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Ten worthless opinions: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg edition
Sometimes having ten worthless opinions is the only way to discuss an IndyCar race. The story of the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg is really the story of Will Power and Penske Racing. That's it. He moved to the front, dominated, screwed up, and won. Luckily, I combed the race and the broadcasts for the nuggets that often slip by the mainstream media and racing cognoscenti. Don't expect in-depth analysis or breaking news here. In other words, lower your expectations. All I have are ten worthless opinions.
1. I listened to qualifying and part of the race on the IMS Radio Network to see how the iconic voice of Paul Page has aged. Radio is unforgiving. An announcer can be wrong about what is going on if no one is watching the broadcast, but he must be smooth whether he is right or wrong. The timbre of Page's voice is no longer what it once was, nor is his delivery as smooth as it was when he was the voice of the 500 on both radio and ABC. But it's early. Page gets a pass simply because he's Paul Page. And let's face it. Other than the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400, only the most dedicated of fans listen to the radio.
2. In deference to Paul Page, I attempted to listen to both the radio broadcast and ABC telecast. When I added all those voices to the ones already in my head, it just got too crowded. But before I gave up the attempt, I was incredibly impressed by the insights and delivery of IndyCar driver Pippa Mann. Already a fan favorite for her humor, social media prowess, and unflagging determination to put together a ride for the Indy 500, she can now add broadcasting maven to her resume. Even though she has done both radio and television for Indy Lights, it was her first foray into broadcasting the Verizon IndyCar Series. She's smart, observant, and smooth in the booth. Auto racing is still one of those sports that does not have a female voice in the booth calling races. This is the voice that needs to be there.
3. ABC's putting Allen Bestwick in the booth with Eddie Cheever and Scott Goodyear was a great choice. He was prepared and professional. ABC just got better. Cheever and Goodyear are acceptable but bland. Even when Cheever gets irritated, like when he compared Will Power's slow restart to something you see in go-carts, he comes off as churlish and haughty. At least I think that was Cheever. I can't tell him and Goodyear apart sometimes. The booth needs some fireworks. Get on that, ABC.
4. Is Rick DeBruhl letting his inner Jack Arute come out to play? His prerace chemistry bit that culminated in the assessment that Ed Carpenter was "bonding" with Mike Conway was only missing an Arute style prop to be perfect. And let's face it, the "bonding" thing just might have gone over the head of some viewers.
5. A.J. Foyt just kills me. He is the most honest voice in a traditionally guarded industry. ABC tried to highlight the Odd Couple relationship between him and Takuma Sato. A.J. summed it up by saying, "He's not a smart-ass. If I like him, I like him." There you go.
6. Verizon has already engaged! Almost every driver interviewed referenced the arrival of Verizon as the title sponsor of the series. They know what they have: a motivated, committed, engaged sponsor with boatloads of money and a desire to partner with the series. Their first commercial said, "A title sponsor has a certain responsibility to push the sport." Yeah, not quite sure IZOD saw it that way. The Verizon ad referenced the cars, fans, and the technology. Consider the game changed.
7. TV often misses back of the pack moves on a street course. It's the nature of the medium. Graham Rahal made a mad dash at the start to pick up multiple spots at the start. From that beginning, he moved to mid-pack and stayed there. The more impressive feat was Josef Newgarden moving from the last spot on the grid to finish ninth. It wasn't a series of youthful banzai moves but instead a series of passes that were of the stalk and pass variety. The boy is growing up. If TV didn't show it, then how do I know about it? The IMS Radio Network. They make everything exciting. Take a cue, ABC. Enthusiasm is a good thing.
8. One storyline of the race was Tony Kanaan's move to Chip Ganassi Racing. The sparks didn't fly, though. He moved to the top ten and just stayed there. At the end of the race, he said his fuel-saver knob fell off at the beginning of the race. The knob FELL OFF! Some Gorilla Glue will take care of that, guys. And make sure to put some on all the trophies this year, too.
9. I guess Tim Cindric doesn't have to eat his rivalry comment about Chip Ganassi Racing just yet. Will Power dominated the second half of the race as Chevrolet put three motors in the top five and Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay finished second with Honda power. Jack Hawksworth for Bryan Herta Racing is pretty salty for a rookie, and you can expect Simon Pagenaud for Sam Schmidt Motorsports and Justin Wilson for Dale Coyne Racing to find victory circle this year. One of the strengths of the series is that so many teams can win any race.
10. Will Power's game of here-I-go-no-I-don't on a restart ruined the days of Jack Hawksworth and Marco Andretti and certainly seemed to be aimed at teammate Helio Castroneves' proclivity to jump restarts. In other words, it was just another bit of auto racing gamesmanship. Power tried to rationalize that he did not apply the brakes but did lift only because he was confused by the green flag being displayed before the restart zone. Really, Will? You slowed down because you saw the green flag? You looked liked a shifty-eyed school boy caught cribbing for a test in the post-race interview. The highlight was Power's teammate Castroneves jokingly calling Power a "wanker." Don't you love it when meaning gets lost in translation? Helio may want to have that translated into Portuguese before he uses it again. Or just call him a "tosser" next time.
There you go. "Ten worthless opinions" is the only place you'll find Aussie slang, Gorilla Glue, Jack Arute, and the Verizon IndyCar Series all in one convenient location.
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Ten Worthless Opinions: St. Petersburg "Adventures in Paradise" Edition
The first race of the IZOD IndyCar Series FINALLY arrived in paradise, or if not paradise, at least St. Petersburg, Florida. All else being considered, it sure looked like paradise for those in the North who were locked in the embrace of winter's last gasp effort to deny global warming. The water and palm trees dancing on our TV screens brought back visions of Gardner McKay and the Tiki III as he cruised the South Pacific in "Adventures in Paradise." In this case, it looks like James Hinchcliffe took the title role in his own adventure in paradise. A new season brings out another volume of WO's (worthless opinions). Mai Tais for everyone!
1. It looks like this may be the last gasp for the Firestone Indy Lights Series. There were nine, count 'em, NINE cars on the grid to start the St. Petersburg 100. With only two lead changes and six cars running at the end, compelling drama it was not. It's easy to say that a new car and more entries are needed to save the series, but who is going to invest in a series with no traction (sorry) with fans or sponsors? The success or failure of the IZOD IndyCar Series is the key to the future on Indy Lights. And that result will not be evident in the short term. I'm not sure the labor of love that is Indy Lights can wait that long. The real downside to the possible demise of the series is that it has been successful as a stepping stone to the IZOD IndyCar Series. IndyCar drivers like James Hinchcliffe, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan, Helio Castroneves, Marco Andretti, and Dan Wheldon all graduated from its grid. IndyCar needs this series.
Another Indy Lights graduate making a name for herself is Pippa Mann. Even though Pippa would rather be behind a wheel at IMS for the 500, her smooth debut on NBCSports portends a possible career in broadcasting. She obviously did her homework for the broadcast. She knew the drivers and teams and offered spot-on racing commentary. Just remember to look at the camera, Pippa.
2. I observed on Twitter that some people were complaining about the qualifications for St. Pete being slightly time delayed. So what? It actually made the broadcast run more smoothly and kept it in a time window so NBCSports could show it. They don't have to broadcast it, you know. Baby steps, people.
3. The new broadcast team takes some getting used to. Jon Beekhuis is much better in the booth and as Professor B. than he is in live interviews. His in-race questioning was a little obsequious. You are the media, Jon. Flex your muscles! Show them who's the boss! Stir the shit! I hope NBCSports will continue to use his strength in technical matters. Kevin Lee is solid, even if he did manage to suck up to David Letterman with a gratuitous Ball State reference. Can a Garfield/Jim Davis comment be far behind? Brian Till was acceptable and had the quote of the weekend during an interview with Will Power when he said Power was at the top of the "championship shart" last year. I didn't even know they had a contest, Brian.
The booth team of Leigh Diffey, Townsend Bell, and Wally Dallenbach, Jr. was competent as they hashed out their dynamic and their roles. Diffey did a good job calling the action, but struggled at times to rein in the back-and-forth between Bell and Dallenbach. Remember guys, most people tune in for the race, not the commentary. Focus. The TV commentators are at the mercy of their directors regarding what they see and what they know. When they appear clueless, it's most often the fault of the people talking in their ears.
