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The solar market in India continues to grow and evolve rapidly – even as the domestic power sector struggles to keep the lights on. In the last two years installed solar photovoltaic capacity has risen from 20 MW to more than 1000 MW. The price for solar power continues to decline (by as much as 7% per annum in India), tracking the global reduction in solar module costs. It now seems that grid parity in India will be reached – as earlier forecasts had predicted - by 2017.
The policy framework for promoting solar also continues to evolve positively. A number of states are pursuing the development of significant solar parks which have the potential to overcome the challenges of land and power distribution sometimes encountered by investors. In Gujarat, Asia's first – and the world's largest - solar park has been built and will save an estimated 8 million tonnes of emissions each year (see images on this page).
Following the successful development of the ADB Partial Credit Guarantee, the World Economic Forum has continued to look for innovative approaches to support the sector's growth and increase private sector investment in the region.
The market for renewable energy certificates (RECs) – which allows Indian states to comply with renewable purchase obligations – is being touted as a positive driver for investment. The market, while still nascent, could provide an additional source of funding and a flexible market mechanism to incentivize investment. To support market expansion, the World Economic Forum has been working with international donors, including the UK government, to create new financial structures to support the REC market.
Project Background
published: 31.1.2012
Location: Asia, India, Multi-state
Date project established: May 2011
India's vision for solar power: The Indian government has identified solar power as central to its long term energy security, a key component of its response to climate change and as a further spur to its economic growth agenda. The size of the investment opportunity in Indian solar ranges between $35-110bn over the next decade.
To reflect the importance of solar power as a national priority, the government launched the National Solar Mission (NSM) in 2009 with the objective of deploying 20,000 mw of solar power by 2022 . Recent estimates put the total grid connected solar power capacity that is likely to be delivered by 2013 at 1,802MW with the majority (1,098MW) coming from state schemes (704MW under the NSM).
Delivery of these ambitious objectives are expected to have significant co-benefits as a result of:
- Energy security: India faces significant, and growing, hydrocarbon import dependence. According to analysis delivered by KPMG the expansion of solar power has the capacity to replace up to 30% of imported coal by 2021-22
- Job creation: The expansion of solar power has the potential to create a significant number of new jobs in India, up to 1 million in the period 2017-22
- Rural electrification: In a country where as much as 45% of the rural community lack access to electricity through the grid, expansion in distributed solar power could also play a vital role in energising communities and replacing diesel and kerosene power generation
To achieve this ambitious goal, the federal government has defined a robust strategy for solar investment in the first phase of the NSM (2010-2013) with the objective of achieving price parity with conventional grid power
To achieve the goals set by the central and some state governments, some challenges that prevent financial closure for some projects need to be addressed, including:
- Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) structure: PPAs are not assignable to lenders, and there are questions over the long term viability of the feed in tariff and the solvency of state utilities
- Project size: The first wave of solar projects allocated India under the NSM (5-10MW) have laid the groundwork for larger projects, with these larger projects the need for larger pools of capital (private and multi-lateral) is generally considered to be needed
- Availability and cost of financing: there are currently high domestic borrowing costs (~11%) and limited experience with non-recourse debt financing models. There are some good developments here, with fit-for-purpose financial instruments targeted at India solar (such as partial credit or risk guarantees) under development
Project objective: To help identify the 'ways and means' to scale up private sector financing of solar projects, the World Economic Forum, in 2010 launched the Critical Mass Initiative to convene public and private sector stakeholders and design financing vehicles that could help to 'crowd in' private sector developers. The UK government's CMCI is now building on this. Through this process discussions were held on the significant role that multilaterals have to play in developing and applying risk mitigation tools for private sector projects. These discussions concluded that one solution that would draw in private investment would be for the Asian Development Banks (ADB) to launch a Partial Credit Guarantee (PCG), to provide cover against legal, political, commercial, and technical risks.
Mitigation and/or Adaptation
The ADB has now successfully launched a US$150 m Partial Credit Guarantee Facility, which covers 50% of the payment default risk on bank loans made to solar project developers, replacing half of a project's risk (estimated at B-BB equivalent) with ADB credit risk (AAA). This enables extension of loan tenors to over 15 years and allows ADB to leverage financial support for projects that are too small for typical commercial project financing. The facility is available to local and foreign commercial banks that are looking to finance private sector solar power plants in India. The ADB is conducting due diligence on three local banks, which are expected to become partner banks under the program and to extend credit to solar developers/operators. A number of projects are now in the due diligence stage and seeking to benefit from the PCG representing in excess of 600MW under both the NSM and state schemes.
The extension of the PCG represents an important first step and demonstrates how public and private partnerships could be effectively formed. Other important tools can also be used to catalyse private sector investment at the scale required to achieve the government's goals in NSM Phase II. These include the potential expansion of large scale solar parks concepts to ease issues and costs associated with land acquisition, access to evacuation infrastructure and financing transactions costs. A related concept; solar bonds has also been identified as a potential means by which large scale debt finance could be accessed to support the expansion of the solar industry.
Social Benefits
India needs to sustain economic growth of 9% over the next 20 years to eradicate poverty and meet its human development goals. Meeting the energy requirements to match this growth rate in a sustainable manner, as outlined above, presents a major challenge. In a country where as much as 45% of the rural community lack access to electricity through the grid, expansion in distributed solar power could also play a vital role in literally – energising communities.
The development of a vibrant domestic solar industry could also act as a powerful spur to endogenous industrial and rural economic growth and help underpin energy security . According to KPMG the solar value chain in India presents a potential USD$110bn market in the next decade . In addition the expansion of solar power has the potential to create a significant number of new jobs in India, up to 1 million in the period 2017-22 . This is in addition to the substantial economic benefits of increasing rural electrification and reducing negative health outcomes associated with burning fossil fuels.
Potential for scaling-up and replication of project
This project seeks to support the emergence of financing frameworks and instruments for solar energy in India. While this has been designed to overcome specific barriers relevant to the domestic political, technical and financial context it is expected that models have direct relevance across geographies.
The potential to scale up financial frameworks once proven is significant and limited only by private capital's appetite to invest in what could, as a result of this work, become commercially attractive investment propositions.
Learnings from this project will/are being taken to other countries that aim to scale up solar, including Kenya and potentially South Africa


