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Hi, my name is Bwana Spoons. I am a painter, and half jack of many other trades. I heart trees, moss, and monsters. I make toys, and design shoes, bust the occasional illustration, or work on an installation. I make art. I own and run Grass Hut Art Market based in Portland Oregon. GH is a little gallery and retail space showcasing both local and global arts.
My clientele includes- Foundation Skateboards, Hurley, Converse, Dekline, Bumbleride, Threadless Select, Hessenmob, Gargamel, Super7, DC Shoe Company, and a host of others.
I have shown my arts in various corners of the earth including- Artoyz- Paris, Thrashout, Hurley Space Tokyo- Tokyo, Double Punch, 111 Minna, Super 7- San Francisco, Giant Robot, Switcheroo, TAG, Gallery 1988, Hurley Space, La Luz- Los Angeles, Subtext- San Diego, Atticus Gallery- Barcelona, Concrete Hermit- London, Motel, Compound, Grass Hut- Portland, Roq la Rue- Seattle, Outre Gallery- Sidney, Max Fish, GRNY- New York, and a pile of other places I forget.
Most recently I have worked on a few large murals and installations with Hurley in Los Angeles and Tokyo. That is fun.
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Making liquefied natural gas consumes a large amount of energy. From both an economic and an environmental perspective, therefore, it is critical for governments and First Nations to help LNG proponents choose carefully among their power alternatives.
Government and some First Nations favour renewable energy in this discussion. Unfortunately, while there is an important and ongoing role for renewable energy development in B.C., a viable LNG industry will not be powered that way.
Attempts to force a renewable energy outcome may simply drive the LNG industry away from Kitimat. We cannot afford to have our potential LNG partners go elsewhere, and a thoughtful environmental review tells us that we shouldn't want to.
There is no material greenhouse gas advantage to making LNG with electric motors instead of gas motors if natural gas is used to generate the required electricity. In each case, the power required for making LNG is found by burning natural gas. And there simply isn't that much of an efficiency difference between direct drive equipment and electric generation equipment.
Notwithstanding the economic choice facing LNG makers, a valid policy question for government is: Can we practically gain a greenhouse gas advantage by displacing electricity generated with natural gas for electricity generated from carbon-free technologies?
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Even leaving aside its much higher direct cost (at least twice the cost of gas-fired electricity), most of the available renewable electricity technologies only deliver power intermittently, say when the wind blows or the snow melts.
But an LNG plant needs power all the time, so an intermittent resource needs to be linked with a reliable resource, like natural gas-fired generation or storage hydro plants. From a land-use perspective (let alone a cost perspective), this doubling-up of the required generation resources is not good news.
What, then, about serving LNG companies using renewable energy from BC Hydro's grid? That logic is appealing in a static view, but quickly breaks down when we look even a little way into the future. Using the small amount of BC Hydro's surplus now for LNG simply advances (to almost immediately) the date when new resources (like Site C) will be required to serve BC Hydro's other demands.
So unfortunately, the "simple" answer of offsetting gas-fired generation with wind or small hydro or grid power is not anything like as simple as it first seems. The only really practical answer for LNG in Kitimat, financially and electrically, is to generate new electricity from natural gas, or to let the companies use direct drives.
If that is true, then it is fair to ask if maybe this LNG is just all too much, and the prudent thing to do is to reject it and protect the environment. Here again, facts conflict with recent sloganeering.
Greenhouse gases are a global issue. Emissions created in one location do not sit in that region, or affect it specifically. The concern is the world tally, not the regional output. And on a world scale, the greenhouse gas output from B.C. LNG will be very small, indeed.
Even if you take the view that "every little bit helps" (and we probably should) it must be remembered that when LNG is produced in B.C., it will be shipped to Asia. There it will displace coal-fired and nuclear electric generation. The result, even allowing from the energy used to make LNG, will be a net reduction in what actually matters: global greenhouse gas output and the all-too-clear risks of nuclear energy.
LNG development in Kitimat is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for B.C. Such large-scale development raises complex choices. Let's make sure we give these choices the careful and accurate scrutiny they deserve.
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He flew home with the rest of the team so fine
We have different opinions, no need to get angry on the internet.
really cant believe non of our players went over to him to see if he was ok or not..wish he recovers asap.
It seems to me like maybe because he was Koeman's guy and obviously not good enough.It's like Koeman was Biff and Cuco was the little guy who hid behind him wearing those stupid fucking 3D glasses and laughing and joining in with Biff/Koeman's bullying.But now Biff/Koeman is gone.
It's still pretty inexcusable.
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From the Mountain to the Sea
Aerial view of Olowalu Plantation with the West Maui Mountains in the background.
Lone Kiawe
Along the beautiful drive of Maui's Pali Highway, kiawe trees fill stretch of the coastal road. I've driven past this lone kiawe tree many times with out a second thought. One day during high tide I notice this tree on my way to Lahaina, it looked as if it was growing straight out of the Pacific Ocean. I went back for several weeks during high tide to photography this three. It is a very simple shot, however it took many attempts before I got a picture that I liked.
The Magic of Maui
Pa'ako Beach, is affectionately known by locals as Secret Beach for the fact that it is hidden between two large homes in Makena, Maui. Thanks to its picturesque landscape, Pa'ako Beach has become a favorite location for beach goers and a popular place for wedding ceremonies. On any given day this tiny cove is filled with people. It was to my surprise when I arrived near sunset that I was the only one there. What was even more amazing was the breathtaking sunset that unfolded before my eyes. Having the entire beach to myself, I seized the opportunity to do a panoramic picture capturing the full beauty of Pa'ako Beach uninterrupted.
Kihei Daydream
A sunny afternoon on the shores of Kihei, Maui.
A Morning in Paradise
Daybreak fills the air with a radiant glow on the shores of Hana, Maui.
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A warm glow from the tropical sunset blankets the entire Napili Bay.
