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Do Women Tweet Better Than Men?
So what has caused me to pose this fundamental question? Well I have been compiling my Top Twitter Lists for over a year now and for some time I have had a feeling that it has been easier to find interesting ladies to feature than men!
I thought a little analysis was needed and the results are quite interesting. Just by way of a bit of background I have been looking at overall Twitter demographics and while hard stats seem to be hard to find, the general consensus seems to be a 55% – 45% split in favour in the ladies. (I am indebted to @briansolis for his most interesting article on the subject of Twitter demographics).
I think we probably need to take this figure with a pinch of salt as, if some of my followers are anything to go by, there a quite a number of ladies on Twitter who don't seem to actually exist. I am sure you know the type, they are described admirably in this excellent article from @Rick_LaPoint.
But that really only makes my own analysis of my Top Twitter People list all the more intriguing. I think I need to explain at this point how the Top Twitter People have been selected. It's not very scientific I must admit, in that I just select people that I have come across in the few days before the list is done who I have found interesting or entertaining. They might have followed or RT'd me me, I might have followed or RT'd them, it's all a bit random but from a statisticians point of view I guess that's a good thing.
So what did my analysis reveal?
'Neither' indicates the accounts where it's impossible to identify the gender rather than meaning I have featured a lot of androgynous individuals!
I thought I should also try to get some external corroboration of my findings so I went to Paul Steele's Twitter Sing-ups to see what the balance between the sexes would be. (My thanks to Kevin Green and Paul Steele for their helpful lists)
Interestingly there is a bit of a pattern there so what conclusions can I draw from this excess of women? Well maybe I am a sucker for a pretty face and just like flattering the ladies to impress them. Personally I think I am better than that. No, I conclude that maybe the Twitter gals are just more interesting and entertaining than the Twitter guys (sorry guys, I feel such a traitor making that statement).
Having drawn such a controversial conclusion I thought that I had a duty to have a light-hearted look at the reasons why this might be the case, I really have tried to remain neutral here by being equally unfair to both sexes!
It has long been said that women are better at carrying out more than one task at the same time than men. I don't subscribe to that as I have seen both sexes struggling equally badly with multiple things to do. However when it comes to following what is happening on Twitter and responding to it I find that I am absolutely hopeless.
I use Tweetdeck, I use Twitter lists and I like to think that I am reasonably well organised however so much of what goes on in the Twitter stream just passes me by. Take the moment I am writing this for instance, I just seem unable to think about anything other than what is in front of me and Twitter just gets ignored. I know I can go back and look but when I do I see loads of people, predominantly female, who are Tweeting with multiple friends, ReTweeting interesting stuff, producing quotes and then producing a killer blog post every 5 minutes.
Is it just me? Am I representative of the male sex? Are you ladies just wired better to cope with this stuff? I think you may be.
In my experience women are better at and enjoy talking more than men. What do I base that on? Well over many years of observing what goes on around me I generally see the following scenarios.
When men meet in the street they generally exchange pleasantries (good morning etc), talk about the weather (I am British), may pass judgment on the latest sports story and then move on. The whole transaction usually takes no more than 2 or 3 minutes.
When the ladies meet someone they know in the street they can be there for hours, I am not privy to what is discussed but my guess would be it often involves talking about family, what they have been doing since they last met, arranging to meet again so they can chat some more and just maybe a little juicy gossip.
I am not saying which is right and wrong and in fact I often wish I could think of something more interesting to say than 'turned out nice again' but if you transfer those qualities to Twitter you are bound to see more of the ladies.
One does see a lot of SAHM's, WAHM's and Moms in Twitter titles and bios so I can only conclude that a lot of mothers at home raising families are using their time well to have an effective presence on Twitter.
Are women more creative than men? I don't know but again I can only go on my own experience. I am the only male in my family, the women are all creative in one way or another be it crafts, cooking or writing and I am not.
How does this creativity transfer to Twitter? Links to blogs about crafts, beauty, fashion, creative writing, photography – the list goes on. Men clearly also have Twitter accounts linked to their superb creative skills but again I think this is why the ladies may predominate in my lists.
The analysis of the Sing-Up participants seems to show that it's the ladies who get stuck in and participate more than the men, another reason why they might catch the eye. I must admit I thought it would be the other way round, maybe the guys need a couple of drinks to join in.
Whoever they might be I say well done, check out Twitter Sing-Up 17 while you are here!
Defined in the Oxford Dictionary as 'The ability to understand and share the feelings of another'. There is also a theory that women are wired to be better listeners so I just think that you gals are better at picking up on what is going on and that translates to your relationships on Twitter. So why should this make you catch my eye? More connections, more activity, more links I guess.
Social skills
We all know that feeling when we walk into a room of strangers, that initial awkwardness before the ice breaks. But who generally breaks down those barriers first! In my experience it's the ladies who quickly find something in common to talk about while us guys stand around trying to look cool.
Maybe the Twitter world is the same, we all felt a bit awkward at first but soon joined in when we saw that it's really quite friendly. Is it the ladies who first broke that ice for us? I can't remember but it may be something that adds to the mix.
So there you have it. (I hope you noticed that I only have 7 reasons, I am breaking that '10' habit at last! )
I would love to know what all you guys and gals out there think of my tongue in cheek conclusions and sweeping generalisations. Is this phenomenon something you have noticed or is it all down to the fact that my head is turned by a pretty face after all? I feel sure that there needs to be an active debate about this so please leave your comments below.
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AB 1878 is the first bill in the nation that would require the state to add questions about sexual orientation, gender identity and domestic partnership status in the voluntary demographic section of California's government forms, enabling the state to gather vital data about the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community's use of public services, such as health care, unemployment, the AIDS Drug Assistance Program and programs for women, infants and children. This data will help the state to deliver the right level of services to the community.
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A Better Plumbing Service is a "Fifth Generation" family of plumbers. "The Ingram family has performed quality plumbing services and installation which started with my great grandfather back when trolleys were the main form of public transportation in Atlanta," says Rick Ingram (President).
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The Global Volcanism Program has no activity reports for Young Island.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Weekly Reports available for Young Island.
The Global Volcanism Program has no Bulletin Reports available for Young Island.
Young Island is the northernmost and second largest of the Balleny Islands off the coast of Antarctica's Victoria Land. Captain Balleny, the discoverer of the islands, reported "smoke" issuing from Freeman Peak on Young Island on February 12, 1839. The initial report of a 12,000 foot volcano on Young Island proved incorrect--the island has a broad plateau-like summit reaching 1340 m. The island is almost completely mantled by ice.
The Global Volcanism Program is not aware of any Holocene eruptions from Young Island. If this volcano has had large eruptions (VEI >= 4) prior to 10,000 years ago, information might be found on the Young Island page in the LaMEVE (Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions) database, a part of the Volcano Global Risk Identification and Analysis Project (VOGRIPA).
This compilation of synonyms and subsidiary features may not be comprehensive. Features are organized into four major categories: Cones, Craters, Domes, and Thermal Features. Synonyms of features appear indented below the primary name. In some cases additional feature type, elevation, or location details are provided.
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The Global Volcanism Program has no photographs available for Young Island.
The following references have all been used during the compilation of data for this volcano, it is not a comprehensive bibliography. Discussion of another volcano or eruption (sometimes far from the one that is the subject of the manuscript) may produce a citation that is not at all apparent from the title.
