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Electric Long-Haul Trucks Will Be the Most Profitable Electric Vehicles
Electric truck fast charging system. (Photo: Opbrid)
Written by Roger Bedell, former chief executive and founder of Opbrid Fast Charge, a company that provides high-power bus-charging stations, now part of Furrer+Frey AG, Bern, Switzerland. This is one in a series of periodic guest columns by industry thought leaders.
Roger Bedell
With the price of gas so low in the U.S., it could take more than a decade to recoup the higher cost of an electric car through the price savings of electricity over gasoline. Since a person rarely keeps a car that long, this will be almost impossible to achieve.
This demonstrates how we are looking at vehicle electrification upside down. Why are we focusing on electrifying smaller vehicles like cars and delivery trucks when electrifying really big trucks makes the most economic sense? Electricity is about half the cost of diesel or gasoline. This means the more fuel you burn, the more money you save.
Heavy long-haul trucks are the kings of fuel consumption. That's why they are the best target for electrification from an economic standpoint. A 40-ton long-haul truck driving at 60 mph uses eight to 13 gallons of diesel per hour, according to a comprehensive survey from Sweden. This is $20 to $30 per hour, or in places like Britain, where the cost of diesel is higher, $40 to $60 per hour. This makes fuel costs higher than a driver's salary on a per-hour basis, and is the largest percentage cost item for trucking companies on a monthly basis. If fuel costs can be cut in half by switching to electricity, electrification can be very interesting indeed for a truck operator.
This chart shows operational costs on an hourly basis in the U.S. from the American Transportation Research Institute, which says "fuel now consistently represents the largest share of total average marginal cost for motor carriers."
(Graph: An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking: 2015 Update. American Transportation Research Institute)
In other countries where diesel prices are double that of the U.S., hourly fuel costs are much higher and the economic benefits of electrification correspondingly greater.
For the past eight years I've been heavily involved in the electrification of urban buses as founder of Opbrid, maker of the Bůsbaar fast-charging stations. Europe is starting to experiment with fast-charging technology for large electric vehicles. For example, Volvo's electric bus uses overhead charging in Gothenburg, Sweden; Hamburg, Germany; Stockholm; and now in Luxembourg. Meanwhile in the U.S., Proterra uses similar overhead fast-charging technology in a number of cities.
Originally, I thought that political pressure from a public concerned about global warming would drive politicians to choose electric buses even if the cost was higher. However, I've been wrong. To date, electric buses have made only minimal inroads into bus fleets. But I've seen a host of presentations showing that electric buses are "almost" equal to diesel buses considering Total Cost of Ownership, or TCO. Even though the upfront cost of the bus is high, enough savings in fuel costs offset this by the end of the life of the bus, about 10 years. Unfortunately, just being equal to diesel doesn't provide a big enough incentive to change from diesel to electricity.
But the savings for long-haul trucks — which devour even more fuel — should be even higher, potentially high enough to be economically attractive. If the economic benefits are high enough, then "the invisible hand of the market" should step in to cause electrification of trucks without any governmental or political intervention, and the environmental benefits simply come along for the ride.
The key is to look for situations in which fuel usage is the highest — for example, running big rigs at highway speeds for long distances. Although giant trucks are far from the easiest vehicles to electrify, they have the most potential profit possibilities for electrification. Several technologies have been proposed for long-haul trucks, including the Siemens EHighway, which relies on a catenary system — named for the U-shaped curve caused by a chain hanging from its ends — to charge electric and hybrid trucks. Air-quality officials in California are readying a test of the system — used for more than 100 years to power street cars, buses and light rail systems — at the Port of Los Angeles.
But such a solution requires huge infrastructure projects and the corresponding investment to string overhead catenary lines on major highways, which will take many years. Fortunately, there's another more than 100-year-old business model to electrify trucking: the Pony Express mail service from the 1860s Wild West. The riders of the Pony Express would ride their horse to exhaustion and then switch to a fresh horse and continue on their route. This made it possible to take a letter from coast to coast in only 10 days – a miracle in those days. Applying this principle to electric long-haul trucks, the idea is to run an electric tractor-trailer until the battery is exhausted (about 120 miles, or 2 hours), then swap the tractor for a fresh, fully charged tractor and continue on. While drivers will likely balk at stopping so often, their bosses might not care so much if it makes them money. And as automated trucks come online, stopping frequently to swap out a depleted tractor won't draw any objections from the computers running the individual trucks and the carrier's freight system.
Fortunately, the technology for this is already available. Battery trucks with a 120-mile range also exist. Automated charging stations like the Opbrid Trůkbaar are proven.
Like a catenary system, our technology charges vehicles from their rooftops. We use an ultra-fast charging system that can push 400kWh of electricity into the batteries in just one hour. This frees the transportation system from having to string miles of expensive overhead wiring. The system is now in use in a number of cities worldwide for electric buses.
You can pair this technology with a fast swap system for tractor-trailers that already exists. The Jost KKS system allows the driver to connect and disconnect a trailer in seconds by simply pushing a button inside the cab. So, if electrifying long-haul trucks is so profitable and technically easy to do, what's the holdup? Change is always hard, but if profitability is at stake, it always arrives sooner rather than later.
Editor's note: Roger Bedell is now the product director of Opbrid Fast Charge.

