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America loves beer.
In the U.S., we drink $200 billion worth of the hops-brewed libation annually. What many Americans might not know is that most domestic beer, 90 percent in fact, is dominated by just two companies: Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors.
Innovators, however, are challenging that dominance in the form of craft beer breweries. Small mom-and-pop-style breweries — or regional breweries — now account for about 6 percent of domestic beer sales. That may seem like a small number, but it's been growing every year since the early 1990s, while big brewers' share is declining.
There are now more small breweries than there were before Prohibition, when beer was largely a regional business.
Why Craft Beer?
At Meridian Pint, a trendy D.C. bar and restaurant, you wouldn't even be able to order a Budweiser, Coors or something else from the big two.
"I try to have a nice mix of approachable craft beers, as well as exciting new stuff for people who have tried a lot of everyday beers," says Sam Fitz, the beer director for Meridian Pint. He's a Cicerone, which is like a sommelier for beer.
Meridian Pint offers brands such as DC Brau, Flying Dog and Oxbow. Fitz says he prides himself on this kind of handpicked selection, but there are some brands he won't carry.
"I do not carry any beer that comes under the Miller or Coors or Bud labels," he says.
That's just fine with his customers, like Landon Rordam, who says he isn't looking for those big names but instead tries to find something he hasn't tried before.
Big Beer Vs. Craft Beer
Consolidation of the big brewers also worries the Justice Department, which recently blocked an attempt by Anheuser-Busch InBev to buy the 50 percent of Grupo Modelo it does not already own. The Mexican beer maker, the world's third-largest, owns Corona, Negra Modelo and other brands.
Journalist Elizabeth Flock, who reported on the blocked merger and the beer market for U.S.News and World Report, says the Justice Department said AB-InBev, by buying Grupo Modelo, would effectively eliminate its competition.
The problem for craft brewers, Flock tells Jacki Lyden, host of weekends on All Things Considered, is that those sorts of mergers make the fight against big beer companies even more difficult.
"Everyone wants to be on grocery store shelves at eye level," Flock says. "Craft brewers say big beer is increasingly pushing them out of those prime spots."
There's also the issue, Flock says, of what the Brewers Association calls "crafty" beers — beers owned by big beer companies disguised as small craft beer. A common example is Blue Moon, a Belgian-style beer.
"A lot of people think that [Blue Moon] is a craft beer, but it is in fact owned by MillerCoors," she says.
Craft brewers argue that this limits consumer choice, Flock says. For instance, if a bar stocks the top brands from a big brewer along with these "crafty" beers, consumers are essentially only buying from a single company.
Not everyone agrees. Benj Steinman, an editor for Beer Marketer's Insights, a trade publication, says these so-called crafty beers might be helping the craft beer market.
"What Anheuser-Busch and Coors have done through Shock Top and Blue Moon is opened up a greater number of consumers to the universe of craft beers and their innovation, flavor and variety," says Steinman, a 30-year veteran of the beer business. "They're sort of gateway beers."
In other words, they are more accessible craft beers that might get you started wanting to taste other, more complex beers with notes of dark cherry or sassafras molasses.
Julia Herz, the craft beer program director for the Brewers Association, says big beer should print its names on the bottles.
"What we've called for is a transparency of parent company ownership, and to put that on the beer label so the beer lover has a chance to know who's behind those brands," she says.
Herz says branding matters to many beer drinkers, especially those who care about the brands they consume and who owns those companies.
"A lot of millennials are associating themselves with what they consume and what they hold in their hand," she says.
The Question Of Cost
Craft beers are, without question, more expensive, which might make it harder for them to compete against the bigger brands.
"This is a very middle-class beverage, [a] working-class beverage," says Chris Thorne, a spokesman for the Beer Institute, the largest beer industry trade group. "So what a lot of people are looking for is what's affordable."
Thorne says fierce competition is nothing new in the beer business: It's been that way since the days of Fred Miller, Freddy Heineken, Adolph Coors and August Busch.
"These are names that are rooted in our heritage, in the beer-drinking culture in the U.S., and they never got a break," Thorne says. "They competed with each other."
Back at Meridian Pint, beer director Fitz shows off his 24 beer taps, all pouring high-end craft brews. He really doesn't want to lose that market share to beers pretending to be microbrews.
"It certainly is more expensive, but for what we're trying to do, we're trying to offer the highest-quality products that we can," he says, "and that means buying from producers that use good ingredients and are innovative producers."
In the bar, customer Rordam says even if he has sampled some upscale microbrews at $6, $7 or $8 a pint, those prices might eventually force him to go back down the ladder.
"After I've had like three or four microbrews, I'll think, 'Wow, that was $25 [or] $30, I should probably get a Bud Light now because this is getting ridiculous,' " he says.
It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden.
Coming up this St. Patrick's Day, a wrap-up of music from South by Southwest and why manipulative photography isn't new.
But first, it is St. Patrick's Day and chances are right now, someone is singing "Danny Boy" and hoisting a pint. Americans love their beer. It's the world's most popular drink but most of us know even less about the beer industry today than we do about how St. Patrick chases snakes out of Ireland. So belly up.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: Refreshingly smooth by Coors Light.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: It's Miller time.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: Heineken. Sounds good.
LYDEN: That's our cover story: big, big beer and this oddly fight to be America's draft.
LYDEN: Beer, we drink enough fermented hops to consume more than $200 billion annually, and that's just here in the U.S. What you should know as you sip is that 90 percent of our domestic beer market is dominated by just two companies, Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors. But small brewmeisters are challenging that dominance. Craft beer that has smaller mom-and-pop-style breweries or regional breweries now account for about 6 percent of domestic beer sales. Now that might seem like a small number, but it's been growing every year since the early 1990s while the big brewer's share is declining.
So let's begin by raising a glass at Meridian Pint, a trendy joint here in D.C. where you get run out of town if you try to order a Coors. Brian Davis is a graduate student, and he's drinking a Nugget Nectar.
BRIAN DAVIS: Really intense flavor and you know that you're supporting organizations that you care about, local economies.
LYDEN: You'll have a lot of choices in the future, too, now that there are more small breweries than there were before prohibition when beer was largely a regional business. And if you're really into beer, you can become a certified cicerone. That's like a sommelier only for beer. Sam Fritz is a cicerone.
SAM FRITZ: I try to have a nice mix of approachable craft beers as well as exciting new stuff for people who have tried a lot of the more everyday beers.
LYDEN: Sam Fritz is also the beer director for Meridian Pint, which also offers DC Brau, Flying Dog and Oxbow Space Cowboy. He prides himself on offering this kind of handpicked collection.
FRITZ: I do not carry any beers that come under the Miller or Coors or Bud labels.
LYDEN: That's just fine with his customers. Beer drinker Landon Rordam says he's not looking for those big names.
LANDON RORDAM: When I go out to a bar, I really - I'm almost always looking for what haven't I tried before.
LYDEN: Last month, the Justice Department blocked an attempted merger between Anheuser-Busch InBev and the Mexican beer maker, Grupo Modelo. Anheuser already owns 50 percent of the Mexican beer maker.
Journalist Elizabeth Flock wrote about this and other trends recently in the beer market in U.S. News and World Report.
ELIZABETH FLOCK: The Department of Justice has said that this merger would get rid of their competition. Anheuser-Busch is the biggest beer company in the world. MillerCoors is second, and Grupo Modelo is third. So if they were to buy Grupo Modelo, they would effectively get rid of their biggest competition that they could possibly own.
