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Mr. Edward Garnier (Harborough): That is where they are.
Mrs. Gillan: My hon. and learned Friend suggests that no Liberal Democrat Member is here because they have gone on holiday early, but that is uncharitable to say the least
Mr. McNulty: It is true.
Mrs. Gillan: The Whip says that that is true, and he would know.
The Scottish Parliament will remain in recess until, I believe, after return the Westminster Parliament returns, although the Scottish Bill must go through a rather elaborate procedure. If I understand it correctly, when the Bill and the necessary accompanying documents have been introduced, several stages follow: stages 1, 2 and 3 procedures, reconsideration of Bills passed, amendments to Bills, and Crown consent. The procedures laid out in the guide to the governance of Scotland show that there may be considerable time between the stages. What is the timetable for the Scottish Bill? I want to know how it will pan outwhether it is subject to a timetable, whether there will be restrictions on its scrutiny in Scotland, and how it will emerge and meld with the Bill's passage through the Westminster Parliament.
Mr. Gerald Howarth: Will my hon. Friend tell the Committee what would happen if the Scottish Parliament made changes to the Scottish Bill but, because of the Government's steamrolling the Westminster Bill, no changes were made in this place? What would happen in that caseespecially if a general election intervenes, the Conservatives win and we decide to drop the proposal?
Mrs. Gillan: I would not presume to say that the next Conservative Government would drop the Bill. We would try to ensure that the Bill was in an acceptable form before it went through Parliament and we would not stint on debate. What happens if the Bill published on 4 April is amended?
Mr. Mike Gapes (Ilford, South): In view of the remarks of the hon. Member for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth), will the hon. Lady state categorically, without ambiguity or weasel words, whether the Conservative party is in favour of the ICC? Yes or no? Is it in favour of our being among the first 60 countries to ratify?
Mrs. Gillan: The hon. Gentleman rises to the bait rather early in our proceedings. He has been in the Chamber on many occasions when I have spoken on the matter, but if he wants to cast aspersions on my standing, he can. He asks me to make a commitment to be undertaken by the next Conservative Government, but we will let the hon. Gentleman know on 8 June. That is not a nothe hon. Gentleman is trying to be clever but he will not trap me in that fashion. I will not rise to the bait. He knows that I approve the principles behind the ICC. I do not hang my hat on being among the first 60 as assiduously as he does, but his hypocrisy in trying to trap me into saying something
The Chairman: Order. Such a direct accusation is not permitted in Committee. I hope that the hon. Lady will withdraw the word ``hypocrisy''.
Mrs. Gillan: Of course I withdraw the word ``hypocrisy'', Mr. Cook. I do not want to offend the hon. Member for Ilford, South (Mr. Gapes) but I wanted to make my point that the Bill could have been introduced much earlier in the Session, as I requested many times on the Floor of the House. The Government have introduced the Bill far too late. The hon. Gentleman is laughing, but I know that he agrees with me.
Mrs. Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside): This is an extremely important Bill and we are entitled to know whether the Conservative party, Her Majesty's Opposition, supports it. The hon. Lady must tell us so, clearly and unambiguously.
Mrs. Gillan: The hon. Lady has not attended as many debates on the matter as I have and I refer her to Hansard. In view of the time we have left, I prefer to speak to the programme motion than to play silly and juvenile cat-and-mouse games about what we do and do not believe. I am trying to make a serious point about dovetailing Scottish and Westminster legislation. I should have thought that the hon. Lady would have been interested in that.
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What happens if amendments are made in Scotland that do not marry up with the Westminster Bill? Is the Scottish scrutiny process undermined by the fact that the passage of the Bill through this place might occur more rapidly than that of the Scottish Bill, even though the two are supposed to dovetail? Because of the programming motion, this Billwhich commits the United Kingdom to the processcould be enacted before the Scottish Bill has passed all its stages. If the Scottish Parliament has the free and fair ability to scrutinise the legislation, it will be able to amend it so that it contradicts or conflicts with the Bill.
The question is whether Scotland is merely rubber-stamping what happens in this Parliament. If so, that would undermine the process of devolution. Why has that not been brought forward earlier and why has the timetable motion not been linked to the Scottish process? Would it not have been more sensible for the Scottish process to have taken place in advance of the Westminster process, to make sure that there was no conflict? Will the Minister say how long it will take the Scottish Parliament to examine the 29 clauses and six schedules in the Scottish version of the International Criminal Court Bill. In other words, what co-ordination is there between the Scottish authorities and the Foreign Office on the matter? The Minister's motion seriously affects the timetabling and the way in which we scrutinise the Bill.
I am sure that my hon. Friends will have something to say on the matter and I hope that the Minister will have time to answer their points. The restriction of the Committee timetable works against allowing the Minister to give a decent answer. I have taken only the half the time available.
Mr. Blunt: On a point of order, Mr. Cook. I would like clarification. The programme motion states that new clauses and new schedules will be considered at the end of consideration in Committee. However, new clause 6 appears for consideration under clause 1. Why is new clause 7, which stands in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Aldershot, not considered alongside new clause 6?
The Chairman: That point of order has already been the subject of debate and we have agreed to discuss it again on Monday 23 April, prior to the next full sitting of the Committee.
