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This four-level parking structure received LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in March 2013.
Improvements to the courtyard between the new garage and street include decorative paving, a new bus shelter, and a row of palm trees leading to the main pedestrian entrance. The four-level structure received LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building council in March 2013.
This four-level parking structure received LEED Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council in March 2013.
Workers install a sign identifying the second of four floors. The design team chose low-emitting materials for adhesives and sealants, paints and coatings, composite wood and agrifibers, and carpet systems.
There's been a surge of interest in re-invigorating downtowns by returning to what made them interesting to begin with. Loosely collected under the rubric Smart Growth, initiatives like the New Urbanism and Complete Streets aim to create environments less dominated by the needs of automobiles and more focused on the multi-modal access that was common before suburban bedroom communities and shopping strips.
With this effort to better balance vehicles, pedestrian traffic, bicycles, and transit comes a complex set of questions about the role of cars and parking. Not that parking was ever easy. But as established central business districts compete with suburban malls and office parks that offer plentiful free parking, many communities aim high with minimum requirements and low with rates.
It's a recipe for underutilized parking that can't break even.
With many tenants demanding parking at high stall-per-square-foot ratios, providing ample parking is a challenge for public officials and private developers alike. Increasingly, however, they're being pressured to offer less parking to encourage greener transportation modes and people-friendly streets. While laudable, this creates a whole new set of problems.
"We hate parking!" a transportation planner once gleefully announced as she recommended not accommodating any cars. Balance is crucial, but with so many competing considerations—urban design, economics, aesthetics, real estate markets, environmental concerns, and public perception—it's hard to chart a course.
Parking requires careful consideration of the specific patterns and needs of the area in question. There are no rules of thumb.
The problem is that parking has grown up as, and continues to be, an offshoot of traffic engineering more than urban planning. Thus, plans often rely heavily on quantitative models that provide an incomplete picture.
Municipal planners typically take a civil engineering approach, assessing need by counting how many vehicle trips an area experiences each day. There are two problems with this:
Rather than trying to figure out how many spaces will meet today's needs, figure out how parking can be used to promote urban planning goals, promote business development, and enhance quality of life. While this certainly involves measurements, such an analysis focuses on how parking can influence behavior. Behavior, in turn, is influenced by pricing (how much to charge in different parts of the city), and how long people are permitted to park.
The Institute of Transportation Engineers' landmark Parking Generation provides data on how much parking a given land use will generate. However, the data were collected for stand-alone land uses and mostly in low-transit areas. While its ratios help in understanding peak potential demand, they're more of a starting point than an answer.
The Urban Land Institute's Shared Parking manual accounts for mixed-use settings where the interaction between land uses that have different peaks (e.g., offices and cinemas) can reduce overall parking needs, and provides a method for modeling the reductions. This adds much-needed nuance to the planning of anticipated build-outs in mixed-use areas, and is a more valuable tool for downtown or other mixed-use environments.
But a central business district is too complex for simple quantitative modeling. Unlike traffic engineering, parking has a lot to do with consumer choice.
In September, parking authorities in 21 countries answered a survey on trends and challenges. When asked to name three cities with trendsetting approaches to parking, respondents most often cited:
Given rate stratification, however, consumers make different decisions. Some pay the premium to park near the front door; some walk a few blocks for free or cheap parking. (In towns that don't have paid parking, time limits are used to stratify demand but this is generally less successful.)
So the answer to "Do we have a parking shortage?" and "How much parking do we need?" can't be answered with a code calculation or statistics. How much you need depends on the radius you're willing to consider and how much you're willing to charge to make use of that radius.
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Didier Reynders on the situation in Goma
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders is concerned by reports in the last few hours mentioning shots in the vicinity of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This information comes in addition to other reports in connection with resumed violence further to the north, around the town of Beni.
Didier Reynders's immediate thoughts are with the local population, who are the first victims of violence and instability.
The Minister reiterates that all initiatives included in the Addis Ababa framework agreement, the strengthened role of the MONUSCO intervention brigade and the appointment of Mary Robinson as Special Envoy serve to coordinate efforts to achieve a long-term solution in the region. He therefore calls on all parties involved to bring an end to the violence and to take part in these common efforts.


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No doubt about it. You hear a lot about Early Decision from the press, peers and your parents. So, how do you know if Early Decision is right for you?
At some point in their college search, many competitive high-school students consider applying to a college under the Early Decision (ED) plan. At Dickinson, applying Early Decision is recommended for students who, through careful reflection and research, have identified Dickinson College as their first choice. If this is you, consider applying early decision by Nov. 15 for Early Decision I or Jan. 15 for Early Decision II.
Why I Chose Dickinson
We invite you to read about how some of our current students decided on Dickinson in our Why I Chose Dickinson feature. If you think you are right for Dickinson and would like to consider applying Early Decision, contact the Dickinson admissions counselor in your region.
Top 4 Reasons Early Decision is Encouraged
- We want students who have determined that our unique brand of the liberal arts is what they want. We're looking for students who are excited about our global community, being part of our commitment to environmental sustainability and are excited to learn and grow in our collaborative environment. We want students who are ready and willing to commit to Dickinson and to productive lives during their college years and beyond.
- Finding the right match between student and college is the most important part of any admissions process. Because Early Decision applicants number in the hundreds instead of the thousands as in Early Action or Regular Decision, the admissions staff has more time to really get to know you and to make certain that both you and Dickinson are right for each other.
- You will learn early in your college planning if you have been admitted to Dickinson College.
- Due to the smaller size of the Early Decision applicant pool, you will be evaluated based upon your own merits rather than in competition with and in comparison to other applicants.
Top 3 Myths about Early Decision
- Students who apply Early Decision can "slack off" in their academic work during the second semester of their senior year. Selective colleges can and do withdraw admission offers from a student if his or her academic performance declines significantly.
- Students diminish their chances of receiving academic scholarships on the theory that since they already are committed to a college, it will have less incentive to award them scholarships as an inducement to enroll. This is not true at Dickinson. A student who would have received an academic scholarship in the Early Action or Regular Decision processes will be awarded one in Early Decision.
- Students who require need-based financial aid should not consider applying for Early Decision. At Dickinson, we are committed to providing students who apply Early Decision with the same amount of aid that they would receive if applying in Early Action or Regular Decision.
