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Even before his death, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach was, at best, controversial. Many people loved his music and some congregatins organized "Carlebach minyans" that emphasized spirituality through music, But my rav, Rabbi Gedaliah Anemer, refused to allow any minyan to refer to Carlebach. Another rav, Rabbi Rod Glowgower told me, 25 years ago, that he was reluctant to grant shul membership to a female convert of "Reb Shlomo." And Rav Moshe Feinstein reportedly wrote an opinion critical of him. Since his death, women have come out with explicit reports that Carlebach was a sexual predator. See this and this. In light of the public allegations, have there been any bans on his music or rabbinic acts such as conversions?
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Have recently-published allegations that Shlomo Carlebach was a sexual predator led to any bans of his music or conversions?
Bruce, may you live and be well to 120, but I'm reminded here of someone's definition of a "Jewish question": someone gets up and makes a big statement, then just raises the pitch at the very end so it sounds like a question.
I don't know what you mean by "predator", I don't know what the allegations are, I don't care. Let's talk theory here. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein described a certain individual, and sets out the following concepts:
If someone actively rejected the basic tenets of Orthodox Judaism (or publicly violated the Sabbath while staring the rabbi in the eye, or worshipped idols), then we would invalidate a Torah scroll he wrote. Rabbi Feinstein says this is limited to the realm of religious objects. We are perfectly allowed to use -- and refer to by name -- Von Neumann computer architecture, or the Salk vaccine, or the like; regardless of how much of Judaism John Von Neumann or Jonas Salk knew or kept. (Concept is Feinstein, examples are mine.) Rabbi Feinstein writes that the music played at Jewish weddings is not an inherrently ritual object, hence it's merely inadvisable, not prohibited, to play music composed by a heretic at a Jewish wedding.
If, however, an individual in theory believes in everything, but succumbs to various vices, then in other aspects of halacha they are not invalidated. The subject of Rabbi Feinstein's responsum falls under this category, hence his music is perfectly permissible at weddings, even for the very pious.
From reading this I would gather that new allegations would not "invalidate" the music.
Now if we believe that an individual truly victimized many people and by acknowledging him we will cause anguish to the victims, or give our community a black eye as it appears we condone horrible behavior, then that's a question of between-man-and-fellow-man. You'd have to know the particulars of the case. I know of a synagogue with a retired rabbi who was later convicted of serious offenses; the synagogue struggled with whether to remove every trace of his name from every letterhead and plaque. These are tough questions, but they're matters of nuance. There's no open-and-shut mishnah brurah on this.
As for conversions performed, again one would have to know the particulars of each case performed. The Talmud describes how a man served as High Priest of the Temple for decades and decades before leaving the path of mainstream Judaism. Humans are complicated; if G-d wanted simple, reliable creatures, He had plenty of angels! If a rabbi on the panel had rejected Orthodox theology at the time of the conversion, that's one story. If he struggled with personal demons, that's not so simple. Rabbi Hershel Schachter recalls hearing of Jewish couple who sought to retroactively dissolve their marriage, rather than divorce, so she could marry a Cohen. The argument was that one of the rabbis witnessing their wedding later checked into rehab for sex addiction and had been seeing women-of-ill-repute on a regular basis. (G-d have mercy!) Besides other, more-gaping holes in their argument, Rabbi Schachter wasn't sure if that would be enough to invalidate the ceremony. (Though the bar is higher for "rabbinic judges" than for witnesses.)
As for adopting someone's teachings, well Rambam says we accept truth from wherever its source. If someone tells me "Pizza Yehopitz is the tastiest pie in town" (let's assume the kashrut is unquestioned), I'm welcome to try it regardless of that fellow's morals. Certainly one should weigh the totality of a person's teachings and deeds before adopting all their teachings as a raisson d'etre, but that should be nothing new.


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Medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC) originates in the thyroid C cells which produce both calcitonin and carcinoembryonic antigen. MTC occurs either as a sporadic event or secondary to a germline mutation with an autosomal dominant pattern of inheritance. MTC will develop in 90% of gene carriers during life and once metastatic, approximately 20% of patients will die of disease. Familial MTC may occur as part of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A (MEN 2A; MTC, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid hyperplasia) or MEN 2B (MTC, pheochromocytoma, mucosal and alimentary neuromas, and marfanoid habitus) or without other endocrinopathies (familial non-MEN MTC; FMTC). Until recently, patients who were known members of a familial MTC kindred were screened by measurement of serum levels of pentagastrin-stimulated calcitonin.
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A subcommittee of the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the Rules of Evidence has proposed amending New Jersey Rule 609 to restrict the use of evidence of convictions that are more than 10 years old unless their probative value is judged to outweigh their prejudicial effect. The full committee has endorsed the recommended changes, which would align the state rule more closely with Federal Rule of Evidence 609.
The subcommittee was chaired by Andrew L. Rossner, Rutgers School of Law–Newark Associate Dean for Professional and Skills Education and Director of the Rutgers Institute for Professional Education. "As the full Committee report reveals, the subcommittee conducted a comprehensive analysis of the two rules in the context of New Jersey practice," said Dean Rossner. "It proposed a rule which strikes a fair balance between a defendant's interest in testifying, a concern as to the prejudicial effect prior convictions may have upon the jury, and the truth-seeking function of trials, which includes both the desire to encourage defendants to testify and a concern that prior convictions may be important information for a jury in evaluating a witness's testimony for truthfulness. It also preserves the function of the trial judge in making the admissibility determinations in the context of a particular case. It was an honor," Rossner added, "to serve as chair of a subcommittee considering such an important issue."
The subcommittee's proposed changes arise from the New Jersey Supreme Court decision in State v. Harris, 209 N.J. 431 (2012), in which the majority determined that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in allowing two 14-year-old drug possession convictions to be admitted to impeach the credibility of the defendant if he testified. The Supreme Court rejected the defendant's argument that New Jersey follow the federal approach, and then referred consideration of modifying the state rule to the Committee on the Rules of Evidence.
Federal Rule of Evidence 609 treats convictions more than 10 years old differently than those less remote in time. It requires the party offering an older conviction to prove that the probative value of a conviction older than 10 years significantly outweighs its prejudicial effect, unless the crime involves dishonesty, and requires the opponent of admitting a conviction less than 10 years old to prove that its prejudicial effect outweighs its probative value. The current New Jersey Rule 609 does not contain such an express limitation on convictions older than ten years. Rather, it permits the admissibility of any prior conviction "unless excluded by the judge as remote or for other causes."
The subcommittee's recommendation to adopt Federal Rule 609's practice of a presumption to admit convictions less than 10 years old and a presumption against admitting convictions that are more than 10 years old would maintain some differences that preserve New Jersey's current principles. For example, the proposed amended rule would state that in determining the admissibility of convictions older than 10 years, the court may consider whether there are intervening convictions that may "bridge the gap" and the distinction between crimes of dishonesty versus other crimes.
The Supreme Court is seeking public comment on the Proposed Rule Change. The Committee Report and Supreme Court Notice are available at http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/notices/2013/n130322a.pdf.
Dean Rossner teaches Antitrust, Intensive Trial Advocacy, Evidence, Evidentiary Issues at Trial, Intensive Deposition Advocacy and courses in the Institute for Professional Education. Prior to joining the law school in 2009, he served as Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and an Assistant Attorney General in the New Jersey Attorney General's Office, including as deputy director and then acting director of the Division of Criminal Justice.


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Fernando Alonso has declared the F138 as being similar to its predecessor after getting his first taste of action in the 2013 model on Tuesday
Felipe Massa enjoyed all the action at the first test in Jerez, but it was Alonso's turn to get behind the wheel at Barcelona.
