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This section offers current information on all the readily available scholarships for postgraduate students. Postgraduate students are encouraged to look for information about a wide range of scholarships and fellowships listed here. Postgraduate students depend greatly on funding aids and assistantships especially in major fields of study like medical science or engineering, but due to financial hardship they are unable to pursue their chosen academic courses. Thankfully, a massive amount of scholarship organizations are wishing to help postgraduate students complete the last stage of their academic path by furnishing a pinch of extra funding. Do your research by exploring this page and reduce your loan debt incurred throughout your postgraduate career. These selected scholarships and fellowships for postgraduate courses provide valuable information to the high achieving students from any country and thereby helping them to achieve success in their career plans. Please go through the criteria and admission requirements for individual scholarship thoroughly and pay close attention to the scholarship deadlines before applying.
Victoria Graduate Awards for Honours or Masters Programme
Victoria University of Wellington is offering graduate awards for pursuing Honours or Masters programme. International students who are completing their undergraduate degree at Victoria and who achieve a GPA of 8.5 or above over 72 points of their nominated major may be considered for additional funding. Application will close on 1 November 2014.
Victoria Masters [by thesis] Scholarships
Scholarships are available for pursuing full-time, research-focused Master's degree at Victoria University. Scholarships consisting of a $15,000 stipend, plus domestic fees will be awarded. Scholarships shall be awarded solely on the basis of academic merit. The application deadline is 1 November 2014.
Dean's Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
The School of Health Sciences of City University is offering Dean's scholarships for postgraduate students. Up to 12 Scholarships are awarded UK, EU and international students. The scholarships will provide £2,500 for both full-time and part-time students. Applicants must demonstrate academic and clinical excellence and a commitment to advancing your clinical and academic skills. Application should be submitted till 29th August 2014.
International Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
Kingston University is offering scholarships for postgraduate students within the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing. The faculty is offering awards of £1,500 for its taught, full-time MSc courses. The application deadline is 31st July for September intake.
Master Study Grants for International Students
The Foundation for the Lugano Faculties of USI is offering master study grants within the faculties of Economics, Communication Sciences and Informatics. For the 2014-15 academic year, the Foundation for the Lugano Faculties of USI will award a total of 60 one-off study grants of the amount of 4'000 CHF each. The application deadline is July 31st, 2014.
Bosco Tso and Emily Ng Scholarship for Postgraduate Students
King's College London is offering Bosco Tso & Emily Ng Scholarship to undertake the one year LLM Law programme at King's in September 2014. Each scholarship will cover full tuition fees plus a living allowance. The winner will be selected on the basis of a personal statement as well as demonstrable financial need. The deadline for applications is 18 July 2014.
Engineering Merit Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
The School of Engineering is offering a number of merit scholarships for postgraduate students for starting in September 2014. Applicants may be an international student or may be a UK/EU student wishing to study on a full-cost course. 25 scholarships will be awarded in the form of a discount on fees paid for academic year 2014/15. Application should be submitted till 30th June 2014.
International Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
City University London is offering international scholarships for postgraduate students. The scholarships, each valued at £2,000, are intended to assist students to pay the fees for their chosen course of study. The Scholarship will take the form of fee-waiver applied against the last payable installment in any year. The application deadlines are 30 April 2014 and 30 June 2014.
Bath Spa University's Vice Chancellor's International Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
Bath Spa University is offering Vice Chancellor's International Scholarships to postgraduate taught Master's applicants. Applicants must hold an offer of admission, conditional or unconditional, to an appropriate Bath Spa University programme at the point of application. The application deadline is 21st June 2014 for September/October entry.
School of Modern Languages and Cultures Postgraduate Bursaries
Bursaries are available for pursuing postgraduate degree level MAs and PhD programmes at University of Leeds. These bursaries are awarded for students undertaking taught and research MAs and PhD programmes, full-time and part-time, starting in September/October 2014. Bursaries include a contribution towards academic fees. The application deadline is 13 June 2014.
International Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
Kingston University is offering international scholarships for postgraduate students. Each international scholarship worth £3,500 will be awarded. Applicants must not currently register on a postgraduate course at Kingston University. Scholarships are offered for one year. The application deadline is 2 June 2014.
SHARE International Bursaries for Postgraduate Students
The School of History, Archaeology and Religion is offering international bursaries for a full-time postgraduate programme in September 2014. Up to 6 international bursaries are awarded. Each Bursary worth £5,000 will be reduced from fees. Application should be submitted till 1st June, 2014.
Liverpool Hope University Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
Scholarships are available for pursuing postgraduate degree at Liverpool Hope University in UK. Five international postgraduate scholarships are awarded annually on the basis of on academic merit and social and community involvement. The application deadline is 1st June 2014 for September entry.
WIT International Student Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
Waterford Institute of Technology is offering international scholarships for pursuing undergraduate or a Higher Diploma programme and taught Masters programmes. Applicants must have minimum IELTS score of 6.5 or equivalent. Application should be submitted till 31st May 2014 for September 2014 intake.
Fashion Matters Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
University of the Arts London is offering up to three Fashion Matters MA Scholarships for UK/EU and overseas students. Each award is worth £15,000 and will be awarded to three selected progression students. Scholarships will cover full tuition fees and some maintenance for a Home/EU recipient and a contribution towards tuition fees for an overseas recipient. Last date of submitting applications is 16th May 2014.
Jilin Provincial Government Scholarship for Postgraduate Students
Jilin Provincial Government is offering masters scholarship for international students (non-Chinese). This is a full scholarship which exempt from tuition fee, fee for basic learning materials; free accommodation on campus; basic living allowance; comprehensive medical insurance. Applications will close on May 1st, 2014.
AKS Postgraduate Bursaries at SOAS
University of London is offering AKS Postgraduate Bursaries for students undertaking a full-time postgraduate Korean Studies programme. Up to five bursaries will be awarded for one year. The value of each bursary is £6,000 maximum and may only be used towards the cost of tuition fees. Living costs are not available as part of the award. The application deadline is 1 May 2014.
International Excellence Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
City University London is offering up to 30 excellence scholarships for postgraduate students. Scholarships worth £2,000 each will be awarded. These scholarships will be awarded to students who can demonstrate outstanding scholarly abilities and the potential to make a real difference to the School. The application deadline is 30th April 2014.
Grenoble Institute of Technology Foundation Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
The Grenoble Institute of Technology Foundation is offering a limited number of international scholarships for postgraduate students. The scholarship amounts to 5000 euros per semester. Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of transcripts, reference letters and scientific project. Application should be submitted till March 31, 2014.
Hessnatur Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
ESMOD Berlin is offering scholarships for postgraduate students from any country. Two Scholarships will be awarded to attend the International Masters Programme –Sustainability in Fashion commencing in October 2014. The scholarships will cover tuition fees up to 5,500 Euros. Applications must be submitted till 31st March 2014.
