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SOYBEAN PRODUCERS will garner a lot of attention from seed suppliers over the next few years, as suppliers work to maintain their share of the shrinking soybean market. What this means for producers is good seed supplies and aggressive marketing from companies working hard to secure their business.
With more soybean acres giving way to corn, producers are expected to scale back on 2007 soybean seed purchases. The USDA March "Prospective Plantings" report gave the market its first clear picture of the shift, indicating that growers intend to plant 90.5 million acres of corn this year, 15% more than 2006's 78.3 million acres and the highest acreage total since 1944. That's at the expense of soybeans, where acreage is expected to be 67.1 million acres, down 11% from last year, when producers planted 75.5 million acres of soybeans.
Over the next few years, it's anyone's guess how long the corn shift will last. But given the current supply and demand situation, don't be surprised to see corn acreage to again top 90 million acres in 2008.
For soybean seed suppliers, that means the same companies will compete in a market that at best remains the same, and at worst is even smaller than in previous years.
Market volatility
"There's going to be some volatility in the soybean seed business," says David Thompson, director of marketing for Stine Seed Company, Ames, IA. "In the overall picture, the pie is getting smaller, and the same people are selling to that acre. What we have to do is determine the best way to maintain our market share."
"The magnitude of the switch to corn probably won't be fully known until July 1, when the dust settles and we sort everything out," says Don Schafer, senior product line manager for soybeans at Pioneer. "All our market surveys, from industry analysts to our sales staff, point to fewer bean acres in 2007, but there also is a lot of indecision out there."
Producers always make last-minute switches out of one crop and into another. But it's the magnitude of the potential switch in 2007 and 2008 that has seed companies working diligently to ensure product is available.
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Companies are gauging next year's market demand and are completing work to secure acreage to grow the 2008 seed crop. Here, too, they've seen the impact of corn.
Pioneer says that, although it didn't have significant difficulty securing soybean seed acres, there were areas where the boost in corn acreage made getting those last few acres of soybean seed more challenging. "A soybean acre that's lost to corn isn't something we can make up," Schafer says.
Steve Sopher, agronomist and regional sales manager with Latham Seeds in Alexander, IA, says the company grows 90% of its soybean seed supply locally, so securing acreage hasn't been a huge concern. And while the company provides most of the storage for those soybeans, it has found securing outside storage more difficult. "Producers are locking up storage for corn so they can deliver directly to ethanol plants," he says.
Jon Scharingson, agribusiness marketing manager for soybeans at Syngenta, explains that the corn increase in 2008 is expected to take more soybean acres out of production in the Corn Belt but says that strong soybean prices may shift where additional soybeans are planted. "There will be a lot of corn near ethanol plants," he says. "But soybeans should start grabbing acreage away from cotton in the South, wheat in the north-central plains, and we're even starting to see an expansion of soybeans in the Delmarva area. I think we'll be sitting on 60 million to 65 million acres of soybeans for the next three to five years."
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Soybean seed suppliers aren't taking the reduction in acreage lying down. "We've been strongly enhancing our breeding program, and we see areas where there are big opportunities to make market share gains," Scharingson says. "In a flat or diminishing market, we plan to aggressively go after soybean acres."
Pioneer's Schafer says the company remains committed to soybeans and will work hard to stay on the farm. "We are able to offer a full portfolio of corn and soybean products to producers," he says. "And while we are able to capture market share for corn, we also want to ensure our soybeans remain on every acre."
At Latham Seeds, its focus remains on providing the best varieties. "We will continue to focus on soybeans and work harder than ever to bring the highest-yielding, best defensive traits to market so we can be at a competitive edge," Sopher says. "It's going to be tough, but it's been tough everywhere for the past several years to make money on soybean seed. Next year will be no exception, although the pressures will be greater."
With the dynamics set in place for 2008, does that mean a significant price war to ensure market share? Perhaps, but seed companies stress that maintaining a quality product and delivering service to the customer will remain paramount. "In a shrinking market, it's even more imperative to show your value to the customer," says Tom Schaefer, U.S. soybean marketing manager for Asgrow. "We will have the normal trade discounts and programs that we've always offered."
Syngenta has been heavily marketing its AgriEdge program, which offers producers a premium for using a portfolio of the company's products.
One area that does offer opportunities for increased premiums is the value-added soybean products for food and industrial applications. But those seeking identity-preserved soybeans are also competing against corn acres. "I tell producers that if you're planting more corn, at least plant some Vistive low-linolenic soybeans to get the extra $0.60/bu.," Sopher says.
The commitment to soybeans will remain. "Farmers are comfortable with soybeans and how to grow them. They like it as a crop," Thompson says. "Soybeans are still a good crop that's fairly weather resistant and can be grown in areas that are less conducive to corn."


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After more than 30 years as assistant basketball coach at Troy University, David Felix is ready to take on the challenge as head coach of the Freeport Bulldogs.
"Obviously it's a new challenge from what I've been doing," Felix said Wednesday afternoon. "I've been on the road recruiting for 30 something years now, chasing players. That�s the one part that I probably won�t miss. Coaching at the college level was very rewarding, but this is going to be fun. I'm looking forward to it."
Felix a native of Greenwood, Ind., began his career at Troy in 1973 and worked his way on to the starting lineup as a freshman. He went on to become sixth on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,469 points, as well as holding the school's record for steals (251) and is second all-time in assists (625).
During the past 31 seasons, he has help guide the Troy Trojans from a Division II power team to a Division I program.
As for Freeport, Felix was one of more than 75 applicants that applied for the head basketball position after long-time Coach David Burke announced his retirement earlier this year.
However, the Emerald Coast and Walton County are not new to Felix.
"We've always come to this area to visit," Felix said. So when Troy's head coach retired, and he got a call from Walton County Coach Hester about the opening at Freeport, he decided to check it out.
"I inquired and it ended up being an area we wanted to come to, because it's a good area for us to retire � and I didn�t want to stop coaching basketball," Felix said. "So it gave me an opportunity to keep doing what I love, and that is coach. And the people at Freeport have been really good, so I'm looking forward to it."
Felix practiced with the Bulldogs the entire month of June.
"We had a good turnout," he said noting he had about 20 boys, more or less. "I had a good time working with them. They are hungry to learn.
"Obviously they weren't very good last year, so there is a lot of work to do," he said. "But they want to be good."
Last year the Freeport Bulldogs finished up 3-22.
"I know the people of Freeport love basketball, so I'm looking forward to working with the players, working with the administration there and the faculty, and the community," he said.
His number one goal at Freeport is to "win games," Felix said. "That's what they are expecting. They think because we've got a college coach we are going to win a state championship."
But there are a lot of good coaches in the area he said, mentioning the coaches at Walton, Paxton and South Walton.
"I'm not a fool enough to think I'm going to out-coach those guys," Felix said. "All we can do is try to out-work them."
He said his current group of kids is �working hard.�
"I wish we had a few kids move in, but you know, you play with what you've got," Felix said. He said there are a couple of students in school that he wishes would come out for basketball, "but that's their decision."
Freeport resident and former Bulldog Jason Burnham will be assisting Felix and coaching the junior varsity.
"He's a good guy and he wants to learn," Felix said.
The Bulldogs tip off in November.
"I just hope we can get back and win some games," Felix said.

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2012 Process Automation Hall of Fame
Three Men Whose Careers Changed the Automation Industry and the World
Every year, the members of the Process Automation Hall of Fame nominate and vote to induct the new class. This is the Class of 2012 and, as in all of the previous years, these people should be household names. Sadly, they aren't, except to automation professionals, so it falls to us to honor them here.
