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Many instructors emphasize the importance of approaching writing as a process. What does this mean? Basically, it means that you use the activity of writing as a tool for learning, as a tool for inquiry, and as a tool for discovery. By writing, you can develop more solid ideas on the topic, which will ultimately improve your learning of the subject. The idea of writing as a tool for learning across the curriculum is a very important aspect of college education in the US.
If your experience with writing in English has been limited to timed-essay examinations (e.g. the TOEFL, TOEIC, GRE, etc) before you came to the US, the idea of writing as a process may seem strange at first. The two key ideas that are essential when it comes to the notion of writing as a process are "reflection" and "re-vision." Your instructors will constantly ask you to reflect on the process of your engagement with a certain assignment and incorporate your reflective thinking into your writing. Although it may not be the case with every class, many of your instructors will ask you to revise your paper and integrate what you have learned from the revision process into your writing. Remember that the "re-vision" means much more than simply fixing some grammatical mistakes or typing mistakes.
You do not need to do the reflection and revision alone. Many of your instructors will strongly encourage you to take your assignments to the Writing and Communication Center and engage the tutors in each stage of your writing, whether you are brainstorming, researching, drafting, revising, or editing. By engaging other people (e.g. Writing and Communication Center tutors, classmates, librarians, research participants, etc) in the development of your work, you will ultimately become not only a better learner but also a better communicator in both spoken and written English. Developing academic writing skills takes a long time; there is no "one best way" to hone your writing skills. Here are some practical strategies you want to use to approach your writing assignment as a process.
Remember that planning is the key to the successful completion of your assignment. Mark the due dates of the assignments on your calendar and plan the times you need for reading, researching, writing, and revising. Also, include your meeting times with your instructor, Writing and Communication Center tutors, librarians, etc. Remember that you can utilize the Writing and Communication Center in each stage of your writing process. (See the section on the Writing and Communication Center for further information.)
First of all, it is crucial that you understand your writing assignment before you start to write. Make sure you understand the specific requirements of the assignment. Then, think about how much you already know about the topic, where you can find more information about the topic, how familiar you are with the specific genre, why your instructor created such an assignment, etc. Let your instructor know as soon as you can if there are certain aspects of the assignment that you do not completely understand or if you need extra time to complete the assignment. If you are still not sure about the assignment, you may ask your instructor to give you a successful example of the assignment from his/her prior classes. You can also bring your assignment sheet to the Writing and Communication Center and ask your tutor about specific aspects of the assignment on which you need more guidance and help.
Some international students may not know that it is common for instructors in the US to provide comments on students' early drafts without grading them. Students are encouraged to revise their early drafts based on the feedback they have received from their instructor. Instructors also often give verbal feedback on students' work during individual conference with students. The individual conference is a great opportunity for you to find out if you are on the right track. If an individual conference is not scheduled, you can also visit your instructor during his/her office hours and let them know the specific aspects of the assignment about which you need further guidance or explanation.
Peer review refers to a process where students read and respond to each other's work. Active participation in peer review will bring you multiple benefits. Some of you may not be very familiar with the idea of peer review. Those of you who have never done a peer review in your home countries may feel quite embarrassed about showing your writing to other students. You may feel that other students may look down on you if there are some grammatical mistakes in your writing. However, you will quickly learn that native speakers also make grammatical mistakes. You will find, in certain contexts, you can explain certain grammatical rules much more systematically than native speakers.
When the assignment involves international issues, it can be a great opportunity for you to share your cross-cultural perspectives with your American classmates. The more you talk to your classmates in a smaller group setting, the more confident you will become in sharing your views with the entire class. More importantly, by seeing how other students think and write about the same topic, you will learn to look at your own writing from a different perspective. In other words, by critiquing your peer's work, you will learn various aspects of academic writing—both content and writing issues—and you will be able to strengthen your own arguments and edit your own work more effectively. So, utilize the opportunity to get comments on your early drafts from your classmates. Make sure you mark your peer review dates on your calendar and prepare a draft of your paper by the due dates!
You should familiarize yourself with the library system as soon as you can. The UW library system is one of the largest public library systems in the country. If there is a librarian assigned to your class, introduce yourself to the librarian at the beginning of the class. You will find our campus librarians eager to work with students and enjoy being part of their research and writing projects. Make sure you bring the assignment sheet with you when you meet with the librarians. You will find your sessions with librarians very useful, especially when you are brainstorming, researching a topic, and finding sources for your paper. Remember that it is critical that you improve your ability to locate, evaluate, use, and synthesize sources effectively for any genre of paper you will be writing during your college career and beyond!
Perhaps some of you may have thought "I have really great ideas, but I just cannot express them in writing." Or, "When I want to write down my ideas, I feel blank." Or, "I just don't know what to write in English." Some of you may have developed writing anxiety because of your experiences writing in formal test situations or because the structure of your native language is vastly different from the structure of the English language. But remember that we all have experienced some sorts of writer's block or writing anxiety. Successful writers often confess the agonies and struggles that they have gone through writing up their articles, books, anecdotes, reports, etc. The agony and struggle is part of our writing and learning processes.
Many international students tend to have writer's block because they are overly preoccupied with the grammatical aspects of writing (e.g. sentence structure, vocabulary choice, mechanics, etc.). The grammatical aspects of writing are definitely important because they directly affect the tone of your writing. However, it is more important to focus on the other aspects of writing that are concerned with the ways of developing your argument, organizing your ideas, synthesizing sources, and representing your identity. But remember that if you are preoccupied with sentence level issues during the early stage of your writing, you may end up deleting all the sentences that you worked so hard to compose.
Some of you may also have experienced writer's block because you wanted to come up with a clear outline before you began your writing. Some may think that you should write a powerful introduction first, a solid main body, and then a memorable conclusion. However, if you really think about it, it is very difficult to come up with a clear outline while you are still developing your ideas. Many successful writers jot down the main ideas that will eventually constitute the body of the paper before they attempt an introduction. In fact, it is an effective strategy to write your thesis statement after you have written the main body. For more help, take a look at this handbook's sections on brainstorming and revision strategies.
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Fighting racial discrimination in St. Louis County
A northeastern Minnesota task force working to combat racial disparities in the justice system meets Friday afternoon in Duluth. St. Louis County was one of four jurisdictions in the United States that won grants from the American Bar Association to promote racial justice.
