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These tires don't wear well, I had 32,000 miles on these tires and they were down to 4/32, the mileage rating was 70,00 miles. The tires were rotated every 6,000 miles.
Good traction - have driven over ice and snow covered mountain passes and cold wet roads. About 20% tread remaining after 33,156 miles of mixed driving @ 70 mph plus on hot dry abrasive Montana roads, wet cold, snow and city streets. Are the 75,000 miles real miles or "Cooper" miles - there is no way I could get more than 42,500 from these tires and I would never run a bald tire. The little square tread wear thingies went away about 6 months ago @ 27,500. Rolling resistance appears moderate, gas tank gauge goes to empty at a moderate rate. Original equipment were Michelins and they were replaced at 46844.
More research needs to be done before spending almost $1,000 for a new set including "Hassle Free Warranty".
These tires replaced Uniroyal Tiger paws. They are far superior in all categories. Wet, Snow, Dry. I bought 2 for the front of my Dodge Journey FWD and will now buy 2 more for the back. Definitely a best buy.
Excellent smooth ride, and handling is superb. Would definitely buy again...providing they hold up on the mileage.
First set had a shimmy at 55. Had a REAL shimmy at 75. Back to the dealer I used. They blamed the car. I got irate and adamantly informed them that that noise and shimmy was from a tire. There was no noise or shimmy when I had the old tires on. They replaced two on the right. Same noise and shimmy. Then they replaced the left front because that's all the tires they had. It was all they needed, problem solved. I'll see how they wear.
I find cooper tires to be great.
These tires are the best value out there. More responsive than the Michelins they replaced and have more grip on the road. Time will tell but so far I'm impressed with my Coopers.
These are pretty good tires. Not all they claim, but we only have the original Goodyear RS - A to compare them to.
These Cooper CS5 Ultras are way quieter and smoother riding than the Goodyears. The Coopers also are much better in the wet. However, the Goodyear RSA is a much superior handling tire than the Cooper. There are 2 main problems with the Coopers. One is the handling in the dry. It feels disconnected compared to the Goodyears, like there is a film or a layer between the tire and the road. This is not a good thing. Call it a mushy feeling or disconnected feeling. It's an ok trade off for our Toyota minivan, but I would not do these Coopers on a sport sedan.
Also the way it mounted on the rim is weird vs the factory Goodyears, like the rim is too big and the tire is too small as it looks like you see it inside part of the rim which was hidden by the Goodyears. In other words, the Coopers don't seat on the rim like other tires.
Overall with 5,000 miles I am pleased with the Coopers, but they are far from perfect tires, like many of these review blush.
The dealer I went to recommended these Coopers based on my vehicle and driving style. They are not only the most reasonably priced tires I have ever bought but also the best tires I've gotten for my Forester since I purchased it.
Not perfect rating since our car is stick, so in the snow there is a little starting traction issues. Otherwise great tires, a lot better than the factory tires.
Bought these tires because of the high wear ratings and because the side walls are smooth. Many other brands have ribs on the side walls that hold dirt and ultimately make the tire look dirty all the time. Owned the tire a couple months and very happy with my purchase.
I had Cooper CS4`s on a previous vehicle, so when our current car needed new tries the first thing I thought of was Cooper tries. I went with the Ultras. Have been satisfied so far. Handling is good, they balanced up well, handled some pretty heavy Snow/Rain with no problems. In fact my wife said they handle 100% better then the Goodyear Eagle LS that we had before on this car. Thus far CS5's were great in the snow and are really quiet on the highway. I would put this on the top of my list again when we need tries on our other vehicle.
Put cooper CS5's on my Nissan. Left the store and traveled down a nearby road. Called back to the store and told them how great the ride and handling was.
Tires are 235/55r19 and replaced OEM Hankook 725's that were near warning indicator at 21k. The Hankooks were smooth at any speed, but were harsh on broken concrete. They would also spin in the wet pretty easy at 21k. I did a lot of research. Michelin's Latitudes were recommended but were more expensive than the Cooper Ultra T at the places I looked. I have driven 1k with the Coopers and I love them. They are much smoother over broken concrete, not harsh at all. They are quiet. They are excellent in the rain. I have had them up to 80mph and they were smooth. My flex is FWD. It was quite easy to spin the tires with the Hankooks. The coopers have been grippy in the wet and the snow/ice. We have not had any deep snow yet, but I think they will be ok for a 19 inch tire. I do think my mpg is down a little. But the Hankooks were like rocks and didn't seem to have any friction. But you need to roll 2k miles or so to really judge. As the miles accumulate, I have noticed the tires seem to be getting better on rolling and traction. As for steering response, I don't think they are as sharp as the Hankooks, but they still are very good. Very nice trade off, as I don't run autocross in my flex. I am very happy with the tires and recommend them to anyone.
Great tires, great traction in snow. Would recommend to another or purchase again.
I have these tires on a couple of my vehicles! absolutely one of the nicest tires out there. Smooth riding and great performance! Good in snow! Life of the tires is also great!
The best tires I ever had on my car.
No snow yet, but better then my cs4, amazing. My opinion, up the psi 1-2 lbs over stock, great!
Outstanding tires. Extremely smooth, quiet ride. Great handling on turns. Highly recommend these tires.
This is the 4th set of tires on my Lexus RX330. I've had Michelins, Sumitomo, and Kumhos. These are by far the best overall.
Really pleased. Far superior replacement for OEM Kuhmo's. Quiet, affordable, stable.
These tires a great!, I've put them on three different cars, they are quiet, they ride nice, wear nice, and last. I travel 35,000 plus per year for work, and these tires last, cut though the snow, and handle great on wet pavement.
I bought these tires from Discount tires direct. I had my fingers crossed hoping they would be good tires at such a low price. They have gone beyond any new tires at any price. The blimp tires that came on the car just sucked. They are extremely quiet, handling is like a different car wet traction is great and snow traction was surprisingly good.
From day 1 this tire vibrated for the first 15 minutes of driving from flat spotting. Never improved, and only got 25,000 miles out of them and had to replace them with a different brand. Will never use Cooper tires again. I have them on 3 of my vehicles but will be replacing these as well.
These tires were garbage I have never had a tire go bad in under 12,000 miles. But these did. I tried to get reimbursed for the tires and cooper refused the worst customer service I will never own a cooper tire again. Very disappointed
I just rotated my tires and what a surprise. These tires are wore out. I use to get 44-50,000 miles on the CR4's and they discontinued them.
I then put on the Zeon's they went 16,000 miles.
I was told by my garage the Zeons were not even rated for my Maxima. However they are still on Coopers suggested tire list.
These CS5's went 21773 miles . I told my wife if she drove her car we would have to change tires once a year. She puts on 10,000 miles a year and i had the car aligned and i rotate the tires. They don't wear unevenly THEY WEAR OUT. Apparently all that friction sitting in the garage. So if you are looking for a good tire I already did the testing for you. Don't buy these. Trust me I have all of the records and take my word for it. I care, otherwise I wouldn't take all this time to warn you.
I own an auto repair shop, and we sell tires. Put a set of these on my wife's car, and didn't tell her. She was going out of town, and called me wanting to know what I did to her car to make it so quiet. The CS5 ULTRA TOURING is one of the best riding, quietest , tires I have ever sold. The price point makes it very easy to sell.
