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This guide provides recommended guidelines for the essential elements to be included in the design and implementation of an efficient, secure, risk-free work environment for medical transcription and health information documentation.
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There is a heated debate in many European countries about a move towards a welfare system that increases the incentives for lone mothers to move off welfare and into work. We analyze the consequences of a major Norwegian workfare reform of the generous welfare system for lone mothers. Our difference-in-differences estimates show that the policy changes were successful in improving labor market attachment and increasing disposable income of new lone mothers. By contrast, the reform led to a substantial decrease in disposable income and a significant increase in poverty among persistent lone mothers, because a sizeable group was unable to offset the loss of out-of-work welfare benefits with gains in earnings. This suggests that the desired effects of the workfare reform were associated with the side-effects of income loss and increased poverty among a substantial number of lone mothers with insurmountable employment barriers. This finding stands in stark contrast to evidence from similar policy changes in Canada, the UK, and the US, and underscores that policymakers from other developed countries should be cautious when drawing lessons from the successful welfare reforms implemented in Anglo-Saxon countries.
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By rock_fencer From: Columbia, SC Oct 24, 2011 rating: 5.8+ 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c |
Variation: Climb P1 as described. P2 heads straight up from belay stance and cuts out right under roof onto a lichen covered face with jug hauling for a full 170 feet or so up to a large ledge. P3 head up and left for 40 feet or so to top of buttress- could be linked with P2 possibly. P4 move left on top and climb another 40 feet to top of cliff. Good fun and exposure |
By Peter Pitocchi Apr 23, 2012 |
Lots of hand size pieces on pitch 1 Burly, sustained lots of layback, deserves the +. Start of pitch 2 protect the traverse or set up your belay left on ledge. Sharp edges on some of this route. A great climb first pitch memorable. |
By Mike Holley From: Boone, NC Sep 16, 2012 |
Fantastic route all the way north on Short Off! It is quite a bushwhack to get out there, but it it totally worth it!! I would say this route was noticeably stiffer then its cousin Maginot Line, but worth the work! Bring as doubles of c4 1',2's and perhaps 3's if you want to stitch up the first pitch, which is deceptively steep! The business is the first pitch but every other one has its fun sections, its mostly a vertical jug haul with splendid views into the gorge!
By b.t.miller From: Charlotte, NC Aug 18, 2014 rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a |
Update - climbed this route a 2nd time and still feel like P1 is 5.9. My crack skills are novice for sure and maybe that contributes to the struggle but P1 seems quite stout for 5.8+. Toxic Shock is a different style crack but overall that pitch seems far more mellow than this. Agree with M. Holley regarding this route being considerably stiffer than Maginot. P1 wastes no time and fires up straight off the jungle-dense vegetated gorge floor. From there P1 remains relatively sustained right up to the start of the crux which seemed to start in earnest as soon as the dihedral leaned left. Crux seemed pretty sustained for my noodle arms. I do think the crux is 5.8+ but I also don't think anyone would raise an eyebrow if this pitch was listed as 5.9. It seemed unrelenting for about 15-20' with the finishing moves being the hardest (sort of flaring off-width section).... the gorge and your gear are a fair bit below you at that point. Loads of old slings at P1 belay, however there is solid opportunity for pro just a few feet above those slings. P2 - posted a photo of the traverse off P1 belay (traverse climber's left under and around roof, and then generally up path of least resistance to P2 belay) P3 - is short but packs a good punch as you motor-boat the jugs. P4 - thank goodness you can protect this short pitch well because it's steep and the thought of becoming a temporary chockstone between 200' deep buttress walls seemed as fun as being a dingleberry. GEAR -- tricams (used red, brown and blue), 1 set of nuts seemed sufficient (4-13), and doubles of BD cams 0.5-2.0 were big handy. Took and used singles of 0.2, 0.3 and 3.0 BD cams. |


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"All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence." - Martin Luther King, Jr
April 11, 2007
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WASHINGTON (AP)—With 0.7 on the clock and the Sacramento Kings trailing the Washington Wizards by three, Brad Miller threw a splendid 80-foot pass to John Salmons. Salmons made the catch, moved his right foot behind the 3-point arc and fired.
Good! The Kings rushed onto the floor in wild celebration.
But the officials ruled it a 2-point basket, setting up the real moment of drama: the video review.
It turned the call was doubly wrong. The replay showed the basket was a 3-pointer, but the rectangle of lights around the basket that signal the end of the game turned red while Salmons still had the slightest of contact with the ball at the end of his release.
No basket. The Wizards win, 109-106.
"I was thinking we were going to overtime, then they just called the game," Salmons said. "The time was close. You couldn't really tell one way or the other. I don't know if it's the right thing to call the game or not, but they called it. … Any time you lose on a controversial call, it's tough because you feel like they took it out of your hands."
It was a fitting end to a wild Thursday night game that featured a first-half duel between Gilbert Arenas and Ron Artest, a second-half duel between Caron Butler and Mike Bibby, a blown 17-point fourth-quarter lead by the Wizards and 47 combined turnovers.
"There are different ways to win in this league," Washington coach Eddie Jordan said. "And the most important thing is we won."
Arenas scored 30 of his 43 points in the first half and finished with an extremely active box score line: 12-for-22 from the field, 3-for-8 from 3-point range, 16-for-17 from the free throw line, seven rebounds, seven assists, three steals and nine of the Wizards' season-high 23 turnovers.
Meanwhile, Butler scored 19 of his 25 points in the second half. DeShawn Stevenson finished with 21 points for the Wizards, who won their third straight and improved to 4-4 since Antawn Jamison was sidelined with a knee injury.
The Kings' stars also played tag-team ball. Artest had 21 of his 32 points by halftime, while 22 of Bibby's 30 came after the break. Artest was disappointed that he took only five shots in the second half.
"I tried to do a little bit more, but Coach just stopped going to me," Artest said.
The Wizards seemed to be in control with a 95-78 lead early in the fourth, but Bibby made two 3-pointers in a 14-0 run to set up the tight finish.
Arenas' two free throws with 38 seconds to play gave the Wizards a 104-103 lead. Butler stripped Bibby on the next possession, then was tripped by Bibby on the fast break. Butler made one of two free throws to give Washington a two-point lead.
The Kings tried to set up for a tying or go-ahead basket, but Salmons shuffled his feet in the lane against tough defense from Stevenson. There were three more made free throws by the Wizards and a 3-pointer by Salmons in the furious final moments—then Arenas made one of two free throws with 0.7 on the clock.
