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Ethanol and Biorenewable Resources Expert to Lectureby Karen Handley • February 22, 2007 Share:
Wabash College invites you to hear Ryan West give a talk at 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, February 27, in Hays Hall, room 319. West is in charge of the BioTown USA project in Reynolds, Ind., and will be speaking about the implementation of biorenewable resources in Indiana. The title of West's talk is "Turning Challenges into Opportunities," and will cover Indiana's growing ethanol production.
West serves the Indiana Governor and Lieutenant Governor as the program manager for bioenergy development. West manages the team that is leading the way in ethanol, biodiesel, biomass, and other bioenergy projects.
West grew up in northwest Henry County (Ind.) and developed his love for agriculture on his grandfather's cattle farm. Active in the Shenandoah High School FFA, West was elected to serve the Indiana FFA as a state officer, promoting agricultural leadership throughout the state.
Upon the completion of the one year of service, West enrolled at Purdue University to study plant science. After a few years, West changed his major to pursue his goal of agricultural policy, graduating from Purdue with a degree in political science and a minor in Russian.
After college, West accepted a position with the Indiana House of Representatives, serving four state representatives and staffing the Agriculture and Environmental Affairs committees. With the development of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, West was named director of legislative affairs and policy.
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DxOMark measurements for lenses and camera sensors
What is vignetting?
Vignetting or light shading consists of the attenuation of light far from the image center.
There is a natural cause of vignetting: An object that is off-axis "sees" the aperture with a smaller solid angle (the apparent surface of the aperture stop as seen from the object's position). For large-aperture lenses, another phenomenon also impacts the illumination of the sensor in the image. In these cases, not all rays from an off-axis element that go through the stop of the lens will reach the sensor. Some of them will be blocked by mechanical elements inside the lens.
What does DxOMark measure?
DxOMark measures light vignetting by imaging an evenly-lit white target. Pixel values are retrieved from all parts of the image. The ratio of these values over the maximum value (usually the value at the image center) found in the image gives the vignetting measurement for each pixel. Vignetting is expressed in exposure value (EV): a variation of 1EV is an attenuation of a factor of 2.
We create a field map of the vignetting as well as an average radial profile.
We then extract a statistic such as the maximum value of vignetting found in the image, and then map it as a function of focal length and aperture value.
DxOMark displays the vignetting profile as a function of the distance to the image center. There is a profile for each focal length and f-number.
Vignetting is mapped in the image field. To facilitate comparison, attenuation is quantized every 1/3EV. There is a map for each focal length and f-number.
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In Beyoncé Deal, Pepsi Focuses on Collaboration.
FOR its campaign with Beyoncé next year, Pepsi doesn't just want to sign up the telegenic pop star for another TV commercial. It also wants to get into the Beyoncé business.
A limited edition Pepsi can developed in partnership between the beverage company and Beyoncé will first be seen in Europe in March 2013.
In an expansion of the recent marketing experiments that have brought PepsiCo ever closer to the music industry, the company has embarked on a hybrid project with Beyoncé that will include standard advertising like commercials as well as a multimillion-dollar fund to support the singer's chosen creative projects.
"Pepsi embraces creativity and understands that artists evolve," Beyoncé said in a statement. "As a businesswoman, this allows me to work with a lifestyle brand with no compromise and without sacrificing my creativity."
The campaign will coincide with a blitz of promotion for her next album, which has no title or release date so far but is expected in 2013. Sometime after she performs at the Super Bowl halftime show on Feb. 3 (also sponsored by Pepsi), Beyoncé will appear in a new TV ad — her fifth for the soft drink since 2002 — and her face will be on a limited-edition line of soda cans.
The less conventional aspects of the deal are meant as collaborative projects that indulge Beyoncé's creative whims, and might well have no explicit connection to Pepsi products. They are still at the brainstorm stage, but could include live events, videos, "a cool photo shoot" or almost anything else, said Lee Anne Callahan-Longo, the general manager of Parkwood Entertainment, Beyoncé's company.
For Pepsi, the goal is to enhance its reputation with consumers by acting as something of an artistic patron instead of simply paying for celebrity endorsements.
"Consumers are seeking a much greater authenticity in marketing from the brands they love," said Brad Jakeman, president of PepsiCo's global beverage group. "It's caused a shift in the way we think about deals with artists, from a transactional deal to a mutually beneficial collaboration."
The multiyear campaign is estimated at $50 million, the bulk of it for media placements and promotions around the world, and the remainder split roughly equally between Beyoncé's fee and what Pepsi calls a creative content development fund.
According to the tracking firm Kantar Media, PepsiCo and its archrival the Coca-Cola Company each spent about $148 million in the United States to advertise their soft drink brands in the first six months of 2012, across all measured forms of media, like television, print, digital and radio.
Over the last decade many consumer brands have been taking more active roles with artists, particularly in pop music. Converse, Red Bull and Toyota's Scion line, for example, have become as familiar in the music business as any label or concert promoter by paying to help create and promulgate music.
Bands always risk fan disapproval when shaking hands with big corporations. But with record company budgets diminished, Madison Avenue money is often seen as essential. PepsiCo has been part of this trend through Green Label Sound, a label financed through its Mountain Dew drink, which over the last four years has paid to release free music by under-the-radar groups like Matt & Kim and the Cool Kids.
"We recognize that there have been massive disruptions in music industry: lower investment in artist development, fewer points of distribution, financial constraints," said Frank Cooper, a top marketing executive in PepsiCo's beverage division who has been a force for such projects. "We look at those disruptions as opportunities for Pepsi."
These deals are not limited to music. In 2010, Jay-Z (Beyoncé's husband) teamed with Microsoft to promote his memoir, "Decoded." According to a case study led by Anita Elberse, a Harvard Business School professor, the publisher could contribute only $50,000 for marketing, but Microsoft paid $2 million for an elaborate scavenger hunt that promoted the book as well as its new search engine, Bing.
- She will tour in 2013.
- New music is happening within the next 6 weeks or so.
- Her untitled album will be out in the first quarter.
