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Senators' Positions on Climate Change Reflect Their Donors' Wishes
Earlier this week, President Obama followed up on the promise he made in his State of the Union Address, to take action on climate change even if Congress wouldn't. Specifically, he said, "if Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will.
Why would Congress be so recalcitrant on an issue of such vital importance as taking action to minimize (it's too late to avoid) the impact of a crisis that could threaten the existence of civilization as we know it?
A recent analysis performed by MapLight suggests the root of much of the underlying motivation for our elected officials is money. While this isn't terribly surprising, it is stunningly disappointing to see how lacking in character those men and women we have elected to lead us appear to be — trading the broad interests of future generations for their own very narrow, self-serving interest in raising money to enable them to remain in jobs that, it would appear, they are morally unqualified to serve in.
Looking specifically at campaign contributions given to senators, Maplight found the following campaign contribution levels from industries whose short-term financial interests would benefit from no action being taken on climate change during the period from January 1, 2009—December 31, 2012, as well as from those who would stand to benefit from action being taken. (Source: Open Secrets)
The two tables show the name of the industry or interest and the amount contributed to senators.
Gas & electric utilities $ 3,185,646
Electric power utilities $ 2,807,445
Chemicals $ 2,162,603
Coal mining $ 2,143,406
Independent oil & gas producers $ 2,061,058
Major (multinational) oil & gas producers $ 1,920,807
Oil & gas $ 1,540,206
Oilfield service, equipment & exploration $ 1,383,057
Natural gas transmission & distribution $ 1,270,501
Petroleum refining & marketing $ 1,242,672
Trucking companies & services $ 1,225,107
Airlines $ 1,196,573
Livestock $ 1,162,062
Forestry & forest products $ 1,048,825
Steel $ 779,041
Total $25,129,009
A similar examination of interests who would tend to support action on climate change yielded the following results.
Environmental policy $2,877,671
Alternate energy production & services $1,092,770
Nuclear energy $ 262,660
Total $4,233,101
So that is a total of $25 million, versus a total of $4 million. It is pretty clear that money talks.
A number of bills have been submitted since 2007, mostly by Democrats attempting to deal with greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and these have either died in committee or been filibustered to death if they actually made it onto the floor.
So it should not be a surprise to learn that most of these financial contributions went to Republicans. That is certainly true if we look at oil & gas donors, which gave an average of $60,000 last year to Republican members of the House and Senate versus $10,000 given to Democrats. Total contributions last year, including individuals, PAC and soft money topped $65 million, more than doubling from 2010.
Coal mining interests gave out $17 million, almost all of it to Republicans, except for Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who received $222k, about the same as his Republican counterpart.
Electric utilities made contributions of $23 million to elected officials, alongside a whopping $140 million in overall lobbying (about the same as oil & gas). This was more evenly divided across party lines, with Republicans receiving roughly $14 million and Democrats $9 million.
The president has vowed to use executive authority, primarily through the EPA, to address carbon emissions, largely by limiting the allowable emissions from coal plants, which the Republicans will undoubtedly fight, either through the courts or through additional legislation. As President Obama preemptively pointed out in his speech, opponents always claim that this type of regulation will be bad for business and every time they have been wrong. The critics' focus tends to be on the very short term changes that need to be made, rather than on the ultimate result of a cleaner, safer society being served by more efficient companies. Too often, as Ramez Naam points out in his excellent book, The Infinite Resource, the role that innovation plays is commonly underestimated.
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The Detroit man charged with murdering his 2-year-old daughter was in court Monday.
Bianca Jones hasn't been seen since Dec. 2, 2011, when her father, D'Andre Lane said he was carjacked with her in the back seat.
Police found Lane's car a short time later, but the girl wasn't in it.
Lane is accused of beating Bianca to death with a stick with a towel wrapped in duct tape, and disposing of her body. Lane told officers during questioning that he had spanked the child for wetting herself. However, her body has still not been found.
Defense attorney Terry Johnson has said prosecutors have no evidence against Lane, and their "case is based on the argument that he spanked her."
Lane is charged with murder and child abuse.
8-year-old testifies about day her sister went missing
Lane's 8-year-old daughter, Il'Andra, testified about the morning she and her sisters, Bianca, were driven to school by their father. She said Bianca was carried out in her car seat by her father and put in the back seat with her. She said she couldn't see Bianca because "there was a cover on her face."
Prosecutors have alleged that the 2-year-old was already dead when she was put into the car.
Bianca's mother testifies
--Bianca Jones' mother, Banika Jones.
Banika Jones, Bianca's mother, testified last week that when she had found out she was pregnant, she and Lane planned to get an abortion. But they didn't go through with it. Banika Jones said she never had any concerns about Lane taking care of their daughter and that he had even volunteered to watch her instead of having her go to daycare. The mother said her daughter spend lots of time with her father, but hadn't ever spent the night until Nov. 28, 2011 -- that's when she dropped the girl off for a visit that would last a couple of days.
"I would do anything to have my daughter home," Banika Jones said.
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More than two hours and nearly 30 songs had passed Saturday night at Staples Center by the time Kanye West started rambling, delivering the inevitable Sermon on the Mount that his messianic new production behind his fiery Yeezus album demands.
Prowling a satellite platform that resembled a chip off (or perhaps the inside of) the fortress of solitude that sat like an immovable iceberg on the main stage, this century's most controversial and megalomaniacal musical visionary began to expound upon his many attributes. His beatitudes blended with boasts, his stream-of-consciousness as scattershot as machine-gun fire.
Just has he infamously had during his recent feud-ending chat with Jimmy Kimmel, he declared himself a creative genius, eliciting more than a few laughs from a capacity crowd that otherwise chanted his unholy moniker as if saluting a dictator. "I want to create on a Disney level, I want to create on an Apple level," he noted, contending that this confidence comes "not out of arrogance, it's out of truth."
It was hard to grasp his logic sometimes – but then it was pretty hard to follow Kanye throughout much of his convoluted performance, which scaled as many stunning peaks as it sunk to baffling lows. In the same instant, he was humble ("I feel like God has given me everything I've ever asked for in my life") yet rebellious (reasserting that his chief battle is against racism and classism), belligerently provocative (he ripped the Grammys yet again) and strangely open-hearted in his firm belief that he's fighting the good fight on our behalf.
"I Am a God," one of the most talked-about tracks from the most caustically abrasive album in years – the song that had the entire arena hollering "hurry up with my damn croissants!" the piece's most-repeated line – is apparently intended not to exalt himself but to hold up a mirror to us while lifting our masks off as "New Slaves." We are the gods, suggests this savior we didn't ask for, intent on leading us away from unenlightened evils and toward … uh … um …
Well, what exactly? Incomprehensible avant-garde performance art?
"They classify me as an entertainer, as a rapper," he pointed out in his speech, just before frenzying his overwhelmingly young fans with a raucous remix of "Good Life." "This is more than entertainment!" he insisted, waving a hand back at his desolate mountain.
Throughout the night, that centerpiece held both a red-eyed abominable beast (his paraoid id?) and a dozen nearly nude dancers sheathed in nylon, all brandishing blinding flares like weapons. At one point his crag cracked in half; at another it was covered in oozing visuals that made it look like an erupting volcano.
Hovering above it was a gigantic circular screen that mostly displayed atmosphere – sepia-toned storms for "Mercy" and "Power," icy chill for the Tears for Fears-quoting "Coldest Winter" (penned after his mother died), spectral wonder for "Stronger" and "All of the Lights." Occasionally that flattened orb provided close-ups of the star, or established segments of selections with biblically-steeped definitions of prevalent terms: fighting, finding, searching, rising, falling.
Kanye, too, was his own canvas, hiding himself for most of the performance behind sparkling masks that bordered on parodies of WWE costumes. One face-blotting cover looked like it was encrusted in rubies; another was mirrored, reflecting rays of spotlight, although not very vividly. It was an intriguing conceit, seemingly a metaphor for the ego-overloaded facelessness of our media age, but it dragged on far too long. Only after a cast member clad as Christ came out to anoint Yeezus at the start of "Jesus Walks" did he finally reveal his face – with five songs left to go.
Worse, whatever message he meant to put across within this epic gospel comes through muddled and reeking of a persecution complex. Not that the rowdy crowd cared much what his point might have been; they were too busy puffing copious amounts of weed in a venue that rarely tolerates such consumption, roaring louder and louder with each Yeezus cut. All 10 are included, most of them front-loaded in the set.
But I came away very torn. This is undeniably a forward-thinking (if also head-scratching) spectacle like no one else would attempt, and it comes packed with choice material, despite how overbearingly bass-heavy the mix was, often obliterating his vocals. On the other hand, shouldn't so much daring ultimately add up to something?
His last two marvels – the stunning Coachella creation he unveiled in 2011 and the skyscraping Watch the Throne sprawl he undertook with Jay Z later that year – compensated for any lack of cohesion by reveling in joy as much as hubris, granting easy access to his volatility and vulnerability. This one, much like the futuristic isolationism of his Glow in the Dark Tour of 2008, deliberately shields those magnetic qualities from view, diminishing his power.