The Spaniard notched up the third fastest time of the day with a 1:22.952 and by completing 102 laps was the most active driver.
Reflecting on the day's running, the former World Champion didn't get carried away with his praise.
"The feeling with the car was okay, as expected more or less," he said.
"It's a similar continuation of the Brazil car, let's say, so it's more or less the same feeling. I have the same seat, I have the same pedals, I have the same everything so when you jump in the car more or less the performance should be the same as Brazil.
"It's nothing really surprising you when driving, so this is at least something good, not like last year when we drove for the first time we were a little bit surprised on the bad side. We have a lot of work to do; a lot of work to do in the next days for the tyres, for the aerodynamics, for some new components and experimental things that we have in the car. We need to keep doing a lot of mileage; in Jerez we had some mechanical problems - especially with Pedro we lost one morning - so we need to put some good laps in this test to prove the car is strong enough to race."
One area where Alonso was a lot more vocal was on the issue of the Pirelli tyres.
"Obviously we concentrate on our job - we don't know what the others are doing - but it's maybe not the best option to test in the winter when you have a tyre that will do one lap because we have so much stuff to test and so many new things that we have to have clear and good information on those parts," he asserted.
"You only have one lap to understand what you put on the car because then you are two, four, six seconds of the pace. But it's the same for everybody so we need to understand these new tyres better than the others if we can and try to make them last as much as possible."


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Lake Toba is one of the awesome natural wonders of the world. This is a crater lake so enormous it has an island almost the size of Singapore in its centre. At over 1,145 square kilometers, and a depth of 450 meters, Lake Toba is actually more like an ocean. This is the largest lake in Southeast Asia and one of the deepest lakes in the world.
Toba is a place to come and sit back, relax and absorb some beautiful pristine scenery. As you sit and take in the view of the picturesque mountains set against the cool clear lake, you will feel the worries of the world melt away. As the lake sits 900 meters above sea level there is a cooler climate here making a refreshing break from the heat, humidity and pollution of the city.
It's hard to imagine a more scenic place to come and enjoy hiking, swimming and sailing although once you arrive it might be difficult to resist the anesthetizing effects of the lake. The cool clear water coupled with the relaxed atmosphere and friendly people is what draws visitors from all over the world to Toba.
Venture onto the island of Samosir in the middle of the lake and you will discover mountains steeped in cool mist, clear waterfalls to swim under and locals taking their water buffalo out in the fields.
This is a place to come and enjoy the legendary Batak hospitality. Say cheers and enjoy some traditional palm wine with the locals. Sit and have coffee and chat with islanders keen to practice their English. Where-ever you go, it won't take long to make a new friend.
On the main land, there is accommodation available in the town of Parapat. Parapat occupies a small, rocky peninsula jutting out into the lake. On the way down to Parapat from the hill town of Berastagi you will get some spectacular views as the lake first comes into sight and the road winds its way down the mountain closer to the shoreline. In Parapat live the Batak Toba and Batak Simalungun people who are known as a happy and easygoing people, famous for their lively and sentimental songs. Although the majority have embraced Christianity, ancient beliefs and traditions still persist.
Many visitors prefer to take the more scenic option and stay on the massive island of Samosir in the middle of the lake. The original home of the Batak Toba people, the island has many traces of ancient days including stone tombs and traditional villages, such as at Ambarita which has a courtyard with stone furniture where in the old days convicts were tried and beheaded. Or visit Simanindo where traditional Batak ritual dances and music are performed. Here is where you'll be able to discover unique and ancient Toba culture. At Tomok you can find mementos and Batak handicrafts. Buy the distinctive red and black hand-woven shawls called ulos- that are still used today at important life-cycle occasions-, a Batak calendar on rattan, woodcarvings and more. Samosir is accessible by regular ferries from Parapat. Boats also ply around the island regularly.
And if you wish to better understand Batak culture, visit the Batak Museum at Balige, further south on the mainland shore side.
There are many hotels and smaller accommodations around the lake, especially at Parapat, and at Tuktuk on the island of Samosir.
Despite being a tourist spot for many years, Lake Toba still remains a natural and undisturbed natural beauty. Venture away from the small villages and you will find yourself in the country surrounded by farmland, churches and strange tombs peppering the landscape.
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There are a range of hotels, bungalows, villas and guesthouses available in Parapat.On Samosir, the majority of hotels are found in Tuk Tuk. Here you can find something to suit any budget. Tuk Tuk is a great base from which to explore the rest of the island, and the facilities here are comfortable and convenient.
The weather here is cool but pleasant, but if you're used to hot temperatures remember to bring a jacket.
Change all the money that you will need before you leave Medan as the exchange rate can be poor in the Toba area.
If you are taking the bus between Medan and Parapat make sure you get on an express bus to avoid doubling your travel time.
Feel the wind in your hair and do as the locals do by hiring a motorbike to explore this beautiful part of the world. If you're on Samosir, take the day to explore by taking a drive on the road running around the edge of the island. Although rough and unpaved in places, this road offers some spectacular views of the lake from the highest points on the island.
If you're staying in the popular village of Tuk Tuk on Samosir, the best way to get around is to walk, or wander, down the main street at a leisurely pace.
Parapat is 176 km from Medan and can be reached in under 6 hours by public bus. The bus has two routes: Medan-Parapat or via Medan-Berastagi and costs approximately 30,000 rupiahs.
You can buy a spot in a private air conditioned taxi from Medan to Parapat for 65,000 rupiahs one way. The trip takes around 4 hours.
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Medan is an international gateway. A number of airlines fly daily between the Kualanamu Airport Medan and all major cities in Indonesia and international flights also go from Medan to Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.
Once you arrive in Parapat, you can catch the ferry to Samosir Island. The ferry goes every hour and a half from 9 – 5pm. The two landing points on Samosir are the traditional village of Tomok, or Tuk Tuk, where the islands hotels and restaurants are concentrated.
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I am a negligent blogger! Christmas is in nine days and I have nothing ready! Nada! I don't even know what the entree will be! Oh, stupid job getting in the way of the holidays! While I scramble around trying to make Christmas happen, here is an awesome soup to keep away the winter chill. The most amazing thing is that the kids ate it without a single whine. Put a pile of greens on their plate and the wailing can be heard for blocks, but put it in a soup and they bolt it down. Go figure.
- 2 tbsp oil
- 3 leeks, white and light green part, sliced
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 small bunch swiss chard, stalks removed, chopped
- 4 cups water (more if needed)
- 1.5 lbs diced red potatoes
- 1 cup plain soy milk
- 1/4 cup nutritional yeast
- 4 cups baby spinach
- salt to taste
- lots of freshly ground pepper
1. Heat oil in a soup pot over medium heat. Saute leeks, celery, and garlic for 10 mins, until soft. Add chard and saute until wilted. Add water a blend with a hand blender until smooth.
2. Add potatoes. The liquid should almost cover the potatoes. Add more water, if needed. Bring to bubbling, cover, and simmer for 20 mins, or until potatoes are cooked.
3. Add soy milk and nutritional yeast and mix well. Season to taste. I made the soup rather peppery. Then add spinach a stir until wilted but still vibrant green. Serve.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Green Potato Soup
I am a negligent blogger! Christmas is in nine days and I have nothing ready! Nada! I don't even know what the entree will be! Oh, stupid job getting in the way of the holidays! While I scramble around trying to make Christmas happen, here is an awesome soup to keep away the winter chill. The most amazing thing is that the kids ate it without a single whine. Put a pile of greens on their plate and the wailing can be heard for blocks, but put it in a soup and they bolt it down. Go figure.
19 comments:
- Jain said...
