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In the United States, we have been working on scaling up wind energy but not getting very far. In 2010, wind energy supplied only 2.3% of electricity purchased.
Such slow progress seems strange for a product that seems to have such great promise. It can reduce CO2 emissions. It doesn't require fuel. It is at least partly US made. It seems to have promise for protecting against rising fossil fuel prices.
In this post, I discuss a few of the obstacles facing wind energy in the United States and their implications for the expansion of wind energy.
Obstacle 1: Wind energy is dependent on large subsidies.
According to the EIA's report, Direct Federal Financial Interventions and Subsidies in Energy in F..., wind energy received subsidies of $4.986 billion from the federal government for Fiscal Year 2010. This amount is equal to approximately half the cost of new wind power installed during that period. State and local subsidies would be in addition. (The US Wind Energy Association shows that 6034 megawatts of new capacitywas installed between October 1, 2009 and September 30, 2010, so the subsidy per megawatt was $826,318. This compares to an average cost per megawatt of about $1.4 million, excluding construction and connection costs.)
Wind energy's largest subsidy, the Production Tax Credit, is set to expire on December 31, 2012, unless Congress acts to extend it, so there is now a big rush to get orders filled before that date. A study by Navigant Consulting forecasts a large drop in wind investment, if the Production Tax Credit is not extended (Figure 2).
Needless to say, the US Federal Government is not flush with money for subsidies, so there is the possibility that subsidies will not be renewed or will be cut back.
Obstacle 2: Wind energy is more variable than electricity produced by fossil fuels and by nuclear energy.
Wind blows when it chooses, which is often not when it is needed most. In theory, this problem could be resolved with robust long-distance transmission of electricity and with adequate electrical storage, but in the US, these are not available. Bill Richardson, energy secretary under Bill Clinton has said, "We're a superpower with a Third World grid." This means that even in locations where wind energy makes up a relatively large share of the fuel mix, other types of generations must be available to supply almost the full level of demand, if the wind is not blowing.
As a result, the role of wind energy is fairly limited. What wind energy does is permit electricity generating plants, particularly those fueled by natural gas, to use less fuel. Consequently, the price of wind energy tends to compete with the price of fuel, rather than with the wholesale price of electricity.
Chis Namoviz, who is in charge of renewable energy forecasting at the EIA, explained this to me in an e-mail in 2009:
Because of its relatively low "capacity value" (a result of usually not blowing very regularly during peak load hours), wind largely competes as a "fuel saver" resource, and can generally be compared against the fuel cost of what ever mix of fuel it is displacing (whether from existing capacity or from alternative investments in future capacity). In the U.S., this is typically some mix of relatively inexpensive coal and somewhat expensive natural gas, depending on the location of the wind plant, and the resulting seasonal/daily wind and load profiles . . .[Note from Gail: Natural gas is now cheaper than when this statement was made.]
We can see the result of this situation in Figure 3, from Annual Report on U. S. Wind Power Installation, Cost, and Performan... The price of wind generation tends to trade a below the wholesale band for other types of wind generation, more at the price of the fuel that is saved (frequently natural gas) than at the usual wholesale price.
This lower price for wind-generated electricity helps explain some of the need for subsidies.
A related issue is the confusion caused by a comparison of the "levelized cost of wind" with the levelized cost of other types of generation, such as is shown in Figure 4 by the US Energy Information Administration.
Because wind acts as a fuel-saver, Figure 4 represents an "apples to oranges" comparison, if one makes the standard comparison of amounts in the last column. Instead, since wind energy only replaces fuel, what needs to be compared is
- "Total System Levelized Cost" for wind relative to
- "Variable O&M (including fuel)" for other sources of production
In Figure 4, the Total System Levelized Cost of Wind is 97.0, and of Wind-Offshore is 243.2. These might be compared with the Variable O&M (including fuel) of coal (Advanced coal is 25.7) or of natural gas (Conventional Combined Cycle is 45.6), for example. On this basis, wind energy comes out badly, and is one reason it requires such high subsides.
Another related issue is that a person would normally want to substitute a less-scarce fuel for a more scarce fuel, but to some extent this works in reverse for wind power. At least some petroleum is used in manufacturing, transporting, installing, and maintaining wind turbines, but the energy that is provided as an output is mostly replacing natural gas, and perhaps some coal. Coal and natural gas are much cheaper (and more abundant) than oil, so even a small input/output substitution in this direction can quickly hurt the economics of the process.
While one intent of wind energy was to protect against rising fossil fuel prices, in the US those prices are not rising evenly. Oil is particularly high priced, but it is not oil that is being saved, it is other fuels.
Obstacle 3: Natural gas is now very cheap in the US, and there is a huge amount of natural gas generating capacity already built.
Since wind energy tends to compete with the cost of fossil fuels used to produce electricity (mostly natural gas and coal in the US), a low price for natural gas is a problem because even greater subsidies will be required for wind energy to be competitive.
Furthermore, natural gas generating capacity is no issue, because a great deal of natural gas generating capacity has been added in recent years.
Obstacle 4: In the US, we do not have an electrical grid that can provide very much long distance transport of electricity, and there are several reasons why changing this situation is very difficult.
Growth in wind energy requires very good long distance transmission capability, partly because wind resources are often located a long way from prospective users, and partly because the variable nature of wind can be "evened out" if wind energy is shared over a large area. Unfortunately, the US electrical system has grown up under a system where each locality has been expected to generate its own electricity. Under such a system, electrical transmission from city to city was originally designed to handle only occasional emergencies, and thus is very limited. I have written more about US electrical grid issues in The US Electrical Grid: Will it Be Our Undoing? and Upgrading the Grid – Many Pluses but Some Minuses Too.
The way the US electric transmission system was set up produces many anomalies. Electrical rates vary greatly from state to state. We needlessly burn large amounts of oil transporting coal to where it will be burned for electricity, rather than burning it near where the coal is mined, and then transporting the electric power over transmission lines. Nuclear-fueled power plants are sometimes located near large cities.
The problem is very difficult to fix for many reasons. Any improvement in electric transmission would tend to even out electricity rates, but this would be to the detriment of customers who currently have low electric rates. To the extent that new transmission costs more, and these higher costs are charged back in electric rates, such a change could result in higher electricity costs for more than half of the population–something most politicians would find unacceptable.
If better transmission were readily available and free, no one would want to build a power plant in their back yard, making it even harder to site new power plants than it is now.
Another issue is that a good mechanism for paying for the installation and maintenance of new long distance transmission lines has not been established. Under current procedures, a determination must be made as to which electric generating companies will benefit from new transmission lines, and the costs allocated among the beneficiaries. The government in the past has not funded long distance electrical transmission. No one really "owns" the long distance lines.
The only partial fix I can see would be to create a separate organization to build and maintain a few new long-distance transmission lines. Wind energy and other users seeking to use these lines would be charged for the use of these lines, similar to a toll road. It might be possible that more coal fired-power plants would be built near these lines, because wind usage by itself could not support these lines. Even this arrangement would likely require a change to current laws. The net effect might be more CO2, rather than less.
The cost of long distance electric transmission is likely to be fairly high–at least several cents per kWh, for wind energy transported over long distances. Over time, the price can be expected to rise as the price of oil rises. Some maintenance may become very difficult, such as that currently done by helicopters in remote locations.
Obstacle 5: A high proportion of funding for wind energy is up front.
Oil, coal, and gas all started out as fairly high EROEI investments, and much of the investment took place as the fuel was extracted. In such a situation, the investments threw off a high level of profit which could be used to fund further investment.
Fossil fuels are gradually shifting away from this model, with higher up front investment, and lower profit available to fund further investment. Wind turbines represent the extreme end of this continuum with most of the investment up front, and the return trailing many years behind.
