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Clint Bowyer is putting the controversy surrounding his spin at Richmond behind him and turning his focus toward the first race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship.
Bowyer said Thursday he's got nothing left to discuss about the penalties NASCAR levied against Michael Waltrip Racing for its attempts to alter the outcome at Richmond to get Martin Truex Jr. into the 12-driver Chase field. The punishment did not hurt Bowyer's title chances because the 50-point penalties levied against the MWR drivers were done before the Chase seedings.
Bowyer goes into Sunday's Chase opener at Chicago ranked eighth in the field and 15 points behind leader Matt Kenseth. Bowyer said MWR deserved to be penalized for its actions at Richmond and the subject should now be closed.

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At this point I'd like to think EA knows what they're doing when it comes to partnering for sweet hardware.This time seems no different. With an alliance with Monster, these two companies will create the "first-ever ultimate gaming and music headphone."
The EA Sports MVP Carbon by Monster headphone is said to bring an unprecedented level of immersive sonic gameplay like the game develops always intended. These headphones will be able to be used for gaming as well as movies and music. The only thing as important as audio quality is comfort on these bad boys. There will also be a black and white version of the MVP Carbon.
Founder and Head Monster Noel Lee noted:
"Anyone who spends a lot of time involved in the intense world of gaming knows that a truly great pair of headphones can make all the difference, both in terms of performance and sheer fun. To develop this unique premium product, Monster could not have a better partner than EA SPORTS. Their insight and expertise into exactly what features and capabilities will benefit gamers most was invaluable in the development process. The result is a new type of headphone that not only provides a much more intense listening experience for gaming – but delivers even more surround sound impact for music and movies as well. Let the games begin!"
You can expect his headset on shelves starting February 2013. Your wallet will take the hit of $269.95 for this 'first of a kind' hardware. GameStop lists the MVP Carbon for $229.99.


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Thomas E. Holliday, chair of the Clarkson University board of trustees, announced today that Karel K. Czanderna, a former North Country resident and alumna of Clarkson University's class of 1977, was elected vice chair at the last meeting of the board of trustees. Dr. Bayard D. Clarkson Sr. will continue to serve as distinguished vice chair.
Czanderna has been a member of the board since 2002, and has served as chair and co-chair of the trusteeship committee, as well as chair of the board's academic affairs committee. During her time as a trustee, she has also served on the executive, compensation, institutional advancement, marketing, alumni and research committees.
Before becoming a trustee, Czanderna was a member of the advisory council for the Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering and active in supporting corporate and professional society partnerships across Clarkson.
She earned her bachelor of science degree in physics from Clarkson in 1977. She also has a Ph.D. (1984) in materials science and engineering from Cornell University and attended executive education at Harvard Business School.
In his announcement to the Clarkson community, Chair Holliday said, "Karel is a collaborative leader and strategic thinker who holds a thorough understanding of how research universities bridge discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise. As an engaged alumna with a distinguished career, she also knows how to connect students to their leadership potential in the global marketplace."
Distinguished Vice Chair Clarkson Sr. added, "Karel is an excellent choice to serve as vice chair. She is highly committed to Clarkson's success and future growth. In addition to her excellent professional credentials, she had deep knowledge of the University, the regional community of Potsdam and the people who live there and make it a great place to learn, live and work together. Karel brings tremendous insight and perspective to the board's deliberations and the entire board enthusiastically endorses her election as vice chair."
Most recently, Czanderna has been the group president of building materials for Owens Corning and an advocate for sustainability and improving the energy efficiency of buildings as a way to decrease energy use globally.
Before joining Owens Corning in 2008, Czanderna held various executive management positions including vice president of the cooking products and outdoor kitchens businesses at Whirlpool Corporation, responsible for Jenn-Air, KitchenAid, Whirlpool, Maytag and Amana brands.
After graduation, Czanderna spent 18 years at Eastman Kodak, holding a series of increasingly senior positions including corporate vice president for the inkjet strategy and, earlier, the worldwide portrait photography business.
The daughter of Alvin and Lucile Czanderna, she was raised in Potsdam with two sisters and graduated from Potsdam High School in 1974.
Now retired and living in Lakewood, Colo., Alvin was a professor in Clarkson's Department of Physics and one of the founders of the Clarkson Institute of Colloid and Surface Science.
Karel Czanderna is married to Dan Shirkey, a 1980 Clarkson master's degree alumnus, who also grew up in the North Country and graduated from Canton High School.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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Ruiz reinstated for series finale vs. Mets
By Jay Greenberg / Special to MLB.com
NEW YORK -- Opening Day for Carlos Ruiz happened 26 games after it did for the rest of the Phillies, but it was opening day regardless.
"I am really happy to be here -- it's a nice, nice feeling," said the catcher in the dugout Sunday morning before his return from a 25-game suspension for testing positive for using an amphetamine. "I am putting everything behind me.
"This wasn't like being injured, it was completely different. I watched a lot of games, and it was hard for me because I would like to be here and I can't do anything because I was under suspension."
Ruiz, who was permitted five rehab games, played two at Class A Clearwater and two at Double-A Reading on Friday and Saturday nights. He hit a cumulative .143 with a homer and three RBIs in the four games.
"They throw a lot of strikes in Double-A compared to extended spring training," Ruiz said. "Extended spring, you face a lot of kids and you don't feel comfortable at home plate.
"See the ball, swing, use the middle of the field -- that's what I always try to do, The last two games I feel great, and that's very important for me."
Likewise is his return for the Phillies. Catchers Erik Kratz and Humberto Quintero hit a combined .209 with two home runs and nine RBIs in the absence of a 2012 All Star. Quintero was designated for assignment to make room for the 34-year-old Ruiz.
Asked whether the Phillies missed Ruiz more at the plate or behind it, manager Charlie Manuel said, "I'd say both."
Ruiz was hitting fifth Sunday, the place to which he ascended in the 2012 order.
Jay Greenberg is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I would like to create an abstract communication class which can be specialized for different communication subsystems. The communication class should be able to send special image data. The image class, however, is templated (over PixelType and Dimension). Therefore I have to use templates for my send method. I DO NOT want to use templates at class level, i.e.
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1) The communicator should be usable also in environments where no images have to be sent (and where they don't even exist).
2) One single instance of the communicator class may have to send different images (with different PixelTypes). I don't want to list all of them as class templates (template <class ImageType1, class ImageType2, ..., class ImageTypeN>), even though the maximum number of N is known (at least for the current application, it might be different when the communicator class is used in other applications...).
Usually (i.e. with non templated images), I would just define a send method in the abstract communicator class which uses the image superclass (let's call it ImageSuperclass) as a parameter:
virtual void Send(ImageSuperclass* image, ...) = 0;
This method could then send any derived image classes, say Short2DImage, Char3DImage, ...
Then I would derive my specialized Communicator class, say MPICommunicator, and this class would override the send method in the abstract class. However, since the image class is templated, my method has to look something like
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void Send(ImageType* image, ...)
Unfortunately, templated member functions cannot be declared as virtual, and can therefore not be overwritten by my derived MPICommunicator class.
Can anybody explain me how I can define an abstract communicator class that defines a send method for my templated images and from which I can derive different implementations of communicator classes (MPICommunicator, SocketCommunicator, ...). The derived classes obviously somehow have to reimplement the send method of the abstract superclass.
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We're back again with this new RC4 version. Since the last RC3 release, we received many patches and fixes, and also backported some important features like ATI graphics device injection, EFI64 tables and PCI root configuration. Also added a new boot option for hiding unwanted foreign partitions from the boot menu.
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Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, March 4, 2013, 9:18 PM
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Palo Alto goes 'carbon neutral' with electricity
Original post made on Mar 4, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, March 4, 2013, 9:18 PM
Comments (34)
a resident of Downtown North
on Mar 4, 2013 at 10:37 pm
For readers who want more details:
City website page about the Carbon Neutral Plan:
Youth-produced rap video commemorating this milestone development:
Web Link
As the City Utilities Communications Manager, I'm very proud of my workplace tonight!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 4, 2013 at 11:22 pm
Oh .. whoopee ..
