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apt-get update
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rsync -av -e ssh [email protected]:/etc/apache2 /etc/apache2
mysql -u root -p (created database user, and databases).
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echo "I wonder if Brett will notice this."
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At the end of the day, command-line is super quick if you know how to use it. I prefer it over a GUI any day of the week when dealing with low-level stuffs like this. I don't like GUIs, because they can slow you down (mostly if you are a fast typer), especially when tapping in remotely. I can still understand why people would prefer the GUI... it's easier. I wouldn't call it quicker.
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Once again and I will rephrase, The command line is not the operating system, its an interface which has no set definition. Sure we have some basic utilities and commands that stay the same. However in the examples I wish to provide NONE of those would be used. We are talking about individual applications and services to which can not be mastered without constant study. Even then there is no end. With it not being my profession to do such things I do not have a constant stream of education.
You list a routine action for you. I speak of tasks which are rarely needed to be done however the day the challenge comes I am given two options. I don't get phone calls asking me to modify a server to support something I know how to support. If I did it would probably already be in place or it at least wouldn't be worth mentioning much less complaining about having to do. You can't magically install an application of which you know what it does and are familiar with its competition and then use it on the command line. With a GUI I can walk up to many applications I have never used before and quickly make use of them. This separates the casual user and professional.
In the hypothetical environment where the GUI is always available. For the designer the command line provides a resource effective way of updating and expanding the application/services capabilities. This cost is passed on to the user and or company in the form of training. Its good, but any person who masters his operating system and 1,000 applications within it is still not going to be able to move onto something new and blindly walk into its command line counterpart with any amount of efficiency. They both have their place and advantages.
The argument centers around the concept that the Server OS and the services running on it are for the IT professional. They are and they should be. But regular people rent out servers all the time, usually with the aid of some control panel. More and more servers are finding their way into the home or into the hands of the casual user. I run physical (not the games themselves) servers for a gaming community and another for myself. We are talking about something that has more than one market this day in age. Some PHP/Perl web control panel is not the way these users are dealing with them anymore and many things they deal with do offer a GUI interface as well as the CLI. I don't think you will find it that odd these users are using the GUI and do not have as much time to learn all of the operations on the command line.
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well one day i was waiting for my girlfriend (now ex-wife) to get off of work and i sat in a bookstore and read the entire dhammapada (an old translation, which today i wouldn't even consider reading, but i think for me as a Christian the king james tone of the translation was probably a good thing)
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Okay, stuff you may want to know about me or know me from: In the 90's i sang and played guitar in punk bands, I do experimental electronic music and have had many CDs released all over the world including work I did with Thurston Moore (sonic youth), I was published a few times, I scored a few films produced by Kim Henkel (Texas Chainsaw Massacre) and I published independent/underground zines (& comix!) from 1994-2003 interviewing bands such as blink 182, AFI and Greenday, as well as people like Noam Chomsky and Deepak Chopra.

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|I would get an old RWD car that you can beat the crap out of. A guy had an old cop car and did pretty well with it. In my opinion its better to have some sideways fun than to get into modification. Then once you get better and more into it, buy yourself a cheap G2 car and do stage rally. I would highly suggest going that route.
Here's one of the US companies with decent spring selection and used by a number of rally car builders: http://www.bluecoilspring.com/
Whoa Lou, thank you! I'm a member of the SCCA and I've read all the rules for AutoX and RallyX. Then I went to Rally America and printed off and read all their rules. It gets a little overwhelming so its nice to talk to some Rally'rs who can simplify it a little bit, and give valuable real Rally info on suspension and other important upgrades for the Foci.
I'm planning on going to the 100AW this year so I might see if I can help (work). I'm bringing my recorder because I'm sure to get some info!
Thanks Everyone for your help. I now have my plan!