I planned to make potato soup this weekend but my recipe was getting a little tired. The addition of greens and nooch will jazz things right up!
- December 16, 2009 at 10:24 PM
- Wintu's World said...
Oh my goodness. This looks so good!! We're having a rare stretch of really cold weather here in Texas and I've been keeping an eye out for good soups to make. Thanks for posting! By the way, I love your site!
- December 16, 2009 at 11:07 PM
- Anonymous said...
You make the most wonderful looking food! I really want to try everything on your blog. When I saw this soup I thought it might have some Thai green curry type of flavors like basil in it but it looks like some standard comfort chowder with healthy greens thrown in. Would be yummy with some dumplings or hot rolls. I want some. Thanks! Becky
- December 17, 2009 at 1:19 AM
- Anonymous said...
Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small,
Was singing! Without any presents at all!
He HADN'T stopped Christmas from coming!
Somehow or other, it came just the same!
And the Grinch, with his grinch-feet ice-cold in the snow,
Stood puzzling and puzzling: "How could it be so?
It came without ribbons! It came without tags!
"It came without packages, boxes or bags!"
- December 17, 2009 at 7:53 AM
- Veggiesmack said...
Wow, that looks amazing! Great way to sneak in greens.
I have no idea what I'm cooking for Christmas, either. Gah!
- December 17, 2009 at 9:37 AM
- Monkey's Mama said...
I'm so impressed that your kids will eat this!! My son has become pickier in his "old age" - he's four. And it's tough to get him to eat what I cook!! It's even harder as he now refused hummus - HUMMUS!! argh
- December 17, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Kris said...
this looks so tasty!
- December 17, 2009 at 3:23 PM
- JohnP said...
I am suddenly having a dinner party tomorrow. This may be on the menu.
- December 17, 2009 at 3:53 PM
- blessedmama said...
I totally get what you mean about the kids and greens. Mine will munch on kale and spinach but others have been scorned. Just because they are vegan, I've learned, doesn't mean they'll like every vegetable.
- December 17, 2009 at 8:49 PM
- Charlene said...
Don't feel bad - I'm SO not ready either. Thanks for the recipe!
- December 17, 2009 at 8:53 PM
- dreaminitvegan said...
This is a beautiful soup! I make a potato kale soup but I've never blended the greens before in it. I must try.
- December 19, 2009 at 4:03 PM
- Aaron said...
We made this substituting bok choy for celery, kale (chopped small and added with potatoes) for chard, and with the addition of frozen peas and lemon juice at the end. Delicious! Thanks!
- December 19, 2009 at 6:57 PM
- Jessica said...
My fiance and I made this yesterday; it was fantastic. We used pak choi because we couldn't find swiss chard here (in the Netherlands). We also added a bit extra nutritional yeast because I love the flavor of it.
This meal was perfect for a freezing winter day! Man it was good :)
- December 20, 2009 at 6:38 AM
- laura gallagher said...
Thanks for sharing! Looks yummy, I'll be making it for a winter solstice party tonight. :)
- December 21, 2009 at 10:41 AM
- cabin design said...
This sounds like a nice soup! But I don't find it really very appetizing because of the color.
- December 22, 2009 at 4:13 AM
- gavin said...
Looks good to me probably try this today and I'm going to subscribe to your blog cheers
- December 28, 2009 at 6:44 AM
- Sandra said...
You are awesome! I made a variation of the soup on New Year's Day and the kids loved it. I wanted to get those good luck greens in there so I made it with collards and kale. I had no leeks on hand so I substituted onions and I only had sweet potatoes so I used those instead of red ones. It was delish! Thank you for the inspiration.
- January 2, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- Andrea said...
This is an amazing soup! I've made it twice now, and it is so good and good for you. Thank you so much for all of your recipes Vegan Dad. Happy New Year!
- January 3, 2010 at 7:07 PM
- Julie Ann said...
The was seriously delicious. :-)
I took a photo too:
- February 9, 2010 at 11:52 AM


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Consider equation $x^2=x_0$ in symmetric group $S_n$, where $x_0\in S_n$ is fixed. Is it true that for each integer $n\geq 1$, the maximal number of solutions (square roots) has identity permutation? How far may it be generalized?
The maximum of the function counting square roots is attained at $x_0=1$ and this statement generalises quite well.
Let $s(\chi)$ denote the Frobenius-Schur indicator of the irreducible character $\chi$. Thus, $s(\chi)=1$ if the representation of $\chi$ can be realised over $\mathbb{R}$, $s(\chi)=-1$ if $\chi$ is real-valued but the corresponding representation is not realisable over $\mathbb{R}$ and $s(\chi)=0$ if $\chi$ is not real-valued. Then, the number of square roots of an element $g$ in any group is equal to $$\sum_\chi s(\chi)\chi(g),$$ where the sum runs over all irreducible characters of the group. See below for a quick proof of this identity.
Of course, in $S_n$, all Frobenius-Schur indicators are 1, so the number of square roots of $x_0$ is just $\sum_\chi \chi(x_0)$. This proves that the maximal number of solutions is indeed attained by $x_0 = 1$, since each character value attains its maximum there. This generalises immediately to any group, for which any representation is either realisable over $\mathbb{R}$ or has non-real character, e.g. all abelian groups. Other cases would require more thought, but this is likely the right way to go about it.
Edit: One reference I have found for the identity expressing the number of square roots in terms of Frobenius-Schur indicators is Eugene Wigner, American Journal of Mathematics Vol. 63, No. 1 (Jan., 1941), pp. 57-63, "On representations of certain finite groups". Once you get used to the notation, you will recognise it in displayed formula (11). Since the notation is really heavy going, I will supply a quick proof here:
Claim: If $n(g)$ is the number of square roots of an element $g$ of a finite group $G$, then we have $$n(g) = \sum_\chi s(\chi)\chi(g),$$ where the sum runs over all characters of $G$ and the Frobenius-Schur indicator of $\chi$ is defined as $s(\chi)=\frac{1}{|G|}\sum_{h\in G}\chi(h^2)$.
Proof: It is clear that $n(g)$ is a class function. So let's just take inner products with all characters of $G$ to find their coefficients, noting that we can write $n(g) = \sum_h \delta_{g,h^2}$ (here $\delta$ is the usual Kronecker delta): $$ \begin{align*} \left< n,\chi \right> &= \frac{1}{|G|}\sum_{g\in G}n(g)\chi(g) = \frac{1}{|G|}\sum_{g\in G}\sum_{h\in G}\delta_{g,h^2}\chi(g)=\\\\ &=\frac{1}{|G|}\sum_{h\in G}\sum_{g\in G}\delta_{g,h^2}\chi(g) = \frac{1}{|G|}\sum_{h\in G}\chi(h^2) \end{align*}$$ as required.
Edit 2: I got curious and ran a little experiment. The proof above applies to all finite groups that have no symplectic representations. So the natural question is: what happens for those that do? Among the groups of size $\leq 150$, there are 1911 groups that have a symplectic representation, and for 1675 of them, the square root counting function does not attain its maximum at the identity! There are several curious questions that impose themselves: is there a similar (representation-theoretic?) 2-line criterion that singles out those 300-odd groups that satisfy the conclusion but not the assumptions of the above proof? What happens for the others? Can we find an if and only if characterisation that provides more insight into the structure of the groups, whose square root counting functions is maximised by the identity? Following Pete's suggestion, I have started two follow-up questions on this business: one on square roots and one on $n$-th roots.
Two your last question - "how far may it be generalized" - Richard Stanley answered when you fix the equation ($X^2=c$) and vary the group. You may also wonder about other equations. The situation is interesting: There are equations and groups with the property that the identity is not the RHS yielding the most solutions. This is so even though the LHS has no constants, just variables.
