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But is that really all there is to it?
I distinctly remember a conversation I had with one of my teachers when I was back in high school, deliberating whether or not I should "aim for the top" and apply for top US universities. He reflected that he'd had the opportunity to take more "successful" pathways, but he'd seen the sacrifices that had been made by people who had gone to the top and achieved amazing things, and wanted a more balanced life.
At the time, I was one stressed out student, and that conversation left me with a firm belief in a tradeoff between success and balance - having time and energy to invest into other things you value, like family, wellbeing, helping others, and activities that enrich your life.
Being a hopeful optimist, however, a part of me still wondered, isn't there a way to be successful and have balance? After all, doesn't positive psychology tell us that happiness leads to success, not (only) the other way around (Lyubomirsky, King, & Diener, 2005)? As long as we're enjoying the process while striving for goals, and not stuck in a rat race, living only for the future (Ben-Shahar, 2007), shouldn't it work out? And if you follow the advice of all the productivity and lifestyle bloggers (e.g., Cal Newport, Ramit Sethi, Tim Ferriss) and are smart about how you go about it, surely it's possible to have your cake and eat it too?
As with many of these difficult questions, I think the answer is yes - and no. It depends on how you define success. If you take a "traditional" accomplishment-based or "narrow" definition of success, then the answer may be no; at least for a substantial part of the journey. It's probably a reality that performance at the highest level requires disproportionate and sometimes "superhuman" levels of sacrifice and self-discipline that in no way resemble a "normal" life.
I am not at all condemning "traditional success", or saying that it's necessarily bad to pursue it. Given various combinations of values and personal circumstances, some people thrive under these conditions, and indeed, accomplishment is a component of the PERMA model of flourishing (Seligman, 2011). However, for the most part, I would suggest that it's misleading to believe that success will necessarily make you happy. Why not? I think this quote from a recent blog post criticising "the myth of the Ivy League" is illustrative:
"Even talking to my peers who were the most "successful" by all external standards — snagging scholarships, winning awards, landing coveted jobs — I heard undertones of emptiness and sadness that suggested they weren't truly fulfilled."
It's this sense of enduring fulfilment that seems to be missing from the pursuit of "traditional success". The pesky thing about being human is that we adapt to our successes. As we reach new levels of success, get a raise, buy a new car, win an award, publish in a top journal, and reach our various milestones, our expectations rise so that we're starting at baseline once again and always hungry for more, more, more. It's called the hedonic treadmill because we have to constantly work to maintain a certain level of happiness.
So where does fulfilment come from, and what's the alternative? As I said, it's about how you define success. I would argue that it is legitimate and adaptive to broaden our definitions of what success means, so that we're measuring success with the right metrics.
Here's the really cool part: being a thinking, self-aware human being, you get to decide on what success means to you and what metrics to use. And if you choose to incorporate the idea of balance into these metrics, then yes, you can have success and balance because balance is, after all, an integral part of what you consider to be success.
Try it now. What's your personal definition of success?
Write as much or as little as you'd like; whether it's a few keywords, a sentence or two, a few guiding principles, or a full-blown personal manifesto. I would love to read these in the comments! If you need some guidance, here are a few questions that might help you decide what to include:
- From the perspective of your ideal future self at age 90, what would you like to say about your life - for example, what you've contributed to the world, and what you would like to be remembered for?
- What qualities do you admire in others?
- What makes life meaningful for you?
- What are your top values?
It's not a problem at all if your personal definition of success changes over time, and it's expected that it will evolve as you grow and encounter new experiences. It's just useful to have a roadmap at this stage to help reconnect you with what matters to you in life. Also, it's totally ok to have elements of "traditional success" in there too - this is not intended to replace existing aspirations, but to broaden them. It can be helpful to keep this in a handy, easily accessible place (e.g. your phone, desk, or wall) where you can be regularly reminded of what matters.
To conclude on a personal note, what does success mean to me (in 2014)? I do have career aspirations - I'd like to be an academic, but I want to go about it in a certain way and for certain reasons, in a picture that is grounded in a commitment to collective wellbeing. So here are a few of my personal metrics, in no particular order:
- Conduct research that actually makes a difference in promoting human and societal flourishing.
- Be an academic who genuinely cares about students - in particular, be approachable and generous with my time in mentoring students and opening up opportunities for them.
- Be a mindful, loving and authoritative parent who prioritises family.
- Be kind to all beings.
- Live with less and give more every year to effective causes.
- Walk the talk: maintain my personal wellbeing and health, because this forms the basis for all of the above. Mindfulness helps a lot, so practice is important to me.