Berninghausen W H, Neumann van Padang M, 1960. Antarctica. Catalog of Active Volcanoes of the World and Solfatara Fields, Rome: IAVCEI, 10: 1-32.
LeMasurier W E, Thomson J W (eds), 1990. Volcanoes of the Antarctic Plate and Southern Oceans. Washington, D C: Amer Geophys Union, 487 p.
Quartermain L B, 1964. The Balleny Islands a descriptive and historical outline. Antarctic Div Dept Sci Ind Res, p 1-10.


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hey man, the RRs here are rife with stories about how "waterproof" gear turned out not to be, or usually, that it was only waterproof for water trying to get OUT again! You just got caught out a bit, but look...you recognized the danger and you adapted...took action.....and overcame the problem at least to the extent that you were able to get to your next hostelry, right? Using the Duc's exhaust to warm up was brilliant. Once again though...you made me start thinking....this time about ways to improve waterproof gear. I also got a kick out that shot of the signs entering North Carolina.....they really like to stack them up: State sign, County sign, demand that bikes have lights on, demand for helmets, and then more signs right behind those. A person would have to come to a complete halt to read all that! I'd love to be able to goof on the "motorcycles burn headlights" sign over the use of "burn" but I have to concede that it just may be the shortest message you can put on a sign that tells bikers to turn their headlights on.
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Users who choose to recycle a mobile and switch to one of the latest Windows Phone 7 devices will be able to navigate their new model easier than ever before.
Jon Skeet and Nick Radicevic, authors of the latest Google Mobile Blog, explain the search engine has launched new technology that allows people to find various applications in record time.
The pair note the latest Google Search app includes several features that make tracking down emails, web pages, functions and images even easier.
Perhaps best of all for owners of phones that run on the recently released operating system, the tool is free to download for everybody with a handset that runs on Windows Phone 7.
Mr Skeet and Mr Radicevic go on to encourage people to sign up, suggesting the "power of Google Search is only a click away".
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Spring nitrogen shortages mean tweaking growers' plansExtreme winter conditions slowed river barge deliveries and rail shipments of nitrogen this spring.
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BROOKINGS, S.D. — Extreme winter conditions slowed river barge deliveries and rail shipments of nitrogen this spring. And, while most South Dakota producers will have their nitrogen needs met, some might have to consider other application management options because of nitrogen shortages, says Anthony Bly, South Dakota State University Extension soils field specialist.
"It is extremely hard to tell where shortages might occur until strong consumption applies stress on supply," Bly says. "If shortages occur in your area, don't despair, as there are other options."
He points out that corn and wheat don't require large amounts of nitrogen early in the growing season because uptake is related to plant dry matter accumulation and grain development.
According to the Iowa State University Extension publication, "How a Corn Plant Develops," 50 percent of the required nitrogen has not yet been taken up by the plant at the R1 growth stage (silk).
"Getting a portion of the nitrogen applied at planting and using top-dress or side-dress nitrogen applications for the balance of nitrogen needs, has been shown to be very effective and efficient management tools," Bly says.
Most nitrogen application timing experiments throughout the Great Plains have shown similar and even higher yields between comparisons with later applied nitrogen such as top-dress and side-dress, Bly explains.
"A long-term corn nitrogen timing study in South Dakota has shown the side-dress application to result in similar or even higher grain yield compared to a North Dakota wheat N (nitrogen) timing study," he says.
Getting nitrogen to the plant, in the form required, and when the plant needs it, is not only good for plant health, Bly says, it's also good for the environment by reducing the chances for entry into water systems.
He points to the four Rs for nutrient stewardship — right source, right rate, right place and right time — which were developed by the International Plant Nutrition Institute and several other organizations.
"Understanding crop nitrogen use and uptake is a huge part of knowing how the four Rs for nutrient stewardship can be used for more efficient nutrient utilization," he says. "If you find yourself with short nitrogen supplies at planting time this spring, don't worry, later season nitrogen applications have been shown to be very effective, efficient and better for the environment."
To assist timely application of nitrogen, Bly encourages growers to consult their agronomist.
"Agronomists can also introduce you to other methods for nitrogen application and management that you may not have used before," he says.
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PRESIDENT Dr Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete arrived in Paris, France, on Saturday for a five-day state visit following an invitation by the President of France, Francois Hollande.
The president who is accompanied by his wife arrived at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris where a guard of honour was hosted in his honour.
A statement issued by the Directorate of Presidential Communication in Dar es Salaam says President Kikwete will on Sunday hold talks with the Executive Director of Private Fund, Ms Frannie Leautier and later in the day meet the Executive Director of Radio France International (RFI), Ms Marie Christine Saragosse.
This will be followed by a meeting between President Kikwete and the Tanzania community living in France. According to the programme, President Kikwete will tomorrow hold talks with President Hollande at Elysee Palace. The talks between the two presidents will be followed by a luncheon to be hosted by the Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius.
Later in the day President Kikwete will meet and talk with the President of an international oil company (Total), Yves Louis Darricarere. He will also hold talks with the spiritual leader of the World Muslim Ismailia Community, The Aga Khan and later the president will go to the Luxemburg Palace to meet and hold talks with the President of the Senate of France, Jean Pierre Bel.
On Monday night President Kikwete will have dinner with the former France President, Valery Giscard d'Estaing who is also the Chairman of Tanzania Wildlife Conservation Foundation. On Tuesday President Kikwete will have another busy working day, which among other things, he will meet and discuss with African envoys accredited to France.
He is also going to meet the UN Francophone Secretary General and former president of Senegal, Abdou Diouf. President Kikwete will also participate in a discussion organised by the Institut Francais des Relations International (IFRI) and hold talks with the Director General of African France Development.
President Kikwete is expected to leave France on Wednesday for Switzerland where he will visit the FIFA headquarters in Zurich and later move to Davos to attend this year's World Economic Forum (WEF). According to a previous statement, the president will on January 26, 2013, join other African Heads of State to participate in the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


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I'm building the 42" Pompeii and have the stand and hearth finished. I gave myself a few extra inches on each side for finishing with stone vaneer. I'm doing the layout now and looking at plans trying to figure out how far back the actual oven entrance is from the front apron of the hearth. It looks like it is over 2 feet. Any thoughts on oven setback???? I dont mind having some extra room at vent landing but it seems it might be harder to reach in with peel. ???:confused:
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I have a 15.5 inch outer arch with a 10 inch rounded extension I have not completed the landing yet but look at the photo to get an idea of what I have done so far. The landing will be at oven floor level when complete.
No problem getting things in and out of the oven with this configuration.
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great oven! Are you saying you have 25.5 inches between front of apron and oven opening? It doesn't look like you have that much space. Thanks, Larry
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it's a little hard to see from this picture but I will have about 12 inches in front of my inner arch. Then right at the front of the firebrick landing I will have another sideways red brick - so about another 4 inches. So that makes it 16 inches total from the inner arch to the very outer edge of the landing. I have "tested" moving pizzas around on a peel and it feels like that is a good distance for me. However my oven is small - only 32 inches.
I will also have a "staging" counter-top area on either side of the oven.
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looks great! I'm going to have to stick with my original plans with about 27 inches of room in front of inner arch. Thanks
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Sounds good. make sure you buy a peel with a long handle!! :)
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I have a 2 brick setback say 18 in . If I could suggest make you entrance Wide! And not to short .... You will not have a problem. As for long peels and tools I started off with long handles and shortened them as I went.