A warm glow fills the crater of Haleakala National Park at twilight.
Sunset Over Kahoolawe
The sun sets over the island of Kahoolawe, illuminating shore break on a rocky cove in Wailea, Maui.
Gone Fishing
A lone fisherman cast his line into the warm waters of the Pacific.
House of the Sun
I made the trek to Haleakala National Park with the intention of hiking into the crater and photographing the rugged landscape. As I started my decent into the crater a thick layer of fog rolled in, derailing my plans. I quickly turned around and hiked out, I made it out with just enough time to hike to the summit of the mountain for the sunset. Sometimes things don't go as planned, but in this instance it worked out great. I was able to capture an amazing sunset at the pinnacle of Maui.
Reaching for the Pacific
A tree topples over the rocky shoreline on the road to Lahaina, Maui. The branches of the tree bear a similar resemblance to out stretched hands reaching for the pacific ocean.
The Secret Sunrise
This picture has been a month long weekend project for me. I've been getting up before the crack of dawn and making the trek down to the south side of Maui, all in the effort of capturing a panoramic sunrise of this small cove. After many disappointing sunrises, the weather finally cooperated and a beautiful pink glow appeared near the horizon. I was able to capture a few shots of this moment before the color disappeared. This is the sunrise at Secret Beach, Maui.
Akaka Falls
A clearing through the dense rainforest reveals the towering 442 foot tall Akaka Falls.
Pastels Over The Pacific
Maui has some the most amazing shorelines in the world. Of course Maui has some spetacular white sand beaches but there are also black sand beaches, jagged lava rock shores, and steep cliffs. If you have ever driven from the Kahului Airport to Lahaina you would have likely seen all the shorelines mentioned above. Here is a picture I captured on the road to Lahaina of a toppled kiawe tree. Its branches stretches across a black sand beach as a pastel colored sunset illuminates the sky.
The Three Bears
As the morning light peaked over the horizon, I was well on my way maneuvering through the twist and turns of the 60 mile stretch of the Hana Highway. I was heading to the remote town of Hana, on the far east side of Maui. The drive along the Hana Highway is breathtakingly beautiful, but I often forget to slow down and enjoy the journey. I'm always in a rush to get to where I'm going and I don't take enough time to slow down and appreciate the beautiful place that I live. On this trip I took some time to explore and photograph the amazing journey. Here is a brisk morning photo of Upper Waikani Falls, affectionately nicknamed Three Bears Falls, found right along the road to Hana.
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BAKER � It's fair to say that Baker School senior football player Malcolm Griffith might be an accidental kicker. As a freshman, Griffith was a wide receiver and defensive back, who dabbled in kicking for Baker's junior varsity until a freak injury changed the course of his football career.
BAKER � It's fair to say that Baker School senior football player Malcolm Griffith might be an accidental kicker.
As a freshman, Griffith was a wide receiver and defensive back, who dabbled in kicking for Baker's junior varsity until a freak injury changed the course of his football career.
"I was going into the locker room one day and I went to open the door and somebody kicked it and I broke my hand," he said. "I was out for the season at wide receiver and cornerback that year, but the trainer called him ... I said I could be the kicker and he agreed, as long as I had no contact.
"I started kicking, the last game (of his freshman year), the Jay game, and I made my extra point ... I've been kicking since then."
Griffith's move to kicker might have been the result of an accident, but his success has been anything but an accident.
Griffithhas worked hard at his trade since his freshman year, attending kicking camps to hone his skills during the summer, and kicking countless footballs during practice as his teammates on offense and defense work on game plans.
In Baker's 24-20 win over Northview on Nov. 1, which clinched the District 1-1A title for the Gators, Griffith's six points proved to be the difference. Griffith scored Baker's first points on a 26-yard field goal. He was also a perfect 3-for-3 on extra points.
Baker Coach Matt Brunson said Griffith's field goal gave the Gators a big boost early in the Northview game.
"A year ago, they (Northview) held us scoreless," Brunson said. "And he (scored) there on the first drive after the turnover, and it really picked the team up.
"I've never been prouder than when he hit that first field goal. He's been very solid on extra points. He's done everything we've asked him to do in the kick off game.
The calm Griffith felt was a far cry from that first game, when former Baker coach Bob Kellogg almost didn't let him have a third try after missing his two previous extra points.
"I missed the first extra point; and, the second one, they came in and hit me a little ... then I really got nervous and scared," Griffith said. "But the third time, I made it and that was just the best moment of my life.
Griffith's teammates constantly give him a hard time about being kicker.
"I hear it all the time that I'm not a football player," he said, with a smile. "They mess with me and say, 'Kicker's not a football player,' and call me, 'Kicker,' and stuff like that, but they are just messing with me."
Griffithhad a hard time making a kick from the 5-yard line as a freshman. Now he feels comfortable from the 30 or 35, which, adding the 10 yards for the end zone, would be a 40 or 45-yard kick.
Griffithmight very well play a big role in more games this season if the Gators are to make a long run into the playoffs.
If that time comes, Griffith will answer the call, Brunson said.
"I've told Malcolm all along we are going to win a game by a kick before it's over with," Brunson said. "And that moment I'll have no hesitation sending him out there."
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I like this idea. When the forums were livelier, I loved participating in discussions. The only problems I foresee are the discussions being all the same people when the goal is to get others chiming in, and discussions can get heated regardless of the topic so a forum mod may have to keep an eye on it to stop arguments before they grow big enough to warrant locking the thread.I'm not sure what to suggest other than maybe the staff itself visibly encouraging discussions among the users. On my FA page, I specifically tried to encourage discussion about sexuality and kinks (not in a "Ooh, so sexy" way but in a more psychological "Why does this do it for you?" or "Here's why this image is effective" way), but getting people to actually talk, YOUNG people especially, my lovely peers who grew up in an age where conversations were limited to 140 characters, can be like pulling teeth. But maybe the staff could post something here and there to promote random discussion. Probably nothing too heated, like politics.
