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Countering heated opposition from industry groups on Thursday, California's top air regulator posed an unwavering defense of the state's pending cap-and-trade system, which intends to limit greenhouse gas emissions through a carbon trading system. During the hearing, which took place in Sacramento, manufacturers and other groups proposed a number of amendments to the law, including one that would give oil refineries and manufacturers one hundred percent of the emission permits they'll need to yield to the state in 2014.
The current provision provides businesses with 90 percent of the allowances needed to insure their emissions at the outset of the cap-and-trade program. Mary Nichols, who chairs the California Air Resources Board, swiftly shot down her opponents' request, arguing that it would grant certain companies undeserved "windfall profits" while signaling unreliability to other business that have already invested in new low-pollutant technologies.
"Easing the transition is one thing; leaving the entire industrial sector outside the arena where every other member of society, from forestry to municipal sewage treatment plants is taking aggressive measures to reduce their emissions is just plain unacceptable," Ms. Nichols countered.
The soon-to-be-launched program will force emitters to purchase allowances under a yearly emissions cap that will gradually deflate over time. The stringent requirements will order many businesses to buy extra credits from other businesses that hold a surplus of allowances — hence the name, "cap-and-trade."
Opponents of the program flocked to Thursday's hearing to express their concerns about it, including the detriment it will present for jobs, the advantage for out-of-state competitors, and an overall impediment for California's already comatose economic state. Dozens of refinery workers, factory managers, and manufacturing groups demanded changes to the forthcoming carbon-trading market, which is slated to launch on November 14.
The supposedly "environmentally friendly" program will slam businesses with a $1 billion-plus annual tax that will deflate economic growth and send companies fleeing from the state, critics asserted. "What we're concerned about is keeping the jobs," affirmed Lisa Bowman, who works at a Phillips 66 refinery in the Los Angeles area.
Nichols responded that the pending market will not be excessively burdensome, while she scolded industry lobbyists for requesting changes so near to the program's inception. "We've gone a long way to make these regulations as simple and palatable as possible," she said, adding that businesses should stop battling the agency and "join us to help us make this work."
Many California officials were initially anticipating that the state's carbon trading scheme would catch on and trickle to other Western states; however, not a single other state has agreed to institute any form of a cap-and-trade system. To California businesses, this is a severe impediment, as industries operating in other states won't be slapped with the carbon limits, leaving Golden State firms at a harsh competitive disadvantage. "We are concerned that out-of-state refiners will have an unfair advantage because they are not being held responsible for their emissions," Bowman noted.
The California Chamber of Commerce and other industry groups recently submitted a letter to Gov. Jerry Brown (D) pleading for him to halt the program, which will impact at least 500 businesses in the state. "The fact is that this auction represents a multibillion dollar hidden tax that will harm California businesses and consumers by dramatically increasing energy costs at a time we can least afford it," the letter stated.
Virtually all California residents will fall victim to the carbon-trading system. In response to Democrats' and President Obama's 2009 proposition — the American Clean Energy and Security Act — for a nationwide cap-and-trade system, numerous studies have detailed the catastrophic impact carbon-trading would have on both consumers and U.S. businesses.
Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), two of the leading co-sponsors of the bill, asked the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the federal government's official data source on energy, to analyze and determine the bill's impact on energy prices and the overall economy.
The EIA confirmed that the cap-and-trade bill would be a tax on energy, as the draft report asserted that the "average impacts on electricity prices in 2030 are projected to be substantially greater, reflecting both higher allowance prices and the phase-out of the free allocation of allowances to distributors between 2025 and 2030." In layman's terms, the price of energy would have spiked tremendously if the bill would have become law.
Another national cap-and-trade bill, introduced by Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) in 2010, also prompted a number of studies on the issue. The proposal, which was halted by stiff Republican opposition, would have boosted residential electricity prices a staggering 42 percent and gas prices up about 18 percent, according to a report released by the American Council for Capital Formation and the Small Business Entrepreneurship Council.
Furthermore, the cap-and-trade bill could've cost nearly two million jobs while cutting the U.S. gross domestic product by more than $2 trillion, the analysis concluded. "The report makes clear that Kerry-Lieberman would impose additional burdens and hardship on small business owners, who have suffered considerably during this recession," Karen Kerrigan, president and CEO of the SBE Council, said of the study. "Small business owners cannot create more jobs when costly policies such as Kerry-Lieberman take more of their hard-earned resources."
The same holds true for businesses and residents of California, who are preparing for an annual billion-dollar energy tax that will further plague the state's already stagnant economy. Considering the state's overly burdensome business environment, along with its consistently high tax rates, it's no wonder companies are heading east for greener political pastures.


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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – Police say a frozen body discovered last week in Kansas City, Kan., was an Arizona truck driver who was reported missing in October.
The body of 53-year-old Lawrence Peter Muirhead was found Sunday inside a freezer in a detached garage behind a home in Kansas City, Kan.
Police said Thursday his death is considered a homicide.
Muirhead's family reported him missing Oct. 1 when he didn't return home to Tucson after a trip to Pennsylvania. Relatives said their last contact with him was Sept. 28.
The truck he was driving was found abandoned Oct. 4 in Merriam.
Kansas City, Kan., police haven't said how Muirhead died.

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Mitchell Anderson | September 11, 2008
By Mitchell Anderson • Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 01:29
Why should he? Mr. Harper has always been completely disdainful of "so-called " green house gases. He shouldn't have to kowtow to such politically correct posturing by his opponents by even feigning to care about global warming.
He has never allowed himself to be bullied by those eggheads at the IPCC , whose latest synthesis report was summed up by the New York Times : "that reductions in greenhouse gasses had to start immediately to avert a global climate disaster"
What does the largest peer-review exercise in the history of science have to tell someone like Harper, who instead relies on good old fashion common sense?
As Harper pointed out in a fundraising letter , this "controversial theory " of climate change is based on "tentative and contradictory scientific evidence" and focuses on carbon dioxide, which is "essential to life."
He went on to point out the Kyoto Accord is "essentially a socialist scheme to suck money out of wealth-producing nations".
That's the kind of courageous talk we want from our Prime Minister, and we should be proud that he represents Canada to the world. Not since the days of Pierre Trudeau has a Canadian leader make such a splash on the world stage.
According to the Canadian Press at the Kampala climate negotiations last year, "some foreign diplomats were so disgusted that they sought out Canadian journalists to tell them what their country was doing behind closed doors…One called the Harper approach a perfect recipe for making sure nothing happens."
But who cares what the world thinks of Canada? Certainly not a strong leader like Harper. He had the guts to cause German Chancellor Angela Merkel to fume that, "Of course we are not happy at this point that Canada has abandoned Kyoto's goals."
Nor has he has ever pandered to special interests like the David Suzuki who said, "Stephen Harper not only opposes Kyoto, but he refutes the science. He's back in the dinosaur era. Harper is just totally out of it."
And it's not just Suzuki. These "special interests" are increasingly the Canadian public. A poll last year found that Canadians were more concerned about climate change than any other developed country except France. Two thirds of Canadians felt that climate change was a "very serious problem".
Another poll released just this summer showed that even after ballooning energy costs, Canadians are still demanding action from the politicians on climate change. It takes a strong leader like Harper to completely ignore the know-nothings in the scientific community, our trading partners, or the voting public.
As far as the carbon offsets for his plane, Harper should be commended burning as much jet fuel as he can. After all he is only supporting our oil and gas industry. He showed his loyalty for the oil patch by flying from Ottawa to Quebec City to Vancouver - all in one day!
Now that's leadership.
Rick replied on Permalink
Harper is getting a majority
Harper is getting a majority next week and everybody knows it. Canadians are not seriously concerned about AGW no matter what surveys may indicate. If AGW was a serious worry to anybody beyond the fringes, Harper would be out of a job. It's not gonna happen. You can ridicule the guy but he knows what most people really want and what they want is money in their pockets and gas in their tanks. That's who the Canadian people are and what they want. Those surveys that say people think it's a serious problem are just getting somebodies empty words. Because Canadians also want to appear polite.
Keep saying that. When
Keep saying that. When Canadians think the Conservatives might get a majority, their support for the Conservatives drops. Not so dumb after all.
Gary replied on Permalink
This is amusing
"David Suzuki who said, "Stephen Harper not only opposes Kyoto, but he refutes the science. "
The Fruit Fly Scientist is half right here.
Stephen Harper does oppose Kyoto; as do most intellegent people around the world.
He does not refute any actual science however since Kyoto is was and ever shall be about Politics.
I am hopeful about the election. Harper would not commit Kyotocide as Dion and Lawton would.
Brian D replied on Permalink
"[Harper] does not refute any actual science…"
I assume that by 'refute' you mean 'oppose', given your context.
Did you bother to click the first links here? He disputes that CO2 is a greenhouse gas, something understood for over a century and testable in any lab for pocket change. (If, as I suspect you'll claim, he accepted it as a GHG but thought GHGs weren't the problem, he wouldn't have used 'so-called'.)
Also, for the record, it's "Layton". I know, you have a history of poor typing skill, but Y and W aren't even on the same half of the keyboard.
Before you brand me, note that I oppose Kyoto. I supported it in theory going into the conference, but as soon as I saw Canada abandon its predetermined limits to an unrealistic level in an attempt to one-up the obviously inflated American stated goals, I knew it wouldn't be effective here.