4. I really don't want to beat a dead horse, a horse as dead as Robin Miller will be if someone does not take charge of that damned grid run. At least he found people to talk to this time, highlighted by Alex Tagliani mentioning how close he was to the Port-O-Potty. Good TV. Here's an idea: add a second person so we don't have to listen to Miller puff his way along the grid. It is brutal! That way you can switch back and forth between interviews, which give the viewer entertainment value. How about adding Pippa Mann? You need a female voice in the pits, and she probably can jog to the next interview without pausing to catch her breath like Miller. This can be a great segment instead of a joke.
5. It seems NBCSports and IndyCar are getting on the same page in regards to promotion. The Mav TV 500 was advertised. Robin Miller interviewed retiring Firestone honcho Joe Barbieri, which was really a hat-tip to Firestone for all the series and advertising support. It certainly was not impromptu since NBCSports had pictures ready to roll. The #Indy500orBust Twitter and Instagram promotion for the Indy 500 was prominently mentioned, as well as a Helio Castroneves commercial for distracted driving awareness with the snail from Turbo. I guess J.R. Hildebrand didn't preview that before the race. Maybe later. In any case, promotion of the series and its partners was evident. More of that, please.
6. And then they had a race that happened to be engaging. To begin with, the drivers made it through Turn 1 without incident. I think the guys in the booth were a little disappointed. They had all the statistics handy to deal with the accident. The cars were racy and entertaining throughout the field. Of course, TV can rarely show that on a street course since you can only see a small portion of the track. That's one reason the radio broadcast of a street course is so exciting. There's action everywhere, and the broadcasters around the track can see it. The TV guys are tethered to a monitor controlled by a director. Simona de Silvestro showed she is a racer. A podium is absolutely in her future. She ran out of rubber on her Firestone Reds at the end of the race, or she would have been there at St. Pete. Takuma Sato started falling back but still managed a P8. Good start for AJ Foyt and the boys from Texas.
7. Poor Will Power. He cannot catch a break. J.R. Hildebrand popped a wheelie on his bumper (thought that was not supposed to happen). This Hee Haw video is all that comes to mind regarding his luck: "Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me."
8. James Hinchcliffe is an absolutely deserving winner. He was in position to take advantage of a Helio Castroneves mistake and ducked under last year's champion in Turn 1. His Firestone Blacks held off Helio's Firestone Reds as the different compound gimmick created the drama is was supposed to create. His emotional comments on Dan Wheldon and his family were sincere and spot-on. The Canadian flag was a perfect point of pride. Did anyone else notice a PR person hand him a notebook with the words "Thank Bob Parsons" on it. Parsons is the CEO of Go Daddy, his sponsor. Just a little TCB, baby. On his interviews with Speed Center, Wind Tunnel, and local TV affiliates, he was friendly, engaging, and authentic – exactly what IndyCar needs in a champion. And prerace, he said he "might need to pee in Will Power's gas tank" to slow him down. THAT'S entertaining. More than James Hinchcliffe, Andretti Autosport, and Go Daddy, IndyCar needed this victory. IndyCar needs a marketable champion like James Hinchcliffe. It was big win all around.
9. It was good to see that dysfunction exists in other motorsports and not just IndyCar. The F1 race in Malaysia had a contratemps between teammates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber about who was supposed to win the race. They also had Lewis Hamilton pulling into the wrong pit box and wheels nearly falling off cars. Maybe those 2.5 second pit stops leave a little to be desired. And in NASCAR land, the series continues to allow and endorse a driving style that will ultimately lead to tragedy as Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin wrecked on the final lap with Hamlin crashing HARD into a non-safer barrier wall, requiring a hospital stay. The "Woo hoo! Yee haw!" crowd needs to come to their senses. They are living in a fool's paradise.
10. If IndyCar and NBCSports do not promote and market this race champion and this racing series with its remarkable cast of characters and its scintillating on-track product, then it is on them. I hate to be all political and pissy here, but it is time for IndyCar and NBCSports to step up and do their jobs. The continuing problems plaguing IndyCar racing are not the fault of the fans. Maybe they can channel Cassius as he speaks to Brutus in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings."
That's it from paradise. I guess Jimmy Buffett's song is as about as close as I'm going to get. Just substitute "breaded tenderloin" for "cheeseburger." And I prefer mayo, not Heinz 57.
Posted in 10 Worthless Opinions and tagged #Indy500orBust, Adventures in Paradise, Alex Tagliani, Bob Parsons, Brian Till, Dan Wheldon, Dave Letterman, Firestone Indy Lights, Gardner McKay, IndyCar Honda Grand Prix, IZOD IndyCar Series, J.R. Hildebrand, James Hinchcliffe, Jon Beekhuis, Jr., Kevin Lee, Leigh Diffey, Pippa Mann, Robin Miller, Simona de Silvestro, St. Pete, Townsend Bell, Wally Dallenbach, Will Power


Can real drag racing in Milwaukee area help with problem on streets?
Milwaukee officials are looking for ways to curb dangerous street racing. Southeast Wisconsin actually does offer two distinct alternatives.
Gregg McKarns is pretty sure the Milwaukee Mile Street Drags at the famed State Fair Park oval didn't do anything to curb illegal street racing in Milwaukee.
But the program to allow enthusiasts to race head-to-head on select nights exceeded his expectations for its first year.
The last of five events is scheduled for Tuesday.
"There's kids with the tuners, and there are supercars. There are people that are Corvette fans. There are people that love Mustangs, and there are people that like speed," McKarns said of the competitors and crowds at the Mile Street Drags that he organizes.
Meanwhile, Roy Henning didn't make the connection with the City of Milwaukee he had hoped this summer to help point street racers in a safer direction, though he still thinks there's opportunity down the road.
He reminds people that Great Lakes Dragaway was built with hotrodders in mind and mixes spectator events with near-daily opportunities for anyone to race his or her daily driver, supercar or motorcycle.
One of Great Lakes' biggest events – the Anarchy No Prep Ultimate Street Race – is coming up Saturday.
This will go down as an interesting year for drag racing in southeastern Wisconsin in part because of the addition of the Mile program but also because of the emphasis placed on addressing the increasing problem of illegal street racing.
In May, Milwaukee Ald. Chantia Lewis introduced a proposal to fine spectators caught at street races and pushed for a plan to help move illegal racers off the street and to a controlled environment, such as the Mile. She said Tuesday an announcement on a site is close.
The offerings at the Mile and Great Lakes are considerably different.
Great Lakes is a dedicated quarter-mile drag strip that has a variety of "fun racing" and specialty programs throughout the week from late March into December.
The Mile program makes use of 300 feet of the oval's front stretch. Five events were scheduled for Tuesday nights once a month from May to September. It includes a car show and has had as many as 238 entrants racing numerous times through a fast-paced evening.
Although there is no guarantee of races at the Mile after Tuesday, McKarns said a second year "looks very promising" and he wants to build the Milwaukee Mile Street Drags into a staple of the summer for motor sports fans and car enthusiasts. He said he had no problems working with State Fair Park, which has had a reputation of being a challenging partner.
"It's been supported well, and we've had a lot of fun with it," said McKarns, who runs a similar program at Madison International Speedway, which he operates. "Some guys like to go fishing, and some guys like to play golf. And (Milwaukee partner and La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway promoter) Chuck Deery and I like to put on motorsports events, and it's fun to go away from La Crosse or Madison and do some shows outside our comfort level.
As for the program being an alternative to street racing, McKarns said he didn't believe there was any chance.
Henning would like to think, though, there can be at least a relationship between legitimate drag racing and cutting down on what happens illicitly in Lewis' district on Milwaukee's northwest side and around the city.
While Great Lakes has a business interest in providing an alternative, Henning insisted his main concerns are the safety of participants and bystanders and having a positive effect on the city. He would even consider a "Milwaukee County Night" each week with no fee to race if that helped with the problem.
