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Saurashtra owns and operates the wind farm near Dwarka in the Jamnagar district of Gujarat. It has been fully operational since January 2012 and has a power purchase agreement for the sale of electricity at a tariff of INR 2.56/kWh ($0.041/kWh).
On top of this, the project is registered with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and is eligible to receive carbon credits.
This latest acquisition brings Tata's total wind generation capacity to 437MW, from sites across five states.
Tata Power managing director Anil Sardana said: "Tata Power is committed to generating 20-25% of its total generation capacity from clean energy sources.
"This is our second acquisition of an operating wind asset, and we are in constant look out for similar opportunities in respect of wind and solar plants."
The announcement comes as the Indian utility moves away from thermal power generation due to a number of regulatory issues.
Tata did not reveal the terms or value of the deal.


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Freedom's Watch has produced a series of television commercials supporting our efforts in Iraq, and urging Congress not to pull the plug on our troops. You can watch them here; this is a sample:
The ads are good, with a simple message that the war in Iraq is important, and there is no acceptable substitute for success. They will be, I hope, a useful antidote to the far larger number of ads that have been paid for by antiwar groups. In its article about the ads, however, ABC News didn't see them that way. The network's hostile tone is striking; ABC begins by focusing, not on the content of the ads, but on the fact that they were paid for by Republicans:
A sort of shadow White House communications shop has emerged to help the beleaguered president sell his unpopular war to the American people.
Just in case you'd forgotten which side you're supposed to be on. ABC continues:
Freedom's Watch was formed by former White House and Bush administration officials and funded by Republican big-money donors. Today it began airing $15 million worth of ads — featuring veterans and their families — aimed at influencing wavering members of Congress.
Who do they think is paying for the antiwar ads? Poor people?
Now, on to the ads' content. After quoting two of the ads:
The ads also link the war with Sept. 11, despite no reliable evidence Iraq played any role in those attacks.
In the ad, Kriesel says, "They attacked us, and they will again. They won't stop in Iraq."
Will this dumb liberal talking point ever be put to rest? ABC says there is no reliable evidence that "Iraq played any role in those attacks." Of course there is no evidence that Saddam's government was involved (or not much, anyway). But we are not now fighting Saddam's government in Iraq. Saddam is dead, and his regime no longer exists. We are fighting, in large part, al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. They unquestionably did attack us, and, as John Kriesel says, they have no intention of limiting their war against us to Iraq.
ABC may believe that it is nevertheless unnecessary or unwise for us to fight al Qaeda in Iraq and the other hostile groups there. But for the network to advance this view in the guise of a news story is inappropriate, and for them to suggest that veteran John Kriesel is somehow misleading listeners about our enemy in Iraq is simply false.
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Mercedes AMG Petronas driver, Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday. The win marked his first time being first on the podium as a Silver Arrow driver and his 22nd career victory. Landing on the podium alongside Hamilton was Kimi Räikkönen from Lotus-Renault in second and Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber in third and fourth.
- Lewis' win was the 13th Formula One win for a Silver Arrow and the third victory in five races for the team
- Lewis' fourth win at the Hungaroring also took the tally of wins for Mercedes-Benz F1 engines to 99
- Lewis completed three pit stops on laps 9, 31 and 50, running option/prime/prime/prime
- Nico tangled with Felipe Massa in turn 5 on lap one and dropped to P12
- He also made three stops but retired with an engine failure on lap 65
- Lewis' victory strengthened the team's second position in the Constructors' Championship at the season's halfway point
Lewis Hamilton
What a great weekend! We really didn't expect this when we came here this weekend and I said last night that I would need a miracle to win today. Well, just maybe they do happen. The team called the strategy and the pit stops just right and then it was just about managing the gap. I had some racing to do out there, though, with Jenson and Mark and I think we had the pace on everyone today. The team has just done an exceptional job: we have worked so hard to understand these tyres and we got the balance spot on today. I am very hopeful this could be a real turning point for us as we coped with these high track temperatures. I would like to say a massive thank you to everyone at the team here and at our factories in Brackley and Brixworth. Team work achieved this result today and I really couldn't be happier.
Nico Rosberg
Today was a great day for the team, for Lewis and a brilliant job by everyone here at the track and back at our factories. Unfortunately my weekend didn't go quite so well and it's a shame that we couldn't have had a two-car finish today. I got a good start but then Felipe and I came together on the first lap which was unfortunate as I was in front and had left some space for him but his front wing hit my rear tyre. That cost me a lot of positions and it's really difficult to make the places back up on this track. Then my day came to an early conclusion with the engine failure. However there are lots of positives for us to take as a team from this weekend and now I really look forward to the upcoming races as we know that we have a quick car and we made the new tyres work for us this weekend.
Ross Brawn
We went into this race not really knowing where we stood in terms of tyre performance and behaviour but as the race unfolded, it became clear that we were able to stay competitive with both cars and drivers. Lewis drove an absolutely perfect race and didn't put a foot wrong all afternoon. He was able to race aggressively and keep the tyres alive to make our strategy work. Nico was unfortunate to get tangled up with Massa on the first lap and then suffered an engine failure, which was a little worrying in the closing laps as we hadn't seen any signs of overheating. Overall, this has been a very encouraging weekend. In extremely hot conditions, we maintained our Saturday afternoon competitiveness on Sunday afternoon and it certainly feels like we have made a good step forward today. Now we need to get our heads down before the well-deserved two-week shutdown so that we arrive in Spa as well prepared as we possibly can.
Toto Wolff
What an outstanding drive from Lewis this afternoon – he got a clean getaway and then executed the race strategy perfectly, including some really strong and aggressive overtaking moves when he needed to. He did a great job, just like the team with six clean pit stops for our drivers and the right race strategy. Nico lost positions on the first lap tangling with Felipe and then was making up places when his engine failed near the end of the race. That gave us a nervous few closing laps but we were able to bring Lewis' car home safely. We came into this weekend with a lot of discussion over how the new tyres would affect us. We did our homework in practice, found the right set-up and managed to take a good step forward this afternoon with how we managed the tyres in race conditions. It is only halfway through the season and our rivals have been consistently competitive while we have experienced some ups and downs in the first ten races. Our target for the second half of the year must be to consolidate our performance and deliver this kind of speed consistently. We are still the underdogs right now but we are on an upward trend and we will keep working hard. Thank you to everyone at our factories back in Brackley and Brixworth for their hard work and enjoy a well-deserved summer break. Congratulations as well to our customer sport team-mates who took victory for Mercedes-Benz in the Spa 24 Hours. It's been a good day for the three-pointed star!


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Saturday, June 17
Daily Farm Photo: 6/17/06
I Heart Homegrown Garlic
A year of Daily Photos ago: Patchy Cat Keeps A Lookout
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well I love your rocks!!!ReplyDelete
More hearts. I love them.ReplyDelete
Congrats on getting on blogs of note!
hi there - this is a great blog - i keep wishing i knew how to cook, had the time to learn to cook, lived somewhere rural etc etc etc. i am reading the 'Toasted Almond Chocolate Chip Biscotti' post and by crikey i want some.ReplyDelete
Nossa, pedras e alho. Deve ser legal. Ou não.ReplyDelete
Saudaões Tortas.
I am so jealous. You are living the life that I only dream about. Blessings.ReplyDelete
tabitha collects heart rocks too. you have some admirable ones there. i just tried to braid our recent harvest of garlic with limited success.ReplyDelete
I ♥ your ♥ rocks. :-)ReplyDelete
Hey there! I'm new to this whole blogging thing. Your blog is great! I moved from the country into the city. I really miss it! Your pictures are like a breath of fresh air to my soul. Thank you!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/17/2006 5:58 PM
Very nice blog...ReplyDelete
It is nice to see so many spade-shaped objects. Really makes you think.ReplyDelete
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- Anonymous6/18/2006 12:10 AM
I want to thank you for introducing me to green garlic. I had never heard of it before and now love it! I have eaten most of my meager planting.ReplyDelete
I can't believe how many heart rocks you have found. I will have to pay more attention to the shapes around here.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/18/2006 10:37 AM
Garlic, like so many things, is indeed best when homegrown. Sticky, sticky, and slightly sweet--that's how I like mine. We're pulling it up by the basketful here in Carolina. Vampires beware!ReplyDelete
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If you build it, the NFL will come.
Keeping with the tradition of rewarding teams with new stadiums, Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Tuesday that Minnesota was awarded the right to host Super Bowl LII.
After four rounds of voting, the league's owners selected Minnesota by a simple majority over New Orleans. Indianapolis finished third in the selection process.
Minneapolis will boast a brand-new, $1 billion stadium in advance of the 2018 game.
The 52nd Super Bowl is the second for the city of Minneapolis, which hosted Super Bowl XXVI at the recently demolished Metrodome in 1992.