This whole man-made climate change is a hoax!
And the City of Palo Alto has bought into it hook, line and sinker!
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 4, 2013 at 11:44 pm
"As a City, we've had cheaper, greener power for our citizens for decades, and being able to make this recent move to 100 percent carbon-free electricity is just another example of how owning our own utilities pays off," Keene said
Not to mention that the city's general fund gets 25% of it's budget from milking the utility rate payers for things like charging outrageous rents, collects a "return a on investment" for owning the utilities, collects a tax on use of utilities, ... And the city doesn't need to go to the ballot box to get this money.
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 5, 2013 at 7:47 am
>To get to 100 percent carbon neutrality, the city is relying on its existing renewable-energy sources, including wind farms, solar energy, renewable gas captured from landfills and hydro-electric generation, which provides about half of the city's entire
Large hydro projects provide over 60% of Palo Alto's electricity. The State of California does not consider large hydro prjects as a renewable source, because of the damage done to our environment. Therefore, Palo Alto should not be congratulating itself, because it has contributed to so much environmental degradation.
a resident of Green Acres
on Mar 5, 2013 at 8:19 am
Palo Alto gets just under half of its electricity from large hydro. This means that under this program they will provide over half from "renewable energy", as defined by CA and the balance from non carbon emitting hydro. No other city in the US has made a comparable achievement and our electricity rates wil remain well below PG&E. This is a very big accomplishment that most residents and businesses will be prowd of.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 5, 2013 at 8:43 am
> The State of California does not consider large hydro
> prjects as a renewable source, because of the damage
> done to our environment.
How does a large hydro project do any more damage to the environment than a large lake--most of which are completely natural?
Does the hydro-project generate the awful green house gas--like CO2? Well, virtualy everything in nature is interlinked with CO2--both consuming this gas, and releasing it. Volcanos, for instance, are large producers of this gas. Any idea how much CO2 a hydro-project produces compared to an active volcano?
When will the public wake up, and do a little critical thinkig on its own? We've been fed three decades of "environmentalism"--and the silliness just gets worse, year after year.
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 5, 2013 at 8:47 am
Web Link
The City of Palo Utilities dept. shows that 64% of our electrcity comes from large hydro. If this is outdated, then perhaps it should not be on its website.
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 5, 2013 at 8:48 am
Is the rate coming down or not?
a resident of Ventura
on Mar 5, 2013 at 10:26 am
Congratulations to Palo Alto for moving to carbon-free electricity while keeping electric rates BELOW PG&E!
We are very fortunate to have a publicly-owned utility with access to low cost hydro power and a progressive City Council to lead the way.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Mar 5, 2013 at 11:16 am
The summary is that we are getting $3 a year rate hike with only bragging rights to show for it. Don't see any achievements here...
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 5, 2013 at 11:19 am
> while keeping electric rates BELOW PG&E!
But typically not the gas rates.
And over time .. there is no reason not to believe that PAU electricity will necessarily stay lower than PG&E!
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 5, 2013 at 12:06 pm
>How does a large hydro project do any more damage to the environment than a large lake--most of which are completely natural?
Are you serious? Natural lakes usually have natural outlets that allow fish to come and go. John Muir saw a huge difference between natural lakes and the dammed Hetch Hetchy valley.
The bottom line is that large hydro projects are NOT consideredd as renewable energy.
Wind turbine farms often industrialize our wild ridges, and kill many birds of prey, especially the golden eagle. Large PV project cover up our wild deserts. There are some things that do make sense, IMO, like passive solar design and rooftop solar panels, However, we do not deserve to be self-congratulatory about achieving carbon neutrality, using the methods currently employed.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 5, 2013 at 12:15 pm
This is all just accounting because Palo Alto's power comes off the same electrical grid as everybody else and it's just a matter to whom Palo Alto pays for the power. While the bills may allow the city to claim carbon neutral, the power usage is still growing and, by paying more for electricity, other consumers are buying the same non-renewable power off the grid instead.
Palo Alto would have a much bigger impact if it just bought less power, either by conservation or producing it locally without the 50% losses associated with the power grid.
a resident of Community Center
on Mar 5, 2013 at 1:12 pm
Was the green community really buzzing? We're they going " bzzzzzzz". What sound was the rest of the audience making? Please report these important facts, gennady. And how come no quote from Scharf in your story?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 5, 2013 at 1:37 pm
We have been paying more for green power for the last several years. Now that the whole city is using green power, will that lower the rates somewhat?
a resident of Palo Verde
on Mar 5, 2013 at 3:49 pm
Knowing this, would installing solar panels on your house still make environmental sense? I think not....
a resident of Ventura
on Mar 5, 2013 at 5:16 pm
Congratulations to the City for partnering with the Media Center (midpenmedia.org) to create the Carbon Neutral Video to help promote this new initiative. Kudos to Sean Lee - Gunn Senior - for creating the music to go under the city's message.
Whether or not you can handle the science behind Global Warming, it has got to be a good thing to think about our impact on the environment and to move toward energy alternatives that reduce carbon emissions. It just makes sense. Our responsible decisions role model good stewardship for our community's children and create in all of us more mindful attitudes toward our choices and how our actions impact our world. Remember if we want youth to buy into our values, we must demonstrate values worth caring about.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Mar 5, 2013 at 5:24 pm
"Whether or not you can handle the science behind Global Warming, it has got to be a good thing to think about our impact on the environment and to move toward energy alternatives that reduce carbon emissions. It just makes sense. Our responsible decisions role model good stewardship for our community's children and create in all of us more mindful attitudes toward our choices and how our actions impact our world. Remember if we want youth to buy into our values, we must demonstrate values worth caring about."
That sounds great, but PA residents drive big, fat cars, have big, fat homes, take big fat vacations and eat huge amounts of food. IMHO, talking about energy decisions outside of the geo-political reasons for energy independence shows us to by hypocrites more than anything else. Kids must ask themselves:
What does it mean to be carbon neutral if we have a big house, fly & drive everywhere all the time, and consume tons of food?
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 5, 2013 at 6:10 pm
As is written, "do not deny the workman their wages"of course, this a phony, meaning less, political concept, waste of money, and IDE,official of no world benefit at all
But,so what? Lots of things are meaningless
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Mar 5, 2013 at 6:13 pm
Why not take the $3 from the pensions? There's a lot of fat there.
This is the problem with municipal utilities. Just keep on screwing the taxpayers/residents.
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Mar 5, 2013 at 6:31 pm
How is it carbon nuetral when you pay for the dirty energy you use.
This is so stupid
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 6, 2013 at 7:52 am
>As a City, we've had cheaper, greener power for our citizens for decades, and being able to make this recent move to 100 percent carbon-free electricity is just another example of how owning our own utilities pays off," Keene said.
There appears to be a conflation of 'carbon-free' and 'green'. If we had a choice to obtain power from natural gas, using fracking methods, or to dam a wild river to develop more large hydro, which approach would be 'greener'? IMO, natural gas wins the green award over large hydro. It is not carbon neutral, but it is an improvemnt over coal, and doesn't damage the environment nearly as much as damming a wild river. Looking at it in the reverse, would Palo Alto be a greener city if helped to reclaim the Hetch Hetch valley (honoring John Muir), and made up for the lost hydro electcity, by buying natural gas generated electicity?
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 6, 2013 at 8:41 am
Hydroeletric is not enviromently friendly!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 6, 2013 at 10:50 am
> Hydroeletric is not enviromently friendly!
What a crock! What is true is that hydro projects need to create artificial bodies of water that take over land that might have been used for other purposes. A few thousand acres, here-and-there, is simply not "the environment".
Large hydro projects, like the TVA, converted a lot of land from marginal farming/idle use to a water reservoir. However, the economic value of that land, as it was used at the time of its conversion to being a part of the hydro project was generally minimal—whereas the value of the electricity that was generated was many, many, times greater.