School of Philosophy Scholarships for Postgraduate Students
The School of Philosophy is offering up to 4 full time master scholarships to study Philosophy. Scholarships are offered for a period of one year. The scholarships will be awarded on academic merit and the overall strength of the MA application. Application should be submitted till 31st March 2014.
Eberhard Wenzel Scholarship for Postgraduate Students
Griffith University is offering Public Health scholarship for postgraduate students. There is one (1) Scholarship valued at $2,000. This Public Health scholarship is paid as a onetime payment. The application deadline is 21st March 2014.
Academic Achievement Scholarship for Postgraduate Students
University of North Texas is offering Academic Achievement Scholarship for pursuing masters' and doctoral degree. Scholarship is available to all newly admitted Doctoral and Master of Fine Art students that meet the minimum GPA requirements for admission into the Toulouse Graduate School. The application deadline is March 15, 2014.
Master Scholarships for International Students
Manchester Business School is offering a limited number of scholarships for postgraduate students for 2014 intake. The scholarship awards are £5,000 each towards the cost of tuition fees. The scholarships are available on a rolling basis so early application is advisable.
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Active individuals and athletes with acute or chronic orthopedic injuries like tendon damage or osteoarthritis may benefit from a safe, non-surgical treatment called Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy. PRP stimulates the healing process and has been shown to be effective in relieving the pain associated with an injury.
PRP therapy is a rapidly emerging medical technique that involves extracting platelets from an athlete's own blood and re-injecting them back into the patient at the site of injury. This can take place in the outpatient setting and takes between 30 minutes to an hour to perform.
About 30 milliliters of blood is drawn and then spun for 15 minutes in a centrifuge to separate the platelets from the other blood components. A qualified practitioner will then inject the concentrated platelet-rich plasma back into the site of injury, often using an ultrasound machine for guidance, thereby aiding accuracy and improving the efficacy of the treatment.
Platelets are rich in growth factors says Dr. William Bennett of Bennett Orthopedics and Sportsmedicine. These are proteins or hormones which are essential for repairing injured tissues. They stimulate tendon stem cells and activate mature tendon cells (tenocytes) to quickly multiply. They increase collagen production and enhance tissue blood flow leading to the repair of the injured tendon, muscle, cartilage or ligament. Chronically damaged tendons heal slowly due to their poor blood supply. PRP therapy works by mimicking a new injury and inducing a new healing response in the body.
Any tendon or ligament injury that is not a complete tear may be amenable to PRP therapy. These injuries may include tendon injuries in the arm and shoulder, like rotator cuff tears and tennis elbow, and in the ankle and leg, like the Achilles tendon or damage to the quadriceps or hamstrings. It may also be advocated for osteoarthritis in the hip, knee or shoulder.
Unfortunately, no rigorous scientific trials have been published which demonstrate the effectiveness of PRP therapy. Moreover, there is no agreed standard treatment regimen (in terms of the number of injections or period of time between injections).
This being so, most insurance companies do not fund it. However, there are numerous case reports from around the world and it is being used with increasing regularity in the world of professional sports, including in very high-profile athletes like the golfer Tiger Woods, the basketball star Kobe Bryant, and the baseball player Alex Rodriguez.
The benefits of PRP therapy include speeding recovery and healing from an injury, reducing the risk of injury recurrence and decreasing the chance of the development of a more serious injury. Ultimately PRP therapy negates the need for, and serves as a viable alternative and adjunct to, surgical intervention.
Many problematic chronic injuries, previously deemed untreatable, also respond to PRP therapy.
Immediately following PRP therapy, pain may increase at the affected site for several days. However, this is followed by a gradual improvement in symptoms such as pain and mobility over a period of 2-6 weeks. A period of physical therapy lasting several months is also necessary to help regain previous mobility, strength and function.


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Stable Accessories
Here at Equine Superstore we stock some handy stable accessories that will help maintain all your equipment whilst keeping things tidy, ideal for stable and trailers. These include popular products such as our folding bucket, haynets, stable brooms, bridle bags, saddle stands etc. If you like this, why not check out our range of horse trailer accessories?
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ATIT 2014 Application Form
Students who wish to appear for ATIT 2014 can apply online by any one of the following methods.
- ATIT 2014 OMR Application Form: Applicants are required to fill up the OMR Application Form enclosed and send it to the Admissions Officer, ATIT at Hyderabad
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- Download ATIT 2014 Application Form: Applicants can download the Application Form from www.icfaiuniversity.in/atit , complete it and send it to the Admissions Officer along with the Demand Draft of Rs. 700 towards the cost.
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- The DD should be drawn in favor of "IFHE A/c ATIT" payable at Hyderabad. The ATIT Application Material and Prospectus will be sent to such applicants.
Candidates applying for admission on the basis of JEE (Main) 2014 / State Level / Other National Level Engineering Entrance Tests scores have to indicate their respective Test Application Number. They are required to send a photocopy of the scorecard on or before May 31, 2014.
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Preventing, treating calf scours
Scours is responsible for more calf deaths prior to weaning than any other cause, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Animal Health Monitoring Survey. Scours reduces the secretion of acid into the abomasum, reducing the ability to digest milk protein. It is characterized by frequent diarrhea, sometimes accompanied by blood, mucus, or bright yellow or white feces. Scouring calves may be weak, reluctant to feed and have sunken eyes, elevated temperatures and peaked or tented skin.
Scours often results from stress and nutritional inadequacies. Stress can be caused by environmental factors such as overcrowding, sudden changes in the weather, extreme cold or heat, dampness, drafts or humidity, poor handling practice and poor sanitation. Nutritional scours can advance to infectious scours, in which viruses, bacteria and protozoa overpower the immune system in the intestines.
Colostrum should be fed as soon as possible after birth, but certainly within the first 24 hours. It should be collected using sanitary equipment, tested for IgG concentrations with a Brix refractometer, labeled and refrigerated quickly.
Careful observation—at least three times a day—helps catch symptoms early. Early symptoms include:
Milk refusal;
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Dry muzzle, think mucus at nostrils;
Changes in feces consistency; and
Body temperature above 103 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once calves have developed scours, work with your veterinarian to develop a treatment protocol and identify the source of scours. Treatment will most likely include oral electrolyte therapy and in severe cases (due to dehydration) intravenous administration of sterile saline. Antibiotics may be administered for infectious scours.
Scouring calves should be housed in a clean, dry, warm pen and fed small, frequent amounts of milk replacer (and electrolytes).