(However: http://tinyurl.com/6k838b)
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Do the Liberals realize that
Do the Liberals realize that spending money on carbon offsets will be included in the election spending laws? It will. So they will be spending money on carbon offsets which will eat into their spending for the election. Exactly what will happen with the general public with their carbon tax.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
There is no way of reducing
There is no way of reducing CO2 emissions in Canada very much if any.
The biggest item that will impead any effort to reduce CO2 is immigration. Canada has 250,000 new people each year come to Canada. Liberals want to increase that to as much as 800,000 a year.
These people buy homes to heat, need food, need to send their kids to schools, drive cars. Thus any little bit of conservation by others to reduce their CO2 will get swamped by new immigrants increasing the need to use energy.
Example, near Sarnia they are building a 1000 acre solar farm. It is expected to produce enough power for 7000 homes. That's 52 days of immigrants. That is, after 52 days there are so many new people in Canada that that solar farm will have been swamped.
In fact, one can make the claim that Canada, through its immigration policy is encouraging CO2 emissions because these people generally come from low carbon footprint countries to enjoy our high energy consumptive lifestyle.
Thus trying to curb CO2 emissions is like the little dutch boy with his finger in the dike.
Richard Littlemore replied on Permalink
Little Dutch Boy?
You apparently missed the point of that Dutch Boy story.
The kid stuck his finger in the dike and saved his town. He made small, timely, personal sacrifice - he plugged the leak while he could still do so conveniently - and saved his community from devastation, from death and destruction and incalculable expense. So yes, "trying to curb CO2 emissions is (EXACTLY) like the little dutch boy with his finger in the dike."
As for your main point - about the apparent CO2 hazard of immigration - I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say:
Should we tell the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free, that they should go to hell because their ambition to improve themselves will create an inconvenience for our carbon budgeting?
Shall we tell the people who are retiring in the next 20 years that they can forget ever collecting their pensions because we have canceled the (immigration) program to keep the Canadian workforce supplied?
By your math, we could entirely balance the effect of ALL immigration by building six more solar farms. As Canada has more than 40 million acres of land (much of it NOT part of Toronto), this might be entirely possible. And, actually, once we got started, we might find that the technology improved and that we could generate even more power while using up less space. Or we could put solar panels on rooftops and not "use up" any space whatever.
If, in fact, we plucked our national finger from where it has been stuck for the last 20 years and started poking around for a likely dike, we might actually make a little headway. We might no longer be an international embarrassment. We might stumble upon technological advances that other countries also need, creating new industries and wealth.
Or not. That all looks difficult. Better to try to ignore/deny the problem and give any extra money to Ford, so they can invest it in truck motors. Oh, and slam the door on immigration just on principle.
Is THAT your plan?
Rick replied on Permalink
Solar Farms seem like a good
Solar Farms seem like a good idea. Hopefully solar improves to the point where it can compete with coal soon. It will in time. Once that happens, solar will take over and no one will have to push it. I can also see electric cars gradually coming along, efficient rail replacing trucks and geothermal taking over heating and cooling along with a reduced need for fossil fuels, but all this is going to take a long time. Canada's CO2 output is going up and staying up for decades to come. I can imagine a solar society in maybe 150 years.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Wow, what a pipe dream.
Wow, what a pipe dream. Keep at it as that's all it is. Rail cannot replace trucks. Their infrastructure for one can't handle the volume. Estimates I've seen is that to replace trucks would require a ten fold increase in railways. Second, the network is not difuse enough. Massive track laying would need to be done (at $1M per kilometer). Lastly electric railways don't work well in Canada, they suffer from severe problems in the winter, that's why we don't have them today.
You still have a major problem with solar. What do you do at night and on prolonged cloudy days. Last winter we had continuous cloudy days from the end of Nov until the first week of Jan. Plus, get a good snow fall and your panels are covered.
Don't count on there being a civil modern society in 150 years, peak oil is not going to be a pleasent turn.
Rick replied on Permalink
ok - how bout 300 years? how
ok - how bout 300 years? how about massive nuclear added in in the mean time? Energy in the future is nothing but a bunch of questions now but ultimately Planet earth has to run on solar, geothermal, wind etc. I mean after the wars, starvation, depopulation and so on.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Sure, those items (not
Sure, those items (not nuclear) will help some people then, should any still be workable. (people will likely be mining crumbling abandoned cities for raw materials too) But there is no way they will keep this society going as is. That's the pipe dream.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
I never said stop
I never said stop immigration, that's your (mis)interpretation of my point. If any one should be talking of stopping immigration it should be the green/envronmentalists (in the 60's it was a common thread of their message to include population control, back when we were at 3 billion, that has vanished for political reasons not ecological ones.)
More people use more energy period. More people give off more CO2 period. Any reduction of CO2 by industry or persons will be swamped by new people coming here. That is a fact that is never included in the message of CO2 reduction.
And you would need to build 7,000 acres of solar farms EACH YEAR to just keep up with immigration (the've been at this one for 3 years now, still not operational). Not physcically possible.
Solar will never replace coal generation in a country where in the winter daylight is only 1/3 of the time, and often has weeks of cloudiness. Not a chance.
But's let's look at the what the call for CO2 reductions actually means. It means a carbon footprint the same as the early 1700's when people woke up to fozen homes, lighted their homes by candle, grew their own foods (nothing fresh for 9 months of the year), and life was very hard. That's what an 80% reduction of 1990 levels in CO2 means. Not only is it physically impossible, attempts will reduce people's livelyhood so much that it will spark a revolt. (it's already started, as the economy is now more important than the environment).
Gary replied on Permalink
Richard may have missed the point
I think (although I can't speak for JR) he was not suggesting that immigrants should be turned away.
Rather, the government should turn it attention to more important things than trying to stop the production of harmless plant food.
It won't work.
It will hurt.
It isn't necessary.
It won't affect the climate even if it cold be done.
Richard Levangie replied on Permalink
The False Dichotomy
The environment or the economy this election?
The Conservatives under Prime Minister Stephen Harper are already arguing that with a recession looming in North America, it simply isn't the time to implement a carbon tax because it would kill the economy.
Unless, of course, it would save the economy.
And therein lies the rub. Harper is a 19th century man living in a 21st century world, and he doesn't seem to realize that the dichotomy he is pushing is a verifiably false. It doesn't have to be the economy or the environment. We don't have to sacrifice one to save the other.
This is not a new theory. Even conservatives and market analysts can see the logic and wisdom if they take off their ideological blinders.
Take our neighbors to the south. Even dyed-in-the-wool conservative Republicans like Texas oil-man billionaire T. Boone Pickens — the horrible partisan behind the Swift Boat Campaign of 2004 — realize that it's absolutely ridiculous for their fellow patriots to continue buying oil at $110 a barrel, and sending money to countries that are openly antagonistic to the American Way of Life. I did the math; the US will pay more than $700 billion annually to other nations if the price of oil rises to a $150 a barrel, which many analysts say is a foregone conclusion and likely to come sooner rather than later.
I did the ciphering for Canada, too. Let's be kinder, and price oil at $110 a barrel for our exercise. Even though Canada imports less oil than the US, and even though we use less oil per capita than Americans, every year we still send $45.7 billion of our money to other countries.
Imagine how much better off we'd be be if that Canadian money stayed in Canada.
Imagine how much better off you'd be every year if you could cut your electrical bill by 25 percent, make your car miserly to the tune of 60 mpg, and heat your 3,000 square foot home — if you're lucky to own such a large one — for less than $1,000 a year.
And that's why I'll do everything I can to ensure that Harper and the Conservatives are replaced in Canada in the next election. Every day, as an editor for environmental newsletters, I report on the billions of dollars being spent throughout the developed and developing world to promote renewable energy and energy independence, and every day I see Canada falling farther and farther behind.
If you are an environmentalist, there are plenty of reasons to vote Harper out. If you are a fiscal Conservative, there are plenty of reasons to vote Harper out.
Project ABC — Anything But Conservative http://www.anythingbutconservative.com
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
You are intermixing two
You are intermixing two different things that have two different socio-consequences and two different economic consequences.
You are mixing peak oil with AGW. They are very different in a number of aspects. T. Boone knows all about peak oil and that is where his message comes from. All of your concerns on price of oil comes from peak oil, not AGW.
Spending money on trying to solve AGW will hit the economy with the double whammy with peak oil. Example. Carbon tax schemes at the minumum need to be administered. That costs money. Cap and trade systems cost money (the only real winners are the brokers). Carbon sequestering will cost billions. Other measures imposed to stop CO2 emissions will require money (and energy which we have less of).
Economic growth, what drives the economy, is from wealth creation. Taxes, of any kind, is like a leach on the economy. It does not make new wealth, but is a drain instead.
If we spend billions on trying to "fix" AGW and discover later that it was all wrong, people are going to be quite upset when their money could have been used to cushion peak oil.
With this one can now see that the Liberals, NDP and the Greens are very wrong in their environmental message. The facts are the planet is not warming up, but has cooled since 1998, in spite of a 15% increase in CO2. Sea level rise has not accelerated as would have been expected. And the ice extent of Antarctic is the largest it's been in 50 years. The Arctic seems to be returning to normal.
Don't mix the two, they are quite different especially since AGW is false, and peak oil is true, and if not upon us now, very close to it.
Richard Levangie replied on Permalink
I'm not confusing anything, JR.