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Elliot Chaves-Charax Snowboard
At Design Interviews
Interview with elliot chaves : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. elliot chaves : the actual graphic was inspired by a painting and the idea of the dimensional design feature simply came to me as I wanted to do an entire line of boards with some new detail and my apparel background snuck in with the thought of giving some texture to the object while making it a single piece of design and "Dimensional Decks" were born. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. elliot chaves : To make the aesthetics of snowboards equate to the technological advancement of their performance while creating something I would want to use as a fellow rider. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. elliot chaves : to get it prototyped and manufactured and see it being used on mountains all over the world .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. elliot chaves : 3-4 weeks .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. elliot chaves : When I feel something inside me, I simply know it is the right concept and inspiration. So once I got the inspiration, I acted on it until I thought it was perfected. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. elliot chaves : I plan to sell or lease the production rights out to a company who truly loves it as much as I do. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. elliot chaves : My first passion in life is designing and being creative. My second is snowboarding so for my first project in "product design", I wanted to do snowboards. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. elliot chaves : None other than the painting that inspired the actual art. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. elliot chaves : Snowboarders all over the world. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. elliot chaves : The fact that no other snowboard on the planet has dimensional decks. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. elliot chaves : The latin name of the butterfly is a complicated one but its prefix is "Charax". I liked it and it was simple and easy to pronounce and I felt that it was right so it stuck. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. elliot chaves : After hand illustrating it, Illustrator and Autodesk fusion 360 .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. elliot chaves : the physical dimensional thorax of the butterfly that has texture. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. elliot chaves : I worked with my CAD engineer who took it to the 3D view in Autodesk Fusion 360. His name is Aurelian Leu. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. elliot chaves : balancing the design of the board without compromising the performance. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. elliot chaves : no .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. elliot chaves : how the surface of the board will be in the end and how will the final construction of the board be. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. elliot chaves : I am trying to get exposure in hopes someone will like my creative thinking so that I can find more work and grow as a designer. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. elliot chaves : My confidence grew as a product designer and I learned that I need to improve on my computer skills. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. elliot chaves : no .
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West Greenwich is a large rural town in Kent County, Rhode Island with a population of approximately 6,000 residents. The town has maintained its rural landscape and has many farms around town that residents and visitors can enjoy.
Leyden Farm Vineyards and Winery is one of the many family owned businesses in the town. The farm is a popular location for buying Christmas trees and wine that is made on the property.
The Mishnock Barn is also a popular West Greenwich attraction known as the "Best Country Western Dance Club in Rhode Island." The barn is family run and has three dancing floors with about 3,000 square feet of dancing space.
This rural town is 51 square miles and is perfect for farming and horse riding. Stepping Stone Ranch is one of the many horse ranches in the town offering riding lessons, horse boarding and trail riding.
Because of its rural landscape, many West Greenwich properties have farms and horse stables on the property. Much of the real estate in West Greenwich are singlefamily homes with several acres of land. Most homes for sale are in the styles of Colonials, Capes and Ranches.
West Greenwich is a wellspring of tranquility. While its location makes it ideal for commuters, the community has seen significant growth as major companies have relocated or opened large facilities in-town.
The woodland splendor of the Arcadia Management Area is designed deliberately for fishing, boating, hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding. This spot is a sanctuary for nature lovers. West Greenwich provides the kind of sprawling suburban living that is rapidly becoming a rarity.
West Greenwich is made up of the villages of: Escoheag, Hopkins Hill, Kitt's Corner, Mishnock, Nooseneck, Robin Hollow, West Greenville Center, Wickaboxet.
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Coachmen RV Chaparral 381RD Fifth Wheel For Sale
Coachmen RV Chaparral fifth wheel 381RD highlights:
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Are you ready for a fifth wheel with five slide outs and plenty of room for your family to enjoy time relaxing? Come check out this Chaparral 381RD by Coachmen RV. Your whole family can visit comfortably in the rear living room where there are two tri-fold sofas, as well as theater seats and a rear entertainment center. In the kitchen you can easily prep your meals or snacks at the island plus there are two chairs. The residential pantry is large enough to store all of the canned/dry goods needed while you are away from home. In the front private bedroom you can get a good night's rest on the queen bed and if you choose to add the optional washer and dryer you now can keep up with your laundry while you are away from home!
All Chaparral mid-profile fifth wheels are aluminum framed and offer great tow ability with a lighter overall weight. The interiors are not only spacious, but also provide luxury living for weekend or extended stay RVer's all at a price you can afford. You will appreciate the AM/FM/CD/DVD player with Bluetooth and upgraded Weather Shield insulation that has been zero degree tested so you can camp comfortably in any weather. Plus, each Chaparral offers a UV and corrosion resistant TPO roof. With a complete kitchen, bath and sleeping accommodations, camping will be as comfortable as home while you enjoy plenty of storage, a residential queen Black Label® pillow top mattress, and a large shower. The Chaparral mid-profile lightweight fifth wheel will meet all of your vacation needs, so come choose yours today!We have 1 381RD availableView Inventory
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Watch Review: Trifoglio Italia Millimetro
So much in our lives can be translated so differently because of our own personal interpretation. I find it fascinating when two people can look at a piece of art and come away with two completely different interpretations of that same art piece. This is something that I also find very interesting with watch design. Give two designers a blank canvas and ask them to create their interpretation of a watch and I guarantee both designs would be completely different, neither design better than the


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The University of Maine School of Law faculty represents the bedrock that supports student success. Our faculty are recognized as leading scholars and experts in their fields. They contribute to national and international discussions, and are frequently called upon for their expertise.
Professors at Maine Law implement a rigorous curriculum across all disciplines, and they hold students to a very high standard. At the same time, the environment is supportive and collaborative.
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Polish Book Covers: Fight Club, Survivor, Invisible Monsters, Choke, Diary, Fugitives & Refugees and Haunted
In keeping with our trend of profiling some of Chuck's international book covers, this week we look at Poland. You decide: are these covers ugly, or works of art? Click each image to be brought to its Gallery page, then rate them and leave your comments.
To see the rest of our Book Covers, check out our Gallery. And if you have some that are not represented there, send them to submissions@ chuckpalahniuk. net.
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Web System Studio
I have been doing web application development as a one-man show for 10 years, self-employed for the last 3 years. Its been going well -- being an expert in web and RubyOnRails and JavaScript is a hot spot to be in -- and I transitioning from a one-man show to a small team. The primary technologies I work with are RubyOnRails, Ruby, JavaScript, Mac, Linux. The core services I offer are web- and mobile-based product design, development, and deployment. The thing I do best is to bridge the techie to the human and friendly; to connect people with big ideas to the technology that will serve them and magnify their reach and profitability.
Small- & Medium-sized businesses -- private individual(s) who have an idea and some money to change get their big idea off the ground and online. E-commerce stores, content- & web site- management system. Examples: Etsy, Shopify, Netpop Research, Eveo, StartupAgents, MyEyeTV
Startups -- completely custom web-based software from the ground up. Examples: Blurb (I built this one), Groupon, StubHub
Basically, experienced technology entrepreneurs, and experienced entrepreneurs new to technology, and completely new entrepreneurs; primarily marketing and biz dev people, CTO's, VP of product development, visionaries. Particularly people who might be considered: conscious, balance-seeking, aware, mindful, cutting edge, web 2.0, business 2.0, long tail, wisdom of crowds, pragmatic, ethical, prefer quality over quantity, human factors, care of user experience, ease of use, intuition.
Targeting both new and existing markets: new markets and products and services and ideas; existing markets with a new approach to the existing.
Primarily I need business cards with impact that could be described as "simple elegance", the same as my work products are described. I would like a look and feel that I like enough to stick with for a while, and perhaps get more designed, such as a web site design, which I will need next.
