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1. Read books.
2. Cooked: Using the microwave, Nori (sushi) rolls and frozen vegetables, the girls invented "mini-pocket veggie sushi rolls." With tamari (soy sauce), ginger and garlic, they also created a dipping sauce.
3. Baked: With oven-assistance from me, they made a mushy fruit pie using frozen fruits, 2 pie crusts, powdered cinnamon and apple sauce. It looked horrible, tasted yucky, but they had so much fun.
4. Electronic hand-held games: My daughter is into some kind of Nintendo electronic pet (a dog) that hears her voice and interacts with her. She has even named him "Lucky" and this electronic pet --no joke--responds when she calls him. I am totally clueless about that relationship.
5. Played with our real dog. Who knew our pet Scruffy was so entertaining? Even walking the dog, (I held the leash) was an adventure. Watching me clean up from the dog was also very funny. I was less amused.
6. Organized my stuff. These tween girls are professional organizers in training. They loved, loved, loved cleaning out my big huge purse. It was like a treasure hunt and they enjoyed making everything neat and commenting on my inner linings. And I paid them $5 bucks for such abuse and disapproval.
7. Ordered take-out Chinese. They pooled their funds and ordered won ton soup, fried curry dumplings and other treats from the new Kosher Chinese Restaurant near our home. This project involved 1) creating a budget, 2) selecting a menu, 3) adding up figures and 4) placing an order. They even enjoyed waiting outside for the delivery man and debating about his tip.
8. Looking for Manatees. Around 3:00, I felt very guilty. The girls -- with little input from me -- had entertained themselves and I had spent very little time or money on them. So I invited them on a manatee mission. We live near the ocean and on a lake/canal that feeds the Atlantic Ocean. From the docks near our building, we have spotted manatees (sea cows), dolphins, sting rays and jelly fish. However, during our recent outing, there was not much to see: one little zebra fish, some hermit crabs and a lot of murky water. But we had fun looking.
On the way back into the building, we purchased Powerade drinks from a nearby bodega. My working-mommy guilt prompted me to treat them to soft drinks, which I usually avoid.
What I Learned: The Children's Museum -- a very worthwhile trip with lots of fun things to do -- would have cost $30, excluding transportation and related expenses. (For sure, we would have spent at least another $10 during that trip.) And I would have gladly paid that fare because of all the creative activities available.
One of the museum's attractions is the make-believe work-station play area. Basically, museum go-ers can pretend to be different types of grown-ups or professionals. And that's great and creative, but the girls created their own true-to-life workstations for far less.
So I don't feel so guilty about working while they played. Besides, I helped with the mushy fruit pie; I let them scold me about my messy purse and I went with them to look for sea cows.
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Days after two bombs killed three and injured many more at the Boston Marathon, Nevada lawmakers are taking steps to ensure large events in the Silver State are prepared when tragedy strikes.
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As you can see, it really captures the essence of Kwanzaa: family, community, culture, and corn nuts. It's all there.
And in case you want to make your own, here's a handy diagram courtesy of One Horse Shy breaking down the ingredient list for you:
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Ingredients-Egg Plant Lasagna
- 1 large green bell pepper
- 1 large red bell pepper
- 4 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
- ¾ tsp. dried thyme
- ¾ tsp. oregano leaves
- salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 3 medium eggplants
- 1 medium onion
- 5 clove garlic
- 5 c. store-bought marinara sauce
- 16 oz. skim ricotta
- 1⅓ grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
- ¼ c. chopped fresh parsley leaves
- 8 oz. part-skim mozzarella
- Heat broiler. Roast peppers on a baking sheet, turning occasionally, until blackened, 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and cover with plastic wrap for 10 minutes to steam and loosen skin. Scrape blackened skin from peppers, then seed. Slice into 2-by-1/4-inch strips and set aside.
- Meanwhile, reduce oven heat to 350 degrees F. In a small bowl, combine 3 tablespoons olive oil with thyme, oregano, and 1/2 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Brush both sides of eggplant slices with oil mixture and place in single layers on 3 baking sheets. Bake, in batches if necessary, until lightly browned and cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes per batch.
- In a medium nonstick skillet over medium heat, cook onion and 4 garlic cloves with remaining oil until golden, about 8 minutes. Add marinara sauce, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, mix together ricotta, Parmigiano-Reggiano, remaining garlic, and parsley. Season with salt and pepper. Spread about 1 1/4 cups marinara sauce in the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish before assembling 3 layers. For first layer: Place one-third of eggplant slices over sauce. Dollop one-third of ricotta mixture over eggplant, then sprinkle on one-third of mozzarella. Drizzle with 1-1/4 cups sauce and add half the peppers. Repeat the same process, layering on eggplant, ricotta, mozzarella, sauce, and peppers. For third layer: Add remaining eggplant, ricotta, marinara sauce, and mozzarella. Bake lasagna until sauce is bubbling and mozzarella is melted and beginning to brown, 40 to 45 minutes.


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Why nuclear power is not a solution to our energy challenge
The heating of Earth remains the most urgent symptom of humanity's mismanagement of our technological civilization. Desperately seeking answers for a low carbon energy regime, some observers propose a "nuclear renaissance" to replace hydrocarbons. Nuclear companies, nations, and advocates offer nuclear as a possible "low-carbon" energy path. However, the evidence in hand shows that nuclear energy is not the solution to humanity's energy needs that many hope for. Here are the reasons:
The industry claims that nuclear energy is "carbon free" because while a nuclear plant operates, it does not directly burn hydrocarbons. However, from a life-cycle analysis, nuclear energy is a carbon hog. Plant construction – cement, steel, and complex electronics – is carbon intensive. The nuclear fuel cycle – mining, milling, enriching, fabrication, transport, and processing nuclear waste – is carbon intensive. Halogenated compounds used in uranium refining have a greater impact on global heating than carbon dioxide. Finally, when a nuclear plant's 40-to-60 year life is over, decommissioning adds more carbon costs and leaves a radioactive, lifeless blotch on the landscape. Many studies confirm that nuclear electricity is not low-carbon; here are three:
A study of carbon and nuclear power by the Australian government and Sydney University, found that nuclear plants emit about 60 grams of carbon-dioxide equivalent per Kilowatt-hour of electricity 3-times the comparable emissions from wind turbines.
The International Energy Agency's 2006 World Energy Outlook, a pro-nuclear report, found that among the alternatives – wind, solar, hydro – nuclear power yielded the lowest emission reductions.
At Stanford University, Dr. Mark Jacobson compared the lifetime CO2 emissions of energy sources, "Review of Global Warming Solutions," and found nuclear electricity to be the highest non-hydrocarbon option, emitting between six and 60-times more carbon than wind and concentrated solar.
Radiation emissions have serious health implications. There is no safe level of radiation. Any increase in public radiation exposure results in bio-concentration of radionuclides and cancer, birth defects, and genetic damage.
Nuclear promoters claimed that there were "no deaths" from the Three Mile Island meltdown in the US in 1979. However, Dr. Steven Wing, epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health documented lung cancer and leukemia rates 2-to-10-times higher downwind from the Three Mile Island reactor, compared to upwind rates.
