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A battery storage power plant is a form of storage power plant, which uses batteries on an electrochemical basis for energy storage. Unlike common storage power plants, such as the pumped storage power plants with capacities up to 1000 MW, the benefits of battery storage power plants move in the range of a few kW[1] up to the MW range; as of 2017, the largest installed system has a storage capacity of 300 MWh.[2][3] Battery storage power plants, like all storage power plants, primarily serve to cover peak load and in networks with insufficient control power and the grid stabilization.[4] Small banks of rechargeable batteries with a few kWh of storage capacity, are mostly in the private sector operated in conjunction with wind turbines or similarly sized photovoltaic systems to daytime bring revenue surpluses in yield poorer or unproductive hours in the evening or at night, and to strengthen their own consumption.[1]
- 1 Construction
- 2 Operating characteristics
- 3 Installation examples
- 3.1 Lithium-ion
- 3.1.1 129 MWh storage in Australia
- 3.1.2 80 MWh of storage in California
- 3.1.3 53 MWh in Ontario
- 3.1.4 52 MWh project on Kauai, Hawaii
- 3.1.5 Hertfordshire
- 3.1.6 Grand Ridge Power plant in Illinois and Beech Ridge, West Virginia, USA
- 3.1.7 South Korea
- 3.1.8 Battery storage with 13 MWh in Germany with worn batteries
- 3.1.9 Battery storage power station Schwerin
- 3.1.10 Storage for Azores island of Graciosa
- 3.1.11 Hybrid Battery power plant Braderup
- 3.1.12 Storage in southern England with special control
- 3.2 Liquid based
- 3.3 Lithium iron phosphate
- 3.4 Lead-acid
- 3.5 Nickel-Cadmium
- 3.6 Lithium polymer
- 3.7 Projects
- 3.1 Lithium-ion
- 4 Largest grid batteries
- 5 Market development
- 6 See also
- 7 References
Structurally battery storage power plants and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) are comparable, although the former are larger. The batteries are housed for security in their own warehouses or in containers. As with a UPS, the problem is that electrochemical energy is stored or emitted in the form of direct current DC, while electric power networks are usually operated with Alternating current AC voltage. For this reason, additional inverters are needed to connect the battery storage power plants to the high voltage network. This kind of power electronics include GTO thyristors, commonly used in the high-voltage direct current transmission (HVDC). Various accumulator systems may be used depending on the power-to-energy ratio, the expected life time and, of course, the costs. In the 1980s, lead-acid batteries were used for the first battery-storage power plants. During the next few decades, nickel-cadmium and sodium-sulfur battery were increasingly used.[4] Since 2010, more and more utility-scale battery storage plants rely on lithium-ion batteries thanks to the fast decrease in the cost of this technology, driven by the electric automotive industry. This is the case of the battery Park Schwerin, the battery storage in Dresden or the storage of BYD in Hong Kong. Lithium-ion batteries are mainly used, some redox flow system have emerged and lead-acid batteries are still used in small budget applications.[5] There are numerous suppliers of large battery storage.[6]
Operating characteristics[edit]
Since they do not require any mechanical movement, battery storage power plants allow extremely short control times and start times, in the range of few 10s of ms at full load. Thanks to that reactivity, they can shave power peaks in the range of minutes, but they can also dampen the fast oscillations (second) that appear when electric power networks are operated close to their maximum capacity. These instabilities consist in voltage fluctuations with periods of up to several 10 seconds and can soar in worst cases to high amplitudes, which can lead to regional blackouts. A battery storage power plants properly dimensioned can efficiently counteract these oscillations. Therefore, applications are found primarily in those regions where electrical power systems are operated at full capacity, causing a risk in the grid stability. Large storage plants (Na-S) can also be used in combination with intermittent renewable energy source in standalone hybrid micro-grids.
Some systems, operating at high temperature (Na-S) or using corrosive components are subject to failure even if they are not used (calendar ageing). Other technologies suffer from deterioration caused by charge-discharge cycles (cycle ageing), especially at high charging rates. These two types of ageing cause a loss of performance (capacity or voltage decrease), overheating and may eventually lead to critical failure (electrolyte leaks, fire, explosion). In order to prevent the loss of performance due to ageing, some batteries can undergo maintenance operation. For example, non-sealed Lead-acid batteries produce hydrogen and oxygen from the aqueous electrolyte when overcharged. The water has to be refilled regularly to avoid damage to the battery and the inflammable gases have to be vented out to avoid explosion risks. However, this maintenance has a cost and recent batteries, such as Li-Ion, are designed to have a long lifespan without maintenance. Therefore, most of the current systems are composed of securely sealed battery packs which are electronically monitored and replaced once their performance falls below a given threshold. Sometimes battery storage power stations are built with flywheel storage power systems in order to conserve battery power.[7] Flywheels may handle rapid fluctuations better than older battery plants.[8]
Installation examples[edit]
Some of the largest battery storage power plants are exemplified below, arranged by type, date and size.
129 MWh storage in Australia[edit]
Tesla, Inc. built the Hornsdale Power Reserve adjacent to the Hornsdale wind farm. As of December 2017[update] it is promoted as the largest lithium-ion battery in the world.[9] Its 100 MW output capacity is contractually divided into two sections: 70 MW running for 10 minutes, and 30 MW with a 3 hour capacity.[10] Samsung 21700-size cells are used.[11]
It is operated by Tesla and provides a total of 129 megawatt-hours (460 GJ) of storage capable of discharge at 100 megawatts (130,000 hp) into the power grid. The system helps to prevent load-shedding blackouts[12][13] and provide stability to the grid (grid services)[14] while other generators can be started in the event of sudden drops in wind or other network issues. It was built in less than 100 days counting from 29 September 2017,[15][16] when a grid connection agreement was signed with ElectraNet, and some units were operational.[12] The battery construction was completed and testing began on 25 November 2017. It was connected to the grid on 1 December 2017.[17] During two days in January 2018 where South Australia was hit by price spikes, the battery made its owners an estimated 1M AUD as they sold power from the battery to the grid for a price of around 14k AUD/MWh.[18]
80 MWh of storage in California[edit]
Tesla installed a grid storage facility for the Southern California Edison with a capacity of 80 MWh at a power of 20 MW between September 2016 and December 2016. This means that the storage unit (1/2017) is currently one of the largest accumulator batteries on the market. Tesla installed 400 lithium-ion Powerpack-2 modules at the Mira Loma transformer station in California. The capacity serves to store energy at a low network load and then to feed this energy back into the grid at peak load. Prior to this, gas-fired power stations were used.[19][20]
53 MWh in Ontario[edit]
In Ontario, Canada, a battery storage with 53 MWh capacity and 13 MW of power is established by the end of 2016. The Swiss battery manufacturer Leclanch� supplies the batteries now. Deltro Energy Inc. will plan and build the plant. The order was placed by the network operator IESO. The energy storage are used to provide fast grid services, mainly for voltage and reactive power control. In Ontario and the surrounding area there are many wind and solar power plants, whereby the power supply varies widely.[21]
52 MWh project on Kauai, Hawaii[edit]
In 2017, Tesla built a 52 MWh lithium-ion project on Kauai, Hawaii to entirely time shift a 13 MW solar farm's output to the evening. The aim is to reduce dependence on fossil fuels on the island.[22]
In July 2018, a 50 MW lithium-ion battery storage facility with a capacity of 50 MWh was installed in Stocking Pelham.[23][24]
Grand Ridge Power plant in Illinois and Beech Ridge, West Virginia, USA[edit]
The largest grid storage batteries in the United States include the 31.5 MW battery at Grand Ridge Power plant in Illinois and the 31.5 MW battery at Beech Ridge, West Virginia. Both using lithium ion batteries.[25]
South Korea[edit]
Since January 2016 in South Korea three battery storage power plants are in operation. There are two new systems, a 24 MW system with 9 MWh and a 16 MW system with 6 MWh. These two uses batteries based on lithium-nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide and supplement a few months older system with 16MW and 5MWh whose batteries are based on lithium titanate oxide. Together the systems have a capacity of 56 MW and serve the South Korean utility company Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) for frequency regulation. The storage comes from the company Kokam. After completion in 2017, the system should have a power of 500 MW. The three already installed storage reduce annual fuel costs by an estimated 13 million US dollars, as well as cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Thus the saved fuel costs will exceed the cost of battery storage significantly.[26]
Battery storage with 13 MWh in Germany with worn batteries[edit]
A 13 MWh battery made of worn lithium-ion batteries from electric cars is being constructed in Germany, with an expected second life of 10 years, after which they will be recycled.[27]
Battery storage power station Schwerin[edit]
In Schwerin, Germany the electricity supplier WEMAG operates a lithium-ion battery storage to compensate for short-term power fluctuations. Supplier of battery storage power station is the Berlin company Younicos. The South Korean company Samsung SDI supplied the lithium-ion cells. The storage has a capacity of 5 MWh and an output of 5 MW was in September 2014 in operation.[28] The lithium-ion battery storage consists of 25,600 lithium manganese cells and is about five medium-voltage transformers with both the regional distribution connected as well with the nearby 380 kV high-voltage grid.[29]
Storage for Azores island of Graciosa[edit]
On the Azores island of Graciosa a 3.2 MWh lithium-ion storage was installed. Along with a 1 MW photovoltaic plant and a 4.5 MW wind farm, the island is almost completely independent of the previously used diesel generators. The old power plant only serves as a backup system when power from solar and wind power plant can not be generated over a longer time because of bad weather. The sharp decline of expensive diesel imports means that electricity is cheaper than before. The so generated profit will each divided in half between the investor of the new plant and the end users. More Azores islands are to follow.[30]
Hybrid Battery power plant Braderup[edit]
Since July 2014, the energy storage company Nord GmbH & Co. KG has been operating the largest hybrid batteries in Europe in Braderup (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany). The System consists of a lithium-ion battery storage (2 MW power 2 MWh storage) and a vanadium flow battery storage (330 kW power, 1 MWh storage capacity). The lithium-ion modules used are from Sony, the flow battery is made by Vanadis Power GmbH.