Here is what I want to be communicated in the design:
We are a small/boutique web-technology/RubyOnRails consulting firm, experienced, innovative, cutting edge ideas, out of the box thinking and problem solving, disciplined and calculating, taking a holistic view, balance of technological savvy with human sensitivity, classic sensibilities and values yet with a non-traditional and progressive approach, edgy and opinionated yet grounded and pragmatic, zen-like calm and aesthetic, customized services, continuous improvement, earthy.
I dislike right angles and straight lines; I want to see curves, rounded corners, interesting shapes, and/or things like that. I like colors that are of mixed and of different saturations, such as high saturation, low saturation, or earth tones.
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The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, is home to the Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection of approximately 13,000 nineteenth- and early twentieth-century photographs of architecture, decorative arts and sculpture. White (1832-1918), the first president of Cornell University, established the collection by donating several thousand images from his personal architectural library. The Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, in collaboration with the Department of Preservation and Conservation and the Cornell Institute for Digital Collections, undertook a project to preserve, house, catalogue and digitize the entire collection.


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The Price of Electricity as more people buy EVs
The Price of Electricity as more people buy EVs
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This is a good and interesting point to talk about.
What you are saying is plausible, but I think that in the coming years a lot will be invested in sustainable energy (solar, wind, thermo, hydro, fusion etc.). Maybe that will be the reason that the price of electricity will not rise that much. This is just a guess. Maybe somebody else has a better guess?
Get ready for vague, unverified argument from anonymous forum
In other threads here, people have cited some study that said we in the US have excess production and carrying capacity in our power plants and power grid, and that something like 90% of current driving could be switched to electricity with no need for expansion of current electrical production.
If that's true, given that energy rates are at least partially regulated in most jurisdictions, I don't think prices would necessarily rise with higher EV usage, unless they needed to build out more to handle the load. Power companies will be making more per month off of their existing infrastructure, even without raising rates.
Yeah that's all I have.
A lot of this depends upon how many people hare during peak times and how many charge overnight.
From what I understand, there is a ton of spare capacity at night. If this is the case, it is actually helpful to the utilities to have greater use at night.
However, this is something that is good to keep an eye on.
No kidding! We're lucky to get 50% accurate scientific analysis here. (Or anywhere.) >:D
Since most cars that are plug in charge at night, they are using electricity that would otherwise be wasted. With newer solar panel efficiency a few panels could power a charging station, and half a roof on a home could power the home and charge the car. America is currently in a decreasing usage of electricity pattern. I dont think the "grid" will be over taxed anytime soon.
I thinki the key is when the charging takes place. When the local power company engineer came out to check my service capacity for EV 40amp/240 volt charging, he said the grid has incredible unused caqpacity from about 10PM until about 6AM and it is both expensive and time consuming to shut down generators. That is why they offer a 30% discount for charging EV cars at night. Of course given enough time and sale of EVs, who knows.
Some data points.
That's the grid capacity for California. IMO it's interesting that from 3a.m. to about 7:30a.m. the actual load is usually higher than predicted. The point is that EV's can fill that trough in overnight capacity. The problem may come from the last transformers before reaching a house probably need to idle overnight to cool down. My utility put an extra transformer on my block a few months after getting my car.
The graph is only a partial range, of course. In numbers, the peak is about 50% higher than the trough.
I do not think the impact of EVs will be that great on the overall usage and the small increase in demand will be met without significant difficulty.
Likely the cost of electricity will drop long-term relative to inflation in many places: the drivers being a better more efficient grid (with proper investment), more use of lower cost renewables like wind (wind cost less than burning oil currently) and because of mass production efficiencies its cost will continue to drop, in high cost areas like Hawaii PV solar already makes sense and steady improvements in PV technology will help make it practical in southern California, Arizona and South Texas. Renewables only make sense in certain places but deployment is increasing and thus the relative cost will drop compared to petroleum costs (which drive inflation).
"lower cost renewables" are a pure figment of PR agent imagination. When all costs are tallied, they are multiples of conventional ones. You need only realize that virtually all such sources are so variable and unreliable that they must be backstopped 100% by (necessarily high cost and inefficient) quick-response conventional plants to pick up slack when they go flat. Random blackouts and brownouts are not an option for a modern economy. And the oft-quoted "balancing" of geographically distant sources is not on; the grid connections necessary to achieve that are prohibitively difficult and expensive, when actually analysed. And when measured, even such geographically distant sources frequently share very low output periods.
These limitations are not susceptible to technological solution. They are inherent.
All things considered, I think EV's will be a boon for utilities and their ratepayers, assuming they are allowed to charge demand based higher rates during peak hours and lower at non-peak.
First, as has been mentioned, utilities have plenty of excess capacity at night. More importantly, this excess capacity gives them the option of using the lowest cost facility or fuel; at peak demand they must start up and use even the most expensive plants or purchase power on the open market which can be VERY expensive.
Second, demand response programs along with smart grid technology being tested will allow utilities to manage more overall demand with fewer facilities, especially as EV use grows. For example, say you get home at 8pm, it takes 8 hours to fully charge your car and you need it fully charged by 7am. By allowing the utility to vary charging ie full power when there is low demand and suspending charging when demand spikes, they can operate fewer plants yet still meet demand. You don't care that charging rates varied or even were suspended at times overnight, just that your car is ready to go at 7. Instead of having 1/3 of the power used in generating electricity being consumed "just in case", it could be reduced to somewhere closer to actual demand.
Third, future utility scale storage combined with EV to grid technology will give utilities huge leeway in matching demand with supply, further reducing the need for operating facilities over actual demand, not to mention reducing the need to build new plants which are very expensive. This will mean lower costs for the utilities and for rate payers (I know some of you will be skeptical of that one).
Isn't increased demand for a product during non-peak hours exactly what every company wants? I believe this is what EVs will do for utilites (again assuming most charging is at night). Utilities will have additional profits that will help to pay for the required grid upgrades. A good scenario for them, their customers and those who are concerned about environmental issues. Another reason I am so enthusiastic about Tesla (have to tie that in!).
Sorry Brian, have to disagree with you.
Hydro power is THE least expensive way to produce electricity (and one of the oldest utility scale methods of production) - it produces no pollution and is renewable. The problem is the US has run out of empty valleys to dam.
Bravo to Norway for generating roughly its total usage with carbon free hydro, now they need to build more wind to export to the rest of Europe (which they have the potential for).
Solar and wind have been shown to somewhat balance each other (places with good solar and wind potential - think Spain, no blackouts in Spain...).
As long as wind is under 20% of your generation capacity its variability can be handled by a robust and diversified grid (no rolling blackouts in Texas, Iowa or Oregon).
The costs of wind power is gradually reducing and even environmental menace Red China sees it's potential and has been installing generators like crazy (they beat the US in nameplate capacity two years ago and continue to move faster).
PV solar costs remain to high for wide deployment at the utility scale in many places, but in some high cost places like Hawaii and small island which need to import petrol it is already cost effective, even in selected parts of the mainland US we could start cost effectively replacing oil burning peaker plants with PV.