Mr. Blunt: Further to that point of order, Mr. Cook. It is important that, once we are a couple of sittings into the Committee, the Programming Sub-Committee on 23 April reschedules the limited time available for issues that the Opposition want to discuss. That would restrict the role of Government members of the Committee, but I am sure that they will make their views known to members of the Programming Sub-Committee. If the programme motion states that new clauses are to be considered at the end of Committee consideration, on what grounds and on what advice did you include new clause 6 for discussion today?
The Chairman: I am surprised that that point is being raised. As the hon. Gentleman knows, it is normal practice for new clauses to be taken towards the end of Committee stage. He sat in on the Programming Sub-Committee last night and heard the exchanges that took place. Since then, those discussions have informally been taken further, and the Programming Sub-Committee will meet again on 23 April[Interruption.] The Clerk, thank heavens, reminds me that selection of amendments is a matter for the Chairman and not for the Committee. I have stated clearly my readiness and willingness to meet on the 23rdto come back early, in factto ensure that the hon. Gentleman's anxieties are addressed.
Mr. Blunt: Mr. Cook, you have explained why new clause 6 appears where it does on the selection list. The discussion that we have had about when new clauses should be considered and the difficulty of squeezing them into the short time available goes to the heart of the discussion about the programme motion and why it is so unacceptable in principle. For Bills such as this one, to which the Opposition agree in principle, our position is to accept the principle by not voting against the Bill on Second Reading but instead voicing concerns later, during detailed scrutiny. However, if the amendments that we desire are not accepted, I understand that Her Majesty's Opposition will vote against the Bill on Third Reading. We made that clear on Second Reading.
The discussion of the Criminal Justice and Police Bill occurred in precisely the same manner. More than 50 clauses of that substantial piece of legislationsimilar in size to the International Criminal Court Bill when one takes into account the number of clauses in the Bill and the scheduleswere not discussed in Committee. The Committee was left in disorder after an official protest by my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidstone and The Weald (Miss Widdecombe). That is an example of how not to conduct programming of a serious issue that deserves proper scrutiny by the House of Commons. That is why, in principle, the conduct of programme motions is wrong.
I do not know whether 10 sittings will be too many, too few or about right, but the Government are stabbing a wet finger in the air. It is not good enough for them to say that the legislation is needed urgently. The Bill would not have been considered if we were having a general election on 3 May, which was the date that had been pencilled into Labour diaries for four years. As we know, the decision to postpone the election was only taken the Friday before last. The Sun was informed in time for its Saturday edition
Mr. Gapes: On a point of order, Mr. Cook. I seek your advice. As I understand it, a decision was taken and voted on in both Houses to postpone local elections. However, no decision has been taken about general election dates. Is it in order for the Opposition to refer constantly to the timing of the general election when no legislation about it has been passed?
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The Bureau of Governmental Research criticized Jefferson Parish on Thursday for how it is selecting a private operator to lease the parish's two public hospitals. The process is in "total disarray," lacking objective criteria and "shrouded in secrecy," the report states.
The criticisms have a familiar ring, as the non-profit government watchdog organization has recently frowned on Jefferson's contracting practices. Last year BGR issued an extensive report calling out what it says is the Parish Council's practically unfettered discretion in procurement.
The troubled hospital lease process serves only to demonstrate the continued need for reforms, BGR said. The fact that such an important decision-making process could fall into disarray is telling," the report states.
BGR, highlighting the advice of the parish's consultant, Kaufman Hall & Associates Inc., says the lessee selection needs an objective scoring system with clearly stated, weighted criteria.
The governing boards of West Jefferson Medical Center and East Jefferson General Hospital are deeply divided over whether to lease to Louisiana Children's Medical Center, which is West Jefferson's choice, or Hospital Corp. of America. But the public was shut out of the deliberations that led up to these decisions. BGR criticizes the boards for making it "difficult for the public to discern what the process is."
The Parish Council selects the lessee, and it, too, is divided.
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External Standards and Good Teaching: The Pros and Cons of Telling Teachers What to Do.
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Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, v11 n4 p343-56 Win 1989
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Police responded to El Gavilon Bar located at 1403 Tarboro St. shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday.
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Saturday 15th March 2014
In fifty years of attending concerts of all kinds in Cambridge, I don't ever remember encountering a performance of Mahler's titanic Third Symphony either by local forces or by visiting musicians. Dare I suggest that the performance mounted by the Cambridge Philharmonic Society West Road Concert Hall on Saturday 15 March was a 'first' in more senses than one? I do know that the Phil had never tackled it before; and on surveying the packed platform (I was told that there were 102 musicians in the orchestra, not to mention the sizable complement of ladies from the Philharmonic's chorus, mezzo solo Sarah Castle or the contingents of young people from the King's Junior Voices and St Catharine's Girls' Choir). And when the nine-strong horn section launched the performance in an impeccable bright, sonorous and highly disciplined unison, they sent an immediate message to the capacity audience that conductor Tim Redmond and his musicians (not to mention Mahler himself) clearly meant business.
