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NEW YORK — Apple Inc. on Thursday said its new MacBook Pro laptops are the first to include a "Thunderbolt" port for high-speed connections to both displays and other peripherals, like external hard drives.
The technology was developed by Intel Corp., which is aiming to spread it to the rest of the PC industry.
Thunderbolt replaces the Mini DisplayPort on MacBooks. It can connect directly to DisplayPort monitors, like those made by Apple. Like DisplayPort, the Thunderbolt port can also be used with adapters to connect to other displays with DVI, HDMI and VGA connectors.
What's new is that Thunderbolt can also carry data to peripherals like hard drives that use USB, FireWire, Ethernet or the new PCI Express standard. It carries data at speeds 20 times higher than most current USB cables.
Apple, based in Cupertino, Calif., has pioneered new connection technologies before. It gave USB, or the Universal Serial Bus, an important push in the late 1990s with its iMac computers. At other times, it's been isolated in its choice of connectors.
Intel has talked about Thunderbolt under an earlier name, LightPeak. On Thursday, the Santa Clara, Calif., company said it's working the industry to get Thunderbolt into computers, displays, storage devices and cameras, among other devices. It said several makers of external hard drives, like LaCie and Western Digital Corp., are planning to support Thunderbolt.
The other upgrades to Apple's MacBook Pro lineup Thursday include new processors from Intel and new graphics chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. It also increased the resolution of the built-in webcams. Prices start at $1,199 for the model with a 13-inch screen.


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Protein is just one of those somewhat controversial topics that there just doesn't seem to be a clear consensus on. How much, how often, what types of protein – fast, slow, whole food or supplements.
The research also seems to be conflicting – until you actually read the studies. The lab of, among others, Stuart M. Phillips have been publishing a lot of interesting research the past few years. He's sort of the go-to guy on protein synthesis and muscle growth in general since he's also recently shown that it's the amount of WORK you do that determines how big your muscles can get – not necessarily the load… but that's a topic for another time, and something I've talked about before.
Here's their recent review, with a nice summary of the current state of affairs:
Nutritional regulation of muscle protein synthesis with resistance exercise: strategies to enhance anabolism.
I'll make it easier for you by providing you with the Cliff's Notes version, as well as my own addendums:
1. Dairy protein seems to be the superior protein source, probably due to a higher leucine content (10-12%) as well as a fast delivery (whey). The rapid rise in amino acid (AA) levels is a determinant in the anabolic response. Whey is suggested as the primary source, but other studies show that a combination of whey and casein is probably much better as it prolongs the effect beyond the first 2-3hrs of meal ingestion, and this ties into the next point:
2. A certain time off from protein is probably better than a constant influx, due to something called the refractory response – meaning that the protein synthesis machinery stops responding to input if it is constantly bombarded with food. Unpublished research from Phillips' lab shows that 4 meals were 30% better than both 8 meals and 2 meals, and this is in line with research done a few years ago (the PhD dissertation of our own Therese Fostervold-Mathisen) where 3 meals were superior to 6 meals for muscle gains. There's one minor caveat, though – the 4 meals used a protein intake deemed to be optimal at 20g (providing 2,5g of leucine), whereas the 8 meal group only used 10g and the 2 meal group (which was too infrequent, apparently) used 40g. So 80g total of protein per day, which sounds a little on the low side, doesn't it? This brings us to the next point:
3. Their studies show 20-25g of protein to be the maximum effective intake on a meal-per-meal basis, at least if you are young and healthy. Older people seem to require more protein, approximately double (40g) to overcome some sort of "anabolic resistance". We´re not sure what the mechanism is, we just know it exists. Let's expand on that: 20-25g of whey is 2,5-3g or so of leucine, the branched-chain amino acid which is the primary driver of all the good stuff happening. That's for someone at an average bodyweight of 80kg, so we can probably round it up to 3,5g if you're bigger and 2g if you're smaller. Now, a diet comprised of whey protein drinks isn't very satisfying, so what happens if you want to eat some real food? Leucine content is about 7-8% in red and white meat, fish and eggs, so the equivalent of whole food protein required for 2g of leucine is 25g (about 100-120g of beef/chicken/fish or 4 whole eggs) and for 3g it's 40g (170-200g of beef/chicken/fish or 6 whole eggs) – and not too far off from the generic recommendations. This goes to show, though, that protein supplements are quite cheap when you look at how much bang for your buck you get (high leucine content, 80-90% protein content).
4. The next point I'd like to make is the recent study showing a pre-bed intake of a slower digesting protein ensures you get a high anabolic effect throughout the next 8-12hrs until the next meal (or 16 if you belong to the Intermittent Fasting crowd). This was in comparison to 20g of whey ingested after a late workout, though – so in the real world, 40g of protein from casein (found in cottage cheese and quark/curd) isn't necessarily a requirement. A composite meal with carbs, fiber from veggies, and fats would also slow down the digestion rate of meat and fish. Eggs in particular are even slower digested than casein. So, you should be fine just following the regular Biorhythm Diet concept of having a large meal a couple of hours before bedtime. I tend to have slightly more protein in this meal, anyway.
(Addendum July 15th: In personal dialogue, Stuart Phillips recommended 0.6g/kg for the final meal based on unpublished data).
5. Pre- and post-workout intake is still a little back-and-forth, since many studies have been done in a fasted state, which isn't necessarily how it's done in the real world. In fact, one recent study showed that whey + leucine ingested in one big gulp (bolus) 45min before the workout was inferior to the same spread out over the next 3hrs (pulse), mimicking a "slow" protein. The reason for this is probably that with the bolus, amino acid levels were already declining when the workout started. Most people have at least 1 or 2 whole food meals in them before they hit the gym, so unless you are very hungry and/or the last meal was more than 3-4 hours ago, there's not a real need for any super-magic hydrolysates or BCAAs pre-workout. I do admit that I like to be "better safe than sorry", so I usually add 5-8g of BCAAs here or some whey with added leucine/BCAA. Post-workout, a 50/50 or 60/40 combination of whey and casein (as in MyoProtein, which I designed for MyRevolution) is perfect, and as the studies indicate, 20-30g (the equivalent of 25-35g product) may very well be plenty unless you're a heavyweight bodybuilder.
Practical recommendations, based on the above research and my opinion and experience:
- 25-40g of whole food protein per meal x 3-4 meals per day. The final meal of the day could have a higher protein intake of 30-60g with the inclusion of a "slow" protein source such as eggs or casein.
- Add in some (optional) pre-workout whey(15-25g) or BCAAs (4-8g).