Then came Salmons' final shot—and the review.
"I was just holding my breath," Butler said.
"It looked good to me," Bibby said. "We came in here and watched it. It looked good."
Arenas was needled by teammate Stevenson after Tuesday's game for having a lower shooting percentage on the season—50 to 42—and he seemed determined to make up the eight-point differential in one night. He and Artest put on quite a show from the opening whistle, both starting 6-for-6 from the field and combining for 32 of the game's first 52 points.
But that was only the opening act of a very eventful game.
"It was ugly, right?" Washington center Brendan Haywood said. "It was a good win for us. However we got it, we got it."
Gilbertology update: Arenas offered up his best excuses for dodging reporters this week. He said he left quickly after Tuesday's victory over Minnesota because he wanted to see the movie "Hannibal Rising"—he shrugged his shoulders in disappointment when asked for a review—and beat a quick path out of the arena Thursday to prepare for the upcoming road trip. "I have to pack," he said. Why couldn't he pack before the game? Because, Arenas said, a power outage prevented him from getting into his own house, which has a sophisticated security system. Apparently, he's saving "the dog ate my homework" for a later date. … Neither team made a move before Thursday's trade deadline. The one player who might have been on the block was Bibby. "I think any time there is speculation, it can affect you," Kings coach Eric Musselman said. "There won't be any speculation now." … Stevenson, who has been calling himself "Mr. Fifty" to reflect his shooting mark, stayed above break-even by going 8-for-14.


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Flirty Flapper Tween Costume
Behave any way you want in this Flirty Flapper tween costume. The pink mini dress trimmed with jet-black lace is reminiscent of the 1920's when young ladies flaunted their disdain for "acceptable behavior". Show everyone your rebellious side and jazz up your style with this elegant and fun outfit.
Flirty Flapper Adult Womens Costume
Be empowered and behave any way you want in this Flirty Flapper adult womens costume. The black mini dress of this flapper costume features silver trim and black fringe. A matching feathered headpiece completes this sexy costume.
Flirty Flamenco Adult Womens Costume
Shake up the party and show off your moves when you appear in this dazzling Flirty Flamenco adult womens costume. The black and pink, 100% polyester dress of this sexy womens costume features an attached flower, decorative rose print, a ruffle-trimmed hem and a super seductive slit.
Nerd Glasses
Flirt with the fifties, complete your costume or get ready for shop class in these nerdy black plastic Nerd Glasses.
Nerd Set
Create or complete your total Nerd costume with this essential Nerd Set. You need to have these black shop glasses, the plastic pocket protector and black bow tie!
Nerd Wig
Create or complete your transformation into a total nerd with this dorky brown Nerd wig.
Girls Nerd Glasses
Outnerd all the other nerds this Halloween in the Girls Nerd Glasses. Pair these black wayfarer style glasses with pink tape detail with your nerd costume (sold separately).
Pixel Nerd Kit
Nothing's nerdier than a pixelated nerd! Add a twist to this classic costume when you use this officially licensed Pixel Nerd Kit complete with jagged edge glasses, bow tie,and pocket protector.
Nerd Alert Girls Costume
Show off your dorky side in the Nerd Alert Girls Costume. This mix-matched printed dress is brightly colored with a hot pink necktie detail. Add black glasses (sold separately) to take this look from nerd chic to plain old nerdy.
Classroom Nerd Girls Costume
Move to the head of the class when you decide to wear this Classroom Nerd Girls Costume. Straight A's never looked better with this plaid skirt, complete with white top and faux green suspenders. No nerd costume is truly whole without a pair of classic nerdy glasses.
Cracked Nerd Glasses
Fully embrace your clumsy nature with the Cracked Nerd Glasses. Push up your spectacles this Halloween with these thick rimmed glasses with a cracked glass and tape detail.
Girls Nerd Tutu
This Girls Nerd Tutu shows that even nerds like to look cute. This rainbow colored tutu features heart details and an argyle print waistband.
Black Nerd Bow Tie
Complete your nerd costume when you dress to the nines wearing this Black Nerd Bow Tie! You'll be the sharpest geek in the pencil protector when you accessorize with this bow tie.
Nerd Glasses with Tape
Dorky black frames and white mending tape add up to - NERD! Whether you are a hopeless nerd, hottie or hunk, these Nerd glasses are fun to wear!
Minnie Adult Nerd Kit
If you're a Disney nerd, you'll geek out over the Officially Licensed Minnie Adult Nerd Kit. This kit includes, classic Minnie mouse ears with red and white polka dot bow, yellow bow tie and red nerd glasses. Pair with a Minnie Mouse dress or just spice up any red and white outfit.
Nerd Female Kit
Nerd Female Kit includes yellow and black plaid suspenders that cross over in the back and clasp at the waist, red and black plaid bow tie and large black rimmed glasses.
Nerd Adult Costume
It's time for revenge! What's not to love about a man with a plastic pocket protector? Revel in your nerdiness when you wear this hysterical Nerd adult costume that comes complete with sturdy safety glasses and the mission-critical plastic pocket protector.
Classic Nerd Boys Costume
Whether you love or hate math and science, this Classic Nerd boys costume is scientifically proven to be very funny. Crack up the crowd when you show up in this jumpsuit styled to look like high-rise plaid pants, complete with an attached bow tie and belt.
Nerd Adult Mens Costume
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Nursery Nerd Infant Costume
Three plus three equals this little cutie! In the Nursery Nerd Infant Costume your baby will be a genius with this jumpsuit featuring adorable red suspenders, green bow-tie and over-sized black-rimmed glasses.
Black Round Nerd Glasses
Top off all of your geekiness when you wear the Black Round Nerd Glasses. This pair of round glasses features black frames and clear lenses.
Nerd Baby Romper
Turn your little one into smarty when you dress them in this very funny Nerd Baby Romper. The one-piece costume is style to look like a shirt with a pocket protector and bow tie.
Total Nerd 3-piece Set
There's nothing quite so hot as a sexy librarian or a hottie nerd! Transform yourself into something else with this three-piece Total Nerd set and shatter their illusions.
Class Nerd Adult Mens Costume
Chicks dig a guy with a huge IQ. Show all the ladies how smart you are when you wear this Class Nerd Adult Mens Costume. Jumpsuit is styled to look like separate pants and shirt, complete with attached bow tie and belt.


