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Fractional calculus
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Fractional calculus is a branch of mathematical analysis that studies the possibility of taking real number powers or complex number powers of the differentiation operator
and the integration operator J. (Usually J is used instead of I to avoid confusion with other I-like glyphs and identities.)
In this context the term powers refers to iterative application or function composition, in the same sense that f2(x) = f(f(x)). For example, one may ask the question of meaningfully interpreting
as a functional square root of the differentiation operator (an operator half iterated), i.e., an expression for some operator that when applied twice to a function will have the same effect as differentiation. More generally, one can look at the question of defining
for real-number values of a in such a way that when a takes an integer value n, the usual power of n-fold differentiation is recovered for n > 0, and the −nth power of J when n < 0.
The motivation behind this extension to the differential operator is that the semigroup of powers Da will form a continuous semigroup with parameter a, inside which the original discrete semigroup of Dn for integer n can be recovered as a subgroup. Continuous semigroups are prevalent in mathematics, and have an interesting theory. Notice here that fraction is then a misnomer for the exponent a, since it need not be rational; the use of the term fractional calculus is merely conventional.
Fractional differential equations (also known as extraordinary differential equations) are a generalization of differential equations through the application of fractional calculus.
Nature of the fractional derivative[edit]
An important point is that the fractional derivative at a point x is a local property only when a is an integer; in non-integer cases we cannot say that the fractional derivative at x of a function f depends only on values of f very near x, in the way that integer-power derivatives certainly do. Therefore it is expected that the theory involves some sort of boundary conditions, involving information on the function further out. To use a metaphor, the fractional derivative requires some peripheral vision.
As far as the existence of such a theory is concerned, the foundations of the subject were laid by Liouville in a paper from 1832. The fractional derivative of a function to order a is often now defined by means of the Fourier or Mellin integral transforms.[1]
A fairly natural question to ask is whether there exists an operator H, or half-derivative, such that
- .
It turns out that there is such an operator, and indeed for any a > 0, there exists an operator P such that
- ,
or to put it another way, the definition of dny/dxn can be extended to all real values of n.
Let f(x) be a function defined for x > 0. Form the definite integral from 0 to x. Call this
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Repeating this process gives
- ,
and this can be extended arbitrarily.
The Cauchy formula for repeated integration, namely
leads in a straightforward way to a generalization for real n.
Using the gamma function to remove the discrete nature of the factorial function gives us a natural candidate for fractional applications of the integral operator.
This is in fact a well-defined operator.
It is straightforward to show that the J operator satisfies
Proof where in the last step we exchanged the order of integration and pulled out the f(s) factor from the t integration. Changing variables to r defined by t = s + (x − s)r,
The inner integral is the beta function which satisfies the following property:
Substituting back into the equation
Interchanging α and β shows that the order in which the J operator is applied is irrelevant and completes the proof.
This relationship is called the semigroup property of fractional differintegral operators. Unfortunately the comparable process for the derivative operator D is significantly more complex, but it can be shown that D is neither commutative nor additive in general.[citation needed]
Fractional derivative of a basic power function[edit]
Let us assume that f(x) is a monomial of the form
The first derivative is as usual
Repeating this gives the more general result that
Which, after replacing the factorials with the gamma function, leads us to
For and , we obtain the half-derivative of the function as
Repeating this process yields
which is indeed the expected result of
This extension of the above differential operator need not be constrained only to real powers. For example, the (1 + i)th derivative of the (1 − i)th derivative yields the 2nd derivative. Also notice that setting negative values for a yields integrals.
For a general function f(x) and 0 < α < 1, the complete fractional derivative is
For arbitrary α, since the gamma function is undefined for arguments whose real part is a negative integer, it is necessary to apply the fractional derivative after the integer derivative has been performed. For example,
Laplace transform[edit]
We can also come at the question via the Laplace transform. Noting that
etc., we assert
- .
For example
as expected. Indeed, given the convolution rule
and shorthanding p(x) = xα − 1 for clarity, we find that
which is what Cauchy gave us above.
Laplace transforms "work" on relatively few functions, but they are often useful for solving fractional differential equations.
Fractional integrals[edit]
Riemann–Liouville fractional integral[edit]
The classical form of fractional calculus is given by the Riemann–Liouville integral, which is essentially what has been described above. The theory for periodic functions (therefore including the 'boundary condition' of repeating after a period) is the Weyl integral. It is defined on Fourier series, and requires the constant Fourier coefficient to vanish (thus, it applies to functions on the unit circle whose integrals evaluate to 0).
By contrast the Grünwald–Letnikov derivative starts with the derivative instead of the integral.
Hadamard fractional integral[edit]
The Hadamard fractional integral is introduced by J. Hadamard [2] and is given by the following formula,
for t > a.
Fractional derivatives[edit]
Not like classical Newtonian derivatives, a fractional derivative is defined via a fractional integral.
Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative[edit]
The corresponding derivative is calculated using Lagrange's rule for differential operators. Computing n-th order derivative over the integral of order (n − α), the α order derivative is obtained. It is important to remark that n is the nearest integer bigger than α.
Caputo fractional derivative[edit]
There is another option for computing fractional derivatives; the Caputo fractional derivative. It was introduced by M. Caputo in his 1967 paper.[3] In contrast to the Riemann Liouville fractional derivative, when solving differential equations using Caputo's definition, it is not necessary to define the fractional order initial conditions. Caputo's definition is illustrated as follows.
Erdélyi–Kober operator[edit]
The Erdélyi–Kober operator is an integral operator introduced by Arthur Erdélyi (1940) and Hermann Kober (1940) and is given by
which generalizes the Riemann fractional integral and the Weyl integral. A recent generalization is the following, which generalizes the Riemann-Liouville fractional integral and the Hadamard fractional integral. It is given by,[4]
for x > a.
Functional calculus[edit]
In the context of functional analysis, functions f(D) more general than powers are studied in the functional calculus of spectral theory. The theory of pseudo-differential operators also allows one to consider powers of D. The operators arising are examples of singular integral operators; and the generalisation of the classical theory to higher dimensions is called the theory of Riesz potentials. So there are a number of contemporary theories available, within which fractional calculus can be discussed. See also Erdélyi–Kober operator, important in special function theory (Kober 1940), (Erdélyi 1950–51).