As a result of this shift in timing, it is becoming more difficult to fund projects with huge up-front investment. In the "good old days," we had the low price of fossil fuels which made other investments easier to afford. We also could count on a being always able to add more debt, but we are reaching limits on sustainable debt. I wrote two posts on The Link Between Peak Oil and Peak Debt (Part 1 and Part 2). More recently, I talked about howNet Savings is dropping dramatically in the US, so that non-debt sources of funding are also disappearing.
The net of all of this is that if we are reaching limits with respect to finite resources, it is going to be increasingly difficult to fund projects that require large up-front investment and provide a return later. We will likely have to give up some investments we really need (such as replacing worn out roads, pipelines, and school buildings) in order to ramp up investments in projects that require large front-end funding, like wind turbines.
Obstacle 6: Adding wind energy to the electric grid adds complexity which may be difficult to manage with declining resources.
The job of balancing supply with electrical demand and keeping all sources of electricity "in synch" becomes more difficult, as more variable sources of supply come on line. While it is theoretically possible to find technical solutions to these issues, it is not clear that we will in practice.
Furthermore, one approach that is being tried in order to avoid the cost of adding new electricity generating capacity and new electric transmission is to use the Smart Grid to help limit demand when at times when demand would normally be high, such as when temperatures are high or low. In the words of Smart Grid R & D: 2010-2014 Draft 2, "Smart grid can improve asset utilization and thereby avoid the need for new capacity."
The expected effect of avoiding new capacity is that components are operated at closer to maximum capacity. Since adding new capacity is avoided, assets will over time tend to be older as well. While theoretically everything should go well, operating older units at closer to their theoretical capacity adds stresses to the system. Because of these factors, Smart Grid enhancements add efficiency to the system, but may reduce resilience.
According to the same report, the Smart Grid is being built as it is being planned. The amount of funding is not clear; costs must be recovered from customers based on cost recovery laws which vary by state. There are a huge number of details that need to worked out, such as necessary cyber security measures. It would be easier to rest easy if the Smart Grid had all been planned out in advance, tested on a small scale and pre-funded.
The grid with the new enhancements will work until at some point it doesn't work–for example, an unplanned event causes a major failure within the system, or a needed system upgrade is too expensive to afford, or a replacement part from overseas is unavailable. Hopefully, failures of this type will be temporary and local, but if resources are limited, the time may come when the high cost of maintaining the system becomes unsustainable.
Further Thoughts about Wind Energy
I have not been able to touch on more than a few issues in this post.
One of the big issues with wind is that hopes have been raised for its widespread use, without really working through feasibility issues. If we are already having trouble with the electrical grid not being able to accept more wind energy in popular wind-generating areas when wind energy constitutes only 2.3% of total electricity supply, then wind energy is going to be difficult to scale up quickly. The issues I point out in this article suggest that the cost problem is still large, and the fixes needed to add long-distance transmission are likely to make the cost problem even worse.
The government needs to be able to show it is "doing something" about our energy problem, so it makes statements such as "Wind generation added 30% of all US generating capacity in 2007." (See Figure 5 above.) Few people are energy literate enough to realize that even this progress is very slow, because relatively little new capacity is added in a year, and because wind, with its low-capacity factor, requires a disproportionate share of total new generation capacity, to make much progress. If wind turbines have an average life of 20-30 years, and other types of generation last for 40+ years, this will also affect the amount of new generation needed for wind, compared to other units.
It is easy for readers to become confused, when confronted with the many technology possibilities available, when they don't understand the time, cost, and scale involved. Dr. Robert Hirsch, in the January 9, 2012, issue of the ASPO-USA Peak Oil Review writes:
The foregoing are realities that many people fail to understand, which means that they can be trapped into advocating energy changes that are not practical in the short term. Examples of some of the current common traps: 1) Assuming that wind and solar systems – electricity producers – can be a near-term solution to high gasoline prices; 2) Assuming that natural gas from shale is a near-term solution to our dependence on foreign oil; 3) Assuming that wind and solar can be a near-term means to lower the emissions from vehicles now powered by oil products; etc.
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New Early Childhood Education program at UH-West Oahu
Program to fill critical need for trained preschool professionals in HawaiiUniversity of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu
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HONOLULU — At its monthly meeting held today at Kapioʻlani Community College, the University of Hawaiʻi's Board of Regents (BOR) approved the establishment of a new program in Early Childhood Education at UH-West Oʻahu (UHWO). The proposed Concentration in Early Childhood Education will be created under UHWO's Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences degree program.
The new program will strengthen the educational and career ladder provided by the UH system for students who seek to obtain the preparation needed by early childhood teachers to meet increasingly higher standards in Hawaiʻi.
"Research has shown that the most important period of learning takes place in the first five year's of a child's life, and yet, in Hawaiʻi, we face a shortage of highly qualified teachers who are trained in early childhood education" said Gene Awakuni, UHWO Chancellor. "This new program will fill a critical need in Hawaiʻi to train our early childhood professionals.
"Moreover, state after state is requiring greater training and higher standards for early childhood teachers. Four-year degrees are rapidly becoming the norm for teaching children from birth through age five. At the national level, the most recent Congressional reauthorization of the Head Start program requires that at least 50 percent of its teachers hold bachelor degrees by 2010. Twenty-one states require bachelor's degrees for early childhood teachers who work in state financed pre-kindergarten programs."
The new UHWO program will enable community college students to attain a bachelor's degree in early childhood education without losing credits when moving between the community college and UHWO. At present, the University of Hawaiʻi system only offers undergraduates the opportunity to earn an Associate of Science degree with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education at four of the community colleges (Kauaʻi, Honolulu, Maui, and Hawaiʻi). These four campuses have recently revised their program requirements in order to align their curriculum and ensure that graduates from any of the programs will have a solid foundation to begin their careers in the field of early education and/or to continue their education in early childhood.
Numerous studies substantiate the assertion that having specialized preparation in early childhood education ensures the best education and care to young children. The developmental and learning tasks that occur from birth to age five are often given "inadequate attention" in traditional teacher education programs, according to the National Association for the Education of Young Children. To its credit, the College of Education at UH-Mānoa offers a number of courses in early childhood as part of its elementary education program. It also offers a Master's degree in Early Childhood Education for those who already hold bachelor's degrees.
About the University of Hawaiʻi
Established in 1907 and fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the University of Hawaiʻi is the state's sole public system of higher education. The UH System provides an array of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees and community programs on 10 campuses and through educational, training, and research centers across the state. UH enrolls more than 50,000 students from Hawaiʻi, the U.S. mainland, and around the world. For more information, visit www.hawaii.edu.

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FHL Research Outlines
Did you know that:
-- "Most Latin American governments began civil registration after 1870, although some began much earlier. After this date, almost all individuals, Catholic or non-Catholic, were recorded. This is particularly helpful because non-Catholic religions began to flourish in many areas of Latin America at about this time." (1)
-- Netherlands Christening records "may go back to the 1500s, when they began during the Reformation. Because of wars, natural disasters, and accidents, many churches were destroyed, along with all or part of their records." (2)
-- Eric J. Holmgren's "Over 2000 Place Names of Alberta" [Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1976] is "...an alphabetical list of places in Alberta with a description and history of the location, municipality, town, or village. It also contains a map showing the districts and towns." (3)
-- "The first land grants to English settlers, in what is now the District of Columbia (then Charles County, Maryland), were made in 1663. Scottish immigrants founded Georgetown in 1751. Only a few people lived in the area when the federal government offices were moved there from Philadelphia in 1800. The city grew slowly until the 1860s, when the population more than doubled during and after the Civil War." (4)
-- "The Church in Wales (Church of England) Records - The parish is the most basic unit of church administration, although the parish was often divided into townships or tithings. Large parishes had small chapels of ease, or chapelries, for those who lived too far away to attend the parish church. Gazetteers can help you locate parishes and townships." (5)
-- "Daughters of the Black Eagle Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (Great Falls, Montana) compiled and typed the 'Abstracts of wills, Cascade County, Montana, 1884-1927.' [The book is found at the FHL (Family History Library) by call number: 978.661 S28a, 3 vols.. It is also available on microfilm #870042 items 2–3.] (6)
WHERE did ol' Myrt discover these interesting tidbits of genealogical research minutae? Online at
In my opinion these RESEARCH OUTLINES are the most underutilized yet most valuable source of "how to" research help on the web. Access them by:
1. Point your web browser to: <http://www.familysearch.org>
2. Click the "Search" tab
3. Click "Research Helps" on the blue navigation bar.
4. Click the letter of the alphabet for your ancestor's locality:
FOR EXAMPLE: clicking "S" yields a 3-page print out including a variety of links for assistance in doing genealogy in:
-- Sachsen, Germany
-- Sachsen, Preußen, Germany
-- Saskatchewan, Canada
-- Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germany
-- Scotland
-- Slovakia
-- South Carolina
-- South Dakota
-- Spain
-- Suriname
-- Sweden
-- Switzerland
If you view these online, and a particular microfilm or book is mentioned, it is clickable to the FHLC (Family History Library Catalog) so you can print out the page and take it to your local FHC to "order in" the item.
