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The Binghamton University Neighborhood Project hosts neighborhood empowerment and play symposium and workshop
BINGHAMTON, NY – The Binghamton University Neighborhood Project will host the "Empowering Neighborhoods and Restoring Outdoor Play" workshop and symposium at the University Downtown Center. The hands-on workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, September 18, with the symposium scheduled to take place from 1-3 p.m. Sunday, September 19. Both events are free and open to the public.
Both the workshop and symposium will explore the importance of finding opportunities for children to engage in self-directed outdoor play experiences, particularly in today's bustling and fast-paced world. In previous generations, kids were able to run around in mixed-age groups, creating their own entertainment, solving their own problems and negotiating their own relationships with minimal supervision by adults. Modern science is showing that this kind of play is important for child development and that highly scripted activities supervised by adults do not provide the same benefits.
Sponsored by the Binghamton Neighborhood Project, the City of Binghamton and the United Way of Broome County, the workshop will bring together leading scientists and practitioners to create a blueprint for restoring neighborhoods and creating ideal environments for child development. The blueprint will be presented to the public at Sunday's symposium. Admission is free but attendees are asked to contact Robert Kadar at firstname.lastname@example.com to reserve a spot. A lunch option is available for $10.
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Another Swarm Video
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- Scrappydoodle8/05/2008 5:18 PM
Oh gosh, this looks like it was sooo much fun. Thanks for sharing this with us.ReplyDelete
Wonderful video. I want to know how to make that card that the other Robin was showing. That was awesome! Can you share instructions for that?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8/05/2008 7:50 PM
It looks like you all had a great time!! Thanks for sharing this with us! I would love to go to a swarm. JeannetteReplyDelete
- Olivia Frantz8/05/2008 8:57 PM
Thanks for sharing with us, Robyn! It looks like it was SO much fun!!!ReplyDelete
Is there any chance you can show us how to make what the other Robyn was holding? :)
I hope Operation Move is going well! :)
Thanks for sharing your memories!!ReplyDelete
Looks like everyone had a great time!!
(do you use powerpoint in your videos?!) thanks..
Scrapping get togethers are always so much fun. Glad you had such a wonderful time. What store was that?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8/06/2008 10:35 AM
You know what I like about scrappers/stampers, they all look so happy with such great smiles! It looked like you were having a lot of fun!ReplyDelete
Rosalie, CA
Stopped by again to let you know that I left an award for you on my blog. Go check it out. I'm sure you've rec'd this before, probably many times but you deserve it. You have an awesome blog. It's so fun!ReplyDelete
- Heather S8/07/2008 7:43 AM
Thanks for sharing this video. Hope the move is going well.ReplyDelete
Heather S
Hi Robyn! I know you must be maxed out with moving and everything but I just wanted to check that you got my e-mail regarding SBS15? If not can you pop onto the yahoo group...lots of things happening! Hugs Emma.xReplyDelete
Thanks Robyn! You are very talented with your video camera! I was so excited to actually see and hear some of our "friends" from the mb! thanks again!ReplyDelete
Robyn - Thanks for sharing everything with us! I love your videos!ReplyDelete
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Great video Robyn!! I have something I left on my blog for you - when yuo get a chance to look! hope you are all ok with the move and stuff!!ReplyDelete
Don't worry robym bows are not my forte' either so I am glad you showed us the cheater method works great.ReplyDelete
I love your new page.
You are sending me to the poor house. With all these gotts have products. :>)
I am new to this and your blog is the one I always go to for all my questions. Thank you SO MUCH for the wonderful and informative videos!! How do you do this with 5 kids and train for a marathon??? Amazing!ReplyDelete


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2. Tie-breakers are tricky: Despite the producers' best efforts to balance the judges' opinions, veto and golden ticket power seem to be an issue. As executive producer Nigel Lythgoe explained, in every audition city, when the vote was split two and two, they would alternate which of the judges "would carry the vote across." Be the experiment turned out to be incredibly predictable. "It didn't work because whichever way that particular judge voted, they continued to vote that way [and] not send them through, so two people were always pretty angry about that."
5. WGWGs? Check. Lythgoe readily acknowledges, "We had a real spate of 'white guys with guitars." To tackle the problem, the show will be dividing potential finalists by gender, putting through an equal number of guys and gals until they reach the Top 10. Also new: a "nominate a loved one" option, which Randy Jackson helms during auditions, giving several lucky auditioners a jump to the front of the line. But ultimately, it's about giving the contestants time to develop and finds their own voice
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Been a long time bro
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Thoughts on the upcoming season?
panel has me not excited at all.
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The 2010 Bates Dance Festival's first main stage performance, a concert by Monica Bill Barnes and Company, was hot — playfully theatrical, intensely human, ardently physical.
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Snowboarding Forum - Snowboard Enthusiast Forums (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/forum.php)
- Arbor (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/arbor/)
- - Review: 2012 Arbor Westmark 150 (http://www.snowboardingforum.com/arbor/43579-review-2012-arbor-westmark-150-a.html)
Review: 2012 Arbor Westmark 150
This format was borrowed, with permission, from Snowolf. Thanks!
The MSRP for the standard board is $419
Available sizes: 150, 153, 156, 159
General Construction:
Arbor offers The System to provide riders with an amazing amount of edge hold in a rocker design that preserves the full range of performance associated with true-rocker shapes. We did this by perfecting the true-rocker profile (Parabolic Rocker), while building in real edge control through a unique sidecut (Grip Tech). In our opinion, the award winning System has proven to be the best rocker design yet offered.
This design is built on the Park System, which utilizes a flex and shape that are specifically tuned to Park oriented riding.
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Technical details:
Overall Length: 150 cm
Construction: The System Rocker
Effective Edge: 116.9 cm
Sidecut: 8.4m / 7.5m / 8.4m unblended
Nose Width: 29.1cm
Waist Width: 24.8cm
Tail Width: 29.1cm
Stance Range: A lot. Sorry, no numbers listed.
Flex: "Medium-Soft"
Weight Range: 106lb (48kg) 186lb (84kg)
My Setup:
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 145
Boot: DC Park 9.5, regular laces
Binding: Burton Malavita Restricted, size M
Stance: Regular, 23.5", 15/-15 and 18/-18
Rider Skill: Freeride and Freestyle Intermediate
Wax: Hertel Super Hot Sauce
Conditions: Keystone, A Bay and Breck. Choice pre season parks, frozen granular, softer hardpack, chop, dust on frozen granular, 2-3" of fresh on frozen granular, windblown artificial packed and night conditions. Mostly bluebirds with the conditions softening throughout the day then freezing up as the sun went down and a couple of overcast days.
Philosophy of Use: This is a term I'm borrowing from "nutnfancy" on youtube, a guy who does excellent and quality reviews of firearms and knives. If you are into either, go check out his youtube channel. He does very high quality reviews and has experience in field to back it up.
Anyway, this is a park stick that is neither biased toward jibbing nor jumping but also designed to ride the whole mountain with a park-approach airing side hits, snapping ollies off rollers and transitions, bonking gladed trees, jibbing natural features and buttering up the mountain. As far as the succeeding in this mission, which is their stated goal, they have succeeded and done so admirably. I'll speak in detail to those elements further in this review.