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5 Ways the Ouya Game Console Fails
The Walking Dead, one of 2012's most acclaimed games, is officially on tap for the Android Ouya game console. That's great news — except you don't need an Ouya to play it, or much else. The Ouya had one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns in history, raising more than $8.5 million, but it seems that everything's been going downhill since then.


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Affordable Linux Netbook from the Australian Agora
The Agora netbook from Kogan Technologies could be considered the most affordable netbook out of Australia. Availability starts in April 2009 at a price of merely AU$499.
The Agora comes preinstalled with gOS Cloud with attractive Google Gadgets. Kogan based their decision to go with gOS in a blog survey. Kogan offers the Agora (Latin for "marketplace") in two variants. The Agora Netbook (currently about US$330) comes with 1 GByte RAM and a 3-cell battery. The Agora Netbook PRO (currently about US$356) has additional Bluetooth and a 6-cell battery.
Both models have a nonreflective 10" monitor, a 160-GByte hard drive (despite the diskless needs of cloud computing) and the usual Atom N270 processor.
AgoraActually "Agora" is Greek for marketplace or open place of assembly. See http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/agora
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- Address:
8 East 18th Street
New York, NY 10016Neighborhood:
Union Square
- Cuisine:
IndianPrice: $31 to $50
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.devinyc.com/
- Phone: (212) 691-2100
- Hours of Operation:
Brunch Saturday - Sunday 11:30am - 4:00pm
Lunch Monday - Friday: 12:00pm - 2:30pm
Dinner Sunday: 5:00pm - 10pm, Monday - Thursday: 5:30pm - 10:30pm, Friday - Saturday: 5:30pm - 11:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Diners Club,Discover,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Vegetarian / Vegan, Indian, Contemporary Indian
- Executive Chef: Dheeraj Tomar
- Dress Code: Casual Dress
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Beer, Cafe, Delivery, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Private Room, Takeout, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Catering: Devi offers both on premise as well as off premise catering.We're delighted to create an event that is memorable and fashioned to a clients needs. Let Devi "work it's magic" as the NY Times has suggested, and offer it's "impressive repertoire" as described by NY Magazine. Email us for more information on catering prices. Call or email our General Manager Kunal Lamba. firstname.lastname@example.com
- Special Events: Call us today to discuss about your special event , Let us plan you event ether indoor or off premise. Call or email our General Manager Kunal Lamba for more information.
A word from Devi
Devi, signifying "goddess" in the Indian language, showcases the celebrated pan Indian cuisine in its modern avatar and was the first ever Indian restaurant to get a Michelin star in the United States. The team of Kunal Lamba (GM and Culinary Director) and Chef Dheeraj Tomar is a direct import from New Delhi just like the dining room artifacts. The restaurant is designed with wood and marble brought from India and touched with vibrant color that invites guests to experience an atmosphere both elegant and whimsical.Continued
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Devi reviews from OpenTable diners
101 reviews since July 31, 2014
- Food3.8Service3.6
- Ambiance3.9Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (39)special occasion (30)romantic (28)neighborhood gem (27)good for groups (20)great for lunch (11)great for brunch (6)hot spot (5)notable wine list (4)late-night find (3)kid-friendly (2)great for outdoor dining (1)scenic view (1)Show More
- Nice surprisevegangirlDined on 11/15/2014When we walked into the restaurant, we were taken with the decor. It is very special and welcoming. The service was excellent and all of the dishes we tried were wonderful. The ingredients are quite creative and the waiter's recommendations were all good choices. I would definitely return to Devi.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- NYFoodieDined on 11/9/2014Our server didn't know they served pappads and told us they don't have it, when we asked a bus boy, he knew and brought it out for us. The food was just DISAPPOINTING!
- Forgotten, then pressured to leaveDLRNYCDined on 11/8/2014After ordering, no appetizers or other courses came for nearly one hour. We had to remind the waiter that no food had arrived. The food was of decent quality. Then the host asked us to leave approximately 30 minutes after the main course was served. When informed of the late delivery, the host was unimpressed, stated that we should expect that kind of service at a popular restaurant, and stated that we could continue to spend time at the bar. My guest is a new arrival to NYC, and I was embarrassed by the service we received. I will never return and recommend that others avoid this restaurant that is marked by slow and ARROGANT service.
- Wonderful experience! Delicious!MSS24Dined on 11/8/2014Best Indian food we've had. Staff was very friendly, attentive, warm. Lovely atmosphere. All around great experience, and we hope to dine here again when next we visit NY from our home in SC. Also, pricing was really reasonable. Highly recommend!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- anglocised foodVagitarianDined on 10/23/2014This restaurant is overpriced for the quality of food it serves. I could taste that the chicken used was not that fresh, even with the heavy spicing. II also find the food over salted. However service was very good.
- Quiet plan with a creative menulovegoodfoodDined on 10/11/2014For an Indian place, the menu is filled with some creative items rather than the run-of-the-mill items. Being vegetarians, we did find quite some selection to choose from. And the food was great, it is a surprisingly quiet place with secluded seating too in some sections. Went with family and we all liked the food. We didnt have room for dessert else would have tried those too! Chocolate and cardamom cake, tell me thats not creative! I shall go back again!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good food, poky serviceWholefoodPrincessVIPDined on 10/3/2014It took 17 minutes for them to come take our drink and appetizers order, first food on the table appeared 23 minutes after that...but was delicious!Special Features:
- food good, service terriblejoannewDined on 9/26/2014Food was great, but it was totally dead on a Friday afternoon for lunch - we were one of 2 tables there - and the waiter completely abandoned us halfway through the meal. Noone checked in on us, and I had my credit card on the table for a full 30 mins before I had to extricate myself from my convo to ask the host to run my card. So, I won't be going back here anytime soon.
- Excellent food, service, ambianceMLdinerVIPDined on 9/21/2014This is my fourth time dining at Devi's and it does not disappoint. Used the groupon deal and received four "surprise" appetizers, excellent lamb entree and delicious mango cheesecake dessert. It's a cut above the Indian restaurants nearby, on Lexington Ave.Special Features:
- Great experience at DeviShirDined on 9/20/2014Devi was so wonderful! I took my husband for his birthday. I had written to the restaurant that I was surprising him and bringing him. When we got there, they had put confetti on the table for his birthday. I have never had such a thoughtful gesture at a restaurant! The food and service were absolutely wonderful! It is quite expensive but that is expected for a nice restaurant in NYC.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Delicious Indian CuisineFoodBettyDined on 9/15/2014Devi is a lovy little spot off Union Square that serves tasty Indian food. The service was attentive without being pushy. The decor is jewel-like, with colored glass lanterns hanging all over. Romantic for sure. I had a chile/fennel infused martini that was delicious and the shrimp coconut curry was great, too. Loved everything we ate.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Worst service ever.sk1982VIPDined on 9/13/2014I had dinner at Devi this past Saturday. After 25 min of being seated right next to the bar, I walked up to the hostess, asked if someone could take our order. She said " I don't control that." A waiter returned after 10 minutes, took our order for drinks and left. 20 minutes later, I reminded him of our cocktails, which we saw were sitting on the bar table ! After 15 minutes of placing our order, I was told that one of the appetizers we ordered (tandoori prawns) was not available. After another 15 minutes, we were told that an entree (chicken xacutti) was also not available. The staff was rude, unapproachable and when I asked why drinks were taking that long, the server glared at me and walked away. Never going back again.