- Post-workout, have a whey+casein blend, 20-30g worth. If you're having a whole food meal within an hour, that's perfectly fine and you could just have a small amount of whey and some fruits when leaving the gym, then cook and eat when you get home. Or have your girlfriend/boyfriend do it for you, gotta recover those arms, obviously. The 3-4 meal recommendation includes this post-workout protein feeding (either whey+casein or whey with a whole food meal within an hour), but 5 meals is also feasible if you have particularly long days.
- Total protein intake – and I usually don't count protein from carbs or fat sources, except eggs – is going to be around 1,5-2g/kg bodyweight or even 1,2-1,5 with the predominant use of high-quality whey or milk proteins. This is probably quite a bit lower than what you're doing now and have been led to believe is needed, and also quite a bit lower than what I've recommended in the past. The benefits – less digestion issues, saves $$$, and makes room for more carbs and fats in your diet – are worth it. You're not going to lose muscle, and you might even gain some muscle (not sufficient research yet, but there are certain indicators).
- If you're restricting calories for fat loss, there are so many benefits of a higher protein intake (satiety and thermic effect to name a couple), that I think you should increase the recommendations given by 20-30% (2-2,5g/kg bodyweight).
Oh, and I've said it before, but it bears repeating – white rice is a perfectly fine carb source, whole grains or brown rice can actually inhibit nutrient uptake. Get your fiber from fruits and vegetables.
So is this the final word? Probably not, but for the most part I doubt there will be any major surprises. Over-anal-yzing and going back and forth on a gram here or a minute there is, more often than not, irrelevant in the grand perspective of things. Over the span of months and years where so many other things can go wrong anyway…
Until next time, may your farts smell like flowers instead of rotten eggs.

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Thursday, 12th May 2005 by Alex Turnbull
Unfortunately this one was too late for entry into our 'Coolest Bridge Shadow' award, but the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge would definitely have scored highly with our judges. You can also see an odd image alignment at Yerba Buena Island, where one part of the shadow appears much darker than another.
More about the bridge at Wikipedia.
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Big Blue Uses Big Data To Detect Cybercrime And Simplify Banking
Though certainly not the only technology company creating big data systems, IBM is one of the biggest and has several notable initiatives in this area, some of which are specifically applicable to banking.
Big Blue earlier this year announced a new service that uses big data analytics to bolster security intelligence. IBM Security Intelligence with Big Data is designed to detect the threats found in the ever-increasing amount of corporate data. The service combines real-time correlation for continuous insight, custom analytics across structured and unstructured data, and forensic capabilities for evidence gathering in a effort to detect malicious cybercrime.
The company also announced this year several advances to its PureSystems integrated systems, including one designed for big data. The PureData System for Analytics, which is powered by Netezza technology, features 50% greater data capacity per rack and is able to crunch data three times faster than in prior versions.
IBM also has initiated several partnerships with banks in this area, including a notable one with Citi. The New York-based bank will examine the use of deep content analysis and evidence-based learning capabilities found in the IBM Watson supercomputer to help advance customer interactions, as well as improve and simplify the banking experience.
IBM also is expanding its big data reach through acquisitions. The company has acquired six data analytics companies since February 2012 -- DemandTec, Emptoris, Star Analytics, StoredIQ, Varicent and Vivisimo -- a clear sign that its focus on trying to solve big data problems won't end anytime soon. -- Bryan Yurcan
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To honor fathers, their golf is free after noon on Sunday, when someone also pays for 18 holes and a golf cart. For more information, call 912-315-9115.
Father's Day BBQ
Celebrate dads at the Father's Day BBQ Celebration at Thunder Run in Club Stewart from 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday.
Enjoy all the barbecue you can eat in a relaxed atmosphere. Breakfast items also will be served.
Thursday is the last day for advance tickets to save $3 off the adult price and $1 off children's tickets. Prices at the door will be $15.95 for adults and $7.95 for children. Kids under 2 are free. For more information, call 767-4717.
Basketball clinic
A free basketball clinic for CYSS-registered youth will be from 9 a.m.-noon June 16-20 at the Youth Sports Fitness Center on Austin Road. The focus will be on dribbling, shooting, passing and defensive skills. Register by Monday at the sports center. For more information, call 767-5079.
Volunteer at golf course
Join the volunteers who keep the clubhouse and grounds at Taylors Creek Golf Course in shape on Monday at 5:30 p.m.
There is lots of work for all who want to help. You'll receive a gift for your support. Other volunteer nights are scheduled through October. For more information, call 767-2370.
Babysitting course
Teens can become certified babysitters by completing the SKIES CYSSitter Teenage Babysitter Course from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. June 19 and 20.
The free course will be at SKIES Unlimited on Davis Avenue. Participants must attend both days to be certified. Register at CYSS Parent Central Services. For additional information, call 767-2312/4831.
Run on flight line
Registration is under way for the Dirty Up Flight Line 5K/10K Run at Hunter. The run is open to all. It will start at 8 a.m. June 21.
All pre-registered runners will get T-shirts. Awards will be given to the top two winners in each age group.
After the run, there will be static displays of military aircraft, vendors, live music and more.
Register online at Active.com. The fee until June 19 is $30 each for DOD ID card holders and $35 each for the public. On the day of the race, the fee is $45 per person.
For more information, call 315-5078.
Junior golf camp
Hunter Golf Course will host a golf camp for youth (ages 7-13) from 8-9:30 a.m. June 23 and 24. Participants are asked to enroll by June 22.
The cost is $40 per person. The camp is to develop skills at all levels. It includes putting mechanics, approach shots, rules of and etiquette.
Players are encouraged to bring their own equipment. However, golf clubs will be provided for those who do not have their own.
To enroll, or for more information, call the Hunter Course at 315-9115.
Soldier Show
The 2014 Army Soldier Show, a live Broadway-style revue featuring the Army's best talent, is coming to Stewart's Newman Fitness Center on Saturday, June 28, and to Hunter's Tominac Fitness Center on Monday, June 30.
Both performances are free and begin at 7 p.m. The theme for this year's production is "Stand Strong."
The public is welcome.
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A free volleyball clinic for CYSS-registered youth will be from 9 a.m.-noon June 23-27 at the Youth Sports Fitness Center on Austin Road. The clinic will focus on striking, blocking and serving. Registration continues until June 23.
For more information, call 767-5079.
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Test drive your favorite GM vehicle and visit a variety of interactive displays from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 27 at the Newman Fitness Center parking lot. Win T-shirts and AAFES gift cards, just for taking a test drive. There's no charge. GM is the host for the "Ride N Drive."
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Registration is under way for a 36-hole best ball golf tournament at Cherokee Rose Country Club on June 28 and at Taylors Creek Golf Course on June 29.
Two-person teams will be flighted after the first round. Divisions will include women a senior men's division for age 60 plus. Sign up at either course by 5 p.m. June 23.
