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We all know the stereotype about a man and directions: Even if he were to take a wrong turn at the River Styx and end up in one of the grittier sections of Hades, he would be so protective of his pride that he'd keep on walking past the thorns and molten lakes instead of asking one of the more honest looking multi-headed talking dogs for the way back out.
Stereotypes are usually dumb but sometimes fun and occasionally true enough. If you don't believe me, recall how many of the manly men in your own lives—that is, in the rough world that existed before GPS—would demean themselves by begging guidance from a gas station attendant. Yeah, that's what I thought.
Perhaps that's the reason I enjoyed a chuckle earlier today when talking to two of the friendly e-commerce data experts at Compete. We were discussing a survey they'd done last fall of 2,200 U.S. online shoppers, some 35% of whom said they'd used their mobile devices for shopping. That's a pretty healthy rate, another sign of how retail is changing. I asked analysts Matt Pace and Lindsay Steinbach to point out any data that was noteworthy or surprising to them (reporters are sometimes like Tom Sawyer: they try to get other people to do their work).
Lindsay directed my attention to a couple of data points that I'd not yet digested. One broke down the gender differences between those mobile shoppers who had used their devices to look up such information as store hours, phone numbers and locations. 58% of women had done so; a solid 55% of men had said the same thing. I could hear her laughing, kindly, through the static of the conference call. She knew the stereotype, too.
Then we moved to the question that asked mobile shoppers what kinds of retail-related apps they had downloaded to their smartphones and tablets. When it came to store location tools, men outpaced women 24% to 19%. This time the laughing was mainly from me—hey, you take what humor you can some workdays—and it only increased as Matt offered a theory that perhaps men really will ask for directions if they can keep the activity hidden from those around them, which is definitely one of the appeals of the mobile life.
What's the point of all this? I don't know. It's Friday afternoon and it's been a long week. But I feel I must tell you, loyal InternetRetailer.com reader, that I still know how to navigate by the sun, that I can tell which direction an interstate highway is going by whether its number is odd or even—and that I've never, ever used any mapping or GPS feature in my iPhone, especially when my wife was around.
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The idea of a "preparatory college in southern California" affiliated with The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) is first voiced by Dr. Victor Behnken, president of the LCMS Southern California District.
In a letter dated June 5, 1962, to Rev. Robert Einspahr, who was the chair of the committee surveying the possibilities of establishing a "preparatory college in southern California, The Irvine Company welcomes the idea of building a private Christian university in Irvine". During this period, LCMS officials looked at 87 sites in southern California.
On June 28, 1962, the Synod passes Resolution No. 1-22, authorizing the Board for Higher Education to establish a college in southern California.
The Board for Higher Education votes to purchase the site where Concordia University is today on November 2, 1963.
The Articles of Incorporation for a Lutheran College at Irvine is signed by Secretary of State Edmund G. Brown, Jr. on May 22, 1972.
Rev. Dr. Charles Manske accepts the call to be the college's first president. He takes office on April 1, 1973.
The Lutheran College Irvine Foundation becomes incorporated on April 5, 1973. The founding trustees are Mr. Ray Grimm, Mrs. Molly Frick Wampler, Mr. James Beam, Dr. Arthur Oswald and Mr. Alvin Dierker.
The name of the college, Christ College Irvine, is selected on June 11, 1973.
Christ College's first building, the Living Learning Center, is constructed. It contains classrooms, library, administration offices, dining facilities and student living quarters.
Classes begin for the first academic year in the single-building campus with 36 students, 5 faculty members and 2 staff members.
Founders Hall (classrooms and labs) and Alpha Building (Residence Hall) construction completed.
Rev. Dr. D. Ray Halm becomes Christ College's second president.
Christ College heralds its first full-term (four-years) graduating class.
Christ College earns full academic accreditation from the Western Alliance of Schools and Colleges (WASC).
Sports Arena and Hallerberg Multi-purpose Center construction completed.
Library and the Center for Worship and the Performing Arts construction completed. School of Education and School of Arts and Sciences formed.
Christ College Irvine becomes Concordia University Irvine, the tenth campus in the national Concordia University System that was formed by the LCMS in 1992.
Concordia launches its first comprehensive campaign of $30 million, On Wings of Eagles.
CUENet (Concordia University Education Network) distance learning system established.
Rev. Dr. Jack Preus becomes Concordia's third president.
Rodney Lawrence Grimm Memorial Student Union construction completed.
School of Theology and Entrepreneurial MBA formed.
Concordia is listed in the John Templeton Honor Roll of Character-building Colleges.The Center for U.S. Missions formed.On Wings of Eagles Campaign ends with $44 million received and pledged.Women's Cross Country Team takes National Championship.Twenty-year anniversary of the first graduating class (1980).
Concordia University celebrates its 25th Anniversary (1976).Chi Rho residence hall construction completed.CU Accelerate Degree Completion Program formed.
Chi Sigma residence hall construction completed.Thirtieth anniversary of Concordia University recognized based on University seal, which reads 1972.School of Business and School of Adult Studies established. President's Advisory Council and School of Business Dean's Advisory Board founded.First Endowed Chair established: Harry and Caroline Trembath Chair of Confessional Theology.
Men's Basketball wins the NAIA Division I Championship.First Faith & Business Forum held on campus on October 22.First A Gala of Stars benefit dinner and auction held on May 15.Tenth anniversary of the installation of the Concordia University Foundation (1973).
MA in International Studies and MA in Coaching and Athletic Administration launched.
Twenty fifth anniversary - 1st graduating class (1980).
Concordia's 30th anniversary (1976).Hundred-year anniversary of the California Concordia College in Oakland.Construction begins on Robert Alan Grimm Hall formerly known as the Education, Business & Technology Center.Dr. Mary Scott appointed Provost and Dr. Peter Senkbeil appointed Associate Provost.Dr. Tim Peters appointed Dean of the School of Business and Professional Studies.
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Mayor Bloomberg may have privately urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to run for mayor of New York City, according to a source, but in public, he is praising someone else entirely: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. NY1's Grace Rauh filed the following report.
Looks like there are no hard feelings after all. At least, that seemed to be the public message from Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn after it was revealed that the mayor encouraged Hillary Clinton to jump into the mayor's race.
"I don't know who's going to run, but if you want to start a fight between me and Chris Quinn, you're not going to do it," the mayor said. "That is cheap, lousy journalism. This is a woman who's made a big difference."
A source told NY1 that the mayor reached out to Clinton to ask her to consider running for mayor next year. The source said Clinton declined. The mayor did not deny the conversation, but he did not want to talk about it either.
"Why do you think I encouraged Hillary Clinton to run for mayor?" he said. "I mean, did you hear me say that?"
As for Quinn, she had nothing but praise for the Secretary of State.
"You know, I think Hillary Clinton would excel in any position she ever takes," Quinn said.
Mayor Bloomberg, though, wanted to keep the focus on the Speaker at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hudson Yards project.
