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ACC presidents vote to add Louisville as member
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Wednesday that its presidents and chancellors unanimously voted to add Louisville as the replacement for Maryland.
ACC Commissioner John Swofford said Louisville was the best fit for the league following Maryland's announcement last week that it would join the Big Ten in 2014.
"When you look at Louisville, you see a university and an athletic program that has all the arrows pointed up — a tremendous uptick there, tremendous energy," Swofford said on a teleconference. "It's always an overall fit in every respect and I think that's what we found."
Louisville is the fourth school in 15 months and seventh in the past decade to leave the Big East for the ACC. Pittsburgh and Syracuse announced their move in September 2011 and will join the league next year, while Notre Dame said two months ago that it would eventually join in all conference sports except football.
Louisville athletic director Tom Jurich said it was hard not to worry about constantly shifting conference alignments and whether the school might be left out when everything finally settles. Louisville was a candidate to join the Big 12 last year before that league took West Virginia.
"We wanted to make sure all our opportunities were looked at," Jurich said. "But having the opportunity to go into the ACC is I think second to none, especially for our community around here. ... I can just tell you from our standpoint, we couldn't be in a better fit."
A person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that ACC leaders also considered Connecticut and Cincinnati over the past week before the vote to add Louisville during a conference call Wednesday morning. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the ACC hasn't released details of the expansion discussions.
Politicians around Kentucky cheered the move.
Louisville mayor Greg Fischer issued a statement calling the ACC's decision "a fantastic development for the university, the city and the state." U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said in a statement the move was a credit to Jurich's leadership of the athletic department.
It's unclear exactly when Louisville will join the ACC. Swofford said that would have to be worked out between the school and the Big East. He also said the league is comfortable staying at 14 full members with the addition of Louisville.
The Big East has a 27-month notification period for any member that wants to leave. The Big East has shown a willingness to negotiate, as it did with Pittsburgh and Syracuse, who paid $7.5 million each to get out early when the exit fee was $5 million.
The Big East has since increased that fee to $10 million.
This latest rapid-fire round of realignment was set off last week by the Big Ten's additions of Maryland and Rutgers, which will join that conference in 2014.
On Tuesday, the Big East added Tulane for all sports and East Carolina for football only, also beginning in 2014.
In a statement, Big East Commissioner Mike Aresco wished Louisville well and said the league's additions are important for its future.
"We are committed to a vibrant and dynamic future for the Big East Conference," Aresco said.
Two months ago, the ACC announced the addition of Notre Dame for all the conference's sports but football, with the fiercely independent Fighting Irish committing to play five ACC football opponents each season. Most of Notre Dame's non-football sports have competed in the Big East since 1995.
Louisville's addition will add some extra juice to what's already one of the nation's premier conferences for men's basketball.
Louisville, currently ranked No. 5, brings a tradition-rich program to the ACC that has won two national championships and reached its ninth Final Four last season. In addition, Rick Pitino will give the league another marquee coaching name alongside Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, North Carolina's Roy Williams and soon Jim Boeheim of Syracuse.
The school's football program is a win away from earning a BCS berth. Charlie Strong's Cardinals travel to Rutgers on Thursday night for a game in which they could clinch the Big East's BCS bid.
The ACC's decision to add Louisville is a blow for Connecticut, which had been looking for a landing spot since Pittsburgh and Syracuse announced their Big East exits. UConn President Susan Herbst had indicated that an invitation to join that ACC is something the school would welcome.
"We will be athletically successful, regardless of our conference, because of our successes in NCAA competition," Herbst said in a statement. "... I realize this is a difficult day, but when we focus on research, discovery, and student success, we'll never go wrong."


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Not So Nobel: Peace Prize-Winning President of Liberia Supports Homophobia
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's president and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, said that she supports a law that can put homosexuals in prison for a year, the U.K. newspaper the Guardian reported.
"We like ourselves just the way we are. We've got certain traditional values in our society that we would like to preserve," she told the newspaper.
Liberia is located in West Africa and bordered by Sierra Leone and Guinea.
She made her initial remarks during a joint interview with former U.K. prime minster Tony Blair, who was noticeably uncomfortable. Blair has supported LGBT issues while in office as he promoted laws that recognized civil partnerships.
When Blair was asked if "good governance and human rights went hand in hand." Blair said, "I'm not giving you an answer on it. One of the advantages of doing what I do now is I can choose the issues I get into and the issues I don't. For us, the priorities are around power, roads, jobs delivery."
Sirleaf, 73, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for her work in campaigning for women's rights. In 2006, she became Africa's first female president and was reelected last year.
"If she tried to decriminalise the [current anti-gay] law it would be political suicide," said Tiawan S Gongloe, the country's former solicitor general.
In addition to the current law, which says "voluntary sodomy" is a misdemeanor and is punishable by up to one year in prison, there are two proposed legislations that could give gay Liberians an even harsher punishment.
One of the anti-gay laws, which was created by the ex-wife of the former president Charles Taylor, could make same-sex marriage a crime and could sentence gay Liberians up to 10 years in jail.
"[Homosexuality] is a criminal offence. It is un-African," Jewel Howard Taylor told the Guardian. "It is a problem in our society. We consider deviant sexual behaviour criminal behaviour. We are just trying to strengthen our local laws. This is not an attempt to bash homosexuals."
Rep. Clarence Massaquoi introduced the other bill and says that "same-sex sexual practices" are punishable up to five years in prison, the Associated Press reported.
Liberia is one of the many countries in Africa that strongly persecutes its LGBT community. In February, Uganda's parliament reintroduced a bill that would give the death penalty to gays who are caught having consensual sex. The country's government, however, does not support the proposed bill. Last week a Ugandan gay rights group sued American anti-gay activist Scott Lively for promoting the law.
"That's about as ridiculous as it gets. I've never done anything in Uganda except preach the Gospel and speak my opinion about the homosexual issue. There's actually no grounds for litigation on this," Lively said.
Cameroon, a country in west Central Africa that is bordered by Nigeria and Chad, has also received criticism for its treatment of gays. A 2010 report from the International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHR) explained the dangers the country's LGBT community face.
"Beyond arrest, gay, lesbian, and bisexual Cameroonians are at higher risk for other problems," IGLHRC's site said. "Police and prison officers routinely abuse detainees they suspect of same-sex sexual relationships. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people may be more vulnerable to violent attacks inside and outside the home, as they often avoid reporting a crime for fear of being arrested, in turn, for homosexuality. Lesbian women can lose custody of their children and be ostracized by their families."
