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comingfrom wrote:The densities of the plasma on the Sun are not so easy to corroborate.
Not directly, but we can study the photons, and then observe the fluid dynamic behaviors (which are non-Newtonian). To whatever extent the solar observations overlap with laboratory science, that's good stuff.
comingfrom wrote:But one thing I thought was plain, plasmas are way less dense than solids and liquids, let alone atoms pressed side by side.
The average density of the Sun is 1408 kg/m3, which is roughly 20 times the density of liquid hydrogen. So it's a study of plasmas at extreme temperatures, pressures, & densities.
comingfrom wrote:...the same standard model tells us the interplanetary medium sums to neutral.
The IPM has a slight net positive charge.
Foukal, P.; Hinata, S. (1991): Electric fields in the solar atmosphere: A review. Solar Physics, 132 (2): 307-334
May, H. D. (2008): A Pervasive Electric Field in the Heliosphere. IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 36 (5): 2876-2879
comingfrom wrote:You won't change your model until you become convinced of inflows, and interstellar currents.
That's correct. For me, it's not enough to just say that those currents could be there. I'm going to ask, "What would be the expectations if those currents were there? And can we see the evidence?" IMO, the expectations aren't being met.
comingfrom wrote:I linked inflow papers for you. Did you not read them?
I can't remember -- do you still have the links handy?
comingfrom wrote:In Alfven's model, as I understand it, and maybe I'm wrong, a double layer is two layers of electric field between regions of like charge.
A typical double layer is one of each sign of charge. For example, the top of the thunderstorm is positively charged, and this attracts any negative charges in the vicinity, setting up a secondary layer opposite to the charge in the thunderstorm. So that's a double-layer.
My model has 5 layers of alternating charge (3 positive and 2 negative), so that's a more complicated arrangement (i.e., Sara Lee layers).

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Universal Pictures and DreamWorks have released the third television spot for Cowboys & Aliens, director Jon Favreau's adaptation of the Platinum Studios graphic novel.
Daniel Craig stars as Jake Lonergan, a gunslinger with a mysterious shackle on his wrist and no memory of his past who discovers he's the only hope for protecting a desert town from alien invaders. The movie, which opens on July 29, also stars Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Paul Dano, Keith Carradine, Clancy Brown, Walter Goggins, Noah Ringer and Adam Beach.
1875. New Mexico Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution. The only hint to his history is a mysterious shackle that encircles one wrist. What he discovers is that the people of Absolution don't welcome strangers, and nobody makes a move on its streets unless ordered to do so by the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde (Ford). It's a town that lives in fear.
But Absolution is about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Screaming down with breathtaking velocity and blinding lights to abduct the helpless one by one, these monsters challenge everything the residents have ever known.
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Winder's American Legion Post 509 has been shut down by the American Legion Department of Georgia. The executive committee took the action June 23, according to a spokesman for District 10, which covers 21 posts in northeast Georgia. Senior vice commander Tommy Hatton of Loganville said he recommended the revocation based on continuing law enforcement problems on Post 509's property that is east of downtown Winder.
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Well folks, Taste Washington weekend 2012 is a wrap.
I thought it was a particularly great event this year. I have to admit that I had some concerns about the move to a two-day format for the Grand Tasting. Would it be too taxing on the wineries and restaurants? Would there be enough consumer support?
The weekend proved these concerns unwarranted. Based on an informal survey of a number of participants, there seemed to be resounding support for the change. Many winery representatives I spoke with gave a consistent description – "less frenzied" – and noted that they were better able to talk with attendees about their wines. While some noted that they might be inclined to have additional help for the event next year, most seemed to enjoy the slightly shortened day and the opportunity to enjoy Seattle Saturday evening.
Consumers seemed to enjoy the change as well. Many took advantage of the two-day package, using the days in a variety of fashions: one to explore whites and one to explore reds; one to explore old favorites and one to explore new wineries etc. With less sense of frenzy, there also seemed to be less over consumption than in some previous years.
While some people I spoke with noted that there seemed to be fewer people at the event this year, ticket sales were actually up considerably, with Sunday the busier of the two days. Overall, the move to a two-day format seemed to be a tremendous success.
In terms of the wines, one of the highlights for me was a series of new rosés from Gramercy, Maison Bleue, Cote Bonneville, and Syncline. For both Gramercy and Maison Bleue, this is the first time either winery has produced a pink wine, and they are outstanding (look for formal reviews in the coming weeks). Overall these wines brought a seriousness and sense of intention, while still retaining great vivacity. Syncline's sparkling wine was another standout.
As in previous years, I found the Vineyard Tables to be one of the most enjoyable places to spend time. The sixteen vineyards represented were pouring a multitude of wines, allowing for the exploration of site and winemaker style. It was great to see a line three people deep waiting to try wines from Dick Boushey's vineyards.
I also thought the seminars were a high note. I had the pleasure of participating in a discussion on Saturday of how Washington wines compete and provide value across the price spectrum. The message seemed to resonate with many of the attendees who participated in the blind tasting. Sunday's "Celebrated Vintages" seminar was an honor to be part of and, for me, the highlight of the weekend (okay, along with the life-size cutout of Charlie Hoppes).
The only hitch in moving the seminars from Bell Harbor to the site of the Grand Tasting was some background noise while people were setting up the floor downstairs. However, using these spaces also allowed for a considerably larger group of attendees as attested by Sunday's standing-room-only crowd of 100 people for the "Celebrated Vintages" seminar.
Overall, I thought the weekend was a great success. Here's to all of the wineries, restaurants, and other businesses that participated in Taste Washington this weekend. It continues to be the signature event for Washington wine.
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Well folks, Taste Washington weekend 2012 is a wrap.
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This was my first time attending Taste of Washington and I have to say I was thrilled by the event. Honestly, I went into it expecting an overcrowded drunk-fest where wine drinking rather than wine tasting was the order of the day. I was wrong. Day one I was able to be a regular attendee. I tried some fabulous wines and met some even more fabulous people. Day two I poured wine for Cairdeas Winery which gave me some great insight on the event from a winery perspective. All and all it was a fantastic experience. Silver Bell Winery will definitely be there next year.