The 2012 Process Automation Hall of Fame Award Banquet will be part of the ATPM2012 (Automation Technology in Process Manufacturing) conference that will be held May 21-23 in the Woodlands, Texas. The banquet is on Monday, May 21. ATPM2012 was formerly called the WBF North American Conference and has expanded its format and focus substantially. Interested attendees can find more about ATPM2012 at www.atpm2012.org.
This year, the members of the Hall have inducted three very interesting characters. There are two design engineers and wireless gurus. And there's an accountant (and a story behind that!) The inductees this year are Mark Nixon, Thomas Phinney and Vernon Heath.
The Game-Changer: Mark Nixon
Mark Nixon is director of research for Emerson Process Management. He lives in Austin, Texas, and has two sons (twins) and two stepsons. "Last year was very happy for me," he said, "My twin sons both entered university and are both studying engineering."
Nixon talks about his upbringing. "I kind of grew up around parts of the industry," he says. "I grew up in northern Ontario, which has a lot of mining, timber, and pulp and paper."
"I grew up on a dairy farm in northern Ontario," he continues. "My father died in a farm accident when I was 15. My brother and I, along with our brother-in-law, ran the farm for a few years. After we sold the farm, I attended the University of Waterloo in Ontario. For my internships during university, I worked four months in the oil and gas fields in Alberta, four months for a pulp and paper company in northern Ontario, eight months for Ontario Hydro, and eight months doing design work for Atomic Energy in Canada. By the time I graduated I was very focused on control companies."
"I graduated in 1982," he says, "and started my career with Fisher Controls. I spent considerable time in the field at various pulp and paper mills, plastics plants, tobacco factories, chemical plants and tar sands projects. From 1995 through 2005, I was lead architect for Delta V, and in 1998, I transferred to Austin, Texas."
In 2006, he joined the wireless team at Emerson Process Management, where he took "an active role in the development of WirelessHART and IEC62591," which is the international standard version of WirelessHART.
Currently, he says, his research "includes control, data analytics, wireless, low power, virtualization, operator interfaces and advanced graphics."
If that isn't enough, he also is currently active in the Center for Operator Performance (www.operatorperformance.org), WirelessHART, ISA88, the Fieldbus Foundation and ISA101.
Nixon believes that he's made two major contributions to the automation profession. "The first is my role in helping shape DeltaV and PlantWeb into what they are today. We started research on DeltaV in 1991, and over a four-year period, we explored various software, hardware and user technologies. We commissioned an extensive study across several plants, gathering considerable data that in the end helped focus our efforts in developing DeltaV."
In 1995, he continues, "the original team of seven was expanded to seventeen, and we were moved off-site to work in a skunk-works environment. For two years, the team, which began growing quickly after the first year, worked away in isolation. In January 1996, we started field trials at 10 sites, and in 1997, we released our first version. I stayed on as the lead architect for a 10-year period."
"My second major contribution was in wireless," Nixon says. "My path toward wireless actually started about two years before I got involved with WirelessHART. During the initial two-year period, I worked on various prototypes that were installed and set up in oil fields around Lockhart, Texas. This project also ran mostly as a skunk works with much of the time spent on weekends and evenings in the oil fields."
He continues, "My family spent New Year's Day in 2005 with me at an oil well, while we set up and commissioned equipment. In 2006, I was invited to join the WirelessHART spec team and, as should be expected, jumped on this opportunity to move the industry forward."
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The Big One is still 52 weeks away, but the results from a host of local elections today may offer fresh clues about the state of play in politics just as the presidential nominating process is set to begin.
At stake on this "off-year" general election day are a pair of governorships, control of several state legislatures, a slate of local offices and 34 statewide ballot measures on issues such as collective bargaining and
Here's a look at some of the day's high-profile votes.
Ohio Issue 2
: Outside of Washington, the biggest political story of the year is the efforts of newly empowered
in a number of battleground states to roll back collective bargaining rights for state employees. Wisconsin Gov.
's successful efforts spurred summer recall elections for state senators. But in Ohio,
and allies in labor collected signatures to put that state's new law,
Bill 5, before voters in a statewide referendum.
Today's vote on Issue 2 gives the state an opportunity to reaffirm legislation passed by the Republican Legislature and signed by Gov.
or repeal the law. Supporters say the measure makes overdue reforms to help get government spending under control. The official argument of the opposition is that it risks public safety by making it harder for first responders to negotiate.
An initiative such as this would likely have drawn national interest no matter where the battle was. But the fact that it's in Ohio -- a key presidential battleground -- makes it the most-watched contest of the night. Democrats and labor, in particular, are taking advantage of the opportunity to test-drive their political machines.
The expectation is that the measure will be repealed, though low turnout in an off-year election and potential confusion over the vote (to repeal requires a "no" vote) could create some suspense after the polls close.
Ohio residents are also voting on Issue 3, which would exempt state residents from a mandate to purchase health insurance. It's considered a symbolic protest vote against the new national healthcare reforms.
Mississippi Initiative 26:
The "Personhood" initiative initially was seen as another test of abortion rights. However, the full wording of the measure as it appears on the ballot -- to define every human being as a person "from the moment of fertilization, cloning or the equivalent thereof" -- has given even staunch abortion foes pause.
"I believe life begins at conception. Unfortunately, this personhood amendment doesn't say that," Mississippi Gov.
, a Republican, said in an interview on
last week. "It says life begins at fertilization, or cloning, or the functional equivalent thereof. That ambiguity is striking a lot of pro-life people here as concerning."
Opponents of the measure are also warning of other potential consequences, including a ban on many birth control pills and a severe hampering of popular
Kentucky and Mississippi governor:
This year, four states are holding gubernatorial elections, and by day's end it's expected that the status quo will continue in terms of party control. Democrat
won a special election in West Virginia last month to serve out the unexpired term of
, now a U.S. senator. Louisiana Gov.
won reelection by a a landslide last month.
In Kentucky, Democrat
is expected to also win a second term with ease. Democrats have struggled in the state's elections for federal office, but local officials have managed to keep distance between themselves and the national party. Republicans had hoped to tie Beshear to
, but their own candidate in the race -- state Senate President David Williams -- ran a bungling campaign.
In Mississippi, Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant is expected to succeed the term-limited Barbour, which would mark the first time Republicans would win three consecutive gubernatorial races in the state since the 1800s. The Democratic nominee is Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, who made history by becoming the first major African American nominee for statewide office.
Virginia Legislature:
In 2009, Republicans won back the governorship after eight years of Democratic control, and they added six seats to their majority in the House of Delegates. Now, the Republican takeover of state government could be complete if the party can erase Democrats' 22-18 advantage in the state Senate.
In 2008, of course, Obama became the first Democrat in generations to win the commonwealth's electoral votes. It's been one of the states he's visited most often since becoming president, and one he's hoping to hold as he seeks reelection. A Republican sweep would bolster the party's case that the president faces an uphill climb here in 2012.
quickly became a national Republican star after defeating Democratic incumbent
in 2009. Today's vote in the Garden State will test just how potent his political pull is at home as Republicans try to slice Democratic control of both houses of the Legislature.
Christie's out-of-state fundraising efforts on behalf of his party occasionally raised speculation that he had not ruled out a presidential run. But what those efforts ultimately allowed him to do was fund television ads, in which he starred, on the expensive New York airwaves.
The Democratic margins -- 46-32 in the General Assembly and 24-16 in the Senate -- are likely to be too steep for Republicans to overturn. But the extent to which they are narrowed could add to the legend of Christie -- one that
is tapping into as Christie heads to New Hampshire on his behalf on Wednesday.
There will be just one legislative race on the ballot in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. A Republican victory in a special election for the state Senate would essentially flip control of the chamber. Voters in the 18th District will choose between Democrat Liz Mathis and Republican Cindy Golding. Democrats have a 25-24 edge heading into today's vote; a 25-25 chamber would give Republican Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds the tie-breaking vote.
