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South Central Valley Roll Call - Check in Here!
Calgunners, sound off!
Please check in here with your screen name and city, as well as any special talents or interests/hobbies you may be willing to lend to your chapter.
The fight for our Right to Keep and Bear Arms starts here.
Brandon Combs
I do not read private messages, and my inbox is usually full. If you need to reach me, please email me instead.
My comments are not the official position or a statement of any organization unless stated otherwise. My comments are not legal advice; if you want or need legal advice, hire a lawyer.
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first post. awesome. iam daniel and i live in bakersfield. very few talents and even less motivation but will gladly do my part to put out the word about calguns.
Iam a good shot. At least i think i would be. Iam a good free throw shooter.
Where's the border? I'm east of Fresno. Is this considered northern or southern SJV. Anyway, I am a helicopter mechanic. Don't know how this will help Calguns any.
EDIT: There is a map up now, so disregard the question.
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Fresno, A&P Tech, I've been working on ag aircraft & helicopters until our farmers got their water cut off to save the Delta Smelt, now I'm looking for work. I mostly have PT6 Turbine experience and a little Allison 250 turbine and 985/1340 radial experience.
Other than working on airplanes/helicopters, I like to shoot stuff, pay attention to politics, grill meat, ride my sport bike, mess with old cars/hot rods and work with Thailand's hill tribe villages. And watch MotoGP racing.
I'm also your South Valley chapter representative, so I'll be working with you guys (roughly Fresno to Bakersfield) and Wildhawker on organizing local events.
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I'm an Insurance Broker in Hanford, I make Custom leather holsters, if you are interested in my blog I have some examples on there, pm me.
I'm a 1911 junkie. I'm building my first AR. CCW.
No Helicopters sorry.
I'm in Fresno. Currently unemployed, but I have worked in the medical field (EKG tech) for 20+ years. Skills include reloading (pistol mostly, but some rifle and shotgun) fiddling around with computers and electronic stuff, messing around with old cars (I have an old MG) and I've been doing dog rescue for 3 years or so now. I was a USPSA/IPSC shooter for a few years, range officer, NRA Pistol instructor.
Trained as a level II reserve cop and also worked for a bit in the ballistics section of a crime lab.
Sorry, no aircraft as yet
NRA EPL Member
Visit my blogBullets in the Wash
Fresno........ Swimming pool service and repair (owner). I also sell parts and chems.
I also own a DJ/Video service.
Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws."
-- Edward Abbey, "Abbey's Road", 1979
Bakersfield here.
Talents aren't really my forte, but I do have tons of hobbies!
Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Man that was some great Kool-Aid.......... hmmmmmm theres a hint of something metallic. Oh well guess I will get on with the voting.
I'm in Lemoore, work in Visalia as Production Superviser at Spraying Devices. Started a second job as an MSF Rider Coach which ought to transition to full time soon at NAS Lemoore (This is jobs page link for the base).
Retired Marine Corps GySgt, ride a 1984 FXRS and an XT 225, (looking for an SV650) wife rides a 1985 FXRS. Kids are grown up and gone. Have a 6 month old puppy which is driving us nuts (Border Collie mix) and a 7 month old feral kitty which prefers to be outside.
Get out to Panoche about twice a year for shooting and meetups. Otherwise shooting takes place at the Lemoore Sportsmens club. I pick up my new FMK 9mm Tuesday 26 Jan, my birthday present.
I started selling the Calguns apparel about 3 years ago. Shipping for you Central Valley guys is easy, probably free delivery.
We have a Friends of the NRA Dinner coming up on 18 February in Lemoore, DC Arms is hosting it again this year.
I bought a pink Crickett youth rifle and put together a kit to include a brick of .22 ammo, sound supressors, a pack of targets, eye protection and a carrying case. This kit will be presented as a Calguns sponsored item and given away in the drawing raffles.
I'm down for meetup pretty much anytime anywhere, lunch, shooting (shooting lunch?). In fact we need to start these soon regardless of how many show up, we can have several as often as possible.
There are several Friends of NRA Dinners coming up, we could also do a get together at these places. If you have never been to a dinner give it a shot as its a hoot.
Went down to Hungry Valley at Gorman a few weeks ago for a day of dirt bike riding. I was on a 1976 350 Honda, only dumped it twice early on looking for first from second and found neutral halfway up the stinking hill. I am also a state certified ATV Instructor. If any of you guys have a place we can have some classes, they are free for kids up to 17 years old. Also classes come free with the purchase of new machine. I've seen rebates for most all back to 5 years or so.
By the way, you heard it here first.
We have a .270 Winchester signed by Ted Nugent to auction off at the Friends of NRA Dinner in Lemoore on 18 February 2010. He signed it as he was walking out the door on his way to Africa to kill something large. DC Arms is handling it so get your bids in early and often. Don't know if you need be present to win but I'd think you'd have to be to bid.
I get wordy in print.
"Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more." (George Patton)
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Visalia here. CCW instructor, DOJ HSC instructor, NRA certified instructor in pistol, rifle, shotgun, HFS, and Personal Protection. Chief RSO. USN AMS3. GW1. Flight Deck Troubleshooter. Retired under state safety due to injury. (forcibly retired) Train for my club, Visalia Sportsmens Association.
NRA Instructor, pistol, rifle, shotgun, Personal Protection
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CCW Instructor
Bakersfield here.
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Be happy to give special consideration to all calgunners who want or need help with getting friends and family up to speed.
Tactical Training available also with local International Mobile Tactical Training. We are all here to help!
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The thing about common sense, it is not so common...Voltaire
Bakersfield here
NRA Rifle, Pistol, Shotgun Instructor
Friends of NRA Committee member - Dinner May 7th - Volunteers welcome
Kern Shooting Sports Jr & Women's Shotgun Program Instructor
KSS NRA Action Pistol/Bianchi Cup Match Coordinator.
KSS shoots at 5 Dogs Range. We have an designated range with a 200 yard 20 position High Power rifle range with target pits. The firing line has the first 25 yards protected from adjacent ranges with safety berms/barriers for pistol and small bore shooting. We also have side bays for pistol, with falling plate and running target setups.
We shoot NRA High Power Rifle & John C. Garand Matches. 300 meter international prone rifle. Jr and Women's Rifle and Shotgun Programs. Bianchi Cup Pistol matches, .22 Tactical falling plate matches. Loaner equipment available.
We also host a Family Range Day in April where we provide rifle, pistol and shotguns, ammo, safety equipment, targets and lunch to encourage families to come out and shoot together. Thanks to the NRA Foundation for the funding.
At our Club's Rifle Championship we have a shooter's swap meet, where we encourage members to bring out equipment and supplies they want to trade or sell.
As well, we are working with the USMC League to host a South Valley Rifle Championship (4 man teams) in late April. This will be fund raiser for the Marine Corps League.
In May, we conduct the Rifle Training classes at the NWTF Women in the Outdoors event at Tejon Ranch.
KSS's annual breakfast business mtg. is this coming Saturday, Jan. 30th at Hodel's.