On the track's "Real Street Drags" nights, it uses flag starts and doesn't post time so that racers don't know how fast the competition truly is. The setup mimics what would happen on the streets, but with safety crews and barriers.
"People who are actually setting up street races, they're real racers," he said. "They're in it for the sport. They're betting. Which we don't condone at Great Lakes Dragaway, we don't help at Great Lakes Dragaway but we can't stop at Great Lakes Dragaway. ... So we cater to the people that were doing it illegally to get them off the streets.
"It makes me cringe every time I see a story about drag racing on the streets. It's street racing. And it's different. There's a stigma about drag racing's bad. No, it's not."


Mike Birbiglia's superb film Sleepwalk with Me is due to hit theaters on August 24th, and I highly encourage you to check it out. It was one of the best flicks I saw at the SXSW Film Festival, and the movie does a wonderful job of giving you a glimpse into the world of stand-up comedy, but also explores the larger picture of what we have to sacrifice in the pursuit of perfecting our art. It's also quite moving and painfully funny, and I can't wait to see it again. But Joss Whedon doesn't want anyone to see it at all. The Avengers is only on 500 screens, and Sleepwalk with Me is poised to take 80 of them. This will not stand, and Whedon has provided a humorous video about why you should avoid Birbiglia's movie.
Hit the jump to check out the video. Sleepwalk with Me also stars Lauren Ambrose, James Rebhorn, and Carol Kane. Click here to try and get the movie into your local theater.


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Half of adults plan to work in retirement: Is your job suitable?
More than half of adults plan on working in retirement in some way. Extending a career or transitioning into retirement is becoming more common but thousands of people intend to work into their eighties for a variety of reasons. Could you continue with your current job in later life?
If you're planning to work past traditional retirement age, it's important to consider the financial implications as well as if it is possible.
A survey from Fidelity International found 52% of adults think they'll carry on working after traditional retirement age. As the State Pension age is expected to reach late 60s, it's not surprising that 45% think they'll still be working past the age of 70. However, almost 10% think they'll still be earning an income into their 80s.
The default retirement age, which enabled employers to force staff to retire at the age of 65, was scrapped in 2011. Companies can now only insist on a cut-off age if they're able to justify it. For example, if a job has a high level of physical activity that would be difficult as employees age. As a result, individuals now have greater control over when they retire.
The research indicates that it's not just finances that are driving people to work longer than traditionally expected either. Those with higher incomes (more than £50,000) were more likely to want to continue working.
Maike Currie, Director for Workplace Investing at Fidelity International, said: "Today's so-called retirees are healthier, living longer and retiring at different ages. So, it is unsurprising that people have no desire to retire and are defying traditional expectations.
"Retirement is no longer the cliff edge it used to be – the important thing, however, is to have a choice. Whether that be to work, to retire completely, or somewhere in between, it's important for people to hit retirement age free from money worries, and with the ability to continue the lifestyle they have become accustomed to."
What are your options when working past retirement?
If you're hoping to work in retirement, it's important to assess what your career options are.
First, of course, you could stay in your current position. If you're happy in your role and feel as though you can continue to meet responsibilities, it can be the perfect option. However, you may find that some adaption needs to be made. This may be because of your ability to do the job in the future, for example, if it's physically demanding, or because you want to adjust your work-life balance.
Adjustments could include flexible working hours, the opportunity to work from home or handing some of your responsibilities over to colleagues. Think about the type of retirement transition you want before approaching your employer. Being able to carry out your role is important, but so is striking the right work-life balance for you. Employers are becoming increasingly flexible and may be more accommodating than you initially think.
But sticking with your current career isn't the only option. If you still want to earn an income in retirement, there are other options worth exploring, including:
Try a career switch. From learning new skills to taking a job with fewer demands, there are plenty of reasons why a change might be just what you're looking for. Switching careers later in life can be daunting but weighing up the pros and cons can help you clarify if it's the right option for you.
Go freelance or act as a consultant. It's never been easier to work as a freelancer or consultant thanks to the internet and technology. The skills and knowledge built up over a lifetime could prove valuable for others willing to pay for your time.
Starting your own business. Far from wanting to slow down, research suggests that many retirees are keen to test their entrepreneurial skills. According to Aviva research, one in ten people would like to start their own business when retired. Whether it's turning a hobby into a money-spinner or turning an idea you've had for a while into a reality, there are plenty of options.
The financial implications of working in retirement
If you plan to work beyond State Pension age, you should take some time to consider your finances. Whilst earning an income likely means you have more disposable cash, it can cause other consequences too. For example, if you're accessing your pension, you may find that you're pushed into a higher income tax bracket due to the additional income. Or future pension contributions may be affected by the Money Purchase Annual Allowance (MPAA), affecting how much you can save tax efficiently.
To discuss how your decision to work in retirement could affect your finances, please get in touch.
Please note: A pension is a long-term investment. The fund value may fluctuate and can go down, which would have an impact on the level of pension benefits available. Your pension income could also be affected by the interest rates at the time you take your benefits. The tax implications of pension withdrawals will be based on your individual circumstances tax legislation and regulations which are subject to change in the future.

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My health has been on a continuous roller coaster over the past few years, and I'm getting sick of it. Once again, I have a decision to make.
My prayer life is becoming the most important part of my life. It's a direct line of contact between myself and the creator of the universe. He loves me. I cannot do anything worthwhile without God and I can do anything with God. No weapons formed against me shall prosper and I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. This post speaks to the importance of my prayer life.


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Q: WordPress Plugin populating a Page with custom URL parameters OK, I'm writing a WordPress plugin with a dedicated DB table. I want to display a given record using a WP page. I want to simply include a short code in the page that calls a function to get the url parameters and generate the content. Simple so far. The problem I'm having is I can't find a way use mo_rewrite with WP to have URLS like this:
http://site.com/page/mydbrecordid
I also want http://site.com/page/ to activate the same function obviously with some default output.
I can't find a similar use case documented anywhere.
Thanks!

A: Perhaps instead of using mod_rewrite to transform your friendly URLs into parameterized ones, you could simply hook the 'template_redirect' action, then render whatever you want according to the path in $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] and any other URL parameters.
One thing you could do in the action function is to pull page content from the DB, evaluate it using do_shortcode() and apply the usual filters (wpautop, convertchars, wptexturize).  That way, you can register your own shortcodes to pull data from your custom table and use them in any page/post/widget, including pages you render from the template_redirect action hook.
Without knowing all the details of your use-case, it is difficult to know if this is the best option or not.

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Entertainment Tenerife fireworks accidents with Fiesta de la Cruz?
Fireworks shows Fiesta la Cruz Los Realejos.
Entertainment Tenerife fireworks accidents were unheard of until 2008.
The municipality of Los Realejos has known how to provide fun with fireworks for a very long time. However, lately, its Hotel Maritim comes second with its New Year's fireworks spectacle. There, any misfortune is unlikely to happen.
In 2008, friends and I were seeing the polytechnic shows of the oldest of Tenerife celebrations the Fiesta de la Cruz from a top spot above Los Realejos Alto.
Best lookout for Realejos fireworks at Madre Juana.
Madre Juana is on the mountain road to Icod Al Alto. Restaurante Amerinca for events and disco dance was there at the time. Learn more about it in my general page on entertainment in Tenerife.
Fireworks in clouds
Entertainment Tenerife fireworks accidents.
On this day of the second last of the May festival
Fiesta de la Cruz the fireworks shows didn't want to work.
There just wasn't any wind for successful colorful explosions on that day.
Not even the slightest breeze was felt, when the fire crackers were shot up into the air. It was, as if they got stuck in the clouds. They couldn't open up, as can be clearly seen in my photo.
All this happened after some days with unusual extremely high temperatures. 40 Degrees Celsius (about 80 in Fahrenheit) had been detected in North Tenerife during the preceding week.
The two brothers Toste are always in charge of the Fiesta de la Cruz fireworks. They are importers, manufacturers and wholesalers of the following company. Every year, the two compete with each other fiercely with the Realejos streets C/la Luz and C/del Medio arriba. In 2008 however, they had no luck. All their efforts resulted in a fireworks flop during the celebrations of la Cruz.