Election law initiatives:
Two states -- Mississippi and Maine -- offer the latest test of a Republican drive to tighten election laws. Maine's Question 1 gives voters the chance to overturn a new law ending same-day voter registration. Mississippi's Initiative 27 would enact a new requirement that voters provide photo identification at the polls. If passed, Mississippi would become the eighth state with such a law, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.


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Who is to blame for being compromised by an exploit for which a patch was released months before?
The admin. (which is quite often also the primary user in home systems)
Sure, Microsoft had code with an exploit. But they found it (or someone else pointed it out to them using responsible disclosure, hopefully) and they released a patch that was pushed out in updates.
There have been similar problems in the Linux world. Slapper, anyone? Who is responsible for getting hit by a Linux worm that has had a patch released months before?
I stand by my answer. The admin is responsible.
(as for who is responsible for repairing the code, if it the bad code is in mysql, then the mysql team is responsible to fix, but that is pretty obvious, eh?)
This is an interesting moral/ethical dilemma. In the case of conficker, relatively few US and European computers were in fact, compromised.
Most of the compromised hosts were from Asian, African and South American coutries. These also correlate to countries were the numbers of pirated (Their word, not mine) copies are highest.
Easy enough to google for references.
So called pirated copies of Mircosoft products are blocked, for right or wrong, from receiving updates.
Linux has no such restrictions. Yes, there are commericial versions of Linux. And yes, only rightfully registered and licensed Linux installations can receive updates from the commericial repositories. But each of these have a corresponding open to all free repository. And in fact, security patches are fed to the commercial repositories from the open and free repositories.
I have as a matter of fact, occasionally patched production machines from the "free" repositories because they do get the patches first. Then once the patch hits the "official" repository, I reapply the patch from there. I have only done that with the one or two instances where there were 0 day or near 0 day exploits.
There are two unrelated issues with the Microsoft security paradigm. The one is the a fore mentioned "only supply security updates to legal users.
The other is that generally only Microsoft (Maybe) and/or black hat hackers (the bad guys) know about a security vulnerability at first. Sometimes a white hat (Officially sanctioned security expert) or grey hat (Unofficial but none the less benevolent) hacker might find a Microsoft vulnerability.
The white hats are under NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) about the vulnerability until Microsoft chooses to disclose the vulnerability.
Grey hats may disclose the vulnerability at their own discretion and risk of retribution from Microsoft.
Because of historical legal action against grey hats by Microsoft, they have become fewer and less vocal. (ie. now under NDA and therefore "white hats")
All of that say this. We are now is a situation where:
A) Only Microsoft, those good guys who can't say anything and the bad guys who won't say anything to anybody that can do anything to prevent an intrusion are the only to know about a MS vulnerability at first.
B) All systems are vulnerable to attack via new vulnerabilities until Microsoft:
a) Publically acknowledges the attack.
b) Gives enough information about it to allow administrators to make interim remediation plans until
c) Provides a patch remediating the vulnerability.
C) Microsoft only allows updates to systems that they deem "Legal"
Now there is Microsofts definition of "Legal" in regards to its software. Lets take this straight from their EULA.
10. NOT FOR RESALE SOFTWARE. Software identified as "Not For Resale" or "NFR," may not be sold or otherwise transferred for value, or used for any purpose other than demonstration, test or evaluation.
13. SOFTWARE TRANSFER. Internal. You may move the Software to a different Workstation Computer. After the transfer, you must completely remove the Software from the former Workstation Computer. Transfer to Third Party. The initial user of the Software may make a one-time permanent transfer of this EULA and Software to another end user, provided the initial user retains no copies of the Software. This transfer must include all of the Software (including all component parts, the media and printed materials, any upgrades, this EULA, and, if applicable, the Certificate of Authenticity). The transfer may not be an indirect transfer, such as a consignment. Prior to the transfer, the end user receiving the Software must agree to all the EULA terms.
If you bought a used computer on E-Bay with Windows loaded. You may not be a legal user.
1.2 Mandatory Activation. The license rights granted under this EULA are limited to the first thirty (30) days after you first install the Software unless you supply information required to activate your licensed copy in the manner described during the setup sequence of the Software. You can activate the Software through the use of the Internet or telephone; toll charges may apply. You may also need to reactivate the Software if you modify your computer hardware or alter the Software. There are technological measures in this Software that are designed to prevent unlicensed use of the Software. Microsoft will use those measures to confirm you have a legally licensed copy of the Software. If you are not using a licensed copy of the Software, you are not allowed to install the Software or future Software updates.
So many people may not be legal microsoft users and not even know that they are not legal. They may not be receiving Microsoft security updates.
These issues do not exist with Linux.
Should Microsoft allow security updates do "illegal" users? It is well with in MS rights not to. But who are the illegal users? Many may not even know they are illegal.


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April 2007 | Issue 1
Australia: Credit Unions Facing Hostile Takeover
Due to their growth and good performance, credit unions are facing increasing takeover interest from third parties. Abacus, the credit union industry body, is working with the Australian government and the credit union sector on responding to demutualizations and stronger laws for mutuals confronted with takeover threats.
The new regulations are intended to 'fix' a long-standing gap in the law, which could require a credit union to release its member share register details to third parties. The reforms also require advance notice to credit unions of any contact with members and that communications meet the full legal requirements regarding disclosure standards and misleading and deceptive provisions. These issues are the subject of a federal court appeal, in which the companies' regulator has ordered a credit union to provide its register to a local competitor that wants to market a takeover offer to members. Australian credit unions are strongly opposed to the release of registers to third parties.
Get to Know Australian Credit Unions
Australia's 142 credit unions continue to perform strongly in the domestic market. With over three million members, credit unions offer a full range of financial services to members. They are regulated under the same laws and regulatory agency as banks, meet the same prudential standards, pay corporate tax and abide by the same company laws.
Source: Abacus Australian Mutuals, www.abacus.org.au
Canada: Federal Government Amending Law on Financial Institutions
In recent months, the Canadian federal government introduced Bill C-37: An Act to Amend the Law Governing Financial Institutions and to Provide for Related and Consequential Changes, in which it outlined proposed changes to the legislative framework governing federally regulated financial institutions. The bill includes amending the Bank Act, the Cooperative Credit Associations (CCA) Act,the Trust and Loan Companies Act and the Insurance Companies Act. The amendments are aimed at achieving three key objectives: (i) enhancing the interests of consumers, (ii) increasing legislative and regulatory efficiency and (iii) adapting those Acts to new developments. Bill C-37 would also amend the Bills of Exchange Act to provide for the introduction of electronic check imaging.
The amendments include changes to the CCA Act that will facilitate the incorporation of federally chartered co-operative financial institutions in Canada. There are currently only two such institutions incorporated under the CCA Act. As noted below, most of the Canadian credit union system is provincially regulated.
On February 19, 2007, David Phillips, CUCC President and CEO, David Phillips, appeared before the House of Commons Standing Committee to convey the credit union system's general support for Bill C-37 and propose amendments to the CCA Act. In particular, he stated that "amendments [in the bill] will make incorporation under the Act more of an option for credit union organizations interested in acquiring a federal corporate charter."
Get to Know Canadian Credit Unions
The Canadian credit union system is regulated by an interplay of federal and provincial laws. Credit Union Central of Canada is a wholesale and trade association regulated by the Canadian federal government, while provincial Centrals are regulated by both the federal and provincial governments. The credit unions themselves are provincially regulated and derive their general powers from provincial credit union statutes that define business and investment powers, corporate governance practices and capital/liquidity requirements. Credit union members/customers are protected by legislative requirements embedded in either provincial credit union legislation or by general provincial consumer protection laws.
