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2 Corinthians 12:7-10.
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2 a time to be born, and a time to die;
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8 a time to love, and a time to hate;
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All Blog Posts Tagged 'savings' - Home Energy Pros 2014-10-02T02:26:18Z http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profiles/blog/feed?tag=savings&xn_auth=no Pushing This Green Button Will Lower Your Power Bill tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-08-03:6069565:BlogPost:90199 2012-08-03T03:06:57.000Z Don Ames http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/DonAmes
Let's take a closer look at the Green Button and see if it is more than just an adult toy. According to Obama and other government supporters, the Green button is going viral. Ya, right, I don't believe it.

There has been several efforts in previous years to get power companies to "sign on" to programs that allow electric and gas customers to see how much energy they are using right there and then. The theory is that households that have energy usage data readily available will use…

Let's take a closer look at the Green Button and see if it is more than just an adult toy. According to Obama and other government supporters, the Green button is going viral. Ya, right, I don't believe it.

There has been several efforts in previous years to get power companies to "sign on" to programs that allow electric and gas customers to see how much energy they are using right there and then. The theory is that households that have energy usage data readily available will use that information to conserve energy.

Even Google, with a program they called Google Powermeter, entered the real time energy usage arena and tried to get power companies to sign up. Power companies were slow to accept the powermeter program and Google cancelled the program back in 2011.

Now, with the help of former White House CTO ( Chief Technology Office ) Aneesh Chopra, the Green Button is trying to standardize the technology for reporting real time energy usage to power company customers. This means one program across the US with the same technology.

So far, the Green Button program has signed up some big power companies. Most of the companies in California are on board and more recently American Electric Power, Austin Energy, Baltimore Gas and Electric, CenterPoint Energy, Commonwealth Edison, NSTAR, PECO, Reliant and Virginia Dominion Power. With a total service area of over 27 million households, the Green Button is getting a good initiation.

With the common technical platform, third party entrepreneurs are being encouraged to develop innovative applications as though the Button was a cell phone or iPod.

What does all this mean to the average consumer?

1. It means that you need a smart meter first. No smart meter, no green button.

2. It means that if your electric company sees enough benefit in the Green Button for them, they may go ahead and sign up.

3. It means that if your electric company signs up, they may offer the Green Button Program to you.

4. It means that if you sign up for the program, you will be able to get real time energy usage data on your computer or other connected device, iPod, smart phone, etc.

5. It also means, that as time goes by, third party applications will become available and you will be encouraged by those companies to purchase their app's. Now that sounds like a smart phone for sure.

6. It also means that you can compare electric companies, rate plans, and time-of-use data more effectively. There maybe a better power company for you.

Could Spread Nationwide

Rep. Ed Markey ( D-MA ) has written legislation that he is calling e-Know. This legislation ( Electric Consumers Right to Know Act ) would require all electric providers to make electrical data available to their customers. Markey said,

"But energy information shouldn't be something that only a small portion of American households have access to. All Americans should have the right to access their energy data so that they can better reduce energy waste and shrink their bills. That's why I will soon be introducing legislation that would require all electricity companies to make this information available to their customers."

Green Button and an Energy Saving Contest

The green Button is so excited about third party applications being developed that the Energy Department is sponsoring a contest. The contest begun in April and is offering a $100,000 prize to the winner. If you had a Green Button app that link your iPhone to your clothes dryer and you could set the dryer to run when electric power was the cheapest, that would really be an app that could lower a power bill.

How Does Green Button Energy Savings Work for You and Me?

So, if the Green button program is available to you and you have registered with your power company to take part in the program, you can log into your electrical account with your power company and there will actually be a green button on the screen. Click on the Green Button and the computer will take you to the pages that are displaying your energy usage right at that time of day.

The you will be able to compare the current usage with other days and other times during the day.

Now you have some choices to make , for example.

1. Should you turn the thermostat up a few degrees because it appears the air conditioner is using a lot of power right now?

2. Should you call home and ask the kids why the electric oven has been on for 20 minutes?

3. Should you really concentrate on saving power between 5 PM and 8 PM because those are your highest usage times that cost you the most per kilowatt hour?

4. Should you consider installing that heat pump you've always wanted because every time the electric furnace kicks on the usage goes through the roof?

5. After watching the furnace cycle on and off 40 times a day, should you reconsider air sealing the attic and adding insulation?

Looking for Green Button App

It is true I believe, that the Green Button program does provide an opportunity to conserve power. It may well be true that knowledge is power and in this case, the knowledge of real time power usage provides the power to save power.

Of course, the success of the Green Button will depend on how much the button is actually used. Will it be a situation like so many others that the newness and excitement wears off in a hurry. How many hot tubs have been installed only to be used a few times and then drained for winter and never refilled.

How many water beds were set up and enjoyed as the best thing in beds ever and then after a year of rolling around and two water leaks later, were drained and stored in the garage.

I think the Green Button on your power company website will go the way of the waterbed and hot tub - a good idea, exciting and useful for awhile, but not an everyday, usable advantage.

The applications for the Green Button program that will involve iPhones, iPods and kindles, is another story. The advantages of being on the go and monitoring and adjusting the energy efficiency of your home is more than an adult toy and more than a passing fancy.

Do you have a Smart meter installed at you home? If you do, call your power company and ask them where the Green Button is. As soon as you can, sign up for the green Button program and then wait for the app's that will change your idea of home energy efficiency forever.

