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Do you have big windows in your home? If you do, and especially if these windows are placed on the south side of your home you must have noticed how hot it gets just beside the window in summer. This is because not only daylight is transferred to the interior of your home via the window glass but also solar heat. Nobody can deny that it is amazing to have big windows, which provide you with great views out and proper natural light. However, big windows in small rooms can cause overheating problems specially if there is no shading or means to correctly ventilate the space. Several aspects have to work in harmony to provide a pleasant space with minimal to no energy consumption for air conditioning.
In addition to using shading devices and providing the space with proper natural ventilation it is important to select windows with adequate performance. Doing so when you are building a new home or renovating will allow you to have good size windows while minimizing the risks of overheating. But how can you check that?
Windows are composed of various elements including the frame, one, two or three glass panes of variable thicknesses and a cavity in between the panes. The cavity can be filled with air or special gases that improve overall window performance; the more resistant the gas, the less heat will be allowed to pass. Some commonly used gases in window cavities are air, argon and krypton, with the latter being the most resistant one. Special solar control films and coatings like low-e can also be applied to the glass of new and existing windows. The coating applied to the glass will be responsible for reflecting solar radiation that would otherwise enter the home by adding reflectivity or opacity to the glass.
All these elements together will reflect some of the solar heat back to the exterior and provide some resistance to the passage of solar heat to the interior of the home contributing to the overall measured g-value of the window. G-value is the measure of the performance of the window in terms of solar heat transfer and varies between 0 (no solar heat transfer) and 1 (100% of solar heat hitting the window enters the space).
There are some trade-offs to consider when choosing the right window for your home. You want to protect your home from excessive solar heat gain in summer but do not want to loose on daylight or beneficial solar heat gain in winter. A good practice g-value for residential buildings, if you do not have any external shading, is around 0.5 to 0.6 which means 50%-60% of the solar heat hitting the window will be transferred into the room. This will protect your home from the hot summer sun but allow a good amount of solar heat in winter.
For large areas of south facing floor-to-ceiling glazing it might be necessary to choose windows with g-value around 0.4. However, the use of windows with g-values below 0.5 is not generally advised for residential buildings as there will be reduced daylight entering the space and not enough solar heat to passively heat your home in winter. This could increase your heating and electricity bills, as more energy will be required for heating and artificial lighting. Information about g-value is often not included on the overall description of off-the-shelf windows but you can ask the manufacturer to provide you with this.
The British Fenestration Rating Council (BFRC) has developed a rating system that considers some of these trade-offs and combines factors such as conduction heat loss (U-value) and heat loss through air infiltration with g-value in a single equation which results on the BFRC rating on an A to G scale. This is similar to the scale used to rate other domestic goods such as washing machines, fridges etc., so A-rated windows are energy efficient and G-rated ones aren't. This is a good starting point for understanding window performance and choosing the right product for your needs.
Make sure to read window documentation and check if windows have appropriate performance and are BFRC certified. Look for the highest rating possible to guarantee that your home will be comfortable throughout the year with minimal energy use. Care for your comfort, pocket and the environment when shopping for windows and Green it yourself…Now!
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Leavenworth has a general population of 35,420 and an overall student population of 1,072. Approximately 1,072 of Leavenworth's students are enrolled in schools that offer accounting programs.
University of Saint Mary is the largest accounting school in Leavenworth, based on student population. Approximately 1 students graduated in 2010 from University of Saint Mary with credentials in accounting.
A total of 1 students graduated with credentials in accounting from accounting schools in Leavenworth in 2010. In 2009 tuition at accounting schools in Leavenworth was $18,950 per year, on average.
In addition to tuition costs, you should plan on spending an average of $1,200 for books and supplies each year, while enrolled in a accounting program in Leavenworth. And if you live on campus, you will face an additional expense of $6,600 per year, on average, for room and board. If you live at home, you can cut this cost down to approximately $0.
After graduating with your credentials in accounting, if you decide to work as an accountant in Leavenworth, your job prospects are average. In 2010, there were 23,080 accountants in Kansas. Of these accountants, 12,650 were working in the greater Leavenworth area. Leavenworth's accountant workforce is projected to increase by 9% by the year 2018. This anticipated change is faster than the projected nationwide trend for accountants.
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|Nok figurine reveals Kushite influence
Proto-Saharan and Kushite rulers controlled a vast Afro-Asiatic Dominion from Africa to the Indus River Valley. Nimrod was a Kushite ruler.
|Afro-Asiatic genetic landscape
This image from Clyde A. Winters' Study of Haplogroup R-M173 shows the spread of the Proto-Saharan peoples and Kushite rulers.
In Objections to the Fundamentalist Reading of Genesis 1-5, the case was made for understanding Cain as the royal descendant of Adam and Eve rather than Eve's offspring. The Biblical writer is claiming an historical connection between Cain and Adam, the first created Father. Cain is designated as one who has dominion, like Adam. Cain's ruler status is derived from the supreme Ruler of the universe in whose image he was born. In the context of Cain's culture this status pertained to rulers only who were expected to reflect the glory of the Creator. (See "Image of God or Imaging God?")