"This woman has made an enormous difference in this city," Bloomberg said. "She is a leader and I have nothing but respect for her."
The two have a close-working relationship, and Quinn has long been viewed as the mayor's favorite among those eyeing a run for City Hall. His apparent interest in Clinton, though, was seen as a sign that he is dissatisfied with the field and looking for another candidate to support. But he seemed to be trying to undercut such talk Tuesday.
"This administration, I think, has been phenomenally successful. I take great pride in it," he said. "Would not have happened without Chris Quinn."
Quinn even played along with the mayor as he joked about running for a fourth term.
Speaker Quinn has not yet officially declared her candidacy for mayor, but she is raising money for a citywide office and she is widely expected to make a bid for City Hall.
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Let's Talk About It will explore Native American culture through the book "The Bingo Palace" by Louise Erdrich (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa) presented by Julie Pearson-Little Thunder. Small group discussions will follow the presentation. Pick up books at Stillwater Public Library or the Edmon Low Library.


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It's all about energy, from renewable sources to energy-efficient usage.
ecoATM, a new strategic partner with The Green Living Guy is taking recycling to you more than any other company has offered. With a no-excuses approach and 800-plus kiosks located in shopping malls and retailers near you and across the USA, recycling electronic devices has never been more accessible.
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By using the ATM, you will ensuring that the devices are kept out of landfills. Best part, you get cash in return. Customers can also donate a portion or all of their cash payment to a number of charity partners. If it's too old, the ATM will ask you to donate $1 to your charity of choice by recycling the device.
It's been reported that many consumers use the cash they get from ecoATM to support their local economies. They usually spend the money in the mall or retail outlet where they recycled their devices.
"More people across the country are realizing the hidden value in the phones and devices they've been tossing into junk drawers for years, and with only 20 percent of cell phones being recycled today, there is incredible potential for millions of Americans," said Mark Bowles, ecoATM's founder and Chief Marketing Officer. "Our goal is to offer consumers an opportunity to convert their clutter into cash while doing the right thing for the environment by keeping tons of toxic waste out of our nation's landfills."
The two million devices recycled means 500,000 pounds of devices not in landfills. This is equal to:
1. three space shuttles worth of plastics, metals and potentially toxic materials
2. 70,000 pounds of copper – enough to create a second Statue of Liberty (made of 62,000 pounds of copper) and still have
3. extra 1,544 pounds of silver – enough to create 22,540 American Eagle silver dollar coins (made of .0685 pounds of silver)
For respect and creds, ecoATM holds both Responsible Recycling (R2) and ISO14001 certification, confirming the company's commitment to maintaining the highest standards of electronics recycling, as well as ISO27001 certification for information and personal data security.
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As the price of solar panels drops and homeowners take advantage of government incentives to use solar power, utility companies are taking a stance against the rise of distributed solar energy. The difference between power generation and distributed solar power is that distributed solar produces electricity off the grid, giving homeowners substantially lower energy costs. Under current regulations, utility companies pay retail prices for distributed solar power fed into the grid during peak hours.
Not everyone has the means or access to take advantage of distributed solar energy. Apartment renters, for example, must pay utility prices for electricity unless their landlords install panels on their rooftops. The current situation creates a two-tier system, separating moderately wealthy homeowners from people with more modest means. Solar companies are doing their part by making solar panel installations accessible to average homeowners the option to rent solar panels. Solar power use is increasing. So how will that affect you?
Utility companies argue that they should pay wholesale prices for solar power generated during peak hours. Even though distributed solar only accounts for about 0.11 percent of electricity, current regulations forcing power companies to pay retail prices for solar energy hurt established utility companies. The regulation applies to the concept of net metering, which allows homeowners to sell the generated solar energy they don't use to power companies. This practice reduces energy costs for homeowners even further than simply installing solar panels.
Utility companies are lobbying lawmakers in response. So far, their efforts haven't been all that effective, but they hope to add government-mandated fees to solar power users in the amount of $5 to $120 per month. According to a survey conducted by CNBC, solar installations have increased nearly tenfold over the last four years. In 2010, installations numbered in the hundreds, but by 2012, they had reached thousands of installations per quarter. In 2013, 90,000 homeowners installed solar panels, bringing the total number of solar users in the country to 300,000. The trend is predicted to continue as the previously unaffordable investment continues to receive support from entrepreneurs and lawmakers.
Over the last six years, solar panels have become 75 percent more affordable, leading to more mainstream commercial and residential use. Wall Street investors spent approximately $13 billion on the technology in 2013, up from just $1.3 billion in 2007. Even though utility companies feel threatened by the growth, many of them are also investing in distributed solar power for residential users and businesses. However, not all utility companies are joining the trend, and some remain opposed to renewable solar energy.
In California, Arizona and Colorado, utility providers succeeded in lobbying state governments to reduce subsidies and credits to homeowners who generate their own solar electricity. As more people install photovoltaic panels on their rooftops, the dramatic reduction in energy costs are being normalized. California's Public Utility Commission reasoned that homeowners who aren't using solar power will be forced to pay higher rates to utility companies to offset the imbalance created by distributed solar energy. By 2017, the state will have regulations in place to prevent this two-tier energy structure.
As more customers turn to solar panels in Arizona, lawmakers are supporting an additional charge of $5 per month to even out the competition. While this amount could dissuade some people from investing in solar power, it's far less than the $600 per year initially sought by utility companies.
Net metering in Colorado is under threat as well since utility companies have lobbied the state government to reduce payments by 50 percent. This regulation would mean that solar power users in Colorado would receive half as much money from utility companies for the solar energy they feed into the grid.
Through improved technology, solar companies like Vivint and SolarCity are now leasing new home packages that include photovoltaic panels at significantly reduced prices. Solar use has continued to increase throughout 2013 and is expected to continue. Eventually, the price difference could mean everyone has the option to choose distributed solar energy over non-renewable fossil fuels. Lease agreements, in particular, make solar power an immediate option for people who otherwise couldn't afford an installation. With solar prices falling, there is likely to be more heated debates between solar and utility companies.
The solar cell had its birth in 1873, as bars of selenium. When two British scientists, William Grylls Adams and Richard Evans Day, in 1876, exposed the bars to candlelight they discovered something totally new: that light, not heat, could directly generate electricity in certain materials such as selenium. Adams and Day called the current produced this way, "photoelectric." But try as they may, no one could increase selenium's low conversion of sunlight into electricity and scientists concluded that to realize the vision of solar cells powering the world would require finding a new photovoltaic material.
That came when the collaborative effort of Daryl Chapin, Calvin Fuller and Gerald Pearson at Bell Laboratories developed a photovoltaic device capable of converting enough sunlight directly into electricity to generate useful amounts of power. Their public display at Bell's press conference on April 25, 1954 of a 21-inch Ferris wheel spinning round and round powered by the first watt of silicon solar cells presented to the world one of the most significant breakthroughs ever recorded in the history of solar energy and of electricity. The New York Times realized the importance of what its reporters saw, stating on its front page that the invention of the Bell silicon solar cell marked "the beginning of a new era, eventually leading to the realization of one of mankind's most cherished dreams – the harnessing of the almost limitless energy of the sun for the uses of civilization." US News and World Report speculated that the new solar cell "may provide more power than all the world's coal, oil and uranium…[its] future is limitless."