It will take a while to phase out natural gas and coal for power generation in the US, but at least they are domestic... one step at a time.
I agree with some of your points however a couple of notes: I was told by the chief engineer of a large NE power plant that for every mw of wind power around 2mw of conventional power had to be operating to assure no brownouts. In other words no net energy savings. I haven't been able to independently prove this but even if the ratio is off the idea makes sense. He said utilities generally liked wind power anyway because they could recoup the costs despite the inefficiency. I might add that this large, old, oil and nat gas burning plant only operates about 30 days out of the year, only when extreme conditions made it cost effective. And it rarely uses oil, which brings about the second point. In the U.S., only about 1% of electricity is generated from oil (and 1% of oil is used for electricity) and that is for peak or emergency backup power. As you note, Hawaii is an exception to the U.S. average.
I am not an engineer but observe that Denmark (which source the highest amount of electricity from wind) does not suffer from blackouts but it does buy power from its neighbours to balance the variability. If wind was not saving them money they would not have built so much wind capacity years ago (when costs were even higher) and still be adding capacity). Mainland China would not be building capacity today if it was not reducing their need for fossil fuels.
hydro is special, and geo-limited. It cannot be much expanded beyond current use.
Denmark and other countries with high (excess) wind capacity sometimes end up paying other countries to take it (produced when not needed or wanted) and then paying thru the nose to cover shortfalls. About as stooopid as it gets.
There is also geothermal which is also very effective and cheap depending of the place. Solar can be cheap too in right place.
I personally don't like wind, it is unreliable, noisy and ugly wherever I encounter it. Those of you that think wind farms being silent, go look one of them in windy day when they actually generate electricity. They also kill birds. I would much rather try to find way to use hydrocarbons and burn them than use wind.
Main difference in future energy use comes from smarter building and techs, not getting more power from renewables. Industry also seeks less energy consuming ways to do stuff all of time, so that is not only homes that get better. Our everyday stuff uses a lot less energy / item now than they did just 20 years ago. Tablet computers run at tiny fraction of the energy used with old computers, and I have now one desktop one that is more than sufficient to me that uses only around 11W when working (totally silent, no fans, SSD).
Also less people around would help, IIRC population peaks at somewhere around 10 billion at around 2050 and then starts to decline which is good. 5 billion people use half as much energy as 10 billion, that's just raw fact.
If needed we can put solar in space. Expensive to build, but not that expensive to maintain and doesn't care about seasons. Sun radiation is also quite a bit stronger in space than it is ground level.
In short, we will not run out of energy. There are more than enough all kinds of sources that we haven't even started to use.
PS. I agree with Brian H that CO2 is not pollution, I don't agree with him that it doesn't heat up Earth, but ask yourself is that actually bad thing if it does? I mean in global scale. We are too far from Sun to get similar runaway greenhouse as Venus has. Heating itself is not bad, it is just the pace it is happening, local changes happen too fast for nature to get adjusted. If we get a bit stronger greenhouse here we have entire new large continent to get habitable conditions (Antarctic). More heat also means more moisture to air, which might turn old deserts into forests.
If we start using only renewables we might actually want to heat this globe a bit artificially.
Population is not a problem. The "Low Band" UN projections are always the closest (and even they err on the high side), and they say peak >8bn by about 2040. A declining, geriatric demography is likely to be the problem!
And the "greenhouse Venus" speculation by Sagan et al. doesn't hold water. <1% of solar radiation reaches the surface, and that invalidates the core requirement of the re-radiation hypothesis. And despite super-slow (retrograde) rotation, dayside and nightside are only about 1K different. Many other incompatible observations.
Typo: ...they say <8bn by about 2040. ...
Corr: ...they say peak <8bn by about 2040. ...
" If wind was not saving them money they would not have built so much wind capacity years ago (when costs were even higher) and still be adding capacity)."
Not necessarily. Cost is not a major issue and becomes a non-issue the more environmentally activist one is. Look no further than California, where the state has mandated very high renewable energy goals. I don't believe price is an exception to this requirement. As of Jan 2011, to go from 20% renewable to 35% "Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (the country's largest municipally-owned utility)" " DWP estimates it will need rate increases of between 5 and 8 percent every year for the next five years to finance the investments necessary to meet the renewable goals."
One solution: environmentalists should embrace fracking and the cost benefit it provides to nat gas and also encourage switching from coal to nat gas. This will slightly bring down electricity prices, offer cleaner air and less co2. By the time this change has mostly been accomplished in a few years, grid storage, wind and solar among other non-fossil methods will be cost competitive without subsidies. And I wouldn't be surprised if Tesla, Solar City and/or Elon Musk is a part of the cost effective commercialization of grid scale storage.
Economics will mandate fracking, embraced or not.
Brian H, it seems that you don't understand how greenhouse effect works. That's exactly the greenhouse-effect that causes both sides of the Venus globe being same temperature. Solar radiation does not need to reach surface, it heats the atmosphere. That's the point of greenhouse-effect. More gets absorbed in the atmosphere than gets radiated away until equilibrium has been reached. That equilibrium is quite hot for Venus.
All false. The Greenhouse effect depends on a) surface heating b)reradiated IR from the surface c) surface IR absorbed by GHG d) radiation from the GHGs re-impacting the surface e) cycle of the above "trapping" heat on or near the surface. If it never reaches the surface, the cycle cannot begin. Simple atmospheric heating does not start, let alone continue that.
In reality, the heightened ability of GHGs to radiate pumps more heat into space more quickly, too, so there is no trapping (proven by satellite measurements, as mentioned earlier). So your physics fails no matter which point you choose as a starting point.
Atmosphere heats up, heats ground, that radiates back to atmosphere etc. What's so difficult to understand in that? That's greenhouse-effect. Sun radiation does not need to reach surface directly, it's enough that a lot of it gets absorbed to the atmosphere.
Your second paragraph sounds like you are claiming that such a thing as GHG does not exist? Do you understand how stupid that makes you sound like?
Bloomberg has a article that says that wind power and NG, have become economical enough to displace nuclear and coal plants. Parts of the country have surplus electricity and the cost drops to near zero at night. A great time for this electricity to be used to charge BEV. A lot of countries like China, Europe, etc are in the process of moving to renewables. It is not feasible to continue burning gasoline/diesel because of smog.
What is missing for mass adoption of BEV is a disruptive tech in batteries. Graphene electrodes may provide the tech that is needed to double the capacity of the Lithium batteries. Advances in tech can change the entire landscape of ICE autos. Just like what digital photography did to Kodak. Or digital music and videos did to CD stores, Blockbuster Video, etc. 8-Track tape player anybody?!
Meanwhile, Tesla with cars like the Model S will continue improving relentlessly. That is how tech works. Battery capacity increases at a compound rate of 7%/year on the average. Electrical efficiency of the inverter, motor will improve. Metal structures will become lighter with improved design, stronger alloys, etc. Costs will drop like most manufactured products, especially electronic. Time is their favor. ICE autos burning dinosaur juice and belching smoke are an anachronism.