The cost of $75 per player includes two days of 18-hole greens and cart fees, prizes, beverages and food.
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Registration continues through July 18 for youth fall soccer leagues at Hunter.
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Oh HAPPY day Jaderbugs! I have this post I am working on featuring 5-10 homemade crafts you can make to decorate your Christmas tree with. That will be coming up this week but I wanted to share a few of my favorite ones with you now. I love making things that fill those empty spots in my Christmas tree. You know? Those spots that are screaming for love and affection? This year is the FIRST year we ever got a real tree. It was so much fun going through the entire process. Lil one had fun picking it out. The one thing I didn't realize is that you can't BEND the branches like a fake tree.
Do you know what this means? HUGE spots that need love and affection. I tried sticking ornaments in those lonely spots but it was just not working. Our living room tree's theme is GOLD, WHITE and a pop of red. I thought why not add a little bit'O candy in the tree and that is where this idea came from. I didn't want to go out and buy candy ornaments because they are super duper expensive and I just don't like throwing away money like that. I hope you enjoy this craft because they turned out SO cute. Just think you can do silver ones and put bright fun paper around them. I love this because you can be creative and add paper on them that you personally love.
Stay tuned because I have THREE trees in the house this year so you will be seeing some fun ways to decorate a tree. Did I mention each room has a different theme? Eh…. I know. I have OCD.
Let's get started:
*Mylar Tissue (purchased from Walgreens)
*Scrapbook paper
*Paper towel roll
You can click on any of the ingredient links to purchase these items in ONE spot.
The first thing I want to tell you is this Mylar Paper is GOLD and SILVER. This is what it looks like right from the package. You can see that there will be a crease from where it was folded.
If you flip the paper over it will be silver. I didn't know this until I bought it. I think this is great because you can choose this side if you don't want GOLD.
The first thing I did was lay my cardboard roll on the edge of tissue, roll it over so see where I need to cut. The goal is to have no cardboard showing.
Once you cut it it will look like the picture below. It will be too "long" so you will need to cut the strip in half. I used the crease that was already showing as a guideline.
Once you cut it wrap your roll with the tissue paper and secure with tape. I like to use double stick tape so I can "hide" the tape from the human eye. It actually just looks a little better this way.
Get a piece of twine and tie it around the ends of the roll. This will give us that CANDY look. Are they not so cute? I planned on leaving them just like this but I really wanted them to pop.
Soooo. I added red and white chevron paper around them.
This is what they will look like once you are done! I hope you enjoyed this tutorial… Make sure and post yours on my facebook page so I can share with my readers. I love seeing your take on one of my crafts.
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FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver ran no fewer than, I'm sure, 3.48 million simulations predicting what would happen if Hurricane Irene directly hit Manhattan at full strength. If it did, know what the end result would be? ECONOMIC RECKONING.
Using historical data from 20 hurricanes to hit the Northeast in the past, and adjusting the economic damage into 2011 equivalents, Silver assembled a table of how much money Hurricane Irene will bleed from NYC if Manhattan is hit directly. If a tropical storm (classified as having wind speeds ranging between 40 and 70 mph) hits, it could cost anywhere between $133 million and $2.2 billion. If a category 1 hurricane hits (75-95 mph), the costs could range between $3.5 billion and $22.9 billion.
The costs just keep skyrocketing from there. If, for whatever reason, a hurricane with 130 mph winds were to smash into the city, damages might cost as much as $600 billion. But before you PANIC, Silver subtly mentions that there's currently a 5%-10% chance of hurricane-strength winds hitting Manhattan. Oh.
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What's your take on wearing all black to the beach?
I say the more, the merrier! Since I wear head-to-toe black on a near daily basis, it might as well cross over to my fun, games and vacation, too. Why all the black? It's classic, it never goes out of style and truthfully, when you take long trips like I do, it's nice to open your suitcase and not be faced with a pile of clashing colors and patterns that don't work together (which I used to fall victim to more times than I'd like to admit).
Some of you long-time readers might be nodding at the familiarity of this neoprene dress — that's because it's the long-lost relative of good ol' Zipper Hips, an old-school favorite that still lurks in my closet. The neoprene makes it beach-ready but the accentuated silhouette adds a bit of drama, which I know you fellow beach goths love!
Get the look: 1. neoprene dress, 2. zip-front maillot, 3. mesh midi cover up, 4. mesh rashguard (I own this and the fit is awesome), 5. straw boat hat, 6. cage bikini top, 7. lost weekend shades and knee-high sandal.
This photo sums up the way I feel every time I'm in LA. Hey, beach goths can be happy, too! 😉
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I Wore: Nasty Gal dress, Crown and Glory ears and Dries Van Noten sunglasses.
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text: Mr. and Mrs. Roger (Rip) and Kenda Gillette would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kourtney Jean Gillette to Justin Michael Langdon, son of Delbridge Langdon and Rebecca Doyle. The couple will be united in marriage on August 6, 2011 and will reside in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The bride is an education student at Grand Valley State University, and the groom is an assistant manager at RX Optical.


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McHale took a leave of absence on Nov. 10 to be with his family as his daughter's health worsened. Alexandra "Sasha" McHale died Nov. 24 of complications from Lupus. She was 23.
"It's been a while," he said. "Hopefully it's the right time. I don't know there ever is a right time. I don't know if there is a playbook about this, but I'm excited to be back."
McHale will coach the Rockets on Saturday night against the Mavericks.
Houston went 7-6 under interim coach Kelvin Sampson while McHale was out.
McHale said he spoke with Sampson daily, watched each game and tried to stay plugged into the team as much as he could while he was away.
"It was hard. I don't want to get into the whole thing, but it was hard because your mind is a million miles away, but yet you're still watching games and you're still pulling for the guys so hard and you want them to win," he said. "A lot of times that hour of the day (talking to Sampson) was sometimes the best part of the day."
The second-year coach and Hall of Fame player complimented the job Sampson and the rest of the staff did while he was out. He said he felt bad that he had to leave this young team, which was trying to fit new pieces together, just when the season was starting.
"There just was a ton of adjustments to be made, and I thought they did a really good job of making adjustments," he said of his coaching staff.
McHale never directly addressed his daughter, but he did note that he appreciated the support he received from various people around the league during this difficult time.
"I've heard from a lot of people (and) that's been tremendous," he said. "I had a lot of guys that I didn't know that well that really reached out, and I spent a lot of time talking to them. It's a terrible situation ... it's incomprehensible. But it meant a lot."
The Rockets are paying tribute to McHale's daughter by wearing a green and purple band on their jerseys and a patch of the same color with her initials on their warm-up shirts. Green was her favorite color, and purple is the color that represents the fight against Lupus.


