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They come in a huge range of colours, shapes and sizes but they all have similar parts – and knowing the names of these parts will help you when it comes to identifying them. A magnifying glass will reveal the shape and structure of leaves, stems, buds, flowers and seeds and provide vital clues to let you name the flower you have found. A good wildflower field guide, a notebook to record your finds and a hand lens or magnifying glass are all you need to start discovering your local wildflowers.
One in five of our native wildflowers is endangered.
Bluebells: One of our greatest wildflower spectacles is a carpet of thousands of bluebells. Look out for this in woodlands during late April and May.
Common Poppy: Not many wildflowers will cause motorists to pull over and stop in amazement but a bright red field of poppies can. Look for poppy fields in June and July on farmland.
Foxglove: Foxgloves are sometimes over a metre high, with dozens of purple, tubular flowers which are irresistible to bees. Look for this spectacular wildflower in woodlands and on moors and heaths between June and August.
Daisy: A distinctive, small, low-growing wildflower, with a ring of white petals, sometimes tinged red or pink, surrounding a yellow, disc-like centre. Look out for daisies in short grassland such as lawns and school playing fields.
Primrose: One of the earliest wildflowers in Spring. Its pale yellow flowers each grow on a slender stalk. Look for primroses in March and April along hedgerows, on grassy banks and in woods.
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Community Conversations: Reflections on Community dialogues by the Nelson Mandela Foundation
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Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
Community Conversations: Reflections on Community dialogues by the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture [sound/video]
International Solidarity - London 1988
Thurley, Keith
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
Swart, Jack
Ebrahim, Hassen
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
Hunger for Freedom: Anna Trapido
Trapido, Anna
e.tv Interview of Achmat Dangor
Goldstone Commission of Inquiry Collection
Goldstone, Richard Joseph
World Campaign for the Release of South African Political Prisoners
World Campaign for the Release of South African Political Prisoners
Proclamation of the City of Providence proclaiming RIDivest Day 1985
City of Providence
Warrants of Committal - Nelson Mandela
Supreme Court of South Africa
Mandela with Algerian Freedom Fighters, Morocco, 1962
Judge Thumba Pillay Collection
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Hodgson, Rica
Kathrada, Ahmed Mohamed (Kathy)
Resolution of Oakland City Council, 1990
Oakland City Council
The archival record relating to the late Mr Nelson Mandela is infinite, fragmentary and scattered, both geographically and institutionally, throughout the world, making it almost impossible to physically locate. The imperative, therefore, is to document this vast resource, facilitate access to it, and promote its preservation and use.
The Mandela Materials Database is a guide to the Mandela archive elsewhere, other than the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory. Both local and international repositories have been surveyed for any material on Mr Mandela to include in the database. The purpose of this database is to point researchers to the relevant repositories holding the actual archival material.
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
Mpho, Motsamayi
Sak, Len
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Nelson Mandela's state visit to Thailand
Government of Thailand
Trew, Tony
Local Authorities Against Apartheid – Netherlands
Lagere Overheden Tegen Apartheid (LOTA)
Bob Simon interviews Zindzi Mandela, Mac Maharaj, and Verne Harris on the book "Conversations with Myself"
Mohammed Ismail Collection, 1999.08.13, Carletonville: [set of 25 photographic negatives]
Ismail, Mohammed
President Nelson Mandela donates to the Mwalimu Nyerere Foundation
Sampson, Anthony
Bernadt, Himan
Hepple, Bob
Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives
The international movement of solidarity with the struggle for freedom in South Africa was arguably the biggest social movement the world has seen. Virtually every country in the world has a history of anti-apartheid activity, in diverse forms. In many countries, anti-apartheid activities were linked (formally or informally) with local struggles against oppression of many kinds. Most anti-apartheid movements (AAMs) did not restrict their activities to South Africa, but supported liberation movements in Southern Africa more broadly. Besides individual countries, a range of regional and international organisations added their voices to the struggles against apartheid.
What follows is an overview of some of the extant archival records of this extraordinary history. It is a first step towards a more comprehensive picture; it is at this point but a marker.
Autographed Audiovisual Material
Nelson Mandela Gifts Collection
Nelson Mandela Associated Papers
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Malibongwe Dialogue [sound/video]
Reference Collection (Centre of Memory Reading Room)
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Nelson Mandela Foundation Papers
Nelson Mandela Foundation (NMF)
1.1.3 Nelson Mandela > Historical photos > Mandela with others
Reference Audiovisual Material
Anti-Apartheid Movements, The Netherlands
Anti-Apartheid Movement, Netherlands
Good Cheer Mandela (Jindabad Mandela)
Hazarika, Bhupen
Anthony Sampson Audio Collection
Sampson, Anthony
Shakong, Sam
International Defence and Aid Fund (IDAF)
Moreillon, Jacques
Kathrada, Ahmed Mohamed (Kathy)
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Trew, Tony
Venter, Sahm
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Presidential Inauguration of Nelson Mandela 1994 stamps
SA Post Office
Sita's 1963 diary, with additional entries from 1962. Also includes leaflets: "The Group Areas Act & Mr. Nana Sita" (1964?), SA Indian Congress, London; and pamphlets: "I Accuse!" Speeches to court by Nelson Mandela, 1962-1963 trial (origin unknown); "South Africa's Treason Trial" (1957), "Afrika!" Publications, Johannesburg.
Sita had concealed these documents in a cushion to avoid them being confiscate during raids by the security police at her family home. In 2008, Sita gifted the cushion to Mandela for his 90th birthday stating on an accompanying note that he will find the contents of the cushion interesting. When the gift was received, the cushioned was unstitched revealing the documents.
Sita, Maniben
Bizos, George
African National Congress (ANC)
Nelson Mandela Children's Hospital site dedication
Nelson Mandela's Certificate of enrolment as an Attorney
Supreme Court of South Africa
Application for Warrant of Arrest for Nelson Mandela, 1961
Nelson Mandela Foundation Veterans Luncheon
Mandela's visit to Gabon in 1991
Magubane, Peter
Nelson Mandela signing the 'President's Bible'
William A (Br[?])
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla
Stamps issued by the SA Post Office: Happy 90th Birthday, Madiba!
SA Post Office
Mandela visiting the White House, with President George Bush and others
USA government
Apartheid: Slide show by Peter Magubane
Magubane, Peter
George Hallett Collection – Mandela Photos
Hallett, George
The Times – Late War Edition of 18 July 1918
The Times
Magubane, Peter
Mandela: The Authorised Portrait
South African Youth Day Declaration Resolution of 1993
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Sangjin Kim 'In Visibility - the Bible' (2013)
Pryle Behrman: "Sangjin Kim's work looks at the way that certain ideas and images seep into culture. A digital printer prints the words of the bible into a large vertical tank of water. The words appear momentarily before dissolving and becoming part of the liquid, gradually and irreversibly changing the colour of the liquid in the tank."
London Art Fair runs until January 20. Londonartfair.co.ukPicture: Image courtesy of the artist and Hanmi Gallery


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It was Mark Twain who once wrote, "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."