Among Abraham's Proto-Saharan ancestors, status and occupation were received from the father. As the "son" of Adam, Cain hold the status and occupation of a king ruling over a territory. His territory appears to have extended from Niger to the Jos Plateau of Nigeria on a north-south axis. Among the Proto-Saharan rulers bloodline was traced through the mother (as even today among Jews). In claiming that Cain was the offspring of Eve, his bloodline is traced back to the first peoples of Eden.
If Adam is the first to rule on earth, then Cain is the second ruler. That the Bible grants Cain ruler status is evident from a study of what Cain symbolizes in Scripture. When Jude warns early followers of Jesus not to abandon Christ because of their sufferings, he uses three men as examples: Cain the ruler, Balaam the prophet, and Korah the priest. These were the three most sacred offices among Abraham's people and they were sometimes filled by people corrupted by the world.
Genesis 1-5 is about rulers. Genesis 4 lists the kings descended from Cain by his cousin wife, the daughter of Enoch/Nok. Genesis 5 lists the kings descended from Seth by his cousin wife, another daughter of enoch/Nok. These two ruler lines intermarried (matrimonial moeity) and from Enoch the Elder (shown here) comes Noah, the son of Enoch the Younger about whom it is written that God took him" (Gen. 5:22-24).
To understand Genesis 1-6 properly we must hold in mind that these chapters concern rulers. We are not being told about the first people on earth or even about all the people on earth. We are being told about the oldest known line of rulers and the line from which all the great Biblical rulers came, including Terah, Abraham, Nahor, Moses, David and Jesus Christ.
Having this point clear, we may proceed to consideration of Genesis 5-12. Here is the fundamentalist reading of Genesis 6-12:
Noah and his family were the sole survivors of a worldwide flood.
Noah's ark landed on a mountain of Ararat in Armenia.
From there, the descendants of Noah re-populated the Earth.
Noah's descendants were arrogant and built a tower (ziggurat) to try to reach the Heavens.
As an act of divine judgment, God "confused" their languages and this is the origin of all the different languages of the world.
Genesis 10 is a "Table of the Nations" that emerged after the Tower of Babel.
From all the people on earth, God chose Abraham to become the founder of the Jewish people.
The Historical Noah
The historical Noah emerges more clearly when we place him in his proper context: that of a Proto-Saharan ruler who lived approximately 2490-2415 BC, when the Sahara experienced a wet period (Karl W. Butzer 1966). This is the period of the Old Kingdom, a time of great cultural and technological achievement in Egypt. The population of Egypt under the first dynasties was between 1 and 2 million inhabitants. Edward S. Ellis put the New Kingdom population at 5 million. The author of the Royal Ontario Museum website gives an estimate of between 1.5 and 5 million Egyptians during the Pyramid Age.
Noah was a descendant of the Proto-Saharan rulers named in the Genesis 4 and 5. He was a great king. The rulers named in Genesis controlled the major water systems of Lake Chad, the Nile, and the Tigris and Euphrates. The interconnected waterways were their roads. In other words, Noah would have been familiar with boats and likely had a fleet.
Proto-Saharan rulers kept menageries with a male and female specimen for breeding purposes. These animals were greatly prized as they were brought from great distances and and were a source of amusement to the royal court. Likely the animals taken by Noah onto the ark were animals from his personal zoo.
These ancient rulers imposed taxes on cargo that moved through their territories. They used the rivers to expand their kingdoms and to spread their Afro-Asiatic worldview. Nimrod is an example. His father was Kush, a ruler who controlled a vast region of the Upper Nile. According to Genesis 10:8-12, Nimrod left the Nile region and built his kingdom along the Tigris in Mesopotamia.
About 4000 years before Noah people were using dugouts to navigate the rivers of the Sahara. This is attested by the discovery of an 8000 year old black mohagany dugout in Dufuna in the Upper Yobe valley along the Komadugu Guna River in Northern Nigeria. This region was much wetter at the time that Noah and his sons ruled.
Noah likely lived in the region of Bor-Nu (Land of Noah) near Lake Chad. This is the only place on Earth that claims to be Noah's homeland. Satellite photographs reveal that Lake Mega-Chad was once a huge body of water, five times the surface area of Lake Superior and with a depth ranging from 200 to 600 feet. This part of Africa was much wetter than it is today due to climate cycles and the African rifts that created great watersheds or troughs.
Noah was the grandfather of Kush, so we should not be surprised to find him in Africa. During Noah's time, the water systems of Lake Chad, the Benue Trough and the Nile were connected and Noah controlled the waterways of the Lake Chad Basin.
