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Residential/Commercial Solar PV installations
Basic information and installation guides for roof mounted systems (Ed Larsen, Building Official) May-June 2008 City of Flagstaff/Project Review Section
Design and Permits A building permit is required for a Solar PV or thermal solar system. Staff has prepared a Memorandum (Memo #106; which is periodically updated) on the submittal requirements. These permits are not issued over-the-counter. If the system is to be connected to the grid (APS utility system), then a copy of the approved interconnect agreement and a licensed contractor is required for the final installation and "green tag". For off-grid or battery systems, a licensed contractor is not necessarily required. If the system is not roof mounted, then the arrays must be protected from the general public. This can be done by establishing racks at eight (8) feet or greater above the ground level or by providing fencing or a skirting system around the underside of the panels to prevent contact with wiring. Permits are not issued over the counter, but require plan review. Simplified drawings are allowed. A one line or block schematic is required and a three-line wiring diagram (indicating wiring sizes and all leads) is also required.
Design and Permits - continued
There are some minor conflicts between Article 690 of the 2005 NEC and the wiring sizes for various breakers. The inverter specifications should be carefully compared to the general requirements [i.e., a PV system may only require #10s or #12 AWG wiring on the AC side and the max current (amps) may be 30 or less; however, the designer goes for the maximum size for the panel of a double pole 40 amp breaker….this requires #8 AWG wiring, ooops! Grounding is important and the use of Weib grounding clips to the channels makes it easier. One key factor is that the Weib clips can only be torque'd once, so make sure panel alignment is correct the first time. All of the components of the solar PV system need to be UL listed and manufactured specifically for solar installations. When combining the metal conduit with plastic or non-metallic boxes (which are superior on roof tops or any location exposed to weather), then grounding lugs with interconnections between the ends of the conduit needs to be used – bonding requirements.
Permit application The applicant must include a copy of the APS inter-connection agreement for grid tied systems. A regular residential or commercial building permit application is also required. The residential permit will only include fees for the electrical items. The City of Flagstaff does not do a technical review for "good design", so the applicant must make sure that the efficiency for the system has been reviewed and discussed with the designer. A licensed contractor is required for the grid connection systems.
Other drawings required
Both a one-line block diagram is required showing the critical components of the solar PV system (right) and a three-line drawing which indicates the sizes of conductors, fuses, disconnects, breakers, etc. These are the same requirements for APS or the Utility company.
Calculation worksheet
The calculation worksheet (which can be obtained from Brooks Engineering (or other solar PV websites) allows the designer to quickly match the inverter information, the PV panel specifications, temperature & wiring sizes for the entire system. It will help even the plan reviewer note discrepancies or potential problems (recommended, but not required for submittal).
Solar definition basics *Definitions from Brooks Engineering
PV Cell – The basic photovoltaic (PV) device that is the building block of PV modules. The cell is a thin wafer of silicon which changes light into electric current PV Modules - one solar cell produces 0.5 volts and 36 cells are connected together to charge 12 volt batteries, pumps and motors. The new standard is 72 cells per module for 24 volts and operating at about 30 volts. The module is the basic building block of systems. The PV cells are connected in series and/or parallel and encapsulated in an environmentally protective laminate Integrated PV Modules are often constructed to look like materials normally found in construction – i.e., shingles PV Array – A group of panels that comprises the complete direct current PV generating unit. (Sometimes referred to as a "string").
Residential Install Typical roof top installation uses a rack mounting system, panels set in arrays or "strings" (multiple panels) and conduit for interconnection of panels. Shown here are Sharp 170s. A cell or module is a single silicon unit and generators 0.5 volts.
Day one of installation
The layout crew will measure the surface area of the roof and must check the exact location of the roof framing members beneath. Since the panels add a tributary load of between 3-5 psf, this extra dead load is minimal and should not require a structural engineer. However, the rack system requires that the anchors are embedded into the roof framing, not just the sheathing.
Track system and mounts
This "standoffs" or spacers of this Pro-Solar system is attached using 5/8" diameter, 3" long lag bolts through the metal roofing, ½" OSB and penetrating the 2-1/8" wide TJI top chord webs. The holes are pre-marked and drilled. Henry's 9000 gutter and flashing sealant is used to prevent roof leakage.
Racks and vertical supports
The front "rails" will have small restraining clips to hold the front of each panel. The vertical uprights [shown behind the rail] will elevate the panel to the desired angle for the specific latitude of the project. The clips are adjustable from side-to-side. For the vertical support legs (once cut to the correct length) also allow the installer to adjust the tilt of the legs. This system will be 35 degrees (optimal for Flagstaff)
Racks and vertical supports
Although installation could be done by one individual, a multi-crew installation makes holding the rails to the vertical supports much easier. These rails are aluminum and easy to cut and hold in place.