Advice about Applying Early Decision
- Do your homework and know why you are applying to a particular school, especially if you plan to apply ED.
- Do not give in to pressure to apply ED to a school simply for the sake of applying ED.
- Be honest with yourself: If you are not yet ready to commit, then do not apply ED to any school.
- Do not apply ED as a strategy to "get in."
- If you are applying for need-based financial aid in ED or any application program, have a conversation about what your family can reasonably invest in your college education.
Ready to take the next step and apply to Dickinson in Early Decision? Apply online using the Common Application and include a signed Early Decision Agreement Form.


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The Frye Company and CS magazine celebrated the Grand Opening of Frye's flagship location in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago. Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the brand, The Frye Company hosted 300+ stylish Chicago tastemakers and trendsetters for an all-out celebration within the new store. As guests shopped the stylish leather boots, shoes and bags perfectly displayed throughout the store, they also enjoyed all-American fare, Koval Distillery signature cocktails and locally brewed beer from Revolution Brewing. Topping it off, those in attendance also enjoyed music by DJ Matt Roan as well as a special live performance by the indie-pop band, Blondfire.
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Andrew Abian received his MS in physics from the University of Washington, and BS in mathematics with a minor in physics from the University of Iowa. He has also studied French at the Sorbonne in Paris, and statistics at Columbia University in New York. Prior to teaching at UW Bothell, he taught both math and physics courses at a wide range of community colleges in the Seattle area, as well as in Austin, Texas. He has also worked as an actuarial analyst, and software developer. Andrew currently teaches mathematics courses ranging from Pre-Algebra to Differential Equations, as well as Introductory Physics Labs at UW Bothell.
Rucha Ambikar holds a PhD in Social and Cultural Anthropology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. Her past research has focused on the intersections of post colonial nation building; with focus on education and religion. Currently she is working on research projects that examine the impact of new religious movements on immigrants working in the technology sectors in the US. Rucha has worked for UW Seattle as a post-doctoral researcher in the Information School and was most recently an Instructor in the Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Social Work at Seattle University. She also holds MA degrees in Mass Communication and Sociology.
Alexandre Barchechat received his Ph.D. in mathematics from UC Davis in California. He has taught a wide variety of classes ranging from College Algebra to graduate courses in 3 -manifolds. His area of interest has changed from geometric topology, in particular triangulations of three-manifolds, to math education.
Joey Benitez - received his MS in mathematics and BS in education from the Colorado State University, and a BS in mathematics from the University of South Florida. He was a software developer for over 30 years at Century Link. Prior to teaching at UW Bothell, he taught both math and computer science at a wide range of colleges and universities in the Seattle area, including Bellevue College, Washington State University, Shoreline Community College and Cascadia Community College. Joey currently teaches mathematics courses ranging from Algebra to Calculus.
Karena Birk holds an MFA in Dance from The Ohio State University, and a BA in Classics from the University of Washington. She has taught at Cornish, Bainbridge Dance Center, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and The Ohio State University, among others. After training at the Cornish Preparatory Dance Program and the Richmond Ballet, she went on to dance professionally with the Colorado Ballet, Lehua Dance Theatre, ARC Dance, and is currently a member of Catherine Cabeen and Company and Redd Legg Dance. She has been privileged to dance works of Trisha Brown, Anna Sokolow, Antony Tudor, George Balanchine, Fanny Elssler, Wade Madsen, Deborah Wolf, Hannah Wiley, and many others. Her MFA studies focused on dance performance, notation, history, and pedagogy, and she holds a Teaching Certification in Labanotation. She is a member of the Congress on Research in Dance, the Society of Dance History Scholars, the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, and the National Dance Education Organization.
Carrie Bodle - Link to bio on IAS program page
Tasha Buttler has been teaching at UW Bothell and UW Seattle for ten years. Most of her current courses draw on material from political economics as well as how the human psyche is explored and represented in literature from around the world. She has a M.S. and a Ph.D. and has worked for the public defender's office, in environmental sciences, and as a liaison between private industry, government, universities, and the public. She is interested in models of how people learn so as to engage students as they develop critical reflexive thinking and passions for their pursuits. Her research investigates the role of exile and translation as forces of psychic and social change. She enjoys the translation of literature from Portuguese and Spanish and most recently has been involved in taking students on study abroad.
Gary Carpenter, has been a northwest artist for 25 years focusing primarily on his relationship with nature through a wide variety of mediums. He has studied at Cornish College of the Arts, the School of Visual Concepts, the Pratt Fine Art Center, and the Gage Academy and received his BFA and MFA from the University of Washington. He has an active studio practice and has recently completed sculpture commissions at the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge in Ilwaco, WA, at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Amargosa Valley, NV and at the Skagit County Public Health and Safety Building in Mt. Vernon, WA. He has taught at the University of Washington and is currently teaching at the University of Washington Bothell.
Lisa Citron, is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Washington and conducts research in plant ecology and ethnobotany in the estuaries of coastal Washington. This research led her to develop a course that explores the intersection of ecology and culture and guides students through original research in this interdisciplinary area. An educator for more than 20 years, she holds a Washington State Teaching Certificate and is committed to serving students of diverse learning styles, fostering a sense of ownership in their work, and building skills that will serve them academically and professionally long into the future.
Steve Collins - Bio found on his faculty home page.
David Conners, studied business administration, economics, and the law at the University of Washington, as well as at the University of Oregon, before teaching economics at St. Lawrence University and Washington State University. Currently, David also provides economic consulting services to attorneys as a Forensic Economist, specializing in the calculation of "economic damages" in a wide variety of lawsuits, both actual and potential. David's style of teaching is to encourage "learning-by-doing" by requiring his students to read current articles on a regular basis from the Internet, newspapers, and journals – and practice their analytic skills by applying relevant methods of economic analysis to these real-world scenarios.
Sharon Crowley, who has a degree in Biology and is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Washington, is writing on Genotopias: Biopower and Embodied Subjectivity in Late Capitalism. Her research interests include Genomics, Evolution, Cultural Theory, and Teaching with Technology, and Literature.
Robert Farkasch earned his Ph.D. in International Relations and also holds degrees in Economics and Psychology. He has taught in a wide range of institutions, both online and in physical settings, and has won several teaching awards, including the ASUWB Teaching Award University of Washington Bothell in 2003.