Questioning our assumptions is always wise, and some writers have questioned Dr. Helen Caldicott's calculations of radiation health effects. This is fair enough, but if we examine the data, there appears a significant gap between industry and medical interpretations.
For example, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) vets and approves World Health Organization (WHO) estimates of nuclear's health effects. The IAEA/WHO estimated "four thousand fatal cancers" from the Chernobyl accident. The IAEA is a nuclear industry promoter.
We should not be surprised that industry studies minimize radiation levels. However, IAEA and industry estimates usually rely only on external radiation doses, failing to account for internal radiation inhaled or ingested by the victims. Radioactive isotopes such as iodine-131 concentrate at each food chain stage, migrate inside the body to specific organs such as the thyroid or bone marrow, irradiate cells, and produce cancer and genetic damage decades after exposure.
In 1992, the British Medical Journal published a study showing a significant change in infant mortality in Germany after the Chernobyl incident, where the post-natal death rate ceased declining and temporarily increased. Studies showed an increase in cancer in Sweden and even childhood leukemia in the US linked to the radiation from Chernobyl. In 2009, the New York Academy of Sciences compiled data from some 5,000 research papers not reviewed for the IAEA/WHO reports and estimated 985,000 excess deaths due to Chernobyl radiation, 250-times more deaths than reported by the nuclear industry.
We cannot precisely know how many people died from Chernobyl radiation because radiation's trail is difficult to follow, but people die. I have witnessed children dying from leukaemia: A painful, heartbreaking tragedy. There is something grotesque about counting the dead with the nuclear apologists and trading off human suffering for electricity. I would not advocate one single death by cancer as a necessary price for electricity, much less 4,000 or 985,000.
Likewise, people will die from the Fukushima radiation, and the deaths are not ciphers on a health survey, they are the genuine suffering of innocent human beings. Nuclear power is a form of random murder.
If the nuclear industry had been honest about accidents, radiation emissions, and other difficulties with nuclear power, government and citizens would be in a better position to assess the value of nuclear energy. But a trail of deceit, corruption, and collusion with regulators tells a different story.
For decades, since the 1950s, independent scientists have fought the nuclear industry's suppression of data. After Chernobyl, Professor Dimitro Godzinsky from the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences claimed that "defenders of atomic energy" obstructed accident investigations by diverting scientists from radiation studies, "refusal to fund medical and biological studies," and by "liquidating government bodies" responsible for researching the Chernobyl impact.
The fear of extinction, drove some agencies to accept nuclear industry methodology. In 2004, UK government lawyers blocked a minority report by Dr. Chris Busby and colleagues, which claimed that the Committee Examining Radiation Risk of Internal Emitters (CERRIE) underestimated health risk by as much as 300-times. Busby's report documented the failure to account for clusters of cancer and leukemia near nuclear installations in Wales, Essex, and Cumbria.
In 2009, Dr. Jack Valentin resigned as head of the International Committee on Radiological Protection's Scientific Secretariat because he believed the health risks from internal radiation exposure were 100-times greater than the organization claimed.
In 2000, Kei Sugaoka, a nuclear inspector at the Daiichi plant, told Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) that Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) had concealed safety information about a cracked steam dryer. Rather than act on this information, NISA and TEPCO attacked Sugaoka and expelled him from the industry.
Between 2002 and 2006 nuclear workers, who feared reprisals from TEPCO, reported 21 safety warnings to Fukushima governor Eisako Sato, who passed these concerns to NISA. However, NISA and TEPCO, ignored the warnings, attacked governor Sato, accused him of corruption, and drove him from office. Meanwhile, TEPCO routinely rewarded collaborating NISA employees with executive positions at the company.
Victor Gilinsky, who served on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) during the 1979 Three Mile Island meltdown, says the NRC is "a wholly owned subsidiary of the nuclear power industry." Like their Japanese colleagues, cooperative NRC regulators can look forward to industry jobs when they leave the agency. During the last decade, the US nuclear industry donated over $4.6 million to Congressional members, and in 1996, when the NRC investigated reactor design flaws, US Senator Pete Domenici threatened to cut the agency's funding.
If nuclear energy proved safe, the lies, corruption, and collusion would not be necessary.
A kilowatt-hour of electricity from a new nuclear power plant costs 14-to-17-cents compared to wind farm electricity at 7-cents.
Nuclear projects routinely exceed budgets due to delays, design flaws, and rising commodity prices. In Canada, for example, the Darlington nuclear plant, with a construction budget of $6 billion, now approaches $26 billion.
In the UK, a new nuclear plant costs about £6 billion (US$ 10 b.; € 6.7 b) to build, not including insurance, accidents, waste, safety, security, or decommissioning. These added costs are paid from public funds as subsidies.
In the U.S., the average "private" reactor has receives about $1.3 billion in public subsidies. If the industry practiced free market capitalism it would collapse. Historically, the nuclear industry's economic model privatizes profits, socialize costs and risks, and leaves the garbage for posterity.
In Solutions magazine, energy specialists Robert Costanza, Cutler Cleveland, and colleagues ask: "Can Nuclear Power Be Part of the Solution?" They offer a balanced assessment, but cite the hidden costs, tax subsidies, and "legacy" subsidies such as waste. They recommend, "Remove the subsidies, require nuclear power plants to be fully insured, and put aside adequate funds for decommissioning and long-term radioactive waste disposal."
At Fukushima, most public radioactivity exposure came from spent fuel rods in temporary storage pools. The nuclear industry has not yet solved the waste problem, so spent rods sit in makeshift ponds around the world at up to 1000°C, requiring 24-hour cooling and security. The UK holds over 112 tonnes of plutonium waste. In 2002, the Royal Society estimated that a sufficient storage system would cost £ 85 billion (€95 billion, US$140 billion). The UK operates 19 reactors, so the waste debt comes to about £4.5 billion per reactor.
In the US, radioactive waste sits in 121 temporary facilities, an enduring environmental and security risk. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) spent $7 billion researching a waste storage site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, projected to cost $96 billion to complete, but which may never open due to technical problems, fraudulent geological reports, and soaring costs. "Power companies don't want to pay for it," says Robert Alvarez, former senior policy adviser at the US Energy Department. Total US nuclear waste amounts to 72,000 tons from civilian sites, 34 tons of military plutonium, plus other undisclosed military waste, totalling more than the hypothetical Yucca Mountain site could accommodate.
The US spent $5 billion to build a nuclear fuel factory on the Savanna River in South Carolina to combine plutonium waste with uranium to create mixed-oxide fuel, MOX. However, after a decade of construction, the plant remains half finished, with no customers.
The UK built an MOX plant at Sellafield and projected producing 1200 tons of fuel in a decade. However, since 2002, the plant has produced only 13.8 tons. A leaked US diplomatic cable from London cites UK government sources that the Sellafield plant costs £90-million a year to operate and is "one of Her Majesty's Government's most embarrassing failures in British industrial history." Japanese customers complain of UK production problems and have cancelled fuel orders for the next decade. By that time, the plant will be nearing its expiry date and will be decommissioned at British taxpayer's expense.