The six movements of Mahler Three last an hour and a half and range from the massive half-hour onset of spring out of winter's gloom portrayed in the first movement to the passionate outpouring of human and divine love in the finale, via the rather less ambitious middle movements, cheeky and pastoral by turns and involving some really crisp, tart wood-wind playing. The ladies'-plus-children's choir in the artlessly angelic fifth movement, with their clear, clean tone, excellent ensemble, diction and intonation and robust projection of the joyous atmosphere that Mahler demands, provided the icing on a pretty substantial musical cake of rare richness. Great stuff! No wonder the performance was greeted with shouts of jubilant acclamation and more than just a short burst of applause.
Next stop, Haydn's Creation; West Road, Saturday 3 May. Don't miss it!
First published in Cambridgeshire Pride, March 2014
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Cambridge Philharmonic, founded in 1887, is one of Britain's oldest and most distinguished music societies. With a full symphony orchestra and a large chorus, the Cambridge Philharmonic presents an annual concert series in King's College Chapel, Ely Cathedral and the West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.
Cambridge Philharmonic works with an enviable roster of soloists, including in recent seasons, instrumentalists such as Natalie Clein, Alison Balsom, Mark Simpson and Martin Roscoe and singers Joan Rodgers, Emma Bell, Roderick Williams and Jacques Imbrailo. This has been a long tradition of the Philharmonic and in previous decades, artists including Philip Langridge, Peter Pears, Philip Jones and Kathleen Ferrier all performed with the society. Principal and guest conductors have included Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Cleobury, Raymond Leppard and Thomas Adès.
Under their current principal conductor and music director, Timothy Redmond, the Cambridge Philharmonic has developed and expanded its repertoire to include annual opera performances, family concerts and a focus on contemporary music. Critically-acclaimed performances of repertoire as diverse as Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Bernstein's Candide, Verdi's La Traviata and Mahler's Second Symphony have given the Cambridge Philharmonic a profile that extends far beyond its home town.
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--Arthur Sullivan & Adelaide Ann Proctor
Seated one day by the window, I was "weary and ill at ease," as I contemplated the frozen ground covered with snow. It was a murky day, with the sunlight painfully missing. In this desultory state I contemplated the absent image of the sun.
From my boyhood I knew the sun was ninety-three million miles away, and that it took its rays eight minutes to reach the earth. I also knew it furnished the energy to support life. But there is more to the story. Gazing at the stark wintery landscape outside, I reviewed what I knew about this nearest star. I have learned its awesome heat results from atomic fusion, and that it has fuel sufficient to last billions more years. What we see as light is derived from just a miniscule fraction of the energy constantly bombarding the earth. The sun's radiant energy contains an enourmous range of frequencies, from mere thousands to trillions of cycles per second. This radiation includes ultraviolet and infra-red light, X-rays, and gamma rays.
Basically the sun's electromagnetic radiation is invisible. The narrow band of frequencies that we "see" as the color spectrum is an illusion, produced by our brain. It turns out the world we see around us, including color, is a creation of our own making.
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The bulk of Elkhart County RV Open House Week in northern Indiana doesn't start until today (Sept. 18), but Monday's early events had manufacturers hopeful for a good week as hundreds of RV dealers from around the U.S. and Canada came to the area.
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Payday lending business is illegal in North Carolina. This resolution was made in 2001. The lending legislation of North Carolina is considered to be the toughest to payday lenders in comparison with other States. Additionally, some amendments to the law have been passed recently, which deprived payday lenders of a chance to evade the law somehow and continue operating in this sphere. Actually, practically all the companies that were engaged in the business before have already left the lending market. Those who want to stay alive are required to get a license, correspond to the State legislative acts and offer loans under miserable interest rates.
However, the new law hasn't influenced payday lenders that operate online. They declare that they are officially registered in the other State where payday loans are allowed but not in North Carolina, so that they can offer their loans to all American citizens, including the residents of North Carolina. But these statements contradict the law and borrowers shouldn't be deceived by so-called lenders who just pretend to work legally. The State legislation concerns these online companies at the same extent as other local payday lenders. Customers who have found out that they are dealing with illegal and dishonest internet lenders can lodge a complaint against them to the court.
The Code of North Carolina provides that all lending companies of the State, no matter whether they are offering small or large, short-term or long-term loans, are required to charge not more than 36% for a loan per year. A lending firm that applies a higher annual percentage rate breaks the law of North Carolina.
The first law regulating payday lending industry was adopted in 1997. In 2001 a new legislative act replaced the old one. It paid special attention to the fact that activities of payday lenders are usury and can be very dangerous to a customer's income. Percentage rates for payday loans were enormously high. Therefore, the State legislators decided to ban these loans. However, a lot of time is needed to eliminate all the payday lenders that are still providing their services to the customers of North Carolina. The situation has improved lately when the majority of the lenders were convicted for violating the law. A campaign under the name "Advance America" was executed in 2005. As a result, the remaining payday lenders closed their doors. At present there are no officially registered payday lending businesses in North Carolina. The operating companies have received a license and need to work as financial lenders and conform to the State legislation.
