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WiktionaryAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.comBlogger155125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-4122122268735964252014-10-22T20:44:00.001-07:002014-10-23T20:45:05.591-07:00Perspective No. 2014-10-223 Sep 2014: The Guardian. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2014/sep/23/hackers-tried-silence-emma-watson-naked-photos-but-made-her-voice-louder" target="_blank">Hackers are trying to silence Emma Watson by leaking nude photos - but they only made her voice louder | Women in Leadership
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22 Oct 2014: University of Arizona. <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141022131434.htm" target="_blank">As permafrost soils thaw, soil microbes amplify global climate change | ScienceDaily
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22 Oct 2014: Global Possibilities. <a href="http://www.globalpossibilities.org/it-will-never-be-the-same-north-dakotas-840000-gallon-oil-spill-one-year-later/" target="_blank">“‘It Will Never Be The Same’: North Dakota’s 840,000-Gallon Oil Spill One Year Later”
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22 Oct 2014: Global Possibilities. <a href="http://www.globalpossibilities.org/applying-compost-to-soil-can-help-cut-carbon-pollution/" target="_blank">Applying Compost To Soil Can Help Cut Carbon Pollution
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"The act of composting — not just the final product’s application to grazed soils — has been tied to emissions reductions in the past. When vegetable scraps and other green waste is sent to a landfill — an anaerobic, or oxygen-free environment — it produces methane, a potent greenhouse gas. When it’s composted, it’s exposed to oxygen, and produces very little methane, making composting organic material a more climate-friendly choice."
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A nice history lesson, that adds an extra dimension to the oil embargo, however, there is a deeper lesson. We are reminded to acknowledge how an institutionalized paradigm can effectively 'mandate' waste and inefficiency.
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21 Jul 2014: Wiley. <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140721123920.htm" target="_blank">Replacing coal, oil with natural gas will not help fight global warming, expert argues | ScienceDaily
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22 Oct 2014: Fast Company. <a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/3037204/futurist-forum/in-the-near-future-solar-will-be-spray-painted-on-everything" target="_blank">In The Near Future, Solar Will Be Spray Painted On Everything | Co.Exist | ideas + impact
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13 Dec 2013: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. <a href="http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2013/water-water-everywhere-but-is-there-enough-to-drink-1213" target="_blank">Water, water everywhere: But is there enough to drink? | At MIT, experts address the challenges of supplying clean, safe water to a growing world population.
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22 Oct 2014: Global Possibilities VIA TRUTHOUT. <a href="http://www.globalpossibilities.org/on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-californias-dwindling-water-supply-is-contaminated-and-more/" target="_blank">California’s Dwindling Water Supply Is Contaminated, and More
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21 Oct 2014: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. <a href="http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/remove-salt-fracking-water-1021" target="_blank">Getting the salt out | Study shows electrodialysis can provide cost-effective treatment of salty water from fracked wells.
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01 Nov 2011: Sunlight Foundation. <a href="http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2011/11/01/we-cant-have-corporate-accountability-until-we-have-corporate-identifiers/" target="_blank">We Can't Have Corporate Accountability Until We Have Corporate Identifiers"
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10 Apr 2014: AlwaysOn Network. <a href="http://aonetwork.com/blogs/Environmentalists-unions-and-crony-green-capitalists-skew-Californias-infrastructure" target="_blank">Environmentalists, unions, and crony "green" capitalists skew California's infrastructure
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20 Jun 2014: RT USA. <a href="http://rt.com/usa/167388-pennsylvania-fracking-wells-leaking-methane/" target="_blank">Thousands of oil and gas wells in Pennsylvania suspected of leaking methane
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"Concern over a link between methane and oil exploration also made headlines earlier this month, when scientists found a link between the high levels of the gas in Parker County, Texas, and neighboring fracking operations. As RT reported previously, the Texas Railroad Commission found the link to be “inconclusive,” but closer inspection of the data by another earth scientist said it’s clear the methane in the water supply came from the fracking process.
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13 Feb 2014: Stanford University. <a href="http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/february/methane-leaky-gas-021314.html" target="_blank">America's natural gas system is leaky and in need of a fix, new study finds
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14 May 2014: Cornell University. <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/05/140514165251.htm" target="_blank">"Control methane now, greenhouse gas expert warns."</a> ScienceDaily.