One may rephrase the question as follows: given a word $w=w(X_1,X_2,\ldots,X_r)$ in the free group $F_r$ with variables $X_1,\ldots,X_r$, and given any finite group $G$, one may naturally consider $w$ as inducing a function $G^r \to G$ by plugging elements of $G$ as variables. This in turn defines a probability distribution on $G$: if you plug uniform random elements, what do you get? The most likely outcome is often, but not always, the identity.
In fact, the probability of getting the identity can be made arbitrarily small iff the group is non-solvable. I circulated this as a conjecture some years ago and it was proven by Miklos Abert (for the non-solvable case) and Nikolov and Segal (for the solvable one).


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Consumers claiming energy credit from solar gardens planted far from their homes could soon bloom in Durango.
This principle of �remote net metering� is one of the selling points in the second go-round of a proposed franchise agreement with the La Plata Electric Association, the membership-owned cooperative serving La Plata and Archuleta counties.
Remote net metering was in the original franchise agreement that was narrowly defeated by the voters in April, costing the city $600,000 in lost revenue from the franchise fees that the LPEA passes onto consumers� electric bills.
�We did not do a very good job of educating the public,� City Manager Ron LeBlanc acknowledged during a public hearing on the draft ordinance for the latest version of the proposed franchise Monday.
Another hearing on the franchise is scheduled for noon today in City Council Chambers in Durango City Hall.
Not wanting to risk defeat again, the city is playing up the franchise�s attributes in hopes that a 20-year agreement with LPEA will pass with the voters� approval in November�s general election.
Jeff Berman, a city resident who serves on the LPEA board of directors, said remote net metering is one reason why he would vote for LPEA to accept the franchise since he thinks it would eventually force the electric co-op to allow remote net metering throughout its two-county service area.
�Maybe this one entity will have a trigger effect,� Berman said.
�My feeling, and I�m not speaking for the board, as you all know, is if we allow the city to do it then we have to treat all our members the same,� Berman said. �It�s a membership cooperative. I think it would be unfair to say, �Dick, you can have a solar system. Sweetie, sorry, we just don�t like you as much.� So that would be unfair.�
Renewable and clean-energy candidates feel LPEA has been �dragging its feet� on remote net metering, which has become widespread across the country.
In an interview, City Councilor Dick White said he has �friends out in the county with 5 acres that they would love to put solar panels on but they can�t use (all) that power. They would like to send that power (to a friend) and then LPEA can offset their bill.�
To also make the franchise more attractive, consumers would be charged only for their energy consumption. Previously, the LPEA franchise fee was based on the gross receipt or all LPEA charges, including sales taxes, which led critics to call it a �tax on tax.�
For simplicity sake, the fee rate of 4.67 percent would remain in place. City officials believe population and business growth will compensate for the revenue loss that would result in just basing the charge on energy consumption.
Councilor Sweetie Marbury likes the proposed rate structure for the power it gives to the consumer.
�I am in charge of what I consume,� she said.


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|By Greg Ness
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|March 17, 2013 01:00 PM EDT
I have heard of TAM (total addressable market) estimates for VMware of about $80B. I'm not sure if that includes the much touted hybrid cloud (or cloud virtualization) opportunity.
VMware has stirred up plenty of news lately for sending mixed messages about the public cloud, and its willingness to allow its customers to leverage true hybrid cloud operating models (which would involve seamlessly connecting public clouds like AWS and Azure with their private clouds, or The End of Server Virtualization Lock-In).
Gartner forecasts the shipment of about 10M servers per year over the next three years, with about 50% of them being x86. What if enterprises wanted the strategic scalability, agility and protection of the hybrid cloud model, instead of the tactical agility, efficiency and protection of server virtualization?
Hybrid cloud would give enterprises more complete control of their apps and services.
If VMware could get $4k/year for each server (traditional and x86) that would amount to a TAM of $120B based on a three year refresh rate. Yet that would represent a major business model shift and limit the amount of lock-in that VMware would have over its customers operating on their private cloud platform. They could face margin erosion for their core lines.
On the other hand, if Microsoft Azure truly embraced hybrid cloud, it could force VMware to decouple server from cloud virtualization and make the leap to an entirely new operating model. That could be even more interesting as it would give Microsoft a powerful position offering N+1 app and service in the cloud, for everything from development and testing to failover. Microsoft could trump VMware. Hybrid cloud also is a lower risk proposition for Microsoft, as well as the opportunity to end VMware's dominance of server virtualization.
If cloud virtualization is the natural evolution of server virtualization, then you can expect VMware, Microsoft and several others to go after an (estimated) $120B TAM. Stay tuned. This should be interesting.
There will be new vendors providing applications, middleware, and connected devices to support the thriving IoT ecosystem. This essentially means that electronic device manufacturers will also be in the software business. Many will be new to building embedded software or robust software. This creates an increased importance on software quality, particularly within the Industrial Internet of Things where business-critical applications are becoming dependent on products controlled by software. Qua...
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SYS-CON Events has announced today that Roger Strukhoff has been named conference chair of Cloud Expo and @ThingsExpo 2016 Silicon Valley. The 19th Cloud Expo and 6th @ThingsExpo will take place on November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. "The Internet of Things brings trillions of dollars of opportunity to developers and enterprise IT, no matter how you measure it," stated Roger Strukhoff. "More importantly, it leverages the power of devices and the Interne...
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Large scale deployments present unique planning challenges, system commissioning hurdles between IT and OT and demand careful system hand-off orchestration. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Smith, Senior Director and a founding member of Incenergy, will discuss some of the key tactics to ensure delivery success based on his experience of the last two years deploying Industrial IoT systems across four continents.
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CenturyLink has announced that application server solutions from GENBAND are now available as part of CenturyLink's Networx contracts. The General Services Administration (GSA)'s Networx program includes the largest telecommunications contract vehicles ever awarded by the federal government. CenturyLink recently secured an extension through spring 2020 of its offerings available to federal government agencies via GSA's Networx Universal and Enterprise contracts. GENBAND's EXPERiUS™ Application...
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The Internet of Things will challenge the status quo of how IT and development organizations operate. Or will it? Certainly the fog layer of IoT requires special insights about data ontology, security and transactional integrity. But the developmental challenges are the same: People, Process and Platform. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Craig Sproule, CEO of Metavine, demonstrated how to move beyond today's coding paradigm and shared the must-have mindsets for removing complexity from the develo...
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SYS-CON Events announced today that MangoApps will exhibit at the 19th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. MangoApps provides modern company intranets and team collaboration software, allowing workers to stay connected and productive from anywhere in the world and from any device.
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The IETF draft standard for M2M certificates is a security solution specifically designed for the demanding needs of IoT/M2M applications. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Brian Romansky, VP of Strategic Technology at TrustPoint Innovation, explained how M2M certificates can efficiently enable confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity on highly constrained devices.
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The 19th International Cloud Expo has announced that its Call for Papers is open. Cloud Expo, to be held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, brings together Cloud Computing, Big Data, Internet of Things, DevOps, Digital Transformation, Microservices and WebRTC to one location. With cloud computing driving a higher percentage of enterprise IT budgets every year, it becomes increasingly important to plant your flag in this fast-expanding business opportuni...
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In today's uber-connected, consumer-centric, cloud-enabled, insights-driven, multi-device, global world, the focus of solutions has shifted from the product that is sold to the person who is buying the product or service. Enterprises have rebranded their business around the consumers of their products. The buyer is the person and the focus is not on the offering. The person is connected through multiple devices, wearables, at home, on the road, and in multiple locations, sometimes simultaneously...
