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Can you root for Olly? Absolutely!
Can you root for Olly? Absolutely!
I just find your interactions hilarious, which I'm sure is why you pursue them.
Just to be difficult, 4 hives, 2 nucs and trying to get 2 nucs QR for the winter (emerge Sept 1). So I could be 4, 6 or 8! how do you count? Treatment? not this season, yet, low counts.
Seriously 4 to count.
Why do we fall, sir? So that we might learn to pick ourselves up Alfred Pennyworth Batman Begins (2005)
Im in!
Just combined a nuc with a weaker hive so in my country yard I have 6 hives, two singles and 4 doubles. In town I have 2 doubles. I was going to make some nucs up but have decided not to.
So I have a total of 8 hives going into fall/winter and I am taking them in treatment free.
And I am also very happy right now that I get to stop feeding for a while as well as the tar weed is in full bloom and everywhere this year!! They have stopped sucking down the sugar syrup which is also a clear indication of a flow.
Coyote Creek Bees
I will be going into winter with 14 hives all were wintered over or splits from my hives. I am completely treatment free.
Charlie B, somehow I was thinking that you were only counting swarms:lookout :, so I will need to add 3 more hives, my total number of hives going into winter will be 6.
Bill...in Southeast Ohio Zone 6A, Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up
Charlie, I hope to live up to your confidence in me, your a peach.
Bill...in Southeast Ohio Zone 6A, Never look down on anybody unless you are helping them up
I am in.
8 hives. No treatments in any of them ever, 1-3 years old hives.
PS we get a real winter here (OK not a North Dakota real winter but colder than most)
Dan Hayden 5 Years. 10 hives. Tx Free. USDA Zone 5b.
4 hives, 2 nucs going in. Here come our 9 months of rain...
Why is everybody getting in a month early? Charlies rules are the rules.
"The winter time frame for the purposes of this challenge is October 1, 2012 to March 1, 2013."
I will count my hives at the end of September and not include the dozen that die before then.
Where can I order 50 queens for mid September delivery?
I'm in but I'll wait until October 1 to post my hive count.
With an average minimum temperature of 42.90 degrees Fahrenheit, is it really that much of a challenge to overwinter bees in San Mateo, California?
Trying to think inside the box...
Hey, how about some sort of handicap system, based on the average number of days below a set temperature, like 32 deg F.? No way am I going to be able to compete with someone from Florida or Cali. when my bees are in Wisconsin.
Crazy Roland
>No way am I going to be able to compete with someone from Florida or Cali. when my bees are in Wisconsin.
>is it really that much of a challenge to overwinter bees in San Mateo, California?
Cold has little or nothing to do with my winter losses, although a brood break during a real winter might help. My bees have been collapsing due to some mystery "CCD" type problem. They can fly and collect pollen almost 365 days a year. But they probably have mites and DVW all year long, lots of queens that disappear/fail prematurely, as winter progresses many lose population, and die en mass in the few cold rainy days we have. Next to them are strong hives that winter just fine. Going into winter with a brand new queen seems to often guarantee survival. I have kept bees over 42 years and this problem began in 2006.
The bad thing about bee keeping, is when you make mistakes that cost you hives...
- moving hives a short distance in late fall and loosing a LOT of foragers, weakening the hive and ultimately loosing it
-Having queens from warmer climates of unknown genetics and unknown age head the hives going into the winter.
-not monitoring for mites regularly, especially in fall.
-not realizing there is a darth in late summer and allowing the queens to shut down, just when you need those upcoming young bees to overwinter.
(I could go on, but I bet you get it by now)
The good thing about bee keeping is that once you get over the loss and your stupid mistakes, you look forward to the next season so you can apply what you've learned. So sure you've got it this time!
So yes, I am in for OdFranks challenge. Mites have been almost non excitant all summer-(we'll see if they stay that way once all the capped brood is open) Hives are well fed and heavy-or will be by October-Yellow jackets have been outsmarted, etc. Almost every queen is home raised from superior stock and locally mated in mid summer.
I will have about 85 hives and nucs after combining a few more smaller mating nucs. As a second year beekeeper, that is already a challenge! We'll wait for the final count when I get back from Montana after I show the boys how to bring home dinner with a little stick
Not sure how I am going to winterize the box's yet other than clustering them together somewhat on the benches. I'll update if I get any bright ideas.
I have a long inactive period and wet rainy winters here..They won't become activly laying again until mid- April.
Western Washington State, near the Canadian border.
The young queens are laying like crazy..I am already in much better shape this year. In fact some hives have two queens...Hee hee, is that cheating?
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text: Stage 2 of this lengthy thread… The auto start. I chose to install the new viper 5904 auto start and security system with the HD screen. I have not added the smart start mod but I will in the near future. First of all I suggest setting the unit up on a table or tool box, secure it and prewire the entire system based on wire location and install style. Tape everything it will help it blend with the factory harnesses. Above all else, take your time! Do not rush, I have been doing these systems for 8 years and it still takes me two hours to do an auto start and security system on silverados (one of the easiest vehicles on the planet to do) looks are second only to functionality. The unit looks pretty messy in these pictures but it looks great under the dash, in fact, you cant even find it or the wiring if you looked. This is the one mile two way version and here is a list of wires I had to access for this unit. GM Data wire- purple (located at the OBD 2) Power- red wires at the ignition harness, I tape just below that where the wire length is abundant and makes it easier. Ignition-there are two of them White and Pink, located in the same spot as power Accessory- there are two of them, Brown and Orange, located with ignition Starter- Yellow, located with Ignition harness. I do NOT use the starter kill system. It is too cold up here in Alaska and we run of the risk of electrical malfunctions and I want my truck to have the ability to start at ALL times even with the failure of the auto start system. Brake wire-light blue, located in the harness next to the OBD 2 plug, you will find that you will end up routing your antenna, data wire and brake wire along this harness. This is the wiring you will need if you end up using the module from xpress kits called DPKLGM Stage 3...LED/HID conversion. So here it is, the biggest problem with LED conversion is the are often not plug and play and the light imaging is often a very narrow angle. The LEDs I used are from vision X and offer 120 degree angle for maximum lighting. They are the best LEDs I can find right now and considering my long standing relationship with Vision… I didn't look too hard for better ones. Here is how my conversion has turned out so far, I still havent finished, I ran out of rivet LEDs and when they get here I will finish the doors and park light switch. Thanks for reading this thread and PM me with ANY question, suggestions or general comments!! Always anxious to hear other ideas or bounce ideas off fellow enthusiasts.

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Here are some of the more widely used commands inside the console of the game; to get the key to access to console please refer to the Keyboard Layout.
Every command is constituted by a title and the correct syntax, the correct syntax is written right below the title.
help: provides a list with attached description of every command
drawwater on/off: self explantory this command is able to enable/disable water grafic inside the map during the game
drawboundaries on/off: this command enable the diplay of the spheres used to detecting collisions by the engine (turining on can be cpu & grafic intensive)
drawshippath on/off: this is mainly for developers, it's used to display circles wich delimites the area where ships are allowed to sail
frametimer on/off: this command exable chat messages that informs you about the frame rate the game is currently running
framespersecondlimit #: enables and sets the limiter for the frame rate to the input value
noroam on/off: when turned on, disables the algorythm wich reduces grafic details according to the zoom level. WARNING: very powerful grafic hardware will be requied in order to be able to maintain smoothness in the animations
whisper "playername" "text": sends a private message to the specified player, only the nominated player & all the admins currently logged in will be able to see the message
say "text": displays a text to every player in the game, this can also be achived by pressing the "T" key during the game
teamsay "text" displays a text to every player in in your current team, if you are not playing in a team server, the text will be displayed to everyone, this can also be achived by pressing the "Y" key during the game
admin: provides an help list of current supportied admin commands, every command that is a child of this section will have to contain the prefix admin followed by a space.
admin login "username" "password": log in as server administrator, allowing you to use admin commands, this will also lets you see every message sayed including whispers, admin talk, and team chat in teams different from yours.
