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As of today, it's been almost 8 months of me leaving radio as a full-time DJ..
EIGHT fulfilling months of being SELF-EMPLOYED. Scary still, but I think i'm doing alright. Alhamdulillah!
Being in radio for 8 years as a contract staff has taught me many many things... To continue staying positive, to persevere, to be thankful for what I have, to be different, to stand out amongst the rest and to have faith in Allah and His magical ways. It wasn't an easy decision to leave radio, but after much consideration, I needed to take the plunge to propel myself further.
Real estate has been such a fulfilling roller coaster ride. One year of being a licensed real estate salesperson has taught me many life experiences and skills. Patience and perseverance is at the top of the list. Alhamdulillah, I'm also blessed with a supportive partner and mother, AMAZING managers and team members, as well as customers who are kind enough to give me the opportunity to assist them on their resale transaction matters.
Crazy sey. This job is wayyyyyyy different from what I have been doing in radio. Jual rumah orang! It's people's assets we are talking about. Life savings and probably the only thing they own that is worth more than what they have in their bank accounts! But, they trust ME to assist them on these matters. Alhamdulillah.
Fulfilling is when i get to help them "solve" their problems. People have various reasons why they sell and buy... Downgrading, retirement planning, investment, divorce settlement, debt clearing, family issues and many many more. Every case is unique. Every client is different. I'm always in my thinking mode, each time I go for a presentation. It challenges my brain to think out of the box and explore possibilities with my clients.
This industry has also changed my life. I now have more time and also money for the family. MaShaaAllah. Never have I thought that this is possible, but indeed, real estate has changed my life. For that, I have to thank Allah for opening up my heart and mind to have a go in the industry. SubhanaAllah.
So today, I macam EMO ah... One year as a "Property Agent" sey! My FIRST year and hopefully many more to come... InShaaAllah. Let's take a recap of my FIRSTs...
The FIRST time I collected my agent pass and saw the LEGEND in real estate, Pak Lah from ERA who gave me honest words of encouragement.
My FIRST exclusive listing! Thank you Yani and Jamal for your trust in a rookie like me! ;)
My FIRST sale! This unit was optioned within 3 weeks of marketing!
My FIRST HDB 1st appointment. I remember how nervous I was.. Sakit perut lahh.. butterflies in my tummy laaa.. Saw so many veterans at HDB and i super super nervous.. berpeluh semua you alls... haha.. But alhamdulillah, it was a smooth one.
My FIRST whole unit rental closing.. pakcik and makcik had tenants in less than 1 month of marketing. Here I am explaining to them the tenancy agreement.. and ah.. this is also my FIRST day of wearing the Hijab! SubhanaAllah! Nampak macam pro tapi sebenarnya rasa kekok ahhh.. But alhamdulillah, so far the hijab is still on ah... hehehe.. ;)
My FIRST SynergyPowerhouse Awards! Terharu sey! Bukan selalu dapat recognition for my hardwork. So, to be awarded such, walaupun setakat a certificate, is good enough to motivate me to do better. To keep outdoing myself and continue doing the best for my clients.
My FIRST award on a company level.. Out of soooo many rookies agents, I received 2nd for October 2014. Here is me with the CEO.. Segan sey, as I was the only muslim female new agent there.. But the support and applause from the seniors in the company, made me feel so honored to be up on that stage. I was indeed amongst champions in the company. Alhamdulillah!
And so I pushed myself further and thus was the result.. my FIRST TOP (New) Achiever award! which also got me Top (13th) Achiever award on an ERA level! Surprised giler sey! Out of sooo many agents, I got it! Alhamdulillah! Super super happy!
Of course, this journey is not all rosy... there are the heart attacks and also unpleasant experiences but I feel, that is part and parcel of the job.. It's been pure hardwork for me, to be where I am right now. Of course I always get the hearsay.. "Ya laa.. She popular mah.. that's why she can do so well.."
Come on ah.. Don't give yourself excuses/reasons to why you are not doing as well.. I am a hardworker. Those close to me can vouch for this. I made sure I was not a "blonde and popular" agent. I wanted to add value to my clients. I read alot, I practised, I learnt from my managers on sales techniques and I do my best to model the Top achievers in the industry. It is ALOT of effort (and very little sleep)... haha.
But, I always tell myself to NOT get affected by negative people.. Rezeki Allah itu luas dan kita semua ada bahagian masing-masing.. Whenever I see successful people in the industry, I am always in awe of how they are able to achieve it.. Like how my managers have sooo many private properties and how some of my team mates are TOP achievers in the company.. if they can do it, so can I!
So today, as I turn ONE year old as a property agent, I would like to say thank you to my ever supportive husband for being there for me throughout this interesting journey.. Thank you for your patience in tolerating my workaholic behaviour, thank you for believing in me and pushing me always to do my best.. Also, thank you to my Ibu and my boys, who understood the demands of this job. You know I'm working hard so that we can all have a better life... Next, thank you to my managers, Adi Mesti Jadi and his amazing wife, Ayu Yanti for being such an inspiration.. Your dedication and passion towards this industry and also towards your team is indeed admirable. Thank you for your guidance and faith in me. I promise to do you proud... Also, thank you to my SynergyPowerhouse agents who are always willing to help whenever I'm in need of advice or opinion. All of you are great in your own ways.. Let's keep the team spirit high and positive and continue adding value to our clients... MaShaaAllah... To ALL of my clients. thank YOU.. without your support and trust, I wouldn't be where I am today.. thank you for being part of my real estate experience... I'm very honored to have served you....
43 SELL/BUY transactions since I started and still going strong! I am Driven! Passionate! Determined! Persistent! :)
Alhamdulillah. I survived. ONE as a real estate salesperson and still very much passionate about the industry... i promise to continue doing my best for you.. InShaaAllah..
Because I am now, Nona Kirana... Ejen Hartanah... :)
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SOLD! 14315 173rd Pl NE, Redmond
Beautifully maintained and updated home in the desirable neighborhood of Sheffield on English Hill. The gracious floorplan boasts 2,540 s.f. and features 4 bedrooms and 3 baths. The home is ideally positioned on a 45,089 s.f. lot at the back of a cul-de-sac! The list of extensive updates includes remodeled kitchen & baths, refinished hardwoods and new carpet! The formal living room features a vaulted ceiling, bay window overlooking the gardens and a stone wrapped, gas fireplace. The dining room is a great place to share a meal with friends. Updated kitchen with ample cabinets, granite counters, under-mount sink, breakfast bar appliances included! The light-filed nook includes a slider to the deck – perfect for BBQing or entertaining.