- She will star in a new Pepsi ad airing after the Superbowl.
- Pepsi and Beyoncé agreed on a $50 million deal to promote her new era.
- Beyoncé is the reason the Earth spins.
- Blue Ivy is set for life and so are her great, great grandchildren.
- Your fave better get her shit out the way by February.
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2009 Recruiting: Cameron Gordon
Previously: S Vlad Emilien, S Thomas Gordon, CB Justin Turner, CB Adrian Witty, LB Isaiah Bell, LB Mike Jones, LB Brandin Hawthorne, DT Will Campbell, DE Anthony LaLota, DE Craig Roh, OL Michael Schofield, OL Taylor Lewan, and OL Quinton Washington.
|Inkster, Michigan - 6'2" 211
|4*, #36 WR, #233 overall
|Other Suitors
|Michigan State, Iowa
|Jason Avant, or maybe Prescott Burgess
|Previously On
|Hello: Cameron Gordon
|Teammate of 2010 QB commit Devin Gardner
Of all the recruits in Michigan's 2009 class, Cameron Gordon is the one with the most uncertain position. You'll note he's been filed under the skill recruits here and that both Rivals and Scout have him listed at wide receiver. However, Gordon's rangy linebacker frame brings the conversation back to his potential on defense time and again.
Here's an example:
Moving down to Nos. 8 and 9, Inkster's Cameron Gordon flip-flopped positions with Grosse Pointe South tight end Reid Fragel thanks to his impressive defense for the Vikings. At 6-2 and 215 pounds, he has impacted a number of games with bone-jarring hits while playing linebacker or strong safety.
ESPN says coaches on both sides of the ball will "fight for him" but spends most of its scouting report focusing on his defensive talents:
Could potentially tip the scales at the 215-range making defense a strong possibility. You would never now he was a flashy wide receiver when watching him pursue the football as a hybrid safety/outside linebacker. He chases plays down with good range, burst and intensity. A strong tackler who displays good upper-body strength dragging down ball carriers from behind. Covers a ton of ground quickly with little wasted motion. Has a long stride and can make plays sideline-to-sideline.
They do mention the one consistent complaint about Gordon's skillset, saying top-end speed is a "question mark" and he lacks "great initial burst with the ball." He's the opposite of Jeremy Gallon.
Allen Trieu echoes (note: original article is now behind a paywall. I quoted it in Gordon's commit post):
"Cameron has great tools," said Trieu. "On offense, his size and strength create matchup problems, plus he has good hands. On defense, he finds the ball well and is a big hitter. His only drawback would be that he isn't a true burner as far as the receiver position goes. That would limit his potential on offense. I think he could play either position well in college, but it will likely come down to what a particular school needs. If I had the luxury of choosing, I'd want him at linebacker."
On the other hand, local preps blog Next Generation Sports saw his potential at WR:
Cameron Gordon, Inkster- had a quiet day but was still efficient because he opened the field up for other receivers by drawing double coverage every play. He's so big and fast but I was most impressed by how hard he runs every possible route.
More from NGS:
Cameron Gordon, Inkster- Gordon is just too physically gifted for the high school level and he's just as good of a OLB/safety as he is a receiver. He gave Gardner a huge block 40 yards down field on the long TD run, he made a heck of a play on his INT, and his 42-yard catch displayed great hand-eye coordination.
Gordon's stats were nice on offense (49 catches for 863 yards, almost 18 per) but eyepopping on D: 126 tackles, five sacks, and five interceptions. Judge for yourself in this highlight reel featuring plays from both sides of the ball:
(Yes, that's Devin Gardner doing the throwing.)
This correspondent's opinion: the rumor was that Michigan's offer came late because Gordon was insistent he was a wide receiver, and once he started opening up like so…
"I feel I am a football player, so it really wouldn't stop me from going to a school if I had to play defense," Gordon said. "This is my first year playing safety and I really like that position, too. I still am a receiver, but it's not something that will hold me back from going to a college."
…Michigan promptly sent him a letter. Or once Michigan sent him a letter, he started opening up. Though neither linebacker or wide receiver is particularly deep right now, a quick glance at the recruiting board shows five WR and zero LB commits. Most analysts think his potential is higher on defense, where a lack of hot burning speed won't hold him back as much.
When Gordon committed I thought he had a 75% chance of remaining on offense, but the WR recruit flood has changed my mind. I think Gordon's headed for linebacker in six months or a year. In a futile attempt to forestall RCMB posters from posting things like "Rodriguez LIED, Cam Gordon DIED lol I'd hit it" let's point out that Michigan was explicit that they were bringing him in as an athlete (link ibid):
"(Michigan) offered me," Gordon said. "They mostly said how they want to sign me and that I'll be able to play both sides, just depending on what side is best for me to play for their team."
Right now that side appears to be defense; Michigan has a couple of possession receivers in the works and should be fine until the wide receiver cavalry shows up next year.
Etc.: Transferred to Inkster to play for Greg Carter; Trieu interview w/ more highlights.
Why Avant or Burgess? Bulky 6'2" wide receiver who will push 215 and lacks deep speed == Avant. Rangy linebacker who needs to put on 20 pounds, switch positions (sort of) and probably struggle with the mental part of being a college linebacker for a while == Burgess.
Guru Reliability: Low. One major outlier amongst three votes and it appears that the sites have rated him at a position he's probably not going to play in college.
General Excitement Level: Moderate. Two of three services say "eh," and the position uncertainty strikes me as a guaranteed waste of a year at WR.
Projection: Moves to linebacker halfway through his freshman season and hopefully hasn't burned his redshirt by then. Then he'll have one more year to wait behind Mouton before challenging for that OLB spot. Tough to say whether he'll be better than Jones or Hawthorne or Demens by then.


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Wings down Ducks in OT; Game 7 on Sunday
Detroit, MI – Henrik Zetterberg scored the winner 1:04 into overtime as the Detroit Red Wings survived a late collapse to take a 4-3 win over the Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 of this Western Conference quarterfinal series.
