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If Black People are around when you have these conversations the Diversity Keystone Kops come out of the woodwork and have your ass fired for daring to have an opinion which might bruise someone's fragile self-esteem.
Big Babies.
Anyway, there has been a recent uptick in some conservative (small 'c' intentional) and academic circles about racial issues -- and their political and economic consequences -- since the elevation of Barack Obama, Savior of the Universe, to the office of the Presidency in what was supposed to be the most racist country in human history. Much of it, admittedly, can be most unpleasant and will strike the casual reader as downright mean and vicious, if they view it any other than an academic spirit.
I can promise you, that when it comes to some of the things you might read on this subject -- things I'm putting out here just so that you can read them -- you'll be horrified if you don't approach them with an open mind. I can also promise you that 90% of White People don't even have a thought process that begins to allow them to attempt to understand many of these conversations, regardless of context; these are the people, after all, who are consumed by the questions of whether or not Steven Tyler is really boinking the female contestants on American Idol, and why hasn't Tim Tebow released his own fragrance while the marketing iron is still hot?
In other words: the majority of White People, much like the majority of ALL people in America, couldn't find their own asses with both hands and a flashlight... and at least one government program.
I will refrain from making personal commentary on each article, except to note it's origin/intent. These are simply provided to give some insight on how some Whites are beginning to view minorities these days.
Five Myths About White People by A White Guy Who is Still Flogging a 20-year-old scientific treatise that American Left-wing Elites have refused to acknowledge even exists.
Another entry in the Demography Kills category from City Journal, in which it is argued that California is on it's way to becoming Mexico -- only with higher real estate values.
An Argument that Minorities Actually Have an Easier time Getting into Medical School Than Either Whites or Asians, and that.some people are beginning to tire of Affirmative Action that they believe does little more than skew standards downwards.
A Speech by the Distinguished John Derbyshire on the future course of Left Wing Racism, currently disguised as "Progressive" politics.
A gratuitous -- but funny as all Hell -- swipe at one Woman's confusion which is currently making the internet rounds.
(Please note: I haven't the permission of the people who posted this stuff to use it here, but I figure if it's online, then it's fair game.If anyone has an issue with me posting their content, even though links have been provided, then you can blame me, and not the Insane Asylum).


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Elon Musk says he's "done" being an automaker. That's right! Tesla CEO is ditching the car business.
Who can blame him? The bad news just keeps on coming…
Second quarter car production hits the skids…
Self-driving cars crash left and right…
And Solar City is starting to look like a pipedream.
Right now the media is falling all over Tesla like a pack of ravenous wolves.
But they're missing the point.
Sure, Musk loves to trot out his hot new cars and show them off at big splashy events. But the media and 99% of investors are so distracted by his shiny objects they miss the bigger opportunity staring them in the face.
Why it's NOT About the Car…
Just a few short months ago, Musk announced the launch of Tesla Model 3 – his mass-market electric car that's sleek and sharp and can rocket from 0 to 60 in six seconds.
In just one week, more than 400,000 orders poured in for the new Tesla, making it the single biggest one-week launch of any product ever. Bigger even than Apple and its smartphones.
At $35,000 a car, Tesla just added $14 billion in future revenue to its bottom line.
But here's what got lost in the hype about the car…
Musk is NOT interested in becoming the next Ford or General Motors… in fact, he's NOT interested in becoming an automobile manufacturer at all…
For Musk, the Model 3 is just a stepping stone to his ultimate goal for Tesla.
You see, Musk has his eye on a much bigger prize. One worth $1.3 trillion. One that is bigger than General Motors, Toyota, and even Apple combined. This massive trillion-dollar golden goose is one that could make a few investors very rich.
As Musk likes to say, "The world does not lack for automotive companies. The world lacks for sustainable energy companies."
Musk is about nothing less than total world domination of the energy market… and Tesla's recent Model 3 car launch was just the first stepping stone along the pass.
What Wall Street doesn't get, is that for Musk—it isn't about the car.
In fact…
It's Always Been About the Energy
In their typical short-sighted manner, Wall Street harps on about car design… production and delivery issues… performance failures… how Musk has bitten off more than he can chew… and when will Musk finally fail because he's just too arrogant!
And how he's overstayed his welcome…
But Elon Musk isn't a short-term thinker. He plays the long game. It's what made him a billionaire while still in his thirties and a 10X multi-billionaire in his forties.
So while Wall Street gossips, he quietly forges ahead with his master plan to build what Matt Roberts, Executive Director of the Energy Storage Association, calls "the energy company of the future."
Sadly, most investors who follow the pack to Wall Street will miss out on the profit bonanza of this $1.3 trillion world-changing opportunity Musk is spearheading.
But not you.
That's because I have a front-row ticket for you as Tesla Motors takes a quantum leap forward transitioning to Tesla Energy… thanks to Musk's creation of the most technologically-advanced battery ever to power a car.
A New Energy Breakthrough that Could Grow Your Wealth 10X Over!
What many people don't realize about sustainable energy is that its biggest obstacle today is NOT generating the power from the sun, the wind or the water.
That's the easy part.
The obstacle to making renewable energy sustainable, affordable and profitable for investors is STORING the energy once it's created.
With the Model 3's new, advanced battery, Elon Musk may just have broken through the last obstacle that will blow the $1.3 trillion world of energy storage wide open.
If you act now, you could be on the ground floor of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to profit 1,000% or more on Musk's audacious plan to power the world with cheap, sustainable energy.
Before we go any further, you're going to want to know…
How Musk Cracked the Energy Code and Found the "Missing Link" for Breakthrough Profits
Musk has always said that lithium-ion batteries—the type of batteries used in the Tesla Model 3—are the missing link to reinventing the current electric grid.
His plan is to change the grid over to one of stationary energy storage… or as he calls it, "sunshine in a box."
And Laura Wiseland, senior energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists, agrees.
She says, "If Tesla… can dramatically scale up energy-storage production and lower costs, it would be a 'game-changer'… Imagine supplies of clean energy that could be stored in the way we store natural gas in tanks, or water behind dams."
With the Model 3, Elon Musk may just have solved the problem… because with the Model 3, Tesla can finally lower the costs of clean energy storage dramatically.
Currently, about 500,000 of these lithium-ion battery packs are produced worldwide… and they're expensive. In fact, they're the most expensive component of any electric car.
So to offer a car attractive to the mass market, you have to make sure the battery can go a lot farther than anyone else's… and you have to make it cheap.
With Musk's plan to increase Tesla's annual output from 50,000 to 500,000 cars, an increase in battery production will significantly drive down costs.
Musk's already building the largest factory in the world to make his batteries.
It's a HUGE $5 billion facility—that Tesla calls a "Gigafactory"—just east of Sparks, Nevada.
It's not complete, but they've already begun cell production on 500,000 batteries. The Gigafactory is slated to be fully functional in 2017.
This is also just the first of many Gigafactories Tesla plans on building. Musk plans on building 200 Gigafactories to keep up with what he calls the "quasi-infinite demand for battery storage."
It's all part of his master plan to dominate the $1.3 trillion energy storage market.
And it may be the reason behind many of Elon Musk's recent announcements that have had analysts scratching their heads… but leaving a handful of investors all the richer!
Now it's your turn… let me show you how to…
Make Money on Musk's "Crazy" Solar Deal!
In a bold step immeasurably far from any typical automaker… and more towards transforming Tesla into a 21st energy company, Musk recently announced his formal bid to buy Solar City – maker of solar panels.
To Musk it must seem like the perfect pairing – solar panels to create the energy and Tesla batteries to store the energy. And Musk believes in putting his money where his mouth is. He's already the Chairman of Solar City.
What's more, Musk also recently announced the building of a "battery farm" in Hawaii. The purpose of this farm is to store the energy in Tesla's batteries produced by Solar City's nearby solar farm. The energy stored in these batteries can then be used later when sunlight isn't available.
Is this battery farm the first "dam" of stationary energy storage—a critical building block in achieving Musk's master energy plan?
I think it is…
You see, Musk believes combining solar panels with storage batteries is another way to solve the sustainability of renewable energy.
The Street—again in its short-sighted world view—doesn't appear to agree. Tesla's stocks tumbled 12% following Musk's announcement. But Solar City's surged 15%!
