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Press release 02/02/11
On behalf of his constituents, MP for Stone, Bill Cash, has sent the following letter of objection to the Chief Executive of South Staffordshire Council in relation to the proposed wind farm at Brineton, South Staffordshire:
Monday, 24 January 2011
Dear Mr. Winterflood,
I object to the planning application [10/00963/FUL] for the erection of six 126-metre high (base-to-tip) wind turbines, an 80-metre anemometer mast and associated infrastructure by Wind Prospect Developments Ltd. in Brineton, South Staffordshire.
I support the objections of the King Street STAG (Stop Turbine Action Group) and all my constituents in Church Eaton, Little Onn, Marston, Moreton and other areas opposing this application and want to bring to your attention the enclosed letters of objection from my constituents and also the following key objections raised by my constituents, which are described below.
In making a decision, I would ask the council take account of the provisions within the Government's forthcoming Localism Bill – relating to council obligations and citizen's rights with regard to local planning applications – which is currently being debated in Parliament on the basis that local communities should have the freedom of to run their own affairs in their own way and this should be seen as a right to be claimed, not a privilege to be earned. The Coalition Government have promised to "embody this principle as a series of specific rights that can be exercised on the initiative of local people". I would also refer you to the Onshore Wind Turbines (Proximity of Habitation) Bill in Parliament, which Chris Heaton-Harris MP proposed in Parliament – "to bring in a Bill to give powers to local planning authorities to specify the minimum distances permissible between onshore wind turbines of certain dimensions and the nearest habitation; and for connected purposes." I have attached his proposed Bill defending the need for committing local planning authorities to those minimum distances – and ask that you take the proposed legislation into account when deciding this application.
1. Anemometer: the application directly relates to the associated anemometer mast [10/00963/TEM], to which I strongly object on behalf of my constituents for the reasons given in the enclosed letters and the objections given below.
2. Unspoilt landscape: The potential threat of permanent intrusion into this unspoilt area of rural landscape must simply be prevented. Huge wind turbines will blot the landscape, currently in agricultural use. These huge turbines, over 100ft taller than Big Ben, would represent an overwhelming threat to this area of beautiful and tranquil unspoilt rural landscape. The intimate, small scale nature of the landscape with its narrow winding lanes, ancient hedge rows and mature hard wood trees is totally unsuitable to absorb such vast industrial structures. Several Planning Inspectors when considering other wind farm appeals have taken the view that when several residences are significantly affected it becomes a matter of public concern. My constituents would have overwhelmingly intrusive views of the turbines from their homes and gardens.
3. Historic: The area has a long cultural history dating back to at least the Domesday Book, and represents an integrated landscape of ancient clay farmland. It hosts a wide range of listed buildings, conservation areas such as Blymhill village, archaeological sites, moated structures and of course the nearby listed Shropshire Union canal.
4. Environment: The devastation that the proposed project will have on the local environment far outweighs any perceived benefits.
5. Low wind speed area: This is a low wind speed area, so the required energy generation will not be easy to achieve.
6. Traffic Management: the vehicles used in the construction of the turbine site will assimilate with already busy roads in the area and the applicants do not appear to have considered the affect this will have on those roads and the nearby residents using those highways.
7. Inefficient capacity: Total Wind Turbines installed in East Anglia have a capacity of 410MW. The Advantage West Midlands study of 2004, updated in 2008, demanded a total wind turbine capacity of 408MW in the West Midlands. These capacities may generate as much as 30% according to the applicants and the British Wind Energy Association. Recent studies reveal that generated output is less than half of 30%. The question then becomes – why build such inefficient structures, particularly under the term 'renewable energy'?
8. Roadway destruction: The initial construction will disrupt and destroy narrow country lanes, hedging and neighbouring fields for wildlife – what pledge can be made that these will never be returned to their original state. Nor should local residents be expected to live with heavy machinery and lorry's intruding upon their lives.
9. Nature Reserve: Mottey Meadows Nature Reserve SSSI will be under threat from pile driving altering the fragile water table. It is a well known wet land SSSI site which is very dependent on the sub surface strata and water courses for maintaining the correct levels of water. In their planning submission Wind Prospect dismiss any possible effect from the wind turbine structures, because they consider them too far away. However, they have not declared how the foundations of these huge structures will be built. Because of the ground conditions, these are likely to involve huge piles which are likely to penetrate the substructure and disrupt the underlying aquifers. Should it not be proven through a series of geological investigations that no damage will be caused to the water courses feeding Mottey Meadow, bearing in mind that no mitigation methods will be possible after construction?
10. Construction activity: It is clear that construction activities over the six to nine month period will have a hugely disrupting affect on the local area. Over 1600 lorry movements will take place during construction – of which around 40 will be by 50m long heavy loads. Extensive road widening and removal of hedges will cause major problems for residents on the affected roads as well as significant delays for drivers. A new 1.6km access road will be constructed, which will both take up valuable farmland as well as create disturbance to wildlife and problems of earth removal and disposal. I am informed that even the selected haulier, Colletts, note that it will 'require major modification to the proposed routes'. Further disruption will be caused by the laying of the electric cables to the sub-station at Gnosall. The problem is not simply during construction because the modifications, as maintenance requirements, will need to remain for at least 25 years. This clearly opens up the prospect of pushing traffic through other unsuitable routes within my constituency.
11. Safety: developers and planning inspectors must be aware of significant accidents that have been caused by wind turbines. Over the last ten years there have been nearly 1000 recorded accidents worldwide of which 5 have been to members of the public in the UK. Whilst turbines may be fairly safe, this is a matter of obvious concern.
12. Shadow Flicker: Wind Prospect have carried out a shadow flicker assessment and found that some residents will be adversely affected. My constituents should not be expected to simply deal with this adverse treatment. I have also been informed that Wind Prospect have not complied with the PPS22 recommendation that no residence should be nearer than 10 rotor blades distance (920m) – a concern on which this application should be dismissed. Several inspectors note that proposed mitigation methods such as blinds and stopping the turbines are neither appropriate nor effective in practice.
13. Hard standings/parking: There is the concern that the application form states no parking is involved. The submission contains a requirement for each wind turbine to have a hard standing of 20m wide by 60m long. Some plans also show a hard standing by the control building. This statement will require a significant parking area and is therefore a significant omission.
14. Waste disposal: The application form states there are no arisings for disposal. However there are concerns that in a life of a turbine, even if there is no complete overhaul, the gearbox oil will need to be changed per turbine. Such oil will no doubt be contaminated with heavy metals from bearings, shafts etc and thus will require special handling measures. The application contains no service schedule which explains this to my constituents.