Detroit had blown a two-goal lead late in regulation, but forced a deciding Game 7 when a left circle faceoff win saw the puck eventually get to Zetterberg, who blasted a big shot from the top of the left circle that went through a Justin Abdelkader screen and sailed past Jonas Hiller.
"We started to feel the frustration when the puck doesn't go in, but at the same time we've been doing a lot of good things on our line," said Zetterberg. "We just keep at it, keep shooting the pucks, and the pucks will go in eventually. Today, I don't think they were two of my hardest shots, but they found a way to go in."
The series will be decided in Anaheim, as the Ducks host Game 7 on Sunday night.
Zetterberg posted two goals and an assist, Pavel Datsyuk had a goal and two assist and Daniel Cleary notched the other marker for the Red Wings, who got 34 saves from Jimmy Howard.
Emerson Etem, Kyle Palmieri and Bobby Ryan all scored for the Ducks, who saw Hiller give up all four goals on 29 shots.
The only goal of the first period went to Detroit at the 18:48 mark. Holding the puck deep along the left boards, Zetterberg sent a short pass to Datsyuk, who took the puck on the backhand from the left circle to the slot, avoiding a defender before snapping home a backhand for his second of the playoffs.
Howard held the lead three minutes into the second when he made a tough stop off a Teemu Selanne chance down low off a 2-on-1 break, but the Ducks did tie the game later in the frame.
The Wings appeared to catch a break as Palmieri's shot from the right wing on the fly hit the post, but it bounced out front where it hit off of Brendan Smith and went in for Palmieri's third of the playoffs at 11:31 of the second.
Detroit, though, went back on top at the 6:19 mark of the third as Zetterberg's slap shot from the top of the left circle beat Hiller through a screen for a 2-1 lead.
The Red Wings then gave themselves some breathing space as a quick shot from Justin Abdelkader along the left boards hit off of Cleary providing a screen of Hiller with 8:30 to play, but the Ducks rallied to tie the game.
The first goal came off a bad turnover as Valtteri Filppula took the puck behind his own net and from the left side he sent it back the other way. The only person there, though, was Etem and he tucked the gift in to make it a 3-2 game with 3:28 to play.
It took less than a minute for the Ducks to tie the game as Francois Beauchemin sent the disc from the right boards over to the front where Corey Perry got a stick on it and Ryan slammed it home for his second of the playoffs.
"I told the guys after the first period that we're playing not to lose instead of playing to win and you can't play like that," said Washington head coach Bruce Boudreau said. "We didn't do it the same way we came out in overtime, and I said we had to continue playing the way we did at the end of regulation. But maybe we'll learn from our mistakes, and we've still got one more to go."
Game Notes
There has been four overtime games in the series, three of which were won by Detroit ... This will be the 23rd Game 7 in Detroit postseason history, while the Ducks will be playing in their seventh ... These two teams had a Game 7 once before in the 2009 semifinals, which the Red Wings won ... Anaheim didn't have a power play in the game while the Red Wings went 1-for-3.


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Moto E Smartphone Brings Down Flipkart
All it took was a phone to bring down the house.
Flipkart Internet Pvt., the sole Indian retailer for Motorola Mobility's latest low-priced smartphone, saw its online shopping site crash within minutes of the $117 phone going on sale Wednesday evening.
I stayed up well past my bed time to try and score a new Moto E phone – so I could retire my Sony Xperia bought two years ago.
The Moto E was launched in India and I wanted to experience first-hand the joys of owning a low-cost smartphone.
It is also the third Motorola smartphone to be sold exclusively on Flipkart—commonly referred to as India's Amazon— after the pricier Moto G and Moto X models that were launched in February.
A spokeswoman for Flipkart did not disclose how many orders they received for the smartphone but in less than a day of the Moto E's phone debut on Flipkart it sold out.
The midnight crash of the online shopping site is a repeat of a February crash from a surge in orders for the Moto G model.
Two models of the Moto G cost $208 and $233, and the top-end Moto X model is priced at $400. Flipkart sold 500,000 units of the Moto G alone, Motorola executives said.
At the stroke of the midnight hour, Flipkart started flashing a message asking buyers to refresh their computer screens. Not to be outdone, I opened the Flipkart App on my smartphone to get ahead of the virtual queue.
By the time the Flipkart site started displaying an error and a garbled message, I was already on my way to ordering a brand-new Moto E on my smartphone. But I was forced back online to check on my order, which it failed to reflect for a few agonizing minutes. So I called their customer helpline to track my purchase.
"Even we are facing difficulty in accessing our computers and answering customer calls," the rep said, confirming the higher-than-expected demand for the new smartphone.
One would have expected Flipkart to have better technology in place after the February website crash and in anticipation of demand for the new Moto E.
A spokeswoman for Flipkart said they'd scaled up their infrastructure in anticipation of a spike in the phone sale "but the pace at which the Moto E purchases shot up at midnight caused the checkout process to slow down for about 30 minutes."
Still, if Motorola wants to make a comeback in India's intensely-competitive cellphone market, it should really address such loose ends.
The dual-sim phone has a 4.3-inch display and runs Google's Android Kit-Kat software. It is powered by a 1.2 gigahertz dual-core processor, and a battery which the company claims will last up to 24 hours.
[The reporter unpacked the phone after it reached him on Thursday afternoon.]
-- R. Jai Krishna contributed to this post.
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So, ladies! There have been over the years a few fashion fads which blew into town and faded away just as quickly as they came. Some lasted more than a season to blind us another day. Fashion fails are mostly perpetuated by chain stores like Legit, Mr Price, Edgars, Truworths and their like And now […] Continue reading →


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The small, slow ski carpet takes the little ones gently up the hill. Wave tracks, small jumps, the Dino car, figure cars and slalom runs make for a fun approach to skiing.
Once the little ones manage the first basic principles of skiing, there is no stopping them.
Should the kids get tired of skiing, they can slide down on an inflated tire, romp about in the Igloo or play area or make use of the toboggan run.