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Look forward to hearing about the value seminar from the perspective of winemakers, retailers/restauranteurs, and consumers.
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Thanks for the mention, Sean! I'm glad you and Annie liked the wines so much.
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Well played on the vineyard / AVA tables. Definitely a favorite, and it was a solid way to try a taste of a few things that had some significant lines.
Sunday was most certainly super busy, but for the most part in a good way. I found some people's "habits" of walking in front of queues amusing, and save for a few random folks who'd imbibed a few too many (bummer!) by mid-afternoon, all went pretty well. Was a tad surprised at the food turnout, as it definitely felt like a wine event that happened to have some food. Aside from the pinks, anything else stand out for you, winery or otherwise?


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LITTLE GIANTS of INDUSTRY (Mar, 1941)
LITTLE GIANTS of INDUSTRY
IF YOU were to select the most remarkable characteristic of modern industry, probably the first thing that would come to your mind is size—huge buildings, gigantic machines, massive ships, great airplanes, bulky trucks, mammoth dams, tall derricks, towering excavators, long trains. Man himself seems puny and weak beside his creations.
The second characteristic you might note would be the complexity of the ingenious devices, which often taxes the average human capacity for understanding. Indeed, achievements of recent years have pretty nearly shown that whatever man can imagine he can build. And they have brought a new problem, the difficulty of visualizing and pre-testing these entirely novel and untried scientific and mechanical wonders.
A roll of blueprints is a poor aid to the imagination. And, since the best test of a theory is to prove that it can be made to work, modern industry has turned more and more to the use of miniature models, precise in form, scale and operation.
These little giants of industry have been throwing a tremendous weight behind the forward-moving wheels of progress. Vitally necessary during the early stages of thousands of projects, they are forgotten and tossed aside when the project takes final form, perhaps as an intricate packaging machine, a new automobile, a whirling turbine, or a cavernous wind tunnel for testing airplanes. So we seldom hear of them, as though they were part of another world, a lost Lilliputian universe right in our midst.
Now, under the impulse of war, these little fellows have suddenly increased a hundredfold in number and thousandfold in importance.
Hidden away in safes and locked behind metal doors of war department buildings in Washington are hundreds of tiny working models, guarded from the eyes of foreign spies as though they were vital blueprints. In fact they are blueprints, raised into three dimensions. In the models are hidden the secrets of swift raiding planes, ingenious bomb sights, revolving gun turrets and other surprises Uncle Sam is cooking up for future enemies.
In the near-by Naval Experimental Basin, engineers of the navy tow around models of battleships, airplane carriers, cruisers, destroyers, and submarines of types never yet built. In marine bases on both coasts officers are splashing around in shallow beach waters directing the landing of model soldiers-of-the-sea from model boats in the face of theoretical fire of model cannon.
On a dozen flying fields army and navy pilots are studying battle maneuvers and formation flying with model planes held in the air, moved across the ground or suspended on wires. On army reservations tacticians are operating tumblebug tanks over miniature obstacles and stringing miniature wire entanglements in front of miniature trenches. In airplane plants tiny ships bob and sway to tiny air blasts in tiny wind tunnels.
But war is not all guns and tanks and ships. Generators, turbines, textiles, and hundreds of other products, including the very buildings in which they will be manufactured, require miniature models.
And preparation for defense is not all of life today, either. In the laboratories of the great electrical, oil, metal and rubber companies scientists are using small-scale models in their peaceful experiments to improve civilization. In the General Electric and Westinghouse and similar laboratories are guarded models of secret machines that have never been constructed, machines made to move by the impulse of sunlight, radio waves or ordinary electric bulb light. Standard Oil of New Jersey has a complete model oil refinery fashioned mostly of steel and glass. Goodrich Tire and Rubber Company uses little model tires for laboratory experiments; real tires would require huge scientific apparatus.
In shipyards, little hull models are built and then marked off so as to lay out huge steel plates for real ships.
The scientists employed by railroads and railroad equipment manufacturers are often busily engaged testing miniature trains, switches and safety and signal devices that would gladden the hearts of many a youth as a birthday present. But these research men are working, not playing; they are fashioning the train and railroad equipment of tomorrow.
Some of the most elaborate models ever put together are helping U. S. Army engineers control mighty rivers and coastal waters. Reduced to a scale often as low as 1/2,000 of their real size, but built in accurate reproduction of the genuine river bend, tidewater shoal, harbor or inlet, these models make little problems of big ones. Experimental currents are created from water flowing from a faucet, paper confetti is cast on the miniature water surfaces and, by repeatedly photographing the movement of the paper particles, the engineers are often able to predict what tides and currents are actually doing in the bodies of water represented by the models.
Similarly, river, canal and ocean experiments are conducted with models in other branches of government service and in such educational research organizations as that of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In fact, the universities and technological institutions are among the most prolific producers of miniature models, used for instruction or to solve practical problems posed by an industry or a governmental agency.
One important application of miniature models is their use to forecast the appearance of an office, skyscraper, hotel, apartment or industrial plant.
In times gone by when a manufacturer ordered a factory built, he had a pretty good idea of what it would look like—a rectangular box with rectangular windows, so many to a floor. Lately, however, modern scientific discoveries have changed the construction industry. Air conditioning has eliminated the necessity for windows. Improved lighting and heating methods have changed ceiling heights. Smoke-control devices have often ruled out the need for towering chimneys, long the familiar landmark of the factories. Private airports have nudged factory buildings over to one side and baseball diamonds and recreation fields have squeezed in on the other. Garages and parking spaces are fitted in. Buildings are functional, laid out to follow the efficient lines of mass production, to take advantage of the force of gravity and to fit the machinery they house.
Things have come to a pass where the industrialist is asked to invest a million or two in a building which he cannot visualize even with the help of blueprints and sketches. As a result, the construction of remarkably accurate structural miniature models has grown into a new art and science until it is becoming difficult to distinguish a two-foot model from a five-story factory building by comparing the photographs of both.