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Let us take you on a fascinating journey from the coastline to the depths of the ocean. Discover a magical underwater world filled with a dazzling array of creatures. With thousands of sea creatures, from rays to rare green sea turtles; you can see them swimming majestically above you with our Ocean Tunnel. Our Shark Walk will have you walking across glass with seven species of stunning shark in the Shark Reef Encounter display below you.
One of the most popular and dramatic displays at the SEA LIFE London is the shark reef. Encounter sand tiger sharks, bow mouths, black tips and grey reefs (and a shoal of less menacing fish to keep them company!). It's as close as you can be to these fascinating and eerie creatures of the deep without getting wet!
Not only will all guests have a fun and interactive experience, SEA LIFE London provides the UK with a leading centre of excellence on marine management, conservation, preservation and education in the capital.
In addition to fostering conservation through enhanced awareness, SEA LIFE regularly makes a direct contribution towards conservation and marine animal welfare.
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The Long Range Transportation System refers to a series of maps that identify where future roadways, bikeways, and transit lines are planned so the region can better assess connectivity needs and ensure complete and efficient networks. The maps and supporting principles are described in detail in the Long Range Transportation System (LRTS) Guide, which replaces the Future Albuquerque Area Bikeways and Streets (FAABS) document. The LRTS Guide builds upon the right-of-way guidance from the FAABS document and incorporates national best practices for multimodal accommodations and supporting adjacent land uses.
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In an effort to develop a more robust analysis of potential growth in the region, MRMPO integrated scenario planning into Futures 2040. Scenario planning is a tool to evaluate the tradeoffs of different development patterns and measure the impacts of how we are growing or could potentially grow on our region's transportation network, land consumption, environmental quality, and economy.
MRCOG was selected to participate in a study to consider how climate change analysis can be integrated into the long-range transportation and land use planning process. The Central New Mexico Climate Change Scenario Planning Project assessed the costs and benefits of a series of growth scenarios to determine how best to manage congestion, reduce emissions, and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
The Futures 2040 MTP public outreach process spanned nearly two years and featured numerous public meetings, presentations, and open house events. MRMPO also conducted a questionnaire in which 1,371 participants provided feedback on transportation needs and concerns across the metropolitan area.
The MTP update, Connections 2040, will be officially kicking off in October. There will be three public meetings around the region where the public can come learn about the MTP and what is in store with Connections 2040 as well as share their thoughts and concerns on transportation in the region.
Ways to stay informed on the MTP:
Sign-up for the MRMPO e-newsletter, Travel Times, to receive information on MTP-related news.
Join the conversation on our Facebook page (Mid-Region Metropolitan Planning Organization/ 2040 MTP).
See the Futures 2040 survey results. (Infographic)
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The 2G, 3G and 4G Wireless Network Infrastructure Market
Albany, NY (PRWEB) August 02, 2014
The wireless network infrastructure market is currently in a phase of transition as mobile network operators seek to address increasing mobile traffic demands amidst global economic uncertainties. This paradigm shift is bringing new challenges and opportunities to infrastructure vendors.
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In 2013, global 2G, 3G and 4G wireless infrastructure revenues stood at $52 Billion. SNS Research estimates that these revenues, from macrocell Radio Access Network (RAN) and core network investments will remain flat in 2014. However, the market is expected to decline at a CAGR of 2% over the next 6 years, eventually shrinking to $47 Billion by the end of 2020.
Although, the new wave of 4G LTE macrocell Radio Access Network (RAN) and core network investments will not be able to compensate the overall declines in 2G, 3G and WiMAX equipment sales, operators are expected to significantly increase their spending in the evolving HetNet market, which encompasses small cell, carrier WiFi, Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and cloud RAN equipment. Small cell and carrier WiFi equipment alone will represent a market worth $4 Billion in 2015. Supplemented further by DAS and Cloud RAN investments, the HetNet sector is attracting considerable attention from both established vendors as well as startups which solely focus on the market.
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This report package provides an in-depth assessment of the 2G, 3G and 4G wireless network infrastructure market and also explores the HetNet and the mobile backhaul markets. Besides analyzing the key market drivers, challenges, regional CapEx commitments and vendor strategies, the report package also presents revenue and unit shipment forecasts for the wireless network infrastructure, small cell, WiFi offload, DAS, cloud RAN and the mobile backhaul markets from 2014 to 2020 at a regional as well as a global scale. Historical figures and vendor shares are also provided for 2010 till 2013.
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Nelson Mandela's Grandchildren Are Getting a Reality-TV Show
"We're definitely not the African Kardashians."
We could leave it at that, no? But we won't! Three of Nelson Mandela's grandchildren, all grown women who grew up in the United States and then moved back to South Africa as adults, will star in a series airing in early 2012. One of the show's producers previously executive produced Dr. 90210, but according to one of the show's stars, it won't be like that: "We are exposing Africa for what it is ... with a new middle class of intellectuals ... contributing to the economy." But here's the real soundbite: "We're definitely not the African Kardashians." Guess we'll all have the opportunity to see about that. [Deadline]


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Bluefire Ethanol Fuels, Inc. (OTC: BFRE) produces cellulosic ethanol, an emerging but expensive alternative to gasoline. Cellulosic ethanol gained support from the U.S. government with the passage of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The company uses Arkenol Technology, a process licensed from the Arkenol Group, to break down cellulose from feedstocks like agricultural waste, green waste, and trash. The waste products are turned into sugar, which then ferments and distills into ethanol. Bluefire's favorite input is municipal waste, because it can build its refineries on landfills, cutting feedstock transportation costs and using methane emitted from decomposing waste to help the plant generate 70% of its own electricity. Since there are thousands of landfills around the world, there are literally thousands of opportunities for Bluefire to expand its reach.
