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Elon Musk: only a space of 100 miles by 100 miles filled with solar panels will generate enough electricity for the whole US!!!!
Elon Musk: only a space of 100 miles by 100 miles filled with solar panels will generate enough electricity for the whole US!!!!
Uh-huh. 10,000 square miles. Cleaning, weed control, maintenance are non-trivial issues. And power would have to be stored for nights and cloudy days, etc.
As a system baseload source, solar sucks.
The grid gets unstable when 20%, or even less, is fed in from variable and fluctuating "renewable" sources. The grid requires steady predictable input, in exact phase.
Cleaning and maintaining 10,000 sq. mi. of solar panels is an insane proposition. Here's a 20-acre array in Germany after a year and a half:
Heck, why stop there? Float them on a giant barge in the middle of an ocean and let the waves clean them. Put another set on the opposite side of the world to balance out day vs. night production so you wouldn't need to worry about storage. Hook them up to a world-wide power grid and your over-production concerns go away because the day vs. night loads would balance out across the world. Same goes for summer vs. winter.
Yes, I'm being facetious.
The salt water would make quick work of them.
Brian, I do not weed or clean my solar panels. They do not have any weeds and the rain cleans them au natural.
@RNB - I think he may have been referring to the weeding the ground they sit on?
We already maintain that much real estate many times over, We currently maintain the interstate highway system. It IS doable and those would be "domestic JOBS". I believe it has actually been proposed by some. Add Elon to the list.
Brian H is not saying it's impossible, only that it has costs that people don't think about immediately. Possibility does not mean practicality. I'm not claiming it's impractical either. I don't know all the facts.
My solar panels are three years old, have never been cleaned, don't need cleaning, and produce about double our electrical usage. The economics are a different story, but reliability isn't an issue. We could not, however, survive without fossil fuels as we have no storage so rely on the grid to fill in periods without sun. As an owner of several hundred electric panels I can say categorically that they make zero economic sense. The amortized cost is far, far above the carbon burning equivalent (by about ten times). The only way it works is through massive government subsidies in the form of credits and grants, for which I am eternally grateful to the US taxpayer's largess.
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Long story short: Solar is not reliable, night, bad weather, winter 75-80% of populated areas would require backup power, single area would mean risk of blackout entire US, need backup power, only hydro could provide one, because nuclear or coal require time to heat up or cool down (if you want to save something).
Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) fusion could provide that backup, but then you no longer need that solar.
Well this is why constant power renewable energies like geothermal and tidal would be the best if we could tap them more affordably.
Solar and wind need storage...molten salt might offer a solution for grid scale storage. It has the potential to store 100 MW in a tank 30(h) x 80 (d) feet. The weed issue from the pic provided could have been easily solved by not having stupid gaps between the panels allowing for light to get through and thus grass to grow. Cleaning can be automated if done properly.
First realistic step is rooftop solar for residential homes with a battery backup to store excess power. A 60 kWh battery backup should be enough for most homes...a total offgrid package like this could be had to power the average home for around $25,000...about a 8 year payback (less when you factor in gas savings if you drive an EV as well). Its all about generating the energy as close as possible to where that energy is consumed. This way you avoid massive grid scale storage systems and the need for a distribution infrastructure (grid) at all, not to mention efficiency losses the further you try to send electricity from its generation point. Rooftop solar offers the best way to do this. Combine this with smart devices, LED lighting, and an automated central management control system in the home that minimizes power waste and we really aren't that far off.
I think Tesla, Solar City and Shea Homes (eco home builder SolarCity already works with) will be collaborating to roll this into a total package offering an energy efficient home, solar panels, backup battery, and Tesla EV all rolled into one easy mortgage type payment to replace your current mortgage, utility bill, ICE lease, and gasoline/ mechanic bill!
That is the mortgage I want to pay! And you will save big time over the life of your house and EV!
Well people forget that the hybrid answer in terms of power generation works best... Solar where it works* (Southern CA, Nevada and Arizona), Wind where it works, Geothermal where it works, and Natural Gas and Coal where the the cleaner sources do not work. Maybe tidal power can be made practical, maybe not... Fusion is a pipe dream for at least a few decades.
*works - means economically viable
Solar has its place and will become more economically practical but is not the answer for everywhere...
Or build a huge transparent acrylic dome 100 miles in diameter and place it on top to keep it protected from pretty much anything but the sun.
Be fun to fix after airplanes or meteorites crash into it!
The main issue is availability and LCOE of solar. It really is not worth the cost at this point. If you look at DOE data, solar in $/kWhr is much more expensive than something like NG and will still rely on traditional power plants for changes in load and peak loads on the grid.
In the future, some hybrid system of fuel cells + solar could be feasible, but with current costs is impractical and a waste of investment.
For power generation, natural gas power plants or even SOFC. Since natural gas is so cheap right now they are the best option for return on investment (even better than coal because of current US emission requirements on power plants). A colleague of mine recently ran some numbers on a new plant that is going up in a few years and the IRR is nearly 20%/year for a 10 year lifetime (before a refit is necessary).
Obviously there are many other deciding factors for each specific project such as cost of land, engineerings, and specific components used, but in general natural gas is the way to go right now, but things can change quickly as these things are very sensitive to current government regulations and policies.
This is kind of a taboo option these days, but nuclear is another great alternative. Especially if reactor technology that runs on depleted fuel comes to fruition (I know Bill Gates is a big supporter of this). Main issues against this is really public opinion and a campaign against nuclear power (largely supported by coal and oil lobbyists). Nuclear allows immense power generation without reintroducing carbon into the environment and using depleted fuels only reduces the amount of radioactive material in storage (I think there is enough depleted fuel in storage for a few decades of power).
While solar seems pretty neat and there are TONS of potential exergy coming in from the sun, I believe that it will never be a primary source of power because of availability. I mentioned it briefly earlier, but ultimately I think the best sustainable source of energy would be solar + fuel cells. Solar energy can be used for hydrogen production from water with only oxygen as a byproduct. This hydrogen can be run through fuel cells to generate power as needed. Unfortunately, the technology for this is far off since both solar and fuel cell technology are both far from mature. There are a lot of papers on this and you should read them yourselves to gain your own thoughts on it!