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BACKGROUND1. This matter was initiated by a complaint filed under title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§12131-12134, with the United States Department of Justice (Department), against the County of Franklin, Pennsylvania (County). The complainant alleges that the County has violated title II of the ADA and the Department of Justices implementing regulation, 28 C.F.R. Part 35, because the 9-1-1 emergency service provided by the County violates the Title II regulation by failing to receive and respond to calls by individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDDs) for telephone communication and, in particular, failing to adequately respond to silent/no voice contact calls.
2. The parties to this Settlement Agreement (Agreement) are the United States of America and the County of Franklin, Pennsylvania.
3. The Department of Justice is authorized under 28 C.F.R. Part 35, Subpart F, to investigate fully the allegations of the complaint in this matter to determine whether the County complied with title II of the ADA and the Justice Departments implementing regulation; issue findings; and, where appropriate, negotiate and secure voluntary compliance agreements. Furthermore, the Attorney General is authorized under 42 U.S.C. § 12133 to bring a civil action enforcing title II of the ADA should the Department of Justice fail to secure voluntary compliance pursuant to Subpart F.
4. The County of Franklin, Pennsylvania, is a public entity as defined in the Department of Justices regulation implementing title II. 28 C.F.R. § 35.104.
5. The subject of this Agreement is to ensure that individuals with disabilities are able to enjoy equal participation in the benefits of the services, programs, and activities provided by the Countys 9-1-1 emergency service.
6. In consideration of the terms of this Agreement as set forth below, the Attorney General agrees to refrain from undertaking further investigation or from filing civil suit in this matter regarding areas covered in paragraphs 7-14, except as provided in paragraphs 15 and 17.
A. Policies and Procedures
7. Within 90 days of the effective date of this Agreement, the County will:
a. Establish and maintain a working relationship with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have speech impairments, and organizations for, or on behalf of those individuals, in order to continue to evaluate the services, practices and procedures that relate to the County's 9-1-1 services.
b. Based on its ongoing evaluation, modify its current policies, practices and procedures relating to the existing 9-1-1 system, as may be required, to ensure that TDD calls for 9-1-1 services are processed effectively.
c. Query all silent, open line calls with a TDD to assess the basis for the call and to dispatch the appropriate emergency equipment and personnel. At a minimum, the Countys policies and procedures will conform to the guidelines recommended by the National Emergency Number Association for response to silent calls and hang up calls.
B. Training
8. In order to ensure the proper operation of TDD's and related equipment, as well as the effective processing of TDD calls by 9-1-1 call-takers, the County has provided, and will continue to provide, comprehensive training for every 9-1-1 call-taker, including new hires. The training includes: a) general information about title II of the ADA and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act; b) general information about communication issues regarding individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing or who have speech impairments, including general information about American Sign Language; and c) practical instruction on identifying and processing TDD calls, including the importance of using proper syntax and protocol when responding to TDD calls.
9. The County agrees to instruct its employees who are responsible for providing 9-1-1 services to comply with the applicable provisions of this Agreement.
10. The County agrees to:
a. Establish criteria and test each trainee's competency at the conclusion of the training described in paragraph 8 above;
b. Develop and implement a supplemental training plan for any 9-1-1 call-taker who does not satisfactorily complete the required training;
c. Provide a refresher training course every six months from the effective date of this Agreement in order to maintain skill level;
d. Document all training provided, including each call-taker's employee number, title and the date of the training, and provide a copy of the documentation to the Department of Justice upon request; and
e. Begin the actions specified in paragraphs 10.a, 10.b and 10.d on the effective date of this Agreement and continue these actions as indicated above.
C. Testing and Audit
11. Within 90 days of the effective date of this Agreement, the County shall, on a quarterly basis, conduct test TDD calls on each watch to each call-taking position. These tests shall be unannounced and shall be documented to include the date and time of the test, the call-taker position, identification of the call as "silent" or transmitting tones, time elapsed from the initiation of the TDD call until the 9-1-1 call-taker responds, and whether the call was processed properly and efficiently according to departmental policies and training directives. If testing reveals inadequacies in the handling of TDD calls, the County shall take immediate remedial action that may include as appropriate: additional training, equipment changes, additional policy or procedural changes, and disciplinary action. Results from each round of tests shall be summarized and sent to the Department on a semi-annual basis along with a description of any actions taken to remedy inadequacies uncovered by the tests. The quarterly testing and semi-annual audit reports shall be required for two years from the effective date of this Agreement.
D. Notification
12. Within 120 days of the effective date of this Agreement, the County agrees to publish a notice on two separate occasions in a newspaper of general circulation serving the population serving by the Countys 9-1-1 system . This notice will inform members of the public about provisions of title II of the ADA, its applicability to the County's 9-1-1 services, and the County's efforts to comply with ADA requirements.
13. The County agrees to provide a copy of the notice to any person or entity upon request.
E. Progress Report
14. Within 160 days of the effective date of this Agreement, the County will submit a report to the Department of Justice detailing the actions it has taken to comply with the preceding provisions. This report will include copies of any policies and procedures modified pursuant this Agreement and copies of notices published in newspapers.
15. The Department may review compliance with this Agreement at any time. If the Department believes that the County has failed to comply in a timely manner with any requirement of this Agreement without obtaining sufficient advance written agreement with the Department for a modification of the relevant terms, the Department will so notify the County in writing and it will attempt to resolve the issue or issues in good faith. If the Department is unable to reach a satisfactory resolution of the issue or issues raised within 30 days of the date it provides notice to the County, it may institute a civil action in federal district court to enforce the terms of this Agreement, or it may initiate appropriate steps to enforce title II and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
16. For purposes of the immediately preceding paragraph, it is a violation of this Agreement for the County to fail to comply in a timely manner with any of its requirements without obtaining sufficient advance written agreement with the Department for an extension of the relevant time frame imposed by the Agreement.
17. Failure by the Department to enforce this entire Agreement or any provision thereof with regard to any deadline or any other provision herein shall not be construed as a waiver of the Department's right to enforce other deadlines and provisions of this Agreement.
18. This Agreement is a public document. A copy of this document or any information contained in it may be made available to any person by the County or the Department upon request.
19. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties on the matters raised herein, and no other statement, promise, or agreement, either written or oral, made by either party or agents of either party, that is not contained in this written Agreement, shall be enforceable. This Agreement does not purport to remedy any other potential violations of the ADA or any other Federal law. This Agreement does not affect the County's continuing responsibility to comply with all aspects of the ADA.
20. This Agreement will remain in effect for three years from the effective date of this Agreement, or until the parties agree that full compliance with this Agreement by the County has been achieved, whichever comes later.
21. The effective date of this Agreement is the date of the last signature below.
22. The person signing for the County of Franklin, Pennsylvania, represents that he is authorized to bind the County to this Agreement.