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Weller is in his fifth seasons as head coach of the men's lacrosse team team at the Coast Guard Academy as they make the transition to varsity this year following a very successful run as a club team.
Coach Weller had led the Bears to a record of 40-12 in his three
seasons and last season was named the MCLA and PCLL Coach of the
Year as the team received its first ever berth to the MCLA National
Tournament and won its first ever MCLA tournament playoff game. The
team finished with a record of 12-3.
Weller, a graduate of Hofstra, with a degree in Business, played Division I lacrosse for the Flying Dutchmen.
Prior to coaching at the Coast Guard Academy, Weller retired from Mitchell College and Ledyard High School having served as head lacrosse coach at both schools. He compiled a 64-35 record over 12 seasons at Ledyard and earned the State of Connecticut High School Lacrosse Coach of the Year honors in 2005.
While at Ledyard High, he started both the boys and girls lacrosse programs as well as the Ledyard Youth Lacross League for childenr in second through eighth grade.
Gary is an Army veteran, serving both the 173rd Airborne Division and the 25th Infantry Division, where he was awarded the Purple Heart, Medal of Valor and the Combat Infantryman's Badge.
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Bill to require state gun owners to buy insurance finds few friends at hearing
Hartford - The deadly force of a gun should be treated like the deadly force of a car, said state Sen. Beth Bye, D-Hartford, as she recalled hearing a parent speaking last month at a Newtown public hearing.
That is part of the reason, Bye told members of the legislature's Insurance and Real Estate Committee Tuesday, that she worked on a bill to require firearms owners to purchase personal liability and self-defense insurance.
"I think that there are community risks affiliated with having a gun, just like there are community risks affiliated with driving a car, which can be a deadly vehicle," she said.
But for the most part, Bye was on her own at Tuesday's hearing before the committee. The majority of people who testified said driving a car was a privilege, whereas owning a gun was a right under the Constitution. They also said requiring insurance would mean law-abiding citizens had to pay more.
A representative for the insurance industry said accidents due to firearms are already covered under homeowner's or renter's insurance. The insurance industry would not cover intentional, willful or criminal acts, said Susan Giacalone, counsel for the Insurance Association of Connecticut.
According to the bill, someone would need to obtain self-defense insurance to provide coverage for civil and criminal defense costs in the event the person used a firearm in self-defense. If gun owners did not maintain this insurance, according to the bill, they would be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
"To me, that is one of the most egregious parts of this bill," said state Rep. Rob Sampson, R-Wolcott. "That we are going to require people to have insurance for their actions in self-defense."
Sampson said he has previously introduced legislation to expand Connecticut's "castle doctrine," which permits someone to use reasonable force, including deadly force, to defend property, themselves or another person.
Bye said if the committee decided to strip the self-defense part of the bill, she would understand.
"My big, broad-based goal for the chairs to understand is that we look seriously at requiring gun owners to have insurance because … we know that they cause injury," she said.
People are dying from guns, and there are costs associated with these deaths, she said. Insurance companies could determine if people were a high risk, she suggested. For example, if they had incidents of abuse in the home, they would pay higher insurance rates, Bye said.
If the state were to mandate insurance for intentional or criminal acts, the government would have to provide coverage because the insurance companies would not take those high-risk people, Giacalone said. The state would end up doing more harm to the liability landscape of Connecticut, she said.
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No spoilers.
I enjoyed it. It's definitely possible the movie will irritate a certain amount of the fanbase, due to the choices made. I think they did a good job of telling a story in the Trek universe, but making it diverge in interesting ways.
I really enjoy the actors chosen as the main characters, and although the movie was uneven in places, it was still well done, enjoyable.
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I am glad you enjoyed this one, zapranoth, as there are few things worst than laying down your hard earned money on a movie you think you might enjoy, then finding out that you didn't like it.
I, on the other hand, have no interest in seeing it, as I saw the one before this, and I didn't like what they did to the characters.
As for the fanbase maybe being upset, this is not the only recent movie, where the fanbase is upset. Browsing other boards, the fanbase for "Iron Man" is seemingly upset with the way that the characters, especially Mandarin, are portrayed in "Iron Man 3."
And I think we might see more of this, as moviemakers have seemingly increasingly started making movies for the masses, with the changes they think are needed, as opposed to making movies for the fanbase.
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As I have little knowledge or memory of the original Star Trek beyond the main characters and the first movie, the new ST movie lost nothing for me. I'm looking forward to Into Darkness as a continuation of that 'universe', apart from really liking JJ Abrams' work.
It seems difficult for Hollywood to please the camps of the mainstream audience and the existing fanbase. Even George Lucas got into trouble with this when he shot the second Star Wars trilogy - not to mention his egregious edits of later versions of the original trilogy.
Disappointingly, I understand Marvel's decision to portray the Mandarin as they did in IM3, considering today's political climate. It's a bit ironic, as the Mandarin character was a product of THAT sociopolitical climate, too. But I cannot forgive Fox for their complete backyard abortion of Dr Doom in the FF movies, as it was an unnecessary dumb-down of a very deep character.
Back to Into Darkness: I haven't seen it yet, as work is going bananas, but as soon as a time slot opens I will be there.
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I saw it this weekend and I really enjoyed it! I'm definitely not a lifelong ST fan - prior to this weekend, the only real ST exposure I had was when they showed the cartoon on Nickelodeon back in the '80s. I had never seen any of the versions of the tv show or the prior movies. I hadn't even seen the 2009 Abrams movie until a couple of days ago when we watched it in preparation for the sequel.
I think I may have even liked this second one more than the first (although, from what I hear, I'm in the minority there), but both of them are pretty good popcorn flicks, even for the uninitiated.
In reading my comments above, I realize that I actually didn't particularly contribute to the conversation. "Hey, let's go see the new Star Trek because that guy JayJay said it was pretty good but didn't qualify his comments with any reasoning." "I'm in."
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Quote from: JayJayM12 on May 20, 2013, 01:58:27 PM
In reading my comments above, I realize that I actually didn't particularly contribute to the conversation. "Hey, let's go see the new Star Trek because that guy JayJay said it was pretty good but didn't qualify his comments with any reasoning." "I'm in."