Thank you for stopping by detectenergy.com, hope there is a green button in your future, but I won't leave the lights on for you... Don Ames, feel free to join me at detectenergy.com and register for my free e-newsletter, the Energy Spy Insider.
 Electric Power Saving Products For Home Owners tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-06-14:6069565:BlogPost:86877 2012-06-14T14:30:00.000Z Orlando Racelis http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/OrlandoRacelis
All homeowners are energy users. It is anticipated that if every household in America used only one incandescent light bulb, they would still be able to match the energy output of one whole nuclear power plant. Certainly, each family utilizes a lot more than just one lamp , so you could imagine the amount of energy that is needed just to illuminate the house. But there is something you can do about this. You can start with appliances with low work load to reduce the electric energy…

All homeowners are energy users. It is anticipated that if every household in America used only one incandescent light bulb, they would still be able to match the energy output of one whole nuclear power plant. Certainly, each family utilizes a lot more than just one lamp , so you could imagine the amount of energy that is needed just to illuminate the house. But there is something you can do about this. You can start with appliances with low work load to reduce the electric energy usage of your house. You will not only be doing good for nature, you will also be doing good for you and your family because you will be trimming down your electricity costs. Browse through the following electric power saving products and you will surely encounter ones that will make your household more cost-effective and make you a friend of the ecosystem.

 Power saving bulbs. As mentioned above, lamp are one of the principal energy users in the house. Thus, you will be able to conserve a huge amount of electric needs by utilizing power saving lamp. These bulbs more often than not cost a bit more than regular incandescent lamps but they are more than likely can make up for it through lower energy consumption and less maintenance and repair work. They they are more durable compared to the regular incandescent light bulbs which make them much more practical in long-term use . These light bulbs usually look much superior too because they come in numerous designs and various sizes.

 Electricity Consumption Monitors. Nothing can help you save on energy as well as the knowledge that you are actually saving some. If you doubt all of the data that you read about regarding electric savings then you need an power consumption monitor. These monitors usually come in 2 parts: the first one (the "reader") connects to your power meter while the second one (the "display") can be placed anywhere in your house because it connects wirelessly to the first part. These monitors do not in fact save electricity by themselves, but they do help you to lower down on your electric usage by showing you how much power is being used in your household at any given time. This will make you more aware of your power utilization and it will motivate you to save.

 Electricity energy savings products. These units come in numerous sizes and claim several quantity of power savings. Take precaution when buying these items though since there are plenty of them who don't bring on their promises . Use your power monitor to check which ones actually work.

 Get started on saving on your energy bill now. Look for these electric energy saving products and change your home from a wasteful electricity guzzler to an efficient power user.

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 Where to Look For Construction Flaws and Energy Waste tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2012-01-06:6069565:BlogPost:73622 2012-01-06T04:30:00.000Z Don Ames http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/DonAmes
by Don Ames, www.detectenergy.com

Construction flaws waste energy, reduce comfort, and encourage building deterioration. A little knowledge about construction methods can help you locate and correct these flaws. Let's face it, homes were not created equal, homes are the result of a hundred hands belonging to fifty different people that will never live in the house, but, never-the-less, have great influence…

by Don Ames, www.detectenergy.com

Construction flaws waste energy, reduce comfort, and encourage building deterioration. A little knowledge about construction methods can help you locate and correct these flaws. Let's face it, homes were not created equal, homes are the result of a hundred hands belonging to fifty different people that will never live in the house, but, never-the-less, have great influence on the final product and the final energy efficiency rating.

It's not only contractors that account for building flaws, but also the professionals with degrees hanging on office walls. The contractor that actually pulls the wires, hammers the nails, and sets the furnace has many opportunities to mess up a home. But the professional architect with the architectural design and the Engineer with the structural calculations can also sabotage the energy integrity of a home. Along the way, there is just too many opportunities for Construction Flaws that result in energy waste.

After the professionals and contractors are done providing their own personal energy flaws, the building materials take over and provide their own brand of energy waste.

All building materials have different thermal characteristics:

1. Metals, like aluminium conduct heat rapidly.

2. Insulation conducts heat slowly, like fiberglass and plastic foam.

3. Wood, masonry, and plastic are medium rate conductors of heat.

Plain Box Home

The simplest homes to build are often the most energy efficient. They are just large six sided rectangular boxes. The building shell has six components - four walls, one ceiling, and one floor. In this type of square or rectangular construction, there are few things to go wrong. The architect has a simpler job and so does the plumber, etc. When it comes to an energy audit, the auditor has a simpler time assessing a nice square box.

Each component of a home - walls, ceiling and floor - usually has two layers with a space in between the two layers. As an example, a wall has an exterior siding layer and an interior drywall layer with a space between the two. The ceiling has the flat ceiling of drywall and the roof with the shingles or metal. The space between the layers is usually reserved for insulation.

The building shell has seams and connections that include edges, corners, and openings that are thermal weak points within the home. These thermal weak points contain heat conductive materials, broken air barriers, leaky joints, open holes and missing insulation.

Penetrations through insulation and air barriers are major flaws concerning energy conservation. These penetrations are provided courtesy of the builder, electrician, plumber, and HVAC Contractors. Here again, the contractor is not planning on living in the home, only planning on getting their work done and moving on to the next home.

An irregular shaped home has additional corners, seams, and areas where the air barrier and insulation is not continuous. Irregular areas include bay windows, dormers, porches, pop outs, second story decks, recessed entrances, doors, and windows. Building shell irregularities can allow air leakage through the building shell and allow air convection currents within the building cavities.

Dormers Are Wasters

Some favorite home energy flaws:

It is in these areas where energy saving efforts should be focused.

1. Shafts containing chimneys and pipes.

This is particularly a problem in two story homes. Too often the shaft or chimney chase is not sealed to the adjoining ceiling or floor. Penetrations are not sealed completely. Air can rise from the basement to the attic and back again.

2. Roof Overhangs.

Roof overhangs can provide an irregularity in both the wall and the adjoining roof. Look for thermal barrier and air leakage problems here.