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PPNNE to get "retroactive" $$ from state?
Planned Parenthood of Northern New England may be in line for "retroactive" contract money via the state of New Hampshire, according to a public exchange among Executive Councilors Chris Pappas (D-Manchester) and Colin Van Ostern (D-Concord) and Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Nick Toumpas during the June 19 meeting of the New Hampshire Executive Council.
The Council's proceedings on June 19 illustrate the challenges facing New Hampshire residents who do not want their tax dollars going to abortion providers. Any legislative attempt to privatize Planned Parenthood, or any other abortion provider, will eventually have to be enforced by the executive branch of government.
I know Title X funds can't be used directly for abortion. I also know that every Title X family planning dollar that goes to an abortion provider frees up other funds in the provider's budget to keep abortions going. Therein lies the concern over Title X contracts.
At last week's meeting, councilors unanimously approved a total of ten contracts with various family-planning providers for 2014-2015, mostly community clinics around the state. Under the Title X program, federal dollars are granted to states, which then administer the funds. PPNNE was conspicious by its absence from the list of contractors. During last week's Council meeting, this missing contractor was discussed at length.The exchange between the Councilors and the Commissioner sounded to me like a planned effort to put things into the public record that were missing from the written material made public before the Council meeting. Why be mysterious at all? Let's go back two years.
In June 2011, eleven Title X contracts came up for Executive Council approval. Each proposed contractor was to be responsible for a specific part of the state. This was supposed to be a routine matter. One of the proposed contractors was PPNNE, which had handled Title X family planning contracts for years. By itself, it covered 57% of the state; the other ten contractors combined covered the other 43%. PPNNE was the sole surgical-abortion provider among the contractors, though, and that caught the eye of Councilor Dave Wheeler. Wheeler was (and still is) a firm believer in keeping public money away from abortion providers. Wheeler's vote against the PPNNE contract was no surprise, and neither was the Nay from Councilor Ray Wieczorek. What was stunning was the Nay vote from Councilor Dan St. Hilaire, who didn't have a high profile – or indeed, any profile – on the funding issue. Result: PPNNE lost the contract, garnering support from only two councilors that day (Republicans Ray Burton & Chris Sununu).
The stuff hit the fan. PPNNE, unaccustomed to being turned away, sidestepped state approval. The agency sought and received a direct grant for family planning from the federal government. Meanwhile, its PP Action arm went to work. Knowing that attacks on Wheeler and Wieczorek were pointless, PP's allies went after St. Hilaire. Signs like "Dan St. Hilaire wants to take away your birth control" started popping up.
So what happened to PPNNE's clients whose services would have been paid for by Title X after July 1, 2011? In a word, nothing. Dollars given to PPNNE directly by the federal government replaced dollars administered by the state of New Hampshire under Title X. Commissioner Toumpas last week didn't explain to Councilors the details of that particular arrangement, saying it would be "inappropriate" for him to know what those details were.
I obtained a copy of the Title X contract letter submitted by DHHS to the Council for approval last week. The ten entities approved for contracts cover the state, excluding "the geographic areas of Cheshire and Rockingham Counties, and the towns of Lebanon and Claremont." That tells me that those "geographic areas" are PP territory, and I assume that PP is currently providing family planning to clients using the money it received directly from the federal government in lieu of a conventional Title X contract in 2011.
Councilor Pappas and Commissioner Toumpas put some information about PPNNE's 2011 "sidestep," and its implication for future state funding, on the public record. I transcribed this conversation from the recording of last week's meeting. I have used bold-face text to highlight certain statements. Remarks within brackets are my own.
Pappas: I've asked you offline about this as well. These are family planning funds, and obviously there was an issue a couple of years ago – a little bit of a hiccup – with funding and contracts for family planning. And I'm curious, these funds that are contained in these contracts [note: the ten Title X contracts for 2014-2015] don't appear to represent or cover the whole state. I'm wondering how future contracts will be dealt with with the remainder of the money that's available for family planning.
Toumpas: What happened a couple of years ago, we had brought forth eleven contracts that in total covered the entire state. We serve around 26,000 people through the family planning/Title X dollars. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England had roughly 57% of those numbers in some of the more populated areas of the state. And the other 43% of the people were served by the other ten agencies. When we [NH Department of Health and Human Services] brought forward a contract, … the Planned Parenthood contract was rejected. What we ended up doing was … going to the federal government; we relinquished the dollars and therefore the responsibility that the state had, and that responsibility is now borne by the federal government, Office of Population Health, working directly with an entity that they would contract with. It turns out that they contracted with, and appropriately I believe, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. So essentially we created a bifurcated model for the state so that there isn't any one entity in the state that has oversight over the entire [family planning] program. … Last year- the grant awards come up every two years – last year we approached Planned Parenthood and said we wanted to go with a statewide proposal again. We did that, we had that discussion, a good discussion with them, and it was determined that they were going to pursue the grant independently of us. We went after it statewide. It's not appropriate for me to know what they did. But in the end, the federal government granted money to the state [for the approved contracts] and granted money to Planned Parenthood [in lieu of its rejected 2011 contract with the state].
How much state-level money for family planning is in the upcoming budget?
Governor Hassan asked for $894,000 per year in 2014 and 2015 – a more than half-million-dollars-per-year increase over fiscal year 2013. See page 1045 of the Governor's budget proposal. The House and Senate had no argument, preoccupied as they were with other matters within the state budget. Compare this to the budget request from DHHS, which asked for $344,000 per year for 2014-2015; this was close to level-funded compared to 2013.
Why is there a half-million dollar discrepancy? Commissioner Toumpas told the Council, "…we knew that the Governor had put money in, an additional half a million … but not wanting to issue a contract based on an unknown, we went with a more conservative [budget request]." In other words, DHHS couldn't be sure the legislature would approve a budget that more than doubled last year's state expenditures for family planning programs.
By the time of the June 19 Council meeting, all parties were confident that the extra half-million dollars would indeed be appropriated.
Toumpas: …as it's progressed through the budget language right now, the roughly $850,000, it is our understanding the intent of the legislature and the governor's office that those dollars would get distributed, I believe the words are 'equitably and proportionately.' So the contracts you have here right now [from the ten area agencies] don't reflect that at a statewide level. What we will do, assuming the budget that is being discussed across the street survives for at least this appropriation, what we will do is then we will, going within the next couple of months, we will then make an adjustment and be able to direct the dollars, the appropriate dollars, into that region that is covered by Planned Parenthood of Northern New England. I believe we have adequate dollars within the contracts we have before you today so we won't need to do any adjustments there. …I know the issue has been raised that dollars aren't being directed to Planned Parenthood right now but again my commitment is that I would make that adjustment in a subsequent contract and that we will be going forward.
Pappas: So you haven't actually determined the formula for distributing those dollars yet.
Toumpas: We have not. …It's a formula that goes into it, and I don't profess to know that off the top of my head.
Toumpas: Absolutely. The footnote will be the law that will guide what it is that we are doing. My understanding of what is the intent of the Governor's office and the intent of the legislature are very clear.…The other question I believe that a couple of the Councilors have asked me is when we will have an opportunity to basically have a unified statewide program again. Because the grants are done every two years, our next opportunity will be calendar year 16. And so in calendar 2015, we will then go and submit our request for the funding that will cover a statewide level and that will be our next opportunity to basically bring it under one unified program.
Pappas: And so future dollars that will be contracted out will be retroactive to July 1, …in terms of dollars that will come as part of the budget once it's approved in the next fiscal year.
Toumpas: Ah, for 14, that would be retroactive for the Planned Parenthood part of the state.


