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- The Facebook IPO's Connection to Solar Energy
- Global P2P Cargo Bike-Sharing Platform
- 5 Top Sustainable Building Concepts (with Pics)
- Cleantech Innovation Challenge in Mexico for Cleantech Startups
- $4.6 Billion a Year Saved by US Bicyclists, LAB Study Finds
- Pickens Dumps Chesapeake Energy, Vermont to Outlaw Fracking, 55 Investors With $1 Trillion Want Shale Gas Fracking Cleaned Up
- Electricity Storage Can Take Advantage of Daily Price Variations
- Generate Electricity Working Out (It's a Growing Trend)
- More Bike Paths & Sidewalks = More Bicycling & Walking
- Aptera Electric Car Company Rises from Its Ashes: A Rescue by the Sleeping Dragon
- Bright Future for European Electric Motor Market
- Chinese Railway Stations to Go Solar
- BELECTRIC First Company to Install 1 GW of Cumulative Photovoltaic Power
- Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Cost US 113,000,000,000 in Next 10 Years (Not Including Climate & Health Damage) without Change
- Trucks Use Overhead Wires to Act More Like Trolleys
The Facebook IPO's Connection to Solar Energy
Posted: 22 May 2012 11:19 AM PDT
When the Facebook IPO was the #1 news topic last week, it didn't cross my mind that there was any important connection to cleantech, or solar energy in particular. However, a couple days later, it struck me that there was an important one.
Facebook went from a simple idea in 2003 or 2004 to a multi-billion-dollar company with one of the biggest IPOs in history this month. Why?
What does Facebook offer?
Facebook's offerings are pretty straightforward (though, it's obviously trying to broaden those as much as it can). Primarily, for as long as I've known about it, it has offered two main things, and those two things are still the core of its business:
Any news agency would die for the kind of numbers Facebook has. The value of decentralized publishing is apparently as good as it gets these days. Of course, Facebook is just one of many networks offering these things now, but it got it early and it eventually became the clearly dominant one, now making it almost mandatory to be on Facebook if you want to connect with friends and family in this way.
Now, finally, how does this relate to solar energy?
If you haven't gotten the picture yet, the point is that solar energy decentralizes power generation (like Facebook decentralized publishing… or dominated the decentralization of publishing). This certainly isn't as glamorous as 'being in the publishing, photography, and film industry' (being on Facebook), but this is one of its great values — it puts power (and, with that, more societal power) back in the hands of individuals and households.
While solar power may not feed people's ego and social needs like Facebook does, there's no doubt that the above, especially when people realize that it means more money for them, is appealing.
Am I going out on a limb with this connection? I don't think so, and I certainly wasn't trying to. While the decentralized (or democratized, as John Farrell puts it) nature of rooftop solar is one of its important (and I would say underrated) qualities, it's not exactly what's driving the industry forward — in fact, the effort involved in doing something for oneself might be on of the biggest things slowing it down. But along with superior environmental performance, cheaper electricity, and job creation, that is one important piece of what solar power offers.
Images: screenshot of CleanTechnica Facebook page by me; Pan Xunbin / Shutterstock.com
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Global P2P Cargo Bike-Sharing Platform
Posted: 22 May 2012 07:00 AM PDT
Bicycling is a wonderful transportation option. But one thing many people who haven't been to top bicycling cities or countries get hung up on is the concern that you can't transport much with a bike. Now, I lived in one of the top bicycling cities in the world for five months (Groningen in the Netherlands), and when I hear such concerns I don't know if I should laugh or cry. I saw people transporting just about everything imaginable with various types of cargo bikes, including food, couches (I've seen it), large equipment, and… kids:
The good news? Cargo bikes are getting a boost from a new, global peer-to-peer (P2P) cargo bike-sharing network — Velogistics.
From sister site Green Living Ideas:
Sounds great!
Image Credits: cargo bikes in Groningen by zachary shahan (me); jurjen_nl; vikapproved
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5 Top Sustainable Building Concepts (with Pics)
Posted: 22 May 2012 06:33 AM PDT
GUEST POST: Five of the World's Most Sustainable Building Concepts (via http://greenbuildingelements.com)
As most of us know from hearing the word too many times, sustainable building covers a very wide range of definitions. But regardless of how we might define something and spar on who has the best meaning, the idea of practicing sustainability for what we build and how we live is a measure we should…
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Cleantech Innovation Challenge in Mexico for Cleantech Startups
Posted: 22 May 2012 06:28 AM PDT
Cleantech Challenge Mexico 2012: Funds Green Startups in Mexico (via Ecopreneurist)
San Francisco has it, so does Boston, London, Australia and South Africa, and now Mexico. Cleantech competitions have turned into a global trend over night, creating a forum where entrepreneurs can showcase their inventions, share ideas, learn from their peers and experts, and best of all, get financed…
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$4.6 Billion a Year Saved by US Bicyclists, LAB Study Finds
Posted: 22 May 2012 06:23 AM PDT
A couple more keys finding from the study are:
Here are some statements from the heads of the three organizations behind the study:
"There are so many reasons more people are riding, from improving their health to protecting the environment," said League President Andy Clarke. "But, especially in tough economic times, bicycling can also be an economic catalyst, keeping billions of dollars in the pockets of American families."
