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In just the last couple of years, Mississippi has added a buying point for Delta peanut growers, formed a peanut producer association, and in a validation of sorts, is now officially recognized by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service as a peanut-producing state.
This all comes on the heels of the state producing the second highest average yield in the nation last year, according to USDA. "We were second behind Texas and most of the Texas peanuts are irrigated and we're 99 percent dryland," said Mike Howell, area agronomist for the Extension Service, who has peanut responsibilities in the state.
Howell attributes much of the high Mississippi yields to reduced disease pressure. "We had a lot of virgin ground in peanuts and the lack of disease pressure really helped."
It also helps when growers implement good management practices for control of disease, noted Howell. "When we started increasing peanut production, several of us worked on getting our growers started on the right foot. We've been stressing rotation and a strict fungicide schedule. Most producers are sticking with that. They got on a 10-day to 14-day spray schedule and are rotating back to peanuts once every two to three years. That has really helped to keep our disease pressure low.
"A few growers are trying to cut back fungicides and trying to go peanuts behind peanuts, and that scares me. It's setting the table for these diseases to come in and take off."
Mississippi harvested 15,000 acres of peanuts in 2005 and Howell expects acreage to increase to between 20,000 acres and 22,000 acres this year. Some experts were expecting a larger year-to-year increase in acreage. Howell explains that being on the end of an expiring farm bill, "nobody wanted to jump out and make big investments."
The largest, and oldest, area of peanut production in Mississippi is in southeast Mississippi, south of Hattiesburg. There is another small pocket in northeast Mississippi around Aberdeen. And peanut fields are scattered up and down the entire delta, from Batesville to Natchez.
In September 2005, Josh Miller and Trey Heigle, who are also peanut producers, started the Delta region's only buying point and storage facility, Delta Peanut, LLC. The facility, located 25 yards off Hwy. 61 in Anguilla, Miss., was the destination for 2,400 acres of Mississippi peanuts in 2005, according to Miller. "This year, we're going to more than double in size to around 5,300 acres to 5,400 acres. Next year, if the farm bill is favorable, we could double again."
Miller did not have any experience at running such a facility, but the economics were easy to figure out. "With what it cost us to haul our peanuts to Alabama, we were able to buy our trailers and our dryers. So instead of giving $175,000 to truckers, we put it into the facility."
The facility "is extremely important to Mississippi peanut growers," says Howell. "If we didn't have that buying point, the peanuts would have to go to Alabama. That's going to eat up a lot of trucking. With fuel prices the way they are now, that would really cut into profits."
Despite the interest in peanuts, not much peanut research is currently available for Mississippi growers. Howell has put in some research plots for varieties, yield and grade and tillage demonstrations.
His research has indicated that twin-row peanuts don't show much promise in the Mid-South. "We're actually showing a yield advantage for single-row peanuts. We're doing that test again this year. Our preliminary hypothesis is that we have more vine production in this part of the state than they do in Florida and Georgia, and we don't have the tomato spotted wilt virus problem.
"We're thinking that single-row peanuts are going to be our best practice until we start picking up more disease problems. Each year, we're seeing a little more spotted wilt and leaf spot. We're definitely not at damaging levels like they are in Georgia and Florida. But it's just a matter of time."
Howell's variety research also revealed some surprises. "Georgia Green has been the predominant peanut variety for the past 10 to 12 years, with probably 95 percent of the acreage right now. On every one of our variety tests last year, Georgia Green was at the very bottom of our variety trials. AP 3 was at the top of the trials in most instances. And Georgia O2C has been good. We have a lot of producers trying those varieties this year."
Research also indicates that residual nitrogen from the peanut crop is 30 pounds to 35 pounds. "That's about what we were getting from soybeans, but we're hoping to do some more research in the next few years and see if we can document that a little better."
As of May 18, Mississippi was in the heart of planting season, according to Howell. "The area south of Hattiesburg was extremely dry early. We went from the end of February to May 1 without any rainfall. We have 35 percent to 40 percent of our acres planted by today.
Growers got started a little earlier in the Delta. "Peanuts are just starting to grow, but they may be getting set back a little bit. We've been told they have had some 40 degree to 50 degree nights over a two- to three-week period. And that is slowing those peanuts down. A few acres were replanted after hailstorms. So it's been tough getting them started, but we still have plenty of time to make a good crop."
The officers of the new Mississippi Peanut Growers Association are president, Joe Morgan, Hattiesburg; vice president, Clayton Lawrence Jr., Lucedale; secretary, Mike Steede, Lucedale; and treasurer, Van Hensarling, Richton. All but Steed are peanut producers. Steede is with George County Extension Service.
The growers on the board have been in peanut production for 10 years each, according to Howell. "Most of our new producers have been in a cotton/corn rotation and are looking for something that is more economically feasible than corn in the rotation. Right now, peanuts have a good fit."
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Microsoft will release the next update to its blockbuster "Halo" videogame franchise in early November – when the game will likely go directly against the mega-popular shooter franchise "Call of Duty."
In a statement Tuesday morning, Microsoft said it will launch "Halo 4" on Nov. 6. The sci-fi shooter – made exclusively for the company's XBox 360 console – has not seen a major release since "Halo 3" hit the market in September of 2007, though expansion-style titles such as "Halo Reach" and "Halo ODST" have come online since then.
The latest "Halo 4" will feature the popular Master Chief character set four years after the events depicted in "Halo 3," and was produced by the company's 343 Industries in-house game studio.
