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Like many Americans, I am an avid listener to American Public Media’s Marketplace show. The show bills itself as “the most widely heard program on business and the economy — radio or television, commercial or public broadcasting — in the country. That popularity can also be a problem when journalists on the show discuss something they don’t understand.Earlier this month, Marketplace had a weekly roundup on the economy, focusing on manufacturing jobs because of emphasis provided on this topic by both of the presidential campaigns. The guests were John Carney of the Wall Street Journal and Catherine Rampell from the Washington Post.
At the third minute, Rampell weighs in on whether clean energy jobs would really help laid-off manufacturing workers. At 4:30, Carney shows his complete ignorance and claims that clean energy jobs are “science fiction.”
I know that Marketplace knows better. Scott Tong does excellent clean energy reporting for the show on a regular basis.
Let’s set the record straight since Rampell and Carney clearly couldn’t do a basic Google search.
The solar industry alone has created one out of every 80 jobs in the United States since the great recession. When including wind, LED lighting, and other clean energy categories, that number could be close to one in 33.
For the solar industry, a majority of these new employment opportunities are blue collar construction and manufacturing jobs that pay an average of $21 per hour — far higher than the $16 per hour non-union manufacturing jobs that South Carolina was touting later in that episode.
Amazingly, even Kai Ryssdal got into the bashing by questioning if clean energy could make a dent in hiring laid off manufacturing and mining workers.
In fact, the solar industry has hired more veterans than anyone else, retrained coal workers, and even provided a soft landing for oil and gas workers who have lost their jobs. The vast majority of solar and wind workers are trained in less than six months because their previous work experience and training is completely transferrable.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, wind technician is the fastest growing job category — expanding twice as much as the next-fastest growing job, occupational therapy assistant.
In 2015, the manufacturing arms of the solar and wind industries employed tens of thousands of people making pieces and parts in the United States. This is up by 20,000 people over 2014. In fact, this number is expected to continue to grow at that pace for the next five years.
How does an amazing show like Marketplace get these things so wrong? How do folks from the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal not know that solar and wind power now make up over 75 percent of new electric capacity additions in the United States — representing over $70 billion in new capital investment in 2016 alone. In so doing, these industries are generating substantial fees for investment banks, lawyers, accountants, and often advertising dollars for their newspapers and radio shows.
My sense is that these folks want to run as far away from environmentalists as possible. Clean energy in the United States has been defined by earnest environmentalists who, to their credit, embraced it wholeheartedly. But to our collective detriment, they spun an ideological, naïve story divorced from the reality of the energy economy transformation actually taking shape around us.
The result is that clean energy is mistakenly seen as a passive and precious solution for a future society — a delicate sunflower waving in the face of a muscular coal miner or a pristine field of green and sky of blue set against a dirt mound penetrated by a fracking rig. It feels more Utopian than aspirational, more luxury than necessity.
In short, it doesn’t feel American.
American is can-do, right-now, yes ma’am. Luckily, the actual transformation of the energy economy is as American as the Hoover Dam or the interstate highways, and even more earth-shaking. If only the discussion among politicians, media, business leaders, and the American public reflected that reality.
Unfortunately, the clean energy conversation is profoundly and unnecessarily polarizing. Like climate change itself, it’s become part of a larger culture war that fits neatly into the media’s predictable tendency of false equivalence, pitting workers against activists, businessmen against academics, and common sense against idealism. As a result, according to recent surveys, public sentiment about the urgency of action to prevent climate change is split along party lines between “let’s do something!” and “meh.”
The energy might be clean, but the work and the jobs are as rooted in dirt, sweat, and back-breaking labor as any American endeavor, and even more lasting.
We need to change the conversation to align with the deep emotional and aspirational narratives that speak to the American public. Clean energy could feel as all-American, cutting-edge, rugged, reliable, resilient, and tough as fracking. The same American ideals of independence, freedom, self-sufficiency, and opportunity can bring together green advocates and Tea Party stalwarts, labor and entrepreneurs, main street and Wall Street.
Independence is the heart of American identity. Clean energy is independence turned into electrons: the application of cunning, sweat, and ingenuity to harness the restless power of the American landscape.
The American energy economy is changing, and changing rapidly. Clean energy and energy efficiency is where the growth is happening. We can move of millions people from coal mining, low-tech manufacturing, and even oil and gas into good paying jobs that don’t negatively impact the health of people and the planet.
By rebranding clean energy, we can empower all Americans to work together for a stronger future. It’s time to get down and dirty
Without a healthy and productive environment and climate, nothing else matters. Nothing.
We can no longer depend on the U.S. federal government to lead on Climate Change.
193 nations around the world understand the anthropological science and the recent history of Climate Change and the threat it represents. Science is key to understanding how we arrived here and where Climate Change is heading.
The United States needs to lead on Climate Change and social activism is what gets its done in our democracy. Now more than ever, if we want to protect not only future generations but increasingly our current planet health, our time and money will be required, continually, to support activist groups who credibly lead this activism. 350.org, Greenpeace, NRDC, EDF, Ceres, Sierra Club and the list goes on.
Climate Change activism is underpinned with non-partisan science which is why I have supported Union of Concerned Scientist since 1985. In a time when the truth and facts mean nothing, UCS strives to make sure truthful science and fact is presented to our elected officials and the electorate. Their work is crucial not just because of the results of the recent election but also the accumulating and alarming data which shows that climate change is likely accelerating significantly beyond the models we have relied on. The graph below is an alarming indicator of just how serious and near term the threat is. The red line is 2016 ice accumulation.
Please consider supporting this highly productive and effective organization now by viewing the Union of Concerned Scientist website – www.ucsusa.org
But that prediction is less than certain as a result of the negatives and positives of the 5 year ITC extension.
Article originally posted on PV Tech
Author: Mark Osborne
Updated: According to the latest analysis by Deutsche Bank and in contrast to market research firms, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and GTM Research the US solar market is expected to grow in 2017, heralding in the last ‘gold rush’ period through 2020.
Deutsche Bank analyst, Vishal Shah said in a research note that PV module and inverter price declines would drive improved solar economics in 2017 and result in continued strong demand seen in the US market in 2016.
Shah noted: “This precipitous decline in module prices is also accompanied by a sharp decline in inverter prices, especially in the utility-scale and C&I [Commercial & Industrial] markets. As a result, we expect solar economics in several U.S. markets to improve significantly over the next 12-18 months. Our analysis suggests that project returns in the U.S. could likely exceed the returns solar developers achieved in other markets during prior cycle peaks and these returns are unlikely to improve as incentives gradually decline or net metering phases out. As such, we expect the final “gold rush” in the U.S. market to begin in 2017.
However, BNEF has recently cited the US ITC extension as “hurting” solar growth in 2017, due to the urgency to complete projects ahead of future ITC cuts is several years away. According to BNEF, overall US solar demand in 2017 is set to experience its first major slowdown after years of strong growth. BNEF also expects the US residential solar market to stay steady at around 2.8GW in 2017, a 0.3% increase over 2016 forecasts.
GTM Research had been the first firm to warn of a slowdown in the US market in 2017, citing utility-scale project slowdowns after the ITC extension at the end of 2016. The market research firm expected the overall US solar market to decline from around 14GW in 2016 to levels of around 7 to 8GW last seen in 2015.
Update: However, GTM Research has since told PV Tech that it latest forecast was closer to a flat year in 2017, compared to a dramatic drop. The research firm is guiding installs at 13.7GW in 2017, down slightly from 13.9GW in 2017.
A major decline in US installations is expected to occur in 2018, yet rebound to around 15GW in 2019 and over 17GW in 2020.
Deutsche Bank said it estimated around 8GW of primarily utility-scale projects were under various stages of development in Texas alone, while nationwide that figure stood at around 31GW, which would translate into a relatively flat 2017 market with 2016 but generate strong growth over the next three years.
“For 2018-20, we expect strong growth in all segments, and raise demand estimates from 13.2GW, 15.2GW and 17.4GW to 16.5GW, 18GW and 19.7GW respectively,” noted Shah.
Deutsche Bank’s forecast would seem to be the more bullish, currently.
PV module price declines steeper than expected
Only a month ago, Deutsche Bank’s Shah noted that industry participants at the SPI 2016 exhibition in Las Vegas expected average PV module prices to approach US$0.35c/W within the next 6-9 month timeframe, down from US$0.60c/W at the end of Q2, 2016.