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09 Oct 2014: Common Dreams. <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/09/pinkwashing-fracking-company-teams-susan-g-komen-end-breast-cancer-forever" target="_blank">Pinkwashing: Fracking Company Teams Up With Susan G. Komen to ‘End Breast Cancer Forever’ | Breaking News and Views for the Progressive Community
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01 Apr 2013: Eastbay Express. <a href="http://www.eastbayexpress.com/SevenDays/archives/2013/04/01/judge-rules-in-favor-of-big-banks-and-against-richmond-and-ebmud" target="_blank">Judge Rules in Favor of Big Banks and Against Richmond and EBMUD | Politics and Breaking News | Oakland, Berkeley, Bay Area & California | Seven Days
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23 Oct 2014: Truth-out. <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/27001-goldman-makes-it-official-that-the-stock-market-is-manipulated-buybacks-drive-valuations" target="_blank">Goldman Makes It Official That the Stock Market Is Manipulated, Buybacks Drive Valuations
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakh" target="_blank">A lakh ( /ˈlæk/ LAK or /ˈlɑːk/ LAHK; also lac; abbreviated L</a>; Sinhala: ලක්ෂය, Hindi: लाख, Marathi: लाख, Nepali: लाख, Bengali: লাখ, Urdu: لاکھ) is a unit in the South Asian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; 105), written as 100,000. From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a><br />
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<em>"He who yields to popular clamor, in the midst of excitement, and abandons principle, whether from mistaken ideas of patriotic duty, or for mere expediency, is sure to have abundant cause to regret it. The majority of the people are honest, and though they may become excited, and may for a time be led astray by designing politicians or unprincipled leaders, they will, when correctly informed, generally do right, and stand by principle; and will in the end bestow their confidence most liberally upon the public man, who has the moral firmness and determination to resist their will, when they are excited and misled, and to invite them back to the true path of first principles."</em></blockquote>
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It may be used freely by individuals for research, teaching and personal use as long as this statement of availability is included in the text.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-55964816918784877132011-10-11T15:03:00.001-07:002011-10-11T15:03:27.033-07:00OccupyTogether: Occupy Wall Street<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>October 10th marked the beginning of this regional campaign: <a href="http://amplify.com/search.php?q=%23OccupyOakland&type=search" class="HT">#OccupyOakland</a> takes over Frank Ogawa Plaza</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow" href="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow">oaklandlocal.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/19236B19-46D1-4826-8FD2-16C20413E091/36C99D39-49CA-4A3B-B1D6-BF4B45E7D3A0" alt="Home" width="160" height="100"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h2 id="AutoGeneratedID-1"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow" title="Occupy Oakland takes over Frank Ogawa Plaza (Analysis/Slideshow)">Occupy Oakland takes over Frank Ogawa Plaza (Analysis/Slideshow)</a></h2></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="AutoGeneratedID-13"><br /> <span id="AutoGeneratedID-2">Published on Tuesday, October 11, 2011<br />Last updated on 05:45AM, Tuesday, October 11, 2011</span><br /> </div></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/19236B19-46D1-4826-8FD2-16C20413E091/0419B839-0E79-441C-95A8-EE23CF5B2477" alt="An Occupy Oakland protestor in Frank Ogawa Plaza" width="384" height="256"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-4"><em>An Occupy Oakland protestor in Frank Ogawa Plaza</em></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-5">Oakland is now occupied territory. <br /><br />Joining in solidarity with similar movements that have sprung up in 25 major U.S. cities in protest of Wall Street capitalism, a crowd of almost 1,000 people - not bad for a rainy day - descended on Frank Ogawa Plaza - rechristened Oscar Grant Plaza for the occasion - Monday for a peaceful, and surprisingly interesting protest. </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h2 id="AutoGeneratedID-7">Story Features</h2></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="AutoGeneratedID-14"><br /> <br /> <div><br /> <span id="AutoGeneratedID-8">Several attendees who set up tents, stayed the night - and may continue to do so till they feel their voices are heard.</span><br /> </div><br /> </div></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h2 id="AutoGeneratedID-9">Related Content</h2></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/occupy-oakland-takes-over-frank-ogawa-plaza-analysisslideshow"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><UL style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:outside;list-style-image:none;"><li id="AutoGeneratedID-10"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://oaklandlocal.com/article/living-debt-can-city-grow-stable-long-term-jobs-oakland-youth">Can Oakland grow stable long term jobs for local youth? 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The Hunger for Mores<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>All that cholesterol will surely make a man out of you.<br /><br />Read the fine print. Eat some fruits and vegetables.</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/" href="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/">www.zomppa.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="head-content"><br /><br /> <div id="sitetitle"><br /><br /> <br /><br /> <div>Zomppa – International Food Magazine</div> <br /><br /> <br /> <div>International food magazine offering a unique international culinary experience for the taste-, Earth-, and community-conscious.</div><br /><br /> </div><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /> </div></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h1 id="AutoGeneratedID-1"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/" title="Permanent Link to Beefing Up McDonald’s (in Japan): TidBit of the Day">Beefing Up McDonald’s (in Japan): TidBit of the Day</a></h1></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="AutoGeneratedID-2"><br /> By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zomppa.com/author/patty/" title="Posts by Patty">Patty</a> on Aug 02, 2011 in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zomppa.com/category/featured/" title="View all posts in Featured" rel="category tag">Featured</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zomppa.com/category/healthnutrition/" title="View all posts in Health & Nutrition" rel="category tag">Health & Nutrition</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zomppa.com/category/tidbitoftheday/newsbits/" title="View all posts in Newsbits" rel="category tag">Newsbits</a>, <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zomppa.com/category/tidbitoftheday/" title="View all posts in TidBit of the Day" rel="category tag">TidBit of the Day</a> <br /></div></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-3">A good friend of mine forwarded an article published by the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703791904576075450692538030.html#articleTabs%3Darticle">Wall Street Journal</a> regarding GINORMOUS burgers, at McDonald’s in Japan.</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="attachment_9408"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zomppa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/McDonalds.jpg"><img title="McDonald's" src="http://www.zomppa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/McDonalds.jpg" width="498" height="332" id="AutoGeneratedID-4" /></a><p>Source: Wall Street Journal</p></div></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-5">A few months ago, Mcdonald’s Holding Co (Japan) Ltd. announced the roll out of its Big America 2 burger campaign. This campaign features 4 different (and hefty) burgers named after 4 U.S. locales: the Idaho, the Manhattan, the Miami and the Texas 2. The Idaho burger, maxing out at 713 calories, is stuffed with bacon, a hash brown patty and a 1/4 lb of beef.