He gets so caught up in props and parables that he sometimes forgets that the songs convey everything, not the artifice attached to them. The gestation of his otherwise intense finale, for instance, is such a long schlep that the result isn't half as explosive or revelatory as it could have been.
Kanye wants us to sample this "sonic cocaine" so that we might become emboldened by "a tenth of that confidence that I have every day." That's a strange way of inspiring people, but an even more self-deluding way to live – as if every idea one has is pure gold worthy of maximum manifestation. Why dabble in such potentially sacrilegious motifs at all? "Because I thought of it," he stated simply. "And I did exactly what I thought."
Good for him. But even the Bible needed an editor.
Note: Photographers haven't been permitted to shoot this tour. The pics in this post are from my smartphone.


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News Index > Sortable News 10/06 - now > Dec. 2008
Animal Victories in 2008
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Those of us in the animal advocacy community are daily besieged with news of terrible atrocities perpetrated against animals, both legal and illegal. Sometimes we feel that it is a bottomless pit, but here are a few signs that the future might be more hopeful... here are some important victories in 2008.
http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/ state_legislation/2008_state_legislatures.html
Let us all take heart in these hard-earned victories. May they serve to inspire us in the year ahead for more hard work and dedication, and more victories in alleviating animal suffering state-by-state and throughout the world.
Thanks to HSUS for posting these victories on their website.
http://www.hsus.org/legislation_laws/ state_legislation/2008_state_legislatures.html
With gratitude for all those in the forefront and in the trenches fighting for -- and achieving -- these victories
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MEDIA RELEASE: North Carolina's recovery experiencing early summer stall
Unemployment rate stays steady at 9.4 as labor force shrinks for third month in a row
RALEIGH (July 20, 2012) –The state's jobless rate stayed steady at 9.4 percent, according to new data released by the NC Division of Employment Security. In a troubling sign of a stalling recovery, this represents the third month in a row and the longest stretch since September of last year that the state's unemployment rate has not improved.
Additionally, the labor force continued to shrink, down 27,300 since January 2012, suggesting that much of the steady-state in the unemployment rate is simply due to workers dropping out of the workforce and not being counted in the jobless rate. As a result, the shrinking labor force may well mask an even higher real unemployment rate.
Although national trends and the continuing financial crisis in the Eurozone leave the state's labor market vulnerable in the coming months, a look back over the long-term behavior of North Carolina's labor market during the current economic recovery provides a glimmer of hope that the state is simply experiencing a period of late-spring/early summer stagnation in the labor market similar to previous slowdowns over the last couple of years.
"Between national trends and the increasingly likely prospect of recession in Europe, the outlook for North Carolina's economy is certainly ominous," said Allan Freyer, Public Policy Analyst with the NC Budget & tax Center. "But if there is any glimmer of hope in this month's report, it's that this kind of stagnation in the state's labor market has occurred before—in the summer of 2010 and the late-spring of 2011. Given this historical trend, there's at least the possibility that these numbers reflect a temporary flat-line prior to renewed improvement. Certainly the year-over-year improvements in employment since this time last year suggest a positive trend in the labor market over the long term."
Looking back two years, we can see several similar periods of stagnation followed by job growth, followed by stagnation. In 2010, the state's percentage of the population with employment—often a more useful measure than the unemployment rate since it includes those who have dropped out of the labor force—dropped from 56.4% in May to 56.1% in July, before climbing to 56.4% again by the end of the year. Similarly, the labor force fell from a high of 463,000 in April to a low of 460,000 in August, before climbing again to 463,000 in December. In 2011, the employed percentage of the population fell from 56.4% in January to its lowest point of 56%, before climbing again to 56.7% in January of this year. The labor force followed the same pattern.
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Ombudsman's Recommendation, Conclusion No. 7188.2.2/5.8.1999
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Summary of facts: The Social Welfare Department of the Athens Prefecture denied, in written form, to the petitioner, an Iraqi national recognized refugee in Greece, the special invalidity benefit as a handicapped person as well as his examination by the competent Health Committee. In its letter the Prefecture declared that the petitioner cannot receive any such benefit, since his Iraqi nationality excludes him from the beneficiaries, according to the relevant inter-ministerial Decree.
Recommendation: In the said case the crucial element is not the beneficiary's nationality but rather his status of a recognized refugee, who is expressly by law assimilated in terms of social welfare benefits to Greek nationals. In particular, art. 23 of the Geneva Convention stipulates that all Contracting parties offer refugees legally residing in their territory a similar treatment to that of their own nationals in terms of public health and welfare. After its ratification the a/m Convention is of superior force to other ordinary laws; the reasoning of the Athens Prefecture is therefore illegal since:
a) itmentions the applicant's nationality rather than his refugee status and b) it refers to a ministerial decree which goes against an international instrument ratified by Greece. Its status of a legislative text of a lower order, renders said Decree invalid in the current case. The petitioner is entitled to saidbenefit directly by virtue of art. 23 of the a/m Convention. Furthermore, said decree should be complemented in order to include the refugees among its beneficiaries.
Given the important character of the case, the Ombudsman requests a reasoned reply by the Athens Prefecture, pursuant to art. 4 para. 5 of L. 2477/1997.


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Skip to comments.DHS use DMV offices to build database with your photo,birth certificate & CCW info (MO)
Posted on 03/02/2013 6:12:08 PM PST by listenhillary
In keeping with restrictions in State Statutes, and faced with federal encroachments of the 2005 Patriot Act, the Missouri Department of Revenue has been requiring Missouri citizens processing driver license applications and renewals to present what is commonly referred to as source documents to prove identity and residency. These required documents include birth certificates, Social Security numbers (in violation of original federal laws related to them), and any documents tracing legal name changes such as marriage and/or divorce documents. Alternative military documents are acceptable when applicable.
Despite assurances to the public that providing these source documents would be a one time imposition, last November DOR announced that those who had already been processed using these documents would have to do so again the next time they renewed their drivers license. Why? Until recently your local licensing office has been directed to simply check off boxes on processing forms that a license or renewal applicant has produced and shown each of these source documents. However, we now understand that DOR has changed this process in direct violation of Missouri State Statues and is once again violating your personal privacy rights! Without seeking statutory approval, or even informing lawmakers or any legislative oversight DOR has been retooling your local license office! They have been doing this without explaining themselves to the general public, and according to confidential sources they have been trying to avoid public scrutiny even to the point of refusing questions from local license office personnel!
One by one DOR has been removing the States drivers license processing equipment from local offices and replacing it with equipment provided by National Homeland Security equipment. Local license office personnel are being instructed to use this equipment (in violation of State Statutes and citizens privacy). Once installed this equipment is used to take your picture for your drivers license similar to the removed State equipment. But now your photo is being immediately sent into a national database. Then all of your source documents are being scanned with this equipment and sent into the federal governments central database also! This is contrary to Missouri Law! With DOR removing the states equipment, your local licensing office has no options but to comply.
Additionally we are hearing from some folks that any and all additional documents, brought in by individuals unsure of what is needed for processing, are being scanned and included. And, if you are one of the thousands of citizens who only use a post office box rather than a physical mailbox, you are automatically labeled with a fraud alert!
To make matters worse. You will no longer receive your drivers license on the spot as has been with the states efficient equipment. Instead you will be provided a temporary license until your permanent one arrives in the mail from a third party vendor. What is unclear is who is paying the third party vendor, apparently in a seeming ruse to make it look like everything is being directed from within the State. We believe this is to distract attention from the involvement of the federal Homeland Security and their issuance and/or control of everyones new Enhanced Drivers License (see Homeland Security website page enclosed below). Note the primary purpose of all this is to include a readable chip in your drivers license which leads back to a federal government database containing a variety of details and information violating your privacy rights and the religious convictions and liberties of those who hold such beliefs.
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013, the Missouri Senate Transportation Committee held a public hearing on Senate Bill 252 (http://www.senate.mo.gov/13info/pdf-bill/intro/SB252.pdf) which seeks to strengthen current laws against what DOR is doing. SB 252 was introduced by Senator Will Kraus (republican, Dist. 8, Lees summit). During the hearing MFN was the only witness to provide public testimony on the bill. In that hearing MFN President Kerry Messer quoted one of the State Statutes prohibiting DOR from doing the things now being required of local licensing offices. MFN outlined some of the direct violations of law DOR is engaged in. MFN outlined the illegal changes in DOR procedures, testifying (in part):
Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 32.091.7 clearly states two prohibitions on the Missouri Department of Revenue without specific statutory authorization. First is that the Department shall not collect individually identifying information on drivers license applicants, which the Department is requiring of local license offices by requiring them to scan personal source documents without any other options for processing drivers licenses. Secondly the Department is prohibited from including any information by which an individual may be identified, unless the department has specific statutory authorization, which is also being violated by the Department. In this second violation the Department is requiring local licensing offices to provide scanned documents to a federal database that can be cross-referenced through an embedded microchip containing a personalized reference number that may be used to access whatever prohibited information the federal agency chooses.
Yes, thats right, not only is the magnetic strip once again being used for improper purposes, but now DOR is authorizing an RFID chip to be implanted into your license card! While Homeland Security claims this is secure because only a reference number will be on the chip, this individualized number traces back to the federal governments file containing all your source documents (and who know what else). Citizens confidence in this security is understandable questionable in light of the common news reports of computer hacking, including government databases. The fact that your new Enhanced Drivers License comes in a protective slip cover to minimize illegal readings is of little comfort.
