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Rabbi Koren at last has broken his silence on the inadequacy of the Torah to meet and stand with the world. No one expects the Torah to stand the challenge of time and civilization.
I am advising the world Jewish to community especially the clan of Levi who were given the monopoly of reading the Torah to please come to common terms with Muhammad Rasulullah and revert to reading the holy Qur'an. It is their book. We need them more today.
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Medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD) is an inherited condition in which cysts in the center of each kidney cause the kidneys to gradually lose their ability to work.
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Medullary cystic kidney disease (MCKD) is very similar to the childhood disease familial juvenile nephronophthisis (NPH). Both lead to scarring of the kidney and fluid-filled cavities (cysts) in the deeper parts of the kidney.
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MCKD occurs in older patients. NPH is found in young children. Both conditions are inherited.
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Need Some Substrate Advice
I'm nearly ready to start the cycle on my 20g tank and have all the pieces ready to go with one exception: substrate. I've been doing my best at reading, reading, reading, and then a little more reading. But I've gotten to the place where it either all sounds the same, contradicts the previous article, or confuses me to no end! I was hoping to get some advice from the "been there and done that" crew and maybe clear some things up.
My goal is to do a medium-planted 20g tank. I'm leaning heavily toward Corys, which means sand or smooth gravel from what I've read. I'm also on a somewhat tighter budget which has also lead me toward sand. The concerns I'm having now is that the sand won't provide enough of anything for the plants to thrive, or survive. I know there are supplements to help that issue such as root tabs or additives for the water, but is that more of a Band-Aid on "problems" with sand?
I've looked at all the local hardware sand options. Playsand, Diamond grit (or whatever it's called), etc... I like the price, but am afraid it won't pay off in the end. If I were to do a 50/50 mix of sand and something like Eco-Complete or similar, would that provide enough for the plants to do well, or would I still be needing root tabs/water supplements? Of course then the price goes back up. Sheesh. I fear I've found myself stuck in a self-created pickle. Any first hand experience with hardware sand planted tanks that could encourage me in the right direction?First 29g Tank: In process
Goes to 11 has a superb tank on black diamond sand. (heavy planted)
I'm setting up my 40b w/ it and planting it too-but going low tech.
it's nearly unbeatable for the price/size.
but if you have proper lights/ferts/co2, it doesn't "really" matter on the substrate.
sure eco complete is awesome, but after a while, you'll need to add the root tabs anyways. so to me, initially its great, but long term it acts the same as any other substrate.
my .02-others swear by the "plant substrate"
It can be confusing yeah...
[Shh.. Dude! Keep expectations low :-P]
I have a Black diamond in a couple of tanks - Here is the one referred to so kindly above:
Deets: 55G - 108w 65/10k T5 lighting liquid and root tabs ferts No CO2.
but if you have proper lights/ferts/co2, it doesn't "really" matter on the substrate.
Put simply, Planted tanks are a balancing act; Proper Nutrients + appropriate lighting = 'Planted tank' <-- get that right and you are home free :-D.
Yeah, It's just that easy
Generally speaking it's simply one facet of the entire gem so to speak. + when it comes to larger tanks [Which admittedly that isn't] the BD [or Pool filter] sand is simply far more economical. [IE: My 100 has nearly 300lbs of sand in it]
Gas mileage isn't everything OIIIIIIIO
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.
My tank (see sig) uses pool filter sand. I like that stuff. It requires no rinsing and looks like real sand. To me that black stuff looks too unrealistic.
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Sand in itself provides 0 nutrients to plants. There's these ways to deal with it.
1. mix a bottom layer of 50% aquatic compost/50% sand. Spread a thin layer of that and cover with the rest of the sand. Advantage, great for root feeders, disadvantage is it doesn't work well if you add a thick layer of sand and there's a slight chance of it turning anaerobic which is messy and smelly.
2. Use root tabs/ clay pellets. With these you can target the planted areas. Works well but especially in the first phase when the plants are starting up you'll need to add a bit of liquid ferts.
I went for the second method on my main tank and I'm now running a small planted bowl on the first method. Both work well.
If you do go for sand, consider keeping malaysian trumpet snails, they'll keep the sand in top shape but do require constant thinning out.My 33 gallon/125 liter tank. My photography on flickr.
Well that all seems to make a lot of sense. Confirms what I figured to be true and shed some light on some alternatives to plant growth. On a side note, is it true that if I'm using liquid ferts I need to remove the carbon from my filter because it will remove the ferts from the water?
To be honest, the BD is a little dark for what I'm hoping for. The Mrs. doesn't want a dark substrate either, so I'd have to head another direction. Pool filter sand has the look I'm wanting, but I'm having a difficult time sourcing it. Any suggestions as to places to look?
EDIT: Found a place that will ship for free to a local hardware store.
Is there a difference between pool filter sand and silica sand?
I thought I read somewhere that sand can cause diatom issues? True, false, myth?
Last edited by Switchfoot55; 04-15-2013 at 07:08 AM.First 29g Tank: In process
When I purchased my pool filter sand the bag was marked as silica sand, the downside is it had to be washed, a lot.
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Is there a difference between pool filter sand and silica sand?
I thought I read somewhere that sand can cause diatom issues? True, false, myth?
Check local pool supply/hot tub/spa stores for PFS. Some of the big box hardware stores may carry it this time of year also as pool season fires up.
I didn't have to rinse mine either it was very very clean & very consistently sized.
Just fyi - The black diamond is far from straight black, It has lots of brown flecks in it. Check some out at your local big box hardware store. It does require a decent rinsing though.