No, GHGs exist. But they do not have the effect Believers claim. And the sequence is NOT thermal heating of the ground by the air (which has a tiny heat capacity, and is utterly inadequate to such a task anyway), etc. That demonstrates total ignorance of your own theory.
BTW, your earlier use of "climate change skeptics" is more Believer nonsense. Skeptics are skeptical of Human-driven climate change. In fact, they acknowledge a far wider range and variability of climate than Believers do, who seem to think the lowest depths of the Little Ice Age (when it happens thermometers were first invented) is some kind of normal or ideal to which we should aspire, instead of the least salubrious climate humanity had endured since the ice sheets receded 10,000+ years ago. This warm "bump" is the fourth and lowest in a series since then, and we would be far better off if it was higher and bigger and warmer.
"Do you understand how stupid that makes you sound like?"
Venus is twice as far from the sun as Mercury, so it get 1/4th the solar heat that Mercury does. (inverse square law) Saying the Greenhouse theory doesn't work on Venus when Venus is hotter than Mercury, is like standing outside a real glass greenhouse on a cold winter day and denying the greenhouse effect, even though it is warm and toasty inside!
No wonder they're called deniers!
Thanks to the bubba's article "Wind is gaining as turbine costs plummet -- they are down one-third since 2010 -- and technology gains make windmills economical in states with lower average wind speeds."
I am a fan of wind - I love the no fuel cost, all domestic part the most. Our green friends point out that they remove kinetic energy from the atmosphere thus reversing global warming.
We have had global warming since the last ice age and it has been good for humanity, but a too rapid acceleration of the trend would pose a problem - I am very skeptical about a lot of the dogma and intentions behind the climate change agenda, cap and trade and kyoto is a big danger to the economy in my view, yet I favour a gradual move away from ICE cars and a cleaner grid...
The sunlight does not penetrate to the ground. Venus has almost 100X the atmospheric density of Earth, which generates the temperature. At the 1 bar (Earth sealevel) density height, the temperature is exactly what is expected with no GHG effect on Earth. The effect of CO2 is a wash; it increases output as much as it inhibits upwelling IR, at least. (Without GHGs, especially the super-dominant H2O on Earth, the atmosphere would be warmer because it would have a hard time radiating heat away.)
Anyway, that's enough. There are reams of discussion and articles on the subject, which I'm not going to try and summarize.
The real bottom line is politics, and it's going the way that Reality dictates. From Copenhagen to Kyoto to Doha to Cancun etc., efforts to impose CO2 reduction ("de-carbonization", one of the stupidest terms ever concocted) are falling flat. China, the Greens' idol nation, is building coal-fired plants at a rate exceeding the rest of the world put together. Because it must in order to survive. Germany is replacing the nuclear plants it so foolishly cancelled and decommissioned with brown coal-burning plants. The US is switching to its almost limitless natural gas. The Chicago Carbon Exchange (CCX) founded by Gore went belly-up. The European Carbon Market is selling credits at about almost 1/3 the "minimum price" believed to be required to have an impact, and falling steadily. And so on.
However CO2, globally, is continuing its rise, ever faster. And the global temps have flat-lined for almost 2 decades now, in complete contradiction to the Believers' Credo. It's all over but the screams as the fools realize how much of their money they've been parted from.
@Oildeath Costs are VERY important... The economy AND ecology favours harnessing hydro where ever there is still untapped potential left, then using wind where it is strong enough (looking at the wind maps and the band of high potential along the foot of the Rockies I would say that hitting 20% would not be a problem with grid improvements). Yet idealism does not pay the bills, although I generally oppose burning of fossil fuels when it can be economically avoided, we still need low cost natural gas plants to balance out variablity and for the wind poor SE states. Coal is dirty but low costs means it is not going away anytime soon.
PV solar has a lot of potential but have to wait till around 2020 or so for it to become cost effective in a wider area, when that happens you will see coal plants getting phased out in high solar potential areas.
@Brian H, how exactly pressure creates heat? Please tell us. Then answer this "Why isn't bottom of the ocean boiling hot?".
It doesn't create heat. If you were (this time) to read and comprehend the actual words, I said it raises temperature. If every molecule has a fixed kinetic (thermal) energy, which thermometer shows a higher reading: one with X impacts from molecules per second, or one with 100X? The difference is that gases are compressible, and water is not, so the impacts per sq." at the bottom of the sea are not affected by pressure.
As you say, it doesn't create heat. So where does that heat come from if not from Sun? 100x times thicker atmosphere can absorb a lot more heat than our atmosphere can, and Venus is much closer to Sun. It is greenhouse-effect that keeps it inferno.
@FLsportscarenth unfortunately, at least in Australia, wind farms have a very vocal opposition, with people claiming that living near a wind farm causes all sorts of health issues.
As a result, the Victorian government has put in place restrictive planning requirements for new wind farms.
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Poor Oz... Government does not want to encourage you to buy EVs, silly protestors do not want clean energy... All they want is to tax the crap out of you...
Friendly people, beautiful place, brain-dead management...
Hell, Oz is still getting video games censored to the nth degree. I think a major shift is needed in gov't sooner rather than later.
In Northern California, PG&E, the utility co., has an "electric car rate" of 4cents/kwh available from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.! Perhaps other utilities will adopt this pro-EV posture. They should. In the long run, these cars are good for everyone and should be promoted and encouraged in every way possible.
In Northern California, PG&E, the utility co., has an "electric car rate" of 4cents/kwh available from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.! Perhaps other utilities will adopt this pro-EV posture. They should. In the long run, these cars are good for everyone and should be promoted and encouraged in every way possible.
I saw a webinar yesterday and the guy said if 10 to 15% of autos in British Columbia were electric, i.e., 280,000 to 420,000 cars, we would save 1.5 billion dollars per year on oil costs, and would be keeping those dollars in BC, because of locally produced hydroelectricity.
The supply of electricity should be sufficient, particularly with the load being primarily at night, plus the advent of solar charging at work and at Superchargers. As the last post mentioned, the economic and energy independence benefits of domestic power are huge.
I have heard that there is a potential issue with transformer capacity in the last few miles of distribution if there are "too many" EVs on your block, but that won't happen immediately and can be planned for. Might be an argument for slower charge rates at home if the time is available.
There is plenty of unused nighttime capacity for EVs. Power stations do not "go to sleep".


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Our target audience is primarily institutional investors such as pension funds, endowments, and family offices, but are also targeting the ultra-high net worth individuals.
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We're open to seeing variations of our name as well (i.e. "BOLI" or "BOLI Fund" or "BOLI Fund Management"). You don't have to focus on the full name as written.
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Behind the beautiful advertising, the catwalk glamour and the perfectly manicured nails lies a world that those inside the industry do not want you to see, and definitely don't want you to talk about.
Dark, dirty, and full of invisible threats, this is a world founded on a toxic addiction that is slowly destroying our waterways.
But like all secrets, there is always the possibility that the ones covering up will one day have their secret exposed, and that the revealing of the truth will force them to confront their problem.
