention it would put a spotlight on what it is actually costing to educate them. Billions of $$$ saved when they leave. But added cost to the states they move to.
Report: Number of illegal immigrants in AZ dropped
A new report by the federal government estimates that the number of illegal immigrants living in Arizona has fallen by 200,000 since 2008.
Experts say the primary factor behind the exodus was a lack of jobs during the recession, but also noted that tighter border enforcement and tough immigration laws were contributing factors.
The Arizona Republic reports that the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys report had estimated that there were 360,000 illegal immigrants in the state as of January 2011.
Thats down 110,000 from a year earlier and down 200,000 from the peak in 2008.
In 2008, there were an estimated 560,000 illegal immigrants living in Arizona.
The report suggests that the number of illegal immigrants in Arizona is at its lowest level since 2000, when an earlier DHS report estimated that there were 330,000 illegal immigrants in the state.
The latest report is based on 2010 census data, while the earlier figures came from 2000 census data.
A Homeland Security official cautioned against making direct comparisons between the estimates released Friday and earlier estimates by the agency because they are based on census data a decade apart.
Although there is no question Arizonas illegal immigrant population has decreased sharply, its difficult to say by how much, said Jeffrey Passel, senior demographer at the Pew Hispanic Center, which studies the nations immigrant population.
That is because the 2010 census counted fewer Latinos in Arizona than previously estimated. As a result, the number of illegal immigrants in the state may not have been as large as once thought, Passel said.
Lisa Magana, a political science professor and immigration expert at Arizona State Universitys School of Transborder Studies, said the illegal immigrant population in Arizona has decreased primarily because of the economy. Fewer jobs in construction and the tourism industry spurred many illegal immigrants to leave and fewer to arrive, she said.
Magana said tighter border security and a series of state immigration-enforcement laws, such as Arizonas 2010 immigration enforcement law, aimed at driving illegal immigrants out of Arizona also played a role.
Republican state Sen. Steve Smith from the community of Maricopa said illegal immigration remains a major problem in the state.
This year, he introduced two bills that would have required schools and hospitals in Arizona to keep track of illegal immigrants. Both bills died.
Smith said he has no plans to back off from sponsoring illegal-immigration-enforcement bills, despite the decrease in the states illegal immigrant population. He said that as the economy rebounds so will illegal immigration.
I will continue to introduce any legislation that will help us get a handle on this problem, he said.
Arizona now ranks ninth out of the 10 states with the largest number of illegal immigrants.
California ranks first with the most illegal immigrants in a state, followed by Texas, Florida and Illinois.
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Dear Travelers,
We'd like to have the following travel guide to be always updated for the benefit of new visitors coming to Badaling Great Wall by train. If anybody having used the piece finds necessary updates, please leave a message or feedback. Thanks!
Beijing North Railway Station has been closed for a three-year reconstruction program – part of the overall construction of Beijing Zhangjiakou High Speed Railway in preparation for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Now all the S2 trains ( going to Badaling Great Wall ), originally handled by Beijing North Railway Station, have been moved to the newly renovated Huangtudian Railway Station (黄土店站) for the three-year transition.
So if you want to go to Badaling Great Wall by train, you should head to Huangtudian Railway Station which is located in Changping District, about 20 km north of Beijing's city center.
How to get to Huangtudian Railway Station (黄土店站) ?
You can take Subway Line 13 or Subway Line 8 and get off at Huoying Station ( 霍营站) and exit from Exit G4. The Exit G4 is only 110 meters to the northwest of Huangtudian Railway Station (黄土店站). Enquiry Phone Number for Huangtudi Railway Station: 51869412.
Huoying Station ( 霍营站) is an interchange station on Line 8 and Line 13 of the Beijing Subway. You can easily take either subway line 13 or 8 from towntown Beijing ( or interchange from other subway lines ) to Huoying Station ( 霍营站) which is just next to Huangtudian Railway Station (黄土店站). The Exit G4 is only 110 meters to the northwest of Huangtudian Railway Station (黄土店站).
How to get from Beijing South Railway Station to Huangtudian Railway Station (黄土店站) ?
First you take the subway line 4 directly from within Beijing South Railway Station to the north direction and get off at the 9th station of Xizhimen (西直门) and then interchange for Subway Line 2 to the east direction, and get off at the second station of Guloudajie (鼓楼大街), then again interchange for subway line 8 to the north and get off at the 11th station of Huoying Station ( 霍营站) and exit from Exit G4. The Exit G4 is only 110 meters to the northwest of Huangtudian Railway Station (黄土店站).
How to get from Beijing Capital International Airport to Huangtudian Railway Station (黄土店站) ?
Come out of the exit hall at Beijing Capital Airport ( T 3 or T2 ), then take the airport express train (starting from the connected hall attached to the airport). Buy your train ticket on the sport at the ticketing booth in the hall ( 25 yuan ).
You get off at the final station of Dongzhimen (东直门), then interchange for the subway line 13 going to the north ( buy your train ticket on the spot: 5 yuan ) and get off at the 7th station of Huoying ( 霍营). and exit from Exit G4.
See the Beijing Subway Map to hone your skill for facilitating your Beijing subway trip.
The trip report below sent by Nana who has successfully made it from the airport to the Badaling great wall on a 13 hr layover:
5:30 AM land at BCIA
5:40 enter 24 hr visa line
6:30 leave visa line, change money, walk to airport transfer express subway
6:55 subway arrives, 25 yuan
7:35 arrive at dongzhimen station, walk to line 13, buy ticket for 5 yuan
7:40 start new subway to huoying station
8:20 arrive, walk to exit g4, turn right and huangtudian railway is 150 ft away, just follow the signs for badaling
8:25-30 buy ticket for 7 yuan, board train, sit on the same side as the door you entered for best views
8:43 leave
9:55 arrived at the great wall badaling station
10:10 arrived at great wall, bought ticket for 35 yuan
11:50 made it to tower twelve
12:30 PM walked back by the street, arrived at train station
1:19 train leaves
2:50 arrived at huoying station
2:55 board subway to dongzhimen
3:20 stop in dongzhimen to eat dinner
4 board airport tram
4:35 arrive at airport
4:47 tram arrives at immigration
5:05 through security
6:55 flight leaves
Total cost 109 yuan for public transportation during low season.
These are suburban trains running from Beijing Huangtudian Railway Station to Badaling (Great Wall )八达岭 and Yanqing ( 延庆), known as "S2 Trains". Train Tickets: RMB 6 per ride; if using "Yikatong" Transportation Card, RMB 5 per ticket.All the S2 train tickets are free seating.
Like public buses, no advance train tickets booking.Just line up and buy the train tickets on the spot.In tourist high season, the trains fill up quite fast.Once it is full, you have to wait for the next train.
One way ticket only, if you want to buy a return ticket, you have to buy it from other side."Yikatong" Transportation Card is definitely a smart way to pay for the train ride. Just swipe and go, and no need for lining up for buying your ticket!Kindly Reminder:
You are advised to purchase a "Yikatong" Transportation Card ( One Pass for All Card), similar to Hong Kong's Octopus card, Singapore's EZ-Link, or the Oyster Card used by TfL in London in United Kingdom."Yikatong" Transportation Card can be also used to pay for Beijing taxi, Beijing public buses, Beijing subway as well as S2 trains to Badaling Great Wall.
More about "Yikatong" card: People cannot share a Yikatong card. For a short stay in Beijing, you may put 50 yuan ( including 20 yuan deposit ) into your Yikatong card. You may keep Yikatong as a souvenir or reimburse it at a ticketing booth when you leave Beijing.