Source: Credit Union Central of Canada, www.cucentral.ca
United States: New Federal Credit Union Bill Develops
On March 15, the 2007 Credit Union Regulatory Improvements Act (CURIA, HR 1537) was introduced in the House of Representatives. The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) seeks regulatory relief to modernize the credit union regulatory structure to improve service to members. The banking industry is strongly opposed to any efforts by Congress to ease burdens and restrictions on credit unions.
The new bill is similar to the 2006 version, but with the addition of two key provisions: one addresses field of membership rules, and the other establishes additional consumer safeguards in the event of a credit union conversion. As introduced, the bill would:
- Reform the National Credit Union Administration's prompt corrective action/risk-based capital standards to make additional capital available to credit unions, which would provide members with better and more affordable services.
- Increase the current cap on loans to members from 12.25% to 20% of assets for business purposes (MBLs). This would allow credit unions to assist more members start and expand small businesses and would promote economic growth. The bill would also exempt loans under $100,000 and those to nonprofit religious organizations from the MBL calculation.
- Establish additional consumer safeguards to ensure even greater participation and transparency in the process of converting credit unions to another type of financial institution, including the requirement that at least 30% of a credit union's members participate in any vote to convert to a mutual savings bank.
- Clarify the 1998 Credit Union Membership Access Act to allow all credit unions, regardless of charter type, to serve those in underserved areas. The bill would also update the definition of an underserved area, incorporating definitions from the Community Development Financial Institutions Act and the New Markets Tax Credit.
Other provisions of the 2006 CURIA legislation were included in the Financial Institutions Regulatory Relief Act, which increased general loan maturity limits to 15 years for federal credit unions and allowed them to provide certain services to non-members.
Source: Credit Union National Association, www.cuna.org
Great Britain: Complete Review of 30-year-old Credit Union Legislation
At the end of 2006, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, Ed Balls, announced a review of legislation affecting credit unions and other cooperatives in Great Britain. The Association of British Credit Unions (ABCUL) had previously spoken to Balls and stressed the need for legislative change in a major scaling up of the credit union movement. Credit unions are at the center of the government's current emphasis on financial inclusion. The Government recently distributed £36 million of funding to increase the availability of affordable credit - the first ever national government funding for credit unions in Britain. HM Treasury is currently carrying out the legislative review and is expected to publish a consultation paper within the next two months.
The main changes ABCUL is proposing:
- Relaxation of common bond requirements: Credit union boards should be able to determine their own common bonds (similar to the changes the New Zealand movement has recently secured). This will enable credit unions to provide services to groups of people currently excluded from credit union membership.
- Once a member, always a member: At the moment, people who leave a credit union's common bond become non-qualifying members. A credit union can have no more than 10% of its membership as non-qualifying members, at which point it must ask them to leave the credit union. Replacing this with "once a member, always a member" will prevent exclusion from credit union membership because of a change in address or job - essential in an increasingly mobile society.
- Organizational membership: Credit unions in Britain can currently only provide services to individuals. Organizational membership will mean credit unions can help local groups, encourage enterprise and benefit from companies' and local organizations' capital. Organizational membership will also allow the creation of a credit union for credit unions.
- Ability to pay interest on savings: Credit unions are currently restricted to paying dividends on shares.
- Relaxation in the legal objects of credit unions: Relaxation would enable credit unions to provide the services their members need.
When the consultation paper is published there will be a 12-week consultation period after which decisions will be reached about what changes will be made and how they will be completed. It is likely that primary legislation will not be necessary, so the changes could be in place by the end of the year.
Source: Association of British Credit Unions, Ltd., www.abcul.coop
India: New Avenues for Capital Formation
A working group led by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is recommending a number of different instruments to enable Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) to attract equity and quasi-equity investments. The new instruments include bonds, non-voting preference shares, long maturity deposits (treated as tier II capital) and non-voting special shares (treated as tier I capital). RBI is also proposing appropriate legislative and supervisory frameworks to enable UCBs to put the new capital instruments into operation. RBI recommends the Government of India defer the application of income tax on UCBs for three years to help boost their retained earnings. For the complete RBI report please visit: http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/PublicationReport/docs/74324.doc
Source: National Federation of Urban Co-operative Banks and Credit Societies Ltd. (NAFCUB)
Ireland: Revised Lending Regulations Enable Members to Borrow More
The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) and the Registrar of Credit Unions have obtained an increase in the current lending term limits to allow credit unions to begin entering the mortgage market.
Section 35 of the Credit Union Act of 1997 currently limits longer-term (i.e. over five years) lending by credit unions. Under Section 35, a maximum 20% of a credit union's loan portfolio may be outstanding for periods in excess of five years, of which half (10% of the loan portfolio) may be outstanding for periods in excess of 10 years.
ILCU sought an increase in the Section 35 lending limits and in April 2006, the Minister for Finance, Brian Cowen, TD, sought the advice of the Credit Union Advisory Committee (CUAC) - the expert statutory advisory body on credit union matters under the Credit Union Act.
CUAC recommended in July 2006 that Cowen establish a review group to evaluate the current credit union limits on longer-term lending. Cowen appointed representatives from the ILCU, the Credit Union Development Association and the Registrar of Credit Unions to prepare the report.
The report recommended that Section 35 lending limits be increased from 20% to 40% of the total loan portfolios for loans over five years and from 10% to 15% for loans over ten years. The recommendations applied to credit unions that have been approved by the registrar as having necessary controls and safeguards and acceptable financial criteria in relation to arrears and reserves.
Credit unions that wish to access the new rates will be required to submit a statement from their board of directors confirming that the lending processes, resources and operating systems in place are appropriate to the business needs of that credit union. The credit union will also need to confirm that its loan arrears are no greater than 5% (PEARLS A1 ratio), that the statutory reserve over total assets is 6% or greater and that total reserves over total assets is 8% or greater (PEARLS E5 ratio).
Credit unions who wish to continue using the current percentages of 20% over 5 years and 10% over 10 years may do so with no change in lending conditions.
The board members' statement mentioned above will be the subject of a guidance note from the League Office in due course, coupled with relevant lending policies and procedures and asset and liability management policies and procedures. Following approval from the registrar, credit unions should maintain liquidity (PEARLS L1 ratio) at 17.5 % over a period of time.
The group recommended that the legislature amend the wording of Section 35 as soon as possible to provide for a practical interpretation of the lending limits which would exclude loans where the period remaining on the loan falls below the specified limits. The Department of Finance has agreed to examine the scope for including the provision in the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill in Section A of the Government's 2007 Spring Session legislation program.
ILCU's short-term changes, such as deposit account limits, Section 35 and nominations the movement sought in the past three years have now been largely met. The league will soon begin a consultation process with its members to discuss developing credit union legislation to meet long-term member needs in the context of a new movement strategy.
Click here for the Review Group's Report
Source: Irish League of Credit Unions, www.creditunion.ie
Poland: Credit Unions Begin Offering Long-Term Mortgages
The president of the Republic of Poland signed a new bill on financial support to the Families in Obtaining Housing. The Polish credit unions, or the SKOK system as it is known in Poland, became a government partner in the new affordable housing program. According to the bill, the SKOK system is now allowed to offer regular long-term mortgages, and credit and loan timespan limits for SKOKs were completely abolished.
The president recently announced that his Chancellery would be preparing the comprehensive changes to the Credit Union Act regulating SKOKs to allow them to offer more services to members. Over 1.5 million Polish families utilize credit unions.
Source: National Association of Cooperative Savings & Credit Unions, www.skok.pl
Caribbean - Trinidad and Tobago:
New Policy Proposal Brings Credit Unions Under Central Bank Supervision
The Cooperative Societies Act will be amended to transfer the supervision of credit union financial activities from the Commissioner of Cooperative Development to the Central Bank. The new policy proposal was developed based on inputs from a number of sources, including WOCCU's Model Law for Credit Unions.