After midnight, past 1.a.m., a little wind came up.
It resulted in some slightly better shows on third trial. However, no applause when the clouds came.
Watching fireworks at Madre Juana
The huge balcony of Amerinca Restaurant was crowded with guests. All tables were occupied by people who watched the Politecnica, as fireworks are called in Spanish. Even a handicapped man was out there. He sat in a wheelchair and gazed patiently at the displays in the sky. Nobody was expecting any trouble, such as accidents by the night sky explosives.
By the way, it's impossible to drive through Los Realejos Alto before the normal big fun with the town's fireworks entertainment.
Then, roads are blocked off by safety regulations.
How get to see the fun with cordoned off roads?
We were heading to the Amerinca Restaurant for it. Life music with shows and disco dancing was on its agenda. We took the coastal road from Los Realejos to Icod de los Vinos until the exit La Guancha.
This is above San Juan de la Rambla. Next, you have to turn left towards Icod del Alto until you hit the Cepsa petrol station Madre Juana. Drive to its top. You will see the famous Tenerife night sky fun from up there.
You can trace the route from Los Realejos via La Guancha Icod del Alto with maps you make for Tenerife where you can see that Icod del Alto joins up with Los Realejos Alto for entertainment Tenerife.
House on fire caused by pyrotechnics.
In fact, a misfortune with fireworks happened on that day of the Fiesta de la Cruz of Realejos in 2008. It was minor but, may serve as a warning.
A building must have caught fire. We noticed it when we drove home through Realejos. There, a road where the fireworks took place was shut off.
A fire engine was parked, nearby.
Tenerife news about the fire ?
No news appeared. Hence, the accident seems to have been without importance.
What about such accidents elsewhere?
Many fireworks accidents are statistically reported in the UK.
Spain published twenty so far. There were never any fatalities in Tenerife.
From entertainment Tenerife to entertainment Tenerife Loro Park which is said to be the biggest spectacle on the Tenerife island.
Realejos May celebrations of the Cross .
Other Fiestas de Mayo in the Tenerife capital and overseas.
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I'm a swimmer, a jogger, a lover, yeah all of that. Maybe I was playing hard to get when I said I didn't want to shoot or get naked for the camera when I was with Carmen. But I also wanted to see how her shoot went before I tried. She's always been the first to do anything wild or crazy. After I saw her pics I wanted the same kind too, like the modeling ones and the exercise ones. I'm very fit because I've been doing water polo competitively in high school until recently. I also do track, and weightlifting. I can carry Carmen around without breaking a sweat. Yeah, I like my breasts, I think they're perfect. It was about time I showed them to the world. I'm not exactly doing this just for the money but because I like traveling and being photographed. Now that I'm 18 I can do more than just normal stuff. I think Carmen is a lot more sexual than I am and more promiscuous but I masturbate more than her and she has more sex. I have a boyfriend but he doesn't know what I'm doing here, but its fine, I'm not fucking anyone so its ok. I know Carmen really wants to fuck the photographer but he's not my type, but he's nice. I did the dildo and I showed Carmen I can go just as deep as she can when fucking and I let her fist me too. I'm not into anal but tried it for the videos to see what it looks like. My favorite parts are the modeling shoot and the workout pictures. I'm not into girls like Carmen but I'm willing to try a shoot with her even though she's my bestie and I've never fooled around with her. But I'll come back and do it.
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Legal Aspects Manual
0130.010.10 Handling Complaints from Sources Other Than the Participant or their Representative
IM-73 June 2, 2022;
Upon receiving a complaint from a person other than the participant or their representative, staff must:
Review the complaint promptly;
Advise the reporter that:
Their name and complaint will be recorded in the case record;
They may request that their name be withheld. However, the nature of the complaint will be recorded in the case record;
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Your family is taking a weekend trip to Long Beach Washington for the three day weekend. When you pass the bank, you read the sign that says, "Windless Kite Festival! Jan. 16 & 17" You think, "How is that possible?" and decide to check it out.
It was a great weekend that started Friday for some people, Saturday for everyone else. For those of us who showed up on Friday, there was a lot of fun going around. We haven't seen each other since September and we were all happy to get reacquainted. People were doing different things. Some of us were talking, some were flying. The older generation was on the court practicing for the next day's competition, yes I said court. We were flying in an elementary school gymnasium which wasn't very big at all. The ceiling was just tall enough to fly under.
Saturday started at 6:30AM for a few people who met at Laurie's for breakfast. From there, we went to the gym to start practicing for the afternoon. At around nine o'clock , people started flowing in and out of the gym to see the happenings of the day. Working hard all morning with practicing and showing people how to fly was Jerry Cannon. When he wasn't practicing or taking a break, he was showing others how to fly indoors. Jerry is a master flier outdoors and one of the best indoors. He spent a lot of time with one girl that was so interested in learning that she left the gym a better indoor flyer than I am, (I'm still practicing though!) There were quite a few people who learned how to fly and asked where they could find an indoor kite.
When two o'clock rolled around, it was time for the competition to begin. The competitors for the year were Jerry Cannon (last year's winner), Wayne Turner, Scott Davis, Jeff Reed, Alan Cunningham, Lauren Davis, and Penny Lingenfelter. It was a great competition with a variety of music and a variety of kites being flown. There were Wrens being flown, a Breeze, a Baby Tramantana, Indoor Revolutions, and even an Outdoor Rev. After about an hour, our competition was over and it was once again free fly time until about five-o-clock when we started getting ready for the banquet where the awards would be presented.
Our banquet was an Italian potluck where everyone brought one item for dinner. After everyone had finished eating and cleared away, we handed out the awards which didn't take very long since there was only one event. We had seven flyers for the event. There were awesome scores all around. The top three in order were Wayne Turner, Jeff Reid, and Scott Davis. We had three flyers that had never competed indoors including Jeff Reed who was flying fighter kites. We also had one competitor, Lauren Davis, who had never competed before at all. Lauren is twelve years old and yes, she is related to the wacky and loveable Scott Davis who is her dad and Brian Davis who is her brother which all really go to show you that this really is a family sport.
After the awards, we had a bag raffle of which the proceeds went to the World Kite Museum . The main goal of this weekend was to earn money to go to the museum for the new building and exhibits that will be there. The approximate total that went to the museum was three hundred dollars just from the bag raffle and then there was also a donation jar that I do not know the total of.
Hopefully the museum will be built in a few years and everyone who travels to Long Beach will go and see it. For more information, or if you'd like to donate to the World Kite Museum go to worldkitemuseum.com.
On Sunday, we had one more competition left, indoor hot tricks. I was excited to see this because I had never seen one before and wasn't sure how things were going to go. We had lots of people in the gym watching our four competitors go head-to-head trying to win the title of indoor hot tricks champion and fifty dollars. Our first round put Jerry Cannon against Wayne Turner and Scot Davis against Penny Lingenfelter. Our winners for the round were Wayne and Scott but Jerry and Penny put up an awesome fight and deserve credit for competing. In the final round, we saw both Scott and Wayne give it their all to win but only one person could. It was a five to four split with the judges and on top was Scott Davis. I give credit to both men for making it to the finals.
After hot tricks, we had six people sign up for demos and do an awesome job. There is however one demo that stands in my mind. Have you ever been watching someone fly to a song and see the audience stand and in honor of their country? If you would have been there, you would know what it's like. Penny Lingenfelter flew one of the greatest, most patriotic demos I have ever seen flown. She flew her United States flag Revolution to the song "God Bless the USA ." I saw at least fifteen to twenty people stand up and solute, or put their hands over their hearts as Penny flew. I was one of the people standing. I had goose bumps. At that moment I was the proudest American there is because without the men and women fighting for our freedom and those who already have and lost their lives for it, we wouldn't be doing what we are now. We wouldn't be together with the ones we love. If you ask me, I would say that was the perfect ending to a weekend that had already been amazing.
In a year's time, I will be back in Long Beach Washington, on Doctor Martin Luther King Junior's birthday weekend doing the same thing I was this weekend. Helping earn money for a cause that will benefit what I do, as well as being with friends, family and the ones I love. What a weekend!!!