Of course these are all my opinion and thoughts from my own experience.


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Since the days of Burning Crusade, we've seen the rise of the Heroic. Five brave heroes banding together to take on our favorite dungeons, but the foes are much more formidable. The badges/emblems, the epic loot, the reputation, the Nether/Orb, and the Heroic Daily. These have become staples of our WoW community.
My personal favorite? In BC, I loved Shadow Labs. People whined about it taking too long, but I loved it. In WotLK, it's hard to choose a favorite. Nexus, Utgarde Pinnacle, and Halls of Lightning certainly rank among my favorites.
However, as a WoW player from any walk of life, you've probably been a part of this conversation:
"Hey, does anyone wanna do the daily?"
"Sure, I'll go! I still need emblems for my heirloom piece."
"Yeah, me too!"
"Has anyone checked what the daily is?"
"Lemme check."
(Pause for dramatic effect)
"….F*** that."
"Yeah, forget it."
Oculus is the second dungeon in Coldarra, the subregion in northwest Borean Tundra. There it sits, laughing at all of us. It touts itself as the most hated heroic we've ever set foot in. Even Heroic Shattered Halls was manageable once you got geared enough.
Trouble usually comes from coordination and orientation. Being the first 5-man to introduce flying mounts, I'm grateful that I can't lose my driver's license by the horrible flying I do in Oculus. And trying to get a PUG, or even a late-night group of post-raid guildies, into a focused mindset to handle the rotation needed to down Eregos is a chore unto itself.
Combined with a slew of other issues we've all come to hate, Oculus has become the least-run Heroic in the game. People loathe it. Forums and blogs feed the hatred. I have yet to complete Proof of Demise, simply because I can't stomach the thought of doing Oculus. Even in my guild last night, I heard someone say, "I'll run any Heroic but Oculus."
A Brand New Day
Thankfully, Patch 3.3 is going to bring us some treats to ease our anger. It was just announced in the patch notes that Oculus is getting nerfed. **Pause for roaring applause**
- Many bosses and creatures have had their total health reduced.
- Several bosses and creatures have had cooldowns on specific abilities increased, effect durations reduced, and damage on some of these abilities reduced.
- Ring-Lord Conjurers and Sorceresses now hang out in packs of 4 instead of packs of 5.
- Vehicle scaling on the drakes based on the rider's item level has been increased to make them more powerful.
Perhaps Blizzard has finally noticed the dust collecting below the portal of this monstrosity.
Oculus was by no means impossible, but it definitely was a bit too challenging for its level. Especially now with the Emblem grind going full force, this shift puts Oculus into the mix of "Chain Heroics".
I'm looking forward to trying out the new Oculus to see if I can heal through it without wanting to pull my hair out. I also look forward to trying my hand at some fancy achievements that I never got to try before, such as Amber Void, Ruby Void, and Emerald Void! Another step toward my goal: Glory of the Hero.
Do you agree with the negative stigma surrounding Oculus? Are you looking forward to its facelift in Patch 3.3??
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American soprano Renée Fleming was the subject of a recent ROH Insights In Conversation event.
'I started singing Violetta in La traviata very late,' said Renée of one of her most famous roles. 'I felt that Violetta was such a demanding role and historically one by which all dramatic sopranos have been measured. I wanted to wait until I had something to say. I really felt strongly that I had sometimes been disappointed when I saw the part, because I didn't get a specific point of view. But once I'd developed my own, I thought, "OK, now". I don't sing Violetta anymore so it was a short window for me, but I'm so happy that the one here was captured [on DVD] because working with Richard Eyre was an incredibly special experience.'
Renée spoke of what inspired her to try to make it in the world of opera. 'I wanted to be a jazz singer. I kept going with my education and applying for things. Eventually the path pushed me in this direction. I'm incredibly grateful it did because it was the right one and the one most suited to who I am personally. But it was never a conscious decision; what grabbed me was singing and trying to unlock the mysteries of the voice.'
She also gave comfort to young singers struggling with the changing of their voice: 'I listened to a tape of my college recital and I literally sounded like a buzzing insect! There was little in the quality that led you to believe I was going to sound like I did five years later.'
Responding to the notion of sex being used to sell classical music, 'Does that not exist in film and television? Just go to the Emmys or to the Oscars – people are impossibly beautiful. We've just caught up. The demands are huge and they've changed dramatically even in my career. I don't mind that people are being asked to look beautiful – the only thing I mind is that people are being thrown on stage before they're properly trained.'
'I'm the creative consultant for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. . The thing that has captured my imagination the most is the issue of how to maintain our relevance. There's no question in my mind that our biggest competition isn't other art forms, but the technology that connects us to the world. The thing about the arts is it's a shared communal experience. We need new works, we need to have them comment on today and not just look at things from five centuries ago.'
The soprano also spoke of returning to a role after a particularly difficult performance of Lucrezia Borgia at La Scala, Milan; her reputation as a diva, and how she looks after her voice. Renée will sing 'The Star-Spangled Banner' at the NFL's Superbowl on 2 February, becoming the first opera singer to do so.


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Way back in the early '60s, the Impala was the car to have other than a Vette. Packed with a 409 W-motor with dual quads, these cars would tear up the streets and the dragstrips.
In 1964, the Chevelle hit the showroom floor, and in '65 the A-body, coupled with the Z16 396, stole much of the thunder from the Impala. The trend downwards for the Impala continued with the debut of cars such as the big-block and Z/28 Camaros, the romping, stomping L79 Novas, and later big-block powered Chevelles. A big-block in the increasingly larger B-body just wasn't a match for a lightweight Nova with a 327 or a Camaro or Chevelle with the high-powered 396. The Impala quickly became just a family car. The Super Sport option was still available, though, and the 396 or 427 Rat was still offered for those with the cash.
The question with muscle cars, especially high-dollar, collectible big-block ones, is if they really were as fast as billed back in the day. The conjecture always arises when talking about the 12-second factory hot rods, but what about the good old Impala? How fast were they, and were those oft-quoted numbers true?
Thanks to Adam Landolfi, Kenny Fino, and Old Bridge Township Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, the question of just how quick and fast a large displacement heavyweight Impala was then and now was answered. Adam and Kenny drove their rides to the track and proceeded to beat on them mercilessly until both of them were happy and content.