admin logout: logs out as admin
admin show: this command displays a list of all current players, it displays the data in this format:
TempNumber PlayerName PlayerIP IDNumber
the TempNumber is used as argument for other admin commands, it will be used to point a specified player for performing an action
admin kick TempNumber: forcefully disconnects the pointed player from the server
admin mute TempNumber: Denies the possiblitly for that player to send text messages to any player, the server log will still log his chat and admins that are currently logged in will be able to see it as well, the player will have the prefix **muted** before his messages, when the player leaves the server the mute will be automatically removed
admin permmute TempNumber: Denies the possiblitly for that player to send text messages to any player, the server log will still log his chat and admins that are currently logged in will be able to see it as well, the player will have the prefix **muted** before his messages, the difference from a normal mute is that this mute is permanent until removed
admin poor TempNumber: removes all the money from the specified player
admin slap TempNumber HealthAmount: takes off from the player the specified amount of health, while it will not be displayed instantly the effect will be applied after the first phase change, hence the player will have to cosider the loss of life in his shots even if it will not be shown yet; losses of life that would reuce the life points less than 0 reduces it only to 0.
admin flag TempNumber: put a flag on the selectied player; every admin that is already logged in will have a notify when that player joins that he is flagged
admin ban TempNumber: Forcefully disconnects the selectied player from the server, will also self disconnect him at every attempt he does to reconnect, in fact denying for him the possibilty to re-join.
admin showbanned: displays a list of the current flagged, banned and Permanent muted players
admin talk "text": will display the text to every player in the game, the text will have no label of the source player
admin admintalk "text": will display the text to every admin wich is currently logged in
admin showaliases TempNumber: will display a list of previous nicks used by the pointed player, the search criteria will be all the nicks that had the same ID of the queried player
admin showipaliases TempNumber:will display a list of previous nicks used by the pointed player, the search criteria will be all the nicks that had the same IP of the queried player
admin showbanned:displays a list of the ip, id & last used nickname of all players wich has been banned, flagged or permanently muted on the server.
admin message "text": will display the input text as a message to all the players on the top part of the screen


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No, it was Evan and Adam who secured the 3 spots.
As much as I love Jeremy, he is inconsistant. Sending him to the worlds doesn't guarranty anything, sadly....
ETA: Wait, maybe I'm confused. I'll go check about it again.
ETA2: Okay, I was wrong. It was 2009 when Evan and Brandon secured 3 spots. Jeremy was 11th. Sorry about that.
In 2010, Jeremy was 5th and Adam was 6th. And Ryan was 18th... Oh well.


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El Día de los Muertos on Isla de Janitzio
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The excitement mounted as car and bus loads of tourists streamed into town. People filled their arms with marigolds and other flowers for the elaborate decoration of altars at homes and businesses or at gravesides. Church bells rang and large and small bands showed up all over town often with girls dancing in beautiful traditional dress and their hair in braids adorned with colorful ribbons. Their blouses and aprons exquisitely embroidered with bold flower patterns. At around 10 am, we hopped on a combi, one of the many transport vans, to the dock. We expected a long wait in line at the boats but we were able to get right onto the next boat leaving for Isla de Janitzio. We waited for 40 other passengers to board.
We purchased our ticket (6 pesos) to climb into the imposing 40 meter tall monument/statue of Jose Maria Morelos, a great hero of Mexico's independence. We take in the scene outside and started up an interesting conversation with a lone traveler from Santa Monica, California. Kelly has rented her house out for 2 years now and is traveling to interesting places around the globe while house/dog sitting. http://www.housesitmexico.com/ Kelly told us that she is writing a book that can be described as the "Eat, Pray, Love" of Politics, ... without the noodles. An interesting lady. I hope we stay in touch.
After our nice little chat, Dave and I entered the statue and walked along ramps and stairs spiraling to the top where a final 15 narrow steps took us into Morelos' right arm. The inside walls on the way are covered with 50 murals depicting the life of Morelos. At the top of the final 15 steps, we poked our heads, gopher like, out of slots for the spectacular 360 degree view. It took us 2.5 hours of standing in a slow moving long line to get our turn at the top. Most people took less than 4 minutes to see the view. We stretched that a bit.
With our feet back on terra firma, we doubled back down the hill to a restaurant that displayed great looking fish. It is the famous white fish unique to lake Patzcuaro. Michelle picked a big one and asked them to pan fry it, "dorado". It did not disappoint, it was delicious!
Further down the hill, at an outdoor basketball court, a local cultural event was in progress. The ninos (children) performed a dance about netting fish and giving them to the girls. Another dance featured the girls doing a traditional dance. At the edges of the 'stage' local foods and drinks were being made on the spot. One lady making the blue tortillas would slap the tortillas to form them. The slapping echoed though the stands. Her timing was good, because she started a round of applause for the ninos' performance. She was oblivious and the crowed did not realize who had really gotten the round of applause going. And then it happened again.
The combi bus let us off near the plaza instead of inside it. The plazas were closed to vehicles and they were swarming with people, many with drinks in hand. Bands were playing. Any honoring of the dead for these partiers would be put on hold till later…


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Video: Let them eat painkillers
posted at 4:00 pm on July 21, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
This Marie Antoinette moment took place a month ago, and Karl mentioned it in a post at the time, but the video is definitely worth a revisit. Jane Sturm told Barack Obama that her mother had needed a pacemaker implanted at 100 years of age, but got denied by the first doctor she saw. She found a doctor who would do the surgery, impressed by her spirit. When Sturm asked Obama if her mother would have received a pacemaker under ObamaCare … well, watch for yourself:
Jane Sturm told the story of her nearly 100-year-old mother, who was originally denied a pacemaker because of her age. She eventually got one, but only after seeking out another doctor.
"Outside the medical criteria," Sturm asked, "is there a consideration that can be given for a certain spirit … and quality of life?"
"I don't think that we can make judgments based on peoples' spirit," Obama said. … "Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking painkillers."
This shows why politicians shouldn't decide on medical treatments. Dr. Helen Smith, who herself had the same kind of heart problems at a very young age, explains why Obama's course of treatment would have led to, er, cost savings:
Some heart arrhythmias are deadly, and a doctor telling a patient to take a pain killer to treat V-tach or V-fib should be guilty of malpractice. …
Heart arrhythmias can be absolutely terrifying leading to panic attacks and/or fatigue so crippling that one cannot get off the couch. A pain killer is not going to help. But maybe that's the idea. Obama is so determined to get his health care plan passed–no matter what the consequences– that he doesn't care how or if people suffer, especially older people.
Is Obama heartless, mean or just plain ignorant? His response to Jane Sturm leaves me wondering which.
No more heartlesss, mean, or ignorant than the bureaucrats who will eventually make these decisions under ObamaCare, using their pocket Comparative Effectiveness ChartsTM.
Update: The video above was edited for a radio broadcast; the full video is here:
This doesn't change the criticism above at all. Obama still says that government will tell doctors that Sturm's mother may not get the pacemaker but be told to take a pill. And although Obama says that "ultimately, that decision will be between doctors and patients" at the end of this video, he's making it clear that it won't be at all, but will be decided by a government official who will judge whether or not to pay for a procedure based on its effectiveness. And Sturm's mother still wouldn't have been helped by a painkiller.
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Overall view of the 'Giant' and boy's armours. (II.22 & II.126)
Overall view of the 'Giant' and boy's armours. (II.22 & II.126)
John Macky was a Scottish spy and writer who provided a good description of the sights at the Tower of London including the Horse Armoury. His reference to fifteen equestrian figures dates his visit to the period after the addition of a figure of King William III after his death in 1702.
'The HORSE ARMOURY is also very prettily disposed and much handsomer than that of the same kind in Brussels; though, I think, not quite so beautiful as that at Dresden, in Saxony; here are fifteen of the English Kings on Horseback in fine rich armour; and the Horse-Armour also very neat; and a Silver-Armour of John of Gaunt, seven Foot and a half high; besides abundance of others very showish, in the same manner as those at Dresden and Brussels'.
