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Uno! - Green Day
- Band Name: Green Day
- Record Label: Reprise / Warner Bros. / Warner Music
- Release Date: Sep 25, 2012
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 149 Ratings
User score distribution:
Positive: 114 out of 149
Mixed: 9 out of 149
Negative: 26 out of 149
Review this album
Oct 27, 2014I remember being so excited when 'Uno!' first came out. I wanted to like it more than I did, but something about it was missing. Green Day trying to harken back to their old "Dookie" and "Insomniac" days works, but it's a massive step back from both those albums and the two great rock operas they produced prior. The album isn't bad, just unmemorable. It isn't boring, just uninventive. It isn't great, it's just okay. The only thing that I can say is truly bad is the production. It's borderline cringe worthy at times when they try to mix clean poppy productions with fast and dirty 3-chord punk tracks. Some tracks like "Let Yourself Go" and "Kill the DJ" are fun to listen to in their own unique way (the first being as close to their old sound as they'll ever get and the ladder being as far away from it as possible), but they feel kind of empty. Overall, this album is just sort of..."meh".… Expand
Jun 23, 2014Not Green Day's best work. However this is a fun album and as great as American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown are its nice to have some fun. Best songs: Oh Love, Let Yourself Go, Carpe Diem, Rusty James and Troublemaker
Jul 17, 2013This album takes the writing style of older Green Day albums while making it sound completely clean, prissy, and void of any grittiness or distortion which they should have being a pop-punk band and all. This album also has some of the weakest lyrics the band has ever produced with a few exceptions. Any song with any sort of potential to be good is just thwarted because the production and mixing just sounds off. Those little 3-chord jam sessions that this trio frequently has in their music just seems to be watered down in this album and it's mostly because the mixing is just off. You can hear a distinct difference between songs with these little sections like Stuck With Me from Insomniac and Stay the Night from this mediocrity. Now I'm all for a band changing their sound and all but this is not the way it's supposed to be done. Green Day has changed their sounds in the past and those changes made much more sense and just sound better. The change from the albums Nimrod to Warning was a refreshing and enjoyable difference in sound, same with the change from the albums Warning to American Idiot. What's trying to be said here is that Changing the sound but keeping the old style of music isn't a good idea. Albums like American Idiot are different from their older stuff but manage to stay under one roof. Uno is different but just sounds like a cheap bubblegum pop rock band rather than the gritty and fast pop-punk bad they should be. This trilogy will forever stain Green Day's solid lineup of excellent pop-punk albums.… Expand
Jun 7, 2013One of Green Day's greatest efforts, "¡Uno!" brings back its pop/punk brilliance with well-crafted rock songs. There are no fillers here (unlike the other albums of this trilogy). "Sweet 16" is THE highlight. "Stay the Night" and "Let Yourself Go" are other highlights here, as they are pure rock 'n' roll. "Kill the DJ", a bit different track from other Green Day tracks, find its way and does not disappoint at all, together with "Carpe Diem" and "Troublemaker". "Nuclear Family" and Rusty James" are also very welcome. "Oh Love", the lead single, closes the album with a sense of "work well done". "Fell for You" is a little sweeter than most of their other tracks, but it's good, though it might not please some fans. "Angel Blue" and "Loss of Control" are the weakest tracks here, but yet they are good.
"¡Uno!' is the best album on the trilogy and I recommend it.… Expand
Mar 13, 2013After American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown another great album by Green Day, although it's not on the same level. There are no bad songs in it, and some of them are very good (Let Yourself Go, Stay The Night). I think it's one of their best. Let's see the next two.
Dec 24, 2012Take the sound+energy of Nimrod and the style+arrangements of Warning and you have Uno. A great album that I can mostly listen start to finish, (minus tracks 5 and 8, bleh!!). I just wish Billie Joe would use a bit more distortion like he used to! Other than that a really fun, energetic album to listen to.
Dec 23, 2012what happened to the band that brought us international top hits such as american idiot, basket case, boulevard of broken dreams, holiday and 21 guns, only to mention a few!
Dec 19, 2012Decent album. All the songs have the same sort of feel to them. Only a few songs are really good. Wasnt as good as expected, but Green day is always good.