Racks and connections The spacing between the solar PV arrays is critical. As the sun moves to the maximum height (azimuth) during the summer months to a lower height during the winter months, the panels must not shade each other. Partial vertical shading will only "short circuit" part of a panel; but horizontal shading will stop electrical production for the entire panel and thus the array. The spacing needs to be done during the design phase and prior to any installation. The legs get minor adjustments using flat washers to keep the bars level.
Racks and connections The alum. "C" channel shaped rails are connected together and must have a grounding bond between the rails. Charlie is securing a pre-drilled connector that will snuggly clamp two twenty foot sections together. A bonding scrap, using a lock washer straddles the two channels and is tightened down. The Weeb splicers are used as the grounding is not sufficient with just the ProSolar splice kit.
Rack installation - continued
The installer works to keep the legs and rails plumb. Care is given during the "setup" stage to prevent having to disassemble or make major adjustments once the panels are installed. This system has a total of 33 Sharp 170 watt panels or a maximum production of 5.61 Kwh. The layout and rack installation took 2-1/2 days to complete (prior to installing any panels).
First Panels going up The first panel goes in and the installers check the racks for plumb and alignment. There will be a total of eleven (11) panels per array. The Sharp 170 watt panel being used here is guaranteed for 25 years. The open current voltage is 43.2 volts, the Max power is 34.8 volts, the Max current is 4.9 amps and the model efficiency is 13.1% The panels weigh 37.8 pounds each and are 62"x32-1/2"x1-3/4" in size. (array configuration depends upon the maximum size of 600 Volts, DC) (Price of panels for this installation was approximately $725 each)
Panel install continues
Panel arrays must be kept at the same angle (when the roof plane changes) to keep the voltage production the same. Some adjustments may be required; Kelly, Drew and Chuck are keeping the first panel square prior to tightening the lags.
Conduit & Conductors Conduit sizing is covered by Article 690 & 230 of the NEC (City of Flagstaff is using 2005 NEC). The boxes must be grounded; so there are several key considerations in using plastic boxes (weather proofing for snow and water) with metal conduit. The metal conduit here uses grounding lug end connectors and "jumper" wires (sized per Code) to keep the grounding and bonds of the conduit, rails, panels and boxes consistent. This is all connected to a grounding terminal in the box adjacent to the inverter. Sizing of the wire should be based upon the panel voltage requirements. The proposed system would allow standard 12 gauge wiring; however, going to the next larger size (10 gauge) is more efficient and doesn't cause voltage loss to heat because the gauge is marginal or undersized. Because this is a metal roof installation, THWN 90 high heat wiring and insulation were used.
Wiring & Connections 1 3 Photos: #1, wire spool racks with 10 gauge wiring and color coded make the pulling of wires easier. #2, the DC switch with grounding and lug terminals are used to connect the arrays to the inverter (this is a Sun Boy 6000). #3, junction boxes and conductors are elevated above the roof deck to prevent damming of leaves and debris during rain and snow storms. #4 The conduit is held up from the decking with artificial decking blocks (pre-drilled) and caulking; string line keeps system aligned. 2 4
More electrical Electrician checks grounding between conduit in plastic boxes. The inverter needs to be shaded and out of the weather. For this roof top installation, the Sunny Boy 6000 is mounted under an overhang. The inverter weighs 145 pounds and comes with a special mounting bracket. The owner here wanted the entire system secured and used a ¾" plywood backer that was supported by three vertical studs and secured with 12, evenly spaced 3" deck screws to hold the weight. The entire mounting board was painted prior to installation.
Misc. connections The solar panels come pre-wired with a male and female plug system. The panels are "active" or capable of producing DC voltage the minute the sun light hits the panel. Photos: #1, solar cell junction box at back of panels; #2 cabling for panels is carefully tucked into the rack channels [care to prevent crimping of connectors under panel edges]; #3 lightening arresting system installed in junction box ahead of inverter; #4, conduit down to photo voltaic meter at ground level. 1 2 3 4
Connection to Service panel
Feed breaker may not exceed 20% of the panel service size. This case, the house service was 200 amps, this limits the breaker to 40 amps; max. output for this system is 25 amps. During final inspection, it was determined that the wiring size (10 gauge) needed to be a double pole 30 amp fuse or increase the wire size to #8s for the 40 amp breaker. Breaker was changed.
Conduit from roof to panel
Since this panel is exterior to the house (open to the environment), the panel needs to be connected through the bottom of the existing service panel. The bare copper wire is connected to the service panel grounding lug and uses the existing UFER to complete the ground.