The storage system is connected to the local community wind park (18 MW installed capacity). Depending on wind strength and charging status of each battery a system developed by Bosch distributes the energy generated by the wind turbines to the right battery. Bosch is also responsible for project implementation and system integration. The hybrid battery is connected to the power grid by a ten-kilometer long underground cable. In case of a network congestion the batteries buffer the energy of the wind farm and feed it back into the grid at a convenient time later. With this method, a shutdown of wind turbines can be avoided during times of network congestion so that the energy of the wind is not wasted.[31]
Storage in southern England with special control[edit]
In southern England a battery storage with a capacity of 0.6 MWh and 0.3 MW power was installed for demonstration purposes, made up of 1400 lithium cells installed in a container, with a special feature being the control of the storage. Whereas usually a battery storage uses only revenue model, the provision of control energy, which is a very small market, this storage uses three revenue models. The storage has been installed next to a solar system. This way the solar system can be designed larger than the grid power actually permits in the first revenue model. The storage accepts a peak input of the solar system, thus avoiding the cost of a further grid expansion. The second model allows taking up peak input from the power grid and feeding it back to stabilize the grid when necessary. The third model is storing energy and feeding it into the grid at peak prices. The store received an award for top innovation.[32]
Liquid based[edit]
300 MWh storage in Japan[edit]
Mitsubishi installed a sodium-sulfur storage facility in Buzen, Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan with 300 MWh capacity and 50 MW power. The storage is used to stabilize the network to compensate for fluctuations caused by renewable energies. The accumulator is in the power range of pumped storage power plants. The batteries are installed in 252 containers. The plant occupies an area of 14,000 square meters.[33][34]
648 MWh storage in Abu Dhabi[edit]
A 108MW / 648MWh high-temperature sodium-sulfur battery was deployed as 15 systems in 10 locations in Abu Dhabi in 2019. The distributed systems can be controlled as one virtual power plant.[35]
Lithium iron phosphate[edit]
BYD in Hongkong[edit]
The Chinese company BYD operates a battery banks with 40 MWh capacity and 20 MW maximum power in Hong Kong. The large storage is used to cushion load peaks in energy demand. Likewise, the storage can contribute to the frequency stabilization in the net. The battery is made up of a total of almost 60,000 individual lithium iron phosphate cells, each with 230 amp hour capacity. The project was started in October 2013, and went online in June 2014. The actual installation of the storage lasted three months. The use of price differences between loading and unloading by day and night electricity, an avoided grid expansion for peak loads and revenue for grid services such as Frequency stabilization enable economic operation without subsidies. Currently 3 locations for a 1,000 MW peak power to 200 MWh capacity storage power plant to be examined.[36]
Battery Storage Notrees, Texas, 36 MW[edit]
One battery is in Notrees, Texas (36 MW for 40 minutes using lead-acid batteries).[37][38]
Photovoltaic and hybrid power plant[edit]
The existing photovoltaic power plant Alt Daber near Wittstock in Brandenburg, Germany received a battery storage of 2 MWh. A special feature is that this is a turnkey solution supplied and installed in containers, for immediate use on site without major construction work. The storage uses lead-acid batteries.[39]
Chino Battery Storage Project, discontinued[edit]
Operated from 1988 to 1997 by the Southern California Edison in the Californian city Chino, the battery storage power station served primarily for grid stabilization and could be used by frequent power outages in the region as a static var compensator and black start of non-black bootable power plants. The plant had a peak power of 14 MW, which was, however, far too little for effective stabilization in the net of Southern California Edison, and a storage capacity of 40 MWh. The system consisted of 8,256 lead-acid batteries in eight strands, which were divided into two halls.[40]
Golden Valley Electric � Fairbanks[edit]
One of the largest and located with Stand 2010 operating system is operated by the Golden Valley Electric in Fairbanks. The power grid in Alaska is operated due to the large distances as stand-alone grid with no direct connection to neighboring North American interconnections within the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. The battery storage power plant with a maximum capacity of 27 MW is used to stabilize the grid, covering high peak and reactive power compensation. The plant was put into operation in 2003 and consists of 13,760 nickel-cadmium batteries in four strands. The NiCd cells are manufactured by Saft Groupe S.A., the inverters by ABB Group.[4]
Lithium polymer[edit]
Battery storage Feldheim[edit]
In Feldheim in Brandenburg, Germany, a battery storage with a capacity of 10 MW and a storage capacity of 6.5 MWh[41] was put into operation in September, 2015. The project cost 12.8 million euros. The storage provides energy for the power grid to compensate for fluctuations caused by wind and solar power plants. The store is operated by the company Energiequelle.[42][43]
Battery storage Dresden[edit]
Stadtwerke Dresden, Germany (Drewag) have taken a battery storage with a peak power of 2 MW online on March 17, 2015. The costs amounted to 2.7 million euros. Lithium polymer batteries are being used. The batteries including the control system are deployed in two 13 m long containers and can store a total of 2.7 MWh. The system is designed to compensate for peak power generation of a nearby solar plant.[44]
567.5 MW, 2,270 MWh Moss Landing[edit]
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) asked CPUC to approve four energy storage projects located at Moss Landing Power Plant including another large lithium-ion battery storage system of 182.5 MW / 730 MWh to be provided by Tesla and owned and operated by PG&E. PG& E said it expects the Tesla system will begin commercial operation by the end of 2019.[45] The proposal was accepted in November 2018.[46][47]
400 MWh Southern California Edison project[edit]
Under construction in 2015 is the 400 MWh (100 MW for 4 hours) Southern California Edison project. Developed by AES Energy it is a lithium-ion battery system. Southern California Edison found the prices for battery storage comparable with other electricity generators.[22]
250 MWh Indonesia[edit]
At present (2/2016) is under construction a 250 MWh battery storage in Indonesia. There are about 500 villages in Indonesia which should be supplied, so far they depend on the power supply of petroleum. In past the prices fluctuated greatly and there was often power outages. Now the power will be generated through wind and solar power.[22]
United Kingdom[edit]
In 2016, the UK National Grid issued contracts for 200 MW of energy storage in its Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) auction. Within the EFR auction, National Grid accepted eight tenders from seven providers including: EDF Energy Renewables, Vatenfall, Low Carbon, E.ON UK, Element Power, RES and Belectric. Capacity for each successfully tendered site ranged from 10 MW to 49 MW.[48]
Evonik battery storage[edit]
Evonik is planning to build six battery storage power plants with a capacity of 15 MW to be put into operation in 2016 and 2017. They are to be situated in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the power plant sites Herne, L�nen and Duisburg-Walsum and in Bexbach, Fenne and Weiher in the Saarland.[49][50]
Storage for Aboriginal community in Australia[edit]
An existing system in an Aboriginal community in Australia consisting of a combination photovoltaic system and diesel generator will be extended by a lithium-ion battery to a hybrid system. The battery has a capacity of about 2 MWh and a power of 0.8 MW. The batteries store the excess solar power and take over the previously network-forming functions such as network management and network stabilization of diesel generators. Thus, the diesel generators can be switched off during the day, which leads to cost reduction. Moreover, the share of renewable energy rises in the hybrid system significantly. The system is part of a plan to transform the energy systems of indigenous communities in Australia.[51]
Largest grid batteries[edit]
|Commissioning date
|Energy (MWh)
|Power (MW)
|Duration (hours)
|Buzen Substation
|3 March 2016
|Rokkasho, Aomori
|Hornsdale Power Reserve
|1 December 2017
|Escondido Substation
|24 February 2017
|Pomona Substation
|January 2017
|Mira Loma Substation
|30 Jan. 2017
|Tesla Solar Plant
|8 March 2017
|Stocking Pelham facility
|July 2018
|United Kingdom
|June 2018
|Minamisoma Substation
|February 2016
Market development[edit]
In the US, the market for storage power plants in 2015 increased by 243 percent compared to 2014.[70] In 2016, the UK grid operator National Grid posted independent from technology 200 MW of control power to increase system stability. In this case, only battery storage power plants won the auction.[71]
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Alkaline batteries are a type of primary batteries. The alkaline battery gets its name because it has an alkaline electrolyte of potassium hydroxide, instead of the acidic ammonium chloride or zinc chloride electrolyte of the zinc-carbon batteries.