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16 February 2017
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Legend S H Raza' a Traveling Exhibition at Hong Kong Singapore Dubai Mumbai New Delhi organized by Aryan Art Gallery New Delhi 2006 'Rang Ras – S....Between Continuity and Transformation' Province of Milan Milan Italy 2005 Arts India New York 2004 Aryan Art Gallery Delhi 2004 'S. H. Raza
"The Bindu symbolizes the seed bearing the potential of all life"
Sayed Haider Raza calls his work a "result of two parallel enquiries....- the "Bindu" (the dot or the epicentre). Raza's work has formalism for which he trained in France as well as the mystic aspects of Hindu philosophy.
Taking a brief break from his painting and the constant stream of visitors that come to see him in his Gorbio studio Sayed Haider Raza spent ...painter in the 1930's and 40's. Alas she died very young in India. We were very unhappy but she inspired us to inquire and find out - What is art? What
Manish Pushkale was born in Bhopal in 1973. A trained geologist Manish also studied art at the art college in Bhopal. He is also a recipient of the S. H. Raza foundation award.
Pushkale has had solo exhibitions in Bhopal 1994 Delhi 1997 Pundole Art Gallery Mumbai 2003 and Paris 2003.
She held her first show at the Bal Gandharva Art Gallery Pune in 1978. At
one of her exhibitions somewhere in mid 1980s Sujata met painter S H Raza ...went to in Paris at Raza's insistence. She was awarded an
invitation scholarship by the French Government. In Paris she enrolled at
the Ecole
where he took a Diploma in Art in 1949 and later a Masters Degree (1950).
It was around this time that Gade came in touch with artist S H Raza whose watercolors echoed the style of his mentor Walter Langhammer then the art critic at 'The Times of India'. Raza gave him a lot of advice on painting
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in the mind and imagination as well as in reality and therefore must be recognised. Raza believes that nature moves itself rather than being moved by the beholder." (Friedhelm Mennekes "Soft Polarity" in S. H. Raza – Paintings from 1966 to 2003 The Fine Art Resource Berlin exhibition catalogue 2003
A Life in Art S. H. Raza Art Alive Gallery New Delhi 2007 p. 73...Speaking of Raza`s thick impasto landscapes of the mid 1950`s Jacques Lassaigne then director of the Museum of Modern Art in Paris says "…in his
in Art S. H. Raza Art Alive Gallery New Delhi 2007 p. 132).
Here this union takes the form of kundalini or two intertwined snakes symbolic ...is that something linked to the origin of life bubbles up in Raza`s work. At first glance these geometric compositions may appear to move away from the complexity
the mood of places and of people" (as quoted in Geeti Sen "The Seed and the Fruit Metaphors in Raza`s Painting" S. H. Raza Saffronart and Berkeley Square ...that this school of artistic thought had on his work. Trishna meaning `thirst` or `desire` reflects Raza`s ceaseless quest to develop his painterly
and the square" (S. H. Raza in Geeti Sen Bindu Space and Time in Raza`s Vision Media Transasia Ltd New Delhi 1997 p. 126). However instead ...In the mid-1980`s Raza`s fluid gestural application of paint gave way to a more hard-edged approach to abstract forms and spaces. "In terms
Recent Works by S H Raza Art Musings exhibition catalogue 2004 unpaginated).
In this piece Raza meditates on nature its five basic elements ...Non-representative art particularly in India is often understood as a means of repudiating worldly pleasure and pain. However "Raza`s practice
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of the highest priced works are S H Raza's Maha Bindu and Tyeb Mehta's Falling Figure.
"There is a range of paintings with names like S H Raza, F N ...are F N Souza's Titian's Grandfather, estimated at Rs 1-1.3 crore, S H Raza's Maha Bindu with an estimate of Rs 1.5-2.2 crore and Tyeb Mehta's Falling
on Indian plains. The site is called saffronart.com and available are the works of M F Husain, Jamini Roy, S H Raza, F N Souza, among others. The site
S. H. Raza's new series "Rang Raas"
An exhibition, titled 'Rang Raas', showcases the works by veteran painter S. H. Raza. It's perhaps an anti-dote to the celebrated painter's earlier exhibition 'Moun', which featured works in blacks, whites
'Criss-Crossings' by S. H Raza and Manish Pushkale
'Criss-Crossings' show at The Guild Art ...with S. H. Raza, 83, who is arriving at simplicity after almost six decades of work.
Their artistic practices share inspiration from homegrown
from May 12 to 16, by Saffronart and Pundole Art gallery. Some of our biggest names will be on display - M F Husain, S H Raza, Laxman Shreshtha
the auction featured the work of globally-sought painters, sculptors and installation artists, including S H Raza, Subodh Gupta, Jagdish Swaminathan ...
The highest price achieved by artist at auction: S H Raza's Germination, selling for Rs 4.2 crore; Rashid Rana's Red Carpet-2, selling for Rs two crore; J
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Plug and process loads (PPLs) in commercial buildings account for almost 5% of U.S. primary energy consumption. Minimizing these loads is a primary challenge in the design and operation of an energy-efficient building. PPLs are not related to general lighting, heating, ventilation, cooling, and water heating, and typically do not provide comfort to the occupants. They use an increasingly large fraction of the building energy use pie because the number and variety of electrical devices have increased along with building system efficiency. Reducing PPLs is difficult because energy efficiency opportunities and the equipment needed to address PPL energy use in office spaces are poorly understood.
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The Research Support Facility was designed with energy efficiency and sustainability in mind. Many of its innovative technologies use passive and active processes to provide energy for its operations, such as electricity, heating, and cooling. The goal of this unique office building is to reach net zero energy use by engaging staff in best energy practices.
This checklist packet is a team-focused guide to realizing energy savings in high-performance office buildings through carefully considered lighting and control design. The checklists should be distributed among the integrated project team, including the owner, lighting designer and engineer, commissioning agent, and facility manager, at the beginning of a project and referred to regularly during design meetings and drawing reviews.