The Bank of Jamaica has also proposed to directly supervise all credit unions.
Source: Co-operative Credit Union League of Trinidad & Tobago, www.ccultt.org
New Zealand: Relaxation of Common Bond Requirements
Until the end of 2006, New Zealand credit unions operated under a common bond that was regionally and geographically restricted. It was an impediment particularly with the retention of members. For example:
- Loss of members when they had to resign from their credit union because they had moved out of the town or community covered by the credit union's common bond.
- Students who left their family residence for university education had to resign from their home credit union.
- When a member moved from one community to another for employment.
After considerable battles by the New Zealand Association of Credit Unions the government approved relief to the common bond structure. Now credit unions can apply to the Registrar of Credit Unions to expand their common bond, providing they can be objectively determined.
Credit unions can also now accept registered charities and incorporated societies as members (similar changes are being sought in Great Britain and Poland). Incorporated societies in New Zealand can be best described as quasi-registered companies. These relief measures will contribute to a faster growth of credit unions in New Zealand.
Source: New Zealand Association of Credit Unions, www.nzacu.org.nz


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 2, 2009) - An early first half goal by Belmont sophomore forward Jamie Loftis proved to be the difference as the ETSU women's soccer team fell to its in-state rivals 1-0 Friday night at the Whitten Soccer Complex in Nashville.
With the loss ETSU falls to 2-9-0 overall with a 1-2-0 mark in A-Sun play, while the league leading Bruins improve to a 6-4-1 clip and a perfect 3-0-0 record in Atlantic Sun Conference action.
After sophomore keeper Megan Masch (Virginia Beach, Va.) opened play with a quick save off of a shot by Belmont senior forward Elizabeth Bublis, ETSU returned the with a shot of its own as junior forward Terri Miller (Cape Coral, Fla.) fired the ball just wide of the net in the fourth minute.
ETSU continued its offensive pressure midway through the first half as sophomore midfielder Genna Petersen (Loveland, Ohio), senior forward Jordan Monty (Mesquite, Texas) and Miller all fired shots that were denied by Belmont sophomore keeper Sara Lin.
After a Buccaneer foul in the 28th minute, Belmont countered with its restart as sophomore Bruin defender Gretchen Sutch found Loftis inside the box, for the game-winner with 13 minutes remaining in the first half.
"We had our chances in the first half with numerous offensive opportunities," said head coach Heather Henson. "Right before Belmont scored we played a corner kick inside the box and had a great chance to score on that play and just didn't connect with the goal. Those are the type of balls that we have to find a way to put in the back of the net in order to win in a close match."
The Bucs did manage four shots in the second half, however none were on target as the Bruins defense continued to stay within their system.
"Belmont did an excellent job maintaining its spacing as our forwards attacked in the second half," Henson said. "We have to be stronger, knowing that we were down a goal. At times in the second half we didn't stay within our system and forced the attack. Our offense has to do a better job staying mature as we get aggressive offensively."
Defensively, Masch led the Bucs with eight saves on the night, while the offense was paced by Monty with a team-best three shots.
ETSU continues A-Sun play on the road with a 2:00 p.m., contest Sunday at Lipscomb.
"The idea situation going into this weekend was to get six points and move atop the conference standings," said Henson. "Now with loss our goal is to get at least three points with a win against Lipscomb. There's a lot of soccer still to be played and our team knows after tonight that we must give ourselves a chance to stay in the hunt with a critical win on Sunday.
For more information on the ETSU women's soccer team please visit www.ETSUBucs.com. Also you can follow daily post and updates on the official ETSU women's soccer team Twitter page at www.twitter.com/ETSUSoccer.


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I think this book was good because there was a lot of surprises and violence. The big ideas in this book were when Mogart thought he could take over the world and Alfred thought he could stop him. My favorite part was when Alfred and Benocia are in a Ferrari on the highway when a bunch of bad guys come up on motorcycles. One rider does a flip in the air and Benocio shoots him right in the gas taken with a bow and arrow, and it blows up. I think this book was good because there was lots of excitement, like when Alfred kills Mogart. My favorite characters were Alfred and Benocio because they are good fighters and very brave.
I would recommend this book for kids eight through 14 years who like action and adventures.


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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today acted to enhance its enforcement program with a policy statement on penalty guidelines that will add fairness, consistency and transparency to all FERC civil penalty determinations.
The policy statement guidelines are modeled on portions of the United States Sentencing Guidelines, with appropriate modifications to account for FERC-specific considerations.
The Commission adopted today's policy statement after nearly four years of experience with new and expanded civil penalty authority under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005). That statute expanded FERC's civil penalty authority under the Federal Power Act (FPA) and, for the first time, provided civil penalty authority to cover violations of the Natural Gas Act (NGA). The statute also raised the maximum civil penalty to $1 million per day per violation, for any violation of the Natural Gas Policy Act, the NGA or Part II of the FPA.
Although the Penalty Guidelines represent a change in how FERC will determine civil penalties, the guidelines will continue to use many of the factors previously considered, such as the seriousness and remediation of a violation, that reflect the requirements of EPAct 2005 and that are the centerpiece of the Commission's penalty regime.
This approach promotes consistency by basing the penalty calculations on a set of uniform factors that are weighted similarly for similar types of violations and similar types of violators. The Penalty Guidelines also provide specific credit to companies for self-reporting violations and for implementing robust compliance programs, thus further encouraging compliance by the industry. Based on the specific facts and circumstances of a violation, the Commission retains the discretion to impose a penalty that is not based on an application of the Penalty Guidelines.
The Penalty Guidelines also provide greater transparency and fairness by giving notice to regulated organizations how FERC will determine civil penalties. This method will provide a more straightforward process, while still giving FERC the discretion to depart from the guidelines where appropriate.
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(LOS ANGELES) — A Boston-bound man wearing body armor, flame retardant leggings and knee pads under his trench coat was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after a Customs and Border Protection officer found a smoke grenade and several weapons in his checked luggage. He is now facing a federal charge for transporting hazardous material on an airplane.
According to an affidavit filed in federal court, Yongda Huang Harris, 28, a naturalized U.S. citizen of Chinese descent, was flying from Kansai, Japan, via Inchon, Korea, to LAX on Friday.
He was pulled aside in customs for a secondary baggage inspection when an officer noticed Harris was wearing a bullet-proof vest. The officer asked Harris if he had anything he would like to declare in his checked luggage.
Harris told the officer he had a knife, but when his bag was searched, the officer found a troubling array of suspicious items.
In addition to the smoke grenade, officers found three leather-coated black-jack billy clubs, a collapsible baton, a full-face respirator, several knives and a hatchet.
Officers also found body bags, a tyvex biohazard suit, various masks, duct tape, hand cuffs, leg irons, flex cuffs, oven mitts and cooking tongs.
The smoke grenade, manufactured by a company called Commando, is classified as an explosive and is capable of filling a 40,000-cubic-foot space with smoke, according to the affidavit. The grenade is also capable of causing a fire.
It is not clear why Harris had those items in his luggage, but the investigation is ongoing.
Authorities say they are working with investigators in Japan, where Harris has been living, to learn more about why he would bring such an assortment of implements on board an international flight. LAPD and FBI are assisting in the investigation.
Harris, according to a Department of Homeland Security statement, makes his permanent home in Boston.
Though he was arrested Friday, due to the federal holiday Harris made his initial appearance Tuesday in a Los Angeles federal court and remains in federal custody.
He is scheduled to be back in court Friday for a detention hearing. A call to his attorney has not yet been returned.