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"delaPlex Software provides software outsourcing services. We have a hybrid model where we have onshore developers and project managers that we can place anywhere in the U.S. or in Europe," explained Manish Sachdeva, CEO at delaPlex Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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"We've discovered that after shows 80% if leads that people get, 80% of the conversations end up on the show floor, meaning people forget about it, people forget who they talk to, people forget that there are actual business opportunities to be had here so we try to help out and keep the conversations going," explained Jeff Mesnik, Founder and President of ContentMX, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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From wearable activity trackers to fantasy e-sports, data and technology are transforming the way athletes train for the game and fans engage with their teams. In his session at @ThingsExpo, will present key data findings from leading sports organizations San Francisco 49ers, Orlando Magic NBA team. By utilizing data analytics these sports orgs have recognized new revenue streams, doubled its fan base and streamlined costs at its stadiums. John Paul is the CEO and Founder of VenueNext. Prior ...
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Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA, is co-located with the 19th International Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry players in the world and ThingsExpo Silicon Valley Call for Papers is now open.
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The IoT is changing the way enterprises conduct business. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Eric Hoffman, Vice President at EastBanc Technologies, discussed how businesses can gain an edge over competitors by empowering consumers to take control through IoT. He cited examples such as a Washington, D.C.-based sports club that leveraged IoT and the cloud to develop a comprehensive booking system. He also highlighted how IoT can revitalize and restore outdated business models, making them profitable ...
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With 15% of enterprises adopting a hybrid IT strategy, you need to set a plan to integrate hybrid cloud throughout your infrastructure. In his session at 18th Cloud Expo, Steven Dreher, Director of Solutions Architecture at Green House Data, discussed how to plan for shifting resource requirements, overcome challenges, and implement hybrid IT alongside your existing data center assets. Highlights included anticipating workload, cost and resource calculations, integrating services on both sides...
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Big Data engines are powering a lot of service businesses right now. Data is collected from users from wearable technologies, web behaviors, purchase behavior as well as several arbitrary data points we'd never think of. The demand for faster and bigger engines to crunch and serve up the data to services is growing exponentially. You see a LOT of correlation between "Cloud" and "Big Data" but on Big Data and "Hybrid," where hybrid hosting is the sanest approach to the Big Data Infrastructure pro...
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"We are a well-established player in the application life cycle management market and we also have a very strong version control product," stated Flint Brenton, CEO of CollabNet,, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 18th Cloud Expo, held June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY.
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We all know the latest numbers: Gartner, Inc. forecasts that 6.4 billion connected things will be in use worldwide in 2016, up 30 percent from last year, and will reach 20.8 billion by 2020. We're rapidly approaching a data production of 40 zettabytes a day – more than we can every physically store, and exabytes and yottabytes are just around the corner. For many that's a good sign, as data has been proven to equal money – IF it's ingested, integrated, and analyzed fast enough. Without real-ti...
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I wanted to gather all of my Internet of Things (IOT) blogs into a single blog (that I could later use with my University of San Francisco (USF) Big Data "MBA" course). However as I started to pull these blogs together, I realized that my IOT discussion lacked a vision; it lacked an end point towards which an organization could drive their IOT envisioning, proof of value, app dev, data engineering and data science efforts. And I think that the IOT end point is really quite simple…
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A critical component of any IoT project is what to do with all the data being generated. This data needs to be captured, processed, structured, and stored in a way to facilitate different kinds of queries. Traditional data warehouse and analytical systems are mature technologies that can be used to handle certain kinds of queries, but they are not always well suited to many problems, particularly when there is a need for real-time insights.
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IDAHO -- My wife and I booked a weekend out of town (110 miles away) through Orbitz. We got a confirmation and booking number. Upon arriving at our destination, we were turned away by the hotel clerk. Apparently, Orbitz overbooked the hotel by about 6 rooms. Understandably upset, I called the 800 "customer service" line and was promptly put on hold. My wife and I sat on hold, in the parking lot of this hotel for 2 hours. Orbitz was not only unable to relocate us for the night, but we were forced to drive back home (2 3/4 hours) in the middle of the night. I requested a call from a manager and was assured a call would be received within 24 to 48 hours.
Three (3) days later no call was received. Furious at the lack of consideration, I took it upon myself to call them. After being on hold for another 20 minutes, the agent informed me that no manager was available to speak with me, but insisted I would be contacted by the first available manager within 1 to 2 hours. Three (3) hours later, I received no such call. Becoming more and more furious with this terrible customer service, I called again - only to be informed that Orbitz was undergoing a system update and I would have to call back 2 to 3 hours later. BTW, has anyone noticed that not a single agent speaks fluid English?
So, to recap; My wife and I drove approximately 6 hours round trip for absolutely nothing; spent roughly 3 hours on hold only to accomplish zero; and have received no absolutely no compensation (other than a refund of the original booking) for a ruined getaway weekend. Word of advise: Never, under any circumstances use Orbitz to book anything - ever! Unless you want to be like me - wasting even more of your time by typing this review that may or may not be read. Never use Orbitz. TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE!!!
WILDWOOD, GEORGIA -- I recently booked a round trip ticket to Phoenix, AZ with my debit card and the "ORBITZ" site said that the transaction could not be completed. Thinking that maybe I had made a mistake, I tried to enter the card information again. Once again the transaction came back "cannot be completed." This was on Saturday January 23rd, 2016.
I went to the bank on Monday to see what the problem could be, why the transaction was incomplete. The bank informed me that my account had been debited twice and Orbitz had tried to debit the account for the third time. I knew I had sufficient funds in both my banks. So I went to my second bank and Orbitz had tried to debit this bank for the same amount on my card information. My other bank refused it because I had gone over my $500 dollar limit.
I went to my banks and had a printout of the transactions and ORBITZ denied they had my money while I was looking at the withdraws on my bank statement. Long story short, Orbitz tried to get $1400 out of my banks for a $350 plane ticket. If we (USA) had any kind of news in this country, Orbitz would already be "out" of business. The reason major news will not tell Orbitz's story is because Orbitz sponsors our network news.
Worst experience dealing with them. Screwed up my reservation. Customer service was rude and unhelpful. They hung up on me multiple times and nothing was ever resolved. I will never use them again. Worst customer service experience ever. If I could give less than 1 star I would have. DO NOT BOOK WITH ORBITZ!
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- DO NOT PAY FOR FLIGHT PROTECTION! This is a scam. To make a claim thru Orbitz they put you on hold for over 40 minutes just to tell you that you have to call their insurance company AON Affinity which after spending 15 min on hold they tell you unless you're dying, there is NO PROTECTION. Do not pay for this option. It is just a money grab!
I booked a combo flight+car package with Orbitz after pricing each separately and comparing prices on other travel sites. Because the times of the flights would affect rental car pick-up and drop-off times and thus determine the length of the rental (7 days v. 8 days), I called the car rental company directly to get specific information on how car rental charges are accrued. I confirmed that as long as we returned the rental car by the same hour on the clock that we picked up the car a week earlier, we would be charged for a weekly rental, not an 8-day rental.
With that information confirmed, I made flight+car reservations on Orbitz. The confirmation email from Orbitz said my car rental was for 8 days, so I called their Customer Service number to get this corrected. The agent was polite and professional but could only repeat their position to me. During the course of the conversation, she actually said I would be charged the package price which is "not charged based on the number of days you keep the car." What? Then on what is the package price based? I understand I got a package price, but why did I get an 8-day package price, not a 7-day package price? No satisfactory answer, so I asked to speak to a supervisor.
The supervisor gave the impression she had no interest in my situation. She indicated Orbitz charged the rental rate based on when cars will be picked up and returned. Well, the website did not offer me the opportunity to choose my pick-up and drop-off times when I purchased the package. Their computer algorithm chose the presumed times and charged me accordingly, which made an 8-day rental, when in fact, because of early arrival times for security clearance, we qualified for a 7-day rental.