Landolfi, along with his dad, the legendary "Coney Island" Ralph, picked up the black 1968 SS 427/385-hp Impala at the Barrett-Jackson auction, and the car is exactly how it was when shipped from Chevrolet in '68. Fino is the proud owner of the white '67 packing a 396/325 horse punch. The plan was simple: take the cars, Landolfi's equipped with a 4-speed and Fino's with a Turbo 400 automatic, and run them down the Raceway Park quarter-mile as fast as possible on the skinny tires.
When it was all said and done, both the cars and drivers performed admirably. At a time where collectors might not even consider driving their muscle cars, let alone beating the you-know-what out of them, both Landolfi and Fino let it all hang out in an effort to wring the best possible elapsed time and speed out of the cars.
So did the cars run as fast as billed back in the Vietnam era? In '67, Motor Trend got a 396-powered Impala with a Turbo 400 automatic to run 17.0 at 83 miles per hour. A year later, the same magazine took a '68 with a 427 and Turbo 400 slushbox down the dragstrip in 15.4 seconds at 90 miles per hour. With a best run of 17.93-seconds, in hot, humid, New Jersey summer air, Fino's Impala was a bit off the mark set by Motor Trend in '67. The same can't be said for Landolfi, who banged the gears in the '68 to a best run of 15.83-seconds, a little more than four tenths of a second off the MT time, while running in the same soup. Not bad if we say so ourselves.
In the end, we spent the day watching two A-1 B-body's duke it out at the track. Neither car can be declared a winner as there are more differences between the two than we have space to list here. The losers in this gig are those have never seen a pair of big-block Impalas as nice as these two.
Kenny Fino
Freehold, NJ
1967 Chevy Impala
Fino's Impala features the ever-cool white on red color option. The big B-body is as stock as it can be, showcasing a 396 cubic inch big-block. Rated from Chevy at 325 horsepower, the hydraulic lifter Rat is topped with a 4-barrel Quadrajet carb and backed by a Turbo 400 automatic. Weighing in at robust 4,422 lbs (with driver), the Impala made four cleans passes after being driven to the track. When the day was done, Kenny packed up his stuff in the enormous sized trunk and cruised home with the air conditioner on. Now that's the life.
Adam Landolfi
Colts Neck, NJ
1968 Chevy Impala SS 427
Landolfi and his father have resurrected the family business, Landy's Performance in Colts Neck, and specialize in not only race cars, but muscle car restoration and monster street machines. In addition, Adam and Ralph compete on the NHRA circuit with a pair of Stock Eliminator cars, one a '69 Camaro with a 375-horsepower 396, and the other a '70 Chevelle powered by a 454 topped with aluminum heads. They even raced Pro Stock some years back with Kenny Delco behind the wheel.
Recently, however, Adam picked up the all-original, numbers-matching '68 Impala SS. Complete with build sheet, the big B-body is powered by a 427 Rat motor of the 385-horsepower origin, and is backed by an M-21 4-speed. The big-block is topped off with a 4-barrel carb, and the body is dressed in menacing black paint. Adam strapped on a helmet and proceeded to powershift his way down the quarter-mile to show us what an SS 427 Impala looks like at speed. This car, too, is factory air-conditioned, making it a pretty rare beast.
Specs: 1967 Chevy Impala
Engine: 396 ci Chevrolet
Horsepower: 325
Transmission: Turbo 400 automatic
Induction: 4-barrel Quadrajet
Weight: 4,422 lbs (with driver)
Best ET/MPH: 17.93/74.53
Specs: 1968 Chevy Impala
Engine: 427 ci Chevrolet
Horsepower: 385
Transmission: Muncie 4-speed manual
Induction: 4-barrel carb
Weight: 4510 lbs (with driver after pork roll sandwich)
Best ET/MPH: 15.83/86.61


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30 April 2013 – It is now possible to verify the authenticity of user generated content quickly and efficiently. Scoopshot, the premier visual content crowdsourcing service, has developed a patent-pending technology that automatically analyses user generated still and video images. The verification process displays each uploaded image with a graphical tag depicting the authenticity score based on key authentication factors. Authentication has now become part of the editing process.
"The dramatic and sustained rise of UGC is a serious challenge to media," said Niko Ruokosuo, Scoopshot CEO. "UGC provides media companies with expanded opportunity to report news as it happens, but this content also carries a certain amount of risk. For example, widely published images during Hurricane Sandy included fake and manipulated UGC. If not managed properly, UGC can pose problems for media groups who prize, as we do, content legitimacy."
To uphold the highest standards of accuracy, many journalistic institutions are spending hours in an ongoing effort to ensure image authenticity, often under deadline pressure. Ruokosuo continued, "In a world where every second counts, media companies do not have the time or resources to manually verify every image they want to publish. Time and labour aside, manual inspection methods cannot mitigate the risk of manipulated images. For this reason we've developed a new tool within the Scoopshot ecosystem that instantly and graphically shows media companies the authenticity level of any user-submitted image. Our system basically substitutes an inherently flawed manual process that may take an hour per image for a highly-automated, intelligent programme that takes seconds."
Images only achieve a top authenticity score if they are taken with Scoopshot's mobile application, not imported from the phone's photo gallery. This scenario guarantees that the photo has not been removed from the Scoopshot ecosystem and the image has not been edited or altered in any way. Each pixel of the photo file is transferred as captured by the phone's camera. Scoopshot's Authenticity program works by automatically analyzing images against criterions ranging from image resolution to the likelihood that the photo's metadata has been modified. If further authentication is required, the system provides access to the photographer's contact information.
While manual verification still plays a crucial role in UGC workflow, media companies, with the increasing volume of content, need cutting edge tools to verify visual content. The Scoopshot authenticity system saves media groups time and money while safeguarding accuracy and improving the competitive edge.