All hydro projects do is create artificial lakes, for the most part. Hydro projects don't pollute the skies in hundreds of miles away, or create artificial weather patterns that destroy all life for hundreds of miles in every direction. Just doesn't happen.
That said, there is some concern that some of the very large hydro projects in China might be triggering movement on underlying unstable seismic zones. This conjecture has not been proven, but is one of the few examples of real impact on the environment that has been shown. Claims that fish populations are somehow impacted negatively gets thrown into the discussion—but these are really specious arguments, for the most part.
We should stop using the term "the environment", which has often global connotations—and if there are concerns about local issues, then identify those issues first.
a resident of Midtown
on Mar 6, 2013 at 12:45 pm
>Oh .. whoopee ..
>This whole man-made climate change is a hoax!
>And the City of Palo Alto has bought into it hook, line and sinker!
Watch too much FAUX News do you??
Its time to go get some science education. I suggest the free online courses.
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 6, 2013 at 12:56 pm
>All hydro projects do is create artificial lakes
And blocking the salmon/steelhead runs. And flooding incredibly beatiful environmental treasures, like Hetch Hetchy. And creating silt deposit ponds, that eventually fill up...what then? And turning wild streams into a series of artificial ponds/lakes. And cost a large amount of money to build and maintain. And require significant infrastructure to deliver the electrcity, including service access roads throughout the wild lands. And leaving the power production up to the vagaries of the seasonal snow/rainfall. I could go on....
Fracking for natural gas is a much greener way to go. The local Sierra Club should take a stance: Fracking for natural gas, or more Hetch Hetchy type of environmental degradation.
a resident of Leland Manor/Garland Drive
on Mar 7, 2013 at 2:09 pm
Unbelievable comments here. What an outrage that it will cost us $3 per year (less than a penny per day) to get carbon-free electricity! Add in complaints about hydro power, the fact that yes we still drive polluting cars, why aren't we instead destroying our 100-year old clean water supply by filling in Hetch Hetchy to "honor John Muir", etc. etc. - it's a wonder that any positive step forward happens in Palo Alto.
a resident of Evergreen Park
on Mar 7, 2013 at 3:50 pm
You have to remember that the consensus on PA Online is not at all representative of the general population of California or Palo Alto. It is much more in tune with Fox News/Tea Party. I have come to accept that, and now just observe some of the more interesting topics to see how "unbelievable" (using your adjective) some of the comments can be. And hoping that I will find a few reasonable comments.
a resident of College Terrace
on Mar 7, 2013 at 6:14 pm
>Add in complaints about hydro power, the fact that yes we still drive polluting cars, why aren't we instead destroying our 100-year old clean water supply by filling in Hetch Hetchy to "honor John Muir", etc. etc
There has been a fairly vibrant movement, locally, to resotre the Hetch Hetchy valley, by removing the dam. I have not heard any talk about "filling in Hetch Hetchy". It was not filled in to begin with, it was a beautiful valley, second only to Yosemite valley.
John Muir has been, and will continue to be honored.
If Palo Alto wants to be green, it should support fracking for natural gas.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 8, 2013 at 9:55 am
> take some on-line science courses ..
I'll compare you science course for science course, and I bet that my course count will exceed yours.
But be a sport, sport, and give us a list of on-line courses that you have taken about climate change, or even a list of courses you have taken that deal with the basic tools that climate science requires, such as: meteorology, basic geology, geochemistry, geophysics, atmospheric physics, basic through multivariate statistics, computer programming, data modeling, electrical engineering, experimental design—just to name the most obvious.
You've mastered all of these domains, have you, sport?
Looking forward to your list.
Maybe it's time to stop listening to that mind numbingly banal NPR, and do a little research on the topics you claim to know so much about!
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Mar 8, 2013 at 10:14 am
This issue of climate change has become so politicized that it's unlikely anyone will be offered a meaningful view of the matter during our life times. Because we are talking about a time line of about 15B years (age of the cosmos), and a planetary timeline of about 5B years vs a human timeline of maybe 2.5M years we (humans) are probably not going to unravel all of the mysteries of the universe any time soon.
Our current intellectual "platform" from which we seem to have erected a scientific and philosophical basis for rationally investigating these myriad of mysteries is barely 400 years old. Science is a process—that employs theory, discussion, proof/disproof, and iteration. Climate science is one of the newest of these domains, and there are probably fewer than 1,500 people in the world that have the necessary skill set to actually contribute meaningfully to the body of knowledge. And all of these people do not agree, as is the case with any human activity.
One of the most fundamentally disappointing aspects of the Climate Change debate is that the "scientists" have not even come to a common view on how to measure temperatures from a global perspective. And it's also not clear that the temperature data is really "solid" enough to make meaningful predictions (in a forward timeline) for more than a couple of decades, with any hope of accuracy. Of course, mathematical models are used to make these predictions, and without fully disclosing the source code to open review—who knows what's in these models. Sadly, it's hard to find the source code for these models on-line.
No rational person (at least no person who has been provided a non-agenda based presentation of earth science/history) should doubt that climate change is real. The question that is being debated is whether man is the only driver of this change.
A new study has been released this week, which points out that global temperatures were hotter in the recent past, than they are today--
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So, it's very hard to listen to all this sanctimonious bellowing about how man is "ruining the plant" and that we should be "carbon neutral" to "save the planet". Moreover, given that the climate is know to cycle, at some point we are going to see another Ice Age—where most of North America and Europe will be under sheets of ice that could be a mile thick. There is simply no way that humans have had anything to do with the ice ages that occurred before the emergence of "homo sapiens"—so all of this environmentalism nonsense will have been for naught, since it's not likely that Congress will be able to pass laws to stop the forward march of the glaciers.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Mar 8, 2013 at 10:47 am
And as ABAG stuffs more and more people into Palo Alto to live here and the new Stanford Hospital requires mega more staff and more utilities, then what? It's all smoke and mirrors and feel good politics. And this council will be long gone like previous ones who pushed their ideology down our throats and ruined our town......or sometimes they run again and do come back...or go on to 'higher office'.
a resident of Old Palo Alto
on Apr 4, 2013 at 11:46 am
Hydro Dams do not provide "clean" energy and do cause global warming:
Based on research from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, over the last 20 years, the warming impact of annual large dam methane emissions is equivalent to 7.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.
By comparison:
Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning (2004): 26.6 billion tonnes (2)
US CO2 emissions from fossil fuel burning (2005): 6 billion tonnes (3)
EU-15 emissions from fossil fuel burning (2003): 3.3 billion tonnes (4)
Global CO2 emissions from coal (2003): 9.6 billion tonnes (5)
US CO2 emissions from coal (2005): 2.1 billion tonnes (3)
US CO2 emissions from road transport (2005): 1.7 billion tonnes (3)
Global CO2 emissions from aviation (2002): 0.5 billion tonnes (6)
Also read this article:
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GAY FAMILIES ... Palo Alto children's-book author Cynthia Chin-Lee has written "Operation Marriage," a children's book about growing up with two lesbian moms, based on a true story. The book seeks to help children of same-sex couples who are being bullied or who feel like outsiders and chronicles the experiences of a family challenged by peer pressure, homophobia and denial of two parents to marry in California. The book is available at Kepler's Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park.
AUTHOR AUTHOR ... Upcoming authors at Keplers, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park, include Robert Trivers, "The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self-Deception in Human Life" (Nov. 16, 7 p.m.); Anthony Horowitz, "The House of Silk: Sherlock Holmes" (Nov. 18, 7 p.m.); Sue Grafton, "V is for Vengeance," meet and greet book-signing event (Nov. 28, 7 p.m.); Random House Best Books of the Season (Nov. 30, 7 p.m.); Lynn Stegner and Russell Rowland, "West of 98: Living and Writing the New American West" (Dec. 1, 7 p.m.); Frank Close, "The Infinity Puzzle: Quantum Filed Theory and the Hunt for an Orderly Universe" (Dec. 6, 7 p.m.); Richard Heinberg, "The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality" (Dec. 8, 7 p.m.). Information: www.keplers.com.