However, Shah said in the latest report that US module prices had already declined by nearly a third in the Q3 to US$0.40c/W and were set to decline further to US$0.35c/W in the fourth quarter of 2016.Share this:
“Why are solar companies going out of business as the industry grows? The explanation is fairly simple, and it may continue to happen over and over again.”
The headlines above are from a recent article on Motley Fool. It s a familiar headline given the recent solar industry turmoil and the election falsehoods reported in the media. But the thesis like this one that the industry is in some self inflicted death spiral is just plain wrong.
The actual answer IS simple and straight forward:
- Solar energy and other renewables are competing with highly subsidized fossil fuel energy This is not new news. During its remarkable accent, the solar industry has been driven to meet a subsidized utility cost basis (kWh cost) that then ripples negatively across the entire solar industry supply chain.
- Fossil fuel subsidies run between 10x to 20x more than the amount renewable energy receives depending on sector and timeframe. Numerous articles on the specifics of the subsidy imbalance can be found here and in an older post on this blog.
- Of course the fossil fuel industry doesn’t pay for negative externalities – its been using ground level air and earth’s atmosphere as a garbage dump for particulate and GHG emissions. This represents an enormous economic burden to society via healthcare, environmental damage, climate change and general quality of life which is paid for in non-energy cost sectors. In other words, we are certainly paying for it, just not on the energy bill.
- And while the solar industry has done a great job of reaching near grid parity in certain markets despite this subsidy imbalance, a number of studies have shown that if you level the subsidy playing field – WITHOUT factoring in negative externalities, solar can be the same or lower kWh cost depending on locale.
- While a barrier to new, large balance sheet entrants, current efforts from Elon Must/Lyndon Rive and their SolarCity, as we ll as Sunpower, First Solar and many others to go large scale to solve immediate pressing global climate change problems, the fossil fuel subsidy largesse limits the success of these efforts.
- The enormity of the subsidy imbalance problem is global in nature and is well understood to be holding back a rapid transition to clean energy generation.
I always find it amusing when I hear free market fundamentalists opine on the renewable energy industry when they state that they would never invest in a sector that relies on subsidies to exist. The entire energy industry is not a pure market and has always been highly subsidized and regulated.
So, how much longer will societies around the world take to regulate a level playing field so the all important energy sector can meet the Paris climate accords targets?
Poll: More than three-quarters of Americans say next president should speed up adoption of renewable energy
Originally posted on solarserver.com, the author of this piece.
As Americans count down to Election Day, more than three-quarters (78 percent) believe the winner of the presidential race should prioritize the faster adoption of renewable energy, according to the seventh annual “Sense & Sustainability” study released on September 13th, 2016 by G&S Business Communications (G&S, New York).
According to the poll, more than 4 in 5 Americans (85 percent) believe customers benefit from having alternatives to conventional power utilities, such as distributed energy resources that include rooftop solar and wind.
In addition, more than three-quarters (77 percent) say government regulators should develop a pricing model that ensures utility companies pay for excess power supplied to the grid by smaller scale, independently owned device operators.
Despite strong public sentiment favoring the next president’s focus on renewables, the G&S study found that American opinion is practically split when it comes to elected leaders and their understanding of the costs associated with fossil fuels.
More than half (52 percent) disagree, as compared to 48 percent who agree, that elected officials are well informed about fossil energy’s total costs, among them the effects of air pollution on healthcare and the impact of climate change on property insurance.
Americans believe the advantages of market competition may go beyond cost savings. More than two-thirds (68 percent) feel it is more important to have a resilient power grid than to enjoy lower electricity costs.
“Even the contentious nature of this year’s presidential campaign could not distract Americans from recognizing the importance of renewable energy to future economic growth and their own personal well-being,” said Ron Loch, G&S managing director and sustainability consulting leader.
“It’s clear that public interest is served when there are discussions about the broader financial impact of fossil energy and the need to improve both energy efficiency and the infrastructure investment required to build a resilient power grid.”
Americans claim priority of renewables
One of the key finding from the study is that Americans voice strong support for raising the priority of renewables on the White House agenda: More than three-quarters of Americans (78 percent) believe the next president should dedicate more attention to speeding up renewable energy adoption.
Among issues ranked most influential on accelerating use of renewable energy, cost savings from energy efficiency was cited most often (26 percent), followed by energy security (23 percent) and cost to taxpayers for government incentives (19 percent).
The G&S Sense & Sustainability Study was conducted online by Harris Poll in August 2016 among 2,007 U.S. adults.
To obtain a summary of the G&S Sense & Sustainability® Study, please visit the company’s website.
In my previous Diversification Chronicles post I covered some of the high level reasons why the time is right for fossil fuel and electric utilities to pursue profitable diversification into the renewable energy industry. Below, I outline recent events and news that further highlights the legal, regulatory and market drivers that should create urgent diversification strategy development or expansion for companies with large CO2 and GHG negative externalities as a result of their business operations.
On August 9th, the federal 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the first time on the legality of the Obama administration’s estimated social cost of carbon (SCC). SCC was determined by federal agencies who worked together starting in 2008 to create an accurate SCC, a metric that represents the long-term economic damage to society, in U.S. dollars, from each incremental ton of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere. The latest estimate placed the SCC at $36 per metric ton of CO2.
The recent ruling upheld the Department of Energy’s use of the SCC metric in its analysis of standards for commercial refrigeration equipment. DOE used them for issuance of 2 rules in 2014: one of the rules set energy efficiency standards for 49 classes of commercial refrigeration equipment, while the other stipulated test procedures for the standards.
The refrigeration industry challenged DOE’s use of the social cost of carbon, but DOE’s use of the SCC metric, “was neither arbitrary nor capricious” according to senior federal judge Kenneth Ripple, who was appointed to the bench by President Reagan. The ruling was definitive in its entirety.
While this ruling only applies to the refrigeration industry in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin, the implications are enormous for the oil & gas and electric utilities. The SCC metric as established by the US government is now a benchmark going forward. This may well be the first domino falling which would affect all CO2 & GHG emitters in near term.
For the first time ever, CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants will drop below those from natural gas in 2016, according to a new analysis from the federal Energy Information Agency. Renewable energy, energy efficiency, historically low prices for natural gas, and other factors have driven coal use down by >30% while natural gas has been replacing that fuel for generation.
It was always assumed that natural gas would be a solid 50-year bridge fuel combined with renewables, energy storage and other technologies. But with its rapid rise in use, less energy density, and methane issues, natural gas is becoming a larger CO2 & GHG contributor with projections putting it past coal emissions in its heyday.
In addition to overproduction, very low oil prices, and legal challenges surrounding potential prior knowledge of the impact of their industry on climate change, the oil & gas industries are facing a potentially game changing problem of how Wall Street will value each company’s fossil fuel reserves.
Typically, an oil & gas company’s stock market valuation is weighed heavily on proven reserves and ability to extract. With many countries looking at putting a price on CO2 and limiting extraction of oil & gas as a result of the COP 21 Paris Agreement, this becomes a crucial data point for both the investment community and the operating companies themselves.
Industry observers believe that it’s only a matter of a few years before the investment community significantly reduces the value of oil & gas companies and limits their equity positions. Additionally, the Securities and Exchange Commission is coming under pressure to change its rules to require energy firms to be more clear on what their material climate change risks are.
Combined with climate change symptoms seemingly accelerating over the last few years, these market and regulatory challenges make diversification into renewables an imperative. Short-term and weak green-washing strategies of the past will not stand up to public or government scrutiny going forward. The time is now for government and corporations to lead the transition to renewable and clean energy.Share this:
PV Advocate synopsis:
- Cost of installing a PV system continues its rapid YOY decline, 5% – 15% over the last year
- Utility scale solar has declined quicker than commercial rooftop and residential sectors
- For the first time ever, price decline came from reduction non-module hardware and lower soft costs as module prices held consistent throughout year
- Capacity factors have increased as a result of more tracker use, better system design and advances in module technology.
- Full access to the original LBNL 2016 report
The fate of the world depends on driving down the cost of solar power.
Yes, that’s a melodramatic way of putting it. But it’s not wrong. Any scenario that has humanity avoiding the worst ravages of climate change involves explosive global growth in solar power.
