Zimbabwe's richest man, Strive Masiyiwa, is venturing into solar energy, according to a report in New Zimbabwe.
Masiyiwa, 50, is the founder and executive chairman of Econet Wireless, a publicly-listed mobile telecoms company with operations in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Burundi and Rwanda.
The company's subsidiary, Econet Solar, recently launched a solar power device intended to help light up rural areas in Zimbabwe and other areas across rest of Africa which are beset by an erratic supply of electricity.
The device, called the Econet Home Power Station, will allow individuals and families across Africa to light up their homes, charge their mobile phones and generally utilize energy at a relatively inexpensive cost compared to current solar energy devices currently available in Africa. In a press statement, Masiyiwa said that the Home Power Station will allow individuals to pay for their energy on a pre-paid basis, in much the same way airtime is purchased for mobile phones in much of Africa.
While the retail price of the Home Power Station has not yet been revealed, officials of Econet Solar have promised that the device will be sold at a "small cost" to allow accessibility to low-income earners across Africa. Customers will only be charged for electricity in proportion to how they use it.
In a statement to the media, Masiyiwa said that "whilst there are already well-intentioned solar powered lighting systems on the market, the reality is that they are just too expensive for people to afford."
"We are launching the Home Power Station to change all that," he said.
The device will contain a typical Econet mobile SIM card that will enable the device to link up with the cellular network, thereby making it possible for the customer to pre-pay for energy usage, in the same way mobile phone users currently pay for airtime on their cell phone.
"It has been designed to supply, on a pre-paid basis, affordable lighting for small homes and cell phone charging," Masiyiwa said, while expressing his optimism that the product will help light up the "70 percent of Africa that does not already have access to electricity."
If Masiyiwa and the Econet Solar team play their cards right, the Home Power Station device could easily and quickly become immensely popular in various parts of the African continent, considering that several African countries, especially Nigeria, have to contend with severe electricity outages every day.
In Nigeria citizens have to depend heavily on imported generators to produce their own electricity. The droning reverberations of fuel-guzzling generating sets have become the soundtrack of urban life in the West African country. It's become an extremely burdensome, expensive and environmentally risky affair for the Nigerian citizen, but the incumbent president, Goodluck Jonathan, has done nothing to remedy the situation. If the Econet Solar device is as inexpensive as the manufacturers claim it will be, the Home Power Station could be a runaway success in Nigeria.
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Monday, 5 December 2011
Tuesday, 15 November 2011
Govt could save $45m from florescent lamps – UNDP
The United Nations Development Programmes-Global Environment Facility, UNDP-GEF, has said Nigeria could save $45 million from every one million compact florescence lamps, CFLs, it replaced with incandescent light bulbs.
UNDP-GEF said the country could well save more on electricity to get better and efficient service if it replaced all the incandescent light bulbs in government residents and public institutions.
Mr. Etiosa Uyigue, UNDPGEF Energy Efficiency Programme's National Project Coordinator in an interview with Vanguard at a training organised for members of Hotel Owners Forum Abuja, HOFA, in Abuja, yesterday, that the government should not only pay attention to generating more in the country but should address the issue of efficient usage of energy than wasting it.
He said: "The Nigerian government needs to put in a policy to address the issue of cost; it will cost Nigerian government $1 million to generate one megawatts electricity but if we go into efficient use of the power, we can save a lot.
"For instance, if Nigerian government can remove one million of incandescent light bulbs from the system and replace them with the CFLs, we can save 38 – 40 megawatts and that will save Nigeria government about $45million on every one million CFLs replaced."
It was for this reason that Uyigue stated that the UNDP-GEF was directing its enlightenment campaign to policymakers on the need to conserved energy and save more.
He said further: "That is why we are directing our target to policymakers. We want to let them know that it is not enough to generate energy but to also address the issue of end users in saving the energy."
He said governments around the world had taken steps to phase out incandescent light bulbs in their countries.
The aim, he said, was to encourage the use and technological development of more energy-efficient lighting alternatives, such as compact fluorescent lamp (CFLs).
"Ghana, for instance, spent $6miilon to replace incandescent light bulbs. Other countries that have toed that line include Brazil, Venezuela, European Union, Switzerland and Australia," he added.
As a pilot project of the UNDPGEF project, the Coordinator said the agency would distribute one million compact florescent lamps to residents and public buildings in the country.
He said one million Compact Florescence Lamps, CFL, was small compare to the population of Nigeria which is estimated at about 150 million.