I was ready to trade in my 2016 Ford Fusion. Once I replaced the Goodyear Eagles, which were horrible in weather, I am now happy with my car. What a difference! Great wet traction, no noise. Wondering how well they will do in snow. Well worth the $175 per tire.
got these installed today and what a difference tire dealer steered me away from michlin and goodyear and parelli cooper was the best tire for my 2013 edge 20 inch option wheel he runs same tire on his sportscar and his rogue nice and quiet and all the noises my car made are gone I gave 4 stars because they are new today time will tell if they stay great
had them put on my chrysler 300c , wore out in less than 20,000 miles, and had a bad shake , thought i had a bent wheel but shake went away when i switched to my snow tires , worst tire i have ever owned .


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He'll never be mistaken for a Hall of Famer on the court, but NBA journeyman Jason Collins just became one off it, generating the kind of shockwave he's never been able to create in over a decade in the NBA.
"I'm black," the former Washington Wizards center-turned-current NBA free agent's watershed essay begins innocuously enough on Sports Illustrated's website, "And I'm gay."
That it took us over a century to reach the point where a professional athlete felt comfortable being true to himself is absolutely deplorable. But the fact that Collins felt comfortable enough in today's day and age to make such a public announcement without worrying about jeopardizing future employment opportunities seems to indicate the tide is changing.
Every generation of athletes needs a pioneer to break through outdated prejudices held by the small-minded, to stand up and say, "This is who I am and I'm not going anywhere."
In regards to a guy like Collins, it's about damn time.
Despite what some may choose to believe, the numbers suggest every fan has rooted for at least one homosexual professional athlete at some point in time, even if they went about their business in fear of coming out. Not knowing didn't threaten you as a human being. You didn't care, so long as the players on the field were leading your favorite team to victory.
Regardless of your stance on homosexuality, Collins has to be looked at as a hero for using his stature to provide a disenfranchised minority with a very public voice. Someone had to be first, and he brought himself into the limelight on his own terms before somebody else could, an admirable decision given what was potentially at stake.
But for as far as we've come, we're not all the way there yet if Twitter reaction is any indication.
Miami Dolphins star wide receiver Mike Wallace, for one, said in a since-deleted Tweet that he didn't understand why a man would choose to be with another man when there's any number of beautiful women in the world. He later tweeted an apology, saying "Never said anything was right or wrong I just said I don't understand!! Deeply sorry for anyone that I offended."
Several Internet commenters also made the argument that homosexual and heterosexual players should have separate locker rooms.
Having been in a number of pro sports clubhouses and locker rooms, this is a ludicrous argument. Gay or straight, professional sports locker rooms are downright disgusting, perhaps the least sexually charged atmospheres to ever exist. That's to say nothing of the fact that at the end of the day, they are an office. The average person doesn't stand around leering at their coworkers in cubicles, after all.
By outing himself, Collins provided generations of sports fans with the role model they've been seeking. While he's the first to come out, let's hope he won't be the last.
Matt Lindner is a RedEye special contributor.
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Entrepreneurship Club Draws Students From Across Campus to Entrepreneurship Week Events
April 2013
By Allie Jeppson and Steve Eaton
Every year children across the country mix up their best brew, hand-letter signs, and test their parents' support levels by opening makeshift lemonade stands. During Entrepreneurship Week, USU students, armed with a grownup understanding of marketing, were given a chance to show off how they would make such a basic sales venture successful.
They only had three hours to see how much cash they could earn selling lemonade concoctions of their own creation and at their own prices. Blue lemonade, lemonade mixed with energy drinks, lemonade floats, and even Chik-fil-A's signature lemonade were all featured at stands around campus.
The winning team called "Aggieaide" decided that in addition to creating a focused marketing campaign, it would tap into what makes successful lemonade stands thrive everywhere - cute kids. The team drafted children to work their booth, and it was the little entrepreneurs who were asking people if they wanted to buy a lemonade at $1 a pop. They also offered to have someone on rollerblades deliver the lemonade to those wanting the service, and rumor had it that rolling beverage servers would sing for a tip as part of the delivery package. With the combination of the tried and true, and the new and innovative, they made $244.75.
Brittney Garbrick, a member of the winning team, and an MBA-MSHR student, said that running a lemonade stand is really no different than running any sort of business.
"It's very simplified," she said, "but you have to advertise, and you have to have good product, and you have to get people to come, and basically pay for something they don't need."
The lemonade event was one of several activities the Entrepreneurship Club included in Entrepreneurship Week, all aimed at encouraging students to look for innovative solutions and develop new business ideas.
Kyle Ivins, president of the Entrepreneurship Club, said that this year they wanted to promote the type of entrepreneurial spirit that the E-club wants to encourage on campus. Kyle said a recent census revealed that within the Huntsman School alone there are some 80 students who own their own businesses.
"We also had a big push this year to include more students from outside the School of Business," Kyle said. "We find that there are a lot of entrepreneurs outside the Huntsman School."
Spike Cheever, director of competitions, said that there were 22 people who entered the elevator pitch competition this year, up from 12 last year. They presented their plans to a panel of judges, all drafted from the Founders Board for the Center for Entrepreneurial Excellence. The Founders Board is a group of Huntsman alumni and friends who volunteer time and support to USU efforts that help students with their entrepreneurial ideas.
"They all said that this year's ideas were the strongest they have seen yet," Kyle said of the elevator pitch competition. "Usually, in years past, there have been three or four really strong ideas, and this year there were more than 10 strong ideas."
The judging of the elevator pitch contest ended in a tie, so the prize money was evenly split between the two winners. Bryan LaBar came up with the idea of a foot sleeve that could be extended from sweat pants to cover toes and keep them warm. Matt Seely and Bryce Smalley pitched an idea for a product that is the foundation of their start-up company. It is a device that connects two fluid-transferring hoses called a quick-connect coupler. They claim their new patented design outperforms existing couplers in functionality and performance and can be manufactured at 1/10 the cost of their competitors' products. Matt and Bryce won $2,500, and so did Bryan.
Justin Graham with Delta Designs created a gas camping stove that is 90 percent smaller than a Coleman 2 burner but can perform just as efficiently. He took third place and won $1,000.
Some 30 teams entered the 72-hour competition, up by 10 from 2012, in a contest that challenged students to identify something that "bugged them" and propose a solution to it on video.
The first-place team in the 72-hour competition, led by Chris Chamberlain, came up with an idea to create an app that will allow movie theaters to open their seats for a bidding style approach (similar to Priceline.com) so each seat could be filled if the theater is not completely full. They earned $1,000 for their idea and video.
The second-place team, led by Spencer Finch, was awarded $600 in prize money. Their idea was to create an application that would allow a consumer to view all of the daily or weekly deals for shopping around town and locate the nearest store that price matches and contains all of the items the consumer wants. This way a shopper would only have to go to one place to get the best prices.


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Two story brick federal-era house built sometime between 1810-1820. Greek- revival era addition in the 1840's. This is possibly the oldest existing building in the neighborhood of South Frankfort located on the south side of the Kentucky River. It is said to have served as an inn during it's earliest days and built by George Gayle. For over 100 years it served as the home of the Walter and Unetta Chiles family, finally being sold in 1959 after the death of the last heir to reside there. From 1959 until presently it has served as a doctors office, a daycare center, a bookstore and finally since 1999 a private home once more.See this property: 227 WEST THIRD STREET FRANKFORT KY, FRANKFORT, KY
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Hollywood's Kinder, Gentler DRM: UltraViolet, Getting Slammed In Reviews
from the shocker deptRemember UltraViolet? This was Hollywood's plan for a new, kinder, gentler DRM for movies that would try to provide some additional features. Or, rather, it would (oh so generously) grant you back just a few rights that anyone could get with an unauthorized version of a file... and you were supposed to thank them for this. As we noted at the time, what consumer problem does UltraViolet actually solve? The answer is absolutely none. It only attempts (and fails) to solve a perceived studio problem. Meaning that it was destined to piss off customers.