To continuously improve UGC verification standards, Scoopshot is working with Aalto University (Finland) to develop new processes that distinguish between two-dimensional image, e.g., computer screens, books, etc., and three-dimensional, real life images. Once developed, this new protocol will be incorporated into Scoopshot's growing and powerful array of authentication and publishing tools. ENDS
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I had so much fun drawing live yesterday and I still can't believe that there was so many people that joined me. Today I will be uploading what I was drawing, because as you know I just had to make a lesson out of the dragon from yesterday. The whole idea to make a tutorial on "how to draw an anthro baby dragon" came from two main places. 1. Someone asked me or suggested that I make a chibi or baby version of the anthro dragon, and 2. I saw that it was in the top 50 and thought that a chibi version would be good too. There is going to be a bit of complexity when tackling this lesson so I'd advise you to take caution a bit when beginning. Just because it's a baby, that doesn't mean it will be easy to draw like a baby. The dragon has some detailing and contours that can be complex to make. I will be back soon so make sure that you have your heads on and your pencils in hand. This is definitely going to be an exciting tutorial to follow so stay tuned in folks. Peace out people!
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EDMONTON - A woman who previously served time in jail for a serious assault on her husband has been charged with second-degree murder in his violent death.
Nyuk Hwang, 52, was arrested Sunday night at the couple's home in northeast Edmonton after calling 911 about her seriously injured husband, Teck Hwang. The 56-year-old man was in cardiac arrest when paramedics arrived about 10 p.m. He died a few hours later in hospital.
Edmonton police Staff Sgt. Bill Clark said homicide investigators were at the house at 8416 160 Avenue within about an hour of the original call.
"This is a classic case of domestic violence, one which we don't normally ... hear of in the news, where it's a wife, in this case, beating on the husband. Usually it's the other way around."
Clark said an autopsy concluded the death was the result of "blunt drastic trauma," a term Clark said he had never heard of in his years as a homicide investigator. He said the cause of death was described by the medical examiner as "a very severe beating," and that police have recovered an "object" they believe was used in the homicide.
He would not say what the object was because the case is before the courts.
The couple's 16-year-old son was home at the time. Clark said the teen is staying with friends and is "obviously very traumatized by the incident.
"One parent has died and the other one is now in jail," he said.
In January 2008, Nyuk Hwang was charged with assault causing bodily harm against her husband, and she was later sentenced to three weeks in jail and two years of probation for the attack. The terms of her probation included taking programming as directed by the courts and her probation officer, including for psychiatric/ psychological, domestic violence, anger management, and marital/parental issues.
Sue Pratap, the family's next door neighbour in Belle Rive, described the couple as "just normal people" who had lived in the home for eight to 10 years. Pratap said she heard raised voices coming from the home on Sunday night, but didn't pay much attention until police showed up at her door.
Nyuk remains in custody. She and will make her first court appearance at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
The homicide marked Edmonton's 17th of 2013, and the second alleged domestic homicide in little more than a month.
Jimmy Rivas-Magana, 26, was charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of his wife, Yeny Alfaro, 26. Her body was found inside the couple's Oakridge Mobile Home Park, near 66th Avenue and 17th Street, on July 21. The couple had married in March.
Documents obtained by the Journal last week show Alfaro's family had noticed previous signs of violence, and had concerns about violent and controlling behaviour by Rivas-Magana. None of the alleged incidents had been reported to police.
Rivas-Magana drove his Mitsubishi Lancer off a cliff west of Calgary the day his wife's body was found. He suffered received serious injuries, including fractured thoracic vertebrae. The documents said Rivas-Magana told hospital staff he was trying to kill himself.
Clark said police in Edmonton have seen a 17-per-cent increase in domestic violence reports this year, and the specialized EPS domestic violence unit has investigated 61 cases involving serious violence or injury.
He said it is less common, although not unheard of, to see extreme domestic violence involving a woman attacking a man.
"It just shows that there are these cases out there of horrific domestic violence, and it's something the community needs to be aware of," he said.
The Alberta Council of Women's Shelters runs a toll-free 24-hour Family Violence Information Line at 310-1818, and a shelter location line at 1-866-331-3933.
The Government of Alberta's Human Services website says all domestic violence shelters in the province can help men with children by giving them access to short-term emergency accommodation at hotels. Strathmore's Wheatland Shelter also provides help for men with or without children.
Clark said he believes attitudes are changing about domestic violence in Edmonton, and that people are becoming more willing to get involved when they suspect domestic violence.
"If you know of something going on, we need you to step up and take some action," he said.
- With files from Kristin Annable and Mariam Ibrahim
- Editor's note: Change on Aug. 28, 2013 corrects provincial body that runs the family violence information line.


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First, thanks for such a great product!!!!!
Any chance of adding a command line option to the vncviewer.exe process to send Ctrl+Alt+Del (or whatever the SAS equivalent that UltraVNC is using behind the scenes)? For scripting purposes, you would want the ability to send Ctrl+Alt+Del without a any GUI/VNCViewer window appearing. The functionality is already in the viewer and server but not exposed to command line input as far as I can tell. This would open up quite a few new use cases for myself (and many others I would think).
I use UltraVNC almost exclusively (VNCServer running as service on every machine in the school district that I manage) and somewhat frequently deal with an entire room or lab of computers at once (either in person or remotely). A use case is getting a lab pre-logged in and ready for computerized testing. We have various generic shared-use logins that are used for specific testing scenarios. That login might be locked down to only run that specific testing app and in many cases, it is preferred to already have this account logged in ahead of time with testing app ready to go when students walk in (or even used with mobile labs in the classroom). This can make for a much more productive experience (for testing coordinator or teacher but also the students) as one less thing to worry about interfering with the testing experience. It is also a time-saver. We might also use it when doing a manual update to a group of machines (non-scripted task) and want to pre-log them all in as an administrative user or specific shared use login.
I can bulk reboot, bulk log out, but not bulk log in machines. I think that if I could command-line script the the Ctrl+Alt+Del (or equivalent SAS function), that I could script the remaining keystrokes needed (with something like AutoHotKey) to interactive log in to the machines. This would be HUGE!!!!!!!!!!! I can't understate this, something I have been trying to figure out for quite a few years! Why I never thought of doing it through UltraVNC built-in functionality, I don't know!
