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Sports beats bombing news
October 9, 2001: 10:58 a.m. ET
Fox, CBS get ratings wins showing football during Afghan attack.
A twice weekly column by Staff Writer Chris Isidore
NEW YORK (CNNmoney) - President Bush watched college football Saturday on the eve of the U.S. attacks on Afghanistan. Much of the nation watched pro football as the attacks took place Sunday afternoon.
CBS and Fox stayed with their football programming as ABC and NBC bumped sports to go to news coverage. And overnight ratings suggest the networks that went with fun and games over news reports made the right call, even if that call left civics teachers and my journalism professor wife shocked and outraged.
Fox saw an average rating of 9.2 for the early 1 p.m. ET game, and 10.7 for the 4 p.m. ET game. CBS showed only one game in each market. About half the country got a CBS game at 1 p.m. ET and about half at 4 p.m. ET, after most of the news reports and press briefings on the bombing had concluded. CBS saw an average rating of 8.5 for its games.
By comparison NBC saw a 6.5 rating for its 1 to 4 p.m. news coverage, while ABC gained a 5.2 rating during the same period.
Fox stayed with its football coverage, such as this game between the New York Giants and Washington Redskins, rather than bump it for news coverage of the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan.
Fox and CBS spokesmen stress that they both covered President Bush's address to the nation, which took place just before the early games started. They said they gave their affiliates the choice between a news feed and a football feed, but none chose news over football.
"We have the luxury of having a 24-hour news channel that was providing wall to wall coverage," said Lou D'Ermilio, spokesman for Fox Sports. "If news felt was a break-in was warranted, it would have happened."
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"It made sense to offer choice to viewers," said Gil Schwartz, spokesman for CBS. "If America is under attack, it might be different. And we're not going to run a football game if the president is speaking. We'd interrupt a football game for that. But we're accepting the president's agenda of attempting to resume life as normal."
NBC gave up a NASCAR race, which probably would have generated strong ratings. Coverage of the UAW-GM Quality 500 race was switched over to cable station TNT just before the race got started.
NBC bumped coverage of a Nascar race to TNT, its joint venture partner in race coverage, although it went back to the race in time to get the last half hour of the event.
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"This is something discussed in advance each week," said Kevin Sullivan, spokesman for NBC Sports. "This is an option always available to us. It took a matter of minutes to make it all happen. At least we were moving it to a place where race fans are accustomed to watching races."
NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw also made two references to the race, telling fans where to turn, and a crawl across the bottom of the screen also alerted fans where they could find the race.
Before news purists give NBC too much credit for bumping a popular sports event, they should know the network did return to race coverage in time to get the last half hour of the race, which was then broadcast on both stations. It then went ahead with its tape-delayed, made-for-television coverage of the Gravity Games, probably the least significant sporting event of the day.
ABC gave up what turned out to be perhaps the most compelling sporting event of the afternoon, the World Cup qualifying match between the U.S. team and Jamaica. The U.S. victory gave the national team an unexpected berth in the World Cup finals.
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It says everything you need to know about ABC's faith in soccer's appeal that it did not move the game to one of four all-sports ESPN cable channels it operates, although the game was showed on tape delay on ESPN Monday.
The decision to keep football on the air while U.S. bombers were still flying and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was briefing the nation undoubtedly angered some in the news staffs of CBS and Fox. But the ratings suggest that from a business point of view, it was the right call. Viewers who wanted news instead of football were able to find their coverage elsewhere.
The danger for Fox and CBS is that their viewers who went elsewhere for news will stay there for news in the months ahead. Even some sports fans, like my wife the journalism professor, won't be quick to forgive a network that gave short shrift to such important news.
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We saw Up over the weekend, and I enjoyed it very much. As usual with Pixar movies, it's got some complicated emotions. The first 10 minutes of the movie is a summary of his entire life, and puts you right at the center of his love for his wife.
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Investigators determined a suspect had fired a gun from an adjoining apartment. The bullet went through the wall and into the child's bedroom.
"It's sad because I have kids of my own and there are too many innocent kids getting killed because of stupidity and it needs to stop," said Jamia Childs, lives nearby.
The boy was taken to the hospital and is in good condition. Authorities are investigating the incident and are seeking suspects.