Dec 15, 2012Green Day was originally a punk band. Then "American Idiot" happened and the new generation or power-pop lovers fell in love with them. iUno! contunues with that tradition. Definitely not a bad album, not Green Day's worst, but, loving the old 90s stuff, like many of the other reviews for this album, this is very pop influenced. I have a bias towards the genre and will be inclined to give it a worse grade then I give it, but I have to take into account its audience. This is mainly for the mainstream power-pop lovers and for that, this album is a home run. In fact, if that's what you're going for, this whole trilogy is a home run!!! But from a musicians standpoint (which I am), it is catchy, but not traditional Green Day which is what I was hoping for a return to. 7/10.… Expand
Dec 13, 2012Uno! it's very good, with great sound and a loud style, and the new song Kill the DJ surprise the music world, demostrating that can make dancing music......good album for the start of this trilogy
Dec 9, 2012Green Day has always built their sound on power chords & unbelievably catchy melodies without sounding obnoxious or generic about it, and this album is no exception. While I do love American Idiot & 21st Century Breakdown (as well as the rest of their albums), I like that they're shying away from the political rock operas this time around to make something a bit less complicated but still effective. On this album they go for a more traditional power-pop approach for most songs here. There's relateable & well-written lyrics about love & relationships (Stay the Night & especially Fell For You), anger with the people around you (Let Yourself Go & Loss of Control), making the most of your life (Nuclear Family & Carpe Diem) and even some cleverly written political metaphors (Kill the DJ). This is also one of their most stylistically varied albums to date. Everything ranging from heavily melodic power-pop to blisteringly fast punk jams to even an early-80s-Clash-esque dance-rock song is included here. Despite this however, they manage to keep the whole album cohesive & well-flowing from song to song. Another thing to note is that this album contains some of their best guitar solos to date, most notably the one on Troublemaker. If there's one problem I have with this album it's that it's definitely front-loaded. The first 7/12 songs are just fantastic & Troublemaker's really good but then I feel like it starts to trail off until Oh Love. Angel Blue, Sweet 16 & Rusty James just sound like filler made to make this whole "trilogy of albums" thing actually work. They could've easily cut out these 3 songs, made the trilogy a pair of longer albums, and I would've been perfectly happy. Angel Blue & Rusty James aren't remarkable at all lyrically or musically, with the latter just sounding like a random collection of unused lines from 21CB & even having the exact same chord progression as Viva La Gloria. Sweet 16 is better lyrically but it's still in-1-ear-out-the-other in all the other areas. Another problem I have throughout ¡Uno! is the excessive f-bombs. Now normally I'm fine with cursing in music even though I don't myself, free speech & all. But there are times where it just feels like syllable filler more than anything else. Also, Oh Love SERIOUSLY needs a cutdown in length. If they just cut out the unnecessary instrumental part in the beginning, gone straight into the verse & cut out the repetition of the 1st verse after the solo that does nothing but slow down the momentum, Oh Love could've probably been my favorite song on the album. And like everyone I've heard talk about this album is saying, as great as this song is, it shouldn't have been the first single, or even a single at all. It works much better in context as an album closer. I mean seriously, they could've picked ANY song here from the first half & it would've made a great first taste of the album. Overall, while there's lots of great songs here, the filler tracks drag it down, and having also heard Dos & Tre, this is probably my least favorite in the trilogy, and somewhere in the bottom half of my Green Day album ranking. But still, that's not saying much negatively. This is Green Day after all. 76/100… Expand
Nov 13, 2012A great throwback to their earlier stuff while still keeping their more recent themes intact. Not their best obviously but it's definitely a new take on their music. The concept of a trilogy is such a unique idea, especially with the music industry where it is these days.
Nov 11, 2012Green Day just might as well call themselves the kings of pop punk. The band is not just releasing "Uno", but is releasing two more in the same year, literally named "Dos" and "Tre" both coming out in the later aspects of 2012. "Dos" comes out on Tuesday. Anyway, lets just get on to the review
This CD has a lot of good songs. Songs like "Nuclear Family", "Stay The Night", "Loss of Control", and "Oh Love" make this record a good collect. That is all the review, let's just see what the other two albums are going to be like.… Expand
Nov 6, 2012Green Day have crafted one of the worst albums ever just because they're Green Day. I'm not going to make an argument that can be backed up with evidence and that's why its bad. Musicians playing music that has structure and requires the band playing instruments themselves and writing their own music is a bad thing. Dubstep and indie music are the best in this day and age considering making music is irrelevant now. Stop listening to this and listen to Death Cab For Cutie and Skrillex. Oh by the way, if you can't tell, this is sarcasm and this album rules! Dubstep, Death Cab For Cutie, & Skrillex Suck!… Expand
Oct 19, 2012Puxando pela minha memória, acredito que o Green Day foi a primeira banda de rock que eu realmente gostei. Foi com o American Idiot de 2004. Isso já faz oito anos e nesse meio tempo minha admiração apenas aumentou. Talvez por isso o crédito da banda está bastante alto, ainda mais agora com o lançamento do álbum ¡Uno!.