Wall Street may be Elon's fickle friend, but I wouldn't be one to bet against him.
After all, we know that Elon Musk is a disruptor of industries… a game-changer, a true visionary. His friends and colleagues say he is Steve Jobs, John D. Rockefeller and Howard Hughes all rolled in to one—and wrapped with Bill Gates' energy.
He's founded not one but three billion-dollar companies!
It's no wonder then that Charlie Rose of CBS This Morning says Elon Musk is "the kind of guy you want to invest in."
And investors who've followed his innovations have already made fortunes.
Consider this…
691% GAINS in Just Four Years
Tesla's stock has returned 691% to savvy investors in just four short years!
If you'd bought Tesla stock right after Elon Musk launched Tesla's Model S in June 2012—which quickly became the number one luxury car in America at the time—your $5,000 grub stake in Tesla stock would be worth almost $40,000 today.
A $25,000 investment is worth almost $200,000… and $150,000 would be worth a cool million!
Whatever Elon Musk creates has been wildly profitable.
But don't worry if you missed out on making a million dollars four years ago. Many investors still viewed electric cars as glorified golf carts back then.
And while it may be his electric car sales that get the most attention, Musk continues to move ahead with his master plan to store and provide energy on a massive scale… regardless of how Wall Street misunderstands his moves.
And if you move with him, you too could enjoy a very wealthy, worry-free retirement.
Here's the best part… you don't have to invest in Tesla to achieve an overflowing nest egg.
That's because the companies who supply the parts necessary to build the 400,000 batteries needed for his new Tesla Model 3… or help store solar energy in Tesla's storage battery farms… or help build Tesla's 200 "Gigafactories"… or help Musk achieve his master plan of sustainable clean energy powering the world…
… these little-known tech companies who receive the Elon Musk "stamp of approval" often see the shares of their stocks quickly rise.
It's what the Wall Street Journal calls "The Tesla Effect".
When Elon Musk tweets… Stocks Soar!
Elon Musk has grown so powerful that Tesla is now playing the same role in energy storage that Apple plays when it enters a new market. It's galvanizing the entire industry, and unleashing a massive wave of profits and share price gains.
In fact, Tesla's batteries have the power to completely change the $1.3 trillion energy industry. I'm talking about one of the most revolutionary innovations since the Apple iPhone.
You and I know how rich early Apple investors are—mind-blowing 10,000% gains since the launch of the iPod. That's enough to turn a humble $200,000 retirement portfolio into a cool $20 million worry-free dream life.
But here's something very few investors know… and it's why they often miss out on tens of thousands of dollars in extra profits...
It's not just the big powerhouses like Apple that can turn ordinary investors into millionaires.
Scores of lesser-known companies hitching their wagon to the powerhouse can soar too.
For example, ARM holdings, one of Apple's main iPhone chip suppliers, shot up over 600% in 8 years. Skyworks Solutions, a mobile chipmaker, shot up 1,300%.
In fact, dozens of tech companies tied to Apple saw their share prices soar with early investors making quadruple-digit gains
And just like Apple, scores of lesser-known Tesla suppliers are also racking up big profits now… and truly enormous profits in just a few short years.
For instance, when Musk revealed the Tesla Model 3, rumors were rampant as to who would supply the cells for the new battery.
Stocks rose and fell simply on the rumor a tech company may become the new supplier. For instance, rumors were flying that Samsung would be Tesla's new supplier of battery cells.
So in June when Musk took to Twitter to clarify who would be the new Tesla supplier—it was Panasonic—Samsung stock sank 8% in a single day.
Of course… Panasonic stock soared.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Tesla has the ability to move stocks of its supplier companies just like Apple news does to its suppliers.
That's the Tesla Effect.
And that's good news for you and me!
In just a moment I'm going to show you how Tesla's newest battery storage innovation is about to send the stocks of 3 little-known companies soaring. Including one company that could easily soar 1,000% by 2020. And another that could soar 10,000%.
Think about it… you could become incredibly wealthy with 1,000%, 10,000% gains, even more in a very short time!
That's right... while nothing is guaranteed, 10,000% gains are a real possibility when you invest in Elon Musk's Master Energy Plan because...
This is The Biggest Energy Story Today!
But I urge you to get in quickly... because Tesla's energy revolution is about to explode.
Last April, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla's revolutionary new energy storage device: a sleek, compact battery unit that you can mount on the wall in your garage.
A single, stand-alone unit delivers enough power to take your entire home completely off the grid.
You simply charge it with a solar panel, windmill, or any other power source... and just like that, you've got all the energy you need.
He calls the battery system Tesla Energy.
When a blizzard knocks your power out, all you have to do is flip on the Tesla battery system. You'll have full power in seconds.
On a hot afternoon, a time when utility companies charge a fortune, just turn it on. You'll have free energy. But that's just the start...
As you'll see, this device has a key feature: infinite scalability.
You can configure it to power an entire factory for days... even weeks.
Not only that, with the right configuration it could power an entire neighborhood... a city... a country... even the entire world.
And that's without using a single ounce of coal, natural gas, or oil.
Not surprisingly, the demand has been "crazy," as Musk put it.
Within days, the company received over 38,000 orders. Within three months, it had received over 100,000. That's $1 billion worth of orders in just a few months.
In fact, Tesla's already sold out through 2016. The company literally can't build them fast enough.
That's how disruptive this energy storage revolution is shaping up in the years ahead. Rumor has it that the opportunity may be so big—outstripping even his recent announcement of the Model 3—that Musk is thinking of changing the name of his company from Tesla Motors to Tesla Energy.
It's without a doubt the biggest energy story right now. And is about to make some investors very wealthy.
And I'm going to show you how to get out in front of it for maximum gains.
Over 1 Million Americans Have Already Joined This Revolution
Even before Tesla entered the market, everyday people... businesses... and governments were already buying whatever storage devices they could find. They've been connecting them to their homes, factories, and offices... and getting off the grid as best they can.
In fact, over 1 million Americas are already using energy storage devices to get off the grid. And hundreds, if not thousands, of businesses are developing or using them as well.
Forbes even went so far as to call the movement a full-blown "revolution."
Look at what's already happening within the Department of Defense (DoD), the single largest energy consumer in America...
It's now using energy storage systems to build microgrids for military bases.
These microgrids will allow bases to operate completely off the grid.
The Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, California, is being converted to a microgrid as we speak. Camp Smith in Hawaii is too.
In fact, there are already more than two dozen military microgrids, with more in the planning stages. And they're all using some form of energy storage.
This looks like the start of a huge, multi-billion dollar opportunity for energy storage.
There are over 700 bases around the world, and the DoD has said that it plans to use these new microgrids as a model for future bases.
And why wouldn't it? These grids provide the U.S. military with newfound flexibility and security. They could be able to be fully-operational in the harshest, most remote environments in the world—without being tethered to the traditional power grid.
Meanwhile, Texas—one of the largest, wealthiest states in the country—has also joined the revolution. In west Texas, one of the biggest energy storage systems in North America is now up and running. It collects energy from a single wind farm, yet it's able to power tens of thousands of homes.
But Texas is just getting started. Oncor, Texas's largest power-line company, plans to invest up to $5.2 billion on a 5 gigawatts battery storage system. That's the equivalent of building two massive dams—enough to power well over 2 million homes.
Elsewhere, Duke Energy—the largest utility in the world—recently sent shockwaves through the utility industry. It announced it was replacing one of its natural gas "peaker plants" with an energy storage system.
Other major utilities, like Southern California Edison, are now doing the same thing.
See, when electricity use goes up throughout the day, utilities have to quickly fire up a back-up plant to handle the extra load.
The problem is, these "peaker plants," as they are called, are expensive. They can cost nearly $1 billion to build.
And, since they sit idle most of the time, companies don't take the time to make them as efficient. So every hour they're up and running costs a small fortune.
That's why utilities are starting to replace them with energy storage systems. Instead of building a coal or gas-powered plant, they're building battery warehouses.
About $30 billion worth of peak capacity is added every year. So even if energy storage captured just 10% of this market, it would be a $3 billion annual injection into an industry that's worth just $128 million today.
This is just a tiny glimpse of the groundwork that's already been laid.