</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Emb"><embed src="http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/main.swf" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="videoGUID=2779418F-4249-4EA6-AD5C-42F6CFA435AF&playerid=1000&plyMediaEnabled=1&configURL=http://wsj.vo.llnwd.net/o28/players/&autoStart=false" ></embed></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-6">The strange thing isn’t so much the burgers (we have burgers here that rival the Idaho burger in calorie and size), but that the Japanese, significantly more lean than the average Americans, have embraced these burgers with open, untarnished, arms. Should the Japanese be concerned about the introduction of these gargantuan burgers into their society and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zomppa.com">food</a> culture?</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h3 id="AutoGeneratedID-7">Recent Posts:</h3></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/" href="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/08/02/beefing-up-mcdonalds-in-japan-tidbit-of-the-day/">Read more at www.zomppa.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/09/06/tidbit-of-the-day-food-peace/"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><UL style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:outside;list-style-image:none;"><li id="AutoGeneratedID-8"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/09/06/tidbit-of-the-day-food-peace/" title="September 6, 2011">Food = Peace: Tidbit of the Day</a></li></UL></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/09/06/tidbit-of-the-day-food-peace/" href="http://www.zomppa.com/2011/09/06/tidbit-of-the-day-food-peace/">Read more at www.zomppa.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/pa6RGe">http://bit.ly/pa6RGe</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-81599942632577855552011-09-07T18:41:00.000-07:002011-09-07T18:41:48.924-07:00George Cody: We might owe our existence to formaldehyde | Earth | EarthSky<a href="http://earthsky.org/earth/george-cody-we-might-owe-our-existence-to-formaldehyde">George Cody: We might owe our existence to formaldehyde | Earth | EarthSky</a>: "At first glance, he said, formaldehyde doesn’t seem like a significant molecule. Other compounds in space – containing iron, helium, nitrogen, and the like – are way more abundant. But it’s how big and strong and reactive formaldehyde is that makes it so special. "
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The picture should shed some clarity when contemplated with a recent report on the extension of <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080420123319.htm">Earth's magnetosphere to the Moon</a>, and other bodies, a duration described as a 6 day journey.<br />
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It has also come to light, that scientists have determined <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/geomagnetic_storms/">a method of solar flare prediction</a> through the measurement of acoustical waves.<br />
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This reminds me of an important finding by Gregory Leo Harrigan as described in his tiny tome, "<a href="http://www.electricspacecraft.com/paypal-book.htm">The Great Gravity Myth</a>," that I happened upon in the early 90's while perusing the shelves of Menlo Park's <a href="http://www.eastwest.com/">East-West Bookshop</a>, since moved to Mountain View, CA.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-32203023138330018432011-06-16T11:29:00.001-07:002011-06-16T11:29:13.584-07:00Is HAARP a RIFE Device?<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>It's annoying, that every good act and possibility is so readily assigned a monetary value. I guess that's just the way it is?<br /><br /><br /><br />Maybe Santa will come to town early, this year... [Think back to the satellite that the NaSA publicized.]<br /><br /><br /><br />Most importantly, I hope there's plenty of Yerba Mate on hand, since it works remarkably well in aiding elimination [with big ol' dumps!] Follow the recipe on Bragg's Raw Apple Cider Vinegar.</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.whale.to/w/rife.html" href="http://www.whale.to/w/rife.html">www.whale.to</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.whale.to/w/rife.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-0"><span lang="en-gb">[B</span>roken legally, mentally, financially. Slid into <br />alcoholism & depression after 1939 trial. Equipment rendered unusable by <br />components mysteriously "disappearing". Died in ignominy in 1971 from alcohol/valium <br />overdose<span lang="en-gb"> or murder.]</span></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.whale.to/w/rife.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/ED52565D-0677-4DD2-8701-69A04BF37C18/5A13A340-FAAE-4D15-AA64-85AA9475581F" alt="" width="259" height="351"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.whale.to/w/rife.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-2"><b><br /> <span lang="en-gb"><font size="4">Quotes<br /><br /> </font></span></b>Rife <br /> said, "In reality, it is not the bacteria themselves that produce the <br /> disease, but the chemical constituents of these micro-organisms enacting <br /> upon the unbalanced cell metabolism of the human body that in actuality <br /> produce the disease. We also believe if the metabolism of the human body is <br /> perfectly balanced or poised, it is susceptible to no disease."<br /><br /> <span lang="en-gb">    </span>After <br /> isolating the cancer virus, his next step was to destroy it. He did this <br /> with his frequency instruments—over and over again. And then he did it with <br /> experimental animals, inoculating them, watching the tumours grow, and then <br /> killing the virus in their bodies with the same frequency instruments tuned <br /> to the same "BX" frequency.<span lang="en-gb"> </span><br /> <font size="2"><br /><br /> <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whale.to/w/../v/rife.html">ROYAL RAYMOND RIFE & <br /> THE CANCER CURE THAT WORKED! by Barry Lynes</a></font></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.whale.to/w/rife.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Emb"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AysfKyl8O9k&hl=en&enablejsapi=1&autoplay=0" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" wmode="transparent" ></embed></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.whale.to/w/rife.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-4"><font size="3">Book:  The Cancer Cure That Worked! by Barry <br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whale.to/w/../a/lynes_h.html">Lynes</a> </font>ISBN<br />0-919951-30-9</p></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.whale.to/w/rife.html" href="http://www.whale.to/w/rife.html">Read more at www.whale.to</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/kZSSfu">http://bit.ly/kZSSfu</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-74239573757474451132011-06-03T16:21:00.001-07:002011-06-03T16:21:06.395-07:00TED | Bruce Aylward: How we'll stop polio for/too Good<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>I am reminded of PPS, Post-Polio Syndrome, and the amazing capabilities of molybdenum to thwart this chronic illness. The Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State notes on micro-nutrients states:<br /><br /><br /><br />"Molybdenum [element 42] is an essential trace element for virtually all life forms. It functions as a cofactor for a number of enzymes that catalyze important chemical transformations in the global carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles (1). Thus, molybdenum-dependent enzymes are not only required for human health, but also for the health of our ecosystem."<br /><br /><br /><br />(1) Structure Fold Des. 2000;8(7):709-718. (PubMed)<br /><br /><br /><br />The answer to The Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe and Everything.</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html">www.ted.