His references to the armouries at Brussels and Dresden suggest that he was probably a well-travelled sightseer, although it is possible that he only knew of them at second-hand from books or acquaintances.


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Has anyone had experience buying package bees or queens from Wolf Creek Apiaries in Tennessee or Georgia? What is your opiinion of their service and bees?
Has anyone had experience buying package bees or queens from Wolf Creek Apiaries in Tennessee or Georgia? What is your opiinion of their service and bees?
Last year I ordered bees from Ruth and John Seaborn (Wolf Creek). Because of problems with the shipping, I never was able to receive the bees - so I don't have personal experience with their bees (although their reputation is good).
What I do have experience with is their customer service and attitude. Ruth and John (in my experience) are GREAT people to do business with. When it became clear that the only way to get the bees to me was to VASTLY increase the agreed upon amount for shipping, Ruth and John refunded me in full.
They didn't have to do that - they could have held me to our contract (that is, my agreement to purchase bees), especially since this was already late April, the bees had been shaken and the packages already made.
Instead, they took the packages back and made things right with me. Additionally, prior to these unforeseen problems - I spent many hours on the phone talking to Ruth and John about small cell bees, strategies and beekeeping in general. They were very generous with their time and experience.
I would recommend them unconditionally.
I bought three packages from them last year and I am picking up ten this year.
John met me along I 40 with my packages and we have talked several times.
They are great people.
I will be doing more business with them.
Ernie, How about an update? How are you getting along with those bees? I'm considering ordering from them in the spring.
Wolfie, or anybody else in the Kansas City area, I've got bees ordered from John & Ruth that I will be picking up in April. For a little gas money I can pick yours also.
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That would be great. I may take you up on that.
I got 2 packages last April from John and have really good luck with them. John is very helpful and both packages have developed strong hives. The bees are extremly gentle and non agressive. I talked with John last week and plan on ordering more bees from him in January.
I will be getting 3 packages from them this spring. They are super nice people to talk to. They have no problems spending time with you on the phone to make sure all of your questions are answered. I just hope I dont foul up and kill the bees.
I bought two Nucs from Ruth and John in July. John was the incredible host. The bees are the most gentle and busy bees. I cannot say enough about John and his wife Ruth.
I plan on adding 10 3# packages in 2011 from John.
Will they ship? The web site doesn't say. Also what "breed" of queens go with the packages?
Dan Hayden 5 Years. 10 hives. Tx Free. USDA Zone 5b.
Dan I think it is a pickup service, others could tell you if different.
Here is a quote from the website.
Our stock is derived from the wild feral stock of the Duck River Basin. We add a little Russian genetics, so that the bees will fly at 38 degrees if the sun is shining and the wind is not blowing. Some Italian genetics are added for honey production. The gentleness of the bees is acheived from the addition of Carniolan genetics. The result is a gentle bee that is a good honey producer.
The queens are small 4.9.
They will ship em. It is going to cost me $49in shipping for the 3 3lb packages to me in Texas. You just need to call them and prob talk with Ruth.
Thank you Jaseemtp for correcting me.
When I picked up some Nucs in July, Mr. Seaborne just walked out with a smoker, no hat, veil or gloves, in a white T-shirt, shorts and sneakers. Opened hives, shook, boxed and we left. It was a magical experience for a new beekeeper to stand with "swarms" of bees around you, and not one really bothered us.
that sounds awesome, I cant wait to get the bees. I am excited about getting to do this and share the experience with my kids. I am not sure who wants this more. Them or me.
We are really blessed to have John and Ruth in our bee club in Nashville. In spite of being almost an hour away, they give unstintingly of their time and knowledge and are always willing to take the time to answer your questions. It's so great to be able to buy small cell natural feral stock bees from great people and have successful natural beekeepers as club mentors!
I bought two packages from them last year and put them on small cell foundation. Neither package would draw out the small cell and only drew out a couple of foundationless frames. Of course our weather in Kansas was brutal last season but the bees in general did more poorly than local swarms or nucs. They didn't build up at all this spring and I finally combined them with more active hives.
I fell for their claims on their website,, locally raised queens,, gentle stock,, I ordered five packages,, when I arrived a day early, was told John was out shaking,,, the next day ,, I arrived just before John drove in with a truck and trailer full of packages....that he had driven from Georgia,, I felt like a victim of a fraud..... when I got home and two out of five queens died after installation, it was nearly impossible to contact them,, I ended up buying replacement queens from elsewhere.. I won't be buying from them again.
I for one am very unhappy with them. I ordered 5 packages from them. After I sent my check, they would never respond to any e-mails I sent including questions re. shipping. We waited a week after supposed ship date and then e-mailed and nothing. Finally phoned and they said sorry, they decided not to ship for 2 more weeks. So waited and nothing. Phoned and they said they should be overnight. 3 days later phoned and they said they had no idea why whoever we talked to said overnight, but should be 7-10 days. Upon arrival half the bees in one package were dead and the queen was dead in two packages. We phoned immediately and she said they would send queens the next day. 5 days later we called and they said they did not have time to ship queens that week. So they ship within 3 weeks. Here we are June 20th and still no queens, I have sent 6 e-mails and phoned 3 times and nothing. Of the 5 I bought, 1 is very strong, one has only drawn 4 frames, one is disappearing and 2 are dead (they have done nothing after the queens were dead).
I fully expect a refund on at least one of the hives as they never fulfilled their obligation.
Another big thumbs down. Put in my deposit for 20 nucs a few years ago. Drove the 700 miles out there and he only had maybe half that. I say maybe because his "nucs" were 4 medium frames. Many did not have laying queens. I should have said forget it, but I had driven all that way and needed some bees. Of the 20, only 5 made it to the next year, and I combined those hives. He got his bees from Georgia (fatbeeman) in exchange for working in his yard (Don is pushing 80 I think). I assume this is still the arrangement after reading simplynaturals thread. Buddy of mine just bought two packages before speaking to me last month. One arrived dead, and the other is weak. There are more reputable and better suppliers out there. Had good experiences with Koehnen and Bweaver.


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This came off of an ROTJ screen capture.
Is this paint scheme ESB or ROTJ? I read somewhere on the forums that the ESB helmet was used in ROTJ.
I also note that the ESB has an uneven brow, supposedly due to damage to the prop. Do you feel this unevenness is here also?


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I'm replacing the cheapo fake visor with a real visor, and I'm having trouble keeping the center tall piece from staying perfectly smooth when I curve it (heating it in an oven). Should the center part have a little curve in it too, or should it remain straight/flat. Looking up at the photo in the header, the reflection suggests that it should curve and follow the shape of the overall helmet.


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The S&U-bahn station Bundesplatz is very close so you can get to the centre of Berlin quickly.
Great accommodation (has everything you need if you do not want to eat ...) and very pleasant and nice landlord. I can absolutely recommend.
Tolle Unterkunft (hat alles was man braucht wenn man nicht essen gehen will...)
und sehr angenehme und nette Vermieter. Kann ich absolut weiterempfehlen.
The house and the rooms are very nice. It has everything you need. The bed is comfortable, the shower and the toilet very great, and the apartment is equipped with a total of all the things. Additionally it's nice bright Because you have several buses, a subway line and the ring S-Bahn in the immediate vicinity, it is well looked after.
Die Wohnung und die Zimmer sind sehr schoen eingerichtet. Man hat alles was man braucht. Das Bett ist bequem, die Dusche und die Toilette sehr gross, und die Wohnung ist insgesamt mit allen Sachen ausgestattet. Zusaetzlich ist es schoen hell.
Da man mehrere Buslinien, eine U-Bahn Linie und die Ring S-Bahn in unmittelbarer Naehe hat, ist man bestens versorgt.
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Our room and living areas were spotlessly clean, however our first impressions were not good. The entrance was dark and the lift hard to find. When we arrived on our floor, the stairwell was dirty and smelled bad. It was also not clear as to were our apartments were.