Recent growth in the ethanol market has greatly increased demand for corn. Farmers cannot produce enough to meet this demand, which has led to higher corn prices and higher food and ethanol prices. Cellulosic ethanol (also known as "ceetol") made by Bluefire has a major advantage over corn-based ethanol in that it does not depend on food prices or on the capacity to produce a single agricultural product. Bluefire is receiving Department of Energy funding to build its refinery, which helps to offset the hefty installation cost of $5.00 per gallon for a 55 million gallon per year facility. Without such funding, it would be difficult for Bluefire to make ethanol cost-competitive with other fuels, much less turn a profit.
The U.S. government is also supporting the national development of commercially viable cellulosic ethanol through research grants and subsidies to the tune of $1.18 per gallon. These subsidies are meant to help ease the transition to ethanol by paying for research into higher efficiencies and cheaper methods of production. Bluefire faces infrastructure challenges, however, as the world's current dependence on oil makes a transition to ethanol very difficult. The company competes with other ethanol producers, including Verenium, Verasun Energy, and Pacific Ethanol.
Bluefire Ethanol is a development-stage company. The company focuses on developing, owning and operating high-value carbohydrate-based transportation fuel plants, or biorefineries, to produce ethanol, a viable alternative to fossil fuels, and to provide professional services to biorefineries worldwide. Its biorefineries convert widely available, inexpensive, organic materials such as agricultural residues, high-content biomass crops, wood residues and cellulose from municipal solid wastes into ethanol. BlueFire was established to deploy the commercially ready and process for the conversion of cellulosic waste materials to ethanol (Arkenol Technology) under a technology license agreement with Arkenol, Inc. BlueFire's use of the Arkenol Technology positions it as a cellulose-to-ethanol company with demonstrated production of ethanol from urban trash (post-sorted MSW), rice and wheat straws, wood waste and other agricultural residues.
Currently, BlueFire Ethanol is focused on the development of two cellulosic ethanol facilities in Lancaster, CA and Fulton, MS.[1] The fully-permitted and shovel-ready Lancaster, CA facility, BlueFire's first U.S. commercial plant, will use post-sorted cellulosic wastes diverted from Southern California's landfills to produce approximately 3.9 million gallons of fuel-grade ethanol per year.[1] BlueFire is in the detailed engineering phase for its second commercial plant in Fulton, MS, which will produce approximately 19 million gallons of ethanol per year from woody biomass, mill residue, and other cellulosic waste.[1] The company expects to have all necessary permits for this second plant by summer 2010, putting the company on a path to commence construction by the end of 2010.[1]
A Chinese investment firm has also agreed to fund a portion of these plants at an unknown cost.
it well in 2 Timothy 3:1-5: "But realize this, that in the last days dcfliiuft times will come.For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power;..."Whatever your beliefs are concerning a personal God, there are spiritual and moral laws that govern the universe as predictable as those formulated by Newton, that if broken bring consequences...simple cause and effect.I happen to believe in a personal God and expect that there will be judgment on our nation for our flouting His laws. Paul's letter to Timothy has a "modern" ring to it, because it describes so well our modern culture in detail.My prayer is that judgment is tempered with mercy and redemption, knowing that judgment is not always a bad thing. No one would wish another Depression and World War on us, but both of them produced the "Greatest Generation" of the last century, whom we honor now as they pass from the scene.Perhaps the hard times ahead will produce another last-days generation that will repudiate the softness and self-absorption that has brought such moral rot to our society. Perhaps the "sleeping giant" will once again shake off his slumber, and rise once more.That is my hope and my prayer.
In October 2007, Bluefire announced that it would receive $40 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to build its second cellulosic ethanol refinery with a capacity of about 17 million gallons per year in California.[2] The "Arkenol Technology" that Bluefire uses costs $5.00 per gallon installed, a hefty price considering that the average price of ethanol hovers around $2.00 per gallon.[3] Since continuing operations for the "Arkenol Process" only cost around $0.50 per gallon[4], it's the installation costs that hurt profitability, so the $40 million grant allowed Bluefire to stabilize its balance sheet during the company's start-up phase. Without the grant, however, Bluefire's facility would have no hope of being profitable, illustrating the company's dependence on government aid to be feasible. Fortunately, the DOE grant is not the only support Bluefire has to rely on:
Since the Energy Policy Act of 2005, ethanol has been pushed as the next big biofuel. With oil prices rising, consumer and government demand for alternative fuels has been increasing. As oil prices have risen, however, so too have corn prices; as an example, ethanol company VeraSun Energy's average payment for a bushel of corn rose from around $3.32 in the second quarter of 2007 to $4.60 in 2008.[8] Rising corn prices, aside from making ethanol less cost-efficient, cause prices for many other foods to rise. Corn is a major animal feedstock, forcing meat prices up, and high-fructose corn syrup is found in many mass-produced food products. Corn prices have not just shot up on their own, however; petroleum is used as a corn fertilizer, making corn's price directly related to oil's price. Furthermore, demand for corn has increased substantially because of the emerging ethanol market.