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On average, there are about 40 to 50 non-fatal shootings of children in Milwaukee. In 2018, there were 54 shootings, four were fatal.
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USA — Californians should brace for hotter temperatures, reduced water supplies, longer droughts and more wildfires in the future, a new federal climate-change report warned Tuesday.
Coastal residents should expect the sea level to rise and anticipate more flooding, according to the 1,100-page National Climate Assessment, the largest report of its kind done in the U.S.
California farmers, who grow much of the nation's fruits and vegetables, should be prepared for crop losses, yield declines and overstressed livestock due to prolonged drought conditions punctuated by sudden swings between blazing and frigid weather, the report said.
The report also predicted a 74 percent increase in wildfires throughout California by the end of this century and said northern California could see a 100 percent jump unless humans reduce the use of coal, oil and gas.
California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer, chairwoman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said in a statement that the report "confirms with the greatest level of detail yet that climate change in the United States is all around us and we are already feeling the impacts."
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- LDL cholesterol - treatment with combination treatment with rosiglitazone/metformin for 6 months led to higher LDL cholesterol levels when compared with treatment with metformin alone (the weighted mean difference was 0.31 mmol/l (95% CI 0.16-0.45)). Also treatment with combination treatment with rosiglitazone/sulphonylurea led to higher LDL cholesterol than with treatment with sulphonylurea alone (weighted mean difference 0.2 mmol/l (95% CI 0.07-0.34))
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Rhubarb is a wonderful vegetable. It has a delicate sour taste. Rhubarb is used to prepared compotes, jelly, jam, cakes and Charlotte. Only stems of the plants can be consumed; roots and leaves are not suitable for food. Rhubarb is rich in vitamins and other beneficial substances. It contains rutin, pectin, malic acid and other acids, mineral salts of phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, a lot of vitamin C. Rhubarb jam with orange is an unjustly-forgotten delicacy with a light citrus scent.
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RCMP "Musical Ride" depicted on notes
- Published: Feb 9, 2014, 7 PM
One of my small "sidelight" collections comprises modern Bank of Canada issues.
I have always been attracted to the bright colors and creative designs that seem to be embraced by our neighbors to the North.
One of my favorites is the $50 note issued nearly 40 years ago that features one of the most distinctive designs in all of world paper money — The RCMP Musical Ride.
"Who? What?"
Well the first part is perhaps a bit easier to explain and is better known than the second. The RCMP is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
The RCMP is the national police service of Canada and an agency of the Ministry of Public Safety Canada with more than 28,000 personnel.
It was created in 1873 to maintain law and order in the country's western territories.
In 1919, the RCMP was merged with the Dominion Police and gradually expanded until it reached its present scope of operations, maintaining jurisdiction in eight provinces and three territories.
Now for the "Musical Ride," part of which is depicted on the note mentioned.
As the organization's name suggests, horses have been a part of the RCMP since its beginnings.
The Musical Ride was created by early members of the RCMP as a means of displaying their riding ability and as a way to entertain both themselves and the community in general.
Some sources suggest that the first Musical Ride was performed in 1876 but, officially, the date of the first performance is acknowledged as being 1887 in Regina. The first public performance, featuring 20 officers on horseback, was in 1901.
The RCMP website notes that, today, "the Musical Ride is performed by a full troop of 32 riders and horses, plus the member in charge. The Musical Ride consists of the execution of a variety of intricate figures and cavalry drill choreographed to music.
"Demanding utmost control, timing and coordination, these movements are formed by individual horses and riders, in two's, four's and eight's at the trot and at the canter."
The website's description identifies one of the more familiar Musical Ride formations as "the 'Dome,' once featured on the back of the Canadian fifty-dollar bill."
The Musical Ride visits approximately 40 venues annually during a 100-day tour, according to the website.
In an effort to be sure all Canadians have an opportunity to see this RCMP event, the Musical Ride visits each province on a four-year rotational basis.
The Musical Ride is also is open to performing in the U.S., China, England and Australia, according to the website.
In 2014 the Musical Ride is scheduled to tour the provinces of Quebec and Alberta.
Wendell Wolka has been a paper money collector and educator for more than 40 years. If you have questions or suggestions, you can email him at email@example.com.