The County of Franklin, Pennsylvania: FOR THE UNITED STATES:
Jerry Flasher, Director
The County of Franklin, Pennsylvania
157 Lincoln Way East, Courthouse
Chambersberg, PA 17202-2211
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JOHN L. WODATCH, Chief
MARY LOU MOBLEY, Acting Deputy Chief
JOSH MENDELSOHN, Supervising Attorney
PAULA N. RUBIN, Investigator
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Washington , DC 20035-6738
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In this video I summed up the best things to do in Kyrgyzstan for you based on my 2 week lasting trip to Tian Shan mountains in the west of the country.
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I spent more than 2 weeks in Kyrgyzstan working together with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the local tourism board to show you an interesting mix of the best things to do in Kyrgyzstan from outdoor adventures and cultural insights to overwhelming food experiences.
Beside checking out the local attractions I got the chance to stay like a local in a yurt camp, went hiking with locals and horse trekking like a true nomad ;)
Even though I spent quite some time in the country I could only focus on the western part and couldn't go as deep into the mountains as I wanted to as the infrastructure isn't as developed yet.
This trip was executed within 15 days - following I list all the places I visited & Things to do in Kyrgyzstan:
- Alamuu Yurt Camp
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- Dungan family dinner
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- Boz Uchuk lake & Boz Uchuk trek
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- local nomad camps
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Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, borders Central Asia's Tian Shan range. It's a gateway to the Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountains and Ala Archa National Park, with glaciers and wildlife trails.
The city's arts scene encompasses the monumental State Museum of Fine Arts and the colonnaded Opera and Ballet Theater. The vast, central Ala-Too Square features the Manas monument, honoring the hero of the Kyrgyz Epic of Manas.
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Kyrgyzstan is a rugged Central Asian country along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean.
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Few cities we've visited compare to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. At first glance, the city may not seem to have a lot to offer travelers; however, for those who linger find out Bishkek (Бишкек) has some fascinating attractions, top notch International food and cafes, tantalizing traditional Kyrgyz cuisine, relaxing parks, imposing monuments and plenty of quirky charms that will keep you coming back for more from the capital city of Kyrgyzstan (Кыргызстан - Киргизия)
In our Bishkek city guide we cover some of the best restaurants, museums, parks and attractions in the city as well as nightlife and other attractions and activities.
15 things to do in Bishkek City Guide:
1) Ala-Too Square (Ала-тоо аянты - Площадь Ала-Тоо)
2) State Historical Museum
3) Osh Bazaar (Ош базары)
4) Abandoned Casino
5) Victory Monument
6) Erkindik Park and eating gourmet ice cream
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10) Bishkek Cafes
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Greetings from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan! Hello from Central Asia. It is our first time here and we are going to be spending a few days here in the capital. So we're going to take you on a little tour and show you fifteen things to do around Bishkek.
First up, we visited Ala-Too Square, which is the central plaza in Bishkek. While there isn't much to do here, it's one of the city's major landmarks, plus they also have lots of benches and water fountains where you can take a quick break. From there, we crossed the street and made our way over to the State Historical Museum.
Another place you'll want to visit in Bishkek is the Osh Bazaar. It may not be the biggest in Central Asia, but it's a bustling maze where you could easily spend a few hours. We had no problems at the market, but we were warned by several locals to ignore the fake police who may ask to see documents and camera permits. So keep that in mind if you encounter them!
It is shopping time. Next up we're at the Osh bazaar and you can find everything here. We're seen fresh produce, snacks, chocolates, clothes. Right behind me we have an entire aisle dedicated to dry cheese balls.
Directly across from the abandoned casino, you'll find Victory monument which was built to commemorate the 40th anniversary of World War 2. The three curved arcs represent a yurt, and the sculpture of a woman standing near the eternal flame is meant to symbolize her waiting for her husband and sons to return from the war.
We missed the start of opera and ballet season by just a few days, however, if you're in the city at the right time.
And if you're craving a short escape from Bishkek, you can always plan a day hike to the nearby mountains with the Trekking Union.
As far as food goes, there's plenty to sample ranging from grilled meats to dumplings, and noodles to mixed rice, plus there was one drink that really left an impression on us.
With our time in Bishkek winding down, we made a visit to Oak Park which is full of sculptures, and then we also visited nearby Panfilov Park.
And that's a wrap for our trip to Bishkek. As you can probably tell from this video, this city is the kind of place that you experience as opposed to ticking off attractions, so it ended up being a fairly relaxing trip after a few busy weeks of travel around Kyrgyzstan. As always, if you have any suggestions of things to do in Bishkek, feel free to share your tips with fellow travellers in the comments section below. See you next time!
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"We believe investors should rejoice," Needham analyst Kerry Rice told clients in a note.
The report was widely expected to reaffirm Google's strong momentum in the online ad market. But the decision to sell Motorola lifted investor sentiment even higher for a key reason: Google was dumping a struggling business.
"Google's revenue growth and margin structure should accelerate and increase with the weight of Motorola Mobility lifted from the financials," Rice of Needham also wrote. "Importantly, we believe Google should retain the vast majority of Motorola Mobility's patents. Ultimately, we believe the acquisition of Motorola by Google was a successful defensive play to ward off patent litigation by its primary competitors."
Google bought Motorola Mobility in 2012 for $12.5 billion, a move touted as a way for the tech giant to build more intellectual-property muscle in the mobile market where rivals led by Apple Inc. have become more aggressive in using patents to go after competitors.
But Google also ended up inheriting a hardware business that became a drag on its financials. While getting rid of Motorola was generally seen as a smart move, it also suggested that Google's penchant for making big bets can also lead to missteps.
""While we understand that Google is focused on 'big bets' as per the CEO, we see the Motorola acquisition as a big bet gone wrong," BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis told clients in a note. "Google seems to be locked into a trend of 'buy high, sell low.'"
He cited Google's recent acquisition of Nest Labs for $3.2 billion, which Gillis said was over 10 times the reported Nest revenue of $300 million."
Google is expected to shed more light on the decision to sell Motorola when it reports results. Analysts generally expect the Google report to reaffirm its strong momentum in the online ad market, although pricing in the search ads will probably continue to be a source of worry for Wall Street.
Analysts polled by FactSet on average expect the Mountain View, Calif.-based company to post a fourth-quarter profit of $12.22 a share, on revenue of $13.55 billion. For the year-earlier period, Google reported a profit of $10.65 a share, on revenue of $11.34 billion.
Pricing has been an issue in the past quarters, but Google's solid gains in the online-advertising market have led to upbeat expectations.
In fact, Google blew past Wall Street estimates in October, sparking a stock rally, even though it disappointed analysts on a key business metric called cost-per-click, the prices paid for Google ads.