- foodiefoodieVIPDined on 9/13/2014After offering me the 2 worst tables in the restaurant even though the restaurant was 1/3 full, the hostess seated me at my direction at a pleasant table. I ordered the Tandoori Cornish hen for an appetizer which really was chicken. When I saw that the portion was large I asked the waiter if he could cancel my order of grilled sea bass. He said they had already started cooking it, but it took 30 minutes to appear at my table after I finished the appetizer. The "grilled fish" was a stew in a heavy sauce. I asked the waiter why the menu says gilled fish if it's a stew. He said they grill it before it becomes a stew.
- Devi is Delicious!MimiDined on 9/12/2014Devi is a lovely little gem tucked away on a side street near Union Square Park. The food was divine and the atmosphere was warm and comfortable. We ate a variety of entrees and enjoyed each one, complete with Oh's and Ah's at every bite. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for good affordable Indian Food in NYC.Special Features:
- Divine place to eat!BigtipperloverboyVIPDined on 9/10/2014I was very pleased not only with the romantic ambiance and soothing tunes but the rich in taste courses and lovely staff! The gorgeous hostess made me feel very welcome And I was very impressed with the server's knowledge of wines , I will definitely be coming back soon !Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good foodChittsDined on 9/10/2014We tried the chefs special 6 course and it was presented very well. Our stomachs were full by the end of 4th course but enjoyed every bit if it. Felt like the judges in Chopped.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Would not recommendOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/2/2014This is a mediocre (at best) Indian restaurant with ridiculously high prices. I would not recommend.
- Great Indian food, lazy serviceJSDCDined on 8/29/2014This is a nice go-to Indian place, with well-made and well-presented food. The service is lacking, unfortunately: you will often find yourself wondering if the waiter has forgotten you, and whether it will be possible to get your water refilled. No good excuse for this in a half full restaurant.
- Quiet Spot with Great Food/SpecialsBookboyDined on 8/25/2014Attended a lunch meeting with five colleagues, were given a quiet table, great service and very good food. A mix of staples and unfamiliar items, the highlight was the potato/ginger hash topped with chick peas (an appetizer). Lunch special allows you to pick any app and any entree for $20, comes with rice and naan.Special Features:
- Can't Stop Talking About ItChelseaGalDined on 8/20/2014This was my second visit to Devi. Food is incredible. Lovely atmosphere. My only negative comment ios the service. It is very pleasant, but very slow. I hate to be rushed, especially when having a fine meal, but it was slow, even for my taste. That being said, i wouldn't hesitate to go back or recommend this restaurant.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Terrible service and Groupon DealRaniyeDined on 8/19/2014They charged us 120 for a meal that I paid 69 for on Groupon, they put on a 20% tip for 2 people (generally tip is voluntary except for parties of 6 or more) and then charged us tax on 120!! Which is ridiculous...on top of it all, the food wasn't that great, you can get the same food for one fourth of the price - the ambience sucked and overall the final straw was the discussion we had to have about the bill.
- DeliciousIlikefoodVIPDined on 8/16/2014We arrived early for our reservation and were seated right away, but it took a while before we got drinks menus, and service remained pretty slow for the rest of our meal. The food and drinks, however, were amazing and almost worth the wait. My lamb shank was tender and very flavorful, and my husband's vindaloo was very authentic. The ginger Collins was the perfect compliment to my meal. If service had been quicker I would have tried a couple of the other cocktail specialties as well, since they all looked delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Restaurant WeekBeenThereDoneThatDined on 8/15/2014We reserved on OT, had Devi call is the next day to confirm. They called us again 30 mins before reservation time to move time. Called back for information, front desk girl was very unprofessional. Was seated immediately when we arrived, got out drinks and had that same girl ask us to move to another table because another party requested that table, again, very unprofessional the way she approaches us and demanded we move. The waiter was great, apologized, got us wine on the house. Food was nothing special, we've had better Indian food. Overpriced. Drinks menu is interesting & good. Ambiance is good. One time eat; wouldn't be returning especially because of the unprofessional staff.
- Great food - wait time,not so greatPrisDined on 8/14/2014The food and the ambience were great.The drinks were mixed well. Sadly we waited way too long in between - for our appetizers/entrees/desserts to arrive.The staff was friendly - not sure if the delay was from the kitchen.It was restaurant week so we expected better.Another bummer - they did not have the dessert we wanted from the restaurant week menu.The alternative they gave me was a let-down.
- DeliciousSarahDined on 8/14/2014Every part of this meal was outstanding. Spent the whole trip home raving about how good it was. The servers were friendly and polite, the vegetarian selection was spectacular.Special Features:
- Delicious Date NightRinnaSDined on 8/13/2014My husband and I went to Devi for dinner during restaurant week. We were seated in the back in a very private area which was very nice. The server was really friendly and really helpful throughout the night. We ordered the Chicken Kastoori Kebab and Ginger Potato Hash for appetizers. The Ginger Potato Hash was excellent. The Chicken Kebab was very good but I would have preferred a yogurt sauce rather than the guacamole. For entree I ordered the Spinach & Paneer Vegetarian dumplings which was so so amazing. My husband got the Chicken Tikka Masala. He enjoyed it, but I thought the sauce was a bit too much like tomato basil soup. I can't say enough how fantastic the Gulan Jamun Creme Brulee was.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/13/2014My husband had been to that restaurant many years ago and he enjoyed the food very much. Unfortunately the quality of the food is not what it used to be.