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As committed earlier by Secretary Carlos Dominguez III last year, the DOF submitted this tax reform package through the Office of the Speaker upon the resumption on Jan. 15 of the second regular session of the Congress following its year-end recess.
The Constitution provides that all revenue measures should emanate from the House of Representatives.
Package 1 of the CTRP, also known as the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN), was signed into law by President Duterte last Dec. 19. It slashed personal income tax rates–the first time that the government did so by law–while raising additional revenues for infrastructure and social services through the repeal of several non-essential exemptions to the value-added tax (VAT); adjustments in the excise tax rates for fuel, coal and automobiles; and a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages among other measures.
The CTRP's Package 2, which the DOF designed to be revenue-neutral, proposes to gradually lower the CIT rate from 30 to 25 percent while modernizing incentives for companies to make these "performance-based, targeted, time-bound, and transparent," Finance Undersecretary Karl Kendrick Chua said.
Chua said that through this tax reform package, the government would be able to ensure that incentives granted to businesses generate jobs, stimulate the economy in the countryside and promote research and development; contain sunset provisions so that tax perks do not last forever; and are reported so that the government can determine the magnitude of their costs and benefits to the economy.
He said incentives enjoyed mostly by big businesses such as income tax holidays and other perks with no time limits need to be corrected as it is costing the government over P300 billion annually in foregone revenues.
Citing 2015 data, Chua said income tax holidays and special rates account for P86.25 billion of the revenue losses, while custom duty exemptions account for P18.4 billion.
Exemptions from paying the VAT on imports led to P159.82 billion in foregone revenues; and local VAT, P36.96 billion, although part of this tax will eventually have to be refunded because these are imposed on exporters, he said.
He said these incentives totaling P301.22 billion do not yet include exemptions from the payment of local business taxes and the estimates on tax leakages.
In terms of income tax incentives, the government, in effect, gave away P61.33 billion to companies in 2011, which went up to P88.17 billion in 2014.
Customs duty exemptions, however, have gone down from P82.97 billion in 2011 to P38.04 billion in 2014 owing to the various free trade agreements signed by the Philippines with other countries.
"So on average, we gave away up to 2 percent of our GDP in income tax and custom duties exemptions," Chua said.
The enactment of the Tax Incentives Management and Transparency Act (TIMTA) in 2016 has allowed the DOF to track incentives systematically, Chua said.
TIMTA data show that in 2015, income tax holidays accounted for P53.77 billion in foregone revenues; special rates, P32.48 billion; and import duty incentives, P18.14 billion or a total of P104.40 billion in tax incentives given away by the government, which would have accounted for almost 5 percent of national government revenues and 0.78 percent of GDP, Chua said.
Data for the VAT and local business taxes are not mandated under the TIMTA.
"So in general, we are giving almost 0.8 percent of GDP so far on tax incentives from these income tax holidays and custom duty exemptions. Together with the VAT, it is P301 billion, or 2 percent of GDP. These are only the investment incentives," Chua said.
Chua has pointed out that the government collects income taxes from large corporations and other private firms representing only 3.7 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), or a collection rate of a low 12 percent because of 315 laws or provisions that grant businesses tax breaks and other perks.
He said that compared to other economies in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Philippines imposes the highest CIT rate but is among those at the bottom in terms of collection efficiency, resulting in a high rate but narrow tax base.
The Philippines, he said, currently imposes a CIT rate of 30 percent but with a tax collection efficiency rate of only 12.3 percent, while Thailand's CIT rate is only 20 percent but it collects almost triple–a 30.5 percent efficiency–that represents 6.1 percent of its GDP.
Vietnam's CIT rate is 25 percent but it collects even more with a 29.2 percent tax efficiency rate representing 7.3 percent of GDP. Malaysia's 24 percent CIT generates a 27.1 percent efficiency rate in terms of collecting taxes, which is 6.5 percent of GDP.
Chua said a flawed and outdated system that provides tax incentives to companies under 123 investment laws and 192 non-investment laws is the reason for the country's low CIT collection efficiency.
Under the Philippine tax code, all corporations, unless receiving fiscal incentives, have to pay a regular CIT rate of 30 percent or a minimum CIT rate of 2 percent of gross income beginning the fourth taxable year immediately following the year in which a corporation commenced its business operations, when the minimum income tax is greater than the regular tax. The optional standard deduction for corporations is 40 percent of gross income under the tax code.
