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What happened to Global Warming?
When I put my first above ground pool in around the late 90's we were able to open it in April and start swimming in May.
Now my pool is just opened and still not warm enough to swim in
I'd like some global warming back...
Well, combined with the effects of global warming and the fact that the Earth is shifting on its axis, I imagine this is only going to get worse over the next 10 years. Climate change is affecting the entire planet, like having 90°F temperatures in Alaskan Coastal towns right now, severe weather issues everywhere... huge tornadoes... melting ice caps... you name it, and it is probably going to happen even more.
It is a common error to assume that global warming means that it is getting warmer for you.
Think about it.... if it was just 2 or 4 degrees difference in temperature, nobody would care.
No, the main problem here is, that even those small adverage temperature changes do affect the global climate. And that might lead to significant changes into the climate for your region.
It is actually possible, that your local region would get "colder" while other temperate regions become quite hot.
This also can lead to natural disaster, not known in certain regions until now. Tornados are practically nonexistant in Europe..... but there are some predictions that state that in a few decades, this might not be true anymore.
The UK has more tornadoes per 1000Km³ than anywhere else, albeit not as severe (I've seen two this year )
Despite being much smaller, Europe has an average 700 tornadoes per year to the US' 1200.
UK is not in Europe...they use the pound, don't you know?
I've seen conflicting data on the issue...some sources say UK has more (per area), others say The Netherlands...but UK definitely has more if you ignore area....
Apparently Bangladesh has several, and they are pretty deadly...I imagine mainly because of the population density, though maybe they just have really really bad tornadoes...
We won't be after the referendum we are supposed to be having
blah blah conspiracy blah blah warming isn't real blah blah scientists are committing the biggest hoax ever blah blah
Thought I would get that out there before some random conspiracy nut comes in here trying to pass tinfoil hats around.
Gee, this thread isn't destined to become contentious and unpleasant. Nope, not at all.
Because this where these conversations always go:
The reason a tiny change in the composition of the atmosphere is troubling is because only a tiny % of the atmosphere is CO2 in the first place.
Yeah we can cut down forests and jungles and frack and drill baby drill and dump filth everywhere and kill each other with fun new murder weapons that are just Neat and Cool and arm other murderers who are the enemies of our enemies so they are our friends. Hate. Corporations plot behind our backs and let's bring in millions of new desperate peasants and send millions of jobs overseas to different peasants and boy oh boy the shareholders jump for joy! Weeeeee! Capitalism works !!!!!!!!! And who cares about paying taxes? Or the unemployed cuz it's all their fault. Let 'em starve. Bring in some new FERTILE drones that will fix everything, won't it?
Anyone notice the gigantic new and improved breed of tornado? Pehaps if we get a Cat 6 hurricane we'll all be convinced that we score an F in Planetary Management.
(Not sure what this had to do with our awesome game)
GO HEAT!!!!!!!! (Not global warming)
Could be it just got canceled due to lack of interest. Humor
There are too many variables to say one way or the other. Only on the large scale will any difference be noticable. It isn't so much the size as the power the storms pack. I just found out what a Derecho is. Straight line winds that sometimes follow a line of thunder storms that clock in at 80 to 100 miles an hour. That's bad enough and its normal!
Spoken like someone who watches way too much Fox News -- or Fox News-equivalent.
Believe it or not, many great scientists around the world believe the theory of global *cooling* to be a far more likely outcome, perhaps foreseeable even in our lifetimes to a small extent. I was lucky enough to hear both sides from said scientists giving lectures in college.
I'm not saying I believe 100% in one theory or the other; nor do I believe I'm qualified to claim I know. But just because one concept has obviously been drilled into your brain since day one (global warming), doesn't make every other concept you're not as familiar with any less credible. This is where both ignorance and intolerance stem from -- either way, it isn't fair to your brain. Please consider this next time before being so condescending.
It's not called Global Warming© any longer since the cold streaks hit. Now it's called "climate change".
Any weather pattern now, or lack of, is attributed to "climate change" regardless.
Isn't climate change a natural process while Global Warming was apparently man made.
I saw an interesting film a while ago called "Chasing Ice". http://www.chasingice.com/
In it James Balog makes some interesting if not thought-provoking points. Pictures do speak volumes more than words alone and his film is one of the less 'soapbox' type (he mostly lets his pictures do the talking). I found the film put 'climate change' and the debate(s) around the topic in an interesting light.
"Global Cooling, I mean, Global Warming, I mean Climate Change is real man. Why would Al Gore Lie to us? I mean hes only trying to make BILLIONS of dollars. If he was trying to make TRILLIONS, than I might think something is up."
Wasnt it Global Cooling in the 60's? Then it became Global Warming after the Earth didnt freeze into a giant snow ball. Anytime someone points out hypocrisies or mentions the Multitude of scientists that dont agree with climate change, the alarmists try to demonize you or make you out to be too stupid to comprehend reality. I think there were at least three articles alone in the past month about global warming alarmist scientist at a loss for why it appears the Earth has not been heating up in the past decade.
The Climate has been changing as long as the Planet has been spinning. It has frozen over and melted many times. Driving SUVS has as much effect on our planet as it does on others. None. Yet nearly all the planets are also experiencing the same changes we see here on Earth. Please explain that alone Alarmists. The funniest thing that gets me is Nearly every fear mongering article about global warming causing an excessive heat wave or storm, theres always an article just under it about the huge solar storm/flare hitting Earth.
A volcano could explode today and put the world into a global winter in a matter or days killing all vegetation and rendering us extinct in a matter of a few very short years. Giving all my money and freedoms to Al Gore wouldnt stop it for a gazillasecond. But dont tell that to the Cult of alarmist or they will want to exterminate you in the name of saving humanity.
the_Monk, those pictures and the short segments are certainly worthy of being considered art. I had the good fortune to see the Mendenhall Glacier before it ultimately disappears.
Actually, I never watch Fox News, as doing so will most likely promote "ignorance and intolerance". I've kept my mind open to climate denialists claims, but everytime a new denialist meme floats around the internet ("it's the sun", "it's cooling", "we'll be fine", "temperature record is unreliable", "the oceans can absorb all the extra heat", "there's no consensus", "climate's changed before", etc.), science is there to shoot it down. I'd love to read some papers from these "great scientists" that believe that the earth is cooling, but all the information I've been able to gather (scholarly journals) very clearly points to a man-made global climate change that will warm the planet to disastrous levels (for humans).
I'm sorry if I come off as a bit condescending, but I'm amazed (and quite tired) at the amount of Americans out there that believe AGW is a hoax just because they also vote for anyone with an 'R' next to their name. Skepticism is healthy, it allows us to challenge preconceived notions about our universe. Without it we would have never moved past how the earth is flat, etc. That word has been hijacked the last few years to mean "I don't believe in AGW and nothing you say, no amount of data, analysis and peer-reviewed literature you show me will make a difference." Pretty sad really, as skepticism is the opposite of ignorance. I'd like nothing more for these hoax claims to be true, as that means we can keep destroying forests, pumping pollutants into the atmosphere and plopping down strip malls anywhere we choose without consequences (well, the consequences of flooding all the coastlines anyways, we'll still have all the regular nastiness like cancer, emphysema and lung/heart disease, contaminated water supplies, etc. to deal with).
Being told the climate is cooling by people using critical thought, analysis, testing methods and producing repeatable results is great. Being told AGW is a hoax every time it snows is not.