LYDEN: So, Elizabeth Flock, you've written that the market shares of the great big companies, Anheuser-Busch InBev, is actually declining. What would a merger like that mean for the little craft breweries that we see, and how much of the market do they have?
FLOCK: So big beer - when I say big beer, I mean Anheuser-Busch InBev and MillerCoors, currently have 90 percent of the market. And craft beer in the U.S. has 6 percent. And craft beer has said - even though they're new, they've only really been around since the '90s - that 6 percent is too small and 90 percent is too big. And that big beer is increasingly trying to keep craft beer down and that this merger would just be sort of another step for big beer to be able to keep craft beer out, keep independent beers off the shelves away from consumers.
LYDEN: And how are we defining a craft beer?
FLOCK: Big beer likes to say that craft beer is just a marketing term. Craft brewers, on the other hand, would contend that craft beers are small, independent, family-owned. And they say that craft beer cannot be more than 25 percent owned by a big beer company and that it also cannot make more than six million barrels of beer a year.
LYDEN: Maybe just to compare, tell me how big the corporate beer makers, the big beer makers actually are.
FLOCK: So I know that Anheuser-Busch with just 14 of their 200 brands gets a billion dollars a year in revenue. And so, you know, when you have 200 brands, that effectively can take over store shelves.
LYDEN: That's another area where these brewers compete, isn't it, just on the shelf space.
FLOCK: Absolutely. I would say that this is the number one place where this battle between craft beer and big beer is sort of playing out because everyone wants to be in grocery store shelves at eye level. When a consumer goes and is just sort of scanning, they want to be there. And craft brewers say that big beer is increasingly pushing them out of those prime spots. At grocery stores, at bars, at sporting arenas, at airports, anywhere you can find a beer, they say they're increasingly being pushed out.
LYDEN: So there's a couple craft beers that you cite as being owned by a huge company. You called these crafty beers. What do you mean by that?
FLOCK: The Brewers Association, it's sort of a term that they use to knock big beer for calling it crafty beer. And, you know, one of the things that they're most upset about that this sort of deceptive tactics that they say big beer is using is to present beers that they make - that Anheuser-Busch or MillerCoors make as craft when they aren't.
So a really good example of this is Blue Moon. Blue Moon is an enormously popular beer. You can find it anywhere. A lot of people think that it's a craft beer, but, in fact, is made by MillerCoors.
LYDEN: So Blue Moon now owned by MillerCoors. How do they advertise? Do they switch their advertising for something like the crafty beer?
FLOCK: You increasingly see big beer companies trying to advertise to the kind of person, a hipster type or someone who's really into, you know, sort of a distinctive beer.
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LYDEN: In terms of the market, does it matter? Are these small beers, the craft beers, are they really getting squeezed out?
FLOCK: What craft brewers would say to that is they would say, what matters is that consumers aren't getting choice. So they might go to a bar and there might be eight beers on tap. And you might see that one is, you know, Bud Light and one is a so-called craft beer, and then one is an import beer. It seems like there are eight different beers, but, in fact, all of those beers could be made by Anheuser-Busch.
So does it matter? Maybe not. Maybe you like all of those beers and you feel like you're getting a variety, but, in fact, you're only getting a variety from one beer maker.
LYDEN: And also, the craft brewing trade, as it has blossomed from - I think your article said that at one time, there were maybe just a couple hundred individual beer makers, but now there's more than a couple thousand.
FLOCK: That's right. Yeah.
LYDEN: This has obviously created a lot of jobs, a lot of vitality in different parts of the country.
FLOCK: Yeah, absolutely, although big beer would say that they create infinitely more jobs. And so to try to tamp down what they're doing would be to hurt the American economy, we'd get rid of jobs and that craft beer just doesn't employ nearly as much.
LYDEN: Elizabeth Flock has reported on the beer industry for U.S. News and World Report.
Crafty beer, though, might really be helping craft beer, says a 30-year veteran of the business. Benj Steinman is an editor for Beer Marketer's Insights, a trade publication. The beers he's talking about are Blue Moon and Shock Top.
BENJ STEINMAN: Some might say, well, what Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors have done through Shock Top and Blue Moon is opened up a greater number of consumers to the universe of craft beers and their innovation, flavor and variety, and they don't necessarily - and they're sort of gateway beers.
LYDEN: Gateway, meaning it's a more accessible craft beer. It might get you to start wanting to taste other things with notes of dark cherry or sassafras molasses.
Julia Herz is the craft beer program director for the Brewers Association. She says big beer should print its names right on all its bottles.
JULIA HERZ: What we've called for is a transparency of parent company ownership and to put that on the beer label so the beer lover has a chance to know who's behind those brands.
LYDEN: Herz says that branding matters to a lot of younger beer drinkers who are actually quite careful readers.
HERZ: Many people care about the brands of what they consume and who owns those companies. And especially a lot of millenials are, you know, associating themselves with what they consume and what they hold in their hand.
LYDEN: Craft beers are, without question, though, more expensive, which might make it harder for them to compete against the bigger brands.
CHRIS THORNE: This is a very middle-class beverage, a working-class beverage. So what a lot of people are looking for is what's affordable.
LYDEN: That's Chris Thorne. He's a spokesman for the Beer Institute, the largest beer industry trade group. He says that fierce competition is nothing new in this business. It's an American tradition.
THORNE: When you look at the names of some of these breweries that we have today, whether it's Frederick Miller, whether it's Freddy Heineken waiting with - off the shores of New York for prohibition to end and come in, whether it's Adolph Coors, whether it's August Busch. These are names that are rooted in our heritage, in the beer-drinking culture in the United States, and they never got a break. They competed with each other.
LYDEN: And back at Meridian Pint, beer director Sam Fritz shows off his 24 beer taps, two dozen high-end brands. And he really doesn't want to lose his market share to beers pretending to be microbrews.
FRITZ: It certainly is more expensive, but what we're trying to do, we're trying to offer the highest quality products that we can. And that means buying from producers that use good ingredients and are innovative brewers.
LYDEN: But at the end of the day in the barroom, Landon Rordam says that even if he sampled some upscale microbrews at six, seven, eight bucks a pint, he might go back down the ladder.
RORDAM: After I've had, like, three or four microbrews, I'll think, wow, that was 25, $30, I should probably get a Bud Light now because this is getting ridiculous, you know?
LYDEN: Then again, beer is for all occasions. Chances are that today, a lot of people are drinking green beer without much taste and enjoying every emerald drop.
UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: Beer, beer, beer, beer, beer, beer.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Singing) A long time ago, way back in history, when all there was to drink was nothing but cups of tea, along came a man by the name of Charlie Mops, and he invented a wonderful drink and he made it out of hops. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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The Agile Manifesto had its beginnings in a meeting held in February 2001 at the Snowbird ski resort just outside of Salt Lake City. To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of this event, Alistair Cockburn, who organized the original meeting, invited a group of agile luminaries back to Snowbird to discuss the future direction of agile. The original 17 manifesto writers were invited, although not all were able to attend, and I was among the people who did participate. In this article, I discuss what we concluded, how the event was organized, and some of the challenges faced by the agile community.