KIDS' TALKS ... Upcoming children's authors at Kepler's in Palo Alto include Frans Vischer "Fuddles," (Nov. 13, 11:30 a.m.); Teen event: Ransom Riggs, "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" (Nov. 15, 7 p.m.); M-A Parent Education Series: Robin Mamlet and Christine VanDeVelde, "College Admission: From Application to Acceptance, Step by Step" (Nov. 16, 7 p.m. at Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center, 555 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park); Oliver Jeffers, "Stuck" (Nov. 17, 6 p.m.); Jon Muth "Blowin' in the Wind" (Nov. 19, 11 a.m.); Elisa Kleven, "The Friendship Wish" (Nov. 20, 11:30 a.m.); Jenni Holm, "A Very Babymouse Christmas" (Dec. 7, 6 p.m.). Information: www.keplers.com.
LIVING IN A COCOON ... Lift Your Spirits Home Transformations owner Jennifer Duchene of Palo Alto has written a book especially for women, "Le Chic Cocoon: 7 Steps to Creating Your Selfish Space." The book, which is available through Amazon and Barnes and Noble, is about "claiming their power and a space of their own to do it in. It straddles empowerment and decorating," she said. Information: www.JenniferDuchene.com.
POWER STRATEGIES ... Heidi BK Sloss of Los Altos has written "Fortune Is in the Follow-Up: Five POWER Strategies to Grow Your Business," which is billed as a back-to-basics, how-to book offering tips on increasing sales. Published by Bush Street Press, San Francisco, it sells for $14.95. Information: www.amazon.com
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For the first time in school history, Augusta Christian is perfect.
In a game that quarterback Tyler Roberson would call surreal afterward, the Lions won their first state championship since 2005, beating six-time defending champion Hammond 21-14 in the South Carolina Independent School Class AAA state championship.
"It's an indescribable feeling," said Lions coach Keith Walton, whose squad went 13-0. "I'm so thankful for the senior class and the selflessness of the entire team."
The win was the second of the year for Augusta Christian over Hammond, who suffered its only losses of the year to the Lions and finished 12-2.
With the offense rightfully garnering a lion's share of the attention during the year, it was the Lions' defense that came up big time and again.
The defense recovered five fumbles, four coming inside their own 20-yard line, and the offense capitalized, turning them into 14 points.
They also stopped the Skyhawks on downs at the 2-yard line, nursing a 14-7 lead.
Two plays later, Thomas Banks turned it into a 21-7 advantage as he juked and went down the right sideline for a 98-yard touchdown with 6:49 to play.
"I saw all 11 in the box and set them up. I faked inside and went outside," Banks said. "This is the greatest feeling I've ever had in my life."
The Skyhawks scored with 3:57 to play to cut the lead to 21-14, then recovered the ensuing kickoff at the Lions' 32.
With 2:21 to play they got to the Lions seven before losing its fifth fumble of the game.
On the ensuing drive facing third-and-10, Roberson hit Nick Fortenberry for an
11-yard gain and first down, enabling the Lions to run out the clock.
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I am, obviously, not going to treat this as a private correspondence. Jerry Conlon isn't a friend of mine, I never asked him to contact me in any way, he tweeted at me yesterday (and the day before) just to stir the shit aka harass me, so I don't consider his apology or my reply part of a private correspondence.
Jerry Conlon to me:
I would like to apologize Ophellia for that vile tweet I sent you yesterday. I did not mean it as threat on your person being but as a childish insult agaisnt your appearence.
I understand how you take it as personal threat and I hope in no way did I make you feel unsafe in your own home. That was not my intent and I apologize if I did.
I do not expect you to accept this apology or expect you to. I am not doing it to safe face with fan base either. I feel terrible for the tweet I sent and if it caused you any duress.
My apologies,
My reply:
Well, Mr Conlon, I don't see why you think it's ok to insult people for being old and ugly, either. It's not "childish" – it's vicious. I don't suppose you do that to your mother (assuming she's alive) or other ancient female relatives. I don't suppose you would enjoy hearing other people doing that to your mother. I don't even suppose you would do it to anyone face to face.
You did of course make me feel unsafe. I didn't think you were going to hop on a plane and come here to throw acid on me – but of course it makes me feel unsafe when people are willing to say things like that to me. Hatred and rage escalate. That was what I was saying in the post about acid-throwing yesterday. Yes, I feel unsafe because of the non-stop hatred at the slyme pit and on Twitter. Yes, you made that worse.
Thank you for the partial apology, but I really urge you to stop doing things like telling women you hate how ugly they are.
I mean that. I hope he does. I would like to see everyone stop fostering the hatred and rage. However I don't for a second think that will happen.


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The story of a remarkable man who fought during his youth to leave farming behind—only to lead a revolution in the way we grow and distribute food.
THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
By Will Allen with Charles Wilson
"From the plots of his Milwaukee urban farm to low-income communities across America, Will Allen has shown us a new type of heroism. Through The Good Food Revolution, Allen recounts his effort to reclaim his family's heritage and, in doing so, confront lingering disparities in racial and economic justice. As the champion of a new and promising movement, Allen is skillfully leading Americans to face one of our greatest domestic issues – our health."
– Former President Bill Clinton
In 1993, Will Allen cashed out a small retirement package from his sales executive position at Procter & Gamble and bought a plot of land with crumbling greenhouses a few blocks from Milwaukee's largest public housing project. He had a simple dream: to bring fresh food to an inner-city neighborhood without healthy options. In THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities (Gotham Books, May 10, 2012, Hardcover, eBook) Will Allen shares the story of his unlikely return to agriculture in mid-life, and his efforts to transform the food system in underserved American communities.
On less than two acres, he would pioneer intensive growing techniques and build the country's preeminent urban farm — a food and educational center that now produces forty tons of fresh vegetables a year, provides fresh sprouts to thousands of students, transforms food waste into soil and fertilizer, distributes inexpensive market baskets of fresh fruits and vegetables to communities without grocers, and raises 100,000 fish in indoor systems that resemble freshwater streams.
THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION is Will Allen's extraordinary tale of transformation of the cultivation, production, and delivery of healthy foods for underserved, urban populations. It is also a story of personal transformation. Allen's journey bridges two disparate parts of the African-American story: its agricultural past and urban present. Allen was the child of sharecroppers and a product of the "Great Migration"—the exodus that brought six million African-Americans out of agriculture and the South and into Northern cities. He fought as a young man to leave farming behind. He sought a life in professional basketball, managed a discotheque, and worked for years as an executive for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Procter & Gamble. Yet the desire to farm again grew slowly within him, and he saw the potential of fresh food to change the lives of young people in Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods.
Access to reasonably-priced, healthy, fresh food provides a defense against the dehumanizing and debilitating effects of diabetes and food-related illness. In THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION Allen argues that if we can take control of the food system in our urban communities and if we can knit together the broken fabric between local farmers and our cities, we can provide a chance for people to live with greater dignity.
THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION is Will Allen's call to action. Anyone can help. A garden in your back yard can provide the self-respect of being a little more self-sufficient in a world where we often are made to feel the powerless victims of the Dow Jones Industrial average, oil prices, the employment market, or the fates of large corporations.
What are you waiting for? Pick up a shovel. Get your hands dirty. Let's begin.