"Biking is an important piece of a 21st century transportation system," said Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune. "Biking reduces America's dependence on oil and lets individuals bypass the gas pump, saving individuals money and protecting our health and environment from dirty oil pollution."
"Bicycling is a crucial mode of commuting for many Latinos," said Catherine Singley, Senior Policy Analyst at NCLR. "Federal transportation policy should ensure that biking is a safe and viable way to connect people to jobs."
Check out the full fact sheet for more.
Source: LAB
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Pickens Dumps Chesapeake Energy, Vermont to Outlaw Fracking, 55 Investors With $1 Trillion Want Shale Gas Fracking Cleaned Up
Posted: 22 May 2012 06:05 AM PDT
I covered Rolling Stone's excellent piece on a potential fracking bubble and scam back in March, and while I know that many are sold on fracking's benefits (even Obama, it seems), I can tell you that I wouldn't put my money on it in the long term. Here are a few recent stories that I think are rather telling:
1) T. Boone Pickens, formerly one of natural gas's most ardent supporters and biggest cheerleaders, has dropped his holdings in Chesapeake, reportedly due to its low prices. But not only that, Pickens has gone as far as to say that "natural gas has been a disaster."
"These are the same low prices that are making it preferable to sell our domestic energy to China and India, rather than provide us with the energy security that the oil and gas industry promised with expanded gas development," Wenonah Hauter, Food & Water Watch Executive Director, states.
"T. Boone Pickens's recent divestment from Chesapeake Energy shows that natural gas is a house of cards, and that even one of its biggest cheerleaders has grown wise to this fact.
"The oil and gas industry is industrializing rural communities and destroying our air and water, with no real benefit to anyone—not even investors."
2) Vermont, while it's not exactly a natural gas gold mine, is to become the first state in the US to ban oil and natural gas fracking. "Vermont will be the first state to outlaw a controversial oil and gas drilling method known as fracking when Governor Peter Shumlin signs a bill banning the practice," Reuters writes.
"Governor Shumlin does support the fracking ban," said Sue Allen, a spokeswoman for Vermont's Democratic governor. "He will sign the legislation when it reaches his desk."
3) 55 investors with $1 trillion of assets have teamed up to promote "best practices" in the natural gas fracking industry, wanting the whole process cleaned up.
"Major investors are no longer willing to sit by idly as energy companies engaged in shale gas fracking face concerns about industry drilling problems, growing regulatory uncertainty, and increasing opposition from concerned shareholders," Boston Common Asset Management, one of three groups behind this push, writes.
Image: natural gas fracking drilling rig courtesy Shutterstock
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Electricity Storage Can Take Advantage of Daily Price Variations
Posted: 22 May 2012 05:45 AM PDT
Electricity storage technologies that can operate on timescales such as hours or days are often deployed at specific times of day to take advantage of variations in the price of electricity (see chart above, right). Storage operators can buy electricity when prices are lower (overnight or on weekends), store it, and then discharge or deliver it later, selling the stored electricity when prices are higher (daytime, weekdays). Following a previous article introducing electricity storage technologies and functions, this article focuses on technologies that operate on these longer timescales, or energy management technologies, and their two overarching benefits to the electric power system: flattening the daily load shape (see chart above, left) and integrating variable generation like wind.
The first chart above illustrates the practice behind the concept of "load shifting" or "load leveling." When electric demand is low, operators seek to increase the effective demand by moving power to storage. When demand is high, operators seek to decrease effective demand by using stored energy to generate electricity. Pumped hydroelectric storage is one example of this approach. Overnight, a reversible hydroelectric turbine is powered by low-cost electricity from the grid, using it to pump water "uphill", to a reservoir at a higher elevation. During the daytime peak hours, this water is then released back "downhill" and through the hydroelectric turbine to produce electricity, which is sold to the grid at the higher, on-peak prices.
This load-shifting function has beneficial effects on the electric power system:
Renewable generators such as wind and solar often have significant variability in their output over the course of the day. Concentrating solar plants can store solar heat in an oil or molten salt, allowing them to continue generating power through cloud passage or after the sun sets. In most locations, wind resources are more available overnight, when demand is low. Storage facilities might store wind-generated electricity overnight, when the wind is most available, and release electricity when demand is higher—time-shifting the supply to meet the demand.