Metering A digital AC "power" production meter is installed after the lock out junction box for the system. The Utility Company (APS) wants this lock out accessible without going into a fenced backyard. The meter must be read once a year and the information sent to the Utility Company within 15 days. The safety requirement for the metering is to prevent the customer from "back feeding" the grid system. If this disconnect wasn't there and APS had to work on the lines, then the lines could be "hot" even though air-breakers had been tripped
Panel labels Note: More warning labels are required adjacent to the inverter and DC disconnect at the roof location. Once APS or the utility company authorizes the connection to the grid, a secondary digital meter with remote reading capability will be added to the service panel. During a light usage day and with full sunlight, the service panel meter will run "backwards". APS (servering the Flagstaff Area) will require the owner of the system to read this meter once a year and report the total PV generating quantities. Now that the applicant is in a generator capacity, a log or notebook is probably going to be needed!
More details
Key reminders If a solar panel is partially shaded vertically, then it only reduces the panel production by the percentage of cells shaded; however, shading the top or bottom of a panel horizontally will "short out" the entire panel and reduce the electricity produced. One of the leaders in authoring the Article 690, National Electric Code – Bill Brooks of Brooks Engineering, LLC ] provides an excellent seminar through AZBO. Excellent source of information. [http://www.solarenergy.org/workshops/solarindustry.html] Factoid: "silicon" or sand is the 2nd most abundant material on the plant! When sunlight hits the ground, each square meter (approximately 10 square feet) of earth is capable of producing 1000 watts. The basic formula is P=V*I (v=voltage and I = intensity or current). Factoid: Temperature affect voltage, so voltage increases as temperature drops and is reduced when it gets hotter. Light affect current (intensity) or the amperes. Photo voltaic systems are somewhere between 10-15% efficient (without intensifiers). Solar water heaters (thermal systems) are 40% or greater in efficiency. One silicon solar cell produces 0.5 volts. Electricity is produced when light knocks loose electrons from silicon atoms. The freed electrons have extra energy or "voltage". Cells never "run out" of electrons.
Common Problem Areas Insufficient conductor ampacity and insulation – wiring is undersized for the load or the insulation type is not designed for hot locations. Roof tops often exceed 90 (F) degrees. Excessive voltage drop – DC (direct current) loss because of long distances to inverter. Unsafe wiring methods – inexperience by the installer Lack of or improper placement of over current protection and disconnect devices Use of unlisted or improper application of listed equipment (i.e., AC in DC use) Lack of or improve equipment or system grounding Unsafe installation and use of batteries Improper mounting and connection of equipment and racks
Completed panel array From the street side, this roof top solar panel generating system (5.61 Kwh) awaits the City inspection and "green tag". Once that it completed, APS is scheduled to replace the service panel meter with a bi-direction digital meter and approve the installation for operation. Then during the peak months, the owner hopes to run the meter backwards as it generates more than used.
Now what everyone wants!!!
Click the picture on the left to see the meter in normal operation. Click the picture on the right to see what happens when the inverter kicks in and you are on "solar" power!!!
Commercial Applications
Key considerations for Commercial jobs is a factor of sizing. Per the NEC, systems over 600 amps require a design professional (Arizona State Registrant) to be involved. The following example was for a new commercial grocery store; "New Frontiers" and the system is rather large at 35 Kwh production
New Frontiers – 35 Kwh system (May 2008)
This system uses multiple converters and several large arrays of solar modules (panels) to produce the desired electricity
New Frontiers – array over shed roof (May 2008)
New Frontiers – roof mounted portion
The racking system for this installation is laid flat on the built up roofing system. Care must be taken to interconnect the panels before they are lowered and connected. Obviously, maintenance to an interior panel is more complex.
New Frontiers – another view
The electrical boxes (at ends of panel arrays) and conduit with conductors for the connections to the inverter bank(s) are snaked through a roof mounted and protected conduit (shown in the foreground).
Photo voltaic meter and APS dis-connect switching box
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At least one Silver Lake Regional School Committee member doesn't think the district's proposed new "dream" technology plan is very realistic.
At least one Silver Lake Regional School Committee member doesn't think the district's proposed new "dream" technology plan is very realistic.
School Committee member John Creed, of Kingston, make this known last week as Assistant Superintendent Joy Blackwood and Technology Director Steve Pellowe presented their goals for updating the district's long-term technology plan to the School Committee.
A group organized by high school Principal Richard Kelley that consists of high school and middle school teachers has been working with the district's technology committee to help develop this new plan.
Blackwood said it's the first time they will bring forward a technology plan to each of the school committees. She described the plan as a wish list, or a dream.
"If you don't dream, you never get to achieve," she said.
Adding technology support and staff is a priority on this wish list, she said, with Silver Lake very slim on technology support and staff compared to other school districts. Pellowe said the technology team compared Silver Lake to the state's School Technology and Readiness chart with 23 areas of assessment to determine where the high and middle schools stand.
"Some of the goals, obviously adding personnel is certainly a consideration," he said. A computer technician was a need he highlighted. Other goals are to start replacing equipment and develop equipment replacement plans and to show teachers how to use technology in the classroom.