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Shea butter is extracted from the kernel of ripe shea fruits by hand. The raw butter is heated to remove impurities and allowed to cool before it is shipped to Europe or kept in storage for the dry season. It takes one woman two days to extract 25kg of shea butter.
The Tungteiya Shea Butter Association is made up of over 475 women in 11 villages around Tamale, northern Ghana. Money from their trade has been used to fund water pipes and wells, and provide access to medical care, better housing and education.
Ghana may be rich in gold, diamonds and cocoa but the Tamale region is hot, dry, and often has only one rainy season a year rather than two. In a long dry season, villagers can't grow crops to eat or sell and have to rely on trading their stores of shea nuts or other goods to make money.
The Association has changed the lives of many women in this once male-dominated area. Afisheya has progressed from shea nut picker to Company Secretary at Tungteiya. "I am grateful for Tungteiya and The Body Shop," she says. "And we hopefully will continue this good relationship."
During the dry season, families often went hungry as they had no crops to eat or sell. Since trading shea butter with The Body Shop, families can sell stored shea nuts in the dry season to raise money to buy food.
The Association has set up a fund to pay for community projects. Successful ventures include building 10 nursery schools, three medical centres, latrines and washing facilities for local villages. The women are proud that they've been able to help their communities.


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8 Ways to Strengthen Peer Leadership Communication
By Lovelie FaustinoOn October 2, 2020 0 Comments
As a new student at a new school, it can be an overwhelming transition. From not knowing where key spots are located, as well as not knowing anyone on campus – this is where peer leaders play a crucial role in welcoming incoming students. In the midst of COVID-19, it can be even more challenging for the Class of 2024 to get acquainted with the community. How do you build an environment where students feel a connection to their new university?
When planning a virtual orientation, orientation peer leaders can leverage multiple efforts online to help engage, communicate, and connect with new students. By utilizing an orientation platform and applying these 8 features, peer leaders can elevate communication with incoming students to foster connection and help them feel a part of the community.
1. Create Interactions in Group Messages
As a peer leader, it's essential to develop opportunities for new students to network with other students. With the orientation platform, you can group message channels to invite students to make introductions, ask you and the group questions, and chat with one another. By taking the initiative and building these groups, you give them a space to have conversations and start meeting other students they can relate to. As a peer leader, you can jumpstart the conversations by hosting an icebreaker, invite students to introduce themselves, or even dropping in a poll to have them quickly and effectively participate in an activity.
2. Encourage Engagements with Polls
Speaking of polls, they're an easy way to get students to start using and understanding the platform. Whether you want to leverage it to ask what movie they'd be interested in watching (you can even host a Netflix Party and play the option with the most votes since you know majority of the students voted for it), you can also inquire what they're most excited about the new year, or reflect a poll based off what's happening on campus, current events, or in correlation of the season/holiday at the moment.
3. Foster Friendships Over Shared Interests
Introduce spaces where students can join the dialogue and meet one another based off of academic similarities such as their major or graduation year. These similarities can also range over shared hobbies and other interests including sports fans, musicians, movie goers, and so much more. You can create virtual meetups, whether that's a book club or video game club, by providing several options, you give students multiple outlets to find their potential group of friends and give them a source to meet fellow classmates on their own time.
4. Host Virtual Activities and Giveaways
Organize fun activities as a way to encourage students to play and participate. Prepare virtual activities such as scavenger hunts, photo/video contests, riddle posts, and games for incoming students to actively enjoy. In these activities you can even share interesting facts about the university, from longtime school traditions or standout facts about popular alumni. In terms of giveaways, whether it's a gift card or apparel from the bookstore, they offer an incentive for students to play along. You can also plan to do spontaneous activities that happen sporadically, or spread them out into a series that happen weekly or monthly.
5. Include Insight with Maps, Guides, and Checklists
As mentioned above, one of the daunting factors for starting at a new school is the uncertainty. From locations on campus, to student resources, these take time to learn and memorize. To help students, you can provide maps of the main go-to spots on campus. With this online map, give them consistent access to view. By providing a directory guide, you can list out important student resources that they can refer to throughout the school year and utilize when they need it. With checklists, help students recall what they need to do in regard to important university tasks and deadlines. Whether that's a pre-orientation checklist or a reminder of tasks they must fulfill before residence move-in, a checklist will be helpful to nudge them to complete each required step.
6. Share and Publish Upcoming Events and Socials
What better way to interact with the broader campus community than events? With an orientation platform, peer leaders can create/publish their own events, or aggregate school-wide student events that'll interest newcomers to get to know the school. Pull all of these can't miss events into one organized space, where they can mark interested in the ones that stand out to them and will not forget to attend. If it's an online event, they can easily click into Zoom or the provided link and attend an event happening right then and there.
7. Offer Open Communication with DMs
Some students prefer to inquire questions privately, with direct message (DM) capabilities, peer leaders provide an open door policy where they can connect with you when they'd like to ask a question or need assistance. This gives them the ability to ask you questions when they need the help, and gives you the ability to answer them when you get the chance to. Rather than being constrained to a particular set of hours, it's a win-win for both incoming students and peer leaders to connect.
8. Group Features in One Easy to Find Platform
When all of these features are combined into one place, it's easy for peer leaders to organize and track their communication efforts and for incoming students to also engage and participate in the various ways you've provided engagement. Whether students prefer voting in polls, or delving into extensive conversations via group messages, they can locate the best communication form for them and feel connected to their new community.
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New York Reviews of Books har i siste nummer en imponerende samling artikler som går gjennom President Bush fadeser.
«[…] Washington, far from ruling an empire in the old sense, has become the virtual prisoner of its client states.
This was the case notably with South Vietnam in the 1960s, and it has been the case ever since with Israel. Governments in Saigon forty years ago and in Tel Aviv today have been sure that the United States, for internal political reasons, would not apply the ultimate sanction by withdrawing support. They therefore defied American commands and demands with relative impunity.


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Suzanne Giesemann: What Does Love Have To Do with It?
Life has a way of showing us when we've gotten off track. Do you often find yourself hitting a wall, whether in your personal, professional, or spiritual life? Your soul knows why you came here.
Learn how raising your consciousness results not only in greater peace and happiness, but in a much clearer connection with the spirit world, guides, and inspirers. You will be amazed at the clarity of direction you receive and how things more easily fall into place as your life moves along the track illuminated by your higher connection.
Did you know that loved ones in spirit arrange synchronicities to help their families here on Earth? Whenever a spirit loved one practices connecting with family on Earth, others in the Spirit World are helping and cheering him on. This may lead to the development of new friendships that begin after physical death. These friends can grow very close, to the point where people, including children, who have met in Heaven will arrange to have their families on Earth meet and give each other hope and healing.
Susanne Wilson and Elizabeth Boisson will share the true story of "Hiking in Heaven." Susanne will explain exactly how loved ones in spirit arrange amazing sychronicities in the lives of their families who are on Earth. You will learn how to invite and recognize signs and synchronicities that your loved ones in spirit send to you.
Susanne will give messages from the Spirit World to attendees for the majority of the session. Although no one will be guaranteed to receive a message, please listen very closely. You may find a golden gem that will touch your heart, bringing hope and healing to you.
The magical power of Sound and Music has been used as a healing modality since ancient times. This ancient science is making a comeback and is now backed by research into its healing benefits. Sound can help you relax, find balance, heal, remove energetic blocks, connect you to source, and more! And the best thing about it - is that its simple, and accessible to anyone.
During this session we will journey into the world of sound and learn how sound can create subtle but profound positive changes in our bodies, including how to use sound to introduce you to higher states of consciousness. Different techniques will be shared and experienced that you can do on your own to assist in your own healing and transformation. As we fine tune ourselves, we begin living in harmony with the universe. Gretchen will immerse you in a magnificent, healing sound bath!
Suzanne will demonstrate channeling wisdom from higher realms using mental mediumship to connect with her guides, Sanaya. The passing of divine wisdom from higher level beings to those living on the Earth plane is vital to raising our consciousness. When a mental medium channels higher beings, the medium attunes to different frequencies than those typically used by evidential mediums when contacting the deceased. Prior to connecting with Sanaya, Suzanne will give a discussion of the mechanics of channeling and what the audience can gain from this sacred experience.