At the time of the Bell announcement in 1954, all the solar cells in the world delivered about one watt. Today, more than 100 billion watts of generating capacity of photovoltaics have been installed worldwide. This year not only marks the 60th anniversary of the silicon solar cell but also the beginning of reaching the Holy Grail solar scientists had only previously dreamed of – entering the Era of Grid Parity, where solar panels generate power at costs equal to or less than electricity produced by fossil fuels and nuclear. With the phenomenal growth of solar pv in the last several years and its future even brighter, the time is ripe to celebrate the founding of a technology that led Science magazine almost forty years ago to declare, "If there is a dream solar technology, it is photovoltaics - solar cells...a space-age electronic marvel at once the most sophisticated solar technology and the simplest, most environmentally benign source of electricity yet conceived."
Join us to celebrate the 60th birthday of practical photovoltaics and the great growth in solar electricity it has sired.
The material for the blog and upcoming world-wide celebration comes from John Perlin's recently published book, Let It Shine: The 6000-Year Story of Solar Energy. For more information on the book, see the Renewable Energy Blog post "Let It Shine." The celebration will kick off in Palo Alto, California on April 18, 2014, where guests will get to meet some of the great remaining original solar pioneers and hear from the Mayor of Palo Alto how the city is procuring all its power from solar and other renewables. For more details, go to PV60.org.)
The increased use of glass during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries reawakened the awareness of its ability to trap solar heat. That no one ever thought of finding out just how much solar heat glass could trap surprised the Swiss polymath Horace B. de Saussure. He therefore built in 1767 a rectangular box from wood, insulated with black cork and covered the top with three sheets of glass. When he tilted the box toward the sun, the temperature inside the solar hot box rose above the boiling point of water. Because of the large amount of solar heat the device retained, it became known as a solar hot box. Saussure cooked inside the hot box the first recorded solar meal. The solar hot box became popular among experimental scientists in the eighteenth and nineteenth century.
Samuel Pierpoint Langley, head of the Smithsonian in the latter part of the nineteenth century, built a solar hot box and took it with him on an expedition to Mount Whitney. He melted snow inside the box for drinking water despite freezing temperatures outside. Renowned English astronomer Sir John Herschel amused passersby in South Africa by cooking meals in his solar hot box. "On one occasion," he wrote, "a very respectable stew was prepared and eaten with no small relish by the entertained bystanders." Reading Herschel's account led fellow nineteenth-century astronomer Jacques Babinet wonder why, "In countries in which the atmosphere is always clear, as in Egypt, Arabia and Persia, where fuel is scarce and dear, people have never thought of utilizing the concentrated rays of the sun under glass for tasks where heat is needed, such as cooking."
The solar hot box design became the prototype for solar thermal collectors used to heat water and homes.
Saussure's solar hot box also models with amazing precision the dynamics of global-warming. . In the early 19th century, the French physicist Joseph Fourier was the first to notice the similarity between de Saussure's hot box and what might happen should the atmosphere somehow lose its transparency to heat generated by solar radiation after reaching the earth, as most climate scientists suspect it does as humans emit greater amounts of greenhouse gases.
Fourier suggested that, like the glass covers, our atmosphere allows the short wave radiation of sunlight to easily pass through. But when the sunrays hit the earth, just as they do at the bottom of the hot box, they turn into longer heat waves, which cannot easily escape through the glass or a carbon-saturated sky, causing the heat to accumulate inside the box and on a planetary scale in the lower levels of the atmosphere. The clouds of carbon dioxide surrounding Venus provide us with a living example of the ultimate solar hot box where temperatures at the planet's surface hover at around 890 degrees Fahrenheit.
This post summarizes the author's Chapter 6 of Let It Shine: The 6,000-Year Story of Solar Energy.
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Before the adjective "green" was used to describe the modern environmentalist movement, the color had a more monetary association. Hey, green may be the color of nature, but it's also the color of money, and for your average person, the later plays a more significant day-to-day role than the former. But that doesn't mean that the two are mutually exclusive! Take solar power, for example. It's a clean, renewable, and—for all intents and purposes—inexhaustible energy source that can also just happen to save you loads of cash. In essence, solar power can help you go green, no matter which definition you happen to find more important. Here's how:
In 2009, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released a Residential Energy Consumption Survey. In it, they identified that the average United States homeowner ends up spending approximately $2,000 on home energy costs. Of course, those figures were gathered half a decade ago, so you can bet that the cost has only gone up since then. The point is, there's probably a few things that come to mind when you consider what you could do with an extra $2,000 every year. The reason energy costs so much is that it's difficult and expensive to generate. 44% of U.S. electricity comes from -burning plants (which also happen to be the biggest cause of air pollution in the country), with the other 36% divided between wind power, geothermal power, hydroelectric power, etc. All of these methods require resources, maintenance, and scores of employees to be able to function, and the person who gets to pay for it all is you. But, by switching over to home mounted-solar paneling, you effectively eliminate (or at least substantially reduce) your dependence on the city grid. Of course, the panels themselves are still somewhat expensive to purchase, which is why many individuals are taking a different approach. Vivint, Solarcity, and other major solar companies are now offering rentable solar panels. These companies are leasing solar power to customers for a fraction of what it would cost to get energy from the city.
Believe it or not, the government is just as interested in preserving the planet as anyone (you could say that they have a vested interest in it). As such, they're currently willing to offer monetary incentives to help motivate the American population into using clean energy sources. These incentives often take the form of tax credits, which allow a recipient to reduce the total amount of taxes that need to be paid. Tax credits may be offered by both the federal government, as well as state government, and can make a big difference to your bank account once April 15th rolls around. So, if you decide to throw your hat in with solar power, you might be able to keep a bit more of your hard-earned cash come tax season.
Anything that you do to your home will affect its overall worth, and solar panels are no exception. However, the question is this: Is the increased value enough to offset the initial installation costs? Well, it's impossible to say for sure, given that much of it depends on what potential home buyers are willing to pay, but the outlook is pretty good. A report by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests that (especially in more liberal states), homeowners can recuperate up to 97% of their initial solar investment costs, and that doesn't account for the other associated energy savings that come with solar power. This means that whether you want to sell your home or live in it for the rest of your life, you'll be well rewarded if you're willing to invest in solar power.
So, whether you're more interested in keeping the planet green, or in lining your wallet with green, solar power is the way to go. Of course, you may have to spend a bit of green upfront, but just consider it an investment in the future—both for your bank account and for your planet.
This winter, I've been corresponding with a Cuban colleague who works for Cuba Energia, an energy information center in Cuba. He tells me that the Government has decided to introduce modern, efficient induction cooking to the country by offering 125,000 units for sale to residents countrywide. So, why should we be interested in what Cuba is doing?