I'm the poster formerly known as Smart Like Streetcar, and I know the issues far better than you. Every point you make in the global warming debate is easily and verifiably proven false.
But my point is that the policies for peak oil and global warming lead to a similar place in the end. And just this week, there was a paper from the CAP suggesting that every dollar supporting clean technologies creates 4 jobs for every dollar spent in the oil and gas industry.
Harper is leading us down the road to ruin.
Project ABC — Anything But Conservative http://www.anythingbutconservative.com
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
How can you possibly know
How can you possibly know what I know, so you do not know you know more than me. Typical dogmatist.
Which ones did I claim are false? Go for it, show they are false.
"there was a paper from the CAP suggesting that every dollar supporting clean technologies creates 4 jobs for every dollar spent in the oil and gas industry. " Right, if you are gullible enough to believe that I have some swamp land in Florida to sell you. But then again you are swallowing the Green Shaft hook line and sinker…
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Since you are so smart then
Since you are so smart then you should be able to answer these questions about the Green Shift:
1) if everyone is getting back in income tax more than they pay in carbon tax where is that money going to come from?
2) since the carbon tax increases the price of diesel fuel by 7c a liter, that's going to increase the cost of everything that is transported (trucks and railways. Interesting Dion is making a deal with truckers but not the railways). That means the cost of everything will go up. Thus the Bank Of Canada is going to consider that a massive increase in inflation and raise interest rates. Thus everyone will pay more in interest payments.
3) if the plan is to move people from income tax to consumption tax, with the goal of curbing consumption, is that not going to drop the Federal Government's revenue? Income tax revenue in the future is known so budgeting can be done, consumption tax revenue will continuously drop, so budgeting will be more difficult.
4) the second largest CO2 emitters is in concrete production. Since that is a chemical process, there is no way to curb CO2 caused by the making of concrete. Thus those companies will pay more in carbon taxes, and will be passing that costs down to everyone who uses concrete. Which includes…
5) Provincial governments and Municipal governments will pay more. Not only in the fuel tax, but also construction costs (roads, bridges, schools). Where are they going to get that money from? Increasing provincial income tax and increased property taxes.
Where in the Green Shift plan does it address these issues?
Rick replied on Permalink
Canada imports oil? why? we
Canada imports oil? why? we export oil. Why would we import?
gary replied on Permalink
No Hope for rational discussion
Richard L signs off with Project ABC.
He make absurd blanket statements like:
"Every point you make in the global warming debate is easily and verifiably proven false."
Obviously he is a religeous zealot and is not at all capable of rational discussion on the topic.
The best you can hope for (as with creation evangilists) is to show others how wrong he is.
Keep projecting your own
Keep projecting your own faults onto other people, JRW, and you'll get to be almost as good at it as Gary is.
Down with the disastrous Harper government! Let them rot in oppostion in the back rows of Parliament!
Richard Levangie replied on Permalink
Thanks Guys
JK and Gary:
I'll be back to answer several of your questions specifically. I write for two publications that roughly follow the clean transportation industry and the carbon emission reduction industries, so I can answer several questions without breaking a sweat.
However, I'm busy trying to add several additional pages to Project ABC, so it may take a few days.
But I'll give you guys a hint. The low-hanging fruit of the low-carbon economy is energy efficiency. Here's but one example. Truckers travel thousands upon thousands of miles in the course of a year, and if they employ hybrid technology for trucks, they can realize a 20 to 40 percent improvement in fuel economy, depending upon whether they retrofit an existing truck (good), or buy a new one (better). With diesel currently at around $1.50 a liter, they can actually fully recoup their investment in 18 months to three years. And if the government provides grants to help them upgrade their trucks and their fleets, they can do it a whole hell of a lot faster than that.
So in one or two years, they might be paying an extra 10 or 12 percent on the price of fuel from a carbon tax, but enjoying a 20 to 40 percent improvement in fuel economy. And lo and behold, they're actually emitting 15 to 30 percent less CO2. Everybody gets balloons!
This isn't new stuff. Canada is not setting off into uncharted territory marked with an ominous "Here There Be Dragons." Because of Liberal and Conservative delays, we're very late to the game, implementing programs that have already been proven to work elsewhere. Countries that implemented carbon taxes a long time ago (Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway all come to mind) and most European nations have very robust economies, and much lower emissions. California has very strict emissions standards for trucks, and 17 states are about to join them. (When the next US president is elected; both support the state's right to set their own emissions laws).
We wouldn't be going it alone. We'd be joining the rest of the developed world.
Some things will get a little more expensive. Some will get cheaper. Some nuts are tough to crack — JR mentioned a good one with concrete, which accounts for 5-7 percent of the world's CO2 emissions — but there are three or four new technologies now being used (or about to come out of the lab) that can make concrete without emitting CO2, or cutting it drastically. (One, just off the top of my head, uses sea water to capture the CO2). I'm not saying we won't have to make some lifestyle changes, but most won't be difficult.
Carbon taxes boost ingenuity and the creative spirit. I'm surprised that you, Gary, and Rick have such a low opinion of humanity.
Project ABC — Anything But Conservative http://www.anythingbutconservative.com
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
I'm not saying the
I'm not saying the technology does not work. The problem with alternatives to FF is they either cannot be scaled up or cannot be scaled up in time.
Example, these hybrid diesel transport trucks. You admit that the carbon tax will be at least 7c/ltr in the first 4 years of a Liberal Government. Can the whole fleet of 850,000+ transport trucks be retrofitted in 4 years? Not a chance. Thus, your assertion that they will save even with the carbon tax is false. It will take DECADES to replace the fleet. In the mean time, those truckers who cannot retrofit will be paying more, which they will pass down to consumers.
The other issue is cost. With 850,000+ vehicles to retrofit, for each $1000 spent on retrofitting will cost $850M. Guaranteed these retrofits will cost thousands. Thus the cost could be $8.5BILLION. How much of that will the government hand out, and where will it come from?
The other issue with these diesel hybrids is the electrical component. Several nuke plants would have to be built now to supply the power for these hybrids. Since they take 10-15 years to build, there is a huge lag time. And with concrete going up in price due to the carbon tax, people will pay for that in their hydrobills.
And, speaking of concrete. Again, I'm not disputing the technology. But what is the cost going to be and who is going to ultimately pay for it?
Richard Levangie replied on Permalink
I don't have time to get into it with you today.
Let me ask you this… How is California managing to do everything I described above, with a population greater than Canada's? California truckers are facing increasingly strict emission standards every year and yet they are managing the change. And 19 US states are following their lead — or they will, once the current administration is gone, and the EPA supports California emission standards.
How are so many states, with more than half the US population, managing to do what you say is clearly impossible.
You're telling me it can't be done. The evidence says that it can be. And guess what… It's happening all through Europe, too.
One clarifying point that I should make… It's not all about hybrids; Truckers can cut emissions and pay less at the pump by using compressed natural gas, liquid natural gas, and the like. And they can install filters and battery systems to their rigs so they can cut idling times (with a three to five percent fueling saving right there).
And, of course, companies can ship more by rail, and cut their emissions by 90 percent immediately. Ta da!
Project ABC — Anything But Conservative http://www.anythingbutconservative.com
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
How many of the 8.5 million
How many of the 8.5 million transport trucks in the US have been converted to hybird?
Richard Levangie replied on Permalink
Transportation Expense
As well, JK… since you don't believe that global warming is real, you won't find these studies interesting. Its the reason why conservatives around the world are fighting the good fight… because the cost of doing nothing will bankrupt us.
This is my summary of a study by the (obviously far-left) US Department of Transportation.
The US DOT has issued a stark report showing that climate change may well effect transportation along the Gulf Coast for 50 to 100 years. The study, the first of three parts, was produced to help local and state officials make decisions about transportation and infrastructure plans going forward, and cites many potential problems. For example, the study found that 27 percent of major roads, nine percent of rail lines and 74 percent of ports are at or below four feet of elevation, making them very vulnerable to expected flooding as the sea levels rise - and the land sinks. The area studied consisted of 48 contiguous states from Mobile, Alabama to Galveston, Texas. (Source: Trucking Info, March 20, 2008).
And here's another story about Illinois, again, from the far left Center for Integrative Environmental Research. My summary:
Everyone is worried about the financial costs of climate change, but as some like Lord Nicholas Stern are quick to point out, the cost of not acting will be astronomical. That's also the conclusion of a University of Maryland study that looks at the bottom line for Illinois: If climate change continues at its current pace, the cost to Illinois for flood abatement, water treatment, shipping, farming, and related goods and services will amount to $43 billion annually.
"We have in the U.S. perceived the issue from one side - what it would cost us to do something about climate change," said Matthias Ruth, who coordinated the research at Maryland's Center for Integrative Environmental Research. The new study, he said, calculates the costs of inaction, and concludes that the bill will open a few eyes. It's pretty clear every sector of the economy is affected directly - agriculture, shipping, infrastructure - or indirectly because of goods and services that rely on them," Ruth said. "Every sector of the economy, every state's economy, will be affected." Illinois, for instance, can expect more summer heat spells, less winter snow cover and more evaporation of Great Lakes water. The state would also see a greater number of destructive storms, increased flooding, heightened erosion, and droughts that increase the need for widespread irrigation.
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JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
As well, JK... [It's JRW]
As well, JK… [It's JRW] since you don't believe that global warming is real, you won't find these studies interesting. Its the reason why conservatives around the world are fighting the good fight… because the cost of doing nothing will bankrupt us.