What We Believe
First, let's jump to what most people will perceive to be the end results. As a group, we agreed on the following four belief statements:
- Demand technical excellence
- Promote individual change and lead organizational change
- Organize knowledge and improve education
- Maximize value creation across the entire process
Let's dive down into what these belief statements imply. The first statement, demand technical excellence, is a reflection both of the general values of the working group and also our frustration with what we're seeing in practice — or more accurately, not seeing in practice. The Agile Manifesto exudes the philosophy that technical excellence is critical to your success in the software game, yet this requires both skill and discipline to pull off in practice. Many agile teams do in fact manage this feat — various DDJ surveys have shown over the years that agile teams produce higher levels of quality on average. However, the adoption rate of quality techniques such as test-driven development (TDD), refactoring across all architectural tiers, and following common development conventions aren't as high as the agile rhetoric would lead us to believe. There is room for improvement, and our hope is that this first statement will motivate agilists to do so.
The second belief statement is to promote individual change and lead organizational change. Once again, we've definitely come a long way as a community but we have further to go when it comes to improving our approach to software development. At the individual level I believe that we need to life-long learn, teach people to observe what works for them (and what doesn't) in the situations that they find themselves in, and to then act on those observations. At the organizational level it is important to understand both the mechanics and the supporting human behavioral aspects of change processes and then invest the time and resources to effectively execute on them. One aspect of this is to focus on the organizational ecosystem as a whole and not just on IT — in fact, many agilists are instead still mired in the details of software development and unable to see the enterprise forest for the development trees.
Organizing knowledge and improving education is the focus of the third belief statement. Several people in the group voiced their frustration around the lack of a coherent and consistent agile body of knowledge. In many ways, this is a reflection of our times — the Internet makes it easy for people to publish articles, post ideas in blogs, tweet, write wiki pages, and so on, which in turn promotes a dispersed cacophony of voices. This cacophony can be debilitating when you want resources which support teaching agile concepts, particularly at the college and university level but also at the individual learning level. Heresy aside, perhaps an organization such as the Agile Alliance could start amalgamating some of this knowledge, and even go so far as to create an Agile Book of Knowledge (ABoK). Minimally, it's clear that the agile community could do more to reach out to universities and colleges to help them understand and teach agile more effectively.
Last, and certainly not least, is the fourth belief statement that we should strive to maximize value creation across the entire process. One of the fundamental messages of the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) process framework is that we need to look beyond the software construction focus of the Agile Manifesto to address the full solution delivery effort. But this is clearly not the full picture either as there is much more to IT than solution delivery, and certainly much more to your organization than IT. Some of the greatest challenges that we face with agile adoption are the business issues surrounding IT, particularly when it concerns financial issues such as funding delivery projects, IT governance, and understanding and interacting effectively with business stakeholders. As the lean community implores, we need to optimize the whole, and agile software development is only one small part of your overall organizational ecosystem.
How It Happened
To help bring a bit of transparency to this event, I'd like to briefly describe how it was organized. In early January Alistair Cockburn sent out invitations to a number of people whom he felt had added value within the agile movement over the years. Not everyone was able to attend for various reasons, and perhaps a few people who weren't invited should have been, but from what I could tell he brought together a group who was representative of the overall community. I'd like to once again express my thanks to Alistair for taking the lead on this effort.
Luckily Alistair decided to hire professional facilitators Robert Moir and Janet Danforth to organize the event, and I truly believe that we couldn't have succeeded without the two of them. A few weeks prior to the event, they called the confirmed attendees to discuss what they wanted to achieve when we got together. Then, the night before kickoff when we gathered in the evening for drinks, we discovered that index cards containing questions drawn from these pre-interviews had been distributed around the tables. The goal of the cards was to stimulate conversation, not that we needed any help with that, and to communicate to everyone the range of issues to consider the following morning.
The working session itself was held on Saturday February 12th, with an idea generation session in the morning from 8:30 to 12:30 and a focusing session held in the evening from 5 to 7:30. During the morning session we organized into seven subgroups, and we iteratively addressed seven topics — value; agile backlash/retrospective; technical/agile process; other communities and business/enterprise process; culture; education/training; and the future — which the index cards from the night before had been assigned to. Each subgroup started with one of the topics and identified issues pertaining to that category with sticky notes. Then the subgroups rotated to the next category to review the previous work and add any new ideas. We proceeded iteratively until each subgroup had contributed to each topic category.
The goal of the evening session was to come to a consensus around a statement of our beliefs. To do this, we re-categorized the issues we had identified in the morning into things that we can make good headway on, things we don't know how to address, and things that we believe can't be addressed. For example, better communicating the role of architecture in agile development is something we could make good headway on, whereas the fact that many organizations rate their employees in part based on degrees or certifications is something we'll never be able to address as a community. The issues which we believed could be addressed were clustered by topic, the topics were prioritized, and after much discussion and wordsmithing the four belief statements were identified.


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Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta: The Epicenter of California's Water Challenge
Caltech Earth Week Speaker Series: Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta: The Epicenter of California's Water Challenge
Join us for a riveting discussion on the complexity of the proposed changes to the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the hub of California's water system. The Delta presents what is arguably California's most important test of successfully managing change in order to address the needs of the environment, economy and local communities simultaneously.
Curt Schmutte, civil engineer, consultant to the Metropolitan Water District and senior authority on California's water supply, will take us through the region's unique ecosystem and diverse recreational and agricultural economy. The challenges of the region range from declining health of fish species, island subsidence, potential levee failure, predicted sea level rise, water quality degradation and urbanization.
All members of the community are welcome to attend.
When: Monday, April 21, 2014 4:30pm-6:00pm
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"As a leader the challenge has been thrown to me. The easier thing for me now is to say I quit captaincy and be only a part of the side," Dhoni told the media after English beat India by seven wickets.
"That will be running away from the responsibility, though there is BCCI (Board of Cricket for Control in India) to decide."
Dhoni said it was a challenge to lead a side when the chips were down.
"It is always good to lead a side when the side is performing and you are winning. You do not need a leader then."
"When the team is not doing well, you need the team to gel together, back the players and try to move in the direct direction."
"The selectors are here to decide," was Dhoni's reply when asked if he was still the right man to lead the team.
He refused to blame coach Duncan Fletcher and attributed the batting failure for India's dismal performance in the series.
"You cannot question the coach. We have done well under him. He has excellent technical knowledge but once we cross the rope we are on our own."
"We should not really look into excuses and try not to play the blame game and put it on the coach. Ultimately what matters is how the 11 players perform in the middle."
He called the away series in England (2011) and Australia (2011-12) as the "lowest phase" of his captaincy. India had lost both the series 0-4.
Dhoni hoped the problems affecting India would be rectified.
The string of dismal performances of the Indian team for the past one year has led to a chorus for Dhoni's removal from the hot seat.(IANS)


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Parents with kids in after school activities will tell you that all the not only do all the sports practices, language classes and boy and girl scout meetings consume a lot of time, but they eat up a lot of the family budget.
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Knowing the true costs and prioritizing extracurricular activities can help you protect your wallet while enhancing your child's free time.
An after school activity can cost hundreds to thousands of dollars over a childhood, making it more important to budget and plan for such expenses. "The important point from a financial point of view is that you want to think about what works for your kid and your budget," says Suzanna de Baca, vice president of wealth strategies at Ameriprise Financial.
Since a child's extracurricular activities are such a big part of family life, they need to be part of the family budget, says Clare Levison, certified public accountant and member of the AICPA's National CPA Financial Literacy Commission. "You want to consider the activity fee, equipment, uniform expenses and travel costs." Experts advise trying to stay within your budget when choosing activities.