People who live on islands tend to have a better handle on the concept of finite resources in general. But after the collapse of Soviet Union, their main trade ally, and due to the ever intensifying US blockade, Cubans had to learn how to produce basic requirements such as food, medicines, and energy, both locally and sustainably. In the spring of 2011 I had the opportunity to travel to Cuba with a group of energy professionals to see first-hand how they were managing these efforts. Read more about this in The Homeowner's Energy Handbook.
Due to the hardships endured, the Cuban people were able to reduce their energy consumption by about 50 percent over a four year period. This was not necessarily an altruistic goal, but one of necessity, and ultimately an effort that brought the island nation together as a large community. They learned some hard lessons that the rest of us can use to our advantage. The Cuban government made efficient products available to everyone for free or at much reduced prices, including lights, refrigerators, pressure cookers, and bicycles. And now, possibly, induction cook stoves.
Induction cook stoves have no heating element and so do not get hot. They work by generating a high frequency (20 to 60 kilohertz) electric current, and inducing a magnetic field into the cookware itself. The metallic cookware receiving this induced energy is essentially the second "conductor" in this electromagnetic "circuit", and the internal resistance of the cookware is what creates the heat. The type of pots and pans you use will have an effect on efficiency, and only cookware with iron in it will work with today's induction cook tops. If in doubt, check the pot or pan in question with a magnet. If it's magnetic, it should work well with induction cooking.
The lack of a conventional and relatively inefficient heating element or burner makes kitchens safer and cooler. Users report faster heating times, and because the cookware itself becomes the source of heat for the food it contains, more even heating can be expected. Other benefits include easy to clean surfaces, precision temperature control, and very low temperature settings. If you use a pressure cooker, beware that using an induction cook top requires some modifications to your approach.
Induction cook stoves are still relatively expensive and so not yet very popular except in high end home and commercial kitchens. Finding good energy use information is difficult, as I've not yet seen any high quality studies on energy consumption comparisons; perhaps the first will come from Cuba. Anecdotal evidence from users suggests that they are quite fast at heating, but the induction elements have the same power requirements as conventional electric ranges. This combination suggests higher efficiency and lower cooking costs, but one older study indicates marginal efficiency improvements over conventional electric stoves (84% vs 74% energy transfer efficiency). Savings estimates may be further reduced due to standby loads that will vary with the type and brand. Commercial kitchens may enjoy the benefit of much reduced space cooling requirements, something no chef or restaurant accountant would complain about!
One concern that does not seem to be resolved yet is the potential health risk of stray magnetic fields which can occur if the pot does not completely cover the induction unit. The risk can range from interference with pacemakers to exceeding human EMF exposure limits.
I'll be keeping in touch with Cuba Energia, and hope to report back in the future as to the outcome of Cuba's efficient cooking program.
Paul Scheckel is the author of The Homeowner's Energy Handbook, your guide to getting off the grid".
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1.3 billion people live without access to electricity. Of this, eighty percent reside in rural areas and are considered as individuals at the bottom of the pyramid (BoP). Day in and day out they rely on energy sources like kerosene, which is both expensive and harmful to use. They have been waiting for the electricity grid to arrive—and they'll continue to wait for decades.
In the last five years, falling costs of solar technology have made solar economically viable without subsidies for off-grid communities. This market opportunity is driving entrepreneurs to quickly establish themselves in the space. As they continue to improve their product offering, distribution and after-sales networks for solar products, market demand too is growing. It's becoming clearer every year that solar technology has the potential to leapfrog the electricity grid in many developing countries where electrification rates are still low.
How can businesses keep up with this potential solar growth? Hint: it's all about the customer.
Solar Is Not Only About Lamps
The story of solar lights lighting up homes is popular because it's powerful, easy to tell, and its impact simple to grasp. The price point for solar lights is also affordable for low-income communities and has one of the quickest payback periods for any investment. In a nutshell, it's easy to only focus on solar lights when talking about solar for the energy poor.
But we have to recognize that solar lamps are just the starting point, and several years have gone by since the first wave of social enterprises selling solar lamps took off. In that time, affordable solar technology for off-grid communities has advanced far beyond just powering single LED lights at a minimum to providing homes with enough energy to switch on multiple lights, power a radio while also charging more than one phone, all at the same time. This is what a solar home system (SHS) does. While more expensive than a solar lamp, it becomes affordable with appropriate financing options in place. To illustrate, SHS sold by Uganda-based Fenix International costs $16 upfront for the unit, and then 40 cents a day to use. Those numbers are close to or maybe even under what the one billion plus living without electricity are already paying for kerosene, so switching to solar has truly become affordable for all.
The key takeaway from the evolution of solar technologies designed for off-grid communities is that major improvements in quality have heavily relied (and will continue to rely on) customer feedback. For example, in the early days when off-grid solar took the spotlight—which was just several years ago—many solar products were designed to look more like a traditional desk lamp with very basic interface, sometimes with nothing more than one power button to switch on the light. Soon enough, the design was improved to accommodate how customers actually use the light; some examples are a portable mode for external use, a charging-effectiveness indicator to know when the battery is fully charged and multiple light settings to fit various uses.
Another major added feature to solar lamps that was driven by customer feedback is the mobile phone charging capability. There are about 600 million mobile phone users globally that have no good way to charge their phones because they live in unelectrified areas. Many of them must pay transportation and charging costs to power their phones in unconventional ways, like with a car battery. It's not surprising then that a solar lamp that can charge mobile phones would be in high demand. In fact, here are 5 reasons why the CEO of SunFunder thinks the off-grid solar revolution will be driven by cellphones, and they are still relevant.
Solar customers today have larger aspirations. Having experienced solar-powered lights and phone charging, they are now demanding solar power for larger appliances like television and refrigerators. A number of companies are undertaking the challenge of upgrading their products and pricing plans to meet these aspirations. SolarNow in Uganda is one such company. SolarNow's modular approach allows customers to add DC LED television as an accessory to their solar home system packages, which start at 50W with a maximum capacity of 500W. This year, SolarNow expects to add a DC refrigerator to their product catalog. Coupled with a payment plan, SolarNow's customers can now afford a modern, aspirational energy lifestyle (and even watch the World Cup this year!), which leads me to the last point.
One of the main barriers for low-income communities to adopt solar technology is the upfront cost required. We've seen, however, how companies like Fenix International and SolarNow can remove this barrier by offering end-user financing plans, and there are many ways to do so.
Some solar companies partner with Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) to sell products through their member networks and existing lending infrastructure. Other companies are innovating around end-user finance to integrate mobile money payments and remote control of systems; thus if a customer hasn't paid via their cellphones, the system can be switched off remotely. These include Mera Gao Power, M-Kopa, Angaza Design and Off:Grid Electric.