Noah's flood was massive, but not worldwide. Consider the following population estimates by urban center between 2400 and 2200 BC, the time when Noah's flood would have occurred:
Memphis, Egypt - 32,000 inhabitants
Lagash, Iraq - 60,000 inhabitants
Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan - 40,000 inhabitants
Mari, Syria -50,000 inhabitants
The Search for Noah's Ark
Noah's ark has never been found. There are several reasons. People are looking in the region of Noah's homeland. Teh evidence suggests that Noah's ark came to rest on Mount Meni (Har Meni, not Armenia) in northeast Tanzania. This mountain is called Mount Meru.
|Mount Meru in October
The ark was made mostly of reeds (gopher) over a wood frame. Reeds degrade quickly so no remnant of Noah's ark would be found after more than 4000 years. A reed ark would quickly disintegrate in the humidity of 2 seasonal wet periods on Mount Meru; one from March to May and another from October to November.
The Sons and Descendants of Noah
The sons of Noah continued the matrimonial moeity. The lines of Ham and Shem intermarried. Their descendants were great rulers also. One of the greatest was Nimrod, a Kushite kingdom builder, whose territory in the Tigris-Euphrates Valley was extensive. Abraham is a descendant of these Kushite rulers. Their ruler-priests were called ha-biru, which is the word "Hebrew" in English. The ha-biru (or ha-piru) were temple and shrine attendants. They represent the oldest known order of priests and Jesus Christ is a descendant of their ruler-priest lines.
Related reading: The Tower of Babel; The Migration of Abraham's Ancestors; Answers to Questions About Noah's Flood; Sub-Saharan DNA of Modern Jews


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Stolen from many others… Go thru your archives, and find the first post from each month, then copy the
first sentence.
January: Well, the last two days have been quite crazy folks.
February: So, I happened to start talking to a fellow broadcasting major here at ETSU
named Greg, turns out he found me through the Invision board (which most of you
on my friends list are familiar with).
March: Happy 30th to my tried and true friend lo these many years… a very belated
happy birthday to hmtriplecrown. (Mike, put down that object…)
April: I love my new TV Card, you don't know how long I've longed for this
May: Well, finals went very well, I have no fear that I have done well in all my
June: Well, my Radio/TV Writing class starts next Monday.
July: This is scary, hehe….
August: Nothing much to say lately.
September: As I've watched the images of the devastation along the gulf unfold over the
last few days, I'm left with one lasting impression. (This was the beginning of thoughts of the NO disaster, what a shame that was for the country)
October: First entry was NFL Week 4 picks, not really an intro sentence there.
November: Do you know what really grinds my gears? People talking in class with no care
for anyone who may actually care about the class.
December: So, next week is what is traditionally called dead week, but it's not dead at
all, in fact, it will be just as bad as most weeks in the semester.
And there you have that!


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The command economy is an economic system that is controlled by a centralized federal government. In most examples of this type of economy, the focus of the control is on the industrial goods that are manufactured with the country. Sometimes referred to as a centrally planned economy, it is not unusual for the government to own and operate the production facilities producing the goods, or to maintain a high level of control over companies that are allowed to operate within the country.
In theory, the concept of a command economy is to ensure that the populace of the country has a sufficient supply of industrial products that are available at prices that will be reasonable for the manufacturer as well as good for the overall economy. Often, the price of the good produced is also regulated by the government. This action is understood to maintain balance in the economy, ensure jobs within the industrial production sector of the job market, and also help to maintain the quality standards set by the government.
Another benefit that supporters of a command economy often cite is the efficient use of resources. By carefully controlling the rate of production, it is possible for the central government to eliminate a supply that exceeds the current demand within the country. As a result, inventories of finished goods are smaller. This in turn reduces the number of products that remain on the shelf and eventually become obsolete and have to be destroyed or sold at a loss.
A command economy does not place control of the entire consumer market in the hands of the government. In general, a country that employs this type of economical concept will not be any more involved with such markets as agriculture than a country operating with a free enterprise system. This means that not every type of consumer product produced within the country will be owned or heavily regulated by the central government.
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Why are people so biased about economies? If they don't like the once that they live in now, then why can't the just move to another country with an economy that suits them? Why do they try to shape their current country to fit their needs without considering others?
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the US is a mixed economy. we have a market economy but the government regulates it. that's why obama bailed everyone out. because he regulates it.
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CIA? Yea, trust the CIA, a government agency that props up corrupt governments around the world, and the so called "facts" that describe domestic affairs in America.
The United States is socialist oriented with free-market tendencies. -Common Sense
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@anon 52248 Really? Last time i checked, the US is officially a "market oriented economy". Check the CIA worldfactbook if you think I'm wrong
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This type of economy is not that bad, but i am quite thrilled that my Canada does not use this type of economy. North Korea enlists this type of economy and now they are suffering from starvation, energy shortages and a poor quality of life.
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i am so happy the u.s doesn't use this style of economy but i don't understand why other countries do.
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The US uses this style. We're induced to buy high fructose corn syrup, car insurance, fda-sanctioned pharmaceuticals, and maybe even health care.
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command economy is not the way to go and currently cuba uses this style of economy
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