Pumped hydroelectric is the most prevalent energy management storage technology, with 22 gigawatts (GW) of capacity installed in the United States. Other technologies are also in use. Compressed air technology uses low-cost electricity to store pressurized air underground, and then releases that pressure later to support the operation of a combustion turbine. Some batteries, particularly flow batteries (based on liquid rather than solid chemistries), have the characteristics needed for energy management. The Department of Energy's Energy Storage Database currently lists four demonstration-type flow battery-based projects (as of April 2012). Thermal energy storage often takes the form of chilling or heating large amounts of water (or another heat transfer medium) overnight for use during the day.
The value proposition for energy management technologies can often be made based on the opportunity to take advantage of daily price variations. However, available technologies are limited at the utility-scale and costs can be high.
This article was originally published on the Energy Information Administration website.
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Generate Electricity Working Out (It's a Growing Trend)
Posted: 22 May 2012 04:30 AM PDT
Exercise to Create Renewable Energy (via Green Living Ideas)
If you walked into an energy generating gym, you might not notice at first. You'd see your regular sweaty, toned bodies on sleek workout machines, but there's a special icing on the cake here – these machines are hooked up to batteries that generate electricity. Essentially, kinetic energy from…
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More Bike Paths & Sidewalks = More Bicycling & Walking
Posted: 22 May 2012 04:00 AM PDT
Now, while not looking at different facilities in such detail, another study has found a link between bicycle (and pedestrian) funding for infrastructure projects and bicycle (and pedestrian) transportation. Here's more from sister site sustainablog:
Bike Paths and Sidewalks: Transportation Investments that Work (via sustainablog)
Bicycling and walking infrastructure has definitely become hip… so hip that we're even seeing a lot of it going in here in St. Louis! Both environmental and health concerns (as well as gas prices, I'm sure) have gotten people out of their cars and onto their bikes or their feet. Such infrastructure…
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Aptera Electric Car Company Rises from Its Ashes: A Rescue by the Sleeping Dragon
Posted: 22 May 2012 03:52 AM PDT
The phoenix and a dragon is a common motif on Chinese pottery, often used as wedding gifts. Aptera (a wingless bird) is an electric car company that ceased operations in December after many setbacks, but its ideas and assets have taken flight again, purchased by the Jonway Group, a Chinese company. This might be considered an auspicious omen.
The Car
For those who took notice of EV developments in the last several years, Aptera made a name for itself by promoting the idea of a light vehicle that would nevertheless be crash-worthy due to its internal structure and airbags. Its light weight combined with its extreme aerodynamic shape would mean that it would only need a small engine and would be highly efficient.
The unusual vehicle sported 3 wheels, and, accordingly, would be registered as a motorcycle, but the driver would not need a helmet or a special license. Several configurations were considered, including a conventional engine, a hybrid, and a battery electric vehicle. The innovation received recognition in the last Star Trek movie, where it made a brief appearance appropriately cast as a futuristic vehicle.
The soon-to-be-obsolete Aptera Motors website proclaims: "We have gone to great lengths to find visionaries, innovators and disruptors." Being surrounded by innovation can make us blind to how others view our work, competition, and a sound business model. We can become so convinced of our divine place in the world that it is hard to get the rose out of the glasses. As Aptera entered the X prize competition that concluded last year, it seemed a forgone conclusion that it should win. But there were other 3-wheeled vehicles that seemed designed just for the competition, including a sport model known at the Alias by Zap motors. The competition was supposed to be promoting fuel-efficient vehicles that were destined for production. The Aptera, from media coverage, seemed close to this goal but did not prevail. A door swinging open during one part of the competition probably did not help. Jim Motavalli, a frequent writer on electric vehicles, feels that the company was just trying to do too much — "…all at once — launch a new car company, employ revolutionary composite materials, build a better battery, introduce a radical body design, and create public awareness."
It had previously been denied a government loan, primarily on the basis that its product was a 3-wheeled vehicle and not a 4-wheeled vehicle. When a lobbying effort changed the wording on the loan program, the company reapplied, but was not able to secure the requested loan amounts or sufficient funding to accept the loan. Aptera sounded like another Tesla, only waiting for production to begin to fill its waiting list of anticipating customers, but Tesla has paid great attention to its business model. Without alternative financing, Aptera decided to cease operations.
The Company
Now the innovation that was Aptera has been purchased by the Chinese in the form of the Jonway group.
This is the same company which is a major investor in Zap, which at almost 20 years old is, by today's standards, an "old" electric car company. It primarily manufactured 3-wheeled vehicles used commercially and in industry around the world, but with the aid of the Jonway group expanded its offing. Presently, Zap vehicles are manufactured in China and assembled in Santa Rosa, California. There is a plan to do the same with the new Aptera vehicles scheduled to be available for purchase in early 2013. A new website for Aptera USA is reportedly being prepared and pre-ordering should be available by the end of June, but as of this writing, there seems to be no new live website. The now close connection between Zap and Aptera is further suggested in the proposed original name change to "Zaptera, USA," according to the North Bay business Journal.