With all these end-user financing systems in place, it is the companies that must bear the upfront cost burden, thereby increasing the need for working capital finance. Banks, however, are not reliable sources of finance due to the risk profile associated with off-grid solar businesses and the novelty of the space. Even if banks do offer loans to these businesses, they charge exorbitantly high interest rates. In fact, lack of access to finance is the number one barrier cited by off-grid solar companies in Lighting Global's 2013 reportOverview of Off-Grid Lighting Market in Africa.
This lack of access to finance for off-grid solar businesses is why the company I work for, SunFunder, exists. We are a solar finance business connecting investors with high-impact solar projects benefiting low-income communities that live without electricity in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We provide much needed short-term working capital and inventory loans to off-grid solar companies, including Fenix International, SolarNow and Angaza Design. We can offer those businesses the customized debt financing solution they need by sourcing capital from two types of investors. The first type is the casual lender who makes loans as little as $10 on SunFunder.com and gets their $10 (or more) repaid in one year. The other type is the accredited or institutional investor that invests in larger sums with more complex terms, but earns back their principal with an interest return.
The market for solar is not only driven by a tremendous unelectrified population; existing solar customers are also aspiring for more products to achieve a modern energy lifestyle. It is up to the companies in the market to deliver to their customers, and up to the global community to ensure that the companies have the financial opportunity to. Together through SunFunder anyone can participate in unlocking solar finance to propel an off-grid solar revolution.
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and wildlife habitats on your property,
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and bushes with berries or nuts that
Young volunteers help plant white
cedar seedlings.
provide birds and other creatures
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require fewer resources and less care
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Learn about natural insect controls
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and may harm them. In addition,
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gardens. For information visit—
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Butterfly Association's website—
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or fungicides, don't throw leftovers in
the trash, down a drain or into a storm
sewer; dispose of them properly. Visit
the Natural Resource Conservation
Service's Backyard Conservation
website for pesticide disposal
information and other environmental
lawn and garden care tips —http://
Put a bird bath in the shade to attract
birds that eat insects and pollinate
plants—and provide "watching"
opportunities for people.
On vacation
Turn the heat and water heater down
before you leave home.
Don't pick flowers or collect wild
creatures for pets. Leave animals
and plants where you find them.
Going abroad? Think twice about
the things you buy. U.S. laws and an
international treaty make it unlawful
to bring many wildlife souvenirs into
our country. Visit the FWS Law
Enforcement page—http://www.fws.
In your classroom
Ask your teachers to help you organize
clean-up days. Remove trash or
invasive weeds from vacant lots or
streams. Replant eroding river banks
with native trees that will stabilize
the soil and reduce the amount of dirt
going into the river. This will not only
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life and humans, it will provide habitat
for birds and mammals.
Plant a garden on your school
grounds to attract wildlife including
birds and butterflies. Build homes
for bats and birds, and have the
project certified by National Wildlife
Federation's Backyard Wildlife
Habitat program—http://www.nwf.
Hold a school Arbor Day native
tree planting. Invite local officials.
Visit theNational Arbor Day
Foundation's website– www.arborday.
Let your teacher know about grants
to raise fish for release to the wild.—
Explore nature in your neighborhood
by celebrating National Wildlife Week
at your school. For more information,
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In stores or post offices
Don't buy rare or "exotic" pets. Some
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country or taken from their natural
Don't buy products made from
endangered and threatened species.
Buy a Duck Stamp to help buy
wetlands—homes to many species.
See http://www.fws.gov/duckstamps/
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thousands of forest fires every year.
Food trash along roadsides attracts
animals that can be killed by cars.
Recycle your engine oil. Contact
your local Solid Waste Management
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Keep engines well tuned and tires
properly inflated to maximize fuel
Consider a career in conservation!
Join the thousands people
working to protect wildlife and
plants around the world. Visit—
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species Program
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Arlington, VA 22203
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It has been a few years since we have heard form the Guilty Gear franchise. Arc System Works has moved on the focusing solely on the BlazBlue series but make no mistake, this was the franchise that put them on the map in the fighting game genre. Long before Ragna and crew were hogging the spotlight, Ky, Sol, and the rest of the GG gang were the faces leading the charge for Arc. Recently, one of the key titles in the Guilty Gear series was brought back for the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (ACP) may not be the newest fighting game on the market, but it still stands among the best available.
It is important to note, as I already mentioned, that this isn't a "new" game. This is a port of a PlayStation 2 game from 2008. There are a few new additions including the ability to fight others online online, an HD makeover, and achievement and trophies. Fans of the current fighting game market will notice some glaring holes in the game's feature set that have become standard fare for the genre. While you can now battle it out online, one of the few additions to the digital version of the game, you won't be able to record and share your battles like you can in recent games. Also, what you see is what you get; don't expect any additional content to come down the pipeline in the form of downloadable content.
The lack of these types of features is okay though, because ACP stands fine on its existing feet. First off, despite being a five year old game, it still looks amazing in motion. The visuals aren't as crisp as Arc's modern work but they still look very nice. The new, higher resolution does add a bit of pixelation to the characters but it really adds character in my opinion. The animations are still top notch which is something that Arc has always been known for. You will be hard pressed to find a more meticulously animated game, on any system from any era. The motion of these characters and the backgrounds is as smooth as ever and something that Arc has certainly mastered as an art. In addition to silky-smooth animations, the series as a whole is also noted for having an incredibly rocking soundtrack. We're talking about the definition of a hardcore metal here! The musical roots are firmly planted in the heavy metal world; the audio experience is filled with wailing electric guitars and furious tunes similar to something you would hear at a Dragonforce conert.
One of the other things that the series was known for and is incredibly evident in this game is an incredibly diverse roster. The game's 25 characters are all as unique as they are colorful. You won't find any pallette swaps here! The character variety, combined with the incredible depth of the gameplay system creates quite and extensive experience. While there is a pick and and play element of the game, meaning that beginners will be able to pick it up and have some fun, don't expect to go toe to toe with the die hard and dedicated fans of the series. This is the sort of game that fans will dedicate years to; they will need all of that time too, if they want to experience everything offered by each member of the roster.
This isn't your typical fighter with a couple of special moves and perhaps a super move or two for each character. ACP, and the Guilty Gear series in general, has an insanely deep gameplay system fueling its experience. There are a lot of mechanics to learn such as Roman Cancels, Force Roman Cancels, Burst Attacks, Aerial Dusts, Force Breaks, Slashbacks, and many, many more. There is a lot to learn and mastering them will take months, if not years. Things are complicated even more by the intense pacing of the game as well; things move very fast in this world and you definitely need to have your head on straight and remain focused if you hope to have any sort of success.
Thankfully, the development team has given players a ton of modes to help with learning all there is to the fine points of the gameplay experience. There is a standard story mode, mission mode, survival, as well as an extensive tutorial mode that will help you become a better and more efficient player. The story mode in particular is very well done as it includes branching paths; you can play through multiple times with the same character and experience different story arcs and events, which is incredibly nice.