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Landmines in Egypt
Monday، 20 July 2009 - 12:00 AM
Besides being a threat to the life and safety of individuals, Egyptians and other residents alike, landmines in Egypt pose as a severe challenge to economic development efforts.
Over the past decades, the gravity of this problem has unfolded as landmines have caused the death or injury of thousands of people in the Western Desert, Sinai and Suez Canal zones.
In addition, landmines have disrupted economic development efforts in these parts of the country. Still, this problem will look graver, if we recall the fact that of all countries of the world, Egypt is the most afflicted by landmines.
Out of a total of about 110 million landmines planted around the world, Egypt has 23 million, i.e.; 20% of the total number of landmines, spreading horror and imminent threats of loss of life and property in the eastern and western parts of the country.
Over the past 25 years, about 7,923 people were victimized by landmines, including 3,200 dead and 4,723 injured, according to local and international statistics.
Because of the threat of landmines, a sizable part of Egypt's arable land, amounting to 685,699 feddans accounting for approximately 10% of the total cultivatable area is rendered useless.
Locations of landmines in Egypt
Locations of mines in Egypt are divided into two main fields, as follows:
A) Landmine fields in Western Desert:
The Western Desert mine fields extend from Alamain up to the Egyptian-Libyan borders with a depth of more than 40 km from the Mediterranean coast. Landmines planted in these fields vary in type and size depending on the troops involved in action. They are spread in ten fields as follows:
- The coastal strip on both sides of Alexandria-Matrouh road.
- The field starting 10 km on Abu-Doues road of Borg el-Arab, al-Alamain, a-Daba and Bagos (Gala).
- The fields of Nweider, Rwaisat and al-Marir, the most dangerous mine fields, where no mine maps were found. Here, dozens were killed and injured.
- The fields of al-Manaseb and Dair al-Qatany involving vast areas of arable land.
- The fields of al-Khawabeer, Dair-a-Ragel and al-Osayed which are among the most dangerous fields where mines are widely spread.
- The field of Bab al-Qatara 30 km, on Alamain - al-Humaymat road.
- The fields of Abu Dwis, Halq ad-Daba Zahr el-Hammad and al-Humaymat.
- Borg Raqabet al-Ralah; where all kinds of mines are found.
- The fields of Fuka and West of Marsa Matrouh up to the Egyptian-Libyan borders.
B) Mine fields in Egypt's Eastern Desert: They are the fields where mines were planted as a result of Egyptian-Israeli wars that took place since 1956 to 1973, as follows:
B) Mine fields in Egypt's Eastern Desert: They are the fields where mines were planted as a result of Egyptian-Israeli wars that took place since 1956 to 1973, as follows:
- The field of west Suez Canal.
- The field of west Suez Gulf.
- The field of west Red Sea.
- The South Sinai Field.
- The Central Sinai Field.
- The North Sinai Field.
Negative Impact of landmines on Egypt
Undoubtedly, the presence of this huge number of landmines on the Egyptian territory has resulted in the disruption of various development operations in both Eastern and Western Deserts.
Many people are killed or injured, or handicapped as a result of the explosion of these mines. The negative impact of mines on the development process in Egypt's Eastern and Western Deserts can be summed up as follows:
A) Eastern Desert
Hindering many tourist development projects on the Red Sea coast and Sinai, and raising project costs established in these areas due to the high expense of clearing mines.
1 - Impeding efforts aiming at industrial development and establishing new urban communities not to mention the high expenses for clearing mines from the regions planned for development.
2 - Impeding agricultural development operations in certain parts of Sahl-at-Teena; Balooza and north Sinai.
3- Disrupting oil prospecting operations in certain parts of the Eastern Desert.
4- Impeding tourism development projects on the Red Sea and Sinai coasts due to the high cost of clearing them from mines.
B) Western Desert
1 - Disrupting the cultivation of vast areas of arable land in certain areas such as al-Hammam, al-Alamain and Marsa Matrouh, where necessary water resources are available.
2 - Impeding expansion of development projects on the Northern Coast and Marsa Matrouh.
3 - Impeding the progress of al-Qattara depression which was supposed to be one of the grant energy generating projects in Egypt, because of the mines hindering the course of the canal planned to carry water from the Mediterranean to the depression.
4 - Hindering oil prospecting operations in certain parts of the Western Desert.
Obstacles and Problems of Clearing Land Mines in Egypt
In addition to the problem of technology and financial support, there is a host of other problems and obstacles that face Egypt in the pursuit of clearing land mines. These can be summed up by the following:
A- A large variety of types of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines were laid by the Allies and Axis forces in Egypt's Western Desert during the World War II.
B- Moving sand dunes and climatic changes over half a century have resulted in moving land mines from their original places.
C- The mines sensitivity to explosion due to passage of time or atmospheric factors has posed great danger to individuals.
D- Loss or absence of maps or information about these mines or even the areas where they are laid in. In view of the change of mine locations due to climatic and physical factors, existing maps for some other areas were rendered useless.
E- Absence of paved roads leading to the mined areas.
F- Non-availability of technologically advanced equipment to be used in demining. For example, there is a need for infra-red aerial photographing of the mine fields again by modern equipment to determine the positions of such fields, which is a very costly process.
G- The high financial costs needed to remove about 23 million mines. For example, el-Alamain fields alone need more than $ 20 billion to demine 17.5 million mines. While it costs no more than $ 10 to plant a land mine, it costs $ 300 - 1000 to demine it.
H- While immense human resources are required to clear land related to the process of demining, there is already an acute shortage of experts and personnel trained in demining.
I- Egypt is not listed in the international work plan to combat land mines, although landmines planted in Egypt represent 20% of total landmines around the world.
Demining efforts in Egypt
- Recently, Egypt has exerted intensive efforts to address the problem of land mines implanted in its territories. In the Geneva Disarmament Conference, 1996, Egypt called on countries that had implanted landmines in its territories to take up their responsibilities for clearing such landmines. The following records the offers given by various responsible countries:
- A meeting was held in March 1998 between the Egyptian Minister of Defense and his German counterpart, where Germany showed its readiness to offer the technological and financial aids needed to contribute to removing landmines. In October 1998, Germany offered Egypt 110 landmine detecting equipment.
- In the 1993 meetings of the UN General Assembly, Egypt requested the countries that had implanted landmines in its territory to shoulder their responsibilities and to provide the maps, records and locations of landmine fields.
- The Egyptian Ministry of Defense published a book entitled "Iron Killers" on the problem of landmines in Egypt. The book was designed to disseminate an international awareness on this problem.
- The question of landmines in Egypt was raised in the debate of the People's Assembly Education and Scientific Research Committee in the framework of discussing the strategy of developing the desert in May 1999.
- The Egyptian Foreign Ministry has been calling the concerned countries, on top of which is Britain and Germany to offer aids, equipment and training grants to remove these mines.