There is a precedent for NFL owners returning to a cold-weather city -- Detroit hosted two Super Bowls, most recently after opening Ford Field for Super Bowl XL. Having a dome helped Minneapolis' cause.
One reason behind the league giving the nod to Minnesota is the nearly $500 million in public money going toward the team's new facility. The NFL likes to reward cities that invest in new stadiums.
The Vikings will play the next two seasons at the University of Minnesota while their state-of-the-art stadium is built on the former site of the Metrodome. The new field is set to open in 2016, giving the city plenty of time to work out any kinks in advance of the 2018 Super Bowl.
For fans concerned about cold weather in the Twin Cities, the Minnesota bid committee pointed out that there are eight miles of skyways.
The potential frigid conditions might bother some fans. NFL owners clearly don't share those concerns. Weather is fickle. We've had ice storms and snow at Super Bowls in Atlanta and Dallas, while it was downright pleasant at MetLife Stadium back in February.
The latest "Around The League Podcast" breaks down the latest news and shares takeaways from rookie camps.


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The sudden onset of serious ill health which threatens to become prolonged is obviously a worrying matter for anyone, but especially for those in regular employment and who are striving to sustain significant financial commitments. That's why it is so vital for people in that situation to have an insurance policy on hand that they can fall back on. Thankfully, there is a vast range of health insurance products on the market today that can help you cope with unexpected medical bills, provide income protection and even, in some cases, pay out a lump sum. Four examples are outlined below and each is designed to protect an individual in the different circumstances which may befall.
Critical Illness Insurance – This can pay you a tax-free lump sum if you suffer a serious accident, are laid low by a critical illness resulting from, say, a stroke or heart attack, or you have been diagnosed with cancer. It includes in fact any medical condition which renders you unfit for work either long-term or permanently.
Income Protection Insurance – This will pay you a regular income if you are unable to work due to ill health. The policy will kick in between one day and up to two years after the onset of your inability status. Benefits can be paid until you get better and return to work or even continue, if necessary, right up until you reach retirement age.
Private Medical Insurance – For those who seek a wider scope of choice and control in their medical care which the challenged NHS cannot always guarantee, private medical care is an increasingly attractive option. The advantages of speedier access to consultants and medical services (inpatient and outpatient) are obvious and can in many cases greatly reduce treatment and recovery times.
Long Term Care – Most of us are going to be in need of some kind of care in the autumn of our years, whether that is carried out at home or in some sort of residential establishment, and whether we continue to enjoy relatively good health or need constant nursing care that includes regular medication. Choosing the residential path is a good option for all-round clinical care but, as many have found to their dismay, it can be prohibitively expensive, typically running into many hundreds of pounds per week! The State, of course, can and will step in when circumstances dictate, but those who have assets in the form of capital (including income from pensions and investments) or property should tread warily...
Financial aid from the State is administered on a sliding-scale system with three main funding thresholds; those who surmount the top threshold will find that they are considered to have sufficient resources and will be entitled to no State-funded offset whatsoever. It stands to reason, therefore, that having insurance protection in place to cover long-term care will save a lot of anguish.
Make no mistake: being adequately covered by good insurance products will bring great peace of mind. Nevertheless, before signing up to any particular policy, you should always bear in mind that not all products are regulated by the Personal Investment Authority and it is strongly recommended that you first confer with an independent financial advisor who can give you impartial advice, organise your premium payments and, if and when necessary, make a claim on your behalf.


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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In 1885 the year of its US publication, a number of public libraries banned The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from their stacks. According to the American Library Association, it was the fifth most-frequently-challenged book in the United States in the 1990s. Despite strong arguments that the book supports positive racial themes, Huck Finn has been controversial from the beginning. Last year NewSouth Books published a sanitized edition, effectively keeping this book in the news and on the minds of both those who have loved and hated this classic American book. When was the last time you visited Huck Finn? Interested in learning more and sharing your ideas?
Join us next week for a panel discussion of this story that continues to both attract and repel members of our community. Does Huckleberry Finn belong in the literary canon and in our schools? What does it reveal about race relations, art and the power of language?
Guest panelists include Randy White, director of the Cardinal Stage production of Big River, Suparna Bose, Bloomington parent and Master's student at the IU School of Education, and Dr. Frederick L. McElroy Associate Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies at Indiana University. The panel discussion will take place on Thursday, May 3 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. in the Downtown Library Auditorium.


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The final, chilling email that James Foley's murderers sent to his family has been published by the freelance journalist's last employers, the Global Post, with his parent's permission.
This email was sent on 12 August - the video of Foley's murder was released exactly one week later:
A message to the American government and their sheep like citizens:
We have left you alone since your disgraceful defeat in Iraq. We did not interfere in your country or attack your citizens while they were safe in their homes despite our capability to do so!
As for the scum of your society who are held prisoner by us, THEY DARED TO ENTER THE LION'S DEN AND WHERE EATEN!
You were given many chances to negotiate the release of your people via cash transactions as other governments have accepted.
We have also offered prisoner exchanges to free the Muslims currently in your detention like our sister Dr Afia Sidiqqi, however you proved very quickly to us that this is NOT what you are interested in.
You have no motivation to deal with the Muslims except with the language of force, a language you were given in "Arabic translation" when you attempted to occupy the land of Iraq!
Now you return to bomb the Muslims of Iraq once again, this time resorting to Arial attacks and "proxy armies", all the while cowardly shying away from a face-to-face confrontation!
Today our swords are unsheathed towards you, GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS ALIKE! AND WE WILL NOT STOP UNTILL WE QUENCH OUR THIRST FOR YOUR BLOOD.
You do not spare our weak, elderly, women or children so we will NOT spare yours!
You and your citizens will pay the price of your bombings!
The first of which being the blood of the American citizen, James Foley!
He will be executed as a DIRECT result of your transgressions towards us!


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The world is not lacking in Just Dance games. Since that original perfect storm of pop style, goofy fun and lack of inhibition crashed the Wii party near the tail end of 2009, Ubisoft's dance factory has put out an additional eight releases of varying quality in a short two years. It would thus be easy to dismiss Just Dance 3 based on franchise fatigue alone, although doing so would rob you of the ridiculously good time of what just may be Wii's best party game yet.
That may sound like faint praise on a platform drowning in the darn things — like calling it the least bruised dead horse in the cemetery — but the third main entry expands upon the commercially smashing formula in energetic new ways while tightening up the somewhat modular get-up of previous titles. It's a game less concerned with reinventing the dancing game wheel than it is with making the most perfectly rounded wheel on the platform.
There is, of course, plenty of "more" here for the game to earn its digit uptick. Sporting a larger and sufficiently diverse track list ranging from Daft Punk to The Nightmare Before Christmas means that virtually anyone will be able to find at least a few pleasures, guilty or otherwise, and if Just Dance 2 is any indication then Ubisoft will keep the online store stocked with a steady trickle of new tracks — with individual tracks costing 50 Wii Points less than before, although Just Dance 2 downloads are unfortunately not playable on the new dance floor. Handy new playlists by genre and style cut out the simple slog of song selection for times when you don't really care about which 80's jam you jiggle to; and Medleys are one-upped by Dance Mash-Ups that provide smoother transitions between different styles, which makes medleys feel downright disjointed by comparison.
These additions are all well and good, but where Just Dance 3 shines is in how well everything ties together. Artificial walls between modes have been knocked over to give unity to the package or to simply make things easier to do. Last time around, exercise mode Just Sweat was relegated to playing in that particular mode and wound up as a novel but inelegant way of tracking Sweat Point goals and progress. It was a downright silly restriction that kept the mode on its own island, now bridged by allowing you to accrue Sweat Points at any time so long as your profile is loaded.
Regardless of profile, though, earning stars by dancing unlocks "gifts" of additional songs, modes, medleys and mash-ups. You can't choose what you would like to unlock and when, but the increasing amount of stars required to unlock the 20+ gifts implies that these are just extras to be enjoyed every so often and encourage play over a longer period of time. Same goes for the achievement-like medals and the titles awarded after each song: anyone can earn them and they're designed for the long-term, keeping things a bit more interesting for frequent players and give more goals to solo players.
Speaking of which, Just Dance's goal has never been to teach you how to dance like Harmonix's Dance Central on Kinect — nor is it concerned with pinpoint motion accuracy, as evidenced by the good-enough detection — but instead to napalm inhibitions to clear the way for good times with friends. Few games feel as kinetic as Just Dance's unbridled joyful energy, and the series' signature neon flare and carefree style is out in full force. Routines strike that same balance between exuberance and challenge, incorporating more interaction between the on-screen dancers and their crazy environment. And for maximum goof, the duet concept has been expanded to encompass a number of numbers with four choreographies to give everyone in your kick line their own unique role, lending a sense of cooperation among players that isn't present when everyone does the same routine.