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Years ago, a friend brought one of his college classmates to my house for a visit. The classmate was not easy to talk to, perhaps because he'd just returned from a couple of years in a Japanese monastery where he'd spent his days in silence, on his knees, picking clean the moss around a temple. I was envious of that experience, wanted him to transfer it to me somehow, though clearly he could not.
Their visit occurred while I was wresting the place I'd just bought -- the Blue Ridge mountain cabin I still call home -- from the blackberry and poison ivy wilderness that had encroached during decades of neglect. One of my first projects was to clear a stretch of yard for a flower garden. All the grass and vines and briars came out; the cleared space yawned before me. In my haste to match my border with my vision for it, I tended not to heed dire warnings from fellow gardeners about certain plants I was welcoming into my life.
My gardening guru caught me transplanting bouncing bet I'd found along the railroad track into spaces between my few clumps of daffodils and iris. "If it can survive in those rocks and cinders, it's going to go crazy in your garden. It'll take over," he warned. I tucked in another plant, my mind's eye focused on glossy gardening magazine photographs showing tiers of simultaneously blooming plants in glorious massed borders. "I want it to take over," I proclaimed. And it did. Likewise the tansy I salvaged from his garden. "You don't want it," he said, savagely yanking the fragrant dark foliage out by the fistful. "If you must," he insisted, as I picked through his discards to find some with roots, "at least put it off by itself."
But I didn't. I've spent years now trying to control those and several other invasive plants I moved into my garden (borage, ajuga and oregano come to mind). But it's mint, a relative newcomer, that confounds me now. It's taken over a corner (a corner -- more like a third!) of one of the two large beds that contain my garden's bestsoil. It was there, among the rhubarb, asparagus, and flowering perennials, that the mint established its base camp. It has since invaded the lawn, and is making a concerted effort to gain control of the part of the bed reserved for my annual vegetable crops.
Unlike the other plants that plague me, I did not knowingly introduce the mint. Near as I can tell, it infiltrated my flower bed three years ago, when I was falling in love and not thinking clearly. My whole garden barely got a look-see during the months I was discovering the man with whom I now share my life. The mint caught me with my guard down, my attention diverted. That's all a lowly interloper of its ilk seeks -- not sunlight, or fertilizer, or water, or space -- just time.
When I finally refocused on the garden, the mint was firmly entrenched. Where it's been in residence longest, I have to pound my garden claw into the soil, then tug at the roots with all my might. Sometimes even that fails.
I sift the soil for every shred of mint root. Each is capable of sending forth new shoots and reoccupying the territory in remarkably short order. For the last two years, I've devoted untold hours to what I acknowledge now is mint containment rather than mint eradication. It's slow work, ultimately hopeless, like digging a tunnel with a teaspoon. Evening after evening, I kneel to the task I think of as "the discipline." The work's not hard, just time-consuming. It focuses my attention, un-addles me, gives me a chance to think, to celebrate, to ponder and to grieve. Sometimes, as I work the mint, I draw a step closer to what it was I wanted that man who'd spent time in the Japanese monastery to give to me. It's easier now than it was back then to picture myself in pale monk's robes, silent and serene, removing every bit of grass, every pine needle, from the blue-black moss, which is spongy and resilient beneath my hands.
Eyes on the ground, I shake the dirt from from the mint's tangled roots onto an enlarging rectangle of soil loose enough to stir with my fingers. My thoughts drift to my courting days. I recall the hot demandingness, the all-consuming fire that allowed this crinkly-leafed, indomitable plant to dig itself in. As I stand to dump a bucket of mint roots over the bank, I look across the daylilies to the hammock, where the man I deserted my garden and my senses for lies reading. He's slower than the mint, but he's rooting himself here too, in this garden, this season, this life.


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"A Perfect Secret" by Kelly Long introduces us to Rose and Luke. Engaged to be married and Rose is not yet sure she knows all there is to Luke Lantz. Things have turned up missing in their Amish community. Rose sets a trap hoping to find out who the Robin Hood is. Rose has to learn to trust Luke and his mysterious mission. Will Rose know that Luke is her true love?
"A Perfect Match" by Kathleen Fuller has Naomi who brought her sister Priscilla and Chester together. She seems perfectly content with her life until Chester's cousin Zeke comes to save the day. Naomi puts her match making skills to work and sets him up with a fellow worker in her bakery. Will that romance work out or are there better days ahead for Naomi?
"A Perfect Plan" by Beth Wiseman brings all of the above characters together for the planning and wedding of Priscilla and Chester. Priscilla likes to be organized and have everything planned out. Things don't always go as planned though. Only God knows what will happen. Is the wedding what God has planned for them?


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Book traces storied but troubled D.C. baseball history
Examines 19th-century ball, Big Train and only World Series title, both Senators teams
Younger fans may be excused for assuming that the history of Major League Baseball in Washington began in 2005 when the Montreal Expos relocated and were rebranded the Nationals. But there was big league baseball in the nation's capital long before Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg.
Those with a few more trips around the block probably recall that there was once a team called the Washington Senators. Frank Howard hit mammoth home runs at RFK Stadium and Ted Williams managed there in the 1960s and early '70s.
Students of the game know that a Senators team actually won the World Series in 1924, featuring a roster headlined by fearsome right-hander Walter (Big Train) Johnson and managed by boy wonder Bucky Harris.
Frederic J. Frommer ably covers all this -- and much, much more -- in a definitive book, "You Gotta Have Heart: A history of Washington baseball from 1859 to the 2012 National League East champions."
The title comes from the hit song in the 1950s Broadway show "Damn Yankees" in which a mild-mannered but long-suffering Senators fan named Joe Boyd agrees to sell his soul to the devil to help his team win. Boyd is transformed into a 21-year-old slugger named Joe Hardy, who does, in fact, lead the Senators to the pennant. The play was based on a 1954 novel by Washington native Douglass Wallop.
As Frommer makes abundantly clear, being a baseball fan in Washington has required plenty of heart, not to mention patience and forgiveness over the years.
After all, Washington -- "First in war, first in peace and last in the American League," as it was frequently said -- is the only city to lose its only team twice. The original Senators became the Minnesota Twins in 1961. The expansion Senators lasted 11 seasons before becoming the Texas Rangers in 1972. And that's not even the worst of it.
As Frommer points out, the original Senators were an up-and-coming club when owner Calvin Griffith moved the team to Minnesota. Within five years, the Twins were in the World Series. Since 1961 was an expansion year, some argued that Griffith should have been forced to accept an expansion team. Instead, Washington was given the team that had to start all over with a roster made up of players deemed expendable by the other teams.
And that's only one instance of Washington baseball reaching a fork in the road ... and ending up going the wrong way. The book says that Griffith considered signing a player to break the color barrier before Branch Rickey brought Jackie Robinson to the Dodgers in 1947.
Five years earlier, Griffith met with catcher Josh Gibson and first baseman Buck Leonard, two of the biggest stars of the Negro Leagues. In the end, though, short-term financial considerations prevailed. Griffith was making money renting out his stadium to the local Homestead Grays and feared that if the doors were opened for African-American players to compete in the Majors, the Negro Leagues would collapse, depriving him of a revenue stream.
Who knows how the history of baseball in Washington might have been changed if the Senators, who were ahead of the curve in recruiting Cuban players, had also beaten the rest of baseball to the punch in signing some of the best African-American players?
But they didn't. The Senators of Harmon Killebrew and Bob Allison went to Minnesota. The Senators of Howard and manager Gil Hodges toiled at D.C. Stadium. And after a disappointing 1968 season, then-owner James Lemon put the team up for sale. The two leading contenders to buy the team ended up being legendary comedian Bob Hope and Minnesota trucking and hotel magnate Bob Short. Again, fate was not kind to Washington.
Short prevailed. And soon after buying the team, he was quoted as saying he wouldn't sign any papers that would prevent him from moving the team. It was a comment that was both ominous and prescient. After a series of escalating demands for lease concessions, he took the team to Arlington, Texas, after only four years of stewardship in the District of Columbia.
The Senators' final game at the renamed Robert F. Kennedy Stadium was played on Sept. 30, 1971. Fans unfurled banners making their displeasure with Short apparent. Before the game could be completed, fans became so unruly that the umpires forfeited the game to the Yankees.
It would be 34 years before Major League Baseball returned.
The story ends on a high note, with the Nationals posting baseball's best record in 2012 and winning the NL East. And Frommer makes the case that there's good reason to be optimistic about the future even though the Nats missed the playoffs this season.
In the meantime, the past is well-chronicled in this volume, from the very beginnings of the sport in the capital in 1859 -- games were played near the White House on a piece of land that is now the Ellipse -- to the Senators' beginnings as a charter AL franchise in 1901 to the only World Series championship Washington has ever experienced in 1924 (and how a bribery scandal could have derailed it). And to the many fallow years that followed to the 1945 pitching appearance by former fighter pilot Bert Shepard, who wore an artificial leg, to the sometimes complicated relationship between baseball and politics, there's something here for fans of any age.