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Does good cholesterol still predict heart risk after bad cholesterol is controlled by statin therapy?
Yes, according to a post-hoc analysis of data from the controversial COURAGE trial, appearing in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
No, according to Dutch researchers whose report on the Secondary Manifestations of Arterial Disease (SMART) study also appears in the journal.
Those findings mimic the state of the field, according to Jacques Genest, MD, of McGill University in Montreal -- it's just not yet clear whether the mass of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) is even an appropriate biomarker for heart risk.
"The biological plausibility for HDL as a target remains strong," Genest argued in an accompanying editorial, but "we probably have the wrong biomarker." The size of the HDL compartment, he wrote, is a "static measurement of a very dynamic and diverse metabolic process and may not reflect the function of HDL."
Better understanding of the various functions of HDL might help resolve the apparent contradictions between the SMART and COURAGE outcomes, Genest argued.
In the meantime, clinicians ought to continue to focus on lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), while researchers try to figure out the HDL puzzle, Genest wrote.
The COURAGE study was controversial because it found that stenting and optimal medical management had much the same result in people with stable angina.
For the first analysis, researchers, led by William Boden, MD, of the Samuel Stratton VA Medical Center in Albany, looked to see if there was independent effect of HDL-C on cardiovascular risk in 2,193 COURAGE patients with stable ischemic heart disease who were on optimal medical therapy, including statin medications.
The main outcome of the after-the-fact analysis was a composite -- death from any cause or nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI). Boden and colleagues assessed the association between HDL-C measured after 6 months on optimal medical therapy and the rate of cardiovascular events after 4 years.
Overall, they found, high HDL-C predicted a lower risk -- the proportion of patients reaching the primary endpoint was 33% lower in the highest quartile than in the lowest for a significant difference (P=0.02).
Within each HDL-C quartile, those with lower LDL-C did better, the researchers found, while among patients with similar LDL, higher HDL-C was associated with a lower incidence of death or MI.
But the effect of HDL-C level on death or MI was independent, with no apparent interaction with LDL-C category, the researchers reported.
The pattern was similar and remained significant (P=0.02) when the analysis was restricted to participants with LDL-C levels less than 70 mg/dL, a common goal for those at risk of a cardiovascular event, Boden and colleagues found.
On the other hand, investigators led by Frank Visseren, MD, PhD, of University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands found that in patients on intensive LDL-C lowering regimens, HDL-C had no predictive value.
The SMART study is a prospective continuing cohort study of 6,111 patients with manifest vascular disease. Visseren and colleagues stratified them by their lipid-lowering therapy -- none, usual dose, or intensive therapy -- and looked at the predictive value of HDL-C on new vascular events.
They defined intensive therapy as a drug or dose that would theoretically lower LDL-C by 40% or more.
Over a median of 5.4 years of follow-up, Visseren and colleagues reported, 874 participants had new vascular events -- MI, stroke, or vascular death.
In the 2,153 participants who weren't using lipid-lowering medication, they found, every 0.1 mmol/L increase in HDL-C was associated with a 5% reduced risk for all vascular events. The hazard ratio was 0.95 (95% CI 0.92-0.99).
In the 1,910 patients on usual dose lipid-lowering drugs, they found a similar result -- given a 0.1 mmol/L increase in HDL-C, the HR for events was 0.94 (95% CI 0.90-0.98), or a 6% reduction.
But among the 2,046 participants on intensive lipid-lowering treatment, higher HDL-C was not associated with vascular events (HR 1.02, 95% CI 0.98-1.07).
Similar observations have been seen in other major studies, Genest noted, including the Jupiter and TNT trials.
One implication might be that when LDL-C remains above a certain level, HDL-C continues to predict heart risk, he argued.
On the other hand, Genest noted, clinical trials aimed at reducing heart risk by increasing HDL-C levels while simultaneously lowering LDL-C -- the HPS2-THRIVE study, for instance -- have not met with success.
"There is little support from clinical trials to attempt to raise HDL-C pharmacologically," he wrote. "To date, the trial evidence is at best neutral [and] at worse, there is evidence of harm."
Taken as a whole, the evidence on the role of HDL-C leaves the field in "a state of clinical equipoise," Genest wrote.
From the American Heart Association:
The COURAGE study was supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, as well as by Merck, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Fujisawa, Kos Pharmaceuticals, Datascope, AstraZeneca, Key Pharmaceutical, sanofi-aventis, First Horizon, and GE Healthcare. The journal said Boden reported no potential conflicts.
The SMART study had support from the University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands. The journal said the authors reported no conflicts.
Genest reported financial links with Merck and Eli Lilly.
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Journal of the American College of CardiologySource Reference: Van de Woestijne AP, et al "Low HDL-cholesterol is not a risk factor for recurrent vascular events in patients with vascular disease on intensive lipid-lowering medication" JACC 2013.
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Journal of the American College of CardiologySource Reference: Genest J "HDL and residual cardiovascular risk: De minimis non curat medicus? Or: The COURAGE to be SMART" JACC 2013.


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Solicitor-General marks start of construction of new Ontario SPCA Centre
Solicitor-General David Tsubouchi marks start of construction of new Ontario SPCA Centre
WHITCHURCH-STOUFFVILLE, ON, May 24 /CNW/ - The Honourable David
Tsubouchi, Solicitor-General of Ontario, was among the honoured guests who
participated in a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of
a new home for the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(Ontario SPCA).
Other invited dignitaries included The Honourable Karen Kraft Sloan,
Member of Parliament for North York, The Honourable Frank Klees, Deputy House
Leader and MPP for Oak Ridges, The Honourable Julia Munro, MPP for York North,
Mayor Wayne Emmerson and other members of the council of the Town of
Whitchurch-Stouffville. Vicky Earle, Ontario SPCA Chief Executive Officer,
hosted the ceremony.
The project includes an 1,800 square metre (20,000 square feet) state-of-
the-art Animal Village that will enable the Society "to expand our animal
welfare services and provide an environment that encourages positive
interaction between animals and humans", according to Earle. The Animal
Village services, geared to cats, dogs and other pets, include grooming, day
care and a veterinary clinic. Also included on the 16-hectare site are a
wildlife hospital, stables and a provincial administration office.
Earle said "we believe that the new facility will provide an excellent
example of positive and successful change in the design of animal shelters in
Ontario and North America and will demonstrate the Society's leadership in
animal welfare."
The $7.9 million cost of the project is being funded in part by the proceeds from the sale of an existing Ontario SPCA property in Newmarket and
fundraising initiatives currently underway.
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An exhibition of wood engravings will be held at a Rowsley gallery.
Gallerytop, in Chatsworth Road, will host 40 pictures of the Peak District by wood engravers.
The exhibition opens on Saturday, April 12, at 11am and all the engravings can be seen on the website at www.gallerytop.co.uk.
During the day, Andy English, one of the artists, will be talking to people.


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News Release: June 21, 2012
Docket Nos. RM12-6-000, RM12-7-000
Item No. E-4
FERC Proposes to Approve NERCs Revised Definition for Bulk Electric System
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today issued a proposal that would approve the North American Electric Reliability Corporations (NERC) revisions to the definition of the bulk electric system to provide greater clarity and ensure consistency in identifying system elements across the nations reliability regions.
In response to a Commission directive, NERC in January 2012 filed revisions that:
- Establish a core definition that includes all transmission, real power and reactive power facilities operated or connected at 100 kilovolts or higher.
- Eliminate the discretion that Regional Entities now have to define the system in their region without any oversight from the Commission or NERC.
- Identify specific facility configurations that are included in or excluded from the definition.