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By Andre Gratian - Aug 27, 2006, 12:00 AM CDT
A 3-dimensional approach to technical analysis
Cycles - Structure - Price projections
"By the Law of Periodical Repetition, everything which has happened once must happen again, and again, and again -- and not capriciously, but at regular periods, and each thing in its own period, not another's, and each obeying its own law ... The same Nature which delights in periodical repetition in the sky is the Nature which orders the affairs of the earth. Let us not underrate the value of that hint." -- Mark Twain
Current Position of the Market.
SPX: Long-Term Trend - We may soon know whether or not the top of the 4-year cycle bull market has been made.
SPX: Intermediate Trend - The intermediate trend will soon enter a time period during which a reversal is likely. This could lead to a decline that will finally break out of the long term up channel.
Analysis of the short-term trend is done on a daily basis with the help of hourly charts. It is an important adjunct to the analysis of daily and weekly charts which determines the course of longer market trends.
Daily market analysis of the short term trend is reserved for subscribers. If you would like to sign up for a FREE 6-week trial period of daily comments, please let me know at ajg@cybertrails.com.
Let's look at some of the major cycles affecting the market currently.
The 12-year cycle bottomed in conjunction with the 4-year in October 2002, and the 10-year made its low in August 2005. These two major cycles are still in their up phase and continue to support the long-term market uptrend, but it is likely that the 4-year will be exerting more and more pressure as we approach October 2006. Judging by the action of the market, it looks as if it made its peak in May and caused a sharp initial downturn because it was assisted by the 9m cycle which made its low in June. The test of the lows in July was the result of the bottoming action of the 10-wk cycle. Since then, it has been a tug-of-war between the cycles still rising and those in a downtrend, with those rising having a slight edge. But this may soon come to an end because of what lies directly ahead.
The 4-yr and the 12-m cycles are ideally due to bottom in October. The next 10-20-40wk combo is also due about mid-October. So it would seem that the number of up-days left is limited before a reversal takes place.
The straw that will break the bull's back may be the 6-week cycle. It is currently rising, and was the cause of the latest rally. But when it reaches its peak -- ideally around 9/8 -- and rolls over. it may start a decline which carries into mid-October.
Before going further, I want to post a weekly chart of the SPX on which the lows of most of the cycles mentioned above have been marked. What was written above is an interpretation of this cycle map and what it represents for the market.
From a strictly cyclic point of view, the above analysis is probably correct. But using only cycles as a tool can be inadequate. This is where technical indicators are helpful, and we'll look at those in a minute, but let's take this opportunity to observe that on the above chart, things continue to move at a snail's pace with the SPX still basically trapped in the lower confines of its rising uptrend channel. This observation in itself would tend to justify the above analysis. If all cycles were supporting one another, we would have a strong trending market as we did from 2000 on down, or from 2003 on up! Since we don't, we can assume that there are conflicting pressures taking place.
Let's now look at the daily indicators to see if there is any hint that our assumption is justified, and that a downward re-adjustment is likely.
The daily chart of the SPX shows that the short-term support mentioned in the last newsletter did hold, and that a rally ensued. As mentioned above, this was caused by the 6-week cycle, but it did not provide much improvement in the daily indicators. The momentum index (at the top) remains overbought, while the bottom A/D oscillator actually looks a little worse than it did 2 weeks ago. This is the MACD of the daily advance/decline ratio. It is very similar to the McClellan oscillator and it is interpreted the same way. Currently, it is making a succession of rising bottoms and descending tops and nearing a decision point whereby it will have to break through one of the trend lines.
The price has been moving in a fairly shallow channel since June 14, when the 9m cycle made its low. If you compare this channel to the longer trend one on the weekly chart, you can see that I have drawn a mid-point parallel in red. For now, the SPX is trading in the upper part of this channel. If (when?) it moves through the red line into the lower section, it is likely to keep going and break below both short term and longer term channel lines in the same move.
You will note that I have also drawn corresponding channels on the indicators, along with the same red line which divides them into two equal portions. The A/D indicator has failed to move out of its lower half while the short-term price uptrend has extended itself. This is not a sign of gathering strength, but rather of developing weakness in market breadth.
I tell my subscribers over and over again that technical analysis is a study in probability. First, you see something appearing on the horizon which becomes more and more discernable as it comes closer. When close enough, you are able to convert the probability into near-certainty, or to dismiss it as inconsequential. Right now, the cycles analysis makes it more and more probable that some sort of an intermediate low will take place in October, with the 4-year high -- in retrospect -- having occurred in May. Over the next two weeks, the daily indicators will get a chance to validate this scenario, or to dismiss it.
The hourly charts are always capable of giving us more information. Here I compare the SPX to the NDX on a short term basis.
Let's talk about the SPX first. The low point on the chart marks the low of the 10-week cycle. The secondary low is that of the 6-week cycle, which is now almost halfway through its span. The channel lines represent the price trends, and the ubiquitous red line, the mid-channel line. The thing which stands out right away, is that the SPX is losing its upside momentum. The new trend channel is going up at a less steep angle than the one from the lows of the chart. If this persists the next few days, it will indicate that the uptrend is weakening and that deceleration is taking place. Since this is a prelude to a reversal, it tends to support our scenario that prices are about to roll over. But this is only an early sign and it is not yet conclusive.
The NDX has changed its well-established pattern of being weaker than the SPX and has begun to move in tandem with it. I mentioned in the last newsletter that the QQQQ -- a smaller replica of the NDX -- had made at least a temporary low at 36 by filling a Point & Figure target. If my cycle analysis is correct, I would expect the QQQQ to go back and re-test its 36 low as both indices roll over into October. If the NDX progressively grows to out-perform the SPX, it will mean that another good uptrend should soon follow.
And finally, let's look at all the markets. I think you will see that a loss of upward momentum is beginning to appear in more and more indices.
Cycle analysis suggests that the first phase of a sell-off from May 8th to June 14th could soon be followed by a second one lasting into about mid-October.
More evidence of this scenario should come over the next two weeks.
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B.P.P. Preparing Municipal Candidates in City, P.G.; Protest Lack of Re-Registration
Paco Smith
The Belize Progressive Party hosted a press conference this morning at its headquarters on Vernon Street to discuss a number of national issues, including its position on the much talked about UHS debt. In the bizarre press conference, the B.P.P. took square aim at the prime minister and his predecessor for putting taxpayers at risk with the unpaid Belize Bank loan. We will reserve some of their extreme comments; however, we can report tonight that the nascent third party is preparing a slate of councilor candidates to contest the March 2018 municipal elections in Belize City and Punta Gorda. While the B.P.P. is doing its groundwork ahead of the upcoming vote, it is doing so in protest since there has not been a re-registration exercise in over a decade.
Paco Smith, Chairman, Belize Progressive Party
"I just want to give you a brief update with regards to the upcoming municipal elections. Here at the B.P.P. we have made it absolutely clear that every time the bell rings we will be on the ticket. So in regards to the upcoming elections, at this juncture we are making an appeal to likeminded Belizeans who are very much interested in seeing a change in this tyrannical system of governance to reach out to us. We're leaving no stones unturned in terms of where we stand at present. We are definitely committed to fielding slates in Belize City and Punta Gorda, but that doesn't mean that we're not looking at the other municipalities as well because we know that there are Belizeans out there who are fed up with this system and they just need the impetus to know that there is a structure in place that is ready and willing to step forward. Now along those lines, I want to underscore what I am saying and make it absolutely clear that despite the fact that we are going to contest the municipal elections, we are doing it under protest. Amidst all of the madness that has been taking place over the past few months, I would dare to remind you all that still yet the government has failed to engage in a re-registration exercise, a much needed one and if you've been keeping track, we have a decades-old voters list that is archaic, out of date and quite frankly if you're talking about putting things in place with respect to good governance practice and principles, that must be done."
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CA may save enough to skip big water works
10 Sep, 2015 by James Poulos
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Demonstrating the simple power of reducing daily water usage, Californians have impressed regulators and policymakers by taking a huge bite out of statewide consumption. "The numbers reflect broad conservation success at a crucial time," the Sacramento Bee reported. "Last year, Californians used more water in July than any other month, mostly because of lawn watering in the summer heat. This year's urban conservation efforts resulted in a savings of more than 74 billion gallons in July compared with 2013, more than double the amount of water that the entire city of Sacramento will use in a year."
The data lent some unexpected credence to what seemed like an outlandish prospect just a year ago. While many analysts presumed that huge new infrastructure projects would have to be undertaken to respond effectively to the drought, now some have begun to suggest that mere saving may be enough.
According to the Los Angeles Times, the sheer quantity of water saved — 414,800 acre-feet — measured favorably against some of the biggest and most expensive water storage facilities proposed to date. Both the expansion of Shasta Dam and a new Temperance Flat Dam on the San Joaquin River would open up around half that amount annually, the Times noted. Newsha Ajami, director of urban water policy for Stanford's Water in the West initiative, told the Times "there are so many soft paths that we can take that might have a lot less environmental impact and be a lot less expensive, and still meet our future demand. This is probably a smarter tack than building more infrastructure, and moving more water around long distances."
A massive new Delta tunnels project, promoted by Gov. Jerry Brown and set to cost at least $17 billion, has recently become the center of one of the Golden State's several water-driven controversies. Meanwhile, predictions of a powerful El Nino storm season have done little to reduce ongoing jockeying between Northern and Southern California over water sources, water rights and water costs. And economists have begun to question whether California's more limited access to water will begin to take a toll on the state's pace of expansion, including many new housing developments authorized before the cutbacks began in earnest, according to the New York Times.
Unintended costs
The big savings have come with significant unanticipated costs, however — not always measurable in monetary terms. In what the Los Angeles Times called "a paradox of conservation, water agencies say the unprecedented savings — 31 percent in July over July 2013 — are causing or compounding a slew of problems."
"Sanitation districts are yanking tree roots out of manholes and stepping up maintenance on their pipes to prevent corrosion and the spread of odors. And when people use less potable water, officials say, there's less wastewater available to recycle. Water suppliers, meanwhile, say the dramatic decrease in consumption has created multimillion-dollar revenue shortfalls."
At the same time, California's smaller cities have been thrown back on their heels by the stringent new regulations keeping consumption low. "State officials are starting to realize that some water mandates have the potential to cause serious economic problems for smaller communities such as Lemoore, Sanger, Hanford and Livingston," the Fresno Bee reported.
The problem suggested a Catch-22, with the choice coming down to businesses in those areas making water cuts that result in cuts to jobs, or residents making up the difference by scaling back their consumption well in excess of the new mandates. "The cities are at or near the top of the state's priority watch list to reduce water consumption, according to state Water Resources Control Board documents. All are missing the state's reduction mandate by 10 percent or more."
Hank de Carbonel 10 September, 2015, 09:24
Pardon my skepticism, but is it possible the State would fudge the numbers to justify doing nothing?
eck 11 September, 2015, 19:12
Absolutely Hank. Anything to appease the enviro wackos. If we get thru this current drought we're just lucky. With the huge increase (and climbing) in population it's just plain obvious CA needs more water storage.
fletch92131 10 September, 2015, 09:59
Many big cities will still have to go after water desalination.
Spurwing Plover 10 September, 2015, 13:25
Time to give serious thought to desalization of the ocean water so it can be used for drinking and agriculteral use and Screw Greenpeace
Loufca 10 September, 2015, 17:10
To say that the water savings came primarily from people not watering their lawns is absolutely ludicrous. What you fail to understand is that grass is one of the best bio filters, CO2 sequesters and water purifiers available. The more important piece of your article is "unintended consequences". Less water is used, as requested by governmental authorities and now there is a shortfall in the governments revenue. Basically, another rate increase is coming because the population did what it was asked to do. If this was an unintended consequence, someone, in Sacramento should be fired for having their head in the sand.
Itachee 12 September, 2015, 08:18
Anyone who really beeves this article and the claims it makes is out of touch with reality and knows so lilittle about water in CA as to be dangerous. Based on the first hand experience gained during my 35 years working on managing water in CA, water conservation is enviro code talk for retirement of 500,000 acres for ag land and further restrictions on urban and industrial development in CA. There simply isn't enough water to be conserved for conservation to be a loing term solution to our water supply shortages.
Larry 15 September, 2015, 12:21
I don't know anything about this website but based on the previous comments it appears to attract old water buffalos or those that think increasing supply forever is possible. The world long since learned that the cost of efficiency is much less (in $$ and environmental damage) than new supply (both energy and water). And anyone who can say that desal is appropriate for agric. knows nothing about agric. economics. Complaining about rate increases due to drought inspired conservation also reflects a lack of knowledge of economics. If you want to see big price hikes for water wait until the costs of desal, the Delta tunnels and new reservoirs with very low yields are added to your bills..The best storage is groundwater basins. The cheapest source of energy and water is efficiency. I only have 30 years of water management in CA but it includes both urban and agric. Commenters – please vent your anger elsewhere and use water forums to share you knowledge. At the least you may discover that you're ideas are not facts or truths.
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I just realized that you said you went to Captain Shreve, Doug. What class? I was Northwood, class of '88.