This story is almost a repeat of what happened to an innovative electric motorcycle called the Vectrix, which also closed its doors to be later purchased by a Chinese company, Gold Peak Industries. We can wish these Chinese companies well and be grateful that the American innovations will not disappear from the world. At the same time, we might wonder if we can still call it simply a lack of leadership where Congress fails to promote alternatives to oil and watches year after year as we become increasingly indebted to China because of foreign payments for oil. What is China doing with its growing prosperity? Congress continues to watch as American companies like Solyndra fail due to Chinese imports (and then spend more taxpayer money trying to cast blame elsewhere) and it watches again as the innovations that could help relieve our debt, from companies like Aptera and Vectrix, are purchased with oil dollars. Perhaps we should ignore the brief spot where the Aptera appears in Star Trek and instead take a lesson from the now canceled show Firefly, which follows a future rag-tag spaceship crew that can't afford much but in which everyone speaks Chinese. At what point is it more than a lack of leadership?
Images: Phoenix and Dragon; Aptera via wikicommons
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Bright Future for European Electric Motor Market
Posted: 22 May 2012 03:33 AM PDT
Frost & Sullivan anticipates the European traction motor market to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50 per cent for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs).
They also expect permanent magnet motors to dominate the market by virtue of their performance and efficiency. That being said, however, there is still growing concern over the availability and subsequent pricing of rare earth metals required for the production of such motors, and therefore Frost & Sullivan expects other motor technologies such as induction and hybrid motors to make a bigger push into the electric automotive market.
Frost & Sullivan reported in a new analysis that the market earned revenues of €55 million in 2010 and estimates this to reach €1.6 billion in 2017 with emission norms and government support driving vehicle manufacturers towards greater adoption of hybrid and electric vehicles.
Another aspect of their findings was the likelihood of vehicle manufacturers bringing the development of electric motors in house.
"While some VMs are working with more than one supplier on the development of electric motors, others are choosing to develop it in-house," notes Frost & Sullivan Team Leader Anjan Hemanth Kumar. "Reliability, strong R&D, a smooth supply chain and tight quality control coupled with state-of-the-art manufacturing procedures and facilities are some of the key sourcing criteria for VMs."
"Electric motors represent an advanced technology that will prove critical to the success of greener vehicles," concludes Kumar. "They will undoubtedly open doors of opportunity down the supply chain."
Source: Frost & Sullivan
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Chinese Railway Stations to Go Solar
Posted: 22 May 2012 03:31 AM PDT
Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible, thin-film photovoltaic modules, announced yesterday it has entered into a three-way strategic joint development agreement with Shenzhen Radiant Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Third Railway Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation of China.
Radiant has been responsible for installing the roofing component on multiple railway station projects throughout China and is a natural choice to help retrofit existing railway stations with solar technology, and to help in new installations. TSDI, on the other hand, has designed over 50, 000 kilometres of railways throughout China, including the country's first high-speed railway and first heavy-haul railway. The company also designed the large-scale multi-modal transport hub, the Beijing South Railway Station.
The total volume of solar installation on Chinese public infrastructure is expected to reach 800 MW over the next five years. System design and engineering development will take place soon, with initial project installations to begin in 2013.
"We are honoured to be involved with TSDI through this very important partnership, which will promote Ascent Solar's transformational technology in a high-profile sector of China's public infrastructure. This year, we look forward to working closely with TSDI and Radiant to design and develop systems to be installed beginning in 2013," stated Victor Lee, Ascent Solar President and CEO.
Winston Xu, Founder of Shenzhen Radiant Enterprise Co., Ltd. and Ascent Solar Board Member, said "China's state-of-the-art railway system is one of the largest and fastest growing in the world. Ascent Solar and Radiant Group feel privileged to work with TSDI towards the goal of incorporating green, renewable energy with this important piece of China's infrastructure."
Source: Ascent Solar
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BELECTRIC First Company to Install 1 GW of Cumulative Photovoltaic Power
Posted: 22 May 2012 03:25 AM PDT
With several photovoltaic systems commissioned early last week, this brought the total cumulative installed solar power by BELECTRIC over the 1 GW mark.
"This is an outstanding event for BELECTRIC and the photovoltaics industry in general. My special thanks go to all the employees who have driven forward the development of the company in all parts of the world in the past 10 years," stated Bernhard Beck, CEO of BELECTRIC. "At BELECTRIC, we employ over 2,000 people across the globe in areas such as research, plant construction and maintenance. Our machine park, the development and production of system components in our production areas and the in-house construction of power plants are the unique selling points of our company."
BELECTRIC employs over 2,000 professionals across the planet, and recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.
Source: BELECTRIC
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Cost US 113,000,000,000 in Next 10 Years (Not Including Climate & Health Damage) without Change
Posted: 21 May 2012 05:07 PM PDT
Adding on to that, Jamie Henn of 350.org writes:
"Watching that bottom number tick up with every passing second is pretty outrageous, but there's good news: we now have an opening to end these taxpayer handouts to corporate polluters. A new poll revealed that 70% of Americans — including majorities of Democrats, Independents, and Republicans — support ending fossil fuel subsidies."