3. Crawlspaces and basements that connect the home to the outdoors.

Rim joist construction can provide the irregularity that results in air leakage and thermal breaks.

4. Suspended ceilings between floors and cabinet soffits.

These are irregular framing designs that are prone to leave unsealed connections between the indoor space and the attic. It takes a conscientious builder to address these problem areas during construction.

5. Concentrations of plumbing pipes or electrical wires.

Get a number of plumbing pipes or electrical wires running through a wall in the same location and the contractor is liable to cut a much larger hole than really needed. Does the contractor return and air seal the hole? Probably not.

Chimney Chase

6. Building cavities used as heating ducts.

It's faster and less expensive for the heating contractor to use a wall or floor joist space as a heating duct. Problem with this type of heating duct is the fact that the duct usually ends up in a place that leaks air to the great outdoors.

Recognizing construction methods allows you to concentrate energy saving retrofit's on areas of your home most likely to contain building flaws that waste energy. So, if you live in a super cute home that is cut up like a tree house designed by Dr. Suess, there is a real good chance you are paying for your cutie with excessive energy waste.

This is the place for a trained and experience home energy auditor. A simple square box of a home may not offer the challenge required for the pro to keep inspired and sharp on the job. So, if your having a hard time keeping up with the power bill and you don't know a chase heating duct from a cabinet soffit, give your power company a call and ask them for the contact information on a home energy auditor.

Thank you for stopping by Detect Energy, please come back soon, but I won't leave the light on for you...

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 Energy Savings to the Cloud tag:homeenergypros.lbl.gov,2010-11-01:6069565:BlogPost:796 2010-11-01T21:00:00.000Z Silas Inman http://homeenergypros.lbl.gov/profile/SilasInman
You may have noticed the term 'cloud' or 'cloud computing' circulating around popular media. This has become an increasingly popular term and is used quite frequently by Microsoft in their recent advertising campaigns in order to create buzz. Although it is a widely used term it is not a widely understood concept. What makes cloud computing unique, or how does it work? Is it just a new term that means the internet or online?

According to Wikipedia cloud computing is web-based…

You may have noticed the term 'cloud' or 'cloud computing' circulating around popular media. This has become an increasingly popular term and is used quite frequently by Microsoft in their recent advertising campaigns in order to create buzz. Although it is a widely used term it is not a widely understood concept. What makes cloud computing unique, or how does it work? Is it just a new term that means the internet or online?

According to Wikipedia cloud computing is web-based processing, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand over the Internet. In other words, using a web browser instead of software directly installed on your computer. Many companies have already utilized a type of cloud computing by installing software on a server and allowing remote access. Even though the software is not installed on the user's computer they can still access it using an internet connection. The benefits of cloud computing is that it allows you to access information from anywhere with internet access or on a smart phone. All essential programs and software are kept on a secure server for easy access from any location at anytime.

The idea is not new, and in fact, it has been around since the 1980's. Thanks to the recent upgrades in internet speeds cloud computing is becoming increasingly popular. It was not possible before because even just ten years ago downloading a song over the internet took an hour instead of just a few seconds on a wonderful dial-up connection. It is the increased speed that has made cloud computing possible and viable.

With modern smart phones being able to access the internet from any location at faster speeds than our old computers used to be able to it is becoming clear that cloud computing will become, and may already be, the new norm. Many of us are already using cloud computing in one form or another. A common example of cloud computing are some apps, whether on your phone, Facebook or any other system. Fifteen years ago the idea of having a game that constantly updated your information and could be accessed from any location was limited to simple browser based games that operated using mostly text. Today even apps such as "Farmville" can be considered a type of cloud computing.

Cloud computing is a tool that constantly updates your information on a server 24/7 and allows you to access that information from any location in the world with an internet connection. Why leave cloud computing to chickens and cows on Farmville when you can use it with a client to heighten energy awareness and provide yourself with limitless information? Continuous Energy Management and Optimization (CEMO) uses cloud computing to constantly update a buildings energy performance information on a database allowing 24/7 access on a web-based platform. The CEMO system display energy consumption and costs, all in real-time and displays historic information on an everyday web-browser. The CEMO system has the ability to monitor anything that can be metered. For any energy performance specialist this can prove to be a priceless tool. Tracking building performance 24/7 from any location in the world is now possible thanks to the power of cloud computing.

Silas Inman
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 Sustaining Tomorrow with Energy Solutions Today
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General Motors says its new Chevy Volt will carry a 41-thousand dollar price tag when it goes on sale this November. The price is about 8-thousand dollars more than it's closest rival—the Nissan Leaf.
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I really do hope the Loremasters at Blizzard have a good idea of where they want to take this whole storyline, without either handwaving away the darker aspects of the Forsaken or having the rest of the Horde continue on in blissful ignorance (something that verges on the patently ridiculous after the Wrathgate).