Clandestine dumping of radioactive waste at sea continues, as evidenced by the containers of waste that washed up on the shore of Somalia after the 2004 tsunami. No solution has yet been successful for the storage or processing of dangerous radioactive waste, piling up as a regrettable legacy to our progeny.
Since World War II, the nuclear industry has created more than 1,200 tonnes of plutonium. About 260 tonnes are "weapons grade," and the remainder can be fashioned into lower-grade weapons or reprocessed for high-grade nuclear weapons. Plutonium is a toxic carcinogen that collects in bones and the liver. The weapons grade plutonium-239 has a half life of 24,110 years, and the heavier Pu-244 has a half-life of 80 million years.
The existing stockpile of weapons grade plutonium could make about 60,000 warheads, and the entire plutonium stockpile could make over 200,000 warheads. Nations that develop a nuclear industry become a threat to the world as plutonium suppliers, targets of terrorism, and potential wielders of nuclear weapons.
China, France, Russia, UK, US, Israel, India, and Pakistan now possess about 8,800 nuclear warheads. Syria, North Korea, South Africa, Iraq, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine had or still have nuclear weapons programs. Libya, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, and Taiwan have shelved nuclear weapons programs. Thus, twenty nations possess the capability to create sophisticated nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, anyone with a supply of plutonium and common technical knowledge can create unsophisticated nuclear weapons.
The world now operates about 434 nuclear reactors, not counting those in current meltdown or closed for repairs. To replace current hydrocarbon energy production with nuclear power at the current average capacity would require about 7,000 nuclear reactors. To replace half our hydrocarbon energy with nuclear (3,500 reactors) by 2030, we would have to build 175 new reactors per year, 3 new reactors per week for twenty years.
Such a scenario is not possible for supply chain reasons alone (cement, steel, appropriate sites, and construction capacity). From 1996-2009, the nuclear industry retired 43 old reactors and opened 49 new ones, a net gain of six reactors in 13 years.
If such a scenario were possible, we could then expect 8-times as many nuclear accidents and subsequent cancer and leukemia cases, and 8-times the annual nuclear waste and uranium demand. The current nuclear industry consumes 68,000 tons of uranium per year. The International Atomic Energy Agency's most optimistic estimate of reserves, including hypothesized reserves yet to be discovered, is 7.7 million tons. Thirty-five hundred operating nuclear plants would drain these reserves in 14 years, leaving communities on land poisoned with radioactive dust, radon gas, and suffering from a legacy of birth defects, leukemia and other cancers.
Furthermore, none of this accounts for population and economic growth. Two billion people live without electricity. The UN estimates we may add 3 or 4 billion more people before human population stabilizes. Meanwhile, the wealthy 15% of the world consume most of the current energy capacity. Even accounting for some efficiency gains and modest lifestyles, to meet these growth and social justice needs would require 3-to-4-times our current energy consumption, and to supply even half of this with nuclear plants would require about 15,000 nuclear plants.
Nuclear plants have a life-cycle of 40 to 60 years. To maintain an industry of 15,000 nuclear plants, we would have to build approximately one new plant each day, forever; while decommissioning one plant each day, forever; leaving behind thousands of radioactive dead zones vulnerable to earthquakes, uranium mining wastelands, and deadly radioactive waste.
These scenarios are not even physically achievable, much less "sustainable," and they certainly do not offer a "solution" to our energy and global heating challenges.
The first and most important genuine alternative to hydrocarbon energy use is conservation, especially in the wealthy nations. The wasteful lifestyles that petroleum has made possible are not sustainable, so imagining a nuclear industry to sustain those lifestyles remains counter-productive. We can reduce energy needs with better public transport, communities designed for walking and bicycles, with localized economies that minimize shipping; and by ending wasteful consumption. We don't hear these kinds of solutions from our current political regimes because they remain chained to the assumption of endless growth.
After conservation, real energy alternatives do exist. Solar and wind systems must address the same scale and replacement issues that nuclear power faces, but they do not leave a legacy of cancer, radioactive waste, and abandoned radioactive dead zones.
Every dollar, every piece of land, and every resource spent on nuclear energy is an opportunity lost, consuming financial, human and natural resources required by real solutions.
Sources and links
Australia nuclear carbon Study: M. Lenzen, "Life-Cycle Energy Balance and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Nuclear Energy in Australia, Department of Integrated Sustainability Analysis, Sydney University, 2006/08"
IEA World Energy Outlook 2006, International Energy Agency p.190,
coal vs. nuclear: See chart on page 18, "Radiological Impacts of Airborne Effluents of Coal-fired and Nuclear Power Plants," J.P. McBride, et. al., Health and Safety Research, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (5315), August 1977.
G. Monbiot on nuclear power, The Guardian.
Monbiot critique of Caldicott.
IAEA: page 15/16, "Chernobyl's Legacy: Health, Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts", The Chernobyl Forum, IAEA, 2006
German infant mortality: "Neonatal mortality in Germany since the Chernobyl explosion," Jens Scheer, British Medical Journal, no.304 p.843, 28/3/92
Cancer in Sweden: Increase of regional total cancer incidence in north Sweden due to the Chernobyl accident?, Martin Tondel, Peter Hjalmarsson, Lennart Hardell, Goran Carlsson and Olav Axelson, Journal of Epidemiol Community Health, vol.58 pp.1011-1016, 2004.
US Childhood Leukemia: "Childhood leukaemia in US may have risen due to fallout from Chernobyl," Joseph Mangano, British Medical Journal, 314, April 19, 1997.
Dr. Stephen Wing, cancer from Three Mile Island.
New York Academy of Sciences report, "Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment, 2009". Dimitro Godzinsky in the Introduction.
Dr. Jack Valentin (video)
Victor Gilinsky, US NRC
Report by Dr. Chris Busby and colleagues
Eisako Sato, Governor of Fukushima forced to resign, The Independent, UK:
Cost of UK nuclear plant: Bloomberg, August 25, 2010
Cost / kWhr: Renewable Electricity Production & Nuclear Power
Robert Alvarez, US Energy Department
R. Costanza, et. al., nuclear subsidies, Solutions magazine
McKenzie Report: "Pathways to a Low Carbon Economy;" McKinsey & Company, 2009.
US Savanna River MOX plant
UK Sellafield MOX Plant
Leaked US Cable, UK Sellafield plant, The Telegraph, Feb. 14, 2011:
World Plutonium Stockpile, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1999:
World Nuclear weapons programs
World Uranium reserves, World Nuclear Association
Addition links and information
UK energy .. UK Carbon Dioxide Emissions by fuel, 1990-2009; 2009 Provisional UK Greenhouse Gas Figures, Department for Energy and Climate Change, March 2010.
Paul Mobb, Ecolonomics, "When the facts change, I change my mind," a survey of nuclear power and critique of George Monbiot's analysis.
Greenpeace Chernobyl Report
Kei Sugaoka expelled from Japanese nuclear industry, New York Times.
