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Exploring Hydrocarbon Depletion
Research led by the University of Reading indicates that emissions of methane due to human activity have, to date, caused a warming effect which is about one-third of the warming effect due to carbon dioxide emissions – this methane contribution is 25% higher than previous estimates.
The new study, by Maryam Etminan and colleagues, is published in the American Geophysical Union's journal Geophysical Research Letters. The full report is open access and freely available.
The scientists calculated that, while carbon dioxide remains by far the most significant gas driving human-induced climate change, methane, while much less abundant, is even more potent than previously thought. They found that a one tonne emission of methane has the equivalent warming effect of 32 tonnes of carbon dioxide – up from the previous estimate of 28.
Gas hydrate, a frozen, naturally-occurring, and highly-concentrated form of methane,sequesters significant carbon in the global system and is stable only over a range of low-temperature and moderate-pressure conditions. Gas hydrate is widespread in the sediments of marine continental margins and permafrost areas, locations where ocean and atmospheric warming may perturb the hydrate stabilityfield and lead to release of the sequestered methane into the overlying sediments and soils. Methane and methane-derived carbon that escape from sediments and soils and reach the atmosphere could exacerbate greenhouse warming. The synergy between warming climate and gas hydrate dissociation feeds a popular perception that global warming could drive catastrophic methane releases from the contemporary gas hydrate reservoir. Appropriate evaluation of the two sides of the climate-methane hydrate synergy requires assessing direct and indirect observational data related to gas hydrate dissociation phenomena and numerical models that track the interaction of gas hydrates/methane with the ocean and/or atmosphere.Methane hydrate is likely undergoing dissociation now on global upper continental slopes and on continental shelves that ring the Arctic Ocean. Many factors—the depth of the gas hydrates in sediments,strong sediment and water column sinks, and the inability of bubbles emitted at the seafloor to deliver methane to the sea-air interface in most cases—mitigate the impact of gas hydrate dissociation on atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations though. There is no conclusive proof that hydrate-derived methane is reaching the atmosphere now, but more observational data and improved numerical models will better characterize the climate-hydrate synergy in the future
At high latitudes, the key factors contributing to overestimation of the contribution of gas hydrate dissociation to atmospheric CH4concentrations are the assumption that permafrost-associated gas hydrates are more abundant and widely distributed than is probably the case [Ruppel, 2015] and the extrapolation to the entireArctic Ocean of CH4emissions measured in one area. Appealing to gas hydrates as the source for CH4 emissions on high-latitude continental shelves lends a certain exoticism to the results but also feeds catastrophic scenarios. Since there is no proof that gas hydrate dissociation plays a role in shelfal CH4 emissions and several widespread and shallower sources of CH4could drive most releases, greater caution is necessary
the authors of this paper seem like a collection of smug ignoramuses.
1) Clathrates are associated with biological CH4 production. There are exceptions, such as the Yamal peninsula were it is clear that clathrates are formed by gas seeps from gas reservoirs, but they are not very important
Owing to the concentration of organic carbon on continental margins, these locations are where most gas hydrates occur (Figure 3), and gas hydrates are largely absent beneath abyssal plains. The organic carbon is delivered to the sediment both by the rain of phytoplankton to the seafloor in highly productive continental margin waters and by export of terrestrial sediment from the continents. Remineralization of sedimentary organic carbon produces CO2, and most CH4 formed in sediments by microbial processes is the result of reducing this CO2. Microbial CH4, instead of thermogenic CH4 formed at higher temperatures via the same processes responsible for conventional natural gas, is the type most often found in recovered gas hydrates
2) Ocean biotic activity is concentrated in coastal zones due to the availability of essential nutrients and other ecosystem reasons. So clathrates (and carbon) accumulate mostly over coastal seabeds and not inner ocean seabeds
3) The Siberian shelf has an average depth of 50 meters which is not deep enough to preclude CH4 emissions to the atmosphere and there is plenty of evidence of CH4 evading to the surface. The fuss over whether this evasion is becoming catastrophic is not the issue. Other shelf regions will of necessity contain clathrate deposits that will be sufficiently shallow as to outgas into the atmosphere.
Some researchers do infer large amounts of PAGH beneath arctic continental shelves (e.g., 35 Gt C in hydrate beneath the Laptev Sea shelf) [ Shakhova et al., 2010a] ,but several assumptions used in making this estimate may not fully account for the complexity of PAGH systems. Shakhova et al. [2010a] also invoked anomalous shallow gas hydrates beneath the East Siberian Arctic shelf as a potential CH4 source and to explain elevated estimates of CH4 sequestered in gas hydrates. This area was not glaciated at the LGM, as is usually required for shallow gas hydrates to occur, and the origin and existence of possible anomalous gas hydrate deposits remain controversial and require further examination
Despite the expectation that upper continental slopes host the most climate-susceptible gas hydrate populations, widespread upper slope seepage has so far only been recognized on the West Spitsbergen margin [Westbrook et al., 2009], the U.S. Atlantic margin [Skarke et al., 2014], and the northwestern U.S. Pacific margin[Johnson et al., 2015]
Upper continental slope seepage on the other margins has been interpreted in terms of warming of intermediate waters on time scales of years to centuries [Berndt et al., 2014; Biastoch et al., 2011; Brothers et al., 2014; Ruppel,2011a; Stranne et al., 2016b], but so far only the West Spitsbergen margin seepage has been firmly linked to dissociating gas hydrate [Berndt et al., 2014]
The bacteria involved can only produce methane when there is no oxygen present, so the naturally occurring methane pools happen in deoxygenated 'dead zones' of the ocean. At the moment, this confines the methane to the mid-depths of the oceans.
onlooker wrote:http://www.techworldnews.co/2017/03/source-of-enormous-pacific-methane-pool_2.htmlThe bacteria involved can only produce methane when there is no oxygen present, so the naturally occurring methane pools happen in deoxygenated 'dead zones' of the ocean. At the moment, this confines the methane to the mid-depths of the oceans.
So, with Anoxic water areas increasing presumably, also areas of sea saturated with methane also will.
Global warming will thaw about 20% more permafrost than previously thought, scientists have warned—potentially releasing significant amounts of greenhouse gases into the Earth's atmosphere.
A new international research study, including climate change experts from the University of Leeds, University of Exeter and the Met Office, reveals that permafrost is more sensitive to the effects of global warming than previously thought.
The study, published today in Nature Climate Change, suggests that nearly 4 million square kilometres of frozen soil—an area larger than India—could be lost for every additional degree of global warming experienced.
As co-author Professor Peter Cox of the University of Exeter explained: "We found that the current pattern of permafrost reveals the sensitivity of permafrost to global warming.
The study suggests that permafrost is more susceptible to global warming that previously thought, as stabilising the climate at 2ºC above pre-industrial levels would lead to thawing of more than 40% of today's permafrost areas.
Figure 3: Relationship between global warming stabilization scenario and remaining permafrost area using our approach.
Cog wrote:Perhaps someone will actually have a camera up there this time to capture these explosions. Unlike all the other times it was supposed to happen.
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The Clantons and the McLaury's – The O.K. Corral
Billy Clanton, and Frank and Tom McLaury have three of the most famous graves at Tombstone's Boot Hill Cemetery. They are most known for being on the losing end of the fight at the OK Corral. The legend of the thirty-second gunfight on October 26, 1881 is one that made the town of Tombstone, and the men involved famous.
The feud between the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, the Clantons and the McLaury's reached its dramatic point and bloody conclusion on October 26, 1881. When the smoke cleared after the six-shooters and shotguns were fired, three men lay dead in the street, Frank and Tom McLaury and Billy Clanton. The Clantons and McLaurys were ranchers, who unfortunately stole much of the livestock they owned. Their thievery ways kept them in constant trouble with Tombstone's law enforcement, but when Wyatt, Morgan and Virgil Earp arrived on the scene, eventually becoming the town sheriff and deputies respectively, they vowed to bring order to the territory. It was just a matter of time before they would be forced to deal with the notorious cowboys.