Relaxing family room with brick fireplace including a gas insert, built-in shelving & ample windows. Private 4th bedroom or den with wainscoting and 1/2 bath across the hall is ideal for guests. Updated powder room off entry foyer. Generous master bedroom with walk-in closet. The sumptuous bath has been remodeled with a double vanity, large soaking tub, and oversized, double shower – all finished in stone. Two additional bedrooms are spacious. The hall bath has been remodeled with double vanity and tub with shower above – all finished in stone.
The huge, entertainment sized deck is a great space to relax. There are ample garden beds and room for play – all with a lush backdrop. Laundry room with sink and extra storage area – washer & dryer included. Attached three car garage with storage possibilities. Outstanding Northshore schools – Sunrise Elementary, Timbercrest Jr High & Woodinville High.
Square Feet: 2,540
Style: TriLevel.
Bedrooms: Master, 3 additional bedrooms.
Baths: 3 – Two full baths and two half baths.
Flooring: Refinished oak hardwoods, new carpet and stone.
Living Room: Vaulted ceiling, gas fireplace wrapped in stone and bay windows overlooking the front gardens. Wainscoting and crown molding.
Dining Room: Bay window, coffered ceiling, wainscoting and crown molding.
Kitchen: Remodeled! Abundant cabinets, ample slab granite counters, breakfast bar, under-mount sink, desk area and pantry closet. Full compliment of appliances included.
Nook: Light-filled space with slider to rear deck.
Family: Relaxing space with brick fireplace, built-in shelving and ample windows.
Lower Bedroom/Den with Half Bath: Oak wainscoting, closet and half bath across the hall – makes for a private area for visiting guests.
Powder Room: Granite counter. Updated faucet, light fixture & toilet.
Master Bedroom: Large suite with bay window seat overlooking the front yard – a walk-in closet too.
Master Bath: Fully remodeled includes double vanity with granite top, heated stone floor, soaking tub with stone tub surround, large double shower with skylight and is finished in beautiful stone.
Additional Bedrooms: 2 spacious bedrooms upstairs.
Guest Bath: Double vanity, granite counter, stone floor & tub surround, updated fixtures too.
Laundry: Soaking sink, storage area – washer & dryer included.
Garage: 3 car attached with storage possibilities.
Deck: Fabulous multi-level entertainment space – all overlooking the yard and lush trees beyond.
Yard: Very private at the back of the cul-de-sac! Sprinklers make it easy to maintain. Front yard – Beautiful garden beds with lush plantings and lawn. Rear yard – Multi-level deck, fire pit, ample garden beds and room for play – all with gorgeous views of the tree-lined backdrop!
Roof: High quality composition roof.
School District: Northshore School District
High School: Woodinville
Jr. High School: Timbercrest
Elementary School: Sunrise
Utilities: Woodinville Water & Sewer, PSE Gas & Electricity.
Lot: 45,089 s.f. – very private!
Year Built: 1986
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Blog Tour & Giveaway for Forgiven by J.B. McGee
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Everyone has a past…good or bad, they are always there. They lurk and linger in the shadows, sometimes reappearing at the most inconvenient times.
Gabby and Bradley thought that their pasts would remain dormant, that happiness was theirs for the taking. Still the strongest of relationships can be rocked by the ugliness from a previous life, even if it seems to be a world away. The fact remains an ugly past is never distant. It taints everything it touches, drives permanent rifts between loved ones, and sometimes can ruin everything. Gabby and Bradley must find the only way to battle the past. Forgiveness becomes a light through the darkness, a guide for the lost, and hope for the hopeless. With forgiveness comes bright, new beginnings.
I have read the same line multiple times. I can't concentrate, and I feel bad for blowing him off. I'm startled when I feel a finger tapping on my shoulder. I grab my chest with my hand and yank the ear buds from my ears. "You scared the living daylights out of me." I take a deep breath.
Bradley erupts out into laughter. I glance back and scowl at him, but it doesn't last long. He's only in his boxer briefs, and when he laughs all of his muscles clench. I can't help but smile. "Seriously. You scared the crap out of me."
He puts his bottom lip out like a puppy dog face. "Awe, I'm sorry." He holds his hand out to me. "Come to bed, and I'll make it up to you."
It's not like I was going to be getting any studying done anyway. I certainly won't now that I've seen him in his underwear laughing at me. I put my hand in his and push my stuff to the side on the sofa. He pulls me into his arms, our bodies crushing into one another. "I'm not sure I'll make it back to the bedroom with you," he huskily breathes.
"Oh?" I ask as he starts to nibble on my ear.
He wraps his arms around my waist and starts to back us up closer to the bedroom. His kisses move down to my neck. I move my head to the side to allow him easier access. I feel like all of the tension I've been feeling the last couple of hours is melting away, and I'm turning into pile of mush. I have no idea how he can make me forget I care about anything else in the world with just a touch, just a kiss.
When we are in the bedroom, I notice the flicker of light coming from the bathroom. He keeps moving until he's backed us in there. There are candles lit all along the wall where the bathtub is. The tub is already filled. There's soft, soulful music playing. "Told you I didn't think I'd be able to make it to the bedroom with you."
He starts to undress me, pulling my sweater over my head. Then he covers my exposed skin with kisses where the clothing had been. I thread my fingers through his thick, dark hair as he makes his way down, unbuttoning my jeans and sliding them down to the floor. "Ha, you're sneaky. When did you do this?" I ask.
"While I was waiting on you to come home." His tongue teasingly swirls around my belly button.
I suck in a sharp breath. "Ah, this is why you wanted me to come to bed?"
"Mmm hmm," he mumbles.
When he's gotten me fully undressed, I watch as he straightens his body, pushing his boxer briefs to the ground. I reach out to grab his erection. He smiles as I do. "I wish I didn't have to wait. I mean, it's not like anyone would know that I didn't keep the promise. It's not like I'm in high school and if I got pregnant it would be the end of the world."
He pushes my hand away and shakes his head. "Stop it. Stop."
I feel like a child. I hate it when he scolds me like that. He kisses my forehead. "You know you'd regret it. You'd know. That would be enough."
