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LANSING, Michigan (Reuters) - The newly appointed emergency manager for the City of Detroit has an impressive resume, sweeping powers and at least a temporary reservoir of good will as he seeks a financial turnaround of Michigan's biggest and nearly bankrupt city.
But a powerful state legislative leader told Reuters that before any funds come from Lansing, bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr is going to have to show progress with realistic financial estimates and measures to help the city's finances.
Republican Governor Rick Snyder, who selected the 54-year-old Democrat to serve as Detroit's manager, has spoken in general about the likelihood a turnaround plan will require new financial resources. But Snyder has carefully avoided making any specific pledges or proposals.
State House Speaker Jase Bolger, also a Republican, said he wants to see results before committing major new resources to Detroit. "We're not the slightest bit interested in providing more money for business as usual," he said.
Snyder and other Republican leaders in the state capital have spoken repeatedly about the need for Detroit to overhaul its financial practices. Orr has said he intends to seek improved city services such as street lighting, law enforcement and firefighting, but has not said whether the improvements will cost the city more money.
Orr's March 14 appointment was a watershed moment for Detroit, a city in a long economic decline. Once the fifth largest American city at 1.8 million people, it now ranks 18th with just over 700,000.
In addition to the population decline - the city's population stood at 713,777 after the 2010 census, a 100-year low - Detroit suffers from high unemployment, high crime rates, a flood of home foreclosures and a cut in state funding.
The state might provide one-time assistance to help Orr launch his reform efforts, Bolger said. Orr's appointment could provide an opening for the state to help him launch an effort to right-size city government and provide services, but additional support would depend on the scope of Orr's plans.
"Right now, the question is premature because we don't have a proposal," Bolger said.
The reluctance of state officials to step in with additional help comes after years of city over-spending. Detroit's accumulated annual operating deficits approach $1 billion, and its long term liabilities top $14 billion.
Although State of Michigan finances are on sounder footing today than they were five years ago, there are no obvious sources of state revenue to fill Detroit's needs.
Former State House Fiscal Agency Director Mitch Bean said this week that Michigan's financial condition remains tenuous, and a looming sequester of federal government funding adds to uncertainty about the state's fiscal outlook.
"It's very difficult for me to see (the governor and Legislature) coming up with a bunch of money," Bean said. "There's just not a lot of surplus money out there."
Detroit has found itself on the verge of losing special status that helps boost its revenues because of its population loss. An elevated income tax and a city utility tax both are contingent on the city maintaining its population above a threshold level. But the legislature was forced to reduce the minimum last year as the population dropped below the then-mandated threshold of 750,000 people. The new floor was set at 600,000.
The governor's office noted Detroit is already the recipient of multiple special state programs and tax provisions that generate an extra $164 million in revenues annually.
The state also is picking up the tab for a significant portion of the costs stemming from city turnaround efforts. The state is covering 50 percent of consulting contracts totaling nearly $5 million, and is covering all of Orr's $275,000 salary, Treasury Department spokesman Terry Stanton said.
Speaker Bolger said he sees reasons to be hopeful for progress, even if no significant state funding becomes available.
"I don't think there will be a direct (state) appropriation" to facilitate a Detroit turnaround, he said. "But if there's a partnership, that's good for everybody."
(Reporting by Dawson Bell; Editing by Greg McCune, David Greinsing and Leslie Gevirtz)


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For the 14th time this year, a Georgia bank has failed.
The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance on Friday closed Mountain Heritage Bank in Clayton, which is the county seat of Rabun County.
First American Bank and Trust Co. of Athens which has a branch in Winder entered into an agreement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to take over all of the failed bank's deposits and most of its assets.
According to an FDIC press release, Mountain Heritage Bank on March 31 had $103.7 million in total assets and $89.6 million in deposits. The loss-share agreement with First American will cover $69.2 million of the assets, which in banking terminology means outstanding loans. The cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be about $41.1 million.
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The fundamental process that drives the Earth's geological evolution is cooling. This process is manifested principally at oceanic spreading ridges, where tectonic plates drift apart, creating oceanic crust. As such, oceanic spreading ridges are responsible for formation of more than two-thirds of the Earth's crust, and they are major sites of thermal and chemical exchange between the mantle, crust and oceans. The mechanisms of growth of the oceanic crust, as well as the intensity and distribution of hydrothermal circulation, are controlled primarily by the thermal structure of spreading ridges. How the thermal structure of a spreading ridge evolves is determined by the interplay between magma emplacement, which introduces heat, and hydrothermal circulation, which removes heat from the crust and transports it into the oceans. Constraints on the thermal structure of ocean ridges come primarily from geophysical models. These suggest that at fast-spreading ridges, where magma supply is abundant, the crust is hot, whereas low melt supply at slow-spreading ridges leads to enhanced hydrothermal circulation and cool crust and upper mantle.
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Hyundai Santa Fe Lease Questions
1stbeemer1 Posts: 9sorry for the late reply. been out enjoying my new SF 2.0T. Go to hardin hyundai in Anahiem. Several of the dealerships around here were willing to match the deal ... only hardin was willing to add the tow hitch. good luck.0
Hi 1stbeemer1. The numbers for the FWD are different than the numbers for the AWD model. I believe that the residual values are the same for both but the money factors are .00148 for the FWD and .00157 for the AWD.
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[email protected]dmunds Posts: 38,515Thanks sunshine1949. Two Santa Fes huh? You must really like them .
Hyundai Finance's current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Santa Fe 2.0T FWD with 12,000 miles per year are .00148 and 64% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
There's a $500 cash incentive on leases of this vehicle right now.
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Hopefully someone can get back to me within 24 hours on this as I am planning on getting this Wednesday or Thursday. I think I got a fantastic deal but worth checking with you guys to see your input.
It's a 36 month lease/12,000 annual miles.
2013 Santa Fe 2.4L FWD, Black w/ Dark Gray Leather interior.
Popular Equipment Package and Premium & Leather Package.($3,000 value)
Free Oil Changes for life of Lease(and an additional 2 years after lease if I decide to buy)
The lease on Hyundai's website is for $269/mo and its just the base model and that's with $3,000 down and doesn't include taxes, fees, etc.
Here is the price I got per month and this INCLUDES all fees, taxes, etc.
$308/mo. This includes $3,000 down($2,600 trade in + $400 cash)
So what do you guys think?0
Hi gators4. It's difficult for me to comment on this deal without knowing what this vehicle's MSRP and selling price because I don't know what the payment should be like off of the top of my head. If you tell me what these numbers are I'd be happy to tell you what I think.
One thing I can tell you is that you would be better off having the dealer cut you a check for any equity that you have in your trade rather than using the proceeds from it as a down payment for your lease. I always advice consumers to put as little money down as possible when leasing because if your vehicle is totaled in an accident or stolen and never recovered then your down payment might just disappear.
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MSRP with all that on it is $29,500
Purchase price would be $27,700
I will have to look into the no down payment thing. I actually think I would get about $1,000 more out of the car that I'm trading it in if I sold it myself.
After seeing the Purchase price what do you think about the $308/mo?
Also, they told me now that I could jst put $2,600 down and then make my first monthly payment of $308. Before it was $3,000 down plus initial monthly payment.0
Thanks for the additional information gators4. Let's take a look at the selling price that you were quoted. This vehicle has a spread of around $1,300 or so between its MSRP and dealer invoice price. Add to that the $500 cash incentive that is available on leases of it right now and you have around $1,800 or so to play with in your negotiations. Interestingly, that's the exact discount that you are being given, so I'd say that this is a very good selling price.
Just make sure that the dealer is using Hyundai Finance's buy rate lease money factor of .00148 9top credit tier) to calculate your lease payment and you're in business.
Ok yeah, and pay as little money at lease signing as possible.
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Car_man, do you have any updated info on the residual and MF for a 2013 Santa Fe Sport AWD with 12k miles?