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The Advanced Energy Retrofit Guide for K-12 Schools is one of five retrofit guides commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy. By presenting general project planning guidance as well as more detailed descriptions and financial payback metrics for the most important and relevant energy efficiency measures, the guides provide a practical roadmap for effectively planning and implementing performance improvements in existing buildings. The K-12 Schools guide provides convenient and practical guidance for making cost-effective energy efficiency improvements in public, private, and parochial schools.
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Courteney Cox and all her friends
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Her most famous friend being Jennifer Aniston, who came to support her last night at the premiere of Just Before I Go. Courteney directed the movie. Jen's been quiet for a couple of months since the Oscars and her relentless campaign for a nomination during award season. This is her first major appearance since then. Full Story
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Written by Duana We're getting up awfully early at my house these days. Between a new puppy and a lot of work to do and a delightful houseguest, we are usually deep into the swing of the workday by about 7 AM. This morning, that meant Lainey and I discussing Courteney and David Arquette at length, already. Full Story
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Written by Sasha Hey Sasha, I reconnected with this guy I know from high school. He lives back home which is in the Caribbean and I live in Toronto. We would bbm, skype and fb. He told me that he had a crush on me in high school but was too shy to say anything. Full Story
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After shooting in New York for several weeks away from her bestie and her favourite shoulder to cry on, Jennifer Aniston was back in LA last night with Courteney Cox and husband David Arquette for the Fleetwood Mac show. You know what she's doing this weekend! What else? The beach, the sun, it's been far too long, This girl next door who lives an ordinary life in a $15 million mansion needs to recharge her battery after a gruelling work schedule. Full Story
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PHIL 134: Phenomenology: Husserl (PHIL 234)
(Graduate students register for 234.) Neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, and other related fields face fundamental obstacles when they turn to the study of the mind. Can there be a rigorous science of us? German philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), founder of phenomenology, devised a method intended to disclose the basic structures of minds. In this class, we will read one of Husserl¿s major later works, Cartesian Meditations, as well as companion essays from both his time and ours. A guiding question for us will be how phenomenology is applied outside of philosophy¿specifically, how has it influenced discussions of the mind in the sciences? Prerequisite: one prior course in philosophy, or permission of instructor.
Terms: Spr | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
Instructors: Jackson, G. (PI)
2019-2020 Spring
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 8
03/30/2020 - 06/03/2020 Tue, Thu 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM at 380-381U with Jackson, G. (PI)
Instructors: Jackson, G. (PI)
PHIL 135: Existentialism (PHIL 235)
Focus is on the existentialist preoccupation with human freedom. What constitutes authentic individuality? What is one's relation to the divine? How can one live a meaningful life? What is the significance of death? A rethinking of the traditional problem of freedom and determinism in readings from Rousseau, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, and the extension of these ideas by Sartre, Beauvoir, and Camus, including their social and political consequences in light of 20th-century fascism and feminism.
Last offered: Spring 2014 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-ER
PHIL 136: History of Analytic Philosophy (PHIL 236)
(Formerly 147/247; graduate students register for 236.) Theories of knowledge in Frege, Carnap, and Quine. Emphasis is on conceptions of analyticity and treatment of logic and mathematics. Prerequisite: 50 and one course numbered 150-165 or 181-90.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
PHIL 137: Wittgenstein (PHIL 237)
(Graduate students register for 237.) An exploration of Wittgenstein's changing views about meaning, mind, knowledge, and the nature of philosophical perplexity and philosophical insight, focusing on the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and Philosophical Investigations.
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II
Instructors: Hills, D. (PI)
2019-2020 Autumn
4 units |
UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II |
Class #
Section 01 |
Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit |
| Students enrolled: 7
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue, Thu 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM at School of Education 230 with Hills, D. (PI)
Exam Date/Time: 2019-12-12 3:30pm - 6:30pm (Exam Schedule)
Instructors: Hills, D. (PI)
PHIL 138: Recent European Philosophy: Between Nature and History (PHIL 238)
A critical introduction to the novel understandings of time, language, and cultural power developed by 20th-century continental thinkers, with close attention to work by Heidegger, Saussure, Benjamin, and Foucault.
Last offered: Autumn 2009 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
PHIL 143: Quine (PHIL 243)
(Formerly 183/283; graduate students register for 243.) The philosophy of Quine: meaning and communication; analyticity, modality, reference, and ontology; theory and evidence; naturalism; mind and the mental.
Last offered: Autumn 2008 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
PHIL 160A: Newtonian Revolution (PHIL 260A)
(Graduate students register for 260A.) 17th-century efforts in science including by Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, and Huygens, that formed the background for and posed the problems addressed in Newton¿s Principia.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
PHIL 160B: Newtonian Revolution (PHIL 260B)
(Graduate students register for 260B.) Newton¿s Principia in its historical context, emphasizing how it produced a revolution in the conduct of empirical research and in standards of evidence in science.
| UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
PHIL 163: Significant Figures in Philosophy of Science: Einstein (PHIL 263)
(Graduate students register for 263.)nThe influences of Hertz, Boltzmann, Mach and Planck on the development of Einstein's philosophical views regarding the scope and limits of physical theory. The distinction between principle theories and constructive theories from Poincaré and Lorentz, to Einstein. The impact of special and general relativity on logical empiricism. How Einstein's views changed in response to two core challenges, the advent of quantum mechanics and his three-decades long failure to extend general relativity to a "theory of the total field". We conclude by considering the lasting impact of Einstein's philosophical views, and whether they can be assimilated to contemporary currents in philosophy of science.nnPREREQUISITES: No detailed knowledge of physics or mathematics is presumed. Some background in philosophy, natural science or mathematics will be helpful. Students will benefit from possession of a modicum of mathematical maturity (roughly equivalent to a familiarity with elementary single-variable calculus or the metatheory of first-order logic).
