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ON Apr 14th, the left plans to have students walk out of class and go rally on campus. I believe that they will rally outside of a military recruiter's office and do a die-in.

wasn't supposed to be here. I was supposed to be at a ball, a genuine inaugural ball with tuxedos and presidential-seal-emblazoned square napkins and succulent miniature crab cakes. Regrettably, we're a liberal magazine and, consequently, many of us are less than perfectly organized (although, at TNR, some of us prefer to think of ourselves as neo-disorganized)--and, well, I failed to honor certain press-credentialing deadlines. Now, instead, I would be covering "counter-inaugural events." As a result, last night I was sitting in a low-budget church on G Street in downtown Washington listening to speakers at an International Socialist Organization-sponsored gathering...

San Francisco State University has been in the spotlight lately, and the picture that has emerged is not a flattering one. Following last month's nationwide elections, members of the SFSU chapter of the College Republicans were confronted by an angry mob simply for setting up a table and handing out political literature. Members of the International Socialist Organization, the General Union of Palestinian Students and others surrounded the Republican students, shouting at them to "get out" of SFSU. Although the exact details are still being disputed by the various parties, police reports and eyewitness accounts appear to back up the...

Cheerleaders for TerrorismBy Erick StakelbeckFrontPageMagazine.com | June 17, 2003 Two groups whom Islamic terrorists can count on for sympathy and support are radical lawyers and their counterparts in American law schools. Lynne Stewart is a hero of the National Lawyers Guild and a sought-after campus lecturer. While out on bail under indictment for colluding with a terrorist leader, she has been a sought-after speaker for law school audiences who relish her attacks on Attorney General John Ashcroft as a modern-day fascist and on her country for its imperialist and racist policies. Stewart made national headlines in April 2002 when she...

<p>SACRAMENTO – The Senate on Monday approved Michael Kahn for another term as head of the state's power-grid operator. Kahn, a San Francisco lawyer and appointee of Gov. Gray Davis, was approved in a 36-1 vote. The lone dissenting vote came from Sen. Joe Dunn, D-Santa Ana, who said the board failed to ride herd on the grid's top staff during the state's electricity crisis. Kahn heads the five-member board - two seats currently are vacant - that oversees the Independent System Operator, an agency that was created by California's 1996 electricity-deregulation law. The ISO has 572 employees and a $170 million budget.</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO(AP) - The board of California's electricity grid approved a new set of rules designed to help it stop market manipulation Thursday.</p> <p>The Independent System Operator board of governors will submit the rules to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for final approval, said board chairman Michael Kahn.</p>

Other Comments: At 1938 PST on December 31, 2002 the Lugo-Vincent #2 500-kV Line was returned to service. At 1650 PST yesterday the Lugo-Vincent #1 500-kV Line was returned to service. Wednesday’s Notable Events: From 1727-1803 PST the CISO spinning reserve was deficient, reaching a maximum deficiency of 321 MW at 1752. Actual spinning reserve was 416 MW while required spinning reserve was 737 MW. CMRC did not issue a directive because mitigating measures were observed and spinning reserve was starting to recover. Reason for deficiency was market entities declined requested supplemental bids of 3,000 MW’s with only 1,000 MW’s...

<p>Goal of electricity market's referees is to steady the volatile power playing field.</p> <p>FOLSOM – Lorenzo Kristov is under pressure to get it right this time.</p> <p>He and his team at the California Independent System Operator are devising new rules for a volatile game: trading electricity. The state's first attempt at an electricity market collapsed last year, with power prices spiraling out of control and blackouts rolling across the state. Californians are still living with the aftermath, including monthly electricity bills that top $500 for some Orange County residents.</p>

Other Comments: CISO reported shedding approximately 325 MW’s of Interruptible Load in the PGAE area for the disturbance reported on Tuesday, October 8 th . PPOA reported shedding 125 MW’s of contracted underfrequency load for the same disturbance. Tuesday’s Notable Events: At 1531 the Midpoint-Summer Lake, Grizzly-Summer Lake and Malin-Summer Lake 500-kV lines tripped by an inadvertent operation of the Breaker Failure Relay at Summer Lake. The Grizzly-Captain Jack 500-kV line was already out of service as scheduled. This initiated RAS, inserting the Chief Joseph Dynamic Braking Resistor and dropped 3030 MW of generation in the Pacific Northwest. Frequency declined...