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In Dishonest Campaign Pitch, Pate Says His Voter ID Law Made "George Soros Howl"
The secretary of state also claimed there is a "price I'm paying" for fending off improper votes from "radical zealots" and felons his own party is responsible for disenfranchising
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Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is running for re-election in 2018 and he's making his successful push earlier this year to pass voter ID legislation — a thinly veiled effort to suppress the vote — a centerpiece of his campaign platform.
In a fundraising email Tuesday asking for contributions of $10, $20, or $50 (read the full text at the end of this post), Pate again raised the virtually nonexistent specter of voter fraud to slam his Democratic critics and brag about his efforts to uphold so-called election integrity by leading the effort to get a voter ID law passed (Pate has said he plans to have the law in effect by the 2018 election). "As Iowa's Republican Secretary of State, I made it happen," he said in the email. "And the instant I did, you could hear the [sic] Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and George Soros howl. If they'd stop screaming long enough to listen, they'd learn that the overwhelming majority of Iowans are for it, almost half of Iowa Democrats." (Soros, a billionaire philanthropist who opposes voter ID laws, is a popular boogeyman for conservatives and the subject of numerous unfounded conspiracy theories about his supposed election tampering and backing of paid protesters.)
"You don't want some felon who is ineligible to vote or a radical zealot who thinks he can get away with voting multiple times to cancel out your vote," Pate continued. "Because any vote fraud threatens the integrity of Iowa's elections, I won't let it happen." In truth, many felons are ineligible to vote in Iowa to begin with because of Pate and his GOP allies including former Gov. Terry Branstad. The state is one of just four where most felons are permanently disenfranchised (the only exception being if they pay off onerous fines after their release from prison and receive direct approval from the governor through a complicated application process to regain their right to vote). Last year, Pate was the defendant in a lawsuit that went before the Iowa Supreme Court brought by a woman who was given the false impression she could vote again after completing her probation for a felony cocaine conviction. And she would have been able to, had Branstad not rescinded previous Gov. Tom Vilsack's executive order that automatically restored felons' voting rights upon the completion of their sentences. (The Supreme Court ruled in Pate's favor.)
In his email, Pate cast himself as a victim, claiming "there's a price I'm paying" for supposedly preventing fraud in Iowa elections. But there's no real evidence he's done this. In February, three months after the 2016 election, Pate's office had only been made aware of 10 votes that may have been improper out of 1.6 million cast. The previous October, one person — a Trump supporter from Des Moines — was charged with voter fraud for casting two early votes for the soon-to-be president. This July, the Linn County auditor flagged five property owners believed to have cast votes both in the county and out of state — hardly evidence of widespread fraud, and likely improper votes that would have been caught without Pate's supposed anti-fraud efforts.
In fact, Pate's predecessor, fellow Republican Matt Schultz, essentially — if accidentally — proved that voter fraud was virtually nonexistent in Iowa, launching an anti-fraud dragnet funded by $250,000 in federal funds intended to increase access to the polls that found only a handful of potentially improper votes, most of them from people who'd cast them without knowing they would be invalid.
Pate then took a shot at one of his Democratic challengers, Iraq war vet Jim Mowrer, accusing him of previously running "vicious campaigns against Republican Congressmen Steve King and David Young" and alleging that his Democratic allies would "pull out all the stops; [sic] negative ads, deceptive self-mailers, bogus phone polls, THE WORKS."
In his money ask, Pate said he'd "seen the difference an outpouring of conservative support has done to help some of our greatest conservative champions like Ben Carson, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Joni Ernst and others." Carson, a former presidential candidate who has dismissed voter ID laws' tendency to disenfranchise minorities, is currently serving as the secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development despite having no previous relevant experience.
"P.S.," Pate's email ends, "The Democrats figure if they seize control of the Secretary of State's Office, they can control Iowa's elections. Do you trust them to be fair?" Left unmentioned: In 1997, the Iowa State Ethics Commission reprimanded Pate, who was serving as secretary of state then, too, for using his office's resources to promote his gubernatorial bid.
Here's the full text of Pate's fundraising email:
EASY TO VOTE, HARD TO CHEAT
It just makes sense; when you vote, you show an I.D. so the registrar knows you are who you say you are. It's an extra verification step that safeguards the accuracy of our elections by making it easy to vote and hard to cheat. As Iowa's Republican Secretary of State, I made it happen. And the instant I did, you could hear the Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and George Soros howl. If they'd stop screaming long enough to listen, they'd learn that the overwhelming majority of Iowans are for it, almost half of Iowa Democrats.
You don't want some felon who is ineligible to vote or a radical zealot who thinks he can get away with voting multiple times to cancel out your vote. Because any vote fraud threatens the integrity of Iowa's elections, I won't let it happen. But there's a price I'm paying for my actions.
Iowa Democrats have made my defeat a priority. They've recruited the same hard-charging negative challenger who ran vicious campaigns against Republican Congressmen Steve King and David Young as my opponent. We'll run a no-frills, bare-bones, grassroots volunteer-driven campaign but they'll pull out all the stops; negative ads, deceptive self-mailers, bogus phone polls, THE WORKS.
I'll need your strong support to win, /Salutation/. It takes only a small effort to make a BIG difference. Your online contribution of $10, $20 or $50 will give us a BIG boost. CLICK HERE NOW
I've seen the difference an outpouring of conservative support has done to help some of our greatest conservative champions like Ben Carson, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Joni Ernst and others. When like-minded Republicans join together to challenge the status quo and fight for bold, sweeping conservative change, GREAT THINGS HAPPEN.
Let me know you're with me! GET INVOLVED. CLICK HERE
Secretary of State Paul Pate
P.S. The Democrats figure if they seize control of the Secretary of State's Office, they can control Iowa's elections. Do you trust them to be fair?
Gavin Aronsen is an editor and reporter for and founding member of the Iowa Informer. He previously worked as a city reporter for the Ames Tribune, research assistant to investigative journalist Wayne Barrett at the Village Voice, and in various roles at Mother Jones, where his work contributed to a National Magazine Award nomination for the magazine's digital media coverage of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Email: garonsen [at] iowainformer [dot] com.
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I Developed At A Young Age, But America Ferrera's Character Was The Only One Who Really Helped Me Channel My Confidence
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When we hear "representation matters" today, we often mean that audiences want to see themselves in pop culture. Back in the day, there was hardly any accountability for that. So, when a little film about the Latino experience was released on the big screen, it was as if the movie gods were answering my prayers.
On Oct. 18, 2002, a film directed by Patricia Cardoso was released titled "Real Women Have Curves" and she didn't mean big boobs-and-a-size-24-waist kind of curves.
She meant real women. Average women who, like many of us, aren't a size 24. The trailer alone blew me away.
I cherish other Latino films such as "La Bamba," "Stand and Deliver," and "Selena." But these films were biopics about extraordinary people in particular situations. "Real Women Have Curves" featured someone just like me, and parents just like mine.
While the indie film went on to win numerous awards and has been credited for exploring the struggles of so many women — especially Latina women — but there was more than just physical issues that were addressed.
I had never seen a movie in which the lead was a curvy Latina —and not like Sofia Vergara or Jennifer Lopez — but curvy just like me.
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No offense to Vergara and Lopez, but seeing America Ferrera dancing in her underwear flaunting it all made me feel so empowered.
"Real Women Have Curves" not only reflected my life and aspirations, but the more I looked at Ana, the more I thought we looked alike.
Crazy, right?
America Ferrera as Ana spoke to me on so many levels. Particularly her body type. At the time I felt so uncomfortable with my curves — mainly my breasts. I developed way too early as a pre-teen and wasn't ready to deal with all of the confusion and harassment that came along with this. There were so many times I just wanted to hide from the world.
Seeing Ana own her body and be so open with who she was, made me want to be like that too. It took me a few years to catch up to her confidence, but she let me know it was possible.
One of those most hilarious and touching aspects of this movie was Ana's relationship with her mother.
Ana's mom was incredibly overbearing and dramatic. She criticized Ana for her looks, for the foods she ate, and generally about the kind of woman she was becoming. Ironically, even though Ana's mom (played by Lupe Ontiveros) was so outspoken and in-your-face, she clashed a lot with her daughter because she too was outspoken and never compromised who she was.
My mother was (and still is) domineering about so many aspects of my life and everyone else's.
And she also looks a lot like Ontiveros.
People always tell my mom how much she looks like Lupe Ontiveros — and she hates when people tell her that because she doesn't want to be compared to a character that is a controlling and, let's face it, a little nutty. But tbh, she is totally like that, and it's why I love her so much. It's my mom's strong persona that inspires me to be demanding about what I want and need in my life. I have so much respect for women like my mother.
Ana's supportive and loving dad also reminded me of my dad very much.
It was really amazing to see the dynamic between Ana and her father because I related to that in many ways. Through her close relationship with her dad, Ana came to realize how tirelessly how father worked, and that work ethic that made her strive harder for her dreams. As did I.
The movie also showed what it is like being the youngest in the family with older sisters that didn't have the same advantages as I did.
Estela resented the fact that Ana had a little more freedom that she did. That's a struggle that many siblings can relate too. I know I felt that resentment.
Yes, it was easier to be the youngest one. I recognize that I didn't have to work as hard as they did. I was also the only one in my family to move to another state.
CREDIT: Me and my sisters.
There are many advantages to being the youngest, but biggest is probably the fact that my parents were less strict with me. I traveled a lot more than my sisters and even moved out of state.
The main highlight for me was seeing an adventurous Latina move to New York City to live out her dreams.
Some might not see moving to New York City as a big deal. But when you're a Latina, with all of your family in California, moving away is a HUGE deal and it's something I feel years after moved away. It's very difficult for Latino parents to let their kids go… and they make sure you know it.
Just like Ana was guilt-tripped about going away to college in New York City, I also felt that many times, and mostly by my mother. But we both did it anyway. I have friends that wanted to move away from their family and weren't able to because their parents prohibited it, so it's not something that I take for granted.
Seeing a Latina who's from California and lives in New York City depicted in a film resonated with me for many, many years.
CREDIT: Araceli Cruz
While this film was groundbreaking in so many ways, it's a story that remains special to me personally. The film really elevates the idea that a Latina can do anything she wants. She doesn't have to look like a model, or be a singer or an athlete — she can just be a woman who lives out a life that's all her own.
I wish they could make more movies like "Real Women Have Curves," but until then I will continue to watch this movie and never forget how much it changed my view of myself at an important point of my life.
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Vietnam, U.S Work to Deepen Trade and Investment Relations