Longe da grandiosidade das óperas rock do já citado American Idiot e do último trabalho deles 21st Century Breakdown, ¡Uno! marca a volta do trio para as raízes deles com um rock/punk/pop mais cru e menos pretensioso. É ótimo vê-los de volta a forma antiga, mas o resultado final ficou meio abaixo das expectativas. Não que seja ruim. Longe disso, mas tudo ficou apenas morno. Está lá o resultado de ótimos músicos que são os componentes do trio entregando arranjos caprichosamente trabalhados e com a cara do grupo, mas que perdem força devido ao fato de não irem além do eles já fizeram. É tudo muito certinho e até previsível em alguns momentos. Billie Joe está bem com seus vocais só que parecem ter entrado em um automático. As composições também escritas pelo frontman estão divertidas e com refrões precisos para fazer os fãs cantarem em shows e é só isso. Nenhum momento genial ou acima da média. Gosto especialmente da pop/punk/chiclete Kill the DJ (resenha a seguir) e da melhor do álbum Oh Love, primeiro single do álbum. Como primeiro álbum de uma seqüencia de três que vão ser lançados até o começo do ano que vem, o Green Day ainda tem mais duas chances de acertarem totalmente.… Expand
Oct 17, 2012I'm gonna say it, Uno is definitely a great album from Green Day. For those who say the new songs all sound the same, (sure they mostly sound the same) but it's definitely Green Day in their fun, punk days. I even enjoyed "Kill The DJ". The album in general really does feel like a blast from the past. And that is nowhere close to a bad thing.
Oct 13, 2012When I first listened to this album, I thought that it sounded horrible. However, after a few more listens, I love it! It's not as good as Dookie, Nimrod, Warning, etc but it's definitely up there.
Oct 11, 2012As an Idiot I think I can tell that this album is way more better than 21st Century Breakdown. ¡Uno! is a perfect combination between Green Day early years stuff with a perfect power-pop. This is an album with no concept, which is great because you can enjoy every single song individually. I love the way Green Day put the songs on the album, I mean... when you start hearing "Oh Love" you know you should start taking off your headphones, just like "Wake me up when september ends" on American Idiot", "Sassafras Roots" on Dookie and "Good Riddance" on Nimrod.… Expand
Oct 11, 2012My favorite Green Day album since American Idiot. There's a few songs I didn't enjoy but songs like "Let Yourself Go" "Oh Love" and "Carpe Diem" are my favorite.
Oct 8, 2012Something of a return to form for the band after the absolutely dire 21st Century Breakdown, and heads back towards their sound at the middle of their career, Warning kinda time. There are some really strong hooks to be found in the album, but the songs and album overall are just devoid of anything to keep me coming back. Lyrically simple, repetitive and derivative this almost seems like Green Day have gone back to all their previous albums, and ripped off their own songs.… Expand
Oct 8, 2012While ¡Uno! doesn't have the depth of American Idiot or 21st Century Breakdown, it stands on its own as a new direction for Green Day. Having been around for more than 20 years, it is essential that they continue to change it up, and ¡Uno! is a great example. There's a lot less politics, and a lot more short guitar solos.
The album opens up with Nuclear Family, which is pretty average. It has grown on me over time, though, and it's a quick song (as most are on this album). Then it moves on to Stay the Night, which in my opinion is one of the best songs on the album. It's pretty different from other things GD have done in the past, and I can't think of any of their previous songs to compare it to. After that is Carpe Diem. Like Nuclear Family, this song took a couple listens to really warm up to, and is similar to Life Before the Lobotomy from 21CB.
Let Yourself Go and Kill the DJ are the most fun songs in the album. Let Yourself Go is a really fast song that is a lot of fun to sing along to, and Kill the DJ, while some might say is too repetitive, has a great beat that you'll be tapping your foot to. Fell for You and Angel Blue seem to represent the weaker points in the album. They lack any real substance, but are at least still fun to listen to in the context of the full album.
Loss of Control and Troublemaker are another pair of great songs. They're full of energy and fun to blast in the car. Sweet 16 is similar to Stay the Night, in that it is hard to compare it directly to any previous songs. I think the closest I can find would have to be Pulling Teeth from Dookie.
Finally Rusty James provides a great tune for the penultimate song in the album, leading into the album's closer Oh Love, which everyone has probably already heard on the radio this summer.
While some may argue that this album wasn't as great as GD's last two, I think it really shouldn't be compared on the same level. ¡Uno! stands on its own as a great way to spend 41 minutes, and adding 12 awesome new songs to your library. If you go in with the right expectations, this album can be really amazing.… Expand
Oct 6, 2012I've been a fan of Green Day since I found Dookie as a kid, probably 13 years ago. When American Idiot received considerable airplay I wasn't even aware it was the same band. Their past two albums have had a more stadium rock feel to them, which is something Uno! lacks. That's not to say it doesn't have some catchy power punk anthems but the album lacks cohesiveness in comparison with their most recent works. It starts on a high note, rattling through 'Nuclear Family', 'Stay the Night', and 'Carpe Diem', and finishes with familiar sounds in 'Rusty James' and 'Oh Love'. The middle however, is filled with relatively short, themeless songs that all sound increasingly similar. I understand the theme of the first album in the trilogy is to be 'Power Pop Punk', but let's hope we see more from volumes two and three, with their "Garage Rock' and 'Stadium Rock' labels.… Expand
Oct 6, 2012This album is exactly what Green Day said it would be. I am a long time green day fan, and sure this album doesn't necessarily get up to par with Dookie and Insomniac but come on, they are in their forties. This album is pretty sweet if you give it the time and consider that trio, now quartet is no longer the snotty rebellious teens they once were. This is Green Day going back to their basic roots, and i truly respect it.… Expand
Oct 5, 2012This album really takes me back. My best description is a good mix of Nimrod and Shenanigans with a little bit of Warning and Insomniac in small doses. Looking forward to the following releases!