Currently, American cars can run on a mix of 90% gasoline and 10% ethanol, though there is not nearly enough corn-based ethanol being produced at the moment to meet this capacity. Part of the goal of the government's support of ethanol is to increase ethanol production and use to a scope well beyond that of the standard 10% blend. E85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline, is the big hope for the biofuels industry, as its use would greatly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help to meet the new energy standards that have been placed on the U.S. through the Energy Independence and Security Act - all while greatly increasing demand for sustainable, non-food biofuels. There are, however, a number of blockades to the widespread adoption of E85 in the U.S.:
Without solutions to these obstacles, ethanol and cellulosic ethanol have no hope of being considered "replacements" for petroleum.
Bluefire positions its production facilities right on landfills, in order to take exploit certain cost advantages.
There are 1,600 landfills around the United States, and Bluefire can adapt its refinery set-up to work with most of them.[12] Furthermore, Bluefire has stated that it wants to expand its reach globally, and with countries like India and China throwing away more and more trash every day, there are a huge and growing number of landfills that Bluefire could use. With so many possible refinery sites, Bluefire's potential to expand is much greater in scope than many competitors.
Bluefire competes with other biofuels manufacturers, though its closest competitors are cellulosic ethanol companies.


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text: Fresh off an Asian tour to promote his new album "New Era" pop-superstar Kiss Daniel returns with this titillating visuals for one of the fan favourites off the album. The track "UPON ME" which also features his label mate Sugarboy was produced by Beatburx, and the video was shot by Ani James for AJE Filmworks. The G-Worldwide Entertainment artiste recently won "Artiste of the Year" at the Nollywood Europe Golden Awards in Germany, is due to release more videos off the "New Era" album that debuted at number 8 on the Billboard World Albums Chart.


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By David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Georgia's pardons board refused on Monday to stop the execution of a two-time murderer whose lawyers argued should have his life spared because he is mentally disabled.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, were among those who wrote to the state Board of Pardons and Paroles requesting clemency for Warren Lee Hill, who is set to die by lethal injection on Wednesday for beating another inmate to death in 1990.
At the time of the murder, Hill, 52, was serving a life sentence for the 1986 shooting death of his girlfriend.
In a series of failed appeals, Hill's attorneys have argued that his execution should be halted because he suffers from what they termed mental retardation.
The pardons board rejected Hill's clemency petition with little comment. "After considering the request, the Board has voted to deny clemency," it said in a statement.
The decision drew a sharp response from Hill's attorney, who presented testimony at a pardons hearing on Friday from the inmate's family members and a teacher. They said they had seen evidence of Hill's limited mental capacity since his childhood.
"I am horrified and outraged by the Board's decision to deny clemency for Warren Hill, a man found by numerous experts, including the state's experts, as well as the courts to be mentally disabled," said attorney Brian Kammer, who sought to have Hill's sentence reduced to life in prison.
In 1988 Georgia became the first U.S. state to ban the execution of mentally disabled defendants.
But Georgia has one of the toughest standard in the nation for defining mental retardation, requiring proof "beyond a reasonable doubt," according to Richard Dieter, executive director of the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.
Mental retardation is generally defined as having a score of 70 or below on intelligence tests, Dieter said. Hill scored 69 on one test and in the 70s on others, court records show.
"In light of the undisputed evidence that Mr. Hill is more likely than not 'mentally retarded,' his execution would undermine the State of Georgia's historic leadership in promoting the rights of the developmentally challenged," Carter and his wife wrote in their letter to the pardons board.
Carter, the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner and a founder of The Carter Center in Atlanta, has been an outspoken advocate of abolishing the death penalty.
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When you get to watch your offspring railing through corners looking like a young Belgian neo-pro. A throng of heckling cyclocross fans lining the course, urging them on.
Ignoring the beer hand up to keep his eyes on his line.
You know you are doing something right with your life.
This is brilliant. Sent to me from Al in Illinois, that is his kid.
Al loves cyclocross. Brilliant.
(photo credit: Luke Seeman)
Jacob is my favorite cyclocross racer ever! Amazing family.
gee Molly, thanks! Also thanks to Luke Seeman for the great shot and the ChiCrossCup for a great series!
seriously. the Thoms are the best. he may not have ignored a lawn dart handup, but those got outlawed.
Don't ever let him run "top mount" levers.
Is that John from Team Beer!
I wish my folks had better understood my need to get out and move. Al's son is a lucky kid.
Beautiful photo — thanks so much for sharing it with us.
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Post 11 avoids the meltdown this time
By Rudy Coggins
Published in Sports on June 7, 2011 1:47 PM
KINSTON -- Not this time.
Two days after suffering a middle-inning meltdown in South Division play, Wayne County Post 11 refused to experience the same disappointment Monday evening.