There may be no lack of dance games on shelves but there has yet to be one as polished, approachable and with such joie de vivre as Just Dance 3. Those who have previously checked their inhibitions with the coats to be sucked in by the franchise's plucky, happy-go-lucky attitude will find a delightful reason to return to the floor, and for non-believers Just Dance 3 just may be the perfect place to start.


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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Becky Kowalski knew a few moments after she heard the heartfelt words of Winthrop men's basketball coach Pat Kelsey about the shootings in Newtown, Conn., that he understood her family's pain.
Becky and husband Stephen were mourning the loss of their 7-year-old son Chase, one of the 20 children and six adults killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings 14 months ago, when they heard Kelsey's comments.
A father of three, Kelsey empathized with those parents in Newtown. Less than a week after the shootings during a postgame press conference following Winthrop's loss at No. 7 Ohio State on Dec. 18, Kelsey said officials from President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner to religious leaders, coaches and parents, "everybody needs to step up. This has to be a time for change."
Family friends pointed out Kelsey's comments to the Kowalskis, who began a phone and email friendship with Kelsey. They'll meet for the first time when the family comes to Winthrop for the team's regular-season finale against Presbyterian on Saturday.
Kelsey recalled how he kept thinking about the tragedy during his team's bus-ride north before he let the words flow out at Ohio State. He remembered he was about to leave the lectern when asked by a reporter if he had anything else add.
Kelsey did and his remarks were a mix of compassion and frustration over senseless violence.
He spoke of the joy he'd feel at seeing his daughters (his son was born in March 2013) once back in Rock Hill.
"And I'm going to give them the biggest hug and the biggest kiss I've ever given them," he said after the game. "And there's 20 families in Newtown, Conn., that are walking into a pink room with a bunch of teddy bears with nobody laying in those beds. And it's tragic."
Becky Kowalski said she and Stephen admired Kelsey's courage to speak his mind during his postgame remarks.
"He touched our hearts and we agreed wholeheartedly in his words. Shortly after, we had the opportunity to speak with him and realized the magnitude of his emotion from the tragedy and the sincerity of his passion to help," she said in an email to The Associated Press.
Kelsey was stunned when the Kowalski's reached out to him. There were so many voices raised in protest that the second-year coach wasn't sure his would have any impact at all.
"It just came over me. I watched it later and thought, 'Gosh darn, I'm not that eloquent of a speaker,'" he said. "But it seemed to resonate with a lot of people."
It certainly did with the Kowalskis.
Becky even shared the family vision of keeping Chase's memory alive through a foundation in his honor.
"Becky said that Chase spoke to her in a dream and told her, 'Mom, we are going to change the world,'" Kelsey said.
In January 2013, Winthrop marketed shirts with Kelsey's words from Ohio State, "It's Time To Step Up" and the phrase "Remember Newtown" on them. Proceeds went to the Sandy Hook Elementary School Support Fund that helped all victims. The school said it did not have records of how many were sold or how much was donated.
Kelsey had raised the idea attending a Winthrop game last offseason. The Kowalskis had planned to make the trip Valentine's Day weekend, but weather forced them to postpone it until now. Kelsey and the Kowalskis will use part of this postgame to raise awareness for the CMAK (Chase Michael Anthony Kowalski) Sandy Hook Memorial Fund.
The foundation raises funds through initiatives like Race4Chase because he was avid athlete who had taken part in youth triathlons.
The Kowalskis — and daughters 10th-grader Erin and seventh-grader Brittany — are scheduled to arrive Friday and will spend some of Saturday prior to the game in the Charlotte area, about 20 miles north of campus. Kelsey said officials at racing's Hendrick Motorsports operations sent gifts and arranged a tour of the NASCAR Hall of Fame because Chase was also a big race fan.
Winthrop players will wear the names of the young Sandy Hook victims on their jerseys Saturday. Forward Joab Jerome, one of two seniors playing their last home game, will wear Chase's name. Winthrop coaches will wear patches with the initials of one of the six adults killed.
After the game Kelsey and the Kowalskis will spend time together over dinner.
Becky Kowalski said the past year has been one of healing helped by meeting people like Kelsey. The weekend visit is another step in that never-ending process.
"We hope to strengthen our friendship," she said, "and continue working together on our journey to help children, families and communities."


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For a while now I've been stuck using my Web browser to access my Gmail accounts, rather than using Microsoft Outlook as I prefer. (It's all because of the computer meltdown I mentioned last week.) Gmail's Web interface gets the job done, but there's one thing about it that drives me nuts: no preview pane.
If I want to read an e-mail, I have to click it, then click again to go back to my inbox and find the next message I want to read. Wash, rinse, repeat. Come on, Google, it's 2011! How is it possible that there's no preview-pane option for Gmail?
(In case you're not familiar with the terminology, what I mean is dividing the inbox into two sections: one that shows the inbox, and one that displays the contents of whatever e-mail I click. No jumping back and forth between two full-screen options. It's how pretty much every other e-mail client on the planet works.)
If this bugs you as much as it does me, you'll be glad to know there's a stop-gap solution: Message Sneak Peek. This experimental feature lets you read the contents of an e-mail without having to leave your inbox. Simply right-click the message and presto: a preview window appears. And it's even functional: You can archive, delete, or mark-as-read the selected message.
Sound good? To enable this, head to Gmail in your browser, click the little gear icon in the upper right corner, and then click Mail settings. Click the Labs link, then scroll down until you find Message Sneak Peek. Click Enable, then scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save Changes. Now head back to your inbox and right-click any message to see the preview. Neat, huh?
Insert an Image into the Body of a Gmail Message
Want to send someone a photo, screenshot, or other image? If you're a Gmail user, there's only one option: attach the item(s) to the message. That's all well and good, but what if you want to embed an image in the body of the e-mail? Scan the toolbar all you want; you won't find any such option.
Head to Gmail Labs, however, and you will. (If you're not familiar with Labs, you can get there by accessing the settings for your Gmail account, then clicking the Labs tab.) The aptly named "Insert Images feature" adds a new button to Gmail's Compose Mail toolbar. Click it and you can choose an image to upload from your PC or paste a link to an image you've found on the Web. (Regarding the latter, heed Google's fine-print warning: "Remember: Using others' images on the web without their permission may be bad manners, or worse, copyright infringement.")
Once you've selected your image, Gmail pastes it into the e-mail wherever your cursor was when you clicked Insert Image. You can resize it by clicking and dragging any of the handles, or by choosing one of the four available size presets: Small, Medium, Large, and Original Size.
I should note that the person on the receiving end might not see the embedded image if he or she is using an older e-mail client or doesn't have HTML viewing enabled. In that case, it will likely show up as an attachment.
View Only Your Unread Messages in Gmail
II love Gmail–just not its Web UI. A pet peeve is that unread mail keeps getting pushed off the page by newer messages. And you know what they say: out of sight, out of mind. I need a way to view only my unread messages, without having to click through several pages' worth of mail.
Gmail doesn't have a view option for this, but there is a solution: In the Search field, type is:unread and then click Search Mail.
Presto! Now your inbox will show only those messages you haven't read. (When you're ready to go back to the standard view, just click your Inbox link.) Want to save a few keystrokes? You can also type l:^u. (The letter "L" in front is an abbreviation for "label.")
Increase the Number of Visible Messages in Your Gmail Inbox
There's a way to make all your e-mail more readily visible. Gmail gives you the option of increasing the number of conversations that are visible at a time. Here's how to find it:
- Start your Web browser and head to Gmail.
- Click the little gear icon in the upper right corner, then click Mail settings.
- Near the top of the General tab you'll see Maximum Page Size. Click the arrow in Show X conversations per page and change the number from the default (usually 25) to 50 or 100.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save changes.
You'll notice that your inbox just got "longer." Now you can see more of your e-mail at one time, both read and unread.
If you've got a hassle that needs solving, send it my way. I can't promise a response, but I'll definitely read every e-mail I get–and do my best to address at least some of them in the PCWorld Hassle-Free PC blog. My 411: email@example.com. You can also sign up to have the Hassle-Free PC newsletter e-mailed to you each week.


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This is a translation of a flyer that was recently distributed to people living in Fukushima prefecture.Apparently it is intended to convince people about the safety of Fukushima to prevent exodus.
It's not a duty of parents to escape from Fukushima.
Let's calmly think about how to establish a stable life filled with a peace of mind and safety.
1. We have the results of cumulative dose measurements of radioactive iodine, carried out in late March, 2011, in thyroid gland of children living in high radiation areas who were unable to evacuate early. No child had reached a dose that can potentially cause thyroid cancer.