Brandon Finley holds a Ph.D. in Earth System Science from the University of California, Irvine and is currently a research associate and lecturer at the University of Washington Bothell. His research is focused on oxidation processes in the atmosphere and includes field work in Guam and Cape Verde. In addition to research, he enjoys teaching science and has five years of university level education experience teaching Earth science and chemistry. For the past year he has worked with other FYPMP faculty members to improve the science education and the chemistry curriculum at UWB and served on the architecture committee during the planning phase for a new science building on campus. He is currently working on a book detailing his experiences while doing scientific field work in Cape Verde.
Jakob Funkenstein received his Doctorate in Economics and Social Sciences from Universität Kassel, a Master of Science in Economics from London School of Economics, and a BA in Economics from UCLA. He worked in several different countries in the Commercial Aerospace industry for over twenty years, and has been teaching since 2000. His main area of research involves the economic and social role of transport in global value and commodity chains.
Wei Gao earned an MFA in English Creative Writing (prose fiction) and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington. Her course offerings include Interdisciplinary and Research Writing, Discovery Core series, and Chinese Cultural & Language Studies. Among her innovations, Wei recently presented "Critical Core Glossaries in a Multi-Lingual Approach" at the Seventh annual Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC) conference at the University of Richmond VA, as a part of her on-going efforts to enhance the UWB campus as a multi-lingual learning environment.
Diana García-Snyder is Part-Time Lecturer in Dance at the First Year Pre-Major Programs here at the University of Washington, Bothell. She earned a M.F.A. in Dance Research, Education and Choreography at the University of Washington in Seattle. Diana is Co-Founder of DAIPANbutoh Collective Dance Company and has performed internationally in Mexico, Canada, Cuba, Ecuador, Japan and Korea with renowned dance companies and choreographers, and for the past years as solo dancer in Japan and Korea presenting interactive-multimedia dance performances. Diana teaches, Dance for Health, ballet, modern/contemporary dance, and Butoh (a dance originally from Japan) as well as improvisation, video dance and choreography. She is a certified Pilates instructor and also teaches yoga. www.diana-garcia.com
John Godek is a full time Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Washington Bothell. He obtained a PhD in Marketing and a M.S. in Psychology from the University of Michigan, an MBA from the University of Houston - Clear Lake, and a B.S. in Management from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He previously taught Marketing and Entrepreneurship for six years at the University of Oregon, and also spent two years teaching Leadership and Management at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. His research interests include consumer and managerial decision making, with special emphasis on identifying the influence of firms' individual level marketing efforts (customization and personalization) on consumers' decision processes and choices. His research was awarded the Franco Nicosia Award for the Best Competitive Paper at the Association for Consumer Research annual conference, and has been published in the Journal of Consumer Research, the Journal of Consumer Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
Ben Gonio is a Seattle-based actor, playwright, producer, and teaching artist. He received a B.F.A. in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University. He attended the Moscow Art Theatre Exchange Program. A certified Stage Combatant (emphasis in Unarmed, Rapier & Dagger, Broadsword, and Quarterstaff) he has an M.F.A. in Acting from The University of Washington Professional Actor Training Program (one of the top 5 graduate programs in Actor Training based on U.S. News & World Report, 2004). Ben has taught at University of Arizona School Of Theatre Arts where he lead workshops in Suzuki Training and Viewpoints Training. He is currently a Lecturer for The University Of Washington where he teaches acting classes. Ben studied under regional theatre luminaries Jon Jory, Peter Brosius, Mladen Kiselov, Joe Dowling, Julian Patrick, Marsha Mason, Andrei Droznin, Anatoly Smeliansky and Bob Parks. He has also collaborated with notable stage directors, Tina Landau and Mark Weill; as well as playwrights Naomi Iizuka, Kevin Kling and John Olive. He has shared the stage with Hinton Battle, Sab Shimono, and Patti Coheneur. Credits include film, television, commercials and voice-overs. He continues to work for regional theatre companies such, Tony Award winning Minneapolis Children's Theatre, Houston's Arena Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Guthrie Theatre as well as local Seattle companies including Seattle Repertory Theatre, 5th Ave Theatre, ACT Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Village Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare Company and Alice B. Theatre. He is a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television & Radio Artists, and Actors Equity Association. Ben is also a consultant in the areas of corporate organizational development, developing innovative and creative methodologies in employee training for both private and public sectors; exploring interpersonal communications, cultural sensitivity in the workplace, presentation skills, and physical/vocal dynamic presence for corporate employees. Ben was also one of the recipients of the 2007 Artist Trust Grant for his new solo show: "As Boundless As The Green Earth" and a recipient of the 2009 City of Seattle, Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs Grant, for his recent solo-show project about Carlos Bulosan.
Gavin Doyle earned an M.F.A. in Theatre Performance (with an emphasis in African-American Theatre) from the University of Louisville, and a B.A. in both Biology and Theatre from Roanoke College. He also holds a J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles with a license to practice in California and Washington. He teaches Acting and other theatre-themed courses, is a founder and member of UW|B's Third Thursday Theatre, and moonlights as a local Stage Manager, Director, and Actor. In his spare time, he is a freelance writer and editor, runs a literary fiction website, and is at work on both a young-adult novel and a children's picture book. Gavin has two children and currently serves as a board member and treasurer of the Bothell Family Cooperative Preschool.
Peter Gruenbaum received his PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University and his BA in Physics from the University of Chicago. He did high efficiency solar cell research at Stanford and Boeing, and then transitioned into software, where he worked on one of the first Augmented Reality systems at Boeing. He worked for a few start-ups, then founded the company SDK Bridge, which specialized in explaining technology. His Software Development for Kids project works with youth from groups underrepresented in technology, and it has received funding from the Gates Foundation, Microsoft, the City of Seattle, Washington STEM, and several other sources. Peter currently teaches classes around introducing computer science, including Digital Thinking and classes where computer science majors learn to teach programming to middle school students.
Katrina Harack is originally from Canada but earned her Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, on the topic of ethics and literature in relation to several 20th century American authors. She has published articles on issues of memory, trauma, gender, and ethics in literature, and remains fascinated by the issues of representation surrounding memory, time,and history. She is pleased to teach FYPP writing courses for UW Bothell.