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Thank you! Not only do you raise issues often neglected in the standard nuclear energy fugue, but you provide data -- empirical studies -- with which...
Thank you! Not only do you raise issues often neglected in the standard nuclear energy fugue, but you provide data -- empirical studies -- with which to answer mantras such as "nukes are necessary to arrest greenhouse gases". And special thanks for defending Dr. Caldicott, for focussing light on the monetary interests and sheer ignorance motivating her detractors [e.g., George Monbiot -- a journalist without scientific training -- dismissing Dr. Caldicot, a doctor, for her lack of scientific expertise].
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'At Stanford University, Dr. Mark Jacobson compared the lifetime CO2 emissions of energy sources, "Review of Global Warming Solutions," and found nucl...
'At Stanford University, Dr. Mark Jacobson compared the lifetime CO2 emissions of energy sources, "Review of Global Warming Solutions," and found nuclear electricity to be the highest non-hydrocarbon option, emitting between six and 60-times more carbon than wind and concentrated solar.'
I just read that report. Where do you get your figures from? Table 2 in the report doesn't agree with your statement.
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You have a lot of desert in the USA, pretty good for wind and solar.
In europe we have more people, higher population density, and a lot ...
You have a lot of desert in the USA, pretty good for wind and solar.
In europe we have more people, higher population density, and a lot less desert. Costs here work out quite differently.
http://www.theccc.org.uk/reports/renewable-energy-review (page 19). Cutting nuclear power here means using more fossil fuels (see Germany). Even without cutting nuclear, we are still increasing fossil fuel use in the UK ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-13840362 )
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great piece!! just for clarification: the Chernobyl Forum estimate of the nuclear accident death toll is of about 8,900 deaths in the 70 years time s...
great piece!! just for clarification: the Chernobyl Forum estimate of the nuclear accident death toll is of about 8,900 deaths in the 70 years time span after the accident. The 4,000 figure was quoted by the IAEA, but reading the documento the estimate is higher. However, these figures are one of the lowest ones among the estimates of the health impact caused by the accident.
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There are several gross flaws in your analysis:
1) Nuclear "not low-carbon": an outright lie (1)!
France : 46g CO2/kWh (≈...
There are several gross flaws in your analysis:
1) Nuclear "not low-carbon": an outright lie (1)!
France : 46g CO2/kWh (≈80% nuclear)
vs. Germany 469 g (before stupid decision to go nuke-free)
vs. Germany ??? g (much higher (2), after going to coal+gas)
vs. Danemark 708 g (nuke-free, supposedly wind powered...)
Surprised solar and wind up emitting so much CO2? The problem lies in you looking at "raw" emissions, but electricity generation is a complex system where you have to match production and demand. As wind and solar are utterly non-dependable, (even your very optimistic estimations (3) only yield a guaranteed capacity factor of ca. 8% for wind and 10% for PV), fossil plants have to fill in when renewables don't produce. In Europe, dam storage capacity, let alone the long-distance transport network, are woefully insufficient to sustain a fully renewable-based production.
One last thing: your support of replacing nuclear in Germany with coal and gas (3) totally discredits you in this regard!
2 & conservation) Health risk of nuclear: real, but low vs. many others, including renewables - and even conservation!
Nuclear actually has much lower health impact (4) than coal and gas, and even renewable biomass (not surprising, as jobs like logging are among the most dangerous - much more than working in a nuclear plant)! And how about the 2 million who die each year from indoor pollution (5) by cooking with coal... and biomass?
Also, the study (4) didn't cover hydroelectric dams, which have killed far more people than nuclear power - see for instance Benqiao (6), ca. an order of magnitude more victims than Tchernobyl. Too bad wind and solar energy need a lot of dams for storage...
(your grossly exaggerated death count for Tchernobyl is ridiculous, given the fact Ukraine is going ahead with nuclear, most of its plants (7) having been commissioned after Tchernobyl, and Lithuanians voted massively - although in vain (8) to keep their Tchernobyl-type Ignalina. Given the fact, they had a "first-hand" experience, they obviously have more credibility than you).
But the worst health effects come from when insufficient energy is available (5)! Your premise that conservation will be carried out in an orderly and equitable manner is a bit optimistic, given the facts about human nature... Most likely, the rich won't be affected, while the poor will suffer tremendously - and likely die in huge amounts. Is that your "conservation" scenario?
3) Corruption and collusion: this is a real problem (see TEPCO & similar stories), but in which ways is nuclear worse than the rest? Compare with the green energy lobby who can reap guaranteed money for wind power when the market price is... negative (9)!
4) Costs: again, you make an unfair comparison.
Wind power and PV are not dependable, so carry a huge "system price" tag, as shown by the "negative prices" example (9). This is compensated both by direct subsidies and an even larger indirect ones (priority over other sources). Of course, all of this is paid by consumers. The same goes for the increased storage and network capacity (not to say backup fossil plants + costly imports) needed for renewables, which again appears on consumers' bills, without them being informed these costs stem from renewables.
With Nuclear and coal, some degree of load levelling must also be done, but this requires only little dam capacity and power, as the main variation in demand is over one day and the supply is quite constant - everything is quite predictable.
BTW, wind power was also a main culprit in the last Europe-wide power outage (10). If you think this was cost-free, ask manufacturing plant managers (as usual, politicians blamed electricity companies, not their green energy delusions).
In this light, whining that nuclear is subsidised, given its overall positive effects on network stability, low CO2 footprint and orders-of-magnitude higher subsidies for wind & PV, is a bit besides the point! See also (11) about the effects of closing nuclear plants on energy prices & the economy...
5) Radioactive waste: this is only (very) partly true.
Most waste may be essentially buried as is (low-activity). Most of the rest is made up of intermediates (Cs-137, Sr-90), for which techniques such as vitrification are well developed, and can insure safe encapsulation for the ca. 500 years these isotopes take to become harmless.
Only a very small amount (ca. 20-30 kg/plant/year) is really problematic, and this can further be reduced by reprocessing (guess who's against that - Greenpeace, of course!).
6) Weapons.
This is ludicrous! Countries having a weapons programme don't need nuclear plants, which historically came after nuclear bombs. And plutonium is not waste - it may be used as fuel, but keeps accumulating largely because organisations such as Greenpeace oppose its use through reprocessing!
7) Scale
You are perfectly right in saying nuclear cannot by its own solve the world's energy needs - but doing so nuclear-free is going to be even worse!
The lack of cement, steel and construction capacity you cite in favour of your viewpoint apparently doesn't keep China from building ca. 2 coal-fired plants per week (12)! This is certainly not better, health-wise (4) and climate-wise, than nuclear plants!
Also, your view does not take into account the ever more efficient use of fissile material (13), which do give a significant margin for expansion of nuclear power.
(1) CO2/kWh emissions in Europe
(2) List of planned coal-fired plants in Germany
(3) Greenpeace paper on nuclear phaseout in Germany by 2015
(4) A. Markandya & P. Wilkinson, Electricity generation and health, The Lancet 370 (9591), pp. 979-990, 2007.