Any ideas if the $500 cash incentive still applies for leases?0
Hi psu1226. Hyundai Finance's January buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Santa Fe Sport AWD with 12,000 miles per year are .00119 and 60% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
Yes there is still a $500 cash incentive on leases of this vehicle.
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Thanks Car_man. I forgot to ask, what is the residual value for 15000 miles and whether there's a difference in the residual if you go for FWD.0
You're welcome psu1226. Hyundai Finance's January buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Santa Fe Sport AWD with 15,000 miles per year are .00095 and 56% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
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agrewal Posts: 2Mr. Car Man,
I am trying to determine the right lease payment for a 2013 Hyundai Sante Fe 2.0T with AWD (MSRP 32745, negotiated price 31745).
I would like to lease with minimum miles (12k) over 36 month term.
How do I make sure that the dealer calculates any down payment and lease appropriately? I understand what capitalized cost, money factor, and residual value are, but I'm not sure how to put everything together, especially in light of acquisition fees, taxes, and so on.
Any guidance would be appreciated.0
Hi agrewal. I can work up a sample lease payment on this truck for you to give you an idea of what to expect. Hyundai Finance's current buy rate lease money factor and residual value for a 36-month lease of a 2013 Santa Fe 2.0T AWD with 12,000 miles per year are .00114 and 59% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier.
Using these numbers, an MSRP of $32,745 and a selling price of $31,745 (though given the $500 lease cash that's available on this model, this isn't enough of a discount for my taste), I estimate that this truck's zero down, pre-tax monthly payment would be around $404.
If I was in the market for this model, I personally would shoot for at least another $500 off. That would lower the pre-tax payment to around $389.
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Hello Car_Man,
Can you provide some data on the (new) Santa Fe, non-sport: GLS and Limited AWD. Looking for the basics: MF, residual for 36 months and 12K miles. Also curious what, if any, incentives are out there for this truck (I can't seem to find any information).
Hi drdrakeramore. I haven't seen a lease program for the non-Sport Santa Fe. Is it even out? I don't think that it's available yet.
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Thanks, I found that out after I posted...my wife was taken with the ads during Super Bowl and I thought I'd get a jump on things. A bit of recognizance (with area dealers) told me that they don't even know when they'll be taking delivery...some delays in the pipeline, apparently. Unfortunate, as there seems to be a lot of interest right now. Thanks again!0
You're very welcome drdrakeramore.
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Hi Car_man
Thanks for you earlier replies. I have a couple of follow-up questions that I hope you can help me out with:
1. As the year goes by, I assume that residual of the cars will be lower as we get close to the model year end. Do manufacturers counter the residual drop with lower MF to keep the payments on leases similar, or are you better of leasing early on? I'm hoping to lease by the end of the month, but I wanted to know what to expect if I decided to wait out to check the LWB version of the Santa Fe.
2. Earlier this month you posted the following info on residual and MF: "2013 Santa Fe 2.0T AWD with 12,000 miles per year are .00114 and 59% for consumers who qualify for its top credit tier". I originally was going to go with AWD, but realized that I probably don't REALLY need it for my area. Can you let me know what the residual and MF is for for the 2.0T FWD with 12k and 15k miles.
3. Do you know what are HMF current acquisition and disposition fees? Want to make sure I've got all of the fees covered
4. I don't see a $500 lease cash bonus on hyundaiusa site. Is this promotion still on?
Thanks again for all your help.0
dbl315 Posts: 1Thank you for all of the helpful information. Can you please give me your thoughts on the following offer?
2013 SF 2.0T Sport, Tech Pack/Premium Pack
MSRP $34,310 (do not know the selling price yet)
$1500 due at signing (includes first month)
$379/mo (tax-in).
I can probably get the dealer down to $369/mo., but want to use a slow February/end of month leverage to see if I can get away with $1000 down, $369.00 month.
I was interested in leasing the 2013 Sante Fe 2.0T FWD w/ Tech package, but I couldn't find a color combination that I liked in my area. My dealer pointed me to a AWD model which had my top color choice combination (Mineral Gray / Black interior), so I decided to take that and pay up for the AWD. Here are the details of the lease:
Vehicle: 2013 Sante Fe Sport 2.0T AWD with Tech Package
Miles: 12k/year
Invoice: $34,067
Purchase Price: $32,765.35 (Hyundai Circle Plan A through Hyundai Think Tank)
Discounts:$750 Loyalty, $500 Lease Cash, $500 Motozuma matching
Down payment:$500 (Needed it to get the Motozuma deal)
Residual: 59% or $21,181 (Couldn't confirm with car_man)
Money Factor: .00114 (Couldn't confirm with car_man)
Dealer Fee: $200 (Maryland)
Acquisition Fee: $595
Taxes in VA = 3% (They tax leases on full price )
Monthly $370.16 includes tax
At signing: $370.16 + $500 Down + $118.5 Title and Tags (VA) = $988.66
Car_man had posted that residual and money factor early Feb, so assuming they were correct, the numbers checked out. First time leasing, so I hope I didn't make a mistake somewhere.0
is_status Posts: 7Hey car_man,
Can you help me out? I'm looking to lease a 2013 Santa Fe sport 2.0T awd
With the tech and leather package.
Terms 36 month/15,000 miles a yr
Msrp $35,645
Invoice $33,965
Purchase price $32,665
Money down would be $500 plus first month payment
Ny state taxes 8.875
Can you give me an idea of what I should expect to be paying a month on a lease with these terms and taxes rolled in to the payments. Thank you!0
fireflyninja Posts: 2Hi Car_man, everyone
Here's the deal I was offered:
2013 Santa Fe Sport 2.0T AWD Leather and Premium Package
Mud guards
Wheel locks
Carpeted cargo mat
Cargo cover screen
Term = 36mo
Miles = 12,000/yr
Sales price = 29,500 (includes 500 lease rebate)
Residual = 59% (19620.45)
Down payment = 1000
Doc fee = 75
Acq Fee = 595
Long Island tax = 8.625%
Monthly payment 377.19
I feel like there's something wrong w/ the math I'm being given. Can you please advise
Hi Car_man,
I am looking to lease a 2013 Santa Fe 2.0T, AWD with Leather and Tech package with no money down (except standard lease closing costs) in CT. Our state sales tax rate is 6.35%.
Destination. 845
Total. $35,645
12,000 miles/year
CT sales tax 6.35%
36 months
$0 down payment (except for out of pocket fees - registration, lease acquisition, etc)
Looking to close before March 30.
maphoto Posts: 1I am looking to purchase a 2013 Santa Fe 2.0T FWD with Leather package. MSRP is $28245, will be purchasing for $26,500. $0 down, looking for a 36 month lease @ 12k per year. CA sales tax is 9%0
CAR_MAN, king of all moderators (I mean it sincerely), I'm kicking around for any lease info on the Limited but there are so few in stock (Georgia's biggest Hyundai dealer has ... three of them, each already reserved) I don't know if there even a formal program just for GLS/Limiteds or if the $500 of lease case on the other trims applies. Anyone else who has tried to lease one of these things I'd really appreciate a capital cost number - I suspect demand/no inventory means these things are moving at very close to sticker (above sticker? For a Hyundai? Could it be?) until more inventory hits the lots... Thank you!0
Hi is_status. Let's work up a payment on this vehicle for you and see what we come up with. According to my calculations, if you were to lease a 2013 Santa Fe Sport 2.0T AWD that has an MSRP of $35,645 and a selling price of $32,665 through Hyundai Finance right now for 36-months with 15,000 miles per year, your zero down, pre-tax monthly payment would be around $404.
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Hi Ken. This vehicle's lease payment will depend upon what sort of selling price you negotiate. If you provide me with that figure, or at least its dealer invoice price, I would be happy to work up a payment on it for you. You can find the dealer invoice price for this truck over in the New Vehicle Pricing section of Edmunds.com.