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SykSVT, I haven't been on this site much, but can't resist helping out a fellow rally fan! I run a 2.3L focus in NASA & RA Rally events. I threw out the option of building for the spec focus, one because I had the wrong motor, and two because I had to buy expensive contingency sponsor products, like DMS suspension...but the spec focus website hasn't been updated in a while, so maybe it's not even running. Anyway, I wanted to help answer some of your questions:
Why 15" wheels? 15" rims are easy to come by for the Focus, but more importantly, anything bigger than 15" rally tires gets really expensive and is not readily available. 14" and 13" wheels would also be options for you though, but I wouldn't recommend that.
You wonder what's the best upgrades to do next...I'll echo other people: Suspension and traction hands down. First your car has to survive an event. I've used stock suspension and KYB AGX's, both failed by bending severely right at the Knuckle. Ended up with Hotbits. 2.5 years ago I paid $1500 for entry level rally Hotbits suspension and they've never failed me yet. Also, get a loose surface LSD. By this I mean clutch type or anything else that still works when one wheel has no traction. I have a Quaife in right now that I'm about to sell because it's not good for loose surfaces. I've been stuck in a ditch because one wheel was in the air. It sucks.
The minimum you have to do to your car to rally is as follows (prices are based on my own experience):
-Cage ($2000 2.5 years ago)
-Seats & harness (prices vary)
-Skidplates (not req'd, metal engine guard, plastic under floor guard, $250)
-Intercom (not req'd, but highly recommended)
-Rally tires (see www.taborrallyteam.com for some current pricing and sizing)
-Mud flaps ($60, I buy urethane sheeting and cut to fit)
-tow hooks (have the cage builder do these)
-fire extinguisher, spill kit, first aid kit.
Honestly, that's all you need to do to rally a car. However, what other people have suggested will make you car lighter and stronger. Seam welding is pricey, so I only did the areas near to the suspension towers. Lights are almost a must have, but now days, some rallies hardly run at night anyway. I would recommend making a custom light bar, just make sure your mounting system is well thought out, so you don't get bad vibrations, or a crushed radiator if you hit something. One thing about the cage: if you can tie into the front strut towers, this will make the car much stronger. But it will cost you extra $$$ and many people don't do it and their car holds up just fine.
One thing about Coilovers in the rear: clearance is very tight. I would make sure to get a lower offset wheel. I've been using the Al. alloy 15x6" rims w/ 52.5 offset, and they just barely rub the spring. So, ideally, you'd want wheels with less offset, or spacers.
Drop me line if you have any detailed questions.
Brakes: The ford racing rally brake kit, I believe is just the disc brakes and hubs/knuckles off an 05 zx3. When I had to replace my pads, this car seemed to meet all the fitment requirements.
I remember that sale. That morning I was going to buy them until I saw SOLD. Thats what happens when you go away for the holidays I guess. Red Sonja got a heckuva deal!
Just read the back issue of GRM on the Rally Spec Focus, it really puts into perspective of whats really important. Now I'm thinking of selling all my NA upgrades for suspension parts!
Thanks Geezer for the info about the suspension. I'm trying to find who makes a spring with high spring rates for the SVTf. I keep coming back to GC (eibach) as the only player in town. I did read an article online of a "Custom Racing" magazine that actually cut one for their application (80's Audi), but I thought that was a big "No, No"? Other than that the Bilsteins wouldn't work unless I went with coilovers or used the GC's. Correct?
Another option would be to order some Bilstein HD's from Germany (see this thread) -
then have them revalved by Bilstein in California or a private shop such as Fat Cat Motorsports. You will need to know what spring rates you'll be using before they can do the revalve. Revalving runs about 75 to 100.00 per shock. In the long run they are still a LOT cheaper than Hotbits, DMS, etc.
|Thanks mlbbaseball for the suspension info. Hotbits sound like the best for under $5k and will probably pay for themselves in few seasons. I started looking at Proflex and quickly realized that wasn't going to happen.
Yes thenorm, I thought using the resin and hardener was implied. But your right, just wrapping it without any resin and hardener would be useless. So to answer your question as to how,
Assuming they are already removed then:
1) Cut pieces to fit front stamped control arms (example)
2) Get an ice cream (gallon bucket) and mix the 3 to 1 probably medium since I'm in no rush
3) Take the pieces Ive cut to fit the front stamped control arms and mix in with the resin and hardener mix
4) Apply to the control arms (use the excess resin to smooth and thoroughly cover the kevlar)
5) Wait for it to dry.