(5) Lack of energy & indoor pollution
(6) Benqiao dam:
(7) List of Ukrainian nuclear plants
(8) Referendum in Lithuania on Ignalina nuclear plant
(9) Who wants electricity at a negative price?
(10) The role of wind power in the huge European blackout
(11) Consequences for Lithuania of Ignalina closure
(12) Coal plant building in China
(13) Burnup and breeding
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Dear Hywel: Thanks for your comment. The relevant table in the Jacobson study is Table 3, "Equivalent Carbon-dioxide lifecycle.." the figures appear a...
Dear Hywel: Thanks for your comment. The relevant table in the Jacobson study is Table 3, "Equivalent Carbon-dioxide lifecycle.." the figures appear as "grams-CO2e (equivalent) emissions per Kilowatt-hour of electricity. You will see in the "Total" column of this table that nuclear is the highest non-hydrocarbon option, as I described. The hydrocarbon option is Coal-CCS at over 307 g-CO2e/kWh. Nuclear is 68-180.1 g-CO2e/kWh. All the other options show lower carbon emissions. Nuclear has a lower lifetime carbon count than hydrocarbons, but more than all the other alternatives.
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Dear Zamm: You make some good points and a few mistakes.
You claim that my statement "Nuclear is not low carbon" is "an outright lie," b...
Dear Zamm: You make some good points and a few mistakes.
You claim that my statement "Nuclear is not low carbon" is "an outright lie," but of course it is no such thing. I supplied three sources to help explain nuclear carbon emissions, and there are many more. The European examples you offer vaguely compare nuclear's carbon emissions to hydrocarbons. There exists no serious debate about this. The dialogue we are addressing compares the alternatives to hydrocarbons with each other. When we compare nuclear lifetime carbon emissions – mining, milling, shipping, construction, disaster response, decommissioning, nuclear waste processing – to wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, wave, tidal, and so forth, we find that nuclear is the highest carbon-emitter among all the non-hydrocarbon options, as I describe in the article above.
You claim that concern for nuclear weapons is "ludicrous," but I'm not quite sure why you would be comfortable on Earth with an expanding nuclear weapons arsenal in the hands of evermore countries, all susceptible to conflict, many run by thugs and despots. Then, you blame Greenpeace for the limited plutonium reprocessing capability. I cannot be sure how you arrive at that position. You appear to believe that nuclear waste is not a serious concern, but your position does not square with the vocal international concern, expressed by governments, companies, and citizens, as well as by observers such as Greenpeace. Nuclear waste is indeed an unsolved problem. You'll see evidence of this in the disaster at Fukushima, and the growing radioactive waste stockpile in France, US, and elsewhere.
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Thank you for the well written article, covering everything and for a layman like me I learn a lot. I would like to know if it is meant to be nuclear ...
Thank you for the well written article, covering everything and for a layman like me I learn a lot. I would like to know if it is meant to be nuclear reactor version 2 or 3. As I understand it, Fukushima and Tjernobyl are version 2 and the new one from Westinghouse is no. 3, AP1000. They start building it already though it has not got any approval that it is safe.
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SE Asia, East Europe and other countries will follow suit. As I understand it if an accident occurs in one place it effect all over the world.
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What is the intent of the NEC Section 225-32 Exception 1 when it says that a disconnect can be located elsewhere where safe switching procedures are documented? Is it the same as Section 225-30(e)? We were designing feeders for a complex of four buildings under "one management." As we understand it, each building can only have one feeder with a disconnect on the outside or just inside the building. The Code handbook makes a comment that there can be more than one feeder to a building where there are secondary loop supply networks, and key interlock systems to serve as the documented switching procedures.
My question is, does another way exist to feed a remote building under one management with more that one feeder — and if so, how can you meet the requirement for safe switching procedures? Let's say that we have a building with three panelboards. Can we just bring three feeders to the building from the "main" building and somehow document the switching procedures to disconnect the remote building?
Both Section 225-32, Exception No. 1 and Section 225-30(e) are referring to the same issue. However, 225-32 is about locations of disconnects and 225-30 is about numbers of supplies. The general rule is that there should be only one feed to a building and the disconnect should be located either outside or inside nearest the point of entrance. Where there are "documented safe switching procedures," more than one feed may be permitted and/or the disconnecting means may be remotely located. If you have documented safe switching procedures, you are permitted by the Code to have more than one supply. The location of the disconnect may either follow the usual requirement, or the same switching procedures may permit the disconnects to be remotely located. You can also locate the disconnect remotely even though you have only one feed. With acceptable procedures you may use either rule or both.
The NEC does not define what a safe switching procedure should be. The NEC Handbook offers only one example. Many multibuilding sites are treated by maintenance crews pretty much the same as if they had one large building with multiple rooms. Key interlock systems are not necessarily a requirement. If the main switchroom is always supervised, for example, and everyone knows how to contact the person controlling that room, a system of posted notices along with a defined procedure may well be sufficient.
Remote controls such as those that might be provided by shunt-trip breakers is another possible method. The whole idea is that disconnection of a building from its source(s) of supply must be easily accomplished when there is a need.
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A Barnes & Noble investor calls for a Nook spinoff as a holiday season gift.
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Rick Schottenfeld, head of investment firm the Schottenfeld Group, said in a letter sent to Barnes & Noble that the company should follow through on a proposal to spin off its fast growing Nook business into a separate publicly traded company.
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In the Friday letter sent to Barnes& Noble chairman Leonard Riggio, Schottenfeld argued that significant stockholder value is trapped within the company's conglomerate structure, which includes a declining but cash flow positive physical bookstore business and, Nook, its fast-growing but money losing digital books and tablet unit.
Schottenfeld argued Barnes & Noble's mature and cash generating retail unit isn't a good fit with its high growth Nook business in public markets. A spinoff, he said, would give investors reason to pay higher multiples for Barnes& Noble's combined assets. Meanwhile, the investor also argued investing Barnes& Noble's legacy bookstore cash flow into Nook has been a poor use of the company's liquidity.
"Unfortunately, what we are left with today is a dysfunctional business with two divisions that are seemingly at odds with each other," wrote Schottenfeld, in the letter that recommended Barnes & Noble's maximize the free cash flow of its physical book business and return that cash to investors by way of dividends and share repurchases.
Schottenfeld characterized Nook as a growth business with risk and reward characteristics for a different type of investor. "These two companies are attractive to two distinct groups of investors," he wrote, of the logic of a spinoff.
There's already an indication that Barnes & Noble agrees with the assessment, even if it's unwilling to fully commit to a Nook spinoff. In early January, Barnes& Noble said in its fiscal 2011 third quarter earnings that it was considering a split of Nook from its physical bookstores business.
In May, the company announced it was embarking on a joint venture with Microsoft
The JV was finalized in October; however, Nook has yet to be spun off into a separate publicly traded company. At the IMN Activist Investor Conference in May, hedge fund Jana Partners said it took an 11% stake in Barnes & Noble on the heels of its consideration to spin Nook into a separate publicly traded company.
Schottenfeld's letter comes at a crucial time for Barnes & Noble, Nook and Microsoft. With just weeks left in the holiday season, both Nook and Microsoft face stiff competition in their tablet offerings.