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Thanks eturbo4 :blush: .
I believe that the $500 cash incentive is available on leases of all 3012 Santa Fe models. You're right, given the fact that the Santa Fe is brand new you may not be able to find any great deals on it for a couple of months. Don't worry though, they will eventually come. The halo effect of a new model doesn't last very long in the super competitive U.S. auto market.
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So you've not seen specific residuals or MFs for GLS or Limited? Dealer came back to me with this set, which, based on what you've posted on top-tier credit for other Santa Fe trims, seem a bit modest:
They said:
Term: 36 months
Miles: 36,000 miles
Money Factor: .00130
Residual: 57%
Lease cash available: $500
Other Santa Fes seem too have higher residuals and lower MFs... thanks if you know anything.0
Thanks Car Man,
The invoice is for this car is $33,662 and the Edmunds true market value is $33,129.0
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Manchester cyber security firm wins work worth millionsStaff report
February 08. 2014 12:12AM
MANCHESTER - An international cyber security firm headquartered at the Waumbec Mill has landed two major contracts - one with the trade organization representing 4,400 financial institutions and another with a major telecommunications company.
The explosive growth of the eight-person operation at Red Sky Alliance and Wapack Labs comes amid heightened concerns about cyber security in the wake of the breaches at Target and other major retailers.
In late December, the company closed deals with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and Cincinnati Bell Technology Services, effective Jan. 1.
The financial services center acts as a clearing house of information for banks and other financial institutions on cyber threats and solutions, while CBTS is the technology services division of the "Baby Bell" that serves a large swatch of the Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio.
The two contracts represent millions in potential revenue for Wapack Labs - an enterprise that just got underway last spring, when the Union Leader first featured Jeffrey Stutzman of Wilton, a former Naval Intelligence Officer with years of experience in detecting and thwarting threats in cyberspace.
With his experience in military intelligence, computer forensics and cyber threat detection, Stutzman launched the Red Sky Alliance three years ago with partner Jim McKee, a self-avowed "serial entrepreneur."
The alliance now has 35 Fortune 500 companies as members, each paying $66,000 a year for intelligence and security information sharing.
Just as hackers have online communities that share information, tools and software, organizations like Red Sky and the FS-ISAC have created networks of their own to combat the threat, with varying results.
The intelligence gathered for the Red Sky network is kept within the network, so Stutzman and his team created Wapack Labs to be able to share information about serious threats with government agencies.
While digging deep into the "dark Web" for a client, Stutzman discovered videos of a terrorist cell offering a step-by-step guide to making cyanide bombs.
"We wanted to be able to work with the FBI on that, because that's not something you just want to sit on," Stutzman said.
"So we created Wapack, which does all the analysis for the Red Sky Alliance, and will share with the government information about any significant threat."
Wapack services are billed at $300 an hour, with a minimum retainer of $180,000 a year, Stutzman said.
Exceptional service
If the Wapack pricing seems high, Stutzman says it's because the company offers something few other agencies can provide - genuine "human intelligence" gathered from shoe-leather investigations, not just deep dives into the Internet.
The key partners each have 20 years or more of experience in the intelligence community, with military organizations, private firms, or both.
On New Year's Eve, the night before the contract with the financial services collaborative was about to take effect, Wapack learned of a major breach that was about to take place affecting some of the largest banks in the Hong Kong area.
"We warned of a pending attack on Honk Kong banks and we were dead on," Stutzman said.
"We had very specific information from some of our sources that this was going to happen."
'Gold doesn't float'
While Stutzman's organization has technical analysts skilled in malware coding and cyberthreat analysis from an online perspective, the key to his business are the contacts and sources he and his closest associates have built up over the years.
"We all have our own rolodexes of people we can call on. Our business is centered around connecting with people and talking to people, more than aggregating data," he said.
"So it's a very unique perspective on the threats. We don't get any access to government data in what we do. The good stuff comes from open sources anyway, knowing the people and knowing who to ask."
Stutzman said good intelligence on pending cyber threats is like gold. "And gold doesn't float," he said. "You have to dig for it."
Languages spoken from the Wapack office include Mandarin, Serbo-Croatian, French, Romanian, Japanese, Portugese and Austrian.
The fluency in Mandarin came in handy when the team discovered a video in the Chinese language posted by a University of Toronto student who had successfully hacked into an ATM, and took a video of himself "to earn street cred," as Stutzman put it.
As with any crime, the cyber criminal is often his own worst enemy.
"They like to brag; they like to show their wares, just like regular criminals," he said.
"Even the worst of the worst will talk about it, to a friend, in a blog entry, or something else," he said.
The Red Sky network is growing quickly in the wake of attacks on Target, Neiman-Marcus and Michaels stores, said Richard Gamache, chief information officer.
Wapack issued its own report on the Target breach, which apparently was shared by some Red Sky members.
"After our initial report on the Target breach hit the closed community at Red Sky, our phones started ringing off the hook," he said.
The company appears to be well-poised to take advantage of a demand for cyber security that grows stronger by the day. "Timing is everything," Stutzman said.
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Beyonce and Jay-Z try to sneak out of Gjelina Restuarant after having lunch with their baby girl Blue Ivy on Thursday (February 7) in Venice, Calif.
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Quick question. Have you noticed teenage girls spitting in the street lately, or wondered about young males walking around with their upper lip poking out?
Chances are they're using smokeless tobacco, also known as spit tobacco, chew, pinch or dip. If smokeless tobacco keeps trending with teenagers, the guy who invents a stylish spittoon that attaches to a smartphone will make a fortune.
Imagine parents' chagrin when they find out junior is chawin' baccy. They spent thousands on orthodontists so their son would have a blinding smile. Now his teeth look like they were dipped in henna.
Chewing tobacco is a revolting habit and far from harmless. But that's not how teens see it.
They know smoking cigarettes is addictive. But they think smokeless is OK, because they're not lighting cigarettes and inhaling carcinogens. No smoking, no cancer! The truth is, smokeless tobacco is a significant cause of oral cancer, pancreatic cancer and esophageal cancer.
In California, where all trends begin, sales of chewing tobacco and other smokeless products have been climbing for the past 10 years.
In 2010, smokeless tobacco use among high school students in California grew to almost four per cent, up from 3.1 in 2004.
Health Canada's tobacco-use monitoring survey for 2010 shows the smoking rate among youths aged 15 to 17 was nine per cent — the lowest ever recorded. But eight per cent of Canadians 15 years and older reported having tried smokeless tobacco products in 2010. Five per cent of youth, or about 119,000 teens aged 15 to 19 and 10 per cent of young adults (about 228,000) aged 20 to 24, reported ever using smokeless tobacco.
Part of the appeal of snus, a popular smokeless product, is that teenagers can use it undetected while sitting in the classroom.
How cool is that?
Snus, pronounced "snooze," resemble tiny, white, tea bags filled with tobacco. No spitting is required with snus, which typically are tucked under the upper lip near the gum line where little or no saliva is generated. Nicotine is absorbed directly through the gum, or users can swallow the juice for a quick nicotine hit. Snus last about an hour — long enough to get students through a boring physics class.
Dissolvable smokeless products such as orbs and strips are even sneakier. The orbs look like Tic Tacs, and the strips are similar in appearance to dissolvable breath-mint strips.
There are fewer government restrictions on the sale of smokeless tobacco products, so tobacco companies have been spending hugely to promote them.
In 2010, in the U.S., the tobacco industry spent $444 million on advertising and marketing smokeless tobacco products.
The companies claim their ads are aimed at adults, yet the range of flavours available in smokeless tobacco products seems designed for the teenage palate: apple, berry, cherry, citrus, spearmint, peach, winterchill, frost, and that's just a sampling.
So far, there's no Count Chocula Chewing Tobacco or Boo Berry Snus, but maybe those are in the works.