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/E5AC7CE6-FE7A-4D6D-ADA5-7B72C12F6DF2/4DC80565-42E2-47E4-B6BA-C9A994A90CEE" alt="Ted Logo" width="280" height="53"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><span id="altHeadline">Bruce Aylward: How we'll stop polio for good</span></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Emb"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011/Blank/BruceAylward_2011-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/BruceAylward-2011.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=388&vh=244&ap=0&ti=1153&lang=eng&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio;year=2011;theme=to_boldly_go;theme=medicine_without_borders;theme=a_taste_of_ted2011;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TED2011;tag=Global+Issues;tag=Science;tag=disease;tag=health;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" ></embed></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="tagline">Polio is almost completely eradicated. But as Bruce Aylward says: Almost isn't good enough with a disease this terrifying. Aylward lays out the plan to continue the scientific miracle that ended polio in most of the world -- and to snuff it out everywhere, forever.</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h3 id="AutoGeneratedID-1">About Bruce Aylward</h3></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-2"><br /> Bruce Aylward is a Canadian physician and epidemiologist who heads the polio eradication programme at WHO, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/bruce_aylward.html">Full bio and more links</a> </p></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_aylward_how_we_ll_stop_polio.html">Read more at www.ted.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/k3PgvN">http://bit.ly/k3PgvN</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-29775006431730698512011-05-11T12:03:00.001-07:002011-05-11T12:03:09.367-07:00It’s National Service – Don’t Call It Volunteering<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>It's a question of value.</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html" href="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html">www.nptimes.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/7D01D3D8-485B-4F8A-813E-F311D9E541CC/8EE0CE34-FE6C-44A6-A582-3FE07D328521" alt="" width="384" height="70"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p align="left" id="AutoGeneratedID-1">From Capitol Hill</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p align="left" id="AutoGeneratedID-2"><img src="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/../08april/eclift.jpg" width="120" height="187" hspace="7" vspace="5" border="0" align="left" />It’s National Service – Don’t Call It Volunteering </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p align="left" id="AutoGeneratedID-3">By Eleanor Clift </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p align="left" id="AutoGeneratedID-4">Young people between the ages of 16 and 19 are volunteering 100 percent more than their counterparts of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s while boomers seeking post-retirement fulfillment are on track to double in 10 years the number of AmeriCorps volunteers who are seniors. There are more volunteers than ever in AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps, and the most sought after placement on college campuses is with Teach for America.</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p align="left" id="AutoGeneratedID-5">Volunteers receive a subsistence allowance “so they can eat,” said Eisner, along with some modest education benefits once they’ve completed their service. “This whole thing of drawing a line between paid and unpaid volunteers is becoming an anachronism,” he said, citing the growing reliance on an involved citizenry to deal with societal problems that span the range of human life from dropouts to elder care, homelessness and prison recidivism. “Civic engagement is no longer considered just nice. It’s at the heart of solving problems,” said Eisner. </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p align="left" id="AutoGeneratedID-6">Investing in volunteer efforts offers a return, both real and psychological, and that has caught the attention of senior legislators like Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who from their opposite parties and ideological positions are talking about collaborating on a new bipartisan national service bill. In California, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger elevated the state commission on Service and Volunteering to Cabinet level in recognition of its critical role in supplying hundreds of volunteers to assist victims and firefighters during the recent fires. </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p align="left" id="AutoGeneratedID-7">With budget restraints at every level of government, paid volunteers are no longer a feel-good luxury. They’re becoming a necessity. </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p align="left" id="AutoGeneratedID-8"><br /><br /> ***<br /><br /> Eleanor Clift is a contributing editor for Newsweek magazine. Her column, “Capitol Letter” is posted each week on Newsweek.com and MSNBC. She is a regular political panelist on the nationally syndicated show The McLaughlin Group, which she has compared to “a televised food fight.” She is also a political contributor for the Fox News Channel. </p></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html" href="http://www.nptimes.com/webex/08july/clift-7-1-08.html">Read more at www.nptimes.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/jXTgxv">http://bit.ly/jXTgxv</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-44817395288471205042011-05-10T14:47:00.001-07:002011-05-10T14:47:58.404-07:00FREE D3 Vitamins offer StopAgingNow | NaturalNews<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>You got five on it for the shipping costs? 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EPA also will accept written comments on the proposed standards until July 5, 2011. EPA will finalize the rule by November 2011.</SPAN> </P><br />
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<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">More information on the hearings and instructions for submitting written comments: </SPAN><A href="http://www.epa.gov/airquality/powerplanttoxics/" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#800080>http://www.epa.gov/airquality/powerplanttoxics/</FONT></SPAN></A></P><BR><BR><br />
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<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><A href="tel:202-564-7873" target=_blank value="+12025647873">202-564-7873</A> <BR><A href="tel:202-564-4355" target=_blank value="+12025644355">202-564-4355</A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <BR><BR><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <BR></B>May 3, 2011</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> </SPAN></P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 20pt"><BR>EPA to Hold Three Public Hearings on National Standard for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants <BR></SPAN></B><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>WASHINGTON – </SPAN></B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The U.S. Environmental </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Protection Agency (EPA) will hold three public hearings in May on the proposed mercury and air toxics standards. <SPAN>The new power plant mercury and air toxics standards would require many power plants to install widely available, proven pollution control technologies to cut harmful emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases, while preventing as many as 17,000 premature deaths and 11,000 heart attacks a year.</SPAN></SPAN> </P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><B>WHAT: </B>Public hearings on proposed mercury and air toxics standards <BR> <BR><BR><B>WHEN:</B> May 24 and 26, 2011 </SPAN></P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Each hearing will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 8 p.m. (local time)</SPAN> </P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR><B>WHERE:</B> <B>May 24: Chicago, Ill.</B></SPAN> </P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Crowne Plaza Chicago Metro</SPAN> </P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">799 W. Madison St.</SPAN> </P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Chicago, Ill. 60611</SPAN> </P><br />