Hunter Barnette tossed 31/3 innings of six-strikeout relief and Post 11 claimed a wild, 19-12 decision over division nemesis Kinston Post 43 at Viking Field.
The teams combined for 30 hits, 10 errors and 10 unearned runs. Six pitchers were used in the 3-hour, 33-minute Area I East affair.
"There was some deja vu going on there a little bit, but there is a lot of fight in these boys," said second-year Wayne County head coach Rob Watt. "I don't think they ever thought they were going to lose this game, but they were a little tight there in the big inning. When we get a couple of runs here and there, we have to limit the big inning, for sure."
Wayne County (7-2 overall) nearly invoked the mercy rule with a six-run, sixth-inning outburst. Collin DuBose (2-for-5) cranked out a two-RBI single and Zach Grantham collected one of his team-leading, three RBI during that stretch.
Kinston middle reliever Logan Deaver permitted just three hits, but unleashed three run-scoring wild pitches. Cody Davis capped the scoring with an RBI single to give Post 11 a commanding 14-3 advantage.
Post 43 quickly answered, thanks to a little help.
Three errors and seven hits sparked Kinston's seven-run uprising against Wayne County southpaw Aaron Champion and right-handed reliever Cameron Taylor. Visions of Saturday's collapse danced through the players' heads and the images carried over into the seventh when Post 43 trimmed the deficit to 14-12.
"We have to keep the ball on the infield and make the plays that we can," said Watt. "We have to limit mistakes. I think Cameron did a good job throwing strikes and he wore the brunt of us not making plays behind him."
Wayne County sealed the outcome in the ninth. Grantham and Adron Hollowell combined for three RBI in a five-run outburst. Post 43 yielded additional runs on a balk and infield error.
Barnette retired nine of the final 11 batters he faced . The left-hander surrendered an earned run on four hits.
"Hunter came in and threw strikes, and some hits are going to fall when you're pounding the zone," said Watt. "We're not afraid of doing that as a coaching staff as long as we limit the big hits. He located two pitches for strikes, three pitches sometimes with his change-up.
"He was in and out with his fastball ... fastball command, if you have that, you're going to win a lot of games."
Eight of nine Post 11 starters collected at least one hit on the night. Tyler Farmer batted a season-best 4-for-6 with an RBI. Davis contributed two hits and two RBI.
Wayne County finished with 13 hits.
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NEW CLAUSESPet animals
Mrs Ann Winterton
NC1To move the following Clause:
'In the 1981 Act the following section is inserted after section 34.
"34A Pet animals
Where it can be shown that a pet animal has been in contact with an animal affected by foot-and-mouth, it shall not be slaughtered until the result of a blood test for the disease is known".'.
Mrs Ann Winterton
NC2To move the following Clause:
'In the 1981 Act the following section is inserted after section 16.
"16AA Vaccination as alternative to slaughter
The owner or person for the time being in charge of any animal the slaughter of which has been authorised for the purpose of preventing the spread of foot-and-mouth disease may apply to the Minister for it to be treated with vaccine in place of being slaughtered; and any such application shall be granted".'.
Duty of Minister to dispose of carcasses
Mrs Ann Winterton
NC3To move the following Clause:
'In the 1981 Act, the following section is inserted after section 35.
"35A Duty of Minister to dispose of carcasses
(1) The Minister shall have a duty to dispose of the carcass of any animal slaughtered under the provisions of this Act within forty-eight hours of its slaughter.
(2) Where the Minister cannot provide for the disposal of a carcass within forty-eight hours, the animal shall be treated with vaccine instead of being slaughtered".'.
Bringing animals to market
Diane Organ
NC4*To move the following Clause:
'In the 1981 Act the following section is inserted after section 8
"8A Bringing of animals to marketsA person commits an offence if without lawful authority or excuse (proof of which shall lie on him) he brings, or knowingly causes or permits to be brought, to market any animal which has been brought to a market in the previous 20 days.".'.
Mrs Ann Winterton
NC5*To move the following Clause:
'No provision in this Act shall come into force prior to the publication of the conclusions of a formal consultation with the following bodies:
The British Veterinary Association; the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; the National Farmers' Union; Compassion in World Farming; the Country Land and Business Association; the Local Government Association; the Countryside Alliance; the National Pig Association; the National Sheep Association; the Tenant Farmers' Association; the CPRE; the Council for National Parks; the British Association of Nature Conservationists; the Soil Association; the National Trust; RSPB; the Wildlife Trusts; the Ramblers Association; the British Ecological Society.'.
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What is a time of joy for many women was my darkest hour.
I had another episode of sleep paralysis the other night.
This hasn't happened in a while. It used to be very common for me, but a few months had gone by since my last episode. I thought that perhaps it was over, but apparently, I was wrong.
It was early morning; I usually have episodes shortly before I wake up. I was having a vivid dream that I was lying in bed half awake and I heard someone knocking at the door and wanted to answer, but I couldn't move.
I could feel the force of not being able to move, and then the door opened and someone came in, and I heard footsteps in my hallway.
Terrified, I called out, "Hello? Is anyone there?" in my dream. But no one answered.