Gas mileage isn't everything OIIIIIIIO
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.
Well, did a little more research and it looks like just straight silica sand is potentially different than PFS. It can be a little more rough and for sure has to be washed. PFS, for the most part, is almost always prewashed and a little more smooth. So there you go I guess.
Feels like I checked every big box store's online inventory for PFS within 50 miles with no luck. I wasn't even thinking it could be a seasonal thing...though in my area, very few people have pools, so it really may never be in stock. I'll check around at some nearby spa stores. As I mentioned, I can have a bag shipped for free to a local hardware store for free. Bag is $13. Have others found it for much cheaper? Not that $13 is expensive!First 29g Tank: In process
I paid 8 dollars and some change for one tank, and the next year got it for 12 dollars....love it and a big plus is that it is heavier sand, therefore easier on filters!
Edit: i did rinse mine, although it was probably not necessary.
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|Also, with an axis point between the bottom and top hand, allowing you to use both hands (push with the top and pull with the bottom) you do get significanly more power applied to the rod.. more line speed and distance. timing and casting competency become more critical... I nailed myself a couple of times with a weighted fly that was under full steam from a two handed powered forward stroke..it hurt. That is more likely to happen in a wind or with a poorly executed D loop with a spey cast. Not as likely with overhand casting.
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|i was became familiar with two handers after my accident and perhaps i have over compensated as a result. however, i can cast a two hander farther and more accurately than i could ever cast one of the single hander 12 wts. it just easier to get the distance if i let that long lever do the work. there are some problems when fishing in a boat but so long as there is someone else to help i don't usually have a problem. my solution for the kayak problem was to get one of the hobie pedal type. with one hand it is difficult to steer and play the fish but in the saltwater i fish it isn't generally a huge problem. on occasion i will hook a large crevalle jack and it's best to just let them tow me around until they become more tractable.
I was recently out casting my Xi-2 10 Wt & my new to me 9/10 wt Atlantis with a outbound Intermediate line. Trying to do a comparison to answer this very question. I could defiantly cast the two hander farther with less effort than the ten wt using the same line. Both rods load good with this line.
However I am not all that great of a caster yet. I am good for about 70 ft or so with the single hander. I can cast the two hander about a hundred feet. I dunno if this means more power or not.
Right now I am no so concerned with distance as I am just trying to get the timing & mechanics down to a consistent level & work on my tracking & acceleration to a crisp stop.
I do find with either rod, if I get everything right they shoot line like no tomorrow and no effort on my part. Just like Adrian & Juro do on every cast They make it look so easy.
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90% of the time I beach the yak and fish, I just perfer to be on my feet.
I like the two-hander primarily because its something different, I was just curious how it compared to a similar weight one handed rod - primarily when it comes to big heavy flies.
Like with my 10wt I use a 420gr head - the two hander uses a 550gr head. So is the relative ease of the cast due more to the line being that much heavier, or because of the design of the two hander? The power I can generate with the two hander is much greater than I can with the 10wt, but then again I can generate substainally more power with my 10wt then I can with my 8wt.
I suspose the question works in the reverse as well for the guys that have the lighter version of a 2-hander.
If you had two rods: one a one hander and one a two hander and both loaded properly with the same grain weight head (length could vary) how much difference would their be in power? My guess is that the two-hander would generate more energy just because its length allows for a greater acceleration, but the one hand with a double haul could be pretty close...
Two hander in Kayak
Hi Sean,
I fish with a 2 hander from my Kayak alot. I can't take sitting in them for too many hours unless I'm amongst heavily feeding fish.
I like casting with it, seems to be alittle less effort to get longer distance casts. Line management is a challenge at times..
I can use the standard rod holders with it which is a nice plus. Allows you to troll while your paddling from one spot to another. It also has a real fighting butt for big fish so my wrist doesn't get too strained.
It is alittle more of a challenge getting fish close to the boat at times, But I have a pretty good technique if the fish isn't too big.
I don't have a 12wt for comparision, But I heard the same thing about heavy weight rods too. That they don't cast as well But provide more backbone for lifting. I imagine getting the right grain weight and taper configuration makes a big difference with any rod.
I see it a little differently.
My kayak is of little use for my two-hander
Serious answer: I don't enjoy fishing from a kayak, so I never do it and am not qualified to answer this question. I use a kayak as a transport but fish standing up. However I would think a big grain single-barrell would be useful for propelling big flies from a sitting position.
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2-Hand vs 12wt
I just had a question.
This year I've been using a 2-handed rod to cast very large bunker and squid patterns - took some doing but I've finally got the cast down to the point where the big flies really aren't that much of a problem.
I was just wondering though that before I had a 2-handed rod I was trying to cast these same flies with a 10wt - the 2-hand casts the equivalent of a 12wt - so maybe that wasn't a fair comparison.
I also heard, and this may just be something you hear in the streets, that a 12wt one handed rod - for the most part - is designed more with lifting/fighting fish in mind than as a casting tool.
Reason I'm asking is I do a lot of kayak fishing where the 2-hand is of limited use, and just curious how it would compare to a heavier one handed rod.
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Choosing where to place new Contacts
If you're using more than one cloud service for contacts on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch—such as accounts for work and personal contacts—then you probably want to make sure that you're creating any new contacts in the proper address book. In your Settings app, under Mail, Contacts, Calendars an option should appear in the "Contacts" section whenever you have more than one account configured for contact sync, allowing you to choose the default account where any new contacts you create should be placed. This will work for any contacts that you create from other iOS applications as well as contacts created in the Contacts app when more than one address book is selected. See Setting default account for new Contacts for more information.