Panel: Have You Had A Wake-up Call?
We know that part of High Vibration Living is having a healthy body.
Caroline Sutherland is a Medical Intuitive and popular author of The Body Knows books series. She was discovered in 1999 by Louise Hay who recognized Caroline's unique gift to "see" into the body.
Every generation has its own built-in assumptions—even ours. For example, we've been told by family, friends, and educators what to believe and what not to believe, what's possible and what's impossible, what's scientific and what's science fiction. Unfortunately, many have settled for what's considered to be "normal"and "realistic." But the good news is: there's a "higher way" of seeing the world—beyond the limitations created by the human mind—that will not only benefit you, but the rest of humanity as well.
George adds his flair as an entertainer and investigator into all things paranormal to assemble six of our expert presenters questions onstage to answer questions written on slips of paper by members of the audience. Anything is fair game during this question-and-answer session. Audience members may ask any questions about the afterlife, afterlife communication, the paranormal, or the presenters themselves.
Within a three-year period, Kathy lost her 3-month-old granddaughter to sids, while in her care, and both her former husband and her 27-year-old daughter were murdered in separate incidences. In this deeply personal, but highly spiritual and inspiring talk, she will share how she healed by connecting with her loved ones through mediums, practicing forgiveness, using various healing modalities and tools, along with inspired action. All of which led her to live a happy, fulfilled, and productive life. Her riveting talk is inspiring, humorous, uplifting and packed with information that you can take home and implement immediately. It includes an experiential forgiveness exercise that is guaranteed to change your life!
Individuals from all walks of life, all around the planet, are having contact experiences with Nonhuman Intelligent Beings. Many report profound, positive changes as a result: physical and psychic transformations similar to kundalini awakenings; cosmic consciousness; openings of the heart chakra; and a new awareness of the emerging "Transdimensional Earth." Related are NDEs, OBEs, and new views on the afterlife and reincarnation that, once they are understood can help raise the spiritual vibration of humankind.
Scott Taylor, Ed.D.: What Do "Nearly-Dead" People Tell Us About Living?
What Do "Nearly-Dead" People Tell Us About Living?
Persons who have come back from the brink of death tell amazing stories. Near-death experiencers also bring back a changed perspective on the world we live in and to their friends, family, spouses and God. What have they experienced? What wisdom did they gain? How does this knowledge impact all of us?
How non-NDErs can know the wisdom of experiencers.
The birth horoscope is a symbolic blueprint of one's personal psyche, the concept that one is born with a personal calling and specific destiny. Through understanding our birth horoscope we can understand our essential character enabling us to live out our own special destiny, recognizing that parental upbringing, early environment, primary education are only tertiary factors in personal development. As we understand our soul's code and calling from the birth horoscope, we can reframe our personal biography and stories, transforming personal crisis and tragedy, as deeper initiations into soul awakenings mark the beginning of one's path to enlightenment.
Vincent Genna, MSW: We Can Talk with the Animals!
We Can Talk with the Animals!
We CAN talk with the animals! Everyone can! We've been able to communicate with the animals of the Earth since Atlantis. ALL LIVING THINGS HERE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER IN SOME WAY!
However, as humans began to separate from Source and forget their divine nature, they began to separate from their higher selves, and each other, as well as from the earth and all life on it. As a result, we lost track of our innate ability to be psychic and intune to our souls and all other life. Our internal listening and communicating skills went dormant. Until now!
Since the recent shift in New Age and New Thought consciousness, we are waking up our psychic awareness and starting to hear and feel our higher connections again. And many are even waking up their ability to talk with the animals, and you can too!
During this talk, you will learn how to actually communicate with your pets, and other animals, as well. AND most important, you will learn to use the insight you gain from pets to help heal yourself and others! There is a direct link between what pets experience during their lives with their owners and what the owners are experiencing in their own lives!
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Grief is the strongest emotion there is, next to love. And emotions—energy in motion—must move, lest they get stuck in our bodies and perpetuate unhappiness, dis-ease, and a life full of limitations. Grief Recovery Coach and author Arizona Bell says that what we do with our guaranteed losses and challenges throughout our lives—how we harness and distribute their energy—determines the kind of life that we gain when all is said and done, for better or for worse.
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Compensation Trends in 2022: One-to-One Compensation
beqom Total Compensation Management July 13 2022
In 2022, with the Great Resignation or, if you will, the Great Realignment, workers are looking for job situations and rewards packages that support them in their lives. As a result of this and other factors, the era of what we call "one-to-one compensation" has arrived.
Attracting talent in today's environment requires flexibility in compensation and rewards. beqom's latest research, 2022 Compensation and Culture Report: Rethinking Pay Strategies for a Changing Workplace, provides insight into what job seekers and employees want and need from employers in terms of compensation. The challenge is, how can employers make workers happy when everyone has different needs?
Responding to a challenging hiring environment
"This is the most turbulent compensation environment I've seen in my 30-year career," said Tom McMullen, senior client partner in total rewards with Korn Ferry in Chicago, speaking to SHRM.
"Employers need to up their game because there are not enough people to go around," McMullen said. Some ways suggested for keeping current talent include implementing counteroffer programs; accelerating promotions for key talent; and offering signing, retention, and referral bonuses for a wider range of employees.
Delivering rewards that work requires flexibility
Workers are motivated by rewards that meet their needs, and there are many different types of workers — men vs. women, parents vs. single workers, full-time vs. part-time, different generations at different life stages, remote vs. onsite, etc. — so it stands to reason that the best way to motivate a workforce is to provide targeted rewards that meet the needs of individual employees.
According to a BenefitsPro article on compensation strategies for 2022, "Savvy employers must develop an aggressive compensation strategy that includes quality of life benefits, flexible work arrangements, and performance-based incentives, packaged to appeal to both candidates and investors. Those who fail to step up their game will find themselves on the losing side of the talent war."
Tailoring rewards in a flexible way can be a complex task. First, you must have the data and analytics to understand the makeup of your employee base, along with an appreciation of the needs of your various workforce segments. Then you need a mechanism to match employees with the rewards package that is going to best support and motivate them. Finally — and this part is often overlooked — you must be able to manage the process of delivering, tracking, and communicating those rewards, efficiently and effectively.
One-to-one compensation is here
One-to-one compensation management means that you have the flexibility to tailor rewards programs to different geographies, roles, and employee needs. Just as one-to-one marketing strives to create an individualized experience for each customer, one-to-one compensation provides each employee with a rewards package designed to elicit maximum engagement, enthusiasm, productivity, and loyalty from each individual.
beqom's 2022 Compensation and Culture Report revealed that flexibility and transparency are of key importance to today's employees. The majority of workers reported looking for a new job and said they would switch for flexible hours, more PTO, remote work options, and transparency in pay.
Employers are continuing to adapt, addressing the Great Resignation by adopting flexible hours, remote work options, expanded paid leave, mental health, and wellness benefits, added childcare subsidies, and a range of traditional financial benefits such as 401K and bonuses.
"In this tight labor market, it is more important than ever that employers utilize a competitive and creative compensation strategy," according to the BenefitsPro article. "To attract – and retain – top talent, companies must offer unique perks and add-ons on top of robust cash packages."
Implementing one-to-one compensation
Whether you are implementing a full-blown one-to-one rewards strategy, or just trying to improve the automation and effectiveness of your compensation processes, a dedicated compensation management solution can help you achieve your objectives.
Legacy systems and standard HCM suites are not designed to manage tailored rewards. Most cannot even handle multiple bonus programs. Flexible, one-to-one compensation calls for best-of-breed, enterprise-scale compensation management software. For more information, contact a compensation expert at beqom.
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The Methane Economy
Article: Climate Change
Much of our economy and many of our homes use Natural Gas. This resource, like oil, is the result of biological action many millions of years ago and is finite. One day it will run out taking with it the transport industry, as it is currently totally fossil fuel based, the plastics and fertilizer industries that require fossil fuels as feedstock and the power generation system that uses natural gas. What is required is a long term supply of Natural Gas that will not run out and can supply all the needs of the electricity generation industries, chemical industries and home consumers.