15. Transformers: The application does not mention transformers and given that industrial transformers are generally oil cooled, the transformer oil will need to be changed and an electrical control system will be needed. There is no mention of this in the application.
16. Changing of turbine blades: Wind Prospect specify that they will use REpower MW92 turbines. REpower are part of the Suzlon group, a major Indian Company. I have had concerns raised with me about reports that in 2009, only 18 months after acquiring Repower, Suzlon incurred an admitted charge of $100m for being obliged to change 1550 faulty turbine blades. There is no mention of changing the turbine blades which at present seem to average a 7-year life. The practice for each blade change means taking out an old blade over 40m long and a crane to achieve that task. Assuming a 7 year life for each blade then there will be a minimum of 54 blade changes in a 25 year life each involving a blade transporter of over 50m length and a crane set of similar size. The exact threat and degree of interference from this within the local community needs to be explained to my constituents and the local authorities.
17. Noise: I have been informed that the Repower wind turbine technological design has a reputation for good gearbox design but unlike reputable makers such as Siemens, they have made no design effort to tackle noise. Noise is a major objection to turbines and I see no sign that the applicants have considered noise impact properly at the Turbine specification stage. The applicants will rely heavily on the criteria of ETSU-R-97 which has not yet been modified. There are genuine concerns which I have raised previously relating to health concerns resulting from high noise levels of wind turbines because they have set unsuitably high limits. There are genuine concerns that must still be answered. Abstract recommendations from trans-national rulebooks simply do not account for what is being experienced in my constituency. Last year I supported the calls to set up an independent working party of acousticians and medical experts to fully explore the problems of wind turbine noise and the health consequences given that ETSU-R-97, the measurement presently used, is invalid and does not protect our communities from noise pollution.
In fact, last September, the Energy minister, Lord Marland responded to my letters confirming "it has been brought to our attention that inconsistent approaches have been taken to the practical application of the guidance. We are keen to ensure that planning authorities and developers have clarity about best practice, in order to provide greater certainty and constituency within the planning system" and the Government wish to "ensure that ETSU-R-97 is applied in a consistent and effective manner." I have continued to press this issue with the Energy minister but in the meantime, I would ask that care is taken in applying the existing guidance.
This also raises the question of wind shear measurements. In a Rodbaston application, Wind Prospect noted that in order to assess the effect of wind shear on noise predictions, it was necessary to measure wind speed up to turbine hub height levels. At Rodbaston they had an appropriate anemometer on the site, but they have not had one at King Street and so wind shear effects have not been properly measured. There is the claim to have used the one at Rodbaston (which is 10km away) as surrogate evidence. Noise experts suggest that such deductions are invalid. Predictions of noise measurement have not been correctly carried out for this site and that noise problems for residents remain a serious risk.
18. Amenities: the local area is host to a wide range of leisure visitors including ramblers, horse riding, caravanning, fishing, boating and cycling etc. The area has numerous footpaths and bridleways and you will know that several organisations have registered their objections about the wind farm. I must object protest on the grounds that this will have an adverse affect on such amenities.
19. Wind Energy is unsustainable without massive subsidy – but the subsidy goes to the land-owner and developer. The community does not gain from the development. Currently, an operator for a single 2 MW wind turbine operating at a 30 percent load factor will receive an annual subsidy of £235,000.
20. The Government took powers through the Utilities Act 2000 to impose an obligation on licensed suppliers in Great Britain to source specified amounts of electricity from renewable sources. The 'Renewables Obligation' places an obligation on electricity suppliers to purchase a percentage of qualifying renewably generated electricity but it also forces a consumer-sourced 'subsidy' to be paid to the renewable generator. During the year 2004-5 the obligation stood at 4.9 percent of qualifying electricity, rising to 10 percent by 2010.
21. The mechanism of payment results in an increase in electricity price to all consumers, whether or not they subscribe to a 'green tariff'. The complexity of this system is deliberately obscure in an attempt to conceal the fact that the Renewables Obligation is effectively a hidden tax on all electricity consumers and a huge hidden "subsidy" to providers of renewable energy – larger indeed than any subsidy in history.
22. It is only this cleverly sourced covert "subsidy" which allows wind turbines to be built at all. Paul Golby, the chief executive of E.ON UK (formerly Powergen), said: "Without the renewable obligation certificates nobody would be building wind farms." (Daily Telegraph, 26 March 2005).
23. In effect, the community is being asked to pay a premium for their energy costs and suffer a degradation of their environment, for no overall benefit and without an open or adequate debate. This means that the debate must be carried out at a local level, in the context of specific planning applications.
24. The effects of savings on greenhouse emissions are vastly overstated. Even if we reach our targets, this has no chance of affecting climate change.
25. Up to 90 per cent of the capacity must be permanently online to guarantee power supplies at all times and to avoid destabilising the grid. This effect reduces potential savings by the same factor – 90 percent. It also destroys any economic argument.
26. A valuer in mid-Wales has suggested a probable 25 per cent reduction in house value caused by a proposed wind farm (Remax E.A. 2005) and at Lethbridge in Devon, two independent valuers predicted that a farm property will similarly lose £165,000 in value (Sunday Telegraph, January 2005). In a letter to a client about the effect of wind turbines on property values, dated May 1998, Estate Agent FPD Savills [Norfolk Office] concluded: "Generally, the higher the value of the property the greater the blight will be... As you go up the value scale, buyers become more discerning and the value of a farmhouse may be affected by as much as 30 per cent if it is in close proximity to the wind turbine." Since local residents will see their properties reduced in 25-30% in value, you must inform them of that.
Bill Cash MP
Press release 17/12/09
Press release 15/10/09
Press release 20/05/2011
Bill Cash said today:
"I am delighted to have been told that Blythe Park Power has withdrawn its application for a natural gas-fired power station on land next to Blythe Park Business Park at Draycott-in-the-Moors within my constituency.
"I pay tribute to Jacquie Leach, Darren Tranter and all the campaigners of Villagers Voice Staffordshire Moorlands who helped to fight this huge battle. I have campaigned constantly and consistently with many of my constituents since we first found out about these £400m power station proposals.
"Blythe Park Power were seeking approval from the Department of Energy & Climate Change for permission to build the station so that the station could start construction in 2013, but the Department have today sent a communication out showing that the developers have withdrawn their application."