(1) Latin American Research Outline, Family History Library
(2) Netherlands Church Record Christenings, Family History Library
(3) Alberta, Canada, Boundary Changes and Maps, Family History Library
(4) District of Columbia Research Outline, Family History Library
(5) Wales Research Outline, Family History Library
(6) Montana Statewide Indexes and Collections, Family History Library
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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Levi Johnston wants to show off his smooth moves.
The 19-year-old hockey hunk and media hound said he'd "probably say yes" if he were asked to bust a move on the reality show "Dancing With the Stars" and that he's confident in his abilities on the dance floor, according to ETOnline.com.
"I mean, I'm pretty athletic so I think I could do just about anything, " the teen dad said.
U.S. & World
Johnston, who posed nearly nude for Playgirl earlier this month, said his biggest hurdle is "being able to loosen up" for the competition -- but added that he can "slow dance like no other man."


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Our introduction came by way of the Country of Origin Label law (COOL). Congress passed it last year in the wake of several public food scares, including e-coli outbreaks. It requires food producers to be able to trace the sources of their products. (There are loopholes, but let's go with the basic premise for now.)
Some companies, like Askinosie Chocolate of Springfield, Missouri, know to use this rule to their advantage. As my friend Alex Mandl says, consumers are "over processed and over marketed." So many messages come our way, who knows what to believe? The origin of our food often seems remote and suspect. Add in the rough news about our usual means — pesticides and Concentrated Animal Feed Operations (CAFO's), for example — and we demand to know more about what we're eating. Smart companies are starting to communicate the transparent path to their growers and process.
With an Askinosie chocolate bar, there's a Choc-o-lot Number. In this case, it's #060909, and when I go to askinosie.com, I learn the step-by-step stages of how this chocolate bar came into being. It began when they shipped Vitaliano's beans to the factory in December 2008 and ended when the bar was shipped out on June 10th, 2009. I bought it at Rubiner's Cheesemongers in Great Barrington, Massachusetts on October 3rd.
Now I'm tempted to get that update to Vitaliano. Perhaps he'll see this post.


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"Play the Drum" Videos
I want to play the drums (ah ha ah ha)
In such a crazy way (come on, come on)
And everyone around will say
You ought to here him play (lick shots)
Ya'll slippin'
At your notebook leakin'
I'm grim-reapin'
Long days, no weekend
Vacation, please
You ain't Peep it?
We're Ruling the scene right now
Can't leave it
Ain't an MC in the bay that could see this
B-List they couldn't crawl through my sneakers
Fists and tough tits, cuffs, and Black Jesus
My pens alive all my lyrics are wild creatures
If- speakers had teeth they'd rip you to pieces
Ferocious beast of speech
Priest of reason
Hip Hop nation? That shit treason
My pen screams- "This ain't ink trick, I'm bleeding!"
Whatever it is you got we don't need it
Kick Rocks. You see I'm busy right? Beat it!
These ain't lyrics, it's my notebook dreaming
I wrote this while leaning on a brown skin queen from Sweden
Life's streaming
My rhymes are stars
I'm crying by the river
You singing Babylon songs
II'm a young Yoda
Yo, my tongue does yoga
Soilder's son
Run parumpah pum pum
This is Vision
I proceed with the mission
And stretch like guitar strings that crawl through the rhythm
Collision of blends
Classic selection of diction
Surgically written precision
Sick with the tip of the tongue, teeth and lips
Make you quit or just lie to yourself and yo' click
Lookin' stiff to the playback
Like- "yeah that the shit!" but it ain't
I'm just saying since 2006
And you still sound like you ridin' Black Thought's dick
Counterfeit styles on some half off shit
Same cats wanna give my dap talk shit
Walk around the bar like they bought false tits (oh on)
You can light a Molotov of this
Arabs and robbers I chop off wrists
Hip Hop fanatics better run and call KRiS
If I see you on stage I'm a run and call- BLITZ!
I'll play and play and play and play some more
As no on ever played the drums before
At times I catch vibe and my rhymes so sick
Feeling like I could rip NAS like Chubb Rock did
On- To the Grill Again
Feel it in my fingers when I fill it in
Killin' 'em, because they only push pens to minimum
Please I give them what they've never seen
My style has wings more than syllables
Azeem make you fell the results
Super hand my minds a Hulk 10 years
Each fresher then the last one is
You can't catch-up unless you got a magical wrist
A mountain of coke and help from every rapper that lived in the biz
Ask you're friends who's the illest
On the mic niggas' screaming
"Ismail tried to kill us"


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David Altshuler elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Join us in congratulating David Altshuler, chief academic officer and deputy director of the Broad Institute, on his election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. As a member, he joins some of the world's most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts, including Broad director Eric Lander and institute founder Eli Broad.
Altshuler, a clinical endocrinologist and human geneticist, is a founding core member of the Broad Institute and has directed the Broad's Program in Medical and Population Genetics since 2003. In 2009 he was named the Broad's first chief academic officer.
Altshuler has been on the faculty of Harvard since 2000 and is currently a professor of genetics and medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, the Diabetes Unit of the Department of Medicine, and the Center for Human Genetic Research, all at Massachusetts General Hospital. Altshuler is also an adjunct professor of biology at MIT.
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A new study says that women are harder and more expensive to reach on Facebook, but men seem likely to click on anything.
An analysis of 65 billion Facebook ad impressions and 20 million ad clicks in a year shows that men were far more likely to click through ads than women, AdWeek reported. The study, "Men are Cheap" by Resolution Media shows that men only made up about 42 percent of the Facebook audience but clicked 60 percent of ads and had a 58 percent impression volume.
Women, which make up 58 percent of Facebook's audience, only had a 40 percent click rate and 42 percent impression volume.
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"Females use Facebook for maintaining existing relationships, academic usage and following an agenda more than males do," said Viji Davis, vice president of marketing for Resolution Media. "Men use Facebook for making new relationships more than females."
That sounds like men are just looking to hook up while women are chatting with friends, doesn't it? Well, perhaps, but it does say that advertisers may chase after males because they're easier to get, i.e. cheaper. The cost for men was 16 cents per 1,000 impressions compared to 20 cents for women. The cost-per-click was 51 cents for men versus 68 cents for women. Perhaps that's why advertisers spent 53 percent of their budgets getting men's attention.


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I'm a big fan of the '90s college rock scene, as can be evidenced by my previous write-ups on Bee Thousand, Doolittle, and The Lonesome Crowded West. These bands all played a large role in defining alternative music and what college radio stations were expected to play and look for from that point forward, and Pavement might just be the most important one from the group because of what a stereotypical college group they were. Pavement is Lo-Fi rock which came across as cool, and the band today is still the topic of debate about just how good they actually were between diehard fans and critics who call them talentless. One thing that helps their legacy for sure is how they left their impression on the music scene both in the mid 90's and today, inspiring current artists with qualities that began on their 1992 debut album Slanted & Enchanted.