"We are using our scheme as a data gathering instrument to select some areas by working through the relevant agencies before we install them. We are actually gathering data to check the energy efficiency.
"This project will assist the government of Nigeria to put in place comprehensive energy policy and legislation. It will help to minimize the building of power stations, helping to save money which will ne invested in other sectors.
"This will consequently help in mitigating the emission of greenhouse gases resulting from generating energy. It will also help to increase Nigeria's access to electricity," he said.
Though he regretted that the Nigerian market was flooded with fake energy saving lamps, he admitted that the genuine CFLs were quite expensive which is one of the major barriers the project wished to address.
UNDP-GEF said the country could well save more on electricity to get better and efficient service if it replaced all the incandescent light bulbs in government residents and public institutions.
Mr. Etiosa Uyigue, UNDPGEF Energy Efficiency Programme's National Project Coordinator in an interview with Vanguard at a training organised for members of Hotel Owners Forum Abuja, HOFA, in Abuja, yesterday, that the government should not only pay attention to generating more in the country but should address the issue of efficient usage of energy than wasting it.
He said: "The Nigerian government needs to put in a policy to address the issue of cost; it will cost Nigerian government $1 million to generate one megawatts electricity but if we go into efficient use of the power, we can save a lot.
"For instance, if Nigerian government can remove one million of incandescent light bulbs from the system and replace them with the CFLs, we can save 38 – 40 megawatts and that will save Nigeria government about $45million on every one million CFLs replaced."
It was for this reason that Uyigue stated that the UNDP-GEF was directing its enlightenment campaign to policymakers on the need to conserved energy and save more.
He said further: "That is why we are directing our target to policymakers. We want to let them know that it is not enough to generate energy but to also address the issue of end users in saving the energy."
He said governments around the world had taken steps to phase out incandescent light bulbs in their countries.
The aim, he said, was to encourage the use and technological development of more energy-efficient lighting alternatives, such as compact fluorescent lamp (CFLs).
"Ghana, for instance, spent $6miilon to replace incandescent light bulbs. Other countries that have toed that line include Brazil, Venezuela, European Union, Switzerland and Australia," he added.
As a pilot project of the UNDPGEF project, the Coordinator said the agency would distribute one million compact florescent lamps to residents and public buildings in the country.
He said one million Compact Florescence Lamps, CFL, was small compare to the population of Nigeria which is estimated at about 150 million.
"We are using our scheme as a data gathering instrument to select some areas by working through the relevant agencies before we install them. We are actually gathering data to check the energy efficiency.
"This project will assist the government of Nigeria to put in place comprehensive energy policy and legislation. It will help to minimize the building of power stations, helping to save money which will ne invested in other sectors.
"This will consequently help in mitigating the emission of greenhouse gases resulting from generating energy. It will also help to increase Nigeria's access to electricity," he said.
Though he regretted that the Nigerian market was flooded with fake energy saving lamps, he admitted that the genuine CFLs were quite expensive which is one of the major barriers the project wished to address.
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Energy-Saving LED Lighting
Cooper Lighting, a leader in energy-efficient solutions offering the broadest selection of recessed downlights including the first ENERGY STAR-qualified HALO LED downlight and IRIS high-performance architectural products, has partnered with LIPA to offer its universal All-Pro LED Retrofit Recessed Downlight to promote both energy efficiency and cost savings.
Through its Residential Energy Efficient Lighting Program, one of the many programs under LIPA's Efficiency Long Island, customers can purchase Cooper Lighting's All-Pro LED Retrofit Recessed Downlight at a deeply discounted price. With an LED module and recessed trim, this energy-efficient product is designed to retrofit inefficient incandescent lighting with LED technology. On display at nine Long Island electrical distributors, the All-Pro LED downlight is available for purchase at a special promotional price through November 30, 2011.
"Lighting can account for up to 15 percent of the average electric bill, mostly due to the use of inefficient fixtures and light bulbs," said LIPA's Chief Operating Officer Michael Hervey. "ENERGY STAR-qualified LED lighting can use up to 75 percent less energy and lasts at least 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs. We continue to assist and encourage customers to replace inefficient lighting with new LED technology at a reduced cost, which in turn will result in lower electric use and lower bills for our customers."
Cooper Lighting's All-Pro LED Retrofit Recessed Downlight fixture is designed to fit into both 5-inch and 6-inch standard and shallow recessed housings by Halo, All-Pro or compatible recessed housings. Meeting today's stringent ENERGY STAR requirements, the product consumes less than 15 watts and delivers over 600 lumens (comparable in light output and light distribution to a 65-watt BR30 incandescent lamp) and is designed to last 50,000 hours, or more than 20 years, when used six hours per day. To save additional energy, the product can also be dimmed. Based on those figures, replacing one incandescent light bulb can easily save hundreds of dollars over the life of the fixture.