Advantages are also . Pizza can pass each other going in and out. No smoke stains! No singed eye brows. You can have some wood warming in the entrance ready to throw in at a moments notice to keep the pizza heat up.
And at the end of the night you can draw the fire forward and have an ambient fireplace
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According to the build sheet, Starling did indeed have his big-block "air" car, but he had also found a car that had come off the old St. Louis assembly line with a host of other options. Almost all '67s came with an AM/FM radio (97 percent) and a Positraction rear (89 percent, and geared at 3.36:1 in this case). About half came with tinted glass (49 percent) and the M21 close-ratio four-speed (48 percent). A quarter of the '67 production run came with transistorized ignition and power steering (25 percent each). Twenty-one percent came with power brakes. Starling's '67 has all of them, and we're just getting started. Side exhausts (18 percent), electric windows (17 percent), and the object of the quest, air conditioning (also 17 percent) were also included, and all plentiful compared to the rest of the options this mid-year sports.
A speed warning indicator only made it into 9 percent, as did one of the most striking features in this ride (if you look under the hood): RPO L68, the 427/400hp Tri-power big-block. The rest of the options, though rare, are very noticeable. The Teal Blue interior sports headrests, standard today but then found on only 8 percent of Corvettes. The same goes for the shoulder harnesses, which only made it into 6 percent of Corvettes. Topping it all off is a color that only 1,096 '67 Corvettes sported: Elkhart Blue, complemented with even rarer bolt-on aluminum wheels.
Ray Starling was an active participant in the restoration, visiting the Corvette Center everyday, if not twice a day, and certainly feels that the total is more than the sum of its parts. He's got his air-conditioned big-block to be sure, and an impressive array of rare options. He's got a prize winner (as in awards at last year's Denver Super Chevy Show and this year's Vettes on the Rockies), and a mid-year that others find desirable (Starling recently turned down a high five-figure offer). His Vette is correct, and although the NCRS "dings" him for the dressed-up engine and powdercoated frame, even they are impressed. Starling likes to talk about two judges who looked at this black and chrome engine and said, "Oh my God," then walked away saying "what a beautiful car."
And it's ok with Ray Starling that his mid-year doesn't pass this particular test. Since he'll never sell it, total correctness isn't an issue. There's no guilt about hitting the road in the old Sting Ray, which the Starlings do for in-state events. He's got the car he's always wanted, upgraded with the options he's long desired. And he even sums it up better than we can: "I like my car...can you tell?" So do we, Ray, so do we.


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Whitworth to Address Racism, White Supremacist Movement through Theatre Production, Special EventsWhitworth College's fall theatre production, God's Country, which documents the crimes and subsequent trial of a white supremacist group, highlights our need to confront racism in the U.S., especially in light of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, says director and Associate Professor of Theatre Diana Trotter.
"As we read about attacks on Arab-Americans and on other non-whites since the terrorist attacks, and as we prepare ourselves to battle terrorism in all its guises, perhaps it is useful to be reminded that hatred and religious fanaticism do not always come from beyond our borders," Trotter says.
God's Country will be staged Oct. 12 and 13 at 8 p.m., Oct. 14 at 2 p.m., and Oct. 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. in Cowles Memorial Auditorium at Whitworth College. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the door for each performance or by calling the Whitworth Theatre Department at (509) 777-3707.
Written by director and playwright Steven Dietz, God's Country is a documentary drama about The Order, a Pacific Northwest militant group affiliated with the Aryan Nations, whose manifesto was William Pierce's The Turner Diaries. Led by Robert Jay Mathews, The Order conducted a crime spree and then murdered Alan Berg, a Jewish talk-radio host in Denver, Colo., in 1984. The Order disbanded when Mathews was killed in a standoff with F.B.I. agents on Whidbey Island and other members were convicted of racketeering.
"The college's hope is that God's Country will encourage us in our fight against bigotry, injustice and violence by providing information about a dangerous movement that has not gone away, despite the recent court defeat of the Aryan Nations," Trotter says. "We also hope to create opportunities for dialogue about a number of important issues related to the Sept. 11 attacks."
In addition to staging the play, Whitworth is hosting several free, public events to facilitate discussion about racism, white supremacy and hate crimes. The Rev. Jerome Walters, author of One Aryan Nation Under God, a book exposing the Christian Identity Doctrine embedded in white supremacist ideology, will lecture on "American Racial Extremism" on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Building Recital Hall at Whitworth.
Walters also will join a panel of Whitworth and Gonzaga University faculty to discuss "Social Evil: Where does it come from and how do we respond?" The panel discussion will take place on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 4 p.m. in Whitworth's Seeley Mudd Chapel.
Finally, the God's Country cast and crew, along with special guests, will host Friday night talk-back sessions with audience members. Vince Lemus, who serves as human rights specialist for the city of Spokane, and Whitworth Psychology Professor James Waller will take part in the Oct. 12 talk-back session; Rev. Jerome Walters will join the cast and crew for the Oct. 19 session. The sessions will take place in the Hixson Union Building Café immediately following each Friday's theatre performance.
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Brush fire breaks out in Chula Vista
CHULA VISTA, Calif. - Fire crews responded to a brush fire that broke out in the 1000 block of Gunpowder Point Drive in Chula Vista.
The blaze erupted in an open area at the Living Coast Discovery Center on Gunpowder Point Drive at Bay Boulevard at about 3 p.m.
No structures were threatened, but heavy smoke made its way to nearby roadways.
After about 40 minutes, crews were able to get the flames under control. The fire burned about three acres.
Chula Vista fire officials were forced to shut down Bay Boulevard between E and F streets during the firefighting effort.
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CLAIMS that Einstein might not have all the answers are two-a-penny, but here's one that stands apart. That's because it springs from some of the finest minds in physics.
In 2005, researchers at the MAGIC gamma-ray telescope on La Palma in the Canary Islands were studying gamma-ray bursts emitted by the black hole in the centre of the Markarian 501 galaxy, half a billion light years away. The burst's high-energy gamma rays arrived at the telescope 4 minutes later than the lower-energy rays. Both parts of the spectrum should have been emitted at the same time.
So is the time lag due to the high-energy radiation travelling slower through space? That wouldn't make sense: it would contravene one of the central tenets of special relativity. According to Einstein, all electromagnetic radiation always travels through vacuum at the cosmic speed limit – the speed of light. The energy of the radiation should be absolutely irrelevant.
So what's going on? The MAGIC result suggests that special relativity is only an approximation of how things really work. The observed lag might result from processes that occur at the most fundamental scale of space-time, the Planck length (10-35 metres). If so, that means we might finally have a way to test theories that aim to combine relativity and quantum theory into a quantum theory of gravity.
The mystery has only deepened with the launch last year of NASA's Fermi gamma-ray space telescope. It has observed high-energy photons arriving up to 20 minutes behind zippier low-energy ones from a source 12 billion light years away. The hope is that Fermi will produce much more data that will enable researchers to rule out more mundane explanations and launch us into the era when we can finally put theories that attempt to unite quantum mechanics and gravity to the test.
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"Robert Motherwell: Early Collages"
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Mon Aug 12 2013
This Guggenheim show focuses on the early works of the seminal Abstract Expressionist painter Robert Motherwell, specifically in the kid-friendly medium he once called "the greatest of our [art] discoveries": collage. It looks at the young artist's style and the significance of collage in his lifelong oeuvre, as well as the ways in which he broke ground with the medium's techniques. The works' geometric, abstract shapes and layers are never boring, thanks to ink drawings that pop, gouache passages that float and anthropomorphic elements with a joy-exuding, childlike simplicity. All ages.