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Creative Commons draws on the diverse backgrounds, worldviews, talents, and experiences of its staff, affiliate network, and larger community. We believe that this diversity makes us a more effective and fluid organization, and helps us achieve our vision of maximizing digital creativity, sharing, and innovation on a global level. We strive to strengthen and nurture this diversity through an inclusive and collaborative working environment.
Cable Green, Director of Global Learning
Olympia, Washington
Started: May 2011
Cable works with the global open education community to leverage open licensing, open educational resources, and open policies to significantly improve access to quality education and research resources so everyone in the world can attain the education they desire. Cable has 15 years of academic technology, online learning, and open education experience in higher education and recently led a project to build and share a general education curriculum under the CC BY license. Cable holds a PhD in educational psychology from Ohio State University and tweets @cgreen.
Matt Lee, Technical Lead
Boston, Massachusetts
Started: April 2014
Matt is responsible for CC's free software development and management of the myriad of servers and websites that tell the world about Creative Commons (including this one).
A professional Emacs user by day, in 2008 Matt wrote and produced the short film "Happy Birthday to GNU" starring Stephen Fry. He is the founder of the free culture community Libre.fm and co-founder of the federated social network, GNU social. He lives in Boston with his wife and aloof cat, where he is directing a CC-BY-SA licensed feature length monkey movie, tweeting furiously at Hulk Hogan, and dreaming in HTML.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/metamattl
Twitter: @mattl / @dotbiz
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Ryan Merkley, CEO*
Toronto, Ontario
Started: June 2014
Ryan Merkley is a national leader in public policy, open government, and digital communications. He is the incoming Chief Executive Officer of Creative Commons, the global nonprofit that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. Ryan was Chief Operating Officer of the Mozilla Foundation, the nonprofit parent of the Mozilla Corporation, creator of the world's most recognizable open-source software project and internet browser, Firefox. At the Mozilla Foundation Ryan led development of programs like Webmaker and Lightbeam, and in 2012 he presented Mozilla's multimedia remixing platform Popcorn at TED Global. He also established Mozilla's successful individual fundraising program, raising over $1.8 million from 44,000 new donors.
Ryan previously worked as Director of Corporate Communications for the City of Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Games, and acted as a Senior Advisor to Mayor David Miller in Toronto, where he initiated Toronto's Open Data project. Most recently, Ryan was Managing Director and Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at Vision Critical, a Vancouver-based SaaS company and market research firm. He studied Political Science and Economics at Waterloo University.
Ryan is passionate about social causes, digital media, and open government and data. He is an avid cyclist, an amateur barista, and a father. He resides in downtown Toronto.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmerkley
Twitter: @ryanmerkley
Tumblr: http://ryanmerkley.tumblr.com/
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Rob Myers, Software Developer*
Vancouver, British Columbia
Started: April 2015
Rob Myers is a Developer at Creative Commons, which means he's leading the creation of technologies and tools to help build the commons. An experienced Free Software developer, Rob started out in digital arts education before being involved in the startup scene in both dot.com booms. He's been involved in the Creative Commons community online since 2003 and has used and promoted the Creative Commons licenses extensively in both professional and personal projects. He's a former Chief GNU Webmaster, part of the team behind the Libre.fm and GNU social projects and is on the advisory board of Furtherfield gallery in the UK. Rob recently moved from the UK to Vancouver in order to be with his wife, gaining two cats in the process.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/
Twitter: @robmyers
Mari Moreshead, Senior Administrator*
Toronto, Ontario
Started: February 2015
Mari comes to CC after three years at the Mozilla Foundation in administration.
Prior to that, she held similar roles at a legal technology start up and the Playful Invention Company.
She's lived in a number of Canadian cities but now calls Toronto home where she lives with her partner and their two cats.
Twitter: @marimoreshead
Jane Park, Project Manager
Los Angeles, California
Started: January 2008
Jane leads CC's Platform Initiative, which seeks to create easy, clear, and enjoyable ways for users to contribute to the commons. Previously, Jane launched the School of Open, a global community of volunteers that runs free education programs on the meaning and application of "open" for creative endeavors, education, and research. As a founding volunteer of P2PU, she has designed and led courses on creative nonfiction writing, CC for educators, and designing collaborative workshops. Jane continues to help individual creators and companies leverage CC tools for greater social impact. She is based in Los Angeles, California.
Sarah Hinchliff Pearson, Senior Counsel
Des Moines, Iowa
Started: May 2011
Sarah helps to provide legal support to Creative Commons, including assisting in the development of Version 4.0 of the CC license suite. While her primary focus is copyright law, Sarah advises the organization on all facets of CC's work. Before joining CC, she worked at the Stanford Fair Use Project and as an associate at Fried Frank in New York City. Her interest in copyright began in her former life as a journalist. She has a journalism degree from Northwestern University and a J.D. from University of Michigan Law School.
Diane Peters, General Counsel/Corporate Secretary
Portland, Oregon
Started: May 2008
As General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for CC, Diane directs the organization's legal strategy, affairs and projects, and oversees CC's legal staff. She coordinates legal programs and activities that harness CC's diverse and complex international network of affiliate institutions. She also leads development of CC's licenses and legal tools, including the CC0 public domain dedication (2009), the Public Domain Mark (2010), Version 3.0 ports and, most recently, Version 4.0 of the CC license suite (2013).
Diane is a founding director of the Software Freedom Law Center. Prior to joining CC, she served as general counsel for Open Source Development Labs (now, the Linux Foundation), and was legal counsel to Mozilla. In 2014, the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California awarded her its Intellectual Property Vanguard Award for public policy. She is based in Portland, Oregon.
Scott Seethaler, Director of Finance and Operations
San Jose, California
Started: August 2013
Scott has served as director of finance and operations since August 2013. Prior to joining Creative Commons, he worked for several privately held software companies in the Bay Area, including Aggregate Knowledge, SoftCoin, and DiCarta. Scott has an MS from San Jose State University and an MBA from the University of North Florida. In his spare time, Scott enjoys reading, writing, and engaging in fiery political debates.
Paul Stacey, Associate Director of Global Learning*
Vancouver, British Columbia
Started: August 2012
Paul is a senior project manager with Creative Commons. His project management skills were honed at Hughes Aircraft working on large scale, international air traffic control systems. Paul's core expertise is in adult learning, educational technology, and open education. Prior to joining Creative Commons, Paul led Open Educational Resource (OER) and professional development initiatives across all the colleges and universities in British Columbia Canada. Paul's firsthand experiences using Creative Commons' licenses with faculty, institutions, and government inspired him to join Creative Commons. Paul is an avid outdoor and ping pong enthusiast.