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<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">May 24: Philadelphia, Pa.</SPAN></B> </P><br />
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<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">99 S. 17<SUP>th</SUP> Street at Liberty Place</SPAN> </P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Philadelphia, Pa. 19103</SPAN> </P><br />
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<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">May 26: Atlanta, Ga.</SPAN></B> </P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center</SPAN> </P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">61 Forsyth St. SW</SPAN> </P><br />
<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 63pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Atlanta, Ga. 30303-8960</SPAN> </P><br />
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<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The public may register to speak at a specific time at a hearing by contacting Pamela Garrett at <A href="tel:919-541-7966" target=_blank value="+19195417966">919-541-7966</A> or <A href="mailto:garrett.pamela@epa.gov" target=_blank>garrett.pamela@epa.gov</A> or registering in person on the day of a hearing. EPA also will accept written comments on the proposed standards until July 5, 2011. EPA will finalize the rule by November 2011.</SPAN> </P><br />
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<br /><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">More information on the hearings and instructions for submitting written comments: </SPAN><A href="http://www.epa.gov/airquality/powerplanttoxics/" target=_blank><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT color=#800080>http://www.epa.gov/airquality/powerplanttoxics/</FONT></SPAN></A> </P><br />
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A..., yes.</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html">www.ted.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/B7698652-2624-4BE8-AFE0-5417FA62D958/FC6EC8AC-1F4E-4C77-8F92-89F302827C2C" alt="Ted Logo" width="280" height="53"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><span id="altHeadline">Ric Elias: 3 things I learned while my plane crashed</span></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Emb"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011U/Blank/RicElias_2011U-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/RicElias-2011U.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=388&vh=244&ap=0&ti=1130&lang=eng&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=ric_elias;year=2011;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_ted2011;theme=master_storytellers;event=Master+Storytellers;tag=Business;tag=storytelling;tag=transportation;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" ></embed></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="aboutThisTalk"><br /> <div><p><a rel="nofollow" href="#">Open interactive transcript »</a></p></div><br /> <h3>About this talk</h3><br /> <p id="tagline">Ric Elias had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York in January 2009. What went through his mind as the doomed plane went down? At TED, he tells his story publicly for the first time. </p><br /> <div id="attributionText"><br /> </div><br /> <h3>About Ric Elias</h3><br /> <p><br /> Ric Elias is the CEO of Red Ventures, a marketing services company that grew out of Elias' long experience in business. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/ric_elias.html">Full bio and more links</a> </p><br /> <div id="adSpace"><h3>Thanks to our partner</h3><div></div></div><br /> </div></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/ric_elias.html">Read more at www.ted.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/m4pvBy">http://bit.ly/m4pvBy</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-78970108685096422302011-04-26T10:14:00.001-07:002011-04-26T10:14:04.004-07:00Everyday Compassion Drives Google<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>A new working model of a paradigm that I'm attending. Join me:<br /><br /><br /><br />Chade-Meng Tan was one of Google's earliest engineers. Among many other things, Meng helped build Google's first mobile search service, and headed the team that kept a vigilant eye on Google's search quality. After an eight-year stint in Engineering, he now serves with GoogleEDU as the Head of Personal Growth. One of his main projects is Search Inside Yourself -- a mindfulness-based emotional intelligence course, which he hopes will eventually contribute to world peace in a meaningful way.<br /><br /><br /><br />Outside of Google, Meng is the Founder and (Jolly Good) President of the Tan Teo Charitable Foundation, a small foundation dedicated to promoting peace, liberty and enlightenment in the world. He is a founding patron of Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE). He is also a founding patron of the World Peace Festival, and adviser to a number of technology startups.</p></div></div><div class=" ClipTheme metallic"><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/chade_meng_tan_everyday_compassion_at_google.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/chade_meng_tan_everyday_compassion_at_google.html">www.ted.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/chade_meng_tan_everyday_compassion_at_google.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/BF27518A-03D0-412F-B879-8ECA23B70641/092C8D72-A01C-47F5-AC19-3DABFB0ADB74" alt="Ted Logo" width="280" height="53"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div 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flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/ChadeMengTan_2010Z-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/ChadeMengTan-2010Z.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=388&vh=244&ap=0&ti=1113&lang=eng&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=chade_meng_tan_everyday_compassion_at_google;year=2010;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=not_business_as_usual;theme=the_charter_for_compassion;event=The+Charter+for+Compassion;tag=Business;tag=Culture;tag=charter+for+compassion;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" ></embed></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/chade_meng_tan_everyday_compassion_at_google.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="aboutThisTalk"><br /> <div><p><a rel="nofollow" href="#">Open interactive transcript »</a></p></div><br /> <h3>About this talk</h3><br /> <p id="tagline">Google's "Jolly Good Fellow," Chade-Meng Tan, talks about how the company practices compassion in its everyday business -- and its bold side projects.</p><br /> <div id="attributionText"><br /> </div><br /> <h3>About Chade-Meng Tan</h3><br /> <p><br /> One of Google's earliest engineers, Chade-Meng Tan is now Google's Jolly Good Fellow -- the head of personal growth at the groundbreaking search company. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/chade_meng_tan.html">Full bio and more links</a> </p><br /> <div id="adSpace"><h3>Thanks to our sponsor</h3><div></div></div><br /> </div></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/chade_meng_tan_everyday_compassion_at_google.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/chade_meng_tan_everyday_compassion_at_google.html">Read more at www.ted.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/dVKJoF">http://bit.ly/dVKJoF</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-13583986097550436862011-04-25T12:13:00.001-07:002011-04-25T12:13:03.650-07:00Wow, that 4th-grade wisdom works<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>Again, Nature's local intelligence far exceeds any think-tank in productive output:<br /><br /><br /><br />Teacher and musician John Hunter is the inventor of the World Peace Game (and the star of the new doc "World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements").</p></div></div><div class=" ClipTheme notepad"><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game.html">www.ted.com</a></span></div></div><div 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class="Amp_Content_Item_Emb"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011/Blank/JohnHunter_2011-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/JohnHunter-2011.