And that's exactly what's happening.
Jeff Malfant points us to an amusingly satirical Wired article, pretending to be from the studios' vantage point about UltraViolet:
UltraViolet will make purchasing a movie only slightly more of a pain in the ass than searching BitTorrent. Driving to a local video store and buying a copy on DVD or Blu-ray should only take about a half-hour more than downloading it, and I want to assure you that the legitimate copy will contain all the ads, auto-loading trailers and overproduced menu screens that even the pirates can't figure out how to include.But even more telling, as sent in by Keith, are some of the user reviews popping up on Amazon that appear to totally slam UltraViolet as ridiculous and annoying:
Once you've bought it, all you'll have to do is take the time to register it and give us whatever information we decide we need. We know pirates don't have to do that, but we think you'll find it fun. It's sort of like Facebook, only instead of friends and family, you have a humongous powerful group of international corporations hanging on your every datum.
Once you've signed in, that's when the fun begins. You see, the movies you paid for with your own money will be stored for you in your "locker." Just like the lockers you use at school or the gym, they'll be convenient, somewhat secure, they won't actually belong to you and we can do anything we want with anything in them.
Let the pirates have their boring old "hard drives" and "networked media servers." With UltraViolet, you've got a locker!
This review does not relate to the movie, but it is focused on the ridiculous process to download the digital copy. After creating accounts for both Flixster and Ultraviolet, linking the accounts, enabling WB to view my personal information, the system hangs and doesn't download the movie. I contacted Ultraviolet first with the issues and error messages. After a day, I was told this is not an Ultraviolet issue, but a Flixster problem. I then contacted Flixster. They responded by sending me to the FAQ. To date, I have not gotten a proper response from Flixster on the error messages. I plan on canceling both accounts and will NEVER buy another DVD tied to Ultraviolet. This is a complete rip off and WB should be ashamed of this dreadful service. Please do yourself a favor and don't buy the movie with the digital copy. If you want a digital version, just got to iTunes.And another:
First off I really liked the movie, if I was just rating the movie, it would probably be 3 1/2 stars, however, I have spent 4 days now trying to get this so called "digital copy". I knew what Ultraviolet was, and I thought it had promise to be used to stream to any device not locked to just one service (itunes), but it doesn't work. First off you have to sign into 4 different services to even get this stuff to maybe work, [...] some ultraviolet site and to "manage" your collection flixster collections...when in trying to link all of these useless accounts I can no longer access the movie to stream. So I am left with a product that does not work and customer service is a joke. I have been bounced around from site to site and from rep to rep who keep telling me to do the same thing over and over again, no matter how many times I tell them what has happened and what the issue is.And another:
This flixster ultraviolet "suckloution" is the worst ever, you are better off ripping the DVD...
Warner Brothers has really pulled a fast one with this 3D edition that was supposed to include everything with this "UltraViolet" digital copy. It's NOT a digital copy, but rather an authorization to access a streaming video of the original cut of the movie online. This is NOT the package I pre-ordered! When I saw the commercials for the "UltraViolet" digital copy, I thought there would be some special feature-- I never dreamed that special feature would be WB promising me a digital copy that I couldn't use in iTunes EVEN THOUGH EVERY OTHER DIGITAL COPY OF A MOVIE DOES. The digital copy you do get (IF you can get the website to work!) has to be played on some kind of Adobe player THAT WILL NOT PLAY THE FILE. So you're stuck with their online streaming swill even though you were promised a digital copy.And there are plenty more along those lines. When will the industry finally realize that DRM doesn't help anyone?
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The 2006 calendar year marked the introduction of new programming in the Historic Area and the conclusion of the transition in facilities improvements that began in 1999. Also in 2006, the Foundation's multiyear Campaign for Colonial Williamsburg concluded with more than $510 million raised in support of key initiatives. Gifts during the year to the Colonial Williamsburg Fund were $14 million, an increase of $600,000, or 5 percent, and total gifts received were $42 million (not including grants and pledges). The number of donors exceeded 100,000 for the fifth consecutive year.
The Foundation's endowment market value reached a record level of $777.2 million as of December 31, 2006, which was a $65.1 million (9 percent) increase compared with the December 31, 2005, value of $712.1 million. The total annual return, net of fees, was 15 percent. Total Foundation assets grew by $152.3 million, and net assets increased by $93.9 million to $955.5 million as a result of the increase in endowment value, strong philanthropic support, and adoption of a new accounting standard for pension funds. Total debt grew by $51.8 million to fund the Williamsburg Lodge and Spa construction projects and other capital and operating needs.
Revenues from operations of $139.4 million increased by $6.6 million (5 percent), largely as a result of increased revenues in hospitality operations and from the opening of the new conference center in September 2006. Continued growth in products revenue, especially direct marketing through our catalog and website, helped to offset a decline in admissions and programs revenue. Total tickets increased by 33,000 (5 percent) to 767,000 from 734,000 in 2005.
Operating expenses totaled $237.7 million, an increase of $19.1 million (8 percent) compared with 2005. The year-over-year increase resulted in part from the reopening of the Williamsburg Lodge, the introduction of Revolutionary City programming in the Historic Area, and marketing support for these initiatives and the Jamestown 2007 commemoration. These expense increases and continued revenue pressures resulted in a 2006 operating deficit of $45.4 million, which was $7.6 million higher than 2005. Expense increases represent hospitality preopening expenses and Historic Area program development expenses in advance of the revenue streams.


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On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 14:30 -0700, John Foliot wrote: > Mr. Bratt, Mr. Berners-Lee, Ms. Brewer, Mr. Connolly, > > I am writing today regarding an issue that both shocks and profoundly > disappoints me. While I understand that to a large extent there is little > that can be done at this point, I personally feel that the issue I am > referring to should be brought directly to your attention, as it indirectly > affects the reputation and public position of the W3C. [...] John, your complaint is acknowledged. Yes, accessibility is essential part of our charter... http://www.w3.org/2007/03/HTML-WG-charter.html#coordination ... but figuring out how to achieve it is hard work. Organizing the W3C HTML WG as primarily a large mailing list is somewhat risky; typically, W3C Working Groups establish mutual trust and respect in face-to-face meetings and teleconferences which results in more sensitivity than we are seeing in the HTML WG mailing list and nearby forums such as IRC. (The particular discussion you cite is in a WHATWG forum, not a W3C forum, but I think that matters only a little.) On the other hand, HTML is a technology that is used, more or less directly, by millions of people, and it does seem worthwhile to try to directly engage a large number of them in the design discussions, and email is one of the most fair mechanisms available for that purpose. It's not entirely clear to me which technical topic, if any, prompted the unfortunate exchange that you're complaining about, but perhaps it is related to the disputed design principle(s) of "Visible Metadata vs. Metadata Anywhere" http://esw.w3.org/topic/HTML/ProposedDesignPrinciples We do supplement the email discussion with teleconferences and face to face meetings. We're not likely to meet face-to-face until the November W3C Technical Plenary meeting week, but I expect design principles will be on the agenda of our next teleconference (supplemented with IRC) this Thursday, 2 Aug, at 1700Z. I think that's not a convenient time for some of the concerned parties; Chris Wilson is looking into a time that's convenient for Seattle/OZ/Asia. I talk with Al Gilman about coordination between the HTML WG and the WAI PF WG from time to time; we're open to other possible times and places to talk and clear the air. -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/Received on Monday, 30 July 2007 17:24:01 UTC
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Conn. meets health care enrollment goal
More than 60,000 signed up already
Though Connecticut's health insurance exchange launched much more smoothly than embattled federal site HealthCare.gov, it still faced challenges -- and more are anticipated in the year ahead.