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Which is the kindest country in the world?
My 7 year old daughter Ananya asked me this very simple but very important question. I guess there is no easy way to quantify. I thought this was worthy of debate.
What are your thoughts?
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Aug 4 2012: HI all,
I think the proverb "Don't judge the book by the cover" applies for everything and the same for choosing which country is the kindest. We all know that people behave different depending on their culture, geographic situation and their country.
For example, depending on the culture, one may find one country as bad, while another person with a different culture may find the same country as the kindest. So the question which country is the kindest in the world? I belive it depends on people and how they see/accept that country.
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Goodlatte, Schmookler vie for votes in debate
6th district candidates spar on economy, more at Turner Ashby High School
By Jeb Inge
BRIDGEWATER -- Monday's debate between the candidates for Virginia's 6th Congressional District didn't bristle with the dismissive body language or allusions to Big Bird featured in the presidential and vice presidential showdowns, but it was no less indicative of the disparity between candidates facing voters on Nov. 6.
In their second of three debates - held at Turner Ashby High School's auditorium - Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Roanoke) and his challenger, Democrat Andy Schmookler, faced questions on economics, health care and transportation from students of Rockingham County high schools.
Goodlatte, currently in his 11th term, largely spoke in themes of restricted government and an increased reliance on personal responsibility.
To Goodlatte, economic growth and government spending are the two biggest issues facing the nation.
"We can create millions of jobs if we would have government policy that encourages investment in our economy and ... a domestic energy policy that would incentivize the production of more of all sources of energy domestically," Goodlatte said in his opening statement.
Goodlatte credited the federal government's "over-regulation" of the manufacturing and financial sectors with the hampering of economic growth under the Obama administration.
Without that regulation, businesses will have increased fiscal breathing room and will infuse jobs and capital back into the economy.
"There needs to be employment not just for young people, but for all people in this country, and in far greater numbers," he said.
Schmookler, a self-proclaimed "seeker of the truth," credits his perceived lack of honesty in Washington with bringing him into politics for the first time. He attributes that lack of honesty and "truth telling" to Goodlatte and the Republican Party.
"It is as a truth-teller and not a partisan that I say, never in our country's history has a political party been so dishonest with the American people," he said.
Schmookler went on to liken Goodlatte's themes of limited government to scare tactics broadly used across the Republican Party to garner support for GOP resistance to "big government." He then went on to purport that Goodlatte supports a type of "big government" that "tramples on the liberties that the founding fathers gave us."
The candidates fielded questions from students on a number of topics:
On the cost of higher education
Goodlatte, in the vein of his earlier message on limited government, said that college costs are primarily the responsibility of private institutions in the case of private schools and state governments with public universities and community colleges. He also urged that the federal government refrain from setting price controls or placing restrictions on public and private institutions.
Schmookler attacked Goodlatte, claiming he voted against measures for the continued stabilization of student loan interest rates, which Goodlatte claimed he supported.
On Social Security
Schmookler cited income disparity as a catalyst for Social Security's revenue generation or lack thereof. But he advocated only minor tweeks rather than full privatization, which he said would then turn the program into a "Wall Street casino."
Goodlatte said he believes that by borrowing from Social Security, the government adds debt to future generations, and instead advocates making the program actuarily sound, citing the importance of people paying into the system who will later take out.
On defense spending
Schmookler, who previously worked for the U.S. Army and as an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., lambasted the current level of defense spending. He urged a reduction of spending in favor of other sectors.
"Can you imagine any reason why a country with our values should be spending as much as the rest of the world put together?" he asked.
Goodlatte advocated striking a balance between spending and fiscal responsibility, but also urged that cuts should not be high and done only when full budgetary reviews were completed.
The debate, held at 10:30 a.m. and the closest to the northern Shenandoah Valley, was attended by an audience nearly two-thirds high school students.
On transportation
When asked about problems facing transportation in the Shenandoah Valley, Goodlatte cited a limitation on resources, brought on by trillion-dollar deficits. He went on to highlight his efforts on starting expansion and widening projects on Interstate 81. He also highlighted efforts to improve railroad infrastructure, such as the Heartland Corridor project, which would then take heavy truck traffic off of Interstate 81 and onto rail.
Schmookler sees transportation projects as a method to increase jobs, but blamed Republicans for blocking Obama administration efforts to increase such projects.
Schmookler and Goodlatte will meet for a third and final debate on Tuesday at Liberty University in Lynchburg.
Contact Region Editor Jeb Inge at 540-465-5137 ext. 186, or email@example.com
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The third debate will occur at Liberty University. Liberty University? The same Jerry Falwell private school of bible thumping evangelical fundamentalist ultra conservatism? The same Liberty University that invited Willard "Mitt" Romney to give the commencement speech this past May? THAT Liberty University? Holy roley moley. Schmookler's brass pair gets my vote just for showing up for the debate.
Did anybody read anything in NV Daily about the first debate?
The Republican party has a cookie cutter image of all who represent them and Goodlatte comes from that tray. If you've heard one, you've heard them all!
Why didn't one of these local television stations show this debate?
Goodlatte has overstayed his welcome. We need someone who will represent us - not the fat cats who bought him! Get this "career" politician out of Washington and give Andy Schmookler a chance to serve for a change.
VOTE 4 Andy on November 6th.
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life published these results last week: 1 in 5 adults have no religious affiliation.
The number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace. One-fifth of the U.S. public -- and a third of adults under 30 -- are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center polling.
In the last five years alone, the unaffiliated have increased from just over 15% to just under 20% of all U.S. adults. Their ranks now include more than 13 million self-described atheists and agnostics (nearly 6% of the U.S. public), as well as nearly 33 million people who say they have no particular religious affiliation (14%).