Oct 4, 2012Uno is the sound of a dad trying to hang out with their 14 year old son and his friends. Billie Joe Armstrong's lyrics are dreadful, with lines like "I woke up in a pool of sweat/ First thought I pissed the bed" The fact is Green Day can put **** out like this in their sleep... and they are with Dos and Tre coming out in November and January.
Oct 3, 2012Definitely not their best stuff, but is well enough to satisfy. Some of the songs get kind of repetitive and aren't very memorable, but there still are good songs that retain those punk roots we're accustomed to like "Let Yourself Go" while at the same time having some unique creative ones like "Kill the DJ" , that are not the usual Green Day that we're used to, but it's a fun change of pace and it works. I'm looking forward to "¡Dos!" and "¡Tré! and hopefully there will be some more improvement.… Expand
Oct 2, 2012I'm a long time Green Day fan, and have stuck with the band through every change. Sure, Green Day's not the pop-punk, 90-second song-slinging machines they used to be, nor, apparently, are they any longer performers of epic rock operas...Uno seems to be a combination of the two and yet something completely different.
Very quick songs a la Dookie are here, but it's still not the fast paced punk Green Day started with. The themes are centered around love, sexy times, and the like, and the sound is sort of American Idiot-era generica. Simple guitar riffs and drum beats, mixed with the less poetic side of Billie Joe's writing make for a less artistic, but no less fun, Green Day album.
If this is the direction Green Day is headed in now I won't stop buying albums...but they may need to make room on my favorite bands list.… Expand
Oct 2, 2012After the ambitious and theatrical rock operas American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day have returned with a straightforward rock album. ¡Uno! sees a stylistic return to the classic vibe of the Dookie-Insomniac-Nimrod era. Some songs are still reminiscent of American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown ("Stay the Night", "Carpe Diem"). But most of the tracks on this album could easily have fit in with the band's work from the '90s. The song "Kill the DJ" - arguably the standout track - is a welcome change, offering a dance-punk style akin to The Clash's Sandinista! Much thanks to Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool for making a solid album. Hopefully ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! will be just as good, if not better.… Expand
Oct 1, 2012I'm a massive Green Day fan. I always will be. I own every one of their albums, and despite my disappointment, will purchase Dos and Tre. That said, this is another step down a disturbing trend for the band.
21st Century Breakdown was the first green day album since the 80s that wasn't outstanding. Unlike previous entries like American Idiot, Insomniac or Dookie, there were songs that were bland, unmemorable, or just flat out bad. Uno is like taking one of the bland songs (Last of the American Girls) and recording it 12 times. For an album that was supposed to return to their roots, it is thoroughly lacking in punk sound. It sounds like a bunch of old men trying to emulate their glory days, which unfortunately is exactly what it is. It is fake in every sense of the word. Say what you want about the political tone of the previous two albums, they certainly seemed a lot less forced both musically and lyrically.
There is not one song on this album that would be in the top 75 songs Green Day has recorded. And that should say enough about it. I'd steer clear unless you're going down with the ship like me to satiate your nostalgia.… Expand
Oct 1, 2012To be honest, I don't LOVE this album. I was expecting more from Green Day, but this album lacks variety and experimentation. All the songs are similar to each other and even similar to other punk rock bands' records. The only thing I like about this record is it defines the old Green Day, it goes back to their roots, defines where they came from and that's really amazing. I am now waiting for ¡Tré! (the thrid album in the trilogy) because "it will be geared more towards stadium rock and will have more of a grandiose sound complete with string arrangements and brass sections. The mood of ¡Tré! will be "reflective" and the album would be a "mixed bag" with the sound fluctuating from the punk rock feel of Dookie and Insomniac, the experimental elements of Nimrod and Warning and finally finishing with the stadium rock/ rock opera sound taken from American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown", as said by Billie Joe Armstrong. So I'm really looking forward to that. This album is so not up to my expectations and I wouldn't recommend anyone to buy it either. If you want to listen to any song, just YouTube the Goddamn song. If you still want to buy it for your collection then, go ahead. Nobody's stopping you.… Expand
Oct 19, 2012What this amounts to is a sharp and often exhilarating change of gear from the Green Day of the past eight years. [22 Sep 2012, p.50]
Oct 3, 2012There are some parts you'll have to suffer through, but there are at least a handful of tracks that we can save and enjoy into the future.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Muir, Ronald [mailto:ronald.muir () xo com]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:30 PM
To: 'Larry Snyder'; nanog () merit edu
Subject: RE: Seeking NPA-NXX info for 140 West
The LERG - Local Exchange Routing Guide - has all this information. Any CLEC
or ILEC will have access to the database -or- you can buy it from
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From: Larry Snyder [mailto:larrys () lexisnexis com]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:56 AM
To: nanog () merit edu
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I've looked at the similar issues but none of them fit. I created the world-renowned sample_app from the Ruby on Rails Tutorial. I created the repoFOO.git repository and I successfully pushed my updates several times. Suddenly, I get a "permision denied" error hwever I try to push.