5) Take six foot strips of the 2" wrap and mix with the resin and hardener and mix.
6) Wrap the stamped control arms with the 2" wrap.
7) Reinstall after its dry.
I don't know if the ends will start to fray, so I was thinking that once the whole thing is dry I would come back with resin/hardener and a paint brush. Going over the whole thing again just to make sure.
End result should be one tough piece of suspension!
|i've never heard of it, but its not gonna hurt! anyways, i've heard ok stuff about ksport rally setups, HOWEVER, don't expect them to last the whole season!
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it's not just that they got the subpena for his personal stuff, it's how they got it. they convinced the judge that he was suspected of criminal activity even though that's not what they were investigating.
... The FBI I know would never do this.
hoover was the spider for sure, but he did a lot of good work too. ...
... i'll give you that [Hover] ...was an odd fellow. surely a lot of what he did would be illegal now.i also don't have a negative feeling toward McCarthy.
>Do you honestly think monitoring people's phones and emails is anything new? And that makes it all right?


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I got an incomplete PKT kit from century last week, it has all the main components for a gun, the bolt & carrier, trunnion, feed cover and pawl, back plate and sear housing. plus some misc other parts. best of all it was cheap!!
I am making a bbl out of a 1919 bbl, so far I have it chambered in 7.62 x 54R and fitted to the trunnion and shrunk on a sleeve for the gasblock. I still need to cut the locking lug. once the bbl is fitted I will make up a receiver from plate and set it up with a set of spade grips to make some sort of franken gun belt fed.


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Does anyone offer the range finder LED units? I checked Hyperdyne and they are out of stock. Thanks.
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Does anyone offer the range finder LED units? I checked Hyperdyne and they are out of stock. Thanks.
Bobo used to do these but he's been off-line since May of last year. I'd be interested too.
I'd love to get a unit myself too.
Jay, I'm planning to look into what it'll take to make one so I'll keep you posted on what I find out. ;)
I'm trying to find a way to fit my Bobo lights into the FPH range-finder. Doesn't fit so far, so I may have to Dremel out the clear resin a bit. (shudder)
I will soon be offering mine to the public. I am actually trying to source a new tilt switch. The one I used for the JB project is obsolete, and the replacement I got did not work as well as the old. I actually got some samples in the other day, just haven't had a chance to try them out yet. At the moment, my boards are designed to run off a 9V battery, so you must run the power wires down a hollow stalk, and mount a 9V inside the helmet. I am getting closer to developing a version to mount a battery source on the board. Again, this is waiting for me to make some time to finish. My boards were built to fit the hollow DP toppers, but Spidey-Fett assures me they should fit the FP rangefinders as well. I am waiting for a confirmation on that, and hopefully some pics of it mounted in there, so I can plan out the battery mounted on board version.
mrgr8ness, any chance that you'll be offering yours with a choice of blue LEDs for us Jangos?
I'll be holding out for the board mounted battery version. ;)


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text: The Legend of Cool "Disco" Dan by Roger Gastman and Joseph Pattisall (US, 2012, 90 min.). During the 1980s, the tag of Cool "Disco" Dan was plastered onto almost every block in the DC area. The Washington Post even had a nickname for him: "the urban phantom." The filmmakers track down this infamous graffiti artist and get him to open up about his world of street art. Through the eyes of the city's most visible graffiti artist at the time, the turbulent 1980s are re-examined in a new context. Discussion with directors follows September 26 screening.


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Multnomah University prepares students for meaningful careers that serve Jesus whether they're called to traditional ministry or the marketplace.
Stay connected to our community and help the next generation of Christian leaders become agents of positive change, whether they're serving across the street or across an ocean.
Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary is pleased to endorse the upcoming event, Portland Again. This 100-year anniversary event celebrates the Portland revival in 1905, during which 200 businesses "suspended" their store hours so owners and employees could attend special revival services. During this same time, over 10,000 people marched the streets of Portland at midnight, praying for the city.
"Recalling God's faithful working in the lives of individuals is an instructive, indeed biblical, practice," said Multnomah President Dr. Daniel R. Lockwood. "The fact that this century-old revival took place in our own locale makes it all the more significant for believers in the Greater Portland area."
Sponsored by pastors and business people, Portland Again will not only re-visit the past but look to the future. The 90-minute event will include a fascinating video and a look at the revival that swept Portland in 1905. Attendees will also discuss what the future holds for Portland and how pastors and business people can come together to glorify God and build his kingdom in our communities, our institutions, and in people's hearts.
Portland Again will be held on November 8, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Oregon Convention Center, located at 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in Portland. There is no charge, but pre-registration is recommended. For more information, or if you would like to register, visit www.portlandagain.org or call 503.254.4577. Current Multnomah students should register through the Student Ministries Office.


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The DeKalb girls basketball team won the Waubonsie Valley Tournament with a 35-27 win over Oswego Saturday. Courtney Bemis had 10 points for the Barbs, while Rachel Torres added nine. Janay Wright, Brittney Patrick and Madelyne Johnson each had four points for DeKalb (5-0).
Cogs get tourney win: Genoa-Kingston beat West Carroll, 64-46, at the Oregon Tournament. Adam Price led the Cogs with 21 points, while Tommy Lucca and Eli Thurlby each had 12.
"It took us a little bit to get going offensively," G-K coach Corey Jenkins said. "We're still not real solid defensively. We've got to get better as far as switching all over the floor and communicating and talking with each other. But we'll get there."
Spartans 5th at Strombom: Sycamore beat St. Francis De Sales, 60-48, at the Strombom Tournament, taking fifth place.
T'Wolves take 3rd: Indian Creek finished in third at the Westminster Christian Tournament with a 51-41 win over the hosts. Garrison Govig 12 points to lead the Timberwolves, while Garrett Post added 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Indian Creek is now 3-1.
Barbs 5th at invite: The DeKalb girls bowling team finished fifth at the Rock Island Invite. Jessica Eberly knocked down 1,265 pins for the Barbs, while Kodi Underwood finished with a score of 1,248. Maddy Jouris had 1,069 while Kerstin Thelin had 1,000.
"The bowlers exceeded our team goal of scoring 900 per game (180 average). The six team scores ranged from 891 – 945," Barbs coach Bill Holland said. "Our scoring was quite balanced – with 2790 in the morning and 2724 in the afternoon, and we improved 64 total pins from last year. All of these factors favor the Barbs as a state top-20 team."
Kaneland takes title: The Knights edged host Immaculate Conception, 33-27, to improve to 4-0 and win the Immaculate Conception tournament title. Emma Bradford led the Knights with 11 points, adding four rebounds, while Brooke Harner had five points and four rebounds.
The Knights were tied going into the fourth quarter, but pulled away for the six-point win. Kaneland won the tournament championship in 2011 as well.
Sycamore falls to Dundee-Crown: The Spartans lost their second game in a row, falling to Dundee-Crown, 54-33, in pool play.
Junior Devin Mottet led the Spartans with 10 points while Scott Nelson added eight for Sycamore.
H-BR edged by Seneca: The Royals scored only two points in the fourth quarter, losing to Seneca, 58-50.
Bernie Conley led H-BR with 14 points and Mitch Ruh had 10.
PREP ROUNDUP: Barbs win Waubonsie Valley Tournament
The DeKalb girls basketball team won the Waubonsie Valley Tournament with a 35-27 win over Oswego Saturday. Courtney Bemis had 10 points for the Barbs, while Rachel Torres added nine. Janay Wright, Brittney Patrick and Madelyne Johnson each had four points for DeKalb (5-0).


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Armies of Magic
Armies of Magic is a Facebook-based fantasy real time strategy game developed by Playdom.