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Microsoft also is getting into the mix with the launch of its Surface tablet, which is hoped to push the software giant into the consumer hardware market and put its Windows 8 launch in direct competition with Apple's iOS and Google's Android.
Meanwhile, questions on Barnes & Nobles finances and Nook's viability as a competitive alternative to Amazon, Apple, or Google Android-powered products remain hazy.
Barnes & Noble missed second quarter earnings in late November, as revenue fell short of analyst estimates and Nook sales rose over 5% to $160 million, reversing declines in previous quarters.
On the upside, Nook sales benefitted from a doubling of Thanksgiving weekend sales, fueled by promotional offerings at Target
While it's to be seen how in demand Nook tablets or Microsoft's Windows 8 are this holiday season, Schottenfeld's letter indicates a Nook spinoff would be a welcome gift for the new year.
Barnes & Noble shares were rising nearly 2% to $14.87 in Friday afternoon trading after Schottenfeld's letter was made public.
Year-to-date Barnes & Noble shares have gained just over 2%, erasing dramatic gains after the early May Microsoft deal was announced on investor concern over Nook's competitiveness in the tablet market.


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Republican Lindsey Graham, who has already suggested an Olympic boycott, and Democrat Charles Schumer offered a resolution urging Moscow to turn Snowden over to the United States and prodding Washington to take action if it does not do so.
The United States is angry over Russia's refusal to hand over Snowden, who is wanted on espionage charges for leaking details of secret U.S. surveillance programs and has been holed up at a Moscow airport for almost a month.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks edged lower on Monday as caution over the potential for volatility driven by worries about the U.S. "fiscal cliff" dampened enthusiasm at the start of a seasonally strong period for equities.
The S&P 500 index <.spx> declined 0.9 percent on Friday, its biggest drop in more than a month, as a Republican plan to avoid the cliff - $600 billion in tax hikes and spending cuts that could tip the U.S. economy into recession - failed to gain any traction on Thursday night.
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The S&P 500 remains up more than 13 percent for the year, having recovered nearly all the losses suffered in the wake of the U.S. elections. The yearly gain would be the best since 2009.
Some U.S. lawmakers expressed concern on Sunday the country would go over the cliff, as some Republicans charged that was President Barack Obama's goal. Talks are stalled with Obama and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner out of Washington for the holidays.
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Congress is expected to return to Washington next Thursday as Obama returns from a trip to Hawaii. As the deadline draws closer, a 'stop-gap' deal appears to be the most likely outcome of any talks.
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U.S. retailers may not see a sales surge this weekend as ho-hum discounts and fears about imminent tax hikes and cuts in government spending give Americans fewer reasons to open their wallets in the last few days before Christmas.
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After 114 miles of brutal, rocky racecourse in Johnson Valley, the father-and-son duo of Mitch Guthrie Sr. & Jr. crossed the finish line in their Polaris XP1000 to earn the team's fifth UTV King of the Hammers victory in the Pro UTV class. The Guthrie team from Glendora, California – consisting of Guthrie Sr., 49, and, Guthrie Jr., 17 – finished the two-lap run ahead of Branden Sims for the first spot with a time of 5 hours and 13 seconds; Sims finished 8 minutes and 14 seconds behind the Guthries on corrected time. Casey Currie earned third place in the Pro class to nab the final podium spot with a time of 5 hours, 34 minutes and 17 seconds.
"We ran our own pace," Guthrie Sr. said. "We were getting passed by some people, and we were just like, 'I'm not sure how long they're going to last.' Honestly, we were running at 80 percent. Even when you saw us flying, we weren't to the floor because I had heard some things about belts popping off once they get up to the top. We were never on the floor. We just ran our own pace and kept the car together."
In spite of the fact that treachery lies around every turn on the 114-mile course, the team had very little trouble and only had to winch up a few sections.
"I'll be honest, it was a really smooth run," Guthrie Sr. said. "We had to winch three times. The car was working and the tires were grabbing good. We had to winch at Highway 20 because we had to get around somebody who was stuck, and at the very end of Wrecking Ball, and Aftershock once."
The race was certainly a tough one today, as only seven Pro-class racers crossed the finish line, while only three Sportsman-class racers made the finish. Even though the Guthrie team has won this event four times before this year, Mitch Guthrie Jr. said they were still prepared for a tough race.
"We came into this year and it was the same course, and we knew it was going to be really tough," Guthrie Jr. said. "But going through all these trails this year… Chocolate Thunder was a catastrophe last year. I was winching all over. But we got right up it this year."
Taking the win in the UTV Sportsman class is John Duckworth, who was actually first across the finish line in Hammertown with a time of 4 hours, 35 minutes and 24 seconds. The Sportsman class ran nearly the same distance but had a few key bypass sections, including one that avoided Wrecking Ball and Clawhammer. Cody Currie earned second place with a time of 4 hours, 47 minutes and 13 seconds. Scott Barnett finished in third with a time of 6 hours, 17 seconds and 32 seconds.
Check back for more updates on the UTV King of the Hammers as racers continue to cross the finish line.
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UTV Pro
1. Mitch Guthrie – 5:00:13
2. Branden Sims – 5:08:27
3. Casey Currie – 5:34:27
4. Matt Enochs – 6:20:19
5. Blake Van de Loo – 7:49:10
6. Bill Barnett – 8:09:44
7. Wesley Gryner – 8:19:22
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1. John Duckworth – 4:35:24
2. Cody Currie – 4:47:13
3. Scott Barnett – 6:17:32


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TORONTO - It was shortly after 10 a.m. locally but still a good time for Linden Gaydosh to celebrate.
Moments after going first overall to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL draft on Monday, the Calgary Dinos rugged defensive lineman honoured the occasion by cracking open a cold one at his Peace River, Alta., home.
"(The celebration) is going very well," Gaydosh told reporters during a CFL conference call four hours later. "I've had a couple for sure.
"They're probably the best beers I've ever had."
Gaydosh's selection was hardly surprising.
The six-foot-three, 314-pound Gaydosh was the third-ranked prospect according to the CFL's scouting bureau and impressed at the league combine in March with his raw power and athleticism. And with this year's shallow talent pool, Gaydosh's stock skyrocketed leading up to the draft with six of the seven top prospects either returning to school or garnering serious NFL interest.
That made Gaydosh a hot commodity as Ticats coach/GM Kent Austin said he entertained trade offers for the No. 1 pick but none were to his liking.
"We didn't feel like the value was there and in most cases, not even close," Austin said. "It didn't get very serious in our mind."
Especially, Austin said, considering what the Ticats figured they were getting in Gaydosh.
"He's very aggressive, he's very strong and very agile for his size," Austin said. "The guy really loves football and we want guys who love the game and will commit at a high level and, as they say, pay the price to be great.
"I think Linden has those qualities."
Gaydosh registered 90.5 tackles, seven sacks and 14 tackles for a loss at Calgary, helping the Dinos win four straight Canada West championships. Gaydosh was Canadian university football's top rookie in 2009 and Hardy Cup defensive MVP the following year.