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I'm having a little trouble with my Optimus, I have upgraded to 2.1 (Romanian) and rooted (with 1 click) and installed apps2sd (with the last option apps and cache).
I have a 4GB microsd installed in the phone gaved 700 MB for apps2sd.
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My BIG question: How the hell do you guys manage to do multi-week or even multi-month (let alone RTW) trips?
Not talking about the financial aspects here but rather how do you get the time off work/ how does it affect your "career" in any way? Do you take vacation time? Do you take "time off work" and pick up where you left once you return? Do you use time between jobs for travel? Without being indiscreet I'd be interested what you do and how you get the time to do those trips
I'm incredibly envious when I read the ride reports. But for me, getting two consecutive weeks vacation time would be a luxury (and even that would include constant pestering via BB). The only possibility I see is quitting my job and starting over at another firm once I return which would be a step back career-wise. It really sucks, I'm in my late 20s and feel like I have wasted my "best years" as a corporate slave. That can't be right...
No doubt you'll find a little of everything/one here.
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My guess is the guys/girls you need to really talk to won't be found on ADVRider. A minority of the type you seek post anything here because... they're out exploring.
I'm in my late 20s and feel like I have wasted my "best years"...
Standby. You'll likely be ribbed for that one.
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To answer your question: I retired @ 47 so I could enjoy my "best years" in weekly or monthly or whatever increments.
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questions about toscana ovens
I have some general weatherproofing questions about the Toscana ovens...I live in a very, very wet climate (30" rain thus far in July). As I understand it, an oven shouldn't be fired when wet unless it has some sort of weatherproof covering.
Now for the question: is the Toscana series sufficiently weatherproof as delivered, or am I still going to need to build a lean-to over the oven? I see so many beautiful uncovered outdoor kitchens, but all are in climates far drier than mine. I don't want to pony up the $$ for a Toscana if I'm still going to need some sort of enclosure--I might as well buy an oven insert & encase it in something weatherproof from the get-go.
Any general comments or advice on wet climate oven installation is appreciated.
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Igloo style ovens out in the weather will tend to get wetter than those with an enclosure. The general idea is to waterproof the dome so it stays dryer. Unfortunately this also locks in any moisture that does get in. Some people are of the view that it is better to leave the dome unwaterproofed so it can breathe and dry out by itself. No matter how well you have waterproofed the dome water will still get in after torrential rain, probably through the entry, perhaps around the flue If it is not sealed properly and simply through absorption from the 100% humidity atmosphere. We live in the tropics and get around a metre of rain annually, but that usually all falls in a few months. After the initial curing of the oven, even if it has got really wet you don't need to back to the initial curing fires, just a few long slow fires bring the oven back to normal with no adverse effects. A hand held to the outside shell will tell you if the oven is wet (it will be hot). A roof over the oven is a pretty good idea, but adds to the expense. I haven't found the need to do so.
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I bought a cover intended for patio furniture for my Primavera to keep it dry. Works great and cost me about 30 bucks. Did this after several driving rains left the inside wet. Same idea would work for the Toscana, perhaps just a bigger cover meant for a table and four chairs.
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The Foo Fighters confirmed back in early June that their yet-to-be-titled album would be coming out some time in November, but according to producer Butch Vig's Twitter account, the album is done.
We are officially done with the new Foo Fighters album. 23 straight days mixing! IT'S EPIC!!!
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We are officially done with the new Foo Fighters album. 23 straight days mixing! IT'S EPIC!!!
23 straight days mixing?! Well, that would certainly explain Butch's hair in his Twitter photo.The build-up and expectations for this Foos album are definitely higher than any album in the band's 20 year history. Between the highly-documented accounts of the band recording across the United States to the much-hyped HBO series "Sonic Highways," this fall is going to be huge for the Foo Fighters and their fans.If only summer could go by faster…
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LFern7 intro – Gluten-free bread
I've been asked to try my hand at blogging, so here goes, my first post…
I've been avoiding gluten for about 4 months now, far from an authority, but ready to share my initial impressions. First gluten-free bread – ha, I'm not impressed. In fact I prefer to do without and only turn to the bread products when I am truly desperate. In fact one day as I was toasting one commercially available bread, my husband wanders down and asks, "what smells like a wet dog?" Yes, that was my (crazily expensive) bread and I've barely been able to eat it since. So what do I do instead? I like an open sandwich, sometimes I'll use lettuce as my bread, often I'll just munch on the filling materials. I like many of the gluten-free crackers on the market, and will use corn tortillas if I really need a wrapper. The gluten-free wraps made by La Tortilla Factory from teff and millet are pretty good, once you get used to them, but no, none of them are bread. I guess in the end my solution is this: Since I don't have an allergic reaction to gluten, just the IBS type symptoms I've lived with most my adult life, I hold the idea in my hip pocket that when I just can't take it anymore I will have a slice of the most fabulous bread in the world and then walk away again. So far I haven't had to cash in on that . I'm still enjoying more the wonders of what going without gluten are doing for my body and my self-esteem. (More on that another time).
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I had an aunt who couldn't eat gluten, but she made the most wonderful gluten free pita bread. Or maybe it was the immense amount of peanut butter and pickles i used to shove in them.
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VOTESMARTFLORIDA--VOTER INFO OR CORPORATE SHILL?-Andrew Stelzer
Tuesdays Suncoast Tiger Bay Club luncheon was one of the most sparsely attended of the year, but ended up being one of the most controversial. The speaker was Sheri Vicari, the director of votesmartflorida.org, a website which claims to be an objective source of information about constitutional amendments on the Florida ballot. But a column in todayââ¬â¢s St Pete Times disputed the validity of the site, and set the stage for a skeptical audience. WMNFs Andrew Stelzer reports.
ACT-Troxler â�what we have is a group that lots saying people are to dumb..â�
Thatââ¬â¢s St Petersburg Times Columnist Howard Troxler, who wrote a column in Tuesdayââ¬â¢s paper calling voetsmartflorda.org a bogus objective group, operating as a front for the Florida chamber of Commerce and several other business groups. Troxlerââ¬â¢s column was the first thing that votesmartflroridas director, Sheri Vicari spoke about when she began her speech to the tiger bay club.
ACT ââ¬ÅI know that most of you have seen Troxlers column. I subscribe to the times, sometimes he gets it right, this time I have to say other than the spelling of my name its misleadingââ¬Â¦Ã¢â¬?
But Vicari didnââ¬â¢t specify what about Troxler's column was misleading. Instead she gave the group of about 40 people a broad overview of what Floridians should expect constitutional amendment process, and described her group as a non-partisan group just trying to get the facts out to the people.
ACT ââ¬ÅBefore our site, the only place was TV and billboards..nowhere for people to go for factsââ¬Â¦103 amendments..we remember pregnant pigs..TV commercial, or dolphins or net..it wasnââ¬â¢t pigs, we have now come to learn, it was an environmental issue..voters are as smart as info they have..ââ¬?
Vicari said that votesmart.org doesnââ¬â¢t take positions but only presents the facts on what the ramification of the amendments really are, along with who is funding them, and who is for and against them. During the question and answer session, numerous questions were asked about votesmartflorida.org, such as who funds it, and who controls it. Vicari's answers to most of the questions were vague, and she repeated many if the same phrases used in her speech about providing information to voters.