Not surprisingly, you can find the initial lie over at Kate's septic tank of a blog:
Oops - In the wake of a British court ruling that the "documentary" contains material errors of fact, a "call to return Inconvenient Truth Oscar" A nice gesture, if altogether empty. After all, Michael Moore still has his.
And now that Kate is quite finished being a total douchebag for right-wing misrepresentation, we can let Tim Lambert set the record straight.
And, no, I'm not actually going to suggest that some of the wanks who made that initial accusation have the courtesy to post a correction and an apology. I long ago outgrew that childish delusion.


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Seymour (Sy) Myron Hersh (born April 8, 1937) is a United States Pulitzer Prize winning investigative journalist and author based in Washington, D.C. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker magazine on military and security matters.
His work first gained worldwide recognition in 1969 for exposing the My Lai Massacre and its cover-up during the Vietnam War, for which he received the 1970 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. His 2004 reports on the US military's mistreatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison gained much attention.
Hersh received the 2004 George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting given annually by Long Island University to honor contributions to journalistic integrity and investigative reporting. This was his fifth George Polk Award, the first one being a Special Award given to him in 1969.


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Video gaming, now seemingly popular with some in nearly every demographic, can cost a lot if gamers aren't careful. Besides the consoles, which range from $400 to $500 for the latest generation, the games alone cost $60 new.
Some games have little to no replay value, so once gamers reach the end of the story, the party is often over. Even for games with greater replay value, enticing sequels and updates will be out soon enough. The good news is there are ways to save: From buying used to renting, gamers can cut costs.
The key to saving is exploring all options, said Adam Chouinard, a manager of a Denver GameStop.
"It's a combination of trying everything," he said.
Here are tips provided by experts in the field.
Buy used
Almost every store that sells new games also sells used games. Depending on the title's age, popularity and the location of the store, you can snag quite the deal on a used game.
"It's the same game: There's really no incentive to new games," said Chouinard.
At a major retailer like Best Buy or GameStop, the average used title is $5-$10 cheaper than a new game. Local stores often offer more of a discount. Buy Back Games in Wheat Ridge knocks $20 off all its used games, according to manager V Hayatuk.
Trade in old games
You won't get rich by trading in games, but you'll definitely reduce the cost of the shiny new game you covet. While many stores offer gamers cash for their old games, it's usually at a steeply discounted rate, even from trade-in value.
The newer and more popular the game, the more you can expect to get, said Jon Young, owner of Level 7 Games in Denver. Trading in a new title at his store will get gamers $40-$50 back if it's within the first week.
"It's nice for the customer to get rid of things they don't want while they're still valuable, rather than hold onto a collection of things that's going to decrease in value very quickly," Young said.
Trading in games to your local video game store can be better than selling on Craigslist or Ebay because it's immediate and guaranteed, said Chouinard.
Membership plans
If you're planning on buying a lot of games and accessories, joining a membership program is a great way to save. They're essentially a loyalty system with benefits.
GameStop's PowerUp rewards membership has two forms: the free one, which is a rewards program, and the $15-a-year pro membership, which comes with many extras, said Chouinard.
Included in the pro membership is a yearlong subscription to Game Informer magazine (digital or print), a one-time buy-two-get-one-free special on used games, a 10 percent point bonus, 10 percent trade-in credit bonus, 10 percent off all used games and accessories, and 10 percent off all strategy guides.
Best Buy offers a Gamers Club. Aside from the free version, which offers a points-based reward system, the $120 version (two-year membership) offers much more. Members will get 20 percent off new games, a 10 percent trade-in bonus credit, 10 percent off used games, a one-time, 50 percent-off coupon for a strategy guide and a one-time buy two get one free coupon for used games.
Local stores often are more flexible
Although local stores might not have a fancy membership program, they often have cheaper used-game prices, higher trade-in values, unique loyalty programs and rare items such as classic video game systems and games.
Buy Back Games, a local Denver chain and repair center, knocks at least $20 off its used games, said Hayatuk. They also allow customers to try used games in-store before buying.
Level 7 Games is also a repair center, and it offers a 90-day guarantee on its products. It also has a huge stock of retro and rare games, said owner Jon Young. He said purchasing retro systems and games for young children is a great way to save money. Customers can get three classic consoles for about $60 on average, he Young.
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Yellow Room is a double Room, with en-suite bathroom.The room is about 14 square metres (about 42 square feet). The room is cleaned every day.
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Here goes for another Mundane Monday Seen on my London travels, a humble letterbox:
See more Mundane here.
Here goes for another Mundane Monday Seen on my London travels, a humble letterbox:
See more Mundane here.
More little things in life
Delighting in Our World
Quirky thoughts on the ultimate question of life, the universe and popcorn.
A bit of this and that
Adventures at home and abroad
Photography and Sketching ... Observations ...
Semua Tentang Turki - All About Turkey
Discover Finland's hidden gems
Less is not enough.
When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her. Adrienne Rich
photos from the past 40 years
"Go, fly, roam, travel, voyage, explore, journey, discover, adventure."
nie endende Reiselust
Sharing a world of joy with photos and words
Life in a flash - a weekly writing blog
The life of an elderly Londoner and her travels.
We went to France ..... and then we came back.
Artist by choice, photographer by default, poet by accident.
Mostly photographs with some words by this arty scientist...
What I saw, What I Heard, What I Felt
inspired by the colours of the land, sea and sky of Cornwall
Refugees welcome - Flüchtlinge willkommen I am teaching German to refugees. Ich unterrichte geflüchtete Menschen in der deutschen Sprache. I am writing this blog in English and German because my friends speak English and German. Ich schreibe auf Deutsch und Englisch, weil meine Freunde Deutsch und Englisch sprechen.
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Geneva – WHO has concluded, on the advice of its Guidelines Review Committee, that women living with HIV or at high risk of HIV can safely continue to use hormonal contraceptives to prevent pregnancy. The recommendation follows a thorough review of evidence about links between hormonal contraceptive use and HIV acquisition.
Current WHO recommendations in the Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (2009 edition) therefore remain: there are no restrictions on the use of any hormonal contraceptive method for women living with HIV or at high risk of HIV. Couples seeking to prevent both unintended pregnancy and HIV should be strongly advised to use dual protection – condoms and another effective contraceptive method, such as hormonal contraceptives.
A study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases in October 2011 suggested that hormonal contraceptives, such as the pill or injectable contraceptives, may increase a woman's risk of HIV infection. It also found that women living with HIV and using hormonal contraception may be more likely to transmit the virus to their partner than women who did not use hormonal contraception.
WHO convened a technical consultation from 31 January – 1 February 2012 to review findings from all recent epidemiological studies on the issue. The meeting brought together 75 experts from 18 countries to review existing WHO recommendations in the light of these findings.
The experts recommended that women living with HIV, or at high risk of HIV, continue to use hormonal contraceptives to prevent pregnancy, but emphasized the need to also use condoms to prevent HIV acquisition and transmission. They also stressed the need for further research on the issue and the importance of offering a wider choice of contraceptive options.
On 15 February 2012 WHO's Guidelines Review Committee upheld the recommendations. The Guidelines Review Committee is the body responsible for ensuring that all WHO recommendations are based on the best available scientific evidence and have been developed in a transparent, unbiased and clearly reported manner.