If you don't have enough time for returning your Yikatong, you may keep it for future use which basically will be never outdated. It is a transportation card without your identification. If you lose it, then it's hard for you to reclaim it. Keep it well!
In tourist season, there is a limit to the daily ticket selling, but there is more leniency to transportation card holders – Just swipe and go !!
Beijing S2 Trains going between Huangtudian Railway Station and Badaling Railway Station.
Inside the cars of the S 2 train.
The S2 Train Timetable below is the one effective from April, 2018. If you find a newest one, please leave us a message for updating for the convenience of the new visitors.
Enquiry land phone number for Huangtudi Railway Station (Starting Station): 51869412.
Enquiry land phone number for Yanqing Railway Station ( Arriving Station): 51869221
On the way, you can enjoy the total view of the Guan Valley Scenic Area, pass by Juyongguan Great Wall, and especially immersing yourself in the hundred-year-old Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway, first designed by Mr. Zhan Tianyou (1861 – 1919), the famous Chinese designer of the railway.
How to get from Badaling Train Station to the Ticketing Office at Badaling
After getting off the train at Badaling Station, just follow the throng and get out of the train station. Free shuttle buses just across the road are waiting for you, taking you to the ticketing offices at Badaling Great Wall.
Important Notice:
Badaling Railway Station to Badaling Great Wall: First Shuttle at 6:00 am and last at 4:00 pm
Badaling Great Wall to Badaling Railway Station: First Shuttle at 6:15 am and last at 4:15 pm
Free shuttle buses are waiting outside the train station just across the road, taking you to the ticketing offices.
The free shuttle buses have two stops:
Stop 01: Get off at the first stop and walk up the Badaling Great Wall at its No.01 Tower. If you want to avoid the crowds and like to hike up the Wall, you may stop at the Stop 01.
Stop 02: Get off at the second stop near the Cable Car Station to buy cable ticket ( entrance fee as well ) and get up to the Tower No.07. Then walk down to No.01 Tower or No.12 Tower. Basically no need for a return cable car.
One of the most gorgeous and magnificent parts of the Great Wall around Beijing, Badaling Great Wall (八达岭长城) is the well preserved Ming Dynasty Great Wall with original appearance.
Now it is divided into two sections – north and south, which start at the Badaling Pass and Gate. Most tourists prefer to climb the north section where the highest watch tower (Tower No.08) is located.
Also the cableway is available on the north section. Many people choose to climb up the north section of the Great Wall, then take the cable car down or vice versa.
The cable car goes up to somewhere below between Tower No.08 and No.09. So when you take cable car up, you will see large crowds of people. So we recommend you hike from Tower 01 and back instead of taking cable car.
To hike up the north section of the Badaling Great Wall, you have two starting points – either from the Badaling Pass or the Badaling Bear Park.
Why two starting points? Actually the north Badaling Great Wall ( totally 12 towers on the wall ) has two parallel sections meeting at the most northern tip – the 8th Watch Tower ( a curve ) of the Badaling Great Wall.
There are totally 12 towers on the northern Badaling Great Wall. So you ether start at Tower No.01 starting from Badaling Pass or Tower No.12 from Badaling Bear Park.
We often call the two north parallel sections "front mountain" and "back mountain" respectively. The "front mountain" ( from Tower No.01 to Tower No.08 ) is to the north of the "back mountain" ( from Tower No.08 to Tower No.12 ).
If you want to climb up the north "front mountain" Badaling Great Wall, you start from the Badaling Pass; if you climb up the north "back mountain" Badaling Great Wall, you start from the Badaling Bear Park.
Most passengers prefer to hike the northern slope of Badaling Great Wall simple because the north part is more scenic and convenient with cable car and slide services in between. But still some people like to hike the southern slope to avoid the crowds for better photo opportunities. If you hike the southern slope, you have to backtrack.
Ticket Price: RMB40 (Nov. 1 to Mar. 31); RMB 45 (Apr. 1 to Oct. 31)
Cable Car: RMB80 (single trip); RMB100 (round trip)
Toboggan: RMB30 (single trip);
Opening Hours:06:30-19:00 (in summer); 07:00-18:00 (in winter)
Hiking Time: Two Hours
Bus Route: Take Bus No.877 or No. 919 at Deshengmen, RMB12 for ticket.
S Train: Take S train from Beijing North Railway Station and get off at the station of Badaling.
Travel Tips:
1. For slow walkers or wheel-chair users
The cable car goes up to somewhere below Tower No. 08 and No. 09. When you take cable car up, basically you will see large crowds of people on the Wall.
Click: The Most Wheelchair-Friendly Great Wall to Visit
From the cable car station on the upper slope, you can either hike to Tower 8 or Tower 9. It is relatively easier to hike up to Tower 9 while it is a bit harder to walk up to Tower 8. To hike up to Tower 8, you have to climb over a steep slope known as "Haohanpo" ( a real hero"slope" ), or 好汉坡 in Chinese. Or you may just skip over it.
But in your case, so we recommend you walk slowly from Tower 01 up to somewhere on the northern section of the Wall to your comfort and back instead of taking a cable car.
Badaling is more wheelchair-friendly than Mutianyu Great Wall. On the Badaling Great Wall, there is a special flat lane is built for wheelchair users starting from Tower 1 to Tower 3 of the Wall. The accessible path is flat and not deep. So you can walk slowly along the accessible path to the Tower 3 and walk further for a better view if you can.
2. No advance ticket booking service for this train route. You have to buy tickets on the spot. No need for ID for ticket purchasing.
3. For coming back, get to the station and get in the "queue" early. When the train arrives, there's an almighty (but highly amusing) stampede through the double doors to get out onto the platform and onto the train (which instantly fills up).
4. You can use Beijing Transportation smart card for travelling S2 train from Beijing Huangtudian Railway station to Badaling great wall. So If you have a transportation card, you don't have to wait in line for buying a ticket. Just put your card on a reader and go. The S Train is unnumbered, free seating.
5. Alternatively, you can also take Badaling Bus 877 at Deshengmen to Badaling Great Wall, then take train back to Beijing. To get to the Badaling Bus 877, you are advised to take the subway and get off at Jishuitan Stop (积水潭). Then you walk all the way to Deshengmen (德胜门), which is a whole block east of the Jishuitan Subway Exit A (over 15-minute walk in the east direction).
6. And don't forget to haggle if buying a souvenir at the shops near the wall's entrance (those 180Yuan tshirts are happily sold for far less than their displayed price).
7. Kindly reminder: there may be allegedly "official tourist information volunteers" with red badges on, who will try to drive tourists to get on their minibuses with all sorts of excuses to lure you on. Just don't go for it. Otherwise, you will be on a nightmare trip.
8. Hassle-free Badaling Great Wall Guided Tours
Don't want to go the do-it-yourself route? No worries, We at Tour Beijing have some options for guided tours to Badaling Great wall.
Badaling Great Wall + Mutianyu Great Wall Day Tour
Badaling Great Wall and Underground Palace Day Tour
Badaling Great Wall + Forbidden City + Tiananmen Square Day Tour
Further Readings
Badaling Great Wall Tourist Map
Tips for Visiting the Great Wall of China around Beijing
How to Visit Mutianyu Great Wall by Bus
Top 10 Attractions in Beijing
How to Visit Forbidden City
How to Visit Temple of Heaven
How to Visit Summer Palace
How to Visit Ming Tombs
How to Visit the Great Wall of China
How to Visit Tiananmen Square
How to Visit Hutongs
How to Visit Olympic Sites
Top 10 Markets in Beijing
Top 10 Shopping Malls in Beijing
Beijing Shopping
Wangfujing Night Snack Street
Qianmen Commercial Street
Beijing Huguosi Street
Any questions, just drop line.