The e-mail from the Department of Energy & Climate Change to developer's states:
"Thank you for your email informing the Department that BPPL has withdrawn its application for the Secretary of State's consent under section 36 of the Electricity Act 1989 to construct a 950MW CCGT power station at Blythe Park Business Park, Cresswell. The Department has now closed your application and no further action will be taken."
Press release 28/10/09
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Cathedral Rocks/Spires Climber's Log
rpc - Jun 29, 2006 4:55 pm Date Climbed: Jun 1, 2006Few lines
Braille Book. An OK route - like steep cobblestone road. Don't think there was much crack climbing on it.
Climbed a few lines on MCR over extended Memorial Day Wknd.
Central Pillar Of Frenzy. BEAUTIFUL line and gorgeous climbing!
East Butt of MCR. Very nice. Classic indeed. Sustained at 5.7-5.8. Aided Harding ladder.
Kor-Beck (1st 6 pitches). Last dihedral pitch was hard. Hung on it couple times. Rest of route is nice - not stellar but nice.
Rileywyna - Dec 19, 2005 7:51 amRoute Climbed: Reg route on Higher Cathedral Spire & Central Pillar of Frenzy. Date Climbed: May 2001
Climbed Higher with my great partner Thad. We did the off route variation that take the crack stright up from the tree at the top of the first pitch. Had some of the nicest moves I have ever done on lead. An overhanging, stemming, flake problem. Took my first fall of my climbing career on the next pitch trying to free another off route pitch to the right of the chimeny. Love this climb.
Central pillar was good to. Some hard bits/pitchs on this climb.
tdoughty - Oct 16, 2005 12:28 pmRoute Climbed: Many
N. Butress of MCR over 2 days, Regular routes on both Higher and Lower Spires (desend Spires Gully) E. Butress of MCR (descend Catwalk), and the Overhang Bypass route on LCR (descend Gunsight).
salad - Aug 11, 2005 3:49 pmRoute Climbed: East Butt Date Climbed: 1997ish
Great climb, badly dehydrated as my hydration system leaked out belaying on pitch 2. did the 10a fifty crowded variation.
Brian Frederick - May 17, 2005 1:01 amRoute Climbed: East Butress, middle cathedral Date Climbed: Late 80's
Excellent Route! Loved the cracks. Almost had it to ourselves, and we thought we were moving well until we got passed near the top by two Italians in jumpsuits who flew by like we were standing still... made me wish I knew how to climb.
Bob Burd - May 1, 2005 1:11 pmRoute Climbed: NW Buttress of MCR Date Climbed: Apr 16, 2005
Toured the Cathedral Rocks with Matthew, hitting the summits of Lower, Middle, and Higher Cathedral Rocks, up via Gunsight and the NW Buttress of Middle, then down Spires Gully. Trip Report
stoneman5 - Sep 13, 2004 7:35 pmRoute Climbed: Central Pillar of Frenzy Date Climbed: May, 1998
First five only. Great climbing
stoneman5 - Sep 13, 2004 7:34 pmRoute Climbed: East Buttress of Middle Date Climbed: June 1996
Wonderful climb. Noone else on the route.
mekwise - Sep 6, 2004 11:56 amRoute Climbed: Central Pillar of Frenzy Date Climbed: August 2003
Sort of a summit I supposed. We finished the climb. We climbed the first five pitches, which is the normal route now. I think originally the route went further but the climbing on the first five pitches is the best. Absolutely great climb.
Dave Dinnell - Jan 10, 2004 12:06 amRoute Climbed: Reg. Rt. Higher Spire, Reg. Rt. Lower Spire, E. Butt. Mid. Cath. Date Climbed: July 1987
Climbed Reg. Rt. on higher spire 2x in one week. Fun Rt. with group of friends-social climbing! Climbed East Buttress of Middle Cath. Rock 7/87 with Hugh Sakols; Climbed Reg. Rt. on Lower Spire with Bill Nolan 10/93.
Dave Daly - Nov 23, 2003 11:10 pmRoute Climbed: Gunsight Date Climbed: 22 Nov 2003
Hiked up to the top of the Gunsight to access the summit of Lower Cathedral. Daytime temp was 38. Windchill factor and no sun in the Gunsight made it considerably less. Very little ice encountered. Had a great day with a great friend.
Dave Daly - Oct 31, 2003 2:18 amRoute Climbed: NW Face of Middle Cathedral (III, 5.7). Date Climbed: 2 Nov 2002
Located this ancient Steve Roper route just past the top of the Gunsight, immediately to the left. Bob Burd, Michele Beaty and myself sought out where the "mystery arrrow" pointed to, as illustrated in the Don Reid guide. At the time, we were not sure of where the first pitch began so we forged out own variation. Our first pitch, 'The Mooch Traverse' (5.7), wandered 200 feet right from the original 1st pitch start and up to a pine tree (a FULL 60 meters!!). There, we found super ancient slings. The rest was fairly obvious. Not a bad route. Good rock quality and an outstanding view of Leaning Tower! In an earlier summit log post by Bob Burd, he mentioned we did the NW Buttress. Again, we actually did the NW Face. The NW Buttress is about 300 yards to the right of this route and is rated 5.6. For those that like obscurity, I highly recommend the NW Face.
darinchadwick - May 21, 2003 7:50 amRoute Climbed: DNB of Middle Cathedral, Gunsight. Date Climbed: summer 1995
Gunsight: Took a bunch of kids up for a day of adventure and a little rope work. Got to the top of the Gunsight, but not any real summits. Still, the kids got a good thrashing, and so it was fun for them.
DNB: The Cathedrals are perfect for free climbing. Any steeper, and it would be aid, less steep, and it would be too easy. Well, maybe. To climb in Yosemite and only do short routes is horrible. With only one day off a week from work, this had been my diet. Finally, I had a few free days between one job and the next, so a friend and I decided to try the DNB because it was in the shade most of the day, and it didn't seem too hard for our modest ability. We didn't ask around from other climbers, just looked at the guidebook topo, and decided it looked good. Besides, if Charlie Fowler had free soloed it, how hard could it be?
The crux was a non-issue, a little French free action, and we moved on. Then came the wandering face climbing, with stout run-outs. There was chalk and fixed gear all over the place, with no clear or safe way to continue that was readily apparant. In shame and disgust we rappelled off.
It turns out that DNB doesn't mean Direct North Buttress. Instead, it means Do Not Bother. So, this summer, we plan to free Astroman on Washington Column. It isn't as many pitches, and hey, Peter Croft AND Dean Potter have free soloed it, so.... how hard can it be?
kletterwebbi - May 18, 2003 10:24 pmRoute Climbed: several Date Climbed: August 1996, September 2000
Great area !