"We're only about three months into a three to four year experience," said Kevin Counihan, president and CEO of Access Health CT, the state's health insurance exchange.
The exchanges are a cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act, the sweeping health care reform legislation also known as Obamacare. They are expected to provide coverage to millions of uninsured, but the program had a rocky launch, particularly in states without their own exchange. Residents of these states had to seek coverage through the federal website, HealthCare.gov, which was plagued with well-publicized technical difficulties.
Connecticut was one of the states that developed its own exchange and Counihan said, though there were hiccups with Access Health CT, the state's rollout went relatively well.
Last week Access Health announced that it was the first state to pass an enrollment goal set by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. As of Dec. 23 -- the last day to enroll for those who wished to be covered by the first of this year -- more than 62,000 had signed up either for Medicaid or one of the three plans offered by private insurance carriers on the exchange.
For those who signed up by the deadline, premiums are due by Jan. 10, though Counihan said he is aware that some of those enrolled haven't received a bill yet. Questions about premiums and coverage should be addressed to the specific plan a customer is enrolled in.
Counihan said there was a rush of people looking to sign up in time to receive coverage by the first of year. On Dec. 23 alone, roughly 6,700 residents and small businesses signed up -- more than double typical enrollment numbers for a single day.
Locally, many of those charged with helping educate residents about the exchange said they saw a last-minute crush of people seeking information. Mory Hernandez, a health care community organizer for the Bridgeport Child Advocacy Coalition, said the last week, she saw roughly two people an hour and had to turn some away. Hernandez is one of the hundreds of people in the state trained as an in-person assister, and is charged with walking people through the exchange and helping connect them with the best options for them.
Hernandez said many people she talked to mistakenly thought that, if they didn't sign up by Dec. 23, they'd pay a penalty, which isn't true. Though most of those who aren't covered by some insurance will have to pay a penalty, consumers have until March 31 to get covered. "People still don't know enough," about the exchange, Hernandez said.
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Enrolled in a plan through the state health exchange and not sure how to proceed?
Here are instructions from Access Health CT on what to do if you haven't received a bill or ID card:
Anthem: If a consumer chose Anthem and has not received a bill yet, they can call 1-855-738-6644 and request a bill be mailed or emailed to them. If an enrollee has received a bill, they can pay it according to the instructions on the bill. Once an enrollee has paid, they may request a temporary ID card and number from an Anthem customer service representative.
ConnectiCare Benefits Inc.: ConnectiCare Benefits Inc. has been regularly sending out bills to consumers who have enrolled through Access Health CT. If a consumer chose ConnectiCare Benefits Inc. and has not received a bill yet, they should call 860-674-5757 or 800-251-7722 (TDD/TYY Services 800-842-9710). Once an enrollee receives that bill, they should pay it according to the instructions on the bill. Once an enrollee has paid, their account will be updated with that information.
Healthy CT: HealthyCT has been regularly sending out bills to consumers who have enrolled through Access Health CT. If a consumer chose HealthyCT and has not received a bill yet, call 1-855-458-4928. Once an enrollee receives that bill, they should pay it according to the instructions on the bill. Once an enrollee has paid, their account will be updated with that information and an ID card sent to them.
HUSKY Health: If an enrollee was deemed eligible for HUSKY Health, please contact the Department of Social Services at 1-855-6-CONNECT (1-855-626-6632) (TTD/TTY 1-800-842-4524 for persons with speech or hearing difficulties). Follow the prompts for the information needed.
Many state residents are aware that enrollment is still open, as Counihan said enrollment through Access Health CT has remained strong over the past week or so.
"We're still doing a thousand a day," Counihan said. "I would have thought that, after Dec. 23, things would have really dipped."
He said he expects the dip will happen soon, but that it won't last long. "I think it's going to be a really slow January, then pick up in mid-February and March is going to be a zoo," he said.
Despite the success with enrollment, Counihan said there are still several concerns he wants to see addressed down the road. One is that a Spanish language version of the Access Health CT web site still isn't available, though he's expecting it to be ready by the end of January and early February. Counihan said many states have faced challenges with their Spanish sites, because it isn't just a straight translation of the English language site, but basically involves building a whole new separate site.
Other concerns he has moving forward is that the site doesn't refer users to a confirmation page one customers are done enrolling in a plan. Counihan said he would like to see such a page added to the site in the near future.
One of his biggest concerns was that, although the website seems to be handling traffic smoothly, the exchange's call center has been understaffed. Counihan said traffic to the center was higher than expected, which has resulted in some people being on hold as long as 20 minutes, and a 16 percent hang-up rate -- both of which he deemed unacceptable.
"People should be able to have their questions answered quickly and thoroughly," he said.
However, Counihan said surveys conducted by Access Health CT show the majority of consumers are satisfied with the process, and some local assisters said that's the impression they've gotten as well. "People are excited to be receiving their medical cards (from coverage they've received through the exchange)," Hernandez said. "It's peace of mind for them, I guess."
Assisters such as Hernandez are overseen by one of six navigator organizations in the state. In Fairfield County, the navigator organization is the Trumbull-based Southwestern Area Health Education Center. Southwestern AHEC executive director Meredith Ferraro said she's heard there's been a lot of enthusiasm from those who have signed up for insurance through the exchange, particularly among those who were previously uninsured. "People do seem to be happy to get insurance," she said.
But Ferraro said she's sure there will need to be more education of consumers down the line. Because some of them haven't had insurance before, or haven't been insured for a long time, she said, some of them might not know how the system works. Ferraro said she'd like to see more instruction on utilization as the program moves forward, but isn't sure when it will happy. "Everything is so new," she said.
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CSS Variables
Introduces cascading variables as a new primitive value type that is accepted by all CSS properties, and custom properties for defining them.
CSS Custom Properties are included in Edge 15, which shipped today (11th April) with Windows 10 Creators Update.
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Travis Kaufman commented
Also, please make sure that programmatic updates to custom variables trigger style recalculations not only on elements and their children, but their *pseudo*-elements as well. For example, this codepen (http://codepen.io/traviskaufman/pen/jARYOR) does not work in Safari 9.1 because of this problem (fixed in 10 and TP) :)
Travis Kaufman commented
If/when you implement this, please make sure to also update `CSS.supports()` to return true when passed a custom property. This was a bug in Blink (https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=584683), and is still a bug in Webkit (https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154669)
Alex Radulescu commented
Please keep the promise of Edge and make a modern browser. Right now, MS IE&Edge is the last one not to implement it. There is a clear set of bonuses and a clear need for it, please implement it! I am saying this as part of a web consulting company, not as a individual.
I.E always getting issue regard css
need to change there stander and follow the w3
Yordis Prieto commented
All the browsers support this except Edge, Thank you Microsoft I really appreciated that! I am wondering why people are mad with you all the time?!?!?!?
I hope you listen! I hope!
Yung Kao commented
Why not???
It would be. it's very useful for a designer.
For god sake! implement it!
Sean Curtis commented
We really need support for this in Edge. It provides a really great API for elements in the shadow dom of a web component to inherit values for styles from the parent element in the light dom.