Rice of Needham estimates an 8% year-over-year decline in cost-per-click rates, mainly because of the rapid growth of mobile ads and of Google's international business. But this could also be offset by a jump in the actual number of clicks on Google ads.
"We believe upside could be driven by paid click volume," Rice wrote. In fact, he said Yahoo's US:YHOO upbeat results for its search business is "a positive read-through for Google."
Google also got a lift from the holiday shopping season, said RBC Capital's Mark Mahaney.
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Flashbacks from a Navy veteran and Cohasset Annex workers
Early last year I met Russell Phipps of Hopkinton at the town's monthly veteran's breakfast. I asked him if he had any good war stories since I'm a military history buff and write articles for the Wompatuck News and occasionally the Patriot Ledger.
He entertained me for about an hour with events that relate to the park's former history as an ammunition depot (Cohasset Annex) plus bizarre happenings he witnessed while on active duty for the U.S. Navy. I also shared with him a few of my own stories picked up from former Annex workers who served in World War II and the Korean War.
Phipps served on the destroyer USS Warrington from 1963 to 1967 as a sonar man. He saw action off the coast of Vietnam and hunted Soviet subs in the North Atlantic.
Most of the ordnance on his ship was the type that was produced, serviced and stored at the Cohasset Annex before it closed in 1962. Most notably were the ASROCs (anti-submarine rocket) and the torpedoes.
"I witnessed one embarrassing accident with the ASROC missile I'll never forget," said Phipps. "During maneuvers off the Virginia coast in 1967 we fired an ASROC toward one of our subs that was suppose to track the performance and accuracy of the missile.
"In a normal run, the missile's engine shuts off at a certain altitude and a parachute deploys carrying it softly to the ocean. If it is nuclear, it acts like a depthcharge; if it is conventional, it acts like a torpedo.
"This one had a dummy warhead and the sub was the target. We never used the nuclear version.
"Well, it turns out the steering chute to the missile didn't deploy. Murphy's Law kicks in and the ASROC smashes smack dab into the sub's deck. It stuck out like a harpoon in Moby Dick. We all said: 'Holy sh*t!'
"Needless to say, the captain went ballistic. I wish the ASROC did. What could we do? It was an equipment failure. There were a lot red faces that day...some with laughter and some with 'o-o-ps.'
"The other ASROC incident took place off the coast of Vietnam in 1967. We fired the missile at the Viet Cong infiltrating south. The missile is designed for water use only, but our captain used it like an artillery piece. Somewhat unorthodox but it did have a 300-pound warhead. We only fired one. But, war is war and we ruined somebody's parade...literally.
"I saw a lot of action off Vietnam. It was wild, crazy, bizarre and tragic. Here's one. While cruising off Dong Hoi in North Vietnam, we picked up on radar two enemy Migs flying south. They were after one of our small, propeller-driven artillery spotter planes. We radioed to the pilot that two Migs were after him and to take evasive cover.
"He ends up hiding behind a mountain ridge and waited for the two jet fighters to pass. When they did, he shot one down with one of his missiles. The other one took off and vanished.
"Can you imagine that? A small Cessna cruising under one hundred miles per hour shoots down a supersonic fighter flying near the speed of sound. We called those spotter planes 'Bird Dogs.'
"The two torpedo incidents occurred off the Atlantic coast.
"The first took place near Virginia in 1963. We fired a live Mark 25 torpedo during maneuvers and the thing turned around and headed right for us. The captain yelled out, 'Hard right rudder!' We dodged it. Thank God.
"The second incident happened off of Newport, Rhode Island in 1964. During a torpedo exercise one of the crewman accidentally loaded a live Mark 44 torpedo in the tube. But, luckily the arming wires weren't attached. So when the torpedo hit the Navy target sub...nothing happened. There was a big court-martial after that. However, the crewman had a good lawyer and got off free.
"Other than exercises, our Atlantic duty consisted of hunting down Soviet subs off our coast. My job was to ping them with the sonar until they couldn't stand it anymore and make them shoot to the surface. Then, they would take off back home.
"The most comical event happened while docked down in Newport, Rhode Island. For a sailor, rags on board were prized items. We used them a lot because our jobs were invariably messy. This seaman hoarded them by secretly stashing a bunch in our empty torpedo tube. Destroyers usually had torpedo mounts. That day the captain decided to do a pressure test on that tube. When the tube blew at 600 pounds of pressure, the big ball of rags shot out and smashed into the ensign's shiny, new MG sports car parked on the dock. You should have seen the dent in the door! That officer was ticked!!
"The last incident I can remember was in 1963. A fishing vessel trolling in restricted waters off Norfolk, Virginia caught its net on one of our subs. The sub dove and sank the vessel. The crew was rescued by the sub and nobody was hurt except the fishermen's feelings."
Most of the Annex stories I told Phipps were humorous and, yes - off-the-wall, or plain bizarre. Here's just a few.
I'll start with the late Sam Amonte (Navy veteran). He was a brakeman for the ammunition depot in the early 1950s. He would flag down traffic at 3A when the ammo train crossed, hook-up trains and operate the switches. He said the funniest incident at the depot was when he and his buddies stole a hot stove from a warehouse. They loaded it on a flatcar and hauled it away to their train shed. He said it was quite a sight to see the train flying down the tracks at night with sparks flying out of the burning stove in the middle of all these buildings full of live ammo. After his depot job he served as a Hingham policeman for 36 years. Maybe he had a guilty conscience.
Donald Guilfoyle (Army veteran) supervised the Transportation Department at the Annex in the 1950s. His most comical memory of his federal career occurred at the Boston Navy Yard during an Open House. While a Cub Scout troop was touring one of the Navy subs, an overweight Den Mother got herself stuck in one of the hatches and had to be rescued by the fire department. Chance would have it; she was his next-door neighbor.
The Annex worker with the most unforgettable stories was the late Leo Parenti. In World War II he drove an ammunition truck for the 26th Yankee Division. During the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944, he would heat up cans of beans on the manifold of his truck for a hot meal. During one convoy mission one exploded. He thought he was being ambushed and dove for cover. He didn't get a Purple Heart, just a messy truck. After the war ended, Leo worked for the Transportation Department at the depot and later the park.
The next story isn't funny but a near-miss episode. Bill Handrahan served with the Army Air Force in World War II. While stationed in Europe on leave in Britain, he and his GI buddies decided to wet their whistles at the nearest pub. After a night of whooping it up, 'Bloody Yank' style, they called it a night and headed back to the barracks. No sooner than they were five minutes down the road when a German V-1 buzz bomb flies over their heads and blows the pub to smithereens. I told Bill that God was looking after him. He replied, "Tell that to the bartender." Handrahan served as an inspector while at the depot.