Notable about this release is the timing. The early November weekend has typically been the launch of the annual "Call of Duty" update from Activision Blizzard , which has been the videogame industry's best-selling title for at least three years running, according to data from NPD. The last "Halo" title to launch in November was "Halo 2" in 2004.
A new COD game is widely expected this year around the same time frame, though Activision has not yet committed to a formal title name or launch date. More details on both games are expected to be unveiled at the annual E3 videogame conference in Los Angeles in early June.
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Chris Miller of Scotlant Convicted of Killing Infant Son; Faces Life
PARKER - A jury has convicted a South Dakota man of killing his son.
Thirty-nine-year-old Chris Miller was convicted late Wednesday of second-degree murder and aggravated assault. The murder charge carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison.
Miller, of the southeastern town of Scotland, was accused of shaking and beating 4-month-old Jacob Miller in March 2011. Attorney General Marty Jackley says the boy was diagnosed with a skull fracture and bleeding on the brain when he was brought to a hospital.
Defense attorneys argued during Miller's trial that his wife was responsible for the death because she rolled over on the child while in a drunken stupor.
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Rachel Alucard vs. Platinum the Trinity – Cosplay Clash
Rachel trounced Nu-13 and swiped another win. She's done well in one-on-one matches, but will she be able to handle Platinum the Trinity, the girl with three souls?
Ayanna Cosplay's Rachel Alucard is on her way to becoming one of our strongest contenders yet. This vampire looks defenseless, but you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, especially if that cover can beat you into submission.
Feli's Platinum the Trinity, photographed by eZhika, is a girl with three souls and three times the fighting power. Each soul has a different personality, but can they work together to triumph over Rachel?
It's up to you to decide who will win this Cosplay Clash between the vampire lady and the robotic guardian from BlazBlue! Voting closes on June 21 10AM PST.
Rules of Cosplay Clash:
Fans can vote once per hour for their favorite cosplayer. If a cosplayer remains the reigning champ for seven straight matches, they are retired to the Arcade Sushi Cosplay Hall of Fame. With so many great cosplayers out there, we have to give other cosplayers a chance.


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Tom Baker to return as the Fourth Doctor?
If this is something official, then it is likely that the BBC will announce the details soon, as they did when filming the anniversary special with David Tennant. Otherwise, we may be looking at another long wait to see what's really going on.
UPDATE: The filming is a promotion for Have I Got News For You, and it is Paul Merton who is dressed as the Fourth Doctor, and Ian Hislop as the Seventh Doctor.
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that's really exciting to see and speculate about, but no offence to tom..this guy looks a bit skinny and Tom is not lol..
- 13 September 2013 at 14:15
Yeah, he appears a bit young too.
- 13 September 2013 at 15:52
There's been comments that this is actually for Have I Got News For You, but there's nothing about to confirm it yet.
- 13 September 2013 at 16:16
it is some kind of comedy sketch thing but i wish it was Tom
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Professional wrestling, known as lucha libre — literally, freestyle wrestling — is a big deal in Mexico. It's a sport that's generally associated with machismo: buff fighters with names like Nemesis and Aguila Imperial (Imperial Eagle) strut around in a rope-bound ring, wearing shiny spandex outfits and colorful masks. They make big threats and promise spectacular smackdowns. The high-flying attacks are mesmerizing.
It's also an unlikely niche for Mexico's LGBT community.
Exóticos — or Exotics — are campy, mostly gay, male luchadores, or fighters. With names that might well be titles of Danielle Steel novels en Español — like Diva Salvaje, Pasión Kristal and El Bello Califa (Beautiful Califa) — they participate in regular fights, but wearing full makeup and often very feminine outfits. They flirt with the ref, blow kisses at the crowd and come on strongly to other fighters.
Filmmaker Michael Ramos recently made a documentary about them called Los Exóticos. He says Exóticos are nothing new: they've been around since at least the 1940s. Back then they didn't wear makeup, and they weren't as overtly sexual as they are today.
Texas-born Dizzy "Gardenia" Davis, who fought in Mexico in the '40s, is considered one of the first Exóticos. The show would start as soon as he left his dressing room, accompanied by his butler and carrying a bouquet of gardenias. Before climbing into the ring, he would give a flower to each woman in the first row. Then, Davis' butler would perfume and groom him.
Another famous Exótico, El Bello Califa (Beautiful Califa), had the same histrionics as Gardenia Davis, which were captured in this short film.
Despite their antics, Exóticos fight like the best of them. But their technical skills are often overshadowed by their overt sexuality — and by the audience chants: Inevitably, as soon as an Exótico takes the ring, the audience begins to chant "Beso! Beso! Beso!" — demanding a kiss.
And they get what they ask for. The Exótico will pin down his opponent, or the ref, and plant a big, wet kiss on them. And the crowd goes wild.
Ramos admits that without a doubt, it's problematic that Exóticos involve stereotyping of gays, and that homosexuality is played for laughs.
In fact, although most Exóticos are gay on and off stage, there are also fighters like Máximo, who lead a straight life out of the ring. But, as he explains after a fight in Magdalena Culhuacán on the outskirts of Mexico City, still sweating and with a seriously injured jaw, he found that he could make more money playing an effeminate man for laughs.
Among the audience, regardless of whether there's an Exótico in the ring, strong gay slurs always pepper the chants. So I wondered: In a country like Mexico, associated with strong machismo and, like much of Latin America, homophobia, why would a young gay man choose this career path?