Nowhere is the use of models so important as the automobile industry, where executives operate on the thumb-rule theory that, no matter how clever and efficient the design of next year's automobile may be, it simply won't sell unless it "looks right." These men know that if a proposed automobile does not "look right" it will not be accepted by the average purchaser.
Therefore during the period when the designing rooms of the automobile corporations are functioning at top speed there comes a time when the model is master of the gigantic industry. Thousands of sketches have been discarded, the best have been selected and then the model-makers get in their work.
They spend days and weeks molding next year's cars in quarter-size clay models, adding to a contour here or flattening a bulge there, working constantly and nimbly, using clay kept at exact temperatures in special electric ovens.
When completed the models are given the eye test to see whether they will "look right" from all angles. Those models which pass this visual examination are then placed in wind tunnels where they are struck by a 100-mile-an-hour blast created by airplane propellers. If the model sways unduly under the force of the wind, the finished car will do the same. So a change is made in its form. If a fender or bumper sets up a hum, this hum would be a shrill scream in the full-sized automobile at high speed. Another change is necessary. The model finally accepted is so much like the car to be constructed that a clever photographer would make it hard to distinguish between them in a picture.
So, in recent years the model maker has become an artist in his own right and the expert at his craft seldom finds it necessary to seek a job.
History records that nearly fifty thousand years ago the cave man first began to perceive that if the tiny head of a cow was painted on a rounded bulge in the cave wall, it looked more natural than if daubed on a flat surface. He was the first model-maker and the bovine head was the first attempt at a model. Since then, model-makers and miniature models have had a long road to travel, but they seem to have arrived at their goal of perfection and their position of importance at last.


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Twice, during the last two months, representatives from the City of San Diego, Greater Golden Hill CDC, and MAD Oversight Committee met with mediators from the National Conflict Resolution Center to establish more productive, positive methods for communication between the different agencies and to more clearly define the role of the Oversight Committee. The mediation cost the City and Greater Golden Hill property owners approximately $5000 to conduct.
Early on, it was clear the mediation did not address attendance by Oversight Committee members. At the November 17th meeting of the Greater Golden Hill MAD, only six members showed up, failing to have the seven needed for a quorum.
The six members that did attend were unable to vote on any agenda items, but they did discuss business. Specifically, they passed out to the seven audience members the National Conflict Resolution Center mediation report.
The statement consisted of 11 elementary-school-style agreements, referred to by Oversight Committee secretary Barbara Houlton during the meeting as "vanilla flavored."
One of the agreements led to changing the meeting date from the third Monday of the month to the first Monday of the month; the secretary from the Oversight Committee and a CDC representative are required to post the changes on each respective website.
The following agreements focused on who should email whom and established some deadlines for each agency to respond to action items.
The tenth agreement came in bold lettering: "The OC (Oversight Committee) and CDC members agree to treat each other respectively and professionally."
Three examples followed, giving definitions of playing nice with one another (the italicized words are theirs).
— "No derogatory statements about each other in e-mails or other writings."
— "If an assumption is being made about someone else's motivation or intent for doing something, ask them about their motivation or intent, rather than assuming what it is. Described another way: clarify assumptions with the person about whom you are making them regarding his/her motivations."
— "Keep in mind that communication between the OC and CDC members is public information and reflects on both groups."
The final agreement was to notify the mediators by March 2009 if more mediation is needed.
After distributing the ice-cream flavored accord, an audience member from the community addressed the Oversight Committee: "I'm terribly disappointed at the attendance of our elected officials on this committee. Number two, I'm disappointed that the City and the CDC and this committee have not reconciled through mediation at this point of time, some kind of better working agreement."
To get the full vanilla-flavored scoop, the mediation agreement will be posted on the CDC and Oversight Committee websites at: goldenhillcdc.org and ghcgs.org.
More from SDReader
- More stories by Dorian Hargrove
- Bypassing Bylaws in Golden Hill — Sept. 18, 2009
- From Trashy to Classy — Aug. 24, 2008
- Two-for-One Special on Mediators — Aug. 19, 2008
- CDC Calls for Mediation with MAD — June 20, 2008
- MAD: Advisory or Oversight Committee? — June 17, 2008
Thank you to the Reader for following up on this important community issue. The CDC has a million dollars of community money to spend. Only the Oversight Committee watches the details. It gets discourating. But all of the members (including those not there) have devoted countless hours to seeing that this money is well spent. The most recent proposal--to decorate the community with hanging flower baskets, potted plants, and bistro tables--was met with resistance. These items will benefit the business community. A Business Improvement District needs to be put in place for this purpose. In these difficult economic times, we need to be repairing our curbs and sidewalks, getting graffiti out of our neighborhood, and doing everything we can for upkeep. That IS the purpose of Maintenance. Thanks again. Please keep coming to the meetings.


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I have heard a lot of good about JSF but as far as I know people also had lots of serious complains with this technology in the past, not aware of how much the situation has improved. We are considering JSF as a probable technology for a social network project. But we are not aware of the performance scores of JSF neither we could really come across any existing high performance website that had been using JSF. People complain about its performance scalability issues.
We are still not very sure if we are doing the right thing by choosing jsf, and thus would like to hear from you all about this and take your inputs into consideration.
Is it possible to configure JSF to satisfy the high performance needs of social networking service ? Also till what extent is it possible to survive with the current problems in JSF. What exactly are its problems ?
I am not worried about the development complexities with JSF what others usually complain about because as per my personal experience I believe that's not at all true, but I am more concerned about what performance and scalability issues. And please don't just abuse it on its old issues linked to previous versions. I just care about the present state whatever had been its past.


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On Day 4 of the 2014 Kiteracing Youth and Masters Worlds the wind filled into the racing area early in the morning, allowing the race committee to stay on schedule. The breeze had eased a little compared to earlier in the week, giving an opening for the lighter riders to gain an advantage, finish higher up the fleet and edge their way up the overall leaderboard.
The day opened with the Masters Silver fleet, where Erwin Gruber, father of the kiting star Florian, again flourished in the conditions, to knock out a winning performance of 3 bullets from the 4 races.