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=388&vh=244&ap=0&ti=1127&lang=eng&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game;year=2011;theme=master_storytellers;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=a_taste_of_ted2011;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;theme=how_we_learn;theme=rethinking_poverty;theme=the_creative_spark;event=The+Creative+Spark;tag=Design;tag=Global+Issues;tag=education;tag=games;tag=government;tag=peace;tag=politics;tag=war;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" ></embed></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="aboutThisTalk"><br /> <div><p><a rel="nofollow" href="#">Open interactive transcript »</a></p></div><br /> <h3>About this talk</h3><br /> <p id="tagline">John Hunter puts all the problems of the world on a 4'x5' plywood board -- and lets his 4th-graders solve them. At TED2011, he explains how his World Peace Game engages schoolkids, and why the complex lessons it teaches -- spontaneous, and always surprising -- go further than classroom lectures can.</p><br /> <div id="attributionText"><br /> </div><br /> <h3>About John Hunter</h3><br /> <p><br /> Teacher and musician John Hunter is the inventor of the World Peace Game (and the star of the new doc "World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements"). <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/john_hunter.html">Full bio and more links</a> </p><br /> <div id="adSpace"><h3>TEDActive 2011</h3><div></div></div><br /> </div></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/john_hunter_on_the_world_peace_game.html">Read more at www.ted.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/e3VfbS">http://bit.ly/e3VfbS</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-49132859991525012382011-04-22T19:32:00.001-07:002011-04-22T19:32:46.338-07:00Review: The Selected Poetry of John Donne<br /> <a style='float: left; padding-right: 20px' href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5147642-the-selected-poetry-of-john-donne'><img src='http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg' border='0' alt='The Selected Poetry of John Donne'/></a><a href='http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5147642-the-selected-poetry-of-john-donne'>The Selected Poetry of John Donne</a> by <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/77318.John_Donne'>John Donne</a><br/><br />My rating: <a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/162900560'>5 of 5 stars</a><br/><br/><br />The Primrose, Being at Montgomery Castle,<br/> upon the Hill, on Which it is Situated<br/><br/> Upon this primrose hill,<br/> Where, if Heaven would distill<br/>A shower of rain, each several drop might go<br/>To his own primrose, and grow manna so;<br/>And where their form, and their infinity<br/><br/> Make a terrestrial galaxy,<br/> As the small stars do in the sky:<br/>I walk to find a true love; and I see<br/>That 'tis not a mere woman, that is she,<br/>But must, or more, or less than woman be.<br/><br/>(cont.)<br/><br/><br/>Great stars share Life & Love so may prosper: <br/>According to lines 5 and 6 are we so directed<br/>to mirror the Divine Will of the Creator here<br/>on Earth, as it is in Heaven. So may Humanity<br/>support expansion of happiness in ALL BEINGS.<br/><br/>Cheers,<br/>Christopher<br/><br/>[With the help of family, friends, teachers.]<br /><br/><br/><br /><a href='http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/4117716-christopher-land'>View all my reviews</a><br /> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-84592167741099652562011-04-22T04:23:00.001-07:002011-04-22T04:23:09.329-07:00Civilization Starter Kit | TED<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing a set of blueprints for 50 farming tools that can be built cheaply from scratch. Call it a "civilization starter kit."<br /><br /><br /><br />Happy Earth Day!</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html">www.ted.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/D2ADF5E2-7D9A-4BAE-A788-B7930A493851/C6D9EDF6-377B-4192-B6CE-F075FA15F729" alt="Ted Logo" width="280" height="53"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h2 id="AutoGeneratedID-1"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ted.com/talks">Talks</a> | <span id="talklabel">In less than 6 minutes</span><br /> </h2></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><span id="altHeadline">Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization</span></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Emb"><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talk/stream/2011U/Blank/MarcinJakubowski_2011U-320k.mp4&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/MarcinJakubowski-2011U.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=388&vh=244&ap=0&ti=1122&lang=eng&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=marcin_jakubowski;year=2011;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=the_rise_of_collaboration;event=The+Rise+of+Collaboration;tag=Culture;tag=Technology;tag=open-source;tag=ted+fellows;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" ></embed></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h3 id="AutoGeneratedID-2">About this talk</h3></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="tagline">Using wikis and digital fabrication tools, TED Fellow Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing the blueprints for 50 farm machines, allowing anyone to build their own tractor or harvester from scratch. And that's only the first step in a project to write an instruction set for an entire self-sustaining village (starting cost: $10,000).</p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><h3 id="AutoGeneratedID-3">About Marcin Jakubowski</h3></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-4"><br /> Marcin Jakubowski is open-sourcing a set of blueprints for 50 farming tools that can be built cheaply from scratch. Call it a "civilization starter kit." <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/marcin_jakubowski.html">Full bio and more links</a> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><UL style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;list-style-type:disc;list-style-position:outside;list-style-image:none;"><li id="AutoGeneratedID-5"><br /> <span><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ted.com/conversations/2043/the_global_village_constructio.html">The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a low-cost, high-performance, open source 'civilization starter kit.'</a><br />Started by Marcin Jakubowski</span> <span>61 Comments</span><br /> </li></UL></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html" href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/marcin_jakubowski.html">Read more at www.ted.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/hq6Tfc">http://bit.ly/hq6Tfc</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4165061447889631613.post-90607814285179218332011-04-20T16:21:00.001-07:002011-04-20T16:21:03.091-07:00Equi=Tech | Eliminating Noise Problems<div class="Amp_Commentary_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Post_Text"><p>Trees are dying. Bees are dying. Perhaps, this is due to power line noise?<br /><br /><br /><br />Martin Glasband, President of Equi=Tech Corporation in Selma, OR, and proponent of balanced power designs for 120-volt AC circuits. has noted:<br /><br /><br /><br />"The basic problem is that when loaded, all differential mode 120-volt AC circuits create noise in the ground reference. Noise problems occur in audio signal circuits due to an unclean ground. The old Edison circuit (where a 240-volt circuit is split into two 120-volt circuits) is still used today as a standard means of 120-volt power distribution. Standard power is unbalanced."<br /><br /><br /><br />"...the most damaging form of noise (reactive current in the ground) is left untouched. Low impedance grounding has little effect on reactive current so the problem persists."<br /><br /><br /><br />"The answer is preventing reactive currents from propagating in the grounding system. This can be accomplished by re-phasing the power source. To get a clearer picture of this theory, one needs to look at the load, the ground reference and the voltage phase in the power wires. For some reason, the simple truth has been overlooked for years."