Setting up Mail Notifications for individual accounts
If you use both work and personal e-mail accounts on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, iOS 6 has introduced a useful feature allowing you to now configure your notifications separately for each of your accounts, along with separate notification settings for your VIP list. To set this up, simply go into the Notification section of your iOS Settings app, and choose the "Mail" option, where you should see an entry for each of your configured e-mail accounts as well as for your VIP list; selecting an entry will take you to the standard iOS notification settings, allowing you to customize whether notifications appear in the Notification Center and/or the lock screen, choose to show badges, banners or alerts, and set a new mail notification sound for that particular account. This feature is particularly useful when combined with the VIP list as you can limit high priority alert sounds and lock screen notifications to only e-mails from your important contacts.
Setting up a VIP list in Mail
If you receive a lot of e-mail, it's important to be able to quickly filter out the important messages from the chaff. iOS 6 introduced a new VIP list feature that allows you to create a list of your important contacts that can then be used to prioritize notifications and filter your inbox to only see mail from those Very Important People. You can easily add a contact to your VIP list by tapping on the From address in an e-mail message and selecting the "Add to VIP" button at the bottom of the contact card. Once you have one or more entries in your VIP list, a new "VIP" virtual folder will appear in the Mail app right below the Inbox which you can access to display only the messages received from those who are on the list. VIP contacts are also indicated by a star beside each message, in place of the blue dot for unread messages, or as a hollowed-out star for read items. As an added bonus, if you're syncing your Contacts using iCloud, your VIP list will also sync with your other iOS 6 devices and Macs running OS X Mountain Lion.
Display Owner Contact Info on Lock Screen
Although iOS doesn't specifically provide an "Owner Information" feature, if you're concerned about losing your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch you can easily create your own version simply by using a custom lock screen wallpaper. Simply take your favourite wallpaper image and load it up in Photoshop or a similar image editing tool, and add whatever text you want, such as a name or contact number. Be sure to place the text within the general center area of the image so that it doesn't get obscured by the lock screen banners and controls, and then save the file, transfer it into your iOS Photo library via either iTunes or simply e-mailing it to yourself, and set it as your lock screen wallpaper. An elegant but simple solution that allows you to get as creative as you want and displays your contact information front-and-center.
Changing the iPad switch function
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The physical hardware switch located in the top-right corner of the iPad and iPad mini has had a somewhat checkered past; while it now defaults to being a mute button, when the original iPad was first released with iOS 3.2 the button was actually used only as an orientation lock, a behaviour that remained in place until iOS 4.2 permanently changed it back to a mute function and then iOS 4.3 gave users a choice. Out of the box, the button works in the same way as on the iPhone and iPod touch—muting all alert sounds such as mail and calendar notifications. Unlike the iPhone and iPod touch, however, you can actually reassign the function of this button to an orientation lock, useful for using your iPad to read or watch videos when lying on your side in bed, for example. To do this, simply go into the Settings app on your iPad, choose General and look for the section labelled "Use Side Switch to" and choose your preferred function. A button can also be found on the multitasking/widget bar that will automatically be set to the other option, so if you choose to reassign the Lock Rotation function to the switch, the widget bar will contain a Mute button.
Keep in mind as well that the "Mute" option—regardless of whether it's assigned to the switch or the button bar—mutes alert sounds, which are separate from other sounds such as music and video playback. Similarly, turning down the volume using the buttons on the side of the iPad will not silence alerts such as push notifications, calendar alarms and new incoming mail messages.
Disabling Notifications for Individual Passbook Passes
Apple's Passbook app is great for letting you store a digital wallet for everything from your Starbucks card to your airline boarding pass, and by default includes location- and time-based notifications, allowing passes to come up automatically when you're near your favourite store or your event is about to start. While you can easily turn these notifications off globally via Settings, Notifications in the way as for any other iOS app, what happens if you prefer to receive notifications from certain important passes—such as your airline ticket—while preventing notifications from appearing when you happen to walk by a local movie theatre? The good news is that you can do this right on the pass itself—simply open Passbook, select the pass, and tap the small "i" button in the bottom right corner to virtually flip the pass around and display additional details. Among these will be a Show on Lock Screen option which you can toggle off to prevent that particular pass from displaying time- and location-based notifications.
Resetting the Advertising Identifier in iOS 6.1
Since the release of iOS 6.0 last fall, Apple has gradually begun changing the rules for in-app advertising and device identification, transitioning developers to a new "Advertising Identifier" in place of the older, permanent Universal Device Identifier (UDID). iOS 6.0 introduced the ability for users to opt out of this new form of tracking entirely via a rather obscure option tucked away at the bottom of the About screen in the Settings app. With iOS 6.1, users now have an additional option that can be found here—Reset Advertising Identifier—that can be used to generate a new, unique Advertising Identifier for your device. This can be useful for those users who may not mind targeted ads or other forms of device tracking but may wish to effectively "start over" with a new unique advertising ID.
Apple includes a "Learn More" link at the bottom to provide more information on this feature, explaining that advertising networks are not yet required to use the new iOS 6 Advertising Identifier feature, and hence the use of the word "Limit" rather than "Disable" or "Opt-out," suggesting that it will not yet completely eliminate ad tracking, but it's definitely a step in the right direction if you're concerned about this. Apple has begun transitioning developers away from using the UDID, and is expected to prevent third-party access to it entirely at some point, requiring developers to use the new user-controlled Advertising Identifier if they still wish to identify specific devices in their apps.