I can log into github.com and see my files, the repository name and the ssh key. I have tried all the things below but I keep getting the same message.
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Pushing to email@example.com:tmulherin/repoFOO.git
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debug1: Connecting to github.com [126.96.36.199] port 22.
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debug1: identity file /c/Documents and Settings/Tim/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /c/Documents and Settings/Tim/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /c/Documents and Settings/Tim/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
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I really enjoyed this book. Even though the outcomes were predictable, there were a couple of twists and turns in the lives of the four main women which I didn't see coming. I loved the idea of the setting, a small coastal community in Ireland.
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A New Energy Economy in America, mini-series one of three: 111(d)
Bill Ritter, former Colorado Governor; Founder and Director of the Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE), Colorado State University.
Monday, December 1, 2014 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
Today, 220 million Americans live in a state with a Renewable Portfolio Standard and 240 million live in states with a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. When taken in aggregate, the population of those states with commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would be the fifth largest country in the world. Despite the fact that climate is a global issue, states are really leading the U.S. forward. Governor Ritter will discuss the Colorado New Energy Economy story and examples of other states that have led the energy revolution.
This mini-series on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed new carbon emissions reduction rule for powerplants - 111(d) of the Clean Air Act - will bring in top experts from around the country to share their perspectives on the proposed rule. The mini-series will explore the factual and policy basis for the proposed rule, its implications on the environment, the economy, and clean energy development, and challenges and strategies for implementation. Colorado's former Governor, Bill Ritter, will kick off the three-part series with a presentation on the proposed rule focusing on Western states.
Special panel talk with students
Gro Brundtland, Board of Directors, United Nations Foundation; Former Prime Minister of Norway
Monday, April 14, 2014 | 04:15 PM - 05:14 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
This Energy Seminar will feature a student-led discussion with Dr. Gro Brundtland on the challenges in climate and energy --an area she has been a global leader.
**Come join us for the Precourt Institute for Energy social following this talk. NVIDIA Foyer, 5:15-6:15 (open to Stanford faculty, staff, and students. Editors of the Stanford Energy Journal will be present to discuss their latest sustainability transportation issue.
Saving Time and Energy through Bus-Rapid-Transit Projects Around the World
Sharareh Tavafrashti, Principal Engineer, San Francisco County Transportation Authority
Elkin Bello, Program Manager, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy
Monday, April 7, 2014 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
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As the cost of providing space and energy for personal transportation options have increased both on the capital side as well as its energy footprint and consequences, mass transportation is gaining priority for developing and developed countries. In this presentation, we will provide a few examples of the successful and not so successful implementations for the bus rapid transit system around the world. The lecture will compare key features of various BRT projects around the world and attempt to address their impact on sustainable development and transportation solutions in each environment.
Solid State Energy Storage: Game-Changing Technology for the 21st Century
Ann Marie Sastry, President and CEO, Sakti3, Inc.
Monday, March 31, 2014 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
Critical, imminent changes in the world energy portfolio have amplified pressure on development of advanced energy storage technology, for the grid, automotive and consumer electronics sectors. Technology advances are not only required to enable the largest entry of people to the middle classes in human history, but also to avert disastrous consequences of irrevocable climate change and environmental harm. Present lithium-ion batteries, with a total addressable market of over $12 billion, expected to grow to over $23 billion in the next four years, cannot meet these burgeoning needs, for reasons of cost, performance and safety.
Present manufacturers of the incumbent technology all employ liquid electrolytes and lamination processing in highly conserved plant designs, producing cells that are not differentiated in cost, performance or safety. Additionally, lamination processing of lithium-ion batteries has enormous built in costs, including up to two months' of careful, pre-processing time for cells before they can be shipped to customers, comprising tremendous work-in-process and additional, unremovable process cost and time.