Sidecut/Manuverability: Wow, this board is *dialed*. There might be more mellow cruisers out there on the market, but I would be hard pressed to find one that matches the versatility of the Westmark. From carved turns to skidded turns, this thing just behaves with great predictability and approachable limits. I'd find myself cruising down hardpack with a nice 2" layer of fresh on top, hit a patch of frozen granular and I could instantly transition to tip toeing it and save myself from an embarrassing wash. This predictability is awesome for riding variable conditions. The grip on hardpack is not Magnetraction level but riding it is not undoable at all. You just need to have some caution. I didn't find any of the above listed conditions more than a rider with intermediate skill could handle. Most of all, it's just fun to ride around.
The sidecut is a park cut and gives you good finesse for approaching jib features. It's not overly deep, but deep enough that you can really get on at the angle you want. I found myself getting front boards to fakies deep on longer features and the ability to approach exactly at the angle I wanted definitely helped. Most of all, there isn't a learning curve to it; you just drop in and ride it and that's it.
Dynamic short radius carves on this thing are awesome, like widdling a sculpture with a sharp bowie knife. That center side cut is right there at your toes. Grip-Tech isn't propaganda, it's the real deal. I couldn't believe how well this thing carved on edge for a short, softer park stick. I'm not the best free-rider (understatement) and I could lay pencil-line trenches everywhere I went and had fun doing so.
This predictability and stability gives a good platform for carving off the lip of park jumps or rollers for throwing down spins and progressing your park riding. I started learning to throw frontside off my heels and I'm not going to credit the board as being exclusively responsible for helping progress this area, it certainly never hindered me.
Stability/Damping: Here you might make a decision based on preference, but you're not going to get a Never Summer like ride. You will feel the texture underfoot and get feedback like a finely design sports car steering/suspension. That said, while you do feel everything, this board never seemed really upset with bombing down A Bay through frozen granular balls of death chop left behind by people getting in their pre-season lines. I was actually surprised how fast you could push it on questionable conditions and given the intention (park driven approach to the mountain), I think it's plenty stable enough. For all you park rats, I think you'll find more than enough stability here to meet your needs.
Flex/Snap: Longitudinal flex is a right around where I prefer it. It's soft enough to press easily and presses right inside the binding and throughout the tips. It's still plenty snappy off lips, rollers, side hits or whatever which is good given that it's design to get hits anywhere you ride. After I found the balance point and broke it in a bit, I could easily nose press the daylights out of this thing. It really locks in.
Torsional flex is a bit stiffer and perhaps this is what gives it such good stability on edge. It's not "stiff" perse, but it doesn't match the longitudinal stiffness as well for groundwork. You can butter it, but it's not necessarily effortless as some other boards. Perhaps I'm just spoiled by overly soft boards. This isn't a big gripe, at all.
Base: Plenty fast and durable. I got a few deeper gouges and they p-texed out nicely. Thanks goes to the dudes at Mountain Wave for fixing my shit while I went and got hammered at Mi Casa happy hour. I pre-waxed this season with Hertel Super Hot Sauce and the Rocket Base really gives you speed for dropping in on jumps. I could drop the jumpline at A51 too far down and have more than enough speed to nail the sweet spot.
Other note: I didn't find anything in the park that this board couldn't tackle. There were plenty of things in Park Lane and A51 that I didn't ride (or only aired or 50-50'd) but that's my ability, not the board. I have no question that this board will let you progress your park riding as far as your ability and work ethic will take you and that's exactly the board you want. It's a tad more expensive than some of the really bang-for-buck park sticks but it's still an incredible value. A perfect quiver killer for park kids or for full spectrum riding, it would be an awesome addition to any quiver.
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Awesome review.
You have also rode the 2012 Evo right? Could you provide some thoughts between the two? I had a real hard time choosing between the two
Nope, not the 2012, I owned a 2011. Not really a fair comparison. I think the Evo you will definitely get more damping and ability to blast through variable conditions, but I like the Westmark for the feedback in jibbing. The flex points are different, too, for pressing.
I don't think you can go wrong with either. I like the idea of full rocker and if I can get the snap and grip without adding camber to it, I prefer the flex points and butterability of pure rocker.
Interesting. I didn't think the Evo with it's lower dampening rating would still be above the Westmark. Going to keep an eye on end of season sales for the Westie and grab one. Seems like a fun board.
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Great review Steeze. Have to agree with you on rocker. I tried to get on a Westmark, but the best I could find last weekend was a Coda. Also jumped on a Salomon Drift. I agree that for the park, a full rocker board makes a huge difference. NS' are great, and super damp, but just don't seem to have the same playfulness.
I am now torn. Was going to go with the Drift for my park board (really loved it), but not being able to find a Westmark to demo is killing me. Might be the perfect board. That or the midwide blacklist.
I ride those same mountains Steeze. Where did you find a Westmark to demo?
I've heard great things about the Salomon and it was in top consideration for my choice along with the Signal Park Zero and Forum Destroyer DoubleDog. I think the Equalizer sidecut looks similar in theory to the Grip-Tech. I do know that Grip-Tech is flawlessly executed and just feels right and I cannot comment on Equalizer never having the chance to ride it.
Unfortunately, I do not live near Summit County, I was just visiting and the board was my own. I bought it on confidence of both BA's and Nivek's recommendation and was not disappointed. Honestly, I think the Drift Rocker is probably a solid choice but I wish I had the chance to demo it to say for sure. If I break this board or the glass presses out, I'll replace it with another one. It had that tiny missing element that the Evo didn't capture.
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Trying not to hijack this thread. I'll just be quick, maybe write a review on the Drift so you have a comparison. I really like everything about the Drift, but there was a noticable difference between that and Arbor. After riding a Coda, you can feel the difference in build. Certainly a handcrafted board, and had that feel like a NS, Smokin, or Lib Tech in build.
Edge hold was my only problem with the Drift. It would wash on icy patches. Had decent dampening (I personally thought more than the Double Dog Destroyer / Honeypot from Forum). But I railed into some turns of some side trails to hit kickers and washed hard twice. Demoed the Evo the next day, did the same thing, no problem. Same with the Coda.
Problem was, for me, the Evo was just meh when it came to playfulness, while the Drift was pure fun. Thought the Drift had more pop as well.
Which rolls back to this review. Loved the Coda, but it was too all mountain, and not enough park. So now I wonder, is the Westmark / Blacklist the perfect park board. Has edge hold, a higher quality build, but still the same amount of fun and ease of buttering as the Drift?
I need to find a demo.....
The malavitas match up well with the stick? I just bought 2012 restricteds for cheap for the Evo, but it sounds like it would be at home on the Westie too
Yea, the ReFLEX baseplates go well with reverse camber boards. The winged backs don't do shit except catch my pant legs. I think the idea of wings on the inside the legs might have some use based on the way your leg moves when you press because it would help bring the board up on the opposite leg. The pressing leg doesn't really create any drive into the scrub hook when it's on the outside. ReFLEX is a good idea but it's impact is minimal. To really affect board feel, you need a completely different system like EST. AutoCANT is nice, not too much canting and is comfortable. Then again, I can ride noncant beds and they feel fine. The hammock felt fine but not any better than normal highback pockets.