Creed said he can't support adding personnel after the tough time the School Committee had going to the member towns with next year's budget.
"If we're going to add, then I'm going to have to see a subtraction," he said. "I don't think we can add to the budget and go to the towns again."
He said it wouldn't be a priority for him, prompting School Committee member Maureen Springer of Plympton to react. What a surprise, she said. She noted that she's not knowledgeable about technology but can see the need to replace dated and failing equipment.
"It's going to be costing us more to keep it running," she said. "I know we save a little money, John, but you know what, we have to look at what's important for the kids."
School Committee Chairman Cassanda Hanson, of Halifax, prevented further debate, saying it needs to be clear that it's a wish list and not the time to talk about next year's budget. She said the focus needs to be on the technology plan.
Blackwood said it's simply a presentation for School Committee members to consider. She said the School Committee will be asked to approve the plan at its next meeting in June but that it holds no fiscal weight, with no funding requested. She said it would be in place if need allows it to be carried out.
The 2010-2015 technology plan is available online at www.slrsd.org under school committees and policies and documents.
The School Committee approved the first reading of a streamlined Internet acceptable-use policy that Blackwood said would be included in the district's policy manual and student handbooks.
Pellowe said they eliminated the four different signup forms for technology use, such as one which students would have to sign to watch a DVD, and broadened the language to cover the technology used in the district now and into the future.
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The cabin's oak beams are covered in bark and the cellar floor is made of packed mud. If the small building bristles with history, then little wonder. This was Uncle Tom's Cabin - home to a slave whose autobiography inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's still controversial novel.
Having been owned by the same family for decades, the cabin - along with the three-bedroom colonial house to which it is attached - has been sold.
Less than a month after being put on the market for about $1m (£580,000), the cabin and the house are being purchased by Montgomery County.
"We don't want it to turn into a dentist's office," said Peggy Erickson, the executive director of Heritage Montgomery, an agency that promotes historic tourism and which helped raise money to buy the house.
The owners signed a contract with the county in Maryland last week, rejecting rival bids from a group of doctors who wanted to establish a centre to study world health and from a private bidder. The price wasn't released. The sale is expected to be final at the end of January.
Greg Mallet-Prevost's parents had owned the house since the early 1960s, and he put it up for sale after his mother died in September at the age of 100. The Mallet-Prevosts were history buffs and took great care of the cabin, he said.
"The archaeologists come through here and just go nuts," he told The Washington Post. "They see the dirt floor in the cellar and it's like they're ready with their shovels."
Once the anchor of a 3,700-acre (1,480 hectare) farm that sprawled over much of modern-day Rockville, the house was owned by Isaac Riley, who bought Josiah Henson and his mother in the 1790s.
The cabin was the home of Henson - who was born into slavery in 1789 - after he became superintendent of Riley's farm. He and his family eventually escaped to Canada where he wrote his 1849 autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, formerly a Slave, which inspired Beecher Stowe. The memoir includes a section relating a journey Henson made to Kentucky, transporting 18 other slaves on behalf of Riley. En route, former slaves encouraged him to join them but he said he felt obliged to carry out his task for his owner.
Henson recalled in his autobiography how his mother pleaded with Riley to purchase both her and her child, and was beaten by Riley as she clutched his legs. "This was one of my earliest observations of men; an experience which has been common to me with thousands of my race, the bitterness of which its frequency cannot diminish to any individual who suffers it," Henson wrote.
He recounted beatings and gruelling work for Riley, but also some pride that Riley eventually appointed him manager of the farm. Henson described his quarters as a "cabin used for a kitchen, with its earth floor, its filth, and its numerous occupants".
Beecher Stowe's novel remains controversial and the phrase "Uncle Tom" has become an insult for African Americans accused of selling out their race or seeking approval of whites.
In 2002, Harry Belafonte, accused Colin Powell, the then secretary of state, of having become a "house slave". "In the days of slavery, there were those slaves who lived on the plantation and were those slaves that lived in the house. You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master," the singer said.Reuse content


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- I have not kept up with the debate of feeling vs. reason, so I may be off base, but the notion of the separation of thought and reason is contrary to the very basis of Western philosophy. Consider, Aristotle said all great ideas are a result of problem solving because we don' bother to think unless we have to, since it is so hard. Problems are a result of feelings in conflict with conditions. Hence, all great thought started as a feeling. Only feelings can tell us where we want to go. Only thought can tell us how to get there. If our ancestors had not feared the saber toothed tiger, would they have developed ways to avoid him and had they not would we even be here? Had not Einstein not been frustrated by his efforts to resolve his math problems would he ever have "felt" or intuited his solutions? Carl Jung might have said feelings are just thoughts from the collective unconscious. I believe Sartre him self said we cannot find meaning through thought but only through feeling. ---Bob
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Reason and feeling are functions of the brain. And if you are able to
so neatly tease them apart from one another, you are far more gifted
than most. Do feelings influence and shape thought or is it vice-versa?