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- COVID-19 numbers are rising as schools face reopening challenges.
- Proponents for reopening schools want kids to have socialization and benefits of in-class learning.
- Those against it argue that schools aren't yet equipped to open safely.
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Justine Green is the principal at Tamim Academy in Boca Raton, Florida, and author of the children's book "Completely Me." She said she's seen firsthand the conflict opening up schools has created between parents, educators, and local government officials.
"Some people understand the need for socialization and in-class learning while others are concerned about safety over educational strides," Green said. "This has been a big challenge for educational leadership: to find the balance between all sides of the conversation."
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Dr. Chris Colbert is the assistant program director of the emergency medicine residency program at the University of Illinois in Chicago. He has been battling COVID-19 on the front lines since its emergence in the United States.
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In a classroom setting, typical interactions between students and faculty almost guarantee close and prolonged contact. And as long as COVID-19 remains a threat, the balancing act between safety and education will remain a difficult one to maintain with in-person schooling.
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"The risks are immense," Green said, adding that while teachers and educators are excited to have their students back with them and learning, their lives are literally on the line in doing so.
"We are putting our teachers, who are already underpaid and underappreciated, in the classroom where children may not listen to their mask requirements or wash their hands properly, or even just cover their mouth when they sneeze or cough," Green said. "This is a very tough time and a difficult decision for educators to go back into the classroom physically."
We're still learning about how COVID-19 affects children. But there are fewer questions about the risks teachers face, according to Colbert.
"Teachers and staff are at greater risk due to comorbidities and age," he explained. "These two factors significantly increase morbidity and mortality attributed to the coronavirus."
Even acknowledging all these risks, proponents of schools reopening might be quick to point out those same risks exist at Walmart.
But experts say that simply isn't true.
"In places like Walmart, where people shop for 30 minutes, exposure is much shorter than in a school that children attend for hours daily," Banerjee explained.
With one teacher responsible for many students over the course of several hours in a single, small room, he says the exposure is also greater for all involved in a classroom setting.
Then there's the fact that stores like Walmart are in a better position to enforce things like mask-wearing and physical distancing than a kindergarten teacher may be able to do with a room full of 5-year-olds.
Additionally, a large, privately owned corporation may be in a better position to provide personal protective equipment for its employees than school districts, which have been underfunded and have had difficulty providing basic supplies to their classrooms, even before COVID-19 hit.
For some, it may seem like a strong argument to make, pointing to what is already opened and wondering why schools can't do the same.
But the truth is our schools don't yet have an adequate safety plan in place. And even when they do, they may not have the funding to implement those plans.
And it would seem a majority of Americans agree.
In fact, only about 1 in 10 Americans think schools should fully reopen, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs.
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I think I been saying this too much, but I think this was a great episode. There just seems to be much better quality of anime this season, I am liking everything I am watching. I can't even cover all the anime I want this season due to time constraint. Last Exile continues to impress me, it might even be able to reach the levels Fate/Zero and Penguindrum have, but it is still too early to tell.
So the princess' awesome plan was to use some sort of battering ram on the front of the ship to ram the other flagship down. The first question is why was their even a battering ram on a flagship? When it first opened out, I thought it was going to be some super canon, what were they thinking while designing this ship? I could understand having something like that on the fodder/first line, but your flagship? They deserved to lose this war.
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Am I suppose to know who this person is? Dio looked at him with those "I know you" eyes. Since Dio is from the first season, it leads me to believe I should know him too. Btw, why would they leave a crappy crew on the flagship to defend it in the first place? The tactics of this nation are very questionable, it is no wonder they are losing.
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In the field of jewellery FDC works with great masters of the trades both in goldsmithing - where they work with Alberto Plasencia's workshops - and in lapidary-gemology area - where they work with Adrados. In the textile fields FDC works with artisans on looms in India, Spain and Italy.
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AROUND 30 jobs are expected to be axed at The Scotsman group, following – say publishers, Johnston Press – "an organisational review… to improve operating efficiency in the long term interests of the business, whilst maintaining our competitive position in the market".
In a memo to staff, managing director, Michael Johnston, says the areas affected by a risk of redundancy are classified advertising sales and display advertising administration; advertising supplements and special reports; editorial production and newsdesk administration; newspaper sales merchandising and distribution supervision; pre-press; and IT.