The Cooper All-Pro LED downlight also provides a preferred warm white color of 3000K correlated color temperature (CCT). Installation is accomplished in almost no time by simply screwing the adapter into the existing recessed downlight socket. View the All-Pro instructional video for additional information.
"As homeowners become more receptive to new lighting technologies, they not only want energy-efficient solutions, but high quality, reliable ones," said Cooper Lighting President Mark Eubanks. "Cooper Lighting's All-Pro LED Retrofit Recessed Downlight meets these needs by using tested LED technology to achieve the savings and quality of light that homeowners desire."
Through its Residential Energy Efficient Lighting Program, one of the many programs under LIPA's Efficiency Long Island, customers can purchase Cooper Lighting's All-Pro LED Retrofit Recessed Downlight at a deeply discounted price. With an LED module and recessed trim, this energy-efficient product is designed to retrofit inefficient incandescent lighting with LED technology. On display at nine Long Island electrical distributors, the All-Pro LED downlight is available for purchase at a special promotional price through November 30, 2011.
"Lighting can account for up to 15 percent of the average electric bill, mostly due to the use of inefficient fixtures and light bulbs," said LIPA's Chief Operating Officer Michael Hervey. "ENERGY STAR-qualified LED lighting can use up to 75 percent less energy and lasts at least 25 times longer than incandescent bulbs. We continue to assist and encourage customers to replace inefficient lighting with new LED technology at a reduced cost, which in turn will result in lower electric use and lower bills for our customers."
Cooper Lighting's All-Pro LED Retrofit Recessed Downlight fixture is designed to fit into both 5-inch and 6-inch standard and shallow recessed housings by Halo, All-Pro or compatible recessed housings. Meeting today's stringent ENERGY STAR requirements, the product consumes less than 15 watts and delivers over 600 lumens (comparable in light output and light distribution to a 65-watt BR30 incandescent lamp) and is designed to last 50,000 hours, or more than 20 years, when used six hours per day. To save additional energy, the product can also be dimmed. Based on those figures, replacing one incandescent light bulb can easily save hundreds of dollars over the life of the fixture.
The Cooper All-Pro LED downlight also provides a preferred warm white color of 3000K correlated color temperature (CCT). Installation is accomplished in almost no time by simply screwing the adapter into the existing recessed downlight socket. View the All-Pro instructional video for additional information.
"As homeowners become more receptive to new lighting technologies, they not only want energy-efficient solutions, but high quality, reliable ones," said Cooper Lighting President Mark Eubanks. "Cooper Lighting's All-Pro LED Retrofit Recessed Downlight meets these needs by using tested LED technology to achieve the savings and quality of light that homeowners desire."
Friday, 15 April 2011
Despite Setbacks, Arizona Sheriff Won’t Yield the Spotlight
It is not uncommon for law enforcement agencies to have helicopters and planes to patrol from above, but Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, has created what he calls his own air force: a collection of 30 private planes that his “air posse” uses to track illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.
In what Mr. Arpaio is calling Operation Desert Sky, private pilots have begun flying over central Arizona to act as spotters for Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department deputies. The overhead surveillance has not yet led to any arrests, two weeks after it began, but Mr. Arpaio said it would have a deterrent effect.
In short, Sheriff Joe — as he is widely known — is still at it.
Despite court setbacks to Arizona’s aggressive illegal immigration law, two continuing federal investigations into his law enforcement practices and an audit of his budget released this week that found that millions of dollars had been misspent, the sheriff — as vividly highlighted by the creation of the Arpaio air force — is not backing down in his pursuit of illegal immigrants, or the limelight.
“This is just another controversial program that I don’t think is controversial,” Mr. Arpaio said in his characteristic gruff way.
On Wednesday, budget officials in Maricopa County — a sprawling place as large as some states that includes Phoenix, the country’s sixth-largest city — found that Mr. Arpaio’s department had used nearly $100 million in funds meant to run the jails for other activities, including paying the salaries of deputies assigned to his contentious efforts to uncover human smuggling and public corruption.
Mr. Arpaio, who blames accounting errors for the audit finding and accuses critics of trying to exploit it, skipped the budget hearing and instead showed up outside Monte Carlo Dry Cleaners here, where his deputies led away six women who were charged with using false identification to get jobs, a state crime.