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Part 2: Create a Classified.
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In order to be able to create or list a Classified, you need to be a Gold Member, Rhodium or Platinum Supporter, or a Premium Account Holder (Ruby, Emerald or Diamond).
In order to create a Classified, I first need to click on the Classifieds tab (see red arrow), which is situated just next to the Forums tab underneath the board header:
When you click the Classifeds tab, the following window appears, with all the categories available for posting a classified in, Add an Item button circled in red:
In order to add a Classified, it doesn't really matter where I am in the Classifieds subsystem, as long as I click on the Add an Item button. A new screen appears, with all the fields to be completed in the Listing a New Item section right in the middle of the screen (red arrow):
Do note that all of these fields have a red asterisk postioned next to them. This means they are all mandatory. In short, all fields are mandatory. If I don't complete a field, or don't tick a box, etc., when I want to save the classified, it won't let me. I'll discuss all of the fields one by one here. Do note that I didn't highlight these with red arrows; it'll get too busy, plus I do think the field names speak for themselves and are indicated in the text in bolded, italicized and red. First up is the Item Name. I think that this doesn't require any further explanation. In this example, I have chosen an Etruria to sell (note: only as an example, not for real). The next field down is the Condition of the item. I have to select one from the dropdown list, see below. Note that there is an option for items which are not pens, and one for a condition that does not fit the "standard" ones.
Next field is the Category or subcategory where I want this item listed. Select the correct one please. First determine whether this is a Writing Instrument or parts thereof, or something else (choose appropriately). If it is parts of writing instruments, I select that option. If it is a complete pen or complete pens etc. for sale, I check either the Low Volume category if I don't intend to place more than 100 classifieds a year, with a maximum of 3 classifieds per week, otherwise I select High Volume. If I don't comply, my classified will be removed by a moderator without any form of consultation or feedback, I need to be aware of that!Note that Charity Auctions is a special case: these are only allowed for registered charities after consultation with moderators and admins, and work by a starting price where interested buyers will add a new price in a question - that will be dealt with in a separate part of the manual.
I now have added an Item Name, have selected the Condition of the item, and have selected a Category for the item to be listed in. So far the Item Details section:
Next up are the fields in the Shipping & Handing section, beginning with a dropdown list of the Currency used for the price (to be listed later). This list contains all currencies of the world, beginning with the currencies used most often on this board (to make selection of any of those a little faster):
Next up is the Payment option field. Again this holds most used payment options on the board, with an additional option for other payment possibilities or combinations thereof, to be described in the text for the Description of the classified, if so required:
The field following this is the Shipping From field, another dropdown selection box which lists all countries of the world. Either scroll down through this and click on the correct one, or type the first letter one or more times until it appears and becomes highlighted (blue), and press the Enter key to select it.
The Shipping To field follows, another dropdown selection list. The selection is somewhat more limited here for obvious reasons, and also allows for an option to indicate other countries or regions, or combinations of those listed.
The picture below shows my selection of options so far for the item I am describing :
On to the next section, General rules and conditions, essentially being an implementation of the rules for market place postings on FPN. I have to tick the boxes in this section to agree with these conditions. If I don't tick these boxes, I won't be able to save this classified for listing, and if I don't agree I should not really post a classified. These fields are No PayPal Fees or Personal Payment (not allowed by PayPal), Valid Email Address on FPN, which is used to contact the seller, and Unconditional Agreement with Moderation, i.e., the Fountain Pen Network, FPN for short, retains the right to disqualify a classified without any further discussion, discourse or communication, and remove it from public view. BTW, one of the reasons to remove a classified is a blurry picture, from which it is impossible to tell what the condition of e.g. a pen is.
In the following image I have ticked the boxes in General rules and conditions, plus another one in Further item information, i.e., Image(s) of Actual Item(s), i.e., no stock images etc., and not of another item. In short, I HAVE to show an image or several images to include all items on sale here, of the actual items on sale. No urls are allowed. At least one (1) image must be viewable directly in the classified, and it also must be uploaded (attached) to the classified. The latter will be discussed a little bit further down. The next field is also displayed with its dropdown list, namely Image(s) Used. This indicates the rights I have to the images I use, and who created them and/or holds the copyright.
Next up is the Brand and Model dropdown list, to indicate that I actually provided the brands and models of the items listed (I already did in the Item Name actually), or alternatively, that it is not a pen, with a description either in Item Name, the classified Description, or in both (in most cases anyway, I would expect).
The field following it is LE and/or Serial Number Info, which again is a dropdown box which indicates which information I have added (and shouldn't forget to add either). A good reminder IOW. Fortunately there also is an option for items other than pens.
Here is the progress so far:
Next there is the Nib Size, a field providing me with a dropdown box for the most common nib types, from XXF to 1.3 Italic, plus an option for Other(s) and of course the option to indicate I am not listing a fountain pen.
After I have now selected my nib size, I can now continue with the Restoration Status. Not too many choices, one of which indicating it is not a pen we are dealing with here.
We are nearing the end now. First of all a Description box, with the usual editor we all well know from posting messages in the forums. Add any information about the item(s) for sale here, not only the item name, but maybe a further description. Praise your wares here, the motto goes. In addition, I can also see a few more fields, in the Pricing options section, namely Advert Type, a radio button with options For Sale and Wanted, and Price, plus an Attachments section.
I now have added a description, left the Advert Type on For Sale (the default), and added a Price. Note that the Price is of course the number linked to the Currency I selected quite a bit higher up. Also note that if I do not add a Price, or leave it at 0 (zero), it will automatically come up with FREE in the Price field when I save this classified, which is not necessarily something I want to do for an item I want to get some money for.... In short, I should not forget to put an actual number in.
Scrolling down a bit further, I can now see the entire Attachments section. In order to attach an image here (mandatory!), I click on the Browse button (red arrow) to select one from my hard disk.
Clicking on this Browse button will bring up an explorer window, which allows me to find the image I want to attach. It first happens to come up quite conveniently with the contents of the drive where I have stored my images, but it could well be any drive or folder, which means I would have to browse a bit through my drives and folders. As it is here, I just need to select my "fs" folder (no, not "for sale", "full size" actually), see red arrow.
After double-clicking on my "fs" folder I select the correct image (highlighted in light blue), and next click on the Open button (red arrow).
The screen reverts back to the classifieds editing screen, and in the text field box next to the Browse button it now shows the path and name of the image file I want to display in my classified. I now have to click on the Attach this file button (red arrow).
And after clicking on the Attach This File button I get to see the following, essentially the same as before, but with an attached file added (red arrow, numbered 1). Do also note the Add Item button, also with a red arrow pointing to it, numbered 2. I need that in for the next step.
All done now, and after a final check that I did indeed complete all the fields, I now click on the Add Item button (red arrow 2, see above), which then presents me with the actual classified, with an attached thumbnail (see red arrow, below). I could have added more files this way, but for now I thought this was enough. Do note that if I forget to click on the Add Item button, and just go back to the main Classifieds screen, I lose all the information I just added so diligently! In short, I would have to start all over again....
The thumbnail is actually clickable, and will bring up the entire image in its full glory, as shown below. It also provides me with an option to Close it again, to return to the classified itself, or to Save the image for closer inspection, or maybe for later (see circled area and arrow, both in red). In the case of more thumbnails, it will even show a Next button towards the top right, to display the next full image I attached, for as many images as I actually did attach.
