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Conservation in Thailand - Monthly Update February 2013
Despite being a shorter month, February was still an action packed month. Volunteers took part in their usual diving and land based activities.
There has been a slight increase in rain during the month but nothing too severe. We actually did welcome some of this rain as it was pretty hot at certain times of the month. It will only be hotter as we get into March and April.
During this rather hot month our outreach to the Emerald Pool was extremely fitting.
Diving Based Projects:
Reef Check Survey
A total of eleven reef check surveys were conducted by our volunteers during the month of February. The species spotted the most by our divers was again the long spine black sea urchin. Over 2000 sea urchins were spotted. 2000 sea urchins were spotted at anemone reef. The coral species that were recorded the most was the magnificent sea anemone and also the plate coral. Almost 300 plate coral were recorded.
During our reef check surveys we also encountered some of the more exciting species; there were two leopard sharks one which was a baby. Two hawksbill sea turtles were also spotted in February. Also a blue barred parrot fish and a lobster were spotted.
Project AWARE – Dive Against Debris Survey
For the month of February our volunteers cleaned up debris of the area of over 52,000 meter squared. This resulted in just under 50kg of loose debris, nothing on the larger scale was salvaged. Like the previous month, most of the debris were fishing lines as well as fishing nets; also lots of ropes were found. The second most collected, again same as the month of January, were cans and glass bottles. On Koh Mae Urai while salvaging a fishing net, a Boxfish, a Snapper, a Kuhls Stingray, 7 Softshell Crab, and 2 Peacock Flounders were released.
Nothing interesting that is worth mentioning regarding the salvaged debris, however the volunteers did a see a strange giant worm (sea cucumber).
Endangered Species Work
Volunteers spotted 2 hawksbill sea turtles during the month of February.
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Forest Regeneration
For the month of February our volunteers had three visits working days where we worked with FORRU and APE in our reforestation program.
On one of our visits, we went back in to the forest where the volunteers and FORRU staff build what we call nature reservoirs. This was a re-visit of the location to extend the reservoir project a little further down the stream. These pools will hopefully attract wild birds and other wildlife.
As per usual, every month we go to the FORRU tree nursery at least once. The FORRU team supervised the volunteers in the general care of the tree nursery. Volunteers harvested bamboo and made more frames for the tree nursery. They also began some germination process with some of native plant species.
On the last working day with APE and FORRU, volunteers were specifically invited to a beach near Koh Lanta where they took part in a beach clean-up of some of the local authorities. The beach was extremely dirty, mainly with rubbish floating ashore from Phi Phi and Koh Lanta. The volunteers braved the rain and cleaned up a huge section of the beach but plenty more rubbish was still around the area. No data was collected as this was not one of our usual beach clean-ups.
Beach Clean-Ups
During February our volunteers took part in three coastal clean-ups. One was at Khlong Muang beach, the other at Nopharathara beach and the final one was here in our own back yard, Ao Nam Mao. From the three beaches a total of 416 kg of rubbish was picked up. The highest number was at Nophathara beach where 184 kg of rubbish was picked up. From all the three sites 77 kg of rubbish was considered to be recyclable rubbish.
The most item found on Khlong Muang beach, was plastic bags and food wrappers. Large sums of bottles were also collected here.
As for Nopharathara, the most item picked up were cigarette filters and the second runner up were bottle lids and bottle caps
On Ao Nam Mao beach volunteers found that the most item they picked up were again plastic bags, they also managed to find a snorkel and a chair. The Ao Nam Mao beach is extremely polluted especially near the pier area.
Turtle Rehabilitation Work
In February we visited the Turtle Rehabilitation Center in PMBC. Over there our volunteers were split into two groups, some were introduced to some tanks that needed to be cleaned. While some went and worked in the larger tank where the Olive Ridley turtles lived. Volunteers helped scrubbed the tanks and also the turtle shells.
After the work in the area Linnea took them through to the Aquarium where they had the opportunity to view the display with our expert Linnea answering any questions they might have had.
The last stop on this day before returning home was a visit at the decompression chamber. The volunteers were taken on a tour and shown around the area and explained about the problems of unsafe diving. Kevin who is the manager there was extremely insightful and gave a great presentation.
Community Outreach Day
Volunteers were invited by the authorities to visit the Emerald Pool where they were asked to help collect rubbish in the area. We were also joined by the FORRU staff and also the APE staff. Volunteers walked through the Emerald Pool and also visited the Crystal Pool.
After the day's work they all jumped in to the pool where they were able to cool off and have 20 minutes for them to relax. All in all it was successful outreach, the volunteers had a great day out and the staff there really appreciated the worked they did.
Other Stuff
After the outreach in February all volunteers were invited to Dawn of Happiness where we had snacks out for them, this gave the staff the opportunity to thank the volunteers for their work. We also organised a cake for the monthly birthday for some of the volunteers.
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Song lyrics aside, even when you catch a bit of stardust, it may take years to sort out what you've got.
Field Museum researchers have joined with scientists around the globe to find contemporary interstellar dust gathered by NASA's Stardust space mission launched more than a decade ago.
This story was featured on the December 14, 2010 show Scientific Chicago on WTTW Channel 11.
A piece of aluminum foil that was part of the Stardust apparatus used to gather dust was placed in the Field Museum's scanning electron microscope to produce images scientists hope will lead them to tiny craters formed by impacting grains of stardust. "It is really great that the museum's SEM has been selected for the NASA Stardust analysis. I'm excited for this expanded use of our multiuser SEM", says SEM lab manager Betty Strack.
The quest, started in early November, "is a once in a lifetime opportunity," said Philipp R. Heck, principal investigator of the study at the recently established Robert A. Pritzker Center of Meteoritics and Polar Studies at the museum. "It's a dream come true."
With one of the world's largest meteorite collections, the Field is also home to abundant material from outside the solar system, but all of it is billions of years old, presolar stardust, having been formed before the birth of our solar system, Heck said. Analyzing contemporary stardust will provide a unique opportunity to learn how such materials have evolved over geologic time.
Nearly every element that makes life possible, including carbon and oxygen, was formed by stars, so this inquiry is central to understanding how we came to be, he said. Using light absorption and other information gained from astronomy, scientists have some understanding about interstellar dust composition. Getting actual bits of dust to study in earthly labs using advance technology will raise the accuracy and precision of their knowledge significantly. Isotopes of interstellar dust can be only measured in the laboratory, and they are crucial to study the evolution and origin of the dust.
Pieces of aluminum foil from the Stardust mission likely contain some interstellar dust. They are being imaged at a few selected scientific institutions such as the Field Museum where great care is taken to avoid contamination with earthly dust.
Aluminum foil provided a hard landing for each bit of dust, resulting in tiny craters that are larger than a grain of stardust, which Heck hopes will make it easier to find his quarry.
The project adheres to strict protocols agreed to by an international group of scientists in an effort to preserve the grains of stardust.
"It's a very cautious approach," said Heck. "Every step we take is discussed."
Making images of the aluminum foil, which measures 2 by 30 millimeters, with the Field's scanning electron microscope takes several days, Heck said. He invited university undergraduate students to come to the museum and help scrutinize the images for signs of stardust.
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Although I think that the discussion here is a little exaggerated (some businesses have asked me to help recruit graduates without feeling the need for such things as a position description, selection criteria and pay rates…), clearly some innovative businesses are exploring new ways of signalling their style to attract the right candidates…
that the discussion of the
For proof that recruiting has entered a new era, one need look no further than an exceptionally novel internship application submitted this summer by Shawn McTigue. This playful 2:50 video by Shawn was a response to Mastercard's call for applicants to creatively promote the benefits of a "cashless society." It was his take on the "something creative" all interns were required to link to as part of the application. The rest of the process involved engaging on MasterCard's Facebook page, uploading a resume via LinkedIn, and following MasterCard on Twitter for further directions. The campaign represents the future of recruiting, where the process demands that applicants showcase their skills –and in the process makes them stronger candidates.
Forget the resume; today, employers pay more attention to candidates' web presence, like their top Google search results, their Klout scores, their number of Twitter followers or the number and quality of recommendations they have on LinkedIn. Companies are looking at how individuals build their personal brand and contribute to that brand on a daily basis. And when it comes to job candidates, the ability to leverage YouTube and Twitter is just the beginning. Applicants are increasingly required to demonstrate creativity and innovation while addressing a company's business challenge posed during the recruiting process.