Nathan Protasevich commented
+ over then one billion pluses ))
Anton Y. commented
Matt Coady commented
Yes please get this out asap. There's a new feature we're working on and this will solve our issues.
Chris Phillips commented
I use LESS for this. I CAN NOT use a pre-processor because the web-app I have written allows users to write an upload their own css files. Each client is able to create their own template html and LESS formatted css, upload it. Then the application injects the data into their template. The variables are used to wrap their css to prevent collisions with other css running on the site.
Diego commented
+1 This is a great feature for SVG!
Derek commented
The spec is a Candidate Recommendation now, and it looks like Edge may be last to ship among all the modern browsers.
Richard Connamacher commented
This feature is now supported in Safari 9.1. (The modern.ie status page doesn't list it yet.)
name commented
we need this!
Pavel Lautsevich commented
+1 for CSS Variables in Edge!
I'd love to see this bumped up in priority, we're looking at developing a feature around this, and we're just going to have to tell Edge users its not supported in their browser. Now that all the other browsers are shipping support, Edge should try to get this in sooner.


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Allie Mac Kay was live from Bristol Farms in Manhattan Beach with Chef Jamie Gwen and her Super Bowl game day recipes.
Chef Jamie's 2014 Super Bowl Recipes
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 green onions, sliced
1 red bell pepper, stem and seeds removed and diced
1 green bell pepper, stem and seeds removed and diced
1/2 pound large shrimp, peeled and diced
8 ounces Andouille sausage, diced
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 teaspoon creole seasoning
8 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Toasted French bread baguette, sliced
Preheat oven to 400°F.
Melt the butter over medium heat in a large saucepot. Add the green onions and peppers. Cook for 10 minutes, stirring often. Stir in the chopped shrimp, sausage, garlic and Creole seasoning. Cook for 2 minutes stirring constantly. Reduce the heat to low, add the cream cheese and stir to combine.
Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the Parmesan cheese. Spoon the mixture into a 2-quart baking dish.
Bake at 400°F for 25 minutes or until bubbly and lightly Garnish with parsley and serve with bread, for dipping.
Two 15-ounce cans of cannelini white beans (rinsed & drained)
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons Sriracha hot sauce
1 large clove of garlic
1 tablespoon lime juice
Mixed Veggies for Dipping
Puree all ingredients. Blend until smooth.
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 large yellow onions – peeled, cut in half and sliced thinly
Salt & white pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons dry white wine or chicken broth
Hot sauce, to taste
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup mayonnaise
4 ounces whipped cream cheese
Lots of cooked and crumbled bacon, for garnish
Heat the oil and butter in a sauté pan over medium heat. Add the onions and sauté, stirring often over medium heat for about 10 minutes. Season the onions with salt and pepper and reduce the heat to low. Cook 20 minutes more or until the onions are golden brown and caramelized. Increase the heat to medium and add the wine to deglaze. Scrape up any bits from the bottom of the pan, then remove the pan from the heat and let the onions cool to room temperature.
In a large mixing bowl, whip together the sour cream, mayonnaise and cream cheese until smooth. Add the cooled, caramelized onions and mix to blend well. Add the hot sauce and adjust the seasonings. Serve at room temperature.
1 cup granulated sugar
3 cups water
2 pieces candied ginger
2 fresh mint sprigs
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Chilled Pale Ale
Strips of lemon zest, for garnish
Combine the sugar, 1 cup of water, the mint and the candied ginger in a saucepot and bring the mixture to a boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Cool the simple syrup to room temperature, then pour it into a pitcher and stir in the lemon juice and remaining water. Refrigerate the lemonade until ready to use.
2 (6 ounce) cans frozen lemonade concentrate (thawed)
2 (6 ounce) cans frozen limeade concentrate (thawed)
1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate (thawed)
3 1/2 cups water
2 cups vodka
1 cup granulated sugar
In a large plastic container combine all ingredients (except sodas) and mix well.
Cover and freeze overnight.
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup Jack Daniels
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
Grated zest and juice of 2 oranges (about 1/2 cup)
1 tablespoon dark brown sugar
1/4 cup brown or yellow mustard
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 cup light soy sauce
In a heavy nonreactive saucepan, add the maple syrup, bourbon, vinegar, orange zest and juice, brown sugar, mustard, cayenne, and soy sauce. Bring to a simmer and simmer for about 30 minutes, until reduced to 1 cup.
Cool the glaze, store in a clean, airtight container, and refrigerate until ready to use. The glaze can be made ahead and will keep in the refrigerator for 3 weeks. To use the glaze after refrigerating, warm it over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
For the Wings: Put 24 wings or drumettes in a resealable plastic bag and marinate for 4 hours or overnight. Bake in a 350F oven for 30 minutes or grill and brush with the glaze during the last 5 minutes of cooking.
2 1/2 cups shredded whole-milk mozzarella (about 8 ounces)
2 ounces pepperoni slices (about 26 thin slices), quartered
8 ounces cream cheese, cut into large pieces
1 cup whole-milk ricotta cheese
1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
Toasted ciabatta, soft breadsticks or garlic bread, for serving
Heat the oven to 375°F and arrange a rack in the middle.
Place half of the mozzarella, half of the pepperoni, the cream cheese, ricotta, Parmesan, sun-dried tomatoes, salt, oregano, and red pepper flakes in a food processor fitted with the blade attachment. Process until smooth, about 45 seconds (there may still be a few small bits of pepperoni).
Transfer the mixture to a 9-inch pie plate and smooth the top. Evenly sprinkle with the remaining mozzarella and pepperoni.
Bake until the dip is heated through and bubbling around the edges and the cheese on top is melted, about 15 minutes. Serve immediately with the ciabatta bread, breadsticks, or garlic bread for dipping.
One 3-pound Tri-Tip
3 tablespoons ground espresso or finely ground coffee
3 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Combine ground coffee, brown sugar, cocoa powder, salt, pepper, garlic powder, and chili powder. Rub mixture onto the tri-tip and place into a resealable bag. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. Preheat the grill for medium heat. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes, turning occasionally. When done, remove from the heat allow the tri-tip to rest for 5 minutes then carve and serve.
BUFFALO CHICKEN MAC n' CHEESE
1 stick unsalted butter
1 pound penne pasta
1 small sweet yellow onion, minced
3 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
2 garlic cloves, minced
3/4 cup Frank's Hot Sauce
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons dry mustard
2 1/2 cups half-and-half
1 pound sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
8 ounces pepper jack cheese, shredded (about 2 cups)
1/2 cup crème fraiche
1 cup panko breadcrumbs
1/2 cup crumbled blue cheese
Preheat the oven to 350F and butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil; add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain.
Meanwhile, melt 4 tablespoons butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken and garlic and cook 2 minutes, then add 1/2 cup hot sauce and simmer until slightly thickened, about 1 more minute.
Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the flour and mustard with a wooden spoon until smooth. Whisk in the half-and-half, then add the remaining 1/4 cup hot sauce and stir until thick, about 2 minutes. Whisk in the cheddar and pepper jack cheeses, then whisk in the crème fraiche until smooth.
Spread half of the macaroni in the prepared baking dish, then top with the chicken mixture and the remaining macaroni. Pour the cheese sauce evenly on top.
Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in a small bowl. Stir in the panko breadcrumbs and blue cheese. Sprinkle over the mac and bake until bubbly, about 30 minutes.