In the Masters Gold fleet series leader, Wilson Veloso from Brazil, secured two race wins and one second place finish, as he dueled with Poland's Tomek Janiak. Third place on the leaderboard remains wide open with many contenders in with a shot to claim the bronze medal in tomorrow's Championship deciding day. Amongst the likely frontrunners for the bronze is Spain's Pedro Garijo Velasco, who found his form yesterday, and was back on pace today, winning the first race of the day.
In the Youth fleet, Maxime Nocher, the young gun from France, delivered an astonishing performance – a monumental full house of aces – 4 back to back wins in the 4 races. Florian Trittel from Spain had been waiting for his moment to attack, and today he executed a perfect strategy, outfoxing Poland's Maks Zakowski in two of the races - finishing in second place behind Maxime, and also securing a 4th place . The girls are racing in the open fleet, so head to head against the boys. Elena Kalinina from Russia took every advantage from the decrease of breeze and powered around the track, to twice finish in 3rd overall and clamber up the leaderboard to qualify through to tomorrow's Medal Race. Maks' scoreline gave him two second and two third places, so he has lost some ground on his title quest, but with 4 medal races tomorrow – the podium is still wide open
Sunday heralds the final day of racing here at the Kiteboard Youth & Masters World Championships in Cagliari, Italy. We are looking forward to another intense day of racing and crowning the 2014 World Champions. Stay tuned!
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From the heart of Washington wine country...
In Walla Walla for Fall Release Weekend. Day one plans include stops at Woodward Canyon, Cougar Crest, Cayuse, and Corliss Estates among others.
I arrived in town last night to a new Walla Walla experience; it was raining dirt. Yes, you read that correctly. I believe that this is caused by the annual burning of the crop land here as the smell of smoke was very much in the air. Strikingly unappealing I have to say (makes me wish I hadn't gotten my car washed before leaving). "Here's one reason not to move here" a friend noted. I will talk with folks around town and write more on this later (readers who live in town feel free to comment/correct). This morning is warm and partly cloudy with the Blue Mountains looking as beautiful as ever.
In addition to blog posts I will be tweeting along the way @wawinereport. Please note I also (finally) launched a Facebook page for the blog which you can follow here. See yesterday's post for more information on Fall Release Weekend.
Walla Walla Fall Release Weekend: Day 1
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denise Says:
So that's what that was! I live here - but have never encountered the rain dirt! I came out of the grocery store last night and discovered my car was really dirty! Yiikes. Well, don't let that keep you away - and what the hell, a little "dirt" in your wine tastes good, right?
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Sean, like Denise I have never encountered dirt rain. And the burning of the crops is an annual thing in Walla Walla since I was a little girl and have never seen it rain dirt like it did yesterday. Think of it as our own "terroir." Have a great time in Walla Walla. I am looking forward to what you will find.
Sean P. Sullivan Says:
Denise and Catie, many thanks for the comments. Glad to hear it was just some weird thing. Denise, I always wondered what they were talking about when they said "from dirt to glass"! Enjoy the weekend.
Kevin Pogue Says:
The rain/silt mixture was indeed unprecedented in my 20 years in Walla Walla. In the fall after the wheat has been harvested and the fields plowed, there's a lot of loose loess lying around. When the SW winds pick up ahead of an advancing cold front, like the did they a few days ago, the loess goes airborne. If the cold front and associated precipitation catches up with the airborne loess the result is muddy rain. Loess is notoriously prone to taking flight - that's how thick soils of the Palouse were deposited - from the wind. The "dirt rain" as you describe it has nothing to do with field burns - and washing the exterior of a car is always a waste of time and resources in my opinion....


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Report: Moscow spy saga tied to Boston bombings case
The U.S. diplomat expelled for allegedly spying for the CIA was trying to recruit a senior Russian intelligence officer involved with fighting terrorism in the North Caucasus, the region linked to the suspects in the Boston bombing case, the Russian newspaper Kommersanreported, quoting Russian security service sources.
The Russian Foreign Ministry declared Ryan Fogle, a third secretary in the U.S. Embassy's political section, persona non grata on Wednesday and ordered him to leave the country. He was detained by officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Monday night.
Kommersant, quoting "participants of the special operation," said Fogle "was trying to recruit an FSB officer in charge of the fight against terrorism in the North Caucasus."
Russian state television aired footage Wednesday from Russia's security services claiming that another alleged American spy was expelled earlier this year.
In the footage, a man sitting in near darkness who was identified only as an FSB operative said a "CIA operative" was expelled in January. He said the FSB then asked its U.S. counterparts to halt this "disturbing activity."
The man also claimed the Russians had been shadowing Fogle since he began his Moscow posting in 2011.There was no immediate way for the Associated Press to confirm that the person in the video was indeed an FSB operative.
Regarding the latest incident, the FSB released photos showing Fogle, 29, being handcuffed face down while wearing a blond wig under his baseball cap. It also showed wigs, sunglasses, a Moscow map and packets of Euros allegedly in Fogle's possession.
In addition, the security service released a letter that Fogle was allegedly carrying that purportedly spelled out the terms of the CIA's recruitment effort, including a promise of $100,000 for discussing future cooperation and up to $1 million a year for providing information.
Kommersant quoted the sources as saying the Americans apparently got the phone numbers of Russian anti-terrorism officials during meetings about the April 15 Boston bombings.
Two suspects in the Boston Marathon attack, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, lived in the Boston area, but were born in Russia and had moved with their parents to the United States.
Tamerlan, 26, was killed during a police shootout three days after the bombing. Dzhokhar, 19, was wounded in the operation and was later captured. He has been charged in the bombings and is being held at a prison medical center.
Last year, when Tamerlan took a six-month trip to the Russian republic of Dagestan, where he parents had once again re-settled, Russian officials twice exchanged messages with first the FBI, then the CIA, inquiring about Tamerlan and any possible ties to extremists.
The FBI met with Tamerlan but determined that he was not a terror threat. The U.S. sought to find out why the Russians were inquiring about Tamerlan, but received no additional information from the Russians, according to U.S. officials.