Re: science and climate change, there's some very interesting stuff at http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2009/climate-change-a-consensus-among-scientists/
Media has been working very hard to make it appear as if there is some controversy here, some debate, as if some discussion was still taking place that may come down on either side. That is a falsehood. And unless you are one of those educated people working in the field, you are most likely not able to say that the existing consensus may be wrong. Far more likely, you have simply bought into the illusion and rhetoric employed by those who directly stand to benefit from nothing changing.
It's quite funny that the more "educated" people become the more they demonstrate a complete lack of common sense.
So far, there's been only one real answer to this topic. A nice common sense opinion without a backdrop of political bullshit.
Yeah you do come off as more than "a bit condescending". As I stated above, anytime someone doesnt agree with the alarmists, they try to demonize you or tell you that you are too ignorant to understand whats happening. Sounds to me like you are the intolerant one. Or is your intolerance ok?
True or false:
- The Earth has frozen over and melted many times in its entire history ::: True
- Other planets are also facing extremities in weather ::: True
- During the past years heat waves, many coincided with increased Solar activities ::: True
- "Climate scientists struggle to explain warming slowdown" ::: True
- Climate scientists were caught fudging data to show more of a warming trend than there actually was ::: True
With this, as well as much more evidence that leads to doubt about this alarmist nature, doubting the hysteria seems hardly "ignorant and intolerant" to me. You say "Skepticism is healthy". I guess it is only healthy until it disagrees with your perspective. Then, again, you go into your demonization of people who disagree with you by calling them "Flat Earthers". I must have some nerve to have a different opinion than you and the groups of people being paid by the government and special interest groups to find the results that they are pushing for.
But just because I dont believe in Global Warming doesnt mean I dont want to live in a cleaner environment. I think this is one of the biggest mistakes by climate alarmists. One, they unjustly think anyone that doesnt believe in their side, wants dirty air and water. Or that we are just controlled by the corporations. Thats just bull. The Alarmist crowd went about this the wrong way and should have focused more on Pollution instead of relying on weather as their battle cry. Should we be looking for cleaner and more efficient energy? Absolutely. But buying "Carbon Credits" does not clean the environment And doesnt prevent global warming/cooling/change. All it does is make Al Gore and his associates very wealthy. It also makes the population more poor and politicians more corrupt.
By disclaiming the first you clearly deny causality with the second.
Your head is in the sand if you think human's lust for energy/resource consumption is NOT affecting this planet's [and our] survival.
I have the supreme benefit of actually not caring about your opinion and that of others who deny the reality of human-engineered global warming....I am old enough to be dead soon enough that I'll avoid the few degrees average increase in temp that will economically destroy our current 'civilization'.
...and I don't have kids who would suffer either.
Just a simple hole in the ozone layer [thanks partly to CFCs] means Aussies can last about 20 minutes in the sun before frying. If the top half of the world suffered the same perhaps a few more people might just say...."fuck!" ....
Nah Jafo, we'd just invert our maps so Australia would be in the top half of the world...
I can't move to Australia just to have a pool.
Wish it would just be hotter here.
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AMERICAN MASTERS Series entitled Joni Mitchell: Woman of Heart and Mind.
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--Rachmaninoff's Variations On A Theme by Paganini [from the 1953 movie The Story of Three Loves*] and
--Edith Piaf singing Les Trois Cloches et les Compagnons de la Chanso (The Three Bells and the Companions of the Chanso).
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I'm goin' down in Louisiana, baby, behind the sun. So Muddy Waters would sing in his well-loved 'Louisiana Blues'. Muddy may have been looking for mojo hands in New Orleans, but he would have been totally unaware of Goldband Records in the neighbouring port of Lake Charles. By the turn of the 1960s, Eddie Shuler's tiny label was recording all kinds of local music, including some of the most authentic downhome blues anywhere.
Many pioneering blues record buyers first became aware of the Goldband brand of blues in 1965 when Storyville Records of Copenhagen released the LP The Louisiana Blues in its Bluesscene USA series. The album was compiled by the late Mike Leadbitter, the founding editor of Blues Unlimited and the visionary researcher of Louisiana music (and much else). This CD is dedicated to him.
The first side of the Storyville compilation was devoted entirely to Juke Boy Bonner, a one-man-trio (harmonica, guitar and drum). Until then he had just one Goldband 45 rpm release, Call Me Juke Boy / Can't Hardly Keep From Crying, and that was almost impossible to find. Juke Boy was an intense bluesman who wrote deeply personal lyrics. Four of his sides are enhanced by the delicious piano accompaniment of Katie Webster.
Katie also graced the gorgeous Ashton Savoy session along with a moonlighting Lazy Lester on harmonica. Savoy's vocal tracks are so good you could almost believe, in a whimsical moment, that they were recorded by Eddie Shuler's arch-rival Jay Miller. At the time, of course, Miller was producing quality Louisiana blues masters for the Excello label with his star acts Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim and Lazy Lester. The LP also featured two tracks by Big Chenier (Clifton's uncle), included here: The Dog And His Puppies and Going To The City.
And so Goin' Down To Louisiana spotlights all the key tracks from the Storyville LP, but that's not all. During our tape archive excavations we've turned up a whole session by Port Arthur, Texas, harmonica bluesman Al Smith - who was clearly influenced by Slim Harpo. Then there's a previously unissued cut by Big Chenier, a rare fiddle outing this-.-and an obscure LP version of Chicken Stuff by steel guitar ace Hop Wilson. This generous 30-track collection is rounded off by original 45 releases from pianist Tal Miller, Big Chenier and Hop Wilson. Goldband Records expert (and my co-compiler) Dave Sax has contributed a note based on a new interview with Eddie Shuler, together with a discographical listing.
If you listen to the old Storyville LP today, you will notice the low-fi sound - due in part to too many tracks being squeezed onto the album. Now you can hear these tracks in the best possible sound, although with Goldband it will never be the hi-est of fi (which is part of the label's enduring charm). As a sidebar, Storyville's Karl Emil Knudsen assisted greatly with this project by supplying the LP tapes that were no longer in the Goldband vaults. Muddy Waters would have been impressed at all these goings on behind the sun, deep down in Louisiana.
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After washing your hands, pre-heat the oven 180 degrees and roll out your pastry and dip your hands into the milk.
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Sprinkle three quarters of the cheese onto the pastry. Make sure you do this evenly!
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Apamarjana Kavacham
Apamarjana Kavacham
[Armour which Cleanses]
Translated by P. R. Ramachander
[This great armour occurs in Vishnu Dharmothara Purana. It is believed by chanting it and meditating on the manthra given in the end, our body and mind would get clean and we would get rid of all our diseases. I got this Kavacham from 49 Kavachangal, a book in Malayalam published by Vidhyarambham Press.]
1. Poorve Narayana pathu, Varijaksthu Dakshine,
Pradhymna paschime pathu, Vasudeva sthothare.
Let Narayana protect the east, Let the south be protected by lotus eyed one,
Let Pradhyumna protect my west and Vasudeva protect my north.
2. Isanyam Rakshathaad Vishnur, AAgneyam cha Janardhana,
Nairyuthyam Padmanabhasthu, vayavyam Madhu soodhana.
Let Lord Vishnu guard the north east, Let Janardhana protect south east,
Let south west be protected by the Lord who has lotus flower in his navel,
And let North west be protected by the killer of Madhu.
3. OOrdhwam Govardfhanoddhartha, hyadharayam trivikrama,
Yethabhyo dasa digbhyascha sarvatha pathu Kesava.
Let the one who lifted Govardhana protect the top,
And let the Trikrama protect what is beneath,
And let Kesava protect everything including these ten directions.