Ok, I closed it again and scrolled down a little to see how it looks like further. Note that it now shows the Price a bit larger, as wel as the remaining time for the run period for this classified. As it starts at 30 days, the first number of days this countdown timer will actually show is 29 days, which really means it is on the 29th day of the countdown (30 days minus a second, or minus more seconds). Also note the Edit Item, Close Item and Watch Item buttons. Edit Item obviously will get me back into Edit Mode, just that the fields will have the values I already supplied. The other two buttons wil be discussed in another part of this manual.
Scrolling further down I can see the remainder of the classified. Note that there now also is a Question section right at the bottom. This wil also be discussed in another part of this manual, and finally a Report button in case this classified merits reporting to the moderators, i.e., when it doesn't comply with the rules despite all the mandatory fields.
And so far for the creation of a Classified. It is accomplished.
Next steps (other parts of the manual) will be dealing with Questions, from the view point of a (potential) buyer, and from a seller's view point to, and contacting a seller for a confirmation on a deal, or a transaction.
Warm regards, Wim


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One of the barriers to the energy services market is the ability of the electrical contractor's customer to fund the energy services project that Step No. 5 defined. Unless the customer can fund it, the EC will not have the opportunity to do the work, and the time and effort the EC invested to perform the first five steps will be wasted. At this point in the process, the EC can help its customer obtain the financial resources and incentives needed to proceed.
Many ECs have never helped potential customers obtain financing for any project. They typically feel that funding is the customer's responsibility and that he or she does not need or want help. However, the energy services market requires a different approach to both marketing and project delivery.
Energy is usually not the customer's primary business, and many times, energy service projects aren't as visible or tangible as traditional facility construction, expansion or renovation projects. Additionally, customers often don't understand that, unlike traditional construction, myriad funding options are available for energy projects, including government and utility incentives that can greatly improve a project's economic feasibility.
Financing options
Customers can still finance an energy services project using available cash from their business, traditional bank lines of credit and commercial loans, or loans or additional investment from the business owners. While this method is still an option, many customers look for alternative funding methods that will allow them to achieve their energy and sustainability goals and maximize their return from the energy services project. There may be alternative, more advantageous methods of financing the energy services project that the customer is not familiar with. Even if the customer has the cash—or can easily obtain the cash—to pay for the energy services project, the customer may still want help identifying and taking advantage of government and utility incentives (see the Lighting column, page 36, for some currently available rebates).
Leasing is an alternative to owning the energy services project. A variety of leasing types are available, and each has advantages and disadvantages given the firm's ownership, financial structure, tax situation and financial goals. The most common method for energy services projects is the operating lease. The EC typically uses operating leases for anything from pickup trucks to test equipment, such as thermal imaging cameras, for its day-to-day business.
With an operating lease, the monthly charge for the energy services project is deducted from the customer's income statement. The energy service project investment does not show up as an asset or as a liability on the customer's balance sheet. However, government and utility incentives as well as depreciation expenses are typically only available to the energy services project owner, which, in the case of an operating lease, would be the lessee and not to the EC's customer, who is the lessor. An accountant and attorney should carefully analyze whether to lease or buy with the EC's help to ensure that leasing is the best choice for the customer.
Another option that will allow the customer to obtain the benefits of an alternative energy production project, without actually owning or leasing it, is to enter into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with a third party. The third party actually owns and maintains the energy production project, such as a photovoltaic (PV) array, over the life of the PPA. As with an operating lease, the third party receives all the benefits of ownership and recoups its investment plus profit by selling the energy by the alternative energy project to the EC's customer. The customer benefits by having the electrical energy supplied to its facility over the life of the PPA at a guaranteed price without the risk of asset ownership or long-term lease payments. Also, since most PPAs require the customer to take all of the energy produced by the alternative-energy project at a fixed rate, the customer can recover the expense of any excess energy through the net metering provision in its utility service agreement.
Other funding options are available. It is very important that the EC understand its customer's financial situation and needs as well as be able to assist the customer in understanding and obtaining government and utility incentives. To ensure the appropriate funding method is selected, the EC should work with the customer's accountants, attorneys, financial institutions, and leasing firms, as necessary. If the customer does not have the necessary expertise, the EC should team up with other professionals to provide the necessary information.
Thanks to ELECTRI International Inc. for sponsoring "Energy Roadmap: Electrical Contractor's Guide for Expanding Into the Emerging Energy Market," on which this article is based.
GLAVINICH is director of Architectural Engineering & Construction Programs and an associate professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas. He can be reached at 785.864.3435 and firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Green Means More Than MoneyBy Eileen Feretic Print
Energy-efficient technologies can save your company money. That's a very good thing, but the bottom line should not be an enterprise's only motivation for going green.
Energy-efficient initiatives offer businesses a rare opportunity to help themselves while also helping the world. By using green technologies, enterprises can reduce carbon emissions and simultaneously save money and burnish their corporate image. Yet, despite the obvious benefits of green programs, many organizations have not yet implemented energy-efficient IT solutions.
AFCOM, a data center association, reports that about 71 percent of the organizations it surveyed are actively engaged in green initiatives. But what about the other 29 percent? That number is large enough to cause serious environmental problems. To make matters worse, the survey reports that only 42 percent of the respondents have a formal green IT plan in place.
Clearly, in the tough economy we've faced for the past couple of years, it's been difficult for many organizations to deploy any new technologies, including ones that will save them money in the long term. Even when new devices have been purchased, they often haven't been chosen with green issues in mind, according to W. Pitt Turner, executive director of the Uptime Institute.
When I spoke with Pitt recently, he told me that when it comes to green issues, there's a problem with business priorities. "Companies are choosing IT devices with higher capacities over ones with higher levels of efficiency," Pitt said. "And they are not picking up all of what I call the 'golden nuggets' of green IT, such as simply turning off computers and servers when they're not in use.
"This is not a technical problem; it's a cultural one. People have to be educated about the need for energy-efficient tools and processes. And they have to be motivated to change. People's behavior is driven by the way they are incented, so organizations need to incent their employees to take action on energy issues."
Taking action is essential. By now, virtually all managers and executives, along with many of their employees, are aware of the need to become more energy efficient, but getting them to act on that knowledge can be a challenge.
Change management is an ongoing problem in both technology and business. Many people resist any kind of change, preferring to stick with the status quo. However, that "leave well enough alone" attitude isn't acceptable when it comes to environmental issues, where every action has a ripple effect—one that may go around the world.
Individuals, organizations and governments have to take a stand, and they have to take it now. Conserving energy shouldn't show up halfway down the corporate to-do list. It needs to be at—or, at least, near—the top.
The companies featured in our cover story understand this urgency and should be commended for their efforts. For example, in 2006, UPS began a widespread effort to reduce its energy consumption, and it developed benchmarks to guide its green initiative.
UPS' motivation for going green went beyond the money to be saved—though that was substantial. Facilities engineer Joe Parrino explains it this way: "We have an obligation to the company and to the world to reduce [energy] consumption and boost efficiency."
And UPS has a lot of company. Another green advocate is the Ford Motor Co., which has implemented an extensive program to determine the carbon impact of its IT systems, as well as the materials, parts and products it uses. The analytics software Ford uses evaluates even its plants and suppliers.
Emerson Electric is another leader in the green field. It built a $50 million global data center that is 31 percent more energy efficient than traditional data centers. The facility has already earned two awards for being environmentally responsible.
Of course, most organizations can't afford to build a multimillion-dollar data center. But they can review their energy consumption and develop a plan to lower it. That plan could include implementing consolidation and virtualization technologies, revamping cooling systems such as hot/cold aisle configurations, deploying energy management systems, buying Energy Star-compliant hardware, doing an energy audit and monitoring power usage effectiveness.