Indeed, we do.
As I'm writing this, over 100,000 people have actually signed a petition asking that we cut these fossil fuel subsidies. Of course, if you haven't already, you can sign it too!
As the petition page notes:
So, again, go and sign the petition!
For a little more inspiration, though, here's a signature counter that will apparently automatically update as new signatures come in:
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Trucks Use Overhead Wires to Act More Like Trolleys
Posted: 21 May 2012 04:41 PM PDT
Trucks Borrow Trolley Idea, Link Up With Overhead Power Lines (via Gas 2.0)
A hundred years ago, most major cities relied on trains and electric trolleys to move most of their citizenry around. These days cars and trucks rule the roads of America, although an old idea might soon find a modern application. I am talking about overhead trolley power lines electrifying hybrid…
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Chase 'shocked' by award
Rangi Chase says he was "shocked" to be awarded the Super League Man of Steel award ahead of Sam Tomkins and James Roby.
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Castleford stand-off Rangi Chase says he was "shocked" to be awarded the Super League Man of Steel award ahead of Sam Tomkins and James Roby.
The 25-year-old fought off competition from the Wigan full-back and St Helens hooker to claim the most prestigious individual award in domestic rugby league.
Chase came out on top after the closest poll yet of Super League players, who have determined the destination of the award for the last four years.
And he revealed that he was happy to merely be on the shortlist of three and was not expecting to be the overall winner.
"I was shocked. I wasn't expecting it, the way Sam Tomkins and James Roby had played this year. It's unbelievable for me," Chase said.
"I was overwhelmed to get into the last three. I said, 'that will do for me. If I do win, it would be an absolute bonus'. I'm over the moon.
"It's been a good year for me. I'm certainly getting better. I'm more mature as a player. This year was about being consistent, that was my goal and I think I did it. Next year I've got to set new targets.
"Hopefully my best is yet to come. I'll keep pushing myself and challenging myself to be a better player."
New Zealand-born Chase was given the award on the same day that he made a surprising choice to switch his international allegiance to England on residency grounds.
The former Junior Kiwi, who has recently played against England for both New Zealand Maori and the Exiles, gave further explanation for his decision at the gala dinner in Manchester.
"This is what I call home so I'm privileged to be in the squad," he said.
"I didn't have to think too hard about it. I came over here knowing that I'll never get picked for New Zealand. So that dream had gone.
"I thought I'd wait five years and then I found out it was three so I got in touch with Steve McNamara straightaway and told him my feelings about it.
"This is home for me now, I've settled down here now. By the time my contract is up I will have been here nearly 10 years. I can't see myself going anywhere else in a hurry."

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Frank Darabont Talks Fahrenheit 451 Progress and Casting
by Alex Billington
November 11, 2007
Source: MTV, IESB
One of literature's beloved novels, at least when it comes to American education, is Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury. This is one of those few great classic books that still hasn't had its Hollywood-ized tentpole big screen adaptation (although there was a version in 1966 from François Truffaut) but now is finally the time. Veteran Stephen King adapter Frank Darabont, who has adapted The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and most recently The Mist, is taking on Fahrenheit 451 as his next film. Despite all the turmoil in Hollywood at the moment, Darabont said recently while promoting The Mist that "it feels like we're on track and it feels like it's gonna happen." And who does he have lined up for the lead role of Guy Montag?
The rumored choice for book burner Guy Montag has always been Tom Hanks, but he's got a busy schedule too, shooting another big novel adaptation early next year - Angels & Demons. However, MTV confirmed that Hanks is the one who is slated to play Montag and that things are coming together, although not finalized: "[Tom Hanks] has stated his intention to do the movie. I'm hoping that stays on track." Darabont worked with him previously on The Green Mile and he's enthusiastic to work with him again. "It's not a for-certain thing, but all indications are looking very, very good right now. I would love to work with him again. He'd be perfection."
Darabont may be perfection himself when it comes to adapting this book anyway, claiming "I've been wanting to make that movie since I was nine years old and I read Ray Bradbury's book." As for the story, how will Darabont tackle it and how will he approach it? "I don't want Montag to be the extraordinary hero. I think he's much more interesting if he's not the movie hero but a real guy." And if you've seen any of his three great movies, Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile or Mist, you know that there's always a thrilling aspect to them.
"The thriller aspect is not to be underestimated," he asserted. "It's chock full of explosions and fires. If you read the book, the entire third act of the story is a chase. There's a lot of exciting and thrilling aspects to the tale. Flamethrowers and mechanical dogs? Come on, it's awesome! It's the human journey within the eye candy."
In Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury's classic, frightening vision of the future, firemen don't put out fires -- they start them in order to burn books. Bradbury's vividly painted society holds up the appearance of happiness as the highest goal -- a place where trivial information is good, and knowledge and ideas are bad. Fire Captain Beatty explains it this way, "Give the people contests they win by remembering the words to more popular songs… Don't give them slippery stuff like philosophy or sociology to tie things up with. That way lies melancholy."
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We have been doing a whole,whole lot of settling back in.
To our regular routine,to being on a gentler rhythm than we have been in a long time because of preparing for Lee to travel(him working long hours), him leaving and us helping out at his job where we could, then the wildness surrounding his return, which is too exhausting to write about at present, except to say that it involved illness, long trips, and me getting stranded far from home.
This week,when it finally looked like a return to normalcy was possible, a heat wave struck, leaving me rather blown away by our unairconditioned upper apartment. Think warm,dry air or sticky heat enveloping the home=not conducive to Productivity.
Then the gas tanks went dry on me. Wow.
No way of cooking either.
More scenarios too complicated and exhausting to write about.
Anywhoo, all this to say, posting on my ol' blog has not been a priority!
But I feel myself coming back.... I may be back to writing and feeling myself soon! Yay!


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Better late than never as Gerrard gets his MBE
Benitez 'proud' of Liverpool captain Crouch will not be allowed to leave
At last, one of Liverpool's great quests for a significant honour has been realised. Nineteen months after their thrilling victory in the Champions League, Steven Gerrard, the club's captain, has been appointed MBE in the New Year's Honours List.
There was anger and disappointment in the red half of Merseyside when Liverpool's comeback against AC Milan in Istanbul — trailing 3-0, they won on penalties — did not prompt official recognition, unlike England's Ashes-winning cricket team. Rick Parry, the club's chief executive, complained publicly, a campaign endorsed by The Times.
That wrong has now been rectified. "I am absolutely thrilled and honoured to receive this recognition for playing a game I've loved all my life," Gerrard, 26, said. "I'd like to accept this on behalf…


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VBHI Presents at 5th Annual Justice Involved Veteran's Conference
Tony Solomon, Director of the Houston/Harris County Veterans Behavioral Health Initiative at Mental Health America at Greater Houston presented at the 5th Annual Justice Involved Conference in San Antonio, Texas held May 12th-14th along with veteran peer mentors, Duane Perez and Lex Loya.
Solomon and the peer mentors shared strategies, developments and success stories of the initiative.
The 5th Annual Justice Involved Veterans Conference focuses on the five intervention points along the continuum as described in the sequential intercept model intended to provide treatment and minimize involvement with the criminal justice system for veterans. This conference was designed to provide practical strategies from local, state and national experts on addressing the needs of justice-involved veterans. Policy makers, law enforcement, veteran mentors and more gathered to discuss and obtain valuable information on topics such as cutting edge treatment services, sobering centers, and veterans services and criminal justice policy.
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St. Cecilia's Day, which celebrates the Catholic patroness of music, arrives Nov. 22. So New Orleans writer and historian Carolyn Kolb figured November would be the perfect time to honor the long list of local women who have helped shape one of the city's most important cultural foundations: its music.
On Saturday, Nov. 19, Kolb will deliver a free talk on New Orleans women in music, followed by a concert of local women musicians. St. Cecilia Day Symposium on Women and Jazz, presented by the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, National Park Service, takes place at 1:00 p.m., with the concert at 2 p.m,. at the old U.S. Mint, 400 Esplanade Ave. It's part of a myriad of exhibitions, and events orchestrated by Nola4Women, an organization that promotes the contributions past and present of women to New Orleans.
Women, notes Kolb, have many ways of expressing themselves, but a continuous one has been through song. And the link between the city's women and its melodies date right back to its founding, and the early 18th-century arrival of the Ursuline nuns here.
"There are several levels of being an Ursuline nun," Kolb explains, "and the highest level is chorister. Those generally were the ones who had come into the convents with dowries. They generally had a higher literacy level that most other colonists."
Choristers were responsible for the te deum hymns sung in Catholic services. Materials from the former Ursuline museum on State Street included many of these early religious songs. When those materials ended up at The Historic New Orleans Collection, curators recorded women's voices singing the melodies. "They are charming," says Kolb.
But the Ursulines were the first of many women songsters to leave their marks on local history. In the 19th century, New Orleans was an operatic capital, and female opera stars were the rock stars of the era.
"Opera was like musical comedy for people here, performed in their language," says Kolb. They flocked to hear international stars like Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightingale, whose American arrangements were handled by none other than circus showman P.T. Barnum.
"Madame Pontalba gave Jenny Lind an apartment while she was here, and afterward auctioned off all the furniture in it" to an adoring public, adds Kolb. "Everyone in town saw Lind multiple times – black, white, everyone."
The next big female singer to hit town was Adelina Patti, who spent a good deal of time in New Orleans, says Kolb. "She was very much a part of the American psyche. When Abe Lincoln had a child die in the White House, she famously sang 'The Last Rose of Summer' for him."