My opinion is that less is more for bindings. Work and improve the simpler stuff because completely reinventing the way bindings attach to the board is going to mean a radically different design. Until then, just keep refining the current design.
The Hinge is very good in that it enables more natural feel and better ergos for pressing and ollieing. It just gave you some pliability that made the movements feel more natural.
What the bindings did really, really well are the straps and ratchets. I could ratchet these things so fast on and off I actually started to lap people while hiking jib features at Park Lane. They are that fast, they never slip, never catch ... they just work. The toe caps are Burton's GettaGrip, similar to the Baltimore toes you find on TechNine and they are the best in the biz, IMO. The ankle strap is really killer, here. It's 3D molded and the kushest strap I've ever worn. It's so comfortable. If you are getting the Cartels, upgrade to the Cartel Restricted because the fatter strap is really worth it. I can't say enough about that ankle strap, it is fucking gravy on your feet. Seriously, someone should grow a new strain of weed and call it "Asym Superstrap". They are that good.
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Shares of Apple (AAPL) are up $3.03, or 0.7%, at $433.61, following a quartet of notes defending the shares this morning.
Three out of the four observers press the case that Apple will return to a prior tradition of unveiling a new iPhone during the summer months rather than the fall, in contrast to others this week who were shifting the time frame till later in the year, such as Barclays's Ben Reitzes did on Wednesday.
Credit Suisse's Kulbinder Garcha reiterates an Outperform rating and a $600 price target, writing that he recently had a call with Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer, who sounded "confident, yet realistic," and that Garcha came away with the impression "there are several longer term growth drivers that exist for Apple."
Garcha thinks there's room for the company to increase its presence in China, which is now $23 billion of sales for Apple despite only 11 stores in the country. Apple is also opening stores in 15 new countries this year, and expanding in Brazil and Russia, and extending financing to make its wares more affordable.
Garcha thinks the high end of the smartphone for the iPhone is not as saturated as people think:
Quoting IDC data the company noted that 45% of smartphones are now above the $400 price point; while growth may be stronger at the low end, the company still believes the high end of the smartphone market will grow. Management noted Apple's ecosystem and lower churn will help drive iPhone platform growth. This fits with our own thesis initially discussed in Smartphones – High-end going higher that the high-end of the smartphone market is growing to unprecedented levels.
There was no update on cash distribution, but " if Apple decides to distribute its "excess $26bn" onshore cash to shareholders in 3 years, they can boost dividend yield to 4% in 2013."
Abhey Lamba with Mizuho Securities USA reiterated a Buy rating and a $575 price target, writing that a new iPhone model might come by mid-year:
Our checks reaffirm our view that Apple is preparing to refresh its iPhone lineup earlier this year than last year. While shipments in the March quarter are expected to experience a significant sequential drop, we expect a new version of iPhone in the June-July time frame. For the March quarter, our checks are currently indicating that the company is likely to deliver total phone units in the 35-40M range, which is in-line with current consensus. For the June quarter, shipments will depend on the timing of the product refresh.
Lamba also thinks that a larger-screen iPhone won't happen this year but that a less-expensive version might.
Adds Lamba, "we expect the company to announce a material growth in its quarterly dividend and a significant increase in its share buyback authorization over the next few weeks."
Raymond James's Tavis McCourt reiterates an Outperform rating and a $600 price target, concurring that an "iPhone 5S" may come earlier, probably in Q3:
A number of component suppliers to Apple have recently indicated an expectation of earlier seasonality this year than last year, both in terms of sluggish orders near term and expectation of growth after a springtime lull. This appears consistent with at least one new iPhone model (we are presuming iPhone 5S branding) earlier in calendar 3Q this year than the late September launch of the iPhone 5 last year. This should cause much lower iPhone shipments in calendar 2Q and higher shipments in calendar 3Q.
McCourt also thinks the market is wrongly predicting iPhone share of the market to be lower than the Mac's share of PCs:
We estimate that Apple's Mac product line garners ~10% unit share and 25% revenue share of the consumer PC market even without any application/ecosystem advantage. For iPhone revenue to cease growing at today's level, one would have to assume that Apple's ultimate unit/revenue share in the smartphone market will simply match the Mac product lines despite massive application ecosystem advantages. We believe the reasonable bet remains that Apple can continue to grow the iPhone business from current levels.
McCourt adjusted his estimates, writing that the June quarter will be less bountiful given that there may be some holding off by customers if they think there's an iPhone refresh around the corner. He cut his revenue estimate this year to $180.96 billion from $183.4 billion, and raising his EPS estimate to $43.91 from $43.64,
Also today, Wedge Partners's Brian Blair offers what his checks seem to suggest for a July debut:
We understand Foxconn is currently prepping production lines for the start of iPhone 5S production, which we believe is scheduled to begin in the April timeframe. As we recently wrote, we believe Apple is deviating from the September/ October iPhone launch period of the last couple of years and returning to a summer launch period, as it followed for the first several iterations of the iPhone. We expect initial component procurement will begin in April, with manufacturing and related orders ramping in May and June. In addition to Foxconn handling the bulk of the manufacturing, we believe Pegatron will also be manufacturing some iPhone 5S units […] The reasons behind the tightening of the window are unclear, but we believe that competitive pressure and perhaps an attempt to speed up the iPhone 6 launch window in 2014 may be part of the equation. The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be announced next week and will receive considerable global attention for the next several months- if Apple were to wait until October to do anything on the iPhone side, it might feel 'late.' […] We expect the new iPhone 5S to be announced at Apple's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) with availability shortly after, likely in the July timeframe. We believe the iPhone 5S will carry the same hardware as the iPhone 5, in keeping with prior iPhone 'S' models, which have offered a spec bump with identical casing since the iPhone 3G. We expect a faster CPU, likely the A6X chip currently used in the iPad. We also believe that Apple will be enhancing the touch screen. One potential variable for the 5S is a move to a 13 MP camera sensor, as this is becoming key feature at the high end this year. While we'd like to see a larger screen version of the iPhone, an iPhone Plus edition, to address obvious consumer demand for larger screened Smartphones, we have yet to see evidence of it in the supply chain.
And there may be a price cut to the iPhone 5 and 4S, but "One thing that is less certain is whether or not the company will opt to keep the iPhone 4 on the production line and sell it in the sub $300 range."


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Diazepam is used to treat anxiety, alcohol withdrawal, and seizures. It is also used to relieve muscle spasms and to provide sedation before medical procedures. This medication works by calming the brain and nerves. Diazepam belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines.
Take this medication by mouth with or without food as directed by your doctor. If you are using the liquid form of this medication, carefully measure the dose using a special measuring device/spoon. Do not use a household spoon because you may not get the correct dose.
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If you suddenly stop using this medication, you may have withdrawal symptoms (such as shaking, abdominal/muscle cramps, vomiting, sweating, anxiety, restlessness, seizures). To help prevent withdrawal, your doctor may lower your dose slowly. Withdrawal is more likely if you have used diazepam for a long time or in high doses. Tell your doctor or pharmacist right away if you have withdrawal.