ACT ââ¬ÅThe Fl chamber, Fl realtors put it together..they had a 3-fold message, they realized it was too much they have very specific points votesmart broke off to a voter education campaign..we are not lobbying or political..on funding we get from business and corps..ââ¬?
Vicari was also asked whether she would allow the league of women voters to review the votesmartflorida voting guide before it went out, and why the voting guide they put out isnââ¬â¢t good enough.
ACT ââ¬ÅWeââ¬â¢ve heard form people that are looking for an org..it takes more than 1 to get the word out..yet another sourceââ¬?
When asked who hired her, Vicari would only say that there are more than 60 groups who came together, some of them are funders of www.votesmartflorida.org, and other are only called supporters. Said she is the only paid employee, there is no board of directors, and the organization runs on a budget of less than 100,000 a year. After the speech WMNF spoke to Joan Deguire, a board member of the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club.
ACT ââ¬?I think its an attempt to sway the voters, I ran a lost of all her employersââ¬Â¦chambers of commerce..for profit orgs, for every city in the state so obviously they have an agenda..I found it insulting the voters know the issues, by the time, most voters know very well..ââ¬?
St Pete times columnist Howard Troxler responded to Vicariââ¬â¢s accusation that his column was misleading.
ACT-Troxler ââ¬?she didnââ¬â¢t point out any specifics.. I think sheââ¬â¢s sincere, but the group, if you look at list of members..itââ¬â¢s a list of business groups, higher minimum wage, restaurant, it was created by business groups and we need to gall citizens into giving up power..ââ¬?
Troxler told WMNF that the groupsââ¬â¢ real agenda is to undermine the citizenââ¬â¢s ability make laws, and ultimately to protect the cozy relationship between developers and politicians.
ACT-Troxler ââ¬ÅThereââ¬â¢s a resentment n Tallahassee, and a fear, they fear this may be taken to the ultimate is hometown democracy, thatââ¬â¢s citizens being able to control directly growth, so if you took away the powerful council to say yes for contributions, you would see a dramatic change..ââ¬?
Vicari told WMNF that she alone is the one who determines what gets printed in the groupââ¬â¢s voter guide.
ACT-me and Vicari ââ¬ÅYou spoke about voter guide.. IM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THEIR VOTER GUIDE youââ¬â¢ve never heard of them YES I DO I donââ¬â¢t know what it contains.. Do you want the state to print a guide Would you support Florida putting out a guide It would be good.. GROUP OF 60 Anybody could join, they support it, and we want to support Grassroots is our biggest distribution system..ââ¬?
Neil Brickfield, who also attended the speech, said he was impressed by Vicari, and dint think bringing up the League of Women was a valid way to criticize votesmartflordia
ACT- ââ¬ÅThe League of Women Voters is not non partisan they want to eliminate all guns. I think she did an excellent job..ââ¬?
To view the website for yourself, log onto www.votesmartflorida.org
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Actress Zoe Saldana Is Pregnant! Mom To Be Is Expecting Twins!
Over the last few years Zoe Saldana has been busy building her resume with successful and well received movies but it seems the actress has found time to start building a family. On Wednesday, a publicist for the "Avatar" beauty confirmed long-running rumors suggesting the 36-year-old is with child but now a source at E! News is confirming the star and her husband, Marco Perego are expecting twins!
While Saldana has yet to confirm any baby news publicly, an insider has gone on record saying that "she's thrilled!" This pregnancy is first for the actress and her artist husband. Zoe is reportedly already three months into her pregnancy.
Congratulations are most certainly in order for Saldana and Perego on their rapidly growing, gorgeous family!
New Father Alert: Lance Gross Will Soon Be A Dad
The former House of Payne star, Lance Gross will soon be a father. Lance made the announcement to his fans via Instagram by posting a risque picture of his girlfriend with the caption "God has gifted me." This will be the first child for Lance and his stylist girlfriend, Rebecca Jefferson.
The couple has been dating for 3 years, and there are unconfirmed rumors that they recently got engaged. Despite Lance's very noticeable good looks, he insists that he is far from the "player" type. Gross told Essence, "I'm just Lance Gross. I'm a regular dude… I don't like the numbers game. I'm not putting notches on my belt. I got one dope chick, and that's all I need." With that response, Gross already sounds like he is going to be a great father.
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Evelyn Lozada Shares Picture Of Son On His First Flight
What can we say about Carl Leo Jr.? He is a jet setter just like his mom. Evelyn Lozada recently shared a picture of her son with Instagram fans, and the little one appeared to be completely relaxed on the family's private jet. "My lil man's first flight," tweeted Evelyn. "Stuntin."
The Reality TV star does not let milestones that baby Leo experiences go unnoticed. Evelyn told media about her son's sleeping habits just six days after he was born.Read More
LMBO!!! Tweet Like Jaden Smith Meme Has Taken Over Twitter…
Normally I think celebrity kids are off limits, except when they dress as white batman at a very high profile wedding. Jada and Will Smith's middle child, Jaden Smith, is back in the news, and not for his super hero costumes, but with a new hilarious twist. The little Confucius is notorious for posting vague, deeply or not so deeply philosophical tweets to his page. So someone came up with a new hilarious meme called #tweetlikejadensmith. I'm sorry y'all but this meme is hilarious.
Continue reading below for more #tweetlikejadensmith tweets…Is this wrong? I can't stop laughing long enough to process it.Read More
New Music Video: Reginae Carter "Mind Goin Crazy"
Last year Lil Wayne announced that he signed his daughter Reginae Carter to his Young Money roster and now her first official single and music video has finally arrived. "Mind Goin Crazy" is her first single and it's pretty cute and the Young Money signee is definitely trying to prove that she can follow in her father's footsteps when it comes to music. Reginae was one of the original members of the ATL based girl group The OMG Girlz when the group first started out. However, with the age differences between the girls, she decided to part ways a few years back.
Check out the video when you continue. . .Read More
THE GAME'S Daughter Is Scouted By The University Of Southern California
Madison is only 9 years old and is already being acknowledged by women's college basketball coaches. Although The Game is not her biological father, he took Madison under his wing and has claimed her as his own.
Madison plays on the rapper's youth basketball team and has been training all summer on her basketball skills. She recently received a letter from the assistant coach, Taja Edwards, of The University of Southern California offering Madison a campus tour. The letter read:
"My name is Taja Edwards, I am one of the assistant women's basketball coaches here at the University of Southern California – USC. I recently came across Madison's ball handling-video on social media and wanted to reach out to try & get her up to our campus for a tour! Given that she is so young and is not currently considered a "recruitable athlete" we would love to plant the seed for her, as to what she can become one day. Our head coach is, 4-time WNBA MVP & Champion Cynthia Cooper. She is a legend & great in Women's Basketball. My contact information is listed below, please let me know if you all are interested in bringing her up to campus!"
Although Madison is not a recruitable athlete and is only in the 3rd grade, The Game says she is already receiving letters of interest and is making her dreams a reality. He said USC is now at the top of her list. Cant wait to see what the future holds for little Madison.
Check out what The Game had to say…Read More


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Graduate students in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at CU-Boulder receive extensive language-teaching training and experience coordinated by Senior Instructor Anne Becher that will serve as an excellent base for their professional development.
A week-long orientation before the first semester of teaching introduces new graduate student instructors to the communicative language teaching approach, and helps develop a familiarity with the methods and the materials in our program's 5-credit Beginning Spanish One course. Every graduate student instructor will teach his or her own 22-student section of the course.