Of course, it won't be easy; realistically, with the vicissitudes of life and ambition, I fully accept that there will be days and even weeks when I lose sight of what matters. But if I can live in line with these principles as best I can, most of the time, then I would feel that I had truly succeeded in my career and in life.
Ben-Shahar, T. (2007). Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment. New York: McGraw Hill Professional.
Grant, A. M. (2013). Give and take: A revolutionary approach to success. New York: Penguin Group.
Lyubomirsky, S., King, L., & Diener, E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect: does happiness lead to success? Psychological Bulletin, 131(6), 803-855.
Seligman, M. E. P. (2011). Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and wellbeing. New York: Simon & Schuster.


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A lot of people do this sort of thing with Forza and Gran Turismo, so I hear.
So I've recently begun a descent into what I feel might be the deepest gaming rabbit hole I can dive into; Simulation gaming.
I've always loved sims, from F-15 Strike Eagle II and the other Microprose sims on DOS, to Apache Longbow and Silent Hunter. I just love the historical context, and the notion of mastering complex hardware. But now, as an adult, I can actually buy the peripherals "required" by them, and at that point the journey doesn't appear to end.
I have a fascination for helicopters, so when DCS Black Shark was announced, I bought it as soon as possible. Except that god damn game is so hard core, and mostly in Russian, that I just decided it wasn't something I could feasibly get into. Real bummer. Then DCS A-10 was announced, and I was fucked.
See, Russian military hardware is one thing, but American military hardware is practically pop culture. When you're telling me you're shipping an A-10 sim, that is a sim of my favorite military aircraft, by the same guys commissioned to build sims for the USAF, in a market that contains A-10 specific controller hardware, then I'm just going to dive in head first.
So far, DCS A-10 is the most expensive game I have ever played. Between the game itself, the HOTAS warthog stick/throttle set, the new graphics card, the extra memory and the trackIR, I could've bought myself 3 extra PS3s. And these are in Norwegian prices (aka Fuck You prices).
The thing is, it's just progressively more awesome the more I invest in it. The feeling of mastering the HOTAS controls (basically there are shit tons of buttons on stick+throttle and they are context based) and actually being able to lean into the gun sights, or turn my head to scan the terrain for targets as I'm turning, or even subjectively dull things like learning how to effectively coordinate four different sensors into a cohesive targeting solution (picking a target through the HUD cursor, adjusting it on the TAD map display, then sharing it with the targeting pod, making fine adjustments before sharing it with the maverick missile before launch, it's just delicious).
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April and it feels already like summer! That is what I thought waiting in the parking lot for folks to arrive for the Sierra Club Forest Walk to Little Creek in Sam Houston National Forest. Donna, David, Robert, and Michael all soon made their appearances and we were ready to push-off from Starbucks in Meyerland!
Off we went and before long our two car caravan arrived at Big Creek Scenic Area and parked near a gated Forest Service road. As soon as we got out and readied our packs we started hiking down to Little Creek. The breeze was welcome as were the partly cloudy blue skies.
We identified a number of East Texas trees along the road and Michael began his remarkable identification of birds, usually by song. He provided us with a lengthy list including Red-eyed Vireo, White-eyed Vireo, Downy Woodpecker, American Crow, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-shouldered Hawk, Plieated Woodpecker, Pine Warbler, Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Summer Tanager, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Carolina Chickadee, Carolina Wren, Orchard Oriole, and unidentified thrushes. Truly a cornucopia of migrant and local birds! What wonderful ear candy!!!
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Cascading waterfalls of muscadine grapes fill barrel after barrel in Duplin Winery's vineyards.
"This is harvest time, if we don't get now, we're not going to get it," said winery president Dave Fussell. He added that harvest season picks up the day after Labor Day and runs through mid-October.
Employees work round the clock with the final product in mind.
"Muscadines produce wines that are fun; they're kind of cool, sweet and easy, and we're hoping that our wines will taste just like you're underneath the grape vine eating the grapes," Fussell said.
Duplin Winery is made up of 1200 acres of muscadine grapes. This year, they hope to produce seven tons per acre.
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To upgrade, you just need the USB cable. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...USB_Cable.html |
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got a email from the guy in hungary, saying I still need to flash the Rx..