As always, the news media were called to capture the tough-talking sheriff, who declared that this represented the 44th business he had raided in search of illegal immigrants in recent years. If he was feeling the heat from the growing criticism of his department, Mr. Arpaio, dressed in a uniform jacket with four gold stars on each shoulder, was not showing it.
Before the dry cleaners, Mr. Arpaio’s deputies had raided a string of Pei Wei Asian Diners, detaining scores of workers and prompting the chain to take out a full-page help-wanted ad to keep its kitchens going. Across the region are fast food shops, car washes, furniture stores and other establishments that have had sheriff’s deputies unexpectedly rush in demanding papers.
“We’re creating vacancies so these businesses can hire people legally,” Mr. Arpaio said. “I’ve just done something for the economy. I don’t get enough credit for that, from the Justice Department and the rest of the critics. They just think it’s the bad sheriff going in and grabbing dishwashers.”
Maricopa has a love-hate relationship with Mr. Arpaio, 78, an 18-year veteran who has regular protesters outside his downtown offices but still receives kudos from fans on the street and invitations from politicians eager for his endorsement.
Outside the dry cleaners, a man who was not able to drop off some shirts on Wednesday morning, because the store was not accepting new laundry, lauded Mr. Arpaio’s raids and declared of the detained workers: “If they were in the country illegally, they need to get out of here.”
But a woman who was picking up her cleaning was fuming as she waited for the commotion to end. “We’re tired of Sheriff Joe,” said the woman, who like several others at the scene declined to identify themselves. “These workers were supporting their families. They weren’t violent. This is ridiculous.”
The criticism was just as fierce last month when Mr. Arpaio allowed the actor Steven Seagal to ride in an armored vehicle to execute a search warrant in a major raid on a suspected cockfighting operation.
“I’ve never seen a bigger spectacle,” said Robert J. Campos, the lawyer for the accused man, Jesus Llovera. “You had Steven Seagal on a tank and a SWAT team swarming a home, but the reality is they arrested an unarmed man.”
In what Mr. Arpaio is calling Operation Desert Sky, private pilots have begun flying over central Arizona to act as spotters for Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department deputies. The overhead surveillance has not yet led to any arrests, two weeks after it began, but Mr. Arpaio said it would have a deterrent effect.
In short, Sheriff Joe — as he is widely known — is still at it.
Despite court setbacks to Arizona’s aggressive illegal immigration law, two continuing federal investigations into his law enforcement practices and an audit of his budget released this week that found that millions of dollars had been misspent, the sheriff — as vividly highlighted by the creation of the Arpaio air force — is not backing down in his pursuit of illegal immigrants, or the limelight.
“This is just another controversial program that I don’t think is controversial,” Mr. Arpaio said in his characteristic gruff way.
On Wednesday, budget officials in Maricopa County — a sprawling place as large as some states that includes Phoenix, the country’s sixth-largest city — found that Mr. Arpaio’s department had used nearly $100 million in funds meant to run the jails for other activities, including paying the salaries of deputies assigned to his contentious efforts to uncover human smuggling and public corruption.
Mr. Arpaio, who blames accounting errors for the audit finding and accuses critics of trying to exploit it, skipped the budget hearing and instead showed up outside Monte Carlo Dry Cleaners here, where his deputies led away six women who were charged with using false identification to get jobs, a state crime.
As always, the news media were called to capture the tough-talking sheriff, who declared that this represented the 44th business he had raided in search of illegal immigrants in recent years. If he was feeling the heat from the growing criticism of his department, Mr. Arpaio, dressed in a uniform jacket with four gold stars on each shoulder, was not showing it.
Before the dry cleaners, Mr. Arpaio’s deputies had raided a string of Pei Wei Asian Diners, detaining scores of workers and prompting the chain to take out a full-page help-wanted ad to keep its kitchens going. Across the region are fast food shops, car washes, furniture stores and other establishments that have had sheriff’s deputies unexpectedly rush in demanding papers.
“We’re creating vacancies so these businesses can hire people legally,” Mr. Arpaio said. “I’ve just done something for the economy. I don’t get enough credit for that, from the Justice Department and the rest of the critics. They just think it’s the bad sheriff going in and grabbing dishwashers.”
Maricopa has a love-hate relationship with Mr. Arpaio, 78, an 18-year veteran who has regular protesters outside his downtown offices but still receives kudos from fans on the street and invitations from politicians eager for his endorsement.