2. Annual radiation exposure is 1 mSv in Iwaki City and 5 mSv in Fukushima City and Kooriyama City. The radiation fallout in Kooriyama City in March did not seem to be a dangerous amount at all.
3. Current radiation levels show radioactive rays (beta and gamma) from radioactive material (mostly cesium) on the ground. It is becoming more obvious that the current levels would not cause issues such as cancer in the future.
How to conduct a daily life from now on: especially in dealing with radioactive cesium.
1. Radioactive cesium on the ground should not be a concern for children playing outside unless they are in super-hot spots. Since there is hardly any radioactive material in the air, there should be no problem opening windows.
2. It will be better not to ingest radioactive cesium from food, but even if ingested cesium will be excreted from the body with about 80 days of half-life. Extreme limitation of food is more worrisome in terms of causing the nutritional imbalance.
Please value your relationships with people and health of your body and mind.
1. Please value your relationships with your family, especially your father.
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January 1st 2020 England
If wishes were horses...
October 19th Elora, Ontario.
Happy birthday, Dad. I miss you.
September 26th Leslieville, Toronto
The writing's on the wall
September 8 Toronto
"Civilizations rise and fall, but the hawks stay the same..."
― Helen Macdonald, H Is for Hawk
September 1 To Rattlesnake Point
September 1 Crawford Lake
Pieces of you
August 31 Toronto
Autumnal feels
August 27 Caledon, Ontario
Summer's last stand....
Exhibition Flash back
August 7 Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, England.
The sky is yours
August 4 Royton, England
A bluegreen home
July 24 Hollingworth Lake, England
Happy sunny daze
July 1, Canada Day, High Park, Toronto
Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Huron-wendat (Wyandot) and Mississaugas of the New Credit territory.
June 23 Niagara
Let's swim to the moon
June 8 Sifton marshes
Lay your sleeping head, my love....
~ W. H. Auden
June 1 Elora Gorge
There's a bluebird in my heart that
wants to get out
June 1 Elora.
The air is green like mosses after rain
May 19 Niagara-on-the-Lake
April 15 th Toronto (Photo of the ocean at La Jolla)
Here is a shell for you
Inside you'll hear a sigh
A foggy lullaby
This is your song from me ( Joni Mitchell )
February 21 Toronto
Without armour
With amour
Turn down the volume
January 17th England
Be ready to fly.
New year's eve, 2018/2019 Hollingworth Lake, England.
Mirror the stars
January 16th England
October 12 Toronto
Home again
An eighties kind of day
October 7 Toronto
Fall Equinox sunset.
22nd September Toronto
Dream with me
Manchester, England. August 28th
My Icelandic companion
Manchester, England. August 25th
Fuck it. Just dance by the ocean because you can.
Scarborough, England. August 21st
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme....
Scarborough, England. August 21st.
You're a tough city, you've grit and gravitas, you're the salt of the Earth and I love the very bones of you.
Manchester, England. August 19th
In my garden. England, 20th August
...a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
- Walt Whitman
July 20th Toronto
Quote: Michael Ondaatje
June 25. 2018 ..... Some of my photographs of the Salton Sea in Edge of Humanity Magazine.
Salt and Truth. May 2nd. California
Take a drive through the desert until you reach the Salton Sea and the air tastes of brine and earth, of loss and memories and something like regret. It tastes of the past and of dreams you can't quite place. Maybe you feel like you've been here before or does it just remind you of something, of nothing, of everything, of love and salt and truth.
May 1st. The desert. Palm Springs.
That guy with tears in his eyes and ghosts in his heart. He loved her, and you could see it. You could see it and you told him that it wasn't his to carry. You told him about grace, and you told him about the song. And you believed it. You were certain of it. So if it's true for him, then isn't it also true for you?
Jamie Twarkovsky
April 30th. Malibu, California
March 20th 2018 Toronto
February 18th Niagara Falls
2018 January 17 Toronto
2018 January 1st England
Toronto, October 14
Self portrait
October 23rd Toronto
October 9th Toronto
Just like that.....Fall swept into town.....
September 25th. Toronto
England August 12
July 23rd. Toronto
The truth is what you remember but sometimes not as you remember it.
June 18 Edwards Gardens, Toronto
....as small as the world and as large as alone. (eec)


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OH Senate OKs Effort To Renew Public Works Program
State senators have passed a resolution to renew a public works program that funds improvements to Ohio roads, bridges and other local infrastructure needs. The resolution would ask voters to approve a 10-year renewal of the State Capital Improvement Program. The proposal would increase the bond funding levels to $175 million annually for the first five years and then $200 million each year for the remaining five years. Supporters hope the measure will clear the Legislature by the end of this month, so it can appear before voters on May ballots. Voters previously approved the program in 1987, 1995 and 2005. A Democratic amendment to authorize additional money for the program failed to gain Senate support. But the measure passed on a 31-0 vote and now goes to the House.


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AP voter poll shows focus on Trump, immigration, health care
Voters cast their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Zion St. Joe United Church of Christ in St. Joseph, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Voters cast their ballots at Robious Elementary School in Chesterfield, Va., on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
Voters cast their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Zion St. Joe United Church of Christ in St. Joseph, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Voters cast their ballots Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, at Zion St. Joe United Church of Christ in St. Joseph, Mich. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)
Voters cast their ballots at Robious Elementary School in Chesterfield, Va., on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
Voters cast their ballots at Robious Elementary School in Chesterfield, Va., on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. (Daniel Sangjib Min/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health care, immigration and President Donald Trump were high on voters' minds as they cast ballots in the midterm elections, according to a wide-ranging survey of the electorate conducted by The Associated Press.
AP's VoteCast survey of more than 115,000 voters paints a portrait of an enthusiastic yet deeply divided electorate. Women voted considerably more in favor of Democrats in the first nationwide election of Trump's presidency.
Democrats seized the House and were poised to put a check on Trump. Republicans retained control of the Senate.
Here are some takeaways from VoteCast:
Health care was at the forefront of many voters' minds: 26 percent named it as the most important issue facing the country. Immigration was not far behind, with 23 percent naming it as the most important issue.
Nearly 4 in 10 of those who voted for a Democratic House candidate named health care as the most important issue facing the nation, while about as many Republican voters considered immigration to be the top issue.
Others considered the economy (19 percent), gun policy (8 percent) and the environment (7 percent) to be the top issue.
Nearly two-thirds of voters said Trump was a reason for their vote, while about a third said he was not. Nearly 4 in 10 voters said they cast their ballots to express opposition to the president, while a quarter of voters said they voted to express support for Trump.
Women voted considerably more in favor of their congressional Democratic candidate: 56 percent voted for the Democrat, compared with 41 percent voting for the Republican. Men were more narrowly divided in their vote.
Women ages 18 to 29 voted strongly Democratic, with 65 percent of those voters favoring the Democratic candidate.
White women were narrowly divided in their views: 50 percent of white women voted for the Republican, while 47 percent voted for the Democrat. Among non-white women, 80 percent voted for the Democrat.
A large majority of voters were enthusiastic heading to the polls, with nearly 9 in 10 reporting that they were extremely or very interested in the midterm election.
Nationally, 70 percent of registered voters who chose not to vote in the midterm election were younger than 45. A wide share of those who did not vote — around 8 in 10 — did not have a college degree. About as many nonvoters were Democrats (32 percent) as Republicans (32 percent).
Voters have a positive view of the state of the national economy — about two-thirds said the condition of the economy is excellent or good, compared with a third who said it's not good or poor.
A majority of voters overall said the country is headed in the wrong direction. Nearly 6 in 10 voters said it is headed in the wrong direction, while around 4 in 10 said it's on the right track.
A quarter of voters said the Affordable Care Act, often called "Obamacare," should be repealed entirely. About another quarter said parts of the law should be repealed. Around a third of voters said it should be expanded, and about 1 in 10 preferred it be left as it is.
Nearly 6 in 10 voters said it should be the responsibility of the federal government to make sure that all Americans have health care coverage.
About three-quarters of voters said the debate over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's nomination was very or somewhat important to their vote. Those who said it was very important to their vote were more likely to support the Democratic candidate. The GOP-led Senate confirmed Kavanaugh after a California professor accused him of sexual assault when both were in high school. Kavanaugh denied the allegations.
Roughly half of voters approve of Trump's handling of Supreme Court nominations.
The country is evenly divided on whether Trump's campaign coordinated with the Russian government during the 2016 presidential election. Democrats overwhelmingly said there was collusion, and Republicans overwhelmingly said there was not.
Roughly three-quarters of voters were very or somewhat concerned about women not being believed when they make allegations of sexual misconduct. About the same share said they were very or somewhat concerned about men not being given the opportunity to defend themselves against allegations of sexual misconduct.