Another near-miss episode befell the late Dave Sturgis. Dave was a Marine communications grunt during the Korean War. While laying cable with the South Korean Army, he noticed they all started to run the other way. Then they started yelling at him in Korean. It turns out he was walking on a minefield. Luckily, it was winter and the field was frozen. Sturgis gingerly tiptoed out of there. After the war Sturgis served as a Marine guard at the depot.
The following two stories come from Guido Guaraldi who was a forklift operator at the depot. During World War II, Guaraldi served in Europe as an Army infantryman and was wounded three times. While bivouacked during rest and recovery, the Army engineers rigged up showers for the troops. As the GIs were washing away their battle dirt, a German ME-262 jet fighter swoops down and drops what looks to be a bomb. The nude soldiers scattered through out the German village to take cover. But the bomb was just an empty fuel tank. Nothing happened except the villagers got an eye-full and laugh from all these naked American soldiers darting to and fro.
He said the funniest incident at the depot took place in the 1950s. The Navy told two workers to clean out an old vault in the side of a hill and use it as an office. Much to their macabre surprise they found a dead body in it. Apparently, the vault was once part of the Hingham Poor Farm Cemetery.
For a highway double take tale, Ron Meade provided an amusing one. He was the truck driver who transported the nuclear ASROC from Quonset Point, Rhode Island to the Annex. The convoy consisted of six vehicles protected by Marine guards and supervised by a warrant officer. The speed was limited to 35 miles per hour. Once, a rookie police officer stopped the convoy because it was going so slow. Little did he realize it was on a secret mission to pick up a nuclear weapon. After a top brass complaint, the cop was later set straight by his chief.
The final story relates to my past next-door neighbor in Rockland, the late Clarence "Rebel" Vaughan. He supervised the nuclear ASROC bunker N9. Like a lot of ex-Marines, Rebel loved his tea...and I don't mean Tetley. After work at the Annex he would regularly have a few rounds at the Central Club in Rockland. He always walked there through the St. Patrick's Cemetery across from his house. One night he did not come home. The neighbors freaked out and called the cops to find him. Turns out, he fell into a freshly dug grave and passed out. The cops found him the next morning with a "Schlitz" smile on his face. He was okay and resumed his duty the next day overseeing the ASROC nuclear depthcharge bunker at the Annex without a hitch. Rebel ended up dying for real on a golf course he loved in 1983. Called "Rebel" due to his Southern roots, you couldn't find a better neighbor.
Jim Rose is news editor and historian of the Friends of Wompatuck State Park. READ MORE of his columns.


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Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer (Shailene Woodley) is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator (Ben Mendelsohn) to help profile and track down a disturbed individual terrorizing the city.
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Revenge is best served raw. A road rage incident causes two extremely stressed individuals to become obsessed with getting even in Beef, a comedic drama series starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong. The war begins in the trailer, added by rakshasa! Beef premieres April 6 on Netflix.
Revenge is best served raw. Watch the official trailer for BEEF, an upcoming Netflix series starring Steven Yeun and Ali Wong. BEEF premieres April 6, only on Netflix.
Dark forces are coming. Witness worlds collide in a mind-bending teaser for Disney's American Born Chinese, added by rakshasa! The action series stars Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu of Everything Everywhere All At Once, and will arrive May 24 on Disney+.
Worlds will collide. See Oscar-nominated Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu in American Born Chinese, an Original series, streaming May 24 only on Disney Plus.
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TAN is never gonna give you up. Watch them declare their devotion in the "Fix You" music video, added by Stelenavamp!
What's trying to kill them this time? Pretty much everything. Check out a dangerous new international trailer for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, added by rakshasa! The film stars Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Sophia Lillis, Justice Smith and Regé-Jean Page, and premieres March 31.
5 thieves, 5 questions, so many creatures. Watch the new Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves trailer now and see the movie only in theatres March 31
Who will defy the AI? Meet a nun devoted to destroying an artificial intelligence that's taking over the world in a trailer for Mrs. Davis, added by rakshasa! Mrs. Davis stars Betty Gilpin, Jake McDorman, Andy McQueen, Chris Diamantopoulos, Tom Wlaschiha and Elizabeth Marvel, and premieres April 20 on Peacock.
Mrs. Davis is streaming April 20th on Peacock. "Mrs. Davis" is the world's most powerful Artificial Intelligence. Simone is the nun devoted to destroying Her. Who ya got?
Give them the powers, or they will annihilate everything. Watch the young heroes face off with the ancient Daughters of Atlas in a new Shazam! Fury of the Gods international trailer, added by rakshasa! Shazam! Fury of the Gods stars Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren, and premieres March 17.
Oh My Gods! Watch the new trailer of Shazam! Fury Of The Gods. 🔥
Charlie's children are coming. Strange things begin happening to a couple making a movie about a notorious killer in The Resurrection of Charles Manson. Check out the chilling trailer, added by rakshasa! The film stars Frank Grillo, Jaime King, Sarah Dumont, Josh Plasse and Will Peltz, and premieres May 25.
The Resurrection of Charles Manson follows a young couple hoping to create an aesthetically pleasing audition tape for an up-and-coming Charles Manson film. But when the couple chooses an eclectic desert Airbnb as the perfect backdrop...
Life is an eternal cycle. Watch it all flash by in ONEW's "Circle" music video, added by Stelenavamp!
Something magical is about to become part of our world. Watch and you'll see The Little Mermaid come to life in a breathtaking trailer for Disney's live-action remake, added by mjlover4lifs! The Little Mermaid stars Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Jacob Tremblay and Melissa McCarthy, and premieres May 26.
Watch and you'll see, some day I'll be, part of your world! Watch the new trailer for #TheLittleMermaid and see the movie in theaters May 26!
How did Clare get so far from the person she wanted to be? An unhappy writer reflects on her own messy life as she prepares for a career as an advice columnist in Hulu's Tiny Beautiful Things. Check out the trailer, added by rakshasa! Tiny Beautiful Things premieres April 7 on Hulu.
Based on the best-selling collection by Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things follows Clare (Kathryn Hahn) a writer who becomes a revered advice columnist while her own life is falling apart.
This song is for the moon, and the sun, and for you. Watch Kim Hyun-joong shine in the lovely "My Sun" music video, added by Stelenavamp!
This needs to stop right now. A student becomes obsessed with exposing his instructor's darkest secrets in The Tutor, a mysterious thriller starring Garrett Hedlund, Noah Schnapp and Victoria Justice. Check out the trailer, added by DarkSarcasm! The Tutor premieres March 24.
An in-demand tutor is assigned to instruct a billionaire's son from their New York waterfront estate. But what should be a straightforward job is complicated by the student's disturbing obsession with him, threatening to expose his darkest secrets.