"I hate that she knows what it's like to be with you and I don't," I whisper.
He pulls me into his arms. "She may have been with me, but I wasn't with her. I was, but I wasn't. Does that make sense?"
I shrug. "I guess."
He pushes me back and tilts my chin. "When we're fully together, Gabby, it will be a first for me."
"It will be the first time I've ever truly made love to a woman. The first time that I loved the woman more than anything in this world. There is nothing I wouldn't do for you." He softly kisses me. "You have a part of me that no one, and I mean no one, has ever had before."
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J.B. McGee was born and raised in Aiken, South Carolina. After graduating from South Aiken High School, she toured Europe as a member of the 1999 International Bands of America Tour, playing the clarinet. While attending Converse College, an all-girls school in Spartanburg, South Carolina, she visited Charleston often. It quickly became one of her favorite vacation spots. She met her husband, Chad, during Christmas break her freshman year, and they married in 2001 and she moved back to her home town.
In 2005, the couple welcomed their first son, Noah. J.B. finished her Bachelor of Arts degree in Early Childhood Education at the University of South Carolina-Aiken in 2006. During her time studying children's literature, a professor had encouraged her to become a writer.
In 2007, she welcomed their second child, Jonah, and she became a stay at home mom/entrepreneur. In 2009, the found out their two children and J.B. have Mitochondrial Disease. In 2011, a diagnosis also was given to Chad. Please take a moment and learn more about Mitochondrial Disease. Awareness is key to this disease that has no cure or treatments.
J.B. McGee and her family now reside in Buford, Georgia, to be closer to their children's medical team. After a passion for reading had been re-ignited, J.B. decided to finally give writing a shot. Broken (This Series), is her first book and first series.
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Energy efficiency= new technology + people
By Antony Funnell on Future Tense
Becoming more energy efficient in the future is not just about technology or cost. More importantly it's about understanding how we actually use our air conditioners, fridges and gadgets—not how we think we use them! In an inter-connected world do we require more inter-connected solutions?
Seb Henbest
Bloomberg New Energy Finance Australia Manager.
Wendy Miller
Senior Research Fellow in Energy at the Queensland University of Technology.
Professor Gerard Ledwich
Chair in Power Engineering, Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering, Queensland University of Technology.
Professor Maria Forsyth
Chair in Electromaterial and Corrosion Science (ITRI Burwood), Deakin University.
Professor Laurie Buys
Creative Industries Faculty, School of Design Office, Social Change. Queensland University of Technology.
Antony Funnell: Hello, Antony Funnell here, and welcome to Future Tense.
Over this past week or so they gathered in Sydney to talk about energy and the future, among them Wendy Miller from the Science and Engineering Faculty at the Queensland University of Technology.
Wendy Miller: The aim of the summer study was to get together everybody in Australia interested in more fully understanding energy efficiency and its potential in our society. Such a summer study has been run in the USA and in Europe for a while now, but this was the first one in Australia. And there has generally been a lack of application of energy efficiency things in Australia, so this was to inspire Australian regulators, industry, researchers into what our full energy efficiency potential is, with inspirational stories both internationally and locally.
Antony Funnell: It's all about working directly with people, not just assuming their power needs and uses. And in looking at energy efficiency today, we're interested in both technology and practice.
Three of the stumbling blocks to achieving greater energy efficiency, it seems to me, are price, technology and our understanding of human behaviour. So this program is structured around those factors.
Let's start first with price, and some good news from Seb Henbest about a drop in the global cost of solar panels or PVs; photovoltaics. Seb is the head of research in Australia for Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Seb Henbest: Well, in 2011 we saw solar module prices fall by almost 50%, which is a significant drop in costs from around $1.80 a watt to about $1 a watt by the end of the year. Solar technology has come down in cost steadily over a number of years, and in fact there's a very consistent relationship between the amount of new capacity brought online and the drop in cost of manufacturing. We see about a 25% drop in cost in manufacturing for every doubling of manufacturing capacity, so that relationship is very strong.
What we saw in 2011 however was really some macro supply and demand imbalance which really put downward pressure on prices. Demand grew by about 49% in 2011 from 2010 to about 27 gigawatts. But the important thing here was that supply increased further, and so this oversupply really put downward pressure on prices, and that is reflected in the significant reduction in technology costs that we saw.
Antony Funnell: And as you say, 50% in one year is a very significant drop, isn't it.
Seb Henbest: It is, and over a number of years this technology has been coming down in cost, and it is not inconsistent with that, but definitely a remarkable drop in one year. To put that into context, going back in time a little, is that we've seen the same technology fall by about 75% over the last three years. So this technology is about 75% cheaper than it was three years ago and about 50% cheaper than it was a year ago. So it is certainly becoming very rapidly competitive with more traditional or mainstream energy sources.
Antony Funnell: And is there every indication to suggest that the price of solar panels will continue to go down?
Seb Henbest: This year it is likely that the forcings that have moved solar technology costs down in 2011 will continue to play out, and we could see prices drop in the first half of the year. However, we don't expect such a strong trend in downward pressure on prices to continue indefinitely. We think prices are probably going to stabilise between $.95 and $1.05 per watt, and that's really a result of the impact that these low costs are having on the manufacturing sector. And we expect to see consolidation, probably some bankruptcies, and overall a lot of the weaker players in the system drop away. This is consistent with any sort of technology as it matures; you get a large number of players in the market and that number reduces over time as smaller companies are bought up and less profitable ones fall by the wayside. So while the long-term signal for PV is that costs will continue to come down, in the short term we don't expect a repeat of 2011, but over the longer term, say, we would expect this technology to become more and more competitive.
Antony Funnell: And looking at investment trends for clean energy, they've also been up significantly, haven't they, over the last year?
Seb Henbest: 2011 was a record year for investment in clean energy. We saw US$260 billion invested last year, and that's five times what we saw in 2004. And we also saw the $1 trillion spent on renewable energy since we've been tracking these numbers since back in 2004. So there were a couple of milestones in 2011, a couple of notable features of last year. It was a tumultuous year in many ways, both across the general economy and for clean energy in particular, and the result therefore I think is even more notable. But solar attracted twice the investment that wind did last year, and the US for the first time since 2008 jumped ahead of China as the number one investor in renewable energy. The EU is still the biggest investor in terms of regions at about $100 billion last year, but the US is now in front of China, which will please many in the US no doubt tremendously.