While ACP is definitely a classic title for the genre and one that certainly holds up after the passing years, there are still some signs of age evident in the game. Most notably, despite having some shiny, new online-multiplayer support, the netcode feels somewhat antiquated. I found myself running into some major moments of lag during battles online; this wasn't every battle I encountered, but it was enough to warrant a mentioning. The games are still playable to a degree, but considering the depth and precision required for mastering this game, it really threw a proverbial-wrench into many of my battles. While I think that they did a smart thing in bucking many of the current trends in terms of the game's makeup, I think that they should have taken some notes from the modern online implementations. The other issue with the game isn't necessarily the fault of game itself but the PlayStation 3 controller itself. This game was designed to be played with an arcade stick; playing it with anything else is simply a crime against humanity. If you are picking this up, I highly recommend that you make sure that you have a stick of some sort.
ACP wasn't just a great trip down memory lane for me, it was renewed access to a true classic. This isn't the type of remake that you play for "old times sake" and then put down; this is an experience that will pull fans in and make them thankful that they can now access it on their current console(s). This game has earned a spot on my current playlist alongside the likes of modern fighters like PS All-Stars, Street Fighter X Tekken, and Mortal Kombat. If you are serious about fighting games, this is definitely one to add to your collection.
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The Linux kernel mailing list comprises the core of Linux development activities. Traffic volumes are immense, often reaching 10,000 messages in a week, and keeping up to date with the entire scope of development is a virtually impossible task for one person. One of the few brave souls to take on this task is Zack Brown.
Mea Culpa
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An Attempt at a New Userspace Block Device
Zachary Amsden has introduced support for userspace block devices, similar to FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) and CUSE (Character Device in Userspace). Zachary calls his aBUSE. As Alan Cox pointed out, Zachary's code does something similar to the NBD (Network Block Device) project, which has existed for a while. But Zachary said he already knew about NBD and felt that aBUSE was sufficiently different to justify itself. For one thing, NBD requires access to a socket, which could lead to deadlocks under some circumstances, and NBD is just more complex in general.
Tejun Heo agreed that the similarity to NBD was a big drawback and also pointed out that FUSE could be used to accomplish much the same thing as aBUSE as well; however, as Zachary remarked, such an implementation would be very annoying to attempt.
Nevertheless, the comparison with NBD ultimately convinced Zachary, and he decided to rely on NBD for his own needs and leave aBUSE in the mailing list archives in case anyone felt the need to explore it further.
ARM Mailing Lists Forked over Open Posting
After a big flamewar, Russell King quit maintaining the ARM mailing lists. The dispute was primarily over whether to allow non-subscribers to post to the list. Traditionally, in spite of problems with spam, Linux mailing lists remain open so as to make it as easy as possible for regular users to produce and submit bug reports. But not everyone agrees. Russell, maintaining the ARM lists himself, had found the spam problem too difficult to deal with, without restricting posting privileges to subscribers only. When Pavel Machek complained about this one time too many, Russell closed the lists down completely.
David S. Miller, Alan Cox, and Theodore Y. Ts'o all disapproved of Russell's hard-line approach to the debate. At the same time, folks like Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz complained that people should give Russell a break, especially people who were not involved in ARM development. But, meanwhile, Pavel submitted a patch migrating 19 ARM mailing lists to vger, which had more open posting policies. And, Joe Perches sent out a similar patch, covering more than 50 mailing lists.
The sudden transition to vger caused a bit of confusion among ARM developers. Martin Bogomolni remarked, "This confusion, between shutting down the list, and over which list should take precedence could not have come at a worse time. I have a number of Cortex-A9 related patches in the pipeline to add a new board, platform, and power management features."
Meanwhile, with Russell's approval, David Woodhouse set up a new batch of ARM mailing lists at lists.infradead.org and migrated all the subscribers from the old lists to the new ones. This caused more confusion when it turned out that a lot of people had set their subscriptions to receive no email, so they'd be able to post to the mailing list in spite of the subscriber-only restriction. David W. had not carried over that configuration detail, and when folks started complaining about their mail clients being flooded with ARM mail all of a sudden, his response was that, yes, he should have carried over the configuration, but that, "Still, it's done now – people can easily unsubscribe. Apologies to those inconvenienced, but it's probably better that way than for people to drop off the list without noticing."
Meanwhile, developers were also confused about whether they should subscribe to the lists on vger or the lists on infradead; the confusion was worsened by the fact that some of Russell's lists had been merged together into single lists during the transition.
The whole thing will undoubtedly be resolved soon; but, if the goal was to upset the most amount of people during a mailing list transition, that was probably achieved.
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Gali' | Snakeskin Embossed Wallet and Key Ring Set by BOSS
Model Gali 50256336 Black
DetailsCalfskin leather with an embossed snakeskin skin pattern
One main compartment with zip closure
Two bill compartments
One zip-up coin pocket
Twelve card slots
One open compartment
Logo tag on the front of the wallet
One leather key ring with a logo stud
One key ring with an embossed logo
One carabiner hook with an embossed logo
Dimensions: 22 x 22 x 4.5 cm
DescriptionThis wallet and key ring set from BOSS is made from soft leather with an embossed snakeskin pattern. This wallet features 12 card slots, two bill compartments, one coin pocket with a zip, and one open compartment. The key ring has a logo stud, an embossed logo on the ring itself, and one carabiner hook with an embossed logo.
Material & care
Material information: 100% Calfskin, Lining: 100% Polyester, Facing: 100% Iron


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Andrew Drury: The Cool Thing About Improvisation
They had added some portable rooms on the blacktop where we used to play four-square and tetherball. As I walked toward one of the portables I could hear yelling and screaming and laughter above what sounded like a hailstorm. Then a bell rang, the pounding stopped and a stream of kids rushed out the door, followed by a guy with long, curly red hair.
"Andy, good to see you.
"Hey man, it's been a while.
Andrew Drury and I went to high school together. He was a year ahead of me. We weren't close friends or anything, but we'd both played drums. He could really play, where I just messed around. Andy's best friend at Bainbridge High was another hot drummer, Mike Sarin. Who knew then that Andy and Mike would move to New York to pursue careers playing jazz and free improvisation?
When class starts up again there are about 35 nine and ten year olds seated in a circlea green plastic five-gallon bucket wedged between each pair of feetpalpable anticipation on their faces. Andy passes out pairs of sticks and soon the volume in the room resembles a jet engine before take off.
"Please don't hit anyone with your drumsticks, he cautions. "Watch me and do what I do!
Seated in the middle of the circle, he executes a quick single-stroke roll. The kids pound on their buckets. He stops. They stop. He plays the carpet, the chair, the inside of his bucket, the handle. The kids echo him, half a second behind. He beats out a three-stroke rhythm, then four strokes, five, developing patterns, adding rests. The kids follow as best they can. Then he picks a student to lead the group, then another, and another, out of a sea of waving hands. What to play? Play anything! A few get stuck, freeze up. A few come up with original ideas. All are ecstatic with the noise, freedom and energy of drumming. Andy ends the workshop with a solo. He chooses four buckets and begins to play fast, alternating speeds, rhythms, dynamics. Children watch with open mouths as if they can't believe their ears.