Fractional conservation of mass[edit]
As described by Wheatcraft and Meerschaert (2008),[5] a fractional conservation of mass equation is needed to model fluid flow when the control volume is not large enough compared to the scale of heterogeneity and when the flux within the control volume is non-linear. In the referenced paper, the fractional conservation of mass equation for fluid flow is:
Fractional advection dispersion equation[edit]
This equation has been shown useful for modeling contaminant flow in heterogenous porous media.[6][7][8]
Time-space fractional diffusion equation models[edit]
Anomalous diffusion processes in complex media can be well characterized by using fractional-order diffusion equation models.[9][10] The time derivative term is corresponding to long-time heavy tail decay and the spatial derivative for diffusion nonlocality. The time-space fractional diffusion governing equation can be written as
A simple extension of fractional derivative is the variable-order fractional derivative, the α, β are changed into α(x, t), β(x, t). Its applications in anomalous diffusion modeling can be found in reference.[11]
Structural damping models[edit]
Fractional derivatives are used to model viscoelastic damping in certain types of materials like polymers.[12]
Acoustical wave equations for complex media[edit]
The propagation of acoustical waves in complex media, e.g. biological tissue, commonly implies attenuation obeying a frequency power-law. This kind of phenomenon may be described using a causal wave equation which incorporates fractional time derivatives:
See also [13] and the references therein. Such models are linked to the commonly recognized hypothesis that multiple relaxation phenomena give rise to the attenuation measured in complex media. This link is further described in [14] and in the survey paper,[15] as well as the acoustic attenuation article.
Fractional Schrödinger equation in quantum theory[edit]
The fractional Schrödinger equation, a fundamental equation of fractional quantum mechanics discovered by Nick Laskin,[16] has the following form:[17]
where the solution of the equation is the wavefunction ψ(r, t) - the quantum mechanical probability amplitude for the particle to have a given position vector r at any given time t, and ħ is the reduced Planck constant. The potential energy function V(r, t) depends on the system.
Further, Δ = ∂2/∂r2 is the Laplace operator, and Dα is a scale constant with physical dimension [Dα] = erg1 − α·cmα·sec−α, (at α = 2, D2 = 1/2m for a particle of mass m), and the operator (−ħ2Δ)α/2 is the 3-dimensional fractional quantum Riesz derivative defined by
The index α in the fractional Schrödinger equation is the Lévy index, 1 < α ≤ 2.
See also[edit]
- Acoustic attenuation
- Differintegral
- Differential equation
- Fractional dynamics
- Fractional Fourier transform
- Neopolarogram
- Fractional Schrödinger equation
- Autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average
- ^ For the history of the subject, see the thesis (in French): Stéphane Dugowson, Les différentielles métaphysiques (histoire et philosophie de la généralisation de l'ordre de dérivation), Thèse, Université Paris Nord (1994)
- ^ Hadamard, J., Essai sur l'étude des fonctions données par leur développement de Taylor, Journal of pure and applied mathematics, vol. 4, no. 8, pp. 101–186, 1892.
- ^ Caputo, Michel (1967). "Linear model of dissipation whose Q is almost frequency independent-II". Geophys. J. R. Astr. Soc. 13: 529–539.
- ^ Katugampola, U.N., New Approach To A Generalized Fractional Integral, Appl. Math. Comput. Vol 218, Issue 3, 1 October 2011, pages 860–865
- ^ Wheatcraft, S., Meerschaert, M., (2008). "Fractional Conservation of Mass." Advances in Water Resources 31, 1377–1381.
- ^ Benson, D., Wheatcraft, S., Meerschaert, M., (2000). "Application of a fractional advection-dispersion equation." Water Resources Res 36, 1403–1412.
- ^ Benson, D., Wheatcraft, S., Meerschaert, M., (2000). "The fractional-order governing equation of Lévy motion." Water Resources Res 36, 1413–1423.
- ^ Benson, D., Schumer, R., Wheatcraft, S., Meerschaert, M., (2001). "Fractional dispersion, Lévy motion, and the MADE tracer tests." Transport Porous Media 42, 211–240.
- ^ Metzler, R., Klafter, J., (2000). "The random walk's guide to anomalous diffusion: a fractional dynamics approach." Phys. Rep., 339, 1-77.
- ^ Chen, W., Sun, H.G., Zhang, X., Korosak, D., (2010). "Anomalous diffusion modeling by fractal and fractional derivatives." Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 59(5), 1754-1758. [1]
- ^ Sun, H.G., Chen, W., Chen, Y.Q., (2009). "Variable-order fractional differential operators in anomalous diffusion modeling." Physica A, 2009, 388: 4586-4592.[2]
- ^ Nolte, Kempfle and Schäfer (2003). "Does a Real Material Behave Fractionally? Applications of Fractional Differential Operators to the Damped Structure Borne Sound in Viscoelastic Solids", Journal of Computational Acoustics (JCA), Volume 11, Issue 3.
- ^ S. Holm and S. P. Näsholm, "A causal and fractional all-frequency wave equation for lossy media," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Volume 130, Issue 4, pp. 2195–2201 (October 2011)
- ^ S. P. Näsholm and S. Holm, "Linking multiple relaxation, power-law attenuation, and fractional wave equations," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Volume 130, Issue 5, pp. 3038-3045 (November 2011).
- ^ S. P. Näsholm and S. Holm, "On a Fractional Zener Elastic Wave Equation," Fract. Calc. Appl. Anal. Vol. 16, No 1 (2013), pp. 26-50, DOI: 10.2478/s13540-013--0003-1 Link to e-print
- ^ N. Laskin, (2000), Fractional Quantum Mechanics and Lévy Path Integrals. Physics Letters 268A, 298-304.