And today, World Water Day, is that day, when with your help, we reveal their secret to the world. A truth many knew but did not want to acknowledge.
Global fashion brands are poisoning our riversThe textile industry is the third largest source of industrial wastewater in China where as much as 70 percent of rivers, lakes and reservoirs are polluted. But as our latest research reveals, this pollution is not limited to the countries where heavy industry is located, but is happening in any country where the clothing is sold and washed. The list of brands implicated includes fashion heavyweights Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and G-Star, whose products contain chemicals that break down in water to form toxic and hormone-disrupting substances.World Water DayTo mark World Water Day, Greenpeace activists and volunteers revealed the fashion industry's dirty little secret in locations all around the world: from Jakarta to Stockholm, from Madrid to Bangkok. Members of the public were invited to get involved by washing away non-toxic paint from the posters placed in city and riverside locations, exposing the fashion industry's toxic secret to shoppers and passers-by. Additional activities are also taking place in the Philippines, Mexico, Thailand and Indonesia calling on politicians to tighten legislation around the use of hazardous chemicals and increase transparency for the chemicals that the fashion industry and other sectors are currently releasing.
The pressure on the fashion industry to quit its toxic addiction is building.
Greenpeace mark World Water Day with a series of events worldwide.
The road to a toxic-free futureThanks to your help, six major international sportswear and fast fashion brands have so far committed to Detox, and eliminate all hazardous chemicals from their supply chains and products by 2020. Given the sheer scale of the problem, more brands must join them.For those brands who have committed, time is also ticking. Every day that they deliberate, monitor and measure - and delay acting - our waterways continue to be poisoned by persistent, toxic and hormone disrupting chemicals. Many of the most hazardous chemicals have alternatives and the brands must set ambitious deadlines for their total elimination, and then deliver against them.
The time for talking is overTake action today:
Tommy Crawford is the Strategic Communications Manager on the Detox Campaign. You can follow him on twitter at: @theecowarrior
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I'll be pushing my favourite brand to be the next to detox. Thanks Greenpeace for contributing with this campaign.
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L,eau content 3/7 de notre planete. C,est crucial pour notre survivre. Mais les enterprises grandes et companies internationales ne regardent pas cela. Notre tache premiere est pour les stopper!
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We definitely, as human beings, have to look after our sources of water; we must refrain big corporations from spoiling this precious liquid with the...
We definitely, as human beings, have to look after our sources of water; we must refrain big corporations from spoiling this precious liquid with their disastrous industrial waste. WATER belongs to all of us so let`s fight for it!!!
Thanks Greenpeace for this wake up call
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It seems like the world has come to a point where the fashion should be all about protecting the planet.
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Water is THE source of life. Thank you, Greenpeace to fight for its its and our survival.
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stop polluting our drinking water PLEASE.
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greenpeace is the best invention to defend the world from the pollution maked by that completely moorons. thank you greenpeace!
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Thanks GreePeace! Lets get togther to save our precious water. Please! Lets act now!. This might be our last chance.
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Black & Blue: JAMES ROBINSON on the JLA's New Members
On Monday, DC revealed the cover for March's Justice League of America #55, showing a couple of surprise visitors to the book.
"Saint" Walker, the Blue Lantern introduced last year by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis in Green Lantern, will now be a member of the JLA, and Cyborg-Superman will show up to fight Doomsday and a still-"Dark" Supergirl as part of the "Reign of Doomsday" crossover event.
The idea behind Dark Supergirl gets a little clearer in this week's Justice League of America #52, but Kara Zor-El will remain in her black attire through the "Reign of Doomsday" event and next year's Superman/Batman Annual #5, which Robinson is writing.
It's all part of Robinson's plan to show why the new Batman, Supergirl and other team members deserve the label "Justice League of America." While the book will experience an artist change after the departure of Mark Bagley, Robinson will continue to mold the group into a powerful team as they head toward an epic Eclipso story arc next year.
In fact, Robinson promises he's starting to build the type of long-form, multi-layered story that is familiar to readers of his acclaimed run on Starman.
In the first installment of a two-part interview about Justice League of America, we talk with Robinson about Mark Bagley, Saint Walker, Cyborg-Superman, and Dark Supergirl. (Check back tomorrow to hear more about his upcoming Eclipso arc, how The Shade fits into the story, and what readers can expect from the new regular artist.)
Newsarama: James, we just saw the cover to Issue #55, and DC announced Bro'Dee "Saint" Walker is joining the team. How did you end up deciding to add Saint Walker to the Justice League? Was this something you coordinated with Green Lantern writer Geoff Johns?
James Robinson: I actually wanted to obtain that character from Day 1 for the JLA, but I had to wait until it worked with the overall Green Lantern continuity. Geoff was very keen also that I use the character, so it was just a matter of waiting until the right time. When I first saw him, I immediately liked Walker and I saw him as a potential sort of – I don't know, an alien figure, in the way it would fit my team, in the way that J'onn J'onzz would fit the Big 7. But we had to wait for the right time, coordinating it with Brightest Day and everything else the character was doing with the Green Lantern titles. By this point in time, with all the different Lanterns on Earth going about doing their crime-stopping in the various ways that they do, it works now that Walker can be a part of the Justice League. So he's joining in Issue #55.
Nrama: We already know that the energy of hope that is wielded by Saint Walker and other Blue Lanterns interacts with the powers of the Green Lanterns. Will this be explored in conjunction with Jade?
Robinson: That's something it'll be interesting to see, won't it? Just how does Saint Walker improve or change the powers of Jade? Because her powers are derived differently from the Green Lanterns. You'll see that Saint Walker and Jade will develop a sort of a link. But it will be an interesting, different dynamic from any other Blue Lantern with any other Green Lantern character. And who's to say Jade's powers won't affect Walker's too?
Nrama: Let's talk about the other surprise in the cover to Issue #55. You'll also have Cyborg-Superman showing up? Is this all part of the "Reign of Doomsday" crossover?
Robinson: Right. The Eclipso arc is beginning [with February's Issue #54], but even as it does, in Issue #55, Cyborg-Superman, Doomsday, and Supergirl will all be involved in their own struggle. And that will lead into next year's Superman/Batman Annual.
Nrama: The Justice League issue is part of a crossover with a Steel one-shot, The Outsiders and Superboy. With Hank Henshaw showing up, after the involvement of Superboy, Steel, and the Eradicator in the "Reign of Doomsday" storyline, it's pretty obvious this ties into Reign of the Superman, doesn't it?
Robinson: Yes. Absolutely.
Nrama: And Supergirl is still functioning as this "Dark" Supergirl in Issue #55?
Robinson: Yes. That issue will begin to explain what's going on with Dark Supergirl, and why she changed. We'll deal with that partly during Issue #55, then moreso in the Annual.
She actually isn't going to be an "evil" Dark Supergirl. It's just exploring the darker sides of her personalities, based upon the tragedy that's been around her, with the destruction of Krypton and everything else. She's lost her parents. She's seen them die. She's seen her entire planet die. So all of that is partly what's brought about Dark Supergirl.