The game allows players to role play one of three characters including Human, Elf, and Dwarf to nuild an army,
battle their enemies, form guilds, and save the realm from the invading Goblin Hordes!
here is some more info about it
Armies of Magic - Official Unofficial Armies of Magic Site - Facebook Game - DotMMO.com


text: I arrived in Florence today, and a huge shout out to Tinami - all three hotels so far have been so different and fabulous! The Relais Cavalcanti is like a boutique hotel, it's stunning and homey! I LOVE IT! Loved San Carlo's location, Grand Vesuvius was, well GRAND, with a pool and stunning views...really pleased with all of them!! Thanks, Tinami!


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I don't really know where to look, so I thought I would ask all of you.
My friends and I decided to make a custom wookie costume for our tallest friend for dragon-con. Yes, we use him for his height . I have some ideas on how to make this costume. I want to make it as... well.... wookie-like as possible. I figured the there's a forum about it somewhere. Rather, a forum about building various alien costumes, or if there was one specifically about Chewbacca or something. the 501st has so many detachments about certain costumes, Boba, TK's, Td's, etc. Would the Rebel Legion have a detachment for wookies or anything like that?
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Green Economy Stillborn
Recent announcements about failing green companies have mostly flown under the major media radar. After all, when President Obama hops in Air Force One for a quick trip to a green business to make a speech about his administration's nonexistent energy policy that's worth covering—when that green business shutters its doors (after absconding with millions in tax credits) that's embarrassing, to green cheerleaders and the liberal media in general. Sadly, failure to revive the economy not withstanding, many actually believe that, if only we could provide more billions in subsidies, good green jobs would spring up like weeds. The reality is that green business cannot exists without government largess and that green economy we have heard so much about was stillborn—killed in its government funded womb by economic reality.
According to the Center for American Progress March 2010 report, clean energy will be one of the world's biggest industries, totaling as much as $2.3 trillion by 2020. yet everywhere there are signs that the green economy is faltering before it has begun. For example, consider the case of Evergreen Solar, a maker of solar wafers for solar panels. In 2008, they made a courageous decision to promote green jobs in, of all places, Massachusetts. "In 2008 we decided to build a plant in Massachusetts to be near our research and development facility," reported CEO Michael El-Hillow. "There was a groundswell of optimism that the U.S. was going to take the lead in the drive for alternative energy."
But things soon went awry. Market conditions changed, the economy tanked and no one was interested in pulling Evergreen Solar's fat from the fire. Bottom line, Evergreen said its manufacturing cost was $1.92 per watt, while the selling price was $1.90 per watt—even a politician should be able to do the math. As reported to Bloomsburg Businessweek, El-Hillow summed things up this way:
One mistake was making the U.S. facility too large. We should have made it a quarter the size. I wrote to the governor of Massachusetts, and we went to everyone we could think of—Congress, our banks. Nobody could help us. Then, late last year, prices went down 10 percent in one month for the modules we sell—on top of steadily falling prices for the last three years. That left us no choice but to stop making panels in the U.S. and shift our focus to making wafers in China. The access to capital for startups there is staggering.
About 800 people in our U.S. factory will lose their jobs, but the company wouldn't have survived if we didn't make this choice. Now we'll focus on what we do best. If we had stayed here, we would have been insolvent by September. We needed to do this to survive, although my hope is that some day more jobs will come back here.
Adding insult to injury, the Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council—the state board charged with overseeing the green tax breaks—unanimously voted to cut short Evergreen's 20-year property tax break, originally estimated to be worth $15 million, and voided another $7.5 million in state tax credits after the company eliminated the hundreds of jobs it promised to create. According to a report in the Boston Globe, out of the $4.5 million in property tax breaks they received to date, Evergreen will only have to repay the current year's value, about $1.5 million, and in addition to the property tax breaks, the now almost defunct solar manufacturer also received over $21 million in other grants. The fate of those funds is uncertain.