The alkaline dry battery was invented by Lewis Urry in 1957.
Advantages and Disadvantages[edit]
- Alkaline batteries have longer shelf life than other batteries of the chloride type electrolyte batteries.
- They have a much higher energy density compared with other batteries. This allows the battery to produce the same energy while lasting longer than other batteries.
- The rechargeable alkaline battery can be used hundreds of time if recharging is done after the battery has been used to only 25 percent of its capacity.
- Costs of an alkaline battery are much lower than the other more sophisticated ones containing nickel and cadmium.
- Alkaline batteries can be disposed off as normal waste and do not require any special disposal techniques.
- Alkaline batteries function well even at very low temperatures.
- Alkaline batteries can be stored at room temperature for two years and retain 90 percent of their original capacities.
- Alkaline batteries are bulkier than other lithium batteries which give much higher energy.
- Alkaline batteries have a high internal resistance. This reduces the output.
- A defective battery charger can cause the alkaline batteries to explode.
- Alkaline batteries kept in devices that are not used for a long time, can leak and thus completely ruin the device itself because of the corrosive nature of the leaked material.
Safety concerns[edit]
- Potassium hydroxide is contained within the cells of alkaline batteries. The potassium hydroxide can leak out of the battery cell if they are damaged or mishandled, causing severe chemical burns if the substance comes into contact with your skin or eyes.


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Mysterious Mansion Registration
Aug 1, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 5:59 pm
An event every day that begins at 1:00 pm, repeating until Oct 7, 2018
The City of Maricopa is looking for local residents who are interested in participating in a Halloween Decorating contest. Community members can register their homes at Mysterious Mansion Mayhem Registration Link between August 1- October 7, 2018. Registration deadline is October 7, 2018, at 10:00 pm.
There are two ways to win the $250 prize. One is the Community judging category where Resident's vote online for their favorite home starting at midnight October 26 and ending at midnight on October 28 at 11:59 p.m. Community judging does not include the Haunted House category. The other 1-3 place and Best Haunted House (cash prizes) are awarded by the Parks, Recreation, and Library committee (PRL). The PRL Committee will be out to judge homes October 24 and 25 between the hours of 6-9 p.m. Judges will score based on creativity, theme, lighting and overall execution.
Register your home online at: http://www.regonline.com/mmm2018
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Maria Sharapova had a three-set victory over Victoria Azarenka, sending her into the French Open finals on Saturday.
In the match, Sharapova will face Serena Williams, who knocked out Sara Errani, last year's runner-up.
Sharapova is the defending French Open champion and won despite 11 double-faults, winning the first set 6-1, losing the second 2-6 and closing the match 6-4.
The match will be Williams' first French Open championship berth since 2002. She comes in on a roll, having shut down Errani in two sets -- 6-0 and 6-1 -- in just 46 minutes. Her record against Sharapova is 13-2.
Williams is a 15-time Grand Slam champion, and the semifinal was her 30th-straight match victory.
Williams is the easy favorite -- so easy, in fact, that reporters asked Sharapova about her shortcomings against Williams after winning her semifinal match.
"You know, of course I have lost to her numerous amounts of times," Sharapova said. "When I go out there, I obviously -- whatever I have done, like I said in the past, has not worked. You try to go out there and do something different because whatever you have done just hasn't performed well. I hope that I can."
Either way, it will be a loud match -- the two are known as the most dramatic grunters on the court.


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For introduction, Sweet Lines is a shipping company that started in Tagbilaran, Bohol while William Lines is a shipping company started in Cebu City after the war while having earlier origins in Misamis Occidental before the war. And like many shipping lines whose founders are of Chinese extraction, the founders of both Sweet Lines and William Lines were first into copra trading before branching into shipping. And long after the two became national shipping lines Bol-anons and people of Misamisnons still have a close identification and affinity to the two shipping companies and in fact were the still the prides of their provinces.
1950 William Lines ad. Credits to Philippine Herald and Gorio Belen
William Lines became a national liner company in 1945 just right after the end of the war and almost exactly 20 years before Sweet Lines which was just a Visayas-Mindanao shipping company after the war whose main base is Bohol. The company just became a national liner company when it was able to buy half of the ships and routes of General Shipping Corporation when that company decided to quit the inter-island routes in 1965 after a boardroom squabble among the partner families owning it. And so William Lines had quite a head start over Sweet Lines. Now, readers might be puzzled now where is the convergence.
People who are already old enough now might think the convergence of the two shipping companies, a rivalry in fact, started when Sweet Lines fielded the luxury liner Sweet Faith in the Manila-Cebu route in 1970. That ship raised a new bar in liner shipping then plus it started a new paradigm in Cebu, that of the fast cruiser liner which is more dedicated to passengers and their comfort than cargo and has the highest level of passenger accommodations and amenities. It was really hard to match the Sweet Faith then for she was really a luxury liner even when she was still in Europe. That fast cruiser liner was not just some converted passenger-cargo or cargo-passenger ship which was the origins of practically of all the liners of the postwar period until then.
Credits to Manila Times and Gorio Belen
Actually, the rivalry of Sweet Lines and William Lines started from convergence. William Lines, in their first 20 years of existence, was basically concentrating on the Southern Mindanao routes but of course its ships which were all ex-"FS" ships then called on Cebu and Tagbilaran first before heading south. Aside from Southern Mindanao, the only other area where William Lines concentrated was the Iligan Bay routes, specifically Iligan and Ozamis, near where the founder and the business of William Lines originated. But in 1966, William Lines started its acquisition of cargo-passenger ships from Europe for conversion here like what Go Thong & Company earlier did and what Sweet Lines will soon follow into. It was actually an expansion as they were not disposing of their old ex-"FS" ships and naturally an expansion of the fleet will mean seeking of new routes or concentration.