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Last year, the companies received "proof of concept" awards from EPA and will use the additional funds announced May 11 to move their technologies toward commercialization.
"The health and prosperity of our nation is due to the strength and ingenuity of our small businesses," said Paul T. Anastas, Ph.D., assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Research and Development. "These awards will help spur innovation from America's small businesses so they can continue driving our economy and powering our environmental successes."
EPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program issues solicitations for research proposals from small science and technology firms. Phase I contracts are used to investigate the scientific merit and technical feasibility of a concept. The Phase II contracts, announced this week, are used to develop and commercialize the technologies.
Some of the technologies that are being developed in these awards include using microbial fuel cells to simultaneously clean wastewater and generate electricity, and developing a chromium-free, corrosion-resistant coating that can be used for industrial, automotive, and aerospace corrosion protection. Down to Earth Energy of Monroe, Ga., received $345,000 for commercialization of solid acid and base catalysts derived from biochar optimized to produce biodiesel from low-cost oils. Fuss & O'Neill of Manchester, Conn., received the same amount for granular activated carbon microbial fuel cells for wastewater treatment and power generation. To see the full list, visit www.epa.gov/ncer/sbir/10awards.


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Prosecutors will now decide if there is enough evidence to bring the case to court, where Pacquiao could face up to two years in jail if convicted.
Bureau of Internal Revenue regional director Rozil Lozares says a complaint was filed March 1 after Pacquiao failed to submit the documents despite three notices and a subpoena.
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October 29, 2013
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The Subcommittee is meeting today to examine issues impacting the maritime transportation sector that the Subcommittee may need to address in legislation.
The Subcommittee has already held several hearings this year to review the budgets and programs of the Coast Guard, the Federal Maritime Commission, and the Maritime Administration. We have also heard from nearly 20 experts from industry, labor, and academia with innovative ideas to improve these programs, reduce regulatory burdens, and grow jobs in the maritime sector. I look forward to combining these ideas with information presented by our witnesses today to form the basis of bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Coast Guard and FMC and make improvements to the maritime transportation system.
I have several goals for this legislation: reauthorize the activities of the Coast Guard and the FMC in a fiscally responsible manner that reflects the current budget environment while ensuring these agencies have the resources they need to successfully conduct their missions; improve the effectiveness of Coast Guard missions by reducing inefficient operations and enhancing oversight; place the Coast Guard's major systems acquisition program on a sustainable track that will ensure the delivery of critically needed assets in a timely and cost effective manner; and encourage job growth in the maritime sector by cutting regulatory burdens on job creation and improving federal programs intended to promote and develop a strong maritime industry in the United States.
I look forward to writing legislation that accomplishes these goals and to working with Ranking Member Garamendi and other members of the Subcommittee on this effort.
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To compensate Silent Hill HD Collection owners on Xbox 360 for canning the patch, Konami has announced via Facebook it will give players another game in exchange. Owners of the game on 360 will need to send in their original purchase receipt dated on or before August 8, 2012 along with a request for the […]
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Feds threatened to cut funding
Gov. Paul LePage says the federal government approves of the state's plan to correct problems at a state-run psychiatric hospital.
The Republican governor announced that the state received a letter late Thursday from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The federal government had threatened to cut $20 million from the hospital by Sept. 2, citing concerns of overcrowding, understaffing and the use of correctional officers, which the hospital said was necessary because patients were attacking staff.
Several patients come to the center via jail or court order.
The state on Thursday approved a plan to create a mental health wing at the state prison.
It will decertify 20 beds at Riverview, allowing it to continue using correctional officers. But it will no longer get Medicaid or Medicare reimbursements for those beds.