Like I've said before, reason is an evolved survival skill. Even if
this skill was implemented species wide, there will always be some who
rationally disagrees with another's reasonability. From an existential
point of view, this idea is relevant and relatively subjective. If one
is so inclined they can only know how to achieve a balance for
themselves. So unless you're able to tinker and adjust the genetic
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Sunday 21 October 2007
Pete's Pond cam discussion - Sunday 21 October 2007
I think my computer likes to sleep at times too! It won't let me close windows already open and then freezes everything. I just turned it off with the power switch and finally got everything up and running again. I see cam at NK is back, sound is still static. Here, I kind of like the low volume sounds of the insects and occassional bird and even some frogs, but when the one has a long constant trilll, that one, I can't take! I now have the volume nearly mute! Hope I notice if something comes, because I won't be able to hear anything! I did see the hyenas earlier and heard them and the jackals.
Is anybody else watching this bird? It seems a little off balance or something, Is that normal?
edit..I think it was just sleepy...almost fell over.
And now the jackals are calling........
And a night ...Grey heron ...later (Pics have been uploaded ... Have fun )
oh my Hyenas calling...whoopers! oh How I missed hearing there calls at NK.
two hyenas...how beautiful they are!
Thank you, Denise for the information about Fatty! When I first started watching this cam, which is very recently, I was surprised to see him! When I tried looking at a map of the area, it didn't seem that there was any connecting river that he could have come from. Since that time, I have learned that many of the rivers and smaller streams in the area are dry during the winter months, but flow rapidly when the rains come. I hope he stays for a long time. It seems he gets enought to eat! I was watching one evening when others were mentioning that he had captured an impala and the carcass was still floating in the pond. I haven't seen him capture anything, but have noticed him laying in the sun or like yesterday, right along the curve of the bank. I also saw one night when he came nose to nose with several terrapins. They didn't seem to be afraid and he just seemed curious and not in any mood to eat them. Birds also come very close when he is on the ground and don't seem worried either. I imagine feathers and terrapin shells are not his favorite appetizers! LOL The web link you posted has a wealth of other information too about the birds and animals that can be seen here. I look forward to learning more about them all! Such an education for everyone watching around the world! As a child, the only animals from Africa I saw were in the old Tarzan movies! Or Jungle Jim was a TV show with animals. I later found that they weren't even filmed in Africa! The ellies that were shown were from India! And some had tigers which would also not be found in Africa. One of the last Tarzan movies and a brief TV show was filmed in South America! Now, of course, I am much more aware of which animals are native to which country. It is so fortunate that the children (and adults) around the world are getting to see all of these different cams! Once my daughter installs more memory in my computer, I hope to be able to have even more open on my screen. Of course, that means I never get any cleaning done in my condo! LOL And I really appreciate all the people who write descriptions of what they see when I am asleep or gone from home. I read the sightings first, then look for any pictures posted and finally all of the chat threads. It can take hours sometimes to catch up when I have been sleeping or gone from home for awhile. Seeing videos too of something really special has been great too! I am looking forward to seeing things live, in a photo or on a video!
wow that waterbuck is very jumpy..poor thing..lol
Thanks Denise !!! ...
Those must be Natal francolins ..
.And those in the tree maybe they are vultures
I had read it in past ...but I forgot it Ann ...Maybe you need to ask Afke at National Geographic forum
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TED has removed the license of TEDxWestHollywood for their planned
"Brother, Can You Spare a Paradigm?" event, says the TEDxWestHollywood blog.
The takedown was only a couple of weeks before the April 14 event (and
after they had spent more than a year preparing), the blog says.
In an email to Suzanne Taylor, the organizer of TEDxWestHollywood, a
representative of TED outlined the objections: "And when we look at your
speaker line-up, we see several people who promote -- as fact --
theories that are well outside what most scientists would accept as
credible. … We disallow speakers who use the language of science to
claim they have proven the truth of ideas that are speculative and which
have failed to gain significant scientific acceptance."
Pseudoscience or suppression of radical ideas?
So which specific speakers does TED object to? "The names of note they
wanted us to qualify for them were Marianne Williamson, Russell Targ,
Larry Dossey, and Marilyn Schlitz," Taylor told KurzweilAI in an email.
"'Pseudoscience' is their phrase of denigration. When I said that
Marianne didn't fit in the science category, they mentioned a concern
lest speakers talk about spirituality. When I assured them that her talk
would not be about God or the like (?), they challenged my knowing that
speakers weren't going to veer off into subjects like that."