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Cozy One Bedroom Studio Just Steps Away from Old Town - Pazo 2
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|Između Vrta, 20000 Dubrovnik, Horvátország
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The apartment is 15 m2 and is intended for 2 persons consisting of: 1 bed room with double bed with mini-kitchen, bathroom, shared terrace, TV, air-condition.
You'll enjoy the good and simple life in this comfortable little apartment. The apartment is in a family stone house near old City, near hotel Hilton imperial Dubrovnik, and only 50m from the entrance of the Old town (Pile gate).
In the vicinity of the apartments there is a beach, and all tourist services and market. Apartments are at ground floor with air-conditioning and TV.
There is a nice shared terrace in front off apartments with table, chairs and orange tree.
We can also arrange transfer airport - apartment - airport, on your requests.
This apartment is our recommendation for young travelers.
HázirendWe also offer airport transfer service. Please inquire.
Guest has the right to freely use the apartment and all equipment and room's inventory and installation carefully and dutifully as responsible master.
Guest is not allowed to:
• Leave appliances, air-conditioning and other electrical equipment on while leaving the suite. Also all doors should be closed before leaving, or ensured against draft.
• Bring in flammable or explosive materials or materials with strong and unpleasant odors'. Bring in domestic or wild animals.
• Bring in persons not registered as guests, to stay in the suite, stay overnight or sleep.
• Take any objects, inventory or appliances out of the suite; this especially refers to use of towels on the beach.
• Move the arrangement of furniture in the suite.
• Disturb peace between 2pm-5pm and 11pm-7am, or make loud noise by use of radio sets, television or other appliances or musical instruments.
Guest agrees to:
• Leave the suite on the last day by 11am if guest don't have other arrangements' with lessor.
• Let know at lessor on arrival at what time is checking out from apartment for returning keys.
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Lovely, clean, little studio just outside the main entrance to the Old Town. Perfect location- very safe area and very close to small supermarket/restaurants/ATM machines etc. Really appreciated the Air Con in the studio too. If I came back to Dubrovnik, I would definitely stay here again!
Super Lage ganz nah an der Altstadt. Zimmer ist kleiner als es auf den Bildern aussieht und nicht allzu sauber, für zwei Nächte war es in Ordnung. Die Vermieterin ist sehr nett und hilfsbereit. Preis-Leistung eher mäßig, ist aber für das allgemein sehr hohe Preisniveau in Dubrovnik annehmbar.
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Small apartment, very good location. Only 5 minute walk to the old town.
I had a wonderfull time in Dubrovnik!
The apartment is close to the center(Old Town), air conditioner, hot water -it was enough for me!
The location is perfect, the host is a very pleasent lady!
She is living on the second floor , at the same building, it can be usefull!
I was very sceptical about Wimdu, but this is a seriouse site!
This is the site i can reccomend!
The apartment is situated 1 minute walk from the old town. Perfect location for lazy tourists (like myself) who wants to be in the center of tourist attractions, like guided tours, boat- or kayak-rental.
Nice apartment to fair price. Service-minded owners. I can highly recommend this apartment and would be happy to stay there again.
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Nice appartment for the big family with good service.
100m to the bus and supermarket. 5min walking to beach.
Many resturant.
Perfect location and great hosts. Apartment was comfortable and clean.
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Does anybody know at what temperature, and for how long would I have to keep it there to kill pests and eggs? I am thinking over 165 F (74 C) for 20 minutes or more.
Does anybody know at what temperature, and for how long would I have to keep it there to kill pests and eggs? I am thinking over 165 F (74 C) for 20 minutes or more.
What kind of pest are you trying to take care of? What are you tying to kill them on?
If you are treating drawn combs they will melt at that temperature.
Leer Family Honey Farm-Shannon Leer
I am thinking of everything in the hive that I might use. Mostly for SHB, but I found wax moth larvae. I have already rendered all the comb. I was thinking of freezing the eggs out, but decided I might not have the temperatures to do that, especially in this hot weather.
If all you have is empty equipment, you don't have anything for the pests to live on, bees or wax or pollen, so you don't have pests anymore. Scrape the boxes out and put new combs and bees in them next spring.
Mark Berninghausen
Fair enough, my reasoning is, when you get rains, Mosquito eggs are sometimes left to hatch when they get soaked for a certain period X number of times.
In other words, if it rains enough to pool and allow Mosquitoes to hatch, it dries up, the eggs never get another chance. Nature on the other hand has taken this into account. Some eggs will not hatch until the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th time they are given the opportunity.
Seeing SHB and other bee pests have had 300 million years to evolve (Or granted by God if you prefer) defenses to keep alive in the Sub Saharan environment, where "dearth" takes on a new meaning, in this case a dearth of bees.
I have one medium and frames I scraped good. It was in the wood shop on it's side for about 3 years. I don't think I can get all the cracks.


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Town Square
Solar Panel Discounts
Original post made by anna, Charleston Meadows, on Apr 21, 2007
Where's Palo Alto in all of this? I sure would like to participate and get some solar panels at a discount.
I thought Palo Alto was supposed to be a "green" community, and yet I see our neighboring cities doing more to get these discounts for their residents than Palo Alto.
What's going on?
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a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 22, 2007 at 8:23 am
According to the press on this
Solar City got a discount from the solar panel manufacturer by buying in volume. Solar City passed at least part of that discount onto the group.
a resident of another community
on Apr 22, 2007 at 8:28 am
Do we just pull these number from our ...? Just because some power can be generated at 3 cents per KWH, this doesn't mean that the marginal cost is 3 cents per KWH. More marginal power producers burn natural gas, so you need to price that cost plus the transmission losses and overhead to come up with real numbers.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 22, 2007 at 10:28 am
btw, Anna
I'd be interested in such a group purchase. If anyone else is interested maybe we can get something started.
If anyone has a already has a solar system and wants to share size and cost information here, that would be useful. If anyone else has been seriously been toying with the idea on installing a system, maybe they can express interest here too.
I have a fantasy that this forum could be used for something constructive :^), maybe this is just the right thing.
a resident of South of Midtown
on Apr 22, 2007 at 4:54 pm
The rush to solar tiles is on but compared to countries in Europe we are way behind in creating the self supporting individual home. On DW news they showed new homes being built which had their own individual water purification plants recycling the homes' waste water. These individual water purification systems were powered by solar tiles on the roof.
To give everyone in California this technology would be cheapers than the Governator's $4. Billion to build new dams. Not to mention saving the distruction to the environment.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 22, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Don't drink the water. Recycling water for domestic use is not a do it yourself project.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 22, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Menlo Park and Portola Valley are served by PG&E. In Palo Alto the rates are $0.07/KWH to $0.09/KWH for the first 300 KWH/month and 0.13/KWH after that. PGE rates start around 0.13/KWH and can be as much as 0.32/KWH to 0.37/KWH. So the payback period on the investment can be much shorter if you're served by PG&E.
If you're interested in solar, approach one of the solar companies with information about your electrical usage. They can quickly run the number and give you an idea of the expense. For our single family, one story home it turned out to be a $20K investment with about a 20 year payback (it depends a lot on how much you expect energy prices to inflate over time.)
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 22, 2007 at 8:08 pm
I own a property serviced by PG&E. Looking at a recent bill
baseline is 11.4, but the property does not get enough usage to exceed baseline, so I dont know the next rate.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 22, 2007 at 9:41 pm
I was oversimplifying things. You're right, the baseline rate is 11.4 cents per KWH. The baseline is about 12KHW/day. Above the baseline it goes to 13 cents. If you hit 200% of baseline the rate is 32 cents per KWH. If you have a hot tub or pool or air conditioning it's easier to exceed the baseline.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 22, 2007 at 10:05 pm
oh sorry, if you thought I was correcting you, I just had a handy bill in front of me.
Ouch. I'll try to avoid that top rate then.
I have an email into Solar City, one thing I am interested in is the phrasing on their site that says
"If you live in the Mountain View area, and you want to take part..."