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The newly renovated Holiday Inn Columbus Downtown Capitol Square is located in the heart of downtown Columbus. Located nearby is the State Capitol Building, Center of Science and Industry (COSI), and many arts and entertainment venues. We offer free shuttle service from Port Columbus International Airport (just eight miles away) and within a three-mile radius in downtown Columbus. It is just a short ride to go to the Arena District with lively food and entertainment venues, along with Nationwide Arena, Huntington Park, and the Columbus Convention Center; German Village with historic homes, bookstores, and food selections ranging from Bratwurst to fine dining; the Short North District with eclectic art galleries, shopping, and international foods; The Ohio State University and Campus District, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Holiday Inn Columbus Downtown Capitol Square is ideally situated whether you are traveling for business or pleasure.
The Holiday Inn Downtown has just completed renovations of the lobby, along with the addition of an indoor pool, exercise room, and 4,500 square foot ballroom. All 240 guest rooms have been renovated with new carpet, furniture, and bedding. We look forward to showing you our exciting new look!
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Exploring TOXMAP Data in the ClassroomAccess Environmental Toxicology Data at TOXMAP
The Dataset
Accessing Environmental Toxicology Data at TOXMAP allows users to create and view maps of chemicals released into the air, ground, and water. Maps show the locations of facilities that have had chemical releases, and users can look up the type of release, amount of release, and trends over time. Users can create nationwide or local area maps by searching the EPA's Toxics Release Inventory by chemical name and/or place name.
Use and Relevance
TOXMAP is a Geographic Information System (GIS) that archives chemical release data. Scientists use the Toxic Release Inventory Program (TRI) to monitor release of environmentally relevant chemicals and to examine their distribution in soil, water and air surrounding reporting facilities.
Use in Teaching
Map of naphthalene release in the Midwest, map generated using TOXMAP.
This dataset can be used to teach the following topics and skills in environmental science and physical geography:
- Toxic waste emissions and distribution
- Pollution
- Environmental Justice
- Epidemiology and risk analyses
- Using data to generate maps with toxic release information
- Performing temporal and spatial comparisons of toxin release and distribution in soil, water, and air
- Combining datasets, such as toxic release map and US census data
- Comparing toxic release maps to physical information obtained from the USGS National Atlas to determine potential downstream sinks for released chemicals
- Analyzing properties of toxic chemicals, including manufacturing and use, environmental fate and exposure, and human health effects
- The TOXMAP site contains FAQs addressing both specific questions related to TOXMAP and TRI data as well as general questions related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
- A visual guide that walks users through TOXMAP.
- Environmental Health Risk Inventory of your Neighborhood: Detailed tutorial from Integrating Research and Education on how to use data from multiple sites, including TOXMAP, in the classroom.
- How Healthy is Your Neighborhood?: Detailed example and teaching notes for an activity that uses data from multiple sites, including TOXMAP (from Integrating Research and Education).
- TOXMAP - An Environmental Health Data Visualization Tool: A brief article discussing development of the TOXMAP site (from Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Medical Informatics).
- Urban Environmental Justice Indices: An article that uses TRI data and GIS to develop environmental justice indices (from The Professional Geographer).
- Data at EPA's Superfund contain maps, chemical searches, information, and additional links.
- A glossary of terms is available at TOXMAP.
- About TOXMAP: Information about TOXMAP and its use.
- TRI program: Homepage for the TRI Program at the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Geology and Human Health: Collection of links related to geology and human health from Cutting Edge.
- Environmental Health Risk Inventory: Collection of resources from Integrating Research and Education. Provides links to additional tools and databases related to examining toxin release and human health risks.
- The National Library of Medicine provides a resources page on Environmental Health and Toxicology with links appropriate for students and educators from K-12 to the undergraduate level. Of particular interest for educators, is the EdTox collection of resources related to toxicology and environmental health education.
How Healthy is Your Neighborhood: Activity with teaching notes (from Integrating Research and Education)
Exploring the Data
Data Type and Presentation
Data are processed and presented on maps. Chemical release data can be superimposed on maps representing over 23,000 reporting facilities. Histograms representing chemical distribution in soil, air, and water are also provided for each reporting facility.
Accessing the Data
To initiate access to the data, users click on a map of the US or choose a specific state to examine (the map contains a zoom function that can be used to isolate an area of interest). Once the geographical location is chosen, color coded chemical release maps can be generated to examine a single chemical (in pounds released per year) or a trend (pounds released in a given year compared to an average of all previous years). The Integrating research and Education site provides a tutorial on accessing data from TOXMAP.
Manipulating Data and Creating Visualizations
Students can generate release maps for specific chemicals by location. Annual data are archived from 1987-2003, allowing for both temporal and spatial comparisons. US census data can be superimposed onto areas of interest. Maps can also be combined with data from Cancer Mortality Maps and Graphs and other demographic layers including, age, gender, income, and disease mortality.
Tools for Data Manipulation
The TOXMAP interface is used for generating chemical release maps and for overlaying US census data onto chemical release maps. Maps can be saved as JPEG images. Individual maps can be printed and examined. TOXMAP does not provide tools for combining multiple datasets.
About the Data
Collection Methods
Chemical abundance in soil, water, and air is either collected or estimated on site at facilities.
Limitations and Sources of Error
Data are either measured or estimated by individual reporting facilities. The EPA examines chemical release data, but accuracy and quality of reported data is dependent upon methods at individual facilities. The data only includes Toxic Release Inventory Data, other toxic releases are not included in the datasets.


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Logistics and transportation
Goods transportationIn cooperation with our transport providers, SKF Logistics Services strives to devise processes and solutions that will ultimately reduce our carbon footprint.
We focus on three key dimensions to reduce emissions from our goods transportation:
• Shifting towards more efficient transport modes
• Improve efficiency in the transports chosen
• Reduce number of transports
These include optimising the 'fill rate' of trucks, ensuring they operate at full capacity and shifting from air to road transportation, or from road to train as two examples.
The use of trains can have a particularly dramatic effect – an increase in this method of transport between our factory in Gothenburg and distribution centre in Belgium resulted in an annual reduction in carbon emissions of 230 tonnes.
Finding other environmentally-sound alternatives to transport our goods is an on-going endeavour. Our participation in the Clean Shipping Initiative and the Swedish network for transport and environment (NTM) enable us to work together with other like-thinking businesses in advocating better environmental performance in the transport industry.
Reducing emissions from transports
Reducing emissions from transports
Read more on SKF Logistics Services actions to reduce cost and emissions from goods transportation
SKF Logistics Services Collaborations to reduce environmental impact from transportation
The Network for Transport Measurements is a non-profit NGO that was started in 1993 to establish a common ground of values and methods on how to calculate the environmental performance for different transport modes. This continuous work has recently resulted to a new CEN standard (EN 16258). SKF Logistics Services uses the method and models developed by NTM for our emissions calculations. Read more here.
KNEG was founded in 2006 and is a joint initiative between fifteen national and multinational Swedish companies and agencies. By starting joint projects between members the goal is "to halve emissions from the typical Swedish long-haul transport operation by 2020 compared with 2005. " SKF Logistics Services has been members since 2012 and aims to launch its first joint project during 2013. Read more here.
Clean Shipping
The Clean Shipping index takes into account the major part of environmental effects connected to shipping, such as emissions to air and water, use of chemicals etc. The index ranks vessels or shipping companies according to the most relevant issue, decided by the user.
The index supports SKF Logistics Services as a cargo owner, to find shipping companies with companies with the best performance regarding CO2 emissions.
Business travel
Business travel is a necessary activity for a multinational company like SKF. However with new technologies and hence availability of various networking, collaboration tools, we see to it that these alternatives are easily accessible to our employees.
Web-conferencing is a common practice at SKF. Moreover we have also invested in more than 70 state-of-the-art video conferencing facilities in more than 20 countries in recent years. Courses are also available to employees to learn more about how to best utilize difference virtual tools for different business needs.
Virtual collaboration tools are not only alternatives that are carbon- and cost-saving, by taking full advantage of these technologies, our employees can carry-out their business affairs without the need to spend relentless hours in travel transit.