THE GOOD FOOD REVOLUTION: Growing Healthy Food, People, and Communities
By Will Allen with Charles Wilson
Gotham Books | Hardcover | May 2012 | $26.00
Available as an e-book
Reading Group Guide available
About the Author:
Will Allen is an urban farmer who is transforming the cultivation, production, and delivery of healthy foods to underserved, urban populations. After a brief career in professional basketball and a number of years in corporate marketing at Procter & Gamble, Will Allen returned to his roots as a farmer, using his retirement package to purchase a plot of inner-city land with greenhouses, where he has built the country's pre-eminent urban farm. He is now the CEO of Growing Power, an organization that develops community food systems. In 2008, Will was named a John D. and Katherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow, a "genius grant," only the second farmer ever to be so honored. He is also a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, and in February 2010, he was invited to the White House to join First Lady Michelle Obama in launching "Let's Move!"—her signature leadership program to reverse the epidemic of childhood obesity in America. In May 2010, Time magazine named Will to the Time 100 World's Most Influential People. In 2011, Allen was named one of the 7 World's Most Influential Foodies by Michael Pollan and Forbes Magazine. He was named the 2012 NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award recipient. He lives with his wife in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
About Charles Wilson:
Charles Wilson (collaborator) is the coauthor with Eric Schlosser of the #1 New York Times bestselling children's book, Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food. Wilson's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Economist.
Q&A with Will Allen, author of The Good Food Revolution
1) African-Americans fought for decades to leave agriculture behind. Why are you encouraging young black people to consider it as a profession again?
WA: My own family fought to leave agriculture. Both my parents were South Carolina sharecroppers: tenant farmers who received only half the pay for the crop that they had planted and harvested. They were only two of more than six million African-Americans who left the South for northern cities during the "Great Migration." They hoped for a better life. Farming was hard work, and it carried the stigma of slavery.
As I write in this book, the departure of African Americans from the land brought its own problems. One in two black Americans born in the year 2000 is expected to develop Type II diabetes. Our young people are now almost entirely dependent on an industrialized and processed food system that is harming them. That's why I feel our new models for agriculture at Growing Power—where we grow fresh vegetables and fish intensively in the middle of cities–hold a lot of promise. Small-scale agriculture can help rebrand farming as an entrepreneurial profession. It can make farming attractive to young people again, particularly for young people of color.
2) What do you mean by a good food "revolution"?
WA: As I travel around the country, I see an encouraging grassroots movement that is changing our food system. I see more people growing food in their backyards and on a human scale. I see communities that are creating co-operative grocery stores or farmer's markets to link local farmers to underserved urban communities. I see folks turning organic waste into fresh soil and growing food in it. My friend Richard Cates started the Wisconsin School for Beginning Dairy and Livestock Farmers, and he is helping to create a new generation of farmers. This "good food revolution" is a new model that is replacing the destructive elements of industrial, large-scale agriculture.
3) What is a "food desert," and why is access to healthy and affordable food so important?
WA: In the 1970s and 1980s, chain grocery stores pulled out of many inner-city communities in Milwaukee and throughout the United States. A recent study found that there were four times more grocery stores in neighborhoods with a majority white population than a majority black population. Many urban neighborhoods were left with only convenience stores and fast-food restaurants, and few options for healthy and affordable food. These neighborhoods often are called "food deserts."
For years, people in the fast-food and processed-food industries have defended their products by talking about the consumer's "personal responsibility." The reality is, though, that it's very difficult to make healthy choices if you live in a neighborhood in which healthy choices are simply not available or too expensive. It's going to take a lot of different steps to encourage folks to eat healthier. But making sure that fresh, affordable food is available as a choice is a crucial first one.
4) People often consider the good food movement to be an elitist movement. What do you feel about that?
My attitude is that we need everyone in this movement—black and white, young and old, rich and poor. I recently co-signed an Afterword with Eric Schlosser to Prince Charles's book, "On the Future of Food." The prince offered an eloquent explanation of what went wrong with our food system—and what we can do to change it. In the years ahead, I think it's important that folks in the food movement make sure their work is benefitting everybody—and not just those who are able to pay extra for food that is humanely-raised, free-trade and organic. The current price structure for this food means that it is often out of reach for people who need its health benefits the most. At Growing Power, we are trying to create models that can make sure that make sure that fresh, organic food is available to everyone.
5) Can you describe some of the intensive growing techniques you pioneered? Are these expensive to implement?
WA: At Growing Power, we grow enough fresh food to feed 10,000 people on a 3-acre plot. It all begins with healthy soil. We create our soil by taking things in our urban environment that would usually end up in a landfill and repurposing it. We gather organic waste from partners in the city—coffee roasters, breweries, restaurants, supermarkets, landscapers. Then we create fresh compost. We then feed some of this finished compost to millions of red worms. The worms excrete waste that is full of beneficial bacteria. These "worm castings" are the best organic fertilizer you can buy. We then plant our seeds directly in pots that are filled with compost and topped with worm castings.
I think it's necessary in developing new growing techniques that we keep the costs low. All of our systems are built with expenses in mind. For example, we grow some 100,000 fish at our facility— tilapia and lake perch. These fish are raised in "aquaponics" systems that circulate the fish wastewater through gravel beds planted with fresh vegetables. The roots systems of the plants absorb the nitrogen from the fish waste, and purify the water before it reflows into the fish tank. This allows us to grow fish and vegetables together. Some of our largest aquaponics systems cost us only $2,000 to build, using mostly lumber. Setting up a commercial system to raise the same number of fish could cost $50,000 or more.
6) What is your vision of what a new food system would look like?
WA: At the end of The Good Food Revolution, I imagine driving through Milwaukee 100 years from now. In the city's low-income neighborhoods, I see people who are growing fresh vegetables intensively in their back yards. I see independent hauling companies that are in the business of composting organic waste, and turning it again into healthy soil. I see young people of color who are running agricultural businesses, and who are growing fresh vegetables and fish in formerly abandoned warehouses. I see that the job of "agriculturalist" has become a respected profession.
Instead of fast-food restaurants in inner-city neighborhoods, I see cooperative grocery stores and cafes that sit next to urban farms. The food at these cafes and stores is grown fresh onsite and eaten the same day it is picked. I see urban hospitals that grow their own fresh food in greenhouses and feed it to their patients. Currently, we have two food systems in this country: one for the haves, and another for the have-nots. My vision is of a food system that works for everyone.
7) How might one get involved with your organization, Growing Power?
WA: Visit us at www.growingpower.org. In Milwaukee, we have volunteers year round. We offer two-day workshops from January to June to introduce folks to our growing techniques: composting, aquaculture, beekeeping, and more. More recently, we have added a "commercial urban agriculture" program for people who are interested in starting their own urban or small-scale farm. This requires the student to come over five long weekends between January and May. If Milwaukee is too far away, we also run trainings at sixteen regional training centers throughout the country. Information about these regional centers is also available at our website.
8) What do you hope readers will take away from the book?
WA: Ideally, I hope people will be moved and inspired. It is a book as much about people as it is a book about food. It is not only my story, but also a history of African-Americans in agriculture, and the story of several lives that have intersected with my own. I hope people will put down this book wanting to plant their own backyard garden, or to eat a little healthier, or take part in other ways in building a better food system.


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Sunday's Rivals.com/VTO Sports North Carolina Elite 100 in Charlotte at Mallard Creek High School boasts two Rivals100 athletes as well as numerous four- and three-star prospects looking to improve their stock. Rivals.com National Analyst Mike Farrell takes a look at a few of the top names on offense and defense.
Rivals/VTO Sports North Carolina Elite 100: Offensive players to watch
Marquez North, WR, Charlotte (N.C.) Mallard Creek
At 6 feet 3 and 205 pounds, North already has the frame and natural abilities of a BCS-level wide receiver. He possesses impressive top-end speed and a nice burst, which make him extremely explosive in the open field. With recruiting, North holds upwards of 20 offers, but has remained rather quiet up to this point. A move to the SEC is possible, with Florida and Georgia both putting a full-court press on him. He could be limited at the camp due to a shoulder injury, but he will be the one to watch on offense regardless.
Uriah LeMay, WR, Matthews (N.C.) Butler
LeMay is a threat to take it the distance every time he touches the ball, and proved that during his junior season as he also became a threat in the running game. To this point LeMay has only taken visits to local ACC schools, but look for Georgia to be a major player for him during his recruiting process with his older brother, Christian LeMay playing for the Bulldogs. Christian was a standout at the VTO Camp in North Carolina back in 2010.