For more information, please contact:
Fadela Chaib
WHO Communications Officer and Spokesperson
Telephone: +41 22 791 32 28
Mobile: +41 79 475 55 56
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Seems I've never posted about PL/SQL based REST endpoints other than using the OWA toolkit. Doing the htp.p manually can give the control over every aspect of the results however there is an easier way.
With PL/SQL based source types, the ins and outs can be used directly without any additional programming. Here's a simple example of an anonymous block doing about as little as possible but should get the point across of what's possible.
The interesting part is on the Parameters tab. There is where to define the IN , OUT, or IN/OUT. These are a INs can be from the URI or from the HTTP Header. This means if you want USER_AGENT to be useful in the the plsql block just define it and assign it to a bind variable. Here is the :ct and :myval being defined. The :ct is bound to the HTTP HEADER Content-Type. The :myval is bound to RESPONSE. More robust support for UDTs is in the works.
Hopefully, this is no surprise as to what the output looks like.
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DIY SQCL Commands
As mentioned once or twice or 100 times, sqlcl exposes javascript scripting with nashorn to make things very scriptable. To learn more on Nashorn itself there's a lot of great write ups such as http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/articles/java/jf14-nashorn-2126515.html So far, the scripting examples have been along the lines of conditional or looping of existing sqlcl commands.
Here's an example of creating a brand new command only from javascript. This is a pretty simple one that for ALL command will snapshot the start time and print the elapsed time. It also adds the new command "kris".
Just to show this is really nothing that new to sqlcl, here's a blog post from 2006 about how to make a Java based CommandListener in SQL Developer. This hasn't changed since then.
This all adds up to if we forget to add some feature, you want to override a command, perform something before or after commands, it's very simple to DIY your sqlcl.
// SQLCL's Command Registry var CommandRegistry = Java.type("oracle.dbtools.raptor.newscriptrunner.CommandRegistry"); // CommandListener for creating any new command var CommandListener = Java.type("oracle.dbtools.raptor.newscriptrunner.CommandListener") // Broke the .js out from the Java.extend to be easier to read var cmd = {}; // Called to attempt to handle any command cmd.handle = function (conn,ctx,cmd) { // Check that the command is what we want to handle if ( cmd.getSql().indexOf("kris") == 0 ){ ctx.write("Hi Kris, what up?\n"); // return TRUE to indicate the command was handled return true; } // return FALSE to indicate the command was not handled // and other commandListeners will be asked to handle it return false; } // fired before ANY command cmd.begin = function (conn,ctx,cmd) { var start = new Date(); // stash something for later like the start date ctx.putProperty("cmd.start",start); } // fired after ANY Command cmd.end = function (conn,ctx,cmd) { var end = new Date().getTime(); var start = ctx.getProperty("cmd.start"); if ( start ) { start = start.getTime(); // print out elapsed time of all commands ctx.write("Elapsed Time:" + (end - start) + "\n"); } } // Actual Extend of the Java CommandListener var MyCmd2 = Java.extend(CommandListener, { handleEvent: cmd.handle , beginEvent: cmd.begin , endEvent: cmd.end }); // Registering the new Command CommandRegistry.addForAllStmtsListener(MyCmd2.class);
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Level 2 Clinic Information
It is with this mission in mind, why we created our Level 2 Clinics. The Level 2 Clinics educate coaches to best prepare athletes towards becoming competitive bike racers. The agenda for the clinics will provide a foundation in sport physiology and training plan design, as knowledge of sport physiology is the basis for designing workouts within a training plan.
Please note, USA Cycling's coaching structure begins with level 3 and proceeds to level 1; this mirrors our racing license scheme. So level 3 is the entry level. Level 2 is the second level.
In order to achieve the Level 2 Coaching license, you must be a licensed Level 3 Coach in good standing with USA Cycling, attend a Level 2 Clinic and pass the Level 2 test.
Level 2 Coaching Clinic PurposeThe purpose of the Level 2 Clinic is to better educate our coaches in order to better train our athletes. Coaches who attend the clinics can expect to take home a wealth of knowledge in: achieving a higher level of bike handling skills; a better understanding of the physiological stresses and adaptations the body endures through training; and how to utilize these stresses and adaptations in writing a more succinct training plan for their athletes. All which can be used to help their athletes achieve a higher level of success on the bike.
2018 Level 2 Coaching Clinics
Phoenix, AZ - January 25-28, 2018
This is a combined TrainingPeaks University and USAC Level 2 clinic
Courtyard Phoenix Chandler
920 N 54th Street
Chandler Arizona 85226
To receive the USA Cyling rate, please call 1-800-321-2211 on or before January 4, 2018 and ask for the USA Cycling group rate.
Join TrainingPeaks and USA Cycling for a special 4 day TrainingPeaks University/Level2 combination clinic focusing on using TrainingPeaks more efficiently and becoming a better coach though hands-on practical application.
Coaches attending the TPU/Level 2 Clinic will earn 40 USA Cycling CEUs and become eligible for the TrainingPeaks certification program. Attendance at the full clinic is mandatory, no partialattendance or CEUs allocation will be allowed.
Rock Hill, SC - May 25-27, 2018
Giordana Velodrome
Colorado Springs, CO - August 24-26, 2018
The Level 2 Clinic in Colorado Springs, CO will be held at the USA Cycling National Conference Center.
Recommended Lodging options:
Colorado Springs Marriott - Access the USA Cycling Group Rate HERE
Hyatt House
Thousand Oaks, CA
October 2018 - Date and Location TBD
Registration is open and available by logging on your USA Cycling account. Click on "account" and then click on VIEW AVAILABLE CLINICS/WEBINARS. You must have a current coaching license to attend this clinic.
The Level 2 Coaching Clinic is comprised of two parts. Part one is an on-bike skills component. The objective is to improve the ability of coaches to teach skills in a fun and engaging manner to athletes. All coaches will be expected to participate in the on bike skills session to the best of the coach's ability. If a person is unable to participate, the coach will be expected to observe and assist with instruction when feasible.
Part two will educate coaches to the basics of sport physiology, sport nutrition, overtraining and training plan design through classroom lecture, discussion and written materials. The classroom sessions offer coaches unbiased sport science knowledge and training plan design and provide an ability to consume information critically.
Coaches will need to have a bike in good working condition and to have either an annual racing license or a one-day license (USA Cycling will provide one-day licenses at the clinic). USA Cycling cannot provide bikes for the clinic.
The typical format (subject to change) will be:
Day One
8:00-9:30 Introductions and Overview
9:30-1:30 On-bike skills/drills (Please bring food and drink due to length of time before the break)
1:30-2:30 Break
2:30-5:00 Sports Physiology
5:00-6:00 Business of Coaching
Day Two
8:00-11:30 On-Bike Practical
11:30-12:30 Break
12:30-3:00 Sports Physiology - Practical application
3:00-6:00 Training Plan Design
Day Three
8:00-12:30 Training Plan Design/Discussion/Practical
The clinic will generally start at 8am on Friday and end around noon on Sunday (subject to change). The clinic is scheduled to end at 6pm each day (except Sunday).