Nicole Hoover earned her MA in Mathematics from the University of California at Davis and her BA in Mathematics at San Jose State University. She has taught at junior colleges and universities in California, Louisiana and Washington State. Nicole left the position as Director of the Quantitative Skills Center at UW Bothell in 2009 to become a stay at home mom. She enjoys exploring the Seattle area with her daughter. In addition to returning to the classroom in FYPP, Nicole will soon be working on a quantitative literacy program through the Carnegie Foundation with Cinnamon Hillyard.
Howard Hsu is a photographer based in Seattle, WA. He received his Master of Journalism in documentary photography from U.C. Berkeley and his work examines at social change, human rights, and the environment. He has photographed at the local level as well as internationally in Japan, Burma, Thailand, Taiwan, and China. His latest project, Industrial Evolution, explores Seattle's South of Downtown (SODO) neighborhood as it transitions under the shadow of economic change and overseas manufacturing within an increasingly tech-driven region.
Vilma Illanes is a native Spanish speaker and has extensive experience in language teaching in a variety of settings. Vilma is a member of the faculty of the University of Washington . She has experience as a lecturer and developer of cross-cultural communication workshops. In addition, she is a Senior Language Consultant at International Language Consultants Group. Clients of the International Language Consultants Group have included Microsoft, Nintendo, Crowley Marine Services, Boeing, Starbucks Coffee Corporation, Space Labs Medical and PATH Program for Appropriate Technology in Health. Vilma is experienced in meeting the needs of students with a wide range of Spanish language abilities.
Charles Jackels Since 2012, Charles Jackels is Professor Emeritus of Computing and Software Systems and Physical Science. He joined UW Bothell in 1995 after eighteen years teaching physical chemistry and carrying out computational chemistry research at Wake Forest University. In addition to teaching chemistry and scientific computing at UWB, he served as Director of the Computing and Software Systems Program for a number of years. Recent scholarly activity, in collaboration with Professor Susan Jackels of Seattle University, has involved international service-based chemistry research for improvement of coffee quality with Nicaraguan and Rwandan small-holder coffee farmers. This project has included field work on farms in Nicaragua and laboratory studies in both Seattle and Managua.
Dan Jacoby - link to bio on School of IAS program page
Deborah Jacoby is an actor, director, and Part-Time Lecturer in the First Year and Pre-Major Program (FYPP) teaching acting, presentation skills, and general learning strategies. She earned her BA in Theatre and Musical Theatre from The University of Southern California and her MA in Educational Theatre from New York University, focusing on applied theatre and theatre for social change. Deborah has previously taught with The Seattle Children's Theatre, The Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles, and The MCC Youth Company and Opening Act in NYC. She also currently teaches and directs at Shoreline Community College. Deborah is the Theatre Artist-in-Residence at the American Jewish University's Brandeis Collegiate Institute and is passionate about connecting the arts and creative expression with student learning and development.
Heyang Julie Kae teaches interdisciplinary and research writing. A Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Washington, she is currently finishing her dissertation on juvenile delinquency discourse in late 19th century and 20th century U.S. cultural production. She specializes in Asian American literature, 20th century American literature, law and literature and child studies. In her courses, she emphasizes the intersections race, gender, sexuality and age in U.S. cultural production, with an emphasis on literature and film.
Kristine Kellejian earned her Ph.D. in English/Rhetoric and Composition from Washington State University. Kris teaches a variety of composition and gender studies courses for FYPP and Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (IAS). Her courses often focus on specific themes, such as digital technology, popular culture, comic books, local legends, and writing for the public good. She also specializes in Writing with Digital Media, Queer Theory, Writing Program Administration, Professional Development for Faculty, and Writing Assessment. Her current areas of interest are in e-portfolios for programmatic assessment and writing with social media.
Karrin Klotz is an attorney with over 20 years of experience in litigation and general business law matters. After completing a judicial clerkship for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, she served as a litigator on complex business litigation issues with Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro (now Pillsbury Winthrop), a litigator on software piracy issues at Donahue, Gallagher, Thomas and Woods, as corporate counsel for Amdahl Corporation and Microsoft Corporation, and as Associate General Counsel for Wall Data Inc. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, and a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. She is currently a lecturer at the University of Washington School of Business Administration and an adjunct professor at Seattle University Law School, specializing in business law and intellectual property law issues. She also has her own legal practice, specializing in representing entrepreneurs on the wide range of issues faced by small businesses operating on a worldwide level. She is the past chairman of the Public Information and Media Relations Committee of the Washington State Bar Association, and recently published a paper on intellectual property audits at the 9th World Congress on Intellectual Capital and Innovation.
Alka Kurian - link to bio on School of IAS program page
Milagros Loreto earned her MS in Mathematics and PhD in Computer Science from Simon Bolivar University, Venezuela. Her research has been focused on optimization. Dr. Loreto's most recent paper was a result of her Postdoctoral research at Duke University, where she combined the modeling of the urine concentrating mechanism of the rat medulla kidney with the use of numerical optimization techniques to maximize the urine concentration. Before joining the UW, she worked as Assistant Professor at Florida Memorial University where she taught mathematics courses ranging from Pre-Algebra to Modern Algebra, as well as the Calculus sequence.
Susan McNabb earned a PhD in Genetics at the University of California, Berkeley, and performed postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge and the University of Washington. She has held the positions of Research Assistant Professor, Lecturer and Research Scientist in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington, and Research Scientist in the Department of Ophthalmology at the UW Medical Center. Her teaching and research interests are in cellular and molecular biology, cancer, genetics and the neural basis of behavior. She enjoys scientific outreach and hopes to help FYPP students appreciate the role of science in their lives.
Barry Minai has been teaching at the University of Washington Seattle campus since 1979. While working on his PhD, he was hired as a math instructor for the Office of Minority Affair's Instructional Center, the academic branch of the Educational Opportunity Program. In the early 1990's he became the assistant director, and in 2001, became the director of the UWS Office of Minority Affairs Instructional Center. However, the majority of his time continues to be dedicated to teaching math and sometimes economics. Barry's principle mathematical interests are math education and mathematical economics
Hiroshi Miyamoto received his MS in international studies focusing on Asian education and politics from Central Connecticut state University, and BA in Asian studies from University of Colorado, Boulder. He taught both cultural communications and Japanese language and culture courses at a wide range of community colleges, as well as several Japanese Universities. Hiroshi currently teaches Japanese courses at UW Bothell.