Outside the dry cleaners, a man who was not able to drop off some shirts on Wednesday morning, because the store was not accepting new laundry, lauded Mr. Arpaio’s raids and declared of the detained workers: “If they were in the country illegally, they need to get out of here.”
But a woman who was picking up her cleaning was fuming as she waited for the commotion to end. “We’re tired of Sheriff Joe,” said the woman, who like several others at the scene declined to identify themselves. “These workers were supporting their families. They weren’t violent. This is ridiculous.”
The criticism was just as fierce last month when Mr. Arpaio allowed the actor Steven Seagal to ride in an armored vehicle to execute a search warrant in a major raid on a suspected cockfighting operation.
“I’ve never seen a bigger spectacle,” said Robert J. Campos, the lawyer for the accused man, Jesus Llovera. “You had Steven Seagal on a tank and a SWAT team swarming a home, but the reality is they arrested an unarmed man.”
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Top 5 IBD 50 Tech Stocks By RS Rating Led By Sina
Top 5 IBD 50 Tech Stocks By RS Rating Led By Sina
The IBD 50 looks at many of the “main” factors, such as sales growth and profit growth, in determining the top 50 stocks each week. The list is ranked by what we call our Composite Rating, our most broad-based rating.
The items determining the CR include one of IBD’s key gauges, the Relative Price Strength Rating. The RS is a feature of our stock coverage, and subscribers can easily re-order the IBD 50 by RS (or by many other different ways.)
The RS rates stocks by how they’ve performed vs. all other stocks in the past 12 months, with extra weight given to the most recent three months. It’s showing you the strongest stocks.
In general, IBD advises that you focus on stocks with RS ratings of 80 or above. A stock with an 80 RS has performed in the top 20% of all stocks over the past 12 months. On the other side, you want to be careful with any stocks below 70 RS.
As it turns out, the lowest RS in the current IBD 50 is the No. 50 stock, Oracle (ORCL) , at a 72. All of the other 49 IBD 50 companies have an RS of 77 or higher.
The latest IBD 50 includes just two 99 RS stocks, and both are techs: Sina and Travelzoo. Three other techs have RS numbers of 97 or higher. Here are the top 5 IBD 50 tech stocks by RS ranking, listed by their IBD 50 ranking.
The IBD 50 looks at many of the “main” factors, such as sales growth and profit growth, in determining the top 50 stocks each week. The list is ranked by what we call our Composite Rating, our most broad-based rating.
The items determining the CR include one of IBD’s key gauges, the Relative Price Strength Rating. The RS is a feature of our stock coverage, and subscribers can easily re-order the IBD 50 by RS (or by many other different ways.)
The RS rates stocks by how they’ve performed vs. all other stocks in the past 12 months, with extra weight given to the most recent three months. It’s showing you the strongest stocks.
In general, IBD advises that you focus on stocks with RS ratings of 80 or above. A stock with an 80 RS has performed in the top 20% of all stocks over the past 12 months. On the other side, you want to be careful with any stocks below 70 RS.
As it turns out, the lowest RS in the current IBD 50 is the No. 50 stock, Oracle (ORCL) , at a 72. All of the other 49 IBD 50 companies have an RS of 77 or higher.
The latest IBD 50 includes just two 99 RS stocks, and both are techs: Sina and Travelzoo. Three other techs have RS numbers of 97 or higher. Here are the top 5 IBD 50 tech stocks by RS ranking, listed by their IBD 50 ranking.
Breaking the Speed Limit
Last week it was the throwers. Next week it just might be the multi-eventers. But today, at the 25th Annual Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, it was the Cougar sprinters who took center stage and enjoyed their day in the spotlight.
Junior All-American Zachary Keene led the way for the Cougars speedsters, putting together arguably the best-ever regular-season meet in his collegiate career. Keene was the undisputed sprint champion of the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, winning both the 100- and 200-meter dashes with season-best times. In fact, his winning effort in the 200 – a 21.19 – was a personal-best and the seventh-best mark in Azusa Pacific history. Keene grabbed the early and as he came out of the turn he pulled away from the field, beating his nearest competitor by .43 of a second.
Earlier in the meet he won the 100 with a windy 10.58, holding off Jordan Taylor of Cal State Bakersfield who was second with a 10.70. For Keene, it was his first 100 of the season, and the effort bodes well for a man who is trying to become the third Cougar ever to win the NAIA 100- and 200-meter national championships later this year.
Keene opened the meet by anchoring the Cougars’ 4x100-meter relay to a season-best 41.86.