Right now, entire islands are building energy storage systems to go off the grid.
General Electric just announced that it wants to be a "sizeable" player in energy storage. In fact, it just teamed up with Consolidated Edison—a major utility company—on its first project.
Dozens of states... dozens of countries across Europe and Asia.... Hundreds of businesses, from Amazon to Target to Walmart...
They're all starting to deploy energy storage systems.
And as a result, you have the potential to see insane gains of 1,000%... 5,000%... even 10,000% or more as this movement gains steam.
Sound impossible? Just look at what the near-future holds...
How to Get 1,100% Gains Starting Now
In 2015 alone, the U.S. tripled the amount of storage capacity for homes and businesses over 2014. That's according to a study by GTM Research, the gold standard in this field.
And over the next four years, GTM predicts 1,100% growth. It expects the energy storage industry to go from $128 million to $1.5 billion.
As GTM Research Senior Vice President Shayle Kann said:
"The commercial energy storage market is still in its earliest days, but we're starting to see real opportunity emerge for companies..."
What I like, though, is that this is obviously a conservative estimate.
Other forecasts are even bigger. Citigroup, for one, believes the global market will be $400 billion by 2030.
That's 59,159% growth!
Indeed early investors are already making a fortune...
So far, energy storage companies I've recommended have delivered gains of 303% and 397% in as little as three years.
But now, this opportunity is in the sweet spot of the business cycle.
It's squarely in the "introduction" phase.
The early adopters have already gotten in and proven that it's a viable technology. Now, a major catalyst—Tesla—is introducing it to a broader audience.
This is the perfect time to get in. You skip the risk that comes with early adoption, yet you can still capture insane amounts of money.
This is like investing in an oil driller right after fracking became viable. About the time fracking pioneer EOG Resources shot up 756% in 6 years...
And Chesapeake Energy shot up 4,189% in just nine years...
That's why billionaire investors, companies, research labs, and governments continue pouring money into this field.
Bill Gates, Peter Thiel, Warren Buffett...
MIT, Berkeley, Harvard...
China, Japan, America, Germany...
They see the writing on the wall. They know what kind of fortunes are going to be made here.
Now, in a moment, I'll give you three brand new investment opportunities you can take advantage of today to profit from this sea change.
But first, in order to understand how big this opportunity truly is, let me show you the powerful forces driving it forward...
The Growth Drivers Propelling Energy Storage Forward
Growth Driver #1: U.S. Political Support
Because of geo-politics and concerns about pollution, governments are falling over themselves to get more energy storage systems in place.
Take California. It alone could cause every public company in the energy storage industry to soar triple-digits.
The state has mandated that its largest utilities have enough energy storage capacity to provide electrical support for 1 million homes.
That's the equivalent of building a dam's worth of infrastructure. And they want it in place by 2020.
Keep in mind: when the government mandates something, it isn't simply a request. It's the law. If utilities don't comply, they'll be punished.
That's why California's largest utilities—from Con Edison to Pacific Gas and Electric—are already jumping on this.
Massachusetts is following California's lead. It just launched a $10 million initiative and aims to be a national leader in energy storage.
New York, Texas, Oregon, Arizona, and other states are making similar moves.
But here's the kicker: 29 states have renewable energy mandates. 10% to 25% of their power must come from wind, solar, and the like going forward.
This is essentially a license to print money for energy storage companies.
That's because renewable energy isn't going to happen without energy storage. It's just not feasible. So as governments push renewable energy, they're essentially pouring money into energy storage companies' coffers.
No wonder the energy storage market in the U.S. is expected to soar.
Growth Driver #2: Global Political Support
Meanwhile, Germany is dedicating $56 million a year specifically for energy storage.
Japan is setting aside $700 million. It aims to be the "world leader" in energy storage. It wants to disrupt the industry just like it did automobiles back in the 1980s.
China is jumping in with both feet. Its energy storage market is projected to quadruple over the next decade.
You see, it's simply a numbers game.
As billionaire investor Peter Thiel points out, the "status quo" simply won't work in places like China and India...
"If China doubles its energy production over the next two decades, it will also double its air pollution. If every one of India's hundreds of millions of households were to live the way Americans already do—using only today's tools—the result would be environmentally catastrophic. Spreading old ways to create wealth around the world will result in devastation, not riches."
That's why countries across the globe are scrambling to jump on the energy storage bandwagon as fast as possible.
In fact, the International Energy Agency has called on world leaders to spend a combined $380 billion on energy storage by 2050.
That's an insane amount of money potentially flowing into this industry. Right now the entire global energy storage industry is worth just $10 billion. That's when you combine electric cars and energy storage systems for homes and businesses.
So you can imagine what a $380 billion shot in the arm would do... We're talking 3,700% growth from that alone.
Growth Driver #3: Public Support
But political support is only half the story. When you dig deeper, you find that the energy storage revolution is really being driven by the public at large.
It all funnels down to one thing: freedom.
For some people, they want freedom from utility companies. They don't like the fact that utilities are essentially a monopoly and can raise their rates at a whim. With an energy storage system, you wouldn't have to worry about this.
For others, they want to "get out from under big brother," as energy storage user Dale Downs told USA Today.
He and others like him don't trust that the government won't try to control their energy consumption simply because they're running their A/C longer than a bureaucrat deems proper.
Frankly, I don't blame them. Many states have already introduced legislation that would allow them to control your thermostat. It's probably only a matter of time before this becomes law. Having an energy storage system connected to your house lets you avoid this problem.
For yet another group of people, they want freedom from terrorists and hackers. They've seen the recent cyber attacks. They realize there are bad people out there trying to disrupt our lives in any way possible. And there's no better way to do that than take out the power grid.
This isn't a theoretical worry. The Department of Energy was hacked 159 times between 2010 and 2014.
159 times! That's a successful hack every nine days.
The government won't reveal how bad the hacks have been, but based on other hacks, the sky's the limit.
What's worse, cybersecurity experts say there's every reason to believe these attacks will continue unabated.
Imagine the chaos that would ensue if terrorists took out our power grid...
In 2003, the power went out in New York City for a day. 911 calls soared, emergency rooms visits spiked, and six people died as a result. This was just from one outage.
If this happened at a national level—or for a prolonged period of time—I shudder to think of the anarchy that would unfold.
I could go on and on...
The point is energy storage is no longer a niche movement. It's a global revolution with widespread support from the business community, governments, and the public at large.
And as a result, we stand at the cusp of a new energy age...
Why Energy Storage Could Conquer the World
Oil... natural gas... coal... utilities... they're all being disrupted.
Barclays thinks that the utility industry will be the first to go.
The bank recently downgraded its credit rating on all US electricity utilities.
It makes sense if you think about it. If people can access their own power and store it, why would they need a utility company?
The threat is so grave that Citibank thinks utilities could see the size of their market "shrink by more than 50%."
Even the auto industry is being disrupted...
The batteries inside electric cars are nothing more than energy storage systems. And Tesla's entrance into that market began an industry-wide disruption.
In all, more than 20 different battery-powered vehicles are now on the market, from just about every major automaker. And more are on the way.
Even Apple is now getting into the electric car game.
Right before our eyes the battery is quietly becoming the "Gasoline of the 21st Century."
Just think of what could happen as energy storage continues disrupting the auto industry...
You're talking about a $1.3 trillion opportunity.
Bottom line: The energy grid as we know it has played a vital role in creating the modern world. But we're finally taking the next step. We're entering the era of energy independence... A new world order where average folks like you and me enjoy unprecedented energy freedom.
What would it take for the energy storage movement to power the world?
Not as much as you think...
To create enough batteries to provide all electricity to the United States, it would take just the tiny red dot on this map.
That's according to Tesla, and has been verified by independent experts.
What about the entire world?
You'd need about ten times more—the equivalent of about 2 billion of Tesla's larger battery packs.
If that seems like a completely ridiculous number, just remember: over 1 billion smartphones are shipped every year.
So it's not far-fetched at all to think that we could produce 2 billion batteries over the course of several years to power the world. At the very least entire cities... states... even countries aren't out of reach at all.
Of course, you also have to take the advancements in energy storage technology into account as well. Because that's already happening...
Samsung filed a patent last summer for a lithium-ion battery that lasts twice as long as existing ones.