The percentage of Americans who consider themselves atheist, agnostic, or unaffiliated has nearly tripled over the last generation. In terms of political impact, it's widely recognized that the Republican Party faces serious demographic challenges in the coming years. Americans are increasingly racially and ethnically diverse, and the GOP has become heavily reliant on white male voters to win elections.
As Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) recently conceded "The demographics race we're losing badly. We're not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term."
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I am surprised that Jeb Inge missed the highlight of the debate....that moment when the unexpected occurred.
Somewhere in the middle of the debate (in the WMRA recording at around the 20-21 marker) the question was asked,... what is your position on the pros and cons of hydro-fracking? Candidate Schmookler's answer set off a storm of applause that were initiated by the students; applause that were in fact against the debate rules.
What Dr. Schmookler said about hydro-fracking, fossil fuels and climate change must have struck a chord with the students since it very likely agreed with what they have learned in Earth Science. Apparently the truth about climate change is particularly important to the students as well as to the many other observers who quickly joined in the applause.
How was this outstanding moment overlooked by the writer?
"Schmookler attacked Goodlatte, claiming he voted against measures for the continued stabilization of student loan interest rates, which Goodlatte claimed he supported."
They're both wrong. Let the rates float with the market instead of being artificially set.
"Schmookler then deemed education a "right" and advocated an increase in Pell grants and student loans."
I haven't seen that "right" in the Constitution or Bill of Rights. Pell Grants, which don't have to be repaid, rose 2008 to 2011 from $16.3B to $41.7B. The $25.4B is an additional amount the the U.S. taxpayers borrowed to give away. For a good cause perhaps, but still a give-away. I couldn't find an explanation for why the funding increased by 256% during the past three years. There's surely a need, but there's a need for a lot of things - infrastructure repair for example, which also creates jobs.
Social Security
"Schmookler cited income disparity as a catalyst for Social Security's revenue generation or lack thereof. But he advocated only minor tweeks rather than full privatization, which he said would then turn the program into a 'Wall Street casino'."
Andy is correct about income disparity. Higher incomes contribute more up to the limits. Who doesn't know that? I haven't done the math but because of max contributions/ benefits, it's possible that a person who made lower income over his/her career than another person could get the same SSI benefit as the person who made the higher income. Andy doesn't like Bob's/Rep's solution but he only offered "minor tweeks" to fix a major problem.
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Replication - In Memory or on disk? And can persistence be disabled?
I am looking at using Couchbase to implement my cache. I was attracted by its replication/persistence, as I need these for handling session data.
However, I was wondering if buckets are replicated onto other nodes in memory or onto disk? I would presume they are replicated onto disk to ensure maximum RAM availability? I cannot find clarification on this. I definitely don't want my cache capability halfed by a 2GB cache taking up 4GB of RAM!
Also, can persistence be disabled? Potentially looking at porting another project to couchbase, but I would want persistence disabled, but replication enabled.
1. All items are replicated between nodes. I think what your specifically asking is if we keep replica items in memory and the answer is yes. The reason is that this solves the cold cache issue. So if one of your nodes goes down and you need to failover that node then you won't see a performance drop when the some of the replica items become active items.
2. Persistence cannot be disabled at the moment. We provide a memcached bucket, but this means that you won't have items replicated between nodes.
Hi Mikew,
Thanks for your reply.
So replication means the amount of RAM needed is:
amount of copies to be kept * projected cache size ?
You assertion here is generally true. We don't strictly maintain that the amount of replica items to be equal to active items in the cache. In practice this value is usually around 60% active and 40% replica.
Thanks Mike.
Are there any plans to implement storing the replicas on hard disk? Or would this have a significant effect on performance? The way I would think it would work well would be replicas are sent to other couchbase nodes which then save the data to hard disk until the time a node goes down, at which point that data is taken off the hard disk and stored in memory.
I suppose this could cause problems if the replica would take the backup node over its memory allowance, but perhaps there is a way around this?
This would be a great addition as hard disk space is very cheap compared to RAM. At the moment I don't think I can afford to have enough RAM to allow replication.
I think there is still some confusion here on how we utilize our cache so I'll give a quick overview and then answer your questions. Let's say you had a brand new two node cluster that has no items in it. When you start your application and your cluster begins receiving new items they are first put into the cache. Each item that is received will then be persisted by the active vbucket on the one node and also replicated to a replica vbucket on the other node where it will also be persisted.
Now imagine that you run you application until you reach your cache limit and then stop the application and let your cluster finish all of it's persistence and replication tasks. At this point you will see that all of the active and replica items are in memory and also persisted on disk. If one of your nodes goes down at this point then you can failover and see no performance drop from having to read all of the items that were in the cache from disk. This is why we cache the replica items.
So now we start the application again and write more new items. At this point our disk utilization is growing larger than our memory utilization so the Couchbase cluster will begin evicting both active and replica items that have not been used recently to make room in the cache for the new items. So now we will have some items that live only on disk and some that live both on disk and in memory. At all times Couchbase does everything possible to keep the items that are currently being used in memory and we also try to make sure the active and replica caches have the same items in case a node has to be failed over.
>> Are there any plans to implement storing the replicas on hard disk?
Yes. We already do this. See above.
>> I suppose this could cause problems if the replica would take the backup node over its memory allowance, but perhaps there is a way around this?
We limit the amount of memory that replica items can use. So this shouldn't be an issue.
>> This would be a great addition as hard disk space is very cheap compared to RAM. At the moment I don't think I can afford to have enough RAM to allow replication.
When I run tests on my laptop I only use 512MB and often will have 2GB of disk space used. For the best performance you should have as much memory as possible, but it is not necessary. We recommend that you have enough memory to fit your working set at any given time. For example if you use 4GB of data at your applications peak time then you should have at least 4GB of memory for your cache.