Egypt's stance of not signing the Ottawa Agreement is as follows
In Ottawa, Egypt participated in the agreement signing conference. However, Egypt's attitude of abstaining from signing the agreement and its reservations is consistent with the Egyptian standpoint on the issue of disarmament in general, as can be summed up in the following:
- While Egypt is in full agreement with the humanitarian goal of the agreement and the endeavors to achieve a total ban on the use, transport and export of landmines, it has in the same time reminded all parties concerned of the difficulty of accessing the agreement, as it impedes Egypt from exercising its legitimate right of self-defense and safeguarding its national security, as well as its right to acquire assistance necessary to clear mines implanted in its territories in the course of battles waged on its soil, where Egypt was not involved.
- With respect to the use of landmines, Egypt also called for consideration of the nature of Egypt's terrain, with vast, plain and easily infiltrated borders that lack any natural barriers to terrorist infiltration or drug trafficking. Egypt's security claim was represented in obtaining an appropriate economic alternative to landmines. It is difficult to move towards the disposition of land mines as a legitimate and cheap weapon of self-defense, in the absence of any other alternatives. The Egyptian standpoint was made clear in the course of the preliminary stages of the draft agreement.
- In order for Egypt to make use of the mined areas involving substantial agricultural, mining, industrial and tourist resources, there should be international responsibility for assisting with demining.
- It is Egypt's belief that the Ottawa Agreement was concluded beyond the framework of the Geneva Conference on Disarmament, without taking into consideration other questions of major importance such as nuclear disarmament.
- The Ottawa Agreement was concluded beyond an institutional framework that could allow different countries to express their views democratically and objectively. Thus, the agreement is exclusively expressive of the views of certain countries.
- Egypt demanded the introduction of certain amendments to the provisions of the agreement to take into consideration political and security conditions involving certain countries including Egypt.
- Egypt believes the agreement is deficient, where it made no association between the disposal by countries of its stockpile of mines and the provision of assistance to countries in clearing mines from their territories.
While demining is very costly, the demolition of stockpiles is very cheap.
- While Egypt has good reasons for not signing the Ottawa Agreement, it believes that such abstention is not the ideal solution of such difference of view point, as the provisions of the agreement allow partial amendment, based upon application to be made to the Agreement Congress.


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Midian (Hebrew מִדְיָן, Midyan or Miḏyān, Arabic مدين; "Strife, judgment") is a son of Abraham and Keturah. He is the progenitor of the Midianite people, who were to play two pivotal roles in the history of the House of Israel.
Immediate family
The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. The Bible gives no further details of Midianite genealogy.[1] (Genesis 25:2,4 ) The nation of Midian was located in the southeastern Sinai and west central Arabia.[2]
After Joseph's jealous brothers threw him into a pit, they sold him to Midianite traders who then took him to Egypt to sell as a slave.[3]
In the winter of 2473 AM, Moses fled from Egypt to the Midianite country. There he befriended a Midianite priest named Jethro. This Jethro had seven daughters, including Zipporah, whom Moses married.[1][3][4] Years later, the Kenites, descendants of Jethro, attached themselves to the Israelites. (Judges 1:16 )
But when the Israelites were wandering in the wilderness, the Midianites joined forces with the Moabites to attempt to exterminate the Israelites. In retaliation, Phinehas led an army of 12,000 men, 1,000 from each tribe, to crush the Midianites.[5][6][7] (Numbers 31 )
In 2764 AM, the Midianites oppressed the Israelites, who by then had occupied Canaan. The Midianites held this dominion for seven years, until Judge Gideon routed a combined Midianite-Moabite army with a force of three hundred.[6][8] When Midian ceased to be a nation is not attested either in the Bible or in any secular source, including the Annals.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Taylor, Paul S. "Midian." WebBible Encyclopedia, n.d. Accessed November 8, 2008
- ↑ NIV Study Bible, Zondervan, 1985, Pg. 89
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Konig, George. "Midian." AboutBibleProphecy, 2008. Accessed November 8, 2008.
- ↑ James Ussher, The Annals of the World, Larry Pierce, ed., Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2003, pgh. 170
- ↑ Ussher, op. cit., pghh. 355, 357
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Singer I and Seligsohn M. "Midian and Midianites." The Jewish Encyclopedia, n.d. Accessed November 8, 2008.
- ↑ Blank, Wayne. "Midian." Church of God Daily Bible Study, n.d. Accessed November 8, 2008.
- ↑ Jones, Floyd N. The Chronology of the Old Testament. Green Forest, AR: Master Books, 2004, Chart 4.
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When was the last time you tried something new — making an omelet, writing a screenplay, drawing your dog?
Were the results really awful?
What did you do next?
I bet some of you wailed in (premature) despair: "I suck! I am the world's worst cook/screenwriter/artist!" And possibly swore that was the last time you would road-test that particular patch of hell.
But I think there's tremendous inherent value in doing something very poorly. Because, unless you're an absolute genius (ooooh, lucky you!) you will not be amazing at pretty much anything new right out of the gate.
So, being lousy at something doesn't mean you're always going to be lousy. It means you're a beginner. If you don't indulge in the ego massage of frustration, (says the chick who once threw her fencing helmet across the salle), you're bound to start getting better if you keep at it.
Babies fall down a lot when they start walking. It's a new skill.
They don't form complete lucid sentences when they begin speaking, nor do we expect them to. It's a new skill.
When I took up fencing in my early 30s, when I moved to New York and didn't have a job and didn't know anyone beyond my fiance, I was pretty lousy at it for a while. Being a driven, stubborn perfectionist, (in New York, the equivalent of having a pulse), I did not take kindly to being shitty at something.
I hadn't sucked at anything in ages.
One night, worn out and sore and deeply frustrated by my lack of progress, I went and wept in a stairwell. I never cry. I didn't come back to class for about a month. Then, to my coach's surprise, I did. A two-time Olympian, he knows how hard it is to get good at fencing. To get really good at anything.
I needed to get comfortable with "failure", to dredge up the necessary humility to learn something new, and do it poorly for a while until I improved. Or gave up.
But I very rarely give up. For the next four years, I was a nationally ranked saber fencer, knocked out at nationals each year just before the final eight. I learned a great deal about myself in those years, most of it about mental blocks and anger and what a toxic waste of time it is to beat yourself up for being lousy at something.
Who isn't?
This past weekend, I suggested to my husband, an avid golfer, we go to the driving range. He couldn't believe his ears. My standard line is that I hate golf.
I haven't learned a new skill in far too long, so I had him teach me as we ploughed through a large bucket of balls.
Some of my swings were so shockingly bad that I didn't even get near the ball. I'm a highly athletic person, still, with terrific hand-eye coordination. So I cursed and sulked a bit.