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strategic Planning
Do you plan by year, by quarter or by month - or a combination? At the P&L line, account group, account, or line item level? CCH Tagetik was built to help modernize & optimize strategic planning and budgeting processes, regardless of your approach.
Offering built-in financial intelligence and unified budgeting, forecasting, modeling and reporting capabilities, our strategic planning software helps you deliver more accurate strategic plans, improved decision-making and better business performance.
strategic Planning key capabilities include
Align Finance with Operations
The strategic plan is a sum of all parts, which means finance and operations need to find common ground. Using a suite of collaboration tools, finance and operations can work together within the system to share documents, comments, changes, and versions, while tracking activity. Administrators keep their tabs on contributors with the ability to determine workflows, see report status, set deadlines and communicate through IM and email without leaving the interface.
Business Driver Impact
In order to create a plan that will action on the best strategy, CCH Tagetik allows you to assess the impact of different operational, financial and HR scenarios by modelling those drivers and then incorporating results into budgets, plans and forecasts. Using real-time data and without waiting for data synchronization, recalculation or reconsolidation, compare variance in reports and play out what-if scenarios.
Real-time Performance Insights
Instantly analyze business scenarios, assess your course of action and make a move. CCH Tagetik provides real-time updates, alerts and notifications. You can set notifications by email, receive them through the application or send them to your mobile device. With scorecards, dashboards, web reports and ad hoc analytics that update as your numbers do, you can respond as things change.
Forecast across fiscal years or develop periodic and rolling forecasts using the real-time actuals, historical information, budgeting and planning data. Re-forecast plans, financial statements and budgets based on variances in models and various business drivers. Assessing changing market conditions and internal operating scenarios is easy in CCH Tagetik.
Any report can be 'dragged and dropped' to become a dashboard and include visualizations. CCH Tagetik makes it easy for every non-financial and non-technical user to be a more informed decision-maker. Every user can easily generate reports and analyze performance using CCH Tagetik's self-service analytics.
So you can choose the best strategic direction, CCH Tagetik enables you to play out what-if scenarios and create snapshots according to various operational and financial assumptions. See results and how they affect key performance reports like the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow and then compare those results side-by-side, visually, in a single click.
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Melanie Schleeweis-Connor embraces the kinetic lifestyle
Melanie never stops moving. Her goal-oriented approach to business is the same as it is to weight conditioning, running, yoga, and skydiving: 'I take the same path to EcoBuilding solutions as I do my own lifestyle of wellness … sustainable energy and continuous improvements mean a smoothly functioning machine'.
Melanie connects with partners and customers from Nashville, Tennessee (US) to the UK, to Norway, thriving on collaboration. Mindful of a life/work balance, Melanie Schleeweis-Connor carves her own benchmarks. But why does she keep on moving? 'I have an insatiable thirst for life', she says, 'There's way too much fun to be had'.
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It's summer in the southern hemisphere, and that means RV season for Aussies and Kiwis. But, according to Wired.com, the camper hasn't been cool for years, save the iconic Airstream trailer.
To combat the boring designs littering roads Down Under, New Zealand design firm W2 has created the Romotow, a convertible trailer that pops out – flash-drive style – into a fully functional and attractive living space with enough extra square footage to lounge. That might not mean much to the North American RV industry, but the caravan motorhome and camping industry is the fastest-growing tourism sector in Australia and New Zealand.
Besides calculated aerodynamics and lightweight construction materials, the trailer comes with power-assisted braking, pneumatic shocks, gyroscope-assisted self-leveling pads and struts and a rear-mounted camera for tricky back-ups. Inside, there's a kitchenette, bathroom, louvered windows for air flow and built-in shades. Buyers can add on a sheltered BBQ deck area, sliding doors, and furniture.
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A city official says hundreds of workers were involved in fraudulently claiming unemployment benefits while still holding government jobs.
The Washington Examiner reports an investigation is ongoing after the scandal was uncovered earlier this year. Lisa Mallory, director of the D.C. Department of Employment Services told D.C. Councilmembers on Monday that her agency continues to investigate.
Mallory says workers took in nearly $2 million in unemployment benefits. More than 300 cases have been referred to the district's attorney general.
Pedro Ribeiro, a spokesman for Mayor Vincent Gray, says the city will pursue every case.
Mallory says the district has recouped about $1 million in overpayments. Other workers are on payment plans.
In August, a judge sentence one former worker to 45 days in jail for stealing $27,200 while employed.


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Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Servings and Times
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 1.5
Ingredients and Preparation
- Combine the fruit in a blender and puree to break everything up.
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Less than two months after the Women's March, women and allies are expected to come together on March 8 and demonstrate to show the indispensable role women play on a daily basis in all of society.
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Rallies are scheduled all across the country Wednesday which happens to fall on International Women's Day. Not every woman or ally will be able to participate in the massive demonstration, however organizers are still encouraging everybody to take part in "A Day without a Woman."
Here are a few ways the Women's March organization say you can be a part of the movement no matter where you are:
On 3/8, wear red in solidarity with #DayWithoutAWoman. Here's why. pic.twitter.com/7uqrkS7b5r— Women's March (@womensmarch) March 5, 2017
1. Wear RED—the color signifying revolutionary love and sacrifice—to show solidarity with "A Day Without a Woman."
2. Only spend money at small, women and minority-owned businesses for the day.
3. Women take the day off from paid and unpaid labor.
According to the organizers, March 8 is being used to "call out to decision-makers at the workplace and in the government to extend equal pay and adequate paid family leave for women."
Some business are expected to close for the day or give their female employees the day off, similar to how employers responded to "A Day without Immigrants". In addition, some households that use caregivers, nannies, housekeepers, etc. will give a paid day off in order to show respect and solidarity for the importance of their work, the organization said.
RELATED: Things that wouldn't exist if it weren't for women
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Dubai enjoys a rich heritage, with Dubai history going back to prehistoric times, although the Emirate itself is much more modern. The biggest changes in the history of Dubai have come since the discovery of oil fifty years ago.
3000 BC: When Dubai history could be said to have begun. Archaeological evidence points to the area having been settled from at least the Bronze Age.
5th - 7th centuries AD: Jumeirah was a trade route caravan station linking Oman with what is now Iraq. Livelihoods were based on fishing, boat-building and pearling.
16th century: European influence began with Portuguese interest in the area's trade routes.
1793: The Bani Yas tribe assumed political power and settled in Abu Dhabi. Dubai later became a dependency. This period of Dubai history was beset with many tribal wars.
1820: Britain negotiated the first of many maritime truces with local rulers. This led to the area being dubbed the Trucial Coast.
1833: Maktoum Bin Butti of the Bani Yas tribe settled on the Shindagha Peninsula at the mouth of the Creek, declaring the town's independence from Abu Dhabi. His dynasty still rules Dubai today.
1870s: Dubai became the principal port on the Gulf coast, with pearling the mainstay of the city's prosperity.
1902: The welcome migration of Iranian traders and Arab settlers to Dubai following the introduction of heavy taxes on Iran's Lingeh port. Dubai's trade has never looked back.
Overseas and domestic trade flourished, and Dubai boasted the largest souks in Arabia.
1950s: Oil discovered in the Trucial States.
1960s: The Indian and Pakistani population of Dubai grows, breathing new life into the textile market and increasing trade from the Indian subcontinent.
1966: A milestone in Dubai history. Oil is discovered in Dubai's Fateh Oil field.
1971: The United Arab Emirates was formed for mutual security and prosperity and joined the Arab League. Dubai International Airport opened.
1979: Jebel Ali port opened. Dubai World Trade Centre opened – the city's first high-rise, paving the way for a string of other ambitious architectural projects.
1985: Emirates airline launched. Jebel Ali Free Zone inaugurated, attracting considerable overseas investment.
1996: Dubai World Cup held for the first time. Dubai Shopping Festival launched.
1999: Burj Al-Arab opened and hailed as the world's only seven-star hotel.
2002: Sheikh Mohammed launches Internet and Media cities and private ownership for foreigners laying the foundations for "New Dubai".
2003: Ambitious projects began, including the world's tallest tower, and 200 man-made islands.
2006: Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum becomes Ruler of Dubai and Vice President of the UAE.
2009: Emirates Terminal 3 and the Metro is launched to accommodate increasing air and road traffic.
2010: Burj Khalifa became the tallest man-made structure on earth.