Credits to Philippine Herald and Gorio Belen
Sweet Lines, meanwhile, had an initial concentration of routes in the Eastern Visayas as a liner company which was dictated by the purchase of half of the fleet of General Shipping Corporation which consisted of five liners which were all ex-"FS" ships except for the new local-built General Roxas plus the Sea Belle of Royal Lines which was going out of business. But Sweet Lines immediately expanded and was also plying already the Cebu and Tagbilaran routes from Manila, naturally, because their main base was Tagbilaran. Then they also entered the Iligan Bay routes in 1967 and it was even using the good Sweet Rose (the former General Roxas) there which was a heavy challenge to all the shipping companies serving there that were just using ex-"FS" ships there previously. Of course, not to be outdone William Lines later brought there their brand-new Misamis Occidental, their flagship then, in 1970. If William Lines had two frequencies a week to the two ports of Iligan Bay in 1967, then that was the frequency of Sweet Lines too. And if William Lines had twice a week frequency to Cebu and Tagbilaran, then that was also the frequency of the expanding Sweet Lines. Their only difference in 1967 was William Lines had routes to Southern Mindanao while Sweet Lines had none there but the latter had routes to the strong shipping region then of Eastern Visayas while William Lines had no route then there.
Another area of confrontation of the two shipping companies was the Visayas-Mindanao regional routes. Sweet Lines was long a power then there especially since that was their place of origin. They then relegated there most of the ex-"FS" ships like the ones they acquired from General Shipping and thus in the late 1960's they had the best ships sailing there. Meanwhile, William Lines which was also a player there also then used some of their ex-"FS" ships which were formerly in the liner routes (William Lines had a few ex-"FS" ships to spare since they bought five of those from other local shipping companies and they already were receiving former cargo-passenger ships from Europe starting in 1966). So by this time Sweet Lines and William Lines were not only competing in Cebu and Tagbilaran and in Iligan Bay but also in the Visayas-Mindanao regional routes.
Credits to The Philippines Herald and Gorio Belen
In the late 1960's the government provided a loan window for the purchase of brand-new liners and among the countries that provided the funds for that was what was known as West Germany then (this was before the German reunification). From that window, the new liner company Sweet Lines ordered the Sweet Grace from Weser Seebeck of Bremerhaven, West Germany in 1968. William Lines followed suit by ordering a brand-new liner not from West Germany but from Japan which turned out to be the Misamis Occidental and this seemed to be taking the path of the expansion of Negros Navigation Company which was ordering brand-new liners from Japan shipbuilders.
Credits to Philippines Herald and Gorio Belen
Imagine for William Lines fielding the brand-new Misamis Occidental in Cebu in 1970 only to be upset by the more luxurious and much faster Sweet Faith in the same year. And that was aside from the also-good Sweet Grace and Sweet Rose also calling in Cebu. Maybe that was the reason, that of not being too outgunned, that William Lines immediately ordered a new ship from Japan, a sister ship of the Don Juan, the flagship of Negros Navigation Company but with a more powerful engine so she can top or at least match the speed of the Sweet Faith and that turned out later to be the legendary liner Cebu City. From its fielding in 1972, the battle of Cebu City and Sweet Faith was the stuff of legends (was using blocks of ice to cool down the engine room of Sweet Faith at full trot a stuff of legend?)
Credits to Philippine Herald and Gorio Belen
As background to that, in 1970 with only the brand-new liner Misamis Occidental William Lines had to fend off Sweet Faith, Sweet Rose, also the first Sweet Sail which was a former liner of Southern Lines that was not an ex-"FS" ship but much faster and at times also the brand-new liner Sweet Grace . William Lines had a few converted cargo-passenger ships from Europe calling in Cebu already on the way to Southern Mindanao then but Sweet Lines had the same number of that also. If William Lines found aggressiveness in ship purchases from the mid-1960's, Sweet Lines turned out to be more aggressive that in a short period of less than a decade it was already in the coattails of William Lines over-all and even beating it to Cebu, the backyard of William Lines. That was how aggressive was Sweet Lines in their initial ascent as a national liner company. And would anyone believe that in 1970 Sweet Lines was no longer using any ex-"FS" ship in its national liner routes, the first national liner company to do so (when other competitors were still using that type well in to the 1980's)? So their ad their they were modern seems it was not a made-up stuff only.
A former cargo-passenger ship from Europe using the eastern seaboard of Mindanao route. Credits to Times Journal and Gorio Belen
But that was not even the end of the expansion of Sweet Lines which the company penetrated the Southern Mindanao, the bread and butter of William Lines (note: Compania Maritima, Gothong & Co. and Philippine Steam Navigation Co. were stronger there having more ships) using the eastern seaboard of Mindanao, a route that William Lines do not serve. It is actually a shortcut, as pointed out by Sweet Lines but there are not many intermediate ports that can be served there to increase the volume of the cargo and the passengers (and so Sweet Lines passed through more ports before heading to Surigao and Davao). Besides, the seas of the eastern seaboard are rough many months of the year and maybe that was the reason why Sweet Lines used their bigger former cargo-passenger ships from Europe rather than using their small ex-"FS" ships (in this period their competitors to Davao were still using that type).
And so, in 1972, William Lines entered the stronghold of Sweet Lines, which it dominated, the port of Tacloban which the company was not serving before. Was that to repay the compliments of Sweet Lines entering their Iligan Bay bastion and their ports of Cebu and Tagbilaran plus the foray of Sweet Lines in Davao? William Lines entered Tacloban alright but it was a tepid attempt at first by just using an ex-"FS" ship (maybe they just want to take away some cargo). Their main challenge in Tacloban will come three years later in 1975 with their fast cruiser liner Tacloban City, only the third of its type in William Lines after the liners Misamis Occidental and Cebu City and that maybe shows how itching was William Lines in returning the compliments. Or showing up Sweet Lines.
Where were the other leading national liner companies in this battle of the two? Regarding Gothong & Company, I think their sights were more aimed at the leading shipping company Compania Maritima plus in filling the requirements of strategic partner Lu Do & Lu Ym which was scooping all the the copra that they can get. Actually, the Go Thong & Company and Compania Maritima both had overseas lines then. Meanwhile, the Philippine Steam Navigation Company (PSNC) and plus Aboitiz Shipping Corporation (revived as a separate entity in 1966 after the buy-out of the other half of General Shipping Corporation) and Cebu Bohol Ferry Company, a subsidiary of Aboitiz Shipping Corporation which are operating as one is competing neither here or there as it seems they were just content on keeping what was theirs and that the interests of Everett Steamship, the American partner of Aboitiz in PSNC will be protected and later cornered when the Laurel-Langley Agreement lapses in 1974. Plus Aboitiz through the Cebu Shipyard & Engineering Works were raking it all in servicing the ships of the competition including the lengthening of the ex-"FS" and ex-"F" ships of their competitors (plus of course their own). Their routes are so diverse and even quixotic that I cannot see their focal point. It is not Cebu for sure and whereas their rivals were already acquiring new ships they were moored in maintaining their so-many ex-"FS" ships (they had then the most in the country). Also in owning Cebu Shipyard & Engineering Works they were confident they can make these ships run forever as they had lots of spare parts in stock and maybe that was through their American connection (not only through Everett Steamship but the Aboitizes are also American citizens). Besides, in Everett Steamship they were also in overseas routes and having overseas routes plus domestic shipping was the hallmark of the first tier of shipping companies then aside from having more ships. In this first tier, the Philippine President Lines (PPL) was also in there but later they surrendered their domestic operations.