Backstage at a fight in Magdalena Culhuacán (and by backstage I mean on an abandoned bus behind the ring), I catch up with the Exótico named Pasión Kristal. He was born Gabriel Centella Damian, in the city of Villa Hermosa in Mexico's Tabasco state. At a young age, he says he felt attracted to the fighters he'd see in the ring. He went to the gym to ask to train with the luchadores but got something else: a beating.
"But I'm terca" — stubborn — he says.
He came back the next day, bruised and bloodied, to learn. This time, they let him stay.
Still intrigued, I reach out to Francisco Zarate, a gay rights activist in Mexico. He says in recent years, the passage of legislation protecting gay rights has really turned the tide of homophobia in Mexico.
A huge fan of Exóticos, Zarate explains that traditionally, Mexican media has featured straight male comedians playing the part of the bombastic gay guys on camera for laughs. Fighters like Pasión Kristal, on the other hand, are gay in and out of the ring. And that's why they are beloved in the gay community.
I ask Pasión Kristal if it hurts to hear gay slurs thrown at him during fights.
"There's always some idiot in the crowd who yells mean things, and it doesn't feel good," he says. "But it's the minority."
And, he adds, at the end of the day, in lucha libre, if the crowd isn't yelling at you, you're doing something wrong.
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Lucha libre, or pro wrestling, is a big deal in Mexico. Brawny fighters in shiny spandex outfits and colorful masks execute high-flying attacks in a rope-bound ring. Sounds a lot like our editorial meetings here. It's a sport that's often associated with machismo. But NPR's Jasmine Garsd reports, it's also garnered a devoted following among Mexico's gay community.
JASMINE GARSD, BYLINE: That's the sound of someone getting a smackdown. I'm in Magdalena Culhuacan, in the outskirts of Mexico City. In the town's center on a narrow street, a lucha libre company has set up a ring. The townspeople crowd around excited.
GARSD: With excess male bravado tucked into skintight pants, fighters like Nemesis and Aguila Imperial, or Imperial Eagle, take the ring. The flips, dips and body twists are mesmerizing, and then a flash of glitter. It's a duo in drag sporting blond locks. Their names are Pasion Kristal and Diva Salvaje, Crystal Passion and Savage Diva.
DIVA SALVAJE: (Spanish spoken)
GARSD: Now we're going to fight man to man, threatens Diva Salvaje. They are heroes. They proceed to deliver swift justice in shiny pantyhose. The rowdy audience demands a beso - kiss. Diva Salvaje corners a luchador called Metalion and plants one on his mouth. The crowd goes wild. These are Exoticos, gay male luchadores. Filmmaker Michael Ramos recently made a documentary about them called "Los Exoticos."
He says they have a huge gay and straight fan base.
MICHAEL RAMOS: The character of an Exotico started in the '40s. They were glamorous but they didn't use makeup.
GARSD: Back on the ring, Metalion, who just got kissed, has revived. He snatches the mike from the announcer.
GARSD: I knew Cuiluacan had drugs and alcohol, he barks. And now on top of all that you have gays, he says, in mock horror. The crowd boos him. Exoticos fight in the same style as other luchadores, sometimes even rowdier. But their flamboyant sexuality often serves as comic relief.
PASION KRISTAL: (Spanish spoken)
GARSD: That's Pasion Kristal, born Gabriel Centella Damian. Offstage, he tells me as a young man in the city of Villahermosa Tabasco, he felt very attracted to the fighters he'd see in the ring.
KRISTAL: (Spanish spoken)
SIMON: He went to the gym to ask to train with the luchadores and got something else, a beating. But I'm terca, stubborn, he says. He came back the next day bruised and bloodied to learn.
GARSD: This time, they let him stay. In the beginning, he says he was embarrassed to be an Exotico, so for 12 years he fought as Nemesis 2000, a straight masked fighter. And then one day he was asked to sub in for Pimpinela, a legendary Exotico who couldn't make the fight. He says nowadays he's proud of being an openly gay luchadore.
KRISTAL: (Spanish spoken)
GARSD: He says being a gay man who stands out and gets respect is very hard to achieve, and I made it.
FRANCISCO ZARATE: (Spanish spoken)
GARSD: Francisco Zarate is a gay rights activist in Mexico. He says traditionally Mexican media have featured straight male comedians playing the part of the bombastic gay guy on camera for laughs. Fighters like Pasion Kristal, on the other hand, are the real deal.
ZARATE: (Spanish spoken)
GARSD: Zarate says Exoticos are genuine on and off the ring. And that's why they are beloved in the gay community. Pasion Kristal says there's always an idiot in the crowd who yells mean things, and it doesn't feel good. But it's the minority. And, he adds, at the end of the day, in lucha libre, if the crowd isn't yelling at you, you're doing something wrong.
GARSD: Jasmine Garsd, NPR News, Mexico City. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Wednesday's arraignment of Aaron Hernandez unfolded quickly, with audio of fairly mediocre quality carrying words that flowed quickly from prosecutor Bill McCauley. Absent a transcript, which we have yet to obtain or locate online, the best (only) way to fully process everything that was said is to listen to the audio from the hearing, repeatedly.
It became obvious during the live proceedings that police have not recovered the murder weapon. After listening to the arraignment a few more times, it became clear that police found a different weapon on the path between the industrial park where Odin Lloyd was murdered and Hernandez's home.
Specifically, police discovered roughly one-quarter mile from Hernandez's home a Jennings .22, a handgun firing ammunition much smaller than the .45-caliber bullets that struck Lloyd. The Jennings .22 was loaded, and when police searched Hernandez's home they found matching ammunition, but no .22-caliber gun.