Removing downloaded iTunes Match tracks in iOS 6.1
If you're an iTunes Match user, you may be happy to know that with yesterday's release of iOS 6.1, Apple has returned the ability to not only download individual tracks from iCloud on-demand, but also to manually remove specific tracks or even entire albums and artists from your local device storage. Although this capability was present in iOS 5.x, it disappeared with the release of iOS 6.0 for unknown reasons. Now in iOS 6.1, however, if you're low on capacity and want to free up some additional space by removing your downloaded tracks, simply choose a track, album or artist from the appropriate listing and swipe left-to-right to bring up a "Delete" button. The local copy of the track(s) will be removed from your device, but will remain available in your iCloud-based library for future access. Note that the delete button is only available when accessing song listings from outside of a playlist.
Be sure to check out our article, Instant Expert: Secrets & Features of iOS 6.1 for all the details.
Making Siri work again when it's "having a problem"
Siri can be a very useful virtual assistant, but unfortunately its reliance on Apple's servers to translate your requests means that it doesn't always work when you're on the fringes of network coverage or moving between a Wi-Fi and cellular network—such as when you're leaving the house. Further, Siri will generally only tell you that it's "having a problem" without being particularly helpful at explaining what it's problem actually is, but it's most often related to an error communicating with Apple's servers—due to either a poor network connection on your end, or a problem on Apple's. It's also not uncommon for Siri to get hung up on a bad connection and refuse to handle requests even after your device has returned to a good network connection and everything should otherwise be working fine. If you notice that Siri is repeatedly not responding to requests even though you have a good connection, you can easily give it a nudge simply by toggling Airplane Mode ON on your device, waiting a few seconds, and then toggling it back OFF to reset your network connection, toggling Siri itself off and back on again, or in a worst-case scenario, simply turning your device off and back on. We've had more luck flipping either Siri or the phone on and off than using Airplane Mode, as there is clearly a bug that's specifically hanging the Siri app. While these are not ideal solutions, they can help get Siri up and running again in a minute as opposed to thinking that it simply isn't working for an hour.
Archiving or Deleting Messages in Mail
If you're using a Gmail or iCloud account in the iOS Mail app, you actually have the option of choosing to have the standard Trashcan button either delete messages or archive them. While the default behaviour for the button can be configured in the Mail account settings to archive instead of delete—in which case it will display as an archive bin rather than a trashcan—you can also override the behaviour on a per-use basis simply by tapping and holding your finger on the button for about a second; a pop-up menu will appear with both Delete and Archive options available. This works when viewing an individual message as well as when performing an archive or delete operation on multiple messages. Of course, this won't work if the messages you're working with are already in your iCloud Archive or Gmail All Mail folder, and sadly it also isn't available for other types of Mail accounts—even if you have an Archive folder in your mailbox.
Quickly accessing Drafts in Mail
You're probably already aware that you can save any partially-composed e-mail messages as drafts in the iOS Mail app—these messages go to a "Drafts" folder on your device and you can find them there simply by accessing it via your folder list. However, iOS 6 adds a cool new hidden feature that allows you to access any of your draft messages more quickly, right when composing a new message. Simply tap and hold on the Compose button in the bottom right of the Mail app and a quick list of all available drafts in your mailbox will appear, along with a button at the top to create a new message should you choose to do that instead. You can even swipe-to-delete from here to remove any drafts that you no longer need.
Temporary Location Sharing in Find My Friends
Apple's Find My Friends is a useful app for sharing your location with close friends and family members, but it can also be used for temporarily sharing your location with groups of people that you may not want tracking for on a normal basis, such as when travelling with friends or coordinating a meetup somewhere.
To share your location temporarily, simply download and install the Find My Friends app, sign in with your Apple ID and password and then choose the "Temporary" button from the bottom menu bar. From here you can add the addresses of your temporary sharing group and specify when you want location sharing with this group to end. You can even setup more than one temporary location sharing group, and as an added bonus, Find My Friends provides quick links for sending an iMessage to the entire group. When an event expires, it will simply disappear from the list, along with any users who were added as part of that group.
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Hidden Jewels Thrift Store is open Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The store needs volunteers who would like to donate some of their time to help in the nonprofit thrift store.
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday Updates Supposed to Fix 14 Flaws, Causes Headaches Instead
According to InfoWorld, at least five updates are causing issues. These include KB 2817630, KB 2810009, KB 2760411, KB 2760588, and KB 2760583. The first of those is not a security patch, but one that's intended to bring more functionality to Office 2013. However, some users are complaining that after installing KB 2817630 (possibly in conjunction with KB 2810009), the folder pane in Outlook 2013 disappears.
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"This behavior seems to be caused by using the latest version of the shared Office library mso.dll 15.0.4535.1002 from KB2817630 in combination with an outdated version of Outlook," the user explains. "Try installing KB2817503 to update Outlook to the matching version 15.0.4535.1004. I don't have the issue with the missing folder pane in this constellation. Updating Outlook with the August 2013 hotfix (KB2817503) restored the reading pane on multiple machines."
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Carrie Dann writes:After an all-night negotiating session, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that he is "not nearly as optimistic" as he was last night about avoiding a government shutdown before a Friday deadline, saying of a federal funding gap: "it looks like it's headed in that direction."