Meanwhile, the greatest thrust of Gothong & Company it seems was to serve the needs and interests of Lu Do & Lu Ym but it was a strategic partnership that brought Gothong a lot of dividends so much so that before their break-up in 1972 they might have already been ahead of Compania Maritima in the inter-island routes with all the small ships that they are sailing in the regional routes aside from the national routes. Gothong & Company as might not be realized by many is actually a major regional shipping company too and with a bigger area than that served by Sweet Lines and William Lines for they were operating a lot of small ferries whose primary role is to transport the copra of Lu Do & Lu Ym, the biggest copra and coconut oil concern then in the country and carrying passengers is just secondary. In the Visayas-Mindanao routes, the Top 3 were actually Go Thong & Company, Sweet Lines and William Lines, in that order maybe. From Cebu, Go Thong had small ships to as far as Tawi-tawi and the Moro Gulf plus the eastern seaboard of Mindanao and Samar. Sweet Lines, however was very strong in passenger department.
In the early 1970's, many will be surprised if I will say that the fleets of William Lines and Sweet Lines were at near parity but the former had a slight pull. And that was really a mighty climb by Sweet Lines from just being a major regional shipping company, a result of their aggressiveness and ambition. Imagine nearly catching up William Lines, an established shipping company with loads of political connection (think of Ferdinand Marcos, a good friend of William Chiongbian, the founder) and topping the likes of whatever General Shipping Company, Southern Lines and Escano Lines have ever reached. Entering the late 1970's, Sweet Lines (and William Lines) were already beginning to threaten the place of Aboitiz Shipping Corporation (including the integrated Philippine Steam Navigation Corporation) which will drop off a lot subsequently after they stopped buying ships after 1974.
Where did the divergence of the two very comparable shipping companies began? It began from 1975 when William Lines started acquiring the next paradigm-changing type of ships, the surplus fast cruiser liners from Japan which Sweet Lines declined to match but which the rising successor-to-Gothong Sulpicio Lines did. At just the start of the 1980's with the success from this type of ship William Lines and Sulpicio Lines were already jostling to replace the tottering Compania Maritima from its top perch. It seems Sweet Lines failed to realize the lesson that the former cargo-passenger ships from Europe and the brand-new Sweet Grace and the good Sweet Rose fueled their rise in the late 1960's and that the acquired luxury liners Sweet Faith and Sweet Home continued their rise at the start of the 1970's. And these former cargo-passenger ships from Europe also propelled Gothong & Company and William Lines in their ascent. Why did Sweet Lines stop acquiring good liners? Was there a financial reason behind their refusal to join the fast cruiser phenomenon? Well, they were not the only ones which did not join the fast cruiser liner bandwagon.
The biggest blunder of Sweet Lines was when they declared in 1978 that henceforth they will just acquire small RORO passenger ships. I do not know if they were imitating Sulpicio Lines which went for small ROROs first (but then that company had fast cruiser liners from Japan). That might have been good for their regional routes but not for the liner routes. And to think their luxury liners Sweet Faith and Sweet Home might already conk out anytime because of old age (yes, both were gone in two years). And so for a short period Sweet Lines have no good liners for Cebu, the time William Lines was fielding their Dona Virginia, the biggest and fastest liner when it was fielded and Sulpicio Lines was fielding the Philippine Princess. What a blasphemy and turn-around! In 1970, just ten years earlier, Sweet Lines was dominating William Lines in the Cebu route. That was a miscalculation from which Sweet Lines never seemed to recover. From fielding the best there, Sweet Lines suddenly had no horse. And so the next chapter of the luxury liner wars in the premier Manila-Cebu route was fought not by William Lines and Sweet Lines but by William Lines and the surging Sulpicio Lines. In just a decade's time Sweet Lines forgot that it was modernity in ships and aggression in routes that brought them to where they were.
Credits to Daily Express and Gorio Belen
When Sweet Lines acquired the Sweet RORO in 1982 to battle again in the Manila-Cebu route it was as if they imitated the strategy of Carlos A. Gothong Lines Inc. (CAGLI) to go direct into the RORO or ROPAX paradigm and bypass the fast cruiser liners altogether (but then where was CAGLI in the totem pole of liner companies even if they bypassed the fast cruiser liner stage?). But by then their former cargo-passenger ships from Europe were already failing and will very soon be gone. The net effect was the Sweet Lines liner total was regressing even though they acquired the Sweet RORO 2 in 1983 to pair the Sweet RORO. The reason for this is its former cargo-passenger ships from Europe were already in its last gasps and the small ROROs were never really suited for liner duty except for the direct routes to Tagbilaran and Tacloban. If studied it can be shown that when a liner company stops at some time to buy liners sufficient in numbers and size then they get left behind. This is also what happened to Compania Maritima, Aboitiz Shipping Corporation and Escano Lines, the reason the fell by the wayside in the 1980's). And that is what happened to Sweet Lines just a little bit later and so its near-parity with Williams Lines which surged in the 1970's and 1980's was broken. And that completed their divergence.
Credits to Philippine Daily Express and Gorio Belen
In the early 1990's, Sweet Lines will completely fail and stop all shipping operations, in liners, regional shipping and cargo operations (through their Central Shipping Corporation) and sell their ships with some of the ships sadly being broken up (a few of their ships were also garnished by creditors). Meanwhile, William Lines was still trying then to catch up with Sulpicio Lines that had overtaken them through a big splash in big and fast ROPAXes in 1988.
Sweet Lines benefited in the middle of the 1960's with the quitting of General Shipping and Royal Lines. Later, William Lines, Sulpicio Lines and Sweet Lines benefited with the retreat of Aboitiz Shipping Corporation in the late 1970's. In the next decade, William Lines and Sulpicio Lines benefited from the collapse of Compania Maritima in the crisis years at the tailend of the Marcos dictatorship. Sweet Lines did not benefit from that because they were not poised to because of their grave error in 1978.
When Sweet Lines collapsed in the early 1990's it seems among those which benefited was the revived Aboitiz Shipping Corporation which was helped in getting back to the liner business by Jebsens of Norway (think SuperFerry). Well, that's just the way it is in competition. It is a rat race and one can never pause or stop competing as the others will simply swallow the weak.


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Cost for the Model X?
Cost for the Model X?
It was stated it will cost roughly the same as an equivalently equipped model S.
More recent estimates are 10% higher than the S. That counts as "approximately" the same, I guess.
I was at the dealership this morning putting in a reservation for the Model X and the manager told me that while he's purely guessing, he's think it'll start around $70-80k. He mentioned they want to compete with the Porsche Cayenne.
Dealership? Where? I wasn't aware Tesla had any dealerships. ;-)
goneskian: Dealership in Texas! :) Not
They do have a dealership in Norway, I thought the whole no-dealership-thing with Tesla was that they wanted their -own- dealerships, and not some third party selling Teslas
They technically are not 'dealerships' but galleries or show rooms.
People are just not used to the new terminology and 'dealership' comes out due to force of habit :-)
Non-dealership? Dealerlessship? Un-dealership? ;)
If I want to buy a Ford, I start out by looking at the car online, I then go to the Ford dealership, look at one of the cars they have on display, go for a test-drive etc. Then I sit down with a representative for the dealership to write down the details of the car, negotiate the price etc. I then wait for the car to arrive, which is then delivered to the dealership where I can pick it up.
If I want to buy a Tesla, I go online and look at reviews, pictures etc. I can then go and look at it at the deale^C showroom, talk to a representative for Tesla, configure it and wait for it to arrive. It will then be delivered to the showroom, where I can pick it up.
The only difference I can see, is that I can reserve one online *without* looking at it. How different is this from a dealership? Honestly?
You're glossing over the differences. That "negotiating" step, to start. He's trying to load on as much high margin fluff as possible, and often engaging in deception to do so. The salesman's livelihood depends on soaking you as much as possible. Then, the dealership's profits depend on servicing your vehicle as often and expensively as possible (since about 2007, almost all dealer profits come from service).
TM sales people are salaried, and the service is run as a break-even 'non-profit center'. BIG difference. Try it if you don't believe me.
True that. However, with a normal car, I don't *have* to go to the same dealership to have my car serviced. And I do get to negotiate the price.