Todays Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) also proposes to approve NERCs new rules of procedure for adding elements to and removing them from the definition on a case-by-case basis. While proposing to approve the revisions to the definition of bulk electric system, the NOPR also seeks comment on certain issues, including the exclusion of certain facility configurations from the definition.
Comments on the NOPR are due 60 days after publication in the Federal Register.


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Keeping the peace, enforcing the law, protecting property.
The basic purpose and principles of policing haven't changed much since the 1829 creation of the London Metropolitan Police, which is widely considered to be the first professional police force of modern times. The environment in which the police operate, however, has changed beyond recognition.
Take crime itself. The ease of travel, more open borders and digital technologies have globalized criminality, making it far harder to contain and prosecute. Terrorism, of course, is notoriously borderless. But globalization has also massively expanded opportunities for organized crime.And technology, by spawning new kinds of crime while facilitating the traditional variety, is helping lawbreakers become ever bolder and more difficult to track down.
Cybercrime, or crime committed using the Internet, can be particularly lucrative for its perpetrators—and deeply damaging for its victims. The theft of personal financial data online, for example, is estimated to cost the world's consumers a whopping $110 billion annually.Citizens expect to be protected from these more modern crimes the same way they expect protection from such traditional offenses as burglary and assault. What's more, they want to be directly involved in the crime-fighting effort. In a world of 24-hour news, apps and social media, people now expect the sort of "always on, always aware" relationship with the police that they enjoy with other service providers—a constant dialogue, both online and in person.


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CHL Game Night 10/7: Fadden Nets Winner for 'Canes
Prince Albert Raiders 2 @ Lethbridge Hurricanes 4
C Mitch Fadden, LET: 1-1-2, E, 0 PIM
Mitch Fadden notched his fourth multi-point game of the year as Lethbridge dominated the Raiders in shots-on-goal, 28-9. Despite disparity in shots, it took Fadden's power play goal at the 15:28 mark of the third period to break a 2-2 tie. The 'Canes added an empty netter in the final minute to give the game its final score. Fadden is now tied for second in the league in goals (6) and third in points (11).
Calgary Hitmen 5 @ Prince George Cougars 3
C/W Dana Tyrell, PG: 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM
The Hitmen are now 8-1-0-0 on the year after breaking open a close game in the second period and defeating the 1-6-0-0 Cougars in Prince George, 5-3.
Moncton Wildcats 2 @ Lewiston MAINEiacs 3
D Michael Ward, LEW: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
After a slow start, the MAINEiacs have now won three in a row.
Merritt Centennials @ Victoria Grizzlies CANCELED
The afternoon BCHL game between Merritt and Victoria was canceled because Merritt was traveling from Powell River and the morning ferry to Victoria was not running.
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The dishwasher in my house is a workhorse. It does a great job of doing all sorts of things, like cleaning dishes and baseball caps, de-crystalizing honey (yes, you read that right) and cleaning my dish racks. Now I can add cleaning refrigerator shelves to the list.
SPARKLING CLEAN SHELVES. When I clean my refrigerator I put all the shelves, including the door shelves, in the dishwasher. I run the short cycle, which saves time, and the shelves come out sparkling. — Em, EC Blog
TACO CASSEROLE TIME SAVER. To save time, money and even a few calories, I sometimes will make a taco or enchilada casserole rather than individual tacos or enchiladas. I roll out a square of tortilla dough to about 9 x 13-inches, stick it on my griddle to cook and then throw it into a prepared baking dish. I top with taco/enchilada fixin's, place another tortilla on top, sprinkle with cheese, and then put it in the oven long enough to melt the cheese. This dish goes further and with less waste, and saves me time from making individual tortillas. — JK, EC Blog
DOG HAIR-REMOVAL GLOVES. My Labrador retriever frequently goes places with me, traveling in the back of my car. Needless to say, lots of dog hair gets stuck on the carpet. I've tried everything to remove it, including sticky roller tape and special sponges, but nothing has worked. Finally, I tried my gardening gloves. The palm of the glove has a rough, rubbery texture, and they work beautifully. I put on the glove and run my palm down along the carpet. The hair piles up in my glove. — Kathryn, EC Blog
GRIND THE BEANS IN A JAR. I buy coffee beans even though I don't have a coffee grinder. I use a mason jar and my blender. I add the beans to the jar, and screw it into the blender. — Angela, Ohio
SWIFFER CLEANING TWO-STEP. I cut up old towels into pieces that fit as a cleaning pad on my Swiffer. When mopping, I use a spray bottle filled with water and a tablespoon of Murphy's Oil Soap, spraying small areas and mopping as I go. The floor dries very quickly, too. — Jill, EC Blog
WRAP UP THE BREAKABLES. As a former Air Force wife and a quilter, I realized during my very first move that quilting fabric would make for good packing material. I was going to move it anyway, and if I used my own packing materials I wouldn't have to purchase the moving company's. I also used our towels, sheets, pillowcases, t-shirts and nightgowns to pack our belongings. It cut down on our costs during our many moves, it didn't harm the environment, and the materials were still clean (although wrinkled) when I unpacked. I would suggest to those who want to cut costs from their move to look around their homes for soft things that can protect breakables. — Yvonne, Indiana
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This comprehensive and clearly explained program is for professionals
who are seeking an in-depth understanding of today's North American
natural gas industry and want to be up and running to make intelligent
and prudent trading and buying decisions.
Learn how the transportation/delivery infrastructure works and how deals are done. Know who the natural gas market participants are and how commercial transactions occur along each segment of the value chain. Understand and apply your knowledge of how the wholesale natural gas and transportation markets operate and where the new opportunities are in today's dynamic natural gas marketplace.
You will be more confident and benefit from knowing comprehensive nuts-and-bolts fundamentals through to understanding physical transactions and strategies to start making money and avoiding costly mistakes.
What You Will Learn
- A detailed understanding of all parts of the natural gas value chain, infrastructure components and how the natural gas industry operates across the value chain spectrum.
- What natural gas is, how it is created, the different "types" of natural gas based on various factors and sources, terminology, measurements and conversions.
- The essential of understanding how gas is used, by whom and what are demand drivers and related issues.
- The basics of natural gas production, drilling techniques and economic and market issues around production operations in different types of production basins that impact supply availability.
- What does the unprecedented growth of unconventional gas supplies mean for the future of natural gas production and how it is change infrastructures, pipeline flows and delivery options.
- The issues and dilemmas the industry faces in obtaining supply from new plays with new production technologies and understanding what ''reserves'' are and the various definitions and estimation methods.
- The basics of gas gathering, operations, markets and regulatory issues.
- What gas processing is, how it operates, NGL extraction flows, and related economic issues in today's market.
- The importance of gas quality issues and the economic, operational and regulatory concerns about gas quality and the different concerns along the value chain about gas quality and interchangeability.
- The keys parts of natural gas pipelines, how pipelines operate, who the pipeline players are and the significant issues pipeline face in a changing market.
- The importance of storage, the different types, operations and storage development issues.
- How LNG terminals work and how North American supply developments are impacting the evolving markets for global LNG.
- Significant LDC physical plant-related operations, how they work, LDC economic and rate worries and regulatory trends in today's market.
- Who regulates what, where, how and why and how FERC policy, major Orders and regulations have evolved into today's "open access" environment.
- How natural gas delivery and storage is regulated across the value chain and how it continues to evolve in today's environment.
- Significant FERC regulatory initiatives, policies and Orders that have transformed the industry and currently "hot" policy and regulatory issues that may significantly change how the industry operates and the information it collects and disseminates.
- The impacts of FERC's policies on new pipelines, expansions and capacity.
- Evolving State regulatory concerns, issues and the changing role of state regulators.
- Overview of regulated rate components and rate design and new rate and policies on the horizon.