Last year, a Japanese company named Fuji Pigment announced that it had developed a battery with 40 times the capacity of today's batteries.
And as you'll see in a minute, a whole host of other revolutionary batteries are in development... batteries that could soon speed up the energy storage movement exponentially.
The point is: the sky is the limit with this energy revolution. It has the potential to not only disrupt the energy grid... but change the entire world.
And right now is the ideal time to invest in it for maximum gains, and minimal risk.
These 3 Picks Could Deliver Gains Up To 10,000%
Of course, you probably wouldn't go wrong investing in Tesla. We first recommended it back in November 2011—right before the launch of the Tesla Model S. Since then Tesla has skyrocketed 697.4%.
With the HUGE response to Tesla's announcement—and its entrance into the energy storage industry last year. Tesla will likely see even greater gains over the long haul.
Remember, Elon Musk is predicting that Tesla sales will increase TEN-FOLD by 2020—going from 50,000 cars in 2015 to 500,000 cars a year by 2020. Now couple that with its plans to produce 2 billion storage batteries… gains could go as high as 1,000% or more by the end of the decade.
That's just four years away. But Tesla is NOT the only game in town when it comes to mega-profitable energy storage plays.
So if you want more than one ten-bagger play in the game… here's my winning secret investing strategy. Oftentimes it's the lesser-known plays that usually deliver the biggest gains.
With that in mind, I've zeroed in on three companies lesser-known than Tesla, and I feature them in my brand new report, The Complete Energy Storage Blueprint. This blueprint is the perfect tool for investing in this revolution. It will cover everything I've been discussing today, and much more. You'll discover:
- The easiest ways to invest in energy storage for the short and long term.
- The biggest (and smallest) players
- Which countries are the best to invest in, and which you should avoid
And of course it will give you all the details on my top three picks...
Stock #1: 1,000% Gain from "The Google of Energy Storage"
My first pick is perfect for conservative investors.
It's "The Google of Energy Storage" and offers an incredible opportunity: the chance to make 1,000% gains by investing in a well-established industry leader.
It's the global leader for industrial applications. It already has facilities in 20 countries, and customers in 120.
Given its breadth, it would be essentially impossible for the energy storage market to take off without this company soaring with it. After all, with a 23% market share, it already dominates the market.
As I said, the U.S. energy storage market alone is set to soar 1,100% over the next four years. This company is the perfect way to capture that growth. If it does nothing more than rise with the tide, it could deliver quadruple-digit returns.
And that's not even counting any growth it gets from its operations in other countries.
That's why I don't think 1,000% gains are at all unrealistic for this company. In fact, I think of it as a "low-end" estimate.
What's also great is that almost no one knows about this company. Despite growing its net income by 483% over the past decade and watching its share price quadruple, it's still completely under the radar.
Only about 317,000 shares trade hands per day—which is how many shares Apple trades every eight minutes.
I've tagged this company as an immediate "buy." As the energy storage revolution unfolds, I think it's only a matter of time before its share price takes off... and the company becomes a household name.
I'll have more details in a moment, but first let me get to my second top pick...
Stock #2: A Speculative Pick That Could Deliver 10,000% Gains
This investment isn't for everyone. It's speculative and could be a rollercoaster ride. But if you're looking for a thrilling, huge-potential stock that gets you in on the ground floor of the energy storage revolution, you'll want to buy shares immediately.
Nobody needs energy storage more than our soldiers—especially when they're out in the field.
When you're in the middle of the jungle, you can't just plug in your radio or GPS.
Traditionally, what they've done is charge the batteries in their electronics by drawing from a larger "source battery."
Unfortunately, most source batteries the Army uses aren't rechargeable. One charge is all you get.
That's where this tiny $2+ company enters the scene...
It has a groundbreaking rechargeable battery system. It fits right into a soldier's vest. All throughout the day, a radio or GPS can draw power from it.
According to Major Mark Owens, in early tests soldiers have loved it. They are saying that these battery devices are "some of the best pieces of equipment they've ever seen."
This company makes several other products as well, including ultra-light submarine batteries, a battery system with eight times the charging cycle over a typical battery, and more.
The military has taken notice, and is already placing orders... which are having a huge impact on this company's share price.
Last year, for example, the company announced a $2 million order from the Army. The shares soared 50% in a day.
That's right—a tiny $2 million order triggered a 50% jump.
As battery storage gains traction... and as this company's system are deployed... there's no telling what could happen to its share price.
Like I said, it's a speculative play. But just a few hundred dollars has the potential to change your life.
You'll get all the details on this company and the one I just mentioned—as well as a third investment that could double your money—in my brand new guide: The Complete Energy Storage Blueprint.
But that's not all...
I've also prepared a special report with several more groundbreaking opportunities...
Bonus Opportunity: A Backdoor Investment in the Batteries of the Future
You see, an energy storage device is simply anything that stores energy. It doesn't have to look like a conventional battery.
Right now, many other exciting energy storage devices are sprouting up.
Take Compressed Air Energy Storage. These systems compress air and store it in massive reservoirs. Then, when the air is released, it causes giant turbines to spin, providing electricity.
Both Bill Gates and Peter Thiel think this idea could change the world. They've each invested millions of their own money in it.
Powered hydro is another energy storage system. It's a spin-off of a dam. Companies use turbines to push water uphill, where it's stored. Then, when the grid gets overloaded, they release the water, letting it spin the turbines and create electricity.
These systems can produce power for days at a time, and can match the output of a large coal-fired plant.
They're in use worldwide, emit no air pollution, and can deliver enough energy to power as many as 328,000 homes.
Another groundbreaking storage device is a Flywheel battery. These batteries are essentially heavy wheels that store energy in the form of movement. If you get them spinning quickly then connect them to an engine, their inertia provides energy.
Think of it like tapping into the force of a stone rolling down a mountain—truly powerful stuff.
This is just a small sample...
There are also ultra-powerful batteries in the works called "flow" and "liquid metal" batteries, as well as supercapacitators and thermal storage systems.
All of them are working together to disrupt the energy monopolies. They're leading us to a day when entire communities... even countries... are completely off the grid.
They have the potential to store 10... 20... even 40 times as much power as conventional batteries today.
Given this potential, the companies behind these batteries could turn early investors into millionaires.
However, there's a problem: Many of them are still private, meaning they don't trade on the regular exchanges.
That's the case with the compressed air company that Bill Gates and Peter Thiel are investing in. It's off-limits to people like you and me. You have to be a venture capitalist or an "accredited" investor with at least a million dollars—and your home doesn't count.
However, I've dealt with this before and have found a simple solution. A few years back, I discovered a "backdoor" that lets you invest in fast-growing private companies. You can do it with the click of a mouse with your existing brokerage account. And all it takes is a few hundred dollars.
I've put together a free report with all the details. It's called: Your Backdoor To The Batteries of the Future.
It highlights several private energy storage companies with huge potential... and explains how you can invest in them immediately.
I think you'll be surprised at how easy it is.
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A Columbus tattoo parlor owner whose involvement with Ohio State University football players has landed the program in hot water has agreed to plead guilty to two charges in an agreement with the federal government.
Edward A. Rife, 31, was charged in federal court with one count of conspiracy to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana and one count of money laundering involving the purchase of an Infiniti SUV. He also was ordered to forfeit $50,000 to the United States.
The case has been under investigation for more than a year, but no documents have been made public until today. The plea agreement was signed in December.
Rife owns Fine Line Ink Tattoos, 2762 Sullivant Ave., on the Hilltop. Public records list his home address as 4229 Valley Quail Blvd. S. in Westerville.
In late December, the NCAA suspended five OSU football players for five games because they sold team memorabilia to the shop or traded it for tattoos in 2009.
In early March, the university revealed that Coach Jim Tressel also would be suspended for five games because he had known about the memorabilia sales in April 2010 and had not told the NCAA or OSU officials.
Ohio State is awaiting a decision from the NCAA on what its punishment will be.
Law enforcement found the memorabilia at his home during its investigation of Rife for drug trafficking. Officials said at the time that the memorabilia was not related to charges against Rife.