When this medication is used for a long time, it may not work as well. Talk with your doctor if this medication stops working well.
Along with its benefits, this medication may rarely cause abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction). This risk may be increased if you have abused alcohol or drugs in the past. Take this medication exactly as prescribed to lessen the risk of addiction.
Avoid eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice while using this medication unless your doctor or pharmacist says you may do so safely. Grapefruit can increase the chance of side effects with this medicine. Ask your doctor or pharmacist for more details.
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Drowsiness, dizziness, tiredness, blurred vision, or unsteadiness may occur. If any of these effects last or get worse, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.
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Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: mental/mood changes (such as memory problems, agitation, hallucinations, confusion, restlessness, depression), trouble speaking, trouble walking, muscle weakness, shaking (tremors), trouble urinating, yellowing eyes/skin, signs of infection (such as sore throat that doesn't go away, fever, chills).
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A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.
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Before having surgery, tell your doctor or dentist about all the products you use (including prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and herbal products).
For some children, instead of having a calming effect, diazepam may have the opposite effect, causing mental/mood changes (such as agitation, hallucinations, restlessness).
Older adults may be more sensitive to the side effects of this drug, especially drowsiness and loss of coordination. These side effects can increase the risk of falling. For some older adults, instead of having a calming effect, diazepam may have the opposite effect, causing mental/mood changes (such as agitation, hallucinations, restlessness).
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Some products that may interact with this drug include: clozapine, fluvoxamine, sodium oxybate.
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I'm getting ready to put in a floor. I don't want rugs I would much rather have wood. I know there are different kinds of wood which are better with dogs. Any ideas would be helpful.
I'm getting ready to put in a floor. I don't want rugs I would much rather have wood. I know there are different kinds of wood which are better with dogs. Any ideas would be helpful.
"First thing is you have to be smarter then what your working with"
I have hickory in the dining room, and plan to put it down to replace the carpet in the rest of the house. Hickory is very hard and resistant to claw marks, yet reasonably priced.
Shirley Christian
Fort Collins, CO
Try Lumber liquidaters. They are all over the country. I ordered some years ago and had it shipped from Michigan and it was still reasonable. They have a lot of different types of wood. I used Australian cypress since it was one of the harder ones.
Real wood is nice but laminate is more practical. When I bought the wood it had like a 50 year finish warranty. I mentioned to the salesman about the dogs and since this was so hard and a long warranty I would probably be OK. He said, "If you have dogs they will scratch the floors." He was right...
John Lash
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"Field trials are not a game for good dogs. They're for great dogs with great training." E. Graham
I have hickory as well. Pre-finished full 3/4 hardwood flooring. The finish will scratch but with a harder wood
Won't gouge as bad. And like the fact with the solid hardwood I can get a few refinishes out if it
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bamboo is really hard, reasonably priced and a replinishable "green" building material. i have maple in my home and the dogs have murdered it.
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Here is the Janka hardness scale of various wood flooring:
Tom Dorroh
Boston, GA
if you are concerned about it scratching, don't get wood. For the first couple years it will look like crap....beyond that, it will be 100% scratched and then look natural...unless you have rugs. Another option is ceramic tile...no scratching!
Another vote for tile.
Sharon Potter
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We have wood in the kitchen and recently replaced all of our wall-to-wall carpet with tile. Love the tile, it's easy to clean and no scratches. We put some thought into picking a tile with a little texture, so it wouldn't be slippery, but not so much that it would be hard to clean. Love it, wish we could justify replacing the wood with tile too.
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If we had it to do over again, no wood, but tile with area rugs.
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sudo apt-get install mail-notification
this little program is sweet. gmail on my systray! :)
sudo apt-get install mail-notification
this little program is sweet. gmail on my systray! :)
sye, a firewall is effective not because it provides you proof of absolute security.
me not using your proxy does not mean i "take it for granted." thanks for your proxy, btw. my struggle is not with the firewall but with you, imho. ;)
the shaoshan article is crap. i'd like to discuss it point-by-point with you in email, if you want to.
abstract < 100 words.
keywords < 6.
paper < 25 pages.
a blog post < a few paragraphs. otherwise you should make it an essay and put an abstract on your blog.
they are not rules of writers.
they are habits of readers. unless you have a big name, readers will ignore you.
a wonderful scim-anthy howto.
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(i) nvidia's 7676 (latest) does not compile with linux-image-2.6.14-1-686
(ii) gnome-panel is useless. applets take ages to appear on the panel. and i dare not click on 'em cause that will freeze the desktop.
(iii) scim-m17n still not installable. i do not know how i can make scim work with anthy so i can input japanese.
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FALKNER – A Walnut man was recovering after being shot late Thursday night east of Falkner.
Michael Hodges, 35, was shot one time in the chest with a 9 mm pistol. He was airlifted to Tupelo for treatment, but was able to give a statement to authorities Friday afternoon at the Tippah County Sheriff's Department.
Authorities said the shooting followed a confrontation between Hodges and Jerrod Quinn Leatherwood, 21, of the Pine Grove area, about 11 p.m. on County Road 200. Only one round was fired, and Hodges did not display a weapon, investigators were told.
Leatherwood was being held for questioning, but no charges had been filed as of mid-afternoon Friday, according to the Tippah County Jail docket.
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By Tiernan Ray
CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets's Srini Pajjuri today offers his thoughts on how the phenomenon in networking known as "software-defined networking" may affect chip makers, coming up with positive implications for Broadcom (BRCM) and Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), among others.
Pajjuri maintains an Outperform rating on shares of Broadcom and an Underperform ratio on Marvell stock.
SDN, in which traditional routers and switches are broken into separate components, with software programs taking over some of the traditional hardware-based routing or switching functions, offer "key benefits," writes Pajjuri, such as "automated bandwidth provisioning, rapid application deployment, and virtualization of the network."
Pajjuri notes the phenomenon is still in flux:
OpenFlow, an open-source-based protocol, forms the backbone for SDN though SDN can be implemented without OpenFlow. SDN's key attraction is that it enables the use of commodity switches and routers by decoupling the control plane from the data forwarding plane. VMware (VMW) (Nicira), which offers a slightly different implementation, is focusing on network virtualization through overlay tunnels, which are hardware agnostic. On the other hand, the incumbent leader Cisco [Systems (CSCO)] is pushing SDN by opening up access to its proprietary equipment through programmatic interfaces. While Cisco's approach supports OpenFlow, it keeps the current hardware architecture mostly intact and emphasizes the use of proprietary silicon (ASICs).
It's possible it will help Intel (INTC) a bit, as standard host processors take more responsibility, while perhaps negatively affecting networking chip vendors Cavium (CAVM) and Freescale Semiconductor (FSL):
We do not see many implications for chip suppliers with Cisco's approach as the networking hardware will remain mostly status quo. OpenFlow-based SDN (Big Switch) relies on centralizing the control plane, which could negatively impact CPU suppliers such as FSL and CAVM. On the other hand, centralized controller (software running on servers) could help Intel a bit, though it's unclear as to what extent SDN will drive incremental server demand. OpenFlow-based SDN also requires more lookups, which could help memory vendors such as BRCM (Netlogic) and Cypress. Nicira's network virtualization approach is somewhere in the middle in terms of its impact on chip suppliers.