There are many technologies and processes available to help organizations reduce their energy consumption. And, when it comes to persuading top management to support green initiatives, the money that can be saved is a very strong justification. But it shouldn't be only about the money.
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NDOT says it's close to finding cash needed to complete Carson Bypass
The Nevada Department of Transportation is close to finding the money needed to finish the Carson Bypass, a spokesman says.
The bypass stretches from U.S. 395 at the north end of town to Fairview Drive. South of that, NDOT owns the necessary right-of-way but hasn't had the money to complete the road to the U.S. 395 south/Spooner Summit junction.
NDOT Director Rudy Malfabon is "very close to working that out," agency spokesman Scott Magruder said.
"We want to get this freeway completed," he said.
This summer, he said, the Snyder overpass and some utility work will be done for about $10 million. In 2015, he said, plans are to prepare the roadbed from Fairview to the south end – a contract worth about $22.5 million.
The final phase, building the road and the interchange connecting it with U.S. 395 and Highway 50 to Spooner Summit, is scheduled to start in 2016.
That phase is estimated to cost $63.3 million.
The Carson Bypass is one of two major projects Malfabon has identified as priorities in Northern Nevada, Magruder said. The other is repaving and other work on I-580 from the Spaghetti Bowl in Reno south to Moana Lane. That project is estimated to cost $60 million, he said.
"It's looking better, securing the funding for those projects," Magruder said.


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With all of the dairy dishes that are prepared for the festive holiday of Shavuot, its a good idea to serve some lighter sides like this pareve yebrat, or stuffed grape leaves recipe. Stuffed grape leaves also are frequently called Dolma which is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions such as Russia, Iran and the Caucasus and Central and South Asia. Perhaps the best-known is the grape-leaf dolma. Common vegetables to stuff include zucchini, eggplant, tomato and pepper. The stuffing may or may not include meat. Meat dolma are generally served warm, often with sauce; meatless ones are generally served cold, though meatless dolma are eaten both ways in Iran. Dairy stuffed grape leaves are often eaten with yogurt. (source Wikipedeia)
This recipe is from Nina Cohen, who is famous for her elegant entertaining and gourmet dishes. She is our very own Jewish Martha Stewart!
Pareve Yebra (Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe)
- 2 ½ cups goya white rice rinsed three times
- ¾ cup pitted prunes
- ¾ cup California apricots
- 4 cups water
- 1 ½ Tbsp kosher salt
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 6 shallots chopped, about 1 cup
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 1 16oz jar of grape leaves (available at specialty supermarkets such as Kosher Corner in Brooklyn)
Place prunes and apricots in food processor with steel blade and process until chopped and forms a ball. Boil water and add salt, oil, rice and prune and apricot mixture. Wisk mixture to combine well.
Cover and simmer on low flame for 15 – 20 minutes, or until rice is tender. Mix after 10 minutes while cooking.
While rice is cooking, sauté shallots in olive oil until golden.
Add shallots to cooked rice. Let mixture cool before rolling.
Rinse grape leaves and cut off stems.
Place leaves in a large pot of boiling water and cook for 15 minutes to soften leaves. Drain in colander.
Place leaves vein side up and roll as you would an egg roll. May be frozen at this point. Yield about 50-60 yebra
Place 36 yebra in a 3 quart pyrex Preheat oven 350
- 2 Tbsp tamarind -this is traditionally called "ourt"-this sweet and tangy sauce is available at specialty supermarkets such as Kosher Corner and Pomegrante in Brooklyn.
- ½ cup fresh lemon juice,
- 2 Tbsp dried mint,
- ¼ cup olive oil,
- 2 tsp sugar,
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 1 cup water.
Combine and pour over yebra. Cover and bake about 60 to 75 minutes. Serve hot or cold. Garnish with lemon slices.
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Volyn does not include any other tables (ie. for sub-regions).
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Ravenswood Shiraz Vintners Blend 750ml
Ravenswood Zinfandel Dickerson 2013 750ml
Ravenswood Zinfandel Vintners Blend 750ml
California Wine, Sonoma County
About Ravenswood Vineyard Wines
Fueled initially by the inspiration and wine-making skills of Joel Peterson, aided and abetted by his business partner, Reed Foster, Ravenswood Winery has been totally dedicated to top quality, hand-crafted wines since the first crush in 1976. That first year's crush produced enough juice to make 327 cases of Zinfandel. Released three years later, this big, stylish wine set a standard that succeeding vintages have followed.
Since 1976, every Ravenswood wine possesses a unique vintage and vineyard identity in addition to the intense, powerful (gothic) character with which the Ravenswood Winery has come to be associated. These attributes arise from what can be called our stubborn and impractical Old World oenological practices. Ravenswood Winery remains uncompromising in the care and selection of grapes and the vineyards that grow them.
Let's face it, no one will ever mistake winemakers for practical, easy-going folks. Then again, no one will ever mistake our wine for anything but fine quality, handcrafted wine that speaks for itself.
We at Ravenswood Winery produce our wines with confidence, based on time-tested methods and an intimate knowledge of our product. Ravenswood Winery takes the business of producing wines very seriously, but like to think that we offer our customers an approachable attitude toward wine consumption. Let's get wine off its pedestal and onto the dinner table!
Recognizing the natural synergies between Ravenswood and Franciscan Estates Fine Wine Division, Constellation Brands purchased Ravenswood Winery in July 2001. Franciscan's emphasis on terroir and commitment to produce the highest quality wines with a strong relationship between quality, value and price fit well with Ravenswood's model.
While the Vintners Blend Series (Zinfandel, Merlot and Chardonnay) stresses early accessibility, Ravenswood's other hand-crafted releases, such as our Cabernet Franc, Petite Sirah, and Gewurztraminer to name a few, possess a unique vintage and vineyard identity in addition to an intense, powerful character with which the winery has come to be associated. Our wines ferment in open top wooden and stainless steel tanks and rely upon wild, natural yeasts. Grape stems are frequently added for structure, and the cap of skins is punched mechanically or by hand three to five times per day. We age our wine in small French oak barrels, fine it gently with egg whites, and eschew filters and centrifuges as much as possible because we believe they tend to diminish flavor.
Ravenswood Winery Amador County Zinfandel
Known to many simply as the "gold country", the Sierra Foothills region of California - east of the city of Sacramento - has also been home to some serious Zinfandel grapes for over a century. Sourced from older vineyards near Fiddletown and averaging 3-3.5 tons per acre within the sub-region of Amador County, this bright, lively Zinfandel displays juicy flavors of ripe red cherries, wild berries, cracked pepper and aromatic spices. 12 months aging in French oak has rounded and deepened the fruit components, while contributing subtle elements of vanilla and toast. Lively acidity and moderate tannins allow for early drinkability, but the structure for additional bottle age is apparent as well. Well balanced and structured for an additional 7+ years of bottle age, this wine is, nonetheless, an attractive dinner companion even in its relative youth.