Wyatt Earp particularly disliked the Clantons and the Clantons and McLaurys equally resented the Earps and Doc Holliday for interfering in their business affairs. On the morning of October 26, 1881, word reached Wyatt that Ike Clanton and his cohorts were in Tombstone threatening to shoot an Earp. The rustlers and lawmen spent most of the afternoon antagonizing one another verbally and physically until by two o'clock, a street fight seemed inevitable.
The Earps and Holliday had heard that Ike and Billy Clanton, and Tom and Frank McLaury were armed and waiting for them at the OK Corral. Virgil Earp led the way to the cowboys with the intention of disarming the men. Wyatt, Virgil, Doc and Morgan wall walked four abreast down the street. When they reached the stable the Clanton gang was waiting for them. The men stood a mere six feet apart when the bullets started flying. Wyatt shot Frank McLaury in the stomach and killed him. Ike panicked and ran off. Billy Clanton was hit in the chest and wrist. Doc Holliday unloaded his weapon into Tom McLaury's right side. With the exception of Wyatt, the Earps and Doc sustained a few non-life threatening injuries.
Two days after the gun battle, friends and sympathizers of the Clantons gathered on Main Street of town to join the funeral procession for the McLaury boys and Billy Clanton. After their bodies had been laid out in silver trimmed caskets, they were then displayed in the window of the local hardware store, then transported to the cemetery in glass sided hearses, accompanied by a brass band and a procession of mourners carrying signs that read "Murdered on the Streets of Tombstone."
Ice Clanton vowed revenge for the murders of Billy, Tom and Frank. Two months after the gunfight at the OK Corral, M organ was gunned down while playing pool. Virgil was permanently wounded by a shotgun blast that shattered his arm.
Billy Clanton, and Frank and Tom McLaury were buried at Tombstone's Boot Hill.

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New Drinks: McDonald's McCafé Peppermint Mocha and Peppermint Hot Chocolate
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McDonald's recently introduced two seasonal treats in branches nationwide: McCafé Peppermint Mocha and Peppermint Hot Chocolate. They're available now through January 2, 2012, just in time to wash down your pies and tins full of Christmas cookies.
Though the McCafé is calling these drinks 'decadent' they're pretty much standard-issue super sweet hot cocoa (with a little McDonald's coffee in the mocha version.) If you like your Swiss Miss with an added teaspoon of sugar, and you drown your coffee in cream, these will go down easy, but this isn't fancy dark cocoa or complex, bitter espresso. ("This is coffee a kid could drink," commented one taster at SEHQ, while another found the mint flavor a bit reminiscent of toothpaste.) If you're sensitive to a powdered milk flavor or you like your hot drinks less sweet, these aren't the cocoas for you.
Still, the Peppermint Mocha (which is a little less tooth-achingly sugary) awakened a little nostalgia for some of us—particularly those of us who used to spike a thermos full of powdered hot cocoa with dining hall coffee and a shot of peppermint schnapps for freezing winter evenings in college. Bring on the Christmas carols and the snowball fights.
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Entertainment Industry: Yes, Please Keep Negotiating Secret Copyright Treaty To Save Our Asses
from the yeah,-that's-convincing deptSherwin Siy (one of the few people who actually was allowed to glance briefly at parts of the proposed ACTA treaty, though under strict NDA) has written about yet another letter sent by the entertainment industry to the government in support of ACTA. This letter includes pretty much everyone who benefits from abusing copyright laws and is afraid of the internet:
Advertising Photographers of AmericaFunny... isn't it, that all these companies and industry groups are supporting a deal that no one's seen yet? Oh wait... that's because many of them have seen it and actually have had a hand in creating it. But what's really damning is that no where in the letter do they explain why this is actually needed or how it will do anything valuable. Instead, it's a pure faith-based letter saying "if you pass this secret treaty, good things will happen." I don't know about you, but generally, I prefer there to be actual proof and evidence that restricting consumer rights around the world actually leads to some sort of real benefit.
American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. (ASMP)
Association of American Publishers (AAP)
Broadcast Music, Inc (BMI)
Commercial Photographers International
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
Evidence Photographers International Council
Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA)
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)
Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA)
National Music Publishers Association (NMPA)
NBC Universal
News Corporation
Picture Archive Council of America (PACA)
Professional Photographers of America (PPA)
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Reed Elsevier Inc.
Society of Sport & Event Photographers
Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
Stock Artists Alliance
Student Photographic Society
The Advertising Photographers of America
The Walt Disney Company
Time Warner, Inc.
Universal Music Group
Viacom Inc.
Warner Music Group
Tellingly, they don't respond to any of the points we raised earlier. This is not a treaty to help people or the economy. It's a deal to try to sneak through a system for propping up an obsolete business model by companies who don't want to adapt.
Filed Under: acta, copyright, counterfeiting, evidence, lobbyists, secrecy
Companies: a2im, aap, aftra, ascap, asmp, bmi, disney, gda, iatse, ifta, mpaa, nbc universal, news corp., nmpa, paca, ppa, reed elsevier, riaa, siia, time warner, viacom, warner music group


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It is late summer of 1942. The day is warm, sunny and bright. A carriage comes to me from the hospital to the ghetto, with Dr. Smirnov in it. "Kolezhka!", he addresses me affectionately, "come quick, I'd like to show you something!"
Smirnov is now director of health services, and his wish is an order for me. I have known Smirnov since our high school days in Kobryn, under different circumstances...
When I first entered high school, Smirnov was one grade above me. When I was completing the final grade, the eighth, he was repeating his seventh grade. The poor fellow was a bad student and had difficulty even in memorizing the fact that water boiled at 100ºC. On my graduation from high school I was refused. as a Jew, admittance to a university in Poland. Smirnov, however, did manage, two years later, to enter the Vilno School of Higher Learning, and even to study at the Faculty of Medicine. Somehow he pulled through during the war years, when the Russian occupied Vilno. When the Germans arrived, he became important - a man with Slavic Aryan blood in his veins and a diploma in his pocket. It did not matter much what he had, or did not have, in his brain. It was this Dr. Smirnov who was brought by the Germans from Kobryn to Antopol to be entrusted with all the functions which 1, the accursed Jew, (verfluchte Jude), had been charged with before - director of the health service for the region and of the hospital (which I had built in Antopol during the time of Russian occupation, beginning in 1939 and continuing until the German invasion). Whenever something happened in the hospital, which Dr. Smirnov did not know how to handle, he would come running out of breath to the ghetto to ask my help.
This time, too, the carriage clattered loudly on the cobblestones of the Kobryn highway. In it were seated: Dr. Smirnov, the director; I with my yellow badge, and the coachman (who, when no one was looking, would take off his hat before me, as in olden times). The three of us drove out to Janyszewski's farm, at the end of the Kobryn Lots, where the hospital was situated. I found there a child sick with whooping cough, suffering from strong attacks of coughing and an eczema under the skin of the throat and on the upper part of the chest. Apparently the pressure created by the coughing caused a rupture in the windpipe, and air entered under the skin. The child was hurt by the pressure and looked terrible. I asked for a couple of coarse needles, pricked the skin and the air came out. The distended skin contracted and the suffocation was relieved. I administered some bromophorm to the child and he was saved.