In May, Hernandez had an incident with a Jets fan in Providence. Another man discarded a gun under a car. That gun and the gun found by police near Hernandez's home were both purchased at the same gun store in Florida.
Coupled with surveillance video that, according to McCauley, showed Hernandez and one of the other two men carrying guns that appeared to be larger-caliber weapons, the authorities seem to believe that each of the three men had a gun when Lloyd was shot, that the man with the Jennings .22 didn't fire on Lloyd, and that the .22 was ditched (possibly thrown out the window of the car) while the three men drove from the industrial park back to Hernandez's home.
This explains the decision to search the pond and wooded area near Hernandez's home on Monday with metal detectors. They were looking — and apparently still are looking — for the larger-caliber gun(s) that were used to kill Lloyd.


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The Gas Station of the Future Just Opened
Bloomberg Business Week-Small Business
Matt Horton wants to solve a problem that makes alternative-fuel vehicles unappealing to would-be buyers: lack of convenient places to refuel. Last month, diagnosis the chief executive officer of Propel Fuels opened the country's first station where drivers can pump gasoline, find ethanol, and biodiesel, cyclists can get tune-ups, and commuters can find public transit schedules. Backed by more than $19 million in venture capital and nearly $12 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and the California Energy Commission, the 23-person Redwood City (Calif.) startup received yesterday an additional, $10.1 million grant from the commission to help build 100 stations around the state in the next four years.
With its alternative-fuel pumps at about two dozen other stations, Propel is laying the foundation for what the 37-year-old Horton calls the "slow, but exciting" transformation of the U.S. automotive industry. Despite increased consciousness about their benefits, roughly only 3,100 of the 160,000 filling stations across the country sell alternative fuels, according to the Department of Energy. "The gasoline stations don't want a competitor but the alternative fuels industry is dependent on its largest competitor as a pathway to the market," says Geoff Cooper, vice president of research and analysis at the Renewable Fuels Association. "In many cases, you aren't going to see a retailer take a gasoline pump out of commission to put in a product that competes with gasoline."
Four-year-old Propel, which Horton says had more than $10 million in revenue last year and has been averaging 300 percent growth since 2010, is removing that obstacle by selling directly to drivers. It's using its experience pioneering the model across California and software it built to choose locations. The new filling station, near Anaheim, is in "one of the top 10 trade areas [in California] for alternative fuels, based on the customer demographics, vehicle counts, and traffic patterns," Horton says. "In this business, the vehicle drives everything. You can have all the infrastructure in the world, but if there aren't any vehicles around that use it, it's not going to make any difference."
Propel provides information about alternative fuels at its pumps, since studies have shown that more than one-third of drivers of flex-fuel cars don't realize their cars can run on something other than gasoline. And it encourages customers to sign up for a system that tracks their carbon emissions. They can then log on to Propel's website for customized reports about the benefits they're getting from avoiding imported fuel.
Propel is "a remarkable company, like the Apple Store of the alternative energy market," says Jim Lane, editor and publisher of BiofuelsDigest, a daily online publication. "We have these transformative fuel products that are being sold as commodities, like computers used to be sold. But Apple (AAPL) really showed that if you start thinking about customer experience you can change people's minds and get them thinking about something in a whole new way." Being first to market is a risk, Lane acknowledges. "There are not a lot of companies that are trying this. But 10 years ago, they called them crazy in Cupertino, too."
Horton is an environmentalist who spends his free time climbing rocks and 200-foot California redwood trees, but says he's also a results-oriented pragmatist. "I believe strongly in the power of business and the American consumer to drive change. A company like Propel moves us in a more sustainable direction, rather than relying on regulation and government mandates."
In 2006, he was a venture capitalist working in the Silicon Valley office of Boston-based @Ventures, when he got an unsolicited business plan from Propel's Seattle-based founders. He and his team at @Ventures spent a year tweaking the plan, which initially focused on selling high-blend biodiesel, and repositioned the company as an alternative platform offering multiple fuels. @Ventures took part in Propel's first institutional investment of $4.75 million in August 2007; Horton took over as CEO in 2009.
Propel relocated from Seattle in 2010, and Horton says it will benefit from California's landmark 2007 Low Carbon Fuel Standard. That standard, aimed at reducing fuel carbon intensity by 10 percent by 2020, is currently under legal challenge. Horton says his company has filed letters of support in federal court but has not based its financial models around the standard. "California has the largest number of flex-fuel vehicles and is almost dead last in terms of number of flex-fuel pumps," he says.
Horton is following sales of natural gas-fueled and electric vehicles closely, and is considering adding natural gas pumps and battery recharging to his stations in the future when the market matures. "The energy industry is ripe for disruption," he says, noting 10,000 people have already signed up for Propel's carbon emissions tracking program. They're using cleaner fuels that cost less than traditional gasoline, says Horton. "We're trying not to ask people to pay more to do the right thing."


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Notes from a corporate insider: It's not easy turning green
Don Popish's Carhartt overalls are so infused with dirt and grease that they crackle when he walks. He's got rings under his eyes from fixing balky Snowcats at night in Aspen Skiing Co.'s vehicle shop.
Me, I'm an environmentalist in a starched shirt. But like Don, I've got a job to do for the company. Mine is to get him and everyone else to think differently. Don and I ended up working together because the ski resort is trying to operate as a green business.