Last offered: Spring 2018 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum
PHIL 164: Central Topics in the Philosophy of Science: Theory and Evidence (PHIL 264)
(Graduate students register for 264.) Is reductionism opposed to emergence? Are they compatible? If so, how or in what sense? We consider methodological, epistemological, logical and metaphysical dimensions of contemporary discussions of reductionism and emergence in physics, in the ¿sciences of complexity¿, and in philosophy of mind.
Last offered: Spring 2016 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, WAY-A-II | Repeatable for credit
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Barry Raymond Jr necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 43 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
Omni Electrical Inc. is the name of my business.
I am a second generation electrician and the owner of Omni Electrical Inc. We have been in business since 1984 under this name. I am looking for a new logo to go on the sides of my veichcles, signs and letter heads that will seperate my business from all the rest. I am involved in all aspects of my business, I take great pride in keeping my customers happy. I give every job 110%. I want to grow this company and exspand my customer base. Our work is primarally in the housing side now which I want to keep but also branch out into the commercial side of this business. And maintance work also.
This is to spark interest in my business. I want new customers young and old. I feel that the younger 25-35 year olds are the new customers that I would be trying to pull into my circle. I say this because of the way the world has gone with electronical devices and away from news papers and phone books. I also would like to be able to venture into the commercial building market as in public or state work and commercial space-condos-malls-stores etc...
What I really do not want is the same old light bulb or lightning bolt. I want something fresh but simple, not something that looks too extravagant. I would like an icon with my company name or one incorporated with it. Something that a potential customer will remember and the customers that I allready have will see as I am trying too improve upon an allready proven company, that I am not sitting on my hands so to speak.I do not like femine colors please. I do like colorful though. Colors that go well togeather. It could be just two colors or more. A symbol that goes well with our name. Maybe a play on the word OMNI? I have used a local business to letter my vans and signs and I am just not impressed with what I am getting.
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Other Proposed Uses
This member of the Aster family has a long history of native use in Paraguay as a sweetener for teas and foods. It contains a substance known as stevioside that is 100 to 300 times sweeter than sugar, but provides no calories. 1
In the early 1970s, a consortium of Japanese food manufacturers developed stevia extracts for use as a zero-calorie sugar substitute. Subsequently, stevia extracts became a common ingredient in Asian soft drinks, desserts, chewing gum, and many other food products. Extensive Japanese research has found stevia to be extremely safe. The FDA currently labels high purity stevia as GRAS (generally recognized as safe). This designation allows it to be used as a sweetener in foods without FDA approval.14 As such, stevia is widely used by manufacturers to sweeten commercial beverage teas and other products.
Note: Whole stevia leaf and less refined stevia extracts are considered non-GRAS (not considered safe as food).
Although stevia is best known as a sweetener, when stevia extracts are taken in very high doses they may reduce blood pressure, according to two large Chinese studies.
What Is Stevia Used for Today?
Stevia is primarily useful as a sweetening agent. In addition, two double-blind studies suggest that it may also offer potential benefits for hypertension . 3,10
Very weak evidence hints at potential benefits in diabetes . 5
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Stevia?
A 1-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 106 individuals with high blood pressure evaluated the potential benefits of stevia for reducing blood pressure. 4 In the treated group, the average blood pressure at the beginning of the study was about 166/102. Participants were given either placebo or stevioside (stevia extract) at a dose of 250 mg 3 times daily. By the end of the study, the average blood pressure had fallen to 153/90, a substantial if not quite adequate improvement. Note that this is a high dose of steviosides, the sweetness equivalent of more than 1/3 of a pound of sugar daily!
However, this study is notable for finding no benefits at all in the placebo group. This is unusual and tends to cast doubt on the results.
Benefits were also seen in a 2-year, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 174 people with mild hypertension (average initial blood pressure of approximately 150/95). 10 This study, performed by some of the same researchers, used twice the dose of the previous study: 500 mg 3 times daily. A reduction in blood pressure of approximately 6%-7% was seen in the treatment group as compared to the placebo group, beginning within 1 week and enduring throughout the entire 2 years. At the end of the study, 34% of those in the placebo group showed heart damage from high blood pressure (left ventricular hypertrophy), while only 11.5% of the stevioside group did, a difference that was statistically significant. No significant adverse effects were seen.
However, once again, no benefits at all were seen in the placebo group. This is a red flag for problems in study design. Both studies were performed in China, a country that has a documented history of questionable medical study results. 11
Furthermore, a study by an independent set of researchers failed to replicate these findings. In this study, stevioside was given according to body weight, at a dose of 3.75 mg/kg per day, 7.5 gm/kg per day, or 15 mg/kg per day. 12 Compared to placebo, none of these doses affected the blood pressure of the study participants, all of whom had mild high blood pressure. These finding do not entirely refute those above, however, as the dosage of stevia used was somewhat on the low side. For example, for a man weighing 60 kg (132 lbs), the highest dose would be 300 mg 3 times a day.
Another study involving diabetics as well as healthy subjects found that stevia, at a dose of 250 mg 3 times daily, had no significant effect on blood pressure after 3 months of treatment. 13
Stevia is sold as a powder to be added to foods as needed for appropriate sweetening effects. It tastes slightly bitter if placed directly in the mouth. In liquids, though, this is generally not noticeable, and most people find the taste delightfully unique.
In the studies showing an effect on blood pressure, stevia was given as a standardized extract supplying 250-500 mg of stevioside 3 times daily (a dose considerably higher than any reasonable use of stevia as a sweetener).