"Man, those kids were really getting into it, I confess after the final bell sounds.
"How did you get the idea to do that?
"I kind of fell into it. I graduated from college without any marketable skills. I didn't know what to do, so I looked in this Connecticut State Arts Commission book that had a list of 25 non-profits and I phoned up everyone of them and said 'This is what I do. What do you do? Give me a call.' Of course nobody called, except for one. They needed a music teacher at their summer camp for blind kids in Bridgeport, who could also drive a bus. I had no interest in kids, or teaching. I was much too up in the clouds. I had greater ambitions. Kids, forget it, you know. I was a terrible teacher at first, just because I didn't know what to do. I rehearsed with the kids and made a band. They didn't care how long we rehearsedthese kids were really eating it upso we'd rehearse for four hours, and I'd get paid.
Outside, we circle round the playground to the parking lot. There at the bottom of a hill I ran full speed, caught grasshoppers in milk cartons, hung upside down on the monkey bars. The bars are still there. Gone are the see-saws.
"How about we take my car, I suggest, walking over to the driver's side. "You talk and I'll drive.
"Sounds good, he says with a nod.
I start the engine and pull out onto Park Ave. Then a left on Geneva Street under a canopy of fir tree branches.
"For a couple of years I was pretty bad in the classroom, Andy continues. "But after I got back from my travels and moved to Seattle, I started to figure out how a couple things could work. I really tried to be true to what I think is valuable as an artist, subverting the institution of the school with that artistic approach. I think I started to find a place for myself, where I was giving something that kids weren't getting elsewhere. I had this repertoire of exercises and stuff and I think teachers saw that it was cool.
"The copy-cat game is a good ice-breaker, says Andy. "I try to get away from, 'Hello, I'm a musician, and when we make music, it starts with the right hand and the left hand.' I want to inspire people from the beginning, and drumming on a bucket is as untechnically-daunting as music can get. Basically, kids are really receptive to the language of drumming, so I start doing some beats with them, and you know, just take them along, and get them to start creating. The kids are like, oh, this isn't some fake construct that usually happens in school. We're actually making music here. It becomes real for them on a much more meaningful level than they often experience in school, because a lot of the music that we do, making noise, is not permitted.
We turn north on Miller Bay Road past a patchwork of leaning fences and dirt drives.
"You and Mike took drum lessons in high school, right?
"Yeah we did.
"Who did you study with?
"Dave Coleman, Sr, says Andy. "Beautiful cat. I'd go to the basement of his house in West Seattle and there was drum paraphernalia hanging from the ceiling. He'd taken photographs of all these great musicians. Dave was probably 60 at the time. He was a Swing era drummer with a very open mind who'd lived in Los Angeles and played with Billie Holiday. He used to sub in Sid Catlett's band when Sid would want to go chill with the audience and stuff. He turned me and Mike away from the high school big band aesthetic, and told us to check out Max Roach and Jack DeJohnette. It was powerful stuff to contemplate as a 14-year-old in this white, suburban kind of conservative culture that I was in. I really needed that. I was lost and searching, and that gave me one thing to hang on to that I really started to pursue.
"Dave would recommend shows around town, Andy continues, "music so far over my head. At Cornish College I heard Julian Priester and Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette. I heard Air at the Pioneer Cultural Center. Mike and I were the only people there under 30. We were these punks. I didn't now what the hell the musicians were doing. The opening band was Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake, who went by the name of Hank Drake. I remember there was this hippie there with this really long frizzy hair that brushed over my face when he sat down. His name was Heritage. And then some nun with cat-eye glasses selling brownies. It was really funky. And the music was so out.
"Dave told me, 'Oh, you got to hear Steve McCall, this guy's really hot,' Andy concludes. "So we did. We checked out a lot of different groups. And the thing was, even without necessarily liking it, I knew they were great musicians. So when I went to hear Julian Priester and Gary Peacock, especially when they went out of time and got more textural, it really was kind of lost on me, but they looked so serious. I could see what the drummer was doing, I totally related to that, and I could hear Gary Peacock with his beautiful sound playing these really cool ostinato patterns. It was deep, you know, I was getting on the vibe on many levels, just absorbing sounds.
At the intersection of Miller Bay and Gunderson we drive past the old farm house. "That's where I grew up, I say, tilting my head to the left. Andy turns to look, but before I can get a chance it's gone.
"You did some workshops with prisoners, right?
"Yeah, through a non-profit, the Connecticut Prison Association.
"You mean the state pen?
"Yeah, Cheshire State Prison, they were all maximum security says Andy. "The prisons were actually very hostile to what I was doing because I was treating prisoners as human beings. Basically the prisons I worked at in Connecticut were very segregated. It was the Latinos, the blacks and the whitesthese guys wouldn't mix. The Latinos all wanted to play salsa, so on their day I'd bring conga drums, claves, Latin percussion and we'd just jam. I was kind of the house conga player for these guys. Then the black guys all wanted to play hip hop and rap. Somebody had a drum set, and I would lay down the beats and these guys were just thrilled out of their minds. These were the most appreciative group of participants I've ever had by farwhite, black, Latinothey were thrilled to have this three-hour chunk once a week.
There were some incredibly talented people too, finishes Andy. "I remember this one guy beat-boxed, making these sounds, and I was like, man, I'm out of my league. The white guys all wanted to play country and rock. They'd want to play Journey tunes. It was really obvious to me that the most important thing that I could do was give these guys a chance to do something of their own, no matter how much I knew about music or how to teach, it would have been presumptuous for me to come in with the attitude like I'm going to teach you guys something. A couple times I met people on the outside. I'd be walking down the street and I'd hear, 'Hey, drummer!' 'Oh yeah, Hartford Community Correctional Center. We did that workshop!'
The road to Indianola zigzags all the way to a pier that looks out on Puget Sound. To the southeast is Seattle. Dead ahead across two miles of water sleeps Bainbridge Island.
Allan Villiers was our music teacher at Bainbridge. Tall, funny and passionate about music, he towered over his orchestras, arms pin-wheeling at the elbows, setting the tempo, counting off time. Our high school jazz band was smokin' with Jay Webster on alto, David Yearsley on piano, Mike and Andy fueling the rhythm section. Still, the two drummers quit their senior year. They figured out how to graduate a semester early by doing Independent Study, which the counselors never told you about. Andy gave a presentation on the congas, got credit and got his diploma. He couldn't get out of there fast enough.
Heading south, Miller Bay Road turns into Suquamish Way, the site of Chief Seattle's grave. During the Chief Seattle Days in August my parents would take us to watch the powwow. Indian dancers soaring across the sky like the eagle, bursting from the river like the salmon, rearing up to greet the dawn like the bear. Tribal elders in a circle beating the big drum, singing to the Great Spirit.