So how’s that going?
Happily, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) releases a set of reports each year devoted to tracking solar prices; they’ve just released the latest editions. Long story short: Prices are steadily falling, more or less on schedule
There are two reports, one for each type of solar power. One is on “utility-scale solar,” which means solar systems larger than 5 MW. The other report is on solar photovoltaic (PV) systems under 5 MW.
Those are two very different markets, but I’m going to squish them together in this post, with the help of a bazillion charts.
Solar is growing, growing, growing
Here’s a good scene-setter. It shows historic and projected solar power capacity additions, by technology. (We’ll get into the difference between CSP and varieties of PV below — ignore for now.)
A few things to notice about this chart. First, there’s about 29 GW of solar installed in the US now; LBNL expects that to clear 100 GW sometime around 2020. That’s crazy-fast growth (from almost nothing in 2007!), but it will still only put solar at around 3 percent of the US electricity mix in 2020.
Third, the giant spike in utility-scale PV happening this year is an artifact that reveals how much solar still depends on policy. Everyone thought the 30 percent federal investment tax credit (ITC) for solar was going to expire this year. Contracts signed in 2016 would have been the last to qualify. So there was a huge rush to get projects on the books.
As it happens, the ITC was unexpectedly extended late last year (it will phase out over the next five years), or else the spike would have been even bigger. As it is,more than twice as much utility-scale PV capacity will be added in 2016 than in any previous year.
Prices for utility-scale solar are falling
Prices are falling for both big and small solar, though at different rates and for different reasons. Read the rest of this entry »Share this:
This archived webinar from my friend Terry Schuyler and his colleagues at DNV GL provides a clear picture of the challenges and the coming opportunities as the storage technologies decrease in cost and increase in performance.
First post in a series looking at the fossil fuel segment diversification into renewable energy.
Consider the current energy industry situation:
- For the first time in the last 100 years of the electric utility industry, revenue from sales of electrons did not go up after the US economy emerged from the recent great recession. Energy efficiency, renewable energy and behind-the-meter generation schemes are part of the reason.
- Oil and gas industry revenue and margins are suffering from very low prices as a result of overproduction, regulatory tightening on negative externalities and other factors.
- The coal industry is at a point that prompted the CEO of one the largest coal producers to state publicly that coal as a dominant generation fuel is in significant decline. Natural gas at historically low prices is rapidly replacing coal for base load generation. Coal is also impacted by strict limits on emissions as a result of the EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards(MATS). International markets, long thought to be a lucrative export valve for US coal, are in decline. China and other large coal burning nations have enacted new laws to wind down their coal generation, as the reality of climate change sets in and the cost-competitiveness of renewable energy continues to rise.
- The future energy picture, broadly speaking, is generally viewed through an electric industry lens. “Electricity is the energy of the 21st century,” according to Patrick Pouyanné, CEO of the large French oil company Total, which has been making initial strategic investments in renewable energy and energy storage over the last six years.
- The majority of the world’s countries (174) have come to agreement on slowing down climate change at the United Nations COP21 in December 2015, which attempts to limit warming to 2° C compared to pre-industrial levels. With energy generation contributing average of 35% of emissions, the implications for the energy sector is clear.
In this era of market turmoil and low prices across all fossil fuel energy sectors, renewables are highly cost-competitive AND gaining ground. The recent BNEF 2016 Outlook verifies what renewable energy cheerleaders have been saying for many years – renewables with energy storage and next-generation grid technology are ready to lead the imperative global transition away from carbon-intensive generation.
So why is the fossil fuel industry still sitting on the sidelines? Renewable energy companies and assets throughout the supply chain are relatively inexpensive now, due to the low cost of the gas and oil it competes against. The timing to present a diversification effort to shareholders has never been better. The timeline for return on investment for renewable diversification is significantly shorter than building fossil fuel assets. This would appear to be a first-mover’s diversification market.
The renewable energy industry represents a natural, highly profitable diversification strategy given the fossil fuel industry’s large balance sheets, synergistic services and capabilities, very low cost of capital, leverage with regulatory agencies and built-in customers in many cases. Yet many fossil fuel companies continue to dig in deeper on their traditional extraction-and-burn model, even as a Deloitte survey of oil and gas executives back in
2009 uncovered major concerns about the sustainability of their industry. The majority of these executives also expressed strong support for, and confidence in, the future of renewable energy.
There are signs that a tentative transition by some entities is underway. Major electric utilities such as Duke Energy, Georgia Power, NRG Energy and Exelon domestically have their toe in the renewable energy water, and the large European utilities Enel and E.ON have announced long term transitions to 100% renewable energy. Other smaller electric utilities are testing renewable generation, and decoupling their profitability from electron-only sales into energy efficiency and other services. The oil & gas sector is increasing their involvement in renewables with recent announcements from Shell, Total, and Statoil, as well as a number of smaller firms that service the large multinationals.
However, with the exception of Total and few others in the electric utility industry, diversification capital investment budgets are small, generally under 0.6% of the total. And there is always the lingering suspicion, based on past pronouncements, that these latest diversification efforts are merely green-washing to counter urgent climate change action calls.
To be sure, diversification from a core competency is not simple for any company who has shareholders to satisfy on a quarterly basis. Patience for executing a diversification strategy is not something the investment community is good at, as witnessed by the removal of electric utility visionary David Crane from the electric utility NRG last year. And E.ON in Germany is an example of the difficulty in maintaining profitability while crossing the diversification chasm.
But with the continual and rapid lowering of the installed cost and levelized cost of energy, as well as plunging cost reductions in the energy storage sector, diversification into solar and wind and other renewables can be achieved with a well timed diversification plan and lower risk. There’s money to be made, jobs to be created and the urgent health of our planet to consider. How about now?Share this:
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) held its twenty first Conference of Partners (COP21) in Paris in 2015.
The conference negotiated the Paris Agreement, a global agreement on the reduction of climate change, the text of which represented a consensus of the representatives of the 196 parties attending it. The agreement will enter into force when joined by at least 55 countries which together represent at least 55 percent of global greenhouse emissions. On 22 April 2016 (Earth Day), 174 countries signed the agreement in New York, and began adopting it within their own legal systems.
The key result was an agreement to set a goal of limiting global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius (°C) compared to pre-industrial levels. The agreement calls for zero net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to be reached during the second half of the 21st century.
This is all a very large challenge given the many sectors, beyond energy, contribute massively to climate change.
The great visualization below from the UN explains why the 2 degrees Celsius target is so important to stabilizing the earth’s atmosphere. (click on the play button in middle of graphic)
According to the IPCC (get to know more about IPCC), global warming of more than 2°C would have serious consequences, such as an increase in the number of extreme climate events. In Copenhagen in 2009, the countries stated their determination to limit global warming to 2°C between now and 2100. To reach this target, climate experts estimate that global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions need to be reduced by 40-70% by 2050 and that carbon neutrality (zero emissions) needs to be reached by the end of the century at the latest.Share this:
It’s fitting for me to return to blogging right after the release of the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Outlook 2016 report. While I have always been an optimist that solar energy and renewables generally would eventually disrupt the centralized fossil fuel paradigm, this report exceeds even my optimistic thinking.
What is astounding about this report is that as solar and wind continue their steep cost declines to the point that even with coal and natural gas generation costs at historic lows, renewables are, and will continue to be, the preferred choice for new generation through 2040. In fact, the report states that zero emissions renewables will be over 60% of all new electricity generation by 2040, requiring $7.8 trillion investment (coal & gas will require $2.1 trillion). Natural gas has always been assumed to be a long term “bridge fuel” until renewables, storage and intelligent grid infrastructure could mature but that maturation is happening significantly faster than most analysts thought.
In addition, capacity factors are forecast to go through the roof for renewables as better technology, supply forecasting and
smart grid technology enable large jumps in capacity gains. This makes renewables much more desirable. Once the generation asset construction is completed, the marginal cost of the electricity it produces is essentially zero, while coal and gas have ongoing cost-variable fuel requirements for every watt produced. The choice is clear for the power utilities, IPP’s and commercial and industrial customers like Amazon, Apple and others even before factoring in the environmental benefits.
The report also forecasts Energy Storage becoming ubiquitous by 2040, with total behind-the-meter energy storage to rise dramatically from around 400MWh today to nearly 760GWh in 2040, representing a $250b market. PV+ storage, in the near and future terms, will be come the norm, not the exception.