More at the link http://missourifamilynetwork.net/
Yet, I bet the voter fraud folks like those who used to call themselves ACORN are as outraged as the "Missouri Family Network."
Tangentially, I haven't purchased real pseudephed in years. I got pretty sick a few weeks ago and headed into Target in San Diego for some real pseudephed. The pharmacist had to scan the big square data patch on the back of my license and have me sign for the purchase. There is already a standardized scan that works across multiple state boundaries.
That is VERY technology dependent. Most passive tags must be placed into an active electromagnetic field at a technology characteristic frequency to pick up enough power to charge up a small capacitor and drive the transmission of the embedded numeric code. Employee ID cards tend to work only within 2 to 4 inches. The ones used in retail stores work at a 3 ft distance, thus you find the transmitter/receiver towers placed on either side of a door.
There are active devices placed on the dashboard of a car for billing of HOV lane use. Those have a 30 ft range, but are very large devices. The transceivers typically are mounted on a road sign platform at 15+ ft above the roadway.
When you renew your drivers license next time, DHS will have that information.
I renewed my driver license in October, and got my laminated ID immediately. So I guess I made it under the wire.
Aluminum foil
In N C the CCW doesn't have a picture but the info is passed to the police. On a traffic stop the officer asked me if I had a weapon, " since you have a CCW"
A friend's kid was a passenger during a traffic stop and the cop wouldn't accept the kid's only ID that listed his dob in connection with his dad's military whatever ID. The kid wasn't driving and wasn't old enough for a license so there was no reason to even speak to him much less harass him. The dad had to go down to the police dept. and have a chat with the chief but still got no satisfaction.
Requirement of statutorily prescribed procedures to improve effectiveness of child support enforcement
(13) Recording of social security numbers in certain family matters. Procedures requiring that the social security number of (A) any applicant for a professional license, drivers license, occupational license, recreational license, or marriage license be recorded on the application; (B) any individual who is subject to a divorce decree, support order, or paternity determination or acknowledgment be placed in the records relating to the matter; and (C) any individual who has died be placed in the records relating to the death and be recorded on the death certificate.
Our E-470 tollway has a windshield sticker no bigger than any other RFID and can be read just fine. Highways are now getting all kinds of fancy electronics and I have no doubt that they could read an RFID in your wallet or purse.
sorry, WITHOUT a SSN
I just got notification my Texas license expires in April. The letter tells me all the stuff I have to produce. Including proof of citizenship and SS number. It doesn't tell what will be accepted as "proof" except it says they'll accept a birth certificate. My only question is "Do Hispanics have to show proof of citizenship?"
You'd think having been licensed in Texas since 1981 would suffice.
LOL..No prob...thanks for clarification! That makes a little more sense to me now.
":RFID tags can be read at 20-30 feet
ie: street lights"
NOT if it's wrapped in aluminum foil ...
Side notes:
1) One helluva field is required at that distance (I know you ppl think this is ALL magic, but, no it's not. Physics is still applicable e.g. those governing field strengths like the inverse square law that determines field strength.)
2) What is used for 'backhaul' of the info to a central point? Someone had to trench in a T1 or fiber, or installed a data transceiver on some commercial or private-carrier frequency ...
"Our E-470 tollway has a windshield sticker no bigger than any other RFID and can be read just fine. Highways are now getting all kinds of fancy electronics and I have no doubt that they could read an RFID in your wallet or purse."
YOU'LL NOTICE those antenna (the Yagis seen at the toll booths pointing down at trafic!) used are in the 900 MHz range.
This a FAR CRY from the 200 kHz 'coupled fields' systems used on merchandise (and library books!)
Too many ppl believe in 'magic' on this stuff; where are all the board EEs and physicists?
the street lights with cameras have network connection. the data piggy backs on that. there are other types of sensors on streetlights besides RFID and cameras.
registering the response from an RFID query would take a more sensitive receiver. 20-30 feet isn't that far when the range of other sensors is compared.
to check, a meter could be created that would make a noise whenever it receives an RFID query. that would be interesting. i wonder if i could build it into my droid (do droids have RFID receivers?).
"where are all the board EEs and physicists?"
I am both, including RF engineering. While those library book and merchandise stickers operate, as you said, in a coupled field effect, so do the new highway tags. While it takes more energy and a larger antenna to do the job they can still read that itty-bitty RF ID tag.
In fact, the one for my motorcycle is a little fella that is barely visible mounted on the front of the headlight. The sticker is about 1/2" by 2.5", the chip is about 3mm in diameter and the antenna for it is a few inches long.
So, if the DMV wanted to place a very readable tag in their driver's license, no problem. Easily done.
" the street lights with cameras have network connection. "
Oh bullsh!t.
" registering the response from an RFID query would take a more sensitive receiver. "
EASILY stated pilgrim, a LOT more difficult to actually REALIZE.
See, you DO believe in magic, after all. You just 'make it up' and then wish it.
With you.
Since you have not the least idea of what technology is being employed and the inherent limitations.
" so do the new highway tags "
Tollway tags, pilgrim.
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Thanks for the info. Will I need to make reservations for these Ferry boats , or can you just show up?
Thanks for the info. Will I need to make reservations for these Ferry boats , or can you just show up?
For the Alaska Marine Highway, if you want to camp on deck, you can probably just show up a few hours before sailing. To book a stateroom during July and August, you will have to reserve in advance - they sell out quickly. If you are merely going from Prince Rupert to Haines, it's just two nights, so sleeping on deck or in a lounge chair is probably fine. From Bellingham, I'd try for a stateroom. YMMV.Originally Posted by lrccci
On the BC Ferries, there are no staterooms, and no advance booking that I know of. They can generally always accomodate a motorcycle and rider. Just be sure to get to the dock when they tell you. BC Ferries have food on board, so that's no problem. BC Ferries are also much less expensive than the AMH.
Last year, the Cassiar Highway (37) was undergoing a LOT of construction, so some California GS riders with immediate experience influenced me not to take it. This year could be completely different.
I rode to Alaska / YT / NWT back in 1999 on an R11rs. Here's my trip report, including lists of gear, etc:Originally Posted by lrccci
We ferried north, rode back on the Cassiar Hwy, after doing much of the Dempster.
I took an Oilhead RS because it had a big alternator, a comfy seat, good suspension, and it was what I owned at the time. Now I own an Airhead GS and a Concours and a DR-350s, and if I were leaving next month for Alaska I'd get a big alternator for the GS, and maybe a kickstart just in case, and go. The Concours is slightly more comfy, but I'd rather have a "dirtier" bike under me if given the choice between several different machines. In 1999, I didn't have as many choices, and the DR-350 wasn't chosen due to lack of comfort.
Regarding the rest of this thread - I haven't seen any bad advice anywhere in it.
Oh, and regarding ferry boats - I called a year ahead, and was told if I was willing to camp we could just show up. That's *almost* what we did.... ended up calling just a couple days before to confirm there was room. I was told that staterooms and space for RV's in the hold fills up early. A motorcyclist willing to camp could almost always be squeezed in somewhere.
Doug Grosjean
Luckey, Ohio
Outstanding advice from Jim. I've done the trip in a cage (driving from FL to AK) and that was the experience of a lifetime. I WILL go back in a couple of years on two wheels. And I plan to do so on my airhead RS and don't expect any serious trouble doing so.
Its interested to read about people riding up to Alaska/Yukon/Dempster Aiway. Our club ride these roads all the time, and not even think about it anymore. After 29 years living in Inuvik its all old hat. Took the Cassiar highway and the Dempster highway a couple of times last year with not a problem. Usually ride a R1150RT and been on the Alaska Ferry system also. The Inuvik club is riding to the www.rideyukon.com rally in Whitehorse this year in Whitehorse, so I hope to some of can make it there. Then its off to Lima. I really do not see why you would just ride up to the Arctic Circle, and turn around. Everyone should just continue up to Inuvik, and then fly up to Tuk for a swim in the Arctic Ocean.
Glad to know we have members in Inuvik!!Originally Posted by ve8nc
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Pokémon Trainer
- For the character in Super Smash Bros. Brawl referred to as "Pokémon Trainer," see Pokémon Trainer (Super Smash Bros.).
- "Trainer" redirects here. For the type of Pokémon Trading Card Game card, see Trainer card.
A Pokémon Trainer (Japanese: ポケモントレーナー Pokémon Trainer) is a person who catches, trains, cares for and battles with Pokémon. The majority of people within the known Pokémon world are Trainers.
Many Trainers leave home at about the age of ten, sometimes accompanied with a starter Pokémon obtained from a Pokémon Professor, such as Oak. Many will travel around one or more regions, doing such things as gathering information for a Pokédex, perfecting their technique, collecting Badges, and working to become a Pokémon Master. No matter what their specialties or aims, there is one code that they all follow - when two Trainers make eye contact, they must have a battle.