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Robin Oppenheimer is an internationally-recognized media arts historian, educator and scholar who has worked in the field since 1980. She was the Director of 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle and IMAGE Film/Video Center in Atlanta. She has researched and produced several large-scale historical media arts events in Seattle including the Bellevue Film Festival exhibition at the Bellevue Art Museum (2000) and the Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.) Reunion Symposium at the University of Washington in 2002. She is a Lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell campus and has a PhD from Simon Fraser University in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology. Her areas of interest and research include the histories and practices of community and alternative media, creative collaboration, and digital culture studies.
Alice Pedersen is a doctoral candidate in English at UW Seattle. Her research traces the politics of empathy in 19th and 20th-century literature. Before coming to UW Bothell, Alice taught on the Seattle campus for five years, where she also served as the Assistant Director of the Expository Writing program. Alice is dedicated to creating classes that weave writing, inquiry, and collaboration together in order to challenge students in a safe and productive manner. Her teaching interests include law and literature, gender and human rights, and the development of the genre of the slave narrative in modern and contemporary literature.
Ian Porter is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington. Broadly speaking, he studies sociotechnical assemblages from rhetorical and critical/cultural perspectives. His dissertation project concerns the problem of democracy in so-called "smart cities." He teaches courses in the first-year Discovery Core series on cities, data, and ordinary things. His courses draw on rhetorical and cultural perspectives to study a given object of inquiry. He also teaches undergraduate composition, including Interdisciplinary Writing and Research Writing. In his writing courses, he seeks a balance in his teaching between practical skill-building for college composition and an appreciation of the writing process as integral to the practices of critical reading and thinking.
Charlotte Rasmussen received her Master's degree in Biochemistry from Dalhousie University and earned a Ph.D. in Genetics from Oregon State University. She has spent many seasons conducting research in the field and then moving to the laboratory to assess genetic variation in a variety of organisms including pacific salmon and their parasites. Current research interests include population and conservation genetics of wetland plants and plant-fungal symbiotic interactions. Innately curious, Charlotte sees herself as a co-investigator learning and creating new knowledge with her students.
Loren Redwood holds a Ph D in American Studies from Washington State University where her research focused primarily on issues of labor exploitation as it interconnects with race, class, gender, sexuality, and nationality. She taught courses in Women's Studies, Comparative Ethnic Studies, and Sociology for nine years at WSU. She is new to the UW Bothell campus, having joined the faculty as a part-time lecturer this past Winter 2011. Dr Redwood also holds a Master of Social Work degree from California State University, Sacramento, and worked in the field of social service for many years prior to pursuit of doctoral work. This experience informs her commitment to social justice both in research and in the classroom.
James Reinnoldt is the Managing Director of Axess Asia Pte. Ltd, a Bangkok-based aviation and marketing consultancy where he specializes in airline and hospitality marketing strategy, distribution cost management, market research and revenue management programs. Professionally, James has over 25 years' experience in the corporate, public and consulting sectors in Asia where he has lived and worked in more than 20 countries. As both an executive and consultant, James has worked for Singapore Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Walt Disney Attractions, Qantas Airways, The United Nations (WHO), The Boston Consulting Group, Family Health International, The International Air Transport Association (IATA), and Boeing Commercial Aircraft. In addition to his executive and consulting capacities, James has been an instructor in International Marketing and Aviation Marketing (MBA) at Assumption University (ABAC) in Bangkok, and at The University of Victoria (B.C.) as part of its MBA program. He has taught International Marketing and Global Business (MBA and Senior Capstone) at UWB since 2001 and has taught at UW Seattle as part of the Boeing-AIMs program faculty since 2004. He has also directed UW Exploration Seminars to Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia since 2007. James received his BA (International Relations) and CBA from Creighton University in 1979 and an MBA degree (International Business) from The American Graduate School of International Management (Thunderbird) in 1981.
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GUY HAMILTON is so hopeful he will make it to the Olympics, the junior rugby sevens player has given up a contract with the NRL's Gold Coast Titans to focus on the Rio Games.
Hamilton, 17, is one of 12 members of the junior national rugby sevens squad playing the game for the first time in an Olympic setting, at the Australian Youth Olympic Festival.
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So Chosen is Johnathan Rice, the Scottish-born 27-year-old full-lipped muse who encountered the First Lady of indierock in '06 when he joined Lewis' touring band in support of her debut solo effort, Rabbit Fur Coat.
After parting ways for his second solo project, Further North, Rice and Lewis reunited on the road during her '08-'09 tour where, as the story on the sleeve says, the seeds of their relationship, professional and personal, were sewn.
The result, I'm Having Fun Now, the most pretty album of late summer ...from the indie-pop boy/girl band which makes you forget about the other actress-fronted duos She and Him and whatever it is Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson do.
For 34-year-old Lewis, performing with her significant other is in the blood; her parents had a Vegas lounge act called Love's Way and the Lewis/Rice stage presence is lived in like spilled coffee and paper in bed on a Sunday.
Surprised (and a bit suspicious) then as Lewis touted Wednesday's stop the act's "fifth ever"; up close is a couple that's been touring and dating on and off for a half decade.
There are some lived-in lines and glances (deliberate and non-) on both faces revealing a relationship between two highly functioning talents ages in dog years.
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Heavy on guitars and light on the irony (though it's there, always), the album's fate rests in the hands of a too-contemplative couple; the relationship we'd all like to have if jobs and money and travel and time were supplanted with the in-your-faceness of tour bus bathrooms - a half-dozen of the album's tracks belonging on someone's tribute playlist to the right person at the wrong time.
Fitting that two perfect beings who exchange discord about the imperfection of waking life were forced to perform their first non-sold-out show ever at the State Room Wednesday after a pair of oversold nights at the Great American Music Hall in SF - 700 miles away from a den of adulation by the Bay - not quite knowing how loud to play or what epithets to say in the shadow of a Temple.
The band and the tepid Salt Lake crowd found their way together during the witty opener "Scissor Runner" with a wine-sipping Lewis at the helm in Levi's cutoffs and a plain black T, revealing a sliver of midriff.