Climbed the East Buttress and the Kor-Beck route of the MCR together with my wife during my first visit of the Yosemite with a torn ligament. I harmed myself at a ground fall at the "Supercrack of the desert", ehem .... this was a piece of luck ! Climbing was ok but hiking was aching.
I've done the Braille book at the HCR in Sept. 2000 as the second climb (after the Nutcracker) for accustom myself to the Yosemite granite together with my friend Jörg Dufner. We also had an attempt at the NE-buttress of the HCR.
Bob Burd - May 17, 2003 9:36 pmRoute Climbed: NW Face of MCR Date Climbed: Nov 3, 2002
This was a fine adventure with Dave and Michele, an all day scramble/climb, first up Gunsight, then a roped climb of Middle Cathedral's NW Face followed by a scramble to the summit of Higher Cathedral Rock, and finally a descent of Cathedral Gully. It was definitely one of my most enjoyable climbing days. Trip Report


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While writing a tie-in was a new process for Julia, NOT writing one was new for me. I had written GL's sister soap, "As The World Turns," tie-in novel, "Oakdale Confidential," the previous year (though, in the first edition, for storyline purposes, I'd been credited as "Anonymous").
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According to my calendar we have five more days to go on the Nelson Spring Creek Mini Challenge. To reward you guys for fishing your hearts out I have decided to add a last minute "Biggest Fish Caught Prize". The rules are simple, the biggest fish caught while fishing the Nelson Challenge will win. Let me explain the details.
1. The fish must have been caught during the Nelson Challenge. In other words, not while free fishing.
2. To win you must submit the biggest fish caught code together with the Nelson Challenge score codes. Enclosing a picture is optional but it would be great if you could do that as we can all see the big fish caught.
3. You can go back and check your Nelson Challenge records and use which ever biggest fish that you have caught, provided the fish was caught as a part of the Nelson Challenge and the caught code submitted with that fish in it.
PLEASE NOTE: One member can only win one of the two prizes. If the same person had the best Outing Challenge score and also the Largest Fish Caught, the second prize will go to the person with the second largest fish caught. This way we can have more than one person winning the prizes.
This is the really fascinating part about our RWFF software and Tournament Challenges. In most other RWFF tournaments you would want to catch the biggest fish possible as this will increase your overall score. But in the Nelson challenge the big fish might actually be a detriment to your final score. I caught a nice 24+ inch Brown Trout a couple of times and ended up with a lower score due to the lost of time bonus points. In a very closely contested tournament the extra 100 points means a great deal...probably between winning and finishing 5th or 6th.
After competing in some of our previous tournaments, you probably couldn't get very excited about catching a Brown Trout in the 24-28 inch range. Using heavy tackle the fish will not be allowed to fight and it would have been a ho-hum reel in. However, using the right size tackle for this same Brown Trout, it becomes a real tiger and all you can do is hang on and pray that you don't run out of line and backing. What a big difference!
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I have watched every episode of television show "ER" multiple times, and because of this, I'm pretty much a fully trained emergency doctor.
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(Copyright (c) 2010 Cynthia Shenette) After all that time on the Internet, and with eight pages of notes what did I learn and what do I really know? Let me break it down.
What I'm sure of (or at least reasonably sure of):
~ Coldbrook Springs no longer exists as a town and is now part of watershed land for the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC).
~ Baldwinville is part of Templeton.
~ Frank and Lizzie's wedding date
~ Ethel Marion's birth date
~ Chester Irving's birth date
~ Lena Blanche's birth date
~ The children's death date
~ The children's burial place - Riverside Cemetery, Barre, MA
~ Name spellings are flexible (e.g. Naramore/Narramore, Lena/Lina).
~ Lucius Naramore's real estate was worth $8,000 and his personal estate was worth $5,000 in 1870, and his real estate was worth $4,000 and personal estate was worth $2,500 in 1860 (U.S. Census).
What I think I know, but I need to verify (or get more details):
~ Frank's birth date and birthplace
~ Frank's death date is after 1930, and he is probably buried in either Worcester or Winchester, NH.
~ Lizzie's birth date and birthplace
~ Birth dates and birthplaces for Charles Edward, Walter Craig, and daughter Elizabeth
~ Lizzie gave birth to seven children, six of whom were still living when the 1900 census was taken.
~ Josiah Craig's approximate birth date and wedding date
~ Craig family descendants still live in St. Andrew's, New Brunswick.
~ Lizzie worked in a boarding house in Baldwinville, MA.
~ Frank's father Lucius was married twice, and Minerva Warren was his second wife.
~ Frank's family in Winchester, NH were farmers and in the lumber business.
~ Lizzie was committed to the insane hospital in Worcester (There were two facilities, but I believe she was committed to what is now Worcester State Hospital.).
~ Templeton, MA paid for the funerals of the children.
Good to know, here say, or gossip, but might be worth following up on:
~ Lizzie worked as a domestic in Baldwinville, MA, Manchester, NH, and Eastport, ME.
~ Lizzie worked as a dressmaker.
~ Governor Curtis Guild, Jr. visited Lizzie at the insane hospital before pardoning her.
~ Lizzie had Frank arrested.
~ Frank was arrested for assaulting another man and fined $10.
Interesting to know:
~ Lizzie had to leave her family home in New Brunswick at an early age. Why?
~ Lizzie worked as a dressmaker until her eyes gave out.
~ Frank had not seen his half-brother for 13 years up until the time of the murders. Again, why?
~ Frank earned $12 a week, but was out of work for two months the winter before the murders.
~ The murders happened in March after a cold winter with little food for the family.
~ According to one newspaper report Lizzie was described as a large, handsome woman.
~ Frank and Lizzie's daughter Elizabeth was called Bessie.
In general, my standard operating procedure is believe nothing and verify everything. Over the years I've found errors in death certificates, marriage records, burial records, and census records. I try to double check everything or find multiple sources when I can. Also, as you can tell, I am interested in the details of people's lives beyond names and dates. What makes people tick? What were their day to day lives like? So where do I go from here?