Identify Your Child's Interest
"Children change their mind and want to do different stuff," says Scott Halliwell, certified financial planner at USAA. Planning out extracurricular activities is important since these can have a hefty price tag.
"As far as making the activity choices, that's a good money lesson to instill because you can't do it all," says Levison. To save on expenses, she suggests pursuing activities that a child wants to do rather than what a parent wants the child to be interested in. "You can cut back on activity fees by not suggesting new activities," says Levison.
When your child wants to try something new, take advantage of free trial months before investing in uniforms and equipment and paying registration fees. "By the end of the month, you'll know if that's something your child's really interested in," says Levison.
Pick and Prioritize
Kids have to balance school responsibilities and activities while parents work to manage the household budget and their work schedule. Kids need to learn how to prioritize and plan their time also .
"The activities and having to do homework can be stressful for kids and parents and their budget," says Levison. "If an activity is stressful, it defeats the purpose of the activity."
You may have to make trade-offs for your child to participate in an activity—have this discussion about what you can and can't do on a high level because you've limited time and money, says De Baca. "Kids respond really well if they're part of the discussion on a high level." This conversation may not be appropriate for a kindergartner but as he or she gets older, it's important that a child understands how you make decisions and trade-offs for the health of the household.
Pinpoint the True Cost of an Activity
Extracurricular activities should appear as a line item in your budget.
One of the best ways to understand an activity's true costs is to ask other parents, the coach and teachers, suggests De Baca. Participating in an activity may require buying equipment, food, group photos and commemorative T-shirts, as well as paying for hotels and other costs for traveling leagues and parties.
"Parents need to be realistic about what things will cost," says Halliwell. "Go month by month and try to put a price tag on the known expenses." When sports season begins, you need to plan for any equipment purchases and registration fees—it's important to know what you can and can't afford to do.
To cover unanticipated expenses over the course of the year, Levison suggests adding 10% extra to amounts allocated for any new activities to give your budget a cushion.
What to Budget?
"The budget for the activity increases the household budget overall," says Levison. You may have higher food costs from eating out since there's no time to cook, as well as the cost of hiring people to do things you can't do yourself, like lawn care and cleaning. "It's time spent on things that cost money instead of time spent on things that are free. The activities take away from these and there has to be a balance."
Experts caution against spending money on a child's activities when you don't have an emergency fund with six months of expenses or aren't putting money in a 401(k). Balancing short-term needs with long-term savings can be a challenge, says Linda Shelby, regional sales manager at Merrill Edge. "Unless savings was intended for extracurriculars, short-term needs need to be managed with cash flow. Long-term assets and savings should only be used for long-term goals for which it was intended and not for short-term or month-to-month expenses."
"If you have credit card debt, people need to make a good faith effort to scale back and prioritize," says Levison. This may not mean pulling your child out of soccer but reprioritizing and cutting back somewhere else like having fewer cable channels or driving back and forth to a game in the same day instead of staying in a hotel.
"For parents whose kids have the desire but they really can't afford it, there are programs that offer subsidies," says Shelby. Parents can apply for need-based scholarships on registration forms or volunteer to coach or participate in other ways in exchange for discounted fees.
"You may have to explain to a child that you can only do one activity per month," says Shelby. If your child still wants to do other activities, figure out how to fit it in so it doesn't cost money—like participating through a local recreation center or YMCA without being part of a formal league.
Equipment can be expensive and needs to be factored into your budget. "If you can get passed the 'I want it new' syndrome, you can buy sports equipment and music instruments used for less than half [the cost of buying it new]," says Halliwell. Some leagues provide equipment. When buying sneakers and clothing, Halliwell suggests spending less on items that you know your child will grow out of in six months.
If you've purchased equipment or instruments but your child is no longer interested in that activity, experts recommend selling these to other parents or back to the store to avoid as big of a hit.


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It depends what they release.. is there any info on this yet? I have too much perfume though, so I'd only get one if it was a super amazing fragrance that I love..~Azaezl~ wrote:Good luck DSM!
Is anyone buying the perfumes in the fragrance party this year? I'm in 2 minds whether to or not, if it's something I absolutely love I'm going to but I have a million perfumes already so going to try and resist.
Sarah, as Pixie_Junk said, stop worrying about what you look like at the interview! As long as you look clean and tidy you'll be fine, I've seen plenty of people with dreads/piercings/tattoos/coloured hair working in Lush. I get the idea that as long as you're confident, friendly, approachable etc, you'll be fine! There were people at my interview wearing everything from jeans and a tshirt to a suit, I wore black trousers and a fairly casual shirt.


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Noise, heat, vibration, and leakage can interfere with the proper operation of a hydraulic system or provide warning of future problems. Maintenance and troubleshooting personnel can help avoid these problems — simply by using their natural senses of sight, touch, and hearing in an organized pattern.
As previously mentioned, a hydraulic system may malfunction or operate improperly because of one or more problems located away from the system. One example would be cavitation or aeration in a pump located in a remote pump house. Under such conditions it might help to use the Fault, Cause, Remedy (FCR) review process outlined in Figure 4.
Seldom is an entire system at fault even though several malfunctions may occur in close sequence. In a large system, first examine that part of the hydraulic installation where the faulty component is mounted. Follow these steps:
1. Determine which of the four basic problem symptoms seems to apply: excessive heat, noise, vibration, or leakage. If the problem is heat, see Figure 4. Vibration and leakage investigation will be covered in Chapter 5.
2. If excessive noise appears to be the problem, consult the chart in Figure 5. It provides a selection process that considers many common conditions associated with excessive pump noise.
3. If, after this examination, you conclude that noise is caused by pump cavitation or aeration of fluid, check the system following the suggested Fault-Cause-Remedy sequences shown in Figure 6.


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Jim Kelly, Bret Saberhagen Headling 2013 Legends For Kids Lineup
Some big names from the world of sports are heading to Sioux Falls this summer for the annual Hy Vee/Sanford Legends for kids event.
NFL Hall of Famer and four-time Super Bowl quarterback Jim Kelly will headlining the football clinic.
South Dakota native Chad Greenway of the Minnesota Vikings, an All-Pro linebacker, will also be part of this year's event.
They will be joined by New York Giants defensive back Prince Amukamara, a former Nebraska Cornhusker. The football clinic is June 14th at Augustana's Kirkeby-Over Stadium.
The baseball clinic will be headed by two-time Cy Young Award winner Bret Saberhagen. The clinic is June 14th at the Sanford Fieldhouse.
Former member of the Los Angeles Lakers 'Showtime' teams, and former WNBA and college head coach Michael Cooper will be featured at the basketball clinic, June 15th at Washington High School.
Other clinics include wrestling, with MMA fighter Ryan Bader, soccer, volleyball, and tennis.
The Legends Banquet is June 13th at the Ramkota Exhibit Hall.
This is the ninth annual event, and Tyler Schulte from Sanford expects this year's Legends will push the total fund raising effort past the $1 million mark.
Schulte also says it's important to not just get big names for this event, but also to get athletes that can work with kids.
Hy Vee will once again sponsor a kids triathlon this year, with age groups 6 to 8, 9 to 11, and 12 to 15. The event will be June 15th. Kristi Masterson from Hy Vee talks with Hy Vee's continued involvement with the Legends and about this year's triathlon.


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Free Stuff Wednesday: Gigabyte G1 Assassin X58 Motherboard Giveaway!!