Nowadays, companies from Patagonia to DuPont are seeking ways to make a profit without hurting the environment, because business is forked: It's both the cause and the victim of environmental decline.
Good example: the Chilean sea bass we served last night. It will be commercially extinct in two years. Then what do we serve?
One way out could be the sustainable-business movement, which posits that environmentalism and business are a win-win. The consultants, and the literature that's sprung up, say that corporations can have it all - competitive business, and clean air, booming sales and biodiversity - because that's what makes economic sense.
Few have achieved the sustainable business ideal, but that hasn't stopped the consultants. I've found that the consultants are not all wrong, though they're not completely right, either.
I convinced Don to replace his solvent-based "parts washer" (used to clean machine parts) with a water-based model that eliminates environmentally dangerous solvent, as well as disposal fees. I calculated we'd get the machine's cost back in 18 months from savings. The washer was great, except for one problem: It didn't work. Don pulled me aside in his shop.
"This thing is slow. It leaves a white filmy residue. It sounds like a heavy-metal drummer. What can you do about it?"
After searching for better soap and talking to several repairmen - who told me to try better soap - I was about to give up, when Don discovered that the motor was installed backwards. Fixed, the machine worked like a dream.
Here's a dirty secret: Sustainable business is hard to pull off. The unforeseen can crush the promise of incredible payback. Personality, custom, politics and perception conspire to derail change. The consultants never tell you: "First, you have to get buy-in!"
Nor do they say that upscale hotels would invite a skunk into their lobby before allowing fluorescent bulbs in their rooms. I learned that at The Little Nell, our five-star hotel, after I suggested they install efficient bulbs.
The manager knew the bulbs start slow, look cold, cost a lot and evoke Motel 6. He was afraid his rating might be hurt.
Sustainability gurus say all obstacles can be overcome. But they generally talk to people like me, who consider it an honor to plunge a low-flush toilet. They haven't had lunch with a hotel manager whose career depends on an uncompromised product.
You don't put Cool Whip on an eclair.
I gave up on the rooms and went after a lighting retrofit in the garage, a retrofit which was first proposed in 1996, and offered a 60 percent return on investment. It was such an obvious idea it had already been killed half a dozen times, even though all the management books told me efficiency projects with returns above 15 percent were "no-brainers."
The first obstacle was a curveball called the "opportunity cost of capital." If a hotel has a limited budget and $20,000 to spend, do managers buy efficiency or new Italian furniture? The next obstacle: Some managers refused to believe bills would drop. Ultimately, the retrofit happened, thanks to a grant from a local nonprofit, not because the payback made it irresistible.
The great flaw in the sustainable-business movement is that nobody wants to admit it's difficult. But scratch a "success story," and you'll frequently find something more like Apocalypse Now than surgery. This doesn't mean we give up. But we need to recognize that it's one thing to watch a Powerpoint presentation on corporate sustainability. It's another to make it real.
The writer Albert Camus said you have to imagine Sisyphus happily pushing that boulder up a hill every day. But I think Sisyphus just learned to enjoy the walk down. In the mornings, I check on the recycle bins to make sure the Snowcat drivers haven't thrown bags in with the bottles and cans. They always do.
Sometimes, when I've got one hand on the trash bin lid and I'm pulling a bag out with the other, I'll find myself paused, mouth open, looking up at that beautiful, Colorado bluebird sky.
Auden Schendler works for Aspen Skiing Co. as head of the environmental affairs department.
Copyright © 2002 HCN and Auden Schendler
Note: the opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of High Country News, its board or staff. If you'd like to share an opinion piece of your own, please write Betsy Marston at [email protected].


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Building a Linux Network Appliance, Part 1
Why Linux?If you're a home or small business user with a shared Internet connection and some networked PCs, this is just what you need to secure your LAN with a powerful, flexible device that outperforms comparable commercial devices for a fraction of the cost, or even no cost at all. In this series of articles, you'll learn how to configure Internet-connection sharing and firewalls, and how to add useful services such as intrusion detection, HTTP caching, name services, file and print sharing, and network storage. It doesn't matter what your LAN hosts are running, whether it's Linux, Windows, Mac or something else--your Linux appliance will serve them all.
We'll take you step-by-step through the entire process. You don't need to be an ace Linux or networking guru. All you need is some experience with computers, and to not be afraid to roll up your sleeves and wade in. If you have an old PC lying around you won't even have to spend any money. Best of all, you'll understand its inner workings, so you'll be able to customize it to serve your exact needs.
Because it's the best tool for the job.
Linux is rock-solid and secure, and supports the widest range of hardware platforms of any operating system, so you may use whatever you like: Intel/AMD 32, Intel/AMD 64, Sparc, Apple, Alpha and many more. Linux scales nicely from home users to small business users to large enterprise users, so it grows as you grow. The value proposition for SOHO users is unbeatable--the software is either free of cost or affordably priced, and chances are you have old hardware lying around that can be recycled for all kinds of useful jobs. If your budget permits new hardware, you might check out some of the low-power, quiet, small form-factor computers like the Soekris boards and Mini-ITX.
Even better is the "free as in freedom" aspect. You won't run afoul of the license police for making copies. You won't be troubled with expensive server licenses, or the Byzantine silliness of per-user/per-seat/concurrent-user/client-access licenses piled on top of the expensive server licenses. Nobody is going force you into "voluntary" compliance audits that you have to pay for. You may even modify the source code, though be aware that if you choose to re-distribute it, you need to pay attention to the licensing terms.