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There is no output for this code. I don't know why. It seems like it should work. Can someone please let me know what they think i need to change. Here is the problem.
import java.util.Random; //imports the Random java class public class PermutationGenerator { /*This method iterates the nextPermutation() method 10 times *to produce 10 differernt arrays of size 10 with integers *1 to 10 inclusive*/ public void PGenerator() { PermutationGenerator a = new PermutationGenerator(); for (int i=0;i<10;i++) a.nextPermutation();//This loop repeats the nextPermutation method 10 times to produce 10 different arrays } /*This method returns an array of 10 integers from *1 to 10 inclusive in a random order by creating a *new array from permutations of a base array*/ public int[] nextPermutation() { Random rand = new Random();//Creates the random generator int baseSize = 0;//Initializes the base counter as 0 int[] base = new int[10];//Initializes the base array for (int i = 0; i<10; i++){ //This loop fills up the base array with integers 1 to 10 inclusive base[i] = i + 1; baseSize++;//Increases the counter for base size System.out.println (base); } int[] mutation = new int[10];//Initializes the mutation array for (int i = 0; i<10; i++){ int a = rand.nextInt(baseSize); //Picks a random index between 0 and the length of the base array mutation[i] = base[a]; //Sets the ith index of the result mutation array to the value at a in the base for (int j = a; j<baseSize - 1; j++){ base[j] = base[j + 1];//This loop deletes the value at index a in the base array to prevent it from being chosen again System.out.println (base); } baseSize--;//Decreases the length of the base array } return mutation; } public static void main(String[] args) { } } public static void main(String[] args) { }


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Hey everyone- I'm new here and this is my first forum post so I hope this is in the right place!
I would appreciate all the help I can get:
I'm trying to make a Java code to find the volume of a sphere but can't seem to use the user's input because I'm getting an error that "keyboard.readLine()" does not represent a real integer. I've attached my code below - I'm sure it's poorly written but I wouldn't know how to properly write it until I fix the input problem- I'd like to use the user's input in the volume equation which follows- thanks everyone!
import java.io.*; // Stores information between user and computer.
public class VolumeOfSphere
public static void main (String[] args) throws IOException
String radius;
DataInputStream keyboard = new DataInputStream(System.in);
System.out.println("What is the radius of the sphere: ");
radius = keyboard.readLine();
volume = ( 4.0 / 3.0 ) * Math.PI * Math.pow( radius, 3 );
System.out.println("The volume of the sphere is: " + volume);


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This original Canon CLI-36 ink cartridge is for the professional road warrior who needs professional printing quality. Created for the PIXMA iP100, iP110 and mini260 Inkjet Mobile Printers, the CLI-36 Color Ink Tank delivers bright colors for great quality on plain and select photo printer. Designed with FINE (Full Photolithographic Inkjet Nozzle Engineering) technology, your prints will realize added sharpness, detail and quality. The Canon exclusive Smart LED system lets you know when the ink tank is installed correctly for added convenience.
Genuine ink cartridges are made by the original equipment manufacturer for their own machines. For example, HP genuine ink cartridges are made for HP printers. These are the cartridges recommended by each machine manufacturer to specifically fit in their machines.
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INKS - One way of measuring across brands, for easy comparison
For people to be able to compare page yields between different printers and manufacturers, there is one industry-wide testing methodology. Canon, HP, Epson, Lexmark and other industry leading manufacturers have worked closely with the International
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Page yield data should be used as a starting point for comparison purposes, and not to predict the exact yield you will get from your printer and cartridge. Likewise, the declared yield is not intended to be the minimum number of pages that the cartridge will print. Rather, page yield data is meant to estimate the average yield expected from a particular cartridge when measured using the ISO test methodology in connection with a designated printer system. Individual cartridges can perform above and below this average due to variation in the cartridge manufacturing process. Additionally, actual yield varies considerably based on factors such as the content of printed pages, typical printer job size, the environmental conditions during operation and the amount of color printing relative to monochrome printing.
What does the ISO standard specify?
ISO/IEC 24711 outlines the following:
- The test methodology that manufacturers should use to determine ink cartridge yields
- The way manufacturers should declare yield values from these test results
- The appropriate method of describing the yield of cartridge in documentation supplied to the consumer
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The quoted page yields are based on an average of three printers of a kind, each continuously printing a standard ISO sample document (ISO/IEC 24712) until the ink runs out ('end of life'). This is done three times per printer, using a new set of
cartridges each time.
The 'end of life' is then determined when either of two phenomena occurs:
- Fade, caused by depletion of ink in the cartridge, or
- Automatic printing stop, caused by an Ink Out detection function.
Standard testing documents
To determine page yields, a set of standard sample documents is used (ISO/IEC 24712). These are designed to represent the documents printed by a typical user.
Mixed text and graphics document(ISO/IEC 24712)
The inkjet yields are determined by continuously printing 5 different standard documents like this on plain paper.
Colour photo set, 10x15cm
Although the ISO standard does not provide a specified document for photo printing, most manufacturers print something like these selected 24 photos on 10x15cm size Glossy Photo Paper continuously, with the default driver settings for the paper using standard Windows printer drivers in borderless printing mode. This complies with ISO methodology ISO/IEC 24711.
Colour photo, A3+
Selected patterns like this are used only for A3+ printers. The inkjet yields are determined by printing a 279.4x355.6mm (11"x14") image like this on A3+ size Glossy Photo Paper continuously with the default driver settings for this paper, using standard Windows printer drivers.
Protecting the print head
With inkjet printers, often a certain amount of ink will be used to protect the print head and maintain print quality during normal use. Depending on model, this may be performed between print jobs.
Since yield figures are based on continuous printing, unlike you would do in your own home, your own results may vary slightly.
TONERS - One way of measuring across brands, for easy comparison
In recent years, Laser Printer and Multi Functional Product yield data has been calculated using standard ISO test methodologies.The specific ISO/IEC standard used depends upon whether the printer is a monochrome or color device. ISO provides different methodologies for testing color and monochrome printer yields. Previous to the introduction of the ISO/IEC yield methodologies, manufacturers usually had their own proprietary yield test methodology based on 5% coverage which used a methodology similar in many ways to the ISO yield methodology.
Some printers include an "introductory" or "starter" cartridge in the printer box, which may print less than the cartridges we have here on the Printzone site. The printer packaging will usually indicate whether introductory cartridges are included with the printer.
Standard testing documents
Mono test pages
Under the ISO/IEC 19752 testing guidelines, a standard page is printed continuously until the cartridge reaches end-of-life. An example of the standard page shown is shown at right. The actual test page can be found at www.iso.org/jtc1/sc28.
ISO/IEC 19752 methodology has been used by most manufacturers to test monochrome printer yields since its introduction in 2004. A small number of toner cartridges still being sold provide page yield based upon 5% coverage methodology.
Colour test pages
Under the ISO/IEC 19798 testing guidelines, a standard set of five pages is printed continuously until the cartridge reaches end-of-life. The five standard pages shown at right consist of a mix of text and graphics, and a mix of black and color. These standards for color printers were introduced after the publication of the standard at the end of 2006.
Actual yield that a customer experiences can vary depending upon the printed content on the page. Highly "dense" documents, such as the text document at right, may cause cartridges to yield fewer pages than the ISO standard, while less dense ones such as the organisation chart far right will typically cause the cartridge to yield more pages than the standard.
Some colours may be used more on a page than others - this will cause some cartridges to be depleted quicker than others, and result in a lower page yield - for example the page at right with a heavy use of cyan.
The yield you experience will depend upon a number of factors including the content that you print and the manner in which you print.
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New video has surfaced appearing to show George Zimmerman smashing an iPad that is said to contain proof he punched his father-in-law during an alleged altercation.