I started smoking at 18, partly for the mystique and partly because cultural cues told me it was manly. I quit a few years later to impress a girl who wasn't keen on cuddling up to someone who reeked of cigarettes.
Whenever I catch a whiff of tobacco smoke now, it takes me back to earlier times of youth, adventure and mischief. I remember sneaking a smoke on the back steps of my high school and getting caught. I remember buying ciggies from a vending machine at a pool room where no one cared if you were underage.
It was hard to give up my Export A filters, and it took months to adjust to having a cup of coffee without a cigarette. There didn't seem to be any point to sipping coffee without a smoke in my other hand.
I'm generally wrong about everything, but I can't see smokeless tobacco taking hold of pop culture the way cigarettes did in the last century. Can you imagine James Bond offering a lady his tin of snus? Or Emma Stone daintily directing a stream of tobacco juice at a spittoon?
Me neither.


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The very first attempt towards this automatic computing was made by Blaise Pascal. He invented a device which consisted of lots Of gears and chains and used to Perform repeated addition and subtractions. This device was called Pascaline. Later many attempts were made in this direction, we will not go in the details of these mechanical calculating devices. But we must discuss some details about the innovation by Charles babbage, the grandfather of modern computer. He designed two computers:
The difference engine: It was based on the mathematical principle of finite differences and was used to solve calculations on large numbers using a formula. It was also used for solving the polynomial and trignometric functions.
The Analytical Engine by Babbage: It was a general purpose computing device which could be used for performing any mathematical operation automatically. It consisted of the following components:
The Store: A mechanical memory unit consisting of sets Of counter wheels.
The Mill: An arithmetic unit which is capable of performing the four basic arithmetic operations.
Cards: There are basically two types of cards:
a. Operation Cards: Selects one of four arithmetic operating by activating the mill to peform the selected function.
b. Variable Cards: Selects the memory locations to be used by the mill for a particular Operation (i.e. the source of the operands and the destination of the results).
Output: Could be directed to a printer or a card punch device.
The basic features of this analytical engine were:
It was a general purpose programmable machine.
It had the provision of automatic sequence control, thus enabling programs to alter
its sequence of operations.
The provision of sign checking of result existed
Mechanism for advancing or reversing of control card was permitted thus enabling execution of any desired instruction. In other words, Babbage has deviced a condi- tional and branching instructions. The Babbage machine is fundamentally the same as a modem computer. Unfortunately Babbage work could not be completed. But as a tribute to Charles Babbage his Analytical Engine was completed in the last decade and is now on display at the Science Museum at London.
Next notable attempts towards computer were electromechanical and Zuse then used electromechanical relays that could be either opened or closed automatically. Thus, the use of binary digits, rather than decimal numbers started.
Harvard Mark I and the Bug
The next significant effort towards devising an electromechanical computer was made at the, Harvard University, jointly sponsored by IBM and the Department of UN Navy, Howard Aiken of Harvard University developed a system called Mark I in 1944. Mark I was a decimal machine.
Some of you must have heard a term called "bug". It is mainly used to indicate errors in computer programs. This term was coined, when one day, a program in Mark I did not run properly due to a moth short-circuiting the computer. Since then, the moth or the bug' has been linked with errors or problems in computer programming. The process of eliminating error in a program is thus, know as 'debugging'.
The basic drawback of these mechanical and electromechanical computers were:
Friction/inertia of moving components had limited the speed.
The data movement using gears and liner was quite difficult and unreliable.
The change was to have switching and storing mechanism with no moving parts and then the electronic switching technique "triode" vacuum tubes were used and hence born the first electronic computer.
First Generation Computers
It is indeed ironic that scientific inventions of great significance, have often been linked with supporting a very sad and undesirable aspect of civilisation i.e. fighting wars, Nuclear energy would not have been developed as fast, if colossal efforts were not spent towards devising nuclear bombs. Similarly, the origin of the first truly general purpose computer was also designed to meet the requirement of World War II. The ENIAC (the Electronic Numerical Integrator And Calculator) was designed in 1945 at the university of Pennsylvania to calculate figures for thousands of gunnery tables required by the US army for accuracy in artillery fire. The ENIAC ushered in the era of what is known as first generation computers. It could perform 5000 additions or 500 multiplications per minute. It was, however, a monstrous installation. It used thousands of vacuum tube (18000), weighed 30 tons, occupied a number of rooms, needed a great amount of electricity and emitted excessive heat. The main features of ENIAC can be summarised as:
- ENIAC was a general purpose computing machine in which vacuum tube technology was used.
- ENIAC was based on decimal arithmetic rather than binary arithmetic.
- ENIAC needed to be programmed manually by setting switches and plugging or unplugging. Thus, to pass a set of instruction to computer was cumber some and time-consuming. This was considered to be the major deficiency of ENIAC.
The trends which were encountered during the era of first generation computers were:
- The first generation computers 'control was centralised in a single CPU, and all the operations required a direct intervention of the CPU.
- Use of ferrite-core main memory was started during this time.
- Concepts such as use of virtual memory and index register (you will know more about these terms later) started.
- Punched cards were used as input device.
- Magnetic tapes and magnetic drums were used as secondary memory
- Binary code or machine language was used for programming.
- Towards the end due to difficulties encountered in use of machine language as programming language, the use of symbolic language which is now called assembly language started.
- Assembler, a program which translates assembly language programs to machine language was made.
- Computer was accessible to only one programmer at a time (single user environment).
- Advent of von-Neumann architecture.
Second Generation Computers
The second generation computers started with the advent of transistors. A transistor is a two state device made from silicon. It is cheaper, smaller and dissipates less heat than vacuum tube but can 'be utilised in a similar way as that of vacuum tubes. Unlike vacuum tubes, a transistor do not require wires, metal glass capsule and vacuum, therefore, is called a solid state device. The transistors were invented in 1947 and had launched the electronic revolution in 1950.
The generation of computers are basically differentiated by a fundamental hardware technology. Each new generation of computer is characterised by greater speed, large memory capacity and smaller size than the previous generation. Thus, second generation computers were more advanced in terms of arithmetic and logic unit and control unit then their counterparts of first generation. Another feature of second generation was M by this time high level languages were beginning to be used and the provisions for system software were starting.
One of the main computer series during this time was the IBM 700 series. Each successful number of this series showed increased performance and capacity and reduced cost. In these series two main concepts MO channels, an independent processor for Input/Output and Multiplexor, a useful routing device were used.
Third Generation Computers
A single self contained transistor is called discrete component. In 1960's, the electronic equipments were made from the discrete components such as transistors, capacitors, resistors and so on. These components were manufactured separately and used to be soldered on circuit boards which then can be used for making computers of the electronic components. Since computer can contain around 10,000 of these transistors, therefore. the entire mechanism was cumbersome.
Then started the era of micro-electronics (small electronic) with the invention of Integrated Circuits (ICs). Use of ICs in computer defines the third generation of computers.
In an integrated circuit the components such as transistors, resistors and conductors are fabricated on a semiconductor material such as silicon. Thus, a desired circuit can be fabricated in a tiny piece of silicon rather than assembling several discrete components into the same circuit. Hundreds or even thousands of transistors could be fabricated on a single wafer of silicon. In addition, these fabricated transistors can be connected with a process of metalisation to form logic circuits on the same chip they have been produced.
An integrated circuit is constructed on a thin wafer of silicon which is divided into a matrix of small areas (size of the order of a few millimeters squares). An identical circuit pattern is fabricated on each of these areas and the wafer is then broken into chips (Refer figure 3). Each of these chips consists of several gates, which are made using transistors only, and a number of input and output connection points. Each of these chips then can be packaged separately in a housing to protect it. In addition, this housing provides a number of pins for connecting this chip with other devices or circuits. The pins on these packages can be
provided in two ways:
In two parallel rows with 0. 1 inch spacing between two adjacent pins in each row. This package is called dual in- line package (DIP) (Refer Figure 4(a)).