Antony Funnell: Seb Henbest from Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Renewable energy technologies have great potential, but they don't automatically equate with energy efficiency. In fact renewable technologies can sometimes exacerbate the problem, according to Professor Gerard Ledwich who's just beginning a three-year project in Queensland seeking to develop better storage and electricity management systems for our power grids.
Gerard Ledwich: This project is of importance so that we know the trajectory to be able to handle what's coming up on us. There is a growth of renewables that we are committed to, we need to reach 20% renewables by 2020. If we proceed down the route of trying to make this work by building more and more conventional plants, it's going to be a very expensive route. If we go through the storage pathway and robust transmission pathway, then we can get to the promised land in a much cheaper way and in a way that means that people in your household own the solution, that you are part of providing for the electricity for Australia.
Antony Funnell: And what that means is developing systems that try and smooth away the peaks and troughs associated with the way power is currently delivered to most of us.
Gerard Ledwich: The project is part of a vision of where the power system is going to go to and the project is delivering robustness of the transmission networks such that if there are sudden changes, such as caused by renewables, then we can compensate for that and still have the transmission system in tact and continuing to deliver. So overall it is a better use of what we've got to make it more robust with aspect to changes. And this is part of an overall vision of how do we get a better use of storage, how do we get a better use of network to be able to deliver energy into the future.
Antony Funnell: And presumably then we have some significant problems, or there are areas that need to be addressed.
Gerard Ledwich: A big rise that people would have noticed in their bills at the moment has been due to the fact that there is a substantial expenditure, almost $50 billion nationally, on expanding the networks. And this is largely driven by a rapid expansion of peak load. In Queensland it has been roughly 14%, 15% over the last few years, largely because of air-conditioners. These air-conditioners might only work all together for three or four hours of the year, but for that time we need to build the network to be able to cope with that peak.
Antony Funnell: We're used to thinking about renewable energy sources as a solution, but in a sense then they are part of the problem, aren't they, because they add to the inconsistency of supply.
Gerard Ledwich: Yes, if you could just turn on your photovoltaics any time of the day, any day of the year, then you could put a renewable, like photovoltaics, out the end of a weak power line, and you could support that portion of the network. But renewables aren't always there when you need it. With a power system you've got to generate and consume almost at the same time. And so when the sun is there you can use the photovoltaics, but it's not always when the peak load happens. The peak load might be at six o'clock at night when the sun has gone down.
Antony Funnell: So one of the things that you're interested in doing is working out better ways to store that renewable energy for more consistent use, is that correct?
Gerard Ledwich: That's one of the features that would become a part, is that if we did have substantial storage and network, then we could deal with the peak loads without building more and more lines and, by the way, make better use of what photovoltaics we've got, make better use of what wind power we've got by storing the energy if we've got excess and by using it up when we reach the peak times.
Antony Funnell: How advanced are the current storage systems for renewable energy sources?
Gerard Ledwich: In Europe they're counting on using Norway as a renewable energy storage, that they've got lots of hydro, lots of hills, and so if you can pump water up the hill, run it down, that's in a sense one of the best storages available. Australia is very short on the hills to run water up and down, and so we've pretty well used all of our easy storage. So for Australia to go to storage we're going to have to be using things like batteries or fuel cells to be able to try to generate power at one time, use it at another.
Antony Funnell: There are, though, storage systems for solar, aren't there. Are they not as effective as perhaps we might think?
Gerard Ledwich: They're very expensive is usually the problem. Typically if you had a lead acid battery, running it in a 40°C environment, you'd be lucky to get three or four years life out of the lead acid battery in a harsh, high-temperature environment. And so you are after as flexible a possibility as you can using lithium ion batteries, using sodium sulphur batteries, or using these newer flow batteries, all possibilities to be explored as ways of being able to do the balancing. So at the moment when people buy their photovoltaics in a city, they tend not to be buying batteries with them. It's only when you're off the grid, you have no choice, that you tend to be buying batteries as part of your solution to energy.
Antony Funnell: Should we be surprised that there has been so much work going on to create renewable energy sources but obviously so little into perfecting the storage side of it?
Gerard Ledwich: When the penetration is small, if you had a maybe 5% renewables, then the rest of the fossil fuel system can absorb it so that when your sun goes down you just put a bit more coal into your existing power stations. As time goes on and we have more and more wind, more and more solar as part of our supply and we are counting on it, then the ability to have fossil fuel stepping up every time the sun goes down, stepping up whenever the wind disappears, that's going to become more and more costly to keep on running our fossil fuel systems and running them as a backup process. And storage is a way of reducing the cost of having some form of backup for the renewables.
Antony Funnell: So the potential increasing reliance that we'll have on renewable energy is actually forcing this rethink about how we operate, how the whole grid operates.
Gerard Ledwich: Very much so.
Maria Forsyth: Lithium batteries have been under development now for more than 20 years I guess, and certainly that was where I started my entree into energy storage, was lithium batteries, materials for lithium batteries. We've come a long way since the 20 years ago when I first started working in that area, and my team has contributed to those advances so far in lithium.
However, lithium is not an abundant resource, both from the point of view of the percentage of abundance on Earth but also in terms of where it currently is found, primarily in one or two continents. It would be great if we had lots of lithium and it was cheap, then sure, we could be looking at using lithium ion batteries for powering large-scale energy storage capacity. At the moment we are using them every day in telephones, computers et cetera, so mobile devices currently have been enabled through lithium ion and lithium technology. But if you want to move that across to energy storage for the grid, for stationary applications, so not so much for mobile applications or for transport applications but stationary applications, so powering a town, powering our cities, then we need to be looking at alternative cheaper options, and in the longer run more stable options.
So, sodium, which is one of the things we are looking at, is much more abundant worldwide, much cheaper, and it has a lot of the chemistry that lithium has and so we can learn from lithium and try and transport that knowledge into the sodium batteries. And I think in the longer run we will be able to get less expensive, more stable and highly efficient energy storage options.
Antony Funnell: Professor Maria Forsyth is chair in Electromaterials and Corrosion Sciences at Deakin University in Victoria, and last year she was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship for her work on better storage technologies, specifically for the power generated by renewable energy sources.