On a more sobering note, coal use in India other countries will still be expanding, which in turn means that the world will exceed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s ‘safe’ limit of 450 parts per million and the 2⁰C scenario agreed upon at COP 21 in 2015. While China (long demonized as the mega coal offender) is on a massive and rapid transition from coal to renewables, India has a long way to go. As a result, in addition to the $7.8 trillion capital investment for renewables through 2040, another $5.3 trillion investment in zero-carbon power by 2040 is required to prevent CO2 in the atmosphere rising above the COP 21 goal.Share this:


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Last night saw me finally putting together block 8 of 'In my Garden'. I completed the applique a few weeks ago , but just hadn't gotten around to putting it together.
My dearest friend Sam (A cup full of Stitches) is coming to visit at Christmas and has set me a challenge to have the quilt top finished - no sleep for me for the next weeks as I try to get it all together.
I do work better under pressure.. LOL!!
Yesterday saw my work Christmas Party - with only 3 of us (all working mum's) our boss decided that after the busy year we have had, we deserved to be pampered!! Gotta love it :)
Pretty Nails - ready for the festive season!
I thought I'd share our Christmas Tree with you because I love seeing what other people put on their tree's.
Every year I usually by a new decoration for our tree - this year I made them!
Another 'Anni Downs' design - these little pears are from a wall hanging but I thought that I'd just hang them on our tree.
I hope you are having a great week
Until next time - Happy Stitching xox

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Here is one more tablet PC sporting the $199 price tag that has now been made famous by the Kindle Fire. So the newest member of the $199 tablet club is Arnova 7 G2 tablet from French device maker Archos who had first launched it this summer.
The technical specifications of the tablet goes like this: 7 inch capacitive touchscreen display having a resolution of 800 x 480 pixel, a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 single core processor, along with 4 GB of internal storage. For OS, it is Google Android 2.3 Gingerbread that the Arnova 7 G2 is based on.
Also, another nice feature of the tablet is its ability to playback 1080p HD video. The device can be propped up using its kickstand that’s built in, similar to the other Archos and Arnova tablets that are available in the market. The tablet measures 8 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches while tipping the scales at a quite convenient 0.8 pounds.
So that’s one more choice in the budget tablet segment from Archos.
With a keen interest in tech, I make it a point to keep myself updated on the latest developments in the world of technology and gadgets. That includes smartphones or tablet devices but stretches to even AI and self-driven automobiles as well, the latter being my latest fad. Besides writing, I like watching videos, reading, listening to music, or experimenting with different recipes. Motion picture is another aspect that interests me a lot and maybe I’ll make a film sometime in the future.


Mint Hill's new Town Hall, currently under construction in the Mint Hill Village Shopping Center, sits on 1 3/4 acres with very little extra land.
Bob Evans would like to change that.
Evans, of Evans Construction, told Mint Hill commissioners he is willing to sell or trade some of his land, adjacent to the new Town Hall, to enable them to enlarge the parking area, add a village green or park, or possibly create a site for the town's Public Works Department.
"My object is not to put a monkey wrench in any plans, but to see if a portion of my land could be an enhancement to the town," Evans said.
He had a site plan previously approved for his entire 9.3-acre parcel that included upscale townhomes. But he says the economy has put those plans on hold. Evans' land connects the new Town Hall to some of the acreage the town already owns behind the old Town Hall.
Mint Hill Mayor Ted Biggers said that with the $6 million-plus investment the town is making in its new Town Hall, it's important to look at the land surrounding it.
In the coming weeks, Evans will meet with Biggers and town manager Brian Welch. If they come up with a proposal that is promising, Evans will start meeting with individual commissioners.


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The season really started for McDermott this summer.
He was one of 12 players picked to represent the United States in the U19 FIBA World Championship in Latvia, where he averaged 11.3 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.
“It just showed my potential and it was a great experience for me, brought a lot of confidence coming into this season,” he said.
As he competed next to players such as UConn’s Jeremy Lamb
and Florida’s Patric Young
, he realized that he was closer to the upper echelon of college basketball than he'd previously thought. Others recognized his growth, too, as evidenced by his preseason All-America consideration.

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Even I have to admit that the upcoming official Downwell soundtrack LP looks fantastic. I mean come on, just look at that red vinyl! It’s so … shiny.
The soundtrack itself is pretty damn good too. Composer Eirik Suhrke is no stranger when it comes to good video game music, having put his stamp on the likes of Hotline Miami and Spelunky. The LP will come with an MP3 download option, so if you don’t have a record player at home you won’t miss out on listening to the tunes themselves. You can find a full track listing on the site along with a few behind the scenes notes from the composer himself, in which he describes his work on Downwell as chip-tune inspired jazz, among other tones and reflections.
Black Screen Records are the team behind the LP launch, who also produced LP’s for the most recent Oddworld game and Velocity 2X. There’s no release date as yet, but keep an eye on their website for when it drops, it’ll be worth it for collector’s and fans alike.
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Hello, I'll be flying into FCO from Catania on One of the budget airlines and then catching an Air Egypt flight to Bangkok. How much time do I need to make that switch? No checked baggage, only carry on. Thanks
I am flying into Rome on American with checked bags, then going on to Malta on a different carrier (Imhave not yet purchased the connecting ticket). The AA flight arrives at 9:40 a.m. How much time should I allow to get through passport control, get my bags, check in and go through security/passport to the gate. MAlso, is their one carrier for the Malta flight that would make this easier?
I would allow 3 hours. Flying Air Malta or Vueling will be easier than Alitalia or RyanAir because Air Malta and Vueling use the same terminal that you will arrive in.
I will arriving in Rome From Palermo Italy, and transferring to a Delta flight to Atlanta. Do I have to go through Terminal 5 or is there another way? Also If i checked a bag on Alitalia will they transfer it to the Delta flight Or will I have to claim it and recheck it? I have 2hr connection time, is this enough?
Are both tickets on the same reservation or are they on two separate reservations?
I arrive into FCO from Belgrade at 19:35. I have to self-transfer, so go through passport control, then go back through passport control, to get my next flight to London Heathrow at 21:50. Hand luggage only, UK passport. 2hrs 15. Do you think I'll make it? Thanks!
Yes, with hand luggage that should be enough time. Since you have no checked luggage and since both flights will be in Terminal 3 you can check in online or go to the transfer desk for your boarding pass to London without having to go through passport control.
I'm going to have a flight from Moscow to Rome and then in 1 hour 50 min from Rome to Los Angeles(both Alitalia). Will I have to get my baggage in Rome myself or it will be delivered to the final destination?
I'm thinking about booking a flight from Catania to FCO on Alitalia airlines arriving at 7:35am. I have a direct flight on United departing for EWR at 9:55am. Do you think this will be enough time - I have checked baggage and a wheelchair.
You will arrive in Terminal 1. With a wheelchair I don't think that would be possible. It would be barely possible for a person who was able to run.
We are arriving at FCO at 7 am terminal 3 and then we have domestic flight at 9:25 am to brindis from terminal 1 , separate tickets all alitalia airline we have checked in baggage . Will that time be enough ? And should we check out completely and re check in for the domestic ?
My in laws are traveling from Hyderbad, India to Minneapolis, USA. They both are Indian citizens . They have connection in FCO , looks like they are arriving to termial3 from Abu Dhabi , lay over time is 5 hours and departing to minneapolis from Terminal 5(alitalia airlines). Also while going back to Hyderabd they are arriving to Terminal 3 and departing from same terminal to Abu Dhabi , lay over time at FCO is 11 hrs(alitalia airlines). do they need any air transit VISA, to transfer between terminals or for waiting during lay over time. response would be a great help to us. thanks
If you have a valid US Visa then you don't need a schengen transit visa.
We're coming into FCO on Air France (T1) from the United States at 11:50 a.m. on 7/29. On a separate ticket, we're departing to Croatia on Vueling (T3) at 1:20 p.m. We'll have carry-on luggage only. Are we in for a disaster? And if so, is there any way to prevent it in advance?
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In Dying Arms have officially ended their three year hiatus and have regrouped to record new music. They are giving fans their first taste of the new material with a stream of the brand new track "Cold & Empty".