Tyrone Crowder, OG, Rockingham (N.C.) Richland County
Crowder is a powerfully built interior offensive lineman who uses his low center of gravity and balance to gain leverage on most defensive linemen. His abilities have caught the attention of several top national programs, including Alabama, Auburn, Florida State and Georgia and he could be one of the best pure guards in the country.
Derrell Scott, RB, Havelock (N.C.) (2014)
The explosive sophomore has five early offers and has definitely become a name to watch over the last few months after rushing for 1,800 yards and 25 touchdowns last fall. At 5-11 and 175 pounds, Scott has shown surprising power in his running style but also possesses explosive speed. South Carolina and East Carolina were the first two schools to offer the dynamic sophomore.
Johnathan Lloyd, ATH, Graham (N.C.) Southern Alamance (2014)
Lloyd spent time at quarterback, running back, defensive back and even h-back during his sophomore season. His future position is still up in the air, but he has the skill set to play on either side of the ball. Lloyd has seven early offers and has claimed Ohio State as an early leader after camping there for several years as a youngster. He will be one to watch as he could work out at multiple positions.
Rivals/VTO Sports North Carolina Elite 100: Defensive players to watch
Peter Kalambayi, OLB, Matthews (N.C.) Butler
At 6-2 and 220 pounds, Kalambayi is very fluid with his movements and has little problem covering most running backs in space. He has also shown impressive natural instincts at the linebacker position. With almost 20 offers, Kalambayi will be one of the most sought after linebackers in the region.
LaChaston Smith, OLB, Statesville (N.C.) South Iredell
An injury may have shortened his junior season, but that has not stopped Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Virginia and East Carolina from offering. A proven playmaker, look for Smith to make a final decision before his senior season.
Lewis Neal, WDE, Wilson (N.C.) Hunt
Neal is a prototypical speed rusher coming off the end, and he has become very efficient at it. His combination of speed and strength has given offensive tackles fits at the high school level, and he will look to do more of the same at the VTO Camp. With 10 offers, Neal does not seem to be in too much of a rush with his recruiting process, but will visit Ohio State, Clemson and Tennessee in April.
Desmond Lawrence, S, Charlotte (N.C.) Christian
Lawrence impressed at the U.S. Army Combine in January and will look to bring that same level of performance to the VTO Camp. While South Carolina seemed to be on top for Lawrence originally, he has opened everything back up recently and currently is up to eight offers.
Anthony Covington, CB, Charlotte (N.C.) Mallard Creek
Covington has excellent size at 5-11 and 193 pounds, and has to skill set to move over to the safety position down the road. With eight offers now, Covington is currently thinking about staying in state, as his two leaders have been North Carolina and Wake Forest for the last couple of months.
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After a rough start to the weekend, the Fort Lewis College softball team rebounded for a pair of victories to cap its trip to the Desert Stinger in Las Vegas.
The Skyhawks (2-3) rallied from an early deficit to top Central Washington 14-10 late Saturday night, then topped No. 25 Dixie State 6-5 on Sunday.
A very exciting finish. Its good to leave Vegas on a high note, FLC head coach Kira Zeiter said.
Saturdays late contest was a wild one. After losing earlier in the day, the Skyhawks fell behind 8-0 in the first inning against Central Washington. But Fort Lewis rebounded to score two in the bottom of the inning, then returned the favor with an eight-spot in the second. The Skyhawks added two more in the third and another pair of runs in the fifth to hold off CWU.
Victoria Johnson settled in after a rough first inning and allowed just two runs the rest of the way to pick up her first collegiate victory in the circle. Chelsea Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBIs. Kaylynn Harmon homered, scored three times and drove in three runs, while Tehenia Telliano drove in four runs for the Skyhawks.
I feel like we know what were capable of; its just a matter of getting out on the field and putting it into action, Zeiter said.
FLC hopped out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning Sunday, then broke a 4-4 tie with a pair of runs in the sixth against Dixie State en route to victory. Myndee Thompson was 2-for-4 with two runs scored, and Telliano, Laura Ashe and Mariah Stuart all drove in runs as the Skyhawks took advantage of three Dixie State errors.
Kassie Haubert (1-3) picked up the victory in relief of starter Katie Watkins.
It always feels good to end the weekend on a high note, and it just shows the team what theyre capable of, Zeiter said.
FLC will jump into Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference play with four games at UC-Colorado Springs on Feb. 23 and 24.
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BIGGS, Asa (d. 1878)
Death of Judge Biggs — Hon. Asa BIGGS, of the firm of K<…> BIGGS & Co.,died in Norfolk at 12 am of Wednesday the 6th inst. The immediate cause of his death was rheumatic gout.
Judge BIGGS was born in Martin county, North Carolina, on the 4th of February, 1811. he was licensed to practice law in 1831, entered public life in 1840 as a member of the House of Commons from Martin, was re-elected in 1842, and went to the State Senate in 1844. In 1845 he was elected to Congress from the First District, beating Hon. David OUTLAW, and in 1847 was in turn defeated by Mr. OUTLAW. In 1850 <.two sentences unreadable> the result of their joint labors, the Revised Code, would of itself, have been sufficient to have kept green the memories of each of the co-laborers.
In 1854 Judge BIGGS was again elected to the Legislature from Martin and by the Legislature of 1854 and 1855 he was elected to the United States Senate. This position he resigned for the purposes of accepting the United States District Judgeship, which position he held until he resigned and was at once appointed District Judge of the Confederate States.
At the close of the war Judge BIGGS persued the practice of law with marked success and continued in the practice until 1909, when he, in company with Chief Justice SMITH went to Norfolk and opened a law firm.
Judge BIGGS leaves a family of three sons and three daughters. Capt. Wm. BIGGS, of the Oxford Free Lance, being the eldest of his sons.
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Visualizing Physics
In Autumn Quarter 2009 and Winter Quarter 2010, the Physics Department worked with Karen Gutowsky-Zimmerman, Professor of Visual Communication, and her class to develop new visual representations of physics concepts.
This collaboration encouraged visual communications students to think through the ways that physics works in the everyday world, and it deepened the Physics Department's understanding of the value of the visual representation of scientific models. Check out some of the students' final projects!
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VALDEZ, Alaska (Nov. 19, 2011) – Tailgate Alaska will return to Thompson Pass this season, March 25 to April 10, 2011, bringing together dedicated recreational riders, professional athletes and the industry to ride the world's best mountains and deepest snow.
This results in life changing mountain experiences on the blue days but a lot of down time as well. Tailgate Alaska fills the in between times with daily BBQ, beer garden, snow science education, shelter, wifi and entertainment.
Due to overwhelming demand, Tailgate Alaska is now a ticketed event – according to event founder Mark Sullivan, "The response has been amazing so we are limiting participation to 500 (last year 300 attended), to try to keep it safe out there and ensure there is plenty of powder in the zones directly above the Tailgate party. Plus, there are only so many beds in Valdez and RVs to rent in Anchorage."
Tickets have been selling rapidly, although this is their first actual announcement. According to Sullivan, "I would not be surprised if the event is sold out before Christmas. This year it will be really important to plan ahead as already people are booking rooms and RVs as well."
Tailgate Alaska also plays host to the World Freeriding Championships – The World Extreme Skiing Championships (the world's first big mountain event celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2011) and the King of the Hill (snowboarding's original freeride event).
For more information, check out tailgatealaska.com.
Tailgate Alaska was formed in 2008 by Mark Sullivan (Media Knievel, founder of SNOWBOARD magazine, and former editor of Snowboarder Magazine.) Held annually on Thompson Pass (Valdez, AK) at the ABA heli operations base area. Nick Perata, known for his starring role in the feature film First Descent, hosts the Tailgate Alaska basecamp and its webcast series.