4. Yevam kruthwa dig bandham Vishnu sarvathra samsmaran,
Avyag rachitha kurveetha nyasa karma Yadhavidhi.
Thus after tying up all the sides and after meditating on Vishnu,
And then do the rituals as given below.
5. Angushtagre thu Govindam, Tharjanuyam thu mahidharam,
Madhyamayam Hrishikesa, anamikyaam Trivikrama.
Govinda at the tip of the thumb, the carrier of earth at the second finger,
Hrishikesa at the third finger and Trivikrama in the third finger.
6. Kanishtayam nyased Vishnum, kara prushte thu Vamanam,
Evam angulee nyasa paschad angeshu vinyased.
In the little finger think of Vishnu and back of the hand Vamana,
And after this ritual with fingers, do rituals of organs.
7. Shikayam Kesavam nyasya, mordhni Narayanam nyaseth,
Madhavam cha lalate thu Govindam broovor nyaseth,
Think of Kesava by touching the hair, Narayana by touching the head,
Think of Madhava by touching the forehead and Govinda by touching eye brows.
8. Chakshur madhye nyased Vishnum, Karnayor Madhu soodhanam,
Trivikramam Kanda mole, vamanam thu kapolaya,
Think of Vishnu in between the brows, And think of killer of Madhu in ears,
Think of Trivikrama in the neck joint and Vamana in the neck.
9. Nasarandhra dwaye chapi Sridharam kalpayedh Budha,
Utharoshte Hrisikesam Padmanabhama thada adhare.
The wise men imagines Sridhara in the two nostrils,
In the upper lips he imagines Hrishikesa and and Padmanabha in lower lips.
10. Damodharama dantha pankthou, Varaham chibuke thadha,
Jihwayam Vasudevam cha thalvoschaiva Gadhadaram.
He imagines Damodhara in the row of teeth, Varaha in the chin,
He imagines Vasudeva in the toungue and the wielder of the mace in the palate.
11. Vaikundam kara madhye thu Anantham nasikopari,
Dakshine thu bhuje vipro, vinyaseth Purushothamam.
Vaikunda in between the hands, and the endless one above the nose.
Parsaurama in the right hand, is thought of by the greatest among men.
12. Vame bhuja Maha yogim, Raghavam hrudhi vinyaseth,
Kukshou Prithwee dharam chaiva parswayo kesavam nyaseth.
Think of the great sage on the left hand, and Raghava on the heart,
The carrier of earth on the stomach and Kesava on the sides.
13. Vaksha sthale Madhavam cha kakshayor bhoga sayinam,
Peethambaram sthana thate, harim nabham thu vinisyeth.
Think Madhava on the bosom, and sleeper on the saint in the joints,
Think of yellow silk on the chest and Hari on the navel.
14. Dakshine thu kare devam Thatha sankarshashanam nyaseth,
Vama ripuharam vidhyath, kati madhye Janardhanam.
On the left hand think of the God and also imagine Sankarshana,
In the left side imagine the killer of enemies and Janardhana in between the waist.
15. Prushte kshithi dharam Vidhyad Achyutham skandayorapi,
Vama kakshou varijaksham, Dakshine jala sayinam,
On the back one who carries the earth, And Achyutha on the shoulders,
The God with lotus eye on the left abdomen and the one who sleeps on water in the right.
16. Swayambhuvam medramadhye, urvoschaiva Gadha dharam,
Janu madhye Chakradharam, Jangayor amrutham nyaseth.
The one who was born himself on the penis, and the holder of mace on the breast,
The one who holds the wheel in between knees and deathless one on the thigh.
17. Gulphayor Narasimham, cha padayor amrutha thwisham,
Anguleeshu Sridharam cha Padmaksham sarva sandhishu.
Narasimha(man lion) on the ankle, and the one who brought out nectar on the feet,
Sridhara on the fingers and the lotus eyed one on all joints.
18. Nakheshu Madhavam chaiva nyaseth Pada thale Achyutham,
Roma koope Gudakesam Krishnam Rakthasthi majjasu
Let Madhava be on the nails, and Achuyutha on the surface of the feet,
He who is hiding within us in the hair follicles and Krishna on flesh and bones.
19. Mana budhyorahankare Chithe nyasya Janardhanam,
Achyuthananda Govindaan Vatha pitha kapeshu cha.
Let Janardhana be on mind, intelligence, wisdom, egoism and thought,
And let Achyutha, Anantha and Govinda be on gas, phlegm and bile.
20. Evam nyasa vidhim kruthwa yath karyam Dwija thachrunu,
Pada moole thu devasya sankham chaiva thu vinyaseth.
After performing the rituals of Nyasa like this the Brahmin,
Would make the God hear the conch blown at his feet.
21,Vanamala hrudhi nyasya, Sarva devadhi poojithaam,
Gadhaam vaksha sthale nyasya Chakram chaiva Prushtatha,
After touching the chest thinking of the forest garland, worshipping all devas,
After touching the chest thinking of the mace, Touch the back thinking of the holy wheel.
22. Sri vathsa murasi nyasya panchangam kavacham nyaseth,
Aapadamasthakam chaiva vinyaseth purushothamam
Touch the chest thinking of Sri Vathsa, and touch the five organs using the Armour,
And then think of the portions from head to foot with Purushothama in the mind.
23. Yevam nyasa vidhim kruthwa SAkakshad Narayano Bhaved,
Thanur Vishnu mayi thasyai yath kinchchid na sa basathe.
Thus after doing the rituals of Nyasa, he would become the real Narayana himself,
All his body would be full of Narayana and w and nothing else will appear.
24. Apamarjanako nyasa Sarva vyadhi vinasana,
Aathmanascha parsyapi vidhiresha Sanathana.
This cleaning and purifying ritual would destroy all diseases,
And would make the soul divine and make it everlasting.
25. Vaishnavena thu karthavya sarva sidhi pradhayaka,
Vishnustha dhoordhwam rakshethu Vaikunto vidhiso disa,
It would make him dear to Vishnu and bless him with all powers,
He will be protected all along by Vishnu and he would take him to Vikunta.
26. Pathu maam sarvatho Ramo dhanwi Chakra cha Kesava,
EYethath samastham vinyasya paschan manthran prayojayeth.
Please protect me always Rama by your arrow and Kesava by your wheel,
After performing all this, use the mantra afterwards.
Adha Moola Manthra
Now the root chant
Om Namo Bhagwathe Klesapa harthre nama
Om Salutations to the God who removes all problems and sufferings.
27. Pooja kale thu devasya japa kale thadaiva cha,
Homakale cha karthavyam Trisandhyasu cha nithyasa.
This has to be chanted thrice daily at the time of worship,
Time of meditation as we as when fire offerings are made.
28. Ayur arogyam aiswaryam jnanam vitham phalam labheth,
Yadyath sukha tharam loke Thath sarvam prapthaya nara.
He would get long life, health, wealth, wisdom and money,
And he would enjoy more pleasures than others and that man would get everything.
29. Yevam bhakthya samabhyarchya harim sarvartha dayakam,
Abhayam SArva moorthebhyo Vishnu lokam sa Gachathi.
If this is offered with devotion to Lord Vishnu,
It would result in getting of all sorts of wealth,
Give protection from all problems,
And in the end would take you to the world of Vishnu.
Ithi Sri Vishnu darmothara purane Apamarjana kavacham sampoornam
Thus ends the armour which cleanses occurring in Vishnu Dharmothara Purana.