On the women’s side of the sprints, Cougar senior Mandy Ross, an All-American as well, finished second in both the 100- and 200-meters, and in keeping in line with her individual performances she anchored the Cougars’ 4x100 relay to a second-place showing with a 47.46, teaming with Anita Fung, Breanna Leslie and Tiffeny Parker to clock the fourth-fastest relay in Azusa Pacific history.
Ross recorded a very fine early-season 12.11 in her first 100 of the outdoor season. She then ran a 24.76 in the 200.
While Keene and Ross were clearly the stars of the meet, they weren’t the only Cougars to shine on the track. Sophomore Poppy Lawman completed a fantastic week of racing by narrowly finishing second in the women’s 800-meters with a season-best time of 2:10.63. Canadian high school phenom Jenna Westaway edged Lawman by .02 of a second. The day before Lawman ran a 4:30.22 in the 1500 meters at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee/Rafer Johnson Invitational at UCLA. In her first 1500 of the season, Lawman posted a time less than 2 seconds off her personal-best.
In the men’s 800 meters at Pomona, senior Montrail Brooks blazed a personal-best 1:53.67, finishing sixth in the 82-man field with a time just off the NAIA qualifying standard.
All-American Staphon Arnold led Azusa Pacific’s showing in the field events, finishing second in the men’s high jump with a clearance of 6’ 9 3/4”, easily qualifying for the NAIA outdoors in his first competition of the year.
Back at UCLA on Friday, Lawman’s performance was one of just several excellent times posted by Azusa Pacific distance runners. NAIA champion Lauren Jimison recorded the second-fasted 5000-meter run in Azusa Pacific history with a 16:38.91, trailing event winner Danielle Tauro of Michigan by 6 seconds.
Senior Abednego Magut finished second in the men’s 1500-meters with an NAIA-qualifying 3:51.87.
Overall for the weekend, Azusa Pacific punched a dozen more entries for NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championship Meet later this spring in Marion, Ind.
Junior All-American Zachary Keene led the way for the Cougars speedsters, putting together arguably the best-ever regular-season meet in his collegiate career. Keene was the undisputed sprint champion of the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational, winning both the 100- and 200-meter dashes with season-best times. In fact, his winning effort in the 200 – a 21.19 – was a personal-best and the seventh-best mark in Azusa Pacific history. Keene grabbed the early and as he came out of the turn he pulled away from the field, beating his nearest competitor by .43 of a second.
Earlier in the meet he won the 100 with a windy 10.58, holding off Jordan Taylor of Cal State Bakersfield who was second with a 10.70. For Keene, it was his first 100 of the season, and the effort bodes well for a man who is trying to become the third Cougar ever to win the NAIA 100- and 200-meter national championships later this year.
Keene opened the meet by anchoring the Cougars’ 4x100-meter relay to a season-best 41.86.
On the women’s side of the sprints, Cougar senior Mandy Ross, an All-American as well, finished second in both the 100- and 200-meters, and in keeping in line with her individual performances she anchored the Cougars’ 4x100 relay to a second-place showing with a 47.46, teaming with Anita Fung, Breanna Leslie and Tiffeny Parker to clock the fourth-fastest relay in Azusa Pacific history.
Ross recorded a very fine early-season 12.11 in her first 100 of the outdoor season. She then ran a 24.76 in the 200.
While Keene and Ross were clearly the stars of the meet, they weren’t the only Cougars to shine on the track. Sophomore Poppy Lawman completed a fantastic week of racing by narrowly finishing second in the women’s 800-meters with a season-best time of 2:10.63. Canadian high school phenom Jenna Westaway edged Lawman by .02 of a second. The day before Lawman ran a 4:30.22 in the 1500 meters at the Jackie Joyner-Kersee/Rafer Johnson Invitational at UCLA. In her first 1500 of the season, Lawman posted a time less than 2 seconds off her personal-best.
In the men’s 800 meters at Pomona, senior Montrail Brooks blazed a personal-best 1:53.67, finishing sixth in the 82-man field with a time just off the NAIA qualifying standard.
All-American Staphon Arnold led Azusa Pacific’s showing in the field events, finishing second in the men’s high jump with a clearance of 6’ 9 3/4”, easily qualifying for the NAIA outdoors in his first competition of the year.
Back at UCLA on Friday, Lawman’s performance was one of just several excellent times posted by Azusa Pacific distance runners. NAIA champion Lauren Jimison recorded the second-fasted 5000-meter run in Azusa Pacific history with a 16:38.91, trailing event winner Danielle Tauro of Michigan by 6 seconds.