Then I took a long deep breath and reminded myself that I had deliberately chosen the exercise of doing something completely new and unfamiliar.
In my work life, as a full-time freelance writer, I'm expected to be excellent all the damn time. I need the relief of being awful. To try new stuff out in privacy. To see if I can still learn, and how I'll handle the frustrations that come with that process.
So, when I whacked that ball soaring into the air, landing a satisfying 150 yards away, I was ecstatic. Then I did it again. And again.
I was wildly inconsistent.
That's what it means to be a beginner, a learner.
In an era of rushrushrushrushallthetime! we often don't allow ourselves, (or our sweeties or our kids), the luxury of failure and experimentation. Of being a beginner.
High school students feel tremendous pressure to get good grades to get into the right college, where they feel tremendous pressure to choose only the classes they know will get them the high grades to get them into the right grad or professional program and into the right job and…On it goes.
We're squeaking our lives away in a hamster wheel of perfection.
When was the last time you savored being lousy at something you're simply new at?
Are you still willing to be a bumbling beginner?


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And another fine night of the Big Quiz Thing at Littlefield. Months ago, the very first night we appeared at that venue, one of the managers gave us this mildly horrific thing…
Speaking of prizes, we had a fabulous haul tonight: Thanks to our regular BK sponsors, the Brooklyn Museum and Brooklyn Brewery, plus passes to a special advance screening of the boo-tiful Paranormal Activity 4, plus tickets to two excellent Off Broadway productions, The Other Josh Cohen and (deep breath) Modern Terrorism, or They Who Want to Kill Us and How We Learn to Love Them. Yes, we all love stuff.
—The 1964 political slogan "Any Feller but ????": Helen Keller
—When arguing that the Constitution was anti-slavery, Michele Bachmann cited noted Founding Father Cliff Huxtable (or Frederick Douglass).
—What's the common description: in professional sports, the physically unable to perform list, and a young dog? A whiny bitch.
As for the Three-Way Finale, well…the Fantastic Fournicators were going for their fourth straight victory, but they missed the top trio by—Lordy—half a point. So it fell to three of our other favorite nerd crews: Cash Cab for Cutie, Incontinental Congress, and Strippers for Stephen Hawking. It took IC only two questions to wrap it up, however (don't forget, they came out on top at our Tenth Anniversary Marathon). Here you go, bad lighting and all…
The standings:
1. Incontinental Congress: Having a great year, they are.
2. Cash Cab for Cutie
3. Strippers for Stephen Hawking
4. The Fantastic Fournicators
5. Gerard Depardouche
6. Ex Post-Factoid: Top-scoring new team, won free passes!
7. Six Degrees of Domination
8. Mein Kampf Es Su Kampf
9. The Real Houseflies of New Jersey
10. Kazoozle Krew
NEXT: We remain monthly at Littlefield through the end of the year: November 13 and December 11 (buy cheaper advance tix at littlefieldnyc.com). Plus, we're now monthly in three other big cities: Boston, L.A., and Chicago, but hey, that doesn't mean I don't love NYC any less. And yes, we're coming back to Manhattan, in 2013. Details very, very soon, my friends.


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A few weeks ago, I had dinner at the famous Joe's Stone Crab in Miami. It was a miserable meal. For one thing, I'm not a fan of crabs served in the shell—they're never worth the effort required. Compounding my irritation, the restaurant was a zoo. Then there was my 4-year-old son. One of his playmates had just taught him that a raised middle finger is a bold gesture of defiance, and James spent much of the evening excitedly flipping our fellow diners the bird.
But what really soured my mood was the wine. The restaurant's list was uninspired, to put it charitably, so I played it economical and went with a Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc, from New Zealand. There was nothing wrong with the wine per se; it wasn't cooked, corked, or otherwise spoiled. In fact, it was clean, crisp, and effusively fruity. It was also thoroughly, maddeningly dull—a wine with absolutely nothing to say. This wasn't a Kim Crawford problem, and it wasn't a New Zealand problem; it was a sauvignon blanc problem. Simply put, the grape is a dud, producing chirpy little wines wholly devoid of complexity and depth, the very qualities that make wine interesting and worth savoring. For years, this offensively inoffensive grape has escaped criticism while chardonnay and merlot have been scorned. The free ride ends here.
Astonishingly, there are people, among them some wine writers, who contend that sauvignon blanc creates wines of great character and verve. I'd love to know which sauvignon blancs they've been drinking. I taste dozens each year, and character and verve are two qualities most of them sorely lack. Sure, they tend to have distinctive bouquets, with heady aromas of grass, citrus, gooseberry, gunflint, and chalk—or some combination thereof. But this excitement is reserved for the nose; all the mouth gets is a limp, lemony liquid that grows progressively more boring with each sip. Sauvignon blancs almost never evolve in the glass—they simply fill the space.
I am tempted to anoint sauvignon blanc the new merlot, but that would be a disservice to merlot, which, despite all the dreck that goes out under its name, is capable of yielding such monumental wines as Petrus, Lafleur, and Le Pin. And while it is fashionable to deride chardonnay and to proudly proclaim oneself an ABC (Anything But Chardonnay) drinker, more great white wines are produced with chardonnay than with any other grape. Krug's Clos du Mesnil, Raveneau's Chablis Les Clos, Bonneau du Martray's Corton-Charlemagne, Coche-Dury's Meursault Perrières, Romanée-Conti's Le Montrachet—these are some of the world's most coveted wines; all are composed entirely of chardonnay, and all stand as powerful, pricey retorts to the notion that chardonnay equals rotgut.
I'd have trouble coming up with a comparable list of great sauvignon blancs, because there aren't any. Sure, Didier Dagueneau makes toothsome Pouilly-Fumés, but they aren't in the same galaxy as the best chardonnays, Rieslings, or even Rhone whites (Chave, Beaucastel). The only important wines made with sauvignon blanc are white Bordeaux, and in particular Sauternes and Barsacs, the region's fabled sweet wines. But these are blends in which sauvignon's role is generally a supporting one; the key ingredient is semillon, which tends to fall victim much more easily to botrytis cinerea, or noble rot, the fungus that gives the wines their honeyed sweetness. It is also semillon that imparts texture and gravitas to Bordeaux's dry whites.
Every major grape variety has at least one region in which it is the star attraction—every major variety, that is, except sauvignon blanc, whose banality condemns it to bridesmaid status wherever it is cultivated. Sauvignon reaches its apogee in France's Loire Valley, but even there it is the second grape, and by some margin. Chenin blanc, which is used for Vouvrays and Savenièrres, is the true pride of the Loire. For a time, sauvignon blanc has been New Zealand's showcase wine; bizarrely, one Kiwi sauvignon blanc, Cloudy Bay, even acquired something of a cult following in the United States during the 1990s. Fortunately, most of those who succumbed to it were successfully deprogrammed, and Cloudy Bay is now just another Antipodean label on the shelf. These days, New Zealanders seem eager to downplay sauvignon blanc and to talk up their success with pinot noir, and I can't say that I blame them: Being known for the quality of your sauvignon blanc is like being known for the quality of your white rice.