Today, most companies have managed to integrate social media into their recruiting function. A recent survey conducted by recruiting platform Jobvite found that 92 percent of U.S. companies are using social networks and media to find new talent in 2012. But this has become the bare minimum expectation for competitive employers. To stand out, recruiters and Chief Human Resource Officers must go beyond simply leveraging social media to recruit talent; they must build a process that creates a more professional candidate; a process where candidates have an opportunity to showcase their innovation and creativity.
In considering the best ways to re-imagine recruiting, I used Spigit's new crowdsourcing innovation platform, ICON, to do some crowdsourcing of my own. I asked users how they thought companies should build innovation into the recruiting process. Many responses suggested posing business challenges to candidates and asking them to compete on finding solutions.
So how can your company re-invent recruiting in a way that demonstrates openness, transparency, fun, collaboration and innovation?
1. Democratize the talent pool
Use contests and games to allow applicants to set themselves apart by way of their ideas and contributions rather than the standard, one-dimensional credentials presented on a resume. Performance in these contests reveals aptitude rather than education or experience, and that's where the job market is going. After all, as profiled in my book, The 2020 Workplace: How Innovative Companies Attract, Develop & Keep Tomorrow's Employees Today, a study by University of California at Berkeley estimates that knowledge doubles every two years and in some fields every six months.
Contest-driven hiring makes for smarter candidates, not only because the brightest applicants will come out on top. Just as importantly, those applicants will have received an education in the company's priorities, goals, and mission during the recruiting process.
2. Run Time-Bound Business Challenges
MasterCard's "Cashless Society" campaign yielded over 350 qualified applicants this year, compared to the 20-30 applications the company has traditionally received upon advertising a job.
Applicants were asked to use a third party social media site to explain what a "cashless society," meant to them, and given four weeks to complete this challenge. Some, like Shawn, created videos; one successful campaign came in the form of a Tumblr blog, called "Cashless 'til May."
The application process itself is becoming part of the interview as forward-looking companies see the opportunity of creating a more professional candidate. Social recruiting is now morphing into social interviewing, as companies require candidates to showcase their skills, knowledge and competencies in a public manner.
3. Recruit for Impact
In addition to cultivating a workplace family, companies must build a strong employer brand that resonates with potential employees. In the same way that social media now throws a spotlight on candidates' personal brands, it forces companies to be vigilant about developing their employer brand as a way to attract top talent. They must use social media not only to gain and maintain a following, but also to cultivate a brand that resonates with what young workers (Millennials and beyond) are looking for in an employer.
The research on this may surprise you. In a survey of 1,726 college students conducted by the firm Net Impact, researchers found that 58% of the student population would take a 15% pay cut to work for a organization whose values matched my own
This is giving more organizations the incentive to build their commitment to corporate social responsibility into the recruiting process.
4. Make innovation a requirement
In a business environment fraught with uncertainty, a survey of 1,500 chief executives conducted by IBM's Institute for Business Value (IBM), identified "creativity" and "innovation" as critical leadership competencies for the enterprise of the future.
But companies are not waiting until an employee's start date to begin training for innovation. Instead, they are building innovation aptitude into the recruiting process.
Increasingly we will see companies during the recruiting process ask applicants to solve a business challenge, provide input design on a new product or service, pitch an idea, or defend their analysis of an obstacle the company faces. These types of challenges are created to identify candidates who can demonstrate both innovative thinking, as well as T shaped skills, meaning a depth of knowledge in one area combined with as the ability to collaborate across disciplines.
For Shawn McTigue, Mastercard's #InternsWanted challenge was the motivation he needed to get the creative juices flowing. "It told me that MasterCard was not looking for the same old thing," Shawn said. "They were looking for exactly what they asked for, which was creativity and someone that would go outside the boundaries." As a result of the contest, MasterCard selected Shawn for an in-person interview – however, he had in the meantime landed a full-time summer job elsewhere.
5. Build Gamification Into The Recruiting
Professional service firms like Deloitte, Accenture and PwC are the earliest adopters to re-thinking recruiting, and PwC is now building competitive games into the recruiting process in order to train applicants in critical thinking, teamwork and communication – key skills needed for success at the firm. The company's platform, xTREME Games, is designed to build a range of business skills needed for success among undergraduate accounting students.
So readers, what are you experimenting with in your company to source talent in new and innovative ways?


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The study assessed 68 people aged 49 to 94 who met criteria for probable Alzheimer's disease. Religiosity and spirituality were measured with the validated Duke University Religion Index and the Overall Self-Ranking subscale from the NIH/Fetzer Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality. These methods collected information on the patients' practices such as attendance at religious events and private religious activities.
"We learned that the patients with higher levels of spirituality or higher levels of religiosity may have a significantly slower progression of cognitive decline," said study author Yakir Kaufman, MD, who conducted the research as a fellow at of the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care in Toronto, Ontario and is now the director of neurology services at The Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel.
"Spirituality and religiosity have been linked to better health outcomes," said Kaufman. "Our research addressed the question whether this link is also relevant in Alzheimer's disease."
Spirituality and private religious practices accounted for 20 percent of the total variance. Kaufman said that further studies are needed to better understand the connection between religiosity and cognitive decline.
"These findings may warrant an interventional study looking at the possible effect of enhancement of spiritual well-being as a means of slowing cognitive decline," said Kaufman.
The American Academy of Neurology, an association of more than 18,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals, is dedicated to improving patient care through education and research. A neurologist is a doctor with specialized training in diagnosing, treating and managing disorders of the brain and nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and stroke.
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Legendary bluegrass artists Peter Rowan, Tony Rice and The Travelin' McCourys pay homage to the undisputed "Father of Bluegrass" Bill Monroe. Few artists can claim to have created a genre all their own, but Kentucky-born musician Bill Monroe (Sep. 13, 1911 – Sep. 9, 1996) did exactly that when he added North Carolina banjo prodigy Earl Scruggs to his traditional stringband in 1945. Known as the Blue Grass Boys, Monroe and Scruggs, alongside singer/guitarist Lester Flatt, fiddler Chubby Wise and bassist Howard Watts, forged new ground, not only creating an entirely unique genre of American music, but forever changing the course of American rock-and-roll with one of their most famous songs, "Blue Moon of Kentucky" - an early hit for an up-and-coming young musician named Elvis Presley.
More than a century after his birth on a small farm in Kentucky, Monroe's music remains the canon for traditional bluegrass masters and the inspiration for generations of bluegrass-inspired musicians.
In 1965, a young Peter Rowan joined Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys, recording fourteen songs with Monroe before leaving the band in 1967. Peter went on to become a Grammy-award winner and six-time Grammy nominee with a career spanning over five decades. From his early years playing under the tutelage of bluegrass patriarch Bill Monroe, and following his stint in Old & In the Way with Jerry Garcia and subsequent breakout as both a solo performer and bandleader, Rowan has built a devoted, international fan base through his continuous stream of original recordings, collaborative projects, and constant touring.
Tony Rice, a veteran of Bluegrass Alliance, J.D. Crowe's New South, the David Grisman Quintet, the Tony Rice Unit, the Bluegrass Album Band, the Rice Brothers and Rice, Rice, Hillman and Pedersen, is arguably the finest flat-picking guitarist of all times. With his signature subtle touch, beautiful tone, amazing speed and imaginative phrasing, Rice has inspired guitarists far and wide for decades, as both a peerless lead player and the quintessential rhythm player. His inventive syncopation encompasses many acoustic music genres in addition to bluegrass, including jazz, blues, classical, folk, and swing, as is evident in his numerous solo and collaborative recordings. Revered as perhaps the single most important bluegrass guitarist alive, Rice has recently revived the illustrious Tony Rice Unit to craft the non-traditional, jazz-tinged "spacegrass" with which he is identified.
The Travelin' McCourys do not stand still. They are on the road entertaining audiences with live shows that include some of the best musicians and singers from all genres. It's always different, always exciting, and always great music. No other band today has the same credentials for playing traditional and progressive music. As the sons of bluegrass legend Del McCoury, Ronnie McCoury on mandolin and Rob McCoury on banjo continue their father's work—a lifelong dedication to the power of bluegrass music to bring joy into people's lives. And with fiddler Jason Carter and bassist Alan Bartram, the ensemble is loved and respected by the bluegrass faithful. But the band is now combining their sound with others to make something fresh and rejuvenating.
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A BMW-powered car won the Daytona 24 this weekend and BMW had little to nothing to do with it. Why?
This question came up when we reviewed BMW's quasi-victory at Daytona with an eye towards Le Mans. Our resident racing expert porsche9146 pointed out how little BMW has to do with the Ganassi team's win.
BMW's not really involved in the program. The Ganassi engines are created by Dinan.