Ahh I see, a useful explanation!
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Allendale, Mich. - Samia Taylor won the triple jump, Shelby Schaal and Laura Hamel finished second and third in the pentathlon and six athletes recorded personal records for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee women's track and field team in the first day of action at the GVSU Big Meet in Allendale, Mich. on Friday.
Taylor won the event for the third time this season with a jump of 40-2 1/4 (12.25m). Junior Erika Suchla also had a strong showing, taking fifth in the event with a leap of 37-8 (11.48m).
"All in all it was a really good day for us," Milwaukee head coach Pete Corfeld said. "We had a few ups and downs. Durell (Busby) breaking the school record (in men's 60m hurdles) and ranking high nationally is obviously pretty huge. As a coach, you're always looking at where people can get better, but overall it was a really good day and we'll get right back at it tomorrow."
It was another outstanding performance for a pair of Milwaukee seniors in the pentathlon. Hamel recorded a personal record score of 3,241 points, improving on her fifth-place standing in school history. In fact, Hamel also had personal bests in the 800m (2:26.17) and high jump (1.66m) during the five-event competition.
Schaal took second in four of the five events to finish second overall with 3,552 points. She also had PR`s in the 60m hurdles (9.11) and 800m (2:19.99) portions of the event to lead the way for UWM.
Lauren Grant continued to shave time off her fourth-place all-time standing in the 400m, coming in at 57.09 for 13th in the race.
In the 60m hurdles, Chiamaka Okonkwo again took time off her season best, crossing the line just a hair shy of her own school record at 8.70 for fourth overall. Calanetta Burrows also had a strong showing, finishing the race in 9.00 for 13th.
Sophomore Simbi Laaro again came close to taking more time off her own school record in the 60m with a sprint of 7.59 to finish second in prelims.
One week after breaking the school record in weight throw, sophomore Nancy Harmon took 10th in the event with a toss of 52-2 3/4 (15.92m).
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As a smart citizen of the world, you move your car (if possible) out of the middle of the road after evaluating the situation and briefly speaking to the other parties involved. Well prepared for any eventuality, you pull out your accident-report documents and hand one out to the others. Once dutifully filled, the one dreadful phone call remains; you have to ring your insurance company.
Dreadful because most people are almost apologetic when they call the big bad insurance company to make a claim. The agent at the other end of the line is well aware of the insured's state of mind and they take full advantage of this. They've been trained to manipulate us into doing what they want us to do even though we're the ones paying for coverage.
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It's family photo time as the Gorgas and the Guidices decide to do a group family portrait with the Gorga's parents. It's a lovely idea and starts us off with a Plus 10.
I know the man isn't well but does Poppa Gorga always have to come off as such an old grump. Minus 5. Not much seems to make this man smile.
Joe tries to make his father feel better by offering him a drink and you've got to love little Gia. "No, no. Drinks don't make him feel better." Plus 7 to the little girl for speaking up.
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"There are increased indications that terrorists are planning imminent attacks in New Delhi," said a statement on the US embassy's website.
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And it surely knows what it is talking about, at it most likely footed the bill for the Israeli Mossad attack like the one in Mumbai!
Did you follow the development of the attacks on the Mumbai hotels as shown by CNN and its anchor person Becky Anderson?
You can probably find the coverage on U Tube. It was like straight out of the absurd play "The Bald Soprano" by Eugene Ionesco. In this play a fire brigade officer rings the bell of an elderly couple to ask whether they have a fire developing in their apartment. As this is not the case the officer is visibly disappointed and asks whether they do not have a fire, just a little one?
Becky Anderson follows the absurd Ionesco script and insists for 20 minutes or more that there must be hostages in Mumbai, and she is visibly disappointed when the spokesman for the Indian government in a telephone interview tells her that there is no indication of any hostage taking!
In Ionesco's absurd play there is no happy end for the fire brigade officer as there is no fire in the appartment, big or small, but Becky did better than that, and her hard efforts were richly rewarded when eventually there were reports of hostages!
She was in the category of first class media whores who in their efforts were just too far ahead of their script, just like BBC in its reporting of the collapse of Building Seven.
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Striker James Beattie has officially become Everton Football Club's record signing after putting pen-to-paper on a four-and-a-half-year contract at Goodison Park.
The 26-year-old has finally tied up the formalities of the deal following a medical at the club's Bellefield training ground and after agreeing personal terms with Goodison officials.
Southampton had earlier agreed a £6 million transfer fee with both Everton and Aston Villa and Beattie was left to decide where he wanted to continue his career.
That decision was made over the weekend and Beattie spent Bank Holiday Monday up at his new training ground finalising the deal and meeting his new team-mates and backroom staff.
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"I was impressed with what they had to say. The direction of the club and where David Moyes wants to go with the Chairman's backing and obviously the position that we're in at the minute has made the decision very easy."
Blues Boss David Moyes added: "We are really pleased we have got him. We have kept up-to date with his developments and we feel pleased he felt Everton is the right choice for him.
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The decision to continue your pregnancy or to end it is very personal.
Each year, nearly 1.2 million American women have an abortion to end a pregnancy.2
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- Inability to support or care for a child.
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- Pregnancy resulting from rape or incest.
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I breast fed my three children and this last pregnancy I gained over 60 lbs. I lost all the weight now and my breasts are very saggy and they lost their volume completely. After thinking over two years I decided to do a breast augmentation this next April. I am extremely scary because of the health issues behind silicone or saline breast implants. However, after reading lots of information and finding an excellent surgeon, I am almost sure this is what I want. Please advise me about your experience and the recovery process and hopefully I am making the right decision.
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Nursery Decor: A Colorful "Barn Dance" Theme
OK, moms-to-be -- time to show you a member's adorable nursery! I came across this expecting mama of two in Pregnancy and wanted to know more about the bold baby room she created.
Let's see it, and talk to Monique (moniyeage) about how she pulled the nursery for baby number three together.
So, where do you live?
I live in Ponder, Texas, which is about 45 minutes northwest of Dallas.