In case, more than hundred pins are required then pin grid array (PGA) where pins are arranged in arrays of rows and columns, with spacing between two adjacent pins of 0. 1 inch (Refer Figure 4(b)).
Different circuits can be constructed on different wafers. All these Packaged circuit chips then can be interconnected on a Printed-circuit board to Produce several complex electronic circuits such as computers.
Initially, only a few gates were integrated reliably on a chip and then Packaged. These initial integration was referred 10 as small-scale integration (SSI). Later, With the advances in micro electronics technologies the SSI gave way to Medium Scale Integration where 100's of gates were fabricated on a chip. Then came Large Scale Integration (1,000 gates) and very large integration (VLSI 1000,000 gates on a single chip) at present we are going to the era of Ultra Large Scale Integration (ULSI) where 100,000,000 components are expected to be fabricated on a single chip. According to this, expected projection is that in near future almost 1 0,000,000,000 components will be fabricated on a, single chip.
What are the advantages of having densely packed Integrated Circuits? These are:
Low cost: The cost of a chip has remained almost constant while the chip density (number of gates per chip) is ever increasing. It implies that the cost of computer logic and memory circuitry has been reducing rapidly.
Greater Operating Speed: The more is the density, the closer are the logic or memory elements, which implies shorter electrical paths and hence the higher operating speed.
Smaller computers-better portability
Reduction in power and cooling requirements.
Reliability: The integrated circuit interconnections are much more reliable than soldered connections. In addition, densely packed integrated circuits enable fewer inter-chip connections. Thus, the computers are more reliable.
Some of the examples of third generation computers are IBM system/360 family and DEC PDP/8 systems. The third generation computers mainly used SSI chips.
One of the key concept which was brought forward during this rime was the concept of the family of compatible computers. This concept was mainly starred by IBM with its system/360 family.
A family of computer consist of several models. Each model is assigned a model number, for example, the IBM system/360 family have, Model 30,40, 50,65 and 75. As we go from lower model number to higher model number in this family the memory capacity, processing speed and cost increases. But, all these models are compatible in nature, that is, program written on a lower model can be executed on a higher model without any change. Only the time of execution is reduced as we go towards higher model. The biggest advantage of this family system was the flexibility of selection of model. For example, if you had limited budget and processing requirements you could possibly start with a relatively moderate model such as Model 30. As you business furnishes and your processing requirement increases, you can upgrade your computer with subsequent models such as 40, 50, 65, 75 depending on your need. Here. you are not sacrificing investment on the already developed software as they can be used in these machines also.
Let us summarise the main characteristics of the family. These are:
The instructions on a family are of similar type. Normally. the instructions set on a lower end member is a subset of higher end member, therefore, a program written on lower end member can be executed on a higher end member, but program written on higher end member may or may not execute on lower end member.
The operating system used on family members is the same. In certain cases some features can be added in the operating system for the higher end members.
The speed of execution of instruction increases from lower end family members to higher end members.
The number of I/O ports or interfaces increases as we move to higher members.
Memory size increases as we move towards higher members.
The cost increases from lower to higher members.
But how was the family concept implemented? Well there were three main features of implementation. These, are:
increased complexity of arithmetic logic unit
increase in memory - CPU data paths
simultaneous access of data in higher end members.
The PDP-8 was contemporary computer to systern/360 family and was a compact, cheap system from DEC. This computer established a concept of minicomputer. We will explain more about the term mini-computer later.
The major developments which took place in the third generation can be summarised as:
IC circuits were starting to find their application in the computer hardware replacing the discrete transistor component circuits. This resulted in reduction in the cost and the physical size of the computer.
Semiconductor (Integrated Circuit) memories were starting to augment ferrite core memory as main memory.
The CPU design was rude simple and CPU were made more flexible using a technique called microprogramming (will be discussed in Block 2).
Certain new techniques were introduced to increase the effective speed of program execution. These techniques were pipelining and multiprocessing. These win be discussed in Block 4.
The operating system of computers were incorporated with the efficient methods of sharing the facilities or resources such as processor and memory space, automatically.
13.5 Later Generations
As discussed earlier with the growth in micro-electronics the IC technology evolved rapidly. One of the major milestone in this technology was the very large scale integration(VLSI) where thousands of transistors can be integrated on a single chip. The main impact of VLSI was that, it was possible to produce a complete CPU or main memory or other similar devices on a single IC chip. This implied that mass production of CPU, memory etc. can be done at a very low cost. The VLSI-based computer architecture is sometimes referred to as fourth generation computers. Let us discuss some of the important breakthroughs of VLSI technologies.
Semiconductor Memories:
Initially the IC technology was used for constructing processor, but soon it was realised that same technology can be used for construction of memory. The first memory chip was constructed in 1970 and could hold 256 bits. Although the cost of this chip was high, but gradually the cost of semiconductor memory is going down. The memory capacity per chip has increased as: 1K, 4K, 16K, 64K, 256K and 1M bits.
Keeping pace with electronics as more and more component were fabricated on a single chip, fewer chips were needed to construct a single processor. Inter in 1971 achieved the breakthrough of putting all the components on a single chip. The single chip processor is known as a microprocessor. The Intel 4004 was the first microprocessor. It was a primitive microprocessor designed for a specific application. Intel 8080 which came in 1974 was the first general purpose microprocessor. It was an 8 bit microprocessor. Motorola is another manufacturer in this area. At present 32 and 64 bit general purpose microprocessors are already in the market. For example Intel 486 is a 32 bit processor, similarly Motorola's 68000 is a 32 bit microprocessor. Pentium which is announced by Intel in 1993 is a 64 bit microprocessor. Figure 5 gives the families of INTEL & MOTOROLA microprocessors.
The VLSI technology is still evolving more and more powerful microprocessor and more storage space now is being put in a single chip.
The contemporary computers are characterised in fourth generation. Some researcher classify them in fifth generation. The boundary between fourth generation and fifth generation is still very blurred, therefore, many researcher still believe that we are in fourth generation.
One question which we have still not answered is: Is there any classification of computers? Well-since quite sometimes computers have been classified under three main classes. These are:
Although with development in technology the distinction between all these is becoming blurred. Yet it is important to classify them as it is sometimes useful to differentiate the key elements and architecture among the classes.
A microcomputer's CPU is a microprocessor. The microcomputer originated in late 1970's. The first microcomputers were built around 8-bit microprocessor chips. What do we mean by an 8-bit chip? It means that the chip can retrieve instructions/data from storage, manipulate, and process an 8-bit data at a time or we can say that the chip has a built- in 8-bit data transfer path. A few 8-bit microprocessor chips are:
Zilog Z80, MOS 6502, Intel 8080 and MC 6809.
A number of still popular microcomputers have these 8-bit microprocessor chips. To name a few systems-Commodore 64, TRS- 80, BBC Microcomputer, etc.
An improvement on 8-bit chip technology was seen in early 1980s, when a series of 16-bit chips namely 8086 and 8088 were introduced by Intel Corporation, each one with an advancement over the other.
8088 is a 8/16 bit chip i.e. an 8-bit path is used to move data between chip and primary storage (external path), but processing is done within the chip using a 16-bit path (internal path) at a time 8086 is a 16/16 bit chip i.e. the internal and external paths both are 16 bit wide. Both these chips can support a primary storage capacity of upto 1 rnega byte (MB).
Intel's 80286 is a 16132 bit chip, and it can support upto 16 MB of primary storage. Accordingly, the number of secondary storage devices and other peripherals it supports is more than that in 8088 or 8086 chip.