A recent advance by a team of researchers at the University of NSW has pointed the way forward. Their work combined with two other technologies can lead to a method of producing methane, methanol or diesel fuel from sunlight, water and air.
The Process is an Integrated System
Firstly sunlight is used to split water into hydrogen and oxygen in the Solar Hydrogen Plant using new materials from the UNSW research. CO2 is captured from the air using a modified Solar Chimney. The power chimney technology for power generation is proven and a working model is due to be built in NSW. The resultant H2 and CO2 are reacted in the Sabatier/RWGS reactor with a catalyst to produce methane, CH4. With modification of the reactant ratios a gas mixture of CO and H2 can be produced which can be reacted in another converter to form methanol or ethylene.
Diagram of overall process
Hydrogen from Water
A team from the University of NSW has recently identified the major variables needed to optimise materials for anodes and cathodes in water splitting cells. With this research there holds the promise of developing cells to separate hydrogen and oxygen from water using sunlight. The original scientific work by Fujishima and Honda in 1972 has been built on by this team and it is now considered the most advanced to produce an efficient cell within the next 5 to 7 years.
Simplified diagram of a Solar Hydrogen Cell
In a practical cell the electrodes are constructed from semiconducting oxides, the exact composition of which is the subject of intense research at the UNSW and other institutions to find the best combination of photo-sensitivity, corrosion resistance and low band gap. The leading contenders at the moment are TiO2 , CaTiO3 and SrTiO3.
In operation the plant would consist of large numbers of cells exposed to the sun. These cells would produce hydrogen and oxygen from water with sunlight providing the energy. The resultant gases would collect at the anodes and cathodes which would be collected by network of pipes and pumps. There is no requirement for the cells to produce electricity and then breakdown water to hydrogen and oxygen. This is a one step process with the cell emitting hydrogen and oxygen on exposure to sunlight. The oxygen can be liquefied and sold and the hydrogen also can be sold as gaseous or liquid hydrogen. However, as detailed later in the article, there are important reasons why the hydrogen should be converted to methane in a Sabatier/RWGS reactor and not marketed on a widespread basis as hydrogen.
CO2 From the Air
To make the whole process CO2 neutral the carbon dioxide must be obtained from the air. A paper by Klaus Lackner et al called "Extracting Carbon Dioxide From the Air" describes a convection tower to extract CO2 and provide electricity. The authors meant this as a method of offsetting CO2 emissions from fossil fuel plants by taking the CO2 out of the air and sequestering it. However this method is ideal for providing CO2 for the process of conversion of hydrogen to methane. It is even more ideal when you realise that the convection tower that Klaus describes is already being developed and built in Australia as the Solar Tower by Enviromission and is itself and exiting new method of generating renewable power. The concept of the Solar Tower is exactly the convection tower the authors of the paper envisaged.
In the Solar tower the sun's heat is used to heat a large body of air which is then forced to move as hot wind through large turbines by natural convection. The Solar Tower required for the CO2 collecting would be much smaller than the pure power generating towers.
Artists impression of a Solar Tower
In a CO2 collecting tower an amine solution would be pumped up to the top of the tower and allowed to fall from the top to be collected at the bottom. As the rising air stream passes over the falling amine stream, CO2 is absorbed from the air by the solution which is then collected at the bottom, heated to release the CO2 and then pumped up to the top of tower again. As this process occurs after the air passes through the wind turbines the Solar Tower would generate most of the electricity needed for the integrated plant. As it does not interfere with the power generation capabilities of the tower it is possible that CO2 absorbers could be retro-fitted to existing Power Towers. This could reduce the cost of implementing Solar Methane by using existing structures.
Currently there are plans to capture CO2 from fossil fuel power station and sequester it underground. If this CO2 is shipped to the Solar Methane plant instead this can supplement the CO2 stream from the Solar Tower. This means that the CO2 from the fossil fuel plant is at least used twice thereby decreasing the net impact of the CO2 released
Converting Hydrogen to Methane
I first became of aware of the Sabatier reaction form reading a book "The Case For Mars" by Robert Zubrin. He envisioned that a mission to Mars would make it's return fuel from the Martian atmosphere, which consists of 99% CO2, and hydrogen carried aboard. This way a small amount of hydrogen could be multiplied to become enough methane and oxygen, from reacting with CO2, to make such a mission viable. The Sabatier reaction is a well known reaction where H2 and CO2 react in the presence of a catalyst to form CH4 and H2O. This is the reaction
4H2 + CO2 = CH4 + 2H2O
While this reaction will work there is another called the Reverse Water Gas Shift (RWGS) reaction. Its main product is CO and H2 in this reaction
CO2 + H2 = CO + H2O
The product of this reaction is called a synthesis gas and can be fed to a reactor to produce methanol. This would give a liquid that can be used directly as a transport fuel or reacted further to produce bio diesel.
The combined reaction that can happen is with a change in parameters is:
3CO2 + 6H2 = CH4 + 4H2O + 2CO
This means that the RWGS reactor, just by changing reactor pressure and temperature, can produce methane and a synthesis gas and can adapt to market requirements. This reaction was chosen by the Mars Direct team as the best and lightest system to produce the most methane and oxygen in the right proportions for rocket fuel. With this is mind there is great room for improvement as a ground system is not constrained by weight and size like a system designed for space.
Why Convert Hydrogen to Methane?
Why do this? Why go to all the trouble of converting hydrogen to methane? Why not just use the hydrogen? Why even bother producing hydrogen at all – after all can't we just generate electricity from sunlight? Well there are a number of very compelling reasons for producing hydrogen and converting it, which I will detail.
No Infrastructure Changes Required - At the moment our industry uses natural gas in enormous amounts. It is not only a fuel for electricity production but as a feedstock for many industrial processes. It is also widely used in homes for heating and cooking. This represents a massive installed base of machines designed to run on methane. You might think that it would be easy for these to switch to hydrogen however this is not the case. Some seals that are used for natural gas are not compatible with hydrogen. The orifice size for burners is different as is the feeder pipe size. Hydrogen, being less dense than natural gas, needs higher pressures to deliver the same amount of gas. The present pipes might need replacing as they probably cannot handle the higher pressures. All this does not sound too bad but when you consider the sheer amount of industrial ovens, domestic ovens, domestic and industrial water heaters, domestic and industrial air heaters and the millions of kilometres of piping and the billions of pumps and seals involved then you begin to get an idea of the scale of the switch to hydrogen. Converting the hydrogen to methane at the point of production totally eliminates this conversion pain and can save industry and domestic consumers billions of dollars in conversion costs. It also makes hydrogen easier to sell as it is in a form that can be used by industry with no changes.
Solar Methane Overcomes Grid Instability Problems - While wind energy is a great idea and will form an important part of the future energy picture there are some problems with it. Wind power connected to a grid can and does produce some grid instability. This has been noted in Denmark where wind power accounts for about 30% of Denmark's power. This is not an easy problem to solve as to overcome this problem a 'spinning reserve' must be maintained to overcome the periods when renewables are not available. This actually is the main objection conventional power companies have against renewable power. To them they must maintain several power stations, usually coal fired, at low or zero power output but still ready to instantly ramp up to high power levels to maintain supply to the power grid as wind generators come on and off stream. They actually see little benefit from wind power because when the large power stations are idle they are still consuming large amounts of fuel and still produce large amounts of CO2 as they are running at very low efficiencies. This results in the CO2 savings of renewables to be less than the face value of the renewable power generated. When the power system is less centralised and homes have more of their own power supplies this will be less of a problem. Battery Electric Cars and Pluggable Hybrid Electric cars if they are configured properly can be the missing storage in the renewable power grid. Even with all this there is a need for base load generation - the 24 by 7 power that industry needs rain, hail, or shine.