- ^ N. Laskin, (2002), Fractional Schrödinger equation, Physical Review E66, 056108 7 pages. (also available online: http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0206098)
- Fractional Integrals and Derivatives: Theory and Applications, by Samko, S.; Kilbas, A.A.; and Marichev, O. Hardcover: 1006 pages. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Books. ISBN 2-88124-864-0
- Theory and Applications of Fractional Differential Equations, by Kilbas, A. A.; Srivastava, H. M.; and Trujillo, J. J. Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier, February 2006. ISBN 0-444-51832-0 (http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.cws_home/707212/description#description)
- An Introduction to the Fractional Calculus and Fractional Differential Equations, by Kenneth S. Miller, Bertram Ross (Editor). Hardcover: 384 pages. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (May 19, 1993). ISBN 0-471-58884-9
- The Fractional Calculus; Theory and Applications of Differentiation and Integration to Arbitrary Order (Mathematics in Science and Engineering, V), by Keith B. Oldham, Jerome Spanier. Hardcover. Publisher: Academic Press; (November 1974). ISBN 0-12-525550-0
- Fractional Differential Equations. An Introduction to Fractional Derivatives, Fractional Differential Equations, Some Methods of Their Solution and Some of Their Applications., (Mathematics in Science and Engineering, vol. 198), by Igor Podlubny. Hardcover. Publisher: Academic Press; (October 1998) ISBN 0-12-558840-2
- Fractional Calculus and Waves in Linear Viscoelasticity: An Introduction to Mathematical Models. by F. Mainardi, Imperial College Press, 2010. 368 pages.
- Fractional Dynamics: Applications of Fractional Calculus to Dynamics of Particles, Fields and Media. by V.E. Tarasov, Springer, 2010. 450 pages.
- Fractional Derivatives for Physicists and Engineers by V.V. Uchaikin, Springer, Higher Education Press, 2012, 385 pages.
- Fractional Calculus. An Introduction for Physicists, by Richard Herrmann. Hardcover. Publisher: World Scientific, Singapore; (February 2011) ISBN 978-981-4340-24-3 (http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8072)
- Fractals and quantum mechanics, by N. Laskin. Chaos Vol.10, pp. 780–790 (2000). (http://link.aip.org/link/?CHAOEH/10/780/1)
- Fractals and Fractional Calculus in Continuum Mechanics, by A. Carpinteri (Editor), F. Mainardi (Editor). Paperback: 348 pages. Publisher: Springer-Verlag Telos; (January 1998). ISBN 3-211-82913-X
- Physics of Fractal Operators, by Bruce J. West, Mauro Bologna, Paolo Grigolini. Hardcover: 368 pages. Publisher: Springer Verlag; (January 14, 2003). ISBN 0-387-95554-2
- Fractional Calculus and the Taylor-Riemann Series, Rose-Hulman Undergrad. J. Math. Vol.6(1) (2005).
- Operator of fractional derivative in the complex plane, by Petr Zavada, Commun.Math.Phys.192, pp. 261–285,1998. doi:10.1007/s002200050299 (available online or as the arXiv preprint)
- Relativistic wave equations with fractional derivatives and pseudodifferential operators, by Petr Zavada, Journal of Applied Mathematics, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 163–197, 2002. doi:10.1155/S1110757X02110102 (available online or as the arXiv preprint)
- Fractional differentiation by neocortical pyramidal neurons, by Brian N Lundstrom, Matthew H Higgs, William J Spain & Adrienne L Fairhall, Nature Neuroscience, vol. 11 (11), pp. 1335 – 1342, 2008. doi:10.1038/nn.2212 (abstract)
- Equilibrium points, stability and numerical solutions of fractional-order predator-prey and rabies models, by Ahmed E., A.M.A. El-Sayed, H.A.A. El-Saka. 2007. Jour. Math. Anal. Appl. 325,452.
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- Erdélyi, Arthur (1950–51). "On some functional transformations". Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico dell'Università e del Politecnico di Torino 10: 217–234. MR 0047818.
- Recent history of fractional calculus by J.T. Machado, V. Kiryakova, F. Mainardi,
External links[edit]
- Eric W. Weisstein. "Fractional Differential Equation." From MathWorld — A Wolfram Web Resource.
- MathWorld - Fractional calculus
- MathWorld - Fractional derivative
- Fractional Calculus at MathPages
- Specialized journal: Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis
- Specialized journal: Fractional Differential Equations (FDE)
- Specialized journal: Communications in Fractional Calculus (ISSN 2218-3892)
- www.nasatech.com
- unr.edu (Broken Link)
- Igor Podlubny's collection of related books, articles, links, software, etc.
- GigaHedron - Richard Herrmann's collection of books, articles, preprints, etc.
- s.dugowson.free.fr
- History, Definitions, and Applications for the Engineer (PDF), by Adam Loverro, University of Notre Dame
- Fractional Calculus Modelling
- Introductory Notes on Fractional Calculus
- Pseudodifferential operators and diffusive representation in modeling, control and signal
- Power Law & Fractional Dynamics
- The CRONE (R) Toolbox, a Matlab and Simulink Toolbox dedicated to fractional calculus, which is freely downloadable


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All of which were the writters....
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Israel has long seen Omar Suleiman, Egypt's recently appointed vice president, as the successor to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, US State Department cables released by secrets outlet WikiLeaks show.
One document detailed Israel Defense Minister Ehud Barak's 2008 meeting with Suleiman, the then-Egyptian spy chief, as recalled by Israel's Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham.
"In terms of atmospherics, Hacham said the Israeli delegation was 'shocked' by Mubarak's aged appearance and slurred speech," the cable noted.
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Suleiman sounds perfect. The USA wants him, Israel wants him and he's partial to a bit of torture.
Everyone's happy.
Between this and Mr. Wisner, President Barack Obama's envoy to Cairo who urged Hosni Mubarak to remain President of Egypt, we can see that the powers-that-be prefer stability and control more than freedom and democracy.
Sad, but true.
Birds of a feather….
Sulieman is the Arabic word for "I am not squeamish".
See DemocracyNow program from Monday, February 7, 2011:
Egyptian human rights activist Hossam Bahgat explains how Suleiman would be seen as merely a continuation of the Mubarak regime.
One of his primary roles in the past has been supression of individual freedoms. Including implementation of the Gaza blockade. No wonder why Israel would approve of him.
The US and Israel are not democracies as their support for dictatorships show them to be nothing but shadow governments. The Declaration of Independence and Constitution are irrelevant to the current American regime. Israel has neither. Their MIC, Intelligence agencies and oligarchs run the show and the people are nothing but sheeple that follow what the are told. The sheeple have been whipped into a high degree of nationalism not seen since pre-WWII Germany and could care less about human rights, constitutions, democracy, et. al. The entire world can now see how these two governments operate as well as their own. Eisenhower predicted this kind of groundswell for peace. Hopefully this is the time.