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President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Mitt Romney on securing the Republican presidential nomination, a gesture coupled with a new line of attack on the GOP challenger that portrays his economic record while governor of Massachusetts as a failure.
The president called Romney and told him "he looked forward to an important and healthy debate about America's future," Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt said. Romney's campaign said the call was "brief and cordial." Both men wished each other's families well during the upcoming race.
Romney's primary win in Texas on Tuesday pushed him past the 1,144-delegate threshold he needed to claim the nomination.
Obama took the formal step of congratulating his opponent even as his team looked to shift to the Massachusetts story under Romney. In a five-page memorandum from senior Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod, the Obama camp cast Romney as poor steward of the Massachusetts economy during his 2003-2007 tenure as governor.
"When it comes to Mitt Romney and his economic philosophy the facts are clear — it didn't work then, and it won't work now," Axelrod wrote.
Romney's campaign, meanwhile, was bringing attention to failed stimulus projects under Obama and federal money given to green energy companies like Solyndra, a solar firm that received hundreds of millions of dollars from the government only to go bankrupt.
The competing attack-lines came as Romney pivoted from a long primary slog to the Republican nomination and a new summertime window to sway voters who have not yet fully tuned into the presidential campaign. Romney hopes to present himself as a worthy replacement for Obama who can help revitalize a slow-moving economy, the most important issue for voters.
The country is "just beginning a general election, we've gone through a primary ... not a lot of people focus time on the characteristics of a new candidate like myself, and people will get to know me better. My guess is they're going to get to know more about me than they'd like to by the time we're finished," Romney said in an interview on Fox News that aired Wednesday but was taped over the weekend.
For months, Obama and his allies have signaled plans to target Romney's Massachusetts record, with advisers noting that the state's economy lagged in job creation and saw an increase in debt while he was governor. The critique builds upon a line of attack this month of Romney's record at private equity firm Bain Capital, which Obama's team contends led to job losses and bankrupt companies even while Bain profited.
"Whether companies succeeded or failed, Romney Economics netted huge profits for him and his investors, but sometimes proved devastating for the middle-class workers whose jobs, benefits and pensions were put at risk," Axelrod wrote in the memo released Wednesday.
Axelrod sought to link Romney's Bain record with his Massachusetts experience by noting that Romney ran for governor on the basis of his private-sector background. "Under Gov. Romney, the Massachusetts economy was not at the top or even in the middle, but close to the bottom of all the states," he wrote.
Republicans contend that Obama's critique of the Bain record will backfire because it will give voters the impression that he is anti-business. The focus on Obama's green energy record, including Energy Department funding for companies like Solyndra, gives Romney a chance to rebut Bain because Republicans say Obama essentially played the role of venture capitalist by investing government money in green energy companies.
On Tuesday, Romney raised money in Las Vegas with Donald Trump, the real estate mogul who has stoked doubts about whether Obama was born in America. It was the start of a weeklong push to raise millions of dollars during a West Coast trip designed to help Romney bring in as much cash as possible ahead of a ramped-up campaign schedule later this summer.
The former Massachusetts governor was looking to take advantage of his official claiming of the nomination, a triumph of endurance for a candidate who came up short four years ago and had to fight hard this year as voters flirted with a carousel of GOP rivals. According to the Associated Press count, Romney surpassed the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination by winning 105 delegates in the Texas primary, pushing his total to 1,191 delegates.
Romney must now fire up conservatives who still doubt him while persuading swing voters that he can do a better job fixing the nation's struggling economy than Obama. In Obama, he faces a well-funded candidate with a proven campaign team in an election that will be heavily influenced by the economy.
Romney has scheduled fundraisers this week in wealthy California enclaves like Hillsborough, near San Francisco, and Beverly Hills. He has at least one major fundraising event every day for the rest of the week, as well as a series of smaller events.
Obama has scheduled a fundraising blitz Friday in Minneapolis and Chicago.


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Racy, racy - that moment in time when the two roller coasters meet in the air. While Nessie goes around in a loop, the Racing Roland speeds right through the centre. A roller coaster rendezvous!And then a peek into tomorrow's world: Intergalactic stop-and-go at the Space Scooter. Forget butterflies in the stomach; it's more like centipedes crawling around......or rather like centipedes dancing Rock 'n' Roll.


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I warned you. I'm on a kick. I'm on a Vanilla Bean kick. A Vanilla Bean and a dessert kick. My post-prego sugar cravings are insane - much more so than when I was pregnant. I'm trying to balance them with healthy dinners, but I can't kick the insane need that I have for dessert at the end of every day.
Last night I asked Mike 4-5 times what kind of sweet treat he'd like after dinner. He'd say, "Oh, I don't need anything" or "I don't care - whatever you want, I'm not really craving anything." Ugh. What I wanted him to say was, "Will you please fix me a chocolate cake! I'm starving for a chocolate cake!" Then I would have to make him a cake and I'd have to have a piece before bed. And for breakfast. And as a mid-day snack.
Anyway... so, here is the 30th dessert post of the month. Not really 30th, but pretty darn close. My blog seems to have been taken over by them. I made this Vanilla Bean Cheesecake on Thursday - oh, AND I did go ahead and make Mike (ok, myself...) that chocolate cake last night, too. Did I say my blog has been taken over by dessert? I meant my life.
I decided to put a Valentine's Day spin on this cheesecake by putting strawberries on top in the shape of a heart. You can do this with raspberries, too, or not at all.
Vanilla Bean Cheesecake
serves 6
Crust :
8 graham crackers
4 tablespoons of butter
2 blocks of 8oz cream cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup of sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup of sour cream
1 tablespoon of vanilla bean paste or the seeds from 1 vanilla bean
Prepare the crust by breaking the graham crackers into crumbs by hand or in a food processor. Melt butter and stir into graham crumbles with a fork. Pack the mixture into a tart pan packing it all the way up the sides. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 minutes.
For the filling, in a mixer, whip together cream cheese and sugar. Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Pour filling into the crust.
Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes, until slightly brown around the edges and no longer giggly. Allow to sit at room temperature for 1-2 hours, then wrap and refrigerate for 4 hours - overnight.