Coping with the Scientific, Technological and Economic Uncertainties of Climate Change
Charles Kolstad, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and the Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford University
Monday, April 8, 2013 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
The threat of climate change has profound implications for the evolution of the world's energy system over the coming decades. More than many environmental problems, uncertainty is a central characteristic of the problem – uncertainty regarding the physical science of climate but also uncertainty regarding the impacts, technologies (for mitigation, adaptation and geoengineering), costs, and human preferences.
The problem is larger than simple uncertainty. Some uncertainty is objective and fits into a probabilistic paradigm; other uncertainty is much more vague, with unknown probabilities (such as the likelihood of inventing a cheap way of storing electricity by 2020). Furthermore, uncertainty changes over time, either simply by acquiring more experience or through proactive measures to increase knowledge (eg, R&D). And further, some uncertainty is managed automatically by individuals and organizations seeking to reduce risk exposure (eg, with flood insurance). The bottom line is how to manage the risks of climate change in this complex and evolving environment? Insurance, financial markets, individual action and public policy can and should work in tandem to deal with this uncertainty. This talk provides a perspective on managing risk associated with climate change.
Entrepreneurship Mini-Series, part II: Recent Stanford Graduates in Energy Start-Ups
Max Kelman, Manager of Materials & Print Development at Innovalight, Inc./DuPont; Jacob Woodruff, Senior Scientist at SunPower Corporation
Monday, March 11, 2013 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
Maxim Kelman and Jacob Woodruff are relatively recent Stanford graduates in physical science and engineering who have worked successfully in solar energy-related start-ups. Kelman and Woodruff will describe the evolution of their careers to date, lessons learned about the start-up world and how it differs from academic and larger corporate workplaces. This will include the implementation of research findings into pilot and manufacturing lines with accelerated development timelines, and what it is like to work in the early stages versus later stages after reorganization and introduction of new management. Personality traits that may be useful among start-up employees will also be discussed.
Sustainable Materials: With Both Eyes Open
Julian Allwood, Cambridge University, Low Carbon Materials Processing Group
Monday, March 4, 2013 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
One third of the world's carbon emissions are emitted by industry. Most industrial emissions relate to producing materials. Steel, cement, plastic, paper and aluminium are the most important contributors. The industries that make materials are energy-intensive, so they have always been motivated to be efficient and have now reached a fantastic level of performance.
However, the world's demand for materials is growing, and likely to double by 2050. By default, industrial emissions will also double, unless we do something differently. This talk sets out an agenda for making a big difference to global emissions by requiring less new material. Based on a five-year project with eight researchers and a consortium of 20 large industrial partners, we have gathered evidence on six material efficiency options which allow us to provide the same final services (such as housing or transport) with significantly less material. The talk will present a series of case studies to demonstrate how these strategies can be applied in practice, and explore the actions by government, businesses and consumers that would bring them about.
Entrepreneurship Mini-series, part I: Challenges in Founding a New Energy Technology Company
Brian Hardin and Craig Peters, Co-Founders of PlantPV; Howard Turner, CTO of Kinestral Technologies
Monday, January 28, 2013 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
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|Craig Peters
|Howard Turner
Brian Hardin and Craig Peters (PlantPV) and Howard Turner (Kinestral) will discuss some of the important challenges that arise in founding a new energy technology company. Topics include both the tactical aspects of starting up a new venture, and more strategic considerations of entering an energy market with a technology developed using Silicon Valley venture capital funding. Speakers will explore key drivers, aside from interesting science, for selecting the technology space in which to start a company. They will also describe ways in which students may prepare themselves for future start-ups while still in school.
Grid Flexibility and Research Challenges to Enhance the Integration of Variable Renewable Energy Sources
Mark O'Malley, Electrical Engineering Dept., University College Dublin
Monday, January 14, 2013 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
Grid flexibility is a characteristic that is proposed to help the integration of variable renewable energy resources. However it has proven very difficult to quantify and this has spurred intense research efforts over the past few years. There are many sources, sinks and enablers for flexibility in the grid and these are all subject to numerous research challenges. Flexibility will be introduced, defined and a number of methods to quantify it will be described. This will be followed by an overview of research into unlocking flexibility in the power system e.g. demand side participation and power system operational strategies. There are potential hidden costs of flexibility and some of these will be highlighted, for example thermal plant cycling, and mitigation measures to reduce these will be formulated. Concluding remarks will try to give insights into how a future grid with very high penetrations of variable renewable energy may look like.
The Era of Mainstream Clean Energy: Solar Rising
Arno Harris, CEO & Chairman, Recurrent Energy; Board Chair, Solar Energy Industry Association; Director, Advanced Energy Economy
Monday, January 7, 2013 | 04:15 PM - 05:15 PM | NVIDIA Auditorium, Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center | Free and Open to All
Despite recent political attacks and negative headlines, the renewable energy and the solar industries emerge from 2012 ready to play a significant part in mainstream energy markets. Industry data reflects an increasing role for renewables as the fastest growing new source of electricity. It is now all but inevitable that our energy future will feature some combination of natural gas, wind, and solar. In this new era of mainstream clean energy, energy policy and industry action will determine what this future looks like. Will we end up with a gas-centric generating fleet with wind and solar around the edges? Or will we prioritize wind and solar with gas in a supporting role? What steps can we take to ensure renewables remain a central priority?