According to TMZ, the footage was captured on a home security system moments after the alleged altercation at the Florida rental home where George and his estranged wife Shellie Zimmerman had been living.
Shellie told a 911 operator George took a pocket knife to the iPad and then smashed it. The video appears to back up the story.
While you can't actually make out a pocket knife in the footage, it's obvious George is finagling with the device before he tosses it on the ground. Shellie recovers the iPad moments later.
After the incident, Shellie turned the iPad over to cops — and they're confident they can recover any footage that was stored in the device, but acknowledge it was pretty badly damaged.
Shellie initially told the 911 operator George was threatening the family with a gun, but she later recanted her story and police say they've seen no evidence George ever had a gun.
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Hours after his ex-wife's funeral in Newark, New Jersey on Saturday, Bobby Brown will be on stage at Mohegan Sun, performing with New Edition.
There were reports that Brown was being kept from the funeral for Whitney Houston, but a spokesperson for Brown shot down those rumors, NBC News reported.
People Magazine is reporting that he will attend the funeral to support his daughter.
Brown was on tour in Mississippi with his former band when he learned that Houston died on Saturday in Beverly Hills. He took the stage that night, but then flew out to Los Angeles to be with the couple's daughter.
New Edition resumed its tour without Brown, but he will perform on Thursday night in Maryland, at Mohegan Sun on Saturday and then in Newark, New Jersey on Sunday, according to spokespeople for Mohegan Sun.
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Congratulations to Microsoft's Visual Studio 2010, winner of this year's Jolt Product Excellence Award in the Development Environment category.
Finally released earlier this year, Visual Studio 2010 has lived up to all of the hoopla surrounding its introduction. Not only does Visual Studio 2010 have lots of features, but they're features that are actually useful — and that work. Stuff like code contracts, static code analysis, improved Intellisense, multi-monitor support, tools for parallelism, built-in UML, the ability to multi-target applications, Silverlight 4 support, post-mortem debugging, support for F#, and more. Whew! Compiling a list of Visual Studio 2010 features sure accelerates the heart rate.
One reason Microsoft packed Visual Studio 2010 with all of these capabilities is that, instead of thinking of it as just another integrated development environment, Microsoft is pitching it as a full-fledged platform for developing all-things Windows — desktop, Web, mobile, enterprise, and everything in between. But being "full-fledged" requires tools and features, and lots of them.
The Jolt judges aren't alone in liking what they see with Visual Studio 2010. In the just completed Forrester-Dr. Dobb's Developer Technographics Survey, a study aimed at better understanding what's really going on in software development, we found that 52% of the 1000-plus developers polled rely upon Visual Studio 2010 as their primary IDE.
Visual Studio has come a long way since it was first rolled out with little fanfare and minimal features more than a decade ago. But the 1997 version of the IDE has little in common (other than the name) with Visual Studio 2010. It finally is the "full-fledged" IDE that it was set out to be.


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Harry Kim just posted the following on Facebook:
Aloha all, thank you for your kind messages of support, and I am sorry to be back on Facebook so late in the day, but it has been very busy.
I had a late lunch today with family and a nephew and his wife who came from San Diego just to be here with me and participate in one day of sign waving. Words cannot express the kind of feelings that you have because people do this for you. My nephew's mother (my sister) revealed to me that a her son, who is in his 40s, said he could not sleep last night because of his concern for me.
I want you all to know that I cannot remember feeling within myself such deep sadness as felt last night and through most of this day. In trying to understand why I feel this way, I truly believe it is because of the great disappointment within myself that in failing to win, I have caused so much deep sadness to those who worked so hard and gave of their time, their resources, and above all, love and hope for a good result.
I wish-I so very much wish-I could take away everyone's disappointment and sadness. I am also going to post a message I just sent to friends who have been helping, and it conveys some of the things I am feeling.
If all these words seem like rambling, it is because I don't know how to express truly what I feel. Thank you for your kindness and support the past few months, and thank you for letting me love you.
Much aloha,
And he just posted this on YouTube:
Here is the message mentioned in the "Mahalo Nui Loa" post below:
I am about to prepare a brief video and written message for Facebook. I don't know what I'm going to say, but I do know what I feel and what I'm trying to say.
I had a talk with my family this morning, and because of their sadness, like me and you, the following was said:
I told family to understand what I truly feel at this time. A real sadness, not for me, but a hurt deep inside for all those who worked so hard because of their belief in what was right. I do know I lost an election, but I do know I won everything else. I won so many new friends, I was given so much love and warmth from people and campaign workers. I have gained so much, and none of us lost any of the highest values of integrity, of trust, of goodness towards each other. Others may have won an election but at times I do wonder what have they lost. Like some of you, I am also very saddened that we place values on materialism, power, money and other fleeting things rather than the most important, which is goodness to each other and the care of each other and the place we call home.I wish I could take away everyone's disappointment and sadness. I wish I could hold every one of you until sadness ebbs away and is replaced with just the sheer joy that you have given me. We will keep trying in our ways to make this a better place.
I had a call this morning from a very dear old Hawaiian friend named Robert Keliihoomalu, and he said with feelings and words that express what I want to say. Mahalo Nui Loa for being a friend and I love you all.
Much aloha,
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Hillary Clinton's speech last weekend at Yale Law School was a triumph for her and the school by objective standards.
Even so, the weekend highlighted disturbing questions, some asked and some implicit.
Do novel claims of national security undermine long-accepted law protecting the public, for example? Are the media, courts and Congress adequately fulfilling their watchdog roles?
Clinton, the former secretary of state, received several standing ovations from a packed auditorium Oct. 5 as she received the school's highest award, as shown in a photo at right courtesy of Yale Law School.
Amid encouragement from others to run in 2016 for the presidency, she delivered a compelling description of her professional odyssey. Former President Bill Clinton looked on from a front-row seat near their 1973 classmates.
"It was here that I developed a lifelong passion about children's welfare," Clinton said of her years as a student. "If you want to know the moral and economic health of a community, look at the children."
Her eloquent talk, provided below in full on video, was part of memorable weekend program focused primarily on themes of Global Constitutionalism. Included were the sub-topics freedom of expression, globalization, foreign policy, and national security. In record attendance, more than 900 alumni from around the world returned to New Haven to celebrate the occasion.
The substance of the two-day program drew heavily from recent Obama administration policy. Harold Hongju Koh, the onetime Yale Law dean who left that post to serve as Clinton's legal adviser at the State Department, advocated aggressive, innovative strategies to achieve U.S. goals.
As an alumnus enjoying my 30th reunion at the Yale Law School, I found myself grateful, as usual, for the rare educational opportunities the school had enabled.
In that same spirit, however, I feel an obligation to provide below evidence that lawyers, professors and officials, despite many successes, are not winning the ongoing fight against injustice. The examples come from widely published news reports, as well as our in-depth investigations at the Justice Integrity Project in Washington, DC.
Much work remains, including for the Obama administration.
"The chances we have to keep moving in the right direction together toward the more perfect union are even greater today than they were 40 years ago," she said. "Yes, we have big challenges ahead of us, but we have the ability if we match it with the will to meet every challenge we face. It will take all of us working together. It will take not only leaders, but citizens who have to dare greatly and lead boldly, but that's when we are at our best."
Below is a video of her full talk, preceded by the award presentation by Yale's dean.
In Memoriam: Hartford Courant Editor Irving M. KravsowIrving Kravsow, city editor of the Hartford Courant and my formative first boss following college, died Oct. 11 following a long illness. A warm and apt remembrance by Courant columnist and Connecticut radio personality Colin McEnroe described him as "a titanic figure in Connecticut journalism for decades." As the following remembrances suggest, Kravsow also was a strong force for the good, both for the public and those who learned from him. Excerpted below are columns well worth reading in full about the man, his times, the way things were, and how the times should remain. The columns are by my former Courant colleagues McEnroe and Tom Condon, two of the finest (and that includes entertaining) journalists I have ever met. The Condon column is listed below as an unsigned editorial, and thus an institutional voice. The portrait is instantly recognizable, however, by its author's warmth and understanding, which comes through especially on such a worthy subject. Those columns, originally listed here, have been moved to a new location here.