Subject: Editorial, General Tech, Motherboards | November 16, 2011 - 03:12 PM | Ryan Shrout
Tagged: X58, giveaway, gigabyte, contest
We have been on a roll recently, trying to
clear out as much stuff give away as much stuff to our readers as possible!! We handed out a free copy of Skyrim and linked you to a contest for a Radeon HD 6870 from XFX just last week.
Next on our list is a high-end enthusiast level motherboard from Gigabyte, the G1.Assassin X58!!
This is a great board to upgrade your current LGA1366 system or a great start to build a new one at prices that are likely lower than you expect.
What do you need to do enter to win this motherboard? Couldn't be easier!!
- Make a comment on this post thanking Gigabyte for this kick ass contest!! That's pretty simple right? You don't have to register, though we would appreciate it!
- Like Gigabyte on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GIGABYTE.US
- Like PC Perspective on Facebook: http://facebook.com/pcper
- Follow PC Perspective on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pcper
- Circle PC Perspective on Google+: http://gplus.to/pcper
- (Another hint, comments on our G+ post about this contest get another entry!)
We will pick a random winner in our pool of entries on Friday, the 18th of November in the afternoon, EST! Sorry, US and Canada residents only for this one! If you don't have a Facebook/Twitter/Google+ account commenting here will still enter you.
Thanks for reading PC Perspective and good luck!!!
UPDATE: We have a winner!!!! After a quick stop to Random.org the person going home (or at least getting shipped) the Gigabyte X58 G1.Assassin motherboard is...."slugbugg55"!!! Congratulations, an email is on the way to asking for your shipping information!!
Stay tuned to PC Perspective as we head into Thanksgiving week for more contests and giveaways!!
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Thank you Gigabyte for this contest. Always love your motherboards! Hope to win!
Thanks Gigabyte!!
Thanks Gigabyte! My current board is an AMD Gigabyte but it is a little dated. I would love to upgrade to a more current setup, and I have been considering Intel as I like the Hackintosh advantages!
Thx Gigabyte for supporting PCPer and offering this mb for the contest.
Thanks, Gigabyte! Great contest! :D
Thanks Gigabyte, my past 3 motherboards for my gamine computer have been yours. They survive an incredible amount of abuse, from massive overclocking, and even a psu shorting out and electrocuting the board. Guess what, it still worked. Gigabyte, you're awesome.
Thanks Gigabyte. This board looks hot!
Gigabyte does it again!
Thanks for the contest.
Wow!!!! this looks awesome!!!
Sure would like to win it!!!!
You are awesome Gigabyte! I have motherboards of yours that I'm just drooling to install and use. Thanks
Thank you again Gigabyte!! Another kickass contest with another awesome Gigabyte prize!
My current Gigabyte board is getting rather old (GA-EP45-UD3P)
I would love to win this!
Thank you Gigabyte for this kickass contest. I would use the motherboard to play Skyrim. (-:3
Thanks Gigabyte for this kickass content.
free stuff, me like gigabyte
free stuff, me like gigabyte
i love free stuff and i love Gigabyte ... WIN WIN!
Thanks Gigabyte for this kickass totally awesome content.
thanks to everyone who makes this possible *crosses fingers*
Thanks Gigabyte
I have two of your older boards now, love to have one of your newest.
thanks Gigabyte.
Thanks Gigabyte!
Thanks for the contest Gigabyte!
Gigabyte the best
Gigabyte thank you for this AK47 bullet holder on your board, my PC will be secure now!
Thanks Gigabyte for the opportunity to upgrade. S939 just isnt cutting it anymore, hehe.
Thanks Gigabyte for such an awesome
Thank You Gigabyte for sponsoring this giveaway with such an awesome prize. Completed all of the above steps.
Thanks Gigabyte for the chance to win such a beautiful mobo.
Thanks Gigabyte for the chance to win such a beautiful mobo.
Thank you Gigabyte for my first S939 motherboard ;)
Sweet Motherboard Thanks Gigabyte!!
Thanks Gigabyte. Always wanted one of those for sure.
Thank you Gigabyte for this contest. It would be a great upgrade
OYE! Gigabyte! Thanks for the opportunity to enter this contest, and also for making mobos that don't suck! I'm a full concert to your great products and silly model numbers.
killer Board Gigabyte! thanks for supporting PcPer!
Thanks Gigabyte for realizing that style and performance make a seriously awesome coupling! Thanks also for 3d uefi bios. Cheers.
Thank you Gigabyte and PcPer for this Awesome contest!!! :-D
Thanks gigabyte for this awesome competition! Man I want this board :)
Thanks for the kick ass contest!
Thank you Gigabyte!
Thanks Gigabyte!!
Wow, that MB is sick looking. I would love to throw my i7 920 in there being that I won't be jumping on SB-E.
Thanks Gigabyte. This board is screaming to be submerged in oil!
No hope I can win not US but
Many thanks to Gigabyte for this contest and to PcPer for hold it!
Thanks Gigabyte!! Will the clip on the motherboard fit my AR-15?
Thanks for supporting PC Per ! Great MBs which are always my first choice
Thanks gigabyte for another awesome contest giving away some of .the best merchandise
Awesome! Thanks Gigabyte for the contest!
Thank you gigabyte! Be a nice opportunity to upgrade!
Thanks Gigabyte! I'm sick of this AMD 770 board hahaha
One gruesome looking MB!! GIMME!!
Thanks Gigabyte for the awesome giveaway! I love the different color schemes by the way.
Thanks gigabyte for the wicked board.....Hoping to get my hands on one.
Thanks for the giveaway. You guys rock. Already have one Gigabyte mother board, looking to build a new system, so this would come in handy.
Count me in for an x58 board with a lot of nice features.
As an aside, did anyone ever make an aftermarket chipset cooler for these things?
Thank you gigabyte for the awesome contest. I love your products!
技嘉科技股份有限公司 (Gigabyte) you came out in 1986, I was just a pup but I'm still runnin strong and so are you. Sweet board and thanks for the Pcper sponsorship.
Love This Mobo, Perfect to build a Monster System around
Thank you Gigabyte for making Such a KICK ASS!!!! Product
Thanks Gigabyte! I have used Gigabyte boards for all of my last 4 builds and will continue to use them for their great value!
Thanks Gigabyte
Great motherboard. Thanks Gigabyte for the contest.
Sweet need an upgrade here.
I *realy* like your green...
Thanks Gigabyte for this awesome contest!
Hope I win!
Been a Gigabyte devotee for many years, but I'm still stuck in the past on a EP45-UD3R. Help me out!
THANKS, Gigabyte. The green and black looks sick..
Giga is pretty awesome.
Thanks Gigabyte! For making great products, and sponsoring this giveaway. My current motherboard was $40, I don't think anything else needs to be said as to why I would love this board.
I love the layout of this board. Thanks for making this, Gigabyte.
Thanks to Gigabyte, I've always loved your motherboards and I appreciate the chance to win a sweet X58 board!
Gigabyte is kickass, there i said it, just because they give me all the graphical power in my system ;)
That is one sweet Mobo... Let's all hope I win. :P
Seriously though, Thanks Gigabyte, for making my dreams come true.
Thank you Gigabyte! You make the best motherboards.
Thanks Gigabyte for giving one of these beauties away, hope lady luck smiles on me :)
GiGabyte, LOVE your motherboards and Im looking forwamrd to populaying thisone with the best goodies.....