Maria Forsyth: We don't currently really have an energy storage we could utilise day-to-day. There are some technologies that are used in some parts of the world on a smaller scale. They are high-temperature technologies, so you're looking at sodium sulphur, which we're using molten sodium, not so safe, and having to go to high temperatures, not necessarily an efficient way to go. Or there are other moderate temperature devices based around a material which conducts ions around 300°C, so you have batteries operating around 300°C. And those devices can work but they have drawbacks due to high-temperature and stability. So what we're working towards is lower temperature devices, room temperature, ambient temperature devices, but there we don't yet have the materials technology, materials to develop that technology right now.
Antony Funnell: How far away are we, do you think?
Maria Forsyth: You know, I was thinking about this with my group the other day and I was thinking that because we've learnt so much from the lithium ion story, whereas that took maybe two decades or so to develop, I think we can probably look at a much shorter time to develop the sodium analogues. So we're looking at maybe five or so years where we can actually start to look at devices being developed on the smaller scale and then of course upscale that you are probably going to look at a decade. But we've learned so much from the lithium analogue that I think it won't be anywhere near as long for the sodium one.
Antony Funnell: Cost is always an issue when it comes to energy supply. With sodium being abundant, if it can be developed, that's going to have a significant impact, isn't it, on costs.
Maria Forsyth: Absolutely, it will make it a much more cost-effective option, whereas at the moment if we do have wind and solar energy being generated, unless you can store it cheaply then it's pretty much not of much value to us.
Antony Funnell: You're at the cutting edge of this research with batteries and with storage, how many other people around the world are also looking at this issue seriously?
Maria Forsyth: It has become a very intensely studied area. We work on a number of different battery technologies. Sodium is one we've just begun to look at most recently in the last 6 to 12 months, and others around the world…I've noticed colleagues of mine and others have begun to look at the same idea very, very recently. So there might be another, I'd say, at least half a dozen, maybe 3 to 6 groups who done a lot of work in batteries on the lithium side and are now moving towards sodium as a much more viable alternative for stationary applications. We've been focusing on sodium but there are other options also, but the sodium one has become quite exciting to the research community because we can see the potential benefits in application.
Antony Funnell: Okay, let's take just a moment to recap. Energy efficiency equals price plus technology plus an understanding of human behaviour. So far we've heard about a drop in the cost of renewable energy components, and we've covered the technology side; efforts to streamline the transmission of power (eliminating peaks and troughs) and also new battery storage technology. But now, let's focus on the people side of the equation.
I'm off to see one of Gerard Ledwich's colleagues. Her name is Laurie Buys. Laurie Buys is a social science researcher in the Creative Industries faculty at the Queensland University of Technology and her research into energy efficiency over the next few years will compliment the work done by Gerard Ledwich and his team. But while Professor Ledwich will largely be looking at the demand management side of technology, Professor Buys will zero in on us, the consumers of power.
Laurie Buys: This project is really about how do we…I guess as a community but also individuals, how can we manage the rising prices in a way that gives us all what we need? Within the industry there is probably two choices, because we're going to be using more energy into the future, so we can either build more infrastructure, and if we build more infrastructure it's going to cost all of us a lot more because someone has to pay for the building of the infrastructure. The other alternative is that we learn to manage the way we use energy in a different way, which means that during peak times, which is from, as Gerard would have told you, between 4pm and 8pm in the evenings, and then on really hot days and really cold days, those are the peak times, and if we can manage those peak times differently it means that we can use the same infrastructure that we've got and we can make the best use of that infrastructure without adding to the costs of building new infrastructure.
Antony Funnell: So you're really looking at the social side of things, of how you convince people to be part of the solution, not just part of the problem.
Laurie Buys: It goes beyond even convincing them, it actually is about listening to what they need and what their wants are and how they can use energy in a different way. I guess my job is to listen to the consumers and to hear what they are telling us and to meet their needs so that it makes it easy for them to change the way that they might run the house, it makes it easy for them to I guess understand the way use energy and to use it differently.
Antony Funnell: Some people might be surprised that that sort of research hasn't really been done in the past. Why hasn't there been much research along those lines?
Laurie Buys: I guess in the past the use of energy has either been looked at from a technical perspective in how do we deliver energy to homes, or it has been looked at from a consumer perspective of pricing. And I guess in the past there has been a thought that if we charge more for energy, people will use less of it. And I guess our thought...and we know for a fact that that's not quite true because clearly our energy bills are going up, and while we are not happy for that we are continuing to pay it. What we're actually looking at is there are different drivers for different people and the way they use energy, and if we can buy into the drivers that are not only just price but maybe people are willing to use their appliances in different ways, that that meets their needs.
And we know that when the drought came a couple of years ago in Queensland, when people were faced with not having water, it wasn't the price of water that was the driver, it was the willingness to kick in as a community to change the way we used water in Queensland, and people did and they are continuing that behaviour now. So that wasn't about pricing, that's actually about community use of a resource.
Antony Funnell: And getting people to alter their behaviour then, finding ways to motivate them I guess, to start adapting, that will also be part of the research?
Laurie Buys: Absolutely. What we would like to do is understand ways that people can make the change that meets their needs I guess of daily life. Because it's very difficult to make a change if it goes against the whole way that you're living and it's inconvenient. Nobody likes to be educated, nobody likes to be told what to do, but everyone likes to be part of the solution, and that's what we are trying to find. So that's what this project is about, it's about finding solutions that people can own.
Antony Funnell: Professor Laurie Buys, thank you very much.
Laurie Buys: Thank you, thank you for having me.
Wendy Miller: So, what I've got here are some of the tools that we use for looking at energy efficiency and housing. One of the things is little temperature sensors that are about the size of a 16mm battery that you might put in some of your appliances. We can program them to read temperature inside houses every 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes to get an idea of how houses are performing.
Antony Funnell: Now, a final piece of research to tell you about, and it involves Wendy Miller, whom we met right back at the beginning of the program.
She's been working directly with a number of families in the Gold Coast region of Queensland, tracking the trials and tribulations they experienced in trying to build a modern energy efficient house.
Wendy Miller: Most Australians I think want to do the right thing by the environment, and most people don't like throwing away money. So energy efficiency in a vague sense means all of those things to most people, but when it comes to actually doing it, people vary a lot between having a really good knowledge of their options or having very little knowledge and having to rely on other people to give them advice on what their best options are.
Antony Funnell: And I know when it comes to energy efficiency or energy inefficiency, you believe there is a tendency in society to actually blame the end user. Just detail that for us.