As for the silicon vendors that provide chips for the switches themselves, including Ethernet "PHY" devices and packet processors, including Broadcom and Marvell, they may have more to gain than to lose with the potential commoditization of switch and router hardware:
On the surface, hardware commoditization is not a positive trend for chip suppliers. One area where we see some impact is the management software supplied by merchant IC vendors. While most major switch vendors such as Cisco, HP, Brocade, and Juniper have their own management software, smaller switch vendors rely on the software stack from Broadcom and Marvell. SDN's OpenFlow could make management software less relevant in some cases, which could negatively impact the mix for chip companies. However, we see this as an extreme case. Both Broadcom and Marvell now offer OpenFlow connectivity on their solutions along with many other extensions that are needed to support legacy applications. That said, commoditization will have little bearing on data plane hardware, where a majority of the silicon content is. More importantly, hardware commoditization could lead to Cisco losing share to ODMs/whitebox vendors, which should help the merchant silicon vendors such as Broadcom and Marvell. Cisco has ~50% port share in enterprise switching equipment, and the company relies on internal ASICs for the most part. Hyperscale data center vendors such as Google who are implementing OpenFlow SDN are already working closely with ODMs to procure commodity switches based on BRCM/MRVL silicon. As such, we think share-gain opportunity for merchant silicon vendors with SDN is much larger and should more than offset some content loss in enterprise switches. We also see some benefit for PLD vendors given the fact that SDN architecture continues to evolve. As OEMs try to implement fast-changing SDN specifications, PLDs present an attractive alternative to ASICs, especially when it comes to time to market advantages.


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Questions about putting substrate in aquarium?
I'm a beginner to aquaponics, and right now we have everything set up besides the plants in the plant bed. I have tiger barbs, a red tailed shark, and a crawfish in the tank that are living pretty peacefully together right now.
My question is, looking at pictures I noticed most people (if they have their fish in an aquarium) do not have any substrate or anything at the bottom of the tank. Is there a reason for this?
I just really want to make the tank look pretty, (ha ha) and add substrate and maybe one live plant, but I was concerned about if that would effect the whole aquaponics system.... so would it? Or is it okay for me to add cool decorations and substrate to the tank?
I find tanks to be rather bare looking without substrate unless there's a ton of wood or rock in the tank. The subtrate gives you another place to grow bacteria as well and I think the fish feel more secure. They don't swim on glass in the wild, after all.
I agree with all said so far. If I may add: Your tank is an expression of you and your creativity. It is living art. There are those who like the bare look for the reasons listed above and also those who do it for the aesthetics. Personally I cant stand to have a tank that is bare bottom (it looks like modern art - Which I'm also not very fond of..lol).
If you are going to go with substrate the key is which substrate will you choose. If you are going to be into live plants I suggest you spend some time picking the minds of our many planted tank Pro's like The good "Lady Hobbs" there, to weigh the pros and cons of the many options available.
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AUGH! THROUGH YOUR TONGUE?!? Geez, how did that happen?
Yeah... a baby carrot rolled off my teeth and my tongue took its place. So, as you can guess, the force of my bit was intended for something pretty solid and... CRUNCH! It bled for about 4 hours and I looked like Flick from A Christmas Story. It still bled a little the next morning when I brushed my teeth. There was obviously blood there overnight 'cos a lot of brown came out when I brushed the back of my tongue. It's a lot better now (thank goodness). There was a chunk of dead tongue hanging off, so I snatched it and cut it off with a pair of scissors and that seemed to expedite the healing.
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IDF Europe has published its position on the European Commission proposal for a Regulation on Medical Devices.
IDF Europe strongly believes the future Regulation on Medical Devices should aim at ensuring the highest level of patient safety and quality of care. The regulation should also ensure timely access to new devices and encourage research and innovation.
In order to increase transparency and ensure 'real-life' practicability, the regulation should foresee a meaningful role for patients, health care professionals and civil society representatives from the outset.
IDF Europe advocates for a patient-centric regulation that would also include elements such as health literacy and information that underpins patient empowerment.
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I've cleaned my appartment all the way for the first time since moving in. Cool.
The accadent at the Santa Monica Farmer's Market today is really disturbing. This was basicly the same intersection at which pople were in line for the Apple store on Friday.
I moved onto a new computer at work. I now have a dual 1 GHz G4 with 1.5 GB of ram. Fun stuff.
I wish the iPod supported OGGs.
I've used my phone's "wireless web" feature as a yellow pages/mapquest. But the interface should really be: "I'm on the corner of Pico and Lincoln near 90401. Tell me how to get where I'm going." And then it should give bracketing cross-streets along with the address of the destination.
I am considering moving my bloging elsewhere since I havn't been doing much Free Software stuff recently, and since I generally ramble on about quazi-technical stuff rather than discuss productive things. On the other hand, I'm hoping that once I get a new computer I'll have some space to actually do some development.


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Building a personal data locker
If you were building a digital container to store your personal data, what would it look like?
Personal data being information associated with you: your contacts, your photos, the web pages you've visited, the places you've been, the messages you've sent and received, and so on. In short, your stuff.
Here's my personal wish list of technical requirements:
- It has to be made of free software, of course
- It must keep my data secure, while allowing me to share it when and how I want to
- It needs to handle a range of different data types natively, and be extensible to new types, from photos to real-time sensor data
- It should be able to collect my data from many different places where it is being created and stored
- It should have a rich API, so that I can create applications which access my data
- If I want to, I should be able to host it myself, on my own hardware, without compromising my ability to access and share it
Of course, this isn't merely an academic exercise, as my new day job at Singly is about building exactly this type of system. With a technical team including Jeremie Miller of Jabber and XMPP fame, our goal is to develop a personal data platform which meets these criteria and more.
There's a lot of work to do, but today, you can check out the code and run a locker of your own, which can sync in data from Facebook, Twitter, Google, Foursquare, Github and dozens of other services. It's a bit of a bear to set up, particularly if you don't already have API keys for these services, but that's fairly normal at this early stage of development.
If you try it, or have thoughts about what we're doing, please let me know in the comments.
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It's been a long time since I posted as I forgot my password. Many thanks for the new password-reset feature.
Ogg Frog's development was interrupted by my search for a new job, moving to a new city and then getting used to my new home. But I'm actively working on it again now, almost every day, and most of the days on weekends.
I have quite grand plans for what my program will eventually become, but those will take a long time to achieve. I'll release it in stages, so users won't have to wait too long to get some use out of it.
I've settled on the 1.0 feature set. In brief, it will be a music player, decoder and cue file splitter.
Ogg Frog, in the long run, will burn CDs, but 1.0 won't support that yet. A stopgap measure will be to decode all the supported audio formats to WAV, which can be burned with any burner.
One can play Ogg Vorbis in iTunes with the Xiph QuickTime Components, but not burn. With my decoder one will be able to burn the WAVs output by my decoder.