Senior Abednego Magut finished second in the men’s 1500-meters with an NAIA-qualifying 3:51.87.
Overall for the weekend, Azusa Pacific punched a dozen more entries for NAIA Outdoor Track & Field Championship Meet later this spring in Marion, Ind.
Saturday, 2 April 2011
Cameron Carpenter: 'The King of Instruments'
Cameron Carpenter: 'The King of Instruments'
Cameron Carpenter rehearsing Wednesday in the Princeton University Chapel.
Staff photos by Ph il McAuliffe
‘ McCarter Theatre will present Cameron Carpenter, “the world’s most visible organist,” at the Princeton University Chapel tonight (Friday, April 1) at 8 p.m., as part of his six American cities Spring Tour, before he travels to Europe and Russia.
Cameron Carpenter — “the most controversial organist alive” (Dallas Morning News) — is “one of the rare musicians who changes the game of his instrument” (The Los Angeles Times) with performances that are “alternatingly dazzling and subtle, and always fired by a profound musical intelligence” (The Wall Street Journal).
Mr. Carpenter challenges the ways in which the organist is promoted and the organ — which Mozart dubbed “the king of instruments” — is played. His repertoire includes the complete organ works of Bach, Franck and Liszt, but he has adapted more than 200 works not for the organ: from the piano music of Liszt and Rachmaninoff to Debussy’s Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, to music from animé and film (“Howl’s Moving Castle,” “Spirited Away,” and scores by John Williams and Bernard Herrmann), and re- imaginings of songs by Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Annie Lennox.
Bringing increased physicality to the organ as a former dancer, Mr. Carpenter has created supervirtuosic organ transcriptions of Chopin études that have led to comparisons as diverse as Vladimir Horowitz and Fred Astaire.
Mr. Carpenter’s embrace of fashion on the concert stage includes concert wear of his own design. For this concert, his one-of-a-kind artistry will be projected on two screens, treating the audience to an up-close view of his virtuosic fingers and his dancing feet.
A child prodigy who performed Bach’s complete “Well-Tempered Clavier” at age 11, Mr. Carpenter attended The American Boychoir School in Princeton from 1993 to 1995.
“I have the warmest memories of my time there as of friends,” said Mr. Carpenter of his time spent in Princeton. He graduated from the Juilliard School in 2006 and currently lives in Berlin.
Cameron Carpenter rehearsing Wednesday in the Princeton University Chapel.
Staff photos by Ph il McAuliffe
‘ McCarter Theatre will present Cameron Carpenter, “the world’s most visible organist,” at the Princeton University Chapel tonight (Friday, April 1) at 8 p.m., as part of his six American cities Spring Tour, before he travels to Europe and Russia.
Cameron Carpenter — “the most controversial organist alive” (Dallas Morning News) — is “one of the rare musicians who changes the game of his instrument” (The Los Angeles Times) with performances that are “alternatingly dazzling and subtle, and always fired by a profound musical intelligence” (The Wall Street Journal).
Mr. Carpenter challenges the ways in which the organist is promoted and the organ — which Mozart dubbed “the king of instruments” — is played. His repertoire includes the complete organ works of Bach, Franck and Liszt, but he has adapted more than 200 works not for the organ: from the piano music of Liszt and Rachmaninoff to Debussy’s Prelude to “The Afternoon of a Faun” and Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, to music from animé and film (“Howl’s Moving Castle,” “Spirited Away,” and scores by John Williams and Bernard Herrmann), and re- imaginings of songs by Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan and Annie Lennox.
Bringing increased physicality to the organ as a former dancer, Mr. Carpenter has created supervirtuosic organ transcriptions of Chopin études that have led to comparisons as diverse as Vladimir Horowitz and Fred Astaire.
Mr. Carpenter’s embrace of fashion on the concert stage includes concert wear of his own design. For this concert, his one-of-a-kind artistry will be projected on two screens, treating the audience to an up-close view of his virtuosic fingers and his dancing feet.
A child prodigy who performed Bach’s complete “Well-Tempered Clavier” at age 11, Mr. Carpenter attended The American Boychoir School in Princeton from 1993 to 1995.
“I have the warmest memories of my time there as of friends,” said Mr. Carpenter of his time spent in Princeton. He graduated from the Juilliard School in 2006 and currently lives in Berlin.
Wednesday, 30 March 2011
Qatar in spotlight in absence of Arab heavies
DUBAI — The conflict in Libya has swept small but wealthy Qatar into the diplomatic and military spotlight in the absence of traditional Arab heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Egypt, analysts said on Wednesday.