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During students' first semester in the graduate program, while they are teaching, they take a 5-week mini-seminar on Methods and Pedagogy. The instructor for this seminar, Anne Becher, is also the Coordinator for Beginning Spanish One, and she supports and guides new instructors during the semester as they put pedagogical theories and methods into practice in their classrooms.
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My photo tech just finally downloaded the pictures she took at Alameda's Fourth of July Parade.
She, like me, almost always cries at parades. She likes observing the celebration of all different kinds of passions and hobbies, joys and commitments. And if it's not a general sense of being overwhelmed by the variety and richness of the human experience that moves her, there's always a disabled American veterans float, and thinking about lives changed by war, that really makes her eyes moisten. There were more than 150 and floats at the parade this month. Here's shots of three.


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March 12, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Full steam ahead for Nevada solar project
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The plant, which will start to generate electricity for nearby Las Vegas in April, consists of approximately 184,000 mirrors arranged in long, parabolic arrays that focus the sun's energy on a receiver--a metal tube filled with oil that's encased in specialized glass--from German conglomerate Schott.
Sunlight heats the oil to 400 degrees Celsius (about 750 degrees Fahrenheit). The oil gets transferred to a heat exchanger where it makes steam, which then cranks a turbine to produce electricity. If the heat can't be used right away, it gets transferred to vats of molten salt which retain the heat for later use.
"The steam side, it is not rocket science. It has existed for more than 100 years. The solar side, we know it is going to work," said Gilbert Cohen, senior vice president of Acciona Solar Power, which owns the plant and will sell it to local utilities. "The potential is huge here."
The project underscores the resurgence that's taking place for a technology called solar thermal for generating electricity. Solar thermal power plants began popping up in Israel and the American Southwest in the '80s, but construction of new plants largely ground to a halt in the early '90s.
Now, solar thermal projects are under way--or at least on the white board--in Spain, Greece, Mexico, Iran, Algeria and parts of the U.S., among other places. When it goes live, Solar One will be the third largest solar thermal plant in the world with a 64 megawatt capacity. Potentially, the site could crank out 2,000 megawatts, or enough power for about a half-million people, Cohen said. The U.S. Southwest could ultimately produce 4,000 to 40,000 megawatts of solar thermal power, he speculated, enough for 1 million to 10 million consumers.
In California's Mojave Desert, already home to 354 megawatts of solar thermal facilities, Stirling Energy Systems in conjunction with utility company Southern California Edison is erecting a 500 megawatt plant to open in 2009.
Thousands of mirrors
One of the biggest solar projects in recent U.S. history is almost complete.
The driving force behind the demand for solar thermal power, besides global warming and fears about rising electrical prices, are state and federal laws aimed at curbing fossil fuels and coal. In Nevada, regulations require that utilities get 15 percent of their power from renewable resources and a total of 5 percent from solar power by 2015. Other southwestern states have passed similar laws.
Solar thermal plants aren't cheap. The construction tab for building Solar One will likely run about $250 million, said Cohen. The power generated by the plant, minus any subsidies, may not get to parity with electricity generated from conventional plants until around 2020, added Nikolaus Benz, a development manager for Schott. Solar thermal electricity, according to statistics from Schott's publications, will cost around 15 to 17 cents a kilowatt hour in the U.S. Residents of Las Vegas now pay around 7 cents a kilowatt hour.
Solar thermal fans, however, say the technology represents the most economical way to harness the sun's power on a large scale. The solar plants will last for decades, so by 2030, solar thermal will be a better buy than coal-fired electricity, which is expected to go up in price. To eliminate risks to its customers--namely large utilities--Acciona sets long-term fixed prices for electricity generated by its plant.
"The return is pretty good, but you have to take the first step," Cohen said.
Green tech powers forward
The technology also has an advantage in age, added Cohen. During the 15-year lull when utilities weren't commissioning new plants, engineers had time to enhance the performance of their products and wring out operational inefficiencies. Schott, for example, has come up with a new coating for the glass tube on the receiver that lets 96 percent of the solar radiation through to the oil-filled metal tube sealed inside the glass. The coating also withstands abrasion better than earlier versions.
Solar One also makes for a pretty cool field trip. You're zipping along on an empty desert highway, and suddenly a field of kilometer-long rows of what look like white antenna dishes come into view. The fences and isolation immediately make you think: CIA. The mirrors are mounted on the arrays in four rows that form a near perfect parabola to reflect as much sunlight as possible onto the purple receiver, about the diameter of a can of pasta sauce.
Contrary to expectations, the mirrors won't sizzle birds or bugs: they only get as hot as the outside temperature, said site manager Bob Cable. When operational, the arrays will rotate with the sun--software and microcontroller adjusting the pace of their movements depending on the day of the year and the position of the sun.
Work on the massive plant is slightly ahead of schedule. Construction on Solar One--which includes over 7 million aluminum parts in the frame and 76 kilometers' worth of oil-filled receivers as well as a nearby electrical plant--began in February 2006. The field is now 90 percent done while the companion buildings are 70 percent there.
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- That's note how PV panels work
- You stated that photovoltaics "split photons from the sun into electrons and positive charges from the sun." What you're describing here is a Pair-Production event, which only occurs with gamma rays above a 1.022 MeV threshold. This interaction produces a positron-electron pair, each with a rest mass of 0.511 MeV plus a combined kinetic energy equal to the energy of the incident photon in excess of the threshold energy.
Photovoltaic panels work by means of the photoelectric effect. In this interaction photons simply knock electrons off a metal surface when the incident photon energy is greater than the work function of the metal. The photoelectric effect is most prevalent in high-Z materials and low-energy photons with frequencies above the threshold value. Thus, ultraviolet radiation from the sun is ideally suited for this application.
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- meant to say "not"
- ... and it doesn't appear that cnet allows you to revise comments.
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- Wouldnt solar energy heat the planet?
- If you're trapping on Earth solar energy that largely would have been reflected back into space... wouldnt large scale use of this technology warm the planet as the energy balance gets out of whack?
We'd probably have to offset that change to planetary albedo somewhere else.
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- No
- This is no different than a conventional Rankine cycle power plant. It's the same stuff you'll find in a Nuclear, Coal, or oil-fired plant, the only difference is that the heat to make steam comes from the sun... at the outrageously expensive price of 15 c/kWhr, but that's besides the point.
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- nope
- The heat energy that is trapped is converted to mechanical energy in the steam turbine which is then converted to electrical energy. The heat energy is not dissipated into the atmosphere. The enrgy converted to electricity would most likely be equal to or greater than the energy that would have been reflected back into space had the sunlight hit the surface of the Earth. So it would NOT heat up the Earth. Also this type of power plant would displace a need for a fossil fuel burning plant that releases large quantities of greenhouse gases. The only difference between a solar thermal plant and a coal, gas or a nuclear one is where the heat comes from.
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- Power for Los Vegas?
- You mean the city next to the Boulder dam that gets loads of inexpensive hydro-electrical energy?
What kind of numbskull decided that was a place needing more electricity?
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- Las Vegas, yes.
- Vegas is indeed one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. (Gambling aside, even.) Pretty much the whole country is on the same grid. The juice doesn't have to be consumed in Vegas, it can be used to alleviate the load of power plants that normally supply LA or Phoenix, or anywhere else in the region.
Remember the blackout of the north east in about 2003? The grid is huge.
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- Probably...