The cue file splitter will split BIN/CUE files, WAV/CUE or FLAC with embedded or separate cuesheets into separate tracks. Again this will allow one to burn separate tracks with burners that don't support cuesheets.
I'm expecting to release an alpha test in early February. I have quite a bit of work ahead of me to achieve that, but it's looking good so far.


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This is a followup to the Spring 2011 Solutions Journal article, "The Rebound Effect: A Perennial Controversy Rises Again" by Michael Potts and Cameron Burns.
"Using energy more efficiently offers an economic bonanza - not because of the benefits of stopping global warming but because saving fossil fuel is a lot cheaper than buying it." - Amory Lovins
In RMI Chief Scientist Amory Lovins' landmark piece, "Energy Strategy: the Road Not Taken," published in Foreign Affairs in 1976, he outlined his vision of a "soft energy path" which combines a prompt and serious committment to efficient use of energy (the 1976 graph featured on the right got the 2000 US energy demand right within a few percent). Since 1982, Rocky Mountain Institute has been committed to driving the efficient and restorative use of resources, working with for-profit businesses to lead the transition from coal and oil to efficiency and renewables.
Efficient use of energy is the most important, economical, prompt, underused, overlooked, and misunderstood way to provide future energy services. According to peer reviewed research and analysis in Reinventing Fire, the U.S. can deliver the same energy services and run the same economy with 40 percent less primary energy required in 2050 as compared to the business as usual case.
However, the issue is more complicated than it seems—see the debate sparked by David Owen in "The Efficiency Dilemma," published in The New Yorker in late December 2010 (Online subscribers can read the article here.), and perpetuated in his recent book, The Conundrum.
The Siren Song of Energy Efficiency (New York Times, March 19, 2012)
Whatever happened to "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without"? Now many civic-minded Americans ask themselves not how to avoid buying stuff, but rather what to buy: that shiny new hybrid in the driveway, the energy-efficient appliances in the kitchen, the right light bulb. Does this pay off for the planet, or does the quest for efficiency distract from more effective approaches to cutting carbon output? What can consumers do that would be more effective.
As far as I know, David Owen and I have never met or spoken, although he has published two New Yorker articles, a book, and now this New York Times article directly attacking my work, with which he seems rather unfamiliar. This seems an odd way to do journalism, though it's not his style to let pesky facts get in the way of a good story. Even odder is that the Times now republishes his conclusions (plus an incomprehensible analogy about a village called Lovinsland) without seeming to realize they're thoroughly discredited and merit at least an opposing view.
Owen's counterfactual 2010 New Yorker article on energy "rebound" was demolished at the time by, among others, Dr. James Barrett of the Clean Economy Development Center, Dr. Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. David Goldstein of Natural Resources Defense Council, and myself
. Cameron Burns and Michael Potts nicely summarized the key arguments here—the #1 Google hit for searches like "AmoryLovins+Jevons"—and RMI pursues the diverse "Jevons paradox" conversation at on our blog. A Times editor constructing a conversation on this theme could have easily found such references, leaving readers better-informed.
There is a very large professional literature on energy rebound, refreshed about every decade as someone rediscovers and popularizes this old canard. That literature supports neither Owen's view nor Prof. Matthew Kotchen's partial support that "rebound effects are potentially important." Real, yes; important, no. The price-elasticity and responding effects Owen cites, where measurable, are consistently minor—a theoretical nicety of little practical consequence.
James Watt's more-efficient steam engine did spark an industrial revolution that (as Stanley Jevons observed) created great wealth and burned more coal. But this is no proof that energy efficiency generally triggers economic growth that devours its savings (or more)—a "backfire" effect never yet observed. Rather, it shows that many disruptive technologies stimulate economic growth and wealth, sometimes sharply. Some disruptive technologies, like microchips and the Internet, incidentally save net energy even though they are not meant to be energy technologies; some disruptive energy technologies, like automobiles and jet airplanes, increase energy use, while others, like electric motors, probably decrease it, and still others, like electric lights, could do either depending on technology and metrics (which Owen's cited lighting analysis muddles); still other disruptive technologies that Owen doesn't criticize, like key advances in public health, mass education, and innovation, enormously increase wealth and have complex and indeterminate energy effects. Blaming wealth effects on energy efficiency has no basis in fact or logic.
To be sure, energy efficiency does modestly increase wealth, just as Owen's more efficient desk-lamp makes him slightly richer. I doubt this saving makes him use the lamp at least four times more (as would be needed to offset its energy savings), or that if it did, sitting longer at his desk would not displace other substantial energy-using activities. More likely his total energy use rose simply because he got richer: his writings and lectures have sold well to people who like his message, so he now has more stuff, uses it more, travels more, and probably doesn't reinvest much of his increased wealth in buying still more energy efficiency, which he thinks would frustrate his stated goal of environmental improvement.
That U.S. energy productivity has grown faster than GDP in only nine of the past 35 years doesn't prove it can't, nor make it less valuable; the U.S. now uses half the total energy it would have used at its 1975 energy intensity. (I'm one of two analysts who called this correctly back then.) Energy efficiency's speed and depth of adoption depend on many things—frugal technologies' price and easy availability, delivery channels' maturity and trustworthiness, citizens' attitudes and behaviors, and (most of all) barrier-busting so people can make smarter choices. Some places do this well. California, for example, has held per-capita electricity use flat for 30 years while per-capita real income rose by four-fifths.
Nor does continuing, though slackening, energy growth mean energy productivity can't accelerate to outpace economic growth consistently, as U.S. oil productivity did during 1977–85, when GDP grew 27 percent while oil use fell 17 percent Indeed, Rocky Mountain Institute's new synthesis Reinventing Fire (which properly counts rebound effects to the minor extent they've been established in the professional literature) explores what would happen if the United States achieved over decades the rates of efficiency improvement that some states have already sustained. The result: a 158 percent-bigger 2050 U.S. economy could use 24 percent less energy, need no oil or coal or nuclear energy, emit 82–86 percent less fossil carbon, and cost $5 trillion less (in net present value, ignoring all externalities)—the transition needing no new inventions nor Acts of Congress, and led by business for profit.
Owen's call to reject such practical and profitable transformation reminds me of the economic theorist who lay awake all night wondering whether what works in practice can possibly work in theory. Fortunately, his sophistry will not deter readers who understand energy and economics.
Is there indeed an "efficiency dilemma"? Or, will efficiency help us jump-start the journey toward a fossil-fuel-free economy?
We want to hear from you.
In response published on January 17, 2011 in The New Yorker, Lovins responded to Owen's claim that energy efficiency can lead to greater energy use.
"David Owen argues that energy efficiency can lead to greater energy use, but actual "take-backs" of energy savings are usually between zero and a few per cent, rarely ten to thirty per cent, and never more than a hundred per cent..."
Read Amory's Full Response
In addition, an article published on February 28, 2012 in WIRED, Amory argues that there's evidence that efficiency standards work. For example, After California imposed them in 1974, per capita electricity consumption stopped growing, even as it rose throughout the rest of the nation.