Originally, they used a Lexus powerplant because Lexus funded the team, but they left in the 2009-2010 offseason, so Ganassi went to Dinan (who made the Lexus engine as well) and basically requested the best possible engine, and what they gave them was based on the BMW M3's V8. BMW barely pays the program, which is why there's no actual BMW badges on the car, just a few mentions to "BMW Power" and "BMW M Performance Parts". You can tell that BMW doesn't particularly care for the operation because they didn't ever bother to tell Ganassi to put kidney grilles on the car.
Ganassi should indeed go to Le Mans, and partnering with BMW would be a good way to do it, but it's a pretty big jump from "private team wins DP without factory help" to "full factory effort in LMP".
Jfelton pointed out that the engine is even less relevant to what's currently in BMW's lineup.
It's the S62 B50 engine, based off the old E39 M5 engine. Not the S65 in the new M3.
DAYTONA PROTOTYPES ENGINE ELIGIBILITY AND APPROVAL LIST as of January 15, 2013
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BMW S62-B50 32 valve 5.0L V-8
Bore: 3.701" Stroke: 3.502" Minimum crank weight: 40 lbs Maximum compression ratio: 11:1 Cylinder heads and intake cannot be ported. Intake valve: 1.377" Exhaust valve: 1.200" Piston, rings, pin and connecting rod: 936gm minimum Maximum camshaft lift @ retainer with zero lash: .500" Maximum cam duration: 260° @ .050" lift Induction: 8 individual butterflies @ 1.965" Must use OEM intake manifold base with trumpets as submitted (Dinan # DC763-0003 8.750 length trumpet). Air intake to be sealed to 11 x 9 9/16 hole in top of OE intake manifold. Must use approved air box. Cam profile on file cannot be changed RPM limit: 7000 Maximum fuel pressure 5 bar (72.5 psi)
So Ganassi's BMW-powered car actually uses an engine out of an old E39 M5. I think that's extremely, extremely wonderful, but BMW doesn't share my enthusiasm. It makes business sense, I suppose, because a two-generations-old engine doesn't make great ad copy.
In my opinion, BMW is making a big mistake here. The Bavarians are happy to throw their weight behind racing M3s, but when there are overall victories at stake, they're completely distant. Lame.
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At a ground that is fast becoming their fortress, the Rajasthan Royals played a near perfect game of cricket to knock the stuffing out of a star-studded Mumbai Indians team. After putting 179 on the board Rajasthan bowled Mumbai out for only 92 to win by 87 runs at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday (April 17).
Rahul Dravid did not face a single ball in Rajasthan's innings, and yet, even if he had played the entire 20 overs he could not have constructed a target better. A contrasting cast of lesser lights played their parts to perfection.
Shane Watson, all muscle at the top of the order, ensured that his batting line-up were not overawed by the firepower Mumbai brought to the table. Four boundaries off a Lasith Malinga over were the highlight of Watson's 31 in an opening partnership of 62.
Ajinkya Rahane, perfectly poised when putting away the bad ball, and attentive enough to not throw his wicket away when the bowler extracted something from the pitch, batted through the innings to end on 68 at a strike rate of 125. Flying well below the radar, Rahane had hurt Mumbai without playing a shot in anger, providing the backbone while others around him took their chances. Dravid on promoting Yagnik
Dishant Yagnik, who missed Rajasthan's last match through injury, and was a surprise inclusion on Wednesday, with his replacement Sanju Samson having done everything right in the one chance he got, was pure cheek. Teeing off into the stands at long-on off Kieron Pollard, slicing through point and eventually walking off with a wry smile after a reverse sweep went wrong, Yagnik's 24-ball 34 ensured that there was no pressure on Rahane to deviate from his natural game. Stats
Even when Stuart Binny was run out for the one outright failure in the Rajasthan innings, with the score reading 126 for 3 and nearly five overs remaining, Dravid stayed firmly ensconced in his seat in the dugout. Brad Hodge brought all the experience of his 183 Twenty20 matches to the end overs, finishing in a flurry of shots that included a towering slog sweep for six off Harbhajan Singh. Setting Mumbai an even 180 for victory, Rajasthan took the field in the second half in the full knowledge that they had done all they could have with the bat.
Dravid continued to ignore conventional wisdom, opening the bowling with the spin of Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, drafted into the side in place of S Sreesanth, whose workload was being managed carefully. Chandila, tall and upright in delivery stride, bowls his offspin with an open-chested action that would dismay purists, but was a captain's delight. First, he had Sachin Tendulkar caught at short fine-leg, a top-edged sweep ballooning safely into Siddharth Trivedi's hands, and then Ricky Ponting popped back a return catch. At 10 for 2, Mumbai were in trouble, and Rohit Sharma, instead of calming nerves, poured fuel on Rajasthan's spark. A lazy pull shot to the fielder inside the circle left Mumbai at 26 for 3, which would soon become 31 for 4 when Binny sent Pollard's middle stump cartwheeling. Pics
Dinesh Karthik and Ambati Rayudu tried to fashion a revival, but when the halfway mark of the innings was upon them with 138 still needed from 60 balls, it was time to take some risks. Karthik (30) holed out to long-on in the process and the chase was dead in the water.
Soon after, Harbhajan and Rayudu ended up at the same end, and were in not too polite conversation as the bails were taken off at the other end, typifying the kind of day Mumbai had endured. Replays showed that Rayudu had slid his bat past the crease a fraction ahead of Harbhajan but it didn't really matter as Mumbai were 64 for 7. From there on, all they could do was limp to 92 all out. Watch Analysis
Chandila, who started the rout, ended the match having bowled just one spell, but what a spell it was. When you take into account the fact that Chandila's two first class outings for Haryana have yielded just 3 wickets – and the soonest he came into the attack was as the fifth bowler – the enormity of the punt that the Royals took became clear. With figures of 2-0-6-2, including the scalps of two players who had 10,000-plus runs in Tests and ODIs, Chandila had more than earned his pay.


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I can't say I was disappointed in the way the Admirals play Thursday night. They played well in front of the …..hmmmm….the "Home Crowd" at the Verizon Center. The term "Home Game" should be taken with grain of salt. Norfolk gave up a home game to play at the Verizon Center.The Admirals were officially the home team on paper, but it was apparent that they were indeed the visitors. They wore their road jerseys, set up shop in the visitors locker room, and the crowd was definitely behind the Capitals AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears. As a Capitals fan I found it very awkward to be walking around in a Admirals jersey. Now it wasn't bad like walking around Philly in a Caps or Penguin jersey. I had my Caps hat on and got many a comment about my apparent confusion on who to support. I brushed it off as a #LockoutProblem. Overall I enjoyed being back up in D.C., but in the future I hope the Ad's keep their home game down in Norfolk and have Hershey give up the game as it was truly their crowd.
Now from the Norfolk Admirals:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Brandon McMillan scored just 10 seconds into the game, but the Norfolk Admirals (9-12-0-0) fell to the Hershey Bears (10-11-1-0), 2-1, in the Washington AHL Showcase, presented by GEICO, on Thursday night in front of 18,506 people at a sold out at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.
Norfolk netminder Frederik Andersen (6-6-0) stopped 28 of 30 shots in the setback. The Admirals killed all eight Hershey power plays, increasing their streak of opponent power plays killed to 30 over the last four-plus games.
The Admirals will visit the Binghamton Senators on Saturday night before returning to Scope on December 14th and 15th against the Bridgeport Sound Tigers.
Norfolk wasted little time starting the scoring in the contest. Rod Pelley won the opening faceoff to Sami Vatanen, who sent it to McMillan entering the attacking zone. McMillan sent a shot from the top of the left circle past Bears goaltender Braden Holtby just 0:10 into the contest for his second goal of the season.
Hershey tied the game at 1-1 midway through the first period. Zach Hamill sent a pass from the right circle to Evan Barlow in the left circle. Barlow sent a wrist shot past Andersen at 13:54 to tie the game at 1-1.
Neither team found the back of the net in the second period, as Holtby turned aside 11 Norfolk shots and Andersen stopped seven Hershey shots.
The Bears took the lead early in the third period. Ryan Potulny sent a slap shot from the right circle past Andersen at 4:26.
The Admirals were unable to get the equalizer past Holtby (8-7-0), who stopped eight Norfolk shots in the third period and 26 of 27 shots in the contest.
Norfolk was 0-for-6 on the power play. Hershey was 0-for-8.