- Probably the same "numbskull" that looked at the power needs of Las Vegas and realized that they were SEVERELY under supplied already with an expectation of power demand to go up 40% in the next 10 years.
The Hoover Dam has a peak power generation of ~2,000MW. Las Vegas has a current peak demand of ~5,600MW, and that demand is expected to hit ~8,000MW by 2015. Even if demand stays constant and Las Vegas were to get 100% of the energy production from the dam it would still be supplying less then half of what they need.
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- Uhhh
- Numbskulls that know that only about 24% of the electricity generated at Boulder/Hoover dam is slated for Nevada and the other 76% is distributed all over the Southwest. In fact, Southern California receives more power from the dam than Nevada.
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- The drawback of renewable energy...
- Well, I don't think the designers picked Las Vegas because of where the demand for electricity is... I don't think this "solar power plant" would be very effective if it were located near, let's say, Seattle.
The drawback of generating electricity from the sun is that you need, well, the SUN to be shining...
The only way renewable energy production can ever be practical is for locations "rich" in natural renewable energy (sun, wind, or water) to produce and share their extra energy with other locations, which, thankfully, is accomplish thanks to the power grid...
The size of the modern power grid is such that variations in weather patterns are evened out, and it will always be sunny, windy, and rainy in at least some parts of the area covered by the grid...
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- Las Vegas Is A Waste
- Las Vegas, a city in the desert that greedily consumes all available water, energy and lives. The desert IS the right place to put a solar energy production facility. It's definately the wrong place for large populations of humans.
The whole South West is a problem. If Global Warming is truly accelerating, the SW will dry up completely. As a resident of MI, I will fight to the death to keep the same money-grabbing multinationals who have lived fat on oil from building pipelines to shunt our Great Lakes South, just so a bunch of STUPID, Gluttenous, Gamblers/Retirees can have their "paradise" in the sun!
Let's face it people. If we truly had the will to put all the resources we now pour into NASA, the D.O.D. and Entertainment into developing a self-supporting green society, we could be completely free of our dependence on non-renewable energy within 10 years or less! Heck, if we pulled our collective heads out of our @$$, we could wipe out hunger, poverty and crime while we were at it!
As long as greed is the primary motivator for human echievement, all we will ultimately achieve is our own destruction. JCW 2007
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- Numbskull?
- If you look at time lapse pictures of said dam, I believe the level of water in Lake Mead behind the dam has dropped significantly since it went on line as a hydro plant. I don't know the time frame, but I believe experts are afraid that in the very near future there will not be enough water to create the necessary head pressure to spin the turbines. The need to replace this power supply will need to be addressed very soon. The transmission lines are already near by (because of the hydro plant) so it's a logical place to start. Cuts down the cost of running new lines from another site to Las Vegas. Just a thought.
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- solar power
- is the way to go but you are not thinking outside the box
thirty volt power for houses will be easer to produce with solar
or it the electric company is afraid of electricity theft 60 or 90 volts with a drop down in power to the home to thirty volts
there are benefits to this including safety
with technology to catch up and each house may be able to produce own energy
taboo for electric companies
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- thirty volts ? would any appliances that everyone already owns run at 30 volts? i dont think so. so what then get converters or just'throw away' the appliances and get new 30 v. ones?
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- LV Hydro-power?
- Doesn't Las Vegas get all of it's electricity from the nearby Hoover
Dam Hydro-Power & Colorado River?
Hydro-power is GREEN renewable energy source too.
Green is GREAT & I am all for it, but I am missing something here?
Good idea with vast amount of solar energy in Las Vegas Nevada.
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- Photons, electrons, and square feet
- "PV panels ... split photons from the sun into electrons and positive charges from the sun."
The photons actually liberate electrons from the material and set them in motion, creating negative and positive charges that then ripple through the material. In other words, electrons are simply pushed along the electrical circuit using the energy provided by the photons. Electrons aren't created.
"One hundred thousand square feet of molten salt holds enough heat to provide electricity for four hours."
I don't understand how much molten salt this is. Should this be cubic feet? Or is there some amount of depth to this 100k square feet to give us an actual volume?
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- I think the solar panel connected to water pump to produce electricity was already outdated. Have anyone see a Japanese version of solar power eledtricity? The solar panels was conected to rechargeable battery cell, then connected to the transformer, then to the meter then to the switch panel, strong enough to power the electricity for the house, a commercial complex. The same sesign can be use to power electric cars.
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Relevant Text: Ps. 15:1
Full Text: Ps 15 + Ps 19 + Ps 36
Planetarium | We get impressed when we look at the stars in the dome of the Hayden Planetarium. Yet, we live in a theater that is ten million times bigger and more magnificent and more unpredictable and more thrilling than any planetarium: "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge" [1], and we take it for granted – complaining when it rains or when humidity gives us bad hair. In a few months, we'll delight in the first fresh snowfall of the season and, days later, we'll complain about the dirty snow that remains. We are fallen creatures whose eyes get tired of God's beauty.
Training | As Christians, however, we can see the language of nature better than most people because we have trained eyes. When untrained eyes look at the Mona Lisa, they passively receive its beauty and admire its artistry. When trained eyes look at it, however, they study, inspect and analyze. They know about da Vinci's life, style, era and tools. They are visually acute and perceptive. As Christians, not only do we see the general revelation of nature that untrained eyes see: "Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world" [2], we also see the specific revelation of the written word (the Bible) and the incarnate word (Jesus) that trained eyes see: "The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple. The precepts of the LORD are right, giving joy to the heart. The commands of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes. The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever. The ordinances of the LORD are sure and altogether righteous. They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb. By them your servant is warned; in keeping them there is great reward" [3]. We see nature's beauty clearly because we know its Painter.
Prayer | Lord, Thank You for speaking to us through nature without a voice [4] – we see the same moon and sun that hangs over London and that hung over da Vinci. Your beauty crosses over cultures and over time. Train our eyes by Your Word to delight in Your visual revelation. Amen.
[4] See Ps. 19:3 ("There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard." NIV 1984) | [FN] Some ideas were adapted to New York from Piper's sermon, Sky Talk (1980).


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The Irrelevancy of Industry Accepted Malware Testing Standards
Writing or presenting about AV testing and performance is a great way to draw the collective ire of the AV industry. This is a hot button subject that I, personally, have received a lot of grief on. The primary reason that the AV industry is so sensitive about their software is because it is not as effective as they would like you to believe. Case in point is the recent Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization's document titled Issues involved in the 'creation' of samples for testing. If you want to find a document listing all the hot-button issues that particularly perturb the AV community, here it is.
Without taking a particular side, the document seeks to "frame the debate" of the issue of "creating" malware samples. What follows is a 19 page exploration of all the ways new malware can be created. Here is a short list of modifications that they address:
- Archiving samples using ZIP or tar
- Packing / repacking with a new packer (think UPX or ASPack)
- Using a malware generation kit
- Server-side polymorphic samples - the sample is slightly modified every time it is downloaded from a public website
- Patched versions of an existing file, including PE modifications and actual code changes
- Writing a custom packer
- Writing a new sample using existing techniques
- Writing new samples using unknown techniques
Specifically prohibited is public dissemination of malware samples. These might actually encourage people to test AV software before buying it.
The pros and cons of each are presented, followed by a way to frame your debate afterwards. What all of these miss is the central point that malware authors are using every single one of these techniques with spectacular success. The other terrible secret is that these techniques are extremely easy. Continued debate on whether or not these tests are ethical is moot because malware authors are already using them. In order to protect against real threats, you must use the techniques that are being used to evade your protection software.