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Clean-energy stocks and exchange-traded funds are on a tear this year, sharply outperforming the broader market and traditional fossil-fuel investments.
The clean-tech ETFs with the most powerful year-to-date rallies include Invesco Solar ETF
up 81% through Thursday; First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund
up 58%; and iShares Global Clean Energy ETF
up 41%. Compare that to SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
which is up 1.99%, and the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund
up 23%.
The promise of clean tech — creating energy from renewable resources — has lured investors to the space before, only to get burned. After years of underperformance is now different or are buyers once again flying too close to the sun?
Energy-market watchers say what makes today different than 10 years ago, when interest in clean tech also was hot, is that these power sources are now economically viable as subsidies fall away.
Peter McNally, global lead for industrials, materials and energy at research firm Third Bridge, says aggressive investment by utilities in renewable energy has lowered the cost of clean tech and showed it was viable at scale. Just as utilities invested in natural gas 20 years ago at the expense of coal, they are now doing the same with alternative energy.
"Clean-tech businesses are starting to stand on their own, and I think they got a big boost from the utilities," he says.
Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the statistical arm of the U.S. Department of Energy, shows as of 2019, 18% of the U.S.'s electricity generation came from alternative energy, versus 10% in 2009.
Some of the big oil majors like BP
are taking alternative energy seriously, McNally says, pointing to BP's announcement that it will allow oil production to decrease by 40% over the next decade while investing $5 billion by 2030 in clean tech.
"I am less cynical about the whole thing than I had been in the past (because of) big oil," McNally says.
In 2019, 18% of the U.S.'s electricity generation came from alternative energy.
Another difference between now and then is clean tech is rallying as crude-oil flounders, says Jason Bloom, director of global macro ETF strategy at money manager Invesco.
Until a few years ago, alternative-energy prices were significantly higher than fossil-fuel prices. Users would seek alternatives when fossil-fuel prices rallied, switching back when prices fell. While the cheapest fossil-fuel generation still beats out clean-tech energy, in some areas of abundant sun and wind, unsubsidized new-generation wind and solar prices are competitive at utility scale as clean-tech prices plummeted over the years, Bloom says.
Over the past 10 years, the cost of solar panels has plunged 82%, while onshore wind costs have skidded 39% and the cost of offshore wind has fallen 29%, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
Solar names are leading this year's rally, says Angelo Zino, senior industry analyst at CFRA, a research firm. He attributes some of it to investor interest in Tesla's
electric vehicles and the ripple effect on other industries, plus increasing interest in environmental, social and governance investing. There may also be some investor bets that Joe Biden will win the White House in November and increase initiatives around clean energy, specifically solar.
The First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund has Tesla as its second-biggest holding, while the Invesco Solar ETF and iShares Global Clean Energy ETF have SunRun
as their No. 3 and No. 1 holding, respectively, according to their websites.
Biden's platform has ambitious targets to increase renewable energy production, including establishing national goals of 100% clean energy by 2035. "You've got the potential with him at the helm to really accelerate a ton of the initiatives and long-term objectives of clean energy," Zino says.
Because clean tech is a young space, investors need to brace for volatility. If a Biden presidency doesn't occur, Zino expects the valuation of these stocks to fall back because Donald Trump won't make renewable energy a priority.
For now, there are some limits to how much of power generation can come from renewables even at utility scale. Battery technology needs to improve so utilities can tap more stored electricity when the sun isn't shining or the wind isn't blowing. "They're figuring ways to make it more reliable, but it's not 100%," Third Bridge's McNally says.
But even if the U.S. slows in renewables adoption, clean tech is a global business. Europe and China are pushing ahead on adoption, which supports the industry as a whole. For example, Germany gets nearly half of its energy from renewables, according to Clean Energy Wire, citing Germany's energy industry association.
McNally says the strength in clean-tech energy is more than just investor money inflating valuations, pointing utility NextEra Energy
the world's largest generator of renewable energy from wind and solar power.
"The utilities themselves have made this part of their portfolio, and they are required to keep the lights on," he says. "They're investing real money in all kinds of ways to generate and distribute power to customers."
Also:Here are two stocks that stand to benefit from California's electric-vehicle push
Debbie Carlson is a MarketWatch columnist. Follow her on Twitter @DebbieCarlson1.


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Asian honey glazed salmon – an easy dish you can make any
night of the week. Simply fill a resealable bag with the marinade
ingredients, then add the salmon until you're ready to cook.
Then when
you're ready to start dinner, make your sides and your fish will be done in less than 15 minutes.
This recipe is from Jaden Hair of Steamy Kitchen's[1] new cookbook:
Steamy Kitchen's Healthy Asian Favorites.[2] The pages in her book are filled with beautiful photos and 100 fast, simple recipes anyone can make on a busy weeknight.
And this week, I'm giving away her new cookbook on Skinny Bits[3] to one lucky winner! To enter for a chance to win, click here[4].
We all loved this simple dish in my home, it tasted like something I would order in an upscale Asian restaurant, yet it was so easy to make. I served this with forbidden rice and sauteed sugar snap peas on the side, but this would also be wonderful with edamame fried rice[5].
Today is also the beginning of Lent[6], so for those of you looking to try a new fish dish to make, this is a great place to start. Adding salmon to your plate is one of the healthiest decisions you can make. Studies link its high concentration of omega-3 fatty acids and other nutrients with a lower risk of heart disease, heart attack, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer's disease and more.
By choosing fresh wild salmon (your best bet is wild Alaskan or Pacific) over farmed, you will likely be getting better quality, less-contaminated fish. However, the health benefits of eating farmed salmon far outweigh the health risks associated with not eating salmon at all; so if wild salmon is out of your budget, go for the farmed variety.
Honey-Teriyaki Salmon
Servings: 4 • Size: 3 oz cooked salmon • Old Pts: 7 • Weight Watchers Points+: 7 pts
Calories: 266 • Fat: 9.3 g • Protein: 22.5 g • Carb: 19 g • Fiber: 0.1 g • Sugar: 13 g
Sodium: 502 mg
- 3 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce (or tamari for gluten free)
- 3 tbsp mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
- 3 tbsp sake
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 lb fresh wild salmon fillet, cut in 4 pieces
- 2 tsp cooking oil
Combine the soy sauce, mirin, sake, and honey in a resealable bag. Add the salmon and mix to coat. Refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 8 hours.
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Nutritional information for wild salmon provided by Heather K Jones[7], RD (aka The Diet P.I.).
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Map by ILRI, published in an ILRI report to the UK Department for International Development (DFID): Mapping of Poverty and Likely Zoonoses Hotspots, 2012.
The UK's Institute for Development Studies (IDS) has published a 4-page Rapid Response Briefing titled 'Zoonoses: From panic to planning'.
Veterinary epidemiologist Delia Grace, who is based at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), along with other members of a Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium, based at the STEPS Centre at IDS, c0-authored the document.
The briefing recommends that policymakers take a 'One-Health' approach to managing zoonotic diseases.
'Over two thirds of all human infectious diseases have their origins in animals. The rate at which these zoonotic diseases have appeared in people has increased over the past 40 years, with at least 43 newly identified outbreaks since 2004. In 2012, outbreaks included Ebola in Uganda . . . , yellow fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rift Valley fever (RVF) in Mauritania.
'Zoonotic diseases have a huge impact – and a disproportionate one on the poorest people in the poorest countries. In low-income countries, 20% of human sickness and death is due to zoonoses. Poor people suffer further when development implications are not factored into disease planning and response strategies.