Any interest in having CALGUNS info at our events?
If anyone is interested you can contact me (Donn Fergerson) at 661-203-3419
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Hanford here. Just graduated from Cal Poly in June. Work for a farm out in the Stratford area. In the process of getting my CCW. I love to hunt and just shoot in general. I like reading and learning about guns and I would like to start learning more about Military History. Also to the aircraft guys, one of my friends is a pilot so I also enjoy learning about aircraft.
Gun control means using both hands
Does Kings County still want you to go through the formality of applying through P.D., getting denied, then going through the Sheriff? I played poker several times with the former Sheriff and still never understood that, he was pretty lenient on just cause and had a shall issue stance; not sure how Chris Jordan is on permits but based on knowing him personally, he's very aware of how good it is to have upstanding citizens armed.
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Yeah he has a piper cub. He wants to be a crop duster with acreage shrinking right now it is not looking too good currently.
As for the CCW you pretty much have the process down. I met with the Sheriff's Department and they were more than willing to get me one until they found out I lived in the city. They basically said go apply through the PD, get denied and come back to see us. From what I understood, they don't want to step on the PD's toes by issuing permits without first giving the PD a chance. I ran into Jordan downtown though after that and discussed my situation with him and he thought that given my good cause it would be hard for the PD to deny me however he said that if they do to come see him; so I'm pretty optimistic. I plan on turning in my packet next week.
Gun control means using both hands
I live in town in Hanford. I recently went through PD to get my CCW. Wasn't too much trouble to get it, but they guy taking the papper work to Chief Mestas is a good friend of mine. I didn't have any propblems. But I will tell you they do want a good reason on your applicaiton. While my was going through i spoke with my buddy who will remain nameless, and at first iI used a work related reason, which i did ultimatly use, but they wanted a letter from my employer stating it would be ok for me to carry at work. After I explained my employement relationship to the PD they let me proceed.
Seems to me Hanford PD is a little over protective, but still reasonable, but I might not be the best example, my references were a visalia officer, Hanford PD Captain, and the Hanford DA.
It is good to hear that Jordan is CCW friendly.
Good luck.
BTW the lady that process the papper work for Hanford PD is a really nice lady, you just have to make sure you play innocent, and be really nice to her. I picked up my permit BEFORE I took and of the CCW cert. classes. I told her I hadn't taken the class yet, she didn't care. same thing happened to my father-in-law.
Anyway good luck.
North Fresno here. My hobbies mostly center around guns so I'd bet we have an abundance of talent that is better than mine. I've been around a while and have learned that I can do damn near anything if I need to. I can make anything with two or more moving parts work long enough to get the job done. I am a supervisor with the CA Dpt. of food and agriculture. Therefore. given 20 minutes and a spell checker I can justify anything up to and including a nuclear first strike. But that also means that I am poor as a church mouse, because we are suffering under a 15% pay cut at the moment.
I have been a builder, a heavy equipment operator, a real estate agent, a loan broker, a pest control advisor, a gold minor, a trapper, an Ag laborer, a BT (boilerman) in the US Navy, and Have a Class A CDL. [/I]
What I am not is a disingenuous grinning hand shaker. What I am is a redneck.
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P. S, I can pick an LZ that you can land a hilocoptor on and take off with a 110% load.
Zoomin Newman will vouch fore that.
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To have it you must live it
And like love, don't you see
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Hilmar (where?. . . haha)
Mechanical guru, skilled T.I.G. welder, and all around "do it the hard way" kind of guy. Working on my firearms is almost as much fun as shooting them. Spent 5 years in Texas studying mechanical engineering so it was hard to come back to CA and Caliban. Optimistic that if the **** hits the fan perhaps the fan will get replaced all together and we'll have some honest hardworking individuals in office!
Ready and willing to help - See y'all at the Ag Show next week!
Take not lightly liberty
To have it you must live it
And like love, don't you see
To keep it you must give it
"I will talk with you no more.
I will go now, and fight you." (Red Cloud)
I guess you all could consider me to be a member of both Central Valley chapters, because I live in Madera, and work in Fresno. Member ChuckDC and I are close friends.
I work as an IT Support Tech for the Fresno County Library, so I'm all over the county, from Big Creek to Orange Cove to the Westside. I do more than IT, though, since I have previous experience with all kinds of communications equipment. I buy, sell, and rent two-way radios; I have some small PA systems, and I even have a small telephone switch.
I've been doing electrical, electronic and mechanical stuff all my life, so I'm pretty well rounded. I've done sheet metal stuff, machine shop stuff, welding and fabrication, mechanic work on small and large engines, mechanical assembly, and instrumentation. I've even stacked and climbed towers and hung antennas.
Rule #1: Keep your booger hook off the bang-switch!
Cruz/West 2016 - You STILL want to call me a racist tea bagger?
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There seem to be quite a few guys from Chowchilla/Modesto that frequent Fresno. Welcome to the chapter, I'm excited about the opportunities we have around here to do some community outreach events!
Located in Porterville/Strathmore area. Blessed, though not always pleased, with a job at a local pizza place. I'm currently 18, attending college. I enjoy old cars, basketball, paintball, and shooting (when I can afford the ammo). I want to give a big thanks to DBJSR and xxdabroxx for helping me get into all this gun ****. I'll be involved for life... or until all the guns are taken away. Then I'll take up archery or throwing blades or something else that the wacko people currently running the country don't want around.
I used to be into sadomasochism, necrophilia, and bestiality, but then I realized I was just beating a dead horse.
Located in Coalinga "the sunny side of the valley". State worker making 85 cents on the dollar, but cant complain I have a job. Currently working on perfecting my Duracoating and parkerizing skills and looking at the possibility of get my FFL. Will be attending the Glock Armorers class the end of March. Shot in an IDPA match the end of last year and am now hooked.....
Glock certified armorer
"We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm." - George Orwell
Thrilled to see new folks on here and in the valley too.
Welcome aboard OliveCookieMonsta,Vigilance, Dustin C. and BlueGhillie, hope to see you guys out and about.
Been wanting to get out to Coalinga and try some long range with my 30.06 but time and life.......yada, yada etc.
Then last time at Panoche I had a difficult time hitting 100 yards, been better off to run up the hill and POKE a hole in the target.
"Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there is only attack and attack and attack some more." (George Patton)
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For the next two years, Taft High School will cap attendance. This means that any new-to-Taft students who move into certain parts of the Taft attendance zone will be temporarily capped (moved) to Brennan High School which still has some room and is close to Taft.
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To comply with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations, Northside ISD will once again offer free meals to children starting June 8. This year, free meals are available at 17 schools for children who are 18 years or younger.
At the June 16 School Board Meeting, Northside ISD Trustees approved a $21.4 million compensation package that will provide salary increases for more than 14,000 employees. The raise includes a 3 percent increase for most employees, but transportation, custodial, and child nutrition workers will see a larger increase. Raises are effective for the new school year.
Karen Avila, assistant principal at Vale Middle School, is the Region 20 Outstanding Middle School Assistant Principal of the Year.