1 cup granulated sugar
3 cups water
2 pieces candied ginger
2 fresh mint sprigs
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
Chilled Pale Ale
Strips of lemon zest, for garnish
Combine the sugar, 1 cup of water, the mint and the candied ginger in a saucepot and bring the mixture to a boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Cool the simple syrup to room temperature, then pour it into a pitcher and stir in the lemon juice and remaining water. Refrigerate the lemonade until ready to use.
To make the Shandys, pour 1/4 cup of the chilled lemonade into each chilled glass and top off with Pale Ale. Garnish with a strip of lemon zest in the glass.
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Christie's Tests China's Renaissance Art Appetite
Christie's is seeking to build a new fan base for brand names from the Renaissance, like Sandro Botticelli's "Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist," Price at $5 Million. WSJ's John Edwards reports. Photo: Christie's Images LTD. 2012.
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Turkey and all the trimmings are a staple for Americans on Thanksgiving, and that doesn't have to change for Americans in space.
Astronaut food has come a long way from the early days of human spaceflight, and crew members on the International Space Station these days can enjoy many Turkey Day traditions, such as cornbread stuffing, yams, mashed potatoes, cherry blueberry cobbler and, of course, turkey itself.
This year, NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, commander of the space station's Expedition 34 mission, will celebrate with his Russian crewmates Evgeny Tarelkin and Oleg Novitskiy.
"Thanksgiving is not a holiday that the Russians celebrate, but we have found that on orbit the crew members celebrate each others' holidays," said Vickie Kloeris, manager of the Space Food Systems Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "They will take part in Kevin Ford's celebration of Thanksgiving, just as American crew members will take part in some of the Russian holidays." [Thanksgiving Feast in Space - The Menu (Video)]
The space station's Thanksgiving delicacies will come in somewhat different forms than what may be on most holiday tables, though. Space food falls into two categories: freeze-dried (just add water) or thermostabilized (comes in a pouch). And all food sent to the space station has to meet certain microbiological requirements and have a sufficient shelf life.
For example, the cornbread dressing being offered is a replacement for the traditional bread-based stuffing that many people are used to. That's because breaking the original type makes too many crumbs that float around in all directions in weightlessness and are difficult to clean up.
Still, the current Thanksgiving menu is a huge improvement over what earlier space travelers had available.
"If you want to go all the way back to Mercury and Gemini, there were no holiday meals back then," Kloeris told Space.com. "All you had was cube foods and tube foods. We've definitely expanded greatly the amount of traditional items that we have made available for holiday times, and that only makes sense because when we started having crew members stay on (the) space station long term, we knew every year we'd be hitting Thanksgiving and Christmas with somebody."
In addition to the standard holiday menu items, each astronaut gets a certain number of "bonus containers" to pack whatever particular foods they'd like, provided they meet the basic requirements. Most pack off-the-shelf products like cookies and other treats.
"We have crew members who take icing in tubs and cookies, and they'll ice them at Christmas time," Kloeris said. "We've even had crew members take food coloring so they could color the icing."
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The importance of having traditional holiday foods varies from crew member to crew member, she said. "That's always evident when they go to plan their bonus containers. You immediately know who has the strongest ties to holiday food because they'll be the first ones to bring up the fact that, 'Hey, I'm going to be up there at Christmas.'"
Each of the holiday foods that are provided by NASA have made it through a thorough vetting process.
It starts with a basic recipe for, say, cherry blueberry cobbler. Then the NASA food scientists modify the recipe so that it can be packed in pouches, which is similar to canning. After that, they test its texture, color and taste.
"When it goes through the thermostabilizing process, the chemistry of the food changes quite a bit," Kloeris said. "Often what happens is we'll take a formulation and we'll try it afterwards, and it's like, 'No, that's not acceptable.'"
The scientists often have to go through many iterations of a recipe, including scaling it up so it still tastes good if made in large batches, before a food is ready for orbit. And some recipes just never quite make it.
"We tried for a while to come up with thermostabilized cheesecake, and we just flat gave up on it," Kloeris said. "The color changes we got were just too severe. Not everything works."
But other foods that are stereotypically associated with space are actually rarely eaten there.
"The freeze-dried ice cream actually only flew once" on an Apollo mission, when a crew member requested it, Kloeris said. "It's more like hard cotton candy. Certainly if (astronauts) wanted to request that they could, but that's not something that adults want. Kids like it; they sell it at the gift shop."
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Missing in Action: Iceland's Hydrogen Economy
Missing in Action: Iceland's Hydrogen Economy
Once aimed boldly at the 21st century, Iceland's hydrogen dream seems to have been hijacked by privateers with a 19th-century vision.
In 1998, the tiny country of Iceland (population 300,000) stunned the world by announcing its intention to be the vanguard of the scientific and engineering quest to achieve a hydrogen energy economy-that is, to eliminate its dependence on fossil fuels in favor of the limitless possibilities of clean hydrogen. An article in the November/December 2000 issue of World Watch described Iceland's activity and aspirations: the Icelandic Hydrogen and Fuel Cell company had been formed; a prototype ship was expected to be launched by 2006; the energy transformation could be completed by 2030 or 2040. A leading proponent was Bragi Árnason, a chemist nicknamed "Professor Hydrogen," who had argued as early as 1993 that Iceland was an ideal laboratory for showing the way toward the energy economy of the future. Árnason was "something of a national hero," wrote author Seth Dunn.
"Many people ask me how soon this will happen," Árnason said in 2000. "I tell them, 'We are living at the beginning of the transition. You will see the end of it. And your children, they will live in this world.'"
Perhaps-but events of the last few years suggest that Professor Árnason might have cause for disillusion. Officially, the national hydrogen agenda is unchanged, and Iceland continues to receive tremendous favorable media attention for its hydrogen plans. But the only material evidence of the transition is three hydrogen-powered buses that have roamed the streets of Reykjavík since 2003, fueled by a single electrolyzer station. No fleet expansion seems imminent, despite promises, nor are there any hydrogen ships or cars. More importantly, no research facilities have been built and no hydrogen industry is materializing. In fact, Iceland's hydrogen production is actually declining. The country used to produce a fair amount of hydrogen from electrolysis, which was combined with atmospheric nitrogen to make ammonia-based fertilizer. But the fertilizer plant was shuttered in 2004. As a result, hydrogen production has fallen to almost negligible levels in 2006-just enough to power those three buses, the lonely harbingers of Iceland's presumed new hydrogen future.
There seem to be no concrete plans to alter any of this, either. In mid-2006, Jón Björn Skúlason of Icelandic New Energy (INE), a company owned in part by the National Power Company (NPC) and ostensibly formed to promote Iceland's hydrogen economy, was quoted repeating a common refrain: "People are asking when it will be a reality, and it will take some more time.... I think it will be about 10 to 15 years ahead." A visit to INE's website reveals a plethora of acronyms representing past and current projects such as the hydrogen bus demonstration, many of which appear to be European Commission-funded initiatives where INE merely tags along. There seem to be little or no tangible deliverables in these projects, nor concrete timetables. A faint ray of light is a proposed Hydrogen Energy Technology Centre, which promises, in some undetermined future, collaboration between Icelandic academic and research facilities and INE. Considering that INE was founded in 1999, the pace of progress is unhurried.
Indeed, it seems that Iceland is passively relying on others to shoulder the initiative and the critical funding of research, while merely offering the country as a staging ground. In a 2003 ministerial meeting of the International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy in Washington, D.C., industry and commerce minister Valgerður Sverrisdóttir said of Iceland's plans, "Our contribution would be to offer the country as a suitable base for hydrogen demonstration projects and a technical testing ground."