On side note, think I'll post another separate feature request to actually add a remote interactive login/authentication to the windows login screen (and if doing so, a command line way of doing it as well!) but that would be quite a bit more work I would think to program (so starting with the above request as the base functionality is already there and would be MUCH easier to add I would guess). (And even if a remote interactive login function was added, having the above command-line interface to send Ctrl+Alt+Del would still be desired as a stand-alone feature!) And why do I even think it is possible to remotely push/script a Windows Interactive Logon? Good question! I have seen LogMeIn do it.
I have a limited free LogMeIn account that I use from time-to-time for a couple of situations and after I authenticate, start a remote control session, and send the Ctrl+Alt+Del, a prompt appears asking if I want LogMeIn to "initiate a login to account DomainOrComputerName\Username without you having to type in password". The LogMeIn client is securely caching or otherwise saving my credentials (when Automatic Authentication option is turned on to allow this) to pass on to the login session. They call this "Automatic Authentication". It's not autokeying function typing of username and password. It is passing it through using some other unknown-to-me Windows API as far as I can tell. It works whether I have a locked Windows session requiring password (or username and password), am at the classic username and password initial login screen, or or provided a list of user names or last logged in user and "Other User" icons. Their "LogMeIn Central Premier subscription" users seem to be able to save Host Login Credentials for any of the hosts you have saved in their management system.
I wouldn't ask UltraVNC to necessarily store these credentials That's probably not a job we want to ask a freely provided (but fantastically wonderful!!!), understaffed (thank you Rudi for the enormous time and effort donated to this project!!!!!) project to undertake (at least to start ). I'd say (that if undertaken) you could leave that task to the users to do or not. If command-line functionality was provided to use this function, we could pass username and password in as parameters.
Remote interactive login functionality would be good to have both with command-line with no GUI response (scripting or 3rd party usage, that would be the priority functionality to me) and GUI Interactively. For GUI, a use case might be command-line script the username/password to login and open Viewer (or open the viewer and remote login is occurring concomitantly) to show the session. A second use case might be, open the viewer GUI (no command-line); have username, password, and domain optional connection fields; and when hit connect, it uses those to pass through to either log in remotely with viewer remote display (as viewer currently works, but with automatic remote console/desktop authentication), or as just a utility to remotely log in a single machine with no viewer remote display visible (say you need to log on with a specific account for someone at a remote machine so that they can perform a task on-sight but don't have the needed credential). Ohhhh, this is getting exciting and and opening up all kinds of exiting possibilities!!!!!!
And.... I should have just split the entire second half of this post into a separate posting (as the first part would be HUGELY beneficial and desired on it's own (but much simpler than the second part)!!!!!)


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- 1 WTP Development Status Meeting 2008-01-10
- 2 Teams Status and Focus for Coming Week
- 3 References
WTP Development Status Meeting 2008-01-10
Kathy, DaveC, BobF, Raghu, Helen, DavidW, Carl, Larry, Phil, Kaloyan, Neil, Angel, Amy, Valentin, Tim
Announcements And Reports
Change in committers server coming David: Will try to get through over the weekend
Focus on Backlog and Quality metrics (Neil)
- Neil: Untargeted Enhancement is still the focus
Common made good progress Comp leads for J2EE, WebServices, XML please take a look at outstanding ones Take a look at untargeted bugs with patches attached as a up coming item Untargeted bugs with patches is a small number May need to bump up the date 6 months?
- David: Might be better to stay on current ones if moving up dates will double the #
- Neil: will have an updated report for next week
- Valentin: Possible to split between community and committers
- Neil: Not easy, will take a look
- Current Focus Item:
- Untargeted Enhancements opened before January 1st, 2007 (Last week - 100; Currently ~ 85)
- Options are
- Invalid - Enhancement does not fit with the scope of the project or is already implemented.
- helpwanted keyword - This is a valid request, but due to committer resources and other priorities, outside help will be needed to make this happen.
- Future - I would use this in conjunction with the helpwanted keyword. I use this for legitimate requests that are important but will not make any planned release, but likely will make a future release.
- Upcoming Focus Item:
- Untargeted bugs with patches attached opened before January 1st, 2007 (Last week - 38; Currently ~ 36)
- Past Focus Items:
- Untargeted severity "Major" and higher bugs opened before January 1st, 2007 (Last week - 2; Currently ~ 0)
- Schedule - Details...
- Last M Build Jan 18
- Feb 1 RC1
- Feb 15 RC2 (RC2 bugs need PMC approval 1 votes)
- Feb 22 RC3 (if necessary, RC3 need PMC approval 2 votes)
- Feb 29 2.0.2 GA
- WTP 2.0.2 bi-weekly M build M-2.0.2-20071222060852 declared last week.
- Bug Lists
- All Remaining 2.0.2 Targeted Bugs (~48)
- 2.0.2 Hot Bug Requests (~0)
- 2.0.2 Hot Bugs (~1)
- 2.0.2 Bugs for PMC Approval (~0)
- 2.0.2 Untargeted Blockers/Criticals (~0)
- 2.0.2 Blockers/Criticals (~0)
- 2.0.2 Total JST, WST, JSF Bugs Fixed (~70)
- 2.0.2 Dali Total Bugs Fixed (~4)
- 2.0.2 Resolved, Unverified Blockers/Criticals (~19) By Assignee
- M4 declared on Monday 01/07. Congrats & Thank you!
- our +2 date: Monday, February 18 2008
- Final Code released by Feb 8th
- Plan 01/07 - 01/11
- Development 01/14 - 02/08
- Test 02/11 - 02/15
- Bug Lists
- 3.0 Invalid Targeted Bugs (~9)
- 3.0 M5 Targeted Bugzilla Enhancements (~3)
- All Remaining 3.0 Targeted Enhancements (~186)
- 3.0 M5 Remaining Targeted Bugs (~13)
- 3.0 M5 Hot Bug Requests (~0)
- 3.0 M5 Hot Bugs (~0)
- 3.0 M5 Blockers/Criticals (~0)
- 3.0 M5 JST, WST, JSF Bugs Fixed (~80)
- 3.0 M5 JPT Dali Bugs Fixed (~2)
- 3.0 Untargeted Blockers/Criticals (~1)
- 3.0 Resolved, Unverified Blockers/Criticals (~29) By Assignee
Other business?
- Need IP CQs by 1/15. Any besides the following?