The first thing I would do is go to the Worcester Public Library to verify what I already have with the Ancestry Library Edition and the NEHGS database. I would check the print version of the Worcester City Directories for information for Frank Naramore to track where he was living before and after 1930. The directories also (sometimes) provide death dates and removal dates and locations. If I find Frank's death date I could check the local paper for obituaries to discover additional information and his burial place. I could check the Worcester City Hall Clerk's Office for a death certificate. I'd review the microfilm for local newspaper articles about the crime. I'd check the border crossing lists between the United States and Canada to see if I could discover if Lizzie returned to New Brunswick after she was released from the insane hospital. Are hospital records available? My guess is no, but it couldn't hurt to check. Other potential sources of information include records for the towns of Templeton and Barre, MA and Winchester, NH. A library or historical society in St. Andrews, New Brunswick might have some information as well. Court records might be available and accessible. That just a start...
I discovered a lot of information. What I didn't discover is what happened to Lizzie Naramore after 1906 or 1907. I believe she worked for meager earnings in the Boston area and returned once to visit the graves of her children. One of the newspaper articles I read suggested she may have moved to a larger city such as Boston or New York to escape notoriety by disappearing into the crowd. She may have changed her name or returned to Canada.
The mystery continues...
Update 9/6/10: To see a transcription of Frank Naramore's obituary see my blog post Amanuensis Monday: Frank L. Naramore Obituary.
See Also:
COG 97: Researching "The Coldbrook Tragedy" (Part 1 of 4)
COG 97: Researching "The Coldbrook Tragedy" (Part 2 of 4)
COG 97: Researching "The Coldbrook Tragedy" (Part 4 of 4)


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DELAND, Fla., Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Police in Florida said a woman who gave a false name following a courthouse parking lot crash was identified thanks to a tattoo of her birth date.
DeLand police said Daysha Moore, 27, gave her sister's information to officers after crashing into a car in the Volusia County Courthouse at 8:58 a.m. Tuesday, but an officer looked up the sister's information on his computer and discovered Moore did not match the photo in the system, The Daytona Beach (Fla.) News-Journal reported Thursday.
Moore noticed an officer making note of her tattoo, reading "01-14-1985," and admitted to giving the incorrect name and birth date to the officer. She gave her real name and birthday, which matched the tattoo.
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A significant proportion of the borough's land is reserved for public open spaces. Fronting the Thames in the western part of the borough is the famous Greenwich Park, in which the Royal Greenwich Observatory, the National Maritime Museum, and the Old Royal Naval College are found. That area, which is also known as Maritime Greenwich, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997. In 1433 Humphrey Plantagenet, duke of Gloucester, enclosed Greenwich Park and built a watchtower on the north-facing hill above the river. Inigo Jones's Queen's House, the first Palladian-style building in England, was commissioned as a residence for Anne of Denmark; it was completed in the 1630s for Queen Henrietta Maria, consort of Charles I. The house was later converted into a school (1806), and two new wings were joined by colonnades to the original building. Since 1937 the Queen's House has been part of the National Maritime Museum.
The Old Royal Naval College is located on the site of a 15th-century riverbank house that was converted into a royal palace (known as Placentia) by the Tudor monarchs. Henry VIII (reigned 1509–47) was born at Placentia, and he spent time there with his wives Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, and Anne of Cleves. His daughters, the queens Mary I and Elizabeth I, also were born there, and it was the site of the death of Edward VI. After the old palace fell into disrepair, a new block was built for Charles II. In 1694 Sir Christopher Wren was commissioned to complete the building as a hospital for retired and disabled sailors. The construction was supervised by Sir John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor. In 1873 Wren's building (the Greenwich Hospital) became the Royal Naval College (closed 1996). The University of Greenwich and Trinity College of Music now hold classes there. The ensemble of the college and the National Maritime Museum has been described as one of the most finely balanced architectural compositions in the London area.
The Royal Greenwich Observatory, designed by Wren, stands on the hill above these buildings. The observatory, with its high-vaulted Octagon Room, was erected in the 17th century. By 1957 its official functions had been transferred elsewhere, and the site was subsequently made a museum. The Greenwich (or prime) meridian (0°) mark, which since 1884 has been almost universally recognized as the world standard for reckoning longitude, is still on display, as is a collection of early astronomical instruments. The observatory was extensively restored by 1993.
Morden College (c. 1695), also attributed to Wren, was originally an almshouse, and Charlton House (1607–12), one of the best-preserved Jacobean buildings in Greater London, now serves as a community centre and library. The parish church of Greenwich is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Aelfheah (Alfege, or Alphege), archbishop of Canterbury, who was martyred there by invading Danes in 1012. The present building, designed by Hawksmoor, dates from the 1710s; its interior was restored after being burned during World War II. Greenwich Borough Museum at Plumstead Library has exhibits on local history. The University of Greenwich was founded as Woolwich Polytechnic in 1890; it later became Thames Polytechnic and took on its current name and status in 1992.
Docked at Greenwich Pier are the yacht Gipsy Moth IV, in which Francis Chichester circumnavigated the globe alone in the 1960s, and the renowned tea clipper Cutty Sark; both are open for public viewing. The annual London Marathon begins in Greenwich and Blackheath parks. On Greenwich Peninsula is the massive Millennium Dome, built for use in Britain's observance of the start of the 21st century.
The town of Woolwich rose to prominence in the Tudor period with the establishment of a naval dockyard. Woolwich was also once the site of the Royal Arsenal and the Royal Military Academy (the latter now at Sandhurst, Berkshire). On the river nearby, the massive supports and floodgates of the Thames Barrier extend across the water to Silvertown, Newham.
East of Woolwich is Plumstead Marshes, which was long the site of military firing ranges. In the 1970s a mass housing development known as Thamesmead was erected there. Other residential districts in the borough have grown up around the earlier settlements of Eltham, Blackheath, and Kidbrooke. Major sources of employment are the Woolwich and Abbey Wood industrial estates.
Greenwich is linked to the north-bank boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Newham by the Greenwich Tunnel (pedestrian) and the Blackwall Tunnel as well as by the Woolwich Free Ferry. The borough has extensive road and rail connections, including a southward extension of the Docklands Light Railway, completed in the late 1990s, that links to the Underground (subway) system. Greenwich was granted a royal charter in 2012. Area 18 square miles (47 square km). Pop. (2001) 214,403; (2011) 254,557.


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The 90-minute documentary is a project by PublicHerald.org, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit organization. "Triple Divide" is built on evidence from cradle-to-grave investigations that attempt to answer the question, "How are state regulations and industry handling impacts from fracking?"
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Narrated by actor and advocate Mark Ruffalo, the film's major findings include stark negligence and endangerment of public and environmental health due to shale gas extraction.
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It starts with a two tiered worked brass base approximately 9" (23cms) long, 7" (17cms) wide, and 2" thick (5cms). Most frequently it has a nice beaten pattern in it, but some shrines have intricately etched designs on them. The base has a small knob to open it. This know also serves as a snubbed candle holder.