Dr. Smirnov accompanied me on my way home. There was no need to hurry, so we walked. I wanted to gain time and perhaps obtain some information from this stupid fellow about what was being planned for us, Jews, in the ghetto. For several minutes my colleague kept tapping his forehead and muttering: "It is all so simple, why didn't I think of it? You prick the skin with a needle and you relieve the coughing. A puncture in the skin makes the air come out. Then you administer bromophorm to relieve the coughing." It looked just as in olden times, when he used to rehearse to himself "H20 is water, H20 is water." I let him complete his course in the subject, thinking to myself:
There he is, the Pan Direktor of today, the man who is superior to me, greater, more handsome, the more pure blooded specimen of the human race in this world. He rules and leads me as one leads a dog by a leash into its kennel - the ghetto. And here is the yellow badge on my back. That is the rope which stifles me, and weighs me down. This dull-witted brain on two legs trudging like a bear, and carrying a living carcass shaped like a human being, this thing is my superior, the one who lords it over me, and I am the Jew, for whom nothing will avail - neither science nor industry, nor talent, nor culture. I am the one who is not wanted, not needed. I am the hated and despised, the one to be destroyed. Why? Why did the Poles admit this total zero to the university in Vilno but would not admit me, the Jew? Why is this absolute nonentity now a free physician in control, even though it is clear that the distance between him and the Jew-dog is the distance of long years of evolution of the human species on earth ? Why, after all, is he sure of his life and is entitled to it, while I am sure of death and am not entitled to live?
That beautiful summer day, as it was nearing its end at twilight, while Smirnov and I were walking back to the ghetto, I received the answer to my query.
Dr. Smirnov began: "It is a pity that you are a Jew, a zhid. You understand, a great ruler arose in the world, a great judge. He issued a verdict which ordered all Jews to be destroyed. There is no appeal against this judgement. That is plain, no mistake about it. You've got no one to appeal to, no one to discuss it with. You cannot defend yourself, and I am sorry about you, because you have been helping me (the unassailable logic of a numbskull!)."
Smirnov went on: "It seems it won't be long now. Pan Chronimsky, the Mayor, told me: 'Just wait, a short while and you will soon be able to take a walk with your lady in the ghetto freely'. (Pan Chrominsky is the postman turned German - a Volksdeutsche - whom the Germans appointed Mayor of Antopol).
Smirnov spoke some more. He offered me to save my equipment by taking it for himself and hiding it. According to his way of thinking, that ought to make it easier for me to take my bullet in the head, or console me somehow, when my end comes, with the rest of the Jews, and my stupid companion will be able to stroll over the blood-drenched soil of the ghetto, drenched with our blood. He kept on talking and talking, but I kept quiet. Here I was given my verdict of death not subject to any appeal. 1, my family, and all the remaining Jews of the ghetto were soon to be put to death. All of us knew about it or felt it, but none of us dared to formulate it so plainly, the way this descendant of the Khmelnitzky killers blurted it out. The cold bullet, 8 grams of lead, already entered my brain and dazed it, killing the best that there is to be found in a human head and leaving an automatically propelling, numb body. This body took leave of the Pan Direktor of the hospital, who continued to mourn: "Too bad, panochku, that you are a zhid, because I need you. But a verdict is a verdict."
Time passed and, during the period still left for us to live, the wound made by Dr. Smirnov was healing. What is to be done? The first thing decided by myself, and all those to whom I repeated my conversation, was to make arrangements about the children. In a few days we deposited our little girl Vera at the doorstep of a Christian household (our daughter was five months old at the time. She stayed with them in the Pinsk Lots. The woman saved her and took good care of her. After the war, following strenuous efforts, we got our child back).
A few weeks later they knocked at our door at 5 o'clock in the morning: "Get up! the Judenrat has been arrested, the ghetto police is disbanded and the Germans are guarding us." I jumped up from bed with the thought: Smirnov's prediction has come true. The 8 grams of lead will bring the end. It makes it so much easier that our baby is not with us, that we saved the Deutsche Wehrmacht the expense of 3 pfenning for a bullet. And immediately thereafter a new determination came into being: If there is no appeal, let there be a fight for life or death. This is a fight of a hunted against the hunter: be has the gun, but the animal has the swift legs, it has justice on its side, the right to live. We are such animals. We must flee, out of the ghetto, and then we shall see. The decision was taken and carried out...
A non-Jewish farmer denounced the young man to the Germans as a communist. He was arrested, though he was pretty far removed from communism. Meyshe managed to escape from the police station and hid in the Pahonie (a large marshy field), where cows had their night pasture. The enraged Nazis were furious. Two motorcyclists came from nearby Kobryn. They called up the Judenrat (Council of Jews) and announced that if "the communist" failed to appear within the coming 48 hours, they would shoot his wife and child, his parents and ten prominent Jews. The next day Meyshe's wife and child and his parents were shut up in a brick-built store, with a guard posted in front of the store, and a warning was issued: We are waiting 24 hours more.
Ivan Baiduk, a representative of the local gentile burghers, a supposedly progressive man who was literate enough to be able to sign his name, met me in the market place and said: "Mister Doctor, it looks bad Moshke is not coming. The rulers are sure to take another ten Jewish notables. In that case, dear doctor, we may lose you. We have got to do something about it."
Life had already lost its value with us. No one dreamt of acting along the lines suggested by Ivan. We knew Meyshe would be put to death as soon-as he fell into their-hands. Would anyone betray him? Sell him out? Would anyone do anything to please the Germans, give them cause to feel triumphant? And why should Meyshe get this? Is he a communist or any sort of an activist or communal leader? He is nothing but a nice, quiet, decent and hardworking good man. And even if he were some sort of a party-man who believes in his ideal, does he deserve to be shot without a trial, just because some peasant wanted to have him dead?
Everyone in town knew that at night Meyshe came from the Pahonie, and sneaked into his house. On the first night he saw his wife and child, his father and mother, and together they grieved. They wrung their hands, sought out friends to ask for advise, had no food and no sleep. What was there to be done? On the second night the house was empty, because his nearest and dearest were shut up in the store. In the dark of the night he knocked on the doors and windows of his friends: "dear friends, what can be done? The heart is about to break, the head is whirling, the air is tight and life is a curse!"
They quietly sighed with the unhappy man. They felt for him and were sorry for him. The young man had become transformed. He was no more good looking and bad aged. They quietly parted. Meyshe went back to the Pahonie.
The next morning be reported at the police station. He put in his appearance before the killers, as if to say: "Here I am, hang me but let my wife and child and parents go. They are innocent!"
He was put in chains, although there was no chance that be would try to escape again. He had taken a decision to give his life for his family. That same day he was taken to Kobryn. Not far from the tall bridge over the river, several scaffolds had been prepared. Within a few hours the body of the innocent brave man was swinging off one of the nooses.
May the memory of Meyshe Friedman live forever!
Fate willed it that only seven Jews were left of the residents in the ghetto of Antopol. Among them were Dr. Cherniak, his wife and child, and four other girls, namely: Shoshe Wolowelsky, of Grushev street; Itka Mazurski, the daughter of Itzl Mazurski; ReizI Kagan, Yankl Tebin's daughter, of Kobryn street, and the writer of these lines, daughter of Naftoli Kaplaniker. How each one of us remained alive is a subject for a book about the period when we saw death before our eyes every day.
I lived in the ghetto of Antopol from its first day, together with my whole family. During the final operation, when the last remaining Jews -in the ghetto were being driven to the railway station for shipment (in October of 1942), 1 managed to escape and hide with a Polish Christian acquaintance, Arcyszewski. To remain in Antopol was out of the question, since at that time there was not a single Jew left in town.
Arcyszewski took me, a few days later, into the village of Novosolok, to a Christian family's home, where he had prepared for me a place in a pit under a cowshed in the backyard. It is difficult to imagine life in a pit in the cold and in the dark, isolated from the world, but yet this is how I was saved.
I was fed as it was customary to feed a cat or a similar animal in rural places. There were moments of fear, when drunken Germans visited the family, and I used to hear their wild voices from my hiding place. The unhygienic conditions for a long time caused my getting ill very often. There was no hope for medical care. It took great strength and endurance to bear all this. I had about six months of this tortured existence, until I could not remain in the village any longer. The man who shielded me feared for his life all the time, because he risked death for harboring a Jew. He told me that Dr. Cherniak and his wife lived in the nearby forest among a group of partisans, and advised me to seek a way to contact them and apply for joining them. We managed to make the contact, and one day a sleigh drove into the yard of my host, who hid me under a pile of straw and sent me with the driver into the forest.