- Restaurant WeekMaestra52Dined on 8/13/2014Drinks were not great. I had 2 cocktails and they were not consistent. Had to send both drinks back several times to be tweaked. The portions were not large enough for the price. My date was a vegetarian and he was not pleased with the variety or portions as well.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 8/11/2014Beautiful restaurant and the server was very attentive. We took a booth in the back corner where sheer red scarves were hung to make it semi-private. The online menu shows a Devi Lunch Special for an appetizer and entree for $20. Not all of the items were in the restaurant week prix fixe menu which also included dessert for $25. I ordered the Fish Pakora Tacos which seemed more Mexican than Indian. The entree was a Banana Leaf Steamed Sea Bass that was fresh and slightly spicy. I tasted a friend's order of Chicken Tikka Masala. I'd order that next time. For dessert I had some sort of Creme Brule layer on top of a sweet rice pudding dessert -- loved it. That was delicious!Special Features:
- I wanted to try this restaurantCrombieVIPDined on 8/10/2014and I am so glad that I did. EVerything was excellent, but my friends felt that they should have gotten three lambchops for lunch.Special Features:
- RobertVIPDined on 8/8/2014notable specialty cocktail list, excellent service and very good food.Special Features:
- DiasappointedBobbyDined on 8/8/2014We have been to Devi before and it was great, but this time we felt we we not really eating Indian food. Trying to be too innovative and missing the essential. Curry one result curry, cauliflower in something similar to ketchup. Sea bass was excellent. Lamb chops with yoghurt ok. Nan portion small and over done.
- Does not deserve a Michelin starAce1Ace2Dined on 8/7/2014Some of the food was very creative (fish tacos), most of it was decent average Indian fare. Both the deserts (pistachio kulfi and gulab jamun crime brûlée) were below par. The decor was abysmal - wannabe oriental, mixed with chandeliers and Turkish lanterns). Not worth the money.
- Good food terrible serviceAlamodeVIPDined on 8/7/2014We were a party of 3 for lunch during restaurant week. I had read that they also offer a lunch special $19.95 for any appetizer and entrée. The restaurant was empty except for us and a table of 2. It seemed like our presence annoyed the waiter. He was sullen and sour and it was 12pm.- the restaurant just opened. He said the lunch special was not available anymore. When we asked for a regular menu, it was brought over 10 minutes later and we were told if anyone ordered off the menu the others could not have the restaurant week menu. We all opted for the restaurant menu and the food was quite good. The service really marred the dining experience and with so many Indian restaurants in NYC there's no reason to go to Devi.
- NYC teacherDelectableDining1Dined on 8/6/2014The food is amazing, always soo good. The desserts are a must have. Great staff, location and menu options.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- NotMyNameDined on 8/5/2014Several of us developed "gastrointestinal discomfort" (not spice related) subsequent to our meal. Service was less than attentive.
- Creative and Delicious Indian FoodCarolynVIPDined on 8/5/2014Came here for restaurant week, and I will certainly be back! The Cilantro Tonic was an amazing cocktail, and I don't usually like gin. The gulab jamun creme brulee was also stellar. Everything I ate was wonderful.Special Features:
- Fusion Indian Tasty FoodJapuDined on 8/4/2014The Pri fix menu for Restaurant week was good as it had good options for both Veg & Non Veg eaters. I went there for a lunch date with my husband. I ordered Spinach & Paneer Kofta. It was rich & creamy and tasty too. The starter was good hash browns with potato and chickpeas. Mango Lassi was the best that we have ever had. Overall good food but pricey even during restaurant week specials as portions are less.Special Features:
- too expensive for the tastefoodieDined on 8/1/2014cost of food is way out of proportion to the taste and ambience. average taste, nothing special. Not every dish written on the menu were not available, so we had to settle with what ever they had left.
- Wonderful find near Union Square!dinerscribeDined on 8/1/2014Perfectly portioned, flawlessly seasoned Indian food in a great location. Pleasant, attentive but not overbearing waitstaff.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Data protection and virtualised machines
Let's face it, we're not very good at backups. It's nothing to be ashamed about. Few organisations could one hundred percent put their hands on their hearts and say, "Yup, we've got it covered!" And as my esteemed colleague Tony Lock likes to point out, even places that think they have backups taped (if you'll excuse the pun) …
1 year on
We've been steadily virtualising for almost 12 months now and so far have chosen to backup our VMs as if they were physical servers. The reasoning being that snapshotting can cause issues when attempting to convert or migrate VMs and the VHD files are, in our opinion too dynamic to risk backing them up along with the host. We also know that our VMs are always-on as they're all production servers.
Fortunately we're able to mitigate bottlenecks with the use of RAID and addidtional NICs on the hosts, that said as we've recently overhauled the backup appliance itself it's difficult to accurately idenfity potential issues yet.
What I'd like to see is the hypervisor management tools such a Virtual Machine Manager incorporating some form of backup functionality, afterall these solutions are soley designed to centrally manage the virtual estate and include the ability to store VMs in a SQL database for rapid deployment and an extension of that software to at least faciltate better backup solutions could be the answer.
Whatever you do
you must test the integrity of the backup.
Backups are only useful if you *know* you can restore from them. Until you have proved that, they're just a waste of storage and a bigger waste of time. The nice thing about virtualisation is that it's so easy to snap your metaphorical fingers and bring a new instance into existence to restore onto. That makes verifying your backups very easy (provided you don't make the beginner's mistake of duplicating the IP address of the backed up VM on your network!). If only more people would do this last, final but oh so critical step there'd be a lot less downtime and maybe fewer vacancies, too.
That reminds me.
After a series of unpleasant backup / recovery moments, I was invited to a service review meeting to which representitives of the backup team were also invited. They proudly announced that due to their diligent and Herculean efforts they'd managed to raise backup success to 96%.
As several of their high-profile failures had dumped on me, I decided to take my revenge* by innocently asking how many of those "successful" backups could actually be restored. They finally admitted, after many attempts to waffle around the issue, that testing such was, er, on the to-do list.
They were the offal in the sharkpool of service management.
*Ice-cold it was too. Yummy.
VM Backups
Personally, I trust my VM backups more than my tape ones. I've been using Esxpress for nearly 3 years and love it. The latest version, imho, has settled to the point where i'm happy to deploy it in production globally. Dedupe of backups currently gives me 20:1 ratio, I replicate my VMs to a few spare servers in another datacentre so I have warm site for very little cost and having both VM and file-level backups in one is very handy.
Before cloning of live VMs came in, I used the restore to deploy copies of VMs for testing, so at one point I was restoring VMs at least once a week - I've never had a bad restore so far.
I understand the concern in backing up live VMs and I've only needed to do it on some VMs, but you can run scripts on-snapshot if you need to stop a process/application for a time.
Not saying it fits for everyone, but it ticks everything I need in a backup.
VMware guest/image backup
Full disclosure: I am an EMC employee.
Having said that, I have written extensively about the issues around guest level backups vs. VCB and vSphere 4.0 image level backups here: http://thebackupblog.typepad.com/thebackupblog/2009/12/vmware-backup-with-avamar-50-and-vsphere-40.html There are 3-4 posts that follow this all on the same subject.
Reader's digest version? You can't easily get application consistent image level backups, so you are better off doing guest level backups.
Auuuuuuuuuuugh backups!
Bane of my existance.
Data Protection Manager - job done, physical & virtual servers.
DPM is fantastic!