The base interior will hold one to three thin 5" (12cms) glass disks. Each glass piece is etched with a holy symbol, a mandala, or a wisdom glyph, as appropriate. In addition it will hold a curved piece that is inserted in to the top of the base when in use. This curved piece hold one glass disk in place.
This works best in a darkened room.
A tealight candle (or any other tiny or flat candle) rests upon the knob of the beautifully worked brass base. An appropriate disk glass is inserted in the holder rising up from the base. The mesmerizing flame is projected through, and in the reflective glass magnified. The dancing light creates an enchanting interplay of light and shadow, projecting the image etched in the glass (usually a holy symbol) upon the wall.
It is commonly used for meditation and prayer. Combined with a small ceremony of sanctification, it creates a temporary "holy space" suitable for religious workings.
The inspiration for these tiny portable shrines came from one famous shrine in the south western province. There, candles are lit and shine through sculpted glass to project holy glyphs into the murals behind. Some enterprising cleric took it one step farther and commissioned the first one. He took it on his travels to every temple and shrine he had to visit on his circuit. While he used it for evening devotion in inns along the way, he had to show it off to all the other priests. From this first circuit, the item (or the idea for the item) has spread across the land.
Of course the original brass worker makes more to sell to pilgrims to the shrine, so they can take the feel of the place home. That may have more to do with the spread of the item than the network of clerics.
Now these Shadow Shrines can be found for any number of religions. For some they are just switched out glass disks. For others, the shrine is made of silver or stone or wood, and sometimes shaped differently.
Any cleric who travels in their duty (or thinks they might) will probably have a shadow shrine. Those who are very devote will have one as well, used while travelling or kept as a personal shrine in their rooms.
Magic/Cursed Properties
None intrinsically. The shrine, when used properly, can provide bonus to prayer and meditation skills. It can be used IN magic, as a holy talisman or to create a temporary alter/ shrine.
Note: This idea has moved into the mystic community. They use it as a meditation focus and some even use it for empowered glyphs (as a casting aid).


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Tech Savvy: Technology's place in the classroom
Hey there, Tech Savvy fans! This week the new school year started, we have a first-grader in our house now and I'm sure many of you out there have young ones of your own heading back to class. Something that has really amazed me since our oldest started school is the amount of technology that is integrated into our education system now and I thought this might be a good time to chat a little about some of the ways we are seeing technology used in the classroom and how we can supplement that learning at home.
I am a firm believer that as parents we are as responsible for our children's education as the school system, if not more. We have opportunities every day that we can teach our children about nature, science and myriad other subjects. If you're like me you may feel that you have a pretty good grasp on many of these (spelling, history, earth science) but may admit that there are areas that you are not a top notch instructor (math, chemistry). So, what do we do when our children come home from school with questions about the things they are learning in the classroom? How can we keep the ball rolling, or at the very least avoid giving incorrect information that contradicts what they are being taught?
In my youth in elementary and high school we always had computers available, desktops in computer labs and eventually one or two computers in each classroom. The computer labs were used to teach typing and we used games like Number Munchers and Oregon Trail to teach fundamentals and for fun. By the time I reached high school the Internet was readily available and use of the computer labs took a much more academic turn. We still used encyclopedias but increasingly we were allowed to use websites as sources for our research papers. I attended the U of M in Crookston for college, and part of their academic culture was to include laptop rental with the tuition. We used these laptops for research, note taking, presentations and virtually every aspect of our academic lives. It's amazing that now, as my child starts school, they are using iPods and iPads in the classes and that, in increasing numbers, those devices are becoming standard issue from the schools. Forestview is also incorporating Google Chromebooks for their student body, which is another device that is gaining popularity in the education system.
In many cases these devices are being used by the students for learning situations that can present the information in new ways. I have to chuckle remembering in seventh grade we dissected a frog and now they can dissect the frog virtually with an app. You can recreate battlefields and run strategic scenarios, budding musicians have a bevy of tools to aid in their learning and creativity, artists can visit the top galleries in the world right from their classroom and presentations have taken on a whole new level with the different apps available.
A large benefit of using these devices in the academic system is it is that much easier for the students to share with their parents and continue the learning process at home. This also gives you the opportunity to become more involved with your child's work. Here are some suggestions to help you embrace the technology as these kids are doing.
• Don't be afraid. It's different and you may not understand everything out of the gate but sometimes kids can be great teachers, too, because the give simple instructions. If you don't understand the technology they are using, ask them to help you learn, too. I'll bet your kids would love the opportunity to be in the driver's seat for a change and it will give you a chance to really dig into their world.
• Be open-minded about the method. The way we use the apps and materials is sometimes a complete turnaround from everything we learned in our youth and it's easy to say that it must not be as effective. However, as the saying goes, there is more than one way to skin a cat and this is certainly the case here. Have you ever found yourself saying that two eyes are better than one? Sometimes taking a different approach or angle will enlighten you to things you never would have noticed before.
• Share your expertise. The converse of new being great is sometimes you miss out on some real basics. One thing teachers are certainly aware of, and something I really emphasize to my kids, is that you need to have a backup plan. If your iPad breaks can you still add and subtract? Do you still know how to find common denominators and complete long division if you can't Google it? If your Internet goes down where can you find a map of the battle of Gettysburg? I try to take every opportunity to share with my kids why the tech is making this process so great. I still draw things out in the dirt, or on scrap pieces of paper to show them the "behind the scenes" that the app sometimes doesn't show them. Since I've been using adages — give a man a fish he'll eat for a day, teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime. We can't rely on tech to teach us everything we need to know. Use your life experience and old fashioned know-how to work with our teachers to give our kids a well-rounded experience.
• Be an expert with them. Tech is fun. There are so many possibilities that tech can offer us now. I love learning about the new things that tech can offer and I love using tech to learn about things that I might not have the chance to learn otherwise. I have noticed that the art apps don't make my stick people look any better but it's great knowing that if my kids ask me a question I don't know the answer I have the answer (and I can learn with them) right at my fingertips.
Tech is a great tool that can now help us bridge the gap even more between in-class work and home education. It also gives us an opportunity to learn and share with our children and we should embrace the chance. We can ill afford not to strive to help our children get the best education they can, our future depends on it. To all the teachers, educators (especially all of my teachers), and parents out there, thank you. Thanks for taking the time to work with our children and help them grow up to be an educated society.