The supervisor offered me the option of changing my flights, which would incur an additional charge, or canceling my car rental and booking separately through the car rental company, at an additional charge. What? I can pay more for taking steps to correct Orbitz's overcharge mistake?
This is obviously a flaw in the Orbitz website. (The Expedia site allows the traveler the opportunity to choose the time frame for rental car pick-up and drop-off). Rather than offer to correct the error and re-price the package for me, Orbitz gave me the option to pay a penalty to cancel and solve my problem myself elsewhere. Wrong headed business practices all the way around. Wrong policy, wrong attitude, poor customer service make Orbitz the wrong company with which to do business.
TENNESSEE -- I am a travel agent. I used Orbitz to book my client a honeymoon to Hawaii. I booked 2 airline tickets and a resort hotel. My client wanted to leave next day. I booked the package at 12:20 and the flight left at 8:55 the next morning. I received confirmation of my booking and e-ticket numbers. I received a call from my client at 5:00 am from the airport. He was trying to check in for his flight and it told him that the flight had been canceled. I contacted Orbitz and was told there was a problem with my credit card so everything was canceled.
I never received an email regarding the cancellation. In fact, I received an email from Orbitz at 4:55 am, the morning of the flight, saying my flight was confirmed and departing on time. Orbitz charged my credit card for the package and still canceled the package. I have confirmation from the credit card company that they paid Orbitz. I told Orbitz this and they said I would receive a refund in 5-7 business days. They took my money and still canceled my flight. I had to rebook my client at the airport for the next departing flight. I book tens of thousands of dollars on travel and Orbitz will NEVER get another penny from me!
Hi, amccabe21424,
This is Robert, and I am part of the Orbitz Customer Relations team. We want to learn more about your experience so that we can address the issue. Please email us at email@example.com. Please use my name in the subject line, so that I can investigate further.
Thank you for your patience, I look forward to hearing from you.
Robert Woyach
Orbitz Customer Relations
In June 2014, my husband and I booked a cruise on the Royal Caribbean Quantum of the Seas for February of 2015, for our family of 6. We booked through Orbitz, fairly confident that they were a reputable company. (In the future, I will be booking directly through the cruise lines). Here is just a sampling of what happened.
Our travel agent admittedly "lost" our phone number, and numerous phone calls went unanswered. Our travel agent did not find us any "deals", nor did she do anything that I couldn't have done online. Our credit card was compromised 2 times after booking this cruise (not used anywhere else). I specifically asked that gratuities were pre-paid. This did not happen and thousands of miles out to sea, I am seeing daily gratuities added on to our sea pass account!
The cruise line, RCI, gave me a courtesy call to Orbitz. At this time, I was lucky enough to be on hold for half the time and then speak to a wise guy agent who didn't think I should be upset, and didn't find any notes in the system to indicate my request. We did have a nice vacation, however, I am NEVER booking through Orbitz again, for anything.
Worst online flight booking company ever. Booked a flight leaving at 10:30 am for me and my son and received the itinerary with a flight leaving at 6 am. They put my 7yr old son as the primary on the account and would not speak to me as I was not the primary. Really? I was transferred back into the system over 3 times. The automated system when I called in was choppy and not functioning properly. I had to call several different times just to get the system to work.
When I finally got to speak with a representative I was told that the free cancellation did not exist even though it is right on the purchasing page. I was told that to get this resolved they needed to speak to my son and put me back in the phone system. The next person said that he would look into it and then told me that I was a minor according to the computer and could not talk to me that my son (who is 7yr old) was the adult and therefore they needed to talk to him. Well sorry but he is currently in the 2nd grade and in school! I went ahead and canceled this ticket online (see it really is free to do this dumb reps.). I will never use Orbitz again!
PITTBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA -- I'm a recent college grad currently applying to medical school. I have been traveling a lot recently due to multiple interview offers. All my flights and hotels have been booked through Orbitz. The pros of Orbitz is that their website and cell phone app is very user friendly and convenient. Their price is decent. I was pretty satisfied with their service at first. However one of the drawbacks of Orbitz is their terrible customer service. They are extremely understaffed, I had to wait for over an hour to get somebody on the line. And when I finally did get a person on the line he was rude, condescending, and straight up disrespectful.
Their cancellation policy is far from the best, but this only applies to frequent travelers. I'm considering switching my traveling agency even with all the reward I saved up. The bottom line is if you are just booking a vacation and you don't plan on making any changes to your flight or using the customer service it's a pretty good website. However, if you are frequent fliers there are more generous reward programs, cancellation policies, and with better customer service out there.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON -- Horrible, awful, shysters, rip off... what other adjectives could I used to describe my disgust with this company? Let's see. Made a reservation, can't get my money back. The original reservation stated a 24 hour cancel policy. Orbitz charged my card and won't give me my money back. Let's also see... how fun it is to sit on their customer service line in which the automated responses never work?
Perhaps my favorite is that nobody on the line SPEAKS ENGLISH. I will NEVER use this company again as it completely does not honor the cancellation policies. I will also make sure to educate anyone I know as to why it's best to avoid this particular company when making travel plans.


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I participated in the Humble Bundle 7 and I have this .sh file that just opens to Gedit what do I do with this. I would imagine I need to do something in terminal but I have no clue.
First, right click the file and go to properties. Then, under the "Permissions" tab, check the box that says "Allow executing file as program." Exit out of the properties window and double-click the file. Click "Run in Terminal." It should then (hopefully) install your game.


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Tips on Using Siri in iPhone 5
Part of the iPhone 5 All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet
Siri can do some pretty surprising things, and she (it?) acquired two new skills in iOS 6. You can phrase the command for the same task in several ways; for example, you can ask What time is it? or Tell me the time. These are some examples of the kinds of commands you can use to communicate with Siri:
"Call Barbara Boyd."
"What is Joe Hutsko's address?"
"Will it be hot in Bangkok on Thursday?"
"Please schedule a meeting with John Wiley for February 5 at 10 a.m."
"Read my text messages."
"Send a text message to my sister telling her my plane gets in at 4 p.m."
"Play Barton Hollow."
"What's the quickest way from home to the Longwood Gardens?"
"Set the timer for 45 minutes."
"Remind me to call the dentist at 11 a.m."
"What is the dollar-euro exchange rate?"
"Search for Valentine's Day cake recipes."
"Add Michel Peissel to my reading list note."
What movies are playing in Philadelphia tonight?
Which films were nominated for Best Picture Oscars in 2005?
Buy tickets for the 8 o'clock show of Titanic at the Roxy.
Who won the World Series in 1948?
What was the final score for last night's tennis match?


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McCain Embraces Newt's Big Oil Lie, Chants 'Drill More, Drill Now, Pay Less'
This is the third post in our investigative series on American Solutions for Winning the Future (ASWF).
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has completed his journey from "maverick" to the heart of the right-wing/Big Oil movement. His travels began last month when he abandoned his longheld opposition to offshore drilling. With increasing ease, McCain is shilling for the oil industry's agenda. In today's appearance before the Urban League, McCain said:
Last month, the President finally lifted the executive ban on offshore oil and gas exploration, and called on Congress to lift its ban as well. Lifting that ban could seriously lower the price of oil — and Congress should get it done immediately. We need to "drill more, drill now, and pay less at the pump."
McCain is being "cruelly misleading" when he pretends ending the moratorium on Outer Continental Shelf drilling "could seriously lower the price of oil." Only a month ago, McCain was honest about how useless it would be, saying "I don't see an immediate relief," just "a psychological impact that I think is beneficial."