...and I want it so very badly. Sadly, this requires that mythical substance known as "money." This is something you can not pry out of the hands of the copper-counters with a plasma rifle.
No matter the business case, they seem unable to pay for any form of software based on the concept "it saves [individual] time." (The way they work things here is that you get paid a salary, no overtime, are on call 24/7, pay for you own support cell, and are expected to do everything on as shoestring a budget as is possible.) If the copper counters are made aware of any purchase, you are constantly being asked "is this purchase absolutely necessary, or can we do without it." This is a fair enough concept, but runs into some conceptual walls with certain people. For example: it is fairly easy to get funding to replace a component that has failed in a system…the system won't work without that component replaced, thus the need is clear and immediate.
I have had hours-long meetings trying to explain why we keep a small supply of "spares" around. "This is a spare disk. We pop it in system X, RMA the bad drive, and the bad drive is now the new spare." The concept that these are not destined for any particular system, (and indeed will be unlikely to end up in any particular system,) is completely beyond them. We even had a period where we would have to ship back entire 3U servers to RMA a single bad hard drive. [Insert facepalm] (This, entirely because the copper-counters needed some arcane voodoo to work out on their papers.)
The copper-counters don't mind paying for hardware, because it tangible. They don't mind paying a licence for, say, a copy of Photoshop, or an operating system, because they can mentally associate "this product is used by that person for this task." Things get fuzzier around the idea of CALs, and when you wade into the realm of "software that runs automatically and/or in the background" you're deep into 'never gonna happen" land. If they don't understand exactly how it works, and why it is needed there is no way you'll get the money. They certainly aren't going to give me any software worth more than the hardware it runs on.
No DPM, no VMWare management suite, no VMotion…nothing. I am a kept man. :(
AC so nobody can prove anything!
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I worked for them for a few years. Since I've left, I still have not found a better product. I wouldn't call it "Enterprise Class" as in, backing up more than a few hundred servers with their infrastructure would be a hell of a lot of work and therte are better mass-scale systems for that, but for 1-500 servers, nothing is better that I've found.
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Tame the gas monster with sensors, suckers and a spiffy new fan
I'm pleased to say that what with the relatively warm 2011 and our conservation efforts we had the lowest consumption of electricity and gas at home of any year yet, a bit over 1,500kWh ('units') of electricity and under 4,000kWh of gas. (A typical UK household is nearer 3,300kWh 'leccy and 18,000kWh gas.) With our solar PV …
Air sourced heat pump.
For our 30m^2 office, we use a KFR-32GW/X1c wall mounted split system air sourced heat pump. It cost about £400 and we installed it ourselves. It puts out 3.5kW of heat from 1kW of electricity. There's no mains gas where our office is, and this thing has already paid for itself several times over. It worked all the way through the last couple of very cold winters. Apparently, you can use it as an AC, but that's what the windows are for in a UK summer.
As for PV, I really don't like the idea that people for whom this is not an option have to subsidise the lucky few who can fit PV to the tune of 43p per kWh. To me, that's an example of unsustainable development. What's more, perhaps when the subsidy goes down next month, and the economics of these systems approaches their true cost, the installation industry will collapse and there'll be no-one left to maintain the existing systems.
> Apparently, you can use it as an AC, but that's what the windows are for in a UK summer.
That depends where in the UK you live. If you're anywhere in Cambridgeshire, you open your windows a crack and before you know it all your monitors are written-off by thunder flies. If you have a home office and (say) five monitors, this can be rather irritating...
Open windows
I know this may sound a bit naff but have you tried mesh curtains also stop people seeing in as well
Not very popular back in Blighty, but here in Maine everybody has screens on inside all of their windows to keep out the insects. Two of our seasons are mosquito and blackfly (the others being snow and mud) so I can assure you that technological evolution has assured those screens work. The fine mesh block the light either.
To have the screen and open the windows you can't have them rotate at the centre, they have to slide or open at an edge.
I highly encourage research and investment in good screens. I wish I had when I lived in a house next to an allotment with a wasp nest in the wall, summer would have been far more enjoyable.
"Apparently, you can use it as an AC"
I really hope they do work as an aircon too - it's been 35-38C daily in Cape Town for the last few days, and a good number of days overall this summer.
With the missus determined to maintain a comfortable range between 22 and 28C when she sleeps during the day, the aircon in the bedroom is a major drain on power.
Thanks for the article...(plus link to previous article)
Solves a cpuple of problems I'm working on on a project I've got.
( http://www.kulttuurivoimala.fi/en/culturesilo.html ), then click on the renovation slideshow. Getting heat and IT into that's one thing I've got involved in.
Was that Aerogel expensive for your son's room, by the way? Thought it was prohibitively so!
Warm air does not leak out. Cold air leaks in.
Warm air does not leak out. Cold air leaks in
Then after a while your house explodes?
So what happens to the warm air then. I am an expert on this, as long ago I was not allowed to smoke, in the first place, and absolutely not in my room.
But smoking near to an open window especially when it was could outside meant that the worm and smoky air went out when the cold air came in. The cold air comes in low and the worm goes out high.
Kids learn fast.
Pictures or it didn't happen.
Ground source heat pump
Unfortunately salesmen tend to gloss over the downsides. A heat pump producing hot water is 300% less efficient that one producing heat at 35 degrees C. A ground source heat pump will produce a COP of 5:1, which means 1 unit of leccy produces 5 units of heat sourced from the ground coils. (Cheap rate tariff 10:1)
To re jig the house to use a temperature of 35 degrees rather than the CH temperatures of 65-80 degrees, means new heat exchangers usually under the floor, so the cost becomes very expensive.
If you rely on an existing radiator system, the heat pump will run at apalling COP levels and thus not save either the money or CO2.
Unfortunately the system needs so be fitted to new builds, or where a major renovation is needed
The other problem is that the computer in a ground source heat pump is so complex it could probably land a probe on Mars. If it goes wrong you'll be looking at a *very* large bill to replace it, and that's if the company is still in business. Plumb in a Clearview* stove and burn scrap wood, the only smoke you'll see is when you light it, it actually converts everything to gas** and is better to watch than a TV.
Up here in dampland people are rushing to get wind turbines. A friend has just sunk £40,000 into one and it has self destructed twice already. The chances of the supplier going bust before the guarantee runs out are quite high. Low tech. is sometimes better.
*I don't have any connection to them but I'm hoping to buy one soon. (expensive!) Both my neighbours have them.
**yes I know that's how all combustion works but this burns at extreme efficiency.
lol that's a great forum name :)
"low tech is better"
I remember many of them there windmills being used in the middle ages, holland, the wild west... So there's not much lower tech than that! I'd argue "less moving parts is better"; PV is pretty hitech but reliable (inverters.. less so).