Who does Israel think they are?? Why is Egypt any of their business?? Same for the US.
What a bunch of hypocrites.
of course it is their business! Israel gets 50 percent of their gas from Egypt and has peace treaty with them. It must also be the US biz since the US gives Egypt over a billion a year in aid.
That is not at all what Ike predicted. You vote? that is not democracy? what is then, when you can help decide who will run in order for elections to be held. All are sheeple but you stand apart, a lone guy in a world deceived. Golly, are you lonely?
Of course he will be the same…but if all ruling the nation left at 5 today, who would be in charge?
Israel is virtually surrounded by countries that want to exterminate them. I'd say that it would be insane if they DIDN'T have some pretty strong opinions about who is in charge of a very well armed country that has already attacked them in the past!
Israel brings it on themselves.
Always about money.
In the US we vote, but that is all. It doesn't mean that our votes count. Usually, they do not.
Elections are big business, and that is the only reason we have them in the US. Otherwise, the Rethugs do not want you to vote, and the Dems want you to think you are voting.
At the outer edge of Wikileaks' time line….?
So the Israeli Arab Affairs guy sat in a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister and then they informed the US Ambassador that Sulieman would be a good mensch? Since all involved would simply be discussing Post-Mubarak Egypt because of the man's age, they seemingly are unaware that Mubarak was publicly grooming his son for transition and not the head of the Intelligence Agency? Was Suliemen one of the CIA 'guys' running the Arab world as alluded to by earlier Wikileaks teasers courtesy of Assange?
A little too timely…a little too pat…it feels invented.
I'm thinking the reason Wikileaks hasn't been released in total, is because they are still writing them….
1) Put the military in charge for a very short period – perhaps a week.
2) Set up a caretaker government tasked with holding elections within a year.
3) Allow alternative political parties do develope and campaign.
4) Hold an election.
I recommend Henry Kissinger's "A World Restored" about Metternich and the subversion of democracy in the name of order. Metternich was a master of Machiavellian deceit, therefore Kissinger's hero and the model of modern diplomacy."Conservatism" or the Conservative Order was devised after the defeat of Napoleon as a the means of maintaining monarchy in Europe and throughout the world. The American Revolution and the resurgence of its spirit after the defeat of Napoleon posed a threat to their tidy ordered world and needed to crushed. Kissinger dismisses the democratic wave the American Revolution created as a "revolutionary period" like a bad weather cycle. Its important to understand how these bastards think.
Well of America and Israel want him …..
The candidates are screened and then picked for the people by the RNC and DNC. Then we vote for the lesser of two evils or a third party candidate. Both Republicans and Democrats are militaristic empire oriented. America has many independents but no third party organization.
Populists, progressives and libertarians have no one to choose from
The other day a T.A.D. (Typical American Douchebag) said — and we've heard this dozens of times — that Wikileaks hadn't accomplished anything?
Excepting, everything it has instigated, long in the making, from Scandinavia to Spain, from the UK to Greece and throughout North Africa and the Mideast.
When a radio announcer in Tunis read the Wikileaked documents explaining the the thievery and extraordinary wealth of the Tunisian dictator, the people already knew the generalities, but it served as a catalyzing event.
When Wikileaked documents fully explained the consistent collusion between Mubarak and the Israelis against the Palenstinians (their economic warefare, etc.) along with Mubarak's billions of theft from the Egyptian people, people knew this in general, but it served as a catalyzing event.
In Spain, the compromising of the Spanish judicial system by the Obama Administration, in support of the previous Bush Administration, rised the people's hackles considerably.
Whether in Greece, Russia, Sweden or elsewhere, again and again Wikileaked cables from the US State Department has served as catalyzing events.
In Sweden, scandals have been brought to light regarding present and past political figures, and their Foreign Affairs Minister***, Carl Bildt (former president of that country), is adamant that Assange of Wikileaks be extradited to Gothenburg, home to Jeppesen Systems AB (subsidiary of Boeing and an affiliate of extreme rendition airlines, Jeppesen Dataplan, another Boeing sub).
And what do we know of Carl Bildt? That he was a director at Lundin Petroleum during their years of mayhem in Sudan.
Always interesting, and always predictable, the way it always ties together.
***Evidently Sweden, like the USA, likes to recycle their corrupt politicians with Bildt now their equivalent of the US Secretary of State, which we now have the recycled First Lady in charge of. Bildt, interestingly, was also a director at the British MI6 cutout, Hakluyt & Company, which boasts another well known director, one Frank Wisner, Jr.
Yup, it always connects together…..
From Sulieman the Magnificent to Sulieman the Mensch….my how the Arab World has fallen.
Omar Suleiman has all the dirt on the US Israeli 9/11 operation
President Muḥammad Ḥusnī Sayyid Mubārak
has all the dirt on the US Israeli 9/11 operation
Paraphrasing Kissinger, he has said that nations don't have principles or morals, just interests.
PS I like your handle. Is that Veblen's image, too?
Okay..the arrest him along with Bush for war crimes…torturing
I read recently that Israel "bought" (explains Mubaraks, 70 billion dollar bank accounts) all of Egypt's natural gas..(Egypt has no other natural resource) and is now selling it back to them, to use in their homes. at an exorbitant price (add that insult to the "commodities bubble", that Wall Street is implementing)…on to the backs of those who make around two dollars a day, and yes..you get a peasant uprising…….if this is true…..puts a little different "spin" on Israel and the protectors of Israel (the U.S.) story doesn't it…? and why so many of the middle east hate the U.S….we always seem to coddle Israel (and Saudi Arabia) at the expense of the rest of the people of the Middle-East………
If this Israeli most favored candidate gets the nod for President in Egypt then the road to peace is guaranteed. Mr. Nethanyahu and his foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman would have "their man" in Cairo as an ally to their man Eric Cantor in DC. What a coup that would be?
You mean the hush money we pay to Egypt? If it weren't for Israel's brutal policies, there'd be no need for it.
Shocking, eh?