Pokémon Trainers come in all sorts of classes: Youngsters tend to stay close to home, and Bug Catchers swarm about the Bug-filled forests; Hikers traverse mountains and caves, Fishermen are rarely far from water, and Ace Trainers aspire to compete in the Pokémon League. A Trainer's class may reflect their Pokémon of choice, the areas they prefer, their technique, and their level of skill; however, even within each class, Trainers may vary greatly.
Many towns have a Gym run by a strong and experienced Trainer known as a Gym Leader. Other Trainers may challenge a Gym Leader, and if the Gym Leader is defeated in battle, he or she awards them a Pokémon League Badge. However, in the Pokémon anime, the Gym Leader may award the Trainer a Badge for other reasons, since the Badge is a symbol of the Trainer's skill. For example, Ash Ketchum won several of his early Badges by refusing to take an unfair advantage or going out of his way to save a Gym, which proved himself as an exceptional Trainer outside of battle.
Above the level of Gym Leaders are the Elite Four Trainers and Pokémon League Champion. There are also a special class of Trainers known as the Frontier Brains, but they are unique to Pokémon Emerald, Pokémon Platinum, and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver and part of a privately owned institution known as the Battle Frontier, and so may not be recognized by the League. These Trainers are considered the cream of the crop, and can only be challenged if a Trainer has met requirements such as winning eight Badges. Should a Trainer defeat other Trainers at this level, it is not uncommon for him or her to be offered a place in these high ranks.
However, just as there are many Trainers with noble goals and lawful methods, there are also corrupt Trainers, including a number of villainous teams. These Trainers often use powerful Pokémon to take what they want and further their plans.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Main article: Pokémon Trainer (Super Smash Bros.)
There is a playable character called "Pokémon Trainer" in the game Super Smash Bros. Brawl. His appearance is based on Red's Generation III design, and he uses members of the evolution families of the Kanto starters to battle against the others.
As a Trainer class
In the games, Pokémon Trainer (rendered as "PKMN Trainer") is used as the Trainer class for certain storyline characters. These opponents tend to be the most powerful non-arena Trainers the player will face, notably including rivals (except Blue and Silver, who are instead outright referred to as rivals), Red from Pokémon Gold and Silver, Crystal, and HeartGold and SoulSilver, Steven from Pokémon Emerald, the Stat Trainers in Pokémon Platinum, and Cynthia from Black and White. N and Colress also use this class until they are revealed to be members of Team Plasma. This class is used for every opponent in link battles and the Pokémon World Tournament.
- For Gettin' Twiggy With It!, Professor Oak's lecture is about the Pokémon Trainer. He writes this Pokémon senryū about it: さあ10さい ぼくもわたしも トレーナー Sā jussai, boku mo watashi mo torēnā. "Ah, the age 10; we will all be Trainers."
- Even though it is stated in the anime that a person may not become a Trainer until the age of 10, there are many Trainers in other media that are obviously below the minimum age, such as the Trainer classes Twins, Tuber, and Preschooler. Preschooler Hellen emphasizes the fact that she is four years old.
In other languages
See also
|The Pokémon League
| Participation
Trainer • Battle • Gym Leaders
Gyms • Badges • Hall of Fame
Championship matches
Elite Four • Orange League
Pokémon World Tournament
Pokémon League Conferences
Indigo • Silver • Ever Grande
Lily of the Valley • Vertress • Lumiose
| Pokémon League locations
Indigo Plateau • Pummelo Stadium* • Ever Grande
Pokémon League • Pokémon League
Pokémon League • Pokémon League
Regional Pokémon Leagues
Indigo • Orange* • Johto • Hoenn
Sinnoh • Unova • Kalos • Alola
Areas of jurisdiction
Pokémon League Reception Gate • Cerulean Cave
|This Trainer Class article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.


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Evening: Depart from various gateways in the US on flights to Buenos Aires.
Activity note: Elevation in Buenos Aires: Sea level. Light city walking in Buenos Aires.
Breakfast: Breakfast will be provided on the international flight to Buenos Aires.
Morning: On arrival at the Ministro Pistarini International Airport (a.k.a. Ezeiza International Airport) participants will be required to undergo standard Immigration and Customs procedures. The local Road Scholar representative will be waiting--with a Road Scholar sign--for participants (group flights only) outside the secured/restricted arrivals area. Transfer to the hotel. Early check-in is based on hotel availability and is at the discretion of the hotel. Participants will be able to store luggage at the hotel until their rooms become available. Early check-in can only be guaranteed by booking/paying for an additional night at the hotel. Those interested in reserving an additional night should contact the program provider at 1-800-866-7111 or email@example.com for assistance. NOTE: The airport is located approximately 22 miles outside of Buenos Aires and the drive into the city normally takes about 45 minutes, depending on traffic.
Lunch: Lunch is on your own, with several options nearby. Please check with the hotel front desk or your group leader for suggestions.
Afternoon: Meet your group leader and fellow Road Scholar participants at 4 p.m. during a welcome and introduction session at the hotel. We will review the up-to-date daily schedule and any changes, discuss responsibilities, safety guidelines, emergency procedures, and answer any questions you may have. Please be aware that program activities and scheduled times could change due to local circumstances. In the event of changes, we will alert you as quickly as possible. Thank you for your understanding. Before dinner, enjoy an introduction to wine tasting hosted by a local sommelier. Until the 1990s, Argentina produced most of its wine for domestic consumption. Now, it is the world's fifth top producer and exporter of wine. The Malbec has become Argentina's signature red wine and consistently earns high ratings by international wine professionals.
Dinner: Dinner at a local restaurant. Take the opportunity to stretch your legs and enjoy some of the sights and sounds of Buenos Aires during a walk (approx. 5 blocks) to a local restaurant.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: This morning, join your group leader in a walking exploration of Buenos Aires. Some of the city's most famous historical sites are within walking distance of your hotel, including the Recoleta Cemetery (where Evita was buried) and the beautiful Colon Opera House.
Lunch: On your own, to explore local fare.
Afternoon: Continue with your exploration of Buenos Aires. Sometimes called the "Paris of South America," Buenos Aires is known for its sophisticated, cosmopolitan inhabitants and its non-Spanish European influences (Parisian architects designed many of the buildings). Stately mansions, broad boulevards, artists' quarters and lively sidewalk cafes bring to mind the grandeur of Europe.
Dinner: Tango show and dinner. A way of life for the people of the city, the tango pulsates with the lifeblood of romantic Buenos Aires. The dance has its origins in the brothels and tenements of late 19th-century Buenos Aires and was a synthesis of Spanish and Italian music, Negro candombe and bawdy Gaucho verse. It was popularized by legendary performers like Carlos Gardel and soon spread from the fringes to the middle class, and then to the elegant salons of Buenos Aires. The tango has enjoyed a modern resurgence and as the country's most famous cultural export it is a staple of Buenos Aires nightlife.
Activity note: Elevation at El Chalten: 1,325 ft The flight from Buenos Aires to El Calafate takes about 3.5 hours. The drive from El Calafate to El Chalten will take approximately 4 hours.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: Free time to enjoy the many wonders of Buenos Aires before starting your Patagonian adventure. Late morning transfer to the airport for your flight to El Calafate (FTE).
Lunch: Light snack provided on the flight.
Afternoon: Upon arrival, we will start our 220 km drive north along Argentine Lake to El Chalten, a small highland town nestled between spectacular Patagonian mountains (the Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre). Box lunch will be provided on the transfer. Late afternoon/early evening arrival at the hotel.
Dinner: Dinner at a restaurant in town, near the hotel.
Activity note: Elevation at El Chalten: 1,325 ft. The hike to Lago Torre takes place on mostly undulating terrain and covers a distance of approximately 12 miles (600 ft approx. elevation gain). This activity takes between 7-8 hours with lunch break in between.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: Today's hike to Lake Torre will begin from our hotel, following the Fitz Roy river valley on a good path. When we reach the first lookout point, we will be able to see great views of the Mount Torre-Adelas mountain range and the magical spire of Cerro Torre. We will continue our walk on undulating terrain towards Lake Torre and will arrive at one of the two camp sites used by climbers attempting the daring ascent of Cerro Torre. We will hike to the recent moraine around Lake Torre and climb over it in order to view the lake and the Torre Glacier tumbling into its waters. If the skies are clear, Cerro Torre's thrusting silhouette will surely make a lasting impression on all.
Lunch: We will enjoy our boxed lunch beside the lake.
Afternoon: Return to El Chalten.
Dinner: On your own, to explore local fare.
Activity note: Elevation at El Chalten: 1,325 ft , Laguna de Los Tres approx. 3,000 ft.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: We will drive 17 km northwest to Hosteria El Pilar, the starting point for the trek that leads to the Fitz Roy base camp. We will follow the Rio Blanco until we reach the Poincenot Camp. From the camp, we will climb to the Laguna de los Tres-- a steep climb that will be rewarded by amazing views of the Fitz Roy massif and its surroundings. We will enjoy views of the Cerro Torre and its satellite parks as we hike and pass by camps used by climbers who come here to challenge the world's toughest mountains. This is a full-day hike with a challenging ascent during the trek from Poincenot Camp to Laguna de los Tres of approx. 1,300 ft. The hike will be done in a loop covering approximately 13 miles. The trekking guide will determine if you are able to make the optional climb to Laguna de Los Tres. If you are not able to make the climb, then you will hike back via the round trip route with the leader, meeting up with the group en route or back at the hotel.