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The Craft Performance Storm Bib Tights are a well-engineered and nicely thought out garment for your bottom half when the weather is murky.
These don't feel like a winter tight when you pull them on for the first time: the construction isn't heavy and the rear roubaix panels are pretty thin. You even get mesh bibs. However, they feature a full-length windproof insert down the front to keep the chill off when you're riding, so the overall effect is of a more heavyweight set of bibs.
Set off on a chilly day and you'll feel the nip against the back of your thighs and calves where you're not heavily protected, so starting with a long downhill run on a cold day can leave you a bit chilly to begin with. Once you start working, however, the thin rear sections give all that heat you generate an escape route while the windproof panels stop the icy blasts robbing you of too much warmth. They do a decent job of shrugging off the rain too. On a wet day the thinner rear panels get wet quickly if you're not sporting mudguards though.
Getting into these tights is pretty easy thanks to long calf zips, and they're a comfy fit although the windproof panels aren't as elastic as Lycra which can leave them a bit bunched up at times. They're generous on the sizing, with a L big enough for me (1.90m, 99kg) when I'd normally expect to be wearing an XL. The Craft pad is decent without being a showstopper; I was comfy enough on some fairly long rides but it's not as good as some of the other pads out there. The reflective detailing is well placed and has remained intact through repeated washings.
Overall the performance is good, the tights comfy and the windproof fabric is well placed and functional. These tights would see you through most winter rides, although if you've got a penchant for heading out when it's really bitter and dismal, you might find that you need more protection to the rear than these offer.
Good off-season legwear that keeps the wind and, to some extent, the rain off your pins
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road.cc test report
Make and model: Craft Performance Storm Bib Tights
Size tested: Black - L
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
- Performance Bike StormBib Tights
- Windproof front by thin, elastic windpanel
- Highly elastic, slightly brushed fleece fabric for warmth
- Reflective prints in front and back
- Craft Performance Pad
- Zipper to knee
Well constructed, nice details
Good all-round performance, pad could be better and they're not for really bitter days
Wearing well, reflective has stayed put
About right, really
Pad could be better, the windproof panels aren't as elastic as standard lycra
Not cheap, but well made and do the job they're designed to do
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Windproof panels work well, build quality is good
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Pad could be better
Did you enjoy using the product? Yes
Would you consider buying the product? Yes
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes
About the tester
Age: 38 Height: 190cm Weight: 98kg
I usually ride: whatever I'm testing... My best bike is: Genesis Equilibrium with SRAM Apex
I've been riding for: 10-20 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, cyclo cross, commuting, sportives, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, mtb, Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling, track
Dave is a founding father of road.cc and responsible for kicking the server when it breaks. In a previous life he was a graphic designer but he's also a three-time Mountain Bike Bog Snorkelling world champion, and remains unbeaten through the bog. Dave rides all sorts of bikes but tends to prefer metal ones. He's getting old is why.


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Viewer's Guide: Live Coverage of the 2013 Spring Meetings
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With the World Bank Group's 2013 Spring Meetings just around the corner, we've compiled a guide to the many live events happening. No matter where you are around the world, you can join the conversation all week via #wblive.
Several featured events will be webcast and covered in multiple languages. Make sure to follow and participate in the week's events in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.
Your thoughts and questions will help make the conversations happening both online and offline at this year's Spring Meetings rich and diverse. Don't forget to ask questions before and during our events to engage with top development leaders in a global conversation on what #ittakes to end poverty.
Flagship Event: April 19
Global Voices on Poverty – Interactive Live Blog & Webcast
Watch and join the conversation in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish
11:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m. EDT (15:00-16:10 GMT or convert time)
Participate in an interactive conversation on ending poverty with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Global Voices on Poverty will bring together world leaders, opinion makers, and a global online audience to discuss what #ittakes to end poverty.


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Offering increased visibility, the distinctive signature design makes the CLIO R.S. unmistakable on the road.
Inspired by racing technology for fast, off-the-line accelaration.
The reactive 6-speed dual-clutch gearbox provides optimal performance and fast gear changes without taking your hands off the wheel.
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Holds the brakes when setting off on an incline to make for smoother starts.
That's all it takes for the Clio R.S thanks to F1? technology and a punchy 1.6L turbo engine under the bonnet.
Renault has updated its three-model 2018 Renault Clio RS line-up, the fashionable Frenchy gaining cosmetic, packaging and engine updates.Read more
For starters, this is one rapid gearbox. Tip the lever sideways into the manual gate and activate Race mode, and the shift speeds become startlingly rapid.Read more
Renault has revised its hot hatch entry-point, updating the Clio RS pocket rocket with fresh styling, a revised range, and extra equipment.Read more
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◊Complimentary 12 months 24/7 Roadside Assist when you purchase a Renault vehicle (balance of 12 months for demonstrator vehicles). Further complimentary 12 month periods of Roadside Assist will be given from the date of each scheduled maintenance service at a participating authorised Renault dealer within 4 years of purchase (within 4 years from registration for demonstrator vehicles). Renault ownership terms and conditions.
^First 3 scheduled maintenance services capped at $369 per service on new and demonstrator CLIO R.S. models based on standard scheduled servicing from new and on normal operating conditions. Scheduled maintenance services required every twelve (12) months or 20,000km (whichever occurs first). CLIO R.S. is also subject to adaptive servicing requirements, as determined by the Oil Condition Sensor, and may require servicing prior to the standard 12 months or 20,000km service interval.If vehicle is not presented within three (3) months of when the scheduled service is required, right to that capped-price service under the program is forfeited.