When I transitioned into something approaching wakefullness, I still had a frozen moment of being unable to move, and I was still listening for footsteps in the hallway. I could feel Loki next to me, and he seemed calm and relaxed, so I knew there was no one in the house, but I also knew that I couldn't move. I couldn't have moved if the house had been on fire.
And then, suddenly, like someone had released the puppet strings, I could move again and I flailed in bed for a minute trying to figure out where I was. I had somehow ended up sleeping sideways, and when I reached for familiar landmarks none were within reach, until finally I found the wall, and oriented myself, and saw the dim glow of the router's lights in the hallway, and knew where I was.
There was no one there, of course, but I still had to get up to look in the morning darkness before slinking back into bed, noting that the covers were, once again, slick with sweat.
I've had sleep paralysis since I was very, very young, usually with vivid and terrifying dreams. I always spend the rest of the day feeling slightly off, and I'm often afraid to go back to sleep the next night, which I was in this case.
I had a big debate with myself as I wondered if it would be better or worse to take sedatives, given that I'd already had trouble sleeping the past few nights.
I was coming off yet another stretch of insomnia. One of the reasons I most hate insomnia is that it's so boring. There comes a time when you have cleaned everything in sight and paced every which way in the house and done two hours of yoga and you can't stand to look at a book and there's no one awake on the Internet and you've organized the spice rack and there's nothing left. Just you, awake, still.
So it was a sort of "Do I want to take sedatives again and NOT be insomniac, or do I take a chance flying without like I did LAST NIGHT and end up having some freaky dream about, like, a rabid stoat eating my feet off while I'm unable to move?1"
There doesn't really seem to be a strong connection between whether I take sedatives and whether I have sleep paralysis, but I'm always a little afraid it might be a contributing factor.
I opted for the sedatives, and sleep, and everything went fine. Who knows when the next episode will occur, or if I'm in for a memorable run of sleep paralysis episodes like I had in 2007, when I had horrible dreams about being unable to move every night for two months and managed to piss myself twice, which was awesome, let me tell you.
The thing about sleep paralysis is that no one really seems to talk about it, but a surprising number of people experience it, as I learn almost every time I mention it.
I don't know if we all think it's too weird to openly discuss, or think we're freaks, or what the deal is, but, like, it's a thing. That happens.
My medication manager2 assures me it's actually quite common; around 50 percent of people have at least one episode at some point, and some people have it a lot, especially the form I do, which is known as hypnopompic.
While it can sometimes be a sign of a sleep disorder, it's usually not, and it just sort of...happens.
There are also some theories that sleep paralysis may have been the culprit behind some popular myths and legends about vampires, succubi and other unsavories of the night. Which is something I can well believe because I often have dreams where something is invading my space and trying to steal my soul/dreams/blood/spare underwear. And I can't do anything about it.
The thing is, when it's going on, I never understand that this is what is going on. Instead I am sweating in terror going "Ahhhhh I can't move I am going to die." And then I fully wake up, heart pounding, and go "Ah, sleep paralysis, I see. Thanks, brain."
"Thanks, brain" is a phrase echoed a lot in this household.
1. Yes, this has happened, although I think my most memorable sleep paralysis dream actually involved being eaten alive by a giant almond. Return
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I read Qur'aan, praise be to Allah, and when I reach mention of the attributes of the believers, I ask Allah to make me one of them; when I reach mention of the attributes of the disbelievers and hypocrites and their fate, I seek refuge with Allah from becoming one of them. After saying this du'aa', do I have to say Bismillaah again, or can I carry on reading without doing that? Is it permissible to interrupt my reading in order to offer du'aa'?.
This is permissible and was done by the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). When he prayed tahajjud at night, when he came to a verse of warning he would seek refuge with Allah, and when he came to a verse of mercy he would ask his Lord for mercy. So there is nothing wrong with that; rather it is mustahabb when praying tahajjud at night and when praying by day, or when reading the Qur'aan outside of prayer. All of that is mustahabb and you do not have to repeat the Basmalah or words seeking refuge with Allah. Rather you may offer this du'aa' then start reading again, without needing to repeat the words seeking refuge with Allah or the basmalah. All of this applies if you are praying alone in a naafil prayer.
But if you are offering an obligatory prayer, it is not proven that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) used to do this in the obligatory prayers. So if you are praying with the imam, you should listen attentively to your imam and not offer these du'aa's when the imam is reciting. Rather you should remain quiet and listen attentively in the prayers in which Qur'aan is recited out loud. In the prayers in which the recitation is silent, you should recite al-Faatihah and whatever else you can, without saying the du'aa's that you say in the naafil prayers, because the Messenger (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) did not do that in the obligatory prayers. Perhaps the reason for that -- and Allah knows best -- is to make it easier for people and not make the prayers too lengthy, because if he were to offer du'aa' at every verse which mentions mercy and seek refuge with Allah at every verse in which there was a warning, the prayer might become too long and might be too difficult for people. It is by Allah's mercy and His kindness towards His slaves that He did not prescribe that in the obligatory prayers so that the recitation would be uninterrupted and so that the recitation would not be too long for the people. But in the naafil prayers or in tahajjud, or at night or in Duha prayer and other naafil prayers, there is nothing wrong with doing that and the matter is broad in scope. End quote.
Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him).


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