During his trip to Russia, Tamerlan spent most of his time in Dagestan, where his parents were living, and Chechnya.
After the bombings, U.S. diplomats and FBI agents from Moscow traveled to Makhachkala, capital of Dagestan, to interview Anzor and Zubeidat Tsarnaev, the suspects' parents. It was not clear from the Kommersant report whether Fogle was one of the diplomats.
The newspaper reported that the American side sought to take advantage of their meetings with Russian anti-terrorism forces "to establish personal contacts" in an effort to bypass bureaucratic delays that often crop up through normal channels.
The newspaper said Fogle allegedly called one senior Russian intelligence official -- the alleged recruitment target -- twice on a cellphone "persistently seeking a personal meeting." It was during a purported meeting that Fogle was detained.
The newspaper noted that the Russian Foreign Ministry, in announcing Fogle's expulsion, made reference to the cooperation between the two countries over terrorism.
"While our two presidents reaffirmed their readiness to expand bilateral cooperation, including through intelligence agencies in the fight against international terrorism, such provocative actions in the spirit of the Cold War did not contribute to the strengthening of mutual trust," the Foreign Ministry statement said.
U.S. Ambassador Michael McFaul was summoned Wednesday to the Foreign Ministry, which said it handed him a formal protest over the incident. McFaul spent about a half-hour at the ministry and left without speaking to journalists.
The State Department confirmed that Fogle worked as an embassy employee but would give no details about his job. The CIA declined comment, the AP reported.
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Errai offers a lightweight and boilerplate-free RPC mechanism. All details can be found here. Simply inject a BatchCaller instead of a Caller<T> to make use of batched remote procedure calls. The rest of the API should be familiar if you already use Errai. Here's an example:
Only after sendBatch is called will the remote methods get executed. An additional RemoteCallback can be provided to the sendBatch call which will be invoked when all remote calls have completed in success. Consequently, an additional ErrorCallback can be provided which will get executed for all remote calls that have completed in failure.
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While promoting a broad range of policies and practices essential to children's well-being, the Alliance for Childhood works intensively on a few critical issues. Among these are the loss of creative play and hands-on activities in children's lives, and the excessive amounts of time spent in front of screens instead of in face-to-face engagement with other children, caring adults, and the natural world. We also work against the commercialization of childhood, the misuse of high-stakes testing, and increasing levels of childhood obesity.
Restoring Play: Play initiated and directed by children should be a rich and vital part of every child's life. It enhances cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development and well-being. The Alliance works with other organizations and individuals in a multi-pronged campaign to restore play.
Media and Childhood: Today's children spend far less time than earlier generations in face-to-face engagement with other children, caring adults, and the natural world. The lure of electronic entertainment diminishes active play and work and the learning of hands-on skills, all of which support children's healthy development and prepare them for the workplace. When it comes to advanced technologies in childhood, the losses often outweigh the gains.
The Alliance's reports and position statements on technology and children have sparked a national debate. Parents, educators, and policymakers around the world have begun to ask searching questions about the potential dangers of a high-tech childhood. Our goal is more balanced and reasoned public discourse about the changes that technology has created in modern childhood.
High Stakes Testing Project: Public schools have seen a dramatic increase in standardized testing as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and, more generally, public acceptance of testing as an equitable way to make schools "accountable." The new tests invariably carry high stakes—that is, the results are linked to serious consequences for students, teachers, and schools. Most Americans believe that linking test results to rewards and punishments is an effective way to force schools to improve, even though research indicates that using tests in this way has the opposite effect, worsening academic performance and increasing dropout rates.
Commercialization of Childhood: Marketing to children has proliferated wildly since it was deregulated by Congress in the 1980s. Approximately $15 billion is spent each year marketing toys, food, and entertainment to children. Children under 19 themselves spend $200 billion per year; children under 12 influence another $500 billion per year in family spending. No longer limited to TV ads, marketers now continually bombard children with ploys in their homes, neighborhoods, and schools. The Alliance partners with 25 other organizations in the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood.
Peace Education: In the months following September 11, 2001 the Alliance created several resources about educating children for peace, including a list of ten simple but effective actions that families and schools can take. Ten Steps for Peace Education has been reprinted in many publications.
Childhood Obesity: In May 2003 the Alliance hosted a briefing on childhood obesity for the U.S. Senate at the request of Senator Mary Landrieu. Presenters included Dr. David Ludwig of Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital in Boston, a school chef from Vermont, and representatives from the Urban Nutrition Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania, which teaches nutrition and gardening in inner-city schools in Philadelphia.
In its work on restoring childhood play, the Alliance notes evidence that children burn far more calories during active play, especially outdoors, than in sedentary activities. There is also evidence that strongly links time spent in front of TV and computer screens with increased risk of obesity.


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So, now that Modern Family won the Emmy, will Sofia make good on her bet? Here were her comments last night in response to a question from a reporter regarding the bet:
Sofia may not have actually done the run and returned to the event (the ad did note that another cast member could be substituted for the honor), but she is considering it.
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Earlier in the night on the red carpet the actress told Billy that her small screen husband might step in for her.
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• July 9, 2004 | 1:17 am ET
X Prize attempt in late September
(Note: Alan's still on vacation; this is his editor, Lori Smith, filling in.)
If you're still kicking yourself for missing SpaceShipOne's historic flight last month, you might pencil in a trip to Mojave for late September. That's when, according to SpaceShipOne pilot Mike Melvill, the same team is going to launch their bid for the $10 million Ansari X Prize.
Appearing on MSNBC's "Deborah Norville Tonight" Thursday, Melvill confirmed earlier reports that Scaled Composites is closing in on an official try, which requires 60-day notice.
"We plan on [trying] toward the end of September this year," said Melvill, adding that he didn't know who would be the pilot for that attempt.
"I'm hoping to encourage another individual to do it, but I'll be standing by in case they need me," he told Norville.
A video clip of Melvill talking about the attempt (including some mild trash-talking) can be watched by clicking here. Another video from the show, in which Melvill describes his history-making flight, can be watched by clicking here.