Nonetheless, the newly renamed "ExTEDWestHollywood" is moving ahead,
Taylor said. "Speakers all are on board -- miraculously -- and energized."
A public dialogue needed
"The current worldview needs a sea change to where we become a
compassionate humanity, and taking care of one another, species wide,
becomes the bottom line," said Taylor. "This issue of what is or isn't
legitimate subject matter for TED could be the opening for the larger
dialogue to loosen the hold on the culture of such a narrow, old,
Newtonian, cause an effect perspective.
"I am suggesting that TED promote the Live Stream of our program, Ex
TEDx West Hollywood, as something to watch and comment on. Since their
definition of what's worthy has not sat well with their public, let our
program either be the validation of their decision, where it's plain to
see how unworthy our talks are, or be the indication that the parameters
they are using need to change."
TED created a similar recent firestorm by banning talks at
TEDxWhitechapel on January 13, 2013 by author Graham Hancock and
scientist Rupert Sheldrake from the official TED videos website.
TED instead moved them here for viewing and discussion: The debate about
Rupert Sheldrake's talk and The debate about Graham Hancock's talk.
Russell Targ speaks out
"In cancelling the TEDx event in West Hollywood, it appears that I was
accused of 'using the guise of science' to further spooky claims (or
some such)," said physicist Dr. Russell Targ in "The debate about Rupert
Sheldrake's talk" on TED Conversations. (Targ was/is scheduled to speak
on "The Reality of ESP: A Physicist's Proof of Psychic Abilities" at
"People on [the TED Conversations] blog have asked what I was going to
talk about . That's easily answered. I was co-founder of a 23-year
research program investigating psychic abilities at Stanford Research
Institute. We were doing research and applications for the CIA, Defense
Intelligence Agency, Air Force and Army Intelligence, NASA, and others.
"In this $25 million program we used 'remote viewing' to find a downed
Russian bomber in North Africa, for which President Carter commended us.
We found a kidnapped U.S. general in Italy, and the kidnap car that
snatched Patricia Hearst. We looked in on the US hostages in Iran, and
predicted the immanent release of Richard Queen, who was soon sent to
Germany. We described a Russian weapons factory in Siberia, leading to a
U.S. congressional investigation about weakness in U.S/ security, etc.
"We published our scientific findings in Nature, Proc. IEEE, Proc. AAAS,
and Proc. American Institute of Physics. I thought a TED audience would
find this recently declassified material interesting. And no physics
would be harmed in my presentation."
UPDATE: April 1, 2013
TED has now posted "A note to the TED community on the withdrawal of the
TEDxWestHollywood license" and has opened a discussion on this here. The
note states that a TED-like experience should exclude "talks that use
the language of science to present speculative claims as fact." Quoting
the TED statement:
The program theme (which has since been edited online) was described
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Brother, Can You Spare a Paradigm? will deal with the need to change our
fundamental value system or worldview to one in which humanity pulls
together, superseding the current worldview where whoever has the most
toys wins. The new ideation will be based on what science tells us is a
quantum universe, with everything being interconnected and
interdependent -- one organism that needs to function for the good of
the whole.
This language alone raised a red flag. (Characterizing the universe as a
single organism is not a tenet of quantum physics.) As more details
became available, we made the curatorial judgment that the program was
not appropriate for TEDx. Our decision was not based on any individual
speaker, but our assessment of the overall curatorial direction of the
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- Free WiFi and free parking
Main amenities
- 24 guestrooms
- 2 restaurants
- Breakfast available
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For families
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- Satellite TV service
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What's around
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Dogs and Instrumental Electro Rock? Yes, Please.
You probably woke up this morning not knowing that you needed a slow-mo music video of dogs leaping through the air catching frisbees and tennis balls, but you really, really need it. I'm a huge fan of dogs and electro rock, so while this may seem like a strange combination, L.A. Takedown cracked me up and had me coming back time and time again to watch and listen to the great song. "Bad Night At Black's Beach," starts off with this ominous bass part and dark synth line and slowly builds into a jam, but the visual accompaniment is quite unexpectedly light hearted. Take a watch below and make your day a bit brighter.


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Recent surveys reviewing the state of family finances in the UK have revealed that although budgets in April were significantly squeezed things have improved in May.
The latest Income Tracker from supermarket group Asda showed a 7.1 per cent year-on-year fall in family spending power last month, meaning that households had an average of £167 per week to spend – down £13 from March.
According to a report from global financial information services firm Markit however household finances recovered in May to experience the smallest deterioration for four months.
April was made particularly tough for families thanks to rise in the Consumer Price Index from 4.0 to 4.5 per cent, with goods, utilities bills, transport and rental costs all rising during the month.