"Every effort will be made to minimise the impact of these proposals on those at risk of redundancy, including voluntary severance and redeployment," says Johnston.
At the same time, it is being proposed that one of the papers in the Scotsman stable – the Edinburgh Evening News – is to be published, Monday – Friday, as a single edition each day, as opposed to several.
The Saturday version of the paper is already a single edition. The proposal is being described as being "in line with changes elsewhere in the UK evening newspaper market".
Also, there's to be new production deadline, of 8.30am. It will mean that most newsagents and retailers will receive their papers earlier than at present.
It is feared one editorial redundancy may be the result of the planned switch.


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Cold Canyon Loop 14X December 31, 2006
Another Reno, Nevada Visit November 30, 2006
Cold Canyon Loop 13X October 29, 2006
Auburn Area Hikes October 25, 2006
English Mountain 4X October 8, 2006
Utah Fall Loop September 28 to October 5, 2006
Clouds Rest 5X September 11, 2006
Black Buttes 7X September 10, 2006
Ralston Peak 24X September 4, 2006
Pacific Northwest Inner Loop July 15-21, 2006
Ralston Peak 23X July 3, 2006
Mt. Tallac 13X June 10, 2006
Ralston Peak 22X May 29, 2006
Cold Canyon Loop 12X May 23, 2006
Oregon Coast Range Peaks May 11-16, 2006
Stevens Trail 18X April 29, 2006
Cold Canyon Loop 11X April 23, 2006
Pinnacles National Monument and Santa Cruz April 18-19, 2006
Fair Oaks Bluffs and Kalithea Park April 9, 2006
Cold Canyon Loop 10X March 26, 2006
Cold Canyon Loop 9X March 19, 2006
A Short Interstate 80 Winter Trip March 11, 2006
Cold Canyon Loop 8X February 20, 2006
Another Reno Visit February 9, 2006
San Jose Urban Hike and Cosumnes River Preserve February 5, 2006
Skyline Park and Sugarloaf Peak January 22, 2006
San Francisco Urban Hike January 19, 2006
Stevens Trail Part Way January 15, 2006
Fair Oaks Bluffs Again January 12, 2006
Eldorado Trail 4X and Fair Oaks Bluffs January 7, 2006
All text is written from these actual activities, and all photos and videos are taken on the actual activity, unless otherwise stated. Some simplification is necessary for the purposes of readability. Due to the time of authorship, some phrases may be written in the present tense. All references are accurate as to the stated time and date of the activity.
DISCLAIMER: In most cases, you should be a well-equipped and highly experienced hiker, climber, or wilderness skier to undertake, duplicate, or repeat these activities. Hazards and great danger, with potential loss, injury, and even death, are implicit in all wilderness travel, and also other forms of travel. Search, rescue and evacuation costs are generally the sole responsibility of the recipient.


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SAN JOSE, Calif, --- December 4, 2019--- Cisco today announced that it will be unveiling innovations for the Future of the Internet on Wednesday, December 11th, 2019. Cisco Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins and members of Cisco's leadership team will share their vision for the future Internet and what it can help organizations around the world achieve.
The event will take place at 9:30AM PST / 12:30PM EST on December 11th 2019, and registration for the webcast is available here. Interested parties can also view this event live and on-demand via Cisco's Investor Relations website at investor.cisco.com.
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I've seen the new face of search, and it ain't Google. What is it, you ask?
It is a text message.
The rapid rise of mobile technology is wiping out desktop. At least for consumers, their phones have become the way they experience the internet. Mobile is not the new web, it is the only web. And it is very different.
Mobile is beautiful precisely because it affords so little. It already gave us the simplicity of scroll, and the swipe. But its biggest gift to us? A whole new way to search.
We are so used to Google search—its interface and format—that we rarely question it these days. After all, it always gives us the answer, right? Whatever you're looking for, just type it into the browser bar (you don't even need to go to Google.com anymore) and, voila: 10 links, or the so-called "answer."
But why is it 10 links, and how can an answer to every single question be found in 10 links?
Imagine if in real life, someone would ask you a question, and your reply would be, "Here, the answer is among these 10 possibilities." Absurd!