Claiming the California's Independent System Operator has failed the state's energy users and suppliers, the Federal Regulatory Commission has declared its intention to unilaterally overhaul California's state-controlled transmission-grid operator. The move is a hard slap in the face to Gov. Gray Davis and his efforts to keep some kind of state control over its electricity transmission grid system, FERC says California needs to fully integrate its transmission system with the rest of the western United States in order to increase efficiency and the easy flow of electricity. "The current operation of the California transmission grid serves only to prolong, if...

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Gray Davis said Thursday he has appointed John L. Geesman to the California Energy Commission, the state's main energy policy and planning agency.</p> <p>Geesman was also appointed by Davis this year to the board of governors of the Independent System Operator, which oversees much of the state's power grid.</p>

<p>WHEN Ross Perot sat down before a legislative committee last week, the Fifth Amendment never came up. Ross Perot is no Kenneth Lay.</p> <p>Perot snatched 19 percent of the vote in the 1992 presidential race partly on his appeal as a straight-talking anti-politician. His ideas were confused, but his rhetoric was direct.</p> <p>Perot was similarly unabashed when he appeared before the Senate Select Committee to Investigate Price Manipulation of the Wholesale Energy Market, which is trying to figure out why the electricity market went haywire in 2000.</p>

Well, this will get us started on this hot subject today in California. Casio graphic link: (Casio Power Status Link)

All notices should be confirmed with the appropriate operating personnel prior to taking any action. Current Active Notice(s) STAGE 1 EMERGENCY NOTICE [200201305] The California Independent System Operator is implementing Stage 1 of the Electrical Emergency Plan for the period 07/09/2002 14:40 through 07/09/2002 19:00. The CAISO is continuing to request additional Supplemental Energy bids during this period. The Plan has been implemented for the following reason(s): The California ISO has declared a Stage 1 Emergency. This is due to Extreme High Temperatures throughout the Region. Voluntary load curtailment is requested between 14:40 and 19:00 hours. Participating Transmission Owners...

<p>SACRAMENTO -- Determined to avoid blackouts, California's own electricity grid managers ordered power they didn't need and forced the state to pay top dollar for excess energy that was sold later at a loss, according to the head of the Legislature's probe into energy market price fixing.</p>

TESTIMONY: ISO staff say it's needed. Residents dislike SDG&E's route choice in the county.BY ROBERT T. GARRETT and SANDY STOKESTHE PRESS-ENTERPRISESAN FRANCISCO - Managers of California's electricity grid voiced strong support Friday for San Diego Gas & Electric's bid to build a new high-voltage transmission line in southwest Riverside County.Although the Independent System Operator hasn't officially blessed SDG&E's proposed route, its staff members sought to bolster SDG&E's case for the controversial line during hearings this week at the Public Utilities Commission.The ISO, a nonprofit corporation created by the state under its 1996 electricity deregulation law, coordinates operations of private...

Enron Corp. and at least two other power sellers combined to profit by using false information to resell extra power during California shortages in 2000, according to internal Enron memos.THE TWO MEMOS, co-written by an Enron attorney and an outside counsel, detail a system in which Enron’s trading unit requested power on behalf of the company’s retail customers in California that wasn’t actually needed. The memos call it ” ‘dummied-up’ load from EES,” or Enron Energy Services, the retail unit where Army Secretary Thomas White was then vice chairman.Enron’s trading unit obtained the power from utilities outside California that couldn’t...