In suburban areas, where key House races will be decided, voters skewed toward Democrats by 8 percentage points. Urbanites voted more than 2 to 1 in favor of Democrats, and small-town and rural voters cast votes for Republicans by a significant, though smaller, margin.
The survey found that 45 percent of voters approve of Trump's job performance — a finding that is largely consistent with recent polling. More voters gave Trump a positive rating on his handling of the economy (56 percent), and around half approve of the president on border security.
Nearly half of Americans said Trump is a strong leader and has brought needed change to the government. About 7 in 10 voters said Trump stands up for what he believes in.
Still, only about a third said Trump has the right temperament to serve as president. Around the same share see him as honest and trustworthy.
AP VoteCast is a survey of the American electorate conducted in all 50 states by NORC at the University of Chicago for The Associated Press and Fox News. The survey of 116,789 voters and 22,137 nonvoters was conducted Oct. 29 to Nov. 6, concluding as polls close on Election Day. It combines interviews in English and Spanish with a random sample of registered voters drawn from state voter files; with self-identified registered voters conducted using NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population; and with self-identified registered voters selected from nonprobability online panels. Participants selected from state voter files were contacted by phone and mail, and had the opportunity to take the survey by phone or online. The margin of sampling error for voters is estimated to be plus or minus 0.5 percentage points. All surveys are subject to multiple sources of error, including sampling, question wording and order, and nonresponse. Find more details about AP VoteCast's methodology at http://www.ap.org/votecast.


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GEROS-ISS: GNSS REflectometry, Radio Occultation, and Scatterometry Onboard the International Space Station. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing 9, (2016).
An OSSE evaluation of the GNSS-R altimetry data for the GEROS-ISS mission as a complement to the existing observational networks. Remote Sensing of Environment 209, (2018).


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Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 provides that no otherwise qualified handicapped individual shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Respondent Gottfried (respondent) filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) requesting it to deny renewal of a public television station's license because the station allegedly (1) had failed to discharge its obligation under the Communications Act of 1934 to ascertain the problems, needs, and interests of the deaf and hearing-impaired population within its service area, and (2) had violated 504. Respondent filed similar objections to the renewal of seven commercial television station licenses. Consolidating all eight proceedings, the FCC held that the licensees' efforts to ascertain the special needs of the community were adequate; that the facts alleged by respondent did not give rise to a substantial and material question whether any of the licensees had abused its discretion in its programing; that 504 did not apply to the commercial licensees; and that while the public television station might be governed by 504, the allegations against that station under 504 were premature unless and until the agency with authority to enforce compliance determined that the station had violated the Rehabilitation Act. The Court of Appeals affirmed the portion of the FCC's order relating to the commercial stations but vacated the renewal of the public station's license and remanded for further proceedings. Because the public station as a recipient of federal financial assistance was under a duty to comply with 504, the court, while not holding that the station had violated 504 or that its programming efforts were less satisfactory than the commercial licensees' efforts, held that nevertheless a stricter "public interest" standard should be applied to a licensee covered by 504 than to a commercial licensee, and that the FCC could not find the service of public stations to be adequate to justify license renewal without at least inquiring into their efforts to meet the programming needs of the hearing impaired. [459 U.S. 498, 499]
Section 504 does not require the FCC to review a public television station's license renewal application under a different standard than applies to a commercial licensee's renewal application. Pp. 508-512.
STEVENS, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C. J., and WHITE BLACKMUN, POWELL, REHNQUIST, and O'CONNOR, JJ., joined. MARSHALL, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BRENNAN, J., joined, post, p. 513.
[ Footnote * ] Together with No. 81-799, Federal Communications Commission v. Gottfried et al., also on certiorari to the same court.
Edgar F. Czarra, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner in No. 81-298. With him on the briefs were Mark D. Nozette and Richard A. Meserve. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner in No. 81-799. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Shapiro, Stephen A. Sharp, and C. Grey Pash, Jr.
Charles M. Firestone argued the cause for respondents Gottfried et al. in both cases. With him on the brief were Abraham Gottfried and Stanley Fleishman. J. Roger Wollenberg, Timothy B. Dyk, Ralph E. Goldberg, and Eleanor S. Applewhaite filed a brief for CBS Inc., respondent under this Court's Rule 19.6.Fn
Fn [459 U.S. 498, 499] Harry R. Sheppard filed a brief for Deaf Counseling, Advocacy and Referral Agency, Inc., et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance. [459 U.S. 498, 500]
JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the Court.
The question presented is whether 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 1 requires the Federal Communications Commission to review a public television station's license renewal application under a different standard than it applies to a commercial licensee's renewal application. Contrary to the holding of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 210 U.S. App. D.C. 184, 655 F.2d 297 (1981), we conclude that it does not.
On October 28, 1977, respondent Sue Gottfried filed a formal petition with the Federal Communications Commission requesting it to deny renewal of the television license of station KCET-TV in Los Angeles. She advanced two principal grounds for denial: First, that the licensee had failed to discharge its obligation to ascertain the problems, needs, and interests of the deaf and hearing-impaired population within its service area; and second, that the licensee had [459 U.S. 498, 501] violated, and remained in violation of, 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. 2
Correspondence attached to Gottfried's petition included complaints about KCET-TV's failure to carry enough programming with special captioning 3 or other aids to benefit the hearing-impaired members of the audience. The exhibits emphasized the station's failure to broadcast the ABC evening news in captioned form prior to May 23, 1977, and its subsequent failure to broadcast the captioned program during prime time.
In a verified opposition to the petition, the licensee recounted in some detail its efforts to ascertain the problems of the community it served, including the deaf and the hearing impaired, by a community leader survey and by a general public survey. App. in No. 79-1722 (CADC), pp. 102-105. The licensee also described its programming efforts to respond to the special needs of the hearing impaired, 4 and [459 U.S. 498, 502] explained why its two daily broadcasts of the ABC captioned news had usually been scheduled for 11:30 p. m. and 6:30 a. m. The licensee specifically denied that it had violated 504 and averred that the Commission is not an appropriate forum for the adjudication of Rehabilitation Act claims. Id., at 113.
On December 22, 1977, Gottfried filed a verified response, criticizing the station's public survey, and commenting further on the station's failure to rebroadcast ABC captioned news programs before May 23, 1977. The response renewed the charge that the station had violated 504, 5 and asserted that the Federal Communications Commission was indeed the proper forum to evaluate that charge. 6 [459 U.S. 498, 503]
Gottfried also filed separate formal objections to the renewal of seven commercial television station licenses in the Los Angeles area. E. g., id., at 199. The Commission consolidated all eight proceedings and ruled on Gottfried's objections in a single memorandum opinion adopted on August 8, 1978. 69 F. C. C. 2d 451.
The Commission first reviewed its own efforts to encourage the industry to serve the needs of the hearing impaired. In 1970, the Commission had issued a Public Notice to all licensees, advising them of the special needs of the deaf in responding to emergency situations as well as in appreciating general television programming. 7 In 1972, the Commission had granted authority to the Public Broadcasting System to begin experimentation with a "closed" captioning system, which would enable hearing-impaired persons with specially equipped television sets to receive captioned information that could not be seen by the remainder of the viewing audience. 8 [459 U.S. 498, 504] In 1976, the Commission had adopted a rule requiring television licensees to broadcast emergency information visually. In that year, however, the Commission had also concluded that there were so many unanswered questions - both technical and financial - concerning the most effective means of improving television service for the hearing impaired, that it remained "the responsibility of each licensee to determine how it [could] most effectively meet those needs." 9 The Commission summarized its views concerning mandated forms of technology by noting that "there is no requirement that any television licensee - commercial or noncommercial - provide open or closed captioning or any other form of special visual program material other than for broadcasting emergency information." Id., at 455.
The Commission then turned to Gottfried's objections to the eight license renewals. It approached the question whether the renewals would serve the public interest, convenience, and necessity from three different perspectives: ascertainment, programming, and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. It first found that the licensees' efforts to ascertain the special needs of the community were adequate. Next, it held that the facts alleged by Gottfried did not give rise to a substantial and material question whether any of the eight stations had abused its discretion in its selection of programming matter. The Commission explained that it is more difficult to provide special programming for the hearing impaired than for other segments of the community; 10 in the [459 U.S. 498, 505] absence of any Commission requirement for specialized programming techniques, it found "no basis to fault a licensee for failure to provide these options for the deaf and hearing impaired in the station service area." Id., at 458.
The Commission held that 504 of the Rehabilitation Act had no application to the seven commercial licensees because they were not alleged to have received any federal financial assistance. The Commission agreed that KCET-TV might be governed by 504, and that a violation of the Act would need to be considered in a license renewal proceeding, but it saw no reason to consider 504 in the absence of an adverse finding by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare - "the proper governmental agency to consider such matters." Id., at 459.