Rice, cementing his worth with a half grin from behind his bangs in jeans and a white T, was the first to break from scripted banter during the intro to "Slavedriver", one of the album's signature tracks rife with riff-and-harmony-filled pop flavor that goes well with cooking stir fry: "We all have friends. You look to the left and the right and you love the person, but sometimes you want to stab them in the neck."
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"...at least that's what Jenny told me to say."
To the consternation of fanboys, Lewis and her smoky whisper plays the supporting role on the album, which translates to the stage as audience eyes dart back and forth between the celestial Angelinos - never quite deciding who's the bigger crush.
Advantage Rice, who chopped it up with throngs of Utah blondes. "I have your lyrics tattooed on my arm," one squealed. "Oh good lord," his deadpan.
It was Lewis on turf unfamiliar as diminutive straightman: "Do you guys have straight-edge folks in Salt Lake. You know, like Minor Threat?" was, you know, the intro to "Straight Edge of the Blade".
A verbal spike from the e'er-engaged audience, two-thirds through the 70-minute set, conjured Lewis' involuntary but much-anticipated light-creeping-through-the-crack-beneath-the-door grin.
"We f---'n love you."
Lewis cupped her hand and whispered to her partner.
Rice cocked his eyebrows and switched guitars.
"This may be the best crowd ever," Lewis called. Sure she may say it every night, but Salt Lake hears it so little and so they cheered so loud.
Verily they were rewarded.
Lewis conjured a fresh glass of wine. Instead of calling it a night with "Big Wave" the album's legit pop showcase of Her voice (about California's burst bubble, no less), the duo encored with a rollicking (yes!) eight-minute "The Next Messiah" ("an older song about a Messianic Cult" - Lewis ...wink, wink Utah).
The lights dimmed and there was Rice with an acoustic guitar, Lewis unencumbered behind the mic, covering Nazareth's Love Hurts. Single tears streaking down the cheeks of the front-row faithful, assuring when it comes to Jenny and Johnny, it hurts so good.


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Motorists will begin traveling on the newly constructed outside lanes of I-85 South this weekend from just south of Belmont Road to just south of Clark Road.
The traffic shift will start at 8 p.m. Friday and end by 6 a.m. Saturday, according to a press release from the N.C. Department of Transportation. Lane closures are possible until 11 a.m.
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special person for "you"? Does that notion even exist anymore?
My idealistic side really, really want to believe it and love the idea of it. Maybe that's why I love and read the type of romance novels that I love. Realistically, though, I don't believe in it anymore (I haven't for a while now), and I do feel a little sad about that. Just because, for me (I can't assume it's necessarily the same for others), it feels like it signifies my more cynical, jaded outlook.
Pretty much, now, I feel love is wherever one finds it and with whomever. It's hard to know whether the person one's with is one's soulmate or not, because the relationship didn't last for whatever reason and because many people can fall in love and feel just as strongly for each person in that relationship at that time. People can and do have many loves in their lifetime.
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Bookmark, I do believe in soul mates, but maybe easy for me to say because I found mine. When we met, so much odd stuff happened that brought us together in that moment that we can't help but feel the universe arranged it. When we met, we knew. I do also think that soul mates can come in the form of friendship or that there are times when our perfect match can come along in our life but is ony meant to be there for a time. I'm so thankful for my first love, even though he was not my last.
I don't believe in soul mates in the way that they're represented most often in romance novels, funny enough. Romance novels to me often portray the relationship as power struggles, or one always chasing the other or trying to one up each other. I guess that's more interesting than...they met and they knew, haha.
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If everyone had to wait for a "soul mate," the human race would probably cease to exist. Most relationships depend upon accident and propinquity, propinquity being the most important of the two, even in romance fiction. It's always possible, of course, that all accidents happen correctly and bring them into proximity. But the odds of that, except when an author's involved, are not very good.
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I don't. I also don't believe that there's a love match out there for everyone.
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 1:27 pm
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My parents had a fantastic relationship. If I were to believe in soul mates, their relationship would be why. The only thing is, they were a hard act to follow. LOL.
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Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2012 7:23 pm
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I do believe in soul mates, but I don't believe that there's necessarily only one for each of us -- I actually find that idea very sad. Life can be so fragile that I would like to think that we can find love again. It won't be exactly the same as the first love, but it may be equally wonderful in its own way. Last Sunday's Washington Post magazine had a beautiful, heartwarming story about a woman blessed enough to have found two marvelous men. I hope the link comes through because I think it's a very romantic story.
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 10:56 pm
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Susan, thanks so much for the link to the article - it was a wonderful read.
Regarding the original thread question...I do not believe in soul mates. I believe in good matches, though.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:18 am
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I don't believe you can find them, but if you are smart about the person you pick as your mate, and if you are willing to work hard at your marriage or partnership, you can make one.
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:02 am
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I actually do believe in them. I study a lot of metaphysics and teach many different concepts.
Here's a link on soul mates that I have looked over lately. You might find it interesting.
I definitely went through a lot of life lesson's to eventually reach a place where I was able to meet a great man.
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 12:06 pm
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Nah, I don't believe in "soul mates." Lots of books have been written on the subject, many of which I read in the mid-90's, when I got divorced from my first husband and was devastatingly lonely.
When I read that soul mates are of the moment, and that the connection can fade when the two parties grow, I thought, "Yeah, ok, whatever," and decided that what a lot of people consider a "soul mate" is really just the excitement of new love, new lust, and fresh discovery.
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Nah, I don't believe in "soul mates." Lots of books have been written on the subject, many of which I read in the mid-90's, when I got divorced from my first husband and was devastatingly lonely.
When I read that soul mates are of the moment, and that the connection can fade when the two parties grow, I thought, "Yeah, ok, whatever," and decided that what a lot of people consider a "soul mate" is really just the excitement of new love, new lust, and fresh discovery.
As someone who has been married for 42 years, I believe in it, but more like what you said Wanda. I don't believe in the instant knowledge of it. That is more new love, lust, & discovery as you said. I think after time you grow together and grow into soul mates. If that makes any sense. LOL All I know is that each year we grow older together, my husband and I have a deeper connection and are true soul mates now. When we were younger, that connection was there, but it is nothing compared to what we are now. Growing older, raising a family and now having illness (my husband) added to the equasion has changed us and I believe it happens that way for many long time marriages too. Maybe it isn't actually "soul mates" but an awareness, an appreciation and you learn never, ever to take things for granted that you tend to do in the busy-ness of your younger years.