'A new, integrated "One Health" approach to zoonoses that moves away from top-down disease-focused intervention is urgently needed. With this, we can put people first by factoring development implications into disease preparation and response strategies – and so move from panic to planning.
Read the Rapid Response Briefing: Zoonoses: From panic to planning, published Jan 2013 by the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium and funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID).
About the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa
The Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa is a consortium of 30 researchers from 19 institutions in Africa, Europe and America. It conducts a major program to advance understanding of the connections between disease and environment in Africa. Its focus is animal-to-human disease transmission and its objective is to help move people out of poverty and promote social justice.
Over the past few decades, more than 60 per cent of emerging infectious diseases affecting humans have had their origin in wildlife or livestock. As well as presenting a threat of global disease outbreak, these zoonotic diseases are quietly devastating lives and livelihoods. At present, zoonoses are poorly understood and under-measured — and therefore under-prioritized in national and international health systems. There is great need for evidence and knowledge to inform effective, integrated One Health approaches to disease control. This Consortium is working to provide this evidence and knowledge.
Natural and social scientists in the Consortium are working to provide this evidence and knowledge for four zoonotic diseases, each affected in different ways by ecosystem changes and having different impacts on people's health, wellbeing and livelihoods:
- Henipavirus infection in Ghana
- Rift Valley fever in Kenya
- Lassa fever in Sierra Leone
- Trypanosomiasis in Zambia and Zimbabwe
Of the 30 scientists working in the consortium, 4 are from ILRI: In addition to Delia Grace, these include Bernard Bett, a Kenyan veterinary epidemiologist with research interests in the transmission patterns of infectious diseases as well as the technical effectiveness of disease control measures; Steve Kemp, a British molecular geneticist particularly interested in the mechanisms of innate resistance to disease in livestock and mouse models, and Tom Randolph, an American agricultural economist whose research interests have included animal and human health issues and assessments of the impacts of disease control programs.
Delia Grace leads a program on Prevention and Control of Agriculture-associated Diseases, which is one of four components of a CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health. Tom Randolph directs the CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish. Steve Kemp is acting director of ILRI's Biotechnology Theme.


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- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
- Description
- Book — ix, 338 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
- Summary
- Acknowledgments Foreword Sir Christopher Frayling PART One: ARGUMENTS, IDEAS, ISSUES 1 John Grierson and the Lost World of the GPO Film Unit Jeffrey Richards 2 The GPO Film Unit and 'Britishness' in the 1930s Scott Anthony 3 GPO Films and Modern Design Yasuko Suga 4 Old Industry, New Science? The GPO Film Unit between Palaeotechnology and Neotechnology Timothy Boon 5 An Archivist's Perspective on the Work of the GPO Film Unit Steven Foxon PART TWO: FILM-MAKERS 6 Alberto Cavalcanti: Lessons in Fusion at the GPO Film Unit Charles Drazin 7 Harry Watt: on Land, at Sea and in the Air Amy Sargeant 8 Humphrey Jennings: The Customs of the Country Michael McCluskey 9 Portrait of an Invisible Man: The Working Life of Stewart McAllister, Film Editor Dai Vaughan 10 Job in a Million: Evelyn Spice at the GPO Barbara Evans 11 The Joy of Drooling: In Praise of Len Lye Kevin Jackson PART THREE: KEY DOCUMENTS FROM THE HISTORY OF THE GPO FILM UNIT PART FOUR: AESTHETICS 12 Rhythm, Modernity and the Politics of Sound
- James G. Mansell 13 Voiceover/Commentary Martin Stollery 14 National Identity, the GPO Film Unit and their Music E. Anna Claydon 15 Technology the GPO Film Unit Leo Enticknap 16 Modern art and Design in 1930s Britain: Contexts and Legacies of the Documentary Film Paul Rennie PART FIVE: THE GPO FILM UNIT AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CULTURE PART SIX: FILMS 17 'Go the way the material calls you': Basil Wright and The Song of Ceylon Jon Hoare 18 The Horsey Mail: Documentary as Landscape David Matless 19 The GPO at Play: What's On Today and Spare Time Richard Haynes 20 The Silent Village: The GPO Film Unit Goes to War Wendy Webster 21 Visualising the World: The British Documentary at Unesco Zoe Druick 22 Counterpoints and Counterparts: Film at the Post-war GPO Patrick Russell PART SEVEN: THE GPO FILM UNTI AND THE MODERN POST OFFICE Postscript Roy Mayall Filmography Notes on Contributors Index.
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Schools are closed in most states across the U.S. due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Suddenly, parents and caregivers everywhere are scrambling to find ways to occupy and educate their school-aged children from home.
If you find yourself in this unprecedented, unexpected situation, you'll be grateful to learn that help is available. Premium educational websites and apps that previously required paid subscriptions are currently taking down their paywalls. Check out this collection of the most notable educational resources you can access to keep your kids learning and engaged.
Note that some of these programs require a teacher or school administrator to sign up (free) for students to gain access.
1. Scholastic Learn At Home
Scholastic is offering free online courses for kids from pre-K to ninth grade while students' learning is disrupted due to the coronavirus. The remote learning site provides approximately three hours of learning opportunities per day, adding new content every week.
2. Adventure 2 Learning
This video-centered education platform is used in more than 25,000 elementary schools. Families affected by school closings can receive free access for two months entering the coupon code LEARN60 on the checkout page.
3. Age Of Learning
Kids in preschool, elementary school and middle school can access ABCmouse, Adventure Academy and ReadingIQ free of charge if they attend schools closed due to the coronavirus. Your child's school will need to sign up for this, so reach out to a teacher or administrator to fill out a form that will help you get access.
4. Tinybop Schools
Tinybop Schools is providing free access to their homeschool plan through July 2020. This program provides web-based science models of 10 core science subjects for K–6.
5. Zinc Learning Labs
Zinc Learning Labs is offering free licenses for all students affected by coronavirus closures through July 2020. The site offers a comprehensive collection of literacy tools for students in sixth through 12th grade. You can sign up for a demo here.
6. Varsity Tutors
Although this site usually provides online private tutoring, they have shifted gears and are currently offering free, interactive, live classes daily for kids in grades K–12. The curriculum includes math, science, reading, writing and enrichment.
7. Twig Education
Kids in grades K–12 can explore science through real-world phenomena using Twig. Access to their award-winning programs is currently free and the site will be continually updated during the coming weeks.
8. Rosetta Stone
Students stuck at home can keep up on their Spanish or take up a new foreign language thanks to Rosetta Stone. The award-winning program is currently free for the next three months.
9. MobyMax
MobyMax offers a complete curriculum for 27 subjects for kids in grades K–8. Lessons include math, reading, phonics, language, vocabulary, spelling, writing, science, social studies and state test prep. The software is now free for kids affected by school closures.
10. Mark Kistler
With schools closing, kids are missing more than math and social studies. They also lose the benefit of "specials," such as art and music. Artist Mark Kistler, who hosts drawing instruction programs for children, is now presenting fun art lessons via live webcasts daily on Facebook and YouTube.
11. Rivet
Rivet is a free reading app for kids that came out of Area120, which is Google's experimental products group. The app offers over 3,500 books that children can read to themselves or choose to have a narrator read to them if they are early readers or get stuck on a particular word.
With so many valuable resources at your fingertips, your kids can keep learning and you can maintain some much-needed order until things are back to normal again.