A different type of life began for me in the forest. The partisans lived in primitive conditions, in tents and booths. They often had to be on the move, in order to escape the pursuing Germans. Spread out in the famous Pinsk marshes, the partisans had to endure unusual hardships in the wintertime, when they suffered from a shortage of clothes and footwear. It was my good fortune to get quarters in the same tent with Dr. Cherniak and his wife, who contributed so much to the cause of the partisans, and he enjoyed great respect and popularity with them. If it were not for him, they probably would not have admitted me, since they seldom agreed to admit women. Dr. Cherniak and his wife looked after me as if I were their own child. We carried on in the marshes as best as we could until the summer of 1944. We took solace from the defeats which the Germans were beginning to suffer in the front, and we nursed the hope that we would live to see a better day. Finally liberation came. All of us returned to Antopol. It is difficult to describe the impression we bad on coming back to our native town, and meeting the other survivors, namely: Itka Mazurski, Shoshe Wolowelski, and ReizI Kagan.
After the end of the war, another dozen families returned to Antopol, coming from distant parts of Russia, where they served in the army, or through other circumstances which brought them there.
We all nurtured the idea of building up connections with the outside world, and beginning a new life. In 1945 we left for Poland with the intention of proceeding thence to Israel.
Thus came to an end a long chapter of the Jewish community in Antopol.
No Jews are left in the whole neighborhood. There are no Jews in Horodetz, and there are only four Jewish households in Drohichin. The same picture is to be observed in Kobryn and all other towns in the region.
Finkelstein, until the 1950's, was manager of a Kom-Khoz (communal economy). He utilized his position to convert the large market. place into a municipal park. He had trees and flower-beds planted, walks and benches in. stalled, and the old market-square was gone: the stores were hidden from view by the trees and the whole scenery changed.
Yitzchak Zack was at first a member of the party, but he was later expelled and he is content with being an official in the Regional Consumers' Cooperative (Ray-potreb-soyuz).
Now there are in Antopol three thousand Russians and Poles, some of whom are the former Gentile inhabitants of the town, while the others are newcomers from nearby villages in Russia and White Russia.
The Christian population presents a different story than that of the Jews. Two kolkhozes were established:
The "First of May", which includes Pryshikbvost, and "Gubernia" with the other district. Work groups (artels) were organized, as well as co-operatives and other such bodies. The former Jewish prayer-house on Kobryn Street now houses an artel for combing wool. Other artels were formed to carry out various kinds of building jobs. Houses were built along the cobbled Drohichin highway as far as Pryschikhvost. A new street called 'Niekrasov" opened up at the right side of the highway.
At first the authorities planned to create in Antopol a "Regional Committee" (Raykom). In order to carry it out they began building a two story brick house on Feiwel Bendet's lot. Later it was decided that the town would become, administratively, a "Posielkov Selsoviet", or Village Council, attached to the Drohibitz Region. The new edifice was converted into a children's home. Kobryn, too, became a regional centre, including also Horodetz and Khadlin, under its jurisdiction.
The internal appearance of the town changed a great deal. Various institutions were built. The rabbi's house in the synagogue courtyard was confiscated. The same fate befell Feldsteins house on Pinsk Street, the Orphanage on Grushev Street, the Squire's prayer-house, the ice-cellar and many other buildings. The Tarbut Hebrew school building was converted into a dairy restaurant; Polchuk's brickhouse became a Soviet orphanage; the Talmud Torah building is being used for a secular school, the old frame prayer-house now houses a cinema; and the new brick building of the synagogue was occupied by the offices of the Regional Union. Bales of flax are stored in the old large brick prayer house. The "Squire's" prayer-house was moved to the village of Holovietz, where it was used to build a Church. The old school building on Pinsk street is used for a ten-year secondary school. The hospital on Kobryn street has been enlarged, with the addition of a surgical department and a staff of four physicians.
The Gentile population of Antopol is still busy rummaging in the ruins of the Jewish houses, hoping to unearth some treasures. They did succeed in finding some valuables in the cellar of Itke Miriam's house. The police confiscated them.
That is how the once Jewish town of Antopol looks like after the brutal murder of the Jewish men, women and children by the Nazi horde. Where 2000 innocent Jewish martyrs found their graves there are now some 3000 Christians, mostly newcomers, living a life free of Jews. Some of them remember the past and secretly yearn for it and for the Jews. But where are the forces that can bring back to life the souls which still live in the hearts of the few survivors scattered all over the world?
The ever unanswered question arises; Whence will come that moral force which can stir up the conscience of mankind which watched with equanimity the vandalism of the Nazi brutes, while now everyone seeks to obscure and forget and obliterate every trace of the perished Jewish population, or as to be able to succeed to its heritage undisturbed.
But we cannot forget. 'Remember what Amalek hath done to thee,"
Everybody knew Reb Elie, who lived opposite the old post office and had a glass porch, which served all the year as a veranda, and during Succoth - as a Succoh.
Reb Elie Mass enjoyed the respect of everybody, young, and old, small and grown up. You got to like him from the first time that you saw his aristocratic-patriarchal countenance.
He used to pray in the Pritsishn Beis Medrosh, on Kobriner Street, and he was always on hand to answer queries and solve disputes.
Always dressed neatly, on the Sabbath Reb Elie wore a top hat and a white collar shirt. He knew all about the big metropolises of the world, and people said that he learned to wear a top hat in America.
Still he knew nothing of the neighboring villages around his home town, until one day a war broke out between Nikolai of Russia and Willhelm of Germany, and the Germans advanced as far as the other side of Pinsk. When the local farmers fled deep into Russia, the local Jews and Reb Elie among them harvested their crops in order to feed their own families, and thus they got to know all the villages around, and the fields surrounding them.
Then came a declaration, by U.S. President Wilson, famous for its fourteen points, followed by a war between Poland and Red Russia. This fire also swept Reb Elie's town.
It came about in the month of Elul, when the sun usually celebrates its last days of summer, the air is clear, full of blossoms, and people feel fresh and prepared to pick all the ripe fruits to preserve them for the winter, when everything will be covered with snow and ice. In these very days the Jewish people were hiding in dug-outs, awaiting death any minute.
On the last day of Succoth, the air was filled with the noise of bullets, houses crumbled under fires, and the Poles were driving the Bolsheviks beyond the other side of town. While passing by, the Poles advised the hiding Jews to put out the fires. Reb Elie instinctively looked out to see the fires, when one of the soldiers asked him for the road to Sweklitch.
Reb Elie came out and, approaching the commanding officer, tried to give him directions. But the officer ordered him to lead them in person as a scout.
Night came, and they were still walking. When they approached the outskirts of the village, Reb Elie began to feel better. He outlined the place to the officer, who checked with his map and verified it. But now, after telling Reb Elie what would have been his fate if he had misled them, they ordered him to go into the village and return with information as to the possibility of the Bolsheviks still being there.
Reb Elie walked over, tired and exhausted, and came out reporting that the village was empty. But now they ordered him to continue to the next village. He had to go on. On the way he prayed the evening prayer which he had missed before, and it made him feel better, until he reached the village. And then onward... by the time he reached the third village he knew what to do. In that village there lived a farmer named Mikita. Reb Elie woke him up and asked him about Bolsheviks, and the latter replied that he would not know for sure. Reb Elie came back and related what he had heard.
Now they told him to walk ahead together with Mikita. The Batallion halted as the two went forward scouting. Suddenly:
- Who goes there?
- Yours, followed by Poles.
Lie down, quick. We start firing on them.
Both armies began shooting while Mikita pulled Reb Elie down to the ground. Then he took him back with him through back roads until they reached the village, and then he sent him on his way to his home-town.
Now Reb Elie continued alone on his way until he reached his town, all dirty and exhausted.
_ Dear Papa, his children met him, where have you been?