Just wondering if PA is in the MV area. There is a similar phrasing for the MP/Atherton date, but the MV folks have enough participants already to get the 30% and the MP/Atherton folks have 7.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 23, 2007 at 11:23 am
While solar does have the benefit of peak shaving A/C loads on a sunny day, we still need base load plants, and we need to stop throwing more burdens on rate payers to benefit fancicul theories.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 23, 2007 at 12:59 pm
As you can probably tell from some of the comments, the economic calculation of the wisdom of a solar purchase in PA is difficult. My conclusion has been that it doesn't make economic sense, although with the discount from a bulk purchase it might approach it. But why not just buy Palo Alto Green? You're investing in renewable energy without the risk/hassle of a solar system.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Apr 23, 2007 at 1:17 pm
We reduced our electric usage as much by investing in a $30. clothes drying rack as we did by installing a photovoltaic system. It's portable so we can move it in and out of doors depending on the weather, and so we can use it all year. It's arguably more hassle than checking a different box on your utility account, but about as low-risk as you can get.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 23, 2007 at 1:56 pm
While conservation is always a good idea, take a care you don't have your woman beating clothes on a rock down crik way.
Central stations are almost always most efficient in generating electricity, and they depend on revenue to maintain operations. If they do not get it for KWs, they will need to get it from a meter charge, so TANSTAAFL. Solar and wind may actually make our energy picture worse by slowing the introduction of more base capacity.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 23, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Dear Solar Curious,
I welcome all questions about using solar power for your Palo Alto home or business.
I manage the PV Partners program for the City of Palo Alto Utilities and I encourage you to check out our website at:
Web Link
Despite the low electric rates and long payback period, over 170 homes, and commercial buildings have chosen to "go solar". Most select solar to support clean, renewable, LOCAL power that reduces global warming. It also is great to watch the utility meter spin backwards!
If you have questions about Palo Alto PV rebates, please contact me using this web form: Web Link
Thank you for talking about Solar Power!
Lindsay Joye
PV Partners Program manager
City of Palo Alto Utilities
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Apr 23, 2007 at 6:59 pm
RS, have you asked Solar City about whether Palo Altans can join the group discount?
Thank you.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 23, 2007 at 8:07 pm
A pity the City is not promoting cogeneration, that would be a lot more beneficial than subsidy machines and bird choppers. It is time to sell the Utility Department to PG&E and use the proceeds to fund our generous retirement benefits. Buy the Council a Sim City program if they want to play games. They are messing up real people as it is. I had such hopes, alas.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 23, 2007 at 8:44 pm
I sent an email which Solar city has not responded to yet, but I recall somewhere that their response time was up to 48 hours. I was planning on calling them tomorrow afternoon since time is running out on the MV deal. I have a meeting in the a.m. I'll post here what I learn from them about the program. I also have an email in to the PV Partners program.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 23, 2007 at 11:25 pm
To be accurate, a calculation has to take into account more than the relative immediate dollar costs of energy sources. It has to ask what the longer term cost is to the planet and our children and grandchildren by using the more polluting source.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 24, 2007 at 1:45 pm
That kind of calculation is speculative and will vary from person to person. Given that it is individual choice, I won't be touching on that.
Also there are trade offs, if I spend 20k on a system, could I do better putting that 20k elsewhere? For example, insulation is a bigger bang for the buck than solar. I actually made $10 an hour after materials insulating an attic crawl space of a 1954 era home by myself once. The rebates and tax credits at the time gave me about $80 after the cost of the insulation bats. As a bonus, my bills went own by a 1/3. I was so impressed by the result, I insulated my walls and was able to eliminate one of the floor furnaces in the house. I recovered that investment in about 1 year. Had I stayed in that house and not moved here, I would have insulated the floors too.
So I agree with the one poster that said there are simpler tricks to getting ones energy use down and improving or maintaining quality of life. Those are the changes I am looking for, but I have already done most of them.
Except if anyone has a lead on flourscent lights that can take the heat of a recessed lighting fixture, let me know. Bonus points for warm, not cool coloring and dimable.
I got one possiblity from Lindsay Joye that I will add to the bulbs I am experimenting with.
So far I have 2 rejects,
2 durabright bulbs from Osh burned out in a month, suspect heat.
2 dimable bulbs from wal-mart, make a lot of noise when dimmed and are cool coloring.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 24, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Useful figures:
Palo Alto rates proposed to start 7/7/07
First 300 kWh $0.07729/kWh
Next 300 kWh $0.10266/kWh
Over 600 kWh $0.13698/kWh
add .015 for Palo Alto Green
This is PG&Es rate structure from a friend that is putting in a
300 kilowatt solar system.
Baseline Quantity 365.40000 Kwh
Baseline Usage 365.40000 Kwh @ $0.11430
101-130% of Baselin e 109.62000 Kwh @ $0.12989
131-200% of Baselin e 255.78000 Kwh @ $0.22722
201-300% of Baselin e 365.40000 Kwh @ $0.31719
Over 300% of Base l in e 3,823.80000 Kwh @ $0.36434
PG&E also has time of use rates which make sense for a solar customer.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 24, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Another useful figure. The Palo Alto Utilities website says that the average household uses about 650 KWH/month. That about what our family of four uses. At that level a Palo Alto customer is paying $0.14/KHW, a PG&E customer is paying $0.23 and is close to paying $0.32.
The best prospect for installing solar panels is a PG&E customer who's electrical usage is above average, so they're paying a marginal rate of 32 cents/KHW. They don't necessarily need a system that supplies 100% of their needs. A system that supplies a portion of their needs and gets them down to the baseline rate would give the best return on investment.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 24, 2007 at 2:28 pm
I totally agree with Joyce that you should consider the external costs. A lot of the cost are intangible, but you can quantify the carbon emissions cost. Acterra, the local environmental organization, has a link to a carbon calculator on their website at acterra.org. An average household that uses 650 KHW/month of electricity produces about 5000 lbs of carbon per year. A carbon offset for those 5000 lbs of carbon is about $55.
Based on what I've seen, a PV system that produced 650KHW/month would be in the $30K to $40K range. Thus a $40K investment would produce a reduction in carbon emissions equal to about $55 annually.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 24, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Talked to a Ben Banish (sp?) at Solar City. Ben says we can not cheat and jump on the MP or MV program.
As I understand it currently PA is offering a $3 per watt rebate up to a 3000 watt system. In July the rebate changes and the cap either get removed or lifted beyond what makes sense for me, I forgot that part.
PG&E is offering a $2.40 watt rebate, I believe they have a 300k system cap per my friend for residential.
There is also a fed credit of 2k. I dont know if that is income tested.
Ben's swag at a discount estimate for a solar city group participant is 3k-5k
So for a 3kwatt system
18-21k sounds like a ball park system price.
9k in PA rebates, if I understand the rebate right
lets say 4k for the solar city group discount, if I find about 49 others
call it 20k - 9k = 11k no discount
7k with discount
plus a 2k fed credit.
It sounds like for a group, targeting after July 1 makes sense because then the bigger systems would get better rebates.
To completely offset 750 kwatts of monthly usage, I was told I would probably need a 5.6k system, but like GDB stated, you get better ROI if you still pay the baseline out of pocket and dont put in solar to cover that.
So I have to ask myself is it worth $4k to find ~49 other like minded people, perhaps only ~48 if Anna is interested. ;^) Anyone reading this want to out themselves as interested?
Physical requirements each 1k of system is 8 panels and requires 100 square feet of space. I think he said 14 degrees west of south was optimal, but I did not write that down. Since my house is already built and I would put this on my roof, I figure I am stuck with the south most facing roof I have.
Oh it sounds like you can pretty much cover a roof with panels witch will also have an insulating value, since the sun would no longer reach your roofing material.
Did I miss anything anyone cared about?