Hershey Bears 2 at Norfolk Admirals 1 – Status: Final
Thursday, December 6, 2012 – Verizon Center
Hershey 1 0 1 – 2
Norfolk 1 0 0 – 1
1st Period-1, Norfolk, McMillan 2 (Vatanen, Pelley), 0:10. 2, Hershey, Barlow 1 (Hamill, DiSalvatore), 13:54. Penalties-Sjogren Her (tripping), 1:30; Brouillette Her (roughing), 3:06; Smith-Pelly Nor (boarding, roughing), 3:06; Pelley Nor (tripping), 6:50; Guentzel Nor (tripping), 9:50; Orlov Her (tripping), 10:56; Berry Her (fighting), 13:56; Kurtz Nor (fighting), 13:56; Schilling Her (interference), 18:23.
2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-Lindholm Nor (holding the stick), 1:57; Kundratek Her (roughing), 6:44; Clark Nor (closing hand on puck), 10:38; Taffe Her (tripping), 18:06.
3rd Period-3, Hershey, Potulny 1 (Oleksy, Taffe), 4:26. Penalties-Parent Nor (cross-checking), 1:20; McMillan Nor (cross-checking), 7:50; Schilling Her (holding), 14:23; Vatanen Nor (slashing), 17:17.
Shots on Goal-Hershey 13-7-10-30. Norfolk 8-11-8-27.
Power Play Opportunities-Hershey 0 / 8; Norfolk 0 / 6.
Goalies-Hershey, Holtby 8-7-0 (27 shots-26 saves). Norfolk, Andersen 6-6-0 (30 shots-28 saves).
Referees-Ryan Fraser (14), Tim Mayer (19).
Linesmen-Tom George (61), Scott Pomento (25).


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The greatest player in NBA history can still get up, even at age 50.
Over the weekend at his annual Flight School basketball camp at the University of California-Santa Barbara, Michael Jordan showed a flash of what made him famous more than 25 years ago.
The Charlotte Bobcats owner, who last played in the league in 2003, dunked with ease during a one-on-one game with one of his campers.
Though the jam won't make the cut on a highlight reel of his greatest dunks, it was posted on YouTube.
#thisstillhappens • #MichaelJordan • #MJFS • #MJFS2013 • #airjordan • #jumpman @Jumpman23 • pic.twitter.com/BSuYZKAViz
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I'm striving to not be offensive
To respect every person's belief
Though the effort is pretty intensive
And it's giving me nothing but grief
No coffee or booze am I drinking;
I've given up shellfish and pork
I've given up beef, and I'm thinking
There is little that's left for my fork
I've given up mocking the prophet
I've given up teasing the pope
I've told all my friends to get off it,
If we all have respect, there is hope;
Changed my clothes, my behavior, my diet
And I've given up shaving my beard
If they say it's respectful, I'll try it,
But I've noticed one thing, and it's weird:
When I look at the faithful, my brothers,
There are times it's not easy to see
They'll insist I'm respectful of others
But they're never respectful to me
I'll give them respect when they earn it
It's a matter of live and let live
And I'll hope they'll eventually learn it:
You only get back what you give
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It's everywhere. Today, for instance, Hank and Mano each have stories of Sikh offense, because Jay Leno used a picture of the Golden Temple and called it Mitt Romney's summer home. It's offensive! We should be respected!
Last week, it was Rhys Morgan (among others) doing the offending, with a picture of Jesus and Mo on his facebook page. It's offensive! He should remove it and show some respect!
Or it's the Cranston pledge–it should remain, out of respect for the Christians! Or the Pendleton Cross, or the Big Mountain Jesus, or women being asked to sit at the back of the bus, or girls not go to school in this ultra-orthodox neighborhood.
It's all respect.
But none of it is mutual respect.
Your rules are not my rules. I will respect your rules, to the extent that you respect mine. My rules include women sitting wherever the hell they want to on a bus. My rules say nothing at all about not drawing a picture of any particular person. I will not force you to draw Mohammed, if you do not force me not to.
In Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, in Sophia Bulgaria, I was offered the chance to light a prayer candle. Everyone else was doing it, but I turned it down, out of respect. If I were to light a candle, it would not have been a sincere gesture; I did not imitate their behavior, because their rules are not mine, and pretending they were would have been (in my opinion) vaguely insulting. I also do not pretend to pray, for much the same reasons; by the rules of faith communities, prayer is a solemn thing, and not (in theory) something that one merely pretends to do. Out of respect for their traditions, I do not partake.
We are (often, not always, and not by all, but by vocal contingents of many faith communities) asked–no, demanded–to respect their rules. I will gladly respect them by not participating. I expect the same respect in return; I do not expect them to do as I do, but I demand that they allow me to play by my rules, just as they demand I allow them to play by theirs. And, here at least, neither of us gets to have the backing of government.


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It would be possible, in theory, to write about Tom Tom Club without reference to Talking Heads. But it would be an obscure and cerebral exercise, like one of those novels that only uses one vowel. And besides, I've already blown it. David Bowman's Heads biography This Must Be The Place is unintentionally funny to the point of self-parody. The author comes across as a kind of Woody Allen caricature of the eighties Manhattan scenester who is convinced not only that New York City is the centre of the known universe but that it is the universe in its entirety, unaware he's demonstrating precisely the smalltown mentality he so pompously disdains. He never explains just what it is that Heads/Club bass player Tina Weymouth did to earn his undying enmity – perhaps she inadvertently snubbed him in the queue for Studio 54 or sat on his cocaine – but Bowman has it in for Weymouth on a cosmic scale, and the resultant petty bitchiness permeates his telling of the Talking Heads story like the taste of milk about to turn.
This is unfortunate because it's a good story, affording plenty of opportunity for philosophising around the proposition that history is not made by great men. Précis: band forms, three then four musketeers, acclaim ensues, band works with auteur producer noted for box-transcending approach, frontman/songwriter notes limitations of box, band's work improves in quantum jumps from album to album and – hey presto – by album number four the band has expanded to a nine-piece and made one of the most extraordinary records ever to be billed as pop music (that'll be Remain In Light, of course). Understandably, original musketeers become miffed at perceived sidelining, the miff doubtless exacerbated by the fact that the music they're now creating as smaller parts of a bigger machine is so undeniably brilliant.
Noticing that frontman/songwriter is cultivating other irons in other fires, Weymouth and drummer/husband Chris Frantz form rap-inflected party band Tom Tom Club and enjoy modest commercial and artistic success, notching up a couple of entries in the Jukebox Of Eternity in the process. Years pass. Then somebody decides to release live album featuring reheated version of rap-inflected party band playing to a small crowd of their mates. As if to trumpet the cheapness and superfluity of this venture, the album is packaged by a blind man in the dark, with a typeface only marginally less fatuous than Comic Sans and what looks like a picture of Peaches' mum giving it some thigh. Oh, and both notches – 'Genius Of Love' and 'Wordy Rappinghood', fact fans – are dispatched within the first three tracks. And, wait for it, the album is entitled Genius Of Live.
It's not all terrible. Weymouth and Frantz are still a rhythm section to be reckoned with. With a decent frontman/songwriter they could really go places. The guitarist they hire to impersonate Adrian Belew gets it right for seconds at a time before he forgets his brief and noodles out a smelly little Rock School solo. There are a couple of tracks that don't sound like a superior take on lumpy Eighties funk-rock and approximate to the joyous, unclassifiable clatter and babble of Remain In Light. And there are the notches. Nothing wrong with those. But in a world where the likes of LCD and !!! are situating the musical legacy of Talking Heads inside records that are contemporary, original and exciting, it's difficult to see why anybody who wasn't actually present would want to give eartime to Genius Of Live.
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Updated 5:49 p.m. ET Friday 5/31
Washington (CNN) – The Internal Revenue Service has told House GOP investigators they have identified 88 IRS employees who may have documents relevant to the congressional investigation into targeting of conservative groups, according to a congressional source familiar with the investigation.
The IRS asked these employees to preserve all the "responsive documents" on their computers, and it has been in the process of collecting it all to comply with congressional requests for information. The IRS missed its May 21st deadline to turn over documents to the House Ways and Means Committee.
The same source said the IRS argues it missed its deadline because of the scope of documents it is collecting.
The request for documents was a bipartisan one, but Republicans are privately preparing to seize on the fact that if nearly 90 IRS employees may have been somehow involved in this targeting, it is evidence that the controversy extends well beyond the mistakes by a few low level employees.
However, with no documents in hand, there is no way to know how many of the employees being asked to preserve documents were truly involved in the activity in question. The IRS, in a statement to CNN, said the large number reflects its effort to ensure they are as responsive as possible to the Congressional requests.