@Mystic Megabyte
I had hoped that the Clearview was going to be a 21st Century high tech. stove. I stopped on the first page of their website when I could see nothing that would have looked modern in 1950! Were the problems of high efficiency wood burning solved that long ago? Even if they were, I'd still like something that looks modern. Any suggestions?
Sorry if I come over as anonymous. This page says I'm logged in, but still told I can only have a V mask.
I can't see the one I fancied on their web-site. It was the wide model with only one door, a back boiler and just flat topped. But here's some advice if you want a "modern" look. Never buy one with curved glass, the children will throw something and it will smash and cost loads to replace (£500 in one case)
The screenwash system on a clearview is the best that I have seen. Air comes in the base, travels up through the internal "pillars" and so is pre-heated before it hits the fuel. That's why it burns so efficiently. I have seen expensive stoves that are a joke by comparison. Also the Clearview is 100% airtight, you can have a gentle fire when there's a gale raging outside. We get a lot of gales here .
Alternative fan
Instead of the Vent Axia fan, try using an Envirovent "RetroVent" Good ventilation and nearly 90% heat recovery.
Yes, but at a price that makes the Vent-Axia look cheap.
No wonder we're blindly flailing about trying to reduce CO2 emissions when genuinely useful devices in the UK like these are sold at such prices. Opportunistic much?
If the Govt. wanted to do anything to support lower CO2 they would divert funds from the solar PV scheme to making these mandatory in new builds and subsidising them for retrofitting.
Previous articles
I'm struggling to find the previous articles, can anyone assist please?
Re: Previous articles
Look at related stories under the end of the article.
Trickle vents
Sounds like you've buggered the airflow in the house matey. 80% RH in winter is going to cause you problems medium/long-term (3-5 years+). Having to use a dehumidifier is a pretty sure sign of problems to come.
I suggest the simplest resolution would be trickle vents on some of your double glazing frames, rather than whole house air recovery systems which are designed for houses which don't have more holes than a Swiss cheese - ie most UK houses built in the last 40 years.
Try a couple of trickle vents on frames front and back of the house. See how that goes.
tl;dr you've blocked the airflow in a UK ticky-tacky house, this normally leads to condensation, allow more COLD air in. Your house of course so YMMV and its entirely your choice ;)
Comments on the previous reports suggested much the same.
The phone's ringing, no answer....
Yep its the "enthusiastic amateur" syndrome.....
I'm sure we've all been there but this guy seems to have gone to extremes. Pretty sure this is going to end in tears a couple of years down the line.
As an aside in the current cold weather I've found that the best way to run our (shit) Baxi (don't touch with enormous bargepole) combi boiler is to turn the CH temp down to 55C and bump the thermostat up to something stupid which will never be reached with the low output temp (26C in my case).
The result is that the boiler pumps water around CH constantly but burns very little gas. Having the CH temp at 55C rather than 82C means the rads run at a much lower temperature so its background heating. There is constant demand from the thermostat, constant water flow and hence the TRVs on the rads actually do what they're supposed to.
I realise this low return temperature negates the benefit of a condensing boiler for CH but in my case (and maybe a lot of other people too) it makes sense. You still get the efficiency for DHW anyway as its a closed loop within the boiler. It costs 4 units of gas/day for a 4 bed house and you have a temperature which is 21C +/- 2C constantly.
The alternative (82C CH output) means that the rads get very hot, thermostat turns off (it has to be set sensibly with full boiler output temp), turning the boiler pump off (after a couple of minutes of no demand) . This means rooms that are hot, stay hot and rooms that are cold stay cold as there's no continuous CH water being pumped.
TRVs were designed for constant heating situations - eg Scandinavian (and bits of the USA) metropolitan areas where you don't have control over the heat source . They weren't designed for intermittent UK heating and they make zero sense for a combi condensing boiler where the CH return temperature is fairly critical to achieving efficiency figures.
Works for me, worth a try I feel but YMMV.
80% RH is dangerous as the mold buildup where you can't see it is already out of hand. Anyplace there is condensation, there will be lots of mold nearby.
Castle Howard found that after they installed their heatpump that running the CH constantly at the lower temps made the building feel more livable because the stone walls actually warmed through and acted like storage heaters.
Net effect of that was less humidity, less damage to the many artworks that the Howard family possess, and... less heating bills. :-)
Of course, the fact that they had invested £160K up front first and now see the rewards trickling in is inconsequential.
Actually, you're doing it right
55 deg C will make your condensing boiler work BETTER. 82 deg C (part-condensing mode) stops the heat exchanger extracting as much heat as possible from the flue gases but is the way they're all usually installed because otherwise you need mahoosive radiators and it's virtually impossible to heat a hot water cylinder (not an issue with a combi, but it is for us).
I tried switching our Potterton's* flow temperature to 63 deg C - the other option available by moving a jumper on the circuit board - but the house never got warm and the hot water tank was only good for legionnaires' disease.
*Promax 15HE - hugely efficient even at 82 deg C and hugely unreliable too - most of it has been replaced in the last 9 years, under the BG service cover, thank goodness.
... seems to be the combi boilers of choice* for the simple reason that they are easy to repair. Unlike some others I could mention they use standard parts as much as possible. Oh and they don't try to pretend that the boiler schematics are some sort of national secret. They also come with a 5 year warranty, unlike ours which came with a 1 year warranty and was faulty on installation (dodgy circuit board, not surprised as it looked like a 5 year old soldered it, as does the replacement).
*amongst non-cowboy plumbers I now know, too late for this boiler
Shouldn't you be worried about being lynched by Andrew or Lewis? Nice to see El Reg covering the other side of the energy debate.
FWIW I couldn't really make sense of the charts - missing axis and legends had a lot to do with that. And I suspect I'm not the only one who cares less about the CO2 saved as the financial comparison. I'm all for renewables and energy efficiency but would prefer to see more progress on reforestation and stopping deforestation.
let your house breathe
best, cheapest and healthiest way to heat your house is to install a pellet or woodchip oven, turn the heating down to minimum and kit the family out with ski suits that you can buy cheaply at any charity shop on the high street.
Job done and very reliable.
Sensor network?
Something like, say, http://home.birds-are-nice.me/cgi-bin/moltresd ?
Real-time sensor network, and the sheevaplug would do nicely for logging. Uses a trickle of power, and the sensors are all run on a three-wire bus. The graphing is realtime too, generates a new one on every view.
I'd be happy to supply code for you - I'm sure you could rig it all up yourself, but it'd save you a couple of hours.
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The bathroom temp is so low on that graph... I'm going to go and check if someone didn't close the window properly.
Disregard previous comment.