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"U.S. businesses are very interested in the continued success of Vietnam and AmCham will continue to support the Government's efforts to develop the private sector". This is an assessment given by Ms. Natasha Ansell, Chair of AmCham in her welcome remarks at the business summit discussing the future of Vietnam-U.S. trade and investment relations organized by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in collaboration with AmCham and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on May 10.
Assessing the relationship between businesses of the two countries, Ms. Ansell said: "U.S. businesses have invested billions of dollars in Vietnam, integrating Vietnam into global supply chains, creating quality jobs for Vietnamese workers and opening a new market for U.S. goods and services".
"Most importantly, our companies understand the links between business and social activities, and do our best to conduct business in a way that creates both social and economic value at the same time," added Ms. Ansell.
With the participation of more than 250 government representatives and industry leaders of the two countries, the U.S. - Vietnam Business Summit: Celebrating 25 Years of Trade and Investment" discussed measures to further develop bilateral economic relations.
Delivering a keynote address at the event, Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung said that the relationship between Vietnam and the United States has developed rapidly and dramatically over the years.
"Vietnam considers the United States a leading partner and wants to promote bilateral cooperation with trade and investment playing a pivotal role in the relationship between the two countries," Deputy Prime Minister Dung affirmed.
Currently, the United States is among Vietnam's largest trading partners as the two-way trade turnover has increased 130 times from US$$450 million in 1994 to US$$60 billion in 2018.
Deputy Prime Minister Dung reiterated the determination of building an enabling government, creating favorable conditions for foreign businesses, especially those from the United States to invest in Vietnam.
Mr. Charles Freeman, Senior Vice President for Asia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce said: "Our members stay focused on Vietnam and are optimistic about the potential of the market".
"We continue to believe that the long-term goal of the United States and Vietnam is to have a free trade agreement between the two parties," said Mr. Charles Freeman.
Delivering an address at the event, Dr. Vu Tien Loc, President of Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), said: "Sustainable development, innovation and integration are the most important keywords in Vietnam's development strategy. Vietnam is aiming for a higher and more sustainable quality and trade structure".
VCCI President Loc expected that with the cooperation of U.S. enterprises, Vietnam will have not only factories but also "Silicon Valleys of Asia", thereby contributing to shaping the future of Vietnam's economy.
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This means I'm seeking the first three-dimensionally computer-modeled and rendered imagery used in Star Trek.
We know there was extensive 3D CGI used in DS9 (Odo) and Voyager (USS Voyager). But what is the earliest use in TNG or any of the TOS movies?
Note that to satisfy this question, there needs to have been a meaningful model built in 3D and then rendered, as I'm sure there was a lot of post-processing done by computer in TNG and there were many 2D images generated for effects (e.g. Okudagrams) and the line between what would constitute computer-generated 2D images and merely digital image manipulation would be kind of blurry. Manually generated images from multiple views that were meant to appear 3D do not count.
The very first CGI used was in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, where Lucasfilm Graphics Group, then a subsidiary of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), was responsible for the "Project Genesis" demonstration sequence effect, the very first fully textured 3D CGI representation shown in the motion picture business to a general public.
With regard to TNG, the first explicitly CGI object seen in the show is the gigantic force-field erected by Q at approx 4 minutes in.
We have confirmation (from Wil Wheaton, the actor who portrayed Wesley Crusher) that this was indeed a computer-generated effect rather than a physical model or a video-effect.
"There's a mystery at Farpoint, and he's totally going to solve it...just as soon as he figures out how to get past this giant CGI net that's arrived out of nowhere and is cockblocking his ship."
In its very first appearance, the Crystalline Entity was one of the very first CGI sequences used in the Star Trek franchise. It was built and rendered by Chris Alsop at The Post Group.
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Most of the letters sent to Mrs. Brownlow were from concerned mothers awaiting the return of their sons from duty aboard USS Trout (SS-202).
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Dear Mrs. Brownlow; I have enclosed a picture of my son George who was a shipmate of your husband on the Trout. I will greatly appreciate having a picture of your husband if it isn't asking too much. I am praying for the safe return of the Trout crew soon. Thanking you I am.
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November 19, 2018 - 22:33
Misrata municipality has objected to the bias of the UN Security Council in sanctioning the individuals hindering Libya's political process.
"Such a method will weaken the validity of the sanctions themselves." The municipal council said in a statement on Monday.
It called also on the UNSMIL and the international community to implement the Skhirat agreement as per the UN Security Council's resolution (2259), urging for swift punishment of the hindering parties.
"We want the UN sanctions to be inclusive and real against all politicians, military officers, militias and media figures who toy with the security and stability of Libya." The municipality said.
It added that the decision makers shall be pressed into placing the individuals responsible for violations of Libya's sovereignty and stability under real sanctions.
"All the chaos and conflicts that are ongoing in Libya in all fields, including in media, have opened the door for intervention and he failure so far in building the state of Libya, let alone the deterioration of security, economic and financial conditions in Tripoli." The statement reads.
It also said that the real ruler in Libya is the one with arms and that the power in the country is under the leaders of militias' control, saying those people have further weakened the fragile state.
The United Nations Security Council has listed Salah Badi - commander of Al-Sumood Brigade - for sanctions that included a travel ban and asset freeze.
Badi was a member of the Libyan General National Congress and a revolutionary leader in Misrata during February 17 revolution. He was also a leader in the Libya Dawn (Fajr Libya) operation against Dignity Operation of Khalifa Haftar in 2014.
Several Misrata residents took to the street Sunday to voice their rejection of the Security Council's decision to impose sanctions on Badi, saying the decision was biased and unfair.
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Cowboys' Will McClay reveals which prospect multiple teams said Dallas stole from them in the draft
McClay also touched on whether Dallas will look for a reunion with safety Jeff Heath.
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Simi Fehoko #13 of the Stanford Cardinals carries the ball against Marcus Strong #4 of the Washington State Cougars in the second half at Martin Stadium on November 16, 2019 in Pullman, Washington. Washington State defeats Stanford 49-22.(William Mancebo / Getty Images)
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Will McClay, senior director of college and pro personnel for the Dallas Cowboys, recently joined the GBag Nation on 105.3 The Fan [KRLD-FM] to talk about the Cowboys 2021 draft class. Here are some highlights:
Will, did you feel like the draft gods gave you a gift with Jabril Cox there at 115?
Will McClay: "Yeah, we kind of sweated it out a little bit. He was a guy that when we came into the offseason, and we're thinking about things and how you continue to improve the defense and looking at the landscape of how offenses are played. Now, there's a lot of it's a space game. And then there's a lot of tight ends and big receivers, slot type stuff that you have to cover in the way that the game is played. So he's shown the ability to be able to do those things. So when it came down, we were going through the process, he was the guy that, you know, I thought fit that bill and several others did. And then you know when he was sitting there, so we got to go, you know, we got to go do that. It's the right time."
I think you got a guy with clutch genes there, man, that kid when you watch [Simi Fehoko] on tape, he it seems like he makes every single play, Will.
McClay: Yeah, I mean, he was a guy that, you know, you look at the physical measurables. And you say, boy, there's something that because again, we're always looking at, if you look at everybody's draft, they're always looking for the, you know, the big athletic guy with the high, you know, athletic spark score or whatever. But then they have to be able to play football, and you see his measurable, then you see him play and you see him, as you said, Brian, being a clutch guy for them, and that he's just got this thing about him as a player. And he hadn't achieved his full ceiling yet. So I'm excited to get him with our offensive with Coach Henry, who I've been around for a couple years. He does an incredible job with receivers, making them better. So if you got a guy with a high level of skill and talent and you need, you know, the right stuff to be able to refine that and grow and get better. I'm really excited about his opportunities to help us move it down line, too.
We had about four or five teams contact me afterwards and they were they were like 'Damn, we were going to go after him.'
Should we expect a little interest maybe in the recently released Jeff Heath?
McClay: "We'll look at and address the issue as it comes. I mean, we know Jeff and Jeff has done great things for us and he went to Oakland and had a great season. But we were going to go through and look at what we have on the roster. And we're going to look at every opportunity to improve if it makes sense.
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The president of Iran gave controversial speeches in the United States at Columbia University and the U.N. General Assembly.
EVEN after trying to tone down his bombastic rhetoric, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad comes across as less than inviting as a participant in diplomacy. At some point, however, U.S. diplomats should grit their teeth and deal with a country that is vitally important toward achieving stability in the Persian Gulf.
In speeches Monday at Columbia University and yesterday at the United Nations, Ahmadinejad tried hard to show that he was not the "petty and cruel dictator" as he was introduced by the university's president. He did not succeed, although he reversed earlier statements in his attempt.
Two years ago, after his election, Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust "a myth" and said Israel should be "wiped off the map." At Columbia, he acknowledged, "Granted, this (the Holocaust) happened," and said he favored a Palestinian referendum to determine Israel's future.
But then, he asked of 9/11, "Why did this happen? What caused it? What conditions led to it? Who truly was involved? Who was really involved and put it all together?" Does he really not know, or is he implying that America was somehow responsible for propelling al-Qaida into action?
Ahmadinejad is president of a country that has emerged as a regional power, but he is neither dictator nor head of state. The person who holds that position in the Islamic republic is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader. The government includes a pragmatic element that seeks to bring the country out of isolation.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced in May 2006 that the United States would be willing to take part in multinational talks with Iran if it suspended its nuclear-enrichment program. In December, the Iraq Study Group headed by James A. Baker and Lee H. Hamilton called for such talks "without preconditions."
Iran, like the United States, desires stability in Iraq. The Islamic republic stands to benefit from an end to the conflict within the borders of its neighbor. A Baghdad government is likely to be led by the majority Shiites, who will be aligned with Iran. Instead of calling for regime change in Tehran, the United States should move toward providing incentives, such as phasing out sanctions, in seeking transparency of Iran's nuclear program. As Iran is able to provide a more useful role in the stabilization of Iraq, American troops become closer to departure.
While Ahmadinejad's past remarks about Israel are offensive, Iran's policy can be moderated through international pressure, as shown in the past. Iran abruptly stopped targeting dissidents in exile in Europe in the late 1990s after the conviction of Iranian agents for murdering Kurdish leaders in Berlin led to withdrawal of European emissaries from Tehran. Iran also stopped supporting radical elements in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states to normalize relations with those countries.