All this is disappointing enough. But worse, Iceland's government is now engaged in a blitzkrieg against its beautiful wilderness, working furiously to dam some of the country's most powerful and scenic rivers and erect hydroelectric power plants to supply electricity for polluting aluminum smelters owned by foreign interests.
The country's first aluminum smelter, built in 1970 outside Reykjavík and now owned by Alcan, was expanded to 160,000 metric tons per year in 1997 and has been authorized to produce as much as 460,000 tons per year, provided the electricity becomes available. Norðurál, owned by Century Aluminum, has operated a smelter that uses geothermal co-generation power since 1998. Its capacity was expanded earlier this year from 90,000 tons to 220,000 tons, and a further expansion of 40,000 tons is expected next year. Another 150-250,000-ton smelter utilizing geothermal power has been proposed for the Reykjanes peninsula west of Reykjavík, to be built by 2010. Alcoa and Icelandic authorities have been discussing an additional large aluminum smelter with associated power projects for the north of Iceland.
But the largest of all of these projects, and arguably the one of the greatest ecological consequence, is the 690-megawatt hydropower plant Kárahnjúkavirkjun, soon to be completed north of the Vatnajökull glacier in the northeast of Iceland. It will dam two major glacial rivers, Jökulsá á Dal and Jökulsá í Fljótsdal, both to service an aluminum smelter being built by Alcoa that will double the country's energy use in metals industries. When this project was presented to the parliament for a vote in 2002, the economic arguments for it were an expected 1-percent increase in GDP, a 14-percent increase in exports in the first decade, and 1,000 permanent new jobs in the aluminum industry and secondary services. It was said that the project would bolster the economy of the eastern part of the country and stabilize a population decline caused by a lack of economic opportunities.
By itself, if its electricity output were devoted to the production of hydrogen, Kárahnjúkavirkjun would be large enough to supply all land and sea vessels of Iceland with hydrogen fuel. Instead, the development path chosen by the country's leaders leaves the promise of the hydrogen economy languishing in utter neglect with no tangible government support. It remains little more than a quick coat of paint on an industrial model that is starting to resemble Victorian England more than the progressive development path that many expected.
Elemental Choice
A sound energy and industrial policy for Iceland (or any country) should strive for an optimal balance among various objectives, such as economic growth, job creation, diversification of the economy, and an improved balance of trade. (Many would also add resource conservation, environmental protection, and the promotion of public health and wellbeing.) Proponents of expanded metals smelting in Iceland might argue that all these objectives are being served in optimal balance.
They would be wrong, however. Expansion of the aluminum industry presents lesser opportunities for economic and social benefits than channeling the equivalent energy and capital into the buildup of a true hydrogen economy entailing not only fuel production but also research, science, and associated industries.
An economy that builds industry and research facilities around hydrogen would require a large number of highly skilled workers in both. This contrasts with the transient plant construction jobs (mostly filled by foreign workers), jobs in metals smelting, and mere translocation of auxiliary service industries offered by smelting expansion. Any economist can confirm that, in the end, it is the high-value-added industries and businesses that contribute most to economic prosperity, while commodities such as aluminum are seldom engines of spectacular growth and longterm economic and social advancement.
What about economic diversification and balance-of-trade benefits? Iceland's fisheries have always been, by far, the largest source of export earnings. Nevertheless, and despite the metals industry gaining ground, the country's trade deficit was a huge 26 percent of GDP in the first quarter of 2006, in large part due to the cost of constructing hydropower plants. The currency was buoyed for a while as the inflationary pressure of the construction boom forced the government to raise interest rates to over 13 percent. Yet the fear of a post-boom recession has driven currency speculators away, causing extreme oscillations. Recently, the Financial Times said Iceland was jumping out of the frying pan and into the fire by seeking to "escape the capricious capital markets by becoming reliant on a single commodity." Export potential in hydrogen-related manufacturing industries and technology would seem more promising in the long term, in addition to reducing gasoline imports.
The economic value added per unit of energy would tend to be much larger from advanced industries, research, and technology development than from the commodity trade, especially considering that the NPC (which is jointly owned by the national government and the City of Reykjavík) is taking on most of the risks of the commodity markets. The Icelandic Nature Conservation Association (INCA) recently confirmed an earlier assertion that the expected return on investment for the new hydropower plants would be far below what a private investor would demand, so the NPC will be effectively subsidizing power sales to aluminum smelters. INCA concluded that the projected net present value of revenue would be US$420 million below the initial construction cost (assuming a 9-percent average cost of capital instead of the NPC's unrealistically low 6.9 percent). Moreover, the NPC typically negotiates variable rates for power that are indexed to the market price of the commodity; if the price of aluminum drops, so does the price of power to the smelters, which are wholly foreign owned. The government has thus not only subsidized the power but also effectively assumed most or all of the operational risk of the smelters.
Aluminum Cant
The catalog of disaster goes on. Subsidized aluminum production is economically inefficient and harmful because it postpones unnecessarily the transition into advanced materials, such as carbon fiber, that have far greater fuel efficiency benefits. Subsidies also weaken otherwise strong economic incentives to recycle aluminum. Despite the huge potential energy savings, only a fraction of the used metal is ever recycled.
This nonsense prevails in Iceland, and in many developing countries, because of "national" power companies that have no real accountability to any shareholders. When it comes to resource extraction, these companies proceed in the name of the public interest as "government agencies," with limited scrutiny and absolute power. But when their business decisions are questioned, they turn secretive as they switch labels and claim business confidentiality as "corporations."
Resources and capital are squandered when national power companies absorb commodity risk and subsidize power prices, thus keeping commodity prices artificially low. The resulting environmental damage is pronounced in both its scale and in its futility. If thousands of hectares of land eventually are to be submerged to fuel the nation's future prosperity, should this land be wasted and practically given away in a mindless competition with developing countries for the investment dollars of Alcan and Alcoa? Or should the power be allocated to the highest value-added economic activity that truly encourages a more sustainable and progressive future for the next generation?
The vast lands being flooded under hydropower reservoirs appear, to some, to be barren wasteland. But other more perceptive observers correctly identify varied flora, critical migratory bird habitat, and intense natural beauty. Aluminum plants emit enormous quantities of greenhouse gases such as sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and roughly two tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) for every one ton of aluminum. As a result, Iceland's greenhouse gas emissions have grown tremendously in recent years. The environmental cost is significant, but what is most painful is that the land and climate are being sacrificed to subsidize heavy industry rather than to bring about any real progress for the nation.
In sum, through its expansion of the aluminum industry and its low and variable power prices, the NPC is subsidizing resource waste, hastening environmental degradation, and holding back implementation of superior advanced materials. It may be a drag on national and global prosperity rather than an engine of progress. Meanwhile, the promised hydrogen economy is left to stagnate.
Rum Punches
Extractive economies are often prone to focus on easy shortterm profits at the expense of longterm viability. Poor nations may do this out of desperation, but wealthier governments that should have a clear view of the danger may do it as well, driven by ideology or the chance for personal gain. Could this be true of Iceland's energy policy?