Other singers were native New Orleanians, with many, like Mahalia Jackson, rising out of local churches and gospel choirs. New Orleans produced "a slew of blues singers," as well as talented female musicians and music teachers. Shirley Goodman, lead singer of duo Shirley and Lee, "was like 14 when she made 'Let the Good Times Roll.'"
Lofty or lowbrow, music was interwoven into all aspects of New Orleans life.
"It was part of the air here. It was encouraged," says Kolb. "Since New Orleans was mostly Catholic, there was more music and more dancing – it was not puritanical, like other parts of the country. Music always was part of worship."
New Orleans also proved a fertile environment for entertainment. "In the days before radio, that meant you had to provide entertainment yourself, or go out and find it," says Kolb. "And as organizations and clubs became more important in people's lives, there were more bands for parades or dances."
Louisiana folksongs played a major role in shaping local music. Composer and pianist Camille Nickerson, an authority on Creole music, started the B Sharp Music Club in 1917 to promote and appreciate this rich, native musical repertoire. And lullabies and children's melodies both dwelled mainly in the female realm.
With the arrival of the 20th century, young women who wanted to perform could do so here. There were a number of girl bands in New Orleans as early as the 1930s, performing a variety of styles. Lil Hardin, who was married to Louis Armstrong, had her own all-girl band, Kolb notes. "And there's a funny video of Huey Long with a girl band singing 'Every Woman a Queen.'"
Women, Kolb says, were probably more likely to play a stay-at-home instrument like the piano, and teaching music was an acceptable female pursuit. In New Orleans, where music often was passed down generationally in families, women were an important part of that process.
"Music education historically was something that was very important," Kolb says. "Fortier and McMain had not only bands, but orchestras."
Women definitely had a voice – a necessary voice – in the development of important New Orleans music.
"You need a soprano voice to sing gospel," Kolb observes. "And a high voice to have harmony."
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June 2nd, 1999 – by: Sweetski
We had the most beautiful weather the first half of our stay and a touch of rainseason in the second half. The clouds and the rain didn't get us down, because the clouds are spectacular in a fluffy and creamy, colourful way. Even the rain was special and nice with its large warm drops. It hardly rained at all, but when it did, it came pouring down like there was no tomorrow. Of course there always was. After fifteen minutes or so, the rain already stopped.
The people are extremely friendly, the seawater extremely clear and warm, the sand as white as in the brochure. Small sharks (afraid of humans) patroled the breaks, stingrays rested under the sand in the shallow waters, colourful fish nibbled at the coral. You'll understand the snorkling and scuba diving is amazing.
Food in the main restaurant (served buffet-style) was excelent and had a different theme each night. The Belgian chef surpassed himself night after night with exquisite dishes. The other five (à la carte) restaurants served exotic meals, also of the highest quality. The proffessional zeal and the high level of service provided by the waiters, made us a little shy.
Imagine yourself, sitting on that beachchair, feet positioned in the warm shallow water, drink in one hand, good book in the other. The sun is shining. Your headphone is playing your favourite music softly in the background. Your partner next to you, gives you a smile from ear to ear... I know you'll feel as happy as I did. At one time, I felt so immensly blessed, so overwhelmed with happiness, that I said to my wife: "if I die here, just bury me in the white sands and I know I died a lucky man.... Not that I was suicidal. Oh no, the opposite is true. But every fiber in my body wanted to stay there. Never go back to The Netherlands with its crowded streets and sometimes narrow minds. Here, on this island of dreams there are no cars, no rules, no worries.
We stayed in Kurumba village a designated resort island, 35 minutes 'drive' (by boat) from the capital and airport Malé. If you ever have the change (and the time & money) to go there, do yourself a favour and go!!
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As the annual budget debate begins on Capitol Hill, policymakers are no doubt surprised to find themselves in a difficult position. Just a year ago, forecasters were predicting steady economic growth, and annual budget surpluses over $300 billion. Since then, the economy has fallen into recession, and the budget now appears headed for deficits.
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- In the early 1930s, President Herbert Hoover was faced with a severe recession that depleted tax revenues and threw the budget into deficit. Based on the mistaken view that the budget drove the economy, Hoover raised income tax rates and tariffs (import taxes) in an attempt to balance the budget. Instead, the taxes and tariffs reduced economic opportunity and undermined incentives to work, save, and invest; the economy collapsed; and the recession turned into the Great Depression.
- In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan was also faced with a severe recession and increasing deficits. He responded by passing tax rate cuts designed to remove barriers to economic growth and end the recession. His approach proved the wiser course. These tax reductions began the longest peacetime economic expansion in American history up to that time--an expansion that increased tax revenues and eventually balanced the budget. Only runaway spending prevented it from happening sooner.