- Hush children, we have a great God. If not for the war, I would not know the villages, and if I would not know the villages - what would be my end? I come from "no man's land" and I came out alive from the fire. Who would have thought that Mikita would earn himself a place in Paradise?!
* In an email to Stephen P. Morse dated September 8, 2002, Leah Hammond wrote the following:
"Mr. A. Warschaw starts the chapter with the naming of three men who were the only Jewish inhabitants living in Antopol.
He has omitted my family who resided in Gorky street. Indeed my sister was born in 1947 in Antopol and I was born there in 1950.
Our family name is Projansky, my mother's name is Tamara, my father's name was Shachney (Sacha) my sister's name was Regina (now Rachel) and my name was Ludmilla (now Leah). I believe I am the last Jewish person to be born there.
My father's family had lived there before the war and all perished during Nazi occupation.
My father died very recently which has started my search for my roots." Return
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Nader is just plain wrong on Israel
Nader is just plain wrong on Israel
Once upon a time long-long ago, a man named Ralph Nader took on a cause which most agreed was right and just.
But now, Ralph writes like an old foggy who is out of touch with reality. No Ralph. Israel is the good guy.
Hamas, Iran and their ilk are terrorists who continue to communicate and implement their evil intentions, and are the bad guys.
I suppose Ralph is free to say whatever he wants to. But people of good will who recognize reality, know that the terrible stuff he says about Israel is just plain garbage.
--Lester Freundlich, Stamford
Lots of talk from Nader doesn't make him right
Ralph Nader has taken the time to present a very verbose piece criticizing Israel and the U.S. for what he appears to think is unreasonable behavior on their parts. Unfortunately for him, the length of a discourse is not proportional to its truth. With that in mind, here is a short essay from me on the subject.
Israel, just as the United States has EVERY right to defend itself from enemies from within and those from without. For example, when Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan, we responded justifiably and immediately with force. When the Soviets were sending missiles to Cuba capable of landing nuclear weapons on our mainland, we once again took the correct actions to stop it, and in so doing, i believe prevented World War III at that time.
It is an established FACT that ever since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 in order to give the Palestinians there a large measure of autonomy, they spent their resources in sending rockets into Israeli territory rather than to direct their efforts to developing a civilized and prosperous society.
The Hamas leadership they have freely chosen has clearly stated its intent is to see that Israel ceases to exist and has by words and deeds never deviated from that course.
Mr. Nader, like myself, has the right to freely express himself in America. In so doing, he has also freely shown us the depth of his ignorance and bias.
And that's about all I had to say.
--Edward Wood, Killingworth, CT
Historical perspective would help Nader
Ralph Nader's latest anti-Israel polemic deserves, at the very least, a response characterized by a feature found nowhere in Mr. Nader's screed: historical perspective. And so, as a rejoinder to Nader's initial declaration, "When Israel came into being in 1948, it soon broke a UN truce and doubled its territory by taking the large area known as the Negev desert," the FACT is that immediately following the partition plan (UN Resolution 181) of 1947- which Israel accepted unequivocally - Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Jordan attacked the fledgling Jewish state. Moreover, the Arab nations unabashedly telegraphed their intent to forcefully defy implementation of Resolution 181. Moving on (while skipping numerous other outrageous claims) to Mr. Nader's later statement, "In late 2008, Israel broke a months-long truce with Hamas with an attack that took half a dozen lives," one can't help but notice omission of the FACT that nearly 10,000 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel during the period from 2005 - when Israel unilaterally withdrew from all of Gaza - until 2008. Not that we should hold Mr. Nader to account. Understandably, one wouldn't wish inconvenient facts to get in the way of his concept of the truth. But the real truth is that reading Mr. Nader's hateful rhetoric is "unsafe at any speed," and his vitriol need go the way of the Corvair if any lasting peace is to be achieved.
--Joel S. Pachter, Ph.D., Simsbury


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See here for a summary of the report's findings, including but not limited to the following:
- A fifth of American adults have read an e-book in the past year and the number of e-book readers grew after a major increase in ownership of e-book reading devices and tablet computers during the holiday gift-giving season.
- The average reader of e-books says she has read 24 books (the mean number) in the past 12 months, compared with an average of 15 books by a non-e-book consumer.
- 30% of those who read e-content say they now spend more time reading, and owners of tablets and e-book readers particularly stand out as reading more now.
- The prevalence of e-book reading is markedly growing, but printed books still dominate the world of book readers.
- E-book reading happens across an array of devices, including smartphones.
- In a head-to-head competition, people prefer e-books to printed books when they want speedy access and portability, but print wins out when people are reading to children and sharing books with others.
- The availability of e-content is an issue to some.
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- Those who own e-book reading devices stand out from other book readers and there are sometimes differences among device owners in their reading habits.
- Device owners read more often.
- Device owners are more likely to buy books.
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Police: Intruder shot while breaking into store
Altercation leads to shooting, police say
A man who police said broke in to a Glen Burnie store was fatally shot by an employee, investigators said.
Police said Byron Phillip, 30, of Chester, was shot inside the Arundel Cards and Coin collectibles store in the 7400 block of Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard in Glen Burnie at about 6 a.m. Tuesday.
An attorney identified Jim Butler as the store's owner, though police identified him as an employee. Police said Butler got into an altercation with Phillip inside the store and shot Phillip, who then stumbled outside and collapsed in a parking lot.
According to the lawyer, Butler has been having difficulties with people breaking into his store.
Online court records indicate Phillip had vast online criminal record that included guilty pleas for second-degree assault, theft and various drug offenses.
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Art in this place: Embarrassment of riches
Of course, it's been some time since the city and a private group teamed up for "Art-in-Place," the program that effectively turned the city into a giant outdoor gallery.
At the same time, Charlottesville's gallery spaces not only continue to reproduce like bunnies, but also, impressively enough, fail to exhaust the pool of local and regional artists ready to exhibit. Oddly, the real challenge these days is not in the seeking. It's actually much harder to avoid art.
For those of you actually looking to broaden your horizons (an over-rated activity) beyond accidental viewing, however, there are plenty of fine places to go, and more all the time.
When it comes to big guns, it's nice to have an institution like the University of Virginia Art Museum around. Though modest in size, the gallery's well-curated, well-researched exhibits generally stick to the art world's fascinating tangents rather than the main-streamy stuff bigger museums handle more easily.
A short walk from there, the Fayerweather Gallery offers the newest work from the university's art students. The emphasis here is largely on conceptual and/or computer-generated work. Visiting art instructors get the occasional month-long exhibit.
Across town, the old McGuffey School at 201 Second St. houses two especially notable galleries: The Second Street Gallery (poised for its fall 2003 move to a new building) slakes local art-goers' thirst for conceptually oriented traveling exhibits, while the McGuffey Art Center provides its sizable stable of local/regional artists a convenient place to show their work. That building alone can host up to five distinct exhibits at once.
Beyond that, an impressive number of smaller galleries are spread around town, a few easily stumbled upon in the course of shopping for, say, books (The New Dominion Book Shop), beer (The Starr Hill Gallery), or muffins (Mudhouse), even religion– or at least something like it (the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church).
Two of the more unusual stops on the Charlottesville art tour are the Kluge-Ruhe Gallery and Les Yeux du Monde at dot2dot. The former rotates a terrific, terrifically large collection of Aboriginal Australian artwork, while the latter combines fancy wares and furniture with work by accomplished, mostly regional, artists.


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ROCHESTER — Wednesday marked a day of firsts for many � the first time using an iPad, meeting new friends, noticing a newly-planted tree and maybe even saying goodbye to Mom and Dad.
As the first official day of school came and went in Rochester, students were brimming and bustling, with parents, teachers and administrators remarking how smoothly the day had gone at all the local schools. Rochester Middle School offered an orientation to its sixth-grade students, Spaulding High School freshman took in their new experiences and the Maple Street Magnet School held an opening ceremony in honor of the day.