On May 29, 1979, the Commission adopted a second memorandum opinion and order denying Gottfried's petition for reconsideration. 72 F. C. C. 2d 273. The Commission again reviewed Gottfried's 504 charge and again concluded that the Rehabilitation Act does not apply to commercial stations and that the allegations against KCET-TV under that Act were premature unless and until the agency with authority to enforce compliance determined that the station had violated its provisions. The Commission also rejected Gottfried's additional argument that it had a duty to adopt regulations to implement 504. Finally, the Commission refused to hold that either its omission of a rule requiring "captioning or other techniques to enable the deaf and hearing impaired to have full access to television broadcasts," or the failure of the licensees to provide such services, was a violation of the "public interest" standard embodied in 309 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended. The Commission held: [459 U.S. 498, 506]
The court held that Congress did not intend the Commission's renewal of a broadcast license to be considered a form of "financial assistance" within the meaning of 504 and therefore that the Rehabilitation Act did not directly apply to the seven commercial stations. The court was persuaded, however, that the Act reflected a national policy of extending increased opportunities to the hearing impaired and that commercial stations must therefore make some accommodation for the hard of hearing, given the Communications Act's general requirement that licensees serve the "public interest, convenience, and necessity." 47 U.S.C. 307(d), 309(a), 309(d). In the absence of a more specific statutory directive than that contained in the public interest standard, however, the court accepted the Commission's judgment that the commercial licenses should be renewed. "Recognizing that the Commission possesses special competence in weighing the factors of technological feasibility and economic viability that the concept of the public interest must embrace, we defer today [459 U.S. 498, 507] to its judgment." 210 U.S. App. D.C., at 202-203, 655 F.2d, at 315-316 (footnote omitted).
The majority of the Court of Appeals reached a different conclusion with respect to KCET-TV. As a recipient of federal financial assistance, the public station was admittedly under a duty to comply with 504. The Court of Appeals did not hold that KCET-TV had violated 504, or that its efforts to provide programming for the hearing impaired were less satisfactory than the efforts of the commercial licensees; nevertheless, it held that a stricter "public interest" standard should be applied to a licensee covered by 504 than to a commercial licensee. Its narrow holding was that the Commission could not find the service of public stations "to be adequate to justify renewal without at least inquiring specifically into their efforts to meet the programming needs of the hearing impaired." Id., at 188, 655 F.2d, at 301.
Judge McGowan dissented in part. He agreed with the majority's view concerning commercial stations that rulemaking would be "a better, fairer, and more effective vehicle for considering how the broadcast industry is required to provide the enjoyment and educational benefits of television to persons with impaired hearing," id., at 188, 203, 655 F.2d, at 301, 316, than case-by-case adjudication in license renewal proceedings. He felt, however, that the same standard should be applied to public stations until regulations had been issued by the Department of Education dealing specifically with the rights of access of the hearing impaired to television programs. 11 Judge McGowan stated: "[F]orm is favored over substance when commercial stations are, for this reason, spared the expense and uncertainty of renewal hearings, and a noncommercial station is not. Neither, on the record before us, had advance notice during their expired license terms of what was, and therefore could reasonably be, expected [459 U.S. 498, 508] of them with respect to the wholly laudable, but technically complex, objective of providing access for the hearing impaired." Id., at 204, 655 F.2d, at 317.
Both the Commission and the licensee petitioned for certiorari. Because of the serious implications of the Court of Appeals' holding on the status of licenses of public broadcasting stations, we granted both petitions. 454 U.S. 1141 (1982).
All parties agree that the public interest would be served by making television broadcasting more available and more understandable to the substantial portion of our population that is handicapped by impaired hearing. 12 The Commission recognized this component of the public interest even before the enactment of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, see The Use of Telecasts to Inform and Alert Viewers with Impaired Hearing, 26 F. C. C. 2d 917 (1970), and that statute confirms the federal interest in developing the opportunities for all individuals with handicaps to live full and independent lives. No party suggests that a licensee, whether commercial or public, may simply ignore the needs of the hearing impaired in discharging its responsibilities to the community which it serves. 13 [459 U.S. 498, 509]
We are not persuaded, however, that Congress intended the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to impose any new enforcement obligation on the Federal Communications Commission. 14 As originally enacted, the Act did not expressly allocate enforcement responsibility. See Pub. L. 93-112, Tit. V, 504, 87 Stat. 394. Nevertheless, since 504 was patterned after Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it was understood that responsibility for enforcing it, insofar as it regulated private recipients of federal funds, would lie with those agencies administering the federal financial assistance programs. See S. Rep. No. 93-1297, pp. 39-40 (1974). When the Act was amended in 1978, that understanding was made explicit. See Pub. L. 95-602, Tit. I, 119, 92 Stat. 2982; n. 1, supra. It is clear that the Commission is not a funding agency and has never been thought to have responsibility for enforcing 504. 15 Furthermore, there is not a [459 U.S. 498, 510] word in the legislative history of the Act suggesting that it was intended to alter the Commission's standard for reviewing the programming decisions of public television licensees.
If a licensee should be found guilty of violating the Rehabilitation Act, or indeed of violating any other federal statute, the Commission would certainly be obligated to consider the possible relevance of such a violation in determining whether or not to renew the lawbreaker's license. 16 But in the absence of a direction in the Rehabilitation Act itself, and without any expression of such intent in the legislative history, we are unwilling to assume that Congress has instructed the Federal Communications Commission to take original jurisdiction over the processing of charges that its regulatees have violated that Act. 17 [459 U.S. 498, 511]
The fact that a public television station has a duty to comply with the Rehabilitation Act does not support the quite different conclusion that the Commission must evaluate a public station's service to the handicapped community by a more stringent standard than that applicable to commercial stations. The interest in having all television stations - public and commercial - consider and serve their handicapped viewers is equally strong. By the same token, it is equally unfair to criticize a licensee - whether public or commercial - for failing to comply with a requirement of which it had no notice. 18 As both the majority and the dissenting judge in the Court of Appeals observed, rulemaking is generally a "better, fairer, and more effective" method of implementing a new industrywide policy than is the uneven application of conditions in isolated license renewal proceedings. That observation should be as determinative in relicensing a public station as it is in relicensing a commercial station.
A federal agency providing financial assistance to a public television station may, of course, attach conditions to its subsidy [459 U.S. 498, 512] that will have the effect of subjecting such a licensee to more stringent requirements than must be met by a commercial licensee. Or regulations may be promulgated under the Rehabilitation Act that impose special obligations on the subsidized licensee. Conceivably, the Federal Communications Commission might determine that the policies underlying the Communications Act require extraordinary efforts to make certain types of programming universally accessible, thereby placing heightened responsibility on certain stations. But unless and until such a differential standard has been promulgated, the Federal Communications Commission does not abuse its discretion in interpreting the public interest standard, see FCC v. WNCN Listeners Guild, 450 U.S. 582 (1981), when it declines to impose a greater obligation to provide special programming for the hearing impaired on a public licensee than on a commercial licensee. 19
The Court of Appeals was unanimous in its holding that the renewal of the seven commercial licensees was consistent with the public interest requirement in 309 of the Federal Communications Act. Neither that court nor the Commission suggested that there was anything in the record that would justify treating the public licensee differently from the commercial licensees if both classes were to be judged under the same standard. The Court of Appeals' affirmance of the Commission's rejection of Gottfried's objection to the renewal of the commercial licenses therefore requires a like disposition of the objections to the renewal of the KCET-TV license. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed insofar as it vacated the order of the Commission.
[ Footnote 2 ] In her petition, Gottfried alleged, in part:
[ Footnote 3 ] "Captioning" refers to any of several technologies, see Captioning for the Deaf, 63 F. C. C. 2d 378 (1976), that project written text onto a television image so that deaf viewers receive information that is communicated to others by the soundtrack. See also n. 8, infra.
[ Footnote 4 ] "Contrary to Petitioners' unsupported charges (Petition, p. 3), KCET has responded to the needs of deaf and hearing-impaired persons in its service area. It has done so with three different types of programming: (a) Captioned ABC Evening News; (b) a variety of other programs, including children's programs, which were captioned or signed so as to be understandable to the deaf and hearing-impaired; and (c) special programs which [459 U.S. 498, 501] have directly addressed needs and concerns of the deaf and hearing-impaired.
. . . . .