Show me peer reviewed references to back that claim up.
The US DOT has issued a stark report showing that climate change may well effect transportation along the Gulf Coast for 50 to 100 years. The study, the first of three parts, was produced to help local and state officials make decisions about transportation and infrastructure plans going forward, and cites many potential problems. For example, the study found that 27 percent of major roads, nine percent of rail lines and 74 percent of ports are at or below four feet of elevation, making them very vulnerable to expected flooding as the sea levels rise - and the land sinks. The area studied consisted of 48 contiguous states from Mobile, Alabama to Galveston, Texas. (Source: Trucking Info, March 20, 2008).
Sea level rise from what cause? AGW? Nope, can't be. Sea level rise has been flat for the past 110 years at 1.7mm/yr with decadal fluctuations. There is no acceleration in the rate of sea level rise. Thus the current rise cannot be from AGW.
According to this Galviston is sinking http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/sltrends/sltrends_station.shtml?stnid=8771510 that's surely cannot be from AGW. Thus using this report as a claim that AGW is causing economic hardship is not only emperically false, it is dishonest.
Everyone is worried about the financial costs of climate change, but as some like Lord Nicholas Stern are quick to point out, the cost of not acting will be astronomical. That's also the conclusion of a University of Maryland study that looks at the bottom line for Illinois: If climate change continues at its current pace, the cost to Illinois for flood abatement, water treatment, shipping, farming, and related goods and services will amount to $43 billion annually.
Show me peer reviewed science papers that AGW is the cause of this.
Illinois, for instance, can expect more summer heat spells, less winter snow cover and more evaporation of Great Lakes water. The state would also see a greater number of destructive storms, increased flooding, heightened erosion, and droughts that increase the need for widespread irrigation.
Show me peer reviewed science papers to back this claim up. These faith based ascertions do not prove AGW is real. Only that lay people THINK it's real. Do you even realize that warmer weather will make for FEWER storms, not more. Violent storms in North America are caused when warm moist Gulf air masses meet dry cold Arctic air masses. If the Arctic is warming, then there will be fewer cold fronts moving south, thus fewer, less intense storms. However, the over all trend in the US is stable storm numbers and intensities over the past 100 years. And yes, I have peer reviewed papers to back that up. Visit www.co2science.org and www.worldclimatereport.com both sites review peer reviewed papers.
Besides, check the actual data on temperatures in the US. There is no over all warming trend. Again, provide peer reviewed papers to back up these faith based predictions.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
EU doing so well, NOT!
Here are some recent articles in the EU showing things are not so rosy after all. I have hundreds of such articles archived.
Tony Barber, Financial Times, 4 September 2008
Red Orbit, 29 August 2008
Mark Milner, The Guardian, 29 August 2008
Pete Harrison, Reuters, 28 August 2008
Andrew Porter, The Daily Telegraph, 28 August 2008
The TaxPayers Alliance, 27 August 2008
James Kirkup, The Daily Telegraph, 28 August 2008
Daily Mail, 21 August 2008
Business Week, 7 August 2008
Philip Webster, The Times, 25 July 2008
Ray Massey, Daily Mail, 24 July 2008
David Adam, The Guardian, 24 July 2008
Keith Johnson, WSJ Environmental Capital, 23 July 2008
Karsten Stumm, Spiegel Online, 17 July 2008
The Gazette, 17 July 2008
Business Standard, 17 July 2008
just a few, have many many more.
Richard Levangie replied on Permalink
Thanks, part 2
Oh… one last point. Honestly, and without reservation, I can thank guys like Gary, JR, and Rick for posting so often, and with such a wanton disregard for scientific truth.
You guys were the motivation behind Project ABC. And I couldn't have done it without you!
So thanks. I'm getting great feedback.
And thanks to all the smart, sensible, well-informed people that I've met here. Together, we are mighty!
Project ABC — Anything But Conservative http://www.anythingbutconservative.com
Rick replied on Permalink
uh - your welcome I guess -
uh - your welcome I guess - anyway isn't it a little late for this abc thing. I mean Harper is winning this election hands down, liberals are probably losing ground and the green party probably won't get a seat. maybe you're just getting started early for the next election or something, but for this time "anything but conservatives" is a lost battle.
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Liberals lose more than 30 seats. Conservative majority. Dion gone by XMas (if he does not resign the day after the election, the knives in the back will send him packing real fast) and this is the last we hear of a carbon tax. If the Liberals screw this election up over the carbon tax, never again will any party dare to bring it up again. Plutonium. Well, maybe the Greens will, but then again… who cares.
Name replied on Permalink
Good Luck with that! Gary
Good Luck with that! Gary
Gary replied on Permalink
Thanks to Richard L for
Thanks to Richard L for pushing me to form the new national project ABL.
Anywhichway but LEFT:
We will be fighting the ugly scourge of socialism where ever we find it.
Now I just need a monkey to play the Liberal role……..
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Actually this is really
Actually this is really great to watch. 3 parties fighting over the left vote. Keep it up people this is great! I really like the ABC campaign. Guarrenteed to give us a Conservative majority. No one will know which of the any by conservative to vote for, so the voting will be all over the map, allowing Harper to slide right between. Love it!
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Liberals Carbon Tax really revenue neutral?
Is the Liberals Carbon Tax really revenue neutral? As with all plans, the devil is in the details, so let's have a look.
According to their calculator at www.thegreenshift.ca a single mom with 2 children earning $30,000 a year will get some .$1,620 back in income tax cuts. If this family were living in an apartment they would not be paying any heating or electrical costs, as it would be part of their rent (rent control exists by municipal law, so apartment owners cannot pass on this carbon tax on their utility costs by increasing rents). If she takes the bus to work, she would also have no carbon footprint she can adjust. Thus, she will not get hit at all with the carbon tax (save the increase in food and other items she buys), yet she gets a healthy tax return.
Thus someone somewhere must be paying for that. Let's see who.
A truck driver who earns $50,000 a year with a stay at home mom and 2 kids will get $827 back (if both worked for $25K each they would have gotten $1,210 back, hardly fair). But because he has a rig to drive he will get nailed with the 7c/ltr carbon tax on his fuel use, wiping out his tax cut. Then he has to pay the carbon tax on his home heating, electrical bill and everything he buys. Thus this person, categorized as lower middle class, will get nailed to help the single mom above get more back. He can't cut back on his diesel fuel, he has to work. He has to heat his home in the winter, thus there is very little, if any, wiggle room for energy savings for this person.
Let's expand this more. Two professional people living together, such as teachers, each earning $80,000. Kids all grown up and gone from the nest. They own a nice large home with a pool and hot tub. They vacation each year by plane. They get $1,275 back (if they had 4 kids at home and lived in a northern rural area it's $3,136) , more than the poor truck driver. They can afford the carbon tax then, can't they. They will in no way have any incentive to reduce their CO2 emissions.
My mother-in-law owns a century home in the Beaches of Toronto. It's brick masonry with no insulation in the walls at all. She has replaced the windows with better quality and improved the insulation in the attic. But short of a complete home gutting she cannot insulate the walls. The cost to do this would be at least $50,000 and take 3 to 4 months to complete, of which she would be unable to live in the home. Not only would this be a huge burden financially but it would produce tones of garbage which would be trucked to Michigan. Thus she is going to get nailed with the carbon tax on home heating and will have no recourse at all to retrofit the house to save money. She would, by the way, get only $175 back in taxes. Nowhere near what she will pay out in this carbon tax. Nice the Liberals hit pensioners this way.
Finally, my own sitation. We retrofitted the home a couple years ago. All new windows, new doors and doubling of the attic insulation. Short of removing the brick veneer and adding 4 inches of foam board, there is little else I can do. Thus it will be too late for me to get any grants/loans. My wife and I get some $917 back. Whether this will offset our Carbon tax is not calculable with so many unknowns. The point is, people like me cannot alter our carbon footprint because we have already done measures to curb our energy use. Hence the carbon tax for people like us is an increased cost.
What I find also highly unfair is that the tax rebate is dependant upon the number of people in the home. The more kids you have the more you get back. Yet a family of 2 in a home will use the same amount of home heating energy as a family of ten in the same home. How can that be fair?
Bottom line is everyone cannot be a winner. Someone has to pay for those who get more back. Clearly from this it's the middle class who will have their carbon tax transferred to the poor. And none of it reduces any CO2 emissions by any of these people.
Rick replied on Permalink
hmm as a rental apartment
hmm as a rental apartment manager, as I am, I might come out ahead with this scheme. My income is low and my expenses are very low, so I assume I would get a nice tax return.
Then I could take that cash and buy myself a smoky old pick up truck to haul junk …. or a flight to some hot spot ….or I could just buy twice as much gas for the Corolla and go on aimless Sunday drives to nowhere in particular.
yep - this carbon scheme has some holes in it.
Rick replied on Permalink
"According to NASA, 168
"According to NASA, 168 billion metric tons (BMT) of CO2 are added to the atmosphere annually. 100 BMT are released by the oceans; 30 BMT, by decaying biomass and another 30 BMT from animal respiration. Humans account for only 8 BMT. Forrest fires contribute 1 BMT, industrial activity (baking, metal production, wine making and others) add 1 BMT. The remaining 6 BMT are due to burning fossil fuel. If we immediately ceased using all fossil fuels, we could only cut CO2 increases by 3.58%."
