Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Will Exelon Shutter Quad Cities, Clinton Or Byron NPPs In The Land Of Lincoln? - Nuclear Power Industry News - Nuclear Power Industry News - Nuclear Street - Nuclear Power Plant Portal

 

Nuclear power provides Illinois with 48 percent of its electricity and the three at-risk plants provide the power for three million homes, the Daily-Journal reported Tuesday

But pricing support has deteriorated. Stoermer said prices at times have fallen into negative territory with profit margins in the red. State lawmakers, he said, should support a pricing model that recognizes the discrete benefits of nuclear power, which generates $8.9 billion in annual economic output in Illinois.

Nuclear power employs 5,900 people in the state in carbon emissions-free jobs. The Quad Cities power plant alone generates $1.4 billion in annual economic impact, employs 900 people and paid $7.4 million in property taxes this year, the newspaper said….

Energy Institute Senior Vice President of Policy Development Richard Myers said four primary factors were putting negative pressure on pricing. Demand is stagnant – and has been since 2008, he said. Grid congestion, which decreases distribution efficiencies, is significant. Energy policies are giving alternative power sources unfair advantages. And historically low prices for natural gas are undermining price stability.

The plants are stabilizing, clean and productive, but the public often fails to consider this when they use electricity, which seems effortless and omnipresent.

Closing a plant would be a rude awakening….

Exelon's decision on the fate of three plants is not expected until after June in 2015.

 

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Women's Rights in Ancient Egypt - Women'sHistory.Answers.com

 

Women's Rights in Ancient Egypt

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Ancient Egyptian women had many legal rights compared to women of other ancient societies. In the city-states of Ancient Greece, for example, a woman had to be represented by her father, brother, or husband in court, and couldn't legally speak for herself. In the Roman Republic, a woman was legally subject to her husband's power as head of household, with her rights subsumed by his. Ancient Egyptian women, however, had a legal status almost equal to men.

Women's Legal Rights

Ancient Egyptian women were legally able to sit on juries and testify in trials. Surviving documents record women speaking in court and show that their testimony is held as equally reliable to men's testimony.
Women could also enter into contracts in their own name, sue others, and be sued. Female criminals were also subject to the same penalties as a man.

Women's Property Rights

Unlike Ancient Greek or Roman women, Ancient Egyptian women could legally own and manage their own property. Surviving documents show that women owned and were responsible for taxes on about 10% of recorded property.
Ancient Egyptian women even retained their property rights when they got married, which wasn't even the case in the United States until laws started to change in the 19th century. In Ancient Egypt, prenuptial contracts were usually used to protect a woman's property in case of divorce.
Joint property was property obtained during a marriage, which was owned jointly by both the husband and wife. While a husband could sell joint property without his wife's permission, he was legally obligated to compensate his wife with something of equal value.

Marriage and Divorce

Although many upper-class marriages were arranged by the wife-to-be's family and her future husband, women did have a say in the matter. A standard literary theme in Ancient Egyptian writings showed women persuading their fathers to let them marry the man they loved, so this was probably not uncommon in practice.
Divorce in Ancient Egypt was easy and routine. Either the husband or the wife could initiate a divorce for any reason. A man who initiated a divorce had to return his wife's dowry and pay a fine. A woman who initiated divorce did not have to pay a fine. This practice was in place to protect women, who were usually financially dependent on their husbands.
Remarriage after divorce was also commonplace. It wasn't considered unusual for men or women to marry three or four times in their lives.
In contrast to many other ancient societies, adultery was considered wrong not just for women but also for men. The guilty party, whether it was the husband or wife, automatically forfeited their rights to any joint property.

Women's Employment

Upper-class women in Ancient Egypt could make and sell perfume and retain the profit they made. They could also respectably work in courts or temples, or perform as acrobats, dancers, singers, or musicians.
Some women worked as priestesses, practicing doctors, or even independent business owners. It was also common for women of any class to work as professional mourners or musicians.
In government, women could be employed as high officials or scribes. There were even several female pharaohs, though they took on all the masculine trappings of the role. Because of this practice, historians have doubts about whether some pharaohs in history are male or female.

Though Ancient Egyptian women were equal to men in many legal respects, they weren't socially equal. Many of their legal rights weren't often put into practice. For example, while women could legally serve on juries, surviving records show that they rarely did in reality. Though wives were able to own their own property and run their own businesses, they were still considered dependent on their husbands and identified by his name and title.
Still, Ancient Egypt is remarkable among other ancient societies for all the legal rights women had that were unheard of in other cultures until the modern era.

Women's Rights in Ancient Egypt - Women'sHistory.Answers.com

News and Investigations Poshard, The Prince Of Pensions

 

 

Poshard, The Prince Of Pensions

Former Congressman Glenn Poshard, who lost the governor's race in 1998, is collecting more than $200,000 a year, in total, from four taxpayer-funded pensions – one of the largest takes among retired Illinois politicians.

By Chuck Neubauer, Patrick Rehkamp and Sandy Bergo

November 18, 2014 10:15 PM

 

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Glenn Poshard lost the governor's race in 1998, but these days he's a pension winner – collecting more than $200,000 in taxpayer-subsidized retirement benefits a year, more than the current governor makes in salary

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