Charles Davis, Managing Economist at Cebr, the economic group that helps compile the Asda report, commented: "While the Asda Income Tracker showed signs of stabilising in March, as falling food prices pushed down inflation, subsequent rises in transport and utilities prices have pushed the cost of living back upwards
"This is being compounded by lacklustre annual earnings growth, which is currently running at less than half the rate of inflation. Households are under significant financial duress at the moment and it looks like high inflation will keep up the squeeze throughout the year."
Households seem to have more room to manoeuvre this month, with inflation perceptions easing to their lowest rate since December 2010, according to Markit's research.
It's Household Finance Index for May shows that although average finances continued to worsen this month, four out of five income groups were less downbeat about their current financial position than they were in April.
Contributing factors to this included inflation worries declining and job security rising, leading to a spending rise with 26 per cent of respondents claiming they increased the amount they spent in the month.
Tim Moore, Senior Economist at Markit, said: "May's survey showed a small but encouraging rebound in households' financial outlook, following a record low during April and declines throughout the first quarter of 2011.
Mortgage holders were much less downbeat than in April, possibly reflecting recent indications that the Bank of England will keep rates on hold for longer.
"Reduced job insecurity and a modest fall in inflation expectations from recent highs also contributed to the slightly less downbeat assessment of future household finances in May."
Moore cautions however that the Markit figures show that inflation continues to put pressure on families, household debt is increasing and major item purchases are still lower than at the nadir of the recession.


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An oil painting, HMAS Perth fights to the last, 28th February, 1942, by official war artist Murray Griffin. It was painted circa 1942-43 at Changi Prison, Singapore, where Perth survivors and Griffin were held as POWs.
In late February 1942, Japanese amphibious forces were preparing to invade Java, in the Netherlands East Indies.
On February 27, the main American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM) naval force, under Admiral Karel Doorman, sailed northeast from Surabaya to intercept a Japanese invasion fleet. The ABDA force consisted of two heavy cruisers, including USS Houston (under Captain Albert H. Rooks), three light cruisers including HMAS Perth (Captain Hector Waller), and nine destroyers. Only six of the nine 8-inch guns on Houston were operable, since her aft turret had been knocked out in an earlier air attack.
The ABDA force engaged the Japanese force in the Java Sea. The Allied ships were all sunk or dispersed. Houston and Perth both retreated to Tanjung Priok, Java, the main port of Batavia (later Jakarta), where they arrived at 13:30 on February 28.
By chance, just after 22:00, the IJA 16th Army's Western Java Invasion Convoy — over 50 transports,and including the Army's commander, Lt Gen. Hitoshi Imamura — was entering Bantam Bay, near the northwest tip of Java. The Japanese troop transports were escorted by the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, led by Rear Admiral Kenzaburo Hara and the 7th Cruiser Squadron, under R. Adm. Takeo Kurita. Hara's light cruiser Natori, with the destroyers Harukaze, Hatakaze, Asakaze, Fubuki, Hatsuyuki, Shirayuki, Shirakumo, and Murakumo were closest to the convoy. To the north was V. Adm. Takeo Kurita's 7th Cruiser Squadron; its 2nd Division, the cruisers Mogami and Mikuma, with the destroyer Shikinami flanked the bay to the north.
Some time around 23:00, the Allied ships were sighted by the patrolling Fubuki, which followed them surreptitiously. At 23:06, when they were about half-way across the mouth of Bantam Bay, Perth sighted a ship about eight kilometres (five miles) ahead, near Sint Nicolaas Point. It was thought at first that the ship was an Australian corvette, but when challenged, she made an unintelligible reply, with a lamp which was the wrong colour, and then turned away, making smoke. The ship was soon identified as a Japanese destroyer (probably Harukaze). Waller reported the contact and ordered his forward turrets to open fire.
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I have tried loads of various fixes. Excluding/including child categories in a query just adds/removes unwanted categories, and all other is / in_category is just being ignored. However, I stumbled up this snippet which gets me almost there:
<?php $cat_object = $wp_query->get_queried_object(); $parentcat = ($cat_object->category_parent) ? $cat_object->category_parent : $cat; wp_list_cats("child_of=$parentcat"); ?>
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Well, what can I say about me? Um... I´m a normal German working woman, 30 years old, who just loves to play video games, spend time outside, hanging out with friends or just plain annoying the hell outta my husband! >:)
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I may enjoy yaoi, but at the same time I know that most of the pairings I like (Guy x Luke, Yosuke x Souji, Yuri x Flynn, Duo x Heero, etc.) are not canon pairings, so I think I´m not that extreme like other fangirls who just insist that only their beloved yaoi pairing is the canon one. You can also see that in my fanfictions, because I have yet to write a yaoi one (I´m thinking about one for Junjou Romantica, but I don´t think that´ll ever happen).