What are the ages of your other kids, and when are you expecting this one?
I have a 7-year-old son, Ryan, and a 2-year-old daughter, Emmalee. I'm due on Valentine's Day but am having a scheduled C-Section on February 4.
What was the inspiration for your nursery design?
I love country and western-themed decor -- I've used it all throughout my house. My son's room is decorated in a desert/cowboy theme, with cactus, a cowboy, and a coyote howling at the moon painted on his walls.
My daughter has a cowgirl-themed room with a pony (she calls it her "hee-hee") painted on the wall, cowgirl crib bedding, and a pink lasso "roped" on the wall.
My husband and I originally felt we wanted to be surprised about the sex of this baby, so when I was looking for crib bedding, I found a unisex set on the Babies R Us site that was called "Barn Dance." I loved it! It was original and I still have yet to meet another mom that has chosen the same bedding! It has bold colors and the cutest barn animals, too. I ultimately purchased it from macrobaby.com, though -- it was less expensive.
I chose the bedding set first and then we went from there in picking items for the rest of the room.
We chose red for the walls because it matched the bed skirt and crib bedding. Also, it was unusual! And I've always heard that red, white, and black are stimulating colors for newborns.
The bedding has a lot of black and white polka dots in it as well, so we decided to paint a black border with white polka dots through the middle of the wall to break up the red. My mother made the curtains for the windows in a black and white polka dot fabric to match the border and bedding. I chose cherry-colored furniture and a ceiling fan to give the room more of a rustic feel, rather than modern, which is how it would have felt I think with black furniture.
Red is such a tricky color -- which paint did you use?
We used Behr Premium Plus Paint in "California Poppy."
Tell me how you made the border.
The border is hand painted, not wallpaper. The border was painted completely white first, then we placed cut out circles of tape throughout the border and went back over it with black paint. After we pulled the tape, I went back through and hand painted the edges of the circles to make them more "crisp."
The animals on the wall are all from the bedding. From the picture that came with the bedding set, we drew the animals onto a piece of paper. We then divided each of the pictures into equal squares so we could easily transfer the pictures onto the wall in a larger size.
My mother was a huge help in putting the room together! The red walls and border were initially her idea. She handmade the curtains, the three "chicken plaques" on the wall, and Eli's name art. She had the little table and chairs made for the room. She did most of the painting, too!
Wow, go, grandma! Tell me about some of the things that you did.
I painted the white polka dots inside the border. I decorated the little white toy baskets on the table with black and white polka dot ribbon from one of the diaper cakes I received at a baby shower. I lined the baby's dresser drawers with the wrapping paper from my baby shower, too. My mom did that to my dresser drawers when I was born and I still have that wrapping paper 28 years later! I positioned all the furniture and helped brainstorm ways to bring our ideas to life.
Tell me about the wall "name art" above the crib.
My son's name is going to be Eli. My mother came up with the design for the art. She had some extra wood lying around and we had really wanted to come up with something different than just hanging the letters on the wall. We wanted something that would incorporate the cow from the bedding since we hadn't used him yet. I absolutely love how it turned out!
I'd like to feature members' nurseries from time to time -- if you have a nursery you're proud of, let me know! And if you have great nursery design ideas or tips, share them with other moms-to-be here.
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Cafe CynthiaJanuary 8, 2009 at 10:04 AM
That room should be in a magazine! You have a real talent for decorating, Monique. I am so jealous. My kids still don't have decorated nurseries, and they are well past baby age. When my daughter was born, we put her crib and changing table in the former guest room, and I still haven't taken that picture of the Civil War down. Poor thing.
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bunNtheovenJanuary 8, 2009 at 12:28 PM
Wow that looks like it just came out of a magazine!! like a celebrity had it done for their baby! that is so cute!! wow, its seriously an awesome nursery!!
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hey we live in the same city wanna come do mine haa haa awesome!
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I've always admired your nursery ever since you first posted about it! That's so cool that you're getting the attention you really deserve for such a unique "masterpiece"!
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What a beautiful room. You did such an outstanding job !!!!! You must have a really great mom to help you with it !!!!!
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How cool!!! You room does Rock!!
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At adidas Group (www.adidas-group. com), new products are simultaneously developed and introduced on a continuous basis to meet the needs of the most discriminating professional athletes, teams and consumers. Yet the company faced a specific need to implement a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) technology architecture that would allow for strategic collaboration across the multi-brand, multi-product type, customer-focused organization.
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English L2 Reading
Getting to the Bottom, 2nd Edition
By Barbara M. Birch
Routledge – 2006 – 256 pages
Routledge – 2006 – 256 pages
English L2 Reading: Getting to the Bottom, Second Edition remains a comprehensive, myth-debunking examination of how L1 features (orthographic system, phonology, morphology) can influence English L2 reading at the "bottom" of the reading process. It provides a thorough but very accessible linguistic/psycholinguistic examination of the lowest levels of the reading process. It is both theoretical and practical. The goal is to balance or supplement (not replace) top-down approaches and methodologies with effective low-level options for teaching English reading. Core linguistic and psycholinguistic concepts are presented within the context of their application to teaching.
The text clearly explains the strategies that readers of other languages develop in response to their own writing systems (Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Hebrew, other alphabets, or transparent Roman alphabetic systems), contrasted with an explanation of the strategies that English readers develop in response to the opaque orthography of English, and explicates how other low-level processing strategies for L1 morphology and word formation may aid or hinder processing in English L2 reading acquisition.
A complete, balanced reading ideology should be big enough to embrace all reading theories and practices. In particular, it should be able to accommodate those researchers and teachers who find that attention to the details of language can also help students learn to read better. Many ESL/EFL teachers are interested in supplementing their successful whole-language methods with bottom-up reading strategies, but aren't sure how to do it. This book fills that gap.
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*updated content in each chapter and clearer organization for the student to make the text more reader friendly;