What other coaches are saying about the Level 2 Clinics?
"The clinic was great and I am excited to apply the things I learned this weekend with my little 500 team!"
"Thanks for doing a great job presenting, I appreciate all of the great coaching that you bring to the table!"
"I not only learned a lot of fantastic stuff, but I got to do it with a lot of great people! This clinic really lit a fire in me!"
"I want to compliment the coaches on what a fantastic job they did of "leading by example" and keeping a positive, constructive atmosphere. All the instructors were articulate and did a great job making the presentations accessible and interesting to everyone."
"I thought the clinic was awesome. I learned so much- not just about cycling, but about coaching."
"Good stuff at today's USA Cycling Coaching L2 Clinic in Augusta, GA! @usacycling has it together!"
"Final day of USA Cycling L2 coaching clinic in Augusta,GA. Learned much from many great coaches from across the U.S. Well done @usacycling !"
What are the requirements to attend a level 2 Clinic?
You must be a current Level 3 Coach in good standing with USA Cycling. If you are not currently a USAC Coach, please see the information on Steps to Becoming a Licensed Coach.
Level 2 Coaches may attend the Level 2 Clinic as a refresher course to earn CEUs if space is available; priority will be given to current Level 3 Coaches seeking to upgrade.
What is the cost of the clinic and what does it include?
The Level 2 Clinic costs $499 (subject to change without prior notification) and will include on bike skills session, lectures and handouts. Cost of lodging and meals are not generally not included. Paying through a method other than via your USA Cycling account, will incur an additional $50 charge. Contact the coaching education for options.
If you need to change clinics after registration, there is a $100 change fee if the change takes place within 30 days of the start of the clinic you originally registered for. Please see the FAQ for information on the cancellation policy.
How do I register for a Level 2 Clinic?
Log on to your USA Cycling account and click on "account." Click on VIEW AVAILABLE CLINICS/WEBINARS. If you are eligible to attend, the clinic will appear.
Does USA Cycling assist in finding lodging?
Each coach is responsible for his/her own lodging. USA Cycling may have a host hotel where the clininc is being held and will supply a direct link to the hotel and possible prefered rates.
What is covered at the Level 2 Clinic?
The Level 2 Clinic covers on-bike skills instruction, exercise physiology (bioenergetics, muscle structure, adaptations and function, cardiorespiratory physiology and adaptations, etc.), and training plan design and periodization. In addition, some additional presentations will be available for self-study in electronic format. More information will be provided after registration.
Who teaches the clinic?
Click here to learn more about the Level 2 faculty.
Do I take the Level 2 exam at the clinic?
No. The Level 2 exam is a self-paced test that the participant completes at home and returns to the Coaching Education Manager. Also, there is no deadline on turning in the Level 2 answer sheet.
What is the general schedule for the Level 2 Clinic?
In general, the clinic runs from 8:00am to 6pm on Friday and Saturday and 8:00am to 1:30pm on Sunday. In some cases start or finish times may need to be adjusted depending on presenters' schedules or facility requirements/limitations. Complete itineraries will be provided to attendees prior to the start of each clinic.
There is not a Level 2 Clinic near me or at a time I can attend. May I just pay the fee and take the exam?
No. The clinic offers a lot of education which is not addressed in the test including excellent discussion from the coaches in the audience who offer insights or other views on the topics covered.
Do I need a bike for the Level 2 Clinic?
Yes, a bike in good working condition will be required for the on bike skills session. USA Cycling does NOT provide bikes, coaches attending will be responsible for providing their own bike. If a coach is not physically able to participate in the on-bike portion of the clinic, the coach will be expected to observe and assist the instructor(s) when feasible. Riders will be required to wear a helmet during all on bike sessions.
How will I be kept up to date on the clinic I sign up for?
Once you have registered and paid, the Coaching Education Director will put you on an email list for the clinic and send periodic updates as to location, exact start times etc.
Level 2 Refund Policy
Refunds for cancellations will be issued according to the following schedule. The refund period is based on the first day of the clinic for which you are registered.
- 14 days or fewer, no refund
- 15-30 days, 25% refund
- 31-60 days, 50% refund
- 61 or more days, 75% refund
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Kansas State students win Generous U competition
A student group from Kansas State University have won the national student philanthropy competition Generous U, which is run annually by Brandeis' Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy.
The 5,000 prize was awarded for the philanthropy program K-State Proud, which gives grants to students at risk of dropping out for financial reasons.
Generous U, which was established in 2009, recognizes university students who grow philanthropy and philanthropic values on their campus.
The Kansas State group was selected from a pool of 48 student entries nationwide — up from 21 last year. Three runner-up entrants, from the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Oklahoma, were awarded $1,000 each. Each submission required an essay and a companion video explaining the philanthropic program.
"The Generous U contest taps into the basic human impulse to give and rewards students able to organize and broaden on-campus philanthropy," said Claudia Jacobs, who spearheads the contest at the Sillerman Center, which is based at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
The Kansas State philanthropy program started in 2006. Over the last seven years, it has raised $650,000, much of it from student donations. With this money, the Kansas State Student Foundation allocates "opportunity awards" to students who have exhausted all other forms of financial assistance to complete their education. Philanthropists, business people, university educators, and undergraduate and graduate students reviewed the video and essay submissions, ranking each on innovation, creativity, sustainability and its promise to broaden philanthropy among students. Student clubs and groups use the cash awards to strengthen their campus organization and expand their charitable work.
The Sillerman Center was founded and endowed by Robert'69 and Laura Sillerman in 2008. Its mission is to strengthen social justice philanthropy while broadening the process so that all kinds of people — young and old, rich and poor — participate in giving. Based at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, the Center engages in research, education, leadership development and improving the practice of philanthropy. The Center sponsors two popular courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels where students act as grant makers and learn how to distribute thousands of dollars to local non- profits.
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The show's lead character will be Tom Rhodes, who sounds more than loosely based upon Steve Jobs. According to Deadline, the half-hour, single-camera comedy is "a savage satire, a study of ego, power and greed." To us, that sounds a lot like Curb Your Enthusiasm, played by a Fake Steve Jobs. But to be fair, that's our interpretation, not the pitch.
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Last week I showed you an example USB peripheral using the Microchip 18F2550 and the Microchip USB stack. However, I put off explaining too much of it until the future. The future is now. Well, at least part of the future.
I am going to put off talking about the actual working code until next time, because for now I want to focus on something that is at least as important: the USB descriptors. These data structures describe the device to the host operating system. I found that Linux is fairly lenient if you mess up the descriptors, but Windows is very picky indeed. If you have the choice, you might consider getting your system up on Linux first and then try Windows, since you can clobber some of the simpler bugs in the Linux environment.
I started with the Microchip usb_descriptors.c file, which has quite a few comments to get you started. A device descriptor is the root data structure and may contain one or more configuration descriptions. Each configuration can have multiple interface descriptors and the interfaces can have multiple endpoints. If you recall, endpoints are how the host and device communicate. Each endpoint only carries data in a single direction, so for two-way communication, you need at least two endpoints.