Orion Stephens had this to say, "I'm very pleased to announce IDA is back with our first new track in 3 years. Back in 2017 when the band broke up, I immediately began working on new music and getting into the recruiting process.
"This new era of band brings many new changes. One being some new faces! Throughout this time our old members have moved onto new ventures in life and wish them all the very best. Love you guys! With that being said, please welcome Noah Williamson (Guitar/Vocals), Andy Sapinkopf (Guitar), and Nate White (Drums) to the band.
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Ryan Seacrest Is the Latest Victim of "Swatting" Prank
Add Ryan Seacrest to the list of celebrities who've been victims of a "swatting" prank — where jokesters call 911 to report a (fake) incident and have officers sent to the celeb's home.
In Seacrest's case, the caller said armed men were shooting their way into Seacrest's home in Beverly Hills Wednesday afternoon, CNN reports. Police arrived and left after speaking with the American Idol host.
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Now this great institution is under threat as health-conscious consumers working longer hours opt for more nutritious and easy-to-prepare alternatives or skip breakfast altogether.
The gravity of the situation was highlighted last week with the news that Kellogg's is to launch a "morning bar" aimed at those who don't have time for a sit-down breakfast.
Called Nutri-Grain, the fruit-filled bar with a rolled wheat and oat crust will be placed next to Kellogg's cereals in supermarkets. The pounds 7m May launch will be one of Kellogg's biggest for years.
It has been a success in the United States, where sales topped $200m (pounds 123m) within six years. Its launch there prompted a raft of similar products which created a market for morning bars worth $810m, according to the research company Euromonitor.
Meanwhile, egg consumption, according to the government-sponsored National Food Survey, fell from 3.15 per person per week in 1985 to 1.85 in 1995. Bacon consumption dropped from nearly 4oz to less than 3oz per week in the same period.
The sort of breakfast enjoyed by Somerset Maugham may soon be a weekend indulgence.The market research company Mintel has found that, when under no pressure to rise early, just over 30 per cent of adults still enjoy bacon and eggs for breakfast.Reuse content

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In these pictures, Jennifer Lopez is outside of the studio, preparing to tape an interview on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers.’ Check out her outfit: wide floral skirt topped with a patterned jacket. And look at her hair, up in a very neat topknot. Is fashion moving from the 80s to the 50s? RELATED: Jennifer Lopez says “it’s all her” in nude scene for ‘The Boy Next Door.’
Yesterday must’ve been quite a day for Jennifer Aniston. She was one of the most notable snubs for the Oscar nominations (she didn’t get a nom for Best Actress for ‘Cake), yet she had to make a very public appearance last night at the 2015 Critics’ Choice Awards. To give Jen credit, she did NOT let the snub get her down. Check her out! RELATED: Jennifer Aniston won’t be waking up to watch the Oscar nominations.
It looks like Sherri Shepherd is enjoying life in her life post- ‘The View’! She posted this selfie on Instagram. Sherri has a collection of wigs and tried one for a night out. RELATED: Lamar Sally bashes Sherri Shepherd in an interview.
As usual, some celebs on the red carpet got some pretty close scrutiny for their red carpet choices. The 2015 Golden Globes Awards was no exception. New mom Rosamund Pike, who gave birth just FIVE weeks ago, showed plenty of skin in her gown. Lena Dunham was the lady in red with an interesting dress. Melissa McCarthy, who’s starting her own fashion line, had some fun with fashion. Take a look at some of the more eye-catching red carpet looks and then make your voice heard: do you love them or hate them? RELATED: ‘Gone Girl’ star Rosamund Pike welcomes a baby boy!
I’ve noticed eyeglass frames have been becoming bolder for the past few years. Hilary Duff is part of the trend: check out these heavy black glasses! My first thought when I see them is “Harry Potter glasses” – LOL. RELATED: Hilary Duff has a playdate at the park with Luca.


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Negatively Impacts Quality of Education at Low-Income Schools
Because standardized test results are often used to determine how funding will be allocated to schools, low-income districts face even more pressure to have their students earn high scores on such tests. According to a report titled “Racial Justice and Standardized Educational Testing,” “The law promotes teaching to the mostly multiple-choice state tests, focusing one-sidedly on rote skills and ignoring higher-level thinking. The impact is greater in schools that serve low-income youth, particularly students of color.”
Forces Many Young Black Boys Into Special Education Programs
According to a report by the National Center for Fair & Open Testing, standardized tests are incredibly inefficient and unfairly misplace Black boys in special education classes based on such test results. Many times these young men are not in need of special education but may simply be poor test takers or have not received the same quality of education that other students have been fortunate enough to receive.

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The Very Thought of You Lyrics: The very thought of you / And I forget to do / The little ordinary things / That everyone ought to do / I'm living in a kind of daydream / I'm happy as a queen.
The very thought of you And I forget to do The little ordinary things that everyone ought to do I'm living in a kind of daydream I'm happy as a king And foolish though it may seem to me that's everything The mere idea of you The longing here for you You never know how slow the moments go Till I'm near to you I see your face in every flower.
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Tokyo, Capital of Japan
Japan is quite frightening when you first arrive - all modern and overwhelming and Oh My God how do I know where to go? Until you realise there are little English signs in most places under the Japanese script. And the locals, though shy and blushing, are helpful, when asked. I've acquired a first day guide to Tokyo on the plane on the way out. he's called Richard and he's exceptionally good looking. I forget to take any photos. Tokyo is huge and it takes forever to get across the city on the metro. Everyone sits very quietly. Some have their eyes shut. I wonder if they’ve fallen asleep or if they are meditating. It's all fascinating, especially Akiharbara, the literally pulsating electronics district, where huge stores packed with goods compete for custom via song and dance in the street. I buy a very cheap memory card for my camera.
My hotel is toy-town - tiny doors narrow corridors and miniature rooms.
This is a group trip. It’s run by an Australian company so unsurprisingly most of us are Australian. There’s a newly married English couple, Sara and Craig who lug a huge Miffy rabbit everywhere. I’m sharing with another Sue, from Melbourne. There's thirty-ish Peter and an older Australian guy, Lindsey, who seems very frail and perpetually unhappy. All he does is frown and complain.
We travel by train everywhere – everyone does., queuing two by two on the platforms as instructed. Sensibly, the seats rotate so you always get to face forward. Miffy even gets his own seat on the train. (It was a doting husband present.).From the skyscrapers and hustle of Tokyo to first, the damp mossy shrines and waterfalls at Nikko, we're catching the edge of a typhoon. The river is rising, the shops are flooded, we're all soaked and marooned and have to recover in an onsen (hotspring), followed by meatballs and rice. We're staying in a riokhan (traditional inn with futons, paper-thin walls and tatami matting on a very hard floor.). We're even given cotton kimonos to wear.
Fuji - Hakone
Next, lakeside Hakone. Here it's goregous weather and we can see the iconic perfect cone of Mount Fuji. We take a scarlet pirate boat across the lake to another riokhan. This one has an outdoor onsen. And there's a gondola lift up the side of the mountain, over the sulphurous fumaroles of classic Fuji. Enterprising vendors are boiling eggs in the mud.
Back to Nagoya and then Takayama, narrow streets lined with wooden merchants’ houses and a sprinkling of tiny museums. Men in black singlets and patterned bandannas ferry the tourists around in rickshaws. It's raining again and we're drenched at the morning market.
Then Hiroshima and a sobering visit to the Peace Park, with its domed memorial. I’ve quickly got to grips with sushi which is melt in your mouth delicious. Now I can navigate both the conveyor belts and the tiny corner bars where the fish is carved by the chef, dressed in appropriate sashed garb. Anything not just out of the water fresh is shunned, though some very odd and slimy things are included. There are good hot dishes too- the stone cooked tepanyaki, bread crumbed katsu and various broths and curries, but I’m determined to eat sushi at least once every day. In the evening we're disco dancing to the Proclaimers.
The Shinkansen (bullet train) to Miyajima Shame the train isn't a bit more atmospheric, it’s very comfy, but there’s no real sense of speed. As we are waiting we see Nozumi go by. That's the really fast (and expensive) one - the whole platform trembles as it shoots past.The famous Tori gate in the bay could do with a lick of paint. Swiss Bettina, Megan and I find a Hello Kitty karaoke chapel, complete with stained windows and spend the evening singing badly. Only in Japan.