I just copied this off some blog comment thread…. but assuming the figures are accurate, then efforts to reduce CO2 emissions would seem to be a ridiculous endeavor, no?
JR Wakefield replied on Permalink
Sweden's Carbon Tax.
Very interesting reading. This is not the Dion tax at all, completely different. http://www.colby.edu/personal/t/thtieten/eco-taxation.htm
gary replied on Permalink
The Swedes don't need
The Swedes don't need policies to impose taxes.
They simply dictate the opinions of the collective and the borg move en mass toward the payment booths.
The latest spending bill,
The latest spending bill, going for about $410 billion, isn't any exception. Republicans have vilified the bill as being laden with earmarks, a spending practice Obama himself had criticized. This raft of easy loans to pet projects was cobbled together before the election, which is why he's already signed it. The earmarks are something that Obama pledges has a limited shelf life. After this spending bill passes, he's going to tighten the spending belt.
Zackery X replied on Permalink
In today's era, poverty and famine seems to be a common cause of deprivation but you can make a difference. Everyone is so busy with their work, careers, study, business and others. Transportation is a great requirement of modern living. However, just because you need it doesn't mean you have to let GM or any one else's marketing department tells you how to do it. If you let them tell you how to do everything, you will need cash advance loans just to be able to get to work every day. For instance, you could carpool. Lots of people do it and have done so for a long time. Also, if you live close enough to work, you can start riding a bike. No gas and you get in better shape. (Win – win.) There's also public transport, and all of these are cheaper modes of transportation.


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A religious retreat on the Oregon coast is on the auction block. The Jesuits plan to sell their 93-acre Nestucca Sanctuary. It's on a spit near Pacific City.
A Jesuit official says the sale is part of a trend within the group nationally, as retreat use has declined. The Jesuits developed the site in the 1930s for novitiates to study and reflect. After half a century, it became a retreat, but the Jesuits say it's gotten little use for about five years.
The retreat accommodates 38 in a lodge, dormitory and four cabins. The sealed bidding ends Wednesday. Under the terms, the property sells if a bid reaches a target price, nearly $1.3 million. But the seller could decide to accept a lower bid.


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A Nightmare On Elm Street — Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley slips into Freddy Krueger's slasher glove for a "reimagining" of A Nightmare on Elm Street. The new version stars a who's who of attractive young Hollywood stars, including Melrose Place's Katie Cassidy, Twilight's Kellan Lutz, and The Sarah Connor Chronicles' Thomas Dekker.
Please Give — Gay favorite Catherine Keener is a dissatisfied and bored upper-class Manhattan wife in Nicole Holofcener's new drama, Please Give.The film, which also stars Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet, is getting raves from critics, and fans of Holofcener's previous films Friends With Money and Lovely & Amazing (both starring Keener) are likely to love this one too.
In My Sleep — Picture-perfect Abercrombie & Fitch-looking actor Philip Winchester plays a man suffering from parasomnia — a rare sleepwalking disorder in which you remember nothing the next morning ... including, in the case of In My Sleep, murder. Mean Girls' Lacey Chabert and Sordid Lives star Beth Grant costar in this tense and sexy psychological thriller.
Court Yard Hounds by Court Yard Hounds — Taking a break from the Dixie Chicks, sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison (also known as the two who support gay rights, don't much care for George W., but managed not to come under the same fire from country music fans as their band mate Natalie Maines) formed the Court Yard Hounds and will release their debut album Tuesday. And even though Maines doesn't join them on this venture, it's still a Dixie Chicks affair. Maines's dad joins them on guitar, and the album was recorded in Maines's home studio.
My Dear One by The Shondes — This "queercore" group from Brooklyn is back with a second album, called a "lonely hearts epic" by The Village Voice. This group's music combines gay and Jewish sensibilities (does it get any better?) and tackles the political and the personal with heart and rock 'n' roll.
Greek Pete — All Pete, a young gay man in London, wants is a nice flat, a working laptop, and some sexy head shots so he can get ahead as an escort. This documentary blurs the line between fact and fiction as it offers a fairly explicit peek into a world that's usually hidden from view.
I Love Lucy: The Movie — This little-known feature-length re-edit of three episodes of the classic sitcom along with new connecting footage was only shown publicly once in 1953 before being scrapped by Lucy and Desi. Of particular interest to fans is an episode of the iconic black-and-white series that was filmed in color and included here, in addition to rare footage of the cast at the 1953 Emmy Awards ceremony.
It's Complicated — Fans of Meryl Streep (is there anyone who isn't?) will enjoy watching the great star get a comedic workout as a harried bakery owner who finds herself caught in a torrid love triangle between her ex-husband (Alec Baldwin, hilarious and frequently nude) and her architect (Steve Martin).


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 30, 2012, 7:58 AM
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Pleasanton police offer delivery safety tips
Original post made on Nov 30, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 30, 2012, 7:58 AM
a resident of Ironwood
on Nov 30, 2012 at 10:12 am
A suggestion would be that apartments, senior complexes, any place that has an office that is open with someone in attendance, offer to accept the packages temporarily until the addressee returns home. The addressee could tell them to expect a delivery on a certain day. I am sure many will say that the office then becomes responsible, but if the office then phoned the addressee, they must pick it up ASAP. This would avoid things sitting by front doors. While on the subject of things sitting out by someones front door I can tell you that during a recent post office food drive, I sat a sack of groceries by the mailboxes as instructed, early in the morning. Within a short period of time, after papers were delivered, they were gone, long before the mail was delivered. I guess someone needed the sack themselves & that was the only consolation. BTW, we are talking a Senior Housing Complex here.
a resident of Birdland
on Nov 30, 2012 at 11:01 am
I wish delivery drivers would ring the bell once or twice before just leaving the package.
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Dec 1, 2012 at 3:35 am
Both FedEx and UPS can coordinate shipments to delivery centers or 'franchise' stores. Work with your shipper.
FedEx on Johnson Dr, or FedEx/Kinko's (near Home Depot)
UPS store on Santa Rita Rd.


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Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 11:46 AM
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Simitian pushes bill to keep parks open
Original post made on May 9, 2012
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, May 9, 2012, 11:46 AM
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a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on May 9, 2012 at 12:07 pm
> "The state has never closed a state park,
> not even in the Great Depression," Evans said.
> A closed park has higher risks for criminal activity,
> wildfire and possible lawsuits over injuries.
> "It's a false economy," he said.
So if California has never closed a park, how can any of these claims be known to be true? Notice too, the use of the term "higher risks" for criminal activity. Park employees would probably have a different story—since the level of crime has risen in the nation's parks, because of people/gangs from urban areas have moved into many of these parks in order to traffic in drugs. With no legitimate visitors in closed parks, it's difficult to understand just how much crime is going to happen—and who would be the victims of this crime—other than people illegally in the closed parks.
As to lawsuits from injuries—who were be injured in a closed park? Certainly Sen. Simitian supports arresting people trespassing on restricted state properties—included closed parks.
Raise the entrance fees so that the people using the parks pay for them, just like everything else in life.
More smoke and mirrors from Joe Simitian.
a resident of Barron Park
on May 9, 2012 at 10:03 pm
I find it very odd that Joe will come to the aid of state parks, somehow scrounging together $41M to cover operating costs, but continues to support High Speed Rail that will cost California Billions EVERY year for decades to come if approved, for a project that has been so thoroughly discredited by every outside review board.
What gives? Joe can barely scrape a few million to 'save' parks, but schemes to commit CA for BILLIONS every year for a train wreck, a fraud, a fiscal albatross this state can not afford.
This is clearly politics as usual, look at my small good deed here, while I prepare to rob the state blind over there.
It's long past time for Joe to go.
a resident of Palo Verde
on May 11, 2012 at 12:13 am
The problem with higher entrance fees is that eventually the parks just become country clubs for the rich. Or maybe that's not a problem. I greatly enjoy the peaceful exclusiveness of Foothills Park, which has one of the highest fees around, viz. cost of being a Palo Alto resident. But I suspect some Palo Alto residents who don't use the park would like me to pay even more; or would like to sell off the park to developers.
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Cheyney Grad Helps Audiences Relive their School Days with Hip Web Sitcom "We're Just Talking"
Show provides a modern spin on college life; "brings back the funny".
August 19, 2011
Cast of new web sitcom based on college life, "We're Just Talking"
Cheyney, Pennsylvania, July 28, 2011 — Eighteen years after last witnessed the unique experience of the black college campus, writer Cedric Perry looks to prove HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) are still "A Different World".
25 year-old author and Cheyney University alum, Cedric Perry, steps into a new arena with his new web sitcom, "We're Just Talking." The show features Cheyney University students and gives an entertaining, yet insightful, I look at modern day black culture, shown through the eyes of two college roommates from separate walks of life.
"The objective of the show is to highlight the strengths and opportunity areas of the African-American community," says Perry. 'We're Just Talking' is designed to introduce a deeper outlook of my generation to those not familiar, and reinforce our objectives to those who are."
"We're Just Talking" (WJT) also highlights the varying personalities and relationships amongst African-Americans. Whether through outlandish quips from trendy nerd Derrick Combs (played by Kyle Morris), or the cat-mouse relationship of suburban product Andre Hawkins and campus "fashionista" Melyssa King (Stefan Matthews and Courtney Nicole Dean, respectively), the show truly captivates its audience. More importantly, the show has a cause. WJT is a call to action for African-Americans to support their own products, sustain negativity, and succeed despite difficult odds.