Lunch: We will enjoy our boxed lunch beside the lake.
Afternoon: Return to El Chalten and attend a lecture at the hotel.
Dinner: On your own, to explore local fare.
Activity note: Elevation at El Chalten: 1,325 ft Elevation at Viedma Glacier: on same level as El Chalten. Boat ride from Bahia El Tunnel to Viedma Glacier takes approximately 1 hour each way. The glacier walk (using crampons) will cover a distance of approximately 1.25 miles. The drive from El Chalten to El Calafate should take approximately 3 and 1/2 hours. Activities include slow-paced walking on flat terrain.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: After breakfast, we will drive to Bahia El Tunel on Lago Viedma (approx. 45 mins). A boat will take us across a corner of the lake (one hour) to the snout of the Viedma Glacier, where it calves into the lake. We will disembark and walk atop the glacier with the help of simple crampons which the group leader will help mount on your boots. Site lecture: Glaciology.
Lunch: Boxed lunch in the area.
Afternoon: Transfer from El Chalten to El Calafate in the late afternoon. The small town of El Calafate is situated near the southern shores of Lago Argentino in Patagonia. Long before the creation of national parks began to attract visitors to the area, locals made a living from herding sheep and trading wool. By the late 1920s, the Argentinian government decided to promote settlements in the less populated areas of the country, leading to the official founding of the town of El Calafate. Arrive to hotel and check in.
Dinner: On your own, to explore local fare. Your program leader will be available to offer suggestions.
Activity note: Elevation at Calafate: 772 ft. Elevation at Perito Moreno Glacier: 574 ft. The drive from El Chalten to El Calafate should take approximately 4 hours. Activities include slow-paced walking on flat terrain.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: This morning we will have the chance to get close up views of one of the most famous geological sights in the world--the Perito Moreno Glacier. The glacier is located at the far end of Lago Argentino and approximately 75 km from El Calafate. Perito Moreno calves into Lago Argentino. Huge chunks of ice break off from the glacier and end up as icebergs in the lake. Perito Moreno is one of the few glaciers that is stable, with seasonal fluctuations in the position of its snout.
Lunch: Boxed lunch in the area.
Afternoon: Before returning to the hotel, enjoy a visit to the Glaciarium museum with an on site discussion about Patagonia's glaciers. El Calafate's Glaciarium is a modern museum devoted to educating and raising people's awareness of Patagonia's ice fields and glaciers. Interactive exhibits are designed to stimulate all senses, pique interest, and move visitors on intellectual and emotional levels. The museum even includes a unique glaciobar—made entirely of sculpted ice—where visitors can sip cocktails and other beverages from sparkling glasses made of ice! Lecture at the hotel: Glaciology
Dinner: Hotel dining room.
Activity note: Elevation at Estancia Cristina: 1,640 ft. The boat ride from Puerto Banderas to Estancia Cristina takes approximately 1.5 hours. Fossil Trek is primarily downhill and approximately 5 hours.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: After a 30 minute bus trip to Puerto Bandera's harbor, we will board a boat to Estancia Cristina. The boat ride will take us via the Upsala Glacier, in the far north fjord of Lago Argentino. Estancia Cristina is located on one of the more remote arms of the lake. For many years English settlers made this their home and became well-known among explorers, climbers, and adventurers who used the estancia as a starting or finishing point for their excursions to the Ice Cap. Padre Agostini and Eric Chipton are two famous explorers who spent time at the estancia. Many of the estancias in Patagonia were settled in the late 19th century by hardy immigrants from a multitude of European countries. The harsh weather and landscape, and the remoteness of the region, made for challenging living conditions.
Lunch: Boxed lunch.
Afternoon: Enjoy a visit to the Costumbrista Museum at the estancia before boarding all-terrain vehicles and driving uphill to the continental ice shelter. A 30-minute walk on local trails will take us past the Upsala Glacier and Lake Guillermo for breathtaking views of the Andes and Southern Patagonian ice fields. Leave the Upsala Glacier lookout for an exciting downhill trek on the Fossil Canyon Trail back to the estancia, spotting well preserved fossils along the way such as Ammonites and Belemnites, exposed from the past by the glaciers mighty path. (Approximately 5 hrs). Late in the afternoon we will board the boat back to Puerto Banderas. Disembark at the harbor and transfer to Calafate.
Dinner: Hotel dining room.
Activity note: Elevation at Ushuaia: Sea level. Slow-paced walking on flat terrain.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: Morning transfer to the airport for your flight to Ushuaia (USH) less than one hour. Arrive in Ushuaia and transfer to the hotel for check-in.
Lunch: Lunch en route.
Afternoon: Field trip to the Maritime Museum with a lecture on Ushuaia's maritime history (if the flight is delayed, activities will be scheduled for the day, we are flying back to Buenos Aires). Ushuaia's Maritime Museum occupies the building that was used as a national prison until it was closed in 1947. The historic building also houses the Prison Museum, the Antarctic Museum José Maria Sobral, and the Marine Art Museum. The museum devotes itself to preserving Tierra del Fuego's maritime history. Its collection includes scale models of ships and detailed information about the explorers, pirates, and indigenous people who sailed the waters around this southernmost region of Argentina.
Dinner: On your own, to explore local fare.
Activity note: Elevation at Ushuaia: Sea level. Approximately 3.5 hours of light walking on park paths along the Beagle Channel, looking for local flora and fauna. Canoeing (1.5 hours) in rivers and lagoons to Lapataia Bay. Participants who do not wish to paddle can opt to take part in a Zodiac boat ride.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: After breakfast, we will drive for 30 minutes down the Pan American Highway to its very end, at Tierra del Fuego National Park. Enjoy a full day of hiking and canoeing in the park. Park trails wind through forests of stunted beech trees along the edge of the Beagle Channel. Across the channel, it is possible to see the mountains of Chile's easternmost islands--Hoste and Navarino.
Lunch: Boxed lunch.
Afternoon: Continue with hiking and canoeing activities in Tierra del Fuego National Park. Return to the hotel.
Dinner: On your own, to explore local fare.
Activity note: Elevation at Ushuaia: Sea level. Boat ride from the estancia to Harberton Island takes about 20 minutes each way. Approximately 5 hours of moderate walking to a glacial lake and back on uneven terrain.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: After breakfast transfer to Estancia Harberton (1.5 hr drive). Estancia Harberton was first established by British missionary, Thomas Bridges, and his wife in the late 1880s. The family-owned and operated ranch now accepts visitors who explore the estate for a chance to learn about rural life in the region. Some of the points of interest include the flower gardens, family cemetery, wood shop, boathouse, and woolshed. The working ranch also includes a nature museum, the Museo Acatushún de Aves y Mamíferos Marinos Australes, founded by American biologist Rae Natalie Prosser. Once at the ranch we will enjoy a 20 minute boat ride to Martello Island to observe its large penguin rookery. Disembark and walk on the island to observe penguins for 1 hour. The main attraction at Martello Island is its large colony of Magellanic and Gentoo Penguins. Also be on the lookout for skuas, cormorants, petrels, albatrosses, and seagulls attracted by the nutrient-rich waters around the island.
Lunch: Boxed lunch.
Afternoon: Transfer to Laguna Esmeralda, 19 km from Ushuaia. Begin the trek heading north towards the Sierra Alvear's spectacular skyline featuring the striking Cerro Alvear to the northeast. After a gentle climb through the Lenga forest the trail meets a peaty bog along the Rio Esmeralda. Continue through a tiny valley beside the river, climbing over a crest to arrive at Laguna Esmeralda. Trek is 5 hrs to allow for a relaxed hike. Return and board the bus for Ushuaia.
Dinner: Farewell dinner.
Activity note: The flight from Ushuaia to Buenos Aires usually takes 3.5 hours.
Breakfast: Hotel dining room.
Morning: After breakfast, enjoy some free time to do last minute packing or to rest before your flight to Buenos Aires.
Lunch: On your own, to explore local fare.
Afternoon: Transfer to the airport to catch flight to Buenos Aires. Because flight schedules in Argentina are prone to regular changes, our arrival time in Buenos Aires this afternoon may be fluid. Our flight will usually be directly into the international terminal at Ezeiza, in which case we need only cross the street to the other terminal. If our flight takes us into Aeroparque, the domestic terminal in the city, we will be transferred out to Ezeiza for our flight home.
Evening: This evening we'll depart for home on our overnight flight. This concludes the program. We hope you enjoyed your Road Scholar adventure! When you get home, remember to stay in touch via the Road Scholar Social Network; share memories, pictures, and comments about your recent travels.


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In Palo Alto, a man in his 20s approached the victim at about 8:15 p.m. on the 200 block of Walter Hays Drive near Stanley Way. He shined a flashlight into the victim's eyes and pointed a handgun at him, Palo Alto police said. The robber demanded the victim's wallet and ordered him to empty his pockets and drop everything on the ground. Then he told the victim to turn around and walk away. The victim complied and was not harmed, police said.