An isolated indecent? Hardly. The Destiny USA project in Syracuse, New York, was selected as a green "demonstration" project under the 2004 Green Bonds program. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton Clinton, now the US Secretary of State, and Senator Charles Schumer helped to insert the program into the "American Jobs Creation Act" of 2004. It provided $2 billion in tax-exempt bonding authority for large green-technology demonstration projects and was specifically written to favor Destiny USA and three projects in other states (both Senators represented the state of New York).
Under this special program $255 million in tax exempt bonds were issued on behalf of the project. The money raised was supposedly for implementing the oodles of green features the project developer promised. To date, none of the green features have been implemented, and the developer says they never will be. From a report posted on syracuse.com:
There is no 45-megawatt electricity generating plant running on "biofuel" made from soybean oil and recycled cooking grease. If there were, it would be the largest such plant in the nation and consume more than one-third of the total U.S. biodiesel supply.
Nor are there 290,000 square feet of solar panels on the mall's roofs and other surfaces, enough to blanket six football fields.
The fuel cells that were to make 7 megawatts of electricity, five times more than the nation's largest existing commercial fuel-cell installation? Nowhere to be seen.
Given such grandiose plans, the backers should have suspected something was not on the up-and-up. In addition to the green features, the project was required to create at least 1000 construction jobs and 1,500 full time equivalent jobs to retain its tax free funding. Public monies squandered, no green features, no green jobs, and yet Clinton called the program "a strong, sensible piece of public policy."
Destiny USA construction at Carousel Centre in Syracuse, New York, in September 2007.
This is not just a problem in the US, bungled government programs abound in the EU and elsewhere. One of Britain's biggest employers in the green energy industry ceased production within hours of a government announcement pledging 400,000 green jobs by 2015. According to The Sunday Times, the Vestas factory in Newport, Isle of Wight, Britain's only significant manufacturer of wind turbines, closed idling more than 600 people employed at the plant, and a related facility in Southampton.
Vestas is a Danish wind turbine manufacturer and one of the largest green companies in the world. Proving government stupidity is widely distributed, the Scottish government gave £10 million in grants to save 100 jobs at a much smaller turbine factory in Argyll just prior to the Vestas announcement.
Also last year, Vestas, announced the closing of five production plants across Scandinavia and cut 3,000 jobs—green jobs. The group said the surge in demand for wind power it had hoped for in Europe had not materialized and it is closing four plants in Denmark and one in Sweden, including one in Viborg where it has been manufacturing since 1989. The company is moving production out of Scandinavia to Spain, perhaps not the brightest of moves.
A Spanish study reports that since 2000, Spain spent $759,899 (€571,138) to create each "green job," including subsidies of more than $1.33 million (€1 million) for each wind industry job. The study also calculates that the programs that created those jobs resulted in the destruction of nearly 110,500 jobs elsewhere in the economy. That means 2.2 jobs were destroyed for every "green job" created.
Vestas wind turbines at Meroicinha, Portugal. PhotoVestas.
In reality, green jobs are few and fleeting, and cost considerably more than true private sector jobs. Regardless, activists continue to push for green jobs—but this isn't really about building a clean, green economy. An example of such advocacy can be found on the website for the 2011 Green Jobs Conference, held this past February.
The tagline for this national conference was "good jobs, green jobs," so one would expect to find numerous workshops on how to lure green industry to a community, how to start a green company and success stories from across the country. Instead, the lead workshop was entitled "Confronting Science Deniers: Lessons from Minnesota's Sixth District," a purely political propaganda vehicle for eco-leftists. Here is the description:
Across the country during this past midterm elections, clean energy supporters faced opponents who rejected the science of global warming and the potential for its solutions to create good jobs building the clean energy economy. This panel will focus on efforts to counter science deniers and to advance investments in clean energy as a positive economic agenda for the country. BlueGreen Alliance Executive Director David Foster will join Tarryl Clark — the former state legislator who challenged Tea Party favorite Michele Bachmann in Minnesota's sixth district — for a discussion on how clean energy played a role in the 2010 elections.