Here's the top level of the descriptor:
ROM USB_DEVICE_DESCRIPTOR device_dsc= { 0x12, // Size of this descriptor in bytes USB_DESCRIPTOR_DEVICE, // DEVICE descriptor type 0x0200, // USB Spec Release Number in BCD format 0x00, // Class Code 0x00, // Subclass code 0x00, // Protocol code USB_EP0_BUFF_SIZE, // Max packet size for EP0, see usb_config.h 0x04D8, // Vendor ID 0xF83F, // Product ID: AWC 0x0002, // Device release number in BCD format 0x01, // Manufacturer string index 0x02, // Product string index 0x00, // Device serial number string index 0x01 // Number of possible configurations };
The first few bits are more or less boilerplate. The size and type are present in all descriptors (although, of course, the actual size and type value differ between types of descriptors). The version number (2.0) determines what is in the rest of the structure.
The class, subclass, and protocol codes are assigned by the USB organization. The zero value in the class field means that each interface specifies its own class code. The maximum packet size applies to endpoint zero and can be 8, 16, 32, or 64 bytes.
The next two fields identify the device type uniquely. The vendor ID is from the USB organization and identifies your company. These IDs are pretty pricey (and renewable each year). Small companies (and poor bloggers) won't want to shell out that kind of money, so luckily Microchip (along with other similar vendors) have sublicensing programs. The idea is that if you agree to use their product, they will let you use their vendor ID and restrict you to using one product ID. If you have your own vendor ID, the product ID is just a unique number for each of your devices. When using a sublicense ID, there is often a restriction on how many units you can distribute under the sublicense.
The remainder of the structure is the release number (0.02), indices into the string table for things like the printable name for the vendor, product, and a serial number. The final field identifies how many configurations are available in this device.
The string table is comprised of string descriptors. These are optional – in the above example, there is no serial number, so the string index of zero means ignore that entry. In fact, string descriptor zero is reserved and describes what languages are available in other string descriptors.
Here's my string descriptors (these appear near the end of the file):
//Language code string descriptor ROM struct{BYTE bLength;BYTE bDscType;WORD string[1];}sd000={ sizeof(sd000),USB_DESCRIPTOR_STRING,{0x0409}}; //Manufacturer string descriptor ROM struct{BYTE bLength;BYTE bDscType;WORD string[25];}sd001={ sizeof(sd001),USB_DESCRIPTOR_STRING, {'M','i','c','r','o','c','h','i','p',' ', 'T','e','c','h','n','o','l','o','g','y',' ','I','n','c','.' }}; //Product string descriptor ROM struct{BYTE bLength;BYTE bDscType;WORD string[22];}sd002={ sizeof(sd002),USB_DESCRIPTOR_STRING, {'S','i','m','p','l','e',' ','D','e','v','i', 'c','e',' ','a','w','c','e','.','c','o','m' }};
Like all descriptors, the first string starts with a length and a type code. The rest of the descriptor has language IDs (0x0409 is US English, for example). The USB specification calls out the country codes, but they are similar to the locale numbers found in Microsoft Locale Identifiers (LCID).
The remaining string descriptors are simply a length, a descriptor type, and Unicode characters for the string in question (remember, Unicode characters are 16 bits long).
Skipping back up in the usb_descriptors.c file, you'll find the configuration descriptors. In this case there is only one and, as usual, it starts with the length and the type. Some devices will have multiple configurations (for example, one when on bus power and another when self powered).
The configuration descriptor is sort of a header. The same block of data contains not only the configuration descriptor, but all the related interface and endpoint descriptors as well. The second length field (0x29, 0x00) is the total data length for the entire set of descriptors. Here's the code:
/* Configuration 1 Descriptor */ ROM BYTE configDescriptor1[]={ /* Configuration Descriptor */ 0x09,//sizeof(USB_CFG_DSC), // Size of this descriptor in bytes USB_DESCRIPTOR_CONFIGURATION, // CONFIGURATION descriptor type 0x29,0x00, // Total length of data for this cfg 1, // Number of interfaces in this cfg 1, // Index value of this configuration 0, // Configuration string index _DEFAULT /* | _SELF */, // Attributes, see usb_device.h 50, // Max power consumption (2X mA) /* Interface Descriptor */ 0x09,//sizeof(USB_INTF_DSC), // Size of this descriptor in bytes USB_DESCRIPTOR_INTERFACE, // INTERFACE descriptor type 0, // Interface Number 0, // Alternate Setting Number 2, // Number of endpoints in this intf HID_INTF, // Class code 0, // Subclass code 0, // Protocol code 0, // Interface string index /* HID Class-Specific Descriptor */ 0x09,//sizeof(USB_HID_DSC)+3, // Size of this descriptor in bytes DSC_HID, // HID descriptor type 0x11,0x01, // HID Spec Release Number in BCD format (1.11) 0x00, // Country Code (0x00 for Not supported) HID_NUM_OF_DSC, // Number of class descriptors, see usbcfg.h DSC_RPT, // Report descriptor type HID_RPT01_SIZE,0x00,//sizeof(hid_rpt01), // Size of the report descriptor /* Endpoint Descriptor */ 0x07,/*sizeof(USB_EP_DSC)*/ USB_DESCRIPTOR_ENDPOINT, //Endpoint Descriptor HID_EP | _EP_IN, //EndpointAddress _INTERRUPT, //Attributes 0x40,0x00, //size 0x01, //Interval /* Endpoint Descriptor */ 0x07,/*sizeof(USB_EP_DSC)*/ USB_DESCRIPTOR_ENDPOINT, //Endpoint Descriptor HID_EP | _EP_OUT, //EndpointAddress _INTERRUPT, //Attributes 0x40,0x00, //size 0x01 //Interval };
This tells the host that the configuration has one interface and draws 100mA (maximum) and is not self-powered (note _SELF is commented out).
The interface has two endpoints and is a HID device (HID_INTF). There is a class-specific descriptor (DSC_HID) that describes a single report (more on that in a future blog).
The two endpoints do input and output using the USB interrupt transfer. Both transfer a maximum of 64 bytes and should be polled every frame (this interval has to do with the way USB handles polling endpoint transfers).
That's a lot of bookkeeping, but not much code. Unfortunately, if you get anything even a little bit off, the host computer is likely to turn its nose up at your device. There's actually one more important piece of paperwork left in usb_decriptors.c: the HID-specific descriptor that defines the reports. But I'll save that for next time.


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Originally posted by hoohoo View PostDarwin was developed using a community model (unpaid developers) and included some Apple people. Apple did not start the Darwin project IIRC, but did become it's sponsor at some point. Much of the work was done pre-2000 during the 1990s. I think the license was a BSD variant, it certainly let people contribute work and it certainly let Apple take all that work and apply some changes, then close source the result, and sell the result as OS X. I can't call that copyleft because while Darwin source can be downloaded (as I noted in my OP), none of the additions in OS X can be.