And, yes, those people out there in the Middle East do hate us for our freedoms. Our freedoms to enslave them. Our freedoms to hand-pick the dictators that will repress them. Our freedoms to help ourselves to anything they have and we want. Our freedoms to invade them. Our freedoms to occupy them. Our freedoms to bomb them. Our freedoms to fuck them. Our freedoms. It's all about our freedoms.
'Terror attack on Egypt-Israel gas pipeline in El-Arish'
What a crock of shit! If anybody wants to exterminate anybody else – and is doing a bang up job of it too – that would be Israel. It's funny how your Zionist history only begins when others defend themselves and never when Israel attacks.
Stop spreading lies!
Obama supports whoever has the least respect for human rights. He's a member of the Dictators Club.
You truly live in a world of paranoid delusion. I would cite facts, history, and well-known events, but, like a psychiatrist friend told me once "you can't reason with crazy".
Good luck with that.
The question is how does Kissinger define a nation?
Not as a people but as the political and economic apparatus.
What are that nation's objectives?
Perpetuating itself.
Metternich instituted the conference system after the defeat of Napoleon to ward against the spread of democracy in Europe. Democratic movements were crushed as was the effort towards constitutional government. These were threats to the elite who have controlled society since recorded history.
Today we have that legacy, the G-20, whose objective is to perpetuate the established order. Democracy is the enemy as Kissinger noted. That was what drew conservatives to him.
They rig the system they put into power corrupt puppets like Mubarak and his anointed successor Suleiman.
We are the fodder for their wars. We exist for their amusement.
You should never ask your 12 yr old brother to write on your behalf :)
The problem is, Egyptian gas is sold under market value to Israel, but this must be an antisemitic conspiracy ?. :)
Perhaps you SHOULD ask a 12 year old to write on your behalf ;)
sorry but you are wrong. Israel buys gas (50%) of what they need from Egypt.Called fair trade. Soon Israel will have its own gas and enough to sell elsewhere. Or do you object to that too?
who began how many wars AGAINST Israel? start there.
Ohk, I see. no brutal policies in Egypt. and that is why all is so peaceful downtown. And In Lebanon and in Jordan …brutal? tell us abut your nation in Iraq …waterboarding, Cuba prisons. etc etc
If only you could afford my ass…Hahaha
I apologize Buck Rogers, you deserve the Ass Clown award of the day, feel better now? :)
That we amuse them is secondary to our true role as slaves and cannon fodder. We exist as long as we have utility.
Israel fired first in 1956 and 1967, the Arabs in 1948 and 1973. Both sides would claim insufferable provocation in all instances. Currently the Israelis appear to be in the middle of an ongoing process to Balkanize the entire West Bank, whereas they are content to allow Gaza to function as the southern equivalent of the Warsaw Ghetto. Regardless, who leads Egypt ought to be the sole province of the Egyptian people, free of interference from us or from the Israelis. At the same time, the West Bank is Palestinian and Israel has no legal right to establish settlement therein; all they have is blind force and the backing for 40 years of successive American administrations.
Dear Israel,
Thanks for letting me know that Suleiman is your bitch. Now I don't have to assume.
Israel also favors "cleansing" certain Palestinian neighborhoods.
When can we stop their lobbyists from controlling American politics?
Something tells me the Egyptian people will be pissed about this. (too bad the American people will go back to buying post superbowl memorabilia and eating ho-hos)
Interesting is the contradiction between the wrong-wingers who exclaim "America's Exceptionalism" while promoting actions and policies typical of any other country and tin-pot dictator.
What makes it exceptionalism is that we, America, do it. In that we are Anointed and most loved of God (etc, etc) whatever we do will by necessity be exceptional. Any other country acting in the same way would be guilty of mass murder and/or the subversion of the democratic process. Since we're holy we can't be hypocrites.
Zionists' disrespect of partition boundaries
"Before the end of the mandate and, therefore before any possible intervention by Arab states, the Jews, taking advantage of their superior military preparation and organization, had occupied…most of the Arab cities in Palestine before May 15, 1948. Tiberias was occupied on April 19, 1948, Haifa on April 22, Jaffa on April 28, the Arab quarters in the New City of Jerusalem on April 30, Beisan on May 8, Safad on May 10 and Acre on May 14, 1948…In contrast, the Palestine Arabs did not seize any of the territories reserved for the Jewish state under the partition resolution." British author, Henry Cattan, "Palestine, The Arabs and Israel."
The Israelis now allege that the Palestine war began with the entry of the Arab armies into Palestine after 15 May 1948. But that was the second phase of the war; they overlook the massacres, expulsions and dispossessions which took place prior to that date and which necessitated Arab states' intervention." Sami Hadawi, "Bitter Harvest."
The Deir Yassin Massacre of Palestinians by Jewish soldiers
"For the entire day of April 9, 1948, Irgun and LEHI soldiers carried out the slaughter in a cold and premeditated fashion…The attackers 'lined men, women and children up against the walls and shot them,'…The ruthlessness of the attack on Deir Yassin shocked Jewish and world opinion alike, drove fear and panic into the Arab population, and led to the flight of unarmed civilians from their homes all over the country." Israeli author, Simha Flapan, "The Birth of Israel."
Was Deir Yassin the only act of its kind?
"By 1948, the Jew was not only able to 'defend himself' but to commit massive atrocities as well. Indeed, according to the former director of the Israeli army archives, 'in almost every village occupied by us during the War of Independence, acts were committed which are defined as war crimes, such as murders, massacres, and rapes'…Uri Milstein, the authoritative Israeli military historian of the 1948 war, goes one step further, maintaining that 'every skirmish ended in a massacre of Arabs.'" Norman Finkelstein, "Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict."
The following should give you a very good and clear idea of who and how it all began. If you wish, I can do the same thing with each and every other conflict. Just because your Zionist revisionist history starts when the other side reacts, it doesn't mean that it's either true nor that other people are blind to facts and the real events.
This has got to be one of the most priceless pieces I've ever seen from ZIonist and/or Fundie. ROFL!
You can cite but why bother. Priceless! For everything else, there's Zionist denial. And the best part is the projection. And so transparent too. I hope that psychiatrist "friend" of yours is giving you more than advice, if you know what I mean.
Oh, boo fucking hoo. Too bad they didn't think about that before they stole the land from the Palestinians. Oops!
You know, what's good for the goose is also good for the gander.