But the initial reasons why you think she might have changed aren't really the reasons, obviously. There are surprises along the way.
What you'll see in Issue #55 is that, just as she's dealing with the things that may have caused the transformation, and while she's coming to terms with the horror of Krypton's destruction, she has to confront another horror from out of the collective past of Krypton, which is Doomsday. And then at the same time, on top of that, she has to deal with Cyborg-Superman.
You'll also see Starman shine – no pun intended – in the issue in terms of his ability at space combat, and we'll get to introduce Saint Walker. But you'll also see a lot of exploration of Supergirl and find out why she became Dark Supergirl.
Nrama: Let's talk about what's happening in Justice League of America right now, because Dark Supergirl just emerged. During this storyline, you've got the members of the Justice League stuck under a dome with the Crime Syndicate of America, dealing with the Omega Man in a real battle for their lives. What were your thoughts behind this arc?
Robinson: One of the things I wanted to show here is that these characters are a real Justice League. It's the idea that these guys, in theory, may be in a situation that's too big for them, but there's always a way that the good guys can win if they have the moral and the valor to do it. I want to show that Dick Grayson is always thinking like Batman, Jessie Quick can be as fast as she needs to be, Donna Troy can be as fierce and as awe-inspiring a fighter as she needs to be. And I'm also continuing to play up Jade's power, which will be a constant theme that will carry through other arcs. Especially for next arc, which is the Eclipso arc.
I know that, for a lot of people, it might seem this isn't the Justice League. For them it's the Big 7 or nobody. And I appreciate that. I'm very loyal to favorite lineups of certain teams myself, so I completely appreciate how some fans may feel. But at the same time, I wanted to show that whoever is in the Justice League of America, by virtue of being in that team, steps up and faces the world, and does what only the Justice League of America can do.I also wanted to really focus on the five characters in my team that correspond to the Crime Syndicate the most. So for that reason, I eliminated Congorilla and Starman from the book for this arc and spun them off into their own one-shot — [the Starman/Congorilla special that comes out January 5th], which shows us what they're doing while all this is going on, and how it factors back into the dome that's around Washington, D.C., and how they're doing their bit to try to save their friends from the outside.
This is all part of a much bigger story. This is my first foray into the Crime Syndicate, but it isn't the last. Readers of my Starman series have seen me build a big, overriding storyline, and that's what I'm doing here with Justice League of America. All of what I'm doing with the Crime Syndicate, and the Omega Man, is a first salvo with these characters. They'll be coming back later for a much bigger role even than this one, in another storyline that I have cooking.
So that's the Omega arc currently underway. And for me it's a bittersweet arc, because it's the last one that Mark Bagley will be doing. And ironically, maybe five minutes before you called, Mark sent in the artwork for the final page of Issue #53, which is the final part of that storyline, which is a beautiful final image.
Check back tomorrow to hear more about what's coming up in Justice League of America, including a discussion about next year's "epic" Eclipso arc, how The Shade fits into the story, and who will be the new regular artist now that Mark Bagley is gone. Plus, we'll ask about that "Hawkman" comment Robinson recently let slip.


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Looking for ideas for a relaxing eco vacation this year? This stunning Balinese Alila Villas Uluwatu eco resort is located on a sloping hill in Bali's Uluwatu region on the Southern Bukit Peninsula of the charming Indonesian island. This beautifully designed complex straddles a striking white limestone cliff and an arid savanna on the tropical island's arid Bukit Pennisula. The Alilas Villas resort is the first of its kind to achieve the highest level of certification for Environmentally Sustainable Development (ESD) and is designed for the Green Globes GG21 standard. The take-your-breath-away beauty of the resort and its sensitive placement on the delicate landscape is enough to set one's mind at ease. Warning, if you read on you will need to take a vacation….
Ok, just remember we warned you…… the design by WOHA is a vision of ecologically sound placement, form and materials which speak to a greater harmony. Indoor and outdoor spaces blend together as verandas, canopies, bridges and passages weave through the resort. The architects drew inspiration for the stone walled court yards from the local farmer's buildings, and the overall design is a fusion of low-slung vernacular Indonesian architecture and modernism. The villas are placed to follow the natural contour of the gently sloping land, leaving much of the local vegetation and natural formations intact and providing each with a view of the Indian Ocean.
The relationship between the buildings creates unique corridors and vistas, adding to the intimacy of the grounds. The resort has 52 one-bedroom villas along with 5 cliff-side three bedroom villas and 25 private villas, each with its own pool and private pavilion perched above the Indian Ocean.
The villas need no air conditioning — they open toward the ocean to scoop up the prevailing breezes, which are cooled as they sweep over the salt water pools. The limestone for the walls is reclaimed from excavations on-site, and the extensive use of reclaimed and locally-sourced ironwood graces the doors, cabinets, and exterior trellises and paneling. Most of the locally-inspired furniture is built on the neighboring island of Java, as are the artisan cement tiles.
The landscaping consists of only local fauna — determined by an extensive study of the grounds. There is an extensive grey water system combined with a rain water cistern under each villa that provides water for the toilets and gardens. A series of bio-swales and rain gardens throughout the development manage storm water, and even the sewage water is reclaimed onsite. The domestic hot water is heated using heat pumps. Power is currently provided by biodiesel generators powered by organic waste from the resort, but the site will eventually use electricity generated from wind farms on the peninsula.
A resort like this is only as successful as the health of the greater surrounding environment. The developers intend to set an example for Indonesian tourist development that respects and intimately relates to its environs though an ongoing program to reduce its overall environmental impact. It is up to you, though, to find an environmentally sound way to get there.
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This is, officially, hump-a-Wii day. First up was the patented hobby-horse-humper to which we all just went o_O. Last night, Robot Chicken put out this - Humping Robot on the Wii. It doesn't exist, but I'd rather play it.
I just ... lose it when the ... oh I can't spoil that. Seventeen seconds - that's what I'm talking about.


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Need help Nokia Lumia 920 on 2degrees.
And I cant send or recieve MMS.
I have entered the settings correctly in the phone which is on the 2degrees website.
They are correct and I have even gone through the settings with a 2degrees techy.
ISSUE - In the MMSC (URL) you are meant to put the below in:
Enter http://mms.2degreesmobile.net.nz:48090 in the MMSC (URL) field
I have and saved the settings. When Ive gone back in the field only shows the below
http://mms.2degreesmobile.net.nz (the numbers have vanished)
The 2degrees techy said to ring Nokia.
Does anyone know the solution its driving me nuts???!!!!
Here are the full settings below
Setting up the MMS profile
- On Home Screen, scroll right and select Settings > Cellular (or mobile) network > (Add or) Edit MMS APN
- Enter mms in the APN field.