We visit Shogun picture book Himeji Castle on the way to Kyoto. Sara and Craig argue about what to do with their rabbit. Miffed about Miffy.
This is a great city. Temples and shrines abound, though I've probably seen one too many of those now. Fantastic Zen gardens (of course) turning autumnal; the classic Japanese red maples are lovely. Then a fascinating craft centre, the Philosophers’ Walk along the canal, up the modern station tower, (10 escalators in a continuous row), Nara for more temples and shrines and deer, round the Imperial Palace (the emperor doesn't live there any more - too busy in Tokyo) and another castle with lots more gold on it.
More sushi; I’m not bored with it yet and it’s cheap in the convenience stores AND I think I've lost weight! Finally, another onsen (no clothes and a string of thermal pools, one of which carries an electric current) with the local mafia wives and Megan.
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Lindsey maintains his complaints throughout. Eventually, when he is in full throttle as we are trying to traverse a busy pedestrian thoroughfare, leader Megan deals with him in very Australian fashion. “Here’s a token, go call someone who cares”. I bid goodbye to the group over tepanyaki , onamayaki and hot sake. One more day in Kyoto with Sue, my roommate and then I navigate my way back to Tokyo on my own. A last trip on the Shinkansen. Japanese signs don't seem nearly as intimidating now.
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Make a quick visit to the temples in Ueno Park - it’s an effective picture with the scrapers behind, followed by a very good (and very expensive) Italian meal with Richard. It seems a funny way to finish a trip to Japan, but I let him choose. And the world is now a very different place. We have watched 9/11 unfold on Japanese TV. I feel very flat, leaving the group and setting off on my own again, unsure even whether there is a plane to catch. But Brisbane here I come.

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HELEN PARRY JONES VISITING AUSTRALIA MAY 2018 – See below for details.
Helen Parry Jones has been able to connect with the spirit world since her earliest childhood recollections. Since then, her abilities have developed far beyond recognised Spiritual Communication and Spiritual Healing, to a much higher level of consciousness. Through her advanced ability, Helen Parry Jones is able to locate illness and discover malfunctions within the human body and that of animals, with astounding detail and accuracy. Helen has positively benefited the health and emotional welfare of tens of thousands of people during her ongoing Clinics, Seminars and Theatre Demonstrations at an International level. Furthermore, honesty, trust and integrity is synonymous with the name Helen Parry Jones, which has held fast during a successful thirty year career as a professional therapist. Her career has been consistently well documented in the press, on radio and during television interviews in the UK and Ireland.
Helen has complemented her career with her own weekly radio phone-in show in Ireland, to deliver her unique brand of emotional and physical healing to a wider audience. Over the years, she has accomplished substantial recognition and is highly respected as at the top of her profession. People find her remarkable, her audience become spellbound as she speaks and people really love her.
For many years Helen has had an online presence through her website www.helenparryjones.com and more recently she is endeavouring to use various social media. Helen Parry Jones is soon to launch her own web-casting and You-Tube channel.
Beyond Boundaries portrays and honest and illuminating account of Helen’s life as a Clairvoyant and Medium spanning over 30 years. Her humility and courage shines through on every page.
If you would like to meet Helen, her events will give an opportunity to talk with her, see her in action, and learn about healing if you attend her Workshop. Book tickets if you would like to attend Helen’s events – they are selling fast. Links below and tickets available from Eventbrite.
Helen is due to arrive in Australia on 20th May and will be Guest Speaker at the Mind, Body Spirit Festivals in Sydney24th – 27th May and Melbourne 8th – 11th June. She is also holding An Evening of Clairvoyance on 29th May at the RSL Parramatta, and an all day Intensive Healing Clairvoyance Workshop on 31st May. Venue TBA
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Independence Group chairman Peter Bilbe has declared the miner has “turned the corner from losses to profits” in challenging commodity markets.
Independence’s assets include the Long nickel operation near Kambalda, the Jaguar and Bentley zinc-copper-silver underground mines near Leonora and a 30 per cent stake in the Tropicana mine which poured its first gold bar in September.
With $43.8 million cash in the bank at September 30, analysts suggest the transformation from a non-ferrous base metal producer will prove a cash cow for Independence. The company expects its share of Tropicana production to exceed 141,000 ounces in each of the first three years.
“Tropicana has the potential to nearly double the company’s revenue and provide a major boost to earnings,” Mr Bilbe said.
The Long operations produced 2991 tonnes of contained nickel in the September quarter.
It follows record production of 11,180 tonnes of contained nickel last financial year, the highest since Independence purchased the mine for $15m from WMC Resources in 2002. Payable cash costs for 2012-13 including royalties were $4.34 per pound nickel.
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Video Report by ITV Wales News Journalist Ian Lang
Wrexham is considering applying for city status again with business leaders backing the Hollywood star power of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney to get the town over the line.
Businesses say the takeover of Wrexham AFC by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney could be a game changer with the town's profile at an all time high.
This would be the fourth time that Wrexham County Borough Council has applied for the status, losing out in 2012 when it was pipped at the post by St Asaph in Denbighshire.
Wrexham Business Professionals, a local business group say city status could boost the economy in the area.
Solicitor Ian Edwards, a senior member of the group, said, "We have supported the idea of Wrexham becoming a city for many years. As far as we are concerned, this is a no-brainer and a once-in-a-generation opportunity.
“We’ve always thought that being a city would give Wrexham a lot of kudos and would provide a massive economic benefit for the whole of North Wales.
“It’s not just about putting Wrexham on the map – being a city would provide an effective lever in attracting inward investment and new jobs which would help the whole area thrive and prosper.
Ian Edwards acknowledges the impact the Hollywood pair have had on the town.
“It has added a bit of magic and stardust. We’ve never had such a high profile – not just nationally but internationally.
“You really couldn’t script it better. There’s never going to be a better time to bid for city status."
What do people in Wrexham think of their town becoming a city?
Locals in Wrexham had mixed opinions about the bid.
One woman who was sceptical said, "I think prices will go up, it'll get overcrowded. We haven't got enough room for the houses that they're building now. The schools are overcrowded, the doctors you can't get into. Wrexham is not like it used to be, let's put it that way."
Others were more in favour of the change, "They've put a lot of investment into Wrexham. I'm all for it, I've always been for it. Definitely!"
Another said: "It'll bring people in. They're trying to regenerate the place, they're doing very, very well really."
"It's needed, definitely. It's got a university, it's got a cathedral, it's got everything."


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I live my life with my emotions. Since the beginning, I received some signals from my mind and my soul, showing me I cannot live my life like the others do. I have always strived to make changes, to change the nature of a situation, finding the real pleasure in making what I want, instead of using what the others have made.
Even now, I cannot be indifferent to the things I see. Trying to make the most ideal model in every situation is my habit. In another word, thinking about life, anytime and anywhere, is an integral part of my life. With a busy mind, like mine, even sleeping is a challenge. To deal with this situation, I had two choices, to do something or to resort to my loneliness. I came to believe that our struggle to hide ourselves in the abilities of others and generally to match our life with what is accepted by others is the starting point for all damages.
I loved the life, but I found myself a wounded bird, searching for a cure. I have always tried to make my own world, while doing what I like. Gradually, I gravitated toward art, and tried to understand the real function of art and its relation with the world around. I have always tried to impress my audiences, and to find a way to enjoy fresh air. For me, my works smell like newborn baby, like mother’s milk. I want to inspire my audiences, using my works as signs of happiness and pure life, available to all. If I create a bird, it can fly on the seventh heaven. If I create an instrumentalist, it can play the happiest song for a lifetime. And If I create a flower, it smells like heaven, for friendship and peace. My works are simply an interpretation of my life.


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Regulations being proposed in three states aimed at safeguarding consumer information should be modified so as not to encourage private lawsuits against insurers, according to the Alliance of American Insurers.
The three states, Arkansas, Oregon and Utah are considering regulations that closely track the recently adopted 2002 National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information Model Regulation. They are the first to consider the model regulation. Eventually, all states will have to adopt standards to comply with provisions in the federal Gramm-Leach-Bliley (GLB) Act. The GLB provisions require regulators to establish standards to protect the confidentiality and security of customer records, protect against threats to security or integrity of the information and to protect against unauthorized access to customer records.