Perry states that the show has taught him such, and filming it is one of his most enjoyable experiences. "I love doing the show," he expresses. "The cast is great, and when people see the characters, they will indulge."
With the first show successfully premiering on August 15th, Perry looks to film the remainder of the season. He feels fully confident that once the show hits, people will start talking about "We're Just Talking."
For more on "We're Just Talking", go to http://www.pick6time.com/wjt. Also follow the show on Facebook (www.facebook.com/werejusttalking) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/werejusttalking).
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MORRILTON — For the second straight week, Morrilton's running game dominated an Arkansas River Valley team. Junior running back Jamar Criswell racked up five touchdowns and 245 yards on 13 carries to lead the Devil Dogs to a 48-13 rout of Dardanelle.
Dardanelle Head Coach Josh Price gave Criswell credit, but said his team's defense couldn't have stopped much of anything Friday night.
"When you play against our defense, anybody's going to look good," Price said. "He's a great player, but good Lord, we couldn't tackle anybody. We weren't doing anything we're supposed to do tonight."
Dardanelle struck first piecing together a 13-play drive that culminated in a 26-yard field goal by Randy Valasquez to give the Sand Lizards a 3-0 edge with 7:36 left in the first quarter.
The lead didn't last long, however, as Devil Dogs quarterback David Ford connected with Warren Leapheart for a 62-yard completion to set up the first of Criswell's scores — a 6-yard run, which capped the five-play drive and gave Morrilton the lead. The extra point by Adolfo Rodriguez gave the Devil Dogs a 7-3 lead with 6:11 remaining in the opening quarter.
Before the close of the first quarter, Criswell struck again with a 9-yard TD run set up by his two receptions. The extra point extended the Devil Dog lead to 14-3 with 1:58 remaining in the opening quarter.
On Morrilton's next possession, Dardanelle defender and quarterback Evan Carter picked off a pass from Ford intended for Montrell Hood and returned it 32 yards. Price completed a short pass to Robert Cline, but the Sand Lizards were unable to move the ball for a first down, settling for a field goal attempt. Valasquez's 36-yard attempt was no good.
Two plays later, Criswell broke through traffic for a 65-yard touchdown — his longest run of the night. The extra point attempt failed, leaving the score 20-3 with 9:21 remaining in the second quarter.
Starting at its 16, Dardanelle put together a scoring drive by balancing handoffs to Cline with a few pass attempts. Facing fourth and five, Price completed a pass to William Lawrence, who scrambled into the endzone for a 38-yard touchdown. Valasquez tacked on the PAT, narrowing the margin to 20-10 with 5:09 left in the half.
Criswell quickly nipped the comeback attempt in the bud. He returned the ensuing kickoff 32 yards and on the first play of the drive took off for a 61-yard touchdown.
On their next possession, the Sand Lizards continued mixing short runs by Cline with the occasional pass attempt on a16-play drive that stalled at the 5. Following a false start penalty and incomplete pass, Valasquez booted a 21-yard field goal for Dardanelle's final points of the contest, making the score 27-13 Morrilton as time ran out in the first half.
Cline finished the game with 123 yards on 22 carries. Carter went 8-19-1 for 82 yards and rushed for 32 yards on nine carries.
"We had our moments on offense, but there was no consistency," Price said. "We'd have a big gain, but then we'd lose two yards. We were just not mentally prepared to play this game. They absolutely dominated us."
On Morrilton's first possession of the second half, Criswell ran for nine yards on the first play and then rambled for a 39-yard touchdown, which was set up by a 32-yard completion from Ford to Brandon Rogers.
On the next Morrilton possession, Ford hit Jake Wilson for an 18-yard touchdown, set up by a 30-yard Criswell run — his last of the evening. The Devil Dogs final score came a possession later on a 35-yard pass from Ford to Leapheart late in the third quarter, triggering the mercy rule.
"I hope we took two lessons out of this game," Price said. "One, if this game doesn't bother us, then we're not going to have a very successful season and all of those goals we set — conference championship, playoffs — all of it (is) gone. Two, we need to be mentally ready. They came out on one of their first plays with a tailback pass and beat us by a mile. It was a long, frustrating night. We need our minds right and get back on the winning track."


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MOUNT DORA, Fla. - A new report claims George and Cindy Anthony sold clothing and toys used by their granddaughter, Caylee, at a yard sale in Lake County.
According to RadarOnline.com, the Anthonys recently held the sale at the home of Casey Anthony's grandparents in Mount Dora.
A woman identified by the website as Christina Werner says she came across the yard sale in late June and recognized George and Cindy Anthony, whom she says were conducting the sale.
The report says Werner purchased numerous items belonging to Caylee, including toy heart lockets, a children's travel set with a garment bag, a Winnie-the-Pooh backpack, a Tigger bag and some teddy bears.
Werner also claims she purchased purses once belonging to Casey Anthony, who was acquitted of murder in Caylee's death in July 2011.
Meanwhile, Casey Anthony may pay $25,000 to settle a dispute in her bankruptcy case over the rights to sell her story.
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yea i dont see phily winnin a series this season, they are just to young, but still i definetely see them winnin a game or two no matter who they play
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Has Hyundai really arrived?
North American Car of the Year (Straightline)
North American Car of the Year (Straightline)
Genesis won it in 09, right?
That thing won't be winning any design awards, anyway.
Ah yes, that was their first. Hyundai arrived quicker than I remembered.
The Genesis has been facelifted for 2013:
Video: Hyundai Previews 2013 Genesis Coupe (Straightline)
More details will be coming this morning on it.
I think Mrs. Johnson's 10th grade video production class made that piece :shades:
Not too dramatic of a facelift...coupe should have another name, IMO
Sales seem to be doing ok on everything but the Genesis coupe (39,000 sold since '09 per this Washington Post story).
"John Krafcik, Hyundai's U.S. sales chief, has yet to announce a sales goal for the year. Instead, the company is focused on improving quality and the brand's reputation, he said in a Jan. 5 phone interview.
Hyundai's U.S. sales climbed 20 percent to a record 645,691 vehicles last year. The company's market share increased to 5.1 percent in 2011 from 3 percent in 2008."
Hyundai Wins Top Car for Second Time After Record U.S. Sales (businessweek.com)
Must not be selling them in my region...here sedans have to outnumber coupes 10:1. It should have another name - I don't believe the cheaper and non luxurious coupe is on the same footing as the posher sedan - and the big mouth bass theme from the hybrid Sonata isn't pretty either. I think Schreyer is on loan from Kia. The weird beltline has aged fine anyway.
g2iowa Posts: 123Elantra offers so much car for so little money. Stylish. Roomy. Inexpensive. Well equipped. Great warranty. Good fuel economy. Hyundai helped by Honda, Toyota, and Nissan playing it safe and boring for past few years. But Hyundai will have to work even harder in future as Detroit finally waking up in this market.
I swear they said they were gonna have a Elantra Coupe at the Detroit Auto Show. The new Genesis was introduced in LA , and they even had spy shots of the new coupe an stated it would be in Detroit. Any one else heard that. Also, I noticed that Motor Trend hasn't said a word about about the Elantra being voted the NACOTY. Guess their kinda biased, seeing they chose the VW Passet.
Anyone know if it's coming here.
Puffin 1 now. :shades:
Mike Auto Express has the I 30 Elantra thats being delivered to the UK.I saw the interior and it's like the limited. The have in diesal The I 10 I20 and I 30The other two are for small prople.!.2 Diesals.
I like that site. I signed on took Harry for a name . All I could think of was Harry Potter.I wonder what the pound is compared to a dollar. I'll Google.
Have a good one Pufiin 1
anythngbutgm Posts: 4,277Hyundai Hits CAFE Number Early; Stands Behind Elantra EPA Claims
Of course not having a fleet of V8 gass guzzling trucks (like some others) helps out greatly here but still, this is just another feather in the Hyundai Cap and a BIG ONE IMO.
Kudos. :shades:
Thx puff, I'll go and check it out. lol @ harry ">
"By moving upscale with its product line, CNW mentioned Hyundai has seen the age of primary drivers climb 12.6 percent — "on purpose," according to Spinella.
Now at 42.4 years, "it remains among the youngest brands, but is now in the demographic sweet spot," he added."
Primary Drivers' Median Age Tells a Tale (autoremarketing.com)
"Despite Hyundai's turnaround, Krafcik still worries about quality.
"It only takes one small mistake with a critical part in a safety-related system to derail all of the good work that we've done," he says."
How Hyundai went from joke to contender in US (AP)
"Hyundai Motor Co. plans to hire 877 more workers to add a third shift at its Montgomery, Ala., assembly plant so it can crank out more Sonata midsize cars and Elantra compacts."
Hyundai to add 877 jobs at Alabama plant (AP)
benjaminh Posts: 2,933With 3 shifts, and the plant working almost around the clock, the Hyundai factory will probably be able to make about 400,000 cars in 2013, which will be up from the record of c. 340,000 in 2012. I think the original design of the factory called for a capacity of about 250,000. In other words, this is pretty impressive...
And in more news that could make the fanboys cringe, BMW, Hyundai in talks on engine alliance. (Reuters)
Kia is still the Eli in the equation. Hyundai just isn't making many missteps lately.