The memorabilia included Big Ten championship rings, gold-pants charms for beating Michigan and Terrelle Pryor's 2009 Fiesta Bowl championship trophy. Selling or trading the items is not against the law, but is against NCAA rules if the players are eligible to play.
Rife has at least one former conviction. He was charged in 2001 with several counts of forgery and possessing criminal tools; he pleaded guilty to one charge of each in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.


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Sniper Dude
Published on October 9, 2010. Played 1,706 times. Editors' rating 2.3
Sniper Dude is a hidden object style action-puzzle game. Your mission is to shoot down all the dangerous gunmen. Take your rifle and start shooting.
Press SPACE to zoom, release SPACE to zoom out. Left MOUSE click to shoot. Sniper shoots only if the target is locked.


text: Cheddar Mendip Heights Camping and Caravanning Club Site (214 reviews) from £7.90 to £13.30 Per person/night Contact Us Book It Images Video Map Select Section Overview Great site for couples Our site is on the edge of the village of Priddy, the highest in the Mendips. Our gorgeous Cheddar Club Site is set in the heart of the beautiful Mendip Hills, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It's an ideal base to explore the area for walking, cycling, caving and rock climbing activities. The well laid out site has excellent shower and toilet facilities, including a family room, plus a laundry and a well-stocked licensed shop selling local produce. Special rates are available for backpackers arriving on foot or by bike. There are two well-equipped holiday caravans for hire, each sleeping up to six people. You can walk to the village or Priddy where you'll find a popular pub serving food just 3/4 mile from the site and the Priddy Good Farm Shop, selling a range of locally produced meats and home-made pies. Priddy also hosts a popular folk festival in July and other events throughout the year. There are also many other pubs and restaurants in the local area. There are many attractions in Somerset and the surrounding area including Cheddar Gorge, Wookey Hole, Glastonbury, Longleat Safari Park and the cities of Bath and Wells are waiting to be explored. Cheddar currently holds an AA 4 Pennant Award. If you fancy leaving the unit behind, consider a hassle free break in one of our new holiday caravans. Our self-catering options sleep 4-6 people and have all the creature comforts of home. For more information check out our self catering pages – Read More Worth Noting Two holiday caravans available to let - find out more. Some pitches are slightly sloping. Due to unforeseen circumstances we are no longer able to give campers access to the dog walk along the drovers track at the bottom of our site. However there are many public footpaths in the area, the closest of which is opposite the entrance to our site. Please note that there may be sheep, cattle or horses in the fields, and your dog must be kept on a lead. The footpaths may become very muddy during wet weather, so stout shoes or wellingtons are recommended. WiFi WiFi is available at this site. However please note the service is supplied by a different provider therefore your Site WiFi card (powered by WiComs) cannot be used. Please contact the site direct for more information. Eat Local The site shop stocks locally-produced bacon, sausage, lamb, burgers, chicken, eggs, cheese, cider and ales. Bread and pastries are baked on site. There is a farm butcher next to site and a farmers' market in Wells. The village pub serves local produce. Facilities Cheddar Mendip Heights has the following facilities on or around the site. Members' and non-members' caravans welcome Members' and non-members' trailer tents welcome Hardstanding with electric hook-up Grass only pitch (no electric) Showers Electric shaver sockets Parent and baby room Chemical toilet disposal point Motorhome stop-off Dishwashing facilities Childrens play area Payphone Alternative Accommodation Grass only pitch for larger tents Grass pitch with electric hook-up for larger tents Members' and non-members' motorhomes welcome Members' and non-members' tents welcome Grass pitch with electric hook-up Flushing toilet Washbasins Some accessible facilities Family shower room Drinking water taps Washing Machines Ice pack freezing Gas cylinders Pets welcome Electric hook-up Wi-fi (Other provider) Reviews Review 1 |2 |54 |Next » Expand review Recommended: yes 4.7 Lovely facilities a v warm welcome, the gent who checked us in was friendly & knowledgeable ,... Liz (Club Visitor) stayed Nov 2016 This review is for Cheddar Mendip Heights Lovely facilities a v warm welcome, the gent who checked us in was friendly & knowledgeable , site well maintained toilet blocks v clean. Small sized site so not too far from any pitch to the facilities. Interesting local area with cosy pub a 20minute walk away. Thank you especially for helping give us a bump start to get us on our way. Towing: Moderate Location: Country Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Peaceful break,Younger couples Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 4 Expand review Recommended: no 4.7 just returned from a 4 night stay at this site we found the site to be clean and tidy the... Phil & Trish Long (Club Member) stayed Nov 2016 This review is for Cheddar Mendip Heights just returned from a 4 night stay at this site we found the site to be clean and tidy the staff friendly and helpful. Just a couple of niggles there is no dog walk the only place being along the road which has no street lighting or pavement ( I know its in the middle of the country) and the locals tend to drive at quite a pace on this road. Although the village and the pub are only a half mile away would not recomend walking to and fro in the winter evenings. There is no mobile phone coverage at all depends if this is important to you or no and the site internet we found to be hit or miss. One last thing DONT follow the sat nav directions on the site page best to arrive via Glastonburry and Wells Towing: Easy Location: Country,Secluded Suitable For: Older couples,Peaceful break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 4 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 I had a relaxing couple of days doing nothing in the late Autumn sunshine, I did visit Wells... Pat from Oxford (Club Member) stayed Oct 2016 This review is for Cheddar Mendip Heights I had a relaxing couple of days doing nothing in the late Autumn sunshine, I did visit Wells which is a lovely little city. Location: Country Suitable For: Peaceful break Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 Expand review Recommended: yes 5 Off a country lane near Priddy. Good facilities and generally fairly level. Peter & Sue (Club Member) stayed Sep 2016 This review is for Cheddar Mendip Heights Off a country lane near Priddy. Good facilities and generally fairly level. Solar powered hot, and I mean hot, water. There is a good range of food etc to purchase but, be careful. We purchased a bottle of tonic for £1.00 but, when looking at the label, it said 60p. You are warned! The Queen Victoria serves good sized meals, particularly those that include pie + on the menu! The farm shop nearby has a good range of locally obtained food and obliged us by freezing some food to collect the next day. Good service here and elsewhere in Priddy. Location: Country,Secluded Suitable For: Families,Older couples,Groups,Peaceful break,Younger couples Friendliness: 5 Cleanliness: 5 Facilities: 5 1 |2 |54 |Next » Travel Local Travel Nearest bus stop: 3 miles Nearest train station: Weston-super-Mare 15 miles Get Directions to Cheddar Mendip Heights Staying here? Public transport near the site Bike ride? Find cycle routes nearby Sat Nav Download our POI file Safe Directions Print Friendly PDF Widget by Frixo Self Catering at Cheddar Mendip Heights from £48.00 a night Dates available: 11th March 2016 - 9th January 2017 The sites two holiday caravans each offer comfortable family accommodation for four having one double room with an en-suite WC and TV and one twin bedroom. A sofa bed sleeps an additional two people if required. There is a shower room and a fully equipped kitchen with microwave, dishwasher and fridge/freezer. 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In my first post, switch-ing gears, I wrote about the differences between the switch statements in Java and PHP. Part of the difference was that in Java, you can't switch on String type variables, but only on integers and another data type called an Enum, or an enumerated data type, which do not exist in PHP.
Enums are a data structure that contain a fixed set of constant members (called enumerators). The value of the Enum variable must be one of the defined constants. For example:
public enum WeekDay { SUNDAY,MONDAY,TUESDAY,WEDNESDAY,THURSDAY,FRIDAY,SATURDAY; } WeekDay firstDay = WeekDay.SUNDAY;
Using any value that is not defined in the WeekDay enum, for example, "WeekDay.asdf", will result in an error message stating that "asdf cannot be resolved or is not a field". This gives us type safety, but I'll come back to that in a minute.