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A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
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SaviSeeds, a Nut Alternative, is Rich in Omega-3s
Port Coquitlam, B.C., Canada-based Sequel Naturals Ltd. introduces SaviSeeds, which look like nuts, taste like nuts and snack like nuts, but are actually a natural nut alternative. These super-seeds from the rainforests of Peru are one of the most nutritionally dense functional foods available and are poised to capture the hearts of health conscious individuals. With a rich source of heart-healthy omega-3s at 7,000mg per serving, gluten-free, naturally loaded with highly concentrated antioxidants, an exceptional source of plant-based protein; each serving is packed with 8g of protein and 20 percent of the RDI of fiber, and at 190 calories per serving, they provide energy-sustaining nourishment at a small caloric cost.
Known as the "Inca Peanut," SaviSeeds are the same sacha inchi seeds that have been enjoyed in Peru for centuries, but are just now coming to North America in three delicious flavors: Cocoa Kissed -- coated in rich dark chocolate; Karmalized -- lightly glazed in sugar cane; and Oh Natural -- dusted in sea salt.
Suggested retail price for a 5-oz bag is $9.99 and $2.99 for a 1-oz snack pack.


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Wild beat Flyers to end four-game losing streakby Dan Myers
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Minnesota Wild scored goals 57 seconds apart early in the third period on their way to a 2-0 victory against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday at Xcel Energy Center.
A rather stagnant offensive effort by both teams through 40 minutes turned quickly in Minnesota's favor in the final period when the Wild scored goals at 3:52 and 4:49.
The victory snapped a four-game losing skid for the Wild.
The play that led to the first goal started innocently enough when Wild captain Mikko Koivu scooped up a loose puck in the neutral zone and skated down the right wall and behind the Flyers net. Once at the left post, Koivu spun around and centered to Jason Pominville, who took the pass while driving the net and beat Flyers goalie Ray Emery for his 14th goal.
"I had good speed down the wall. I didn't know if it was [Pominville] or [Zach Parise], I just tried to get it on the tape, and I did," Koivu said. "He made a good shot going up high. He was pretty tight too."
The goal snapped an eight-game streak in which Minnesota had allowed the first goal. The Wild went 3-4-1 in those games.
Wild coach Mike Yeo said his team put a premium on getting back to its puck-possession game, which was so successful over the first six weeks of the season, to break that streak. Minnesota led the league in shots against per game over much of that stretch and is still second in that category. But over its past 10 games, Minnesota's shots allowed had risen in conjunction with the number in the loss column.
"We've given up the first goal so many times lately," Yeo said. "If we're not going to score it, don't let them."
The Wild didn't have to cling to their first 1-0 lead in 17 days for long.
On the next shift, Wild defenseman Marco Scandella chased down a loose puck to Emery's right as Minnesota changed attackers. He was able to hold off Flyers defenseman Mark Streit just long enough to get a pass to Jared Spurgeon, who blasted a slap shot on goal from the point. Emery made a quick pad save, but the rebound went right to a crashing Charlie Coyle, who slammed the puck into the net for his third goal.
Coyle's goal was crucial. Flyers coach Craig Berube said both teams were playing a strong defensive game and acknowledged the team that was able to make the next big play would have a big advantage.
"They made the play and got the goal," said Berube, whose team lost for the first time in three games.
Wild goalie Josh Harding took over from there.
Untested virtually all night, Harding made perhaps his best save of the season with a bit less than 12 minutes left in the third period when he dove across his crease to rob Jakob Voracek with Philadelphia on the power play, preserving Minnesota' two-goal advantage.
"Desperation," Harding said. "You see an empty net, and you see a guy with the puck. You just throw your body over and it hit me. No skill to that one. I just got lucky."
Voracek knows he had a chance to get his team back in the game.
"It was a great save by Harding, but if I score there, it could be a different game," he said. "There's no reason for me not to score from there."
Coming off a season when Voracek averaged nearly a point per game and established a new career high in goals (22), Harding's miraculous save extended his goal-scoring drought to 10 games. Voracek has three goals and 12 points in 27 games this season.
"Just unbelievable this year -- so many chances, hit a couple posts, couple good saves," Voracek said. "Last year, everything went under the bar; this year, I think I'm thinking too much when I see the puck laying there."
Harding made another quality save on Claude Giroux in the slot two minutes after the big stop on Voracek, then he helped kill off another Flyers power play with five minutes remaining.
Harding made 21 saves and is now 11-1-0 on home ice this season and 14-4-3 overall. The shutout was Harding's third of the season and the 10th of his career. His total victories and shutouts established new career highs for the seventh-year veteran.
Emery, who entered the game 4-0-1 against Minnesota in his career, stopped 19 shots in his first career regulation loss to the Wild.


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79-year-old Aberdeen Church Getting Renovation
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) - One of the largest churches in South Dakota is getting a roof renovation.
The $335,000 project at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Aberdeen began late last month. The American News reports that about 60 percent of the steep, slate roof on the Gothic Tudor church will be upgraded.
The Rev. Shane Stevens says $200,000 of the cost is being paid by the church's insurance company to cover water, hail and ice damage. The congregation is raising the rest of the money.
The church was built in 1933 under the assumption it could one day become a cathedral for a new diocese. That never happened, as the population shifted more toward Sioux Falls.
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Budget Battles
1.4 Million More Americans Have Become Uninsured Since 2016: CBO
Drugmakers Are Revealing Their Prices. Prepare to Be Confused and Outraged.