Kia Fastest-Growing U.S. Brand Suffers in Hyundai Shadow (Bloomberg)
benjaminh Posts: 2,933Interesting. I guess the losses on Rover probably explain why BMW doesn't buy Mazda to get its tech and have a third brand in the US.
I think it's possible that someday Mini could become a bigger volume brand here, maybe even with its own factory in the US. But right now even with its problems I think Mazda might even outsell BMW in terms of numbers. Of course Mazda is losing money on every car they sell, it seems like, and so making it up with volume is not exactly working for them.
I'm surprised that Hyundai has not yet announced its next factory here. Clearly they need it.
Thanks for that Steve. But I find myself scratching my head on this one.
1. Let's get real. Kia is Hyundai. The reason they can't "get no respect" is because only one in a million people know this. They still think Kia is a different car company. If people knew it was the same car company, their market share would naturally go up in today's Hyundai frenzied atmosphere.
2. Trying to find a Kia dealership isn't easy. As such, people likely view the car as unattainable since the dealership isn't around the corner for any potential warranty work, given Hyundai's long warranty protection.
As for the BMW post, this is a real head shaker. What am I missing here? Why would Hyundai want to be involved with a poor quality company like BMW? Is there something wrong with Hyundai's engines that they would want to align themselves with a company that can't produce a quality car other than the occational one and three series?
lol, tough crowd Maxx.
Hyundai/Kia is quite the setup. Reminds me of what would have happened if the US had made Ford take over GM during the recent troubles. Yeah, Kia and Hyundai are the "same company" but there sure doesn't seem to be any love lost between the two of them, much less any synergy.
Wikipedia reminds me that Hyundai outbid Ford for Kia during Kia's bankruptcy, and Hyundai wound up with a 51% share. Other reports I've read over the years indicate that the Korean government made Hyundai outbid Ford.
"The French government accused Korean car makers Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motor Co. of dumping as their sales are rising, while local manufacturers see their market shares dwindling.
"The two brands Hyundai and Kia are competing with our manufacturers in unacceptable conditions of dumping," said Arnaud Montebourg, who leads the industry ministry and renamed it the ministry for "productive recovery."
France Accuses Hyundai of Dumping (WSJ)
well, short of signing up for the WSJ so I can read the article (which I won't do), I can tell you that I have owned two Renaults during the 80's. Both (Alliance and Encore) were 4 year disposable cars. So many critical components failed after that time that one could never feel safe driving them. The engines however were gold. They were the lowest poluting engines on the market at that time and were very reliable. I'm not sure what Nissan will gain from their partnership, but I'm hopeful nonetheless. As for dumping, I can't hear the violins. I'm very impressed with Hyundai's performance over the past 5 years. Renault needs to either start outperforming their competition or start competing with Mitsubishi for air conditioner and large screen TV sales. :P
Seeing as I have little doubt the Genesis is in fact being dumped here, it wouldn't surprise me.
If you, ahem, paste the headline into Google, usually you can read the article.
(But you didn't hear that from me. )
"Hyundai Motor Group's Hyundai and Kia units overstated the fuel economy of about 900,000 vehicles sold in the U.S. since late 2010, the company said Friday, citing an investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
It said it will compensate U.S. buyers for the difference."
Hyundai Retreats on Fuel-Economy Claims (Wall St. Journal)
tenpin288 Posts: 804The site is slow right now, but model info can be found here
aviboy97 Posts: 3,159Saw that here too
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/11/02/hyundai-kia-admit-exaggerated-mileage-claims-- will-compensate-o/
The Elantra drops to 38mpg highway.
The ones I noticed complaining were the Sorento owners over in SUVs.
"U.S. consumers have become less willing to buy cars from Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Motors Corp since the South Korean automakers admitted overstating the fuel economy of some of their vehicles, data from Edmunds.com showed.
The "purchase intent" for Hyundai's top-selling Elantra compact fell to 6.3 percent as of November 18 from 6.7 percent on October 28, according to the data from Edmunds.com, an auto consultant and consumer website."
U.S. consumers less willing to buy Hyundai, Kia after mileage woes (Chigago Tribune)
ateixeira Posts: 72,587Sales also dropped in October, though they weren't far below a record October the previous year.
Hyundai has to be careful about 2 things:
* watch quality as production output increases
* don't get arrogant, instead apply continuous improvement
The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee wants Hyundai Motors Co. and Kia Motors to answer questions about plans to compensate 900,000 owners after the companies admitted overstating estimated gas mileage.
"While I believe this [debit card program] is a positive step, I am concerned that many affected customers may not learn about the program, or may find it burdensome to participate in the program," said Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., who oversees the panel that deals with auto issues.
Senator wants answers on Hyundai, Kia gas mileage discrepancies (Detroit News)


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With Rebellion Stifled, Mali Looks to Election
Sunday's Presidential Vote Lifts Hopes for Change as French Troops Keep Islamist Militants at Bay and U.S.Has Aid on Hold
TIMBUKTU, Mali—Voters in Mali's cities are hoping a presidential election on Sunday will mark the end to a troublesome time.
Islamist militants, some with ties to al Qaeda, swept out of their village camps last year and wrested control of Timbuktu and other cities in northern Mali. Their successes sparked a coup in the faraway capital, Bamako—and eventually triggered a French-led military campaign that succeeded in driving out the...


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WOC Burglary Suspects Nabbed
WEST OCEAN CITY – Two men were arrested on burglary charges after allegedly breaking into a West Ocean City convenience store and doughnut shop last week.
On April 22, two men later identified as Shane William Lewis, 25, of Berlin, and Eric Steven Parkinson, 20, of Delmar, allegedly broke into the Marlin Market and Fractured Prune stores on Route 611 in West Ocean City and stole the cash register from the Fractured Prune. A review of surveillance tapes in the stores helped police identify Lewis and Parkinson as the suspects.
Both were arrested later in the day on April 22 and were both charged with two counts each of second-degree burglary, fourth-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit second-degree burglary, conspiracy to commit fourth-degree burglary, theft over $500, conspiracy to commit theft over $500 and malicious destruction of property. Lewis and Parkinson were taken before a District Court Commissioner in Ocean City and were ordered held in the Worcester County Jail on $7,500 bonds.
High Speed Chase
Yields Two Fugitives
BERLIN – Two men are in custody this week on a variety of charges after leading Maryland State Police (MSP) troopers on a high-speed chase through Worcester and Wicomico counties early Sunday morning.
Shortly after 6 a.m. on Sunday, a MSP trooper from the Berlin barrack stopped a 1996 Pontiac for speeding in the area of Route 50 and Caleb Rd. in Worcester County. Before the trooper made contact with the occupants, the vehicle sped away, touching off a high-speed pursuit. The trooper clocked the Pontiac at speeds between 110-115 mph as the chase moved from Route 50 in Worcester County into Wicomico County.
A Wicomico County Sheriff's Deputy successfully deployed spike strips deflating the vehicle's tires and the vehicle pursuit ended along the shoulder of Route 50 near the Route 113 bypass near Salisbury. However, the chase didn't end there as the two suspects, later identified as Terrence Terone White, Jr. and Antoine Mandrew Sturgis, left the vehicle while it was still in motion and fled on foot. The pair was apprehended a short time later without further incident.
A background check revealed Sturgis was wanted on a fugitive warrant in Delaware for failing to register as a sex offender. A background check on White revealed he was wanted on an outstanding warrant from Wicomico County Circuit Court. A search of the vehicle revealed a shotgun loaded with buckshot, which had been reported stolen during a burglary the previous evening and was being investigated by the Salisbury Police Department.
Sturgis was ordered held without bond, while White was ordered held on a $15,000 bond. Charges are pending for White regarding the stolen shotgun.
Fake Security Guard
Ordered To Serve Time
SNOW HILL – A Snow Hill man arrested last June after entering a resort hotel room claiming to be a security guard before being found a short time later with crack cocaine was found guilty this week in Circuit Court to fourth-degree burglary and possession of crack cocaine and was sentenced to a net four years in jail.
Last June 23, OCPD officers responded to the Seabonnay Motel on 27th Street for a reported burglary of a motel room. Upon arrival, police interviewed a witness who told them a man claiming to be a hotel security guard awakened her while she was sleeping and claimed to be a security guard.
When the victim questioned the suspect, later identified as Robert Louis Costen III, 27, of Snow Hill, he left the room and fled from the motel. The victim contacted the motel management who assured her Costen did not work for the motel. A description of Costen, who was wearing a white tanktop and jeans at the time of the incident, was broadcast and he was picked up a short time later sitting in a car near 12th Street and Wilmington Lane.
Costen was positively identified as the man who entered the room at the Seabonnay and he was taken into custody. At the time of his initial contact with police, Costen gave a fake name, but his driver's license was recovered during a search, as was an amount of crack cocaine in sufficient quantity to indicate intent to distribute.
Costen was charged with first-, third- and fourth-degree burglary as well as associated felony and misdemeanor drug charges and theft. This week in Circuit Court, Costen pleaded not guilty to the charges, but was later found guilty of fourth-degree burglary and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. Costen was sentenced to three years in jail for the former and four years in jail for the latter. His sentences will be served concurrently, netting him four years in jail. He was also given credit for 163 days served while awaiting trial.
90 Days For Underwear Thief
SNOW HILL – A Berlin man arrested in March for stealing underwear and other items from the Dollar General store was found guilty this week of theft less than $100 and was sentenced to 90 days in jail.