Timothy Vollmer, Manager, Public Policy
Oakland, California
Started: December 2009
Timothy Vollmer is Public Policy Manager. He coordinates public policy positions in collaboration with CC staff, international affiliate network, and a broad community of copyright experts. Timothy helps educate policymakers at all levels and across various disciplines such as education, data, science, culture, and government about copyright licensing, the public domain, and the adoption of open policies. Prior to CC, Timothy worked on information policy issues for the American Library Association in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan School of Information, and helped establish the Open.Michigan initiative.
Regional Coordinators
Carolina Botero, Regional Coordinator – Latin America
Started: July 2011
Carolina Botero is a Colombian lawyer, researcher, lecturer, writer and consultant on issues related to law and technology, especially regarding access. She has developed a special interest on the challenges that the educational and scientific sector faces regarding copyright issues while working with Karisma Foundation in Bogotá where she leads a working group on law and Internet and serves as Legal Lead for Creative Commons Colombia. She is an active member of the Colombian Free Software community and is member of the Board of Conexions (an open education project of the University of Rice) on behalf of Creative Commons.
Jessica Coates, Global Network Coordinator and Regional Coordinator, Asia-Pacific
Started: May 2011
Prior to joining CC, Jessica worked as a copyright specialist and community manager in Australia. There she spent much of her time as the Project Manager of Creative Commons Australia and the Creative Commons Clinic, a research program at the Queensland University of Technology. She has also had stints working as a copyright and broadcasting policy adviser for the Australian government and Australia's commercial television broadcasters, as well as an academic, lecturer and educator. She has a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne and both a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (English Hons) from the Australian National University.
Photo by Joi Ito, licensed CC-BY 2.0
Gwen Franck, Regional Coordinator – Europe
Started: June 2013
Since 2008, Gwen Franck has been working for Ghent University Library on several projects such as Google Books and Europeana. For Ghent University, she served as project assistant for OpenAIRE, a European funded project supporting the Open Access policies of the European Commission. Within the scope of this project, she co-started Open Access Belgium, aiming to spread the word about Open Access for scientific research in the Belgian research community. Since 2013, she is the regional coordinator for Creative Commons in Europe, and from 2014 on she will also be working as open access coordinator for Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL).
Alex Gakuru, Regional Coordinator – Africa
Started: August 2012
Alex is an activist for openness and transparency and consumer empowerment. He discovered that Creative Commons responded well to his content aspirations on the belief that while "content is king" really, "context rules" as dictated by the creators and/or if with consumers' contribution. His job entails strengthening, widening and deepening Creative Commons' embrace across Africa.
He serves as Africa Representative- ICANN's Non-Commercial Users Constituency, Council Member – Free and Open Source Foundation for Africa, Chair – Broadcasting Content Advisory Council, CCK (converged state regulator), ED- CODE-IP Trust, Kenyan non-profit catalysing enabling environment for local content development and its intellectual property protection. Consultant on ICT solutions, computer programming and digital content development.
Gakuru enjoys creative company; programmers, movie makers, artistes, artists, poets, bloggers, writers and publishers and others, and frequently contributes on technology to various media outlets. He enjoys reading, listening to music and swimming.
SooHyun Pae, Regional Coordinator – Asia-Pacific
Started: July 2012
Soohyun has been with CC Korea since 2008, playing her part as international coordinator and leadership roles in many different volunteer projects. She received a Master's in translation from the Monterey Institute of International Studies and began her career as a full-time translator before she developed interest in CC and free culture movement. Other than translating and CC activities, she loves to read with a strong coffee and to try new things.
Photo by dreamdrawing, licensed CC-BY 2.0
Claudio Ruiz, Regional Coordinator – Latin America
Started: July 2011
Claudio Ruiz is director of Derechos Digitales, a Chilean non-profit that works to promote, defend and develop rights and civil liberties in the digital environment. He is the public lead for Creative Commons Chile, coordinating projects related to the local music industry, netlabels and public sector, working closely with the local librarians community. He is experienced at free software licensing, fundamental rights and specially freedom of expression on the digital environment. He has a cat, loves indie rock and single speed bikes.
Tobias Schonwetter, Regional Coordinator – Africa
Started: August 2012
Tobias is the legal lead of Creative Commons South Africa and the Principal Investigator for the Open AIR (African Innovation Research & Training) project, which investigates the relationship between IP and Innovation on the African continent. He previously worked as a Senior Manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers' Technology & Innovation Law Division in Johannesburg and held a Postdoctoral Fellowship Position at the University of Cape Town's (UCT) Intellectual Property Law & Policy Research Unit – the hosting institution of Creative Commons South Africa. He studied and practiced law in Germany and San Francisco, U.S.A. Tobias's Ph.D. dissertation was on copyright-related issues – with a special focus on copyright exceptions and limitations.
John Weitzmann, Regional Coordinator – Europe
Started: June 2013
As the Legal Lead for Creative Commons Germany, John joined the CC Community in 2006. He is based in Berlin and specializes in open content law, private order licensing in general and open science, both as a lawyer and as a journalist at the consumer information portal iRights.info. John periodically publishes papers on internet law topics, is a founding member of the Digital Society Association and vice president of the Internet & Society Collaboratory intervention platform. As time allows, John provides expertise to activist groups and initiatives. In the past John has inter alia participated in the Communia Project and served as a sherpa in the German Federal Governments IT Summit process.
Naeema Zarif, Regional Coordinator – Arab world
Started: April 2014
After 8 years in advertising, Naeema Zarif took a leap into social enterprise offering expertise on conceptualization and producing both offline and online integrated media initiatives, including print, social web, audio, and film. She is an enthusiastic supporter of open culture, speaking and lecturing frequently at conferences and educational institutes, and contributing visual and digital strategic consultancy and training to various governmental, not-for-profit, and for-profit initiatives around the MENA region.
David Kindler, Writer
Started: March 2011
David is a communications consultant and development writer from Chicago.
He is working on funding proposals and how CC shares its story with the world.
He worked for nearly a decade as a community organizer and enjoys playing hockey and photographing athletes, dancers and all kinds of skaters.
Eric Steuer, Arts and Media Advisor
Started: November 2005
Eric works with artists, media companies, technology developers, and cultural institutions on the use of Creative Commons licenses and CC-licensed content. Before joining CC, Eric was an editor for Wired magazine, where he is currently a correspondent, covering the intersection of technology and popular culture. He is on the board of CASH Music and is a musician whose recordings and remixes have been released by a variety of record labels.