I don't know...reading "Hey, I enjoyed it" is as reasonable a reason to see a movie based on what someone else said as any film school analysis.
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I'm in!
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"I'm in!".................... as soon as June gets here, that is.
But, be that as it may, those of us who did make it have an obligation to build again, to teach to others what we know, and to try with what's left of our lives to find a goodness and a meaning to this life.
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I just saw this yesterday. I feel the same way about this movie that I did about the first one. It was a good movie and lots of fun to watch, but I
the lens flares. Every time there's a scene on the bridge the characters faces get partially covered by lens flares. Drives me up the freaking wall!
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Thought the first one was a blast and so went in with a couple of friends expecting a great time. We all thought it was a huge disappointment. Apparently we are not the majority as the theater clapped at the end and critics seem to love it so take that with a grain of salt.
-Hated the 3d
-Too much repetitive constant action. There are several set pieces here which we have already seen in the previous remake as well as in other films. I think abrams feels if theres not action every couple minutes that ppl would get bored for me the effect was the opposite.
-Writing quality has gone down significantly here, I have no comprehension of how ppl accept this in star trek: I D but despised Lindelof's work on Prometheus. It's the same writer and all the plot/character inconsistencty problems in that movie are worse here.
-The comic relief that was in the first film is here, but it's 10x more annoying this time through.
-The lens flares didn't bother me this time through because they were largely replaced by dutch angles for no reason at all.
I absolutely despised this movie, but as I said I am clearly in the minority although I have seen some online reviews that echo my complaints. The worst movie I have seen all year, and because I decided to treat 2 friends it was a 60 plus dollar bad movie experience!
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Quote from: Bushma on May 22, 2013, 10:54:51 AM
I just saw this yesterday. I feel the same way about this movie that I did about the first one. It was a good movie and lots of fun to watch, but I
the lens flares. Every time there's a scene on the bridge the characters faces get partially covered by lens flares. Drives me up the freaking wall!
You can blame a South African for those lens flares: Daniel Mindel ASC is responsible.
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As a long time Trekkie, I have really enjoyed both of these "reboot" movies. Very well done, and the casting is perfect! The homage to WRATH OF KHAN is very impressive.
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I liked it! 4/5.
*Generally well-plotted, it kept moving and had some unexpected twists.
*Didn't notice any lens flare until the end credits.
*I liked that there were some parallels with contemporary moral dilemmas, i.e. the use of unarmed drones/photon torpedoes to kill terrorist fugitives.
*Alice Eve doesn't do much in the story, but she sure is yummy! Not sure if they can develop her character beyond eye candy.
*I still think the Uhura/Spock romance is a horrible, horrible mistake.
*This may be crazy, but I'm starting to think Zachary Quinto makes a better Spock than Leonard Nimoy!
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Finally got time to see it, just yesterday, and I was really happy. Although it departs from the usual Star Trek pace and makes it into an action scifi movie, it brings the Trek universe up to date and introduces some old adversaries into the new timeline.
There's a great clip on YouTube that puts lens flares into original classic Star Trek footage!
I quite like lens flare, and in a behind the scenes look at the making of Into Darkness, you can see JJ beside the camera, waving a powerful spotlight across the lens to create more flare. That screen-wide anamorphic lens flare is quite attractive, I think, and you can see it in so many movies. Even recent movies like Total Recall (2012) are full of anamorphic lens flares. Although I have to admit that it was a little overdone on the bridge scenes.
+1 that Alice Eve is yummy! The momentary 'fan service' scene is gold. Benedict Cumberbatch is a fantastic villain, playing it with a fierce and cold intensity that I haven't seen from an actor in a long time.
There was a fair bit of effort made to incorporate what I think were classic Trek references and moments, but as I do not have a deep Trek knowledge, I cant' opine whether these were well done or not. The plot twist was unexpected but not unforseeable, if that makes sense, but it was still good.
Overall, I really like it, and I'll be happy to lay down cash when the inevitable blu-ray is released.
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Saw ALIAS:STAR TREK, have no plans to see this. There's something to be said for sticking with an established mythos, and this one should never have been debased in this way, any more than Superman should've knocked up Lois Lane out of wedlock, then ran like a scoundrel for five years, or Bruce Wayne should've soiled his father's name by insulting his friends, or allowing someone to die deliberately.
These changes are made to appease the lowest (in every sense of the word) common denominator, and are disgusting.
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Things I learned from this movie:
- Kirk is remarkably reluctant to take his shirt off.
- you can actually kickstart a spaceship
- the best place for a war room is high up in a skyscraper
Still, it is an enjoyable fun ride.
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I am quite pleased. Really, smug as a bug with a jug (or however you want to say it). I feel light, happy, content.
I made cheese.
No, not some hunk of aged goodness that was made to sleep for months in order to develop layers of complexity. But certainly a step above my straining yogurt! This time, I strained curds…curds that I can say I coaxed into being all on my own. Innocent looking, soft, dreamy, blindingly white curds. Curds a certain Miss Muffet would love to have. You see I used carabao's milk (carabao is our native water buffalo). It contains less water, more total solids, more fat (50-60% more!), and more protein than cow's milk!
Nestled in cheesecloth, these super-rich curds looked so the embodiment of tranquility that I wanted to curl up beside them in a tuffet and take a nap.
Ahem. Back in the real world, there was work to do and dinner to make, so I gathered the cheesecloth and made a makeshift drainer (tied the cheesecloth with cooking string and tied the ends to the handle of a small bucket so the cheesecloth with the curds were held suspended in mid-air while the curds drained in the bucket – it doesn't make sense I know but Mcgyver would be proud) and placed it in the fridge. And while I worked all day, my happy thought was my homemade carabao's milk ricotta, tucked away and ready for breakfast the next day.
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- 6 cups full cream milk (I used carabao/buffalo milk)
- 2 tablespoons white vinegar
– Place the milk in a sauce pan and heat until it reaches 80C (use a candy thermometer). When it reaches 80C, remove from the heat and add the vinegar. Allow to sit for 5-10 minutes or until curds form (mine took longer than 10 minutes).