in his mail he pointed me to a few webpages, firmware: http://file.emiter.hu/Modellezes/FrS...pdate_CPPM.rar and method: http://code.google.com/p/uavp-mods/w...SkyProgramming now here's where it gets a bit 'fuzzy'... the method page shows a PC hardware part, that is now discontinued the firmware -appears to be- the same as the firmware available from FrSky's website. (maybe..it seems to have the same release number.) from what I could gather, the 'update' puts cppm on ch8's output, while leaving ch1-7 as before.. and.. something about needing the update to get rssi onto the side pins of the Rx. I -really- dont want to lose ch8. I'm already using 7ch into the Naza, and was hoping for ch8 to be able to pan the FPV camera. The FrSky USB programmer from hobbyking seems to have a plug that would fit the transmitter module, but not the receiver... hmm... several people make OSD units. Several make receivers. Why cany they get together and make some form of 'standard' for RSSI, and BUILD IT INTO the receivers... or is that asking too much?? |
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This is the ebay device: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FrSky-RSSI...-/120724292816 and it outputs on blue wire analog RSSI from any D8R receiver newer than V2, no reflashing needed ! Here a video showing the process:
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Origin FW not send telemetry datas via side port! Therefore need update for CPPM (and telemetry send) FW version. The result is: 7ch normal PPM +1ch CPPM +telemetry datas via side port (for RSSI-DAC converter)! BR! Istvan from Hungary |
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It looks like it will be a very Happy New Year for Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart after the Twilight couple were apparently spotted together in London.
According to fan tweets, Kristen and Rob have been enjoying some down time in London after Kristen jetted into the UK on Thursday (December 27). The couple were apparently spotted on the tube heading to Victoria station yesterday.
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Schaub rallies Texans past Jaguars, 43-37
For weeks Andre Johnson has been saying he was finally feeling like himself again after last year's injury plagued season.
He hopes his career-best 273-yard performance, including a 48-yard game-winning touchdown reception, in Houston's 43-37 overtime win over Jacksonville on Sunday proves his point.
''Maybe you guys will believe me after that,'' Johnson said with a laugh.
Johnson's 273 yards receiving on a career-high 14 receptions were the most in the NFL since 2000.
Matt Schaub threw for 527 yards and career-high five scores as the Texans rallied from a 14-point fourth quarter deficit for the victory.
Schaub said he didn't have to say anything to the team before the game-winning drive.
''We knew what we had to get done,'' the quarterback said.
Schaub's yards passing are tied for the second most in NFL history. Warren Moon also threw for 527 yards for the Houston Oilers in December 1990 against Kansas City. Norm Van Brocklin holds the record with 554 for the Rams in 1951.
''Tremendous play by our quarterback, and probably as good a day as I've ever seen by a wide receiver,'' Houston coach Gary Kubiak said. ''As a matter of fact, I know it is.''
Chad Henne threw for 354 yards and a career-high four touchdowns filling in for Blaine Gabbert after he bruised his right elbow on a hit on Jacksonville's first series.
Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey thought Henne did a nice job, but wouldn't say who will start for his team next week.
''After I evaluate the tape, a decision will be made,'' he said.
Henne had some big plays to rookie receiver Justin Blackmon, who had a season-high seven catches for 236 yards.
''He has gotten better and better and better every week, and today was good for him and good for our team to see that,'' Mularkey said of Blackmon, a first-round pick. ''I'm sure it will carry over.''
Houston had a shot to win it earlier in overtime, but Schaub was intercepted by Derek Cox. But they got another chance after Jacksonville's offense stalled to set up Johnson's game-winner.
''Bad things are going to happen,'' Johnson said of Schaub's interception in overtime. ''But you have to move on from it.''
The teams exchanged field goals in overtime to tie it at 37-all.
Houston could have won it in regulation, but Shayne Graham's field goal attempt from 47 yards was wide left. It would have been from 42, but the Texans had a false start when they first lined up to kick it.
Houston used a 1-yard touchdown reception by Garrett Graham to get within 34-27 with about six minutes remaining.
Blackmon was open, but couldn't handle the throw on third down and the Jaguars had to punt after that, giving the Texans a chance to tie it.
The Texans capped a 90-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown reception by Graham to tie it at 34-all with about 1 1/2 minutes left.
Keshawn Martin was chased down from behind by the punter on a 71-yard return early in the fourth quarter with Houston trailing by a touchdown. But the Texans came up empty when Schaub was intercepted by Paul Posluszny two plays later.
The Jaguars were facing third-and-21 on the ensuing drive when Henne hit Blackmon over the middle, and he shed a pair of defenders on the way to an 81-yard touchdown to make it 34-20.
Jacksonville went up 17-14 early in the third on a 40-yard field goal by Josh Scobee.
Arian Foster fumbled three plays later and the Jaguars recovered on the Houston 11. Jacksonville took advantage of the turnover when a wide-open Marcedes Lewis grabbed a 1-yard touchdown pass to push the lead to 27-17 later in the third.
Houston settled for a 27-yard field goal when the offense stalled inside the red zone to cut the lead to 27-20 near the end of the third quarter.
Houston took an early 7-0 lead when Schaub connected with rookie Martin on a 9-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter.