• July 7, 2004 | 6:40 p.m. ET
All systems go for private spaceship: The problems that dogged SpaceShipOne during its historic spaceflight last month have been resolved, and the rocket plane's next launch will kick off an attempt to win the $10 million Ansari X Prize, team leader Burt Rutan told Wired News.
As the craft climbed to a space-qualifying altitude of 62 miles (100 kilometers) on June 21, it suffered an unexpected roll as well as what Rutan characterized at the time as a serious flight control problem. But Rutan told Wired News that the flight control glitch turned out to be "not serious." The problem was traced to an actuator that hit a stop as it tried to move one of the plane's flaps.
Wired's Dan Brekke quoted Rutan as saying that the roll problem had a different cause: wind shear, which was the main reason why SpaceShipOne didn't go as high as intended and barely made the 100-kilometer milestone.
Resolving these questions opens the way for Rutan and the rest of his Scaled Composites team to schedule a formal Ansari X Prize attempt. Such an attempt would require 60-day advance notice, and the rocket ship would have to carry an extra 396 pounds of ballast to represent the weight of two passengers.
Two qualifying flights would have to be made in the course of two weeks, but Rutan has said he intends to do three launches in a two-week span — to provide an extra margin for winning the prize.
The report from Rutan has already started a drumbeat of anticipation, even though there's no word that the 60-day notice has been given yet. SpaceShipOne pilot Mike Melvill and millionaire space passenger Dennis Tito are scheduled to appear Thursday on MSNBC's "Deborah Norville Tonight," and even the "Foxtrot" comic strip is getting into the X Prize action. (Tip o' the Log to Clark Lindsey.)
• July 7, 2004 | 7:30 p.m. ET
Space mission to the sea: Three astronauts and a NASA engineer will test space station equipment — and practice for living in space as well — in a station-size habitat 62 feet (19 meters) beneath the ocean surface in the Florida Keys.
The July 12-21 tour of duty in the Aquarius Underwater Laboratory is part of the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations project, or NEEMO. John Herrington, the first Native American to fly in space, heads a team that also includes astronauts Doug Wheelock and Nick Patrick as well as biomedical engineer Tara Ruttley.
Craig Cooper and Joe March, systems engineers from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, will work side by side with the NASA crew. The Aquarius facility is owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, operated by the university and funded by NOAA's Undersea Research Program.
For more on Project NEEMO, check out the Web information from NASA or Aquarius. The schedule includes a Webcast at 1 p.m. ET July 15; this page provides more information and gives you a chance to submit questions to the crew.
• July 7, 2004 | 7:30 p.m. ET
Road trip: Following in the footsteps of John Kerry, I am heading out to Cascade, Iowa, for a family visit — then embarking on a westward highway odyssey worthy of the Lewis and Clark bicentennial. Updates to the Log will be sporadic for the next week or so, but don't be surprised if you get a virtual postcard from Yellowstone, or at least Dubuque.
• July 7, 2004 | 6:40 p.m. ET
Scientific smorgasbord on the World Wide Web:
• Science @ NASA: The reality behind a blue moon
• Xinhua: Ancient 'European' skeletons found in China
• BBC: China plans moon mission in 2007
• The Age: Love really is blind
• July 6, 2004 | 8:30 p.m. ET
New look at a two-faced moon: Over the weekend, the Cassini spacecraft took its best snapshots yet of Saturn's bizarre two-tone moon, Iapetus, from a distance of about 1.85 million miles (3 million kilometers).
The images show the black-white, yin-yang pattern that makes Iapetus so distinctive. As detailed in this Space.com report, scientists are still debating what's behind the high-contrast surface. Some believe that as Iapetus spins in its orbit, its leading edge sweeps up a dusting of dark space debris, perhaps including material blown off the dark moon Phoebe. Others say the pattern is more suggestive of dark material welling up from Iapetus' interior.
Cassini could help settle the question during a closer flyby due in September 2007, when the spacecraft comes within 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) of the moon's surface.
Cassini also pointed its camera toward four other moons over the Fourth of July weekend: Mimas, Rhea, Enceladus and Tethys. You still can't make out much detail in the raw imagery, however. All those moons will get better close-ups later in Cassini's four-year mission.
For the next few weeks, things will be fairly quiet as Cassini whirls through the outward arc of a 116-day orbit around the ringed planet. That will give scientists time to digest the data they've already acquired, and get ready for the next milestone.
"The next really big thing is the close Titan flyby in October," spokesman Guy Webster said from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. To get an overview of Cassini's full tour, right down to the dates for close approaches, check out the Planetary Society's orbital guide.
• July 7, 2004 | Updated 2:30 p.m. ET
Cosmonaut controversy: Memorials for Soviet space pioneer Andrian Nikolayev , who unexpectedly died of a heart attack on Saturday, were marred by a bitter dispute over the disposition of his remains, NBC News space analyst James Oberg reports.
"His family and friends had wanted him interred near Moscow, at the cosmonaut training center called Star City," Oberg explained in an e-mail report. "But he died while visiting his home province, and the local leader decreed that he be buried there, at a space museum in his honor."
The 74-year-old Nikolayev was stricken while preparing to officiate at a sporting event in his native Chuvash region, and died in a hospital in Cheboksary, the provincial capital, about 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) east of Moscow.
His daughter, Yelena Mayorova, told local authorities to ship her father's body to Moscow. Nikolai Federov, the president of the Chuvash Autonomous Region, promised her that her wishes "would be considered." But according to Oberg's report, Federov quickly organized a funeral for Monday, with interment at the museum in Nikolayev's boyhood home, the village of Shorsely on the Volga River.
Mayorova and several of Nikolayev's cosmonaut colleagues objected to the plans, according to Russian television reports. Despite those objections, the interment took place as ordered, Oberg reported.
Nikolayev was selected for the first Soviet cosmonaut team and went on two record-breaking space missions, in 1962 and 1970. After his first space mission, he was assigned to coach a new group of women cosmonauts — among whom was Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space in June 1963 and married Nikolayev the following November.