Read the full article
Numerous responses, both in print and online, have perpetuated a lively conversation about Jevons paradox, a proposition that technological progress that increases the efficiency with which a resource is used tends to increase, rather than decrease, the rate of consumption of that resource. Most recently, David Roberts featured a four-part series in Grist, and a March 19, 2012 debate featured byNew York Times posed the question, "does this pay off for the planet, or does the quest for efficiency distract from more effective approaches to cutting carbon output?"
Below is a sample of articles stating Jevons paradox has a negligible effect.
Rebounds Gone Wild
realclimateeconomics.org, January 10, 2011
Do Green Cars Just Make People Drive More?
Motherjones.com, March 7, 2011
Rebounds and Jevons: Nobody Goes There Anymore. It's Too Crowded.
realclimateeconomics.org, January 18, 2011
Some Dilemma: Efficient Appliances Use Less Energy, Produce the Same Level of Service with Less Pollution and Provide Consumers with Greater Savings. What's Not to Like?
switchboard.nrdc.org, December 17, 2010
Mangling Energy Efficiency Economics
blogs.cfr.org, December 14, 2010
Rebounds Gone Wild
greatenergychallengeblog.com, December 20, 2010
Energy Efficiency: Paid Lunch or False Shortcut?
Huffingtonpost.com, December 31, 2010
Does Improving Efficiency Do Any Good?
theenergycollective.com, January 3, 2011
Energy Efficiency on the Rebound
Huffingtonpost.com, March 3, 2011
A fascinating encounter with advocates of large rebound effects
Koomey.com, Feb 13, 2011
These articles claim that Jevons paradox has a large impact.
When Energy Efficiency Sullies the Environment
nytimes.com, March 7, 2011
If you think efficiency reduces our energy use, think again
thenational.ae, January 4, 2011
If efficiency hasn't cut energy use, then what?
grist.org, December 16, 2010
Brother, can you spare a fridge?
grist.org, December 23, 2010
"Energy Emergence: Rebound and Backfire as Emergent Phenomena" - Report Overview
thebreakthrough.org, February 17, 2011
Efficiency Promise: Too Good to Be True
New York Times, March 19, 2012
This is discussed quite a lot in the UK too. The most annoying feature is that the paradox has sometimes been used by renewable energy enthusiasts as a reason for not undertaking energy efficiency measures, creating unnecessary tension between EE and RE experts. In truth, if we are to move to a sustainable energy future we have to do BOTH, although in practice it is often the efficiency measures that should be tackled first as (a) they typically have a quicker financial return and (b) only by capping total demand can we realistically expect to meet a majority of demand through renewables. Yes, there will always be some leakage back from savings into additional energy demand, but on average it tends to be quite low.
Obviously efficiency is necessary and essential, but not sufficient. A list of some other reports on the rebound issue worth reading, can be found here - /Content/Files/jp_totten.docx
I have a ton of respect for Amory Lovins. He is doing a lot of good but I fear that Jevon is probably correct. Rebound may be insignificant in the short term but common sense tells me that rebound will be absolute in the long term. I strongly believe that this is not an either/or situation. We need efficiency improvements and a carbon tax that is equal to the environmental costs of excess CO2. A carbon tax will only lend support to the kinds of efforts led by Mr. Lovins. High fuel prices in Japan motivated Honda and Toyota to create hybrid vehicles. US domestic automakers had the technology to create hybrid cars but they knew American consumers would not buy them when gasoline prices were low. Honda was the first automaker to sell a hybrid car in the US but they discontinued the first generation Honda Insight in 2006 due to slow sales. Toyota's Prius was also a slow seller when gas prices were low. The Prius sales only accelerated AFTER gasoline prices began to skyrocket in 2005. And let me repeat that the Prius and Insight would never have been developed had gasoline prices not been very high in Japan. Gasoline prices in Japan are currently about $6 per gallon. The best selling car in Japan is the Honda Insight. Amory Lovin's: Please keep up the good work. We need people like you but we will never achieve the deep CO2 cuts that are necessary without a carbon tax IMHO.
I'm perhaps too naive, but I looked at the Empire State Building retrofit and saw: $106million invested for energy related products, producing annual energy cost savings of $4.4million. That's a simple payback of 24 years. In energy terms I missed the total before and after uses expressed in, say, kWh/m2a. But savings at the consumer end, say in the order of 10%, typically result in only 0.03% savings in raw input energy. What should I be impressed about?
Thank you all for your comments on Jevons. This one has been around a long time of course, making periodic appearances. Some folks think it through on a highly conceptual level, others based on an example or two - often vehicle or electricity or appliance use, either historic, current or future. Much of the time three key pieces are missing - the role of wealth, logic, and the facts. Wealth first - the refrigerator example discussed in the New Yorker article is a classic example of wealth driving more consumption. Its not efficiency that drives someone to get a drinks fridge for the downstairs den or a chest freezer for the garage - its wealth or maybe in some cases a lifestyle choice. Efficiency has no causality in these situations. Sometimes we wish efficiency were more of a direct driver of behavior - even consumptive behavior - too often its invisible or nearly so. But we'l save that thought for another day.Logic next. For Jevons to be a real deal - it must actually hold true quite broadly, maybe close to universally, in the relevant space. And it does not. Everywhere you look you see individuals, groups, and the economy creating counterexamples in their everyday lives. For instance individuals and populations regularly buy more efficient cars without changing their driving patterns at all (where would they get the time - or the stamina to cope with even more traffic?) Obviously this technology is at a relatively late life cycle stage, where there are almost as many vehicles in the US as people, and as our reader points out, this really does affect things. So there are many fields where Jevons does not apply. There are probably also a few where it does. The early steam engines of Jevons' era- where efficiency was a huge issue, as thermal efficiency was just a few percent - probably counts. Increasing efficiency WHEN it is the fundamental issue affecting usage will lead to more use. A big when, which we seldom find nowadays. People are confusing wealth with Jevons. Facts last. The efficient cars cancel out their benefits with the "more driving problem". It's not a problem. People do drive a bit more, but far less than the efficiency gain. There is a net benefit. It would not be the case if it was one of the first cars, probably, but, it's not. One of our readers commented about how a services perspective helped see through the Jevons issue, and that there were natural limits in many cases to needs. We'd agree. Happy to get your thoughts in return - and happy debating!-Robert Hutchinson, RMI Managing Director
Keeping the discussion within scope of a blog it seems that two key ideas come into play regarding Jevons Paradox, the critical path toward mitigating the climate change crisis, and the salient characteristics describing how we must now advance civilization: 1. Profound integration with natural capital where human capital is the most important component 2. Reinvention of the equivalent of what might be described as the "eden concept" where residents have a very low cost-of-living and a very high quality-of-life Most likely the goals and methods will include highly disruptive deployment of energies and efficiencies greater than 90% with minimal material throughputs making the Jevons' discussion of little or no consequence except that perhaps the incremental approach at this late time is definitely not the way to go, which must include massive restoration of natural services. And, having written the book on natural capital, Lovins definitely gets it.