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New resource to unlock the role of microRNAs
A new resource to define the roles of microRNAs is announced today in Nature Biotechnology. The resource, called mirKO, gives researchers access to tools to investigate the biological role and significance for human health of these enigmatic genes.
mirKO is a "library" of mutant mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells in which individual, or clustered groups of microRNA genes, have been deleted. Using these tools researchers can create cells or mice lacking specific microRNAs, study expression using fluorescent markers, or inactivate the gene in specific tissues or at specific times in development. This is the first mammalian microRNA knockout resource; the only other comprehensive resource of mutated microRNA genes is that for the nematode worm.
microRNAs first named only ten years ago are encoded by more than 500 genes that are predicted to regulate about one third of protein-coding genes. Consisting of short stretches of 21 to 23 nucleotides, microRNAs act by interfering with the activity of messenger RNAs. Studies over the past five years have shown that microRNAs are likely to play important roles in disease such as cancer and disorders of the heart, the immune system and auditory systems.
"We have generated a resource of microRNA knockout alleles in mouse ES cells that are standardized with respect to design and genetic background that researchers can access through repositories," says Dr Haydn Prosser, lead author on the research from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. "In many cases, microRNAs with overlapping messenger RNA target specificities occur at multiple locations throughout the genome. To address these complexities a comprehensive resource is valuable to enable the creation of compound mutants in cells or mice."
The first step was to develop DNA vectors to target the microRNA genes: the team produced two alternative vectors that could, if desired, be used to knock out both copies of a particular microRNA in mouse ES cells.
The team inserted newly designed DNA vectors in place of the microRNA genes, successfully knocking out about 400 so far.
"The biology of microRNAs will be revealed only when we can rigorously examine their activity, their role in individual tissues, and at specific times in development," says Professor Allan Bradley, senior author on the study and Director Emeritus of the Sanger Institute. "Our paper shows that the tools within mirKO can do that.
"We have tagged genes with a colour reporter, developed a mutation that can be induced when required and produced mice carrying mutations. This is an important proof of principle."
In previous research, Professor Bradley's team showed that a specific microRNA played a role in the development of a component of the immune system: in its absence, mice develop signs similar to those of human autoimmune disease and are less resistant to infection.
The resource is built on cassettes of genetic components that can be swapped through a technology called recombinase mediated cassette exchange (RMCE). "We have designed the targeted alleles to be adaptable in order that researchers can efficiently alter particular microRNA loci in a multitude of alternative ways to provide information additional to straightforward null mutants. In this respect we have developed a research toolbox that will help researchers define the role of microRNAs in health and disease,"says Haydn Prosser.
In one configuration the wildtype microRNA locus was reconstituted while being flanked by recombinase sites in order to facilitate time- or tissue-specific expression. A second RMCE cassette contains a gene that produces a red fluorescent protein: when this is swapped into a mutated microRNA gene, it reflects the activity of the mouse microRNA gene so its activity can be studied. The team showed that this method accurately reflected the known activity of two microRNA loci.
The developing suite of tools has already been invaluable to researchers. "This is clearly a valuable resource which will make research easier and more efficient," says Eric Miska, a group leader at the Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute in Cambridge."In our research into regulatory RNAs, we are using this resource to investigate the role of individual microRNAs during early development and how their deregulation might contribute to the etiology of cancer."
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BENEFITING: Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
The Ann Arbor Skatepark effort is alive and kick-flipping, here's a round up of some recent activity:
- Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark to Brief Council on Safety. The Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark will be providing a special presentation on safety and accessibility at the June 20 City Council Meeting. Safety has been expressed as a primary concern by members of the community during outreach efforts for the project and the group has been working with groups including the Ann Arbor Commission on Disability Issues to inform the upcoming design process. The meeting will be held Monday, June 20, at 7PM, is open to the public, and can be viewed live on public access cable channel 16.
- a2skatepark Street Team Bake Sale a Success!. The Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark is proud to announce that the Street Team youth volunteer corps of the group raised over $900 for the project at a bake sale held at Ann Arbor Brewing Co. on March 26, 2011. That's a lot of cupcakes! Proceeds from the event will go to the construction of a permanent skate park amenity proposed for Veteran's Memorial Park.
- Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark Awarded $5000 Grant From the Tony Hawk Foundation. Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark has received a $5,000 grant from the Tony Hawk Foundation. The Tony Hawk Foundation seeks to improve society, empower youth, and support non-profits and municipalities with the creation of public skateparks throughout the United States. Since 2002 the Tony Hawk Foundation has awarded 467 grants. In the Spring 2011 grant period, Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark was one of only fifteen groups to receive an award.
- Skatepark Effort Wins $1500 in "Sweet 15" Competition. The Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark received a $1500 award from the Bank of Ann Arbor's "Sweet 15" competition on May 13. Thanks to all who participated by voting for the project! The funds will go toward the construction of a permanent skate park amenity proposed for Veteran's Memorial Park.
- a2skatepark and City Collaborate on Government Grants. The City of Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation has agreed to collaborate on government grants with the Friends of the Ann Arbor Skatepark to help fund a permanent Skate Park amenity at Veteran's Memorial Park. To date, the partnership has applied for $300,000 in grant funding through government sources. According to Project Liaison Scott Rosencrans: "While we are still in need of substantial individual private donations, this provides an important additional avenue for fundraising for the project."
The Washtenaw County Parks Commission approved $400,000 in matching funds for our project! When you give, your money gets DOUBLED!
Want to give, but can't decide how much? Here's a helpful guide ;-)
Our mission: To build a free, public, concrete skatepark in Ann Arbor as a way to strengthen our community, create amazing opportunities for kids, and generally make Ann Arbor a ridiculously great place to live.
Ann Arbor has been a favorite destination for skateboarders for decades. There is currently no legal place for the thousands of Ann Arbor skaters to practice their art (or sport, if you prefer). Please help us as we work to raise the $1,000,000 it will take to build the best skatepark in the midwest, and one of the best in the world.
Once you've joined our project on Crowdrise, don't forget to click the link to the right and share the project with all the people you think might want to support this community effort. As a matter of fact, share it with anyone who you think won't care at all. Thanks for all you do!
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Truckee Ski Racers medal after knee reconstruction surgeries
Special to the Sun
With the world's attention focused on Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn's horrific crash in Super G at the World Alpine Ski Championships this week, many wonder how she will make a comeback and return to competitive skiing.
The truth is that Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) tears in female athletes are a widespread problem, and this injury happens frequently in competitive skiers. But thanks to advances in Orthopedic Surgery, the return to competitive sports is not only possible but a reality.
Truckee ski racers Morganne Murphy, 19, and Perry Schaffner, 16, are a testament to this fact.
Less than one year out from ACL reconstruction surgery, both athletes were atop the podium receiving medals at the Sugar Bowl Open alpine ski races last weekend. Murphy collected one gold and two silver medals in GS and slalom, while Schaffner won silver and bronze in slalom.
These racers attribute their return to competitive skiing to the surgical skills of U.S. Ski Team surgeon Terrence Orr MD, as well as intensive physical therapy and their own determination.
"In 2011 I was at the top of my game," said Murphy, who was the 2011 J2 Combined Alpine National Champion and 2010 U.S. Junior Ski Cross Champion. "That all came tumbling down after my injury, but I feel like I'm better than ever now."
In an effort to decrease knee injuries in alpine racers, the Federation of International Skiing (FIS) has mandated changes to competition ski design starting the 2013-2014 competitive season. Additional recommendations to minimize ACL injuries include strengthening the hamstring muscles, as well as physical conditioning with a focus on strength, flexibility and agility training.
Some racers wear protective braces to minimize the chance of injury, but even these do not ensure full protection. Murphy, who was wearing protective knee braces at the time of her injury, does feel that her brace protected her knee from more extensive damage, however.
Their performance at Sugar Bowl qualifies Murphy and Schaffner for the USSA Western Region Championships in Washington next month. Both hope to compete at the 2013 U.S. Alpine Championships at Squaw Valley, and are looking forward to a bright future in competitive skiing.
– Dr. B Denmark is chief of staff at Pershing General Hospital in Lovelock, Nev.