Gabbert was injured when he was hit by Danieal Manning and fumbled on Jacksonville's first drive.
Henne took over and the Jaguars evened it up when Lewis grabbed a 13-yard reception from him later in the first.
Cecil Shorts got in front of the defense on a 67-yard catch and run to give Jacksonville a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter.
The Texans answered with a 1-yard touchdown reception by tight end James Casey to tie it again.
The teams exchanged field goals late in the second quarter to leave tied at 17-all at halftime.
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War is a luxury few can afford.Biofuels, photovoltaics and large wind turbines are far more cost-effective than fossil fuels, uranium or other hazardous and non-renewable resources.The biggest nuisance to implementing a free, fair and prosperous solar economy is the privately owned and usurious central banks that issue negative-value and counterfeit "dollars" and "pounds" backed by little more than subsidized corporate-state theft and terrorism rather than regenerative economic production. In the USA, taxpayers are expected to subsidize the war & usury racket with over $1 trillion "dollars" every year.As inspired by Buckminster Fuller and proposed by Rothschild Motors, replacing debt currencies with renewable energy credits (RECs) will rapidly transform the global anti-economy into a real economy that can provide peace, justice and prosperity for everyone.But if that happens, The Economist and other entertaining "news" won't have so many exciting problems to chat about. Humans who are "civilized" might get bored and invent new problems to make themselves feel important.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GlobalRelations/message/224
The article misuses some selected facts to create an implied conclusion that is way off.
The facts in the article would have supported the title �€œWait until next year to install residential solar�€�, but the article implies that solar is a long way from being economical, and that is just plain wrong.
The biggest misuse of facts in the article is implying that conversion efficiency is crucial. The only crucial metric is cost per watt. Even a 10% conversion efficiency is fine once the cost is low enough. The cost of solar panels today from the most efficient manufacturers is $2/watt �€" heading down to $1/watt within 2 years. Cost/watt is a function of manufacturing efficiency which is a function of volume, and cost/watt is now on a semiconductor-like downward ramp. The author�€™s $8.5/watt ($1700 for 200 watt panel) also includes a lot of assembly costs and several levels of markup that will rapidly get squeezed out once solar volumes go up.
Another major omission is failing to project the future cost of hydrocarbon-derived electricity. The author seems to assume that his 10.8 cents per kWh grid rate will continue. Think about what that rate will be when oil hits $200/bbl in a few years and continues up from there. The world will be running short of oil within 20 years �€" and maybe much sooner than that.
Retrofitting an existing home is probably the most expensive way to utilize solar. It is much more efficient to integrate solar into new construction ((Building Integrated Photovoltaics - BIPV). Special solar panels actually become the building�€™s roof, awnings, etc. Another alternative is utility-scale solar. A few square miles of Nevada desert would power the entire United States.
A solar future is not a luxury, but a necessity.
I paid $31,000 for a 5.2 kW system after all rebates and credits. In my first year of operation, my annnual electric bill went from $3000 to $78. Given the time value of money, expected rate increases, probable discount rates, etc..., I calculate a 10.5 yr payback. The system has a 25 year warranty so assuming I get another 10-15 years out of it, I get a good ROI. I'm based in Northern CA.
Carbon credits? I'm not the first to say they are like Papal indulgences - and just as nutty. Carbon credits follow the same logic as "eat all you want and never gain weight!!!" If you care about carbon in the atmosphere, go nuclear. If you hold environmentalism as a religious belief, then keep worshiping the Sun.
This article has a good point, that conservation is very cost-effective, but misses many other points. First, what were the energy costs before the remodel? And how much did the new windows, insulation, and so on cost? How much did the total remodel cost? It could be more than many folks want to spend.
Next, using a flat rate for power is not realistic in California. The author's usage is about 24 KwH/day (quite low). Where I live, only the first 11 KwH/day cost $0.11/kwH. The next 11 cost $0.13, the next 11, $0.23, then $0.32, then $0.37. This is per month, not year round, so in the summer if you need to use any significant air conditioning, it's easy to get into the upper tiers. An alternative to this is time-of-use metering, where the utility charges you $0.32 for peak time usage (basically noon-7 weekdays) and $0.08 other times.
Next, the system sizing and payback are flawed. You do not need a system that generates all you use to drive your costs to zero. This is because any sensible solar installation uses time-of-use metering, meaning you are generating extra power, and selling it to the utility, precisely when prices are highest. In theory, a system that produced only 1/5 of your consumption could drive your cost to 0 (if you used no electricity at all during peak times). Of course this is an unrealistic case, but in practice a system that is much smaller than energy break-even can be an economic win. For example, with consumption of 30 KwH/day (25% more than the author) I reach zero net cost with a system of 4.5 kw peak (2/3 the size and cost of what the author proposes)
So a more typical set of numbers, for the San Francisco bay area might be: Initial bill, $230/month, or $2760/year. Size of system needed to drive bill near 0, about 4-5 KW peak. Cost roughly $42K - $12K rebates - $2K federal tax saving = $28K out of pocket. Payback is about 10 years, assuming electricity rates rise at the same rate as borrowing expenses. Not a spectacular investment, but not bad.