Not unlike Richard Nixon telling David Frost that when the president does 'it', 'it' is not illegal.
Got it.
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17.5" f4.1 Manual Discovery Split Tube Dobsonian (Love 100 AFOV and wide TFOVs).
Denk II Dual Power Switch 3x3=9 powers x3 OCS = 27 power options per eyepiece pair.
2.3x40 to 25x100 Binos (and many in between).
Jeff -----TEC 140, Stellarvue SVR90T, SV115T20 and AT65EDQ refractors,Webster D14, C11 EdgeHD Lunt LS60THa solar scope double stacked with LS60FHaTelevue Pan 41; Ethos 21, 17; Nagler 31T5, 9T6, 7T6, 5T6, 3.5T6; Delos 10, 12, ES25, 14, 9Astro-Physics 900GTO with Rob Miller Tri36M TripodDM-4 Mount-Extension-Tripod w/ Sky CommanderDM-6 Mount-Losmandy Adapter/Extension-Berlebach Planet w/ Argo Navis
Vixen ED114ss Custom Nikon ED50
Quote:I will defer that opinion until I have a chance to try them both out in the Obsession 20F5. That would give me a better idea of how it works in a faster scope. When I was trying identify smaller galaxies the additional magnification with the ES 25 was apparent. I didn't have a chance to look a extremely wide objects such as the North America or Veil nebula.
Quote: Do you think there is any advantage in trying to sell 3 T4s as a set?
"You're not afraid of the dark, are you?" - Riddick "The best scientists are humble. They seek to understand, not to ensure their legacy, but merely to understand." - Mori
Paul 16" Starstructure f/4 w/AN-SC and Zambuto optics Celestron Edge HD 1100 Lunt LS60DS Orion 8" imaging newt Explore Scientific ED127 CF Apo Astro-Tech AT65EDQ Astro-Physics 1100 mount Celestron AVX mount Mallincam Xtreme Denk Binotron
Quote:What do you mean when you say field curvature offset coma?Field curvature slowly defocuses the star images, but they stay round. Coma stretches the star images radially into fan shapes.Field curvature can defocus coma, too, making the comatic image slightly larger and out of focus, but it doesn't reduce coma. It can only make the appearance of it worse.So what you say cannot be reconciled.I notice a slight amount of astigmatism near the edge, and depending on which side of focus you sit, this could appear to reduce the radial width of the comatic star (while stretching it circumferentially). On the other side of focus, it would make it worse.I got a quick glance at the Perseus Double Cluster with the eyepiece in a Paracorr II, and the star images displayed a trace of astigmatism, but no obvious coma or field curvature. Since the Paracorr corrects the last two, it's not surprising what I saw. Without the Paracorr, it displayed the normal amount of coma for an f/5 scope and a 100 degree field, i.e. a lot.However, if the eyepiece actually corrected coma, it would display coma in the Paracorr, and it did not.Once again, current eyepieces do not correct for coma. If they did, they'd only be useful in short f/ratio newtonians.Edit:It just dawned on me that what you are calling field curvature is actually rectilinear distortion (wherein straight lines appear curved near the edge of the field, so ||| becomes )|( in the eyepiece.Yes, the eyepiece has a lot of that, as do other 100 degree eyepieces.The correction of RD is impossible in a widefield eyepiece without leaving in tons of Angular Magnification Distortion (AMD), which is considered to be the more deleterious form of distortion in astronomical viewing.RD is more noticeable when panning quickly, but usually doesn't bother most observers. AMD, on the other hand, distorts images terribly, so most modern designers opt for RD over AMD.Field curvature is when the focal plane is curved toward or away from the eye at the edge and it results in out of focus stars. I don't think that was what you were talking about.
22" f/4 Sayre Monocular, Tom Osypowski Equatorial Platform (since 1995), Assorted small telescopes 76-152mm; 25mm ES100°, 20mm ES100°, 13mm Ethos, 9mm ES120° (serial #18), 9mm ES100°, 8mm Delos, 6mm Ethos, 4.7mm Ethos, 3.7mm Ethos SX, 2.5mm Nagler Type 6, 2" 2X Powermate, 2" 1.5X Proxima Barlow, 2" GSO Coma Corrector, 18mm BCO, 10mm BCO, 6mm BCO and other 1.25" eyepieces. Zhumell 8x42 Nova Phase-coated ED Binoculars, Burgess 25x100 Binoculars
Quote:I am not trying to decide on which one to keep. For me, the ES 25mm 100 AFOV is a keeper along with the 21 Ethos and 31T5 Naglar. I think it is finally time to put my T4 Naglars on the market. I really like the 22T4 and 17T4, less so the 12T4. These were my first 3 Televue eyepieces. I just can't fit them all in my case. It is also getting to be a bit heavy. I may buy a Paracorr type II with the proceeds from selling the T4s. Do you think there is any advantage in trying to sell 3 T4s as a set?--------------------Jeff
10" F/4.7 Modified Skywatcher Reflector, 38mm Orion Q70, 17mm Modified Ultima LX, 10mm TeleVue Delos, 7mm Pentax XL.
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Quote:So far I've only been able to use the new EP for about an hour and my initial gut feeling is that I won't be using the ES25100 as a daytime EP. Reason being is that during this short time I already think that the distortion will more than likely be too great for me to overcome. Normally I can handle distortion very well but the amount in the ES25100 is pushing it for me. I felt that I got a bit light headed after viewing with it so no matter how good the EP is if it makes me sick I won't be using it. Hopefully I will get use to looking through a fishbowl without loosing my lunch.
Quote:I will defer that opinion until I have a chance to try them both out in the Obsession 20F5.
Fred StarStructure LE Series 18" f/4.3 (Zambuto & Nexus/ServoCat/Skytools3 Pro) Celestron 8" SCT w/Starlight Feathertouch Microfocuser; Celestron 102mm f/9.8 refractor Stellarvue SV80ST f6 Triplet APO Tele Vue & EarthWin binoviewers Enough Eyepieces and Accessories to put my Scopes to Good Use Free-Turn Q HalfHitch, CG5-ASGT(2), Astro-Tech Voyager mounts
Quote:Has anyone determined the Paracorr setting for the ES 25mm 100°? I fiddled with it some in a friend's 16" f/4.2 as I haven't had a chance to try it in my own scope, yet. Seemed the C or D setting was getting it close. I think B was best for my ES 9mm 100°. Comments?