That being said, the break-even philosophy for the service was new to me and a definite plus! Also, I don't think Tesla will have to work very hard regarding extras. I pretty much want 'all' ;)
With just 20K cars on the road, few know it well enough to service it. Such skill will grow and spread with time. Patience, grasshopper.
Porsche Cayenne is a great competitor, everything is extra.
Take Cayenne S:
Base price is about $66,000
If you add basic options available on pretty much any SUV in that class, you'll get into $90,000 territory easily.
Just added Navigation, Xenon headlights, decent seats with heating and cooling and BT, the price of options was $21,000 (!).
That still goes from 0-60 in about 5.6s.
If you take Cayenne Turbo S, that's in the $140,000 range *base*.
So, yes, it would be easy for Tesla to compete with that, and beat it too.
The carpool sticker alone is worth it, can't get that with Cayenne ;)
it is incredible! I want one like that! this is the future! )
Difference between a Ford dealership and a Tesla showroom is ownership.
You cannot buy a Ford from Ford. You have to buy a new Ford from a Ford dealer, which is not owned by Ford. You have to buy a new Tesla from Tesla. You cannot buy it from a dealer not owned by Tesla, because there are not any.
Other than that, I don't think there is any difference.
Huge difference between a Dealership and a Showroom.
You buy a Tesla directly from Tesla.
With a dealership model, the dealer buys from the manufacturer and then they sell the car to you with whatever price, terms etc they can negotiate with you. Your price may be better or worse than the next guy that buys an identical car. Promises made by the dealer carry no obligation from the car manufacturer.
"Deal" in dealership has the same meaning as in "Let's make a deal". :-) You've entered a gambling casino but just don't know it.
Great description joehuber. Well said.
"Difference between a Ford dealership and a Tesla showroom is ownership.
You cannot buy a Ford from Ford. You have to buy a new Ford from a Ford dealer, which is not owned by Ford."
That wonderful moment when the car's defect goes unaddressed because the dealer claims Ford has tied their hands. And Ford claims they can't tell the dealer what to do. Such is the "value" that dealerships add to the car-buying world.
Old post, though it appears one of the biggest differences has been missed. If I go to a Ford dealership, or any other dealership for that matter, I have the opportunity to test drive the vehicle! This is rather significant, at least to me.
Is there anywhere to test drive a Tesla? Thanks.
Usually most galleries offer test drives. There are also special test drive events all over the country. Click on events on the main menu for more info on that.
Not for the MX yet tho', because there's only one.


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Ashbrook and Hunter Huss are one step from playing each other � again.
First, though, the Gastonia rivals play separate games in the third round of the 3A state playoffs Friday as Hunter Huss hosts Crest and Ashbrook travels to Fred T. Foard.
Friday�s winners punch their tickets to next week�s 3A Western Regional in Greensboro.
To get there, the top-seeded Huskies (23-3) will have to beat league foe Crest (15-9) for the fourth time this season. Hunter Huss defeated Crest by scores of 85-68, 85-79 and 91-87 previously this season.
�We already beat them three times so they�re going to come in here wanting to be beat us,� Hunter Huss senior Jerimiah Hunter said. �It�s not going to be easy.�
Hunter Huss is hosting a conference opponent for the second time in this week�s playoffs. On Monday, Hunter Huss had a difficult time separating from Forestview, a team it had defeated by more than 20 points in two previous meetings.
Either way, it was going to be a familiar foe for Hunter Huss Friday. Crest, the third-place finisher in the Big South 3A Conference, advanced by beating Freedom, the team that eliminated Hunter Huss in the second round of the playoffs last year. Some of the Huskies wanted another shot at the Patriots, but they�ll gladly take a rematch with Crest instead.
�It�s better playing someone who we know, what kind of game they�re capable of playing, than somebody who we�re not too sure about,� Hunter Huss senior Jaelan Kennedy said.
Kennedy, a 6-foot-4 forward, leads the Huskies in scoring at 22.7 points per game and also averages 6.2 rebounds. Kerrion Moore, the junior guard who was MVP of the state championship game as a freshman, averages 15.7 points, 2.7 steals and 2.6 assists.
Hunter averages 13.6 points and 6.9 rebounds. O�Brian Curry, the team�s sharpshooter as of late, gives the team a fourth double-digit scorer at 10.1 points per game.
Hunter Huss is trying to reach the regional for a third time in four years and seventh time in school history.
Ashbrook (20-8) reached this round last year before losing to Hickory 53-48. Six Ashbrook players are back from that team: Grant Stafford, Antonio Blalock, Delshon Leach, Alex Linder, Trey Dellinger and Russell Bess.
�It�s a big motivation because we�re in the same spot we were last year but we don�t want to go down there with the same effect,� Stafford said. �We�re ready to keep pushing through.�
Ashbrook, the No. 7 seed, advanced by upsetting second-seeded Tuscola 68-65 on Wednesday. The Green Wave now goes against No. 3 seed Fred T. Foard (24-4), which won the Northwestern 3A/4A Conference.
�I think we have a chance and that�s all you can ask for right now when you get to this stage,� Ashbrook coach Chad Duncan said. �I think they have a chance to beat us and we have a chance to beat them.�
Blalock, a senior guard, leads the balanced Green Wave in scoring at 12.5 points per game. Leach, another senior guard, averages 11.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 3.1 steals. Stafford, a senior forward, comes in at 10.8 points and 6.1 rebounds.
The Green Wave has reached the 20-win mark for the 12th time in school history and first since 2006. That year was also the last time Ashbrook reached the regional. The Green Wave has made four regional appearances (1992, 1993, 2002 and 2006) and would love to make it five.
�That�s been one of our main goals,� Duncan said. �It would be nice to be able to set a new goal if we were able to get there.�
Should Ashbrook and Hunter Huss both win Friday, they would meet Wednesday at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center at 7 or 8:30 p.m. Times should be announced Saturday.
Friday�s winners, however, won�t be crowned sectional champions as in the past. The new seeded playoffs no longer have the sectional concept, and N.C. High School Athletic Association spokesman Rick Strunk on Thursday said sectional awards will not be handed out.
Phillip Gardner: 704-869-1843; twitter.com/gazettephil


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Dale Earnhardt Jr. endorses new NASCAR concussion test
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Dale Earnhardt Jr., who missed two races in 2012 after suffering two concussions in six weeks, endorsed the new NASCAR policy that will require neurocognitive baseline testing in 2014.
NASCAR announced Thursday that it would require drivers to take the ImPACT test before the season and the test would be used to help clear a driver who suffers a concussion.
Earnhardt did not inform NASCAR personnel of his concussions as he was quickly treated following the first accident at an August tire test at Kansas Speedway, and then was not looked at by medical personnel after he drove the car back to the garage following an Oct. 7 wreck at Talladega. He visited a doctor two days later after suffering concussion symptoms and missed the next two weeks.
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He underwent the ImPACT — Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing — test after Talladega to help determine his progress. He was under the care of Dr. Micky Collins of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for Sports Medicine.
"I think it's an exciting opportunity for us to have a better benchmark to be able to diagnose and be able to treat (concussions)," Earnhardt told USA Today Friday. "It's one small piece of the entire diagnosis of a concussion, but it's important and I'm encouraged by it."
Collins helped develop the ImPACT test at the request of the NFL. The test is most effective when someone takes it before getting injured and the results can be compared to after an injury.
The test measures verbal and visual memory, processing speed, and reaction time.
Drivers have expressed hesitation with the test because they want to know what type of results would keep them out of the car.
"I hope drivers really wrap themselves around it and take it seriously," Earnhardt said. "I know some guys are going to not feel comfortable with it because it's not familiar, but it's a really smart thing to sort of grasp and understand, and I think it's great NASCAR is taking that proactive approach."
Earnhardt told USA Today that the importance of the test wasn't about racing.
"What's important isn't tomorrow or the next week's race, it's being able to walk and talk and understand what the hell people are telling you when you're 80 years old," he told the newspaper. "You want to have a good quality of life then."


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Artificial Intelligence
What could your company achieve if every interaction with technology were intelligent?
What could your company achieve if every interaction with technology were intelligent?