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So every afternoon from 2p.m. - 4 p.m., my heart sings the Hallelujah Chorus because I get the recliner all to myself, and it's heavenly! I pop in my earplugs (if you don't own a pair, you don't know what you're missing!), prop my
Yesterday, while reclining, I gazed in amusement at our little Joseph, who stood silently at the front door, his nose pressed to the foggy glass, humid breaths clouding his view of the driveway. He waited patiently for the brother he most adores, but soon the wait was over. His eyes brightened, ears perked, and a chubby finger rose up to point out the tall figure that sauntered up the sidewalk. Under his breath I could hear him chant, "Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben...."
To the floor fell the big brother's backpack, and with the weight of the day released, his arms were now free to scoop up some love.
I never, ever tire of watching their after school reunions. It's a marvelous gift, their relationship - tender, feisty, earnest.
A little footage from a recent track meet:
Ooooo yay! Dandelions!
Hold still, Ben, while I blow these fluffy white things in yo face.
I'm gonna watch you PR in triple jump just as soon as I get done bwowin' deese fwuffies off a here.
Sibling relationships truly are a treasure, but they are also something that I think can be so easily overlooked and undervalued in our world today...
I nearly fell out of my chair. Having a baby....when you have a teenager in the home....is selfish???
*Please note, before I continue, that the remainder of this post is meant to address the following comments toward raising teenagers alongside of babies. It is not meant, in any way, to suggest that meaningful relationships and a virtuous life cannot be obtained outside of the home or outside of a large family unit. Again, I am simply offering a positive perspective on the less-obvious merits of parenting teens and little ones at the same time.
Reading on, the comments she shared with me were this:
- It's not fair to expect teens to give up their personal time and freedom to help take care of little siblings.
- Having a newborn in the home compromises the amount of time and focused attention a parent can give their teens, time and attention that is critical to their own development and maturation.
- Teenagers shouldn't have to give up precious opportunities academically or athletically because parents can't facilitate or afford to support their teens personal growth and interests.
After my locked jaw and gritted teeth finally relaxed, I decided to postpone my reactive response and instead seek out the perspective of a trusted teen source - my oldest son.
I simply opened our dialogue with this question:
Ben, do you ever feel like you are missing out on certain life experiences or opportunities because you have younger siblings in the home that require our time and attention? Younger siblings that you also are often asked to help take care of?
The look on his face said it all. But do you want to know what his response was?
Mom, if you're asking if I would rather have golf lessons or that our family could take more trips, or I could have my own four wheeler (which I know he desperately wants), instead of another little brother then the answer is, NO. I could never want any of those things more than Joseph or Charlie or any of my brothers.
While my heart was soothed by his answer, I wanted to press him even further....
Yes, but, you know that you have more responsibilities here at home, since Dad and I often need your help. Not many kids your age have to change diapers, give baths, or read picture books at night to toddlers, so that I can keep the laundry going and dad can help with homework. And, I want you to know it's okay to tell me exactly how you feel about it all.
He looked me in the eye, and short and sweet said this:
Mom, honestly, I don't mind. In fact, I think I'm going to miss it when I'm gone.
After my conversation with Ben, I wasn't sure exactly how to respond to my friend's e-mail. I really believe that the person confronting her was not trying to be offensive in sharing her opinions - in fact, I think most people who agree with her or follow her train of thought really do believe that their points are valid and worth discussing.
So, I don't fault her, whoever she is. However, if she is going to press those of us - all of us - who have babies and teens in the same house, with such opinions, then she must certainly be ready for an honest response, and this is mine:
In a nutshell - we are undoubtedly living in a time and culture where self-centeredness is encouraged and facilitated to such a great degree, that we no longer recognize the value of sacrificing for the greater good of the other above our own self-interests. Social media offers a plethora of evidence to to this truth.
Naturally, any sort of family structure that fosters opportunities for sacrificial acts of selflessness would seem countercultural, and certainly counterproductive by todays child-rearing standards. Because many parents today do not recognize the home as a place where their children might discover themselves through a sincere gift of self (St. John Paul II) to their family (primarily through sacrificial acts of generosity), opportunities for self-discovery and affirmation are typically sought in popularly social venues outside of the home, such as sports, music, and even academic fields.
While these opportunities have their own merit and value in a child's life (our children certainly enjoy participating in all of those things), I don't believe that they were ever meant to become an arena in which parents lives constantly revolve around the potential success and admiration of their children by others, nor were they meant to replace the vital relationships that can only be built through children serving within the family.
"You have been created for the glory of God and for your own eternal salvation;
this is your end, this is the object of your soul and the treasure of your heart."
- St. Robert Bellermine
As Christians we believe that our ultimate goal in life, our ultimate end is heaven. The road to heaven is paved with love, and we recognize this truth most clearly through the example of Christ, whose love was and is infinite and immeasurable, sacrificial and not self-seeking.
The beautiful thing about family life is that God, in his wisdom, has fashioned it to be, in itself, a culture that offers tremendous opportunities to obtain virtues such as compassion, charity, justice and prudence simply through the offering of oneself in the ordinary duties and responsibilities of caring for the home and for one another.
Of course, the challenge of embracing such opportunities is that not only does it require sacrifice on the part of the parents and children, but it also requires some bit of resiliency toward the influences of modern society - influences which promote finding life's purpose through an inward gaze rather than an outward one.
By today's standards, popularity and success, whether it be in sports or music or academics, is held in much higher esteem than being virtuous, and therefore the popularity and recognition is what most kids (and adults) strive for every day. Daily persistence in such goals naturally tend toward the fostering of a self-centered focus, rather than an other-centered focus.
The weight of society's influence doesn't just affect teens, it affects all of us to some degree. Social media contains strong evidence that we live in a culture that seeks affirmation and approval for everything and places an unreasonably high value upon that affirmation. Nothing we do and no part of who we are should go unnoticed, unrecognized, or heaven forbid "unliked."
So what does that mean for a teenager growing up in a family where some of their time and energy, by necessity, must be offered for the care of the home and for the little ones who reside there? I can't imagine any teen Snapchatting photos of themselves changing a diaper, or cheerfully picking up toys without being asked. What glory is there in reading a picture book for the thousandth time to a fussy toddler, or delivering a cup of water to a thirsty sibling. Who among their friends would possibly ever admire such a grand lifestyle?
Ask my sons - there is no glory, no admiration, no public affirmation for such contributions. And yet, the works of mercy that they participate in every day, the great acts of love and charity that they are asked to offer at present, are the very things that root out selfishness and anchor in their place the everlasting Christ-like virtues that will serve them far beyond any self-absorbed lifestyle which offers only temporary and fleeting comforts and a false sense of satisfaction.
Though such acts of sacrificial familial love often remain hidden, their greatness is not diminished by a lack of recognition or admiration.
In fact, it is the hidden nature of generosity within family life is actually what makes it so beautiful, so transforming. When we are called to serve, and respond in obedience to that call, our prideful nature (the part of us that desires to be recognized) is less likely to get in the way, making room for humility to blossom.
How can serving others and pride possibly be spoken about in the same sentence? Let me explain...
I find that it is easy to be generous and giving of my time and attention to others when it is convenient, or when I think that it might demonstrate to others that I really am a caring and generous person, who loves others and longs to be helpful. How about a soup kitchen selfie, y'all? (I can see my grandparents rolling their eyes as I type.)
Darn that desire to be validated and appreciated. It's a tough one, isn't it?
As a mom, if I myself am not immune to the temptation toward recognition, it's important that I do not underestimate the possibility that this "doing good when it feels good to do good" might also be a challenge for my teens.