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Enlace: http://www.xda-developers.com/android/step-by-step-tutorial-on-how-to-compile-kernels-from-source/
Not too long ago, we brought you news of a basic kernel kitchen that gave users the opportunity to apply a few very minor modifications to kernels. The next logical step is, of course, compiling a kernel from source.
There are many tutorials out there on how to do this. Most are the very basics in kernel compiling and are usually for a specific device or OEM (i.e. HTC kernels). It is a little more difficult to find a tutorial that's more general without being too vague. This is a niche that XDA Senior Member thewadegeek is looking to fill with a comprehensive tutorial on building a kernel from source.
The tutorial itself is pretty complicated. Users will have to install Ubuntu if they haven't already, and acquire a good number of packages to make everything work properly. It is highly likely that Google Searching will be required for those who aren't experienced with Linux or kernel development already. After the build environment portion, users will learn how to prepare the source, modify kernels and build kernels. Unlike some other tutorials, this method prepares users not just for making a kernel on one device, but rather for multiple kernels for many devices. For anyone looking to be a kernel developer, it's a must read.
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Etihad Airways: Outside Investment Needed For EU Carriers
Abu Dhabi's state-owned airline Etihad Airways wants to engage with Europe for mutual gain, according to the airline's president and CEO, James Hogan.
Speaking recently in Vienna at a European Union conference on air transport competitiveness in Europe, Mr. Hogan said aviation was a global, not regional, industry, generating strong economic and social benefits.
Outside investment essential
He urged Europe's governments and airlines to embrace external investment to help strengthen the aviation sector. "Consolidation of airlines is critical to sustainable air services… External investment is not a threat but an opportunity to strengthen airlines, and to support employment and economic growth," Mr Hogan said.
Etihad Airways has acquired minority stakes in three European airlines – airberlin (29.2 percent), Aer Lingus (4.99 percent) and Air Serbia (49 percent). The airline is finalizing the acquisition of a 33.3 percent stake in the Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline, which operates as Etihad Regional. Etihad Airways has also announced its intention to acquire a 49 percent stake in Italy's Alitalia, subject to regulatory approval.
Mr. Hogan said Middle Eastern airlines were coming under increasing scrutiny in Europe, as opponents cited the expansion of Gulf carriers as a major competitive threat. He said Etihad Airways, in particular, had become a major focus of larger competitors who feared and opposed its investment strategy.
"Etihad Airways is wholly-owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi. We received start-up capital, like every airline does, but we receive no state subsidies, no free fuel and no reduced airport charges in the United Arab Emirates," he said.
"Gulf carriers are not the cause of Europe's aviation challenges"
Mr. Hogan said the European airline industry was built upon decades of government ownership and support, and that even after privatisation or part-privatisation, government bailouts, debt waivers and various forms of subsidies had continued.
He cited examples of direct state aid totalling 14.2 billion euros, including an 800 million euros payment by the German Government to Lufthansa to support a pension fund gap, state aid of 1.1 billion euros for SWISS following the collapse of its predecessor, Swissair, and the Austrian Government's absorption of 500 million euros of debt accrued by Austrian Airlines. Both airlines are now subsidiaries of Lufthansa.
"Gulf carriers are not the cause of Europe's aviation challenges," Mr. Hogan said, adding that the industry was already facing serious problems decades before Etihad Airways was established in 2003.
European industry's biggest problems
He said the biggest problems facing the European industry were long-standing issues including congestion from under-investment in airports and airspace management, high operating costs at traditional hub airports, high labor costs and inconsistent and inequitable taxes levied on airlines and passengers.
The rapid and broad growth of low cost airlines has also impacted heavily on legacy airlines, causing a major shift of intra-Europe traffic to budget operators and losses by legacy carriers on short and medium-haul routes.
In 2013, the 10 member carriers of the European Low Fares Airline Association operated 915 aircraft and carried 216 million passengers, or 43 percent of all scheduled intra-Europe air traffic.
Mr Hogan said consolidation had created three major European airline blocs – the Lufthansa Group, which, in addition to its SWISS and Austrian subsidiaries, owns Germanwings, holds major stakes in Brussels Airlines and SunExpress and a minority share in the US carrier JetBlue; International Aviation Group (IAG), which owns British Airways, Iberia and Vueling; and Air France KLM, which has equity in Alitalia, Transavia, Martinair and foreign carriers including Kenya Airways and the Brazilian airline GOL.
"We understand and respect the fact that European airlines have their own business models, and we understand and work within the rules of Europe," Mr. Hogan said. "We have a different business model to suit our different requirements.
"To grow, we need scale. We cannot match the size of long-established competitors, including other Gulf carriers, so we have developed a strategy of growth through partnership," he said.
"Etihad Airways wants to engage with Europe"
Mr. Hogan said the investments by Etihad Airways strengthened partner airlines, preserved and created jobs, and maintained air services, delivering benefits to consumers, local and national economies, as well as major suppliers such as Airbus Industrie.
Without Etihad Airways' stakes, Mr. Hogan said there would be a loss of financial investment and synergy benefits for airberlin, Aer Lingus, Air Serbia and Darwin Airline, and loss of a "rescue investor" for Alitalia, costing thousands of jobs and leading to air route closures, flight reductions, higher fares and lost tax revenue for European governments. Some carriers could even fail, causing much greater social problems. "There are strong economic and social benefits from stable and connected airlines," Mr Hogan said.
"Etihad Airways wants to engage with Europe," he concluded.


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What do you do when good friends buy an arrestingly ugly house in one of the most spectacular--and visible--spots on Long Island? Stage a rescue, of course. Make the house what it always should have been.
This project came into my life as a barracks-style shed, covered for as long as anyone could remember in a thick coat of battleship-gray paint. It had more in common with the commercial buildings on the highway in Southampton than the pretty shingle architecture of the village. The interior was "darker'n a black steer's tuchus on a moonless prairie night," to quote a line from one of my favorite films, The Big Lebowski. There was nowhere to go but up.
Here was the chance for a fresh start. The owners were friends of mine, young newlyweds, and I wanted the transformation of their beach house to be like a wedding present. It had to have more than just nice things and unsurpassable views--it had to have romance. It had to live up to its site.
THE RENOVATION I collaborated with my friend Will Meyer, a designer who's basically a modernist but knows how to make traditional elements cool. Modern outside and in would have been too much of a one-liner. Our idea was that we would redo the exterior to make the house appear to be a snug 19th-century whaling captain's cottage, clad in shingles.
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But the inside would have the unexpected character of a modern Scandinavian cabin. So from the beach, the house would look as if it had always been there. Open the door, though, and it's full of surprises. The couple's favorite surprise is the ingenious ladder in a hidden closet that leads to the widow's walk we designed. It has alternating walnut treads and is as exquisitely detailed as any sailboat I've ever seen. When you open that closet door and see those stairs, you have to climb them.