Finally, there are many companies pursuing much cheaper solar panels - almost all are aiming at about $1/watt, as opposed to the current $5/watt. The basic idea is to print them, not manufacture them. While any idea not in mass production should be viewed with a certain amount of skepticism, they have convinced some fairly hard-headed venture capitalists to pony up 100s of millions to build large scale production facilities. (See NanoSolar for a particular example).
On a more empirical level, if the argument is true, why is demand for solar panels so high that the prices are level, or increasing, despite additional capacity coming on line? (see, for example, the web site solarbuzz shows panel price history. ) The answer is that using realistic pricing, solar is already competitive in places where the peak usage is during peak sunlight hours. And as the lower cost panels come on line, this tradeoff will surely shift in favor of solar in more and more places.
Their is a much simpler solution and that is to use the solar energy as heat and not convert it to electricity. This heat could heat the house in the winter or provide hot water year round as a suplement to electrical heating. This method pays for itself almost immediately and has been in use in many countries for over 30 years.
This article clearly explains the cost prohibitive use of solar, or even wind energy, for the generation and storage of electricity. There still is some debate whether the energy used to manufacture a panel and associated equipment will ever meet the output of a solar power system lifespan.
In remote locations, it does make a lot of sense to install solar or wind. Running kilometres of wiring, permits, posts and so on are immense costs.
However we must not forget, long practised in Asia, that solar water heating is very very efficient, up to 70% on a commercially available system. That is where solar industry should go in my opinion. Pools, aquaculture, homes, greenhouses, industry could all benefit from solar water heating.
I believe it maybe of some interest to the aughtor to know, that in 2006 the United Institute For Nuclear research in Dubna (Russia) has presented solar panels with efficiency coefficient of 50%. As the statement goes, the battery will be able to provide electricity even at night. However, this development is not yet come to commercial use.
Source: Rotkin A. His beautiful nano//Russian Newsweek,
June 12th, 2006, p.60-62.
Just to set the record straight, the energy payback time for photovoltaic installations has been calculated in numerous scientific papers. Results show that modern multicrystalline and thin-film systems produce generate 10-30 times more energy than is used in their production and maintenance.http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy99osti/24619.pdfhttp://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pv_basics.htmlhttp://www.energybulletin.net/17219.html
This is for agirgis just to set the record straight. A modern thin-film solar electric installation in a sunny climate such as the author's native Los Angeles has an energy payback time on the order of one year. The only remaining "debate" regarding energy payback is probably for photovoltaic installations located at the South Pole. Regarding wind power, today's turbines will generate electricity for 5 cents per kilowatt-hour at sites with annual average windspeeds of 7 meters per second, making it cheaper (and don't forget CO2-free) compared with gas turbines.
But your comments regarding solar water heating are spot on. In fact, the Mediterranean countries of Spain, Italy and Israel all mandate solar systems for all new homes. There's no reason for southern California not to do the same given the enormous resource. In fact, the same roof-mounted collectors can be used for solar air conditioning which is poised for great success given that peak demand exactly coincides with peak energy capture in mid-afternoon.
This article is extremely narrow and the writer did not do much homework about solar power.
In this magazine, there are several articles about the eficacy of solar power for electrical production. I just clicked on some links and read about CSP, concentrated solar power, and how well the one built in 1980 is still working... making 364 MW of power to power 90,000 homes.
As for PVs... there are MANY ways of adding PVs to your home at very low cost... not the least of which is LEASING them.. do a little research and stop shilling for the hydrocarbon industry. Look at www.nanosolar.com
For some reason.. Germany seems to be able to produce 20% of its electrical needs from wind and solar... wow.. but we can't do that here.. because? Because of lobbyists from the hydrocarbon industry.
If you want to talk about the COST of power from coal, or nukes.. let's talk about ALL THE COSTS, not just your fantasy of running the plants. The latest energy bill passed included an earmark for 50 BILLION taxpayer dollars just to pay for the INSURANCE for a nuke plant to get a license. Excuse me? 50 BILLION in gov't WELFARE? How stupid are we here?
And the cost of burning coal to our health and the health of our ENTIRE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM (planet earth).. how much is that worth? Maybe you didn't have children so you don't give a damn what happens to this planet after you die.