<br /><br /><br /><br />"The Earth ground now functions only as a reference for electrical safety and for shields as it should be, not as an ineffective sink-hole for reactive current."</p></div></div><div class=""><div class="Amp_Content_Outer"><div class="Amp_Top_Wrap"><div class="Amp_Source_First"><span>Amplify’d from <a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html" href="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html">www.equitech.com</a></span></div></div><div class="Amp_Middle_Wrap"><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div align="center" class="Amp_Content_Item_Image"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/clog_clip_cache/amplify.com/DF507026-B0DA-48F5-A3A5-93545F557F23/BCA6B06A-2AB8-41C4-9DE1-487DA8E38B92" alt="" width="283" height="93"/></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><table><tr><td width="50%" id="AutoGeneratedID-1"><br /><center><br /><dt><br /> <img src="http://www.equitech.com/images/blueline.gif" height="4" width="210" /></dt></center><br /><br /><center><br /><dt><br /><b><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font ><font size="+2">"Lifting"<br />the </font></font></font></b></dt></center><br /><br /><center><br /><dt><br /><b><font face="Times New Roman,Times"><font ><font size="+2">Grounding<br />Enigma</font></font></font></b></dt></center><br /><br /><center><br /><dt><br /><img src="http://www.equitech.com/images/blueline.gif" height="4" width="210" /></dt><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">(<a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigmasp.html">en<br />Español</a>)</font></font></center><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><font id="AutoGeneratedID-2"><font size="-2">Reprinted from the November, 1994 issue<br />of "<i><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.mixonline.com">MIX Magazine</a></i>" with permission <br /><br />from Intertec Publishing Company Inc. <br />(c) Copyright 1994 all rights reserved</font></font></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><b id="AutoGeneratedID-3"><font face="Arial,Helvetica">by Martin Glasband</font></b></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><font size="-1" id="AutoGeneratedID-4">NOISE MAY BE THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD<br />PROBLEM in any professional audio or video facility. Today’s recording<br />technology offers unsurpassed quality and accuracy, yet grounding system<br />noise still baffles the experts.</font></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-5"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Grounding noise is one of<br />the most common complaints from audio engineers, but it's difficult to<br />explain noise and grounding problems without addressing power. Grounding<br />noise is closely linked to AC power under a variety of impedance load conditions.<br />At first glance, the causes of noise can seem mysterious and perplexing.<br />Often, dirty power is cited as the reason. But in fairness to the experts,<br />it is important to remember that conventional power standards were adopted<br />long before we had sensitive electronics. Eighty years ago, no one predicted<br />the effects of industrial loads on power integrity.</font></font><br /></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-6"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">A brief history</font></b><br /></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><font size="-1" id="AutoGeneratedID-7">In 1882, Thomas Edison wired<br />the town of Sunbury, Pennsylvania using a shared-common three-wire DC distribution<br />system. The cost of copper wire was an important factor, so Edison's engineers<br />devised a way to distribute two circuits using only three wires. The forerunner<br />to modern power distribution, DC and AC versions of the “Edison Circuit”<br />are still widely used.</font></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-9"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">But this system has one glaring<br />fault. The level of interference created when a three-phase wye system<br />is split up and used as three single-phase circuits is truly something<br />to behold. For example, as much as 20% (or more) of the power used by fluorescent<br />ballasts is reflected back onto the power grid in the form of reactive<br />or harmonic currents -- now that’s a lot of distortion. In the late 80’s,<br />a 40-plus-story office building in Los Angeles actually burst into flames<br />because of these reactive currents. Incredibly, the origin of the fire<br />was determined to be from excessive harmonic distortion in fluorescent<br />lighting circuits which created a high-frequency current overload and literally<br />a meltdown of the electrical wiring system. The First Interstate Bank fire<br />in Los Angeles in May of 1988 was the event dubbed by the media as "The<br />Towering Inferno" <i>a la</i> the Hollywood movie. Codes were adapted to<br />remedy the fire danger, but the noise problem itself was never completely<br />resolved.</font></font><br /></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-10"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Three-phase power nonetheless<br />remains the bulk power of choice for utilities. When a utility furnishes<br />single-phase service to an area, the standard procedure is for the utility<br />to derive single-phase power by using one or two of the distribution grid's<br />three phase elements. So even single-phase power is linked to the distorted<br />three-phase grid. Typically, electrical power furnished by utilities contains<br />3% to 5% harmonic distortion. Single-phase service itself remains "split"<br />into two 120-volt circuits as per Edison's original wiring design. In one<br />form or another, these standards have been adopted and put into use around<br />the world.</font></font><br /></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-11"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Focusing on the Problem</font></b><br /> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-12"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">It all boils down to eliminating<br />noise problems. What, for example, needs to be done to completely rid a<br />production facility of video hum bars. Can the problem of AC noise common<br />in Class-A tube amps be addressed? How about noisy guitar amps? Many other<br />examples of stubborn noise problems that have endured the test of time<br />have failed to yield substantial solutions.</font></font><br /> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-13"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Could it be that the answer<br />to the problem is in the power itself? Certainly there is room for power<br />to be cleaned up. Conventionally, this is done in two ways: improving its<br />level of signal purity, or improving the grounding system's linearity and<br />lowering its impedance. Unfortunately, even the cleanest power signal available<br />and the most linear and low impedance grounding system still yield AC noise<br />in audio and video circuits. How could noise still affect a video production<br />facility with top-of-the-line active power conditioning and a professionally<br />engineered linear signal reference? The reason is that power conditioning<br />systems don't address all aspects of the noise problem. For that matter,<br />the most damaging form of noise (reactive current in the ground) is left<br />untouched. Low impedance grounding has little effect on reactive current<br />so the problem persists. Clearly, a different approach is needed.</font></font><br /> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><font size="-1" id="AutoGeneratedID-14">The answer is preventing<br />reactive currents from propagating in the grounding system. This can be<br />accomplished by re-phasing the power source. To get a clearer picture of<br />this theory, one needs to look at the load, the ground reference and the<br />voltage phase in the power wires. For some reason, the simple truth has<br />been overlooked for years.</font></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-16"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Today's facilities are fed<br />typically with three-phase service. Common three-phase power systems lack<br />an inverse phase relationship between power wires. Power wires are phased<br />120 degrees apart so there is never a point in time where the system is<br />completely off (common zero crossing voltage) as in single-phase systems.