In the current recession, policymakers would be wise to avoid a Hoover-style reaction to the recession. Instead of repealing President George W. Bush's tax cuts and sacrificing the economy for their budget priorities, they should follow the Reagan model of focusing policy on family budgets and business growth by cutting tax rates further, ending the recession, and allowing the growing economy to provide the tax revenue needed to balance the budget.
Brian M. Riedl is Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.


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Sequel to The Blackmailed Beauty
After experiencing a life changing injury while out riding her beloved horse Pirate, Willa Dutton becomes convinced she should release her fiancé, the Earl of Roydon, from their engagement. She feels another woman would be better able to provide him with heirs and participate in the activities he loves. With this decision made, Willa sets out to find him a better wife by matchmaking.
Meanwhile, the earl believes that someone is trying to kill Willa. Learning that her saddle had been sabotaged is only the beginning. As more attempts are made to kill Willa, the earl sets out to find out who the suspect is. At the same time, he finds that Willa's behavior has become a bit odd as she has started hosting parties and pushing other women at him. Will he solve the mysteries in time and convince Willa that she is his one and only love?
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I think this book would be good for anyone who has trouble getting to sleep.
I'm not sure what I'll read next, but I'll be adding this author to my Do Not Read list.
The performance was adequate-- it may even have been good, but since the narrator had so little to work with, it's hard to say.
The lack of chemistry between the two main characters was disappointing. I couldn't imagine what got them together in the first place. It was made more disappointing because the interesting premise was so poorly executed. The plot summary bore little resemblance to the actual plot, and the story dragged on and on. And then, to top it off, the constant mention of prayer and praying made the whole thing just come off as a sermon. So irritating.
I listened to the end, hoping that the author would be able to turn it around. That's probably a credit to the narrator.
"Courage and love are hand in hand"
I enjoy reads like this just as much as romances with deeper love scenes. Feelings and the intense love between hero and heroine are strengthened by their understanding and compassion for each other's plight, tested by the calamity. Consequently, this is a clean read and highly recommended for new adults.Willa, having it all, suddenly finds herself dreams dissolving. Her love for the Earl of Roydon is everlasting and encompasses her whole heart. Her injury changing her life drastically, would also change his. She wants to let him live his life whole, not married to a woman who is unable to do the very things they enjoy together. And then the possibility of never walking again, could also make child-bearing and rearing difficult. In her mind, the best thing she could give him is his freedom. But is her love strong enough to let him go? Would you be able to do the same thing?John, Earl of Roydon, is a man I wasn't sure about. Did he really love Willa enough to continue his betrothal with her after the injury? As society dictates, he could not break his proposal. It could only be done by Willa. He is very solicitous toward Willa, but there lurks in me the feeling he may be swayed by one of the many women Willa put forward for introduction at her parties. He seems to enjoy himself with them. Willa thinks he suits Miss Marty, but she wants to give him a chance to make the right marriage.When all these accidents start occurring, it becomes apparent Willa is being stalked and for the purpose of killing her. But why and by whom? I like this part of the story very much. There is mystery, suspense, danger and ultimately fear of death. Willa shows the stuff she is made of, worthy of a man's love.Narrator Valerie Gilbert does not disappoint in her narration. Her voice is clear, mellow, well-paced and depicts character emotions suitably. Her flexibility of character dialog and accents is superbly done. Check out the many books she's narrated, and different genre lower in the blog. She's quite flexible with all emotions, but I prefer her best when she is just plain snarky or sarcastic!
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- Lacey said...
Oh my gosh, I am 28 years old and I totally remember the jellies!! We LOVED them!! They are a million times better than the ugly Crocs people walk around these days, in my opinion. haha
- February 21, 2011 at 7:10 AM
- February 21, 2011 at 1:16 PM
- Goodnight moon said...
I am right there with you. I also remembering wearing sweatpants and turtle necks. Heck, I also wore the wide corduroy pants and my moms turtleneck sweater from when she was a child. I thought I looked cool, but I was made fun of. I didn't care, I was who I was.
Millie will be adorable, you will raise her to have great self-esteem about herself.
Great post!
- February 21, 2011 at 1:59 PM
It's freeing to be over 50. One understands then, and probably only then, that fashion changes almost daily. No matter how stunning you find something to be today, someone will snicker at it tomorrow, and that person may be you. I'm not quite ready for polyester knit pants with elastic waists, but my shoes don't hurt my feet anymore.
Chambanachik was gorgeous as a child; I've seen pictures.
- February 21, 2011 at 2:47 PM
- Beka said...
hey. i think most of us did the turtle-necks and sweatpants in our younger years....i think there might be a few pictures bearing evidence of some of my siblings (heck, maybe even all) at one time wearing that.....
um. yeah.
let's just say that with time, everyone hopefully gets better;) and hey--in some ways i learned from my older sister's "mistakes" before i got to do them myself. ahem. talk about cheating. :) :)
butterfly on the rear sounds like the perfect way to start her childhood of fashion sense! really!!!!! i would do it;)
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