Get a clue... your coal fired energy costs a LOT more than $900 a year in REAL costs to the health of the people who have to live around these plants. In fact, the Dept of Energy just STOPPED funding the so called "clean coal" FutureGen experiment that was slated to cost almost TWO BILLION dollars... come ON... put this money in the SMART catagory.. CLEAN RENEWABLES. Stop writing articles about how much solar panels cost and start writing your congressperson who is probably eating lunch with some coal lobbyist right now.
It's time to stop whining about personal costs when you don't even consider the REAL costs, and examine your OWN responsibility to the planet all children and grandchildren will be living on.
As other readers have noted, the article talks only about PV energy, not direct water heating. I suggest you run a story about solar energy in Israel, where they have been heating their homes and water for home use with direct solar energy for decades.
I imagine that davidtuscon would also like us to take into account the total energy which all of the PV factory workers' forebears since Adam and Eve consumed throughout their lives! Plus of course the total energy which the sun has shone upon the earth since its formation billions of years ago, without which life would not have formed and the PV system couldn't have been produced either.In short, get real, or at least hold fossil fuel plants to the same standards.
Funn that the author lives in California where so many people wouldn't think twice about spending $50-$60k on a kitchen or bathroom remodel and then complain about a PV installation that at least pays you something back every month. Once carbon caps and peak oil becomes reality in the next 5 years, that house with the capability of zero utility costs when the right appliances and lighting installed will be worth far more that the neighboring homes with all their viking ranges, sub-zero refrig. and granite countertops that have long gone out of style!!
It is better worshiping the sun than dying violently near an exploding nuclear reactor bombed by terrorists!
Solar costs are going down, so it is a matter of time that solar energy will become competitive, even without subsidies!
And...WHAT ABOUT WIND POWER?? I'm waiting for a similar article on it!
You forgot about the interest you would make by putting the $65,000 into a suitable saving account
The article highlights the currently insurmountable difficulties in going for a solar electric home. Though some of those who commented found some flaws in the author's analysis, I found it to be informative.
I just returned from a seminar in which one of the topics discussed was India's energy options. It appears to be criminal to use electricity for heating water.Solar heating must be made mandatory in hotels, schools, hospitals and other public facilities and progressively in residences.
Like the author, I ran a similar analysis to determine the suitability of a solar power solution. I came to a similar conclusion. Before exploring the solar option, better to review high efficiency lighting and refridgeration options. If you have an old fridge - replacing it is one of the best returns on investment out there.
I investigated solar power for my Northern California-based home. My needs were more modest (I spend $45/month on electricity) and I too could not make the math work in my favor. I have started riding my bicycle to work instead!
I believe economics is not the issue that favours the use of Solar Power. I should think that the debate is about sustainability, a cleaner environment and, even though this is not as yet a matter of significant public debate currently, the impact that large power generating projects have on the communities that they displace.
In this day and age there is no doubting that power generation as it stands today is neither sustainable given the rapid pace at which fossil fuels are being depleted, nor is it helping the environment any. Forget for a moment those lofty debates of climate change and its impact on the planet - the very air in and around thermal power plants or in the middle of traffic-choked roads in developing countries is unbreathable. It is laughable that some are promoting nuclear energy as a cleaner alternative, given that the pollutant it leaves behind is a potential time bomb with a timer set to go off at any time in the next 200,000 years!
Solar energy with its promise of energy generation without using up depletable resources and not producing any polluting by products, is, under the circumstances, possibly the great white hope, provided it is adopted fast enough by large enough numbers of people, if not everywhere, at least in countries that are blessed with abundant sunshine.
Solar energy offers another great advantage - we don't need as many power generating plants since the generation happens at the place where the power is consumed. Thus, large tracts of land that are now being taken over by displacing indigenous people can also be avoided and along with it the tremendous social and public cost associated with acquisition of such land.
On a different matter, the author comments on the relative inefficiency of energy conversion in solar energy. This may be relevant to California, but in India, where I live this should not cut much ice. The best thermal plants I understand have an energy efficiency of 40%. Assuming India has the best plants, its rate of transmission loss at 30%, would mean that the effective efficiency of India's power plants is only 28%, not too far away from the 20% efficiency of commercially available solar panels!
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These poems are works in progress, and may be subject to revision without notice. Completed versions appear in my books. Nevertheless copyright applies to all texts found here.
5 December 2008
The poem of the dress
This recent photo is getting me so many compliments, I decided to revisit a poem I wrote about it in 2007. (On that occasion I was wearing it without the matching trousers.)
Summer dress
My cherry-red drapes me loosely,
floats when I move, dances with me.
Deep armholes show flashes of skin,
my underwear is "nude".
The slit front and scalloped sides
free my winter-white legs.