"The IRS and Acting Commissioner Danny Werfel are moving aggressively and taking the data requests very seriously. As a precautionary measure, the IRS is casting a wide net to capture any potentially related materials. Our goal is to be exceedingly thorough during this process to ensure we identify any and all pertinent records," the IRS statement said. "The IRS has received numerous congressional requests involving an extensive set of questions and calls for data. Responding to these requests is a top priority for us. We have been in contact with committee staff, and we continue to provide them updates as we diligently work through these requests."
READ MORE: Did IRS chief really visit White House 157 times?
The IRS is responding to multiple Congressional requests for information and struggling to meet the deadlines. According to a Senate Finance Committee aide, the IRS told the committee it will also miss Friday's deadline to produce documents relevant to the tea party targeting.
In a joint statement from the press offices of Sens. Max Baucus and Orrin Hatch, the committee's Democratic chairman and its top Republican, said they were disappointed and that the agency needed to do better.
"This is an agency that revolves around making the American taxpayer meet hard deadlines each and every year when they file their taxes, oftentimes penalizing those that are late," the statement said.
READ MORE: House investigators questioning IRS Cincinnati workers
More problems are on the horizon for the IRS. Rep. Darrell Issa, who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, will hold a hearing next week on an audit of the agency's "spending culture and conference abuses."
The committee will focus on the report released by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) that shows excessive spending at IRS conferences.
Werfel said in a statement that the report will focus on an IRS conference that took place in 2010 and labeled it an "unfortunate vestige from a prior era."
"While there were legitimate reasons for holding the meeting, many of the expenses associated with it were inappropriate and should not have occurred," he said, adding new rules have been put in place and such a conference will not happen under his watch.
These guys that were "targeted" didn't even have to file an application. They could be audited ,later, to prove they are in compliance if they raised the obvous RED flags, like ARods charity did. You could say they either didn't want to be audited at a later time or they wanted to do it the "right way". Why would you apply if you didn't need to? Why put the IRS on the offensive by putting your name, goals, ideals and primary funds usage smack dab on the enemies desk, yet he never asked you too? Saturate the app. review process with blatant references that would cause closer inspection. This is a well planned strategy that took over 1 year to gel. Republicans asked to for an investigation in which they already knew what they would find, they just hoped it would get linked directly to Obama.
Absolutely terrifying to be putting this IRS in charge of America's health care system. Vote for their chosen presidential candidate or be refused medical care. Do not speak out against the system if you value your life.
Would anyone please tell me why the IRS should/would/IS buying over a billion rounds of ammo.
Is this ammo needed to enforce their charter of collecting income taxes or Obama-care fines from the citizens of the USA?
And so the setup witch hunt continues.. the Obstructionist Party is really getting their hands dirty on this one.
First, these applications were all made and allegedly targeted in early 2010 (prior to mid-term elections that gave the GOP control of the House) and ended in May 2012 – LONG before the Nov election. None of the applicants were denied the 501c4 status (that they didn't need to apply for anyway) except one Dem group.
As mentioned before, saturate the request process with 10x the normal application rate, most of which were right wing requests, cause the IRS to investigate then wait a YEAR after the investigation ends – May 2012 – to bring them to light.
We ALL know the intent was to use these groups fro money laundering, avoid Federal Election funding rules and NOT DISCLOSE DONORS. And as a side benefit, we can use the data against the Obama administration if we lose in Nov.
You'd think that after trashing our economy, starting 2 illegal wars (unfunded), bailing out the banks (unfunded), Medicare Part D (unfunded), Bush Tax Cuts (unfunded and advised against by most economist) and the loss of 4.2 Million jobs that the Republican Party might take an interest in repairing the travesty they committed. But no, they ONLY want to trash Obama. I guess the folks that ponied up the almost $1 TRILLION the GOP spend on the shellacking they got in the Nov 2012 election want something in return?
the irs is the most powerfull agency in the USA
Whooooa there Kathy, you seem to be missing the bigger point. That the IRS targeted conservative groups isn't a question anymore. They did, and they have admitted to it. The question now is whether or not the IRS needs t be curtailed in its power. Hopefully that will happen.
Just stop all "tax free status." Everyone should pay taxes. Close all loopholes. Everyone pays from the corporate citizen to the human citizen. The rich and the poor. Religious and non religious. The witch hunt on the IRS is just propaganda to not have any revenue collection. That would end all the perpetual wars we are in. End all tax free status.
The IRS missed its deadline... Yet how unforgiving and unrelenting are they when the taxpayer misses theirs?
@william Giunta -Would anyone please tell me why the IRS should/would/IS buying over a billion rounds of ammo.
Sure. Glad to help the sheeple become informed. They IRS can't/won't/IS NOT buying ammo. DO a little research.. it's DHS – Dept. Homeland Security that's doing the buying.
Silly libs only gonna get worse. More truth to come ..
This is a simple conspiracy. A GOP appointed Chief of the IRS and his GOP appointed staff screw up to make a Democratic president look bad while fulfilling a self-fulfilling prophesy preached by the GOP that the government can't be trusted. And the IRS targeted Liberal organizations under a GOP President, where is the outrage over that? The GOP is doing the same thing in Congress, obstructing everything so government looks incompetent. When are Americans going to wake up and realize the real danger is the GOP!. Vote the GOP out to save America!
When any CNN article damaging to obama is published, they always put it on politicalsticker to hold down the truth and comments.
I find it funny that the repubs want to crucify the IRS and Obama for all the misgivings and excess spending that they certainly never held Bush accountable to when his people were caught doing worse. Let's go on a memory stroll...
When testifying before Congress in 2007, L. Paul Bremer, the former head of reconstruction in Iraq, was unable to account for as much as $12 billion—about half of his budget—as the head of the Coalition Provisional Authority between May 2003 and June 2004. According to a report by Rep. Henry Waxman, contractors brought bags to meetings in order to collect shrink-wrapped bundles of money.
In 2004, Pentagon auditors found that Halliburton had not adequately accounted for $1.8 billion of the bill it sent to the United States government for its work in Iraq and Kuwait.
Also that year, Bunnatine Greenhouse, the Army Corps of Engineers' chief contracting officer, charged that KBR, a Halliburton subsidiary, unfairly received billions of dollars worth of no-bid contracts in Iraq. Greenhouse was demoted in 2005.
So if the right wants to get into a fuss over $50 mil being used in a debatable fashion, maybe just stop typing and go back to cleaning your guns.
When will the fake IRS scandal circus leave town?
Each department in the Government has spent freely including the Congress/Senate as the IRS is just the posting. Rep. Issa a convicted criminal turned Congressman knows a lot about crime but little about the law. This is a fake scandal used to finish out the year for Congress to do nothing. The plan the GOP set out to assure the 2012 got a Republican in as President failed. The gang were so stupid they never allowed Obama to replace the Bush Commissioner Douglas Schulman. Senator Bob Dole said the Tea Party is taking over and using the Republican name to do it. Senator Rafael Ted Cruz even announced the Tea Party would run on the Republican ticket to get their members elected and then replace the Republican Party. As the Congress and Senate do nothing the President is still working alone on economy/jobs as he did in his first term in office.
Last time a republican president did this...they impeached him...Nixon used the IRS against groups...just like BO BO has done here...anybody look at the number of trips to the white house when this was going on...
But of course...the bobomites will call stand around and protect their elected king...
This was wrong...this is wrong...I don't care how big or how small it was...the IRS can not target groups that are not in align with the current administration...anybody that tries to say it is ok or not a big deal...needs to shut up when they find their group or their charity under attack...keep in mind...gov't out of control will one day come for you too...
Issa would like to think he did. Issa is getting on Sunday news programs and saying some untruthful and no prove claims. Issa is just one of the many Terrorist now in Washington. He says outlandish statements that are not the truth. Republicans only mission is to get rid of Obama in any way they can. They have been gunning for him since 2008 when we elected him. Republicans have set up blocks on bills that need passed and continue the DO NOTHING mode. Boehner has tried to get rid of the Health Care bill 38 times now in the House, costing taxpayers 80 million bucks in waste. We must defeat the Republicans in 2014 and 2016. We cannot allow them to get control of this nation. If they do, we will be destroyed. Also we must defeat some Democrats, like H. Reid. He votes like a Republican and supports McConnell in many ways. Senile Reid is a huge supported of the NRA also. Thus no gun or laws will be passed with Reid a s the leader of the Senate. Senile Reid is a Traitor to Obama and the people of this nation. He must be defeated his next time up for election. The voters must be smart and defeat the Republicans.