When people talk to each other, they arrive at "the answer" by means of a conversation. I ask you a question, you reply, you clarify, I might follow up, and then you reply again. A question, in real life, is a conversation that leads to an answer.
The email has long being hailed as the modus operandi for web. But, on mobile, there is a new king. That king is text messaging, and we are all addicted to it. We love the form, we love the speed, we love our emoji.
Let's face it, the feeling that we get when typing a text message—that silly, quick, fun and instantly gratifying thing—is the feeling we never had typing on computer's keyboard. Email is always work, text messaging is aways fun.
But beneath all the fun and emoji-silliness, we've been developing something groundbreaking and profound. We've created a simple format for quick conversations. We've created a new way to ask questions, and receive an answer via computer that is a lot closer to how people do it in real life. By using text messaging, we have been playing an iterative Q&A game. And this is a pretty big deal.
Enter this new kind of search. Imagine that, instead of an input field on Google.com, or a browser bar, you get a familiar text messaging interface that you can ask questions. Here's what happens next:
- You ask questions in a natural form, like you do in real life.
- Your questions will be naturally compact, because you are used to the compact form of text messaging. But they won't be one word or one phrase, like we type into Google. You can have typos and the odd missing punctuation.
- This format naturally lends itself unto the conversation. That is, you don't expect 10 links—you expect a human response. And you expect to respond in response to this response, and so on.
- "The answer" will be things, objects, places. Links will become secondary. The answer will be one or two or three things, but not 10 rote possibilities. The choice will be naturally added via a conversation and iteration, not by pushing 10 links on the user upfront.
- You won't be able to tell the difference between a person or machine replying to you. This is where all the amazing AI stuff (looking at you, Amy) is going to come in handy, and will really shine.
- You won't think of this as "search" anymore, but as your command and control for all things needed—tasks, purchases and, of course, good old search. It will be like a textual Siri, but have far more capabilities. (And it will actually work. No offense Siri, but you have ways to go.)
Once this new world order is in place, you will quickly forget how Google worked. Phrase-based search and 10 links will become things of the past. You will quickly get used to, and love, this more human way to search. Via text message.
For early hints of what is to come, check out Magic and Cloe.


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Smarter Trucking Saves Fuel Over the Long Haul
As truck fleets and policy makers aim to curb big rig fuel consumption, the secret weapon is driver behavior.
Just over 33 years ago, 33 truckers competed for three days in a fuel economy contest dubbed the "Double Nickel Challenge." Named after radio slang for the 55 miles per hour (89 kilometer-per-hour) speed limit then in force in the United States, the goal was simple: to test the claim, common among truckers at the time, that big rigs got better mileage at higher speeds.
Long-haul truckers from all over the United States gathered in East Liberty, Ohio, to watch as drivers navigated laps around a track—first at 55 mph, and then at any speed of their choosing. With a few exceptions, they burned less fuel in the first, speed-limited, trial.
More than three decades later, the double-nickel U.S. speed limit—enacted in the wake of the 1973 Arab oil embargo—has faded into history on most highways. But so has credibility for the claim that higher truck speeds beget better fuel economy.
In fact, road-speed "governors," electronic engine controls that limit driver speed, are standard equipment on modern 18-wheelers. In Europe all trucks have their road-speed governors set by the factory to a specified value determined by law. In the United States, it's up to the vehicle owner to decide the setting, but most large fleet operators electronically limit their drivers to 60 to 63 miles an hour (97 to 101 kilometers per hour), with some flexibility to accelerate when needed. Safety is one consideration, but the other aim is to save on the cost of fuel.
(Related: "Trading Oil for Natural Gas in the Truck Lane")
Yet both the trucking industry and policy makers are convinced that more can be done to curb the growing amount of fuel that is being burned by big rigs hauling goods from one place to another. The U.S. government, in fact, this summer announced its very first fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles, seeking to require that big tractor-trailers get 20 percent better mileage by 2018. Europe also is working on a framework for limiting trucking fuel consumption and carbon emissions. And Japan, where trucks are estimated to be responsible for 25 percent of automotive greenhouse gas emissions, set standards to improve trucking fuel performance in 2006.