- Enter the User name and Passwordlisted below. If no value is listed, leave the field blank: -
- User name:
- Password:
- Enter 118.148.001.118 in the WAP GATEWAY /URL field
- Enter 8080 in the WAP GATEWAY PORT field
- Enter http://mms.2degreesmobile.net.nz:48090 in the MMSC (URL) field
- Enter 8080 in the MMSC PORT field
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text: Yes, but that is a paraphrase of Mahamudra instruction from Karmapa Wangchuk Dorje, not Dzogchen instruction. It's intention (as a pointing out instruction) is to say that ordinary people do not recognize or appreciate ground mahamudra because of these four qualities (too close, too easy, too profound, too excellent). I have never heard it used to argue that Dzogchen is difficult to practice/realize.heart wrote:There is something my Guru sometimes say that goes more or less like this; "Rigpa is difficult to realize because it is to close, to brilliant and to easy." Kind of sums it up nicely.


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Aflac takes pride in its reputation as a good corporate citizen, and as a company that cares. The insurer's 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report details accomplishments that reveal its dedication to making a difference in the lives of its employees, its customers and the planet.
In this video, you'll learn about the strides Aflac made in 2011 to be a successful business without sacrificing principles. The highlights of Aflac's Corporate Citizenship Report fall into three major focus areas: philanthropy, diversity and sustainability.
For Aflac, it all starts with giving. In 2011, the company surpassed the $70 million mark in total contributions aimed at treating and curing childhood cancer. A large portion of these donations went to the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center in Atlanta, giving hope to the families facing this terrible disease, and providing financial assistance to scientists searching for a cure. Aflac and its employees also contributed more than $1.25 million to aid tsunami recovery in Japan, where the company conducts over two-thirds of its business.
Aflac is also committed to looking after its own flock. The well-being of its diverse workforce is a top priority, and Aflac's dedication to promoting a balance between work and family helped land it on Fortune's Best Companies to Work For — for 14 years in a row. Aflac's workforce includes 39 percent minorities, 67 percent women, not to mention that 49 percent of women serve at supervisor level or above.
In 2011, Aflac was also named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America list for the first time. Aflac reduced electricity usage in its major buildings by more than 20 percent over the last four years, despite a 24 percent increase in its square footage. Working with its Green Committee, Aflac has bolstered its recycling program to include aluminum, plastic, office paper, cardboard, batteries and more.
Read Aflac's full 2011 Corporate Citizenship Report at Aflac.com.


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Twisted pair network cable designed for use in Gigabit, Fast Ethernet and Ethernet network environments, terminated with 8P8C modular RJ-45 clip connectors.
Conforms to the TIA standard for twisted pair cable systems as defined in the ANSI/EIA/TIA-568B specifications. The Category 6 cable specification is defined to utilise frequencies up to 250 MHz. Connectors use T568A pin-out assignments (or the now deprecated T568B). Cat. 6 cable provides superior performance in Gigabit Ethernet environments, and can be used in earler Fast Ethernet and Ethernet networks. Cat. 6 cable can be used in 10Gigabit (10GBase-T) environments, but does not support the full 100 metres range specified in the standard, is more susceptible to alien crosstalk noise, and should always be electrically tested when in used in 10Gigabit networks (see Alloy Cat. 6a cable). Cat. 6 cable is backwards compatible at Cat. 5e and Cat. 5 network environments.
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If you've ever wished that someone could mix the viral fear of Quarantine and the alien conspiracy of The X-Files, then upcoming video game adaptation movie Area 51 may float your boat - and for the rest of us, the promise of comic book writer Grant Morrison getting a big budget movie of his own to reinvent an alien mythology with should keep us happy enough.For those unfamiliar with the Area 51 game, the plot revolves around the outbreak of a mysterious virus in Nevada's infamous mysterious military base that transforms people into zombie-esque mutants... and leads a HazMat team of investigators to the discovery of an alien spacecraft hidden under the base. Talking to MTV's Splash Page blog, Morrison explained how he approached the movie:
That's the existing idea and I have to get to the core of that, dismantle it, and make it work. It'll be a totally different view of the aliens and the whole mythology.
What does that mean? Morrison's NDA stops him from explaining any further, but judging by his work on things like The Invisibles, The Filth and even We3, we can probably expect something somewhat psychedelic and unlike the usual movie version of alien invaders - but what else would you expect from a man who claims to have been abducted by aliens in the early 1990s? Grant Morrison Talks 'Area 51' Video Game-To-Film Script [Splash Page]


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Tornado horror: Dozens reported dead in Moore, Oklahoma
**Written by Doug Powers
The death and injury toll from yesterday's horrific tornado that ripped through Oklahoma continues to rise. Here's the latest from KFOR:
Officials have confirmed at least 91 people have been killed in the Moore tornado Monday.
The medical examiner's office confirmed at least 233 people have been injured.
That number is expected to rise as recovery efforts continue Tuesday morning and daylight arrives.
The tornado claimed an unconfirmed number of children at Moore's Plaza Towers Elementary.
Also among those killed, a family of four with a baby near 4th St. and Telephone Rd. in Moore.
Officials said the family tried to take shelter in a freezer.
Twitchy has more coverage here. And of course it's never too soon for this reaction.
The above story, and others, put the current death toll at 91, but I've revised the title for this reason until more is known:
The Oklahoma City Medical Examiner says the death toll could be revised down because the previous figure of 51 dead may have included double-counted deaths, according to Reuters.
The AP just reported that a medical examiner has revised the death toll down to "at least 24."
Video of the devastation from CNN:
How to help (h/t Ed Morrissey):
If you're looking for ways to help residents in Oklahoma, the following relief organizations are working in the area:
American Red Cross
The American Red Cross has several shelters open in Oklahoma and Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles have begun delivering hot meals throughout the affected areas. The Red Cross is also working to link loved ones in Moore who are OK through a website called Safe and Well. Text REDCROSS to 90999 to give $10 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief, donate online, or donate by phone at 1-800-RED CROSS.
Salvation Army
The Salvation Army is activating disaster response teams and mobile feeding units to help residents and rescuers in Moore, Okla., as well as in other locations in the Plains and the Midwest that were impacted by tornadoes. Donate online or text STORM to 80888 to contribute $10 to the Salvation Army's relief efforts or make a donation by phone at 1-800-SAL-ARMY. If you're sending a check make sure you put the words "Oklahoma Tornado Relief" on the check, and mail it to: The Salvation Army, P.O. Box 12600, Oklahoma City, OK., 73157.
Operation USA
Los Angeles-based international relief agency Operation USA announced it's providing emergency aid where needed to community-based health organizations across Oklahoma. Donate online, by phone at 1-800-678-7255, or by check made out to Operation USA, 7421 Beverly Blvd., PH, Los Angeles, CA 90036. You can also donate $10 by texting AID to 50555. Corporate donations of bulk quantities of disaster-appropriate supplies are also being requested.
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief
Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief says it has deployed at least 80 volunteers to respond to severe weather in Oklahoma. Those interested in helping can make a tax-deductible donation to the BGCO's Disaster Relief ministry online or call (405) 942-3800. You may also send checks to: BGCO Attn: Disaster Relief 3800 N. May Ave. Oklahoma City, OK 73112.
Some good news amid the bad:
On @cbsthismorning, Okla Lt Gov says Search & Rescue teams found 101 survivors overnight.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 21, 2013
**Written by Doug Powers
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