We opened the house up with more and bigger windows. After all, the best part of living at the beach is the sensory stuff--the views, the changing light, the sound of the ocean.
Wherever we could, we created beauty by contrast, like juxtaposing a white Corian staircase wall and glass stair rail with the rustic architecture. We wanted a material as opposite as possible from the whitewashed pine. We also wanted to give you a view of the ocean as soon as you start up the stairs, rather than a slow reveal through banister pickets. The glass has a slight tint, so you notice it. I didn't want it to be invisible.
THE INTERIOR DESIGN I began by asking myself, "Where have I seen the kinds of rooms I want this to feel like?" The answer that kept coming back to me was Sweden. I've always loved the Swedish design sensibility, that sense of lightness in their rooms--their interiors feel young. And I'm drawn to the beautiful contradictions: antiques that look modern, and exotic fabrics that are modern but look antique and handmade.
The intersection of modern and handmade is something they do in Sweden better than anywhere else. That aesthetic felt right for my friends' getaway at the beach. I would mingle all these elements with the architecture of Long Island, giving them the best of all possible worlds: Sweden on a Yankee beach.
Summer may be the main event here, but the fact that this house is used all year actually made it easier to decorate. I didn't have to hold back and keep everything in white slipcovers. There had to be some luxury, making it worth the drive from Manhattan on a February night to be cozy in the snow. This justified gutsy and sensual elements, like the massive and vaguely Swiss fireplace and an apron of black marble under the Corian kitchen island. The marble is the kitchen surprise. I tried to maintain a strong contrast between very humble and very fine materials throughout the house.
We cast a wide net when we shopped. My friends were modern art collectors, but not furniture collectors. I wanted them to think in terms of a whole environment. We found a Frits Henningsen easy chair in Paris at Galerie du Passage. I love that chair so much, I'd rather watch it than the TV. This masterful piece of sculpture in wood and leather would elevate any room, but it's especially exciting to encounter it here, so unpredictably, with sand between your toes. There's also some Charlotte Perriand and George Nakashima furniture, and there are heavier, richer, more sophisticated fabrics and rugs than you would usually find in a summer house.
THE RESULT A great client knows that sometimes you've just got to go for it. When you work for your friends, you're making a portrait of someone you already know, but also of who they can be. I wanted them to have the best, but also to be able to relax.
Will and I knew there was a great house asleep in there. I'm pretty certain we woke it up, because it's one of the only places I've ever designed that I want to live in myself. I think it deserves that glorious spot on the beach now.


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Roughly eight years ago, Cory Butner negotiated time off work to pursue his dream.
An open tryout for the Ducks would launch his professional hockey career, he hoped.
Several months later, it was the Grand Terrace native's dream to play in the NFL for which he was granted time off in an attempt to crack the San Diego Chargers roster.
"He came to me a third time and, inside, I was laughing to myself," said Kory Myers, Butner's supervisor of five years at Southern California Edison. "This time he wanted to try out for the U.S. bobsled team, said it was his dream to be a brakeman.
"It was one dream plus one dream plus one dream. But talking about it now just gives me goosebumps because of how proud I am of what he's done."
There wasn't a fourth time.
Butner quit his day job two years ago. The 32-year-old from Yucaipa has spent the last seven years relentlessly propelling himself to the Sochi Winter Olympics, where he will pilot a United States two-man bobsled on Sunday.
Butner's journey from hydraulic pump test man to fifth-ranked bobsled driver in the world could culminate with a spot on the Olympic podium.
"It was seven years of sacrifice and hard work to make it," Butner said. "Being on this team is a dream come true."
Butner, born in Riverside and currently living in Yucaipa, wasn't even a collegiate athlete at UC-Riverside — he was a basketball player and high jumper at Colton High School — but completed his transformation from 6-foot-1, 165 pounds to 6-2, 230 shortly before graduating college in 2005.
It was Butner's sister who flirted with trying out for the U.S. bobsled team following her career as a volleyball player at UCR. Her brother liked the idea, innocently filed an online application and was invited to Lake Placid, N.Y., for a tryout.
"It was a random series of events that turned into something big," Butner said. "After my first run, I thought 'This is the dumbest sport ever.' You've got all these (g-forces) pulling on you and you get down to the end of the track and you're out of breath. But once I got over that and it got competitive and I could focus on a race site, it gets really complicated."
The complications are half of what drew the interest of Butner, who graduated from UC Riverside with a degree in statistics. His ability to study the all-important numbers each run produced is much of what Butner credited for his lofty status as the pilot for USA No. 2.
That and a love for speed born of his motorcycle.
Butner made the U.S. bobsled team as a push athlete after his tryout in 2007, but it wasn't quite that simple.
He spent the next three years timing his work schedule down to the minute in order to squeeze in necessary training. Three days a week he was in the gym for three hours. The other two days he was speed training in Irvine. Their Yucaipa neighbors grew accustomed to Jim Butner, Cory's father, cruising by in his Chevy Cobalt — propelled by his son pushing on the bumper.
But it wasn't long before Butner realized an even higher level of dedication was required to reach the elite status he desired. The next step demanded he spend six months a year training in Lake Placid.
"I think it was a fairly easy decision for Cory because he wasn't just on the cusp. He was able to compete with these guys racing on the highest level," Jim Butner said. "Plus, he just wanted it so bad."
Butner made the intensive switch from pusher to driver and his first season in Lake Placid landed him the 2009 U.S. Bobsled Federation Rookie of the Year award.
The 2010 Vancouver Olympics were within his reach, but an ill-timed knee injury contributed to Butner's exclusion from the U.S. team by the narrowest of margins. Had alternates existed, he would have been one as his status remained in limbo until the opening ceremony in Vancouver.
Coming that close only fueled Butner's desire.
Two years ago, he left behind a job paying him nearly six figures to train year round. He moved back in with his parents and sold his motorcycle. He trained in Lake Placid most of the year and consequently graduated from the North American bobsled tour to the elite World Cup tour, where he has won two silver medals and two bronze medals against the same caliber of competition he'll see in Sochi.
"Deciding to bobsled full-time was the best decision I've ever made," Butner said. "No doubts. No regrets."
Butner finally has reached the lofty athletic status he sought his entire life.
Fame and fortune weren't the goals. The financial sacrifices were humbling as Butner, his family and friends scrambled to fund his bobsled tours.
His fame will peak over the next few days as he chases his dream at 90 miles per hour down the track at the Sanki Sliding Center in Russia.
"This might be my only chance," Butner said, "to prove to the world how good I am."