The grape's defenders will inevitably point out that most sauvignon blancs don't aspire to be anything more than simple quaffers. But surely, even a simple quaffer ought to be able to hold your interest for at least a few minutes. Sadly, most sauvignon blancs can't even do that. In fact, the pleasure to be derived from the typical sauvignon blanc is inversely related to the amount of attention paid to the wine—the less you think about it, the more you're apt to enjoy it. And spare me that old chestnut about versatility: It is hardly surprising, given their acute lack of personality, that these smiley face wines can accommodate themselves to just about any dish. Water can, too.
So what, you might ask, would be preferable to drinking sauvignon blanc, particularly if you are on a budget? With most New Zealand, South African, and Californian sauvignon blancs selling for around $15 a bottle, and with most Sancerres and Pouilly-Fumés now fetching at least $20, there are scores of worthy alternatives. Take, for instance, the chardonnays from the Macon region of France (they aren't called chardonnays, of course, but instead go by names like Vire-Clesse, St.-Véran, Pouilly Fuissé, etc.). The wines of Daniel Barraud, André Bonhomme, Olivier Merlin, and Domaine Delaye all tend to run in the $15-$25 range and have substantially more depth and brio than most comparably priced sauvignon blancs. Ditto Domaine des Terres Dorées' Beaujolais blanc, which, at $10 a bottle, is truly a gift from Bacchus.
Loire Valley chenin blanc yields a number of elixirs: The Vouvrays of Domaine Huet are legendary; Huet's dry Vouvrays (called sec) sell for around $25-$35 a bottle and will encourage much more swilling and sniffing than any sauvignon blanc. (Sauvignon blanc is, at best, a lubricant to conversation; a good Vouvray is a conversation-stopper.) The basic Vouvrays from Domaines Pinon and Champalou can be had for $10-$15 and are usually delicious in their own right. South African chenins are also beginning to make some noise: De Trafford and Rudera are two names of note and go for around $15-$20 per bottle.
Looking for Rieslings? Hunt down any German Rieslings imported by the estimable Terry Theise. Alsace does Riesling, too, albeit in a different, (usually) drier style. I've had the 2000 Trimbach Riesling Cuvée Frédéric Emile three times in the last six months, and it is spectacular—probably the best Frédéric Emile since the celebrated 1990. At $30-$35 a bottle, it is less expensive than some Sancerres and Pouilly-Fumés, is infinitely more engaging, and will last many years longer. That is what separates the noble grapes from the pedestrian ones.
Next week:A grape that deserves more respect than it gets.


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White House briefs rabbis on Syria
Published September 11, 2013
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Close to 700 rabbis and other Jewish communal officials were briefed by a top White House aide on President Obama's Syria plans.
The call Tuesday with Ben Rhodes, a deputy national security adviser, was organized by the Reform movement's Religious Action Center and the Conservative movement's Rabbinical Assembly and attracted 691 callers from all religious streams, according to Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, the RA's executive vice president.
She said that rabbis were eager to be briefed on Syria so they could better discuss the issue in their Yom Kippur sermons.
President Obama has advocated a limited strike on Syria to degrade its chemical weapons capability after an Aug. 21 attack allegedly carried out by the Assad regime that has been said to have killed over 1,400 people, including hundreds of children.
On Tuesday, Obama said he would consider a Russian deal that would avert a strike by placing Syria's weapons under international supervision and destroying them.
Rabbis on the call pressed Rhodes on the moral underpinnings of striking Syria, distinctions between responses to the use of conventional weapons on civilians as opposed to chemical weapons, what the administration's endgame in Syria was, and on how its Syria considerations affected its relationship with Israel.


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|System: Wii U, PC, Xbox 360, PS3
|Dev: Vigil
|Pub: THQ
|Release: August 14, 2012
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
Other than the frame rate and the platforming controls, the camera, too, appeared to have been improved. It's definitely been pulled out, making it far easier to read what's happening on screen at any time since it doesn't get jumbled in a mass of glowing enemy bits.
This, of course, doesn't say much about the flow of the game. The previous demo had been pulled from a later portion of the overall experience, supposedly the end of the game's first act, and had pacing issues in that single dungeon, as well as puzzles that were more obtuse than challenging. The biggest gripe, however, had been the platforming, which appears to have been altered for the better (the E3 demo, being set earlier in the game, did not allow Death access to either his phantom claw or most of his spells).
Still, it's a vast improvement over where the game had stood when I saw it only three months ago, and gives me a great deal of hope for the sequel, and its troubled publisher, when it comes out next month.
Shelby Reiches
Contributing Writer
Date: Jul 10, 2012
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The US Military is sitting on a potential 7GW of untapped solar power capacity in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, according to a recent Department of Defense report that analyzed the applicability of a variety of solar technologies across seven military installations.
Initially nine military installations were analyzed, seven in California and two in Nevada, taking in sites used by the Army, Navy, and Air Force as well as the Marine Corps. By comparing competing solar energy technologies on such a large scale, the report (titled Solar Energy Development on Department of Defense Installations in the Mojave and Colorado Deserts, available in PDF on the ESTCP website) gives insight as to the commercial viability of solar power in the US today.
Though building roofs and car park shades were identified as potential homes for solar collectors, ground sites make up the vast majority of the potential solar sites analyzed in the study. These areas were subject to GIS analysis, overlaying up to 40 variables per location. Suitable sites were assessed for their technical and economic feasibility; six solar electricity-generating technologies were examined, including crystalline photovoltaics, thin-film photovoltaics, and concentrating solar thermal systems.
Due to the lack of "significant solar development potential" in the Nevada bases, they do not contribute to the 7GW of potential solar capacity identified by the study. Additionally, the report found that, for the seven bases in California, 96 percent of the land was also unsuitable—excessive slopes, environmental conflicts and the presence of exploding things being among the reasons for exclusion. That left 125,000 acres of land, of which 100,000 were deemed either "likely" or "questionably" suitable for solar, and 25,000 "suitable."
The seven California military installations analyzed were the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (Twentynine Palms), Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Naval Air Facility El Centro, Edwards Air Force Base, and Fort Irwin.