Many Icelanders became suspicious of government intentions when the NPC was less than forthcoming about the economic viability of Kárahnjúkavirkjun. But that is not the only reason. In 2001, the National Planning Agency, which is responsible for environmental impact assessments and advises the government on planning and building issues, recommended against the project, but the minister of the environment nullified the agency's recommendation and the agency capitulated. An official information request by Árni Finnsson, president of INCA, revealed in January 2003 that National Power Authority geophysicist Grímur Björnsson had voiced doubts to his superiors in February 2002 about NPC's own environmental impact assessment and suggested that geological instability might be a threat to the integrity of the proposed dams, contrary to the NPC's assertions. In the context of a statement by Björnsson on national television in August 2006 that his superior had stamped his report confidential back in 2002, Finnsson noted that the findings were never shared with the parliament before the project was approved. When the NPC acknowledged this summer that the dams would need structural reinforcements at a significant cost, Björnsson's current employer, the municipal power company of Reykjavík, ordered him to stay mute on the topic, according to the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið. Following that public revelation, the gag order was reversed.
Why would the government be pursuing Kárahnjúkavirkjun and other projects like it if it means subsidies to the aluminum industry, covering-up of risk assessments, foolhardy dam construction, scrapping of environmental impact assessments, and generally sidelining the hydrogen economy? Are the projected new jobs and export growth reasons enough to justify the government's intensive construction schedule for new power projects during the past few years?
It is my firm belief that the reason for the hurried construction agenda is an impending plan for the full privatization of the electricity sector of Iceland. There has been no public discussion of this possibility that I am aware of and the government has stated that it has no specific plans to sell generating assets to private parties. But the circumstances are compelling.
In 2003, a new law created an administrative separation between power production and power distribution, as has been done in the United States and elsewhere, as a first step towards wholesale competition in electricity generation. As noted earlier, the NPC can construct power plants essentially at will as a government agency, yet claim corporate secrecy privileges when queried on negotiated terms and power prices to industry. After deregulation and privatization, private power producers would initiate all new power projects. No nongovernment agency or corporation is empowered to simply appropriate land and hydropower resources without taking the matter to the nation (the owners) and negotiating a fair price. If the buyer were not the government-which presumably would act in the best interest of the nation-then any potential deal would be very closely and publicly scrutinized. The price demanded by a more inquisitive public might be too high for any deal to be reached and the power project might come to a stop. However, if by that time the government has already dammed most of the large rivers, the possibility of the nation ever negotiating a fair price for its resources would be gone. So privatization is likely to be initiated only after the huge construction boom is complete and all the most valuable hydropower resources are already tapped and under government control.
At that point, the government will auction off the power plants. The bid prices will be lower than those the nation would have demanded from a private party under open market conditions at the time the plants were originally built, and they will be lower than the initial construction cost. This follows from the fact that the terms of current power deals are an effective subsidy to the aluminum plants. Future buyers of the hydro plants might not be able to fetch a much higher price for the power, even if they tried to renegotiate. But they would also require a higher return on equity than the government because they are investors and not a government that simply wants to utilize resources at any cost. They will also have to borrow money for the purchase and most likely at a higher rate than the government of Iceland pays. They will therefore demand a higher return on debt as well to cover their cost and risk. The result is that their bids for the assets need to be very low to generate a high-enough return-certainly lower than the initial construction cost to the government. In other words, the new plants would be sold below book value at a net loss to the nation.
This is a devastating one-two punch. First, the government taps energy resources that probably would not have been economic to pursue, at least for aluminum production. This robs the nation of the opportunity to allocate the resources later (or leave them untouched) under transparent conditions and in a manner that creates the greatest value. Then the government sells those same resources at a loss, as dictated by the "free" and "rational" market.
The environmental and social losses, and the greater loss to the future prospects of Iceland, are unquantifiable. Moreover, if, as some metals proponents claim, the plan is to pursue the hydrogen economy (even at a leisurely pace) alongside the metals industry development, that opportunity may be waning. The resources are rapidly being co-opted by the government and tied to the metals industry indefinitely.
Ironically, this is happening at the hands of the politically conservative proponents of "free markets" who, on this occasion, are more than willing to set aside their ideals of letting the markets dictate resource allocation, at least until they have had an opportunity to personally manipulate the outcome through their economically questionable construction frenzy and power price subsidies. Thus, political or economic ideology alone cannot explain current policies, and Icelanders are left to wonder what other motivations might account for them. One explanation may be that a certain oligarchy in Iceland's elite circles of power and finance sees an opportunity to transfer national resources into private hands at bargain prices. It happened in Russia with its oil and gas resources after the fall of the Soviet Union and, at this rate, it may happen in Iceland in the next few years.
Emperor Narcissus
Icelanders are proud of their relatively clean environment, but it is largely a product of natural conditions rather than any actions of our own. The cold wind from the north has done more than any native of Iceland to maintain the pristine views. Our small population-lacking the coal, iron ore, and other mineral resources for the polluting industries typical of the 19th century and enjoying relatively abundant renewable energy and clean water-barely needs to lift a finger to sit so pretty.
Maybe too pretty. You may stop minding your looks when you take them for granted. Iceland is starting to make mistakes as the government abrogates the responsibility and initiative to fully fund and support a new development path. The favorable image it still manages to project globally with its presumed hydrogen plans only encourages this indolence, as the nation gazes adoringly, like Narcissus in Greek myth, at its own reflection in the media mirror. Thus Iceland slides backward toward the exhausted development model of a bygone era.
Why are people not outraged? A few Icelanders are very upset about the power projects themselves, because of their environmental effects and questionable economic justification. But most do not see the second blow coming, when the losses will be cemented through privatization. My countrymen are on the brink of selling their most precious assets, the energy, the land, and all its beauty at a net economic loss-not to mention the loss of pride, opportunity, and promise for the generations to come. Three shiny hydrogen buses blind the rest of the world to the threadbare nature of the emperor's new clothes. That's why I hang my head these days whenever I am asked about the promising new hydrogen economy of Iceland.
Freyr Sverrisson, a native Icelander, is an independent energy policy consultant in the United States.


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Good Morning Loves! I am so sorry that I have neglected my blogging duties. Juggling two jobs is TOUGH! With substitute teaching and Rave combined I will work 45 hours this week! Yesterday was the busiest day so far. I subbed in the morning until 330, went to tan, went into Rave at 5 and didn't get to leave there until MIDNIGHT! Whew!! I decided that today was going to be a "Me Day". I need the break for sure!
Fun activities that I have included for today you ask?
- Farmers Market with the Moms...first time of the season :)
- Target Trip
- Fun run with the sissy
- Breaking out the new sundress that I have not had a chance to wear yet...Its gonna be sunny and 80 today!
Oh yeah...and did I mention the best thing of all?!
I took a picture of my "desk lunch" yesterday too. I just think its too funny to pass up. I really do not feel like I'm old enough to be a "teacher", I honestly still feel like I'm 18...is that a bad thing?! I just don't think that I will ever really grow up. But I think thats OK, I think everyone should be that way. People that take themselves too seriously are a bore! And I think teaching is the perfect profession to get in touch with your inner kid!
- Hummus Sandwich on Honey Wheat with hummus, spinach, cucumbers, and tomatoes.
- A few pretzels...that I end up putting inside the sandwich
- Cheddar rice cakes
- Glamour Magazine :)
And a HUGE thanks to my girl Jenn for entertaining me via text while I had the dreaded 5TH GRADERS yesterday. I love ya for it dear and I hope your knee gets better!! You better be icing that thing like crrrazzzy!
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Ok kiddos, I'm off to start my "Me Day". I leave you with this little blast from the past that I found on my computer while cleaning up my pictures. It is me at Disney World in 2006. Check out the Punk Rock Hair cut...that me on the left. It was SUPER short in the back and BRIGHT RED! Ohhh I was quite the rebel!
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