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Iris Brest, Special Counsel, Policy
Started: November 2013
Iris' work at Creative Commons focuses on foundation grants and legal issues. Before joining Creative Commons, she was a lawyer at the Carnegie Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, a couple of biotech start-ups, Stanford University, and LDF (the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., as it was then). She is a graduate of Swarthmore College and Harvard Law School, and what she likes doing is reading, cooking, baking, traveling and doting on her grandchildren, although not in that precise order.
David Wiley, Education Fellow
Started: September 2013
David Wiley coined the term "open content" and created the first open license for non-software creative works in 1998. Since then, he has been a tireless advocate for "open" and the power of openness to improve the quality and affordability of education. David is currently a Shuttleworth Fellow and was previously a Nonresident Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School.
He is currently on leave from Brigham Young University and leading Lumen Learning, an organization dedicated to supporting and improving the adoption of open educational resources by middle schools, high schools, community and state colleges, and universities.
Mike Linksvayer, Senior Fellow
Started: April 2003
Mike Linksvayer joined Creative Commons as CTO, became Vice President in April 2007, then a part-time Senior Fellow in April 2012.
Previously he co-founded Bitzi, an early open content/open data service.
He occasionally writes on his personal blog.
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Release date:
July 15, 2005
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: David Dobkin
MPAA Rating: R (for sexual content/nudity and language)
Screenwriters: Steve Faber, Bob Fisher
Starring: Christopher Walken, Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Isla Fisher, Jane Seymour, Bradley Cooper
Duration: N/A
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Official website: WeddingCrashersmovie.com
Plot Summary:
The outrageous comedy "Wedding Crashers" stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as divorce mediators and lifelong friends who have never met a wedding they couldn't get themselves into. Guided by a secret set of wedding crashing "rules," the pair find their way into a different wedding and different bridesmaid's heart every week. But when they crash the social event of the season, one of them falls for the engaged daughter (Rachel mcAdams) of an influential and eccentric politician (Christopher Walken) and decides to break the "rules" in pursuit of her. This leads to a wild weekend at her family's palatial estate where the ultimate "Crashers" quickly find themselves in way over their heads.


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Jul 19, 2013, 10:23 AM | #1 |
Tagging MKV on the Mac?
Does anyone know if a mac program exists that can tag an MKV file with info from TVDB or TheMovieDB?
It seems like it is possible based on what I've read, but I can't seem to find any software that actually implements it. Thanks in advance for any help/enlightenment you all can provide. |
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Jul 21, 2013, 12:54 AM | #2 |
iFlicks or iVi works well. Both will add data and then send it to iTunes. Only taking a couple of minutes
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Jul 21, 2013, 01:22 AM | #3 |
Subler is another program and is free, but I prefer iflicks
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Jul 21, 2013, 09:25 AM | #4 | |
Anyone know of software to tag MKV (not MP4/M4V)? Thanks |
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Jul 21, 2013, 11:26 PM | #5 |
Ahh ok, sorry.
No, don't know anything like that. Why don't you want it changed from MKV if you don't mind me asking ? |
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Jul 22, 2013, 09:41 AM | #6 |
Well, the big issue is DTS. I have a lot of remuxed BluRay rips with DTS audio, and I hate converting to AC3 because I perceive the difference in quality. However, I love having the metadata abilities that go with MP4 (iFlicks is great!), primarily adding the iTunes cover art automatically. I don't have enough HDD space for 2 copies of each movie, so I was looking for a metadata option that could preserve the DTS.
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Jul 22, 2013, 10:32 AM | #7 |
What do you use to play your mkv's (VLC, media streamer, etc)?
17" MBP '09, 2.66 GHz, 8GB RAM; 13" MBP (Retina) '12, 2.5GHz, 8GB RAM; iPad 2, 32GB; iPhone 5s; AE; AppleTV 3; AEBS w 1TB Seagate HDD; 65" Mits DLP, Sony STR-DB1070 AVR |
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Jul 22, 2013, 11:44 AM | #8 |
Well, I was using Firecore Media Player (now Infuse) on a jailbroken ATV2 for a while, but largely abandoned it because of the 720p limitation. I have since tried XBMC on a jailbroken ATV1 (1080p via Crystal HD) but I missed the iOS interface and apps. I tried PlexConnect with ATV3, but it has a number of aspects I dislike (No real dedicated app, need for the server to be running, unreliable transcoding on the older mac I am using).
I currently am using iFlicks/iTunes with an ATV3 and ATV2, which I like expect for the need to have iTunes running and the lack of DTS. My holy grail would be an ATV3 jailbreak that lets Firecore make a 1080p version of Infuse that can play movies from an AirDisk hard drive. Infuse will fetch metadata, however, I would still like to have it embedded in the files themselves, due to personal preference. |
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Jul 22, 2013, 12:02 PM | #9 |
What happens, if you mux AAC, AC3 and DTS into same m4v file? Will it hurt Apple TV?? I've never tried, but Subler agrees to pass DTS track through to the mix. Also, HandBrake should do it OK. I will run a quick conversion on HB to see the results.
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Jul 22, 2013, 12:24 PM | #10 |
Good idea - I'll try that tonight.
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Jul 22, 2013, 12:45 PM | #11 |
You can add the DTS track using HB, but it's useless. As far as I know, there is nothing that plays a DTS track in an mp4.
Though you can do it manually, I don't know of any app that will tag an mkv.
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Yep. Both iTunes and Apple TV seem to completely ignore the DTS track, although it is there.
Both VLC player and Mac Blu-ray Player seem to be able to play back the DTS audio track contained in mp4. Last edited by priitv8; Jul 22, 2013 at 04:16 PM. |
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May 4, 2014, 06:32 PM | #13 |
XBMC 12.3 Frodo (and newer) can also play back the DTS track in an M4V container, making for a file that can be used in iTunes with Dolby Digital and XBMC with DTS. The bad thing is that XBMC Eden cannot recognize the DTS track (i.e. the last version that worked with the 1st Gen AppleTV without wiping the Apple interface/OS and having to use Linux instead) and thus the situation is not ideal since you would at the very least have to boot Linux off a USB stick and reboot without it to use the Apple interface, but it would work well in a mixed house setup (i.e. XBMC in a home theater room and apple tvs in other rooms or whatever since you'd only need one file for both).