The Northside Learning Tree After School Program is seeking outgoing, energetic, and positive role models to fill 75 part-time youth leader positions. Interested applicants should stop by the Learning Tree Job Fair, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., June 18 at 6632 Bandera Road, Building F.
School may be out for this school year, but the learning never ends. Summer School is a time to catch up in your studies, learn something new, or try to get ahead. High school registration is held on June 10 and 11 depending upon your home campus. For the schedule, click here.
Nine Northside students will compete at the National History Day competition in College Park, Maryland June 14-18.
"Eagle eyes is on duty." As James Bluhm hands out test papers to his economics students at Jay High School, he reminds them that he's always watching. And for the last 50 years in Northside, he has truly seen a lot of students come and go from his classroom.
Approximately 6,400 seniors, who received a combined total of $93 million in college scholarships, will don caps and gowns and collect their diplomas at one of 12 commencements being held for all Northside ISD high schools and the Reddix Center. The graduations will be streamed live on the Internet. Just click on the link on the front page of the NISD website on the days and times listed below to watch any of the graduations.
Graduation ceremonies will soon begin, and we are pleased to feature our high school valedictorians and salutatorians for this year.
Two NISD students won medals at two international science fair competitions last month.
The Northside Learning Tree after school program is expanding to all district middle schools for the 2015-16 school year. Club LT is an extension of the Northside's Learning Tree after school enrichment program that is available to all NISD elementary schools, although the program differs in its design to meet the needs of older students. Learn more about this program by clicking here.
If you see Marshall High School junior Rana Altayawi intently texting on her cell phone, she could be writing a paper instead of casually chatting with friends.
Culinary Arts Students at Warren High School are doing a whole lot more than just cooking. They are learning how to work in a restaurant-style kitchen while working as a team. Click here to learn what is cooking in the kitchen at Warren HS.
Last night, Trustees discussed and took action on several items: two new Trustees took oath of office, as did two reelected Trustees, reorganized Board officer positions, and appointed new principals.
It's time to get a jump start on immunization requirements for the 2015-2016 school year. University Health System is offering a convenient way for parents to immunize their children, with a mobile clinic that will visit middle school campuses in May and June.
Students enrolled in the dual language program at Stinson Middle School are ahead of the game when it comes to earning high school credits. Some of them are also well on their way to earning college credit.
Vale MS students received hands-on experience with a robot that they helped name.
Seniors at Northside ISD's Construction Careers Academy have taken on the biggest challenge of their high school careers over the past several months- designing and building three homes from shipping containers.
The Northside Learning Tree After School Program is seeking outgoing, energetic, and positive role models to fill 70 part-time youth leader positions. Interested applicants should stop by the Learning Tree Job Fair, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 15 at 6632 Bandera Road, Building F.
Google apps and mobile devices. Robotics and flipped classrooms. Northside schools are integrating technology in unique ways to engage students in learning and an annual event allows students and teachers to share the successes from their campuses.
Northside ISD is hiring 85 bus drivers. Positions are available with full District benefits at a variety of geographic locations within Northside.
Despite cloudy skies, the 19th Texas Solar Race Car Event went on with battery-powered assistance on May 16 at Gustafson Stadium.
Northside ISD recognized hundreds of campus volunteers and business partners who donate their time and energy to enrich the education of thousands of NISD students.
This week's Video of the Week features Principal Debra Piñon who will serve as the first principal for the District's 75th elementary school, Herbert G. Boldt ES, opening in August 2015.

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Saturday, November 26, 2011
How Much Microfilm are We Losing?
What popped out at me was this line,
"Researching the history of her own home and other structures and incidents in Chautauqua County -- in part by using old copies of the Cherry Creek News from the 1880s through the 1930s, which she found in the local museum on 17 rolls of decaying microfilm and has since had converted to a digital format."
Decaying microfilm?!!
Ok, I admit, when it comes to microfilm my view of the world is fairly limited. My general sense, though I know it is erroneous, is that all microfilm comes from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.
This article sent a shock wave through my body. What if the microfilm in Cherry Creek is unique and copies aren't held by the Family History Library? The thought of decaying microfilm is so scary. How many small historical societies have film that might be disintegrating? Are we losing important resources?
In this particular case Sharon Howe Sweeting, the subject of the story, came to the rescue and converted the microfilm to digitial format.
That makes me wonder too. How did she convert the microfilm? Did she do it herself? Did she have to go to a company that converts microfilm? Is it expense or difficult to do?
I hope that this one historical society with its decaying microfilm is not typical of historical societies in New York or beyond. If it is, I hope that we can save the deteriorating microfilm before it's too late. I can't help but selfishly think of my own New York ancestors and have fear for my ability to solve my brick walls. In this one case, the folks of Cherry Creek were lucky. Their microfilm was saved. But how many won't be so lucky?
Photo Credit: Photo by Deborah Fitchett and used under the creative commons license.
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Hi Marian,ReplyDelete
Small towns aren't the only places there are micro film. I know in the mulitmedia room at the HS I attended (a few years back) they had some periodicals on micro film. With budget cuts to the school systems in these hard times it makes we wonder about these as well.
My hometown's local newspaper converted their old papers to microfilm. The library had copies of most, but not all, of them. My sister used to work for the newspaper so I had access to their store of microfilm...it was kept in the attic of the building and it was hot as can be up there in the summertime. My hometown isn't tiny, but it's by no means a big city. Sadly, they don't care much about preserving their history anymore.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the food for thought, Marian. Definitely something to think about as we have to continue updating our preservation materials to stay up-to-the-minute. It seemed like just a few years ago we were transferring home movies to VHS and now need to transfer that to digital.ReplyDelete
Cherry Creek is not too far from where I live either...
There are different types of microfilm. Each type has a different quality. The Family History Library is not the only entity producing microfilm. Our library (when budget times were better) often sent things to the Tennessee State Library & Archives or the Historical Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention to be microfilmed. We've also purchased some that was produced in Knoxville for special collections. Newspapers are often microfilmed at a state level.ReplyDelete
I do research for the local gene society and besides the microfilm for newspapers in the library we have census and a lot of other microfilm in the gene section. Most of that microfilm is in good condition, but when I go to the courthouse archives, you can see very well the deterioration of the films there. Last week I was getting a copy of a 1931 probate and it was such a poor copy since the microfilm was nearly unreadable. I also looked up a 1913 probate and it was in pretty good shape. The state archives is digitizing all that microfilm, but starting from the newest to the oldest. I hope they get there before it gets any worse.ReplyDelete
This is a very major issue that all local historical societies should address ! The LDS does not have all the films and never will have them . When I come upon this problem in my local resources , I become a nuisance and call college archivists in my area to let them know ! It's important that researchers complain ; do not take what you want and hope the next person will solve it . That citation you made in your research may not be there for the next generation . Can you imagine ? Especially with libraries unloading all their local historical collections .ReplyDelete
You should read Nicholson Baker's Double fold if you want to really be scared. It comes down to money. Do we want to preserve this stuff? If so, who pays? As a professional librarian I am always interested in these questions.ReplyDelete


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Mr. Gregory: "It's been 24 days since the month started."