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The setting and talking points made clear the message Preckwinkle wanted to convey Thursday: This is a public health problem, one she plans to fight by giving smokers an incentive to quit and teens a reason not to start.
But the county's tax increase is more than just a campaign to protect people from emphysema and lung cancer. Preckwinkle is counting on $25.6 million this year from the move to help balance the budget. The history of cigarette tax increases suggests the county will be lucky to get that much in 2013 and should expect diminishing returns in the years ahead.
Smokes are a financial well that public officials have gone to repeatedly to shore up shaky finances at the local and state level. When the county tax increase takes effect Friday, a pack of cigarettes purchased in Chicago will come with $6.67 tacked on by the city, county and state. That's just behind New York City's nation-leading $6.86 in taxes per pack. It will also push the cost of a pack of cigarettes in Chicago to as much as $11.
Recent cigarette tax increases have had only a short-term benefit to the government bottom line. Some people quit, while others buy cigarettes online or outside the county or state.
When the county last raised the cigarette tax — by $1 per pack in 2006 — collections initially shot up by $46.5 million, hitting $203.7 million, county records show. But by 2009, the county collected $20.4 million less than it had in 2005.
Mayor Richard M. Daley bumped up the city of Chicago's share of the cigarette tax by 32 cents in 2005 and another 20 cents in 2006, to 68 cents per pack. He saw collections rise from $15.6 million in 2004 to $32.9 million in 2006, according to a city report. But city cigarette tax revenue fell to $28.4 million in 2007, and continued dropping to $18.7 million by 2011, records show.
At the state level, Quinn pushed through a $1-a-pack hike in June.
Before that, state lawmakers and Gov. George Ryan agreed on a 40-cent increase in 2002. Cigarette tax proceeds went up by more than $178 million in 2003, to $643.1 million, and rose to $729.2 million in 2004. The revenue then fell steadily to $549 million by 2010 before edging back up to $580 million last year, according to state records.
The county is preparing for the windfall from the $1 increase to be strong this year, then decline. County officials project that after bringing in $25.6 million for the remainder of this budget year, the increase will net about $29 million for 2014, $21 million in 2015, $15 million in 2016 and just $9 million in 2017.
Preckwinkle says that's OK with her.
"My hope would be that over the long run this is no longer a way in which governments look to raise money, because fewer and fewer people are smoking," she said. "So I would hope that we have the effect of reducing our revenue because more people quit."
The county could end up saving money as cigarette tax revenue falls because uninsured people with ailments related to smoking are such a heavy financial burden to the public hospital system, Preckwinkle said.
In the meantime, Preckwinkle pledged to hire more staff this year to crack down on stores selling untaxed packs and large-scale tobacco smuggling from surrounding states. "We anticipate that there may be some noncompliance, as there always is when you institute an increase like this," she said.
Preckwinkle also acknowledged that the higher tax rate will push some smokers into surrounding counties or Indiana to pick up their packs, but she predicted such cross-border runs will not last.
"While people may initially, when the prices rise, go to other states — Indiana, Wisconsin or wherever — over time that trek gets very tiresome and time-consuming, and they return to their former habits of buying their cigarettes nearby," Preckwinkle said.
But David Vite, president of the Illinois Retail Merchants Association, said he thinks the cigarette taxes in Cook County are now so high compared with surrounding areas that smokers will continue to make the longer drive, and Illinois stores near jurisdictions with lower taxes will struggle even more.
"You might see people return to their old patterns if we were talking about a slight disparity, say 25 cents a pack," Vite said. "But now we're talking about a difference of nearly $3 a pack compared to Indiana, almost $30 a carton. You're going to see guys working in factories saying, 'It's my week to make a run,' heading to Indiana and coming back with $1,500 worth of cigarettes for all their co-workers."
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John has been an institution in the world of cycling here in NYC for decades. He is currently the director of the Kissena velodrome out in Queens. He has been a prolific force in keeping NYC's only cycle track open and running, offering track racing experience to the young and old. He has been a key figure behind the Velocity race series which gives messengers and other city riders a chance to win tickets to the latest cycle messenger world championships…held all over the world. He is also an accomplished musician and now author. It was a real honor for me that he agreed to do one of my Q and A profiles.
Please welcome, John Campo.
Name, Age and Where you reside?
John Campo aka Campocat
I'm old enough to know better.
Born Dec. 1, 1946 in Greenwich village. At 56 Leroy Street.
I live in a rental car most of the year, but my home is The Bowery, the worlds quintessence of skid row.
What bikes do you own?
I race a Griffen Vulcan that was made for me, and I love it.
I train on a Leader and i love it too only it is slightly heavier than the Griffen but I've won a couple of races on it this year. My road bikes are a Litespeed Ultimate 1997 model
and a Vitus 1987 model. I have raced both for many years. My street bike is a classic steel Bottecchia – red white and black model.
What got you started in Track riding
It started I guess with my Father mostly talking about it, the allure, tales of Madison Square Garden. I was a good racer anyway and maybe wanted my Father to see me follow in his footsteps.
I had no idea it would lead to this…
What have been the biggest obstacles of maintaining and fixing up the track at Kissena?
Defusing miss information is top, trying to get people involved, stopping the vandal's, getting funding for junior programs, keeping all volunteers going in the same direction by giving correct information as to how to deal with daily problems.
Some memorable stories of conditions on the track? Storms, sweeping up during snow storms? etc?
There are at least twenty every day. People stealing, someone put a
very strong nylon black string across the track at neck level. People coming
on the track when racing in going on. Keeping the storm drains clear so the
water doesn't buckle the track any more then it is. The toy plane and car people.
The day riders. People wanting to use the track for non cycling events.
The conditions are what they are out there fixing surface conditions made
by nature and by humans is all the same. It takes time and a lot of effort not
to mention money.
What do you think of all these kids doing tricks on track bikes?
I think I've had something to do with that, and I very proud of it. The campagians done by Puma and others to make the messenger look popular is something I supported. I raced for Puma to bring the velocity tour about. I was a win – win situation. I got riders to come to the track and they sold clothes. What ever program you are trying to make grow you start with making it cool to the public. If you get 1000 participants you wind up with 50 willing to race. It is a numbers game. I couldn't be happier the track bike is becoming the bike to ride. Even Lance Armstrong is doing it.
Talk about the challenges of getting messengers on the track?
Getting messengers on the track was easy. There has
been tremendous support from the messenger community
around the world for me and I am so so grateful. It is where I
came from and where my dad came from and where my daughter
came from.
What got you involved in Velocity?
Kevin Bolger aka Squid; got me involved in Velocity. Our relationship and team Puma and all the events that have happened since have not only increased my ridership but has increased the ridership of all the velodrome in this country and probably the world. It is one event that always puts a smile on my face and a warm feeling in my heart.
Believe me the directors in other velo's see what we have done and want to get involved.
A 110 riders last weekend at Kissena opening day???? Who wouldn't want that at there track.
What has been the evolution of skills you've seen on riders coming from the messenger world and urban riding to riding competitively on the track?
The evolution I've seen is that messenger and urban riders is the same
basically, these riders are learning quickly and making a change.
Last night in the 123 field or the best field we have, some very good road riders
showed up who basically are clueless but fast. I causes many troubles when
riders don't know the difference between road racing and track racing.
Most track riders are more willing to learn and learn be example.
They are willing to take pulls on the front when it is their turn
to chase down or stay off the front. Sandbagging should be left to Donald Trump.
It isn't a quality you want on the track. It certainly won't make you too many friends.
On the road you don't see it because it is done way before the finish line.
On the track you can't avoid seeing it. It comes down to putting in the time.
Riders must come to training sessions, and not just show up for races. We have national
champions that have never been to a track training session?? Beats me what goes on in there
Who are some of the urban riders/messengers you have seen really come a long way?
Alex, Todd, most notably and close to me have made
the most from where they started – Jared, LA Jack,
there are so many now it is hard to name them all.
What kind of programs do you offer for kids? How do you get young people on the track?