Similar to Intel's chip series, exists another popular chip series of Motorola. The first 16-bit microprocessor of this series is MC 68000. It is a 16/32 bit chip and can support upto 16 MB of primary storage. An advancement over the 16/32 bit chips are the 32/32 chips. Some of the popular 32-bit chips are Intel's 80386 and MC 68020 chip.
Most of the popular microcomputer are developed around Intel's chips, while most of the minis and superminis are built around Motorola's 68000 series chips. There are, however, new trends developing. With the advancement of display and VLSI technology now a microcomputer is available in very small size. Some of these are laptops. note book computers etc. Most of these are of the size of a small note book but equivalent capacity of an older mainframe.
The term minicomputer originated in 1960s when it was realised that many computing tasks do not require an expensive contemporary mainframe computers but can be solved by a small, inexpensive computer. Initial minicomputers were 8 bit and 12 bit machines but by 1970's almost all minicomputers were 16 bit machines. The 16 bit minicomputers have the advantage of large instruction set and address field; and efficient storage and handling of text, in comparison to lower bit machines. Thus, 16 bit minicomputer was more powerful machine which could be used in variety of applications and could support business applications alongwith the scientific applications.
With the advancement in technology the speed, memory size and other characteristics developed and the minicomputer was then used for various stand alone or dedicated applications. The minicomputer was then used as a multi-user system, which can be used by various user at the same time. Gradually the architectural requirement of minicomputers grew and a 32-bit minicomputer which was called supermini was introduced. The supermini had more peripheral devices, larger memory and could support more users working simultaneously on the computer in comparison to previous minicomputers.
Mainframe computers are generally 32-bit machines or on the higher side. These are suited to big organisations, to manage high volume applications. Few of popular mainframe series are MEDHA, Sperry, DEC, IBM, HP, ICL, etc. Mainframes are also used as central host computers in distributed systems. Libraries of application programs developed for mainframe computers are much larger than those of the micro or minicomputers because of their evolution over several decades as families of computing. All these factors and many more make the mainframe computers indispensable even with the popularity of microcomputers.
The upper end of the state of the art mainframe machine are the supercomputers. These are amongst the fastest machines in terms of processing speed and use multiprocessing techniques, where a number of processors are used to solve a problem. There are a number of manufacturers who dominate the market of supercomputers-CRAY (CRAY YMP, CRAY 2). ETA (CDC-ETA 10, ETA 20) and IBM 3090 (with vector), NEC (NEC SX-3), Fujitsu (VP Series) and HITACHI (S Series) are same of them. Lately a range of parallel computing products, which are multiprocessors sharing common buses, have been in use in combination with the mainframe supercomputers. The supercomputers are reaching upto speeds well over 25000 million arithmetic operations per second. India has also announced its indigenous supercomputer.
Supercomputers are mainly being used for weather forecasting, computational fluid dynamics, remote sensing, image processing, biomedical applications, etc. In India, we have one such mainframe supercomputer system-CRAY XMP-14, which is at present, being used by Meteorological Department.


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Alyosha Christopher Molnar
Alyosha Molnar received a B.S. in engineering with highest honors from Swarthmore College in 1997. After working as a deckhand on a fishing boat, he joined Conexant Systems Inc in Newport Beach CA in 1998. At Conexant, he worked as a RFIC design engineer and co-led the design of their first generation direct conversion GSM transceiver, which has sold more than 20 million parts to date. He entered graduate school at UC Berkeley in 2001 and received his MSEE in 2003 for his design of an ultra-low power RF transceiver for "Smart Dust" working with Professor Kris Pister. He then joined Frank Werblin's neurobiology lab where he completed his doctoral work (still in electrical engineering), focusing on dissecting the neuronal circuitry of the rabbit retina using a combination of electrophysiology, pharmacology and anatomy. After receiving his Ph.D. in May 2007, Alyosha joined the ECE department at Cornell as an assistant professor where he continues his interdisciplinary research in integrated circuits, imaging and neurobiology.
Research Interests
We have been developing integrated circuits (chips) in three general areas: ultraflexible radios, imaging and neurobiology. In Ultraflexible, software defined radios, we have introduced an new architecture of wireless receiver, using the properties of passive mixers. Both theoretical and experimental results so that this architecture provides receivers extremely good performance while providing unparalleled program-ability of its antenna interface. In imaging, we have developed a new class of pixel, in standard CMOS, and have demonstrated that arrays of these Angle Sensitive Pixels can be used to capture 3-D image information both in as parts of cameras, but also without a lens as ultra-low-cost imaging platforms suitable for simple biological and medical assays. We have also developed a new class of algorithms for solving basis pursuit problems that are especially applicable to lensless imaging. Finally, in neuroscience, we have been working with collaborators to develop better instrumentation for recording from and manipulating large numbers of interconnected neurons in tissue slice, as well as on a theoretical framework for interpreting these results and possibly applying them to new circuit topologies.
Teaching Interests
Teaching this year was split between ECE 2100 (Spring 2010, 2011), with an average of 60+ students. This is a lab class for sophomores. I made several adjustments, including adding a new lab (the "black box lab") which was especially effective in getting students engaged in thinking about circuits. In 2010, ECE2100 generated student reviews well above the college average. In the Fall I taught a graduate class (ECE5040) in "neural interfaces to ECE and BME students. I also acted as faculty director of 2010's CATALYST academy for promising high-school students from under-represented minorities. This involved designing and overseeing 6 week-long projects for groups of 6 students: at least one of these students has been admitted early decision to Cornell.
Service Interests
In the department, co-director of ECE's M.Eng program, which has grown in both size and quality in the last two years. I have also participated in outreach and support efforts for underrepresented minorities, as part of CATALYST, as well as dinners with visiting URMs, etc.
Selected Publications
- 2016. "A 72 × 60 Angle-Sensitive SPAD Imaging Array for Lens-less FLIM.." Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 16 (9). .
- 2015. "Dual light field and polarization imaging using CMOS diffractive image sensors.." Optics Letters 40 (10): 2433-6. .
- 2014. "A Switchable Light Field Camera Architecture with Angle Sensitive Pixels and Dictionary-based Sparse Coding." Paper presented at International Conference on Computational Photography (ICCP), May. .
- 2014. "A Widley Tunable Active Duplexing Transceiver with 6dB NF, - 18dBm Transmitted Power, and 33dB Rx/Tx Isolation." Paper presented at Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) .
- 2014. "A Circuit-level Model for Accurately Modeling 3rd Order Nonlinearity in CMOS Passive Mixers." Paper presented at Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium (RFIC) .
Selected Awards and Honors
- IEEE Sensors Journal Best Paper Award (IEEE) 2017
- Darlington Best Paper Award (IEEE Circuits and Systems Society) 2016
- * Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (awarded to Suren Jayasuriya) (Qualcomm) 2015
- James and Mary Tien Excellence in Teaching Award (Cornell) 2014
- Best Paper Award, ICCP 2014
- BS (Engineering), Swarthmore College, 1997
- MS (Electrical Engineering), University of California- Berkeley, 2003
- Ph D (Electrical Engineering), University of California- Berkeley, 2007


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The Value and Complexity of a Slash Pile
Collectively, the bioenergy industry transforms an array of highly heterogeneous feedstocks into various energy products. Whether it is tree bark burned for heat in a pellet mill's dryer or sewage sludge transformed in a hydrothermal liquefaction reactor to produce biochemicals, biogenic sources of fuel can provide a number of different energy products and services because of their varying nature. Their diversity allows for a range of opportunities, but the inherent variability in their composition also provokes complications. This week's DataPoints Blog briefly delves into feedstock variability and the importance of uniformity.