They stick right out in the sun,
they jig and twist and stride.
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NWP's EUREKA "BALLOON TRACK"
The Balloon
Track about 1952
This 1889 Sanborn map shows the area more or less in its
natural state. The Eel River & Eureka Railroad tracks are on
a man-made berm between the bay and the "tide prairie"
west of Bucksport Road (now Summer Street from 5th to Washington
Street) and truncated Broadway.
Depot and "Balloon" area in 1902
Noe & Georgeson "Bird's
Eye View" Map, from Library of Congress Collection
In the early 20th Century, the area later
occupied by the "balloon" track area was marshy
tideland, yet to be filled in. Only the ballasted right-of-way in
the right foreground was usable at the time.
Note that even Broadway, now
U.S. 101, came north only as far as Washington Street. Summer
Street was still a major thoroughfare from town toward Bucksport,
Loleta and points south.
Close-Up of 1902 Station View
The Eel River & Eureka Railroad station and yard lies between
First Street and the extension of Second Street, with the
intersection of Second & A Streets at the upper left corner
of the picture. In the left foreground is the railroad's wharf,
with the large general warehouse and behind it the smaller fruit
and wool warehouses.
Below are 1900 map diagrams of the same area
and the floorplan of the depot...
By the 1920s, businesses such as Baker & Stanton and Mercer-Fraser and had moved into their long-time "homes" on Second west of A Street, across from NWP's Depot. The "balloon" area, however was yet to be completely filled in, though the right-of-way was widening to allow for more yard and lead tracks.
Just south of Fortuna was the "Alton & Pacific"...in later years


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50.I believe in Jim Gordon. I believe in Harvey Dent. I believe in Gotham City.
49.I made a promise on the grave of my parents that I would rid this city of the evil that took their lives. By day, I am Bruce Wayne, billionaire philanthropist. At night, criminals, a cowardly and superstitious lot, call me... Batman.
48.You and I... with what we do... what's at stake... we can't fail. Others don't understand, but even if it's... impossible, we still have to succeed.
47.Your life could end here, now, and nobody would ever know. Would anyone even miss you? Tell me, what's your life worth, punk... ?
46.I've known Commissioner Jim Gordon for more years than I'd care to admit. During that time a friendship has grown that I thought was as solid as a rock. I would have trusted my life to the man.
45.You can never escape me. Bullets don't harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I know pain. Sometimes I share it. With someone like you
44.My life has been a crusade to save this city. But as Batman. And now, in its greatest hour of crisis, Gotham turns to Bruce Wayne.
43.That's the trouble about girls who love secrets: They can't keep them.
42.It's because of people like you that I became this. And you'll never give me a reason to become someone else.
41.This is a story about Mercy. It's also about revenge... justice... and fighting for yourself.
40.Whatever the case, I won't stop until I have rescued Gotham City.
39.If I ever see you in this city again, God help you.
38.Clark has told me about Bizarro. How he speaks in opposites. Makes The Joker seem sane...
37.I'm Batman. And we both know Batman's secret identity is.....Bruce Wayne!!
36.Quiet or Papa Spank!!!(To some women during a comic in the 60s)
35.Grief is the enemy. There's no time for grief. There's no room for grief. Grief turns into acceptance. Forgiveness. Grief forgives what can never be forgiven. Never.
34.He thinks he can scare me. He thinks he can stop me. There's nothing wrong with him a bullet in the head won't fix.
33.The most powerful being on the planet and they kept him hidden on a small Kansas farm
32.You're a junkie. A Chocos junkie!
31.No, Clark, you're missing the point of the question. Why do I keep that giant penny? Or old costumes, models of the Batmobile? Orphans are collectors, Clark. Losing so much... makes it that much harder to give things up.
Time for the 1966 film quotes
30.They may be drinkers, Robin, but they're still human beings.
29.Hand me down the shark repellent Batspray!
28.Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb...
Lets go back to the comics now.
27.Horrible things happen to children everywhere.
26.There's no reward in being right all the time.
25.Supergirl, you're one of the most powerful creatures on the planet. If someone intelligent were to come after you, they wouldn't attack you directly. They'd try to trick you. Surprise you. Remember Supergirl... only your body's invulnerable.
24.You can't fight fate, and you can't survive alone... I can't help but notice that almost seems like a definition of who I am... A person who's trying to do both.
23.The Batman can't die. He feeds on evil like yours.
22.He calls himself "Scarecrow." Psychologist turned psychopath. He preys on the innocent and instill them with fear. When I chose to wear my... costume, it was to prey upon the criminals, and instill them with fear. The irony is not lost on me...
21.I have questions. You will answer them. Or else.