Oh, never mind - I see you are using exactly the same technology as my own logger. You just refered to it as 'iButton' while I call it 1-wire, so I didn't realise we were talking about the same thing. I thought the iButtons were standalone loggers with onboard memory that needed periodic copying off.
are those average KWh ratings per month? 3months? year?
geez i live in a 500sqft apartment in florida, use the a/c once or twice a month for a few hours and we still have nearly 600KWh a month, (for 2 people 1 home all the time) in our old chicago apartment we averaged about 2500KWh a month (for 5 people 3 of which were home 24/7) (it was a bit more then average but not much for the houshold size) and we had gas in chicago on top of that! (florida basically everything is electric)
Annual figures
However 3300kWh is at the low end of the "average figures" and is provided by the electricity companies who have an obligation to encourage efficiency. Ergo lower figures suit them and mean govt can claim some credit for doing what they usually do, bugger all.
The figures I see from more independent sources are 4800-5500kWh per household per year.
Do note that "household" is currently (was last time I looked) defined as 2.85 people/dwelling where the house is empty for 8 hours/day.
Also in the UK you'll find most cooking and heating is done with gas - pretty much everyone in mainland towns got gas put in when the North Sea resources came online in the 1970s/80s.
The only places where people use electricity for heating is when they're off the gas grid or near one of the coal-fired electricity plants. You get cheap overnight electricity in the coal areas simply because its impossible to vary the output of those plants on a quick enough basis (takes weeks to restart these plants). So in those areas people use storage heaters which heat up at night and the plant doesn't have hideous mismatch problems each night.
tl;dr damn statistics again, can prove anything you want with them
Those do seem very optimistic
I watch everything that comes on or off in the house, have switched to low energy everything - even PCs, don't watch much TV (which is a huge energy drain) and still can't get the baseline much below 500W, which according to the article puts me higher than average (376W apparently, which I doubt personally because a TV alone can be 200W, and heating pumps are about 150W - that's most of it right there even if you sit in the dark with nothing else plugged in..).
Your baseline is lower than mine but I suspect some of yours is the same as mine - simply network kit/NAS/etc which is left on 24/7.
Here's a not so obvious example - I have a 1500W APC UPS which does power line conditioning as well as power failure. Line conditioning appears to eat about 110W 24/7/365 on a load which is now down to under 200W. It may be a sign of a bad battery but the deep discharge test still gives about 30 minutes.
So the UPS is eating more power than the freezer, fridge, Ion based media box and the Atom based home server put together.
I could easily cut my baseline down but that would require timers on network switches etc which is not ideal.
However simply due to lower power stuff on electronics I've cut our power usage by 15% per year since 2005. The bills are still higher though - I guess £1.1bn of taxpayer subsidy to "green" power each year (and escalating) is likely to do that.
Need a smaller UPS
.... and probably a newer one.
I have an old Smart-UPS 1000, that draws about 25W under no-load conditions (110W sounds like a lot! - check your batteries. You should get more than 30 minutes supplying 200W).
APC UPS boxes are terribly old-fashioned crates, with a vast transformer in them that both steps-up when running on battery, and provides brown-out protection when running on-line. That transformer sits there getting warm, and contributes to the power wastage. Businesses buy APC 'cos they are simple, rugged and reliable.
If you want to save power, and still have a UPS facility, buy a modern smart off-line one. This will draw negligible power once the batteries are charged, and provide basic line filtering with simple passive filters. The small notch in the power you will get when going on to battery power shouldn't affect modern computers, as the PSU has a good few milliseconds of power storage in it anyway.
Thanks for that
Its probably a combo of the transformer and the batteries TBH - been a long long time since I did electrical principles but ISTR as time goes on your hysteresis loss increases, in some cases quite dramatically. Or is that the core delaminating over time and eddy current increasing? Can't remember frankly, hated motors and generators from day one so did the minimum possible to pass that section.
Its a useful example of where people don't assume inherent power losses though.
I need a proper rethink/rejig of home IT now really - the APC UPS is from the days when it backed up a HP DL145 G2 with 2 x dual core Opterons so its way OTT now given the "server" is now a couple of low-powered boxes. Still does 20 minutes deep discharge on a load of about 300W - IIRC its rated for about 8 minutes at full (1500W) load when batteries are new.
I don't know what it is that I've eaten today that is causing the problem, but I seriously doubt that sensors, suckers or even a spiffy new fan is going to tame this gas monster.
Why not solar thermal?
It's low-tech and effective. http://cansolair.com/ is a company based in Newfoundland that converts used drink cans into solar thermal air heaters; one unit, 4'x7', can maintain 1,000 square feet of living space in Newfoundland (so the UK should be fine). Shipping will be a bit pricey, but talk to them, they may know someone in UK/Europe who is making a similar project (or you could make your own if you are feeling hacker-ish).
Because the UK govt (all of them) are technically illiterate. They all did PPE or Modern History degrees and barely know how to wire a plug. Hence the reason why people like the author of these amusing articles pile into a guaranteed cash-cow in subsidies - funded by the lowest earning percentile of society incidentally.
PV solar is utter lunacy for most of the UK. Unless something changes the rotation/inclination of the earth then it will remain so.
Solar "heat exchanger" systems for water/heat make an awful lot of sense for these latitudes as they produce reasonable energy even under 6" of snow. Thats without inverters which fail (on average, industry figures) every 8 years, batteries which will require replacement every 5 years (max), etc etc.
want to see this on raspberry pi
I keep waiting for the right time to jump in to this 1-wire stuff, and I hope raspberry pi will be able to do some of the logging and reporting very easily and with very low power. Sheevaplug is probably not that different so I may look into that one in the near term. Keep us updated.
How much...
To the OP, glad you're making the most of the money I pay for subsidising you and are in a fortunate position to put all these measure in... The rest of us instead have to make do with what we have whilst being shafted for the extra to fund such "enterprise"...
How much exactly did all this cost and when will you break even?
i still think
4500 to 5500kwh a year is optimistic, but i guess it is because they think no one should be home during the day, we too cooked with gas and had gas heat and water (thats another barrel of warm fish), i guess in the US the stuff is not as efficient, I admit i did have at least a 3-400 watt draw on my server 24/7 plus networking, plus at least 2 other 3-400w PC's on for the most part 24/7, not to mention 2 fullsize fridge-freezers (one was about 24 years old(mother in laws) and a chest freezer... at least 2 TV's at 2-300 watts a piece, nice to know i am doing my part to offset your carbon offsets. Thinking back to when we lived in the old country, we had maybe 4 60w bulbs on at night, the wireless on during the day and a small 19 inch TV on for about 4-6 hours at night, and my PC back then was lucky to push 200w and was only one for a few hours... so maybe.. Guess i have been converted to a truly fat, wasteful American, ahhh evolution at it's best ;)
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