Safety Issues
Animal tests and the extensive Japanese experience with stevia suggest that this is a safe herb. 5,6 Based primarily on the apparently incorrect belief that stevia has been used traditionally to prevent pregnancy, 5 some researchers have expressed concern that stevia might have an antifertility effect in men or women. However, evidence from most (though not all) animal studies suggests that this is not a concern at normal doses. 7-9
The two studies described above in which use of very high dosages of a stevia extract led to reductions in blood pressure raise at least theoretical concerns about stevia's safety. In theory, the herb could excessively reduce blood pressure in some people. Furthermore, if stevia can reduce blood pressure, that means that it is, in some fashion, acting on the cardiovascular system.
Since sugar substitutes are meant to be consumed in essentially unlimited quantities by a very wide variety of people, the highest levels of safety standards are appropriate, and unknown effects on the heart and blood circulation are potentially worrisome. This concern is somewhat mitigated by the fact that the daily dose of stevioside used in those studies was considerably higher than is likely to be consumed if whole stevia is used for sweetening purposes. Reassurance also comes from the study that found no effect with a dose of 15 mg/kg per day.
Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or those with severe liver or kidney disease has not been conclusively established. Because of the concerns raised in the previous paragraph, individuals with cardiovascular disease should use high doses of stevia extracts only under physician supervision.
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Debit Wallets & Credit Card/ID Holders
Each debit wallet includes 4 debit registers (enough for 650 transactions), free miniature pen, protective outer slot for your I.D., and interior slots for multiple credit cards. Credit Card/ID Holders feature vivid artwork printed on durable fabric, while the inside has plenty of pockets to your ID, credit cards, debit cards—and much more. Each Credit Card/ID Holder features: Snap closure, 4 credit card slots and an ID window.
Complete your look with a Debit Wallet or Mini Clutch!


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Our online store is open as usual. Shop ARKET's latest arrivals from the comfort of your home.
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Mon–Fri 10–21 Sat 10–21 Sun 12–18
ARKET café
Mon–Sat 08–21 Sun 12–18
The ARKET café is based on the principles of the New Nordic Food Manifesto. The menu has been developed to express the freshness and simplicity naturally associated with our region, and blends traditional Scandinavian flavours with modern and global influences. The café also aims to reflect the changing seasons through ingredients that distinguish the climate and landscapes of each local region.


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Vaughan CHC and York Region Food Network will co-facilitate the Creative Cooking Cook Off Program on Thursday afternoons from 2:30pm-5:30pm, starting January 24, 2013 to February 28, 2013. The program will be delivered at the Vaughan Community Health Centre location.
The objectives of the Creative Cooking Cook Off Program will be to teach Vaughan residents how to cook healthy inexpensive meals and how to lower their grocery bill through better money management skills. Contact Tricia @ email@example.com or Marlene @ firstname.lastname@example.com


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SET 1: Chalk Dust Torture, Horn > Sparkle > Down with Disease, Guyute, Fee[1] > It's Ice, Lawn Boy > Run Like an Antelope
SET 2: Also Sprach Zarathustra > Sample in a Jar, Rift > Mike's Song[2] -> Simple -> Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Fluffhead > Purple Rain > Hold Your Head Up, Harry Hood, Suzy Greenberg
ENCORE: Foreplay/Long Time[3], Rocky Top
SET 1: Loving Cup > Foam, I Didn't Know, Divided Sky, Mound, Down with Disease > If I Could > My Sweet One[1] > Cavern
SET 2: David Bowie, Wolfman's Brother > Uncle Pen, The Sloth, Reba, Big Ball Jam > Maze, Contact > Golgi Apparatus
ENCORE: Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Bold As Love
March 27, 1993
25 years ago
Warfield Theatre
Set 1: Llama, Guelah Papyrus, Rift, Stash, Reba, My Friend, My Friend[1], Uncle Pen, Sample in a Jar, I Didn't Know[2], David Bowie[3]
Set 2: Buried Alive > Halley's Comet > It's Ice > Bouncing Around the Room, Chalk Dust Torture, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Mike's Song > I Am Hydrogen > Weekapaug Groove, Hold Your Head Up > Cracklin' Rosie > Hold Your Head Up, Poor Heart > Golgi Apparatus
Encore: The Squirming Coil, Carolina
[1] Beginning featured Trey on acoustic guitar.
[2] Fish on trombone.
[3] All Fall Down signal in intro.
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Cape San Blas Lodging
Cape San Blas Inn
The Inn features seven distinctively decorated guestrooms - all with private baths and five with private screened porches and one with an open patio. In three of our guest rooms you'll sleep peacefully on a king-sized Select Comfort (Sleep Number) beds where each side can be set to the desired level of firmness. Each room has a small refrigerator, and a flat panel TV equipped with a Blue-Ray / DVD player to play your CDs or movies from our extensive library of popular titles.
You'll enjoy waking to the aroma of Starbucks coffee and feasting on a sumptuous hot breakfast served in the privacy of your room, in our dining room or on the open veranda overlooking the bay. The atmosphere in the common areas of the Inn is one of relaxation. Inside, couches and easy chairs invite good conversation or quiet reading by the bay window. Outside, the large veranda provides ample seating for dining and enjoying views of the bay in all four seasons.
The back of the Inn has a boardwalk down to our dock where you can enjoy our Hot Tub or have easy access to St. Joesph Bay - ideal for fishing, bird watching or sunbathing. If you're feeling active, there are complimentary bikes, three canoes a two person kayak and two stand up paddle boards to explore this amazing forgotten coast. A short walk across the street takes you to the beach and the beautiful Gulf of Mexico. Collect seashells along the dunes, watch for playful dolphin in the water and enjoy the spectacular sunsets appearing nightly in this unique location.
Accommodations are $200.00 - $320.00 per night and must be guaranteed by a credit card. For a full refund, cancellations must be made two weeks in advance of arrival date. Check-in time is between 3:00pm & 6:00pm and check-out time is 11:00am. The Inn does not allow children under the age of 9, smoking or pets.
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I'm assigned to migrate a database to a mid-class ERP. The new system uses composite primary keys here and there, and from a pragmatic point of view, why?