-- Andrew Kreig
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Hillary Clinton's Yale Speech
Branford Eagle, Amid Buzz About Prez Run, Clinton Decries Child Poverty, Marcia Chambers, Oct. 5, 2013. It seemed that everyone at the Yale Law School reunion Saturday was talking about Hillary Rodham Clinton running for president in 2016. Except Clinton herself. She talked about children. Impoverished children in particular. Clinton, 65, was in town to receive the law school's highest award, the Award of Merit, the same award her husband Bill Clinton received in 1993, the year he became the 42nd President of the United States. It was alumni weekend at the law school, and Hillary Clinton's 40th class reunion. During an address at Woolsey Hall, she concentrated on the topic that guided her early law career and one to which she has returned at many points in her life: Children and the political and legal importance of taking care of them. The only open reference to her possible candidacy in 2016 (she has said she will declare one way or the other in early 2014) came from Dean Robert Post. He described how she served as a U.S. senator from New York from 2001-09 and as secretary of state from 2009 to this year. Then he added: "When Secretary Clinton left the Obama administration earlier this year, certain pundits did speculate that she might sometime soon seek to add one last elusive line to her resume."
Hartford Courant, Clinton Calls For Action To Battle Economic Inequality, Christopher Hoffman, Oct. 5, 2013. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton mixed reminiscences of her Yale Law School days with a call to address growing economic inequality, especially as it affects children, in an address at the school Saturday afternoon. "It was here that I developed a lifelong passion about children's welfare," Clinton said, as her husband, former President Bill Clinton, looked on. "If you want to know the moral and economic health of a community, look at the children."
Yale Law School, Secretary Clinton '73 Receives Award of Merit at the Yale Law School Alumni Weekend, Staff report, Oct. 5, 2013. Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton '73 addressed a packed audience of Yale Law School alumni, faculty, students, and staff Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, after receiving the prestigious Award of Merit from Dean Robert C. Post '77. Clinton reminisced about her time as a student at Yale Law School and the moment that sparked "a lifelong passion about children's welfare."
Washington Post, As Hillary Clinton rakes in awards, is this her pre-campaign campaign? Philip Rucker, Oct. 15, 2013. While she weighs a presidential run, the former secretary of state has picked up at least 15 awards.
Critiques of American Foreign Policy
Al Arabiya.net, Libya says it summoned U.S. envoy over seized al-Qaeda suspect, Oct. 8, 2013. The Libyan government summoned U.S. ambassador Deborah Jones to seek clarification over the capture of an alleged al-Qaeda operative by American special forces earlier this week, the foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.
Washington Post, The Cuban Five were fighting terrorism. Why did we put them in jail? Stephen Kimber, Oct. 4, 2013. Editor's Note: Stephen Kimber teaches journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax, Canada, and is the author of What Lies Across the Water: The Real Story of the Cuban Five. Consider for a moment what would happen if American intelligence agents on the ground in a foreign country uncovered a major terrorist plot, with enough time to prevent it. And then consider how Americans would react if authorities in that country, rather than cooperate with us, arrested and imprisoned the U.S. agents for operating on their soil. In the spring of 1998, Cuban agents uncovered a plot to blow up an airplane filled with beach-bound tourists from Europe or Latin America. Castro enlisted his friend, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, to carry a secret message about the plot to President Bill Clinton. The White House took the threat seriously enough that the Federal Aviation Administration warned airlines. In June of that year, FBI agents flew to Havana to meet with their Cuban counterparts. During three days in a safe house, the Cubans provided the FBI with evidence their agents had gathered on various plots, including the planned airplane attack and an ongoing campaign of bombings.
Washington Post, U.S. strikes al-Shabab and captures bomb suspect in Libya, Ernesto Londoño and Scott Wilson, Oct. 6, 2013. Navy SEALs raided the Somali home of a leader of the al-Qaeda-linked group that attacked a Kenyan mall.
Washington Post, Libya condemns U.S. raid and capture of bombing suspect, Ernesto Londoño, Oct. 6, 2013. Libyan government on Sunday condemned what it called the "kidnapping" of one of its citizens who was taken into custody outside his home in Tripoli in a highly unusual covert operation carried out by the U.S. military.
Wayne Madsen Report / WMR, The NSA empire's expanding colonies, Wayne Madsen, Oct. 2, 2013 (Subscription required. Excerpted with permission). Editor's Note: Wayne Madsen, left, is an author and former Navy intelligence office and NSA analyst. The National Security Agency, like any empire, has its own security force, its own subservient news media team, and, increasingly its own overseas colonies. For two groups of islanders, NSA's penchant for secrecy and security forced them into exile from the islands of their birth. In 1970, the United States and Britain agreed on the construction of a major U.S. military base on the British-owned Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory, to include an air base, naval base, and several intelligence facilities, including an NSA signals intelligence collection site. Some 400 Diego Garcia islanders known as "Ilois," whose ancestors had worked on copra plantations since the 1700s and who maintained a church and a school on the island, were relocated to Mauritius by the British government against their wishes. Halfway around the world, in the South Atlantic, the British government is in the process of depopulating the civilian residents of Ascension Island, a British territory that is constitutionally part of the overseas territory of St. Helena. Some 700 British citizens from St. Helena, known as "Saints," live and work on the island.
National Security and The Press
Washington Post, In Obama's war on leaks, reporters fight back, Leonard Downie Jr., Oct. 4, 2013. Leonard Downie, a former executive editor of the Washington Post, is professor of journalism at Arizona State University. This article is based on his report "The Obama Administration and the Press," forthcoming Thursday from the Committee to Protect Journalists. Every disclosure to the press of classified information now triggers a leak investigation, said Washington Post national news editor Cameron Barr. "Investigations can be done electronically. They don't need to compel journalists to reveal sources." The Post's Justice Department reporter, Sari Horwitz, said a Justice official told her that "access to e-mail, phone records and cellphones make it easier to do now."
Eats shoots 'n leaves,, Kirsty Wark, Oct. 3, 2013 (14:09 min. video).
Claims That Police Use Excessive Power On Streets
OpEdNews, As Police Tactics Questioned, 'Threat of Terrorism' and 9/11 used to justify Miriam Carey's Death, Martin Hill, Oct. 6, 2013. Two sisters of 34-year-old dental hygienist Miriam Carey, right, appeared on Anderson Cooper's CNN 360 program Friday night, discussing the tragic shooting death of their sister. "Regardless of the reason that she was there, her life shouldn't have ended there," said Valarie Carey, a former NYPD Sergeant. When asked "Do you have questions about the reaction by law enforcement?," Carey added "Well, that's something that has to be looked into further. This is the reason why the family is here. We're here for answers in D.C." Meanwhile, CNN is running a flurry of articles justifying the shooting. Most disturbing is the fact that they use the pretext of 'heightened terrorist threats' to justify more lax standards for use of deadly force.
Grio, Family of Miriam Carey: 'Shooting was not justified,' William J. Wright, Oct. 5, 2013. The sisters of Miriam Carey say, "It just doesn't seem real!" Miriam Carey was shot to death Thursday afternoon after first trying to ram her car through a White House barricade then leading Capitol police through a high-speed chase. It ended near the Capitol in a hail of bullets. Carey's sisters spoke with reporters in Brooklyn, New York Friday night after returning from Washington following the grim task of identifying their loved one's body. They said they were "still very confused as to why Miriam is not alive." They told reporters gathered in front of their Bedford Stuyvesant home the the shooting of their unarmed sister by Capitol police was "unjustified."