A half hour later, a man attempted to rob a 52-year-old Menlo Park woman at gunpoint. He approached her on the 400 block of Laurel Avenue near Gilbert Avenue, pointed a handgun and demanded her wallet. But when she told him she didn't have any property on her, the man hopped into the passenger side of a waiting, dark-colored van, Menlo Park police said. The van drove west on Laurel Avenue.
The robber was described as a black male about 5 feet 10 inches tall.
Palo Alto residents living in the Walter Hays Drive area were jittery Wednesday after hearing about the armed robbery. Some expressed dismay that so brazen an act could occur in their quiet neighborhood of tree-lined, labyrinthine streets.
"This is so shocking. This is a safe neighborhood. I feel so violated," said a woman on Lois Lane who did not give her name Wednesday morning.
Karen White, president of the Duveneck/St. Francis Neighborhood Association, called the street robbery "terrifying."
"We've never had a fear of physical harm. At times in the past we've had a rash of car break-ins," said White, whose own car has been burglarized. "But this is a personal crime. This feels quite a bit more frightening."
Walter Hays Drive resident Jim Conley agreed.
"It implies desperation," he said.
Conley and his wife often walk their dog in the neighborhood during evenings and know all of their neighbors, he said. Many people walk their dogs in the evening and meet their neighbors on the street.
Dave Vroom, another Walter Hays resident, called the news about the robbery "a little bit shocking.
"I've always considered this to be a safe neighborhood," he said.
The only precaution Vroom thought people could take would be to not walk at night anymore.
But some residents were not entirely surprised by the incident. One woman said someone broke into her car months ago.
Nonetheless, the idea of a man out walking his dog being held up at gunpoint was disturbing, she said.
"We'll have to watch out for our children," the woman added, as she loaded young ones into an SUV Wednesday.
White, the neighborhood leader, said she hoped police would expand patrols in light of the robbery.
"I certainly hope we would have a dramatically increased police presence along the Channing (Avenue) corridor," she said. She also would like for the city to host a neighborhood update at Duveneck Elementary School.
Palo Alto police Lt. Zach Perron said Wednesday that patrols are being increased in the area and the department will expand use of its unmarked patrol cars. Police had already increased daytime patrols due to a rash of daytime burglaries in the area, he said.
"If you don't see a marked car on your street, it doesn't mean there isn't an officer out there," he said.
Perron said the department at this time does not plan to hold a community meeting given that the incident was solitary.
Palo Alto detectives are working with the Menlo Park police department to find the robber. The department is looking at regional crime trends to see if a similar suspect has been active in other cities, he said.
"There may be some leads, and hopefully there will be an arrest. Suppressing violent crime is our priority. We absolutely want to catch this guy," he said.
Perron said residents should not take matters into their own hands but should be the department's "eyes and ears." He said neighbors should heed advice that is given to every rookie cop: "When you see behavior that's out of the ordinary, don't try to rationalize it. Pick up the phone and call us."
Palo Alto police are asking anyone with information about either incident to call 650-329-2413 or send anonymous tips by email to firstname.lastname@example.com or by text messages to 650-383-8984.
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cost of charging, in California, Solar City proposal
cost of charging, in California, Solar City proposal
Don't forget that PG&E are launching a separate EV billing rate. To use it, you need to have a separate meter installed, which is a one-time cost, but then your EV charging won't factor into your home use rate tier.
Of course...that's just the kind of useful info the Solar City guy should be telling you.
Sounds possible. PG&E charge you a $250 fee for the separate meter. Of course, you will need the electrical work done from that meter to a NEMA plug near your Tesla. And you may need a bigger feed in from PG&E (200 Amps instead of 100 Amps). That would bump up the price.
Perhaps a big chunk of the estimate was HPWC related? Was half of that $4k cost the HPWC?
Either way, I can't claim to be an expert on this, so I'll wait to hear what others have to say.
Charging your car will push you in tier3 or tier4 for sure.
The tier4 pricing now is $0.34-$0.35 per kwh.
Solar is a no-brainer in CA, look at what they are offering.
Your goal is to stay in tier1 (regulated), so you have to stay under 344kWh a month (their baseline) combined (home use and charging).
The size of the system will depend on how much you need to produce to stay in tier1, how much sun your roof is getting and the kind of panels you install.
Then there are multiple options:
- lease, zero initial cost to you, but you pay a fixed price for electricity that is higher than tier1 rate, I've seen about $0.29 average per kwh
- buy outright: initial investment is high, but you keep the electricity and have to deal with rebates (claim them)
- prepaid lease: you pay for the system, but it's a lease. Electricity is yours, the system is normally cheaper than buying outright, and you don't have to deal with rebate paperwork.
You have a chance to buy it or extend the lease later.
It's taking advantage of depreciation and minimizing taxes that you as individual can't claim, but the business can, and they are passing some savings from that on to you.
Get the second meter and you can look to the E9-B rates which are TOD based and you will note the approx 4¢ per kWh costs for midnight to 7am. There is no way to get solar costs down to this level.
For more data, Google for "pg&e tariff" (no quotes) and look for the E9 rates for EVs.
I was under the impression that here, in California, just putting in a designated outlet (NEMA 14-50 for example) would get you the E-9 rate.
there's an E9A and E9B rates.
E9A is for the shared meter (house and charger), E9B requires a separate meter for the EV charger.
Installing the second meter could be a costly proposition, but maybe worth it long term if you're not doing solar.
@ sergiyz
Yes, but E9B is going away in lieu of just E9
Actually the new proposed PG&E EV rates have both an A and B option for single and dual meters, respectively. The difference is that the old (current) rates are tiered, and although the baseline rates are very low at night, the tiered rate structure will likely put most people charging EVs into the higher rates pretty quickly. The new proposed EV baseline rates are higher, but not tiered and so in theory they will work out better for EV charging. My rough calcs suggest that for me it will be break even between the two plans (old E-9A and new EV-A). Of course, the more you plan to drive and charge at home, the better then new EV rates will be.
PG&E E9A rate off peak as of 7/1/12
Tier 1: 0.0468
Tier 2: 0.0649
Tier 3: 0.1581
Tier 4: 0.1981
Tier 5: 0.1981
So much lower than the 0.35 rate quoted
New proposed non-tiered EV-A off peak rates are 0.97 and .099 for summer and winter.
Make that 0.097 and 0.099
@shs: If you have solar to keep you under baseline, though, the new rates are worse for you. It all depends.
@Brant: The point is that the extra charge from the EV pushes more of your usage into the higher tiers. Unfortunately you can't just have the high tier charge be for your night usage, it will increase your rates for all time periods (for instance, if 20% of your usage falls into tier 5, then 20% of each time period will be billed at tier 5). So exactly how much your total bill goes up is a complicated matter.
@shs; Thanks for the update..almost had a heart attack
So for 180 miles assuming a real world usage of 3-4 kWh/10 miles (my experience over 2500 miles so far)
at an average .098/kWh will cost you $5.29-7.06
with the proposed new rate that is
We do have solar and an all electric house and so my baseline kWh are about 3 times more than if we used propane or natural gas to heat the house. I stay under baseline most of the year, but on the months when it is 15° to 30° at night, we do get over baseline, and if (when) I am charging the car regularly, that would certainly put me over baseline. Plus solar does not work too well covered with snow! Also the higher summer peak and partial peak rates in the new EV-A schedule will also help as that is when we generate our excess electricity, so overall the new EV rates are probably not so bad (or good) for us.
Does PG&E (or anyone else) have a calculator that takes our last year of SmartMeter data and show us what the total cost would be under each of the new rates plans?
With GreenButton giving us access to our consumption in a standard format, it would be great if we could use it to compare rate plans, with the ability to add new loads such as Model S charging.
Does SCE have similar rate plans as PG&E. Are they better or worst in general?
I'm in Los Angeles with So Cal Edison. We put in a solar system with Solar City and I'm extremely happy. Locked in a 7.5 cent/kwh rate for the next 20 years (up to the system designed output) under their PPA program and this easily keeps us under the Tier 1 rates..if not net negative... all year long. The key is making sure the system is designed for the right output (not too big..not too small) and paying a bit more up front for long term savings. I looked at it as more of an investment (long term/low risk) than an expense.
Thanks for your input. I'm also with So Cal Edison and just got a proposal from SolarCity last week (I plan on doing the prepaid PPA with the time of use plan). I agree with you that the key is making the system the right size, and that's my question. How well did the SolarCity proposal estimate the power usage of your Model S?
The SolarCity spreadsheet shows the efficiency of the 60 kWh Tesla Model S as 3.83 Miles/kWh, which would translate to 260Wh/mile. However, Tesla's web site says that you should assume 300Wh/mile (http://www.teslamotors.com/models/facts). In addition, I've read a number of posts on the Tesla forums, and it appears that real world performance is more like 340Wh/mile.
I've also read that charging is not 100% efficient and that it is best to assume around 81% efficiency. Using these numbers, my SolarCity system should be designed to offset the following usage:
35 miles per day * .34Kw per mile is 11.9 kWh / 81% efficiency = 14.7 kWh per day, or 441kWh per month
However, using the SolarCity EV Energy Calculator spreadsheet, my SolarCity system should be designed to offset the following usage:
35 miles per day / 3.833 Miles/kWh = 9.1 kWh per day, or 274kWh per month
That's a huge discrepancy, and I want to order the right size system. Can DaveR75 or any solar gurus shed some light on this question?