Greetings LMH, I would like to address your two concerns about the Empire State Building (ESB). Of course there are many reasons to be impressed with this building in addition to the recent deep retrofit. If you look at http://www.retrofitdepot.org/Financial you will see more financial and other detail on the ESB project. In short, the $106M was a total of "energy related" projects, of which $93M were in the original capital budget before optimizing energy was considered. Originally chiller upgrades and air handler replacements were in the budget, but with marginal operating energy savings. The energy design team reviewed this investment and by increasing it $13M provided the ~$4.4M anual operating cost savings. It is this incremental cost difference (between the original capital budget and the optimized investment), that should be used as the true additional investment resulting in operating cost savings, and hence the ~ 3 year simple payback. This really works. We reduced capital expenses in some areas (chiller saved $17M ) invested in others (windows, added $4M, VAV added $2.4M) and the reallocated capital results in a much better return. The EUI was reduced from 88kBtu/sf to roughly 55kBtu/sf. The ESB story has two big points: 1) including energy retrofits at the right time, when investments are already scheduled will dramatically increase their financial benefit, and 2, big transformative efficiency improvements happen when multiple items are considered in an integrated way. At ESB the reduction in chiller loads was only possible because of including improved windows, which allowed for the reduced chiller capital costs. The windows would not have been cost effective on operating cost alone. In this building, I expect the energy savings will remain, so perhaps Jevon does not apply here either :) Hope this elucidation helps the ESB story seem more impressive! -Victor Olgyay, AIA
With energy and efficiency dominating the conversation the lack of discussion of the importance of material throughputs is a serious issue much like promoting "free-market" policies while omitting natural services and greatly reducing any relevance.
David Owens New Yorker article "The Efficiency Dilemma," asks "If our machines use less energy, will we just use them more?" http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/20/101220fa_fact_owen The quick simple answer is: When throughput accounting and design scaling is correct, chances are that we will make optimum use of our machines in the most practical, convenient, cost-effective, and environmentally responsible manner; and if we use them more it will not matter since the impact on the environment will be minimal. An SUV obviously is not scaled correctly to move an individual, as well as a 35-ton subway car to move two hundred 175-pound people since both move more than one-half ton of wasteful dead weight per person wherein a simple bicycle might add between 15 to 35 pounds to the weight of each person it moves. The 430 million cyclists and 120 million electric bike users in China have minimal impact on the environment since cycling is about 3 to 4 times more efficient than even walking. And, it should be obvious that cycling provides a very primitive but effective solution to net-zero mobility.
I wrote about this on my company blog: http://www.pikeresearch.com/blog/articles/the-jevons-paradox-is-energy-efficiency-futile My main point is: While there may be certain instances in which the Jevons Paradox would be apparent, it only applies in cases where prohibitive energy costs are a constraint to increased consumption. But for the majority of today's energy uses (heating, cooling, illuminating buildings), energy consumption is a function of keeping a home at 72 degrees or providing enough light, not of getting as much heat or light as possible. If the Jevons paradox were really the case for general residential/commercial consumption, don't you think it would be a lot easier to convince utilities to implement efficiency programs? According to the Jevons paradox, encouraging consumers to buy more efficient appliances/equipment would lead to even more consumption. But we know all too well that this isn't the case, and utility efficiency programs are the result of regulations/incentives, not recognition of the Jevons paradox.
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Isuzu Utes D-Max
Isuzu Utes D-MAX LS 2013 Ute MUX manual 3L
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- Isuzu Utes
- Model
- D-Max
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- 2013
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- Ute
- Transmission
- MUX manual
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- 5
- Doors Options
- 4 doors
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After Sales Services: Warranty Programme, 3 years or 100,000km's
Brakes: Parking brake, lever type, Front disc vented, 300mm, Rear drum, 295mm, Front caliper's, twin-piston, Power assisted braking system, 10.5in servo unit
Entertainment & Communication: CD player, 6-speaker audio system, AM/FM tuner, Bluetooth integration, iPod compatible, MP3 compatible, 'Sky Sound' roof-mounted sound system
Exterior: Door handles, chrome finish, Door mirror's with chrome finish, Tailgate handle, chrome, Door mirror's with turn indicator repeater lights, Front bumper in body colour, Side steps in aluminium , Power adjustable door mirror's with folding function, Under-front steel plate skid/splash shield, Steel plate guards for sump, transfer case, fuel tank leading edge with sheet steel under fuel tank, Ute tub, double walled, Ute tub with 4-cargo tie-down hooks, Short front overhang for optimal manoeuvrability & approach angle, Chrome radiator grille, Centre front roof mounted bee-sting aerial, One step chrome-plated rear bumper
Interior: Steering wheel with leather trim, Steering wheel, tilt adjustable, Steering wheel mounted Cruise Control, Electro luminescent gauges, Rear view mirror with day/night function, Steering wheel mounted audio controls, Carpet floor trim, A/C with dust & pollen filter, Door pockets for driver & front passenger, Front overhead console with map lights, Terrain Command control 4WD select dial with 'shift on the fly' 4H-2WD selection at up to 100km/h, Glovebox with 12V power outlet, Glovebox with key lock & illuminated, Centre console with padded flip-top sliding armrest, A/C with integrated heater/demister, MID (Multi Information Display) with odometer, twin trip odometers, fuel economy, range & maintenance distance, Fixed A-pillar assist grips for driver & front passenger, Folding roof assist grips for driver & front passenger, Folding roof assist grips for rear passengers
Lightning: Front fog lights, LED rear combination lights, High mounted rear stop light on cabin, Projector lens headlights for extra low-beam & reduced flare
Mechanical: Rear axle, rigid semi-floating banjo with hypoid final drive, Front axle 4x4, full-floating independent with outer CV joints & inner double offset joints, Separate, full length heavy-duty truck chassis with 7-cross members, Snorkelled diff breathers to increase fording depth & reduce mud blockage, Clutch plate, diameter 265mm
Engine Specifications
- Engine Name: Isuzu 4JJ1-TC Hi-Power 3.0td
- Engine Description: Cylinder head, Isuzu-patent special aluminium alloy with double-walled water jacketing, valve gear chain-driven DOHC, roller rockers, electronic high pressure common rail direct fuel injection with Variable Swirl System (VSS) & intercooled Variable Geometry System (VGS) turbo charger, cylinder block cast iron upper with induction-hardened cylinder bores, cast alloy lower, special pistons with nickel composite oil rings
- Power: 130 Kw @ 3600 RPM
- Torgue: 380 Nm @ 1800 Min RPM, 3000 Max RPM
- Electric Engine:
- Aspiration: Turbocharged
- Valve Train: DOHC
ESC Electronic Stability Control
EBD Electronic Brakeforce Distribution
BAS Brake Assist System
TCS Traction Control system
Front seatbelt pretensioners
Front seatbelt load limiters
Child safety rear door locks
Curtain airbags
Front seatbelt anchors, height adjustable
Seatbelts front, 3-point ELR x2
Dual front airbags
6-airbag system
Seatbelts rear, 3-point ELR x3
Rear child seat tether anchorage points x3
ABS Anti-lock Braking system, 4-channel, 4-sensor
Head restraints x3, rear seats, height adjustable
Head restraints x2, front seats, height adjustable
Dual side airbags
Side intrusion bars in all doors
Lights on warning alarm when ignition key removed
High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) fuel tank
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