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i'm looking for the same thing. i don't want to convert mkv files to itunes or any other format. just want to tag them
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Hello Jim - The use of wind power is a challenge for them - if the website shows that there is wind generation, then it is being generated - and used. The bad news in Ontario is that the wind generally blows more at night than in the daytime and even if they have some big generators backed down, if the wind comes up, it is a challenge to reduce generation in periods of very light load without wasting renewable energy somewhere else.
Gas turbines come in two types - simple and combined cycle - and the combined cycle plants are often cogen plants as you point out - and they don't use them a lot for regulation. The simple gas turbines are great for meeting peaks - but with efficiency of about 30-35% they are costly.
Most utilities struggle hard to avoid spilling water - but with the increase in large steam generators, it is getting to the point that meeting the off peak without spilling is tougher than meeting the peak.
I have a number of postings in our website at www.sempapower.com under the cto area if you are interested.
Hi Canadian,
Thanks for answering. It is rare indeed to actually find someone who actually knows about these things.
What you say about lighting makes perfect sense for Vancouver.
My ieso data for Sept 16, 2008 shows wind capacity at 870 with actual output ranging from 30 to 140 over the day with the high outputs just before midnight, and then dropping rapidly for a few hours, and then picking up slowly through the day. But why the 870 capacity is not used seems like an important question. Do you know about this?
The large Nanticoke coal plants range from fractional capacity output to nearly full production, as does Lambton G3. Lambton G1 goes from full off to full on from 8am to 1pm or so. It looks like there is a huge reserve capacity that would be brought on at night if needed. Clearly two of the bigger coal plants like to run at a steady level, but not all. I interpret this to mean that coal is necessary during daytime loading conditions, and does the best to coast at times when loading is light and hydro can mostly cover the situation. Does this sound right?
The natural gas capacity is very lightly used on this day of analysis. Those plants that run steadily appear to be cogeneration facilities, which is a great way of getting a lot more out of the expensive natural gas, thus making it an economically feasible choice. They do increase output some but these increases are small compared to the increases in coal output to cover the peaking loads. It looks like the natural gas usage increases when coal is at about 75% of capacity. Is this about standard in the industry?
I am thinking that this demonstrates that hydro capacity, where available will be brought on line to handle incremental night time loads due to electric vehicles. However, far more importantly in most of the world, the clear choice in actual practice will be coal. I think that the Ontario operations show this to be true.
I keep telling people that this will be the way things will develop when electric cars become numerous, but it is a hard thing to break up mythical beliefs.
Jim Bullis asked about my comments on Ontario power. They do indeed cycle some of the coal plants on a daily basis - but they themselves admit that it is very costly both in Gemissions and maintenance to do so. One official quipped that by the time they are scheduled to shut down, they will be worn out... My comment on the efficient lighting was based on a lot of buildings here in Vancouver. I have recently been able to get energy use data on a number of large downtown offices that did upgrades to lighting. In one particular case, the electricity consumption was down by 24% - but the heating from fossil fuel was up by 14% and the GHG footprint was up 8%. (Most of our electricity is from Hydro). These are annual results, and reflect a net - in summer when heating was off, there were considerable savings. You are looking at the ISO website in Ontario - and their data is excellent. Have a look at the output at Niagara Falls - effectively a run of river plant. They reduce output dramatically at night becasue they have no place to get rid of the energy. (There is a small storage facility at Niagara - but the license there actually allows the use of as much water at night as they wish... Discharge over the falls actually goes up - this is wasted energy - renewable.I am told now that in Western Canada the costing on coal fired generation is set at Zero for economic purposes in scheduling - and the output of the coal fired plants stays constant. By comparison, it appears that the wind generation is not used much at night (They dont give history files on this - but one can look at real time data anytime)Ontario sells surplus electricity to Quebec almost every night at prices below the cost of gas - and that makes little sense to me...
Vinay, well said.
Market forces might serve us better if we did not have the oil price subsidy such as the oil depletion allowance. And as mentioned by AZMAT and JKeynes below, there is indeed a military cost that is a subsidy for oil prices, though it is a bit harder to get a number on that. So much for those who want to believe that oil prices are all about free markets and unregulated capitalism, as if that ever existed.
I am directly involved in this in connection with my project to build a high efficiency car. The design of the car is in response to the way I think people will need to travel in the future, if not now. While it is not a simple question since it is not obvious to most that the car concept will even work, I am still trying to get a sense of whether the public is ready for this vehicle. Results to date are that it seems that people are not interested in adjusting to a car that looks significantly different from what they are used to now. I have found that people are not yet inclined to even think about significant change. I attribute this both to human nature and to the lack of appropriate incentives from the free market.
I am still looking for comments. See www.miastrada.com.
It looks like this will not be a commercial activity for some time, so I think this is not an unfair use of the Economist's comment system.
Subsidies for green energy are no good. Subsidies distort economy. Some bright people (You may call them Corrupt or opportunists or Clever depending on colour of your glasses)use these subsidies as a leverage for pushing projects which are not viable and become a burden to society. Without the excesses and greed (that caused the present meltdown). The oil price would not have gone to $150 a barrel. And without easy money that was thrown to the consumers in the form of sub-prime mortgages, SUVs would not have manged to get such a large share in the car sales. Their numbers and usage has increased gas consumption. Europeans and Japanese car makers make fuel efficient cars, not because they think green. They do it as customers want more mileage from a gallon of gas. And Gas prices are kept high with state taxes.In USA same would have happened. But there everybody was subsidized (the effect of giving sub-prime loans and swapping these again and again for notional gains) and was spending with belief that they were financially secure. Normally SUVs should have vanished like a Dodo, if fuel price was same as in Japan or Germany and size of American dwelling reflected earning capacity of its buyer. That would have reduced lot of greenhouse gases.
There is a fair chance that your article will be rendered obsolete within the next 12 months. With a change of government, it is more than likely that we will finally begin to see some consistent messaging with regard to cleantech. President-elect Obama, clearly able to wrap his arms around the issues of both conservation and new energy technologies will, one hopes, be able to show the interconnectedness of these two often disparate elements as critical to both kick-starting the moribund economy and to enhancing America's security needs.