I am in the Bay Area and is a PG&E customer. I have a 8.4kW system installed by SolarCity 2 years ago. I was using about 1.1kWh per month at that time and was paying up to tier3/4 type of rate on some portion of my usage. I told the SolarCity Sales Rep. that I was planning to get an electric car and in the end, he designed a system that covered all my usage which also pretty much used up all my usable roof space. I have a 15 year lease where I paid the whole thing up front. Currently, I am staying with the E1 schedule. Since I have some pumps running continuously for my Koi pond in the backyard, I am not sure if a E9A schedule would be more cost effective. My office provide free charging right now and so I don't always charge at home. But even if I charge at home 100% of the time, I expect that my commute would not push me over tier 1. I have to drive up hill for about 2 blocks and so after 2200 miles, I am averaging about 350 Wh/mile.
@belwilliam: the point of the midnight charges is to encourage you to shift daytime power usage to night. If you are just adding nighttime usage without reducing daytime usage you are still penalized. It will still cost you less than if you added the usage in the daytime, however.
Here's a simplified example:
Say that baseline was 90kWh and you currently used 90kWh during the day and nothing at night.
Now you add an additional 10 kWh at night, pushing you 10kWh into tier 2.
You would now have:
daytime: 81 kWh tier 1, 9 kWh tier 2
nightime: 9 kWh tier 1, 1 kWh tier 2
Basically 10% of your usage is now tier 2, and so 10% of each time period is now charged at tier 2.
@swmedland: The numbers you are coming up with are much more accurate than Solar City's estimates. I drive approx 90 miles/day from Tracy to San Ramon and back (includes up and down the Altamont Pass). My average use over 5k miles is approx 340 wh/m.
Most days I use approx 40kw of power to charge when the car says I need 30.
We have 7.2kw of solar which kept us in tiers 1/2, but with the car we will solidly be in 2/3 during the summer and 4 in the winter.
We are currently still on E-1, as the peak hours on E9A will hurt us in the summer with A/C use at home.
The only options I see to reduce cost are to add more solar (expensive ~$10k) or go to E9B/EV-B with a second meter (also expensive ~$5k).
It is unfortunate that PG&E has made the region such an expensive place to charge an EV.
The efforts of PG&E and SoCal, etc., to sell less electricity, their sole product, are awe-inspiring. You'd think they wanted to be in some other business.
The answer varies if PG&E, DWP, or SCE. What is your utility company?
With SCE, my experience is that I can charge after midnight for considerably less than $0.30/kWhr. My composite rate for all utility use is more like half that. I could install a 2nd meter, but I elected not to because I can put my EV on a timer. (BMW Active E)
A lot depends on your charging habits. If you need to charge during the day, you might be more inclined to install a 2nd meter for the better rate that SCE offers for EVs.
In any foreseeable case, if your home is ok for installation of a 4-6kW solar system, why not do it? At worst, you'll just break even. Go and get a bunch of bids from multiple contractors and compare all of your options. SolarCity is not the only game in town.
@AaronB: Thanks for sharing your usage numbers. I did more research and found out why Solar City's power usage estimate seemed low. It gets complicated, but it has to do with net metering and me being on a Time of Use plan. They don't design the system to offset 100% of kWh usage. They design the system to offset (ideally) 100% of the electric bill. In a TOU plan using solar, you are selling power back to the grid at higher daytime (peak) rates and using power from the grid at lower nighttime (off-peak) rates. Therefore, a TOU customer with solar may still be using, for example, a net 300kWh per month from the grid, but their SoCal Edison bill would still be pretty close to $0 (assuming the customer produces 600kWh at $0.30/kWh and uses 900kWh total at a cost of $0.20/kWh). The credit would be $180 and the bill would be $180, so the two would offset each other. This is admittedly an oversimplification, but I think it illustrates the point.
Unfortunately I'm not sure our system is sized right. We recently moved into a new house. Solar City originally wanted a year of billing history, but I ended up sizing the system myself based on a couple months of use and knowledge from having a solar system on our previous house for 7 years. It's a total guess, but there are some levers you can tweak as you go..install LED lighting, better insulation, hound the kids into turning off lights, etc. Right now I'm hoping to charge primarily at work so didn't factor much of the EV charging load into the equation. Will just have to see where we land after the 1st year.
I do know that the rate SCE will pay you back for over generation is not worth the cost of over building the system..it's a wholesale rate @ something like 5-7 cents/kwh.
Also, having a hard time evaluating whether it's better to be on the Domestic or TOU rate plan. SCE does not make it easy to evaluate your options.
They're trying to get the max revenue out of the least power possible. You want the reverse.
You may want to call SCE at 1-800-4EV-INFO and have them send you a personalized home and EV fueling cost comparison. It's not all that detailed, but it may help. They look at your last 12 months of usage and estimate how much you're going to charge your Model S (based on number of miles driven per day), and show you the cost of Residential (Schedule D) vs. the two TOU plans. It takes them about a week to mail you the one page summary.
For me, the Electric Vehicle Plan (TOU-EV-1) initially looked the cheapest, but the estimated $2k-$4k cost of installing the second meter made it not worth it. That's why I'm opting for the Home & Electric Vehicle Plan (TOU-D-TEV), which doesn't require a second meter.
Get multiple bids for the solar PV system. I believe SolarCity is very high priced for the jobs they have bid for friends of mine.
I'm a believer in owning and not leasing.
I have a 3300 square foot home with dual A/C and am running a surplus back to PG&E every year with a 7.7kWh (36 Panel system). My MS should be free to operate.
I don't know your particular electrical usage other than what you state in your opening comments. I do know you don't have to produce all of your power needs instantaneously. I believe your goal should be to overproduce slightly so you only pay the electrical distribution and electrical fee's/taxes (~$13/mo) every month with you gas bill. When on solar PV you are on Time of Use (TOU) metering where the summer peak can get up to, as I remember, $0.43/kWh tier 4 and as low as $.21/kWh tier 1. Off peak is as low as $.06/kWh and I think up to $.011/kWh. My wife and I are retired and live in our home full time during the day and we still overproduce power. If your house is empty most of the week during the day then all that power goes back into the grid and you get to consume at partial and off peak rates.
Charge at night when you're sleeping and I'd think you might not get out of tier 1 unless its dead of winter (I have two months a year where we exceed tier 3 but that is wiped out by the rest of the years production). But as long as you overproduce during the day it doesn't matter because you settle your bill once per year. If you overproduce you'll get a small check if not you'll pay a minimal amount as long as your PV system is sized correctly.
If you live in the Bay Area and want to discuss (get referrals or just chat) send me a private message from the Tesla Motor Club site, my user name is lov2krz
but be polite when you PM him. He likes to cuss people out, you know. Quite shocking!
Some people do just "love to curse".
bellwilliam, it's love to cruise not curse. I'm dyslectic so I get it.
I love to cruise (krz) on my motorcycles, autos, bicylces and on ships.
I also love solar PV, not sure how that relates to cruising other than with I cruise right through my electric bill. You get the point.


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Victory, a copper-colored Chihuahua mix, couldn't be more deserving of her name.
The disabled pup was found wandering the streets of Dearborn, Mich., a few weeks ago and brought to the Dearborn Animal Shelter. Born with deformed front legs, Victory must hobble awkwardly around the floor, like a baby kangaroo taking his first few insecure steps, just to get around.
But that will all change very soon when she receives a pair of wheels — paid for by donations from around the world — that will take her where she needs to go (on many victorious chariot rides, we hope).
"We thought that she needed some name that really described how she looked at life and the fact that she survived when many animals with deformities don't," Elaine Greene, executive director of Friends for the Dearborn Animal Shelter, a nonprofit that runs the shelter, told TODAY.com. "She has such a wonderful personality and spirit that we felt she's been victorious over what could be barriers that stand in her way."
When no one came forward to claim the 1 year old dog at the shelter, staff began to consider ways to improve her mobility. As there was no surgical solution, they looked into a combination of three orthopedic devices that proved prohibitively expensive at $2,000.
That is, until the shelter mentioned Victory's situation in a newsletter last week that quickly attracted the attention of local news media. Within a week they had met their goal three times over, and have received $7,000 so far.
"We really appreciated the response," Greene said. "We were so surprised by how quickly the news traveled. Within a few days we were getting calls from all over the United States, and even the Philippines."
The money is going toward three apparatuses that are being made for Victory: a protective vest for when she is just lazing around, a sled-like device so she can easily move around carpet and a set of wheels for exploring the great outdoors.
Mobility and a new name aren't the only things she will have gained since arriving at the shelter. She's found a new friend in Greene, who's letting the pup stay with her until they find Victory the perfect home.
"We're all very attached to her, and she to us, so we're looking for a very special situation," she said. "Right now she's acclimating fine in my household, but I don't know that's the right choice for her. I know it's going to break my heart when she leaves."
While many people have already shown an interest in adopting Victory, Greene isn't in any rush. Shelter staff wants the dog to acclimate to her new devices before making any life changes. And Greene has big plans for Victory.