Gaydosh joins slotback Don Blair (1996, Edmonton) and defensive end Kent Warnock (1986, Calgary) as Dinos taken first overall. But Hamilton will have to wait because Gaydosh wants to first exhaust his NFL options before putting his signature on a CFL deal.
"The NFL option is in my head and I don't want to close that door until I absolutely have to before I commit to the CFL," Gaydosh said. "If nothing happens by training camp, I'll fully commit 100 per cent."
Even with Gaydosh off the board, Winnipeg looked for defensive line help but from a surprising source. The Blue Bombers, whose 6-12 record last year was tied with Hamilton for the CFL's worst, took Eastern Michigan defensive lineman Andy Mulumba at No. 2 despite Mulumba being under contract to the NFL's Green Bay Packers.
Bomber general manager Joe Mack said he would've been happy with either Gaydosh or Mulumba.
"We were going back and forth . . . we really liked Linden Gaydosh a lot and there was maybe a slight tick up for him because he's available right away," Mack said. "But you know Andy Mulumba is a hard worker, he's a good kid, he plays hard and actually may be a little more versatile.
"We certainly wish him the best (with Green Bay) but we think the chances are at least 50-50 we'll see him some time this year."
The six-foot-four, 263-pound Mulumba, a Montreal native, had 156 tackles, 4.5 sacks and three forced fumbles at Eastern Michigan. Mulumba was stunned to go second overall and said while flattered, Winnipeg is his second option.
"Because of the fact I already signed a contract with the Green Bay Packers, I want to try that first and see where we go from there," he said. "I'm really excited about being selected second . . . but I aspire to play in the NFL.
"If that doesn't work I'll be really proud to be a Blue Bomber."
Mack again raised eyebrows in the second by taking Concordia defensive back Kris Robertston. The five-foot-eight, 185-pound native of Pickering, Ont., tested well at the combine and can return kicks but questions exist whether he's big enough to cover bigger CFL receivers and the prevailing thought was he'd been available later on.
Montreal also looked to Calgary for its two first-round picks, taking highly regarded linebacker Mike Edem at No. 3, then running back Steven Lumbala two selections later. The six-foot-one, 200-pound Edem, a native of Brampton, Ont., will likely move to safety in the CFL but gives the Alouettes a player who can contribute immediately on special teams while adjusting to a pro defence.
"We got a tremendous athlete in Edem that can compete for a starting job and/or can at least be a backup to maintain ratio," Alouettes GM Jim Popp said. "Lumbala can do the same thing.
"We weren't sure we'd get one of those guys. It's a positive when guys have played each other and know each other. They obviously have a comfort level. They're teammates and family, it's a huge positive."
The selection of Lumbala, though, was a surprise considering Montreal acquired Canadian tailback Jerome Messam from Edmonton this off-season. Lumbala, the younger brother of B.C. Lions fullback Rolly Lumbala, was a Canada West all-star last year after rushing for 993 combined yards.
Corey Watman, a rugged six-foot-two, 294-pound offensive lineman from Eastern Michigan, was the first offensive player taken in the first round at No. 4 by Saskatchewan. The native of Queensville, Ont., started 30-of-46 collegiate games and last season split time at guard and centre.
B.C. then kicked off a futures trend by taking Liberty offensive lineman Hunter Steward at No. 6. The six-foot-seven, 285-pound native of Kingston, Ont., moved to Virginia Beach, Va., before his senior year of high school.
The Calgary Stampeders followed suit selecting offensive lineman Brander Craighead, who'll return to the University of Texas at El Paso this fall. The defending Grey Cup-champion Toronto Argonauts took McMaster offensive lineman Matt Sewell at No. 8 even though the six-foot-eight, 335-pound Sewell, of Milton, Ont., had signed with the NFL's Tennessee Titans.
"He could go down there and be a 10-year NFL veteran, you never know," Argos GM Jim Barker said. "When you get your pick, you have to place value on who is the best value for that pick and we felt like Matt was the best for us."
Expansion Ottawa — slated to return to the CFL in 2014 — finished the first round by taking offensive lineman Nolan MacMillan, who'll returning to Iowa this fall. Ottawa finished with four NCAA underclassmen picks — a surprise given the early run on returning players — but will be a full participant in next year's draft.
After MacMillan, Ottawa GM Marcel Desjardins selected Utah State defensive lineman Connor Williams in the second round before taking Eastern Michigan defensive lineman Kalonji Kashama — whose three older brothers all played in the CFL — in the third and Robert Morris tight end Tyler Digby in the fourth.
Ottawa will be the final CFL team to draft NCAA underclassmen as Desjardins said league teams will only be allowed to take university seniors starting next season.
"The Ottawa club is very fortunate to be able to select redshirt juniors this year," he said. "The first two, we had high hopes for.
"The other two are very good football players and the fact they'll be able to go to school and get even better will obviously be beneficial to us and the players."
The Edmonton Eskimos made their first pick to start of the second round and used it to take Regina Rams defensive lineman Stefan Charles at No. 10. The six-foot-five, 324-pound Charles was a bona-fide No. 1 overall prospect before signing with the Tennessee Titans.
"We chose the best player available to us as was our plan going into this draft," said Eskimos GM Ed Hervey. "We know we're going to have to wait awhile.
"He is physical, tough and plays with an edge. He has the attitude we want to reinforce to our football team."
Calgary had a solid second round by taking McMaster defensive end Ben D'Aguilar and Regina offensive lineman Brent Jones. D'Aguilar, who had a Canadian university-record 12.5 sacks last year, was available because at No. 13 because he's attending NFL tryouts.
Hamilton selected Wagner linebacker C.O. Prime in the third round because he had already signed a deal with the NFL's Indianapolis Colts while the B.C. Lions got linebacker Bo Lokombo — central scouting's top-ranked draft prospect — with the third pick of the third round because he's returning to Oregon this fall and has NFL aspirations.
Winnipeg took UBC kicker Billy Pavlopoulos in the seventh and final round. Pavlopoulos failed an out-of-competition drug test for the anabolic steroid stanozolol Jan. 9, 2012 and was suspended until January 2014, using up his final two years of CIS eligibility.


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Normal service resumed as I got back to Carrington for a training session and the first thing I saw was Pozo getting out of a taxi and hobbling in on crutches. Torn ligaments I understand although I don't recall seeing an official club statement.2 weeks since my last time here die to my own incapacity at times plus surprise days off and changes to afternoon sessions but today I think was the first time I have seen the whole squad all training together.
21 on show I think including the recent injury cases of Silva,Maicon and Rodders.There was the usual initial gathering for the Mancini briefing which was longer than usual and I got the slight feeling of it being an end of season session.Maybe just me.The initial work after a jog around was all ball work but simple stuff with the coach trying to make it a sharp session and get them really at it.A few other "fans" had climbed trees to get a good view and were talking with Costel in some language. Apparently they were Spanish I was told and at least one was a red sent over from the swamp training where they couldn't get a look in.