<br />Consequently, reactive currents instead of nulling begin to "stack up"<br />in manner of speaking, end to end at very well-ordered intervals on both<br />the neutral and ground wires. After each phase peaks, a pulse of reactive<br />current is released onto the common wire or neutral. This occurs at a rate<br />of 60 times per second per phase. All three phases sum together in this<br />way on the neutral equaling 180Hz, the third harmonic. On line video facilities<br />powered by a three-phase (120/208V) grid are typically beset with noise<br />problems. When three-phase based, 120-volt power is used directly for audio<br />or video electronics, one can be assured of more interference than with<br />all other types of 120-volt systems.</font></font><br /> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-17"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Sub-standard standards</font></b><br /> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-18"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">One issue remains. What is<br />wrong with grounding? The answer is simple. As a rule, the grounding circuit<br />is not meant to carry any type of current except for rare occasions when<br />there is a short circuit, and then only momentarily. However, Underwriters'<br />Laboratories standards are somewhat lax in this respect. “Objectionable<br />ground current" is loosely defined in every area except for hospital operating<br />rooms. Outside of hospitals, “objectionable ground current” is gauged more<br />closely to shock hazard levels (about 3.5 milliamps). It seems that this<br />standard has backfired. Data corruption, disk crashes and simple hum noise<br />cost time and money -- sometimes a lot. Clearly, UL standards that define<br />"objectionable ground current" are inadequate by today's standards. On<br />the other hand, UL is not responsible for re-engineering audio equipment<br />and AC systems. Normally, performance standards are left up to manufacturers<br />and the marketplace.</font></font><br /> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-19"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">The basic problem is that<br />when loaded, all differential mode 120-volt AC circuits create noise in<br />the ground reference. Noise problems occur in audio signal circuits due<br />to an unclean ground. The old Edison circuit (where a 240-volt circuit<br />is split into two 120-volt circuits) is still used today as a standard<br />means of 120-volt power distribution. Standard power is unbalanced. Even<br />when a high quality 120-volt isolation transformer is installed, one side<br />is grounded (made neutral) which is really not much different at all. The<br />way the AC voltage phase is referenced and carried by the circuit has everything<br />to do with electrical interference in a grounding system. If any aspect<br />of the circuit is applied or loaded in an unbalanced manner, noise will<br />appear in the ground.</font></font></p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="AutoGeneratedID-20"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">Success, at last</font></b><br /> </div></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-21"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">Understandably, such a simple<br />explanation of noise problems can invoke a kind of knee jerk skepticism<br />or denial. But, requiring proof is not an unreasonable demand. In locations<br />using balanced 120-volt power systems, the results speak for themselves.<br />When balanced power is applied systemwide, the results are often quite<br />dramatic. On the average, 16dB improvement in background noise has been<br />noted. Where audio and video components are properly installed and maintained,<br />in no known case has balanced AC failed to substantially lower the noise<br />floor. In high-end systems utilizing 24-bit digital equipment, peripheral<br />gear needs balanced power to approach the noise floor capabilities of the<br />digital system.</font></font><br /> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><font face="Arial,Helvetica" id="AutoGeneratedID-22"><font size="-1">When symmetrical AC power<br />is used, grounding also tends to be more forgiving. Recently, a studio<br />owner needed some consultation and assistance installing a 120-volt symmetrical<br />power system for his home studio, a 24-bit digital facility that also included<br />a fair amount of class-A tube gear. Despite careful planning, there was<br />a miscommunication over some of the particulars regarding radial (star)<br />grounding for the outlets. Consequently, the electrician, unfamiliar with<br />studio AC wiring systems, looped entire strings of outlets together using<br />only one #12 gauge ground wire. In spite of the mishap, the system performed<br />perfectly -- quietly. This episode would indicate that unbalanced power<br />is the true cause of noise, not a poor AC grounding design. <font >.</font></font></font></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><font face="Arial,Helvetica" id="AutoGeneratedID-23"><font size="-1">The system was built full<br />of ground loops, but grounding currents and chassis potentials were nowhere<br />to be found. This is how it should be. Star grounding and linear signal<br />reference grids are nothing more than "Band-aids" that, at best, can only<br />marginally mask over some of the noise. To be free of noise problems, grounding<br />circuits must remain clean -- that's all there is to it. If they're not,<br />a hundred ground rods won't help.</font></font></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-24"><b><font face="Arial,Helvetica">In conclusion</font></b><br /> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-25"><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">The symmetrical 120-volt<br />system is unique in that it deals specifically with balancing all power<br />and load elements with respect to a single point grounding reference. This<br />is the only prescription for maintaining a clean ground regardless of how<br />big the facility or what sort of gear is used. A specially wound isolation<br />transformer with a center tapped 120-volt output shown in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.equitech.com/images/enigma4.gif">Figure<br />4</a> and again in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.equitech.com/images/enigma7.gif">Figure<br />7</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.equitech.com/images/enigma8.gif">Figure 8</a><br />is basically the heart of the system. Both the load and the power signal<br />are balanced with respect to the common output terminal (center tap) on<br />the transformer. Here is the true single point grounding reference for<br />a recording studio. The Earth ground now functions only as a reference<br />for electrical safety and for shields as it should be, not as an ineffective<br />sink-hole for reactive current.</font></font><br /> </p></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><div id="AutoGeneratedID-26"><img src="http://www.equitech.com/images/blueline.gif" height="4" width="640" /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> </div></div></td></tr></table></blockquote><div class="Amp_Content_Hr"></div><blockquote class="Amp_Content_Item" cite="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div class="TxtCntnt"><font size="-1" id="AutoGeneratedID-27">Martin Glasband is the President<br />of Equi=Tech Corporation in Selma, Oregon. Formerly as an electrical contractor<br />and consultant has designed electrical systems for KCET-TV, The Post Complex,<br />Warner Brothers, Oz Audio and Post, ABC Radio Network, Baby'O Recorders<br />and New World Pictures</font></div><span class="Amp_Source_Button"><a rel="clipsource" target="_blank" title="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html" href="http://www.equitech.com/articles/enigma.html">Read more at www.equitech.com</a></span></td></tr></table></blockquote></div><div class="Amp_Bottom_Wrap"> </div></div></div><div class="Amp_Link">See this Amp at <a href="http://bit.ly/f2CSyG">http://bit.ly/f2CSyG</a></div><br/>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05423997320120172357noreply@blogger.com0