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With 12 players on the roster, the Miami Heat have three open spots. During a teleconference Wednesday, Pat Riley said the team will probably add another perimeter player and an additional big man. It seems, however, that retaining Ray Allen is Riley's top priority.
"We haven't moved on. My conversations with his agent, I've been told he has not made a decision with anything."
Depending on if Allen re-signs with the Heat or not, Riley may have to add another perimeter player.
"Probably the one area we want to shore up, is adding another perimeter player. . . . But we're not in a rush now. Probably another wing man and also another big."
Another big man would certainly help. Right now, the Heat have Chris Bosh, Chris Andersen, Josh McRoberts, Udonis Haslem and Justin Hamilton in the front court. At this point in his career, Haslem can't be counted on for the full stretch of the season. Hamilton is young, and will likely sit at the end of the bench.
According to Riley, Greg Oden is still a possibility. "We have talked to [agent] Mike Conley and right now we have not made any decisions. . . . He's still on our board."
If Allen doesn't return to the Heat, they will need to add a shooting guard. Rip Hamilton, James Anderson, E'Twaun Moore, Francisco Garcia and Chris Douglas-Roberts are all possibilities.
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We need to cut the NCAA some slack! They are making progress. Earlier this year they gave their finding on the Treaty of Versailles and promised a White Paper response to the Camp David Accords by years end. Their back log is staggering.
What rule would stop the student athlete from filing a FAFSA form and taking a federal student loan? FAFSA paperwork only requires that you be taking classes. Plenty of kids on full-ride academic scholarships use them for pocket money as a full-ride academic scholarship doesn't cover anywhere close to to the real cost of attending school.
Please AJC do an article on how much the players do receive. I have asked multiple time but I think you are scared to write an article that is against the majority's belief. For major D1 football players you get free tuition (most of the kids are out of state so that is a lot of money and many of these kids couldn't make it into the colleges if not for athletics), free meal plan (football meal plans aren't the same as student meal plans, steak and crab legs instead of cafeteria pizza), free housing, free workout room with a workout plan specifically designed for you, insurance and the best medical service you could ever find, clothing, and lets not forget that weekly stipend check that I just found out about and of course the PELL grant that goes straight into your pocket if you have a full ride scholarship. There are probably more things I'm not even thinking about.
If you start paying players and truly make this into a business be careful. If you pay football players you have to pay everyone. Many schools aren't in as good of shape as UGA, it will shut their athletic program down or will take away the hope of ever getting a good recruit because you can't pay. Oh yeah, and if you pay only the players that make the school money, I can fire the players who never see the field. So maybe you help out the top 5-10 percent of football players, but you are going to kill the bottom 50-60 percent. I don't think it is worth it.
Let most of the SEC teams and the major football factories from the other big conferences go and create their own NFL farm league and play with themselves. Let colleges who still believe in STUDENT-athletes continue playing college football.
I hope this can of worms fells the whole "sports for profit" system this country has. The NCAA (whatever that is ... who died and made them gods?) should file for the same antitrust exemptions all professional sports have. This would be an admission that the NCAA (mostly in reference to football and basketball) is nothing less that running a Minor League System for the NFL and the NBA. The NCAA is in bed with these professional sports through sanctioning a draft of college players. At lease baseball has recognized that "calling dibs" on youngsters can include high school grads, bypassing the NCAA monopoly, with basketball also choosing to accept "those poor hardship cases."
The reality is the NCAA should be called a professional multi-sports company and be made to pay its players. Those players must stop being called students. The players must be paid a fair wage, based on union bargaining. The colleges need to remove themselves from the mix. After the NCAA becomes a professional "agent" of multiple sports, they will then need to pay universities for the rights to utilize their playing fields and practice facilities, and even for the right to use a college's name and logos. The NFL can gain the right to farm the NCAA, according to agreements yet made, and snatch a "Heisman Trophy winner-to-be" from a team it owns the rights to, calling him up to the big leagues, whenever an opening makes that the right thing to do, with a pay raise part of the process.
Colleges need to take the money it saves from no longer having "athletic departments," plus the billions of dollars paid for what used to be "student athletes" and the infrastructure for sports (arenas and stadiums, et al) and LOWER THE COST OF TUITION. They should also place large sums of money into special "class action lawsuits" from any ex-college student that has a student loan that was artificially inflated due to schools subsidizing professional sports in the name of athletics. They should go back to purely intermural athletics, where a grassy playground is ample placement for a game and a few girlfriends standing around watching boys play.