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Black Hole Recordings proudly introduces a new addition to the artist roster with the signing of Dallas, Texas-based DJ/producer, Pōston. Though the name might not yet sound familiar, Pōston will likely be found at the top of the charts with memorable vocal trance tunage, beginning with his first single, "Stranded," and a catchy follow up with Linnea Schössow due later this summer.
With his debut effort, Pōston joins forces with London dance music artist, Lizzie Curious, for a seven minute spine tingling rollercoaster. Poston's masterfully crafted production skills take center stage just as "Stranded" begins with a crisp, pounding bassline. Building quickly like crashing waves, larger than life snares soon intermix, making way for a mystical chord progression that highlights Lizzie's unique, haunting vocal performance.
Fans of Lizzie's massive 2011 hit collaboration, "Departures" with Robbie Rivera/Cosmic Gate, will appreciate the self-penned vulnerable yet relatable lyrics that keep "Stranded" in a league of its own. Poston further cements that notion with a hair raising breakdown capable of wringing every subtle nuance of emotion from each listener. The dark yet uplifting breakdown features sweeping strings and solemn piano chords before the crashing bassline returns with a dash of added spice to disrupt the dancefloor.
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Samsung Galaxy Watch Active has been launched in India. This Smart Watch has been given many special features and is fitness-based.
Monali Gupta
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South Korean tech giant Samsung has launched Galaxy Watch Active in India. It was unveiled by the company during February 2019. This smart watch is fitness centric and has a heart rate sensor and AMOLED display. Features such as Stress Tracking, including blood pressure monitor in this Galaxy Watch Active.
Galaxy Watch Active has been priced at Rs 19,990 in India. It can be bought from Amazon India and Samsung Online Store. Apart from this, you can buy it from Samsung stores and offline retail stores. Its sale starts from June 24. You can buy it in Black, Rose Gold, Silver and Deep Green Options.
Galaxy Watch Active Specifications and Feature
Circular AMOLED display is given in Galaxy Watch Active and it has been tried to keep it light. The company has said that it has been kept light so that it can be worn by sleeping and the feature of sleep tracking can be used. This Smart Watch has a Exynos 9110 dual-core processor and runs on Wearable OS 4.0 based on Tizen. It has 230mAh battery.
Galaxy Watch Active's display is protected from Gorilla Glass 3. This Smart Watch features 4GB internal storage with 748GB RAM. Please tell you that this is not cellular and can not be inserted into a SIM card. Heart rate sensor has been given in the Galaxy Watch Active.
Galaxy Watch Active can connect to iPhone and Android. Mobile notifications, messages, calls will be found on this watch. Features are more or less similar to Samsung's Galaxy Watch. Galaxy Watch Active has a 230mAh battery. According to the company, it can back up to 45 hours.
Galaxy Watch Active has a rating of IP68 that means it will not be bad in the rain or by swimming. In this smart watch for connectivity, features such as Bluetooth, WiFi, NFC and GPS have been given. There is also a blood pressure monitoring system in the Galaxy Smart Watch.
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Akame was legitimately a labor of love. I started posting characters I just ADORE on my personal Facebook page that I wanted to work on. Characters that I could never cosplay due to all of them being female. Jane stepped up to be the first of my models. Brave girl. What a brave girl.
Here are the references I worked from.
Went online and found a picture of a katana in order to guarantee a perfect curve on the sword blade. I didn't trust the vector of the Murasame that I found.
Also had a little helper in the shop that day! She learned a lot!
Started the sword with a plywood sheet. Drew the pattern onto the sheet.
Cut out the blade blank.
Sheath is made as a box around the blade blank. Same plywood is used for the side walls. 1mm PVC is added as well to get a 1mm clearance to account for the fabric added later.
Glued 6mm PVC to the wood+PVC walls enclosing the sheath. Added cloth to the PVC to help mitigate paint wear on the blade.
Sheath starts off with a square cross section. Looks super ugly.
Ground down the edges with an angle grinder then smoothed out more so with the orbital sander. Oval cross section achieved.
Added handle (not pictured) with 3mm PVC as well as cross guard. Details added with 3mm PVC and cleaned up the seams with bondo.
Armor made from 2 separate plates of 3mm PVC to achieve the super textured design. Added battle damage later.
The result of 1 day worth of work.
Jane finished the painting and clean up on her own then debuted it at ALA 2015! So happy to get one of my waifu cosplays out the door. It was surprisingly satisfying to express my creative energy and love for Akame in this fashion and I hope to do more waifu projects in the future!