Wendy Miller: That's certainly the way that comes across a lot of the time when you get the energy industry, the retailers who have demand side management programs where they want to try to encourage or incentivise people to change their behaviour, or a lot of government programs are aimed at educating the end user. But the end user is only one group of people in the whole energy supply chain, in that there are a lot of things that impact on the householder that can limit or restrain what their options are anyway. So just focusing on the end user and saying 'Australians need to be more energy efficient in their houses' is not enough. It needs to look at builders, contractors, designers, suppliers, manufacturers, banking industry, real estate industry, all of those people impact on how energy-efficient you can be at home. It doesn't absolve the end user from doing their things, but the end user is not the only person responsible for efficiency.
Antony Funnell: We live in a world saturated with data, and one of the themes that we've covered on this program in various ways in the past is the distinction between information and knowledge. How does that distinction play out when it comes to energy efficiency?
Wendy Miller: There's certainly a big difference between information and knowledge. One example of that would be houses in Australia needing to meet a six-star rating. I think most people when they are going to build or buy a house now would know that six stars is the level that houses must achieve, but very few people, both the buyers, designers and builders understand what six-star actually means. So they have the information about six-star, but they don't have the knowledge that the star rating, that information data actually relates to what percentage of the year is your house going to be comfortable to live in without needing to have a heater or an air conditioner on.
Antony Funnell: Tell us about the work that you've done with families, the way in which you've gone about that work and the sort of participation that has been required from those families in the study.
Wendy Miller: There's a couple of studies, one that I've been doing for three years is following a number of families who were really interested in energy efficiency and renewable energy, so they wanted a house that didn't require air conditioning. They were putting in efficient appliances and they were having solar water heaters and solar power systems. So I followed these families for three years, from exploring from their viewpoint what was their goal for their new house as they were designing the house with the designer, following through the construction, and then the post-occupancy, how have these people experienced their houses. And then also looking at both the house plans, so how the builders and the architects decided to try to meet the customers needs, and looking at the data from these houses, because we've been measuring their energy, their water, their hot water, their gas et cetera to see have the householder's expectations at the front actually been achieved at the end.
So three years later we're showing that the people who want high performance houses and energy efficiency, often their dreams for their houses were circumvented to some extent by someone else in the supply chain, whether that was the builder or subcontractors or designers not fully understanding how best to design a house that doesn't need air-conditioning or equipment suppliers who don't fully understand how their own technology works so they can't help householders when it doesn't work to try to problem solve on the thing. So we're trying to understand, can people who demand energy efficiency actually get it. That's one part of the research.
Then another research project that's looking at people who live in houses that weren't necessarily designed to be energy efficient, we've put in some, I suppose, futuristic type of technology measuring temperature and humidity inside and outside of these houses and using thermal imaging cameras to actually look at how are these houses constructed and how are they actually performing, and what does that mean to the people living in these houses for future climate. As the climate gets hotter in climate change, how will the people and how will the buildings react to the hotter temperatures?
Antony Funnell: So there's three issues, then, isn't there, there's concept, there is design, but then there is also implementation, how it's actually done.
Wendy Miller: Yes, and generally we're finding, at least for the houses that we studied for the three years, the concept or the demand from the end users was there to have an energy-efficient house. That's not always the case in the general market. Some of the other houses we are studying, people are more interested in having marble bench tops or fancy bathrooms, et cetera. My perception though is often those demands are driven by a lack of understanding of what the energy implications of other decisions are.
So we were in a display house a number of weeks ago, a client came in and said, 'I want an energy-efficient house,' and the agent in this display house said, 'Oh we put insulation on the roof,' sort of thing. The client asked, 'Well, do we need insulation in the walls and on the ceiling?' 'Oh no, you don't need that, that costs extra money, but we can offer you a high rated kitchen.' So sometimes the decisions people make are influenced by the information provided by others and they don't fully understand the implications of their decisions then.
Antony Funnell: Wendy Miller, and she gave a presentation at the Energy Efficiency Summer Study which has just been held in Sydney. Check out the link on our website.
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Kefalo Imperator Casual Grind Thursday 25/07/2013, 23:48
Ok, si I've experimented with different things, here's what I'm trying now. I'm not a very good player, so I'm having trouble reaching 1200 with this, and the deck might actually be really good and nothing should be changed. I have pretty much any non old cr card in these clans available.
Marina - Versatile and way above the curve. Her being non-banned got me thinking, core.
Saki - Defensive SoB, hoses AS, necessary against SoB (in particular). OP, core
Nathan - Mini marina, and decent even if SoB'd. Considering replacement, though.
Cesare - Defensive SoA. Used to be Ashley, but I had too much dr. There's -life around I might keep.
Elvis - Offensive SoA. Not unreplacable, but none of the Ber 4* look appealing.
Kawamashi Cr - I don't know. I switched between a lot of cards here.
Lola - I added her recently, and now I maybe have too much low power DR again.
Roger - Offensive SoB. Quite pleased with him.
So what happened is that I overloaded on utility, SoA, SoB and Dr in particular - and that's not bad but I'm not doing too well. Skeelz of all things kill me a lot of the time (funny I know), and Vortex was a pain so I added Cesare. I can DR a lot, but I can't nuke or recover from a misjudged overpill too well so I'm too reliant on my opponents making mistakes.
What would you guys do... and most importantly - why?
JO3SHMO Imperator Wise Men Distracted Sunday 28/07/2013, 01:28
^Absolutely correct. Sprinter is a totally solid choice and hits very hard against SOA. Marina, Saki, Jessie (to an extent), Elvis and Melanie are actually quite fine against SOA, but Randy and Lola take a hit. Even if your opponent only draws one SOA who won't be matched up with Sprinter, it forces your opponent to play around him. Same deal for Karen.
Moral of the story: Change Cesare to Jessie, don't use Nathan, and use Melanie in place of a 3* to free up a star elsewhere
--> much nicer deck.
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Kefalo Imperator Casual Grind Monday 29/07/2013, 08:42
Ok, last week, the 1200 tier of elo turned out not to include the bonus dependent decks this was good against so I was unable to crack 1300, but I was satisfied with how it worked. Sprinter actually seemed quite a bit better than Konrad, and I tired out ever suggestio except Revok. I still have to figure out the Berserk utility cards.