Qatar last week became the first Arab state to take part in Western-led military operations against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
It has since scored another regional first by recognising the transitional council of the rebels battling Gaddafi as legitimate representatives of the Libyan people.
On Tuesday, leaders at an international conference held in London on the Libya crisis appointed gas-rich Qatar to host the first meeting of a follow-up Contact Group.
“This all confirms Qatar’s ambition to play a role as leader of the Arab world in the absence of the region’s traditional heavyweights such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt,” said London-based analyst Abdelwahad BadraKhan.
Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani said in the British capital that the conflict in Libya was an Arab affair in which regional states should become more involved.
Qatar’s high-profile role “shows the determination of its leaders to put their small country on the regional political map,” just like they are on the sporting calendar as host of the 2022 football World Cup, said BadraKhan.
“With a stable regime and reassured by a large US air base in Qatar”, the emir, Hamad bin Hamad Al-Thani, has been taking the initiative “in consultation with” Washington and Riyadh, according to BadraKhan.
And Egypt is only just emerging from the February revolution which toppled its longtime president Hosni Mubarak.
Eclipsed since independence by “big brother” Saudi Arabia, Qatar has turned into a player in its own right, with help from Doha-based news channel Al-Jazeera and its blanket coverage of the so-called “Arab spring” of revolts.
Doha has played the role of mediator in complex regional crises in Lebanon, Yemen and Sudan, with varying degrees of success.
Ibrahim Sharqieh, deputy head of Brookings Doha Center, said a new order was being put in place.
“Qatar has a role to play in all this with its financial muscle, a moderate political vision and opening, and expertise it has gained from being involved in resolving regional crises,” he said.
Sharqieh pointed out the country has good ties with the United States and arch-foe Iran, and has had political contacts as well as trading with Israel.
Mohamed Mesfer, a university lecturer in Doha, said the low profile kept by Syria and Algeria was also serving to boost Qatar, which apart from the United Arab Emirates has been the only Arab state untouched by unrest popping up across the region since January.
On the domestic front, Qatar has lined up legislative elections without being forced to bow to street protests.
Libyan rebels say the Gulf state has signed a contract to market oil from the rebel-held east of the country, and it to host and help launch a rebel television station.
Qatar last week became the first Arab state to take part in Western-led military operations against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
It has since scored another regional first by recognising the transitional council of the rebels battling Gaddafi as legitimate representatives of the Libyan people.
On Tuesday, leaders at an international conference held in London on the Libya crisis appointed gas-rich Qatar to host the first meeting of a follow-up Contact Group.
“This all confirms Qatar’s ambition to play a role as leader of the Arab world in the absence of the region’s traditional heavyweights such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt,” said London-based analyst Abdelwahad BadraKhan.
Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassem Al-Thani said in the British capital that the conflict in Libya was an Arab affair in which regional states should become more involved.
Qatar’s high-profile role “shows the determination of its leaders to put their small country on the regional political map,” just like they are on the sporting calendar as host of the 2022 football World Cup, said BadraKhan.
“With a stable regime and reassured by a large US air base in Qatar”, the emir, Hamad bin Hamad Al-Thani, has been taking the initiative “in consultation with” Washington and Riyadh, according to BadraKhan.
And Egypt is only just emerging from the February revolution which toppled its longtime president Hosni Mubarak.
Eclipsed since independence by “big brother” Saudi Arabia, Qatar has turned into a player in its own right, with help from Doha-based news channel Al-Jazeera and its blanket coverage of the so-called “Arab spring” of revolts.
Doha has played the role of mediator in complex regional crises in Lebanon, Yemen and Sudan, with varying degrees of success.
Ibrahim Sharqieh, deputy head of Brookings Doha Center, said a new order was being put in place.
“Qatar has a role to play in all this with its financial muscle, a moderate political vision and opening, and expertise it has gained from being involved in resolving regional crises,” he said.
Sharqieh pointed out the country has good ties with the United States and arch-foe Iran, and has had political contacts as well as trading with Israel.
Mohamed Mesfer, a university lecturer in Doha, said the low profile kept by Syria and Algeria was also serving to boost Qatar, which apart from the United Arab Emirates has been the only Arab state untouched by unrest popping up across the region since January.
On the domestic front, Qatar has lined up legislative elections without being forced to bow to street protests.
Libyan rebels say the Gulf state has signed a contract to market oil from the rebel-held east of the country, and it to host and help launch a rebel television station.
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