You can sort of simulate the same type of functionality in PHP using constants in a standard class:
public class WeekDay { public static const SUNDAY = 1; public static const MONDAY = 2; public static const TUESDAY = 3; public static const WEDNESDAY = 4; public static const THURSDAY = 5; public static const FRIDAY = 6; public static const SATURDAY = 7; } $firstDay = WeekDay::SUNDAY;
This will give you basically the same functionality as the Java enum, but with no type checking or safety. For example, if we have a function in our Java code that is expecting a parameter that must be one of the fields we defined in the WeekDay enum, we can express it like this:
public void checkWeekDay(WeekDay day) { // ... do something to check the WeekDay } WeekDay day = WeekDay.SUNDAY; checkWeekDay(day);
This function will not accept any value except one of those defined in our WeekDay enum. If we were to use an integer instead, the integrity of our software is compromised, because we can not guarantee that the value of the integer passed to the function will be one of the allowed values (presumably a number from 1 to 7). Example:
public String checkWeekDay(Integer day) { switch(day) { case 1: return "Sunday"; break; case 2: return "Monday"; break; case 3: return "Tuesday"; break; case 4: return "Wednesday"; break; case 5: return "Thursday"; break; case 6: return "Friday"; break; case 7: return "Saturday"; break; default: throw new Exception("Integer value outside of acceptable range 1-7"); break; } } Integer day = 450; try { checkWeekDay(day); } catch (Exception e) { // do something ugly here }
Yuck! Right?? Using our WeekDay enum, the error would have been caught before the program even compiled!
Another difference between the PHP and the Java is that using the enum data type in Java gives us the ability to list off all of the available members of the enum. In PHP we could technically use a ReflectionClass to list the class constants, but the code is much more involved than the Java equivalent. Let's compare…
The Java:
for (WeekDay wd : WeekDay.values()) { // this should print the names of the days of the week System.out.printf("Value: %s",wd.toString()); }
The PHP:
$r = new ReflectionClass('WeekDay'); $constants = $r->getConstants(); var_dump ($constants); /* * Outputs: * Array * ( * ['SUNDAY'] => 1 * ['MONDAY'] => 2 * ['TUESDAY'] => 3 * ['WEDNESDAY'] => 4 * ['THURSDAY'] => 5 * ['FRIDAY'] => 6 * ['SATURDAY'] => 7 * ) * **/
This seems like a good solution, but in reality, this is overkill since the solution requires the instantiation of the entire ReflectionClass rather than accessing the properties of the class directly. Unfortunately, if you want to list class constants in PHP, this is the only method available.
When I took over my first Java project, I noticed a lot of lines throughout the code that had no immediately discernible purpose. They looked like these:
@Override @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") @Deprecated
… etc.
There were a lot of them. At first I wasn't sure what they were or what they did. It took about 5 seconds on Google to learn that they were called "Annotations," but that still wasn't very helpful in figuring out their function.
In PHP, we also sometimes use the "@" symbol at the start of a line, but the purpose is very different and this confused me a bit. In PHP, when you see the @ in front of a line of code, its purpose is to suppress any warnings or errors that the line could potentially generate.
On an interesting side note, "@" in front of a line of PHP code can be used as a conditional statement. For example, if the file called 'things.txt' does not exist or can't be read, the following script will exit with the text specified in the die() statement:
@file('things.txt') or die('no way, man');
Similarly, the following two lines of code are almost-equivalent (except in certain cases like comparing boolean values – but I don't really want to get that in-depth right now):
1: if( isset($var) && $var === $value ) 2: if( @$var === $value )
Anyway, back to Java. It didn't take long to realize that (@SuppressWarnings aside) annotations in Java serve a very different purpose from error suppression in PHP. It turns out that annotations provide information to the compiler or VM about the class, field, method, or other program element. Annotations don't have a direct impact on the code, but they can be very useful. For example, the @SuppressWarnings annotation can be used to suppress certain types of warnings, while @Deprecated can be used in an interface to let the compiler know that a certain method should no longer be used. If the compiler detects that a @Deprecated method is being called, it can then warn the developer that a deprecated method has been called and should not be used.
Consider the following case, though:
public interface Car { /** * @deprecated use of drive() * use driveForward() or driveReverse() instead. */ @Deprecated public void drive(); public void driveForward(); public void driveReverse(); }
The @Deprecated annotation tells the compiler that use of the drive() method is deprecated, and shouldn't be used. If it is found to be used, a warning will be generated, as in the following implementation of the Car interface:
public class MyPorsche implements Car { public void drive() {} public void driveForward() {} public void driveReverse() {} }
But in a strange twist of fate, another annotation can suppress the warning – Guess which one!
public class MyPorsche implements Car { @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") public void drive() {} public void driveForward() {} public void driveReverse() {} }
The third type of annotation used by the compiler is the @Override annotation, which simply tells the compiler that the annotated method should override a method with the same name in the super class. This can help developers identify typos in their code or classes and methods that don't work as expected.
Of course, it is possible to take the use of annotations much further, to save yourself the trouble of writing common boilerplate code and configurations. You can even define your own annotations! I hope this basic introduction to annotations has been helpful for someone – There aren't too many resources out there for a simple, easy-to-understand introduction.
One thing that I've been missing about PHP is the ability to specify default parameter values to functions. I've seen some threads online asking about this – PHP developers who are moving to Java and wondering how to provide default values for their method parameters. To be honest, it was one of the first things I Googled when I started writing Java code.
One of the most commonly provided answers I've seen is that if you need to specify a default value, you haven't thought through your application well enough. To me, this isn't entirely accurate, and I've been thinking about it a bit. In PHP, default values aren't strictly necessary, but they can help make your development faster and allow you to update older functions with new parameters without touching the rest of your old code. In Java this problem is solved using method overriding, which I talked about in my post called Method Overriding.
Off the top of my head, I can't think of an instance in Java where I would need to provide a default parameter. This is because Java is a strongly-typed language, and it is impossible for me to call a function without passing all of the necessary arguments. If I have a function called saveFile() that is expecting a MultipartFile and a String to be passed to it, and I fail to pass the String, I'll get an error like this:
The method saveFile(MultipartFile, String) in the type UploadController is not applicable for the arguments (MultipartFile)
However, I could always override the function with one that only expects a MultiPart file!
I can't override a method in PHP, but it will also give me a warning. The function and call:
function saveFile($file,$upload_path) { // do something to save the file return true; } $uploaded = saveFile($file);
Will generate the warning:
Warning: Missing argument 2 in call to saveFile()
But I can make PHP happy by using a default value for the upload path:
function saveFile($file,$upload_path = "/tmp/files") { // do something to save the file return true; } $uploaded = saveFile($file);
And all is well with the universe.
EDIT: It's come to my attention that most of this post should more correctly be referred to as method overloading rather than overriding. The difference being that overriding usually refers to overriding a method from a super class, while overloading refers to overriding a method in the same class. Anyway, I will leave the post as-is for posterity
One of the things that I really like about Java so far is the ability to easily override methods. Not just methods in a parent class, but even methods within the same class.
class UserDao { public User findUser(Integer id) { User user; // do something to find the user by their id return user; } public User findUser(String username) { User user // do something to find the user by their username return user; } }
Arguably, you can mimic this behaviour in PHP, using func_get_args, like this:
function findUser() { /* * We're only expecting one argument, * return false for anything else */ if (func_num_args() !== 1) { return false }; $user = null; $args = func_get_args(); switch(gettype($args[0])) { case "integer": // $user = ... ; do something to find the user by id break; case "string": default: // $user = ... ; do something to find the user by username break; } return $user; } $user = findUser(45); $user = findUser("papa_smurf");
Even though this is technically possible, I personally prefer the Java-based method. It provides a bit more clarity for the developer, and it provides a more predictable result compared to the PHP. In the PHP example, a user is still free to pass any type of argument they want and will not receive any errors or warnings if their data is not received exactly as they assume it will be. In Java, the developer must pass the correct set of parameters for at least one of the method definitions.
Another thing that isn't really clear in the PHP example is the case of multiple parameters. The code will grow quickly depending on how many arguments are passed to the function. And what about edge cases where one argument is expected in some cases but more than one argument is possible? The conditional code grows and grows, and will become difficult to maintain and then must be refactored (Or not, as the case may be ).
All things considered, I think the Java solution is much more elegant and intuitive as compared to the PHP.