Washington Post, Car in chase from White House was driving backward when officers opened fire, Peter Hermann, Oct. 8, 2013. The 34-year-old Connecticut woman who led police on a chase last week from the White House to the U.S. Capitol was driving in reverse when officers opened fire on her car, killing her near a guard house, according to a search warrant affidavit made public Tuesday.
Washington Post, Use of force in Capitol Hill shooting debated, Peter Hermann and Sari Horwitz, Oct. 4, 2013. Federal agents trying to stop the black Infiniti speeding between the White House and the U.S. Capitol fired seven shots at an unarmed driver with a toddler in the car as it rushed away from them, an uncommon tactic that occurred during a highly unusual chase. A total of at least 17 shots were fired at two locations Thursday afternoon by two law enforcement agencies — the U.S. Capitol Police and the U.S. Secret Service. The final shots, near the Hart Senate Office Building, killed 34-year-old Miriam Carey of Connecticut, who police said had tried to ram through a security barrier at the White House, knocked over a uniformed Secret Service agent, hit cruisers and breached the outer security perimeter of the Capitol grounds.
Veterans Today, Police in America: Licensed to Kill, Stephen Lendman, Oct. 6, 2013. Miriam Carey is the latest victim. She deserved to live, not die. More on her below. Incidents occur daily across America. Blacks and Latinos are most vulnerable. Police shoot innocent suspects for any reason or none all. Rarely are officers or their superiors held accountable. On average, US police kill one or two people daily. Most often, incidents go unnoticed. Violence in America is systemic. Previous articles discussed it. America glorifies wars. It does so in the name of peace. It has by far the highest homicide rate among all developed nations. It's obsessed with owning guns. Violent films are some of the most popular. So are similar video games. Peace, stability and security are convenient illusions. Imperial wars and domestic violence crowd them out. Communities, neighborhoods, schools, work places, commercial areas and city streets are affected.
Justice Integrity Project, New Book, Viral Video Focus on Police, Prosecution, Judicial Abuses, Andrew Kreig, Aug. 2, 2013. A new book on paramilitary police tactics underscores ongoing assaults on American civil liberties. So does a video about a sexual attack in a Nevada courthouse by a court marshal, who arrested the victim while the judge failed to intervene. Rise of the Warrior Cop is the title of a book published in July by Radley Balko a columnist for the Huffington Post. He amplified the book's themes with two recent columns on "Police Militarization" and "America's Misbehaving Prosecutors." A graphic example of the arrogance that some law enforcers possess even in court is a video that went viral this spring after CBS-affiliate KLAS-TV in Las Vegas exposed the treatment of a young mother who was groped and arrested.
Chicago Tribune, Woman sues LaSalle County over strip-search; 33-year-old says county jail camera system video-recorded her after DUI arrest, David Heinzmann and Juan Perez Jr., Oct. 1, 2013. Dana Holmes was drunk, naked and being recorded on video. The 33-year-old was facedown on the floor of a LaSalle County jail cell while cameras captured images of her nude body on the facility's video system. Minutes earlier, four deputies — three men and a woman — had pulled her to the ground and carried her into the cell, where they quickly and forcibly stripped Holmes and walked out with her clothes.
Justice System in Alabama
Justice Integrity Project, Siegelman Seeks Justice With New Appeal, Sept. 3, 2013. Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman challenged his imprisonment on corruption charges last week on two grounds of legal error by his trial judge. Siegelman argued that U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller of Montgomery erred by failing to allow evidence on whether a biased prosecutor had actually recused as claimed. Siegelman argued that U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller of Montgomery erred by failing to allow evidence on whether a biased prosecutor had actually recused as claimed. Also, Siegelman's appeal to the federal appeals court in Atlanta claims that Fuller wrongly increased Siegelman's prison time by citing allegations that failed to win conviction in the 2006 jury trial. Siegelman is serving a 78-month term in one of the nation's most controversial federal prosecutions of the decade.
Hartford Courant, Moving Female Inmates To Rural Alabama Still A Very Bad Idea, Editorial board, Oct. 7, 2013. The Federal Bureau of Prisons intends to resume its misguided transfer of 1,120 female inmates from its women's prison in Danbury to a new facility in the Alabama hinterlands and other locations. The bureau had suspended the transfers recently to answer questions from several U.S. senators, including Connecticut's. Last week, the bureau decided to go ahead and turn Danbury into a prison for male inmates to lessen crowding in other men's prisons. The bureau can lessen crowding without transferring female inmates from Danbury. It should permanently cancel the relocation.
Peter B. Collins, Legal Schnauzer's Roger Shuler Gets Payback for Exposing Corrupt Leaders in Alabama, Peter B. Collins, left, Oct. 8, 2013. Veteran fighter for justice and podcast contributor Roger Shuler returns with a surreal report of an illegal injunction, a false traffic stop, and harassment by local deputies. Hear the full story, and how you can help Shuler at a critical time.Click here for GoDaddy deal that benefits the PBC Podcast! Shuler's Legal Schnauzer blog has featured well-researched and sordid stories of hypocrites in Alabama: the current Attorney General, Luther Strange's affair with Jessica Garrison (both were married, she's since divorced); federal appeals judge Bill Pryor's photo from a gay porn site (Pryor is married with kids, and cancelled a family vacation to Disney World when it coincided with Gay Pride Week); and Rob Riley, a power lawyer and son of former Gov. Bob Riley (who displaced Don Siegelman in the Rove-inspired 2002 election theft and railroading of Siegelman into federal prison) who reportedly had an affair with lobbyist Liberty Duke that resulted in a pregnancy and abortion. These are Alabama's defenders of family values.
Legal Schnauzer, Judge In Rob Riley's Lawsuit Violates 230 years of U.S. Law To Impose Prior Restraint On Reports About Messy Affair, Roger Shuler, right, Oct. 8, 2013. An Alabama judge's preliminary injunction in a defamation case runs counter to more than 230 years of case law on free speech in the United States. Circuit Judge Claud D. Neilson issued a ruling dated October 1, 2013, ordering me not to write about Alabama Republican Rob Riley and his affair with lobbyist Liberty Duke. Neilson also ordered me to remove all posts from Legal Schnauzer about the affair and went so far as to seal the entire file--with no apparent legal justification--and forbid any reporting on the case. Based on recent press reports and Riley's bizarre actions, it seems clear that he wants the Liberty Duke story to go away so he can pursue the U.S. House seat that Spencer Bachus is vacating. Judge Neilson apparently feels a Rob Riley candidacy is so important that it justifies trashing the U.S. and Alabama constitutions.
Al.com, Federal Bureau of Prisons report finds Gary White wrongfully punished, Charles J. Dean, Aug. 31, 2013. Imprisoned former Jefferson County Commissioner Gary White recently finished serving six months of punishment, including time in solitary confinement and suspension of visitation rights by his family, for something the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) now says he did not do. White recently was informed by the BOP that he had in fact not violated the terms of a medical furlough he received in late 2012 to visit a Memphis doctor for the purposes of assessing the status of problems with his prostate. The BOP in January charged that White while on furlough had called his wife, Judy. BOP said the call violated the terms of his furlough. A review of the furlough document by Al.com showed no prohibition regarding phone calls to have been included in the document.
Justice Integrity Project Editor's Note: The Whites are shown at right below in a family photo before his imprisonment.
Headlined in yellow below is a note the Justice Integrity Project received from Judy White, wife of a former Jefferson County Commissioner who is serving a 10-year prison sentence. A Republican, he and his wife say he was prosecuted under trumped up charges after he refused to testify falsely against former Democratic Gov. Don Siegelman. Judy White -- portrayed with her husband Gary before he began his sentence three years ago -- tries to drive over 300 miles each way every weekend to see her husband. She believes the Bureau of Prisons intentionally moved him far from home as part of law enforcement's ongoing retaliation from the political prosecution of Siegelman for events in 1999 -- and that her husband is being denied vitally needed medical treatment in ways that risk his life while he completes his 10-year sentence. She reports below on similar situations of other prisoners who are hidden from public view.