Ravenswood Winery Lodi Zinfandel
This rich, round, full-flavored Zinfandel is drawn from two distinct vineyards in the Lodi appellation. The 100 year old Kettleman Road Vineyard provides roughly 75% of the blend. Well drained sandy soils and mature vines contribute to the low (2.5 tons per acre) yield, resulting in thick, rich, concentrated blueberry fruit and soft spice. The remainder of the fruit is grown on the 35 year old Perrin Vineyard, which provides bright, lively berry flavors hinting at raspberry. 12 months maturation in a combination of new and used French oak barrels has rounded and fattened the wine while contributing notes of vanillin and subtle spice. Deliciously drinkable young for its precocious, soft, spicy berry fruit and lush texture, this classic Lodi Zin will continue to evolve over the next 5-6 years
Ravenswood Winery Mendocino Zinfandel
From the county of Mendocino, just north of Sonoma County, comes this new addition to the Ravenswood family of Zinfandels. 100% Zinfandel, drawn from two distinct vineyards - Bartolomei and Lalanne - this youthfully delicious wine sports alluring aromas of dark fruit and smokey oak. Bright and lively at this early stage of life, the texture is round and full and the opening flavors of wild berries, black cherries, plum, pomegranate and dark chocolate are accented with hints of baking spice, black pepper and creamy oak. While the pleasure of drinking this wine in its youth is obvious, the advantage of choosing to age this wine an additional 4-6 years would be the evolution of the more subtle complex flavors of the mature wine.
Ravenswood Winery Napa Valley Zinfandel
The Napa Valley Zinfandel is roughly in the same category as our Sonoma County Zinfandel. Ravenswood has had the good fortune to find some exciting Napa Zinfandel growers. Mature grapes from mature vineyards throughout Napa Valley are used in this wine. The wine has high aromatic scents of raspberries, cherries, plum and spice — aromas which integrate nicely with the vanilla tones of the French oak. Good acidity keeps the wine bright and lively on the palate, while the concentrated fruit flavors add a richness to the flavor that lingers long in the finish of the wine. This Zinfandel should maintain its lovely high tone fruit over the next four to five years and then begin the transformation to a more complex, spicy wine with evolving bottle bouquet.
Ravenswood Winery Sonoma County Zinfandel - Old Vine
The epitome of mature vine, regional Zinfandel our Sonoma County Zinfandel "Old Vine" has become recognized by most as our flagship product. Many even opine that dollar for dollar it's the best wine we offer. Sonoma County Zinfandel tastes the way great Zinfandel is supposed to taste; full, spicy and richly berry-like, but balanced with firm astringency. Our blend, from several vineyards in the northern part of the County, also has the black cherry and mint characteristics that we've come to expect from that region. Most of the grapes are from 60- to 80-year-old vines on the Dry Creek benchland west of Healdsburg - a location that many wine enthusiasts (including, presumably, the intuitive Italians who originally chose to plant in this area) consider ideal for Zinfandel. Another large portion comes from a vineyard near Cloverdale which produces small-berried, compact bunches, hence, exceedingly pungent flavors. The full, aromatic Cloverdale character combined with the rich Dry Creek fruit produces a wine that is simultaneously powerful and elegant.
Subjected to long skin contact, aged 16 months in French oak, and fined lightly with fresh egg whites, this wine carries the rich, opulent and full-flavored character that has become the Ravenswood trademark. We expect the Sonoma County Zinfandel to soften and develop an excellent interplay between bottle age and youthful fruit in about five years. It will, however, continue to grow and offer pleasurable drinking for many years to come.
Ravenswood Winery Sonoma County Merlot
We believe that Sonoma County's climate and growing conditions are ideal for Merlot, and we're privileged to use some of the best of these grapes from numerous vineyards, mostly in Sonoma Valley. The Sangiacomo vineyard, in the Carneros region of lower Sonoma Valley, possesses soft, round, classically plum-like Merlot varietal character. Another star, Los Chamizal Vineyard, right up Gehricke Road from us, adds a deep, rich, spicy, cedar berry-like flavor as well as a good deal of color and astringency. Adding a small amount of Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc for perfume and structure make this wine a real winner. Rich, full-bodied and with scents of cedar and cherries, this Merlot will age well and be an admirable dinner companion. Given an outstanding combination of grapes, it isn't surprising that Ravenswood's Sonoma County Merlot has generated a tremendous amount of interest and excitement.
Ravenswood Winery Napa Valley Merlot
From the neighboring Napa Valley region - primarily the vineyards of Perez, Czapleski and a smattering of Dickerson - we harvest fruit for our Napa Valley Merlot. This wine is structured on a somewhat leaner, racier frame than it's Sonoma County stablemate. Aromas of bright red fruit and herb introduce juicy flavors of tart cherry, plum and a touch of cranberry, complemented by tar, spice and caramel accents. While twenty months in new and used French Oak has rounded and fattened the wine, it's lively acidity makes for an ideal food partner. To age an additional 5 or 6 years in bottle would allow for the development of further subtleties of flavor and aroma.
Ravenswood Winery Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon
Ravenswood Cabernet Sauvignon is made to be aged. The wine is fermented for three to four weeks on the skins, allowing them to macerate even after the cap has sunk — a treatment that produces a lean, intense, well-structured, wine. The somewhat austere Cabernet is softened with Merlot and brightened with Cabernet Franc; up to two years in French oak adds a smoky, vanilla character. The resulting blend, which in some years is rather slow to develop, is always flavorful and complex, with an aromatic, spicy, brambly, mint quality and a slightly astringent finish. It will develop elegant bottle bouquet and aroma with eight to ten years of aging. It offers an incredible value for a top flight Cabernet.
Ravenswood Winery Sonoma Valley Cabernet Franc
If you are a French wine drinker, Cabernet Franc translates to St. Emilion in Bordeaux or Chinon in the Loire Valley. Until recently, in California it has meant almost nothing. There were only very small plantings, and those were usually blended with Cabernet or Merlot to add an attractive, spicy component to the wines. There is now more Cabernet Franc planted and, as a consequence, we are beginning to see the first varietal Cabernet Francs coming into the market.
Sonoma Valley hillside plantings, the source for this wine, are in well-drained soils that tend to limit the natural strong vigor of the Cabernet Franc vine, keep the tonnage low and the berries small and intense. The result is striking. The wine tends toward very concentrated with perfumes and considerable aromatics. Spice, leather, blackberries and smoky scents are all found in the aroma. The wine is rich and lively on the palate with a long, complex finish, punctuated with noticeable soft tannins.
Ravenswood Winery Petite Sirah
Petite Sirah, like Zinfandel, is a grape variety that people who are supposed to know these things have no idea about. The experts used to say it was the same as the southern French grape Duriff, but new genetic studies say no. What we at Ravenswood say is, no matter what the origin or the name, Petite Sirah makes darn good wine. Thick skinned, deeply colored and peppery, these grapes produce intense wine. It is the variety planted in the old California field blends to give the wine color and tannin. Ravenswood's Petite Sirah comes from hillside vineyards in Sonoma Valley and Dry Creek Valley. Both produce about three tons per acre, and both have enormous potential for wonderful wine. Our Petite Sirah is fermented in small open-top vats, using natural yeast and warm fermentation, then aged in small French oak cooperage for 16 months.
The wine is very dark in color and quite fragrant. When the nose develops, Blackberries, coffee, black pepper and other rich aromas are bountiful. This is always a big, ripe, rich, round, thick, moderately tannic wine that will delight fans of the Petite Sirah grape.


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What's your favorite video of Jamiroquai?Talk about the funk. Albums, singles, music videos, remixes, etc.
What's your favorite video of Jamiroquai?
To me,'corner of the earth' is amazing and i can say 'Little L' too cuz the clip is very colourful Jay's dance is perfect. and the song;too
Cosmic Girl (for be the first I see). This summer I was to Cabo de Gata in the road´s film San Miguel de las Salinas (AlmerÃÂa) singing CG gouauuuuu!!!! (jamiromoment for me)
And VI, LF, LL, EOPE, YGMS,
And HTM very simply but lovely
And more, more, more...