Having been in session already for the last 16 days as the state's first-ever magnet school, which extends the school year by 20 days and offer near daily French tutoring, Maple Street students stood on the front lawn of their campus, singing songs for dozens of attendees. A maple leaf ribbon was cut off the school's maple tree and the lyrics of "Bonjour Tout Le Monde" and "La Vie est. Belle" filled the neighborhood.
Grandparents of second-grade student Garrett Doucette, Roger and June Guptill of North Berwick, Maine, said they were excited for the occasion.
"This is a wonderful thing they're doing," Roger said, as June added, "We wouldn't have missed this."
Staff members, some current and some who previously worked at the school, handed out maple-flavored cookies as Principal Robin Brown said she was amazed at how much her students had already learned.
Inside the school, students presented three displays of "The Past," "The Present" and "The Future" in various classrooms, each one highlighting the history of the school, the current activities of the school, and a time capsule they hoped to hide in the walls or bury before unveiling 20 years from the day.
Superintendent Michael Hopkins stood before the Maple Street school saying he was greatly pleased with how every schools' first day had turned out.
"Everyone's very excited," he said.
Principal of the McClelland School Michelle McAlister stood in her cafeteria, pointing out fourth- and fifth-graders who volunteered to assist younger students with their lunch, especially in opening tricky milk cartons. Rochester Middle School Principal Valerie McKenney said the school day was "flawless," with sixth-graders attending and seventh-and eighth-graders expected to start today.
She walked around the school, showcasing classrooms involved in "get to know you" games with students, to put them at ease.
"The kids are nervous, but that's part of growing up," McKenney said. "We talk about that when they come in, that feeling nervous is normal. You should feel nervous. This is your first day in a new school!"
Freshmen Cassandra Davis and Melanie Lanoie, both 14, waited for rides home outside Spaulding High School saying they were really looking forward to the rest of the year, once they didn't get lost inside a new building anymore. Biology teacher John Duplinsky said he was greatly looking forward to the day, so he could see old friends and meet his new classes.
"It's a reunion for the teachers, as much as it is a reunion for students," he said.
At the Maple Street Magnet School, second-grader Hannah Raab, 7, proudly pointed to some collages and drawings she had made of "the past," noting in 1931, the school was built for a little more than $71,000. Her mother stood by after the ceremony, adding Raab's father attended second-grade in the same classroom when he was his daughter's age.
Abigail Kesselring, 9, Jessie Fader, 8, and Olivia Fieldsend, 9, of the school's project-based learning group devoted to journalism and news creation, stood in the halls, excitedly asking those roaming the halls what drew them to the school, and what they had seen so far. All three, along with others in their designated project group, sported large yellow press passes and took notes like dutiful reporters.
School Board member Anthony Pastelis, who led the plans in designing the magnet school, said he was thrilled at the day's festivities and ceremony, and many of the children's enthusiasm for learning.
"The kids are just amazing," he said, referencing how much French that the Maple Street students seemed to have already picked up. "The children have learned so much � The kids deserve this, and so do the parents."
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- Tigo® announces Ronen Benzion to assume the position of President and Chief Operations Officer - July 5, 2016
- Tigo® CCA joins Tigo's Smart Module IOT - May 24, 2016
- Tigo® achieves TUV certification for TS4-R - April 19, 2016
- Tigo® achieves UL recognition for TS4-R - March 23, 2016
- Sunage integrates Tigo Platform - February 17, 2016
- Sunerg Solar Integrates Tigo Smart Platform - February 8, 2016
- Tigo® announces launch of the TS4-R – offering the most cost effective MLPE to any Retrofit Solar Installation on the market - February 2, 2016
- IBC Solar expands product portfolio with module technology from Tigo - December 9, 2015
- CSUN sub company SST's Smart DC modules to integrate Tigo's TS4 modular Platform - December 3, 2015
- Talesun Solar has announced today the availability of the integrated Tigo's modular TS4 platform to its PV Modules portfolio - November 10, 2015
- Tigo announces Stanley Stern to join the Board of Directors - November 5, 2015
- Suntech and Tigo Introduce Creative Energy Optimization to the Solar Market - November 4, 2015
- Tigo announces Michael Splinter to join the Board of Directors - November 3, 2015
- Ingeteam inverter line compliant with Tigo - October 8, 2015
- Tigo Forms Strategic Partnership with Leading Korean Electronics Manufacturer Hansol Technics
- Tigo Announces Strategic Partnership with PV Module Manufacturer Sunpreme to Feature Tigo's TS4 Platform
- Tigo Announces Revolutionary Predictive IV Technology Enabling Maximum Energy Harvest with No Communication
- Tigo's Selective Deployment Offers String Optimization for as low as $0.02/watt
- Tigo Announces Game-Changing Modularity Feature of its TS4 Platform
- Tigo Announces Distribution Partnership with Mexico's Exel Solar to Feature Tigo's TS4 MLPE Platform Exclusively
- Tigo Powers Largest Solar-Battery, Off-Grid Home in the World!
- Tigo Energy Introduces Cloud Connect
- Tigo Energy Launches TS4 Platform
- Samil Power Joins Tigo's Industry Leading Smart Module Platform
- Tigo Announces New Solution for Modeling the Energy Benefits of SMART Module Platform
- Tigo Energy and Solar Juice Announce Strategic Distribution Partnership
- Tigo Energy Supports Team Techstyle Haus in the 2014 European Solar Decathlon
- Tigo Energy Crosses Milestone with Over 2000 Inverters from 80 Companies Working with Tigo Energy's Technology
- Sunnova Installers Receive 3.4% Boost in Energy Yield by using Tigo Energy Technology
- Tigo Energy and Folsom Labs Announce DNV GL Approval of Smart Module Modeling Software
- Tigo Energy Supports Team Santa Clara and Stanford in the 2013 U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon
- Silfab Ontario Inc. Announces First Smart Module Made In America - 2013
- KACO new energy Validates Tigo Energy's Smart Module Feature Enabling 30% Longer Strings
- Tigo Energy introduces new technology to increase string length by 30%--lowering BOS costs, and increasing the speed of installation
- Biltmore Estate Expands Solar Field with Smart Modules from Upsolar
- The Solar Smart Module and Optimizer Leader Tigo Energy® Completes Financing Round, Elects Zvi Alon as Chairman
- Upsolar's Smart Modules Selected by Pristine Sun for 10 MW Deal
- Amphenol and Tigo Optimize PV Junction Box Technology
- KACO new energy is shipping the blueplanet M series of inverters with Tigo Energy's Management Unit integrated.
- Upsolar's Tigo-Integrated Smart Modules Now Available for UK Solar Market
- Alsoenergy To Provide Module-Level Premium Solar Monitoring With Tigo Energy
- Tigo Energy Selected By Alwayson As A Goinggreen Silicon Valley Global 200 Winner
- Tigo Energy Achieves World's First TÜV Certification for Smart Module Technology
- Solar Solution: Vermont solar test bed for smart modules
- Leading Independent Engineering Firm Validates Bankability for Tigo Energy Technology
- Talmage Solar Engineering, Inc. Unveils Largest Smart Array in North America
- Upsolar Unveils 2.2 MW Smart Array in Vermont
- Trina Solar launches Trinasmart solution in North America
- Tigo Energy Wins Additional US DOE Award For A Total Of $3,500,000
- Leading Solar Module OEMs To Display Next-generation Tigo Energy Technology During PV Expo Japan
- Tigo Energy® Raises Additional Capital Resources To Accelerate The Growth Of Their Solar SmartModules
- Eclipsall And Tigo Energy® Announce Supply Agreement
- Tigo Energy® Partners With Leading PV Module Manufacturers To Deliver Solar Smart Modules
- Tigo Energy® Named Intersolar Award 2011 Finalist In Photovoltatics
- Tigo Energy® Expands Executive Team With The Addition Of A Chief Financial Officer
- SunPower takes different track with smart modules: special interest group to set standards
- Tigo Energy® And Suntech Collaborate To Develop Smart Panel Technology For Photovoltaic Solar Installations
- Tigo Energy® Teams With SCHOTT Solar To Bring Electronic Intelligence To Photovoltaic Projects
- Tigo Energy Accelerates International Expansion
- Rec Solar Offers Tigo Energy® Maximizer Solution For Commercial And Residential Solar Installations
- Tigo Energy Closes $10 Million In New Financing To Fuel Global Sales Growth
- Tigo Energy Achieves Compliance and Certification Landmark
- Tigo Energy Achieves Compliance and Certification Landmark
- Tigo Energy Named a Global Cleantech 100 Clean Technology Company
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- Tigo Energy Reaches Key Milestones and Raises $10 Million "B" Round Financing
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- Tigo Energy Adds Three Prominent Renewable Energy Industry Veterans to Board of Advisors
Tigo® announces launch of the TS4-R – offering the most cost effective MLPE to any Retrofit Solar Installation on the market - February 2, 2016
TS4-R enables Plug and Play MLPE functionality for any Solar Module, retrofit or new, for as low as 2 Cents per watt
LOS GATOS, Calif., February 2nd, 2016 – Tigo, the Smart Module market leader, today announced the availability of the TS4-R. The TS4-R joins the family of the TS4 Platform which enables module manufacturers and installers to standardize on a single platform and utilize any of the cost effective Module Level Power Electronic (MLPE) functions currently available.