In March of 1999 Steve Jobs made a new announcement, Apple was giving away some of its source code. Apple then introduced Darwin. He also stated that Darwin itself was going to be Open Source, this announcement immediately drew Open Source developers, including myself, out of the woodwork and immediately drew support from the Open Source community. This announcement also ended the FSF Boycott that the Free Software foundation had laid on Apple Computer. Darwin is based on the original NeXTStep implementation of Mach brought over from NeXT Computer. Darwin 1.0 was released shortly after the announcement and while it was primarily for Apple PowerPC based computers, preliminary support for Intel based machines was built into Darwin.NeXTSTEP (also written NeXTstep, NeXTStep, and NEXTSTEP[1]) was the object-oriented, multitasking operating system developed by NeXT Computer to run on its range of proprietary workstation computers, such as the NeXTcube. It was later ported to several other computer architectures.
Originally posted by Teho View Post@crazycheese: Could you please focus on the core points and stop writing completely pointless text with no proper arguments? You also try to separate your own opinion from it because no one really gives a fuck about those. Then you could also check your facts before posting.
I had three points:
1. BSD is easier for companies than GPL. This is undoutably true in theory and in practise. It doesn't require you do anything and it's legally understandable.
2. BSD is more free than GPL. As long as you don't go redefining the word "free" then this is also absolutely true because it allows you to do more.
3. Apache/BSD is extremely popular for corporate software. This then again is statically true.
No matter how much bullshit you spew it doesn't change any of these. Your post was full of such idiocity that I'm seriously not going to waste more of my time on it.
1. "BSD is easier for companies than GPL."
True for evil companies, useless for good companies. Answered by me.
2. " BSD is more free than GPL."
Lie. answered by me.
3. "Apache/BSD is extremely popular for corporate software."
For useless opencore projects or parts.
All three points apply to the areas, which are completely useless for outer people.
Its like claiming "Coca-Cola is free drink", hiding the fact that it only applies within microsoft offices.
But instead of reading my answer, you are pulling deaf line.
Well, in that case, please seek medical attention, clean that bullshit between your eyes and ears which you are refering to and maybe we can talk.
Because I can understand you pretty good, yet you fail to understand me. It must be something on your side, mate.
"No matter how much bullshit you spew it doesn't change any of these."
Oh, does this mean you are living in your own world where only things that you make up apply?
Well, you might also ask doctors for cure of schizophrenia. I'm sorry to hear that.Last edited by crazycheese; 06-13-2012, 01:38 PM.
Originally posted by hoohoo View PostI think the point he's trying to make is that BSD license allows closing of the code: binaries can be sold without making source available.
Which IMHO is neither here nor there - you pick your license and you take your chances.
The anger seems to come from that this group of people speaks of their license as open source, but BSD license is only as open source as a user of it chooses to be, whereas GPL denies the right to close the source.
By way of example, remember Darwin and Apple? Yes you can still get Darwin, it's still "open source", but the license used in it's development allowed Apple to grab a copy of the code, add to it and release the product as Mac OSX, and not acknowledge Darwin devs at least as far as profit is concerned. That was kinda sleazy IMHO, and had Darwin been GPL'd then Apple could not legally have stolen all that work.
Don't worry, I'm wearing my teflon and asbestos suit today, have at me.
I have no problem with that above. I have problem when they start to lie. Because lies are designed to fool the unaware which is a "bad thing".
1. "BSD is easier for companies than GPL."
True for evil companies, useless for good companies. Answered by me.
free actually means.
3. "Apache/BSD is extremely popular for corporate software."
For useless opencore projects or parts.
Do you understand how hard it's to take this shit seriously? Nothign you say make any sense what-so-ever. Not only that but you accuse others of lies and bullshiting yet you do exactly that youself.
Hmm... Does this mean... "It protects freedom of the [content] with the cost of its freedom"... ? Yes?
WRONG. It protects freedom of the content by preventing to remove this freedom.
Because if you remove this freedom, you don't have it. At this point, BSD stops existing. This case is ignored in BSD. Which means BSD is simply public domain.
- Benjamin Franklin
Originally posted by Teho View PostMost companies that develope open source software use permissive licences like Apache and BSD. It makes developing open source software easier and therefor more compelling. So yes, it kinda makes sense.


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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi troops opened fire on stone-throwing Sunni demonstrators in the country's restive west on Friday, leading to the deaths of at least five protesters - the first fatalities in more than a month of anti-government rallies. Two soldiers were also killed, apparently in retaliation.
The violence is likely to exacerbate tensions between the Shiite-led government and minority Sunnis angry over perceived second-class treatment and what they see as unfair policies targeting their sect.
Hours after the shooting, police said gunmen attacked an army checkpoint, killing the soldiers, in apparent payback for the earlier bloodshed. At least one army vehicle was set ablaze, and dozens of civilian gunmen were seen roaming the streets before local authorities imposed a curfew in the city.
Friday's protest was part of a wave of rallies that first erupted in Anbar province last month after the arrest of bodyguards assigned to Sunni Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi, who comes from the area. Anbar is a former al-Qaida stronghold that saw some of the fiercest fighting against U.S. forces during the war.
The protesters are demanding the release of detainees and the cancellation of a tough counterterrorism law and other policies they believe overwhelmingly target Sunnis. Many link their cause with the broader Arab Spring and are calling for the downfall of the government altogether.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government has done little to crack down on the protests and has released hundreds of detainees in a concession to the protesters' demands. But he has also criticized some in their ranks for seeking to undermine the democratic process and exacerbate the country's sectarian divisions.
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Sunni Arabs, who comprise some 15 percent of Iraq's 28 million population, were dominant under Saddam Hussein and formed the backbone of the insurgency that arose after majority Shiites rose to power following the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Sectarian violence that once pushed the country to the brink of civil war has ebbed significantly and most American forces withdrew in December 2011.
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They said demonstrators grew angry after being held up at the army checkpoint, first shouting and then throwing rocks. The soldiers initially shot into the air in an effort to disperse the protesters, who eventually tried to storm the post, police said.
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The clashes occurred as tens of thousands of demonstrators filled a major highway nearby, repeating a scene that has become common in areas across Anbar around midday Friday prayers.
Smaller rallies have been held in other predominantly Sunni parts of the country, and thousands of protesters have staged an ongoing sit-in along a highway connecting Baghdad to Jordan and Syria.
Sunni cleric Mohammed al-Dulaimi, who led the prayers at the Fallujah protest, urged demonstrators to show restraint and avoid further friction with the soldiers.
In his speech, he also accused al-Maliki's government of adopting policies that could divide the country.
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The wave of rallies in Iraq has been largely free of violence until Friday, though at least two demonstrators were wounded in Anbar last month when bodyguards and security forces protecting Sunni Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq opened fire to disperse angry crowds.


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The Pacific-North American (PNA) and Western Pacific (WP) patterns are low-frequency teleconnection patterns (Wallace and Gutzler, 1981). Observations show that the PNA and WP are sensitive to the frequency distribution of the SST anomalies associated with ENSO. The HadAM3 model correctly reproduces the changes in frequency distribution of the PNA pattern between the El Niño years and the La Niña years (Renshaw et al., 1998). However, this model fails to reproduce the WP mode distribution. On the other hand, the JMA atmospheric model showed an ability to simulate the WP with reasonable intensity, responding to SST anomalies (Kobayashi et al., 2000). How extra-tropical air-sea interactions affect such weather regimes is not yet clear and an evaluation of the ability of coupled climate models to simulate these modes is yet to be undertaken.8.7.7 Blocking
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Recent atmospheric models show improved performance in simulating many of the important phenomena, compared with those at the time of the SAR, by using better physical parametrizations and using higher resolutions both in the horizontal and in the vertical domain. A systematic evaluation of the ability of coupled climate models to simulate a full range of the phenomena referred in this section is yet to be undertaken. However, an intercomparison of El Niño simulations, one of the most important phenomena, has revealed the ability of coupled climate models to simulate the El Niño-like SST variability in the tropical Pacific and its associated changes in precipitation in the tropical monsoon regions, although the region of maximum SST variability is displaced further westward than in the observations.