A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
"Just one more week till I get fresh underwear!"
This february is a leap month. Very tricky.
If he's an Alzheimer's patient, Bravo!
I woulda sed it's bin a month since Christmas, or mentioned two more months of winter, but it sounds like a comment I'd make; a. an attempt to refocus the doctor's gaze from something he didn't want the doctor to linger on too long, and couldn't think of anything else real bright to say, or b. what I'd say when I was trying hard to keep my eyes off whatever was on the office calendar, or c. trying to cover up for the fact my cell phone just buzzed and I checked to see who called.
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US President Barack Obama prepared yesterday for his first debate with Republican rival Mitt Romney, saying the clash was about security for hardworking Americans, not rhetorical "zingers."
Obama heaped pressure on his foe, who is angling for a dramatic turnaround for his ailing campaign in Wednesday's showdown, before bunkering down in a resort in Nevada's rocky desert to shake off his mothballed debating skills.
"The media is speculating already on who is going to have the best zingers ... who's going to put the most points on the board," Obama told a floodlit rally of 11,000 people in a Hispanic suburb of Las Vegas on Sunday.
"Governor Romney, he's a good debater ... I'm just okay," Obama said tongue-in-cheek, as he upped the stakes in the classic game of expectations setting that rival campaigns wage before big debates.
Obama sought to frame tomorrow's face-off, the first of a trio of presidential debates, as a contrast between substance and style, and to paint himself as the champion of the hurting middle class.
"What I am most concerned about is having a serious discussion about what we need to do to keep the country going and restore security for hardworking Americans," Obama said.
Romney and Obama will meet in Denver, Colorado tomorrow night for the first of three debates crucial to shaping the remaining five weeks of the US president's bid for a second term in the White House.
Obama currently leads the national race — by five points in the latest Gallup daily tracking poll — and in most key battlegrounds ahead of the Nov. 6 election.
While the classic pre-debate spin requires campaigns to play down the chances of their man, gruff New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appeared not to get the memo from the Romney campaign.
"Wednesday night is the restart of this campaign and I think you're going to see those numbers start to move right back in the other direction," Christie said. "This whole race is going to be turned upside down come Thursday morning."
The Obama campaign pounced on the comment, which will permit the president's camp to portray the former Massachusetts governor's performance tomorrow as disappointing, whatever the outcome.
"What [Christie] said is what they've been saying for months, that they expect that after the debates will turn the race upside down," Obama spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters aboard Air Force One.
Romney's vice presidential pick Representative Paul Ryan admitted to "some missteps" after Romney's nightmare month in the White House race, and sought to moderate expectations, saying no debate would "make or break" the campaign.
Obama is "a very gifted speaker," Ryan said. "The man's been on the national stage for many years. He's an experienced debater. He's done these kinds of debates before. This is Mitt's first time on this kind of a stage."
Ryan also hammered Obama over the White House's shifting account of the assault on the US consulate in Benghazi.
"It's part of a bigger picture of the fact that the Obama foreign policy is unraveling literally before our eyes on our TV screens," Ryan said on Fox News Sunday, revealing that Romney was planning a major foreign policy speech soon.
Initially, US officials said the Sept. 11 assault in Benghazi was a spontaneous demonstration whipped by outrage over an anti-Muslim film made on US soil.


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March 26, 2007
The weather may feel more like spring or summer, but basketball was still front and center at Lipscomb as the both the Bisons and Lady Bisons looked back on the 2006-2007 season.
Families, friends, fans and boosters were on hand Monday night for the annual basketball banquet at Allen Arena.
"Our teams competed with great character," said Dr. Steve Potts, athletic director. "They often triumphed over adversity."
Dr. Potts emphasized that athletes are willing to put themselves in the public arena, earning praise and sometimes criticism. He also praised the coaching staffs for both the men's and women's basketball teams.
"Our coaches take a Christ-like approach," Dr. Potts said. "There is not a better group of coaches anywhere."
Also honored at the banquet were cheerleaders and the pep band.
Lady Bisons coach Frank Bennett presented a number of awards. Penny Jones, Keirstin Head and Julie Martin were presented special senior awards designed by Bev Daly, the mother of former Lady Bisons player Lindsay Daly and of Bisons student coach Ryan Daly.
Bennett praised his players for overcoming the loss of Kaleigh Gossman, Miriam McAlister and Tiffany Arnold early in the season.
"We had a good attitude as a team and we held together," Bennett said. "We were very competitive in our conference games."
Players voted on a number of awards.
Sophomore Jilian Partin received the "Nails" award for her physical toughness.
Julie Martin was presented the "Glue" award for helping to hold the team together during the season.
Junior guard Katie Foster was presented the "Best Teammate" award.
Bennett also singled out Jones for setting a school all-time record with an 88 percent free throw shooting rate and point guard Catie Woods for setting a school NCAA-era record with 75 3-point field goals.
The Lady Bisons also led the Atlantic Sun Conference in home attendance.
Coach Scott Sanderson presented seniors Trey Williams, Brian Fisk and JanAndre Williams with framed game jerseys.
"It is very hard to get to the top, but even harder to stay there," Sanderson said. "Every seasons takes on a life of its own. We worked harder than ever this season and we will work even harder next season.
"Our goal is always to win the conference title and to go to the NCAA Tournament. But success is not just wins and losses. It is how the players present themselves on and off the court."
Trey Williams was voted by his teammates as the "Most Improved" player on the team.
Blake Giles and Will Mantlo were presented the Michael Mays Award in a tie for the "best teammate" honor.
The Bisons enter next season only six wins away from 1,200 overall.
Sanderson also pointed out that in the last two years the Bisons are 25-2 on their home court at Allen Arena and have been on national or regional television 17 times (ESPN2, ESPNU and CSS).
Craig Hartline, the radio voice of the Lady Bisons, was host for their part of the program. Jonathan Seamon, the radio voice of the Bisons, hosted the men's part of the program. Jonathan is assisted on the radio by his son, Justin, who serves as color analyst.
Video highlights for both seasons were shown. Lady Bisons assistant coach Billy Snell produced the women's video. Bisons student assistant Ryan Daly produced the men's video.
Sherie Eubanks, administrative assistant for both men's and women's basketball, was presented a gift certificate from both teams in recognition of her work.
Brent High, assistant athletic director for development, offered the opening prayer. Long-time Lipscomb athletics booster Barry Brewer gave the closing prayer.


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I didn't dislike him until yesterday afternoon and last night. For someone who demands adoration (you didn't visit my HOH) and respect ME, (You didn't vist my HOH room, etc. etc. etc.) he surely doesn't give any. I look at how a person treats others who can do no harm to them and the way he treats Renny and Jerry, both his elders, is disgusting. I'm tellin ya, he's lost muscle in his haid, it's all gone elsewhere. (Think pinhead.)
I so want to say i do too but in my new strategy (root for those i dont like in hopes THEY are the one voted out) I can say that. tehehehe. I do end up saying OMG OMG an awful lot when watching him
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Who hates Jesse- The Soup! They did a bit on him in Reality Show Clip Time segment this past Fri. night- it was hysterical. I can't find a video of it, but it was really funny! found it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUsNiOWcEr8
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was heading back to Cuba on Sunday for more cancer surgery after announcing that the illness returned despite two previous operations, chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
Chavez acknowledged the seriousness of his health situation in a televised address Saturday night, saying for the first time that if he suffers complications Vice President Nicolas Maduro should be elected as Venezuela's leader to continue his socialist movement.
The 58-year-old president is still scheduled to be sworn in for a new six-year term Jan. 10. He has been in office for nearly 14 years, since 1999.
"There are risks. Who can deny it?" Chavez said, seated at the presidential palace beside Maduro and other aides. "In any circumstance, we should guarantee the advance of the Bolivarian Revolution."
Chavez, who won re-election on Oct. 7, said he would undergo the operation in Havana in the coming days. Lawmakers on Sunday unanimously agreed to grant him permission to leave the country for treatment. The time of his departure was uncertain.
During a televised session, opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly said they would approve Chavez's request to travel to Cuba but wanted constitutional procedures to be strictly followed. Opposition lawmaker Julio Borges criticized the lack of information that has been revealed about the type and location of the cancer, saying: "Venezuela has a right to know the truth."
Throughout his treatment, Chavez has kept secret various details about his illness, including the precise location of the tumors and the type of cancer. He has said he travels to Cuba for treatment because his cancer was diagnosed by doctors there.
Some of the pro-Chavez lawmakers' voices cracked with emotion as they praised him and wished him a full recovery. Congresswoman Gladys Requena finished her speech shouting with emotion: "Onward, commander!"
Under the Venezuelan constitution, as vice president Maduro would automatically fill in as president on a temporary basis should Chavez be unable to finish the current term concluding in early January.
But the constitution also says that if a president-elect dies before taking office, a new election should be held within 30 days. In the meantime, the president of the National Assembly is to be in charge of the government.
Several outside medical experts said that based on Chavez's account of his condition and his treatment so far, they doubt the cancer can be cured.
Chavez said he hasn't given up.
"I hope to give you all good news in the coming days," said Chavez, who held up a crucifix and kissed it. "With the grace of God, we'll come out victorious."
More than 1,000 of the president's supporters gathered Sunday in Plaza Bolivar in downtown Caracas to show solidarity, many wearing his movement's red T-shirts and chanting: "Ooh-Ah! Chavez isn't going away!"
The president, who had just returned from Cuba early Friday, told said on television late Saturday that tests had found a return of "some malignant cells" in the same area where tumors were previously removed.
Chavez's quick trip home appeared aimed at sending a clear directive to his inner circle that Maduro is his chosen successor. He called for his allies to pull together, saying: "Unity, unity, unity."
He also said it's important for the military to remain united, saying: "the enemies of the country don't rest."
Chavez said his doctors had recommended he have the surgery right away, but that he had told them he wanted to return to Venezuela first.
"I want to go there. I need to go to Venezuela," Chavez recalled telling his doctors. "And what I came for was this," he said, seated below a portrait of independence hero Simon Bolivar, the inspiration of his Bolivarian Revolution movement.
Chavez had named Maduro, his longtime foreign minister, as his choice for vice president three days after winning re-election. The 49-year-old Maduro, a burly former bus driver, has shown unflagging loyalty and become a leading spokesman for Venezuela's socialist leader in recent years.
Chavez said that if new elections are eventually held, his movement's candidate should be Maduro.
"In that scenario, which under the constitution would require presidential elections to be held again, you all elect Nicolas Maduro as president," Chavez said. "I ask that of you from my heart."
"He's one of the young leaders with the greatest ability to continue, if I'm unable to ... continue with his firm hand, with his gaze, with his heart of a man of the people," Chavez said, also saying that Maduro's leadership and "the international recognition he has earned" make him fit to become president.
Chavez was flanked by both Maduro and National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello, and he held a small blue copy of the constitution in his hands.
Announcements on state television called for Chavez's supporters to gather in city plazas throughout the country on Sunday. At a plaza in downtown Caracas, some expressed optimism that Chavez would pull through it. Others said they weren't sure.
"I love Chavez, and I'm worried," said Leonardo Chirinos, a construction worker. "We don't know what's going to happen, but I trust that the revolution is going to continue on, no matter what happens."
Chavez called his relapse a "new battle." It will be his third operation to remove cancerous tissue in about a year and a half.
The president first underwent surgery for an unspecified type of pelvic cancer in Cuba in June 2011, after an operation for a pelvic abscess earlier in the month found the cancer. He had another cancer surgery last February after a tumor appeared in the same area. He has also undergone chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
Chavez said tests immediately after his re-election win had shown no sign of cancer. But he said he had swelling and pain, which he thought was due to "the effort of the campaign and the radiation therapy treatment."
"It's a very sensitive area, so we started to pay a lot of attention to that," he said, adding that he had reduced his public appearances.
Chavez made his most recent trip to Cuba on the night of Nov. 27, saying he would receive hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Such treatment is regularly used to help heal tissues damaged by radiation treatment.
Chavez said that while he was in Cuba tests detected the recurrence of cancer.
Dr. Carlos Castro, scientific director of the League Against Cancer in neighboring Colombia, told The Associated Press that he expects the operation will likely be followed by more chemotherapy.
"It's behaving like a sarcoma, and sarcoma doesn't forgive," Castro said, adding that he wouldn't be surprised if the cancer had also spread to the lungs or other areas.
"We knew this was going to happen," he said. "This isn't good."
Dr. Julian Molina, an oncologist at the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center in Rochester, Minnesota, said that while he doesn't have specifics of Chavez's case, "surgery under these circumstances is usually indicated to control a tumor that is growing locally and producing pain."
Having surgery "at this point is likely with the intent of improving the quality of life of the patient and not with a curative intent," Molina said.
Given what Chavez has said about his cancer, it is most likely a soft-tissue sarcoma, said Dr. Michael Pishvaian, an oncologist at Georgetown University's Lombardi Cancer Center in Washington. He said those in the pelvis area have a likelihood of recurring of 50 percent to 70 percent, even with the best treatment.
"I think this is recurrent cancer that at this point is almost certainly not going to go away," Pishvaian said. "It's unlikely that what he's going through now is curable."
Chavez said he wouldn't have run for re-election this year if tests at the time had shown signs of cancer. He also made his most specific comments yet about his movement carrying on without him if necessary.
"Fortunately, this revolution doesn't depend on one man. We've passed through periods and today we have a collective leadership," Chavez said.
Chavez also recalled a conversation with his mentor Fidel Castro in Havana before his brief trip home to Caracas, in which the Cuban leader referred to a "flame" in Latin America and Chavez's socialist movement.
"A revolution rose up here in Venezuela," Chavez said, adding that "it's been up to us, some of us... to assume responsibilities, assume vanguard roles."
As he concluded his remarks, the president said: "Chavez in truth is no longer only this human being. Chavez is a great collective."


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Disrupting Loy Yang
Early on this chilly Monday morning, we locked on to the conveyor belts of the brown coal power station called Loy Yang, in Traralgon, Victoria, cutting power generation to half capacity.
The protest was part of a national day expressing dissent against APEC's disastrous climate policies. We have targeted coal as the worst greenhouse gas polluter.
Massive conveyors taking the coal to feed Loy Yangs fires were stopped when two people attached themselves using lock on devices inside the conveyor belt room.
Another conveyor belt transporting tailings was also disrupted, banners flown in full colour.
Helicopters are circling above and there are many cold hands and feet, but the action has been an amazing success and we come back to the town laughing, knowing that our friends are still locked onto their machinery, blocking the movement of dirty brown coal.
Our protest has transformed into creative action. Under the smokestacks we have created something that is beautiful, and we walk away with coal streaked faces, but glowing eyes.
An opening- a moment of opportunity, people reclaiming their ability to create the world, people actively resisting. It is a beginning, we are part of a growing movement of direct action on the root causes of climate change.
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To shift the climate change debate from individual responsibility for individual behaviour change to collective responsibility for structural change. It's important that, where they can, people make individual changes but switching light bulbs doesn't connect a person with real causes of climate change, the political and economic system. We want to challenges the corporate interest which cause large emissions and which can only be tackled through collective action. We hope this action will inspire more grassroots action tackling climate change and be initial steps towards building a movement of decentralized groups committed to tackling the root causes of climate change.
A commitment to direct action; a belief that solutions to the problem of climate change lie not with governments and corporations but with grassroots movements for change. This action is a direct attempt to stop something real; to actually prevent the ability of a power station to produce CO2 emissions, or for coal to get exported, even if only for a few hours. The existence and continued use of fossil fuel (coal or nuclear) is incompatible with any kind of ecological or equitable future. Our attempts to shut down mine, power stations and ports are an audacious strike both at a source of CO2 emissions and a lynch-pin of 21st century capitalism. Our future is too precious to be entrusted to corporate bureaucrats and politicians.
An attempt to challenge the pessimism surrounding climate change – whilst reading the science and the increasingly shocking figures, predictions and likely impacts in Australia can leave people feeling crippled. Faced with the full facts about climate change and the massive reduction in emissions necessary over a very short period of time, it's all too easy to either deny the problem or conclude that it's too late, that it's an issue so large and entrenched that it's without solution. We wanted to move away from denial. We wanted to say that the future is, literally, in our hands.
APEC Fueling Climate Crisis
It is clear that the difficult decisions on climate change are facing all the APEC member countries. However, we approach APEC with a confrontational attitude, since we do not think that lobbying can have a major impact in such biased and undemocratic organisations, in which transnational capital is the only real policy-maker.
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APEC has an Energy Working Group that meets twice a year. The Energy Working Group rejects the UN Multilateral Kyoto Protocol climate change strategy, and advocates 'clean coal' and nuclear energy as solutions to global warming. Australia and the US are strong supporters of these solutions. This focus in the APEC Energy Working Group is unsurprising, given its strong links to the business community and the private sector and its implicit mandate for protecting their interests. It is advised by an Energy Business Network that receives substantial input from companies such as Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and US Chevron Oil Company, but no corresponding input from environment or community groups. In short, APEC policy is driven by all the corporations whose vested interests lay in the continual burning of fossil fuels.
Sabotaging Kyoto
Howard sees APEC as an opportunity for developing what he calls "a truly international framework for realistically tackling climate change". Problem is we already have one – the Kyoto Protocol. Whilst it is clear that the Kyoto Protocol is manifestly inadequate to deal with the massive threat posed by climate change, its targets of 5% reductions go nowhere near that immediate dramatic cuts in CO2 emissions that the sceintific community agree is necessary to avoid dangerous climate change effects. However, Howard's plan (and the APEC agenda) is clearly aimed at weakening Kyoto further and to completely by-pass Kyoto with an even more ineffectual agreement. In his speech to the Lowy Institute Howard argued that "APEC can build consensus on a way forward that avoids the pitfalls of the Kyoto model." When Howard points to the pitfalls of Kyoto he is arguing not against its limited targets or its highly contentious market based mechanisms but against the limited principles of equity in the Protocol.
Malaysia's Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz replied to this: "It is unfortunate that people who are talking about climate change like America [read: and Australia] are not even members of the Kyoto Protocol ... If you want to talk about climate change, please join in with the rest of the global community to make commitments about managing climate change,"
Australia and the US have set up the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, a group of six APEC countries, as an alternative to the Kyoto strategy. This group released a statement that "renewable energy and nuclear power will represent an increasing share of global energy supply" and pledged to "work together to develop, demonstrate and implement cleaner and lower emissions technologies that allow for the continued economic use of fossil fuels…"
Aspiration target pipe dreams
Rather than commit to real targets that are urgently necessary to avoid dangerous climate change, APEC is seeking aspirational rather than binding targets. Howard has stated that he want APEC leaders to agree for the first time that a international agreement should include long-term "aspirational goal" for cutting emissions. Countries will simply do what they can, on their own time-lines. It is not good enough for affluent countries to simply "aim" to cut their emissions, rather then actually take the steps necessary.
Europe has committed to 20% cuts by 2020, and the recent U.N. climate conference in Vienna concluded that industrialized countries should now strive to cut emissions by 25 percent to 40 percent of their 1990 levels by 2020, in line with recommendations of the latest IPCC reports. It was also proposed that the target would serve as a loose guide for a major international climate summit to be held in December in Bali, Indonesia.
APEC's Nuclear Agenda
APEC is aiming to promote nuclear power as a solution to climate change. Nuclear energy is no solution to climate change. Huge amounts of energy are needed to mine and enrich uranium, build and decommission nuclear reactors, and transport and store radioactive waste. There is still no safe way to dispose of nuclear waste. The huge costs needed to subsidise nuclear power would be better spent on safe renewable energy, such as solar or wind.
Discussions at APEC will pave the way for Australia and Russia signing a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement which will update our bilateral safeguards arrangements to facilitate the export of uranium.Discussions will also be happening with Bush about bilateral action plan for civil nuclear energy cooperation, including on research and development, regulatory issues and skills and technical training.
At the recent APEC Energy Ministers Meeting in Darwin, nuclear energy solutions continued to receive broad support, while the wind and solar industries were not even represented. We need real action on climate change. Climate change must be dealt with by real changes to our economy and society, not by substituting one environmental disaster for another.
Business as usual won't save us
APEC policies assume that climate change can be dealt with through market mechanisms and on a "business as usual scenario." In his speech to the Lowy Institute Howard argued that any way forward on climate change "should take account of the reality of continued use of fossil fuels... and the proven contribution that can be made by nuclear power." The harsh reality is that the continued burning of fossil fuels at current rates simply cannot be part of an ecologically sustainable or just future. The other mechanisms supported by APEC such as improving forestry and land use management, sequestering substantial quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are similarly no real solutions to the problem.
APEC also argues that "economic growth and prosperity is the best means of tackling the very environmental issues that rich industrialized countries are also tackling." In fact, climate change cannot be tackled via economic growth and market mechanisms. Climate change and the current crisis we are facing is a direct result of an economic system that priorities growth and profit over human need.
APEC simply needs to get out of the way. We can't accept any more stalling from neo-liberal governments and corporations as we suffer debilitating droughts, the seas rise and countless species go extinct. Real solutions to climate change require a very clear rejection of capitalism, imperialism and feudalism; all trade agreements, institutions and governments that promote destructive globalisation.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
A Call to Action
It is generally agreed among scientific bodies that the maximum temperature rise we can handle is 2°. Anything above this will push the earth past 'tipping points' like the melting of polar ice caps and arctic tundra. These events may cause the earth to heat itself further in a vicious cycle to four, five or even ten degrees above 20th century temperatures. That would mean a crisis like none we have ever experienced.
We need to act quickly to cut our GHG emissions and keep the temperature rise below two degrees, yet emissions continue to rise and industry continues to pump GHGs into the atmosphere at alarming rates.
Stand Up For Renewables
Whilst changing our light bulbs and shower-heads, riding bicycles instead of driving and growing veggie gardens are important steps in combating climate change, alone they will not solve the problem.
Economic forums like APEC continue to push polluting and dirty Coal and Nuclear industries at the expense of clean, renewable technologies like Wind, Solar and Geothermal.
The Australian government has one of the worst climate change records in the world, yet they continue to obstruct real international agreements like Kyoto and ignore local initiatives.
Our government and corporations are happy to perpetuate the myth that only a change in the habits of individuals will bring meaningful reductions in emissions, while big industry continues to pollute unhindered at ever-increasing levels for ever-increasing profits.
We need real action on climate change to highlight these issues. Our protests are direct and act to raise awareness of the impact the coal industry has on climate change and promote renewable technologies and an environmentally sustainable society.
You Cant Dig Your Way Out of Climate Change
Burning coal is the biggest single contributor to climate change in Australia and globally. 78 per cent of Australia's electricity is generated in coal-fired power stations, making us one of the most coal-dependent countries on Earth, after Poland and South Africa. Most countries have a much more diverse mix of sources for their electricity.
The myth of clean coal.
There are voices within the coal industry and some sectors of government who are putting large amounts of money into an untried, untested and unknown technology knows as Carbon Capture and Storage, or Geo-sequestration. The idea behind this, and it is just an idea as it exists as no more than a few artists impressions in CCS promotional powerpoints, is that you can pump the pollution from coal fired power stations into the earth. By pumping these gases underground into cavities in the earths various sub stratas the hope is that they will stay there long enough that we can forget about them for the time being.
CCS as is being promoted in Australia would involve mixing the carbon rich green house cases with a saline water solution, essentially turning that water into a heavy and toxic soda water mix, and pumping this acidic water into chambers within the earth left from various mining activities or into already existing aquifer systems. There is no knowledge of how this acidic solution would react with different types of rock substrata over any length of time. Proponents of CCS cannot give assurances that this acidic pollution we used to pump into the air, with the confidence that it would disappear and do no harm, will not create problems in our soil, water ways and potentially re-enter the atmosphere through leaks or event gaseous explosions in the future.
CCS is an unknown, undeveloped and unnecessary way of allowing the coal industry to continue with a business as usual attitude, while climate change increases in severity.
Capturing the carbon dioxide and injecting it into long-term storage deep underground ("geo-sequestration") does not solve the problem. Large-scale geo-sequestration is a speculative technology which faces a number of risks. Estimated by the Petroleum Cooperative Research Centre to cost at least A$46 per tonne of carbon dioxide, geo-sequestration would be more expensive than the likely carbon price of A$25 per tonne. (IFS)
The coal industry claims it can solve these problems with "clean coal". In the greenhouse context, "clean coal" is a contradiction in terms. "Clean coal" is a marketing term invented in the 1970s and 1980s in an attempt to counter the linkage between coal and acid rain caused by coal's sulfur content. The term covers a number of technologies and processes, some of which are not relevant to brown coal and many of which are of little or no relevance to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.(IFS,2001)
It will be far cheaper and more effective to switch to renewable energies that are ready for use now instead of continuing to pollute while we wait for clean coal that may never come.
Greenpeace outlines Australias coal agenda
Background on Loy Yang
The Loy Yang power station, which has a generation capacity of 2210 MW, is the largest in Victoria and its adjacent open cut brown coal mine is the largest in Australia, with an annual output of approximately 30 million tonnes of coal. Located within the heart of the Latrobe Valley, 165km east of Melbourne, the Loy Yang Power site covers an area of about 6,000 hectares. Electricity generation at Loy Yang Power requires 60,000 tonnes of brown coal a day, supplied exclusively by Loy Yang mine. Its four dredgers can dig up 3600 tonnes of coal per hour each. This roughly equates to 109,800 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per day, or 55 million tonnes of CO2 per year. (1kg coal = 1.83 kg CO2)
The mine is also highly water intensive, 270 liters/second of high quality artesian water is pumped form underlying aquifers to maintain stability within the mine and to supplement water supply to the power station.
Loy Yang Power is owned by GEAC (Great Energy Alliance Corporations), which comprises the Australian Gas Light Company (32.5%), Tokyo Electric Power Company (32.5%) and a group of investors led by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (35%).
Background: What is APEC and why do we protest it?
APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, is a group of 21 "economies" whose leaders meet annually to decide trade and business policies throughout the Pacific region. These 21 "economies" correspond to 20 countries, Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States and Viet Nam, and to Hong Kong, China.
APEC, seemingly different, in pursuing a regional agreement on economic policies and slightly different structures and mechanisms, is just another institution of global corporate capitalism, like the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the World Trade Organisation. It promotes trade and business policies that increase the profits of corporations by: restricting workers' and environmental protection laws that interfere with profit; privatising basic services such as water and transport; and dismantling trade policies that protect local economies. The results are (to name but a few) the exploitation of workers, environmental destruction, and poverty.
APEC policies are determined by regular meetings between the ministers of trade and foreign affairs of each economy, by annual meetings of a Business Advisory Council whose members consist of "business people" that advise the ministers, and by an annual meeting of the "leaders" of each member economy. These are the presidents, prime ministers and chief executives of each member country (and of Hong Kong). In this sense, APEC is an illegitimate decision making body on issues that directly affect people and their every day life, such as salaries, working conditions, security in their industry, price and quality of basic consumer goods, and the list goes on.
APEC policies, then, are not determined by the millions of people affected by them but rather by a few hundred politicians and business people. It is a forum in which decision-making power is concentrated and centralised amongst an elite few. The result has been that the concerns and values of the non-elite (community cohesion, quality of life, environmental diversity and sustainability, economic autonomy) are silenced.
APEC exists only with the support of the governments of its members and the support of the corporations whose interests it represents. These are APEC's "stakeholders", and they pay millions of dollars each year to ensure that APEC functions. Much of this money is spent on silencing the protests of the very people whom APEC claims to represent. For the upcoming APEC meeting in Sydney from 2-10 September, the Australian government will spend between $170 million and $300 million on 'security'; including a water cannon to shoot at protesters, the construction of a three-metre high, five-kilometre long fence in Sydney's CBD, and the placement of 3,000 officers and another 1,500 Australian Defence Personnel on duty at the meeting. These extravagant measures are being taken to protect the power of politicians and business people to decide the future of us all, or said otherwise, to protect the interests of capitalists and ensure their profits.


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Sacks of crystal meth scooped from the sea by Burmese fishermen who mistook it for a deodorant substance had a street value of $20 million (£15.4m), an official said on Sunday, in a country believed to be the world's largest methamphetamine producer. The accidental drug haul off Burma's coastal Ayeyarwady region occurred when fishermen spotted a total of 23 sacks floating in the Andaman Sea on Wednesday. Each one contained plastic-wrapped bags labelled as Chinese green tea - packaging commonly used by Southeast Asian crime gangs to smuggle crystal meth to far-flung destinations including Japan, South Korea and Australia. Locals were mystified by the crystallised substance in the sacks, Zaw Win, a local official of the National League for Democracy party who assisted the fishermen and police, told AFP. At first, they assumed it was a natural deodorant chemical known as potassium alum, which is widely used in Burma. "So they burned it, and some of them almost fainted," he said. They informed the police, who on Thursday combed a beach and found an additional two sacks of the same substance - bringing the total to 691 kilogrammes (1,500 pounds) which would be worth about $20.2 million (£15.6m), Zaw Win said. "In my entire life and my parents' lifetime, we have never seen drugs floating in the ocean before," he said. The massive haul was sent on Sunday to Pyapon district police, who declined to comment on it. Burma's multi-billion-dollar drug industry is centred in eastern Shan state, whose poppy-covered hills are ideal cover for illicit production labs. Made-in-Burma crystal meth - better known as ice - is smuggled out of the country to more lucrative markets using routes carved out by narco gangs through Laos, Thailand and Cambodia. A study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime says that Southeast Asia's crime groups are netting more than $60 billion a year - a conservative estimate, according to experts - thanks to a sophisticated smuggling and money-laundering operation. In March, Burma authorities seized more than 1,700 kilogrammes of crystal meth worth nearly $29 million, which police said at the time was their biggest drug haul this year.
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Security video of a car speeding from the Texas home of a father gunned down on his 29th birthday while defending his wife and two young children from intruders was released by authorities desperate to identify the suspects and bring them to justice. Brenton Estorffe, an Australian native raising his family in the Houston suburb of Katy, was shot to death early Wednesday while attempting to fight off at least two men who broke into his residence, according to Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office investigators. "He wrestled those two blokes away from his wife and kids," Estorffe father, Michael Estorffe, told The Australian newspaper before flying from Australia to Texas to be with his son's grieving widow and children.
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At least not since Jolly Joseph reportedly confessed, earlier this month, to killing her mother-in-law by lacing her bowl of mutton soup with cyanide. Since 2002, the forty-seven-year-old has allegedly killed five others in her husband Roy Thomas's extended family, including Thomas himself. Joseph's arrest on Oct. 5 and reported confession has left Kerala stunned, not only because serial killings are a rarity in these parts but also because, in a state wallowing in machismo, a woman's the perpetrator.


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How to Construct Perpendicular Bisectors with GeoMaster
In GeoMaster on the TI-84 Plus graphing calculator, a perpendicular bisector can be constructed to an already existing line, segment, ray, vector, or side of a polygon or triangle. To construct a perpendicular bisector, follow these steps:
Select the Perp Bisector tool from the DRAW menu.
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As Lagunans await implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act along our coast, an exciting announcement went out two months ago from one of the world's premier science centers, Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This past August, the Scripps website (http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/Releases/?releaseID=1180) reported: "Results of a 10-year analysis of Cabo Pulmo National Park (CPNP), published in the Public Library of Science (PLoS) ONE journal, revealed that the total amount of fish in the reserve ecosystem (the "biomass") boomed more than 460 percent from 1999 to 2009."
Located near the tip of the Baja peninsula, Cabo Pulmo's fish stocks had been depleted by fishing. Citizens living in and around the town took action in 1995, establishing a marine park and strictly enforcing "no take" restrictions. "We believe that the success . . . is greatly due to local leadership, effective self-enforcement by local stakeholders, and the general support of the broader community," concluded the authors of the report.
If all of this has a familiar ring to it, it is because Laguna Beach citizens, under the leadership of the Bluebelt Coalition, took similar initiative in 2009-2010 by working with stakeholder groups to safeguard our marine habitats in order to replenish vanishing fish stocks. The process, including lively exchanges between various stakeholders, was not always pretty but real democracy rarely is tidy and always dignified. Necessary for a good outcome, both in Cabo Pulmo and Laguna Beach, was the basic rule that science should be the ultimate guide and arbiter of policy disputes about the extent of protection to be afforded marine life.
Science is surely necessary but not sufficient in itself to insure a good outcome for our city's marine life. Monitoring and enforcement of Laguna's Marine Protected Areas are just as necessary. Nearly a dozen mussels torn from rocks by fishermen and speared garibaldi were reported at Shaw's Cove last summer. So when the MLPA goes into effect early next year, our citizenry will need to help with surveillance and implementation to make sure that the science-based policy decision of the California Department of Fish and Game is enforced. Cabo Pulmo's citizens have been doing this for more than a decade, as noted above, with extraordinary results.
Moreover, Cabo Pulmo's experiment shows that with strong enforcement Marine Protected Areas are economically beneficial. Not only have Cabo Pulmo's fish stocks come roaring back but the marine economy there has rebounded as well. Again, according to Scripps researchers: "Strictly enforced marine reserves have been proven to help reduce local poverty and increase economic benefits, . . . Cabo Pulmo's marine life recovery has spawned eco-tourism businesses, including coral reef diving and kayaking, making it a model for areas depleted by fishing in the Gulf of California and elsewhere."
Laguna's reputation as an eco-tourist destination has a ways to go before catching up with the town's long-standing cachet as an arts venue. But as public awareness of ocean-related issues increases, the media will be paying more attention to those beach communities whose reefs and other marine habitats abound with life. What will be good for ocean ecology will most likely be good for business as well. The converse is true also: what harms ocean ecology will most likely harm business. These days more than ever before, the environment and the economy must be treated, policy wise, as inextricably connected, two sides of the same coin. If the economic benefits that Cabo Pulmo now enjoys are any indication, eco-tourism, including many ocean-related activities with commercial impacts in Laguna, should be on the rise once the MLPA takes effect here. "Green Light" will track this matter, reporting on how the anticipated fish and habitat recovery corresponds with eco-tourism and marine-based commerce here and elsewhere. Meanwhile, the news from Cabo Pulmo suggests that a robust marine recovery is imminent in Laguna.
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