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Monkey Island 2 SE Screenshots: Old and New
As with the Special Edition of the original Monkey Island--already available on PC, Xbox 360 and iPhone, due on PlayStation 3 and Mac soon--Monkey Island 2 SE will allow players to switch between the revamped and original visuals at any time. This time around, players will be able to hear voice-overs regardless of their graphical choice.
Coming to PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, iPhone and iPod touch, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge is due this summer but has not yet been priced. Oh, and in related news, "the LeChuck pirate ship personal space" and some new Monkey Island-themed items are now available for purchase and use in PlayStation Home.


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Innovations in EDA: X-Parameter* Case Study: GaN High Power Amplifier (HPA) Design
Webcast - recorded | Where & When
Why this Webcast is important:
This Webcast illustrates a high power (>45 dBm) amplifier design based on X-parameter measurements of a GaN transistor. A matching circuit is designed and fabricated based on the simulated contours at the source and load fundamental and harmonic frequencies utilizing the X-parameter models of the transistor (without the need for independent harmonic tuning using tuners). The resulting matching circuit cascaded with the transistor is measured and results of the final amplifier are compared against the original X-parameter model. A question and answer session is included in this informative presentation.
Who should view this Webcast:
Engineering Designers, Managers and EDA tool decision makers involved in nonlinear behavioral modeling, GaN device modeling or designing high-power amplifiers for the latest commercial wireless or Aerospace-Defense applications.
The live broadcast is at 10:00 am PACIFIC, 1:00 pm EASTERN, 6:00 pm UTC/GMT
* "X-parameters" is a trademark of Agilent Technologies, Inc. The X-parameter format and underlying equations are open and documented. Here is more information
Where & When
|For more information
|At Your PC
|View the recording of the Jan 11, 2011 live broadcast
Prices shown are list prices and are subject to change without notice.
Training & Event Materials
Webcast Slides: X-Parameter Case Study: GaN High Power Amplifier (HPA) Design
This Webcast illustrates a high power (>45 dBm) amplifier design based on X-parameter measurements of a GaN transistor.
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Feb. 22, 2011 - The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) welcomed project partners today to White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area (WCA) to celebrate the return of the whooping crane to the marshes of southwest Louisiana.
"Species restoration successes will signal coastal restoration successes as we rebuild our wetlands, and we must make the coordinated effort to restore species that have been decimated by man-made or natural changes to wildlife habitat," said Robert Barham, LDWF Secretary. "We applaud the efforts of the biologists who have worked to bring this magnificent bird back to Louisiana."
Ten whooping cranes received this month from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Research Facility in Laurel, Md., have been placed in the coastal marsh of Vermilion Parish within LDWF's White Lake Wetlands WCA. This re-introduced population, which will be annually supplemented with future cohorts, marks the first presence of whooping cranes in the wild in Louisiana since 1950.
"We strongly support the state of Louisiana in this historic effort for the ultimate recovery of the magnificent whooping crane," said Cindy Dohner, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Southeast Regional Director. "We are proud to be partners with Secretary Barham, the Canadian Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, and the International Crane Foundation in this great effort."
LDWF worked cooperatively with USFWS, USGS, the International Crane Foundation and the Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit to bring the species back to the state. Project funding is derived from LDWF species restoration dedicated funds, federal grants and private/corporate donations. LDWF's 10-year project plan requires annual project funding of $400,000.
The new, non-migratory flock of whooping cranes is designated as a non-essential, experimental population (NEP) under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. This designation and its implementing regulation were developed to be more compatible with routine human activities in the reintroduction area.
Whooping cranes, the most endangered of all of the world's crane species, were first added to the federal status of an endangered species on March 11, 1967. The reintroduction at White Lake is part of an ongoing recovery effort coordinated by the USFWS. LDWF biologists will manage the project at White Lake WCA.
Historically, both a resident and migratory population of whooping cranes were present in Louisiana through the early 1940s. Whooping cranes inhabited the marshes and ridges of the state's southwest Chenier Coastal Plain, as well as the uplands of prairie terrace habitat to the north. Within this area, whooping cranes used three major habitats: tall grass prairie, freshwater marsh, and brackish/salt marsh. The Louisiana crane population was not able to withstand the pressure of human encroachment, primarily the conversion of nesting habitat to agricultural acreage, as well as hunting and specimen collection, which also occurred across North America.
The White Lake crane population's NEP designation allows for uninterrupted daily activities of area landowners and the general public. This provision additionally provides citizens protection in the event of accidental harm to the birds resulting from actions that are accidental or incidental to an otherwise lawful activity, including agricultural practices, outdoor recreation and hunting. The intentional harm or killing of any NEP-designated whooping crane, however, would still be a violation of federal law punishable under the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
"We want anyone in the marsh near White Lake to enjoy the moment should they encounter one or more of the experimental birds in the wild during this re-population effort," said Robert Love, LDWF Coastal and Non-game Resources Division Administrator. "As long as the cranes are observed at a distance, they should adapt to occasional human encounters and not feel threatened."
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Let $S$ be a semigroup. If $S$ is abelian, then it follows that the semigroup algebra $k[S]$ is finitely generated if and only if $S$ is.
What if we relax the condition on $k[S]$, so that $k[S]$ is only noetherian. Does it in this case follow that $S$ is finitely generated?