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For a decade, one of the research strengths at the University of Calgary has been in the field of biomedical engineering. In areas such as neurosurgery, joint repair, and stem cell production, the university has positioned itself as a global leader. A new, forward-thinking plan — channeling cross-faculty research in engineering, medicine, kinesiology, veterinary medicine, science and nursing — provides a carefully-considered strategy to help the university address complex, global health-care research challenges, and opens the door for even broader collaboration.
A plan was set in motion at the University of Calgary on Monday that will guide interdisciplinary research for years to come in the important field of biomedical engineering.
The university announced the launch of the Engineering Solutions for Health: Biomedical Engineering (BME) Research Strategy. President Elizabeth Cannon, Vice-President (Research) Ed McCauley and theme leader Michael Kallos revealed the strategy to a crowd at the Rozsa Centre.
"I am proud that we have a solid direction for biomedical engineering research that represents the vision of our collective biomedical engineering academic research community," said President Cannon. "This strategy embodies what is best about the University of Calgary — our drive, our passion, and our bold aspirations."
Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering tools and approaches to advance knowledge and solve problems in animal and human biology, medicine and health care. "This strategy takes on the challenge of improving quality of life through biomedical engineering in an innovative and exciting way," says McCauley. "The research guided by this strategy will make a difference to average Canadians every day: it will extend lives, promote independence, and provide health-care professionals with more effective tools to do their jobs. We're excited and inspired by this comprehensive, ambitious strategy."
Strategy outlines priorities and challenges for BME research in years to come
The strategy outlines how the university will approach biomedical engineering research moving forward. "In 2013 we assembled our BME thought leaders to develop a preliminary strategy," explained Kallos. "From there, we consulted the campus community — faculty, researchers, and students — who provided fantastic input at town hall meetings, through online surveys, and by reaching out to members of the leadership committee."
The strategy went through a rigorous draft process, and the result is a comprehensive long-term vision for biomedical engineering at the university. The solutions generated by BME research will have an impact on patients, industry, health-care professionals, government, strategic clinical networks, and the health-care system.
The strategy identifies three priority research themes. "Each priority research theme addresses specific challenges within our field, and is an area where the university possesses significant research capacity," says Professor Kallos. "The themes are: Integrated Approaches for Prevention and Healthy Aging, Technologies for Improved Diagnostics, and Engineered Novel Therapeutics. We've also identified an emerging research theme, focused on using engineering tools and approaches to improve patient flow through the health-care system."
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The strategy focuses on strengthening and leveraging the interdisciplinary confederation of scholars on campus. "The University of Calgary has a long and successful history of collaborative biomedical engineering research and high-quality training across the institution," says Kallos. "Biomedical engineering scholars are already working in integrated teams to tackle key research priorities. The additional cross-disciplinary connections that will be built as we execute this strategy will build on this foundation and promote a dynamic and productive research environment, for all kinds of challenges." Over the last decade, scholars from engineering, medicine, kinesiology, veterinary medicine, science and nursing have worked together, and the new strategy provides a framework for even broader collaboration.
Vice-president McCauley also announced $1 million in funding to support BME researchers executing the strategy. "This investment is designed to support our confederation of scholars as they seek to address the challenges laid out by the research strategy," he said.
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This small memorial was where the dictatorship imprisoned and tortured dissidents. The information is well-presented. The small area behind the cells where the prisoners were allowed 1 hour of exercise per week puts the horror of this place in perspective.
I really like this museum and also my students when I took them there to know a little bit more about their own history. I believe you should never forget this moment in our lives.
A small memorial about the hard times of brazilian dictatorship. This building was actually used as prison. It's a hard and painful experience, but as any memorial, really important to remember those facts so it cannot happen again. It's not a typical tourist attraction but I would definitely recommend it.
I'm a local, and I've just arrived from a trip through Chile and Argentina, where I could realize how the human rights violation issue in military government times is important in these countries. As other Latin American countries, Brazil has also wounds from these times.
The part I liked most was a timeline of Brazil's republican period, where historical facts,...
I had a better understanding of Brazils history after leaving this museum. It gives a good overview of the resistance and repression of political movements and ethnic groups in Brazil from the end of the 19th century until now, of course focusing on the period of the dictatorship. Visitors have the chance to see three prisons where political prisoners were...
It was a little bit difficult to find the museum, but it was a remarkable visit. There they have the cells where people used to be tortured or remained during dictatorial government in Brazil. Few brasilians know this memorial, but should know! Although it´s a very simple and small memorial it´s very emotional, because you can see writings on the...
When I got there, there was a exhibition going on which had many paintings done by people that had been held prisioners during Brazil's dictatorship times. It was one of most impressive things I've seen.
Besides that, the building in which the museum is located is the same where one of the prisons of that time was maintained. There is...
Now part of the International Sites of Conscience, important museum to visit to learn about the repression that took place under the recent dictatorship in Brazil. Interesting site, in the old police building.
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