We have an after school program with Parks for kids 5 to 14, run by Diedre Murphy – and
DelRoy Walters. And I run the junior program 15 to 18. I get them any way possible.
How can people get involved in track riding?
People if they want can come to the track or
go on line to bikereg.com and register for
our classes. The childrens program is StarTracks@parks.
Juniors can contact me directly at 212-431-9732
Or through cyclehawk.com or kissena.info.
How was opening weekend this year?
Opening weekend was fantastic like I said 110 rider signed up.
Amazing! I did well which is always a good thing.
It was mainly local tri-state riders. We were hoping for more big names,
but it didn't happen. A funny thing happens on the track which
is – it doesn't matter who you are or how fast you are.
The crowd gets involved…Hell I'm a grand dad and people root for
me like crazy in my races.
What are you future cycling goals?
Dude if I win a national championship I will be done.
But mostly it is the give back. We have to give back to the youth of America our knowledge
of the sport we love and make it flourish. You just can't take and take and expect someone
else to build track and run programs and just sit around and wait for it to happen.
I want to better the only facility I had available to me. You have no Idea how mad
I was to find out Kissena velodrome even existed in 1984 and no on brought
me here as a 12 year old. Lucca, Kai, Stephanie, Cosme, Khary,
Gabby… These kids keep me young and all I want is for them to reach as high as they
can while they are young and healthy. I even turned a 65 year old Mom into a national
champion last year.
Goals for the Track and for track riding in the NYC area?
The goals are obvious but the cycling community has got to get on the same page.
We need a year round facility that is covered and is a regulation 250m track. But most
of all we need to use Kissena as the model of how a velodrome is run. Junior and children's
programs, good racing of all types, great officials and promoters and coaches but we
need it to be year round. Then we need track racing to be an event like TTown ' on a Friday night.
A place where Celebe's would want to come and watch the excitement. TV coverage.
Goals for Velocity?
Velocity has become what we want out of track racing in general.
An organic event structure that in building a grass roots following build on track racing
for the masses. Local sponsors local riders local tracks local spectators.
How about teams like Godspeed and Puma traveling a circurit like in the old days.
Link to John's Book- Ghost-Dancer


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I have given up all hope of trying to dope out when we are to leave for home. Some say that we are going home for Oct 12, some say we wont go home until the end of that month. Then some say we are going to stay here for a few weeks, go to Deming N.M. for target practice, then maneuvers after which we go home. There is another rumor that we will leave the 28th of this month. Now if you were me, wouldn't you give up worrying and plug along the same old guy. Im going to, any way. As usual, I never felt better in my life.
After this we are only going to have inspection for Sat. and nothing at all Sun., so you see that will give up two days a week to our selves. After the storm we had Friday night Ive been busy cleaning up my property for everything I own got wet and dirty. We are to be examined by the U.S. Army today, and some of the fellows hope they wont pass. Not me. (How is everybody. Hows Pa.) Keep cool.
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Here is another one, and that is about all I have to say. We have had pretty near the whole day to ourselves today on account of the examination this morning. Washing. Yes I washed out three pair of underwear, three of socks, two bath towels one dish towel, one hankerchief, pair of leggings, one hat, two pairs of pants and my cot. Come to think of it this is Monday at that so its was a good day for this business. I sent a postal this morning but this won't be mailed until tonight so this will be tomorrows news. News, get it, news. Say there isn't enough news down here to keep the Enterprise going, one month.
It was pretty warm today, but we took it easy and didnt feel it very much. Ill have to get over to see Jimmie Coyne pretty soon, but Ive forgotten just what company it is. Ill find out though by looking back through my letters. I passed good in every thing in the examination except for a little lift in my left arch. I weighed 133 so you see Ive lost all that weight that I imagined I was gaining. But I am in the pink of condition so I should worry.
We are getting better eats and more sleep than we have been getting while away on that patrol duty. I suppose you have read of the storm we had and beleive me it was some storm. It wet every thing I owned and that is why I had such a big washing today. Say the Militia is sertainly going to surprise you people when they get home and you will never know it was the same crowd that tramped thorough Boston on that memorial day we left. Great was the send off, and I suppose greater will be the return. But it wont be the greeting from the mob, but the hand shakes of our own dear friends that will please us as we were never pleased before.
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The road to perdition is not paved with good intentions alone. There is also a healthy dose of recklessness.
It's like foreign travel. You ask for directions and receive a specific, detailed response. The problem is that you are sent in entirely the wrong direction.
It is not malevolent. As the host, they want to be helpful, and in macho cultures particularly, not appear ignorant. So they guess. Legal advice is often like that.
I am often sent employment law periodicals and attend seminars at which various lawyers participate. What I hear, even from those who purport to be specialists, can be surprising. Let's learn from their mistakes:
- One recent legal publication recommended that employers advise job applicants during their interview that the company will be conducting social network searches.
That's like shutting the barn door after the horses have bolted. Such a warning will ensure that they clean up their profiles before you have a chance to review them. You should check those profiles before you even invite them for the interview.
Whether it's slamming their previous employer, telling their "friends' that they are "not morning people" or indulging in some moronic stunt, you want to find out about it before you hire them. Contrary to this advice, there has not been a single case of a Canadian employer being successfully sued for conducting a social media search.
- Lawyers have recommended that, if the employer's severance offer is not accepted, the employer should pay it to them anyway.
Virtuous but ridiculous. By following that advice, you have taken away employees' incentive to accept your offer, funded their litigation and removed the possibility of the employee receiving, and your paying, less.
- I read one legal column in a free newspaper that advised that you can "get away with firing" pregnant women and the disabled as long as you call it something else, such as a reorganization.
Following this advice guarantees an embarrassing lawsuit that you assuredly will lose. There are entire bodies of bureaucracy whose primary job is to expose just such subterfuge. The human rights commissions' predilection is to believe that even legitimate discharges of these groups are pregnant retaliatory shams. - I have heard lawyers pronounce that you can't fire employees on leave.
Actually, you can. If they misconduct themselves, being on leave does not protect them from the consequences. Similarly, if you layoff an entire department, employees on leave have no superseding rights.
- I have also seen the opinion that if an employee does not qualify for long-term disability benefits, they can be ordered to return to work.
Again, that is untrue. Following it will result in a successful wrongful dismissal and possibly, human rights action. Some employees may not qualify for LTD but still be unable medically to return to their own jobs.
Howard Levitt is senior partner of Levitt LLP, employment and labour lawyers. He practises employment law in eight provinces and is author of The Law of Hiring in Canada.


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The Brooklyn-based trio of bass, drums and trombone, Elephant Wrecking Ball, returns to Summit County for back-to-back shows at three20south in Breckenridge tonight and Jonny G's in Frisco Friday. Here, bass guitarist Dan Africano gives a window into the band's world:
We call it science. It's a heavy funk rock foundation with jazz melodies all mixed up with interactive improvisation and heavy dub effects. The interesting thing is that there's no chordal instrument in the band, which allows a lot of room for sonic experimentation.
The music sounds quite like the band name. The elephant is Scott – the trombone player – and I make up the wrecking-ball part with Fro! the drummer. Our musical connection is an uncanny one, where we somehow draw inspiration from the same cosmic source, which results in a destructive force, much like a wrecking ball.
I'd say the fact that this music is unlike anything they've ever heard before. A trombone going through a bunch of guitar effects pedals is pretty unorthodox and absolutely intriguing. Also, our fans who have seen our shows before know that every performance is different. Each night features different improvisations (which) as a result lead the songs into new territory every night. The nature of the band encourages us to experiment and take cues from each other. It's like a three-man game of follow the leader, but with three leaders.
We just released a live record last month. We multi-tracked three of our shows last February and picked the best 11 songs. Our good friend Jocko the audio ninja put his magic touch on 'em and gave us a super slammin' record that we've got on tour with us.
Anything unrelated to elephants is irrelephant. Also, elephants never forget.
You can expect to hear things you've never heard before and experience cerebral stimulation of a new kind.
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