Changes in truck aerodynamics, reduction of mass, and improved rolling resistance all are strategies that could yield significant improvements in fuel economy, according to a U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report issued last year. But on par with all of those, the NAS put "intelligent vehicle" systems-many available today-which can reduce the fuel burned by trucks by encouraging changes in driver behavior that have long been known to save fuel.
The Fuel-Saving Power of Data
Curbing driver speed is perhaps the most widely recognized behavioral change that can save fuel, with the low 60 to 65 mph (about 100 kilometer-per hour) range the "sweet spot" for many of the 18-wheelers on today's highways, said Glen Kedzie, vice president of environmental affairs for the American Trucking Associations, a trade group headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
On average, a truck traveling at 65 mph instead of 75 mph will experience up to 27 percent improvement in fuel consumption. "As a rule of thumb, for every one mile per hour increase in speed, there is a corresponding 0.14 mpg penalty in fuel consumption," said Kedzie.
Operating at even lower speeds (around the old double-nickel limit, for example) would further reduce aerodynamic drag and decrease fuel consumption, he said, but safety risks increase if trucks travel much slower than cars. And the problem voiced by truckers during the days of the Double Nickel Challenge-that of slower speeds translating to less income-remains today.
(Related: "A Fuel That Doesn't Go to Waste")
In the United States, Australia, Canada, and European countries, for example, "hours of service" regulations force truckers to rest after a certain number of hours on the road. "Some trucks traveling at 55 may not be able to get their loads to their destinations on time," Kedzie explained.
Fortunately, the tool kit for eking out extra miles per gallon has expanded far beyond driving speed. In an era of evermore intelligent and connected vehicles, trucking technology for better fuel economy now includes wireless sensors, GPS chips, algorithms, and sophisticated real-time data analysis. "The rate of change is getting faster and faster," Kedzie said.
Fleet operators can collect highly detailed information about a given driver and vehicle, for example. "They almost have a real-time printout of a specific driver," Kedzie said. He ran off a list of data points that a growing number of U.S. fleets are monitoring: "Where they stopped, how long they rested, how often they braked and how often they hard-braked, the temperature of the engine."
It might sound like Big Brother has moved into the trucking industry. But analyzing this data and training drivers accordingly can translate to real savings. As Michael Roeth, executive director of the North American Council for Freight Efficiency, put it, "Between the worst driver and the best driver," the difference in fuel economy can be up to 25 percent.
Others cite more modest gains from technology designed to encourage more fuel-efficient driving behavior. For example, GreenRoad, based in Redwood City, California, says drivers using its real-time feedback system consistently cut fuel and maintenance costs by 10 percent. The big oil and gas company Shell* says its FuelSave Challenge Partner system for commercial trucks also can improve fuel economy by 10 percent. The Shell system collects information on 13 separate driver behaviors, such as harsh braking and excessive engine revving, and on a weekly or monthly basis, reports emissions, fuel, and efficiency data to fleet managers.
(Related: "Fuel-Saving Driving Tips")
According to Roeth, tractor-trailers in the United States currently average just 6 mpg (2.55 kilometers per liter). But some fleets can achieve up to 8.5 mpg (3.61 kilometers per liter), with the most efficient trucks reaching 10.5 mpg (4.46 kilometers per liter). "If we could bring the average up to the best real-world experience today," he said, "incredible cost would come out of freight." At current diesel fuel prices, he said, each one percent improvement in fuel economy saves about $900 per truck annually.
A Trucking Transition
The tipping point doesn't seem far off. "The truck fleet is as old as it's ever been," said Roeth. That's because, in hard economic times, fleet operators are "keeping trucks longer than they ever have." But new purchases can be postponed for only so long, and an influx of new trucks will hit U.S. highways within the next few years, according to Roeth.
It's an opportune time for the recently finalized fuel economy standards in the United States, where liquid fuel consumption by medium- and heavy-duty vehicles represents 26 percent of all transportation fuels burned. Trucking fuel consumption has increased more rapidly-in both absolute and percentage terms-than consumption by passenger vehicles.
(Related: "New Fuel Economy Labels for U.S. Vehicles")
Analysts at the firm ACT Research predict that North American production of Class 8 trucks (the heaviest trucks on the road, including big rigs) in 2012 and 2013 will be about 628,000, including an estimated 45,000 trucks to be exported to countries including Australia, South Africa, and Russia, ACT president Kenny Vieth said in an interview.