[ Footnote 5 ] The response stated:
[ Footnote 6 ] The response continued:
[ Footnote 7 ] The Use of Telecasts to Inform and Alert Viewers with Impaired Hearing, 26 F. C. C. 2d 917 (1970). The Commission described the effect of its 1970 action as follows:
[ Footnote 8 ] "Through the use of an encoder at the transmitting end and a decoder at the receiving end, this closed captioning system could supply visual information - captioning - of the aural portion of the television program to those hearing impaired persons whose television sets were equipped to receive the captioned information while the rest of the viewing public would receive the normal visual and aural transmission. This differs from `open' [459 U.S. 498, 504] captioning utilized, for example, by PBS in its rebroadcast of the ABC Evening News. Open captioning is transmitted to all viewers who see a printed display of the text of the aural transmission at the bottom of the visual transmission." Ibid.
[ Footnote 9 ] Captioning for the Deaf, 63 F. C. C 2d, at 389.
[ Footnote 10 ] "Generally speaking, [special programming for other segments of the community] can be achieved without any additional production techniques other than those utilized for regular programming. Obviously, that is not the situation confronting a licensee who might wish to program for the aurally handicapped. For such programming to be effective, it must offer some specific form of visual communication: sign language interpretations, [459 U.S. 498, 505] captioning, or extensive utilization of charts, signs, and facial closeups to permit lip reading. Even sign language and lip reading efforts, according to Gottfried, serve to limit the number of deaf and hearing impaired since many do not effectively understand these methods." 69 F. C. C. 2d, at 458.
[ Footnote 11 ] Judge McGowan pointed out that on January 19, 1981, the Department of Education had issued a notice of intent to develop such regulations, and invited comments by March 5, 1981. 210 U.S. App. D.C., at 204, 655 F.2d, at 317. See 46 Fed. Reg. 4954.
[ Footnote 12 ] "Estimates of the number of citizens who have impaired hearing and therefore have need for the receipt of news and entertainment material through appropriate television programming range from 8.5 million to 20 million. Many of these persons, it appears, live alone and oftentimes do not receive important new information unless advised by neighbors or friends." The Use of Telecasts to Inform and Alert Viewers with Impaired Hearing, 26 F. C. C. 2d 917 (1970).
[ Footnote 13 ] As the Commission has observed:
[ Footnote 14 ] If such an enforcement obligation existed, it would have to derive from the Rehabilitation Act itself, since the general words "public interest" in the Communications Act are not sufficient to create it. In McLean Trucking Co. v. United States, 321 U.S. 67 (1944), we observed that an agency charged with promoting the "public interest" in a particular substantive area may not simply "ignore" the policies underlying other federal statutes. Id., at 80. But we also emphasized that such an agency is not automatically given "either the duty or the authority to execute numerous other laws." Id., at 79. Thus, in McLean Trucking the Interstate Commerce Commission had an administrative duty to consider the effect of a motor carrier merger on competing motor carriers in determining whether the merger would effectuate overall transportation policy, id., at 87, yet was "not to measure proposals for all-rail or all-motor consolidations by the standards of the anti-trust laws," id., at 85. Here, the FCC has an administrative duty to consider the needs of handicapped citizens in determining whether a license renewal would effectuate the policies behind the Communications Act but is by no means required to measure proposals for public television license renewals by the standards of 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
[ Footnote 15 ] In 1976, the President designated the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare as the agency responsible for coordinating the implementation of 504. See Exec. Order No. 11914, 3 CFR 117 (1977). In 1980 that Executive Order was revoked and replaced by Exec. Order No. 12250, [459 U.S. 498, 510] 3 CFR 298 (1981), which transferred the coordination and enforcement of authority for 504 from HEW to the Department of Justice. Regulations previously adopted by HEW remain in effect pending the adoption of new regulations by the Department of Justice. See 28 CFR pt. 41 (1982).
[ Footnote 16 ] The Commission has explained its policy as follows:
[ Footnote 17 ] This is not to say that the Commission may permit a licensee to ignore the needs of particular groups within the viewing public. The point is that the Commission's duties derive from the Communications Act, not from other federal statutes. In NAACP v. FPC, 425 U.S. 662, 670 , n. 7 (1976), for example, this Court noted that the Commission's equal opportunity regulations could be regarded as "necessary . . . to ensure that its licensees' programming fairly reflects the tastes and viewpoints of minority groups." We then reiterated, however, that an agency's general duty to [459 U.S. 498, 511] enforce the public interest does not require it to assume responsibility for enforcing legislation that is not directed at the agency:
[ Footnote 18 ] We have previously emphasized the desirability of making changes in licensing policies prospective. In FCC v. National Citizens Committee for Broadcasting, 436 U.S. 775, 811 (1978), we wrote:
[ Footnote 19 ] We note the Commission's argument that, if a differential standard were appropriate, commercial stations would be better able to afford the costs associated with special programming than public television stations, which cannot sell advertising and which serve the public in large part by airing programs of specialized interest that lack the mass appeal required for broadcast on network affiliates. [459 U.S. 498, 513]
JUSTICE MARSHALL, with whom JUSTICE BRENNAN joins, dissenting.
In determining that the "public interest" would be served by renewal of the broadcast license of public station KCET-TV, the FCC refused to consider whether the station had violated the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 during its previous license term. The Court today holds that this refusal to consider the Rehabilitation Act did not constitute an abuse of discretion. In concluding that the FCC was free to disregard the Rehabilitation Act, the Court emphasizes that "the Commission's duties derive from the Communications Act, not from other federal statutes," ante, at 510, n. 17, and that there is no evidence that Congress intended to vest the Commission with power to enforce the Rehabilitation Act, ante, at 509. Because the Court's decision is not supported by either precedent or any sound view of the administrative process, I respectfully dissent.
This Court's decisions establish that where an agency has a statutory duty, as does the FCC, 1 to assess the "public interest" in implementing a particular regulatory scheme, the agency must give at least some consideration to other federal statutes that are pertinent to its administrative decision. Although the open-ended phrase "public interest" "take[s] meaning from the purposes of the regulatory legislation" that defines the particular agency's responsibilities, NAACP v. FPC, 425 U.S. 662, 669 (1976), the agency may not focus on those purposes to the complete exclusion of the policies reflected in other relevant statutes.
The principle that an agency may not ignore a relevant Act of Congress was clearly set forth by Justice Rutledge in his [459 U.S. 498, 514] opinion for the Court in McLean Trucking Co. v. United States, 321 U.S. 67 (1944). In McLean Trucking the ICC had approved a proposed consolidation as "`consistent with the public interest.'" Id., at 75-76, quoting 49 U.S.C. 5 (2) (b). While recognizing that the ICC's duties derived primarily from the Interstate Commerce Act and related legislation specifically regulating commerce, Justice Rutledge rejected any suggestion that the ICC could therefore ignore other relevant statutes in deciding whether a proposed transaction would serve the "public interest":
Similarly, in Denver & R. G. W. R. Co. v. United States, 387 U.S. 485 (1967), this Court concluded that "the broad terms `public interest' and `lawful object' [in 20a (2) of the Interstate Commerce Act] negate the existence of a mandate to the ICC to close its eyes to facts indicating that the transaction may exceed limitations imposed by other relevant laws." Id., at 492. JUSTICE BRENNAN explained in his opinion for the Court that "[c]ommon sense and sound administrative policy point to the conclusion that such broad statutory standards require at least some degree of consideration of control and anticompetitive consequences when suggested by the circumstances surrounding a particular transaction." Ibid. Accordingly, the Court held that the ICC was required to consider the anticompetitive effect under 7 of the Clayton Act of a proposed stock issuance by a carrier even though that Act confers no enforcement power on the ICC.
In Southern S. S. Co. v. NLRB, 316 U.S. 31 (1942), this Court recognized that the National Labor Relations Board must consider federal statutes independent of federal labor law where they are relevant to an issue to be [459 U.S. 498, 516] decided by the Board. Although the Court acknowledged the breadth of the Board's discretion, id., at 46, it concluded that the Board had no discretion to disregard pertinent federal laws: "the Board has not been commissioned to effectuate the policies of the National Labor Relations Act so single-mindedly that it may wholly ignore other and equally important Congressional objectives." Id., at 47. The Court ruled that the Board had abused its discretion in ordering the reinstatement of striking seamen without considering whether the strike had violated either a federal law requiring crew members to promise obedience to their superiors or provisions of the Federal Criminal Code proscribing mutiny and revolt aboard ship.
These decisions establish that, however broad an administrative agency's discretion in implementing a regulatory scheme may be, the agency may not ignore a relevant Act of Congress. The agency need not conclusively determine what the statute in question requires or forbids. See McLean Trucking Co. v. United States, supra, at 79 (ICC "cannot decide definitively whether the transaction contemplated constitutes a restraint of trade or an attempt to monopolize"). If the agency, after considering the relevant statute, concludes that it should not prevent achievement of the objectives embodied in the regulatory scheme that the agency is specifically empowered to implement, and states reasons for this conclusion, the agency's determination will not lightly be overturned. But the agency cannot simply "close its eyes" to the existence of the statute. Denver & R. G. W. R. Co. v. United States, supra, at 492.