Space Cowboy is arguably the best (or my favorite video, at least) for the awesome dance moves and his ability to just keep on movin'...
Light Years was pretty dope too though. I haven't seen many music videos with a bunch of guys just havin' fun and SNOWBOARDIN'!!
actually, you can never see sola or matt in the videos... i think about it cos now they're seniors... not kids like they were 14 years ago... Jay Kay have the image of dancer and that's why he's only in the videos...
i can't imagine matt in a video... doing what? or the same sola.... perhaps th new bassist....
Ed: I sent Sola an e-mail a month ago asking him if all the band was going to appear in any video and he said that he doesn't like to appear on them very much, he prefers to be "anonymous", but he said that he was gonna suggest my point in the rehearses that week because, where's the band then?
And my favourite video is COTE
my favourite vid is blow your mind. It gives me the feeling of being back in 1993, with the band just starting, and that amazing tune with a great bass, great strings, pure acid jazz! The guys are all chilling, a friendly atmosphere all around the set.
And I always wanted a refrigerator with an stereo system inside!!! that's the purest meaning of "being cool".
Jay with Big Stu
on half the man..... al least is original, is impossible to find 2 videos of jamiroquai exactly the same, other artist makes they videos exactly like the last one, but with different clother and places, the pop bands and the britnety spears and all that s**t, that is whay jamiroquai is different, and i wa thinking
yes but the other bandmembers, and he cant be anonymous we can see him en every concert, anyway i want to see a video of jamiroquai, not a video of jay kay
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My favorite videos
Corner of the Earth
Love Foolosophy
Give Me Something
clip of "Little L"
Virtual Insanity
Oh No, don't get me wrong, that video is really cool, i never said i didn't like it. I was just saying i don't think people would put it as their Favorite. Very Original!
You're right, but it's not the same thing. When you are making a video the director says how you have to move, where you have to be, etc. In the concerts you're free with these.
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Michael Matthews Wins Third Stage of Vuelta Pais VascoWed 9 Apr 2014
They had twice won in Vitoria. "GreenEDGE Wins in the Green City," the headlines proclaimed. The pressure was on to make it three for three, and the Australian outfit did not disappoint. From the early chase work to the final-lead, the ORICA-GreenEDGE Vuelta al Pais Vasco squad combined efforts to deliver Michael Matthews to victory on the third stage of the Basque tour.
"We've never lost in Vitoria," said Sport Director Neil Stephens, who makes the Basque region of Spain his home. "This stage is a big one for our team. The fact is that the guys can handle the pressure. It's not always easy to win when you're the clear favourite, but the boys did it. They assumed responsibility from start to finish."
"Everyone did their part today," confirmed Matthews. "The team rode on the front, stayed around me all day and Simon Gerrans' did a perfect lead-out. It was a huge team effort. Everyone committed to one goal and one plan. All I needed to do was ride the last 200 metres. I had the easy job today."
Inside the first ten kilometres a group of six riders slipped clear from the peloton. True to the tactical plan they had outlined, Christian Meier and Esteban Chaves quickly assumed their spot on the front of the bunch to close the gap to the leaders. Four kilometres later, the race was back together.
"We had a very clear plan," said Stephens. "We were not to let any substantial move get away today. If the move wasn't one that we could bring back at a moment's notice, we either needed to be in it with Albasini or Gerrans or we needed to shut it down."
Ruben Fernandez (Caja Rural – Seguros RGA) launched the next attack. This solo breakaway was acceptable to the Australian outfit. They allowed Fernandez to extend his advantage out to the ten minute mark before they gave chase.
"When he got out to nine minutes, that's when we came to the front," said Stephens. "We started chasing after that. Esteban and Christian did the early work. Later on Adam [Yates] pitched in to give Esteban a bit of a break. Those three rode fast enough to maintain the breakaway before slowing bringing it back to the bunch. It was a very controlled chase."
At the mid-point of the race, Chaves, Meier and Yates had pegged back Fernandez to just under six minutes. Inside the final hour, the gap had fallen below a minute. Fernandez rejoined the bunch with 33 kilometres still to race.
"From there, we left the guys at the finish to do their work in the finale, which they did," said Stephens. "They've done it for the last couple years now, so they knew exactly what we needed to do."
"Viewers would have seen us on the front during the chase," Stephens continued. "After the catch, we were less visible. The boys moved from the front to a couple rows back. If you looked closely, you would see us somewhere in the first 30 percent of the field. There was no reason we needed to be at the front until we hit the last descent, which is exactly when you saw Gerro start to move Matthews into position."
"It was a pretty hectic final," Matthews added. "Not many teams had a lead-out train. It was easy to have just me and Gerro in the last three kilometres. He moved me up at the perfect time and then he gave me the perfect lead-out."
After the peloton negotiated their way around the final round-about, Gerrans hit the front with Matthews on his wheel. He did a long pull before dropping off Matthews to unleash his sprint.
"I had to trust Gerro's positioning and timing," said Matthews. "He's done this finish a lot of times. He hit out around the last round-about, which came at 500 metres. He dropped me off at 180 metres, and all I had to was put out as much power as I could until I hit the finish line."
"It was obviously always our plan to go for this stage," Matthews added. "Having won it two times already, we committed two or three guys to ride from kilometre zero. Having the team totally back you up and fully commit like that makes my job a lot easier. It's a relief to finish off their work."


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An organizer of Idle No More rallies in Metro Vancouver said rallies will continue even though Prime Minister Stephen Harper has agreed to meet a delegation of aboriginal leaders organized by the Assembly of First Nations.
Jerilynn Webster said in her ideal world, Harper would agree to take part in a traditional talking circle with Attawaskipat Chief Theresa Spence, who is the 26th day of a hunger strike in Ottawa.
Webster also said she would like to see next week's meeting include Idle No More leaders from across the country. Harper has said its up to the AFN to decide who attends the meeting on Friday, Jan. 11.
Webster said she is glad the meeting is happening, but it won't have any effect on the grassroots organizing work being done by Idle No More.
Webster, one of nine local Idle No More organizers, said she believes the more than two dozen rallies and flash mobs that have been held in Metro Vancouver since late last year are laying the groundwork for the kind of opposition that will be needed to stop projects in B.C. such as the Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline to Kitimat.
"In my eyes, Idle No More has been a team-building exercise, so that we come together nation-to-nation, create contacts, and make allies with non-natives so when stuff like the pipeline comes, we will all be ready to go and say: 'No, we don't want this in our territory,'" she said in an interview.
"Idle No More will continue because it has such a solid foundation where everyone can come and share. We didn't build all this momentum just for Stephen Harper to meet with Theresa Spence. It's, for us, a long time coming and it's really powerful."
Another Idle No More rally is set for Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Peace Arch border crossing between Canada and the U.S.
The Idle No More movement was triggered by Conservative changes to several federal laws through the recent omnibus budget bill, C-45, which became law in December. But it draws on long-standing complaints about poverty on Canadian reserves.
Previously in the Indian Act, a majority of voting members of an Indian band had to approve leasing of reserve land. That threshold has been reduced so that only a majority of voting members at a meeting or referendum are needed to approve major changes to reserve land.
As well, Idle No More participants are upset by changes to environmental protection of waterways that make it easier to build industrial projects such as pipelines. Federal changes, opponents charge, ean that three oceans, 97 lakes and 62 rivers —or less than one per cent of all the country's waterways — are covered by federal environmental laws.
Kim Baird, former chief of the Tsawwassen First Nation, said she isn't surprised by the Idle No More movement.