In case you missed it
Earlier this week it was announced that Microsoft was buying Nokia for a little over $7 billion. I don't really find it surprising if you look at the other two giants — Android and Apple — and they both have acquired their other side, Android buying Motorola and Apple having, well, Apple. What I do find interesting is that Android and Apple you have two market dominating factions and Microsoft's mobile is not the powerhouse the others are. What will be interesting to see is if the (arguably) world's largest office suite and OS creator can leverage that clout into something that drives their mobile program. Nokia is no slouch when it comes to hardware but by aligning themselves primarily with Windows OS they have limited themselves. I would be wary of Microsoft deciding to use Nokia like Google has Motorola — as an extension of themselves or if they will let Nokia maintain a more individual identity to capitalize on their existing business base.


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02 Jun Weekend Roundup: May 26 – June 1, 2012
This week on Opinio Juris, Roger Alford marked Memorial Day with the Battle of Blenheim poem, and Deborah Pearlstein weighed in on the discussion about Chris Hayes' controversial suggestion that the label of "hero" is too often used to refer to US service personnel.
Deborah also posted a snippet from the NY Times report on Obama's "Kill List" in the conflict with al-Qaeda. A few days after the report was published, Julian Ku asked whether the mild fallout can be seen as a solidifying of the legal framework for the US War on Terrorism. Prompted by a second NY Times report, this one on Obama's authorization of cyberattacks against Iranian nuclear facilities, Julian questioned whether the President has the constitutional authority to do so.
Julian also looked forward to the hearings on the US ratification of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and posted a list of questions by Professor Craig Allen.
Kevin Jon Heller discussed the conviction in Pakistan of Dr. Afridi who ran a fake vaccination program to collect DNA evidence to assist the CIA in its search for the bin Laden family. Kevin suppressed snarky comments about Moreno-Ocampo's new appointment as FIFA's chief investigator into allegations of match-fixing and corruption. He was shocked to read that Yale University offered a course by Gen. Stanley McChrystal in which students could only take notes on a non-attribution basis, which led to a discussion whether the Chatham House Rule belongs in the classroom. Kevin also argued that the Special Court for Sierra Leone's decision to sentence Charles Taylor to 50 years' imprisonment is disproportionate, given that Taylor was not found guilty on the basis of ordering the crimes or of joint criminal enterprise.
Roger Alford updated us on the steps taken by the plaintiffs to enforce the Ecuadorian judgment against Chevron through the Ontario Superior Court in Canada. A guest post by Stephen A. Pitel discussed the relevant precedents in Ontario law.
This week we hosted a symposium on three articles from the latest issue of the Virginia Journal of International Law, introduced here. The first article was Andrew Woods' Moral Judgments & International Crimes: The Disutility of Desert. Jonathan Barron commented how international criminal law is in transition from second-party to third-party punishment and Adil Haque questioned whether Andrew's suggestions would make the international criminal law regime no longer a criminal regime or no longer a legal regime. Jens Ohlin debated Andrew's assumption that international criminal law is fundamentally retributive and his application of social science insights about the power of moral sentiments to crowd out consequentialist calculations. Andrew's response can be found here.
The second article, by Alvaro Santos, discussed how developing countries can carve out regulatory space in the WTO. Robert Howse's comments described how NGOs are increasingly challenging the conventional wisdom on the limits on regulatory autonomy that is perpetuated by the lack of independent expertise and by uncritical journalists. Andrew Lang emphasized the need to make the WTO dispute settlement bodies more receptive to developing countries' arguments. Alvaro's response can be found here.
Jason Webb Yackee's article on Investment Treaties and Investor Corruption: An Emerging Defense for Host States? was third in the symposium's line-up. Andrea Bjorklund's and Daniel Litwin's criticized the article's focus on the "supply side" of corruption and its disregard of the demand side of corruption within the state and his preference to deal with corruption as a jurisdictional issue. Jarrod Wong raised similar issues in his comments and questioned whether a defense had already crystallized in international law. Jason's response is here.
Roger's post on the three international law scholars in the list of "most-cited law reviews of all time" may inspire you in your own scholarship, in which case you may want to have a look at our listing of upcoming events.
Finally, if you want to catch up with this week's news, our Weekday News Wraps can help you with that.
Thank you very much to our guest contributors and have a nice weekend!


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To use, just fill the ceramic cone with water, put the cap on and push the cone into the soil. Then place the supply hose in a nearby container of water. It will now draw water into the pot as the plant needs it. As the water in the clay cone is drawn into the dry soil, it creates a vacuum that pulls more water in through the supply hose.
It's perfect for watering any indoor plant. (Outdoor plants can dry out too quickly and need a drip system to water them fast enough to prevent wilting.) Great for people who travel and want to make sure their plants are properly watered.
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text: I've owned the domain radiochips.com for a while, originally to sell BA1404 (fm transmitter) chips. Those sold out years ago, but I've held onto the domain for a while, "just in case". I don't have any current plans for it, so I'm thinking about trading it for some gear. Some things I'm after: HF rig, antenna, antenna tuners, mobile rig, etc. PM me if you have anything you'd consider trading. Though I'd also consider an outright sale, RR isn't likely going to bring in the same bids I'd receive at a more appropriate site - but I'm open to offers.


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A man allegedly was attacked Wednesday by another man wielding a machete, according to a news release from the Gadsden Police Department.
A man allegedly was attacked Wednesday by another man wielding a machete, according to a news release from the Gadsden Police Department.
Officers responded about 4 p.m. to a call of a disturbance or assault on Merryhill Avenue. Upon arriving, they spoke to a 44-year-old man who said he came to the house to pick up an iPod a friend purchased. He said the house's resident, a 36-year-old male, became enraged, picked up a machete and swung it at him several times before stabbing him in the nose.
The man said he ran back to his car and jumped into the back seat, but the attacker followed him and used the machete to damage the car before going back inside the house.
Medics responded and treated the victim for his wound, but he refused further treatment.
Detectives arrived, questioned the involved parties and arrested the suspect. The investigation is continuing and charges may be pending, according to the release.
Meanwhile, a 66-year-old woman who accompanied the victim and owned the vehicle filed a police report for the damage to her car.
About the same time, and before police arrived, a 38-year-old woman who lived in the Merryhill Avenue residence told police the 66-year-old woman hit her on the head with a tire iron.
Officers observed a small cut on the younger woman's head, and medics treated her at the scene, but she also refused further treatment. Police were not able to locate the tire iron allegedly used in the attack. An investigation into the incident also is ongoing.