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Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:01 pm
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The answer probably depends on whether one actually believes in the soul, and then how one sees the soul's journey. For a person (like me) who thinks we live more than one life, it makes perfect sense to be drawn to a person as a "soul mate," or to encounter more than one soul mate in a single lifetime--or not to meet one at all. It's all about what each soul sets out to learn in an incarnation.
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Hi bookmark
I read your post which I'm relating to in so many ways. As a young woman in my 30s I am also struggling with that question. I used to believe everyone would end up together and be happy, yet as I grew up its harder to find that guy/woman to be with. All I know is you shouldn't give up!! if it makes you feel good inside keep on reading romance books. As a recommendation I'm reading a book called Meant for you (Montgomery brothers) by Samantha Chase if your interested!! :)
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Well, I used to but now, I am more of a believer of the choices we make in life.
SOulmates are good too. Don't get me wrong..
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Skin, Makeup, and Hair
Photographs capture moments and make them memories, as well as create impressions (think online dating, for example) and opportunities (like the MORE/Wilhelmina 40+ Model Search). That's why so many of us panic when we know we'll have our picture taken: We want to look gorgeous! And while it's very, very easy to look not-so-pretty in pictures, it's also pretty simple to take a fabulous photo. Here, our best photo-worthy tricks.
Your Skin
Even skin is key to looking good in a photo — and foundation makes your skin look smooth and flawless. "I prefer a matte finish," says Marie Papp, a New Jersey-based wedding and portrait photographer. "It reduces facial shine." Another crucial cosmetic: Pressed powder to nix any breakthrough shine while you're being photographed.
Papp also recommends avoiding alcohol and salty foods for a day or two before you're photographed, if possible. "It can make your face and jawline puffy, which doesn't look good in photos," she says.
Your Makeup
Matte makeup is always your best bet. "Lots of shimmery eye shadow or lipstick isn't flattering in photos," says Papp. Instead, go for matte shades of shadow and cream-formula lipsticks. For a bit of shine, dab some lip gloss in the center of your lower lip. "The light kicks off the lip gloss in pictures, making your lips look fuller," says Papp.
Other important makeup items: Mascara, to make eyes look wide; light to medium lipstick, as dark shades can make you look older; and concealer wherever your skin is red or pink.
You might also consider hiring a professional makeup artist to do your makeup if your photos are very important.
Your Hair
For photos, the smoother and shinier, the better. Women with naturally straight hair do best by smoothing hair with a natural-bristle brush, and then spritzing on a shine spray. For curls, wind them around your finger when hair is wet, then allow to air dry without touching. Shake curls gently when dry to break them up a bit. This method will leave you with shiny — not fuzzy — curls. Avoid hairstyles that pull your strands too taut; you could end up looking bald in photos!
Clothes, Smile, and Posture
Your Clothes
"I tell my clients to wear form-fitting clothes instead of blousy ones," says Papp. "Form-fitting clothes show off your shape." Choose a top with a neckline that's flattering to you, whether it's a V-neck, scoop neck, or boatneck. And stick to darker shades; they tend to recede in photos, having a slimming effect. What to avoid: Bold, bright prints.
If you wear glasses, consider leaving them at home for your event, or at least for photos. But if you can't, "wear a pair with an anti-glare coating," says Papp. Without that coating, your glasses will show reflections and glares in your photos.
Your Smile
"A smile that's genuine is the best smile," says Papp. "Smile with your eyes as well as your mouth." So focus less on achieving the perfect smile, and more on being real. Papp advises against practicing your smile in the mirror, as a too-perfect smile tends to look flat and lifeless in photos.
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2012-13 (Senior): Finished her career as part of the winningest senior class in school history, helping Fresno State go 104-30 (.776) in her four seasons with the Bulldogs ... played in 15 games, averaging 7.1 minutes per contest ... scored a season-high eight points on Nov. 12 vs. Cal-Maritime.
2011-12 (Junior): Appeared in 21-of-34 games ... averaged 5.7 minutes per game ... played a season-high 12 minutes against Hawai'i and CSU Bakersfield ... averaging 0.9 points and 1.3 rebounds per game ... also recorded two blocks and two steals ... has a total of 28 rebounds (10 offensive and 18 defensive) ... scored a season-high three points against Stanford on Dec. 4 ... grabbed five rebounds against CSU Bakersfield on Dec. 15 ... recorded two blocked shots against Nevada on Jan. 14.
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Jim Walker: The end of innovation?
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- 08 February 2013
The Climate Group's Co-founder and Director of International Programs and Strategy, Jim Walker, analyzes emerging issues related to the Clean Revolution Campaign in his blog. Here he looks at recent media dialogue around innovation -- a theme central to The Climate Group's Clean Revolution work in 2013.
By Jim Walker, Co-founder and Director of International Programs and Strategy, The Climate Group.
The Economist magazine recently commented on a range of studies that suggest that the rate of human innovation is coming to an end. "Has the ideas machine broken down?" reviews opinions ranging from Paypal founder Peter Thiel to economist Tyler Cowen. The main thrust of the pessimists' argument is that there are no more major breakthroughs to invent that measure up to the social and developmental impact of, for example, the flushing toilet and the internal combustion engine.
The low hanging fruit has gone and anticipated new leaps have not materialized, as embodied in Thiel's quote in the article: "We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters."
The Economist focuses on arguments around the role of innovation in driving economic growth. But I'm focusing here on the notion that we are destined to a future of tweaking and incremental improvement in what we've got.
Human prosperity
Are there no more breakthroughs to be made? Anyone familiar with the perfect storm of resource scarcity, population growth and climate change will know that we've still got quite some innovating to do if we want to continue this grand experiment in human development past the end of the century.
The art of the possible is already being demonstrated by energy and resource start-ups like Tesla, Nest, CINTEP, Ecovative, BrightSource, PassivSystems and SilverSpring Networks, and I suspect that reports of the death of innovation are premature (next year we will even have the flying cars, but that's another matter).
True, the products and services offered by some of these start-ups might be characterized as incremental innovation, but together they and other pioneers in the space are offering a step change in how we are able to convert natural resources into human prosperity.