- mail.jar
- activation.jar
- xerces 2.9.1
- Review and finalize next week:
- WTP 3.0 Ramp down Plan for Ganymede
- freeze API, UI, features by M6, meaning PMC approval is needed post freeze, team leads please review, we'll go through it next week
- Notes from previous meeting
- Project leads, please complete M4 New and Noteworthy as soon as possible.
- JSF => Raghu will add info there
- Dali JPA => will be removed
- Source Editing => will be removed
- Team leads: All triaged bugs in inbox should be cleaned up
Teams Status and Focus for Coming Week
Server Tools
Source Editors
- Shutting down M4
- Ongoing triaging of incoming bug reports
Web Services/WSDL
- Ongoing triage of incoming and existing bugs/RFEs.
- Planning for M5.
Java EE
Dali JPT
- M5 Planning complete
- Dali Java Context Model status
- Dali Orm.xml Context Model status
- Planning for M3
- Property Editor prototype
- JSPX support investigation
- XHTML support investigation
- Branching Strategy
- Please review and comment on the WTP How to: Branching Policy and Practices guide.
- In general, the minimum is if you branch a plug-in to branch all the plug-ins in the corresponding map file. It is fine to branch everything if you choose as well. We may need to reorganize map files slightly and we can investigate that on a case by case basis. This is intended to be a living document and open to evolutions and improvements.
- Instructions for tagging existing and new WTP wiki pages can be found at WTP's Category page; remember, we can create subcategories as well
- This Week's Smoke Test Results
- Build Declaration Process Refined - See WTP Build Process and Procedures
- Reminder:
- Information about process for milestone bugzilla line item planning has been added to the WTP Bugs, Workflow, and Conventions document.
- PMC Candidate Review Request Checklist - See the updated PMC Review document with attention to the "How To Prepare a PMC Defect Candidate" section
- Adopter Migration Information for WTP 2.0 - Please add any details for your component.
- Website
- Documentation on Setting up your system for Web Tools Web site development and Using Web Tools Phoenix PHP templates is on the wiki at Web Tools Web Site Development.
- The next Bug Day is December 28th, participation is voluntary.
- Mark any applicable bugs with keyword "bugday", but only if you'll have a representative on hand to respond through Bugzilla or in IRC
- Current WTP Bug Day bugs (~53)
Bug Backlogs
- All Untriaged WTP Bugs (Graph)
- All Untriaged WTP Bugs (~166)
- All WTP Verified, Not Closed Bugs (Graph)
- All WTP Verified, Not Closed Bugs (~120)
- All WTP Resolved, Unverified Bugs (Graph)
- All WTP Resolved, Unverified Bugs (~1299)
- All WTP Defect Backlog (Graph)
- All WTP Defect Backlog (~3168)
- All WTP Future Bugs (~89)
- All Open WTP Bugs with Patches Attached (Graph)
- All Open WTP Bugs with Patches Attached (~219)
- All API Requests (~11)


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|From the left, Professors John Hirst, Bill Russell and John Poynter
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Track and Field has for a long time been a popular part of the Summer Olympics. After seeing today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe Celica however, the Olympic committee might just want to change that to All-Trac. That is of course, if its price isn't too far afield.
Remarkably, there was not much love for yesterday's 327-powered Chevy LUV. Most of the derision was focused on the modifications- the very elements the seller probably thought would engender ardor. In the end not even a fake ID sporting the name Mc-LUV-in would have been able to buy it some respect, and it went down in a solid 85% Crack Pipe loss.
Okay, so no love for the LUV, but today we're going to see how a kind of beat up 1988 All-Trac tracks.
The Celica All-Trac married Toyota's 190-bhp turbo four (shared with the MR2) with an all-wheel drive system, and pop-up headlamps for a trifecta of awesomeness. Yeah, it's not a Ford 460-powered beast, but what it lacks in non-streetability it more than makes up for in minor dings and dents.
It's sort of sad seeing a cool old car that has suffered the scars of age just like something of less import. This ST165 started out life as a white knight of the Celica lineup and now bears the scars of age, neglect, and inconsiderate parking lot neighbors. Looking rode hard and put away wet, it's kind of like the Lindsay Lohan of All-Tracs.
The ad claims the car has 190,000 miles on the clock. It also avers that Toyotas can do twice that standing on their heads. That claim is made in a somewhat incongruous manner, as I can't quite figure out what the sentence starting This beast because it's a Toyota. . . even means.
That's pretty much it for description in the ad. There at least are a number of exterior pictures that give a pretty good idea of the amount of body work this car needs. They also expose the two gaping holes in the front valance where a pair of driving lights - one of the All-Trac's unique styling attributes - used to reside. Now, with those missing, it possesses the countenance of a grinning hillbilly. Y'all-Trac now, ya hear?
There aren't any interior shots so there remains some mystery surrounding the car, and hopefully when viewed it'll prove to be in better shape than the outsides. There does seem to be an A-pillar mounted gauge pack visible through the windshield - in my opinion, the unequivocal dry hump of interior mods.
Like the similar Mazda 323GTX, the All-Trac is a cool car that hasn't always been given its just due. This one is beat up, but by appearances seems solid enough to make a good foundation for either bringing back to original form, or making into some sort of Mad Max Deathrace street machine used to frighten old ladies and vex the local constabulary.
Of course to do so one would need to be able to come up with the price of admission, which in this All-Trac's case is $2,500. Considering its provenance and condition, do you think it's worth that? Or, does that make this a Celica you wouldn't Buy-ica?
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said on Tuesday he hoped to pass legislation this year to boost the White House's ability to negotiate trade agreements, reviving a politically divisive measure that expired in 2007.
Acting U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis also said the administration was prepared to work with lawmakers to pass the bill known as "trade promotion authority," or TPA.
"We've heard your calls on this issue loud and clear and we're ready to begin our work," Marantis told Senator Orrin Hatch, the Finance Committee's top Republican, at a hearing on the White House's trade agenda.
President Barack Obama did not seek trade promotion authority during his first four years in office, frustrating Republicans and some Democrats like Baucus who favor an active agenda of trade negotiations.
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SystemRescueCd's kernel is compiled in two stages. After first compile, modules are packed into a cpio file and then in the second compile CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE is set to this temporary cpio.