This isn't about promoting green jobs or a green economy, it is anti-conservative political activism with a large dollop of climate alarmist balderdash. And this was not the only blatantly political topic. Other sessions covered the Gulf oil "crisis," how wonderful new government regulations were going to force better fuel economy for large vehicles, and how to solve poverty, pollution and low union representation among truck drivers. There was precious little about how to make green business successful, and without successful green businesses there are no sustainable green jobs.
Until green jobs are about jobs, and the green economy is about economics there will be nothing but failed public programs that only enrich green scam artists. What green industry there is exists only because of government handouts and subsidies—make work projects that cost dearly and disappear as soon as government funding dries up. Time after time, program after program, governments have failed to create sustainable green jobs.
This all stems from not having a rational energy policy (also not a purely American problem). A cogent energy policy may well have salubrious effects on the environment and unemployment rates, even reducing those over-hyped CO2 emissions that global warming fanatics are forever prattling about (see "Why Global Warming is really an Energy Problem"). But being rational about energy has become even less likely in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear accident, with nations like Switzerland, Germany and Japan all reversing promising nuclear programs.
As politicians run for cover, like cockroaches when the light is turned on, energy policies founder. The only lucrative green jobs belong to those who travel the globe telling everyone about how great the new green economy will be; how green jobs will fix the world economy and rescue us all from penury. Just as the global warming/climate change/planetary boundaries scam has funneled public funds into the pockets of green con-artists, the green jobs scam enriches the ranks of transnational progressives, many of whom see the green economy as cover for their underlying agendas.
Meanwhile, Barrack Obama, that most politically correct of American presidents, continues to flog the fictional green economy, telling people that there's a great day a coming. But the Obama plan for a green economy has gone off the rails. It was supposed to bring energy independence—America is no more independent in its energy supply today than when Mr. Obama was elected. It was supposed to bring green jobs, jobs that "can not be sent offshore"—as we have just seen, when the economy sours the first jobs to go are green. It's time to wake up and smell the compost.
With the US economy possibly headed for a double dip recession and unemployment again on the rise, the time for such PC poppycock is past. Want good, green energy sector jobs? Build more nuke plants—they last for 25 years or more and provide steady high paying jobs while producing the energy the world needs. As long as green jobs mean political handouts the green economy will remain a stillborn monument to environmental delusions and political pandering.
Be safe, enjoy the interglacial and stay skeptical.
Adding Insult to Injury
For a perspective on the recent shake out in the US solar industry see this column by IEEE's Bill Sweet. Here is an out take:
Anybody reading headlines in the business press will have noticed that in photovoltaics, there's a whole lot of shaking out going on. Three significant U.S. manufacturers have gone under in the last month: Solyndra, Evergreen Solar, and SpectraWatt. Solyndra, a major beneficiary of U.S. government support, suffered the added indignity of having its offices raided by the FBI shortly after it announced bankruptcy.
Among the interesting things revealed is that Google, which is heavily committed to solar power for its own use, has discovered that solar panels need to be cleaned. Who would have thought that clean panels produce more power than dirty ones? (that was sarcasm).
Where the Jobs Aren't
Even the New York Times is attacking the whole green jobs con job. They say, in reference to politicians, "They try to use taxpayer money to create private jobs now. But they end up wasting billions."
Further proof of the failed green economy
And the green failures just keep on coming, unfortunately they are consuming large amounts of government (i.e. the people's) money. The latest major scandal is Solyndra, a major manufacturer of solar technology in Fremont, which has shut its doors. Backed by the Obama administration, who gave the company a $535 million loan guarantee from the Energy Department as part of the stimulus's green jobs push, the company's 1100 workers are now unemployed and the FBI has raided the corporate offices as part of an ongoing fraud investigation.