Thanks Gigabyte & pcper for this kick ass contest!!!
Many thanks, Lord Gigabyte of Awesome motherboards.
Thanks to Gigabyte and PcPer.
Really enjoy the podcast, my #1 site for pc related info. Could use a motherboard for one more X58 build before stores stop carrying the i7 960.
thanks for the contest, Gigabyte!
Thanks Gigabyte for this SICK ASS contest! LOL
Thank you Gigabyte.
Really love their products.
Thanks Gigabyte!
Thank you Gigabyte for this contest, let me win this one :)
looks dangerous
Oops, double post. Sorry, but still a cool contest.
Thanks for the awesome Kick-ass contest Gigabyte. :)
I would love to move away from my current system to something a tad more modern. The Assassin looks like a good triple Nvidia SLI set up. The giveaway is always appreciated Gigabyte. I have had experience with core2Duo Gigabyte boards in the past.
Thank you Gigabyte for the great contests!
Arigato gozaimasu, Gigabyte, and "Domo arigato PCPerspective! Domo! Domo!" as well.
Danke schoen!
Merci beaucoup!
Oh, and THANK YOU!
Gigabyte amazes me again. Good work! And thank you for the chance to win. :D
thanks gigabyte!~
hope I'm not too late. thanks Gigabyte for supporting PC Per :)
Happy with my old Gigabyte P35 mobo. Time for an upgrade! Thanks for the contest Gigabyte! Great work Ryan.
Yes, please!
Thanks Gigabyte. My motherboard is crap!
i will win something one day
Thanks Gigabyte for creating such a great board!
Thanks gigabyte!
Thanks Gigabyte, your products are awesome. I've been using them for 10 years and love em!
Looking to build a third Gigabyte system to add to my UDR5 and UDR7. Thanks Gigabyte!
Thanks for this awsome contest Gigabyte!!!
Thanks for this awesome contest Gigabyte!!!
Heya hook it up !!!!
Thanks Gigabyte!
Thank you Gigabyte for this kickass contest!.
Thanks gigabyte. I've always preferred gigabyte motherboards. They are solid.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
Thank you Gigabyte! I would love this :D
Thanks Gigabyte! This would make a perfect Christmas gift for my brother! I liked all of the pages.
Great news Gigabyte, been waiting for you to bring out your UEFI Bios so I can try your product...
Thanks Gigabyte, been waiting for you to bring out a UEFI Bios so I can try your product
Pick me, pick me!!
Pick me, pick me!!!! That is one hot MB!!
Thank you Gigabyte, you are the best!
Thank you Gigabyte for making boards that nerds drool over, also thank you for letting PCPer give one away for free!
Thanks Gigabye and PCPER, this is a great motherboard you are givingaway!
Sweet looking board (both visually and spec) and right on time too.
Thank you Gigabyte!
Thank you gigabyte for you Mobo you submitted for the contest I own a couples of your motherboards I love you gigabyte
Thanks Gigabyte for the contest & PCPer for bringing it to the people.
Thanks for the contest!
Thanks Gigabyte.
Thanks Gigabyte
Awesome, I won :) Thank You PC Perspective and Gigabyte.
Email received and info sent.
CONGRATS slugbug55!!!
Thats what, the second one you won now? lol congrats!
Thank you Gigabyte for one nice looking board!
Another Superb offer from Gigabyte Nothing better than the opportunity to upgrade promoted by PC Perspective always providing the most current data available
Congrats to slugbug & Enjoy man !
Thanks for this Kickass Comment! i mean Prize, i mean, well you know!
Thanks Gigabyte for the opportunity to upgrade.
Thanks Gigabyte for the opportunity to upgrade.
Thanks gigabyte for this contest, great board lots of highend extras.
Thank you Gigabyte. I built an LGA 1366 system before this board came out and now I wish I had waited. This is the board I really wanted.


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Pearl Decade Maple 22" White Satin Pearl Drumset
- Product code: DMP926S/C229
- Type: Shell set with hardware
- Configuration: Fusion kit
- Bass Drum: 22" x 18"
- Tom 1: 10" x 7"
- Tom 2: 12" x 8"
- Floor Tom: 14" x 14"
- Floor Tom 2: 16" x 16"
- Snare: 14" x 5,5"
- Shell Material: Maple
- Shell hardware: Chrome
- Shell surface: Matt finish
- Colour / Finish: White Satin Pearl
- Hardware Included: Including hardware
- Accessories: Hardware-Set
- Note: The pictured cymbals are not included
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A Eustis video game studio has raised more than $7,000 in about a day on Kickstarter, as it seeks to raise $65,000 between now and April 7.
The team behind "Deadwood: The Forgotten Curse" launched the crowdfunding campaign Tuesday. The campaign runs through April 7.
Steamroller Studios is the brain child of three developers who have had experience working on blockbuster Hollywood movies, including "The Hobbit," "X-Men: First Class" and "Avatar."
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Ask a Paleontologist: What Did Dinosaurs Eat? main content.
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This post, the third in a series, explores one of 30 videos in the Dinosaurs Explained series on amnh.tv.
What did extinct dinosaurs eat—and how do we know it?
Paleontologists have long inferred dinosaurs' diets based on the shape of the teeth. But what other evidence is there? Find out more from Michael J. Novacek, the Museum's provost of science, and Mark A. Norell, chair of the Division of Paleontology, in this video.


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Britain's Argos has entered the intensely competitive tablet computer market with a 99.99 pound ($160) own-brand product that is 16 percent cheaper than one launched by Tesco , the UK's largest retailer, last month.
Argos, owned by Home Retail , said on Tuesday its MyTablet would be targeted at teenagers, taking on a market dominated by Apple , Samsung <005930.KS> and Amazon .
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Tesco sold 35,000 Hudls in two days following its September 30 launch - the fastest-selling tablet launch ever seen at the retailer. Argos is keen to tap into this growing segment as part of its reinvention from a catalogue-led to digitally-led business.
Home Retail has posted five straight years of profit decline and hopes the change of direction for Argos will result in a 15 percent rise in sales to 4.5 billion pounds by 2018.
Like Tesco's Hudl, which is priced at 119 pounds, Argos' MyTablet has a seven-inch screen, runs Google's Android operating system, comes with pre-loaded apps and is enabled for internet browsing, TV, music, video streaming and social networking.
However, MyTablet only has 8 gigabytes of standard memory compared to 16 on the Hudl. It also has a lower resolution screen, an inferior battery life and is only available in two colours versus the Hudl's four.
Both devices will compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire, which retails for 99 pounds, Google's Nexus 7, which costs 199 pounds and Apple's iPad mini, which sells for 269 pounds.
"Millions of people have bought tablets during the last year but there is still around 75 percent of the UK population without one," said Argos managing director John Walden.
Market research company EMarketer estimates there are 19.7 million tablet users in the UK, up 39 percent year-on-year.
Both Argos and Tesco sell a range of branded tablets.
Sebastian James, CEO of Dixons Retail , Europe's second biggest electricals retailer, said last month that although there is a market in Britain for cheap, basic tablets, consumers were often left disappointed by purchases.
"We get a lot back because people use them and they say 'no, what I wanted was an iPad' and they are not," he told Reuters.
"There's a reason why an iPad is more expensive, it's just better."
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The UC Irvine Police Department collected more than 700 stuffed animals and toys for the holidays during its 2012 Teddy Bear Drive.