"It is a response to a number of things and to the long-term systemic poverty on first nations reserves across Canada," she said.
Baird said people may not always sound united or agree on everything in the early days but she expected those kinds of challenges to occur as the movement figures out how to go forward.
"I think it's the start of an important dialogue in and among first nations as well as between first nations and Canadians. I think a majority of Canadians agree, no matter what political leaning they have, that the status quo is not workable. The poverty is costing everyone – not just the first nations it impacts.
"We need to figure out a different way. The longer we wait, the more volatile things will get."


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In classical mechanics we have the notion of inertial frame of reference. If my understanding is correct, such frames are exactly those for which Newton's laws of motion have the usual form. I believe I have also heard, that they are the frames that are "moving at a constant speed" with respect to some distinguished point in space.
So we have to be careful whether our frame is accelerated or not. Which makes me wonder:
Does there exist a set of physical laws (of same descriptive power Newton's laws have, but perhaps expressing relations in some other set of physical quantities) such that the laws from this set look the same, no matter how the frame of reference moves?
Does such a set of physical laws exist if we restrict to polynomially moving frames of reference? (By this I mean that the motion of the frame is described by a polynomial in $t$, where $t$ is time.)
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Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus and convention Chief Executive Officer William Harris today unveiled the final stage for the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. This stage is a first of its kind for political conventions that utilizes 13 LED Screens with high pixel counts that will collectively create a large-scale backdrop with video capabilities.
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- Approximately 318 production staff and crew built the podium – totaling more than 30,000 man hours, 20,000 man-hours from the local production crew alone.
- Some on the crew worked 16-hour days, and the main staff will work around the clock during convention
- The team comes from 22 states.
- The base crew began planning 1.5 years ago.
- Set pieces are not made from disposable material like normal rock concerts—this set has all the highest quality material, incorporating the most advanced safety precautions.
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- The screens range in size from 8'6''x 8'6'' to 28'8''x12'4''. The largest screen is 381 square feet.
- The stage/set uses three LED products:
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- Four screens with 6 MM technology
- Canopy screens with 11 MM technology & Side screens with 11 MM technology
- The set also includes live HD video feeds. The magnitude of this project required a 3-week installation
- Screens are framed in 6'' wood frames to keep screens from merging into one flat visual plane.
- "Control Freak Systems" will be used to control the live HD video feed by combining TV truck feeds, cameras, video playback, graphics, social media streams onto screens. This includes 36 channels of HD Playback.
- The podium was designed with sense of "America's Living Room."
- The design is based on a warm but modern approach—traditional American Prairie style architecture merged with modern technology.
- The challenge was making a large-scale set that was also warm and inviting.
- There are three canopy screens above the stage to frame it and contribute to its sense of intimacy. Mullions (vertical elements that form a division between units of a window) give the screens a feeling of skylight windows. Angled side screens reinforce the design and showcase happenings to box seat guests.
- Open frames and horizontal beams create a sense of architecture and balanced composition.
- There are four tones of wood on the podium proper to provide texture and balance:
- Frames: cherry wood faces with mahogany bevels
- Steps: warm mahogany and threads of lighter cherry
- Banding around stage: walnut and mahogany
- Center of deck: warm light cherry
- A custom-built gigabit fiber optic system is used to distribute data from the control panel to the individual lights using 14.79 miles of cabling and approximately 25,662 pounds of lights – the approximate weight of a U.S. Navy jet-powered drone.
- There are 950 total lights – including 267 incandescent lights and 390 arc lights.
- The lighting system uses a color-mixing technology that creates an impression of texture.
- State of the art fixtures include varillite, 30k, 3500k, 3500 spots, 3500 washes, PRG Best Boys, and Clay Paky Alpha Spot 700's which produce the most crisp, clear lights.
- The crew focused all of this lighting in the Times Forum in just six hours.
The convention acoustically treated 100% of the Times Forum ceiling—these are permanent improvements that will remain in the Tampa Bay Times Forum and allow for high-volume concerts, helping to attract future entertainment, business, and energy to Tampa.
The sound system contains 1.36 MILLION watts of amplifier power – compared to 300 watts used in a standard home stereo.
Total light and sound cabling equals 20.39 miles.
Sound system is made of:
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- 6 Digital mixing consoles
- 12 wireless microphones
- 80 standard microphones
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- The Times Forum's 1,000 lb. Lightening Tesla coil suspended from the ceiling had to be moved to load
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May 6, 2014 12:38 PM PT
Google on Monday announced it is rolling out a new feature for Google Now that aims to blend the brick-and-mortar and online retail worlds.
Available now for Android phones, the feature notifies users when they're physically near a store that might have a recently searched-for item available. For instance, a person who searched on Google for a specific surfboard would receive an alert when walking near a store that normally carries that particular model.
A picture and pricing information would appear in the notification, but the feature doesn't go so far as to inform the user whether the item currently is in stock.
Android users must update their Google Search app to use the feature.
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Hopes for more storage were high only six months ago. Storms in Colorado early last winter left record snowfalls, and it looked to be an average or even better year across the Colorado River Basin. But winter retired early, as has become its habit, and runoff was again substandard, at only 75 percent of average.
Aridity in the Southwest has always been axiomatic, nearly a point of pride. It's how we define the region and, by extension, ourselves. Even so, fresh evidence continues to arrive that forces us to redefine our aridity.
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Trees also tell of many extended droughts. Eight periods between 1536 and 1850 may have been as dry as the recent drought, according to the work by Western climate specialists Connie A. Woodhouse, Stephen T. Gray, and David M. Meko. They also found evidence that droughts of the past have been longer than the drought of recent years — perhaps decades long. The tree rings, they said in a report issued earlier this year, "demonstrate that severe, sustained droughts are a defining feature of the Upper Colorado River hydroclimate."
These more severe, sustained droughts of the distant past are in sharp contrast with the anomalously wet 20th century. Wettest of the wet was the period from 1910 to 1920, the basis for the Colorado River Compact of 1922, which apportions the waters among the seven states of the river basin. Another particularly wet period came during the 1980s and 1990s. In other words, our cheerful understanding of aridity in the Southwest has been that of a glass half-full.
This view into the past is important given two trends of the present and future. First is the great population growth under way. By one estimate, the Colorado River already serves 25 million people, from Cheyenne to San Diego and from Albuquerque to Salt Lake City. Several Colorado River Basin states led the nation in population growth during the 1990s, and that trend is expected to continue.
Global warming is a second consideration. Computer models are only now being delivered that pick up the bumpiness of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada. Earlier versions were far too coarse. Increased greenhouse gas emissions may also change the climate of the West. That said, all computer modeling predicts shorter winters, earlier runoff and higher temperatures. That means less snow in the high country — the source of 80 percent of the water in the West — and the snow is less likely to linger into summer. That means more water in low-lying reservoirs where it can evaporate more readily.
Looking both backward aided by tree rings and forward given both demographic projections and greenhouse gas theory, the water situation in the West is likely to get much more dicey. On both counts, we need a revised appreciation for aridity in the American Southwest.
Meanwhile, Lake Powell has pulled back from the brink. In early 2005, water managers were fretting that the reservoir, by then only 33 percent full, would be nearly empty by now, a bathtub with ugly rings indicating an earlier time of plenty.
But for many Lake Powell boasters, it's just fine as it is. Jim Mullen, a mechanic in Glenwood Springs, Colo., visited Powell again in June, and reported a delightful variety of beaches available due to the lower water level. "When it's full, you have no place to camp unless you're on a house boat," he said. "If I never see it fill again, I would be happy."
For some, a glass half-full is still as good as it gets.


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