Around 7:30 p.m. on March 4, Berlin Police were dispatched to the Dollar General store for a reported suspicious person on the premises. Upon arrival, the officers met with the suspect, identified as Walter Younie, 59, of Berlin, who consented to a search of his person. The search revealed stolen underwear concealed on his person and Younie was arrested on a theft charge.
Younie then asked the officers to tell his friends he was being taken into custody. As the officers were speaking with Younie's friends, they observed in plain view more stolen property in the vehicle. The occupants of the vehicle told police the goods belonged to Younie, but an investigation linked the stolen items in the vehicle to Miles Morris, 26, of Elkton, Md. Morris was also arrested on theft charges.
This week in District Court in Snow Hill, Younie pleaded not guilty to the charge but was found guilty. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail and fined $200. Morris was scheduled to appear in District Court last week for his part in the thefts, but the disposition of his case was not available.
Fine For DUI Snow Chase
OCEAN CITY – A Towson man arrested in March on drunk-driving and other charges after a long pursuit on a snow covered Coastal Highway pleaded guilty last week to driving under the influence and was fined $500.
Around 1 a.m. on March 9, Ocean City police officers in the field received a broadcast to be on the lookout for a suspect in a hit-and-run collision that just occurred. The report stated the suspect vehicle was traveling south on Coastal Highway and that the taxi it allegedly just hit was following in close pursuit giving updates on the suspect's position in the area of 59th Street.
An OCPD officer picked up the pursuit in the area of 45th Street and pulled up next to the taxi, rolled down his window and asked the driver if the car in front was the one that hit him, to which the taxi driver nodded yes. Meanwhile, snow continued to fall and about three inches covered the roadway. Another OCPD officer picked up the pursuit further south on Coastal Highway and both police cars had activated emergency lights and sirens.
According to police reports, the suspect vehicle continued south and failed to stop for red traffic signals at 34th and 30th streets before being intercepted by another police car in the area of 28th Street. The suspect vehicle, driven by Kurt Joseph Kleis, 47, of Towson, did finally stop in the middle lane of Coastal Highway near 28th Street, but when the pursuing officers got out of their cars to approach Kleis, he allegedly took off again heading south.
Kleis stopped again at 12th Street, but took off when police exited their vehicles and approached on foot. Kleis turned onto 12th Street and then headed north on Baltimore Ave. when the pursuit finally ended. Police struggled at first to get Kleis out of his car, but were eventually able to subdue him and cuff him after using some force. According to police reports, the officers noted the strong odor of alcohol coming from Kleis, and when the suspect was asked where he had been, he told them he was coming from an uptown bar and that he had consumed three or four drinks.
The arresting officer told Kleis he was being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, the hit-and-run accident with the taxi cab and attempting to elude police, to which the suspect allegedly responded "I'm being arrested for what?" and "Why are you guys doing this? I don't understand."
Kleis was taken to police headquarters at 65th Street for processing but refused to submit to a breath test. He told police he wanted to call his lawyer, a request they granted, but Kleis allegedly first called a man known only as Mike. When he asked again, police told him he could only call his lawyer, but the second time they allowed Kleis to use his phone, he allegedly called his wife.
When the officers interrupted the call and hung up Kleis' phone, he allegedly said "Ha Ha, now my wife knows where I am," according to police reports. Meanwhile, police contacted the taxi driver who confirmed it was Kleis' vehicle that had struck him.
Last week in District Court, Kleis pleaded guilty to driving under the influence and was fined $500. The other charges were not prosecuted as a condition of the plea bargain.
Two Sentenced For Bar Fight
OCEAN CITY – Two men arrested in connection with a fight in a mid-town nightclub parking lot in March appeared for trial in District Court last week and received similar outcomes.
Larry Tyre, 27, of Berlin, was found guilty of disorderly conduct for his role in the fight at Fager's Island parking lot on March 22 and was fined $300 and placed on probation for a year. Israel Smith, 37, of Berlin, was found guilty of obstructing and hindering and was fined $500. A third man arrested during the fray, Ivan Van Dorn, 25, of Salisbury, has not yet appeared for his court date.
Around 1:30 a.m. on March 22, an OCPD officer was dispatched to a reported assault in progress in the parking lot of Fager's Island on 60th Street. Upon arrival, the officer observed a man later identified a Tyre, holding another man in a headlock while punching him repeatedly in the left side with a closed fist. A crowd had gathered around the fight when the police arrived.
The officer approached the fight, identified himself as the police and instructed Tyre to stop hitting the man. However, Tyre allegedly continued to strike the other man despite police orders. Finally, the officer resorted to pepper spray to subdue Tyre. The entire time police were struggling with Tyre, patrons of the establishment streamed outside and gathered around the scene, according to police reports.
The officer instructed Tyre to lie on the ground, but the suspect refused. The officer then resorted to an angle kick to Tyre's lower leg, which got him face down on the ground and allowed police to handcuff him without further incident. Tyre was charged with disorderly conduct and affray.
While police were attempting to get the situation with Tyre under control, another suspect, later identified as Smith, interfered with the arrest. The officer was struggling with Tyre when Smith and group of females came behind him and starting yelling at the officer. The officer told Smith repeatedly to back off and stop interfering, but he kept coming back over and over, according to police reports.
After Smith approached a third time, all the while yelling and screaming, the officer managed to grab hold of him and place him under arrest. The group of females attempted to pull Smith away from police, but he was eventually subdued and handcuffed. Smith was charged with hindering an officer.
During the same incident, another officer arrived on the scene and observed a different man, later identified as Van Dorn, involved in a fight with bar security staff. The officer arrived and found a large crowd engaged in a fight near the entrance to the establishment with the bar's security staff attempting to break it up and remove the combatants from the property. Van Dorn was eventually subdued on the ground by bar security staff and the OCPD officer arrived and took him into custody. Van Dorn was also charged with disorderly conduct.
Emergency Alert Test Tomorrow
BERLIN – On Saturday, May 2, Worcester County residents will again be hearing the emergency alert signals from their local fire sirens. Worcester County has taken this step to provide additional means to warn the surrounding communities of imminent danger and the need to tune to either radio, television or the internet for information in the event of emergencies.
Sirens are tested the first Saturday of each month. Residents will hear a steady alert tone sound at 10 a.m. for approximately one minute. Since the end of the Cold War, most serious threats to areas of the Eastern Shore have been weather related, and the emergency alert sirens have gone unused.
However, emergency alert sirens continue to be employed in tornado-prone areas of the country where they are used to warn residents that a tornado has been spotted and to take cover. The reinstitution of the emergency alert siren in Worcester County can be viewed as an additional form of early warning system to protect area residents in the event of a disaster.


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Wickman to represent Tribe in Detroit
By Justice B. Hill / MLB.com
"The sad thing is not everybody can make it," Wickman said. "Travis Hafner, Grady Sizemore, Arthur Rhodes and Cliff Lee, all have gripes about it. They have had real good years also."
From the start of the season, Wickman has been the glue that has held together the Indians bullpen, which entered Sunday leading the Majors in ERA at 2.76. He entered Sunday with 22 saves, and his performance represents his full recovery from Tommy John surgery in 2003.
For Wickman, this will be the second time he's been selected to play in the All-Star Game. He made the National League team in 2000 while a member of the Brewers.
Wickman will be one of five closers on the AL team, joining Mariano Rivera (Yankees), Joe Nathan (Twins), former Indians reliever Danys Baez (Devil Rays), and part-time Oakland closer Justin Duscherer.
The All-Star Game is Tuesday, July 12 at 8 p.m. ET in Detroit's Comerica Park. FOX Sports will televise the ballgame nationally, and Major League Baseball International will televise it around the world.
ESPN Radio will provide exclusive, national radio coverage; MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage; and MLB Radio will provide exclusive, play-by-play coverage of the game on the Internet.
In selecting Wickman for the game, American League manager Terry Francona will be getting as dogged a competitor as anybody else in the game. After sitting out the early part of '04, Wickman returned to action for the Indians in July and went on to save 13 games with a 4.25 ERA.
He's been even better in 2005 for the Tribe, which had five players selected for the All-Star team last season.
"I had no idea [I would make it]," he said. "For a couple of years, I had pretty good years and didn't make it."
Justice B. Hill is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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So, I never saw any of these threads here, so why not.Here's something for discussing things that you think doesn't need a thread.Just any kind of talk.We can get to know each other more.
What's up?How's school going and stuff?
This semester has been flying by.I don't like math at all (and I have to take four classes to graduate because of the grade I have on the placement test last year).I need to get rid of these required classes!


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after a virus/spyware scan, with zonealarm internet security suite, on a new vista premium 32 laptop, I get the following message in the scanning status:
Tracking cookie deleted a small text/data file saved (set) onto computer to track browsing. Further, the scan recommends that the file be quarantined and monitored.
File is: C:\Users\owner\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\C ookies\Low\owner@207[1]txt
I can not locate the exact file....can only locate down to the 'Windows\Cookies\'...
Question: How do I quarantine the file? Geez! I hate to show so much ignorance on such a simple question...but, I can't copy it into the ZA quarantine area....can't drag and drop........know it has to be a simple matter, but I don't know what it is. Can anyone help?
Operating System:Windows Vista Home Premium
Software Version:7.1 (Vista)
Product Name:ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite