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To continue my easy-to-cook saga, I now share with you my easy homemade potato chips.
It's one of those periods when you just want to pigout and stuff yourself with anything and everything. For me, it's easier to cook than to buy snacks outside because (1) I'm strapped for money as I'm just 'freelancing' and (2) I'd like to think I'm a kitchen doctor so I experiment.
What's for lunch? 🙂 Homemade Potato Chips!
I said it yesterday on Instagram and I'm saying it again today here: whoever invented Mug Cakes are pure geniuses!
I think my first try was the most successful one. My version of the Nutella Mug Cake.
I was raking my mind on what nice dessert make because a friend is coming over for a 'slumber' party. I already knew what to prepare for dinner (Roast Potatoes, Roasted Coca Cola Spare Ribs, Garden Salad) but what to serve for dessert or something sweet was a bit hard to decide on. You see, I'm really not good at baking which I recently found out, and accepted, when I baked G's birthday cake, so I was leaning towards a no-bake cake, ref cakes or fruit salad! Anyway, my go-to site has always been Pinterest (well, ever since I became a member) so I searched for 'desserts' and found a recipe for Mug Cakes! 🙂
I love cooking for and feeding G. And since we didn't have a proper dinner at home this week, I decided to cook for him 'something edible', nothing grand, just a simple meal from the available ingredients in our kitchen. So tonight's menu are:
(1) Mini Pizza. The Flavours? Garlic & Bacon and Cheesy Meatballs. These are 'recycled' ingredients.
(2) My Coca Cola Chicken Wings. I haven't had my chicken wings fix for a while now so this is a treat for myself. I feel good looking at G devouring it. ^_^
(3) And Baked Potato Crisps, the recipe I got from Pinterest. We just need to have potatoes in the menu because G loves his potatoes.


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SIUE Alumnus Honored with Governor's Volunteer Service Award
May 5, 2017, 11:05 AM
SIUE alumnus Jonathan H. N. Long, of Glen Carbon, has been recognized with the Governor's Volunteer Service Award for the tremendous impact he has made on the local community through volunteerism and service.
Long earned a bachelor's in sociology in 2011 and a master's in sociology in 2014, both from the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences.
The Edwardsville Intelligencer detailed Long's receipt of the award, along with his history of volunteerism and community involvement in an article posted Thursday, May 4.

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Germaine Greer, that controversial '70's feminist who wouldn't give up, even now that she is in her 70's, once said:
"The point of an organic family is to release the children from the disadvantages of being extensions of their parents so that they can belong primarily to themselves."
Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch, 1970
Miz Greer, much as I would like to agree, in principle, with your thesis, putting your point into practice would prick parents at their thorniest. Children, you see, are the emotional properties of their parents. And our parents have never; and will never (unless they are dead) let us forget that.
Mothers are the worst. Especially if you are a daughter. I cannot speak for the sons, but if they are there somewhere, I am sure they also have their gripes.
One's mother almost died giving birth to you; so you owe her. For life.
Wait-just-a-fucking-minute!! I did not wish to be born … I was not exactly consulted if I wanted to be brought into existence. So excuse me … if I resent your demands for my gratefulness. For this supposedly blessed gift called Life.
For a woman turning 35 (one score plus one-and-a-half decade) years old, a milestone has been reached. In medical parlance, she has arrived at a quandary called, "elderly primipara/primigravida".
The term "elderly primipara/primigravida" was invented, once upon a time, when obstetrics was populated by white-men-in-white-uniform. I think that its insertion into the lexicon of obstetrics residents was partly a warning sign to girls — get a man and have a baby before 35 or you will die.
In truth, and statistics will show (Mark Twain did say that there are lies, more lies, and statistics) that a lot of morbidities occur in women who gestate after 35. To wit: gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, gestational trophoblastic diseases, gestational hypertension, etc, etc.
I have come to believe that girls get knocked up in their teens because they were stupid; in their twenties because of peer pressure; and give in to maternal instincts in their 30's because they fear death.
So Miz Greer … a child is an extension of their parents. Your thesis is a fantasy. A wonderful fantasy, like The Lord of The Rings is wonderful, but a fantasy nonetheless.
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A geologic age is a subdivision of geologic time that divides an epoch into smaller parts. A succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic timescale is a stage.
Age is the sixth studio album by The Hidden Cameras.
The lead single "Gay Goth Scene" was released in July, 2013. ]The video for the single was directed by Kai Stänicke, who received the "Short Film Award for Human Rights" at San Marino International Film Festival awards, "Tadgell's Bluebell Honor Award", being named "Best Short Film About/For Youth" at the 16th Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults in Sydney, Australia, and best German short at the International Queer Film Festival Hamburg, Germany.
The cover art work is by Joel Gibb and Paul P. The interior drawing of Chelsea Manning is by G.B. Jones.
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the Öffentlichkeit or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, it has suffered in more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder.
The name "public" originates with the Latin publicus (also poplicus), from populus, and in general denotes some mass population ("the people") in association with some matter of common interest. So in political science and history, a public is a population of individuals in association with civic affairs, or affairs of office or state. In social psychology, marketing, and public relations, a public has a more situational definition.John Dewey defined (Dewey 1927) a public as a group of people who, in facing a similar problem, recognize it and organize themselves to address it. Dewey's definition of a public is thus situational: people organized about a situation. Built upon this situational definition of a public is the situational theory of publics by James E. Grunig (Grunig 1983), which talks of nonpublics (who have no problem), latent publics (who have a problem), aware publics (who recognize that they have a problem), and active publics (who do something about their problem).
Public is the third album (the first on a major label) by Emm Gryner, released in 1998.
The album, released on Mercury Records, was not a strong seller, and Gryner was subsequently dropped from the label after Mercury was acquired by Universal Music. She revived her own independent label, Dead Daisy Records, for her next release, Science Fair, which ironically sold significantly more copies than Public despite its more limited distribution and marketing.
In 2006, Gryner released PVT, a limited edition album featuring rerecorded versions of songs from Public. PVT was initially released only as a bonus disc with preordered copies of Gryner's 2006 album The Summer of High Hopes. It was later offered as a separate purchase.
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The Enlightenment: The Science of Freedom
The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation of the Enlightenment of the philosophes begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In that book, Mr. Gay analyzed the struggle in which the philosophes pitted classical pagan thought against their Christian heritage. In the present book, which can be read independently as a social history of the Enlightenment, he describes the philosophes' environment, their program, their view of progress, of science, of art, of society, and of politics. He explains the complex relationship and interaction between the two Enlightenments -- the philosophic movement and the environment from which the philosophes drew ideas and support. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and libertarian vision.
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Sunday, September 18, 2005
MARY LOU WILLIAMS - Mary Lou's Mass; Black Christ of the Andes CDs (Smithsonian Folkways)
Just when you think the well has run dry, you accidentally stumble across an artist you've never even heard of before, and quietly, steadily but surely become obsessed with their work. For myself, lately, that figure has been the jazz pianist known as Mary Lou Williams. Her recorded debut stretches all the way back to the year 1930, she played or wrote with everyone from Duke Ellington to Cecil Taylor (even recording a disastrous album with the latter in 1977, a messy, completely unrehearsed live set which I must hear... anyone land me a copy?), spent almost 20 years in the semi-wilderness whilst she dedicated nearly all her time to working with the Catholic church, and then passed away in 1981. Her style, which encompassed everything from gospel to modal to hard-bop to borderline avant-garde, reads like a history of 20th century jazz. Her recordings for the Folkways label are an incredible grab-bag of all of the above, a truly eccentric mix of funkified gospel, Monk-ish piano trio opuses, bluesy dirges and occasional flurries of cluttered, abstract solos which clash glaringly with the bulk of her work, but paint a complete picture of a really unique artist.
Mary Lou's Mass, from 1974, is (obviously) the most outright religious offering and more of a gospel disc than anything resembling "jazz". I have no beef with God-botherers of any stripe (though I remain an unconvinced non-believer), so the religious angle is something which doesn't bother me at all, though the occasional cheeseball choral singing brings in the cringe factor at times. Nevertheless, this is simply such a strange and wonderful mix of funky rhythms, stomping hymns and rollicking piano strides that, if you're going to go on a MLW binge, you might as well throw it in the pile.
The pick of the litter is her Black Christ of the Andes opus from 1964. Dig those song titles: "Anima Christi", "Dirge Blues", "A Fungus A Mungus". The opening track, "St. Martin de Porres", sits somewhere between a barbershop quartet, doo-wop and the kind of ridiculous vocal histrionics you'd expect from a Magma disc, before things settle down to a series of quieter piano pieces, only to be broken up by a couple of soulful R & B numbers. I'm way past the stage now where my diet of "jazz" listening has to equal nothing more than a giant headache. Yes, I willingly own and love a rather large collection of albums by the likes of Evan Parker, Peter Brotzmann, Albert Ayler, Cecil Taylor and others like them. Their music is a room-clearing world of joy I shall ever bask in, but there comes a time when even noise idiots like myself come around to enjoying jazz of the non-screech variety. That day, at least for me, hit home roughly five years back after the purchase of a Thelonious Monk box set, and I've been making a steady headway ever since (recently even exploring the hinterlands of goddamn ragtime! Ghostworld, here we come!). The point? MLW's reputation as a vaguely "avant garde" jazz artist is right on the money, though her music is, for the most part, not likely to upset your parents to any great extent. "A Fungus..." is the strangest thing here, a solo piano piece which aimlessly clunks around the keys to jarring effect (that's a good thing, by the way), though for me, what makes the music of MLW work so beautifully is her completely unconscious mix of styles. MLW's music must be listened to as a whole, and as a concept, as opposed to the typical track-by-track basis. Or, to make a short story short: her music is conceptual, or at least her albums on Folkways are, and these two platters, as well as her Zoning and Zodiac Suite LPs, are well worth investigating.
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Sunday, September 11, 2005
Back from the dead... a few good things I've managed to land my hands on of late. Perhaps I should tell you about them.
I owned Scrabbling At the Lock and And The Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders, both by The Ex and Tom Cora, back in the early '90s when they first came out. At the time, The Ex were near the top of the pile for moi. The '90s dragged on, they slipped down the ladder of priorities and next thing you knew I traded the fucking things in. That was a mistake. I re-bought these again a little while back and, nostalgia trips aside, they hold up as some of the finer, if not finest, recordings of the day. I wrote a spiel on The Ex earlier in the year after giving the band a spin for the first time in, well, what must've been almost a decade, and my reaction was decidedly non-plussed. Mr. John Righter set me straight pronto, and I've made it my mission ever since to wrap my ears around everything of theirs I can find. That ain't so easy, since much of it is near impossible to find (barring their recent albums on Touch & Go), but the stuff I've aquired has set the record straight: The Ex are, were, and likely will be for some time, a band to be reckoned with. The discs w/ Cora - that's the NY avant-garde cello player, by the way (y' know... part of the "downtown" set) - are some of their more sparse recordings, and thus their strongest. The songs have room to breathe, the melodies come to the fore, the exotic percussion rattles and chimes and the political polemic is kept to a minimum. The Ex are their own genre now. There's elements of The Fall and Sonic Youth in their music, if you wanna call the obvious shots, but in this case, The Ex stole some from the former and have been often shamelessly ripped off by the latter. Scrabbling At The Lock, And The Weathermen Shrug Their Shoulders: 5/5 for each, they'd make a believer out of the greatest of cynic, myself included.
We Jam Econo, the film documenting the story of The Greatest Band There Ever Was, the Minutemen, has been doing the rounds in the film festival circuits of Europe and the US, and I've been lucky enough to land myself a copy of it on DVD, c/o the producer, Keith Schieron (don't ask me how... long story, but thanks, Keith). Other folks have given this the praise it deserves; I'll add little to the argument. Suffice to say, I didn't budge from the couch for 90 minutes, and my wife has become so fucking sick of me playing the thing she noted the other night - after another viewing - that she feels like she's now stuck in Minutemenland. The makers of this fine pic should take that as a grand compliment: it brings you right into their world. Amongst the myriad footage of the group - and I had no idea they were ever documented this much in their lifetime (why didn't more people bring video cameras along to 'Flag gigs?!) - you also get every underground celeb you can name joining the chorus of approval and waving the flag for the band. It's a hoot seeing the talking heads of folks I've only imagined for too long: Byron Coley (in a room cluttered w/ books; Thurston is buried in a sea of vinyl... you get the picture), Richard Meltzer (who kinda sounds like he just took some heavy sedatives, or perhaps that's just the way he talks), some Slovenly folks, some Saccharine Trust folks, Dez Cadena, Joe Carducci, etc. There's also a heavy serving from the likes of Hank Rollins and Ian MacKaye, not to mention Jello Biafra (never knew he was a fan) and even Flea, for fuck's sake, though no-one trips up with a stupid comment or idiotic statement of enthusiasm (including Flea, who comes across well, like his music or not). I was surprised by the lack of a Mould or Kirkwood in the picture, though the real DVD, when it comes out, promises a wealth of extra footage, so maybe there'll be more to chew on there. One ommision: no mention of the gruelling tours they embarked on, surely a central crux of the legendary work ethic of all the SST bands of the day. Never mind, watching Boon hop around on stage like a 150kg jumping bean to "Corona" is enough to keep me happy for months on end. Worth all the hype and then some.
Don Cherry is a name which has floated around my head like a myth for a good dozen years. Ornette Coleman sidekick, collaborator with Coltrane, maker of some fine discs in the late '60s/early '70s... I filed it away until mid 2005. Now the can of worms is open. It took my exposure to the incredible trio of discs he recorded from 1978-'81 on the ECM label under the trio named Codona to spark the flame of purchases. Codona? That's Cherry, Colin Walcott and Nana Vasconcelos. With a wealth of instruments from every corner of the globe, their three platters - that's 1, 2 and 3 - are a glorious blend of exotic, Fourth World sounds (think prime-era Jon Hassell, Eno's On Land and Pharoah Sanders' early '70s Impulse offerings) and Cherry's tempered, muted trumpet howls bringing the focus back to earth. It's not jazz, it ain't "world music", and I promise not to use the term "Fourth World" ever again, if I can help it. If, like me, your musical pallate likes to indulge in Indian ragas, gamelan, sufi chants and African tribal rhythms, and you're not scared for those sounds to mix it with "jazz", of the loosest form, then the three Codona albums will start a party in your neck of the woods. Scorching.
But really, maybe you should start with Cherry's Orient double LP from 1971, which sees him teaming up w/ Euro avant-jazz stalwart percussionist Han Bennink (he's done time w/ The Ex, too, by the way) and indulging in a form of "exotic" "jazz" of a far more free-form nature. With his mind set on bringing the worlds of traditional Oriental music and improvised jazz together, you'd be forgiven for thinking Cherry's records from this period are a "bit of everything for everyone" fusionoid mess. That is, of course, until you hear them. With a bevy of worldly instruments on hand and a penchant for eccentric vocalese and chants, Cherry created a bong-hit late-night masterpiece of stoned, barely together trumpet blowouts, low-register throat drones and percussion-based, near Amon Duul-like jams. You'll hit the fucking roof! One of my fave discoveries of 2005.
If you wanna go even further out, try his Blue Lake double LP from the same period, a glorious, sprawling mess which sounds like the template for the last 15 years of Sun City Girls recordings (I ain't drawing a long bow there; play this side to side and check the comparisons), and if you wish to go for a tighter, slicker, but no less monumentous sound, dig your heels into 1975's Brown Rice: the best Can or Miles Davis disc not made by either artist. There's a wealth of Cherry discs from the same period hailed by folks I can trust which are said to equal or better the above-mentioned albums, and before I leave this mortal coil, I will have heard them. Every goddamn one of them!
I've just finished reading Bret Easton Ellis' latest book, Lunar Park. You think I'm an asshole for even mentioning the guy? That's an understandable response. Ellis is, after all, a flaming asshole of the nth degree. However, much to his credit, he's only too willling to describe, in glorious detail, what a complete and total a-hole he is. Given that, I can't recommend Lunar Park highly enough. My exposure to Ellis has been minimal. I, like you and all your friends, read American Psycho when it came out. It left no great impression except one of nausea and a sense of relief that the '80s were finally buried. Skip to 2005 and Ellis has penned a book which is one fucking weird blend of autobiography (though I suspect much of this is in fact complete fiction), paranoid family drama (as Ellis attempts to settle down, live a normal life and be a father to his kids... in between banging his students and snorting half of Peru up his nose) and supernatural horror novel. Things start getting real strange halfway through, and when the "supernatural" element comes in, you may be wondering where the hell Ellis is taking the storyline, but as things get stranger, and you realise that Ellis is dragging you into a world of horseshit as a grand metaphor or simply to fuck with your head, the ghosts and mythical creatures sit far more comfortably in your mind. As you can tell by the above paragraph, I am certainly no literary critic, but like Montgomery Burns once said, "I know what I hate, and I don't hate this". I did not hate Lunar Park. I read it with an enthusiasm I usually reserve only for punk-rock history books, and since it's a contemporary piece of fiction, which is something I just about never read, I couldn't think of a higher compliment. Bret Easton Ellis: an A-grade asshole with a mountain of talent I will no longer deny.
I will get off my ass and contribute to this non-entity known as a blog more often. Í'm making that as a promise to myself, if no-one else. When I get a minute, I'll be putting finger to keyboard on such topics as Washington Phillips, the spate of Roky Erickson reissues on Rykodisc, Mary Lou Williams, Led Zeppelin(!!) and the brand, spanking new issue of Ugly Things. Really.
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Banded iron formations (BIFs) are among the earliest possible indicators for oxidation of the Archean biosphere. However, the origin of BIFs remains debated. Proposed formation mechanisms include oxidation of Fe(II) by O2 (Cloud, 1973), photoferrotrophy (Konhauser et al., 2002), and abiotic UV photooxidation (Braterman et al., 1983; Konhauser et al., 2007). Resolving this debate could help determine whether BIFs are really indicators of O2, biological activity, or neither. To examine the viability of abiotic UV photooxidation of Fe, laboratory experiments were conducted in which Fe-bearing solutions were irradiated with different regions of the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum and Fe oxidation and …
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Part 6 of our Mentor Downsizing auction. Some of the highlights include Antique Gambling Chuck-A-Luck Dice Game, Fisher-Price Camper, Marx train set, German Alcoso Alexander, Coppel Solingen Sword, Autopulse Salesman sample counter display, Worlds Fair Poster and more!
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Sri Lanka: Parliament website changes Rajapaksa's designation from 'PM' to 'MP'
In Sri Lanka, the parliament website has been edited to recognise Mahinda Rajapaksa as a MP and not Prime Minister, after several MPs raised the matter in house during past days.
Several MPs supporting Ranil Wickresminghe had asserted that Rajapksa does not hold the post of Prime minster after parliament approved a no-confidence motion against him last month.
Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has assured that he will instruct his officials to make changes to the website. Sri Lanka is without a prime minster or government since Monday after a court of appeal restrained Mr. Rajapaksa and his cabinet from functioning.
Meanwhile, the political imbroglio continues and Supreme Court continued its hearing on petition against dissolution of parliament. The judgement is expected tomorrow or early next week.
President Maithripala Sirsena has refused to reappoint Wickremsinghe even if he has the majority support.
Wickremesinghe responded by saying that refusing to appoint him despite showing a parliamentary majority is the President's problem.
He asserted that there is a parliamentary democracy and the President has to work with the Parliament. Sources said there are some back channel negotiations going on to resolve the impasse but it will be made clear only after the court judgment.


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National City's 'two Mikes"™ take the helm of a fast-expanding operation
When you broach the question, "Who's running National City bank in Cincinnati these days?," T. Michael Price and Michael P. McCuen look at each other and just grin.
Known in the company hallways as the "two Mikes," the team of Price ""chief executive officer of the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky region""and McCuen, the president, act so much in unison that it can be tough to tell wh'™s actually the boss.
The unique arrangement is by no means an accident; it's an experiment in what is traditionally a very top-down corporation.
"For National City, it is unusual," agrees Price. "It helps that we have a similar view of the business. It starts with your employees and your customers."
And what customers. The growth of National City, a Cleveland monolith, in Greater Cincinnati has been explosive. The bank""which recently entered the market by buying Provident Bank for a couple billion dollars in stock""has opened 16 branches in just the past 12 months.
What accounts for the success? "We both believe we're in the relationship business," observes McCuen. "Not just the customers, but the community. Understanding that we're here, we're invested. Our employees follow along with that." This philosophy translates into employees being offered the time to volunteer.
"This community is incredibly philanthropic," says Price. "I've never seen anything like it."
Both describe the power-sharing arrangement as a natural progression. "I was down here first," says Price. "Then Mike came. We informally divided into retail [Price] and corporate [McCuen]."
And while there's a tendency to believe that local leaders get their chains pulled by corporate HQ, the pair describe it as quite the opposite. "Yes, we are owned by a Cleveland company," says McCuen, "but most decisions are made on this floor."
"This floor" being located on the seventh story of National City's highrise at One E. Fourth Street, located directly across the street from a downtown Starbucks, certainly a critical factor for any busy banker.
"It's a very competitive landscape," McCuen is saying as the interview begins. "Some of the best banks in the country are here." That said, the banker maintains that his business runs on a simple formula. "It's just not always easy to execute."
Price agrees. "When it comes to leadership, I think good leaders set expectations that are both inspirational and aspirational, leading the future, leading by example. ...I think if you just come, set a tone, lead by example, go shoulder to shoulder with your employees..."
His comment trails off when he's hit by another thought: Taking advantage of what National City gained when acquiring the Lindner family's Provident. "A great legacy in the Lindners. Loyalty." This is as much about loyalty from the employees as the customers.
The duo by no means suggests that they can rest on the Lindner laurels, the decades of good will created by the family's generous support in the city. "We have made an unprecedented investment in this community," maintains Price. In addition to the 16 new branches built in the past year, worth $75 million in capital expenditures, and numerous charitable sponsorships, there's talk of a $40-million data center in Queensgate.
"We are the local bank with large bank resources," says McCuen. "We want to provide all the banking services. Our investment banking group, international group and our asset management division have grown... [It's about] figuring out a way to be the best. Providing leadership to get there. We do have a performance culture. If Mike and I don't perform, the rest of it doesn't matter."
For his part, Price suggests strategy definitely has a place, but that "relationships are almost as important as strategies. Talent and execution. If I don't have great people, it doesn't matter."
The two executives smile at each other again, almost as if they've recognized they used the same phrase ("it doesn't matter") within a heartbeat of each other.
Both men have similarities beyond the boardroom. Both Mikes have five children each. "There's definitely no 'me' time," observes Price. "If we're not in the building, we're with our children." Echoes McCuen: "We're both coaches." For a total of 10 children? Say no more.
And what's next for National City in the Tristate? "More of the same you've been seeing," says McCuen. "More branches, certainly. We didn't think Cincinnati was over-served, and still don't."
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The most memorable moment of 2015 was ...
It took several days for me to digest the news of 2015.
It was a big year in Franklin and Fulton counties, with a lot of memorable storylines from the sports world, and I got to be a part of them all.
I got to witness some incredible milestones this year, such as when Shalom Christian's Tori Yoder scored her 100th soccer goal in the spring or when Fannett-Metal's Mikell McGee nailed his 1,000th point in a boys basketball game just a week ago.
2015 also gave me the opportunity to write about some really interesting events, such as the Little League World Series or the retirement of longtime Chambersburg baseball coach Bob Thomas. And it brought about the chance to write several heartwarming stories, like the return of youngster Mason Yeager after being hit in the eye by a line drive or the comeback of Cade Whitfield, who missed the Trojan boys basketball tryouts last year with meningitis but came out strong at the end of the season.
Do you even realize how many district champions we wrote about this year?
We had nine - count 'em, nine - individual district champions in 2015. District 5 dominated with a pair of gold medals for both Fannett-Metal's Tom Peppernick and Southern Fulton's Celina Merchant at the track & field championships. McConnellsburg's McKenzie Gelvin and Josh Booth both climbed atop the podium with gold medals of their own on the track.
The Spartans also got a repeat district championship out of Bronwyne Mellott in girls tennis, and also this fall, F-M's Steven Glodek broke the tape at the District 5 Cross Country Championships.
In District 3, Peter Hughey brought his second straight gold medal home to James Buchanan in the 400-meter dash, and Chambersburg's Garrett Kyner and Shippensburg's Chandler Olson were crowned district wrestling champs.
Team-wise, Southern Fulton's boys claimed the team title at the District 5 Cross Country Championships, and Greencastle-Antrim's girls basketball team won the District 3 Class AAA gold medal.
But the most exciting storyline of 2015 involved more than just a team's district championship.
For me, the most memorable moment of 2015 was Southern Fulton's run to the PIAA Class A baseball semifinals.
The first game I ever covered for GameTimePA.com was Fannett-Metal's victory in the PIAA Class A softball championship. And after actually following them around for an entire postseason, the Indians nearly got us back to State College - the closest we've been since.
My run with SF started near the end of the season when Trent Rider threw one of the best games of baseball I've ever seen. He was so close to a perfect game that it was almost hard to swallow when he didn't get it. He faced only 21 batters - he walked a single McConnellsburg player, but his defense cleaned it up with a double play.
In the next game I covered of Southern Fulton's, Rider threw a no-hitter in the District 5 semifinals. No biggie.
Although I missed the Indians' district-winning game, they won it in thrilling fashion, and I vowed not to miss another.
I then followed Southern Fulton for all of its PIAA games and spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about Southern Fulton baseball. My significant other took a backseat to endless texting sessions with coach Dustin Fischer, and Dylan Gordon even thought I rode the bus to one of their games - he might still think that, actually.
I believe Southern Fulton was the first team I traveled to cover two days in a row due to a rain delay, and the Indians' team bus was one of the few buses I would ever allow to pass me on the interstate. Shortstop Connor Litton was even named the Public Opinion Basketball Player of the Year - maybe truly starting my SF run when he explained the ins and outs of the MLB draft. Then Rider was the P.O. Baseball Player of the Year.
Although SF ended up suffering a loss to Lancaster County Christian in the PIAA semifinals, it was still a joy to cover the Indians' baseball team this season - and I don't even really like baseball. What made their storyline so memorable for me was the kids. That was a great bunch of players, who clearly loved the game and loved their run, almost as much as I did.


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Long before Facebook and smart phones, Joe Sakic played two seasons for a major-junior coach who became a convicted pedophile. Graham James was accused of sexual molesting Sheldon Kennedy, one of Sakic's teammates for the Swift Current Broncos in 1986-87 and 1987-88, as well as an unnamed major-junior player from about the same time.
Ultimately, one of Sakic's teammates with the Avalanche, Theo Fleury, stepped forward against James and helped put him behind bars again. And thanks to Fleury and other victims who stepped forward, the Manitoba Court of Appeal in February extended James' latest sentence from two to five years.
USA Hockey was paying attention to that case and others — including the massive one against former Penn State football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky — and recently introduced needed parameters regarding how an amateur coach and amateur player may interact with social media and otherwise.
As the 2013-14 season for Colorado youth programs begin this month, the governing body for hockey in the United States is teaching thousands of players and parents about its comprehensive SafeSport program, which is designed to eliminate a player from communicating or being alone with his or her coach and drawing the line with hazing and other emotional abuse. Some may think it is overboard, but how careful is too careful?
Players cannot be friends on Facebook or any other online social network with their coaches. Players cannot text or e-mail a coach without copying their parent. Coaches may not be in a room alone with a player and they cannot transport a player in a one-on-one setting.
Also, smart phones are banned from the locker room. No cellphones and other mobile devices with recording capabilities can be in a locker room at a USA Hockey sanctioned event, with the exception of having a victory celebration or team party with everyone appropriately dressed and have been advised that photographs or recordings are being taken.
Shocked? Don't be. Graham James was named "Man of the Year" by The Hockey News in 1989, after leading Swift Current to the Western Hockey League and Canada's major-junior championships. The magazine has since rescinded the award.
USA Hockey's SafeSport program aims to help keep predators like James and Sandusky away from the lives of aspiring hockey players in Colorado and other states. And it's no secret. Every USA Hockey-sanctioned team must have a mandatory team SafeSport meeting with the player and at least one parent in attendance.
Based in Colorado Springs, USA Hockey is leading the way to a safer environment for our kids.
To read more about SafeSport or obtain a handbook, visit www.usahockey.com/safesport.
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A high-profile opportunity for Microsoft's Silverlight — while Windows Media Player will provide the basic player for the 2009 NCAA March Madness on Demand on CBSSports.com, Silverlight will power a "high-definition quality" feed. (The standard offers about 550 kb/s while Silverlight should be up to 1.5 mb/s.) Both will be ad-supported and provided at no charge to viewers; CBSSports.com will repeat last year's full 63-game slate. But is it a straight win?
The Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) video player is used for the *CBS* College Sports Network subscription package but the network has used it only once that I know for a no-charge game — when Microsoft sponsored a live webcast of the 109th Army-Navy football game last fall. Microsoft is an MMOD sponsor this year and while CBS (NYSE: CBS) isn't saying so explicitly, this is a similar situation. CBSSports.com SVP Jason Kint told the Sports Business Journal, which first reported the partnership, that Microsoft was making a significant ad spend but won't get branding on the player.
More after the jump.
Microsoft needs ways to showcase Silverlight, which lost MLB.TV to larger rival *Adobe* Flash. The nature of March Madness, which starts with two intense days of live streaming video and tapers off when office viewers start to watch from home during the second round, gives Silverlight another high-traffic chance to show what it can do. (MMOD delivered 5 million video hours last year.) Will it make the cut when Microsoft isn't a sponsor?
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Have a Goal
Before you even pick up the phone, it's probably a good idea to have some idea of what you want to talk about. Don't make it too detailed or write out a script of everything you should say; that'll just make you sound awkward. And what if she changes the subject? Then you're scrambling for your lines and everybody's confused.
But having a goal for the conversation is good. It can be a little goal, like talking about the chemistry lab write-up you both have due next week. Or it can be a big goal, like asking her to the homecoming dance. Just make sure you limit it to a couple of mental bullet points so you don't forget why you called halfway through the conversation.


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Was 2012 a great year for Korean movies? I've no idea since I haven't seen a single movie made that year yet. Was 2012 a great year for watching Korean movies? Hell, yes. Evidence below.
1. Peppermint Candy (1999): Critics raved about Lee Chang-dong's Poetry but this flashback film about a corrupt, suicidal businessman blows that later movie out of the water.
2. Woman Is the Future of Man (2006): Who doesn't love a good love triangle? Fools perhaps! Who doesn't love director Hong Sang-soo? Me until this movie actually. Now I totally do, too.
3. Night Fishing (2011): A short film without subtitles? That's right! Park Chan-wook's iPhone pic would have made this list if all it had been was the floating hat sequence with music by The UhUhBoo Project.
4. Bedevilled (2010): No top ten list of Korean movies is complete without a great fright flick. No great flight flick comes without a political message. Bedevilled is all about sisterly bonding. Not.
5. War of the Arrows (2011): Archery, certainly the trendiest of warfare weapons, is showcased to great effect in this Medieval action movie. Plenty of studded leather, too.
6. Crying Fist (2005): Now here's an anomaly: a boxing movie in which you're smitten with both contenders (Choi Min-sik, Ryu Seung-beom) -- both of them losers looking for redemption.
7. A Great Chinese Restaurant (1999): You'll have to suffer through the soundtrack but believe me, this indie dramedy is well worth the effort. Quite touching.
8. The Yellow Sea (2010): Na Hong-jin, who also directed the heart-racing thriller The Chaser, has paranoia in his DNA. Once again, the thrills here come from "Somebody's after me!" scenarios,
9. Quick (2011): Total motorcycle madness drives this movie that literally turns the premise of Speed on its head. Or on her head to be more precise.
10. My Dear Desperado (2010): Once again the Koreans defy expectations in this romantic comedy which ends up not that funny and not that romantic but pretty damned good.
Click here to see the top ten Korean movies I saw in 2011.
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Click here to see the top ten Korean movies I saw in 2009.
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Joint non-paper from 8 countries on the role of natural gas in climate-neutral Europe
Bulgaria, Czechia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia have issued a joint non-paper on the future role of gas and gas infrastructure. Key points: gas provides the fastest and the most affordable intermediate path to a less carbon-intensive economy, [...]read more
An important step towards regional gas market integration between Baltic States and Finland
Energy ministries, regulators and transmission system operators from Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania on 20 April 2020 have given their agreement to a roadmap establishing a process for the future regional gas market integration of their respective countries. [...]read more
PowerUp! Challenge – join the upcoming virtual events!
PowerUp! is the challenge for start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs from Central and Eastern Europe whose products in the fields of energy, smart technologies, mobility are solving today's problems with tomorrow's technology. Join our 100% virtual Country Finals! [...]read more
Minor increase of wind generation in Central Europe
According to the Wind Europe study "Wind energy in Europe in 2019" it has been installed 15.4 GW (11.7 GW onshore and 3.6 GW offshore) of new wind power capacity in 2019. 13.2 GW of the new installations were in the EU-28. This is 27% higher than 2018 but 10% less [...]read more
2020 CEF Energy call for proposals
Following the adoption of the 2020 CEF Energy Work Programme on 13 March 2020, the 2020 CEF Energy call for proposals has opened, offering funding to support projects of common interest in the energy sector, in the areas of electricity, gas, smart grids and [...]read more
The contract for the expansion of the LNG Terminal in Świnoujście has been signed
Polskie LNG has signed a contract for the extension of the existing liquefied natural gas regasification installation with additional SCV (Submerged Combustion Vaporiser) regasifier. As a result, the current regasification capacity of the LNG Terminal will increase by [...]read more
The energy sector of the Three Seas Initiative will receive up to $1 billion
During the annual Munich Security Conference (14-16 February 2020) U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the American administration will support Central and Eastern Europen energy infrastructure with $1 billion. The U.S. has repeatedly expressed concerns about the [...]read more
Apply for the PowerUp! Challenge
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Construction of Baltic Pipe progressing
On 9 January 2020, GAZ-SYSTEM signed a contract with EUROPIPE GmbH for the supply of pipes for the offshore part of the Baltic Pipe, which will be laid on the bottom of the Baltic Sea. The Company also accepted the design documentation for this gas pipeline. [...]read more
The Just Transition Mechanism explained
On January 14th, 2020 the Communication on the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan and the European Green Deal Investment Plan was published. With the Sustainable Europe Investment Plan the EU aims to accomplish three types of actions: 1) funding, 2) enabling and 3) [...]read more
Opening of the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland
On Wednesday 11 December 2019 the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland was officially launched. The construction work of the project was completed one month ahead of schedule. The commissioning of the pipeline allows the opening of the Finnish gas [...]read more
Extension of European Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC) to Central and Eastern European countries
European Single Intraday Coupling (SIDC) Solution and Local Implementation Projects confirm the 2nd wave go-live date for November 2019. Seven countries: Bulgaria Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovenia will be coupled with the fourteen already [...]read more
The European Commission adopted the Fourth Lists of Projects of Common Interest (PCI)
On the 31 October 2019, the European Commission adopted the Delegated Act establishing the fourth list of PCI. The Delegated Act was forwarded to the European Parliament and the Council for a two-month non-objection period. The official list will be established in [...]read more
The EU invests EUR 556 million in priority energy infrastructure
Interconnections represent a crucial part of the infrastructure of a modern energy system. In order to achieve a fully functioning Energy Union the EU has to invest in cross-border projects. EU Member States voted on a European Commission proposal to grant financial [...]read more
Inauguration of the construction work of Polish section of the gas interconnector Poland – Slovakia
The construction of the Polish section of the new cross-border gas pipeline connecting Poland and Slovakia, was launched on the 6th September 2019. The construction of the Slovak section started already in September 2018 and works are well progressing. The [...]read more
Construction of LNG terminal on Krk Island advances
The first phase of the construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on the island of Krk in Croatia is well under way. Currently held activities include: construction of the jetty and auxiliary systems, construction of the connecting high-pressure gas [...]read more
Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund established
Less than one year after signing the letter of intent on the Three Seas Fund during Bucharest Summit in September 2018, the investment fund has been established. On May 29th – Polish development bank Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK) and Romanian development bank - [...]read more
Second LNG terminal in Poland
Poland aims to develop the second LNG terminal on its Baltic coast. Polish secretary of state responsible for energy projects, Piotr Naimski, declared that Poland is planning to install a floating storage and regasification unit in Gdańsk capable of handling 4 billion [...]read more
EU awards €323 million grant to Baltic synchronisation project
A Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) grant of €323 million was awarded to support the first phase of investments necessary for the synchronisation of the Baltic States' electricity network with the European system. Signed in the presence of Mr Arias Cañete, Commissioner [...]read more
PGE Baltica to manage the wind farm in the Baltic Sea
PGE Baltica, a newly established company by PGE, CEEP member, will implement the offshore wind farm program, an important part of PGE's development strategy. The first farm in the Baltic Sea should be commissioned by 2025. PGE Baltica will deal with the comprehensive [...]read more
LNG proves to be a reliable solution for Poland and CEE region's energy security
Poland has received 50 deliveries of LNG cargos with a total volume of 5.7 bcm after regasification, since 2016. Overall, 37 cargoes arrived from Qatar as part of a long-term contract with Qatargas, 9 spot deliveries – from Norway, the USA and Qatar, and one delivery [...]read more
Plans to introduce Capacity Mechanisms in Lithuania progressed
The National Energy Independence Strategy of Lithuania adopted in 2018 provides that one of the key principles of the development of the electricity sector is to reduce energy dependence on electricity import by promoting sustainable investments in the development of [...]read more
Gas is getting a bigger role in power generation in Poland
The capacity of low carbon gas fueled electricity generation and cogeneration units in Poland is expected to reach 4000 MW in the coming years. Investments in such technologies are considered by key Polish energy companies: PGE, Energa, Tauron, PGNiG Termika and PKN [...]read more
Croatia to spend EUR 100 million for Krk LNG
The government of Croatia announced that it will spend EUR 100 million from the state budget for the first phase of the construction of the Krk LNG terminal in 2019 and 2020. The estimated value of the project, EUR 234 million, includes a specific vessel, that is the [...]read more
Polish-Lithuanian submarine cable – Cooperation Agreement signed
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Lithuanian parliament approves FSRU acquisition
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HEP Group to invest 800 mln EUR into electric power grid by 2021
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Development of LNG terminal on Krk Island is advancing
State-owned LNG Croatia haschosen Golar Power Ltd. as the best bidder to deliver a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for a planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the northern Adriatic. Simultaneously, project is within the second open season [...]read more
Baltic Pipe gets green light from Poland and Denmark
The Polish and Danish gas transmission system operators: GAZ-SYSTEM and Energinet have both made positive investment decisions and agreed to implement the joint Baltic Pipe project. The final investment decisions were announced in Warsaw on 30th November 2018. The [...]read more
Lotos is at the forefront of e-mobility development in Poland
Lotos Group is in the testing phase of first 12 fast chargers installed along the A1 and A2 motorways connecting Warsaw with Gdansk and Gdynia on the Baltic Sea shore. The so called "Blue route" is an important step in the implementation of the Lotos 2022 strategy [...]read more
Polish Government announced plans to develop 8 GW of offshore wind by 2035
The Polish State Secretary for Energy, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, announced the plans during the conference on 7th of November. According to the announcement, the parliament will soon pass a law facilitating development and construction of offshore wind farms. Furthermore, [...]read more
A new LOTOS project supported by the EU
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Priority projects in energy field adopted during the Three Seas Initiative Summit in Bucharest
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Baltic TSOs apply to join Continental Europe Synchronous Area
The Baltic transmission system operators (TSOs) signed on 19.09.2018 the application for joining the Baltic power grids with the Continental Europe Synchronous Area by 2025. The application will be submitted on Wednesday to Poland, through which the synchronisation [...]read more
Construction of Slovak-Polish gas interconnection launched
On 12 September, in Velke Kapusany, was officially launched the construction of a gas pipeline link between Slovakia and Poland, that will be 160 – kilometers long, being built by Slovakia's Eustream and Poland's Gaz-System. The event was attended by the Slovak Prime [...]read more
The potential of Three Seas Initiative in the energy sector
The third summit of the Three Seas Initiative is held on the 17th and 18th of September 2018 in Bucharest. After meetings in Croatia, 2016, and Poland, 2017, leaders of 12 Central European states will gather on the shores of the Black Sea to further empower their [...]read more
Flagship projects of the Three Seas Initiative in the field of energy
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Role of hydropower as stable and sustainable source of energy. HEP's portfolio and development plans.
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The tests on desynchronization of Baltic power grids planned for June 2019
An attempt to desynchronise the Baltic transmission system operators from the Russian system will be carried out in June 2019. During the 12 hours test, all nine power lines that connect the Baltic States with Russia and Belarus will be switched off, while the three [...]read more
Meeting of the Central and South-Eastern European Connectivity (CESEC) High Level Group in Sofia
The fifth Meeting of the High-Level Group on Central and South-Eastern Europe Connectivity (CESEC) took place on 29 June 2018, in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Forum was hosted by the Energy Minister Temenuzhka Petkova and was attended by Commissioner for Climate Action and [...]read more
Baltic pipe: progress in the investment process
Gaz-System, the main investor of the Baltic Pipe project, has accepted the proposal of the offshore pipeline route under the Baltic Sea, recommended by consultant company Ramboll. The total length of the selected route is 275 km and it crosses the territorial sea of [...]read more
The EU invests in the infrastructure projects in Central Europe
Members States, on the 16.07.2018 agreed on the investment of EUR 48 mln in several infrastructure projects across the entire EU. This sum will be divided between 8 proposals to undertake studies, of which 4 are in the electricity sector, 2 in the gas sector, 1 for [...]read more
The diagnosis of the European electricity market from the point of view of the Polish Transmission System Operator
The management and balancing of the power system is becoming more and more complicated and expensive, and the European TSOs face new challenges. In order to prevent the instability of the system and the increase of the energy costs for the end users, it is necessary [...]read more
European solidarity on Energy: Synchronisation of the Baltic States' electricity network with the European system will strengthen solidarity and security of supply in the region
The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker together with the Heads of State or Government of the Baltic States and Poland has signed on 28th June, the Political Roadmap on the synchronisation of the Baltic States' electricity networks with the [...]read more
Green light for the strategic gas pipeline between Lithuania and Poland !
The gas transmission system operators from Poland and Lithuania have signed a Connection Agreement that governs legal, business, and technical aspects of the investment project. The conclusion of the Connection Agreement is a real joint commitment of the Parties to [...]read more
The Baltic Pipe connecting the Dansih and Polish gas transmission system received 33 million from the Connecting Europe Facility
On 24th of May, GAZ-SYSTEM and Energinet signed a tripartite co-financing agreement with the EU Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) for Baltic Pipe engineering works under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The EU funding counts about €33,1 million and [...]read more
Electricity consumption in Lithuania hit record high in FY 2017
The final electricity consumption in Lithuania in full year 2017 was 10.760 billion kilowatt hours, an increase of 291.7 million kilowatt hours or 2.8 per cent rise year-on-year. That was the highest consumption of electricity in Lithuania since 1992. Increased [...]read more
The EU supports Baltic synchronization project
The synchronization process is a key step to physically integrate the Baltic States with the Continental European energy system. Project itself offers a major contribution to the solidarity and energy security of the European Union and eventually terminates isolation [...]read more
LOTOS Group is advancing its innovation strategy
After two years of cooperation, LOTOS and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) are further tightening their partnership. Recently has been announced that EPRI is opening a regional office in Gdansk, Poland, first one in the CEE region and second in Europe at large [...]read more
Polish Energy Group (PGE) to develop more low carbon assets
Polish Energy Group (PGE) is a top player in Polish electricity market. In 2017 its production output reached 57 TWh of electricity and 25 million GJ of heat. Currently, the company is reflecting on its post-2020 commercial strategy which include the development of [...]read more
8 GW of offshore wind capacity could be installed in Poland
In his recent interview with polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, Eryk Kłossowski, President of Management Board of PSE (Polish TSO-e), CEEP member, was talking about the development plans of his company. In the perspective of next 10 years PSE aims to invest [...]read more
Rafał Miland (PERN): extension of the Pomeranian Pipeline will increase the reliability of deliveries
"We want to build the second branch of the Pomeranian Pipeline, because it will increase the reliability of deliveries carried out by PERN, but also strengthen their security on a regional scale", explained the Vice-President of PERN and Vice – Chairman of the Board [...]read more
EU invests €79 million for gas and electricity projects in Central Europe
Nine out of 17 selected electricity and gas projects for EU funding are from Central and Eastern Europe, for a total value of €79 million out of €873 million. The EU funding for the chosen projects comes from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), the European support [...]read more
LOTOS secures two new licences in Norway
LOTOS Exploration and Production Norge AS ("LOTOS Norge"), part of the Grupa LOTOS - a CEEP member, was offered two new exploration and production licences by the Norwegian authorities, on the January 16th. The new licences have proven hydrocarbon reserves located in [...]read more
EU Grant Agreement for the Poland-Slovakia Gas Interconnection
European Union's Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), GAZ-SYSTEM S.A. and Eustream have signed the Grant Agreement for the construction works for the Poland-Slovakia Gas Interconnection - a new cross-border transmission pipeline, of which 59 km is located [...]read more
PSE S.A. views on the "Clean energy for all Europeans"
Regarding the proposed model of electricity market set forth in the package "Clean energy for all Europeans", PSE is of the opinion that in order to maintain security and reliability of electricity supplies as well as to ensure effectiveness of electricity market, it [...]read more
PSE S.A.: the implementation of the Electricity Balancing Market Management System to start in 2018
PSE S.A. will start implementing the Electricity Balancing Market Management System (MMS) in Poland as from 2018, in partnership with ABB Sp. z o.o., the winner of the public tender, for 34.2 mln PLN (8 mln EUR). MMS system is an IT tool that will facilitate a [...]read more
First U.S. crude oil delivered to LOTOS refinery
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The Open Season 2017 for the Baltic Pipe project completed
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REPORT: Technology neutral capacity mechanism in Poland is needed to provide stable energy supplies
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Polish energy and science gets EUR 1bn from EIB
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First U.S. LNG cargo delivered to Lithuania
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The Baltic Pipe Project moves to the next level
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Where do we go from here? Czech energy policy in a desperate need of clear guidance
The European energy sector has gone through some turbulent times in the past ten years. Supply crises, emission cutting, changing energy markets, volatile prices, etc. Each and every one of these factors influencing the situation, bear the same information – the [...]read more
Three Seas Initiative Summit's joint declaration
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North-South Gas Corridor: Poland and Croatia join efforts
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Croatia and Hungary sign MoU on gas interconnection project
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The Baltic region needs new power plants for after 2025
The long-term power system adequacy analysis of the Baltic countries, which has been carried out for the first time by the electricity transmission system operators of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, has shown that the existing double-circuit Lithuanian-Polish power [...]read more
The Baltic Pipe: companies can bid for capacity
Polish and Danish gas transmission system operators (TSOs) have launched the Open Season 2017 Procedure on the 6th of June, inviting all potential shippers to bid for capacity in the probable new gas pipeline from Norway to Denmark and Poland, the Baltic Pipe. The [...]read more
EUR 40 million EU funding to connect Slovenian and Croatian electricity grids
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V4 TSOs concerned by nontransparency around the Austrian-German power management deal
V4 Transmission system operators (ČEPS, MAVIR, PSE, SEPS) and TRANSELECTRICA are deeply concerned by nontransparent developments around the implementation of congestion management at the Austrian-German border On 15 May, national regulatory authorities of Germany1 and [...]read more
First LNG delivery from U.S. Supplier to Poland
Polish Oil & Gas Company (PGNiG) will bring the first delivery of liquefied natural gas from U.S. Supplier to Poland. LNG will be delivered by Cheniere Energy. The transaction was overseen by PGNiG trading office branch in London. The first cargo of LNG from a [...]read more
EPSO-G's strategy: key projects, regional development and efficiency
JSC "EPSO-G", Lithuanian energy Group Company and CEEP member, recently shared some details about its five-year strategy. It comprises four key directions of the activities of the Group – sustainable growth and the long-term benefit for shareholders; the development [...]read more
€800 million EU funding for cross-border energy infrastructure (PCIs)
The European Commission is releasing €800 million of funding for projects of common interest (PCIs) in the areas of electricity, gas and smart grids infrastructure. The 2017 call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Energy is now open and [...]read more
The activities of LOTOS Group in context of the challenges of the New Energy Market Design
One of the key challenges that today's oil companies are facing is the question of adapting their operations to the requirements set by the EU regulations. Because of this, LOTOS Group, a leading refinery in Central-Eastern Europe, is continuing to implement further [...]read more
The PSE strategy for 2017-2019
The PSE strategy for 2017-2019 – innovation with a view to future generations and respect for all stakeholders, covers the following issues: Safety for future generations Sustainable development Stable system operation Money spent in a better way PSE resources. This [...]read more
Smart Grid Demonstration Project in Poland to improve power system protection in case of high penetration of renewable energy
The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization ("NEDO"), Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501/"Hitachi"), Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (TSE:4217/"Hitachi Chemical"), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ("SMBC"), Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne S.A. ("PSE"), [...]read more
PGE Group – operating and financial results for 2016
Electricity distribution and sales volumes increased compared to the previous year Construction of new units at Opole and Turów is on schedule. Work at Opole is over 70% complete and nearly 18% at Turów PGE expects further efficiency improvements and higher [...]read more
LOTOS posts record high results
Consolidated LIFO-based EBITDA, normalised to remove one-off items, reached almost PLN 2.6bn in 2016, 20% up on 2015. Consolidated LIFO-based EBIT soared 175% year on year, to PLN 1.9bn. Consolidated net profit for the year exceeded PLN 1bn, the best ever result [...]read more
Lithuania's electricity consumption: highest in a quarter of a century
The final electricity consumption in Lithuania totalled 10.47 kilowatt hours (or 10.47 terawatt hours, TWh) in 2016. Residents, businesses, agriculture and transport used 4.5% more electricity compared to 2015. The growth rate in agriculture was as high as 8.4%, [...]read more
EU invests 263 EUR million on energy infrastructure in CEE region
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OSW: The OPAL pipeline: controversies about the rules for its use and the question of supply security
The record volumes of gas supplied via the OPAL and Nord Stream pipeline in recent weeks have been accompanied by controversy over the rules for utilisation of the OPAL pipeline's capacity. There has long been uncertainty as to the actual content of the decision taken [...]read more
The new Romanian energy strategy explained by its coordinator
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U.S. LNG export projects – Part 3 (Projects under review)
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Is there, in the European Union, a common gas future with Ukraine?
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OPAL pipeline increased capacity – a legal perspective
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U.S. LNG Export Projects – Part 2 (Projects Near Development)
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U.S. LNG Export Projects – Part 1 (Projects Under Construction)
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The 2016 US Presidential Elections: A Primer on Clinton's and Trump's Energy Policies
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Poland's input to the on-going debate on the shape of the EU's ETS in the EU's new 2030 climate and energy policy
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The European steel sector in a crisis: from ambition to absurdity in the labyrinth of reforms
The reform of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), which is to take place in the next decade, will mean only a deepening of the current problems for the steel sector throughout the European Union. An unrealistic ambition "Ambitious" is a special word for the [...]read more
Cross-border interconnectivity is an important prerequisite to promote energy trade and regional co-operation
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Sixth edition of the Refining Forum
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Forests and green lands needed as a global storage of CO2
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Poland's gas diversification: the Nordic dimension
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Market Economy Status for China – impact on the steel industry if it is granted by the EU
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The importance of joint lobbying
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New interconnections open electricity highways to Europe for the Baltic countries
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Power Bridge to Soon Connect Poland and Lithuania
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The integration of the Baltic States' electricity systems into the European power network: a win-win project
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Sandy is moving away from my area. I will be interested to see what the neighborhood looks like in the light of day. We have power lines which run behind our house and something was sparking back there all night. Every time the wind really kicked up they would touch something which made the loud "BOOM", sounding like a blown transformer and our power would go out. It came back each time but by the time it did and we settled down from the shock, it would happen again. Praise be that we never lost our power altogether.
This was an amazing storm. In size alone but also in intensity. But though I could go in detail about how it hit my area, but then there's New York. Have you seen the picture of it dark? They had to turn off all power in Manhattan, a hospital had to be evacuated and the subways are flooded. Six million people have no power over all. Then there's Ocean City, Maryland and other shore towns up the coast. Beaches have been destroyed, along with piers and other coastal properties.
We need to see if there's any roof damage, if any trees have fallen or branches have done damage. We need to see if all the sparking we saw in the back last night left any evidence. But we didn't wake up to the house on fire or a tree laying across the upstairs and we have power, light and heat. I am humbled and grateful and will immediately find a way to help someone who wasn't that lucky. Thanks for caring.


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Welcome to «gustar». We are committed to provide you a relaxing and delightful time and to make you feel at home in our cozy little restaurant. It is with a lot of passion that we, Nadine Elser and Susanne Wernli, turned «gustar» into something that not only reflects our identity but also the casual and informal atmosphere we do appreciate ourselves. In our kitchen it is all about sustainability. Whenever possible we work with local products from local suppliers or we buy our fresh ingredients directly from the market in Palma. Additionally, we only use organic meat from Spain. Needless to say that we go in for quality and put emphasis on freshly made cooking. This is how we make sure you will find a personal touch in all of our carefully selected dishes. Our selection of dishes available changes frequently. All of our daily specials are based on seasonal and local availability. In addition to the evening menu card we offer a wide selection of lunch menus which we keep changing on a daily basis. We look forward to welcoming you at «gustar»!
ES3 BAR is located in one of the oldest and busiest of the historic center of Palma spaces between Baluard Museum, the Cathedral and the harbor. It has a wonderful terrace with a typical Mediterranean atmosphere where you can enjoy excellent international dishes and Spanish cuisine. Throughout the day we offer a fantastic menu for only 10 € or just enjoy a friendly atmosphere taking any of his extraordinary cocktails. All at a good price and best quality. See you in BAR ES3.
In the neighborhood of Santa Catalina, find a small corner of France that provides unbiased for 13 years authentic galettes de sarrasin (savory crepes made with buckwheat). In an intimate and cozy atmosphere you can enjoy tasty salads, cheese boards, duck ham and choose from their wide variety of galettes and sweet crepes, accompanied by cider. A different dining option suitable for coeliacs, it will not disappoint
den beste indiske restauranten vi har prøvd. Vi har hatt en herlig kveld med deilig sunn mat og upåklagelig service!
svært sympatiske servitører, nær sjøen, deilig og rikelig. et fantastisk valg!


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Friday, November 21, 2014
Exclusive Interview with Bengal
TFQ: Luminae will soon be released in North America by Mangetic Press. What's it like to know you are reaching an even larger audience and that there is such a significant demand for your work in other countries?
Bengal: That feels... encouraging I'd say! I believe I still struggle to find my readers. I don't reach many yet, and I've always wished to share my work with more people ; I know a part of this requires me to get better at what I do, but I'm also reassured, to some degree, to see that it also relies on expanding my work's reach. I truly hope new readers will forgive the weaknesses of the plot and the art and enjoy the flow, the energy I tried to render in Luminae.
TFQ: Luminae is the first story you have created set in a unique fantasy universe. How did you get the idea for this story? What inspired this world?
Bengal: I've been keeping a few ideas in a drawer for years, mostly 2 important ones ; one, a long and deep SF project is still in development and would require for me to be totally free from anything else to tackle (maybe someday), and the other was Luminae, that could fit exactly in the kind of format I was offered to work on at the time (meaning : 72 pages per volume instead of the usual 46 in France). I didn't get to develop it quite as much or as well as I was hoping, because of production pace obligations at the time, but I really wanted to draw that team of girls protecting one of the major essences of the world - I liked my idea, inspired as much by Lodoss War as by Dungeons & Dragons really, as well as its characters, and I knew where I was going with them, so... That's how I finally chose to present it to a publisher eventually!
TFQ: Can you tell me a bit about what you are currently working on and what we can look forward to?
Bengal: I'm now blessed enough to be in the loop with the big 2, for which I've produced a few covers & pages so far, and I hope to keep going for a while if they let me ; in France, I'm working on a Japanese medieval fantastic story written by David Chauvel, and I've signed a 4 volume story with writer Andoryss Mel narrating the adventures of a teenage girl trying to survive in a techno-fantastic kind of world. Both are very fun to do and I believe are really well written.
I'm also still waiting to get started on a nice project with an American writer, we've been planning things for almost a year now, but he's so busy, we didn't get going yet ; I hope to be able to unveil more soon, but it's all very exciting!
Bengal: Well first, thanks to those who described it as such I guess hahah! It naturally came over time I believe. I'm a huge manga reader, I have a couple thousands at home, and I read almost any genre. One can easily tell it's where I got all my storytelling habits from, with the dynamic and composition in my pages. But I've alos been reading french BDs since I was a kid, my dad had hundreds. It remained and will always remain a strong influence, it helps me keep panels clean and steady in my pages, instead of having them all over the place.
And I guess it's natural my very art style got influenced by both as well. I could give a lot of names but I'd surely forget many that played a part in the development of my style, but to name a few from the top of my head, there'd be Hiroaki Samura, Kyoushirou Inoue, Tetsuro Ueyama (he does the BEST pages in the universe, period), Claire Wendling, Katsuya Terada, Hermann, Katsuhiro Otomo, Satoshi Kon, Koji Morimoto, Tatsuyuki Tanaka, the Capcom illustrators (Bengus, Akiman...), Hayao Miyazaki too, Kim Jung Gi more recently (he pushed me to provide MORE in my work, to detail more), I also appreciate Sean Gordon Murphy's work lately, as well as Olivier Coipel, I wish I had their ease to ink so well. Millions more but that's what came right away for today.
TFQ: This is my favorite question to ask artists: What is on your artistic bucket list? What kind of stories do you most want to create and who would you most like to work with?
Bengal: Well, I still deeply hope I get to contribute in any way to the spider-verse. Oh how I wish I had created Spider Gwen, it's such a cool character and design. I also dream of proposing a superman story to DC comics one day... But that will remain a dream I'm afraid.
I may be quoting soon "getting a cool new IP published in the US" off the bucket list tho if my current project with a 'secret' American writer happens next year. Fingers crossed.
I also wish one day I could design pinups for a toy brand, I'd love to see some of my girls become figures. Aaaaaaand well, ideally, I wish one day to see one of my projects developed and adapted into a movie or something. That would be quite an accomplishment.
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Oscar Weekend with Me!
Fun, fun, fun. I got to tape this show a couple weeks ago which will be airing on Logo during Oscar Weekend (Saturday, Feb. 24th & Sunday, Feb. 25th). It's called The Queer Year in Film and is basically me and Alonso Duralde, Angela Robinson, John Polly and Craig Chester rabidly chit-chatting about the above topic as we sit on a cheesy talk show set for four grueling (but fun) hours. Don't worry it's trimmed down to less than a half-hour of absolute highlights and they will be playing little clips all weekend. Tune in, or watch clips of it online right here!


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As a travel junkie who sees the world vicariously through others, I'm thrilled to contribute my first written story to the Travel Channel.
They probably don't remember, but I also field produced for their "World's Best Bathrooms" TV special a few years back with Award Productions.
That shoot involved standing in a Seabourne cruise ship bathroom with cameraman Peter Koziell, and flushing the toilet while he captured the action from different angles. We also hovered over a local supermodel as she covered herself with rose petals in the bathtub and pretended to be immersed in luxury (the bubble bath covered her swimsuit). Shockingly, our efforts were NOT recognized with an Emmy.
This TravelChannel.com piece on One Run For Boston, a cross-country journey to help terrorism victims, is far more meaningful. Check it out — and it's not too late to donate!


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1960s Handbook – The Beverly Hillbillies
The Beverly Hillbillies, the popular TV sitcom, debuted on Sep. 26, 1962. About 35 million people tuned into CBS to view the story of the Clampetts, a likable family from the Ozark hills who became rich from oil and took up residence in a California mansion. Though critics and industry folk derided The Beverly Hillbillies as "waist-deep in corn" and possibly "the worst program, artistically, in the history of television," the show finished number one in the ratings each of its first two seasons and remained popular throughout the 1960s. Its memorable theme song, "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," was the first bluegrass single to top Billboard magazine's country-music chart.
Typical Hillbillies plots involved clashes between the Clampetts and their snobby Beverly Hills neighbors, most notably the wife of their greedy banker, Mr. Drysdale. Though he also treated the Clampetts like ignorant hicks, Drysdale declared them, his biggest depositors, "my kind of people — loaded" and spent nine seasons attempting to prevent homesick patriarch Jed Clampett from withdrawing his funds and relocating his clan back East.
According to an industry insider, the show's creator Paul Henning orchestrated a publicity campaign leading up to the Hillbillies premiere. To preserve the characters' yokel image, Henning requested that the actors who played the Clampetts "cease to exist as themselves." The strategy worked, and at public appearances the actors found themselves mobbed by fans who related to them solely as their characters.
Many cultural observers have attributed The Beverly Hillbillies' popularity to the escape it provided from race riots, assassinations, and war during the decade. "It's just for fun," claimed its first director, Richard Whorf. The show received criticism for having that fun at the expense of rural Americans, but its stereotyping was generally accepted as affectionate. By 2003, however, when CBS proposed a reality show titled The Real Beverly Hillbillies and set about recruiting a backwoods family to move to the big city, the concept was considered so demeaning that a campaign waged against the program forced the network to scrap it.Read More


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You will find the family friendly house Akelei situated in a very sunny an quiet surrounding- away from the main road, but you always have access to the house by car. Free private car park next to the house. In a 5-10 minutes walk you reach the cable cars in Saas-Almagell. The bus stop for the ski- and hiking bus is around 80 metres from the house.
Holiday taxes Summer (01.06. -31.10.): CHF 7.- for adults, CHF 3.50 for children (age 6 - 15.99) per day.
Holiday taxes Winter (01.11. -31.05.): CHF 4.50 for adults, CHF 2.25 for children (age 6 - 15.99) per day.
Included are: Final cleaning, bed linen, towels and kitchen cloths, private car park.
Check-in from 2 p.m. on / Check-out at 9 a.m. The landlord (Fam. Noti, +41 27 957 19 81) lives in the house and you will receive the key directly from him. The house is on your right when entering the village, on a quiet and sunny spot. Private car park in front of the house, bus stop 80 m away.Facilities: car parking lot, Bathroom with toilet, quiet location, Dishwasher, children's bed, laundry facilities available, non-smoking house, garden / meadow, pets not allowed, non-smokers, seniors, crib/baby bed, cash payment, family friendly, child-friendly, ski storeroom, sunbathing lawn, terrace, children, Balcony/Patio, families, W-Lan, transfer, right at the ski-bus/kiking-bus/bus stop, Bed linen, towels, kitchen cloths, close to mountain railway, highchair, playground, tennis court,
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