- The fundamentals of Certificate and Rate Proceedings and how to understand capacity matters and pipeline tariffs, transportation services, agreements and rates.
You Will Also Learn
- How to assess transportation services and options and understand the wide range of transportation services and arrangements.
- How the natural gas transportation and capacity release business is handled along each segment of the delivery value chain and how it operates.
- The essentials and the changing dynamics of transportation capacity markets due to unprecedented infrastructure operational and flow changes.
- The details of gas transportation, pooling, nominations, confirmations, scheduling, receipt and delivery point priorities and balancing through the delivery chain.
- What PDAs, OBAs, OFOs, etc., allocations, penalties, interruptions and curtailments are, and why they are important.
- The essentials of factors involved in bringing gas to market, transportation services and types, rates and rate components and pipeline tariff components.
- The terminology, concepts and mechanics of physical natural gas trading, wholesale market centers, and pool-to-pool virtual title transfers.
- The changing dynamics of capacity markets with new production sources, pipelines, storage and LNG projects and the impacts on overall gas transactions, including commodity pricing, basis differentials and pipeline capacity.
- Who the key commercial value chain participants are and how they manage their respective segments and their different objectives.
- How marketers put together and process deals through each step in the "Front, Middle and Back Offices".
- How wholesale physical gas trading is done at physical market centers and the critical roles that transportation management and capacity release play in determining gas delivery pricing.
- Natural gas pricing concepts and mechanisms and the essentials of locational basis, commodity pricing and overview of the different types of price tools.
- The essentials of factors impacting price volatility and commodity price components.
- The major types of transaction risks, the fundamentals of price risks and risk assessment in commercial operations.
- How to apply pricing strategies, market prices, risk assessment and load requirements for gas procurement strategies and requirements.
Who Should Attend this SeminarProfessionals from natural gas and electric utilities, energy producers, pipelines, municipals, energy marketers, banks, government regulators and industrial companies; energy and electric power executives; new hires; attorneys; government regulators; traders & trading support staff; marketing, sales, purchasing & risk management personnel; accountants & auditors; plant operators, engineers, corporate planners and anyone needing a strong foundation in the U. S. and Canadian natural gas business.
Prerequisites and Advance Preparation
This fundamental level group live seminar has no prerequisites. No advance preparation is required before the seminar.
Program Level
Basic level. This fundamental course begins with basic material and then proceeds to the intermediate level.
Delivery Method
Hotel and Seminar InformationThis two-day seminar will be held at the hotel listed below. The seminar will start promptly at 8:00 AM and will finish at 4:00 PM on the first day. On the second day, the seminar will resume at 8:00 AM and will finish at 1:00 PM. The program includes continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks. Attendees also receive a professionally produced seminar manual that can serve as a valuable office reference. Dress is casual for all seminars
Hotel Indigo Houston at the Galleria
5160 Hidalgo Street
Houston, TX 77056
Telephone: (713) 621-8988
View Seminar Location Website
The hotel is holding rooms at a discounted rate of $149.00 plus tax. Please call the hotel and ask for the PGS Energy discount. Make your reservations early because these rooms sell out.
Your InstructorGreg Peters
Greg Peters is President, EnVision Energy Solutions and the natural gas consultant to the Midwest ISO and author of several of the MISOs electric natural gas infrastructure interdependency studies. Mr. Peters has over 25 years of energy industry consulting and management experience and is an expert in energy products and services marketing and supply planning, procurement and energy management. Mr. Peters' consulting experience includes several years as Manager of Price Waterhouse's National Public Utilities Consulting Services and currently as President, Envision Energy Solutions Company. Envision provides gas, electric and fuel management consulting services to a wide range of industrial, commercial and municipal end-users. Previously, Mr. Peters has had fuel procurement, fuel management and planning responsibilities for Columbia Energy Services Corporation, Equitable Gas Company, and The Peoples Natural Gas Company.
Seminar Agenda
- Day One - Supply, Infrastructures, Operations and Regulatory Issues.
- Day Two - Transportation, Capacity, Wholesale Market Operations and Pricing.


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Photos: Re-creating your Big Ten experience in Chicago
For the next four days, Chicago is ground zero for Big Ten alums. While they're watching their favorite teams slug it out in the men's hoops conference tournament, they're bound to miss their alma maters. So RedEye is here to help. We asked grads of all 12 schools to re-create their college experience in the Windy City. They're not nightlife experts, but they are insanely passionate about their teams and schools. Want more? Discuss this article and others on RedEye Sports' Facebook page.
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Recently, I attended the installation of the Rev. Rudra Ramphal as senior pastor of Brunswick Islands Baptist Church. It was a double pleasure, since Rudy was one of my students when I taught at Brunswick Community College. He was an outstanding student, a young man whose interest and enthusiasm made teaching a joy. I have been following his career ever since, so I could not miss this climatic moment in his faith journey.
'Empowered' sermon set for April 18
At New Ebenezer Faith Ministries, 1705 Southport-Supply Road in Bolivia, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, Bishop Ronnie McCray, pastor, will speak on "Let's Be Empowered Together—Fire Come Down From Heaven, Catch On Fire" Acts 2.
The Rev. Kathy Moore of Greater Tabernacle Longwood will be guest minister. Greater Tabernacle Longwood will render musical services.
Women's Night of Ministry is April 19
The Lenten season has ended. Christians are in the throes of Easter bliss. Resurrection is the name of the game. It calls us to a new awareness of life and love experienced as church.
I've been pondering those words for a long time. What does it mean to call myself a religious person, a Christian? What does it mean to gather as church? Is it a Sunday-only party celebrated with those who share a common understanding of God? Is it an exclusive club whose membership is limited to those who follow the rules and regulations, who proclaim a specific doctrine or dogma?
Annie Armstrong Easter Dinner is April 7
Each year, Baptist churches honor the life and work of Annie Walker Armstrong, as they give to the Annie Armstrong Easter offering for North American Missions. This offering is named after her because of her desire to share love and help people in her beloved country.
The Gospel presents us with a message that is hard to swallow and even harder to live.
We are told some folks wanted to see Jesus. Obviously, that request was more than a simple desire to view a celebrity. Some folks had decided they were ready to meet, greet and hopefully follow this man who was a renowned healer, a man who seemed not to mind being with undesirable people.
Calabash Presbyterian sets services
Calabash Presbyterian Church will celebrate Maundy Thursday at 7 p.m. April 5. Easter Sunday services will begin at 8 a.m. April 8 on Sunset Beach and at 10 a.m. in the sanctuary. Adult Sunday school is at 11 a.m.
I don't know about you, but I have heard the words "the truth will set you free" many times in my life. Most often they fall from the lips of my darling husband as he both encourages and challenges me to speak truth to power. He also adds, "but it may hurt you in the meantime, for a little while."
That's the part that puts fear into my heart. Who wants to hurt or be hurt? Who wants to feel the isolation and alienation that too often comes with speaking the truth? I surely don't. I cringe at the possibility.
Psalm of the Cross begins April 19
Anointed Vessels Ministry, 3272 Liberty St. in Ash, will present Psalm of the Cross, an all-new spring outdoor presentation, at 7:30 p.m. nightly April 19-23. Admission is free. Call 287-4267 for information and reservations. Visit anointedvesselsministry.org.
Perhaps it comes as a result of seeing "Damn Yankees." Or, maybe it was the way I was moved by viewing "The Ghosts Of Mississippi" a few days later, but all I can see and hear in the Scriptures, especially during Lent, is "heart!"
Spring concert and pancake dinner set
Calabash Presbyterian Church will host the SBIC spring concert beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 18. Local church choirs and groups, along with other area talent, will perform. A love offering will be taken and attendees are requested to bring non-perishable food items for the food pantry.
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