20.The rain falls on murderers and madmen, the same as it does on innocent children... and it can't stop a bullet.
19.Some would say it isn't him attacking. It's his disease. It's his addiction. Too bad I can't kick his addiction.
18.What are you dense? Are you retarded or something? Who the hell do you think I am? I'm the GodDamn Batman.
17.I'm Batman. I don't enjoy anything.
16.People think it's an obsession. A compulsion. As if there were an irresistible impulse to act. It's never been like that. I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either.
15.Ladies. Gentlemen. You have eaten well. You've eaten Gotham's wealth. Its spirit. Your feast is nearly over. From this moment on -- none of you are safe.
14.Become like me? The Night-Monster. The man who taints the lives of all around him. Is that what I want for him? Is that what he will want for himself?
13.Man-Bats. Ninja Man-Bats. Alarming Twist.
12.Sometimes it's only madness that makes us what we are.
11.Bruce Wayne is a mask I wear, that I've been wearing since I was a child... but it's become a liability, so it's over. Bruce Wayne and his troubles aren't my concern anymore. The only thing that matters now is my mission. Nothing will stand in the way anymore.
10.Criminals are a terror. Hearts of the night. I must disguise my terror. Criminals are cowardly. A superstitious terrible omen. A cowardly lot. My disguise must strike terror. I must be black. Terrible. Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot. I must be a creature. I must be a creature of the night. Mommy's dead. Daddy's dead. Brucie's dead. I shall become a bat.
9.You don't seek justice. You seek vengeance. They're not the same. You have no regard for life. So I'm stopping you.
8.It's humiliating to admit Batman has his limits. That none of my abilities makes any difference if the mark doesn't believe.
7.There's law ... and there's justice. What have you gained by all this? Nothing. You've put yourself in your own prison. And I'll always be around to make sure you stay there. That's the promise I made -- and that's the promise I'll keep. For the rest of our lives.
5.I wear a mask. And that mask, it's not to hide who I am, but to create what I am.
4.We're seeking justice, Alfred. How can that ever be a mistake?
3.I decided early that I would never take a life. Right around the time I decided that I wanted to live. It wasn't an arbitrary decision and it was more than moral. It's about identity. As long as you can choose that, choose who you are in the world... you can choose to call yourself sane
2.And as the sun, that had been too afraid to show its face in this city, started to turn the black into grey, I smiled. Not out of happiness. But because I knew... that one day, I wouldn't have to do this anymore. One day, I could stop fighting. Because one day... I would win. One day, there will be no pain, no loss, no crime. Because of me, because I fight. For you. One day, I will win.
1.(to Superman) Everyone looks up to you. They listen to you. If you tell them to fight, they'll fight. But they need to be inspired. And let's face it "Superman"... the last time you really inspired anyone ... was when you were dead.


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OWINGS MILLS, Md., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Medifast, Inc. (NYSE: MED), a leading United States manufacturer and provider of clinically proven, portion-controlled weight-loss products and programs, announced a statement in response to today's press release by the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC"), announcing the resolution of the FTC's non-public investigation of certain statements in the Company's advertising for its weight-loss programs:
The FTC's allegations suggested that the testing we conducted did not substantiate certain claims used in the advertising of our Medifast line of products. While Medifast disagreed with this interpretation due to our extensive research data, the Company is pleased that the parties reached an agreement on claim language and a protocol for future research to avoid further legal proceedings. More specifically, in line with the FTC's recently published consumer research, the FTC objected to the Company's use of the words "up to" in conjunction with advertised weight loss claims of 2-5 lbs. per week. To avoid a protracted legal battle, Medifast has agreed to modify its weight loss claim to "lose 2-5 lbs. per week for the first 2 weeks and 1-2 lbs. per week thereafter." This clarification is consistent with our prior and ongoing clinical studies. As a leader in the weight loss industry, we stand behind our weight loss claims and remain committed to fairly providing consumers with as much information as possible. Our customers are our number one priority and we have received overwhelmingly enthusiastic feedback from our Medifast customers as to their weight loss and weight management success.
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UWP's latest production, The Journey will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Up with People, while acknowledging that UWP's mission is an ongoing journey, and is as relevant in 2015 as it was in 1965. See the performance at The Hiland Theater on
Friday, February 27 at 7:00 pm and
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Executive Director, Tracy Sharp gave a TEDx Talk about Saranam's unique approach to ending homelessness.
Saranam is a 2-year housing and education program for homeless families in Albuquerque, NM. Saranam offers a comprehensive range of services to assist families in transitioning beyond homelessness.
We work with homeless families (a family, for Sananam's purposes, includes at least one adult and one child with a legal connection) who have a desire and the motivation to change their lives to end their homelessness.
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