The gifts were delivered in December to medical centers and nonprofits throughout Orange County, including Children's Hospital Orange County, Heritage House in Costa Mesa and UCI Medical Center.
The department thanked the organizations that hosted drop-off sites around the campus, including the BioSci Student Assn., American Campus Communities, UCI Athletics, the Bren Events Center and the UCI Medical Center.
Those groups also helped deliver the toys, acting as elves for UCI police's Administrative Specialist Joe Bessolo, who organized the drive and distribution, according to a release.
"There were many happy faces and lots of smiles and joy among the recipients of the presents at all of the locations," UCI Police Chief Paul Henisey said in a prepared statement. "Your efforts made a wonderful difference for hundreds of children."
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Back-to-school and college spending set to have another big year.
While the holidays dominate as the biggest consumer spending season of the year, the back-to-school spending season continues to gain traction in its own right.
The National Retail Federation's annual Back-to-School survey1 estimates that total spending – for items such as notebooks, backpacks, electronics and clothing – for K-12 and college is projected to reach $82.8 billion in 2018. That doesn't quite surpass the 2017 record high of $83.6 billion.
At the household level, families with kids in K-12 plan to spend an average $685 during the 2018 back-to-school frenzy, which is essentially equal to last year. The item they're likely to spend the most on is clothing.
Parents with students heading off to college, as well as college and graduate students purchasing for themselves, plan to spend an average of $942 this year, down from the $970 average last year. College spending makes up $55.3 billion of the overall total of $82.8 billion.
Additionally, college spending includes expenses that don't apply to students at the elementary or secondary level, like:
- Dorm or apartment furnishings
- Electronics like laptops and tablets
- Food and personal care items
- Collegiate-branded gear
Back-to-school expenses are easier to manage when you have a plan. Same goes for saving for higher education. Get a plan that can put you on track and keep you there. Start with our education funding calculator, which can give you an idea of what higher education costs may be when your kids are ready to go. Then, talk with a financial advisor at Waddell & Reed about education funding options and a plan for your family.
1National Retail Federation, July 12, 2018, https://nrf.com/media/press-releases/back-school-and-college-spending-reach-828-billion
2American Home Shield, https://www.ahs.com/home-matters/cost-savers/8-tips-for-smart-back-to-school-shopping
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Sonesta Posadas Del Inca Miraflores
Stroll through the district of Miraflores, to enjoy a quiet evening at an art gallery, a cafe or in one of its beautiful parks.
Sonesta Posadas del Inca Miraflores is a cozy hotel in the heart of Miraflores district, known for its upscale residences, fashionable boutiques, cafes, parks, restaurants and the best nightlife.
Within walking distance of the main financial and five minutes from the beach, institutions hotel is also close to Larcomar, an upscale shopping and entertainment center with the best international brands.
Miraflores is located along the Pacific Ocean, where you can visit its beaches or enjoy the wonderful view of the Costa Verde.
Visit the best markets in the city of Inca and enjoy a variety of crafts in silver, textiles, oils and ceramics.


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Graduate Program Advancement to Candidacy
- This procedure includes a review of your graduate program of courses (those completed and those to be taken) and approval by your program advisor, the Graduate Coordinator, and the Graduate Center. Any program changes after approval require formal petition.
- You must have successfully completed 12 units of the program before submitting the Advancement to Candidacy form.
- Pick up the Advancement to Candidacy form from the Graduate Studies, complete the form, secure your advisor's signature, and bring the form to the Graduate Coordinator for signature approval.
- Students will be allowed to enroll in KINS 211 and KINS 500 only after having been Advanced to Candidacy. Advancement to Candidacy Form


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DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. secrets leaker Edward Snowden won't be pressured to leave Russia any time soon, a major Russian lawmaker said Friday.
The comment by parliamentarian Alexy Pushkov comes after U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Snowden would not get clemency if he came home, CNN reported.
Pushkov, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of Russia's lower house, the Duma, said Snowden's year-old asylum would be extended and he wouldn't be sent back to the United States.
The legislator made his remarks during the World Economic Summit in Davos, Switzerland.
Holder said Thursday Snowden, who leaked secrets about U.S. and British intelligence gathering he collected while a contractor for the National Security Agency, could come home in a plea deal.
But clemency is out of the question, Holder said.
"We've always indicated ... that the notion of clemency isn't something that we were willing to consider," Holder said at the University of Virginia's Miller Center of Public Affairs.
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Holder did not indicate if he was open to engaging in negotiations with Snowden while he remained in Russia, beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement.
President Obama told the New Yorker magazine last week he did not have "a yes/no answer on clemency for Edward Snowden."
"This is an active case, where charges have been brought," he said.
Snowden is charged with espionage and theft of government property.
Holder previewed his university remarks to MSNBC, saying the Justice Department would "engage in conversation" with Snowden, but clemency would be "going too far."
When asked if he considered Snowden a whistle-blower, Holder said: "I prefer the term defendant. That's the most apt title."
Snowden has never denied leaking the top-secret documents, but insisted his decision to provide them to the Washington Post, the Guardian and other newspapers was an act of conscience, intended to inform the public about the nature and breadth of NSA surveillance.
While Holder spoke at the University of Virginia Thursday, Snowden engaged in an online chat, saying he wanted to return to the United States to resolve his standoff but wouldn't do so until he knew he'd get a fair trial under revised whistle-blower protection laws.
The administration has insisted Snowden would receive a fair trial under the law.
"Returning to the U.S., I think, is the best resolution for the government, the public and myself, but it's unfortunately not possible in the face of current whistle-blower protection laws, which through a failure in law did not cover national security contractors like myself," Snowden said in the chat, which can be found at tinyurl.com/UPI-Snowden-chat.
Under the law he's charged with breaking, he couldn't argue in court he was acting in the public interest by revealing the NSA's surveillance programs, he said.
"This is especially frustrating, because it means there's no chance to have a fair trial, and no way I can come home and make my case to a jury," he said.
Snowden did not say in the chat if he would consider a plea bargain or negotiate any form of return to the United States.
Snowden said he wouldn't have released the NSA documents to the press if a whistle-blower process were in place for federal contractors.
"If we had had a real process in place, and reports of wrongdoing could be taken to real, independent arbiters rather than captured officials, I might not have had to sacrifice so much to do what at this point even the president seems to agree needed to be done," he said.
In June, he told the South China Morning Post in Bangkok he deliberately sought a position at contractor Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. with the intent of taking and leaking documents about NSA surveillance.
"My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked," he told the Post June 12. "That is why I accepted that position about three months ago."


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In a sense, Reid and Hebden are revisiting the spirit of the improvised jazz duos of the 1960s and 1970s, such as John Coltrane and Rashid Ali, or Sun Ra and Walt Dickerson, and their avant-garde music for the 2000s is no place for the fainthearted.
Daxaar, on the other hand, is a hybrid of western and African textures and rhythms recorded in Senegal, and quite unlike Reid's more out-there collaborations with Hebden. It is a distillation of the music that has influenced him most profoundly, and its infectious grooves are a joy to listen to.
And thanks to Soul Jazz Records, an important part of Steve Reid's back catalog from the 1970s is available after decades in hibernation. This genial drummer, who made his way by cargo boat to Africa over forty years ago to get into the rhythms, playing there with Guy Warren and Fela Kuti, has also held down the groove for James Brown and Sun Ra in a most colorful career.