Yea, you know somethings up when the lemmings write dissertations asserting their prophets innocence (some athiest eh?), making excuses for why it looks sketchy, and their standard mantra, its bushes fault. Please, Im not a fan of the rights social policy, but I remember the Bush years very well, and unlike most of these food stamp trolls, I can be intellectually honest and make fair comparisons. Should have had that bone thugs and harmony song "its the first month" performed at the second innoguration. That is why I still watch Bill Maher, cause atleast he doesnt fake the funk like these Jackals.


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by Luke Harold
The Gravers Lane Gallery opened yesterday, Thursday March 17, at 8405 Germantown Ave., the former site of Intermission.
"We're hoping to bring some light and color to this part of the Avenue," said Amse Hammershaimb, the gallery's director. "It's really a beautiful space."
Hammershaimb, who has worked with art collectors for 14 years, and photographer Robert L. Smith moved to the Chestnut Hill area from Boston. They met Ken Goldenberg and Michael Tracy, who are also running the gallery, in the Chestnut Hill Coffee Co. in November. That was where their idea for a gallery originated.
The gallery is displaying original photography, glasswork, paintings, photography and jewelry. "A little bit of everything," Hammershaimb said.
So far, the gallery has been well received by the community.
"We never imagined it would be so friendly," Hammershaimb said.


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Writer Goethe wrote: "The greatest evil that can be fall man is that he should come to think ill of himself." Goethe accepted this truth about human nature. We are not defeated because we lack talent or ability; it's the lack of confidence that brings about our downfall.
It's all about self-esteem: the way we feel about ourselves. To say things like "I am wrong", "I am incompetent", or not being sure of oneself is a clear sign of poor self-esteem. When we feel good, we make extra efforts to gain knowledge or expertise and search for effective ways to handle given tasks. Feeling good keeps us buoyant and energetic and is conducive to a mental make-up that can find solutions to problems. We begin to look at problems as challenges and consequentially convert threats into opportunities.
People with poor self-esteem tend to shirk their responsibilities. They stick to set limits and never explore new frontiers, remaining happy inside their comfort zones. They also try to get the most with the least efforts and use short cuts, quick fixes or make cosmetic changes. They usually end up in the company of their own kind, that is, people with scarcity mentality and hidden agendas.
There are opportunities in threats : It is an acknowledge fact that people with high self-esteem are more productive, caring, humble, courageous and assertive. They accept responsibility and act accordingly. They also turn adversity into opportunity. How else how could a deaf Beethoven have created such great musical symphonies? John Milton was blind but that did not prevent him writing beautiful poetry. And cricketer Bhagvat Chandrashekhar became the finest googly bowler in the world despite a polio-afflicted arm. Such people feel good about themselves and make the best use of opportunities. They don't lament about their physical inadequacies and handicaps.
Look for virtues in others : Benjamin Franklin was tactless in his youth but was savvier in later life. Once when he was asked about the secret of his success, he said: "I will speak ill of no man… and speak all the good I know of everybody."
One way of feeling good is to read good biographies and associating with positive people who are uplifting, upbeat, optimistic and adventurous. People with high self-esteem avoid conflicts and backbiting and focus on good and positive things. The words that you use can make or beak relationships; a negative comment or communication can damage your individual or professional reputation. Don't allow your destiny to be controlled by others. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of US president Franklin D. Roosevelt, once said: "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent".
The quality of courage : 25 May 2001 was a historic day for mankind. Eric Weihenmayer became the first blind man to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Weihenmayer, who lost his vision at the age 13, never let his blindness interface with his passion for mountaineering. He has shown such charm, resilience, passion, commitment and concern for other that it is difficult to find a better role model. In his book Touch the top of the world — the story of his conquest of the highest peaks in the world — Weihenmayer showed the world that the barrier of blindness can be overcome if one has the will and courage to do it. According to Helen Keller: " Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing."
Courage is the qualities. Without this quality, all other qualities have no value. True courage has its origin in truth and ethical practices, at whose core lie universal principles. It can be derived from the inner self-only. When every other light goes out, it is this inner light that shows us the path. It enlightens us, and gives us strength, character and mental toughness. Most of life's battles are won first at the mental level; physical victory is then a mere formality.
Cultivate optimism and Hope : People with high self-esteem have vast reserves of optimism. Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of the most well-know and successful fast food chain in the world. It wasn't always so. Colonel Sanders, founder of KFC, had to drive from door to door, town to town, to sell his first pieces of chicken. The only response he got initially was 'NO' – more than a thousand times. Now, can you imagine the faith, patience, persistence and perseverance required to withstand refusal more than a thousand time ? Sanders was a great optimist and firmly believed in himself and his product; he also had the courage to persevere.
Colonel Sanders' Success Recipe:
- Never quit.
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Tired of going to the gas station.
Tired of going to the gas station.
Americans are complaining about gas prices going over $3/gallon -- here in Canada gas in Vancouver city is $1.26/liter, which is about $5/USgal. Cheaper in the 'burbs and surrounding small towns, I hear.
Here in Finland and most other parts of the Europe gas costs around 1.5 EUR/liter, so that is with current exchange rate $2.08/liter or $7.87/gallon.
If I drive about 10kmiles / year with BEV vs 50mpg car I would be saving $1574 every year in gas, and if 100kWh is enough for 300 miles I would spend about $462 in electricity saving $1112 each year + about $250 in oil/year (based on other thread) + undetermined amount of other maintenance savings.
If battery pack costs $200/kWh that's $20000. It would take me about 14.5 years to counter bigger initial price of the car (assuming PEM+emotor costs about same as ICE costs).
Not quite there yet, but we are close. Very soon BEV is actually cheaper to own than ICE car.
That's for money. If you count convenience of not having to go to gas station in, I think we are already winning :-)
Not having to go to a gas station is definitely a big advantage of an EV. People don't realize how much of a hassle it is to have to stop and do that dirty task every 200 to 400 miles.
Most people don't realize that we only spend 4% of our time driving. The other 96%, the car is idle. What makes stopping at a service station a pain in the fill pipe is that you are going somewhere, and you have to take this detour. How much easier, how much less stress to pull into the garage every night and automatically have it full every morning, at about half the price of gasoline. Of course, you miss out on the slim jims, the beer, the twinkies, the chips at 200% prices, and the chance to bond with some of your ICE drivin' buds.
I want a total electric work truck in the 3/4 to one ton range all wheel drive all the time for towing and bring cargo to my electric generating wind mill manufacturing facility. When is that going to happen?
You mean pickup truck? I'm guessing maybe two years from now. Tesla makes Model S based SUV first, then maybe it is time for pickup truck. If Tesla goes for two-engine approach for AWD (I don't see why not) then you get somewhere near 1000Nm torque from engine, which is around 8000Nm measured at the wheels (2000Nm/wheel). That's a lot more than any ICE car gives you.
And there is no clutch engaged in bringing engine torque to the wheels. No need to rev up the ICE! Torque is applied starting from 0 rpm. Electronic traction control is built into the electronics that control the amount of power sent to the motor.
Electric AWD truck will be great car for towing.
The bar-hoppers' REV
The short end of the range.
Everyone in downtown Houston has somewhere they need to go -- that's a given. But you can't always find a taxi, and walking even a few blocks in the heat of summer will really make you sweat.
Now there's a new way to get around town: The REV Eco-Shuttle, an all-electric, eco-friendly way to travel from point A to point B.
And that's exactly what REV founder, Erik Ibarra, had in mind.
"It started out as a tips-only service, meaning it was a free ride as long as you tipped the driver," Ibarra says. "We had a lot of regulars. There was a guy who did his laundry at a laundromat every Saturday, and he'd call us for a ride when he was finished. He'd pile all his laundry on the REV seats, and we'd drive him home. We also picked a lady up and took her to get her medicine at the pharmacy once a month."
But the need for REV's services took an interesting turn.
"Eventually, using the REV for a ride became an evening thing," he says. "People would call us for a ride so they could bar-hop or so they could get home after a night of partying."
Is this the kind of car many suggested USA should go to instead of the big SUV's and macho pickups. Just bring it here and see how quick we jump to it. VW to be introduced in China next year. 600 dolllars USA. One seater, passengers? Unveiled at stockholders meating as most economical car in the world.Safety not sacrificed as the impact and rollover protection comparable to GT racing cars. Gas tank 1.7 gallons.1 cylinder diesel.Speed 74.6 MPH.Travel distance with full tank 404 miles.Even I could buy this and would in a New York minute.