This should come as no surprise to those who regularly read this blog. This sad story reinforces the lesson learned by others at great cost—government's should not try to pick startup technology winners. As Nicolas Loris of the Heritage Foundation wrote recently:
Solyndra exemplifies the government's abysmal track record of picking winners and losers in the marketplace, and the solar company is not the only example of energy stimulus struggles. With a number of targeted energy tax credits set to expire at the end of this year or next, industry groups are lobbying hard for extensions. Especially given the U.S. fiscal situation, this is a time to end all energy subsidies—not to extend wasteful, market-distorting policies. When the government decides to favor a technology with subsidies, it's a good bet that subsidy 'winner' is a loser in the marketplace.
The green jobs envisioned by liberal academics in the Obama administration are not good jobs, for they are unsustainable. The only good jobs, the only real jobs are those created by the market place. Those jobs create wealth and add to the economy. Government created jobs destroy wealth by squandering taxpayer money on make-work activities. It is time to expose the myth of the "green economy" for what it is, a misguided attempt by politicians to bamboozle the public.
Evergreen Solar files for bankruptcy
Evergreen Solar Inc., the Massachusetts clean-energy company that received millions in state subsidies from the Patrick administration for an ill-fated Bay State factory, has filed for bankruptcy, listing $485.6 million in debt. Evergreen, which closed its taxpayer-supported Devens factory in March and cut 800 jobs, has been trying to rework its debt for months.
Story at http://www.bostonherald.com/business/technology/general/view.bg?articlei...
new IPCC report based directly upon a greenpeace "report"
here we have a greenpeace person "reviewing" his own reports for use in an IPCC report on renewables
words are failing me right now
Green Jobs for China
Our president today went to North Carolina to visit the Cree factory for producing LED lights to replace incandescents. GREEN jobs were touted as the biggie from this effort. Unfortunately about half of the Cree employees are located in China. That's called halfing down on stimulus spending, but not to worry, they love us in China (I hope). HHP
here is a good example of those "green" jobs
The formation of a Renewable Energy Rapid Response Team, co-led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy, to improve Federal coordination and ensure timely review of proposed renewable energy projects and transmission lines, to ensure that renewable energy can power cities and towns across America, and to increase reliability and save consumers money by modernizing the grid.
these must be those "green" jobs we have been promised
Aimed at building the necessary transmission infrastructure and developing and deploying digital information or "smart grid" technologies, these initiatives will facilitate the integration of renewable sources of electricity into the grid; accommodate a growing number of electric vehicles on America's roads; help avoid blackouts and restore power quicker when outages occur; and reduce the need for new power plants
this section at the top though really takes the cake. implying that by updating the grid alone will solve all those items is pure compost indeed!
and here i thought the biggest barrier to getting new renewable energy connected to the grid was the lawsuits by various environmental groups opposing the new power lines needed to connect them TO the grid. hmm.. maybe they are reviving tesla's idea of power distribution?? ;>)
I agree, once one gets past all the fluffy rainbow and unicorn feel goodiness of it all and really take a look at the reality, the only green aspect of it is the flow of real money from the average tax payer to a few people.
sadly it is exactly this poor economy that is making this truth known, instead of good old fashion intellectual honesty.


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OK, as I was repainting the armor, I began to question the accuracy of the proportion of this armor. Can someone verify the measurements for me? Are the chest pieces either too small or proportionally off? (See ruler in photos) Or have I been staring at this too long?
Original paint job from the artist who made the fiberglass armor:
Photo I used for weathering reference:
My repaint/weathering included creating blast dents using a dremel tool. Originally, the dents were only simulated using paint effects. I used the common Spruce Green suggestion followed with some black misting and sponged-on craft paint. Whaddya think? Good or bad?


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FODMAPs, Food and You
What are FODMAPs? Truth: Everyone eats FODMAPs and just about everyone experiences the digestive repercussions of FODMAP intolerance to some degree. FODMAPs are indigestible sugars that linger in the intestinal tract and become food for gut bacteria. In this environment, water is retained, gas is produced and GI discomfort manifests ranging from barely noticeable to severe symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Common IBS symptoms include bloating, painful abdominal distention, flatulence, constipation, diarrhea or both. If you've never heard of FODMAPs, … Continue reading