This week sort of looks like the deck could do better - the major annoyances are all banned (Bogdan, Tuck, Fuzz) are banned, and I have a feeling that this week it could work better than last week. I'll try it out and see Thanks everyone for the good advice.
Kefalo Imperator Casual Grind Monday 29/07/2013, 09:18
I've decided to go with: Alexei, Marina, Saki, Jesse, Elvis, Lola, Melanie, Roger.
Everything else is an option, but I'm expecting plenty of DR and people's guard down relating to SoA.
wats_happenin Titan Casual Grind Monday 29/07/2013, 10:09
Id keep the deck you were using before
Alexei is just not a good card in ELO. Personally I'd use Karen and Konrad, but Sprinter/Randy or whoever is good as well
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In Rappoport's debut thriller, a woman narrowly escapes a serial killer's clutches—but she and her friends may be next on his hit list.
The bizarre mutilation death of police officer Gwen Stevens shakes a small Los Angeles–area community. Soon after, someone attacks park ranger Ellie Sherman. She manages to escape after waking up hogtied, only to find herself a person of interest in a murder investigation. Local cops found a vagrant with his throat slit, and they don't believe Ellie's claim that she blacked out at the time of her assault. Detective Regina Metcalf tries to pin the man's murder on Ellie—and possibly Gwen's, as well. The killer, meanwhile, is determined to eliminate the woman who got away, and as a result, Ellie's pals, Celeste Gold and fellow ranger Jane Harrington, are in danger of becoming his next victims. Rappoport's novel is a tense tale of a woman's life after a psychopath's savage attack. Ellie is understandably paranoid, and her fears only worsen as she recalls further details of that fateful night. Her relationship with LA police officer Jake Roselli, too, is devoid of poetry and flowers—their intimacy is instead defined by raw, sometimes-brutal intensity. Ellie's back story as a soldier in Iraq, before she was discharged for a violent act against a superior officer, gives readers insight into her behavior and makes Metcalf's suspicions seem more logical. The snippets about the killer, in contrast, show only a glimpse of his history—not enough to make him menacing but more than enough to substantiate his mental instability and disturbing resolve. The author's partial focus on Jane, however, is far less perceptive; for much of the novel's first half, she takes the reins as a main character. She's intriguing in her own right, but the details regarding her hypochondriac husband, Richard, and her sometimes-hostile neighbor Norman don't add anything to the tale of Ellie's more absorbing personal struggle. The book definitely earns its ferocious final act, however, with a shocking murder and would-be victims fighting back.
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Hello! I've been playing clarinet for about 3 months now, but I have never quite been able to play in the upper register successfully. If any of you out there could give me some tips, it would be much appreciated!
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
And so things at the national level have for the time being slid a appropriate direction. Yes there are two categories, mens and womens, but it is a step forward.
Don't get me wrong here, I know that the 24hr Solo Single Speed category was recognized in October. But after talking to USAC officials both at the Firecracker 50 and the OTC, it looked like things were going to be handled on a case by case basis. Having a Marathon National Championship for 2010 is another step forward.
But Single Speed is still not a licensed category, and so local organizers are still left on there own to decide if the category will be split. And so it is with Dawn til' Dusk in Gallup this year.
Once again, don't get me wrong, this is a great event run by a great group of people. But the race is run with age grouped Single Speed categories.
Now is the time. Like it or not the Un-Category has become a category. We now have National Championships. Now is the time for Single Speed to be a licensed category, One Speed One Category.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Does there have to be a USAC Single Speed category?
Single Speeding pre-existed Mountain biking. As far back as anyone wants to look, people have been pedaling bicycles on the trails around the country. But once NORBA was organized, most trail riders gave up Single Speeds for "mountain bikes." For those that showed up to local races on Single Speeds, it was a matter of racing in what ever category you were assigned.
All of this changed when some of the promoters of the early mountain bike races, like the Revenge of the Siskiyous and the Humbug Hurry-up created a category for Single Speed racers. Eventually a group of dedicated Single Speeders Put on a "Single Speed Championship" in the hills outside of Chico California No one begged for the category, the Single Speed Category was a grassroots creation, and each year the category has grown. Race promoters have recognized the category and most state organizations hand out titles for "State Champion." There are National Championships in many countries, and a rolling party that is known as the Single Speed World Championship. As of yet, USAC has not weighed in with a category definition (or a championship) for Single Speeds.
But where does it stop? If there is a category for Single Speed, then why not a separate category for Hardtails, or Rigid, or 650B's? Well, that's the point I suppose. There doesn't have to be a category. If there is no category then Single Speeders will go back to racing with everyone else. But the category already exists, I am not asking for it to be created. I am asking that it be recognized and brought into USAC, in a way that preserves the tradition of the sport and not recreated by each individual race promoter or regional sanctioning body. I am asking that it be recognized for its novelty and tradition, which is the one category with no categories.
The crux of the problem in recognizing Single Speeding as a category is in adopting a definition for the category. As the sport has grown, some organizers have broken the category by age, or by ability. This is why I am pushing for USAC to weigh in on the definition. If USAC is to be the "Home" of all competitive cycling, then USAC needs to be the "Home" of Single Speeds."
Does there have to be a USAC Single Speed Category? YES! Is there a Single Speed category? Yes, but it needs to recognized and defined. And tradition and the need for competition demands that there be one category.
Single Speed.
Monday, October 12, 2009
1 speed 1 category
I am here to rant about the watering down of our sport. No, not the new road categories being haphazardly applied mountain biking. I am talking about the watering down of the most sacred sect of our sport; categories for single speeds. Just say NO! For gods sake ...1 Speed 1 Cat. With all the age groups and categories out there, can't we have one part of our sport where racing is about racing and not about the gear or the prize list .
Sure, promoters have seen growth in the number of Single Speed participants, but separating the group into age groups or "talent" groups doesn't make scoring any easier. There are also those who say "If we don't separate such a large group ... then what are the average riders' chances of winning." Who cares? Maybe they just don't understand that there need s to be a place for competition, that is about competition and not prizes or "winning your age group."
And what about those promoters who don't know where to put Single Speeds? Put us on the same course as "Cat 1's" after all, we have had enough of doing things by the lowest common denominator. At any given SS event you can have everything from first time racers to pro's in the cat, and that is just how it should be. One category, one distance, one start time and let the competition sort things out. We don't need promoters and officials deciding who is fast.