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Reuters reports that the Culture Ministry said games that, "advocate obscenity, gambling, or violence," and "undermine morality and Chinese traditional culture." The official Xinhua news agency continued saying, "These games encourage people to deceive, loot and kill, and glorify gangsters' lives. It has a bad influence on youngsters."
The Chinese agency specifically pointed out the Godfather title from EA as one of the offending games. The Cultural Ministry has ordered law enforcement bodies to step up oversight on sites that continue to run this sort of game.
Chinese officials have a lot of ground to cover to enforce these rules. China's online game industry is expected to grow from 30 to 50% this year with sales revenues of as high as 27 billion yuan. China reportedly has about 200 million online game players, the largest number in the world.
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I have a dialogbox that pops up containing two static text controls and a text edit control. Now I want to change the content of the second static control.
Here's what I have tried:
In my resource .h
#define IDC_SCORE 103 // second static text control
#define IDC_TEXT1 104
my resource script
LTEXT "Your score:", IDC_TEXT1, 18, 3, 39, 10
LTEXT "0", IDC_SCORE, 58, 3, 29, 10 // second static text control
Now in my dialogProcedure while handling the WM_INITDIALOG message i call SetDlgItemInt(hwnd, IDC_SCORE,score, FALSE );
But it doesn't change from zero to the new value.
From reading a previous discussion on this topic I can't see anything wrong with my code. Maybe you can?
I'm also including an attachment with the code. It's mostly in the hiscore.c in the add_highscore().


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The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...Japan's culture is highly technical and organized. Everything sparkles and swooshes on silent, miniaturized mechanisms.They're a world leader in robotics, and the Japanese have the longest life-expectancy on earth.Text by Steve Smith.


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Orange County's 28 school districts all follow slightly different schedules — some shortening their calendars with furlough days, some scheduling a week off at Thanksgiving or even three over winter break.
This year, 12 districts shortened their school year below the state's 180-day calendar – an option allowed by legislators as a way of coping with ongoing funding shortages – by implementing employee furloughs. These districts set between 175 and 178 instruction days.
Most have attached their furlough days before or after existing school holidays, giving students and staff longer breaks throughout the year.
Only Laguna Beach, with 181 days, exceeds the state's formerly standard minimum requirement.
Additionally, 14 districts have planned weeklong Thanksgiving breaks, Nov. 21-25. Four districts scheduled winter breaks of three weeks, Dec. 19-Jan. 5.
Most districts will alos consider additional adjustments should the state cut $1 billion or more from public schools due to shortfalls in revenue expectations
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The good life: Falafel one of many family-friendly recipes in new cookbook
Over the last several years I've become much more interested in knowing how and where the food I cook and serve is grown and who was involved in its production. I feel happy when I know I am contributing to a healthier life for my family and myself. And I feel a responsibility to contribute to a more sustainable way of living on this planet.
That's why I love farmers market season and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA). And that's why I can't put down my new cookbook.
"Cooking Up The Good Life: Creative Recipes for the Family Table" by Jenny Breen and Susan Thurston is filled with no-fuss, no-fancy-ingredients-necessary recipes that use real food, fresh and seasonal, all packed with nutritious vitamins and minerals and plenty of delicious flavor.
Some may recognize Jenny Breen, a veteran of professional cooking and baking, as a longtime passionate advocate of fresh, local and sustainably grown food in Minnesota. She teaches cooking classes for adults and children. She gets her own two young daughters involved in the fun of food preparation. With her business partner, Breen runs Good Life Catering in the Twin Cities. And, with a Bush Leadership fellowship in 2009, she has returned to school to pursue a master's degree in public health nutrition at the University of Minnesota. Who better to celebrate wholesome food in a cookbook?
Many of the family-friendly recipes in the book include sidebars with tips on how to get children engaged with the preparation. Each recipe gives easy-to-follow instructions that allow cooks at all stages of kitchen experience to create delicious, wholesome dishes.
A recipe for Falafel (fah-LAH-ful), a Middle Eastern specialty consisting of small, deep-fried croquettes or balls made of highly spiced, ground garbanzo beans (chickpeas), is the first recipe I made from "Cooking Up The Good Life." Breen writes in the book that she fell in love with Falafel the first time she tried it and loved it even more on the streets of Israel. The garbanzo beans are rich and almost meaty, but carry strong spices with a lightness that is delightful and satisfying.
After recently enjoying a lunch of Falafel at a Minneapolis farmers market, I was anxious to try making it at home. I happened to have all the ingredients needed to prepare the recipe, even tahini (a paste made of crushed sesame seeds) needed for the sauce.
I prepared the recipe twice, once with canned garbanzos and the next time using dried beans that I had cooked. Both were moist on the inside and crunchy on the outside after a very brief time frying in a shallow pool of hot peanut oil. But I have to say those made with beans I cooked myself had deep, rich flavor that I didn't detect in the canned version. I totally enjoyed both batches, though. Canned garbanzos are convenient. Breen writes that cooked beans can be frozen for later use. If you plan to make Falafel on a regular basis, cook up a big pot of garbanzos and freeze them in 2- to 3-cup portions. Then just thaw them as needed.
Falafel, warm or at room temperature, is typically eaten in a sandwich, tucked into pita with lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers. I like to add onion, too. I like Falafel served over a salad of fresh greens, topped with a sprinkling of feta and doused with a yogurt-based cucumber sauce. For busy people on the go, layer cucumber sauce, onion, tomato, lettuce and Falafel in a glass with a cover to create a transportable meal. Of course, small one- or two-bite-sized Falafel make a nice snack with tahini sauce for dipping.
In "Cooking Up The Good Life," the sidebar explains that Falafel is an unexpected kid favorite. I would say adults could be included in that statement. My favorite taste-testing guy says this is the only way he'll eat garbanzo beans.
Children will enjoy shaping balls of garbanzo bean mixture and mixing tahini sauce. Adults can do the frying. Everyone can enjoy a healthful meal.
1 cup garbanzo beans (chickpeas) cooked in 3 cups water or 2 cups canned garbanzos
1 onion, coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh parsley
3 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon salt
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon baking powder
4 to 6 tablespoons flour
1/2 to 1 cup peanut oil for frying
Tahini Sauce:
1/3 cup tahini
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon lemon juice
Puree the garbanzo beans and onion in a food processor. Add the parsley, cilantro, salt, garlic and cumin and process until blended. Sprinkle in the baking powder, and add enough flour so the dough forms a ball and no longer sticks. Add a little water if needed. Form the dough into small balls about the size of donut balls. Heat the peanut oil in a deep, heavy frying pan. Fry the falafel balls on each side until they're golden brown.
To make the tahini sauce, whisk together the tahini, water and lemon juice. Add salt to taste. Serve the falafel alone or as the quintessential falafel sandwich: a fresh pita filled with falafel, chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, iceberg lettuce and topped with tahini sauce or your favorite hot sauce. Makes about 18 balls. Serves 6.
Recipe from "Cooking Up The Good Life: Creative Recipes for the Family Table," by Jenny Breen and Susan Thurston. University of Minnesota Press. 2011.
Tips from the cook
--Tahini is a paste made of crushed sesame seeds. Find it in the international aisle of your grocery store or in Middle Eastern markets.
--I flattened the balls slightly before frying. I find patties easier to fry.


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Vomiting blood is the forcing of the stomach contents up through the esophagus (the swallowing tube) and out of the mouth, in which the vomit contains blood.
When blood is vomited, it may appear either a bright red or dark red color. Only blood may be seen, or the blood may come up mixed with food.
Hematemesis; Blood in the vomit
It can sometimes be difficult to tell the difference between vomiting blood and coughing up blood (from the lung) or a nosebleed.
Conditions that cause vomiting blood can also cause blood in the stool.
The upper GI tract includes the stomach, mouth, throat, esophagus, and the first part of the small intestine. Blood that is vomited may come from any one of these places.
For example, vomiting that is very forceful or continues for a very long time may cause a tear in the small blood vessels of the throat or the esophagus, producing streaks of blood in the vomit.
Swollen veins in the walls of the lower part of the esophagus, and sometimes the stomach, may begin to bleed. These veins are present in people with severe liver damage.
Other causes may include:
Although not all situations are the result of a major medical problem, this is difficult to know without a medical evaluation. Seek immediate medical attention.
Call your doctor or go to the emergency room if vomiting of blood occurs -- this requires immediate medical evaluation.
The doctor will examine you and ask questions such as:
Tests that may be done include:
If you have vomited a lot of blood, you may need emergency treatment, which may include:
Overton DT. Gastrointestinal bleeding. In: Tintinalli JE, Kelen GD, Stapczynski JS, Ma OJ, Cline DM, eds. Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide. 6th ed. Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill; 2006:chap 74.
Henneman PL. Gastrointestinal bleeding. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier;2009:chap 22.
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FC Dallas' next opponent has had a solid start to the 2014 season after a disappointing 2013. Chivas USA opened their campaign with a 3-2 win over the Chicago Fire in week one and managed a 1-1 draw against Vancouver Whitecaps FC in week two despite losing midfielder Agustin Pelletieri to a red card in the 13th minute.
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