One of the first differences I ran into when I was starting with Java (besides the uncomfortable lack of dollar signs riddling my code) was the difference between PHP's switch statement and the Java switch. In PHP, a switch statment is a simple comparison, and I could compare anything. It is equivalent to
if($condition) { … } elseif ($condition2) { … } etc…
For Example:
function best_cartoon($db_name = "db_Smurfs") { switch ($db_name) { case "db_Gadget": goGoGadgetWheels(); break; case "db_Smurfs": default: throw new Exception("Azrael, you miserable cat!"); break; } }
Of course, this doesn't exactly work as I expected in Java. In Java (at least before version 1.7), switch statements are a short form for a certain type of "if" statement, and can only be used to compare certain data types, like Integers and Enums. You can't use a switch statement to compare strings, which is, of course, the very first thing I tried to do. However, I did find a nice workaround on stackoverflow that served my purpose:
enum DBName { smurfs, gadget, UNKNOWN; public static DBName lookup(String dbName) { try { return valueOf(dbName); } catch(Exception e) { return UNKNOWN; } } } String dbName = "smurfs"; switch(DBName.lookup(dbName)) { case gadget: goGoGadgetWheels(); break; case smurfs: default: throw new Exception("Azrael, you miserable cat!"); break; }
Of course, at this point, it's probably easier to just use an "if" statement and save the trouble.
In a later post, I'll go over more about what this ordeal has taught me about enum data types, which don't exist in PHP.
Hey there! My name is Tyler, and I've been developing websites since 1999, and using a standard LAMP stack since 2005. I'm more or less a Java newbie, but I've recently started a new job at which I am required to write websites in Java on a daily basis. This blog is just a way for me to track my progress as a developer learning the basics of Java, and document my frustrations with being forced into using a strongly typed language.
Anyway, thanks for stopping by! I hope you find this blog useful – My hope is that I can help at least one other person out there with their own transition from PHP to Java. If I can do that, then I'll consider this blog a success. If you notice any glaring errors, please don't be shy! Leave a comment and correct me!


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Render Twitter Bootstrap HTML forms with RailwayJS models
Railway Bootstrap is a RailwayJS plugin that will render forms for your models utilizing Twitter Bootstrap formatting and CSS classes.
Railway Bootstrap requires RailwayJS v2.6+. The plugin may work with earlier version of RailwayJS, but it untested.
Additionally, RailwayJS uses EJS for rendering view templates by default. While RailwayJS is capable of working with the Jade rendering engine, Railway Bootstrap has not yet been tested with Jade.
Install the package via npm:
> npm install railway-bootstrap
Assume that your application has a
User model with properties
avatar, and
description in the following example. Also assume that
user is an instance of the
User model (generated via
new User()).
<% bootstrapFormFor(user, function (form) { %>
<%- form.input('username') %>
<%- form.input('email', { label: 'Email Address' }) %>
<%- form.file('avatar') %>
<%- form.textarea('description') %>
<% }) %>
bootstrapFormFor helper method can accept parameters in the following
bootstrapFormFor(resource, callback)
bootstrapFormFor(resource, options, callback)
In the second format, the
options parameter represent a basic JS object. Any
key/value pairs included in the object will be converted to HTML attributes on the
<form> DOM object. For example:
bootstrapFormFor(user, { action: '/users/new', method: 'put' }, function (form) { ... });
This will produce the following HTML:
<form class="form-horizontal" action="/users/new" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="authenticity_token" value="f46d9de27e45fef8dce10a36dcdc7be7fa8612af" />
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="PUT" />
<!-- any other calls made on the form object will render here -->
For either format of
bootstrapFormFor that is used, the
callback parameter
will be provided with
form object. This object provides several methods used
for rendering form fields. By default, each field is wrapped according to
Twitter Bootstrap's horizontal form
format with an accompanying label
The following methods are provided:
input (name, options): Creates an
<input> element, where
name is the name of
the resource's property to render. If no
options are provided, the input type
defaults to "text".
textarea (name, options): Creates a
<textarea> element, where
name is the
name of the resource's property to render.
file (name, options): Creates an
<input type="file"> element, where
is the name of the resource's property to render.
submit (label, options): Creates a
<button type="submit"> element, where
label is the text to be rendered on the button.
Railway-Bootstrap is released under the MIT license.


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Long term care reimbursement audit manual
In carrying out the reimbursement system stated in the state policy on long term care reimbursement, the Department of Human Services shall develop, publish and make available an audit manual. The audit manual shall include clear guidelines on costs that are approved for reimbursement. [1983 c.406 §2]
Note: 410.180 (Long term care reimbursement audit manual) and 410.190 (Representation of entities in contested case proceedings before department) were enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly and were added to and made a part of ORS chapter 410 but not to any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.


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Of the plethora of aesthetically pleasing finishing techniques that exist in the realm of MMA, none quite mesmerizes fans like a vicious head-kick knockout.
Whether it comes from a spinning, round, front or crane kick, head-kick KOs captivate fans and remind them of the often barbaric nature of MMA.
These notorious strikes turned the tides of every fight on this list, offering the euphoria of victory to one competitor and the agony of defeat to another.
Here are the 15 most devastating head-kick knockouts in MMA history.


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St. Mary's nurses coming together
To the editor:
I'm a registered nurse in the emergency department at St. Mary's Hospital. I'm proud of the care that we provide for the community, especially since my wife and I are raising our four children right here in Amsterdam. It's one of the main reasons I decided to join with a majority of nurses at St. Mary's to form a union and join over 37,000 other nurses in the New York State Nurses Association. Every bedside nurse at St. Mary's should have a say in how we're treated and how we can offer the best care possible with fair working conditions.
There's been some talk about how this all came about and what it means for nurses to have a voice. Let me be clear: We, the nurses of St. Mary's, came together because we decided it was time for us to have a say in our future. We spoke with our colleagues about the issues we're facing and an overwhelming majority of us signed union authorization cards. To follow the legal process for union recognition, I joined a group of a dozen RNs to go to the CEO and ask him to recognize our union after a neutral organization (like the League of Women Voters) verified that a majority of us signed up. He refused. So we filed for a union election with the National Labor Relations Board.
We are now anticipating an election next month for all bedside nurses at St. Mary's to finally have a real say in our working conditions and in our nursing practice at the hospital. After our election, we're all looking forward to bargaining in good faith with the hospital management to reach a fair agreement. We love St. Mary's and we know that we'll be able to build a better future when we have a voice.
Mike Rodecker,
Concert for family was a success
To the editor:
I would like to thank The Recorder for the thorough coverage of the summer concert hosted and sponsored by the Mayfield United Methodist Church to raise funds to help the St. Louis family who lost their home in a fire. The story was one of the many ways we reached out to friends for support. Thank you Caroline for the interview and the pictures. This helped our concert to be successful. I also would like to thank all the performers and especially those who traveled a distance. They all donated their time. All the funds raised from this event went directly to the family. There were no expenses. All refreshments and necessities were donated. Thanks to all who helped us. This is what our outreach program does. Thanks again.
Ray Langley,
Giving credit where it is due
To the editor:
My deepest respect and appreciation to Codes Enforcement, Rich Miller and his department, and the DPW for cleaning up the three weeks of garbage, fining the landlord, turning on all the broken street lamps, and now redoing Bell Hill.
The redoing of Bell Hill and its one sidewalk will help to avert the constant threat of tragedy that exists between so many irresponsible motorists and all the pedestrians that had to walk on such a steep hill in often such poor weather.
Though our PD has still not given Bell Street the violation enforcement they agree it needs, we still need to express our appreciation for their 24/7 protection. Without it none of us are safe.
Seth Richard,
Voting is a guaranteed right
To the editor:
Over the past weeks, the deaths of more of the few remaining World War II veterans and a high ranking officer in the Middle East crisis, once again focused upon their unselfish willingness to protect the freedoms we all enjoy as Americans.
Among those freedoms is an individual, who is properly registered, the right to vote whether for a primary contest or local, county, state and federal election.
Voting is the guaranteed opportunity for the people to voice their opinions, positive or negative, about the issues placed before them.
Each cross in a military cemetery across America and around the world marks the final resting place for the men and women who died protecting our freedoms.
Whenever anyone who intentionally neglects to vote is insulting the memories of these brave heroes and that is a reality that cannot be ignored or tolerated.
Anthony Biscotti,


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If you use Apple Maps for iPhone, odds are you use the voice navigation feature as well. Depending on how you use it, the default volume may be too low to use without an external speaker or too loud if you're using your car speakers.