Producing Natural Gas from sunlight completely eliminates these problems and provides a method of producing a 24 X 7 base load. Solar Methane production is CO2 neutral and does not contribute to Global Climate Change. The normal power stations running off solar methane become renewable power plants. As methane is readily storable, enough can be set aside to fuel the power stations at night and on cloudy days. Power companies are not under threat as their infrastructure remains in place so their livelihood is secure and they will therefore feel much more comfortable with this form of renewable power. There is also no need to modify the current natural gas co-generation natural gas plants as the power companies will be buying the same gas from the solar plants that they are at present getting from offshore wells. It is possible that even coal plants could be converted to natural gas which could extend their lives until they wear out.
Property	Hydrogen	Methane
Gaseous Density ratio (air = 1) at STP	0.07	.55
Boiling Point (degrees C)	-253	-161
Liquid density at boiling point (kg/m3)	70.973	422.62
Natural Gas is Easier to Handle and Store - Hydrogen is a very light gas. It is only 0.07 as dense as air at standard temperature and pressure. This is in contrast to methane which is 0.55 as dense as air. What this means is that hydrogen needs very large tanks or small tanks compressed to extremely high pressures to be stored as a compressed gas. Alternatively it can be stored as a liquid however, as it boils at -253 degrees, it has to be kept extremely cold to remain as a liquid. This vastly increases the cost of the storage as the tankage needs to be very heavily insulated and the boil off is harder to manage.
Methane on the other hand boils at -161 degrees almost twice that of hydrogen. As a liquid it has a density of 422.2 Kg/cubic meter. This means that more gas can be stored in smaller tanks that do not have to be insulated nearly as well as hydrogen. Additionally LNG is a standard commodity and is transported today by ship and road and is very well understood. Liquid hydrogen is not nearly as common as it is really only used in the space industry as a component of rocket fuel. It is certainly not as widespread as liquid natural gas.
In summary methane is easier to store, is better understood and accepted by more people, and can store larger amounts in smaller cheaper tanks.
Many Other Hydrocarbons can be Produced - With the conversion of hydrogen to methane comes the prospect of other alternative and useful products. If you use the RWGS reaction the synthesis gas can be fed to a reactor to produce methanol. Methanol can be used directly in cars as a fuel or reacted with vegetable oil to make bio diesel. Methanol being a liquid at room temperature is even easier to store and handle then methane. The same H2 and CO2 can be fed to a separate reactor where in the presence of a iron Fischer Tropsch catalyst they can be reacted in accordance with: 2CO + 4H2 = C2H4 + 2H2O C2H4 is ethelyne which is the base feedstock for polyethelyne or polythene. This means that our plastics industry does not have to come to a screaming halt when the oil becomes scarce. This is a bigger issue than it seems on the surface. Without oil there is no plastic. Can you imagine a world without plastic – no drink bottles, no bags, no Tupperware, and the list goes on. It would hard to live without plastic however this is what we have to do if oil runs out or becomes scarce.
Producing hydrocarbons from air water and sunlight gives us the long term energy supplies that our civilization needs without releasing CO2 to trigger global climate change. After all plants do this and they are the basis of all human life on the planet and we think nothing of it. We call it photosynthesis and plants have been doing it for billions of years. The oil and natural gas we use now are the products of solar energy millions of years ago.
It is quite certain that the basic outline that I have presented will be changed. For instance the outer canopy area of the Power Tower could be made from the hydrogen producing cells. The water splitting process only uses the higher energy photons leaving the infra red part of the spectrum untouched. If the water splitting cells can be made transparent then they can form the canopy of the solar tower so that they do double duty. As the hydrogen modules contain an aqueous salt solution, having the electrolyte as part of the canopy will result in the solution storing heat. This will allow the power tower to operate into the night.
Possibly the greatest impact of solar methane is the total elimination of the need for nuclear power. Nuclear power is being increasingly touted as the saviour of the planet due to the fact that it does not emit CO2. This completely ignores the fact that nuclear power generates radioactive waste, can never be 100% safe and is a magnet for terrorist groups seeking targets and materials for attacks. A solar tower cannot have an accident that spreads radioactive material over a whole region.
With solar methane the base load that the nuclear advocates say that only they can generate can be maintained with conventional gas turbine power plants running on easily stored solar methane. Countries that do not have the right conditions for Solar Towers can simply buy gas transported by conventional tankers as they do now. However there are very few countries that cannot setup Power Towers of their own.
Solar hydrogen is on a replacement for other renewables. The future energy supply of this country must be a diverse mix of technologies. With the decentralization of power generation and the widespread conservation of energy use we will need less base load generators to supply demand. Promotion of electric cars and pluggable hybrids will allow the power companies to end the wasteful practice of keeping generators running on idle as spinning reserve. The hopefully millions of battery cars plugged into the grid can supply this surge power leaving only the minimum of base load generation running at full capacity and full efficiency. They certainly can give faster reacting gas turbines time to start from cold. Wind, electricity producing Power Towers, and other renewable energy sources will always be a part of a sustainable decentralized energy solution that can maintain this fossil fuel addicted civilization of ours into the foreseeable future. We also might reverse some of the effects of two hundred years of environmental neglect that has left us on the brink of a possibly catastrophic global climate change. Without a solution to Peak Oil and Global Climate Change our society as we know could well collapse and lead to the deaths of billions due to starvation and disease. We need to act now to secure our future.
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Tom Meyer - RWGS/Ethylene System for Mars http://spot.colorado.edu/~meyertr/rwgs/rwgs.html
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J. Nowotny, C.C Sorrell, L.R. Sheppard - Solar-hydrogen: Environmentally safe fuel for the future International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Klaus S. Lackner, Patrick Grimes, Hans-J.Ziock – Capturing Carbon Dioxide From the Air First National Conference on Carbon Sequestration, National Energy Technology Laboratory http://www.netl.doe.gov/publications/proceedings/01/carbon_seq/7b1.pdf
Y.Soong, M.L. Gray, R.V. Siriwardine, K. L. Champagne - Novel Amine Enriched Solid Sorbents for Carbon Dioxide Capture First National Conference on Carbon Sequestration, National Energy Technology Laboratory
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WHILE acquisition of farmland has become an uphill task for industrialists following the political storm unleashed by the Nandigram fiasco, a new window of opportunity is opening up for special economic zone (SEZ) developers. State governments and the Centre are looking at utilising the land owned by sick industrial units for developing SEZs. The move is significant since cases pertaining to liquidation of 1,254 private sector industrial units are pending at various high courts. Similar is the case with 31 central public sector units (PSUs) and 41 state PSUs. If the proposal to use land owned by these units is cleared, SEZ developers could get access to prime industrial plots cross the country. Setting the dues of these sick units would also be possible, at least partially, if the value of land –– stuck in litigation –– is unlocked, officials feel. Controversy over rehabilitation of farmers would be avoided since most of the land owned by these units is meant for industrial purposes. A recommendation to this effect was made to the commerce & indus-try ministry by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce. In its 83rd report which focuses on functioning of the SEZs, the committee made such recommendations and the ministry has forwarded the suggestion to state governments. The action taken report on the Parliamentary panel's suggestions says that the recommendations have been 'noted' and forwarded to state governments. The state governments are likely to consider the suggestion favourably as many states have not been able to give their green signals to several SEZ proposals as they are not sure that the land being eyed by the developers would be given up willingly by farmers. The commerce department recently closed the books of about 100 developers who had filed their applications with the Centre but had not received a goahead from the respective state governments.The number of SEZ applications being processed by the Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZs every month has dwindled to just about 15. Officials believe that the availability of land owned by sick industrial units could partly solve the problem of availability of prime land and give a shot in the arm to the SEZ policy.


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News now from Yachtzoo of a further €3.6 million price cut on the 44.2m motor yacht Ariete Primo.
_Ariete Primo _was built in 1967 by Richard Dunston as a long-range tug boat and underwent a complete rebuild in 2006 to convert her into a luxury yacht of the highest quality. This superyacht now has totally new machinery and equipment, apart from her powerful engine and propulsion system. The re-build was followed in intricate detail by a fastidious and meticulous owner who wanted to retain the character of her former identity while incorporating all the new systems and comforts of a superyacht. Exotic woodwork and furnishings throughout create a warm and cosy interior and every detail has been carefully designed for total comfort and relaxation.
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