Compared to autogenerated IDs, I can only see negative aspects;
- Foreign keys becomes blurry
- Harder migration or db-redesigns
- Inflexible as business change. (My car has no reg.plate..)
- Same integrity better achieved with constraints.
It's falling back to the design concept of candiate keys, which I neither see the point of.
Is it a habit/artifact from the floppy-days (minimizing space/indexes), or am I missing something?
//edit// Just found good SO-post: Composite primary keys versus unique object ID field //


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Besides this authentic voice, however, these great novels have another thing in common: their protagonists are unusually sensitive, idealistic, mature, and/or intelligent. Simply put, they're a lot smarter -- or rather, a lot deeper -- than the average teenager.
And I suspect there's a simple reason for that: their authors are also deeper in certain ways than the average person. One of the reasons those authors can write so well is that they have much more than the ordinary amount of insight into themselves and into other people. They understand human nature so well.
Thus, even when great writers capture an authentic adolescent voice, their protagonists understand the world around them far better than most adolescents do. Even so, they remain adolescents. They don't know everything; they still have things to learn. And great writers know this. They understand their protagonists completely. They know what their protagonists know, and perhaps even more importantly, they know what their protagonists don't know.
Of course, this seems like an obvious point, but it is crucial to understanding the success of Twilight and why Stephenie Meyer is a great writer, but only "sort of," and only accidentally at that.
Because where Meyer is indeed great is in the way she captures an authentic adolescent voice: Bella Swan. Bella's voice is as true as that of any teen or child in American literature. I say that without qualification. At least in Twilight (the only one of the books I've read so far), Bella is just as real as Huck Finn, Holden Caulfield, Scout Finch, Josh Arnold, Reuven Malter, or any other protagonist in a great coming-of-age novel. She is completely authentic in her own way.
But this is not by Meyer's design. As I've said before (and as many other people have noted), in Twilight Meyer actually seems to believe she's telling a story about an intelligent, grounded, and mature girl whose self-esteem is a bit low, not a girl who is strikingly immature, melodramatic, shallow, and narcissistic. Bella constantly complains, blushes, stumbles, faints, gets tongue-tied around the opposite sex, feels embarrassed about being seen with her parents, freaks out when people look at her, and obsesses over a boy she hardly knows because he has bronze hair and golden eyes, yet every other character in the book seems to consider her mature and intelligent.
In other words, Meyer fails miserably at one of the things that the authors of truly great coming-of-age novels all do. She fails utterly at knowing her protagonist and especially at "knowing what her protagonist doesn't know." Nobody in the book realizes that Bella is immature, melodramatic, shallow, and narcissistic because Meyer doesn't realize it either.
Ironically, though, that is Twilight's greatest strength. Because think about what it's like to be an adolescent. I don't mean one of the unusually sensitive, idealistic, mature, and/or intelligent protagonists typical of a great coming-of-age novel, but just an ordinary, everyday teenager. To the extent one can generalize, "immature, melodramatic, shallow, and narcissistic" seems like a pretty reasonable description.
And lacking the unusually keen insight of truly great authors, Meyer doesn't realize that that's who Bella is. But that failure actually serves to make Bella's voice more authentic. Because typically immature, melodramatic, shallow, and narcissistic teens never realize that they are immature, melodramatic, shallow, and narcissistic. In fact, they always think that they are mature, deep, and intelligent. So Meyer's lack of insight actually causes her to accidentally capture that aspect of teenage psychology perfectly.
Indeed, almost everything that's bad about Meyer's writing makes Bella's voice more authentic. The one- and two-dimensional characters who can easily be summed up in short mocking descriptive phrases (e.g., Carlisle The Wise Leader, Esme The Motherly One, Alice The Nice One)? This reflects a typically narcissistic way of seeing the world that many teenagers have, in which people are defined solely by their roles relative to oneself: Parent, Teacher, Friend's Parent, etc. (Hence the disconcerted feeling that can arise when adolescents are somehow made to think of those people in different roles, the "Ewww!" at the thought of teachers having sex lives, for example.)
The purple prose, never having Bella "open the window and look out into the darkness" when she can have her "throw open the window and look into the night, her eyes scanning the darkness, the impenetrable shadows of the trees"? Adolescent love of melodrama.
And the odd values expressed in Twilight, the equating of beauty with goodness, and lack of beauty with badness or at least lack of any real importance, the extreme focus on romantic love as if it were the most valuable thing in the world, worth ignoring friends and deceiving family over, the viewing of unhealthy stalker-like behavior as proof of True Love? Well, how much more adolescent, how much more immature, melodramatic, shallow, and narcissistic can one get?
But Bella realizes none of this, of course. An "unreliable narrator" is
...a first-person narrator that for some reason has a compromised point-of-view. In all stories with a first-person narrator, the narrator serves as a filter for the events. What the narrator does not know or observe cannot be explained to the reader. Usually, however, the reader trusts that the narrator is knowledgeable and truthful enough to give them an accurate representation of the story. In the case of an unreliable narrator (sometimes called a fallible narrator), the reader has reason not to trust what the narrator is saying.
It's a fairly common literary device. Indeed, it's one that's been used in great American coming-of-age novels. Huck Finn (because of his age, his prejudices, and his good nature), Holden Caulfield (because of his idealism and his almost-craziness), and Scout Finch (because of her age) are all unreliable narrators to some degree.
But the use of an unreliable narrator as a literary device presupposes the author's intent. It presupposes, again, that the author knows what the narrator knows and what the narrator doesn't know. It presupposes that the author intentionally uses that knowledge to tell us something by letting us fill in the blanks in the narrator's knowledge.
But that is decidedly not the case with Stephenie Meyer and Twilight. Bella is indeed an unreliable narrator -- she doesn't see herself as she is -- but not because Meyer wants her to be. She's unreliable because Meyer doesn't see her as she is either. Meyer doesn't realize that there are any blanks to be filled in. Rather than creating a classic unreliable narrator, Stephenie Meyer has become an unreliable author.