– Line a colander with fine muslin or cheesecloth and place over a bowl. Using a slotted spoon carefully ladle the curds into the colander. Allow to drain for 5-10 minutes.
– Spoon ricotta into a glass or ceramic container and cover with plastic wrap. Store in the fridge for up to 1 week. (I kept mine in the draining contraption I put together until the next day)
The recipe didn't yield as much curds as I hoped it would, but they were rich and creamy and delicious. I had it for breakfast on a thick slice of sunflower bread, topped with fig preserves. The lack of a tuffet to sit on did not detract one bit from the heavenly experience of eating my own homemade ricotta.
Next time I'll be trying this recipe…also done here. I hope this method of heating buttermilk and regular milk together will give me more curds to enjoy 🙂
We escape the muggy city tonight with a group of good friends for a weekend of relaxing by the pool, easing some well-deserved cocktails into our work-worn bodies, and, of course, enjoying good food. I may even find myself a comfy tuffet in which I can burrow with a good book 🙂 Happy weekend everyone!


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You're looking into the last page too much. It's in no way the Beast of Darkness, since it only relates to Guts himself. The Beast of Darkness is used to symbolize Guts' revenge, deepest sorrows, and the immense hatred. It has no purpose in Casca's dream whatsoever.
Images of Guts and his assault on her are likely going to be present in Casca's dreams, as are the Eclipse and her rape at Femto's hands. In her current state, she probably can't even differentiate between the two. And if that's the case, then Schierke and Farnese, the two people who arguably have the most respect and admiration for Guts, may see him perform his most depraved act yet, which so far, only he and Casca know about. As if the process of curing Casca won't be painful enough.
I do think the imagery on the final page is supposed to be representative of the Beast and the Eclipse.
Great examples, and I do see what's being said here. But I don't think the Beast will actually be revealed at all in Casca's dreams, unless it somehow manifests because of Schierke's previous dealings with . Since this will be in Casca's deep suppressed thoughts and memories, I feel the main focal point of her thoughts will be of the Eclipse, since this event was the direct cause of her mental condition now.Casca has always shown to be afraid of Guts immediately after he wakes up from the Eclipse. I don't know if it's been fully explained as to why she showed this much animosity towards him from the start, even before his consumed hatred took control of him to take aggression/frustration out on her.
The big question is whether she's trapped in a nightmarish scenario, or has fashioned an alternate reality where it didn't happen.
That opens the question of the happier moments though, and much more importantly, of her son. Will he be there at all? If this includes post-Eclipse events, then I can't imagine that he won't be. He's too important to her. But those inclusions aren't guaranteed.
I wonder if Schierke's dream, in addition to everything else, is also a reminder to the reader that she's still very young, and whether that could play a part in what's to come.
I wonder what Farnese thinks about Mozgus now, does she still respect him since she's using him as a scrubbing stone, or does the fact that he is a scrubbing stone mean that he's something mundane and meaningless?
Completely off the wall theory, but maybe the beast has grown into some sort of memetic creature that bleeds into other subconscious. It sort of works with Danans offhand comment about the connection between dreams and the spirit world. But personally I'm not feeling it.
However, that panel could still symbolize Guts' eye. You know how? Because him looking at her, seeing her in that vilified state, being powerless and abused, is the last thing she experienced before her consciousness faded. Much like Guts' last sight, forever burned into his dead right eye, was of her being raped... Her last memory is of him watching her... of that shame and guilt? Remember her words: "don't look". Only six months and we'll know.
An interesting thought on how dreams are actually a part of the astral world: If they visit the eclipse and the God Hand in Cascas dreams, can the God Hand there sense them and interact since its more than just a memory? Perhaps a nightmarish gateway to Elfhelm. That could be terrifying.
So are they actually seeing a child's drawing in her dream? Or is that more for us readers?
psychedelic magic mushrooms as opposed to some spell she casts
Lastly, and I mean no disrespect here, does anyone think Miuras art style has taken a pretty dramatic turn as far as character design? Especially with Guts.
Its pretty interesting that Miura has chosen to link the Eclipse with an eye again
The black sun cruelly becomes his psychological replacement that only replays scenes of horror and loss. And it could be a way to represent the nature of apostles and the God Hand as forbidden knowledge, or a symbol of the new perspective of Griffith and the world that he was forced to witness. When you apply the imagery to Casca you lose that literal connection that grounds the metaphor, and you can only connect it with the more abstract meaning, which doesnt hold as much water.
And while this eye is very different to the jagged lightning scar associated with Guts, that row of blowing flower petals is making it really hard not to see the beast grinning in there. Completely off the wall theory, but maybe the beast has grown into some sort of memetic creature that bleeds into other subconscious.
The sequence beginning the dream sequence is pretty confusing. One moment the characters appear regular sized and the next theyre smaller than Ivarella. Is it some sort of Alice in Wonderland style moment to indicate the dreaming has begun? Because theres a much more fitting transition for that afterwards. So its actually happening?
So are they actually seeing a child's drawing in her dream? Or is that more for us readers? I think it should also be noted that the style in Schierke's own dream appears to be more childish, especially compared with Farnese's right after.


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How Can You Reduce Your Electricity Bills by Solar Energy
How Can You Reduce Your Electricity Bills by Solar Energy
There has been lot of talk about "How Can You Reduce Your Electricity Bills by Solar Energy" everywhere in the media, internet and your friend circles through word of mouth. Yes you are right! That is the new Mantra to reduce your electricity bills by harnessing the power of sun; i mean Solar Energy.
Every month you in all probability must be paying between Rupees 1000 to 2000 per 150 units of electricity consumed to the electrical company, and generally extra in the event of you personally hold a big house with electricity load. You would possibly assume that it is unavoidable except you need all of the meals in your fridge to go unhealthy, however its not. In Today's ultra modern time, one can not remain without electricity or grid power. How a person could remain without use of Air-conditioner, coolers, fridge, room heaters, water heaters in extreme weather conditions, leave alone use of multimedia gadgets in the house. There are low cost and simple methods to drastically scale back your electricity invoice with out altering your way of life. You can produce some or the entire electricity that your property uses your self by means of harnessing the power of sun; I mean solar energy.