"When I'm playing free improvisation, Andy explains, "I'll use basically one drum, a floor tom. I'll scrape at it with a sliver of bamboo skewer, or I'll use a steel dust pan and put it on the drum, so when I hit it with a vibraphone mallet it resonates with the drum, creating harmonics with the drum head. And when I slide it around those harmonics are manipulated. You get these different frequency things happening. I'll use a child's violin bow on cymbals placed on the drum, and there's interaction between the resonance of the drum and the harmonics of the drum head and these different materials, and the materials themselves as they are amplified and filtered through the drum.
"Getting deep into improvisation has made me relax, Andy continues. "I'm more open to everything going on in the room and how I fit into that sonically. Spatially, I have to deal with a new set, and the sounds are different too, so there's an element of surprise because it's usually too cluttered to replicate. There are accidents, like a cowbell sitting on a side of a cymbal on a drum. I'm not the kind of person who would want to go back and try to document, okay, I did this technique by doing this. I'm more like, throw it on there and see what you can find. It's intuitive, and the surprise element I really value a lot. I compose to try to generate a group energy that will surprise and motivate listeners and players to experience something beyond the ordinary.
"I want people to taste something that exists beyond the limits of the mundane, Andy concludes, "with its pettiness and dampening of vision. I want to connect with a much more expansive notion of how to experience time and space and life on earth with groups of humansit's trying to make the most of what we have. On other levels I'm just trying to make something beautiful and something amusing to me, trying to not kill or rip-off anybody, trying to use my abilities for peace.
Right on Geneva, left on Park. We pull into the school's empty lot next to the portables. A blue, evening mist filters down the hill to the playground, blurring the geometry of the monkey bars, cloaking the tops of evergreens in darkness.
Andy gets out, ducks his head through the open window. "That's one of the cool things about improvisation, he says. "There's kind of a whole do-it-yourself ethos. Generally, people don't like it when they hear it, so the only people doing it really love it.
Andrew Drury was born in 1964 in Bellevue, Washington, and grew up in the Seattle area. He began playing drums at age 12 and began exploring the piano in his home a few years later. At Wesleyan University in the 1980s he studied with Ed Blackwell, Bill Lowe, Bill Barron, and writer Annie Dillard while earning a B.A. in American Studies. Since 1989 Drury has led over 100 junk percussion workshops and residencies in schools, museums, Indian reservations, community theaters, prisons, festivals, with people with physical challenges, and in rural villages in Guatemala and Nicaragua. He was Millennium Project artist-in-residence with the Oneida Nation for six months in 2000. Other projects include Drury's music for dance, which has been presented at Oberlin College's Dance Theater Workshop, On the Boards in Seattle, and elsewhere. His Earth Solos are an ongoing series of site-specific drum solos performed and photographed in desert, prairie, mountain, and industrial settings in eight states in the western US. Drury is active as a composer, improviser and side person, having performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Wayne Horvitz, John Tchicai, Glen Moore, Curtis Hasselbring, Wally Shoup, Jack Wright, Mike Bisio, Peggy Lee, Dylan van der Schyff, Brad Shepik and Chris Speed, to name a few. Andrew's current trio features pianist Myra Melford and saxophonist Briggan Krauss. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and son.
Since 1989 Drury has led over 100 junk percussion workshops and residencies in schools, museums, Indian reservations, community theaters, prisons, festivals, with people with physical challenges, and in rural villages in Guatemala and Nicaragua. He was Millennium Project artist-in-residence with the Oneida Nation for six months in 2000. Other projects include Drury's music for dance, which has been presented at Oberlin College's Dance Theater Workshop, On the Boards in Seattle, and elsewhere.
His Earth Solos are an ongoing series of site-specific drum solos performed and photographed in desert, prairie, mountain, and industrial settings in eight states in the western US. Drury is active as a composer, improviser and side person, having performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Wayne Horvitz, John Tchicai, Glen Moore, Curtis Hasselbring, Wally Shoup, Jack Wright, Mike Bisio, Peggy Lee, Dylan van der Schyff, Brad Shepik and Chris Speed, to name a few. Andrew's current trio features pianist Myra Melford and saxophonist Briggan Krauss. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and son.
Selected Discography with comments from Andrew:
Reuben Radding, Fugitive Pieces (Pine Ear, 2006)
AD: This is essentially free improvisation. This isn't jazz by most standards even though we all play jazz in other contexts. I don't play drum set on this recording, just floor tom with percussion. This is the first recording of mine publicly available of this kind of improvisation, more Europe-oriented, free improvisation.
Jason Kao Hwang, Edge (Asian Improv, 2006)
AD: We're playing at the Vision Festival in NYC in June. I love this band and Jason's writing.
Andrew Drury/Jessica Lurie, This Is What It's Like to Be (Self-produced, 2005)
Laura Andel, In::tension" (Rossbin, 2005)
AD: This is closer to New Music than anything else I can think of, with a lot of rock, Japanese text. Three drummers, 3 guitars, vocals w/ electronics, 2 keyboards, cornet.
Various Artists, Just Drums II (Fever Pitch, 2005)
Andrew Drury Sextet, A Momentary Lapse, (Innova, 2003)
AD: When I wrote the music for A Momentary Lapse I wanted to incorporate some ideas I associate with classical musiccertain kinds of harmonies, 2-5 part counterpoint, instrumental textures, ensemble structuresinto my ensemble music. My ensemble music, people say and I pretty much agree, has a circusy energy with a rhythmic approach to melody that originates in my experience as a drummer. I wanted to continue in that direction but more fully realizing the harmonic and ensemble ideas I had.
This music is very composed compared to a lot of music I listen to, but I do like to juxtapose composed passages with very open-ended free improvisation. I love the musicians I work with. I basically provide a springboard and some water and I know if I do my part then they'll make the dives interesting. The actual notes, though they are the primary thing I'm working with and obsess over, are sort of secondary. We had two rehearsals and two days in the studio. Though recorded in New York, this was kind of the culminating expression of my Seattle years in the '90s.
Andrew Drury, Polish Theater Posters (Red Toucan, 1998)
AD: Red Toucan went bankrupt when this was being released. @#$@%! Still, people who've heard it like it. It got some good radio play, and made Steven Loewy's Top Ten for 1998.
Photo Credits:
Top Photo: Caro
Bottom Photo: Frank Rubolino


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Coverage of the CitiOpen shit is crazy. The main women's action today is on
"Grandstand 2" (Times EDT - US)
14:00 - [6] Mona Barthel (GER) V Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 16:00 - [5] Sorana Cirstea (ROU) V Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 18:00 - Michelle Larcher De Brito (POR) V [8] Madison Keys (USA) 20:00 - [3] Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) V Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) 22:00 - Vania King (USA) V Alison Riske (USA)
Whereas, what's scheduled to SHOW is on
"Court 2"
14:00 - Alexandra Mueller (USA) V Heather Watson (GBR) 15:00 - Caroline Garcia (FRA) V Anna Tatishvili (GEO)
Go figure.
To make it weirder, there IS a TennisTv stream from the Grandstand2 out there SOMEWHERE:
Not available in Texas? Then, pray tell, WHERE?


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