The old, straight-talking McCain has hopped a ride on the low-road express. McCain is raking in the Big Oil millions, and oil-industry lobbyists such as Nancy Pfotenhauer have taken control of the campaign. He's using the "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" slogan of Newt Gingrich's 527 corporation American Solutions for Winning the Future — the type of organization McCain once tried to ban — while Gingrich is in closed-door meetings with right-wing representatives and attacking Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) on Fox News. Rush Limbaugh counseled McCain to embrace the AWSF campaign on June 13, four days before McCain announced his support for offshore drilling:
It's that simple. Drill here. Drill now. Pay less. We're the United States of America. We can do it.
The day after McCain flipped, Rush gave his approval:
All right, all right, all right, drill here, drill now, pay less. Drill here. Drill now. Pay less. Folks, this is the issue.
Behind this common agenda is the same network of right-wing financiers that propelled Bush into office. There are 14 Bush Pioneers — the top fundraisers who bundled over $100,000 in contributions for George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 — backing Newt Gingrich's ASWF:
Fourteen Bush Pioneers, who funneled over $2 million to Bush's election, have contributed over $4 million to Newt's ASWF. Eight of those same right-wing money men are top McCain fundraisers, channelling $2 million into his coffers. Four — including top ASWF contributor Sheldon Adelson — are billionaires. Their agenda is all about "Winning the Future" for themselves.
UPDATE: In the question-and-answer period at the Urban League, John McCain dismissed the truth that lifting the offshore drilling moratorium couldn't "seriously lower the price," appealing to his talks with "the actual people that do the work, that are in the business":
So I disagree with those experts and I've talked to the actual people that do the work, that are in the business that say within months and certainly within a very short time, we could have additional oil supply for this nation. So we ought to drill now.
Watch it:
Friends of the Earth: "By all appearances McCain has lost touch with reality." The Sierra Club: "Senator McCain may 'disagree with the experts,' but that doesn't make the facts go away."


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STEUBENVILLE - Franciscan University of Steubenville's homecoming weekend included a variety of activities that offered a time for both reflection and fun.
Staff, students and guests followed the recognition of several outstanding alumni at an awards banquet Friday with a Saturday filled with family-oriented fun, sports, music and gatherings focused on the university's mission and God's call to service.
Many gathered Saturday afternoon near the university's Portiuncula Chapel to have their dogs, cats, birds and pets of other types blessed by the Rev. Dominic Scotto, the university's chaplain.
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TAKING AIM — Children were encouraged to lob water balloons at the players in the Tomato Theatre production of "St. George and the Dragon," one of many family-oriented activities held during Franciscan University of Steubenville's homecoming festivities Saturday. Gamely dodging the balloons while presenting a spoof of the medieval play were drama students Tim D'Andrea as St. George (wearing the red cross), Kathleen Wreede as his opponent, and Sarah Zapiaian as Father Christmas. — Warren Scott
In delivering blessings to the various animals, Scott carried on a tradition begun by the school's namesake, St. Francis of Assisi, who is said to have had a deep reverence for all of nature, which he saw as a reflection of God.
Not far from the chapel students and other volunteers served as human chess pieces on a large chess board marked with chalk on the ground outside Christ the King Chapel.
Dressed as kings, queens, knights and other chess pieces, they moved according to the moves made on a smaller chess board by English Professor John Holmes and Rebecca Fix, a former Franciscan student visiting from Lancaster, Pa.
Following the living chess match was a presentation by the Tomato Theatre of the Medieval play, "St. George and the Dragon."
The theatre is comprised of students in the school's Theater History I class who assumed the roles of the title characters, various knights, a Medieval doctor and Father Christmas in a spoof of Medieval theater.
Adults and children watching the play from the hillside were given water balloons and encouraged to lob them at the cast whenever their mood inspired them, which was often.
That aspect echoed actual Medieval theater audiences who were known to heckle the entertainers by throwing rotten tomatoes and other food at them.
Hope Ellis, a junior drama major at Franciscan, said the play is actually based on one that was presented in many variations during the Middle Ages.
She said the production's camp humor and the opportunity to throw water balloons at will have made the event a popular feature of the homecoming festivities over the years.
Visitors to the campus also found various groups selling food and items ranging from jewelry and framed photos to rosaries and prayer candles under the banner of the Franciscan Festival.
The festivities also included the Kelly Roggensack Memorial Races, which are held by the cross country team in memory of a former cross country runner killed in a 2008 car accident and remembered for her exuberant approach to life; a Medieval costume contest for children, crafts for children led by the Franciscan Sisters; and games between the university's rugby team and Carnegie Mellon University, the school's women's tennis team and D'Youville College and volleyball team and the University of Pitt-Bradford.
The Rev. Sean Sheridan, the university's new president; and other leaders of the university also offered an update on the school and welcomed questions from the audience.
Rob and Lisa D'Orso of Leesburg, Va. were among visitors to the campus. With their sons Matthew, a freshman; and Joey, they said it was the first Franciscan University homecoming they have attended.
"We're enjoying it. It's quite a festival - lots of things to eat, see and do, with a very family-friendly atmosphere," Rob said.


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The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz began the weekly Cabinet meeting in Riyadh today by welcoming, on behalf of the people and government of Saudi Arabia, the thousands of pilgrims who have arrived in the Kingdom to perform the Hajj. He directed all concerned bodies to see to the needs of the visitors.
Turning to security, the King briefed the Cabinet on the measures taken by Saudi forces to secure the Kingdom's territory, in the wake of recent cross-border attacks by militants. "The aggression has been contained and Saudi territories have been cleared," he reported, adding that all the necessary care and services have been provided to citizens evacuated from the affected areas. King Abdullah expressed appreciation for the broad support the Kingdom has received from foreign governments and organizations, including the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Arab League, in its efforts to defend its sovereignty.
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5 Reasons Bowser Is The Most Successful Video Game Character
#2. Total Immunity
Bowser gets to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, in the full knowledge that everyone will put up with it. He ruins Mario's life almost yearly, and Mario doesn't seem to care. Repeated home invasions and sexual assaults normally lead to restraining orders, not golf invitations.
Diplomatic immunity?
When you've abducted our girlfriend 10 times, then no, you may not come Go-Karting with us. They even invite him to the things that wouldn't make sense even if he wasn't a repeat sex offender -- call us crazy, but when someone BREATHES FIRE, you don't invite him to the Winter Olympics. It's not like Mario even gets to hit him -- Bowser is constantly being bathed in fire and dropped down bottomless chasms. Drops don't kill things in Mario-land, gravity being somewhat less powerful than homeopathy in that universe, and as for the lava, we've already mentioned how he breathes fire. That's less a fiery end than a gentle magma spa (and the one time it did anything, in New SMB, it turned him into a Dry Bones Bowser, and those things are even more unkillable).
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If a sports analyst wants to use math to say Team A is much better than Team B, he'll often say, "If they played 10 times on a neutral field, Team A would win nine times out of 10." If Team A is the Miami Heat and everyone on Team B is in a wheelchair, he might say they'd win 999 out of 1,000. Well, we don't have to use hypothetical scenarios for the matchup between Bowser and Mario. They've played on a neutral field billions of times and, whether you choose to believe that there's a Prestige-style Mario cloning machine just off screen at the beginning of each game or use quantum physics' notion of multiple universes, the fact is that Mario has set out on a quest to defeat Bowser billions of times, and his winning percentage has to be somewhere well below .001 percent.
Mario has died millions, maybe billions of pointless, futile deaths. His incredibly mortal coil is repeatedly flung into everything from medieval spiked pits to relativistic black holes -- everything human technology has ever achieved has been used to kill Mario.