The future of human development, particularly of those at the 'bottom of the pyramid', depends today as much on reinvention of our energy and resource systems as it does on sanitation and access to healthcare.
The time scales for payback have historically been viewed differently, with solving health challenges an immediate need, and solutions to climate and resource benefits coming to fruition for future generations. But they are increasingly converging – both challenges answerable, to channel Dr Martin Luther King, to the fierce urgency of now.
Clean technologies
In clean technology, as in the pharmaceutical sector, the disconnect between what is possible and demonstrated today, and what is mainstream and available to the mass market continues to be unacceptable -- but at the same time a spectacular business opportunity.
There is no greater energy and resource mine available to us today than the waste inherent in the systems we have already created. Less than 0.5% of the energy in gasoline does useful work moving people around. This means we burn some 7.5 million barrels of gasoline a year making heat and noise and transporting heavy metal boxes from A to B, reserving 40,000 barrels for their intended purpose. This systemic waste is giving our kids (and China's kids) asthma and other chronic diseases.
Less than 10% of the energy in coal burned at a power station to light an incandescent bulb actually generates light. Lighting is some 19% of electricity use, so up to 1.3 billion* tons of coal a year is burned to heat wires and light bulbs around the world, and that's just taking the coal directed at lighting.
Coal is costing the US an estimated US$340 billion per year in health and environmental costs (the bulk, $270 billion, from health impacts and fatalities), and together with tailpipe emissions, coal combustion pushed Beijing's air quality off the scale last month.
Solving these challenges presents incredible opportunities to save money, resources and to make leaps forward in public health.
Innovation solutions
Right now we can already deploy electric vehicles that can save more than 40% on the emissions wasted by internal combustion engines (depending on electricity source), and we have shown that LED lighting that saves 60-80% of energy at the bulb.
The solutions open up a 'Saudi Arabia' of energy efficiency. What's more, they are better products than their incumbent competitors. Further down the line we can reinvent our transport systems - lightweight vehicles, accessible mass transit, telecommuting.
The scope for innovation is immense, is urgently needed, and it's underway today. So what's holding us back?
The economic downturn has knocked the wind out of the sails of the clean tech sector. Institutional investors are backing out and venture capital has declined in 2012.
What appears to be entering the vacuum is the corporate innovation program. From Siemens to Sainsbury's, companies are seeking out disruptive solutions and combining them with their scale, procurement clout and access to market.
Our Agile Cities partnership shows cities are making welcome moves in the same direction, opening up information marketplaces to developers of apps and services for energy efficiency and conservation.
For clean tech this is a welcome trend. With a few notable examples like Tesla and Nest, the sector has struggled with the 'push' model for innovation, and in addition to clear policy signals, collaborative partnerships are needed to change market drivers around new energy systems.
A growth area
Like Thomas Edison, today's energy innovators need to innovate whole systems, not just products and services, and it's tough to do that alone.
This is another parallel with pharmaceuticals** where innovators have reached markets faster and easier in partnership with the sector incumbents. It's a growth area. For example, leading VC firm VantagePoint has established partnerships with a cohort of major companies including BP, Best Buy and Schlumberger. Other companies like Broadscale are now acting as go-betweens for utilities and energy innovators, looking to create scaling opportunities.
At Rio+20 The Climate Group called for every major business to have a significant low carbon business play by 2015 (GE's Ecomagination, Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive, and Philips' LED business are examples of what we are looking for). We believe this will differentiate those at the table in the coming resource revolution from those who will inevitably be the entree.
Forging partnerships between incumbents and disruptors is central and we are stepping up our efforts to make new connections and facilitate new partnerships with start-ups that have the power to disrupt carbon emissions were they to reach scale.
Significant energy and resource users will adapt or die in the coming decade through this process.
Innovation is not over.
*this is my rough estimate based on 10% efficiency of incandescent lighting, a 19% share of electricity use for lighting and 7.6 billion tons of coal consumed globally per year. There are additional energy losses at the power station and in transmission of electricity (underestimating waste), but there are also more efficient forms of lighting installed than incandescent bulbs (overestimating waste).
** I'm grateful to a Alan Salzman of VantagePoint for this insight.
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By: Estelle Reyes, NFTE Greater LA Executive Director
As we begin our 2012-2013 school year, we are excited about the new opportunities the school year brings to spark our students' creativity and imagination about their future. We are continuing to see the impact of our students discovering entrepreneurship and pursuing opportunities that help them realize their full potential.
Through his experience working at Best Buy, our 2012 Greater LA Regional Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Winner Vincent Quigg decided to utilize his expertise to create a business called "Tech World," an electronic device repair service. In June, Vincent was honored as Ernst & Young's Young Entrepreneur Of The Year, and in July he won a scholarship to USC's Exploring Entrepreneurship Summer Seminar. Based on his entrepreneurial experience, he created a blog entitled "What Successful Entrepreneurs Have in Common."
"Well I have been at USC for the whole month of July and I have had the honor of being able to listen to many amazing speakers and I wanted to share what most of the successful ones had in common. We listened to many companies' Entrepreneurs from companies such as Cabo Chips, College Zoom, Roozt, and probably my favorite speaker was the owner of Mobile Roadie. Many had great stories on how they came about their business. This is what they all had in common.
1. A Passion
All of these entrepreneurs found a passion and found a way to blend business with a passion. If there is something you genuinely enjoy, go after it and see if you are able to capitalize on the market to make a product or service to meet demand to solve a pain. Even if that passion is something as simple as, "music". Find a way to have fun and create a business surrounding your passion.
2. A Market
Every business needs a customer, without one a business fails, duh. Do some research, see if the business you are looking to do will attract a customer. Is the business you're doing have something unique that will set it apart from the same business up the street. Market is one the top 3 things you need to have when starting a business. (Idea and Entrepreneur is the other 2)
3. An Entrepreneur
Is the person behind the business passionate enough to make it successful? Why would I invest money into a business where the person behind it isn't going to make the company the next Apple or Google? The entrepreneur least have the passion to want to do so. Many of the companies were run by passionate people with ever changing ideas to evolve their companies over time to satisfy their customer, and every entrepreneur should do so as well."
Vincent is the embodiment of all these traits and we are excited for him and the amazing things to come.
Editor's note: NFTE program offices will be providing regular updates this school year. Look for the next "Local Perspective" update on Monday, September 10th.