In last week's blog, I reported on a Western Forestry and Conservation Association conference and the need for the bioenergy industry in the Pacific Northwest to look more to forest residue as a fuel feedstock. One of the difficulties in using underutilized feedstock, such as forest residue after a logging or thinning operation, is often the heterogeneous nature of the residue that remains after the logs have been hauled away. Biomass feedstocks, in general, are comprised with highly varying states of moisture, composition, size, and density even within the same feedstock from a single harvest. For example, the concentration of ash forming minerals varies considerably between the outer bark and inner wood of the same tree. Compared to fossil energy sources, oil, natural gas, and coal remain relatively consistent over the lifetime of the well or mine that they're extracted from. Fossil energy sources do require a certain amount of refining or processing to create uniformity, but the CAPEX, OPEX, and energy expended to process the fossil source is distinctly less than their bioenergy counterpart (Excluding oil from tar-sands, which requires significant processing and energy to extract the oil). Some technologies and segments of the bioenergy industry are capable at handling highly variable feedstock, but, for the most part, a uniform size, composition, and moisture content are insisted upon by bioenergy plant operators.
Low value, heterogeneous residue from forestry operations provides an excellent opportunity for the bioenergy industry in markets where competition for existing feedstock makes them unattainable. Finding cost effective, energy efficient means of extracting excess forest residue and processing it into a uniform feedstock is vital for the industry's continued growth. The age-old practice of burning slash piles from forestry operations is a "nobody wins" outcome that only produces smoke. With the appropriate technologies and incentives, converting low value forest residue into a uniform, high value feedstock is an "everybody wins" strategy that generates greater revenue for the land owner and allows the bioenergy industry to grow.


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Vegas odds for the Miguel Angels Cotto vs Ricardo Mayorga WBA Super World Light Middlewight Championship at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 12, 2011 are updated daily on NSAwins.com and vegas oddsmakers right now have Miguel Angel "Junito" Cotto the -1200 moneyline favorite to beat Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga and retain his WBA Light Middleweight title. Cotto will enter the ring March 12th with an impressive 35-2-0(28 KO's) record after beating previously undefeated Yuri Foreman (28-1-0, 8 KOs) from Brooklyn, New York in the 9th round by TKO on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at Yankee Stadium in front of 20,272 fans in the Bronx. Miguel Cotto took Foreman's WBA light middleweight title with that win. As for Mayorga, the cocky Nicaraguan will enter MGM Grand's ring with an overall record of 29-7-1(23 KO's). Mayorga has only fought once and that was in December 2010 since he lost to Shane Mosley in September 2008 by knockout in round twelve. Mayorga has only taken his act to the ring one time since the Mosley setback and that fight was Friday, December 17, 2010 in Miami, Florida at the American Airlines Arena when he punished middleweight Michael Walker (19-6-2, 12 KOs) by TKO in the 9th round. Walker has gone on to lose 6 of his last 7 bouts including bad losses to Daniel Jacobs and Andy Lee. NSAwins.com's consensus predictions from our 5 expert boxing handicappers is for Miguel Cotto to win at -1200 odds by KO in the middle rounds(5-8). Please check NSAwins.com's Vegas Boxing Odds page for the latest and updated Cotto-Mayorga boxing odds as well as odds on future fights such as Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley on May 7th. If you would like to bet on the Cotto-Mayorga fight or any other boxing event we highly recommend opening up a betting account with BoDog Sportsbook where you can get a 10% NO LIMIT BONUS on your 1st deposit using the NSAwins.com BoDog Deposit Bonus Code "69429-NSAWINS.COM".
March 12th 2011 – MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
WBA Super World Light Middleweight Championship.
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Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga +600
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Para-Saw Bracelet
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- 9.5" and 0.9 oz.
- 8 to 9 feet of paracord
- Tungsten carbide wire saw
On vacation in the Caribbean, you and your significant other find yourselves out on the calm sea in a beautiful boat enjoying the sun and the gentle blue breeze. It's been hours since you've seen another person and it feels like you've finally escaped. Suddenly, there's a distant hum of what sounds like a large boat. It's getting louder. Lifting your glasses, you see a black and white skull flag whipping violently in the wind and you know you're in trouble. The next moment you're waking up with your hands tied behind your back and a throbbing headache: it looks like vacation's over.
Thankfully, these pirates were more interested in your boat than your life and they've decided to strand you on a beach. It isn't a deserted island, but you won't be seeing anyone for a few days. They assure you that a cruise line comes by quite often and they apologize for the inconvenience as they ride away in your boat. You haven't any food and it's getting dark, what now? It looks like it's time to bust out your Para-Saw Bracelet! You knew you wore it for a reason, you just didn't think it'd be put to such quick use. After you tie down a few palm fronds and cut down a bunch of branches with ease, your vacation is back on and you've got nowhere to be for the next day or so.
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A once-in-a generation opportunity is upon us. A transformational moment in Alabama history.
That's how Gov. Bob Riley described hopes for the Coastal Recovery Commission (CRC) of Alabama, created by his executive order on September 27, 2010.
The CRC's mission: To shape, in the wake of BP's Deep Water Horizon oil spill, "a roadmap to resilience" for South Alabama.
"We must do everything we can to restore what's been lost because of this disaster," said Gov. Riley. "But we should also use this moment to strengthen the resilience of our state and coastal communities. The commission will recommend ways that improve our ability to respond to future challenges and examine strategies that will mean far less suffering the next time a catastrophe threatens us."
The CRC's work is funded entirely with BP money already contributed to the state. No tax dollars will be used. What's more, Gov. Riley took pains to insulate the Commission as much as possible from politics as usual. Since he leaves office in January, he's acutely aware that the recommendations of the Commission will be in another governor's hands. So he's reached out to the political camps of both men vying to replace him, inviting them to appoint their own representatives to the Commission to participate in shaping a report that should inspire the new governor no matter who wins in the November elections.
What's more, Gov. Riley is asking local elected officials to give the Commission a little room to work. "We'll bring politicians in," said the governor. "But this will be a citizen-led – not a politician-led – effort. If we do that, I promise you it will be successful."
The CRC is made up of citizen leaders with broad ranges of experience in civic life in Alabama's coastal region. It's headed by Mobile Press-Register publisher Ricky Mathews, who brings to this effort the experience of a similar commission in the post-Hurricane Katrina environment of coastal Mississippi. For a complete list of CRC members, go here.
"What we learned after Katrina on the Mississippi Coast," said Mathews, "is that a crisis of even enormous proportions provides opportunities to re-imagine a whole region.
"If we do our work on this commission right," Mathews said, "we can position South Alabama for not only bouncing back more effectively from future catastrophes like oil spills and hurricanes but also for providing greater security and more opportunity for all of our citizens, even when there are no emergencies. That's the essence of resiliency."
Forging consensus on what the oil spill's impacts were and how to make the coast safer for citizens and visitors and more secure for long-term investment is tough enough. Implementing the Commission's recommendations next year and in the years after will be harder – if the Commission is not able to begin building coalitions of support during this process. "If we're to make the most of this opportunity," said Mathews, "we have to begin thinking bigger and broader than we ever have.
"Oil spills and hurricanes don't just threaten isolated spots on a map," said Mathews. "Their effects reverberate through an entire state, through a region even. So our chances for coping with future threats depend upon us building a regional vision, an awareness of how we're connected with one another and how we can work with one another to do more than any of us as individual citizens or individual communities ever imagined."
This is a project on a fast track. At some point – no one knows exactly when – there is the potential for billions of dollars to flow to the coastal states from BP and from other energy-related sources. To assure that Alabama is positioned to make the most of this potential investment, "we need a plan," said Gov. Riley. And it has to come quickly.
So the Commission is committed to delivering its report by Dec. 15, initially as a downloadable pdf from this website. Printed books will be available soon thereafter.
The Commission is organizing its work under three broad topics, each connected with the other and each representing a key component of regional adaptability and sustainability:
A Healthy Environment
A Healthy Society
A Healthy Economy
Commission members are assigned to each of the topics and will break the broader categories into sub-committees as they see fit. We'll report on the activities of those committees and sub-committees on this website regularly.