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Retail fee details are out on Verizon Communications Inc's $12 billion in term loans, sources said.
The loans consist of a $6 billion, three-year term loan and a $6 billion, five-year term loan. The loans launched at a bank meeting this morning.
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The company is offering 35bp upfront for commitments of $125 million or greater, and 30bp for commitments under $125 million, according to sources. The minimum commitment is $25 million.
As previously reported, pricing on the three-year term loan and five-year term loan is LIB+137.5 and LIB+150, respectively.
Before the bank meeting today, alongside the term loans the company also was syndicating a $2 billon, 364-day revolver and a $49 billion bridge to bonds at a co-arranger level.
Drawn pricing on the bridge loan is LIB+150. The revolver pays 10bp on undrawn amounts. Drawn pricing on the facility is LIB+125.
The loans are part of the $130 billion financing acquisition of the 45 percent stake in Verizon Wireless that it does not already own from Vodafone Group Plc. The financing package launched to top relationship banks last week.
JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Bank of America Merrill Lynch are joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners on the financing, which was underwritten equally among the four banks. JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are global coordinators of the financing. JP Morgan is the administrative agent.
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I missed this earlier this week: physicist John Wheeler has died at the age of 96. A snippet from the NY Times obituary:
At the same time, he returned to the questions that had animated Einstein and Bohr, about the nature of reality as revealed by the strange laws of quantum mechanics. The cornerstone of that revolution was the uncertainty principle, propounded by Werner Heisenberg in 1927, which seemed to put fundamental limits on what could be known about nature, declaring, for example, that it was impossible, even in theory, to know both the velocity and the position of a subatomic particle. Knowing one destroyed the ability to measure the other. As a result, until observed, subatomic particles and events existed in a sort of cloud of possibility that Dr. Wheeler sometimes referred to as "a smoky dragon."
This kind of thinking frustrated Einstein, who once asked Dr. Wheeler if the Moon was still there when nobody looked at it.
Wheeler recognized that physics is about ideas and the language used to express those ideas, not just mathematics and experimentation. He coined and popularized several phrases during his long career, including black hole, wormhole, and quantum foam.


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Africa has now got another major internet connection to Europe through a $700 million (£430 million) France Telecom Orange-led consortium.
The ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) consortium submarine cable is now able to serve the first 13 countries on Africa's western coast after landing at the small country of Sao Tomé & Principe.
The ACE cable, said the consortium, will contribute to the development of multinational companies present in Africa by improving connectivity between their local subsidiaries and their global networks.
This will allow them to develop added-value services in areas such as unified communications, IT and customer relations, said ACE.
The first phase has seen nearly 12,000 km of optical fibre running along the west coast of Africa. The cable will eventually extend as far as South Africa for the second phase, taking in another seven countries.
Two landlocked countries, Mali and Niger, will also be connected through extensions to the existing terrestrial network. And Nigeria will also be connected to the cable in 2013.
Seven of the countries in the first phase - The Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Sao Tomé & Principe and Sierra Leone - will benefit for the first time from a direct connection to a submarine cable, enabling them to enjoy optimal access to the international broadband network.
The France Telecom Orange group has put in $250 million (£153 million) to finance the project and its African telecoms consortium partners have put in the rest.
Through links to other submarine cables, ACE also provides an additional western route for traffic, including an alternative and secure route for communications to countries already connected to the main international cable linking Portugal and Malaysia, for instance.
ACE relies on the industry standard wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology, which allows cable capacity to be increased without additional submarine work.
At the end of last year Tata Communications quadrupled the bandwidth of its London to New York subsea cable network to enable 40 gigabits per second services for carriers and enterprises.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Isaac Taylor was named the Pilgrim Lacrosse League Player of the Week after guiding MIT to a 2-0 week, helping the Engineers improve to 3-2 overall and 2-0 in conference action. Last Tuesday against Clark University, he recorded three goals in the 17-7 victory. In MIT's 12-11 come-from-behind win over Wheaton College on Saturday, Taylor tallied five goals, including the game-winner with 1:24 left in regulation.


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- 1. Will my company information be used by default as the sender?
Your company information provided for fedex.com Login registration will be used by default as the sender. You can click "Edit" at the "From" section menu to update the sender's information.
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You can click "Edit" at the "From" section menu, add the new "sender" profile and click "Save new sender in address book".
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The shipping charges will be billed to your account if you opted for "Bill to Sender" at the "Billing" section. You can specify an alternative FedEx account to bill the shipping charges at the "Billing" section too.
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Only those data fields marked with asterisks require input.
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Shipping requests can be cancelled in the "Ship History" tab. Simply select the shipment and click on the "Cancel" button.
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You can use the function "Save as Pending Shipment" to save incomplete shipping requests. Please click "Preferences" at the top right hand corner of the screen. Select "Complete your Shipment", check the first option "Enable Save Pending Shipments". Then go back to the shipping screen. You can now save incomplete shipment requests by clicking the grey button "Save as Pending Shipment".
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Click the "Ship History" tab at the menu bar to view your past shipping records for the last 90 days.
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After completing all shipping information, click the "Ship" button at the bottom of the screen.
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Check the DPI setting for your inkjet or laser printer in your "Printer Setup/Printer Control" files. If it's 600dpi or higher, reset to 300 and set "Print Quality" to low. Try printing again. Should your reprint show a different air waybill number from the original print, please cancel this shipment. You will have to use the air waybill number from the misprinted document to cancel.


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