"That is nearly the total of all trucks built in the four years of 2007 through 2010. Twice as many!" Roeth wrote in an email. "It is crucial these trucks are bought with the most features for fuel economy."
It's not just a North American trend. ACT researchers are seeing "a really strong jump in the EU," Vieth said. And he added, "Demand is off the Richter scale in China," with heavy-duty truck purchases skyrocketing to more than 1.1 million in 2010, from just about 200,000 in 2001. "It's a deeply cyclical industry, either feast or famine," he said.
(Related: "Trucks Could Be Next Electric Power Frontier")
A major reason such strong growth is expected in the next couple years compared to the last few, is "the market was profoundly weak." Back in 2006, for example, North America produced more than 375,000 heavy trucks, about 40,000 more than ACT predicts for 2013.
Still, the fact is truck purchases have been down, and hundreds of thousands of new trucks will in all likelihood begin moving the world's freight within the next two years. Roeth noted that it's the fuel efficiency per ton of freight that must improve: "We like ton-miles per gallon," he explained. "Just because pickup trucks can go 20 miles per gallon (8.5 kilometers per liter), we wouldn't want 60 pickups hauling what one tractor-trailer can [haul]."
The drive to use technology for improved big rig fuel economy reflects several fundamental changes in the business of moving freight by truck, from new emission standards to rising fuel prices. At the same time, trucks are getting heavier. "But the overall weight limit hasn't changed," Roeth said. So trucks need to be able to haul more weight using smaller engines and fuel tanks.
"In 20 years, we've had five versions of pollutant emission standards," said Roeth. Scrubbing systems and other equipment required under those regulations tend to add weight. Trucking companies also want "sleepers" to provide more creature comforts in order to help retain the best drivers-not a small consideration as companies face a shortage of young drivers coming up to replace those now nearing retirement age.
"Our customers are looking for every opportunity to save fuel," said Peter Adams, program manager for Smart Transport at Shell Global. While acknowledging that Shell hopes its subscription-based FuelSave system will increase loyalty among commercial truckers, Adams explained the move to sell fuel-saving technology: "If we help our customers manage their fuel effectively, they remain profitable, in business, and keep buying fuel."
In the Netherlands, for example, the Emons Group has piloted the Shell FuelSave Partner on 17 trucks in its recycling division. The company's 450 trucks, which haul chemicals, glass, and other cargo, consume 15 million liters (nearly 4 million gallons) per year. Fuel alone accounts for about one quarter of Emons' costs. By 2012, Emons aims to slash fuel use by 20 percent. The 17 trucks using the Shell system for six months dropped fuel consumption by an average of 5.3 percent, with some individual drivers achieving 10 percent savings.
"The sky's the limit as to what information you can get out of technology," Kedzie said. It's becoming possible, for example, for a truck to be programmed to shift at just the right time for maximum fuel efficiency and minimum wear and tear. Braking can be automated, with the proper distance calculated based on road conditions, weather, and load weight. Other systems, using retinal observation, are being marketed to detect signs of driver fatigue. "Trucks are heading down the path of becoming more intelligent," he added, "which will result in the industry becoming safer, more fuel efficient, and more productive."
* This story is produced as part of National Geographic's Great Energy Challenge initiative, sponsored by Shell. National Geographic maintains autonomy over content.


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Tyson is a beautiful natured affectionate calm Flashy Mahoganey Brindle male with perfect herring bone strips down his back. He loves anything to do with water Ie Hose, jumping into and swimming in the pool, beach and boats. He loves giving Hi5's at the park to young children. Plays fetch and any games you can think off. I have a disability and Tyson is very gentle when walking with me with my walker. He also loves walking on the walking machine.
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Krystal is a beautiful black face red. Krystal loves anything water and is a good mouser and a fantastic mum. She also loves playing ball and any other games. I have a disability and she is very gentle when walking with me and my walker. She loves walking on the walking machine.
Krystal can be a little shy until she knows you which is a great trait, for anybody with young children or people who are afraid of dogs as she doesn't bark or bounce up at them. I believe because she is calm and quiet people are drawn to her. I use to take her to the local school, so children who lack confidence would reading read to her, she will sit at their feet for hours.