The TS4-R is a Retrofit or Add-on universal base. The TS4-R addresses the need for a retrofit solution that can be mounted on any existing installed PV system, connected into the existing PV module JBox, improving energy harvesting, greater flexibility, and increased control over project to the existing PV system. The offering for the retrofit project is composed of a two-piece solution: the TS4-R base, which is added on the solar module, and its covers, plug-and-play MLPE which can be swapped in and out. It supports any of the wide offering of the existing TS4 Platform functional covers. It can also be designed into a new system.
Like the TS4-B (Smart Module JBox), the TS4-R can be fit with any of the 5 different covers:
- A customer can choose any of the 5 currently shipping covers (announced 2015):
TS4-L Long String
TS4-O Optimization
TS4-S Safety
TS4-M Monitoring
TS4-D Diodes
Attach any of the above covers to the TS4-R and get the functionality desired for the specific project at the lowest cost in the market.
- The TS4-R is available for purchase immediately in 3 pre-assembled versions:
TS4-R-O Optimization
TS4-R-S Safety
TS4-R-M Monitoring
And of course as a stand-alone base:
TS4-R Retrofit/add-on unit that can accommodate any TS4 Cover.
A customer can order the TS4-R as a stand-alone unit or buy a specific pre-assembled version like a TS4-R-O which is TS4-R plus TS4-O. Orders are accepted immediately, for price and delivery call +1.408.402.0802 ext. 1, email firstname.lastname@example.com or check our website at Tigoenergy.com
"Tigo's platform is already the most flexible in the world, working with all the major inverter and module manufacturers globally. The introduction of TS4-R gives the market the ability to deploy state of the art solution to existing installations, increasing the energy produced at the highest ROI. In addition, installers get a greater degree of control over what they want and need for any given project."
"The TS4 platform has been adopted by industry leading PV module partners. We are excited to introduce the TS4-R platform, which is a natural extension of our strategy," said Zvi Alon, CEO of Tigo. "Tigo's platform is already the most flexible in the world, working with all the major inverter and module manufacturers globally. The introduction of TS4-R gives the market the ability to deploy state of the art solution to existing installations, increasing the energy produced at the highest ROI. In addition, installers get a greater degree of control over what they want and need for any given project."
About Tigo
Tigo is the market leader in smart module technology for the solar industry. The Silicon Valley Company utilizes a patented technology to increase energy production, simplify design and installation, improve fire safety, and ensure the highest uptime and reliability with cloud-based monitoring. Tigo's modular TS4 platform can be selectively deployed with different functionalities per module at different price points utilizing Predictive IV (PIV) technology to maximize energy harvest at minimal cost. Tigo's integrated solution is the first and most successful smart module solution in the industry.
Tigo was founded in 2007 by a team of experienced technologists. Tigo developed the first generation Smart Module Optimizer technology for the solar industry. By partnering with module and inverter manufacturers in the industry, Tigo is able to focus on its key innovation and leverage the broader ecosystem. Tigo has operations in the USA, across Europe, Japan, China, Australia and the Middle East.
Tigo is online at tigoenergy.com
For more information please contact:
Tigo Inc,
Nolwenn Carcione
1-408-402-0802, Ext. #430
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BizBrief: Scottrade to open on Pantops
Sick of your stockbroker but terrified of online-only? One the nation's top discount firms wants to hold your hand. Scottrade, home of $7 trades, will open an office in Charlottesville on Monday, November 23, up on Pantops Mountain in the Rivanna Ridge Shopping Center. Isn't it a little brazen to take on bricks and mortar overhead in this recession? "We're getting that comment pretty often," says company publicist Ben Gillham, "but our leadership [seeks] conservative growth." Gillham says that Scottrade isn't abandoning online transactions or attempting to provide stock picks, just offering a friendly face in the form of branch manager Bijal Patel for customers and potential customers. "They've lost trust in traditional brokers," says Gillham, "and we offer them a way to do it themselves." The office will be open 8:30-5 Monday through Friday and can be reached at 434-295-1934.


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Courtesy of GoGriffs.com
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Getting 33 points from Lamont Jones and going 34-for-40 from the free-throw line, No. 4 seed Iona College defeated the No. 5 seed Canisius men's basketball team 89-85 in the quarterfinals of the 2013 MAAC Championship at the MassMutual Center on Saturday.
Canisius drops to 18-13 on the year with the loss and will await its postseason fate next weekend.
Five Golden Griffins scored in double figures on the day, led by 24 points (17 in the second half) from junior Billy Baron. Junior Chris Manhertz had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds while senior Harold Washington had 17 points and five assists. Junior Jordan Heath added 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting while senior Alshwan Hymes had 11 points, including 3-of-5 from behind the arc, in 23 minutes off the bench.
"We knew this game was going to be a hard-fought battle. We gave up too many fouls to put them on the foul line," Canisius coach Jim Baron said. "We made a great comeback in the second half, especially with getting the ball to Chris inside. Billy made some great plays and made some big shots.
"We have had a heck of a year. We went plus 10 on wins in the league and beat every team. To go from five wins to 18 wins, these guys deserve all of the credit."
Manhertz scored in the post early in the game for the Griffs, getting four of the team's first six points. A 3-pointer from Jordan Heath put Canisius up 12-8 at the 15:24 mark. After a layup from Taaj Ridley, the Griffs scored six straight points, including a 3-pointer from Hymes and a baseline jumper from sophomore Josiah Heath, to extend the lead to 18-10. The Gaels then tied the game with eight straight points, but a putback dunk from Jordan Heath stopped the Iona run. That dunk started a 7-2 run for the Griffs, including the second 3-pointer of the half for Hymes.
Iona (18-13) used a 10-2 spurt to go up 30-27 before a 3-pointer from Washington and deep jumper from Baron gave the Griffs a two-point lead. The Griffs only made one field goal in the final five minutes of the half, as Iona went 15-for-18 from the free-throw line in the opening 20 minutes and built a 42-37 halftime lead.
Iona made six of its first nine shots to start the second half, with a three-point play from David Laury pushing the Gaels' lead to 56-46 at the 15:31 mark. Washington jumped passing lane to create a steal that led to a runner from Baron and Manhertz drew a charge, which started to turn the momentum for the Griffs. Canisius chipped away at the lead, using a 15-6 run, capped by a dunk from Jordan Heath, to get within three at 66-63.