And that's what makes her a great writer (sort of). Meyer captures an adolescent voice with a truly brilliant degree of authenticity, but she does it accidentally, with everything that makes her a truly bad writer making her even better at capturing that voice.
And that, I think, is the real reason Twilight has such deep appeal. The people who love the book so much are primarily immature, melodramatic, shallow, and narcissistic adolescent girls who recognize themselves in Bella's voice; women who have outgrown their own formerly immature, melodramatic, shallow, and narcissistic past selves and nostalgically recognize the voice of who they once were; and women who have never really outgrown those selves (including, one supposes, Meyer herself) and recognize a younger version of who they still are.


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South Africa are targeting prolific Australian skipper Michael Clarke as they aim to break a five-decade winless drought in the Adelaide Test and seize the initiative in the three-match series.
The top-ranked Proteas were forced to bat out for a draw in the first Brisbane Test after Australia racked up an imposing first innings score of 565 for five declared, Clarke leading the way with an unbeaten 259.
South African skipper Graeme Smith expects his vaunted bowling line-up to fire at the Adelaide Oval in the match starting on Thursday, where South Africa have not won in 48 years.
"I just don't think we backed up well enough in Brisbane," he said. "We had periods when we were good, then we lost our way a little bit.
"We didn't really bowl well in partnerships to create enough pressure on Australia's batting. Hopefully that will happen in Adelaide."
Pacemen Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel had the hosts rocking at 40-3 before Clarke, Ed Cowan (136) and Michael Hussey (100) launched their rescue act.
Morkel plans more short-pitched stuff, particularly at Clarke.
"Definitely that is a plan to always use a short ball -- you have got two short balls an over so why not use it?" Morkel said.
"We just need to use it in a clever way and see how we go from there.
"Clarke played very, very well. If we can create more pressure and try and stop him from rotating strike that will be key." Clarke was named the man-of-the-match in Brisbane after his third double-century of a year in which he is the highest scorer in Tests with 1,041 runs at an average of 115.66.
South African all-rounder Faf du Plessis is expected to make his debut in place of JP Duminy, out for six months with a ruptured Achilles tendon, and leg-spinner Imran Tahir is likely to replace paceman Rory Kleinveldt, ineffective and wicketless on his debut.
Australia all-rounder Shane Watson, who missed the first Test, has been battling to prove his fitness from a calf injury.
A decision will be made on Wednesday or the morning of the match on his inclusion, but former captain Ricky Ponting said Watson could not play if he was anything less than 100 percent fit.
"There will be a certain amount of running he will have to do to prove that he's right to play a Test match," Ponting said Tuesday.
"No one can go into a Test match 70 percent fit. I don't care if you're a batsman and a slip fielder. If you can't bat at 100 percent, then you are putting pressure on other blokes as well."
Rookie batsman Rob Quiney, who was added to the squad when Watson pulled out of the series opener in Brisbane, is expected to play if Watson fails to prove his fitness.
Local spinner Nathan Lyon, who took four wickets in the first Test, is expected to bowl plenty of overs on his home ground, which is renowned for big totals.
Australian coach Mickey Arthur has likened the Adelaide wicket to those on the subcontinent.
"Adelaide's been pretty consistent, Adelaide's a very, very good wicket," he said.
"You know what you get, it's almost like the subcontinent. It's very slow for the first three days then quickens up towards the back end.
"It goes from being the best batting wicket in the world to being pretty difficult to bat on in days four and five. So, big first innings are the way to go there."
South Africa last won in Adelaide in January 1964, beating Bobby Simpson's team by 10 wickets. They have subsequently lost two and drawn one at the Oval.


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My friend brought over some home made pastries a few weeks ago, and they were delicious!
It got me thinking, why don't I ever make pastries? I buy them all the time but never thought to make them, well not anymore :)
Ever since that day, I have already made pastries 4 times!
They are so fast and easy to make, yet so delicious.
They are great for breakfast and with afternoon tea.
Here is what you need
- Thinly sliced fruit
This time I used sliced apples and mixed them with 2 TB sugar and 1 tsp cinnamon and
sliced nectarines with about 2 TB of sugar
-Puff Pastry (thaw it out according to the package instructions)
-Mascarpone cheese
For the cheese filling mix mascarpone cheese with 2 TB of sugar and 1 tsp vanilla:
There are two sheets of puff pastries in the box, I divided on of the sheets into 4 and put a dollop of mascarpone cheese and sliced apples on top of that. Then I just pinched the edges like so:
With the other sheet, I divided into 6 pieces
and also put a dollop of mascarpone cheese with sliced nectarines and blueberries
I pinched the edges around, sort of creating little baskets around the fruit:
Bake for 25 minutes at 350:


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A Landmark Sustainability Program for the Empire State Building
By Jones Lang Lasalle
Efforts to make buildings more environmentally sustainable have produced hundreds of millions of square feet of greener office space. But tens of billions of square feet remain in office buildings worldwide for which owners have made little or no progress in the area of energy and sustainability.
Owners of multi-tenant buildings, which comprise the bulk of office space, are motivated by return on investment. To justify the costs associated with retrofitting buildings to support sustainability, owners must be convinced that the investment will be repaid by some combination of higher rental rates and greater occpancy levels. The percentage of tenants willing to pay higher overall occupancy costs for green space is not large, and tenants that greatly value sustainability gravitate towards newer buildings that have been designed and built to high energy and environmental standards. In general, retrofits of older buildings are more expensive and, therefore, more difficult to justify financially.
This context underscores the extraordinary nature of the commitment that Anthony E Malkin of Empire state Building Company has made to establish the Empire State Building as one of the most energy efficient buildings in New York City, and arguably the world's most environmentally conscious office tower built before World War II.
Read more on the process undertaken by the design, construction, and consulting team partners: A Landmark Sustainability Program for the Empire State Building