The Democratic leader said that the two sides have essentially agreed on the amount of money set to be cut from the long-term budget but that Republicans have drawn a line in the sand over "ideology" – including policy issues dealing with funding for Planned Parenthood and the Environmental Protection Agency.
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According to Fox Business reporter Shibani Joshi, renewables are successful in Germany and not in the U.S. because Germany has "got a lot more sun than we do." Sure, California might get sun now and then, Joshi conceded during her now-infamous flub, "but here on the East Coast, it's just not going to work." (She recanted the next day while adding new errors.)
Actually, Germany gets only about as much annual sun as Seattle or Alaska; its sunniest region gets less sun than almost anywhere in the lower 48 states. This underscores an important point: solar power works and competes not only in the sunniest places, but in some pretty cloudy places, too.
The Fox Business example is not a singular incident. Some mainstream media around the world have a tendency to publish misinformed or, worse, systematically and falsely negative stories about renewable energy. Some of those stories' misinformation looks innocent, due to careless reporting, sloppy fact checking, and perpetuation of old myths. But other coverage walks, or crosses, the dangerous line of a disinformation campaign—a persistent pattern of coverage meant to undermine renewables' strong market reality. This has become common enough in mainstream media that some researchers have focused their attention on this balance of accurate and positive coverage vs. inaccurate and negative coverage.
Tim Holmes, researcher for the U.K.'s Public Interest Research Centre (PIRC), points out press coverage is important because it can influence not only "what people perceive and believe" but also "what politicians think they believe." PIRC's 2011 study of renewable energy media coverage surveyed how four of the highest-circulation British daily newspapers reported on renewables during July 2009. A newspaper's balance of positive and negative renewables coverage tended to align with its editorial ideology. The difference was astounding. In one instance, negative coverage of renewables was just 2.5 percent; in another, upwards of 75 percent.
A follow-up 2012 study by public relations consultancy CCGroup examined five of the most-read newspapers in the U.K. during July 2012. Researchers found more than 51 percent of the articles featuring renewables were negative, 21 percent positive.
In case that seems lopsided, the U.K.'s opinion climate is probably the most anti-renewables in any major country. That's largely due to a longstanding campaign by nuclear advocates fearing competition, especially from windpower, whose British resources are the best in Europe. Sir Bernard Ingham, former Chief Press Secretary to Prime Minister Thatcher and later Britain's leading spokesman for nuclear power, reportedly claimed to have personally stopped two-thirds of Britain's windpower projects. At over 80, he's still at it.
Such ideologically correlated bias, and a growing body of misinformed and disinformational negative media coverage in other countries, prompted the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) in 2012 to launch an Energy Fact Check website for journalists, policymakers, and the general public.
Charles Lane, a Washington Post opinion writer, proclaimed in October 2012 that "expensive electricity is bad for industry, as Germany is discovering. Fact is, subsidies for green energy do not so much create jobs as shift them around." Yet a recent study commissioned by Germany's Federal Environment Ministry found that the renewable energy sector provided around 382,000 jobs in 2011, up four percent in a year, and more than doubled in seven years. More jobs have been created than lost in Germany's energy sector—plus any jobs gained as heavy industry moves to Germany for its competitive electricity.
Yet a myth persists that countries lose more jobs then they gain when they transition to renewables. This upside-down fantasy rests largely on a 2009 study from King Juan Carlos University in Spain, by an economist reportedly tied to ExxonMobil, the Heartland Institute, and the Koch brothers. His study asserted that, on average, every renewable energy job in Spain destroys 2.2 jobs in the broader Spanish economy. This story was picked up by news media around the world and is still promoted by U.S. anti-renewables groups. But its methodology and assumptions were promptly demolished by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Spanish government, among others. A 2012 report for the International Labour Organization (ILO) even cites Spain, which built a renewable export industry, as a counterexample: "The green economy presents a good opportunity to increase competitiveness, promote the creation of quality employment and reduce the economy's environmental impact," says Joaquín Nieto, who heads the ILO Office in Madrid, especially "when Spain needs to kick-start its economy." Sure enough, despite new electricity taxes and a halt to subsidies for new renewable projects, Spain's latest solar projects continue to be built to compete without subsidy.
The disinformation campaign about job creation is not limited to Europe. A Cato Institute article claimed that if people believe a commitment to renewables will fuel job growth "we're in a lot of trouble." Yet in 2012 alone, more than 110,000 new U.S. clean-energy direct jobs were created, and in 2010, the U.S. had more jobs in the "clean economy" than in the fossil-fuel industries. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that direct employment in May 2012 totaled 181,580 for oil and gas extraction, 87,520 for coal mining, and 93,200 for iron and steel production. BLS doesn't similarly classify solar or wind jobs, but reputable analysts have determined from bottom-up industry surveys that in September 2012, for example, the U.S. had 119,016 direct solar jobs (89 percent full-time, the rest at least half-time), up 27 percent in two years—more than in steel-making or coal-mining. Had you heard that before? Why not?
The sad truth is that the debate on clean and renewable energy is unbalanced, and seldom by accident. The CCGroup's study showed that only 10 percent of articles focusing on renewables even contained comment from a spokesperson from the renewable energy industry. This violates basic journalistic standards. Renewables must be a part of their own conversation. Much of the conversation on renewables is misinformed and misrepresented. And when bad news does happen, says ACORE president and retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, opponents of renewables are pushing it "as if it's the only news. They are dominating the conversation through misrepresentation, exaggeration, distraction, and millions of dollars in lobbying and advertising."