“While we commend the regulators for addressing the important issue of customer information security, the regulations being considered by these three states could create additional red tape and exposure for insurers while not providing a corresponding benefit to policyholders,” Patrick Watts, Alliance assistant vice president of regulation, commented.
The proposed state regulations require insurers to implement a comprehensive written information security program that includes administrative, technical, and physical safeguards for the protection of customer information. The program must be appropriate to the size and complexity of the insurer and the nature and scope of its activities. The regulations give examples of methods of developing and implementing an information security program. These include steps to assess risk, manage and control risk, oversee service provider arrangements, and adjust the program. Violations would be considered unfair trade practices.
Hearings will be held in the near future on the above-states’ regulations and the Alliance plans to submit comments at each.
“We are concerned that the regulations create new trade practice violations that will encourage private lawsuits,” Watts said. “States generally have the power to address regulatory violations without promoting costly, time-consuming litigation.” The rules also contain an unreasonably short timeframe for compliance. “As we told the NAIC during its model-making process, insurers need adequate time to deal with compliance provisions, especially for service provider contracts in existence before the regulation’s effective date,” Watts commented. “Analogous federal regulations provide two years to bring these types of contracts into compliance. While this time period might be too lengthy at this point, more than the month-and-a-half allowed by two of these state rules is needed to implement a proper compliance program.”
Finally, Watts said that the Arkansas regulation goes farther than GLB intended, and should be changed to more closely track the intent of GLB, which narrowly defines whose information needs protecting to ‘customer’ rather than the broader term consumers. “Insurers only should be required to implement protections for persons with which a customer relationship has been established,” Watts added.
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- What can you eat nursing mom
- Colic in babies
- Treatment of nipple cracks
- How to express milk
- How to put the baby to the chest
- Causes of frequent regurgitations
After the newborn and mother cross the threshold at home, the whole
care and responsibility for the hygiene of the baby are transferred to the shoulders
households. Problems with the navel often cause panic and fear. BUT
so the question: “How to handle the navel of a newborn?” is asked in
The first to come to patronage pediatrician.
Through the umbilical cord, the baby in the womb gets
essential nutrients and oxygen, and also gives its
metabolic products. At birth, this relationship is cut, and
umbilical residue impose Rogovina bracket.
Interestingly, if the navel is not bandaged at the birth of a baby,
then there will be no bleeding. In the umbilical ring are the umbilical vein
and two arteries. Vienna collapses when cutting, and arteries are gaping
because of the more dense wall structure. Their inner surface
has rollers that prevent bleeding.
But bacteria can penetrate there. Therefore, in the maternity hospital umbilical
the remainder is necessarily bandaged and processed. BUT когда
it disappears for about 4–5 days, then the treatment of the umbilical wound
carried out in 3 stages:
- Sterile cotton swab residue from all sides treated
hydrogen peroxide, the optimal concentration of 3%
- Then to prevent infection lubricate 96%
- The stump is dried and lubricated with 5% potassium permanganate.
(solution of potassium permanganate).
Sometimes the navel in a newborn does not fall away in the hospital. But this
sure to happen at home in terms of 7-10 days.
Is it possible to bathe a child if the navel does not fall away?
When the umbilical cord disappears – you can bathe (preferably in boiled
water). BUT до этого времени купать в ванночке ребенка can not. Only
Wipe with a damp sponge.
How to handle the navel at home?
If all is well, then usually the umbilical wound heals completely and
epithelialized at the 3rd week of life. Until that time, navel
processed daily after bathing. Processing tactics young
mom show a pediatrician or a district nurse at first
patronage. It is similar to that given in the hospital. Everything
manipulation of the umbilical wound, the mother spends only clean,
washed with soap and water.
- First, hydrogen peroxide on a cotton swab softens
the crust (if the peroxide does not foam during processing, then the navel is already
healed). As the wound heals, some parts of the crust will
fall away. They need to be carefully removed. Forcibly rip off anything
- Обрабатывается ранка 96% alcohol.
- Potassium permanganate solution is not recommended lately.
apply at home.
- First, it is sold in powder and must be prepared.
himself, keeping the right concentration.
- Second, the accidental ingress of a crystal substance on the skin
baby causes a chemical burn. Therefore, for home processing
navel doctors advise taking a 2% solution of brilliant green or
- First, it is sold in powder and must be prepared.
How many times a day to process the navel?
Достаточно 1 раз в day.
What to do so that he healed better and faster?
For better healing you need to often open the tummy, arrange
air baths. When using diapers, the belt should be
bend down so that it does not cover the wound. Try once again
don’t touch her.
What to do if the navel of the newborn is bleeding
First, let’s see why the navel is bloody.
- It can be a trauma to the navel when swaddling, washing away.
Or mother too “tries”, scrubbing the crusts.
- Formation of an umbilical granuloma (fungus). Do babies with fat
the umbilical cord remains a wide umbilical ring, which heals for a long time.
As a result of excessive growth of granulations, the navel expands,
resembling a mushroom shape. Education is painful, especially when
swaddling. BUT при небольшой травме может закровить. Treated only
- If the navel is bleeding due to careless treatment of the wound, then
Put a couple of drops of hydrogen peroxide there. Leave access to
navel for air and do not put the crumbs on the belly.
- The answer to the question: “Is it possible to bathe a newborn if it is bleeding
navel? ”negative. Wait for full healing and education
- In any case, even a small bleeding is an excuse.
See a doctor. If it is accompanied by deterioration
baby, the inspection is urgently needed, so you need to call the brigade
ambulance or go to the hospital yourself.
What to do if the navel festers
If the newborn is already 2 weeks old and the navel does not heal, it should
pay attention to it.
The so-called weeping navel is the first stage of development
omphalitis – inflammation of the umbilical wound. At this stage there is no pus yet,
but there is a small bright serous discharge, minor
redness of the skin around the navel. The condition of the child is not
- It will be only local and consists in processing the navel
перекисью водорода, а затем зеленкой 3–4 раза в day.
- Sometimes additionally prescribed ultraviolet irradiation.
- In some cases, use of ointments or powders with antibiotics:
ointment with polymyxin and bacitracin, Baneotsin.
If at this stage the inflammatory process is not stopped, then
pus appears. The umbilical ring will turn red, become swollen. Navel
bulges out, the skin above and around him becomes hot and
red. Omphalitis is accompanied by fever, baby
becomes sluggish, capricious, sucks breast badly.
If you do not start treatment in time, the pus can
spread into the subcutaneous tissue, to other organs, and
- Such babies are treated only in hospitals in the pathology departments.
- Antibiotics are required.
- With high temperatures and severe intoxication, the child may
to conduct infusion therapy, that is, “prokapat”.
- If when planting for sterility from the umbilical wound is sown
staphylococcus, then injected anti-staphylococcal immunoglobulin.
- Navel продолжают обрабатывать антисептиками несколько раз в
- If there is no temperature, then physiotherapy (UHF) is indicated.


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Intrexon Corporation (XON) Major Shareholder Purchases $2,100,000.21 in Stock
Intrexon Corporation (NYSE:XON) major shareholder Randal J. Kirk bought 2,727,273 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 11th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $0.77 per share, for a total transaction of $2,100,000.21. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Major shareholders that own at least 10% of a company’s shares are required to disclose their sales and purchases with the SEC.
Intrexon Corporation (NYSE:XON) traded up $0.46 on Wednesday, reaching $13.19. The company had a trading volume of 970,871 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,136,284. Intrexon Corporation has a one year low of $10.26 and a one year high of $29.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 1.85.
Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC lifted its holdings in shares of Intrexon by 2,031.7% in the 2nd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 5,180 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock worth $125,000 after buying an additional 4,937 shares during the period. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intrexon in the 3rd quarter worth $121,000. Federated Investors Inc. PA purchased a new stake in shares of Intrexon in the 2nd quarter worth $172,000. SG Americas Securities LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Intrexon in the 3rd quarter worth $139,000. Finally, Principal Financial Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Intrexon in the 2nd quarter worth $212,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 77.49% of the company’s stock.
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2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins. To celebrate this special year Bulls Licensing and Moomin Characters will arrange a jubilee exhibition in the lobby between halls 29 and 30.
During the TOVE 100 anniversary year Bulls Licensing and Moomin Characters have selected Unicef as the official charity partner as Tove Jansson was an extraordinary woman in many respects. To honour her achievements by raising money for children’s improved opportunity to go to school. The Moomin publishers Tammi and WSOY will participate in Bulls Licensing and Moomin Characters charity project.