Our two oldest sons will be going on a mission trip to New Mexico in a couple of weeks. And, while I believe whole-heartily that their journey will be blessed in ways that I cannot even begin to comprehend, I can only pray that their service will be rooted in true humility and not pride.
My oldest children most likely cannot yet comprehend the value in the opportunities that their upbringing offers them to become virtuous. In fact, they may not even agree with or like those servant oriented opportunities (what teen would?). But, as their parents, it is up to Steve and I to place a higher trust in the Lord's plan for each and every person in our family, and to trust it far above our own plans for them - especially when our personal desires for our children can be so easily influenced by a culture whose loud and pertinent voice often drowns out the whisper of reason within us.
Today Benedict will have completed his freshman year of high school. Many of my friends, who have raised teens, have told me how quickly time flies once our children reach the teen years. Sadly, I recognize real truth in their sentiments, as it feels as though I will blink and tomorrow Ben will be gone.
I remember when he was born, how I thought I was ready for motherhood and everything that becoming a mother would mean. I thought I was generous, but I wasn't. I though I knew what it meant to sacrifice for another, but I didn't. My children and my husband have stretched me, grace has stretched me toward generosity, charity and greater depths of love.
Flannery O'Connor put it well when she said,
"All human nature vigorously resists grace because grace changes us and the change is painful."
Change is painful. But, what if we could raise our children to live their lives in such a way that when they reach their vocation, be it married life, religious life, or mission life, that there be less of a need for interior change, and therefore less pain?
I believe that family life, in it's very sacrificial nature, offers children just that - a wonderful opportunity to gain the virtues that will guide them to live the vocation they are called to with greater freedom and with fewer interior struggles.
The pain of change doesn't just reside in the hardships and struggles that are thrown our way, but rather it emanates from the very process of detachment from our selfish ways, habits, desires and attitudes.
I know this because I have lived it - I continue to live it! Detachment hurts! But, it is necessary for us to become less of ourselves and more like Christ if we are to walk the hard road of love toward heaven.
I didn't realize when Steve and I were first married, and when we began a family, just how many amputations the Lord would have to perform on my infected soul, but He did so, and continues to do so, out of love for me.
He will do the same for our children.
It is my great hope that our sons, who are called today to sacrificially serve one another within our family, will experience a lesser degree of frustration and pain when it comes to interior conversion, because they will have already experienced and embraced the fruits of virtue borne of the sacrifices they have offered to love and care for their family while at home.
If you are interested, these are the highlights of the response I gave to my friend via e-mail...
Is it selfish for me to expect our sons to give up their "personal time and freedom" to help care for a younger sibling or to do chores?
First and foremost, if the Lord is calling Steve and I to have more children, we must trust Him above any confidence we have in ourselves, to provide what is necessary for all of us to thrive and to find joy within the life that He wills for us. It would be more selfish for us to deny our teens the opportunity to make personal sacrifices for their siblings than to offer them every earthly opportunity and comfort, because the long term benefits of doing so by far outweigh the temporary comforts of a duty-free lifestyle. Parents today are masters at serving our children, but are we teaching our children to serve?
Are Steve and I being selfish by welcoming another baby into our hearts and home, because it compromises the time and attention we can give our oldest children?
I think it would be selfish for us to deny our sons the opportunity to mature in independence and confidence by cradling them in a false net of continuous comfort, individual time and attention, only to throw them out into the real world where their professors, employers, friends and spouses will not support the overly attentive self-focused affirmative lifestyle they've been conditioned to feel that they deserve.
Finally, while I whole-heartily agree that opportunities for our children outside of the home, whether they be academically, athletically, musically, or in other avenues of interest are fantastic ways in which our children can grow and mature in self-knowledge and virtue, they are not the be-all, end-all of their purpose and existence. And, as much as we wish this were true, those experiences will never trump the everlasting rewards that those opportunities, which require our children to sacrifice for the greater good of another, may obtain for us when it comes to reaching our heavenly reward.


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For the second year in a row the Le Parker Meridien Hotel, located at 119 West 56th Street in Manhattan, is hosting a free Gingerbread Extravaganza showcase in their lobby atrium. On display from December 1, 2010 until January 9th, 2011, the creations were all created by local bakeries, a food truck and restaurants. The theme chosen this year was "Movies Made in New York." I blogged about last year's wonderfully creative exhibit, which you can see at this link, and I knew I had to see this year's efforts.
Here we see "A Night at the Museum" baked by Soutine Bakery
Notice the dinosaurs on the top floor of the museum!
The iconic Kong holding a gingerbread Fay Wray in his arms on top of the Empire State Building!
I loved the marshmallow man!
It has Tony and Maria dancing on the roof!
Do you remember "Zoltar," the fortune teller machine in the movie?
Such a cute Stuart Little!
"The Sweet Smell of Success" by the Cupcake Cafe
It contained lots of wonderful NYC scenes!
For only $1 visitors can vote on their favorite gingerbread creation, with the proceeds donated to City Harvest, the food rescue organization dedicated to feeding the city's hungry men, women and children. In addition to spreading holiday cheer, if you buy a ticket to vote, your generosity is rewarded with a chance to win a 5 night stay at the luxurious Parker Palm Springs to be determined by a random drawing!
Which NYC movie location gingerbread
creation would you vote for?
As New Year's Eve approaches I'd like to thank all of my blog readers and followers for your friendship and support! I can't believe I will be entering my fourth year of blogging! It has been very fulfilling to me to be able to take you along on my jaunts around the boroughs of New York City and the other places I've traveled in the past few years. Blogging has enriched my life very much, both through the research I do for my blog and by reading all of your wonderful blogs. I look forward to a new year and I wish you all a very happy, healthy and peaceful 2011!
I'm adding this post to Michael's blog Designs by Gollum "Foodie Friday," Sandi of The Whistlestop Cafe Cooking "Friday Favorites Linky Party, Cindy of My Romantic Home "Show and Tell Friday," Laurie of Bargain Hunting and Chatting with Laurie for A Few of my Favorite Things-Saturday, and Beverly of How Sweet the Sound for Pink Sunday! Thank you to all the gracious hostesses of these events for allowing us to share in all the fun!


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The Song of Los
I will sing you a song of Los. the Eternal Prophet:
He sung it to four harps at the tables of Eternity.
In heart-formed Africa.
Urizen faded! Ariston shudderd!
And thus the Song began
Adam stood in the garden of Eden:
And Noah on the mountains of Ararat;
They saw Urizen give his Laws to the Nations
By the hands of the children of Los.
Adam shudderd! Noah faded! black grew the sunny African
When Rintrah gave Abstract Philosophy to Brama in the East:
(Night spoke to the Cloud!
Lo these Human form'd spirits in smiling hipocrisy. War
Against one another; so let them War on; slaves to the eternal Elements)
Noah shrunk, beneath the waters;
Abram fled in fires from Chaldea;
Moses beheld upon Mount Sinai forms of dark delusion:
To Trismegistus. Palamabron gave an abstract Law:
To Pythagoras Socrates & Plato.
Times rolled on o'er
Orc on Mount Atlas howld, chain'd down with the Chain of Jealousy
Then Oothoon hoverd over Judah & Jerusalem
And Jesus heard her voice (a man of sorrows) he recievd
A Gospel from wretched Theotormon.
The human race began to wither, for the healthy built
Secluded places, fearing the joys of Love
And the disease'd only propagated:
So Antamon call'd up Leutha from her valleys of delight:
And to Mahomet a loose Bible gave.
But in the North, to Odin, Sotha gave a Code of War,
Because of Diralada thinking to reclaim his joy.