*expansion in Chapter 2 on alphabets, writing systems, and a brief history of written English and spelling;
*extended discussion in Chapter 3 of the cognition of written language and reading transfer;
*addition of phonemic, vocal, subvocal, and articulatory development and L2 reading processing in Chapter 4, as well as instructional activities and strategies for teaching these skills to L2 readers;
*elaboration of graphs and graphemes in Chapter 5, including discussion of developing graphemic knowledge, processing strategies, and their instructional application, and new sections on reading speed, pattern recognition, and word recognition;
*development of the probabilistic section in Chapter 6, particularly the probabilities in context of L2 reading;
*updated information on the topic of brain activation studies; and
*new treatment of the topic of reading fluency, added in responses to requests from many readers of the first edition.
Intended for ESL/EFL reading researchers, teacher trainers and teachers, and as a text for MATESOL students, most chapters contain practical suggestions that teachers can incorporate into whole language methods to teach beginning or intermediate ESL/EFL reading (letters, pronunciation, "smart" phonics, morphemes, and vocabulary acquisition) in a more balanced way. Pre-reading discussion and study questions are provided to stimulate interest and enhance comprehension. End-of-chapter exercises help readers apply the concepts.
Contents: Preface. The Expert Decision-Maker. Writing Systems. Low-Level Transfer of Reading Strategies. Listening Skills in Reading. Processing Letters. The English Spelling System. Approaches to Phonics. English Morphophonemic Writing. Vocabulary Acquisition. Getting to the Bottom of English L2 Reading Fluency. Appendix A: English Graphemes. Appendix B: English Phonemes and Their Principle Spellings.
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ARENA Legacy Award - Dan Nelson, MSc, CIP
Daniel K. Nelson, MSc, CIP, has been selected as the 2013 recipient of the ARENA Legacy Award.
Mr. Nelson is a longtime national, institutional, and organizational leader whose career has been characterized by a passionate and tireless commitment to protecting the rights and welfare of research subjects. One of the many ways in which he has demonstrated this exceptional commitment is through tireless service to PRIM&R, as well as via his generosity in mentoring and supporting countless professionals working in the field.
Mr. Nelson received his bachelor's degree in biology and psychology from Luther College, and his master's degree in physiology from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Trained in medical physiology, Mr. Nelson has held faculty appointments at the Mayo Clinic and at the University of Rochester, where he was director of research in a clinical gastroenterology unit. He made his first foray into human subjects protections work when he became the IRB chair at a hospital affiliated with the University of Rochester.
Mr. Nelson is currently a professor of social medicine, an adjunct professor of pediatrics, and the director of the Office of Human Research Ethics at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill. Since joining UNC in 1998, he has worked to transform the UNC IRB system from a fragmented, school-based IRB model into a centralized, comprehensive human research protections program that provides IRB oversight for the entire university. On campus, Mr. Nelson is viewed as a leader who has successfully built bridges between the IRB and the research community.
Mr. Nelson is also a co-investigator on several projects, including a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study examining the clinical, ethical, and social questions surrounding the responsible use of whole exome sequencing; a pilot study comparing local and central IRB review; and a project designed to strengthen the bioethical training and research capacity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
In addition to being a hands-on researcher and skilled instructor, Mr. Nelson is an accomplished writer who has made extensive contributions to textbooks, journals, and the news media. Among his publications are: "Obtaining Consent from Both Parents for Pediatric Research: What Does 'Reasonably Available' Mean?" (Pediatrics, 2013); "IRB Chairs' Perspectives on Genotype-Driven Research Recruitment" (IRB: Ethics and Human Research, 2012); "Recommendations for Ethical Approaches to Genotype-Driven Research Recruitment" (Human Genetics, 2012); "Researcher Conflict of Interest" and "IRB Member Conflict of Interest" (with E. Bankert and R. Amdur in Institutional Review Board Member Handbook (3rd edition), 2010); and "Getting from A to IRB: Developing an Institutional Review Board at a Historically Black University" (Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 2010).
Given this long and venerable list of high profile and high impact professional activities, it is all the more remarkable that Mr. Nelson has been able and willing to devote so much time to PRIM&R for almost 20 years. He served as the president of ARENA, PRIM&R's former membership division in 2002; as a member of the Council for Certification of IRB Professionals (CCIP); as faculty for countless PRIM&R programs; and as a member of several of our conference planning committees. Additionally, in 2003, he received PRIM&R's Special Service Award.
Mr. Nelson's service to the field extends well beyond his "day job" and PRIM&R activities, as he is also a highly sought after member of innumerable committees and councils for many other nonprofit and governmental organizations. He is a charter member of the AAHRPP Council for Accreditation; consults for the OHRP; was a founding co-chair of the IRB Sponsor Roundtable; and served as a liaison to the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. For the past nine years, he has co-chaired the Subpart A subcommittee of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP), the body that advises the US Department of Health and Human Services on the regulations that govern human research protections (the "Common Rule").
Beyond his remarkable professional achievements, though, Mr. Nelson is a sterling human being who models wisdom, thoughtfulness, common sense, integrity, and "respect for persons" in all he does. He has worked continuously and energetically to promote the ethical conduct of research, and so many of those working in the field today have been touched by his generous willingness to mentor, support, teach, and otherwise help them.
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Genre: Fantasy, General Fantasy
Jerel Telemon is a typical teenager of the Free Galaxy, with school, boys and a part-time job as her top priorities. But then she's kidnapped by fanatic oligarchists as part of a plot to revive the defeated fascist regime. Jerel's parents were heroes of the alliance that overthrew the oligarchy, which had ruled the Sword of Orion area of the Milky Way with an iron fist.
While her parents gave their lives for a noble cause, Jerel's life with her uncle has been fairly normal. Now, after a narrow escape, Jerel, her uncle, her maybe-boyfriend Kay and an alien warrior are on the run, planet-hopping to stay ahead of the bad guys. Jerel holds within her the key to secure the galaxy's freedom once and for all. She and her companions must figure out how to use this power before the oligarchists catch up with them and find a way to use Jerel for their own dark purposes.
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DTMBio 2011 Proceedings published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
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