Iona scored six of the next seven points to extend their lead to eight before the Griffs came back with an 11-3 run to get within one. Manhertz had four points, Hymes hit a jumper, Baron drained a 3-pointer and Jordan Heath's putback dunk made it 76-75. After two free throws from Jones, Washington hustled after a loose ball at midcourt that resulted in a jumper from Manhertz to keep it a one-point game. The Griffs got a defensive stop but Iona grabbed the offensive rebound to extend the possession. A layup from Jones gave Iona a three-point lead, and the Griffs couldn't convert on the offensive end. Ridley's shot on the next possession was deflected by Manhertz but found its way into the basket to put Iona up by five. The Griffs could never get closer than three the rest of the way.
Jones scored 33 points on 9-of-19 shooting, including 14-of-14 from the free-throw line. The MAAC Player of the Year scored 16 of Iona's final 21 points. Sean Armand had 24 points on 5-of-10 from the field and 11-of-12 from the free-throw line. Laury had a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds while Ridley had 13 points.
Iona shot 46.3 percent from the floor and held a 37-28 advantage on the glass, including 16-7 in the second half. Canisius shot 50.8 percent from the floor, including 11-of-23 from behind the arc, and only had seven turnovers in the game.
Notes: Canisius and Iona met in the MAAC Championship for the sixth time in program history and for the first time since the first round of the 2008 MAAC Championship… Canisius was the No. 5 seed in the tournament, its highest seed since 1999… The Griffs had earned just their second bye into the quarterfinal round of the MAAC Tournament since 2000… Saturday's game marked the 12th time this season where the Blue and Gold had four or more players score in double figures… The Griffs tied the school record for 3-point field goals in a MAAC Tournament game with 11… Baron's 24 points tied Harold Washington's program record for most points scored by a Griff in their first MAAC Tournament game… Baron had 10 or more points in 10-straight games through Saturday's loss… Manhertz's double-double was the ninth of his career and his fifth this season… Washington's 17 points gives him double digits in the scoring column in 47 of his 61 career games Jones' 33 points were the most for a Canisius opponent in the MAAC Tournament since former Rider player Jerry Johnson scored 36 on the Blue and Gold March 2, 2002… Iona's 33 makes from the free-throw line set Canisius opponent record (for MAAC Tournament games only) and the Gaels' 40 attempts from the stripe are the most against the Griffs in the conference tournament since Siena took 40 free-throws March 2, 1991.


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Private School
This is the perfect example of a movie that was made, almost exclusively, for a teenage male audience in the '80s. So as a woman there was really very little to help me empathize with the characters, even during the forced moments that are supposed to be either romantic or tender. However, something about its shameless voyeurism and the sensational amounts of uncalled for nudity make this movie special when compared to other '80s comedies like Animal House and Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which are more popular and deserve to be. Two Fast Times stars are in the film, including the ever-radiant Phoebe Cates and Ray Walston, who played Mr. Hand and stars, for too brief of time, as a limo driver in this movie. It is also Kathleen Wilhoite's film debut, and a favorite of mine in terms of the characters she's played thus far. The point I'm trying to make is that this movie's success as a comedy is not in delivery, or being able to laugh at something that has happened to you. On the contrary, the funniest part about the movie is its raunchy depiction of private school girls, teenage boys, and all the supposedly sex-deprived adults who surround them. Point being, you shouldn't watch this movie to have some '80s flashback or be able to say, "…Yeah, something like that happened to me in high school." You should watch it because of its unrealistic chain of events and lack of substance.
It's senior year for all the girls at Cherryvale Academy, a posh all-girls boarding school in some forgettable city. Chris (Phoebe Cates) and her best friend Betsy (Kathleen Wilhoite) are both trying to lose their virginity to their boyfriends, who are also pals and attend the neighboring all-boys academy. Chris's boyfriend, Jim (Matthew Modine), is extremely handsome and sweet, while Betsy's boyfriend, Bubba (Michael Zorek), fits his name perfectly as the profusely sweaty fat kid who's the biggest pervert in his class. A reccurring source of comedy has to do with Bubba trying to avoid the deed and convincing Betsy that they've already done it, she just doesn't remember on account of being drunk. Meanwhile, Chris and Jim have made plans to book a hotel for a weekend in order to show some class and spark romance for their first time. The only problem is that Chris's rival, Jordan (Betsy Russell), also has the hots for Jim and will do anything to get his attention. As the openly catty Jordan starts to pursue Jim, Chris and Betsy retaliate by trying to be one step ahead of her. The boys from the other school try desperately to infiltrate the girls' academy in order to either get a peak at all the naked chicks walking around the dormitory or see their girlfriends. This includes dressing in drag and scaling the wall on each other's shoulders, with Bubba on the top of their pathetic pyramid. Their trespassing complicates matters for Chris and Jim because it brings Jim one step closer to the devious Jordan.Continue Reading


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No. 3 Ohio State hopes to get defense to match at level of offense vs. Minnesota
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State's offense is humming. Its defense is still a work in progress.
When the third-ranked Buckeyes (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) play Minnesota (3-2, 0-2) on Saturday (noon, FS1) in Ohio Stadium, they'll be focused on keeping the offense rolling and trying to get the defense to approach the same level.
Ohio State's defense has played well in stretches. It held Indiana to 89 yards and six points in the second half of a 49-26 victory last Saturday. But the first half was a different story.
"We're not coaching well enough and we're not playing well enough right now for the standard of an Ohio State defense," Ohio State defensive coordinator Greg Schiano said. "A lot of things go into that, but it's our job to fix it. That's what's gonna happen."
Injuries haven't helped the defense. Defensive end Nick Bosa, one of the best players in the country, remains out after core muscle surgery. Defensive tackles Dre'Mont Jones and Roberts Landers have persevered through injuries.
Jones graded the defense halfway through the season as "probably a B-minus, or a C-plus."
"We give up too many big plays," he said. "Our turnovers are there. Stopping the run is kind of there. Big plays are killing us."
Ohio State ranks No. 56 in the country in yards allowed per game but leads the Big Ten with 22 sacks because of a fierce pass rush led by defensive end Chase Young and Jones.
"We look at everything, overanalyze everything," Ohio State coach Urban Meyer said. "It's a variety of things. But we tried to build on positives and the positives are that the second half they played outstanding."
Those struggles on defense might not be as noticeable this week against Minnesota, which has lost consecutive Big Ten games to Maryland and Iowa while giving up 40-plus points in each.
The Gophers start walk-on true freshman Zack Annexstad at quarterback and are without two of their best players. Running back Rodney Smith suffered a season-ending knee injury and defensive back/returner Antoine Winfield Jr. also is out for the year.
On defense, Minnesota ranks No. 21 in the country with 324 yards per game allowed. The Gophers lean heavily on junior linebacker Carter Coughlin, who has five sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss. Last week in a 48-31 loss to Iowa, a strip sack by Coughlin led to a touchdown.
But Minnesota will have its hands full and then some trying to stop Ohio State quarterback Dwayne Haskins and a deep group of wide receivers.
In six games, Haskins has thrown for 25 touchdowns against four interceptions while completing more than 71 percent of his passes, and he's well on his way to setting a number of records if he continues on his current pace.
In the win over Indiana, Haskins finished with 455 yards passing and six touchdowns but was not totally satisfied. Ohio State would like to get its running game going after picking up 154 yards on the ground against Indiana.
"I thought it was pretty solid ... and even though we know that we won the game, there are things we've got to work on, of course," he said. "But be satisfied with the 'W,' and looking forward to playing Minnesota."
The Gophers have never had much success in games at Ohio State. And while second-year coach P.J. Fleck aspires to pull off a huge upset as a 31-point underdog, he'll keep working to build the program no matter what happens Saturday.
"For us, just as we treat everything, everything is the next step," Fleck said. "We've got to look at in terms of, it's one game. One game doesn't define your season, win or lose. But it's a wonderful environment for us to know.
"When you're going to go play a champion, you've got to know what one looks like. You've got to know what one hits like what they feel like, what they breathe like, how fast they play, how organized they are, the small ... details."