Quote:Thanks, Don. That's what I did, but perhaps it's the rectilinear distortion of the EP (plus my own slight astigmatism) that's having me waffle between C and D. I used a 24mm Pan set to D and focused before inserting the ES 25mm. I should be able to spend more time on it Wednesday night when I'm out with my 18".
Quote:BTW, I REALLY like the 25mm. I believe it will be my most used wide field ep. Same TFOV a my TV 31mmNT5 but with a more comfortable exit pupil, slightly better contrast with darker background.
Jim M.
Homemade 14.5" f4.3 Truss Dobsonian
Lunt LS60THa
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TERRE HAUTE — Nowhere in motorsports can fame and fortune be as fleeing as that for short track racers.
While stock cars will always have their Richard Petty, champ cars their A.J. Foyt, and drag racing their Don Garlits, those who compete on the nation's short tracks just seem to fade away once their days behind the wheel come to an end.
Nowhere is that more prevalent than in sprint car racing. A case in point played out at the recent Action Track sprint car show.
Lost in the crowd at the Club All-Star sprint card were two of the most prolific winners in open wheel racing, legendary drivers Rick Ferkel and Jack Hewitt.
The pair went virtually unnoticed by most in attendance including many racers that owe the pair a big thanks for "paving" the way for the many opportunities they have in racing today.
When fans were asked if they knew the name Ferkel, few if any could identify the man who was a dominant force on the winged sprint car scene back in the 1970s and 1980s.
While Hewitt's name was more familiar, like Ferkel, it was obvious neither driver was being recognized or accorded the status that goes with one with such lofty credentials.
Ferkel was there as a car owner, Hewitt as a driver consultant. Ferkel looked as if he could still manhandle a sprint car, Hewitt showing the visible signs of what a physical toll sprint car racing can take on a man.
The well-spoken Ferkel has always been a strong ambassador for the sport, both on and off the track. He took time before the local All-Star show to speak on a variety of subjects regarding his form of racing.
Like the never-ending battle to keep up with the rising cost to go racing, he says the drivers of his day faced the same economic woes that challenge today's racers.
"In racing there are no silver bullets. Racing has never been cheap and never will be cheap," voiced Ferkel.
"It's all relative," he said of the costs to go racing in the 1970s and 1980s compared to those of today. "We used to pay 50 to 60 cents for a gallon of gas and maybe ran for a $1,000-to-win. We complained back then that everything was too expensive. It's the same today."
He says there is no simple solution to cutting back costs.
"You look around here today. You've got $100,000 to $200,000 rigs. Racers live to race. How do you stop that? Do you pull out a tape measure and say your rig can't be any bigger than this? You can't do that. Racing is a rich man's sport and a poor man's game. That's just the way it is."
On how soon people seem to forget, the 69-year-old Ferkel added, "The thing we forget is we get older but we don't realize other people get older. You'll have a day when a fan will come and ask if you remember something that happened 20 years ago. When you've run several hundred races of course you forget. But you don't tell them that. It's neat that some still remember."
As one of the original World of Outlaws drivers, Ferkel notched more than 20 feature wins. He still follows the circuit closely.
The talk that the series will fold once Steve Kinser hangs up his helmet draws a sharp response from Ferkel.
"I've heard statements before that when Steve Kinser is done the Outlaws are done. That's not true. You learn late in life that there's always someone out there to take your place," he said.
Speaking on the current movement where many young drivers are landing lucrative contracts with established NASCAR Sprint Cup teams, he says that trend also sends out false hope for many who think are going to be the next super star in racing.
"They all think they are going to be the next Jeff Gordon or Tony Stewart. That's not going to happen," warned Ferkel. "There's a lot of diversity programs like that at Roush Racing. To get in one of those you have to be awful lucky."
"You can promote your kid. Take him to all those programs but all the talent and money doesn't mean it's going to happen. You have to be in the right place at the right time. Like so many other things in life timing is so important."
Although he never won a feature at the Action Track, Ferkel always enjoyed competing here. One of his fondest moments came in the early 1980s when he ran in a special four-lap match race.
"I remember winning the race. Bubby Jones ran second. It paid $300 to win. Nothing on back. I felt so bad that I split the money up with the other guys. I'm not sure if you find that happening today," voiced the driver fondly remembered as the "Ohio Traveler".
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Hooray?: Microsoft Opening Retail Stores
In a power move of questionable questionableness, Microsoft has decided to open actual brick-and-mortar retail stores. Yay? Nay? Yay-nay? Yay-no? Yay-yo?
When Microsoft demoed its retail experience privately last month, reactions were predictably mixed: some thought it made sense, others found themselves sizing it up with the Apple Store. Microsoft has a strong brand to sell, with Windows on desktops, laptops, cells and smartphones, and the Xbox 360 is no slouch, either. Putting it all together in one store, controlling its presentation, and having a physical space to demo products to the public -- such as the Surface or Sync -- seems like a smart move. Though it'll be interesting to see if the company wants to directly compete with stores such as Best Buy and Gamestop, who sell Microsoft products at retail.
I think I speak for all of us when I say I am honestly not excited about this one bit. Unless they give you a free Coke and popcorn when you enter, in which case, okay, but the Coke better come in a bottle.
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Alvin Ray Edmonds of Olathe died from cardiac event on Sunday, May 27, 2012, in Montrose County. He was 59.
Mr. Edmonds was born Nov. 19, 1952, in Nebraska City, Neb., to Gilbert and Virginia Edmonds.
He married Linda on Sept. 23, 1972, in Lincoln, Neb. She survives.
Mr. Edmonds owned and operated Valley Marine Inc. for the last 19 years. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing guitar and spending time with his family. He had lived in Olathe for 10 years.
He is survived by his wife, Linda of Olathe; a son and his wife, Dustin and Leah; a daughter and her husband, Virginia "Ginny" and Jay; four grandchildren, Hannah, Cayden, Madyson and Ranger; three brothers, Gilbert "Skeeter", Keith and his wife Connie, and Tim and his wife Laura; and two half brothers, Art and his wife Cathy, and Jim.