This is a very public process. Participation of regional experts, elected and appointed officials from all the towns and counties affected by the oil spill, regional business folks, and residents will have plenty of opportunities to review CRC work in progress and contribute their ideas and comments. They'll be able to do that in person at community meetings, by mail or phone, and online via this website.
Here's how to make the best use of this site:
If you want to know who's on the Commission and who's staffing it, click on the WHO tab in the toolbar above.
If you want to understand the CRC's mission, get answers to frequently asked questions, and see background data committees are gathering, click on the WHAT & WHY tab.
If you want to know the schedule of public events and locations for meetings, click on the WHEN & WHERE tab.
If you want to contact us directly, you'll find information under CONTACT US, and at the bottom of each news post in the column to the left, is space for comments and questions.
If you want to read or see what others are saying about the CRC effort, we'll post links and documens under IN THE NEWS.
This is going to move fast. So keep in touch. We need your participation.
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SOURCE: Barrett-Jackson
September 27, 2013 17:57 ET
"The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions™" Will Be Available to the Largest Television Audience in Auction History on Saturday, Jan. 18
"The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions™" Will Be Available to the Largest Television Audience in Auction History on Saturday, Jan. 18
SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(Marketwired - Sep 27, 2013) - Barrett-Jackson, "The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions™" announced today during its popular Las Vegas Auction that coverage of the company's flagship Scottsdale Auction will air live for the first time on the FOX broadcast network in January. This coverage is in addition to existing coverage on other platforms within the FOX family of networks. The increased exposure will give Barrett-Jackson the largest audience in collector car auction history, further establishing the Scottsdale Auction as a world-renowned lifestyle experience.
FOX will broadcast two hours of live event coverage on Saturday, Jan.18, from 1-3 p.m. MT (3-5 p.m. ET). More than 40 hours of additional coverage from Scottsdale will be shown on other FOX networks. The detailed programming schedule will be announced in coming months.
"We are thrilled to broaden our relationship with the FOX family of networks to carry our car collecting tradition into the homes of more than 100 million households beginning with our 2014 Scottsdale Auction," said Craig Jackson, Chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson. "This is a great opportunity for our existing fan base and new car enthusiasts to follow the exciting collector car industry."
Expanded Barrett-Jackson coverage will benefit the collector car hobby, allowing more viewers to see the variety of classics, exotics, muscle cars, hot rods, resto-mods and contemporary collectibles on the market today. This new, national platform will attract a more diverse audience to the industry, providing additional viewing opportunities to the new generation of automotive fans.
"With the boom of the collector car industry and the success of Barrett-Jackson, we wanted to offer all FOX viewers the opportunity to see this iconic event throughout the country," said Patrick Crakes, FOX Sports Senior Vice President of Programming & Research. "It is the perfect time to bring collector car culture to a more extensive national audience."
"Since our current coverage in Las Vegas has been such a hit, we're happy to share more of the auction action with a larger audience," Crakes added. "Our outstanding relationship with the Barrett-Jackson staff and the exciting lineup of collector cars for the 2014 Scottsdale event is sure to make national coverage a success."
For more information about Barrett-Jackson, visit http://www.barrett-jackson.com or call (480) 421-6694. To purchase tickets, please visit http://www.barrett-jackson.com/scottsdale/.
About The Barrett-Jackson Auction Company
Established in 1971 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., Barrett-Jackson, the world's leading collector car auction and automotive lifestyle event, specializes in providing products and services to astute classic and collector car owners and automotive enthusiasts around the world. The company produces "The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions™" in Scottsdale, Ariz., Palm Beach, Fla., Las Vegas, Nev. and Reno Tahoe, Nev., where hundreds of world's most sought-after, unique and valuable automobiles cross the block in front of a global audience. Barrett-Jackson also endorses a one-of-a-kind collector car insurance offering for collector vehicles and other valued belongings. With an unprecedented expert staff, including Craig Jackson, Steve Davis and Gary Bennett who have over 130 years of combined experience in the automotive field, Barrett-Jackson offers the most diverse and desirable inventory accompanied with trustworthy and transparent customer service. More information about Barrett-Jackson, including details on expanded television coverage on the FOX family of networks, including National Geographic, can be found at www.barrett-jackson.com, or by calling (480) 421-6694. 'Like' us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter @Barrett_Jackson.
About FOX Sports
FOX Sports is the umbrella entity representing 21st Century FOX's wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built with brands capable of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, FOX Sports includes ownership and interests in linear television networks, digital and mobile programming, broadband platforms, multiple web sites, joint-venture businesses and several licensing partnerships. FOX Sports includes the sports television arm of the FOX Broadcasting Company; FOX Sports 1; FOX Sports 2; Fox's 22 regional sports networks, their affiliated regional web sites and FSN national programming; FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Soccer 2Go; FOX Deportes and FOX College Sports. In addition, FOX Sports also encompasses FOX Sports Digital, which includes FOXSports.com on MSN, FOX Sports GO, Whatifsports.com, Scout.com and Yardbarker.com. Also included in the Group are FOX's interests in joint-venture businesses Big Ten Network, BTN 2Go and STATS, LLC, as well as licensing agreements that establish the FOX Sports Radio Network.
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|Dolphins | Benjamin Johnson to be WR coach
Fri, 19 Jan 2018 12:05:02 -0800
Miami Dolphins assistant wide receivers coach Benjamin Johnson will be named the team's new wide receivers coach.
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|Dolphins | Several more coaching moves made
Mon, 25 Jan 2016 14:14:51 -0800
Miami Dolphins defensive backs coach Lou Anarumo, defensive line coach Terrell Williams, assistant linebackers coach Charlie Bullen and assistant wide receivers coach Benjamin Johnson have been retained. Bullen and Johnson will be in new roles, however. Assistant coach David Puloka has been promoted to head strength and conditioning coach, assistant coach Ken O'Keefe will serve as senior football research analyst and assistant coach Blue Adams will serve as a football research analyst. In addition, assistant coach Danny Barrett will be the running backs coach, assistant coach Ted Rath was added as an assistant strength and conditioning coach and assistant coach Rusty McKinney will be the defensive quality control coach.
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|Dolphins | Making coaching changes
Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:17:53 -0700
The Miami Dolphins are bringing in veteran offensive assistant Al Saunders to work with offensive coordinator Bill Lazor. Assistant quarterbacks coach Benjamin Johnson is moving to the vacant tight ends coaching spot. Wide receivers coach Ken O'Keefe is being reassigned as senior offensive assistant.
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|Dolphins | Round out coaching staff
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:30:14 -0800
The Miami Dolphins named Blue Adams as assistant defensive backs coach, Charlie Bullen as defensive assistant, Benjamin Johnson as offensive assistant and Chris Mosley as assistant offensive line coach Friday, Feb. 10. In addition, Jeff Nixon will remain as the team's running backs coach under new head coach Joe Philbin.
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Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.
Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
Nabload.CO is a Trojan, which although seemingly inoffensive, can actually carry out attacks and intrusions.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
keystrokes, in order to obtain information for accessing online banking services, passwords and other confidential information.
It reduces the security level of the computer:
it changes the security settings of Internet Explorer, decreasing its security level; it notifies the attacker that the computer has been compromised and is ready to be used maliciously; it opens one or more ports to allow remote access to the computer and takes action that compromises user confidentiality.
Nabload.CO accesses several websites to download files, which it then runs. These can be any type of file, although they are normally malware.
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hi all,
I just thought i should introduce myself and hope that i can also add a valid contribution to your site as well as all the people here.I started out as a pc technician - with my dad which started quite a few years back.learned alot from him which inspired me to go on to networking enviroments.Spent a year doing a+, then cisco routing,ccna ,bcmsn,bsci,ccda and ccnd.I am now currently employed as a it technician at a local firm.
If i can be of any assistance do not hessitate to ask or e-mail me and i hope i can do the same.
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