This misleading coverage fuels policy uncertainty and doubt, reducing investment security and industry development. Disinformation hurts the industry and retards its—and our nation's—progress. As Germany has shown, investing in renewables can grow economies and create jobs while cutting greenhouse gas emissions even in a climate as "sunny" as Seattle. We just have to get the facts right, and insist that our reporters and media tell us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
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Subject: PRODUCTION OF WIND MILL ENERGY FROM EXHAUST OF A/C PLANTI am suresh kumar, an income tax officer in chandigarh. I am working in a building which is centrally A/C .I got the idea of using the exhaust wind of Air conditioning plant to rotate the turbine for producing energy .If my idea of producing electricity from windmill which can be rotated by the exhaust of A/c plant comes true ,then there will be an Energy revolution in the areas where there is no wind mill due to lack of constant flow of wind. Till date the wind mill works in only coastal areas and not in places away from coastel regions . The A/c plant works for at least 12 hours and that means the the wind mill can generate energy daily for twelve hours without need of natural wind . In off duty hours if there is natural wind ,the wind mill can produce energy, but for at least twelve hours the exhaust air can rotate the wings of windmill and the air can be utilised for energy production which is otherwise going waste. This is an idea to produce energy by using the exhaust air from Air conditioner in A/C buildings which is otherwise going waste.I just want to let the world know about the utility of Air from Exhaust of Air conditioner which is going waste.By my calculations we can produce energy equal to 12-15% of the total energy consumption in a building having an A/C plant . The cost of Wind mill turbines can be recovered in three years and after that the energy is produced free of cost . In this way we can produce energy in the places far off from coastal areas where till date no wind mill energy is working due to lack of constant flow of wind . By implementing this technique of horizontal wind turbine we can produce 26% cost of the energy of the investment which is needed to start this project and the production is totally green , there is no carbon emmission,no smoke,no pollution and we are only using the wind that otherwise is going waste all over the world. The wind turbine is not going to effect the efficiency of the A/C plant,rather it helps the A/c plant If you so desired ,i can send my project report .It is for all and i want to implement it for the benefit of mankind.Thanks and regards,suresh firstname.lastname@example.com 0091-9468300450
I have been trying to get MSNBC (who should be sympathetic) to cover the Reinventing Fire story for years.No dice.In fact there is not really a way for the public to get a message to them at all !talk about media insularity !?Maybe Amory could talk to them directly?esp. Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, Ezra Klein, Alex Wagner
The established energy producers have long financial tentacles and so they are able to buy support for their agenda, Unfortunately their agenda is based on their near-sighted view of the future,We need more articles like this reaching the public by any, and all means possible.Sadly, the electric vehicle (EV) is faced with the same media bias against its adoption as renewables are.Our founding fathers would be heart broken to see their hard earned freedom of the press so eagerly being sold to moneyed interests.As we abandon our principles, so do we abandon our freedoms.
With the low cost of negawatts through energy saving programs and solutions, I still feel that renewables are much more expensive. If it takes a solar panel 2-3 years to make as much energy as it took to make it + construction energy to place it, that means we are using 2-3 years of future energy today. My opinion is that it is much more prudent and efficient to first invest in creating capacity through negawatts than build renewables. I suppose there is more money to be made erecting renewables and attention goes to where there is more money subsidized by taxpayers.
emre_one ZW9779zwba,This is not an "either or situation". We need to embrace both energy saving strategies and renewable energy production, just as Amory and the RMI have preached for years.
Amory Lovins is right on, and understands the issuesThe green energy disinformation situation is related to the "control of production," with regard to renewables. This phrase could be brought up to date by saying "control of energy distribution." The length of time it took to get new tariff and feed-in laws in California is an example of the problem, as well as the fight over electrical power and grid deregulation.One of the big such fights in California was in the 80s, over electrical energy de-regulation. A friend of mine, who worked at Southern California Edison installing power transmission systems, before the de-regulation, put it this way: "They want to force us to give up either our energy production [electrical power plants]--or give up the grid. We won't give up the grid, since this is where we make our money [metering]. So we will be forced to give up the power plants. When we do, you will see a lot of 'energy' companies [Duke, Enron, etc.] move in and jack up the rates [the three large California utilities had been regulated to keep the price of kilowatt hours to at-cost, plus an allowed well-regulated rate of profit]. Then, it will look we [SCE, and the other big utilities] are to blame, since we will have to pass on the new cost that the 'energy' companies will charge us, when we buy electricity from them." What was meant to be a good thing, which was to help the promotion of alternative and renewable energy sources, in many ways, backfired, because of the monetary bottom line. The "bottom line" concept needs to be changed from money to the source of our existence, the attributes of the physical word we live in. "Natural Capitalism," by Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins, and Paul Hawkins, and Amory's and RMI's "Reinventing Fire" provide solutions. This illustrates that the "control of energy distribution" has merely changed hands from large utilities over to large "energy" companies, who have the advantage of metering [and making money hand-over-fist], without the responsibility of the complex maintenance aspects of the grid as a machine.The awful and destructive Keystone Pipeline project represents an attempt to build another grid--for metered energy distribution--owned by the gigantic "energy" cartels, in a strange reconstruction of control, political and environmental, which is harmful and unnecessary. The analogy to the electrical grid is obvious. Combined with hydrocarbon, mineral-fossil fuel fracking, the Keystone Pipeline project would physically shatter our continent like a piece of glass, like a windshield hit by a pebble. We would also lose political and physical control of our land and society with the Keystone gridwork, and hypostatize a bleak future that even Big Energy can't control.Building-integrated photovoltaics [BIPV], for instance, and careful on-site green energy production undermines this business model, by dispersing energy production and use in a new (out of control--which has other problems, though) way. Too, it is far better to make buildings efficient, and use on site, built-in energy sources, than to destroy public lands by handing them over to huge "energy" cartels.The electrical grid is an important stabilizer of our society in several ways, both practically, by serving everyone near town with electrical power, and politically by controlling access to electricity. The grid is so big that it even regulates clocks--the averaged fluctuations of the 60 hertz grid frequency is so stable that the grid is more accurate than the use of atomic clocks for standardized time keeping. (Recently the grid, as an efficient machine, has been undermined, for economic reasons: http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-9/iss-5/p8.html) So, the politicians are in the middle of a muddled control issue with business people--of whom both groups are being force by we-the-public to clean up, be responsible, and reduce our tremendous energy-use related impacts [entropy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy] on our world.We are entering the third reformation of our energy world, where we reduce the need for energy production and consumption by means of efficiency and on-site distribution-with-careful-environmental-regulation; and re-thinking control of the meter, while maintaining the important, useful aspects of the grid. We can save the land, water, and air by doing this. We have to make a careful, effective model for efficient, reliable, distributed, on-site energy production and use, with conservation being the keystone.As Rocky Mountain Institute demonstrates, it is possible. We can have a beautiful, clean, healthy world based on careful and conservative energy use, through the use of distributed green renewable energy, with no need for new transmission lines, electrical or chemical.