As bad as he NCAA is, it's no worse than the groups of shysters who get even richer off of struggling athletes.
It is a corrupt system - this is the latest on the UNC debacle which the Barney Fifes running the NCAA have ceased "investigating."
Rashad McCants, the second-leading scorer on the North Carolina basketball team that won the 2004-05 national title, told ESPN's "Outside the Lines" that tutors wrote his term papers, he rarely went to class for about half his time at UNC, and he remained able to play largely because he took bogus classes designed to keep athletes academically eligible.
McCants told "Outside the Lines" that he could have been academically ineligible to play during the championship season had he not been provided the assistance. Further, he said head basketball coach Roy Williams knew about the "paper-class" system at UNC. The so-called paper classes didn't require students to go to class; rather, students were required to submit only one term paper to receive a grade.
McCants also told "Outside the Lines" that he even made the Dean's List in Spring 2005 despite not attending any of his four classes for which he received straight-A grades. He said advisers and tutors who worked with the basketball program steered him to take the paper classes within the African-American Studies program.
I am fed-up with the NCAA, doing nothing for the student-athletes, being sued by the student-athletes, not protecting the student-athletes, not providing insurance for the student-athletes, and pocketing billions because of the student-athletes, which the NCAA then, wastes.
I am not in favor of a Division 4.
I am in favor of a different governing body, by the student-athletes, for the student-athletes, made-up of student-athletes.
This whole sordid mess is all entirely illegal designed only to perpetuate that the NFL can draft any high school athlete after 3 years', the NBA after 1 year and MLB day 1.
Give me a break.
NFL, MLB, and NBA all benefit from the "decisions" this governing body makes in its own best interests - not those of the student-athletes.
NCAA by-laws are a silly, out-dated, set of rules to get colleges in trouble - when the egregious party is the NCAA itself.
What is wrong is glaring : the NCAA.
"We have not yet determined whether to object to any of the settlement terms".
Where the heck did the NCAA find their lawyers? NCAA says they are not going to object to a legal agreement between 2 independent parties??? I guess the next announcement out of Emmert's office will be that the NCAA has not yet determined whether to object to the settlement between Donald Sterling and the Sterling Family Trust.
D4 like Slive said, payem already and get it over with
but dont the schools and the ncaa clothe, feed and give them houses? in my best donald sterling voice.........lol
$40M for how much EA and NCAA made off those students for using their likeness seems... low.
For years and years, the NCAA has raked in money based on performance of student athletes. They sell game time to networks and ESPN as well as games (as pictured in the article.)
Then they turn around and punish any school that breaks rules and gives students any indication of payment or preference. The NCAA works extremely hard to make sure students do not receive any extra funds from the actual performance on the field. That only goes back to the NCAA, Conferences, and schools; but never the players themselves.
Yes, it's unfair to those students whose likenesses are being used for marketing and revenue but they see none of that in return.
There is a fair resolution to this, but I don't see the NCAA coming up with it.
In a weird way I feel bad for the NCAA. The NCAA is really just a PR firm for the major schools in the country. They do their best to convince people that they are maintaining an amateur environment when everyone knows they aren't and really can't. As the money grows, maintaining that facade gets harder and harder. I know everyone wants to blame the evil NCAA for everything but the NCAA is a voluntary organization started and maintained by the schools themselves. They are the ones to blame for this mess. They are greedy people who were more interested in a few more bucks than actually maintaining a collegiate model. It is coming back to bite them now. Personally, I will enjoy watching the whole system crumble.
Not one and I mean not one PSA should sign an LOI until the NCAA and all of it's members give the players to exercise their individual marketing rights. Period. This way, every athlete gets out what they put in. You can't get any more fair than that.
If these players didn't play at big time schools they wouldn't have been on the game in the first place.
After taxes some of the players will have little more than pocket change.
The NCAA either needs more power or a whole lot less power. Right now they are just an inbetween joke.
big time law firms will pocket 30-40% of this "settlement" -- players get chump change as usual. they need to sue the ncaa for more money
" For major D1 football players you get free ... insurance
If you pay football players you have to pay everyone. "
You call that College Football not including the top College Football Teams ? That's the joke.
@GTBob exactly and good point. i never thought of it that way. the ncaa is the COVER for the schools.........
@BoomTown That is coming
High-profile sports and labor attorney Jeffrey Kessler filed an antitrust lawsuit in a New Jersey federal court Monday, naming the NCAA and the five power conferences -- the SEC, Big Ten, ACC, Pac-12 and Big 12 -- as defendants. Per USA Today, the suit seeks an injunction against the NCAA's rules limiting athlete's compensation, labeling it "price-fixing."
If successful, the suit would allow players to be paid beyond their athletic scholarships.
This has a last days of Pompeii vibe