There are good reasons for this Court's insistence that administrative agencies consider relevant statutes. The objectives of Congress would be ill served if each administrative agency were permitted to disregard any statute that it is not specifically authorized to enforce. "No agency entrusted with determinations of public convenience and necessity is an island. It fits within a national system of regulatory control [459 U.S. 498, 517] of industry." Palisades Citizens Assn., Inc. v. CAB, 136 U.S. App. D.C. 346, 349, 420 F.2d 188, 191 (1969). As the Court observed in Southern S. S. Co., "[f]requently the entire scope of Congressional purpose calls for careful accommodation of one statutory scheme to another." 316 U.S., at 47 . There can be no accommodation, careful or otherwise, if an agency refuses even to consider a relevant statute.
In light of the principle established by our prior decisions, the Court of Appeals correctly held that it was an abuse of discretion for the FCC to refuse to consider respondent's allegation that KCET-TV had violated 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. 3
The relevance of the alleged violation to the Commission's licensing decision is beyond dispute. The chief purpose of the Communications Act was "to make available . . . to all the people of the United States a rapid, efficient, Nation-wide, and world-wide wire and radio communication service." 47 U.S.C. 151 (emphasis added). See National Broadcasting Co. v. United States, 319 U.S. 190, 217 (1943). The deaf constitute a substantial segment of the population. Ante, at 508, n. 12. If, as this Court has stated, the Commission has an "obligation . . . to ensure that its licensees' programming fairly reflects the tastes and viewpoints of minority groups," [459 U.S. 498, 518] NAACP v. FPC, 425 U.S., at 670 , n. 7, then surely it also has an obligation to consider whether a licensee has denied meaningful programming of any kind to a sizable minority group.
Since respondent's allegation that KCET-TV had violated the Rehabilitation Act was relevant to the FCC's determination of whether renewal of the station's license would serve the "public interest," the Commission should have give "at least some degree of consideration" to the Act. Denver & R. G. W. R. Co. v. United States, 387 U.S., at 492 . There is no reason to depart from our traditional insistence that administrative agencies take into account any federal statute that is pertinent to an administrative decision. 4 As the Court noted in Southern S. S. Co., consideration of any pertinent statutes "is not too much to demand of an administrative body." 316 U.S., at 47 . The decision of the Court of Appeals demanded no more than this, and the handicapped individuals protected by the Rehabilitation Act are entitled to no less.
[ Footnote 1 ] The FCC is directed by statute to grant an application for renewal of a broadcast license only if it finds that the "public interest, convenience, and necessity would be served thereby." 47 U.S.C. 307 (c) (1982 ed.).
[ Footnote 2 ] The majority errs in attempting to distinguish McLean Trucking by quoting Justice Rutledge's statement that the ICC was "not to measure proposals for all-rail or all-motor consolidations by the standards of the anti-trust laws." 321 U.S., at 85 , quoted ante, at 509, n. 14. The issue here is not whether the FCC should have measured KCET-TV's application by the same standards that would apply in a proceeding to enforce the Rehabilitation Act, but whether the FCC should have given at least some consideration to the policies underlying the Act. In McLean Trucking the Court made it clear that the ICC was not free to ignore the policies underlying the antitrust laws. In addition to the passage quoted in the text, see 321 U.S., at 86 ("Congress . . . neither has made the anti-trust laws wholly inapplicable to the transportation industry nor has authorized the Commission in passing on a proposed merger to ignore their policy").
[ Footnote 3 ] Section 504 provides in pertinent part that "[n]o otherwise qualified handicapped individual . . . shall, solely by reason of his handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." 29 U.S.C. 794 (1976 ed., Supp. V). Respondents alleged that KCET-TV had violated the Rehabilitation Act by, among other things, failing, for most of its license term, to broadcast a captioned version of the ABC Evening News that was made available to it free of charge by the Public Broadcasting Service, and by thereafter failing to broadcast the program during any prime time hours. It is undisputed that KCET-TV conducts a "program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance" within the meaning of 504.
[ Footnote 4 ] Contrary to the Court's suggestion, ante, at 512, a requirement that the Commission take the Rehabilitation Act into account in its licensing decisions involving public stations would not necessarily subject such stations to a more stringent standard than that applicable to commercial stations, which are not covered by the Act. In the exercise of its discretion, there is nothing to stop the Commission from imposing an equally or more demanding standard on commercial stations if it properly explains why such a standard is justified by the purposes of the Communications Act. For example, commercial stations may be better able to afford the costs of special programming. See ante, at 512, n. 19. What the Commission cannot do under our prior decisions is simply ignore the Rehabilitation Act in a licensing proceeding in which that Act is relevant. [459 U.S. 498, 519]
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We recently went to check out Pearl C. Hsiung's second solo exhibition NEVER ENDS, a series of new paintings, a sculptural installation and a video, which recently opened atSteve Turner Contemporary. A while back we did a studio visit with her for this upcoming show here . The show opened October 16 and runs through November 13. Here are some photos from the opening as well as her video at the end of photos - Volcanic Ash which was performed by Pearl C. Hsiung, Mike Jourgensen, and Scott Martin (of CROM, 400 Blows, and Big Business).
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Cat Thursday: Happy Birthday, Parker!
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What a sweet baby! I truly believe that we do not choose our pets, our pets choose us. That is why I have six cats!!! haha They just show up and tell us they are staying, so please get them their shots and feed them please. Happy Birthday little kitty!ReplyDeleteReplies
Sandy - Parker definitely chose me. He's to blame for my love of cats. I still love dogs, of course, but cats have earned a place in my heart too.Delete
Aw, what a sweet kitty! I'm glad he found a home with you!ReplyDeleteReplies
Kathy - I am too! We are so lucky to have him. He's been such a blessing in our lives.Delete
Ah, I'm so in love with Parker. Adorable, he really is too cute.ReplyDeleteReplies
Tracy - Thank you! I think so too. :-)Delete
What a great story! And what's what adorable pictures!ReplyDeleteReplies
Melissa - Thanks! I wanted to post more photos, but figured I should stop there. LOLDelete
Lovely story, Wendy and happy birthday to a very special cat! Glad he gets on with the dog, too, that can be a difficult situation.ReplyDeleteReplies
Charlie - Thank you! Parker adores my dog Riley. Both my cats do, actually. We'd been so worried when we first brought Parker home, but the two took to each other pretty quickly. When we brought our second cat into the mix, my dog adapted to her faster than Parker did.Delete
I loved your story about Parker and it surely seems as though he's shoiwn his thanks by blending in so well with your family; sweet photos Wendy.ReplyDeleteReplies
Diane - He is the sweetest cat I've ever known. :-) Thank you.Delete
Happy birthday to Parker!ReplyDelete
I just got chosen by a sweet little kitty too, and I now just how you feel about Parker. She is the sweetest and most loving little thing, and I am so glad that we found her. Happy Birthday, Parker! Have a big bowl of milk and a tummy scratch!ReplyDeleteReplies
Heather - Your new addition sounds wonderful! Kittens are so much fun. I am glad she found you. :-)Delete
Parker sends his thanks! He loves getting spoiled. :-)
Those pictures are PERFECTION! So adorable :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Jennifer - Isn't he just beautiful? Thank you. :-)Delete
Aww these pictures are adorable. I love the baby and kitty sharing some love. Happy Birthday Parker. He is lucky you rescued him, he looks really happy now.ReplyDeleteReplies
Kate - Thanks! It's taken my daughter awhile to be gentle with the cats, but she's coming around. I love how Parker lets her cuddle with him now and then. :-)Delete
What a sweet story! Thank you for sharing all of those adorable pictures and Happy Birthday to Parker.ReplyDeleteReplies
Barklesswagmore - Thank you!Delete
- AnonymousFriday, April 19, 2013 11:22:00 AM
Aww! What adorable pictures.ReplyDelete
Happy B-Day to Parker! Love the pictures!ReplyDeleteReplies
Yvonne - Thanks! I had fun going through all my pictures to find ones to post. :-)Delete
- AnonymousFriday, April 19, 2013 8:56:00 PM
Oh, that photo of Parker and Mouse melts my heart :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Stacy - It melts my heart too. They are so precious together.Delete
Ah, that picture of Parker and Mouse is adorable!ReplyDeleteReplies
Lisa - It's one of my favorites. :-)Delete
Happy Birthday Parker. You are a real cutie pie!ReplyDeleteReplies
Kathleen - Parker sends his thanks. :-)Delete
Parker is gorgeous! What a lovely shade of yellow. Hope he had a fabulous birthday. =O)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Michelle! I think so too. :-)Delete
That's such a sweet post! Loved the pics too! :)ReplyDeleteReplies
Melody - Thanks! :-)Delete
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