An example of "disinformation" highlighted in Amory's article.http://www.thegwpf.org/benny-peiser-europe-pulls-plug-green-future/It is of no surprise to find such a story given the source, The Global Warming Policy Foundation, but still. The audacity of the boldface lies and blatant untruths leave me scratching my head. Who is the target audience for such, I don't know what to call it?A study of articles in newspapers about renewable energy? How about a study of the global financial sector and the massive amount of money currently in renewable energy? The most obvious falsehood - Last January, in Germany, during a prolonged overcast period, some of the solar PV panels stopped working. ?!?!?!Exciting times, indeed.
Actually I think to have less jobs, in the average, is better.
It means that we are more efficient.
To have less jobs, means that employed people could distribute their labour hours among the non-employed and all work less.
If they stopped al, subsidies to OIL, COAL,NG and Nuclear we would all see how low cost and sustainable Renewables are, The Sun runs my home and car that are 100% electric and still helps the local power company by over 1,100 kWh a year right during Peak Time Of Day and with no water or pollution.
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Exposure to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medications during pregnancy
Caitlin Humphreys, MD, Facundo Garcia-Bournissen, MD, Shinya Ito, MD FRCPC and Gideon Koren, MD FRCPC
July 2007
An 18-year-old patient of mine, currently under treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with methylphenidate, just found out that she is pregnant. What are the risks for the baby when the mother uses ADHD medications during pregnancy?
Available evidence for amphetamines suggests no increased risk of malformations with use of therapeutic doses, and inadvertent exposure during pregnancy is unlikely to be harmful. Human data for methylphenidate and atomoxetine treatment in pregnancy are very limited. Documented cases do not suggest teratogenicity, but we cannot rule out this risk with the information available.
Une de mes patientes de 18 ans, actuellement traitée aves du méthylphénidate pour trouble dhyperactivité avec déficit de lattention (THADA), vient dapprendre quelle est enceinte. Quels sont les risques pour lenfant lorsque la mère prend des médicaments contre le THADA durant la grossesse?
Selon les données scientifiques actuelles, le recours aux amphétamines à doses thérapeutiques ne comporte pas de risque accru de malformations et lexposition par inadvertance durant la grossesse ne devrait probablement pas être dommageable. Les données sur les sujets humains concernant le traitement au méthylphénidate et à latomoxétine durant la grossesse sont très limitées. Les cas documentés ne révèlent pas quils sont tératogènes, mais nous ne pouvons pas écarter cette possibilité compte tenu des renseignements à notre disposition.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neuropsychological disorder characterized by symptoms of inattention, distractibility, and impulsion.1 Although previously considering it to be a childhood condition, experts now recognize that up to 70% of children with ADHD will continue to have symptoms as adults and that approximately 4% of the adult population might suffer from this disorder.2
Stimulant medications, such as dextroamphetamine and methylphenidate (MPH), are considered first-line therapy for ADHD in adults and are generally effective and well tolerated.3–5 The non-stimulant medication atomoxetine is also approved for adult ADHD and could be used as first-line therapy for certain patients.3–5
The safety of prenatal exposure to ADHD medications has not been well established; however, many women with this disorder might require treatment during pregnancy to maintain their level of function. Also, considering the high rate of unplanned pregnancies in this group, there is much potential for inadvertent exposure to these drugs. Therefore, it is important to review the available data for the use of these medications during gestation.6,7
Most data on prenatal amphetamine exposure among human beings come from studies of illicit rather than therapeutic use. Abuse of amphetamines in pregnancy has been associated with low birth weight, prematurity, and increased maternal and fetal morbidity. These adverse outcomes were also observed with cocaine use, and are likely related to placental vasoconstriction.8 However, factors such as independence from alcohol, polydrug use, and lifestyle choices have not been established.
Decreased birth weight has also been observed in infants born to women prescribed dextroamphetamine for weight control, when compared with matched controls. A mean 4% weight decrease was seen when the drug was continued beyond the 28th week, but only in women with specific prepregnancy and pregnancy weight characteristics.9 The absolute weight reduction ranged from 100 g to 400 g, and no difference in birth length or head circumference was noted.9,10 The clinical relevance of the small observed weight reduction is unclear.