Letter Following Visit to Federal Correctional Institute at Forrest City, Arkansas, Subject: Death and Torture By Judy White, Sept. 21, 2013.
A man died yesterday. A human. Our government killed him through refusing to provide medical care while obstructing his access to medical care. His name was Joe. He was from Dothan, Alabama. Rather than respond to his critical medical needs, our government forcibly moved him to a federal prison in Forrest City, Arkansas, where he became their latest victim of death by medical abuse. Surrounded by no loved ones, with no one present who cared for him to live, he had a heart event (heart attack or failure) and died. He was a prisoner. No judge sentenced him to death, yet the acts of our government carried out a death sentence as surely as if Joe had been strapped to an electric chair.
James Earl Hallford , known as Joe, was 51 years old. He had arrived at Forrest City Federal Prison about a month ago. He was looking forward to being home in Dothan in time to spend Christmas with his wife and two children. He had sought and been refused medical care for increasingly frequent and troubling symptoms of serious heart problems. Friday morning he went to medical seeking help. He was refused treatment, with no testing. Following another heart episode, at the urging of other prisoners, he returned to medical a second time Friday morning. The second time, prison employees did an EKG, told him he was fine, prescribed PAIN PILLS, and told him he could come back Tuesday if necessary. By the time lunch was over, so was Joe's life. He collapsed, with no heartbeat. No one used the defibrillator. A prison employee, Joe Crowder, performed CPR. Joe Hallford's heart started beating again, he took a breath and opened his eyes. As he was being carried out on a stretcher, his heart stopped again. He was murdered by our government through medical abuse.
Greg's mother's funeral was today. Greg was not present, nor did he have any opportunity to see his mother or be with her before she passed away. Of course, he is a prisoner, so his mother and family pay the price of being without a son, separated and denied the presence of a loved one to say goodbye for the last time or share the grief of a family in mourning.
A man -- a prisoner -- has prostate cancer, diagnosed and confirmed two years ago, yet he has had no medical treatment whatsoever, as our government has refused his pleas for cancer treatment, choosing, instead, to force him to die of a highly treatable serious disease. Again, his death penalty is not the sentence of any judge, but is being carried out by our government, through the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Forrest City, Arkansas, accountable to no one, but with the knowledge and consent of the Obama administration.
This is how our government treats prisoners and their families today. Tomorrow, it may be the poor or the elderly or anyone whose life does not have value to our government, anyone who is not producing revenue for our government. Why should anyone care? Because at some time, that will be all of us.
Al.com, Stephen Nodine asks FBI for criminal investigation of prosecutors, Baldwin sheriff in murder case, Brendan Kirby, Oct. 2, 2013. In his latest move, Nodine asks the FBI to launch a federal civil rights investigation. He accuses Newcomb of misconduct, along with Baldwin County Sheriff Huey "Hoss" Mack, special prosecutor David Whetstone and Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange. See also, Al.com, Baldwin sheriff denies Stephen Nodine's misconduct allegations in murder investigation, Brendan Kirby, Oct. 3, 2013. In his statement Thursday, Sheriff Huey "Hoss" Mack denied the accusations by Stephen Nodine, who is serving a two-year jail sentence for perjury and domestic violence-harassment.
Catching Our Attention On Other Justice, Media & Integrity Issues
Politico, Helen Thomas, JFK went on date, Andrew Glass, Oct. 5, 2013. Thomas reportedly found Kennedy to be 'too fresh,' Helen Thomas covered 10 presidents, from Eisenhower through Obama, in her time as a White House correspondent. She also went on a date with one of them, it emerged during a memorial service attended by about 500 people Saturday at the National Press Club for Thomas, who died on July 20 at age 92. As told by Suzanne Geha, Thomas's niece, who presided, Thomas arrived in Washington in 1942, at age 22, shortly after graduating from Detroit's Wayne State University. United Press (later UPI) hired her in 1943. While working for UP, she went on a date with John F. Kennedy, then a young Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, whom she subsequently covered in the White House. "How did it go?" her friend asked her. "He was too fresh," Helen reportedly replied.
Washington Post, ATF rejects agent's 'Fast and Furious' book, Sari Horwitz, Oct. 8, 2013. The agency says a book on the botched gun operation will hurt morale inside the ATF.
National Press Club, Panel to explore how newspaper unearthed photographer's double life as FBI informant Oct. 10, John M. Donnelly, Oct. 7, 2013. How a mid-size city newspaper, the Memphis Commericial Appeal was able to dig up the extraordinary story of an iconic photographer covering Martin Luther King Jr. while at the same time spying on him for the FBI will be the topic of a panel discussion at the National Press Club Thursday, Oct. 10. The event is designed to bring to life how the Commercial Appeal used a precedent-setting Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit -- and years of reporting -- to piece together the facts about Ernest Withers, a famous photographer of civil rights movement who was granted close access to King and other civil rights leaders in order to capture their images for posterity. At the same time, it turns out, Withers was spying on King and his colleagues for the FBI. The event has particular resonance today. It comes just weeks after the 50th anniversary King's "I Have a Dream" speech, and on the heels of recent news about the government's sweeping domestic surveillance operations.
Boston Globe, For feds, there is more at stake in Tsarnaev case than just losing, Harvey Silverglate, left, Oct. 8, 2013. In a Sept. 29 editorial, the Boston Globe wrote that because "the evidence against Tsarnaev is overwhelming...prosecutors should have nothing to fear from bringing the case to trial." On October 6, the Globe published a letter of mine in which I argue that the government doesn't fear federal criminal jury trials because they are afraid to lose (federal criminal trials are heavily stacked against defendants), but because they want to avoid exposing to the light of day unfortunately common federal agents' and prosecutors' corrupt and unfair, often unlawful, practices. The recently-completed trial of James "Whitey" Bulger is a recent case-in-point. (I plan in the near future to write more about the Bulger trial, lest the commonly-accepted mirage – that it was a fair and open trial at which the truth was allowed to emerge – gain unwarranted public acceptance.)
Veterans Today, The Phone Company that Said No to NSA, Dr. Stuart Jeanne Bramhall, Oct. 7, 2013. Former US West CEO Joseph Nacchio was released from prison last week after completing a four-year insider trading sentence. He still claims the NSA framed him on the insider trading charges – after he refused to participate in their illegal phone surveillance program in 2001. US West was the only major telecommunication program that refused to spy on its customers. According to the Wall Street Journal, Nacchio feels vindicated by Edward Snowden's recent revelations about NSA spying on Americans' phone and email communications. Nacchio was convicted of selling US West stock based on inside information about the company's deteriorating financial health. He denies this, claiming he believed US West's lucrative contracts with the federal government would continue. Instead his refusal to cooperate with the NSA resulted in the wholesale cancellation of government contracts. See also, Wall Street Journal, Former Qwest CEO Joseph Nacchio: Tales From a White-Collar Prison Sentence.


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I don't really have much of a taste for sweets anymore, but they seem to come along at this time of year. Maybe it's because apples and honey get harvested. Or because people used sugar in preserving foods for the long winter? Anyway, here is a really pretty jar of honey with sliced hazelnuts and pistachios.
I made this cider to take to a screening of "Dawn of the Dead" at Hollywood Forever. It is strong and not to be gulped in huge quantities. It was also deliciously warming. I was surprised to find myself adding sugar to this drink, but since we started with hard cider, there actually wasn't much sugar to begin with. If you use regular nonalcoholic cider, then don't add any sugar.
Mulled Hard Cider
3 c (hard) cider
4 cloves
4 oz vodka (or whiskey or rum)
2 TB simple syrup
cinnamon sticks
Heat everything in a saucepan, being careful not to boil it. When it starts steaming, transfer to a preheated thermos, or serve it.