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Partly to mostly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 79F. Winds S at 5 to 10 mph.
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Fitz: Watching my mother dance into and out of the past
"Furr's Cafeteria? Every Sunday? You guys are so boring."
Mom clutched her wounded heart and feigned a fatal blow. I was being a "real wise guy" at the dinner table, according to the retired Master Sergeant.
"Your mother had a life before you were born." Not possible. The ancient silver-haired woman sitting across from me whose idea of a thrilling time was falling asleep watching "Perry Mason"?
Enlightenment struck with memorable clarity the day I came home early from Myers Elementary to see and hear, through our screen door, the same oh-so-boring golden girl singing and slow-dancing in our living room as Ella Fitzgerald sang "Ten Cents a Dance" on the Zenith.
"I work at the Palace Ballroom, but gee that palace is cheap.
When I get back to my chilly hall room, I'm much too tired to sleep."
Mesmerized, I watched her through the gauzy screen as she floated around the ballroom of her imagination, like she was Ginger Rogers or something. Here before me was shocking evidence that she indeed had a life long before I was born, a life she would reveal to me, little by little, "when I was old enough to understand."
"Ten cents a dance, that's what they pay me,
Gosh how they weigh me down."
Much to my surprise, Artha Jean had once been a beautiful 16-year old girl. Not possible. And she had been a bad girl who loved to dance so much that she fled Rockaway Beach, hitching rides in Model Ts all the way to California, to join a girlfriend in San Francisco who promised her a job dancing on a chorus line on the vaudeville circuit.
Not possible. My mom was Aunt Bea, not Ruby Keeler. She couldn't be the same depression-era dame who competed in dance marathons, claiming, "I could dance forever. We'd sleep standing up. People would throw coins at us! Ha. I didn't care."
People threw coins at the woman who made me empty my pockets into every poor box and open hand she saw. Not possible.
"The chorus line and the marathons weren't bringing in enough so I become a taxi dancer." What? A dance hall dime-a-dance girl?
Every Mother's Day, after I made a miserable breakfast and gave her a hand-scrawled card, the Master Sergeant, a man cursed with two left feet, would move the celebration to our living room, where he had set Glenn Miller loose wailing on the hi-fi. "Ask your mother to dance." I'd recoil in awkward horror and then we'd all go to Furr's. Happy Mother's Day.
I remember doing homework at the dining table one evening, watching Mom do the dishes, when "Tea for Two" came on the radio.
"Picture you upon my knee,
Just tea for two and two for tea."
She sprinkled a shaker full salt on the linoleum and began spinning and sliding gracefully across the salt like she was doing the shim-sham-shimmy at the Savoy Ballroom. I was seeing things. Not possible.
"Come here." She stood me up next to her and slowly demonstrated the step.
"It's the old soft shoe. Fred Astaire did it in 'Top Hat'." She adored Fred. "He used sand." The only Fred I adored was named Flintstone. "Can I go now?"
"Find the beat. Try it. One and two and—"
After a few minutes of me frantically hopping about like Gabby Hayes being told to dance by a gunslinger, Mom stopped and sighed."Just like your father. Well, at least you can draw. We all have our gifts."
"What's dad's?"
"Raking gravel."
The instant Mom heard my senior prom was days away, she asked me what the theme was.
"They're going to have a big swing band and we're —"
"Come here. You're going to learn the Lindy hop. You'll like it." She cued up "In the Mood" and spun me around like we were at the Avalon Ballroom.
I stepped on her toes. I fell twice. And I didn't like it. Mom was a natural dancer and I was simply a maladroit disappointment. Sigh.
In her 65th year, Artha Jean became bedridden and it became my responsibility to help her to the bathroom and back. Three or four times a day I would lift her into a standing position, drape her arms around my shoulders and rock her gently from side to side, as we shuffle-danced across the room.
Days before she left the world, I was waltzing her to her bathroom when she rested her head on my shoulder, like an exhausted marathon dancer, and just stood there, swaying in my arms. I followed her lead, as I had done my whole life, and danced her gently around the ballroom of her imagination. "I love to dance," she whispered. "Me, too, Mom. Me, too."
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Q: Handsontable Sorting Integers Like Strings I have an implementation of Handsontable 0.11.2 that receives data in JSON format.  I have made the columns sortable and have one numeric column (I have defined it as numeric) that still sorts like a string.  I tried making it a float by adding .0 to the end formatting and, even though it showed the 0, it still sorts as a string.  I have seen a few potential solutions doing Google searches but have not found a solution that works.  My handsontable setup is below, any advice is much appreciated.
$(document).on('click','.report',function(event) {