The available literature on the therapeutic use of amphetamines in pregnancy suggests no increased risk of malformations. A prospective study evaluated the rate of congenital anomalies in children born to 1694 women using amphetamines as anorectics in pregnancy. When compared with a control group of 8989 women, the incidence of malformations was not increased. Anomalies were present in 3.4% of each group (relative risk [RR] 1.01, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.76–1.32).11
A large cohort study that monitored 50 282 women with medication exposures during pregnancy reported on 367 women taking dextroamphetamine and 215 women taking unspecified amphetamines during the first trimester. There were 29 malformations in the dextroamphetamine group (RR 1.23, 95% CI 0.82–1.82) and 17 malformations in the general amphetamine group (RR 1.23, 95% CI 0.72–2.05). Using corrected data, the standardized risk was 1.08 (95% CI 0.65–1.68), indicating no increased risk of malformations. When all exposures were considered (1069 for dextroamphetamine, 509 for amphetamine), the relative risk remained unchanged.10,12
There are very few data on the teratogenicity of MPH in humans. In total, 63 cases of MPH exposure are reported in the literature to date. Heinonen et al12 monitored 11 mother-child pairs with first-trimester MPH exposure as part of a larger study, including 50 282 women. The MPH exposures were analyzed as part of 96 pregnancies exposed to sympathomimetics, and no significant increase in malformations was observed.12,13 A second group of 13 newborns with early-pregnancy MPH exposure was examined as part of a surveillance study of Michigan Medicaid recipients. One major malformation and 1 cardiac defect were found among this group.14
A retrospective chart review by Debooy et al15 examined the effects of intravenous MPH and pentazocine abuse among 38 pregnant women. There were 39 exposed infants (1 set of twins), of which 21% were born prematurely, 31% had growth retardation, and 28% had symptoms of withdrawal. The set of twins had malformations compatible with fetal alcohol syndrome, and major malformations were recorded in 2 other babies. Low-normal intelligence was also seen in 4 of 21 infants that had developmental follow-up. Unfortunately, this study had no control group and was confounded by the concurrent abuse of cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs during the pregnancies.
There are no human studies to establish the safety of atomoxetine in pregnancy. Three pregnancies have been documented in adult clinical trials, the details of which have not been published. Of these pregnancies, 2 resulted in healthy newborns and 1 was lost to follow-up.16
Animal studies have shown adverse fetal effects with atomoxetine at high doses. Pregnant rats treated with 25 mg/kg or more daily displayed decreased pup survival, and at 40 mg/kg daily, decreased fetal weight and delayed ossification were observed. In rabbits, maternal doses of 100 mg/kg daily produced offspring with reduced viability and with blood vessel abnormalities. This dose also produced slight maternal toxicity and resulted in plasma levels 3.3 times the usual human exposure.14,17 Atomoxetine metabolism (metabolized by CYP 2D6) is polymorphic; therefore, a minority of women in the population would be poor metabolizers of atomoxetine, and might have plasma concentrations of this drug above the teratogenic level observed in animals.14 However, adverse effects at these high plasma levels would be likely to lead to consequent dose tapering or discontinuation. Therefore, the clinical significance of this is not clear.
There are not enough data on the use of ADHD medications in pregnancy to make a clear statement about their safety. Available evidence for amphetamines suggests no increased risk of malformations with use of therapeutic doses, and inadvertent exposure during pregnancy is unlikely to be harmful. Exposed infants might have slightly lower birth weights, but the clinical relevance of this is unclear.
Human data for MPH and atomoxetine treatment in pregnancy are very limited. The available cases do not suggest teratogenicity, but we cannot rule out this risk with the information available.
Alternative treatment options for ADHD, including bupropion and clonidine, have more evidence for safety in pregnancy; however, there is less evidence for the efficacy of these drugs in adult ADHD, and responses might vary. Risks and benefits need to be weighed for each patient when making treatment decisions. Careful consideration should also be given to the possibility of a withdrawal reaction if ADHD medications are abruptly discontinued. If a woman chooses to stop treatment during pregnancy, this should be done under medical supervision.
- American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 4th ed. Text rev ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2000.
- Faraone SV, Biederman J, Spencer T, Wilens T, Seidman LJ, Mick E, et al. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults: an overview. Biol Psychiatry 2000;48(1):9-20. CrossRef | Medline | Google Scholar
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- Heinonen OP, Slone D, Shapiro S. Birth defects and drugs in pregnancy. Littleton, Mass: Publishing Sciences Group; 1977. Google Scholar
- Golub M, Costa L, Crofton K, Frank D, Fried P, Gladen P, et al. NTP-CERHR expert panel report on the reproductive and developmental toxicity of methylphenidate. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol 2005;74(4):300-81. Medline | Google Scholar
- Briggs GG, Freeman RK, Yaffe SJ. Drugs in pregnancy and lactation. 7 ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2005. Google Scholar
- Debooy VD, Seshia MM, Tenenbein M, Casiro OG. Intravenous pentazocine and methylphenidate abuse during pregnancy. Maternal lifestyle and infant outcome. Am J Dis Child 1993;147(10):1062-5. CrossRef | Medline | Google Scholar
- Alessi NE, Spalding S. Atomoxetine and pregnancy. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2003;42(8):883-4. Author reply in: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2003;42(8):884-5. Medline | Google Scholar
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