These were the Churches: Hospitals: Castles: Palaces:
Like nets & gins & traps to catch the joys of Eternity
And all the rest a desart;
Till like a dream Eternity was obliterated & erased.
Since that dread day when Har and Heva fled.
Because their brethren & sisters liv'd in War & Lust;
And as they fled they shrunk
Into two narrow doleful forms:
Creeping in reptile flesh upon
The bosom of the ground:
And all the vast of Nature shrunk
Before their shrunken eyes.
Thus the terrible race of Los & Enitharmon gave
Laws & Religions to the sons of Har binding them more
And more to Earth: closing and restraining:
Urizen wept & gave it into the hands of Newton & Locke
Clouds roll heavy upon the Alps round Rousseau & Voltaire:
And on the mountains of Lebanon round the deceased Gods
Of Asia; & on the deserts of Africa round the Fallen Angels
The Guardian Prince of Albion burns in his nightly tent
The Kings of Asia heard
The howl rise up from Europe!
And each ran out from his Web;
From his ancient woven Den;
For the darkness of Asia was startled
At the thick-flaming, thought-creating fires of Orc.
And the Kings of Asia stood
And cried in bitterness of soul.
Shall not the King call for Famine from the heath?
Nor the Priest, for Pestilence from the fen?
To restrain! to dismay! to thin!
The inhabitants of mountain and plain;
In the day, of full-feeding prosperity;
And the night of delicious songs.
Shall not the Councellor throw his curb
Of Poverty on the laborious?
To fix the price of labour;
To invent allegoric riches:
And the privy admonishers of men
Call for fires in the City
For heaps of smoking ruins,
In the night of prosperity & wantonness
To turn man from his path,
To restrain the child from the womb,
To cut off the bread from the city,
That the remnant may learn to obey.
That the pride of the heart may fail;
That the lust of the eyes may be quench'd:
That the delicate ear in its infancy
May be dull'd; and the nostrils clos'd up;
To teach mortal worms the path
That leads from the gates of the Grave.
Urizen heard them cry!
And his shudd'ring waving wings
Went enormous above the red flames
Drawing clouds of despair thro' the heavens
Of Europe as he went:
And his Books of brass iron & gold
Melted over the land as he flew,
Heavy-waving, howling, weeping.
And he stood over Judea:
And stay'd in his ancient place:
And stretch'd his clouds over Jerusalem;
For Adam, a mouldering skeleton
Lay bleach'd on the garden of Eden;
And Noah as white as snow
On the mountains of Ararat.
Then the thunders of Urizen bellow'd aloud
From his woven darkness above.
Orc raging in European darkness
Arose like a pillar of fire above the Alps
Like a serpent of fiery flame!
The sullen Earth
Forth from the dead dust rattling bones to bones
Join: shaking convuls'd the shivring clay breathes
And all flesh naked stands: Fathers and Friends;
Mothers & Infants; Kings & Warriors:
The Grave shrieks with delight, & shakes
Her hollow womb, & clasps the solid stem:
Her bosom swells with wild desire:
And milk & blood & glandous wine.


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August 28, 2008
More Denver
Here's a sneak preview of a mural I worked on a couple days ago with big JHER in Denver. Finished shot soon. Will be in Montreal for the next few days painting for MOS
August 27, 2008
Mural in Denver with Dave Choe
These are some working shots + finished shot of a rooftop mural in downtown Denver I just painted with Dave Choe during the DNC. I like how it came out. Many thanks to FUSE for setting it all up & Choe for adding his robotic hair funk.
Manifest Hope
Just got back from Denver where I was part of the Manifest Hope art show for the Democratic convention. The show will be up until the 28th at the Andenken Gallery. I shared a creepy old victorian house with a few other artists in the show, including Dave Choe, Sam Flores, Date Farmers, Maya Hayuk, Heavyweights, & Ron English. Got to spend some time with most of them and I have to say everyone was really cool. The show looks great, so if you're in the area check it out!
August 12, 2008
August 7, 2008
New Print- "Tonalli"
Finally have these new prints ready. The first image is a scan of the original artwork, and the second two are photos of one of the prints. It's a five color screenprint with a bit of extra touchups by hand. A little pricier than the last one, but a lot of effort went into producing this. Many thanks go to print-maestro Nick Portalupi in SF for all his help. www.elmac.net under "merchandise" for ordering info.
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A quote from the bible:
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathens are dismayed at them.
For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.
They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
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In the infinite wisdom of the Parti Québécois' Cameroonian-born culture minister, the Redpath House is officially lacking in any historical or architectural merit worthy of its protection. The temporary injunction preventing the Sochaczevski family's planned demolition of the house has been lifted and the structure will likely be demolished just as soon as possible. I can understand why they'd want to, given how they've been jerked around in the past.
That said, I'd prefer the owners of the defiantly anti-péquiste Suburban newspaper turn around – just for shits and giggles – and excoriate Maka Kotto for not recognizing the heritage value of the last remaining home of the family of the guy who financed the construction of the Lachine Canal.
Now wouldn't that be grand?
Of course it's not going to happen. There's profit to be made.
And let's not forget it's in the long-term political interest of the PQ to gently erase the trace of Québec's Anglophone community, and the Square Mile is as good a place as any to start not giving a shit.
The belief that Anglophone capitalists were recklessly redeveloping the city and destroying an element of our cultural aesthetic was somewhat prevalent among the early urban preservation movement and sovereignist movement, and indeed there was a lot of overlap in terms of public demonstrations of the time. Sovereignists, favouring a more socially-conscious method of urban redevelopment that encouraged public repossession and conversion of heritage properties by the state, were quick to join demonstrations against the destruction of entire neighbourhoods and iconic mansions. It was somewhat ironic, given that the people of the Square Mile during it's golden era (from 1880 to 1930) were often thought of as those who oppressed working class French Canadians. In many ways the excess of the Square Mile and its people (who controlled 70% of the nation's wealth for a time) played a role in the development of the Quebec independence movement.
In his judgement as culture minister, Maka Kotto believes the Redpath House is of no *ahem* national heritage value.
I'll grant that the home isn't the actual house of John Redpath (but I'm fairly certain is the last of the Redpath family's Square Mile homes), and I agree with the minister for deploring that nothing was done back when the house was in better shape.
But the minister simply asked that the owner do something to remind passers-by that the home once stood there and should be recognized.
Like a plaque. Or maybe the Sochaczevski's will call their new condo building 'Le Redpath'.
Oooh! Sounds historical!
I just don't understand why the province wouldn't mandate that the new building incorporate part of the old. I'm not keen on this generally speaking but when it's the only option in lieu of total demolition I'd go for it. Clearly the walls aren't in that bad a shape – they're still standing after thirty years of abandonment. At least if the few remaining Queen Anne style architectural details were preserved it wouldn't be a total loss.
Either way, very disappointing. Pretty much everyone loses with the exception of the family who was jerked around for a generation by an incompetent heritage preservation bureaucracy.
And they've been on the losing end for thirty years. It's hard to feel bad for rich people who find themselves unable to make more money, or feel good for them when they finally get some justice and can proceed to tear down some history to put up another god forsaken condominium in a high-density neighbourhood.
So I'm all kinds of conflicted on this one.
Ultimately I can agree with the minister – something should have been done long ago and shame on those responsible thirty years ago for not reacting as people today would have preferred.
You can understand why this really doesn't make me feel any better. Blaming people from long ago for making poor decisions does nothing to protect the past from future development.


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