Oh yes put post here because don't think I would be going to gas station that often. This will be goood to have in the mix as response to ripoff gas prices until the electric cars make their impact. Know the oil cos are not solely to blame, also ripoff taxes on fuel. This will be good tool in the arsenal to combat all this gouging of the consumer. Now any naysyers just bring your wise srguments on. Based on response from suggestion of "floating boycott" idea. Will probably be a 'bleeped" if you do and "bleeped" if you don't. Some folks just like to be condescending and contrary.
I am surprised at the lack of comments about this car. A friend sent me pictures and everything. Is this legit from VW and have I got the price right in USA dollars?
It's gotten a bit tedious to read your same comment in multiple threads in multiple forums. Most of us read everything.
I look for what's new and don't want to see it repeated 10 times (or more).
@Timo I am agree with him, better to have Pickup trucks as compare to car in that case. Let see how much Tesla will take time for it. I don't think so that it will take two years. Soon we will able to see it
Is that site for real? About half the sentences are in incoherent and meaningless English. What a bunch of junk!
Almost as bad as much of the spam we've been getting.
The other day I found a gasoline receipt from 1998. The price of a gallon of regular gas in 1998 was $0.939 US. That's 94 cents! Now, 13 years later, the price has quadrupled to $3.75 a gallon.
What do you imagine it will cost 13 years from now? $7.50 or $11.25 or $15.00 per gallon? You could be talking about $140 or more to fill the tank in a midsize car. The average American could be spending $500 per month, per car for gasoline. Clearly, we need to get plug-in vehicles on the road as soon as possible.
Thank you Tesla Motors for leading the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In Europe, taxes are high. So we had prices of around $2.5 a gallon already in 1991. From that point, prices today have risen to around $7 a gallon. So, American car drivers cannot expect much compassion from over here :-)
My source is an article in German, but with contemporary pictures of Opel cars (GM's other daughter in Europe) that may make it worth for you to look at anyway. http://heise.de/-1319394.html
From that data, I made a logarithmic plot of gas prices and fitted a 4,5% annual increase since 1986. That equals to doubling every 15 years.
The very mathematical issue is this: an exponential grow will defeat anything else. You can improve mpg, drive less miles, no way: at some point in the future, driving a yard with a Prius will cost a month's salary. So clearly, things cannot go on like this forever. Since it is improbable that the problem can be solved at the supply side ("drill, baby, drill!") it must happen on the consumption side.
Nor should we. European taxes on gasoline have helped keep down the use of the automobile there for only the most really necessary uses.
I was impressed in Germany that the family of a friend of my daughter would transport the car by train for family vacations and use it at the destination.
Of course, in North America the real estate is spread out. Many states (e.g. California, Montana, and Texas) are larger in extent than most European countries. People do drive across those states. My own family has typically taken trips of anywhere from 1500 to 6000 miles round trip each year.
If the U.S. had raised gasoline taxes and used it to build a more economical and reliable infrastructure of interstate transportation, maybe more people could afford to take family vacations by rail and only use cars at end points.
Furthermore, it would have slowed the depletion of petroleum resources and increased the rate of development of alternate energy sources.
If the U.S. put as much effort into the development of fusion as into warfare, we might have licked the problem by now.
Of course population also grows exponentially, and although it's slowed in Europe and the U.S., and China, it's still a problem in the poorest countries.
The UN puts out "bands" of population predictions. The only accurate one to date has been the lower edge of the lowest band. By that standard, world population will peat at about 8 bn in around 2030, and begin to decline.
It's an "S-curve", nothing to do with exponentiality.
typo: "will peak".
"predicitions are difficult, especially the ones concerning the future" - Niels Bohr
Exponential grow is obviously a phenomenon that cannot go on forever. Sooner or later some effects kick in that limit further grow. That will from the "S-curve" that Brian mentioned.
However, crude oil is a diminishing resource. We will see rising prices (that's easy to predict) with occasional spikes and downturns again. Especially if the peaks take out the global economy, throttling oil consumption along, prices will drop to a level where some people say: All right, that was a bit inconvenient, but now oil is cheap and abundant. No need to think about getting off of it. Scrap those MPG limitations, ATM loans and all that stuff.
As you say, exponential growth of anything (except numbers) can't continue forever. However, if there were no constrains it would. The only reason it's stopping is that resources are limited. Even if they weren't, space would be a limiting factor. The trouble is that reduction in growth usually doesn't happen until after resource limitation becomes apparent to the general population. The result is an intermediate period of "pain" for many involved.
The increase in oil price stop when there is no oil left. Then demand can't go any higher compared to availability. Oil will still exist, but it will be synthetic (as in really synthetic, made from something else than crude oil).
The price of oil will skyrocket years before there is no oil left. When the remaining oil becomes more expensive to (get to) drill, oil companies will want to maintain their margin, and prices will go up significantly. If we don't have viable, cost effective alternatives in the transportation industry before then, the "oil wars" will ensue.
Sounds like Sci-Fi? We're heading that way. I can't think of any other product whose price has quadrupled in the last 13 years. Price of a gallon of gas: (1998 94 cents) vs (2011 $3.75).
Well, except for Gold ($400 - $1,700 per ounce).
In constant dollars oil is the same price as it was in about 1980. Reserves are held constant and growing by the "invisible hand" of pricing. As soon as the price rises, more exploration and tech is applied, and the reserves are restored. Peak oil is an illusion, and will not drive the electrification of transportation. That's why my attention is on the quality, convenience, and "local pollution" (particulates and hydrocarbons) reductions.
Wealth and quality of life improvements will drive change, not shortages and "exponential" anything. Such predictions have a 100% failure rate. You'd think the doomsayers and "peakers" would learn, but apparently there's such a huge psychological payoff for being a pessimistic prognosticator that actual accuracy and results don't faze them.
Crude oil is limited resource, and burning it removes it from cycle permanently, so it will run out sooner or later. There is no doubt about that. Peak oil will happen, and oil prices will go up.
That has nothing to do with "doomsayers", it's just plain logic. Easily accessible crude oil is already nearly drilled out. There might be some places where it still exist, but it will get more and more difficult to "just drill" it.
DavidM mentioned "oil wars" already happen. US has waged wars in middle-east to ensure access to cheap oil whenever there has been some minor (or major, or imagined) conflict that could hinder that access. If there is no oil or similar gain then US does nothing. Think Rwandan Genocide. Victim count that nearly rivals WW2 death camp victims. One conflict where way superior military force intervene would have saved hundreds of thousands of lives. What happened? Nothing. There was no monetary gain to save those people and end the conflict (Euro-region isn't any better in that).
This is swerving into a "peak oil" dispute, but I will just conclude by saying that there is zero economic historical evidence of your assertions. I repeat that pricing and technology have held the reserves timeline constant for over half a century, and actually expanded it.
Substitution with cheaper more accessible resources, whether NG or FF will occur long before oil shortages occur.
Zero historical economic because there was plenty of oil left. There isn't anymore. That's like saying that "there was sugar last week in the cupboard, so there will be sugar indefinitely there, I don't need to go to shop yet".
Of course there will be substitutions, any form of electricity production and any kind of biofuels count as "substitution", but crude oil will run out and at that point gasoline price will increase dramatically. It just isn't as cheap to produce gasoline from biofuels or any other source than it is to just plain drill the oil where it exists and refine it.
There is always more. Geologists can identify many large potential fields and regions that haven't been sniffed at, and the bureaucratically blocked onshor US regions alone are immense. If the Colorado shale alone is developed (probably requires a few years of tech advances in frozen shielding and in-situ kerogen cooking), it comprises double or triple Saudi reserves. Etc., etc.
Peakers need at least ONE successful prediction before they're (you're) worth paying the slightest attention to.
Brian is right in a way that can't be defeated: take away inflation and a barrel of oil costs the same, all the time.
The point is, in our 100% oil addicted world economy all prices depend on oil, so does the inflation rate. It is a self fulfilling prophecy.
One real indicator would be, which percentage of household income goes for petrol. As overall wealth increased from 1950 to 1990, this percentage surely dropped. But some fear that gasoline prices will eat up their salary at some point in the future.
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How's your cute gland doing? Is it healthy? Well-exercised with a steady diet of Internet kittehs and puppiehs? I hope so. For the love of God, I hope you're not lying to me. Because what you're about to see here is going to push your cute-appreciation gland to it's absolute limit. The video, right up there, is going to show you a little Austrian two-year old correctly identifying a half-dozen cars. In adorable two-year old toddler German.
The little girl's name is Sasha-Mercedes, and her dad is an Austrian automotive journalist.