A memorial service was held June 2 at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Delta, with Dwight Esau officiating.
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Thanks Nathan, I did try that but I was afraid of breaking the glass! My son in law had on such fear he done as you suggested and it clipped into it's right place, I think to remove the cover it must be prized off from the back, possibly with a small blade. Kind Regards
I doubt that they made it difficult by accident, it wouldnt suprise me if they would make you buy the whole mirror shell from ford dealers, anyway its alright now, hope you enjoy using this forum aswell its the best forum i have used on the web fullstop, all members are universaly freindly.
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Look in your manual, it might be how to replace the bulb in the mirror unit, but it shows you exactly how to go about it.
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With the cancellation of nearly half of the NHL season, the pro hockey players have lost $788 million and counting in salaries. From a finance prospective, here is a list of a few dividend stocks, along with how much of the company could be bought with $788 million.
Apple Inc. (AAPL)Computer and mobile device maker Apple's (AAPL) stock has been declining since the release of the highly anticipated iPhone in September 2012. The stock, which reached its all-time high of over $700 at the time of the release, is now being traded around $546.26. Although APPL paid a quarterly dividend for nine years between 1987 and 1995, the company stopped paying dividends until 2012. The company currently offers an annualized dividend of approximately $10.60 per share, making for a yield of about 2%.
If an investor had $788 million to invest, and decided to invest in Apple, the investor could buy over 1.4 million shares of the company. With current dividends, the investor could earn over $15 million annually in dividend payments.
AT&T Inc. (T)Telecom giant AT&T's (T) stock has been up and down over the years, but its annualized dividend has had a continuous upward movement in the last ten years. In 2002, the company paid a quarterly dividend of 27 cents per share, but by 2012, that dividend increased by 38% to a quarterly dividend of 44 cents per share.
With $788 million, an investor would be able to purchase over 23 million shares of AT&T at the stock's current price of $34.08. An investor today would earn $40.6 million in dividends this year if they invested the full $788 million into the stock's annualized dividend of $1.76. If this trend continued in the next ten years, the dividends could reach $2.42 per share annually.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)As the demand for Microsoft's (MSFT) PC software declines, so does its stock price. MSFT's stock price may see its ups and downs, but the company has been steadily increasing its dividend payments since 2005. Investors saw a 60% increase in dividends from 2005′s annualized dividend of 32 cents to 80 cents in 2012.
An investor looking to invest $788 million into the company could purchase 28.7 million shares at the current share price of $27.41. With the current annualized dividend payment of 80 cents per share, that investor would earn nearly $23 million in dividend payments this year.
Over the past nine years, the company averaged a little over 1 cent a year increase in quarterly dividend payment. Averaged out, in the next ten years, MSFT could be paying an annual dividend around $1.32 per share should that trend continue.
General Electric (GE)Although GE's stock took a plunge in 2009, the stock has slowly been working its way into an upward trend. In 2002, the stock paid a quarterly dividend of 18 cents, which increased every year until 2009. During the financial downfall, GE cut their dividends to just 10 cents a quarter. Since 2009, dividends have been increasing, but they have yet to reach the levels which were paid prior to 2009.
If an investor put $788 million into GE, they would be able to buy 36.5 million shares of that company at the current stock price of $21.55. An investor would earn over $24 million from the stock's 68 cent annualized dividend this year.
More CompaniesBelieve it or not, all those lost NHL wages could've actually bought entire companies. We're not talking penny stocks here, either — some very legitimate companies have a market cap smaller than the total amount of lost NHL wages. For example:
With just a little more than half of the lost NHL salaries thus far, an investor could've bought all three of the companies listed above.
The Bottom Line
The NHL lockout has cost pro hockey players an amazing amount of money thus far. That money could've been used for smart investments like high-quality dividend stocks and already generated millions more in dividend returns. Although most investors don't have hundreds of millions of dollars to put into the markets, hopefully this article illustrates the power of owning high-quality dividend stocks — and how badly the NHL lockout is hurting the players financially.


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Originally the vision of a former student, the Food Mapping Project is a cooperative effort between the Environmental Studies Department, Geography Department, Dining Services & the Middlebury College Organic Garden. The primary goal of the project is to help people visualize connections of their food system to the environment and help understand that the choices they make during meals everyday has an impact not only on the environment but also the local and national economy.
The Environmental Council is seeking proposals from Middlebury College students, faculty and staff for projects that will advance the College's efforts to create a more sustainable community. Proposals can be for as little as $25 and as much as $2,500. Any sustainability related proposal is welcome.
Middlebury College has signed an agreement with ZipCar, the world's largest car-sharing company, starting a program on campus designed to expand the transportation options available to students, faculty and staff.
From Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 25-27, several events will take place to celebrate the newly opened Hillcrest Environmental Center. Renovations to the building were completed in June, and the facility provides a new permanent home for the college's environmental studies program and office of environmental affairs. All events, including lectures, panel discussions and receptions, are free and open to the public.
Middlebury College President Ronald D. Liebowitz announced on Saturday, May 5, that the Middlebury College board of trustees has approved a plan to become a carbon neutral institution by 2016.
A new crop is growing in Addison County. The College recently planted 10 acres of farmland to the west of campus with willows in an experiment to see if willows are a good choice for a sustainble supply of wood fuel.
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Located in the basement of Adirondack House, the Middlebury Bike Shop is a student-run, college-owned facility dedicated to promoting cycling on campus and teaching bicycle maintenance. Support for the shop has been provided by the Environmental Council, Public Safety, and Facilities Services.
All members of the Middlebury College community are welcome. After three FREE skills classes you'll be ready to start working on your own bike or any of the 100 that have been abandoned on campus over the years. Fix one up and it's yours to keep!
Once again, we are putting our reputation on the line as a waste reducing, recycling leader by competing in RecycleMania. Last year we competed with 100 colleges and universities in this EPA sponsored contest. We finished first in food waste composting and placed in the top ten of five other categories. We were also #1 in four of 7 categories in our athletic conference (NESCAC).
In response to strong support from Middlebury students and the Student Government Association, all residence halls on campus had their building thermostats lowered by two degrees from 70 to 68 F this winter and last. This is one of a number of steps being taken to become more energy efficient and to lighten our ecological footprint.


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