The government should subsidize alternative energy as a strategic investment. Of course, free market buffs will object that to do so would be "industrial policy" which makes it a "bad thing" in their ideology.But, free market buffs support the US government when it invests massive sums of taxpayer money to secure oil fields.Is this not a contradiction? Allen Greenspan acknowledged that the war in Iraq is largely about oil, but the cost of the war in Iraq does not show up in the price of oil.If the US had taken a "free market" approach to Iraq, we would have told the oil companies - "Ok, if you think it is important to secure the oil fields in Iraq, you pay Blackwater to invade, hold, and rebuild Iraq."Obviously, the oil companies would never do this. But if they did you can bet the cost of the war would be reflected in the price of oil.Since the cost of the war falls to income taxpayers (not oil taxpayers), it represents a massive subsidy to oil consumers.Of course, oil company apologists will argue that war should be defined as military policy, not industrial policy. Therefore, they think it fine for the government to subsidize their industry.But, if anyone suggests that the government should subsidize alternative energy spending, you immediately hear from free market buffs that "industrial policy" is a bad thing.My recommendation, therefore, is that the Obama administration should declare war on global warming and dependence on foreign oil.By doing so, we will make the free market buffs at the Economist happy - all government spending on windmills etc. will officially be declared to be "military policy" and not "industrial policy."
Mr.Pickens and his counter parts in other private companies, necessarily look at the next quarter or at best next year. He pushed for wind turbines only in conjunction with trucks converting to gas of which he has plenty of reserves. If successful; the relative low price of gas, irrespective of the cheaper price right now, would have risen in concert with the supply and demand principle and he would be a lot richer - jolly good luck to him. However Governments, although bad entrepreneurs, think (or should) for the long term and that's why they would pursue the goal of renewable and independent energy sources. The price of oil has come down and probably will go down further. However, once the economy picks up again, as it will surely do, we will have the same energy problems we had a few months ago. The lull in energy consumption should not be an excuse to shelf the renewable energy programs, Mr. Pickens, or no Mr. Pickens.
rc, that eight years supply I mentioned is at the present rate of consumption. If wind is actually implemented on a very large scale, then a meaningful amount will be made available for other usage.
However, Boone goes on to talk of displacing coal fired facilities as well, so as to gain anti-global warming appeal.
So now even more wind farms are required, or that dwindling gas supply will be very hard pressed to carry the load.
And then he says that mandates will be required to reduce coal usage.
Is he also asking for subsidies and tax credits?
The whole scheme seems shifty to me.
rc, the real problem with Pickens's plan is that there appears to be only about eight years of natural gas reserves in the USA, and this is contrary to his assertion.
I am aware of a study done by a paid consultant named Navigant hired by a natural gas company. If this is all there is in support of his claim, he should be thrown out.
The eight year supply is based on more solid data about reserves, and of course, there will be discoveries that will extend that somewhat. The Navigant study also discusses "new technologies" which appear to be no more than more intensive use of well known drilling and fracturing methods. I interpret this to mean that there is a dwindling supply of natural gas, just like oil.
The Navigant study also mentions a "committee" which seems to be no more than a few phone calls to producers. Wishful thinking seems to be all there is to the supposed abundance.
I would be pleased to hear evidence to the contrary.
The article mentioned T. Boone Pickens, which is good! The article, did not mention the Pickens Plan, which is bad! The article did not mention anything about transportation fuels and the push to ease our foreign oil imports. It did not mention anything about converting transportation fleets- trucks, buses, municipal and utility vehicles-towards natural gas.Presidents Elect Obama's new Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) is a big supporter of Natural Gas for transportation fuels as well as the Pickens Plan. "It's Time," for the economist to push the plan, The Pickens Plan.
Correction, there is a way to make natural gas more competitive which is based on the cogeneration idea. If that can be made to work, then there is an economic incentive to avoid coal usage. There is not a lot of leverage in it so some degree of mandate on coal in the form of a tax might be still be needed.
I describe this concept as distributed cogeneration, where the power generating points are colocated with households where heat energy can be used. My scheme is based on small automobile engines that are sized appropriately for household heat usage. There are already products on the market where a complete unit is in the household. In my scheme, by sharing the engine with the car, the cost for cogeneration is quite small.
Canadian, I hoped to hear from you. Your dialogue with another person of real experience on another comment page led me to the Ontario Power schedule web site (see below). This is the first place that I have been able to get real data, and it ends a lot of idle suppositions that are floating around.
Even still there are some areas where discussion is needed. Specifically, you speak of coal plants being hard to shut down. I understand how this could be, but the data from Ontario shows this not to be generally the case. There is indeed a day to night variation in coal output, at least the data seems to show that. Clearly the nuclear plants run full tilt all the time.
Also, I am not sure of your reasoning regarding the light bulbs, though it is a topic where detailed analysis is needed. My understanding is that Ontario, and any other state or province with hydro power capacity is using all it can. So no matter what the load is, that will not change. Is that right? If so that would seem to preempt your otherwise valid argument.
I studied the Ontario list as far as I could, finding that many of the smaller plants were actually operating as cogeneration facilities. I could not completely identify facilities from the names on the Ontario list, and sometimes the web sites did not make it clear just how they were operating, so I could not really complete my study. Cogeneration is of great interest as a way to get a lot more electricity out of fuel allocated for that purpose.
We also need to talk about night surplus. It looks to me like the night situation is handled in such a way that any added load will come from increasing output of the coal facilities.
I am specifically looking at:
I need some more time to think about your other points.
pename, I have yet to look at ecopassenger but will get back to that when I can.
Decider, I think your point is very good, and it could be an acceptable basis for increasing the cost of oil. That might help put some sanity in our system built on almost free fuel. I am concerned that the coal supply would then be used as fuel as GM seems already planning to do through use of plug-ins etc, without serious efforts at improving real efficiency.
I have not yet figured out how to get a market driven way to stop that. I hate inflexible mandates, but this may be the only way.
I didnt find mention in any of the comments about the 'military support' subsidy for oil. I dont know how much of our military budget could be thought of as being associated with the oil industry. The US consumes about 25M bbl/day *365 = approx 900M/year, about 30% imported from the middle east etc .. so say about 300M bbl/year. Tie that to 30% of the military budget (of the US only) about $1000B/year ... 300B/year > $300B for 300M barrels > a $1000 PER BARREL 'subsidy'. At 30gals/barrel >> $30/gallon! Somebody talk me down on this. This is the first back of the napkin calculation ....