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 24, 2007 at 4:22 pm
RS, see what your friend is paying for their 3KW system. My numbers might be out of date, but I think the cost would be more like $20K AFTER applying $11K in utility rebate and tax credit.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 24, 2007 at 4:58 pm
My friend is building a 300k system and its costing him about $200k
The info about the 3k system I got from solar city, but maybe he was quoting a price after discount and I misunderstood, I'll verify tomorrow.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 24, 2007 at 5:06 pm
opps sorry its a 30k system for 200k,
so maybe 3k for 20k is right. Like I said, I'll check
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 24, 2007 at 5:48 pm
A good source for local unbiased solar information is the Northern CA Solar Energy Assoc. website, www.norcalsolar.org
According to their report on PV costs in the Bay Area:
Web Link
- Average size was 3.5 kilowatts
- Average pre-rebate installed price of $33,789 ($9.65 per watt)
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Apr 24, 2007 at 6:10 pm
So the cost for one individual in a group program is $20,000 to Solar City with a possible $11K refund after city, state and federal rebates?
Is that right?
Thank you for looking into it.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 24, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Where does that rebate money come from?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 24, 2007 at 10:22 pm
I need to verify that. I think GBD was right that he was quoting the post rebate price and then I applied it again. Lindsay's info would seem to reenforce that I misunderstood.
Assuming thats right then what he said to me was a 3k system typically would be 18k-21k. Which would appear not to include the group discount, but does include the rebate. I'll call tomorrow and ask him again for the break down.
But there are no deals we will miss out on, so there is no urgency. so far though, its you and me which would not net us a very large discount, ;^)
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 26, 2007 at 9:24 am
Why doesn't Lindsay Joye, a city employee, make this much easier for Palo Alto residents--give us a full breakdown on costs, etc. The website the city has used to, still may, do some of this, but it was never complete and thorough about the full cost of a system. What else is she being paid for? As for that, why is the city paying someone (with benefits I imagine) to promote solar within in the City when it usually doesn't make economic sense? Joye admitted this to me a year or more ago. So, either it makes economic sense or not for most Palo Altans to do this. If it doesn't, then why are we employing somebody in Joye's position. If it does, then she should be making the case much more clearly for it, making it easier for Palo Altans to make the decision.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 26, 2007 at 11:50 am
ok, this is what I have; the typical unrebated price for a 3k system is 28k to 33k
Now take the PA rebate 9k brings the price to 19k to 24k
There is a fed tax credit of 2k, but I don't know if its income tested, so I figure I won't get it, if it is.
I'll work with the low price of 19k.
Since I got told a 5.6k system would be required to cover 750 kWh
per month, it looks like a 3k system will offset 400kwh per month.
I'll use a worst case price of .14 per kWh
400 x .14 = $56 per month or $672 per year
$19,000 / $672 per year = 28.3 years
Now take 19k invested in a AAA muni bond at 4.3% = $817 per year
And all this is assumed at the lowest estimate Ben gave me.
Other people have done this before me, so let me know if my math is bad anywhere. Assuming no errors in the above, it seems to me my energy saving dollar might have better ROI elsewhere.
One flaw I know of
The years required to recover would be lower if I calculated for rates increases, I could add an annual rate increase of 5%, but it won't make an order of magnitude difference.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 26, 2007 at 12:13 pm
RS, thanks for going this process. I went through it some time ago and then lost my figures. I haven't had the time to trace through all your assumptions. It appears you haven't figured in a group discount, assuming, as you've said earlier, you can find 48 other people (are there discounts available short of bundling 50 people together?) I once obtained from PA Utilities a ten-year schedule of projected rate increases, which were not neglible, so rate increase must be considered in your calculations, but it is 1)difficult to know what the projections are (I lost mine, and now nobody at Utilities seems to know what they are), and 2)it makes the math a bit more difficult, plugging in the annual increases. There is also a figure, I should think, for maintenace, etc. I find it hard to believe that a system will stay up and running for 20 or more years without some kind of tinkering/updating needed.
That all said, I would join you in a bulk purchase if only we could find a way to make sense. And I have several neighbors that I could bring with me. But again, the numbers have to make sense. See what I said about Lindsay Joye, above. Why isn't she, a City employee apparently hired to promote solar within the City, making this easier for us? Either she doesn't see it as her job, or the numbers don't make sense. If the latter, why not, again, just go Palo Alto Green? You're buying Green energy and saving yourself a huge amount of hassle...
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 26, 2007 at 12:23 pm
And RS: I'm not absolutely positive about this, but I believe the federal credit is not means conditioned. So you could apply that, but you've already chosen the bottom figure of the range, so you might see it as though you did in fact factor in the federal credit...
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 26, 2007 at 12:55 pm
To get the discount Solar city wants a number of geographically co located installations, dealing in bulk with the city probably helps them out for permits.
Now they also said that they might give me a discount if I had a number of properties phyically located next to each other. Maybe a large group of neighbors on the street would qualify for something.
I emailed Lindsay and let her know I put the math up her and invited her to point out any mistakes, privately or publically.
One thing I dont know is if the system is linear. I made that assumption when I scaled my 5.6k system example down to a 3k system.
I'll rework the numbers adding a rate increase guess later.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 26, 2007 at 5:58 pm
I wanted to respond to your posting on two issues: 1) making the presentation of solar economics easier to understand, and 2) why the City is paying me to promote Solar if it doesn't make economic sense.
1) The economic analysis for each PV system must be tailored to include factors specific to each homeowner: annual electric consumption (and therefore, what rate tier you are in), available roof area, orientation (azimuth), tilt, shading, PV system size, component rated efficiency, total system cost, available rebates, financing, and tax credits (including whether you are subject to the Alternative Minimum Tax.) The PV Partners' website, Web Link, can only provide a simplified analysis as a starting point. A qualified PV provider can perform this analysis for your home, or you can contact me and I can work with you on the specifics for your application. You can contact me via this contact form: Web Link
2) The reason the City pays me to promote solar power (along with my other duties developing energy efficiency programs) is primarily because of CA legislation which mandates that utilities offer rebate programs to support the installation of PV systems. The long term goal is to lower rebates over time as the cost of PV systems drop, with the plan that PV will be more cost-competitive with fossil-fuel based electric generation. Because the Palo Alto Utilities' PV Partners program is paying for 30% of the system cost, the City has assigned staff time to develop and manage the program. I spend hours each week helping customers evaluate whether PV is right for them.
Finally, I would like to point out that solar power has many valuable benefits. In addition to reducing carbon emissions, PV reduces your exposure to future electric rate increases, the investment does not increase your property taxes (unlike other home improvement projects), and PV can help protect your solar access rights. Plus, rumor has it watching your meter spin backwards can save thousands in therapy bills!
-Lindsay Joye
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 26, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Thank you, Miss Joye. Who pays for the rebates?
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Apr 26, 2007 at 7:14 pm
PV rebates are paid from the electric utility rates. PG&E customers pay for the California Solar Initiative rebates, and Palo Alto Utilities' customers pay for the PV Partners rebates. You can only get a rebate from your electric utility; they aren't additive.
These programs are mandated by CA legislation, most recently SB1:
Web Link
There are no longer any CA state tax credits for PV systems, but the Energy Policy Act 2005 provides tax credits for solar systems and some energy efficiency measures.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 26, 2007 at 9:12 pm
ok I wrote a short program and the output is below. Assuming a starting electric of 14 cents increasing 5% per year, and 3k solar system that covers 400 kwh/per month. The following is a year by year of the electric costs saved. So now my hypothetical 19k system gets paid off in aproximately 18 years. Its starting to get close. The group discount of 4k (guess) plus the 2k fed credit would get it into the range that I would consider it viable. At 14 years, its still a little longer than I would like but now I am into the range where the joyce's greater societal good argument has a chance of getting me to sign up.