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SRP to Double Elster EnergyAxis Smart Grid Solution Deployment
Phoenix's Salt River Project (SRP), the third-largest public-power utility in the United States, expanded in May 2010 to 1 million Smart Meters as part of its Smart Grid project.
With the use of DOE Smart Grid Investment Grant funds and matching, SRP is doubling its deployment of the Elster EnergyAxis Smart Grid Solution by adding 500,000 Smart Meters to the current installed base over the next three years. This will improve SRP's sophisticated time-of-use (TOU) pricing and award-winning customer service, eliminate thousands of truck rolls, and improve energy management for both customers and the utility.
EnergyAxis enables SRP customers to monitor and manage their energy consumption based on preselected TOU rates. The utility has seen a 20% increase in voluntary TOU rate program participation with Smart Meter installations, as consumers gain access to TOU data via the SRP web portal or e-mail notifications.
Elster is one of the world's largest electricity, gas, and water measurement and control providers. Its offerings include distribution monitoring and control, advanced smart metering, demand response, networking and software solutions, and numerous related communications and services—all of which make possible consumer choice, operational efficiency, and conservation. Its products and solutions are widely used by utilities in the traditional and emerging Smart Grid markets.
Elster has one of the most extensive installed revenue measurement bases in the world, with more than 200 million metering devices deployed over the course of the last ten years. It sells its products and services in more than 130 countries across electricity, gas, water and multiutility applications for residential, commercial and industrial, and transmission and distribution applications.
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For more information about SRP, go to www.srpnet.com.
For more information about Elster, visit www.elster.com.
The First Increase in Criteria for Energy Star Water Heaters
This fall, the Energy Star program will increase the minimum energy factor (EF) for gas storage water heaters from 0.62 to 0.67. Water heaters that meet the higher minimum offer homeowners significant savings in gas consumption, even when compared to today's 0.62 EF models, and provide up to 14% percent greater savings than conventional gas models. Gas storage heaters with a 0.62 EF consume 242 therms per year. According to Energy Star calculations, 0.67 EF models consume only 224 therms per year, saving 7.3% more than 0.62 models.
"Water heaters became eligible for the Energy Star label in January 2009 with a minimum efficiency of 0.62, which the Department of Energy felt was a good base to set for energy-efficient water heaters," said Kara Rodgers, senior program manager for the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) and spokesperson for the Coalition for Energy Star Water Heaters. "This is the first planned increase to 0.67, which should provide a consumer significant energy savings over time."
Several gas storage heaters with a 0.67 EF are currently available, including many new products recently developed in preparation for the upcoming change. There are also a number of other water heater models that carry the Energy Star label, including electric heat pump, solar-thermal, and tankless units. Sponsors of the Coalition for Energy Star Water Heaters—A.O. Smith, Bradford White, and Rheem and Rinnai—offer many of these models.
Plumbers can check with their distributors and local utilities on the availability of new 0.67 EF gas storage models and rebate offers in their area.
"Coalition For Energy Star Water Heaters" is the name of a national awareness and education campaign managed and conducted by CEE, an award-winning consortium of efficiency program administrators from the United States and Canada. CEE unifies program approaches across jurisdictions to increase the impact of communications between fragmented markets. By joining forces at CEE, individual electric and gas efficiency programs are able to partner not only with each other but also with other industries, trade associations, and government agencies. Working together, administrators leverage the effect of their ratepayer funding, exchange information on successful practices, and by doing so, achieve greater energy efficiency for the public good.
For more information:
For more information on local utility rebates and other water-heating efficiency news, go to www.eswaterheaters.org.
For more information on CEE, go to www.cee1.org.
Federally Funded Jobs Training Program Puts Felons to Work
Since receiving $440,803 from the federal government's stimulus funds via the New York State Department of Labor, Episcopal Social Services has begun a program to provide green job training and job placement to individuals who have recently been released from New York State's penitentiary system. The training programs, provided by the Network Therapeutic Reentry/Green Collar Training Program, will teach released felons green job skills in construction and retrofitting.
The money was granted in connection with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). The stimulus funds cover the skills training; private donations from individuals and foundations cover the rest of the expenses.
For this program, Network partners with Sustainable South Bronx, a community organization that looks for economically stable projects that solve environmental problems, and with STRIVE, an organization that has provided vocational training to poor or less-educated men and women since 1984.
For more information:
To learn more about ARRA, go to www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx.
For more information about STRIVE, go to www.strivenational.org/strivesite.
DOE Program takes on Market for Highly Efficient Windows
In order to overcome the barriers of cost and awareness that many new energy-efficient technologies face, the Department of Energy (DOE) kicked off the Highly Insulating R-5 Windows and Low-E Storm Windows Volume Purchase Program on May 27, 2010; a market transformation effort aimed at increasing the market penetration of these highly efficient windows and low-e storm windows. Due to the limited awareness of highly efficient window products, it had remained difficult for an individual window manufacturer to invest in the production capacity necessary to produce cost-effective products. . . until now.
This volume purchase program, an effort over two years in the making, worked with both window suppliers and buyers to ensure the program's effectiveness. Volume Purchase Team Members from DOE, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), the Alliance to Save Energy (ASE) and Energetics, Incorporated, educated end-users and bulk purchasers on the cost and energy savings these windows produce, while at the same time coordinating with suppliers to develop final window specifications for program participation and on marketing efforts. In the end, everyone benefits—manufacturers have a market for their products, and customers benefit from competitive prices and energy-efficient products. The windows volume purchase solicitation process (issued in December 2009) yielded a response that far exceeded expectations concerning manufacturer interest and participation.
Today, qualified R-5 and low-e storm windows and R-5 patio doors are listed on the program's web site, www.windowsvolumepurchase.org. For each product type, qualified manufacturers are listed according to product size, with a range of prices from lowest to highest displayed. Defined shipping regions are also listed next to each manufacturer participating in the program. As the program evolves in the coming year, expect further enhancements to the volume purchase web site.
Why R-5 and low-e storm windows? These energy-efficient window products have significant energy and cost savings potential. Highly-insulating R-5 (U-factor of 0.22 or less) can reduce heat loss through the window by over 30% compared to Energy Star windows (U-factor ~0.3). In cold and mixed climates low-e storm windows can be placed over existing windows (inside or outside) and are much more effective energy savers than traditional storm windows.
DOE is committed to making this program a collaborative and transparent process with window manufacturers and looks to continue the early success of the program throughout the year and into a phase II effort.
– Walter Zalas
Walter Zalas is project manager for the DOE windows volume-purchasing program. He works for Energetics, Incorporated, a Washington D.C. management consultant.
For more information:
To learn more about the Windows Volume Purchase Program,visit DOE's web site, http://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/windowsvolumepurchase/
For more information about STRIVE, go to www.strivenational.org/strivesite.
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