This makes things simple since the final bzImage contains both kernel image itself and the modules. Unfortunately in the embedded cpio there are more things, *not* just the modules. We get a complete fs hierarchy (busybox based), an /init, etc.
Would be possible pack into the cpio just the /lib/modules directory and move everything else to initram.igz?
I ask that because it would make easier for other projects use your kernel image (rescue32, rescue64, etc), replacing the user space software. And IMHO SystemRescueCd's initramfs would be more organized.
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Summer means more strains on the power grids and threats of outages. TollGrade CEO and President Edward Kennedy explains how to best combat power outages, and the importance of protecting the nation's power grid from cybercriminals.
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Kevin Brockmeier was born on December 6, 1972 and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he still lives today. He is the author of the novels, The Illumination, The Brief History of the Dead and The Truth About Celia; two short-story collections, Things That Fall From the Sky and The View From The Seventh Layer; a trio of children's books; and most recently, a memoir of his seventh-grade year, A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip. In 2007, he was named one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists. He teaches frequently at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and has also taught creative writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Grinnell College.


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The Above and Beyond Bravery Award.
This is an event held bi annually to honor our service men and women who are true American heroes because of the sacrifices they make to their families for our country. Recipients of this prestigious award will be honored at the Testimonial dinner for the out going District Commander and will feature an awards ceremony honoring a US service member for meritorious action in combating the global war on terror as the Son's of the American Legion "Above and Beyond Bravery Award" or a surviving family member of an American Service member who was killed in action fighting against the war on terror.
This award is to honor and recognize acts of bravery during combat operations respectively at sea, on land and in the air, for gallantry during active operations against the enemy. For a selfless and/or courageous act taken risk of their own lives with full awareness of the danger involved.
As Son's of the American Legion, it is our duty to preserve the truths of battle and recognize these acts of bravery of our American Soldiers. WWI, WWII and Korean Conflict soldiers will be memorialized first, we are losing these soldiers at a high rate and we need take this opportunity to preserve and memorialize their stories now.
Candidates must be able to prove the acts of heroism brought forth for nomination and final voting. Proof of heroism is difficult, the candidate will have a DD214 that specifies the medal and ribbon awarded. This hero does not have to be a member of the American Legion but this veteran is asked to become a member if not a member already. Some can prove their acts with written letters, these letters must be on Department of Defense (DOD) letter head and be signed and dated by the Officer in Charge (OIC) of the operation. Another form of proof is legible photo's of the soldier in the act of heroism/bravery.
A plaque will be commissioned in the recipients name with a list of awards, medals and ribbons. This plaque will have a picture of the service members (or immediate family members) choosing, Preferably his military picture in uniform. A brass plate will be embossed with a short story of his/her act of bravery and the operation that he/she was involved in. This plaque will be on tour throughout the Districts American Legion posts and will proudly be displayed in a conspicuous place for all to see. Each post will have this honored plaque to adorn the wall for a period of one month and at the end of each month a detail will be honored with the task of transporting the plaque to the next post and finally after this honored plaque has been recognized at each post it will make it's way back to the soldiers home post to be on display for eternity.
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After this soldiers tour is complete he/she will land at his/her last post. The Soldiers home post will have the honor of displaying this plaque for eternity. A Post ceremony will welcome this hero home, the post's Son's of the American Legion Commander will proudly salute this hero after he places the soldier at his last duty station.
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Sometimes called a cross-claim, legal paperwork that a defendant files to initiate his or her own lawsuit against the original plaintiff, a codefendant, or someone who is not yet a party to the lawsuit. A cross-complaint must concern the same events that gave rise to the original lawsuit. For example, a defendant accused of causing an injury when she failed to stop at a red light might cross-complain against the mechanic who recently repaired her car, claiming that his negligence resulted in the brakes failing and that, therefore, the accident was his fault. In some states where the defendant wishes to make a legal claim against the original plaintiff and no third party is claimed to be involved, a counterclaim, not a cross-complaint, should be used.


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #294
The Lord will come and not be slow,
His footsteps cannot err;
Before him righteousness shall go,
His royal harbinger.
Truth from the earth, like to a flow'r,
Shall bud and blossom then;
And justice, from her heav'nly bow'r,
Look down on mortal men.
Rise, God, judge thou the earth in might,
This wicked earth redress;
For thou art he who shall by right
The nations all possess.
For great thou art, and wonders great
By thy strong hand are done:
Thou in thine everlasting seat
Remainest God alone.
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The motivational speaker's death looked like a sinister tale of a suburbanite who strayed into a rough city neighborhood. He was found stabbed in the chest in his station wagon in East Harlem, his hands tied behind his back, hours after telling his wife he'd gotten a flat tire.
But when a one-time computer technician goes on trial this week in Jeffrey Locker's 2009 death, jurors will hear a very different story: A desperate man in debt enlisted a stranger to kill him and make his suicide look like a street crime so his survivors could collect millions in insurance money.
Even prosecutors have acknowledged there's evidence to support suspect Kenneth Minor's account, but he's been charged with murder, and jury selection in his trial is likely to begin Monday.
The case is putting a novel frame on tricky legal questions surrounding assisted suicide, a topic that courts more often address in the context of terminally ill people who ask doctors or loved ones to help end their lives.
"This case has 'unusual' written all over it,'' says Marc Spindelman, a professor at Ohio State University's Michael E. Moritz College of Law. He studies legal issues surrounding death and dying.
At 52, Locker had built a career around coping with pressure. Focused on "bringing spirituality into the business world,'' he gave presentations on handling workplace stress and frustration, according to his now-gone website. A father of three, he lived in prosperous North Woodmere, N.Y.
But Locker was buckling under financial strain. He was facing a federal bank court trustee's demands to return at least $121,200 he'd made from investing in a $300 million Ponzi scheme run by boy band impresario Lou Pearlman, the mastermind of `N Sync and the Backstreet Boys. Locker had told the court he was an innocent investor who was now "severely in credit card debt'' and would have to declare bankruptcy if forced to repay the money.
He created a trail of clues that suggested he was contemplating a deadly way out.