1 672.00 672.00 0.14
2 705.60 1377.60 0.15
3 740.88 2118.48 0.15
4 777.92 2896.40 0.16
5 816.82 3713.22 0.17
6 857.66 4570.88 0.18
7 900.54 5471.43 0.19
8 945.57 6417.00 0.20
9 992.85 7409.85 0.21
10 1042.49 8452.34 0.22
11 1094.62 9546.96 0.23
12 1149.35 10696.31 0.24
13 1206.81 11903.12 0.25
14 1267.16 13170.28 0.26
15 1330.51 14500.79 0.28
16 1397.04 15897.83 0.29
17 1466.89 17364.72 0.31
18 1540.24 18904.96 0.32
19 1617.25 20522.21 0.34
20 1698.11 22220.31 0.35
21 1783.01 24003.33 0.37
22 1872.17 25875.50 0.39
23 1965.77 27841.27 0.41
24 2064.06 29905.33 0.43
25 2167.27 32072.60 0.45
26 2275.63 34348.23 0.47
27 2389.41 36737.64 0.50
28 2508.88 39246.52 0.52
29 2634.32 41880.84 0.55
a resident of Charleston Meadows
on Apr 26, 2007 at 9:45 pm
whew! solar panels are expensive! i hope the solar panel corporates can make it cheaper.
RV, thank you so much for looking into it. i think it's just too much for my lighter pockets. hopefully the prices will come down.
thank you!
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 26, 2007 at 9:49 pm
RS, thanks for that math. But the group discount is still very iffy, no? If you find out otherwise, let me know. And I thought you were already assuming the fed credit, as you were working with the very lowest figure available, 19k.
Lindsay, That there is a legal mandate for your position explains a few things. Essentially, my "gripe," if you will, is this: I wish your website and you were as honest with the public as you were with me on the phone a year or more ago, when you said that people in Palo Alto don't do solar for economic reasons. There may be the rare case when it makes economic sense to do it, but we can see from RS's calculations, using very favorable assumptions and figures, that the payback time in the vast majority of cases is too long. Dressing the issue up in terms of azimuth and tilt and shading is almost like smoke and mirrors. Yes, there are social benefits from solar, but there are very few of us who will do it for that reason unless it also makes sense to our pocketbooks. You may spin the numbers differently, but the fact that relatively few people in Palo Alto have done solar speaks for itself, despite your spending hours every week with them. Of the residential systems that have been installed in Palo Alto, how many have a projected payback under, say, 18 years? ...I would add that there are many social benefits, and pocketbook ones, to be had from just buying Palo Alto Green.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 26, 2007 at 10:01 pm
I think I would add to my last comment: if the availability of a 4k group discount makes the difference for people like RS (see his figures, his projected payback time goes from 18 years to 27 without the 4k discount, why isn't the City taking an active role in helping people group together to get the discount? That would certainly be a way to promote solar, if that is indeed what the City's goal is.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 26, 2007 at 11:18 pm
RS, the Palo Alto Utilities monthly KWH pricing is 7 cents/KWH for the first 300KWH, 9 for the next 300KWH and 13 after that. If you're using 750 KHW/month then the 400KWH you save with a PV system is costing 10.5 cents/KWH. That will lengthen your payback time. On the other hand energy prices may go up much more that 5%/year.
The power inverters need to be replaced after about 15 years. That's about a $2K expense. Also solar panels degrade in efficiency over time Most people figure they degrade by 0.8% pe year so after 25 years they are only 80% as efficient as they originally were.
Otherwise your calculations come about to the same conclusion as mine - about a $20K expense with a 20 year payback.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 26, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Scott, discount is based on size of the system and number of participants, I could only guess based on the range Ben gave me.
GDB, yeah I knew the calculations dont exactly fit my specific circumstance, I was trying to give it a best case situation as much as possible. Figuring if it could not survive the best case then, I did not need to wonder anymore.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 27, 2007 at 5:28 am
The discount is paid for by raising the cost of electricity to all for a politically correct disruption of rational utility planning. Miss Joye, I know you are only doing your duty. The law is an ass. Pray for honest reapportionment that will bring back representaive government.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 27, 2007 at 10:20 am
the ecoomics of this are more complex than that. Solar installations actually help keep rates down.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 27, 2007 at 10:31 am
Base load capacity is almost always lower in cost, therefore more conservative of resources, than distributed generation. The addition to the rate base for these gimics is a tax, pure and simple, on top of a commodity as necessary as food or medicine. A tax on the poor to buy toys for the rich. For shame!
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 27, 2007 at 10:41 am
I understand you dont get it, but that does not make me wrong.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 27, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Why not be specific? I have explained why you are wrong. Systems that the poor can never afford and that do not reduce the need for base load generating capacity are paid for by increasing the rates for everyone.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 27, 2007 at 3:57 pm
No you explained why you think I am wrong then added a bunch of judgemental language at the end.
I got this from a VP of PG&E who actually is in charge of this sort of activity. When the PG&E adds generation, they need to add the generation to handle the worst case. Once they add a plant to the system, that plant has to be paid for whether it gets used or not.
What triggers the highest load? Hot days with sunshine, because of the AC load. If they build to the highest load, the rates have to pay for generation capacity and that sites that sit idle a good part of the year. Even if it is not functioning, it adds to the rate structure.
Local solar is perfect to deal with this situation. More of it covers those summer peaks and eliminates their need to build plants they can't use 100% of the time.
One needs to consider the cost of idle generation facilities. When PG&E did, they realized that local solar is a good deal for them. It positively effects their bottom line and thats what they are about, making a profit.
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 27, 2007 at 5:59 pm
I am a shareholder in PG%E and I have despaired in their cavein. They just decided not to fight the greenies any more after their clock was cleaned at Diablo and Helmes hydro. As long as they are allowed to pass on all the cost of this stupidity tax to the ratepayers, their behind is covered. Corporations that stand on principal are found in the gutter. Hey, if PG&E could charge twice as much for half the energy they would do it.
Just before PG%E caved they were actively seeking cogen, a real benefit, but Sacramento won. Tell your VP I will be jappy to chat with him, and ask that he bring Black along.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 28, 2007 at 11:36 am
The one thing I did not pass on was the information I learned about for group discounts. What Solar city looks for is a citizen champion that will organize a group of about 50. I understood the discounts to be tiered. The discount structure is all agreed to up front, so the champion and the group members know what discount they will get up front and how many people have to sign up to get them.
Its the Champion's job to get the word out. Organize a meeting time and place, so solar city can make their pitch to a group. Basically if Solar City lets the champion and the group members do the marketing, it allows them to avoid some of their costs and helps them to provide the discount. Also the economies of scale help them to provide the discount.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 30, 2007 at 8:52 am
RS, don't know if you'll visit this again, but here's a try: despite what I've said about the economics of solar, I'm willing to give it another look factoring in a Solar City discount. And I'm willing to consider sharing the "citizen champion" role with you...i.e., at least talking it over. I think I could probably pull in 25 homes. Send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com...
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 30, 2007 at 10:21 am
I'm still doing due diligence. Sent you an email
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At the dead end of a decade when everyone was too discouraged to wonder if pop had a center, Michael Jackson's Off the Wall (1979) gathered up disillusioned factions of fans as confidently as it punted four singles into the Top 10. Cajoling critic and teen, black and white, half of the album's miracle was its variegated popularity. The other half was how it deserved its sales. With a slickness that breathed — which is to say that the privilege the moneyed textures evoked felt earned — Quincy Jones and a bevy of cohorts led Jackson through the ultimate candyland where all sweet dreams come true, where even the romantic loss of "She's Out of My Life" pleased with its glossy grandeur. With evocations of physicality that took on the tang of upward mobility ("Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"), Off the Wall presented a mythical good life both unhurried and sensual, the utopia only a consumer artifact could contain.
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Meethi Seviyaan Aur Aloo
Sweet Vermicelli and fried Potatoes
It has been over a week that I have not blogged a single recipe. Shopping and packing is to be blamed for this. I have been extremely busy and at the same time very excited about my trip. I will be taking a short break from blogging as I will be going out of the country. Whilst I am gone for 3-4 weeks, I thought I should put up a traditional and unique Sindhi recipe.
I have called this unique because the recipe is a combination of savory and sweet. …Serve this for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner. You can serve it for any occasion like marriage, Chhatti (sixth day ceremony), a puja at home, festival time (especially Holi) it goes well anytime. Sehyoon (Seviyaan) is served not only by Sindhis, but also by other Hindus and Muslims. Sehyoon is a Sindhi word for Vermicelli and is well known as seviyaan. The best part is, it's simple to make and absolutely yummy and delicious.