A very mortal coil.
Now granted, most video game characters are slightly more expendable than shotgun ammunition in Texas, but Mario has it worse, because he's the family-friendly one. He's the My First Character for everyone introduced to video games to try controlling. And since he was the character that launched the NES and popularized home gaming in the first place, most of the people who have ever controlled him had no idea what they were doing at first. He's died more often at the hands of children than ants, and was steered clumsily off more cliffs in the 80s alone than the entire history of cars in Ireland.
Add the fact that most casual Marionizers never beat the game, and you've got an endless expanse of parallel worlds where Bowser is not just winning, but winning with ease. In any coherent universe in which Bowser exists, the odds are extremely likely that Mario is either a minor blip on his security radar that went away within 15 seconds, or an army of clones he entertains himself by killing over and over again.
In the end, Mario vs Bowser might be the most unhealthy rivalry the world of fiction has seen since Captain Ahab decided he could take Moby Dick in a fist fight. And even Ahab had a better attack ratio: At least he got to see his nemesis twice, and managed to only die once.
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Where $c$ is constant and $c\not= 0$.
If it wasn't for the $f(x-1)$ bit, I would just use the integrating factor where $I=e^x$ and plug it into the equation. But the $f(x)$ throws me off, so I would have to put it into a form like $\frac{dy}{dx}+y=?$, in order to feel ok about it.
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I have heard it is proper practice to replace or resurface your brake rotors every time your do a brake pad replacement. Does this need to be done every single time or is it overkill? Maybe it is just something easy to do, might as well replace while you are in there type of thing?
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The decision to replace is largely based on the thickness. The repair manual should tell you the minimum thickness, below which you should replace the rotors when doing the repair. Use a pair of calipers and measure the rotor thickness, if you're below this number you need to replace the rotors.
You may also wish to replace the rotors if you have particularly heavy use planned and you are getting close to the limit. For example, if you live in the mountains, do a lot of towing, are planning to attend track days...
You definitely need to get them resurfaced if they are warped or damaged. Usually you can feel if they are warped through the brake pedal when stopping -- instead of a smooth stop it will kind of vibrate or pulsate when braking at higher speeds. It's very noticeable. This can be measured with a dial gauge and checked against the repair manual's recommendations for "runout". You will need a dial gauge, and some sort of a mount to hold the gauge steady while you spin the rotor.
Damage is usually caused by the old brake pads wearing completely through and tend to leave a very rough surface on the disc. These should definitely be turned, if possible.
Before having a damaged or warped set of rotors turned, check their thickness. If they're close to the minimum, resurfacing them will leave you with rotors that are too thin.
If you're at this point, you should have rotors that are thick enough and not damaged. Many people recommend resurfacing of them so the pads and rotors can better mate and wear into each-other. I tend to agree with this, but I have replaced pads on cars that I drive less spiritedly without resurfacing them, and have not had problems.
There are three cases that cause brake rotors to need to be resurfaced/turned and/or replaced.
Many mechanics recommend turning/resurfacing/replacing rotors everytime because there is more money to be made that way.
Wow, I'm in the minority here. It is my firm belief that you should have your rotors turned with every brake pad/shoe replacement! If you do not do this everything will work perfectly fine, until you apply the brakes then if your brake rotors/drums were glazed, heavily scored or worn out of parallel to the new brake pad your will stopping distance WILL be INCREASED maybe even up to several feet at highway speed. My local Napa store charges $10 to cut a rotor and will do it while you wait. Brake warping, is a misnomer, brake rotors generally do not warp. The pulsating condition felt through the brake pedal is actually pad material burned onto the rotor in one spot. This occurs after a very heavy braking incident which overheats the rotor then the application of the brakes in one spot on the rotor immediately following the incident. This is why the condition gradually goes away on its own. If you think about it a "warped" rotor would give no pedal feel as the caliper is free to move side to side for that very reason, where a thickening of the rotor in one spot on both sides generates a pulsing effect.
No, it does not need to be done every time. Don't believe the hype. If you have warping, then you should re-surface, provided you have not worn beyond the minimum dimensions for your discs.
I don't believe in turning rotors anymore. If they're too thin, replace. Warped, replace (probably warped from heat, and if you warped them before, they're going to warp even faster as they get thinner). Grooves, as long as they're not deep, the pads and rotor will come to agree with each other pretty quick. Deep grooves, replace the rotor.
Along with the already mentioned and more common reasons of Gouges, Warped or being too thin there is another reason for getting them turned/resurfaced.
When using some higher quality brake pads, they will tell you if you are changing from one pad compound to another (either changing brands or product lines) to use new or re-surfaced rotors.
This comes into play most often for brakes being used on sports cars for track events and such.
I tend to drive my Subarus pretty hard, both on and off track, and I go through brake disks at around 15-20 thousand miles. My old Impreza is at 130,000 miles now and the rotors are absolutely fine - looking at the wear I'll get to 200,000 before they need a change.
If they are damaged/scuffed or have worn right down, obviously change them. Other than that, leave them be.
O.K as a mechanic for over 35 yrs. I strongly reccomend resuracing.even if the rotors look fine It's a matter of cost. if they are the "slip over hub"type the cost of new rotors are relitivly cheaplike 28 bucks each with that said peace of mind for under 100 is well worth it. New pads are ceramic and much tougher than metalic to "break in"
There is generally a minimum thickness marked on the disc by the manufacturer which marks the 'safe' limit at which you don't really want to risk exceeding.
I've changed my pads twice now on my current vehicle, and each time taken the discs off and individually checked them for signs of gouging, cracking and of course if it's passed the minimum thickness marker. You can measure the actual thickness of your disks using a micrometer. These can be picked up for fairly cheap from most car stores.
I've personally never seen the need to resurface the disk, a brand new brake pad will generally sit in the groove quite happil
No, what you need to do is check for the worn rotor warning signs after you change your brake pads. When you do a brake pad change, you can check the rotor for any visible damage then. If you want to know what constitutes a warn rotor, then you should read this article... http://www.cquence.net/blog/changing_brake_rotors/
Remember that some vehicle do not have their rotors turned at all. At BMW a brake change meant new pads, new sensor, and a rotor check. The outcome of the rotors thickness meant either keep or replace, but never turn. There are other manufactures out there that have similar rotors/pad systems, so be aware of this.
A tank of gas cost 85$ ,,,, so what is the point in risking brake performance over some 40$ rotors ? seems like a no brainer to me. Unless you are on a tight budget ,, just replace them.
I replaced my brakes with assistance from my father-in-law to be able to do it myself, and avoid being needlessly gouged by mechanic shops. He was of the mind set that under most circumstances its unnecessary to have the rotors resurfaced when changing brakes. What he had me do instead was to take some fine-grit sand paper (i used 600), and sand the rotor perpendicularly to the grooves, on both sides, in order help seat the pads better . Its been a few months and everything seems fine with the work i did.
I recently checked on the price for new rotors for my 96 Camry, they are $20.35 each. If it cost $10 to turn a rotor and drive down to the store and wait, I'd rather order on line, buy new and work on something else or eat. Why ever turn a rotor?
they only need to be re surfaced if your car shimmies when braking.
If there are deep grooves in the rotors but it doesn't shimmy while braking then you should machine them but you don't have to. basically the deeper the grooves the less surface area there is for the pads to grab onto. so you'll have a loss of breaking power but you probably won't notice it.
I change the rotors and pads at the same time. I like the knowledge that my brake parts have the same service life. I live in a harsh climate that takes a toll on all parts that are close to the ground (snow,ice,salt, sand,rain and Lord knows what) attacking them. Safety is always worth a few extra bucks.
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