$.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    url: 'pending.php',
    dataType: "json",
    success: function(json) {
        $('.item').remove();
        $(".welcome").hide();

        $(".carousel-inner").append("

");
        var $container = $("#faTable");
        var $parent = $container.parent();
        $container.handsontable({
            data: json.data,
            startRows: 10,
            startCols: 8,
            rowHeaders: true,
            manualColumnResize: true,
            manualColumnMove: true,
            columnSorting: true,
            colHeaders: ['Lot','Number','Reason','Results','Billback','Status','Rank'],
            contextMenu: true,
            colWidths: [80,150,300,200,200,50,50],
            columns: [
                {data: "lot", type: 'text',readOnly: true},
                {data: "number",type: 'text',readOnly: true},
                {data: "reason", type: 'text',readOnly: true},
                {data: "results", type: 'text',readOnly: true},
                {data: "billback", type: 'text',readOnly: true},
                {data: "status", type: 'text',readOnly: true},
                {data: "rank", type: 'numeric',readOnly: true}
            ]
        });
    },
    error: function(data) {

    }
});
})

A: There's an open bug logged here:
https://github.com/handsontable/handsontable/issues/883
I ended up just filtering everything that might be a number like this before I added it to the handsontable's data set:
var filterFloat = function (value) {
    if(/^(\-|\+)?([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?|Infinity)$/
      .test(value))
      return Number(value);
  return NaN;
}

// for the sake of sorting numbers vs strings:
if(filterFloat(stringNumberVar)){
   stringNumberVar = filterFloat(stringNumberVar);
}

It seems like something that should get fixed or that you could add to a fork fairly easily because they have a date sort that's also a bit fickle.
I'll come back and tell you about it if I decide to take on that task.

A: I saw this problem in 0.15.0-beta2 while using PHP 5.5 to query MySQL and convert to JSON string. I found the data for that column also needed to be cast to a number as all data from a MySQL query is returned as a string. Out of 30 columns, four needed to be cast so I wrote this loop for the SQL results:
$res = Zend_Registry::get('db')->fetchAll('
    SELECT *
    FROM table
');

foreach($res as &$s) {
    $s['table_pk'] = (int) $s['table_pk'];
    $s['position'] = ($s['position']!=0 ? (int) $s['position'] : null);
    $s['height'] = ($s['height']!=0 ? (int) $s['height'] : null);
    $s['count'] = ($s['count']!=0 ? (int) $s['count'] : null);
}

The 'null' displays as an empty string and sorts at the bottom like other empty strings.

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So, if you need a last minute gift idea this one is pretty quick. Thanks for dropping in.
This is a very cool idea for making a monogram! The added touch of shiny crystals looks adorable!
I think I might do this for my kids teachers! Thanks for the idea!
Oh wow! Very cute. I think I will make one for our babysitter. Thanks Cheri!
Wow that is a great idea! So creative, you are!!
that's a great idea! i love anything monogrammed!
Very cute easy idea! Thanks Cheri!
That is a great idea, and I bet she will love it! Did you get my email about some of the fonts having breaks in the words on a Silhouette? Has that ever happened to you?
That's a splendid idea! Love it.
I LOVE this idea! This would make a great wedding present, too!


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Discussion of ways to amend the federal tax system disintegrates into yelling about class warfare from the right wing, always suspicious of Obama administration motives.
Rather than engaging in ways to fix the tax code, which many wealthy citizens advocate, Republicans are bent on stalling any effort to gain more revenue regardless of how sensible changes might be.
Most obvious is the need to examine the hodgepodge of exemptions that can make a mockery of statutory tax rates. Tax rates could be lowered at the same time revenue is increased by correcting inequities and general foolishness in the system.
This is nonsense. No changes in the tax code can be made without agreement from both parties. When one side refuses even to talk about it, you can be sure the next election is more in mind than anything having to do with fixing the budget.
Of course, the Democrats and President Barack Obama are not immune from this electoral fever. As we disgusted voters are learning, we will hear nothing but campaign crap from now until next November.
Obama says the rich pay at lower tax rates than their secretaries. Not true. Many rich people pay smaller percentages of their total income because so much of their taxes is based on lower capital gains rates or offset altogether by the abovementioned exemptions.
GE, for instance, recently paid no U.S. income tax at all largely because it earns so much money overseas. Even though its statutory income tax rate is tops, it never enters the equation.
Mitigating the debt and deficit will require revenue enhancement along with spending restraint, but too many in the political debate denounce any talk of revenue enhancement as �class warfare.� Using this argument, you can just as well say leaving lower-income taxpayers to foot the bill without more help from the richer is a worse kind of class warfare.
Arguing over which side is conducting the most egregious class warfare gets nowhere toward a solution to debt problems. It�s a fight over votes. If we could vote for a more rational debate, we would do so, but where do we turn these days?
I don�t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.