Sehyoon Patata is basically roasted vermicelli cooked with water, cardamom pods and topped with chopped dry nuts served with fried, slightly spiced, potatoes. Without any further ado, I am off to cook Sehyoon Patata so I can blog the recipe as quick as possible. Here is the recipe for Sehyoon Patata.
Ingredients for Sehyoon (Seviyaan):
- 1 cup Vermicelli (Bambino Variety)
- 1 1/3 cup Water
- 4 tbsp Sugar
- 3 pods Green Cardamoms
- 2 tbsps Ghee or unsalted Butter
- 2 tbsp chopped dry Fruits (almonds, cashews, pistachios)
Method for Sehyoon:
- Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan.
- Add sehyoon/seviyaan, cardamoms and cook over low heat stirring constantly till golden brown.
- Add water and sugar stirring gently.
- Cover pan and let it simmer about 8-10 mins till all water is absorbed and all the sehyoon is cooked till soft
- Garnish with dry fruits.
- Serve hot with Taryal Patata/Fried Potatoes
Ingredients for Taryal Patata:
- 2 medium Potatoes peeled and diced
- ½ tsp red Chili powder
- 1 tsp Coriander powder
- ¼ tsp Haldi powder
- ¼ tsp dry Mango powder/Ambchoor
- Oil to fry Potatoes
- Salt to taste
Method for Taryal Patata:
- Heat oil in a deep frying pan.
- When hot, add diced potatoes.
- Fry till potatoes are cooked (fork tender) and lightly browned.
- Drain oil from potatoes and add all the dry masalas. Mix well.
- Serve hot with parathas/dals-rice or in this case with Sehyoon, don't forget to serve papad.
Note: Add more water if you like the sehyoon/seviyaan/vermicelli very soft. The amount I have used makes the vermicelli separated and not sticky.
Add more sugar if you want it sweeter.
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I was asked to build 20 LEGO models for use at an April 5, 2006 press conference in New York City, where six celebrity panelists spoke about why LEGO was important to them as a child, and why it is important to their children.
In conjuntion with their "LEGO Buiders of Tomorrow" campaign, The LEGO Group has published :
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- a video podcast of the panelists speaking.
Held at Cafe Gray in New York, the theme of the event was "IMAGINE!"... so I built the word "Imagine" in two-foot tall letters. Originally, each letter was going to be used as a table centerpiece... but with only 5 tables, they were relocated to the windowsill, with an amazing view of Columbus Circle and Central Park as a backdrop. Each giant letter used between 3000 and 5000 LEGO bricks... the whole word used over 23,000 LEGO bricks.
I also built seven matching mini models of the word "IMAGINE", each only 8 inches long. The original idea was, with a giant letter on each table, the mini words would tie the giant letter centerpiece back to the word. (So that people didn't wonder why there was a giant "M" on their table.) :) But after the giant letters were relocated to the side of the room, the miniature words acted as small centerpieces on their own.
You can see from the photos that the letters are sideways... Because letters are generally defined by vertical lines than horizontal lines, turning LEGO bricks sideways means you can use the thin LEGO plates to create more detail than you could with upright LEGO bricks.
In addition, I built six name plates for the each of the six panelists speaking at the event. I created a mini-model on the end of each name plate, customized to each panelists' profession. (Click each image below to enlarge)
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The pretty waterside suburb of Mangere Bridge used to catch Paul Prince's eye whenever he'd head off to the airport for frequent overseas business trips.
It really began to interest him in 2003 when he spent a day there shooting a music video with his film production company, The Sweet Shop. He and partner Kim Baker had been house hunting all over Auckland. When they went for a drive around Mangere Bridge to check it out, they parked outside Barrow House in Church Rd, immediately fell in love with it but dismissed owning such a beautiful home in Auckland as wishful thinking.
Six months later, the house came up for auction and they snapped it up as the perfect place to raise their young family.
"We wanted a rural-type environment that was also an easy commute to Paul's work in Eden Terrace," says Kim.
The couple had lived on Scotland Island in Sydney's Northern Beaches before moving to Auckland in 2002, and wanted to replicate that lifestyle of feeling close to nature.
As well as being a great spot for watching migratory birds, including godwits, Mangere Bridge has a beautiful 14km walking track around its northwest-facing peninsula, which starts at the old Mangere Bridge and ends at the Otuataua Stonefields.
Now heritage listed, Barrow House was originally a single-storey cottage built by Sir John Logan Campbell in Parnell in 1841 and had a second, two-storey section added to it when it was moved to Church Rd in the 1860s.
The flat, northeast-facing 2842sq m property is named after the Barrow family, who owned it for 100 years until the middle of last century.
When Kim and Paul bought the house, the garden, which includes magnificent mature trees including a magnolia grandiflora, oaks, and three Norfolk pines, was so overgrown that weeds obscured its lines of formal box hedging. The house also needed some serious TLC but Kim and Paul realised it had great bones.
"After we moved in we realised how magnificent the property was. We fell more and more in love with it and decided to restore it to its full glory," says Paul.
After doing some initial cosmetic work to make it liveable, the couple undertook a full- scale renovation in 2009 which included two new bathrooms, a library, music room, loft conversion and new laundry. Previous owners had invested in a large farmhouse-style kitchen at the eastern end of the house, complete with an Aga oven.
French doors on the east, north and west sides of the house open out on to a large level lawn with a tennis court at the southwestern end of the property.
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A bathroom and laundry next to the back entrance are also on this level.
Up a narrow flight of stairs are three bedrooms including the master, a large family bathroom and a loft which is an excellent play space for Kim and Paul's two children, Ollie, 9, and Georgia, 11.
Behind the house are two garden sheds, a single garage and plenty of off-street parking.
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Record numbers participate in Brainerd Jaycees Run for the Lakes
More than 1,400 runners participated in the sixth annual Brainerd Jaycees Run for the Lakes on Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, with temperatures reaching into the high 60s.
Run for the Lakes includes a 5K, 10K, relay, half and full marathon races and is organized by volunteers of the Brainerd Jaycees.
"We are really excited that the race weekend continues to grow in popularity," said Tad Johnson, race director. "Our goal is to impact the community by bringing people from out of town to the Brainerd lakes area for the day or weekend and to raise funds for several charitable causes."
More than 30 percent of Saturday's runners came from outside of the Brainerd lakes area and the Jaycees expect to double the amount donated from the race in 2012, a record $12,000.
Complete race results can be found online at www.runforthelakes.com, but the top finishers included:
• Men's marathon: Casey Miller, Baxter, 2:49:22.
• Women's marathon: Melissa Jansen, St. Cloud, 3:21:41.
• Relay marathon: Michael McConkey, Dave Thomas, Matt Radniecki, Sean Kaneski, 2:52:28.
• Men's half marathon: Anthony Nikodym, Ogilvie, 1:16:27.
• Women's half marathon: McKenzie Holt, St. Cloud, 1:27:11.
• Men's 10K: Dale Jordan, Nisswa, 40:21.
• Women's 10K: Kathy Martin, Pequot Lakes, 47:14.
• Men's 5K: Gary Lepisto, Brainerd, 18:33.
• Women's 5K: Amanda Lepisto, Duluth, 19:37.
This year's primary beneficiary is lakes area middle schooler's "Power Packs." Power Packs are bags that consist of 3-5 pounds of nutritious non-perishable food products. Included with the snacks is literature on nutrition, activities and tips on how to develop healthy eating habits.
The premise of the program is that nutritious foods are an important part of normal brain development and growth. This program is based on income guidelines and is free to qualifying students and parents who wish to participate. Power Packs are delivered monthly, directly and discreetly into the student's backpacks to take home.
"We thought this was a great program to support since there is definitely a community need and there's such a great tie between teaching children about healthy living and the people that participate in races," said Johnson.
Major sponsors of the 2013 Brainerd Jaycees Run for the Lakes were Essentia Health, Michelob Ultra, Lakes Printing and Grand View Lodge.