Canadian and Jimit is true this has to be sorted out. However it is not a reason to stop. It is not clear if it is going to be much, less better or even worse. Additionally there are other ways to get power into your car's battery like solar panels shelters of parking lots at super markets/malls/workplaces etc.Jim, you're absolutely true that the automobile should be re-devised. In the meantime, play with this:http://www.ecopassenger.org/
Jim Bullis raises a great point when he suggests a need to look at the source of electricity that is used for electric cars. In fact, the examination needs to go a lot further than cars. In recent years we have been told to replace incandescent lights with compact fluorescent models. It seemed a great idea - but in cooler climates, there is an unintended consequence. The old lights produced a lot of heat - and they delivered it right where the people were.. Replacing old lights the lights with more efficient lamps has shifted load to gas for heating - in cool locations. Where the electricity is produced from hydro, this results in an increase in emissions.In some locations, we are now seeing renewable generating plants being shut down at night because the big steam turbine plants that use coal or nuclear energy cannot be shut down for the low load night periods.The province of Ontario sells electricity to Quebec most nights - to avoid this. The price that they get for the power is often less than 1/4 the price that they pay (on a delivered heat basis) - at the same time, to purchase Natural Gas for heating.There are a lot of issues that are going on that would be corrected if the people running the systems were charged with a global look. Instead, they are told to operate the power system - or the gas system at maximum efficiency. Without looking at the big picture, one generally gets a wrong answer. In fact, charging plug in hybrid cars - or electric cars may help reduce night surplus, but charging during daytime hours may be worse than burning gasoline in an old car...
If anyone is interested in a dose of realism, they can still see the kind of thinking that is in opposition to climate progress. It is not really disguised, though at a glance it sounds benign enough. It tells what to expect under the label, "fuel efficient vehicles."
The link below shows a plan that needs to be carefully read:
After reading this, then think about how the 100 billion and change that we are about to hand to Detroit to "retool" to build "high efficiency" cars.
When the roads are full of plug-in Yukons, or whatever SUVs, cruising on coal, we can all feel proud of our support for the auto industry. (See sarcasm dripping from this sentence.)
If things go as they seem headed with bailouts, we can expect that our stimulated industrial capacity will be creating a global warming problem even faster than before.
The demand for improved efficiency needs to carry with it the definition of efficiency that counts the heat energy used to produce electricity. This would help to prevent deception about "plug-in" and "electric" vehicle efficiency. After that, the impact of the probable source of that heat can be evaluated. That will most likely be coal.
Then it will be apparent that a complete rethinking of the automobile is required, where efficiency is a serious design objective. Then we might get something done that makes sense.
The article mentioned T. Boone Pickens, which is good! The article, did not mention the Pickens Plan, which is bad! The article did not mention anything about transportation fuels and the push to ease our foreign oil imports. It did not mention anything about converting transportation fleets- trucks, buses, municipal and utility vehicles-towards natural gas.Presidents Elect Obama's new Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) is a big supporter of Natural Gas for transportation fuels as well as the Pickens Plan. "It's Time," for the economist to push the plan, The Pickens Plan.
KW64there are different ways of interpreting things. Sure, for the moment alternative energy industries appear to need more subsidies. But why are you so positive that oil and nuclear industries don't? Besides the fact that some are state-owned which moves the whole burden and risk to the state and is a first grade no-no for free markets they are heavily subsidized (such as oil in the US) not to mention the cost of all the lobbying, oligopolies and wars.Apart from this, I think (and correct me if I am wrong) you consider energy cost at the production plant. But consider how much a KW of power costs from the point you pump it out of the ground in Middle East, ship it to the other side of the world, distill it, transport it to a factory, burn it and distribute it over a lossy network. Consider the environmental impact of this and the cost of KW not in $ but in KWs, COx, NOx etc (or in other words the efficiency of the whole chain). The same stands for nuclear energy if you consider the cost of mining, transporting and disposing the residues (this has to be projected to a longer time scale). If you take into account all these "cheap" sources may not be so cheap after all. Still, I think the point is different: as you wouldn't like your car to drag a hose from its tank to the petrol station, why would you like your house to be so dependent on centrally produced energy? To me it makes sense to invest in the energy independence of my house by plating the roof with solar panels, just as I invest in my transportation independence. Of course, you will need power from the power plant, but you already reduced the amount of oil flowing through that dirty road.
stevestipyou completely miss the point. Besides the fact that you are completely misled to believe such things as perfect combustion or that there's someone out there that fully understands environmental issues, you miss the simple facts of life: if you go out in a big city and suffocate because there is no air, we call this "dirty" air, in contrast to "clean" air that you might find in the countryside. In similar ways, since "dirty" air is made by cars (and mostly trucks in your part of the world) we call these "dirty" means of transportation. Similarly an electric car would be a "clean" mean of transportation. The same logic is applied to CO2. If for some reason its increase reduces the quality of life on the planet we'd call it dirty. Plants are pretty happy with the amount of CO2 they emit, and scrubbers are only good for backs. I hope this sorts out the terminology and shows that your comment has no link to the article. But besides this, the issue, dear stevestip, is entirely different. It is maybe more related to rationalism, logic and ethics: if you need not do something that deteriorates your and everybody else's environment, then don't do it. What is not clean is overconsumption. CO2 is just the result not the cause. Overconsumption of the planet's resources is the cause, and the result is a reduced quality of life, with people living in cities with contaminated air by the particles of your perfect combustion and mountains of garbage. But the people themselves are also psychologically deeply dependent on material goods.Of course, no one suggests that people should stop consuming. This is not rational and it is against the human nature that we should not ignore as a parameter in the whole plot (besides the fact it would be destructive for the economy). It is the "over" that we should get rid of, which makes providing this "over" a complicated technical and financial landscape. And this is where "alternative" sources of energy come into play. What you get back for less investment than in finding oil fields, is less environmental impact, less dependence on the geography of the energy sources and less overconsumption of resources. You also get back the energy you need, not less. This is a change in energy philosophy, from centralized production, to self sufficient individuals, buildings, communities, cities and so on.Finally, let me present you with another fallacy: the misconception there is a plot to make you believe that there is anthropogenic global warming. The insinuations and allegations in blogs like the one you are suggesting (btw, you'll get no donation out of me, sorry) and books like "Red Hot Lies" boil down to a predicate like: "there is a plot to interpret some data and correlations in a way to force people to improve their quality of life". Surely, if you pull out of your egocentric world, you will see that you present a perspective on the means, which is subject to interpretation, completely missing the cause. There are no plots, no conspiracies, no bad guys. You don't need them. Scepticism comes from scepsis, which means "think". It's high time we become sceptics of our own actions and think what we do to our lives before judging the others and fall for weird persecution syndromes.
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