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"They won on my birthday," said Shine. "It was a great present. And David Wermuth had his birthday Sunday. The boys wrote up a nice card for David and myself, so it was nice . . . it was a perfect weekend."
The triumph on Saturday afternoon, which came on the heels of a 7-0 win over Piedmont on the semifinals earlier in the day, wrapped up a 28-1 season for the Knights and provided Shine with a bit of history as Menlo as his team won three straight Central Coast Section and NorCal titles for the first time in the same season.
During this three-year stretch, Menlo has gone a remarkable 82-3 while producing its best record ever (27-0 last year) and the most single-season victories in school history (28 this year).
Shine, meanwhile, improved to 351-41 in his 15th season, winning his 10th CCS title this season and eighth NorCal crown. No other tennis team in Northern California can boast such totals.
Shine had no idea that this season would be so good, even though "I was hoping it would," he said. "As the season went along, I thought this could be a really, really dangerous team. I was pleasantly surprised on how easily we beat some good teams this year."
During Menlo's 4-0 sweep of its CCS foes and 3-0 effort at NorCals, the Knights won six of the matches by 7-0 scores and lost only their first point in Saturday's finale as junior Justin Chan fell at No. 2 singles, 6-3, 6-4. Other than that, Menlo was perfect in the postseason.
"Even though we're young, the guys thrive on competition," Shine said.
The Knights put their competitive shoes on following Saturday's semifinals, which saw CCS runnerup Bellarmine fall to Monte Vista, 4-3.
"I was kind of rooting for Monte Vista," Shine admitted, :"so the guy would have somone new to play. If it was Bellarmine, it would have been, ho-hum, Bellarmine for a fourth time."
The Knights beat the Bells twice during the regular season and again in the CCS finals, 7-0. Thus, having a new opponent in the NorCal finals got the Knights' in a better competitive frame of mind.
While the 6-1 score seemed lopsided, five of the seven matches were competitive.
"Monte Vistas was tough," said Shine, who made a slight adjustment in his lineup by moving senior Andrew Carlisle from No. 4 singles to No. 1 doubles (to team with freshman J.T. Nishimura) and moving sophomore Daniel Morkovine from doubles to No. 4 singles.
The move paid off as Morkovine won, 6-0, 6-1, while Carlisle and Nishimura battled for a 7-5, 6-4 triumph. Menlo sophomore Andrew Ball won an important No. 1 singles match against Monte Vista senior Sean Chaudhuri, 6-0, 4-6, 10-8. Chaudhuri is ranked among the top Boys' 18s singles players in Northern California, according to Shine.
"I thought that was his (Ball's) best match of the year," Shine said.
Sophomore Richard Pham won at No. 3 singles, 6-0, 6-1, while the No. 2 doubles tandem of senior Kyle Sum and freshman David Ball won, 6-4, 6-0, while senior Mac Osborne and sophomore Michael Hoffman produced a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 3 doubles.
Shine credited Wermuth, a former standout player at Palo Alto High, with Menlo's improvement this season. In his sixth season with the Knights, Wermuth whipped the team into great shape.
"He's instilled a physical toughness," Shine said. "Before, we were really, really good. Now, we're really, really great. A lot of the credit goes to him."
Wermuth will be working with many of the same players next season as the Knights lose only Carlisle, Sum and Osborne. The Knights return their top three singles players -- Andrew Ball, Chan and Pham -- along with Nishimura, David Ball, Morkovine and Hoffman.
If Menlo needed any motivation for next season, improving upon a one-loss season is of course there, along with the opportunity to win four straight CCS and NorCal titles for the first time ever.
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Insurers Urge Senate Not Delay Flood Insurance Increase
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is calling on the Senate to resist calls to delay or rescind flood insurance rate increases now being implemented through a 2012 law.
The NAMIC letter was sent to the Senate legislative leadership Wednesday apparently out of concern that some members of the Senate would try to insert such language in the must-pass legislation that moved through Congress yesterday that raised the debt ceiling and ended the federal government shutdown.
While the bill did include several provisions not directly related to the two critical issues, provisions touching on the flood insurance rate hikes were not included.
However, the letter was likely sent to the Senate because making changes to the mandated rate hikes has attracted strong support in the Senate. For example, 24 senators signed on to a letter last week asking Congress to delay the rate hikes pending completion of affordability studies and appeals of new flood maps that are being used to determine individual increases or decreases in flood rates levied by the National Flood Insurance Program.
And, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., a member of the Senate Democratic leadership, has told his constituents that he would seek changes to the mandated rate hikes after the debt/shutdown crises were resolved.
In the letter, a NAMIC official said that, "The NFIP must charge rates that reflect the true cost of providing flood insurance coverage, and the government should not continue to mask the risks of living in a flood-prone area by delaying these much-needed reforms."
The letter was signed by Jimi Grande, NAMIC senior vice president, federal and political affairs. He said in the letter that prior to the passage of the Biggert-Waters Act of 2012, the NFIP's "unsustainable rates all but ensured the program would remain in debt to the Treasury and would be incapable of meeting its obligations to policyholders after a major flood."
In the letter, Grande said NAMIC recognizes the need in some cases for assistance, which could be provided through direct assistance rather than by weakening the NFIP through suppressed flood insurance rates. He also emphasized the need to address natural catastrophes like flooding in a proactive manner, highlighting the need for better mitigation practices by both the public and private sectors.
"NAMIC continues to support providing assistance on a means-tested basis for those who truly cannot afford the increased rates, and we are also actively engaged in efforts to reduce the threat of flooding by promoting and incentivizing pre-disaster mitigation," Grande said in the letter.
"However, we remain in full support of reforms to the NFIP made by the Biggert-Waters Act and oppose any efforts to delay or rollback pieces of the legislation," Grande said.
Currently, roll-back efforts are on three tracks. There is the strong support in the Senate for legislation delaying the rate hikes; there is pending legislation passed by the full House and the Senate Appropriations Committee that would delay at least for one year some of the rate hikes; and a lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Gulfport, Miss., that seeks an injunction barring the rate hikes pending completion of certain studies.
The suit was filed by the Mississippi insurance commission in early October. A hearing on the issue is scheduled for Oct. 28. Currently, Florida and Louisiana have indicated that they would file friend of the court briefs supporting the lawsuit.


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A Stay-at-Home-Mom at Last.
by Regan McMahon
During my entire career as a working-mother, I have been torn, pushed and pulled between my job as a mom and the one that earned me a paycheck. For so long I wished I could afford to be a stay-at-home mom, longing to be with my babies when they were tiny, disappointed at how many events I had to miss because they occurred during the school day, resentful at having to cram everything in—homework, dinner, baths, play, reading—between the 6 p.m. pickup at daycare and bedtime just a couple of hours later.
Be careful what you wish for.
Now that I took a buyout and am working at a desk in our guest room rather than in an office 30 minutes away across a bay, I finally get to be a stay-at-home mom—at least until l I find a new job. My son, Kyle, is already in his first year of college, living 400 miles away in a dorm, but when he was home for winter break for three weeks, I got to spend time with him on weekdays in the daylight, which would never have happened if I were still commuting into the city every day.
My daughter, Hayley, is in her first year of high school, and theoretically needs me less. But in fact, she still needs me. Maybe not in the same ways she did before she was a teenager, but she still does.
Her high school doesn't need me. It's not like her K-8 school, which always needed volunteer parents to come in and serve as teacher's aides, cutting construction paper, stapling sheets of test questions together, or pouring punch at an in-class holiday party. The parent committees may put out a call for help at the silent auction or fundraising dinner, but no one needs me in the classroom now. I was a speaker on career day when Kyle went there. But that's the only time I've contributed in the classroom on a school day.
Today I did run Hayley's forgotten lunch box up to school. I thought those days were over. But it was a minimum day and she was staying after school for play rehearsal, and I knew she'd have no option to get food, so I hopped in the car and took it up to her. If circumstances were different, I might have been annoyed. But since I had the time, I didn't mind, and I secretly enjoyed coming to the rescue—something I never could have done had I been at work.