The 7GW of potential solar capacity relies upon two assumptions. The first is that all of the suitable land would be put to use for solar generation; the second is that 25 percent of the likely and questionable land would also be utilized. The report characterizes 7GW of capacity as the "maximum" potential for solar development across the sites. Note that the capacity of a solar power plant is, as for any power plant, the theoretical maximum output under ideal conditions. A capacity factor is used to describe the actual output of a facility over time, as a proportion of the capacity. Capacity factors for solar technologies are typically cited at around 20 percent for areas with high levels of solar radiation, such as California.
To contextualize 7GW of potential solar power, the largest solar facility of any kind is currently the 354MW-capacity Solar Energy Generating System, also in California's Mojave Desert. To tap the solar potential identified in this report would require infrastructure equivalent to roughly 20 times this facility, albeit distributed across several sites.
The report finds that development of the 125,000 acres is economically feasible, though only to private investors able to benefit from current tax incentives at both the Federal and State level. Direct DoD funding of solar projects "would be financially unattractive in all cases," the report suggests. More positive was the finding that the government could receive a potential $100 million per year through rental payments and reduced power costs as the result of solar development across the bases.
In the unlikely—if not implausible—event that all 125,000 acres were to be developed, the report says that the potential electricity generated would be equivalent two thirds of the DoD's nationwide demand. Less than half of that land would need to be developed to meet all of the DoD's NDAA 2010 renewable energy targets, namely that 25 percent of facilities energy use be supplied by renewable sources. Development of a mere six percent of the identified land would cover its EPAct 2005 goals.
The report gives an interesting insight into the commercial viability of current solar technologies. Fixed-mount crystalline-silicon PV was identified as the technology with the greatest capacity across all bases, but single-axis tracking PV (i.e. panels that turn to follow the sun) was projected to yield the greatest returns on investment. The 7GW solar capacity identified by the report is based on tracking systems being used—resulting in a calculated capacity of 7,147MW across the seven bases. The installed capacity of a fixed system was found to be 51 percent higher, at 10,811MW. But this is not to say a fixed system would generate more electricity. Tracking systems have a lower capacity than fixed systems because fewer cells fit into a given area, but thanks to their ability to track the sun, they will operate nearer their capacity more of the time.
The significant majority of the potential 7,147MW of solar capacity was confined to Edwards Air Force Base (3,481MW) and Fort Irwin (2,629MW), with NAWS China Lake trailing behind (960MW). Twentynine Palms offers a little better than nothing (77MW), which was more than could be said for Chocolate Mountain and El Centro (zeroes for all solar technologies, both).
Meanwhile, concentrating solar thermal systems were judged economically non-viable due to higher installation costs, though the report concedes there is some doubt due to a lack of such projects in the US in recent times.
The report highlights the "increasingly important" contribution of solar power to backup power systems, potentially reducing DoD reliance on diesel generators to power essential systems in the event of power cuts. It recommends that initial solar expansion on military installations (most of those analyzed already have 1 to 2MW of solar capacity) should be specifically targeted at backup systems.
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North Lake Tahoe and Truckee business announcements
TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. — Content for briefs is selected from e-mail submissions to Community Editor Amy Edgett at email@example.com.
Dragonfly adds Kuss
Dragonfly Restaurant and Sushi Bar announced a new addition to their culinary family: general manager Timothy Kuss. Hailing from Ohio, where he received his bachelor's from Wittenberg University, Kuss has lived all over the country working in restaurants and resorts from Colorado to Florida, Montana and Washington before establishing himself in the Lake Tahoe area, where he most recently worked for the Ritz-Carlton as food and beverage manager.
A passion for fishing and other outdoor interests such as snowboarding and dirt-biking go hand in hand with his 12 years of fine restaurant and bar management experience in seasonal resort environments. It was his appreciation of small town mountain communities coupled with a taste for eclectic food and drink that brought him to Dragonfly as the new manager. "I love it here and hope to make Tahoe my long-term home. I came to Dragonfly because of Billy [McCullough]. Not only do I admire his food and culinary vision, but his passion for this community made me want to be a part of his team," said Kuss. His one-on-one sommelier training and experience with technical software systems enhances his industry knowledge.
Dragonfly Restaurant and Sushi Bar is located upstairs at 10118 Donner Pass Road in downtown Truckee. Check out Dragonfly at http://www.dragonflycuisine.com or call 530-587-0557 for info and reservations.
Lahontan 2014 Grant Cycle open
The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation in conjunction with the Lahontan Community Foundation (LCF) announced the opening of the Lahontan 2014 Grant Cycle. This year, LCF has approximately $85,000 available to award to organizations in the fields of health and human services, environment, education and arts and culture. All applications must be submitted online through Monday, March 3 at 5 p.m. Access the online grant application process at http://www.ttcf.net or with the following link: http://www.grantinterface.com/ttcf/Common/LogOn.aspx.
High Fives for Health Care
Richard Votaw Insurance Agency of Tahoe City and High Fives Foundation have teamed up to create an awareness campaign highlighting the perils of not having health insurance. Covered California encourages customers to sign-up for health insurance through an insurance broker, to counsel which plan will best suite a person or family's needs. For every person or family who signs-up for health insurance through Richard Votaw Insurance Agency, $10 will be donated to High Fives Foundation. As of Feb. 13t, $580 has been raised for High Fives Foundation. Contact Richard Votaw Insurance Agency at 530-583-0294, email@example.com or visit TahoeTruckeeHealthInsurance.com.
Introducing 'Flare Chef'
Flare Chef: A practitioner of the culinary entertainment who delights and entertains guests through the manipulation of food and utensils. Flare Chef is culinary entertainment, think of teppanyaki to go. Principal and culinary entertainment master Nate Alder began as exhibition chef in 1999 in Phoenix, Ariz. In 2006 he founded Flare Chef Las Vegas. For two years he merged the city's insatiable craving for entertainment and dining into one creative sphere.
When the economic collapse of 2008 roared through Las Vegas, Alder shifted focus and became a seasonal chef in Montana and Lake Tahoe. In the spring of 2013, with a positive economic forecast and new business location selected, Alder relaunched Flare Chef. Alder selected Lake Tahoe and all of Northern Nevada and California because the niche market of culinary entertainment is ripe for exploration and underdeveloped.
For more information, visit Flare Chef online at http://www.flarechef.com or call 530-580-TOSS.
Free hospitality training
The Hospitality Road Show is a 45-minute fun, high-energy training workshop intended for front-line personnel, managers and even owners who need a gentle reminder about the importance of customer service. Representatives will visit your business or a location near you. Following this program your staff will be able to…
Better understand your customer and anticipate their needs
Have increased knowledge about our community and Lake Tahoe
Be able to enhance the guest experience
Know why visitors are important to our economy
Offered by the North Lake Tahoe Chamber/CVB/Resort Association. To make a reservation call Kym Fabel at 530-581-6900 or email her at email@example.com.
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