The following year, Tereshkova gave birth to Yelena, the first child of parents who both had been in space. Tereshkova and Nikolayev were later divorced — but the newspaper Moskovsky Komsomolets reports that after her ex-husband's death, Tereshkova took up Yelena Mayorova's argument with Federov, to no avail.
• July 6, 2004 | 8:30 p.m. ET
Your daily dose of science on the Web:
• Discovery.com: Flies have mammal-like sense of taste
• N.Y. Times (reg.req.): Virtual camp trains soldiers in Arabic
• New Scientist: Evolution could speed Net downloads
• Science News: How anesthetics work their magic
The fine print: Looking for older items? Check the Cosmic Log archive. Share your perspective on cosmic subjects with Alan Boyle. If you link to this page, you can use http://cosmiclog.msnbc.com or http://www.cosmiclog.com as the address. MSNBC is not responsible for the content of Internet links.


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By DAVID GREEN
There's a notable absence of "plus" signs in this year's school enrollment chart for Lenawee County.
Britton, one of the smallest districts, showed some growth from the previous year. Every other district—even Madison, the king of mushrooming enrollment—took a drop this year after more than a decade of rising numbers.
Madison lost about four percent of its enrollment from the previous year and Addison lost almost six percent. Deerfield was hit the hardest with a decline of about 10 percent. Dropping by 36 is painful when there are only 357 to begin with.
Britton's kindergarten class nearly doubled in size from the previous year, going from 23 to 43. Hudson's also showed good growth with an increase from 62 to 84.
Whether or not those students will stay around is another matter. Madison lost 21 students from last year's kindergarten class of 152 and Onsted lost 18 of its 118. Clinton went down by 17 and Morenci declined by 13.
Two districts showed large losses over the summer for this year's graduation class. Last year there were 80 students in Morenci's junior class. This year, as seniors, the number fe
ll to 68. At Madison, the junior class of 109 students last year fell by 22 to 87.
Several changes occurred at Madison. A year ago, the senior class of 80 students was the last one in sight below 100. This year, grades eight through 12 are all below 100.
Looking at non-public schools, Lenawee Christian School shows a potential erosion in enrollment ahead. This year's high school classes have 214 students. By contrast, the first four grades have only 135 students.
Schools of Choice
The Schools of Choice option is nearly a wash for Morenci, with 46 students choosing to attend another school—mostly Sand Creek and Hudson—and 50 choosing Morenci over their home district—again, mostly from Sand Creek and Hudson, along with 17 from out of the county. Morenci gets new students from a total of nine other districts.
In many other districts, however, Schools of Choice means a big increase in state funding.
In Britton, 37 percent of the students reside outside the district, including 151 from Tecumseh—an increase of 33 from last year. Without the choice option, Britton would once again be similar in size to Deerfield.
Thirty-four percent of Madison's students are from other districts. The big trade is with Adrian: 433 in and 145 out.
Sand Creek does well, also, with 28 percent of its student body coming from other areas. Without Schools of Choice, Sand Creek's enrollment would shrink from 913 to 700.
Sand Creek takes in students from six other districts, with two-thirds of them coming from Adrian.
Addison does the best at attracting students from out of the county. More than half of its 103 "guest" students come from outside Lenawee County. Forty-five percent of Hudson's are from outside the county.
Schools of Choice numbers showed significant improvement from the previous year in five districts: Britton, +30 students; Sand Creek, +28; Onsted, +27; Clinton, +23; and Blissfield, +22.
Tecumseh showed a decline of 110, Madison's went down by 38 and Addison's fell by 36.


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STERLING — Students at Sterling High School will be spending part of the early release day on Friday participating in a presentation called Rachel's Challenge.
The presentation will be given three times, once for Sterling Middle School eighth graders, once for ninth and 10th graders and lastly to the 11th and 12th graders.
Rachel's Challenge exists to equip and inspire individuals to replace acts of violence, bullying, and negativity with acts of respect, kindness, and compassion. It's based on the life and writings of Rachel Joy Scott, who was the first victim of the Columbine school shootings in 1999. Through her example, Rachel's Challenge is making a positive impact in the lives of millions of people every year.
Superintendents, principals, teachers, parents, and students bring Rachel's Challenge into their schools because of escalating problems such as: bullying, student isolation, teen suicide, discrimination, school violence, and increased disciplinary actions. Through powerful presentations, trainings, community events, and professional development, Rachel's Challenge provides the sustainable solution.
"Rachel's inspiring story provides a simple, yet powerful example of how small acts of kindness and acceptance motivate us to consider our relationships with the people we come in contact with every day," says a press release from the organization. "Rachel's Challenge renews our hope that our life has meaning and purpose. Rachel's story gives us permission to start our own chain reaction of kindness and compassion, which positively affects the climate in our schools and communities."
A few weeks after the Columbine shooting, Darrell Scott, Rachel's father, spoke to a Congressional House Judiciary Committee regarding issues of school violence. His speech has become one of the most widely read on the Internet. Shortly afterwards, he founded "Rachel's Challenge," a bullying and violence abatement program. More than 2.5 million students annually experience Rachel's Challenge and have the opportunity to accept the challenges, modeled after Rachel's life and writings.
The universal message of kindness and compassion told by Rachel's story has been heard by students in several other countries. Since its inception, more than 17 million people have heard Rachel's story in live settings around the world, at least eight school shootings have been prevented, and more than 500 suicides have been averted.
The Scott family and other Rachel's Challenge certified presenters have reached millions more on popular media outlets like CNN, Fox News, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Larry King Live, Oprah, Dateline, O'Reilly Factor, Hannity and Colmes and numerous others. Scott has also authored three books, including the bestseller "Rachel's Tears."
Scott meets regularly with politicians and educators, and is also a keynote speaker at many large educational venues. He met with President Bill Clinton on two occasions and President George W. Bush has written a personal letter recommending Rachel's Challenge.
For more information on Rachel's Challenge call 877-895-7060, or visit www.rachelschallenge.org.


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Obama 'grass-roots' group? Not quite
When President Barack Obama rolled out his new political outfit last week, he and his allies declared it would be powered by grassroots activists and change politics from outside Washington.