Visit us in the Moomin booth in Hall 30, stand D13 or in the lobby between halls 29 and 30 (Tove 100 exhibition.)
If you wish to book an interview with Sophia Jansson, niece of Tove Jansson please submit your request to Marketing Manager, Anna Rosmalm firstname.lastname@example.org
For questions regarding Moomin Publishing please contact Brand Director, Anna Lawrence,email@example.com
The new Moomin publishing catalogue is now available in our newsroom.
About Bologna Children’s Book Fair
The Bologna Children’s Book Fair is the most important international event dedicated to the children’s publishing and multimedia industry. In Bologna authors, illustrators, literary agents, licensors and licensees, packagers, distributors, printers, booksellers and librarians meet to sell and buy copyright. About 1,200 exhibitors coming from 75 countries and 25,000 international professional trade representatives in 2013. In its 50th edition, the Fair offered more than 20.000 square meters (about 215.000 square feet) of exhibition space.

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Tinman Half Iron
June 24th 2016 marked the 34th running of the Tinman Half Iron race in Tupper Lake. Rebranded a TOUGHMAN event 3 years ago and a qualifier to the TOUGHMAN NY Nationals on Sept 18th, this year’s race had a field that was 30% larger since joining the series.
Matt Migonis returned to defend the overall male title with a 4:14 and local Amy Farrel won the female overall race with a 4:41, no easy feat since both of these athletes have full time jobs. Amy even owns one of the local hotels in Tupper Lake. The trademark of every TOUGHMAN event was the post race BBQ with the local Tupper Lake Brewery supplying free beer to the athletes.
This is a great tune-up for the longer distances and many athletes routinely use this race to check out the hills of the Adirondacks.
“We continue to grow in both popularity and the number of races because we represent grass roots triathlon but with a standardized format. Athletes that register for a TOUGHMAN race know that they will get a safe, great race experience at every TOUGHMAN venue. Having a brand that caters specifically to age groupers and families is good for the sport.”
Over 100 age group qualifiers will receive invitations for the TOUGHMAN Half Iron National Championship on Sept. 18th in New York where they will compete for a cash purse of $4950. Athletes in the open division will compete for over $30,000 worth of awards.
About the TOUGHMAN Half Iron Series
The TOUGHMAN Series is currently 17 races in the US with locations in: Veracruz Mexico, Puerto Vieja Costa Rica, Lake Havasu AZ, FL, Columbus Ga, Indianapolis IN, Tupper Lake NY, Sherwood WI, Ocean Shores WA, Chisago MN, Antofagasta Chile, Pell City AL, Provo UT, Santa Fe NM, LENOIR CITY, Tennessee, Mayaguez. Puerto Rico. The series Championship in Stony Point New York, (just 20 miles north of NYC), gets 1400 volunteers and has a scenic bike course with over $30,000 worth of age group awards as well as a $4950 cash purse (top 5) for qualifiers!
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You don't need any artist ability to do this self portrait. You will get a kit to make a cool "looking glass" border, and a canvas to use for your portrait. You can use any media (printing or painting or drawing or collage or ???) to make a fun picture of who you are on the inside (not necessarily what you actually look like). Let's have fun thinking outside the box on this art project!
This is a take and make craft, so to register you need to email firstname.lastname@example.org. There will be a limited number of kits available. Everyone is encouraged to submit pictures of the completed projects for sharing to the teen Instagram account. All who have received a kit will be emailed the zoom link to attend the event at least a week before.
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Just watched the last episode of the second season. Two words. FREAKING AWESOME!!! Seriosuly, im taking back anything bad ive ever said about this show! And its just second season! The only thing I dont like is art but its ok after you get used to it. Great action, awesome stories.
Azula: My mommy didn't love me so I'm going to burn down your village.
Now for my review of season 2, episode by episode.
1. Blueprints - Meh, a little slow, and the purple creatures(not to mention the stupid teddy bear) were as annoying as hell, but besides that? Not too bad opener. Mysterio was pretty cool. I still don't understand why they felt the need to change Mysterio's classic story. 3/5
2. Destructive Testing - Oh my lord. Easily the worst episode to date. Poorly paced, many characters acting more different than normal, and a god awful surprise twist. Seriously, what happened here? 1/5
3. Reinforcement - Way too cartoony, and puts all of the villains in a poor light. Wasn't impressed at all. 2/5
4. Shear Strength - Great finale to the worst storyline to date. Finally, we get to see the 'If This Be My Destiny' scene that is one of the best ever. Flat out awesome, along with the perfect return of Doctor Octopus! Still, the 'Master Plan' puns, the overall plan, and the big reveal were all forced and could've been done better. Also, the lift scene could've been done better animation wise, as I doubt anyone will remember it quite like the comic version of the scene. Still, slam dunk episode with some very badass scenes. 4/5
5. First Steps - Ok, now the show's back on top! DAMN! Everything in the episode blew me away! Loved Sandman(now officially one of the best animated Marvel villains to date), loved the fight scenes, loved Harry's return, and loved the surprise ending! So awesome! 5/5
6. Growing Pains - Nergasmic! I loved this comic story as it is, and they way it was used for the show was perfect! And that ending? One of the best cliffhangers in years! 5/5
7. Identity Crisis - Venom's back, baby! This was one heck of an episode, filled with constant shock value and surprises that never get old. And, of course, nothing's certain at the end! 5/5
8. Accomplices - The first sign of the gang makes for one awesome episode! And not to mention we finally get to see Hammerhead in action! 5/5
9. Probable Cause - Good episode, and I like the power-ups for the Enforcers. Fun story all around, and I never tire of Shocker. 5/5
10. Gangland - Easily one of my favorite episodes so far(definitely in the top five). Nothing but beautiful action and perfect dialogue! That rematch between Tombstone and Spider-Man was exactly what I wanted! 5/5
11. Subtext - Pretty good episode. I always liked the Molten Man, so this was a great surprise. However, the geek in me misses the "perma-body", but besides that and a few hits over the head with the moral? Very fun to watch. 4/5
12. Opening Night - WOW! I loved every minute of this! Everything was top notch here, and certainly the ultimate thirty minute knockout for anyone to watch! I have to say: The creators of the animated series should have been the writers for "Spider-Man 3". 5/5
13. Final Curtain - Oh....my....GOD! Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod! THAT WAS INCREDIBLE! I take back everything I said about the episode "The Uncertainty Principle"! New rating for that episode, and the highest one ever for this! This IS the Green Goblin in perfection! It's like they ripped him out of the comic for this! It was EXACTLY what my theory was! It's like the writers got inside of my head! 10/5!
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I didn't like the ending to season 2 as much as I did the first, maybe it's because I just like Venom a lot more...Still I enjoyed the goblin's "death" the second half of the episode was the best, the first half just reminded me to much of the 90's TAS and it's censors.
I also enjoyed that little surprise made by Harry at the end and the constant guessing game of who was the goblin, nice to see Norman was as messed up as he is in the comics.
Only time will tell to see if Disney picks this show up for a 3rd season...
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First post in a LONG time. I just got done watching the second season after a while of not even knowing it existed yet. All I have to say is AMAZING. It did start admittedly slow. But picked up in the greatest way near the middle.
This show is so awesome. What I like about this show is that it is not kiddish like most shows out there. I find it very mature which is a good thing. The 90s series had so much censorship. I would say Spectacular Spider-Man is difinitely in the top 5 most darkest cartoon shows ever.
Even though this show has some mature themes and what not, I'd hardly say that it's dark. In any case, the '90's series did have a lot of censorship, but it was still a great cartoon, no less, with some amazing storylines. I expect SSM to have stories just as good, and I hope the show goes on for a long time.
That show was so damn awesome, so I have to agree there. The stories should be great for the entirety of the show. I'm specifically looking forward to what else they'll do with Venom. He's been handled greatly thus far, and the reason for him being on the show makes sense and fits in perfectly. Plus, I love the fact that he & Peter were pretty much bestfriends until Peter made a few mistakes & Eddie went all psycho.
I find that to be completely untrue. The only time there's not a lot you can do with a character is when you're not all that creative, and the people behind this show are very creative, so I'd say there's a lot more that could be done with Venom.