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Geoengineering gains more tractionSubmitted by v on Thu, 2009-04-09 16:20
All options are on the table to control climate change effects, according to Obama's science adviser, John Holdren, including technologies formerly (or still?) derided by mainstream scientists. Examples include injecting pollutants high into the atmosphere to block sun rays, using mirrors to reflect sun rays, or a huge umbrella to filter sun rays (see my previous post for another link).
Twice in a half-hour interview, Holdren compared global warming to being "in a car with bad brakes driving toward a cliff in the fog."
Last week, Princeton scientist Robert Socolow told the National Academy that geoengineering should be an available option in case climate worsens dramatically.
But Holdren noted that shooting particles into the air—making an artificial volcano as one Nobel laureate has suggested—could have grave side effects and would not completely solve all the problems from soaring greenhouse gas emissions. So such actions could not be taken lightly, he said.
Still, "we might get desperate enough to want to use it," he added.
Official who proposed MN's cap-and-trade system now criticizes Obama's approachSubmitted by v on Mon, 2009-03-23 15:41
From Keith:
Story on the St Paul Legal Ledger describing Ed Garvey's comments about Obama's cap & trade plan - he does not support the current position, saying that there needs to be a "workable" solution, that "does not penalize petroleum manufacturers," for whom he currently lobbies.
Official who proposed MN's cap-and-trade system now criticizes Obama's approach
President Obama's Unfortunate Cap & Trade Proposal
Mega Energy Bill?Submitted by v on Mon, 2009-03-09 11:13
Democrats may put Obama's carbon regulation bill together with renewable energy measures into one large bill. Could be good, in that it would be all in one, so it wouldn't take as long to pass as two bills. Could also be bad, in that it could align all efforts against either measure into a stronger movement. The vote could be as early as this summer, according to Sen. Harry Reid's spokesman.
For more info, see Democrats May Combine Carbon-Trading, Renewable Energy Measures
New Clean Coal AdSubmitted by christopher on Fri, 2009-02-27 16:50
Thank you Coen Brothers
Climate Change TodaySubmitted by christopher on Tue, 2009-02-24 18:38
The November issue of Mother Jones introduced me to 350.org - the important new organization spearheaded by Bill McKibben. "The Most Important Number on Earth" talks about the tipping point of climate.
McKibben has been doing great work to update people who know that climate change is a problem but still aren't sure what to do about it. He recently showed up in a Q & A feature in Foreign Policy to answer key questions about climate change in 2009.
Those of us who have followed this for awhile have been arguing that we need to get beyond arguing that this is scientific fact. We won't convince everyone - and enough people are convinced that we need to do something about it rather than wait for purposely dense people to "get it."
Those who will lose out in the clean economy have moved on as well. They used to pour their resources into groups that denied global warming but they are a late-night joke now. So these companies have adjusted and are instead pouring money into studies that show insanely high costs if we put a price on carbon. NPR's On the Media recently covered some of the subterfuge they use in these reports.
Sometimes it seems that one cannot listen to a program on climate change without hearing someone foolishly talking about how nuclear power is the big solution, if only big-government liberals who hate the market would let the market build more nuke plants. This remains a confusing claim to anyone knows anything about nuclear power as it is totally at odds with a free market approach - heavy government intervention into markets is required for nuclear power to work - from insurance to loans to waste disposal. I thought David Leonhardt from the NY Times dealt well with this issue on a good episode of the Diane Rehm Show that recently dealt with Green Collar Jobs. Also, Foreign Policy magazine offered some sobering reminders as to how hard it will be for nuclear power to make a dent in the climate change problem.
I'll end this by embedding a video from 350.org - which is totally social media enabled (facebook, youtube, twitter, etc).
Is Pawlenty changing his mind about energy?Submitted by v on Wed, 2009-02-18 11:40
In an apparent policy reversal, Minnesota state agencies told legislators that further climate change action may be unnecessary. Data have shown a drop in emissions from 2005 to 2006, and the assistant commissioner for air quality at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, David Thornton, and the new head of the Office for Energy Security, Bill Glahn, suggest that if that trend continues, Minnesota will meet its emission reduction goals in 2015 with no new policy actions.
This seems highly unlikely to me, and I find the suggestion disturbing.
Furthermore, they are suggesting that Big Stone II will reduce carbon emissions because it could replace two older coal plants (which won't happen), and that the only new policy suggestions from the Minnesota Climate Change Advisory Group (MCCAG) they support are eliminating the ban on new nuclear plants (which the MCCAG suggested should be studied) and implementing appliance efficiency standards.
Read more at MinnPost.com
Thanks to Keith for the heads-up.
But that climate legislation is needed now!Submitted by v on Tue, 2009-01-27 13:34
In a sobering release, climate researchers from the US, Switzerland & France have announced that we will experience negative climate change impacts despite future emission reductions. Carbon dioxide accumulates in the atmosphere faster than previously thought, making any emission reduction goals all the more urgent.
This study suggests that if carbon levels reach 600 ppm, many areas of the world will see severe drought, similar to or worse than the 1930s Dust Bowl. Sea levels will also rise by 3 feet by the year 3000, though the prediction did not take into account glacier and sea ice melts, which would increase the level.
Another study released yesterday states that emperor penguins will likely be extinct by 2100, due to loss of habitat, warming temperatures, and decreases in food population. Because the birds are long-lived and breed later in life, they are less adaptable to changes in climate. Now the poles each have a threatened mascot...
For more information, see:
Long Droughts, Rising Seas Predicted Despite Future CO2 Curbs
Emperor penguins face extinction
States look differently at Obama global warming planSubmitted by v on Tue, 2009-01-27 12:39
Obama is beginning the process of getting his climate change legislation moving forward and has chosen two liberal Democrats, Sen Barbara Boxer & Rep Henry Waxman, to lead this process. Both legislators hail from California, which is significantly further along in the carbon footprint reduction process than many other states. California gets about 20% of its electricity from coal; in contrast, Ohio generates 86% from coal. Minnesota is somewhere around 60% (and hopefully falling from the work we've done lately, but I haven't seen recent numbers).
Because of this stark difference in electricity generation sources, support for this legislation depends on geographical location. Legislators from the Northeast and California are strongly in support of it. Those in the Midwest and Plains states are not.
This has long been predicted as a problem for any national carbon regulation. California is obviously ready for national legislation -- it has many policies in place that will smooth its transition or even may be more stringent than any national policy. However, coal-rich states, from the Rockies to the Midwest to the Southeast, have been less eager to enact policies to promote alternative energy sources and therefore will require more investment and time to meet national standards. It will be interesting to see how the legislation is crafted to balance the differences in states' ability to meet carbon reduction goals.