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All About Jazz: Steve, you've brought out a couple of albums this year in collaboration with Kieran Hebden, whom you've been working with closely this last couple of years. How did you two first hook up?
Steve Reid: A French promoter by the name of Antoine Rajon had the idea to put Kieran and myself together in a special one-off in the Paris Jazz Centre. We'd met about a month before in London when I was up there with my jazz group, so we decided to do it, and Paris was the first time we played together. It was the day the Pope had died. He died while we were sound checking. So when it came out so good, we just decided to keep going.
AAJ: That must have been papal inspiration.
SR: [laughing] We are two different generations of music and music history, so it's quite excitingKieran representing the younger generation and me bringing the old-school flavor into the mix.
AAJ: How would you describe the nature of the musical idiom in which you two communicate?
SR: Well, it seems that now in the music business one factor seems to be going out of it and that is improvisation. And this is mainly what we are doing, but we have certain little guidelines within ourselves that we use as signposts. It changes every time; we never play the same shit twice. I like the stuff I'm doing with Kieran because he's the first electronics guy, other than Sun Ra and a few other earlier guys, that moved electronics into other instruments. He's made it into a real instrument, and so he can play with other instruments, and that's why I was really interested in the stuff he's doing.
AAJ: So do you see similarities between what Kieran's doing and what Sun Ra did for many years?
SR: Oh yeah, yeah. He's connected to that whole history. His father was an avid jazz fan and he came up hearing all these recordsyou know, Sun Ra live and everything. He has that history; he was just never actually able to play with the guys who he's been hearing on these records, so when I came along it was a great opportunity.
Unfortunately, what they call jazz, which is really improvisation, is going through a metamorphosis now, and part of it is because, as in life, extremes took over the music for a while, as they took over the religions. So you had the extreme on one hand of avant-garde without rhythm, and then you had the other extreme of something, maybe like bebop, and the stuff in the middle is really called jazz because jazz is always on the avant-garde of things. But it's the only music which speaks of freedom.
People used to risk their lives over here in Europe during the war to go down and sit in some basement and hear some little radio broadcast some jazz or an illegal record or something. So this music really represents a lot to people, although it will never be popular like Madonna or Stevie Wonder. So when the extremes take over the music, the musicianship goes down. There's a dip in the musicianship of the younger jazz musicians because, for one thing, money is available now. Money wasn't available when I was coming through, and now they're going for the money. But what happens is the music suffers, the creative quality of the music disappears.
I played in the avant-garde with Charles Tyler and Arthur Blythe. I played in Trane's house with him and stuff, and those guys, including Ornette Coleman and Alvin [Tyler], could play any music but decided that they wanted to play this particular thing. The younger guys coming into the avant-garde, they just figured it was about screaming and not being able to play a tunebecause the rhythm went out of the music, man, and once the rhythm goes out of the music, you lose it. And this is what happened with the jazz in particular. And now that's coming back.
But the system has put Wynton Marsalis up at the top, and he's playing shit that was played thirty, forty years ago. And this is really holding the music back because we don't have any creative leaders anymore.
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DANBURY, Conn., Feb. 28, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FuelCell Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq:FCEL) a global leader in the design, manufacture, operation and service of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable fuel cell power plants, today announced a contract to demonstrate a tri-generation stationary fuel cell power plant near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, utilizing landfill gas as the fuel source. The landfill gas clean-up will be performed by Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc., the prime contractor, and the cleaned landfill gas will be used by the fuel cell power plant to generate multiple revenue streams, including ultra-clean electricity, usable high quality heat and renewable hydrogen. The heat in the form of hot water will be supplied to Village Farms, a leading hydroponic greenhouse operator in North America. Renewable hydrogen will also be exported for vehicle fueling or industrial applications.
"Part of our corporate strategy is to be highly sustainable and responsible steward of natural resources," said Jonathan Bos, Development Director, Village Farms International, Inc. "We are excited to be participants in the fuel cell landfill gas project to ascertain its benefits both to our business by converting harmful waste gas into food grade carbon dioxide, as well as other business opportunities coming out of other value streams from the landfill waste gas."
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"This project provides our first opportunity to demonstrate the application of our Direct FuelCell technology with renewable landfill gas, in addition to advancing our hydrogen co-production technology," said Tony Leo, Vice President Application Engineering & Advanced Technology Development, FuelCell Energy, Inc. "Landfill gas is a large potential market, which presents unique gas cleanup requirements. Our partner in this project, Quadrogen Power Systems, has developed an effective cleanup technology, as demonstrated by the high performance of their equipment at an existing hydrogen co-production fuel cell installation in California that is providing ultra-clean electricity and hydrogen for vehicle fueling from renewable biogas generated by a wastewater treatment plant."
The landfill for the City of Vancouver, Canada has an advanced gas collection system. Some of the gas is flared, wasting a potential fuel source and generating pollutants such as smog producing nitrogen oxide (NOx). Using the landfill gas to generate ultra-clean power converts a waste disposal problem into an environmentally friendly source of revenue. Power production is expected to commence in early 2014. A successful project demonstration could potentially lead to additional projects at this landfill as well as other landfills.
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is investing in this project by providing a repayable contribution through the Government of Canada's Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program, which aims to help the Canadian agricultural sector adapt and remain competitive. In British Columbia, this program is delivered by the Investment Agriculture Foundation.
Other project partners include Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), National Research Council of Canada (NRC), and BC Bioenergy Network.
Direct FuelCell® (DFC®) power plants generate continuous baseload power in a highly efficient and environmentally friendly process. Due to the absence of combustion in the fuel cell power generation process, virtually no pollutants are emitted such as nitrogen oxide (NOx), sulfur dioxide (SOx) or particulate matter (PM10), resulting in ultra-clean power generation. The power plants are fuel flexible, using readily available fuel sources such as natural gas, renewable biogas, directed biogas, or for this project, landfill gas. The electro-chemical power generation process does not utilize all of the hydrogen generated from the fuel source so the unused hydrogen can be used for other purposes such as vehicle fueling or industrial purposes, as this application will demonstrate.
The high efficiency of the fuel cell power generation process results in low carbon emissions, particularly when compared to combustion based power generation alternatives. Power generation from a fuel source such as landfill gas is typically considered carbon-neutral due to the renewable nature of the fuel source.
This project will include FuelCell Energy's solid-state electrochemical hydrogen separation and compression (EHSC) technology application, which efficiently and cost effectively purifies and compresses hydrogen for industrial uses or vehicle fueling.
Village Farms International, Inc. (TSE:VFF) grows and markets greenhouse-grown vegetables in North America. With more than 200 acres of greenhouses, Village Farms is a leader in the hydroponic greenhouse industry.
Quadrogen Power Systems, Inc. builds and installs high performance biogas clean-up solutions capable of purifying renewable fuels from any source. The clean-up technologies are modular and scalable to cost effectively purify landfill gas, digester gas, or syngas. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada. More information is available at www.quadrogen.com
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Direct FuelCell® power plants are generating ultra-clean, efficient and reliable power at more than 50 locations worldwide. With more than 300 megawatts of power generation capacity installed or in backlog, FuelCell Energy is a global leader in providing ultra-clean baseload distributed generation to utilities, industrial operations, universities, municipal water treatment facilities, government installations and other customers around the world. The Company's power plants have generated more than 1.5 billion kilowatt hours of ultra-clean power using a variety of fuels including renewable biogas from wastewater treatment and food processing, as well as clean natural gas. For more information, please visit our website at www.fuelcellenergy.com
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