If you produce electricity your self, your dwelling can use that as an alternative of buying it from the electrical company, which normally charges heavily as per the quantity you use. Every kilowatt hour you produce is a kilowatt hour that you just wouldn't have to purchase, and there are a number of methods to make electricity.
How Can You Reduce Your Electricity Bills by Solar Energy with Govt Subsidy
The first and foremost means is solar panels by harnessing the power of Sun. Over a period of time, the Solar panels have now become reasonably cheaper due to productions of solar PV at large scale. Leave the cheap methods of Do it yourself stuff since that kind of products would not run for 25 years or so. The modern photo-voltaic PV are produced in a much faster way and warranted for 25 years as well as available at reasonable price in the market in abundance. You can always contact an expert Solar Energy Consultant in your local area to get an analysis of your electrical bills so that your requirement of solar power plant could be assessed on the basis of your consumption of electricity. Normally a solar power plant equivalent to your sanctioned load would be sufficient to reduce your electrical bills to the tune of Ninety percent. For this an On-Grid Rooftop Solar power plant could be installed with string inverter and net metering facilities for which you would also be eligible for 30% Solar Subsidy as decided by Ministry of new and Renewable Energy i.e. MNRE, Government of India. Availability of Solar Subsidy differs from State to State since 30% Centrally provided subsidy is controlled and regulated by the State Nodal Agencies i.e. SNA through District Authorities the final CFA competent to disburse the subsidy to the beneficiaries. Govt of India, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy MNRE with the help of SNAs have simplified the procedure of applying and disbursing of subsidies through online web portals to practice the transparency in the system.
Since electricity needs an expert technician to handle to avoid any kind of untoward incident hence it is more or less becomes mandatory to always hire the service of Solar Energy experts, engineers, technicians whenever you want to install solar panels on your rooftops. Do not depend upon your local electrician since Solar Energy science, techniques and methodology is very different than the knowledge of an common electrician. A common electrician may be good to install a battery and inverter at your house, however for installation of solar power plants you would always require the services of an expert engineer from the field of Solar Energy. The whole process would require online registration, application for subsidy, application for net metering and submission of subsidy documents to district authorities as well as digitally online alongside installation of solar power plants. You may like to install from 1 Kilowatt to 500 Kilowatt as per the sanctioned load of your house, institutions, schools, colleges, NGOs, Trusts etc. One kilowatt of solar power plant is sufficient to produce 4 to 5 units everyday and would save at least Rupees 1000 per month. It would require 110 Square Feet of space per kilowatt for installation. Residential, Institutional users alongwith reputed NGOs Trusts are eligible for solar subsidy to the tune of Rupees 20000 per kilowatt or 30% of the whole project cost which is less. Find more information about the Solar Energy Products to ascertain the facts about the type of solar power plants on product page of official website of DayRise Solar.
Initial cost for installation of solar power plant may be little bit higher, however in view of solar subsidies, bank loans, return of investment and present solar tariff, it is highly recommended to go for solar panels installation at your home, business, malls, school, colleges, universities, institutions, NGOs or dwellings. Though commercial users, industries are not eligible for solar subsidy, however they may like to avail grid-tied solar panel installation to reduce their electric bills along with benefits in tax to the tunes of 40% or as applicable as per the Government orders in vogue.
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Getting Your Electricity For Free
Getting Your Electricity For Free
This is not the first time when we are going to discuss about the modalities of Getting Your Electricity For Free by means of alternative energy. There are literally three important various sources for electricity: 1) The Sun, 2) The wind and No.3) Running water. Of course there are others however these are those you'll mostly discover options for on public sale websites resembling eBay. This information reveals what it's important to search for when making your shopping for selections.
More the Volts, more the power and it is better for your household. The first and most essential factor to recollect is that the decrease the voltage of the system you purchase, the thicker wires you may be needing for it. The motive for that is primarily based on a quite simple piece of math known as Ohm's legislation which states that voltage equals present instances resistance. Therefore you probably have a daily mains wire at 120 volts and able to dealing with 60 amps of present – should you then select to run a 12 volt power supply by means of this wire you'll solely be capable of carry 6 amps. To get the identical quantity of electricity by means of a wire at 12 volts you would need to have a wire able to supporting 600 amps. Because of Ohm's legislation should you lower the voltage 10 instances it's essential to multiply the present 10 instances to get the identical electrical throughput.
Even should you skipped by means of that little clarification, the outcomes of it are easy, you actually ought to attempt to purchase the very best voltage system you'll be able to. If you may get 24 volt panels as an alternative of 12 volt you'll have the scale of wire required – or if you may get a 48 wind turbine, the wire you have to will solely be 1/4 the scale it must be for 12 volts. This will prevent some huge cash on wire.
The solely draw back is that this. Lower voltage panels and gear are typically cheaper as they had been designed to run on normal automobile batteries. The increased voltage gear you purchase, the much less you will see and the extra it'll value. Therefore, when what's available it is best to weigh up the completely different prices of kit and wiring. This means get a great estimate for a way a lot wire you'll be needing first and discover out the costs you should purchase it for.
Let me make it very clear about the requirement of batteries. If your house is electrically connected with the Grid, then you must opt for On-Grid Rooftop Solar Power Plant which does not needs any battery since the Grid acts as storage. In case your load is connected to Grid but there are frequent outage of power, you may simply opt for an Hybrid solar power plant which provides battery backup during non-availability of Grid. The third option is left for the people who do not have access to the Grid and would like to remain Off-Grid. In such scenario, you need to get an Off-Grid solar power plant installed at your residence with battery backup system. If you aren't related to the power grid you could have just one alternative – it's essential to purchase batteries to retailer the power you generate so you could have it available for when the solar is out or at evening or when there is not any wind and many others. The finest batteries to purchase economically are golf cart batteries. They are designed to permit many deep discharges and recharges. Regular automobile batteries merely won't do – the lead in them might be used up and the batteries killed very quickly in any respect. Even marine batteries are nonetheless inferior to golf cart batteries (though they're so much higher than automobile batteries). Most golf cart batteries are 6 volts so you'll have to create strings of them in collection to make up the voltage of your system.