Between freelancing and job-hunting, I still feel like I'm working all the time. I'm glued to the computer all day and many nights, but I am trying to be more responsive when Hayley asks me to help her with her homework, watch a TV show with her, or sit and talk while we have a snack. I know how lucky I am to have a teenager who still wants to hang out with me, and I realize this window of opportunity could slam shut in an instant. I could get a new job that makes me less available, or Hayley could become so friend-centric (as is appropriate at her age) that she no longer has time for us.
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I found your story especially heartwarming. That is exactly what being a mom is. You can never get the time you spent away from your children back. It is precious. I've found that the kids who have close relationships with their families are less likely to make bad decisions when they get older. Your kids will not remember you by what you did in the boardroom, but they will remember the memories you created with them.
How wonderful that you took that opportunity to be with her right then and there. I'm sure that she does, and will in the future, appreciate it. I suspect that there are many women like us, who look back on working long hours while their children were still young and wished they could have been at home more as well. As the economy tightens and my consulting workload lightens considerably, I miss my daughter, now far away at college, even more. I see days when I have no work commitments and we could be cooking together or cleaning the attic (a favorite activity especially when it includes discovering relics of my life when I was her age), but now she is no longer here to have fun with. And I mourn all the more.
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"[Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul warned he would not show up in Luxembourg if the mandate was watered down.] We are not striving to begin negotiations no matter what, at any cost, ... If the problems aren't solved, then the negotiations won't begin."
"This research represents a whole new way of thinking about the design of warning signals for car drivers,"
"We believe that this signifies this is a warning message, and they feel they're obligated (to give) in the run-up to an attack."
"The recovery is going to take longer than anyone initially hoped for, and (Nokia) is the biggest name to warn so far. I think it was wishful thinking that the turn would happen overnight. But it's not a bad assumption to believe that things are going to get better -- it just takes time and maybe investors haven't been realistic."
"The current EU statement is the latest in a very long list of warnings sent to the Government and Minister Dempsey. The frequency of these warnings is increasing to such an extent that they seem to be a weekly occurrence. It is time to stop ignoring these warnings and to actively and directly address them."
"(The market) is telling you that at these levels, given all the warnings we've had from every Fed governor on the planet about the risk of higher interest rates, that people are nervous in front of tomorrow,"
"We're not playing games, we're not giving warnings, ... If somebody's out there price gouging, they are going to be charged, and if it is a criminal offense, we will get the attorney general's office to carry those charges on to court."
"Second quarter earnings are very likely to be satisfactory in aggregate. A number of visible companies have warned of disappointments, but they are the exception rather than the rule. Earnings growth will probably be in the high-teens range when everything is tallied up."


text: Picture this. 4.0 ladies doubles. Cindy in the ad court, her partner in the deuce court. Cindy is coming to net. Opponents hit a high ball up the middle. Cindy's partner cannot/will not take this ball as a high BH overhead. Partner cries, "Help!" or "Can't!" or "You!" And then partner remains at the net in the deuce service box and squats down some. Meanwhile, Cindy takes the ball as a high FH approach volley from no man's land, crossing well into the deuce court to do so. As she makes contact, she and her partner are in an I formation. I'm sorry, but I am not a fan of all this squatting. If you cannot play a ball such that your partner has to go behind you and hit it, you need to *switch.* If you remain in front of me, half the court is undefended. More importantly, you have greatly restricted what I can do with that ball. If you cross over as soon as you request help, I can safely hit a diagonal ball between the two opponents if their ad player stays back, and it might be a winner. Or I can play it straight ahead to the deep player. Or I can attack the middle if they are at net. If you squat there in front of me, you take away my options. You also force me to hit and then move sharply back to my original position in the ad court for the next shot. There's a good chance I won't make it back in time. And that squat you are doing? It's not as low as you think it is.


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Probably an odd question, but is there a way to block certain posters so you don't have to read their posts?
Posted By Monkeybun on 07/20/2010 04:53 PM
The only forum option I really want is the ability to mark all topics as read, so I can stop trying to read back through hundreds of pages of posts lol.
Yes! Definetly!
Posted By Monkeybun on 07/24/2010 12:41 PM
! When did that happen? lol Or am I just that blind... I should get my eyes checked hehe
We've had this option from the beginning....might be time to make an eye appointment.
Here's what I find is most efficient: I read the forum most nights before bed, so I use the "not read" button on the green bar above where it says "general forums." Then, when I've read every thing I think is interesting and I've skipped over what doesn't interest me, I click "mark all read" at the bottom. That way, I get to read what I haven't read, but it doesn't get more than a couple pages deep and I don't have to click into all the individual sub forums.


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ByLauren Weber
Pete Rossi can count on one hand the number of weeks out of the year that he works more than 50 hours. But the rest of the year, his job as an actuary with the Department of Defense, provides a good living with a minimum of stress.
That partly explains why actuaries have the best job in the United States, according to a new survey by CareerCast.com that will be released Tuesday. Biomedical engineer was No. 2 and software engineer, the top job of 2012, came in at No.3. Careers that ranked the lowest included enlisted military personnel, lumberjack and newspaper reporter. (Click here to see the full ranking of all 200 jobs.)
CareerCast.com, a career website owned by Adicio Inc., ranked 200 jobs from best to worst based on five criteria: physical demands, work environment, income, stress, and hiring outlook. The firm used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other government agencies to determine the rankings. As in prior years, the 200 jobs were selected for their relevance in the current labor market as well as the availability of reliable data.
Actuaries put a financial value on risk – for instance, the chances of a hurricane destroying a beachfront home or the long-term liabilities of a pension system. In a world awash with risks of the natural and manmade variety, the profession is booming, says Tony Lee, publisher of CareerCast.com. In addition, he says, "there's a severe shortage of actuaries," so wages are rising. (The median salary for actuaries in 2010 was $87,650, according to the Labor Department.)
Rossi, 31, spends his days calculating the future costs of the Pentagon's pension, health and education benefits, but says his job involves more than just crunching numbers for spreadsheets. He communicates with other government agencies and brainstorms with colleagues about financial models.
This year, several professions geared toward serving the financial and health needs of an aging population made the top ten, says Lee, including audiologist, financial planner, and physical therapist.
As for the worst job of 2013? Newspaper reporter bumped last year's loser, lumberjack, for the ignominious distinction.
"It's been low for a while," says Lee (last year it was ranked 196 out of 200). "What probably pushed it to the bottom is that several things got worse – job prospects decreased, the average salary continued to fall, and work hours continued to rise. Those factors also make the job more stressful."
But not every reporter (including this one) would agree with the final assessment.
Rocco LaDuca, covers crime and courts at the Observer-Dispatch in Utica, New York. He says he became a reporter in part because of fond memories of reading newspapers with his grandmother.
Pay is an issue, he says (the median salary for reporters in 2010 was $36,000); he's not sure he can raise a family and send kids to college on a reporter's salary. And yes, the stress and the hours can be taxing. But he says, "I'm not sure I'd be happy in another setting. I can't think of any job that would be as exciting or as fulfilling as this."
"People in the community are affected by what I write," he says.
Related: The Best and Worst Jobs of 2012
Best and Worst Jobs of 2013


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text: For me, one of the things that bothered me about SGU was the lack of connection to the previous series...and what i mean is this: presumably, the military personnel were on teams either with SG Command and/or Atlantis. Surely they had experiences or learned life lessons that would have helped. Now i'm not suggesting they should have had a Lost-style format with flashbacks EVERY week. But if they're going to borrow nuBSG's "feel", why not another genre show? They could have used ANY Stargate character -- or even none at all. Either way, it would have relayed to me that the characters are truly in the same universe at the others shows, and that SG-1 or the Atlantis command team weren't the only competant people. To me, the stones were a cheap & convenient way to do earth based stories. (though the last couple were pretty dramatic...it still bothers me how it's very big deal to gate inbetween Destiny & Earth, but like nothing for the stones)