You have the option to adjust this default setting whenever you'd like. Here's how:
- Launch the Settings app from the Home screen of your iPhone or iPad.
- Scroll down a ways and tap on Maps.
- Here you'll see an option for Navigation Voice Volume. Here you can adjust the loudness of the default volume Maps will use.
If at anytime you'd like to override the volume, you can of course use the volume controls to do so.


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Sr. Technical Recruiter/Lead Recruiter
(US Recruitment)
To handle complete recruitment life cycle for US Recruitment:
Having 4 yrs of core recruitment experience including more than 1 year of leadership management skills managing people under me.
Proven expertise in recruiting for technical and business professionals in diversified industries including Telecommunication, Information Technology, Financial, Banking, Pharmaceutical and Insurance.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, multi-task, and take initiatives in catering to requirements.
Expertise in end-to-end recruitment cycle.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, presentation skills, efficient in working with various departments and handling multiple priorities.
Well versed with US (contract/permanent) recruitments.
Successful with high volume recruiting environment, productive in working in team environment as well as working independently.
Actively involved in social networking sites viz linkedin, google groups to get connected to the skilled people and different vendors where I can get good resources.
Worked on different VMS viz. Agile1, Synergy, Vision IT, Progata, Field Glass, Peoplesclick and handled direct clients Merck, Dupont, AT&T;, Henkel, PG&E;, Dominion, Abbott Labs, EFH, Capital One, Microsoft, NESS technologies, and different State clients.
A talent for analyzing problems, developing procedures and finding innovative solutions.
Strong client liaison, business development and relationship building skills.
Result-oriented, profit-focused team player with strong interpersonal and analytical skills giving me the ability to make solid recommendations and positively impact business decisions.
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Yes, you read that right: I just referred to all this as an Educational Travel Blog EMPIRE. And I am one happy Empress.
Ambition, folks, ambition! Mark my words: this whole thing will get bigger and bigger, so climb aboard early!
Here is an update on what's shakin' on this end:
1. My first ever video interview was just published on NY1 (click for the link!) regarding TBEX10, the world travel blogging conference, and [...Read More!]


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Your Edge: Slide and Recover With Ohio's Chad Wiedmeier
by Chad Wiedmeier as told to Matt DaSilva | LaxMagazine.com | Twitter
Ohio Machine and Trilogy Lacrosse defenseman Chad Wiedmaier's slide-and-recovery tips
Take Nothing for Granted
|This article originally appears in the May 2014 issue of Lacrosse Magazine. Join US Lacrosse today to start your subscription!
I traveled to Uganda in 2011 to coach with Fields of Growth. It just slapped perspective on my life. As simple as being able to drive a car down the street and getting food—that's something most Americans take for granted. Just to get water on a daily basis is a struggle. When we were in the rainforest, these people have to walk half a mile down the side of a mountain to fill up these gallon-water tanks and then walk with them on their shoulders. I did that side-by-side with a woman who couldn't have been taller than 4-foot-9. She did it with minimal effort. I'm supposed to be an athlete, and I was huffing and puffing.
One player on one of the teams I was coaching had some pretty serious scars on his face. I found out later he had been abducted as a child soldier. Playing lacrosse brought him away from those experiences.
Bike the Bridge
Trilogy is in a cool area of New York City I never knew about. I live on Manhattan's lower east side. We work in DUMBO. It stands for Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass. It's startup central—so many companies, brands, thinkers and artists. There is no better view of New York than from DUMBO. I just ride my bike over the bridge every morning to get here.
Want to be Coached
[Ohio Machine coach] Bear Davis was the coach at Robert Morris for a while. I never really knew much about Coach, but I remember checking scores of games and I was like, "God, this Robert Morris team is putting up an absurd amount of points." We really feel like we have a coach again. Even at the pro level, we want to be coached. We want to feel like someone really cares about what we're doing. It's great to be coached again.
Sliding to a spot in lacrosse is kind of like a pass in soccer, a linear idea. Sending someone a through-ball downfield, you want to put it where they're going to be, not where they are.
Last year (2-12 season) was kind of a drag. The low point was when we lost to Denver by 15 goals and I ended up scoring on our own goal. It was pretty much the bottom of the barrel. It was a ground ball in a pressure situation. I threw it back to our goalie Brian Phipps when he happened to think I was going to throw it to him outside the crease. As soon as the ball left my stick and I saw he was running out, we both had one of those moments like a blockbuster Hollywood film where we're both screaming, "Noooo."
Toward the end of last year we had something going. We ended up
knocking Boston out of the playoffs. Logan [Schuss], Steele
[Stanwick] and [Marcus] Holman are pretty awesome. You saw those
three guys really jell in that game. That could be special this
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Posts Tagged 'pirate ships'
Kartuga Reveals Ship Types In New Video
Innogames, the creators of Tribal Wars, is bringing us another F2P online game. This time, it takes us to the seas where you are engaging in naval battles as pirates. In the free browser game Kartuga, you jump in the role of a ...


text: A definition: Organizational development is a top-down management-supported, long-range effort to improve an organization's problem-solving and renewal processes, particularly through a more effective and collaborative diagnosis and management of organization culture, with special emphasis on formal workteam, temporary team, and intergroup culture, with the assistance of a consultant - facilitator and the use of the theory and technology of applied behavioral science, including action research. Kurt Lewin was a founder of the Organizational Development (OD) movement. He described organizations as existing in a state of "quasi-stationary equilibrium", which means they tend to be stable and resist change. Lewin felt the OD specialists task was to (1) unfreeze the organization, (2) change it, and then (3) refreeze it in the new configuration. He utilized a method called "action research", which is much like scientific research, except that adjustments are made in the research strategy as feedback is obtained.


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Press Release
From the Office of State Senator Rodney Ellis
For Immediate Release
November 17, 2004
Contact: Brandon Dudley, (713) 236-0306
Senator Ellis Files Legislation to Protect Texas Consumers Against ID Theft
(Austin)// -- Senator Rodney Ellis (D-Houston) filed Senate Bill 99 and Senate Bill 100 today to provide protection for Texas consumers against ID theft. Senate Bills 99 and 100 improve and expand upon identity theft legislation Senator Ellis passed in the 78th legislative session. Senate Bill 473, passed in 2003, is one of the most progressive pieces of ID theft legislation in the country. That bill allows consumers to freeze their credit when there is evidence of identity theft by filing a police report stating that they were victim of identity left.
Senate Bill 100 improves upon this consumer protection and allows consumers to freeze their credit without a police report. Filing a police report on this sort of crime can be difficult because of complex jurisdictional issues. This new legislation allows consumers to stop identity theft more efficiently and immediately by doing away with that requirement.
"We need to make it as easy as possible for hardworking Texans to protect themselves from financial predators," Senator Ellis stated. "This legislation will give victims the right to play a more pro-active and effective role in stopping those people that have taken their identity."
Senate Bill 99 prevents credit granting entities or agencies from denying applicants credit based on the fact that they have been victims of ID theft in the past. "We can't allow credit agencies to discriminate against innocent Texans for circumstances beyond their control," said Ellis. Similar legislation has been pursued by the state of California to ensure that consumers who have been victims of identity theft are not punished for their misfortune by being denied credit cards, mortgages, car loans and other necessary forms of lending.


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- Corn Trait Pipeline: A Field of Dreams
- Monsanto
- Pioneer
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- Dow AgroSciences
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The next several decades will bring hybrids to battle more pests and diseases, optimize inputs and provide specific end-use traits.
Much has occurred in the trait market for corn since the first Bt hybrids were commercialized in the mid 1990s. Today, more than two-thirds of U.S.-planted corn has trait(s) designed to ward off harm from the most damaging corn insect pest.
But the trait pipeline is only in its infancy. Fueled by better, more precise breeding tools and processes, plant breeders are unlocking more secrets to the corn genome, which makes the current line-up pale in comparison to tomorrow's traits.
But it can take decades for a trait to progress from discovery to the field. Still, major trait-provider companies have a robust pipeline of products hitting the market in coming years. Many are working on similar end-use products, although methodology can differ on how the product is being developed. There are also several collaborations between the major providers to bring these traits to market faster.