1 Speed 1 Category
If you want to win your age group, or talent group, there are plenty of categories out there. Just slap a cassette on that thing and have at.


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Balkan Roasted Vegetable Salad
I'm currently loving the interesting and different salads in Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special, and their Balkan Roasted Vegetable Salad is no exception. I wasn't sure what the marinade would taste like and I was a bit wary of the fennel seeds, but wow I cannot believe how good it smelled as the vegetables were roasting with the marinade. What a wonderful combination of flavours!
The original recipe called for double the amount of vegetables (which is why there's 1/2 an onion and 1/2 a cucumber in my version), but I halved it because I wanted to add barley to make it a more substantial meal. Feel free to double the veggies and omit the barley if that's what you'd prefer. I also added the walnuts and sunflower seeds for some delicious nutrition. I ate the salad at room temperature the first time and it was good, but when I had it the next day after it had time to sit in the fridge and the flavours had mingled, it was so much more delicious. I really loved the combination of roasted veggies with raw cucumber and tomato, plus the marinade was so good.
Balkan Roasted Vegetable Salad
(adapted from Moosewood Restaurant Daily Special)
1/2 cup raw barley (pearl or pot)
2 cups water
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup olive oil
1/4 cup chopped fresh basil*
1 to 1/2 teaspoons ground fennel seeds
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 sweet potato, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 red pepper, seeded and cut into bite sized pieces
1/2 of an onion, chopped
1 cup mushrooms, trimmed and halved (quartered or cut into 8 if large)
1 tomato
1/2 a cucumber
1/2 cup grated feta
1/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup sunflower seeds
Preheat the oven to 500F.
Place the barley and water in a saucepan, cover, and bring to a simmer. Cook on low heat until most of the water has been absorbed and the barley is soft, about 40 minutes. When the barley is tender, drain it in a colander.
While the barley is cooking, combine the marinade ingredients by whirling briefly in a blender or food processor, or by whisking them in a bowl. Set aside. On a large baking pan with raised sides, spread out the sweet potato, red pepper, onions, and mushrooms and drizzle with about 1/2 of the marinade. Right on the baking tray, toss the vegetables with the marinade until evenly coated. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until tender and slightly browned.
While the vegetables roast, dice the tomatoes and cucumber.** Place them in a serving bowl. Add the drained barley. Drizzle with the remaining marinade and toss well. With a slotted spatula, transfer the roasted vegetables to the bowl and toss well.
Serve immediately, or at room temperature, or chilled. Top each portion with feta.
*I used freeze dried basil and I can't remember how much I put.
**The recipe suggests you peel and seed the cucumber, but I like eating the whole cucumber plus I don't want to throw good cucumber away! It's up to you what you want to do though.


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Tyranny of Distance
Opposite the iconic Melbourne Bowls Club, Tyranny of Distance has slotted in perfectly and looks as if it's slowly evolved over time from a humble shed with louvre windows. The eclectic interior was created and directed by local jewellery designer and goldsmith Marcos Davidson, with a giant gas bottle lamp being commissioned and featuring prominantly in the centre of the indoor/outdoor dining area (where you can smoke to your heart's content). Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day with a generous happy hour each afternoon, Tyranny really caters to everyone from post exercise breakfasts to pre drinks at night with an emphasis on tapas style dishes. The Tyranny Burger is made with a house made beef pattie, bacon, smoked cheese, lettuce, mayo and served with crispy potatoes and smoked paprika aoili.


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Sarma, Debajit and Natarajan, Srinivasan (2011) An eight-connected metal organic framework based on Cu(5) clusters: Synthesis, structure, magnetic and catalytic properties. In: Indian Journal of Chemistry - Section A: Inorganic, Physical, Theoretical and Analytical Chemistry, 50 (9-10, ). pp. 1281-1289.
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A reaction of copper acetate, 5-nitroisophthalic acid in a water-methanol mixture under solvothermal condition results in a new metal-organic framework compound, [Cu(5)(mu(3)-OH)(2)(H(2)O)(6){(NO(2))-C(6)H(3)-(COO)(2)}(4)]center dot 5H(2)O, (1). The compound contains Cu5 pentameric cluster units connected by 5-nitro isophthalate (NIPA) moieties forming a CdCl(2)-like layer, which are further connected by another NIPA moiety forming the three-dimensional structure. The water molecules in (1) can be reversibly adsorbed. The removal of water accompanies a change in the colour as well as a structural re-organization. Magnetic studies suggest strong antiferromagnetie correlations between the Cu5 cluster units. The compound (1) exhibits heterogeneous Lewis acid catalysis for the cyanosilylation of imines with more than 95 % selectivity. Compound (1) has been characterized by IR, UV-vis, TGA, powder XRD studies.
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The point of having a home for your own has a lot of work that has to be done about it, for example, the aspect of having the gutters cleaned. It is essential to have your gutters cleaned and all the same, it is vital noting that there are some hazardous points related to the task and thus, hiring the services of the professional cleaners is essential. It is vital noting that the services of the professional gutter cleaners have a lot of privileges.
The first thing is on the climbing of ladders which can be dangerous especially if you have no experience in it. The aspect that one can fall from the ladder is one of the points to note. It is common that in our modern society the incidences falling are very high. Many people are going to the hospital with their broken bones as well as other serious injuries. Also death incidences are experienced due to the same reason. The cleaning experts are known to work with fewer difficulties as there are minimal or no accidents witnessed.
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It is of no importance to get the body into risk as for the people with issues related to allergy. During such a case, the services of the professionals are of great help. This is for the reason that the professionals are well equipped with the necessary equipment for safety.
A lot of time is needed for the cleaning of the gutters. It is crucial to have your gutters cleaned at late fall and the early springs. The services of the cleaning experts are at most case taken into consideration as a lot of people want to have a chance to enjoy the sun other than cleaning the gutters. The services of the professional cleaners are known to be fast in comparison to the owner of the house. This is because they are experienced, and they can perform the job with ease.
It is important noting that professional cleaning companies at most cases offer various services to the homeowners. At the same time, you can have additional services in your home by hiring the right cleaning company. For instance the aspect of cleaning the windows, power washing, deck resurfacing and also staining are some of the services one can get from the professional gutter cleaning companies. Thus, for this reason, it is crucial to have the services of the gutter cleaning companies as they are known to give the most recommendable services.
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