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Feb 19 2009
Movie Showing!
Bonjour tout le monde,
I would like to invite you all to a movie showing on Wednesday 25th February at 8pm in WLT 21. The movie we will be watching is 'Les Poupées Russes' (The Russian Dolls) and is the follow up of the movie 'L'Auberge Espagnole' (The Spanish Apartment). I highly recommend these two movies for people who are intending to go and study abroad.
'Les Poupées Russes' is a 2005 movie by Cédric Klapisch and tells the story of Xavier after his experience abroad in Barcelona. We learn that he is now a freelance writer who has written a book about that year of friendship and innocence and we discover what everyone has been up to.
Wonderfully filmed in Paris, London and St. Petersburg with an upbeat soundtrack, the film shows how we can all find a connection no matter the color of our skin, the dialect of our language or the social and cultural differences between us.
I hope many of you will be able to make it and it would be great to have both returning students from abroad and students who are going to be abroad next year in order to exchange about your wonderful experiences… in French!
Have a nice weekend
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I always try to sniff out a good whiskey list while in Vegas. Last year, the best I found was the excellent bar at CraftSteak in the MGM. This trip I was staying further up the Strip, but found a very good whiskey selection at Delmonico Steakhouse in the Venetian, an Emeril Lagasse restaurant.
The Delmonico whiskey list didn't include the absurdly upscale rarities that CraftSteak had (e.g. Macallan Lalique and malts from the '30s) or the selection of independent bottlings, but it had a very nice selection of currently available distillery bottled whiskeys. The list, kept in a small binder and divided by country and region, included at least a half dozen Springbanks and all of the currently available Ardbegs (including the Alligator). The American whiskeys included the complete lines of Van Winkle (including the 23 year old decanter) and High West. Prices at Delmonico are fairly reasonable for Vegas, and the bar staff was friendly but not that engaging about the whiskey list.
And if you sit at the bar, grab an order of the homemade truffle parmesan potato chips, which are possibly the world's best bar snack. The chips are thin cut and covered with crumbled parm. The truffle flavor is probably from a jar, but it's just lightly sprinkled and not drowned in truffle oil like so many other dishes. Each bite gives you crunchy chip, salty cheese and a bit of truffle funk....good stuff.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Vegas Journal: Whiskey & Chips at Delmonico
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Delmonico also has a solid steak (better than about half the places I've hit in LA). It's a worthwhile stop.
- September 18, 2011 at 6:18 PM
- James said...
Steve, any idea on the cost of the paired Whisky dinner at Craftsteak?
Also, as far as the meal itself, which steakhouse do you recommend in LV?
- September 20, 2011 at 7:46 AM
- sku said...
James, the LA Whiskey Society paired whiskey dinner (which I did not attend) was ridiculously cheap and is unlikely to ever be repeated. The rumor is someone got fired over it.
For Vegas steakhouse, Carnevino wins easily among the ones I have been to.
- September 20, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- James said...
Wow, if there are firing rumors, it really must have been cheap!
- September 20, 2011 at 9:52 AM
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Hundreds of Billions Now Flowing to Clean Energy
|Despite all the recent media focus on the rise of shale gas and unconventional oil in North America, global renewable energy industries are in fact booming.
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Having just returned from my second clean energy finance summit this year, I was relieved to find that despite the rumors, the renewable energy industries aren't dying—indeed they're booming.
In 2012, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, $269 billion flowed into the clean energy sector worldwide—a big number by any standard. Total global investment in renewable generating capacity now lags total investment in coal, oil, and gas generation combined by only 25 percent. With that much money you could purchase Google or Microsoft outright.
Source: Michael Liebreich BNEF Summit Keynote, 23 April 2013
While clean energy investment in 2012 was down 11 percent from 2011, it is still 44 percent above the 2009 figure and 230 percent higher than it was in 2005. Moreover, virtually all of the decline stems from the sharply falling prices for solar and wind equipment—a trend that in the long run will accelerate growth. While clean energy growth has understandably slowed from the extraordinary double-digit rates of the past decade, this remains one of the world's largest and most dynamic industrial sectors.
The one dark cloud that hovered over both conferences (the Cleantech Investor Summit in Palm Springs and the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York) was the United States, where declining government support and the uncertainty generated by a dysfunctional Congress led to a sharp decline in financing in 2012. While the falling investment figures do presage a slowdown in U.S. clean energy growth in the next two years, it is still notable that the U.S. added more renewable capacity than any other single country last year.
Excluding the United States, global investment in renewable energy would have increased significantly in 2012. China, for example, is continuing to power global markets, with investment up a robust 20 percent to $65 billion in 2012. China is also playing a big role in driving down the cost of renewables while spurring robust growth in other emerging market countries such as India and South Africa.
Japan's clean energy investment was meanwhile up a remarkable 75 percent in 2012, driven by the government's response to the post-Fukushima collapse of the country's nuclear industry. And while Germany's investment declined last year, renewable power generation continued to soar, reaching 24 percent of electricity production, up from 4 percent in 2000.
So, despite all the recent media focus on the rise of shale gas and unconventional oil in North America, the bigger energy story is a global one: New technologies and hundreds of billions of dollars of investment capital are steadily laying the foundation for a low-carbon global economy.
Chris Flavin is President Emeritus at Worldwatch Institute.


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He Helped the 49ers Win, Then Revealed He Lost His Baby
A tale of heartache and strength in the sports world: Wide receiver Marquise Goodwin blew a kiss toward the heavens Sunday as he scored an 83-yard touchdown that helped the San Francisco 49ers trump the New York Giants 31-21, reports ESPN.
Later, he revealed what had happened hours earlier. In an Instagram post, Goodwin revealed that he and wife Morgan Goodwin-Snow "lost our baby boy due to some complications, and had to prematurely deliver him early this morning around 4am.
Although we are hurt, I am grateful for the experience and grateful that God blessed me with a wife as courageous and resilient as Morgan. The pain (physically, mentally, & emotionally) that she has endured is unbelievable."
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Coker Golfer, Blaine Rogers, is featured in this week's edition of Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd". Rogers sank the put to win a sudden death playoff with Pfeiffer Universtiy at the Atlantic Regional and allowed Coker to advance to the National Championship.
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The Secondary School Certificate(SSC) exams started on the 3rd February and ended in March 14 on this year. In 10 different boards including madrasah and technical board, around total 16 lakhs and 51 thousands students took part in this years SSC exam. The exams were held in 3,143 centers across the country. It is expected that SSC Result 2016 will be ... Read More »
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