Not exactly.
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In its first days, Organizing for Action has closely affiliated itself with insider liberal organizations funded by mega-donors like George Soros and corporations such as Lockheed Martin, Citi and Duke Energy.
And it has quietly sought support from the same rich donors who backed Obama's campaigns, asking for help from Democratic donors and bundlers in town for the Inauguration at a closed-door corporate-sponsored confab that featured Bill Clinton as the keynote speaker.
In fact, invitations for the Saturday meeting at the Newseum where Organizing for Action was unveiled for the liberal big-money set came from Obama's National Finance Committee (one member of which gave a transferable ticket to POLITICO), as well as the Presidential Inaugural Committee, the Center for American Progress and Media Matters.
Dubbed the "Road Ahead" meeting, the conference was sponsored by a White House-allied trade association called Business Forward, which is funded by major corporations including Microsoft, Walmart and PG&E – each of which sent senior executives to participate in a panel on how to boost American economic competitiveness.
Jim Messina, Obama's 2012 campaign manager and the Organizing for Action national chairman, and OfA Director Jon Carson, pleaded with invited big donors to support the new group. "We need you. This president needs you," Messina said, adding Organizing for Action was "building a national advisory board filled with people in this room."
Carson told the donors, who were treated to cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres after the day's sessions, "there's going to be a place for each and every one of you."
Grassroots activists? They got their own pitch the next day at a bigger, no-invitation-necessary gathering called the "Obama Campaign Legacy Conference" held at the Washington Hilton. There, Carson told reporters that OfA would "absolutely" be funded mostly by grassroots donors like those Obama highlighted in his campaign, rather than big corporate donors.
An OfA spokeswoman declined to comment on the group's presentation at the Newseum, its fundraising or relationship with other deep-pocketed liberal groups.
The initial fundraising push highlights the tricky path Obama's allies face in starting the new group. Consider: Obama, who long cast himself as an ardent opponent of big money in politics, is to some extent tying the fate of his populist second-term agenda to a non-profit group registered under a section of the tax code – 501(c)4 – that allows the secret, corporate donations he spent months decrying after they were unleashed by a 2010 Supreme Court decision.


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This year there were more than 3,300 entries into the Goodguys Heartland Nationals show, and I believe it! I found it necessary to buy a new set of tennis shoes Friday night to help me get around all the vehicles while I hunted for the coolest classic trucks. Inside the more-than-spacious main building were plenty of vendors selling parts, tools, and even turnkey hot rods, which were interesting to look at while soaking up as much of the building's air conditioning as possible.
For information on next year's show as well as area info to make travel and lodging reservations-which should be done now-go to www.good-guys.com or pick up a copy of Goodguys Gazette at any of their nationwide shows. Enjoy!


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AUGUSTA, Maine - If you drive along Interstate 95 in the nation's far northeastern corner, "it's trees, trees, trees" for mile after mile, says one motorist. So why not set the cruise control on 75 mph?
That's what a lot of drivers have been doing for years, but now it's legal on one lonesome stretch, making Maine the only state east of the Mississippi River where drivers aren't breaking the law by driving 75 mph.
The new law authorizing the higher limit went on the books Wednesday, though it actually takes effect when new signs replace the old 65 mph ones Tuesday.
The trees, bogs, potato fields and mountain vistas all might look a little blurrier at 75 mph, but drivers also will burn more fuel and risk more destructive accidents. Residents had asked for the change, saying no one obeyed the limit anyway, and their widespread disregard for the current limit hastened the bill's passage.
"Up here, we're isolated," said Rick Castonguay, a real estate broker in Presque Isle. "Going down that stretch of the interstate, it's pretty straight. It's trees, trees, trees. You can literally sit on that road, set your cruise control and watch the trees go by."
The new 75 mph zone covers an approximately 110-mile stretch of road between Old Town, which is a few miles north of Bangor, and Houlton.
The higher limit sets Maine apart from other eastern states, none of which let drivers go that fast. About a dozen western states have 75 mph limits along rural interstates, and Texas even allows 85 mph on some segments, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
The change came fast and quietly in Maine. Freshman state Rep. Alexander Willette said people kept bringing it up when he went door to door campaigning last year in his district, which is north of the speedier highway. Willette, a Republican, says he dealt with other legislative priorities but submitted the bill late in the session "in an effort not to break a promise" to his constituents.
It turned out the state Transportation Department already had done studies showing the change was justified, and the bill whisked through the state House.
Transportation Department spokesman Mark Latti said the department bases its limits on the speed at which 85 percent of motorists travel, and highway surveys showed that percentage was going 74-75 mph along the northern I-95 stretch.
Traffic studies show people travel the speed they feel most comfortable going, no matter what the posted limit is, Willette noted.
That's not how the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety views it.
"People do pay attention to speed limits," said the institute's Anne Fleming, who warned the new limit will just induce people who've been going 75 mph to push the pedal to the metal. "Whatever they're flying along at, whenever they raise the speed limit, they fly along faster."
Fleming conceded the higher limit may save motorists time, but she said studies show higher speeds increase the likelihood of accidents. And when there are crashes, they are worse.
"This," she said, "is the laws of physics at work."
For the American Trucking Associations, the issue is also economic.
"The slower you go, the more (fuel) efficient you tend to be," said ATA spokesman Sean McNally, who calls 62-65 mph "a kind of a sweet spot for economy." The U.S. Department of Energy backs that up, saying gas mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph.
The trucking group is asking the federal government to impose a national 65 mph limit and supports efforts to put electronic speed governors in big rigs to keep them at 65 mph or under.
Wade McCrum, who owns 17 trucks that use I-95 to haul potatoes, said his drivers who now go the posted limit will be told to go 70 mph, but no faster, when the new law takes effect to maintain fuel efficiency.
"We're increasingly trying to decrease our carbon footprint from the farm to the fryer," said McCrum.
Asked whether time savings from the added speed will save money for his company, JPD Transport, he said, "I certainly hope so."
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety page on speed limits: http://www.iihs.org/laws/speedlimits.aspx


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