Time then for Mancini to take a team away for some work and he brought an EDS team over for them to play against.At the same time the rest had some shooting practice.For some I thought they were aiming at the guys perched high in the trees as quite a few flew wildly over the bar and the fence.No direct hits though.This part seemed to really get some of them going as it became competitive to see who could score.Then it was into a game.
I got a bit distracted as the other watchers wanted to talk more.The only goal I saw was a beauty from Carlos.He weaved through the defence and stroked home a great left footer.Plenty of good work going on with defences mostly in charge.The scum fan talking most told me he thought Edin was class!!He compared him with Berbatov because he was a bit lazy but with a great first touch and control.Not quite sure which Edin he has seen play!
Absolutely no fitness problems I could see so Mancini can pick a team for Saturday which should be full of energy. I know there has been suggestions i some quarters that the players have been overworked.Can't see it myself.I am not there all the time of course but when I do see them train it's not like they are pushed hard on running or tough physical routines.Late in a season it's got to be more about keeping players ticking over but there must be a fine line in doing that to ensure they don't switch off mentally.
The group did seem in good spirits and no doubt we will find out if they are truly focussed on Saturday against a team with a manager who loves getting one over on the big sides.


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Furtive Father Winter with Guest Post by Dahakha
Hey Navi!
So I was the one lucky enough to be preparing a gift for you....and I really hope I haven't taken too many liberties with it! It was a struggle to come up with something that would fit your blog....I was going to write a pet story for you but you got in first! :P So I fell back on what I know. I am pretty nervous about this story, I really really hope you like it!
Feel free to play with the formatting to suit your blog.
Merry Winter Veil to you, my friend!
- Dahakha
Navimie's comment: I love it! I had my hand to my mouth covering my grin and even my family came up to me asking what I was smiling about. And a story with mischief in it? Perfecto!! Thank you Dahakha!! Oh, and I forgot, if you'd like to see what I did for my FFW, wander over to Herculano's blog!


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I tend a pot of continuous brew kombucha on my kitchen counter where it sits, transforming sweet tea into an ancient, acidic, vinegary tonic that we sip in small amounts, though I also use it in my kombucha vinaigrette. We treat kombucha with care, consuming a little bit at a time, for it's also strikingly medicinal which is why it leaves me concerned when I see health enthusiasts replace a soda addiction for a kombucha addiction – swilling pints at a time. Where's moderation?
We dip into our continuously brewing kombucha about once a week, I pour the sour tea into flip-top bottles with a bit of sugar or fruit juice, and let them ferment once more so the kombucha becomes bubbly and fizzy – the way we like it. I replace what ever I siphon off with a bit more sweet tea, wait another week and continue again.
In this way, continuous brew kombucha is a lot like tending a sourdough starter or a crock of perpetual bone broth: it is always available in my kitchen, and for every bit of the finished product I remove, I add a few ingredients to replace it. It's a method that works in my kitchen – providing a lovely consistency to my cooking and routine.
Benefits of Continuous Brew Kombucha
Like many newcomers to traditional foods, I began to brew kombucha years ago using the method outlined in Nourishing Traditions; that is, I brewed kombucha in small batches, exchanging jars. For several years now, I've favored the continuous brew method, because it's easier, it's cleaner and it produces a healthier kombucha mother that is less likely to be contaminated by stray microbes – though, admittedly, kombucha mothers are sturdy and are not typically prone to contamination.
As with any fermented food, different strains of microbes will proliferate at different times during the fermentation cycle (you can read more about this in the best-selling book the Art of Fermentation). By only consuming kombucha at the end of its cycle, as in batch-brewed kombucha, you're consuming a smaller array of beneficial microorganisms. With continuous brew, the sweet tea that serves as the start for kombucha is in a constant state of flux, so you typically consume a wider variety of microbes which enables you to better take advantage of kombucha's many health benefits.
What You Need to Get Started
Ingredients for Making Kombucha
To make kombucha, either with batch-brewing or with the continuous brew method, you'll need the same basic ingredients: tea, caloric sweetener, a kombucha mother (find one here) and a bit of previously brewed kombucha tea.
The tea should be true tea; that is, it should be from the camellia sinensis, and while experienced brewers typically favor black tea, you can also create successful brews from green tea, oolong or pu erh. I favor darjeeling for my brewing.
I favor organic white sugar for brewing my kombucha; remember, the sugar's not for you: rather we use it to support the optimal growth and feeding of the microorganisms in the kombucha. Most of the sugar will be consumed by the microorganisms in your kombucha, so very little remains in the final brew.
You'll also need a kombucha mother which is a large, moist, flat beige-colored disc developed by a matrix of beneficial bacteria and yeasts. You can purchase a kombucha mother and a bit of starter tea online (see sources). Since a healthy kombucha mother readily produces baby cultures, you might also ask a kombucha-brewing friend for a starter as well.
Choosing a Continuous Brew Container
The type of container you choose for your continuous brew kombucha is critically important; it should be large enough to contain 2 to 5 gallons of kombucha, with enough airflow to keep the kombucha mother healthy as, unlike other fermented foods, kombucha relies on and needs air circulation.
I picked up a glass jar with a lid and a small plastic spigot at is base. Consistent contact with metal may inhibit the help of your kombucha culture, so avoid metal containers or containers with metal parts.
Maintaining the Continuous Brew
To maintain the brew, remember to add sweet tea in the equivalent you take out. So if you take out a quart of the finished kombucha, add a quart of room temperature sweet tea back to the brew. Over time, your kombucha mother will thicken. You can remove the mother, separate the babies that form on top of the mother and compost them, give them away to friends or make an assortment of other foods including dehydrated kombucha jerky or kombucha candy. You can clean the jar out once in a while – every six months to a year or so. Take care that no residual bits of detergent adhere to the jar lest they negatively impact your brew. I run mine through a dishwasher, without added detergent or soap.
Continuous Brew Kombucha
- 2 tablespoons loose-leaf tea
- 1 cup organic white sugar
- 1 kombucha mother
- 1 cup kombucha tea from a previous batch
- Bring one quart of water to a boil. Turn off the heat, stir in tea and organic sugar. Continue stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Allow the tea to sit undisturbed until it cools to room temperature.
- Strain the tea through a fine-mesh sieve into your continuous brew container. Stir in 3 quarts water. Add the kombucha mother and the kombucha tea to the container. Cover it loosely, and allow it to ferment about a week.
- After a week, draw off up to 25% of the kombucha, bottle it, and replace it with an equivalent amount of sweet tea. After the initial week of fermentation, you can draw off kombucha as frequently as you like - usually 1 to 3 times a week - as long as you replace it with an equivalent amount of tea.
- To bottle the kombucha, pour your kombucha into a flip-top bottle, adding up to 1/4 cup sweet tea or fruit juice to the bottle. Close the bottle and allow it to ferment a further 2 to 3 days, then transfer to the fridge and consume when you like it.


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I'm curious if anyone
Here has read some of
Motta's writings and come
Away with the feeling that
he was homophobic?
I don't ask to offend, maybe
I read something into his
Writing that wasn't there?
I continue to enjoy some of
his writings, regardless of
questions i may have about
the man.