Look, if you're even wondering if you can handle all the cute, don't be a hero. Just leave this page and work up to something this cute more slowly. Maybe try looking at some elderly dogs, and then carefully make your way to puppies. I have a 19-month old little boy who's really cute and loves cars and points at them and says "wheeeeel!" and that only barely prepared me for this. It's also made me realize I need to step up my car-identification teaching if there's kids like Sasha-Mercedes running around. "Wheeel" just isn't going to cut it with little girls like her pointing out Lancias and Dacias from two blocks away.
Another interesting note: based on this video, I've convinced myself I know German. It's all basically just English with funny pronunciations, right?
(Thanks, Jan Fischer!)


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A sure highlight in your time in Argentina is the stunning Iguacu Falls. It's one of the most impressive waterfalls on earth, and you'll easily agree when you see it in person. Have a breathtaking experience when you hear glaciers falling at the beautiful Perito Moreno Glacier.
Another popular Argentina glacier area is the Los Glaciares National Park, plus you get to see the icy Argentino Lake. Enjoy whale watching at the Peninsula Valdes. And make your way to the Andes for some skiing or go hike the Inca Trail.
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Here is Curnoe's painting of the yellow Mariposa:
And here are a bunch of pictures of the replica. The mustardy yellow colour is really wonderful—a colour you would never think of painting a bike today, but extremely distinctive. If only he could find a green freewheel! (Remember, though: this is a replica of the bike, not the bike in the painting...)


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BI technologies that are related to SQL Server include SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Excel, SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), OLAP, business performance management (BPM), and Business Intelligence Design Studio (BIDS). SQL Server 2008 R2 will offer several new BI features, including a managed self-service reporting and analysis tool called PowerPivot for Excel and Master Data Services, which will help you improve the quality of your data.
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How to Celebrate Mardi Gras With Your Kids
Do your kids like things that are shiny, bright and loud?
Want an exciting way to help your kids meet goals?
Hold your own family Mardi Gras celebration! It's a fun and festive way to kick off the start of a new goal.
In this article I'll show you how to create a kid-friendly Mardi Gras celebration with costumes, games and cake.
Use the decorations as a Carnival countdown calendar that will help your kids meet a goal.
Why Mardi Gras and Kids?
Mardi Gras and Carnival celebrations have been held in countries around the world for centuries as a last hurrah before the 45-day period of fasting and contemplation called Lent.
Whether your family practices Lent or not, you can enjoy the colorful party atmosphere of Mardi Gras and all of its accoutrements—the masks, the beads, the parades, the music and the food—from your own home.
Since you'll be mimicking the party, why not mimic the hard work that follows Mardi Gras, too? It's tough to start new habits (or stop doing the not-so-good ones) no matter how old you are. This project can help.
Use the celebration with your kids to set them on a path of self-improvement and recycle that sparkly party gear into a colorful tracking chart that keeps the spirit of Carnival alive and helps you and your kids to stay dedicated.


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A 14-inch Chromebook tested with Chrome OS 75.0, Intel Celeron N3350 1.1GHz processor, 4GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 500 video adapter, and a 64GB eMMC drive. This model will receive updates from Google up until June 2024.
Results in the following chart are gathered from Consumer Reports' 2018 and 2019 Winter Surveys of 1,860 Chromebooks, owned by members who purchased a new device between 2013 and 2019.
Our predicted brand reliability ratings are based on a statistical model that estimates problem rates within the first 3 years of ownership, for Chromebooks that are not covered by an extended warranty or service contract. We also adjust for the median number of hours of use per week. The median in our survey was 15 hours per week. Higher ratings are indicative of better reliability. Brands receiving a red or orange rating cannot be recommended by CR at this time.
Our owner satisfaction ratings are based on the proportion of members who are extremely likely to recommend their Chromebook brand to friends and family.
Source: Consumer Reports' 2018 and 2019 Winter Surveys
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WILMINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) - Italian automaker Fiat FIA.MI must more than double its offer for a 3.3 percent stake in automaker Chrysler Group LLC that is held by a union-related trust, the trust claimed in a countersuit filed on Monday.
Fiat's offer of $139.7 million is "substantially below fair market value," the United Auto Workers-affiliated trust said in documents filed in Delaware's Court of Chancery.
Fiat must pay at least $342 million for the stake, the UAW trust said in its response, which came nearly two months after Fiat sued the trust for failing to sell the shares.
"Sale of the called shares at the price calculated by Fiat would constitute a transaction prohibited by applicable federal law," the UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust said.
The lawsuit was the latest twist in a long-running dispute over the value of Chrysler between the UAW trust and Sergio Marchionne, the chief executive of Chrysler and Fiat.
Marchionne is looking to buy the trust's entire 41.5 percent stake in Chrysler, cementing Fiat's ownership of the company and allowing the automakers to eventually merge.
The trust said it has a duty to maximize the value of its Chrysler stake to cover rising healthcare costs for the automaker's retirees.
One point of contention is whether Chrysler's value would be determined in relation to Fiat or Fiat's parent.
Fiat claimed that a clerical error in the agreement linked Chrysler's value to Fiat's North American unit, even though the parties intended it to be the parent. The UAW trust disagreed.
The trust, which is known as a VEBA or voluntary employees beneficiary association, was created in 2007 to let General Motors Co (GM.N), Ford Motor Co (F.N) and Chrysler shed their obligation to pay lifetime medical benefits for their UAW retirees.
In 2009, when GM and Chrysler underwent government-funded bankruptcy restructurings, the UAW VEBA took stakes in the companies instead of the promised cash payments.
As part of the bankruptcy agreement, Fiat is able to exercise call options to buy portions of the stake held by the healthcare trust, which manages benefits for 824,000 retirees from GM, Ford and Chrysler.
Fiat and the UAW trust declined to comment on the countersuit, which was brought by Brock Fiduciary, which manages the Chrysler stake.
Reporting by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware and by Deepa Seetharaman in Detroit; Additional reporting by Lisa Jucca in Milan; Editing by Kenneth Barry


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Top Gear's guide to: Corvette
Strictly speaking not a manufacturer in its own right, but such a massive iconic leap from its Chevrolet mothership we may as well be talking different solar systems. Blessed with a legendary bloodline, GM has continued to mine the rich seam of hardcore, affordable supercars. Relief for the post-TVR generation.


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DAYTON, Ohio (AP) Josh Benson scored 20 points and Kevin Dillard recorded a double-double to lead Dayton to a 78-71 win over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday night.
Dillard finished with 14 points and 10 assists for the Flyers (10-4). Vee Stanford scored 19 points and Devin Oliver added 11 points before fouling out of the game.
Dayton had a 16-point lead with 10:33 left to play before the Blazers went on an 8-1 run, capped by Rod Rucker's free throws to trim Dayton's lead to 62-57 with 5:30 remaining.
A 3-pointer by Khari Price pushed the Flyers lead to 72-61 with 1:23 left. UAB cut the deficit to five points again with 38 seconds left, but the Blazers pulled no closer as Dillard made six free throws down the stretch to help Dayton pull away.
Rucker scored 20 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for UAB (8-7). Isiah Jones added 17 points.


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A first degree murder trial begins Monday for Christopher Fries, 42, of St. Augustine, accused of shooting Paul Crookshank, 29, of St. Augustine, outside of a St. Augustine pub.
Police believe the men arrived together in a cab and had some drinks. They then left the bar and began to fight, police said. Employees at a store nearby called police.
Crookshank was taken to a hospital, but died.
Fries appeared in court Friday, which marked his last court appearance before the trial. The trial could last the entire week. A jury was selected last week.
Attorneys argued about motions to limit certain information from appearing during the trial, including a taped interrogation of Fries and a 911 call that was made by an employee of a convenience store.
Prosecutor Jacquelyn Roys played the 911 tape in court on Friday.
On the tape, a man tells a dispatcher that he just witnessed another man pull a gun on someone else.
"I just didn't want to see anybody get hurt," the man says.
Parts of the tape had been redacted.
Officers were on their way to the scene when a shot was fired outside the pub, according to police.
The defense argued the tape was hearsay and that it should not be allowed. Judge Michael Traynor said he would allow the 911 tape.
On some other motions, Traynor said he would wait to see if the issues came up during trial.
Fries' tattoos have been discussed during the pretrial process.
The defense did not want certain pictures of his body shown because of his tattoos - to keep anyone from forming a bias against Fries.
Roys argued that the pictures were necessary in case Fries' attorneys claimed self defense. If they do claim self defense, then the pictures would show a lack of injuries on Fries, she said.
If necessary, the jury can be instructed not to hold the tattoos against Fries.
Opening statements are set for 9 a.m. Monday.