Consider the NHTSA talking about testing crash performance, but not actually ever smashing any of the cars into a wall. There's no substitute for the real thing unless you're trying to hide something. In the case of the AV industry, that thing is their technological irrelevance to the modern malware threat.
I believe you when you say that you have attracted the "ire" of the AV industry. Heh, a number of them are pretty crusty. But I don't agree with you that it is because they are hiding irrelevance or a lack of efficacy.
And your opinion is a funny one for a group that was bought by an AV vendor a couple of years ago for 13 million. :)
Here are a few thoughts on your post...
The document does not appear to be about obtaining or validating appropriate sample sets. It is a set of arguments about the value of creating malware. Even the term and concept of "creation" itself is arguable and discussed. You seem to be talking mainly about something else -- selecting and validating appropriate sample sets.
Malware is "malicious". I would prefer that every Tom Dick and Harry is not on my network handling and running malware of any kind, or on the same networks as SCADA, whether the malware is new ITW, prevalent but old ITW, or their own creation. And not because of some vague ethical issue. I also would prefer that individuals do not twirl a loaded pistol on their finger in public, just to test the efficacy of their homemade gun's trigger safety (the drama is swell).
"In order to protect against real threats, you must use the techniques that are being used to evade your protection software."
That's true, and you already said that malware authors are releasing this stuff, so no need create your own, right? Testers currently use volumes of malware that is currently ITW. Running useful, accurate real world tests is a large effort. The dynamic tests seem to be the most relevant out there, because they are replicating attacked users' scenarios over the course of months, like this one -- for the purpose of this discussion, the crash performance tests are being completed:
Finally, it would be great if you could elaborate on the "modern malware threat" that you suggest the entire AV industry is irrelevant to and hiding from (seriously, I am interested). It seems that a number of the suites do a pretty good job (see the link above). I would agree that many of the vendors' marketing messages out there, as in every industry, do not help clarify the effectiveness of any one solution in relation to others.
I'll try to touch on
I'll try to touch on everything you said, forgive me if I miss some of it.
They are either not running real attacks or suppressing them due to incompetence or choice, but both are bad. I'm not sure why they would advocate against performing real-world testing.
13 million? You're thinking of someone else.
The very act of arguing against creating malware for testing purpose is the bothersome point of the document. Creating new sample sets based on modifications that virus authors can and do perform are valid.
The malware and firearm debate is pretty old and has been debated at length. Without starting that up again and repeating myself, they have nothing in common. If you don't want malware on your network there very last thing you should be worrying about is someone getting samples and releasing them there. You should be worried about people hacking into your network and dropping custom malware on it.
The primary threat I was referring to in the "modern malware threat" is any sample that is slightly modified (like the colors in an icon resource in the PE) that evades antivirus scanners.
I think ...
... mugg is referring to your 1 April 2006 post ;-)
It's always best to check
It's always best to check the date around that time of year. :)
thoughts on thoughts
Yes, the April Fool's comment was meant to be an oh-so clever joke on my part. Oh well. Next time instead of a smile emoticon, I'll look for a dry stupid humor emoticon.
"They are either not running real attacks or suppressing them due to incompetence or choice, but both are bad."
I'm not sure why you say that. The PCMag/AV-Test link that I included above is as real-world as they come. Dynamic tests are supposed to be "real world". The testers seem to be a competent group, are you connected with them and know something else about their work?
So what do you think should replace the products being sold?
My bad on the joke, my own
My bad on the joke, my own joke even. :)
I looked at the PCMag/AV-Test article but didn't really get the sense of what kinds of tests they were doing. The article says "up-to-the-minute" threats but that doesn't really address what they did. The fact that they have such high detection number (98% in some cases) seems to indicate their test was bad. I could be wrong though.
The one testing organization I like that seems to do a decent job is AV Comparatives. I was actually able to replicate their results from the "Proactive/Retrospective" tests they perform. Here's a report from May of 2009:
That test lines up with what my testing has shown.
As far as what products should replace the ones being sold? Unfortunately the ones that are there are the only solution available. Aside from running no antivirus there's not really an option.
Yeah, I liked that one. The
Yeah, I liked that one.
The AV-Test run seemed to have a crew testing with 10 "fresh" ITW malware each day for three months against each suite (I hate it when they call "undetected" malware "0day"). I'm not sure that they used P2P, usb-autorun and email delivery vectors. It seems only web sites were visited, although I don't see methodology details online, and am somewhat reading between the lines).
Another description here and here:
http://www.chip.de/news/Security-Aktuelle-Produkte-im-Real-World-Test_39480121.html (chrome with google translate is your friend)
I think that the numbers are high in part because suites were used against web based attacks (which reflects ITW prevalence fairly well, imho) with the behavioral stuff, Url filtering, packer-focused scanner heuristics and cloud stuff all together.
I dunno, it seems to me that targeting just AV file scanners isn't necessarily "real-world", because it is testing one piece (cuz it's often the cheapest and easiest test when testers take shortcuts) of the suites out there. So I would agree that often (but not necessarily reflecting ITW prevalence accurately) scanners may have the results you linked to. But I really wouldn't consider that "real-world". The vendors aren't hiding from real world results. They are building on top of the file scanners with better stuff (and hey, the file scans are just going to be around, it's what people understand -- click on update, scan a file, report good or bad, I can buy it!).
Using just the file based
Using just the file based scanner is definitely taking a shortcut for testing, but I would argue it's the one piece that the entire AV system depends on. I would tend to not trust tests that didn't do a statistically significant number of tests. 10 per day is not statistically significant.
Also many of the real world tests would depend on the quality of web addresses being tested. These are all valid concerns, and many AV companies rightfully get picky about them.
Accurately recording the
Accurately recording the results from visiting ten unique and fresh sites per day with a dozen fresh machines over three months is a very large task. There are many "grey area" situations. Anyways, imho, this task of visiting almost 1000 sites is statistically significant for ITW attacks and far more accurately measures the impact of attacks on a set of systems and their anti-malware than scanning any measly directory of potentially invalid files. And "anti-malware" products are no longer dependent on AV file scans (they employ url filtering, "cloud" stuff, HIPS, spam filters, topology-based heuristics, sandboxes, anti-BoF exploitation, DEP, ASLR, etc), in many cases, it is their weak link.
I will be very interested to
I will be very interested to read more about your research on this topic then.
Do you know...
...what did it for me was sitting in on the AMTSO meetings (as a relative outsider) and watching representatives of 30-40 AV companies disagreeing with each other on virtually every subject on the agenda, and how finely the money-making aspect of things is interwoven in the security agenda as a whole. I remember thinking, no frigging wonder the bad guys have one up on us, with the big guys arguing like a bunch of kids on the playground, because Peter has taken away 1 extra marble from Steve's pile. And the funny thing is, some of the guys own up to how ridiculous it all has become these days, trying to do a job, between lay-offs, profit margins and the marketing hype.
you went to some or their
you went to some or their meetings? And you expected to see agreement and hand holding between competitors in a saturated industry? That's funny.
Say, you ever been to an IETF meeting? It's amazing that routers talk with each other at all. It's pretty naive to think that these organizations, in addition to the underground markets, have no bottom line. Neither side is a charity.
You should think, gee whiz, attackers usually have one up because that is the nature of offense v. defense. Not because vendor reps, testers, journalists disagree in discussion. See DailyDave...