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Principal Life Insurance Co. has asked a federal court to void a $4 million policy he took out in April 2009; the company's lawsuit doesn't address the circumstances of his death but says he lied about his earnings.
And when Locker drove up to Minor on a street near an East Harlem public housing complex, he said he was looking to buy a gun and "do a Kevorkian,'' Minor later told detectives, referring to famous assisted-suicide advocate Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
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The family is declining to comment, said attorney Irving Serota, who was Locker's father-in-law.
Minor, now 36, was a sometime computer technician with a high school education, a drug addiction and an arrest record that dated to the early 1990s, according to his lawyer and authorities.
He told investigators he initially rebuffed Locker, but then Locker explained his financial woes and family worries.
"Mr. Minor actually began to feel sorry for him at that point, so he agreed to help if he could,'' Detective Robert Mooney testified at a pretrial hearing Thursday.
Locker agreed to pay Minor about $1,400 by giving him his ATM card and PIN number, but Locker "said it had to look like a robbery so his family can get what they deserve,'' Minor told police.
When Minor couldn't get a gun and his attempt to strangle Locker with telephone wire didn't work, Locker supplied a knife from his glove compartment, told Minor to hold it against the steering wheel and repeatedly threw himself on it, according to Minor's statement. He said Locker was still alive when he left.
Whatever jurors think of the strange saga, Minor's trial -- and the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison -- may hinge on precisely how they define his role in it.
Under New York law, "causing or aiding'' a suicide is a form of manslaughter punishable by a maximum of 15 years in prison; there's also a lesser offense of "promoting a suicide attempt.'' Minor has offered to plead guilty to manslaughter, said his lawyer, Daniel J. Gotlin.
Prosecutors have rejected that. Even if Minor just held the knife, that was "active participation'' in Locker's death that amounts to murder, Manhattan assistant district attorney Peter Casolaro said in a court filing. A judge echoed that reasoning last year in refusing to toss out the murder charge, punishable by as much as life in prison.
Legal debate over the boundary between murder and assisting suicide has largely focused on cases involving medical professionals or relatives who help terminally ill people kill themselves.
Kevorkian was acquitted of several assisted suicides before being convicted of murder in 1999 after giving a lethal injection to a man with Lou Gehrig's disease. The Michigan doctor served eight years in prison.
But courts also have weighed in occasionally on cases involving murkier relationships and patients who weren't dying of disease.
To a Texas appeals court, it didn't matter whether a woman was beset by problems and wanted to die when she was shot in 1985 by a man who said she talked him into it by offering her car and a couple of hundred dollars. The man's murder conviction was upheld.
But in a case that went to New York's highest court, a man was charged with and convicted of manslaughter -- not murder -- after he gave a rifle to a suicidal 17-year-old and told him to "blow his head off.''
But if the parameters of such cases might not be clear, the legal lesson is, Spindelman said.
"If asked,'' he said, "answer 'no.'''


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Ben is a staff member from Greenpeace UK. A keen ornithologist who has worked on many Greenpeace issues, Ben is head of the Arctic oil campaign. He lives in London and watches a lot of Arsenal matches.
"If somebody not from your country commits a crime against somebody not from your country in another country, should the courts in your country have any jurisdiction over the issue?"
With remarkable prescience, this question was posed by Shell's own Legal Director back in 2012. Remarkable because it's pretty much what that very same company is now attempting to try and stifle the voices of millions of people who've spoken out and taken action against Arctic drilling.
Shell is asking the courts in Alaska to issue a draconian injunction against Greenpeace USA to force #TheCrossing to stop by getting our activists off the rig. The company is so worried about the global media storm that erupted when Zoe, Miriam, Andreas et al scaled the Polar Pioneer rig to expose Shell's plans to drill f... Read more >
What does it take to run a successful, modern oil company?
You'd be forgiven for thinking it's just drills, pipelines, and lawyers. But there's an even more crucial element - the trust and approval of people like you and me.
One way of building this trust is to actually avoid drilling in extremely deep water, or stop risking the fragile Arctic ocean with giant rigs.
Alternatively, you can sponsor museums and sporting events to improve your image without making any real changes at all.
You might have guessed which one they chose.
Exxon sponsors the Bislett Games in Oslo, where our polar bears and activists have been in action this week. Read more >
Last night we had a remarkable phone call from Murmansk.
It was from the team of lawyers representing Greenpeace International telling us that the Russian Investigative Committee (IC) had decided to release the Arctic Sunrise, after nearly nine months of illegal detention in this remote Arctic port.
The Arctic Sunrise was illegally seized at gunpoint in international waters by Russian commandos last September after a peaceful protest at Gazprom's Prirazlomnaya Arctic oil platform in the Pechora Sea. The 28 activists and two freelance journalists onboard were kept for months in jail on spurious charges of piracy and then hooliganism, before finally being granted a Parliamentary amnesty at the end of December last year.
The ship got no such amnesty. Instead she has been left unattended a... Read more >
As the thunder broiled and lightning split the sodden night sky, a team of activists from Greenpeace Netherlands scaled the giant drilling rig GSP Saturn in the port of IJmuiden to stop it leaving for the Russian Arctic. The rig has been hired by Gazprom to drill a well at the Dolginskoye field in the Pechora Sea.
A few hours later, 15 volunteers left the Greenpeace ship Esperanza and climbed on-board the Transocean Spitsbergen in the northern reaches of the Barents Sea. This huge rig has been chartered by Norway's state-owned company Statoil to look for oil in these frigid waters this summer.
International oil companies like Shell, Gazprom and Statoil are part of a new club of Arctic destroyers. Their websites and company logos might look different, but they have much more in common th... Read more >
In a recent news item on the BBC, Artur Akopov, chief of operations on the Prirazlomnaya, made a number of absurd claims about the safety of the peaceful Greenpeace action on the side of Gazprom's giant oil platform. In a subsequent report, the company also made some peculiar comments on its ability to successfully clean up an oil spill in the freezing waters of the Arctic.
We tend to hear this sort of thing from the oil industry now and again, about how they've finally mastered the most extreme environment on earth and have everything at their disposal to drill through the thickest ice without any problems. Usually we ignore this type of verbosity, knowing that it's all talk, but this time is different.
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