Another challenge is determining how this legislation will affect economic development within the US. With our current struggling economy, will carbon regulation be too expensive? Will it boost jobs through the promotion of alternative sources, or will it stifle development as companies are further regulated? Opinions differ... but I think the regulation is overdue, necessary, and will hopefully not be too painful.
For more information, see:
Geography Is Dividing Democrats Over Energy
Will carbon regulation boost or stifle the economy?
Study evaluates clean energy technologies and declares winnersSubmitted by v on Mon, 2009-01-26 12:18
And the winner is wind! According to a study done by Mark Z. Jacobsen, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford, wind the cleanest of the "clean energy" technologies. Other winners, in order, are concentrated solar (the use of mirrors to heat a fluid), geothermal, tidal, solar photovoltaics (rooftop solar panels), wave, and hydroelectric. The losers include biofuels, nuclear, and "clean coal," which Jacobsen says are not nearly as clean as currently touted.
Not a huge surprise, but he used an apparently new method:
Jacobson has conducted the first quantitative, scientific evaluation of the proposed, major, energy-related solutions by assessing not only their potential for delivering energy for electricity and vehicles, but also their impacts on global warming, human health, energy security, water supply, space requirements, wildlife, water pollution, reliability and sustainability.
For more information, see:
Review of solutions to global warming, air pollution, and energy security
Wind, Water, and Sun Beat Biofuels, Nuclear, and Coal for Clean Energy
Stanford University Professor - Mark Z Jacobsen
Full carbon accounting for nuclear powerSubmitted by v on Wed, 2008-04-30 23:34
In an interesting report, a team of Australian academics created a life-cycle accounting of carbon dioxide emissions from nuclear plants and found them to be higher than previously thought. The main source of the difference is the mining of uranium, which is predicted to become more energy intensive as the high-grade sources diminish. This report is apparently the first to consider the environmental costs throughout the process of creating nuclear power. It is helpful to have a greater accounting of the impacts of nuclear energy, and this report could be used to further illuminate decisions about new electricity plants. However, I would still imagine that the greenhouse gas emissions of these sources are much lower than any fossil fuel source, even including the transportation and sourcing of the uranium.
Just the Tree of UsSubmitted by christopher on Wed, 2008-04-30 16:22
Newsweek ran a cover story on the Enviro and Leadership that had some details I wanted to note. It focuses on Hillary, Obama, and McCain (or, if you have followed his blatant abandoning of energy issues by skipping every 2007 vote on energy issues, you might call him McShame).
I am not convinced McCain will be the global climate change legislation champion we would hope him to be. His recent actions have me wondering if his past work with Lieberman on climate change was merely him trying to get center-cred by championing an issue he knew would go nowhere.
I don't know - because I do not follow national politics closely enough. I know he has taken a lot of heat from the right on this and his work has helped us by showing that Republicans are divided on this (kinda) so maybe I am too harsh. The story considers this:
A plausible explanation is that McCain sought to avoid taking a position that would offend either conservative primary voters or the moderate ones he will need in November. A more relevant statistic might be his lifetime LCV rating, which is 26 percent, compared with an average of 16 percent for all Republicans. As recently as 2004, when his rating for the 108th Congress reached 56 percent, the league endorsed him for re-election to the Senate.
I do feel more comfortable criticizing the media because I pay much more attention to their coverage and listen to a number of shows that look at media coverage. Perhaps because the media regards this as being a boring issues among 3 candidates who all acknowledge the massive challenge to deal with climate change, they have refused to ask questions about climate change.
The League of Conservation Voters tracks how often candidates are asked about environmental issues in televised debates and interviews, and the current tally shows that of 3,231 questions by the leading political reporters from five networks, exactly eight concerned global warming.
Newsweek also looks at 10 fixes for global warming - all of them fairly small in the tradition of recognizing it will take a massive patchwork to change our carbon habit. One is massive kites to help pull containers ships across the ocean (so China can keep making all our consumer goods and shipping them to us).
Any idea how far the largest container ships can go on a gallon of fuel? Try 37 feet. That adds up to 2 billion barrels of petroleum a year. "If the shipping industry were a country, it would be No. 7 in carbon emissions," says Michael Hirshfield, chief scientist for Oceana.
Sure, those ships are over 300m long and carry billions of dollars worth of stuff (with the value of the dollar, probably many tens of billions at this point) but 37 feet?? I'm not sure whether to be impressed or not.
Finally, the article alerted me to ClimateCounts.org which offers a scorecard measuring big companies on global warming stuff. I see that Canon is rated highly (Nikon - my camera company of choice, is not ranked) whereas Apple is nearly at the bottom (which made me smile because I hate my MacBook and love my PCs).
Gore's New SlidesSubmitted by shadoweyes on Wed, 2008-04-09 09:36
Al's updated his slideshow and presented it at TED. Toward the end, he talks about the upcoming election though he hedges quite a bit.
theWatt PodcastSubmitted by christopher on Mon, 2008-04-07 16:01
Despite my lack of posts over the past year or so, Ben Kenney invited me to participate in his weekly discussion podcast last week. I enjoyed the show - in which we talked a lot about biofuels and hot topics like Al Gore's $300 million campaign. It is especially interesting to talk with folks outside the U.S. - Canada and England in this case.
"In case of global warming, break glass"Submitted by v on Thu, 2008-01-31 10:01
Marketplace did a thought-provoking story on "geo-engineering," ways to prevent the Earth from warming too much even if we can't reduce greenhouse gas emissions in time. The ideas sound like they're from science fiction novels, such as a huge space umbrella to filter the sun's rays. However, they are gaining credibility with some scientists, since the cost of addressing GHG is currently astronomical. Were we to go this route, where countries are able to "place their hand on the global thermostat," I think we would need to have a stronger international community/regulating structure to monitor the process and adjudicate among nations who want different things. Check it out.


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While browsing Pinterest for creative storage ideas, I found some interesting ideas for storing items in the garage.
This system works well and uses storage containers that are readily available at most department stores and/or hardware stores. I've used something similar in my craft studio for years and it's served me well. Just make sure you have all of your items purged and categorized before you buy containers so you won't buy the wrong size.
I thought this was a great idea for the workshop area. It reminds me of how stores display their merchandise. You'd just need to make sure that the boards folded far enough out of the way to not block the work surface.
Source: finewoodworking.com via Samantha on Pinterest
I love this idea for boots - in fact, I'm getting ready to do something similar on my back porch for our muck boots.
This is great to hang right inside your garage door to make car washing go quicker. You could also use a metal or plastic mail box.
Bungee cords, wood strips, and large nails are all that is needed to put this organizing system together. I love the bungee cords for holding the balls together.
If you're not on Pinterest and you'd like an invitation, just email me and I'll send you one. Pinterest is a fun (and free) site that allows you to "pin" your favorite pictures from the web onto your own virtual "pinboard". I have to admit that I'm a bit addicted. I used to tear dozens of pictures out of magazines and store them in binders and file folders. Now I just pin them on my Pinterest boards. Love it!


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