Alternatively, you probably have grid power you'll be able to really use the grid as your battery. When your alternate power supply is offering extra power you'll be able to promote it to the grid by spinning your meter backwards. However, this will value a number of thousand to get the proper gear as required by your power company. But then once more, shopping for sufficient batteries to maintain you going can value about 2/3 of that – and you'll have to exchange them each 5-7 years or so. So make your alternative. Some individuals have a smaller battery financial institution and in addition tie to the grid – this supplies electricity to your house when there's a grid power outage. However, it's the most costly of all three choices.
Generally, regardless that it might value extra, except you're skilled and assured with charging dozens of batteries safely (making certain the hydrogen fuel launched by them doesn't get ignited and is safely ventilated), and ready to keep up the electrolyte and distilled water ranges, it might be really useful to go for the grid tie system should you can – will probably be plug-in and overlook.
So, when you could have made your choice, in case you are going the battery route it is advisable seek for deep cycle batteries and power inverters that can invert out of your system voltage as much as 120 volts. If you're doing this your self you'll have some concept of the power consumption of your house. If it's about 3Kw then you definitely want a 3Kw inverter with 6Kw peak (to deal with excessive quick hundreds resembling motors in fridges beginning and many others). Many firms make inverters.
There are two important varieties: True sine wave inverters and modified sq. wave. Sine wave are one of the best and the most costly – however they're nearly as good or higher than the grid power provide, so all of your gear will run easily. Modified sq. wave inverters are so much cheaper however could make some hi-fi or TVs crackle. They may make some electrical motors resembling fan motors hum. If this annoys you, you may get suppressor units for a lot of household objects – or you'll have to switch a few of your objects for ones that deal with noisy power provides higher. The saving you'll make getting a less expensive modified sq. wave inverter may greater than fund changing a few of your much less tolerant home equipment.
If you're going for grid tie then merely search for grid tie techniques. They might be true sine wave to make sure you give the grid nearly as good a provide because it already carries.
If you could have south going through rooftops and at the least 5 hours of sunshine per day, solar ought to work effectively for you. Alternatively you should purchase mounts that connect to a pole and monitor the solar for you, wherein case solely your common day by day sunshine might be essential. If you could have wind above the nationwide common then wind generators are additionally one thing to think about. Beware although, some might be fairly noisy. Also, for finest outcomes it is advisable mount them excessive up and may have planning permission and many others. If you're fortunate sufficient to have a stream or river working by means of your land you could be ready (topic to any planning necessities or restrictions) to install the simplest power era gear of all. A hydroelectric turbine could be very straightforward to install, requires minimal upkeep, is much less topic to excessive wind issues and may generate plenty of power, relying on the water circulate. Still if you are not sure whether you should turn to Solar or Wind, you may like to visit product page of DayRise Solar Enerdy Pvt ltd to have a clear idea about the type of solar power plants. DayRise Solar takes pride in introducing itself as One Stop solution to all Solar Power requirements i.e SOLAR ENERGY SOLUTIONS, SOLAR POWER PLANT SOLUTIONS and SOLAR PRODUCTS. DayRise Solar Enerdy Pvt Ltd, Sonipat is an EPC Company based at Sonipat within NCR Delhi with ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 Certification and a dynamic venture growing leaps & bounds in the field of Solar Energy. DayRise have specialized in providing bespoke solutions to companies and corporate looking towards the future of energy i.e. New and Renewable Energy – Solar Energy
Having learn all of the above it is best to have a primary concept of what you are able to do to save lots of money in your electricity bills. But you actually should seek the advice of a certified electrician expert from DayRise Solar Enerdy Pvt Ltd. They will prevent a fortune on errors you'll doubtless make – plus they could effectively prevent from electrocuting your self. In conjunction together with your electrician it is best to be capable of draw up the specs for a cost-effective system that can pay for itself inside 5 years.
Do you wish to save plenty of electricity now – and now have much less of a draw in your various system when it is put in? Then seek for low energy bulbs and exchange each single incandescent bulb in your house. They will use 5-7 instances much less power and in addition final about 10 instances longer. In truth there are actually LED bulbs that use 10-15 instances much less power (although chances are you'll want a number of of them because the expertise continues to be younger and they don't seem to be as shiny as they are going to be). Even so – LED bulbs use so little power they are going to hardly spin your meter in any respect.
Also, get any guide thermostats in your house changed with programmable ones. Then you may get your heating and AC to activate and off once you select and at temperatures you select. You'll save a lot, far more than the price of changing your thermostats in simply the primary 12 months. And should you can stand it – don't heat your house above 68 levels and don't cool it bellow 82 levels (Use ceiling followers to chill the additional few levels down from there – followers use 10% of the power that an AC system does). Apparently each 1 diploma of heat or cooling you save reduces your power invoice by 7%. So a full 10 levels a lot of the 12 months will lower your invoice by 70%.
Oh, and did you fill all of the cracks round you dwelling the place there is a draft? That'll prevent large quantities of cash for simply the price of a number of tubes of caulk.
And, final however not least. When it is dry and windy unplug your garments drier and hold your washing on the road. For the quantity of power one hour of drying in a 6Kw drier uses you could possibly run a low energy 7 watt bulb giving off 40 watts of power for 857 hours. Or greater than a month. Put one other approach, you could possibly run 35 of those bulbs all day and evening for 24 hours for a similar quantity of power utilized in that one hour spin drier. But on a mildly windy day your garments will dry inside one hour on a washing line.
See how a lot free power mother nature provides to use ? Take it – it is yours! Go Solar , Go Green, Harness the power of Sun available in abundance everywhere everyday.
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